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{
"took":{
"to reach for and take hold of by embracing with the fingers or arms":{
"examples":[
"take my hand, or we'll get separated in this crowd"
],
"synonyms":[
"clasped",
"grasped",
"gripped",
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"held",
"hung on to",
"laid hold of"
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],
"near synonyms":[
"clenched",
"clung (to)",
"clutched",
"held on (to)",
"caught",
"nabbed",
"seized",
"snatched"
],
"near antonyms":[
"discharged",
"dropped",
"freed",
"liberated",
"released",
"delivered",
"entrusted",
"intrusted",
"gave",
"handed",
"handed over",
"passed",
"relinquished",
"transferred",
"transmitted",
"turned over",
"unhanded"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to agree to receive whether willingly or reluctantly":{
"examples":[
"will you take that call?",
"took a cut in pay"
],
"synonyms":[
"accepted",
"had"
],
"near synonyms":[
"acceded (to)",
"assented (to)",
"conceded (to)",
"confirmed",
"consented (to)",
"OK'd",
"okayed",
"ratified",
"sanctioned",
"warranted",
"acquiesced (to)",
"bowed (to)",
"capitulated (to)",
"gave in (to)",
"submitted (to)",
"succumbed (to)",
"surrendered (to)",
"yielded (to)",
"abided",
"abode",
"bore",
"brooked",
"countenanced",
"endured",
"shouldered",
"stomached",
"stood",
"stuck out",
"supported",
"sustained",
"swallowed",
"sweat out",
"sweated out",
"tolerated",
"adopted",
"embraced",
"welcomed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dissented (to)",
"objected (to)",
"opposed",
"protested",
"held off",
"resisted",
"withstood",
"combated",
"combatted",
"contested",
"fought"
],
"antonyms":[
"declined",
"denied",
"disallowed",
"disapproved",
"negatived",
"refused",
"rejected",
"spurned",
"turned down",
"vetoed"
]
},
"to become affected with (a disease or disorder)":{
"examples":[
"if you don't cover your head in this weather, you'll take cold and be stuck inside all weekend"
],
"synonyms":[
"came down (with)",
"caught",
"contracted",
"got",
"sickened (with)",
"went down (with)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"broke out (with)",
"died (from)",
"succumbed (to)",
"failed",
"languished",
"sank",
"sunk",
"wasted (away)",
"weakened",
"wilted",
"withered",
"worsened"
],
"near antonyms":[
"came back",
"gained",
"healed",
"mended",
"recouped",
"recovered",
"recuperated",
"snapped back",
"rallied",
"rebounded",
"recovered (from)",
"shook (off)"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to decide to accept (someone or something) from a group of possibilities":{
"examples":[
"you can take the white side this time, since I got to be white for our last chess game"
],
"synonyms":[
"cherry-picked",
"chose",
"culled",
"elected",
"handpicked",
"named",
"opted (for)",
"picked",
"preferred",
"selected",
"singled (out)",
"tagged"
],
"near synonyms":[
"preselected",
"appointed",
"designated",
"fixed",
"marked",
"nominated",
"set",
"tabbed",
"tapped",
"accepted",
"adopted",
"embraced",
"espoused",
"settled (on or upon)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disapproved",
"negatived",
"repudiated",
"spurned",
"discarded",
"jettisoned",
"threw away",
"threw out"
],
"antonyms":[
"declined",
"refused",
"rejected",
"turned down"
]
},
"to get possession of (something) by giving money in exchange for":{
"examples":[
"I'll take two cheeseburgers to go, please"
],
"synonyms":[
"bought",
"copped",
"picked up",
"purchased"
],
"near synonyms":[
"acquired",
"gained",
"garnered",
"got",
"obtained",
"procured",
"secured",
"won",
"financed",
"paid (for)",
"sprang (for)",
"sprung (for)",
"bartered (for)",
"dealt (for)",
"dickered (over)",
"exchanged (for)",
"haggled (for)",
"negotiated (about)",
"traded (for)",
"bargained (with)",
"chaffered (with)",
"horse-traded (with)",
"paltered (with)",
"bade",
"bid",
"offered",
"rebought",
"repurchased"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dealt (in)",
"marketed",
"merchandised",
"merchandized",
"retailed",
"sold",
"vended"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to have as a requirement":{
"examples":[
"it will take a lot of courage to stand up for what is right"
],
"synonyms":[
"bore",
"challenged",
"claimed",
"demanded",
"necessitated",
"needed",
"required",
"wanted",
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"warranted",
"called for"
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],
"near synonyms":[
"entailed",
"involved",
"asked",
"begged",
"clamored (for)",
"cried (for)",
"hurt (for)",
"lacked",
"commanded",
"enjoined",
"exacted",
"insisted",
"pressed",
"quested",
"stipulated"
],
"near antonyms":[
"owned",
"possessed"
],
"antonyms":[
"had",
"held"
]
},
"to make or have room for":{
"examples":[
"I think we can take two more in this elevator"
],
"synonyms":[
"accommodated",
"fitted",
"fit",
"held"
],
"near synonyms":[
"carried",
"contained",
"seated",
"enclosed",
"inclosed",
"encompassed",
"enfolded",
"harbored",
"housed"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to produce a desired effect":{
"examples":[
"it will be a few hours before this medication takes"
],
"synonyms":[
"acted",
"operated",
"performed",
"worked",
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"wrought",
"took effect",
"took hold"
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],
"near synonyms":[
"behaved",
"reacted",
"responded",
"affected",
"influenced",
"swayed",
"panned out",
"redounded",
"resulted"
],
"near antonyms":[
"backfired",
"fizzled"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to put up with (something painful or difficult)":{
"examples":[
"I can't take anymore of your whining about your former boyfriend"
],
"synonyms":[
"abided",
"abode",
"absorbed",
"accepted",
"bode",
"bided",
"bore",
"brooked",
"countenanced",
"endured",
"hacked",
"handled",
"met",
"pocketed",
"stomached",
"stood",
"stuck out",
"supported",
"sustained",
"sweat out",
"sweated out",
"tolerated",
"went",
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"wore",
"lived with",
"lumped (it)",
"stood for",
"toughed it out"
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],
"near synonyms":[
"allowed",
"permitted",
"suffered",
"swallowed",
"reconciled (to)",
"acquiesced",
"agreed (with or to)",
"assented (to)",
"capitulated",
"consented (to)",
"respected",
"submitted (to)",
"yielded (to)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"declined",
"dismissed",
"refused",
"rejected",
"repudiated",
"spurned",
"turned down",
"combated",
"combatted",
"contested",
"fought",
"opposed",
"resisted",
"avoided",
"bypassed",
"circumvented",
"dodged",
"eluded",
"escaped",
"evaded",
"missed",
"abstained (from)",
"forbore",
"refrained (from)"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to regard as right or true":{
"examples":[
"I think we can take his word for it"
],
"synonyms":[
"accepted",
"believed",
"bought",
"credited",
"swallowed",
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"trusted",
"set store by",
"set store on"
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],
"near synonyms":[
"accounted",
"accredited",
"understood",
"assumed",
"presumed",
"supposed",
"concluded",
"deduced",
"inferred"
],
"near antonyms":[
"distrusted",
"doubted",
"misdoubted",
"mistrusted",
"questioned",
"suspected",
"challenged",
"disputed"
],
"antonyms":[
"disbelieved",
"discredited",
"rejected"
]
},
"to achieve a victory over":{
"examples":[
"I know we can take that team"
],
"synonyms":[
"beat",
"bested",
"conquered",
"defeated",
"did down",
"dispatched",
"got",
"got around",
"licked",
"mastered",
"overbore",
"overcame",
"overmatched",
"prevailed (over)",
"skunked",
"stopped",
"subdued",
"surmounted",
"trimmed",
"triumphed (over)",
"upended",
"won (against)",
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"worsted",
"got the better of",
"knocked for a loop"
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],
"near synonyms":[
"swept",
"edged (out)",
"nosed out",
"pipped",
"annihilated",
"blew away",
"blew out",
"bombed",
"broke",
"buried",
"clobbered",
"creamed",
"crushed",
"drubbed",
"finished",
"flattened",
"overwhelmed",
"routed",
"shellacked",
"skinned",
"slaughtered",
"smoked",
"snowed under",
"thrashed",
"trounced",
"upset",
"walloped",
"waxed",
"whipped",
"capped",
"excelled",
"flourished",
"scored",
"succeeded",
"knocked off",
"knocked over",
"overpowered",
"overthrew",
"subjugated",
"unseated",
"vanquished",
"aced (out)",
"bettered",
"eclipsed",
"exceeded",
"excelled",
"outdid",
"outdistanced",
"outfought",
"outshone",
"outshined",
"outstripped",
"overtopped",
"surpassed",
"topped",
"transcended"
],
"near antonyms":[
"fell",
"gave up",
"went down",
"went under",
"collapsed",
"failed",
"flopped",
"flunked",
"folded",
"washed out"
],
"antonyms":[
"lost (to)"
]
},
"to deal with (something) usually skillfully or efficiently":{
"examples":[
"let's take each problem separately"
],
"synonyms":[
"addressed",
"contended (with)",
"coped (with)",
"fielded",
"grappled (with)",
"hacked",
"handled",
"managed",
"maneuvered",
"manipulated",
"negotiated",
"played",
"swung",
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"treated",
"came to grips with",
"had a grip on"
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],
"near synonyms":[
"engineered",
"finessed",
"jockeyed",
"brought off",
"carried off",
"carried out",
"got off",
"pulled",
"commanded",
"directed",
"guided",
"steered",
"controlled",
"micromanaged",
"ran",
"run",
"regulated",
"reacted (to)",
"responded (to)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"botched",
"bungled",
"foozled",
"fumbled",
"goofed (up)",
"loused up",
"messed (up)",
"mishandled",
"muffed",
"scamped"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to offer entrance (as to a place, school, or privilege) to":{
"examples":[
"the school takes only a small percentage of the thousands of applicants"
],
"synonyms":[
"admitted",
"entered",
"received"
],
"near synonyms":[
"entertained",
"welcomed",
"fellowshipped",
"fellowshiped",
"confirmed",
"ratified"
],
"near antonyms":[
"declined",
"disallowed",
"disapproved",
"dismissed",
"refused",
"rejected",
"blackballed",
"blacklisted",
"ostracized",
"banished",
"deported",
"exiled",
"expelled",
"ousted",
"threw out"
],
"antonyms":[
"banned",
"barred"
]
},
"to deprive of life":{
"examples":[
"I never thought heart disease would take such an athletic and health-conscious person"
],
"synonyms":[
"carried off",
"claimed",
"croaked",
"destroyed",
"did in",
"dispatched",
"felled",
"killed",
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"slew",
"did away with",
"did for",
"made away with"
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],
"near synonyms":[
"bumped off",
"butchered",
"cut down",
"finished",
"got",
"iced",
"knocked off",
"murdered",
"neutralized",
"offed",
"put away",
"rubbed out",
"scragged",
"snuffed",
"took out",
"wasted",
"whacked",
"annihilated",
"blotted out",
"decimated",
"killed off",
"massacred",
"mowed",
"slaughtered",
"smote",
"assassinated",
"executed",
"martyred",
"terminated",
"euthanized",
"euthanatized",
"put down",
"suicided"
],
"near antonyms":[
"raised",
"restored",
"resurrected",
"resuscitated",
"revived",
"nurtured"
],
"antonyms":[
"animated"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"took a hike":{
"to leave a place often for another":{
"examples":[
"She told them to take a hike because they aren't welcome here."
],
"synonyms":[
"bailed",
"bailed out",
"booked",
"bugged off",
"bugged out",
"buggered off",
"buzzed (off)",
"cleared off",
"cleared out",
"cut out",
"departed",
"dug out",
"exited",
"got",
"got off",
"moved",
"packed (up or off)",
"parted",
"peeled off",
"piked (out or off)",
"pulled out",
"pushed off",
"pushed on",
"quit",
"quitted",
"ran along",
"sallied (forth)",
"scarpered",
"shoved (off)",
"stepped (along)",
"took off",
"vamoosed",
"walked out",
"went",
"went off"
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],
"near synonyms":[
"set out",
"started",
"struck out",
"absconded",
"decamped",
"escaped",
"evacuated",
"fled",
"flew",
"got out",
"mizzled",
"ran away",
"scatted",
"scrammed",
"skipped",
"lit",
"lighted out",
"stepped out",
"went out",
"abandoned",
"deserted",
"forsook",
"vacated",
"emigrated",
"adjourned",
"removed",
"retired",
"retreated",
"withdrew"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abided",
"abode",
"dwelled",
"dwelt",
"lodged",
"remained",
"settled",
"stayed",
"tarried",
"approached",
"closed",
"neared",
"hit",
"landed",
"reached"
],
"antonyms":[
"arrived",
"came",
"showed up",
"turned up"
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]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"took down":{
"to reduce to a lower standing in one's own eyes or in others' eyes":{
"examples":[
"there's no need to take us down by making fun of our clothes"
],
"synonyms":[
"abased",
"chastened",
"cheapened",
"debased",
"degraded",
"demeaned",
"discredited",
"disgraced",
"dishonored",
"fouled",
"humbled",
"humiliated",
"lowered",
"sank",
"sunk",
"shamed",
"smirched"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abashed",
"confounded",
"confused",
"discomfited",
"disconcerted",
"discountenanced",
"embarrassed",
"fazed",
"flustered",
"mortified",
"nonplussed",
"nonplused",
"rattled",
"belittled",
"castigated",
"cried down",
"criticized",
"decried",
"depreciated",
"detracted",
"diminished",
"discounted",
"disparaged",
"minimized",
"put down",
"ridiculed",
"wrote off",
"bad-mouthed",
"defamed",
"defiled",
"libeled",
"libelled",
"maligned",
"slandered",
"affronted",
"insulted",
"censured",
"condemned",
"damned",
"denounced",
"execrated",
"reprehended",
"reprobated"
],
"near antonyms":[
"acclaimed",
"applauded",
"boasted",
"celebrated",
"cheered",
"cited",
"commended",
"complimented",
"congratulated",
"decorated",
"eulogized",
"extolled",
"feted",
"f\u00eated",
"hailed",
"honored",
"lauded",
"praised",
"saluted",
"touted",
"acknowledged",
"recognized",
"highlighted",
"played up",
"spotlighted",
"spotlit",
"dignified",
"ennobled",
"enshrined",
"enskied",
"enthroned",
"glorified",
"magnified",
"advanced",
"boosted",
"lifted",
"promoted",
"raised",
"upgraded",
"uplifted",
"idealized",
"romanticized"
],
"antonyms":[
"aggrandized",
"canonized",
"deified",
"elevated",
"exalted"
]
},
"to take apart":{
"examples":[
"electricians will take down all the lights for the set after the play has finished its run"
],
"synonyms":[
"broke down",
"demounted",
"disassembled",
"dismantled",
"dismembered",
"dismounted",
"knocked down",
"struck"
],
"near synonyms":[
"detached",
"disengaged",
"broke up",
"disaggregated",
"disarticulated",
"disconnected",
"disjoined",
"disjointed",
"dissevered",
"disunited",
"divided",
"separated"
],
"near antonyms":[
"built",
"erected",
"pitched",
"combined",
"united"
],
"antonyms":[
"assembled",
"constructed"
]
},
"to make a written note of":{
"examples":[
"took down the customer's contact information"
],
"synonyms":[
"jotted (down)",
"logged",
"marked",
"noted",
"put down",
"recorded",
"registered",
"reported",
"set down",
"wrote down"
],
"near synonyms":[
"chronicled",
"minuted",
"transcribed",
"enregistered",
"entered",
"inscribed",
"chalked (up)",
"notched",
"scored"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"took for granted":{
"to take as true or as a fact without actual proof":{
"examples":[
"I took for granted that my car would start in the morning."
],
"synonyms":[
"assumed",
"hypothecated",
"hypothesized",
"postulated",
"premised",
"presumed",
"presupposed",
"said",
"supposed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"accepted",
"believed",
"credited",
"swallowed",
"concluded",
"deduced",
"gathered",
"inferred",
"judged",
"took",
"conjectured",
"figured",
"guessed",
"reckoned",
"surmised",
"suspected",
"suspicioned",
"thought",
"conceived",
"dreamed",
"dreamt",
"fancied",
"imagined",
"perceived",
"preconceived",
"speculated",
"theorized",
"affirmed",
"alleged",
"asserted",
"averred",
"avouched",
"avowed",
"claimed",
"contended",
"declared",
"insisted",
"maintained",
"professed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"challenged",
"controverted",
"disagreed (with)",
"disbelieved",
"discounted",
"discredited",
"disputed",
"distrusted",
"doubted",
"mistrusted",
"questioned",
"wondered (about)",
"denied",
"disavowed",
"disclaimed",
"disowned",
"rejected",
"repudiated",
"belied",
"confuted",
"disproved",
"rebutted",
"refuted"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"took in":{
"to cause to believe what is untrue":{
"examples":[
"a fellow passenger on the cruise completely took me in when he claimed to be the owner of a major software company"
],
"synonyms":[
"bamboozled",
"beguiled",
"bluffed",
"buffaloed",
"burned",
"burnt",
"caught",
"conned",
"cozened",
"deceived",
"deluded",
"duped",
"faked out",
"fooled",
"gaffed",
"gammoned",
"gulled",
"had",
"had on",
"hoaxed",
"hoodwinked",
"hornswoggled",
"humbugged",
"juggled",
"misguided",
"misinformed",
"misled",
"snookered",
"snowed",
"spoofed",
"strung along",
"sucked in",
"suckered",
"tricked"
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],
"near synonyms":[
"kidded",
"put on",
"teased",
"bled",
"cheated",
"chiseled",
"chiselled",
"defrauded",
"diddled",
"euchred",
"fleeced",
"flimflammed",
"hustled",
"mulcted",
"rooked",
"shortchanged",
"skinned",
"squeezed",
"stuck",
"stung",
"swindled"
],
"near antonyms":[
"debunked",
"exposed",
"revealed",
"showed up",
"uncloaked",
"uncovered",
"unmasked",
"disclosed",
"divulged",
"told",
"unveiled",
"disabused",
"disenchanted",
"disillusioned"
],
"antonyms":[
"undeceived"
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]
},
"to have as part of a whole":{
"examples":[
"this report takes in all the latest information on the subject"
],
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"synonyms":[
"carried",
"comprehended",
"contained",
"embraced",
"encompassed",
"entailed",
"included",
"involved",
"numbered",
"subsumed"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"comprised",
"consisted (of)",
"bracketed",
"had",
"held",
"owned",
"possessed",
"admitted",
"received",
"composed",
"constituted",
"formed",
"made",
"assimilated",
"embodied",
"incorporated",
"integrated"
],
"near antonyms":[
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"banned",
"barred",
"debarred",
"precluded",
"prevented",
"prohibited",
"denied",
"refused",
"rejected",
"eliminated",
"excepted",
"ruled out",
"lost",
"mislaid",
"misplaced"
],
"antonyms":[
"excluded",
"left (out)",
"missed out",
"omitted"
]
},
"to provide with living quarters or shelter":{
"examples":[
"took in the stray dog"
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],
"synonyms":[
"accommodated",
"bestowed",
"billeted",
"bivouacked",
"boarded",
"bunked",
"camped",
"chambered",
"domiciled",
"encamped",
"harbored",
"housed",
"lodged",
"put up",
"quartered",
"roofed",
"roomed",
"sheltered"
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],
"near synonyms":[
"ensconced",
"homed",
"roosted",
"secured",
"shedded",
"stabled",
"tented",
"barracked",
"bedded (down)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ejected",
"evicted"
],
"antonyms":[]
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},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"took off":{
"to leave a place often for another":{
"examples":[
"I can only stay for a few minutes, and then I'll need to take off again"
],
"synonyms":[
"bailed",
"bailed out",
"booked",
"bugged off",
"bugged out",
"buggered off",
"buzzed (off)",
"cleared off",
"cleared out",
"cut out",
"departed",
"dug out",
"exited",
"got",
"got off",
"moved",
"packed (up or off)",
"parted",
"peeled off",
"piked (out or off)",
"pulled out",
"pushed off",
"pushed on",
"quit",
"quitted",
"ran along",
"sallied (forth)",
"scarpered",
"shoved (off)",
"stepped (along)",
"vamoosed",
"walked out",
"went",
"went off"
],
"near synonyms":[
"set out",
"started",
"struck out",
"absconded",
"decamped",
"escaped",
"evacuated",
"fled",
"flew",
"got out",
"mizzled",
"ran away",
"scatted",
"scrammed",
"skipped",
"lit",
"lighted out",
"stepped out",
"went out",
"abandoned",
"deserted",
"forsook",
"vacated",
"emigrated",
"adjourned",
"removed",
"retired",
"retreated",
"withdrew"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abided",
"abode",
"dwelled",
"dwelt",
"lodged",
"remained",
"settled",
"stayed",
"tarried",
"approached",
"closed",
"neared",
"hit",
"landed",
"reached"
],
"antonyms":[
"arrived",
"came",
"showed up",
"turned up"
]
},
"to rid oneself of (a garment)":{
"examples":[
"take off your coat and stay awhile"
],
"synonyms":[
"doffed",
"doused",
"peeled (off)",
"put off",
"removed",
"shrugged off"
],
"near synonyms":[
"husked",
"shed",
"kicked (off)",
"disrobed",
"stripped",
"stript",
"undressed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"wore",
"appareled",
"apparelled",
"arrayed",
"attired",
"bedecked",
"clothed",
"clad",
"dressed",
"garbed",
"rigged",
"robed",
"suited"
],
"antonyms":[
"donned",
"put on",
"slipped (into)",
"threw (on)"
]
},
"to take away (an amount or number) from a total":{
"examples":[
"the store will take an additional 20% off if you bring in this coupon"
],
"synonyms":[
"abated",
"deducted",
"knocked off",
"subtracted"
],
"near synonyms":[
"decreased",
"diminished",
"discounted",
"downsized",
"dwindled",
"knocked down",
"lessened",
"lowered",
"reduced",
"abbreviated",
"abridged",
"clipped",
"cropped",
"curtailed",
"cut",
"cut back",
"cut down",
"docked",
"pared",
"pruned",
"retrenched",
"shortened",
"slashed",
"trimmed",
"truncated",
"whittled"
],
"near antonyms":[
"adjoined",
"annexed",
"appended",
"complemented",
"supplemented",
"enhanced",
"heightened",
"intensified",
"magnified",
"aggrandized",
"amplified",
"augmented",
"beefed (up)",
"boosted",
"compounded",
"enlarged",
"escalated",
"expanded",
"increased",
"multiplied",
"raised"
],
"antonyms":[
"added",
"tacked (on)"
]
},
"to remove valuables from (a place) unlawfully":{
"examples":[
"a gangbanger who decided to take off some fast-food joint"
],
"synonyms":[
"burglarized",
"burgled",
"knocked off",
"knocked over",
"ripped off",
"robbed",
"stole (from)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"ransacked",
"rifled",
"despoiled",
"looted",
"pillaged",
"plundered",
"ravished",
"sacked",
"spoiled",
"spoilt",
"stripped",
"stript",
"bled",
"broke in",
"cheated",
"chiseled",
"chiselled",
"cozened",
"defrauded",
"exploited",
"fleeced",
"hustled",
"mulcted",
"plucked",
"rooked",
"shortchanged",
"skinned",
"squeezed",
"stuck",
"stung",
"swindled",
"held up",
"mugged",
"rolled",
"stuck up"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"took off (from)":{
"as in withdrew (from) , escaped":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"escaped",
"retreated (from)",
"vacated",
"withdrew (from)",
"delivered",
"gave up",
"handed over",
"relinquished",
"surrendered",
"yielded",
"abjured",
"cut off",
"disowned",
"rejected",
"renounced",
"repudiated",
"separated (from)",
"discarded",
"ditched",
"dumped",
"flung",
"jettisoned",
"junked",
"scrapped",
"shed",
"shucked (off)",
"threw away",
"threw out",
"sacrificed",
"abandoned",
"deserted",
"forsook",
"left",
"marooned",
"quit",
"quitted",
"stranded",
"distanced",
"disregarded",
"forgot",
"ignored",
"neglected"
],
"near antonyms":[
"reclaimed",
"had",
"harbored",
"held",
"kept",
"owned",
"possessed",
"reserved",
"retained",
"withheld",
"redeemed",
"rescued",
"saved"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"took to task":{
"to express one's unfavorable opinion of the worth or quality of":{
"examples":[
"He took his rival to task during the TV interview."
],
"synonyms":[
"blamed",
"censured",
"condemned",
"criticized",
"denounced",
"dispraised",
"dissed",
"faulted",
"knocked",
"panned",
"reprehended",
"slagged"
],
"near synonyms":[
"skewered",
"tweaked",
"assailed",
"attacked",
"blasted",
"clobbered",
"slammed",
"slashed",
"nicked (at)",
"sniped (at)",
"beefed",
"bellyached",
"bitched",
"carped",
"caviled",
"cavilled",
"complained",
"crabbed",
"croaked",
"fussed",
"griped",
"groused",
"growled",
"grumbled",
"kicked",
"kvetched",
"moaned",
"murmured",
"muttered",
"niggled",
"quibbled",
"whined",
"admonished",
"chid",
"chided",
"drubbed",
"rebuked",
"reprimanded",
"reproached",
"reproved",
"berated",
"castigated",
"crucified",
"excoriated",
"flayed",
"gibbeted",
"hammered",
"keelhauled",
"lambasted",
"lashed",
"pilloried",
"scolded",
"upbraided",
"bad-mouthed",
"belittled",
"decried",
"derided",
"discommended",
"disparaged",
"put down"
],
"near antonyms":[
"approved",
"commended",
"endorsed",
"indorsed",
"recommended",
"sanctioned"
],
"antonyms":[
"extolled",
"lauded",
"praised"
]
},
"to criticize (someone) severely or angrily especially for personal failings":{
"examples":[
"He took the landscaper to task for once again letting the bushes get overgrown."
],
"synonyms":[
"basted",
"bawled out",
"berated",
"called down",
"castigated",
"chastised",
"chewed out",
"dressed down",
"flayed",
"hammered",
"jawed",
"keelhauled",
"lambasted",
"lectured",
"ragged",
"railed (at or against)",
"ranted (at)",
"rated",
"reamed (out)",
"rebuked",
"reprimanded",
"reproached",
"scolded",
"scored",
"tongue-lashed",
"upbraided"
],
"near synonyms":[
"admonished",
"chid",
"chided",
"remonstrated (with)",
"reproved",
"abused",
"assailed",
"attacked",
"bad-mouthed",
"blamed",
"blasted",
"censured",
"condemned",
"criticized",
"crucified",
"denounced",
"dissed",
"excoriated",
"faulted",
"harangued",
"knocked",
"laced (into)",
"lashed",
"panned",
"reprehended",
"reviled",
"scourged",
"slammed",
"vituperated",
"belittled",
"disparaged",
"mocked",
"put down",
"ridiculed",
"scoffed",
"scorned"
],
"near antonyms":[
"approved",
"endorsed",
"indorsed",
"sanctioned",
"extolled",
"lauded",
"praised"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"took up with":{
"to come or be together as friends":{
"examples":[
"Since Aimee took up with Jared, the two have been virtually inseparable."
],
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"synonyms":[
"associated",
"chummed",
"companied",
"consociated",
"consorted",
"fraternized",
"hobnobbed",
"hooked up",
"hung (around or out)",
"hanged (around or out)",
"messed around",
"palled (around)",
"ran",
"run",
"sorted",
"traveled",
"travelled"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"affiliated",
"allied",
"attached",
"banded",
"bonded",
"clubbed",
"collaborated",
"colluded",
"confederated",
"conjoined",
"connected",
"cooperated",
"coupled",
"ganged",
"got along",
"got on",
"grouped",
"interrelated",
"joined",
"knotted",
"leagued",
"linked",
"mingled",
"mixed",
"rallied",
"related",
"sided",
"socialized",
"teamed",
"tied",
"wedded",
"wed",
"befriended",
"friended"
],
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"near antonyms":[
"avoided",
"cold-shouldered",
"shunned",
"snubbed",
"alienated",
"estranged",
"broke up",
"disbanded",
"dispersed",
"split (up)",
"disjoined",
"dissociated",
"disunited",
"divorced",
"severed",
"split",
"sundered"
],
"antonyms":[]
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},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"took hold (of)":{
"to take physical control or possession of (something) suddenly or forcibly":{
"examples":[
"The baby took hold of the toy, upsetting her two-year-old sister."
],
"synonyms":[
"bagged",
"captured",
"caught",
"collared",
"copped",
"corralled",
"glommed",
"got",
"grabbed",
"grappled",
"hooked",
"landed",
"nabbed",
"nailed",
"netted",
"nobbled",
"rapped",
"seized",
"snagged",
"snapped (up)",
"snared",
"snatched",
"trapped"
],
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"near synonyms":[
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"gloved",
"haltered",
"lassoed",
"roped",
"apprehended",
"arrested",
"detained",
"bayed",
"cornered",
"clasped",
"clutched",
"fastened (on)",
"fisted",
"grasped",
"gripped",
"held",
"latched (on or onto)",
"secured",
"rent",
"rended",
"wrested",
"enmeshed",
"immeshed",
"ensnared",
"entangled",
"entrapped",
"meshed",
"abducted",
"kidnapped",
"kidnaped",
"spirited (away or off)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"discharged",
"freed",
"liberated",
"released",
"dropped",
"loosened",
"unhanded"
],
"antonyms":[
"missed"
]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"took account of":{
"to give consideration to (as unexpected circumstances or contingencies)":{
"examples":[
"She decided to offer her services on a sliding scale, taking account of local income disparities."
],
"synonyms":[
"allowed (for)",
"considered",
"factored (in or into)",
"provided (for)",
"regarded"
],
"near synonyms":[
"accommodated",
"adapted",
"adjusted",
"conditioned",
"anticipated",
"contemplated",
"envisaged",
"expected",
"foresaw",
"assumed",
"presumed",
"presupposed",
"planned",
"calculated",
"faced"
],
"near antonyms":[
"factored (out)"
],
"antonyms":[
"discounted",
"disregarded"
]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"tools":{
"an article intended for use in work":{
"examples":[
"needed a special tool to open the case of the appliance"
],
"synonyms":[
"devices",
"implements",
"instruments",
"utensils"
],
"near synonyms":[
"apparatuses",
"apparatus",
"appliances",
"mechanisms",
"contraptions",
"contrivances",
"gadgets",
"gizmos",
"gismos",
"jiggers",
"accessories",
"accessaries",
"accoutrements",
"accouterments",
"adjuncts",
"appendages",
"attachments"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"one that is or can be used to further the purposes of another":{
"examples":[
"a ruthless leader using his trusting followers as tools in his quest for power"
],
"synonyms":[
"cat's-paws",
"instruments",
"lay figures",
"pawns",
"puppets"
],
"near synonyms":[
"chumps",
"dupes",
"foils",
"gulls",
"suckers",
"victims",
"minions",
"stooges",
"lap dogs",
"yes-men"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"one who is easily deceived or cheated":{
"examples":[
"you're just a pathetic tool of the advertising industry if you believe everything you see in TV commercials"
],
"synonyms":[
"chumps",
"dupes",
"gulls",
"mugs",
"patsies",
"pigeons",
"pushovers",
"saps",
"soft touches",
"suckers"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cat's-paws",
"marks",
"targets",
"victims",
"schlemiels",
"shlemiels",
"butts",
"derisions",
"laughingstocks",
"mockeries",
"mocks",
"boobies",
"dodoes",
"dodos",
"fools",
"geese",
"half-wits",
"jackasses",
"lunatics",
"monkeys",
"nincompoops",
"ninnies",
"nitwits",
"simpletons",
"simps",
"turkeys",
"yo-yos",
"losers",
"blockheads",
"dolts",
"dopes",
"dumbbells",
"dummies",
"dunces",
"idiots",
"imbeciles",
"morons",
"schlubs",
"shlubs",
"schlumps",
"schnooks"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cheaters",
"cheats",
"confidence men",
"cozeners",
"defrauders",
"dodgers",
"hoaxers",
"sharks",
"sharpers",
"slickers",
"swindlers",
"tricksters"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to travel by a motorized vehicle":{
"examples":[
"I spent some time tooling around town today"
],
"synonyms":[
"automobiles",
"drives",
"motors"
],
"near synonyms":[
"rolls",
"wheels",
"joyrides",
"chauffeurs",
"hacks",
"taxis",
"taxies",
"rides",
"drags",
"races"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"took on":{
"to enter into contest or conflict with":{
"examples":[
"will take on his chief opponent in the next political debate"
],
"synonyms":[
"battled",
"encountered",
"engaged",
"faced",
"met"
],
"near synonyms":[
"emulated",
"rivaled",
"rivalled",
"contended",
"fought",
"opposed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"eluded",
"escaped",
"evaded",
"retreated"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to provide with a paying job":{
"examples":[
"decided to take her on as store manager"
],
"synonyms":[
"assumed",
"employed",
"engaged",
"feed",
"hired",
"laid on",
"paid",
"placed",
"recruited",
"retained",
"signed (up or on)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"reemployed",
"re-employed",
"reengaged",
"re-engaged",
"rehired",
"apprenticed",
"contracted",
"jobbed",
"partnered",
"subcontracted",
"enlisted",
"advanced",
"promoted",
"upgraded",
"kept (on)",
"headhunted",
"scouted"
],
"near antonyms":[
"furloughed",
"laid off",
"locked out"
],
"antonyms":[
"axed",
"canned",
"discharged",
"dismissed",
"fired",
"sacked"
]
},
"to take for one's own use (something originated by another)":{
"examples":[
"recently arrived immigrants who are eager to take on the language and culture of their adopted homeland"
],
"synonyms":[
"adopted",
"borrowed",
"embraced",
"espoused",
"took up"
],
"near synonyms":[
"domesticated",
"naturalized",
"appropriated",
"arrogated",
"took over",
"usurped",
"absorbed",
"assimilated",
"incorporated",
"quoted",
"cherished",
"prized",
"treasured",
"cultivated",
"followed",
"heeded",
"honored",
"used",
"utilized",
"brought up",
"fostered",
"nurtured",
"raised",
"reared",
"affected",
"assumed",
"copied",
"imitated",
"pretended",
"put on",
"simulated"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abandoned",
"forsook",
"gave up",
"relinquished",
"surrendered",
"abjured",
"abnegated",
"disowned",
"rejected",
"renounced",
"repudiated",
"spurned",
"discarded",
"jettisoned",
"junked",
"threw away",
"threw out"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"toothache":{
"pain in or near a tooth":{
"examples":[
"He has a toothache and needs to see a dentist."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"backache",
"bellyache",
"charley horse",
"colic",
"complaint",
"earache",
"gripe",
"headache",
"stomachache",
"ache",
"pain",
"pang",
"prick",
"shoot",
"smart",
"sting",
"stitch",
"throe",
"tingle",
"twinge",
"discomfort",
"distress",
"soreness",
"tenderness",
"affliction",
"agony",
"anguish",
"misery",
"sufferance",
"suffering",
"torment",
"torture",
"inflammation",
"sore",
"swelling",
"damage",
"detriment",
"harm",
"hurt",
"injury"
],
"near antonyms":[
"comfort",
"ease",
"easiness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"took by surprise":{
"to make a strong impression on (someone) with something unexpected":{
"examples":[
"I was taken by surprise when I heard the news and had trouble getting my thoughts together."
],
"synonyms":[
"amazed",
"astonished",
"astounded",
"bowled over",
"dumbfounded",
"dumfounded",
"flabbergasted",
"floored",
"rocked",
"shocked",
"startled",
"stunned",
"stupefied",
"surprised",
"surprized",
"thunderstruck"
],
"near synonyms":[
"befuddled",
"bewildered",
"blew away",
"blindsided",
"confounded",
"confused",
"dazed",
"discomfited",
"disconcerted",
"dismayed",
"jarred",
"muddled",
"nonplussed",
"nonplused",
"perplexed",
"shook up"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"took into account":{
"to give consideration to (as unexpected circumstances or contingencies)":{
"examples":[
"Taking into account the possibility of stormy weather, we decided to spring for a cabin instead of pitching a tent."
],
"synonyms":[
"allowed (for)",
"considered",
"factored (in or into)",
"provided (for)",
"regarded"
],
"near synonyms":[
"accommodated",
"adapted",
"adjusted",
"conditioned",
"anticipated",
"contemplated",
"envisaged",
"expected",
"foresaw",
"assumed",
"presumed",
"presupposed",
"planned",
"calculated",
"faced"
],
"near antonyms":[
"factored (out)"
],
"antonyms":[
"discounted",
"disregarded"
]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"toothy":{
"very pleasing to the sense of taste":{
"examples":[
"a selection of gourmet cookies and other toothy delights"
],
"synonyms":[
"ambrosial",
"appetizing",
"dainty",
"delectable",
"delicious",
"delish",
"flavorful",
"flavorsome",
"luscious",
"lush",
"mouthwatering",
"palatable",
"savory",
"savoury",
"scrumptious",
"succulent",
"tasteful",
"tasty",
"toothsome",
"yummy"
],
"near synonyms":[
"digestible",
"eatable",
"edible",
"delightful",
"heavenly",
"pleasing",
"agreeable",
"gratifying",
"pleasant",
"satisfying",
"choice",
"delicate",
"exquisite",
"rare"
],
"near antonyms":[
"banal",
"boring",
"commonplace",
"tedious",
"noisome",
"smelly",
"stinky",
"noxious",
"unwholesome",
"miserable",
"wretched",
"abhorrent",
"abominable",
"awful",
"detestable",
"disagreeable",
"disgusting",
"foul",
"horrid",
"nauseating",
"offensive",
"repellent",
"repellant",
"repugnant",
"repulsive",
"sickening",
"unpleasant"
],
"antonyms":[
"distasteful",
"flat",
"flavorless",
"insipid",
"stale",
"tasteless",
"unappetizing",
"unpalatable",
"unsavory",
"yucky",
"yukky"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"took care of":{
"to attend to the needs and comforts of":{
"examples":[
"He took care of his mother when she got sick."
],
"synonyms":[
"administered (to)",
"cared (for)",
"ministered (to)",
"mothered",
"nursed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cured",
"healed",
"remedied",
"doctored",
"treated",
"aided",
"conserved",
"preserved",
"provided (for)",
"supported",
"babied",
"coddled",
"mollycoddled",
"pampered",
"spoiled",
"spoilt",
"catered (to)",
"humored",
"indulged"
],
"near antonyms":[
"brushed (aside or off)",
"forgot",
"ignored",
"neglected",
"overlooked",
"slighted"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to pay the living expenses of":{
"examples":[
"We took care of our daughter until she graduated from college."
],
"synonyms":[
"kept",
"maintained",
"provided (for)",
"supported"
],
"near synonyms":[
"financed",
"funded",
"patronized",
"set up",
"sponsored",
"staked",
"underwrote"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to take charge of especially on behalf of another":{
"examples":[
"He took care of his neighbors' plants while they were on vacation."
],
"synonyms":[
"attended",
"cared (for)",
"minded",
"oversaw",
"superintended",
"supervised",
"tended",
"watched"
],
"near synonyms":[
"administrated",
"conducted",
"controlled",
"directed",
"governed",
"guided",
"managed",
"operated",
"presided (over)",
"ran",
"run",
"regulated",
"stewarded",
"guarded",
"patrolled",
"protected",
"safeguarded",
"shielded",
"babied",
"babysat",
"chaperoned",
"mothered",
"shepherded"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abandoned",
"disregarded",
"forgot",
"ignored",
"neglected",
"passed over"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"tool":{
"an article intended for use in work":{
"examples":[
"needed a special tool to open the case of the appliance"
],
"synonyms":[
"device",
"implement",
"instrument",
"utensil"
],
"near synonyms":[
"apparatus",
"appliance",
"mechanism",
"contraption",
"contrivance",
"gadget",
"gizmo",
"gismo",
"jigger",
"accessory",
"accessary",
"accoutrement",
"accouterment",
"adjunct",
"appendage",
"attachment"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"one that is or can be used to further the purposes of another":{
"examples":[
"a ruthless leader using his trusting followers as tools in his quest for power"
],
"synonyms":[
"cat's-paw",
"instrument",
"lay figure",
"pawn",
"puppet"
],
"near synonyms":[
"chump",
"dupe",
"foil",
"gull",
"sucker",
"victim",
"minion",
"stooge",
"lap dog",
"yes-man"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"one who is easily deceived or cheated":{
"examples":[
"you're just a pathetic tool of the advertising industry if you believe everything you see in TV commercials"
],
"synonyms":[
"chump",
"dupe",
"gull",
"mug",
"patsy",
"pigeon",
"pushover",
"sap",
"soft touch",
"sucker"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cat's-paw",
"mark",
"target",
"victim",
"schlemiel",
"shlemiel",
"butt",
"derision",
"laughingstock",
"mock",
"mockery",
"booby",
"dodo",
"fool",
"goose",
"half-wit",
"jackass",
"lunatic",
"monkey",
"nincompoop",
"ninny",
"nitwit",
"simp",
"simpleton",
"turkey",
"yo-yo",
"loser",
"blockhead",
"dolt",
"dope",
"dumbbell",
"dummy",
"dunce",
"idiot",
"imbecile",
"moron",
"schlub",
"shlub",
"schlump",
"schnook"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cheat",
"cheater",
"confidence man",
"cozener",
"defrauder",
"dodger",
"hoaxer",
"shark",
"sharper",
"slicker",
"swindler",
"trickster"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to travel by a motorized vehicle":{
"examples":[
"I spent some time tooling around town today"
],
"synonyms":[
"automobile",
"drive",
"motor"
],
"near synonyms":[
"roll",
"wheel",
"joyride",
"chauffeur",
"hack",
"taxi",
"ride",
"drag",
"race"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"too":{
"beyond a normal or acceptable limit":{
"examples":[
"ticket prices for the rock concert are simply too high"
],
"synonyms":[
"devilishly",
"excessively",
"exorbitantly",
"inordinately",
"intolerably",
"monstrously",
"overly",
"overmuch",
"unacceptably",
"unduly"
],
"near synonyms":[
"extravagantly",
"immoderately",
"intemperately",
"extortionately",
"inexcusably",
"obscenely",
"unbearably",
"unconscionably",
"unreasonably",
"improperly",
"inappropriately",
"abnormally",
"extraordinarily",
"freakishly",
"singularly",
"uncommonly",
"uncustomarily",
"unusually",
"astronomically",
"considerably",
"deadly",
"eminently",
"especially",
"exceedingly",
"exceeding",
"exceptionally",
"extensively",
"extra",
"extremely",
"greatly",
"highly",
"hugely",
"incredibly",
"mightily",
"remarkably",
"significantly",
"substantially",
"super",
"terribly",
"very",
"whacking"
],
"near antonyms":[
"acceptably",
"moderately",
"modestly",
"reasonably",
"temperately",
"barely",
"hardly",
"just",
"marginally",
"meagerly",
"minimally",
"scantily",
"scarcely",
"slightly"
],
"antonyms":[
"deficiently",
"inadequately",
"insufficiently"
]
},
"in addition to what has been said":{
"examples":[
"I want to buy this sweater\u2014and that sweater too !"
],
"synonyms":[
"additionally",
"again",
"also",
"besides",
"either",
"further",
"furthermore",
"likewise",
"more",
"moreover",
"then",
"withal",
"yet"
],
"near synonyms":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to a great degree":{
"examples":[
"the audience didn't seem too interested in what the speaker had to say"
],
"synonyms":[
"achingly",
"almighty",
"archly",
"awful",
"awfully",
"badly",
"beastly",
"blisteringly",
"bone",
"colossally",
"corking",
"cracking",
"damn",
"damned",
"dang",
"deadly",
"desperately",
"eminently",
"enormously",
"especially",
"ever",
"exceedingly",
"exceeding",
"extra",
"extremely",
"fabulously",
"fantastically",
"far",
"fiercely",
"filthy",
"frightfully",
"full",
"greatly",
"heavily",
"highly",
"hugely",
"immensely",
"incredibly",
"intensely",
"jolly",
"majorly",
"mightily",
"mighty",
"monstrous",
"mortally",
"most",
"much",
"particularly",
"passing",
"rattling",
"real",
"really",
"right",
"roaring",
"roaringly",
"seriously",
"severely",
"so",
"sore",
"sorely",
"spanking",
"specially",
"stinking",
"such",
"super",
"supremely",
"surpassingly",
"terribly",
"that",
"thumping",
"unco",
"uncommonly",
"vastly",
"very",
"vitally",
"way",
"whacking",
"wicked",
"wildly"
],
"near synonyms":[
"absolutely",
"altogether",
"completely",
"downright",
"entirely",
"flat-out",
"fully",
"positively",
"purely",
"radically",
"thoroughly",
"totally",
"utterly",
"wholly",
"deeply",
"profoundly",
"exceptionally",
"notably",
"remarkably",
"considerably",
"extensively",
"significantly",
"substantially",
"appreciably",
"discernibly",
"markedly",
"noticeably",
"obviously",
"palpably",
"plainly",
"visibly",
"abundantly",
"plentifully",
"astronomically",
"grandly",
"monstrously",
"monumentally",
"excessively",
"obscenely",
"overmuch",
"amazingly",
"astonishingly",
"staggeringly"
],
"near antonyms":[
"meagerly",
"scantily",
"barely",
"hardly",
"just",
"marginally",
"minimally",
"scarcely"
],
"antonyms":[
"little",
"negligibly",
"nominally",
"slightly",
"somewhat"
]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"took kindly to":{
"to have a favorable opinion of":{
"examples":[
"They didn't take kindly to his rude behavior."
],
"synonyms":[
"accepted",
"approved (of)",
"cared (for)",
"countenanced",
"favored",
"OK'd",
"okayed",
"subscribed (to)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"acclaimed",
"applauded",
"lauded",
"praised",
"saluted",
"backed (up)",
"concurred (in)",
"stood by",
"supported",
"sustained",
"upheld",
"bore",
"endured",
"tolerated",
"assented (to)",
"consented (to)",
"commended",
"recommended",
"enjoyed",
"liked"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blacklisted",
"censured",
"condemned",
"criticized",
"damned",
"denounced",
"deprecated",
"depreciated",
"disparaged",
"reprehended",
"reprobated",
"disliked",
"minded",
"detested",
"hated",
"loathed",
"dissented (from)",
"objected (to)",
"opposed"
],
"antonyms":[
"disapproved (of)",
"discountenanced",
"disfavored",
"frowned (on or upon)"
]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"took back":{
"to solemnly or formally reject or go back on (as something formerly adhered to)":{
"examples":[
"I take back what I said about her: she's not the fool I thought she was"
],
"synonyms":[
"abjured",
"abnegated",
"forswore",
"foreswore",
"recanted",
"reneged",
"renounced",
"repealed",
"repudiated",
"retracted",
"unsaid",
"withdrew"
],
"near synonyms":[
"contradicted",
"denied",
"disavowed",
"disclaimed",
"disowned",
"gainsaid",
"negated",
"negatived",
"abandoned",
"bolted",
"forsook",
"gave up",
"relinquished",
"spurned",
"surrendered",
"controverted",
"disagreed (with)",
"disproved",
"disputed",
"rebutted",
"refuted",
"backed down",
"backed off",
"backtracked",
"disallowed",
"recalled",
"revoked"
],
"near antonyms":[
"acknowledged",
"admitted",
"affirmed",
"asserted",
"avowed",
"claimed",
"contended",
"declared",
"maintained",
"proclaimed",
"professed",
"stated",
"vouched",
"vowed",
"backed",
"confirmed",
"defended",
"endorsed",
"indorsed",
"espoused",
"maintained",
"supported",
"upheld",
"accepted",
"adopted",
"embraced"
],
"antonyms":[
"adhered (to)"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"took a powder":{
"to leave a place often for another":{
"examples":[
"He took a powder before anyone even noticed he was there."
],
"synonyms":[
"bailed",
"bailed out",
"booked",
"bugged off",
"bugged out",
"buggered off",
"buzzed (off)",
"cleared off",
"cleared out",
"cut out",
"departed",
"dug out",
"exited",
"got",
"got off",
"moved",
"packed (up or off)",
"parted",
"peeled off",
"piked (out or off)",
"pulled out",
"pushed off",
"pushed on",
"quit",
"quitted",
"ran along",
"sallied (forth)",
"scarpered",
"shoved (off)",
"stepped (along)",
"took off",
"vamoosed",
"walked out",
"went",
"went off"
],
"near synonyms":[
"set out",
"started",
"struck out",
"absconded",
"decamped",
"escaped",
"evacuated",
"fled",
"flew",
"got out",
"mizzled",
"ran away",
"scatted",
"scrammed",
"skipped",
"lit",
"lighted out",
"stepped out",
"went out",
"abandoned",
"deserted",
"forsook",
"vacated",
"emigrated",
"adjourned",
"removed",
"retired",
"retreated",
"withdrew"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abided",
"abode",
"dwelled",
"dwelt",
"lodged",
"remained",
"settled",
"stayed",
"tarried",
"approached",
"closed",
"neared",
"hit",
"landed",
"reached"
],
"antonyms":[
"arrived",
"came",
"showed up",
"turned up"
]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"toothaches":{
"pain in or near a tooth":{
"examples":[
"He has a toothache and needs to see a dentist."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"backaches",
"bellyaches",
"charley horses",
"colics",
"complaints",
"earaches",
"gripes",
"headaches",
"stomachaches",
"aches",
"pains",
"pangs",
"pricks",
"shoots",
"smarts",
"stings",
"stitches",
"throes",
"tingles",
"twinges",
"discomforts",
"distresses",
"afflictions",
"agonies",
"anguishes",
"miseries",
"sufferances",
"sufferings",
"torments",
"tortures",
"inflammations",
"sores",
"swellings",
"damages",
"detriments",
"harms",
"hurts",
"injuries"
],
"near antonyms":[
"comforts",
"eases"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"tootsies":{
"as in girls , girlfriends":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"gals",
"girlfriends",
"girls",
"inamoratas",
"ladyloves",
"lasses",
"mistresses",
"beaux",
"beaus",
"boyfriends",
"boys",
"fellows",
"men",
"swains",
"amours",
"lovers",
"paramours",
"beloveds",
"darlings",
"dears",
"flames",
"honeys",
"hons",
"loves",
"squeezes",
"sweethearts",
"sweetie pies",
"sweeties",
"sweets",
"trueloves",
"dolls",
"ducks",
"pets",
"dates",
"escorts",
"steadies",
"admirers",
"gallants",
"suitors",
"wooers",
"grooms",
"husbands",
"brides",
"wives",
"significant others"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"took to":{
"to take pleasure in":{
"examples":[
"He took to figure skating at a young age."
],
"synonyms":[
"adored",
"delighted (in)",
"dug",
"enjoyed",
"fancied",
"got off (on)",
"grooved (on)",
"liked",
"loved",
"rejoiced (in)",
"relished",
"reveled (in)",
"revelled (in)",
"savored",
"savoured"
],
"near synonyms":[
"admired",
"appreciated",
"cherished",
"revered",
"venerated",
"worshipped",
"worshiped",
"prized",
"treasured",
"valued",
"ate (up)",
"devoured",
"drank (in)",
"feasted (on)",
"doted (on)",
"idolized",
"cottoned (to)",
"favored",
"preferred",
"indulged (in)",
"luxuriated (in)",
"wallowed (in)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abhorred",
"abominated",
"detested",
"disliked",
"hated",
"loathed",
"condemned",
"despised",
"scorned"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"took the count":{
"to undergo defeat":{
"examples":[
"There've been some setbacks, but I refuse to take the count just yet."
],
"synonyms":[
"bowed out",
"fell",
"lost"
],
"near synonyms":[
"faltered",
"tanked",
"threw",
"forfeited",
"bombed",
"collapsed",
"cracked (up)",
"failed",
"flopped",
"flunked",
"folded",
"foundered",
"missed",
"struck out",
"washed out"
],
"near antonyms":[
"flourished",
"prospered",
"succeeded",
"thrived",
"throve"
],
"antonyms":[
"conquered",
"prevailed",
"triumphed",
"won"
]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"tootsie":{
"as in girl , girlfriend":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"gal",
"girl",
"girlfriend",
"inamorata",
"ladylove",
"lass",
"mistress",
"beau",
"boy",
"boyfriend",
"fellow",
"man",
"swain",
"amour",
"lover",
"paramour",
"beloved",
"darling",
"dear",
"flame",
"hon",
"honey",
"love",
"squeeze",
"sweet",
"sweetheart",
"sweetie",
"sweetie pie",
"truelove",
"doll",
"duck(s)",
"pet",
"date",
"escort",
"steady",
"admirer",
"gallant",
"suitor",
"wooer",
"groom",
"husband",
"bride",
"wife",
"significant other"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"took over":{
"to serve as a replacement usually for a time only":{
"examples":[
"I'll take over for her until she gets back from her morning break"
],
"synonyms":[
"covered",
"filled in",
"pinch-hit",
"stepped in",
"stood in",
"subbed",
"substituted"
],
"near synonyms":[
"understudied",
"relieved",
"spelled",
"doubled (as)"
],
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"antonyms":[]
},
"to take to or upon oneself":{
"examples":[
"took over the responsibility of caring for the animals"
],
"synonyms":[
"accepted",
"assumed",
"bore",
"shouldered",
"undertook"
],
"near synonyms":[
"adopted",
"embraced",
"took up",
"advocated",
"backed",
"championed",
"endorsed",
"indorsed",
"espoused",
"stood by",
"supported",
"upheld",
"acceded",
"acquiesced",
"agreed",
"assented",
"consented",
"reaccepted",
"reassumed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abjured",
"recanted",
"renounced",
"retracted",
"took back",
"unsaid",
"withdrew",
"declined",
"refused",
"rejected",
"spurned",
"turned down",
"abstained (from)",
"forbore",
"refrained (from)",
"avoided",
"bypassed",
"detoured",
"abandoned",
"abnegated",
"forsook",
"gave up",
"relinquished",
"spurned",
"surrendered",
"backed down",
"backed off",
"backtracked"
],
"antonyms":[
"disavowed",
"disclaimed",
"disowned",
"repudiated"
]
},
"to take or make use of under a guise of authority but without actual right":{
"examples":[
"students protesting the war took over the college's radio station"
],
"synonyms":[
"appropriated",
"arrogated",
"commandeered",
"converted",
"expropriated",
"pirated",
"preempted",
"pressed",
"seized",
"usurped"
],
"near synonyms":[
"annexed",
"attached",
"claimed",
"confiscated",
"impounded",
"repossessed",
"sequestered",
"assumed",
"collared",
"grabbed",
"grasped",
"snatched",
"stole",
"wrenched",
"wrested",
"despoiled",
"looted",
"pillaged",
"encroached",
"infringed",
"invaded",
"occupied",
"preoccupied",
"trespassed",
"embezzled",
"misapplied",
"misappropriated",
"misused",
"peculated"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"toom":{
"lacking contents that could or should be present":{
"examples":[
"the little shop in Edinburgh now stood toom"
],
"synonyms":[
"bare",
"blank",
"clean",
"devoid",
"empty",
"stark",
"vacant",
"vacuous",
"void"
],
"near synonyms":[
"barren",
"hollow",
"available",
"clear",
"free",
"open",
"unfilled",
"unfurnished",
"unattended",
"uninhabited",
"unoccupied",
"abandoned",
"deserted",
"emptied",
"forsaken",
"vacated",
"depleted",
"drained",
"dry",
"exhausted"
],
"near antonyms":[
"complete",
"replete",
"furnished",
"provided",
"supplied",
"filled",
"occupied",
"flush",
"overflowing",
"packed",
"teeming"
],
"antonyms":[
"full"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"toothsome":{
"very pleasing to the sense of taste":{
"examples":[
"a toothsome chocolate dessert"
],
"synonyms":[
"ambrosial",
"appetizing",
"dainty",
"delectable",
"delicious",
"delish",
"flavorful",
"flavorsome",
"luscious",
"lush",
"mouthwatering",
"palatable",
"savory",
"savoury",
"scrumptious",
"succulent",
"tasteful",
"tasty",
"toothy",
"yummy"
],
"near synonyms":[
"digestible",
"eatable",
"edible",
"delightful",
"heavenly",
"pleasing",
"agreeable",
"gratifying",
"pleasant",
"satisfying",
"choice",
"delicate",
"exquisite",
"rare"
],
"near antonyms":[
"banal",
"boring",
"commonplace",
"tedious",
"noisome",
"smelly",
"stinky",
"noxious",
"unwholesome",
"miserable",
"wretched",
"abhorrent",
"abominable",
"awful",
"detestable",
"disagreeable",
"disgusting",
"foul",
"horrid",
"nauseating",
"offensive",
"repellent",
"repellant",
"repugnant",
"repulsive",
"sickening",
"unpleasant"
],
"antonyms":[
"distasteful",
"flat",
"flavorless",
"insipid",
"stale",
"tasteless",
"unappetizing",
"unpalatable",
"unsavory",
"yucky",
"yukky"
]
},
"sexually attractive":{
"examples":[
"the movie star and his supermodel girlfriend are considered the most toothsome couple in Hollywood"
],
"synonyms":[
"bodacious",
"desirable",
"dishy",
"hot",
"luscious",
"sexy"
],
"near synonyms":[
"foxy",
"nubile",
"hunky",
"studly",
"alluring",
"seductive",
"sultry",
"vampish",
"vampy"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"tooling":{
"to travel by a motorized vehicle":{
"examples":[
"I spent some time tooling around town today"
],
"synonyms":[
"automobiling",
"driving",
"motoring"
],
"near synonyms":[
"rolling",
"wheeling",
"joyriding",
"chauffeuring",
"hacking",
"taxiing",
"riding",
"dragging",
"racing"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"took one's time":{
"to move or act slowly":{
"examples":[
"The students were advised to take their time on the test and not to rush."
],
"synonyms":[
"crawled",
"crept",
"dallied",
"dawdled",
"delayed",
"diddled",
"dillydallied",
"dragged",
"lagged",
"lingered",
"loitered",
"lollygagged",
"lallygagged",
"moped",
"poked",
"shilly-shallied",
"tarried"
],
"near synonyms":[
"fiddled (around)",
"fooled around",
"messed around",
"monkeyed (around)",
"played",
"pottered (around)",
"puttered (around)",
"trifled",
"hung (around or out)",
"hanged (around or out)",
"idled",
"loafed",
"lolled",
"lounged",
"ambled",
"eased",
"inched",
"lumbered",
"plodded",
"sauntered",
"shuffled",
"staggered",
"strolled",
"decelerated",
"slowed (down or up)",
"filibustered",
"procrastinated",
"stalled",
"temporized"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bowled",
"breezed",
"darted",
"humped",
"hurtled",
"hustled",
"scrambled",
"stampeded",
"galloped",
"jogged",
"ran",
"run",
"sprinted",
"trotted",
"accelerated",
"quickened",
"sped (up)",
"speeded (up)",
"caught up",
"fast-forwarded",
"outpaced",
"outran",
"outstripped",
"overtook"
],
"antonyms":[
"barreled",
"barrelled",
"bolted",
"careered",
"coursed",
"dashed",
"flew",
"hastened",
"hotfooted (it)",
"hurried",
"raced",
"ran",
"run",
"ripped",
"rocketed",
"rushed",
"scooted",
"scudded",
"scurried",
"sped",
"speeded",
"tore",
"whirled",
"whisked",
"whizzed",
"zipped"
]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"tooth":{
"as in desire , taste":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"appetite",
"fancy",
"favor",
"fondness",
"like",
"liking",
"love",
"love affair",
"partiality",
"preference",
"relish",
"shine",
"taste",
"use",
"craving",
"desire",
"hankering",
"longing",
"thirst",
"yen",
"bent",
"inclination",
"leaning",
"propensity",
"tendency",
"enthusiasm",
"gusto",
"interest",
"passion",
"bias",
"prejudice",
"palate",
"weakness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"aversion",
"disfavor",
"disgust",
"dislike",
"distaste",
"hatred",
"loathing",
"mislike",
"apathy",
"disinclination",
"indifference",
"unconcern"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"took out":{
"to find emotional release for":{
"examples":[
"he took out his frustrations by splitting a cord of firewood"
],
"synonyms":[
"loosed",
"released",
"unleashed",
"vented"
],
"near synonyms":[
"acted out",
"aired",
"expressed",
"stated",
"ventilated",
"voiced"
],
"near antonyms":[
"controlled",
"governed",
"handled",
"managed",
"bridled",
"checked",
"constrained",
"contained",
"curbed",
"held back",
"pulled in",
"quelled",
"reined (in)",
"restrained",
"smothered",
"tamed",
"allayed",
"lulled",
"quieted",
"soothed",
"stilled",
"choked",
"inhibited",
"muffled",
"pocketed",
"repressed",
"stifled",
"strangled",
"swallowed"
],
"antonyms":[
"bottled (up)",
"repressed",
"suppressed"
]
},
"to go on a social engagement with":{
"examples":[
"she'd like to take the new boy out to the movies sometime"
],
"synonyms":[
"dated",
"went out (with)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"accompanied",
"escorted",
"saw",
"courted",
"wooed"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to take away from a place or position":{
"examples":[
"the airline passenger took his laptop computer out of its carrying case"
],
"synonyms":[
"cleared",
"drew",
"removed",
"withdrew"
],
"near synonyms":[
"demounted",
"dislodged",
"abstracted",
"cut",
"drew off",
"drew out",
"extracted",
"pulled",
"budged",
"dislocated",
"displaced",
"disturbed",
"moved",
"shifted",
"transferred",
"transposed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"mounted",
"anchored",
"clamped",
"fixed",
"hitched",
"moored",
"secured",
"set",
"embedded",
"imbedded",
"entrenched",
"intrenched",
"implanted",
"ingrained",
"engrained",
"lodged",
"rooted",
"set up",
"sited",
"situated",
"stuck"
],
"antonyms":[
"placed",
"positioned",
"put"
]
},
"to put to death deliberately":{
"examples":[
"the rumor is that the CIA is planning to take him out before he can seize control of the country"
],
"synonyms":[
"assassinated",
"bumped off",
"croaked",
"did in",
"dispatched",
"executed",
"got",
"iced",
"knocked off",
"liquidated",
"murdered",
"neutralized",
"offed",
"put away",
"rubbed out",
"slew",
"snuffed",
"terminated",
"whacked"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blew away",
"shot",
"shot down",
"blotted out",
"carried off",
"claimed",
"cut down",
"destroyed",
"felled",
"killed",
"smote",
"zapped",
"butchered",
"massacred",
"mowed (down)",
"slaughtered",
"annihilated",
"eliminated",
"eradicated",
"exterminated",
"wiped out"
],
"near antonyms":[
"animated",
"raised",
"restored",
"resurrected",
"resuscitated",
"revived"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"too much":{
"of the very best kind":{
"examples":[
"\"Your jokes are just too much ,\" he said, laughing."
],
"synonyms":[
"A-OK",
"A1",
"awesome",
"bang-up",
"banner",
"beautiful",
"blue-chip",
"blue-ribbon",
"boffo",
"bonny",
"bonnie",
"boss",
"brag",
"brave",
"bully",
"bumper",
"capital",
"choice",
"classic",
"cool",
"corking",
"crackerjack",
"cracking",
"dandy",
"divine",
"dope",
"down",
"dynamite",
"excellent",
"fab",
"fabulous",
"famous",
"fantabulous",
"fantastic",
"fine",
"first-class",
"first-rate",
"first-string",
"five-star",
"four-star",
"frontline",
"gangbusters",
"gangbuster",
"gilt-edged",
"gilt-edge",
"gone",
"grand",
"great",
"groovy",
"heavenly",
"high-class",
"hot",
"hype",
"immense",
"jim-dandy",
"keen",
"lovely",
"marvelous",
"marvellous",
"mean",
"neat",
"nifty",
"noble",
"number one",
"No. 1",
"numero uno",
"out-of-sight",
"par excellence",
"peachy",
"peachy keen",
"phat",
"prime",
"primo",
"prize",
"prizewinning",
"quality",
"radical",
"righteous",
"sensational",
"slick",
"splendid",
"stellar",
"sterling",
"superb",
"superior",
"superlative",
"supernal",
"swell",
"terrific",
"tip-top",
"top",
"topflight",
"top-notch",
"top-of-the-line",
"topping",
"top-shelf",
"unsurpassed",
"wizard",
"wonderful"
],
"near synonyms":[
"acceptable",
"adequate",
"all right",
"decent",
"good",
"OK",
"okay",
"passable",
"satisfactory",
"tolerable",
"better",
"exceptional",
"fancy",
"high-grade",
"high-test",
"premium",
"select",
"special",
"superfine",
"classical",
"standard",
"traditional"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bad",
"inferior",
"low-grade",
"substandard",
"unsatisfactory",
"mediocre",
"middling",
"second-class",
"second-rate"
],
"antonyms":[
"atrocious",
"awful",
"execrable",
"lousy",
"pathetic",
"poor",
"rotten",
"terrible",
"vile",
"wretched"
]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"took apart":{
"to inflict physical or emotional harm upon":{
"examples":[
"They threatened to take him apart if he ever showed up in their town again."
],
"synonyms":[
"abused",
"brutalized",
"bullied",
"ill-treated",
"ill-used",
"kicked around",
"maltreated",
"manhandled",
"messed over",
"mishandled",
"mistreated",
"misused"
],
"near synonyms":[
"molested",
"outraged",
"violated",
"harassed",
"harmed",
"hurt",
"injured",
"oppressed",
"persecuted",
"tormented",
"tortured",
"burned",
"burnt",
"sandbagged",
"victimized",
"wronged",
"beat (up)",
"messed (up)",
"roughed (up)",
"worked (over)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cared (for)",
"cherished",
"fostered",
"nurtured",
"babied",
"catered (to)",
"coddled",
"favored",
"gratified",
"humored",
"indulged",
"mollycoddled",
"pampered",
"spoiled",
"spoilt"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"took exception":{
"to present an opposing opinion or argument":{
"examples":[
"He took exception to my comments on standardized testing."
],
"synonyms":[
"demurred",
"excepted",
"expostulated",
"kicked",
"objected",
"protested",
"remonstrated (with)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"caviled",
"cavilled",
"quibbled",
"challenged",
"dared",
"defied",
"fought",
"conflicted",
"debated",
"disputed",
"hassled",
"quarreled",
"quarrelled",
"squabbled",
"wrangled",
"beefed",
"bellyached",
"bitched",
"bleated",
"carped",
"caterwauled",
"complained",
"crabbed",
"croaked",
"fussed",
"griped",
"grizzled",
"grouched",
"groused",
"growled",
"grumbled",
"grumped",
"hollered",
"keened",
"maundered",
"moaned",
"murmured",
"muttered",
"nagged",
"repined",
"screamed",
"squawked",
"squealed",
"wailed",
"whimpered",
"whined",
"whinged",
"yammered",
"yawped",
"yauped",
"yowled",
"balked",
"gagged",
"stuck",
"censured",
"criticized",
"denounced",
"disobeyed",
"rebelled",
"withstood",
"demonstrated"
],
"near antonyms":[
"approved",
"sanctioned",
"accepted",
"acceded",
"acquiesced",
"agreed",
"assented",
"adhered",
"complied",
"conformed",
"followed",
"minded",
"obeyed",
"observed",
"advocated",
"championed",
"defended",
"maintained",
"supported",
"sustained",
"upheld",
"applauded",
"cheered",
"commended"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"took effect":{
"to produce a desired effect":{
"examples":[
"You'll feel better once the medication takes effect ."
],
"synonyms":[
"acted",
"operated",
"performed",
"took",
"worked",
"wrought"
],
"near synonyms":[
"behaved",
"reacted",
"responded",
"affected",
"influenced",
"swayed",
"panned out",
"redounded",
"resulted"
],
"near antonyms":[
"backfired",
"fizzled"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"took aback":{
"to make a strong impression on (someone) with something unexpected":{
"examples":[
"Everyone was taken aback by her sudden anger.",
"The family seemed taken aback by the overwhelming generosity of their neighbors."
],
"synonyms":[
"amazed",
"astonished",
"astounded",
"bowled over",
"dumbfounded",
"dumfounded",
"flabbergasted",
"floored",
"rocked",
"shocked",
"startled",
"stunned",
"stupefied",
"surprised",
"surprized",
"thunderstruck"
],
"near synonyms":[
"befuddled",
"bewildered",
"blew away",
"blindsided",
"confounded",
"confused",
"dazed",
"discomfited",
"disconcerted",
"dismayed",
"jarred",
"muddled",
"nonplussed",
"nonplused",
"perplexed",
"shook up"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"took the floor":{
"to give a formal often extended talk on a subject":{
"examples":[
"The senator took the floor to talk about international relations."
],
"synonyms":[
"declaimed",
"descanted",
"discoursed",
"expatiated",
"harangued",
"lectured",
"orated",
"spoke",
"talked"
],
"near synonyms":[
"recited",
"soliloquized",
"disserted",
"expounded",
"pontificated",
"sermonized",
"mouthed",
"spouted",
"filibustered"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"took to the cleaners":{
"to rob by the use of trickery or threats":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[
"beat",
"bilked",
"bled",
"cheated",
"chiseled",
"chiselled",
"choused",
"conned",
"cozened",
"defrauded",
"did",
"diddled",
"did in",
"euchred",
"fiddled",
"fleeced",
"flimflammed",
"gaffed",
"hosed",
"hustled",
"mulcted",
"nobbled",
"plucked",
"reamed",
"ripped off",
"rooked",
"screwed",
"shook down",
"shortchanged",
"shorted",
"skinned",
"skunked",
"squeezed",
"stiffed",
"stuck",
"stung",
"suckered",
"swindled",
"thimblerigged",
"victimized"
],
"near synonyms":[
"extorted",
"wrenched",
"wrested",
"wrung",
"clipped",
"gouged",
"nicked",
"overcharged",
"soaked",
"exploited",
"milked",
"deceived",
"duped",
"fooled",
"gulled",
"tricked",
"roped (in)",
"betrayed",
"bitched",
"double-crossed",
"bamboozled",
"fast-talked"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[]
},
"took for a ride":{
"to rob by the use of trickery or threats":{
"examples":[
"That scam artist really took us for a ride ."
],
"synonyms":[
"beat",
"bilked",
"bled",
"cheated",
"chiseled",
"chiselled",
"choused",
"conned",
"cozened",
"defrauded",
"did",
"diddled",
"did in",
"euchred",
"fiddled",
"fleeced",
"flimflammed",
"gaffed",
"hosed",
"hustled",
"mulcted",
"nobbled",
"plucked",
"reamed",
"ripped off",
"rooked",
"screwed",
"shook down",
"shortchanged",
"shorted",
"skinned",
"skunked",
"squeezed",
"stiffed",
"stuck",
"stung",
"suckered",
"swindled",
"thimblerigged",
"victimized"
],
"near synonyms":[
"extorted",
"wrenched",
"wrested",
"wrung",
"clipped",
"gouged",
"nicked",
"overcharged",
"soaked",
"exploited",
"milked",
"deceived",
"duped",
"fooled",
"gulled",
"tricked",
"roped (in)",
"betrayed",
"bitched",
"double-crossed",
"bamboozled",
"fast-talked"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"took off (on)":{
"as in mimicked , imitated":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"aped",
"burlesqued",
"caricatured",
"imitated",
"lampooned",
"mimicked",
"parodied",
"parroted",
"pilloried",
"satirized",
"travestied",
"baited",
"barracked",
"bugged",
"catcalled",
"harassed",
"harried",
"hassled",
"heckled",
"needled",
"pestered",
"ragged",
"targeted",
"taunted",
"tormented",
"chaffed",
"jived",
"joshed",
"kidded",
"quizzed",
"rallied",
"razzed",
"ribbed",
"rode",
"rid",
"teased",
"tweaked",
"twitted",
"bad-mouthed",
"belittled",
"decried",
"disparaged",
"pooh-poohed",
"poohed",
"put down",
"scoffed (at)",
"scorned",
"sneered (at)",
"derided",
"gibed",
"jibed",
"jeered",
"laughed (at)",
"mocked",
"ridiculed",
"scouted",
"shot down",
"skewered"
],
"near antonyms":[
"applauded",
"approved",
"commended",
"endorsed",
"indorsed",
"sanctioned"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"took for":{
"to think of in a particular way":{
"examples":[
"Don't take him for an idiot because he's actually very good at his job."
],
"synonyms":[
"accounted",
"called",
"considered",
"counted",
"esteemed",
"held",
"looked (on or upon)",
"rated",
"reckoned",
"regarded",
"set down",
"viewed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"believed",
"deemed",
"felt",
"sensed",
"thought",
"conceived",
"fancied",
"imagined"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"toots":{
"a bout of prolonged or excessive drinking":{
"examples":[
"about every six months he disappears for a week and goes on a toot"
],
"synonyms":[
"benders",
"binges",
"busts",
"carousals",
"carouses",
"drunks",
"jamborees",
"sprees",
"wassails"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blowouts",
"keggers",
"keg parties",
"bacchanalia",
"orgies",
"revelries",
"revels",
"bibberies",
"inebriations",
"inebrieties",
"intoxications",
"jags"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"took ship":{
"to travel on water in a vessel":{
"examples":[
"The sailors took ship for home."
],
"synonyms":[
"boated",
"cruised",
"ferried",
"navigated",
"sailed",
"shipped (out)",
"voyaged"
],
"near synonyms":[
"canoed",
"kayaked",
"yachted",
"coasted"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
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},
"took hold":{
"to produce a desired effect":{
"examples":[
"It was clear in the students' essays that her lessons had taken hold ."
],
"synonyms":[
"acted",
"operated",
"performed",
"took",
"worked",
"wrought"
],
"near synonyms":[
"behaved",
"reacted",
"responded",
"affected",
"influenced",
"swayed",
"panned out",
"redounded",
"resulted"
],
"near antonyms":[
"backfired",
"fizzled"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
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},
"toot":{
"a bout of prolonged or excessive drinking":{
"examples":[
"about every six months he disappears for a week and goes on a toot"
],
"synonyms":[
"bender",
"binge",
"bust",
"carousal",
"carouse",
"drunk",
"jamboree",
"spree",
"wassail"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blowout",
"kegger",
"keg party",
"bacchanalia",
"orgy",
"revel",
"revelry",
"bibbery",
"bibulousness",
"drunkenness",
"inebriation",
"inebriety",
"intoxication",
"jag",
"tipsiness"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"tooth and nail":{
"with all power or resources being used":{
"examples":[
"I'll fight tooth and nail to win the finals"
],
"synonyms":[
"all out",
"full blast",
"full tilt"
],
"near synonyms":[
"completely",
"comprehensively",
"detailedly",
"exhaustively",
"fully",
"minutely",
"roundly",
"thoroughly",
"totally",
"extremely",
"utterly"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"took up":{
"to move from a lower to a higher place or position":{
"examples":[
"please take up the blanket so I can look underneath it"
],
"synonyms":[
"boosted",
"craned",
"elevated",
"heaved",
"hove",
"hefted",
"heightened",
"hiked",
"hoisted",
"jacked (up)",
"lifted",
"perked (up)",
"picked up",
"raised",
"upheld",
"uplifted",
"upped",
"upraised"
],
"near synonyms":[
"ascended",
"mounted",
"rose",
"reared",
"upended"
],
"near antonyms":[
"descended",
"dipped",
"fell",
"pitched",
"plunged",
"slipped",
"bore",
"depressed",
"pressed",
"pushed",
"sank",
"sunk",
"submerged"
],
"antonyms":[
"dropped",
"lowered"
]
},
"to take in (something liquid) through small openings":{
"examples":[
"the soil was so dry that the plant seemed to take up the much-needed water instantly"
],
"synonyms":[
"absorbed",
"drank",
"imbibed",
"soaked (up)",
"sponged",
"sucked (up)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"gulped",
"guzzled",
"quaffed",
"sipped",
"slurped",
"swallowed",
"swigged",
"swilled"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to take for one's own use (something originated by another)":{
"examples":[
"one cluster of fans started chanting the team name of the champions, and the crowd quickly took up the cry"
],
"synonyms":[
"adopted",
"borrowed",
"embraced",
"espoused",
"took on"
],
"near synonyms":[
"domesticated",
"naturalized",
"appropriated",
"arrogated",
"took over",
"usurped",
"absorbed",
"assimilated",
"incorporated",
"quoted",
"cherished",
"prized",
"treasured",
"cultivated",
"followed",
"heeded",
"honored",
"used",
"utilized",
"brought up",
"fostered",
"nurtured",
"raised",
"reared",
"affected",
"assumed",
"copied",
"imitated",
"pretended",
"put on",
"simulated"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abandoned",
"forsook",
"gave up",
"relinquished",
"surrendered",
"abjured",
"abnegated",
"disowned",
"rejected",
"renounced",
"repudiated",
"spurned",
"discarded",
"jettisoned",
"junked",
"threw away",
"threw out"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"toothsomeness":{
"the quality of being delicious":{
"examples":[
"people once delighted in feasting on peacock, a bird not known for its toothsomeness"
],
"synonyms":[
"delectability",
"deliciousness",
"lusciousness",
"palatability",
"palatableness",
"savor",
"savour",
"savoriness",
"tastiness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"digestibility",
"edibility",
"edibleness",
"choiceness",
"daintiness",
"delicacy"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"distastefulness",
"flatness",
"insipidity",
"staleness",
"tastelessness",
"unpalatability"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"took the mickey out of":{
"to make fun of in a good-natured way":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[
"chaffed",
"jived",
"joked",
"joshed",
"kidded",
"rallied",
"razzed",
"ribbed",
"roasted",
"rode",
"rid",
"teased"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bantered",
"fooled",
"funned",
"strung along",
"jested",
"quipped",
"wisecracked",
"gagged",
"japed",
"jollied",
"yukked",
"yucked"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[]
},
"tooled":{
"to travel by a motorized vehicle":{
"examples":[
"I spent some time tooling around town today"
],
"synonyms":[
"automobiled",
"drove",
"motored"
],
"near synonyms":[
"rolled",
"wheeled",
"joyrode",
"chauffeured",
"hacked",
"taxied",
"rode",
"rid",
"dragged",
"raced"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"took a walk":{
"to leave a place often for another":{
"examples":[
"She told them to take a hike because they aren't welcome here."
],
"synonyms":[
"bailed",
"bailed out",
"booked",
"bugged off",
"bugged out",
"buggered off",
"buzzed (off)",
"cleared off",
"cleared out",
"cut out",
"departed",
"dug out",
"exited",
"got",
"got off",
"moved",
"packed (up or off)",
"parted",
"peeled off",
"piked (out or off)",
"pulled out",
"pushed off",
"pushed on",
"quit",
"quitted",
"ran along",
"sallied (forth)",
"scarpered",
"shoved (off)",
"stepped (along)",
"took off",
"vamoosed",
"walked out",
"went",
"went off"
],
"near synonyms":[
"set out",
"started",
"struck out",
"absconded",
"decamped",
"escaped",
"evacuated",
"fled",
"flew",
"got out",
"mizzled",
"ran away",
"scatted",
"scrammed",
"skipped",
"lit",
"lighted out",
"stepped out",
"went out",
"abandoned",
"deserted",
"forsook",
"vacated",
"emigrated",
"adjourned",
"removed",
"retired",
"retreated",
"withdrew"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abided",
"abode",
"dwelled",
"dwelt",
"lodged",
"remained",
"settled",
"stayed",
"tarried",
"approached",
"closed",
"neared",
"hit",
"landed",
"reached"
],
"antonyms":[
"arrived",
"came",
"showed up",
"turned up"
]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"took (out)":{
"to find emotional release for":{
"examples":[
"he took out his frustrations by splitting a cord of firewood"
],
"synonyms":[
"loosed",
"released",
"unleashed",
"vented"
],
"near synonyms":[
"acted out",
"aired",
"expressed",
"stated",
"ventilated",
"voiced"
],
"near antonyms":[
"controlled",
"governed",
"handled",
"managed",
"bridled",
"checked",
"constrained",
"contained",
"curbed",
"held back",
"pulled in",
"quelled",
"reined (in)",
"restrained",
"smothered",
"tamed",
"allayed",
"lulled",
"quieted",
"soothed",
"stilled",
"choked",
"inhibited",
"muffled",
"pocketed",
"repressed",
"stifled",
"strangled",
"swallowed"
],
"antonyms":[
"bottled (up)",
"repressed",
"suppressed"
]
},
"to go on a social engagement with":{
"examples":[
"she'd like to take the new boy out to the movies sometime"
],
"synonyms":[
"dated",
"went out (with)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"accompanied",
"escorted",
"saw",
"courted",
"wooed"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to take away from a place or position":{
"examples":[
"the airline passenger took his laptop computer out of its carrying case"
],
"synonyms":[
"cleared",
"drew",
"removed",
"withdrew"
],
"near synonyms":[
"demounted",
"dislodged",
"abstracted",
"cut",
"drew off",
"drew out",
"extracted",
"pulled",
"budged",
"dislocated",
"displaced",
"disturbed",
"moved",
"shifted",
"transferred",
"transposed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"mounted",
"anchored",
"clamped",
"fixed",
"hitched",
"moored",
"secured",
"set",
"embedded",
"imbedded",
"entrenched",
"intrenched",
"implanted",
"ingrained",
"engrained",
"lodged",
"rooted",
"set up",
"sited",
"situated",
"stuck"
],
"antonyms":[
"placed",
"positioned",
"put"
]
},
"to put to death deliberately":{
"examples":[
"the rumor is that the CIA is planning to take him out before he can seize control of the country"
],
"synonyms":[
"assassinated",
"bumped off",
"croaked",
"did in",
"dispatched",
"executed",
"got",
"iced",
"knocked off",
"liquidated",
"murdered",
"neutralized",
"offed",
"put away",
"rubbed out",
"slew",
"snuffed",
"terminated",
"whacked"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blew away",
"shot",
"shot down",
"blotted out",
"carried off",
"claimed",
"cut down",
"destroyed",
"felled",
"killed",
"smote",
"zapped",
"butchered",
"massacred",
"mowed (down)",
"slaughtered",
"annihilated",
"eliminated",
"eradicated",
"exterminated",
"wiped out"
],
"near antonyms":[
"animated",
"raised",
"restored",
"resurrected",
"resuscitated",
"revived"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"took issue":{
"to have a different opinion":{
"examples":[
"She took issue with the way the department was run."
],
"synonyms":[
"differed",
"disagreed",
"dissented",
"nonconcurred"
],
"near synonyms":[
"clashed",
"collided",
"conflicted",
"contrasted",
"countered",
"debated",
"objected",
"opposed",
"protested",
"resisted",
"contested",
"disputed",
"argued",
"bickered",
"fell out",
"quarreled",
"quarrelled"
],
"near antonyms":[
"acceded",
"accepted",
"acquiesced",
"complied",
"consented",
"deferred",
"subscribed",
"affiliated",
"allied",
"associated",
"came round",
"collaborated",
"colluded",
"compromised",
"cooperated",
"got along",
"sided"
],
"antonyms":[
"agreed",
"assented",
"concurred"
]
},
"to present an opposing opinion or argument":{
"examples":[
"He took issue with their explanation of what happened in his report."
],
"synonyms":[
"demurred",
"excepted",
"expostulated",
"kicked",
"objected",
"protested",
"remonstrated (with)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"caviled",
"cavilled",
"quibbled",
"challenged",
"dared",
"defied",
"fought",
"conflicted",
"debated",
"disputed",
"hassled",
"quarreled",
"quarrelled",
"squabbled",
"wrangled",
"beefed",
"bellyached",
"bitched",
"bleated",
"carped",
"caterwauled",
"complained",
"crabbed",
"croaked",
"fussed",
"griped",
"grizzled",
"grouched",
"groused",
"growled",
"grumbled",
"grumped",
"hollered",
"keened",
"maundered",
"moaned",
"murmured",
"muttered",
"nagged",
"repined",
"screamed",
"squawked",
"squealed",
"wailed",
"whimpered",
"whined",
"whinged",
"yammered",
"yawped",
"yauped",
"yowled",
"balked",
"gagged",
"stuck",
"censured",
"criticized",
"denounced",
"disobeyed",
"rebelled",
"withstood",
"demonstrated"
],
"near antonyms":[
"approved",
"sanctioned",
"accepted",
"acceded",
"acquiesced",
"agreed",
"assented",
"adhered",
"complied",
"conformed",
"followed",
"minded",
"obeyed",
"observed",
"advocated",
"championed",
"defended",
"maintained",
"supported",
"sustained",
"upheld",
"applauded",
"cheered",
"commended"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"took (away)":{
"as in removed , eliminated":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"eliminated",
"removed",
"cleared",
"emptied",
"deprived",
"divested",
"stripped",
"stript"
],
"near antonyms":[
"endued",
"indued",
"imbued",
"inculcated",
"infused",
"ingrained",
"engrained",
"inoculated",
"invested",
"steeped",
"suffused",
"animated",
"charged",
"enlivened",
"invigorated",
"leavened",
"implanted",
"instilled",
"planted"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
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}
}
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