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{
"orating":{
"to give a formal often extended talk on a subject":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the respected anthropologist is expected to orate about her latest research findings before a packed auditorium"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"reciting",
"soliloquizing",
"disserting",
"expounding",
"pontificating",
"sermonizing",
"mouthing",
"spouting",
"filibustering"
],
"synonyms":[
"declaiming",
"descanting",
"discoursing",
"expatiating",
"haranguing",
"lecturing",
"speaking",
"talking"
]
},
"to talk as if giving an important and formal speech":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"given the opportunity, many politicians will orate at considerable length on just about any subject"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"ranting",
"raving",
"bloviating",
"blowing",
"lecturing",
"preaching",
"sermonizing",
"advertising",
"announcing",
"broadcasting",
"declaring",
"proclaiming",
"pronouncing",
"speaking",
"speechifying",
"talking"
],
"synonyms":[
"declaiming",
"discoursing",
"haranguing",
"mouthing (off)",
"perorating"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"oratory":{
"language that is impressive-sounding but not meaningful or sincere":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the politician's oratory sounded good only to people who didn't bother to think"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"claptrap",
"drivel",
"gibberish",
"hogwash",
"humbug",
"jabberwocky",
"jazz",
"moonshine",
"nonsense",
"affectedness",
"floweriness",
"grandiosity",
"loftiness",
"pomposity",
"pretension",
"pretentiousness",
"garrulity",
"garrulousness",
"verboseness",
"verbosity",
"windiness",
"wordiness"
],
"synonyms":[
"bombast",
"fustian",
"gas",
"grandiloquence",
"hot air",
"rhetoric",
"verbiage",
"wind"
]
},
"the art of speaking in public eloquently and effectively":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"a presidential hopeful with a gift for oratory and a highly charismatic personality"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"bombast",
"grandiloquence",
"eloquence",
"rhetoric",
"discourse",
"speech",
"talk"
],
"synonyms":[
"elocution",
"public speaking"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"ordinariness":{
"the quality or state of being ordinary":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"He was a cheerful person who took pleasure even in the ordinariness of everyday life."
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"ordonnance":{
"the way in which the elements of something (as a work of art) are arranged":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the novel's intricate ordonnance might not be apparent to the casual reader"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"motif",
"theme"
],
"synonyms":[
"arrangement",
"composition",
"configuration",
"constellation",
"design",
"form",
"format",
"getup",
"layout",
"makeup",
"pattern"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"organic":{
"being a part of an integrated whole that cannot be removed":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"The American Revolution is an organic part of the history of the United States."
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"orgiastic":{
"as in":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"orientate":{
"to impart knowledge of a new thing or situation to":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"will orientate all incoming freshmen to the layout of the campus"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"habituate",
"wont",
"apprise",
"brief",
"clue (in)",
"fill in",
"inform",
"educate",
"enlighten",
"ground",
"instruct",
"school",
"train",
"verse",
"expose",
"present",
"subject",
"advise",
"tell",
"tip (off)",
"warn",
"wise (up)",
"reacquaint"
],
"synonyms":[
"accustom",
"acquaint",
"familiarize",
"initiate",
"introduce",
"orient"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"oriented":{
"to impart knowledge of a new thing or situation to":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"a training program to orient new employees to the requirements and dimensions of the job"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"habituated",
"wont",
"apprised",
"briefed",
"clued (in)",
"filled in",
"informed",
"educated",
"enlightened",
"grounded",
"instructed",
"schooled",
"trained",
"versed",
"exposed",
"presented",
"subjected",
"advised",
"tipped (off)",
"told",
"warned",
"wised (up)",
"reacquainted"
],
"synonyms":[
"accustomed",
"acquainted",
"familiarized",
"initiated",
"introduced",
"orientated"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"original":{
"a person of odd or whimsical habits":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the town's singing mailman is an original , all right"
],
"near antonyms":[
"conformer",
"conformist",
"follower",
"sheep"
],
"related":[
"bohemian",
"maverick",
"nonconformist",
"quixote",
"coot",
"geezer",
"curio",
"rarity",
"freak",
"fantast",
"fantastico"
],
"synonyms":[
"character",
"codger",
"crack",
"crackbrain",
"crackpot",
"crank",
"eccentric",
"flake",
"fruitcake",
"head case",
"kook",
"nut",
"nutcase",
"nutter",
"oddball",
"oddity",
"quiz",
"screwball",
"weirdo",
"zany"
]
},
"coming before all others in time or order":{
"antonyms":[
"final",
"last",
"latest",
"latter",
"terminal",
"terminating",
"ultimate"
],
"examples":[
"the original plan had to be discarded when the situation changed drastically"
],
"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",
"foremost",
"headmost",
"inaugural",
"initial",
"leadoff",
"maiden",
"pioneer",
"premier",
"virgin"
]
},
"having the skill and imagination to create new things":{
"antonyms":[
"uncreative",
"unimaginative",
"uninventive",
"unoriginal"
],
"examples":[
"an original artist who wanted his paintings to convey his emotional responses to the people, objects, and landscapes he painted"
],
"near antonyms":[
"imitative",
"uninspired",
"infertile",
"unproductive",
"talentless"
],
"related":[
"gifted",
"inspired",
"talented",
"resourceful",
"fecund",
"fertile",
"fruitful",
"generative",
"germinal",
"productive",
"prolific"
],
"synonyms":[
"clever",
"creative",
"imaginative",
"ingenious",
"innovational",
"innovative",
"innovatory",
"inventive",
"originative",
"Promethean"
]
},
"not known or experienced before":{
"antonyms":[
"familiar",
"hackneyed",
"old",
"time-honored",
"tired",
"warmed-over"
],
"examples":[
"separate categories for original and adapted screenplays"
],
"near antonyms":[
"conventional",
"established",
"traditional",
"tried",
"tried-and-true",
"derivative",
"imitative"
],
"related":[
"innovative",
"unique",
"nontraditional",
"unconventional",
"untried",
"unused",
"unworn",
"pathbreaking",
"pioneering",
"trailblazing"
],
"synonyms":[
"fresh",
"new",
"novel",
"strange",
"unaccustomed",
"unfamiliar",
"unheard-of",
"unknown",
"unprecedented"
]
},
"something from which copies are made":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"please make copies to hand out, but keep the original"
],
"near antonyms":[
"copy",
"imitation",
"replica",
"reproduction",
"counterfeit",
"fake",
"forgery",
"sham"
],
"related":[
"source",
"example",
"mold",
"paradigm",
"pattern",
"beau ideal",
"classic",
"exemplar",
"ideal",
"model",
"nonpareil",
"paragon",
"blueprint",
"draft"
],
"synonyms":[
"archetype",
"prototype"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"originate":{
"to come into existence":{
"antonyms":[
"cease",
"end",
"stop"
],
"examples":[
"the theory of relativity originated with Albert Einstein"
],
"near antonyms":[
"conclude",
"desist",
"discontinue",
"finish",
"halt",
"quit",
"terminate",
"disappear",
"dissolve",
"evaporate",
"vanish",
"depart",
"die",
"expire",
"pass away",
"perish"
],
"related":[
"be",
"breathe",
"exist",
"live",
"subsist",
"arrive",
"come on",
"emerge",
"coalesce",
"cohere",
"shape (up)",
"continue",
"endure",
"last",
"persist",
"survive"
],
"synonyms":[
"actualize",
"appear",
"arise",
"begin",
"break",
"commence",
"dawn",
"engender",
"form",
"materialize",
"set in",
"spring",
"start"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"originated":{
"to come into existence":{
"antonyms":[
"ceased",
"ended",
"stopped"
],
"examples":[
"the theory of relativity originated with Albert Einstein"
],
"near antonyms":[
"concluded",
"desisted",
"discontinued",
"finished",
"halted",
"quit",
"quitted",
"terminated",
"disappeared",
"dissolved",
"evaporated",
"vanished",
"departed",
"died",
"expired",
"passed away",
"perished"
],
"related":[
"breathed",
"existed",
"lived",
"subsisted",
"was",
"arrived",
"came on",
"emerged",
"coalesced",
"cohered",
"shaped (up)",
"continued",
"endured",
"lasted",
"persisted",
"survived"
],
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"actualized",
"appeared",
"arose",
"began",
"broke",
"commenced",
"dawned",
"engendered",
"formed",
"materialized",
"set in",
"sprang",
"sprung",
"started"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"ornate":{
"elaborately and often excessively decorated":{
"antonyms":[
"austere",
"plain",
"severe",
"stark",
"unadorned"
],
"examples":[
"an ornate gambling casino that is designed to look like an Italian palace"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bare",
"denuded",
"exposed",
"naked",
"stripped",
"uncovered",
"modest",
"simple",
"unassuming",
"unpretentious",
"conservative",
"muted",
"quiet",
"restrained",
"subdued",
"tasteful",
"toned-down",
"understated",
"unobtrusive"
],
"related":[
"arabesque",
"baroque",
"rococo",
"extravagant",
"flamboyant",
"spectacular",
"splashy",
"bedaubed",
"flashy",
"garish",
"gaudy",
"glitzy",
"loud",
"ostentatious",
"pretentious",
"showy",
"swank",
"swanky",
"tawdry",
"elaborate",
"extreme",
"adorned",
"arrayed",
"beautified",
"bedecked",
"decked",
"decorated",
"dressed",
"embellished",
"enriched",
"garnished",
"ornamented",
"trimmed",
"flowery",
"frilly",
"lacy",
"enhanced",
"heightened",
"intensified",
"bejeweled",
"bejewelled",
"bossed",
"chased",
"emblazoned",
"embossed",
"embroidered",
"flounced",
"fringed",
"garlanded",
"gilded",
"gilt",
"laced",
"sequined",
"sequinned",
"wreathed"
],
"synonyms":[
"bedizened",
"florid",
"fussy",
"gingerbread",
"gingerbreaded",
"gingerbready",
"overdecorated",
"overwrought"
]
},
"full of fine words and fancy expressions":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the ornate prose that was standard in all diplomatic correspondence in those days"
],
"near antonyms":[
"prosaic",
"unpoetic",
"bald",
"direct",
"lean",
"matter-of-fact",
"plain",
"plainspoken",
"simple",
"spare",
"stark",
"straightforward",
"unadorned",
"natural",
"unaffected",
"unpretentious"
],
"related":[
"affected",
"bloated",
"fancy-pants",
"grandiose",
"inflated",
"pompous",
"pretentious",
"stilted",
"excessive",
"flattering",
"fulsome",
"boastful",
"bombastic",
"elevated",
"eloquent",
"lofty",
"bookish",
"inkhorn",
"learned"
],
"synonyms":[
"aureate",
"florid",
"flowery",
"grandiloquent",
"high-flown",
"high-sounding",
"highfalutin",
"hifalutin",
"magnific",
"purple",
"rhetorical",
"rhetoric"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"ornery":{
"having or showing a habitually bad temper":{
"antonyms":[
"amiable",
"good-humored",
"good-natured",
"good-tempered"
],
"examples":[
"an ornery old man who always yells at the neighborhood kids to keep off his lawn"
],
"near antonyms":[
"agreeable",
"amicable",
"congenial",
"friendly",
"pleasant",
"benign",
"gentle",
"kind",
"nice",
"sweet",
"bubbly",
"cheerful",
"cheery",
"effervescent",
"exuberant",
"high-spirited",
"joyful",
"lighthearted",
"lively",
"vivacious",
"content",
"glad",
"happy",
"calm",
"placid",
"serene",
"long-suffering",
"patient",
"tolerant"
],
"related":[
"choleric",
"crabby",
"cranky",
"crotchety",
"fussy",
"grouchy",
"grumpy",
"querulous",
"irascible",
"irritable",
"peevish",
"peppery",
"petulant",
"quick-tempered",
"short-tempered",
"snappish",
"snippy",
"testy",
"touchy",
"argumentative",
"contentious",
"contrary",
"cussed",
"angry",
"exasperated",
"indignant",
"irate",
"mad",
"upset",
"uptight",
"depressed",
"dour",
"glum",
"morose",
"sullen",
"anal",
"old-maidish",
"schoolmarmish"
],
"synonyms":[
"acid",
"bearish",
"bilious",
"bloody-minded",
"cantankerous",
"disagreeable",
"dyspeptic",
"ill-humored",
"ill-natured",
"ill-tempered",
"splenetic",
"surly"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
}
}