"an explanatory list of the symbols on a map or chart":{
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"key"
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"caption",
"guide",
"table"
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"caption",
"cutline"
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"translation",
"motto",
"posy",
"slogan",
"tagline"
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"some ancient civilizations had legends about spirits that inhabited trees and rocks"
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"fable",
"myth",
"mythos"
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"fabrication",
"fantasy",
"phantasy",
"fiction",
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"invention",
"narrative",
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"story",
"tale",
"yarn"
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"that story of how the world came to be has long been part of Native American legend"
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"lore",
"myth",
"mythology",
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"tradition"
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"information",
"knowledge",
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"old wives' tale",
"tale",
"yarn"
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"type":[
"noun"
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"the body of customs, beliefs, stories, and sayings associated with a people, thing, or place":{
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"although the historic King Arthur lived in the sixth century, most of the legendry regarding him and the Knights of the Round Table is set in the far more romantic age of medieval chivalry"
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"tradition"
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"type":[
"noun"
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"capable of being understood":{
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"an anxious mood that was clearly legible upon her face"
"the senator questioned the legality of the proposed surveillance operation"
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"lawfulness",
"legitimacy"
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"rightfulness",
"rightness",
"permissibility",
"permissibleness"
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"badness",
"immorality",
"iniquitousness",
"iniquity",
"sinfulness",
"unjustness",
"wickedness",
"wrongness",
"criminality",
"unconstitutionality"
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"illegality",
"illegitimacy",
"unlawfulness",
"wrongfulness"
]
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"type":[
"noun"
]
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"a person engaged in military service":{
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"the legionnaires are well respected for their fighting prowess"
],
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"dogfaces",
"fighters",
"legionaries",
"men-at-arms",
"regulars",
"servicemen",
"soldiers",
"troopers",
"warriors"
],
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"servicewomen",
"carabineers",
"carabiniers",
"cavaliers",
"cavalrymen",
"cuirassiers",
"dragoons",
"doughboys",
"footmen",
"foot soldiers",
"grunts",
"infantrymen",
"commandos",
"commandoes",
"raiders",
"jarheads",
"marines",
"rangers",
"artillerymen",
"cannoneers",
"gunners",
"mortarmen",
"musketeers",
"riflemen",
"archers",
"crossbowmen",
"lancers",
"pikemen",
"spearmen",
"Confederates",
"Continentals",
"Federals",
"GIs",
"GI's",
"guardsmen",
"militiamen",
"minutemen",
"counterguerrillas",
"counterguerillas",
"guerrillas",
"guerillas",
"irregulars",
"paramilitaries",
"partisans",
"partizans",
"combatants",
"noncombatants",
"lifers",
"veterans",
"warhorses",
"conscripts",
"draftees",
"enrollees",
"recruits",
"reservists",
"champions",
"knights",
"diggers",
"gallowglasses",
"gendarmes"
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"civilians"
]
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"noun"
]
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"legmen":{
"as in subordinates , underlings":{
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"subordinates",
"underlings",
"attendants",
"handmaidens",
"handmaids",
"maids",
"maidservants",
"scullions",
"servants",
"employees",
"employes",
"hands",
"help",
"hirelings",
"laborers",
"swampers",
"workers",
"adjuncts",
"adjutants",
"aides",
"aids",
"apprentices",
"assistants",
"coadjutors",
"deputies",
"helpers",
"helpmates",
"helpmeets",
"lieutenants",
"mates",
"sidekicks",
"gal Fridays",
"girl Fridays",
"man Fridays",
"right hands",
"aides-de-camp"
],
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"type":[
"noun"
]
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"to go on foot":{
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"the car was in the shop so we had to leg it to work for a couple of days"
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"foots (it)",
"hoofs (it)",
"pads",
"steps",
"traipses",
"treads",
"walks"
],
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"parades",
"promenades",
"marches",
"paces",
"steps out",
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"troops",
"power walks",
"hikes",
"peregrinates",
"treks",
"ambles",
"moseys",
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"rambles",
"saunters",
"strolls",
"wanders",
"clumps",
"stomps",
"stumps",
"tramples",
"tramps",
"tromps",
"footslogs",
"plods",
"trudges",
"gimps",
"hobbles",
"limps",
"minces",
"prances",
"pussyfoots",
"tiptoes",
"bounces",
"sashays",
"stalks",
"struts",
"swaggers",
"falters",
"lumbers",
"lurches",
"pounds",
"scuffs",
"shambles",
"shuffles",
"staggers",
"stumbles",
"toddles",
"waddles",
"nips",
"taps",
"trips",
"trots"
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},
"type":[
"verb"
]
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"the body of customs, beliefs, stories, and sayings associated with a people, thing, or place":{
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"although the historic King Arthur lived in the sixth century, most of the legendry regarding him and the Knights of the Round Table is set in the far more romantic age of medieval chivalry"
],
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"folklores",
"legends",
"lores",
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"mythologies",
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"traditions"
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"folklives",
"information",
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"wisdoms",
"anecdotes",
"anecdota",
"fables",
"folktales",
"old wives' tales",
"tales",
"yarns"
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"type":[
"noun"
]
},
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"to go on foot":{
"examples":[
"the car was in the shop so we had to leg it to work for a couple of days"
],
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"ambulating",
"footing (it)",
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"padding",
"stepping",
"traipsing",
"treading",
"walking"
],
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"parading",
"promenading",
"marching",
"pacing",
"stepping out",
"striding",
"trooping",
"power walking",
"hiking",
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"trekking",
"ambling",
"moseying",
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"rambling",
"sauntering",
"strolling",
"wandering",
"clumping",
"stomping",
"stumping",
"tramping",
"trampling",
"tromping",
"footslogging",
"plodding",
"trudging",
"gimping",
"hobbling",
"limping",
"mincing",
"prancing",
"pussyfooting",
"tiptoeing",
"bouncing",
"sashaying",
"stalking",
"strutting",
"swaggering",
"faltering",
"lumbering",
"lurching",
"pounding",
"scuffing",
"shambling",
"shuffling",
"staggering",
"stumbling",
"toddling",
"waddling",
"nipping",
"tapping",
"tripping",
"trotting"
],
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},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"legal tender":{
"something (as pieces of stamped metal or printed paper) customarily and legally used as a medium of exchange, a measure of value, or a means of payment":{
"examples":[
"coins and bills are considered legal tender , but postage stamps are not"
],
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"bread",
"bucks",
"cabbage",
"cash",
"change",
"chips",
"coin",
"currency",
"dough",
"gold",
"green",
"jack",
"kale",
"lolly",
"long green",
"loot",
"lucre",
"money",
"moola",
"moolah",
"needful",
"pelf",
"scratch",
"shekels",
"sheqels",
"shekelim",
"shekalim",
"sheqalim",
"tender",
"wampum"
],
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"coinage",
"specie",
"dead presidents",
"folding money",
"paper money",
"scrip",
"banknote",
"cashier's check",
"check",
"draft",
"money order",
"note",
"promissory note",
"bill",
"dollar",
"greenback",
"bankroll",
"capital",
"finances",
"funds",
"roll",
"wad",
"wallet",
"chump change",
"dibs",
"dime",
"mite",
"peanuts",
"pittance",
"shoestring",
"big bucks",
"bomb",
"boodle",
"bundle",
"earth",
"fortune",
"king's ransom",
"megabucks",
"mint",
"packet",
"pile",
"pot",
"abundance",
"means",
"opulence",
"riches",
"treasure",
"wealth",
"resources",
"wherewithal",
"mad money",
"petty cash",
"pin money",
"pocket money",
"spending money"
],
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},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"legalese":{
"as in bureaucratese , psychobabble":{
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"bureaucratese",
"computerese",
"educationese",
"governmentese",
"Pentagonese",
"psychobabble",
"technobabble",
"bafflegab",
"double-talk",
"gibberish",
"gobbledygook",
"gobbledegook",
"rigmarole",
"rigamarole",
"song and dance",
"bombast",
"fustian",
"gas",
"grandiloquence",
"hot air",
"hype",
"oratory",
"rhetoric",
"wind"
],
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"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"leghorns":{
"as in tricornes , homburgs":{
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"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"baseball caps",
"berets",
"billycocks",
"birettas",
"boaters",
"bonnets",
"bowlers",
"calottes",
"capuches",
"casques",
"castors",
"cloches",
"cocked hats",
"cowboy hats",
"cowls",
"derbies",
"fedoras",
"fezzes",
"fezes",
"garrison caps",
"hard hats",
"helmets",
"helms",
"high hats",
"homburgs",
"hoods",
"kepis",
"k\u00e9pis",
"kufis",
"miters",
"mitres",
"nightcaps",
"opera hats",
"overseas caps",
"panamas",
"picture hats",
"pillboxes",
"plug hats",
"porkpie hats",
"service caps",
"shakos",
"shakoes",
"silk hats",
"skimmers",
"skullcaps",
"sombreros",
"sou'westers",
"Stetsons",
"stocking caps",
"stovepipes",
"sunbonnets",
"tam-o'-shanters",
"tams",
"ten-gallon hats",
"top hats",
"toppers",
"toques",
"tricornes",
"tricorns",
"turbans",
"zucchettos",
"caps",
"chapeaus",
"chapeaux",
"hats",
"headdresses",
"headgears",
"headpieces",
"lids",
"warbonnets"
],
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},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"legendary":{
"based on, described in, or being a myth":{
"examples":[
"the unicorn is a legendary creature"
],
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"fabled",
"fabulous",
"mythical",
"mythic"
],
"near synonyms":[
"famed",
"romanticized",
"storied",
"chimerical",
"chimeric",
"fabricated",
"fantastic",
"fantastical",
"fictional",
"fictitious",
"fanciful",
"imaginary",
"imagined",
"invented",
"made-up",
"make-believe",
"pretend",
"unreal",
"allegorical",
"mythological",
"mythologic",
"semilegendary"
],
"near antonyms":[
"actual",
"existent",
"real",
"real-world",
"historical",
"factual",
"true",
"attested",
"authenticated",
"confirmed",
"established",
"proven",
"substantiated",
"validated",
"verified",
"authentic",
"bona fide",
"genuine",
"real-life"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"legal holidays":{
"as in feasts , holy days":{
"examples":[],
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"near synonyms":[
"feasts",
"holy days",
"interims",
"intermissions",
"intervals",
"breathers",
"relaxations",
"respites",
"rests",
"furloughs",
"liberties",
"sabbaticals",
"breaks",
"holidays",
"hols",
"leaves",
"recesses",
"vacations"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"legal":{
"permitted by law":{
"examples":[
"the congressman's fund-raising efforts, though arguably unethical, were determined to be legal"
],
"synonyms":[
"lawful",
"legit",
"legitimate",
"licit"
],
"near synonyms":[
"allowable",
"authorized",
"noncriminal",
"permissible",
"justifiable",
"warrantable",
"constitutional",
"de jure",
"regulation",
"statutory",
"good",
"innocent",
"just",
"proper",
"right"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bad",
"corrupt",
"evil",
"immoral",
"iniquitous",
"reprobate",
"sinful",
"wicked",
"wrong",
"banned",
"criminal",
"forbidden",
"guilty",
"impermissible",
"outlawed",
"prohibited",
"unauthorized",
"unjust",
"under-the-counter",
"under-the-table",
"nonconstitutional",
"unconstitutional"
],
"antonyms":[
"illegal",
"illegitimate",
"illicit",
"lawless",
"unlawful",
"wrongful"
]
},
"following or according to the rules":{
"examples":[
"the referee declared it a legal play"
],
"synonyms":[
"clean",
"fair",
"sportsmanlike",
"sportsmanly"
],
"near synonyms":[
"just",
"law-abiding",
"ethical",
"moral",
"principled",
"scrupulous",
"honorable",
"irreproachable",
"unimpeachable"
],
"near antonyms":[
"immoral",
"unethical",
"unprincipled",
"unrighteous",
"unscrupulous",
"vicious",
"wrong"
],
"antonyms":[
"dirty",
"foul",
"nasty",
"unfair",
"unsportsmanlike"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"leggin":{
"as in hose , sweatpants":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"hose",
"sweatpants",
"baggies",
"bell-bottoms",
"blue jeans",
"cargo pants",
"cords",
"corduroys",
"denims",
"jeans",
"pants suit",
"pantsuit",
"breech",
"britches",
"pantaloons",
"pants",
"slacks",
"trousers",
"bloomers",
"knee breeches",
"knickerbockers"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"legitimate":{
"permitted by law":{
"examples":[
"the mistrust created among investors by the financial scandal has hurt even companies engaged in wholly legitimate business practices"
],
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"lawful",
"legal",
"legit",
"licit"
],
"near synonyms":[
"allowable",
"authorized",
"noncriminal",
"permissible",
"justifiable",
"warrantable",
"constitutional",
"de jure",
"regulation",
"statutory",
"good",
"innocent",
"just",
"proper",
"right"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bad",
"corrupt",
"evil",
"immoral",
"iniquitous",
"reprobate",
"sinful",
"wicked",
"wrong",
"banned",
"criminal",
"forbidden",
"guilty",
"impermissible",
"outlawed",
"prohibited",
"unauthorized",
"unjust",
"under-the-counter",
"under-the-table",
"nonconstitutional",
"unconstitutional"
],
"antonyms":[
"illegal",
"illegitimate",
"illicit",
"lawless",
"unlawful",
"wrongful"
]
},
"as in warrant , sanction":{
"examples":[],
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"near synonyms":[
"legitimize",
"sanction",
"validate",
"warrant",
"authorize",
"entitle",
"privilege",
"qualify",
"empower",
"enable",
"enfranchise",
"license",
"licence",
"approve",
"endorse",
"indorse",
"allow",
"let",
"permit",
"accredit",
"certificate",
"certify",
"charter",
"ratify",
"reaccredit",
"reapprove",
"recertify",
"recharter",
"revalidate"
],
"near antonyms":[
"delegitimize",
"invalidate",
"nullify",
"disable",
"disempower",
"disenfranchise",
"decertify",
"disallow",
"forbid",
"proscribe",
"disqualify"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"legislatives":{
"as in legislatures , councils":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"assemblies",
"chambers",
"councils",
"diets",
"houses",
"legislatures",
"congresses",
"parliaments",
"general assemblies",
"legislative assemblies"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"legation":{
"as in mission , embassy":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"embassy",
"mission",
"contingent",
"delegacy",
"delegation",
"band",
"company",
"crew",
"detachment",
"gang",
"outfit",
"party",
"squad",
"team"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"legislate":{
"to put into effect through legislative or authoritative action":{
"examples":[
"wants the Congress to legislate new laws banning the use of these types of weapons"
],
"synonyms":[
"constitute",
"enact",
"lay down",
"make",
"ordain",
"pass"
],
"near synonyms":[
"reenact",
"repass",
"bring about",
"effect",
"allow",
"authorize",
"permit",
"sanction",
"decree",
"dictate",
"proclaim",
"administer",
"execute",
"approve",
"confirm",
"ratify"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abolish",
"abrogate",
"annul",
"cancel",
"invalidate",
"kill",
"nullify",
"overturn",
"reverse",
"void"
],
"antonyms":[
"repeal",
"rescind",
"revoke"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"legal eagle":{
"a person whose profession is to conduct lawsuits for clients or to advise about legal rights and obligations":{
"examples":[
"the actor hired a dream team of high-priced legal eagles to defend him against the charges"
],
"synonyms":[
"advocate",
"attorney",
"attorney-at-law",
"counsel",
"counselor",
"counsellor",
"counselor-at-law",
"lawyer"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cocounsel",
"district attorney",
"prosecuting attorney",
"prosecutor",
"solicitor",
"criminal lawyer",
"mouthpiece",
"public defender",
"trial lawyer",
"solicitor",
"jurist",
"lawgiver",
"lawmaker",
"legislator",
"solon",
"ambulance chaser",
"pettifogger",
"Philadelphia lawyer",
"shyster"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"legates":{
"a person sent on a mission to represent another":{
"examples":[
"the legate was charged with a list of objectives to accomplish on behalf of his country"