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{
"ribber":{
"as in heckler , tormentor":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"rich":{
"containing much seasoning, fat, or sugar":{
"antonyms":[
"light",
"lite"
],
"examples":[
"stay away from rich foods before you sing tonight"
],
"near antonyms":[
"natural",
"plain",
"simple",
"unseasoned",
"diet",
"nonfattening",
"slimming",
"nonfat"
],
"related":[
"buttery",
"fat",
"fatty",
"greasy",
"oily",
"caloric",
"calorific",
"fattening",
"cloying",
"oversweet",
"filling",
"overfilling",
"satiating",
"sating",
"spicy",
"sugary",
"sweet",
"creamy",
"sauced"
],
"synonyms":[
"heavy"
]
},
"having an abundance of some characteristic quality (as flavor)":{
"antonyms":[
"delicate",
"light",
"mild",
"thin",
"thinned",
"weak",
"weakened"
],
"examples":[
"rich wines complemented the meal"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dilute",
"diluted",
"watered-down",
"watery"
],
"related":[
"heavy",
"straight",
"undiluted",
"unmixed",
"high-octane",
"high-test",
"enriched",
"fortified"
],
"synonyms":[
"big",
"concentrated",
"full",
"full-bodied",
"heady",
"lusty",
"muscular",
"plush",
"potent",
"robust",
"strong"
]
},
"having goods, property, or money in abundance":{
"antonyms":[
"destitute",
"impecunious",
"impoverished",
"indigent",
"needy",
"penniless",
"penurious",
"poor",
"poverty-stricken"
],
"examples":[
"you would have to be quite rich to be able to afford a home in that neighborhood"
],
"near antonyms":[
"unaffluent",
"deprived",
"disadvantaged",
"hand-to-mouth",
"underprivileged",
"bankrupt",
"bankrupted",
"beggared",
"broke",
"indebted",
"insolvent",
"pauperized",
"ruined",
"skint",
"depressed",
"pinched",
"reduced",
"straitened",
"low",
"short"
],
"related":[
"better-off",
"comfortable",
"propertied",
"prosperous",
"substantial",
"successful",
"flourishing",
"prospering",
"thriving",
"advantaged",
"blessed",
"blest",
"privileged"
],
"synonyms":[
"affluent",
"deep-pocketed",
"fat",
"fat-cat",
"flush",
"loaded",
"moneyed",
"monied",
"opulent",
"silk-stocking",
"wealthy",
"well-endowed",
"well-fixed",
"well-heeled",
"well-off",
"well-to-do"
]
},
"producing abundantly":{
"antonyms":[
"barren",
"dead",
"infertile",
"sterile",
"unfertile",
"unfruitful",
"unproductive"
],
"examples":[
"rich farmland"
],
"near antonyms":[
"meager",
"meagre",
"scant",
"scanty",
"skimp",
"skimpy",
"spare",
"sparse"
],
"related":[
"bearing",
"generative",
"producing",
"yielding",
"abounding",
"abundant",
"bountiful",
"copious",
"generous",
"liberal",
"plenteous",
"plentiful",
"plenitudinous",
"blooming",
"bursting",
"flourishing",
"swarming",
"teeming",
"thriving",
"creative",
"inventive",
"original"
],
"synonyms":[
"cornucopian",
"fat",
"fecund",
"fertile",
"fructuous",
"fruitful",
"lush",
"luxuriant",
"productive",
"prolific"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"rick":{
"as in":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"ridiculed":{
"to make (someone or something) the object of unkind laughter":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the term \"big bang theory\" was originally coined to ridicule the belief that the universe was created by a giant explosion"
],
"near antonyms":[
"applauded",
"approved",
"commended",
"endorsed",
"indorsed",
"sanctioned"
],
"related":[
"scoffed (at)",
"scorned",
"sneered (at)",
"bad-mouthed",
"belittled",
"decried",
"disparaged",
"pooh-poohed",
"poohed",
"put down",
"chaffed",
"jived",
"joshed",
"kidded",
"quizzed",
"rallied",
"razzed",
"ribbed",
"rode",
"rid",
"teased",
"tweaked",
"twitted",
"baited",
"barracked",
"bugged",
"catcalled",
"harassed",
"harried",
"hassled",
"heckled",
"needled",
"pestered",
"ragged",
"targeted",
"taunted",
"tormented",
"aped",
"burlesqued",
"caricatured",
"imitated",
"lampooned",
"mimicked",
"parodied",
"parroted",
"pilloried",
"satirized",
"took off (on)",
"travestied"
],
"synonyms":[
"derided",
"gibed",
"jibed",
"jeered",
"laughed (at)",
"mocked",
"scouted",
"shot down",
"skewered"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"ridicules":{
"the making of unkind jokes as a way of showing one's scorn for someone or something":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the early efforts by the suffragists to obtain voting rights for women were met with ridicule"
],
"near antonyms":[
"applauses",
"approvals",
"commendations",
"praises"
],
"related":[
"contempts",
"disdains",
"scorns",
"belittlements",
"deprecations",
"disparagements",
"catcalls",
"insults",
"put-downs",
"laughters",
"burlesques",
"caricatures",
"mimicries",
"pasquinades",
"satires"
],
"synonyms":[
"derisions",
"mockeries",
"sports"
]
},
"to make (someone or something) the object of unkind laughter":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the term \"big bang theory\" was originally coined to ridicule the belief that the universe was created by a giant explosion"
],
"near antonyms":[
"applauds",
"approves",
"commends",
"endorses",
"indorses",
"sanctions"
],
"related":[
"scoffs (at)",
"scorns",
"sneers (at)",
"bad-mouths",
"belittles",
"decries",
"disparages",
"pooh-poohs",
"poohs",
"puts down",
"chaffs",
"jives",
"joshes",
"kids",
"quizzes",
"rallies",
"razzes",
"ribs",
"rides",
"teases",
"tweaks",
"twits",
"baits",
"barracks",
"bugs",
"catcalls",
"harasses",
"harries",
"hassles",
"heckles",
"needles",
"pesters",
"rags",
"targets",
"taunts",
"torments",
"apes",
"burlesques",
"caricatures",
"imitates",
"lampoons",
"mimics",
"parodies",
"parrots",
"pillories",
"satirizes",
"takes off (on)",
"travesties"
],
"synonyms":[
"derides",
"gibes",
"jibes",
"jeers",
"laughs (at)",
"mocks",
"scouts",
"shoots down",
"skewers"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"riffraff":{
"discarded or useless material":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the sight of piles and piles of riffraff at the town dump was a sobering reminder that we are indeed a society of consumers"
],
"near antonyms":[
"catch",
"gem",
"goody",
"goodie",
"jewel",
"pearl",
"plum",
"prize",
"treasure",
"treasure trove",
"trove",
"valuable",
"booty",
"find",
"salvage"
],
"related":[
"crud",
"sewage",
"slop",
"swill",
"wash",
"detritus",
"remains",
"rubble",
"ruins",
"dump",
"scrap heap",
"lumber",
"odds and ends",
"trumpery",
"flotsam",
"jetsam",
"wreckage",
"castoff",
"cull",
"discard",
"hand-me-down",
"reject",
"throwaway",
"nothing",
"straw",
"two bits"
],
"synonyms":[
"chaff",
"deadwood",
"debris",
"dreck",
"drek",
"dross",
"dust",
"effluvium",
"effluvia",
"garbage",
"junk",
"litter",
"offal",
"offscouring",
"raffle",
"refuse",
"rubbish",
"scrap",
"spilth",
"trash",
"truck",
"waste"
]
},
"people looked down upon as ignorant and of the lowest class":{
"antonyms":[
"A-list",
"aristocracy",
"elite",
"gentry",
"quality",
"society",
"upper class",
"upper crust"
],
"examples":[
"local ordinances that are intended to keep the riffraff out of the town"
],
"near antonyms":[
"elect",
"establishment",
"gentlefolk",
"gentlefolks",
"nobility",
"peerage"
],
"related":[
"dregs",
"commoners",
"commons",
"herd",
"hoi polloi",
"masses",
"millions",
"mob",
"multitude",
"people",
"plebeians",
"populace",
"public",
"rank and file",
"bourgeoisie",
"middle class",
"working class"
],
"synonyms":[
"proletariat",
"rabble",
"rabblement",
"ragtag and bobtail",
"rout",
"scum",
"tag, rag, and bobtail",
"tagrag and bobtail",
"trash",
"unwashed"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"rigged":{
"to provide (someone) with what is needed for a task or activity":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"carefully rigged each diver with the required equipment before starting out"
],
"near antonyms":[
"deprived",
"dispossessed",
"divested",
"stripped",
"stript"
],
"related":[
"stocked",
"stored",
"bestowed",
"contributed",
"donated",
"gave",
"presented",
"apportioned",
"dealt (out)",
"dispensed",
"distributed",
"doled out",
"handed out",
"meted (out)",
"parceled (out)",
"parcelled (out)",
"portioned",
"prorated",
"allocated",
"allotted",
"assigned",
"armed",
"fortified",
"prepared",
"reequipped",
"re-equipped",
"refitted",
"refurnished",
"reoutfitted"
],
"synonyms":[
"accoutred",
"accoutered",
"equipped",
"fitted (out)",
"fit (out)",
"furnished",
"girded",
"girt",
"kitted (up or out)",
"outfitted",
"provisioned",
"supplied"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"right hand":{
"as in man Friday":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"right-minded":{
"conforming to a high standard of morality or virtue":{
"antonyms":[
"bad",
"dishonest",
"dishonorable",
"evil",
"evil-minded",
"immoral",
"indecent",
"sinful",
"unethical",
"unrighteous",
"wicked",
"wrong"
],
"examples":[
"a group of right-minded people working for social change"
],
"near antonyms":[
"improper",
"incorrect",
"indecorous",
"naughty",
"unbecoming",
"unseemly",
"corrupt",
"debased",
"debauched",
"degenerate",
"depraved",
"dissolute",
"libertine",
"perverted",
"reprobate",
"unprincipled",
"unscrupulous",
"atrocious",
"infamous",
"villainous",
"base",
"low",
"mean",
"vicious",
"vile",
"blameworthy",
"objectionable",
"offensive",
"iniquitous",
"nefarious",
"errant",
"erring",
"fallen"
],
"related":[
"correct",
"decorous",
"proper",
"seemly",
"high-minded",
"noble",
"principled",
"commendable",
"creditable",
"exemplary",
"legitimate",
"esteemed",
"law-abiding",
"menschy",
"reputable",
"respected",
"upstanding",
"worthy",
"blameless",
"clean",
"guiltless",
"immaculate",
"incorrupt",
"incorrupted",
"incorruptible",
"innocent",
"inoffensive",
"irreproachable",
"unobjectionable",
"angelic",
"angelical",
"lily-white",
"pure",
"scrupulous",
"spotless",
"uncorrupted",
"unerring",
"goody-goody",
"moralistic",
"pharisaical",
"rectitudinous",
"sanctimonious",
"self-righteous"
],
"synonyms":[
"all right",
"decent",
"ethical",
"good",
"honest",
"honorable",
"just",
"moral",
"nice",
"right",
"righteous",
"straight",
"true",
"upright",
"virtuous"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"rights":{
"an entitlement to something":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"what right do you have to tell us what to do?"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disclaimers",
"quitclaims",
"releases",
"waivers"
],
"related":[
"birthrights",
"prerogatives",
"titles",
"favors",
"privileges",
"refusals"
],
"synonyms":[
"calls",
"claims",
"dibs",
"pretenses",
"pretences",
"pretensions"
]
},
"as in redresses":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"something to which one has a just claim":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"everyone has the right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"calls",
"dibs",
"dues",
"entitlements",
"perquisites",
"pretenses",
"pretences",
"pretensions",
"privileges"
],
"synonyms":[
"appanages",
"apanages",
"birthrights",
"prerogatives"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"rigid":{
"given to exacting standards of discipline and self-restraint":{
"antonyms":[
"clement",
"forbearing",
"gentle",
"indulgent",
"lax",
"lenient",
"tolerant"
],
"examples":[
"a rigid man who cannot seem to relax"
],
"near antonyms":[
"easy",
"easygoing",
"laid-back",
"undemanding",
"charitable",
"kind",
"merciful",
"mild",
"patient",
"soft",
"softhearted",
"accepting",
"compromising",
"yielding",
"responsive",
"willing",
"acquiescent",
"agreeable",
"amenable",
"complaisant",
"compliant",
"flexible",
"pliable",
"pliant"
],
"related":[
"demanding",
"exacting",
"uncharitable",
"unforgiving",
"adamant",
"adamantine",
"callous",
"hardened",
"hard-hearted",
"hard-line",
"immovable",
"implacable",
"inflexible",
"merciless",
"ossified",
"pitiless",
"relentless",
"rock-ribbed",
"stiff",
"unbending",
"uncompromising",
"unrelenting",
"unsparing",
"unyielding",
"dour",
"gruff",
"ascetic",
"ascetical",
"monastic",
"monkish",
"browbeating",
"bullying",
"determined",
"firm",
"resolved",
"single-minded",
"steadfast",
"unflinching",
"dogged",
"intractable",
"obstinate",
"relentless"
],
"synonyms":[
"austere",
"authoritarian",
"flinty",
"hard",
"harsh",
"heavy-handed",
"ramrod",
"rigorous",
"severe",
"stern",
"strict",
"tough"
]
},
"having a consistency that does not easily yield to pressure":{
"antonyms":[
"flabby",
"soft",
"spongy",
"squashy",
"squishy"
],
"examples":[
"rigid steel bars that should be able to hold the weight"
],
"near antonyms":[
"loose",
"scattered",
"thin",
"bendable",
"elastic",
"flexible",
"malleable",
"pliable",
"pliant",
"supple",
"droopy",
"flaccid",
"floppy",
"lank",
"limp",
"slack",
"airy",
"light",
"permeable",
"porous",
"ultrasoft"
],
"related":[
"case-hardened",
"compacted",
"compressed",
"hardened",
"indurated",
"stiffened",
"tempered",
"close",
"dense",
"heavy",
"thick",
"thickset",
"inelastic",
"inflexible",
"ramrod",
"unbending",
"compressed",
"condensed",
"adamantine",
"rocklike",
"sturdy",
"substantial",
"impenetrable",
"impermeable",
"nonporous"
],
"synonyms":[
"compact",
"firm",
"hard",
"solid",
"stiff",
"unyielding"
]
},
"incapable of or highly resistant to bending":{
"antonyms":[
"flexible",
"floppy",
"pliable",
"pliant",
"supple",
"yielding"
],
"examples":[
"corsets, those rigid undergarments for women, must have been murder to wear"
],
"near antonyms":[
"elastic",
"resilient",
"springy",
"stretchy",
"workable",
"malleable",
"plastic",
"semiflexible",
"droopy",
"flabby",
"flaccid",
"mushy",
"semisoft",
"soft",
"squashy",
"squishy",
"lank",
"limber",
"limp",
"lissome",
"lissom",
"lithe",
"lithesome",
"willowy"
],
"related":[
"inelastic",
"firm",
"hard",
"solid",
"sound",
"strong",
"brittle",
"crisp",
"compact",
"dense",
"substantial",
"arthritic",
"rheumatic",
"nonelastic",
"nonmalleable"
],
"synonyms":[
"inflexible",
"stiff",
"stiffened",
"unyielding"
]
},
"not allowing for any exceptions or loosening of standards":{
"antonyms":[
"flexible",
"lax",
"loose",
"relaxed",
"slack"
],
"examples":[
"rigid enforcement of drug laws"
],
"near antonyms":[
"acquiescent",
"compliant",
"compromising",
"pliable",
"pliant",
"relenting",
"yielding",
"easy",
"easygoing",
"gentle",
"indulgent",
"kindly",
"lenient",
"merciful",
"mild",
"pampering",
"soft",
"spoiling",
"tolerant",
"neglectful",
"negligent",
"remiss",
"slipshod",
"sloppy",
"slovenly",
"unfussy"
],
"related":[
"close",
"conscientious",
"exact",
"fussy",
"meticulous",
"painstaking",
"punctilious",
"scrupulous",
"undeviating",
"adamant",
"adamantine",
"determined",
"dogged",
"firm",
"relentless",
"resolved",
"single-minded",
"steadfast",
"stubborn",
"tenacious",
"unbending",
"unflinching",
"immovable",
"implacable",
"unappeasable",
"unrelenting",
"unsparing",
"unyielding",
"austere",
"demanding",
"flinty",
"grim",
"hard",
"hardened",
"hard-hearted",
"harsh",
"ironbound",
"severe",
"stern",
"tough"
],
"synonyms":[
"brassbound",
"cast-iron",
"exacting",
"hard-line",
"inflexible",
"rigorous",
"strict",
"stringent",
"uncompromising"
]
},
"stretched with little or no give":{
"antonyms":[
"lax",
"loose",
"slack"
],
"examples":[
"make sure that the clothesline is rigid so that the longer garments don't drag on the ground"
],
"near antonyms":[
"drooping",
"droopy",
"flaccid",
"floppy",
"hanging",
"lank",
"limp",
"loosened",
"relaxed",
"sagging",
"slackened",
"yielding",
"elastic",
"flexible",
"pliant",
"resilient",
"springy",
"stretchy",
"supple"
],
"related":[
"firm",
"inflexible",
"stiff",
"tightened",
"unrelaxed",
"unyielding"
],
"synonyms":[
"taut",
"tense",
"tight"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"rigidness":{
"the quality or state of being demanding or unyielding (as in discipline or criticism)":{
"antonyms":[
"flexibility",
"gentleness",
"laxness",
"mildness"
],
"examples":[
"no one even asked anymore, as their father's rigidness regarding bedtime was legendary"
],
"near antonyms":[
"forbearance",
"indulgence",
"kindness",
"lenience",
"patience",
"softness",
"tenderness",
"tolerance",
"responsiveness",
"willingness",
"compliance",
"pliability",
"pliancy"
],
"related":[
"callousness",
"hard-heartedness",
"implacability",
"obduracy",
"obdurateness",
"pitilessness",
"dourness",
"gruffness",
"asceticism",
"austereness",
"austerity",
"monasticism",
"determination",
"firmness",
"resolve",
"steadfastness",
"obstinacy",
"stubbornness"
],
"synonyms":[
"exactingness",
"hardness",
"harshness",
"inflexibility",
"rigidity",
"rigor",
"rigorousness",
"severity",
"sternness",
"strictness",
"stringency"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"rigmarole":{
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"the security guard gave me some kind of rigmarole about passes and authorizations"
],
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"governmentese",
"legalese",
"Pentagonese",
"psychobabble",
"technobabble",
"bombast",
"fustian",
"gas",
"grandiloquence",
"hot air",
"hype",
"oratory",
"rhetoric",
"wind"
],
"synonyms":[
"bafflegab",
"double-talk",
"gibberish",
"gobbledygook",
"gobbledegook",
"song and dance"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
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"mildness"
],
"examples":[
"the rigorousness of the training paid off when the dance students performed brilliantly at the recital"
],
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"forbearance",
"indulgence",
"kindness",
"lenience",
"patience",
"softness",
"tenderness",
"tolerance",
"responsiveness",
"willingness",
"compliance",
"pliability",
"pliancy"
],
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"callousness",
"hard-heartedness",
"implacability",
"obduracy",
"obdurateness",
"pitilessness",
"dourness",
"gruffness",
"asceticism",
"austereness",
"austerity",
"monasticism",
"determination",
"firmness",
"resolve",
"steadfastness",
"obstinacy",
"stubbornness"
],
"synonyms":[
"exactingness",
"hardness",
"harshness",
"inflexibility",
"rigidity",
"rigidness",
"rigor",
"severity",
"sternness",
"strictness",
"stringency"
]
},
"the quality or state of being very accurate":{
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"coarseness",
"impreciseness",
"imprecision",
"inaccuracy",
"inexactitude",
"inexactness",
"roughness"
],
"examples":[
"these days the rigorousness of electronic timing is necessary to measure the minute differences in the performances of Olympic athletes"
],
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"approximation",
"roundness",
"falseness",
"falsity",
"incorrectness",
"wrongness",
"carelessness",
"guesswork",
"looseness",
"indefiniteness",
"vagueness"
],
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"correctness",
"fidelity",
"rightness",
"strictness",
"truth",
"definiteness",
"definitiveness",
"definitude",
"determinacy",
"subtlety",
"care",
"carefulness",
"fastidiousness",
"meticulousness",
"persnicketiness"
],
"synonyms":[
"accuracy",
"accurateness",
"closeness",
"delicacy",
"exactitude",
"exactness",
"fineness",
"nicety",
"perfection",
"preciseness",
"precision",
"rigor",
"ultraprecision",
"veracity"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"rimmed":{
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"examples":[
"long lashes rimmed his eyes"
],
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"circumscribed",
"defined",
"delineated",
"demarcated",
"outlined",
"silhouetted",
"sketched",
"traced",
"circled",
"compassed",
"encircled",
"enclosed",
"inclosed",
"environed",
"girdled",
"girthed",
"looped",
"ringed",
"rounded",
"surrounded",
"walled",
"checked",
"confined",
"controlled",
"curbed",
"limited",
"restrained",
"restricted"
],
"synonyms":[
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"bounded",
"edged",
"framed",
"fringed",
"margined",
"skirted"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"ring%20down%20the%20curtain%20%28on%29":{
"to bring (an event) to a natural or appropriate stopping point":{
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"begin",
"commence",
"inaugurate",
"open",
"start"
],
"examples":[
"The singer rang down the curtain on the performance with her most famous song."
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"climax",
"crown",
"consummate",
"perfect",
"halt",
"stop",
"suspend"
],
"synonyms":[
"close",
"close out",
"complete",
"conclude",
"end",
"finish",
"round (off or out)",
"terminate",
"wind up",
"wrap up"
]
},
"type":[]
},
"ringed":{
"to form a circle around":{
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"examples":[
"tall cypress trees ringing the park"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"circumscribed",
"closed in",
"cordoned (off)",
"fenced (in)",
"hemmed (in)",
"walled",
"beset",
"besieged",
"entrenched",
"intrenched",
"invested",
"swarmed"
],
"synonyms":[
"circled",
"compassed",
"embraced",
"encircled",
"enclosed",
"inclosed",
"encompassed",
"environed",
"girded",
"girt",
"girdled",
"surrounded",
"wreathed"
]
},
"to travel completely around":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the line of season ticket buyers ringed the block"
],
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"related":[
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"crossed",
"perambulated",
"traversed"
],
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"circled",
"circuited",
"circumnavigated",
"circumvented",
"compassed",
"encircled",
"girdled",
"orbited",
"rounded"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"ringing":{
"marked by a high volume of sound":{
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"gentle",
"low",
"soft"
],
"examples":[
"an angry, ringing denial of the charges"
],
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"dead",
"quiet",
"silent",
"still",
"stilly",
"ultraquiet",
"calm",
"dreamy",
"peaceful",
"restful",
"serene",
"soothing",
"tranquil",
"hushed",
"muffled",
"muted",
"softened",
"toned (down)"
],
"related":[
"brazen",
"dinning",
"discordant",
"noisy",
"obstreperous",
"raucous",
"rip-roaring",
"vociferous",
"grating",
"harsh",
"overloud",
"sharp",
"shrill",
"squealing",
"strident"
],
"synonyms":[
"blaring",
"blasting",
"booming",
"clamorous",
"clangorous",
"deafening",
"earsplitting",
"loud",
"piercing",
"plangent",
"resounding",
"roaring",
"slam-bang",
"sonorous",
"stentorian",
"thundering",
"thunderous"
]
},
"marked by conspicuously full and rich sounds or tones":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"sings in a ringing baritone that can be heard throughout the hall"
],
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"cavernous",
"hollow",
"faint",
"low",
"murmurous",
"muted",
"smothered",
"soft",
"weak",
"thin",
"tinny"
],
"related":[
"deep",
"full",
"mellifluent",
"mellifluous",
"mellow",
"plummy",
"rich",
"loud",
"powerful",
"stentorian",
"thundering",
"thunderous"
],
"synonyms":[
"golden",
"orotund",
"plangent",
"resonant",
"resounding",
"reverberant",
"reverberating",
"reverberative",
"rotund",
"round",
"sonorous",
"vibrant"
]
},
"not subject to misinterpretation or more than one interpretation":{
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"ambiguous",
"clouded",
"cryptic",
"dark",
"enigmatic",
"enigmatical",
"equivocal",
"indistinct",
"mysterious",
"nonobvious",
"obfuscated",
"obscure",
"unapparent",
"unclarified",
"unclear"
],
"examples":[
"whereas other candidates hedged on that hot-button issue, he delivered a ringing endorsement of the pro-choice position"
],
"near antonyms":[
"incomprehensible",
"indecipherable",
"unfathomable",
"unintelligible",
"unknowable",
"impalpable",
"imperceptible",
"inappreciable",
"indiscernible",
"insensible",
"cloudy",
"gauzy",
"gray",
"grey",
"hazy",
"imprecise",
"indefinite",
"indeterminate",
"misty",
"murky",
"nebulous",
"noncommittal",
"sketchy",
"slippery",
"subtle",
"vague",
"illegible",
"undecipherable",
"unreadable"
],
"related":[
"cognizable",
"cognoscible",
"comprehendible",
"comprehensible",
"digestible",
"fathomable",
"graspable",
"intelligible",
"knowable",
"understandable",
"self-evident",
"self-explanatory",
"clean-cut",
"simple",
"tidy",
"uncomplicated",
"overt",
"undisguised",
"appreciable",
"perceptible",
"recognizable",
"sensible",
"tangible",
"discernible",
"discernable",
"noticeable",
"observable",
"visible",
"black-and-white",
"explicit",
"trenchant",
"well-defined",
"clean",
"decipherable",
"fair",
"legible",
"readable"
],
"synonyms":[
"apparent",
"bald",
"bald-faced",
"barefaced",
"bright-line",
"broad",
"clear",
"clear-cut",
"crystal clear",
"decided",
"distinct",
"evident",
"lucid",
"luculent",
"luminous",
"manifest",
"nonambiguous",
"obvious",
"open-and-shut",
"palpable",
"patent",
"pellucid",
"perspicuous",
"plain",
"straightforward",
"transparent",
"unambiguous",
"unambivalent",
"unequivocal",
"unmistakable"
]
},
"to form a circle around":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"tall cypress trees ringing the park"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"circumscribing",
"closing in",
"cordoning (off)",
"fencing (in)",
"hemming (in)",
"walling",
"besetting",
"besieging",
"entrenching",
"intrenching",
"investing",
"swarming"
],
"synonyms":[
"circling",
"compassing",
"embracing",
"encircling",
"enclosing",
"inclosing",
"encompassing",
"environing",
"girding",
"girdling",
"surrounding",
"wreathing"
]
},
"to make the clear sound heard when metal vibrates":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"I didn't hear the doorbell ring"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"chinking",
"clanging",
"clanking",
"clashing",
"clinking",
"ding-donging",
"dinging",
"gonging",
"jangling",
"jingling",
"pinging",
"plinking",
"plunking",
"plonking",
"tanging",
"tingling",
"tinkling",
"echoing",
"resonating",
"resounding",
"reverberating"
],
"synonyms":[
"bonging",
"chiming",
"knelling",
"pealing",
"tolling"
]
},
"to travel completely around":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the line of season ticket buyers ringed the block"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"circumambulating",
"crossing",
"perambulating",
"traversing"
],
"synonyms":[
"circling",
"circuiting",
"circumnavigating",
"circumventing",
"compassing",
"encircling",
"girdling",
"orbiting",
"rounding"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"rip off":{
"an instance of theft":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"a daring burglary of the art museum that resulted in one of the greatest rip-offs in history"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"break-in",
"burglary",
"holdup",
"mugging",
"stickup"
],
"synonyms":[
"grab",
"heist",
"pinch",
"snatching",
"swiping",
"theft"
]
},
"to remove valuables from (a place) unlawfully":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the teens ripped off the store where they had been working for the summer"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"ransack",
"rifle",
"despoil",
"loot",
"pillage",
"plunder",
"ravish",
"sack",
"spoil",
"strip",
"bleed",
"break in",
"cheat",
"chisel",
"cozen",
"defraud",
"exploit",
"fleece",
"hustle",
"mulct",
"pluck",
"rook",
"shortchange",
"skin",
"squeeze",
"stick",
"sting",
"swindle",
"hold up",
"mug",
"roll",
"stick up"
],
"synonyms":[
"burglarize",
"burgle",
"knock off",
"knock over",
"rob",
"steal (from)",
"take off"
]
},
"to rob by the use of trickery or threats":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"an investigation revealed that a whole slew of suppliers had been ripping off the defense department"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"extort",
"wrench",
"wrest",
"wring",
"clip",
"gouge",
"nick",
"overcharge",
"soak",
"exploit",
"milk",
"deceive",
"dupe",
"fool",
"gull",
"trick",
"rope (in)",
"betray",
"bitch",
"double-cross",
"bamboozle",
"fast-talk"
],
"synonyms":[
"beat",
"bilk",
"bleed",
"cheat",
"chisel",
"chouse",
"con",
"cozen",
"defraud",
"diddle",
"do",
"do in",
"euchre",
"fiddle",
"fleece",
"flimflam",
"gaff",
"hose",
"hustle",
"mulct",
"nobble",
"pluck",
"ream",
"rook",
"screw",
"shake down",
"short",
"shortchange",
"skin",
"skunk",
"squeeze",
"stick",
"stiff",
"sting",
"sucker",
"swindle",
"thimblerig",
"victimize"
]
},
"to take (something) without right and with an intent to keep":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the thief ripped off some jewelry as soon as no one was looking"
],
"near antonyms":[
"buy",
"purchase",
"bestow",
"contribute",
"donate",
"give",
"hand over",
"present"
],
"related":[
"burglarize",
"knock over",
"rob",
"loot",
"pillage",
"plunder",
"sack",
"carjack",
"hijack",
"highjack",
"pick",
"rifle",
"poach",
"rustle",
"shoplift",
"collar",
"grab",
"grasp",
"nail",
"seize",
"snatch",
"take",
"mooch",
"sponge",
"abduct",
"kidnap",
"shanghai",
"spirit"
],
"synonyms":[
"appropriate",
"boost",
"filch",
"heist",
"hook",
"lift",
"misappropriate",
"nick",
"nip",
"pilfer",
"pinch",
"pocket",
"purloin",
"snitch",
"steal",
"swipe",
"thieve"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"ripening":{
"the process of becoming mature":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the ripening of a pumpkin can take a whole season"
],
"near antonyms":[
"decadence",
"decay",
"decaying",
"declension",
"decline",
"declining",
"degeneration",
"descent",
"deterioration",
"ebbing",
"fading",
"shriveling",
"shrivelling",
"waning",
"wilting",
"withering",
"death",
"decease",
"demise",
"dying",
"end",
"exit",
"expiration",
"expiring",
"expiry",
"perishing",
"regression",
"retrogression",
"reversion"
],
"related":[
"blossoming",
"flourishing",
"flowering",
"mellowing",
"softening",
"evolution",
"evolvement",
"expansion",
"progression",
"coming-of-age",
"maturity"
],
"synonyms":[
"development",
"growth",
"maturation",
"maturing"
]
},
"to become mature":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"pears ripening on the tree"
],
"near antonyms":[
"decaying",
"declining",
"degenerating",
"deteriorating",
"sinking",
"worsening",
"drooping",
"drying",
"fading",
"flagging",
"sagging",
"shriveling",
"shrivelling",
"waning",
"wasting (away)",
"weakening",
"wilting",
"withering",
"regressing",
"retrogressing",
"reverting",
"backsliding",
"lapsing",
"returning"
],
"related":[
"mellowing",
"softening",
"blooming",
"blossoming",
"burgeoning",
"bourgeoning",
"flourishing",
"flowering",
"opening",
"unfolding",
"advancing",
"evolving",
"getting along",
"getting on",
"graying",
"greying"
],
"synonyms":[
"aging",
"ageing",
"developing",
"growing",
"growing up",
"maturing",
"progressing"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"ripped%20%28out%29":{
"as in":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"ripping":{
"to cause (something) to separate into jagged pieces by violently pulling at it":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the dog ripped the sleeve of my shirt by grabbing it with his teeth"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"breaking",
"cleaving",
"rupturing",
"splitting",
"cutting",
"gashing",
"incising",
"lacerating",
"slashing",
"butchering",
"dismembering",
"dissecting",
"hacking",
"mangling"
],
"synonyms":[
"rending",
"ribboning",
"riving",
"shredding",
"tattering",
"tearing"
]
},
"to penetrate with a sharp edge (as a knife)":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"you can see where someone ripped the painting with a penknife"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"crosscutting",
"hacksawing",
"scissoring",
"cleaving",
"riving",
"splitting",
"piercing",
"stabbing",
"bruising",
"butchering",
"hacking",
"haggling",
"lacerating",
"mangling",
"rending",
"tearing",
"carving",
"chipping",
"chiseling",
"chiselling",
"notching",
"anatomizing",
"dissecting",
"sectioning",
"chopping",
"dicing",
"mincing",
"amputating",
"cutting off",
"severing"
],
"synonyms":[
"cutting",
"gashing",
"incising",
"shearing",
"slashing",
"slicing",
"slitting"
]
},
"to proceed or move quickly":{
"antonyms":[
"crawling",
"creeping",
"poking"
],
"examples":[
"the car went ripping down the road"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dallying",
"dawdling",
"dillydallying",
"dragging",
"hanging (around or out)",
"lagging",
"lingering",
"loitering",
"poking",
"tarrying",
"ambling",
"lumbering",
"plodding",
"sauntering",
"shuffling",
"strolling",
"decelerating",
"slowing (down or up)"
],
"related":[
"beetling",
"darting",
"flitting",
"scampering",
"scudding",
"scuffling",
"stampeding",
"streaking",
"whizzing",
"galloping",
"jogging",
"sprinting",
"accelerating",
"quickening",
"stepping out",
"catching up",
"fast-forwarding",
"outpacing",
"outrunning",
"outstripping",
"overtaking",
"arrowing",
"beelining"
],
"synonyms":[
"barreling",
"barrelling",
"belting",
"blasting",
"blazing",
"blowing",
"bolting",
"bombing",
"bowling",
"breezing",
"bundling",
"bustling",
"buzzing",
"cannonballing",
"careening",
"careering",
"chasing",
"coursing",
"cracking (on)",
"dashing",
"driving",
"flying",
"haring",
"hastening",
"highballing",
"hotfooting (it)",
"humping",
"hurling",
"hurrying",
"hurtling",
"hustling",
"hying",
"hieing",
"jetting",
"jumping",
"motoring",
"nipping",
"pelting",
"racing",
"ramming",
"rocketing",
"running",
"rushing",
"rustling",
"scooting",
"scurrying",
"scuttling",
"shooting",
"speeding",
"stepping",
"tearing",
"traveling",
"travelling",
"trotting",
"whirling",
"whisking",
"zipping",
"zooming"
]
},
"to separate or remove by forceful pulling":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"rip a sheet off the pad of paper"
],
"near antonyms":[
"reattaching"
],
"related":[
"grabbing",
"nabbing",
"seizing",
"snapping (up)",
"snatching",
"lopping (off)",
"nipping",
"amputating",
"cutting (off)",
"dissevering",
"severing",
"extracting",
"forcing",
"jerking",
"prizing",
"prying",
"pulling",
"rooting (out)",
"uprooting"
],
"synonyms":[
"tearing",
"wrenching",
"wresting",
"yanking"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"risks":{
"something that may cause injury or harm":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"mountain climbing is a risk , but the thrill and challenge are worth it"
],
"near antonyms":[
"guards",
"protections",
"safeguards",
"shields",
"wards",
"asylums",
"harbors",
"havens",
"refuges",
"retreats",
"shelters"
],
"related":[
"snares",
"traps",
"booby traps"
],
"synonyms":[
"dangers",
"hazards",
"imminences",
"menaces",
"perils",
"pitfalls",
"threats",
"troubles"
]
},
"to place in danger":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"we refuse to risk our life savings on this investment scheme"
],
"near antonyms":[
"guards",
"protects",
"shelters",
"shields",
"preserves",
"resumes",
"saves"
],
"related":[
"intimidates",
"threatens",
"exposes",
"subjects",
"chances",
"wagers"
],
"synonyms":[
"adventures",
"compromises",
"endangers",
"gambles (with)",
"hazards",
"imperils",
"jeopardizes",
"jeopards",
"menaces",
"perils",
"ventures"
]
},
"to take a chance on":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"Colette didn't want to risk running out of food for her party, so she bought twice what she thought she would actually need"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"beards",
"braves",
"brazens",
"breasts",
"challenges",
"confronts",
"dares",
"defies",
"faces",
"outbraves",
"compromises",
"endangers",
"imperils",
"jeopardizes",
"menaces",
"exposes",
"subjects",
"bets (on)",
"wagers"
],
"synonyms":[
"adventures",
"chances",
"gambles (on)",
"hazards",
"tempts",
"ventures"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"risky":{
"involving potential loss or injury":{
"antonyms":[
"harmless",
"innocent",
"innocuous",
"nonhazardous",
"nonthreatening",
"safe",
"unthreatening"
],
"examples":[
"a risky new adventure"
],
"near antonyms":[
"advantageous",
"beneficial",
"good",
"ultrasafe"
],
"related":[
"dicey",
"insecure",
"precarious",
"treacherous",
"uncertain",
"ultrahazardous",
"chance",
"haphazard",
"random",
"distressing",
"sickening",
"unpleasant",
"ugly",
"wicked",
"adverse",
"bad",
"baleful",
"baneful",
"deleterious",
"detrimental",
"evil",
"harmful",
"hurtful",
"ill",
"inimical",
"injurious",
"malignant",
"nasty",
"noxious",
"pernicious",
"pestilent",
"deadly",
"deathly",
"destructive",
"dire",
"fatal",
"fateful",
"fell",
"killer",
"lethal",
"mortal",
"murderous"
],
"synonyms":[
"dangerous",
"grave",
"grievous",
"hazardous",
"jeopardizing",
"menacing",
"parlous",
"perilous",
"serious",
"threatening",
"unhealthy",
"unsafe",
"venturesome"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"rivaling":{
"as in":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"to engage in a contest":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"two longtime friends who have rivaled for the same things at every stage of their lives"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"challenging",
"engaging",
"playing",
"jockeying",
"jostling",
"maneuvering",
"going out",
"trying out",
"training",
"working"
],
"synonyms":[
"battling",
"competing",
"contending",
"facing off",
"fighting",
"racing",
"vying"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"rivet":{
"to fix (as one's attention) steadily toward a central objective":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"everyone riveted their eyes on the trick that the magician was performing on stage"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"aim",
"direct",
"home (in on)",
"hone in (on)",
"level",
"nail",
"point",
"set",
"zero (in on)",
"attend",
"heed",
"mind",
"fixate (on)",
"obsess (over)",
"refocus"
],
"synonyms":[
"center",
"concentrate",
"fasten",
"focus",
"train"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
}
}