2103 lines
42 KiB
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2103 lines
42 KiB
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{
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"quack":{
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"one who makes false claims of identity or expertise":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"don't bother to see that guy, as I've heard he's a quack with no actual training"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"ace",
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"adept",
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"authority",
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"crackerjack",
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"crackajack",
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"expert",
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"maestro",
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"master",
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"past master",
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"professional",
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"virtuoso",
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"whiz",
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"wizard"
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],
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"related":[
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"copycat",
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"imitator",
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"impersonator",
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"mimic",
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"actor",
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"bluffer",
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"counterfeiter",
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"deceiver",
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"dissembler",
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"duper",
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"feigner",
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"misleader",
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"operator",
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"trickster",
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"poseur",
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"cozener",
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"defrauder",
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"dodger",
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"fraudster",
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"scammer",
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"scamster",
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"sharper",
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"sharpie",
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"sharpy",
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"skinner",
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"swindler"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"charlatan",
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"fake",
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"faker",
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"fakir",
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"fraud",
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"hoaxer",
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"humbug",
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"impostor",
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"imposter",
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"mountebank",
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"phony",
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"phoney",
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"pretender",
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"quacksalver",
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"ringer",
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"sham"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"quadrupling":{
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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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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"quaked":{
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"to make a series of small irregular or violent movements":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"the horror film was so scary it left us quaking with fear for hours afterwards"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[
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"rocked",
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"swayed",
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"swung",
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"chattered",
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"quavered",
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"shivered",
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"thrilled",
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"trembled",
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"twitched",
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"doddered",
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"wavered",
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"flickered",
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"fluctuated",
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"fluttered",
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"oscillated",
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"undulated",
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"waved",
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"beat",
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"palpitated",
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"pit-a-patted",
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"pitter-pattered",
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"pulsated",
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"pulsed",
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"throbbed"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"agitated",
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"bucketed",
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"convulsed",
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"jerked",
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"jiggled",
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"joggled",
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"jolted",
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"jounced",
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"juddered",
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"quivered",
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"shook",
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"shuddered",
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"vibrated",
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"wobbled",
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"wabbled"
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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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"qualified":{
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"having the required skills for an acceptable level of performance":{
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"antonyms":[
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"incompetent",
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"inept",
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"poor",
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"unfit",
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"unfitted",
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"unqualified"
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],
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"examples":[
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"the candidate has demonstrated that he is amply qualified for the position"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"inexperienced",
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"inexpert",
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"unseasoned",
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"unskilled",
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"unskillful",
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"unprepared",
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"unschooled",
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"untrained",
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"beginning",
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"green",
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"new",
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"raw",
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"untested",
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"untried"
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],
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"related":[
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"accomplished",
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"ace",
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"adept",
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"experienced",
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"expert",
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"master",
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"masterful",
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"masterly",
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"practiced",
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"practised",
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"proficient",
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"seasoned",
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"skilled",
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"skillful",
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"veteran",
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"overqualified",
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"prepared",
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"schooled",
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"trained",
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"apt",
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"ready",
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"willing",
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"all-around",
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"all-round",
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"protean",
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"versatile"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"able",
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"capable",
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"competent",
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"equal",
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"fit",
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"good",
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"suitable"
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]
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},
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"to give a right to":{
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"antonyms":[
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"disqualified"
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],
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"examples":[
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"this coupon qualifies the bearer for an extra 15% off the discounted price"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"disabled",
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"disempowered",
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"disenfranchised",
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"decertified",
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"disallowed",
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"forbade",
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"forbad",
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"proscribed",
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"delegitimized",
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"invalidated",
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"nullified"
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],
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"related":[
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"empowered",
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"enabled",
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"enfranchised",
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"licensed",
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"licenced",
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"approved",
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"endorsed",
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"indorsed",
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"allowed",
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"let",
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"permitted",
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"accredited",
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"certificated",
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"certified",
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"chartered",
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"ratified",
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"legitimized",
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"sanctioned",
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"validated",
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"warranted",
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"reaccredited",
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"reapproved",
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"recertified",
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"rechartered",
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"revalidated"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"authorized",
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"entitled",
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"privileged"
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]
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},
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"to give official or legal power to":{
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"antonyms":[
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"disqualified"
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],
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"examples":[
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"passing the state bar exam will qualify you to practice law"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"banned",
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"barred",
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"blocked",
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"constrained",
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"denied",
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"disallowed",
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"disbarred",
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"discouraged",
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"disenfranchised",
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"disfranchised",
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"excluded",
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"held back",
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"hindered",
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"impeded",
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"inhibited",
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"obstructed",
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"prevented",
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"shut out",
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"stopped",
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"enjoined",
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"forbade",
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"forbad",
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"interdicted",
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"outlawed",
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"prohibited",
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"proscribed",
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"vetoed"
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],
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"related":[
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"approved",
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"cleared",
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"credentialed",
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"credentialled",
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"endorsed",
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"indorsed",
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"OK'd",
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"okayed",
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"sanctioned",
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"affirmed",
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"confirmed",
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"validated",
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"inaugurated",
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"inducted",
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"initiated",
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"installed",
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"instated",
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"swore in",
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"allowed",
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"let",
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"permitted",
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"enfranchised",
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"entitled",
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"privileged"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"accredited",
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"authorized",
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"certified",
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"chartered",
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"commissioned",
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"empowered",
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"enabled",
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"invested",
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"licensed",
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"licenced",
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"vested",
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"warranted"
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]
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},
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"to limit the meaning of (as a noun)":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"qualifying the noun \"adventure\" in the title of your story with a descriptive adjective would make it more attention-grabbing"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"broadened",
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"expanded",
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"widened"
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],
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"related":[
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"altered",
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"colored",
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"distorted",
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"misrepresented",
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"misstated",
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"perverted",
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"twisted",
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"warped",
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"narrowed"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"modified"
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]
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},
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"to make competent (as by training, skill, or ability) for a particular office or function":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"raising five children has qualified her to be an advice columnist on parenting"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[
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"accustomed",
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"adapted",
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"adjusted",
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"conditioned",
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"groomed",
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"habituated",
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"shaped",
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"tailored",
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"authorized",
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"entitled",
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"empowered",
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"enabled",
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"educated",
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"indoctrinated",
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"instructed",
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"schooled",
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"taught",
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"tutored"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"equipped",
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"fitted",
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"fit",
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"prepared",
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"readied",
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"seasoned",
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"trained"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"quality":{
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"degree of excellence":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"we expect a high quality of service in such a fancy restaurant"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[
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"hallmark",
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"mark",
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"footing",
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"place",
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"position",
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"rank",
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"standing",
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"stature",
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"status",
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"benchmark",
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"criterion",
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"measure",
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"par",
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"standard",
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"touchstone",
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"yardstick"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"caliber",
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"calibre",
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"class",
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"grade",
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"rate"
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]
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},
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"high position within society":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"a glamorous invitation-only party for all the people of quality in the summer resort"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"debasement",
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"degradation",
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"subordinateness",
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"subordination",
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"baseness",
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"commonness",
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"inferiority",
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"lowliness",
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"lowness"
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],
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"related":[
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"gentility",
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"gentleness",
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"nobility",
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"nobleness",
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"grandness",
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"highness",
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"loftiness",
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"distinction",
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"dominance",
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"precedence",
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"preeminence",
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"primacy",
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"superiority",
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"caste",
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"station",
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"status",
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"preferment"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"class",
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"dignity",
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"fashion",
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"rank",
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"standing",
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"state"
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]
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},
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"of the very best kind":{
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"antonyms":[
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"atrocious",
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"awful",
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"execrable",
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"lousy",
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"pathetic",
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"poor",
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"rotten",
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"terrible",
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"vile",
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"wretched"
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],
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"examples":[
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"an antiques dealer who handles nothing but quality pieces"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"bad",
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"inferior",
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"low-grade",
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"substandard",
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"unsatisfactory",
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"mediocre",
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"middling",
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"second-class",
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"second-rate"
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],
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"related":[
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"acceptable",
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"adequate",
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"all right",
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"decent",
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"good",
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"OK",
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"okay",
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"passable",
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"satisfactory",
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"tolerable",
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"better",
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"exceptional",
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"fancy",
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"high-grade",
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"high-test",
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"premium",
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"select",
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"special",
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"superfine",
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"classical",
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"standard",
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"traditional"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"A-OK",
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"A1",
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"awesome",
|
||
|
"bang-up",
|
||
|
"banner",
|
||
|
"beautiful",
|
||
|
"blue-chip",
|
||
|
"blue-ribbon",
|
||
|
"boffo",
|
||
|
"bonny",
|
||
|
"bonnie",
|
||
|
"boss",
|
||
|
"brag",
|
||
|
"brave",
|
||
|
"bully",
|
||
|
"bumper",
|
||
|
"capital",
|
||
|
"choice",
|
||
|
"classic",
|
||
|
"cool",
|
||
|
"corking",
|
||
|
"crackerjack",
|
||
|
"cracking",
|
||
|
"dandy",
|
||
|
"divine",
|
||
|
"dope",
|
||
|
"down",
|
||
|
"dynamite",
|
||
|
"excellent",
|
||
|
"fab",
|
||
|
"fabulous",
|
||
|
"famous",
|
||
|
"fantabulous",
|
||
|
"fantastic",
|
||
|
"fine",
|
||
|
"first-class",
|
||
|
"first-rate",
|
||
|
"first-string",
|
||
|
"five-star",
|
||
|
"four-star",
|
||
|
"frontline",
|
||
|
"gangbusters",
|
||
|
"gangbuster",
|
||
|
"gilt-edged",
|
||
|
"gilt-edge",
|
||
|
"gone",
|
||
|
"grand",
|
||
|
"great",
|
||
|
"groovy",
|
||
|
"heavenly",
|
||
|
"high-class",
|
||
|
"hot",
|
||
|
"hype",
|
||
|
"immense",
|
||
|
"jim-dandy",
|
||
|
"keen",
|
||
|
"lovely",
|
||
|
"marvelous",
|
||
|
"marvellous",
|
||
|
"mean",
|
||
|
"neat",
|
||
|
"nifty",
|
||
|
"noble",
|
||
|
"number one",
|
||
|
"No. 1",
|
||
|
"numero uno",
|
||
|
"out-of-sight",
|
||
|
"par excellence",
|
||
|
"peachy",
|
||
|
"peachy keen",
|
||
|
"phat",
|
||
|
"prime",
|
||
|
"primo",
|
||
|
"prize",
|
||
|
"prizewinning",
|
||
|
"radical",
|
||
|
"righteous",
|
||
|
"sensational",
|
||
|
"slick",
|
||
|
"splendid",
|
||
|
"stellar",
|
||
|
"sterling",
|
||
|
"superb",
|
||
|
"superior",
|
||
|
"superlative",
|
||
|
"supernal",
|
||
|
"swell",
|
||
|
"terrific",
|
||
|
"tip-top",
|
||
|
"top",
|
||
|
"top-notch",
|
||
|
"top-of-the-line",
|
||
|
"top-shelf",
|
||
|
"topflight",
|
||
|
"topping",
|
||
|
"unsurpassed",
|
||
|
"wizard",
|
||
|
"wonderful"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"something that sets apart an individual from others of the same kind":{
|
||
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"unfailing kindness is one of her many fine qualities"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"related":[
|
||
|
"badge",
|
||
|
"indication",
|
||
|
"sign",
|
||
|
"emblem",
|
||
|
"symbol",
|
||
|
"token",
|
||
|
"charm",
|
||
|
"grace",
|
||
|
"excellence",
|
||
|
"merit",
|
||
|
"virtue",
|
||
|
"eccentricity",
|
||
|
"idiosyncrasy",
|
||
|
"oddity",
|
||
|
"quirk",
|
||
|
"individuality",
|
||
|
"singularity",
|
||
|
"uniqueness"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"affection",
|
||
|
"attribute",
|
||
|
"attribution",
|
||
|
"character",
|
||
|
"characteristic",
|
||
|
"criterion",
|
||
|
"diagnostic",
|
||
|
"differentia",
|
||
|
"feature",
|
||
|
"fingerprint",
|
||
|
"hallmark",
|
||
|
"mark",
|
||
|
"marker",
|
||
|
"note",
|
||
|
"particularity",
|
||
|
"peculiarity",
|
||
|
"point",
|
||
|
"property",
|
||
|
"specific",
|
||
|
"stamp",
|
||
|
"touch",
|
||
|
"trait"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"the highest class in a society":{
|
||
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
"proletarians",
|
||
|
"proletariat"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"the quality were inordinately proud of their bloodlines"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
"commoners",
|
||
|
"(the) crowd",
|
||
|
"(the) masses",
|
||
|
"peasantry",
|
||
|
"peonage",
|
||
|
"(the) people",
|
||
|
"plebeians",
|
||
|
"plebs",
|
||
|
"(the) populace",
|
||
|
"(the) public",
|
||
|
"rank and file",
|
||
|
"bourgeoisie",
|
||
|
"middle class",
|
||
|
"working class",
|
||
|
"dregs",
|
||
|
"(the) herd",
|
||
|
"(the) mob",
|
||
|
"rabble",
|
||
|
"rabblement",
|
||
|
"riffraff",
|
||
|
"scum",
|
||
|
"trash"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"related":[
|
||
|
"A-list",
|
||
|
"beau monde",
|
||
|
"beautiful people",
|
||
|
"caf\u00e9 society",
|
||
|
"Four Hundred",
|
||
|
"400",
|
||
|
"glitterati",
|
||
|
"haut monde",
|
||
|
"haute monde",
|
||
|
"jet set",
|
||
|
"society",
|
||
|
"carriage trade",
|
||
|
"plutocracy"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"aristocracy",
|
||
|
"elite",
|
||
|
"gentility",
|
||
|
"gentlefolk",
|
||
|
"gentlefolks",
|
||
|
"gentry",
|
||
|
"nobility",
|
||
|
"patriciate",
|
||
|
"upper class",
|
||
|
"upper crust"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"type":[
|
||
|
"adjective",
|
||
|
"noun"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"quarrel%20%28with%29":{
|
||
|
"as in":{
|
||
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"related":[],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"type":[
|
||
|
"verb"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"quarrelled":{
|
||
|
"to express different opinions about something often angrily":{
|
||
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"the coach and the referee quarreled about whether the ball was in bounds"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"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",
|
||
|
"fought",
|
||
|
"hassled",
|
||
|
"jarred",
|
||
|
"quibbled",
|
||
|
"rowed",
|
||
|
"scrapped",
|
||
|
"spatted",
|
||
|
"squabbled",
|
||
|
"tiffed",
|
||
|
"wrangled"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"type":[
|
||
|
"verb"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"quarterbacks":{
|
||
|
"as in":{
|
||
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"related":[],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"to be in charge of":{
|
||
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"she was tapped to quarterback the upcoming gubernatorial campaign"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"related":[
|
||
|
"administers",
|
||
|
"commands",
|
||
|
"controls",
|
||
|
"directs",
|
||
|
"guides",
|
||
|
"manages",
|
||
|
"orders",
|
||
|
"runs",
|
||
|
"shepherds",
|
||
|
"shows",
|
||
|
"steers",
|
||
|
"monitors",
|
||
|
"presides (over)",
|
||
|
"governs",
|
||
|
"reigns",
|
||
|
"rules"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"bosses",
|
||
|
"captains",
|
||
|
"handles",
|
||
|
"heads",
|
||
|
"overlooks",
|
||
|
"oversees",
|
||
|
"superintends",
|
||
|
"supervises"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"type":[
|
||
|
"noun",
|
||
|
"verb"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"quarto":{
|
||
|
"as in":{
|
||
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"related":[],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"type":[
|
||
|
"noun"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"queerness":{
|
||
|
"a disturbed condition of the stomach in which one feels like vomiting":{
|
||
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"after the roller coaster ride, I had to rest to overcome the dizziness and queerness that I was feeling"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"related":[
|
||
|
"qualm",
|
||
|
"airsickness",
|
||
|
"altitude sickness",
|
||
|
"car sickness",
|
||
|
"morning sickness",
|
||
|
"motion sickness",
|
||
|
"mountain sickness",
|
||
|
"seasickness"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"nausea",
|
||
|
"nauseousness",
|
||
|
"qualmishness",
|
||
|
"queasiness",
|
||
|
"sickness",
|
||
|
"squeamishness"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"type":[
|
||
|
"noun"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"queried":{
|
||
|
"to demand proof of the truth or rightness of":{
|
||
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
"accepted",
|
||
|
"believed",
|
||
|
"embraced",
|
||
|
"swallowed"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"it seems odd that someone would want two stoves, so you'd better query that order"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
"backed",
|
||
|
"defended",
|
||
|
"supported",
|
||
|
"advocated",
|
||
|
"championed",
|
||
|
"promoted",
|
||
|
"abided",
|
||
|
"abode",
|
||
|
"endured",
|
||
|
"stomached",
|
||
|
"tolerated"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"related":[
|
||
|
"doubted",
|
||
|
"mistrusted",
|
||
|
"kicked (about)",
|
||
|
"objected (to)",
|
||
|
"protested",
|
||
|
"combated",
|
||
|
"combatted",
|
||
|
"fought",
|
||
|
"opposed",
|
||
|
"resisted"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"challenged",
|
||
|
"contested",
|
||
|
"disputed",
|
||
|
"impeached",
|
||
|
"oppugned",
|
||
|
"questioned"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"to put a question or questions to":{
|
||
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
"answered",
|
||
|
"replied",
|
||
|
"responded"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"queried the professor about the assignment"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
"rejoined",
|
||
|
"retorted",
|
||
|
"commented",
|
||
|
"observed",
|
||
|
"remarked",
|
||
|
"avoided",
|
||
|
"ducked"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"related":[
|
||
|
"besieged",
|
||
|
"bombarded",
|
||
|
"cross-examined",
|
||
|
"cross-questioned",
|
||
|
"examined",
|
||
|
"pumped",
|
||
|
"polled",
|
||
|
"surveyed"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"asked",
|
||
|
"catechized",
|
||
|
"grilled",
|
||
|
"inquired (of)",
|
||
|
"interrogated",
|
||
|
"questioned",
|
||
|
"quizzed"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"to put a series of questions to":{
|
||
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"once the statement was given, the press secretary allowed reporters to query the President"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"related":[
|
||
|
"debriefed",
|
||
|
"cross-examined",
|
||
|
"cross-questioned",
|
||
|
"annoyed",
|
||
|
"harassed",
|
||
|
"hounded",
|
||
|
"pestered",
|
||
|
"canvassed",
|
||
|
"canvased",
|
||
|
"polled"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"catechized",
|
||
|
"examined",
|
||
|
"grilled",
|
||
|
"interrogated",
|
||
|
"pumped",
|
||
|
"questioned",
|
||
|
"quizzed",
|
||
|
"sweat",
|
||
|
"sweated"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"type":[
|
||
|
"verb"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"querier":{
|
||
|
"as in questioner , querist":{
|
||
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"related":[],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"type":[
|
||
|
"noun"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"questioned":{
|
||
|
"to demand proof of the truth or rightness of":{
|
||
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
"accepted",
|
||
|
"believed",
|
||
|
"embraced",
|
||
|
"swallowed"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"the teenager openly questioned the authority of the town's police force to impose a curfew on residents under the age of 18"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
"backed",
|
||
|
"defended",
|
||
|
"supported",
|
||
|
"advocated",
|
||
|
"championed",
|
||
|
"promoted",
|
||
|
"abided",
|
||
|
"abode",
|
||
|
"endured",
|
||
|
"stomached",
|
||
|
"tolerated"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"related":[
|
||
|
"doubted",
|
||
|
"mistrusted",
|
||
|
"kicked (about)",
|
||
|
"objected (to)",
|
||
|
"protested",
|
||
|
"combated",
|
||
|
"combatted",
|
||
|
"fought",
|
||
|
"opposed",
|
||
|
"resisted"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"challenged",
|
||
|
"contested",
|
||
|
"disputed",
|
||
|
"impeached",
|
||
|
"oppugned",
|
||
|
"queried"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"to give serious and careful thought to":{
|
||
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"question your motives before you file the lawsuit: do you really care about the trees, or are you just trying to harass the neighbors?"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
"disregarded",
|
||
|
"ignored",
|
||
|
"overlooked",
|
||
|
"slighted",
|
||
|
"dismissed",
|
||
|
"pooh-poohed",
|
||
|
"poohed",
|
||
|
"rejected"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"related":[
|
||
|
"mused (upon)",
|
||
|
"reflected (on or upon)",
|
||
|
"reminisced",
|
||
|
"analyzed",
|
||
|
"explored",
|
||
|
"reviewed",
|
||
|
"concluded",
|
||
|
"reasoned",
|
||
|
"second-guessed",
|
||
|
"speculated (about)",
|
||
|
"brooded (about or over)",
|
||
|
"dwelled (on or upon)",
|
||
|
"dwelt (on or upon)",
|
||
|
"fixated (on or upon)",
|
||
|
"fretted (about or over)",
|
||
|
"obsessed (about or over)",
|
||
|
"believed",
|
||
|
"conceived",
|
||
|
"opined",
|
||
|
"absorbed",
|
||
|
"assimilated",
|
||
|
"digested",
|
||
|
"drank (in)"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"chewed over",
|
||
|
"cogitated",
|
||
|
"considered",
|
||
|
"contemplated",
|
||
|
"debated",
|
||
|
"deliberated",
|
||
|
"entertained",
|
||
|
"eyed",
|
||
|
"kicked around",
|
||
|
"meditated",
|
||
|
"mulled (over)",
|
||
|
"perpended",
|
||
|
"pondered",
|
||
|
"pored (over)",
|
||
|
"revolved",
|
||
|
"ruminated",
|
||
|
"studied",
|
||
|
"thought (about or over)",
|
||
|
"turned",
|
||
|
"weighed",
|
||
|
"wrestled (with)"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"to have no trust or confidence in":{
|
||
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
"trusted"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"it was apparent that voters were questioning the President's ability to manage the economy"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
"banked (on or upon)",
|
||
|
"counted (on or upon)",
|
||
|
"depended (on or upon)",
|
||
|
"relied (on or upon)"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"related":[
|
||
|
"disbelieved",
|
||
|
"discounted",
|
||
|
"discredited",
|
||
|
"negated"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"distrusted",
|
||
|
"doubted",
|
||
|
"misdoubted",
|
||
|
"mistrusted",
|
||
|
"suspected"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"to put a question or questions to":{
|
||
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
"answered",
|
||
|
"replied",
|
||
|
"responded"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"the press should be allowed to question public officials about any matter of general interest"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
"rejoined",
|
||
|
"retorted",
|
||
|
"commented",
|
||
|
"observed",
|
||
|
"remarked",
|
||
|
"avoided",
|
||
|
"ducked"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"related":[
|
||
|
"besieged",
|
||
|
"bombarded",
|
||
|
"cross-examined",
|
||
|
"cross-questioned",
|
||
|
"examined",
|
||
|
"pumped",
|
||
|
"polled",
|
||
|
"surveyed"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"asked",
|
||
|
"catechized",
|
||
|
"grilled",
|
||
|
"inquired (of)",
|
||
|
"interrogated",
|
||
|
"queried",
|
||
|
"quizzed"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"to put a series of questions to":{
|
||
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"the police questioned the suspect before deciding that there was insufficient evidence to hold him"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"related":[
|
||
|
"debriefed",
|
||
|
"cross-examined",
|
||
|
"cross-questioned",
|
||
|
"annoyed",
|
||
|
"harassed",
|
||
|
"hounded",
|
||
|
"pestered",
|
||
|
"canvassed",
|
||
|
"canvased",
|
||
|
"polled"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"catechized",
|
||
|
"examined",
|
||
|
"grilled",
|
||
|
"interrogated",
|
||
|
"pumped",
|
||
|
"queried",
|
||
|
"quizzed",
|
||
|
"sweat",
|
||
|
"sweated"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"type":[
|
||
|
"verb"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"questioner":{
|
||
|
"a person who is always ready to doubt or question the truth or existence of something":{
|
||
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"Father Henry is always happy to debate any questioner of the faith"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
"chump",
|
||
|
"dupe",
|
||
|
"gull",
|
||
|
"pigeon",
|
||
|
"sucker"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"related":[
|
||
|
"agnostic",
|
||
|
"cynic",
|
||
|
"misanthrope",
|
||
|
"pessimist",
|
||
|
"derider",
|
||
|
"ridiculer",
|
||
|
"scoffer"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"disbeliever",
|
||
|
"doubter",
|
||
|
"doubting Thomas",
|
||
|
"skeptic",
|
||
|
"unbeliever"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"type":[
|
||
|
"noun"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"quibble":{
|
||
|
"as in niggle , objection":{
|
||
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"related":[],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"to express different opinions about something often angrily":{
|
||
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"don't quibble over who gets to sit in front"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
"coexist",
|
||
|
"get along",
|
||
|
"accept",
|
||
|
"agree",
|
||
|
"assent",
|
||
|
"concur",
|
||
|
"consent"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"related":[
|
||
|
"challenge",
|
||
|
"dare",
|
||
|
"defy",
|
||
|
"clash",
|
||
|
"contend",
|
||
|
"contest",
|
||
|
"tangle",
|
||
|
"cavil",
|
||
|
"fuss",
|
||
|
"nitpick",
|
||
|
"consider",
|
||
|
"debate",
|
||
|
"discuss",
|
||
|
"kick",
|
||
|
"object",
|
||
|
"protest"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"altercate",
|
||
|
"argue",
|
||
|
"argufy",
|
||
|
"bicker",
|
||
|
"brabble",
|
||
|
"brawl",
|
||
|
"controvert",
|
||
|
"dispute",
|
||
|
"fall out",
|
||
|
"fight",
|
||
|
"hassle",
|
||
|
"jar",
|
||
|
"quarrel",
|
||
|
"row",
|
||
|
"scrap",
|
||
|
"spat",
|
||
|
"squabble",
|
||
|
"tiff",
|
||
|
"wrangle"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"to make often peevish criticisms or objections about matters that are minor, unimportant, or irrelevant":{
|
||
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"he spent the entire evening quibbling about the historical inaccuracies in the television series on World War II"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
"applaud",
|
||
|
"commend",
|
||
|
"compliment",
|
||
|
"praise",
|
||
|
"recommend",
|
||
|
"approve",
|
||
|
"back",
|
||
|
"champion",
|
||
|
"endorse",
|
||
|
"indorse",
|
||
|
"support"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"related":[
|
||
|
"criticize",
|
||
|
"fault",
|
||
|
"beef",
|
||
|
"bellyache",
|
||
|
"bitch",
|
||
|
"complain",
|
||
|
"crab",
|
||
|
"croak",
|
||
|
"gripe",
|
||
|
"grouse",
|
||
|
"growl",
|
||
|
"grumble",
|
||
|
"kick",
|
||
|
"kvetch",
|
||
|
"moan",
|
||
|
"squawk",
|
||
|
"squeal",
|
||
|
"wail",
|
||
|
"whimper",
|
||
|
"whine",
|
||
|
"yammer",
|
||
|
"yawp",
|
||
|
"yaup",
|
||
|
"yowl",
|
||
|
"murmur",
|
||
|
"mutter"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"carp",
|
||
|
"cavil",
|
||
|
"fuss",
|
||
|
"niggle",
|
||
|
"nitpick"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"type":[
|
||
|
"noun",
|
||
|
"verb"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"quibbler":{
|
||
|
"as in":{
|
||
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"related":[],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"type":[
|
||
|
"noun"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"quiescence":{
|
||
|
"a state of temporary inactivity":{
|
||
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
"continuance",
|
||
|
"continuation"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"the resort community's social scene is lively during the summer but undergoes a deep quiescence during the long winter"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
"recommencement",
|
||
|
"renewal",
|
||
|
"resumption",
|
||
|
"resuscitation"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"related":[
|
||
|
"inaction",
|
||
|
"inertia",
|
||
|
"inertness",
|
||
|
"motionlessness",
|
||
|
"impasse",
|
||
|
"standstill",
|
||
|
"coma",
|
||
|
"hibernation",
|
||
|
"hypnosis",
|
||
|
"repose",
|
||
|
"rest",
|
||
|
"sleep",
|
||
|
"slumber",
|
||
|
"torpor",
|
||
|
"recess",
|
||
|
"recession",
|
||
|
"remission",
|
||
|
"downtime",
|
||
|
"idleness",
|
||
|
"layoff"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"abeyance",
|
||
|
"cold storage",
|
||
|
"deep freeze",
|
||
|
"doldrums",
|
||
|
"dormancy",
|
||
|
"holding pattern",
|
||
|
"latency",
|
||
|
"moratorium",
|
||
|
"suspended animation",
|
||
|
"suspense",
|
||
|
"suspension"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"lack of action or activity":{
|
||
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
"action",
|
||
|
"activeness",
|
||
|
"activity"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"was struck by the elk's quiescence as it just stood there in the clearing"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
"animateness",
|
||
|
"briskness",
|
||
|
"exuberance",
|
||
|
"jazziness",
|
||
|
"liveliness",
|
||
|
"peppiness",
|
||
|
"robustness",
|
||
|
"sprightliness",
|
||
|
"vibrancy",
|
||
|
"vivacity",
|
||
|
"assiduity",
|
||
|
"assiduousness",
|
||
|
"business",
|
||
|
"diligence",
|
||
|
"employment",
|
||
|
"industriousness",
|
||
|
"industry",
|
||
|
"occupation"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"related":[
|
||
|
"indolence",
|
||
|
"inertia",
|
||
|
"languor",
|
||
|
"lassitude",
|
||
|
"laziness",
|
||
|
"lethargy",
|
||
|
"listlessness",
|
||
|
"shiftlessness",
|
||
|
"sleepiness",
|
||
|
"sloth",
|
||
|
"sluggishness",
|
||
|
"dallying",
|
||
|
"loafing",
|
||
|
"lolling",
|
||
|
"lounging"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"dormancy",
|
||
|
"idleness",
|
||
|
"inaction",
|
||
|
"inactivity",
|
||
|
"inertness",
|
||
|
"nonaction"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"type":[
|
||
|
"noun"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"quieted%20%28down%29":{
|
||
|
"to stop talking":{
|
||
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
"spoke",
|
||
|
"talked"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"the kids quieted down when they realized I was about to ask them if they wanted ice cream"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
"piped up",
|
||
|
"sounded off",
|
||
|
"spoke out",
|
||
|
"spoke up",
|
||
|
"spouted (off)",
|
||
|
"talked up"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"related":[
|
||
|
"calmed (down)",
|
||
|
"cooled (down)",
|
||
|
"settled (down)",
|
||
|
"hawed",
|
||
|
"hemmed"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"belted up",
|
||
|
"clammed up",
|
||
|
"dried up",
|
||
|
"dummied up",
|
||
|
"hushed",
|
||
|
"piped down",
|
||
|
"shut up"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"type":[
|
||
|
"verb"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"quietening":{
|
||
|
"to free from distress or disturbance":{
|
||
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
"agitating",
|
||
|
"discomposing",
|
||
|
"disquieting",
|
||
|
"disturbing",
|
||
|
"keying (up)",
|
||
|
"perturbing",
|
||
|
"upsetting",
|
||
|
"vexing"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"the nanny tried to quieten the children with assurances that help was on its way"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
"aggravating",
|
||
|
"heightening",
|
||
|
"intensifying",
|
||
|
"arousing",
|
||
|
"exciting",
|
||
|
"fomenting",
|
||
|
"inciting",
|
||
|
"rousing",
|
||
|
"stirring (up)",
|
||
|
"working up"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"related":[
|
||
|
"appeasing",
|
||
|
"conciliating",
|
||
|
"hushing",
|
||
|
"mollifying",
|
||
|
"pacifying",
|
||
|
"placating",
|
||
|
"allaying",
|
||
|
"alleviating",
|
||
|
"assuaging",
|
||
|
"easing",
|
||
|
"laying",
|
||
|
"mitigating",
|
||
|
"quelling",
|
||
|
"relaxing",
|
||
|
"relieving",
|
||
|
"solacing",
|
||
|
"narcotizing",
|
||
|
"sedating",
|
||
|
"stupefying"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"becalming",
|
||
|
"calming",
|
||
|
"composing",
|
||
|
"lullabying",
|
||
|
"lulling",
|
||
|
"quieting",
|
||
|
"salving",
|
||
|
"settling",
|
||
|
"soothing",
|
||
|
"stilling",
|
||
|
"tranquilizing",
|
||
|
"tranquillizing"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"to stop the noise or speech of":{
|
||
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"one young chap was trying to quieten down the group"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
"agitating",
|
||
|
"stirring"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"related":[],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"dumbing",
|
||
|
"extinguishing",
|
||
|
"hushing",
|
||
|
"muting",
|
||
|
"quelling",
|
||
|
"quieting",
|
||
|
"settling",
|
||
|
"shushing",
|
||
|
"shutting up",
|
||
|
"silencing",
|
||
|
"squelching",
|
||
|
"stilling"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"type":[
|
||
|
"verb"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"quietens":{
|
||
|
"to free from distress or disturbance":{
|
||
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
"agitates",
|
||
|
"discomposes",
|
||
|
"disquiets",
|
||
|
"disturbs",
|
||
|
"keys (up)",
|
||
|
"perturbs",
|
||
|
"upsets",
|
||
|
"vexes"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"the nanny tried to quieten the children with assurances that help was on its way"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
"aggravates",
|
||
|
"heightens",
|
||
|
"intensifies",
|
||
|
"arouses",
|
||
|
"excites",
|
||
|
"foments",
|
||
|
"incites",
|
||
|
"rouses",
|
||
|
"stirs (up)",
|
||
|
"works up"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"related":[
|
||
|
"appeases",
|
||
|
"conciliates",
|
||
|
"hushes",
|
||
|
"mollifies",
|
||
|
"pacifies",
|
||
|
"placates",
|
||
|
"allays",
|
||
|
"alleviates",
|
||
|
"assuages",
|
||
|
"eases",
|
||
|
"lays",
|
||
|
"mitigates",
|
||
|
"quells",
|
||
|
"relaxes",
|
||
|
"relieves",
|
||
|
"solaces",
|
||
|
"narcotizes",
|
||
|
"sedates",
|
||
|
"stupefies"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"becalms",
|
||
|
"calms",
|
||
|
"composes",
|
||
|
"lullabies",
|
||
|
"lulls",
|
||
|
"quiets",
|
||
|
"salves",
|
||
|
"settles",
|
||
|
"soothes",
|
||
|
"stills",
|
||
|
"tranquilizes",
|
||
|
"tranquillizes"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"to stop the noise or speech of":{
|
||
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"one young chap was trying to quieten down the group"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
"agitates",
|
||
|
"stirs"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"related":[],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"dumbs",
|
||
|
"extinguishes",
|
||
|
"hushes",
|
||
|
"mutes",
|
||
|
"quells",
|
||
|
"quiets",
|
||
|
"settles",
|
||
|
"shushes",
|
||
|
"shuts up",
|
||
|
"silences",
|
||
|
"squelches",
|
||
|
"stills"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"type":[
|
||
|
"verb"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"quietness":{
|
||
|
"a state of freedom from storm or disturbance":{
|
||
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
"bustle",
|
||
|
"commotion",
|
||
|
"hubbub",
|
||
|
"hurly-burly",
|
||
|
"pandemonium",
|
||
|
"tumult",
|
||
|
"turmoil",
|
||
|
"unquietness",
|
||
|
"unrest",
|
||
|
"uproar"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"preferred the relaxing quietness of the mall in the early morning, before the frenzy of shopping began later in the day"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
"clamor",
|
||
|
"din",
|
||
|
"noise",
|
||
|
"racket"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"related":[
|
||
|
"lull",
|
||
|
"pause",
|
||
|
"respite",
|
||
|
"silence",
|
||
|
"mildness",
|
||
|
"soothingness",
|
||
|
"comity",
|
||
|
"concord",
|
||
|
"harmony",
|
||
|
"casualness",
|
||
|
"easygoingness",
|
||
|
"informality",
|
||
|
"laid-backness",
|
||
|
"relaxedness"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"calm",
|
||
|
"calmness",
|
||
|
"hush",
|
||
|
"peace",
|
||
|
"peacefulness",
|
||
|
"placidity",
|
||
|
"quiet",
|
||
|
"quietude",
|
||
|
"repose",
|
||
|
"restfulness",
|
||
|
"sereneness",
|
||
|
"serenity",
|
||
|
"still",
|
||
|
"stillness",
|
||
|
"tranquillity",
|
||
|
"tranquility"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"the near or complete absence of sound":{
|
||
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
"noise",
|
||
|
"sound",
|
||
|
"unquietness"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"the tense quietness of the crowd as it anxiously awaited the announcement of the winner"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
"babel",
|
||
|
"blare",
|
||
|
"bluster",
|
||
|
"cacophony",
|
||
|
"chatter",
|
||
|
"clamor",
|
||
|
"clangor",
|
||
|
"din",
|
||
|
"hubbub",
|
||
|
"racket",
|
||
|
"rattle",
|
||
|
"roar",
|
||
|
"tumult",
|
||
|
"uproar"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"related":[
|
||
|
"calm",
|
||
|
"lull",
|
||
|
"peace",
|
||
|
"peacefulness",
|
||
|
"tranquillity",
|
||
|
"tranquility"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"hush",
|
||
|
"quiet",
|
||
|
"quietude",
|
||
|
"silence",
|
||
|
"still",
|
||
|
"stillness"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"type":[
|
||
|
"noun"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"quietus":{
|
||
|
"a freeing from an obligation or responsibility":{
|
||
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"was granted a quietus on the remainder of the debt in the old man's will"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"related":[
|
||
|
"dispensation",
|
||
|
"exemption",
|
||
|
"immunity",
|
||
|
"waiver"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"delivery",
|
||
|
"discharge",
|
||
|
"quittance",
|
||
|
"release"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"the permanent stopping of all the vital bodily activities":{
|
||
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
"birth",
|
||
|
"nativity"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"her unshakable belief in a blissful afterlife allowed her to meet her quietus without the slightest tinge of fear or regret"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
"existence",
|
||
|
"life",
|
||
|
"creation",
|
||
|
"genesis",
|
||
|
"origination",
|
||
|
"rise"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"related":[
|
||
|
"casualty",
|
||
|
"fatality",
|
||
|
"martyrdom",
|
||
|
"self-destruction",
|
||
|
"self-murder",
|
||
|
"self-slaughter",
|
||
|
"suicide",
|
||
|
"annihilation",
|
||
|
"destruction",
|
||
|
"ending",
|
||
|
"extermination",
|
||
|
"ruin",
|
||
|
"assassination",
|
||
|
"execution",
|
||
|
"killing",
|
||
|
"massacre",
|
||
|
"slaughter"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"curtains",
|
||
|
"death",
|
||
|
"decease",
|
||
|
"demise",
|
||
|
"dissolution",
|
||
|
"doom",
|
||
|
"end",
|
||
|
"exit",
|
||
|
"expiration",
|
||
|
"expiry",
|
||
|
"fate",
|
||
|
"grave",
|
||
|
"great divide",
|
||
|
"passage",
|
||
|
"passing",
|
||
|
"sleep"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"type":[
|
||
|
"noun"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"quill":{
|
||
|
"as in":{
|
||
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"related":[],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"type":[
|
||
|
"verb"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"quipper":{
|
||
|
"as in practical joker , banterer":{
|
||
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"related":[],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"type":[
|
||
|
"noun"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"quirky":{
|
||
|
"different from the ordinary in a way that causes curiosity or suspicion":{
|
||
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"the waitress styles her hair in a quirky way that always gets her remembered by customers"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
"average",
|
||
|
"commonplace",
|
||
|
"everyday",
|
||
|
"garden",
|
||
|
"normal",
|
||
|
"ordinary",
|
||
|
"prosaic",
|
||
|
"routine",
|
||
|
"run-of-the-mill",
|
||
|
"standard",
|
||
|
"typical",
|
||
|
"unexceptional",
|
||
|
"unremarkable",
|
||
|
"usual",
|
||
|
"workaday",
|
||
|
"conformist",
|
||
|
"conservative",
|
||
|
"conventional",
|
||
|
"expected",
|
||
|
"familiar",
|
||
|
"knee-jerk",
|
||
|
"predictable",
|
||
|
"common",
|
||
|
"customary",
|
||
|
"frequent",
|
||
|
"habitual",
|
||
|
"regular",
|
||
|
"wonted"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"related":[
|
||
|
"aberrant",
|
||
|
"abnormal",
|
||
|
"addlepated",
|
||
|
"flaky",
|
||
|
"extraordinary",
|
||
|
"fantastic",
|
||
|
"fantastical",
|
||
|
"freak",
|
||
|
"freakish",
|
||
|
"freaky",
|
||
|
"phantasmagoric",
|
||
|
"phantasmagorical",
|
||
|
"phenomenal",
|
||
|
"atypical",
|
||
|
"rare",
|
||
|
"singular",
|
||
|
"uncommon",
|
||
|
"uncustomary",
|
||
|
"unique",
|
||
|
"unusual",
|
||
|
"unwonted",
|
||
|
"conspicuous",
|
||
|
"notable",
|
||
|
"noticeable",
|
||
|
"outstanding",
|
||
|
"prominent",
|
||
|
"salient",
|
||
|
"striking",
|
||
|
"atrocious",
|
||
|
"outrageous",
|
||
|
"shocking",
|
||
|
"crotchety",
|
||
|
"idiosyncratic",
|
||
|
"nonconformist",
|
||
|
"nonmainstream",
|
||
|
"out-there",
|
||
|
"unconventional",
|
||
|
"unorthodox",
|
||
|
"baffling",
|
||
|
"bewildering",
|
||
|
"confounding",
|
||
|
"mystifying",
|
||
|
"perplexing",
|
||
|
"puzzling"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"bizarre",
|
||
|
"bizarro",
|
||
|
"cranky",
|
||
|
"crazy",
|
||
|
"curious",
|
||
|
"eccentric",
|
||
|
"erratic",
|
||
|
"far-out",
|
||
|
"funky",
|
||
|
"funny",
|
||
|
"kinky",
|
||
|
"kooky",
|
||
|
"kookie",
|
||
|
"odd",
|
||
|
"off-kilter",
|
||
|
"off-the-wall",
|
||
|
"offbeat",
|
||
|
"out-of-the-way",
|
||
|
"outlandish",
|
||
|
"outr\u00e9",
|
||
|
"peculiar",
|
||
|
"quaint",
|
||
|
"queer",
|
||
|
"queerish",
|
||
|
"remarkable",
|
||
|
"rum",
|
||
|
"screwy",
|
||
|
"spaced-out",
|
||
|
"strange",
|
||
|
"wacky",
|
||
|
"whacky",
|
||
|
"way-out",
|
||
|
"weird",
|
||
|
"weirdo",
|
||
|
"wild"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"type":[
|
||
|
"adjective"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"quotations":{
|
||
|
"a passage referred to, repeated, or offered as an example":{
|
||
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"the beautiful autumn day brought to mind this quotation from Thoreau: \"So live in each season as it passes; breathe the air, drink the drink, taste the fruit, and resign yourself to the influences of each\""
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"related":[
|
||
|
"allusions",
|
||
|
"references",
|
||
|
"excerpts",
|
||
|
"extracts",
|
||
|
"lines",
|
||
|
"parts",
|
||
|
"sections",
|
||
|
"snippets"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"citations",
|
||
|
"quotes"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"type":[
|
||
|
"noun"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
}
|
||
|
}
|