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{
"mean-spirited":{
"feeling or showing a desire to cause harm or pain":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"a mean-spirited person",
"He wrote a mean-spirited book review."
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"meandering":{
"passing from one topic to another":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"a meandering interview with the presidential hopeful that covered everything from his family life to his proposed foreign policy"
],
"near antonyms":[
"coherent",
"consistent",
"logical",
"direct",
"focused",
"focussed",
"straightforward",
"undeviating"
],
"related":[
"circuitous",
"deviating",
"devious",
"indirect",
"roundabout"
],
"synonyms":[
"desultory",
"digressional",
"digressionary",
"digressive",
"discursive",
"excursive",
"leaping",
"maundering",
"rambling",
"wandering"
]
},
"to move about from place to place aimlessly":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"theatergoers meandering around the lobby waiting for the play to start"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"ambling",
"sauntering",
"strolling",
"dawdling",
"moping",
"gypsying",
"hoboing",
"tramping",
"vagabonding",
"milling (about or around)",
"straggling",
"straying"
],
"synonyms":[
"batting",
"cruising",
"drifting",
"floating",
"gadding (about)",
"gallivanting",
"galavanting",
"kicking around",
"knocking (about)",
"maundering",
"mooching",
"rambling",
"ranging",
"roaming",
"roving",
"traipsing",
"wandering"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"meanies":{
"a mean, evil, or unprincipled person":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the class thought the substitute teacher was a big meanie when she assigned homework over the holidays"
],
"near antonyms":[
"angels",
"innocents",
"saints",
"heroes"
],
"related":[
"villainesses",
"blackguards",
"criminals",
"crooks",
"culprits",
"felons",
"lawbreakers",
"malefactors",
"offenders",
"perpetrators",
"perps",
"transgressors",
"sinners",
"trespassers",
"wrongdoers",
"cads",
"heels",
"serpents",
"snakes",
"vipers",
"bandits",
"bravos",
"bravoes",
"desperadoes",
"desperados",
"outlaws",
"cons",
"convicts",
"jailbirds",
"assassins",
"cutthroats",
"gangsters",
"goons",
"gunmen",
"hoodlums",
"hooligans",
"racketeers",
"ruffians",
"thugs",
"roughs",
"rowdies",
"toughs",
"losers",
"lowlifes",
"lowlives",
"ne'er-do-wells",
"stinkers",
"trash"
],
"synonyms":[
"baddies",
"beasts",
"brutes",
"caitiffs",
"devils",
"evildoers",
"fiends",
"heavies",
"hounds",
"knaves",
"miscreants",
"monsters",
"nazis",
"no-goods",
"rapscallions",
"rascals",
"reprobates",
"rogues",
"savages",
"scalawags",
"scallywags",
"scamps",
"scapegraces",
"scoundrels",
"varlets",
"villains",
"wretches"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"means":{
"an action planned or taken to achieve a desired result":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"won the competition by fair and honest means"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"act",
"action",
"deed",
"doing",
"feat",
"thing",
"course",
"procedure",
"proceeding",
"process",
"accomplishment",
"achievement",
"attainment",
"coup",
"exploit",
"success",
"triumph",
"activity",
"affair",
"business",
"dealing",
"enterprise",
"event",
"attempt",
"crack",
"endeavor",
"essay",
"fling",
"go",
"initiative",
"operation",
"pass",
"shot",
"stab",
"trial",
"try",
"undertaking",
"whack",
"effort",
"exertion",
"labor",
"pains",
"trouble",
"while",
"work",
"project",
"proposal",
"proposition",
"makeshift",
"resort",
"resource",
"stopgap",
"countermeasure",
"countermove",
"counterstep"
],
"synonyms":[
"expedient",
"measure",
"move",
"shift",
"step"
]
},
"something used to achieve an end":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the ends don't justify the means"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"determinant",
"expedient",
"factor",
"influence",
"ingredient",
"mechanism",
"tool",
"weapon",
"activator",
"animator",
"catalyst",
"driver",
"energizer",
"executor",
"generator",
"impetus",
"incentive",
"inspiration",
"instigation",
"instigator",
"launcher",
"mover",
"power",
"stimulus",
"trigger",
"antecedent",
"cause",
"occasion",
"reason",
"subagency",
"subagent"
],
"synonyms":[
"agency",
"agent",
"instrument",
"instrumentality",
"machinery",
"medium",
"ministry",
"organ",
"vehicle"
]
},
"the total of one's money and property":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"a woman of considerable means"
],
"near antonyms":[
"debts",
"liabilities",
"indebtedness"
],
"related":[
"belongings",
"chattels",
"effects",
"holdings",
"paraphernalia",
"possessions",
"things",
"bankroll",
"deep pockets",
"finances",
"funds",
"money",
"wallet",
"abundance",
"affluence",
"prosperity",
"success",
"treasure",
"valuables",
"accession",
"acquisition",
"personal property",
"personalty",
"property",
"nest egg",
"reserve",
"resources",
"savings",
"treasury"
],
"synonyms":[
"assets",
"capital",
"fortune",
"opulence",
"riches",
"substance",
"wealth",
"wherewithal",
"worth"
]
},
"to be of importance":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"your presence at my graduation would mean a lot to me"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"affects",
"concerns",
"influences",
"sways",
"adds up (to)",
"amounts (to)"
],
"synonyms":[
"counts",
"imports",
"matters",
"signifies",
"weighs"
]
},
"to communicate or convey (as an idea) to the mind":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the national anthem means various things to various people"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"connotes",
"implies",
"suggests",
"adds up (to)",
"amounts (to)",
"hints",
"infers",
"insinuates",
"intimates",
"embodies",
"epitomizes",
"personifies",
"represents",
"symbolizes",
"symbols",
"adverts",
"alludes (to)",
"cites",
"instances",
"mentions",
"refers (to)",
"specifies",
"touches (on or upon)",
"designates",
"indicates",
"points (to)",
"signals",
"announces",
"declares",
"proclaims",
"elucidates",
"explains"
],
"synonyms":[
"denotes",
"expresses",
"imports",
"intends",
"signifies",
"spells"
]
},
"to have in mind as a purpose or goal":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"I mean to win this race"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"dreams",
"hopes",
"wishes",
"considers",
"debates",
"mulls (over)",
"ponders",
"attempts",
"endeavors",
"strives",
"struggles",
"tries",
"plots",
"schemes",
"accomplishes",
"achieves",
"effects",
"executes",
"performs"
],
"synonyms":[
"aims",
"allows",
"aspires",
"calculates",
"contemplates",
"designs",
"goes",
"intends",
"looks",
"meditates",
"plans",
"proposes",
"purports",
"purposes"
]
},
"to serve as a sign or symptom of":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"these colder nights mean autumn has truly arrived"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"bodes",
"foreshows",
"foretells",
"presages"
],
"synonyms":[
"bespeaks",
"betokens",
"denotes",
"indicates",
"points (to)",
"signifies",
"tells (of)"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"meany":{
"a mean, evil, or unprincipled person":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the class thought the substitute teacher was a big meanie when she assigned homework over the holidays"
],
"near antonyms":[
"angel",
"innocent",
"saint",
"hero"
],
"related":[
"villainess",
"blackguard",
"criminal",
"crook",
"culprit",
"felon",
"lawbreaker",
"malefactor",
"offender",
"perp",
"perpetrator",
"transgressor",
"sinner",
"trespasser",
"wrongdoer",
"cad",
"heel",
"serpent",
"snake",
"viper",
"bandit",
"bravo",
"desperado",
"outlaw",
"con",
"convict",
"jailbird",
"assassin",
"cutthroat",
"gangster",
"goon",
"gunman",
"hoodlum",
"hooligan",
"racketeer",
"ruffian",
"thug",
"rough",
"rowdy",
"tough",
"loser",
"lowlife",
"ne'er-do-well",
"stinker",
"trash"
],
"synonyms":[
"baddie",
"baddy",
"beast",
"brute",
"caitiff",
"devil",
"evildoer",
"fiend",
"heavy",
"hound",
"knave",
"miscreant",
"monster",
"nazi",
"no-good",
"rapscallion",
"rascal",
"reprobate",
"rogue",
"savage",
"scalawag",
"scallywag",
"scamp",
"scapegrace",
"scoundrel",
"varlet",
"villain",
"wretch"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"measure":{
"a given or particular mass or aggregate of matter":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"each day prisoners were given only a small measure of rice to live on"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"coefficient",
"degree",
"body",
"portion",
"many",
"number"
],
"synonyms":[
"amount",
"quantity",
"quantum",
"volume"
]
},
"an action planned or taken to achieve a desired result":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"such new security measures as metal detectors at all the entrances"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"act",
"action",
"deed",
"doing",
"feat",
"thing",
"course",
"procedure",
"proceeding",
"process",
"accomplishment",
"achievement",
"attainment",
"coup",
"exploit",
"success",
"triumph",
"activity",
"affair",
"business",
"dealing",
"enterprise",
"event",
"attempt",
"crack",
"endeavor",
"essay",
"fling",
"go",
"initiative",
"operation",
"pass",
"shot",
"stab",
"trial",
"try",
"undertaking",
"whack",
"effort",
"exertion",
"labor",
"pains",
"trouble",
"while",
"work",
"project",
"proposal",
"proposition",
"makeshift",
"resort",
"resource",
"stopgap",
"countermeasure",
"countermove",
"counterstep"
],
"synonyms":[
"expedient",
"means",
"move",
"shift",
"step"
]
},
"something set up as an example against which others of the same type are compared":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"during the Renaissance, man came to be viewed as the measure of all things"
],
"near antonyms":[
"aberration",
"abnormality",
"deviation"
],
"related":[
"case",
"example",
"instance",
"average",
"norm",
"rule",
"acme",
"apex",
"meridian",
"peak",
"pinnacle",
"summit",
"zenith"
],
"synonyms":[
"bar",
"barometer",
"benchmark",
"criterion",
"gold standard",
"grade",
"mark",
"metric",
"par",
"standard",
"touchstone",
"yardstick"
]
},
"the recurrent pattern formed by a series of sounds having a regular rise and fall in intensity":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the song's soft, soothing measures make it a good lullaby"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"accent",
"accentuation",
"emphasis",
"stress",
"backbeat",
"drum",
"throb",
"lilt",
"movement",
"sway",
"swing",
"hexameter",
"pentameter",
"tetrameter",
"trimeter"
],
"synonyms":[
"beat",
"cadence",
"meter",
"rhythm"
]
},
"the total amount of measurable space or surface occupied by something":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"a slipcover for the couch that was made to measure"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"area",
"capaciousness",
"commodiousness",
"roominess",
"spaciousness",
"ampleness",
"amplitude",
"bigness",
"bulkiness",
"enormousness",
"grandness",
"greatness",
"grossness",
"heftiness",
"hugeness",
"immenseness",
"immensity",
"largeness",
"mass",
"massiveness",
"monstrousness",
"stupendousness",
"tremendousness",
"vastness",
"volume",
"voluminousness"
],
"synonyms":[
"bulk",
"dimension",
"extent",
"magnitude",
"measurement",
"proportion",
"size"
]
},
"to find out the size, extent, or amount of":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"for this experiment, you need to carefully measure all the chemicals before you mix them together"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"weigh",
"calibrate",
"caliper",
"quantify",
"quantitate",
"lay off",
"mark (off)",
"calculate",
"cipher",
"compute",
"figure",
"reckon",
"work out",
"appraise",
"assess",
"conjecture",
"estimate",
"evaluate",
"guess",
"guesstimate",
"judge",
"suppose",
"valuate",
"value",
"add up",
"sum",
"tally",
"total",
"ascertain",
"determine",
"discover",
"dope (out)",
"figure out",
"find out"
],
"synonyms":[
"gauge",
"gage",
"scale",
"span"
]
},
"to keep from exceeding a desirable degree or level (as of expression)":{
"antonyms":[
"lose"
],
"examples":[
"he carefully measured his response to the provocative question"
],
"near antonyms":[
"liberate",
"loose",
"loosen",
"unleash",
"air",
"express",
"take out",
"vent"
],
"related":[
"bottle (up)",
"choke (back)",
"hold back",
"mince",
"muffle",
"pocket",
"repress",
"sink",
"smother",
"squelch",
"stifle",
"strangle",
"suppress",
"swallow",
"arrest",
"interrupt",
"stop",
"block",
"hamper",
"handcuff",
"hinder",
"impede",
"obstruct",
"gag",
"muzzle",
"silence"
],
"synonyms":[
"bridle",
"check",
"constrain",
"contain",
"control",
"curb",
"govern",
"hold",
"inhibit",
"keep",
"pull in",
"regulate",
"rein (in)",
"restrain",
"rule",
"tame"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"medicos":{
"a person specially trained in healing human medical disorders":{
"antonyms":[
"nondoctors",
"nonphysicians"
],
"examples":[
"a woman who is suspicious of all medicos , regardless of their credentials"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"family doctors",
"family physicians",
"family practitioners",
"general practitioners",
"anesthesiologists",
"dermatologists",
"gynecologists",
"internists",
"neurologists",
"ob-gyns",
"obstetricians",
"ophthalmologists",
"orthopedists",
"pathologists",
"pediatricians",
"pediatrists",
"physiatrists",
"podiatrists",
"radiologists",
"urologists",
"attendings",
"clinicians",
"hospitalists",
"specialists",
"plastic surgeons",
"surgeons",
"interns",
"internes",
"residents",
"aidmen",
"nurse-practitioners",
"nurses",
"EMTs",
"paramedics",
"paramedicals",
"physical therapists",
"physiotherapists"
],
"synonyms":[
"croakers",
"docs",
"doctors",
"medics",
"physicians",
"sawbones",
"sawboneses"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"meditative":{
"given to or marked by long, quiet thinking":{
"antonyms":[
"unreflective"
],
"examples":[
"I've been in a meditative mood all day"
],
"near antonyms":[
"featherbrained",
"flighty",
"flippant",
"frivolous",
"goofy",
"harebrained",
"light-headed",
"scatterbrained",
"brainless",
"mindless",
"silly",
"thoughtless",
"unthinking"
],
"related":[
"introspective",
"retrospective",
"self-reflective",
"earnest",
"grave",
"sedate",
"serious",
"serious-minded",
"severe",
"sober",
"solemn",
"somber",
"sombre",
"weighty",
"philosophical",
"philosophic",
"analytic",
"analytical",
"logical",
"rational",
"deliberate",
"purposeful",
"absentminded",
"abstracted",
"preoccupied"
],
"synonyms":[
"broody",
"cogitative",
"contemplative",
"melancholy",
"musing",
"pensive",
"reflective",
"ruminant",
"ruminative",
"thoughtful"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"meekness":{
"the absence of any feelings of being better than others":{
"antonyms":[
"arrogance",
"assumption",
"bumptiousness",
"conceit",
"egoism",
"egotism",
"haughtiness",
"hauteur",
"huffiness",
"imperiousness",
"loftiness",
"lordliness",
"peremptoriness",
"pomposity",
"pompousness",
"presumptuousness",
"pretense",
"pretence",
"pretension",
"pretentiousness",
"pride",
"pridefulness",
"superciliousness",
"superiority",
"toploftiness"
],
"examples":[
"like most other things, meekness is best practiced in moderation"
],
"near antonyms":[
"aggressiveness",
"assertiveness",
"attitude",
"audaciousness",
"boldness",
"brashness",
"brassiness",
"cheek",
"cheekiness",
"cockiness",
"cocksureness",
"forwardness",
"overconfidence",
"swagger",
"swash",
"temerity",
"impertinence",
"impudence",
"insolence",
"nerve",
"sauciness",
"boastfulness",
"chest-thumping",
"self-applause",
"self-assumption",
"self-centeredness",
"self-complacency",
"self-conceit",
"self-glorification",
"self-importance",
"self-opinion",
"self-partiality",
"self-satisfaction",
"vaingloriousness",
"vanity",
"condescension",
"disdain",
"scorn",
"flamboyance",
"ostentation",
"ostentatiousness",
"showiness"
],
"related":[
"acquiescence",
"compliance",
"deference",
"passivity",
"resignedness",
"submission",
"submissiveness",
"ingenuousness",
"na\u00efvet\u00e9",
"naivete",
"naivet\u00e9",
"directness",
"plainness",
"simpleness",
"bashfulness",
"diffidence",
"mousiness",
"quietness",
"reserve",
"reservedness",
"retiringness",
"sheepishness",
"shyness",
"timidity",
"timidness"
],
"synonyms":[
"demureness",
"down-to-earthness",
"humbleness",
"humility",
"lowliness",
"modesty"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"meiosis":{
"as in":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"meliorate":{
"to make better":{
"antonyms":[
"worsen"
],
"examples":[
"regulations intended to meliorate the working conditions of factory workers"
],
"near antonyms":[
"damage",
"endamage",
"harm",
"hurt",
"impair",
"injure",
"spoil",
"tarnish",
"vitiate",
"blemish",
"blight",
"deface",
"disfigure",
"flaw",
"mar",
"diminish",
"lessen",
"lower",
"reduce"
],
"related":[
"correct",
"emend",
"rectify",
"reform",
"remediate",
"remedy",
"edit",
"fine-tune",
"redraft",
"refurbish",
"rehab",
"rehabilitate",
"revamp",
"revise",
"rework",
"beef (up)",
"boost",
"fortify",
"intensify",
"reinforce",
"reenforce",
"strengthen",
"fine",
"hone",
"polish",
"retouch",
"touch up"
],
"synonyms":[
"ameliorate",
"amend",
"better",
"enhance",
"enrich",
"help",
"improve",
"perfect",
"refine",
"upgrade"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"mellifluous":{
"having a pleasantly flowing quality suggestive of music":{
"antonyms":[
"unlyrical"
],
"examples":[
"a rich, mellifluous voice that gets her a lot of work in radio and TV commercials"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disconnected",
"staccato",
"discordant",
"dissonant",
"grating",
"harsh",
"inharmonious",
"jarring",
"strident",
"unmelodious",
"unmusical"
],
"related":[
"dulcet",
"golden",
"sweet"
],
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"mar",
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"reimbursed",
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"rectified",
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"broke",
"damaged",
"defaced",
"disfigured",
"flawed",
"harmed",
"hurt",
"impaired",
"injured",
"marred",
"ruined",
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"vandalized",
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"crippled",
"disabled",
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"mangled",
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"healed",
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"freshened",
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"refreshened",
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"renewed",
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"redressed",
"reformed",
"righted",
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"bettered",
"enhanced",
"enriched",
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"damaged",
"disabled",
"harmed",
"hurt",
"impaired",
"injured",
"lacerated",
"lamed",
"maimed",
"mangled",
"mutilated",
"wounded",
"afflicted",
"ailed",
"debilitated",
"enervated",
"enfeebled",
"laid up",
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"wasted",
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"verb"
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"naming",
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"quoting"
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"forgetting",
"ignoring",
"neglecting",
"overlooking",
"overpassing",
"passing over",
"slighting"
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"implying",
"indicating",
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"intending",
"intimating",
"suggesting",
"pointing (out)",
"signaling",
"signalling",
"signifying",
"denominating",
"designating",
"indicating",
"bringing up",
"broaching",
"interjecting",
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"interposing",
"introducing",
"infiltrating",
"insinuating",
"worming",
"advertising",
"announcing",
"broadcasting",
"declaring",
"proclaiming",
"pronouncing",
"publicizing",
"publishing",
"sounding",
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"clearing (up)",
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"citing",
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"instancing",
"naming",
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"noting",
"quoting",
"referring (to)",
"specifying",
"touching (on or upon)"
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"as in":{
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"broke up",
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"unmixed"
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"cleft",
"disjoined",
"disunited",
"divided",
"divorced",
"parted",
"ruptured",
"severed",
"sundered",
"dispersed",
"dissolved",
"scattered",
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"split"
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"related":[
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"coalesced",
"compounded",
"emulsified",
"conjoined",
"joined",
"knit",
"knitted",
"linked",
"united",
"intertwined",
"interwove",
"interweaved",
"wove",
"weaved"
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"blended",
"blent",
"combined",
"comingled",
"commingled",
"commixed",
"composited",
"concreted",
"conflated",
"fused",
"homogenized",
"immingled",
"immixed",
"incorporated",
"integrated",
"interfused",
"intermingled",
"intermixed",
"melded",
"mingled",
"mixed"
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"verb"
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"dissolution",
"disunion",
"division",
"parting",
"partition",
"schism",
"scission",
"split"
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"the merger of the two companies will create the largest Internet service provider in the country"
],
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"divorcement",
"separation",
"severance"
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"related":[
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"coalescence",
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"fusion",
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"mingling",
"mix",
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"synthesis",
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"consolidation",
"coupling",
"junction",
"linking",
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"unification",
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"merits":{
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"this mystery novel at least has the merit of an original plot"
],
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"defects",
"failings",
"faults",
"flaws",
"drawbacks",
"minuses",
"negatives"
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"edges",
"pluses",
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"superiorities"
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"excellences",
"excellencies",
"graces",
"values",
"virtues"
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"our coworker merrily announced that it was her birthday, so we felt obligated to treat her to lunch"
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"disconsolately",
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"wretchedly",
"dolefully",
"dolorously",
"forlornly",
"mournfully",
"plaintively",
"sorrowfully",
"dourly",
"glumly",
"mirthlessly",
"sourly",
"sternly",
"sulkily",
"sullenly",
"blackly",
"dismally",
"drearily",
"gloomily",
"pessimistically"
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"related":[
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"exuberantly",
"giddily",
"gigglingly",
"joyfully",
"joyously",
"blithely",
"blithesomely",
"breezily",
"gladly",
"gladsomely",
"laughingly",
"lightheartedly",
"sunnily",
"amicably",
"friendlily",
"friendly",
"good-humoredly",
"good-naturedly",
"jocularly",
"hopefully",
"optimistically",
"sanguinely",
"blissfully",
"elatedly",
"euphorically",
"rapturously"
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"cheerfully",
"cheerily",
"gaily",
"gayly",
"happily",
"heartily",
"jocosely",
"jovially",
"mirthfully",
"smilingly"
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"the traditional depiction of Santa Claus as a rotund man with merry , twinkling blue eyes"
],
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"aggrieved",
"anguished",
"blue",
"brokenhearted",
"crestfallen",
"dejected",
"depressed",
"despondent",
"disconsolate",
"disheartened",
"dispirited",
"downcast",
"downhearted",
"forlorn",
"glum",
"heartbroken",
"heartsick",
"heavyhearted",
"low-spirited",
"melancholy",
"sad",
"saddened",
"sorrowful",
"unhappy",
"crying",
"groaning",
"moaning",
"sobbing",
"wailing",
"weeping",
"discontented",
"disgruntled",
"moody",
"doleful",
"dolorous",
"joyless",
"lachrymose",
"lugubrious",
"mournful",
"plaintive",
"sorry",
"woeful",
"black",
"bleak",
"cheerless",
"comfortless",
"dark",
"depressing",
"desolate",
"dismal",
"dreary",
"gloomy",
"glum",
"gray",
"grey",
"morose",
"saturnine",
"somber",
"sombre",
"sullen",
"miserable",
"woebegone",
"wretched",
"dull",
"lethargic",
"listless",
"sluggish",
"torpid"
],
"related":[
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"beaming",
"chuckling",
"giggling",
"smiling",
"bright",
"buoyant",
"carefree",
"cheerful",
"cheery",
"chipper",
"lighthearted",
"lightsome",
"upbeat",
"animated",
"bouncing",
"frisky",
"jaunty",
"lively",
"peppy",
"perky",
"spirited",
"sprightful",
"sprightly",
"vivacious",
"zippy",
"blessed",
"blest",
"blissful",
"delighted",
"ecstatic",
"elated",
"enraptured",
"entranced",
"euphoric",
"exhilarated",
"exuberant",
"exultant",
"gladsome",
"happy",
"high",
"joyful",
"joyous",
"jubilant",
"overjoyed",
"radiant",
"rapturous",
"ravished",
"thrilled",
"tickled",
"amusing",
"facetious",
"flippant",
"frolicsome",
"funny",
"hilarious",
"jesting",
"joking",
"joshing",
"playful",
"sportive",
"witty",
"cavalier",
"devil-may-care",
"easygoing",
"happy-go-lucky",
"insouciant",
"unconcerned",
"hopeful",
"optimistic",
"rosy",
"sanguine",
"antic",
"comic",
"comical",
"farcical",
"humorous",
"riotous",
"sidesplitting",
"uproarious"
],
"synonyms":[
"blithe",
"blithesome",
"festive",
"gay",
"gleeful",
"jocose",
"jocular",
"jocund",
"jolly",
"jovial",
"laughing",
"mirthful",
"sunny"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"messes%20over":{
"to inflict physical or emotional harm upon":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"her no-good boyfriend has been messing her over for years"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cares (for)",
"cherishes",
"fosters",
"nurtures",
"babies",
"caters (to)",
"coddles",
"favors",
"gratifies",
"humors",
"indulges",
"mollycoddles",
"pampers",
"spoils"
],
"related":[
"molests",
"outrages",
"violates",
"harasses",
"harms",
"hurts",
"injures",
"oppresses",
"persecutes",
"torments",
"tortures",
"burns",
"sandbags",
"victimizes",
"wrongs",
"beats (up)",
"messes (up)",
"roughs (up)",
"works (over)"
],
"synonyms":[
"abuses",
"brutalizes",
"bullies",
"ill-treats",
"ill-uses",
"kicks around",
"maltreats",
"manhandles",
"mishandles",
"mistreats",
"misuses"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"metaphysical":{
"dealing with or expressing a quality or idea":{
"antonyms":[
"concrete",
"nonabstract"
],
"examples":[
"a work that deals with such metaphysical questions as the very nature of knowledge"
],
"near antonyms":[
"material",
"physical",
"appreciable",
"detectable",
"discernible",
"discernable",
"noticeable",
"observable",
"palpable",
"perceptible",
"sensible",
"substantial",
"tangible",
"visible",
"defined",
"definite",
"distinct",
"actual",
"factual",
"real"
],
"related":[
"conjectural",
"hypothetical",
"speculative",
"cosmic",
"cosmical",
"intellectual",
"mental",
"spiritual",
"ethereal",
"immaterial",
"incorporeal",
"insubstantial",
"nonmaterial",
"nonphysical",
"unsubstantial",
"impalpable",
"imperceptible",
"insensible",
"intangible",
"invisible",
"impractical",
"romantic",
"transcendent",
"transcendental",
"unreal",
"utopian",
"visionary"
],
"synonyms":[
"abstract",
"conceptual",
"ideal",
"ideational",
"notional",
"theoretical",
"theoretic"
]
},
"of, relating to, or being part of a reality beyond the observable physical universe":{
"antonyms":[
"natural"
],
"examples":[
"belief in a metaphysical world beyond the one in which we live"
],
"near antonyms":[
"earthly",
"mundane"
],
"related":[
"mystic",
"mystical",
"occult",
"psychic",
"psychical",
"spiritistic",
"spiritualistic",
"extrasensory",
"supersensible",
"supersensory",
"celestial",
"divine",
"ethereal",
"heavenly",
"numinous",
"spiritual",
"unworldly"
],
"synonyms":[
"otherworldly",
"paranormal",
"preternatural",
"supernatural",
"transcendent",
"transcendental",
"unearthly"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"metaphysics":{
"as in theories":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"meted (out)":{
"to give out (something) to appropriate individuals":{
"antonyms":[
"misallocated"
],
"examples":[
"determined to mete out an appropriate punishment for the CEO guilty of insider trading"
],
"near antonyms":[
"begrudged",
"declined",
"denied",
"deprived (of)",
"disallowed",
"refused",
"rejected",
"withheld",
"niggled (out)",
"pinched",
"skimped",
"stinted"
],
"related":[
"admeasured",
"allotted",
"allowed",
"appropriated",
"assigned",
"dished out",
"divided",
"divvied (up)",
"dolloped (out)",
"lotted",
"measured (out)",
"parted",
"proportioned",
"rationed",
"redistributed",
"set",
"shared (out)",
"split",
"bestowed",
"disbursed",
"furnished",
"issued",
"provided",
"shared",
"supplied",
"circulated",
"dispersed",
"disseminated",
"scattered",
"spread",
"chipped in",
"contributed",
"donated",
"pledged",
"reallocated",
"reapportioned"
],
"synonyms":[
"administered",
"allocated",
"apportioned",
"dealt (out)",
"dispensed",
"distributed",
"doled out",
"handed out",
"parceled (out)",
"parcelled (out)",
"portioned",
"prorated"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"methodical":{
"following a set method, arrangement, or pattern":{
"antonyms":[
"disorganized",
"haphazard",
"hit-or-miss",
"immethodical",
"irregular",
"nonsystematic",
"patternless",
"planless",
"systemless",
"unsystematic"
],
"examples":[
"a methodical study plan that included lists of points to memorize"
],
"near antonyms":[
"chaotic",
"disordered",
"disorderly",
"shambolic",
"unordered"
],
"related":[
"ordered",
"regularized",
"standardized",
"structured",
"accurate",
"clocklike",
"correct",
"exact",
"precise",
"detailed",
"specific"
],
"synonyms":[
"neat",
"orderly",
"organized",
"regular",
"systematic",
"systematized"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"meticulousness":{
"strict attentiveness to what one is doing":{
"antonyms":[
"heedlessness",
"inattentiveness",
"negligence"
],
"examples":[
"he dressed himself with uncharacteristic meticulousness , which made us suspect he was going on a date"
],
"near antonyms":[
"inadvertence",
"inadvertency",
"inattention",
"inobservance"
],
"related":[
"advertence",
"advertency",
"attention",
"concentration",
"focus",
"observance",
"observation",
"alertness",
"mindfulness",
"vigilance",
"watchfulness",
"dutifulness",
"irreproachability",
"irreproachableness",
"punctiliousness",
"responsibility",
"bother",
"effort",
"painstaking",
"trouble",
"exactness",
"particularity",
"precision"
],
"synonyms":[
"care",
"carefulness",
"closeness",
"conscientiousness",
"heed",
"heedfulness",
"meticulosity",
"pains",
"scrupulousness"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
}
}