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{
"tabby":{
"as in alley cat":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"as in corded":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"table":{
"a broad flat area of elevated land":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the area between the two canyons forms one broad table"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"butte",
"dome",
"height",
"highland",
"upland",
"karoo",
"karroo",
"puna"
],
"synonyms":[
"altiplano",
"mesa",
"plateau",
"tableland"
]
},
"a leg-mounted piece of furniture with a broad flat top designed for the serving of food":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"we sat at the kitchen table , playing cards for hours on end"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"coffee table",
"refectory table",
"tea table",
"bar",
"counter",
"buffet",
"sideboard",
"side table",
"bed table",
"card table"
],
"synonyms":[
"board"
]
},
"a record of a series of items (as names or titles) usually arranged according to some system":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the periodic table of chemical elements"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"agenda",
"bibliography",
"catalogue raisonn\u00e9",
"compendium",
"compilation",
"directory",
"docket",
"enumeration",
"glossary",
"index",
"inventory",
"manifest",
"payroll",
"calendar",
"chronology",
"timetable"
],
"synonyms":[
"canon",
"catalog",
"catalogue",
"checklist",
"list",
"listing",
"menu",
"register",
"registry",
"roll",
"roll call",
"roster",
"schedule"
]
},
"as in":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"food eaten or prepared for eating at one time":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"always offers a well-prepared table for his guests"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"board",
"breakfast",
"buffet",
"collation",
"dinner",
"lunch",
"luncheon",
"refreshments",
"smorgasbord",
"snack",
"supper",
"tea",
"bite",
"gulp",
"morsel",
"serving",
"taste",
"banquet",
"feast",
"regale",
"spread",
"bake",
"barbecue",
"barbeque",
"clambake",
"cookout",
"fry",
"fry-up",
"luau",
"picnic",
"potluck",
"roast"
],
"synonyms":[
"chow",
"feed",
"meal",
"menu",
"mess",
"refection",
"repast"
]
},
"substances intended to be eaten":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the table that the innkeeper set out each morning made for a bountiful breakfast indeed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bane",
"poison",
"toxin",
"venom"
],
"related":[
"commissary",
"rations",
"supplies",
"aliment",
"nutriment",
"diet",
"nourishment",
"nurture",
"sustenance",
"mess",
"pap",
"ensilage",
"feed",
"fodder",
"forage",
"silage",
"slop",
"swill",
"feast",
"meal",
"refreshments",
"regale",
"repast",
"spread",
"board",
"dish",
"plate",
"platter",
"serving",
"finger food",
"natural food"
],
"synonyms":[
"bread",
"chow",
"chuck",
"comestibles",
"eatables",
"eats",
"edibles",
"fare",
"food",
"foodstuffs",
"grub",
"meat",
"provender",
"provisions",
"tucker",
"viands",
"victuals",
"vittles"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"tactic":{
"something done to achieve a particular goal":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"Toddlers use a lot of different tactics to try to get what they want."
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"tag%20sale":{
"a sale of used household and personal items":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"on weekends the bargain-minded couple likes to drive around looking for tag sales"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"jumble sale",
"rummage sale"
],
"synonyms":[
"garage sale",
"yard sale"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"tagging":{
"the act of going after or in the tracks of another":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"after a weeklong tagging of the suspect, the detective had all the evidence he needed that there was a smuggling operation going on"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"hot pursuit",
"tagging along",
"path",
"track",
"trail",
"search",
"seeking"
],
"synonyms":[
"chase",
"chasing",
"dogging",
"following",
"hounding",
"pursuing",
"pursuit",
"shadowing",
"tailing",
"tracing",
"tracking",
"trailing"
]
},
"to attach an identifying slip to":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"tagged all the dresses with sale stickers before putting them on the rack"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"captioning",
"earmarking",
"hallmarking",
"stamping",
"calling",
"designating",
"identifying",
"naming",
"tabbing",
"entitling",
"styling",
"terming",
"titling",
"branding",
"stigmatizing"
],
"synonyms":[
"labeling",
"labelling",
"marking",
"ticketing"
]
},
"to decide to accept (someone or something) from a group of possibilities":{
"antonyms":[
"declining",
"refusing",
"rejecting",
"turning down"
],
"examples":[
"she tagged her most experienced operative for the special mission"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disapproving",
"negativing",
"repudiating",
"spurning",
"discarding",
"jettisoning",
"throwing away",
"throwing out"
],
"related":[
"preselecting",
"appointing",
"designating",
"fixing",
"marking",
"nominating",
"setting",
"tabbing",
"tapping",
"accepting",
"adopting",
"embracing",
"espousing",
"settling (on or upon)"
],
"synonyms":[
"cherry-picking",
"choosing",
"culling",
"electing",
"handpicking",
"naming",
"opting (for)",
"picking",
"preferring",
"selecting",
"singling (out)",
"taking"
]
},
"to deliver a blow to (someone or something) usually in a strong vigorous manner":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"he tagged me with a right hook and blackened my eye"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"battering",
"beating",
"buffeting",
"bunging",
"chopping",
"cuffing",
"drubbing",
"lacing",
"lambasting",
"licking",
"mangling",
"mauling",
"pelting",
"peppering",
"pommeling",
"pommelling",
"pummeling",
"pummelling",
"roughing",
"scuffing",
"bunting",
"flicking",
"stroking",
"tapping",
"bumping",
"butting",
"jabbing",
"jostling",
"kicking",
"kneeing",
"poking",
"prodding",
"pushing",
"shoving",
"stamping",
"bowling (down or over)",
"creaming",
"decking",
"dumping",
"felling",
"flooring",
"knocking down",
"leveling",
"levelling",
"rabbit-punching",
"sucker punching",
"caning",
"clubbing",
"cudgeling",
"cudgelling",
"flailing",
"flogging",
"lashing",
"sapping",
"slashing",
"sledgehammering",
"sledging",
"spearing",
"stabbing",
"switching",
"thrashing",
"whipping",
"beaning",
"braining",
"conking",
"skulling"
],
"synonyms":[
"banging",
"bashing",
"batting",
"belting",
"biffing",
"bludgeoning",
"bobbing",
"bonking",
"bopping",
"boxing",
"busting",
"clapping",
"clipping",
"clobbering",
"clocking",
"clouting",
"cracking",
"hammering",
"hitting",
"knocking",
"nailing",
"pasting",
"pounding",
"punching",
"rapping",
"slamming",
"slapping",
"slogging",
"slugging",
"smacking",
"smiting",
"socking",
"striking",
"swatting",
"swiping",
"thumping",
"thwacking",
"walloping",
"whacking",
"whaling",
"zapping"
]
},
"to go after or on the track of":{
"antonyms":[
"guiding",
"leading",
"piloting"
],
"examples":[
"wildlife experts surreptitiously tagged the timber wolf, carefully keeping a safe distance so the wolf wouldn't catch their scent and run"
],
"near antonyms":[
"heading"
],
"related":[
"accompanying",
"chaperoning",
"escorting",
"hunting",
"searching (for)",
"seeking",
"eyeing",
"eying",
"observing",
"watching"
],
"synonyms":[
"bird-dogging",
"chasing",
"coursing",
"dogging",
"following",
"hounding",
"pursuing",
"running",
"shadowing",
"tailing",
"tracing",
"tracking",
"trailing"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"take%20back":{
"to solemnly or formally reject or go back on (as something formerly adhered to)":{
"antonyms":[
"adhere (to)"
],
"examples":[
"I take back what I said about her: she's not the fool I thought she was"
],
"near antonyms":[
"acknowledge",
"admit",
"affirm",
"assert",
"avow",
"claim",
"contend",
"declare",
"maintain",
"proclaim",
"profess",
"state",
"vouch",
"vow",
"back",
"confirm",
"defend",
"endorse",
"indorse",
"espouse",
"maintain",
"support",
"uphold",
"accept",
"adopt",
"embrace"
],
"related":[
"contradict",
"deny",
"disavow",
"disclaim",
"disown",
"gainsay",
"negate",
"negative",
"abandon",
"bolt",
"forsake",
"give up",
"relinquish",
"spurn",
"surrender",
"controvert",
"disagree (with)",
"disprove",
"dispute",
"rebut",
"refute",
"back down",
"back off",
"backtrack",
"disallow",
"recall",
"revoke"
],
"synonyms":[
"abjure",
"abnegate",
"forswear",
"foreswear",
"recant",
"renege",
"renounce",
"repeal",
"repudiate",
"retract",
"unsay",
"withdraw"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"take%20on":{
"to enter into contest or conflict with":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"will take on his chief opponent in the next political debate"
],
"near antonyms":[
"elude",
"escape",
"evade",
"retreat"
],
"related":[
"emulate",
"rival",
"contend",
"fight",
"oppose"
],
"synonyms":[
"battle",
"encounter",
"engage",
"face",
"meet"
]
},
"to provide with a paying job":{
"antonyms":[
"ax",
"axe",
"can",
"discharge",
"dismiss",
"fire",
"sack"
],
"examples":[
"decided to take her on as store manager"
],
"near antonyms":[
"furlough",
"lay off",
"lock out"
],
"related":[
"reemploy",
"reengage",
"rehire",
"apprentice",
"contract",
"job",
"partner",
"subcontract",
"enlist",
"advance",
"promote",
"upgrade",
"keep (on)",
"headhunt",
"scout"
],
"synonyms":[
"assume",
"employ",
"engage",
"fee",
"hire",
"lay on",
"pay",
"place",
"recruit",
"retain",
"sign (up or on)"
]
},
"to take for one's own use (something originated by another)":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"recently arrived immigrants who are eager to take on the language and culture of their adopted homeland"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abandon",
"forsake",
"give up",
"relinquish",
"surrender",
"abjure",
"abnegate",
"disown",
"reject",
"renounce",
"repudiate",
"spurn",
"discard",
"jettison",
"junk",
"throw away",
"throw out"
],
"related":[
"domesticate",
"naturalize",
"appropriate",
"arrogate",
"take over",
"usurp",
"absorb",
"assimilate",
"incorporate",
"quote",
"cherish",
"prize",
"treasure",
"cultivate",
"follow",
"heed",
"honor",
"use",
"utilize",
"bring up",
"foster",
"nurture",
"raise",
"rear",
"affect",
"assume",
"copy",
"imitate",
"pretend",
"put on",
"simulate"
],
"synonyms":[
"adopt",
"borrow",
"embrace",
"espouse",
"take up"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"take%20ship":{
"to travel on water in a vessel":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"The sailors took ship for home."
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"canoe",
"kayak",
"yacht",
"coast"
],
"synonyms":[
"boat",
"cruise",
"ferry",
"navigate",
"sail",
"ship (out)",
"voyage"
]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"take%20the%20count":{
"to undergo defeat":{
"antonyms":[
"conquer",
"prevail",
"triumph",
"win"
],
"examples":[
"There've been some setbacks, but I refuse to take the count just yet."
],
"near antonyms":[
"flourish",
"prosper",
"succeed",
"thrive"
],
"related":[
"falter",
"tank",
"throw",
"forfeit",
"bomb",
"collapse",
"crack (up)",
"fail",
"flop",
"flunk",
"fold",
"founder",
"miss",
"strike out",
"wash out"
],
"synonyms":[
"bow out",
"fall",
"lose"
]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"takes":{
"a distinct treatment of something (as a story or a play)":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"despite its contemporary setting, this take on King Lear isn't particularly novel or insightful"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"versions",
"adaptations",
"translations"
],
"synonyms":[
"interpretations",
"riffs",
"variations"
]
},
"action or behavior that is done in return to other action or behavior":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"what's your take on the announcement that the senior vice president is taking an early retirement?"
],
"near antonyms":[
"actions",
"behaviors",
"causes",
"effects"
],
"related":[
"backlashes",
"kickbacks",
"rebounds",
"recoils",
"reflexes",
"revulsions",
"rises",
"counterreactions",
"counter-reactions",
"counterresponses",
"counter-responses"
],
"synonyms":[
"answers",
"reactions",
"replies",
"responses"
]
},
"something belonging to, due to, or contributed by an individual member of a group":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"because there were so many winners of the jackpot, each person's take will be smaller than expected"
],
"near antonyms":[
"aggregates",
"composites",
"compounds",
"pools",
"sums",
"totalities",
"totals",
"wholes"
],
"related":[
"lots",
"rations",
"commissions",
"percentages",
"members",
"partitions",
"sections",
"segments"
],
"synonyms":[
"allotments",
"allowances",
"cuts",
"ends",
"parts",
"pieces",
"portions",
"proportions",
"quotas",
"shares",
"slices"
]
},
"the total amount collected or obtained especially at one time":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"who will win the poker tournament and collect the whole take ?"
],
"near antonyms":[
"deductions",
"losses",
"subtractions"
],
"related":[
"bags",
"earnings",
"gains",
"grosses",
"incomes",
"nets",
"payoffs",
"proceeds",
"profits",
"receipts",
"returns",
"revenues",
"winnings",
"booties",
"loots",
"plunders",
"spoils",
"swags",
"appropriations",
"collections"
],
"synonyms":[
"bounties",
"catches",
"hauls",
"yields"
]
},
"to achieve a victory over":{
"antonyms":[
"loses (to)"
],
"examples":[
"I know we can take that team"
],
"near antonyms":[
"falls",
"gives up",
"goes down",
"goes under",
"collapses",
"fails",
"flops",
"flunks",
"folds",
"washes out"
],
"related":[
"sweeps",
"edges (out)",
"noses out",
"pips",
"annihilates",
"blows away",
"blows out",
"bombs",
"breaks",
"buries",
"clobbers",
"creams",
"crushes",
"drubs",
"finishes",
"flattens",
"overwhelms",
"routs",
"shellacs",
"skins",
"slaughters",
"smokes",
"snows under",
"thrashes",
"trounces",
"upsets",
"wallops",
"waxes",
"whips",
"caps",
"excels",
"flourishes",
"scores",
"succeeds",
"knocks off",
"knocks over",
"overpowers",
"overthrows",
"subjugates",
"unseats",
"vanquishes",
"aces (out)",
"betters",
"eclipses",
"exceeds",
"excels",
"outdistances",
"outdoes",
"outfights",
"outshines",
"outstrips",
"overtops",
"surpasses",
"tops",
"transcends"
],
"synonyms":[
"beats",
"bests",
"conquers",
"defeats",
"dispatches",
"does down",
"gets",
"gets around",
"licks",
"masters",
"overbears",
"overcomes",
"overmatches",
"prevails (over)",
"skunks",
"stops",
"subdues",
"surmounts",
"trims",
"triumphs (over)",
"upends",
"wins (against)",
"worsts"
]
},
"to agree to receive whether willingly or reluctantly":{
"antonyms":[
"declines",
"denies",
"disallows",
"disapproves",
"negatives",
"refuses",
"rejects",
"spurns",
"turns down",
"vetoes"
],
"examples":[
"will you take that call?",
"took a cut in pay"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dissents (to)",
"objects (to)",
"opposes",
"protests",
"holds off",
"resists",
"withstands",
"combats",
"contests",
"fights"
],
"related":[
"accedes (to)",
"assents (to)",
"concedes (to)",
"confirms",
"consents (to)",
"OKs",
"okays",
"ratifies",
"sanctions",
"warrants",
"acquiesces (to)",
"bows (to)",
"capitulates (to)",
"gives in (to)",
"submits (to)",
"succumbs (to)",
"surrenders (to)",
"yields (to)",
"abides",
"bears",
"brooks",
"countenances",
"endures",
"shoulders",
"stands",
"sticks out",
"stomachs",
"supports",
"sustains",
"swallows",
"sweats out",
"tolerates",
"adopts",
"embraces",
"welcomes"
],
"synonyms":[
"accepts",
"has"
]
},
"to become affected with (a disease or disorder)":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"if you don't cover your head in this weather, you'll take cold and be stuck inside all weekend"
],
"near antonyms":[
"comes back",
"gains",
"heals",
"mends",
"recoups",
"recovers",
"recuperates",
"snaps back",
"rallies",
"rebounds",
"recovers (from)",
"shakes (off)"
],
"related":[
"breaks out (with)",
"dies (from)",
"succumbs (to)",
"fails",
"languishes",
"sinks",
"wastes (away)",
"weakens",
"wilts",
"withers",
"worsens"
],
"synonyms":[
"catches",
"comes down (with)",
"contracts",
"gets",
"goes down (with)",
"sickens (with)"
]
},
"to deal with (something) usually skillfully or efficiently":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"let's take each problem separately"
],
"near antonyms":[
"botches",
"bungles",
"foozles",
"fumbles",
"goofs (up)",
"louses up",
"messes (up)",
"mishandles",
"muffs",
"scamps"
],
"related":[
"engineers",
"finesses",
"jockeys",
"brings off",
"carries off",
"carries out",
"gets off",
"pulls",
"commands",
"directs",
"guides",
"steers",
"controls",
"micromanages",
"regulates",
"runs",
"reacts (to)",
"responds (to)"
],
"synonyms":[
"addresses",
"contends (with)",
"copes (with)",
"fields",
"grapples (with)",
"hacks",
"handles",
"manages",
"maneuvers",
"manipulates",
"negotiates",
"plays",
"swings",
"treats"
]
},
"to decide to accept (someone or something) from a group of possibilities":{
"antonyms":[
"declines",
"refuses",
"rejects",
"turns down"
],
"examples":[
"you can take the white side this time, since I got to be white for our last chess game"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disapproves",
"negatives",
"repudiates",
"spurns",
"discards",
"jettisons",
"throws away",
"throws out"
],
"related":[
"preselects",
"appoints",
"designates",
"fixes",
"marks",
"nominates",
"sets",
"tabs",
"taps",
"accepts",
"adopts",
"embraces",
"espouses",
"settles (on or upon)"
],
"synonyms":[
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"culls",
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"singles (out)",
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],
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"resurrects",
"resuscitates",
"revives",
"nurtures"
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"cuts down",
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"gets",
"ices",
"knocks off",
"murders",
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"offs",
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"rubs out",
"scrags",
"snuffs",
"takes out",
"wastes",
"whacks",
"annihilates",
"blots out",
"decimates",
"kills off",
"massacres",
"mows",
"slaughters",
"smites",
"assassinates",
"executes",
"martyrs",
"terminates",
"euthanizes",
"euthanatizes",
"puts down",
"suicides"
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"claims",
"croaks",
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"fells",
"kills",
"slays"
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"I'll take two cheeseburgers to go, please"
],
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"markets",
"merchandises",
"merchandizes",
"retails",
"sells",
"vends"
],
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"acquires",
"gains",
"garners",
"gets",
"obtains",
"procures",
"secures",
"wins",
"finances",
"pays (for)",
"springs (for)",
"barters (for)",
"deals (for)",
"dickers (over)",
"exchanges (for)",
"haggles (for)",
"negotiates (about)",
"trades (for)",
"bargains (with)",
"chaffers (with)",
"horse-trades (with)",
"palters (with)",
"bids",
"offers",
"rebuys",
"repurchases"
],
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"cops",
"picks up",
"purchases"
]
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"holds"
],
"examples":[
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],
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"owns",
"possesses"
],
"related":[
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"involves",
"asks",
"begs",
"clamors (for)",
"cries (for)",
"hurts (for)",
"lacks",
"commands",
"enjoins",
"exacts",
"insists",
"presses",
"quests",
"stipulates"
],
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"challenges",
"claims",
"demands",
"necessitates",
"needs",
"requires",
"wants",
"warrants"
]
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"examples":[
"I think we can take two more in this elevator"
],
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"related":[
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"contains",
"seats",
"encloses",
"incloses",
"encompasses",
"enfolds",
"harbors",
"houses"
],
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"accommodates",
"fits",
"holds"
]
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"to offer entrance (as to a place, school, or privilege) to":{
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"bars"
],
"examples":[
"the school takes only a small percentage of the thousands of applicants"
],
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"disallows",
"disapproves",
"dismisses",
"refuses",
"rejects",
"blackballs",
"blacklists",
"ostracizes",
"banishes",
"deports",
"exiles",
"expels",
"ousts",
"throws out"
],
"related":[
"entertains",
"welcomes",
"fellowships",
"confirms",
"ratifies"
],
"synonyms":[
"admits",
"enters",
"receives"
]
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"to produce a desired effect":{
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"examples":[
"it will be a few hours before this medication takes"
],
"near antonyms":[
"backfires",
"fizzles"
],
"related":[
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"reacts",
"responds",
"affects",
"influences",
"sways",
"pans out",
"redounds",
"results"
],
"synonyms":[
"acts",
"operates",
"performs",
"works"
]
},
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"examples":[
"I can't take anymore of your whining about your former boyfriend"
],
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"declines",
"dismisses",
"refuses",
"rejects",
"repudiates",
"spurns",
"turns down",
"combats",
"contests",
"fights",
"opposes",
"resists",
"avoids",
"bypasses",
"circumvents",
"dodges",
"eludes",
"escapes",
"evades",
"misses",
"abstains (from)",
"forbears",
"refrains (from)"
],
"related":[
"allows",
"permits",
"suffers",
"swallows",
"reconciles (to)",
"acquiesces",
"agrees (with or to)",
"assents (to)",
"capitulates",
"consents (to)",
"respects",
"submits (to)",
"yields (to)"
],
"synonyms":[
"abides",
"absorbs",
"accepts",
"bears",
"bides",
"brooks",
"countenances",
"endures",
"goes",
"hacks",
"handles",
"meets",
"pockets",
"stands",
"sticks out",
"stomachs",
"supports",
"sustains",
"sweats out",
"tolerates",
"wears"
]
},
"to reach for and take hold of by embracing with the fingers or arms":{
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"examples":[
"take my hand, or we'll get separated in this crowd"
],
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"discharges",
"drops",
"frees",
"liberates",
"releases",
"delivers",
"entrusts",
"intrusts",
"gives",
"hands",
"hands over",
"passes",
"relinquishes",
"transfers",
"transmits",
"turns over",
"unhands"
],
"related":[
"clenches",
"clings (to)",
"clutches",
"holds on (to)",
"catches",
"nabs",
"seizes",
"snatches"
],
"synonyms":[
"clasps",
"grasps",
"grips",
"holds"
]
},
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"disbelieves",
"discredits",
"rejects"
],
"examples":[
"I think we can take his word for it"
],
"near antonyms":[
"distrusts",
"doubts",
"misdoubts",
"mistrusts",
"questions",
"suspects",
"challenges",
"disputes"
],
"related":[
"accounts",
"accredits",
"understands",
"assumes",
"presumes",
"supposes",
"concludes",
"deduces",
"infers"
],
"synonyms":[
"accepts",
"believes",
"buys",
"credits",
"swallows",
"trusts"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"taking in":{
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"undeceiving"
],
"examples":[
"a fellow passenger on the cruise completely took me in when he claimed to be the owner of a major software company"
],
"near antonyms":[
"debunking",
"exposing",
"revealing",
"showing up",
"uncloaking",
"uncovering",
"unmasking",
"disclosing",
"divulging",
"telling",
"unveiling",
"disabusing",
"disenchanting",
"disillusioning"
],
"related":[
"kidding",
"putting on",
"teasing",
"bleeding",
"cheating",
"chiseling",
"chiselling",
"defrauding",
"diddling",
"euchring",
"fleecing",
"flimflamming",
"hustling",
"mulcting",
"rooking",
"shortchanging",
"skinning",
"squeezing",
"sticking",
"stinging",
"swindling"
],
"synonyms":[
"bamboozling",
"beguiling",
"bluffing",
"buffaloing",
"burning",
"catching",
"conning",
"cozening",
"deceiving",
"deluding",
"duping",
"faking out",
"fooling",
"gaffing",
"gammoning",
"gulling",
"having",
"having on",
"hoaxing",
"hoodwinking",
"hornswoggling",
"humbugging",
"juggling",
"misguiding",
"misinforming",
"misleading",
"snookering",
"snowing",
"spoofing",
"stringing along",
"suckering",
"sucking in",
"tricking"
]
},
"to have as part of a whole":{
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"excluding",
"leaving (out)",
"missing out",
"omitting"
],
"examples":[
"this report takes in all the latest information on the subject"
],
"near antonyms":[
"banning",
"barring",
"debarring",
"precluding",
"preventing",
"prohibiting",
"denying",
"refusing",
"rejecting",
"eliminating",
"excepting",
"ruling out",
"losing",
"mislaying",
"misplacing"
],
"related":[
"comprising",
"consisting (of)",
"bracketing",
"having",
"holding",
"owning",
"possessing",
"admitting",
"receiving",
"composing",
"constituting",
"forming",
"making",
"assimilating",
"embodying",
"incorporating",
"integrating"
],
"synonyms":[
"carrying",
"comprehending",
"containing",
"embracing",
"encompassing",
"entailing",
"including",
"involving",
"numbering",
"subsuming"
]
},
"to provide with living quarters or shelter":{
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"examples":[
"took in the stray dog"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ejecting",
"evicting"
],
"related":[
"ensconcing",
"homing",
"roosting",
"securing",
"shedding",
"stabling",
"tenting",
"barracking",
"bedding (down)"
],
"synonyms":[
"accommodating",
"bestowing",
"billeting",
"bivouacking",
"boarding",
"bunking",
"camping",
"chambering",
"domiciling",
"encamping",
"harboring",
"housing",
"lodging",
"putting up",
"quartering",
"roofing",
"rooming",
"sheltering"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"taking%20hold":{
"to produce a desired effect":{
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"examples":[
"It was clear in the students' essays that her lessons had taken hold ."
],
"near antonyms":[
"backfiring",
"fizzling"
],
"related":[
"behaving",
"reacting",
"responding",
"affecting",
"influencing",
"swaying",
"panning out",
"redounding",
"resulting"
],
"synonyms":[
"acting",
"operating",
"performing",
"taking",
"working"
]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"talent":{
"a special and usually inborn ability":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"Liza's musical talent was already apparent by the time she was five",
"a talent for coming up with really funny answers to stupid questions"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disability",
"handicap",
"inability",
"incapacity",
"shortcoming",
"weakness"
],
"related":[
"affinity",
"bias",
"disposition",
"habitude",
"impulse",
"inclination",
"leaning",
"partiality",
"penchant",
"predilection",
"predisposition",
"proclivity",
"propensity",
"tendency",
"turn",
"ear",
"eye",
"mind",
"nose",
"feel",
"hang",
"instinct",
"touch",
"way",
"capability",
"competence",
"facility",
"proficiency",
"skill",
"capacity",
"potential",
"power",
"forte",
"specialism",
"speciality",
"specialty"
],
"synonyms":[
"aptitude",
"bent",
"endowment",
"faculty",
"flair",
"genius",
"gift",
"head",
"knack"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"talented":{
"having a special ability to do something well; having talent":{
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"examples":[
"a highly talented athlete",
"As a writer, she is enormously talented ."
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"talk (about)":{
"as in review , speak (about)":{
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"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"as in tell (of) , divulge":{
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"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"talk%20over":{
"to talk about (an issue) usually from various points of view and for the purpose of arriving at a decision or opinion":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"your father and I will have to talk it over before agreeing to let you go on the class trip"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"review",
"speak (about)",
"talk (about)",
"broach",
"introduce",
"propound",
"raise",
"stir up",
"forge",
"hammer out",
"talk out",
"thrash (out)",
"wrestle (with)",
"chew over",
"consider",
"deliberate",
"weigh"
],
"synonyms":[
"agitate",
"argue",
"bandy",
"bat (around or back and forth)",
"canvass",
"canvas",
"debate",
"discuss",
"dispute",
"hash (over or out)",
"moot"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"talking":{
"as in":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"to engage in casual or rambling conversation":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"talked with our neighbor as we unloaded the groceries from the car"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
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"tattling",
"descanting",
"discussing",
"expatiating",
"yakking",
"yacking",
"yammering",
"yapping"
],
"synonyms":[
"babbling",
"blabbing",
"cackling",
"chaffering",
"chattering",
"chatting",
"chinning",
"conversing",
"gabbing",
"gabbling",
"gassing",
"jabbering",
"jawing",
"kibitzing",
"kibbitzing",
"nattering",
"palavering",
"pattering",
"prating",
"prattling",
"rapping",
"rattling",
"running on",
"schmoozing",
"shmoozing",
"twittering",
"visiting"
]
},
"to express (a thought or emotion) in words":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"you're talking nonsense: take a minute and think about what you are trying to say, and then start speaking"
],
"near antonyms":[
"stifling",
"suppressing"
],
"related":[
"airing",
"discussing",
"giving",
"looking",
"sharing",
"sounding",
"ventilating",
"venting",
"voicing",
"blabbering",
"blurting",
"bolting",
"getting off",
"shooting",
"advertising",
"announcing",
"blazing",
"broadcasting",
"declaring",
"posting",
"proclaiming",
"promulgating",
"publicizing",
"publishing",
"affirming",
"alleging",
"asserting",
"averring",
"avouching",
"avowing",
"breathing",
"chirping",
"drawling",
"gasping",
"lipping",
"mouthing",
"murmuring",
"purring",
"shouting",
"spluttering",
"spouting",
"whispering",
"clothing",
"couching",
"formulating",
"formulizing",
"phrasing",
"putting",
"wording",
"commenting",
"piping up (with)",
"remarking",
"ripping (out)",
"snarling"
],
"synonyms":[
"articulating",
"bringing out",
"enunciating",
"passing",
"saying",
"speaking",
"stating",
"telling",
"uttering",
"verbalizing",
"vocalizing"
]
},
"to give a formal often extended talk on a subject":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the fire chief often talks at school assemblies about fire safety"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"reciting",
"soliloquizing",
"disserting",
"expounding",
"pontificating",
"sermonizing",
"mouthing",
"spouting",
"filibustering"
],
"synonyms":[
"declaiming",
"descanting",
"discoursing",
"expatiating",
"haranguing",
"lecturing",
"orating",
"speaking"
]
},
"to give information (as to the authorities) about another's improper or unlawful activities":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"after being threatened, the eyewitness started talking at length about what he had seen in the alley"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"betraying",
"giving away",
"turning in",
"backstabbing",
"crossing",
"double-crossing",
"selling (out)",
"two-timing",
"blabbing",
"tattling",
"tipping (off)"
],
"synonyms":[
"finking",
"grassing (on)",
"informing",
"ratting (on)",
"singing",
"snitching",
"splitting (on)",
"squeaking",
"squealing",
"telling (on)"
]
},
"to relate sometimes questionable or secret information of a personal nature":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"you're a fine one to talk about your sister's marital problems when you have had plenty of your own"
],
"near antonyms":[
"clamming up",
"shutting up"
],
"related":[
"bandying (about)",
"circulating",
"noising (about or abroad)",
"rumoring",
"blabbering",
"disclosing",
"divulging",
"revealing",
"telling",
"hinting",
"implying",
"insinuating",
"intimating",
"letting on",
"suggesting",
"informing",
"reporting",
"snitching",
"squealing",
"tipping (off)",
"babbling",
"spilling",
"confiding"
],
"synonyms":[
"blabbing",
"dishing",
"gossiping",
"tattling",
"wagging"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"talks":{
"a usually formal discourse delivered to an audience":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the noted author's talk on the state of the modern novel"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"diatribes",
"rants",
"tirades",
"eulogies",
"panegyrics",
"tributes",
"keynote addresses",
"keynote speeches",
"lectures",
"salutatories",
"homilies",
"sermons",
"monologues",
"monologs",
"soliloquies",
"pitches",
"presentations",
"spiels"
],
"synonyms":[
"addresses",
"declamations",
"harangues",
"orations",
"perorations",
"speeches"
]
},
"an exchange of views for the purpose of exploring a subject or deciding an issue":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"what good will all this talk do when we need to take action now?"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"bull sessions",
"chat rooms",
"forums",
"fora",
"meetings",
"roundtables",
"round tables",
"seminars",
"skull sessions",
"skull practices",
"symposia",
"symposiums",
"talkathons",
"chats",
"conversations",
"raps",
"words",
"discourses",
"disquisitions",
"consultancies",
"negotiations",
"pourparlers"
],
"synonyms":[
"argumentations",
"arguments",
"argy-bargies",
"back-and-forths",
"colloquies",
"confabs",
"confabulations",
"conferences",
"consultations",
"consults",
"councils",
"counsel",
"debates",
"deliberations",
"dialogues",
"dialogs",
"discussions",
"give-and-takes",
"palavers",
"parleys"
]
},
"friendly, informal conversation or an instance of this":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"sat down by the fire and had a nice little talk about what was new in the village"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"colloquies",
"conferences",
"discourses",
"parleys",
"symposia",
"symposiums",
"debates",
"dialogues",
"dialogs",
"exchanges",
"give-and-takes",
"crosstalk",
"happy talk",
"yaks",
"yacks",
"yammers",
"yaps"
],
"synonyms":[
"backchat",
"cackle",
"causeries",
"chats",
"chatter",
"chin music",
"chin-wag",
"chitchats",
"confabs",
"confabulations",
"gab",
"gabfests",
"gossip",
"jangle",
"jaws",
"natters",
"palavers",
"patter",
"raps",
"schmoozes",
"small talk",
"table talk",
"t\u00eate-\u00e0-t\u00eates"
]
},
"to engage in casual or rambling conversation":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"talked with our neighbor as we unloaded the groceries from the car"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"gossips",
"tattles",
"descants",
"discusses",
"expatiates",
"yaks",
"yacks",
"yammers",
"yaps"
],
"synonyms":[
"babbles",
"blabs",
"cackles",
"chaffers",
"chats",
"chatters",
"chins",
"converses",
"gabbles",
"gabs",
"gases",
"gasses",
"jabbers",
"jaws",
"kibitzes",
"kibbitzes",
"natters",
"palavers",
"patters",
"prates",
"prattles",
"raps",
"rattles",
"runs on",
"schmoozes",
"shmoozes",
"twitters",
"visits"
]
},
"to express (a thought or emotion) in words":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"you're talking nonsense: take a minute and think about what you are trying to say, and then start speaking"
],
"near antonyms":[
"stifles",
"suppresses"
],
"related":[
"airs",
"discusses",
"gives",
"looks",
"shares",
"sounds",
"ventilates",
"vents",
"voices",
"blabbers",
"blurts",
"bolts",
"gets off",
"shoots",
"advertises",
"announces",
"blazes",
"broadcasts",
"declares",
"posts",
"proclaims",
"promulgates",
"publicizes",
"publishes",
"affirms",
"alleges",
"asserts",
"avers",
"avouches",
"avows",
"breathes",
"chirps",
"drawls",
"gasps",
"lips",
"mouths",
"murmurs",
"purrs",
"shouts",
"splutters",
"spouts",
"whispers",
"clothes",
"couches",
"formulates",
"formulizes",
"phrases",
"puts",
"words",
"comments",
"pipes up (with)",
"remarks",
"rips (out)",
"snarls"
],
"synonyms":[
"articulates",
"brings out",
"enunciates",
"passes",
"says",
"speaks",
"states",
"tells",
"utters",
"verbalizes",
"vocalizes"
]
},
"to give a formal often extended talk on a subject":{
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"examples":[
"the fire chief often talks at school assemblies about fire safety"
],
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"related":[
"recites",
"soliloquizes",
"disserts",
"expounds",
"pontificates",
"sermonizes",
"mouths",
"spouts",
"filibusters"
],
"synonyms":[
"declaims",
"descants",
"discourses",
"expatiates",
"harangues",
"lectures",
"orates",
"speaks"
]
},
"to give information (as to the authorities) about another's improper or unlawful activities":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"after being threatened, the eyewitness started talking at length about what he had seen in the alley"
],
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"related":[
"betrays",
"gives away",
"turns in",
"backstabs",
"crosses",
"double-crosses",
"sells (out)",
"two-times",
"blabs",
"tattles",
"tips (off)"
],
"synonyms":[
"finks",
"grasses (on)",
"informs",
"rats (on)",
"sings",
"snitches",
"splits (on)",
"squeaks",
"squeals",
"tells (on)"
]
},
"to relate sometimes questionable or secret information of a personal nature":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"you're a fine one to talk about your sister's marital problems when you have had plenty of your own"
],
"near antonyms":[
"clams up",
"shuts up"
],
"related":[
"bandies (about)",
"circulates",
"noises (about or abroad)",
"rumors",
"blabbers",
"discloses",
"divulges",
"reveals",
"tells",
"hints",
"implies",
"insinuates",
"intimates",
"lets on",
"suggests",
"informs",
"reports",
"snitches",
"squeals",
"tips (off)",
"babbles",
"spills",
"confides"
],
"synonyms":[
"blabs",
"dishes",
"gossips",
"tattles",
"wags"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"talky":{
"fond of talking or conversation":{
"antonyms":[
"closemouthed",
"laconic",
"reserved",
"reticent",
"taciturn",
"tight-lipped",
"uncommunicative"
],
"examples":[
"a talky coworker who will corner you at your desk for hours with stories about his vacation"
],
"near antonyms":[
"quiet",
"shy",
"mum",
"mute",
"silent",
"speechless",
"tongue-tied",
"wordless",
"evasive",
"nonvocal",
"secretive",
"self-contained",
"aloof",
"indrawn",
"inhibited",
"introverted",
"retiring",
"unsociable",
"withdrawn"
],
"related":[
"communicative",
"expansive",
"demonstrative",
"effusive",
"gushing",
"free-spoken",
"outspoken",
"unreserved",
"vocal",
"articulate",
"fluent",
"glib",
"voluble",
"well-spoken",
"gossipy",
"talebearing",
"tale-telling",
"long-winded",
"prolix",
"rambling",
"verbose",
"windy",
"wordy",
"extroverted",
"extraverted",
"gregarious",
"outgoing",
"sociable"
],
"synonyms":[
"blabby",
"chatty",
"conversational",
"gabby",
"garrulous",
"loquacious",
"motormouthed",
"mouthy",
"talkative"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"tallness":{
"as in":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"tame":{
"causing weariness, restlessness, or lack of interest":{
"antonyms":[
"absorbing",
"engaging",
"engrossing",
"gripping",
"interesting",
"intriguing",
"involving",
"riveting"
],
"examples":[
"that action movie was so tame I fell asleep about 20 minutes into it"
],
"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",
"stale",
"stodgy",
"stuffy",
"stupid",
"tedious",
"tiresome",
"tiring",
"uninteresting",
"wearisome",
"weary",
"wearying"
]
},
"changed from the wild state so as to become useful and obedient to humans":{
"antonyms":[
"feral",
"savage",
"undomesticated",
"untamed",
"wild"
],
"examples":[
"every evening, a wild Canada goose is at the food trough with our tame geese"
],
"near antonyms":[
"unbroken",
"untrained",
"wildish"
],
"related":[
"broken",
"halterbroken",
"housebroken",
"trained",
"docile",
"familiar",
"gentle",
"semidomesticated",
"subdued",
"submissive"
],
"synonyms":[
"domestic",
"domesticated",
"tamed"
]
},
"to keep from exceeding a desirable degree or level (as of expression)":{
"antonyms":[
"lose"
],
"examples":[
"try to tame your language when you're in front of the kids"
],
"near antonyms":[
"liberate",
"loose",
"loosen",
"unleash",
"air",
"express",
"take out",
"vent"
],
"related":[
"bottle (up)",
"choke (back)",
"hold back",
"mince",
"muffle",
"pocket",
"repress",
"sink",
"smother",
"squelch",
"stifle",
"strangle",
"suppress",
"swallow",
"arrest",
"interrupt",
"stop",
"block",
"hamper",
"handcuff",
"hinder",
"impede",
"obstruct",
"gag",
"muzzle",
"silence"
],
"synonyms":[
"bridle",
"check",
"constrain",
"contain",
"control",
"curb",
"govern",
"hold",
"inhibit",
"keep",
"measure",
"pull in",
"regulate",
"rein (in)",
"restrain",
"rule"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"tampering%20%28with%29":{
"to handle thoughtlessly, ignorantly, or mischievously":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"someone has tampered with my computer files"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"abusing",
"altering",
"doctoring",
"manhandling",
"manipulating",
"mistreating",
"misusing",
"butting in",
"interfering",
"intruding",
"meddling",
"mucking (about or around)"
],
"synonyms":[
"diddling (with)",
"fiddling (with)",
"fooling (with)",
"messing (with)",
"monkeying (with)",
"playing (with)",
"tinkering (with)",
"toying (with)",
"twiddling (with)"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"tanged":{
"as in":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"tangible":{
"capable of being perceived by the sense of touch":{
"antonyms":[
"impalpable",
"intangible"
],
"examples":[
"a firm belief in the existence of the soul, even though it is not at all tangible"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bodiless",
"formless",
"immaterial",
"incorporeal",
"insubstantial",
"nonmaterial",
"nonphysical",
"unbodied",
"unsubstantial",
"abstract",
"ethereal",
"spiritual",
"unreal",
"virtual",
"imperceptible",
"insensible"
],
"related":[
"tactile",
"corporeal",
"physical",
"actual",
"concrete",
"embodied",
"existent",
"material",
"real",
"substantial",
"appreciable",
"detectable",
"discernible",
"discernable",
"noticeable",
"observable",
"perceptible",
"seeable",
"sensible",
"visible"
],
"synonyms":[
"palpable",
"touchable"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"tangled":{
"having many parts or aspects that are usually interrelated":{
"antonyms":[
"noncomplex",
"noncomplicated",
"plain",
"simple",
"uncomplicated"
],
"examples":[
"it helps to have a lawyer to sort out the tangled contracts that home buyers typically have to contend with"
],
"near antonyms":[
"oversimplified",
"simplified",
"simplistic",
"homogeneous",
"uniform",
"unvaried"
],
"related":[
"overcomplex",
"overcomplicated",
"composite",
"compound",
"heterogeneous",
"mixed",
"multibranched",
"multifaceted",
"multifarious",
"multipart",
"varied",
"challenging",
"difficult",
"tough",
"impenetrable",
"incomprehensible",
"inexplicable",
"Kafkaesque",
"unfathomable",
"unintelligible"
],
"synonyms":[
"baroque",
"byzantine",
"complex",
"complicate",
"complicated",
"convoluted",
"daedal",
"elaborate",
"intricate",
"involute",
"involved",
"knotty",
"labyrinthian",
"labyrinthine",
"sophisticated"
]
},
"to catch or hold as if in a net":{
"antonyms":[
"disentangled",
"untangled"
],
"examples":[
"was at last tangled in the web of lies that he had told to everyone"
],
"near antonyms":[
"detached",
"disengaged",
"extricated",
"cleared",
"freed",
"liberated"
],
"related":[
"bagged",
"birdlimed",
"captured",
"collared",
"embroiled",
"implicated",
"involved",
"mired"
],
"synonyms":[
"caught up",
"enmeshed",
"immeshed",
"ensnared",
"ensnarled",
"entangled",
"entoiled",
"entrapped",
"meshed",
"netted",
"snared",
"trapped"
]
},
"to twist together into a usually confused mass":{
"antonyms":[
"disentangled",
"unsnarled",
"untangled",
"untwined",
"untwisted"
],
"examples":[
"that darn cat tangled the yarn I was trying to knit with"
],
"near antonyms":[
"unknotted",
"unraveled",
"unscrambled",
"unwove"
],
"related":[
"jumbled",
"scrabbled",
"scrambled",
"braided",
"enlaced",
"entwined",
"entwisted",
"inwove",
"inweaved",
"plaited",
"twined",
"wound",
"winded",
"wove",
"weaved",
"wreathed",
"writhed"
],
"synonyms":[
"entangled",
"interlaced",
"intertwined",
"intertwisted",
"interwove",
"interweaved",
"knotted",
"snarled"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"tanning":{
"to strike repeatedly":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"a time when children were routinely tanned for misbehavior"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"assailing",
"assaulting",
"attacking",
"besetting",
"boxing",
"busting",
"chopping",
"clobbering",
"clouting",
"cracking",
"cudgeling",
"cudgelling",
"cuffing",
"descending (on or upon)",
"hitting",
"jumping (on)",
"knocking",
"lamming",
"laying on",
"pasting",
"pouncing (on or upon)",
"punching",
"raiding",
"rushing",
"slamming",
"slapping",
"smacking",
"smashing",
"socking",
"spanking",
"storming",
"swatting",
"swiping",
"thwacking",
"whacking",
"whamming",
"whomping",
"blackjacking",
"caning",
"cowhiding",
"flagellating",
"fustigating",
"horsewhipping",
"leathering",
"pistol-whipping",
"rawhiding",
"scourging",
"strapping",
"goring",
"lacerating",
"wounding",
"maiming",
"mangling",
"mutilating"
],
"synonyms":[
"bashing",
"basting",
"battering",
"batting",
"beating",
"belaboring",
"belting",
"birching",
"bludgeoning",
"buffeting",
"bunging up",
"clubbing",
"currying",
"doing",
"drubbing",
"fibbing",
"flogging",
"hammering",
"hiding",
"lacing",
"lambasting",
"lashing",
"lathering",
"licking",
"mauling",
"messing (up)",
"paddling",
"pelting",
"pommeling",
"pommelling",
"pounding",
"pummeling",
"pummelling",
"punching out",
"roughing (up)",
"slating",
"slogging",
"switching",
"thrashing",
"threshing",
"thumping",
"tromping",
"walloping",
"whaling",
"whipping",
"whopping",
"whapping",
"whupping",
"working over"
]
},
"to strike repeatedly with something long and thin or flexible":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"Grandpa told us that when he was a kid, if he misbehaved at all, his father would tan his backside with a belt"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"knouting",
"quirting",
"strapping",
"cutting",
"flicking",
"touching up",
"blackjacking",
"caning",
"clubbing",
"cudgeling",
"cudgelling",
"fustigating",
"pistol-whipping",
"banging",
"bopping",
"boxing",
"busting",
"clapping",
"clipping",
"clobbering",
"clouting",
"cracking",
"cuffing",
"hitting",
"knocking",
"lamming",
"pasting",
"punching",
"slapping",
"slugging",
"smacking",
"smiting",
"socking",
"spanking",
"swatting",
"swiping",
"thwacking",
"walloping",
"whacking",
"bashing",
"basting",
"battering",
"batting",
"beating",
"belaboring",
"belting",
"bludgeoning",
"buffeting",
"bunging",
"drubbing",
"fibbing",
"hammering",
"lacing",
"lambasting",
"lathering",
"licking",
"mangling",
"mauling",
"paddling",
"pelting",
"pommeling",
"pommelling",
"pounding",
"pummeling",
"pummelling",
"roughing",
"slating",
"slogging",
"threshing",
"thumping",
"tromping",
"whopping",
"whapping",
"whupping",
"working over"
],
"synonyms":[
"birching",
"cowhiding",
"flagellating",
"flailing",
"flogging",
"hiding",
"horsewhipping",
"lashing",
"leathering",
"rawhiding",
"scourging",
"slashing",
"switching",
"thrashing",
"whaling",
"whipping"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"taps":{
"a fixture for controlling the flow of a liquid":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"turn the tap to the right for cold water and to the left for hot water"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"hydrants",
"spouts",
"petcocks"
],
"synonyms":[
"cocks",
"faucets",
"gates",
"spigots",
"stopcocks",
"valves"
]
},
"to remove (liquid) gradually or completely":{
"antonyms":[
"fills"
],
"examples":[
"the oil company tapped that first well completely dry"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bathes",
"douses",
"dowses",
"drenches",
"soaks",
"souses",
"washes",
"waters",
"wets",
"deluges",
"drowns",
"floods",
"inundates",
"overflows",
"submerges",
"swamps"
],
"related":[
"milks",
"sucks",
"clears",
"empties",
"evacuates",
"exhausts",
"vacates",
"vacuates",
"voids",
"decants",
"effuses",
"depletes",
"cleans",
"flushes",
"purges"
],
"synonyms":[
"bleeds",
"drafts",
"drains",
"draws (off)",
"pumps",
"siphons",
"syphons"
]
},
"to strike or cause to strike lightly and usually rhythmically":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"tapped her foot in time to the music",
"kept tapping the desk with his pencil"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"bangs",
"bashes",
"bats",
"bonks",
"bops",
"hammers",
"hits",
"knocks",
"pastes",
"pounds",
"slams",
"smacks",
"socks",
"strikes",
"swats",
"thuds",
"thumps",
"thwacks",
"wallops",
"whacks",
"chinks",
"clatters",
"clinks",
"pings",
"pats",
"pit-a-pats",
"pitter-patters",
"chucks",
"claps",
"clicks",
"flicks",
"tips"
],
"synonyms":[
"beats",
"drums",
"raps"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"tarnish":{
"to affect slightly with something morally bad or undesirable":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"a false accusation that nonetheless tarnished her reputation"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cleanse",
"purify",
"dignify",
"elevate",
"ennoble",
"enshrine",
"glorify",
"hallow",
"magnify",
"uplift"
],
"related":[
"begrime",
"besmear",
"besmirch",
"blacken",
"blur",
"cloud",
"dirty",
"discolor",
"pollute",
"smear",
"smirch",
"smudge",
"smut",
"soil",
"sully",
"tar",
"abase",
"cheapen",
"debase",
"degrade",
"demean",
"discredit",
"disgrace",
"dishonor",
"foul",
"lower",
"shame",
"sink",
"bastardize",
"corrupt",
"debauch",
"demoralize",
"deprave",
"pervert",
"subvert",
"color",
"distort",
"twist"
],
"synonyms":[
"blemish",
"darken",
"mar",
"poison",
"spoil",
"stain",
"taint",
"touch",
"vitiate"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"tarnishes":{
"to affect slightly with something morally bad or undesirable":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"a false accusation that nonetheless tarnished her reputation"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cleanses",
"purifies",
"dignifies",
"elevates",
"ennobles",
"enshrines",
"glorifies",
"hallows",
"magnifies",
"uplifts"
],
"related":[
"begrimes",
"besmears",
"besmirches",
"blackens",
"blurs",
"clouds",
"dirties",
"discolors",
"pollutes",
"smears",
"smirches",
"smudges",
"smuts",
"soils",
"sullies",
"tars",
"tarres",
"abases",
"cheapens",
"debases",
"degrades",
"demeans",
"discredits",
"disgraces",
"dishonors",
"fouls",
"lowers",
"shames",
"sinks",
"bastardizes",
"corrupts",
"debauches",
"demoralizes",
"depraves",
"perverts",
"subverts",
"colors",
"distorts",
"twists"
],
"synonyms":[
"blemishes",
"darkens",
"mars",
"poisons",
"spoils",
"stains",
"taints",
"touches",
"vitiates"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"tastiness":{
"the quality of being delicious":{
"antonyms":[
"distastefulness",
"flatness",
"insipidity",
"staleness",
"tastelessness",
"unpalatability"
],
"examples":[
"the tastiness of homemade bread"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"digestibility",
"edibility",
"edibleness",
"choiceness",
"daintiness",
"delicacy"
],
"synonyms":[
"delectability",
"deliciousness",
"lusciousness",
"palatability",
"palatableness",
"savor",
"savour",
"savoriness",
"toothsomeness"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"tasting":{
"to come to a knowledge of (something) by living through it":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"an adventurer who has tasted danger and lived to tell the tale"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"encountering",
"meeting",
"accepting",
"receiving",
"assimilating",
"digesting"
],
"synonyms":[
"enduring",
"experiencing",
"feeling",
"having",
"knowing",
"passing",
"seeing",
"suffering",
"sustaining",
"undergoing",
"witnessing"
]
},
"to have a vague awareness of":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"by your language I can taste that something is wrong"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"beholding",
"descrying",
"discerning",
"distinguishing",
"espying",
"eyeing",
"eying",
"looking (at)",
"noticing",
"noting",
"observing",
"regarding",
"remarking",
"sighting",
"spying",
"viewing",
"witnessing",
"ascertaining",
"catching on (to)",
"discovering",
"finding out",
"hearing",
"learning",
"realizing",
"anticipating",
"divining",
"expecting",
"foreknowing",
"foreseeing",
"assuming",
"conjecturing",
"guessing",
"presuming",
"speculating",
"supposing",
"surmising",
"suspecting"
],
"synonyms":[
"feeling",
"perceiving",
"scenting",
"seeing",
"sensing",
"smelling"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"tattler":{
"a person who provides information about another's wrongdoing":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"as the office's resident tattler , she can be counted on to report any unauthorized use of the photocopiers"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"collaborator",
"blabber",
"blabbermouth",
"gossip",
"gossiper",
"leaker",
"snoop",
"snooper",
"spy",
"notifier"
],
"synonyms":[
"betrayer",
"canary",
"deep throat",
"fink",
"informant",
"informer",
"nark",
"rat",
"rat fink",
"snitch",
"snitcher",
"squealer",
"stool pigeon",
"stoolie",
"talebearer",
"tattletale",
"telltale",
"whistle-blower"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"tattletale":{
"a person who provides information about another's wrongdoing":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"don't be such a tattletale and tell me about every little thing your sister does"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"collaborator",
"blabber",
"blabbermouth",
"gossip",
"gossiper",
"leaker",
"snoop",
"snooper",
"spy",
"notifier"
],
"synonyms":[
"betrayer",
"canary",
"deep throat",
"fink",
"informant",
"informer",
"nark",
"rat",
"rat fink",
"snitch",
"snitcher",
"squealer",
"stool pigeon",
"stoolie",
"talebearer",
"tattler",
"telltale",
"whistle-blower"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"taunted":{
"to attack repeatedly with mean put-downs or insults":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the principal reminded the student athletes that taunting their opponents was not showing good sportsmanship"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"derided",
"gibed",
"jibed",
"jeered",
"mocked",
"ridiculed",
"annoyed",
"bothered",
"bugged",
"burned (up)",
"burnt (up)",
"chafed",
"fretted",
"frosted",
"galled",
"gnawed (at)",
"got",
"grated",
"griped",
"hacked (off)",
"hagrode",
"irked",
"irritated",
"itched",
"nagged",
"narked",
"nettled",
"peeved",
"pestered",
"piqued",
"put out",
"rasped",
"riled",
"ruffled",
"spited",
"troubled",
"vexed",
"vext",
"aggravated",
"exasperated",
"goaded",
"tested",
"tried",
"aggrieved",
"agitated",
"bedeviled",
"beleaguered",
"discomforted",
"disturbed",
"perturbed",
"badgered",
"dogged",
"hounded",
"browbeat",
"bullied",
"hectored",
"harassed",
"harried",
"persecuted",
"plagued",
"terrorized",
"tormented",
"tortured"
],
"synonyms":[
"baited",
"hassled",
"hazed",
"heckled",
"needled",
"rode",
"rid",
"teased"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"taunter":{
"a person who causes repeated emotional pain, distress, or annoyance to another":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"he grew up to regret being a taunter in his youth, and shared his experience with his students"
],
"near antonyms":[
"defender",
"deliverer",
"guard",
"protector",
"rescuer",
"savior",
"saviour",
"comforter",
"solace",
"soother",
"succorer",
"bodyguard",
"champion"
],
"related":[
"belittler",
"derider",
"detractor",
"giber",
"jiber",
"insulter",
"jeerer",
"scoffer",
"scorner",
"trash-talker",
"smart aleck",
"smart alec",
"smarty",
"smartie",
"smarty-pants",
"wiseacre",
"wise guy",
"kidder",
"lampooner",
"satirist",
"accuser",
"blamer",
"troublemaker",
"assailant",
"attacker",
"molester",
"victimizer",
"bother",
"disturber",
"pest"
],
"synonyms":[
"baiter",
"harasser",
"heckler",
"mocker",
"needler",
"persecutor",
"quiz",
"quizzer",
"ridiculer",
"tease",
"teaser",
"tormentor",
"tormenter",
"torturer"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"taunting":{
"as in":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"to attack repeatedly with mean put-downs or insults":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the principal reminded the student athletes that taunting their opponents was not showing good sportsmanship"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"deriding",
"gibing",
"jibing",
"jeering",
"mocking",
"ridiculing",
"annoying",
"bothering",
"bugging",
"burning (up)",
"chafing",
"fretting",
"frosting",
"galling",
"getting",
"gnawing (at)",
"grating",
"griping",
"hacking (off)",
"hagriding",
"irking",
"irritating",
"itching",
"nagging",
"narking",
"nettling",
"peeving",
"pestering",
"piquing",
"putting out",
"rasping",
"riling",
"ruffling",
"spiting",
"troubling",
"vexing",
"aggravating",
"exasperating",
"goading",
"testing",
"trying",
"aggrieving",
"agitating",
"bedeviling",
"beleaguering",
"discomforting",
"disturbing",
"perturbing",
"badgering",
"dogging",
"hounding",
"browbeating",
"bullying",
"hectoring",
"harassing",
"harrying",
"persecuting",
"plaguing",
"terrorizing",
"tormenting",
"torturing"
],
"synonyms":[
"baiting",
"hassling",
"hazing",
"heckling",
"needling",
"riding",
"teasing"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"tawdriness":{
"as in":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"tax":{
"a charge usually of money collected by the government from people or businesses for public use":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the state sales tax boosted the final cost of my new computer"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"direct tax",
"personal tax",
"capitation",
"custom(s)",
"excise",
"hidden tax",
"income tax",
"poll tax",
"property tax",
"sales tax",
"single tax",
"sin tax",
"tariff",
"toll",
"tribute",
"value-added tax",
"withholding tax",
"supertax",
"surcharge",
"surtax",
"death tax",
"estate tax",
"inheritance tax",
"flat tax",
"proportional tax"
],
"synonyms":[
"assessment",
"duty",
"imposition",
"impost",
"levy"
]
},
"to subject (a personal quality or faculty) to often excessive stress":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"your constant arguing is starting to tax my patience"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"demand",
"exact",
"importune",
"press",
"pressure",
"push",
"aggravate",
"agitate",
"annoy",
"bother",
"exasperate",
"gall",
"get (to)",
"gnaw (at)",
"grate",
"harass",
"harry",
"hassle",
"irk",
"irritate",
"nettle",
"pain",
"peeve",
"pester",
"rile",
"spite",
"vex"
],
"synonyms":[
"strain",
"stretch",
"test",
"try"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
}
}