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{
"cat":{
"a small domestic animal known for catching mice":{
"examples":[
"the family's cat did an exemplary job of keeping the house and yard free of all rodents"
],
"synonyms":[
"feline",
"house cat",
"kitty",
"moggy",
"moggie",
"puss",
"pussy",
"pussycat"
],
"near synonyms":[
"mouser",
"kit",
"kitten",
"alley cat",
"tabby",
"gib",
"tomcat"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"an adult male human being":{
"examples":[
"he was one cool cat driving around in his new sports car"
],
"synonyms":[
"bastard",
"bloke",
"buck",
"chap",
"chappie",
"dude",
"fella",
"fellow",
"galoot",
"gent",
"gentleman",
"guy",
"hombre",
"jack",
"joe",
"joker",
"lad",
"male",
"man"
],
"near synonyms":[
"master",
"mister",
"sir",
"buddy",
"buster"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"cat's-paws":{
"one that is or can be used to further the purposes of another":{
"examples":[
"these changes to the zoning laws have only confirmed for many that the town council has become the cat's-paw of local real estate developers"
],
"synonyms":[
"instruments",
"lay figures",
"pawns",
"puppets",
"tools"
],
"near synonyms":[
"chumps",
"dupes",
"foils",
"gulls",
"suckers",
"victims",
"minions",
"stooges",
"lap dogs",
"yes-men"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"catacomb":{
"an underground burial chamber":{
"examples":[
"explored the catacombs looking for evidence about burial customs of that ancient society"
],
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"synonyms":[
"crypt",
"vault"
],
"near synonyms":[
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"mausoleum",
"sepulchre",
"sepulcher",
"sepulture",
"tomb"
],
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"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
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},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"catalyze":{
"to be the cause of (a situation, action, or state of mind)":{
"examples":[
"a reinstitution of the draft would catalyze protests around the country"
],
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"synonyms":[
"beget",
"breed",
"bring",
"bring about",
"bring on",
"cause",
"create",
"do",
"draw on",
"effect",
"effectuate",
"engender",
"generate",
"induce",
"invoke",
"make",
"occasion",
"produce",
"prompt",
"result (in)",
"spawn",
"translate (into)",
"work",
"yield"
],
"near synonyms":[
"conduce (to)",
"contribute (to)",
"decide",
"determine",
"begin",
"establish",
"father",
"found",
"inaugurate",
"initiate",
"innovate",
"institute",
"introduce",
"launch",
"pioneer",
"set",
"set up",
"start",
"advance",
"cultivate",
"develop",
"encourage",
"forward",
"foster",
"further",
"nourish",
"nurture",
"promote",
"enact",
"render",
"turn out"
],
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"near antonyms":[
"impede",
"limit",
"restrict",
"clamp down (on)",
"crack down (on)",
"crush",
"dampen",
"put down",
"quash",
"quell",
"repress",
"smother",
"squash",
"squelch",
"stifle",
"subdue",
"suppress",
"arrest",
"check",
"control",
"curb",
"inhibit",
"rein (in)",
"restrain",
"retard",
"can",
"kill",
"snuff (out)",
"still",
"abolish",
"demolish",
"destroy",
"extinguish",
"liquidate",
"quench"
],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"catamaran":{
"as in yacht , sloop":{
"examples":[],
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"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"brigantine",
"bugeye",
"ca\u00efque",
"caravel",
"catboat",
"cat rig",
"clipper",
"corvette",
"cutter",
"frigate",
"galleon",
"galley",
"junk",
"keelboat",
"ketch",
"knockabout",
"lugger",
"outrigger",
"pinnace",
"piragua",
"sailer",
"schooner",
"shallop",
"sharpie",
"sharpy",
"sloop",
"square-rigger",
"xebec",
"yacht",
"yawl",
"bark",
"dinghy",
"sailboat",
"windjammer",
"bottom",
"craft",
"vessel"
],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"catch-as-catch-can":{
"lacking a definite plan, purpose, or pattern":{
"examples":[
"we're always having drop-in guests at our beachfront cottage, and sleeping arrangements tend to be catch-as-catch-can"
],
"synonyms":[
"aimless",
"arbitrary",
"desultory",
"erratic",
"haphazard",
"helter-skelter",
"hit-or-miss",
"random",
"scattered",
"slapdash",
"stray"
],
"near synonyms":[
"accidental",
"casual",
"chance",
"chancy",
"contingent",
"fluky",
"flukey",
"fortuitous",
"inadvertent",
"incidental",
"lucky",
"unconsidered",
"unintended",
"unintentional",
"unplanned",
"unpremeditated",
"scattershot",
"shotgun",
"irregular",
"odd",
"sporadic",
"spot",
"directionless",
"objectless",
"purposeless",
"indiscriminate",
"unsystematic",
"undirected",
"disorderly",
"disorganized",
"undiscriminating",
"unselective"
],
"near antonyms":[
"established",
"fixed",
"regular",
"set",
"stable",
"steady",
"constant",
"continuous",
"even",
"arranged",
"managed",
"orchestrated",
"ordered",
"planned",
"aware",
"conscious",
"deliberate",
"purposeful",
"thoughtful",
"willful",
"wilful"
],
"antonyms":[
"methodical",
"methodic",
"nonrandom",
"orderly",
"organized",
"regular",
"systematic",
"systematized"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"catches on (to)":{
"to come to an awareness of":{
"examples":[
"she caught on to the fact that they were planning a surprise party"
],
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"synonyms":[
"ascertains",
"discovers",
"finds out",
"gets on (to)",
"hears",
"learns",
"realizes",
"sees",
"wises (up)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"hits (on or upon)",
"tumbles (to)",
"descries",
"detects",
"encounters",
"espies",
"spots",
"calculates",
"dopes (out)",
"figures out",
"finds",
"puzzles (out)",
"discerns",
"minds",
"notes",
"observes",
"perceives",
"divines"
],
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"near antonyms":[
"misses",
"overlooks",
"disregards",
"ignores",
"forgets",
"unlearns",
"blankets",
"blots out",
"cloaks",
"conceals",
"covers",
"curtains",
"enshrouds",
"hides",
"masks",
"occults",
"screens",
"shrouds",
"veils"
],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
"to have a clear idea of":{
"examples":[
"he finally caught on to the concept of phototaxis"
],
"synonyms":[
"appreciates",
"apprehends",
"assimilates",
"beholds",
"catches",
"cognizes",
"compasses",
"comprehends",
"conceives",
"cottons (to or on to)",
"deciphers",
"decodes",
"digs",
"discerns",
"gets",
"grasps",
"groks",
"intuits",
"knows",
"makes",
"makes out",
"perceives",
"recognizes",
"registers",
"savvies",
"sees",
"seizes",
"senses",
"tumbles (to)",
"twigs",
"understands"
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],
"near synonyms":[
"absorbs",
"digests",
"takes in",
"realizes",
"fathoms",
"penetrates",
"pierces"
],
"near antonyms":[
"misapprehends",
"misconceives",
"misconstrues",
"misinterprets",
"misperceives",
"misreads",
"mistakes",
"misunderstands"
],
"antonyms":[
"misses"
]
},
"type":[
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"verb"
]
},
"catches up":{
"to catch or hold as if in a net":{
"examples":[
"a young idealist who got caught up in the political fanaticism of the times"
],
"synonyms":[
"enmeshes",
"immeshes",
"ensnares",
"ensnarls",
"entangles",
"entoils",
"entraps",
"meshes",
"nets",
"snares",
"tangles",
"traps"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bags",
"birdlimes",
"captures",
"collars",
"embroils",
"implicates",
"involves",
"mires"
],
"near antonyms":[
"detaches",
"disengages",
"extricates",
"clears",
"frees",
"liberates"
],
"antonyms":[
"disentangles",
"untangles"
]
},
"to hold the attention of as if by a spell":{
"examples":[
"completely caught up in opera ever since he saw La Traviata"
],
"synonyms":[
"arrests",
"bedazzles",
"enchants",
"enthralls",
"enthrals",
"fascinates",
"grips",
"hypnotizes",
"mesmerizes",
"spellbinds"
],
"near synonyms":[
"enraptures",
"entrances",
"thrills",
"beguiles",
"bewitches",
"charms",
"absorbs",
"engages",
"engrosses",
"involves"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to hold the attention of":{
"examples":[
"so caught up in the game that she didn't note the passage of time"
],
"synonyms":[
"absorbs",
"bemuses",
"busies",
"engages",
"engrosses",
"enthralls",
"enthrals",
"enwraps",
"fascinates",
"grips",
"immerses",
"interests",
"intrigues",
"involves",
"occupies"
],
"near synonyms":[
"allures",
"attracts",
"beguiles",
"bewitches",
"captivates",
"charms",
"enchants",
"obsesses",
"hypnotizes",
"mesmerizes",
"distracts",
"preoccupies",
"hogs",
"monopolizes"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bores",
"jades",
"palls",
"tires",
"wearies"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to give information to":{
"examples":[
"catch me up on what's been happening at the office"
],
"synonyms":[
"acquaints",
"advises",
"apprises",
"briefs",
"clears",
"clues (in)",
"enlightens",
"familiarizes",
"fills in",
"hips",
"informs",
"instructs",
"tells",
"verses",
"wises (up)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"advertises",
"alerts",
"notifies",
"announces (to)",
"discloses (to)",
"assures",
"certifies",
"convinces",
"reassures",
"warrants",
"educates",
"lectures",
"schools",
"teaches",
"tutors",
"disabuses",
"disenchants",
"disillusions",
"undeceives"
],
"near antonyms":[
"misinforms",
"misleads"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"catchy":{
"likely to attract attention":{
"examples":[
"will need a catchy slogan to sell the new product, which is actually pretty boring"
],
"synonyms":[
"arresting",
"bodacious",
"bold",
"brilliant",
"commanding",
"conspicuous",
"dramatic",
"emphatic",
"eye-catching",
"flamboyant",
"grabby",
"kenspeckle",
"marked",
"noisy",
"noticeable",
"prominent",
"pronounced",
"remarkable",
"showy",
"splashy",
"striking"
],
"near synonyms":[
"detectable",
"discernible",
"discernable",
"observable",
"perceptible",
"recognizable",
"visible",
"outstanding",
"salient",
"distinguished",
"eminent",
"impressive",
"notable",
"noteworthy",
"highlighted",
"spotlighted",
"flagrant",
"glaring",
"howling",
"screaming",
"flashy",
"garish",
"gaudy",
"glitzy",
"jazzy",
"loud",
"meretricious",
"swank",
"swanky",
"tawdry",
"highfalutin",
"hifalutin",
"ostentatious",
"pretentious",
"extravagant",
"fancy",
"florid",
"glittery",
"spectacular",
"opulent",
"ornate",
"overdone",
"overwrought",
"absorbing",
"engrossing",
"enthralling",
"fascinating",
"interesting",
"riveting"
],
"near antonyms":[
"subtle",
"concealed",
"hidden",
"shrouded",
"dim",
"faint",
"obscure",
"insignificant",
"undistinguished",
"unimportant",
"modest",
"unaffected",
"unassuming",
"unpretentious",
"conservative",
"plain",
"quiet",
"simple",
"understated",
"muted",
"restrained",
"subdued",
"subtle",
"toned-down",
"unflashy"
],
"antonyms":[
"inconspicuous",
"unemphatic",
"unflamboyant",
"unnoticeable",
"unobtrusive",
"unremarkable",
"unshowy"
]
},
"requiring exceptional skill or caution in performance or handling":{
"examples":[
"Professor Hartman's exams always include at least one catchy question"
],
"synonyms":[
"delicate",
"difficult",
"dodgy",
"hairy",
"knotty",
"nasty",
"prickly",
"problematic",
"problematical",
"sensitive",
"spiny",
"sticky",
"thorny",
"ticklish",
"touchy",
"tough",
"tricksy",
"tricky"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abstract",
"abstruse",
"complex",
"complicated",
"hard",
"intricate",
"involved",
"recondite",
"serious",
"problem",
"scabrous",
"stubborn",
"troublesome",
"troublous",
"vexatious",
"vexing",
"worrisome",
"burdensome",
"demanding",
"discommoding",
"exacting",
"exhausting",
"importunate",
"inconvenient",
"onerous",
"oppressive",
"painful",
"stressful"
],
"near antonyms":[
"easy",
"effortless",
"manageable",
"painless",
"simple",
"straightforward",
"uncomplicated",
"undemanding",
"unproblematic"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"lacking in steadiness or regularity of occurrence":{
"examples":[
"she was so winded that her breathing came in catchy gasps"
],
"synonyms":[
"aperiodic",
"casual",
"choppy",
"discontinuous",
"episodic",
"episodical",
"erratic",
"fitful",
"intermittent",
"irregular",
"occasional",
"spasmodic",
"spastic",
"sporadic",
"spotty",
"unsteady"
],
"near synonyms":[
"convulsive",
"sudden",
"violent",
"broken",
"disconnected",
"fragmentary",
"interrupted",
"aimless",
"arbitrary",
"desultory",
"haphazard",
"hit-and-miss",
"hit-or-miss",
"odd",
"random",
"scattered",
"slapdash",
"stray",
"capricious",
"changeful",
"changing",
"flickery",
"fluctuating",
"fluid",
"inconstant",
"mercurial",
"mutable",
"temperamental",
"uncertain",
"unpredictable",
"unsettled",
"unstable",
"varying",
"wavering",
"changeable",
"fickle",
"variable",
"volatile"
],
"near antonyms":[
"changeless",
"equable",
"even",
"stable",
"stationary",
"uniform",
"unchanging",
"unvarying",
"unwavering",
"methodical",
"methodic",
"orderly",
"systematic",
"unrelenting",
"unremitting"
],
"antonyms":[
"constant",
"continuous",
"habitual",
"periodic",
"regular",
"repeated",
"steady"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"cate":{
"something that is pleasing to eat because it is rare or a luxury":{
"examples":[
"visited the victualler to purchase some cates and wine"
],
"synonyms":[
"bit",
"dainty",
"delectable",
"delicacy",
"goody",
"goodie",
"kickshaw",
"tidbit",
"titbit",
"treat",
"viand"
],
"near synonyms":[
"morsel",
"candy",
"dessert",
"junket",
"sweet",
"sweetmeat"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"catechize":{
"to put a question or questions to":{
"examples":[
"her roommates catechized her about every detail of her first day at her new job"
],
"synonyms":[
"ask",
"grill",
"inquire (of)",
"interrogate",
"query",
"question",
"quiz"
],
"near synonyms":[
"besiege",
"bombard",
"cross-examine",
"cross-question",
"examine",
"pump",
"poll",
"survey"
],
"near antonyms":[
"rejoin",
"retort",
"comment",
"observe",
"remark",
"avoid",
"duck"
],
"antonyms":[
"answer",
"reply",
"respond"
]
},
"to put a series of questions to":{
"examples":[
"applicants are rigorously catechized by the seminary's rector regarding their motives for joining the priesthood"
],
"synonyms":[
"examine",
"grill",
"interrogate",
"pump",
"query",
"question",
"quiz",
"sweat"
],
"near synonyms":[
"debrief",
"cross-examine",
"cross-question",
"annoy",
"harass",
"hound",
"pester",
"canvass",
"canvas",
"poll"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"categoric":{
"having no exceptions or restrictions":{
"examples":[
"a categorical denial of the rumors that the celebrities were planning to get married"
],
"synonyms":[
"absolute",
"all-out",
"arrant",
"blank",
"blooming",
"bodacious",
"clean",
"complete",
"consummate",
"crashing",
"damn",
"damned",
"dead",
"deadly",
"definite",
"downright",
"dreadful",
"fair",
"flat",
"flat-out",
"out-and-out",
"outright",
"perfect",
"plumb",
"profound",
"pure",
"rank",
"regular",
"sheer",
"simple",
"stark",
"stone",
"straight-out",
"thorough",
"thoroughgoing",
"total",
"unadulterated",
"unalloyed",
"unconditional",
"unmitigated",
"unqualified",
"utter",
"very"
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],
"near synonyms":[
"authentic",
"classic",
"genuine",
"real",
"veritable",
"constant",
"endless",
"eternal",
"perpetual",
"undying",
"unremitting",
"extreme",
"unrestricted",
"confirmed",
"habitual",
"hopeless",
"inveterate",
"extraordinary",
"frightful",
"horrible",
"huge",
"main",
"superlative",
"supreme",
"surpassing",
"terrible",
"terrific"
],
"near antonyms":[
"doubtful",
"dubious",
"equivocal",
"qualified",
"questionable",
"restricted",
"uncertain"
],
"antonyms":[]
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},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"catena":{
"a series of things linked together":{
"examples":[
"a catena of lies that ultimately proved to be her undoing"
],
"synonyms":[
"catenation",
"chain",
"concatenation",
"consecution",
"nexus",
"progression",
"sequence",
"string",
"train"
],
"near synonyms":[
"chain reaction",
"belt",
"circle",
"cycle",
"vicious circle",
"vicious cycle",
"continuum",
"gamut",
"gauntlet",
"gantlet",
"scale",
"spectrum",
"flow",
"river",
"stream",
"file",
"line",
"queue",
"range",
"row",
"succession"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"cater (to)":{
"to give in to (a desire)":{
"examples":[
"the gooey dessert catered to the children's sweet tooth"
],
"synonyms":[
"gratify",
"humor",
"indulge"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bask",
"luxuriate",
"revel",
"wallow",
"coddle",
"mollycoddle",
"pamper",
"spoil",
"delight",
"please",
"pleasure",
"sate",
"satiate",
"satisfy"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bridle",
"check",
"constrain",
"curb",
"inhibit",
"restrain",
"stifle"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"catering (to)":{
"to give in to (a desire)":{
"examples":[
"the gooey dessert catered to the children's sweet tooth"
],
"synonyms":[
"gratifying",
"humoring",
"indulging"
],
"near synonyms":[
"basking",
"luxuriating",
"reveling",
"revelling",
"wallowing",
"coddling",
"mollycoddling",
"pampering",
"spoiling",
"delighting",
"pleasing",
"pleasuring",
"satiating",
"sating",
"satisfying"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bridling",
"checking",
"constraining",
"curbing",
"inhibiting",
"restraining",
"stifling"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"caterwauling":{
"engaging in or marked by loud and insistent cries especially of protest":{
"examples":[
"caterwauling fans vented on the talk radio show when news of the trade of the team's star player came to light"
],
"synonyms":[
"blatant",
"clamant",
"clamorous",
"obstreperous",
"squawking",
"vociferant",
"vociferating",
"vociferous",
"yawping",
"yauping",
"yowling"
],
"near synonyms":[
"clangorous",
"dinning",
"discordant",
"noisy",
"loudmouthed",
"outspoken",
"vocal",
"boisterous",
"rackety",
"raucous",
"robustious",
"rowdy",
"uproarious",
"cacophonous",
"dissonant",
"earsplitting",
"grating",
"shrill",
"strident",
"blaring",
"blustering",
"booming",
"brassy",
"brazen"
],
"near antonyms":[
"noiseless",
"quiet",
"silent",
"soundless",
"still",
"calm",
"hushed",
"subdued"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to express dissatisfaction, pain, or resentment usually tiresomely":{
"examples":[
"like many kids during summer vacation, they were caterwauling about the lack of things to do"
],
"synonyms":[
"beefing",
"bellyaching",
"bitching",
"bleating",
"carping",
"complaining",
"crabbing",
"croaking",
"fussing",
"griping",
"grizzling",
"grouching",
"grousing",
"growling",
"grumbling",
"grumping",
"hollering",
"inveighing",
"keening",
"kicking",
"kvetching",
"maundering",
"moaning",
"murmuring",
"muttering",
"nagging",
"repining",
"screaming",
"squawking",
"squealing",
"wailing",
"whimpering",
"whinging",
"whingeing",
"whining",
"yammering",
"yawping",
"yauping",
"yowling"
],
"near synonyms":[
"objecting (to)",
"protesting",
"quarreling (with)",
"quarrelling (with)",
"caviling",
"cavilling",
"quibbling",
"fretting",
"stewing",
"worrying",
"blubbering",
"crying",
"sobbing",
"bemoaning",
"bewailing",
"deploring",
"lamenting"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accepting",
"bearing",
"countenancing",
"enduring",
"taking",
"tolerating",
"applauding",
"cheering",
"commending"
],
"antonyms":[
"crowing",
"delighting",
"rejoicing"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"caterwauls":{
"to express dissatisfaction, pain, or resentment usually tiresomely":{
"examples":[
"like many kids during summer vacation, they were caterwauling about the lack of things to do"
],
"synonyms":[
"beefs",
"bellyaches",
"bitches",
"bleats",
"carps",
"complains",
"crabs",
"croaks",
"fusses",
"gripes",
"grizzles",
"grouches",
"grouses",
"growls",
"grumbles",
"grumps",
"hollers",
"inveighs",
"keens",
"kicks",
"kvetches",
"maunders",
"moans",
"murmurs",
"mutters",
"nags",
"repines",
"screams",
"squawks",
"squeals",
"wails",
"whimpers",
"whines",
"whinges",
"yammers",
"yawps",
"yaups",
"yowls"
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],
"near synonyms":[
"objects (to)",
"protests",
"quarrels (with)",
"cavils",
"quibbles",
"frets",
"stews",
"worries",
"blubbers",
"cries",
"sobs",
"bemoans",
"bewails",
"deplores",
"laments"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accepts",
"bears",
"countenances",
"endures",
"takes",
"tolerates",
"applauds",
"cheers",
"commends"
],
"antonyms":[
"crows",
"delights",
"rejoices"
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]
},
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"as in yowls , screeches":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"barks",
"bays",
"bellows",
"blats",
"bleats",
"brays",
"cackles",
"callings",
"caws",
"cheeps",
"chirps",
"clucks",
"coos",
"crakes",
"croaks",
"crows",
"grunts",
"honks",
"hoots",
"howls",
"lows",
"meows",
"miaows",
"mews",
"moos",
"neighs",
"oinks",
"peeps",
"quacks",
"roars",
"screeches",
"squalls",
"squawks",
"squeaks",
"squeals",
"trumpets",
"tu-whit tu-whoos",
"twitters",
"whinnies",
"yaps",
"yelps",
"yips",
"yowls",
"calls",
"cries",
"notes"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
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"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"cates":{
"something that is pleasing to eat because it is rare or a luxury":{
"examples":[
"visited the victualler to purchase some cates and wine"
],
"synonyms":[
"bits",
"dainties",
"delectables",
"delicacies",
"goodies",
"kickshaws",
"tidbits",
"titbits",
"treats",
"viands"
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],
"near synonyms":[
"morsels",
"candies",
"desserts",
"junkets",
"sweetmeats",
"sweets"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
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},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"catfight":{
"as in tussle , fistfight":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"battle",
"clash",
"combat",
"conflict",
"contest",
"dustup",
"fight",
"fracas",
"fray",
"hassle",
"scrap",
"scrimmage",
"scrum",
"scuffle",
"skirmish",
"struggle",
"tussle",
"altercation",
"argle-bargle",
"argument",
"argy-bargy",
"contretemps",
"controversy",
"cross fire",
"disagreement",
"dispute",
"falling-out",
"kickup",
"misunderstanding",
"quarrel",
"row",
"spat",
"squabble",
"tangle",
"tiff",
"wrangle",
"affray",
"battle royal",
"brawl",
"broil",
"donnybrook",
"free-for-all",
"melee",
"m\u00eal\u00e9e",
"mix-up",
"ruckus",
"ruction",
"blows",
"fistfight",
"fisticuffs",
"grapple",
"handgrips",
"punch-out",
"punch-up",
"slugfest",
"confrontation",
"duel",
"face-off",
"joust",
"pitched battle",
"rough-and-tumble"
],
"near antonyms":[
"truce"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"catholic":{
"not limited or specialized in application or purpose":{
"examples":[
"a museum director with catholic tastes in art"
],
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"synonyms":[
"all-around",
"all-round",
"all-purpose",
"general",
"general-purpose",
"unlimited",
"unqualified",
"unrestricted",
"unspecialized"
],
"near synonyms":[
"mixed-use",
"multipurpose",
"broad",
"wide",
"nonspecific",
"unspecified",
"vague"
],
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"near antonyms":[
"bounded",
"circumscribed",
"confined",
"definite",
"demarcated",
"determinate",
"finite",
"qualified",
"dedicated",
"selective"
],
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"antonyms":[
"limited",
"restricted",
"specialized",
"technical"
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]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"catnap":{
"a short sleep":{
"examples":[
"a catnap left me refreshed enough to face the rest of the day"
],
"synonyms":[
"doze",
"drowse",
"forty winks",
"kip",
"nap",
"siesta",
"snooze",
"wink"
],
"near synonyms":[
"repose",
"rest",
"slumber",
"bed"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to be in a state of sleep":{
"examples":[
"the children are catnapping , so please be quiet"
],
"synonyms":[
"doze",
"nap",
"rest",
"sleep",
"slumber",
"snooze"
],
"near synonyms":[
"drop off",
"drowse (off)",
"nod off",
"oversleep",
"sleep in",
"dream",
"hibernate"
],
"near antonyms":[
"arise",
"arouse",
"awake",
"rise",
"wake"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to sleep lightly or briefly":{
"examples":[
"catnapped for 10 minutes and then went back to work"
],
"synonyms":[
"doze",
"drowse",
"kip",
"nap",
"slumber",
"snooze"
],
"near synonyms":[
"relax",
"repose",
"rest",
"couch",
"lay",
"lie",
"roost",
"lull"
],
"near antonyms":[
"arise",
"arouse",
"awake",
"awaken",
"get up",
"rise",
"rouse",
"uprise",
"wake (up)",
"waken"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"catty":{
"having or showing a desire to cause someone pain or suffering for the sheer enjoyment of it":{
"examples":[
"a catty remark that served only to hurt their feelings"
],
"synonyms":[
"bad",
"bitchy",
"cruel",
"despiteful",
"hateful",
"malevolent",
"malicious",
"malign",
"malignant",
"mean",
"nasty",
"spiteful",
"vicious",
"virulent"
],
"near synonyms":[
"devious",
"scoundrelly",
"scurvy",
"snakelike",
"acrimonious",
"bitter",
"envious",
"jaundiced",
"jealous",
"rancorous",
"resentful",
"vindictive",
"vitriolic",
"contemptuous",
"deprecating",
"derogatory",
"disdainful",
"disparaging",
"mean-spirited",
"obnoxious",
"opprobrious",
"scornful",
"snide",
"snotty",
"unkind",
"unkindly",
"unloving",
"baleful",
"baneful",
"evil",
"harsh",
"hostile",
"inimical",
"acrid",
"caustic",
"poisonous",
"scathing",
"venomous"
],
"near antonyms":[
"compassionate",
"good",
"good-hearted",
"kind",
"kindhearted",
"kindly",
"sympathetic",
"warm",
"warmhearted",
"affable",
"agreeable",
"amiable",
"cordial",
"friendly",
"genial",
"gracious",
"nice",
"pleasant",
"affectionate",
"amorous",
"sweet",
"tender",
"tenderhearted",
"humane",
"altruistic",
"high-minded",
"humanitarian",
"magnanimous",
"noble",
"philanthropic",
"philanthropical"
],
"antonyms":[
"benevolent",
"benign",
"benignant",
"loving",
"unmalicious"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"catchphrases":{
"an attention-getting word or phrase used to publicize something (as a campaign or product)":{
"examples":[
"one of those advertising catchphrases that, if you think about them, don't mean much of anything"
],
"synonyms":[
"banners",
"cries",
"shibboleths",
"slogans",
"taglines",
"watchwords"
],
"near synonyms":[
"expressions",
"idioms",
"catchwords",
"clich\u00e9s",
"cliches",
"maxims",
"mottoes",
"mottos",
"battle cries",
"war cries"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"catenation":{
"a series of things linked together":{
"examples":[
"a catenation of missteps and miscalculations that ultimately grew into a colossal blunder"
],
"synonyms":[
"catena",
"chain",
"concatenation",
"consecution",
"nexus",
"progression",
"sequence",
"string",
"train"
],
"near synonyms":[
"chain reaction",
"belt",
"circle",
"cycle",
"vicious circle",
"vicious cycle",
"continuum",
"gamut",
"gauntlet",
"gantlet",
"scale",
"spectrum",
"flow",
"river",
"stream",
"file",
"line",
"queue",
"range",
"row",
"succession"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"cataclysm":{
"a great flow of water or of something that overwhelms":{
"examples":[
"an ancient cataclysm that may have been the basis for the Flood described in the Bible"
],
"synonyms":[
"alluvion",
"bath",
"cataract",
"deluge",
"flood",
"flood tide",
"inundation",
"Niagara",
"overflow",
"spate",
"torrent"
],
"near synonyms":[
"current",
"river",
"stream",
"tide",
"cloudburst",
"discharge",
"flush",
"gush",
"outflow",
"outpouring",
"flux",
"inflow",
"influx",
"engulfment",
"washout",
"avalanche",
"blizzard",
"cascade",
"waterfall",
"excess",
"glut",
"overabundance",
"overage",
"overkill",
"overmuch",
"oversupply",
"superabundance",
"superfluity",
"surfeit",
"surplus"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dribble",
"drip",
"trickle"
],
"antonyms":[
"drought",
"drouth"
]
},
"a sudden violent event that brings about great loss or destruction":{
"examples":[
"the earthquake that struck Lisbon in 1755, killing 30,000 people, was one of the greatest cataclysms ever recorded"
],
"synonyms":[
"apocalypse",
"calamity",
"catastrophe",
"debacle",
"d\u00e9b\u00e2cle",
"disaster",
"tragedy"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bloodbath",
"collapse",
"crash",
"meltdown",
"Armageddon",
"doomsday",
"end-time",
"convulsion",
"paroxysm",
"upheaval",
"accident",
"casualty",
"fatality",
"misadventure",
"mischance",
"misfortune",
"mishap",
"blast",
"blow",
"double whammy",
"one-two",
"one-two punch"
],
"near antonyms":[
"godsend",
"manna",
"windfall"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a violent disturbance (as of the political or social order)":{
"examples":[
"a social cataclysm that gave rise to a new world order"
],
"synonyms":[
"bouleversement",
"convulsion",
"earthquake",
"paroxysm",
"storm",
"tempest",
"tumult",
"upheaval",
"uproar"
],
"near synonyms":[
"insurgency",
"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"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"catapulted":{
"to send through the air especially with a quick forward motion of the arm":{
"examples":[
"catapulted a pumpkin into the next yard"
],
"synonyms":[
"cast",
"chucked",
"dashed",
"fired",
"flung",
"heaved",
"hove",
"hurled",
"hurtled",
"launched",
"lobbed",
"lofted",
"pegged",
"pelted",
"pitched",
"slung",
"threw",
"tossed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bowled",
"darted",
"flipped",
"gunned",
"hooked",
"passed",
"rolled",
"shot",
"bucked",
"ejected",
"impelled",
"precipitated",
"projected",
"propelled",
"rifled",
"thrust"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"cats":{
"a small domestic animal known for catching mice":{
"examples":[
"the family's cat did an exemplary job of keeping the house and yard free of all rodents"
],
"synonyms":[
"felines",
"house cats",
"kitties",
"moggies",
"pusses",
"pussies",
"pussycats"
],
"near synonyms":[
"mousers",
"kits",
"kittens",
"alley cats",
"tabbies",
"gibs",
"tomcats"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"an adult male human being":{
"examples":[
"he was one cool cat driving around in his new sports car"
],
"synonyms":[
"bastards",
"blokes",
"bucks",
"chappies",
"chaps",
"dudes",
"fellas",
"fellers",
"fellows",
"galoots",
"gentlemen",
"gents",
"guys",
"hombres",
"jacks",
"joes",
"jokers",
"lads",
"males",
"men"
],
"near synonyms":[
"masters",
"misters",
"sirs",
"buddies",
"busters"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"catenated":{
"to put or bring together so as to form a new and longer whole":{
"examples":[
"a Broadway musical that catenates a series of pop hits by means of a flimsy libretto"
],
"synonyms":[
"chained",
"compounded",
"concatenated",
"conjugated",
"connected",
"coupled",
"hitched",
"hooked",
"interconnected",
"interlinked",
"joined",
"linked",
"yoked"
],
"near synonyms":[
"articulated",
"dovetailed",
"integrated",
"interlocked",
"intermeshed",
"corded",
"strung",
"wired",
"cemented",
"coalesced",
"combined",
"fused",
"united",
"welded"
],
"near antonyms":[
"detached",
"disengaged",
"divided",
"parted",
"split",
"cleaved",
"cleft",
"ruptured",
"severed",
"sundered"
],
"antonyms":[
"disconnected",
"disjoined",
"disjointed",
"dissevered",
"disunited",
"separated",
"unchained",
"uncoupled",
"unhitched",
"unlinked",
"unyoked"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"cataclysms":{
"a great flow of water or of something that overwhelms":{
"examples":[
"an ancient cataclysm that may have been the basis for the Flood described in the Bible"
],
"synonyms":[
"alluvions",
"baths",
"cataracts",
"deluges",
"floods",
"flood tides",
"inundations",
"Niagaras",
"overflows",
"spates",
"torrents"
],
"near synonyms":[
"currents",
"rivers",
"streams",
"tides",
"cloudbursts",
"discharges",
"flushes",
"gushes",
"outflows",
"outpourings",
"fluxes",
"inflows",
"influxes",
"engulfments",
"washouts",
"avalanches",
"blizzards",
"cascades",
"waterfalls",
"excesses",
"gluts",
"overabundances",
"overages",
"overkills",
"overmuch",
"oversupplies",
"superabundances",
"superfluities",
"surfeits",
"surpluses"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dribbles",
"drips",
"trickles"
],
"antonyms":[
"droughts",
"drouths"
]
},
"a sudden violent event that brings about great loss or destruction":{
"examples":[
"the earthquake that struck Lisbon in 1755, killing 30,000 people, was one of the greatest cataclysms ever recorded"
],
"synonyms":[
"apocalypses",
"calamities",
"catastrophes",
"debacles",
"d\u00e9b\u00e2cles",
"disasters",
"tragedies"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bloodbaths",
"collapses",
"crashes",
"meltdowns",
"Armageddons",
"doomsdays",
"end-times",
"convulsions",
"paroxysms",
"upheavals",
"accidents",
"casualties",
"fatalities",
"misadventures",
"mischances",
"misfortunes",
"mishaps",
"blasts",
"blows",
"double whammies",
"one-twos",
"one-two punches"
],
"near antonyms":[
"godsends",
"mannas",
"windfalls"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a violent disturbance (as of the political or social order)":{
"examples":[
"a social cataclysm that gave rise to a new world order"
],
"synonyms":[
"bouleversements",
"convulsions",
"earthquakes",
"paroxysms",
"storms",
"tempests",
"tumults",
"upheavals",
"uproars"
],
"near synonyms":[
"insurgencies",
"insurrections",
"mutinies",
"overthrows",
"overturns",
"rebellions",
"revolts",
"revolutions",
"subversions",
"uprisings",
"upsets",
"fits",
"seizures",
"spasms",
"eruptions",
"flare-ups",
"outbreaks",
"outbursts",
"bluster",
"bobberies",
"bustles",
"coils",
"commotions",
"furores",
"furors",
"fusses",
"hubbubs",
"hullabaloos",
"hurly-burlies",
"pandemoniums",
"routs",
"rows",
"ruckuses",
"ructions",
"rumpuses",
"shindys",
"shindies",
"squalls",
"stews",
"stirs",
"to-dos",
"turmoils",
"welters",
"williwaws"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"catalyzers":{
"something that arouses action or activity":{
"examples":[
"The workshop proved a catalyzer for a career change."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"fuels",
"sparks",
"activators",
"animators",
"drivers",
"energizers",
"executors",
"generators",
"impetuses",
"incentives",
"inspirations",
"instigations",
"instigators",
"launchers",
"movers",
"powers",
"stimuli",
"triggers",
"determinants",
"expedients",
"factors",
"influences",
"ingredients",
"mechanisms",
"tools",
"weapons",
"antecedents",
"causes",
"impulses",
"occasions",
"reasons",
"boosts",
"encouragements",
"goads",
"incitations",
"incitements",
"momenta",
"momentums",
"motivations",
"provocations",
"spurs",
"stimulants",
"yeasts",
"agencies",
"agents",
"instrumentalities",
"instruments",
"machineries",
"means",
"mediums",
"media",
"ministries",
"organs",
"vehicles",
"subagencies",
"sub-agencies",
"subagents",
"sub-agents",
"inducements",
"invitations"
],
"near antonyms":[
"counterincentives",
"counter-incentives",
"disincentives"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"cataracts":{
"a fall of water usually from a great height":{
"examples":[
"the roaring cataract is one of the park's most majestic sights"
],
"synonyms":[
"cascades",
"falls",
"waterfalls"
],
"near synonyms":[
"flumes",
"chutes",
"shutes",
"rapids",
"shoots",
"white waters"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a great flow of water or of something that overwhelms":{
"examples":[
"in spring the melting snows usually produce a cataract that inundates the valley"
],
"synonyms":[
"alluvions",
"baths",
"cataclysms",
"deluges",
"floods",
"flood tides",
"inundations",
"Niagaras",
"overflows",
"spates",
"torrents"
],
"near synonyms":[
"currents",
"rivers",
"streams",
"tides",
"cloudbursts",
"discharges",
"flushes",
"gushes",
"outflows",
"outpourings",
"fluxes",
"inflows",
"influxes",
"engulfments",
"washouts",
"avalanches",
"blizzards",
"cascades",
"waterfalls",
"excesses",
"gluts",
"overabundances",
"overages",
"overkills",
"overmuch",
"oversupplies",
"superabundances",
"superfluities",
"surfeits",
"surpluses"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dribbles",
"drips",
"trickles"
],
"antonyms":[
"droughts",
"drouths"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"catechizing":{
"to put a question or questions to":{
"examples":[
"her roommates catechized her about every detail of her first day at her new job"
],
"synonyms":[
"asking",
"grilling",
"inquiring (of)",
"interrogating",
"querying",
"questioning",
"quizzing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"besieging",
"bombarding",
"cross-examining",
"cross-questioning",
"examining",
"pumping",
"polling",
"surveying"
],
"near antonyms":[
"rejoining",
"retorting",
"commenting",
"observing",
"remarking",
"avoiding",
"ducking"
],
"antonyms":[
"answering",
"replying",
"responding"
]
},
"to put a series of questions to":{
"examples":[
"applicants are rigorously catechized by the seminary's rector regarding their motives for joining the priesthood"
],
"synonyms":[
"examining",
"grilling",
"interrogating",
"pumping",
"querying",
"questioning",
"quizzing",
"sweating"
],
"near synonyms":[
"debriefing",
"cross-examining",
"cross-questioning",
"annoying",
"harassing",
"hounding",
"pestering",
"canvassing",
"canvasing",
"polling"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"catching up":{
"to catch or hold as if in a net":{
"examples":[
"a young idealist who got caught up in the political fanaticism of the times"
],
"synonyms":[
"enmeshing",
"immeshing",
"ensnaring",
"ensnarling",
"entangling",
"entoiling",
"entrapping",
"meshing",
"netting",
"snaring",
"tangling",
"trapping"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bagging",
"birdliming",
"capturing",
"collaring",
"embroiling",
"implicating",
"involving",
"miring"
],
"near antonyms":[
"detaching",
"disengaging",
"extricating",
"clearing",
"freeing",
"liberating"
],
"antonyms":[
"disentangling",
"untangling"
]
},
"to hold the attention of as if by a spell":{
"examples":[
"completely caught up in opera ever since he saw La Traviata"
],
"synonyms":[
"arresting",
"bedazzling",
"enchanting",
"enthralling",
"fascinating",
"gripping",
"hypnotizing",
"mesmerizing",
"spellbinding"
],
"near synonyms":[
"enrapturing",
"entrancing",
"thrilling",
"beguiling",
"bewitching",
"charming",
"absorbing",
"engaging",
"engrossing",
"involving"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to hold the attention of":{
"examples":[
"so caught up in the game that she didn't note the passage of time"
],
"synonyms":[
"absorbing",
"bemusing",
"busying",
"engaging",
"engrossing",
"enthralling",
"enwrapping",
"fascinating",
"gripping",
"immersing",
"interesting",
"intriguing",
"involving",
"occupying"
],
"near synonyms":[
"alluring",
"attracting",
"beguiling",
"bewitching",
"captivating",
"charming",
"enchanting",
"obsessing",
"hypnotizing",
"mesmerizing",
"distracting",
"preoccupying",
"hogging",
"monopolizing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"boring",
"jading",
"palling",
"tiring",
"wearying"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to give information to":{
"examples":[
"catch me up on what's been happening at the office"
],
"synonyms":[
"acquainting",
"advising",
"apprising",
"briefing",
"clearing",
"clueing (in)",
"cluing (in)",
"enlightening",
"familiarizing",
"filling in",
"hipping",
"informing",
"instructing",
"telling",
"versing",
"wising (up)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"advertising",
"alerting",
"notifying",
"announcing (to)",
"disclosing (to)",
"assuring",
"certifying",
"convincing",
"reassuring",
"warranting",
"educating",
"lecturing",
"schooling",
"teaching",
"tutoring",
"disabusing",
"disenchanting",
"disillusioning",
"undeceiving"
],
"near antonyms":[
"misinforming",
"misleading"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"cat burglar":{
"as in burglar , housebreaker":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"burglar",
"cracksman",
"housebreaker",
"picklock",
"safecracker",
"larcenist",
"pincher",
"purloiner",
"robber",
"stealer",
"thief",
"embezzler",
"grafter",
"klepto",
"kleptomaniac",
"sneak thief",
"cutpurse",
"dip",
"pickpocket",
"pilferer",
"shoplifter",
"abductor",
"carjacker",
"hijacker",
"kidnapper",
"kidnaper",
"skyjacker",
"despoiler",
"looter",
"pillager",
"plunderer",
"ransacker",
"ravisher",
"poacher",
"rustler",
"smuggler"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"catch":{
"to take physical control or possession of (something) suddenly or forcibly":{
"examples":[
"we tried to catch the kitten before she could sneak out the door"
],
"synonyms":[
"bag",
"capture",
"collar",
"cop",
"corral",
"get",
"glom",
"grab",
"grapple",
"hook",
"land",
"nab",
"nail",
"net",
"nobble",
"rap",
"seize",
"snag",
"snap (up)",
"snare",
"snatch",
"trap"
],
"near synonyms":[
"glove",
"halter",
"lasso",
"rope",
"apprehend",
"arrest",
"detain",
"bay",
"corner",
"clasp",
"clutch",
"fasten (on)",
"fist",
"grasp",
"grip",
"hold",
"latch (on or onto)",
"secure",
"rend",
"wrest",
"enmesh",
"immesh",
"ensnare",
"entangle",
"entrap",
"mesh",
"abduct",
"kidnap",
"spirit (away or off)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"discharge",
"free",
"liberate",
"release",
"drop",
"loosen",
"unhand"
],
"antonyms":[
"miss"
]
},
"to become affected with (a disease or disorder)":{
"examples":[
"you'll catch the flu for sure if you don't get a shot"
],
"synonyms":[
"come down (with)",
"contract",
"get",
"go down (with)",
"sicken (with)",
"take"
],
"near synonyms":[
"break out (with)",
"die (from)",
"succumb (to)",
"fail",
"languish",
"sink",
"waste (away)",
"weaken",
"wilt",
"wither",
"worsen"
],
"near antonyms":[
"come back",
"gain",
"heal",
"mend",
"recoup",
"recover",
"recuperate",
"snap back",
"rally",
"rebound",
"recover (from)",
"shake (off)"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to bring (something) to a standstill":{
"examples":[
"I caught myself just as I was about to step into the freshly poured concrete"
],
"synonyms":[
"arrest",
"bring up",
"check",
"draw up",
"fetch up",
"halt",
"hold up",
"pull up",
"stall",
"stay",
"still",
"stop"
],
"near synonyms":[
"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"
],
"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"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to put securely in place or in a desired position":{
"examples":[
"caught back her hair with a barrette"
],
"synonyms":[
"anchor",
"clamp",
"fasten",
"fix",
"hitch",
"moor",
"secure",
"set"
],
"near synonyms":[
"embed",
"imbed",
"entrench",
"intrench",
"implant",
"ingrain",
"engrain",
"lodge",
"stuff",
"wedge"
],
"near antonyms":[
"extract",
"prize",
"pry",
"pull",
"root (out)",
"tear (out)",
"uproot",
"wrest",
"yank"
],
"antonyms":[
"loose",
"loosen",
"unfasten",
"unfix",
"unloose",
"unloosen"
]
},
"to have a clear idea of":{
"examples":[
"I didn't catch the point you were making about our nation's foreign policy"
],
"synonyms":[
"appreciate",
"apprehend",
"assimilate",
"behold",
"catch on (to)",
"cognize",
"compass",
"comprehend",
"conceive",
"cotton (to or on to)",
"decipher",
"decode",
"dig",
"discern",
"get",
"grasp",
"grok",
"intuit",
"know",
"make",
"make out",
"perceive",
"recognize",
"register",
"savvy",
"see",
"seize",
"sense",
"tumble (to)",
"twig",
"understand"
],
"near synonyms":[
"absorb",
"digest",
"take in",
"realize",
"fathom",
"penetrate",
"pierce"
],
"near antonyms":[
"misapprehend",
"misconceive",
"misconstrue",
"misinterpret",
"misperceive",
"misread",
"mistake",
"misunderstand"
],
"antonyms":[
"miss"
]
},
"to cause to believe what is untrue":{
"examples":[
"a number of media outlets were caught by the woman's hard-luck story"
],
"synonyms":[
"bamboozle",
"beguile",
"bluff",
"buffalo",
"burn",
"con",
"cozen",
"deceive",
"delude",
"dupe",
"fake out",
"fool",
"gaff",
"gammon",
"gull",
"have",
"have on",
"hoax",
"hoodwink",
"hornswoggle",
"humbug",
"juggle",
"misguide",
"misinform",
"mislead",
"snooker",
"snow",
"spoof",
"string along",
"suck in",
"sucker",
"take in",
"trick"
],
"near synonyms":[
"kid",
"put on",
"tease",
"bleed",
"cheat",
"chisel",
"defraud",
"diddle",
"euchre",
"fleece",
"flimflam",
"hustle",
"mulct",
"rook",
"shortchange",
"skin",
"squeeze",
"stick",
"sting",
"swindle"
],
"near antonyms":[
"debunk",
"expose",
"reveal",
"show up",
"uncloak",
"uncover",
"unmask",
"disclose",
"divulge",
"tell",
"unveil",
"disabuse",
"disenchant",
"disillusion"
],
"antonyms":[
"undeceive"
]
},
"to come upon face-to-face or as if face-to-face":{
"examples":[
"I'll catch you at the library tomorrow"
],
"synonyms":[
"chance (upon)",
"encounter",
"happen (upon)",
"meet",
"stumble (upon)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"accost",
"confront",
"face",
"greet",
"salute",
"collide (with)",
"crash (into)",
"crisscross",
"cross",
"pass",
"hit (upon)",
"light (upon)",
"tumble (to)",
"reencounter",
"remeet"
],
"near antonyms":[
"avoid",
"dodge",
"duck",
"elude",
"escape",
"evade",
"shake",
"shun"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make note of (something) through the use of one's eyes":{
"examples":[
"I looked out the window just in time to catch the neighbor's dog digging up my flower bed"
],
"synonyms":[
"behold",
"descry",
"discern",
"distinguish",
"espy",
"eye",
"look (at)",
"note",
"notice",
"observe",
"perceive",
"regard",
"remark",
"see",
"sight",
"spot",
"spy",
"view",
"witness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"identify",
"make out",
"pick out",
"pick up",
"attend (to)",
"consider",
"heed",
"mark",
"mind",
"study",
"watch",
"examine",
"inspect",
"scan",
"scrutinize",
"survey",
"glance (at)",
"glimpse",
"peer (at)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disregard",
"ignore",
"neglect",
"overpass",
"pass over",
"miss",
"overlook"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to move fast enough to get even with":{
"examples":[
"despite the suspect's considerable lead, the fleet-footed police officer was able to catch him and make an arrest"
],
"synonyms":[
"catch up (with)",
"overhaul",
"overtake"
],
"near synonyms":[
"chase",
"pursue",
"gain",
"reach",
"pass",
"surpass"
],
"near antonyms":[
"fall short"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a danger or difficulty that is hidden or not easily recognized":{
"examples":[
"the catch is that you have to come up with the money by tomorrow"
],
"synonyms":[
"booby trap",
"catch-22",
"gimmick",
"gotcha",
"hitch",
"joker",
"land mine",
"pitfall",
"snag"
],
"near synonyms":[
"snare",
"trap",
"trip wire",
"web",
"hazard",
"peril",
"risk",
"bomb",
"bombshell",
"kicker",
"surprise",
"surprize",
"bait",
"decoy",
"lure"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"someone or something unusually desirable":{
"examples":[
"everyone thought the captain of the football team was a real catch"
],
"synonyms":[
"gem",
"jewel",
"pearl",
"plum",
"prize",
"treasure"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blessing",
"find",
"godsend",
"goody",
"goodie",
"valuable",
"windfall",
"booty",
"loot",
"plunder",
"spoil",
"swag",
"brass ring",
"glory",
"pride",
"gold",
"jackpot",
"prize money",
"treasure trove"
],
"near antonyms":[
"lemon",
"loser"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the total amount collected or obtained especially at one time":{
"examples":[
"the total catch for our day at the creek was six fish and a crab"
],
"synonyms":[
"bounty",
"haul",
"take",
"yield"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bag",
"earnings",
"gain",
"gross",
"income",
"net",
"payoff",
"proceeds",
"profit",
"receipts",
"return",
"revenue",
"winnings",
"booty",
"loot",
"plunder",
"spoils",
"swag",
"appropriation",
"collection"
],
"near antonyms":[
"deduction",
"loss",
"subtraction"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"catchalls":{
"something that holds or includes many different things":{
"examples":[
"They used the drawer as a catchall for kitchen items."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"detritus",
"notions",
"oddments",
"odds and ends",
"sundries",
"agglomerates",
"agglomerations",
"alphabet soups",
"assortments",
"botches",
"clutters",
"collages",
"crazy quilts",
"farragoes",
"gallimaufries",
"grab bags",
"gumbos",
"hashes",
"hodgepodges",
"hotchpotches",
"jambalayas",
"jumbles",
"jungles",
"litters",
"mac\u00e9doines",
"medleys",
"m\u00e9langes",
"menageries",
"miscellanea",
"miscellanies",
"mishmashes",
"mixed bags",
"montages",
"motleys",
"muddles",
"olios",
"olla podridas",
"ollas podridas",
"omnium-gatherums",
"pastiches",
"patchwork quilts",
"patchworks",
"potpourris",
"ragbags",
"ragouts",
"rummages",
"salads",
"salmagundis",
"scrambles",
"shuffles",
"smorgasbords",
"stews",
"tumbles",
"varieties",
"welters",
"accumulations",
"aggregates",
"aggregations",
"conglomerates",
"conglomerations",
"admixtures",
"alloys",
"amalgams",
"blends",
"combinations",
"commixtures",
"composites",
"compounds",
"fusions",
"intermixtures",
"mix-ups",
"bollixes",
"chaoses",
"confusions",
"disarrangements",
"disarrays",
"disorders",
"dog's breakfasts",
"messes",
"morasses",
"muddles",
"shambles",
"imbroglios",
"knots",
"snarls",
"tangles"
],
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},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
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"to give in to (a desire)":{
"examples":[
"the gooey dessert catered to the children's sweet tooth"
],
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"gratified",
"humored",
"indulged"
],
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"basked",
"luxuriated",
"reveled",
"revelled",
"wallowed",
"coddled",
"mollycoddled",
"pampered",
"spoiled",
"spoilt",
"delighted",
"pleased",
"pleasured",
"sated",
"satiated",
"satisfied"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bridled",
"checked",
"constrained",
"curbed",
"inhibited",
"restrained",
"stifled"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"catenates":{
"to put or bring together so as to form a new and longer whole":{
"examples":[
"a Broadway musical that catenates a series of pop hits by means of a flimsy libretto"
],
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"chains",
"compounds",
"concatenates",
"conjugates",
"connects",
"couples",
"hitches",
"hooks",
"interconnects",
"interlinks",
"joins",
"links",
"yokes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"articulates",
"dovetails",
"integrates",
"interlocks",
"intermeshes",
"cords",
"strings",
"wires",
"cements",
"coalesces",
"combines",
"fuses",
"unites",
"welds"
],
"near antonyms":[
"detaches",
"disengages",
"divides",
"parts",
"splits",
"cleaves",
"ruptures",
"severs",
"sunders"
],
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"disconnects",
"disjoins",
"disjoints",
"dissevers",
"disunites",
"separates",
"unchains",
"uncouples",
"unhitches",
"unlinks",
"unyokes"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"catalyzer":{
"something that arouses action or activity":{
"examples":[
"The workshop proved a catalyzer for a career change."
],
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"fuel",
"spark",
"activator",
"animator",
"driver",
"energizer",
"executor",
"generator",
"impetus",
"incentive",
"inspiration",
"instigation",
"instigator",
"launcher",
"mover",
"power",
"stimulus",
"trigger",
"determinant",
"expedient",
"factor",
"influence",
"ingredient",
"mechanism",
"tool",
"weapon",
"antecedent",
"cause",
"impulse",
"occasion",
"reason",
"boost",
"encouragement",
"goad",
"incitation",
"incitement",
"momentum",
"motivation",
"provocation",
"spur",
"stimulant",
"yeast",
"agency",
"agent",
"instrument",
"instrumentality",
"machinery",
"means",
"medium",
"ministry",
"organ",
"vehicle",
"subagency",
"subagent",
"inducement",
"invitation"
],
"near antonyms":[
"counterincentive",
"disincentive"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"cat's cradle":{
"as in maze , labyrinth":{
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"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"labyrinth",
"maze",
"knot",
"snarl",
"tangle",
"cobweb",
"spiderweb",
"entanglement",
"mesh(es)",
"morass",
"net",
"noose",
"quagmire",
"quicksand",
"snare",
"tanglement",
"toil(s)",
"trap",
"web"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"cat's meow":{
"something very good of its kind":{
"examples":[
"this flapper-style dress was the cat's meow back in the roaring 1920s"
],
"synonyms":[
"beaut",
"beauty",
"bee's knees",
"corker",
"crackerjack",
"crackajack",
"daisy",
"dandy",
"dilly",
"doozy",
"doozie",
"doozer",
"dream",
"honey",
"hot stuff",
"humdinger",
"hummer",
"jim-dandy",
"knockout",
"lollapalooza",
"lulu",
"nifty",
"peach",
"pip",
"pippin",
"ripper",
"ripsnorter",
"snorter",
"sockdolager",
"sockdologer",
"standout",
"sweetheart"
],
"near synonyms":[
"marvel",
"phenomenon",
"prodigy",
"sensation",
"wonder",
"catch",
"crown jewel",
"diamond",
"gem",
"imperial",
"jewel",
"pearl",
"plum",
"treasure"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bust",
"disappointment",
"dud",
"failure",
"flop",
"lemon",
"letdown",
"loser",
"stinker",
"turkey"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"catalogues":{
"a record of a series of items (as names or titles) usually arranged according to some system":{
"examples":[
"a catalog of music album titles"
],
"synonyms":[
"canons",
"checklists",
"listings",
"lists",
"menus",
"registers",
"registries",
"roll calls",
"rolls",
"rosters",
"schedules",
"tables"
],
"near synonyms":[
"agendas",
"bibliographies",
"catalogues raisonn\u00e9s",
"compendiums",
"compendia",
"compilations",
"directories",
"dockets",
"enumerations",
"glossaries",
"indexes",
"indices",
"inventories",
"manifests",
"payrolls",
"calendars",
"chronologies",
"timetables"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to put (someone or something) on a list":{
"examples":[
"cataloged the latest additions to the collection"
],
"synonyms":[
"enrolls",
"enrols",
"enters",
"indexes",
"inscribes",
"lists",
"puts down",
"records",
"registers",
"schedules",
"slates"
],
"near synonyms":[
"books",
"cards",
"files",
"notes",
"classifies",
"compiles",
"tabulates",
"tallies",
"reschedules"
],
"near antonyms":[
"deletes"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"catapult":{
"to send through the air especially with a quick forward motion of the arm":{
"examples":[
"catapulted a pumpkin into the next yard"
],
"synonyms":[
"cast",
"chuck",
"dash",
"fire",
"fling",
"heave",
"hurl",
"hurtle",
"launch",
"lob",
"loft",
"peg",
"pelt",
"pitch",
"sling",
"throw",
"toss"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bowl",
"dart",
"flip",
"gun",
"hook",
"pass",
"roll",
"shoot",
"buck",
"eject",
"impel",
"precipitate",
"project",
"propel",
"rifle",
"thrust"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"catalyst":{
"something that arouses action or activity":{
"examples":[
"Her expulsion from the university proved to be a catalyst for needed change."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"catalyzer",
"fuel",
"spark",
"activator",
"animator",
"driver",
"energizer",
"executor",
"generator",
"impetus",
"incentive",
"inspiration",
"instigation",
"instigator",
"launcher",
"mover",
"power",
"stimulus",
"trigger",
"determinant",
"expedient",
"factor",
"influence",
"ingredient",
"mechanism",
"tool",
"weapon",
"antecedent",
"cause",
"impulse",
"occasion",
"reason",
"boost",
"encouragement",
"goad",
"incitation",
"incitement",
"momentum",
"motivation",
"provocation",
"spur",
"stimulant",
"yeast",
"agency",
"agent",
"instrument",
"instrumentality",
"machinery",
"means",
"medium",
"ministry",
"organ",
"vehicle",
"subagency",
"subagent",
"inducement",
"invitation"
],
"near antonyms":[
"counterincentive",
"disincentive"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"cataloged":{
"as in recorded , registered":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"listed",
"recorded",
"registered"
],
"near antonyms":[
"uncataloged",
"unlisted",
"unrecorded",
"unregistered",
"unwritten",
"unidentified",
"unspecified"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to put (someone or something) on a list":{
"examples":[
"cataloged the latest additions to the collection"
],
"synonyms":[
"enrolled",
"entered",
"indexed",
"inscribed",
"listed",
"put down",
"recorded",
"registered",
"scheduled",
"slated"
],
"near synonyms":[
"booked",
"carded",
"filed",
"noted",
"classified",
"compiled",
"tabulated",
"tallied",
"rescheduled"
],
"near antonyms":[
"deleted"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"catechism":{
"as in examination , test":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"exam",
"examination",
"quiz",
"test",
"inquiry",
"interrogation",
"investigation",
"probe",
"research",
"checkup",
"inspection",
"review",
"board(s)",
"midterm",
"midyear",
"pretest",
"retest",
"aptitude test",
"intelligence test",
"placement test",
"final",
"audition"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"cataplasms":{
"a medicated covering used to heal an injury":{
"examples":[
"the doctor ordered the placement of a cataplasm on the wound until it closed up"
],
"synonyms":[
"dressings",
"plasters",
"poultices"
],
"near synonyms":[
"balms",
"creams",
"embrocations",
"liniments",
"lotions",
"ointments",
"salves",
"unguents"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"catch-22's":{
"a danger or difficulty that is hidden or not easily recognized":{
"examples":[
"the drug lowers cholesterol, but the catch-22 is that it mainly lowers good cholesterol"
],
"synonyms":[
"booby traps",
"catches",
"gimmicks",
"gotchas",
"hitches",
"jokers",
"land mines",
"pitfalls",
"snags"
],
"near synonyms":[
"snares",
"traps",
"trip wires",
"webs",
"hazards",
"perils",
"risks",
"bombs",
"bombshells",
"kickers",
"surprises",
"surprizes",
"baits",
"decoys",
"lures"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a difficult, puzzling, or embarrassing situation from which there is no easy escape":{
"examples":[
"the catch-22 faced by every first-time loan applicant: how to get a loan without a credit history"
],
"synonyms":[
"binds",
"boxes",
"corners",
"dilemmas",
"fixes",
"holes",
"impasses",
"jackpots",
"jams",
"mires",
"pickles",
"predicaments",
"quagmires",
"rabbit holes",
"rattraps",
"spots",
"sticky wickets",
"swamps"
],
"near synonyms":[
"difficulties",
"nodes",
"hot waters",
"soups",
"pinches",
"plights",
"quandaries",
"scrapes",
"troubles",
"deadlocks",
"halts",
"logjams",
"stalemates",
"standstills",
"clutches",
"crises",
"crossroads",
"emergencies",
"exigencies",
"junctures",
"straits"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a situation in which one has to choose between two or more equally unsatisfactory choices":{
"examples":[
"an environmental catch-22 : building wind farms results in scenic eyesores; not building wind farms results in greater pollution from fossil fuels"
],
"synonyms":[
"dilemmas",
"double binds",
"quandaries"
],
"near synonyms":[
"deadlocks",
"impasses",
"quagmires",
"stalemates",
"standoffs",
"knots",
"problems",
"binds",
"difficulties",
"fixes",
"holes",
"jams",
"pickles",
"pinches",
"plights",
"predicaments",
"spots"
],
"near antonyms":[
"breezes",
"cinches",
"duck soup",
"snaps"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"catastrophic":{
"bringing about ruin or misfortune":{
"examples":[
"a catastrophic tornado destroyed the hamlet's only house of worship"
],
"synonyms":[
"calamitous",
"cataclysmal",
"cataclysmic",
"damning",
"destructive",
"disastrous",
"fatal",
"fateful",
"ruinous",
"unfortunate"
],
"near synonyms":[
"apocalyptic",
"apocalyptical",
"hapless",
"ill-fated",
"ill-starred",
"luckless",
"adverse",
"baleful",
"baneful",
"damaging",
"deleterious",
"detrimental",
"evil",
"harmful",
"hurtful",
"ill",
"injurious",
"noxious",
"pernicious",
"prejudicial"
],
"near antonyms":[
"fluky",
"flukey",
"fortuitous",
"fortunate",
"happy",
"lucky",
"providential",
"auspicious",
"bright",
"encouraging",
"fair",
"golden",
"heartening",
"hopeful",
"optimistic",
"promising",
"propitious",
"rose-colored",
"rosy",
"upbeat"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"categorical":{
"having no exceptions or restrictions":{
"examples":[
"a categorical denial of the rumors that the celebrities were planning to get married"
],
"synonyms":[
"absolute",
"all-out",
"arrant",
"blank",
"blooming",
"bodacious",
"clean",
"complete",
"consummate",
"crashing",
"damn",
"damned",
"dead",
"deadly",
"definite",
"downright",
"dreadful",
"fair",
"flat",
"flat-out",
"out-and-out",
"outright",
"perfect",
"plumb",
"profound",
"pure",
"rank",
"regular",
"sheer",
"simple",
"stark",
"stone",
"straight-out",
"thorough",
"thoroughgoing",
"total",
"unadulterated",
"unalloyed",
"unconditional",
"unmitigated",
"unqualified",
"utter",
"very"
],
"near synonyms":[
"authentic",
"classic",
"genuine",
"real",
"veritable",
"constant",
"endless",
"eternal",
"perpetual",
"undying",
"unremitting",
"extreme",
"unrestricted",
"confirmed",
"habitual",
"hopeless",
"inveterate",
"extraordinary",
"frightful",
"horrible",
"huge",
"main",
"superlative",
"supreme",
"surpassing",
"terrible",
"terrific"
],
"near antonyms":[
"doubtful",
"dubious",
"equivocal",
"qualified",
"questionable",
"restricted",
"uncertain"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"catcalled":{
"as in derided , jeered":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"derided",
"gibed",
"jibed",
"hooted",
"insulted",
"jeered",
"mocked",
"ridiculed",
"sniffed",
"snorted",
"decried",
"despised",
"disdained",
"laughed",
"smiled",
"sneered",
"snickered",
"sniggered",
"scoffed (at)",
"scorned",
"bad-mouthed",
"belittled",
"disparaged",
"pooh-poohed",
"poohed",
"put down",
"heckled",
"jived",
"razzed",
"ribbed",
"rode",
"rid",
"taunted",
"teased",
"tormented"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"catcall":{
"a vocal sound made to express scorn or disapproval":{
"examples":[
"the band's sloppy playing produced only catcalls from the crowd"
],
"synonyms":[
"bird",
"boo",
"Bronx cheer",
"hiss",
"hoot",
"jeer",
"raspberry",
"razz",
"snort"
],
"near synonyms":[
"smirk",
"sneer",
"snicker",
"snigger",
"gibe",
"jibe",
"put-down",
"taunt",
"whistle"
],
"near antonyms":[
"applause",
"clapping"
],
"antonyms":[
"cheer"
]
},
"as in deride , jeer":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"deride",
"gibe",
"jibe",
"hoot",
"insult",
"jeer",
"mock",
"ridicule",
"sniff",
"snort",
"decry",
"despise",
"disdain",
"laugh",
"smile",
"sneer",
"snicker",
"snigger",
"scoff (at)",
"scorn",
"bad-mouth",
"belittle",
"disparage",
"pooh-pooh",
"pooh",
"put down",
"heckle",
"jive",
"razz",
"rib",
"ride",
"taunt",
"tease",
"torment"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"cathouse":{
"a building in which prostitutes are available":{
"examples":[
"soldiers on leave looking for a cathouse in the tenderloin"
],
"synonyms":[
"bagnio",
"bawdy house",
"bordello",
"brothel",
"disorderly house",
"sporting house",
"stew",
"whorehouse"
],
"near synonyms":[
"call house",
"crib",
"massage parlor",
"harem",
"seraglio"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"catenate":{
"to put or bring together so as to form a new and longer whole":{
"examples":[
"a Broadway musical that catenates a series of pop hits by means of a flimsy libretto"
],
"synonyms":[
"chain",
"compound",
"concatenate",
"conjugate",
"connect",
"couple",
"hitch",
"hook",
"interconnect",
"interlink",
"join",
"link",
"yoke"
],
"near synonyms":[
"articulate",
"dovetail",
"integrate",
"interlock",
"intermesh",
"cord",
"string",
"wire",
"cement",
"coalesce",
"combine",
"fuse",
"unite",
"weld"
],
"near antonyms":[
"detach",
"disengage",
"divide",
"part",
"split",
"cleave",
"rupture",
"sever",
"sunder"
],
"antonyms":[
"disconnect",
"disjoin",
"disjoint",
"dissever",
"disunite",
"separate",
"unchain",
"uncouple",
"unhitch",
"unlink",
"unyoke"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"catching":{
"capable of being passed by physical contact from one person to another":{
"examples":[
"a cold is often catching before the symptoms even begin"
],
"synonyms":[
"communicable",
"contagious",
"pestilent",
"transmissible",
"transmittable"
],
"near synonyms":[
"infectious",
"infective"
],
"near antonyms":[
"noninfectious"
],
"antonyms":[
"noncommunicable"
]
},
"exciting a similar feeling or reaction in others":{
"examples":[
"a catching smile that instantly puts patients at ease"
],
"synonyms":[
"contagious",
"epidemic",
"infectious",
"spreading"
],
"near synonyms":[
"palpable",
"perceptible",
"tangible",
"irresistible",
"irresistable",
"overpowering",
"overwhelming",
"disarming",
"endearing",
"fetching",
"inviting",
"winning",
"winsome"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to take physical control or possession of (something) suddenly or forcibly":{
"examples":[
"we tried to catch the kitten before she could sneak out the door"
],
"synonyms":[
"bagging",
"capturing",
"collaring",
"copping",
"corralling",
"getting",
"glomming",
"grabbing",
"grappling",
"hooking",
"landing",
"nabbing",
"nailing",
"netting",
"nobbling",
"rapping",
"seizing",
"snagging",
"snapping (up)",
"snaring",
"snatching",
"trapping"
],
"near synonyms":[
"gloving",
"haltering",
"lassoing",
"roping",
"apprehending",
"arresting",
"detaining",
"baying",
"cornering",
"clasping",
"clutching",
"fastening (on)",
"fisting",
"grasping",
"gripping",
"holding",
"latching (on or onto)",
"securing",
"rending",
"wresting",
"enmeshing",
"immeshing",
"ensnaring",
"entangling",
"entrapping",
"meshing",
"abducting",
"kidnapping",
"kidnaping",
"spiriting (away or off)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"discharging",
"freeing",
"liberating",
"releasing",
"dropping",
"loosening",
"unhanding"
],
"antonyms":[
"missing"
]
},
"to become affected with (a disease or disorder)":{
"examples":[
"you'll catch the flu for sure if you don't get a shot"
],
"synonyms":[
"coming down (with)",
"contracting",
"getting",
"going down (with)",
"sickening (with)",
"taking"
],
"near synonyms":[
"breaking out (with)",
"dying (from)",
"succumbing (to)",
"failing",
"languishing",
"sinking",
"wasting (away)",
"weakening",
"wilting",
"withering",
"worsening"
],
"near antonyms":[
"coming back",
"gaining",
"healing",
"mending",
"recouping",
"recovering",
"recuperating",
"snapping back",
"rallying",
"rebounding",
"recovering (from)",
"shaking (off)"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to bring (something) to a standstill":{
"examples":[
"I caught myself just as I was about to step into the freshly poured concrete"
],
"synonyms":[
"arresting",
"bringing up",
"checking",
"drawing up",
"fetching up",
"halting",
"holding up",
"pulling up",
"stalling",
"staying",
"stilling",
"stopping"
],
"near synonyms":[
"baffling",
"balking",
"blockading",
"blocking",
"bottlenecking",
"clogging",
"damming",
"detaining",
"hindering",
"holding",
"holding back",
"impeding",
"obstructing",
"snagging",
"stemming",
"concluding",
"cutting off",
"ending",
"terminating",
"calling",
"discontinuing",
"suspending",
"choking off",
"reining (in)",
"repressing",
"squashing",
"squelching",
"stanching",
"staunching",
"stunting",
"suppressing",
"turning back"
],
"near antonyms":[
"carrying on",
"continuing",
"following through (with)",
"keeping (on)",
"keeping up",
"persisting",
"running on",
"advancing",
"faring",
"going along",
"marching",
"moving",
"proceeding",
"progressing",
"wending",
"actuating",
"budging",
"driving",
"goading",
"impelling",
"propelling",
"pushing",
"spurring",
"stirring"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to put securely in place or in a desired position":{
"examples":[
"caught back her hair with a barrette"
],
"synonyms":[
"anchoring",
"clamping",
"fastening",
"fixing",
"hitching",
"mooring",
"securing",
"setting"
],
"near synonyms":[
"embedding",
"imbedding",
"entrenching",
"intrenching",
"implanting",
"ingraining",
"engraining",
"lodging",
"stuffing",
"wedging"
],
"near antonyms":[
"extracting",
"prizing",
"prying",
"pulling",
"rooting (out)",
"tearing (out)",
"uprooting",
"wresting",
"yanking"
],
"antonyms":[
"loosening",
"loosing",
"unfastening",
"unfixing",
"unloosening",
"unloosing"
]
},
"to have a clear idea of":{
"examples":[
"I didn't catch the point you were making about our nation's foreign policy"
],
"synonyms":[
"appreciating",
"apprehending",
"assimilating",
"beholding",
"catching on (to)",
"cognizing",
"compassing",
"comprehending",
"conceiving",
"cottoning (to or on to)",
"deciphering",
"decoding",
"digging",
"discerning",
"getting",
"grasping",
"grokking",
"intuiting",
"knowing",
"making",
"making out",
"perceiving",
"recognizing",
"registering",
"savvying",
"seeing",
"seizing",
"sensing",
"tumbling (to)",
"twigging",
"understanding"
],
"near synonyms":[
"absorbing",
"digesting",
"taking in",
"realizing",
"fathoming",
"penetrating",
"piercing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"misapprehending",
"misconceiving",
"misconstruing",
"misinterpreting",
"misperceiving",
"misreading",
"mistaking",
"misunderstanding"
],
"antonyms":[
"missing"
]
},
"to cause to believe what is untrue":{
"examples":[
"a number of media outlets were caught by the woman's hard-luck story"
],
"synonyms":[
"bamboozling",
"beguiling",
"bluffing",
"buffaloing",
"burning",
"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",
"taking in",
"tricking"
],
"near synonyms":[
"kidding",
"putting on",
"teasing",
"bleeding",
"cheating",
"chiseling",
"chiselling",
"defrauding",
"diddling",
"euchring",
"fleecing",
"flimflamming",
"hustling",
"mulcting",
"rooking",
"shortchanging",
"skinning",
"squeezing",
"sticking",
"stinging",
"swindling"
],
"near antonyms":[
"debunking",
"exposing",
"revealing",
"showing up",
"uncloaking",
"uncovering",
"unmasking",
"disclosing",
"divulging",
"telling",
"unveiling",
"disabusing",
"disenchanting",
"disillusioning"
],
"antonyms":[
"undeceiving"
]
},
"to come upon face-to-face or as if face-to-face":{
"examples":[
"I'll catch you at the library tomorrow"
],
"synonyms":[
"chancing (upon)",
"encountering",
"happening (upon)",
"meeting",
"stumbling (upon)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"accosting",
"confronting",
"facing",
"greeting",
"saluting",
"colliding (with)",
"crashing (into)",
"crisscrossing",
"crossing",
"passing",
"hitting (upon)",
"lighting (upon)",
"tumbling (to)",
"reencountering",
"re-encountering",
"remeeting"
],
"near antonyms":[
"avoiding",
"dodging",
"ducking",
"eluding",
"escaping",
"evading",
"shaking",
"shunning"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make note of (something) through the use of one's eyes":{
"examples":[
"I looked out the window just in time to catch the neighbor's dog digging up my flower bed"
],
"synonyms":[
"beholding",
"descrying",
"discerning",
"distinguishing",
"espying",
"eyeing",
"eying",
"looking (at)",
"noticing",
"noting",
"observing",
"perceiving",
"regarding",
"remarking",
"seeing",
"sighting",
"spotting",
"spying",
"viewing",
"witnessing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"identifying",
"making out",
"picking out",
"picking up",
"attending (to)",
"considering",
"heeding",
"marking",
"minding",
"studying",
"watching",
"examining",
"inspecting",
"scanning",
"scrutinizing",
"surveying",
"glancing (at)",
"glimpsing",
"peering (at)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disregarding",
"ignoring",
"neglecting",
"overpassing",
"passing over",
"missing",
"overlooking"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to move fast enough to get even with":{
"examples":[
"despite the suspect's considerable lead, the fleet-footed police officer was able to catch him and make an arrest"
],
"synonyms":[
"catching up (with)",
"overhauling",
"overtaking"
],
"near synonyms":[
"chasing",
"pursuing",
"gaining",
"reaching",
"passing",
"surpassing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"falling short"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"catcalling":{
"as in deriding , jeering":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"deriding",
"gibing",
"jibing",
"hooting",
"insulting",
"jeering",
"mocking",
"ridiculing",
"sniffing",
"snorting",
"decrying",
"despising",
"disdaining",
"laughing",
"smiling",
"sneering",
"snickering",
"sniggering",
"scoffing (at)",
"scorning",
"bad-mouthing",
"belittling",
"disparaging",
"pooh-poohing",
"poohing",
"putting down",
"heckling",
"jiving",
"razzing",
"ribbing",
"riding",
"taunting",
"teasing",
"tormenting"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"category":{
"one of the units into which a whole is divided on the basis of a common characteristic":{
"examples":[
"divide the essays into categories based on difficulty of comprehension"
],
"synonyms":[
"bracket",
"class",
"classification",
"division",
"family",
"genus",
"grade",
"group",
"kind",
"league",
"order",
"rank(s)",
"rubric",
"set",
"species",
"tier",
"type"
],
"near synonyms":[
"description",
"feather",
"ilk",
"kidney",
"like",
"manner",
"nature",
"sort",
"branch",
"section",
"speciality",
"specialty",
"subclass",
"subdivision",
"subgroup",
"subspecies",
"variety",
"breed",
"race",
"generation",
"heading",
"label",
"title"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"catachrestic":{
"as in sylleptic":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"sylleptic",
"Aesopian",
"Aesopic",
"allegorical",
"emblematic",
"emblematical",
"symbolic",
"symbolical",
"euphemistic",
"extended",
"figural",
"figurative",
"metaphoric",
"metaphorical",
"tropical",
"tropological",
"nonliteral",
"veritable"
],
"near antonyms":[
"nonfigurative",
"nonmetaphorical",
"literal",
"nonsymbolic"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"catholicons":{
"something that cures all ills or problems":{
"examples":[
"he seems to prescribe fluids and rest as a catholicon for everything"
],
"synonyms":[
"cure-alls",
"elixirs",
"nostrums",
"panaceas",
"theriacs"
],
"near synonyms":[
"magic bullets",
"silver bullets",
"correctives",
"cures",
"remedies",
"miracle drugs",
"wonder drugs"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"catastrophe":{
"a sudden violent event that brings about great loss or destruction":{
"examples":[
"more than one natural catastrophe has threatened to destroy their farm over the years"
],
"synonyms":[
"apocalypse",
"calamity",
"cataclysm",
"debacle",
"d\u00e9b\u00e2cle",
"disaster",
"tragedy"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bloodbath",
"collapse",
"crash",
"meltdown",
"Armageddon",
"doomsday",
"end-time",
"convulsion",
"paroxysm",
"upheaval",
"accident",
"casualty",
"fatality",
"misadventure",
"mischance",
"misfortune",
"mishap",
"blast",
"blow",
"double whammy",
"one-two",
"one-two punch"
],
"near antonyms":[
"godsend",
"manna",
"windfall"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"something that has failed":{
"examples":[
"the movie was a catastrophe , nearly bankrupting the studio that produced it"
],
"synonyms":[
"bomb",
"bummer",
"bust",
"clinker",
"clunker",
"debacle",
"d\u00e9b\u00e2cle",
"disaster",
"dud",
"failure",
"fiasco",
"fizzle",
"flop",
"frost",
"lemon",
"loser",
"miss",
"shipwreck",
"turkey",
"washout"
],
"near synonyms":[
"also-ran",
"disappointment",
"dog",
"has-been",
"near miss",
"botch",
"hash",
"mess",
"muddle",
"shambles",
"nonevent",
"nonstarter"
],
"near antonyms":[
"corker",
"crackerjack",
"crackajack",
"dandy",
"jim-dandy",
"phenomenon"
],
"antonyms":[
"blockbuster",
"hit",
"smash",
"success",
"winner"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"cattily":{
"in a mean or spiteful manner":{
"examples":[
"commented cattily that the aging rockers were too old to be on stage"
],
"synonyms":[
"bitchily",
"despitefully",
"hatefully",
"malevolently",
"maliciously",
"malignantly",
"meanly",
"nastily",
"spitefully",
"viciously",
"villainously",
"virulently",
"wickedly"
],
"near synonyms":[
"contemptuously",
"deprecatingly",
"disdainfully",
"scornfully",
"acrimoniously",
"antagonistically",
"caustically",
"envyingly",
"hostilely",
"invidiously",
"obnoxiously",
"rancorously",
"venomously",
"vindictively",
"vituperatively",
"bitterly",
"enviously",
"jealously",
"resentfully",
"balefully",
"caddishly",
"callously",
"cruelly",
"evil-mindedly",
"felly",
"hard-heartedly",
"heartlessly",
"inhumanely",
"kindlessly",
"mercilessly",
"pitilessly",
"ruthlessly",
"soullessly",
"unfeelingly",
"disagreeably",
"ill",
"ungraciously",
"unkindly",
"ill-naturedly",
"inconsiderately",
"insensitively",
"thoughtlessly",
"diabolically",
"fiendishly",
"misanthropically"
],
"near antonyms":[
"affably",
"agreeably",
"amiably",
"cordially",
"genially",
"good-humoredly",
"good-naturedly",
"graciously",
"nicely",
"pleasantly",
"altruistically",
"humanely",
"considerately",
"feelingly",
"lovingly",
"mercifully",
"sensitively",
"softheartedly",
"solicitously",
"soulfully",
"thoughtfully",
"compassionately",
"sympathetically",
"angelically",
"divinely",
"gently",
"sweetly",
"tenderly"
],
"antonyms":[
"benevolently",
"benignantly",
"good-heartedly",
"kindheartedly",
"kindly"
]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"catchall":{
"something that holds or includes many different things":{
"examples":[
"They used the drawer as a catchall for kitchen items."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"detritus",
"notions",
"oddments",
"odds and ends",
"sundries",
"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",
"stew",
"tumble",
"variety",
"welter",
"accumulation",
"aggregate",
"aggregation",
"conglomerate",
"conglomeration",
"admixture",
"alloy",
"amalgam",
"blend",
"combination",
"commixture",
"composite",
"compound",
"fusion",
"intermixture",
"mix-up",
"bollix",
"chaos",
"confusion",
"disarrangement",
"disarray",
"disorder",
"dog's breakfast",
"mess",
"morass",
"muddle",
"shambles",
"imbroglio",
"knot",
"snarl",
"tangle"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"catch on (to)":{
"to come to an awareness of":{
"examples":[
"she caught on to the fact that they were planning a surprise party"
],
"synonyms":[
"ascertain",
"discover",
"find out",
"get on (to)",
"hear",
"learn",
"realize",
"see",
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"get wind of"
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],
"near synonyms":[
"hit (on or upon)",
"tumble (to)",
"descry",
"detect",
"encounter",
"espy",
"spot",
"calculate",
"dope (out)",
"figure out",
"find",
"puzzle (out)",
"discern",
"mind",
"note",
"observe",
"perceive",
"divine"
],
"near antonyms":[
"miss",
"overlook",
"disregard",
"ignore",
"forget",
"unlearn",
"blanket",
"blot out",
"cloak",
"conceal",
"cover",
"curtain",
"enshroud",
"hide",
"mask",
"occult",
"screen",
"shroud",
"veil"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to have a clear idea of":{
"examples":[
"he finally caught on to the concept of phototaxis"
],
"synonyms":[
"appreciate",
"apprehend",
"assimilate",
"behold",
"catch",
"cognize",
"compass",
"comprehend",
"conceive",
"cotton (to or on to)",
"decipher",
"decode",
"dig",
"discern",
"get",
"grasp",
"grok",
"intuit",
"know",
"make",
"make out",
"perceive",
"recognize",
"register",
"savvy",
"see",
"seize",
"sense",
"tumble (to)",
"twig",
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"understand",
"pick up on"
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],
"near synonyms":[
"absorb",
"digest",
"take in",
"realize",
"fathom",
"penetrate",
"pierce"
],
"near antonyms":[
"misapprehend",
"misconceive",
"misconstrue",
"misinterpret",
"misperceive",
"misread",
"mistake",
"misunderstand"
],
"antonyms":[
"miss"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"cattiness":{
"biting sharpness of feeling or expression":{
"examples":[
"the cattiness of the commentary for the televised awards was neither nice nor necessary"
],
"synonyms":[
"acidity",
"acidness",
"acridity",
"acridness",
"acrimony",
"asperity",
"bile",
"bitterness",
"corrosiveness",
"mordancy",
"tartness",
"virulence",
"virulency",
"vitriol"
],
"near synonyms":[
"gruffness",
"harshness",
"hostility",
"relentlessness",
"severity",
"sternness",
"vehemence",
"coldness",
"crossness",
"discourteousness",
"iciness",
"impoliteness",
"incivility",
"nastiness",
"rudeness",
"sourness",
"surliness",
"ungraciousness",
"anger",
"animosity",
"gall",
"jaundice",
"malevolence",
"malice",
"rancor",
"scorn",
"spite",
"spleen",
"venom",
"vindictiveness",
"jealousy",
"pique",
"resentment",
"sour grapes"
],
"near antonyms":[
"civility",
"cordiality",
"courtesy",
"diplomacy",
"geniality",
"graciousness",
"kindness",
"politeness",
"tactfulness",
"compassion",
"softness",
"sweetness",
"sympathy",
"tenderness",
"warmth",
"oiliness",
"smoothness",
"suaveness",
"suavity",
"unctuousness",
"urbanity"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the desire to cause pain for the satisfaction of doing harm":{
"examples":[
"there's no reason for saying such hurtful things except sheer cattiness"
],
"synonyms":[
"despite",
"hatefulness",
"malevolence",
"malice",
"maliciousness",
"malignance",
"malignancy",
"malignity",
"meanness",
"nastiness",
"spite",
"spitefulness",
"spleen",
"venom",
"viciousness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abusiveness",
"cruelty",
"abhorrence",
"abomination",
"execration",
"hate",
"hatred",
"loathing",
"animosity",
"antagonism",
"antipathy",
"bitterness",
"enmity",
"grudge",
"hostility",
"ill will",
"jaundice",
"mean-spiritedness",
"rancor",
"resentment",
"despicableness",
"invidiousness",
"vengefulness",
"vindictiveness",
"aversion",
"disgust",
"distaste",
"horror",
"repugnance",
"repulsion",
"revulsion",
"bitchery",
"bitchiness",
"contempt",
"disdain",
"jealousy",
"pique",
"resentment",
"scorn",
"bile",
"rancor",
"virulence",
"vitriol"
],
"near antonyms":[
"devotion",
"love",
"passion",
"amiability",
"amicability",
"amity",
"civility",
"cordiality",
"friendliness",
"hospitality",
"adoration",
"ardor",
"infatuation",
"veneration",
"worship",
"affection",
"charity",
"kindliness",
"kindness",
"comity",
"empathy",
"friendship",
"goodwill",
"sympathy",
"understanding"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"catnapping":{
"a natural periodic loss of consciousness during which the body restores itself":{
"examples":[
"indulged in some quick catnapping between appointments with patients"
],
"synonyms":[
"bed",
"dozing",
"napping",
"repose",
"rest",
"resting",
"shut-eye",
"sleep",
"slumber",
"slumbering",
"snoozing",
"z's",
"zs"
],
"near synonyms":[
"catnap",
"doze",
"drowse",
"forty winks",
"nap",
"siesta",
"snooze",
"wink",
"oversleeping",
"dreaming",
"rapid eye movement"
],
"near antonyms":[
"insomnia",
"sleeplessness"
],
"antonyms":[
"consciousness",
"wake",
"wakefulness"
]
},
"to be in a state of sleep":{
"examples":[
"the children are catnapping , so please be quiet"
],
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"dozing",
"napping",
"resting",
"sleeping",
"slumbering",
"snoozing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dropping off",
"drowsing (off)",
"nodding off",
"oversleeping",
"sleeping in",
"dreaming",
"hibernating"
],
"near antonyms":[
"arising",
"arousing",
"awaking",
"rising",
"waking"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to sleep lightly or briefly":{
"examples":[
"catnapped for 10 minutes and then went back to work"
],
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"dozing",
"drowsing",
"kipping",
"napping",
"slumbering",
"snoozing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"relaxing",
"reposing",
"resting",
"couching",
"laying",
"lying",
"roosting",
"lulling"
],
"near antonyms":[
"arising",
"arousing",
"awakening",
"awaking",
"getting up",
"rising",
"rousing",
"uprising",
"wakening",
"waking (up)"
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"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"catechized":{
"to put a question or questions to":{
"examples":[
"her roommates catechized her about every detail of her first day at her new job"
],
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"asked",
"grilled",
"inquired (of)",
"interrogated",
"queried",
"questioned",
"quizzed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"besieged",
"bombarded",
"cross-examined",
"cross-questioned",
"examined",
"pumped",
"polled",
"surveyed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"rejoined",
"retorted",
"commented",
"observed",
"remarked",
"avoided",
"ducked"
],
"antonyms":[
"answered",
"replied",
"responded"
]
},
"to put a series of questions to":{
"examples":[
"applicants are rigorously catechized by the seminary's rector regarding their motives for joining the priesthood"
],
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"examined",
"grilled",
"interrogated",
"pumped",
"queried",
"questioned",
"quizzed",
"sweat",
"sweated"
],
"near synonyms":[
"debriefed",
"cross-examined",
"cross-questioned",
"annoyed",
"harassed",
"hounded",
"pestered",
"canvassed",
"canvased",
"polled"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"catered":{
"to provide food or meals for":{
"examples":[
"a local firm will cater the awards banquet for high school athletes of the year"
],
"synonyms":[
"boarded",
"fed",
"provisioned",
"victualed",
"victualled"
],
"near synonyms":[
"served",
"waited",
"nourished",
"nurtured",
"sustained",
"banqueted",
"dined",
"feasted",
"regaled",
"messed",
"battened",
"fattened",
"filled",
"force-fed",
"overfed",
"surfeited",
"underfed",
"hand-fed",
"spoon-fed",
"refed",
"reprovisioned"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"catboat":{
"as in yacht , schooner":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"brigantine",
"bugeye",
"ca\u00efque",
"caravel",
"catamaran",
"cat rig",
"clipper",
"corvette",
"cutter",
"frigate",
"galleon",
"galley",
"junk",
"keelboat",
"ketch",
"knockabout",
"lugger",
"outrigger",
"pinnace",
"piragua",
"sailer",
"schooner",
"shallop",
"sharpie",
"sharpy",
"sloop",
"square-rigger",
"xebec",
"yacht",
"yawl",
"bark",
"dinghy",
"sailboat",
"windjammer",
"bottom",
"craft",
"vessel"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"categorizes":{
"to arrange or assign according to type":{
"examples":[
"categorized the questions by topic"
],
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"assorts",
"breaks down",
"classes",
"classifies",
"codifies",
"compartmentalizes",
"compartments",
"digests",
"distinguishes",
"distributes",
"grades",
"groups",
"pegs",
"places",
"ranges",
"ranks",
"relegates",
"separates",
"sorts",
"types"
],
"near synonyms":[
"arrays",
"disposes",
"draws up",
"marshals",
"marshalls",
"orders",
"organizes",
"systematizes",
"alphabetizes",
"catalogs",
"catalogues",
"files",
"indexes",
"lists",
"refers",
"pigeonholes",
"shelves",
"identifies",
"recognizes",
"culls",
"screens",
"sets",
"sieves",
"sifts",
"winnows",
"clumps",
"clusters",
"colligates",
"recategorizes",
"reclassifies",
"regroups",
"subcategorizes"
],
"near antonyms":[
"confuses",
"disarranges",
"jumbles",
"lumps",
"mixes (up)",
"scrambles",
"misclassifies",
"missorts",
"mistypes"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"catalogues raisonn\u00e9s":{
"as in indexes , agendas":{
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"near synonyms":[
"agendas",
"bibliographies",
"compendiums",
"compendia",
"compilations",
"directories",
"dockets",
"enumerations",
"glossaries",
"indexes",
"indices",
"inventories",
"manifests",
"payrolls",
"canons",
"catalogs",
"catalogues",
"checklists",
"listings",
"lists",
"menus",
"registers",
"registries",
"roll calls",
"rolls",
"rosters",
"schedules",
"tables",
"calendars",
"chronologies",
"timetables"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[]
},
"catches on":{
"as in goes , works out":{
"examples":[],
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"clicks",
"comes off",
"delivers",
"goes",
"goes over",
"pans out",
"succeeds",
"works out",
"flourishes",
"prospers",
"thrives",
"cooks",
"percolates"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bombs",
"collapses",
"fails",
"flops",
"flunks",
"folds",
"founders",
"misses",
"strikes out",
"washes out",
"languishes",
"flounders",
"struggles",
"declines",
"sinks",
"skids",
"slips",
"slumps",
"wanes",
"crashes",
"craters",
"crumbles",
"flames out",
"chokes",
"cracks up",
"miscarries",
"misfires",
"falls down",
"goes under",
"implodes",
"self-destructs"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"catty-corner":{
"in a line or direction running from corner to corner":{
"examples":[
"walked kitty-corner across the quadrangle to the registration booth"
],
"synonyms":[
"athwart",
"bias",
"cornerways",
"cornerwise",
"crossways",
"crosswise",
"diagonally",
"obliquely",
"transversely"
],
"near synonyms":[
"across"
],
"near antonyms":[
"lengthwise",
"longitudinally"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"cataloguing":{
"as in categorization , indexing":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"arrangement",
"assortment",
"categorization",
"classification",
"codification",
"indexing",
"assessment",
"diagnosis",
"evaluation",
"examination",
"inspection",
"investigation",
"muster",
"scrutiny",
"enumeration",
"inventory",
"itemization",
"tabulation",
"analysis",
"anatomizing",
"anatomy",
"assay",
"breakdown",
"deconstruction",
"dissection",
"division",
"reduction",
"segmentation",
"separation",
"subdivision"
],
"near antonyms":[
"agglomeration",
"aggregation",
"amalgamation",
"assimilation",
"coalescence",
"conglomeration",
"consolidation",
"integration",
"synthesis",
"unification"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to put (someone or something) on a list":{
"examples":[
"cataloged the latest additions to the collection"
],
"synonyms":[
"enrolling",
"entering",
"indexing",
"inscribing",
"listing",
"putting down",
"recording",
"registering",
"scheduling",
"slating"
],
"near synonyms":[
"booking",
"carding",
"filing",
"noting",
"classifying",
"compiling",
"tabulating",
"tallying",
"rescheduling"
],
"near antonyms":[
"deleting"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"cataract":{
"a fall of water usually from a great height":{
"examples":[
"the roaring cataract is one of the park's most majestic sights"
],
"synonyms":[
"cascade",
"fall(s)",
"waterfall"
],
"near synonyms":[
"flume",
"chute",
"shute",
"rapid(s)",
"shoot",
"white water"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a great flow of water or of something that overwhelms":{
"examples":[
"in spring the melting snows usually produce a cataract that inundates the valley"
],
"synonyms":[
"alluvion",
"bath",
"cataclysm",
"deluge",
"flood",
"flood tide",
"inundation",
"Niagara",
"overflow",
"spate",
"torrent"
],
"near synonyms":[
"current",
"river",
"stream",
"tide",
"cloudburst",
"discharge",
"flush",
"gush",
"outflow",
"outpouring",
"flux",
"inflow",
"influx",
"engulfment",
"washout",
"avalanche",
"blizzard",
"cascade",
"waterfall",
"excess",
"glut",
"overabundance",
"overage",
"overkill",
"overmuch",
"oversupply",
"superabundance",
"superfluity",
"surfeit",
"surplus"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dribble",
"drip",
"trickle"
],
"antonyms":[
"drought",
"drouth"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"cataloging":{
"as in categorization , indexing":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"arrangement",
"assortment",
"categorization",
"classification",
"codification",
"indexing",
"assessment",
"diagnosis",
"evaluation",
"examination",
"inspection",
"investigation",
"muster",
"scrutiny",
"enumeration",
"inventory",
"itemization",
"tabulation",
"analysis",
"anatomizing",
"anatomy",
"assay",
"breakdown",
"deconstruction",
"dissection",
"division",
"reduction",
"segmentation",
"separation",
"subdivision"
],
"near antonyms":[
"agglomeration",
"aggregation",
"amalgamation",
"assimilation",
"coalescence",
"conglomeration",
"consolidation",
"integration",
"synthesis",
"unification"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to put (someone or something) on a list":{
"examples":[
"cataloged the latest additions to the collection"
],
"synonyms":[
"enrolling",
"entering",
"indexing",
"inscribing",
"listing",
"putting down",
"recording",
"registering",
"scheduling",
"slating"
],
"near synonyms":[
"booking",
"carding",
"filing",
"noting",
"classifying",
"compiling",
"tabulating",
"tallying",
"rescheduling"
],
"near antonyms":[
"deleting"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"cats (around)":{
"as in plays (around) , fools around":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"fools around",
"fornicates",
"plays (around)",
"tomcats (around)",
"womanizes",
"cheats",
"philanders",
"screws around",
"steps out",
"copulates",
"couples",
"lies",
"makes out",
"mates",
"sleeps",
"lusts"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"catnapped":{
"to be in a state of sleep":{
"examples":[
"the children are catnapping , so please be quiet"
],
"synonyms":[
"dozed",
"napped",
"rested",
"slept",
"slumbered",
"snoozed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dropped off",
"drowsed (off)",
"nodded off",
"overslept",
"slept in",
"dreamed",
"dreamt",
"hibernated"
],
"near antonyms":[
"arose",
"aroused",
"awoke",
"awaked",
"rose",
"woke",
"waked"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to sleep lightly or briefly":{
"examples":[
"catnapped for 10 minutes and then went back to work"
],
"synonyms":[
"dozed",
"drowsed",
"kipped",
"napped",
"slumbered",
"snoozed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"relaxed",
"reposed",
"rested",
"couched",
"laid",
"lay",
"roosted",
"lulled"
],
"near antonyms":[
"arose",
"aroused",
"awakened",
"awoke",
"awaked",
"got up",
"rose",
"roused",
"uprose",
"wakened",
"woke (up)",
"waked (up)"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"catted (around)":{
"as in played (around) , fooled around":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"fooled around",
"fornicated",
"played (around)",
"tomcatted (around)",
"womanized",
"cheated",
"philandered",
"screwed around",
"stepped out",
"copulated",
"coupled",
"lay",
"made out",
"mated",
"slept",
"lusted"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"catalogue raisonn\u00e9":{
"as in index , agenda":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"agenda",
"bibliography",
"compendium",
"compilation",
"directory",
"docket",
"enumeration",
"glossary",
"index",
"inventory",
"manifest",
"payroll",
"canon",
"catalog",
"catalogue",
"checklist",
"list",
"listing",
"menu",
"register",
"registry",
"roll",
"roll call",
"roster",
"schedule",
"table",
"calendar",
"chronology",
"timetable"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"categories":{
"one of the units into which a whole is divided on the basis of a common characteristic":{
"examples":[
"divide the essays into categories based on difficulty of comprehension"
],
"synonyms":[
"brackets",
"classes",
"classifications",
"divisions",
"families",
"genera",
"genuses",
"grades",
"groups",
"kinds",
"leagues",
"orders",
"ranks",
"rubrics",
"sets",
"species",
"tiers",
"types"
],
"near synonyms":[
"descriptions",
"feathers",
"ilks",
"kidneys",
"likes",
"manners",
"natures",
"sorts",
"branches",
"sections",
"specialities",
"specialties",
"subclasses",
"subdivisions",
"subgroups",
"subspecieses",
"varieties",
"breeds",
"races",
"generations",
"headings",
"labels",
"titles"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"catch one's breath":{
"to come to a temporary halt in one's activity":{
"examples":[
"I need a second to catch my breath before we move on with this discussion."
],
"synonyms":[
"break",
"pause"
],
"near synonyms":[
"hesitate",
"break in",
"interrupt",
"cease",
"discontinue",
"end",
"finish",
"stop",
"terminate",
"knock off",
"lay off",
"quit",
"lapse",
"let up"
],
"near antonyms":[
"continue",
"persist",
"advance",
"progress",
"extend",
"prolong",
"stretch"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"catechisms":{
"as in examinations , tests":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"examinations",
"exams",
"quizzes",
"tests",
"inquiries",
"interrogations",
"investigations",
"probes",
"researches",
"boards",
"midterms",
"midyears",
"checkups",
"inspections",
"reviews",
"pretests",
"retests",
"aptitude tests",
"intelligence tests",
"placement tests",
"finals",
"auditions"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"categorized":{
"to arrange or assign according to type":{
"examples":[
"categorized the questions by topic"
],
"synonyms":[
"assorted",
"broke down",
"classed",
"classified",
"codified",
"compartmentalized",
"compartmented",
"digested",
"distinguished",
"distributed",
"graded",
"grouped",
"pegged",
"placed",
"ranged",
"ranked",
"relegated",
"separated",
"sorted",
"typed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"arrayed",
"disposed",
"drew up",
"marshaled",
"marshalled",
"ordered",
"organized",
"systematized",
"alphabetized",
"cataloged",
"catalogued",
"filed",
"indexed",
"listed",
"referred",
"pigeonholed",
"shelved",
"identified",
"recognized",
"culled",
"screened",
"set",
"sieved",
"sifted",
"winnowed",
"clumped",
"clustered",
"colligated",
"recategorized",
"reclassified",
"regrouped",
"subcategorized"
],
"near antonyms":[
"confused",
"disarranged",
"jumbled",
"lumped",
"mixed (up)",
"scrambled",
"misclassified",
"missorted",
"mis-sorted",
"mistyped"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"catching on":{
"as in going , working out":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"clicking",
"coming off",
"delivering",
"going",
"going over",
"panning out",
"succeeding",
"working out",
"flourishing",
"prospering",
"thriving",
"cooking",
"percolating"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bombing",
"collapsing",
"failing",
"flopping",
"flunking",
"folding",
"foundering",
"missing",
"striking out",
"washing out",
"languishing",
"floundering",
"struggling",
"declining",
"sinking",
"skidding",
"slipping",
"slumping",
"waning",
"crashing",
"cratering",
"crumbling",
"flaming out",
"choking",
"cracking up",
"miscarrying",
"misfiring",
"falling down",
"going under",
"imploding",
"self-destructing"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"cathedrals":{
"a large, magnificent, or massive building":{
"examples":[
"the company didn't want just a new office building\u2014it demanded a cathedral that proclaimed its place among the giants of finance"
],
"synonyms":[
"edifices",
"halls",
"palaces",
"towers"
],
"near synonyms":[
"constructions",
"erections",
"structures",
"castles",
"ch\u00e2teaus",
"ch\u00e2teaux",
"countryseats",
"estates",
"haciendas",
"manor houses",
"manors",
"mansions",
"showplaces",
"villas",
"mausoleums",
"mausolea",
"memorials",
"monuments"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"catalog":{
"a record of a series of items (as names or titles) usually arranged according to some system":{
"examples":[
"a catalog of music album titles"
],
"synonyms":[
"canon",
"checklist",
"list",
"listing",
"menu",
"register",
"registry",
"roll",
"roll call",
"roster",
"schedule",
"table"
],
"near synonyms":[
"agenda",
"bibliography",
"catalogue raisonn\u00e9",
"compendium",
"compilation",
"directory",
"docket",
"enumeration",
"glossary",
"index",
"inventory",
"manifest",
"payroll",
"calendar",
"chronology",
"timetable"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to put (someone or something) on a list":{
"examples":[
"cataloged the latest additions to the collection"
],
"synonyms":[
"enroll",
"enrol",
"enter",
"index",
"inscribe",
"list",
"put down",
"record",
"register",
"schedule",
"slate"
],
"near synonyms":[
"book",
"card",
"file",
"note",
"classify",
"compile",
"tabulate",
"tally",
"reschedule"
],
"near antonyms":[
"delete"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"catches up (with)":{
"to move fast enough to get even with":{
"examples":[
"I walked faster to catch up with my friends"
],
"synonyms":[
"catches",
"overhauls",
"overtakes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"chases",
"pursues",
"gains",
"reaches",
"passes",
"surpasses"
],
"near antonyms":[
"falls short"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"cathartics":{
"a substance used to induce or speed up the process of defecation":{
"examples":[
"Epsom salts, when ingested, act as a cathartic ."
],
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"near synonyms":[
"purgatives",
"cures",
"drugs",
"medicaments",
"medications",
"medicinals",
"medicines",
"pharmaceuticals",
"physics",
"remedies",
"specifics",
"cure-alls",
"nostrums",
"panaceas",
"botanicals",
"patent medicines",
"prescription drugs",
"prescriptions",
"cordials",
"potions",
"tonics",
"miracle drugs",
"wonder drugs",
"caps",
"capsules",
"pills",
"tablets",
"syrups",
"sirups",
"tinctures",
"antibiotics",
"antiseptics",
"sera",
"serums"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"catenae":{
"a series of things linked together":{
"examples":[
"a catena of lies that ultimately proved to be her undoing"
],
"synonyms":[
"catenations",
"chains",
"concatenations",
"consecutions",
"nexuses",
"nexus",
"progressions",
"sequences",
"strings",
"trains"
],
"near synonyms":[
"chain reactions",
"belts",
"circles",
"cycles",
"vicious circles",
"vicious cycles",
"continua",
"continuums",
"gamuts",
"gauntlets",
"gantlets",
"scales",
"spectra",
"spectrums",
"flows",
"rivers",
"streams",
"files",
"lines",
"queues",
"ranges",
"rows",
"successions"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"catechist":{
"as in preacher , lecturer":{
"examples":[],
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"lecturer",
"moralizer",
"preacher",
"intern",
"interne",
"practice teacher",
"reader",
"student teacher",
"governess",
"homeschooler",
"academe",
"academic",
"academician",
"didact",
"pedant",
"dean",
"docent",
"doctor",
"don",
"prof",
"professor",
"regius professor",
"drillmaster",
"inculcator",
"mentor",
"tutor",
"tutoress",
"coach",
"guide",
"guru",
"preparer",
"trainer",
"headmistress",
"instructress",
"mistress",
"schoolmarm",
"schoolma'am",
"schoolmistress"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"catalogue":{
"a record of a series of items (as names or titles) usually arranged according to some system":{
"examples":[
"a catalog of music album titles"
],
"synonyms":[
"canon",
"checklist",
"list",
"listing",
"menu",
"register",
"registry",
"roll",
"roll call",
"roster",
"schedule",
"table"
],
"near synonyms":[
"agenda",
"bibliography",
"catalogue raisonn\u00e9",
"compendium",
"compilation",
"directory",
"docket",
"enumeration",
"glossary",
"index",
"inventory",
"manifest",
"payroll",
"calendar",
"chronology",
"timetable"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to put (someone or something) on a list":{
"examples":[
"cataloged the latest additions to the collection"
],
"synonyms":[
"enroll",
"enrol",
"enter",
"index",
"inscribe",
"list",
"put down",
"record",
"register",
"schedule",
"slate"
],
"near synonyms":[
"book",
"card",
"file",
"note",
"classify",
"compile",
"tabulate",
"tally",
"reschedule"
],
"near antonyms":[
"delete"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"catch fire":{
"to turn out as planned or desired":{
"examples":[
"It is rare when a product catches fire with consumers and exceeds all expectations."
],
"synonyms":[
"click",
"come off",
"deliver",
"go",
"go over",
"pan out",
"succeed",
"work out"
],
"near synonyms":[
"catch on",
"flourish",
"prosper",
"thrive",
"cook",
"percolate"
],
"near antonyms":[
"languish",
"flounder",
"struggle",
"decline",
"sink",
"skid",
"slip",
"slump",
"wane",
"crash",
"crater",
"crumble",
"flame out",
"choke",
"crack up",
"miscarry",
"misfire",
"fall down",
"go under",
"implode",
"self-destruct"
],
"antonyms":[
"bomb",
"collapse",
"fail",
"flop",
"flunk",
"fold",
"founder",
"miss",
"strike out",
"wash out"
]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"cathedral":{
"a large, magnificent, or massive building":{
"examples":[
"the company didn't want just a new office building\u2014it demanded a cathedral that proclaimed its place among the giants of finance"
],
"synonyms":[
"edifice",
"hall",
"palace",
"tower"
],
"near synonyms":[
"construction",
"erection",
"structure",
"castle",
"ch\u00e2teau",
"countryseat",
"estate",
"hacienda",
"manor",
"manor house",
"mansion",
"showplace",
"villa",
"mausoleum",
"memorial",
"monument"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"catches one's eye":{
"to hold the attention of":{
"examples":[
"This necklace just caught my eye and I couldn't resist buying it."
],
"synonyms":[
"absorbs",
"bemuses",
"busies",
"catches up",
"engages",
"engrosses",
"enthralls",
"enthrals",
"enwraps",
"fascinates",
"grips",
"immerses",
"interests",
"intrigues",
"involves",
"occupies"
],
"near synonyms":[
"allures",
"attracts",
"beguiles",
"bewitches",
"captivates",
"charms",
"enchants",
"obsesses",
"hypnotizes",
"mesmerizes",
"distracts",
"preoccupies",
"hogs",
"monopolizes"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bores",
"jades",
"palls",
"tires",
"wearies"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"cataplasm":{
"a medicated covering used to heal an injury":{
"examples":[
"the doctor ordered the placement of a cataplasm on the wound until it closed up"
],
"synonyms":[
"dressing",
"plaster",
"poultice"
],
"near synonyms":[
"balm",
"cream",
"embrocation",
"liniment",
"lotion",
"ointment",
"salve",
"unguent"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"catching on (to)":{
"to come to an awareness of":{
"examples":[
"she caught on to the fact that they were planning a surprise party"
],
"synonyms":[
"ascertaining",
"discovering",
"finding out",
"getting on (to)",
"hearing",
"learning",
"realizing",
"seeing",
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"getting wind of"
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],
"near synonyms":[
"hitting (on or upon)",
"tumbling (to)",
"descrying",
"detecting",
"encountering",
"espying",
"spotting",
"calculating",
"doping (out)",
"figuring out",
"finding",
"puzzling (out)",
"discerning",
"minding",
"noting",
"observing",
"perceiving",
"divining"
],
"near antonyms":[
"missing",
"overlooking",
"disregarding",
"ignoring",
"forgetting",
"unlearning",
"blanketing",
"blotting out",
"cloaking",
"concealing",
"covering",
"curtaining",
"enshrouding",
"hiding",
"masking",
"occulting",
"screening",
"shrouding",
"veiling"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to have a clear idea of":{
"examples":[
"he finally caught on to the concept of phototaxis"
],
"synonyms":[
"appreciating",
"apprehending",
"assimilating",
"beholding",
"catching",
"cognizing",
"compassing",
"comprehending",
"conceiving",
"cottoning (to or on to)",
"deciphering",
"decoding",
"digging",
"discerning",
"getting",
"grasping",
"grokking",
"intuiting",
"knowing",
"making",
"making out",
"perceiving",
"recognizing",
"registering",
"savvying",
"seeing",
"seizing",
"sensing",
"tumbling (to)",
"twigging",
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"understanding",
"picking up on"
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],
"near synonyms":[
"absorbing",
"digesting",
"taking in",
"realizing",
"fathoming",
"penetrating",
"piercing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"misapprehending",
"misconceiving",
"misconstruing",
"misinterpreting",
"misperceiving",
"misreading",
"mistaking",
"misunderstanding"
],
"antonyms":[
"missing"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"catechizes":{
"to put a question or questions to":{
"examples":[
"her roommates catechized her about every detail of her first day at her new job"
],
"synonyms":[
"asks",
"grills",
"inquires (of)",
"interrogates",
"queries",
"questions",
"quizzes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"besieges",
"bombards",
"cross-examines",
"cross-questions",
"examines",
"pumps",
"polls",
"surveys"
],
"near antonyms":[
"rejoins",
"retorts",
"comments",
"observes",
"remarks",
"avoids",
"ducks"
],
"antonyms":[
"answers",
"replies",
"responds"
]
},
"to put a series of questions to":{
"examples":[
"applicants are rigorously catechized by the seminary's rector regarding their motives for joining the priesthood"
],
"synonyms":[
"examines",
"grills",
"interrogates",
"pumps",
"queries",
"questions",
"quizzes",
"sweats"
],
"near synonyms":[
"debriefs",
"cross-examines",
"cross-questions",
"annoys",
"harasses",
"hounds",
"pesters",
"canvasses",
"canvases",
"polls"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"catalogs":{
"a record of a series of items (as names or titles) usually arranged according to some system":{
"examples":[
"a catalog of music album titles"
],
"synonyms":[
"canons",
"checklists",
"listings",
"lists",
"menus",
"registers",
"registries",
"roll calls",
"rolls",
"rosters",
"schedules",
"tables"
],
"near synonyms":[
"agendas",
"bibliographies",
"catalogues raisonn\u00e9s",
"compendiums",
"compendia",
"compilations",
"directories",
"dockets",
"enumerations",
"glossaries",
"indexes",
"indices",
"inventories",
"manifests",
"payrolls",
"calendars",
"chronologies",
"timetables"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to put (someone or something) on a list":{
"examples":[
"cataloged the latest additions to the collection"
],
"synonyms":[
"enrolls",
"enrols",
"enters",
"indexes",
"inscribes",
"lists",
"puts down",
"records",
"registers",
"schedules",
"slates"
],
"near synonyms":[
"books",
"cards",
"files",
"notes",
"classifies",
"compiles",
"tabulates",
"tallies",
"reschedules"
],
"near antonyms":[
"deletes"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"catchpenny":{
"arousing a strong and usually superficial interest or emotional reaction":{
"examples":[
"the novel's catchpenny title belies its serious literary ambitions"
],
"synonyms":[
"gee-whiz",
"lurid",
"screaming",
"sensational",
"sensationalist",
"sensationalistic"
],
"near synonyms":[
"catchy",
"colorful",
"juicy",
"racy",
"suggestive",
"dramatic",
"histrionic",
"melodramatic",
"theatrical",
"theatric",
"coarse",
"vulgar",
"gory",
"shocking"
],
"near antonyms":[
"innocuous",
"inoffensive",
"tame",
"dignified",
"formal",
"proper",
"restrained"
],
"antonyms":[
"nonsensational"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"catacomb(s)":{
"an underground burial chamber":{
"examples":[
"explored the catacombs looking for evidence about burial customs of that ancient society"
],
"synonyms":[
"crypt",
"vault"
],
"near synonyms":[
"mausoleum",
"sepulchre",
"sepulcher",
"sepulture",
"tomb"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"catty-cornered":{
"in a line or direction running from corner to corner":{
"examples":[
"walked kitty-corner across the quadrangle to the registration booth"
],
"synonyms":[
"athwart",
"bias",
"cornerways",
"cornerwise",
"crossways",
"crosswise",
"diagonally",
"obliquely",
"transversely"
],
"near synonyms":[
"across"
],
"near antonyms":[
"lengthwise",
"longitudinally"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"catechumens":{
"as in neophytes , proselytes":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"newcomers",
"novices",
"novitiates",
"recruits",
"converts",
"neophytes",
"proselytes",
"regenerates"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"catachrestical":{
"as in sylleptic":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"sylleptic",
"Aesopian",
"Aesopic",
"allegorical",
"emblematic",
"emblematical",
"symbolic",
"symbolical",
"euphemistic",
"extended",
"figural",
"figurative",
"metaphoric",
"metaphorical",
"tropical",
"tropological",
"nonliteral",
"veritable"
],
"near antonyms":[
"nonfigurative",
"nonmetaphorical",
"literal",
"nonsymbolic"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"catechists":{
"as in preachers , lecturers":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"lecturers",
"moralizers",
"preachers",
"interns",
"internes",
"practice teachers",
"readers",
"student teachers",
"governesses",
"homeschoolers",
"academes",
"academicians",
"academics",
"didacts",
"pedants",
"deans",
"docents",
"doctors",
"dons",
"professors",
"profs",
"regius professors",
"drillmasters",
"inculcators",
"mentors",
"tutoresses",
"tutors",
"coaches",
"guides",
"gurus",
"preparers",
"trainers",
"headmistresses",
"instructresses",
"mistresses",
"schoolmarms",
"schoolma'ams",
"schoolmistresses"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"catch-22":{
"a danger or difficulty that is hidden or not easily recognized":{
"examples":[
"the drug lowers cholesterol, but the catch-22 is that it mainly lowers good cholesterol"
],
"synonyms":[
"booby trap",
"catch",
"gimmick",
"gotcha",
"hitch",
"joker",
"land mine",
"pitfall",
"snag"
],
"near synonyms":[
"snare",
"trap",
"trip wire",
"web",
"hazard",
"peril",
"risk",
"bomb",
"bombshell",
"kicker",
"surprise",
"surprize",
"bait",
"decoy",
"lure"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a difficult, puzzling, or embarrassing situation from which there is no easy escape":{
"examples":[
"the catch-22 faced by every first-time loan applicant: how to get a loan without a credit history"
],
"synonyms":[
"bind",
"box",
"corner",
"dilemma",
"fix",
"hole",
"impasse",
"jackpot",
"jam",
"mire",
"pickle",
"predicament",
"quagmire",
"rabbit hole",
"rattrap",
"spot",
"sticky wicket",
"swamp"
],
"near synonyms":[
"difficulty",
"node",
"hot water",
"soup",
"pinch",
"plight",
"quandary",
"scrape",
"trouble",
"deadlock",
"halt",
"logjam",
"stalemate",
"standstill",
"clutch",
"crisis",
"crossroad",
"emergency",
"exigency",
"juncture",
"strait"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a situation in which one has to choose between two or more equally unsatisfactory choices":{
"examples":[
"an environmental catch-22 : building wind farms results in scenic eyesores; not building wind farms results in greater pollution from fossil fuels"
],
"synonyms":[
"dilemma",
"double bind",
"quandary"
],
"near synonyms":[
"deadlock",
"impasse",
"quagmire",
"stalemate",
"standoff",
"knot",
"problem",
"bind",
"difficulty",
"fix",
"hole",
"jam",
"pickle",
"pinch",
"plight",
"predicament",
"spot"
],
"near antonyms":[
"breeze",
"cinch",
"duck soup",
"snap"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"categorically":{
"as in absolutely , downright":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"absolutely",
"cold",
"downright",
"hands down",
"plain",
"stone",
"stone-cold",
"unqualifiedly",
"all",
"all of",
"all over",
"altogether",
"clean",
"completely",
"dead",
"enough",
"entire",
"entirely",
"even",
"exactly",
"fast",
"flat",
"full",
"fully",
"heartily",
"out",
"perfectly",
"plumb",
"quite",
"soundly",
"thoroughly",
"through and through",
"totally",
"utterly",
"well",
"wholly",
"wide",
"basically",
"by and large",
"chiefly",
"generally",
"largely",
"mainly",
"more or less",
"mostly",
"overall",
"predominantly",
"predominately",
"primarily",
"principally",
"substantially",
"abundantly",
"copiously",
"generously",
"greatly"
],
"near antonyms":[
"half",
"halfway",
"incompletely",
"part",
"partially",
"partly",
"barely",
"hardly",
"just",
"kind of",
"marginally",
"minimally",
"scarcely",
"slightly",
"superficially",
"approximately",
"roughly",
"somewhat"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"catamounts":{
"a large tawny cat of the wild":{
"examples":[
"found the footprints of a catamount on the mountain trail"
],
"synonyms":[
"cat-a-mountains",
"cougars",
"cougar",
"mountain lions",
"panthers",
"panther",
"pumas",
"puma"
],
"near synonyms":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"cat burglars":{
"as in burglars , housebreakers":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"burglars",
"cracksmen",
"housebreakers",
"picklocks",
"safecrackers",
"larcenists",
"pinchers",
"purloiners",
"robbers",
"stealers",
"thieves",
"embezzlers",
"grafters",
"kleptomaniacs",
"kleptos",
"sneak thiefs",
"cutpurses",
"dips",
"pickpockets",
"pilferers",
"shoplifters",
"abductors",
"carjackers",
"hijackers",
"kidnappers",
"kidnapers",
"skyjackers",
"despoilers",
"looters",
"pillagers",
"plunderers",
"ransackers",
"ravishers",
"poachers",
"rustlers",
"smugglers"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"cattle":{
"as in trash , rabble":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"proletariat",
"rabble",
"rabblement",
"ragtag and bobtail",
"riffraff",
"rout",
"scum",
"tag, rag, and bobtail",
"tagrag and bobtail",
"trash",
"unwashed",
"commoners",
"commons",
"crowd",
"herd",
"hoi polloi",
"mass",
"millions",
"mob",
"multitude",
"people",
"plebeians",
"plebs",
"populace",
"public",
"rank and file",
"bourgeoisie",
"middle class"
],
"near antonyms":[
"A-list",
"aristocracy",
"best",
"choice",
"corps d'elite",
"cream",
"elect",
"elite",
"fat",
"flower",
"pick",
"pink",
"pride",
"upper crust",
"gentility",
"gentlefolk",
"gentlefolks",
"gentry",
"haute monde",
"nobility",
"patriciate",
"peerage",
"quality",
"royalty",
"society"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"cat's cradles":{
"as in mazes , labyrinths":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"labyrinths",
"mazes",
"knots",
"snarls",
"tangles",
"cobwebs",
"spiderwebs",
"entanglements",
"meshes",
"morasses",
"nets",
"nooses",
"quagmires",
"quicksands",
"snares",
"tanglements",
"toils",
"traps",
"webs"
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},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
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"examples":[
"we tried to catch the kitten before she could sneak out the door"
],
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"collars",
"cops",
"corrals",
"gets",
"gloms",
"grabs",
"grapples",
"hooks",
"lands",
"nabs",
"nails",
"nets",
"nobbles",
"raps",
"seizes",
"snags",
"snaps (up)",
"snares",
"snatches",
"traps"
],
"near synonyms":[
"gloves",
"halters",
"lassos",
"ropes",
"apprehends",
"arrests",
"detains",
"bays",
"corners",
"clasps",
"clutches",
"fastens (on)",
"fists",
"grasps",
"grips",
"holds",
"latches (on or onto)",
"secures",
"rends",
"wrests",
"enmeshes",
"immeshes",
"ensnares",
"entangles",
"entraps",
"meshes",
"abducts",
"kidnaps",
"spirits (away or off)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"discharges",
"frees",
"liberates",
"releases",
"drops",
"loosens",
"unhands"
],
"antonyms":[
"misses"
]
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"to become affected with (a disease or disorder)":{
"examples":[
"you'll catch the flu for sure if you don't get a shot"
],
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"comes down (with)",
"contracts",
"gets",
"goes down (with)",
"sickens (with)",
"takes"
],
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"breaks out (with)",
"dies (from)",
"succumbs (to)",
"fails",
"languishes",
"sinks",
"wastes (away)",
"weakens",
"wilts",
"withers",
"worsens"
],
"near antonyms":[
"comes back",
"gains",
"heals",
"mends",
"recoups",
"recovers",
"recuperates",
"snaps back",
"rallies",
"rebounds",
"recovers (from)",
"shakes (off)"
],
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},
"to bring (something) to a standstill":{
"examples":[
"I caught myself just as I was about to step into the freshly poured concrete"
],
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"arrests",
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"checks",
"draws up",
"fetches up",
"halts",
"holds up",
"pulls up",
"stalls",
"stays",
"stills",
"stops"
],
"near synonyms":[
"baffles",
"balks",
"blockades",
"blocks",
"bottlenecks",
"clogs",
"dams",
"detains",
"hinders",
"holds",
"holds back",
"impedes",
"obstructs",
"snags",
"stems",
"concludes",
"cuts off",
"ends",
"terminates",
"calls",
"discontinues",
"suspends",
"chokes off",
"reins (in)",
"represses",
"squashes",
"squelches",
"stanches",
"staunches",
"stunts",
"suppresses",
"turns back"
],
"near antonyms":[
"carries on",
"continues",
"follows through (with)",
"keeps (on)",
"keeps up",
"persists",
"runs on",
"advances",
"fares",
"goes along",
"marches",
"moves",
"proceeds",
"progresses",
"wends",
"actuates",
"budges",
"drives",
"goads",
"impels",
"propels",
"pushes",
"spurs",
"stirs"
],
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},
"to put securely in place or in a desired position":{
"examples":[
"caught back her hair with a barrette"
],
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"anchors",
"clamps",
"fastens",
"fixes",
"hitches",
"moors",
"secures",
"sets"
],
"near synonyms":[
"embeds",
"imbeds",
"entrenches",
"intrenches",
"implants",
"ingrains",
"engrains",
"lodges",
"stuffs",
"wedges"
],
"near antonyms":[
"extracts",
"pries",
"prizes",
"pulls",
"roots (out)",
"tears (out)",
"uproots",
"wrests",
"yanks"
],
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"loosens",
"looses",
"unfastens",
"unfixes",
"unloosens",
"unlooses"
]
},
"to have a clear idea of":{
"examples":[
"I didn't catch the point you were making about our nation's foreign policy"
],
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"apprehends",
"assimilates",
"beholds",
"catches on (to)",
"cognizes",
"compasses",
"comprehends",
"conceives",
"cottons (to or on to)",
"deciphers",
"decodes",
"digs",
"discerns",
"gets",
"grasps",
"groks",
"intuits",
"knows",
"makes",
"makes out",
"perceives",
"recognizes",
"registers",
"savvies",
"sees",
"seizes",
"senses",
"tumbles (to)",
"twigs",
"understands"
],
"near synonyms":[
"absorbs",
"digests",
"takes in",
"realizes",
"fathoms",
"penetrates",
"pierces"
],
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"misapprehends",
"misconceives",
"misconstrues",
"misinterprets",
"misperceives",
"misreads",
"mistakes",
"misunderstands"
],
"antonyms":[
"misses"
]
},
"to cause to believe what is untrue":{
"examples":[
"a number of media outlets were caught by the woman's hard-luck story"
],
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"beguiles",
"bluffs",
"buffaloes",
"burns",
"cons",
"cozens",
"deceives",
"deludes",
"dupes",
"fakes out",
"fools",
"gaffs",
"gammons",
"gulls",
"has",
"has on",
"hoaxes",
"hoodwinks",
"hornswoggles",
"humbugs",
"juggles",
"misguides",
"misinforms",
"misleads",
"snookers",
"snows",
"spoofs",
"strings along",
"suckers",
"sucks in",
"takes in",
"tricks"
],
"near synonyms":[
"kids",
"puts on",
"teases",
"bleeds",
"cheats",
"chisels",
"defrauds",
"diddles",
"euchres",
"fleeces",
"flimflams",
"hustles",
"mulcts",
"rooks",
"shortchanges",
"skins",
"squeezes",
"sticks",
"stings",
"swindles"
],
"near antonyms":[
"debunks",
"exposes",
"reveals",
"shows up",
"uncloaks",
"uncovers",
"unmasks",
"discloses",
"divulges",
"tells",
"unveils",
"disabuses",
"disenchants",
"disillusions"
],
"antonyms":[
"undeceives"
]
},
"to come upon face-to-face or as if face-to-face":{
"examples":[
"I'll catch you at the library tomorrow"
],
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"encounters",
"happens (upon)",
"meets",
"stumbles (upon)"
],
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"accosts",
"confronts",
"faces",
"greets",
"salutes",
"collides (with)",
"crashes (into)",
"crisscrosses",
"crosses",
"passes",
"hits (upon)",
"lights (upon)",
"tumbles (to)",
"reencounters",
"remeets"
],
"near antonyms":[
"avoids",
"dodges",
"ducks",
"eludes",
"escapes",
"evades",
"shakes",
"shuns"
],
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},
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"examples":[
"I looked out the window just in time to catch the neighbor's dog digging up my flower bed"
],
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"discerns",
"distinguishes",
"espies",
"eyes",
"looks (at)",
"notes",
"notices",
"observes",
"perceives",
"regards",
"remarks",
"sees",
"sights",
"spies",
"spots",
"views",
"witnesses"
],
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"identifies",
"makes out",
"picks out",
"picks up",
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"considers",
"heeds",
"marks",
"minds",
"studies",
"watches",
"examines",
"inspects",
"scans",
"scrutinizes",
"surveys",
"glances (at)",
"glimpses",
"peers (at)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disregards",
"ignores",
"neglects",
"overpasses",
"passes over",
"misses",
"overlooks"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to move fast enough to get even with":{
"examples":[
"despite the suspect's considerable lead, the fleet-footed police officer was able to catch him and make an arrest"
],
"synonyms":[
"catches up (with)",
"overhauls",
"overtakes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"chases",
"pursues",
"gains",
"reaches",
"passes",
"surpasses"
],
"near antonyms":[
"falls short"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a danger or difficulty that is hidden or not easily recognized":{
"examples":[
"the catch is that you have to come up with the money by tomorrow"
],
"synonyms":[
"booby traps",
"catch-22's",
"catch-22s",
"gimmicks",
"gotchas",
"hitches",
"jokers",
"land mines",
"pitfalls",
"snags"
],
"near synonyms":[
"snares",
"traps",
"trip wires",
"webs",
"hazards",
"perils",
"risks",
"bombs",
"bombshells",
"kickers",
"surprises",
"surprizes",
"baits",
"decoys",
"lures"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"someone or something unusually desirable":{
"examples":[
"everyone thought the captain of the football team was a real catch"
],
"synonyms":[
"gems",
"jewels",
"pearls",
"plums",
"prizes",
"treasures"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blessings",
"finds",
"godsends",
"goodies",
"valuables",
"windfalls",
"booties",
"loots",
"plunders",
"spoils",
"swags",
"brass rings",
"glories",
"prides",
"golds",
"jackpots",
"prize moneys",
"treasure troves"
],
"near antonyms":[
"lemons",
"losers"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the total amount collected or obtained especially at one time":{
"examples":[
"the total catch for our day at the creek was six fish and a crab"
],
"synonyms":[
"bounties",
"hauls",
"takes",
"yields"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bags",
"earnings",
"gains",
"grosses",
"incomes",
"nets",
"payoffs",
"proceeds",
"profits",
"receipts",
"returns",
"revenues",
"winnings",
"booties",
"loots",
"plunders",
"spoils",
"swags",
"appropriations",
"collections"
],
"near antonyms":[
"deductions",
"losses",
"subtractions"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"caters (to)":{
"to give in to (a desire)":{
"examples":[
"the gooey dessert catered to the children's sweet tooth"
],
"synonyms":[
"gratifies",
"humors",
"indulges"
],
"near synonyms":[
"basks",
"luxuriates",
"revels",
"wallows",
"coddles",
"mollycoddles",
"pampers",
"spoils",
"delights",
"pleases",
"pleasures",
"sates",
"satiates",
"satisfies"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bridles",
"checks",
"constrains",
"curbs",
"inhibits",
"restrains",
"stifles"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"catching up (with)":{
"to move fast enough to get even with":{
"examples":[
"I walked faster to catch up with my friends"
],
"synonyms":[
"catching",
"overhauling",
"overtaking"
],
"near synonyms":[
"chasing",
"pursuing",
"gaining",
"reaching",
"passing",
"surpassing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"falling short"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"catchword":{
"a word or phrase that is used repeatedly and conveniently to represent or characterize a person, group, idea, or point of view":{
"examples":[
"a catchword that appeared in every campaign ad"
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"clich\u00e9",
"cliche",
"banner",
"catchphrase",
"cry",
"shibboleth",
"slogan",
"tagline",
"watchword",
"expression",
"idiom",
"maxim",
"motto",
"battle cry",
"war cry"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"catch one's eye":{
"to hold the attention of":{
"examples":[
"This necklace just caught my eye and I couldn't resist buying it."
],
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"absorb",
"bemuse",
"busy",
"catch up",
"engage",
"engross",
"enthrall",
"enthral",
"enwrap",
"fascinate",
"grip",
"immerse",
"interest",
"intrigue",
"involve",
"occupy"
],
"near synonyms":[
"allure",
"attract",
"beguile",
"bewitch",
"captivate",
"charm",
"enchant",
"obsess",
"hypnotize",
"mesmerize",
"distract",
"preoccupy",
"hog",
"monopolize"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bore",
"jade",
"pall",
"tire",
"weary"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"catalyzed":{
"to be the cause of (a situation, action, or state of mind)":{
"examples":[
"a reinstitution of the draft would catalyze protests around the country"
],
"synonyms":[
"begot",
"begat",
"bred",
"brought",
"brought about",
"brought on",
"caused",
"created",
"did",
"drew on",
"effected",
"effectuated",
"engendered",
"generated",
"induced",
"invoked",
"made",
"occasioned",
"produced",
"prompted",
"resulted (in)",
"spawned",
"translated (into)",
"worked",
"wrought",
"yielded"
],
"near synonyms":[
"conduced (to)",
"contributed (to)",
"decided",
"determined",
"began",
"established",
"fathered",
"founded",
"inaugurated",
"initiated",
"innovated",
"instituted",
"introduced",
"launched",
"pioneered",
"set",
"set up",
"started",
"advanced",
"cultivated",
"developed",
"encouraged",
"forwarded",
"fostered",
"furthered",
"nourished",
"nurtured",
"promoted",
"enacted",
"rendered",
"turned out"
],
"near antonyms":[
"impeded",
"limited",
"restricted",
"clamped down (on)",
"cracked down (on)",
"crushed",
"dampened",
"put down",
"quashed",
"quelled",
"repressed",
"smothered",
"squashed",
"squelched",
"stifled",
"subdued",
"suppressed",
"arrested",
"checked",
"controlled",
"curbed",
"inhibited",
"reined (in)",
"restrained",
"retarded",
"canned",
"killed",
"snuffed (out)",
"stilled",
"abolished",
"demolished",
"destroyed",
"extinguished",
"liquidated",
"quenched"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"catch-22s":{
"a danger or difficulty that is hidden or not easily recognized":{
"examples":[
"the drug lowers cholesterol, but the catch-22 is that it mainly lowers good cholesterol"
],
"synonyms":[
"booby traps",
"catches",
"gimmicks",
"gotchas",
"hitches",
"jokers",
"land mines",
"pitfalls",
"snags"
],
"near synonyms":[
"snares",
"traps",
"trip wires",
"webs",
"hazards",
"perils",
"risks",
"bombs",
"bombshells",
"kickers",
"surprises",
"surprizes",
"baits",
"decoys",
"lures"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a difficult, puzzling, or embarrassing situation from which there is no easy escape":{
"examples":[
"the catch-22 faced by every first-time loan applicant: how to get a loan without a credit history"
],
"synonyms":[
"binds",
"boxes",
"corners",
"dilemmas",
"fixes",
"holes",
"impasses",
"jackpots",
"jams",
"mires",
"pickles",
"predicaments",
"quagmires",
"rabbit holes",
"rattraps",
"spots",
"sticky wickets",
"swamps"
],
"near synonyms":[
"difficulties",
"nodes",
"hot waters",
"soups",
"pinches",
"plights",
"quandaries",
"scrapes",
"troubles",
"deadlocks",
"halts",
"logjams",
"stalemates",
"standstills",
"clutches",
"crises",
"crossroads",
"emergencies",
"exigencies",
"junctures",
"straits"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a situation in which one has to choose between two or more equally unsatisfactory choices":{
"examples":[
"an environmental catch-22 : building wind farms results in scenic eyesores; not building wind farms results in greater pollution from fossil fuels"
],
"synonyms":[
"dilemmas",
"double binds",
"quandaries"
],
"near synonyms":[
"deadlocks",
"impasses",
"quagmires",
"stalemates",
"standoffs",
"knots",
"problems",
"binds",
"difficulties",
"fixes",
"holes",
"jams",
"pickles",
"pinches",
"plights",
"predicaments",
"spots"
],
"near antonyms":[
"breezes",
"cinches",
"duck soup",
"snaps"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
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},
"catachreses":{
"as in mixed metaphors":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"mixed metaphors",
"analogies",
"circumlocutions",
"code words",
"cranks",
"dead metaphors",
"euphemisms",
"similes",
"devices",
"conceits",
"metaphors"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"catering":{
"to provide food or meals for":{
"examples":[
"a local firm will cater the awards banquet for high school athletes of the year"
],
"synonyms":[
"boarding",
"feeding",
"provisioning",
"victualing",
"victualling"
],
"near synonyms":[
"serving",
"waiting",
"nourishing",
"nurturing",
"sustaining",
"banqueting",
"dining",
"feasting",
"regaling",
"messing",
"battening",
"fattening",
"filling",
"force-feeding",
"overfeeding",
"surfeiting",
"underfeeding",
"hand-feeding",
"spoon-feeding",
"refeeding",
"reprovisioning"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"cataclysmal":{
"bringing about ruin or misfortune":{
"examples":[
"a cataclysmal decision to plunge the nation into war"
],
"synonyms":[
"calamitous",
"catastrophic",
"damning",
"destructive",
"disastrous",
"fatal",
"fateful",
"ruinous",
"unfortunate"
],
"near synonyms":[
"apocalyptic",
"apocalyptical",
"hapless",
"ill-fated",
"ill-starred",
"luckless",
"adverse",
"baleful",
"baneful",
"damaging",
"deleterious",
"detrimental",
"evil",
"harmful",
"hurtful",
"ill",
"injurious",
"noxious",
"pernicious",
"prejudicial"
],
"near antonyms":[
"fluky",
"flukey",
"fortuitous",
"fortunate",
"happy",
"lucky",
"providential",
"auspicious",
"bright",
"encouraging",
"fair",
"golden",
"heartening",
"hopeful",
"optimistic",
"promising",
"propitious",
"rose-colored",
"rosy",
"upbeat"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"causing or tending to cause destruction":{
"examples":[
"a cataclysmal landslide that virtually wiped out the village"
],
"synonyms":[
"annihilatory",
"calamitous",
"destructive",
"devastating",
"devastative",
"disastrous",
"ruinous"
],
"near synonyms":[
"antibiotic",
"biocidal",
"baleful",
"deadly",
"deathly",
"fatal",
"fell",
"killer",
"lethal",
"mortal",
"murderous",
"pestilent",
"poisonous",
"virulent",
"vital",
"deleterious",
"detrimental",
"harmful",
"pernicious"
],
"near antonyms":[
"preservative",
"protective",
"constructive",
"creative",
"formative",
"productive",
"harmless",
"innocent",
"innocuous",
"inoffensive",
"ameliorative",
"helpful",
"useful",
"healthful",
"healthy",
"nonfatal",
"nonlethal",
"salubrious",
"wholesome"
],
"antonyms":[
"nondestructive"
]
},
"marked by sudden or violent disturbance":{
"examples":[
"the French Revolution was one of the great cataclysmal events in modern history"
],
"synonyms":[
"convulsive",
"stormy",
"tempestuous",
"tumultuous",
"turbulent"
],
"near synonyms":[
"fitful",
"spasmodic",
"sporadic",
"boisterous",
"clamorous",
"furious",
"noisy",
"riotous"
],
"near antonyms":[
"calm",
"peaceful",
"placid",
"serene",
"tranquil",
"undisturbed",
"unperturbed",
"unshaken",
"untroubled"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"cathartic":{
"bringing about a relief from strong emotions usually by expressing them":{
"examples":[
"It was very cathartic to finally tell my childhood bully exactly what I thought of him."
],
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"rousing",
"stimulating"
],
"near antonyms":[
"repressive",
"unaffecting",
"unemotional",
"unimpressive"
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"antonyms":[]
},
"a substance used to induce or speed up the process of defecation":{
"examples":[
"Epsom salts, when ingested, act as a cathartic ."
],
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"purgative",
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"drug",
"medicament",
"medication",
"medicinal",
"medicine",
"pharmaceutical",
"physic",
"remedy",
"specific",
"cure-all",
"nostrum",
"panacea",
"botanical",
"patent medicine",
"prescription",
"prescription drug",
"cordial",
"potion",
"tonic",
"miracle drug",
"wonder drug",
"cap",
"capsule",
"pill",
"tablet",
"syrup",
"sirup",
"tincture",
"antibiotic",
"antiseptic",
"serum"
],
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},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
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},
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"examples":[
"a catena of lies that ultimately proved to be her undoing"
],
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"catenations",
"chains",
"concatenations",
"consecutions",
"nexuses",
"nexus",
"progressions",
"sequences",
"strings",
"trains"
],
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"chain reactions",
"belts",
"circles",
"cycles",
"vicious circles",
"vicious cycles",
"continua",
"continuums",
"gamuts",
"gauntlets",
"gantlets",
"scales",
"spectra",
"spectrums",
"flows",
"rivers",
"streams",
"files",
"lines",
"queues",
"ranges",
"rows",
"successions"
],
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},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"catachresis":{
"as in mixed metaphor":{
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"mixed metaphor",
"analogy",
"circumlocution",
"code word",
"crank",
"dead metaphor",
"euphemism",
"simile",
"device",
"conceit",
"metaphor"
],
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},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"catatonic":{
"not expressing any emotion":{
"examples":[
"a catatonic stare was all that the neglected resident of the nursing home seemed capable of"
],
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"blank",
"deadpan",
"empty",
"expressionless",
"impassive",
"inexpressive",
"numb",
"stolid",
"vacant"
],
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"dull",
"vacuous",
"vague",
"vapid",
"enigmatic",
"enigmatical",
"impenetrable",
"inscrutable",
"mysterious",
"motionless",
"static",
"still",
"wooden",
"reserved",
"restrained",
"reticent",
"taciturn",
"aloof",
"apathetic",
"cold",
"cool",
"detached",
"indifferent",
"phlegmatic",
"unresponsive"
],
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"engaged",
"interested",
"responsive",
"active",
"alive",
"animated",
"bright",
"busy",
"dynamic",
"effervescent",
"energetic",
"expansive",
"exuberant",
"lively",
"vivacious",
"eloquent",
"revealing",
"revelatory",
"gestic",
"gesticulant",
"gesticulative",
"gesticulatory",
"gestural",
"emotional",
"melodramatic",
"theatrical",
"theatric",
"unreserved",
"unrestrained"
],
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"demonstrative",
"expressive"
]
},
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"adjective"
]
},
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"the more favorable condition or position in a competition":{
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"your fluency in French should put you in the catbird seat for getting the Paris posting"
],
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"advantage",
"better",
"bulge",
"drop",
"edge",
"high ground",
"inside track",
"jump",
"pull",
"stead",
"upper hand",
"vantage",
"whip hand"
],
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"allowance",
"head start",
"lead",
"leg up",
"margin",
"odds",
"start",
"ascendancy",
"ascendency",
"command",
"dominance",
"mastery",
"predominance",
"superiority",
"supremacy",
"transcendence",
"transcendency",
"precedence",
"preference",
"prerogative",
"privilege",
"seniority",
"break",
"foothold",
"opportunity",
"benefit",
"blessing",
"boon",
"felicity",
"godsend",
"manna",
"windfall"
],
"near antonyms":[
"detriment",
"stranglehold",
"disparity",
"imbalance",
"inequality",
"unevenness",
"disability",
"failing",
"impairment",
"shortcoming",
"bar",
"catch",
"check",
"clog",
"crimp",
"embarrassment",
"hindrance",
"hitch",
"hurdle",
"impediment",
"interference",
"let",
"manacle",
"obstacle",
"obstruction",
"rub",
"shackle",
"stop",
"trammel",
"lurch",
"setback"
],
"antonyms":[
"disadvantage",
"drawback",
"handicap",
"liability",
"minus",
"penalty",
"strike"
]
},
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"examples":[
"in the wake of the natural disaster, this obscure bureaucrat was suddenly and unexpectedly thrust into the catbird seat"
],
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"center stage",
"limelight",
"spotlight",
"top billing"
],
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"front burner",
"attention",
"heed",
"notice"
],
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},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"catchphrase":{
"an attention-getting word or phrase used to publicize something (as a campaign or product)":{
"examples":[
"one of those advertising catchphrases that, if you think about them, don't mean much of anything"
],
"synonyms":[
"banner",
"cry",
"shibboleth",
"slogan",
"tagline",
"watchword"
],
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"expression",
"idiom",
"catchword",
"clich\u00e9",
"cliche",
"maxim",
"motto",
"battle cry",
"war cry"
],
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"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"catching one's breath":{
"to come to a temporary halt in one's activity":{
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"breaking",
"pausing"
],
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"hesitating",
"breaking in",
"interrupting",
"ceasing",
"discontinuing",
"ending",
"finishing",
"stopping",
"terminating",
"knocking off",
"laying off",
"quitting",
"lapsing",
"letting up"
],
"near antonyms":[
"continuing",
"persisting",
"advancing",
"progressing",
"extending",
"prolonging",
"stretching"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[]
},
"cat rig":{
"as in yacht , catboat":{
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"brigantine",
"bugeye",
"ca\u00efque",
"caravel",
"catamaran",
"catboat",
"clipper",
"corvette",
"cutter",
"frigate",
"galleon",
"galley",
"junk",
"keelboat",
"ketch",
"knockabout",
"lugger",
"outrigger",
"pinnace",
"piragua",
"sailer",
"schooner",
"shallop",
"sharpie",
"sharpy",
"sloop",
"square-rigger",
"xebec",
"yacht",
"yawl",
"bark",
"dinghy",
"sailboat",
"windjammer",
"bottom",
"craft",
"vessel"
],
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"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"catastrophes":{
"a sudden violent event that brings about great loss or destruction":{
"examples":[
"more than one natural catastrophe has threatened to destroy their farm over the years"
],
"synonyms":[
"apocalypses",
"calamities",
"cataclysms",
"debacles",
"d\u00e9b\u00e2cles",
"disasters",
"tragedies"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bloodbaths",
"collapses",
"crashes",
"meltdowns",
"Armageddons",
"doomsdays",
"end-times",
"convulsions",
"paroxysms",
"upheavals",
"accidents",
"casualties",
"fatalities",
"misadventures",
"mischances",
"misfortunes",
"mishaps",
"blasts",
"blows",
"double whammies",
"one-twos",
"one-two punches"
],
"near antonyms":[
"godsends",
"mannas",
"windfalls"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"something that has failed":{
"examples":[
"the movie was a catastrophe , nearly bankrupting the studio that produced it"
],
"synonyms":[
"bombs",
"bummers",
"busts",
"clinkers",
"clunkers",
"debacles",
"d\u00e9b\u00e2cles",
"disasters",
"duds",
"failures",
"fiascoes",
"fizzles",
"flops",
"frosts",
"lemons",
"losers",
"misses",
"shipwrecks",
"turkeys",
"washouts"
],
"near synonyms":[
"also-rans",
"disappointments",
"dogs",
"has-beens",
"near misses",
"botches",
"hashes",
"messes",
"muddles",
"shambles",
"nonevents",
"nonstarters"
],
"near antonyms":[
"corkers",
"crackerjacks",
"crackajacks",
"dandies",
"jim-dandies",
"phenomena",
"phenomenons"
],
"antonyms":[
"blockbusters",
"hits",
"smashes",
"successes",
"winners"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"caterwauled":{
"to express dissatisfaction, pain, or resentment usually tiresomely":{
"examples":[
"like many kids during summer vacation, they were caterwauling about the lack of things to do"
],
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"beefed",
"bellyached",
"bitched",
"bleated",
"carped",
"complained",
"crabbed",
"croaked",
"fussed",
"griped",
"grizzled",
"grouched",
"groused",
"growled",
"grumbled",
"grumped",
"hollered",
"inveighed",
"keened",
"kicked",
"kvetched",
"maundered",
"moaned",
"murmured",
"muttered",
"nagged",
"repined",
"screamed",
"squawked",
"squealed",
"wailed",
"whimpered",
"whined",
"whinged",
"yammered",
"yawped",
"yauped",
"yowled"
],
"near synonyms":[
"objected (to)",
"protested",
"quarreled (with)",
"quarrelled (with)",
"caviled",
"cavilled",
"quibbled",
"fretted",
"stewed",
"worried",
"blubbered",
"cried",
"sobbed",
"bemoaned",
"bewailed",
"deplored",
"lamented"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accepted",
"bore",
"countenanced",
"endured",
"tolerated",
"took",
"applauded",
"cheered",
"commended"
],
"antonyms":[
"crowed",
"delighted",
"rejoiced"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"catamarans":{
"as in yachts , sloops":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"brigantines",
"bugeyes",
"ca\u00efques",
"caravels",
"catboats",
"cat rigs",
"clippers",
"corvettes",
"cutters",
"frigates",
"galleons",
"galleys",
"junk",
"keelboats",
"ketches",
"knockabouts",
"luggers",
"outriggers",
"pinnaces",
"piraguas",
"sailers",
"schooners",
"shallops",
"sharpies",
"sloops",
"square-riggers",
"xebecs",
"yachts",
"yawls",
"barks",
"dinghies",
"sailboats",
"windjammers",
"bottoms",
"crafts",
"vessels"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"catalyzing":{
"to be the cause of (a situation, action, or state of mind)":{
"examples":[
"a reinstitution of the draft would catalyze protests around the country"
],
"synonyms":[
"begetting",
"breeding",
"bringing",
"bringing about",
"bringing on",
"causing",
"creating",
"doing",
"drawing on",
"effecting",
"effectuating",
"engendering",
"generating",
"inducing",
"invoking",
"making",
"occasioning",
"producing",
"prompting",
"resulting (in)",
"spawning",
"translating (into)",
"working",
"yielding"
],
"near synonyms":[
"conducing (to)",
"contributing (to)",
"deciding",
"determining",
"beginning",
"establishing",
"fathering",
"founding",
"inaugurating",
"initiating",
"innovating",
"instituting",
"introducing",
"launching",
"pioneering",
"setting",
"setting up",
"starting",
"advancing",
"cultivating",
"developing",
"encouraging",
"forwarding",
"fostering",
"furthering",
"nourishing",
"nurturing",
"promoting",
"enacting",
"rendering",
"turning out"
],
"near antonyms":[
"impeding",
"limiting",
"restricting",
"clamping down (on)",
"cracking down (on)",
"crushing",
"dampening",
"putting down",
"quashing",
"quelling",
"repressing",
"smothering",
"squashing",
"squelching",
"stifling",
"subduing",
"suppressing",
"arresting",
"checking",
"controlling",
"curbing",
"inhibiting",
"reining (in)",
"restraining",
"retarding",
"canning",
"killing",
"snuffing (out)",
"stilling",
"abolishing",
"demolishing",
"destroying",
"extinguishing",
"liquidating",
"quenching"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"catenating":{
"to put or bring together so as to form a new and longer whole":{
"examples":[
"a Broadway musical that catenates a series of pop hits by means of a flimsy libretto"
],
"synonyms":[
"chaining",
"compounding",
"concatenating",
"conjugating",
"connecting",
"coupling",
"hitching",
"hooking",
"interconnecting",
"interlinking",
"joining",
"linking",
"yoking"
],
"near synonyms":[
"articulating",
"dovetailing",
"integrating",
"interlocking",
"intermeshing",
"cording",
"stringing",
"wiring",
"cementing",
"coalescing",
"combining",
"fusing",
"uniting",
"welding"
],
"near antonyms":[
"detaching",
"disengaging",
"dividing",
"parting",
"splitting",
"cleaving",
"rupturing",
"severing",
"sundering"
],
"antonyms":[
"disconnecting",
"disjoining",
"disjointing",
"dissevering",
"disuniting",
"separating",
"unchaining",
"uncoupling",
"unhitching",
"unlinking",
"unyoking"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"cataclysmic":{
"bringing about ruin or misfortune":{
"examples":[
"a cataclysmal decision to plunge the nation into war"
],
"synonyms":[
"calamitous",
"catastrophic",
"damning",
"destructive",
"disastrous",
"fatal",
"fateful",
"ruinous",
"unfortunate"
],
"near synonyms":[
"apocalyptic",
"apocalyptical",
"hapless",
"ill-fated",
"ill-starred",
"luckless",
"adverse",
"baleful",
"baneful",
"damaging",
"deleterious",
"detrimental",
"evil",
"harmful",
"hurtful",
"ill",
"injurious",
"noxious",
"pernicious",
"prejudicial"
],
"near antonyms":[
"fluky",
"flukey",
"fortuitous",
"fortunate",
"happy",
"lucky",
"providential",
"auspicious",
"bright",
"encouraging",
"fair",
"golden",
"heartening",
"hopeful",
"optimistic",
"promising",
"propitious",
"rose-colored",
"rosy",
"upbeat"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"causing or tending to cause destruction":{
"examples":[
"a cataclysmal landslide that virtually wiped out the village"
],
"synonyms":[
"annihilatory",
"calamitous",
"destructive",
"devastating",
"devastative",
"disastrous",
"ruinous"
],
"near synonyms":[
"antibiotic",
"biocidal",
"baleful",
"deadly",
"deathly",
"fatal",
"fell",
"killer",
"lethal",
"mortal",
"murderous",
"pestilent",
"poisonous",
"virulent",
"vital",
"deleterious",
"detrimental",
"harmful",
"pernicious"
],
"near antonyms":[
"preservative",
"protective",
"constructive",
"creative",
"formative",
"productive",
"harmless",
"innocent",
"innocuous",
"inoffensive",
"ameliorative",
"helpful",
"useful",
"healthful",
"healthy",
"nonfatal",
"nonlethal",
"salubrious",
"wholesome"
],
"antonyms":[
"nondestructive"
]
},
"marked by sudden or violent disturbance":{
"examples":[
"the French Revolution was one of the great cataclysmal events in modern history"
],
"synonyms":[
"convulsive",
"stormy",
"tempestuous",
"tumultuous",
"turbulent"
],
"near synonyms":[
"fitful",
"spasmodic",
"sporadic",
"boisterous",
"clamorous",
"furious",
"noisy",
"riotous"
],
"near antonyms":[
"calm",
"peaceful",
"placid",
"serene",
"tranquil",
"undisturbed",
"unperturbed",
"unshaken",
"untroubled"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"catapulting":{
"to send through the air especially with a quick forward motion of the arm":{
"examples":[
"catapulted a pumpkin into the next yard"
],
"synonyms":[
"casting",
"chucking",
"dashing",
"firing",
"flinging",
"heaving",
"hurling",
"hurtling",
"launching",
"lobbing",
"lofting",
"pegging",
"pelting",
"pitching",
"slinging",
"throwing",
"tossing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bowling",
"darting",
"flipping",
"gunning",
"hooking",
"passing",
"rolling",
"shooting",
"bucking",
"ejecting",
"impelling",
"precipitating",
"projecting",
"propelling",
"rifling",
"thrusting"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"catchwords":{
"a word or phrase that is used repeatedly and conveniently to represent or characterize a person, group, idea, or point of view":{
"examples":[
"a catchword that appeared in every campaign ad"
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"clich\u00e9s",
"cliches",
"banners",
"catchphrases",
"cries",
"shibboleths",
"slogans",
"taglines",
"watchwords",
"expressions",
"idioms",
"maxims",
"mottoes",
"mottos",
"battle cries",
"war cries"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"catch on":{
"as in go , work out":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"click",
"come off",
"deliver",
"go",
"go over",
"pan out",
"succeed",
"work out",
"flourish",
"prosper",
"thrive",
"cook",
"percolate"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bomb",
"collapse",
"fail",
"flop",
"flunk",
"fold",
"founder",
"miss",
"strike out",
"wash out",
"languish",
"flounder",
"struggle",
"decline",
"sink",
"skid",
"slip",
"slump",
"wane",
"crash",
"crater",
"crumble",
"flame out",
"choke",
"crack up",
"miscarry",
"misfire",
"fall down",
"go under",
"implode",
"self-destruct"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"catfights":{
"as in tussles , fistfights":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"battles",
"clashes",
"combats",
"conflicts",
"contests",
"dustups",
"fights",
"fracases",
"fracas",
"frays",
"hassles",
"scraps",
"scrimmages",
"scrums",
"scuffles",
"skirmishes",
"struggles",
"tussles",
"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",
"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",
"pitched battles",
"rough-and-tumbles"
],
"near antonyms":[
"truces"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"cattleman":{
"as in rancher , stockman":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
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"rancher",
"stockman",
"horseman",
"horsewoman",
"cowherd",
"drover",
"herder",
"herdsman",
"caballero",
"gaucho",
"vaquero",
"cowgirl",
"buckaroo",
"buckeroo",
"cowboy",
"cowhand",
"cowman",
"cowpoke",
"cowpuncher",
"waddy",
"waddie",
"wrangler"
],
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"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"cathouses":{
"a building in which prostitutes are available":{
"examples":[
"soldiers on leave looking for a cathouse in the tenderloin"
],
"synonyms":[
"bagnios",
"bawdy houses",
"bordellos",
"brothels",
"disorderly houses",
"sporting houses",
"stews",
"whorehouses"
],
"near synonyms":[
"call houses",
"cribs",
"massage parlors",
"harems",
"seraglios"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"catches fire":{
"to turn out as planned or desired":{
"examples":[
"It is rare when a product catches fire with consumers and exceeds all expectations."
],
"synonyms":[
"clicks",
"comes off",
"delivers",
"goes",
"goes over",
"pans out",
"succeeds",
"works out"
],
"near synonyms":[
"catches on",
"flourishes",
"prospers",
"thrives",
"cooks",
"percolates"
],
"near antonyms":[
"languishes",
"flounders",
"struggles",
"declines",
"sinks",
"skids",
"slips",
"slumps",
"wanes",
"crashes",
"craters",
"crumbles",
"flames out",
"chokes",
"cracks up",
"miscarries",
"misfires",
"falls down",
"goes under",
"implodes",
"self-destructs"
],
"antonyms":[
"bombs",
"collapses",
"fails",
"flops",
"flunks",
"folds",
"founders",
"misses",
"strikes out",
"washes out"
]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"catching one's eye":{
"to hold the attention of":{
"examples":[
"This necklace just caught my eye and I couldn't resist buying it."
],
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"absorbing",
"bemusing",
"busying",
"catching up",
"engaging",
"engrossing",
"enthralling",
"enwrapping",
"fascinating",
"gripping",
"immersing",
"interesting",
"intriguing",
"involving",
"occupying"
],
"near synonyms":[
"alluring",
"attracting",
"beguiling",
"bewitching",
"captivating",
"charming",
"enchanting",
"obsessing",
"hypnotizing",
"mesmerizing",
"distracting",
"preoccupying",
"hogging",
"monopolizing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"boring",
"jading",
"palling",
"tiring",
"wearying"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"catbird seats":{
"the more favorable condition or position in a competition":{
"examples":[
"your fluency in French should put you in the catbird seat for getting the Paris posting"
],
"synonyms":[
"advantages",
"betters",
"bulges",
"drops",
"edges",
"high grounds",
"inside tracks",
"jumps",
"pulls",
"steads",
"upper hands",
"vantages",
"whip hands"
],
"near synonyms":[
"allowances",
"head starts",
"leads",
"legs up",
"margins",
"odds",
"starts",
"ascendancies",
"ascendencies",
"commands",
"dominances",
"masteries",
"predominances",
"superiorities",
"supremacies",
"transcendences",
"transcendencies",
"precedences",
"preferences",
"prerogatives",
"privileges",
"seniorities",
"breaks",
"footholds",
"opportunities",
"benefits",
"blessings",
"boons",
"felicities",
"godsends",
"mannas",
"windfalls"
],
"near antonyms":[
"detriments",
"strangleholds",
"disparities",
"imbalances",
"inequalities",
"disabilities",
"failings",
"impairments",
"shortcomings",
"bars",
"catches",
"checks",
"clogs",
"crimps",
"embarrassments",
"hindrances",
"hitches",
"hurdles",
"impediments",
"interferences",
"lets",
"manacles",
"obstacles",
"obstructions",
"rubs",
"shackles",
"stops",
"trammels",
"lurches",
"setbacks"
],
"antonyms":[
"disadvantages",
"drawbacks",
"handicaps",
"liabilities",
"minuses",
"penalties",
"strikes"
]
},
"the center of public attention":{
"examples":[
"in the wake of the natural disaster, this obscure bureaucrat was suddenly and unexpectedly thrust into the catbird seat"
],
"synonyms":[
"center stages",
"limelights",
"spotlights",
"top billings"
],
"near synonyms":[
"front burners",
"attentions",
"heeds",
"notices"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"catting (around)":{
"as in playing (around) , fooling around":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"fooling around",
"fornicating",
"playing (around)",
"tomcatting (around)",
"womanizing",
"cheating",
"philandering",
"screwing around",
"stepping out",
"copulating",
"coupling",
"lying",
"making out",
"mating",
"sleeping",
"lusting"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"catercorner":{
"in a line or direction running from corner to corner":{
"examples":[
"walked kitty-corner across the quadrangle to the registration booth"
],
"synonyms":[
"athwart",
"bias",
"cornerways",
"cornerwise",
"crossways",
"crosswise",
"diagonally",
"obliquely",
"transversely"
],
"near synonyms":[
"across"
],
"near antonyms":[
"lengthwise",
"longitudinally"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"cattlemen":{
"as in ranchers , stockmen":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"ranchers",
"stockmen",
"horsemen",
"horsewomen",
"cowherds",
"drovers",
"herders",
"herdsmen",
"caballeros",
"gauchos",
"vaqueros",
"cowgirls",
"buckaroos",
"buckeroos",
"cowboys",
"cowhands",
"cowmen",
"cowpokes",
"cowpunchers",
"waddies",
"wranglers"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"categorizations":{
"as in classifications , arrangements":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"arrangements",
"assortments",
"classifications",
"codifications",
"indexings",
"assessments",
"diagnoses",
"evaluations",
"examinations",
"inspections",
"investigations",
"musters",
"scrutinies",
"enumerations",
"inventories",
"itemizations",
"tabulations",
"analyses",
"anatomies",
"assays",
"breakdowns",
"deconstructions",
"dissections",
"divisions",
"reductions",
"segmentations",
"separations",
"subdivisions"
],
"near antonyms":[
"agglomerations",
"aggregations",
"amalgamations",
"assimilations",
"coalescences",
"conglomerations",
"consolidations",
"integrations",
"syntheses",
"unifications"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"cat's-paw":{
"one that is or can be used to further the purposes of another":{
"examples":[
"these changes to the zoning laws have only confirmed for many that the town council has become the cat's-paw of local real estate developers"
],
"synonyms":[
"instrument",
"lay figure",
"pawn",
"puppet",
"tool"
],
"near synonyms":[
"chump",
"dupe",
"foil",
"gull",
"sucker",
"victim",
"minion",
"stooge",
"lap dog",
"yes-man"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"cat rigs":{
"as in yachts , catboats":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"brigantines",
"bugeyes",
"ca\u00efques",
"caravels",
"catamarans",
"catboats",
"clippers",
"corvettes",
"cutters",
"frigates",
"galleons",
"galleys",
"junk",
"keelboats",
"ketches",
"knockabouts",
"luggers",
"outriggers",
"pinnaces",
"piraguas",
"sailers",
"schooners",
"shallops",
"sharpies",
"sloops",
"square-riggers",
"xebecs",
"yachts",
"yawls",
"barks",
"dinghies",
"sailboats",
"windjammers",
"bottoms",
"crafts",
"vessels"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"catch up":{
"to catch or hold as if in a net":{
"examples":[
"a young idealist who got caught up in the political fanaticism of the times"
],
"synonyms":[
"enmesh",
"immesh",
"ensnare",
"ensnarl",
"entangle",
"entoil",
"entrap",
"mesh",
"net",
"snare",
"tangle",
"trap"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bag",
"birdlime",
"capture",
"collar",
"embroil",
"implicate",
"involve",
"mire"
],
"near antonyms":[
"detach",
"disengage",
"extricate",
"clear",
"free",
"liberate"
],
"antonyms":[
"disentangle",
"untangle"
]
},
"to hold the attention of as if by a spell":{
"examples":[
"completely caught up in opera ever since he saw La Traviata"
],
"synonyms":[
"arrest",
"bedazzle",
"enchant",
"enthrall",
"enthral",
"fascinate",
"grip",
"hypnotize",
"mesmerize",
"spellbind"
],
"near synonyms":[
"enrapture",
"entrance",
"thrill",
"beguile",
"bewitch",
"charm",
"absorb",
"engage",
"engross",
"involve"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to hold the attention of":{
"examples":[
"so caught up in the game that she didn't note the passage of time"
],
"synonyms":[
"absorb",
"bemuse",
"busy",
"engage",
"engross",
"enthrall",
"enthral",
"enwrap",
"fascinate",
"grip",
"immerse",
"interest",
"intrigue",
"involve",
"occupy"
],
"near synonyms":[
"allure",
"attract",
"beguile",
"bewitch",
"captivate",
"charm",
"enchant",
"obsess",
"hypnotize",
"mesmerize",
"distract",
"preoccupy",
"hog",
"monopolize"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bore",
"jade",
"pall",
"tire",
"weary"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to give information to":{
"examples":[
"catch me up on what's been happening at the office"
],
"synonyms":[
"acquaint",
"advise",
"apprise",
"brief",
"clear",
"clue (in)",
"enlighten",
"familiarize",
"fill in",
"hip",
"inform",
"instruct",
"tell",
"verse",
"wise (up)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"advertise",
"alert",
"notify",
"announce (to)",
"disclose (to)",
"assure",
"certify",
"convince",
"reassure",
"warrant",
"educate",
"lecture",
"school",
"teach",
"tutor",
"disabuse",
"disenchant",
"disillusion",
"undeceive"
],
"near antonyms":[
"misinform",
"mislead"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"cater":{
"to provide food or meals for":{
"examples":[
"a local firm will cater the awards banquet for high school athletes of the year"
],
"synonyms":[
"board",
"feed",
"provision",
"victual"
],
"near synonyms":[
"serve",
"wait",
"nourish",
"nurture",
"sustain",
"banquet",
"dine",
"feast",
"regale",
"mess",
"batten",
"fatten",
"fill",
"force-feed",
"overfeed",
"surfeit",
"underfeed",
"hand-feed",
"spoon-feed",
"refeed",
"reprovision"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"catalyzes":{
"to be the cause of (a situation, action, or state of mind)":{
"examples":[
"a reinstitution of the draft would catalyze protests around the country"
],
"synonyms":[
"begets",
"breeds",
"brings",
"brings about",
"brings on",
"causes",
"creates",
"does",
"draws on",
"effects",
"effectuates",
"engenders",
"generates",
"induces",
"invokes",
"makes",
"occasions",
"produces",
"prompts",
"results (in)",
"spawns",
"translates (into)",
"works",
"yields"
],
"near synonyms":[
"conduces (to)",
"contributes (to)",
"decides",
"determines",
"begins",
"establishes",
"fathers",
"founds",
"inaugurates",
"initiates",
"innovates",
"institutes",
"introduces",
"launches",
"pioneers",
"sets",
"sets up",
"starts",
"advances",
"cultivates",
"develops",
"encourages",
"forwards",
"fosters",
"furthers",
"nourishes",
"nurtures",
"promotes",
"enacts",
"renders",
"turns out"
],
"near antonyms":[
"impedes",
"limits",
"restricts",
"clamps down (on)",
"cracks down (on)",
"crushes",
"dampens",
"puts down",
"quashes",
"quells",
"represses",
"smothers",
"squashes",
"squelches",
"stifles",
"subdues",
"suppresses",
"arrests",
"checks",
"controls",
"curbs",
"inhibits",
"reins (in)",
"restrains",
"retards",
"cans",
"kills",
"snuffs (out)",
"stills",
"abolishes",
"demolishes",
"destroys",
"extinguishes",
"liquidates",
"quenches"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"catalogued":{
"as in recorded , registered":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"listed",
"recorded",
"registered"
],
"near antonyms":[
"uncataloged",
"unlisted",
"unrecorded",
"unregistered",
"unwritten",
"unidentified",
"unspecified"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to put (someone or something) on a list":{
"examples":[
"cataloged the latest additions to the collection"
],
"synonyms":[
"enrolled",
"entered",
"indexed",
"inscribed",
"listed",
"put down",
"recorded",
"registered",
"scheduled",
"slated"
],
"near synonyms":[
"booked",
"carded",
"filed",
"noted",
"classified",
"compiled",
"tabulated",
"tallied",
"rescheduled"
],
"near antonyms":[
"deleted"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"catechumen":{
"as in neophyte , proselyte":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"newcomer",
"novice",
"novitiate",
"recruit",
"convert",
"neophyte",
"proselyte",
"regenerate"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"catenations":{
"a series of things linked together":{
"examples":[
"a catenation of missteps and miscalculations that ultimately grew into a colossal blunder"
],
"synonyms":[
"catenae",
"catenas",
"chains",
"concatenations",
"consecutions",
"nexuses",
"nexus",
"progressions",
"sequences",
"strings",
"trains"
],
"near synonyms":[
"chain reactions",
"belts",
"circles",
"cycles",
"vicious circles",
"vicious cycles",
"continua",
"continuums",
"gamuts",
"gauntlets",
"gantlets",
"scales",
"spectra",
"spectrums",
"flows",
"rivers",
"streams",
"files",
"lines",
"queues",
"ranges",
"rows",
"successions"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"categorizing":{
"to arrange or assign according to type":{
"examples":[
"categorized the questions by topic"
],
"synonyms":[
"assorting",
"breaking down",
"classifying",
"classing",
"codifying",
"compartmentalizing",
"compartmenting",
"digesting",
"distinguishing",
"distributing",
"grading",
"grouping",
"pegging",
"placing",
"ranging",
"ranking",
"relegating",
"separating",
"sorting",
"typing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"arraying",
"disposing",
"drawing up",
"marshaling",
"marshalling",
"ordering",
"organizing",
"systematizing",
"alphabetizing",
"cataloging",
"cataloguing",
"filing",
"indexing",
"listing",
"referring",
"pigeonholing",
"shelving",
"identifying",
"recognizing",
"culling",
"screening",
"setting",
"sieving",
"sifting",
"winnowing",
"clumping",
"clustering",
"colligating",
"recategorizing",
"reclassifying",
"regrouping",
"subcategorizing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"confusing",
"disarranging",
"jumbling",
"lumping",
"mixing (up)",
"scrambling",
"misclassifying",
"missorting",
"mis-sorting",
"mistyping"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"cat-a-mountains":{
"a large tawny cat of the wild":{
"examples":[
"tracks that looked to be those of a cat-a-mountain"
],
"synonyms":[
"catamounts",
"cougars",
"cougar",
"mountain lions",
"panthers",
"panther",
"pumas",
"puma"
],
"near synonyms":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"catching fire":{
"to turn out as planned or desired":{
"examples":[
"It is rare when a product catches fire with consumers and exceeds all expectations."
],
"synonyms":[
"clicking",
"coming off",
"delivering",
"going",
"going over",
"panning out",
"succeeding",
"working out"
],
"near synonyms":[
"catching on",
"flourishing",
"prospering",
"thriving",
"cooking",
"percolating"
],
"near antonyms":[
"languishing",
"floundering",
"struggling",
"declining",
"sinking",
"skidding",
"slipping",
"slumping",
"waning",
"crashing",
"cratering",
"crumbling",
"flaming out",
"choking",
"cracking up",
"miscarrying",
"misfiring",
"falling down",
"going under",
"imploding",
"self-destructing"
],
"antonyms":[
"bombing",
"collapsing",
"failing",
"flopping",
"flunking",
"folding",
"foundering",
"missing",
"striking out",
"washing out"
]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"catalysts":{
"something that arouses action or activity":{
"examples":[
"Her expulsion from the university proved to be a catalyst for needed change."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"catalyzers",
"fuels",
"sparks",
"activators",
"animators",
"drivers",
"energizers",
"executors",
"generators",
"impetuses",
"incentives",
"inspirations",
"instigations",
"instigators",
"launchers",
"movers",
"powers",
"stimuli",
"triggers",
"determinants",
"expedients",
"factors",
"influences",
"ingredients",
"mechanisms",
"tools",
"weapons",
"antecedents",
"causes",
"impulses",
"occasions",
"reasons",
"boosts",
"encouragements",
"goads",
"incitations",
"incitements",
"momenta",
"momentums",
"motivations",
"provocations",
"spurs",
"stimulants",
"yeasts",
"agencies",
"agents",
"instrumentalities",
"instruments",
"machineries",
"means",
"mediums",
"media",
"ministries",
"organs",
"vehicles",
"subagencies",
"sub-agencies",
"subagents",
"sub-agents",
"inducements",
"invitations"
],
"near antonyms":[
"counterincentives",
"counter-incentives",
"disincentives"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"categorize":{
"to arrange or assign according to type":{
"examples":[
"categorized the questions by topic"
],
"synonyms":[
"assort",
"break down",
"class",
"classify",
"codify",
"compartment",
"compartmentalize",
"digest",
"distinguish",
"distribute",
"grade",
"group",
"peg",
"place",
"range",
"rank",
"relegate",
"separate",
"sort",
"type"
],
"near synonyms":[
"array",
"dispose",
"draw up",
"marshal",
"marshall",
"order",
"organize",
"systematize",
"alphabetize",
"catalog",
"catalogue",
"file",
"index",
"list",
"refer",
"pigeonhole",
"shelve",
"identify",
"recognize",
"cull",
"screen",
"set",
"sieve",
"sift",
"winnow",
"clump",
"cluster",
"colligate",
"recategorize",
"reclassify",
"regroup",
"subcategorize"
],
"near antonyms":[
"confuse",
"disarrange",
"jumble",
"lump",
"mix (up)",
"scramble",
"misclassify",
"missort",
"mistype"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"categorization":{
"as in classification , arrangement":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"arrangement",
"assortment",
"cataloging",
"cataloguing",
"classification",
"codification",
"indexing",
"assessment",
"diagnosis",
"evaluation",
"examination",
"inspection",
"investigation",
"muster",
"scrutiny",
"enumeration",
"inventory",
"itemization",
"tabulation",
"analysis",
"anatomizing",
"anatomy",
"assay",
"breakdown",
"deconstruction",
"dissection",
"division",
"reduction",
"segmentation",
"separation",
"subdivision"
],
"near antonyms":[
"agglomeration",
"aggregation",
"amalgamation",
"assimilation",
"coalescence",
"conglomeration",
"consolidation",
"integration",
"synthesis",
"unification"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"cat-o'-nine-tails":{
"as in blacksnake , crop":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"birch",
"blacksnake",
"bullwhip",
"cowhide",
"crop",
"hickory",
"knout",
"quirt",
"rattan",
"rawhide",
"strap",
"flogger",
"lash",
"scourge",
"switch",
"whip",
"bastinado",
"bastinade",
"bat",
"baton",
"billy",
"billy club",
"bludgeon",
"cane",
"club",
"cudgel",
"flail",
"nightstick",
"staff"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"caters":{
"to provide food or meals for":{
"examples":[
"a local firm will cater the awards banquet for high school athletes of the year"
],
"synonyms":[
"boards",
"feeds",
"provisions",
"victuals"
],
"near synonyms":[
"serves",
"waits",
"nourishes",
"nurtures",
"sustains",
"banquets",
"dines",
"feasts",
"regales",
"messes",
"battens",
"fattens",
"fills",
"force-feeds",
"overfeeds",
"surfeits",
"underfeeds",
"hand-feeds",
"spoon-feeds",
"refeeds",
"reprovisions"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"catches one's breath":{
"to come to a temporary halt in one's activity":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[
"breaks",
"pauses"
],
"near synonyms":[
"hesitates",
"breaks in",
"interrupts",
"ceases",
"discontinues",
"ends",
"finishes",
"stops",
"terminates",
"knocks off",
"lays off",
"quits",
"lapses",
"lets up"
],
"near antonyms":[
"continues",
"persists",
"advances",
"progresses",
"extends",
"prolongs",
"stretches"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[]
},
"catholicon":{
"something that cures all ills or problems":{
"examples":[
"he seems to prescribe fluids and rest as a catholicon for everything"
],
"synonyms":[
"cure-all",
"elixir",
"nostrum",
"panacea",
"theriac"
],
"near synonyms":[
"magic bullet",
"silver bullet",
"corrective",
"cure",
"remedy",
"miracle drug",
"wonder drug"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"catcalls":{
"a vocal sound made to express scorn or disapproval":{
"examples":[
"the band's sloppy playing produced only catcalls from the crowd"
],
"synonyms":[
"birds",
"boos",
"Bronx cheers",
"hisses",
"hoots",
"jeers",
"raspberries",
"razzes",
"snorts"
],
"near synonyms":[
"smirks",
"sneers",
"snickers",
"sniggers",
"gibes",
"jibes",
"put-downs",
"taunts",
"whistles"
],
"near antonyms":[
"applauses"
],
"antonyms":[
"cheers"
]
},
"as in derides , jeers":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"derides",
"gibes",
"jibes",
"hoots",
"insults",
"jeers",
"mocks",
"ridicules",
"sniffs",
"snorts",
"decries",
"despises",
"disdains",
"laughs",
"smiles",
"sneers",
"snickers",
"sniggers",
"scoffs (at)",
"scorns",
"bad-mouths",
"belittles",
"disparages",
"pooh-poohs",
"poohs",
"puts down",
"heckles",
"jives",
"razzes",
"ribs",
"rides",
"taunts",
"teases",
"torments"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"catapults":{
"to send through the air especially with a quick forward motion of the arm":{
"examples":[
"catapulted a pumpkin into the next yard"
],
"synonyms":[
"casts",
"chucks",
"dashes",
"fires",
"flings",
"heaves",
"hurls",
"hurtles",
"launches",
"lobs",
"lofts",
"pegs",
"pelts",
"pitches",
"slings",
"throws",
"tosses"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bowls",
"darts",
"flips",
"guns",
"hooks",
"passes",
"rolls",
"shoots",
"bucks",
"ejects",
"impels",
"precipitates",
"projects",
"propels",
"rifles",
"thrusts"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"catch up (with)":{
"to move fast enough to get even with":{
"examples":[
"I walked faster to catch up with my friends"
],
"synonyms":[
"catch",
"overhaul",
"overtake"
],
"near synonyms":[
"chase",
"pursue",
"gain",
"reach",
"pass",
"surpass"
],
"near antonyms":[
"fall short"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"catboats":{
"as in yachts , schooners":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"brigantines",
"bugeyes",
"ca\u00efques",
"caravels",
"catamarans",
"cat rigs",
"clippers",
"corvettes",
"cutters",
"frigates",
"galleons",
"galleys",
"junk",
"keelboats",
"ketches",
"knockabouts",
"luggers",
"outriggers",
"pinnaces",
"piraguas",
"sailers",
"schooners",
"shallops",
"sharpies",
"sloops",
"square-riggers",
"xebecs",
"yachts",
"yawls",
"barks",
"dinghies",
"sailboats",
"windjammers",
"bottoms",
"crafts",
"vessels"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"cathexis":{
"as in emotion , passion":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"ardency",
"ardor",
"emotion",
"enthusiasm",
"fervency",
"fervidness",
"fervor",
"fire",
"heat",
"intenseness",
"intensity",
"passion",
"passionateness",
"vehemence",
"violence",
"warmth",
"white heat",
"fanaticism",
"fever",
"hot-bloodedness",
"infatuation",
"mania",
"obsession",
"zeal",
"eagerness",
"earnestness",
"excitement",
"gusto",
"keenness",
"zest",
"emotionalism",
"emotionality",
"histrionics",
"mawkishness",
"melodrama",
"sappiness",
"sentimentality",
"compassion",
"responsiveness",
"sentiment",
"sympathy",
"tenderness",
"torridity",
"torridness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"impassiveness",
"impassivity",
"insensibility",
"insensibleness",
"insensitiveness",
"insensitivity",
"aloofness",
"calmness",
"collectedness",
"composure",
"detachedness",
"dryness",
"phlegm",
"reserve",
"reservedness",
"reticence",
"taciturnity",
"apathy",
"indifference",
"stoicism",
"stoniness",
"unconcern",
"stiffness",
"woodenness",
"chilliness",
"coldness",
"coolness",
"frigidity",
"frigidness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"catercornered":{
"in a line or direction running from corner to corner":{
"examples":[
"walked kitty-corner across the quadrangle to the registration booth"
],
"synonyms":[
"athwart",
"bias",
"cornerways",
"cornerwise",
"crossways",
"crosswise",
"diagonally",
"obliquely",
"transversely"
],
"near synonyms":[
"across"
],
"near antonyms":[
"lengthwise",
"longitudinally"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"cat-a-mountain":{
"a large tawny cat of the wild":{
"examples":[
"tracks that looked to be those of a cat-a-mountain"
],
"synonyms":[
"catamount",
"cougar",
"mountain lion",
"panther",
"puma"
],
"near synonyms":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"cat (around)":{
"as in play (around) , fool around":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"fool around",
"fornicate",
"play (around)",
"tomcat (around)",
"womanize",
"cheat",
"philander",
"screw around",
"step out",
"copulate",
"couple",
"lie",
"make out",
"mate",
"sleep",
"lust"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"catnaps":{
"a short sleep":{
"examples":[
"a catnap left me refreshed enough to face the rest of the day"
],
"synonyms":[
"dozes",
"drowses",
"forty winks",
"kips",
"naps",
"siestas",
"snoozes",
"winks"
],
"near synonyms":[
"reposes",
"rests",
"slumbers",
"beds"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to be in a state of sleep":{
"examples":[
"the children are catnapping , so please be quiet"
],
"synonyms":[
"dozes",
"naps",
"rests",
"sleeps",
"slumbers",
"snoozes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"drops off",
"drowses (off)",
"nods off",
"oversleeps",
"sleeps in",
"dreams",
"hibernates"
],
"near antonyms":[
"arises",
"arouses",
"awakes",
"rises",
"wakes"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to sleep lightly or briefly":{
"examples":[
"catnapped for 10 minutes and then went back to work"
],
"synonyms":[
"dozes",
"drowses",
"kips",
"naps",
"slumbers",
"snoozes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"relaxes",
"reposes",
"rests",
"couches",
"lays",
"lies",
"roosts",
"lulls"
],
"near antonyms":[
"arises",
"arouses",
"awakens",
"awakes",
"gets up",
"rises",
"rouses",
"uprises",
"wakens",
"wakes (up)"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"catacombs":{
"an underground burial chamber":{
"examples":[
"explored the catacombs looking for evidence about burial customs of that ancient society"
],
"synonyms":[
"crypt",
"vault"
],
"near synonyms":[
"mausoleum",
"sepulchre",
"sepulcher",
"sepulture",
"tomb"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"caterwaul":{
"to express dissatisfaction, pain, or resentment usually tiresomely":{
"examples":[
"like many kids during summer vacation, they were caterwauling about the lack of things to do"
],
"synonyms":[
"beef",
"bellyache",
"bitch",
"bleat",
"carp",
"complain",
"crab",
"croak",
"fuss",
"gripe",
"grizzle",
"grouch",
"grouse",
"growl",
"grumble",
"grump",
"holler",
"inveigh",
"keen",
"kick",
"kvetch",
"maunder",
"moan",
"murmur",
"mutter",
"nag",
"repine",
"scream",
"squawk",
"squeal",
"wail",
"whimper",
"whine",
"whinge",
"yammer",
"yawp",
"yaup",
"yowl"
],
"near synonyms":[
"object (to)",
"protest",
"quarrel (with)",
"cavil",
"quibble",
"fret",
"stew",
"worry",
"blubber",
"cry",
"sob",
"bemoan",
"bewail",
"deplore",
"lament"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accept",
"bear",
"countenance",
"endure",
"take",
"tolerate",
"applaud",
"cheer",
"commend"
],
"antonyms":[
"crow",
"delight",
"rejoice"
]
},
"as in yowl , screech":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bark",
"bay",
"bellow",
"blat",
"bleat",
"bray",
"cackle",
"calling",
"caw",
"cheep",
"chirp",
"cluck",
"coo",
"crake",
"croak",
"crow",
"grunt",
"honk",
"hoot",
"howl",
"low",
"meow",
"miaow",
"mew",
"moo",
"neigh",
"oink",
"peep",
"quack",
"roar",
"screech",
"squall",
"squawk",
"squeak",
"squeal",
"trumpet",
"tu-whit tu-whoo",
"twitter",
"whinny",
"yap",
"yelp",
"yip",
"yowl",
"call",
"cry",
"note"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"catamount":{
"a large tawny cat of the wild":{
"examples":[
"found the footprints of a catamount on the mountain trail"
],
"synonyms":[
"cat-a-mountain",
"cougar",
"mountain lion",
"panther",
"puma"
],
"near synonyms":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
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}
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