6772 lines
132 KiB
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6772 lines
132 KiB
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{
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"foil":{
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"something or someone that is different from another especially in a pleasing way":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"This cool, refreshing salad is the perfect foil for spicy foods."
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[],
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"synonyms":[]
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},
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"to prevent from achieving a goal":{
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"antonyms":[
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"advance",
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"cultivate",
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"encourage",
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"forward",
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"foster",
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"further",
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"nurture",
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"promote"
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],
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"examples":[
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"in popular fiction the hero will always foil the villain's plans"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"abet",
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"aid",
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"assist",
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"ease",
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"facilitate",
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"smooth"
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],
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"related":[
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"bar",
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"block",
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"clog",
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"encumber",
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"fetter",
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"hamper",
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"handicap",
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"hinder",
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"hobble",
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"hold back",
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"impede",
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"inhibit",
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"interfere (with)",
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"manacle",
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"obstruct",
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"shackle",
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"tie up",
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"trammel",
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"arrest",
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"check",
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"halt",
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"set back",
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"short-circuit",
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"stall",
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"stop",
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"avert",
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"forestall",
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"obviate",
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"preclude",
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"prevent",
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"negate",
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"neutralize",
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"nullify",
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"counteract",
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"offset",
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"conquer",
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"defeat",
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"overcome"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"baffle",
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"balk",
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"beat",
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"checkmate",
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"discomfit",
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"frustrate",
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"thwart"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"noun",
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"foiling":{
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"as in":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[],
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"synonyms":[]
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},
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"to prevent from achieving a goal":{
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"antonyms":[
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"advancing",
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"cultivating",
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"encouraging",
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"forwarding",
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"fostering",
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"furthering",
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"nurturing",
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"promoting"
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],
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"examples":[
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"in popular fiction the hero will always foil the villain's plans"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"abetting",
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"aiding",
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"assisting",
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"easing",
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"facilitating",
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"smoothing"
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],
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"related":[
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"barring",
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"blocking",
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"clogging",
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"encumbering",
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"fettering",
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"hampering",
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"handicapping",
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"hindering",
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"hobbling",
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"holding back",
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"impeding",
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"inhibiting",
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"interfering (with)",
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"manacling",
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"obstructing",
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"shackling",
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"trammeling",
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"trammelling",
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"tying up",
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"tieing up",
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"arresting",
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"checking",
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"halting",
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"setting back",
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"short-circuiting",
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"stalling",
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"stopping",
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"averting",
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"forestalling",
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"obviating",
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"precluding",
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"preventing",
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"negating",
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"neutralizing",
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"nullifying",
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"counteracting",
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"offsetting",
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"conquering",
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"defeating",
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"overcoming"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"baffling",
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"balking",
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"beating",
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"checkmating",
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"discomfiting",
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"frustrating",
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"thwarting"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"noun",
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"foist":{
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"to offer (something fake, useless, or inferior) as genuine, useful, or valuable":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"shopkeepers who foist shoddy souvenirs on unsuspecting tourists"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[
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"entail",
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"force",
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"impose",
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"inflict",
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"counterfeit",
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"fake",
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"forge",
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"distort",
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"falsify",
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"misrepresent"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"fob off",
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"palm",
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"palm off",
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"pass off",
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"wish"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"fold":{
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"a group of people sharing a common interest and relating together socially":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"ready to welcome their old Liberal friend back into the fold"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"loner",
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"individualist"
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],
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"related":[
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"charmed circle",
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"elite",
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"in-group",
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"closed shop",
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"club",
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"college",
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"fellowship",
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"guild",
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"gild",
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"league",
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"organization",
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"society",
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"camp",
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"faction",
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"sect",
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"side",
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"tribe",
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"mess",
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"squad",
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"brotherhood",
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"fraternity",
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"order",
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"sisterhood",
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"sodality",
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"sorority",
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"commune",
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"alliance",
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"bloc",
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"coalition",
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"confederation",
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"congress",
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"council",
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"federation",
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"union"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"body",
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"bunch",
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"circle",
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"clan",
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"clique",
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"community",
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"coterie",
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"coven",
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"crowd",
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"gal\u00e8re",
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"gang",
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"klatch",
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"klatsch",
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"lot",
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"network",
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"pack",
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"ring",
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"set"
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]
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},
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"to be unsuccessful":{
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"antonyms":[
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"click",
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"come off",
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"deliver",
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"go",
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"go over",
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"pan out",
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"succeed",
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"work out"
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],
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"examples":[
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"the business folded after just two months"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"cook",
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"flourish",
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"prosper",
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"thrive",
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"prevail",
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"triumph",
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"win"
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],
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"related":[
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"flounder",
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"struggle",
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"decline",
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"sink",
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"skid",
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"slip",
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"slump",
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"wane",
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"crash",
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"crumble",
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"miscarry",
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"misfire",
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"go under",
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"implode",
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"self-destruct"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"bomb",
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"collapse",
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"crater",
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"fail",
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"flame out",
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"flop",
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"flunk",
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"founder",
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"miss",
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"strike out",
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"tank",
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"wash out"
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]
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},
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"to lay one part over or against another part of":{
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"antonyms":[
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"extend",
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"open",
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"spread",
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"unfold",
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"unroll"
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],
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"examples":[
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"fold the blanket so that it will fit inside the trunk"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[
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"overlap",
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"overlay",
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"overlie",
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"collapse",
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"telescope",
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"close",
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"shut",
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"plait",
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"pleat"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"double"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"noun",
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"follow":{
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"to act according to the commands of":{
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"antonyms":[
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"defy",
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"disobey",
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"rebel (against)"
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],
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"examples":[
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"follow me, and you'll do OK"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"disoblige",
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"challenge",
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"dare",
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"refuse",
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"renounce",
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"repudiate",
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"direct",
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"lead",
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"brush (off)",
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"disregard",
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"ignore",
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"overlook",
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"overpass",
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"pass over",
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"tune out",
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"wink (at)",
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"dismiss",
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"pooh-pooh",
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"pooh",
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"shrug off",
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"breach",
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"break",
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"infringe",
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"transgress",
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"violate",
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"deride",
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"flout",
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"mock",
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"scoff (at)",
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"scorn",
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"mutiny (against)",
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"revolt (against)",
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"buck",
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"combat",
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"contest",
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"dispute",
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"fight",
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"oppose",
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"resist",
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"withstand"
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],
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"related":[
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"defer (to)",
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"submit (to)",
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"surrender (to)",
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"yield (to)",
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"accede (to)",
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"acquiesce (to)",
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"agree (to)",
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"assent (to)",
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"attend",
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"hear",
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"heed",
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"listen (to)",
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"mark",
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"note",
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"notice",
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"regard",
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"take",
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"watch"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"adhere (to)",
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"comply (with)",
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"conform (to)",
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"goose-step (to)",
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"mind",
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"obey",
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"observe"
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]
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},
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"to come after in time":{
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"antonyms":[
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"antedate",
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"precede",
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"predate"
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],
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"examples":[
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"a wrap-up always follows the Super Bowl broadcast"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[
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"displace",
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"replace",
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"supersede",
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"supplant",
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"ensue"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"postdate",
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"succeed",
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"supervene"
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]
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},
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"to go after or on the track of":{
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"antonyms":[
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"guide",
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"lead",
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"pilot"
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],
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"examples":[
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"let's follow the boys to their hiding place"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"head"
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],
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"related":[
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"accompany",
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"chaperone",
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"chaperon",
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"escort",
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"hunt",
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"search (for)",
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"seek",
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"eye",
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"observe",
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"watch"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"bird-dog",
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"chase",
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"course",
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"dog",
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"hound",
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"pursue",
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"run",
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"shadow",
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"tag",
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"tail",
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"trace",
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"track",
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"trail"
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]
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},
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"to keep one's eyes on":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"stood on the platform and followed the departing train until it disappeared from sight"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"blink",
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"wink"
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],
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"related":[
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"behold",
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"look",
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"perceive",
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"regard",
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"see",
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"view",
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"gape",
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"gawk",
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"gaze",
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"glare",
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"goggle",
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"look on",
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"peer",
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"rubberneck",
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"stare",
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"guard",
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"wake",
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"ward",
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"bird-dog",
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"monitor",
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"study",
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"spy",
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"espy",
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"glance",
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"glimpse",
|
||
|
"peek",
|
||
|
"peep"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"eye",
|
||
|
"observe",
|
||
|
"watch"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"to make one's way through, across, or over":{
|
||
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"followed the path into the garden"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"related":[
|
||
|
"hike",
|
||
|
"traipse",
|
||
|
"tramp",
|
||
|
"tread",
|
||
|
"walk",
|
||
|
"ride",
|
||
|
"run",
|
||
|
"crisscross"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"course",
|
||
|
"cover",
|
||
|
"cross",
|
||
|
"cut (across)",
|
||
|
"go",
|
||
|
"navigate",
|
||
|
"pass (over)",
|
||
|
"perambulate",
|
||
|
"peregrinate",
|
||
|
"proceed (along)",
|
||
|
"track",
|
||
|
"transit",
|
||
|
"travel",
|
||
|
"traverse"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"to take notice of and be guided by":{
|
||
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
"disregard",
|
||
|
"ignore",
|
||
|
"tune out"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"don't follow his advice"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
"brush (aside or off)",
|
||
|
"discount",
|
||
|
"dismiss",
|
||
|
"gloss (over)",
|
||
|
"gloze (over)",
|
||
|
"neglect",
|
||
|
"pass over",
|
||
|
"pooh-pooh",
|
||
|
"pooh",
|
||
|
"scorn",
|
||
|
"shrug off",
|
||
|
"defy",
|
||
|
"flout",
|
||
|
"slight",
|
||
|
"snub"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"related":[
|
||
|
"consider",
|
||
|
"contemplate",
|
||
|
"mull",
|
||
|
"ponder",
|
||
|
"weigh",
|
||
|
"comply (with)",
|
||
|
"conform (to)",
|
||
|
"keep",
|
||
|
"obey",
|
||
|
"respect",
|
||
|
"attend (to)",
|
||
|
"hark (to)",
|
||
|
"hear",
|
||
|
"hearken (to)",
|
||
|
"mark",
|
||
|
"notice",
|
||
|
"see"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"heed",
|
||
|
"listen (to)",
|
||
|
"mind",
|
||
|
"note",
|
||
|
"observe",
|
||
|
"regard",
|
||
|
"watch"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"type":[
|
||
|
"verb"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"followers":{
|
||
|
"a person who adopts the appearance or behavior of another especially in an obvious way":{
|
||
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"Brando's Method acting inspired a whole generation of mumbling followers"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"related":[
|
||
|
"parrots",
|
||
|
"apes",
|
||
|
"emulators",
|
||
|
"impersonators",
|
||
|
"impressionists",
|
||
|
"mimics"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"apers",
|
||
|
"copycats",
|
||
|
"copyists",
|
||
|
"echoes",
|
||
|
"echos",
|
||
|
"imitators",
|
||
|
"rubber stamps",
|
||
|
"wannabes",
|
||
|
"wannabees"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"one who follows the opinions or teachings of another":{
|
||
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
"coryphaei",
|
||
|
"leaders"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"the followers of Gandhi have spread his philosophy of nonviolence all over the world"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
"apostates",
|
||
|
"defectors",
|
||
|
"renegades",
|
||
|
"traitors",
|
||
|
"turncoats"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"related":[
|
||
|
"apostles",
|
||
|
"missionaries",
|
||
|
"proselytizers",
|
||
|
"soldiers",
|
||
|
"faithfuls",
|
||
|
"loyalists",
|
||
|
"advocates",
|
||
|
"backers",
|
||
|
"champions",
|
||
|
"supporters",
|
||
|
"prot\u00e9g\u00e9s",
|
||
|
"scholars",
|
||
|
"students",
|
||
|
"ideologists",
|
||
|
"ideologues",
|
||
|
"idealogues",
|
||
|
"sectarians",
|
||
|
"admirers",
|
||
|
"cultists",
|
||
|
"devotees",
|
||
|
"enthusiasts",
|
||
|
"fans",
|
||
|
"idolaters",
|
||
|
"idolators",
|
||
|
"worshippers",
|
||
|
"worshipers",
|
||
|
"zealots",
|
||
|
"apparatchiks",
|
||
|
"apparatchiki",
|
||
|
"camp followers",
|
||
|
"flunkies",
|
||
|
"flunkeys",
|
||
|
"hangers-on",
|
||
|
"henchmen",
|
||
|
"lackeys",
|
||
|
"lickspittles",
|
||
|
"minions",
|
||
|
"myrmidons",
|
||
|
"satellites",
|
||
|
"stooges",
|
||
|
"sycophants",
|
||
|
"toadies",
|
||
|
"yes-men"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"acolytes",
|
||
|
"adherents",
|
||
|
"converts",
|
||
|
"disciples",
|
||
|
"epigones",
|
||
|
"liege men",
|
||
|
"partisans",
|
||
|
"partizans",
|
||
|
"pupils",
|
||
|
"votaries",
|
||
|
"votarists"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"type":[
|
||
|
"noun"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"folly":{
|
||
|
"a foolish act or idea":{
|
||
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"the American purchase of Alaska was originally considered a grand folly"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
"discretion",
|
||
|
"forethought",
|
||
|
"prudence",
|
||
|
"sagacity",
|
||
|
"wisdom",
|
||
|
"brainstorm",
|
||
|
"inspiration"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"related":[
|
||
|
"absurdness",
|
||
|
"craziness",
|
||
|
"foolishness",
|
||
|
"inaneness",
|
||
|
"madness",
|
||
|
"senselessness",
|
||
|
"witlessness",
|
||
|
"buffoonery",
|
||
|
"monkeyshine(s)",
|
||
|
"shenanigan(s)",
|
||
|
"tomfoolery",
|
||
|
"drivel",
|
||
|
"humbug",
|
||
|
"nonsense",
|
||
|
"twaddle",
|
||
|
"blunder",
|
||
|
"bungle",
|
||
|
"flub",
|
||
|
"goof",
|
||
|
"howler"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"absurdity",
|
||
|
"asininity",
|
||
|
"b\u00eatise",
|
||
|
"fatuity",
|
||
|
"foolery",
|
||
|
"foppery",
|
||
|
"idiocy",
|
||
|
"imbecility",
|
||
|
"inanity",
|
||
|
"insanity",
|
||
|
"lunacy",
|
||
|
"stupidity"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"lack of good sense or judgment":{
|
||
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
"prudence",
|
||
|
"sagaciousness",
|
||
|
"sagacity",
|
||
|
"sageness",
|
||
|
"sanity",
|
||
|
"sapience",
|
||
|
"sensibleness",
|
||
|
"soundness",
|
||
|
"wisdom"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"in all my folly , I didn't think about how my actions would hurt my father"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
"logicality",
|
||
|
"logicalness",
|
||
|
"rationality",
|
||
|
"rationalness",
|
||
|
"reasonability",
|
||
|
"reasonableness",
|
||
|
"validity",
|
||
|
"discernment",
|
||
|
"insight",
|
||
|
"perception",
|
||
|
"percipience"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"related":[
|
||
|
"denseness",
|
||
|
"dim-wittedness",
|
||
|
"doltishness",
|
||
|
"dopiness",
|
||
|
"dullness",
|
||
|
"dulness",
|
||
|
"dumbness",
|
||
|
"feeblemindedness",
|
||
|
"gormlessness",
|
||
|
"idiocy",
|
||
|
"mindlessness",
|
||
|
"oafishness",
|
||
|
"obtuseness",
|
||
|
"simplemindedness",
|
||
|
"simpleness",
|
||
|
"slowness",
|
||
|
"stupidity",
|
||
|
"stupidness",
|
||
|
"vacuity",
|
||
|
"fallacy",
|
||
|
"irrationality",
|
||
|
"unreasonableness",
|
||
|
"kookiness",
|
||
|
"weirdness",
|
||
|
"laughableness",
|
||
|
"ludicrousness",
|
||
|
"ridiculousness"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"absurdity",
|
||
|
"asininity",
|
||
|
"balminess",
|
||
|
"brainlessness",
|
||
|
"craziness",
|
||
|
"daftness",
|
||
|
"dippiness",
|
||
|
"dottiness",
|
||
|
"fatuity",
|
||
|
"fatuousness",
|
||
|
"foolishness",
|
||
|
"imbecility",
|
||
|
"inanity",
|
||
|
"insanity",
|
||
|
"lunacy",
|
||
|
"madness",
|
||
|
"nonsensicalness",
|
||
|
"nuttiness",
|
||
|
"preposterousness",
|
||
|
"senselessness",
|
||
|
"silliness",
|
||
|
"simplicity",
|
||
|
"unwisdom",
|
||
|
"wackiness",
|
||
|
"witlessness",
|
||
|
"zaniness"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"language, behavior, or ideas that are absurd and contrary to good sense":{
|
||
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"enough of this folly about moving to the Australian outback"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
"levelheadedness",
|
||
|
"rationality",
|
||
|
"reasonability",
|
||
|
"reasonableness",
|
||
|
"sensibleness",
|
||
|
"common sense",
|
||
|
"horse sense",
|
||
|
"sense",
|
||
|
"discernment",
|
||
|
"judgment",
|
||
|
"judgement",
|
||
|
"wisdom"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"related":[
|
||
|
"absurdity",
|
||
|
"asininity",
|
||
|
"fatuity",
|
||
|
"foolery",
|
||
|
"idiocy",
|
||
|
"imbecility",
|
||
|
"inaneness",
|
||
|
"inanity",
|
||
|
"insanity",
|
||
|
"kookiness",
|
||
|
"lunacy",
|
||
|
"absurdness",
|
||
|
"craziness",
|
||
|
"madness",
|
||
|
"witlessness",
|
||
|
"hoity-toity",
|
||
|
"monkey business",
|
||
|
"monkeyshine(s)",
|
||
|
"shenanigan(s)",
|
||
|
"tomfoolery",
|
||
|
"gas",
|
||
|
"hot air",
|
||
|
"rigmarole",
|
||
|
"rigamarole",
|
||
|
"double-talk",
|
||
|
"greek",
|
||
|
"hocus-pocus"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"applesauce",
|
||
|
"balderdash",
|
||
|
"baloney",
|
||
|
"boloney",
|
||
|
"beans",
|
||
|
"bilge",
|
||
|
"blah",
|
||
|
"blah-blah",
|
||
|
"blarney",
|
||
|
"blather",
|
||
|
"blatherskite",
|
||
|
"blither",
|
||
|
"bosh",
|
||
|
"bull",
|
||
|
"bunk",
|
||
|
"bunkum",
|
||
|
"buncombe",
|
||
|
"claptrap",
|
||
|
"codswallop",
|
||
|
"crapola",
|
||
|
"crock",
|
||
|
"drivel",
|
||
|
"drool",
|
||
|
"fiddle",
|
||
|
"fiddle-faddle",
|
||
|
"fiddlesticks",
|
||
|
"flannel",
|
||
|
"flapdoodle",
|
||
|
"folderol",
|
||
|
"falderal",
|
||
|
"foolishness",
|
||
|
"fudge",
|
||
|
"garbage",
|
||
|
"guff",
|
||
|
"hogwash",
|
||
|
"hokeypokey",
|
||
|
"hokum",
|
||
|
"hoodoo",
|
||
|
"hooey",
|
||
|
"horsefeathers",
|
||
|
"humbug",
|
||
|
"humbuggery",
|
||
|
"jazz",
|
||
|
"malarkey",
|
||
|
"malarky",
|
||
|
"moonshine",
|
||
|
"muck",
|
||
|
"nerts",
|
||
|
"nonsense",
|
||
|
"nuts",
|
||
|
"piffle",
|
||
|
"poppycock",
|
||
|
"punk",
|
||
|
"rot",
|
||
|
"rubbish",
|
||
|
"senselessness",
|
||
|
"silliness",
|
||
|
"slush",
|
||
|
"stupidity",
|
||
|
"taradiddle",
|
||
|
"tarradiddle",
|
||
|
"tommyrot",
|
||
|
"tosh",
|
||
|
"trash",
|
||
|
"trumpery",
|
||
|
"twaddle"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"type":[
|
||
|
"noun"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"fondled":{
|
||
|
"to touch or handle in a tender or loving manner":{
|
||
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"a cat who enjoys being fondled by his loving owners"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"related":[
|
||
|
"billed",
|
||
|
"canoodled",
|
||
|
"cuddled",
|
||
|
"necked",
|
||
|
"nestled",
|
||
|
"nosed",
|
||
|
"nuzzled",
|
||
|
"snuggled",
|
||
|
"spooned",
|
||
|
"felt up",
|
||
|
"pawed",
|
||
|
"cradled",
|
||
|
"embraced",
|
||
|
"enfolded",
|
||
|
"hugged",
|
||
|
"bounced",
|
||
|
"dandled",
|
||
|
"kneaded",
|
||
|
"massaged",
|
||
|
"babied",
|
||
|
"coddled",
|
||
|
"indulged",
|
||
|
"mollycoddled",
|
||
|
"pampered",
|
||
|
"spoiled",
|
||
|
"spoilt"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"caressed",
|
||
|
"gentled",
|
||
|
"loved",
|
||
|
"patted",
|
||
|
"petted",
|
||
|
"stroked"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"type":[
|
||
|
"verb"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"foodstuffs":{
|
||
|
"substances intended to be eaten":{
|
||
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"stocked up on candles and foodstuffs before the hurricane"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
"bane",
|
||
|
"poison",
|
||
|
"toxin",
|
||
|
"venom"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"related":[
|
||
|
"commissary",
|
||
|
"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",
|
||
|
"natural food"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"bread",
|
||
|
"chow",
|
||
|
"chuck",
|
||
|
"comestibles",
|
||
|
"eatables",
|
||
|
"eats",
|
||
|
"edibles",
|
||
|
"fare",
|
||
|
"food",
|
||
|
"grub",
|
||
|
"meat",
|
||
|
"provender",
|
||
|
"provisions",
|
||
|
"table",
|
||
|
"tucker",
|
||
|
"viands",
|
||
|
"victuals",
|
||
|
"vittles"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"type":[
|
||
|
"plural noun"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"fool":{
|
||
|
"a person formerly kept in a royal or noble household to amuse with jests and pranks":{
|
||
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"a king's fool could get away with saying things that others in the palace couldn't"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"related":[
|
||
|
"buffoon",
|
||
|
"clown",
|
||
|
"comedian",
|
||
|
"comedienne",
|
||
|
"comic",
|
||
|
"cutup",
|
||
|
"droll",
|
||
|
"harlequin",
|
||
|
"joker",
|
||
|
"jokester",
|
||
|
"madcap",
|
||
|
"merry-andrew",
|
||
|
"vice",
|
||
|
"wag",
|
||
|
"zany",
|
||
|
"mime",
|
||
|
"mummer"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"jester",
|
||
|
"motley"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"a person having or showing a severely disordered or abnormal state of mind":{
|
||
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"he got out of serving in the army by successfully pretending to be a fool"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"related":[
|
||
|
"madman",
|
||
|
"abnormal",
|
||
|
"deviant",
|
||
|
"monomaniac",
|
||
|
"mythomaniac",
|
||
|
"neurotic",
|
||
|
"obsessive",
|
||
|
"obsessive-compulsive",
|
||
|
"paranoid",
|
||
|
"psychotic",
|
||
|
"schizo",
|
||
|
"schizoid",
|
||
|
"schizophrenic",
|
||
|
"sociopath",
|
||
|
"character",
|
||
|
"codger",
|
||
|
"crack",
|
||
|
"crackpot",
|
||
|
"crank",
|
||
|
"eccentric",
|
||
|
"fantastic",
|
||
|
"flake",
|
||
|
"kook",
|
||
|
"oddball",
|
||
|
"oddity",
|
||
|
"original",
|
||
|
"quiz",
|
||
|
"screwball",
|
||
|
"tyke",
|
||
|
"tike",
|
||
|
"weirdo",
|
||
|
"zany",
|
||
|
"case",
|
||
|
"patient"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"bug",
|
||
|
"crackbrain",
|
||
|
"crazy",
|
||
|
"fruitcake",
|
||
|
"head case",
|
||
|
"loon",
|
||
|
"loony",
|
||
|
"lunatic",
|
||
|
"maniac",
|
||
|
"nut",
|
||
|
"nutcase",
|
||
|
"nutter",
|
||
|
"psycho",
|
||
|
"psychopath",
|
||
|
"sickie",
|
||
|
"sicko",
|
||
|
"wacko",
|
||
|
"whacko"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"a person who lacks good sense or judgment":{
|
||
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"only a fool would attempt to climb that mountain unprepared"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
"sage",
|
||
|
"thinker",
|
||
|
"brain",
|
||
|
"genius"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"related":[
|
||
|
"daredevil",
|
||
|
"madman",
|
||
|
"airhead",
|
||
|
"birdbrain",
|
||
|
"blockhead",
|
||
|
"dodo",
|
||
|
"dolt",
|
||
|
"donkey",
|
||
|
"dope",
|
||
|
"dork",
|
||
|
"dumbbell",
|
||
|
"dummy",
|
||
|
"dunce",
|
||
|
"fathead",
|
||
|
"gander",
|
||
|
"goon",
|
||
|
"idiot",
|
||
|
"ignoramus",
|
||
|
"imbecile",
|
||
|
"know-nothing",
|
||
|
"knucklehead",
|
||
|
"moron",
|
||
|
"numskull",
|
||
|
"numbskull",
|
||
|
"pinhead",
|
||
|
"schlub",
|
||
|
"shlub",
|
||
|
"schlump",
|
||
|
"schnook",
|
||
|
"stock",
|
||
|
"featherbrain",
|
||
|
"scatterbrain",
|
||
|
"butt",
|
||
|
"dupe",
|
||
|
"laughingstock",
|
||
|
"mockery",
|
||
|
"monkey",
|
||
|
"chump",
|
||
|
"loser",
|
||
|
"schlemiel",
|
||
|
"shlemiel",
|
||
|
"character",
|
||
|
"codger",
|
||
|
"crackbrain",
|
||
|
"crackpot",
|
||
|
"crank",
|
||
|
"kook",
|
||
|
"oddball",
|
||
|
"screwball",
|
||
|
"weirdo"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"berk",
|
||
|
"booby",
|
||
|
"charlie",
|
||
|
"charley",
|
||
|
"cuckoo",
|
||
|
"ding-a-ling",
|
||
|
"dingbat",
|
||
|
"ding-dong",
|
||
|
"dipstick",
|
||
|
"doofus",
|
||
|
"featherhead",
|
||
|
"git",
|
||
|
"goose",
|
||
|
"half-wit",
|
||
|
"jackass",
|
||
|
"lunatic",
|
||
|
"mooncalf",
|
||
|
"nincompoop",
|
||
|
"ninny",
|
||
|
"ninnyhammer",
|
||
|
"nit",
|
||
|
"nitwit",
|
||
|
"nut",
|
||
|
"nutcase",
|
||
|
"simp",
|
||
|
"simpleton",
|
||
|
"turkey",
|
||
|
"yo-yo"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"a person with a strong and habitual liking for something":{
|
||
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
"nonfan"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"I'm a fool for ice cream"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"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",
|
||
|
"fancier",
|
||
|
"fiend",
|
||
|
"freak",
|
||
|
"habitu\u00e9",
|
||
|
"habitue",
|
||
|
"head",
|
||
|
"hound",
|
||
|
"junkie",
|
||
|
"junky",
|
||
|
"lover",
|
||
|
"maniac",
|
||
|
"maven",
|
||
|
"mavin",
|
||
|
"nut",
|
||
|
"sucker"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"showing or marked by a lack of good sense or judgment":{
|
||
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
"judicious",
|
||
|
"prudent",
|
||
|
"sagacious",
|
||
|
"sage",
|
||
|
"sane",
|
||
|
"sapient",
|
||
|
"sensible",
|
||
|
"sound",
|
||
|
"wise"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"he's always got some fool plan or other"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
"brainy",
|
||
|
"bright",
|
||
|
"clever",
|
||
|
"intelligent",
|
||
|
"smart",
|
||
|
"logical",
|
||
|
"rational",
|
||
|
"reasonable",
|
||
|
"valid",
|
||
|
"well-advised"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"related":[
|
||
|
"airheaded",
|
||
|
"birdbrained",
|
||
|
"boobish",
|
||
|
"brain-dead",
|
||
|
"chowderheaded",
|
||
|
"chuckleheaded",
|
||
|
"clueless",
|
||
|
"dense",
|
||
|
"dim",
|
||
|
"dim-witted",
|
||
|
"doltish",
|
||
|
"dopey",
|
||
|
"dopy",
|
||
|
"dorky",
|
||
|
"dull",
|
||
|
"dumb",
|
||
|
"dunderheaded",
|
||
|
"empty-headed",
|
||
|
"feebleminded",
|
||
|
"gormless",
|
||
|
"idiotic",
|
||
|
"idiotical",
|
||
|
"imbecile",
|
||
|
"imbecilic",
|
||
|
"knuckleheaded",
|
||
|
"lamebrain",
|
||
|
"lamebrained",
|
||
|
"mindless",
|
||
|
"moronic",
|
||
|
"oafish",
|
||
|
"obtuse",
|
||
|
"opaque",
|
||
|
"pinheaded",
|
||
|
"simple",
|
||
|
"slow",
|
||
|
"slow-witted",
|
||
|
"soft",
|
||
|
"softheaded",
|
||
|
"thoughtless",
|
||
|
"thick",
|
||
|
"thickheaded",
|
||
|
"unintelligent",
|
||
|
"vacuous",
|
||
|
"fallacious",
|
||
|
"illogical",
|
||
|
"invalid",
|
||
|
"irrational",
|
||
|
"nonrational",
|
||
|
"surd",
|
||
|
"unreasonable",
|
||
|
"unreasoning",
|
||
|
"unsound",
|
||
|
"weak",
|
||
|
"farcical",
|
||
|
"laughable",
|
||
|
"ludicrous",
|
||
|
"ridiculous",
|
||
|
"notional",
|
||
|
"buffoonish",
|
||
|
"clownish",
|
||
|
"ill-advised",
|
||
|
"unconsidered",
|
||
|
"unreasoned"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"absurd",
|
||
|
"asinine",
|
||
|
"balmy",
|
||
|
"brainless",
|
||
|
"bubbleheaded",
|
||
|
"cockeyed",
|
||
|
"crackpot",
|
||
|
"crazy",
|
||
|
"cuckoo",
|
||
|
"daffy",
|
||
|
"daft",
|
||
|
"dippy",
|
||
|
"dotty",
|
||
|
"fatuous",
|
||
|
"featherheaded",
|
||
|
"foolish",
|
||
|
"half-baked",
|
||
|
"half-witted",
|
||
|
"harebrained",
|
||
|
"inept",
|
||
|
"insane",
|
||
|
"jerky",
|
||
|
"kooky",
|
||
|
"kookie",
|
||
|
"loony",
|
||
|
"looney",
|
||
|
"lunatic",
|
||
|
"lunkheaded",
|
||
|
"mad",
|
||
|
"nonsensical",
|
||
|
"nutty",
|
||
|
"preposterous",
|
||
|
"sappy",
|
||
|
"screwball",
|
||
|
"senseless",
|
||
|
"silly",
|
||
|
"simpleminded",
|
||
|
"stupid",
|
||
|
"tomfool",
|
||
|
"unwise",
|
||
|
"wacky",
|
||
|
"whacky",
|
||
|
"weak-minded",
|
||
|
"witless",
|
||
|
"zany"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"to cause to believe what is untrue":{
|
||
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
"undeceive"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"I fooled him into thinking that we were driving to the store, not to his surprise birthday party"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
"debunk",
|
||
|
"expose",
|
||
|
"reveal",
|
||
|
"show up",
|
||
|
"uncloak",
|
||
|
"uncover",
|
||
|
"unmask",
|
||
|
"disclose",
|
||
|
"divulge",
|
||
|
"tell",
|
||
|
"unveil",
|
||
|
"disabuse",
|
||
|
"disenchant",
|
||
|
"disillusion"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"related":[
|
||
|
"kid",
|
||
|
"put on",
|
||
|
"tease",
|
||
|
"bleed",
|
||
|
"cheat",
|
||
|
"chisel",
|
||
|
"defraud",
|
||
|
"diddle",
|
||
|
"euchre",
|
||
|
"fleece",
|
||
|
"flimflam",
|
||
|
"hustle",
|
||
|
"mulct",
|
||
|
"rook",
|
||
|
"shortchange",
|
||
|
"skin",
|
||
|
"squeeze",
|
||
|
"stick",
|
||
|
"sting",
|
||
|
"swindle"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"bamboozle",
|
||
|
"beguile",
|
||
|
"bluff",
|
||
|
"buffalo",
|
||
|
"burn",
|
||
|
"catch",
|
||
|
"con",
|
||
|
"cozen",
|
||
|
"deceive",
|
||
|
"delude",
|
||
|
"dupe",
|
||
|
"fake out",
|
||
|
"gaff",
|
||
|
"gammon",
|
||
|
"gull",
|
||
|
"have",
|
||
|
"have on",
|
||
|
"hoax",
|
||
|
"hoodwink",
|
||
|
"hornswoggle",
|
||
|
"humbug",
|
||
|
"juggle",
|
||
|
"misguide",
|
||
|
"misinform",
|
||
|
"mislead",
|
||
|
"snooker",
|
||
|
"snow",
|
||
|
"spoof",
|
||
|
"string along",
|
||
|
"suck in",
|
||
|
"sucker",
|
||
|
"take in",
|
||
|
"trick"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"to make jokes":{
|
||
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"an edgy comedian fooling with an appreciative college audience"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"related":[
|
||
|
"gibe",
|
||
|
"jibe",
|
||
|
"haze",
|
||
|
"jeer",
|
||
|
"mock",
|
||
|
"rag",
|
||
|
"rally",
|
||
|
"razz",
|
||
|
"rib",
|
||
|
"ridicule",
|
||
|
"tease",
|
||
|
"caricature",
|
||
|
"lampoon",
|
||
|
"parody",
|
||
|
"satirize",
|
||
|
"amuse",
|
||
|
"divert",
|
||
|
"entertain"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"banter",
|
||
|
"chaff",
|
||
|
"fun",
|
||
|
"gag",
|
||
|
"jape",
|
||
|
"jest",
|
||
|
"jive",
|
||
|
"joke",
|
||
|
"jolly",
|
||
|
"josh",
|
||
|
"kid",
|
||
|
"quip",
|
||
|
"wisecrack",
|
||
|
"yuk",
|
||
|
"yuck"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"type":[
|
||
|
"adjective",
|
||
|
"noun",
|
||
|
"verb"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"foolishness":{
|
||
|
"lack of good sense or judgment":{
|
||
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
"prudence",
|
||
|
"sagaciousness",
|
||
|
"sagacity",
|
||
|
"sageness",
|
||
|
"sanity",
|
||
|
"sapience",
|
||
|
"sensibleness",
|
||
|
"soundness",
|
||
|
"wisdom"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"the foolishness of going off to search for the fountain of youth"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
"logicality",
|
||
|
"logicalness",
|
||
|
"rationality",
|
||
|
"rationalness",
|
||
|
"reasonability",
|
||
|
"reasonableness",
|
||
|
"validity",
|
||
|
"discernment",
|
||
|
"insight",
|
||
|
"perception",
|
||
|
"percipience"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"related":[
|
||
|
"denseness",
|
||
|
"dim-wittedness",
|
||
|
"doltishness",
|
||
|
"dopiness",
|
||
|
"dullness",
|
||
|
"dulness",
|
||
|
"dumbness",
|
||
|
"feeblemindedness",
|
||
|
"gormlessness",
|
||
|
"idiocy",
|
||
|
"mindlessness",
|
||
|
"oafishness",
|
||
|
"obtuseness",
|
||
|
"simplemindedness",
|
||
|
"simpleness",
|
||
|
"slowness",
|
||
|
"stupidity",
|
||
|
"stupidness",
|
||
|
"vacuity",
|
||
|
"fallacy",
|
||
|
"irrationality",
|
||
|
"unreasonableness",
|
||
|
"kookiness",
|
||
|
"weirdness",
|
||
|
"laughableness",
|
||
|
"ludicrousness",
|
||
|
"ridiculousness"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"absurdity",
|
||
|
"asininity",
|
||
|
"balminess",
|
||
|
"brainlessness",
|
||
|
"craziness",
|
||
|
"daftness",
|
||
|
"dippiness",
|
||
|
"dottiness",
|
||
|
"fatuity",
|
||
|
"fatuousness",
|
||
|
"folly",
|
||
|
"imbecility",
|
||
|
"inanity",
|
||
|
"insanity",
|
||
|
"lunacy",
|
||
|
"madness",
|
||
|
"nonsensicalness",
|
||
|
"nuttiness",
|
||
|
"preposterousness",
|
||
|
"senselessness",
|
||
|
"silliness",
|
||
|
"simplicity",
|
||
|
"unwisdom",
|
||
|
"wackiness",
|
||
|
"witlessness",
|
||
|
"zaniness"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"language, behavior, or ideas that are absurd and contrary to good sense":{
|
||
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"couldn't listen to another second of their foolishness , so I told them to be quiet"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
"levelheadedness",
|
||
|
"rationality",
|
||
|
"reasonability",
|
||
|
"reasonableness",
|
||
|
"sensibleness",
|
||
|
"common sense",
|
||
|
"horse sense",
|
||
|
"sense",
|
||
|
"discernment",
|
||
|
"judgment",
|
||
|
"judgement",
|
||
|
"wisdom"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"related":[
|
||
|
"absurdity",
|
||
|
"asininity",
|
||
|
"fatuity",
|
||
|
"foolery",
|
||
|
"idiocy",
|
||
|
"imbecility",
|
||
|
"inaneness",
|
||
|
"inanity",
|
||
|
"insanity",
|
||
|
"kookiness",
|
||
|
"lunacy",
|
||
|
"absurdness",
|
||
|
"craziness",
|
||
|
"madness",
|
||
|
"witlessness",
|
||
|
"hoity-toity",
|
||
|
"monkey business",
|
||
|
"monkeyshine(s)",
|
||
|
"shenanigan(s)",
|
||
|
"tomfoolery",
|
||
|
"gas",
|
||
|
"hot air",
|
||
|
"rigmarole",
|
||
|
"rigamarole",
|
||
|
"double-talk",
|
||
|
"greek",
|
||
|
"hocus-pocus"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"applesauce",
|
||
|
"balderdash",
|
||
|
"baloney",
|
||
|
"boloney",
|
||
|
"beans",
|
||
|
"bilge",
|
||
|
"blah",
|
||
|
"blah-blah",
|
||
|
"blarney",
|
||
|
"blather",
|
||
|
"blatherskite",
|
||
|
"blither",
|
||
|
"bosh",
|
||
|
"bull",
|
||
|
"bunk",
|
||
|
"bunkum",
|
||
|
"buncombe",
|
||
|
"claptrap",
|
||
|
"codswallop",
|
||
|
"crapola",
|
||
|
"crock",
|
||
|
"drivel",
|
||
|
"drool",
|
||
|
"fiddle",
|
||
|
"fiddle-faddle",
|
||
|
"fiddlesticks",
|
||
|
"flannel",
|
||
|
"flapdoodle",
|
||
|
"folderol",
|
||
|
"falderal",
|
||
|
"folly",
|
||
|
"fudge",
|
||
|
"garbage",
|
||
|
"guff",
|
||
|
"hogwash",
|
||
|
"hokeypokey",
|
||
|
"hokum",
|
||
|
"hoodoo",
|
||
|
"hooey",
|
||
|
"horsefeathers",
|
||
|
"humbug",
|
||
|
"humbuggery",
|
||
|
"jazz",
|
||
|
"malarkey",
|
||
|
"malarky",
|
||
|
"moonshine",
|
||
|
"muck",
|
||
|
"nerts",
|
||
|
"nonsense",
|
||
|
"nuts",
|
||
|
"piffle",
|
||
|
"poppycock",
|
||
|
"punk",
|
||
|
"rot",
|
||
|
"rubbish",
|
||
|
"senselessness",
|
||
|
"silliness",
|
||
|
"slush",
|
||
|
"stupidity",
|
||
|
"taradiddle",
|
||
|
"tarradiddle",
|
||
|
"tommyrot",
|
||
|
"tosh",
|
||
|
"trash",
|
||
|
"trumpery",
|
||
|
"twaddle"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"the quality or state of lacking intelligence or quickness of mind":{
|
||
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
"braininess",
|
||
|
"brightness",
|
||
|
"brilliance",
|
||
|
"cleverness",
|
||
|
"intelligence",
|
||
|
"keenness",
|
||
|
"quickness",
|
||
|
"quick-wittedness",
|
||
|
"sharpness",
|
||
|
"smartness"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"you didn't fail the test because of any innate foolishness but because of a lack of preparation"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
"acumen",
|
||
|
"alertness",
|
||
|
"astuteness",
|
||
|
"discernment",
|
||
|
"insight",
|
||
|
"judgment",
|
||
|
"judgement",
|
||
|
"perception",
|
||
|
"percipience",
|
||
|
"perspicacity",
|
||
|
"sagacity",
|
||
|
"sageness",
|
||
|
"sapience",
|
||
|
"wisdom",
|
||
|
"wit",
|
||
|
"logicality",
|
||
|
"logicalness",
|
||
|
"rationality",
|
||
|
"rationalness",
|
||
|
"reasonableness",
|
||
|
"soundness",
|
||
|
"validity"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"related":[
|
||
|
"feeblemindedness",
|
||
|
"simplemindedness",
|
||
|
"absurdity",
|
||
|
"asininity",
|
||
|
"balminess",
|
||
|
"craziness",
|
||
|
"daftness",
|
||
|
"dippiness",
|
||
|
"dottiness",
|
||
|
"fatuousness",
|
||
|
"folly",
|
||
|
"idiocy",
|
||
|
"inaneness",
|
||
|
"inanity",
|
||
|
"insanity",
|
||
|
"lunacy",
|
||
|
"madness",
|
||
|
"nincompoopery",
|
||
|
"nonsensicalness",
|
||
|
"nuttiness",
|
||
|
"preposterousness",
|
||
|
"silliness",
|
||
|
"simplicity",
|
||
|
"wackiness",
|
||
|
"zaniness",
|
||
|
"fallacy",
|
||
|
"irrationality",
|
||
|
"unreasonableness",
|
||
|
"mental deficiency",
|
||
|
"mental retardation"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"boneheadedness",
|
||
|
"brainlessness",
|
||
|
"denseness",
|
||
|
"density",
|
||
|
"dim-wittedness",
|
||
|
"doltishness",
|
||
|
"dopiness",
|
||
|
"dorkiness",
|
||
|
"dullness",
|
||
|
"dulness",
|
||
|
"dumbness",
|
||
|
"fatuity",
|
||
|
"gormlessness",
|
||
|
"mindlessness",
|
||
|
"oafishness",
|
||
|
"obtuseness",
|
||
|
"senselessness",
|
||
|
"simpleness",
|
||
|
"slowness",
|
||
|
"stupidity",
|
||
|
"stupidness",
|
||
|
"thickness",
|
||
|
"vacuity",
|
||
|
"weak-mindedness",
|
||
|
"witlessness"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"type":[
|
||
|
"noun"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"foolproof":{
|
||
|
"done, made, or planned so well that nothing can go wrong":{
|
||
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"a foolproof plan",
|
||
|
"DNA fingerprinting gives police a virtually foolproof way to link a suspect to a crime scene."
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"related":[],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"type":[
|
||
|
"adjective"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"foot the bill %28for%29":{
|
||
|
"to pay the living expenses of":{
|
||
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"They continued to foot the bill for their son well into his twenties but warned him that their support would soon end and he needed to find a job."
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"related":[
|
||
|
"finance",
|
||
|
"fund",
|
||
|
"patronize",
|
||
|
"set up",
|
||
|
"sponsor",
|
||
|
"stake",
|
||
|
"underwrite"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"keep",
|
||
|
"maintain",
|
||
|
"provide (for)",
|
||
|
"support"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"type":[
|
||
|
"phrase"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"footle":{
|
||
|
"to spend time doing nothing":{
|
||
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"spent the morning footling about while others were working"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
"drudge",
|
||
|
"grind",
|
||
|
"grub",
|
||
|
"hump",
|
||
|
"hustle",
|
||
|
"labor",
|
||
|
"moil",
|
||
|
"peg",
|
||
|
"plod",
|
||
|
"plow",
|
||
|
"plug",
|
||
|
"slave",
|
||
|
"sweat",
|
||
|
"toil",
|
||
|
"travail",
|
||
|
"work",
|
||
|
"apply",
|
||
|
"buckle (down)",
|
||
|
"exert",
|
||
|
"put out"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"related":[
|
||
|
"fiddle (around)",
|
||
|
"fool",
|
||
|
"mess",
|
||
|
"monkey",
|
||
|
"muck",
|
||
|
"piddle",
|
||
|
"play",
|
||
|
"potter (around)",
|
||
|
"putter (around)",
|
||
|
"trifle",
|
||
|
"doze",
|
||
|
"estivate",
|
||
|
"aestivate",
|
||
|
"hibernate",
|
||
|
"lag",
|
||
|
"linger",
|
||
|
"loiter",
|
||
|
"poke",
|
||
|
"relax",
|
||
|
"rest",
|
||
|
"tarry",
|
||
|
"amble",
|
||
|
"mosey",
|
||
|
"saunter",
|
||
|
"stroll",
|
||
|
"swan",
|
||
|
"furlough",
|
||
|
"goldbrick",
|
||
|
"malinger",
|
||
|
"truant"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"bum",
|
||
|
"chill",
|
||
|
"dally",
|
||
|
"dawdle",
|
||
|
"dillydally",
|
||
|
"drone",
|
||
|
"goof (off)",
|
||
|
"hack (around)",
|
||
|
"hang (around or out)",
|
||
|
"hang about",
|
||
|
"idle",
|
||
|
"kick around",
|
||
|
"kick back",
|
||
|
"laze",
|
||
|
"lazy",
|
||
|
"loaf",
|
||
|
"loll",
|
||
|
"lounge",
|
||
|
"veg out"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"type":[
|
||
|
"verb"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"forage":{
|
||
|
"as in":{
|
||
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"related":[],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"to feed on grass or herbs":{
|
||
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"cows foraging in the pasture"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"related":[
|
||
|
"eat",
|
||
|
"feed",
|
||
|
"nibble",
|
||
|
"range",
|
||
|
"stock",
|
||
|
"overgraze"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"browse",
|
||
|
"graze",
|
||
|
"pasture",
|
||
|
"rustle"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"type":[
|
||
|
"noun",
|
||
|
"verb"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"forbad":{
|
||
|
"to order not to do or use or to be done or used":{
|
||
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
"allowed",
|
||
|
"let",
|
||
|
"permitted",
|
||
|
"suffered"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"smoking is forbidden throughout the building",
|
||
|
"we forbid you to see him"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
"approved",
|
||
|
"endorsed",
|
||
|
"indorsed",
|
||
|
"sanctioned",
|
||
|
"authorized",
|
||
|
"licensed",
|
||
|
"licenced",
|
||
|
"warranted",
|
||
|
"abetted",
|
||
|
"advanced",
|
||
|
"cultivated",
|
||
|
"encouraged",
|
||
|
"forwarded",
|
||
|
"furthered",
|
||
|
"nourished",
|
||
|
"nurtured",
|
||
|
"promoted",
|
||
|
"supported",
|
||
|
"bade",
|
||
|
"bid",
|
||
|
"commanded",
|
||
|
"ordered",
|
||
|
"abided",
|
||
|
"abode",
|
||
|
"bore",
|
||
|
"brooked",
|
||
|
"countenanced",
|
||
|
"endured",
|
||
|
"tolerated"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"related":[
|
||
|
"deterred",
|
||
|
"discouraged",
|
||
|
"dissuaded",
|
||
|
"clamped down (on)",
|
||
|
"cracked down (on)",
|
||
|
"crushed",
|
||
|
"put down",
|
||
|
"quashed",
|
||
|
"quelled",
|
||
|
"repressed",
|
||
|
"silenced",
|
||
|
"snuffed (out)",
|
||
|
"squashed",
|
||
|
"squelched",
|
||
|
"subdued",
|
||
|
"suppressed",
|
||
|
"halted",
|
||
|
"precluded",
|
||
|
"prevented",
|
||
|
"stopped",
|
||
|
"embargoed",
|
||
|
"excluded",
|
||
|
"ruled out",
|
||
|
"shut out",
|
||
|
"debarred",
|
||
|
"deprived",
|
||
|
"disallowed",
|
||
|
"rejected",
|
||
|
"repudiated",
|
||
|
"vetoed",
|
||
|
"bridled",
|
||
|
"checked",
|
||
|
"curbed",
|
||
|
"inhibited",
|
||
|
"reined (in)",
|
||
|
"restrained",
|
||
|
"blocked",
|
||
|
"hindered",
|
||
|
"impeded",
|
||
|
"obstructed"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"banned",
|
||
|
"barred",
|
||
|
"enjoined",
|
||
|
"interdicted",
|
||
|
"outlawed",
|
||
|
"prohibited",
|
||
|
"proscribed"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"type":[
|
||
|
"verb"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"forbearing":{
|
||
|
"accepting pains or hardships calmly or without complaint":{
|
||
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
"complaining",
|
||
|
"fed up",
|
||
|
"impatient",
|
||
|
"kvetching",
|
||
|
"kvetchy",
|
||
|
"protesting"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"she was inspired by the forbearing patients of the intensive care unit"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
"bored",
|
||
|
"tired",
|
||
|
"weary",
|
||
|
"defiant",
|
||
|
"resistant",
|
||
|
"contrary",
|
||
|
"disobedient",
|
||
|
"insubordinate",
|
||
|
"intractable",
|
||
|
"rebellious",
|
||
|
"recalcitrant",
|
||
|
"refractory",
|
||
|
"ungovernable",
|
||
|
"unmanageable",
|
||
|
"unruly"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"related":[
|
||
|
"lenient",
|
||
|
"acquiescent",
|
||
|
"passive",
|
||
|
"resigned",
|
||
|
"unresistant",
|
||
|
"yielding",
|
||
|
"agreeable",
|
||
|
"amenable",
|
||
|
"compliant",
|
||
|
"complying",
|
||
|
"conformist",
|
||
|
"docile",
|
||
|
"law-abiding",
|
||
|
"obedient",
|
||
|
"placable",
|
||
|
"submissive",
|
||
|
"subordinate",
|
||
|
"tractable",
|
||
|
"willing",
|
||
|
"slavish",
|
||
|
"subservient",
|
||
|
"amiable",
|
||
|
"obliging",
|
||
|
"collected",
|
||
|
"composed",
|
||
|
"constrained",
|
||
|
"contained",
|
||
|
"curbed",
|
||
|
"inhibited",
|
||
|
"repressed",
|
||
|
"restrained",
|
||
|
"disciplined",
|
||
|
"self-contained",
|
||
|
"self-controlled",
|
||
|
"apathetic",
|
||
|
"uncaring",
|
||
|
"unresponsive"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"long-suffering",
|
||
|
"patient",
|
||
|
"stoic",
|
||
|
"stoical",
|
||
|
"tolerant",
|
||
|
"uncomplaining"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"to resist the temptation of":{
|
||
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
"bowing (to)",
|
||
|
"giving in (to)",
|
||
|
"submitting (to)",
|
||
|
"succumbing (to)",
|
||
|
"surrendering (to)",
|
||
|
"yielding (to)"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"she's old enough to make her own decisions, so we must forbear criticizing her taste in clothes"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
"acquiescing (to)",
|
||
|
"capitulating",
|
||
|
"conceding (to)",
|
||
|
"knuckling under (to)"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"related":[
|
||
|
"avoiding",
|
||
|
"eschewing",
|
||
|
"shunning",
|
||
|
"checking",
|
||
|
"constraining",
|
||
|
"curbing",
|
||
|
"inhibiting",
|
||
|
"denying",
|
||
|
"refusing",
|
||
|
"rejecting",
|
||
|
"repudiating",
|
||
|
"bucking",
|
||
|
"combating",
|
||
|
"combatting",
|
||
|
"fighting"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"abjuring",
|
||
|
"abstaining (from)",
|
||
|
"forgoing",
|
||
|
"foregoing",
|
||
|
"keeping (from)",
|
||
|
"refraining (from)",
|
||
|
"withholding (from)"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"type":[
|
||
|
"adjective",
|
||
|
"verb"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"forcefully":{
|
||
|
"in a vigorous and forceful manner":{
|
||
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
"feebly",
|
||
|
"gently",
|
||
|
"softly",
|
||
|
"weakly"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"shut the door a little too forcefully and broke the glass"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
"delicately",
|
||
|
"faintly",
|
||
|
"frailly",
|
||
|
"shakily",
|
||
|
"bloodlessly",
|
||
|
"halfheartedly",
|
||
|
"languidly",
|
||
|
"lazily",
|
||
|
"listlessly",
|
||
|
"spiritlessly",
|
||
|
"impotently",
|
||
|
"ineffectively",
|
||
|
"ineffectually",
|
||
|
"lamely",
|
||
|
"nervelessly",
|
||
|
"spinelessly",
|
||
|
"uncertainly"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"related":[
|
||
|
"fiercely",
|
||
|
"hammer and tongs",
|
||
|
"robustly",
|
||
|
"roughshod",
|
||
|
"sharply",
|
||
|
"vehemently",
|
||
|
"violently",
|
||
|
"actively",
|
||
|
"animatedly",
|
||
|
"briskly",
|
||
|
"crisply",
|
||
|
"eagerly",
|
||
|
"gamely",
|
||
|
"heartily",
|
||
|
"lustily",
|
||
|
"snappily",
|
||
|
"spiritedly",
|
||
|
"spunkily",
|
||
|
"vivaciously",
|
||
|
"decidedly",
|
||
|
"determinedly",
|
||
|
"directly",
|
||
|
"emphatically",
|
||
|
"fast",
|
||
|
"fixedly",
|
||
|
"intensively",
|
||
|
"intently",
|
||
|
"purposefully",
|
||
|
"resolutely",
|
||
|
"rigidly",
|
||
|
"smartly",
|
||
|
"solidly",
|
||
|
"soundly",
|
||
|
"squarely",
|
||
|
"steadfastly",
|
||
|
"steadily",
|
||
|
"surely",
|
||
|
"aggressively",
|
||
|
"assertively",
|
||
|
"manfully",
|
||
|
"potently"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"dynamically",
|
||
|
"energetically",
|
||
|
"explosively",
|
||
|
"firmly",
|
||
|
"forcibly",
|
||
|
"hard",
|
||
|
"mightily",
|
||
|
"muscularly",
|
||
|
"powerfully",
|
||
|
"roundly",
|
||
|
"stiffly",
|
||
|
"stoutly",
|
||
|
"strenuously",
|
||
|
"strongly",
|
||
|
"sturdily",
|
||
|
"vigorously"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"type":[
|
||
|
"adverb"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"forcefulness":{
|
||
|
"the capacity to persuade":{
|
||
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
"inconclusiveness",
|
||
|
"ineffectiveness",
|
||
|
"ineffectuality",
|
||
|
"ineffectualness"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"the forcefulness of his argument is indisputable"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
"invalidity",
|
||
|
"shakiness",
|
||
|
"unsoundness",
|
||
|
"feebleness",
|
||
|
"powerlessness",
|
||
|
"weakness"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"related":[
|
||
|
"impact",
|
||
|
"might",
|
||
|
"power",
|
||
|
"punch",
|
||
|
"strength",
|
||
|
"weight",
|
||
|
"believability",
|
||
|
"credibility",
|
||
|
"soundness",
|
||
|
"validity",
|
||
|
"authoritativeness",
|
||
|
"definitiveness",
|
||
|
"influence",
|
||
|
"sway",
|
||
|
"appeal",
|
||
|
"seductiveness"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"authority",
|
||
|
"cogency",
|
||
|
"conclusiveness",
|
||
|
"convincingness",
|
||
|
"effectiveness",
|
||
|
"force",
|
||
|
"persuasion",
|
||
|
"persuasiveness",
|
||
|
"suasiveness"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"the quality of an utterance that provokes interest and produces an effect":{
|
||
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"delivered the punch line with appropriate forcefulness"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"related":[
|
||
|
"payoff",
|
||
|
"importance",
|
||
|
"significance",
|
||
|
"appeal",
|
||
|
"attraction",
|
||
|
"charm",
|
||
|
"fascination"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"cogency",
|
||
|
"effectiveness",
|
||
|
"force",
|
||
|
"impact",
|
||
|
"point",
|
||
|
"punch"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"the quality or state of being forceful (as in expression)":{
|
||
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
"feebleness",
|
||
|
"mildness",
|
||
|
"weakness"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"her clenched teeth only added to the forcefulness of her words"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
"ambiguity",
|
||
|
"equivocation",
|
||
|
"delicacy",
|
||
|
"lightness",
|
||
|
"subtlety"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"related":[
|
||
|
"potency",
|
||
|
"power",
|
||
|
"strength",
|
||
|
"eloquence",
|
||
|
"ardency",
|
||
|
"ardor",
|
||
|
"fervency",
|
||
|
"fervidness",
|
||
|
"fervor",
|
||
|
"insistence",
|
||
|
"passion",
|
||
|
"warmth",
|
||
|
"stridency",
|
||
|
"vociferousness",
|
||
|
"absoluteness",
|
||
|
"clearness",
|
||
|
"directness",
|
||
|
"incision",
|
||
|
"incisiveness",
|
||
|
"plainness",
|
||
|
"straightforwardness",
|
||
|
"vividness"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"aggressiveness",
|
||
|
"assertiveness",
|
||
|
"emphasis",
|
||
|
"fierceness",
|
||
|
"intenseness",
|
||
|
"intensity",
|
||
|
"vehemence",
|
||
|
"vigorousness",
|
||
|
"violence"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"type":[
|
||
|
"noun"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"forceless":{
|
||
|
"as in":{
|
||
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"related":[],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"type":[
|
||
|
"adjective"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"forehanded":{
|
||
|
"having or showing awareness of and preparation for the future":{
|
||
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
"half-baked",
|
||
|
"half-cocked",
|
||
|
"improvident",
|
||
|
"myopic",
|
||
|
"shortsighted"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"was forehanded enough to stock up on batteries for winter storms"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
"careless",
|
||
|
"heedless",
|
||
|
"incautious"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"related":[
|
||
|
"careful",
|
||
|
"cautious",
|
||
|
"heedful",
|
||
|
"discerning",
|
||
|
"insightful",
|
||
|
"perceptive",
|
||
|
"percipient",
|
||
|
"prudent",
|
||
|
"sagacious",
|
||
|
"sage",
|
||
|
"sapient",
|
||
|
"wise"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"farseeing",
|
||
|
"farsighted",
|
||
|
"foreseeing",
|
||
|
"foresighted",
|
||
|
"forethoughtful",
|
||
|
"forward",
|
||
|
"forward-looking",
|
||
|
"prescient",
|
||
|
"proactive",
|
||
|
"provident",
|
||
|
"visionary"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"type":[
|
||
|
"adjective"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"foreign":{
|
||
|
"being, relating to, or characteristic of a country other than one's own":{
|
||
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
"domestic",
|
||
|
"native"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"more Americans should take an interest in foreign languages"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
"endemic",
|
||
|
"local",
|
||
|
"aboriginal",
|
||
|
"indigenous"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"related":[
|
||
|
"imported",
|
||
|
"introduced",
|
||
|
"naturalized",
|
||
|
"transplanted",
|
||
|
"external",
|
||
|
"international",
|
||
|
"multiculti",
|
||
|
"multicultural",
|
||
|
"multilateral",
|
||
|
"multinational",
|
||
|
"foreign-born",
|
||
|
"nonindigenous",
|
||
|
"distant",
|
||
|
"far-off",
|
||
|
"overseas",
|
||
|
"remote",
|
||
|
"bizarre",
|
||
|
"exotic",
|
||
|
"outlandish",
|
||
|
"strange"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"alien",
|
||
|
"nonnative"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"not being a vital part of or belonging to something":{
|
||
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
"inherent",
|
||
|
"innate",
|
||
|
"intrinsic"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"pediatricians often have to remove peas or other foreign bodies from inside the ears of curious toddlers"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
"congenital",
|
||
|
"deep-seated",
|
||
|
"inborn",
|
||
|
"inbred",
|
||
|
"inside",
|
||
|
"interior",
|
||
|
"internal",
|
||
|
"basic",
|
||
|
"essential",
|
||
|
"necessary"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"related":[
|
||
|
"exterior",
|
||
|
"outside",
|
||
|
"immaterial",
|
||
|
"inapplicable",
|
||
|
"insignificant",
|
||
|
"irrelevant",
|
||
|
"nonessential",
|
||
|
"unessential",
|
||
|
"unnecessary"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"accidental",
|
||
|
"adventitious",
|
||
|
"alien",
|
||
|
"external",
|
||
|
"extraneous",
|
||
|
"extrinsic",
|
||
|
"supervenient"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"relating to or involving two or more nations":{
|
||
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"foreign trade has always been vital to the region's economic health"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
"domestic",
|
||
|
"internal",
|
||
|
"national"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"related":[
|
||
|
"intercontinental",
|
||
|
"transcontinental"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"international",
|
||
|
"multinational",
|
||
|
"transnational"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"type":[
|
||
|
"adjective"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"foreign aid":{
|
||
|
"as in relief , state aid":{
|
||
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"related":[],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"type":[
|
||
|
"noun"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"foreign correspondent":{
|
||
|
"as in reporter , journalist":{
|
||
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"related":[],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"type":[]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"foremost":{
|
||
|
"coming before all others in importance":{
|
||
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
"last",
|
||
|
"least"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"Albert Einstein is regarded by many as the foremost figure of the 20th century"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
"inconsequential",
|
||
|
"inconsiderable",
|
||
|
"insignificant",
|
||
|
"minor",
|
||
|
"negligible",
|
||
|
"slight",
|
||
|
"trifling",
|
||
|
"trivial",
|
||
|
"unimportant",
|
||
|
"collateral",
|
||
|
"inferior",
|
||
|
"secondary",
|
||
|
"subordinate",
|
||
|
"subsidiary"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"related":[
|
||
|
"distinguished",
|
||
|
"eminent",
|
||
|
"illustrious",
|
||
|
"noble",
|
||
|
"notable",
|
||
|
"noteworthy",
|
||
|
"outstanding",
|
||
|
"prestigious",
|
||
|
"signal",
|
||
|
"star",
|
||
|
"stellar",
|
||
|
"superior",
|
||
|
"high-level",
|
||
|
"senior",
|
||
|
"top",
|
||
|
"important",
|
||
|
"influential",
|
||
|
"major",
|
||
|
"mighty",
|
||
|
"momentous",
|
||
|
"significant",
|
||
|
"incomparable",
|
||
|
"matchless",
|
||
|
"unequaled",
|
||
|
"unequalled",
|
||
|
"unparalleled",
|
||
|
"unsurpassed",
|
||
|
"celebrated",
|
||
|
"famed",
|
||
|
"famous",
|
||
|
"renowned"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"arch",
|
||
|
"big",
|
||
|
"capital",
|
||
|
"cardinal",
|
||
|
"central",
|
||
|
"chief",
|
||
|
"dominant",
|
||
|
"first",
|
||
|
"grand",
|
||
|
"great",
|
||
|
"greatest",
|
||
|
"highest",
|
||
|
"key",
|
||
|
"leading",
|
||
|
"main",
|
||
|
"master",
|
||
|
"number one",
|
||
|
"No. 1",
|
||
|
"numero uno",
|
||
|
"overbearing",
|
||
|
"overmastering",
|
||
|
"overriding",
|
||
|
"paramount",
|
||
|
"predominant",
|
||
|
"preeminent",
|
||
|
"premier",
|
||
|
"primal",
|
||
|
"primary",
|
||
|
"principal",
|
||
|
"prior",
|
||
|
"sovereign",
|
||
|
"sovran",
|
||
|
"supreme"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"coming before all others in time or order":{
|
||
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
"final",
|
||
|
"last",
|
||
|
"latest",
|
||
|
"latter",
|
||
|
"terminal",
|
||
|
"terminating",
|
||
|
"ultimate"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"when the foremost person in line tripped, everyone had to stop"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
"advanced",
|
||
|
"late",
|
||
|
"consequent",
|
||
|
"ensuing",
|
||
|
"following",
|
||
|
"subsequent",
|
||
|
"succeeding",
|
||
|
"penultimate"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"related":[
|
||
|
"ancient",
|
||
|
"early",
|
||
|
"primal",
|
||
|
"primary",
|
||
|
"prime",
|
||
|
"primeval",
|
||
|
"primitive",
|
||
|
"primordial",
|
||
|
"antecedent",
|
||
|
"preceding",
|
||
|
"previous"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"earliest",
|
||
|
"first",
|
||
|
"headmost",
|
||
|
"inaugural",
|
||
|
"initial",
|
||
|
"leadoff",
|
||
|
"maiden",
|
||
|
"original",
|
||
|
"pioneer",
|
||
|
"premier",
|
||
|
"virgin"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"highest in rank or authority":{
|
||
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"wanted to speak to the foremost supervisor in our department"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
"ancillary",
|
||
|
"inferior",
|
||
|
"last",
|
||
|
"less",
|
||
|
"lesser",
|
||
|
"lower",
|
||
|
"lowly",
|
||
|
"second",
|
||
|
"secondary",
|
||
|
"subordinate",
|
||
|
"subsidiary",
|
||
|
"assistant",
|
||
|
"assisting",
|
||
|
"coadjutor",
|
||
|
"deputy",
|
||
|
"junior",
|
||
|
"under"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"related":[
|
||
|
"high-level",
|
||
|
"senior",
|
||
|
"controlling",
|
||
|
"directing",
|
||
|
"managing",
|
||
|
"officiating",
|
||
|
"overseeing",
|
||
|
"regnant",
|
||
|
"reigning",
|
||
|
"ruling",
|
||
|
"supervisory",
|
||
|
"main",
|
||
|
"major",
|
||
|
"paramount",
|
||
|
"predominant",
|
||
|
"predominate",
|
||
|
"sovereign",
|
||
|
"sovran",
|
||
|
"ascendant",
|
||
|
"ascendent",
|
||
|
"dominant",
|
||
|
"grand",
|
||
|
"superior",
|
||
|
"topmost",
|
||
|
"upmost",
|
||
|
"upper",
|
||
|
"uppermost"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"chief",
|
||
|
"commanding",
|
||
|
"first",
|
||
|
"head",
|
||
|
"high",
|
||
|
"lead",
|
||
|
"leading",
|
||
|
"preeminent",
|
||
|
"premier",
|
||
|
"presiding",
|
||
|
"primary",
|
||
|
"prime",
|
||
|
"principal",
|
||
|
"supereminent",
|
||
|
"supreme",
|
||
|
"top"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"type":[
|
||
|
"adjective"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"foreswearing":{
|
||
|
"to solemnly or formally reject or go back on (as something formerly adhered to)":{
|
||
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
"adhering (to)"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"the new government would have to forswear the use of torture if it wished to be granted full diplomatic recognition"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
"acknowledging",
|
||
|
"admitting",
|
||
|
"affirming",
|
||
|
"asserting",
|
||
|
"avowing",
|
||
|
"claiming",
|
||
|
"contending",
|
||
|
"declaring",
|
||
|
"maintaining",
|
||
|
"proclaiming",
|
||
|
"professing",
|
||
|
"stating",
|
||
|
"vouching",
|
||
|
"vowing",
|
||
|
"backing",
|
||
|
"confirming",
|
||
|
"defending",
|
||
|
"endorsing",
|
||
|
"indorsing",
|
||
|
"espousing",
|
||
|
"maintaining",
|
||
|
"supporting",
|
||
|
"upholding",
|
||
|
"accepting",
|
||
|
"adopting",
|
||
|
"embracing"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"related":[
|
||
|
"contradicting",
|
||
|
"denying",
|
||
|
"disavowing",
|
||
|
"disclaiming",
|
||
|
"disowning",
|
||
|
"gainsaying",
|
||
|
"negating",
|
||
|
"negativing",
|
||
|
"abandoning",
|
||
|
"bolting",
|
||
|
"forsaking",
|
||
|
"giving up",
|
||
|
"relinquishing",
|
||
|
"spurning",
|
||
|
"surrendering",
|
||
|
"controverting",
|
||
|
"disagreeing (with)",
|
||
|
"disproving",
|
||
|
"disputing",
|
||
|
"rebutting",
|
||
|
"refuting",
|
||
|
"backing down",
|
||
|
"backing off",
|
||
|
"backtracking",
|
||
|
"disallowing",
|
||
|
"recalling",
|
||
|
"revoking"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"abjuring",
|
||
|
"abnegating",
|
||
|
"recanting",
|
||
|
"reneging",
|
||
|
"renouncing",
|
||
|
"repealing",
|
||
|
"repudiating",
|
||
|
"retracting",
|
||
|
"taking back",
|
||
|
"unsaying",
|
||
|
"withdrawing"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"type":[
|
||
|
"verb"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"forge":{
|
||
|
"to imitate or copy especially in order to deceive":{
|
||
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"arrested for forging the doctor's signature on the prescription"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"related":[
|
||
|
"simulate",
|
||
|
"duplicate",
|
||
|
"reduplicate",
|
||
|
"replicate",
|
||
|
"reproduce",
|
||
|
"crib",
|
||
|
"plagiarize",
|
||
|
"adulterate",
|
||
|
"doctor",
|
||
|
"fudge",
|
||
|
"juggle",
|
||
|
"manipulate",
|
||
|
"tamper (with)",
|
||
|
"concoct",
|
||
|
"cook (up)",
|
||
|
"fabricate",
|
||
|
"invent"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"counterfeit",
|
||
|
"fake",
|
||
|
"phony"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"to move forward along a course":{
|
||
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
"remain",
|
||
|
"stand",
|
||
|
"stay",
|
||
|
"stop"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"the rescue team forged ahead despite the bad weather"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
"arrest",
|
||
|
"balk",
|
||
|
"block",
|
||
|
"check",
|
||
|
"detain",
|
||
|
"halt",
|
||
|
"hinder",
|
||
|
"hold back",
|
||
|
"impede",
|
||
|
"nip",
|
||
|
"obstruct",
|
||
|
"slow (down or up)",
|
||
|
"stem",
|
||
|
"repress",
|
||
|
"retard",
|
||
|
"stunt",
|
||
|
"suppress",
|
||
|
"delay",
|
||
|
"interrupt",
|
||
|
"stall",
|
||
|
"cramp",
|
||
|
"hamper",
|
||
|
"inhibit",
|
||
|
"cease",
|
||
|
"let up",
|
||
|
"pause",
|
||
|
"regress",
|
||
|
"wait"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"related":[
|
||
|
"accelerate",
|
||
|
"fast-forward",
|
||
|
"speed",
|
||
|
"approach",
|
||
|
"near",
|
||
|
"journey",
|
||
|
"pass",
|
||
|
"repair",
|
||
|
"run",
|
||
|
"travel",
|
||
|
"wend",
|
||
|
"actuate",
|
||
|
"drive",
|
||
|
"impel",
|
||
|
"propel",
|
||
|
"push",
|
||
|
"take out"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"advance",
|
||
|
"come",
|
||
|
"come along",
|
||
|
"do",
|
||
|
"fare",
|
||
|
"get along",
|
||
|
"get on",
|
||
|
"go",
|
||
|
"go along",
|
||
|
"go off",
|
||
|
"march",
|
||
|
"pace",
|
||
|
"proceed",
|
||
|
"progress"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"to produce or bring about especially by long or repeated effort":{
|
||
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"both sides labored mightily to forge a peace treaty"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
"demolish",
|
||
|
"destroy",
|
||
|
"dismantle",
|
||
|
"raze",
|
||
|
"tear down",
|
||
|
"ruin",
|
||
|
"undo",
|
||
|
"unmake",
|
||
|
"wreck"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"related":[
|
||
|
"churn out",
|
||
|
"crank out",
|
||
|
"turn out",
|
||
|
"cobble (together or up)",
|
||
|
"throw up",
|
||
|
"compose",
|
||
|
"construct",
|
||
|
"craft",
|
||
|
"create",
|
||
|
"engineer",
|
||
|
"fabricate",
|
||
|
"fashion",
|
||
|
"form",
|
||
|
"frame",
|
||
|
"generate",
|
||
|
"manufacture",
|
||
|
"mint",
|
||
|
"model",
|
||
|
"shape",
|
||
|
"tailor",
|
||
|
"conceive",
|
||
|
"concoct",
|
||
|
"contrive",
|
||
|
"cook (up)",
|
||
|
"devise",
|
||
|
"hatch",
|
||
|
"invent",
|
||
|
"originate",
|
||
|
"accomplish",
|
||
|
"achieve",
|
||
|
"bring off",
|
||
|
"carry out",
|
||
|
"effect"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"carve (out)",
|
||
|
"develop",
|
||
|
"grind (out)",
|
||
|
"hammer out",
|
||
|
"thrash (out)",
|
||
|
"work out",
|
||
|
"work up"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"to shape with a hammer":{
|
||
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"loved the artisan look of that hand- forged copper pot"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"related":[
|
||
|
"chase",
|
||
|
"planish",
|
||
|
"fashion",
|
||
|
"form",
|
||
|
"knead",
|
||
|
"model",
|
||
|
"mold",
|
||
|
"pat",
|
||
|
"work",
|
||
|
"coin",
|
||
|
"mint",
|
||
|
"stamp",
|
||
|
"abate",
|
||
|
"boast",
|
||
|
"carve",
|
||
|
"chisel",
|
||
|
"cut",
|
||
|
"grave",
|
||
|
"hew",
|
||
|
"knap",
|
||
|
"sculpt",
|
||
|
"sculpture"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"beat",
|
||
|
"draw",
|
||
|
"hammer",
|
||
|
"pound"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"type":[
|
||
|
"verb"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"forged":{
|
||
|
"being such in appearance only and made or manufactured with the intention of committing fraud":{
|
||
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
"authentic",
|
||
|
"bona fide",
|
||
|
"genuine",
|
||
|
"real",
|
||
|
"unfaked"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"a forged ancient document that didn't fool experts in cartography"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
"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",
|
||
|
"fake",
|
||
|
"false",
|
||
|
"inauthentic",
|
||
|
"phony",
|
||
|
"phoney",
|
||
|
"queer",
|
||
|
"sham",
|
||
|
"snide",
|
||
|
"spurious",
|
||
|
"unauthentic"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"to imitate or copy especially in order to deceive":{
|
||
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"arrested for forging the doctor's signature on the prescription"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"related":[
|
||
|
"simulated",
|
||
|
"duplicated",
|
||
|
"reduplicated",
|
||
|
"replicated",
|
||
|
"reproduced",
|
||
|
"cribbed",
|
||
|
"plagiarized",
|
||
|
"adulterated",
|
||
|
"doctored",
|
||
|
"fudged",
|
||
|
"juggled",
|
||
|
"manipulated",
|
||
|
"tampered (with)",
|
||
|
"concocted",
|
||
|
"cooked (up)",
|
||
|
"fabricated",
|
||
|
"invented"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"counterfeited",
|
||
|
"faked",
|
||
|
"phonied"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"to move forward along a course":{
|
||
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
"remained",
|
||
|
"stayed",
|
||
|
"stood",
|
||
|
"stopped"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"the rescue team forged ahead despite the bad weather"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
"arrested",
|
||
|
"balked",
|
||
|
"blocked",
|
||
|
"checked",
|
||
|
"detained",
|
||
|
"halted",
|
||
|
"held back",
|
||
|
"hindered",
|
||
|
"impeded",
|
||
|
"nipped",
|
||
|
"obstructed",
|
||
|
"slowed (down or up)",
|
||
|
"stemmed",
|
||
|
"repressed",
|
||
|
"retarded",
|
||
|
"stunted",
|
||
|
"suppressed",
|
||
|
"delayed",
|
||
|
"interrupted",
|
||
|
"stalled",
|
||
|
"cramped",
|
||
|
"hampered",
|
||
|
"inhibited",
|
||
|
"ceased",
|
||
|
"let up",
|
||
|
"paused",
|
||
|
"regressed",
|
||
|
"waited"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"related":[
|
||
|
"accelerated",
|
||
|
"fast-forwarded",
|
||
|
"sped",
|
||
|
"speeded",
|
||
|
"approached",
|
||
|
"neared",
|
||
|
"journeyed",
|
||
|
"passed",
|
||
|
"ran",
|
||
|
"run",
|
||
|
"repaired",
|
||
|
"traveled",
|
||
|
"travelled",
|
||
|
"wended",
|
||
|
"actuated",
|
||
|
"drove",
|
||
|
"impelled",
|
||
|
"propelled",
|
||
|
"pushed",
|
||
|
"took out"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"advanced",
|
||
|
"came",
|
||
|
"came along",
|
||
|
"did",
|
||
|
"fared",
|
||
|
"got along",
|
||
|
"got on",
|
||
|
"marched",
|
||
|
"paced",
|
||
|
"proceeded",
|
||
|
"progressed",
|
||
|
"went",
|
||
|
"went along",
|
||
|
"went off"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"to produce or bring about especially by long or repeated effort":{
|
||
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"both sides labored mightily to forge a peace treaty"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
"demolished",
|
||
|
"destroyed",
|
||
|
"dismantled",
|
||
|
"razed",
|
||
|
"tore down",
|
||
|
"ruined",
|
||
|
"undid",
|
||
|
"unmade",
|
||
|
"wrecked"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"related":[
|
||
|
"churned out",
|
||
|
"cranked out",
|
||
|
"turned out",
|
||
|
"cobbled (together or up)",
|
||
|
"threw up",
|
||
|
"composed",
|
||
|
"constructed",
|
||
|
"crafted",
|
||
|
"created",
|
||
|
"engineered",
|
||
|
"fabricated",
|
||
|
"fashioned",
|
||
|
"formed",
|
||
|
"framed",
|
||
|
"generated",
|
||
|
"manufactured",
|
||
|
"minted",
|
||
|
"modeled",
|
||
|
"modelled",
|
||
|
"shaped",
|
||
|
"tailored",
|
||
|
"conceived",
|
||
|
"concocted",
|
||
|
"contrived",
|
||
|
"cooked (up)",
|
||
|
"devised",
|
||
|
"hatched",
|
||
|
"invented",
|
||
|
"originated",
|
||
|
"accomplished",
|
||
|
"achieved",
|
||
|
"brought off",
|
||
|
"carried out",
|
||
|
"effected"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"carved (out)",
|
||
|
"developed",
|
||
|
"ground (out)",
|
||
|
"hammered out",
|
||
|
"thrashed (out)",
|
||
|
"worked out",
|
||
|
"worked up"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"to shape with a hammer":{
|
||
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"loved the artisan look of that hand- forged copper pot"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"related":[
|
||
|
"chased",
|
||
|
"planished",
|
||
|
"fashioned",
|
||
|
"formed",
|
||
|
"kneaded",
|
||
|
"modeled",
|
||
|
"modelled",
|
||
|
"molded",
|
||
|
"patted",
|
||
|
"worked",
|
||
|
"wrought",
|
||
|
"coined",
|
||
|
"minted",
|
||
|
"stamped",
|
||
|
"abated",
|
||
|
"boasted",
|
||
|
"carved",
|
||
|
"chiseled",
|
||
|
"chiselled",
|
||
|
"cut",
|
||
|
"graved",
|
||
|
"hewed",
|
||
|
"knapped",
|
||
|
"sculpted",
|
||
|
"sculptured"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"beat",
|
||
|
"drew",
|
||
|
"hammered",
|
||
|
"pounded"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"type":[
|
||
|
"adjective",
|
||
|
"verb"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"forgery":{
|
||
|
"an imitation that is passed off as genuine":{
|
||
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"that is a cheap forgery , not an authentic Ming Dynasty vase"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
"original"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"related":[
|
||
|
"copycat",
|
||
|
"knockoff",
|
||
|
"copy",
|
||
|
"facsimile",
|
||
|
"replica",
|
||
|
"reproduction",
|
||
|
"dummy",
|
||
|
"mock-up",
|
||
|
"fraud",
|
||
|
"gaff",
|
||
|
"imposture",
|
||
|
"spoof",
|
||
|
"swindle",
|
||
|
"simulation",
|
||
|
"synthetic",
|
||
|
"bastard",
|
||
|
"brummagem",
|
||
|
"duffer",
|
||
|
"shoddy"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"counterfeit",
|
||
|
"fake",
|
||
|
"hoax",
|
||
|
"humbug",
|
||
|
"phony",
|
||
|
"phoney",
|
||
|
"sham"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"type":[
|
||
|
"noun"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"forget":{
|
||
|
"to be unable to recall or think of":{
|
||
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
"flash back (to)",
|
||
|
"hark back (to)",
|
||
|
"harken back (to)",
|
||
|
"hearken back (to)",
|
||
|
"mind",
|
||
|
"recall",
|
||
|
"recollect",
|
||
|
"remember",
|
||
|
"reminisce (about)",
|
||
|
"think (of)"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"I forget exactly on which street that the house is"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
"remind"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"related":[
|
||
|
"lose",
|
||
|
"miss",
|
||
|
"blank",
|
||
|
"misremember",
|
||
|
"disregard",
|
||
|
"ignore",
|
||
|
"neglect",
|
||
|
"overlook",
|
||
|
"overpass",
|
||
|
"pass over",
|
||
|
"slight",
|
||
|
"slur (over)"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"disremember",
|
||
|
"unlearn"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"to fail to give proper attention to":{
|
||
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
"attend (to)",
|
||
|
"heed",
|
||
|
"mind",
|
||
|
"regard",
|
||
|
"tend (to)"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"she promised not to forget her high school friends after she went off to college"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
"appreciate",
|
||
|
"cherish",
|
||
|
"prize",
|
||
|
"treasure",
|
||
|
"value",
|
||
|
"cultivate",
|
||
|
"foster",
|
||
|
"nurse",
|
||
|
"nurture",
|
||
|
"pamper",
|
||
|
"remember",
|
||
|
"listen (to)",
|
||
|
"watch",
|
||
|
"follow",
|
||
|
"mark",
|
||
|
"note",
|
||
|
"notice",
|
||
|
"observe",
|
||
|
"remark"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"related":[
|
||
|
"fail",
|
||
|
"miss",
|
||
|
"omit",
|
||
|
"brush (aside or off)",
|
||
|
"reject",
|
||
|
"shrug off",
|
||
|
"slough (off)",
|
||
|
"sluff (off)",
|
||
|
"disdain",
|
||
|
"pooh-pooh",
|
||
|
"pooh",
|
||
|
"scorn",
|
||
|
"scant",
|
||
|
"skimp"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"bypass",
|
||
|
"disregard",
|
||
|
"ignore",
|
||
|
"neglect",
|
||
|
"overlook",
|
||
|
"overpass",
|
||
|
"pass over",
|
||
|
"slight",
|
||
|
"slur (over)"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"to leave undone or unattended to especially through carelessness":{
|
||
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
"attend (to)",
|
||
|
"remember"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"he forgot the pot boiling on the stove"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
"carry out",
|
||
|
"do",
|
||
|
"execute",
|
||
|
"perform",
|
||
|
"accomplish",
|
||
|
"achieve",
|
||
|
"keep up",
|
||
|
"maintain"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"related":[
|
||
|
"slack (off)"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"neglect",
|
||
|
"shirk"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"to miss the opportunity or obligation":{
|
||
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"I forgot to call on his birthday"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
"heed",
|
||
|
"mind",
|
||
|
"remember",
|
||
|
"keep",
|
||
|
"observe",
|
||
|
"carry out",
|
||
|
"do",
|
||
|
"execute",
|
||
|
"perform",
|
||
|
"practice",
|
||
|
"practise",
|
||
|
"discharge",
|
||
|
"fulfill",
|
||
|
"fulfil",
|
||
|
"meet",
|
||
|
"satisfy",
|
||
|
"comply (with)"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"related":[
|
||
|
"disregard",
|
||
|
"ignore",
|
||
|
"overlook",
|
||
|
"overpass",
|
||
|
"pass over",
|
||
|
"pretermit",
|
||
|
"slight",
|
||
|
"slide",
|
||
|
"slip",
|
||
|
"default",
|
||
|
"skip"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"fail",
|
||
|
"neglect",
|
||
|
"omit"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"type":[
|
||
|
"verb"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"forking":{
|
||
|
"to go or move in different directions from a central point":{
|
||
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
"converging",
|
||
|
"joining"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"the road forks up ahead and you'll want to take the right fork"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
"assembling",
|
||
|
"gathering",
|
||
|
"meeting"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"related":[
|
||
|
"bestrewing",
|
||
|
"breaking up",
|
||
|
"broadcasting",
|
||
|
"clearing out",
|
||
|
"disbanding",
|
||
|
"dispelling",
|
||
|
"dispersing",
|
||
|
"dissipating",
|
||
|
"distributing",
|
||
|
"scattering",
|
||
|
"sowing",
|
||
|
"distancing",
|
||
|
"receding",
|
||
|
"retreating"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"branching (out)",
|
||
|
"diverging",
|
||
|
"dividing",
|
||
|
"parting",
|
||
|
"separating",
|
||
|
"spreading"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"type":[
|
||
|
"verb"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"forking%20%28over%2C%20out%2C%20or%20up%29":{
|
||
|
"to hand over or use up in payment":{
|
||
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"I hated to have to fork over that kind of money for a new set of tires"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
"caching",
|
||
|
"hoarding",
|
||
|
"laying up",
|
||
|
"saving",
|
||
|
"acquiring",
|
||
|
"earning",
|
||
|
"gaining",
|
||
|
"garnering",
|
||
|
"making",
|
||
|
"procuring",
|
||
|
"realizing",
|
||
|
"securing",
|
||
|
"winning"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"related":[
|
||
|
"lavishing",
|
||
|
"raining",
|
||
|
"blowing",
|
||
|
"dissipating",
|
||
|
"frittering (away)",
|
||
|
"running through",
|
||
|
"squandering",
|
||
|
"throwing away",
|
||
|
"wasting"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"disbursing",
|
||
|
"dropping",
|
||
|
"expending",
|
||
|
"giving",
|
||
|
"laying out",
|
||
|
"outlaying",
|
||
|
"paying",
|
||
|
"shelling out",
|
||
|
"spending"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"type":[]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"forlornness":{
|
||
|
"a state or spell of low spirits":{
|
||
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
"bliss",
|
||
|
"blissfulness",
|
||
|
"ecstasy",
|
||
|
"elatedness",
|
||
|
"elation",
|
||
|
"euphoria",
|
||
|
"exhilaration",
|
||
|
"exuberance",
|
||
|
"exultation",
|
||
|
"felicity",
|
||
|
"gladness",
|
||
|
"gladsomeness",
|
||
|
"happiness",
|
||
|
"heaven",
|
||
|
"intoxication",
|
||
|
"joy",
|
||
|
"joyfulness",
|
||
|
"joyousness",
|
||
|
"jubilation",
|
||
|
"rapture",
|
||
|
"rapturousness"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"seemingly nothing could relieve the losing team's forlornness"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
"gaiety",
|
||
|
"gayety",
|
||
|
"gayness",
|
||
|
"glee",
|
||
|
"gleefulness",
|
||
|
"humor",
|
||
|
"jollity",
|
||
|
"joviality",
|
||
|
"lightheartedness",
|
||
|
"merriment",
|
||
|
"mirth",
|
||
|
"mirthfulness",
|
||
|
"cheer",
|
||
|
"cheerfulness",
|
||
|
"cheeriness",
|
||
|
"hopefulness",
|
||
|
"optimism",
|
||
|
"sunniness",
|
||
|
"content",
|
||
|
"contentedness",
|
||
|
"contentment",
|
||
|
"satisfaction",
|
||
|
"delight",
|
||
|
"gratification"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"related":[
|
||
|
"melancholia",
|
||
|
"self-pity",
|
||
|
"anguish",
|
||
|
"dolor",
|
||
|
"grief",
|
||
|
"mourning",
|
||
|
"somberness",
|
||
|
"sorrow",
|
||
|
"woefulness",
|
||
|
"agony",
|
||
|
"distress",
|
||
|
"pain",
|
||
|
"misery",
|
||
|
"woe",
|
||
|
"wretchedness",
|
||
|
"discouragement",
|
||
|
"disheartenment",
|
||
|
"moodiness",
|
||
|
"despair",
|
||
|
"desperation",
|
||
|
"hopelessness",
|
||
|
"self-despair",
|
||
|
"boredom",
|
||
|
"ennui",
|
||
|
"tedium",
|
||
|
"dismalness",
|
||
|
"drear",
|
||
|
"morbidness",
|
||
|
"moroseness",
|
||
|
"morosity",
|
||
|
"regret",
|
||
|
"rue"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"blue devils",
|
||
|
"blues",
|
||
|
"dejection",
|
||
|
"depression",
|
||
|
"desolation",
|
||
|
"despond",
|
||
|
"despondence",
|
||
|
"despondency",
|
||
|
"disconsolateness",
|
||
|
"dispiritedness",
|
||
|
"doldrums",
|
||
|
"dolefulness",
|
||
|
"downheartedness",
|
||
|
"dreariness",
|
||
|
"dumps",
|
||
|
"gloom",
|
||
|
"gloominess",
|
||
|
"glumness",
|
||
|
"heartsickness",
|
||
|
"joylessness",
|
||
|
"melancholy",
|
||
|
"miserableness",
|
||
|
"mopes",
|
||
|
"mournfulness",
|
||
|
"oppression",
|
||
|
"sadness",
|
||
|
"sorrowfulness",
|
||
|
"unhappiness"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"type":[
|
||
|
"noun"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"utter loss of hope":{
|
||
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
"hope",
|
||
|
"hopefulness"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"with the forlornness of someone who had been disappointed many times before, he abandoned his quest"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
"cheer",
|
||
|
"cheerfulness",
|
||
|
"sunniness",
|
||
|
"optimism",
|
||
|
"gaiety",
|
||
|
"gayety",
|
||
|
"glee",
|
||
|
"gleefulness",
|
||
|
"jollity",
|
||
|
"joviality",
|
||
|
"lightheartedness",
|
||
|
"merriment",
|
||
|
"mirth",
|
||
|
"mirthfulness",
|
||
|
"bliss",
|
||
|
"blissfulness",
|
||
|
"ecstasy",
|
||
|
"elatedness",
|
||
|
"elation",
|
||
|
"euphoria",
|
||
|
"exhilaration",
|
||
|
"exuberance",
|
||
|
"exultation",
|
||
|
"gladness",
|
||
|
"happiness",
|
||
|
"joy",
|
||
|
"joyfulness",
|
||
|
"joyousness",
|
||
|
"jubilation",
|
||
|
"rapture",
|
||
|
"rapturousness"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"related":[
|
||
|
"blue devils",
|
||
|
"blues",
|
||
|
"dejection",
|
||
|
"depression",
|
||
|
"desolation",
|
||
|
"disconsolateness",
|
||
|
"dispiritedness",
|
||
|
"doldrums",
|
||
|
"dolor",
|
||
|
"downheartedness",
|
||
|
"dreariness",
|
||
|
"dumps",
|
||
|
"gloom",
|
||
|
"gloominess",
|
||
|
"joylessness",
|
||
|
"melancholy",
|
||
|
"mopes",
|
||
|
"oppression",
|
||
|
"sadness",
|
||
|
"sorrow",
|
||
|
"unhappiness",
|
||
|
"self-despair",
|
||
|
"self-pity",
|
||
|
"dolefulness",
|
||
|
"mournfulness",
|
||
|
"sorrowfulness",
|
||
|
"woefulness",
|
||
|
"agony",
|
||
|
"distress",
|
||
|
"pain",
|
||
|
"misery",
|
||
|
"woe",
|
||
|
"wretchedness",
|
||
|
"cynicism",
|
||
|
"pessimism",
|
||
|
"acceptance",
|
||
|
"resignation"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"despair",
|
||
|
"desperation",
|
||
|
"despond",
|
||
|
"despondence",
|
||
|
"despondency",
|
||
|
"hopelessness"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
}
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"formal":{
|
||
|
"a social gathering for dancing":{
|
||
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"he asked her to the formal at the end of the year"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"related":[
|
||
|
"blowout",
|
||
|
"celebration",
|
||
|
"event",
|
||
|
"festival",
|
||
|
"festivity",
|
||
|
"fete",
|
||
|
"f\u00eate",
|
||
|
"gala",
|
||
|
"masque",
|
||
|
"mask",
|
||
|
"masquerade",
|
||
|
"mixer",
|
||
|
"party",
|
||
|
"reception",
|
||
|
"shindig",
|
||
|
"soiree",
|
||
|
"soir\u00e9e",
|
||
|
"hoedown",
|
||
|
"square dance"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"ball",
|
||
|
"cotillion",
|
||
|
"cotillon",
|
||
|
"dance",
|
||
|
"hop",
|
||
|
"prom"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"being something in name or form only":{
|
||
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"was the formal head of the charitable organization though he never attended a single meeting"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
"actual",
|
||
|
"real",
|
||
|
"true"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"related":[
|
||
|
"so-called",
|
||
|
"phantom",
|
||
|
"virtual",
|
||
|
"apparent",
|
||
|
"assumed",
|
||
|
"evident",
|
||
|
"ostensible",
|
||
|
"presumed",
|
||
|
"seeming",
|
||
|
"supposed"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"nominal",
|
||
|
"paper",
|
||
|
"titular"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"following or agreeing with established form, custom, or rules":{
|
||
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
"casual",
|
||
|
"freewheeling",
|
||
|
"informal",
|
||
|
"irregular",
|
||
|
"unceremonious",
|
||
|
"unconventional",
|
||
|
"unorthodox"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"a formal meeting of the board of directors",
|
||
|
"a formal contract that was legally binding"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
"unauthorized",
|
||
|
"unofficial",
|
||
|
"graceless",
|
||
|
"improper",
|
||
|
"inappropriate",
|
||
|
"incorrect",
|
||
|
"indecorous",
|
||
|
"inept",
|
||
|
"infelicitous",
|
||
|
"unapt",
|
||
|
"unbecoming",
|
||
|
"unfit",
|
||
|
"unhappy",
|
||
|
"unseemly",
|
||
|
"unsuitable"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"related":[
|
||
|
"authorized",
|
||
|
"certified",
|
||
|
"official",
|
||
|
"sanctioned",
|
||
|
"accepted",
|
||
|
"correct",
|
||
|
"decorous",
|
||
|
"genteel",
|
||
|
"nice",
|
||
|
"polite",
|
||
|
"proper",
|
||
|
"respectable",
|
||
|
"seemly",
|
||
|
"formalistic",
|
||
|
"ritual",
|
||
|
"ritualistic",
|
||
|
"methodical",
|
||
|
"methodic",
|
||
|
"orderly",
|
||
|
"systematic"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"ceremonial",
|
||
|
"ceremonious",
|
||
|
"conventional",
|
||
|
"orthodox",
|
||
|
"regular",
|
||
|
"routine"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"marked by or showing careful attention to set forms and details":{
|
||
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
"casual",
|
||
|
"easygoing",
|
||
|
"informal",
|
||
|
"laid-back",
|
||
|
"unceremonious"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"gave her a formal invitation to dinner"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
"improper",
|
||
|
"indecorous",
|
||
|
"unmannerly",
|
||
|
"discourteous",
|
||
|
"impolite",
|
||
|
"rude"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"related":[
|
||
|
"sober",
|
||
|
"solemn",
|
||
|
"stately",
|
||
|
"chivalrous",
|
||
|
"courtly",
|
||
|
"gallant",
|
||
|
"genteel",
|
||
|
"polished",
|
||
|
"refined",
|
||
|
"civil",
|
||
|
"courteous",
|
||
|
"polite",
|
||
|
"red-carpet"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"ceremonious",
|
||
|
"correct",
|
||
|
"decorous",
|
||
|
"nice",
|
||
|
"proper",
|
||
|
"punctilious",
|
||
|
"starchy",
|
||
|
"stiff",
|
||
|
"stiff-necked",
|
||
|
"stilted"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"relating to or suitable for wearing to an event requiring elegant dress and manners":{
|
||
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
"casual",
|
||
|
"informal",
|
||
|
"sportif",
|
||
|
"sporty"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"the dress code is formal for tonight's event",
|
||
|
"a shop that rents out formal wear"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
"street",
|
||
|
"dowdy",
|
||
|
"outmoded",
|
||
|
"styleless",
|
||
|
"unfashionable",
|
||
|
"unstylish",
|
||
|
"frowsy",
|
||
|
"frowzy",
|
||
|
"grungy",
|
||
|
"sloppy",
|
||
|
"sloven",
|
||
|
"slovenly",
|
||
|
"unkempt",
|
||
|
"untidy",
|
||
|
"disheveled",
|
||
|
"dishevelled",
|
||
|
"messy",
|
||
|
"mussy",
|
||
|
"rumpled",
|
||
|
"wrinkled"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"related":[
|
||
|
"costume",
|
||
|
"costumey",
|
||
|
"chic",
|
||
|
"dapper",
|
||
|
"fashionable",
|
||
|
"in",
|
||
|
"modish",
|
||
|
"natty",
|
||
|
"sharp",
|
||
|
"smart",
|
||
|
"snappy",
|
||
|
"stylish",
|
||
|
"custom-made",
|
||
|
"fitted",
|
||
|
"tailored",
|
||
|
"black-tie",
|
||
|
"evening",
|
||
|
"white-tie",
|
||
|
"semiformal"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"dress",
|
||
|
"dressy"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"type":[
|
||
|
"adjective",
|
||
|
"noun"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"very dignified in form, tone, or style":{
|
||
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
"ineloquent",
|
||
|
"low",
|
||
|
"undignified"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"the formal language of the coronation ceremony"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
"casual",
|
||
|
"colloquial",
|
||
|
"conversational",
|
||
|
"informal",
|
||
|
"nonformal",
|
||
|
"slangy",
|
||
|
"unbookish",
|
||
|
"unliterary",
|
||
|
"vernacular",
|
||
|
"coarse",
|
||
|
"common",
|
||
|
"crass",
|
||
|
"crude",
|
||
|
"gross",
|
||
|
"ill-bred",
|
||
|
"indecent",
|
||
|
"lowbred",
|
||
|
"lowbrow",
|
||
|
"rough",
|
||
|
"rough-hewn",
|
||
|
"rude",
|
||
|
"tasteless",
|
||
|
"uncouth",
|
||
|
"uncultivated",
|
||
|
"uncultured",
|
||
|
"unpolished",
|
||
|
"unrefined",
|
||
|
"vulgar",
|
||
|
"incorrect",
|
||
|
"substandard",
|
||
|
"uneducated",
|
||
|
"ungrammatical",
|
||
|
"unlearned"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"related":[
|
||
|
"affected",
|
||
|
"bombastic",
|
||
|
"declamatory",
|
||
|
"florid",
|
||
|
"flowery",
|
||
|
"grandiloquent",
|
||
|
"grandiose",
|
||
|
"highfalutin",
|
||
|
"hifalutin",
|
||
|
"oratorical",
|
||
|
"pompous",
|
||
|
"pretentious",
|
||
|
"rhetorical",
|
||
|
"rhetoric",
|
||
|
"stilted",
|
||
|
"Attic",
|
||
|
"cultured",
|
||
|
"refined",
|
||
|
"classy",
|
||
|
"courtly",
|
||
|
"fine",
|
||
|
"graceful",
|
||
|
"tasteful",
|
||
|
"aristocratic",
|
||
|
"genteel",
|
||
|
"patrician",
|
||
|
"correct",
|
||
|
"educated",
|
||
|
"grammatical",
|
||
|
"proper",
|
||
|
"academic",
|
||
|
"academical",
|
||
|
"bookish",
|
||
|
"learned",
|
||
|
"literary"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"elevated",
|
||
|
"eloquent",
|
||
|
"high-flown",
|
||
|
"lofty",
|
||
|
"majestic",
|
||
|
"stately",
|
||
|
"towering"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
}
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"formalize":{
|
||
|
"to give official acceptance of as satisfactory":{
|
||
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
"decline",
|
||
|
"deny",
|
||
|
"disallow",
|
||
|
"disapprove",
|
||
|
"negative",
|
||
|
"reject",
|
||
|
"turn down",
|
||
|
"veto"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"the plan has yet to be formalized by the city council"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
"ban",
|
||
|
"enjoin",
|
||
|
"forbid",
|
||
|
"illegalize",
|
||
|
"interdict",
|
||
|
"prohibit",
|
||
|
"proscribe",
|
||
|
"disregard",
|
||
|
"ignore",
|
||
|
"neglect",
|
||
|
"overlook",
|
||
|
"rebuff",
|
||
|
"rebut",
|
||
|
"refuse",
|
||
|
"spurn"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"related":[
|
||
|
"accept",
|
||
|
"acknowledge",
|
||
|
"affirm",
|
||
|
"certify",
|
||
|
"endorse",
|
||
|
"indorse",
|
||
|
"validate",
|
||
|
"bless",
|
||
|
"canonize",
|
||
|
"sanctify",
|
||
|
"initial",
|
||
|
"rubber-stamp",
|
||
|
"sign",
|
||
|
"sign off (on)",
|
||
|
"allow",
|
||
|
"enable",
|
||
|
"legalize",
|
||
|
"license",
|
||
|
"licence",
|
||
|
"pass",
|
||
|
"permit",
|
||
|
"reapprove"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"accredit",
|
||
|
"approbate",
|
||
|
"approve",
|
||
|
"authorize",
|
||
|
"clear",
|
||
|
"confirm",
|
||
|
"finalize",
|
||
|
"homologate",
|
||
|
"OK",
|
||
|
"okay",
|
||
|
"ratify",
|
||
|
"sanction",
|
||
|
"warrant"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"to make agree with a single established standard or model":{
|
||
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"we'll need to formalize our research results before we submit our study for review"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
"customize",
|
||
|
"individualize",
|
||
|
"tailor"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"related":[
|
||
|
"codify",
|
||
|
"marshal",
|
||
|
"marshall",
|
||
|
"methodize",
|
||
|
"order",
|
||
|
"organize",
|
||
|
"systematize",
|
||
|
"systemize",
|
||
|
"average",
|
||
|
"equalize",
|
||
|
"even",
|
||
|
"square",
|
||
|
"accredit",
|
||
|
"certify",
|
||
|
"control",
|
||
|
"govern",
|
||
|
"regulate",
|
||
|
"rule",
|
||
|
"conciliate",
|
||
|
"conform",
|
||
|
"coordinate",
|
||
|
"harmonize",
|
||
|
"integrate",
|
||
|
"reconcile",
|
||
|
"synthesize"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"homogenize",
|
||
|
"normalize",
|
||
|
"regularize",
|
||
|
"standardize"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"type":[
|
||
|
"verb"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"formally":{
|
||
|
"as in":{
|
||
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"related":[],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"type":[
|
||
|
"adverb"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"former":{
|
||
|
"going before another in time or order":{
|
||
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
"after",
|
||
|
"ensuing",
|
||
|
"following",
|
||
|
"later",
|
||
|
"posterior",
|
||
|
"subsequent",
|
||
|
"succeeding"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"the former manual had some errors, but the current version has its own problems"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
"advanced",
|
||
|
"late",
|
||
|
"closing",
|
||
|
"concluding",
|
||
|
"final",
|
||
|
"last",
|
||
|
"latest",
|
||
|
"latter",
|
||
|
"terminal",
|
||
|
"ultimate"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"related":[
|
||
|
"advance",
|
||
|
"early",
|
||
|
"premature",
|
||
|
"earliest",
|
||
|
"first",
|
||
|
"inaugural",
|
||
|
"initial",
|
||
|
"maiden",
|
||
|
"original",
|
||
|
"pioneer",
|
||
|
"preexisting",
|
||
|
"introductory",
|
||
|
"preliminary",
|
||
|
"erstwhile",
|
||
|
"whilom"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"antecedent",
|
||
|
"anterior",
|
||
|
"foregoing",
|
||
|
"precedent",
|
||
|
"preceding",
|
||
|
"previous",
|
||
|
"prior"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"having been such at some previous time":{
|
||
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"the coach is a former professional baseball player"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
"contemporary",
|
||
|
"current",
|
||
|
"extant",
|
||
|
"ongoing",
|
||
|
"present",
|
||
|
"present-day",
|
||
|
"coming",
|
||
|
"future",
|
||
|
"prospective",
|
||
|
"unborn"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"related":[
|
||
|
"bygone",
|
||
|
"dead",
|
||
|
"defunct",
|
||
|
"departed",
|
||
|
"expired",
|
||
|
"extinct",
|
||
|
"gone",
|
||
|
"long-ago",
|
||
|
"vanished"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"erstwhile",
|
||
|
"late",
|
||
|
"old",
|
||
|
"once",
|
||
|
"onetime",
|
||
|
"other",
|
||
|
"past",
|
||
|
"quondam",
|
||
|
"sometime",
|
||
|
"whilom"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"type":[
|
||
|
"adjective"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"formulized":{
|
||
|
"as in":{
|
||
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"related":[],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"type":[
|
||
|
"verb"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"fortified":{
|
||
|
"as in":{
|
||
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"related":[],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"to increase the ability of (as a muscle) to exert physical force":{
|
||
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
"debilitated",
|
||
|
"enervated",
|
||
|
"enfeebled",
|
||
|
"weakened"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"he downed another granola bar to fortify himself for the rest of the bike ride"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
"crippled",
|
||
|
"incapacitated",
|
||
|
"paralyzed",
|
||
|
"damaged",
|
||
|
"harmed",
|
||
|
"hurt",
|
||
|
"impaired",
|
||
|
"injured",
|
||
|
"broke down",
|
||
|
"wore out",
|
||
|
"sapped",
|
||
|
"undercut",
|
||
|
"undermined"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"related":[
|
||
|
"annealed",
|
||
|
"tempered",
|
||
|
"firmed (up)",
|
||
|
"toned (up)",
|
||
|
"energized",
|
||
|
"invigorated",
|
||
|
"vitalized",
|
||
|
"restrengthened"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"beefed (up)",
|
||
|
"hardened",
|
||
|
"strengthened",
|
||
|
"toughened"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"to make able to withstand physical hardship, strain, or exposure":{
|
||
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
"softened"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"bought lots of warm clothing to fortify ourselves against the cold"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
"emasculated",
|
||
|
"enervated",
|
||
|
"enfeebled",
|
||
|
"exhausted",
|
||
|
"sapped",
|
||
|
"weakened",
|
||
|
"crippled",
|
||
|
"debilitated",
|
||
|
"hamstrung",
|
||
|
"incapacitated",
|
||
|
"sensitized"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"related":[
|
||
|
"acclimated",
|
||
|
"acclimatized",
|
||
|
"adapted",
|
||
|
"adjusted",
|
||
|
"annealed",
|
||
|
"tempered",
|
||
|
"invigorated",
|
||
|
"vitalized",
|
||
|
"immunized",
|
||
|
"bolstered",
|
||
|
"boosted",
|
||
|
"braced",
|
||
|
"buttressed",
|
||
|
"enforced",
|
||
|
"forearmed",
|
||
|
"propped (up)",
|
||
|
"reinforced",
|
||
|
"reenforced",
|
||
|
"supported",
|
||
|
"broke in",
|
||
|
"limbered (up)",
|
||
|
"trained",
|
||
|
"accustomed",
|
||
|
"conditioned",
|
||
|
"habituated",
|
||
|
"naturalized"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"hardened",
|
||
|
"indurated",
|
||
|
"inured",
|
||
|
"seasoned",
|
||
|
"steeled",
|
||
|
"strengthened",
|
||
|
"toughened"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"to prepare (oneself) mentally or emotionally":{
|
||
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"Kelly fortified herself for the basketball tournament with a series of confidence-boosting exercises"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
"daunted",
|
||
|
"demoralized",
|
||
|
"discouraged",
|
||
|
"disheartened",
|
||
|
"dispirited",
|
||
|
"psyched (out)",
|
||
|
"shook",
|
||
|
"unnerved",
|
||
|
"debilitated",
|
||
|
"enervated",
|
||
|
"enfeebled",
|
||
|
"prostrated",
|
||
|
"sapped",
|
||
|
"softened",
|
||
|
"tired",
|
||
|
"undercut",
|
||
|
"undermined",
|
||
|
"weakened"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"related":[
|
||
|
"armed",
|
||
|
"hardened",
|
||
|
"inured",
|
||
|
"seasoned",
|
||
|
"toughened",
|
||
|
"bolstered",
|
||
|
"boosted",
|
||
|
"buoyed (up)",
|
||
|
"buttressed",
|
||
|
"enforced",
|
||
|
"propped (up)",
|
||
|
"reinforced",
|
||
|
"reenforced",
|
||
|
"supported",
|
||
|
"sustained",
|
||
|
"cheered (up)",
|
||
|
"comforted",
|
||
|
"emboldened",
|
||
|
"encouraged",
|
||
|
"heartened",
|
||
|
"inspired",
|
||
|
"rallied",
|
||
|
"roused",
|
||
|
"stirred"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"braced",
|
||
|
"forearmed",
|
||
|
"nerved",
|
||
|
"poised",
|
||
|
"psyched (up)",
|
||
|
"readied",
|
||
|
"steeled",
|
||
|
"strengthened"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"type":[
|
||
|
"adjective",
|
||
|
"verb"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"fortune-telling":{
|
||
|
"as in divination , soothsaying":{
|
||
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"related":[],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"as in predicting , soothsaying":{
|
||
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"related":[],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"type":[
|
||
|
"adjective",
|
||
|
"noun"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"forwarding":{
|
||
|
"as in":{
|
||
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"related":[],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"to help the growth or development of":{
|
||
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
"discouraging",
|
||
|
"frustrating",
|
||
|
"hindering",
|
||
|
"inhibiting"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"their foundation will help forward better relations between young people from those warring nations"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
"banning",
|
||
|
"barring",
|
||
|
"enjoining",
|
||
|
"forbidding",
|
||
|
"interdicting",
|
||
|
"outlawing",
|
||
|
"preventing",
|
||
|
"prohibiting",
|
||
|
"proscribing",
|
||
|
"battling",
|
||
|
"combating",
|
||
|
"combatting",
|
||
|
"contending (with)",
|
||
|
"countering",
|
||
|
"fighting",
|
||
|
"opposing",
|
||
|
"repressing",
|
||
|
"snuffing (out)",
|
||
|
"squashing",
|
||
|
"squelching",
|
||
|
"stifling",
|
||
|
"subduing",
|
||
|
"suppressing",
|
||
|
"arresting",
|
||
|
"checking",
|
||
|
"halting",
|
||
|
"retarding",
|
||
|
"encumbering",
|
||
|
"fettering",
|
||
|
"hobbling",
|
||
|
"impeding",
|
||
|
"interfering (with)",
|
||
|
"manacling",
|
||
|
"obstructing",
|
||
|
"shackling"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"related":[
|
||
|
"advocating",
|
||
|
"backing",
|
||
|
"championing",
|
||
|
"endorsing",
|
||
|
"indorsing",
|
||
|
"supporting",
|
||
|
"upholding",
|
||
|
"endowing",
|
||
|
"financing",
|
||
|
"funding",
|
||
|
"patronizing",
|
||
|
"staking",
|
||
|
"subsidizing",
|
||
|
"underwriting",
|
||
|
"abetting",
|
||
|
"aiding",
|
||
|
"assisting",
|
||
|
"advertising",
|
||
|
"boosting",
|
||
|
"plugging",
|
||
|
"publicizing",
|
||
|
"touting",
|
||
|
"agitating (for)",
|
||
|
"campaigning (for)",
|
||
|
"working (for)"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"advancing",
|
||
|
"cultivating",
|
||
|
"encouraging",
|
||
|
"fostering",
|
||
|
"furthering",
|
||
|
"incubating",
|
||
|
"nourishing",
|
||
|
"nursing",
|
||
|
"nurturing",
|
||
|
"promoting"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"type":[
|
||
|
"adjective",
|
||
|
"noun",
|
||
|
"verb"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"forwards":{
|
||
|
"to help the growth or development of":{
|
||
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
"discourages",
|
||
|
"frustrates",
|
||
|
"hinders",
|
||
|
"inhibits"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"their foundation will help forward better relations between young people from those warring nations"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
"bans",
|
||
|
"bars",
|
||
|
"enjoins",
|
||
|
"forbids",
|
||
|
"interdicts",
|
||
|
"outlaws",
|
||
|
"prevents",
|
||
|
"prohibits",
|
||
|
"proscribes",
|
||
|
"battles",
|
||
|
"combats",
|
||
|
"contends (with)",
|
||
|
"counters",
|
||
|
"fights",
|
||
|
"opposes",
|
||
|
"represses",
|
||
|
"snuffs (out)",
|
||
|
"squashes",
|
||
|
"squelches",
|
||
|
"stifles",
|
||
|
"subdues",
|
||
|
"suppresses",
|
||
|
"arrests",
|
||
|
"checks",
|
||
|
"halts",
|
||
|
"retards",
|
||
|
"encumbers",
|
||
|
"fetters",
|
||
|
"hobbles",
|
||
|
"impedes",
|
||
|
"interferes (with)",
|
||
|
"manacles",
|
||
|
"obstructs",
|
||
|
"shackles"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"related":[
|
||
|
"advocates",
|
||
|
"backs",
|
||
|
"champions",
|
||
|
"endorses",
|
||
|
"indorses",
|
||
|
"supports",
|
||
|
"upholds",
|
||
|
"endows",
|
||
|
"finances",
|
||
|
"funds",
|
||
|
"patronizes",
|
||
|
"stakes",
|
||
|
"subsidizes",
|
||
|
"underwrites",
|
||
|
"abets",
|
||
|
"aids",
|
||
|
"assists",
|
||
|
"advertises",
|
||
|
"boosts",
|
||
|
"plugs",
|
||
|
"publicizes",
|
||
|
"touts",
|
||
|
"agitates (for)",
|
||
|
"campaigns (for)",
|
||
|
"works (for)"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"advances",
|
||
|
"cultivates",
|
||
|
"encourages",
|
||
|
"fosters",
|
||
|
"furthers",
|
||
|
"incubates",
|
||
|
"nourishes",
|
||
|
"nurses",
|
||
|
"nurtures",
|
||
|
"promotes"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"toward or at a point lying in advance in space or time":{
|
||
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"for every step that her campaign takes forwards , it seems to take two backwards"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
"back",
|
||
|
"backward",
|
||
|
"backwards",
|
||
|
"behind",
|
||
|
"rearward",
|
||
|
"rearwards"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"related":[
|
||
|
"before",
|
||
|
"fore",
|
||
|
"frontward",
|
||
|
"frontwards"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"ahead",
|
||
|
"along",
|
||
|
"forth",
|
||
|
"forward",
|
||
|
"on",
|
||
|
"onward",
|
||
|
"onwards"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"type":[
|
||
|
"adverb",
|
||
|
"verb"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"fought":{
|
||
|
"to engage in a contest":{
|
||
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"everyone on that street seems to be fighting to see who can create the gaudiest holiday lighting display"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"related":[
|
||
|
"challenged",
|
||
|
"engaged",
|
||
|
"played",
|
||
|
"jockeyed",
|
||
|
"jostled",
|
||
|
"maneuvered",
|
||
|
"tried out",
|
||
|
"went out",
|
||
|
"trained",
|
||
|
"worked",
|
||
|
"wrought"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"battled",
|
||
|
"competed",
|
||
|
"contended",
|
||
|
"faced off",
|
||
|
"raced",
|
||
|
"rivaled",
|
||
|
"rivalled",
|
||
|
"vied"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"to express different opinions about something often angrily":{
|
||
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"if you kids continue to fight , I'm turning this car around and we're heading back home!"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
"coexisted",
|
||
|
"got along",
|
||
|
"accepted",
|
||
|
"agreed",
|
||
|
"assented",
|
||
|
"concurred",
|
||
|
"consented"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"related":[
|
||
|
"challenged",
|
||
|
"dared",
|
||
|
"defied",
|
||
|
"clashed",
|
||
|
"contended",
|
||
|
"contested",
|
||
|
"tangled",
|
||
|
"caviled",
|
||
|
"cavilled",
|
||
|
"fussed",
|
||
|
"nitpicked",
|
||
|
"considered",
|
||
|
"debated",
|
||
|
"discussed",
|
||
|
"kicked",
|
||
|
"objected",
|
||
|
"protested"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"altercated",
|
||
|
"argued",
|
||
|
"argufied",
|
||
|
"bickered",
|
||
|
"brabbled",
|
||
|
"brawled",
|
||
|
"controverted",
|
||
|
"disputed",
|
||
|
"fell out",
|
||
|
"hassled",
|
||
|
"jarred",
|
||
|
"quarreled",
|
||
|
"quarrelled",
|
||
|
"quibbled",
|
||
|
"rowed",
|
||
|
"scrapped",
|
||
|
"spatted",
|
||
|
"squabbled",
|
||
|
"tiffed",
|
||
|
"wrangled"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"to oppose (someone) in physical conflict":{
|
||
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"a proud people who have fiercely fought all invaders of their homeland"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
"gave up",
|
||
|
"submitted",
|
||
|
"surrendered"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"related":[
|
||
|
"dueled",
|
||
|
"duelled",
|
||
|
"jousted",
|
||
|
"banged",
|
||
|
"bashed",
|
||
|
"batted",
|
||
|
"battered",
|
||
|
"beat",
|
||
|
"belted",
|
||
|
"bludgeoned",
|
||
|
"bopped",
|
||
|
"buffeted",
|
||
|
"clobbered",
|
||
|
"hammered",
|
||
|
"hit",
|
||
|
"knocked",
|
||
|
"pasted",
|
||
|
"pounded",
|
||
|
"punched",
|
||
|
"slammed",
|
||
|
"slapped",
|
||
|
"slogged",
|
||
|
"slugged",
|
||
|
"smacked",
|
||
|
"smote",
|
||
|
"socked",
|
||
|
"struck",
|
||
|
"swatted",
|
||
|
"swiped",
|
||
|
"thumped",
|
||
|
"thwacked",
|
||
|
"walloped",
|
||
|
"whacked",
|
||
|
"whaled",
|
||
|
"boxed",
|
||
|
"sparred",
|
||
|
"brawled",
|
||
|
"grappled",
|
||
|
"scuffled",
|
||
|
"tussled",
|
||
|
"wrestled",
|
||
|
"bumped",
|
||
|
"collided"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"battled",
|
||
|
"clashed (with)",
|
||
|
"combated",
|
||
|
"combatted",
|
||
|
"scrimmaged (with)",
|
||
|
"skirmished (with)",
|
||
|
"warred (against)"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"to refuse to give in to":{
|
||
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
"bowed (to)",
|
||
|
"capitulated (to)",
|
||
|
"gave in (to)",
|
||
|
"knuckled under (to)",
|
||
|
"stooped (to)",
|
||
|
"submitted (to)",
|
||
|
"succumbed (to)",
|
||
|
"surrendered (to)",
|
||
|
"yielded (to)"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"I tried to fight the temptation to eat another cookie\u2014and lost"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"related":[
|
||
|
"battled",
|
||
|
"combated",
|
||
|
"combatted",
|
||
|
"contended (with)",
|
||
|
"challenged",
|
||
|
"contested",
|
||
|
"contradicted",
|
||
|
"disputed",
|
||
|
"baffled",
|
||
|
"balked",
|
||
|
"foiled",
|
||
|
"frustrated",
|
||
|
"thwarted",
|
||
|
"checked",
|
||
|
"countered",
|
||
|
"hindered",
|
||
|
"obstructed",
|
||
|
"stemmed"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"bucked",
|
||
|
"defied",
|
||
|
"opposed",
|
||
|
"repelled",
|
||
|
"resisted",
|
||
|
"withstood"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"to strive to reduce or eliminate":{
|
||
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
"advanced",
|
||
|
"cultivated",
|
||
|
"encouraged",
|
||
|
"forwarded",
|
||
|
"fostered",
|
||
|
"furthered",
|
||
|
"nourished",
|
||
|
"nurtured",
|
||
|
"promoted"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"a civil rights leader who dedicated his life to fighting prejudice"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
"abided",
|
||
|
"abode",
|
||
|
"bore",
|
||
|
"endured",
|
||
|
"suffered",
|
||
|
"advocated",
|
||
|
"backed",
|
||
|
"championed",
|
||
|
"endorsed",
|
||
|
"indorsed",
|
||
|
"supported",
|
||
|
"upheld"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"related":[
|
||
|
"baffled",
|
||
|
"checkmated",
|
||
|
"foiled",
|
||
|
"frustrated",
|
||
|
"resisted",
|
||
|
"thwarted",
|
||
|
"withstood",
|
||
|
"confronted",
|
||
|
"defied",
|
||
|
"faced",
|
||
|
"met"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"battled",
|
||
|
"combated",
|
||
|
"combatted",
|
||
|
"contended (with)",
|
||
|
"countered",
|
||
|
"opposed",
|
||
|
"oppugned"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"type":[
|
||
|
"verb"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"foul":{
|
||
|
"causing intense displeasure, disgust, or resentment":{
|
||
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
"innocuous",
|
||
|
"inoffensive"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"a foul taste that made us gag"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
"acceptable",
|
||
|
"agreeable",
|
||
|
"alluring",
|
||
|
"appealing",
|
||
|
"attractive",
|
||
|
"blessed",
|
||
|
"blest",
|
||
|
"congenial",
|
||
|
"darling",
|
||
|
"delectable",
|
||
|
"delicious",
|
||
|
"delightful",
|
||
|
"delightsome",
|
||
|
"desirable",
|
||
|
"dreamy",
|
||
|
"dulcet",
|
||
|
"enjoyable",
|
||
|
"felicitous",
|
||
|
"gratifying",
|
||
|
"heavenly",
|
||
|
"inviting",
|
||
|
"likable",
|
||
|
"likeable",
|
||
|
"luscious",
|
||
|
"nice",
|
||
|
"palatable",
|
||
|
"pleasant",
|
||
|
"pleasing",
|
||
|
"pleasurable",
|
||
|
"satisfying",
|
||
|
"savory",
|
||
|
"savoury",
|
||
|
"sweet",
|
||
|
"welcome",
|
||
|
"unexceptionable",
|
||
|
"unobjectionable",
|
||
|
"healthful",
|
||
|
"healthy",
|
||
|
"restorative",
|
||
|
"salubrious",
|
||
|
"salutary",
|
||
|
"wholesome"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"related":[
|
||
|
"exceptionable",
|
||
|
"objectionable",
|
||
|
"brackish",
|
||
|
"disagreeable",
|
||
|
"dislikable",
|
||
|
"dislikeable",
|
||
|
"unpleasant",
|
||
|
"contemptible",
|
||
|
"despicable",
|
||
|
"detestable",
|
||
|
"hard",
|
||
|
"hateful",
|
||
|
"unhealthy",
|
||
|
"unsavory",
|
||
|
"unwholesome",
|
||
|
"execrable",
|
||
|
"lousy",
|
||
|
"miserable",
|
||
|
"atrocious",
|
||
|
"frightful",
|
||
|
"ghastly",
|
||
|
"grim",
|
||
|
"grisly",
|
||
|
"gruesome",
|
||
|
"grewsome",
|
||
|
"heinous",
|
||
|
"horrific",
|
||
|
"horrifying",
|
||
|
"lurid",
|
||
|
"macabre",
|
||
|
"monstrous",
|
||
|
"nightmarish",
|
||
|
"sick",
|
||
|
"sickish",
|
||
|
"sickly",
|
||
|
"terrible",
|
||
|
"unspeakable",
|
||
|
"vile",
|
||
|
"off-putting",
|
||
|
"undesirable",
|
||
|
"unwanted",
|
||
|
"unwelcome",
|
||
|
"barbarous",
|
||
|
"unchristian",
|
||
|
"uncivilized",
|
||
|
"ungodly",
|
||
|
"unholy",
|
||
|
"distressing",
|
||
|
"disturbing",
|
||
|
"upsetting"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"abhorrent",
|
||
|
"abominable",
|
||
|
"appalling",
|
||
|
"awful",
|
||
|
"disgusting",
|
||
|
"distasteful",
|
||
|
"dreadful",
|
||
|
"evil",
|
||
|
"fulsome",
|
||
|
"gross",
|
||
|
"hideous",
|
||
|
"horrendous",
|
||
|
"horrible",
|
||
|
"horrid",
|
||
|
"loathsome",
|
||
|
"nasty",
|
||
|
"nauseating",
|
||
|
"nauseous",
|
||
|
"noisome",
|
||
|
"noxious",
|
||
|
"obnoxious",
|
||
|
"obscene",
|
||
|
"odious",
|
||
|
"offensive",
|
||
|
"rancid",
|
||
|
"repellent",
|
||
|
"repellant",
|
||
|
"repugnant",
|
||
|
"repulsive",
|
||
|
"revolting",
|
||
|
"scandalous",
|
||
|
"shocking",
|
||
|
"sickening",
|
||
|
"ugly"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"depicting or referring to sexual matters in a way that is unacceptable in polite society":{
|
||
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
"clean",
|
||
|
"decent",
|
||
|
"G-rated",
|
||
|
"nonobscene",
|
||
|
"wholesome"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"that movie features nonstop foul language"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
"priggish",
|
||
|
"prim",
|
||
|
"prudish",
|
||
|
"puritanical",
|
||
|
"staid",
|
||
|
"straitlaced",
|
||
|
"straightlaced",
|
||
|
"Victorian",
|
||
|
"correct",
|
||
|
"decorous",
|
||
|
"genteel",
|
||
|
"nice",
|
||
|
"polite",
|
||
|
"proper",
|
||
|
"respectable",
|
||
|
"seemly",
|
||
|
"innocuous",
|
||
|
"inoffensive",
|
||
|
"acceptable",
|
||
|
"agreeable",
|
||
|
"desirable",
|
||
|
"pleasant",
|
||
|
"pleasing",
|
||
|
"welcome",
|
||
|
"appropriate",
|
||
|
"becoming",
|
||
|
"fit",
|
||
|
"meet",
|
||
|
"suitable",
|
||
|
"immaculate",
|
||
|
"perfect",
|
||
|
"pure",
|
||
|
"spotless",
|
||
|
"virginal",
|
||
|
"approved",
|
||
|
"endorsed",
|
||
|
"indorsed",
|
||
|
"sanctioned"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"related":[
|
||
|
"broad",
|
||
|
"coarse-grained",
|
||
|
"gamy",
|
||
|
"gamey",
|
||
|
"off",
|
||
|
"off-color",
|
||
|
"off-colored",
|
||
|
"racy",
|
||
|
"risqu\u00e9",
|
||
|
"salacious",
|
||
|
"salty",
|
||
|
"suggestive",
|
||
|
"barnyard",
|
||
|
"earthy",
|
||
|
"scatological",
|
||
|
"immodest",
|
||
|
"indecorous",
|
||
|
"indelicate",
|
||
|
"low",
|
||
|
"unbecoming",
|
||
|
"depraved",
|
||
|
"kinky",
|
||
|
"louche",
|
||
|
"naughty",
|
||
|
"perverse",
|
||
|
"perverted",
|
||
|
"wicked",
|
||
|
"exceptionable",
|
||
|
"objectionable",
|
||
|
"unacceptable",
|
||
|
"undesirable",
|
||
|
"unwanted",
|
||
|
"unwelcome",
|
||
|
"abhorrent",
|
||
|
"debasing",
|
||
|
"disgusting",
|
||
|
"loathsome",
|
||
|
"offensive",
|
||
|
"repellent",
|
||
|
"repellant",
|
||
|
"repugnant",
|
||
|
"repulsive",
|
||
|
"revolting",
|
||
|
"distasteful",
|
||
|
"obnoxious",
|
||
|
"unpleasant",
|
||
|
"blamable",
|
||
|
"blameworthy",
|
||
|
"censurable",
|
||
|
"reprehensible",
|
||
|
"atrocious",
|
||
|
"infamous",
|
||
|
"abusive",
|
||
|
"scurrilous",
|
||
|
"hard-core",
|
||
|
"soft",
|
||
|
"soft-core"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"bawdy",
|
||
|
"blue",
|
||
|
"coarse",
|
||
|
"crude",
|
||
|
"dirty",
|
||
|
"filthy",
|
||
|
"gross",
|
||
|
"gutter",
|
||
|
"impure",
|
||
|
"indecent",
|
||
|
"lascivious",
|
||
|
"lewd",
|
||
|
"locker-room",
|
||
|
"nasty",
|
||
|
"obscene",
|
||
|
"pornographic",
|
||
|
"porny",
|
||
|
"profane",
|
||
|
"raunchy",
|
||
|
"ribald",
|
||
|
"smutty",
|
||
|
"stag",
|
||
|
"trashy",
|
||
|
"unprintable",
|
||
|
"vulgar",
|
||
|
"wanton",
|
||
|
"X-rated"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"having an unpleasant smell":{
|
||
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
"ambrosial",
|
||
|
"aromatic",
|
||
|
"fragrant",
|
||
|
"perfumed",
|
||
|
"redolent",
|
||
|
"savory",
|
||
|
"savoury",
|
||
|
"scented",
|
||
|
"sweet"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"the foul fumes from the paper mill"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
"flowery",
|
||
|
"fruity",
|
||
|
"spicy",
|
||
|
"woodsy"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"related":[
|
||
|
"putrid",
|
||
|
"rancid",
|
||
|
"skunky",
|
||
|
"stale",
|
||
|
"bad",
|
||
|
"disgusting",
|
||
|
"offensive",
|
||
|
"repulsive",
|
||
|
"revolting",
|
||
|
"vile",
|
||
|
"decayed",
|
||
|
"decaying",
|
||
|
"decomposed",
|
||
|
"decomposing",
|
||
|
"rotted",
|
||
|
"rotten",
|
||
|
"rotting",
|
||
|
"spoiled",
|
||
|
"spoiling",
|
||
|
"dirty",
|
||
|
"filthy",
|
||
|
"nasty",
|
||
|
"noxious",
|
||
|
"odiferous",
|
||
|
"odoriferous",
|
||
|
"odorous"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"fetid",
|
||
|
"frowsty",
|
||
|
"frowsy",
|
||
|
"frowzy",
|
||
|
"funky",
|
||
|
"fusty",
|
||
|
"malodorous",
|
||
|
"musty",
|
||
|
"noisome",
|
||
|
"rank",
|
||
|
"reeking",
|
||
|
"reeky",
|
||
|
"ripe",
|
||
|
"smelly",
|
||
|
"stenchy",
|
||
|
"stinking",
|
||
|
"stinky",
|
||
|
"strong"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"marked by wet and windy conditions":{
|
||
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
"bright",
|
||
|
"clear",
|
||
|
"clement",
|
||
|
"cloudless",
|
||
|
"fair",
|
||
|
"sunny",
|
||
|
"sunshiny",
|
||
|
"unclouded"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"the foul weather brought out the windbreakers and rain slickers as everyone braced for a day of rough sailing"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
"rainless",
|
||
|
"balmy",
|
||
|
"calm",
|
||
|
"halcyon",
|
||
|
"peaceful",
|
||
|
"placid",
|
||
|
"pleasant",
|
||
|
"serene"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"related":[
|
||
|
"blowy",
|
||
|
"blustering",
|
||
|
"blustery",
|
||
|
"breezy",
|
||
|
"gusty",
|
||
|
"windblown",
|
||
|
"windswept",
|
||
|
"cloudy",
|
||
|
"overcast",
|
||
|
"sunless",
|
||
|
"rainy",
|
||
|
"snowy",
|
||
|
"foggy",
|
||
|
"hazy",
|
||
|
"misty",
|
||
|
"murky",
|
||
|
"soupy"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"bleak",
|
||
|
"dirty",
|
||
|
"inclement",
|
||
|
"nasty",
|
||
|
"raw",
|
||
|
"rough",
|
||
|
"squally",
|
||
|
"stormy",
|
||
|
"tempestuous",
|
||
|
"turbulent"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"not being in accordance with the rules or standards of what is fair in sport":{
|
||
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
"clean",
|
||
|
"fair",
|
||
|
"legal",
|
||
|
"sportsmanlike",
|
||
|
"sportsmanly"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"an aggressive hockey player who is known for his foul play and readiness for a fight"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
"just",
|
||
|
"law-abiding",
|
||
|
"ethical",
|
||
|
"moral",
|
||
|
"principled",
|
||
|
"righteous",
|
||
|
"scrupulous",
|
||
|
"honorable",
|
||
|
"irreproachable",
|
||
|
"unimpeachable"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"related":[
|
||
|
"dishonorable",
|
||
|
"shabby",
|
||
|
"shameful",
|
||
|
"ignoble",
|
||
|
"low",
|
||
|
"mean",
|
||
|
"ungentlemanly",
|
||
|
"immoral",
|
||
|
"rotten",
|
||
|
"unchivalrous",
|
||
|
"unethical",
|
||
|
"unjust",
|
||
|
"unprincipled",
|
||
|
"unrighteous",
|
||
|
"unscrupulous"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"dirty",
|
||
|
"illegal",
|
||
|
"nasty",
|
||
|
"unfair",
|
||
|
"unsportsmanlike"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"not clean":{
|
||
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
"clean",
|
||
|
"cleanly",
|
||
|
"immaculate",
|
||
|
"spick-and-span",
|
||
|
"spic-and-span",
|
||
|
"spotless",
|
||
|
"stainless",
|
||
|
"ultraclean",
|
||
|
"unsoiled",
|
||
|
"unstained",
|
||
|
"unsullied"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"I wouldn't play in the foul rainwater that's collected in the feeding trough"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
"clear",
|
||
|
"limpid",
|
||
|
"pure",
|
||
|
"cleaned",
|
||
|
"cleansed",
|
||
|
"combed",
|
||
|
"groomed",
|
||
|
"neat",
|
||
|
"ordered",
|
||
|
"orderly",
|
||
|
"tidy",
|
||
|
"bleached",
|
||
|
"purified",
|
||
|
"whitened",
|
||
|
"bright",
|
||
|
"flawless",
|
||
|
"perfect",
|
||
|
"shiny",
|
||
|
"sparkling",
|
||
|
"unspotted",
|
||
|
"untouched",
|
||
|
"taintless",
|
||
|
"unblemished",
|
||
|
"undefiled",
|
||
|
"unpolluted",
|
||
|
"untainted",
|
||
|
"virgin",
|
||
|
"wholesome"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"related":[
|
||
|
"contaminated",
|
||
|
"defiled",
|
||
|
"germy",
|
||
|
"impure",
|
||
|
"polluted",
|
||
|
"tainted",
|
||
|
"insanitary",
|
||
|
"uncleaned",
|
||
|
"unsanitary",
|
||
|
"unsterile",
|
||
|
"unsterilized",
|
||
|
"unwashed",
|
||
|
"greasy",
|
||
|
"gunky",
|
||
|
"chaotic",
|
||
|
"cluttered",
|
||
|
"confused",
|
||
|
"disarranged",
|
||
|
"disarrayed",
|
||
|
"disheveled",
|
||
|
"dishevelled",
|
||
|
"disordered",
|
||
|
"jumbled",
|
||
|
"littered",
|
||
|
"messed",
|
||
|
"messy",
|
||
|
"muddled",
|
||
|
"mussed",
|
||
|
"mussy",
|
||
|
"rumpled",
|
||
|
"scruffy",
|
||
|
"sloppy",
|
||
|
"slovenly",
|
||
|
"unkempt",
|
||
|
"untidy",
|
||
|
"raunchy",
|
||
|
"scuzzy",
|
||
|
"shabby",
|
||
|
"skanky",
|
||
|
"sleazy",
|
||
|
"squalid",
|
||
|
"collied",
|
||
|
"crocked",
|
||
|
"fuliginous",
|
||
|
"sooty"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"bedraggled",
|
||
|
"befouled",
|
||
|
"begrimed",
|
||
|
"bemired",
|
||
|
"besmirched",
|
||
|
"black",
|
||
|
"blackened",
|
||
|
"cruddy",
|
||
|
"dingy",
|
||
|
"dirty",
|
||
|
"draggled",
|
||
|
"dusty",
|
||
|
"filthy",
|
||
|
"grimy",
|
||
|
"grotty",
|
||
|
"grubby",
|
||
|
"grungy",
|
||
|
"mucky",
|
||
|
"muddy",
|
||
|
"nasty",
|
||
|
"smudged",
|
||
|
"smutty",
|
||
|
"soiled",
|
||
|
"sordid",
|
||
|
"stained",
|
||
|
"sullied",
|
||
|
"unclean",
|
||
|
"uncleanly"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"to go through decomposition":{
|
||
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"unless you want to smell the organic refuse as it fouls , locate the compost heap away from the house"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
"age",
|
||
|
"develop",
|
||
|
"grow",
|
||
|
"mature",
|
||
|
"ripen",
|
||
|
"refresh",
|
||
|
"renew",
|
||
|
"restore",
|
||
|
"cleanse",
|
||
|
"purify",
|
||
|
"assemble",
|
||
|
"compose",
|
||
|
"integrate",
|
||
|
"ameliorate",
|
||
|
"better",
|
||
|
"improve",
|
||
|
"meliorate"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"related":[
|
||
|
"sour",
|
||
|
"turn",
|
||
|
"turn off",
|
||
|
"contaminate",
|
||
|
"defile",
|
||
|
"pollute",
|
||
|
"taint",
|
||
|
"addle",
|
||
|
"curdle",
|
||
|
"ferment",
|
||
|
"mortify",
|
||
|
"rust",
|
||
|
"crumble",
|
||
|
"decline",
|
||
|
"degenerate",
|
||
|
"descend",
|
||
|
"deteriorate",
|
||
|
"dilapidate",
|
||
|
"sink",
|
||
|
"wither"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"break down",
|
||
|
"corrupt",
|
||
|
"decay",
|
||
|
"decompose",
|
||
|
"disintegrate",
|
||
|
"fester",
|
||
|
"mold",
|
||
|
"molder",
|
||
|
"perish",
|
||
|
"putrefy",
|
||
|
"rot",
|
||
|
"spoil"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"to make dirty":{
|
||
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
"clean",
|
||
|
"cleanse"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"the mechanic fouled the bath towels with axle grease"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
"decontaminate",
|
||
|
"purge",
|
||
|
"purify",
|
||
|
"disinfect",
|
||
|
"sanitize",
|
||
|
"brush",
|
||
|
"dry-clean",
|
||
|
"dust",
|
||
|
"launder",
|
||
|
"mop",
|
||
|
"rinse",
|
||
|
"scour",
|
||
|
"scrub",
|
||
|
"sweep",
|
||
|
"wash",
|
||
|
"wipe",
|
||
|
"brighten",
|
||
|
"deodorize",
|
||
|
"freshen",
|
||
|
"renew",
|
||
|
"spruce (up)",
|
||
|
"straighten (up)",
|
||
|
"tidy (up)"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"related":[
|
||
|
"contaminate",
|
||
|
"defile",
|
||
|
"pollute",
|
||
|
"taint",
|
||
|
"discolor",
|
||
|
"confuse",
|
||
|
"disarrange",
|
||
|
"disarray",
|
||
|
"dishevel",
|
||
|
"disorder",
|
||
|
"draggle",
|
||
|
"jumble",
|
||
|
"mess",
|
||
|
"muddle",
|
||
|
"colly",
|
||
|
"crock"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"befoul",
|
||
|
"begrime",
|
||
|
"bemire",
|
||
|
"besmirch",
|
||
|
"blacken",
|
||
|
"daub",
|
||
|
"dirty",
|
||
|
"distain",
|
||
|
"gaum",
|
||
|
"grime",
|
||
|
"mire",
|
||
|
"muck",
|
||
|
"muddy",
|
||
|
"smirch",
|
||
|
"smudge",
|
||
|
"soil",
|
||
|
"stain",
|
||
|
"sully"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"to make unfit for use by the addition of something harmful or undesirable":{
|
||
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
"decontaminate",
|
||
|
"purify"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"industrial pollution fouling the water supply"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
"clarify",
|
||
|
"clean",
|
||
|
"cleanse",
|
||
|
"clear",
|
||
|
"distill",
|
||
|
"distil",
|
||
|
"purge",
|
||
|
"filter",
|
||
|
"disinfect",
|
||
|
"sanitize",
|
||
|
"sterilize"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"related":[
|
||
|
"infect",
|
||
|
"begrime",
|
||
|
"besmirch",
|
||
|
"blacken",
|
||
|
"dirty",
|
||
|
"foul up",
|
||
|
"grime",
|
||
|
"mire",
|
||
|
"muddy",
|
||
|
"smirch",
|
||
|
"smudge",
|
||
|
"soil",
|
||
|
"stain",
|
||
|
"sully",
|
||
|
"corrupt",
|
||
|
"rot",
|
||
|
"spoil",
|
||
|
"adulterate",
|
||
|
"doctor",
|
||
|
"dilute",
|
||
|
"water down"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"befoul",
|
||
|
"contaminate",
|
||
|
"defile",
|
||
|
"poison",
|
||
|
"pollute",
|
||
|
"taint"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"to reduce to a lower standing in one's own eyes or in others' eyes":{
|
||
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
"aggrandize",
|
||
|
"canonize",
|
||
|
"deify",
|
||
|
"elevate",
|
||
|
"exalt"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"the minister was irreparably fouled by baseless rumors and allegations"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
"acclaim",
|
||
|
"applaud",
|
||
|
"boast",
|
||
|
"celebrate",
|
||
|
"cheer",
|
||
|
"cite",
|
||
|
"commend",
|
||
|
"compliment",
|
||
|
"congratulate",
|
||
|
"decorate",
|
||
|
"eulogize",
|
||
|
"extol",
|
||
|
"extoll",
|
||
|
"fete",
|
||
|
"f\u00eate",
|
||
|
"hail",
|
||
|
"honor",
|
||
|
"laud",
|
||
|
"praise",
|
||
|
"salute",
|
||
|
"tout",
|
||
|
"acknowledge",
|
||
|
"recognize",
|
||
|
"highlight",
|
||
|
"play up",
|
||
|
"spotlight",
|
||
|
"dignify",
|
||
|
"ennoble",
|
||
|
"enshrine",
|
||
|
"ensky",
|
||
|
"enthrone",
|
||
|
"glorify",
|
||
|
"magnify",
|
||
|
"advance",
|
||
|
"boost",
|
||
|
"lift",
|
||
|
"promote",
|
||
|
"raise",
|
||
|
"upgrade",
|
||
|
"uplift",
|
||
|
"idealize",
|
||
|
"romanticize"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"related":[
|
||
|
"abash",
|
||
|
"confound",
|
||
|
"confuse",
|
||
|
"discomfit",
|
||
|
"disconcert",
|
||
|
"discountenance",
|
||
|
"embarrass",
|
||
|
"faze",
|
||
|
"fluster",
|
||
|
"mortify",
|
||
|
"nonplus",
|
||
|
"rattle",
|
||
|
"belittle",
|
||
|
"castigate",
|
||
|
"criticize",
|
||
|
"cry down",
|
||
|
"decry",
|
||
|
"depreciate",
|
||
|
"detract",
|
||
|
"diminish",
|
||
|
"discount",
|
||
|
"disparage",
|
||
|
"minimize",
|
||
|
"put down",
|
||
|
"ridicule",
|
||
|
"write off",
|
||
|
"bad-mouth",
|
||
|
"defame",
|
||
|
"defile",
|
||
|
"libel",
|
||
|
"malign",
|
||
|
"slander",
|
||
|
"affront",
|
||
|
"insult",
|
||
|
"censure",
|
||
|
"condemn",
|
||
|
"damn",
|
||
|
"denounce",
|
||
|
"execrate",
|
||
|
"reprehend",
|
||
|
"reprobate"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"abase",
|
||
|
"chasten",
|
||
|
"cheapen",
|
||
|
"debase",
|
||
|
"degrade",
|
||
|
"demean",
|
||
|
"discredit",
|
||
|
"disgrace",
|
||
|
"dishonor",
|
||
|
"humble",
|
||
|
"humiliate",
|
||
|
"lower",
|
||
|
"shame",
|
||
|
"sink",
|
||
|
"smirch",
|
||
|
"take down"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"type":[
|
||
|
"adjective",
|
||
|
"verb"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"foul up":{
|
||
|
"an instance of confusion":{
|
||
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"there was a foul-up with our mail order, and not one item arrived as ordered"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"related":[
|
||
|
"bobble",
|
||
|
"botch",
|
||
|
"bungle",
|
||
|
"fumble",
|
||
|
"blunder",
|
||
|
"error",
|
||
|
"fault",
|
||
|
"flub",
|
||
|
"goof",
|
||
|
"inaccuracy",
|
||
|
"lapse",
|
||
|
"miscue",
|
||
|
"misstep",
|
||
|
"mistake",
|
||
|
"oversight",
|
||
|
"slip",
|
||
|
"slipup",
|
||
|
"stumble",
|
||
|
"chaos",
|
||
|
"confusion",
|
||
|
"disarrangement",
|
||
|
"disarray",
|
||
|
"disorder",
|
||
|
"disorganization",
|
||
|
"hash",
|
||
|
"jumble",
|
||
|
"mess",
|
||
|
"muddle",
|
||
|
"shambles"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"mix-up"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"to make a mistake":{
|
||
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"unfortunately, I fouled up and in my e-mail gave everyone the wrong date for the meeting"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"related":[
|
||
|
"nod",
|
||
|
"bobble",
|
||
|
"botch",
|
||
|
"bungle",
|
||
|
"butcher",
|
||
|
"foozle",
|
||
|
"mangle",
|
||
|
"mishandle",
|
||
|
"muff",
|
||
|
"murder",
|
||
|
"miscalculate",
|
||
|
"misconceive",
|
||
|
"miscount",
|
||
|
"miscue",
|
||
|
"misdeem",
|
||
|
"misgauge",
|
||
|
"misjudge",
|
||
|
"mistake",
|
||
|
"misconstrue",
|
||
|
"misinterpret",
|
||
|
"misunderstand"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"blunder",
|
||
|
"boob",
|
||
|
"err",
|
||
|
"flub",
|
||
|
"fluff",
|
||
|
"fumble",
|
||
|
"goof (up)",
|
||
|
"louse up",
|
||
|
"mess (up)",
|
||
|
"screw up",
|
||
|
"slip up",
|
||
|
"stumble",
|
||
|
"trip"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"to make or do (something) in a clumsy or unskillful way":{
|
||
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"tried not to foul up the football play"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
"ameliorate",
|
||
|
"better",
|
||
|
"enhance",
|
||
|
"help",
|
||
|
"improve",
|
||
|
"meliorate",
|
||
|
"rectify",
|
||
|
"refine",
|
||
|
"reform",
|
||
|
"remedy",
|
||
|
"doctor",
|
||
|
"fix",
|
||
|
"patch",
|
||
|
"recondition",
|
||
|
"renovate",
|
||
|
"repair",
|
||
|
"revamp"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"related":[
|
||
|
"blunder",
|
||
|
"gum (up)",
|
||
|
"muddle",
|
||
|
"piffle",
|
||
|
"blemish",
|
||
|
"blight",
|
||
|
"damage",
|
||
|
"flaw",
|
||
|
"harm",
|
||
|
"hurt",
|
||
|
"impair",
|
||
|
"injure",
|
||
|
"mar",
|
||
|
"mutilate",
|
||
|
"ruin",
|
||
|
"spoil",
|
||
|
"vitiate",
|
||
|
"destroy",
|
||
|
"wreck",
|
||
|
"mishandle",
|
||
|
"mismanage"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"blow",
|
||
|
"bobble",
|
||
|
"boggle",
|
||
|
"bollix (up)",
|
||
|
"boot",
|
||
|
"botch",
|
||
|
"bugger (up)",
|
||
|
"bumble",
|
||
|
"bungle",
|
||
|
"butcher",
|
||
|
"dub",
|
||
|
"flub",
|
||
|
"fluff",
|
||
|
"foozle",
|
||
|
"fumble",
|
||
|
"goof (up)",
|
||
|
"louse up",
|
||
|
"mangle",
|
||
|
"mess (up)",
|
||
|
"muck up",
|
||
|
"muff",
|
||
|
"murder",
|
||
|
"screw up"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"type":[
|
||
|
"noun",
|
||
|
"verb"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"fountain":{
|
||
|
"a point or place at which something is invented or provided":{
|
||
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"regards the Bible as the fountain of all truth concerning the Divinity"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"related":[
|
||
|
"beginning",
|
||
|
"commencement",
|
||
|
"dawn",
|
||
|
"day one",
|
||
|
"genesis",
|
||
|
"get-go",
|
||
|
"git-go",
|
||
|
"inception",
|
||
|
"incipience",
|
||
|
"incipiency",
|
||
|
"kickoff",
|
||
|
"launch",
|
||
|
"morning",
|
||
|
"nascence",
|
||
|
"nascency",
|
||
|
"onset",
|
||
|
"outset",
|
||
|
"start",
|
||
|
"threshold",
|
||
|
"baseline",
|
||
|
"first base",
|
||
|
"ground zero",
|
||
|
"square one"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"cradle",
|
||
|
"font",
|
||
|
"fountainhead",
|
||
|
"origin",
|
||
|
"root",
|
||
|
"seedbed",
|
||
|
"source",
|
||
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"spring",
|
||
|
"well",
|
||
|
"wellspring"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"as in gush , spout":{
|
||
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"related":[],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"type":[
|
||
|
"noun",
|
||
|
"verb"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"fox":{
|
||
|
"a lovely woman":{
|
||
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"she's a real fox \u2014smart, sassy, and sexy"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
"bag",
|
||
|
"frump",
|
||
|
"crone",
|
||
|
"hag",
|
||
|
"witch"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"related":[
|
||
|
"belle",
|
||
|
"charmer",
|
||
|
"peach",
|
||
|
"bathing beauty",
|
||
|
"cover girl",
|
||
|
"pinup girl",
|
||
|
"houri",
|
||
|
"cutie-pie",
|
||
|
"dish",
|
||
|
"doll",
|
||
|
"dreamboat",
|
||
|
"hottie",
|
||
|
"looker",
|
||
|
"pretty",
|
||
|
"coquette",
|
||
|
"femme fatale",
|
||
|
"siren",
|
||
|
"temptress",
|
||
|
"vamp"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"babe",
|
||
|
"beauty",
|
||
|
"beauty queen",
|
||
|
"cookie",
|
||
|
"cooky",
|
||
|
"cutie",
|
||
|
"cutey",
|
||
|
"dolly bird",
|
||
|
"enchantress",
|
||
|
"eyeful",
|
||
|
"goddess",
|
||
|
"honey",
|
||
|
"knockout",
|
||
|
"queen",
|
||
|
"stunner"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"a physically attractive person":{
|
||
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
"dog"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"both he and his twin sister are foxes"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"related":[
|
||
|
"beauty",
|
||
|
"eyeful",
|
||
|
"goddess",
|
||
|
"lovely",
|
||
|
"stunner",
|
||
|
"beefcake",
|
||
|
"hunk",
|
||
|
"stud",
|
||
|
"superstud"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"babe",
|
||
|
"cutie",
|
||
|
"cutey",
|
||
|
"dish",
|
||
|
"doll",
|
||
|
"dreamboat",
|
||
|
"glamour-puss",
|
||
|
"hottie",
|
||
|
"knockout",
|
||
|
"looker",
|
||
|
"showstopper",
|
||
|
"ten"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"to get the better of through cleverness":{
|
||
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"no confidence man will ever fox me and get my hard-earned money"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"related":[
|
||
|
"outguess",
|
||
|
"second-guess",
|
||
|
"baffle",
|
||
|
"balk",
|
||
|
"circumvent",
|
||
|
"foil",
|
||
|
"frustrate",
|
||
|
"thwart",
|
||
|
"cozen",
|
||
|
"deceive",
|
||
|
"dupe",
|
||
|
"fool",
|
||
|
"gull",
|
||
|
"trick",
|
||
|
"conquer",
|
||
|
"defeat",
|
||
|
"lick",
|
||
|
"overcome",
|
||
|
"bar",
|
||
|
"block",
|
||
|
"hinder",
|
||
|
"impede",
|
||
|
"obstruct"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"outfox",
|
||
|
"outmaneuver",
|
||
|
"outslick",
|
||
|
"outsmart",
|
||
|
"outthink",
|
||
|
"outwit",
|
||
|
"overreach"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"to throw into a state of mental uncertainty":{
|
||
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"she won't be foxed by such telemarketing tricks"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
"assure",
|
||
|
"reassure",
|
||
|
"satisfy",
|
||
|
"enlighten",
|
||
|
"inform"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"related":[
|
||
|
"stick",
|
||
|
"stump",
|
||
|
"weird out",
|
||
|
"abash",
|
||
|
"discomfit",
|
||
|
"disconcert",
|
||
|
"discountenance",
|
||
|
"embarrass",
|
||
|
"faze",
|
||
|
"fluster",
|
||
|
"mortify",
|
||
|
"nonplus",
|
||
|
"rattle",
|
||
|
"agitate",
|
||
|
"bother",
|
||
|
"chagrin",
|
||
|
"discomfort",
|
||
|
"discompose",
|
||
|
"dismay",
|
||
|
"disquiet",
|
||
|
"distress",
|
||
|
"disturb",
|
||
|
"perturb",
|
||
|
"stun",
|
||
|
"unhinge",
|
||
|
"unsettle",
|
||
|
"upset",
|
||
|
"beguile",
|
||
|
"cozen",
|
||
|
"deceive",
|
||
|
"delude",
|
||
|
"dupe",
|
||
|
"fool",
|
||
|
"gull",
|
||
|
"hoax",
|
||
|
"hoodwink",
|
||
|
"humbug",
|
||
|
"misguide",
|
||
|
"mislead",
|
||
|
"snow",
|
||
|
"string along",
|
||
|
"take in",
|
||
|
"trick"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"addle",
|
||
|
"baffle",
|
||
|
"bamboozle",
|
||
|
"beat",
|
||
|
"befog",
|
||
|
"befuddle",
|
||
|
"bemuse",
|
||
|
"bewilder",
|
||
|
"buffalo",
|
||
|
"confound",
|
||
|
"confuse",
|
||
|
"discombobulate",
|
||
|
"disorient",
|
||
|
"flummox",
|
||
|
"fuddle",
|
||
|
"get",
|
||
|
"gravel",
|
||
|
"maze",
|
||
|
"muddle",
|
||
|
"muddy",
|
||
|
"mystify",
|
||
|
"perplex",
|
||
|
"pose",
|
||
|
"puzzle",
|
||
|
"vex"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"type":[
|
||
|
"noun",
|
||
|
"verb"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"foxy":{
|
||
|
"clever at attaining one's ends by indirect and often deceptive means":{
|
||
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
"artless",
|
||
|
"guileless",
|
||
|
"ingenuous",
|
||
|
"innocent",
|
||
|
"undesigning"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"the oft-told story of the foxy flatterer who works her way up the ladder of success by stepping on people as she goes"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
"obvious",
|
||
|
"open",
|
||
|
"patent",
|
||
|
"plain",
|
||
|
"public",
|
||
|
"unconcealed",
|
||
|
"aboveboard",
|
||
|
"candid",
|
||
|
"direct",
|
||
|
"forthright",
|
||
|
"frank",
|
||
|
"honest",
|
||
|
"natural",
|
||
|
"outspoken",
|
||
|
"plainspoken",
|
||
|
"real",
|
||
|
"simple",
|
||
|
"sincere",
|
||
|
"straightforward",
|
||
|
"unaffected",
|
||
|
"unpretending",
|
||
|
"unpretentious",
|
||
|
"unvarnished",
|
||
|
"childlike",
|
||
|
"impressionable",
|
||
|
"simpleminded",
|
||
|
"unsophisticated",
|
||
|
"unworldly",
|
||
|
"unforced",
|
||
|
"unstudied",
|
||
|
"trustful",
|
||
|
"trusting"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"related":[
|
||
|
"astute",
|
||
|
"facile",
|
||
|
"glib",
|
||
|
"sharp",
|
||
|
"crooked",
|
||
|
"deceitful",
|
||
|
"deceptive",
|
||
|
"dishonest",
|
||
|
"fraudulent",
|
||
|
"insinuating",
|
||
|
"knavish",
|
||
|
"Machiavellian",
|
||
|
"oblique",
|
||
|
"serpentine",
|
||
|
"shady",
|
||
|
"shifty",
|
||
|
"slippery",
|
||
|
"sneaky",
|
||
|
"treacherous",
|
||
|
"underhand",
|
||
|
"underhanded",
|
||
|
"unscrupulous",
|
||
|
"backhanded",
|
||
|
"double-dealing",
|
||
|
"hypocritical",
|
||
|
"insincere",
|
||
|
"left-handed",
|
||
|
"mealy",
|
||
|
"mealymouthed",
|
||
|
"smooth-tongued",
|
||
|
"two-faced",
|
||
|
"circuitous",
|
||
|
"circular",
|
||
|
"roundabout",
|
||
|
"clandestine",
|
||
|
"concealed",
|
||
|
"covert",
|
||
|
"furtive",
|
||
|
"hugger-mugger",
|
||
|
"secret",
|
||
|
"stealthy",
|
||
|
"surreptitious",
|
||
|
"undercover",
|
||
|
"calculating",
|
||
|
"plotting"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"artful",
|
||
|
"beguiling",
|
||
|
"cagey",
|
||
|
"cagy",
|
||
|
"crafty",
|
||
|
"cunning",
|
||
|
"cute",
|
||
|
"designing",
|
||
|
"devious",
|
||
|
"dodgy",
|
||
|
"guileful",
|
||
|
"scheming",
|
||
|
"shrewd",
|
||
|
"slick",
|
||
|
"sly",
|
||
|
"subtle",
|
||
|
"tricky",
|
||
|
"wily"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"type":[
|
||
|
"adjective"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"foy":{
|
||
|
"as in":{
|
||
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"related":[],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"type":[
|
||
|
"noun"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
}
|
||
|
}
|