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{
"practise":{
"a private performance or session in preparation for a public appearance":{
"examples":[
"we held one last practice before the big concert"
],
"synonyms":[
"dry run",
"rehearsal",
"trial"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dress rehearsal",
"preview",
"run-through",
"walk-through",
"drill",
"exercise"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a usual manner of behaving or doing":{
"examples":[
"the store's practice has always been to honor all major credit cards"
],
"synonyms":[
"custom",
"fashion",
"habit",
"habitude",
"pattern",
"ritual",
"second nature",
"trick",
"way",
"wont"
],
"near synonyms":[
"addiction",
"disposition",
"bent",
"inclination",
"proclivity",
"set",
"tendency",
"tenor",
"turn",
"bag",
"convention",
"form",
"mode",
"style",
"usage",
"use",
"deportment",
"manners",
"mores",
"drill",
"groove",
"jog trot",
"regime",
"r\u00e9gime",
"regimen",
"rote",
"routine",
"rut",
"affectation",
"airs",
"pose",
"attribute",
"characteristic",
"mark",
"trait",
"eccentricity",
"kink",
"oddity",
"peculiarity",
"quirk",
"singularity",
"tic"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"something done over and over in order to develop skill":{
"examples":[
"practice makes perfect"
],
"synonyms":[
"drill",
"exercise",
"routine",
"training",
"workout"
],
"near synonyms":[
"assignment",
"homework",
"lesson",
"brushup",
"refresher",
"review"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to do over and over so as to become skilled":{
"examples":[
"in order to play the guitar well, you need to practice fingering every single day"
],
"synonyms":[
"exercise",
"rehearse",
"run over"
],
"near synonyms":[
"groove",
"perfect",
"refine",
"point (for)",
"prepare (for)",
"train (with)",
"drill",
"repeat",
"work (at or on)",
"review",
"study"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"praise":{
"to proclaim the glory of":{
"examples":[
"hymns that praise God"
],
"synonyms":[
"bless",
"carol",
"celebrate",
"emblazon",
"exalt",
"extol",
"extoll",
"glorify",
"hymn",
"laud",
"magnify",
"resound"
],
"near synonyms":[
"adore",
"belaud",
"deify",
"idolize",
"worship",
"acclaim",
"applaud",
"commend",
"compliment",
"hail",
"renown",
"salute",
"chant",
"cheer",
"eulogize",
"rhapsodize",
"cite",
"flatter",
"crack up",
"recommend",
"tout"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blame",
"censure",
"reprehend",
"reprobate",
"criticize",
"reprove",
"admonish",
"chide",
"keelhaul",
"rebuke",
"reprimand",
"reproach",
"castigate",
"lambaste",
"lambast"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to declare enthusiastic approval of":{
"examples":[
"the school volunteers were praised for their excellent work in the reading program"
],
"synonyms":[
"acclaim",
"accredit",
"applaud",
"cheer",
"crack up",
"hail",
"laud",
"salute",
"tout"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bravo",
"clap",
"rise (to)",
"ballyhoo",
"approve",
"commend",
"endorse",
"indorse",
"favor",
"recommend",
"root (for)",
"support",
"celebrate",
"emblazon",
"eulogize",
"extol",
"extoll",
"glorify",
"magnify",
"sing",
"adulate",
"belaud",
"flatter",
"overpraise",
"deify",
"idolize"
],
"near antonyms":[
"belittle",
"discommend",
"disparage",
"put down",
"blame",
"censure",
"reprehend",
"reprobate",
"admonish",
"chide",
"criticize",
"rebuke",
"reprimand",
"reproach",
"reprove",
"castigate",
"excoriate",
"keelhaul",
"lambaste",
"lambast",
"skewer",
"slag",
"vilify"
],
"antonyms":[
"knock",
"pan",
"slam"
]
},
"as in recognition , acclaim":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"acclaim",
"accolade",
"acknowledgment",
"acknowledgement",
"homage",
"kudos",
"laurels",
"recognition",
"infamy",
"character",
"mark",
"name",
"report",
"reputability",
"reputation",
"repute",
"cachet",
"place",
"position",
"prestige",
"rank",
"standing",
"stature",
"status",
"megastardom",
"popularity",
"stardom",
"superstardom",
"distinction",
"eminence",
"glory",
"greatness",
"honor",
"illustriousness",
"note",
"preeminence",
"prominence",
"visibility",
"adoration",
"idolization",
"celebrity",
"fame",
"notoriety",
"renown"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disgrace",
"dishonor",
"disrepute",
"ignominy",
"odium",
"opprobrium",
"shame",
"inconspicuousness",
"invisibility",
"unpopularity",
"anonymity",
"oblivion",
"obscureness",
"obscurity"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"praised":{
"to proclaim the glory of":{
"examples":[
"hymns that praise God"
],
"synonyms":[
"blessed",
"blest",
"caroled",
"carolled",
"celebrated",
"emblazoned",
"exalted",
"extolled",
"glorified",
"hymned",
"lauded",
"magnified",
"resounded"
],
"near synonyms":[
"adored",
"belauded",
"deified",
"idolized",
"worshipped",
"worshiped",
"acclaimed",
"applauded",
"commended",
"complimented",
"hailed",
"renowned",
"saluted",
"chanted",
"cheered",
"eulogized",
"rhapsodized",
"cited",
"flattered",
"cracked up",
"recommended",
"touted"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blamed",
"censured",
"reprehended",
"reprobated",
"criticized",
"reproved",
"admonished",
"chid",
"chided",
"keelhauled",
"rebuked",
"reprimanded",
"reproached",
"castigated",
"lambasted"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to declare enthusiastic approval of":{
"examples":[
"the school volunteers were praised for their excellent work in the reading program"
],
"synonyms":[
"acclaimed",
"accredited",
"applauded",
"cheered",
"cracked up",
"hailed",
"lauded",
"saluted",
"touted"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bravoed",
"clapped",
"clapt",
"rose (to)",
"ballyhooed",
"approved",
"commended",
"endorsed",
"indorsed",
"favored",
"recommended",
"rooted (for)",
"supported",
"celebrated",
"emblazoned",
"eulogized",
"extolled",
"glorified",
"magnified",
"sang",
"sung",
"adulated",
"belauded",
"flattered",
"overpraised",
"deified",
"idolized"
],
"near antonyms":[
"belittled",
"discommended",
"disparaged",
"put down",
"blamed",
"censured",
"reprehended",
"reprobated",
"admonished",
"chid",
"chided",
"criticized",
"rebuked",
"reprimanded",
"reproached",
"reproved",
"castigated",
"excoriated",
"keelhauled",
"lambasted",
"skewered",
"slagged",
"vilified"
],
"antonyms":[
"knocked",
"panned",
"slammed"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"pram":{
"a small four-wheeled vehicle designed for pushing a baby around in":{
"examples":[
"like other trendy Notting Hill couples, they bought a fancy pram for the first baby"
],
"synonyms":[
"baby buggy",
"baby carriage",
"buggy",
"perambulator",
"pushchair",
"stroller"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bassinet",
"cradle",
"crib",
"carry-cot"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"prattle":{
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"unintelligible or meaningless talk":{
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"examples":[
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"parents often claim to understand the prattle of their infant offspring"
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],
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"synonyms":[
"abracadabra",
"babble",
"blabber",
"burble",
"double Dutch",
"double-talk",
"drivel",
"gabble",
"gibber",
"gibberish",
"jabber",
"jabberwocky",
"mumbo jumbo",
"nonsense",
"slobber"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blah",
"blah-blah",
"hocus-pocus",
"hokeypokey",
"twaddle",
"chatter",
"gab",
"patter",
"prate",
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"tattle",
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"twitter",
"cackle",
"clack",
"clatter"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to engage in casual or rambling conversation":{
"examples":[
"spent an hour on the phone prattling on about nothing in particular"
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],
"synonyms":[
"babble",
"blab",
"cackle",
"chaffer",
"chat",
"chatter",
"chin",
"converse",
"gab",
"gabble",
"gas",
"jabber",
"jaw",
"kibitz",
"kibbitz",
"natter",
"palaver",
"patter",
"prate",
"rap",
"rattle",
"run on",
"schmooze",
"shmooze",
"talk",
"twitter",
"visit"
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],
"near synonyms":[
"gossip",
"tattle",
"descant",
"discuss",
"expatiate",
"yak",
"yack",
"yammer",
"yap"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
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},
"to speak rapidly, inarticulately, and usually unintelligibly":{
"examples":[
"stop prattling and calmly tell us the news"
],
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"synonyms":[
"babble",
"bumble",
"chat",
"chatter",
"drivel",
"drool",
"gabble",
"gibber",
"jabber",
"sputter"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"blabber",
"blather",
"bleat",
"blither",
"gab",
"jangle",
"jaw",
"patter",
"prate",
"rattle",
"run on",
"smatter",
"tittle-tattle",
"troll",
"yak",
"yack",
"chunter",
"maunder",
"mouth",
"mumble",
"murmur",
"mutter",
"stammer",
"stutter",
"screech",
"shout",
"shriek"
],
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"near antonyms":[
"articulate",
"enunciate",
"pronounce"
],
"antonyms":[]
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},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
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]
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},
"prattled":{
"to engage in casual or rambling conversation":{
"examples":[
"spent an hour on the phone prattling on about nothing in particular"
],
"synonyms":[
"babbled",
"blabbed",
"cackled",
"chaffered",
"chatted",
"chattered",
"chinned",
"conversed",
"gabbed",
"gabbled",
"gassed",
"jabbered",
"jawed",
"kibitzed",
"kibbitzed",
"nattered",
"palavered",
"pattered",
"prated",
"ran on",
"rapped",
"rattled",
"schmoozed",
"shmoozed",
"talked",
"twittered",
"visited"
],
"near synonyms":[
"gossiped",
"tattled",
"descanted",
"discussed",
"expatiated",
"yakked",
"yacked",
"yammered",
"yapped"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to speak rapidly, inarticulately, and usually unintelligibly":{
"examples":[
"stop prattling and calmly tell us the news"
],
"synonyms":[
"babbled",
"bumbled",
"chatted",
"chattered",
"driveled",
"drivelled",
"drooled",
"gabbled",
"gibbered",
"jabbered",
"sputtered"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blabbered",
"blathered",
"bleated",
"blithered",
"gabbed",
"jangled",
"jawed",
"pattered",
"prated",
"ran on",
"rattled",
"smattered",
"tittle-tattled",
"trolled",
"yakked",
"yacked",
"chuntered",
"maundered",
"mouthed",
"mumbled",
"murmured",
"muttered",
"stammered",
"stuttered",
"screeched",
"shouted",
"shrieked"
],
"near antonyms":[
"articulated",
"enunciated",
"pronounced"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"prayer":{
"an address to God or a deity":{
"examples":[
"he always directed a bedside prayer to God before going to sleep"
],
"synonyms":[
"orison"
],
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"near synonyms":[
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"collect",
"grace",
"invocation",
"litany",
"requiescat",
"thanksgiving",
"evensong",
"matins",
"vespers",
"appeal",
"begging",
"beseeching",
"entreaty",
"imploring",
"petition",
"pleading",
"request",
"soliciting",
"suit",
"supplication"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"an earnest request":{
"examples":[
"we hope that the governor will hear our prayer and do something about this pressing problem"
],
"synonyms":[
"adjuration",
"appeal",
"conjuration",
"cry",
"desire",
"entreaty",
"petition",
"plea",
"pleading",
"solicitation",
"suit",
"suppliance",
"supplication"
],
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"near synonyms":[
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"application",
"requisition",
"call",
"claim",
"demand",
"insistence"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"practicum":{
"a period of undergoing practical instruction in one's job or career":{
"examples":[
"she got some coaching experience through a 40-hour practicum with the parks department"
],
"synonyms":[
"apprenticeship",
"externship",
"internship",
"training"
],
"near synonyms":[
"basic training",
"boot camp",
"cadetship",
"education",
"grounding",
"instruction",
"schooling",
"tutelage",
"candidacy",
"probation",
"trial"
],
"near antonyms":[
"tenure"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"prays":{
"to make a request to (someone) in an earnest or urgent manner":{
"examples":[
"I pray you: tell me where they went"
],
"synonyms":[
"appeals (to)",
"begs",
"beseeches",
"besieges",
"conjures",
"entreats",
"impetrates",
"implores",
"importunes",
"petitions",
"pleads (to)",
"solicits",
"supplicates"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bludges",
"cadges",
"mooches",
"sponges",
"asks",
"desires",
"invokes",
"requests",
"sues",
"claims",
"coerces",
"commands",
"compels",
"demands",
"forces",
"insists",
"requires"
],
"near antonyms":[
"hints",
"implies",
"intimates",
"suggests",
"appeases",
"conciliates",
"gratifies",
"mollifies",
"obliges",
"pacifies",
"placates",
"pleases",
"satisfies",
"comforts",
"consoles",
"contents",
"quiets"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"practicality":{
"as in feasibility , usefulness":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"feasibility",
"usefulness",
"advantageousness",
"beneficialness",
"profitability",
"opportuneness",
"seasonableness",
"timeliness",
"advisability",
"advisableness",
"desirability",
"desirableness",
"expedience",
"expediency",
"judiciousness",
"prudence",
"wisdom"
],
"near antonyms":[
"imprudence",
"inadvisability",
"inexpedience",
"inexpediency",
"injudiciousness",
"unwisdom",
"impracticality",
"infeasibility",
"inopportuneness",
"unseasonableness",
"untimeliness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"prated":{
"to engage in casual or rambling conversation":{
"examples":[
"the young executive gratingly prated on about his weekend hobnobbing with the rich"
],
"synonyms":[
"babbled",
"blabbed",
"cackled",
"chaffered",
"chatted",
"chattered",
"chinned",
"conversed",
"gabbed",
"gabbled",
"gassed",
"jabbered",
"jawed",
"kibitzed",
"kibbitzed",
"nattered",
"palavered",
"pattered",
"prattled",
"ran on",
"rapped",
"rattled",
"schmoozed",
"shmoozed",
"talked",
"twittered",
"visited"
],
"near synonyms":[
"gossiped",
"tattled",
"descanted",
"discussed",
"expatiated",
"yakked",
"yacked",
"yammered",
"yapped"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"prairies":{
"a broad area of level or rolling treeless country":{
"examples":[
"you can see for miles in every direction on the prairie"
],
"synonyms":[
"campos",
"champaigns",
"downs",
"grasslands",
"heaths",
"leas",
"leys",
"llanos",
"moors",
"pampas",
"plains",
"savannas",
"savannahs",
"steppes",
"tundras",
"velds",
"veldts"
],
"near synonyms":[
"fields",
"meadows",
"floodplains",
"bottomlands",
"bottoms",
"flats",
"lowlands",
"plateaus",
"plateaux",
"tablelands",
"tables",
"uplands"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"prank":{
"a playful or mischievous act intended as a joke":{
"examples":[
"as a prank , several students managed to change all the classroom clocks to different times"
],
"synonyms":[
"antic",
"caper",
"capriccio",
"dido",
"escapade",
"frolic",
"gag",
"jest",
"knavery",
"monkeyshine(s)",
"practical joke",
"rag",
"roguery",
"shavie",
"shine(s)",
"trick",
"waggery"
],
"near synonyms":[
"skylarking",
"adventure",
"experience",
"game",
"lark",
"time",
"high jinks",
"hijinks",
"horseplay",
"play",
"roughhousing",
"rowdyism",
"shenanigan(s)",
"tomfoolery",
"joking",
"kidding",
"teasing",
"gambit",
"hoax",
"maneuver",
"ploy",
"deed",
"feat",
"mission",
"performance",
"stunt",
"caprice",
"conceit",
"fancy",
"vagary",
"whim",
"whimsy",
"whimsey",
"deceit",
"deception",
"delusion",
"fooling",
"fraud",
"hanky-panky",
"hoodwinking",
"ruse",
"sham",
"stratagem",
"subterfuge",
"trickery",
"wile"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"praisers":{
"as in commenders":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"commenders"
],
"near antonyms":[
"carpers",
"castigators",
"cavilers",
"cavillers",
"censurers",
"criticizers",
"critics",
"disparagers",
"faultfinders",
"hypercritics",
"knockers",
"nigglers",
"nitpickers",
"condemners",
"condemnors",
"denouncers",
"belittlers",
"decriers",
"denigrators",
"deriders",
"detractors"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"pragmatical":{
"willing to see things as they really are and deal with them sensibly":{
"examples":[
"a pragmatic man, not given to grand, visionary schemes"
],
"synonyms":[
"down-to-earth",
"earthy",
"hardheaded",
"matter-of-fact",
"practical",
"realistic"
],
"near synonyms":[
"idealless",
"philistine",
"utilitarian",
"commonsensical",
"grounded",
"levelheaded",
"logical",
"no-nonsense",
"rational",
"reasonable",
"sane",
"sensible",
"sober",
"sobersided",
"sound",
"bottom-line",
"hard",
"hard-boiled",
"hard-edged",
"tough-minded",
"unromantic",
"unsentimental",
"cynical",
"disillusioned",
"misanthropic",
"pessimistic",
"distrustful",
"mistrustful",
"skeptical",
"suspicious"
],
"near antonyms":[
"fanciful",
"fantastic",
"fantastical",
"imaginative",
"romantic",
"sentimental",
"cheerful",
"optimistic",
"rose-colored",
"trustful",
"trusting",
"unsuspicious",
"half-baked",
"illogical",
"insane",
"irrational",
"unreasonable",
"theoretical",
"theoretic"
],
"antonyms":[
"blue-sky",
"idealistic",
"impractical",
"unrealistic",
"utopian",
"visionary"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"prattles":{
"to engage in casual or rambling conversation":{
"examples":[
"spent an hour on the phone prattling on about nothing in particular"
],
"synonyms":[
"babbles",
"blabs",
"cackles",
"chaffers",
"chats",
"chatters",
"chins",
"converses",
"gabbles",
"gabs",
"gases",
"gasses",
"jabbers",
"jaws",
"kibitzes",
"kibbitzes",
"natters",
"palavers",
"patters",
"prates",
"raps",
"rattles",
"runs on",
"schmoozes",
"shmoozes",
"talks",
"twitters",
"visits"
],
"near synonyms":[
"gossips",
"tattles",
"descants",
"discusses",
"expatiates",
"yaks",
"yacks",
"yammers",
"yaps"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to speak rapidly, inarticulately, and usually unintelligibly":{
"examples":[
"stop prattling and calmly tell us the news"
],
"synonyms":[
"babbles",
"bumbles",
"chats",
"chatters",
"drivels",
"drools",
"gabbles",
"gibbers",
"jabbers",
"sputters"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blabbers",
"blathers",
"bleats",
"blithers",
"gabs",
"jangles",
"jaws",
"patters",
"prates",
"rattles",
"runs on",
"smatters",
"tittle-tattles",
"trolls",
"yaks",
"yacks",
"chunters",
"maunders",
"mouths",
"mumbles",
"murmurs",
"mutters",
"stammers",
"stutters",
"screeches",
"shouts",
"shrieks"
],
"near antonyms":[
"articulates",
"enunciates",
"pronounces"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"prances":{
"to walk with exaggerated arm and leg movements":{
"examples":[
"pranced across the room dressed in an outrageous costume"
],
"synonyms":[
"sashays",
"stalks",
"struts",
"swaggers"
],
"near synonyms":[
"flounces",
"minces",
"traipses",
"pussyfoots",
"tiptoes",
"sweeps",
"parades",
"promenades",
"pads",
"steps",
"treads",
"paces",
"strides",
"lumbers",
"lurches",
"pounds",
"shambles",
"shuffles",
"staggers"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"prairie":{
"a broad area of level or rolling treeless country":{
"examples":[
"you can see for miles in every direction on the prairie"
],
"synonyms":[
"campo",
"champaign",
"down(s)",
"grassland",
"heath",
"lea",
"ley",
"llano",
"moor",
"pampa",
"plain",
"savanna",
"savannah",
"steppe",
"tundra",
"veld",
"veldt"
],
"near synonyms":[
"field",
"meadow",
"floodplain",
"bottom",
"bottomland",
"flat",
"lowland",
"plateau",
"table",
"tableland",
"upland"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"practically":{
"very close to but not completely":{
"examples":[
"practically everyone agreed to help"
],
"synonyms":[
"about",
"all but",
"almost",
"borderline",
"fair",
"fairly",
"feckly",
"more or less",
"most",
"much",
"near",
"nearly",
"next to",
"nigh",
"somewhere",
"virtually",
"well-nigh"
],
"near synonyms":[
"appreciably",
"by and large",
"chiefly",
"largely",
"mainly",
"mostly",
"kind of",
"partially",
"partly",
"somewhat"
],
"near antonyms":[
"absolutely",
"altogether",
"completely",
"entirely",
"fully",
"plain",
"plumb",
"quite",
"thoroughly",
"totally",
"utterly",
"well",
"wholly",
"barely",
"hardly",
"scarcely"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"practicums":{
"a period of undergoing practical instruction in one's job or career":{
"examples":[
"she got some coaching experience through a 40-hour practicum with the parks department"
],
"synonyms":[
"apprenticeships",
"externships",
"internships",
"trainings"
],
"near synonyms":[
"basic trainings",
"boot camps",
"cadetships",
"educations",
"groundings",
"instructions",
"schoolings",
"tutelages",
"candidacies",
"probations",
"trials"
],
"near antonyms":[
"tenures"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"prate":{
"to engage in casual or rambling conversation":{
"examples":[
"the young executive gratingly prated on about his weekend hobnobbing with the rich"
],
"synonyms":[
"babble",
"blab",
"cackle",
"chaffer",
"chat",
"chatter",
"chin",
"converse",
"gab",
"gabble",
"gas",
"jabber",
"jaw",
"kibitz",
"kibbitz",
"natter",
"palaver",
"patter",
"prattle",
"rap",
"rattle",
"run on",
"schmooze",
"shmooze",
"talk",
"twitter",
"visit"
],
"near synonyms":[
"gossip",
"tattle",
"descant",
"discuss",
"expatiate",
"yak",
"yack",
"yammer",
"yap"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in chatter , tattle":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"chatter",
"gab",
"patter",
"tattle",
"twitter",
"blah",
"blah-blah",
"hocus-pocus",
"hokeypokey",
"twaddle",
"cackle",
"clack",
"clatter",
"abracadabra",
"babble",
"blabber",
"burble",
"double Dutch",
"double-talk",
"drivel",
"gabble",
"gibber",
"gibberish",
"jabber",
"jabberwocky",
"mumbo jumbo",
"nonsense",
"prattle",
"slobber"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"practicing":{
"to do over and over so as to become skilled":{
"examples":[
"in order to play the guitar well, you need to practice fingering every single day"
],
"synonyms":[
"exercising",
"rehearsing",
"running over"
],
"near synonyms":[
"grooving",
"perfecting",
"refining",
"pointing (for)",
"preparing (for)",
"training (with)",
"drilling",
"repeating",
"working (at or on)",
"reviewing",
"studying"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"practical jokers":{
"as in banterers , quippers":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"banterers",
"cutups",
"kidders",
"knockabouts",
"pranksters",
"quippers",
"quipsters",
"teasers",
"wisecrackers",
"comediennes",
"entertainers",
"buffoons",
"clowns",
"fools",
"harlequins",
"zanies",
"cards",
"comedians",
"comics",
"drolls",
"farceurs",
"funnymen",
"gaggers",
"gagmen",
"gagsters",
"humorists",
"jesters",
"jokers",
"jokesters",
"wags",
"wits",
"caricaturists",
"lampooners",
"parodists",
"satirists"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"prates":{
"to engage in casual or rambling conversation":{
"examples":[
"the young executive gratingly prated on about his weekend hobnobbing with the rich"
],
"synonyms":[
"babbles",
"blabs",
"cackles",
"chaffers",
"chats",
"chatters",
"chins",
"converses",
"gabbles",
"gabs",
"gases",
"gasses",
"jabbers",
"jaws",
"kibitzes",
"kibbitzes",
"natters",
"palavers",
"patters",
"prattles",
"raps",
"rattles",
"runs on",
"schmoozes",
"shmoozes",
"talks",
"twitters",
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"shoots the breeze",
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],
"near synonyms":[
"gossips",
"tattles",
"descants",
"discusses",
"expatiates",
"yaks",
"yacks",
"yammers",
"yaps"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in prattles , palavers":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"babbles",
"chatter",
"chin-wag",
"chitchats",
"confabulations",
"gabfests",
"gossip",
"natters",
"palavers",
"prattles",
"raps",
"small talk",
"table talk",
"conferences",
"parleys",
"round-robins",
"roundtables",
"round tables",
"symposia",
"symposiums",
"banters",
"chaff",
"cross fires",
"give-and-takes",
"persiflages",
"railleries",
"repartees",
"debates",
"deliberations",
"chats",
"colloquies",
"conversations",
"converses",
"dialogues",
"dialogs",
"discourses",
"discussions",
"exchanges"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"praying":{
"to make a request to (someone) in an earnest or urgent manner":{
"examples":[
"I pray you: tell me where they went"
],
"synonyms":[
"appealing (to)",
"begging",
"beseeching",
"besieging",
"conjuring",
"entreating",
"impetrating",
"imploring",
"importuning",
"petitioning",
"pleading (to)",
"soliciting",
"supplicating"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bludging",
"cadging",
"mooching",
"sponging",
"asking",
"desiring",
"invoking",
"requesting",
"suing",
"claiming",
"coercing",
"commanding",
"compelling",
"demanding",
"forcing",
"insisting",
"requiring"
],
"near antonyms":[
"hinting",
"implying",
"intimating",
"suggesting",
"appeasing",
"conciliating",
"gratifying",
"mollifying",
"obliging",
"pacifying",
"placating",
"pleasing",
"satisfying",
"comforting",
"consoling",
"contenting",
"quieting"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"practical":{
"capable of being put to use or account":{
"examples":[
"a practical and simple solution for the town's waste disposal",
"she has some practical information on sightseeing in San Francisco"
],
"synonyms":[
"actionable",
"applicable",
"applicative",
"applied",
"functional",
"practicable",
"serviceable",
"ultrapractical",
"usable",
"useable",
"useful",
"workable",
"working"
],
"near synonyms":[
"down-to-earth",
"pragmatic",
"pragmatical",
"utilitarian",
"banausic",
"mundane",
"accessible",
"available",
"obtainable",
"reachable",
"all-around",
"all-round",
"handy",
"active",
"alive",
"busy",
"employed",
"functioning",
"operating",
"operative"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abstract",
"academic",
"academical",
"armchair",
"theoretical",
"theoretic",
"inaccessible",
"unattainable",
"unavailable",
"unobtainable",
"unreachable",
"unsuitable"
],
"antonyms":[
"impracticable",
"impractical",
"inapplicable",
"nonpractical",
"unusable",
"unworkable",
"useless"
]
},
"willing to see things as they really are and deal with them sensibly":{
"examples":[
"a practical caseworker who doesn't spend a lot of time philosophizing while doing social work in the inner city"
],
"synonyms":[
"down-to-earth",
"earthy",
"hardheaded",
"matter-of-fact",
"pragmatic",
"pragmatical",
"realistic"
],
"near synonyms":[
"idealless",
"philistine",
"utilitarian",
"commonsensical",
"grounded",
"levelheaded",
"logical",
"no-nonsense",
"rational",
"reasonable",
"sane",
"sensible",
"sober",
"sobersided",
"sound",
"bottom-line",
"hard",
"hard-boiled",
"hard-edged",
"tough-minded",
"unromantic",
"unsentimental",
"cynical",
"disillusioned",
"misanthropic",
"pessimistic",
"distrustful",
"mistrustful",
"skeptical",
"suspicious"
],
"near antonyms":[
"fanciful",
"fantastic",
"fantastical",
"imaginative",
"romantic",
"sentimental",
"cheerful",
"optimistic",
"rose-colored",
"trustful",
"trusting",
"unsuspicious",
"half-baked",
"illogical",
"insane",
"irrational",
"unreasonable",
"theoretical",
"theoretic"
],
"antonyms":[
"blue-sky",
"idealistic",
"impractical",
"unrealistic",
"utopian",
"visionary"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"praising":{
"to proclaim the glory of":{
"examples":[
"hymns that praise God"
],
"synonyms":[
"blessing",
"caroling",
"carolling",
"celebrating",
"emblazoning",
"exalting",
"extolling",
"glorifying",
"hymning",
"lauding",
"magnifying",
"resounding"
],
"near synonyms":[
"adoring",
"belauding",
"deifying",
"idolizing",
"worshipping",
"worshiping",
"acclaiming",
"applauding",
"commending",
"complimenting",
"hailing",
"renowning",
"saluting",
"chanting",
"cheering",
"eulogizing",
"rhapsodizing",
"citing",
"flattering",
"cracking up",
"recommending",
"touting"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blaming",
"censuring",
"reprehending",
"reprobating",
"criticizing",
"reproving",
"admonishing",
"chiding",
"keelhauling",
"rebuking",
"reprimanding",
"reproaching",
"castigating",
"lambasting"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to declare enthusiastic approval of":{
"examples":[
"the school volunteers were praised for their excellent work in the reading program"
],
"synonyms":[
"acclaiming",
"accrediting",
"applauding",
"cheering",
"cracking up",
"hailing",
"lauding",
"saluting",
"touting"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bravoing",
"clapping",
"rising (to)",
"ballyhooing",
"approving",
"commending",
"endorsing",
"indorsing",
"favoring",
"recommending",
"rooting (for)",
"supporting",
"celebrating",
"emblazoning",
"eulogizing",
"extolling",
"glorifying",
"magnifying",
"singing",
"adulating",
"belauding",
"flattering",
"overpraising",
"deifying",
"idolizing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"belittling",
"discommending",
"disparaging",
"putting down",
"blaming",
"censuring",
"reprehending",
"reprobating",
"admonishing",
"chiding",
"criticizing",
"rebuking",
"reprimanding",
"reproaching",
"reproving",
"castigating",
"excoriating",
"keelhauling",
"lambasting",
"skewering",
"slagging",
"vilifying"
],
"antonyms":[
"knocking",
"panning",
"slamming"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"prayed":{
"to make a request to (someone) in an earnest or urgent manner":{
"examples":[
"I pray you: tell me where they went"
],
"synonyms":[
"appealed (to)",
"begged",
"beseeched",
"besought",
"besieged",
"conjured",
"entreated",
"impetrated",
"implored",
"importuned",
"petitioned",
"pleaded (to)",
"pled (to)",
"plead (to)",
"solicited",
"supplicated"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bludged",
"cadged",
"mooched",
"sponged",
"asked",
"desired",
"invoked",
"requested",
"sued",
"claimed",
"coerced",
"commanded",
"compelled",
"demanded",
"forced",
"insisted",
"required"
],
"near antonyms":[
"hinted",
"implied",
"intimated",
"suggested",
"appeased",
"conciliated",
"gratified",
"mollified",
"obliged",
"pacified",
"placated",
"pleased",
"satisfied",
"comforted",
"consoled",
"contented",
"quieted"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"prankster":{
"as in wisecracker , cutup":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"banterer",
"cutup",
"kidder",
"knockabout",
"practical joker",
"quipper",
"quipster",
"teaser",
"wisecracker",
"comedienne",
"entertainer",
"buffoon",
"clown",
"fool",
"harlequin",
"zany",
"card",
"comedian",
"comic",
"droll",
"farceur",
"funnyman",
"gagger",
"gagman",
"gagster",
"humorist",
"jester",
"joker",
"jokester",
"wag",
"wit",
"caricaturist",
"lampooner",
"parodist",
"satirist"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in adventurer , rascal":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"adventurer",
"fox",
"gamesman",
"knave",
"rascal",
"rogue",
"bluffer",
"charlatan",
"fake",
"faker",
"humbug",
"impostor",
"imposter",
"mountebank",
"phony",
"phoney",
"pretender",
"quack",
"quacksalver",
"ringer",
"sham",
"fast-talker",
"slick",
"slicker",
"slickster",
"slyboots",
"smoothy",
"smoothie",
"wheeler-dealer",
"double-crosser",
"double-dealer",
"plotter",
"schemer",
"sneak",
"sneaker",
"bilk",
"bilker",
"cheat",
"cheater",
"chiseler",
"chiseller",
"confidence man",
"cozener",
"defrauder",
"dodger",
"fakir",
"finagler",
"fraudster",
"hoaxer",
"scammer",
"scamster",
"shark",
"sharper",
"sharpie",
"sharpy",
"skinner",
"swindler",
"tricker",
"trickster",
"blackleg",
"cardsharp",
"cardsharper"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"prams":{
"a small four-wheeled vehicle designed for pushing a baby around in":{
"examples":[
"like other trendy Notting Hill couples, they bought a fancy pram for the first baby"
],
"synonyms":[
"baby buggies",
"baby carriages",
"buggies",
"perambulators",
"pushchairs",
"strollers"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bassinets",
"cradles",
"cribs",
"carry-cots"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"practised":{
"having or showing exceptional knowledge, experience, or skill in a field of endeavor":{
"examples":[
"a simple dish that any practiced chef should be able to produce even blindfolded"
],
"synonyms":[
"accomplished",
"ace",
"adept",
"compleat",
"complete",
"consummate",
"crack",
"crackerjack",
"educated",
"experienced",
"expert",
"good",
"great",
"master",
"masterful",
"masterly",
"professed",
"proficient",
"skilled",
"skillful",
"versed",
"veteran",
"virtuoso"
],
"near synonyms":[
"adroit",
"clever",
"deft",
"dexterous",
"dextrous",
"handy",
"slick",
"sure-handed",
"gifted",
"talented",
"polished",
"refined",
"effective",
"effectual",
"efficient",
"workmanlike",
"able",
"capable",
"competent",
"employable",
"fit",
"fitted",
"habile",
"qualified",
"knowledgeable",
"schooled",
"taught",
"trained",
"tutored",
"all-around",
"all-round",
"well-rounded",
"long-term",
"old",
"multiskilled",
"multitalented"
],
"near antonyms":[
"incapable",
"incompetent",
"inept",
"unable",
"unfit",
"unfitted",
"unqualified",
"weak",
"artless",
"crude",
"rude",
"ineffective",
"ineffectual",
"inefficient",
"talentless",
"ungifted",
"untalented",
"ignorant",
"unschooled",
"untaught",
"untrained",
"untutored",
"beginning",
"green",
"inexperienced",
"new",
"raw",
"unseasoned",
"untested",
"untried",
"would-be",
"primitive",
"rough",
"unpolished",
"awkward",
"clumsy",
"ham-fisted",
"ham-handed",
"heavy-handed"
],
"antonyms":[
"amateur",
"amateurish",
"inexperienced",
"inexpert",
"jackleg",
"unprofessional",
"unseasoned",
"unskilled",
"unskillful"
]
},
"accomplished with trained ability":{
"examples":[
"a highly practiced performance of a classic ballet"
],
"synonyms":[
"adroit",
"artful",
"bravura",
"deft",
"delicate",
"dexterous",
"dextrous",
"expert",
"masterful",
"masterly",
"skillful",
"virtuoso",
"workmanlike"
],
"near synonyms":[
"facile",
"smooth",
"artistic",
"creative",
"fancy",
"ingenious",
"neat",
"adept",
"clever",
"cunning",
"able",
"adequate",
"capable",
"competent"
],
"near antonyms":[
"awkward",
"clumsy",
"crude",
"klutzy",
"ineffective",
"ineffectual",
"incompetent",
"inept"
],
"antonyms":[
"amateur",
"amateurish",
"artless",
"rude",
"unprofessional",
"unskillful"
]
},
"to do over and over so as to become skilled":{
"examples":[
"in order to play the guitar well, you need to practice fingering every single day"
],
"synonyms":[
"exercised",
"ran over",
"rehearsed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"grooved",
"perfected",
"refined",
"pointed (for)",
"prepared (for)",
"trained (with)",
"drilled",
"repeated",
"worked (at or on)",
"wrought (at or on)",
"reviewed",
"studied"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"pragmatist":{
"as in realist , hardnose":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"hardnose",
"realist",
"cynic",
"fatalist",
"nihilist",
"anti-utopian",
"Cassandra",
"Jeremiah",
"knocker",
"naysayer",
"defeatist",
"pessimist",
"worrier",
"worrywart"
],
"near antonyms":[
"optimist",
"Pollyanna",
"Don Quixote",
"dreamer",
"fantast",
"idealist",
"idealizer",
"ideologue",
"idealogue",
"romantic",
"romanticist",
"utopian",
"visionary",
"sentimentalist"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"pranksters":{
"as in wisecrackers , cutups":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"banterers",
"cutups",
"kidders",
"knockabouts",
"practical jokers",
"quippers",
"quipsters",
"teasers",
"wisecrackers",
"comediennes",
"entertainers",
"buffoons",
"clowns",
"fools",
"harlequins",
"zanies",
"cards",
"comedians",
"comics",
"drolls",
"farceurs",
"funnymen",
"gaggers",
"gagmen",
"gagsters",
"humorists",
"jesters",
"jokers",
"jokesters",
"wags",
"wits",
"caricaturists",
"lampooners",
"parodists",
"satirists"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in adventurers , rascals":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"adventurers",
"foxes",
"fox",
"gamesmen",
"knaves",
"rascals",
"rogues",
"bluffers",
"charlatans",
"fakers",
"fakes",
"humbugs",
"impostors",
"imposters",
"mountebanks",
"phonies",
"phoneys",
"pretenders",
"quacks",
"quacksalvers",
"ringers",
"shams",
"fast-talkers",
"slickers",
"slicks",
"slicksters",
"slyboots",
"smoothies",
"wheeler-dealers",
"double-crossers",
"double-dealers",
"plotters",
"schemers",
"sneakers",
"sneaks",
"bilkers",
"bilks",
"cheaters",
"cheats",
"chiselers",
"chisellers",
"confidence men",
"cozeners",
"defrauders",
"dodgers",
"fakirs",
"finaglers",
"fraudsters",
"hoaxers",
"scammers",
"scamsters",
"sharks",
"sharpers",
"sharpies",
"skinners",
"swindlers",
"trickers",
"tricksters",
"blacklegs",
"cardsharps",
"cardsharpers"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"pranced":{
"to walk with exaggerated arm and leg movements":{
"examples":[
"pranced across the room dressed in an outrageous costume"
],
"synonyms":[
"sashayed",
"stalked",
"strutted",
"swaggered"
],
"near synonyms":[
"flounced",
"minced",
"traipsed",
"pussyfooted",
"tiptoed",
"swept",
"paraded",
"promenaded",
"padded",
"stepped",
"trod",
"treaded",
"paced",
"strode",
"lumbered",
"lurched",
"pounded",
"shambled",
"shuffled",
"staggered"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"practical joker":{
"as in banterer , quipper":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"banterer",
"cutup",
"kidder",
"knockabout",
"prankster",
"quipper",
"quipster",
"teaser",
"wisecracker",
"comedienne",
"entertainer",
"buffoon",
"clown",
"fool",
"harlequin",
"zany",
"card",
"comedian",
"comic",
"droll",
"farceur",
"funnyman",
"gagger",
"gagman",
"gagster",
"humorist",
"jester",
"joker",
"jokester",
"wag",
"wit",
"caricaturist",
"lampooner",
"parodist",
"satirist"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"practices":{
"a private performance or session in preparation for a public appearance":{
"examples":[
"we held one last practice before the big concert"
],
"synonyms":[
"dry runs",
"rehearsals",
"trials"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dress rehearsals",
"previews",
"run-throughs",
"drills",
"exercises"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a usual manner of behaving or doing":{
"examples":[
"the store's practice has always been to honor all major credit cards"
],
"synonyms":[
"customs",
"fashions",
"habits",
"habitudes",
"patterns",
"rituals",
"tricks",
"ways",
"wonts"
],
"near synonyms":[
"addictions",
"dispositions",
"bents",
"inclinations",
"proclivities",
"sets",
"tendencies",
"tenors",
"turns",
"bags",
"conventions",
"forms",
"modes",
"styles",
"usages",
"uses",
"deportments",
"manners",
"mores",
"drills",
"grooves",
"jog trots",
"regimens",
"regimes",
"r\u00e9gimes",
"rotes",
"routines",
"ruts",
"affectations",
"airs",
"poses",
"attributes",
"characteristics",
"marks",
"traits",
"eccentricities",
"kinks",
"oddities",
"peculiarities",
"quirks",
"singularities",
"tics"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"something done over and over in order to develop skill":{
"examples":[
"practice makes perfect"
],
"synonyms":[
"drills",
"exercises",
"routines",
"trainings",
"workouts"
],
"near synonyms":[
"assignments",
"homeworks",
"lessons",
"brushups",
"refreshers",
"reviews"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to do over and over so as to become skilled":{
"examples":[
"in order to play the guitar well, you need to practice fingering every single day"
],
"synonyms":[
"exercises",
"rehearses",
"runs over"
],
"near synonyms":[
"grooves",
"perfects",
"refines",
"points (for)",
"prepares (for)",
"trains (with)",
"drills",
"repeats",
"works (at or on)",
"reviews",
"studies"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"pragmatism":{
"as in realism":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"realism",
"bleakness",
"cheerlessness",
"dreariness",
"gloom",
"gloominess",
"despair",
"desperation",
"discouragement",
"disheartenment",
"hopelessness",
"cynicism",
"apprehension",
"caution",
"concern",
"skepticism",
"bearishness",
"pessimism"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bullishness",
"optimism",
"sanguinity",
"brightness",
"cheerfulness",
"perkiness",
"sunniness",
"hope",
"hopefulness",
"rosiness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"prat":{
"a stupid person":{
"examples":[
"I need competent people for this job, and all they send me are prats"
],
"synonyms":[
"airhead",
"birdbrain",
"blockhead",
"bonehead",
"bubblehead",
"chowderhead",
"chucklehead",
"clodpoll",
"clodpole",
"clot",
"cluck",
"clunk",
"cretin",
"cuddy",
"cuddie",
"deadhead",
"dim bulb",
"dimwit",
"dip",
"dodo",
"dolt",
"donkey",
"doofus",
"dope",
"dork",
"dullard",
"dum-dum",
"dumbbell",
"dumbhead",
"dummkopf",
"dummy",
"dunce",
"dunderhead",
"fathead",
"gander",
"golem",
"goof",
"goon",
"half-wit",
"hammerhead",
"hardhead",
"idiot",
"ignoramus",
"imbecile",
"jackass",
"know-nothing",
"knucklehead",
"lamebrain",
"loggerhead",
"loon",
"lump",
"lunkhead",
"meathead",
"mome",
"moron",
"mug",
"mutt",
"natural",
"nimrod",
"nincompoop",
"ninny",
"ninnyhammer",
"nit",
"nitwit",
"noddy",
"noodle",
"numskull",
"numbskull",
"oaf",
"pinhead",
"ratbag",
"saphead",
"schlub",
"shlub",
"schnook",
"simpleton",
"stock",
"stupe",
"stupid",
"thickhead",
"turkey",
"woodenhead",
"yahoo",
"yo-yo"
],
"near synonyms":[
"booby",
"buffoon",
"fool",
"goose",
"loony",
"lunatic",
"madman",
"nut",
"zany",
"loser",
"gawk",
"featherbrain",
"scatterbrain",
"beast",
"boor",
"cad",
"churl",
"clown",
"creep",
"cur",
"heel",
"jerk",
"skunk",
"snake",
"stinker",
"villain"
],
"near antonyms":[
"intellect",
"intellectual",
"sage",
"thinker",
"whiz",
"wizard",
"polymath",
"Renaissance man",
"sharpie",
"sharpy"
],
"antonyms":[
"brain",
"genius"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"praiseworthy":{
"deserving of high regard or great approval":{
"examples":[
"a praiseworthy effort to introduce inner-city youths to the visual arts"
],
"synonyms":[
"admirable",
"applaudable",
"commendable",
"creditable",
"estimable",
"laudable",
"meritorious"
],
"near synonyms":[
"deserving",
"worthy",
"awesome",
"distinctive",
"distinguished",
"excellent",
"heady",
"honorable",
"impressive",
"noteworthy",
"noticeable",
"outstanding",
"redoubtable",
"reputable",
"respectable",
"invaluable",
"precious",
"priceless",
"valuable",
"delightful",
"enjoyable",
"pleasing",
"satisfying",
"ethical",
"good",
"high-minded",
"moral",
"noble",
"principled"
],
"near antonyms":[
"base",
"contemptible",
"deplorable",
"despicable",
"detestable",
"dirty",
"infamous",
"lousy",
"nasty",
"notorious",
"pitiable",
"pitiful",
"scabby",
"scummy",
"scurvy",
"sorry",
"unlikable",
"unworthy",
"vile",
"worthless",
"wretched",
"disgraceful",
"dishonorable",
"disreputable",
"ignominious",
"low",
"mean",
"scandalous",
"seamy",
"shady",
"shameful",
"shocking",
"sordid",
"unethical",
"unsavory"
],
"antonyms":[
"censurable",
"discreditable",
"illaudable",
"reprehensible"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"prancer":{
"as in warhorse , trotter":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"charger",
"courser",
"cow pony",
"cutting horse",
"galloper",
"hack",
"hackney",
"mount",
"packhorse",
"quarter horse",
"racehorse",
"saddle horse",
"trotter",
"warhorse",
"workhorse",
"bronco",
"mustang",
"pony",
"bay",
"black",
"buckskin",
"chestnut",
"dun",
"palomino",
"pinto",
"roan",
"skewbald",
"sorrel",
"colt",
"filly",
"foal",
"gelding",
"mare",
"stallion",
"cob",
"dobbin",
"jade",
"plug",
"skate",
"equid",
"equine",
"horse",
"nag",
"steed"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"prancing":{
"to walk with exaggerated arm and leg movements":{
"examples":[
"pranced across the room dressed in an outrageous costume"
],
"synonyms":[
"sashaying",
"stalking",
"strutting",
"swaggering"
],
"near synonyms":[
"flouncing",
"mincing",
"traipsing",
"pussyfooting",
"tiptoeing",
"sweeping",
"parading",
"promenading",
"padding",
"stepping",
"treading",
"pacing",
"striding",
"lumbering",
"lurching",
"pounding",
"shambling",
"shuffling",
"staggering"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"pratfalls":{
"as in headers":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"headers",
"falls",
"slips",
"spills",
"stumbles",
"tumbles",
"missteps",
"trips",
"descents",
"dives",
"plunges",
"skids",
"slides",
"free-falls"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"practice teachers":{
"as in readers , student teachers":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"interns",
"internes",
"readers",
"student teachers",
"governesses",
"homeschoolers",
"catechists",
"lecturers",
"moralizers",
"preachers",
"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",
"headmasters",
"masters",
"rectors",
"schoolmasters"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"prattling":{
"as in chatter , prattle":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"babble",
"babbling",
"blab",
"blabbing",
"chatter",
"chattering",
"drivel",
"driveling",
"drivelling",
"gabble",
"gabbling",
"jabber",
"jabbering",
"maundering",
"prattle",
"rambling",
"rumor",
"undertone",
"whisper",
"grunt",
"grunting",
"mumble",
"murmur",
"murmuring",
"mutter",
"muttering"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to engage in casual or rambling conversation":{
"examples":[
"spent an hour on the phone prattling on about nothing in particular"
],
"synonyms":[
"babbling",
"blabbing",
"cackling",
"chaffering",
"chattering",
"chatting",
"chinning",
"conversing",
"gabbing",
"gabbling",
"gassing",
"jabbering",
"jawing",
"kibitzing",
"kibbitzing",
"nattering",
"palavering",
"pattering",
"prating",
"rapping",
"rattling",
"running on",
"schmoozing",
"shmoozing",
"talking",
"twittering",
"visiting"
],
"near synonyms":[
"gossiping",
"tattling",
"descanting",
"discussing",
"expatiating",
"yakking",
"yacking",
"yammering",
"yapping"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to speak rapidly, inarticulately, and usually unintelligibly":{
"examples":[
"stop prattling and calmly tell us the news"
],
"synonyms":[
"babbling",
"bumbling",
"chattering",
"chatting",
"driveling",
"drivelling",
"drooling",
"gabbling",
"gibbering",
"jabbering",
"sputtering"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blabbering",
"blathering",
"bleating",
"blithering",
"gabbing",
"jangling",
"jawing",
"pattering",
"prating",
"rattling",
"running on",
"smattering",
"tittle-tattling",
"trolling",
"yakking",
"yacking",
"chuntering",
"maundering",
"mouthing",
"mumbling",
"murmuring",
"muttering",
"stammering",
"stuttering",
"screeching",
"shouting",
"shrieking"
],
"near antonyms":[
"articulating",
"enunciating",
"pronouncing"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"praiser":{
"as in commender":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"commender"
],
"near antonyms":[
"carper",
"castigator",
"caviler",
"caviller",
"censurer",
"critic",
"criticizer",
"disparager",
"faultfinder",
"hypercritic",
"knocker",
"niggler",
"nitpicker",
"condemner",
"condemnor",
"denouncer",
"belittler",
"decrier",
"denigrator",
"derider",
"detractor"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"practice":{
"a private performance or session in preparation for a public appearance":{
"examples":[
"we held one last practice before the big concert"
],
"synonyms":[
"dry run",
"rehearsal",
"trial"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dress rehearsal",
"preview",
"run-through",
"walk-through",
"drill",
"exercise"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a usual manner of behaving or doing":{
"examples":[
"the store's practice has always been to honor all major credit cards"
],
"synonyms":[
"custom",
"fashion",
"habit",
"habitude",
"pattern",
"ritual",
"second nature",
"trick",
"way",
"wont"
],
"near synonyms":[
"addiction",
"disposition",
"bent",
"inclination",
"proclivity",
"set",
"tendency",
"tenor",
"turn",
"bag",
"convention",
"form",
"mode",
"style",
"usage",
"use",
"deportment",
"manners",
"mores",
"drill",
"groove",
"jog trot",
"regime",
"r\u00e9gime",
"regimen",
"rote",
"routine",
"rut",
"affectation",
"airs",
"pose",
"attribute",
"characteristic",
"mark",
"trait",
"eccentricity",
"kink",
"oddity",
"peculiarity",
"quirk",
"singularity",
"tic"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"something done over and over in order to develop skill":{
"examples":[
"practice makes perfect"
],
"synonyms":[
"drill",
"exercise",
"routine",
"training",
"workout"
],
"near synonyms":[
"assignment",
"homework",
"lesson",
"brushup",
"refresher",
"review"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to do over and over so as to become skilled":{
"examples":[
"in order to play the guitar well, you need to practice fingering every single day"
],
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"exercise",
"rehearse",
"run over"
],
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"perfect",
"refine",
"point (for)",
"prepare (for)",
"train (with)",
"drill",
"repeat",
"work (at or on)",
"review",
"study"
],
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},
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"noun",
"verb"
]
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"as in patter , yammering":{
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"jawing",
"patter",
"yammering",
"babble",
"blab",
"chatter",
"drivel",
"gabble",
"gibber",
"gibberish",
"jabber",
"prattle",
"egotism",
"self-conceit",
"self-importance",
"swagger",
"vaunt",
"bloviation",
"verbosity",
"windiness",
"pomposity",
"turgidity",
"wind",
"oratory",
"rhapsody",
"rhetoric",
"bluster",
"bombast",
"brag",
"braggadocio",
"bull",
"cockalorum",
"fanfaronade",
"gas",
"gasconade",
"grandiloquence",
"hot air",
"magniloquence",
"rant",
"rodomontade",
"rhodomontade"
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},
"to engage in casual or rambling conversation":{
"examples":[
"the young executive gratingly prated on about his weekend hobnobbing with the rich"
],
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"babbling",
"blabbing",
"cackling",
"chaffering",
"chattering",
"chatting",
"chinning",
"conversing",
"gabbing",
"gabbling",
"gassing",
"jabbering",
"jawing",
"kibitzing",
"kibbitzing",
"nattering",
"palavering",
"pattering",
"prattling",
"rapping",
"rattling",
"running on",
"schmoozing",
"shmoozing",
"talking",
"twittering",
"visiting"
],
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"gossiping",
"tattling",
"descanting",
"discussing",
"expatiating",
"yakking",
"yacking",
"yammering",
"yapping"
],
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"antonyms":[]
},
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"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"practiced":{
"having or showing exceptional knowledge, experience, or skill in a field of endeavor":{
"examples":[
"a simple dish that any practiced chef should be able to produce even blindfolded"
],
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"accomplished",
"ace",
"adept",
"compleat",
"complete",
"consummate",
"crack",
"crackerjack",
"educated",
"experienced",
"expert",
"good",
"great",
"master",
"masterful",
"masterly",
"professed",
"proficient",
"skilled",
"skillful",
"versed",
"veteran",
"virtuoso"
],
"near synonyms":[
"adroit",
"clever",
"deft",
"dexterous",
"dextrous",
"handy",
"slick",
"sure-handed",
"gifted",
"talented",
"polished",
"refined",
"effective",
"effectual",
"efficient",
"workmanlike",
"able",
"capable",
"competent",
"employable",
"fit",
"fitted",
"habile",
"qualified",
"knowledgeable",
"schooled",
"taught",
"trained",
"tutored",
"all-around",
"all-round",
"well-rounded",
"long-term",
"old",
"multiskilled",
"multitalented"
],
"near antonyms":[
"incapable",
"incompetent",
"inept",
"unable",
"unfit",
"unfitted",
"unqualified",
"weak",
"artless",
"crude",
"rude",
"ineffective",
"ineffectual",
"inefficient",
"talentless",
"ungifted",
"untalented",
"ignorant",
"unschooled",
"untaught",
"untrained",
"untutored",
"beginning",
"green",
"inexperienced",
"new",
"raw",
"unseasoned",
"untested",
"untried",
"would-be",
"primitive",
"rough",
"unpolished",
"awkward",
"clumsy",
"ham-fisted",
"ham-handed",
"heavy-handed"
],
"antonyms":[
"amateur",
"amateurish",
"inexperienced",
"inexpert",
"jackleg",
"unprofessional",
"unseasoned",
"unskilled",
"unskillful"
]
},
"accomplished with trained ability":{
"examples":[
"a highly practiced performance of a classic ballet"
],
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"adroit",
"artful",
"bravura",
"deft",
"delicate",
"dexterous",
"dextrous",
"expert",
"masterful",
"masterly",
"skillful",
"virtuoso",
"workmanlike"
],
"near synonyms":[
"facile",
"smooth",
"artistic",
"creative",
"fancy",
"ingenious",
"neat",
"adept",
"clever",
"cunning",
"able",
"adequate",
"capable",
"competent"
],
"near antonyms":[
"awkward",
"clumsy",
"crude",
"klutzy",
"ineffective",
"ineffectual",
"incompetent",
"inept"
],
"antonyms":[
"amateur",
"amateurish",
"artless",
"rude",
"unprofessional",
"unskillful"
]
},
"to do over and over so as to become skilled":{
"examples":[
"in order to play the guitar well, you need to practice fingering every single day"
],
"synonyms":[
"exercised",
"ran over",
"rehearsed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"grooved",
"perfected",
"refined",
"pointed (for)",
"prepared (for)",
"trained (with)",
"drilled",
"repeated",
"worked (at or on)",
"wrought (at or on)",
"reviewed",
"studied"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"praiseful":{
"as in laudative , eulogistic":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"encomiastic",
"eulogistic",
"flattering",
"hagiographic",
"hagiographical",
"laudative",
"laudatory",
"panegyrical",
"admiring",
"applauding",
"appreciative",
"approbatory",
"approving",
"commendatory",
"complimentary",
"favorable",
"friendly",
"good",
"positive",
"accepting",
"warm",
"respectful",
"supportive",
"sympathetic",
"adoring",
"adulatory",
"idolizing",
"worshipful",
"worshipping",
"worshiping",
"advisory",
"recommendatory"
],
"near antonyms":[
"captious",
"carping",
"caviling",
"cavilling",
"censuring",
"critical",
"faultfinding",
"hypercritical",
"overcritical",
"belittling",
"contemptuous",
"disdainful",
"disparaging",
"scornful",
"slighting",
"adverse",
"depreciative",
"depreciatory",
"derogatory",
"disapproving",
"inappreciative",
"negative",
"unappreciative",
"uncomplimentary",
"unfavorable",
"unflattering",
"unfriendly"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"pratfall":{
"as in header":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"header",
"fall",
"slip",
"spill",
"stumble",
"tumble",
"misstep",
"trip",
"descent",
"dive",
"plunge",
"skid",
"slide",
"free-fall"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"prankishness":{
"a natural disposition for playful behavior":{
"examples":[
"her irrepressible prankishness sometimes got her into trouble when she was growing up"
],
"synonyms":[
"coltishness",
"espi\u00e8glerie",
"friskiness",
"impishness",
"larkiness",
"mischief",
"mischievousness",
"playfulness",
"sportfulness",
"sportiveness",
"tricksiness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"coyness",
"kittenishness",
"archness",
"devilment",
"devilry",
"deviltry",
"hob",
"rascality",
"roguishness",
"waggery",
"devilishness",
"diabolicalness",
"knavery",
"frivolousness",
"energy",
"liveliness",
"spiritedness",
"sprightliness",
"spunkiness",
"vivaciousness",
"vivacity",
"gaiety",
"gayety",
"jocularity",
"jocundity",
"lightheartedness",
"mirthfulness",
"whimsicality"
],
"near antonyms":[
"graveness",
"grimness",
"serious-mindedness",
"seriousness",
"solemnity",
"solemnness",
"sternness",
"priggishness",
"starchiness",
"stuffiness",
"constraint",
"restraint",
"self-control"
],
"antonyms":[
"earnestness",
"soberness",
"sobersidedness"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"prancers":{
"as in warhorses , trotters":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"chargers",
"coursers",
"cow ponies",
"cutting horses",
"gallopers",
"hackneys",
"hacks",
"mounts",
"packhorses",
"quarter horses",
"racehorses",
"saddle horses",
"trotters",
"warhorses",
"workhorses",
"broncos",
"bronchos",
"mustangs",
"ponies",
"bays",
"blacks",
"buckskins",
"chestnuts",
"duns",
"palominos",
"pintos",
"pintoes",
"roans",
"skewbalds",
"sorrels",
"colts",
"fillies",
"foals",
"geldings",
"mares",
"stallions",
"cobs",
"dobbins",
"jades",
"plugs",
"skates",
"equids",
"equines",
"horses",
"horse",
"nags",
"steeds"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"pray":{
"to make a request to (someone) in an earnest or urgent manner":{
"examples":[
"I pray you: tell me where they went"
],
"synonyms":[
"appeal (to)",
"beg",
"beseech",
"besiege",
"conjure",
"entreat",
"impetrate",
"implore",
"importune",
"petition",
"plead (to)",
"solicit",
"supplicate"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bludge",
"cadge",
"mooch",
"sponge",
"ask",
"desire",
"invoke",
"request",
"sue",
"claim",
"coerce",
"command",
"compel",
"demand",
"force",
"insist",
"require"
],
"near antonyms":[
"hint",
"imply",
"intimate",
"suggest",
"appease",
"conciliate",
"gratify",
"mollify",
"oblige",
"pacify",
"placate",
"please",
"satisfy",
"comfort",
"console",
"content",
"quiet"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
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},
"prattlers":{
"a person who talks constantly":{
"examples":[
"stuck next to a prattler in the doctor's waiting room, she found the wait interminable"
],
"synonyms":[
"babblers",
"blabbermouths",
"blabbers",
"blowhards",
"cacklers",
"chatterboxes",
"chatterers",
"conversationalists",
"gabblers",
"gasbags",
"jabberers",
"jays",
"magpies",
"motormouths",
"talkers",
"windbags"
],
"near synonyms":[
"gossipers",
"gossips",
"talebearers",
"tattlers",
"tattletales",
"blatherers",
"blatherskites",
"conversers",
"discoursers"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"prayers":{
"an address to God or a deity":{
"examples":[
"he always directed a bedside prayer to God before going to sleep"
],
"synonyms":[
"orisons"
],
"near synonyms":[
"collects",
"graces",
"invocations",
"litanies",
"requiescats",
"thanksgivings",
"evensongs",
"matins",
"vespers",
"appeals",
"entreaties",
"petitions",
"pleadings",
"requests",
"suits",
"supplications"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"an earnest request":{
"examples":[
"we hope that the governor will hear our prayer and do something about this pressing problem"
],
"synonyms":[
"adjurations",
"appeals",
"conjurations",
"cries",
"desires",
"entreaties",
"petitions",
"pleadings",
"pleas",
"solicitations",
"suits",
"suppliances",
"supplications"
],
"near synonyms":[
"applications",
"requisitions",
"calls",
"claims",
"demands",
"insistences"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"practicable":{
"capable of being done or carried out":{
"examples":[
"a solution that is not practicable in the time available to us"
],
"synonyms":[
"achievable",
"attainable",
"doable",
"feasible",
"possible",
"realizable",
"viable",
"workable"
],
"near synonyms":[
"practical",
"reasonable",
"sensible",
"contingent",
"likely",
"probable",
"acceptable",
"believable",
"conceivable",
"creditable",
"plausible",
"thinkable",
"actionable",
"available",
"usable",
"useable"
],
"near antonyms":[
"impractical",
"unrealistic",
"doubtful",
"dubious",
"far-fetched",
"improbable",
"unlikely",
"implausible",
"inconceivable",
"incredible",
"unbelievable",
"futile",
"useless",
"vain",
"absurd",
"fantastic",
"fantastical",
"outlandish",
"preposterous",
"ridiculous",
"unthinkable"
],
"antonyms":[
"hopeless",
"impossible",
"impracticable",
"infeasible",
"nonviable",
"unattainable",
"undoable",
"unfeasible",
"unrealizable",
"unviable",
"unworkable"
]
},
"capable of being put to use or account":{
"examples":[
"a practicable knowledge of carpentry that came in handy when he volunteered to build houses for underprivileged families"
],
"synonyms":[
"actionable",
"applicable",
"applicative",
"applied",
"functional",
"practical",
"serviceable",
"ultrapractical",
"usable",
"useable",
"useful",
"workable",
"working"
],
"near synonyms":[
"down-to-earth",
"pragmatic",
"pragmatical",
"utilitarian",
"banausic",
"mundane",
"accessible",
"available",
"obtainable",
"reachable",
"all-around",
"all-round",
"handy",
"active",
"alive",
"busy",
"employed",
"functioning",
"operating",
"operative"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abstract",
"academic",
"academical",
"armchair",
"theoretical",
"theoretic",
"inaccessible",
"unattainable",
"unavailable",
"unobtainable",
"unreachable",
"unsuitable"
],
"antonyms":[
"impracticable",
"impractical",
"inapplicable",
"nonpractical",
"unusable",
"unworkable",
"useless"
]
},
"capable of or suitable for being used for a particular purpose":{
"examples":[
"that flimsy little saw is not a very practicable tool for cutting heavy tree branches"
],
"synonyms":[
"available",
"employable",
"exploitable",
"fit",
"functional",
"operable",
"serviceable",
"usable",
"useable",
"useful"
],
"near synonyms":[
"applicable",
"relevant",
"doable",
"feasible",
"viable",
"workable",
"reusable"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"impracticable",
"inoperable",
"nonfunctional",
"unavailable",
"unemployable",
"unusable"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"pragmatic":{
"willing to see things as they really are and deal with them sensibly":{
"examples":[
"a pragmatic man, not given to grand, visionary schemes"
],
"synonyms":[
"down-to-earth",
"earthy",
"hardheaded",
"matter-of-fact",
"practical",
"realistic"
],
"near synonyms":[
"idealless",
"philistine",
"utilitarian",
"commonsensical",
"grounded",
"levelheaded",
"logical",
"no-nonsense",
"rational",
"reasonable",
"sane",
"sensible",
"sober",
"sobersided",
"sound",
"bottom-line",
"hard",
"hard-boiled",
"hard-edged",
"tough-minded",
"unromantic",
"unsentimental",
"cynical",
"disillusioned",
"misanthropic",
"pessimistic",
"distrustful",
"mistrustful",
"skeptical",
"suspicious"
],
"near antonyms":[
"fanciful",
"fantastic",
"fantastical",
"imaginative",
"romantic",
"sentimental",
"cheerful",
"optimistic",
"rose-colored",
"trustful",
"trusting",
"unsuspicious",
"half-baked",
"illogical",
"insane",
"irrational",
"unreasonable",
"theoretical",
"theoretic"
],
"antonyms":[
"blue-sky",
"idealistic",
"impractical",
"unrealistic",
"utopian",
"visionary"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"practical joke":{
"a playful or mischievous act intended as a joke":{
"examples":[
"friends had left the risqu\u00e9 message on his voice mail as a practical joke"
],
"synonyms":[
"antic",
"caper",
"capriccio",
"dido",
"escapade",
"frolic",
"gag",
"jest",
"knavery",
"monkeyshine(s)",
"prank",
"rag",
"roguery",
"shavie",
"shine(s)",
"trick",
"waggery"
],
"near synonyms":[
"skylarking",
"adventure",
"experience",
"game",
"lark",
"time",
"high jinks",
"hijinks",
"horseplay",
"play",
"roughhousing",
"rowdyism",
"shenanigan(s)",
"tomfoolery",
"joking",
"kidding",
"teasing",
"gambit",
"hoax",
"maneuver",
"ploy",
"deed",
"feat",
"mission",
"performance",
"stunt",
"caprice",
"conceit",
"fancy",
"vagary",
"whim",
"whimsy",
"whimsey",
"deceit",
"deception",
"delusion",
"fooling",
"fraud",
"hanky-panky",
"hoodwinking",
"ruse",
"sham",
"stratagem",
"subterfuge",
"trickery",
"wile"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"practises":{
"a private performance or session in preparation for a public appearance":{
"examples":[
"we held one last practice before the big concert"
],
"synonyms":[
"dry runs",
"rehearsals",
"trials"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dress rehearsals",
"previews",
"run-throughs",
"drills",
"exercises"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a usual manner of behaving or doing":{
"examples":[
"the store's practice has always been to honor all major credit cards"
],
"synonyms":[
"customs",
"fashions",
"habits",
"habitudes",
"patterns",
"rituals",
"tricks",
"ways",
"wonts"
],
"near synonyms":[
"addictions",
"dispositions",
"bents",
"inclinations",
"proclivities",
"sets",
"tendencies",
"tenors",
"turns",
"bags",
"conventions",
"forms",
"modes",
"styles",
"usages",
"uses",
"deportments",
"manners",
"mores",
"drills",
"grooves",
"jog trots",
"regimens",
"regimes",
"r\u00e9gimes",
"rotes",
"routines",
"ruts",
"affectations",
"airs",
"poses",
"attributes",
"characteristics",
"marks",
"traits",
"eccentricities",
"kinks",
"oddities",
"peculiarities",
"quirks",
"singularities",
"tics"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"something done over and over in order to develop skill":{
"examples":[
"practice makes perfect"
],
"synonyms":[
"drills",
"exercises",
"routines",
"trainings",
"workouts"
],
"near synonyms":[
"assignments",
"homeworks",
"lessons",
"brushups",
"refreshers",
"reviews"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to do over and over so as to become skilled":{
"examples":[
"in order to play the guitar well, you need to practice fingering every single day"
],
"synonyms":[
"exercises",
"rehearses",
"runs over"
],
"near synonyms":[
"grooves",
"perfects",
"refines",
"points (for)",
"prepares (for)",
"trains (with)",
"drills",
"repeats",
"works (at or on)",
"reviews",
"studies"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"pranks":{
"a playful or mischievous act intended as a joke":{
"examples":[
"as a prank , several students managed to change all the classroom clocks to different times"
],
"synonyms":[
"antics",
"capers",
"capriccios",
"didoes",
"didos",
"escapades",
"frolics",
"gags",
"jests",
"knaveries",
"monkeyshines",
"practical jokes",
"rags",
"rogueries",
"shavies",
"shines",
"tricks",
"waggeries"
],
"near synonyms":[
"adventures",
"experiences",
"games",
"larks",
"times",
"high jinks",
"hijinks",
"horseplays",
"plays",
"rowdyisms",
"shenanigans",
"tomfooleries",
"gambits",
"hoaxes",
"maneuvers",
"ploys",
"deeds",
"feats",
"missions",
"performances",
"stunts",
"caprices",
"conceits",
"fancies",
"vagaries",
"whims",
"whimsies",
"whimseys",
"deceits",
"deceptions",
"delusions",
"frauds",
"hanky-pankies",
"ruses",
"shams",
"stratagems",
"subterfuges",
"trickeries",
"wiles"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"practice teacher":{
"as in reader , student teacher":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"intern",
"interne",
"reader",
"student teacher",
"governess",
"homeschooler",
"catechist",
"lecturer",
"moralizer",
"preacher",
"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",
"headmaster",
"master",
"rector",
"schoolmaster"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"prats":{
"a stupid person":{
"examples":[
"I need competent people for this job, and all they send me are prats"
],
"synonyms":[
"airheads",
"birdbrains",
"blockheads",
"boneheads",
"bubbleheads",
"chowderheads",
"chuckleheads",
"clodpolls",
"clodpoles",
"clots",
"clucks",
"clunks",
"cretins",
"cuddies",
"deadheads",
"dim bulbs",
"dimwits",
"dips",
"dodoes",
"dodos",
"dolts",
"donkeys",
"doofuses",
"dufuses",
"dopes",
"dorks",
"dullards",
"dumbbells",
"dumbheads",
"dum-dums",
"dummies",
"dummkopfs",
"dunces",
"dunderheads",
"fatheads",
"ganders",
"golems",
"goofs",
"goons",
"half-wits",
"hammerheads",
"hardheads",
"idiots",
"ignoramuses",
"ignorami",
"imbeciles",
"jackasses",
"know-nothings",
"knuckleheads",
"lamebrains",
"loggerheads",
"loons",
"lumps",
"lunkheads",
"meatheads",
"momes",
"morons",
"mugs",
"mutts",
"naturals",
"nimrods",
"nincompoops",
"ninnies",
"ninnyhammers",
"nits",
"nitwits",
"noddies",
"noodles",
"numskulls",
"numbskulls",
"oafs",
"pinheads",
"ratbags",
"sapheads",
"schlubs",
"shlubs",
"schnooks",
"simpletons",
"stocks",
"stupes",
"stupids",
"thickheads",
"turkeys",
"woodenheads",
"yahoos",
"yo-yos"
],
"near synonyms":[
"boobies",
"buffoons",
"fools",
"geese",
"loonies",
"lunatics",
"madmen",
"nuts",
"zanies",
"losers",
"gawks",
"featherbrains",
"scatterbrains",
"beasts",
"boors",
"cads",
"churls",
"clowns",
"creeps",
"curs",
"heels",
"jerks",
"skunks",
"skunk",
"snakes",
"stinkers",
"villains"
],
"near antonyms":[
"intellects",
"intellectuals",
"sages",
"thinkers",
"whizzes",
"wizards",
"polymaths",
"Renaissance men",
"sharpies"
],
"antonyms":[
"brains",
"geniuses",
"genii"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"praises":{
"to proclaim the glory of":{
"examples":[
"hymns that praise God"
],
"synonyms":[
"blesses",
"carols",
"celebrates",
"emblazons",
"exalts",
"extols",
"extolls",
"glorifies",
"hymns",
"lauds",
"magnifies",
"resounds"
],
"near synonyms":[
"adores",
"belauds",
"deifies",
"idolizes",
"worships",
"acclaims",
"applauds",
"commends",
"compliments",
"hails",
"renowns",
"salutes",
"chants",
"cheers",
"eulogizes",
"rhapsodizes",
"cites",
"flatters",
"cracks up",
"recommends",
"touts"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blames",
"censures",
"reprehends",
"reprobates",
"criticizes",
"reproves",
"admonishes",
"chides",
"keelhauls",
"rebukes",
"reprimands",
"reproaches",
"castigates",
"lambastes",
"lambasts"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to declare enthusiastic approval of":{
"examples":[
"the school volunteers were praised for their excellent work in the reading program"
],
"synonyms":[
"acclaims",
"accredits",
"applauds",
"cheers",
"cracks up",
"hails",
"lauds",
"salutes",
"touts"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bravoes",
"claps",
"rises (to)",
"ballyhoos",
"approves",
"commends",
"endorses",
"indorses",
"favors",
"recommends",
"roots (for)",
"supports",
"celebrates",
"emblazons",
"eulogizes",
"extols",
"extolls",
"glorifies",
"magnifies",
"sings",
"adulates",
"belauds",
"flatters",
"overpraises",
"deifies",
"idolizes"
],
"near antonyms":[
"belittles",
"discommends",
"disparages",
"puts down",
"blames",
"censures",
"reprehends",
"reprobates",
"admonishes",
"chides",
"criticizes",
"rebukes",
"reprimands",
"reproaches",
"reproves",
"castigates",
"excoriates",
"keelhauls",
"lambastes",
"lambasts",
"skewers",
"slags",
"vilifies"
],
"antonyms":[
"knocks",
"pans",
"slams"
]
},
"as in recognitions , accolades":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"acclaim",
"accolades",
"acknowledgments",
"acknowledgements",
"homages",
"kudos",
"laurels",
"recognitions",
"infamies",
"characters",
"marks",
"names",
"reports",
"reputabilities",
"reputations",
"reputes",
"cachets",
"places",
"positions",
"prestiges",
"ranks",
"standings",
"statures",
"statuses",
"megastardoms",
"popularities",
"stardoms",
"superstardoms",
"distinctions",
"eminences",
"glories",
"honors",
"notes",
"preeminences",
"prominences",
"visibilities",
"adorations",
"idolizations",
"celebrities",
"fames",
"notorieties",
"renowns"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disgraces",
"dishonors",
"disreputes",
"ignominies",
"odiums",
"opprobriums",
"shames",
"invisibilities",
"unpopularity",
"anonymities",
"oblivions",
"obscurities"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"practitioners":{
"one who brings an art or science to full realization":{
"examples":[
"a French doctor who was once the most famous practitioner of natural childbirth"
],
"synonyms":[
"exponents",
"expounders",
"gurus",
"high priests",
"interpreters"
],
"near synonyms":[
"deans",
"doyens",
"grand old men",
"ideologues",
"idealogues",
"philosophers",
"theorists",
"advocates",
"apostles",
"backers",
"boosters",
"champions",
"promoters",
"proponents",
"supporters"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"practitioner":{
"one who brings an art or science to full realization":{
"examples":[
"a French doctor who was once the most famous practitioner of natural childbirth"
],
"synonyms":[
"exponent",
"expounder",
"guru",
"high priest",
"interpreter"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dean",
"doyen",
"grand old man",
"ideologue",
"idealogue",
"philosopher",
"theorist",
"advocate",
"apostle",
"backer",
"booster",
"champion",
"promoter",
"proponent",
"supporter"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"prayerfulness":{
"as in devotion , morality":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"asceticism",
"devotion",
"morality",
"religiousness",
"spirituality",
"blessedness",
"devoutness",
"godliness",
"holiness",
"piety",
"piousness",
"sainthood",
"saintliness",
"saintship",
"sanctity",
"priestliness",
"goodness",
"rectitude",
"righteousness",
"uprightness",
"virtue",
"virtuousness",
"consecration",
"sacredness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"godlessness",
"impiety",
"ungodliness",
"unholiness",
"blasphemousness",
"irreverence",
"sacrilegiousness",
"depravedness",
"depravity",
"evilness",
"heinousness",
"monstrosity",
"sinfulness",
"vileness",
"wickedness",
"hypocrisy",
"sanctimoniousness",
"sanctimony"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"prankish":{
"tending to or exhibiting reckless playfulness":{
"examples":[
"told the prankish lad that someone would eventually get hurt if he kept it up"
],
"synonyms":[
"arch",
"devilish",
"elvish",
"espi\u00e8gle",
"impish",
"knavish",
"leprechaunish",
"mischievous",
"pixie",
"pixy",
"pixieish",
"puckish",
"rascally",
"roguish",
"scampish",
"sly",
"tricksy",
"waggish",
"wicked"
],
"near synonyms":[
"antic",
"coltish",
"coy",
"frisky",
"frolicsome",
"kittenish",
"playful",
"sportful",
"sportive",
"gay",
"happy",
"lighthearted",
"whimsical",
"energetic",
"lively",
"spirited",
"sprightly",
"artful",
"crafty",
"cunning",
"trickish",
"tricky",
"wily",
"misbehaving",
"naughty",
"troublemaking",
"pestering",
"riling",
"teasing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"grave",
"grim",
"sedate",
"sober",
"solemn",
"staid",
"stern"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"prattler":{
"a person who talks constantly":{
"examples":[
"stuck next to a prattler in the doctor's waiting room, she found the wait interminable"
],
"synonyms":[
"babbler",
"blabber",
"blabbermouth",
"blowhard",
"cackler",
"chatterbox",
"chatterer",
"conversationalist",
"gabbler",
"gasbag",
"jabberer",
"jay",
"magpie",
"motormouth",
"talker",
"windbag"
],
"near synonyms":[
"gossip",
"gossiper",
"talebearer",
"tattler",
"tattletale",
"blatherer",
"blatherskite",
"converser",
"discourser"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"prance":{
"to walk with exaggerated arm and leg movements":{
"examples":[
"pranced across the room dressed in an outrageous costume"
],
"synonyms":[
"sashay",
"stalk",
"strut",
"swagger"
],
"near synonyms":[
"flounce",
"mince",
"traipse",
"pussyfoot",
"tiptoe",
"sweep",
"parade",
"promenade",
"pad",
"step",
"tread",
"pace",
"stride",
"lumber",
"lurch",
"pound",
"shamble",
"shuffle",
"stagger"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"prayerful":{
"asking humbly":{
"examples":[
"impressed by such prayerful petitioners, the governor promised that he'd see what he could do"
],
"synonyms":[
"beseeching",
"entreating",
"imploring",
"pleading",
"soliciting",
"suppliant",
"supplicant",
"supplicating",
"supplicatory"
],
"near synonyms":[
"begging",
"importunate",
"insistent",
"persistent"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"pragmatists":{
"as in realists , hardnoses":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"hardnoses",
"realists",
"cynics",
"fatalists",
"nihilists",
"anti-utopians",
"Cassandras",
"Jeremiahs",
"knockers",
"naysayers",
"defeatists",
"pessimists",
"worriers",
"worrywarts"
],
"near antonyms":[
"optimists",
"Pollyannas",
"Don Quixotes",
"dreamers",
"fantasts",
"idealists",
"idealizers",
"ideologues",
"idealogues",
"romanticists",
"romantics",
"utopians",
"visionaries",
"sentimentalists"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"practising":{
"to do over and over so as to become skilled":{
"examples":[
"in order to play the guitar well, you need to practice fingering every single day"
],
"synonyms":[
"exercising",
"rehearsing",
"running over"
],
"near synonyms":[
"grooving",
"perfecting",
"refining",
"pointing (for)",
"preparing (for)",
"training (with)",
"drilling",
"repeating",
"working (at or on)",
"reviewing",
"studying"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"practical jokes":{
"a playful or mischievous act intended as a joke":{
"examples":[
"friends had left the risqu\u00e9 message on his voice mail as a practical joke"
],
"synonyms":[
"antics",
"capers",
"capriccios",
"didoes",
"didos",
"escapades",
"frolics",
"gags",
"jests",
"knaveries",
"monkeyshines",
"pranks",
"rags",
"rogueries",
"shavies",
"shines",
"tricks",
"waggeries"
],
"near synonyms":[
"adventures",
"experiences",
"games",
"larks",
"times",
"high jinks",
"hijinks",
"horseplays",
"plays",
"rowdyisms",
"shenanigans",
"tomfooleries",
"gambits",
"hoaxes",
"maneuvers",
"ploys",
"deeds",
"feats",
"missions",
"performances",
"stunts",
"caprices",
"conceits",
"fancies",
"vagaries",
"whims",
"whimsies",
"whimseys",
"deceits",
"deceptions",
"delusions",
"frauds",
"hanky-pankies",
"ruses",
"shams",
"stratagems",
"subterfuges",
"trickeries",
"wiles"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
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}
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