2357 lines
47 KiB
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2357 lines
47 KiB
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"gain ground":{
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"to move forward along a course":{
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"examples":[
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"The winning horse quickly gained ground ahead of the others."
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"advance",
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"come",
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"come along",
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"do",
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"fare",
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"forge",
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"get along",
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"get on",
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"go",
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"go along",
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"go off",
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"march",
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"pace",
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"proceed",
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"progress"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"accelerate",
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"fast-forward",
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"speed",
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"approach",
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"near",
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"journey",
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"pass",
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"repair",
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"run",
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"travel",
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"wend",
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"actuate",
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"drive",
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"impel",
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"propel",
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"push",
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"take out"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"arrest",
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"balk",
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"block",
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"check",
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"detain",
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"halt",
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"hinder",
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"hold back",
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"impede",
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"nip",
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"obstruct",
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"slow (down or up)",
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"stem",
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"repress",
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"retard",
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"stunt",
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"suppress",
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"delay",
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"interrupt",
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"stall",
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"cramp",
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"hamper",
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"inhibit",
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"cease",
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"let up",
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"pause",
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"regress",
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"wait"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"remain",
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"stand",
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"stay",
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"stop"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"phrase"
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]
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},
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"gains":{
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"an increase usually measured in money that comes from labor, business, or property":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"net gains this year were better than last"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"charge",
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"cost",
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"disbursement",
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"expenditures",
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"expenses",
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"outgo",
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"outlay"
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],
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"related":[
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"killing",
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"windfall",
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"salary",
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"take-home pay",
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"tips",
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"wages",
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"bankroll",
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"capital",
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"coffers",
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"exchequer",
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"finances",
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"funds",
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"money",
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"pocket",
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"pocketbook",
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"resources",
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"wherewithal"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"earnings",
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"income",
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"incoming(s)",
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"proceeds",
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"profit",
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"return",
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"revenue",
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"yield"
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]
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},
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"to become greater in size, extent, volume, amount, or number":{
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"antonyms":[
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"contracts",
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"decreases",
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"diminishes",
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"dwindles",
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"lessens",
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"recedes",
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"wanes"
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],
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"examples":[
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"the new version of the car gained in both width and length compared to the earlier model"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[
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"jumps",
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"rockets",
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"skyrockets",
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"surges",
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"heightens",
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"intensifies",
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"redoubles",
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"blows up",
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"bulks",
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"distends",
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"inflates",
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"puffs (up)",
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"crescendoes",
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"crests",
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"peaks"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"accelerates",
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"accumulates",
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"appreciates",
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"balloons",
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"booms",
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"builds up",
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"burgeons",
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"bourgeons",
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"climbs",
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"enlarges",
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"escalates",
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"expands",
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"increases",
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"mounts",
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"multiplies",
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"mushrooms",
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"proliferates",
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"rises",
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"rolls up",
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"snowballs",
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"spreads",
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"swells",
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"waxes"
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]
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},
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"to become healthy and strong again after illness or weakness":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"is steadily gaining after his bout with the flu and will be back on his feet soon"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"ails",
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"collapses",
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"comes down",
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"sickens",
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"declines",
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"degenerates",
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"deteriorates",
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"fades",
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"fails",
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"languishes",
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"sinks",
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"wastes (away)",
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"weakens",
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"wilts",
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"withers",
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"worsens",
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"regresses",
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"relapses"
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],
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"related":[
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"comes around",
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"comes round",
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"comes to",
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"improves",
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"picks up",
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"revives",
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"cheers (up)",
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"perks (up)",
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"pulls through",
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"survives",
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"recruits"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"comes back",
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"convalesces",
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"heals",
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"mends",
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"pulls round",
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"rallies",
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"recoups",
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"recovers",
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"recuperates",
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"snaps back"
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]
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},
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"to cause (someone) to agree with a belief or course of action by using arguments or earnest request":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"the radical party was able to gain some supporters with intense recruitment on college campuses"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"deters",
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"discourages",
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"dissuades",
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"unsells"
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],
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"related":[
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"blandishes",
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"blarneys",
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"cajoles",
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"coaxes",
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"entreats",
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"exhorts",
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"fast-talks",
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"urges",
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"wheedles",
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"allures",
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"beguiles",
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"leads on",
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"lures",
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"seduces",
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"snows",
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"tempts",
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"brainwashes",
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"overpersuades",
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"inclines",
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"influences",
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"prompts",
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"sells",
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"sways",
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"attracts",
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"draws",
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"entices",
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"interests",
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"chews over",
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"converses",
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"debates",
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"discusses",
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"disputes",
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"hashes (over)",
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"moots",
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"reasons (with)"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"argues",
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"brings",
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"brings around",
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"converts",
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"convinces",
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"gets",
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"induces",
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"moves",
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"persuades",
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"prevails (on or upon)",
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"satisfies",
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"talks (into)",
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"wins (over)"
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]
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},
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"to gradually increase in":{
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"antonyms":[
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"decreases (in)",
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"loses"
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],
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"examples":[
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"our hopes were raised as the movement gained strength"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"abates",
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"declines (in)",
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"diminishes (in)",
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"dips",
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"dwindles",
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"falls (in)",
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"lessens",
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"tapers",
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"tapers off"
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],
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"related":[
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"doubles (in)",
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"triples (in)",
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"accrues",
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"accumulates",
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"amasses",
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"excites",
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"stimulates",
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"enhances",
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"enlarges",
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"enriches",
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"expands",
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"extends",
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"maximizes",
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"boosts",
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"elevates",
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"jacks (up)",
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"mounts",
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"ramps (up)",
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"steps up"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"builds up",
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"gathers",
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"grows (in)",
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"picks up"
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]
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},
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"to obtain (as a goal) through effort":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"vowed to gain control of the company by any means necessary"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"falls short (of)",
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"misses",
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"fails (at)",
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"loses"
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],
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"related":[
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"acquires",
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"captures",
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"carries",
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"draws",
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"garners",
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"gets",
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"lands",
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"obtains",
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"procures",
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"realizes",
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"secures",
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"amounts (to)",
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"approaches",
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"equals",
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"matches",
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"measures up (to)",
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"meets",
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"rivals",
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"ties",
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"touches",
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"beats",
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"excels",
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"outdoes",
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"surpasses",
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"tops"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"achieves",
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"attains",
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"bags",
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"chalks up",
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"clocks (up)",
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"hits",
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"logs",
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"makes",
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"notches (up)",
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"racks up",
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"rings up",
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"scores",
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"wins"
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]
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},
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"to receive as return for effort":{
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"antonyms":[
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"forfeits",
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"loses"
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],
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"examples":[
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"gained her affections with his boyishly shy manner"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"accords",
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"gives",
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"grants",
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"pays",
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"gives up",
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"hands over",
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"parts (with)",
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"relinquishes",
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"surrenders",
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"yields"
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],
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"related":[
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"clears",
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"grosses",
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"nets",
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"accomplishes",
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"achieves",
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"notches (up)",
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"scores",
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"accumulates",
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"amasses",
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"racks up",
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"catches",
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"picks up",
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"annexes",
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"occupies",
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"takes over",
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"reacquires",
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"reattains",
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"recaptures",
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"regains",
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"remakes"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"acquires",
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||
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"attains",
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||
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"bags",
|
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|
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"brings in",
|
||
|
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"captures",
|
||
|
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"carries",
|
||
|
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"comes by",
|
||
|
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"draws",
|
||
|
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"earns",
|
||
|
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"garners",
|
||
|
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"gets",
|
||
|
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"knocks down",
|
||
|
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"lands",
|
||
|
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"makes",
|
||
|
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"obtains",
|
||
|
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"procures",
|
||
|
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"pulls down",
|
||
|
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"realizes",
|
||
|
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"reaps",
|
||
|
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"secures",
|
||
|
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"wins"
|
||
|
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]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
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"noun",
|
||
|
|
"verb"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"gainsaid":{
|
||
|
|
"to declare not to be true":{
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"it can't be gainsaid that most people wish they had more time and money"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"contradicted",
|
||
|
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"denied",
|
||
|
|
"disaffirmed",
|
||
|
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"disallowed",
|
||
|
|
"disavowed",
|
||
|
|
"disclaimed",
|
||
|
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"disconfirmed",
|
||
|
|
"disowned",
|
||
|
|
"negated",
|
||
|
|
"negatived",
|
||
|
|
"refuted",
|
||
|
|
"rejected",
|
||
|
|
"repudiated"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"traversed",
|
||
|
|
"challenged",
|
||
|
|
"confuted",
|
||
|
|
"disproved",
|
||
|
|
"rebutted",
|
||
|
|
"disagreed (with)",
|
||
|
|
"disputed"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"accepted",
|
||
|
|
"adopted",
|
||
|
|
"embraced",
|
||
|
|
"espoused",
|
||
|
|
"affirmed",
|
||
|
|
"announced",
|
||
|
|
"asserted",
|
||
|
|
"averred",
|
||
|
|
"claimed",
|
||
|
|
"declared",
|
||
|
|
"maintained",
|
||
|
|
"professed",
|
||
|
|
"submitted",
|
||
|
|
"authenticated",
|
||
|
|
"corroborated",
|
||
|
|
"substantiated",
|
||
|
|
"validated",
|
||
|
|
"verified"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"acknowledged",
|
||
|
|
"admitted",
|
||
|
|
"allowed",
|
||
|
|
"avowed",
|
||
|
|
"conceded",
|
||
|
|
"confirmed",
|
||
|
|
"owned"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"to make an assertion that is contrary to one made by (another)":{
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"repeatedly tried to gainsay me, though every point I made was backed up by facts"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"contradicted",
|
||
|
|
"disagreed (with)"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"challenged",
|
||
|
|
"contested",
|
||
|
|
"disputed",
|
||
|
|
"questioned",
|
||
|
|
"confuted",
|
||
|
|
"rebutted",
|
||
|
|
"refuted",
|
||
|
|
"crossed",
|
||
|
|
"fought",
|
||
|
|
"opposed",
|
||
|
|
"resisted"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"confirmed",
|
||
|
|
"corroborated",
|
||
|
|
"substantiated",
|
||
|
|
"verified",
|
||
|
|
"attested",
|
||
|
|
"authenticated",
|
||
|
|
"avouched",
|
||
|
|
"certified",
|
||
|
|
"testified (to)",
|
||
|
|
"vouched (for)",
|
||
|
|
"witnessed"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"agreed (with)",
|
||
|
|
"concurred (with)"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"verb"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"gainsay":{
|
||
|
|
"to declare not to be true":{
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"it can't be gainsaid that most people wish they had more time and money"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"contradict",
|
||
|
|
"deny",
|
||
|
|
"disaffirm",
|
||
|
|
"disallow",
|
||
|
|
"disavow",
|
||
|
|
"disclaim",
|
||
|
|
"disconfirm",
|
||
|
|
"disown",
|
||
|
|
"negate",
|
||
|
|
"negative",
|
||
|
|
"refute",
|
||
|
|
"reject",
|
||
|
|
"repudiate"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"traverse",
|
||
|
|
"challenge",
|
||
|
|
"confute",
|
||
|
|
"disprove",
|
||
|
|
"rebut",
|
||
|
|
"disagree (with)",
|
||
|
|
"dispute"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"accept",
|
||
|
|
"adopt",
|
||
|
|
"embrace",
|
||
|
|
"espouse",
|
||
|
|
"affirm",
|
||
|
|
"announce",
|
||
|
|
"assert",
|
||
|
|
"aver",
|
||
|
|
"claim",
|
||
|
|
"declare",
|
||
|
|
"maintain",
|
||
|
|
"profess",
|
||
|
|
"submit",
|
||
|
|
"authenticate",
|
||
|
|
"corroborate",
|
||
|
|
"substantiate",
|
||
|
|
"validate",
|
||
|
|
"verify"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"acknowledge",
|
||
|
|
"admit",
|
||
|
|
"allow",
|
||
|
|
"avow",
|
||
|
|
"concede",
|
||
|
|
"confirm",
|
||
|
|
"own"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"to make an assertion that is contrary to one made by (another)":{
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"repeatedly tried to gainsay me, though every point I made was backed up by facts"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"contradict",
|
||
|
|
"disagree (with)"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"challenge",
|
||
|
|
"contest",
|
||
|
|
"dispute",
|
||
|
|
"question",
|
||
|
|
"confute",
|
||
|
|
"rebut",
|
||
|
|
"refute",
|
||
|
|
"cross",
|
||
|
|
"fight",
|
||
|
|
"oppose",
|
||
|
|
"resist"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"confirm",
|
||
|
|
"corroborate",
|
||
|
|
"substantiate",
|
||
|
|
"verify",
|
||
|
|
"attest",
|
||
|
|
"authenticate",
|
||
|
|
"avouch",
|
||
|
|
"certify",
|
||
|
|
"testify (to)",
|
||
|
|
"vouch (for)",
|
||
|
|
"witness"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"agree (with)",
|
||
|
|
"concur (with)"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"verb"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"gainsaying":{
|
||
|
|
"to declare not to be true":{
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"it can't be gainsaid that most people wish they had more time and money"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"contradicting",
|
||
|
|
"denying",
|
||
|
|
"disaffirming",
|
||
|
|
"disallowing",
|
||
|
|
"disavowing",
|
||
|
|
"disclaiming",
|
||
|
|
"disconfirming",
|
||
|
|
"disowning",
|
||
|
|
"negating",
|
||
|
|
"negativing",
|
||
|
|
"refuting",
|
||
|
|
"rejecting",
|
||
|
|
"repudiating"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"traversing",
|
||
|
|
"challenging",
|
||
|
|
"confuting",
|
||
|
|
"disproving",
|
||
|
|
"rebutting",
|
||
|
|
"disagreeing (with)",
|
||
|
|
"disputing"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"accepting",
|
||
|
|
"adopting",
|
||
|
|
"embracing",
|
||
|
|
"espousing",
|
||
|
|
"affirming",
|
||
|
|
"announcing",
|
||
|
|
"asserting",
|
||
|
|
"averring",
|
||
|
|
"claiming",
|
||
|
|
"declaring",
|
||
|
|
"maintaining",
|
||
|
|
"professing",
|
||
|
|
"submitting",
|
||
|
|
"authenticating",
|
||
|
|
"corroborating",
|
||
|
|
"substantiating",
|
||
|
|
"validating",
|
||
|
|
"verifying"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"acknowledging",
|
||
|
|
"admitting",
|
||
|
|
"allowing",
|
||
|
|
"avowing",
|
||
|
|
"conceding",
|
||
|
|
"confirming",
|
||
|
|
"owning"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"to make an assertion that is contrary to one made by (another)":{
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"repeatedly tried to gainsay me, though every point I made was backed up by facts"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"contradicting",
|
||
|
|
"disagreeing (with)"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"challenging",
|
||
|
|
"contesting",
|
||
|
|
"disputing",
|
||
|
|
"questioning",
|
||
|
|
"confuting",
|
||
|
|
"rebutting",
|
||
|
|
"refuting",
|
||
|
|
"crossing",
|
||
|
|
"fighting",
|
||
|
|
"opposing",
|
||
|
|
"resisting"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"confirming",
|
||
|
|
"corroborating",
|
||
|
|
"substantiating",
|
||
|
|
"verifying",
|
||
|
|
"attesting",
|
||
|
|
"authenticating",
|
||
|
|
"avouching",
|
||
|
|
"certifying",
|
||
|
|
"testifying (to)",
|
||
|
|
"vouching (for)",
|
||
|
|
"witnessing"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"agreeing (with)",
|
||
|
|
"concurring (with)"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"verb"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"gained":{
|
||
|
|
"to gradually increase in":{
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"our hopes were raised as the movement gained strength"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"built up",
|
||
|
|
"gathered",
|
||
|
|
"grew (in)",
|
||
|
|
"picked up"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"doubled (in)",
|
||
|
|
"tripled (in)",
|
||
|
|
"accrued",
|
||
|
|
"accumulated",
|
||
|
|
"amassed",
|
||
|
|
"excited",
|
||
|
|
"stimulated",
|
||
|
|
"enhanced",
|
||
|
|
"enlarged",
|
||
|
|
"enriched",
|
||
|
|
"expanded",
|
||
|
|
"extended",
|
||
|
|
"maximized",
|
||
|
|
"boosted",
|
||
|
|
"elevated",
|
||
|
|
"jacked (up)",
|
||
|
|
"mounted",
|
||
|
|
"ramped (up)",
|
||
|
|
"stepped up"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"abated",
|
||
|
|
"declined (in)",
|
||
|
|
"diminished (in)",
|
||
|
|
"dipped",
|
||
|
|
"dwindled",
|
||
|
|
"fell (in)",
|
||
|
|
"lessened",
|
||
|
|
"tapered",
|
||
|
|
"tapered off"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"decreased (in)",
|
||
|
|
"lost"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"to receive as return for effort":{
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"gained her affections with his boyishly shy manner"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"acquired",
|
||
|
|
"attained",
|
||
|
|
"bagged",
|
||
|
|
"brought in",
|
||
|
|
"came by",
|
||
|
|
"captured",
|
||
|
|
"carried",
|
||
|
|
"drew",
|
||
|
|
"earned",
|
||
|
|
"garnered",
|
||
|
|
"got",
|
||
|
|
"knocked down",
|
||
|
|
"landed",
|
||
|
|
"made",
|
||
|
|
"obtained",
|
||
|
|
"procured",
|
||
|
|
"pulled down",
|
||
|
|
"realized",
|
||
|
|
"reaped",
|
||
|
|
"secured",
|
||
|
|
"won"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"cleared",
|
||
|
|
"grossed",
|
||
|
|
"netted",
|
||
|
|
"accomplished",
|
||
|
|
"achieved",
|
||
|
|
"notched (up)",
|
||
|
|
"scored",
|
||
|
|
"accumulated",
|
||
|
|
"amassed",
|
||
|
|
"racked up",
|
||
|
|
"caught",
|
||
|
|
"picked up",
|
||
|
|
"annexed",
|
||
|
|
"occupied",
|
||
|
|
"took over",
|
||
|
|
"reacquired",
|
||
|
|
"reattained",
|
||
|
|
"recaptured",
|
||
|
|
"regained",
|
||
|
|
"remade"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"accorded",
|
||
|
|
"gave",
|
||
|
|
"granted",
|
||
|
|
"paid",
|
||
|
|
"gave up",
|
||
|
|
"handed over",
|
||
|
|
"parted (with)",
|
||
|
|
"relinquished",
|
||
|
|
"surrendered",
|
||
|
|
"yielded"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"forfeited",
|
||
|
|
"lost"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
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"to become healthy and strong again after illness or weakness":{
|
||
|
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"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"is steadily gaining after his bout with the flu and will be back on his feet soon"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"came back",
|
||
|
|
"convalesced",
|
||
|
|
"healed",
|
||
|
|
"mended",
|
||
|
|
"pulled round",
|
||
|
|
"rallied",
|
||
|
|
"recouped",
|
||
|
|
"recovered",
|
||
|
|
"recuperated",
|
||
|
|
"snapped back"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"came around",
|
||
|
|
"came round",
|
||
|
|
"came to",
|
||
|
|
"improved",
|
||
|
|
"picked up",
|
||
|
|
"revived",
|
||
|
|
"cheered (up)",
|
||
|
|
"perked (up)",
|
||
|
|
"pulled through",
|
||
|
|
"survived",
|
||
|
|
"recruited"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"ailed",
|
||
|
|
"came down",
|
||
|
|
"collapsed",
|
||
|
|
"sickened",
|
||
|
|
"declined",
|
||
|
|
"degenerated",
|
||
|
|
"deteriorated",
|
||
|
|
"faded",
|
||
|
|
"failed",
|
||
|
|
"languished",
|
||
|
|
"sank",
|
||
|
|
"sunk",
|
||
|
|
"wasted (away)",
|
||
|
|
"weakened",
|
||
|
|
"wilted",
|
||
|
|
"withered",
|
||
|
|
"worsened",
|
||
|
|
"regressed",
|
||
|
|
"relapsed"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"to become greater in size, extent, volume, amount, or number":{
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"the new version of the car gained in both width and length compared to the earlier model"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"accelerated",
|
||
|
|
"accumulated",
|
||
|
|
"appreciated",
|
||
|
|
"ballooned",
|
||
|
|
"boomed",
|
||
|
|
"built up",
|
||
|
|
"burgeoned",
|
||
|
|
"bourgeoned",
|
||
|
|
"climbed",
|
||
|
|
"enlarged",
|
||
|
|
"escalated",
|
||
|
|
"expanded",
|
||
|
|
"increased",
|
||
|
|
"mounted",
|
||
|
|
"multiplied",
|
||
|
|
"mushroomed",
|
||
|
|
"proliferated",
|
||
|
|
"rolled up",
|
||
|
|
"rose",
|
||
|
|
"snowballed",
|
||
|
|
"spread",
|
||
|
|
"swelled",
|
||
|
|
"waxed"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"jumped",
|
||
|
|
"rocketed",
|
||
|
|
"skyrocketed",
|
||
|
|
"surged",
|
||
|
|
"heightened",
|
||
|
|
"intensified",
|
||
|
|
"redoubled",
|
||
|
|
"blew up",
|
||
|
|
"bulked",
|
||
|
|
"distended",
|
||
|
|
"inflated",
|
||
|
|
"puffed (up)",
|
||
|
|
"crescendoed",
|
||
|
|
"crested",
|
||
|
|
"peaked"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"contracted",
|
||
|
|
"decreased",
|
||
|
|
"diminished",
|
||
|
|
"dwindled",
|
||
|
|
"lessened",
|
||
|
|
"receded",
|
||
|
|
"waned"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"to obtain (as a goal) through effort":{
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"vowed to gain control of the company by any means necessary"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"achieved",
|
||
|
|
"attained",
|
||
|
|
"bagged",
|
||
|
|
"chalked up",
|
||
|
|
"clocked (up)",
|
||
|
|
"hit",
|
||
|
|
"logged",
|
||
|
|
"made",
|
||
|
|
"notched (up)",
|
||
|
|
"racked up",
|
||
|
|
"rang up",
|
||
|
|
"scored",
|
||
|
|
"won"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"acquired",
|
||
|
|
"captured",
|
||
|
|
"carried",
|
||
|
|
"drew",
|
||
|
|
"garnered",
|
||
|
|
"got",
|
||
|
|
"landed",
|
||
|
|
"obtained",
|
||
|
|
"procured",
|
||
|
|
"realized",
|
||
|
|
"secured",
|
||
|
|
"amounted (to)",
|
||
|
|
"approached",
|
||
|
|
"equaled",
|
||
|
|
"equalled",
|
||
|
|
"matched",
|
||
|
|
"measured up (to)",
|
||
|
|
"met",
|
||
|
|
"rivaled",
|
||
|
|
"rivalled",
|
||
|
|
"tied",
|
||
|
|
"touched",
|
||
|
|
"beat",
|
||
|
|
"excelled",
|
||
|
|
"outdid",
|
||
|
|
"surpassed",
|
||
|
|
"topped"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"fell short (of)",
|
||
|
|
"missed",
|
||
|
|
"failed (at)",
|
||
|
|
"lost"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"to cause (someone) to agree with a belief or course of action by using arguments or earnest request":{
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"the radical party was able to gain some supporters with intense recruitment on college campuses"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"argued",
|
||
|
|
"brought",
|
||
|
|
"brought around",
|
||
|
|
"converted",
|
||
|
|
"convinced",
|
||
|
|
"got",
|
||
|
|
"induced",
|
||
|
|
"moved",
|
||
|
|
"persuaded",
|
||
|
|
"prevailed (on or upon)",
|
||
|
|
"satisfied",
|
||
|
|
"talked (into)",
|
||
|
|
"won (over)"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"blandished",
|
||
|
|
"blarneyed",
|
||
|
|
"cajoled",
|
||
|
|
"coaxed",
|
||
|
|
"entreated",
|
||
|
|
"exhorted",
|
||
|
|
"fast-talked",
|
||
|
|
"urged",
|
||
|
|
"wheedled",
|
||
|
|
"allured",
|
||
|
|
"beguiled",
|
||
|
|
"led on",
|
||
|
|
"lured",
|
||
|
|
"seduced",
|
||
|
|
"snowed",
|
||
|
|
"tempted",
|
||
|
|
"brainwashed",
|
||
|
|
"overpersuaded",
|
||
|
|
"inclined",
|
||
|
|
"influenced",
|
||
|
|
"prompted",
|
||
|
|
"sold",
|
||
|
|
"swayed",
|
||
|
|
"attracted",
|
||
|
|
"drew",
|
||
|
|
"enticed",
|
||
|
|
"interested",
|
||
|
|
"chewed over",
|
||
|
|
"conversed",
|
||
|
|
"debated",
|
||
|
|
"discussed",
|
||
|
|
"disputed",
|
||
|
|
"hashed (over)",
|
||
|
|
"mooted",
|
||
|
|
"reasoned (with)"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"deterred",
|
||
|
|
"discouraged",
|
||
|
|
"dissuaded",
|
||
|
|
"unsold"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"verb"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"gaining ground":{
|
||
|
|
"to move forward along a course":{
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"The winning horse quickly gained ground ahead of the others."
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"advancing",
|
||
|
|
"coming",
|
||
|
|
"coming along",
|
||
|
|
"doing",
|
||
|
|
"faring",
|
||
|
|
"forging",
|
||
|
|
"getting along",
|
||
|
|
"getting on",
|
||
|
|
"going",
|
||
|
|
"going along",
|
||
|
|
"going off",
|
||
|
|
"marching",
|
||
|
|
"pacing",
|
||
|
|
"proceeding",
|
||
|
|
"progressing"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"accelerating",
|
||
|
|
"fast-forwarding",
|
||
|
|
"speeding",
|
||
|
|
"approaching",
|
||
|
|
"nearing",
|
||
|
|
"journeying",
|
||
|
|
"passing",
|
||
|
|
"repairing",
|
||
|
|
"running",
|
||
|
|
"traveling",
|
||
|
|
"travelling",
|
||
|
|
"wending",
|
||
|
|
"actuating",
|
||
|
|
"driving",
|
||
|
|
"impelling",
|
||
|
|
"propelling",
|
||
|
|
"pushing",
|
||
|
|
"taking out"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"arresting",
|
||
|
|
"balking",
|
||
|
|
"blocking",
|
||
|
|
"checking",
|
||
|
|
"detaining",
|
||
|
|
"halting",
|
||
|
|
"hindering",
|
||
|
|
"holding back",
|
||
|
|
"impeding",
|
||
|
|
"nipping",
|
||
|
|
"obstructing",
|
||
|
|
"slowing (down or up)",
|
||
|
|
"stemming",
|
||
|
|
"repressing",
|
||
|
|
"retarding",
|
||
|
|
"stunting",
|
||
|
|
"suppressing",
|
||
|
|
"delaying",
|
||
|
|
"interrupting",
|
||
|
|
"stalling",
|
||
|
|
"cramping",
|
||
|
|
"hampering",
|
||
|
|
"inhibiting",
|
||
|
|
"ceasing",
|
||
|
|
"letting up",
|
||
|
|
"pausing",
|
||
|
|
"regressing",
|
||
|
|
"waiting"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"remaining",
|
||
|
|
"standing",
|
||
|
|
"staying",
|
||
|
|
"stopping"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"phrase"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"gaieties":{
|
||
|
|
"dressy clothing":{
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"attendees of the masquerade ball arrived dressed in all their gaiety"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"array",
|
||
|
|
"best",
|
||
|
|
"bravery",
|
||
|
|
"caparison",
|
||
|
|
"feather",
|
||
|
|
"finery",
|
||
|
|
"frippery",
|
||
|
|
"full dress",
|
||
|
|
"glad rags",
|
||
|
|
"regalia"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"apparel",
|
||
|
|
"attire",
|
||
|
|
"costume",
|
||
|
|
"duds",
|
||
|
|
"habiliment(s)",
|
||
|
|
"rags",
|
||
|
|
"raiment",
|
||
|
|
"rig",
|
||
|
|
"rigging",
|
||
|
|
"threads",
|
||
|
|
"toggery",
|
||
|
|
"togs",
|
||
|
|
"vestiary",
|
||
|
|
"vesture",
|
||
|
|
"wear"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"tatters",
|
||
|
|
"disarray",
|
||
|
|
"dishabille"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"joyful or festive activity":{
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"loved the gaiety of the annual harvest festival",
|
||
|
|
"the gaiety of the wedding reception"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"conviviality",
|
||
|
|
"festivity",
|
||
|
|
"jollification",
|
||
|
|
"jollity",
|
||
|
|
"merriment",
|
||
|
|
"merrymaking",
|
||
|
|
"rejoicing",
|
||
|
|
"reveling",
|
||
|
|
"revelling",
|
||
|
|
"revelry",
|
||
|
|
"whoopee"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"carousal",
|
||
|
|
"carouse",
|
||
|
|
"delight",
|
||
|
|
"diversion",
|
||
|
|
"entertainment",
|
||
|
|
"fun",
|
||
|
|
"mischief",
|
||
|
|
"pleasure",
|
||
|
|
"recreation",
|
||
|
|
"riot",
|
||
|
|
"cheer",
|
||
|
|
"cheerfulness",
|
||
|
|
"cheeriness",
|
||
|
|
"glee",
|
||
|
|
"gleefulness",
|
||
|
|
"hilarity",
|
||
|
|
"joviality",
|
||
|
|
"merriness",
|
||
|
|
"mirth",
|
||
|
|
"mirthfulness",
|
||
|
|
"carnival",
|
||
|
|
"celebration",
|
||
|
|
"festival",
|
||
|
|
"party",
|
||
|
|
"revel",
|
||
|
|
"frolicking",
|
||
|
|
"gamboling",
|
||
|
|
"gambolling",
|
||
|
|
"rollicking",
|
||
|
|
"romping",
|
||
|
|
"enjoyment",
|
||
|
|
"happiness",
|
||
|
|
"joy",
|
||
|
|
"binge",
|
||
|
|
"fling",
|
||
|
|
"frolic",
|
||
|
|
"gambol",
|
||
|
|
"lark",
|
||
|
|
"rollick",
|
||
|
|
"romp",
|
||
|
|
"spree",
|
||
|
|
"buffoonery",
|
||
|
|
"clownery",
|
||
|
|
"clownishness",
|
||
|
|
"flippancy",
|
||
|
|
"frivolity",
|
||
|
|
"funning",
|
||
|
|
"jesting",
|
||
|
|
"jocularity",
|
||
|
|
"joking",
|
||
|
|
"joshing",
|
||
|
|
"levity",
|
||
|
|
"lightheartedness",
|
||
|
|
"playfulness",
|
||
|
|
"zaniness"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"blackness",
|
||
|
|
"darkness",
|
||
|
|
"dolefulness",
|
||
|
|
"dolor",
|
||
|
|
"gloom",
|
||
|
|
"gloominess",
|
||
|
|
"glumness",
|
||
|
|
"grief",
|
||
|
|
"heartache",
|
||
|
|
"heartbreak",
|
||
|
|
"heartsickness",
|
||
|
|
"miserableness",
|
||
|
|
"misery",
|
||
|
|
"mournfulness",
|
||
|
|
"mourning",
|
||
|
|
"woe",
|
||
|
|
"wretchedness",
|
||
|
|
"dejection",
|
||
|
|
"depression",
|
||
|
|
"despondence",
|
||
|
|
"despondency",
|
||
|
|
"disconsolateness",
|
||
|
|
"dispiritedness",
|
||
|
|
"doldrums",
|
||
|
|
"downheartedness",
|
||
|
|
"dumps",
|
||
|
|
"forlornness",
|
||
|
|
"joylessness",
|
||
|
|
"melancholy",
|
||
|
|
"sorrow",
|
||
|
|
"unhappiness"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"a mood characterized by high spirits and amusement and often accompanied by laughter":{
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"the gaiety of children enjoying an outing at an amusement park"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"cheer",
|
||
|
|
"cheerfulness",
|
||
|
|
"cheeriness",
|
||
|
|
"festivity",
|
||
|
|
"gayness",
|
||
|
|
"glee",
|
||
|
|
"gleefulness",
|
||
|
|
"hilarity",
|
||
|
|
"jocundity",
|
||
|
|
"joviality",
|
||
|
|
"merriment",
|
||
|
|
"merriness",
|
||
|
|
"mirth",
|
||
|
|
"mirthfulness"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"frivolity",
|
||
|
|
"levity",
|
||
|
|
"jollification",
|
||
|
|
"jollity",
|
||
|
|
"reveling",
|
||
|
|
"revelling",
|
||
|
|
"revelry",
|
||
|
|
"brightness",
|
||
|
|
"buoyancy",
|
||
|
|
"good-humoredness",
|
||
|
|
"good-naturedness",
|
||
|
|
"humor",
|
||
|
|
"sunniness",
|
||
|
|
"gamesomeness",
|
||
|
|
"insouciance",
|
||
|
|
"lightheartedness",
|
||
|
|
"playfulness",
|
||
|
|
"sportiveness",
|
||
|
|
"buffoonery",
|
||
|
|
"clownishness",
|
||
|
|
"flippancy",
|
||
|
|
"funning",
|
||
|
|
"jest",
|
||
|
|
"jesting",
|
||
|
|
"jocoseness",
|
||
|
|
"jocosity",
|
||
|
|
"jocularity",
|
||
|
|
"joking",
|
||
|
|
"joshing",
|
||
|
|
"animation",
|
||
|
|
"giddiness",
|
||
|
|
"jauntiness",
|
||
|
|
"liveliness",
|
||
|
|
"perkiness",
|
||
|
|
"vivacity",
|
||
|
|
"joyfulness",
|
||
|
|
"joyousness",
|
||
|
|
"jubilance",
|
||
|
|
"rejoicing",
|
||
|
|
"frolicking",
|
||
|
|
"gamboling",
|
||
|
|
"gambolling",
|
||
|
|
"rollicking",
|
||
|
|
"romping"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"blues",
|
||
|
|
"dejection",
|
||
|
|
"depression",
|
||
|
|
"despondence",
|
||
|
|
"forlornness",
|
||
|
|
"sadness",
|
||
|
|
"sorrow",
|
||
|
|
"unhappiness",
|
||
|
|
"bile",
|
||
|
|
"gloom",
|
||
|
|
"melancholy",
|
||
|
|
"sourness",
|
||
|
|
"spleen",
|
||
|
|
"earnestness",
|
||
|
|
"graveness",
|
||
|
|
"gravity",
|
||
|
|
"grimness",
|
||
|
|
"seriousness",
|
||
|
|
"soberness",
|
||
|
|
"sobersidedness",
|
||
|
|
"solemnity",
|
||
|
|
"solemnness",
|
||
|
|
"discontent",
|
||
|
|
"disgruntlement",
|
||
|
|
"moodiness",
|
||
|
|
"dolefulness",
|
||
|
|
"dolorousness",
|
||
|
|
"joylessness",
|
||
|
|
"mournfulness",
|
||
|
|
"plaintiveness",
|
||
|
|
"woe",
|
||
|
|
"woefulness",
|
||
|
|
"blackness",
|
||
|
|
"darkness",
|
||
|
|
"gloominess",
|
||
|
|
"glumness",
|
||
|
|
"desolateness",
|
||
|
|
"desolation",
|
||
|
|
"heartbreak",
|
||
|
|
"miserableness",
|
||
|
|
"misery",
|
||
|
|
"mourning",
|
||
|
|
"wretchedness"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"gains ground":{
|
||
|
|
"to move forward along a course":{
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"The winning horse quickly gained ground ahead of the others."
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"advances",
|
||
|
|
"comes",
|
||
|
|
"comes along",
|
||
|
|
"does",
|
||
|
|
"fares",
|
||
|
|
"forges",
|
||
|
|
"gets along",
|
||
|
|
"gets on",
|
||
|
|
"goes",
|
||
|
|
"goes along",
|
||
|
|
"goes off",
|
||
|
|
"marches",
|
||
|
|
"paces",
|
||
|
|
"proceeds",
|
||
|
|
"progresses"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"accelerates",
|
||
|
|
"fast-forwards",
|
||
|
|
"speeds",
|
||
|
|
"approaches",
|
||
|
|
"nears",
|
||
|
|
"journeys",
|
||
|
|
"passes",
|
||
|
|
"repairs",
|
||
|
|
"runs",
|
||
|
|
"travels",
|
||
|
|
"wends",
|
||
|
|
"actuates",
|
||
|
|
"drives",
|
||
|
|
"impels",
|
||
|
|
"propels",
|
||
|
|
"pushes",
|
||
|
|
"takes out"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"arrests",
|
||
|
|
"balks",
|
||
|
|
"blocks",
|
||
|
|
"checks",
|
||
|
|
"detains",
|
||
|
|
"halts",
|
||
|
|
"hinders",
|
||
|
|
"holds back",
|
||
|
|
"impedes",
|
||
|
|
"nips",
|
||
|
|
"obstructs",
|
||
|
|
"slows (down or up)",
|
||
|
|
"stems",
|
||
|
|
"represses",
|
||
|
|
"retards",
|
||
|
|
"stunts",
|
||
|
|
"suppresses",
|
||
|
|
"delays",
|
||
|
|
"interrupts",
|
||
|
|
"stalls",
|
||
|
|
"cramps",
|
||
|
|
"hampers",
|
||
|
|
"inhibits",
|
||
|
|
"ceases",
|
||
|
|
"lets up",
|
||
|
|
"pauses",
|
||
|
|
"regresses",
|
||
|
|
"waits"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"remains",
|
||
|
|
"stands",
|
||
|
|
"stays",
|
||
|
|
"stops"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"phrase"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"gainsays":{
|
||
|
|
"to declare not to be true":{
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"it can't be gainsaid that most people wish they had more time and money"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"contradicts",
|
||
|
|
"denies",
|
||
|
|
"disaffirms",
|
||
|
|
"disallows",
|
||
|
|
"disavows",
|
||
|
|
"disclaims",
|
||
|
|
"disconfirms",
|
||
|
|
"disowns",
|
||
|
|
"negates",
|
||
|
|
"negatives",
|
||
|
|
"refutes",
|
||
|
|
"rejects",
|
||
|
|
"repudiates"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"traverses",
|
||
|
|
"challenges",
|
||
|
|
"confutes",
|
||
|
|
"disproves",
|
||
|
|
"rebuts",
|
||
|
|
"disagrees (with)",
|
||
|
|
"disputes"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"accepts",
|
||
|
|
"adopts",
|
||
|
|
"embraces",
|
||
|
|
"espouses",
|
||
|
|
"affirms",
|
||
|
|
"announces",
|
||
|
|
"asserts",
|
||
|
|
"avers",
|
||
|
|
"claims",
|
||
|
|
"declares",
|
||
|
|
"maintains",
|
||
|
|
"professes",
|
||
|
|
"submits",
|
||
|
|
"authenticates",
|
||
|
|
"corroborates",
|
||
|
|
"substantiates",
|
||
|
|
"validates",
|
||
|
|
"verifies"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"acknowledges",
|
||
|
|
"admits",
|
||
|
|
"allows",
|
||
|
|
"avows",
|
||
|
|
"concedes",
|
||
|
|
"confirms",
|
||
|
|
"owns"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"to make an assertion that is contrary to one made by (another)":{
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"repeatedly tried to gainsay me, though every point I made was backed up by facts"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"contradicts",
|
||
|
|
"disagrees (with)"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"challenges",
|
||
|
|
"contests",
|
||
|
|
"disputes",
|
||
|
|
"questions",
|
||
|
|
"confutes",
|
||
|
|
"rebuts",
|
||
|
|
"refutes",
|
||
|
|
"crosses",
|
||
|
|
"fights",
|
||
|
|
"opposes",
|
||
|
|
"resists"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"confirms",
|
||
|
|
"corroborates",
|
||
|
|
"substantiates",
|
||
|
|
"verifies",
|
||
|
|
"attests",
|
||
|
|
"authenticates",
|
||
|
|
"avouches",
|
||
|
|
"certifies",
|
||
|
|
"testifies (to)",
|
||
|
|
"vouches (for)",
|
||
|
|
"witnesses"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"agrees (with)",
|
||
|
|
"concurs (with)"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"verb"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"gainer":{
|
||
|
|
"as in winner , victor":{
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"victor",
|
||
|
|
"winner",
|
||
|
|
"harmer",
|
||
|
|
"injurer",
|
||
|
|
"assassin",
|
||
|
|
"killer",
|
||
|
|
"murderer"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"casualty",
|
||
|
|
"fatality",
|
||
|
|
"loss",
|
||
|
|
"prey",
|
||
|
|
"victim",
|
||
|
|
"loser",
|
||
|
|
"underdog",
|
||
|
|
"martyr",
|
||
|
|
"sacrifice"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"gainers":{
|
||
|
|
"as in winners , victors":{
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"victors",
|
||
|
|
"winners",
|
||
|
|
"harmers",
|
||
|
|
"injurers",
|
||
|
|
"assassins",
|
||
|
|
"killers",
|
||
|
|
"murderers"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"casualties",
|
||
|
|
"fatalities",
|
||
|
|
"losses",
|
||
|
|
"prey",
|
||
|
|
"preys",
|
||
|
|
"victims",
|
||
|
|
"losers",
|
||
|
|
"underdogs",
|
||
|
|
"martyrs",
|
||
|
|
"sacrifices"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"gaining":{
|
||
|
|
"as in continuing , advancing":{
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"advancing",
|
||
|
|
"continuing",
|
||
|
|
"afloat",
|
||
|
|
"alive",
|
||
|
|
"going",
|
||
|
|
"functioning",
|
||
|
|
"happening",
|
||
|
|
"operating",
|
||
|
|
"working",
|
||
|
|
"afoot",
|
||
|
|
"ongoing",
|
||
|
|
"proceeding"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"arrested",
|
||
|
|
"ended",
|
||
|
|
"halted",
|
||
|
|
"stalled",
|
||
|
|
"stopped",
|
||
|
|
"receding",
|
||
|
|
"regressing",
|
||
|
|
"retrogressing"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"to gradually increase in":{
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"our hopes were raised as the movement gained strength"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"building up",
|
||
|
|
"gathering",
|
||
|
|
"growing (in)",
|
||
|
|
"picking up"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"doubling (in)",
|
||
|
|
"tripling (in)",
|
||
|
|
"accruing",
|
||
|
|
"accumulating",
|
||
|
|
"amassing",
|
||
|
|
"exciting",
|
||
|
|
"stimulating",
|
||
|
|
"enhancing",
|
||
|
|
"enlarging",
|
||
|
|
"enriching",
|
||
|
|
"expanding",
|
||
|
|
"extending",
|
||
|
|
"maximizing",
|
||
|
|
"boosting",
|
||
|
|
"elevating",
|
||
|
|
"jacking (up)",
|
||
|
|
"mounting",
|
||
|
|
"ramping (up)",
|
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"stepping up"
|
||
|
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],
|
||
|
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"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
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"abating",
|
||
|
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"declining (in)",
|
||
|
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"diminishing (in)",
|
||
|
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"dipping",
|
||
|
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"dwindling",
|
||
|
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"falling (in)",
|
||
|
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"lessening",
|
||
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"tapering",
|
||
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"tapering off"
|
||
|
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],
|
||
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"antonyms":[
|
||
|
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"decreasing (in)",
|
||
|
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"losing"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
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},
|
||
|
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"to receive as return for effort":{
|
||
|
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"examples":[
|
||
|
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"gained her affections with his boyishly shy manner"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
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"synonyms":[
|
||
|
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"acquiring",
|
||
|
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"attaining",
|
||
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"bagging",
|
||
|
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"bringing in",
|
||
|
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"capturing",
|
||
|
|
"carrying",
|
||
|
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"coming by",
|
||
|
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"drawing",
|
||
|
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"earning",
|
||
|
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"garnering",
|
||
|
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"getting",
|
||
|
|
"knocking down",
|
||
|
|
"landing",
|
||
|
|
"making",
|
||
|
|
"obtaining",
|
||
|
|
"procuring",
|
||
|
|
"pulling down",
|
||
|
|
"realizing",
|
||
|
|
"reaping",
|
||
|
|
"securing",
|
||
|
|
"winning"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"clearing",
|
||
|
|
"grossing",
|
||
|
|
"netting",
|
||
|
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"accomplishing",
|
||
|
|
"achieving",
|
||
|
|
"notching (up)",
|
||
|
|
"scoring",
|
||
|
|
"accumulating",
|
||
|
|
"amassing",
|
||
|
|
"racking up",
|
||
|
|
"catching",
|
||
|
|
"picking up",
|
||
|
|
"annexing",
|
||
|
|
"occupying",
|
||
|
|
"taking over",
|
||
|
|
"reacquiring",
|
||
|
|
"reattaining",
|
||
|
|
"recapturing",
|
||
|
|
"regaining",
|
||
|
|
"remaking"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"according",
|
||
|
|
"giving",
|
||
|
|
"granting",
|
||
|
|
"paying",
|
||
|
|
"giving up",
|
||
|
|
"handing over",
|
||
|
|
"parting (with)",
|
||
|
|
"relinquishing",
|
||
|
|
"surrendering",
|
||
|
|
"yielding"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"forfeiting",
|
||
|
|
"losing"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"to become healthy and strong again after illness or weakness":{
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"is steadily gaining after his bout with the flu and will be back on his feet soon"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"coming back",
|
||
|
|
"convalescing",
|
||
|
|
"healing",
|
||
|
|
"mending",
|
||
|
|
"pulling round",
|
||
|
|
"rallying",
|
||
|
|
"recouping",
|
||
|
|
"recovering",
|
||
|
|
"recuperating",
|
||
|
|
"snapping back"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"coming around",
|
||
|
|
"coming round",
|
||
|
|
"coming to",
|
||
|
|
"improving",
|
||
|
|
"picking up",
|
||
|
|
"reviving",
|
||
|
|
"cheering (up)",
|
||
|
|
"perking (up)",
|
||
|
|
"pulling through",
|
||
|
|
"surviving",
|
||
|
|
"recruiting"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"ailing",
|
||
|
|
"collapsing",
|
||
|
|
"coming down",
|
||
|
|
"sickening",
|
||
|
|
"declining",
|
||
|
|
"degenerating",
|
||
|
|
"deteriorating",
|
||
|
|
"fading",
|
||
|
|
"failing",
|
||
|
|
"languishing",
|
||
|
|
"sinking",
|
||
|
|
"wasting (away)",
|
||
|
|
"weakening",
|
||
|
|
"wilting",
|
||
|
|
"withering",
|
||
|
|
"worsening",
|
||
|
|
"regressing",
|
||
|
|
"relapsing"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"to become greater in size, extent, volume, amount, or number":{
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"the new version of the car gained in both width and length compared to the earlier model"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"accelerating",
|
||
|
|
"accumulating",
|
||
|
|
"appreciating",
|
||
|
|
"ballooning",
|
||
|
|
"booming",
|
||
|
|
"building up",
|
||
|
|
"burgeoning",
|
||
|
|
"bourgeoning",
|
||
|
|
"climbing",
|
||
|
|
"enlarging",
|
||
|
|
"escalating",
|
||
|
|
"expanding",
|
||
|
|
"increasing",
|
||
|
|
"mounting",
|
||
|
|
"multiplying",
|
||
|
|
"mushrooming",
|
||
|
|
"proliferating",
|
||
|
|
"rising",
|
||
|
|
"rolling up",
|
||
|
|
"snowballing",
|
||
|
|
"spreading",
|
||
|
|
"swelling",
|
||
|
|
"waxing"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"jumping",
|
||
|
|
"rocketing",
|
||
|
|
"skyrocketing",
|
||
|
|
"surging",
|
||
|
|
"heightening",
|
||
|
|
"intensifying",
|
||
|
|
"redoubling",
|
||
|
|
"blowing up",
|
||
|
|
"bulking",
|
||
|
|
"distending",
|
||
|
|
"inflating",
|
||
|
|
"puffing (up)",
|
||
|
|
"crescendoing",
|
||
|
|
"cresting",
|
||
|
|
"peaking"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"contracting",
|
||
|
|
"decreasing",
|
||
|
|
"diminishing",
|
||
|
|
"dwindling",
|
||
|
|
"lessening",
|
||
|
|
"receding",
|
||
|
|
"waning"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"to obtain (as a goal) through effort":{
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"vowed to gain control of the company by any means necessary"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"achieving",
|
||
|
|
"attaining",
|
||
|
|
"bagging",
|
||
|
|
"chalking up",
|
||
|
|
"clocking (up)",
|
||
|
|
"hitting",
|
||
|
|
"logging",
|
||
|
|
"making",
|
||
|
|
"notching (up)",
|
||
|
|
"racking up",
|
||
|
|
"ringing up",
|
||
|
|
"scoring",
|
||
|
|
"winning"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"acquiring",
|
||
|
|
"capturing",
|
||
|
|
"carrying",
|
||
|
|
"drawing",
|
||
|
|
"garnering",
|
||
|
|
"getting",
|
||
|
|
"landing",
|
||
|
|
"obtaining",
|
||
|
|
"procuring",
|
||
|
|
"realizing",
|
||
|
|
"securing",
|
||
|
|
"amounting (to)",
|
||
|
|
"approaching",
|
||
|
|
"equaling",
|
||
|
|
"equalling",
|
||
|
|
"matching",
|
||
|
|
"measuring up (to)",
|
||
|
|
"meeting",
|
||
|
|
"rivaling",
|
||
|
|
"rivalling",
|
||
|
|
"touching",
|
||
|
|
"tying",
|
||
|
|
"tieing",
|
||
|
|
"beating",
|
||
|
|
"excelling",
|
||
|
|
"outdoing",
|
||
|
|
"surpassing",
|
||
|
|
"topping"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"falling short (of)",
|
||
|
|
"missing",
|
||
|
|
"failing (at)",
|
||
|
|
"losing"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"to cause (someone) to agree with a belief or course of action by using arguments or earnest request":{
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"the radical party was able to gain some supporters with intense recruitment on college campuses"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"arguing",
|
||
|
|
"bringing",
|
||
|
|
"bringing around",
|
||
|
|
"converting",
|
||
|
|
"convincing",
|
||
|
|
"getting",
|
||
|
|
"inducing",
|
||
|
|
"moving",
|
||
|
|
"persuading",
|
||
|
|
"prevailing (on or upon)",
|
||
|
|
"satisfying",
|
||
|
|
"talking (into)",
|
||
|
|
"winning (over)"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"blandishing",
|
||
|
|
"blarneying",
|
||
|
|
"cajoling",
|
||
|
|
"coaxing",
|
||
|
|
"entreating",
|
||
|
|
"exhorting",
|
||
|
|
"fast-talking",
|
||
|
|
"urging",
|
||
|
|
"wheedling",
|
||
|
|
"alluring",
|
||
|
|
"beguiling",
|
||
|
|
"leading on",
|
||
|
|
"luring",
|
||
|
|
"seducing",
|
||
|
|
"snowing",
|
||
|
|
"tempting",
|
||
|
|
"brainwashing",
|
||
|
|
"overpersuading",
|
||
|
|
"inclining",
|
||
|
|
"influencing",
|
||
|
|
"prompting",
|
||
|
|
"selling",
|
||
|
|
"swaying",
|
||
|
|
"attracting",
|
||
|
|
"drawing",
|
||
|
|
"enticing",
|
||
|
|
"interesting",
|
||
|
|
"chewing over",
|
||
|
|
"conversing",
|
||
|
|
"debating",
|
||
|
|
"discussing",
|
||
|
|
"disputing",
|
||
|
|
"hashing (over)",
|
||
|
|
"mooting",
|
||
|
|
"reasoning (with)"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"deterring",
|
||
|
|
"discouraging",
|
||
|
|
"dissuading",
|
||
|
|
"unselling"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"adjective",
|
||
|
|
"verb"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"gaily":{
|
||
|
|
"in a cheerful or happy manner":{
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"we sat around the table, gaily teasing each other and laughing about the good old days"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"brightly",
|
||
|
|
"cheerfully",
|
||
|
|
"cheerily",
|
||
|
|
"happily",
|
||
|
|
"heartily",
|
||
|
|
"jocosely",
|
||
|
|
"jovially",
|
||
|
|
"merrily",
|
||
|
|
"mirthfully",
|
||
|
|
"smilingly"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"amusedly",
|
||
|
|
"exuberantly",
|
||
|
|
"giddily",
|
||
|
|
"gigglingly",
|
||
|
|
"joyfully",
|
||
|
|
"joyously",
|
||
|
|
"blithely",
|
||
|
|
"blithesomely",
|
||
|
|
"breezily",
|
||
|
|
"gladly",
|
||
|
|
"gladsomely",
|
||
|
|
"laughingly",
|
||
|
|
"lightheartedly",
|
||
|
|
"sunnily",
|
||
|
|
"amicably",
|
||
|
|
"friendlily",
|
||
|
|
"friendly",
|
||
|
|
"good-humoredly",
|
||
|
|
"good-naturedly",
|
||
|
|
"jocularly",
|
||
|
|
"hopefully",
|
||
|
|
"optimistically",
|
||
|
|
"sanguinely",
|
||
|
|
"blissfully",
|
||
|
|
"elatedly",
|
||
|
|
"euphorically",
|
||
|
|
"rapturously"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"abjectly",
|
||
|
|
"dejectedly",
|
||
|
|
"despondently",
|
||
|
|
"disconsolately",
|
||
|
|
"dispiritedly",
|
||
|
|
"wretchedly",
|
||
|
|
"dolefully",
|
||
|
|
"dolorously",
|
||
|
|
"forlornly",
|
||
|
|
"mournfully",
|
||
|
|
"plaintively",
|
||
|
|
"sorrowfully",
|
||
|
|
"dourly",
|
||
|
|
"glumly",
|
||
|
|
"mirthlessly",
|
||
|
|
"sourly",
|
||
|
|
"sternly",
|
||
|
|
"sulkily",
|
||
|
|
"sullenly",
|
||
|
|
"blackly",
|
||
|
|
"dismally",
|
||
|
|
"drearily",
|
||
|
|
"gloomily",
|
||
|
|
"pessimistically"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"bleakly",
|
||
|
|
"cheerlessly",
|
||
|
|
"darkly",
|
||
|
|
"heavily",
|
||
|
|
"miserably",
|
||
|
|
"morosely",
|
||
|
|
"unhappily"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"in a quick and spirited manner":{
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"children gaily running to the buses on the last day of school"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"airily",
|
||
|
|
"animatedly",
|
||
|
|
"animately",
|
||
|
|
"bouncily",
|
||
|
|
"buoyantly",
|
||
|
|
"high-spiritedly",
|
||
|
|
"livelily",
|
||
|
|
"lively",
|
||
|
|
"perkily",
|
||
|
|
"pertly",
|
||
|
|
"snappily",
|
||
|
|
"sparkily",
|
||
|
|
"spiritedly",
|
||
|
|
"sprightly",
|
||
|
|
"trippingly",
|
||
|
|
"vivaciously"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"friskily",
|
||
|
|
"gamesomely",
|
||
|
|
"playfully",
|
||
|
|
"skittishly",
|
||
|
|
"sportively",
|
||
|
|
"briskly",
|
||
|
|
"crisply",
|
||
|
|
"effervescently",
|
||
|
|
"energetically",
|
||
|
|
"jazzily",
|
||
|
|
"racily",
|
||
|
|
"springily",
|
||
|
|
"breezily",
|
||
|
|
"cockily",
|
||
|
|
"dapperly",
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"dashingly",
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"jauntily",
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"agilely",
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"nimbly",
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"spryly",
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"allegro"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"halfheartedly",
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"idly",
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"indolently",
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"lazily",
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"lethargically",
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"slothfully",
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"heavily",
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"inactively",
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"listlessly",
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"tiredly",
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"wearily"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"dully",
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"inanimately",
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"sluggishly",
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"tardily"
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]
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},
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"in a manner that is colorful and tends to arouse gaiety":{
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"examples":[
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"the Mexican dancers were gaily dressed in lavish, bright costumes"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"bravely",
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"brightly",
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"brilliantly",
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"colorfully"
|
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],
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||
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"near synonyms":[
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"flamboyantly",
|
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"flashily",
|
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|
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"garishly",
|
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"gaudily",
|
||
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"loud",
|
||
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"loudly",
|
||
|
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"ostentatiously",
|
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"fancily",
|
||
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"ornately",
|
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"swankily",
|
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"gorgeously",
|
||
|
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"richly",
|
||
|
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"spectacularly",
|
||
|
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"splendidly",
|
||
|
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"strikingly",
|
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|
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"dapperly",
|
||
|
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"dashingly",
|
||
|
|
"gallantly",
|
||
|
|
"jazzily",
|
||
|
|
"nattily",
|
||
|
|
"neatly",
|
||
|
|
"pertly",
|
||
|
|
"smartly",
|
||
|
|
"snappily",
|
||
|
|
"spiffily",
|
||
|
|
"conspicuously",
|
||
|
|
"luridly",
|
||
|
|
"shockingly"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"colorlessly",
|
||
|
|
"inconspicuously",
|
||
|
|
"unobtrusively",
|
||
|
|
"unpretentiously",
|
||
|
|
"chastely",
|
||
|
|
"demurely",
|
||
|
|
"modestly",
|
||
|
|
"conservatively",
|
||
|
|
"plainly",
|
||
|
|
"quietly",
|
||
|
|
"simply",
|
||
|
|
"bleakly",
|
||
|
|
"severely",
|
||
|
|
"somberly"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"boringly",
|
||
|
|
"drably",
|
||
|
|
"dully"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"adverb"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"gait":{
|
||
|
|
"the rate at which activities are pursued":{
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"the slow gait of summer days"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"clip",
|
||
|
|
"pace",
|
||
|
|
"rate",
|
||
|
|
"tempo",
|
||
|
|
"celerity",
|
||
|
|
"fastness",
|
||
|
|
"fleetness",
|
||
|
|
"haste",
|
||
|
|
"hurry",
|
||
|
|
"quickness",
|
||
|
|
"rapidity",
|
||
|
|
"rapidness",
|
||
|
|
"speed",
|
||
|
|
"speediness",
|
||
|
|
"swiftness",
|
||
|
|
"velocity",
|
||
|
|
"drive",
|
||
|
|
"hustle",
|
||
|
|
"acceleration",
|
||
|
|
"hastiness",
|
||
|
|
"precipitation",
|
||
|
|
"precipitousness",
|
||
|
|
"rush",
|
||
|
|
"alacrity",
|
||
|
|
"dispatch",
|
||
|
|
"expedition",
|
||
|
|
"expeditiousness",
|
||
|
|
"promptitude",
|
||
|
|
"promptness",
|
||
|
|
"warp speed"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
}
|
||
|
|
}
|