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{
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},
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]
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},
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]
},
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"sprinkling",
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"trace"
],
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"earned a stack of money for writing the screenplay"
],
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"famine",
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"paucity",
"poverty",
"scarceness",
"scarcity",
"shortage",
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"want",
"deficiency",
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"meagerness",
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"jillion",
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"million",
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"trillion",
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"boatload",
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"heap",
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"lashings",
"lashins",
"loads",
"lot",
"mass",
"mess",
"mountain",
"much",
"multiplicity",
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"oodles",
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"passel",
"peck",
"pile",
"plateful",
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"plentitude",
"plenty",
"pot",
"potful",
"profusion",
"quantity",
"raft",
"reams",
"scads",
"sheaf",
"shipload",
"sight",
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],
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"embankment",
"bed",
"layer",
"mow",
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"rick",
"barrow",
"cairn",
"pyre",
"accumulation",
"aggregate",
"array",
"assemblage",
"collection",
"conglomeration",
"gathering",
"grouping",
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"huddle",
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"knot",
"pileup"
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]
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],
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"assemble",
"collect",
"concentrate",
"garner",
"gather",
"group",
"mass",
"bunch",
"clump",
"lump"
],
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"heap",
"mound",
"pile"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"staffer":{
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},
"type":[
"noun"
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},
"staggeringly":{
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"negligibly",
"nominally",
"slightly"
],
"examples":[
"a staggeringly inappropriate comment to make at a funeral"
],
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"fractionally",
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"infinitesimally",
"insignificantly",
"invisibly",
"microscopically",
"minutely",
"barely",
"hardly",
"just",
"minimally",
"scarcely"
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"significantly",
"abundantly",
"amply",
"copiously",
"healthily",
"plentifully"
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"big-time",
"broadly",
"colossally",
"considerably",
"enormously",
"extensively",
"greatly",
"highly",
"hugely",
"largely",
"massively",
"monstrously",
"monumentally",
"much",
"sizably",
"stupendously",
"tremendously",
"utterly",
"vastly"
]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"stained":{
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"clean",
"cleanly",
"immaculate",
"spick-and-span",
"spic-and-span",
"spotless",
"stainless",
"ultraclean",
"unsoiled",
"unstained",
"unsullied"
],
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"always seen wearing stained clothes, which he apparently hoped would mark him as an antibourgeois bohemian"
],
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"limpid",
"pure",
"cleaned",
"cleansed",
"combed",
"groomed",
"neat",
"ordered",
"orderly",
"tidy",
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"purified",
"whitened",
"bright",
"flawless",
"perfect",
"shiny",
"sparkling",
"unspotted",
"untouched",
"taintless",
"unblemished",
"undefiled",
"unpolluted",
"untainted",
"virgin",
"wholesome"
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"tainted",
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"uncleaned",
"unsanitary",
"unsterile",
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"unwashed",
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"gunky",
"chaotic",
"cluttered",
"confused",
"disarranged",
"disarrayed",
"disheveled",
"dishevelled",
"disordered",
"jumbled",
"littered",
"messed",
"messy",
"muddled",
"mussed",
"mussy",
"rumpled",
"scruffy",
"sloppy",
"slovenly",
"unkempt",
"untidy",
"raunchy",
"scuzzy",
"shabby",
"skanky",
"sleazy",
"squalid",
"collied",
"crocked",
"fuliginous",
"sooty"
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"bedraggled",
"befouled",
"begrimed",
"bemired",
"besmirched",
"black",
"blackened",
"cruddy",
"dingy",
"dirty",
"draggled",
"dusty",
"filthy",
"foul",
"grimy",
"grotty",
"grubby",
"grungy",
"mucky",
"muddy",
"nasty",
"smudged",
"smutty",
"soiled",
"sordid",
"sullied",
"unclean",
"uncleanly"
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"to affect slightly with something morally bad or undesirable":{
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"her poor choice of companions stained her reputation somewhat"
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"purified",
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"elevated",
"ennobled",
"enshrined",
"glorified",
"hallowed",
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"uplifted"
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"soiled",
"sullied",
"tarred",
"abased",
"cheapened",
"debased",
"degraded",
"demeaned",
"discredited",
"disgraced",
"dishonored",
"fouled",
"lowered",
"sank",
"sunk",
"shamed",
"bastardized",
"corrupted",
"debauched",
"demoralized",
"depraved",
"perverted",
"subverted",
"colored",
"distorted",
"twisted"
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"darkened",
"marred",
"poisoned",
"spoiled",
"spoilt",
"tainted",
"tarnished",
"touched",
"vitiated"
]
},
"to give color or a different color to":{
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"decolorized"
],
"examples":[
"stained the table to look like cherry"
],
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"blanched",
"bleached",
"whitened"
],
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"lightened",
"darkened",
"embrowned",
"toned (down)",
"checkered",
"dappled",
"daubed",
"flecked",
"marbled",
"mottled",
"patterned",
"polychromed",
"specked",
"speckled",
"streaked",
"striated",
"striped",
"variegated"
],
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"colored",
"dyed",
"painted",
"pigmented",
"tinctured",
"tinged",
"tinted"
]
},
"to make dirty":{
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"cleaned",
"cleansed"
],
"examples":[
"oil stained his work pants"
],
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"decontaminated",
"purged",
"purified",
"disinfected",
"sanitized",
"brushed",
"dry-cleaned",
"dusted",
"laundered",
"mopped",
"rinsed",
"scoured",
"scrubbed",
"swept",
"washed",
"wiped",
"brightened",
"deodorized",
"freshened",
"renewed",
"spruced (up)",
"straightened (up)",
"tidied (up)"
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"polluted",
"tainted",
"discolored",
"confused",
"disarranged",
"disarrayed",
"disheveled",
"dishevelled",
"disordered",
"draggled",
"jumbled",
"messed",
"muddled",
"collied",
"crocked"
],
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"befouled",
"begrimed",
"bemired",
"besmirched",
"blackened",
"daubed",
"dirtied",
"distained",
"fouled",
"gaumed",
"grimed",
"mired",
"mucked",
"muddied",
"smirched",
"smudged",
"soiled",
"sullied"
]
},
"type":[
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"verb"
]
},
"stale":{
"causing weariness, restlessness, or lack of interest":{
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"absorbing",
"engaging",
"engrossing",
"gripping",
"interesting",
"intriguing",
"involving",
"riveting"
],
"examples":[
"the sequel is basically a stale remake of the first movie"
],
"near antonyms":[
"amazing",
"astonishing",
"astounding",
"awesome",
"eye-opening",
"fabulous",
"marvelous",
"marvellous",
"sensational",
"spectacular",
"surprising",
"wonderful",
"wondrous",
"animating",
"breathtaking",
"electrifying",
"energizing",
"enlivening",
"exciting",
"exhilarating",
"galvanizing",
"hair-raising",
"inspiring",
"invigorating",
"rip-roaring",
"rousing",
"stimulating",
"stirring",
"thrilling",
"amusing",
"diverting",
"entertaining",
"moving",
"poignant",
"touching",
"alluring",
"attracting",
"attractive",
"beguiling",
"bewitching",
"captivating",
"charming",
"enchanting",
"enthralling",
"entrancing",
"fascinating",
"mesmerizing",
"spellbinding",
"suspenseful",
"arresting",
"provocative",
"tantalizing"
],
"related":[
"aseptic",
"barren",
"blah",
"dullish",
"pleasureless",
"prosaic",
"prosy",
"soggy",
"spiritless",
"blank",
"earthbound",
"gray",
"grey",
"inanimate",
"pallid",
"pedantic",
"sterile",
"suspenseless",
"undramatic",
"uneventful",
"unexciting",
"unimaginative",
"uninspiring",
"unnewsworthy",
"unrewarding",
"unsensational",
"unspectacular",
"annoying",
"bothersome",
"irksome",
"irritating",
"longsome",
"palling",
"draining",
"enervating",
"exhausting",
"fatiguing",
"wearing",
"debilitating",
"enfeebling",
"demoralizing",
"discouraging",
"disheartening",
"dispiriting",
"common",
"commonplace",
"ordinary",
"tepid",
"unexceptional",
"unsurprising",
"vapid",
"cumbersome",
"lumbering",
"plodding",
"poky",
"pokey"
],
"synonyms":[
"arid",
"boring",
"colorless",
"drab",
"dreary",
"drudging",
"dry",
"dull",
"dusty",
"flat",
"heavy",
"ho-hum",
"humdrum",
"jading",
"jejune",
"leaden",
"mind-numbing",
"monochromatic",
"monotonous",
"numbing",
"old",
"pedestrian",
"ponderous",
"slow",
"stodgy",
"stuffy",
"stupid",
"tame",
"tedious",
"tiresome",
"tiring",
"uninteresting",
"wearisome",
"weary",
"wearying"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
],
"used or heard so often as to be dull":{
"antonyms":[
"fresh",
"new",
"novel",
"original",
"unclich\u00e9d",
"unhackneyed"
],
"examples":[
"viewers were bored by the stale story lines of the new crop of sitcoms"
],
"near antonyms":[
"animating",
"energizing",
"enlivening",
"exciting",
"galvanizing",
"invigorating",
"stimulating",
"absorbing",
"engaging",
"engrossing",
"gripping",
"interesting",
"intriguing",
"involving",
"riveting",
"atypical",
"extraordinary",
"strange",
"unaccustomed",
"uncommon",
"unfamiliar",
"unheard-of",
"unknown",
"unprecedented",
"unusual",
"pathbreaking",
"pioneering",
"trailblazing"
],
"related":[
"twice-told",
"bromidic",
"platitudinal",
"platitudinous",
"canned",
"cardboard",
"conventional",
"cookie-cutter",
"derivative",
"imitative",
"ready-made",
"tried-and-true",
"unimaginative",
"uninspired",
"unoriginal",
"normal",
"ordinary",
"rote",
"routine",
"standard",
"stock",
"typical",
"usual",
"arid",
"barren",
"boring",
"colorless",
"drab",
"dreary",
"drudging",
"dry",
"dull",
"dusty",
"flat",
"heavy",
"ho-hum",
"humdrum",
"jading",
"jejune",
"leaden",
"mind-numbing",
"monotonous",
"numbing",
"old",
"pedantic",
"pedestrian",
"ponderous",
"prosaic",
"stodgy",
"stuffy",
"tame",
"tedious",
"tiresome",
"tiring",
"undramatic",
"uninteresting",
"vapid",
"wearisome",
"weary",
"wearying",
"old-fashioned",
"old hat"
],
"synonyms":[
"banal",
"clich\u00e9",
"cliche",
"clich\u00e9d",
"cobwebby",
"commonplace",
"hack",
"hackney",
"hackneyed",
"moth-eaten",
"musty",
"obligatory",
"shopworn",
"stereotyped",
"threadbare",
"timeworn",
"tired",
"trite",
"well-worn"
]
}
},
"staleness":{
"as in":{
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"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"stalking":{
"as in":{
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"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"to seek out (game) for food or sport":{
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"examples":[
"lions stalking gazelles on the plains"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"capturing",
"dragging",
"netting",
"snaring",
"trapping",
"dogging",
"ferreting",
"hawking",
"hounding",
"coursing",
"pursuing",
"running",
"running down",
"spooring",
"tracking",
"trailing",
"gunning (for)",
"harpooning",
"killing",
"shooting",
"poaching",
"culling"
],
"synonyms":[
"chasing",
"hunting"
]
},
"to walk with exaggerated arm and leg movements":{
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"examples":[
"the irate customer stalked off in a huff"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"flouncing",
"mincing",
"traipsing",
"pussyfooting",
"tiptoeing",
"sweeping",
"parading",
"promenading",
"padding",
"stepping",
"treading",
"pacing",
"striding",
"lumbering",
"lurching",
"pounding",
"shambling",
"shuffling",
"staggering"
],
"synonyms":[
"prancing",
"sashaying",
"strutting",
"swaggering"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"stall":{
"as in":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"to bring (something) to a standstill":{
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"examples":[
"endless complaints stalled the process of selecting the winning design for the memorial"
],
"near antonyms":[
"carry on",
"continue",
"follow through (with)",
"keep (on)",
"keep up",
"persist",
"run on",
"advance",
"fare",
"go along",
"march",
"move",
"proceed",
"progress",
"wend",
"actuate",
"budge",
"drive",
"goad",
"impel",
"propel",
"push",
"spur",
"stir"
],
"related":[
"baffle",
"balk",
"block",
"blockade",
"bottleneck",
"clog",
"dam",
"detain",
"hinder",
"hold",
"hold back",
"impede",
"obstruct",
"snag",
"stem",
"conclude",
"cut off",
"end",
"terminate",
"call",
"discontinue",
"suspend",
"choke off",
"rein (in)",
"repress",
"squash",
"squelch",
"stanch",
"staunch",
"stunt",
"suppress",
"turn back"
],
"synonyms":[
"arrest",
"bring up",
"catch",
"check",
"draw up",
"fetch up",
"halt",
"hold up",
"pull up",
"stay",
"still",
"stop"
]
},
"to stop functioning":{
"antonyms":[
"start (up)"
],
"examples":[
"the engine stalls sometimes when it's very cold outside"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"fizzle",
"sputter",
"wheeze",
"act up",
"malfunction",
"jam"
],
"synonyms":[
"break",
"break down",
"conk (out)",
"crash",
"cut out",
"die",
"fail",
"give out"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"stamp (out)":{
"to destroy all traces of":{
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"examples":[
"working to stamp out racism in this country"
],
"near antonyms":[
"conserve",
"preserve",
"protect",
"save",
"build",
"construct",
"create",
"fabricate",
"fashion",
"forge",
"form",
"frame",
"make",
"manufacture",
"shape",
"fix",
"mend",
"patch",
"rebuild",
"recondition",
"reconstruct",
"renew",
"renovate",
"repair",
"restore",
"revamp"
],
"related":[
"decimate",
"demolish",
"destroy",
"devastate",
"ravage",
"dismantle",
"flatten",
"mow (down)",
"raze",
"tear down",
"ruin",
"total",
"waste",
"wreck",
"blast",
"blow up",
"dash",
"dynamite",
"smash",
"atomize",
"consume",
"devour",
"dissolve",
"fragment",
"powder",
"pulverize",
"shatter",
"splinter",
"doom",
"finish",
"kill",
"kill off",
"terminate",
"zap",
"cut",
"discard",
"ditch",
"eject",
"excise",
"expel",
"jettison",
"oust",
"throw out"
],
"synonyms":[
"abolish",
"annihilate",
"black out",
"blot out",
"cancel",
"clean (up)",
"efface",
"eradicate",
"erase",
"expunge",
"exterminate",
"extirpate",
"liquidate",
"obliterate",
"root (out)",
"rub out",
"snuff (out)",
"sweep (away)",
"wipe out"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
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"symbols",
"tokens",
"charms",
"graces",
"excellences",
"merits",
"virtues",
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"features",
"fingerprints",
"hallmarks",
"markers",
"marks",
"notes",
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"points",
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"qualities",
"specifics",
"touches",
"traits"
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"slides",
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"hauls",
"blunders",
"careens",
"dodders",
"lurches",
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"teeters",
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"waddles",
"weaves",
"wobbles",
"wabbles"
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"plods",
"pounds",
"scuffles",
"scuffs",
"shambles",
"shuffles",
"slogs",
"sloughs",
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"squelches",
"boots",
"hoofs",
"kicks"
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"verb"
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"flying buttress",
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"obelisk",
"pile",
"piling"
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"pilaster",
"pillar",
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"our old standby in times of trouble"
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"crutch",
"handmaiden",
"handmaid",
"prop",
"stay",
"anchorage",
"harbor",
"refuge"
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"desert",
"forsake",
"give up",
"relinquish",
"spurn",
"surrender",
"abjure",
"recall",
"recant",
"reconsider",
"renege",
"renounce",
"retract",
"revoke",
"take back",
"unsay",
"withdraw",
"controvert",
"disagree (with)",
"disprove",
"dispute",
"rebut",
"refute",
"contradict",
"deny",
"disavow",
"disclaim",
"disown",
"gainsay",
"negate",
"negative",
"repudiate",
"back down",
"back off",
"backtrack"
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"champion",
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"endorse",
"indorse",
"espouse",
"support",
"uphold",
"accept",
"adopt",
"cherish",
"cultivate",
"embrace",
"follow",
"foster",
"heed",
"backstop",
"bolster",
"boost",
"buttress",
"enforce",
"reinforce",
"reenforce"
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"hew (to)",
"keep (to)",
"stick (to or with)"
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"verb"
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"large-minded",
"liberal",
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"nonconventional",
"nonorthodox",
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"progressive",
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"the standpat chefs were having none of this low-calorie stuff that the food police were pushing"
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"advanced",
"contemporary",
"modern",
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"radical",
"ultraleft",
"ultraleftist",
"ultraprogressive",
"ultraradical"
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"faithful",
"loyal",
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"stanch",
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"steady",
"true",
"true-blue",
"blimpish",
"neoconservative",
"Tory",
"ultraright",
"ultrarightist",
"dowdy",
"fogyish",
"fogeyish",
"fuddy-duddy",
"ossified",
"set",
"stodgy",
"right",
"right-wing",
"antiliberal",
"antimodern",
"antiprogressive",
"antireform",
"antirevolutionary"
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"brassbound",
"button-down",
"buttoned-down",
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"hidebound",
"mossbacked",
"old-fashioned",
"old-line",
"old-school",
"orthodox",
"paleoconservative",
"reactionary",
"traditional",
"traditionalistic",
"ultraconservative",
"unprogressive"
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"adjective"
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"lethargy",
"listlessness",
"sluggishness",
"torpidity"
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"a middle-aged woman who has retained the starch of youth"
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"laziness",
"debilitation",
"debility",
"delicacy",
"disablement",
"enfeeblement",
"faintness",
"feebleness",
"frailness",
"frailty",
"impotence",
"impotency",
"infirmity",
"powerlessness",
"puniness",
"slightness",
"softness",
"tenderness",
"weakness",
"enervation",
"exhaustion",
"inanition",
"prostration"
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"related":[
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"jauntiness",
"liveliness",
"snappiness",
"spirit",
"spiritedness",
"sprightliness",
"spunk",
"spunkiness",
"vibrance",
"vibrancy",
"vivaciousness",
"vivacity",
"ardor",
"\u00e9lan",
"fervor",
"fire",
"passion",
"zeal",
"main",
"metal",
"mettle",
"might",
"muscle",
"potency",
"power",
"puissance",
"stamina",
"strength",
"brawniness",
"fitness",
"hardiness",
"huskiness",
"sturdiness",
"virility",
"health",
"healthiness",
"soundness",
"verdure",
"wellness"
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"beans",
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"brio",
"dash",
"drive",
"dynamism",
"energy",
"esprit",
"gas",
"get-up-and-go",
"ginger",
"go",
"gusto",
"hardihood",
"juice",
"life",
"moxie",
"oomph",
"pep",
"punch",
"sap",
"snap",
"verve",
"vigor",
"vim",
"vinegar",
"vitality",
"zing",
"zip"
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"noun"
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"grin",
"smile"
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"He saw his brother look daggers at him and he realized he had said too much."
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"gaze",
"ogle",
"stare",
"grimace",
"pout",
"sulk",
"growl",
"snarl",
"sneer",
"snigger"
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"synonyms":[
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"glare",
"gloom",
"glower",
"lower",
"lour",
"scowl"
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"type":[
"phrase"
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"lacking or shed of clothing":{
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"apparelled",
"attired",
"clad",
"clothed",
"dressed",
"garbed",
"invested",
"robed",
"suited"
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"examples":[
"room service in one London hotel informs its employees to get used to the idea of walking in on guests who are starkers"
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"veiled",
"arrayed",
"caparisoned",
"decked (out)",
"rigged (out)",
"tricked (out)",
"vested",
"decent"
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"related":[
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"denuded",
"peeled",
"unveiled"
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"au naturel",
"bare",
"bottomless",
"disrobed",
"mother-naked",
"naked",
"nude",
"raw",
"stripped",
"unclad",
"unclothed",
"undressed"
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},
"type":[
"adjective"
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"as in":{
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"examples":[],
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"type":[
"adjective"
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"as in":{
"antonyms":[],
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"adjective"
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},
"started":{
"to be responsible for the creation and early operation or use of":{
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"shut (up)"
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"examples":[
"started the impressionist movement in art"
],
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"annulled",
"nullified",
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"finished",
"halted",
"stopped",
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"rounded (off or out)",
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"winded up",
"wrapped up"
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"related":[
"authored",
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"originated",
"conceived",
"concocted",
"contrived",
"cooked (up)",
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"invented",
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"manufactured",
"produced",
"thought (up)",
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"put up",
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"expanded",
"endowed",
"financed",
"funded",
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"arranged",
"organized",
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"relaunched"
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"established",
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"to cause to function":{
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"cut out",
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"killed",
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"turned off"
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"examples":[
"trying to start the car on a frigid morning"
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"checked",
"cut off",
"drew up",
"halted",
"jammed",
"stalled",
"stopped",
"stuck",
"decelerated",
"repressed",
"slowed",
"stunted",
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"related":[
"kicked over",
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"charged",
"electrified",
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"fired",
"fueled",
"fuelled",
"generated",
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"launched",
"released",
"switched",
"tripped",
"reactivated",
"recharged",
"aroused",
"excited",
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"kick-started",
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"vitalized",
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"incited",
"instigated",
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"quickened",
"stirred up",
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"catalyzed",
"sped (up)",
"speeded (up)",
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"cranked (up)",
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"moved",
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"run",
"set off",
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"touched off",
"triggered",
"turned on"
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},
"to come into existence":{
"antonyms":[
"ceased",
"ended",
"stopped"
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"examples":[
"the fight started when one child tripped the other"
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"concluded",
"desisted",
"discontinued",
"finished",
"halted",
"quit",
"quitted",
"terminated",
"disappeared",
"dissolved",
"evaporated",
"vanished",
"departed",
"died",
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"passed away",
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"related":[
"breathed",
"existed",
"lived",
"subsisted",
"was",
"arrived",
"came on",
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"coalesced",
"cohered",
"shaped (up)",
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"sprang",
"sprung"
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},
"to extend outward beyond a usual point":{
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"examples":[
"frightened horses with starting eyes"
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"near antonyms":[
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"condensed",
"constricted",
"contracted",
"shrank",
"shrunk"
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"related":[
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"inflated",
"dilated",
"distended",
"expanded",
"mushroomed",
"snowballed",
"elongated",
"extended",
"lengthened",
"stretched"
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"synonyms":[
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"bellied",
"billowed",
"bulged",
"bunched",
"jutted",
"overhung",
"poked",
"pooched",
"pouched",
"pouted",
"projected",
"protruded",
"stood out",
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},
"to move suddenly and sharply (as in surprise)":{
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"examples":[
"I started from my chair when I heard the sudden scream"
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"related":[
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"blenched",
"cringed",
"flinched",
"quailed",
"recoiled",
"shrank",
"shrunk",
"spooked",
"squinched",
"winced",
"bounded",
"leaped",
"leapt",
"sprang",
"sprung",
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"synonyms":[
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"to take the first step in (a process or course of action)":{
"antonyms":[
"concluded",
"ended",
"finished",
"terminated"
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"examples":[
"we'll be ready to start the concert in a moment"
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"desisted",
"discontinued",
"halted",
"knocked off",
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"quit",
"quitted",
"stopped",
"closed",
"completed",
"abandoned",
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"left",
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"demolished",
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"related":[
"created",
"generated",
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"originated",
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"got round (to)"
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"customary",
"established",
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"traditional"
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"trailblazing",
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"underground",
"bizarre",
"far-out",
"outr\u00e9",
"way-out",
"fresh",
"new",
"novel",
"original",
"strange",
"unaccustomed",
"unfamiliar",
"unheard-of",
"unknown",
"unprecedented",
"contemporary",
"current",
"hot",
"mod",
"modern",
"modernistic",
"newfangled",
"new-fashioned",
"present-day",
"red-hot",
"space-age",
"ultramodern",
"up-to-date"
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"progressive"
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"being or involving the latest methods, concepts, information, or styles":{
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"archaic",
"dated",
"fusty",
"musty",
"oldfangled",
"old-fashioned",
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"pass\u00e9"
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"he spent a boatload of money on a state-of-the-art home theater"
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"age-old",
"ancient",
"antediluvian",
"hoary",
"old",
"venerable",
"bygone",
"former",
"late",
"olden",
"past",
"antique",
"historic",
"historical",
"retro",
"retrograde",
"kaput",
"kaputt",
"obsolete",
"outmoded",
"outworn",
"unmodernized",
"old-world",
"discarded",
"disused",
"moth-eaten",
"forgotten",
"remote",
"ageless",
"dateless",
"timeless"
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"happening",
"in",
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"nouvelle",
"now",
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"latest",
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"hi-tech",
"latter-day",
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"modernistic",
"new",
"new age",
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"newfangled",
"present-day",
"red-hot",
"space-age",
"ultramodern",
"up-to-date",
"up-to-the-minute"
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"station":{
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"examples":[
"the palace guards are required to maintain a rigid station"
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"pose",
"seat",
"bearing",
"behavior",
"conduct",
"demeanor",
"deportment",
"air",
"presence",
"aspect",
"look",
"mien"
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"carriage",
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},
"a regular stopping place":{
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"examples":[
"the historic house was once a station on the Underground Railroad, the network that helped slaves reach freedom in the North"
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"related":[
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"layover",
"stopover",
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"stop",
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"the place where someone is assigned to stand or remain":{
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"examples":[
"the soldiers remained at their station even though a huge enemy force was approaching"
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"related":[
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"brief",
"business",
"charge",
"detail",
"job",
"operation"
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"post",
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"the placement of someone or something in relation to others in a vertical arrangement":{
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"rating"
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"fly",
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"hold on",
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"underlie"
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"undergird",
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"live",
"reside"
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"come over",
"drop by",
"drop in",
"run in",
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"hang (around or out)",
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"verb"
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"verb"
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"little wonder that the store went out of business, as its employees had been stealing from it for years"
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"rifle",
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"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"
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"knock over",
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"rob",
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"embezzlement",
"embezzling",
"graft",
"misapplication",
"misappropriation",
"peculation",
"petit larceny",
"petty larceny",
"filching",
"pilferage",
"pilfering",
"purloining",
"shoplifting",
"abduction",
"carjacking",
"hijacking",
"highjacking",
"kidnapping",
"kidnaping",
"shanghaiing",
"despoilment",
"despoliation",
"looting",
"pillage",
"plundering",
"rapine",
"spoliation",
"poaching",
"rustling",
"black marketeering",
"smuggling",
"banditry",
"piracy"
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"robbery",
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"the teenagers were able to steal past a security guard and enter the fairgrounds without paying admission"
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"creeping",
"edging",
"inching",
"worming",
"ghosting",
"padding",
"tiptoeing"
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"mooching",
"mousing",
"pussyfooting",
"shirking",
"skulking",
"sliding",
"slinking",
"slipping",
"snaking",
"sneaking"
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"examples":[
"the guy who tried to steal my car was sentenced to a year in jail"
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"purchasing",
"bestowing",
"contributing",
"donating",
"giving",
"handing over",
"presenting"
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"related":[
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"knocking over",
"robbing",
"looting",
"pillaging",
"plundering",
"sacking",
"carjacking",
"hijacking",
"highjacking",
"picking",
"rifling",
"poaching",
"rustling",
"shoplifting",
"collaring",
"grabbing",
"grasping",
"nailing",
"seizing",
"snatching",
"taking",
"mooching",
"sponging",
"abducting",
"kidnapping",
"kidnaping",
"shanghaiing",
"spiriting"
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"boosting",
"filching",
"heisting",
"hooking",
"lifting",
"misappropriating",
"nicking",
"nipping",
"pilfering",
"pinching",
"pocketing",
"purloining",
"ripping off",
"snitching",
"swiping",
"thieving"
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"verb"
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"feeling or showing anger":{
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"delighted",
"pleased"
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"I'm really steamed up over his latest outrageous behavior"
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"accommodating",
"obliging",
"agreeable",
"amenable",
"complaisant",
"amicable",
"cordial",
"friendly",
"content",
"happy",
"satisfied",
"empathetic",
"sympathetic",
"tolerant",
"understanding",
"calm",
"pacific",
"peaceable",
"placid",
"serene",
"tranquil",
"unembittered",
"affable",
"amiable",
"easygoing",
"genial",
"good-natured",
"good-tempered",
"kind",
"pleasant",
"sweet"
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"raving",
"stormy",
"boiling",
"bristling",
"bristly",
"burning",
"cross",
"huffy",
"passionate",
"seething",
"sizzling",
"smoldering",
"smouldering",
"worked up",
"wrought (up)",
"acrid",
"acrimonious",
"antagonistic",
"antipathetic",
"bitter",
"embittered",
"inimical",
"malevolent",
"piqued",
"rancorous",
"resentful",
"spiteful",
"vengeful",
"vindictive",
"virulent",
"vitriolic",
"antisocial",
"cold",
"cool",
"disagreeable",
"disapproving",
"distant",
"frigid",
"icy",
"ill-tempered",
"sorehead",
"soreheaded",
"sulky",
"unfriendly",
"unpleasant",
"aggravated",
"annoyed",
"bearish",
"bilious",
"cantankerous",
"churlish",
"crabby",
"cranky",
"dyspeptic",
"exasperated",
"fretful",
"fussy",
"grouchy",
"grumpy",
"ill-humored",
"inflammable",
"irascible",
"irritable",
"peevish",
"perturbed",
"petulant",
"put out",
"quick-tempered",
"snappish",
"testy",
"touchy",
"argumentative",
"belligerent",
"contentious",
"contrary",
"disputatious",
"ornery",
"pugnacious",
"quarrelsome",
"querulous"
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"enraged",
"foaming",
"fuming",
"furious",
"hopping",
"horn-mad",
"hot",
"incensed",
"indignant",
"inflamed",
"enflamed",
"infuriate",
"infuriated",
"irate",
"ireful",
"livid",
"mad",
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"rabid",
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"riled",
"riley",
"roiled",
"shirty",
"sore",
"steaming",
"teed off",
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"wrathful",
"wroth"
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"gratified",
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"finding yet another mistaken charge on his hospital bill really steamed him up"
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"assuaged",
"relieved",
"comforted",
"consoled",
"soothed",
"appeased",
"conciliated",
"mollified",
"pacified",
"placated",
"calmed",
"lulled",
"quieted",
"settled",
"beguiled",
"bewitched",
"captivated",
"charmed",
"disarmed",
"enchanted"
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"miffed",
"nettled",
"offended",
"peeved",
"piqued",
"provoked",
"put out",
"ruffled",
"vexed",
"vext",
"antagonized",
"embittered",
"envenomed"
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"inflamed",
"enflamed",
"infuriated",
"ired",
"madded",
"maddened",
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"verb"
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"to make angry":{
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"finding yet another mistaken charge on his hospital bill really steamed him up"
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"relieving",
"comforting",
"consoling",
"soothing",
"appeasing",
"conciliating",
"mollifying",
"pacifying",
"placating",
"calming",
"lulling",
"quieting",
"settling",
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"captivating",
"charming",
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"enchanting"
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"nettling",
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"peeving",
"piquing",
"provoking",
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"ruffling",
"vexing",
"antagonizing",
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"envenoming"
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"incensing",
"inflaming",
"enflaming",
"infuriating",
"iring",
"maddening",
"madding",
"outraging",
"rankling",
"riling",
"roiling",
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"antonyms":[
"daunting",
"discouraging",
"disheartening",
"dispiriting"
],
"examples":[
"hoped that his inspirational talk would steel the youths in the pursuit of their dreams"
],
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"demoralizing",
"depressing",
"saddening",
"debilitating",
"enfeebling",
"hamstringing",
"undermining",
"weakening",
"intimidating",
"psyching (out)"
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"enlivening",
"invigorating",
"enforcing",
"fortifying",
"reinforcing",
"reenforcing",
"strengthening",
"assuring",
"reassuring",
"boosting",
"energizing",
"exciting",
"galvanizing",
"provoking",
"quickening",
"rallying",
"stimulating",
"stirring"
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"bucking up",
"buoying (up)",
"cheering (up)",
"chirking (up)",
"emboldening",
"encouraging",
"heartening",
"inspiring",
"inspiriting"
]
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"to make able to withstand physical hardship, strain, or exposure":{
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"years of running a farm had steeled the hard-bitten woman"
],
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"emasculating",
"enervating",
"enfeebling",
"exhausting",
"sapping",
"weakening",
"crippling",
"debilitating",
"hamstringing",
"incapacitating",
"sensitizing"
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"acclimating",
"acclimatizing",
"adapting",
"adjusting",
"annealing",
"tempering",
"invigorating",
"vitalizing",
"immunizing",
"bolstering",
"boosting",
"bracing",
"buttressing",
"enforcing",
"forearming",
"propping (up)",
"reinforcing",
"reenforcing",
"supporting",
"breaking in",
"limbering (up)",
"training",
"accustoming",
"conditioning",
"habituating",
"naturalizing"
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"hardening",
"indurating",
"inuring",
"seasoning",
"strengthening",
"toughening"
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"to prepare (oneself) mentally or emotionally":{
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"he had spent the previous night steeling himself for the moment when he would demand a raise"
],
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"demoralizing",
"discouraging",
"disheartening",
"dispiriting",
"psyching (out)",
"shaking",
"unnerving",
"debilitating",
"enervating",
"enfeebling",
"prostrating",
"sapping",
"softening",
"tiring",
"undercutting",
"undermining",
"weakening"
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"arming",
"hardening",
"inuring",
"seasoning",
"toughening",
"bolstering",
"boosting",
"buoying (up)",
"buttressing",
"enforcing",
"propping (up)",
"reinforcing",
"reenforcing",
"supporting",
"sustaining",
"cheering (up)",
"comforting",
"emboldening",
"encouraging",
"heartening",
"inspiring",
"rallying",
"rousing",
"stirring"
],
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"forearming",
"fortifying",
"nerving",
"poising",
"psyching (up)",
"readying",
"strengthening"
]
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"examples":[
"first needed to learn how to steer her personal watercraft before going out on the crowded lake"
],
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"related":[
"commandeer",
"hijack",
"highjack"
],
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"conn",
"con",
"helm",
"navigate",
"pilot"
]
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"trail"
],
"examples":[
"the man in the train station was able to steer us in the right direction"
],
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"dog",
"hound",
"shadow",
"tail",
"tailgate"
],
"related":[
"precede",
"accompany",
"attend",
"chaperone",
"chaperon",
"convoy",
"escort",
"see",
"control",
"manage"
],
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"direct",
"guide",
"lead",
"marshal",
"marshall",
"pilot",
"route",
"show",
"usher"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"stemmed":{
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"efforts to stem the dramatic decline of an endangered species"
],
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},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"stepped%20aside%20%28from%29":{
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"stayed (at)"
],
"examples":[
"a newscaster who knew when it was time to step aside from the anchor desk and let a younger person take over"
],
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"related":[
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"vacated",
"dropped out (of)",
"threw up"
],
"synonyms":[
"bagged",
"chucked",
"left",
"quit",
"quitted",
"resigned (from)",
"retired (from)",
"stepped down (from)"
]
},
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"examples":[
"the prime minister was compelled to step aside from his office when it was demonstrated that he had violated the public trust"
],
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"appropriated",
"arrogated",
"assumed",
"claimed",
"confiscated",
"seized",
"took over",
"usurped",
"wrested",
"defended",
"guarded",
"protected",
"safeguarded",
"secured"
],
"related":[
"abjured",
"demitted",
"denied",
"disavowed",
"disclaimed",
"disowned",
"waived",
"forsook",
"gave up",
"handed over",
"yielded",
"abandoned",
"deserted",
"quit",
"quitted",
"vacated"
],
"synonyms":[
"abdicated",
"abnegated",
"ceded",
"relinquished",
"renounced",
"resigned",
"stepped down (from)",
"surrendered"
]
},
"type":[]
},
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"examples":[
"if she catches him stepping out on her, she'll divorce him without a moment's hesitation"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"cats (around)",
"fools around",
"fornicates",
"plays (around)",
"tomcats (around)",
"womanizes",
"copulates",
"couples",
"lies",
"makes out",
"mates",
"sleeps",
"lusts"
],
"synonyms":[
"cheats",
"philanders",
"screws around"
]
},
"to stop living":{
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"breathes",
"lives"
],
"examples":[
"my greedy relatives are only being nice to me because they expect me to step out any time now"
],
"near antonyms":[
"comes to",
"revives",
"lingers",
"exists",
"is",
"subsists",
"flourishes",
"prospers",
"thrives"
],
"related":[
"predeceases",
"consumes",
"disappears",
"dries up",
"fades",
"fails"
],
"synonyms":[
"checks out",
"conks (out)",
"croaks",
"deceases",
"demises",
"departs",
"dies",
"drops",
"ends",
"exits",
"expires",
"falls",
"flatlines",
"goes",
"kicks in",
"kicks off",
"parts",
"passes away",
"passes (on)",
"pegs out",
"perishes",
"pops off",
"succumbs"
]
},
"to take part in social activities":{
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"examples":[
"waited until a year after her husband's death before stepping out again"
],
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"avoids",
"eschews",
"shuns",
"slights",
"snubs"
],
"related":[
"carouses",
"parties",
"revels",
"circulates"
],
"synonyms":[
"associates",
"fraternizes",
"goes out",
"hobnobs",
"mingles",
"mixes",
"socializes"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"stew":{
"a building in which prostitutes are available":{
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"examples":[
"a red-light district full of down and dirty stews"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"call house",
"crib",
"massage parlor",
"harem",
"seraglio"
],
"synonyms":[
"bagnio",
"bawdy house",
"bordello",
"brothel",
"cathouse",
"disorderly house",
"sporting house",
"whorehouse"
]
},
"a state of nervous or irritated concern":{
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"examples":[
"many in town are in a stew about the proposed plan to close at least one of the elementary schools"
],
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"related":[
"bother",
"dudgeon",
"pique",
"alarm",
"alarum",
"hand-wringing",
"panic",
"ado",
"agitation",
"delirium",
"distraction",
"furor",
"hysteria",
"uproar",
"nervous breakdown"
],
"synonyms":[
"dither",
"fluster",
"fret",
"fuss",
"huff",
"lather",
"pother",
"sweat",
"swelter",
"swivet",
"tizzy",
"twitter"
]
},
"a state of noisy, confused activity":{
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"examples":[
"the audience went into a stew when the evacuation order was announced"
],
"near antonyms":[
"calm",
"hush",
"peace",
"quiet",
"quietude",
"rest",
"stillness",
"tranquillity",
"tranquility",
"order",
"orderliness"
],
"related":[
"cacophony",
"clamor",
"din",
"howl",
"hue and cry",
"noise",
"outcry",
"racket",
"roar",
"disorder",
"unrest",
"upheaval",
"eruption",
"flare-up",
"flurry",
"flutter",
"outbreak",
"outburst",
"brawl",
"fracas",
"fray",
"hassle",
"melee",
"m\u00eal\u00e9e",
"scuffle",
"dither",
"fever",
"fret",
"lather",
"tizzy"
],
"synonyms":[
"ado",
"alarums and excursions",
"ballyhoo",
"blather",
"bluster",
"bobbery",
"bother",
"bustle",
"clatter",
"clutter",
"coil",
"commotion",
"corroboree",
"disturbance",
"do",
"foofaraw",
"fun",
"furor",
"furore",
"fuss",
"helter-skelter",
"hoo-ha",
"hoo-hah",
"hoopla",
"hubble-bubble",
"hubbub",
"hullabaloo",
"hurly",
"hurly-burly",
"hurricane",
"hurry",
"hurry-scurry",
"hurry-skurry",
"kerfuffle",
"moil",
"pandemonium",
"pother",
"row",
"ruckus",
"ruction",
"rumpus",
"shindy",
"splore",
"squall",
"stir",
"storm",
"to-do",
"tumult",
"turmoil",
"uproar",
"welter",
"whirl",
"williwaw",
"zoo"
]
},
"an unorganized collection or mixture of various things":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the documentary looks at the stew of conspiracy theories inspired by the assassination"
],
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"related":[
"detritus",
"notions",
"oddments",
"odds and ends",
"sundries",
"accumulation",
"aggregate",
"aggregation",
"conglomerate",
"conglomeration",
"catchall",
"admixture",
"alloy",
"amalgam",
"blend",
"combination",
"commixture",
"composite",
"compound",
"fusion",
"intermixture",
"mix-up",
"bollix",
"chaos",
"confusion",
"disarrangement",
"disarray",
"disorder",
"dog's breakfast",
"mess",
"morass",
"shambles",
"imbroglio",
"knot",
"snarl",
"tangle"
],
"synonyms":[
"agglomerate",
"agglomeration",
"alphabet soup",
"assortment",
"botch",
"clutter",
"collage",
"crazy quilt",
"farrago",
"gallimaufry",
"grab bag",
"gumbo",
"hash",
"hodgepodge",
"hotchpotch",
"jambalaya",
"jumble",
"jungle",
"litter",
"mac\u00e9doine",
"medley",
"m\u00e9lange",
"menagerie",
"miscellanea",
"miscellany",
"mishmash",
"mixed bag",
"montage",
"motley",
"muddle",
"olio",
"olla podrida",
"omnium-gatherum",
"pastiche",
"patchwork",
"patchwork quilt",
"potpourri",
"ragbag",
"ragout",
"rummage",
"salad",
"salmagundi",
"scramble",
"shuffle",
"smorgasbord",
"tumble",
"variety",
"welter"
]
},
"to cook in a liquid heated to the point that it gives off steam":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"stew the chicken till tender, and then remove the meat from the bones"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"scald",
"braise",
"fricassee",
"pressure-cook",
"smother",
"steam",
"reboil"
],
"synonyms":[
"boil",
"coddle",
"parboil",
"poach",
"simmer"
]
},
"to experience concern or anxiety":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"stop stewing over that game and just try to do better next time"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accept",
"abide",
"bear",
"endure",
"stick out",
"stomach",
"sustain",
"take",
"tolerate"
],
"related":[
"agonize",
"long",
"pine",
"yearn",
"chafe",
"despair"
],
"synonyms":[
"bother",
"fear",
"fret",
"fuss",
"stress",
"sweat",
"trouble",
"worry"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"stick (to":{
"as in":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"stick%20up":{
"as in":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"sticks":{
"the open rural area outside of big towns and cities":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"grew up in the sticks and is used to traveling miles just to get a loaf of bread"
],
"near antonyms":[
"conurbation",
"megalopolis",
"urban sprawl"
],
"related":[
"exurbia",
"backcountry",
"backwater",
"backwoods",
"bush",
"frontier",
"hinterland",
"outback",
"up-country",
"wild",
"wilderness"
],
"synonyms":[
"boondocks",
"boonies",
"country",
"countryside",
"nowhere"
]
},
"to arrange something in a certain spot or position":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"you can stick that box in the corner until I figure out where to put everything"
],
"near antonyms":[
"relocates",
"removes",
"takes",
"banishes",
"dislodges",
"displaces",
"replaces",
"supersedes",
"supplants"
],
"related":[
"moves",
"rearranges",
"reorders",
"shifts",
"orients",
"establishes",
"locates",
"plants",
"settles",
"claps",
"flops",
"planks",
"plops",
"plumps",
"plunks",
"plonks",
"plunks down",
"slaps",
"ensconces",
"niches",
"assembles",
"collects",
"carries",
"berths",
"parks",
"affixes",
"anchors",
"locks",
"lodges",
"wedges",
"arrays",
"lays out",
"lines up",
"queues",
"ranks",
"sets down"
],
"synonyms":[
"deposes",
"deposits",
"disposes",
"emplaces",
"fixes",
"lays",
"places",
"positions",
"puts",
"sets",
"sets up",
"situates"
]
},
"to hold to something firmly as if by adhesion":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"those magnets are strong enough to stick to the refrigerator without any problems"
],
"near antonyms":[
"loosens",
"drops",
"falls"
],
"related":[
"binds",
"coheres",
"fastens",
"fuses",
"glues",
"unites"
],
"synonyms":[
"adheres",
"cleaves",
"clings",
"hews"
]
},
"to penetrate or hold (something) with a pointed object":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"could hardly feel the needle when the nurse stuck my arm with it"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"spindles",
"perforates",
"riddles",
"bayonets",
"dirks",
"gimlets",
"pikes",
"poniards",
"prongs",
"quills",
"pinpricks",
"pokes",
"pricks",
"punches",
"thrusts",
"cuts",
"knifes",
"slices"
],
"synonyms":[
"gores",
"harpoons",
"impales",
"jabs",
"lances",
"pecks",
"picks",
"pierces",
"pinks",
"punctures",
"runs through",
"skewers",
"spears",
"spikes",
"spits",
"stabs",
"transfixes",
"transpierces"
]
},
"to rob by the use of trickery or threats":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"she got stuck by an unscrupulous seller while using the online auction site"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"extorts",
"wrenches",
"wrests",
"wrings",
"clips",
"gouges",
"nicks",
"overcharges",
"soaks",
"exploits",
"milks",
"deceives",
"dupes",
"fools",
"gulls",
"tricks",
"ropes (in)",
"betrays",
"bitches",
"double-crosses",
"bamboozles",
"fast-talks"
],
"synonyms":[
"beats",
"bilks",
"bleeds",
"cheats",
"chisels",
"chouses",
"cons",
"cozens",
"defrauds",
"diddles",
"does",
"does in",
"euchres",
"fiddles",
"fleeces",
"flimflams",
"gaffs",
"hoses",
"hustles",
"mulcts",
"nobbles",
"plucks",
"reams",
"rips off",
"rooks",
"screws",
"shakes down",
"shortchanges",
"shorts",
"skins",
"skunks",
"squeezes",
"stiffs",
"stings",
"suckers",
"swindles",
"thimblerigs",
"victimizes"
]
},
"type":[
"plural noun",
"verb"
]
},
"stiffness":{
"as in":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"stifle":{
"to be or cause to be killed by lack of breathable air":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"unfortunately, the robbers were stifled when they got trapped in the airless bank vault"
],
"near antonyms":[
"breathe",
"exhale",
"expire",
"inhale",
"inspire",
"resuscitate",
"revive"
],
"related":[
"garrote",
"garotte",
"throttle",
"asphyxiate",
"drown",
"croak",
"destroy",
"dispatch",
"do in",
"fell",
"slay"
],
"synonyms":[
"choke",
"smother",
"strangle",
"suffocate"
]
},
"to deaden the sound of":{
"antonyms":[
"unmuffle"
],
"examples":[
"he stifled a cough with his hand"
],
"near antonyms":[
"amplify",
"boost",
"deepen",
"enhance",
"heighten",
"increase",
"magnify",
"step up",
"strengthen"
],
"related":[
"insulate",
"soundproof",
"pad",
"dampen",
"mellow",
"soften",
"subdue",
"tone (down)",
"baffle",
"smother"
],
"synonyms":[
"muffle",
"mute"
]
},
"to refrain from openly showing or uttering":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"stifled a yawn"
],
"near antonyms":[
"express",
"loose",
"release",
"take out",
"unleash",
"vent"
],
"related":[
"control",
"govern",
"manage",
"bridle",
"check",
"curb",
"quash",
"quell",
"bottle up",
"contain",
"muffle",
"squelch"
],
"synonyms":[
"choke (back)",
"hold back",
"pocket",
"repress",
"sink",
"smother",
"strangle",
"submerge",
"suppress",
"swallow"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"stigma":{
"a mark of guilt or disgrace":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"in \"The Scarlet Letter,\" Hester Prynne bore the stigma of adultery"
],
"near antonyms":[
"award",
"credit",
"honor",
"chasteness",
"chastity",
"modesty",
"purity",
"stainlessness",
"good",
"right",
"honesty",
"integrity",
"legitimacy",
"probity",
"rectitude",
"scrupulousness",
"uprightness",
"goodness",
"righteousness",
"virtuousness",
"fame",
"glory",
"renown",
"repute"
],
"related":[
"black eye",
"discredit",
"disesteem",
"disgrace",
"dishonor",
"disrepute",
"guilt",
"ignominy",
"infamy",
"obloquy",
"odium",
"opprobrium",
"reproach",
"shame",
"corruption",
"debauchery",
"depravity",
"immorality",
"iniquity",
"licentiousness",
"sin",
"unscrupulousness",
"vice"
],
"synonyms":[
"blot",
"brand",
"onus",
"slur",
"smirch",
"smudge",
"spot",
"stain",
"taint"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"stigmas":{
"a mark of guilt or disgrace":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"in \"The Scarlet Letter,\" Hester Prynne bore the stigma of adultery"
],
"near antonyms":[
"awards",
"credits",
"honors",
"chastities",
"modesties",
"purities",
"goods",
"rights",
"honesties",
"integrities",
"legitimacies",
"probities",
"rectitudes",
"fames",
"glories",
"renowns",
"reputes"
],
"related":[
"black eyes",
"discredit",
"disesteems",
"disgraces",
"dishonors",
"disreputes",
"guilts",
"ignominies",
"infamies",
"obloquies",
"odiums",
"opprobriums",
"reproaches",
"shames",
"corruptions",
"debaucheries",
"depravities",
"immoralities",
"iniquities",
"sins",
"vices"
],
"synonyms":[
"blots",
"brands",
"onuses",
"slurs",
"smirches",
"smudges",
"spots",
"stains",
"taints"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"stillness":{
"a state of freedom from storm or disturbance":{
"antonyms":[
"bustle",
"commotion",
"hubbub",
"hurly-burly",
"pandemonium",
"tumult",
"turmoil",
"unquietness",
"unrest",
"uproar"
],
"examples":[
"dozing in the warm stillness of a summer afternoon"
],
"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",
"quietness",
"quietude",
"repose",
"restfulness",
"sereneness",
"serenity",
"still",
"tranquillity",
"tranquility"
]
},
"incapacity for or restraint from speaking":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"from the couple's tense stillness I sensed that they had been quarreling just before I arrived"
],
"near antonyms":[
"communication",
"speaking",
"talking",
"eloquence",
"fluency",
"volubility",
"chattiness",
"garrulousness",
"loquaciousness",
"loquacity",
"talkativeness",
"talkiness",
"verboseness",
"verbosity",
"windiness",
"wordiness"
],
"related":[
"inarticulacy",
"inarticulateness",
"voicelessness",
"reserve",
"reticence",
"reticency",
"taciturnity"
],
"synonyms":[
"dumbness",
"muteness",
"silence",
"speechlessness"
]
},
"the near or complete absence of sound":{
"antonyms":[
"noise",
"sound",
"unquietness"
],
"examples":[
"the only thing that broke the stillness of the garden was the droning of a bee"
],
"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",
"quietness",
"quietude",
"silence",
"still"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"stilted":{
"lacking social grace and assurance":{
"antonyms":[
"graceful",
"suave",
"urbane"
],
"examples":[
"the conversation was somewhat stilted as we didn't seem to share any interests"
],
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"assured",
"calm",
"collected",
"composed",
"confident",
"cool",
"placid",
"poised",
"secure",
"self-assured",
"self-confident",
"self-possessed",
"serene",
"tranquil",
"undisturbed",
"unperturbed"
],
"related":[
"angular",
"gawky",
"lubberly",
"ungainly",
"boorish",
"clownish",
"uncouth",
"abashed",
"discomfited",
"discomforted",
"discomposed",
"disconcerted",
"discountenanced",
"embarrassed",
"self-conscious",
"agitated",
"bothered",
"chagrined",
"dismayed",
"disquieted",
"distressed",
"disturbed",
"fazed",
"flustered",
"jittery",
"jumpy",
"mortified",
"nervous",
"nonplussed",
"nonplused",
"perturbed",
"rattled",
"unhinged",
"unsettled",
"upset",
"diffident",
"insecure",
"meek",
"modest",
"self-doubting",
"timid",
"unassertive",
"unassuming",
"unpretentious"
],
"synonyms":[
"awkward",
"clumsy",
"gauche",
"graceless",
"inelegant",
"rough-hewn",
"rustic",
"rustical",
"stiff",
"uncomfortable",
"uneasy",
"ungraceful",
"wooden"
]
},
"marked by or showing careful attention to set forms and details":{
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"casual",
"easygoing",
"informal",
"laid-back",
"unceremonious"
],
"examples":[
"a stilted letter of apology that was written and accepted with equal measures of insincerity"
],
"near antonyms":[
"improper",
"indecorous",
"unmannerly",
"discourteous",
"impolite",
"rude"
],
"related":[
"sober",
"solemn",
"stately",
"chivalrous",
"courtly",
"gallant",
"genteel",
"polished",
"refined",
"civil",
"courteous",
"polite",
"red-carpet"
],
"synonyms":[
"ceremonious",
"correct",
"decorous",
"formal",
"nice",
"proper",
"punctilious",
"starchy",
"stiff",
"stiff-necked"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"stimulant":{
"a distilled beverage that can make a person drunk":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"I always take a bottle of stimulant along on trips, for emergencies like plane crashes or earthquakes"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"aperitif",
"bracer",
"chaser",
"digestif",
"nightcap",
"belt",
"load",
"nip",
"peg",
"pop",
"shooter",
"shot",
"slug",
"snifter",
"snort",
"tot",
"whet",
"cocktail",
"mixed drink",
"ale",
"beer",
"brew",
"brewage",
"brewski",
"home brew",
"malt liquor",
"microbrew",
"mum",
"nappy",
"mead",
"sake",
"saki",
"wine",
"barley-bree",
"barley-broo",
"brandy",
"gin",
"liqueur",
"mao-tai",
"mescal",
"schnapps",
"tequila",
"vodka",
"whiskey",
"whisky",
"Dutch courage"
],
"synonyms":[
"alcohol",
"aqua vitae",
"ardent spirits",
"booze",
"bottle",
"drink",
"firewater",
"grog",
"hooch",
"inebriant",
"intoxicant",
"John Barleycorn",
"juice",
"liquor",
"lush",
"moonshine",
"potable",
"rum",
"sauce",
"spirits",
"strong drink",
"tipple"
]
},
"as in":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"something that arouses action or activity":{
"antonyms":[
"counterincentive",
"disincentive"
],
"examples":[
"the relaxed zoning regulations should serve as a stimulant for development in the area"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"inducement",
"invitation",
"antecedent",
"cause",
"consideration",
"grounds",
"motive",
"occasion",
"reason",
"catalyst",
"catalyzer",
"fuel",
"spark"
],
"synonyms":[
"boost",
"encouragement",
"goad",
"impetus",
"impulse",
"incentive",
"incitation",
"incitement",
"instigation",
"momentum",
"motivation",
"provocation",
"spur",
"stimulus",
"yeast"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"stinginess":{
"the quality or practice of being overly sparing with money":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"refusing to tip poorly paid restaurant servers is a particularly petty form of stinginess"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bountifulness",
"bounty",
"generosity",
"largesse",
"largess",
"liberality",
"openhandedness",
"openheartedness",
"philanthropy",
"unselfishness",
"extravagance",
"lavishness",
"dissipation",
"improvidence",
"prodigality",
"squandering",
"wastefulness"
],
"related":[
"conserving",
"economizing",
"economy",
"frugality",
"husbandry",
"providence",
"scrimping",
"skimping",
"thrift",
"conservation",
"saving",
"husbanding",
"managing"
],
"synonyms":[
"cheapness",
"cheeseparing",
"closeness",
"miserliness",
"niggardliness",
"parsimony",
"penny-pinching",
"penuriousness",
"pinching",
"tightfistedness",
"tightness"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"stinking":{
"being under the influence of alcohol":{
"antonyms":[
"sober",
"straight"
],
"examples":[
"warned her husband not to come home stinking \u2014or he'd be sleeping on the couch"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abstemious",
"abstinent",
"dry",
"temperate",
"teetotal",
"clearheaded",
"cool",
"level",
"steady"
],
"related":[
"maudlin",
"beery",
"befuddled",
"bleary-eyed",
"crapulous",
"dopey",
"dopy",
"rocky",
"strung out",
"stupefied",
"debauched",
"dissipated",
"dissolute",
"alcoholic",
"bibulous",
"dipsomaniacal"
],
"synonyms":[
"besotted",
"blasted",
"blind",
"blitzed",
"blotto",
"bombed",
"boozy",
"canned",
"cockeyed",
"crocked",
"drunk",
"drunken",
"fried",
"gassed",
"hammered",
"high",
"impaired",
"inebriate",
"inebriated",
"intoxicated",
"juiced",
"lit",
"lit up",
"loaded",
"looped",
"oiled",
"pickled",
"pie-eyed",
"plastered",
"potted",
"ripped",
"sloshed",
"smashed",
"sottish",
"soused",
"sozzled",
"squiffed",
"squiffy",
"stewed",
"stiff",
"stoned",
"tanked",
"tiddly",
"tight",
"tipsy",
"wasted",
"wet",
"wiped out"
]
},
"having an unpleasant smell":{
"antonyms":[
"ambrosial",
"aromatic",
"fragrant",
"perfumed",
"redolent",
"savory",
"savoury",
"scented",
"sweet"
],
"examples":[
"came home from their trip to find stinking garbage that had been left in the kitchen"
],
"near antonyms":[
"flowery",
"fruity",
"spicy",
"woodsy"
],
"related":[
"putrid",
"rancid",
"skunky",
"stale",
"bad",
"disgusting",
"offensive",
"repulsive",
"revolting",
"vile",
"decayed",
"decaying",
"decomposed",
"decomposing",
"rotted",
"rotten",
"rotting",
"spoiled",
"spoiling",
"dirty",
"filthy",
"nasty",
"noxious",
"odiferous",
"odoriferous",
"odorous"
],
"synonyms":[
"fetid",
"foul",
"frowsty",
"frowsy",
"frowzy",
"funky",
"fusty",
"malodorous",
"musty",
"noisome",
"rank",
"reeking",
"reeky",
"ripe",
"smelly",
"stenchy",
"stinky",
"strong"
]
},
"to a great degree":{
"antonyms":[
"little",
"negligibly",
"nominally",
"slightly",
"somewhat"
],
"examples":[
"a huge, showy house that screams, \"We're stinking rich!\""
],
"near antonyms":[
"meagerly",
"scantily",
"barely",
"hardly",
"just",
"marginally",
"minimally",
"scarcely"
],
"related":[
"absolutely",
"altogether",
"completely",
"downright",
"entirely",
"flat-out",
"fully",
"positively",
"purely",
"radically",
"thoroughly",
"totally",
"utterly",
"wholly",
"deeply",
"profoundly",
"exceptionally",
"notably",
"remarkably",
"considerably",
"extensively",
"significantly",
"substantially",
"appreciably",
"discernibly",
"markedly",
"noticeably",
"obviously",
"palpably",
"plainly",
"visibly",
"abundantly",
"plentifully",
"astronomically",
"grandly",
"monstrously",
"monumentally",
"excessively",
"obscenely",
"overmuch",
"amazingly",
"astonishingly",
"staggeringly"
],
"synonyms":[
"achingly",
"almighty",
"archly",
"awful",
"awfully",
"badly",
"beastly",
"blisteringly",
"bone",
"colossally",
"corking",
"cracking",
"damn",
"damned",
"dang",
"deadly",
"desperately",
"eminently",
"enormously",
"especially",
"ever",
"exceedingly",
"exceeding",
"extra",
"extremely",
"fabulously",
"fantastically",
"far",
"fiercely",
"filthy",
"frightfully",
"full",
"greatly",
"heavily",
"highly",
"hugely",
"immensely",
"incredibly",
"intensely",
"jolly",
"majorly",
"mightily",
"mighty",
"monstrous",
"mortally",
"most",
"much",
"particularly",
"passing",
"rattling",
"real",
"really",
"right",
"roaring",
"roaringly",
"seriously",
"severely",
"so",
"sore",
"sorely",
"spanking",
"specially",
"such",
"super",
"supremely",
"surpassingly",
"terribly",
"that",
"thumping",
"too",
"unco",
"uncommonly",
"vastly",
"very",
"vitally",
"way",
"whacking",
"wicked",
"wildly"
]
},
"to be objectionable or unsatisfactory":{
"antonyms":[
"rocking",
"ruling"
],
"examples":[
"their team really stinks this year"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[
"biting",
"smelling",
"sucking"
]
},
"to give off an extremely unpleasant smell":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the dog stinks because she tangled with a skunk again"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"exhaling",
"savoring",
"savouring",
"smelling",
"decaying",
"decomposing",
"rotting",
"spoiling",
"disgusting",
"offending",
"repulsing",
"revolting"
],
"synonyms":[
"reeking"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"verb"
]
},
"stipulated":{
"as in":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"stirs":{
"a place of confinement for persons held in lawful custody":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the mule had just got out of stir and was being followed by the feds, who had their sights set on the kingpin of the operation"
],
"near antonyms":[
"outsides"
],
"related":[
"bull pens",
"cages",
"cells",
"holes",
"tanks",
"blocks",
"wards",
"glasshouses",
"guardhouses",
"hulks",
"concentration camps",
"gulags",
"labor camps",
"prison camps",
"stalags",
"work camps",
"dungeons",
"keeps",
"oubliettes",
"reformatories",
"reform schools",
"training schools"
],
"synonyms":[
"bastilles",
"big houses",
"bridewells",
"brigs",
"calabooses",
"cans",
"clinks",
"coolers",
"coops",
"guardrooms",
"hocks",
"holds",
"hoosegows",
"jailhouses",
"jails",
"joints",
"jugs",
"lockups",
"nicks",
"penitentiaries",
"pens",
"pokeys",
"prisons",
"quods",
"slammers",
"slams",
"stockades",
"tolbooths"
]
},
"a state of noisy, confused activity":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the plane's first jolt caused a stir among the passengers, and by the third one they were in a panic"
],
"near antonyms":[
"calms",
"hushes",
"peaces",
"quiets",
"quietudes",
"rests",
"tranquillities",
"tranquilities",
"orders"
],
"related":[
"cacophonies",
"clamors",
"dins",
"howls",
"hue and cries",
"noises",
"outcries",
"rackets",
"roars",
"disorders",
"upheavals",
"eruptions",
"flare-ups",
"flurries",
"flutters",
"outbreaks",
"outbursts",
"brawls",
"fracases",
"fracas",
"frays",
"hassles",
"melees",
"m\u00eal\u00e9es",
"scuffles",
"dithers",
"fevers",
"frets",
"lathers",
"tizzies"
],
"synonyms":[
"ados",
"alarums and excursions",
"ballyhoos",
"blathers",
"bluster",
"bobberies",
"bothers",
"bustles",
"clatters",
"clutters",
"coils",
"commotions",
"corroborees",
"disturbances",
"dos",
"do's",
"foofaraws",
"fun",
"furores",
"furors",
"fusses",
"helter-skelters",
"hoo-has",
"hoo-hahs",
"hooplas",
"hubble-bubbles",
"hubbubs",
"hullabaloos",
"hurlies",
"hurly-burlies",
"hurricanes",
"hurry-scurries",
"hurry-skurries",
"kerfuffles",
"moils",
"pandemoniums",
"pothers",
"rows",
"ruckuses",
"ructions",
"rumpuses",
"shindys",
"shindies",
"splores",
"squalls",
"stews",
"storms",
"to-dos",
"tumults",
"turmoils",
"uproars",
"welters",
"whirls",
"williwaws",
"zoos"
]
},
"the act or an instance of changing position":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"we were warned that the slightest stir would scare the mother bird so we hardly dared to breathe"
],
"near antonyms":[
"immobilities",
"inertias",
"cessations",
"discontinuances",
"endings",
"expirations",
"finishes",
"halts",
"lapses",
"pauses",
"shutdowns",
"shutoffs",
"stoppages",
"stops",
"surceases",
"terminations"
],
"related":[
"dislocations",
"migrations",
"relocations",
"locomotions",
"mobilities",
"motilities",
"motivities",
"fiddlings",
"squirms"
],
"synonyms":[
"motions",
"movements",
"moves",
"shifts",
"stirrings"
]
},
"to cause (as a liquid) to move about in a circle especially repeatedly":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the recipe says to stir the mixture carefully until it's properly blended"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"beats",
"paddles",
"whips",
"whisks",
"reels",
"shakes",
"wheels"
],
"synonyms":[
"agitates",
"churns",
"swirls",
"washes",
"whirls"
]
},
"to change one's position":{
"antonyms":[
"freezes",
"stills"
],
"examples":[
"the cat stirred , then opened its eyes and slowly got to its feet"
],
"near antonyms":[
"hangs around",
"remains",
"stays",
"sticks around",
"tarries",
"stabilizes"
],
"related":[
"fiddles",
"fidgets",
"jiggles",
"squiggles",
"squirms",
"tosses",
"twitches",
"wiggles",
"wriggles",
"writhes",
"rouses"
],
"synonyms":[
"budges",
"locomotes",
"moves",
"shifts"
]
},
"to rouse to strong feeling or action":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"news coverage of the fire stirred many to send donations to a fund for the families who had lost their homes"
],
"near antonyms":[
"calms",
"soothes",
"subdues",
"tranquilizes",
"tranquillizes",
"appeases",
"mollifies",
"pacifies",
"placates"
],
"related":[
"fans",
"ignites",
"inflames",
"enflames",
"kindles",
"triggers",
"activates",
"animates",
"drives",
"energizes",
"galvanizes",
"induces",
"inspires",
"keys (up)",
"motivates",
"motives",
"pumps up",
"quickens",
"sets off",
"vitalizes",
"abets",
"ferments",
"foments",
"raises",
"whips (up)",
"angers",
"enrages",
"maddens",
"upsets",
"jeers",
"taunts",
"teases",
"aggravates",
"annoys",
"bothers",
"exasperates",
"galls",
"gets",
"irritates",
"vexes"
],
"synonyms":[
"arouses",
"encourages",
"excites",
"fires (up)",
"impassions",
"incites",
"instigates",
"moves",
"piques",
"provokes",
"revs (up)",
"sparks",
"stimulates"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"stockyard":{
"as in yard , feedlot":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"stoked":{
"showing urgent desire or interest":{
"antonyms":[
"apathetic",
"indifferent",
"uneager",
"unenthusiastic"
],
"examples":[
"we're pretty stoked about the upcoming benefit concert featuring a galaxy of rock stars"
],
"near antonyms":[
"casual",
"incurious",
"insouciant",
"nonchalant",
"unconcerned",
"uninterested",
"aloof",
"detached",
"disinterested",
"impassive",
"stolid",
"halfhearted",
"lackadaisical",
"languid",
"languorous",
"lukewarm",
"spiritless",
"averse",
"disinclined",
"hesitant",
"loath",
"loth",
"loathe",
"reluctant",
"unwilling"
],
"related":[
"engaged",
"interested",
"happy",
"hung up",
"obsessed",
"ambitious",
"appetent",
"covetous",
"craving",
"hankering",
"longing",
"pining",
"breathless",
"restive",
"restless",
"amenable",
"disposed",
"game",
"glad",
"inclined",
"ready",
"unreluctant",
"willing"
],
"synonyms":[
"agog",
"antsy",
"anxious",
"ardent",
"athirst",
"avid",
"crazy",
"desirous",
"eager",
"enthused",
"enthusiastic",
"excited",
"geeked",
"great",
"greedy",
"gung ho",
"hepped up",
"hopped-up",
"hot",
"hungry",
"impatient",
"juiced",
"keen",
"nuts",
"pumped",
"raring",
"solicitous",
"thirsty",
"voracious",
"wild"
]
},
"to make greater in size, amount, or number":{
"antonyms":[
"abated",
"decreased",
"de-escalated",
"diminished",
"downsized",
"dwindled",
"lessened",
"lowered",
"minified",
"reduced",
"subtracted (from)"
],
"examples":[
"hopefully, offering stock options will stoke workers' commitment to the company"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abbreviated",
"abridged",
"curtailed",
"shortened",
"compressed",
"condensed",
"constricted",
"contracted",
"cut back",
"retrenched"
],
"related":[
"boomed",
"jumped",
"skyrocketed",
"spiked",
"bumped (up)",
"ratcheted (up)",
"racheted (up)",
"blew up",
"dilated",
"distended",
"inflated",
"drew out",
"elongated",
"fleshed (out)",
"lengthened",
"prolonged",
"protracted",
"stretched",
"developed",
"enhanced",
"heightened",
"intensified",
"magnified",
"complemented",
"supplemented",
"beefed (up)",
"reinforced",
"reenforced",
"strengthened",
"maximized",
"accumulated",
"amassed",
"collected",
"followed up",
"parlayed"
],
"synonyms":[
"accelerated",
"added (to)",
"aggrandized",
"amplified",
"augmented",
"boosted",
"built up",
"compounded",
"enlarged",
"escalated",
"expanded",
"extended",
"hyped",
"increased",
"multiplied",
"pumped up",
"raised",
"supersized",
"swelled",
"upped"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"stomach":{
"a need or desire for food":{
"antonyms":[
"inappetence"
],
"examples":[
"the cake looks delicious, but I'm afraid that I have no stomach for sweets right now"
],
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"fill",
"fullness",
"glut",
"repleteness",
"repletion",
"satiation",
"satiety",
"satisfaction",
"surfeit"
],
"related":[
"rapaciousness",
"rapacity",
"ravenousness",
"voraciousness",
"voracity",
"malnutrition",
"starvation",
"undernourishment",
"craving",
"sweet tooth",
"famine",
"fast",
"hunger strike",
"gluttony",
"gourmandism",
"greed",
"hoggishness"
],
"synonyms":[
"appetite",
"belly",
"emptiness",
"famishment",
"hunger",
"munchies"
]
},
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"examples":[
"please don't lean on my stomach \u2014I just had a big meal"
],
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"midriff",
"waist",
"paunch",
"potbelly",
"thorax"
],
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"abdomen",
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"breadbasket",
"gut",
"solar plexus",
"tummy"
]
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"examples":[
"I could no longer stomach working for such a petty tyrant"
],
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"dismiss",
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"reject",
"repudiate",
"spurn",
"turn down",
"combat",
"contest",
"fight",
"oppose",
"resist",
"avoid",
"bypass",
"circumvent",
"dodge",
"elude",
"escape",
"evade",
"miss",
"abstain (from)",
"forbear",
"refrain (from)"
],
"related":[
"allow",
"permit",
"suffer",
"swallow",
"reconcile (to)",
"acquiesce",
"agree (with or to)",
"assent (to)",
"capitulate",
"consent (to)",
"respect",
"submit (to)",
"yield (to)"
],
"synonyms":[
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"absorb",
"accept",
"bear",
"bide",
"brook",
"countenance",
"endure",
"go",
"hack",
"handle",
"meet",
"pocket",
"stand",
"stick out",
"support",
"sustain",
"sweat out",
"take",
"tolerate",
"wear"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
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"compassionate",
"humane",
"kindhearted",
"kindly",
"merciful",
"sensitive",
"softhearted",
"sympathetic",
"tender",
"tenderhearted",
"warm",
"warmhearted"
],
"examples":[
"the judge's stony demeanor didn't raise the defendant's hopes for a more lenient sentence"
],
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"benignant",
"gentle",
"kind",
"clement",
"indulgent",
"lenient",
"mild",
"cordial",
"friendly",
"good-natured",
"good-tempered",
"gracious",
"tolerant",
"understanding",
"affectionate",
"fond",
"loving"
],
"related":[
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"heedless",
"inconsiderate",
"thoughtless",
"uncaring",
"unfriendly",
"unloving",
"unthinking",
"grim",
"hard-bitten",
"harsh",
"heavy-handed",
"ironfisted",
"ironhanded",
"jackbooted",
"knock-down, drag-out",
"knock-down-and-drag-out",
"oppressive",
"rough",
"rough-and-tumble",
"severe",
"sledgehammer",
"stern",
"tough",
"ungentle",
"abusive",
"acrimonious",
"disagreeable",
"hateful",
"ill-natured",
"ill-tempered",
"malevolent",
"malicious",
"mean",
"rancorous",
"spiteful",
"surly",
"virulent",
"barbarous",
"bestial",
"brutal",
"brutish",
"cruel",
"evil-minded",
"savage",
"vicious",
"austere",
"cold",
"frosty"
],
"synonyms":[
"affectless",
"callous",
"case-hardened",
"cold-blooded",
"compassionless",
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"hard-boiled",
"hard-hearted",
"heartless",
"indurate",
"inhuman",
"inhumane",
"insensate",
"insensitive",
"ironhearted",
"merciless",
"obdurate",
"pachydermatous",
"pitiless",
"remorseless",
"ruthless",
"slash-and-burn",
"soulless",
"stonyhearted",
"take-no-prisoners",
"thick-skinned",
"uncharitable",
"unfeeling",
"unmerciful",
"unsparing",
"unsympathetic"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
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"as in":{
"antonyms":[],
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"synonyms":[]
},
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"noun"
]
},
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"antonyms":[
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"compassionate",
"humane",
"kindhearted",
"kindly",
"merciful",
"sensitive",
"softhearted",
"sympathetic",
"tender",
"tenderhearted",
"warm",
"warmhearted"
],
"examples":[
"the judge's stony demeanor didn't raise the defendant's hopes for a more lenient sentence"
],
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"gentle",
"kind",
"clement",
"indulgent",
"lenient",
"mild",
"cordial",
"friendly",
"good-natured",
"good-tempered",
"gracious",
"tolerant",
"understanding",
"affectionate",
"fond",
"loving"
],
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"heedless",
"inconsiderate",
"thoughtless",
"uncaring",
"unfriendly",
"unloving",
"unthinking",
"grim",
"hard-bitten",
"harsh",
"heavy-handed",
"ironfisted",
"ironhanded",
"jackbooted",
"knock-down, drag-out",
"knock-down-and-drag-out",
"oppressive",
"rough",
"rough-and-tumble",
"severe",
"sledgehammer",
"stern",
"tough",
"ungentle",
"abusive",
"acrimonious",
"disagreeable",
"hateful",
"ill-natured",
"ill-tempered",
"malevolent",
"malicious",
"mean",
"rancorous",
"spiteful",
"surly",
"virulent",
"barbarous",
"bestial",
"brutal",
"brutish",
"cruel",
"evil-minded",
"savage",
"vicious",
"austere",
"cold",
"frosty"
],
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"affectless",
"callous",
"case-hardened",
"cold-blooded",
"compassionless",
"desensitized",
"hard",
"hard-boiled",
"hard-hearted",
"heartless",
"indurate",
"inhuman",
"inhumane",
"insensate",
"insensitive",
"ironhearted",
"merciless",
"obdurate",
"pachydermatous",
"pitiless",
"remorseless",
"ruthless",
"slash-and-burn",
"soulless",
"stonyhearted",
"take-no-prisoners",
"thick-skinned",
"uncharitable",
"unfeeling",
"unmerciful",
"unsparing",
"unsympathetic"
]
},
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"adjective"
]
},
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"unbending",
"upright"
],
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"rested under the stooping branches of the willow tree"
],
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"erect",
"inflexible",
"rigid",
"stiff",
"elevated",
"raised",
"upraised"
],
"related":[
"floppy",
"limp",
"dangling",
"falling",
"pendent",
"pendant",
"suspended",
"dipping",
"sinking",
"slumping"
],
"synonyms":[
"bowed",
"bowing",
"declined",
"declining",
"descendant",
"descendent",
"descending",
"drooping",
"droopy",
"hanging",
"hung",
"inclining",
"nodding",
"pendulous",
"sagging",
"weeping"
]
},
"to descend to a level that is beneath one's dignity":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the debate would be more enlightening if both sides didn't stoop to name-calling"
],
"near antonyms":[
"rising"
],
"related":[
"abasing",
"debasing",
"degrading",
"demeaning",
"discrediting",
"disgracing",
"dishonoring",
"humbling",
"humiliating",
"lowering",
"shaming"
],
"synonyms":[
"condescending",
"deigning"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"stop":{
"a brief halt in a journey":{
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"examples":[
"our guide called for a stop at the trail hut so we could eat and rest a bit"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"break",
"pause",
"rest"
],
"synonyms":[
"layover",
"stopover"
]
},
"a regular stopping place":{
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"examples":[
"had lunch on a picnic table at a shady rest stop along the highway"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"depot",
"terminal",
"layover",
"stopover",
"outstation"
],
"synonyms":[
"station",
"way station"
]
},
"something that makes movement or progress difficult":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"pulled out all the stops and presented the most spectacular show ever"
],
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"goad",
"impetus",
"incentive",
"spur",
"stimulant",
"stimulus",
"advantage",
"break",
"edge",
"aid",
"assistance",
"benefit",
"boost",
"handmaiden",
"handmaid",
"help"
],
"related":[
"catch",
"hitch",
"rub",
"snag",
"barrier",
"blockade",
"blockage",
"brick wall",
"stone wall",
"arrest",
"bit",
"brake",
"check",
"constraint",
"curb",
"hobble",
"rein",
"restraint",
"embargo",
"stoppage",
"delay",
"holdup",
"stall",
"burden",
"cumber",
"load",
"danger",
"hazard",
"peril",
"reef",
"adversity",
"difficulty",
"disadvantage",
"drawback",
"hardship"
],
"synonyms":[
"balk",
"bar",
"block",
"chain",
"clog",
"cramp",
"crimp",
"deterrent",
"drag",
"embarrassment",
"encumbrance",
"fetter",
"handicap",
"hindrance",
"holdback",
"hurdle",
"impediment",
"inhibition",
"interference",
"let",
"manacle",
"obstacle",
"obstruction",
"shackles",
"stumbling block",
"trammel"
]
},
"the stopping of a process or activity":{
"antonyms":[
"continuance",
"continuation"
],
"examples":[
"put a stop to this nonsense"
],
"near antonyms":[
"extension",
"persistence",
"prolongation"
],
"related":[
"mop-up",
"phaseout",
"abeyance",
"break",
"interruption",
"layoff",
"letup",
"moratorium",
"pause",
"standstill",
"suspension"
],
"synonyms":[
"arrest",
"arrestment",
"cease",
"cessation",
"check",
"close",
"closedown",
"closure",
"conclusion",
"cutoff",
"discontinuance",
"discontinuation",
"end",
"ending",
"expiration",
"finish",
"halt",
"lapse",
"offset",
"shutdown",
"shutoff",
"stay",
"stoppage",
"surcease",
"termination"
]
},
"to achieve a victory over":{
"antonyms":[
"lose (to)"
],
"examples":[
"they were eventually stopped by the best team in the league"
],
"near antonyms":[
"fall",
"give up",
"go down",
"go under",
"collapse",
"fail",
"flop",
"flunk",
"fold",
"wash out"
],
"related":[
"sweep",
"edge (out)",
"nose out",
"pip",
"annihilate",
"blow away",
"blow out",
"bomb",
"break",
"bury",
"clobber",
"cream",
"crush",
"drub",
"finish",
"flatten",
"overwhelm",
"rout",
"shellac",
"skin",
"slaughter",
"smoke",
"snow under",
"thrash",
"trounce",
"upset",
"wallop",
"wax",
"whip",
"cap",
"excel",
"flourish",
"score",
"succeed",
"knock off",
"knock over",
"overpower",
"overthrow",
"subjugate",
"unseat",
"vanquish",
"ace (out)",
"better",
"eclipse",
"exceed",
"excel",
"outdistance",
"outdo",
"outfight",
"outshine",
"outstrip",
"overtop",
"surpass",
"top",
"transcend"
],
"synonyms":[
"beat",
"best",
"conquer",
"defeat",
"dispatch",
"do down",
"get",
"get around",
"lick",
"master",
"overbear",
"overcome",
"overmatch",
"prevail (over)",
"skunk",
"subdue",
"surmount",
"take",
"trim",
"triumph (over)",
"upend",
"win (against)",
"worst"
]
},
"to bring (as an action or operation) to an immediate end":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the manufacturer will stop selling the toy and will immediately recall all the units that have already been sold"
],
"near antonyms":[
"carry on",
"continue",
"follow through (with)",
"keep up",
"run on",
"advance",
"proceed",
"progress",
"actuate",
"drive",
"impel",
"propel",
"stir"
],
"related":[
"complete",
"conclude",
"finish",
"close (down)",
"deactivate",
"block",
"blockade",
"dam",
"delay",
"detain",
"hinder",
"hold",
"hold back",
"impede",
"kibosh",
"obstruct",
"stem",
"call",
"suspend",
"arrest",
"brake",
"check",
"clamp down",
"rein (in)",
"squash",
"squelch",
"stamp",
"stanch",
"staunch",
"stunt",
"suppress",
"turn back",
"pause",
"stay",
"suspend",
"abolish",
"abort",
"annul",
"demolish",
"destroy",
"dissolve",
"kill",
"ruin",
"scuttle",
"snuff"
],
"synonyms":[
"break",
"break off",
"break up",
"can",
"cease",
"cut off",
"cut out",
"desist (from)",
"discontinue",
"drop",
"end",
"give over",
"halt",
"knock off",
"lay off",
"leave off",
"pack (up or in)",
"quit",
"shut off"
]
},
"to bring (something) to a standstill":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"traffic was stopped for over an hour by the overturned truck"
],
"near antonyms":[
"carry on",
"continue",
"follow through (with)",
"keep (on)",
"keep up",
"persist",
"run on",
"advance",
"fare",
"go along",
"march",
"move",
"proceed",
"progress",
"wend",
"actuate",
"budge",
"drive",
"goad",
"impel",
"propel",
"push",
"spur",
"stir"
],
"related":[
"baffle",
"balk",
"block",
"blockade",
"bottleneck",
"clog",
"dam",
"detain",
"hinder",
"hold",
"hold back",
"impede",
"obstruct",
"snag",
"stem",
"conclude",
"cut off",
"end",
"terminate",
"call",
"discontinue",
"suspend",
"choke off",
"rein (in)",
"repress",
"squash",
"squelch",
"stanch",
"staunch",
"stunt",
"suppress",
"turn back"
],
"synonyms":[
"arrest",
"bring up",
"catch",
"check",
"draw up",
"fetch up",
"halt",
"hold up",
"pull up",
"stall",
"stay",
"still"
]
},
"to close up so that no empty spaces remain":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"I stopped the mouse hole with plaster"
],
"near antonyms":[
"excavate",
"hollow (out)",
"scoop (out)",
"shovel"
],
"related":[
"choke",
"clog",
"close (off)",
"clot",
"congest",
"jam",
"obstruct",
"occlude",
"caulk",
"chink",
"seal",
"repack",
"restuff"
],
"synonyms":[
"block",
"bung",
"dam",
"fill",
"pack",
"plug",
"stuff"
]
},
"to come to an end":{
"antonyms":[
"continue",
"hang on",
"persist"
],
"examples":[
"the music stopped but we kept on dancing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"draw out",
"extend",
"prolong",
"protract"
],
"related":[
"desist (from)",
"lay off (of)",
"refrain (from)",
"give over",
"knock off",
"pack (up or in)",
"break down",
"conk (out)",
"cut out",
"stall",
"pause",
"stay",
"suspend",
"abate",
"peter (out)",
"wind down"
],
"synonyms":[
"break off",
"break up",
"cease",
"close",
"conclude",
"dead-end",
"determine",
"die",
"discontinue",
"elapse",
"end",
"expire",
"finish",
"go",
"halt",
"lapse",
"leave off",
"let up",
"pass",
"quit",
"terminate",
"wind up",
"wink (out)"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"stopcocks":{
"a fixture for controlling the flow of a liquid":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"a mechanical engineer who designs industrial valves and stopcocks"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"hydrants",
"spouts",
"petcocks"
],
"synonyms":[
"cocks",
"faucets",
"gates",
"spigots",
"taps",
"valves"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"stopgap":{
"a temporary replacement":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the coach we have now was only hired as a stopgap until someone with more experience is found"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"quick fix",
"recourse",
"refuge",
"resort",
"alternate",
"backup",
"standby",
"stand-in",
"substitute",
"understudy"
],
"synonyms":[
"expedient",
"makeshift"
]
},
"as in":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"stopping%20%28by%20or%20in%29":{
"to make a brief visit":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"stop by on your way to the game so we can go there together"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"barging (in)",
"looking up",
"seeing",
"bopping (into)",
"happening (by)",
"frequenting",
"hanging (at)",
"haunting",
"resorting (to)"
],
"synonyms":[
"calling",
"coming by",
"coming over",
"dropping by",
"dropping in",
"popping (in)",
"running in",
"running (over)",
"stepping in",
"visiting"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"store-bought":{
"made beforehand in large numbers":{
"antonyms":[
"bespoke",
"bespoken",
"custom",
"customized",
"custom-made",
"tailored",
"tailor-made"
],
"examples":[
"he served store-bought biscuits and airily pretended he had baked them himself"
],
"near antonyms":[
"handcrafted",
"handmade",
"homemade"
],
"related":[
"ready-to-wear",
"commercial",
"prefab",
"prefabricated",
"hand-me-down"
],
"synonyms":[
"bought",
"mass-produced",
"off-the-peg",
"off-the-rack",
"off-the-shelf",
"ready-made",
"store"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"storing":{
"to place somewhere for safekeeping or ready availability":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"we decided to store the lawn mower in the shed instead of the garage"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"cellaring",
"garaging",
"hangaring",
"housing",
"warehousing",
"filing",
"packing",
"shelving"
],
"synonyms":[
"keeping",
"putting up",
"repositing",
"stowing"
]
},
"to put (something of future use or value) in a safe or secret place":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"squirrels commonly store nuts in the hollows of trees and other places to prepare for the winter"
],
"near antonyms":[
"casting",
"discarding",
"ditching",
"dumping",
"flinging (off or away)",
"jettisoning",
"throwing away",
"throwing out",
"unloading",
"consuming",
"squandering",
"using up",
"wasting",
"handing out",
"handing over",
"relinquishing",
"surrendering",
"blowing",
"dissipating",
"frittering (away)",
"lavishing",
"misspending",
"running through",
"spending",
"depleting",
"exhausting",
"expending",
"impoverishing",
"dispelling",
"dispersing",
"dissipating",
"scattering"
],
"related":[
"accumulating",
"acquiring",
"amassing",
"assembling",
"collecting",
"concentrating",
"garnering",
"gathering",
"picking up",
"rounding up",
"scraping (together)",
"heaping",
"piling",
"stacking",
"conserving",
"husbanding",
"preserving",
"banking",
"coffering",
"depositing",
"holding",
"keeping",
"reserving",
"retaining",
"saving",
"setting by",
"stocking",
"withholding",
"burying",
"concealing",
"ensconcing",
"secreting"
],
"synonyms":[
"caching",
"hoarding",
"laying away",
"laying by",
"laying in",
"laying up",
"putting by",
"salting away",
"squirreling (away)",
"squirrelling (away)",
"stashing",
"stockpiling",
"stowing",
"treasuring"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"storm":{
"a disturbance of the atmosphere accompanied by wind and often by precipitation (as rain or snow)":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"a winter storm bringing about six inches of snow"
],
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"blizzard",
"ice storm",
"snowstorm",
"cloudburst",
"hailstorm",
"rainsquall",
"rainstorm",
"thundershower",
"thunderstorm",
"weather",
"windstorm",
"northeaster",
"nor'easter",
"norther",
"southeaster",
"southwester",
"cyclone",
"hurricane",
"typhoon",
"sandstorm"
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"tempest"
]
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"bombardment",
"broadside",
"cannonade",
"fusillade",
"salvo",
"volley",
"flood",
"gush",
"rush",
"spate",
"torrent",
"eruption",
"outbreak",
"outburst"
],
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"hail",
"rain",
"shower"
]
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"the army's spokesperson faced a storm of questions from reporters"
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"dribble",
"drip",
"trickle"
],
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"earful",
"avalanche",
"burst",
"cataclysm",
"cataract",
"deluge",
"discharge",
"engulfment",
"flood",
"flood tide",
"flush",
"gush",
"inundation",
"outburst",
"outflow",
"outpouring",
"overflow",
"rash",
"spate",
"surge",
"torrent",
"current",
"river",
"stream",
"tide",
"excess",
"glut",
"overabundance",
"overage",
"overkill",
"overmuch",
"oversupply",
"superabundance",
"superfluity",
"surfeit",
"surplus"
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"synonyms":[
"barrage",
"blitz",
"blitzkrieg",
"bombardment",
"cannonade",
"drumbeat",
"drumfire",
"flurry",
"fusillade",
"hail",
"salvo",
"shower",
"volley"
]
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"examples":[
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"hush",
"peace",
"quiet",
"quietude",
"rest",
"stillness",
"tranquillity",
"tranquility",
"order",
"orderliness"
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"clamor",
"din",
"howl",
"hue and cry",
"noise",
"outcry",
"racket",
"roar",
"disorder",
"unrest",
"upheaval",
"eruption",
"flare-up",
"flurry",
"flutter",
"outbreak",
"outburst",
"brawl",
"fracas",
"fray",
"hassle",
"melee",
"m\u00eal\u00e9e",
"scuffle",
"dither",
"fever",
"fret",
"lather",
"tizzy"
],
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"ado",
"alarums and excursions",
"ballyhoo",
"blather",
"bluster",
"bobbery",
"bother",
"bustle",
"clatter",
"clutter",
"coil",
"commotion",
"corroboree",
"disturbance",
"do",
"foofaraw",
"fun",
"furor",
"furore",
"fuss",
"helter-skelter",
"hoo-ha",
"hoo-hah",
"hoopla",
"hubble-bubble",
"hubbub",
"hullabaloo",
"hurly",
"hurly-burly",
"hurricane",
"hurry",
"hurry-scurry",
"hurry-skurry",
"kerfuffle",
"moil",
"pandemonium",
"pother",
"row",
"ruckus",
"ruction",
"rumpus",
"shindy",
"splore",
"squall",
"stew",
"stir",
"to-do",
"tumult",
"turmoil",
"uproar",
"welter",
"whirl",
"williwaw",
"zoo"
]
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"examples":[
"the storm caused major damage to our barn"
],
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"drizzle",
"mist",
"mizzle",
"scud",
"spit",
"sprinkle"
],
"related":[
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"shower",
"thundershower",
"thunderstorm",
"weather"
],
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"cloudburst",
"deluge",
"downfall",
"downpour",
"rain",
"rainfall",
"rainstorm",
"wet"
]
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"examples":[
"a storm of indignation and demands for his resignation arose when the mayor's dishonesty was exposed"
],
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"blowup",
"grouch",
"rage",
"tantrum",
"ecstasy",
"rapture",
"transport",
"delirium",
"firestorm",
"frenzy",
"furor"
],
"synonyms":[
"agony",
"blaze",
"burst",
"ebullition",
"eruption",
"explosion",
"fit",
"flare",
"flare-up",
"flash",
"flush",
"gale",
"gush",
"gust",
"outburst",
"paroxysm",
"spasm"
]
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"a violent disturbance (as of the political or social order)":{
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"examples":[
"civil wars and other storms of unrest swept through the African continent"
],
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"insurrection",
"mutiny",
"overthrow",
"overturn",
"rebellion",
"revolt",
"revolution",
"subversion",
"unrest",
"uprising",
"upset",
"fit",
"seizure",
"spasm",
"eruption",
"flare-up",
"outbreak",
"outburst",
"bluster",
"bobbery",
"bustle",
"coil",
"commotion",
"furor",
"furore",
"fuss",
"hubbub",
"hullabaloo",
"hurly-burly",
"pandemonium",
"rout",
"row",
"ruckus",
"ruction",
"rumpus",
"shindy",
"squall",
"stew",
"stir",
"to-do",
"turmoil",
"welter",
"williwaw",
"quaking",
"rocking",
"shaking",
"trembling"
],
"synonyms":[
"bouleversement",
"cataclysm",
"convulsion",
"earthquake",
"paroxysm",
"tempest",
"tumult",
"upheaval",
"uproar"
]
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"examples":[
"by the time we arrived, our hostess was storming because dinner was ruined"
],
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"rant",
"rave",
"smolder",
"smoulder",
"bristle",
"flare (up)",
"inflame",
"enflame",
"chafe",
"fret",
"stew",
"agitate",
"convulse",
"roil",
"shake"
],
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"boil",
"burn",
"foam",
"fume",
"rage",
"rankle",
"seethe",
"sizzle",
"steam"
]
},
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"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the chef spent the morning storming at his staff about the ruined sauces"
],
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"allay",
"appease",
"pacify",
"soothe",
"check",
"choke (back)",
"collect",
"compose",
"contain",
"curb",
"pocket",
"rein",
"repress",
"restrain",
"smother",
"stifle",
"strangle",
"subdue",
"suppress",
"swallow",
"moderate",
"temper",
"tone (down)",
"ease",
"let up",
"relax",
"calm",
"cool",
"hush",
"quell",
"quiet",
"settle",
"still"
],
"related":[
"blow up",
"flare (up)",
"flip (out)",
"bluster",
"carry on",
"fulminate",
"rampage",
"rant",
"rave",
"take on",
"burn",
"foam",
"seethe",
"smolder",
"smoulder",
"steam",
"chafe",
"fret",
"stew"
],
"synonyms":[
"bristle",
"fume",
"rage"
]
},
"to fall as water in a continuous stream of drops from the clouds":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"it storms so frequently up in the mountains that the peaks are rarely visible from the valley below"
],
"near antonyms":[
"drizzle",
"mist",
"mizzle",
"spit",
"sprinkle"
],
"related":[
"shower",
"spit",
"hail",
"squall",
"deluge",
"drown",
"engulf",
"flood",
"inundate",
"swamp"
],
"synonyms":[
"pour",
"precipitate",
"rain"
]
},
"to take sudden, violent action against":{
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"examples":[
"the pirates stormed the ship, easily taking the whole crew as their prisoners"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cover",
"defend",
"guard",
"protect",
"secure",
"shield"
],
"related":[
"bum-rush",
"gang up (on)",
"mob",
"swarm",
"mug",
"rob",
"ambuscade",
"ambush",
"surprise",
"surprize",
"waylay",
"blitz",
"bomb",
"bombard",
"nuke",
"barrage",
"cannon",
"cannonade",
"bang away (at)",
"batter",
"buffet",
"plaster",
"beleaguer",
"besiege",
"press",
"harry",
"loot",
"pillage",
"plunder",
"ravage",
"sack",
"foray",
"invade",
"overrun",
"envelop",
"flank"
],
"synonyms":[
"assail",
"assault",
"attack",
"beset",
"bushwhack",
"charge",
"descend (on or upon)",
"go in (on)",
"jump (on)",
"pounce (on or upon)",
"raid",
"rush",
"set on",
"sic",
"sick",
"strike",
"trash",
"turn (on)"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"stoutness":{
"strength of mind to carry on in spite of danger":{
"antonyms":[
"cowardice",
"cowardliness",
"cravenness",
"dastardliness",
"poltroonery",
"spinelessness"
],
"examples":[
"even in the face of insurmountable odds, the troops displayed a stoutness of heart that was inspiring"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cold feet",
"faintheartedness",
"fearfulness",
"mousiness",
"timidity",
"timorousness",
"feebleness",
"softness",
"weakness",
"impotence",
"ineffectualness",
"hesitation",
"indecision",
"indecisiveness",
"irresolution"
],
"related":[
"backbone",
"fiber",
"fortitude",
"grit",
"gumption",
"mettle",
"pluck",
"pluckiness",
"spunk",
"temper",
"determination",
"perseverance",
"resolution",
"endurance",
"stamina",
"stomach",
"tenacity",
"audacity",
"boldness",
"brazenness",
"cheek",
"cojones",
"effrontery",
"gall",
"temerity"
],
"synonyms":[
"bottle",
"bravery",
"courage",
"courageousness",
"daring",
"daringness",
"dauntlessness",
"doughtiness",
"fearlessness",
"gallantry",
"greatheartedness",
"guts",
"gutsiness",
"hardihood",
"heart",
"heroism",
"intestinal fortitude",
"intrepidity",
"intrepidness",
"moxie",
"nerve",
"pecker",
"prowess",
"valor",
"virtue"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"stow":{
"to place somewhere for safekeeping or ready availability":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"stow the extra life jackets in the chest"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"cellar",
"garage",
"hangar",
"house",
"warehouse",
"file",
"pack",
"shelve"
],
"synonyms":[
"keep",
"put up",
"reposit",
"store"
]
},
"to put (something of future use or value) in a safe or secret place":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"stowed candy bars, which were forbidden at the summer camp, under a board in the cabin's floor"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cast",
"discard",
"ditch",
"dump",
"fling (off or away)",
"jettison",
"throw away",
"throw out",
"unload",
"consume",
"squander",
"use up",
"waste",
"hand out",
"hand over",
"relinquish",
"surrender",
"blow",
"dissipate",
"fritter (away)",
"lavish",
"misspend",
"run through",
"spend",
"deplete",
"exhaust",
"expend",
"impoverish",
"dispel",
"disperse",
"dissipate",
"scatter"
],
"related":[
"accumulate",
"acquire",
"amass",
"assemble",
"collect",
"concentrate",
"garner",
"gather",
"pick up",
"round up",
"scrape (together)",
"heap",
"pile",
"stack",
"conserve",
"husband",
"preserve",
"bank",
"coffer",
"deposit",
"hold",
"keep",
"reserve",
"retain",
"save",
"set by",
"stock",
"withhold",
"bury",
"conceal",
"ensconce",
"secrete"
],
"synonyms":[
"cache",
"hoard",
"lay away",
"lay by",
"lay in",
"lay up",
"put by",
"salt away",
"squirrel (away)",
"stash",
"stockpile",
"store",
"treasure"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"straddle the fence":{
"to avoid giving a definite answer or position":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"I'd straddle the fence long enough and it was time to make a decision."
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"flip-flop",
"yo-yo",
"dodge",
"duck",
"elude",
"eschew",
"evade",
"shake",
"shirk",
"shun",
"sidestep",
"skirt",
"bypass",
"circumvent",
"cavil",
"quibble",
"straddle"
],
"synonyms":[
"equivocate",
"fudge",
"hedge",
"pussyfoot",
"tergiversate",
"waffle",
"weasel"
]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"straggle":{
"as in":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"straggler":{
"someone who moves slowly or more slowly than others":{
"antonyms":[
"speedster"
],
"examples":[
"by three o'clock, only a few stragglers were still making their painful way to the marathon's finish"
],
"near antonyms":[
"go-getter",
"hustler",
"scrambler",
"hurrier",
"rusher",
"speeder"
],
"related":[
"latecomer",
"idler",
"lazybones",
"loafer",
"lounger",
"slouch",
"slug",
"sluggard",
"delayer",
"procrastinator"
],
"synonyms":[
"crawler",
"dallier",
"dawdler",
"dragger",
"laggard",
"lagger",
"lingerer",
"loiterer",
"plodder",
"slowpoke",
"snail"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"straightaway":{
"done or occurring without any noticeable lapse in time":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"her first novel was a straightaway success"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dilatory",
"tardy",
"slow",
"sluggish",
"prolonged",
"protracted",
"deferred",
"delayed"
],
"related":[
"summary",
"fast",
"hit-and-run",
"prompt",
"quick",
"rapid",
"speedy",
"swift"
],
"synonyms":[
"immediate",
"instant",
"instantaneous",
"split-second"
]
},
"free from irregularities or digressions in course":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the doomed ship was headed on a straightaway course in the path of the iceberg"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bowed",
"rounded",
"entwined",
"kinked",
"swirled",
"turned",
"turning",
"twined",
"twining",
"twisted",
"twisting",
"veering",
"warped",
"bending",
"coiled",
"coiling",
"corkscrew",
"curled",
"curling",
"curved",
"curving",
"looped",
"looping",
"spiral",
"spiraling",
"spiralling",
"wavy",
"winding",
"meandering",
"weaving",
"devious",
"serpentine",
"sinuous",
"crooked",
"zigzag",
"zigzagging"
],
"related":[
"unbent",
"uncurled",
"untwisted",
"undeviating",
"unswerving"
],
"synonyms":[
"direct",
"linear",
"right",
"straight",
"straightforward"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb"
],
"without delay":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"he got to the hospital, and straightaway he was admitted and given intravenous fluids"
],
"near antonyms":[
"slowly",
"late",
"tardily"
],
"related":[
"away",
"freely",
"anon",
"momentarily",
"shortly",
"soon",
"apace",
"briskly",
"fast",
"fleetly",
"full tilt",
"posthaste",
"quick",
"quickly",
"rapidly",
"readily",
"snappily",
"speedily",
"swift",
"swiftly",
"abruptly",
"presto",
"suddenly",
"unexpectedly",
"hastily",
"impetuously",
"impulsively",
"rashly",
"recklessly",
"exactly",
"opportunely",
"punctually",
"seasonably"
],
"synonyms":[
"bang",
"directly",
"forthwith",
"headlong",
"immediately",
"incontinently",
"instantaneously",
"instanter",
"instantly",
"now",
"PDQ",
"plumb",
"presently",
"promptly",
"pronto",
"right",
"right away",
"right now",
"right off",
"straight off",
"straightway"
]
}
},
"straighten":{
"to cause to follow a line that is without bends or curls":{
"antonyms":[
"bend",
"crook",
"curl",
"curve"
],
"examples":[
"straighten that extension cord\u2014it should be just long enough to reach the wall outlet"
],
"near antonyms":[
"arc",
"bend",
"bow",
"hook",
"round",
"entwine",
"kink",
"swirl",
"turn",
"twine",
"twist",
"coil",
"loop",
"spiral",
"wind"
],
"related":[
"uncoil",
"unroll",
"unwind",
"disentangle",
"untangle",
"untwine",
"untwist"
],
"synonyms":[
"unbend",
"uncurl",
"unkink"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"straightjacket":{
"a jacket that has long arms which can be tied together behind someone's back and that is used to control the movement (as of a violent prisoner or patient)":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"The magician struggled to free his arms from the straitjacket and escape from the tank of water he was submerged in."
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"straightness":{
"as in":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"strain":{
"a number of persons or things that are grouped together because they have something in common":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"writes mystery novels of a more sophisticated strain"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"model",
"sample",
"specimen",
"bracket",
"bunch",
"category",
"division",
"family",
"grade",
"group",
"grouping",
"lot",
"persuasion",
"rank(s)",
"set",
"suite"
],
"synonyms":[
"breed",
"class",
"description",
"feather",
"genre",
"ilk",
"kidney",
"kind",
"like",
"manner",
"nature",
"order",
"sort",
"species",
"stripe",
"type",
"variety"
]
},
"a rhythmic series of musical tones arranged to give a pleasing effect":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the strain of an old Irish ballad rose up from the revelers downstairs"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"descant",
"discant",
"cadence",
"measure",
"meter",
"rhythm",
"ballad",
"ditty",
"hymn",
"lyric",
"madrigal"
],
"synonyms":[
"air",
"lay",
"melody",
"song",
"tune",
"warble"
]
},
"a very small amount":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"detected a strain of panic in her voice when she asked if the substance was poisonous"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abundance",
"barrel",
"boatload",
"bucket",
"bundle",
"bushel",
"deal",
"fistful",
"gobs",
"heaps",
"lashings",
"lashins",
"loads",
"lot",
"mass",
"mess",
"mountain",
"much",
"oodles",
"passel",
"peck",
"pile",
"plenty",
"potful",
"profusion",
"quantity",
"raft",
"reams",
"scads",
"stack",
"wad",
"wealth",
"volume",
"bonanza",
"embarrassment",
"excess",
"overabundance",
"overage",
"overflow",
"overkill",
"overmuch",
"oversupply",
"superabundance",
"superfluity",
"surfeit",
"surplus",
"chunk",
"hunk",
"lump",
"slab"
],
"related":[
"hoot",
"iota",
"jot",
"minim",
"minimum",
"modicum",
"semblance",
"syllable",
"tittle",
"vestige",
"whit",
"atom",
"dot",
"fleck",
"flyspeck",
"grain",
"granule",
"molecule",
"morsel",
"mote",
"nubbin",
"patch",
"scrap",
"dash",
"drop",
"pinch",
"part",
"portion",
"section",
"bite",
"nibble",
"taste",
"handful",
"scattering",
"smatter",
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"lame",
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"cut",
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"diminish",
"lessen",
"reduce",
"thicken"
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"agitate",
"annoy",
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"gall",
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"harry",
"hassle",
"irk",
"irritate",
"nettle",
"pain",
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"pester",
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"spite",
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"fold"
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"condense",
"reduce"
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"flare (out)",
"open",
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"outstretch",
"spread (out)",
"unfold",
"unfurl"
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"extension",
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"prolongation",
"prolonging"
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"minimizing",
"poor-mouthing"
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"fabrication",
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"fudging",
"hedging",
"hype",
"puffery",
"superlative"
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"embroidery",
"exaggeration",
"hyperbole",
"magnification",
"overstatement",
"padding"
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"minimizing",
"playing down",
"understating"
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"gussying up",
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"enhancing",
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"hedging",
"overdoing",
"overdrawing",
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"overplaying",
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"emphasizing",
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"stressing",
"caricaturing",
"satirizing"
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],
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"relaxing"
],
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"lengthening",
"cinching",
"constricting"
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"tautening",
"tensing",
"tightening"
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"weakening",
"damaging",
"harming",
"hurting",
"impairing",
"wounding",
"battering",
"bruising",
"tearing",
"crippling",
"laming",
"mangling",
"mutilating"
],
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"racking",
"straining",
"wrenching"
]
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"abridging",
"curtailing",
"cutting",
"cutting back",
"shortening"
],
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"the time it would take to fix the car got stretched from three hours to two days when the part we needed had to be ordered"
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"diminishing",
"lessening",
"reducing",
"thickening"
],
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"expanding",
"increasing",
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"thinning"
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"extending",
"lengthening",
"outstretching",
"prolonging",
"protracting"
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"pushing",
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"agitating",
"annoying",
"bothering",
"exasperating",
"galling",
"getting (to)",
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"harassing",
"harrying",
"hassling",
"irking",
"irritating",
"nettling",
"paining",
"peeving",
"pestering",
"riling",
"spiting",
"vexing"
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"taxing",
"testing",
"trying"
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"verb"
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"contracting",
"folding"
],
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],
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"compressing",
"condensing",
"reducing"
],
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],
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"extending",
"fanning (out)",
"flaring (out)",
"opening",
"outspreading",
"outstretching",
"spreading (out)",
"unfolding",
"unfurling"
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"noun"
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"comes off",
"delivers",
"goes",
"goes over",
"pans out",
"succeeds",
"works out"
],
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"their joint venture in Las Vegas struck out , and they hurriedly dissolved the partnership"
],
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"flourishes",
"prospers",
"thrives",
"prevails",
"triumphs",
"wins"
],
"related":[
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"struggles",
"declines",
"sinks",
"skids",
"slips",
"slumps",
"wanes",
"crashes",
"crumbles",
"miscarries",
"misfires",
"goes under",
"implodes",
"self-destructs"
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"collapses",
"craters",
"fails",
"flames out",
"flops",
"flunks",
"folds",
"founders",
"misses",
"tanks",
"washes out"
]
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"struck out all references to indecent matters"
],
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"effaces",
"eradicates",
"erases",
"expunges",
"obliterates",
"roots (out)",
"rubs out",
"wipes out",
"bleeps",
"blips",
"clips",
"cuts",
"excises",
"removes",
"bowdlerizes",
"censors",
"cleans (up)",
"expurgates",
"launders",
"redacts",
"red-pencils",
"abbreviates",
"crops",
"shortens",
"blacks out",
"represses",
"silences",
"suppresses"
],
"synonyms":[
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"cancels",
"crosses (out)",
"deles",
"deletes",
"edits (out)",
"elides",
"kills",
"scratches (out)",
"strokes (out)",
"x's (out)"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"stringent":{
"not allowing for any exceptions or loosening of standards":{
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"flexible",
"lax",
"loose",
"relaxed",
"slack"
],
"examples":[
"stringent rules against unauthorized persons being in the building"
],
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"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",
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"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":[
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"cast-iron",
"exacting",
"hard-line",
"inflexible",
"rigid",
"rigorous",
"strict",
"uncompromising"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
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"strip":{
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"examples":[
"now tear the paper into strips and fold them up carefully"
],
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"related":[
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"band",
"bandage",
"belt",
"binding",
"girth",
"strap",
"swatch",
"swath",
"swathe",
"tape"
],
"synonyms":[
"list",
"ribbon",
"slip"
]
},
"a series of drawings that tell a story or part of a story":{
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"examples":[
"a cartoonist who uses his daily strip to make his political points"
],
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"related":[
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"funny paper(s)",
"graphic novel",
"animated cartoon",
"animation",
"caricature"
],
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"cartoon",
"comic",
"comic strip",
"funny"
]
},
"to remove clothing from":{
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"gown",
"robe"
],
"examples":[
"the nurse told the nervous mother to strip her screaming baby down to his diaper for the exam"
],
"near antonyms":[
"apparel",
"array",
"attire",
"caparison",
"clothe",
"costume",
"cover",
"deck",
"dress",
"feather",
"garb",
"garment",
"invest",
"rig (out)",
"vest",
"cloak",
"mantle",
"drape",
"swaddle",
"swathe",
"accoutre",
"accouter",
"equip",
"furnish",
"outfit"
],
"related":[
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"denude",
"divest",
"expose",
"uncover",
"undrape",
"unveil",
"bark",
"flay",
"peel",
"skin"
],
"synonyms":[
"disrobe",
"unclothe",
"undress"
]
},
"to take something away from":{
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"examples":[
"an indiscretion that resulted in her being stripped of her authority"
],
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"related":[
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"cheat",
"clean (out)",
"defraud",
"shortchange",
"bankrupt",
"disfurnish",
"impoverish"
],
"synonyms":[
"abate",
"bereave",
"deprive",
"divest"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
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},
"striped":{
"having stripes":{
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"examples":[
"the zebra is a black-and-white striped animal"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
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"tabby"
],
"synonyms":[
"banded",
"barred",
"streaked"
]
},
"to make stripes on":{
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"examples":[
"the children carefully striped the paper with red and blue paint"
],
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"related":[
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"banded",
"barred",
"streaked"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"strolled":{
"to travel by foot for exercise or pleasure":{
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"examples":[
"people who like to stroll along the beach would seem to be well-represented among the clientele for dating services"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
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"roved",
"wandered",
"peregrinated",
"traipsed",
"traversed",
"trekked",
"walked",
"marched",
"promenaded",
"power walked"
],
"synonyms":[
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"hiked",
"perambulated",
"rambled",
"sauntered",
"tramped",
"tromped"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"struggles":{
"a forceful effort to reach a goal or objective":{
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"examples":[
"a performer's long struggle to achieve success"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
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"labors",
"pains",
"troubles",
"works",
"drudgeries",
"grinds",
"sweats",
"toils",
"travails",
"combats",
"conflicts",
"contests",
"strifes",
"tussles",
"warfares",
"wars",
"attempts",
"endeavors",
"essays",
"tries"
],
"synonyms":[
"battles",
"fights",
"frays",
"scrabbles",
"throes"
]
},
"a physical dispute between opposing individuals or groups":{
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"examples":[
"there was a struggle between the armed robber and the shopkeeper, and the gun went off"
],
"near antonyms":[
"truces"
],
"related":[
"pitched battles",
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"affrays",
"battles royal",
"battle royals",
"battles royale",
"battle royales",
"brawls",
"broils",
"donnybrooks",
"free-for-alls",
"melees",
"m\u00eal\u00e9es",
"mix-ups",
"ruckuses",
"ructions",
"blows",
"fistfights",
"fisticuffs",
"grapples",
"handgrips",
"punch-outs",
"punch-ups",
"slugfests",
"confrontations",
"duels",
"face-offs",
"jousts",
"altercations",
"argle-bargles",
"arguments",
"argy-bargies",
"contretemps",
"controversies",
"cross fires",
"disagreements",
"disputes",
"fallings-out",
"falling-outs",
"kickups",
"misunderstandings",
"quarrels",
"rows",
"spats",
"squabbles",
"tangles",
"tiffs",
"wrangles",
"catfights"
],
"synonyms":[
"battles",
"clashes",
"combats",
"conflicts",
"contests",
"dustups",
"fights",
"fracases",
"fracas",
"frays",
"hassles",
"scraps",
"scrimmages",
"scrums",
"scuffles",
"skirmishes",
"tussles"
]
},
"an earnest effort for superiority or victory over another":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"her staunchest supporters in her struggle for the office"
],
"near antonyms":[
"concords",
"harmonies",
"peaces"
],
"related":[
"horse races",
"nail-biters",
"showdowns",
"clashes",
"collisions",
"discords",
"frictions",
"arguments",
"controversies",
"debates",
"disagreements",
"disputations",
"disputes",
"dissensions",
"dissentions",
"quarrels",
"rows",
"wrangles"
],
"synonyms":[
"ball games",
"battles",
"combats",
"competitions",
"conflicts",
"confrontations",
"contentions",
"contests",
"dogfights",
"duels",
"face-offs",
"grapples",
"matches",
"rivalries",
"strifes",
"sweepstakes",
"sweep-stake",
"tugs-of-war",
"warfares",
"wars"
]
},
"to devote serious and sustained effort":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the financially strapped couple struggled to make ends meet"
],
"near antonyms":[
"breaks",
"eases (up)",
"lets up",
"slackens",
"bums",
"chills",
"dallies",
"dillydallies",
"footles",
"goldbricks",
"goofs (off)",
"hacks (around)",
"hangs (around or out)",
"idles",
"lazes",
"loafs",
"lounges",
"shirks",
"slacks (off)",
"vegges out",
"veges out",
"basks",
"lolls",
"relaxes",
"reposes",
"rests",
"unwinds",
"dabbles",
"doodles",
"fools around",
"fribbles",
"goofs (around)",
"hangs",
"hangs about",
"messes around",
"monkeys (around)",
"plays",
"potters (around)",
"putters (around)",
"trifles"
],
"related":[
"applies (oneself)",
"buckles (down)",
"digs in",
"hammers (away)",
"knuckles down",
"pitches in",
"attacks",
"drives",
"essays",
"tries",
"exercises",
"exerts",
"overexerts",
"overworks",
"ekes out",
"grinds (out)",
"puts out",
"scrabbles",
"scratches",
"trudges",
"wades"
],
"synonyms":[
"bangs away",
"beavers (away)",
"digs (away)",
"drudges",
"endeavors",
"fags",
"grubs",
"humps",
"hustles",
"labors",
"moils",
"pegs (away)",
"plods",
"plows",
"plugs",
"slaves",
"slogs",
"strains",
"strives",
"sweats",
"toils",
"travails",
"tugs",
"works"
]
},
"to proceed or act clumsily or ineffectually":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"each week I would struggle through my piano lesson, keenly aware that I wasn't getting any better"
],
"near antonyms":[
"coasts",
"flies",
"glides",
"kilts",
"sails",
"zips",
"zooms"
],
"related":[
"jogs",
"shambles",
"shuffles",
"wallows",
"welters",
"falters",
"lurches",
"reels",
"staggers",
"sways",
"teeters",
"totters",
"fumbles",
"muddles"
],
"synonyms":[
"blunders",
"bumbles",
"flogs",
"flounders",
"limps",
"lumbers",
"plods",
"stumbles",
"trudges"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"struggling":{
"as in":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"to devote serious and sustained effort":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the financially strapped couple struggled to make ends meet"
],
"near antonyms":[
"breaking",
"easing (up)",
"letting up",
"slackening",
"bumming",
"chilling",
"dallying",
"dillydallying",
"footling",
"goldbricking",
"goofing (off)",
"hacking (around)",
"hanging (around or out)",
"idling",
"lazing",
"loafing",
"lounging",
"shirking",
"slacking (off)",
"vegging out",
"basking",
"lolling",
"relaxing",
"reposing",
"resting",
"unwinding",
"dabbling",
"doodling",
"fooling around",
"fribbling",
"goofing (around)",
"hanging",
"hanging about",
"messing around",
"monkeying (around)",
"playing",
"pottering (around)",
"puttering (around)",
"trifling"
],
"related":[
"applying (oneself)",
"buckling (down)",
"digging in",
"hammering (away)",
"knuckling down",
"pitching in",
"attacking",
"driving",
"essaying",
"trying",
"exercising",
"exerting",
"overexerting",
"overworking",
"eking out",
"grinding (out)",
"putting out",
"scrabbling",
"scratching",
"trudging",
"wading"
],
"synonyms":[
"banging away",
"beavering (away)",
"digging (away)",
"drudging",
"endeavoring",
"fagging",
"grubbing",
"humping",
"hustling",
"laboring",
"moiling",
"pegging (away)",
"plodding",
"plowing",
"plugging",
"slaving",
"slogging",
"straining",
"striving",
"sweating",
"toiling",
"travailing",
"tugging",
"working"
]
},
"to proceed or act clumsily or ineffectually":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"each week I would struggle through my piano lesson, keenly aware that I wasn't getting any better"
],
"near antonyms":[
"coasting",
"flying",
"gliding",
"kilting",
"sailing",
"zipping",
"zooming"
],
"related":[
"jogging",
"shambling",
"shuffling",
"wallowing",
"weltering",
"faltering",
"lurching",
"reeling",
"staggering",
"swaying",
"teetering",
"tottering",
"fumbling",
"muddling"
],
"synonyms":[
"blundering",
"bumbling",
"flogging",
"floundering",
"limping",
"lumbering",
"plodding",
"stumbling",
"trudging"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"stubborn":{
"sticking to an opinion, purpose, or course of action in spite of reason, arguments, or persuasion":{
"antonyms":[
"acquiescent",
"agreeable",
"amenable",
"compliant",
"complying",
"flexible",
"pliable",
"pliant",
"relenting",
"yielding"
],
"examples":[
"he's just being stubborn , refusing even to try the new toothpaste"
],
"near antonyms":[
"docile",
"obedient",
"placable",
"submissive",
"tractable",
"accepting",
"persuadable",
"receptive",
"responsive",
"willing",
"governable",
"manageable",
"reasonable",
"temperate",
"slavish",
"subservient"
],
"related":[
"anal-retentive",
"obsessive",
"wayward",
"wrongheaded",
"determined",
"hell-bent",
"inexorable",
"persistent",
"relentless",
"resolved",
"set",
"single-minded",
"steadfast",
"stouthearted",
"tenacious",
"unflinching",
"firm",
"hard-line",
"hard-shell",
"hard-shelled",
"iron",
"severe",
"stern",
"strict",
"hidebound",
"narrow-minded",
"rigid",
"bloody-minded",
"cantankerous",
"contrary",
"cussed",
"contumacious",
"disobedient",
"froward",
"insubordinate",
"intractable",
"recalcitrant",
"refractory",
"uncooperative",
"ungovernable",
"unmanageable",
"unruly",
"defiant",
"insurgent",
"mutinous",
"indomitable",
"invincible",
"unconquerable",
"confirmed",
"inveterate",
"unregenerate",
"demanding",
"exacting"
],
"synonyms":[
"adamant",
"adamantine",
"bullheaded",
"dogged",
"hard",
"hard-nosed",
"hardened",
"hardheaded",
"headstrong",
"immovable",
"implacable",
"inconvincible",
"inflexible",
"intransigent",
"mulish",
"obdurate",
"obstinate",
"opinionated",
"ossified",
"pat",
"pertinacious",
"perverse",
"pigheaded",
"self-opinionated",
"self-willed",
"stiff-necked",
"unbending",
"uncompromising",
"unrelenting",
"unyielding",
"willful",
"wilful"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"stumped":{
"to invite (someone) to take part in a contest or to perform a feat":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"when my grandfather was a kid, he and his friends would stump one another to dive into the local swimming hole"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"bearded",
"braved",
"brazened",
"breasted",
"confronted",
"faced",
"outbraved",
"outfaced"
],
"synonyms":[
"challenged",
"dared",
"defied"
]
},
"to move heavily or clumsily":{
"antonyms":[
"breezed",
"coasted",
"glided",
"slid",
"waltzed",
"whisked"
],
"examples":[
"the seemingly endless parade finally ended, and the drummers and tuba players stumped wearily to their buses"
],
"near antonyms":[
"drifted",
"floated",
"hovered",
"hung",
"hanged",
"poised",
"wafted"
],
"related":[
"dragged",
"flopped",
"hauled",
"blundered",
"careened",
"doddered",
"lurched",
"reeled",
"staggered",
"swayed",
"teetered",
"tottered",
"waddled",
"weaved",
"wobbled",
"wabbled"
],
"synonyms":[
"barged",
"clumped",
"flogged",
"floundered",
"galumphed",
"lumbered",
"lumped",
"plodded",
"pounded",
"scuffed",
"scuffled",
"shambled",
"shuffled",
"slogged",
"sloughed",
"stamped",
"stomped",
"stumbled",
"tramped",
"tromped",
"trudged"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"stumper":{
"as in":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"stunned":{
"affected with sudden and great wonder or surprise":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"realizing that they had been left out of the will, the billionaire's relatives just sat there, stunned"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blas\u00e9",
"blase",
"casual",
"nonchalant",
"unruffled"
],
"related":[
"blindsided",
"startled",
"surprised",
"surprized",
"aghast",
"appalled",
"dismayed",
"horrified",
"bewildered",
"confused",
"dazed",
"overwhelmed",
"agape",
"awed",
"awesome",
"openmouthed",
"wide-eyed",
"widemouthed"
],
"synonyms":[
"amazed",
"astonished",
"astounded",
"awestruck",
"awestricken",
"bowled over",
"dumbfounded",
"dumfounded",
"dumbstruck",
"flabbergasted",
"shocked",
"stupefied",
"thunderstruck"
]
},
"suffering from mental confusion":{
"antonyms":[
"clearheaded"
],
"examples":[
"the loud noise left her momentarily stunned"
],
"near antonyms":[
"alert",
"conscious"
],
"related":[
"senseless",
"unconscious"
],
"synonyms":[
"addle",
"addled",
"addlepated",
"bedeviled",
"befogged",
"befuddled",
"bemused",
"bewildered",
"bushed",
"confounded",
"confused",
"dazed",
"distracted",
"dizzy",
"dopey",
"dopy",
"fogged",
"mixed-up",
"muddleheaded",
"muzzy",
"pixilated",
"pixillated",
"punch-drunk",
"punchy",
"raddled",
"shell-shocked",
"silly",
"slaphappy",
"spaced-out",
"spaced",
"spacey",
"spacy",
"stupefied",
"zonked",
"zonked-out"
]
},
"to make a strong impression on (someone) with something unexpected":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the news of their boss's termination stunned the staff"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"befuddled",
"bewildered",
"blew away",
"blindsided",
"confounded",
"confused",
"dazed",
"discomfited",
"disconcerted",
"dismayed",
"jarred",
"muddled",
"nonplussed",
"nonplused",
"perplexed",
"shook up"
],
"synonyms":[
"amazed",
"astonished",
"astounded",
"bowled over",
"dumbfounded",
"dumfounded",
"flabbergasted",
"floored",
"rocked",
"shocked",
"startled",
"stupefied",
"surprised",
"surprized",
"thunderstruck"
]
},
"to make senseless or dizzy by a blow":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"a powerful uppercut to the jaw stunned the boxer and sent him crashing to the canvas"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"deadened",
"knocked out",
"paralyzed",
"benumbed",
"numbed",
"stupefied",
"bowled over",
"knocked down",
"banged",
"bashed",
"belted",
"bludgeoned",
"bonked",
"bopped",
"clobbered",
"clocked",
"clouted",
"hammered",
"hit",
"pasted",
"pounded",
"punched",
"rapped",
"slammed",
"slapped",
"slugged",
"smacked",
"smote",
"socked",
"struck",
"swatted",
"thumped",
"thwacked",
"walloped",
"whacked",
"whaled",
"battered",
"beat",
"buffeted",
"bunged",
"chopped",
"cuffed",
"drubbed",
"mangled",
"mauled",
"pelted",
"pummeled",
"pummelled"
],
"synonyms":[
"dazed",
"rocked"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"stunt":{
"an act of notable skill, strength, or cleverness":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"performs mental stunts , such as pronouncing words backwards as soon as you say them"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"accomplishment",
"achievement",
"attainment",
"coup",
"success",
"triumph",
"adventure",
"performance"
],
"synonyms":[
"deed",
"exploit",
"feat",
"number",
"tour de force",
"trick"
]
},
"to hold back the normal growth of":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"unfortunately, an unusually dry summer seems to have permanently stunted the tree"
],
"near antonyms":[
"advance",
"boost",
"encourage",
"forward",
"foster",
"nourish",
"nurture",
"promote"
],
"related":[
"arrest",
"catch",
"check",
"halt",
"hold up",
"stall",
"stay",
"still",
"stop",
"balk",
"block",
"hold back",
"impede",
"obstruct",
"stem",
"diminish",
"downsize",
"shrink"
],
"synonyms":[
"dwarf",
"suppress"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"stygian":{
"being without light or without much light":{
"antonyms":[
"bright",
"brightened",
"brilliant",
"illuminated",
"illumined",
"light",
"lit",
"lighted",
"lightsome",
"lucent",
"lucid",
"luminous"
],
"examples":[
"lost in the stygian reaches of the deep forest"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ablaze",
"agleam",
"aglitter",
"alight",
"beaming",
"beamy",
"effulgent",
"glaring",
"glowing",
"incandescent",
"lambent",
"radiant",
"relucent",
"resplendent",
"shining",
"sparkling",
"ultrabright",
"glossy",
"lustrous",
"shiny",
"floodlit",
"floodlighted",
"highlighted",
"spotlighted",
"spotlit",
"moonlit",
"moony",
"starlit",
"sunlit"
],
"related":[
"crepuscular",
"twilit",
"moonless",
"starless",
"sunless",
"cloudy",
"dull",
"dulled",
"lackluster",
"shadowlike",
"shadowy",
"shady",
"gray",
"grey",
"leaden",
"pale",
"beclouded",
"befogged",
"clouded",
"foggy",
"fuliginous",
"misty",
"smoggy",
"soupy"
],
"synonyms":[
"black",
"caliginous",
"dark",
"darkened",
"darkish",
"darkling",
"darksome",
"dim",
"dimmed",
"dusk",
"dusky",
"gloomy",
"lightless",
"murky",
"obscure",
"obscured",
"pitch-black",
"pitch-dark",
"pitchy",
"rayless",
"somber",
"sombre",
"tenebrific",
"tenebrous",
"unlit"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"stymie":{
"to create difficulty for the work or activity of":{
"antonyms":[
"aid",
"assist",
"facilitate",
"help"
],
"examples":[
"the raging blizzard stymied the rescuers' attempts to find the stranded mountain climbers"
],
"near antonyms":[
"clear",
"make way",
"open",
"unclog",
"unplug",
"unstop",
"free",
"liberate",
"release",
"untie",
"loosen",
"smooth",
"encourage",
"further",
"promote"
],
"related":[
"balk",
"check",
"constrain",
"curb",
"rein",
"restrain",
"bind",
"chain",
"halter",
"leash",
"tether",
"tie",
"arrest",
"brake",
"delay",
"retain",
"retard",
"barricade",
"block",
"blockade",
"roadblock",
"bog (down)",
"mire",
"choke",
"smother",
"stifle",
"strangle",
"suffocate",
"baffle",
"foil",
"frustrate",
"stump",
"thwart",
"derail",
"disrupt",
"sabotage",
"muzzle",
"repress",
"suppress",
"confine",
"hedge (in)",
"hem (in)"
],
"synonyms":[
"clog",
"cramp",
"embarrass",
"encumber",
"fetter",
"hamper",
"handcuff",
"handicap",
"hinder",
"hobble",
"hog-tie",
"hold back",
"hold up",
"impede",
"inhibit",
"interfere (with)",
"manacle",
"obstruct",
"shackle",
"short-circuit",
"tie up",
"trammel"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
}
}