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{
"mind's eye":{
"something imagined or pictured in the mind":{
"examples":[
"there was a disturbing detail that he kept seeing in his mind's eye of the accident scene"
],
"synonyms":[
"abstraction",
"cogitation",
"concept",
"conception",
"idea",
"image",
"impression",
"intellection",
"notion",
"picture",
"thought"
],
"near synonyms":[
"apprehension",
"premonition",
"presentiment",
"preconception",
"prejudice",
"prepossession",
"chimera",
"delusion",
"hallucination",
"illusion",
"phantasm",
"fantasm",
"caprice",
"conceit",
"fancy",
"freak",
"kink",
"vagary",
"whim",
"cognition",
"observation",
"perception",
"reflection",
"assumption",
"belief",
"conclusion",
"conviction",
"conjecture",
"guess",
"hunch",
"hypothesis",
"speculation",
"supposition",
"surmise",
"theory",
"brainchild",
"brainstorm",
"brain wave",
"inspiration"
],
"near antonyms":[
"actuality",
"fact",
"reality"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"mind-set":{
"a particular way of thinking":{
"examples":[
"politicians trying to understand the mind-set of voters",
"She had the mind-set of a champion."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"angle",
"attitude",
"outlook",
"perspective",
"slant",
"standpoint",
"viewpoint",
"disposition",
"grain",
"nature",
"temper",
"temperament",
"cheer",
"frame",
"habit",
"humor",
"inclination",
"mode",
"spirit",
"emotion",
"feeling",
"heart",
"passion",
"sentiment",
"strain",
"belief",
"conviction",
"judgment",
"judgement",
"mind",
"notion",
"opinion",
"persuasion",
"view",
"expression",
"tone",
"vein",
"character",
"identity",
"individuality",
"makeup",
"mettle",
"personality",
"selfhood",
"self-identity",
"setup",
"responsiveness",
"sensibility",
"sensitiveness",
"sensitivity"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"mindful":{
"having specified facts or feelings actively impressed on the mind":{
"antonyms":[
"insensible",
"oblivious",
"unaware",
"unconscious",
"unmindful",
"unwitting"
],
"examples":[
"a truly considerate person, always mindful of the needs of others"
],
"near antonyms":[
"careless",
"heedless",
"inattentive",
"incautious",
"mindless",
"unguarded",
"unheeding",
"unwary"
],
"related":[
"alert",
"attentive",
"careful",
"cautious",
"heedful",
"observant",
"open-eyed",
"regardful",
"safe",
"vigilant",
"wary",
"watchful",
"wide-awake",
"hyperaware",
"hyperconscious"
],
"synonyms":[
"alive",
"apprehensive",
"aware",
"cognizant",
"conscious",
"sensible",
"sentient",
"ware",
"witting"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"mindfulness":{
"a state of being aware":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"his mindfulness of his limited education made him ill at ease around academics"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disregard",
"neglect",
"obliviousness",
"unawareness"
],
"related":[
"hyperawareness",
"hyperconsciousness",
"advisement",
"care",
"concern",
"consideration",
"regard",
"watch",
"apprehension",
"discernment",
"grasp",
"mind",
"perception",
"recognition",
"thought",
"understanding"
],
"synonyms":[
"advertence",
"advertency",
"attention",
"awareness",
"cognizance",
"consciousness",
"ear",
"eye",
"heed",
"knowledge",
"note",
"notice",
"observance",
"observation"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"mindless":{
"not having or showing an ability to absorb ideas readily":{
"examples":[
"a dead-end job fit only for mindless drones"
],
"synonyms":[
"airheaded",
"birdbrained",
"bonehead",
"boneheaded",
"brain-dead",
"brainless",
"bubbleheaded",
"chuckleheaded",
"dense",
"dim",
"dim-witted",
"doltish",
"dopey",
"dopy",
"dorky",
"dull",
"dumb",
"dunderheaded",
"empty-headed",
"fatuous",
"gormless",
"half-witted",
"knuckleheaded",
"lamebrain",
"lamebrained",
"lunkheaded",
"oafish",
"obtuse",
"opaque",
"pinheaded",
"senseless",
"simple",
"slow",
"slow-witted",
"soft",
"softheaded",
"stupid",
"thick",
"thick-witted",
"thickheaded",
"unintelligent",
"unsmart",
"vacuous",
"weak-minded",
"witless"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cretinous",
"feebleminded",
"simpleminded",
"boobish",
"foolish",
"idiotic",
"idiotical",
"imbecile",
"imbecilic",
"moronic",
"ignorant",
"illiterate",
"lowbrow",
"uneducated",
"uninformed",
"unintellectual",
"untaught",
"unthinking",
"absurd",
"asinine",
"balmy",
"cockeyed",
"crackpot",
"crazy",
"cuckoo",
"daffy",
"daft",
"dippy",
"dotty",
"featherheaded",
"fool",
"half-baked",
"harebrained",
"insane",
"kooky",
"kookie",
"loony",
"looney",
"lunatic",
"mad",
"nonsensical",
"nutty",
"preposterous",
"sappy",
"screwball",
"silly",
"tomfool",
"unwise",
"wacky",
"whacky",
"zany",
"fallacious",
"illogical",
"invalid",
"irrational",
"unreasonable"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ingenious",
"resourceful",
"acute",
"astute",
"discerning",
"insightful",
"keen",
"knowing",
"perceptive",
"percipient",
"perspicacious",
"sagacious",
"sage",
"sapient",
"savvy",
"wise",
"cerebral",
"erudite",
"highbrow",
"intellectual",
"knowledgeable",
"learned",
"literate",
"scholarly",
"thinking",
"well-read",
"educated",
"informed",
"schooled",
"skilled",
"trained",
"crafty",
"cunning",
"foxy",
"shrewd",
"wily",
"judicious",
"prudent",
"sane",
"sensible",
"sound",
"logical",
"rational",
"reasonable",
"valid"
],
"antonyms":[
"apt",
"brainy",
"bright",
"brilliant",
"clever",
"fast",
"hyperintelligent",
"intelligent",
"keen",
"nimble",
"quick",
"quick-witted",
"sharp",
"sharp-witted",
"smart",
"supersmart",
"ultrasmart"
]
},
"not paying or showing close attention especially for the purpose of avoiding trouble":{
"examples":[
"mindless of danger, the foolhardy skiers ignored the avalanche warnings"
],
"synonyms":[
"careless",
"heedless",
"incautious",
"unguarded",
"unsafe",
"unwary"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bold",
"impetuous",
"rash",
"reckless",
"inattentive",
"regardless",
"blithe",
"inconsiderate",
"thoughtless",
"absentminded",
"forgetful",
"unmindful",
"lax",
"neglectful",
"negligent",
"remiss",
"slipshod",
"imprudent",
"indiscreet",
"injudicious",
"inadvertent",
"unintentional",
"unplanned"
],
"near antonyms":[
"attentive",
"chary",
"observant",
"vigilant",
"watchful",
"foresighted",
"forethoughtful",
"provident",
"calculating",
"scheming",
"shrewd",
"considerate",
"thoughtful",
"ultracareful",
"ultracautious"
],
"antonyms":[
"alert",
"cautious",
"circumspect",
"gingerly",
"guarded",
"heedful",
"safe",
"wary"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"mingle":{
"to turn into a single mass or entity that is more or less the same throughout":{
"examples":[
"the site where the river and the ocean mingle their waters to form a broad estuary"
],
"synonyms":[
"amalgamate",
"blend",
"combine",
"comingle",
"commingle",
"commix",
"composite",
"concrete",
"conflate",
"fuse",
"homogenize",
"immingle",
"immix",
"incorporate",
"integrate",
"interfuse",
"intermingle",
"intermix",
"meld",
"merge",
"mix"
],
"near synonyms":[
"add",
"admix",
"beat (in)",
"cut in",
"fold",
"stir",
"toss",
"coalesce",
"compound",
"emulsify",
"conjoin",
"join",
"knit",
"link",
"unite",
"intertwine",
"interweave",
"weave"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cleave",
"disjoin",
"disunite",
"divide",
"divorce",
"part",
"rupture",
"sever",
"sunder",
"disperse",
"dissolve",
"scatter",
"detach",
"disengage",
"split"
],
"antonyms":[
"break down",
"break up",
"separate",
"unmix"
]
},
"to take part in social activities":{
"examples":[
"mingling at a cocktail party"
],
"synonyms":[
"associate",
"fraternize",
"go out",
"hobnob",
"mix",
"socialize",
"step out"
],
"near synonyms":[
"carouse",
"party",
"revel",
"circulate"
],
"near antonyms":[
"avoid",
"eschew",
"shun",
"slight",
"snub"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"mingles":{
"to turn into a single mass or entity that is more or less the same throughout":{
"examples":[
"the site where the river and the ocean mingle their waters to form a broad estuary"
],
"synonyms":[
"amalgamates",
"blends",
"combines",
"comingles",
"commingles",
"commixes",
"composites",
"concretes",
"conflates",
"fuses",
"homogenizes",
"immingles",
"immixes",
"incorporates",
"integrates",
"interfuses",
"intermingles",
"intermixes",
"melds",
"merges",
"mixes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"adds",
"admixes",
"beats (in)",
"cuts in",
"folds",
"stirs",
"tosses",
"coalesces",
"compounds",
"emulsifies",
"conjoins",
"joins",
"knits",
"links",
"unites",
"intertwines",
"interweaves",
"weaves"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cleaves",
"disjoins",
"disunites",
"divides",
"divorces",
"parts",
"ruptures",
"severs",
"sunders",
"disperses",
"dissolves",
"scatters",
"detaches",
"disengages",
"splits"
],
"antonyms":[
"breaks down",
"breaks up",
"separates",
"unmixes"
]
},
"to take part in social activities":{
"examples":[
"mingling at a cocktail party"
],
"synonyms":[
"associates",
"fraternizes",
"goes out",
"hobnobs",
"mixes",
"socializes",
"steps out"
],
"near synonyms":[
"carouses",
"parties",
"revels",
"circulates"
],
"near antonyms":[
"avoids",
"eschews",
"shuns",
"slights",
"snubs"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"mingling":{
"as in mix , intermingling":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"agglomeration",
"amalgamation",
"blend",
"coalescence",
"commingling",
"compounding",
"fusion",
"intermingling",
"intermixture",
"mix",
"mixture",
"synthesis",
"combination",
"combining",
"connecting",
"connection",
"consolidation",
"coupling",
"junction",
"linking",
"merger",
"merging",
"unification",
"union",
"reunification",
"reunion"
],
"near antonyms":[
"breakup",
"disconnection",
"dissolution",
"disunion",
"division",
"parting",
"partition",
"schism",
"scission",
"split",
"detachment",
"divorcement",
"separation",
"severance"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to turn into a single mass or entity that is more or less the same throughout":{
"examples":[
"the site where the river and the ocean mingle their waters to form a broad estuary"
],
"synonyms":[
"amalgamating",
"blending",
"combining",
"comingling",
"commingling",
"commixing",
"compositing",
"concreting",
"conflating",
"fusing",
"homogenizing",
"immingling",
"immixing",
"incorporating",
"integrating",
"interfusing",
"intermingling",
"intermixing",
"melding",
"merging",
"mixing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"adding",
"admixing",
"beating (in)",
"cutting in",
"folding",
"stirring",
"tossing",
"coalescing",
"compounding",
"emulsifying",
"conjoining",
"joining",
"knitting",
"linking",
"uniting",
"intertwining",
"interweaving",
"weaving"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cleaving",
"disjoining",
"disuniting",
"dividing",
"divorcing",
"parting",
"rupturing",
"severing",
"sundering",
"dispersing",
"dissolving",
"scattering",
"detaching",
"disengaging",
"splitting"
],
"antonyms":[
"breaking down",
"breaking up",
"separating",
"unmixing"
]
},
"to take part in social activities":{
"examples":[
"mingling at a cocktail party"
],
"synonyms":[
"associating",
"fraternizing",
"going out",
"hobnobbing",
"mixing",
"socializing",
"stepping out"
],
"near synonyms":[
"carousing",
"partying",
"reveling",
"revelling",
"circulating"
],
"near antonyms":[
"avoiding",
"eschewing",
"shunning",
"slighting",
"snubbing"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"mini-mart":{
"as in department store , chain store":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"boutique",
"chain store",
"department store",
"dime store",
"exchange",
"five-and-ten",
"five-and-dime",
"mart",
"thrift shop",
"variety store",
"bazaar",
"emporium",
"shop",
"store",
"market",
"marketplace",
"outlet",
"showroom",
"big box",
"supercenter",
"superstore"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"miniature":{
"very small in size":{
"examples":[
"a dollhouse with miniature furnishings"
],
"synonyms":[
"atomic",
"bitsy",
"bitty",
"infinitesimal",
"itty-bitty",
"itsy-bitsy",
"little bitty",
"microminiature",
"microscopic",
"microscopical",
"minuscule",
"minute",
"teensy",
"teensy-weensy",
"teeny",
"teeny-weeny",
"tiny",
"wee",
"weeny",
"weensy"
],
"near synonyms":[
"baby",
"diminutive",
"dwarf",
"elfin",
"half-pint",
"Lilliputian",
"little",
"micro",
"mini",
"minikin",
"model",
"petite",
"pocket",
"pocket-size",
"pocket-sized",
"pygmy",
"small",
"smallish",
"dinky",
"dwarfish",
"insignificant",
"pint-size",
"pint-sized",
"puny",
"scrubby",
"undersized",
"undersize"
],
"near antonyms":[
"big",
"bulky",
"bumper",
"considerable",
"extensive",
"good",
"goodly",
"grand",
"great",
"gross",
"handsome",
"hefty",
"hulking",
"jumbo",
"king-size",
"king-sized",
"large",
"largish",
"major",
"outsize",
"outsized",
"overgrown",
"overscale",
"overscaled",
"oversize",
"oversized",
"sizable",
"sizeable",
"substantial",
"super",
"whacking",
"whopping",
"formidable",
"grandiose",
"imposing",
"lofty",
"majestic",
"monolithic",
"staggering",
"stupendous",
"towering",
"boundless",
"cavernous",
"immeasurable",
"infinite",
"vast",
"vasty",
"voluminous"
],
"antonyms":[
"astronomical",
"astronomic",
"colossal",
"cosmic",
"cosmical",
"elephantine",
"enormous",
"giant",
"gigantic",
"herculean",
"heroic",
"heroical",
"huge",
"immense",
"mammoth",
"massive",
"monster",
"monstrous",
"monumental",
"mountainous",
"planetary",
"prodigious",
"titanic",
"tremendous"
]
},
"an exact representation of something in greatly reduced size":{
"examples":[
"a diorama filled with miniatures of town buildings as they looked in the 19th century"
],
"synonyms":[
"model"
],
"near synonyms":[
"carbon",
"carbon copy",
"clone",
"copy",
"dummy",
"dupe",
"duplicate",
"duplication",
"facsimile",
"imitation",
"mock",
"reduplication",
"replica",
"replication",
"reproduction",
"dwarf",
"midget",
"mini",
"pocket edition",
"pygmy",
"pigmy"
],
"near antonyms":[
"archetype",
"original",
"prototype",
"blowup",
"enlargement"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"miniaturized":{
"as in":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"minibusses":{
"as in minivans , coaches":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"coaches",
"jitneys",
"microbuses",
"microbusses",
"minivans",
"omnibuses",
"vans",
"automobiles",
"autos",
"buses",
"busses",
"cars",
"horseless carriages",
"machines",
"motorcars",
"motors",
"motor vehicles",
"wheels",
"convertibles",
"fastbacks",
"hardtops",
"hatchbacks",
"notchbacks",
"ragtops",
"sports cars",
"sport-utility vehicles",
"station wagons",
"SUVs",
"town cars",
"wagons",
"woodies",
"compacts",
"coupes",
"coup\u00e9s",
"intermediates",
"limousines",
"minicars",
"minis",
"sedans",
"subcompacts",
"V-8s",
"gas-guzzlers",
"land yachts",
"muscle cars",
"stock cars",
"turbocars",
"beaters",
"clunkers",
"crates",
"flivvers",
"jalopies",
"junkers",
"cream puffs",
"phaetons",
"roadsters",
"tin lizzies",
"touring cars",
"hybrids"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"minicar":{
"as in":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"minified":{
"as in reduced , lessened":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"minimally":{
"as in minutely , scantly":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"minimize":{
"to express scornfully one's low opinion of":{
"antonyms":[
"acclaim",
"applaud",
"exalt",
"extol",
"extoll",
"glorify",
"laud",
"magnify",
"praise"
],
"examples":[
"sore losers trying to minimize the other team's victory"
],
"near antonyms":[
"approve",
"countenance",
"endorse",
"indorse",
"favor",
"recommend",
"sanction",
"commend",
"compliment",
"eulogize"
],
"related":[
"discommend",
"abuse",
"scold",
"disapprove (of)",
"dislike",
"censure",
"condemn",
"criticize",
"denounce",
"reprehend",
"reprobate",
"asperse",
"defame",
"malign",
"rip",
"slander",
"slur",
"traduce",
"vilify",
"discredit",
"disgrace"
],
"synonyms":[
"bad-mouth",
"belittle",
"cry down",
"decry",
"denigrate",
"deprecate",
"depreciate",
"derogate",
"diminish",
"dis",
"diss",
"discount",
"dismiss",
"disparage",
"kiss off",
"play down",
"poor-mouth",
"put down",
"run down",
"talk down",
"trash",
"trash-talk",
"vilipend",
"write off"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"minimum":{
"as in semblance , modicum":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"being the least in amount, number, or size possible":{
"antonyms":[
"biggest",
"full",
"greatest",
"hugest",
"largest",
"maximum",
"most",
"top",
"topmost",
"utmost"
],
"examples":[
"spent the minimum amount necessary to acquire the property"
],
"near antonyms":[
"highest"
],
"related":[
"fewer",
"lesser",
"low",
"minor",
"modest",
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"noun"
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"Congress will vote on a bill to raise the minimum wage ."
],
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"paycheck",
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"remuneration",
"requital",
"return",
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"redress",
"reparation",
"restitution",
"reimbursement",
"repayment",
"earnings",
"profit",
"takings",
"yield"
],
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"type":[
"noun"
]
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"an amount of money that is the least amount of money per hour that workers must be paid according to the law":{
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"Congress will vote on a bill to raise the minimum wage ."
],
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"hires",
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"paychecks",
"pay envelopes",
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"salaries",
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"wages",
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"time and a halfs",
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"remittances",
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"redresses",
"reparations",
"restitutions",
"reimbursements",
"repayments",
"earnings",
"profits",
"takings",
"yields"
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"type":[
"noun"
]
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"minimums":{
"as in semblances , modicums":{
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"hoots",
"iotas",
"jots",
"minims",
"modicums",
"semblances",
"syllables",
"tittles",
"vestiges",
"whits",
"aces",
"bits",
"crumbs",
"dabs",
"drams",
"driblets",
"glimmers",
"hints",
"licks",
"little",
"mites",
"nips",
"ounces",
"particles",
"peanuts",
"rays",
"scintillas",
"scruples",
"shades",
"shadows",
"shreds",
"skoshes",
"smacks",
"smells",
"smidgens",
"smidgeons",
"smidgins",
"smidges",
"snaps",
"soup\u00e7ons",
"sparks",
"spatters",
"specks",
"splashes",
"spots",
"sprinklings",
"strains",
"streaks",
"suspicions",
"touches",
"traces",
"atoms",
"dots",
"flecks",
"flyspecks",
"grains",
"granules",
"molecules",
"morsels",
"motes",
"nubbins",
"patches",
"scraps",
"dashes",
"drops",
"pinches",
"parts",
"portions",
"sections",
"bites",
"nibbles",
"tastes",
"handfuls",
"handsful",
"scatterings",
"smatterings",
"smatters",
"doses",
"shots",
"chips",
"flakes",
"fragments",
"shards",
"shivers",
"slivers",
"smithereens",
"splinters",
"tatters"
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"abundances",
"barrels",
"boatloads",
"buckets",
"bundles",
"bushels",
"deals",
"fistfuls",
"gobs",
"heaps",
"lashings",
"lashins",
"loads",
"lots",
"masses",
"messes",
"mountains",
"much",
"oodles",
"passels",
"pecks",
"piles",
"plenties",
"potfuls",
"profusions",
"quantities",
"rafts",
"reams",
"scads",
"stacks",
"wads",
"wealths",
"volumes",
"bonanzas",
"embarrassments",
"excesses",
"overabundances",
"overages",
"overflows",
"overkills",
"overmuch",
"oversupplies",
"superabundances",
"superfluities",
"surfeits",
"surpluses",
"chunks",
"hunks",
"lumps",
"slabs"
],
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},
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"noun"
]
},
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"most of the top appointments went to the new governor's personal minions and political cronies"
],
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"fave",
"favorite",
"pet",
"preference",
"speed"
],
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"beloved",
"dear",
"sweetheart",
"jewel",
"prize",
"treasure"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abomination",
"anathema",
"b\u00eate noire",
"bugbear"
],
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},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
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"a very small automobile":{
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"compacts",
"coupes",
"coup\u00e9s",
"intermediates",
"limousines",
"minicars",
"sedans",
"subcompacts",
"V-8s",
"automobiles",
"autos",
"buses",
"busses",
"cars",
"horseless carriages",
"machines",
"motorcars",
"motors",
"motor vehicles",
"wheels",
"coaches",
"jitneys",
"microbuses",
"microbusses",
"minibuses",
"minibusses",
"minivans",
"omnibuses",
"vans",
"convertibles",
"fastbacks",
"hardtops",
"hatchbacks",
"notchbacks",
"ragtops",
"sports cars",
"sport-utility vehicles",
"station wagons",
"SUVs",
"town cars",
"wagons",
"woodies",
"gas-guzzlers",
"land yachts",
"muscle cars",
"stock cars",
"turbocars",
"beaters",
"clunkers",
"crates",
"flivvers",
"jalopies",
"junkers",
"cream puffs",
"phaetons",
"roadsters",
"tin lizzies",
"touring cars",
"hybrids"
],
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"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"ministerial":{
"of, relating to, or characteristic of the clergy":{
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"nonclerical",
"secular",
"temporal"
],
"examples":[
"a priest conscientiously tending to his ministerial duties"
],
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"related":[
"evangelical",
"evangelic",
"missionary",
"apostolic",
"canonical",
"diaconal",
"diocesan",
"episcopal",
"papal",
"patriarchal",
"pontifical",
"churchly",
"ecclesiastic",
"ecclesiastical",
"divine",
"holy",
"religious",
"sacramental",
"conventual",
"mendicant",
"monachal",
"monastic",
"caliphal",
"rabbinic",
"rabbinical"
],
"synonyms":[
"clerical",
"clerkly",
"pastoral",
"priestly",
"sacerdotal"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"mink":{
"as in otter , rabbit":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
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"badger",
"beaver",
"chamois",
"chinchilla",
"ermine",
"fisher",
"fox",
"marten",
"muskrat",
"otter",
"Persian lamb",
"rabbit",
"raccoon",
"racoon",
"sable",
"seal",
"fur",
"hide",
"leather",
"pelt",
"skin",
"bearskin",
"buckskin",
"calfskin",
"coonskin",
"cowhide",
"deerskin",
"doeskin",
"goatskin",
"horsehide",
"karakul",
"kidskin",
"kolinsky",
"lambskin",
"pigskin",
"rawhide",
"sealskin",
"sharkskin",
"sheep",
"sheepskin",
"snakeskin",
"fleece",
"mouton",
"alligator",
"crocodile",
"cordovan",
"morocco",
"patent leather",
"suede"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"minor":{
"as in kid , teenager":{
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"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"having not so great importance or rank as another":{
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"greater",
"higher",
"major",
"more",
"primary",
"prime",
"senior",
"superior",
"superordinate"
],
"examples":[
"some minor official with an exaggerated sense of his own importance"
],
"near antonyms":[
"choice",
"exceptional",
"first-class",
"first-rate"
],
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"little",
"mean",
"small",
"minute",
"petty",
"jerkwater",
"one-horse",
"second-class",
"second-rate",
"two-bit",
"associate",
"auxiliary",
"secondary",
"subsidiary"
],
"synonyms":[
"inferior",
"junior",
"less",
"lesser",
"lower",
"smaller",
"subordinate"
]
},
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"antonyms":[
"big",
"consequential",
"eventful",
"important",
"major",
"material",
"meaningful",
"momentous",
"significant",
"substantial",
"unfrivolous",
"weighty"
],
"examples":[
"only a minor detail, which we can easily disregard for the moment"
],
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"decisive",
"fatal",
"fateful",
"chief",
"dominant",
"overbearing",
"overmastering",
"overriding",
"principal",
"distinctive",
"exceptional",
"impressive",
"outstanding",
"prominent",
"remarkable",
"valuable",
"worthwhile",
"worthy",
"distinguished",
"eminent",
"great",
"illustrious",
"preeminent",
"prestigious",
"famous",
"notorious",
"renowned",
"all-important",
"basic",
"essential",
"fundamental",
"key"
],
"related":[
"jerkwater",
"one-horse",
"nickel-and-dime",
"paltry",
"petty",
"small-time",
"worthless",
"anonymous",
"nameless",
"obscure",
"uncelebrated",
"unknown"
],
"synonyms":[
"fiddling",
"foolish",
"frivolous",
"incidental",
"inconsequential",
"inconsiderable",
"insignificant",
"little",
"Mickey Mouse",
"minute",
"negligible",
"nugatory",
"slight",
"small",
"small-fry",
"trifling",
"trivial",
"unimportant"
]
},
"of little or less value or merit":{
"antonyms":[
"greater",
"higher",
"superior"
],
"examples":[
"a minor poet who is little read nowadays"
],
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"major",
"more",
"primary",
"senior",
"choice",
"exceptional",
"first-class",
"first-rate",
"high-grade",
"premium",
"prime",
"select",
"selected",
"acceptable",
"adequate",
"sufficient"
],
"related":[
"junior",
"lesser",
"lower",
"low-level",
"petty",
"smaller",
"subordinate",
"under",
"average",
"common",
"fair",
"middling",
"ordinary",
"amiss",
"bad",
"defective",
"unsatisfactory",
"wrong",
"deficient",
"inadequate",
"insufficient",
"unacceptable",
"littler",
"slighter",
"smaller",
"jerkwater",
"low-rent",
"one-horse",
"small-time",
"two-bit"
],
"synonyms":[
"inferior",
"mean",
"second-class",
"second-rate",
"secondary"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"minority":{
"the transitional period between childhood and adulthood":{
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"examples":[
"a teenager during his minority has some of the rights of an adult, but not all"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"boyhood",
"girlhood",
"preadolescence",
"youth",
"bloom",
"flush",
"heyday",
"prime",
"majority",
"maturity",
"manhood",
"womanhood",
"babyhood",
"infancy"
],
"synonyms":[
"adolescence",
"nonage"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"mint":{
"a very large amount of money":{
"antonyms":[
"mite",
"peanuts",
"pittance",
"song"
],
"examples":[
"she made a mint when the real estate market was hot"
],
"near antonyms":[
"petty cash",
"pin money",
"pocket money",
"spending money"
],
"related":[
"heap",
"pot",
"bonanza",
"mine",
"treasure trove",
"assets",
"capital",
"means",
"property",
"riches",
"wealth",
"wherewithal",
"bread",
"cash",
"chips",
"currency",
"dough",
"gold",
"jack",
"legal tender",
"lucre",
"pelf",
"tender",
"wampum"
],
"synonyms":[
"big bucks",
"bomb",
"boodle",
"bundle",
"earth",
"fortune",
"king's ransom",
"megabucks",
"packet",
"pile",
"wad"
]
},
"as in coin , stamp":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"being in an original and unused or unspoiled state":{
"antonyms":[
"stale"
],
"examples":[
"a mint baseball card that should be worth a lot to a collector"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blemished",
"broken",
"bruised",
"damaged",
"defaced",
"defiled",
"disfigured",
"harmed",
"hurt",
"impaired",
"injured",
"marred",
"soiled",
"sullied",
"tainted",
"faded",
"shopworn",
"used",
"well-worn",
"worn",
"contaminated",
"polluted",
"spoiled",
"hand-me-down",
"secondhand"
],
"related":[
"unaltered",
"unblemished",
"unbruised",
"uncontaminated",
"undamaged",
"undefiled",
"unharmed",
"unhurt",
"unimpaired",
"uninjured",
"unmarred",
"unpolluted",
"unsoiled",
"unspoiled",
"unsullied",
"untainted",
"untouched",
"unworn",
"new",
"spick-and-span",
"spic-and-span"
],
"synonyms":[
"brand-new",
"fresh",
"pristine",
"span-new",
"virgin",
"virginal"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"minute":{
"a very small space of time":{
"examples":[
"I'll be with you in just a minute"
],
"synonyms":[
"beat",
"eyeblink",
"flash",
"heartbeat",
"instant",
"jiff",
"jiffy",
"moment",
"nanosecond",
"New York minute",
"second",
"shake",
"split second",
"trice",
"twinkle",
"twinkling",
"wink"
],
"near synonyms":[
"microsecond",
"snatch",
"spurt"
],
"near antonyms":[
"aeon",
"eon",
"age",
"eternity",
"forever",
"infinity",
"lifetime"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"including many small descriptive features":{
"examples":[
"a minute description of the setting of the story"
],
"synonyms":[
"blow-by-blow",
"circumstantial",
"detailed",
"elaborate",
"full",
"particular",
"particularized",
"thorough"
],
"near synonyms":[
"enumerated",
"inventoried",
"itemized",
"listed",
"numerated",
"delineated",
"specific",
"specified",
"abundant",
"copious",
"comprehensive",
"encyclopedic",
"exhausting",
"exhaustive",
"inclusionary",
"inclusive",
"in-depth",
"omnibus",
"panoramic",
"thoroughgoing",
"accurate",
"correct",
"exact",
"precise",
"complete",
"entire",
"replete",
"distinct",
"explicit",
"sharp",
"mapped (out)",
"descriptive",
"graphic",
"graphical",
"picturesque",
"vivid"
],
"near antonyms":[
"brief",
"compact",
"concise",
"crisp",
"pithy",
"short",
"succinct",
"terse",
"abbreviated",
"abridged",
"curtailed",
"cut",
"pruned",
"shortened",
"trimmed",
"ambiguous",
"indeterminate",
"nebulous",
"nondescript",
"sketchy",
"vague",
"bird's-eye",
"broad",
"general",
"nonspecific",
"overall",
"unspecified"
],
"antonyms":[
"compendious",
"summary"
]
},
"lacking importance":{
"examples":[
"a person who wastes her time on the most minute aspects of everyday life"
],
"synonyms":[
"fiddling",
"foolish",
"frivolous",
"incidental",
"inconsequential",
"inconsiderable",
"insignificant",
"little",
"Mickey Mouse",
"minor",
"negligible",
"nugatory",
"slight",
"small",
"small-fry",
"trifling",
"trivial",
"unimportant"
],
"near synonyms":[
"jerkwater",
"one-horse",
"nickel-and-dime",
"paltry",
"petty",
"small-time",
"worthless",
"anonymous",
"nameless",
"obscure",
"uncelebrated",
"unknown"
],
"near antonyms":[
"decisive",
"fatal",
"fateful",
"chief",
"dominant",
"overbearing",
"overmastering",
"overriding",
"principal",
"distinctive",
"exceptional",
"impressive",
"outstanding",
"prominent",
"remarkable",
"valuable",
"worthwhile",
"worthy",
"distinguished",
"eminent",
"great",
"illustrious",
"preeminent",
"prestigious",
"famous",
"notorious",
"renowned",
"all-important",
"basic",
"essential",
"fundamental",
"key"
],
"antonyms":[
"big",
"consequential",
"eventful",
"important",
"major",
"material",
"meaningful",
"momentous",
"significant",
"substantial",
"unfrivolous",
"weighty"
]
},
"so small or unimportant as to warrant little or no attention":{
"examples":[
"only minute differences between the two photographic prints"
],
"synonyms":[
"chicken",
"de minimis",
"footling",
"inconsequential",
"inconsiderable",
"insignificant",
"measly",
"Mickey Mouse",
"negligible",
"niggling",
"no-account",
"nominal",
"paltry",
"peanut",
"petty",
"picayune",
"piddling",
"piddly",
"piffling",
"pimping",
"slight",
"trifling",
"trivial"
],
"near synonyms":[
"inferior",
"mean",
"imperceptible",
"inappreciable",
"little",
"puny",
"tiny",
"hairsplitting",
"nitpicking",
"pettifogging",
"quibbling",
"one-horse",
"small-fry",
"two-bit"
],
"near antonyms":[
"serious",
"substantial",
"weighty",
"eventful",
"momentous",
"pivotal",
"conspicuous",
"noteworthy",
"outstanding",
"prominent",
"remarkable",
"striking",
"appreciable",
"discernible",
"discernable",
"measurable"
],
"antonyms":[
"big",
"consequential",
"considerable",
"important",
"material",
"significant"
]
},
"made or done with extreme care and accuracy":{
"examples":[
"a minute examination of the marine specimen"
],
"synonyms":[
"delicate",
"exact",
"fine",
"finespun",
"hairline",
"hairsplitting",
"nice",
"nuanced",
"refined",
"subtle"
],
"near synonyms":[
"nitpicking",
"quibbling",
"frivolous",
"inconsequential",
"inconsiderable",
"insignificant",
"negligible",
"petty",
"piddling",
"trifling",
"trivial",
"demanding",
"exacting",
"fastidious",
"finical",
"finicking",
"finicky",
"fussy",
"meticulous",
"particular",
"picky"
],
"near antonyms":[
"apparent",
"clear",
"clear-cut",
"evident",
"manifest",
"obvious",
"open-and-shut",
"palpable",
"patent",
"perspicuous",
"plain",
"transparent",
"unambiguous",
"unequivocal",
"unmistakable",
"broad",
"indefinite",
"careless",
"heedless",
"incautious",
"slapdash",
"slipshod",
"sloppy"
],
"antonyms":[
"coarse",
"inexact",
"rough"
]
},
"very small in size":{
"examples":[
"made some minute adjustments to the controls"
],
"synonyms":[
"atomic",
"bitsy",
"bitty",
"infinitesimal",
"itty-bitty",
"itsy-bitsy",
"little bitty",
"microminiature",
"microscopic",
"microscopical",
"miniature",
"minuscule",
"teensy",
"teensy-weensy",
"teeny",
"teeny-weeny",
"tiny",
"wee",
"weeny",
"weensy"
],
"near synonyms":[
"baby",
"diminutive",
"dwarf",
"elfin",
"half-pint",
"Lilliputian",
"little",
"micro",
"mini",
"minikin",
"model",
"petite",
"pocket",
"pocket-size",
"pocket-sized",
"pygmy",
"small",
"smallish",
"dinky",
"dwarfish",
"insignificant",
"pint-size",
"pint-sized",
"puny",
"scrubby",
"undersized",
"undersize"
],
"near antonyms":[
"big",
"bulky",
"bumper",
"considerable",
"extensive",
"good",
"goodly",
"grand",
"great",
"gross",
"handsome",
"hefty",
"hulking",
"jumbo",
"king-size",
"king-sized",
"large",
"largish",
"major",
"outsize",
"outsized",
"overgrown",
"overscale",
"overscaled",
"oversize",
"oversized",
"sizable",
"sizeable",
"substantial",
"super",
"whacking",
"whopping",
"formidable",
"grandiose",
"imposing",
"lofty",
"majestic",
"monolithic",
"staggering",
"stupendous",
"towering",
"boundless",
"cavernous",
"immeasurable",
"infinite",
"vast",
"vasty",
"voluminous"
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"astronomic",
"colossal",
"cosmic",
"cosmical",
"elephantine",
"enormous",
"giant",
"gigantic",
"herculean",
"heroic",
"heroical",
"huge",
"immense",
"mammoth",
"massive",
"monster",
"monstrous",
"monumental",
"mountainous",
"planetary",
"prodigious",
"titanic",
"tremendous"
]
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"chronicle",
"transcribe",
"jot (down)",
"log",
"mark",
"note",
"put down",
"record",
"register",
"report",
"set down",
"take down",
"write down",
"enregister",
"enter",
"inscribe",
"chalk (up)",
"notch",
"score"
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},
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"adjective",
"noun",
"verb"
]
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"minuted":{
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"chronicled",
"transcribed",
"jotted (down)",
"logged",
"marked",
"noted",
"put down",
"recorded",
"registered",
"reported",
"set down",
"took down",
"wrote down",
"enregistered",
"entered",
"inscribed",
"chalked (up)",
"notched",
"scored"
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"verb"
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"examples":[
"scientists still disagree about exactly where the mind is located"
],
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"brains",
"cerebrums",
"cerebra",
"heads",
"psyches",
"thinkers"
],
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"belfries",
"gray matters",
"intellects",
"intelligence",
"loaves",
"noodles",
"reasons",
"skulls",
"acumens",
"brilliances",
"insights",
"judgments",
"judgements",
"mentalities",
"perceptions",
"perspicacities",
"sagacities",
"sapiences",
"wisdoms",
"wits",
"cognizances"
],
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"antonyms":[]
},
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"examples":[
"please speak your mind freely on this matter"
],
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"beliefs",
"convictions",
"eyes",
"feelings",
"judgments",
"judgements",
"notions",
"opinions",
"persuasions",
"sentiments",
"verdicts",
"views"
],
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"says",
"impressions",
"perceptions",
"takes",
"attitudes",
"assumptions",
"presumptions",
"presuppositions",
"conclusions",
"decisions",
"determinations",
"deliverances",
"esteems",
"estimates",
"estimations",
"credences",
"credits",
"faiths",
"conceptions",
"concepts",
"ideas",
"thoughts",
"positions",
"stances",
"stands",
"comments",
"obiter dicta",
"observations",
"reflections",
"remarks",
"conjectures",
"guesses",
"hunches",
"hypotheses",
"surmises",
"theories",
"advice",
"inputs",
"recommendations",
"suggestions",
"angles",
"outlooks",
"perspectives",
"shoes",
"slants",
"standpoints",
"viewpoints",
"counterviews"
],
"near antonyms":[
"facts",
"truths"
],
"antonyms":[]
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"to pay attention especially through the act of hearing":{
"examples":[
"you'll be in big trouble if you don't straighten up and mind"
],
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"attends",
"harkens",
"harks",
"hearkens",
"hears",
"heeds",
"listens"
],
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"discounts",
"disregards"
],
"antonyms":[
"ignores",
"tunes out"
]
},
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"examples":[
"I seem to mind such a tale from way back"
],
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"flashes back (to)",
"harkens back (to)",
"harks back (to)",
"hearkens back (to)",
"harkens back (to)",
"recalls",
"recollects",
"remembers",
"reminisces (about)",
"reproduces",
"thinks (of)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"recaptures",
"recurs",
"educes",
"elicits",
"evokes",
"extracts",
"raises",
"reminds",
"relives",
"represents"
],
"near antonyms":[
"misremembers",
"disregards",
"ignores",
"neglects",
"overlooks",
"loses",
"misses",
"blanks (out)"
],
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"disremembers",
"forgets",
"unlearns"
]
},
"to act according to the commands of":{
"examples":[
"tell the children to mind the babysitter"
],
"synonyms":[
"adheres (to)",
"complies (with)",
"conforms (to)",
"follows",
"goose-steps (to)",
"obeys",
"observes"
],
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"defers (to)",
"submits (to)",
"surrenders (to)",
"yields (to)",
"accedes (to)",
"acquiesces (to)",
"agrees (to)",
"assents (to)",
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"hears",
"heeds",
"listens (to)",
"marks",
"notes",
"notices",
"regards",
"takes",
"watches"
],
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"disobliges",
"challenges",
"dares",
"refuses",
"renounces",
"repudiates",
"directs",
"leads",
"brushes (off)",
"disregards",
"ignores",
"overlooks",
"overpasses",
"passes over",
"tunes out",
"winks (at)",
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"pooh-poohs",
"poohs",
"shrugs off",
"breaches",
"breaks",
"infringes",
"transgresses",
"violates",
"derides",
"flouts",
"mocks",
"scoffs (at)",
"scorns",
"mutinies (against)",
"revolts (against)",
"bucks",
"combats",
"contests",
"disputes",
"fights",
"opposes",
"resists",
"withstands"
],
"antonyms":[
"defies",
"disobeys",
"rebels (against)"
]
},
"to be cautious of or on guard against":{
"examples":[
"mind the slippery steps"
],
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"guards (against)",
"looks out (for)",
"wares",
"watches out (for)"
],
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"attends",
"heeds",
"marks",
"notes",
"notices",
"beholds",
"discerns",
"observes",
"perceives",
"sees",
"watches"
],
"near antonyms":[
"discounts",
"disregards",
"ignores",
"misses",
"overlooks"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to have an interest or concern for":{
"examples":[
"don't mind him; he's always complaining"
],
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"cares",
"looks out (for)",
"watches"
],
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"attends",
"heeds",
"regards",
"notes",
"notices",
"observes",
"empathizes (with)",
"feels (for)",
"sympathizes (with)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disregards",
"ignores",
"overlooks"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to take charge of especially on behalf of another":{
"examples":[
"the salesperson will mind the store while the manager goes out to lunch"
],
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"attends",
"cares (for)",
"oversees",
"superintends",
"supervises",
"tends",
"watches"
],
"near synonyms":[
"administrates",
"conducts",
"controls",
"directs",
"governs",
"guides",
"manages",
"operates",
"presides (over)",
"regulates",
"runs",
"stewards",
"guards",
"patrols",
"protects",
"safeguards",
"shields",
"babies",
"babysits",
"chaperones",
"chaperons",
"mothers",
"shepherds"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abandons",
"disregards",
"forgets",
"ignores",
"neglects",
"passes over"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to take notice of and be guided by":{
"examples":[
"mind the instructions that appear at the top of the first page of the exam"
],
"synonyms":[
"follows",
"heeds",
"listens (to)",
"notes",
"observes",
"regards",
"watches"
],
"near synonyms":[
"considers",
"contemplates",
"mulls",
"ponders",
"weighs",
"complies (with)",
"conforms (to)",
"keeps",
"obeys",
"respects",
"attends (to)",
"harks (to)",
"hearkens (to)",
"hears",
"marks",
"notices",
"sees"
],
"near antonyms":[
"brushes (aside or off)",
"discounts",
"dismisses",
"glosses (over)",
"glozes (over)",
"neglects",
"passes over",
"pooh-poohs",
"poohs",
"scorns",
"shrugs off",
"defies",
"flouts",
"slights",
"snubs"
],
"antonyms":[
"disregards",
"ignores",
"tunes out"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"minimalism":{
"as in simplicity , elegance":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"conservativeness",
"moderation",
"modesty",
"restraint",
"simplicity",
"understatement",
"elegance",
"gracefulness",
"tastefulness",
"austerity",
"plainness",
"severity"
],
"near antonyms":[
"flamboyance",
"flash",
"flashiness",
"garishness",
"gaudiness",
"glitz",
"ostentation",
"ostentatiousness",
"pretentiousness",
"showiness",
"swank",
"pretense",
"pretence",
"\u00e9clat",
"extravaganza",
"mummery",
"pageant",
"parade",
"show"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"ministers":{
"a person sent on a mission to represent another":{
"examples":[
"the British ministers at the international peace conference"
],
"synonyms":[
"agents",
"ambassadors",
"delegates",
"emissaries",
"envoys",
"legates",
"representatives"
],
"near synonyms":[
"ambassadresses",
"attach\u00e9s",
"charg\u00e9s d'affaires",
"consuls",
"deputies",
"diplomats",
"foreign ministers",
"nuncios",
"procurators",
"proxies",
"apostles",
"evangelists",
"missionaries",
"deputations",
"detachments",
"legations",
"couriers",
"messengers",
"mouthpieces",
"spokespeople"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a person specially trained and authorized to conduct religious services in a Christian church":{
"examples":[
"our minister gives an interesting sermon every week"
],
"synonyms":[
"clergypersons",
"clericals",
"clerics",
"clerks",
"deacons",
"divines",
"dominies",
"ecclesiastics",
"preachers",
"priests",
"reverends"
],
"near synonyms":[
"churchmen",
"clergymen",
"fathers",
"Holy Joes",
"padres",
"clergywomen",
"deaconesses",
"priestesses",
"abbots",
"archbishops",
"archpriests",
"bishops",
"deans",
"diocesans",
"monsignors",
"monsignori",
"popes",
"prelates",
"presbyters",
"abb\u00e9s",
"curates",
"cur\u00e9s",
"parsons",
"pastors",
"rectors",
"shepherds",
"vicars",
"chaplains",
"confessors",
"sky pilots",
"evangelists",
"missionaries",
"missioners",
"missionizers",
"revivalists",
"friars",
"mendicants",
"monastics",
"monks",
"oblates",
"religious",
"high priestesses",
"high priests"
],
"near antonyms":[
"lay readers",
"lectors"
],
"antonyms":[
"laymen",
"laypeople",
"seculars",
"secular"
]
},
"a person who acts or does business for another":{
"examples":[
"she's merely a minister of the corporation"
],
"synonyms":[
"agents",
"assignees",
"attorneys",
"commissaries",
"delegates",
"deputies",
"envoys",
"factors",
"procurators",
"proxies",
"representatives",
"reps"
],
"near synonyms":[
"ambassadors",
"diplomatists",
"diplomats",
"emissaries",
"foreign ministers",
"legates",
"plenipotentiaries",
"alternates",
"backups",
"pinch hitters",
"reliefs",
"replacements",
"stand-ins",
"subs",
"substitutes",
"surrogates",
"understudies",
"informers",
"operatives",
"spies",
"brokers",
"distributors",
"managers",
"arbiters",
"arbitrators",
"compradors",
"compradores",
"conciliators",
"go-betweens",
"intercessors",
"intermediaries",
"interposers",
"liaisons",
"mediators",
"middlemen",
"peacemakers",
"mouthpieces",
"point men",
"point people",
"prophets",
"speakers",
"spokesmen",
"spokespeople"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"minims":{
"as in smidgens , iotas":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bits",
"crumbs",
"dabs",
"iotas",
"jots",
"mites",
"particles",
"smidgens",
"smidgeons",
"smidgins",
"smidges",
"traces",
"trifles",
"aces",
"hairbreadths",
"hairsbreadths",
"hairlines",
"hairs",
"inches",
"necks",
"steps",
"stone's throws"
],
"near antonyms":[
"country miles",
"long hauls",
"miles",
"infinities",
"light-years"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"minimized":{
"as in tiny , teeny":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bantam",
"bitty",
"dinky",
"mini",
"miniature",
"minute",
"puny",
"teeny",
"teeny-weeny",
"tiny",
"undersized",
"undersize",
"wee",
"diminutive",
"half-pint",
"pint-size",
"pint-sized",
"pocket",
"pocket-size",
"pocket-sized",
"pygmy",
"small",
"smallish",
"dumpy",
"flat",
"scrubby",
"squat",
"squatty",
"stubby",
"stumpy",
"stunted",
"compact",
"petite",
"slight",
"dwarf",
"dwarfish",
"little",
"low",
"low-lying",
"low-slung",
"sawed-off",
"short"
],
"near antonyms":[
"altitudinous",
"high",
"lofty",
"tall",
"towering",
"elevated",
"lifted",
"raised",
"uplifted",
"upswept",
"high-rise",
"statuesque",
"gangling",
"gangly",
"lanky",
"rangy",
"big",
"bulky",
"hefty",
"hulking",
"large",
"largish",
"outsize",
"outsized",
"oversize",
"oversized",
"sizable",
"sizeable",
"voluminous"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to express scornfully one's low opinion of":{
"examples":[
"sore losers trying to minimize the other team's victory"
],
"synonyms":[
"bad-mouthed",
"belittled",
"cried down",
"decried",
"denigrated",
"deprecated",
"depreciated",
"derogated",
"diminished",
"discounted",
"dismissed",
"disparaged",
"dissed",
"kissed off",
"played down",
"poor-mouthed",
"put down",
"ran down",
"talked down",
"trashed",
"trash-talked",
"vilipended",
"wrote off"
],
"near synonyms":[
"discommended",
"abused",
"scolded",
"disapproved (of)",
"disliked",
"censured",
"condemned",
"criticized",
"denounced",
"reprehended",
"reprobated",
"aspersed",
"defamed",
"maligned",
"ripped",
"slandered",
"slurred",
"traduced",
"vilified",
"discredited",
"disgraced"
],
"near antonyms":[
"approved",
"countenanced",
"endorsed",
"indorsed",
"favored",
"recommended",
"sanctioned",
"commended",
"complimented",
"eulogized"
],
"antonyms":[
"acclaimed",
"applauded",
"exalted",
"extolled",
"glorified",
"lauded",
"magnified",
"praised"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"mini":{
"a very small automobile":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"compact",
"coupe",
"coup\u00e9",
"intermediate",
"limousine",
"minicar",
"sedan",
"subcompact",
"V-8",
"auto",
"automobile",
"bus",
"car",
"horseless carriage",
"machine",
"motor",
"motorcar",
"motor vehicle",
"wheels",
"coach",
"jitney",
"microbus",
"minibus",
"minivan",
"omnibus",
"van",
"convertible",
"fastback",
"hardtop",
"hatchback",
"notchback",
"ragtop",
"sports car",
"sport-utility vehicle",
"station wagon",
"SUV",
"town car",
"wagon",
"woody",
"woodie",
"gas-guzzler",
"land yacht",
"muscle car",
"stock car",
"turbocar",
"beater",
"clunker",
"crate",
"flivver",
"jalopy",
"junker",
"cream puff",
"phaeton",
"roadster",
"tin lizzie",
"touring car",
"hybrid"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in small , little":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"baby",
"diminutive",
"dwarf",
"elfin",
"half-pint",
"Lilliputian",
"little",
"micro",
"minikin",
"model",
"petite",
"pocket",
"pocket-size",
"pocket-sized",
"pygmy",
"small",
"smallish",
"atomic",
"bitsy",
"bitty",
"infinitesimal",
"itty-bitty",
"itsy-bitsy",
"little bitty",
"microminiature",
"microscopic",
"microscopical",
"miniature",
"minuscule",
"minute",
"teensy",
"teensy-weensy",
"teeny",
"teeny-weeny",
"tiny",
"wee",
"weeny",
"weensy",
"dinky",
"dwarfish",
"insignificant",
"pint-size",
"pint-sized",
"puny",
"scrubby",
"undersized",
"undersize"
],
"near antonyms":[
"astronomical",
"astronomic",
"colossal",
"cosmic",
"cosmical",
"elephantine",
"enormous",
"giant",
"gigantic",
"herculean",
"heroic",
"heroical",
"huge",
"immense",
"mammoth",
"massive",
"monster",
"monstrous",
"monumental",
"mountainous",
"planetary",
"prodigious",
"titanic",
"tremendous",
"big",
"bulky",
"bumper",
"considerable",
"extensive",
"good",
"goodly",
"grand",
"great",
"gross",
"handsome",
"hefty",
"hulking",
"jumbo",
"king-size",
"king-sized",
"large",
"largish",
"major",
"outsize",
"outsized",
"overgrown",
"overscale",
"overscaled",
"oversize",
"oversized",
"sizable",
"sizeable",
"substantial",
"super",
"whacking",
"whopping",
"formidable",
"grandiose",
"imposing",
"lofty",
"majestic",
"monolithic",
"staggering",
"stupendous",
"towering",
"boundless",
"cavernous",
"immeasurable",
"infinite",
"vast",
"vasty",
"voluminous"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"mines":{
"an abundant source":{
"examples":[
"a baseball fanatic who is a mine of fascinating trivia about the game"
],
"synonyms":[
"argosies",
"cornucopias",
"gold mines",
"mother lodes",
"treasure troves",
"wellsprings"
],
"near synonyms":[
"armories",
"repositories",
"stockpots",
"storehouses",
"stores",
"treasure-houses",
"caches",
"hoards",
"stashes",
"bonanzas",
"Golcondas",
"gravy trains",
"honeypots"
],
"near antonyms":[
"black holes",
"sinkholes"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a usually concealed explosive device designed to go off when disturbed":{
"examples":[
"the soldiers were careful to disarm any mines they found in their path"
],
"synonyms":[
"booby traps"
],
"near synonyms":[
"claymore mines",
"land mines",
"torpedoes",
"bombs",
"explosives",
"hazards",
"pitfalls",
"snares",
"traps",
"ambushes",
"nets",
"webs"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to place hidden explosive devices in or under":{
"examples":[
"the troops hurriedly mined the field before relinquishing it to the enemy"
],
"synonyms":[
"booby-traps"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blows up",
"bombs",
"ambushes",
"snares",
"traps",
"attacks"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"minaudi\u00e8res":{
"as in clutches , clutch bags":{
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"clutch bags",
"clutches",
"bags",
"handbags",
"pocketbooks",
"purses",
"billfolds",
"wallets",
"compacts",
"vanities",
"pokes",
"pouches",
"sacks",
"shoulder bags"
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"bins",
"boxes",
"caddies",
"cases",
"caskets",
"chests",
"lockers",
"trunks",
"coffers",
"lockboxes",
"safe-deposit boxes",
"safes",
"strongboxes",
"bandboxes",
"hatboxes",
"jewel boxes",
"snuffboxes",
"tinderboxes",
"footlockers",
"sea chests",
"caissons",
"hope chests",
"compartments",
"vaults",
"cartons",
"crates",
"coffins",
"canteens"
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"noun"
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"minuting":{
"as in chronicling , transcribing":{
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"chronicling",
"transcribing",
"jotting (down)",
"logging",
"marking",
"noting",
"putting down",
"recording",
"registering",
"reporting",
"setting down",
"taking down",
"writing down",
"enregistering",
"entering",
"inscribing",
"chalking (up)",
"notching",
"scoring"
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"type":[
"verb"
]
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"very small in size":{
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"public health officials have claimed that the chemical is harmless in such minuscule amounts"
],
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"atomic",
"bitsy",
"bitty",
"infinitesimal",
"itty-bitty",
"itsy-bitsy",
"little bitty",
"microminiature",
"microscopic",
"microscopical",
"miniature",
"minute",
"teensy",
"teensy-weensy",
"teeny",
"teeny-weeny",
"tiny",
"wee",
"weeny",
"weensy"
],
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"baby",
"diminutive",
"dwarf",
"elfin",
"half-pint",
"Lilliputian",
"little",
"micro",
"mini",
"minikin",
"model",
"petite",
"pocket",
"pocket-size",
"pocket-sized",
"pygmy",
"small",
"smallish",
"dinky",
"dwarfish",
"insignificant",
"pint-size",
"pint-sized",
"puny",
"scrubby",
"undersized",
"undersize"
],
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"big",
"bulky",
"bumper",
"considerable",
"extensive",
"good",
"goodly",
"grand",
"great",
"gross",
"handsome",
"hefty",
"hulking",
"jumbo",
"king-size",
"king-sized",
"large",
"largish",
"major",
"outsize",
"outsized",
"overgrown",
"overscale",
"overscaled",
"oversize",
"oversized",
"sizable",
"sizeable",
"substantial",
"super",
"whacking",
"whopping",
"formidable",
"grandiose",
"imposing",
"lofty",
"majestic",
"monolithic",
"staggering",
"stupendous",
"towering",
"boundless",
"cavernous",
"immeasurable",
"infinite",
"vast",
"vasty",
"voluminous"
],
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"astronomical",
"astronomic",
"colossal",
"cosmic",
"cosmical",
"elephantine",
"enormous",
"giant",
"gigantic",
"herculean",
"heroic",
"heroical",
"huge",
"immense",
"mammoth",
"massive",
"monster",
"monstrous",
"monumental",
"mountainous",
"planetary",
"prodigious",
"titanic",
"tremendous"
]
},
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"adjective"
]
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"a feature of someone or something that creates difficulty for achieving success":{
"examples":[
"a plan with lots of pluses and only a few minuses"
],
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"debit",
"disadvantage",
"disbenefit",
"downside",
"drawback",
"handicap",
"incommodity",
"liability",
"negative",
"strike"
],
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"albatross",
"millstone",
"stranglehold",
"disability",
"impairment",
"failing",
"shortcoming",
"bar",
"catch",
"check",
"clog",
"crimp",
"embarrassment",
"hindrance",
"hitch",
"hurdle",
"impediment",
"interference",
"let",
"manacle",
"obstacle",
"obstruction",
"rub",
"shackle",
"stop",
"trammel"
],
"near antonyms":[
"vantage",
"head start",
"jump",
"lead",
"margin",
"start",
"ascendancy",
"ascendency",
"better",
"command",
"control",
"drop",
"mastery",
"predominance",
"superiority",
"supremacy",
"transcendence",
"upper hand",
"prerogative",
"privilege",
"break",
"opportunity",
"aid",
"assistance",
"help"
],
"antonyms":[
"advantage",
"asset",
"edge",
"plus"
]
},
"not having":{
"examples":[
"the contraption was like a giant carousel minus the horses"
],
"synonyms":[
"absent",
"sans",
"wanting",
"without"
],
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"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"preposition"
]
},
"minuteness":{
"as in tininess":{
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"synonyms":[],
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"tininess",
"petiteness",
"meagerness",
"poorness",
"scantiness",
"scantness",
"scarceness",
"scarcity",
"skimpiness",
"slenderness",
"slimness",
"spareness",
"sparseness",
"sparsity",
"stinginess",
"diminutiveness",
"fineness",
"littleness",
"puniness",
"slightness",
"smallness",
"deficiency",
"inadequacy",
"inadequateness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bigness",
"grandness",
"greatness",
"largeness",
"magnitude",
"enormity",
"enormousness",
"grossness",
"hugeness",
"immenseness",
"immensity",
"magnitude",
"mountainousness",
"prodigiousness",
"stupendousness",
"extensiveness",
"vastness",
"excessiveness",
"extravagance",
"extremeness",
"immoderacy",
"abundance",
"ampleness",
"bountifulness",
"copiousness",
"generosity",
"healthiness",
"liberality",
"adequacy",
"sufficiency",
"heaviness",
"heftiness",
"weightiness",
"bulkiness",
"massiveness",
"voluminousness"
],
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},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"mind-numbing":{
"causing weariness, restlessness, or lack of interest":{
"examples":[
"that movie is just a series of mind-numbing explosions and car chases"
],
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"arid",
"boring",
"colorless",
"drab",
"dreary",
"drudging",
"dry",
"dull",
"dusty",
"flat",
"heavy",
"ho-hum",
"humdrum",
"jading",
"jejune",
"leaden",
"monochromatic",
"monotonous",
"numbing",
"old",
"pedestrian",
"ponderous",
"slow",
"stale",
"stodgy",
"stuffy",
"stupid",
"tame",
"tedious",
"tiresome",
"tiring",
"uninteresting",
"wearisome",
"weary",
"wearying"
],
"near synonyms":[
"aseptic",
"barren",
"blah",
"dullish",
"pleasureless",
"prosaic",
"prosy",
"soggy",
"spiritless",
"blank",
"earthbound",
"gray",
"grey",
"inanimate",
"pallid",
"pedantic",
"sterile",
"suspenseless",
"undramatic",
"uneventful",
"unexciting",
"unimaginative",
"uninspiring",
"unnewsworthy",
"unrewarding",
"unsensational",
"unspectacular",
"annoying",
"bothersome",
"irksome",
"irritating",
"longsome",
"palling",
"draining",
"enervating",
"exhausting",
"fatiguing",
"wearing",
"debilitating",
"enfeebling",
"demoralizing",
"discouraging",
"disheartening",
"dispiriting",
"common",
"commonplace",
"ordinary",
"tepid",
"unexceptional",
"unsurprising",
"vapid",
"cumbersome",
"lumbering",
"plodding",
"poky",
"pokey"
],
"near antonyms":[
"amazing",
"astonishing",
"astounding",
"awesome",
"eye-opening",
"fabulous",
"marvelous",
"marvellous",
"sensational",
"spectacular",
"surprising",
"wonderful",
"wondrous",
"animating",
"breathtaking",
"electrifying",
"energizing",
"enlivening",
"exciting",
"exhilarating",
"galvanizing",
"hair-raising",
"inspiring",
"invigorating",
"rip-roaring",
"rousing",
"stimulating",
"stirring",
"thrilling",
"amusing",
"diverting",
"entertaining",
"moving",
"poignant",
"touching",
"alluring",
"attracting",
"attractive",
"beguiling",
"bewitching",
"captivating",
"charming",
"enchanting",
"enthralling",
"entrancing",
"fascinating",
"mesmerizing",
"spellbinding",
"suspenseful",
"arresting",
"provocative",
"tantalizing"
],
"antonyms":[
"absorbing",
"engaging",
"engrossing",
"gripping",
"interesting",
"intriguing",
"involving",
"riveting"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"minischool":{
"as in charter school , magnet school":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"charter school",
"magnet school",
"common school",
"elementary school",
"grammar school",
"high school",
"junior high school",
"kindergarten",
"middle school",
"primary school",
"public school",
"secondary school",
"senior high school",
"trade school",
"training school",
"madrassa",
"madrasa",
"madrassah",
"madrasah",
"Sunday school",
"yeshiva",
"yeshivah",
"boarding school",
"prep",
"preparatory school",
"prep school",
"academe",
"academy",
"school",
"seminary"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"mind-blowing":{
"causing great emotional or mental stimulation":{
"examples":[
"viewers will be stunned by the movie's mind-blowing twist ending"
],
"synonyms":[
"breathtaking",
"charged",
"electric",
"electrifying",
"exciting",
"exhilarating",
"exhilarative",
"galvanic",
"galvanizing",
"hair-raising",
"heart-stopping",
"inspiring",
"intoxicating",
"kicky",
"mind-bending",
"mind-boggling",
"rip-roaring",
"rousing",
"stimulating",
"stirring",
"thrilling"
],
"near synonyms":[
"arresting",
"interesting",
"intriguing",
"provocative",
"tantalizing",
"titillating",
"absorbing",
"engrossing",
"gripping",
"riveting",
"moving",
"poignant",
"touching",
"enchanting",
"enthralling",
"fascinating",
"spellbinding",
"dynamic",
"energetic",
"high-voltage",
"kinetic",
"lively",
"lusty"
],
"near antonyms":[
"boring",
"mind-numbing",
"tedious",
"tiresome",
"dreary",
"dull",
"humdrum",
"monotonous",
"uninteresting"
],
"antonyms":[
"unexciting"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"minicars":{
"as in sedans , subcompacts":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"compacts",
"coupes",
"coup\u00e9s",
"intermediates",
"limousines",
"minis",
"sedans",
"subcompacts",
"V-8s",
"automobiles",
"autos",
"buses",
"busses",
"cars",
"horseless carriages",
"machines",
"motorcars",
"motors",
"motor vehicles",
"wheels",
"coaches",
"jitneys",
"microbuses",
"microbusses",
"minibuses",
"minibusses",
"minivans",
"omnibuses",
"vans",
"convertibles",
"fastbacks",
"hardtops",
"hatchbacks",
"notchbacks",
"ragtops",
"sports cars",
"sport-utility vehicles",
"station wagons",
"SUVs",
"town cars",
"wagons",
"woodies",
"gas-guzzlers",
"land yachts",
"muscle cars",
"stock cars",
"turbocars",
"beaters",
"clunkers",
"crates",
"flivvers",
"jalopies",
"junkers",
"cream puffs",
"phaetons",
"roadsters",
"tin lizzies",
"touring cars"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"minuteman":{
"as in militiaman , guardsman":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"Confederate",
"Continental",
"Federal",
"GI",
"guardsman",
"militiaman",
"lancer",
"pikeman",
"spearman",
"counterguerrilla",
"counterguerilla",
"guerrilla",
"guerilla",
"irregular",
"paramilitary",
"partisan",
"partizan",
"archer",
"crossbowman",
"combatant",
"noncombatant",
"artilleryman",
"cannoneer",
"gunner",
"mortarman",
"musketeer",
"rifleman",
"lifer",
"veteran",
"warhorse",
"jarhead",
"marine",
"ranger",
"conscript",
"draftee",
"enrollee",
"recruit",
"commando",
"raider"
],
"near antonyms":[
"civilian"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"ministers (to)":{
"to attend to the needs and comforts of":{
"examples":[
"volunteered to help minister to the sick at the local hospice"
],
"synonyms":[
"administers (to)",
"cares (for)",
"mothers",
"nurses"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cures",
"heals",
"remedies",
"doctors",
"treats",
"aids",
"conserves",
"preserves",
"provides (for)",
"supports",
"babies",
"coddles",
"mollycoddles",
"pampers",
"spoils",
"caters (to)",
"humors",
"indulges"
],
"near antonyms":[
"brushes (aside or off)",
"forgets",
"ignores",
"neglects",
"overlooks",
"slights"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"minstrels":{
"a person who writes poetry":{
"examples":[
"Edna St. Vincent Millay was unofficially the minstrel of Maine, as her poetry celebrates its coast and countryside"
],
"synonyms":[
"bards",
"muses",
"poetasters",
"poets",
"rhymesters",
"rimesters",
"versifiers"
],
"near synonyms":[
"poetesses",
"poets laureate",
"poet laureates",
"scops",
"troubadours",
"epigrammatists",
"epigrammatizers",
"lyricists",
"rhymers",
"sonneteers",
"rhapsodes",
"rhapsodists"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"mingy":{
"giving or sharing as little as possible":{
"examples":[
"the company's mingy Christmas bonuses haven't exactly helped sagging employee morale"
],
"synonyms":[
"cheap",
"chintzy",
"close",
"closefisted",
"mean",
"miserly",
"niggard",
"niggardly",
"parsimonious",
"penny-pinching",
"penurious",
"pinching",
"pinchpenny",
"spare",
"sparing",
"stingy",
"stinting",
"tight",
"tightfisted",
"uncharitable",
"ungenerous"
],
"near synonyms":[
"careful",
"chary",
"conserving",
"economical",
"economizing",
"frugal",
"saving",
"scrimping",
"skimping",
"thrifty",
"acquisitive",
"avaricious",
"avid",
"coveting",
"covetous",
"desirous",
"grasping",
"greedy",
"hoggish",
"itchy",
"mercenary",
"rapacious",
"selfish",
"shabby",
"small",
"sordid",
"begrudging",
"envious",
"grudging",
"resentful",
"inhospitable"
],
"near antonyms":[
"altruistic",
"selfless",
"unselfish",
"extravagant",
"free",
"handsome",
"lavish",
"overgenerous",
"profuse",
"beneficent",
"benevolent",
"hospitable",
"humanitarian",
"philanthropic",
"philanthropical",
"compassionate",
"good-hearted",
"greathearted",
"kindly",
"magnanimous",
"openhearted",
"thriftless",
"unthrifty",
"dissipating",
"frittering",
"prodigal",
"profligate",
"spendthrift",
"splurging",
"squandering",
"wasteful",
"wasting"
],
"antonyms":[
"bounteous",
"bountiful",
"charitable",
"freehanded",
"generous",
"liberal",
"munificent",
"openhanded",
"unsparing",
"unstinting"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"mincing":{
"as in simpering , cute":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"cute",
"cutesy",
"genteel",
"goody-goody",
"overrefined",
"simpering",
"exaggerated",
"histrionic",
"melodramatic",
"overacted",
"overdone",
"theatrical",
"theatric",
"conventional",
"formal",
"impersonal",
"inflexible",
"rigid",
"stiff",
"stylized",
"wooden",
"double-dealing",
"empty",
"facile",
"hollow",
"hypocritical",
"insincere",
"left-handed",
"mealy",
"mealymouthed",
"two-faced",
"unctuous",
"artful",
"calculated",
"conscious",
"cultivated",
"deliberate",
"premeditated",
"studied",
"automatic",
"canned",
"concocted",
"fabricated",
"hokey",
"labored",
"manufactured",
"pat",
"unauthentic",
"unreal",
"unrealistic",
"affected",
"artificial",
"assumed",
"bogus",
"contrived",
"factitious",
"fake",
"false",
"feigned",
"forced",
"mechanical",
"mock",
"phony",
"phoney",
"plastic",
"pretended",
"pseudo",
"put-on",
"sham",
"simulated",
"spurious",
"strained",
"unnatural"
],
"near antonyms":[
"artless",
"genuine",
"natural",
"spontaneous",
"unaffected",
"uncontrived",
"unfeigned",
"unforced",
"authentic",
"bona fide",
"real",
"realistic",
"right",
"true",
"honest",
"ingenuous",
"sincere",
"unpretending",
"easy",
"effortless",
"smooth",
"extemporaneous",
"impromptu",
"impulsive",
"instinctive",
"unconscious",
"unprompted",
"unrehearsed",
"unstudied"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to cut into small pieces":{
"examples":[
"minced some garlic and added it to the stew"
],
"synonyms":[
"chopping",
"dicing",
"hashing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"chipping",
"grating",
"grinding",
"kibbling",
"mashing",
"pureeing",
"pur\u00e9eing",
"slicing",
"butchering",
"carving",
"dissecting"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"mind's eyes":{
"something imagined or pictured in the mind":{
"examples":[
"there was a disturbing detail that he kept seeing in his mind's eye of the accident scene"
],
"synonyms":[
"abstractions",
"cogitations",
"conceptions",
"concepts",
"ideas",
"images",
"impressions",
"intellections",
"notions",
"pictures",
"thoughts"
],
"near synonyms":[
"apprehensions",
"premonitions",
"presentiments",
"preconceptions",
"prejudices",
"prepossessions",
"chimeras",
"delusions",
"hallucinations",
"illusions",
"phantasms",
"fantasms",
"caprices",
"conceits",
"fancies",
"freaks",
"kinks",
"vagaries",
"whims",
"cognitions",
"observations",
"perceptions",
"reflections",
"assumptions",
"beliefs",
"conclusions",
"convictions",
"conjectures",
"guesses",
"hunches",
"hypotheses",
"speculations",
"suppositions",
"surmises",
"theories",
"brainchildren",
"brainstorms",
"brain waves",
"inspirations"
],
"near antonyms":[
"actualities",
"facts",
"realities"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"minima":{
"as in semblances , modicums":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"hoots",
"iotas",
"jots",
"minims",
"modicums",
"semblances",
"syllables",
"tittles",
"vestiges",
"whits",
"aces",
"bits",
"crumbs",
"dabs",
"drams",
"driblets",
"glimmers",
"hints",
"licks",
"little",
"mites",
"nips",
"ounces",
"particles",
"peanuts",
"rays",
"scintillas",
"scruples",
"shades",
"shadows",
"shreds",
"skoshes",
"smacks",
"smells",
"smidgens",
"smidgeons",
"smidgins",
"smidges",
"snaps",
"soup\u00e7ons",
"sparks",
"spatters",
"specks",
"splashes",
"spots",
"sprinklings",
"strains",
"streaks",
"suspicions",
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"dots",
"flecks",
"flyspecks",
"grains",
"granules",
"molecules",
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"motes",
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"scraps",
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"portions",
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"tastes",
"handfuls",
"handsful",
"scatterings",
"smatterings",
"smatters",
"doses",
"shots",
"chips",
"flakes",
"fragments",
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"smithereens",
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"boatloads",
"buckets",
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"deals",
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"heaps",
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"lashins",
"loads",
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"masses",
"messes",
"mountains",
"much",
"oodles",
"passels",
"pecks",
"piles",
"plenties",
"potfuls",
"profusions",
"quantities",
"rafts",
"reams",
"scads",
"stacks",
"wads",
"wealths",
"volumes",
"bonanzas",
"embarrassments",
"excesses",
"overabundances",
"overages",
"overflows",
"overkills",
"overmuch",
"oversupplies",
"superabundances",
"superfluities",
"surfeits",
"surpluses",
"chunks",
"hunks",
"lumps",
"slabs"
],
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"noun"
]
},
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"condemnations",
"criticisms",
"denouncements",
"denunciations",
"abuses",
"invectives",
"vituperations",
"derisions",
"mockeries",
"ridicules",
"aspersions",
"calumnies",
"defamations",
"libels",
"slanders",
"vilifications",
"belittlements",
"denigrations",
"deprecations",
"depreciations",
"derogations",
"detractions",
"diminishments",
"disparagements",
"put-downs"
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"aggrandizements",
"ennoblements",
"exaltations",
"glorifications",
"magnifications",
"acclaim",
"praises",
"approbations",
"approvals",
"blessings",
"commendations",
"hypes",
"pufferies"
],
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},
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"noun"
]
},
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"causing great emotional or mental stimulation":{
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"a big-box store with a mind-boggling array of home-improvement supplies for the do-it-yourselfer"
],
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"charged",
"electric",
"electrifying",
"exciting",
"exhilarating",
"exhilarative",
"galvanic",
"galvanizing",
"hair-raising",
"heart-stopping",
"inspiring",
"intoxicating",
"kicky",
"mind-bending",
"mind-blowing",
"rip-roaring",
"rousing",
"stimulating",
"stirring",
"thrilling"
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"tantalizing",
"titillating",
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"touching",
"enchanting",
"enthralling",
"fascinating",
"spellbinding",
"dynamic",
"energetic",
"high-voltage",
"kinetic",
"lively",
"lusty"
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"boring",
"mind-numbing",
"tedious",
"tiresome",
"dreary",
"dull",
"humdrum",
"monotonous",
"uninteresting"
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"adjective"
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"most of the top appointments went to the new governor's personal minions and political cronies"
],
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"faves",
"favs",
"favorites",
"pets",
"preferences",
"speeds"
],
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"beloveds",
"dears",
"sweethearts",
"jewels",
"prizes",
"treasures"
],
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"abominations",
"anathemas",
"b\u00eates noires",
"bugbears"
],
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},
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"noun"
]
},
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"an exact representation of something in greatly reduced size":{
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"a diorama filled with miniatures of town buildings as they looked in the 19th century"
],
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"models"
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"carbon copies",
"carbons",
"clones",
"copies",
"dummies",
"dupes",
"duplicates",
"duplications",
"facsimiles",
"imitations",
"mocks",
"reduplications",
"replicas",
"replications",
"reproductions",
"dwarfs",
"dwarves",
"midgets",
"minis",
"pocket editions",
"pygmies",
"pigmies"
],
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"archetypes",
"originals",
"prototypes",
"blowups",
"enlargements"
],
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"noun"
]
},
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"to cut into small pieces":{
"examples":[
"minced some garlic and added it to the stew"
],
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"chop",
"dice",
"hash"
],
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"chip",
"grate",
"grind",
"kibble",
"mash",
"puree",
"pur\u00e9e",
"slice",
"butcher",
"carve",
"dissect"
],
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},
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"verb"
]
},
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"small or minor details":{
"examples":[
"the minutiae of daily life",
"He was bewildered by the contract's minutiae ."
],
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"incidentals",
"ins and outs",
"particulars",
"specifics",
"technicalities",
"brass tacks",
"nitty-gritty",
"nuts and bolts",
"ropes",
"oddities",
"peculiarities",
"quirks",
"ramifications"
],
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},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"minim":{
"as in tiny , minuscule":{
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"bitty",
"inappreciable",
"infinitesimal",
"little bitty",
"micro",
"microscopic",
"microscopical",
"mini",
"miniature",
"miniaturized",
"minikin",
"minuscule",
"minute",
"pinpoint",
"teensy",
"teensy-weensy",
"teeny",
"teeny-weeny",
"tiny",
"wee",
"weeny",
"weensy",
"runtish",
"runty",
"scrubby",
"stunted",
"meager",
"meagre",
"niggardly",
"poor",
"scant",
"scanty",
"scarce",
"skimp",
"skimpy",
"slender",
"slim",
"spare",
"sparse",
"stingy",
"dwarf",
"toy",
"deficient",
"inadequate",
"insufficient",
"lacking",
"wanting",
"bantam",
"diminutive",
"dinky",
"dwarfish",
"fine",
"half-pint",
"Lilliputian",
"little",
"pint-size",
"pint-sized",
"pocket",
"pocket-size",
"pocket-sized",
"puny",
"pygmy",
"shrimpy",
"slight",
"small",
"smallish",
"subnormal",
"toylike",
"undersized",
"undersize",
"bite-size",
"bite-sized",
"capsule"
],
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"big",
"biggish",
"considerable",
"goodly",
"grand",
"great",
"handsome",
"husky",
"king-size",
"king-sized",
"large",
"largish",
"outsize",
"outsized",
"overscale",
"overscaled",
"oversize",
"oversized",
"sizable",
"sizeable",
"substantial",
"tidy",
"whacking",
"whopping",
"bulky",
"hefty",
"hulking",
"massive",
"voluminous",
"boxcar",
"Brobdingnagian",
"Bunyanesque",
"cavernous",
"colossal",
"cyclopean",
"elephantine",
"enormous",
"galactic",
"gargantuan",
"giant",
"gigantic",
"gross",
"herculean",
"heroic",
"heroical",
"Himalayan",
"huge",
"humongous",
"humungous",
"immense",
"jumbo",
"leviathan",
"mammoth",
"monolithic",
"monstrous",
"monumental",
"mountainous",
"pharaonic",
"prodigious",
"staggering",
"stupendous",
"titanic",
"tremendous",
"vast",
"abundant",
"ample",
"appreciable",
"bountiful",
"copious",
"generous",
"healthy",
"liberal",
"plenteous",
"plentiful",
"fat",
"thick",
"broad",
"wide",
"boundless",
"cosmic",
"cosmical",
"immeasurable",
"incalculable",
"infinite",
"adequate",
"enough",
"sufficient"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in smidgen , iota":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bit",
"crumb",
"dab",
"iota",
"jot",
"mite",
"particle",
"smidgen",
"smidgeon",
"smidgin",
"smidge",
"trace",
"trifle",
"ace",
"hair",
"hairbreadth",
"hairsbreadth",
"hairline",
"hop, skip, and jump",
"inch",
"neck",
"shouting distance",
"step",
"stone's throw"
],
"near antonyms":[
"country mile",
"long haul",
"mile",
"infinity",
"light-year"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"ministry":{
"something used to achieve an end":{
"examples":[
"I don't care by what ministry it's accomplished, so long as it's done"
],
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"agency",
"agent",
"instrument",
"instrumentality",
"machinery",
"means",
"medium",
"organ",
"vehicle"
],
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"determinant",
"expedient",
"factor",
"influence",
"ingredient",
"mechanism",
"tool",
"weapon",
"activator",
"animator",
"catalyst",
"driver",
"energizer",
"executor",
"generator",
"impetus",
"incentive",
"inspiration",
"instigation",
"instigator",
"launcher",
"mover",
"power",
"stimulus",
"trigger",
"antecedent",
"cause",
"occasion",
"reason",
"subagency",
"subagent"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the group ordained to perform clerical functions in the Christian church":{
"examples":[
"the ranks of the ministry have dwindled considerably in recent years"
],
"synonyms":[
"church",
"clergy",
"cloth",
"first estate",
"spirituality",
"spiritualty"
],
"near synonyms":[
"diaconate",
"episcopate",
"hierarchy",
"presbytery",
"clerkship",
"monkhood",
"priesthood"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"laity"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"minted":{
"as in coined , stamped":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"coined",
"stamped",
"fashioned",
"formed",
"kneaded",
"modeled",
"modelled",
"molded",
"patted",
"worked",
"wrought",
"abated",
"boasted",
"carved",
"chiseled",
"chiselled",
"cut",
"graved",
"hewed",
"knapped",
"sculpted",
"sculptured",
"chased",
"planished",
"beat",
"drew",
"forged",
"hammered",
"pounded"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"minster":{
"as in cathedral , chapel":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"abbey",
"bethel",
"cathedral",
"chapel",
"mission",
"oratory",
"sanctuary",
"shrine",
"church",
"kirk",
"tabernacle",
"temple",
"meetinghouse",
"mosque",
"pagoda",
"shul",
"synagogue",
"synagog"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"mints":{
"as in coins , stamps":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"coins",
"stamps",
"fashions",
"forms",
"kneads",
"models",
"molds",
"pats",
"works",
"abates",
"boasts",
"carves",
"chisels",
"cuts",
"graves",
"hews",
"knaps",
"sculpts",
"sculptures",
"chases",
"planishes",
"beats",
"draws",
"forges",
"hammers",
"pounds"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"mined":{
"to place hidden explosive devices in or under":{
"examples":[
"the troops hurriedly mined the field before relinquishing it to the enemy"
],
"synonyms":[
"booby-trapped"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blew up",
"bombed",
"ambushed",
"snared",
"trapped",
"attacked"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"minces":{
"to cut into small pieces":{
"examples":[
"minced some garlic and added it to the stew"
],
"synonyms":[
"chops",
"dices",
"hashes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"chips",
"grates",
"grinds",
"kibbles",
"mashes",
"purees",
"pur\u00e9es",
"slices",
"butchers",
"carves",
"dissects"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"mind-bending":{
"causing great emotional or mental stimulation":{
"examples":[
"a spy novel with a truly mind-bending plot"
],
"synonyms":[
"breathtaking",
"charged",
"electric",
"electrifying",
"exciting",
"exhilarating",
"exhilarative",
"galvanic",
"galvanizing",
"hair-raising",
"heart-stopping",
"inspiring",
"intoxicating",
"kicky",
"mind-blowing",
"mind-boggling",
"rip-roaring",
"rousing",
"stimulating",
"stirring",
"thrilling"
],
"near synonyms":[
"arresting",
"interesting",
"intriguing",
"provocative",
"tantalizing",
"titillating",
"absorbing",
"engrossing",
"gripping",
"riveting",
"moving",
"poignant",
"touching",
"enchanting",
"enthralling",
"fascinating",
"spellbinding",
"dynamic",
"energetic",
"high-voltage",
"kinetic",
"lively",
"lusty"
],
"near antonyms":[
"boring",
"mind-numbing",
"tedious",
"tiresome",
"dreary",
"dull",
"humdrum",
"monotonous",
"uninteresting"
],
"antonyms":[
"unexciting"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"minicourses":{
"as in courses , classes":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"clinics",
"institutes",
"seminars",
"survey courses",
"classes",
"courses",
"cores",
"curricula",
"curriculums",
"electives",
"refreshers"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"minifies":{
"as in reduces , lessens":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"abates",
"decreases",
"de-escalates",
"diminishes",
"downsizes",
"dwindles",
"lessens",
"lowers",
"reduces",
"subtracts (from)",
"abbreviates",
"abridges",
"curtails",
"shortens",
"compresses",
"condenses",
"constricts",
"contracts",
"cuts back",
"retrenches"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accelerates",
"adds (to)",
"aggrandizes",
"amplifies",
"augments",
"boosts",
"builds up",
"compounds",
"enlarges",
"escalates",
"expands",
"extends",
"hypes",
"increases",
"multiplies",
"pumps up",
"raises",
"stokes",
"supersizes",
"swells",
"ups",
"booms",
"jumps",
"skyrockets",
"spikes",
"bumps (up)",
"ratchets (up)",
"rachets (up)"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"minibus":{
"as in minivan , coach":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"coach",
"jitney",
"microbus",
"minivan",
"omnibus",
"van",
"auto",
"automobile",
"bus",
"car",
"horseless carriage",
"machine",
"motor",
"motorcar",
"motor vehicle",
"wheels",
"convertible",
"fastback",
"hardtop",
"hatchback",
"notchback",
"ragtop",
"sports car",
"sport-utility vehicle",
"station wagon",
"SUV",
"town car",
"wagon",
"woody",
"woodie",
"compact",
"coupe",
"coup\u00e9",
"intermediate",
"limousine",
"mini",
"minicar",
"sedan",
"subcompact",
"V-8",
"gas-guzzler",
"land yacht",
"muscle car",
"stock car",
"turbocar",
"beater",
"clunker",
"crate",
"flivver",
"jalopy",
"junker",
"cream puff",
"phaeton",
"roadster",
"tin lizzie",
"touring car",
"hybrid"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"minify":{
"as in reduce , lessen":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"abate",
"decrease",
"de-escalate",
"diminish",
"downsize",
"dwindle",
"lessen",
"lower",
"reduce",
"subtract (from)",
"abbreviate",
"abridge",
"curtail",
"shorten",
"compress",
"condense",
"constrict",
"contract",
"cut back",
"retrench"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accelerate",
"add (to)",
"aggrandize",
"amplify",
"augment",
"boost",
"build up",
"compound",
"enlarge",
"escalate",
"expand",
"extend",
"hype",
"increase",
"multiply",
"pump up",
"raise",
"stoke",
"supersize",
"swell",
"up",
"boom",
"jump",
"skyrocket",
"spike",
"bump (up)",
"ratchet (up)",
"rachet (up)"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"minutest":{
"being the least in amount, number, or size possible":{
"examples":[
"a sophisticated instrument designed to pick up the minutest changes in temperature and humidity"
],
"synonyms":[
"fewest",
"littlest",
"lowest",
"minimal",
"minimum",
"slightest",
"smallest",
"tiniest"
],
"near synonyms":[
"fewer",
"lesser",
"low",
"minor",
"modest",
"slight",
"small",
"smaller",
"infinitesimal",
"micro",
"subminimal",
"ultramicro",
"irreducible"
],
"near antonyms":[
"highest"
],
"antonyms":[
"biggest",
"full",
"greatest",
"hugest",
"largest",
"maximum",
"most",
"top",
"topmost",
"utmost"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"mincemeat":{
"the state or fact of being rendered nonexistent, physically unsound, or useless":{
"examples":[
"the artillery quickly made mincemeat of the enemy's fortifications"
],
"synonyms":[
"annihilation",
"decimation",
"demolishment",
"demolition",
"desolation",
"destruction",
"devastation",
"extermination",
"extinction",
"havoc",
"loss",
"obliteration",
"ruin",
"ruination",
"wastage",
"wreckage"
],
"near synonyms":[
"depredation",
"despoilment",
"despoliation",
"breakup",
"collapse",
"disintegration",
"dissolution",
"assassination",
"execution",
"killing",
"massacre",
"slaughter",
"dismantlement",
"effacement",
"eradication"
],
"near antonyms":[
"rescue",
"salvage",
"salvation",
"saving",
"conservation",
"preservation",
"protection",
"reclamation",
"reconstruction",
"re-creation",
"refurbishment",
"regeneracy",
"remodeling",
"renovation",
"restoration"
],
"antonyms":[
"building",
"construction",
"erection",
"raising"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"minting":{
"as in coining , stamping":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"coining",
"stamping",
"fashioning",
"forming",
"kneading",
"modeling",
"modelling",
"molding",
"patting",
"working",
"abating",
"boasting",
"carving",
"chiseling",
"chiselling",
"cutting",
"graving",
"hewing",
"knapping",
"sculpting",
"sculpturing",
"chasing",
"planishing",
"beating",
"drawing",
"forging",
"hammering",
"pounding"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"minimalist":{
"of, relating to, or following a style (as in art or design) that is characterized by simplicity and uses a small number of colors, parts, materials, etc.":{
"examples":[
"They took a minimalist approach to designing their apartment."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"forthright",
"honest",
"modest",
"unpretentious",
"bald",
"bare",
"naked",
"plain",
"plain-vanilla",
"simple",
"unadorned",
"undecorated",
"unembellished",
"unornamented",
"unvarnished",
"clean",
"antiseptic",
"austere",
"bleak",
"severe",
"spartan",
"stark",
"inconspicuous",
"muted",
"restrained",
"sober",
"subdued",
"toned (down)",
"unobtrusive",
"conservative",
"quiet",
"understated"
],
"near antonyms":[
"flamboyant",
"flashy",
"garish",
"gaudy",
"glittery",
"glitzy",
"loud",
"ostentatious",
"showy",
"splashy",
"swank",
"swanky",
"tawdry",
"bedizened",
"florid",
"lurid",
"ornate",
"exaggerated",
"overdecorated",
"overdone",
"overwrought",
"baroque",
"elaborate",
"extravagant",
"ornate",
"rococo",
"appareled",
"apparelled",
"arrayed",
"bedecked",
"decked-out",
"dressed",
"embroidered",
"garnished",
"trimmed",
"adorned",
"decorated",
"embellished",
"fancy",
"ornamented"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"minifying":{
"as in reducing , lessening":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"abating",
"decreasing",
"de-escalating",
"diminishing",
"downsizing",
"dwindling",
"lessening",
"lowering",
"reducing",
"subtracting (from)",
"abbreviating",
"abridging",
"curtailing",
"shortening",
"compressing",
"condensing",
"constricting",
"contracting",
"cutting back",
"retrenching"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accelerating",
"adding (to)",
"aggrandizing",
"amplifying",
"augmenting",
"boosting",
"building up",
"compounding",
"enlarging",
"escalating",
"expanding",
"extending",
"hyping",
"increasing",
"multiplying",
"pumping up",
"raising",
"stoking",
"supersizing",
"swelling",
"upping",
"booming",
"jumping",
"skyrocketing",
"spiking",
"bumping (up)",
"ratcheting (up)",
"racheting (up)"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"ministered (to)":{
"to attend to the needs and comforts of":{
"examples":[
"volunteered to help minister to the sick at the local hospice"
],
"synonyms":[
"administered (to)",
"cared (for)",
"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":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"mind reader":{
"someone who is able to know another person's thoughts without being told what they are; someone who is able to read minds":{
"examples":[
"How was I supposed to know what you were thinking? I'm no mind reader ."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"mentalist",
"telepath",
"channel",
"channeler",
"medium",
"psychic",
"spiritist",
"spiritualist",
"clairvoyant",
"sensitive"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"minders":{
"a person or group that watches over someone or something":{
"examples":[
"those self-appointed minders of other people's morals"
],
"synonyms":[
"custodians",
"guardians",
"guards",
"keepers",
"lookouts",
"pickets",
"sentinels",
"sentries",
"wardens",
"warders",
"watchers",
"watches",
"watchmen"
],
"near synonyms":[
"observers",
"patrols",
"spotters",
"surveillants",
"watchdogs",
"bodyguards",
"convoys",
"defenders",
"escorts",
"honor guards",
"gatekeepers",
"hacks"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"minibuses":{
"as in minivans , coaches":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"coaches",
"jitneys",
"microbuses",
"microbusses",
"minivans",
"omnibuses",
"vans",
"automobiles",
"autos",
"buses",
"busses",
"cars",
"horseless carriages",
"machines",
"motorcars",
"motors",
"motor vehicles",
"wheels",
"convertibles",
"fastbacks",
"hardtops",
"hatchbacks",
"notchbacks",
"ragtops",
"sports cars",
"sport-utility vehicles",
"station wagons",
"SUVs",
"town cars",
"wagons",
"woodies",
"compacts",
"coupes",
"coup\u00e9s",
"intermediates",
"limousines",
"minicars",
"minis",
"sedans",
"subcompacts",
"V-8s",
"gas-guzzlers",
"land yachts",
"muscle cars",
"stock cars",
"turbocars",
"beaters",
"clunkers",
"crates",
"flivvers",
"jalopies",
"junkers",
"cream puffs",
"phaetons",
"roadsters",
"tin lizzies",
"touring cars",
"hybrids"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"minced":{
"to cut into small pieces":{
"examples":[
"minced some garlic and added it to the stew"
],
"synonyms":[
"chopped",
"diced",
"hashed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"chipped",
"grated",
"ground",
"kibbled",
"mashed",
"pureed",
"pur\u00e9ed",
"sliced",
"butchered",
"carved",
"dissected"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"minischools":{
"as in charter schools , magnet schools":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"charter schools",
"magnet schools",
"common schools",
"elementary schools",
"grammar schools",
"high schools",
"junior high schools",
"kindergartens",
"middle schools",
"primary schools",
"public schools",
"secondary schools",
"senior high schools",
"trade schools",
"training schools",
"madrassas",
"madrasas",
"madrassahs",
"madrasahs",
"Sunday schools",
"yeshivas",
"yeshivot",
"boarding schools",
"preparatory schools",
"preps",
"prep schools",
"academes",
"academies",
"schools",
"seminaries"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"ministate":{
"as in nation-state , city-state":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"city-state",
"microstate",
"nation-state",
"commonwealth",
"country",
"land",
"nation",
"sovereignty",
"sovranty",
"domain",
"dominion",
"empire",
"kingdom",
"realm",
"republic",
"duchy",
"dukedom",
"emirate",
"principality",
"seigniory",
"seignory",
"sultanate",
"democracy",
"dictatorship",
"monarchy",
"monocracy",
"oligarchy",
"sovereign",
"sovran",
"theocracy",
"client state",
"colony",
"condominium",
"dependency",
"mandate",
"province",
"settlement",
"soil",
"trust territory",
"fatherland",
"homeland",
"motherland",
"great power",
"power",
"sea power",
"superpower",
"world power",
"welfare state"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"mining":{
"to place hidden explosive devices in or under":{
"examples":[
"the troops hurriedly mined the field before relinquishing it to the enemy"
],
"synonyms":[
"booby-trapping"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blowing up",
"bombing",
"ambushing",
"snaring",
"trapping",
"attacking"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"mind":{
"the part of a person that feels, thinks, perceives, wills, and especially reasons":{
"examples":[
"scientists still disagree about exactly where the mind is located"
],
"synonyms":[
"brain",
"cerebrum",
"head",
"psyche",
"thinker"
],
"near synonyms":[
"belfry",
"gray matter",
"intellect",
"intelligence",
"loaf",
"noodle",
"reason",
"skull",
"acumen",
"alertness",
"astuteness",
"brilliance",
"insight",
"judgment",
"judgement",
"mentality",
"perception",
"perspicacity",
"sagacity",
"sapience",
"wisdom",
"wit",
"awareness",
"cognizance",
"consciousness",
"self-awareness",
"self-consciousness"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the normal or healthy condition of the mental abilities":{
"examples":[
"everyone used to tease him and tell him he was out of his mind when he swore he'd seen a flying saucer"
],
"synonyms":[
"daylights",
"head",
"marbles",
"reason",
"saneness",
"sanity",
"wit(s)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"rationality",
"reasonableness",
"sense",
"health",
"healthfulness",
"healthiness",
"wholesomeness",
"clearheadedness",
"lucidity",
"lucidness",
"normalcy",
"normality",
"soundness",
"wisdom"
],
"near antonyms":[
"delusion",
"hallucination",
"delirium",
"frenzy",
"hysteria"
],
"antonyms":[
"dementia",
"derangement",
"insanity",
"lunacy",
"madness",
"mania",
"unreason"
]
},
"an idea that is believed to be true or valid without positive knowledge":{
"examples":[
"please speak your mind freely on this matter"
],
"synonyms":[
"belief",
"conviction",
"eye",
"feeling",
"judgment",
"judgement",
"notion",
"opinion",
"persuasion",
"sentiment",
"verdict",
"view"
],
"near synonyms":[
"say",
"impression",
"perception",
"take",
"attitude",
"assumption",
"presumption",
"presupposition",
"conclusion",
"decision",
"determination",
"deliverance",
"esteem",
"estimate",
"estimation",
"credence",
"credit",
"faith",
"concept",
"conception",
"idea",
"thought",
"position",
"stance",
"stand",
"comment",
"obiter dictum",
"observation",
"reflection",
"remark",
"conjecture",
"guess",
"hunch",
"hypothesis",
"surmise",
"theory",
"advice",
"input",
"recommendation",
"suggestion",
"angle",
"outlook",
"perspective",
"shoes",
"slant",
"standpoint",
"viewpoint",
"counterview"
],
"near antonyms":[
"fact",
"truth"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the power or process of recalling what has been previously learned or experienced":{
"examples":[
"call to mind the events of last year"
],
"synonyms":[
"memory",
"recollection",
"remembrance",
"reminiscence"
],
"near synonyms":[
"hypermnesia",
"total recall",
"contemplation",
"meditation",
"musing",
"reflection",
"retrospection",
"thinking",
"awareness",
"cognizance",
"consciousness",
"apprehension",
"comprehension",
"grasp",
"grip",
"perception",
"understanding"
],
"near antonyms":[
"amnesia",
"repression",
"forgetfulness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to pay attention especially through the act of hearing":{
"examples":[
"you'll be in big trouble if you don't straighten up and mind"
],
"synonyms":[
"attend",
"hark",
"harken",
"hear",
"hearken",
"heed",
"listen"
],
"near synonyms":[],
"near antonyms":[
"discount",
"disregard"
],
"antonyms":[
"ignore",
"tune out"
]
},
"to bring back to mind":{
"examples":[
"I seem to mind such a tale from way back"
],
"synonyms":[
"flash back (to)",
"hark back (to)",
"harken back (to)",
"hearken back (to)",
"recall",
"recollect",
"remember",
"reminisce (about)",
"reproduce",
"think (of)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"recapture",
"recur",
"educe",
"elicit",
"evoke",
"extract",
"raise",
"remind",
"relive",
"represent"
],
"near antonyms":[
"misremember",
"disregard",
"ignore",
"neglect",
"overlook",
"lose",
"miss",
"blank (out)"
],
"antonyms":[
"disremember",
"forget",
"unlearn"
]
},
"to act according to the commands of":{
"examples":[
"tell the children to mind the babysitter"
],
"synonyms":[
"adhere (to)",
"comply (with)",
"conform (to)",
"follow",
"goose-step (to)",
"obey",
"observe"
],
"near synonyms":[
"defer (to)",
"submit (to)",
"surrender (to)",
"yield (to)",
"accede (to)",
"acquiesce (to)",
"agree (to)",
"assent (to)",
"attend",
"hear",
"heed",
"listen (to)",
"mark",
"note",
"notice",
"regard",
"take",
"watch"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disoblige",
"challenge",
"dare",
"refuse",
"renounce",
"repudiate",
"direct",
"lead",
"brush (off)",
"disregard",
"ignore",
"overlook",
"overpass",
"pass over",
"tune out",
"wink (at)",
"dismiss",
"pooh-pooh",
"pooh",
"shrug off",
"breach",
"break",
"infringe",
"transgress",
"violate",
"deride",
"flout",
"mock",
"scoff (at)",
"scorn",
"mutiny (against)",
"revolt (against)",
"buck",
"combat",
"contest",
"dispute",
"fight",
"oppose",
"resist",
"withstand"
],
"antonyms":[
"defy",
"disobey",
"rebel (against)"
]
},
"to be cautious of or on guard against":{
"examples":[
"mind the slippery steps"
],
"synonyms":[
"beware (of)",
"guard (against)",
"look out (for)",
"ware",
"watch out (for)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"attend",
"heed",
"mark",
"note",
"notice",
"behold",
"discern",
"observe",
"perceive",
"see",
"watch"
],
"near antonyms":[
"discount",
"disregard",
"ignore",
"miss",
"overlook"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to have an interest or concern for":{
"examples":[
"don't mind him; he's always complaining"
],
"synonyms":[
"care",
"look out (for)",
"watch"
],
"near synonyms":[
"attend",
"heed",
"regard",
"note",
"notice",
"observe",
"empathize (with)",
"feel (for)",
"sympathize (with)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disregard",
"ignore",
"overlook"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to take charge of especially on behalf of another":{
"examples":[
"the salesperson will mind the store while the manager goes out to lunch"
],
"synonyms":[
"attend",
"care (for)",
"oversee",
"superintend",
"supervise",
"tend",
"watch"
],
"near synonyms":[
"administrate",
"conduct",
"control",
"direct",
"govern",
"guide",
"manage",
"operate",
"preside (over)",
"regulate",
"run",
"steward",
"guard",
"patrol",
"protect",
"safeguard",
"shield",
"baby",
"babysit",
"chaperone",
"chaperon",
"mother",
"shepherd"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abandon",
"disregard",
"forget",
"ignore",
"neglect",
"pass over"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to take notice of and be guided by":{
"examples":[
"mind the instructions that appear at the top of the first page of the exam"
],
"synonyms":[
"follow",
"heed",
"listen (to)",
"note",
"observe",
"regard",
"watch"
],
"near synonyms":[
"consider",
"contemplate",
"mull",
"ponder",
"weigh",
"comply (with)",
"conform (to)",
"keep",
"obey",
"respect",
"attend (to)",
"hark (to)",
"hear",
"hearken (to)",
"mark",
"notice",
"see"
],
"near antonyms":[
"brush (aside or off)",
"discount",
"dismiss",
"gloss (over)",
"gloze (over)",
"neglect",
"pass over",
"pooh-pooh",
"pooh",
"scorn",
"shrug off",
"defy",
"flout",
"slight",
"snub"
],
"antonyms":[
"disregard",
"ignore",
"tune out"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"minstrelsy":{
"writing that uses rhythm, vivid language, and often rhyme to provoke an emotional response":{
"examples":[
"the traditional forms of German minstrelsy"
],
"synonyms":[
"poesy",
"poetry",
"song",
"verse"
],
"near synonyms":[
"rhyme",
"rime",
"blank verse",
"free verse",
"vers libre"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"prose"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"minidress":{
"as in sundress , shirtdress":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"chemise",
"coatdress",
"granny dress",
"housedress",
"jumper",
"kimono",
"kirtle",
"Mother Hubbard",
"muumuu",
"overdress",
"sack",
"sheath",
"shift",
"shirtdress",
"shirtwaist",
"sundress",
"sweaterdress",
"tea gown",
"dress",
"frock",
"gown"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"minimizes":{
"to express scornfully one's low opinion of":{
"examples":[
"sore losers trying to minimize the other team's victory"
],
"synonyms":[
"bad-mouths",
"belittles",
"cries down",
"decries",
"denigrates",
"deprecates",
"depreciates",
"derogates",
"diminishes",
"discounts",
"dismisses",
"disparages",
"disses",
"kisses off",
"plays down",
"poor-mouths",
"puts down",
"runs down",
"talks down",
"trashes",
"trash-talks",
"vilipends",
"writes off"
],
"near synonyms":[
"discommends",
"abuses",
"scolds",
"disapproves (of)",
"dislikes",
"censures",
"condemns",
"criticizes",
"denounces",
"reprehends",
"reprobates",
"asperses",
"defames",
"maligns",
"rips",
"slanders",
"slurs",
"traduces",
"vilifies",
"discredits",
"disgraces"
],
"near antonyms":[
"approves",
"countenances",
"endorses",
"indorses",
"favors",
"recommends",
"sanctions",
"commends",
"compliments",
"eulogizes"
],
"antonyms":[
"acclaims",
"applauds",
"exalts",
"extols",
"extolls",
"glorifies",
"lauds",
"magnifies",
"praises"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"minivan":{
"as in minibus , van":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"coach",
"jitney",
"microbus",
"minibus",
"omnibus",
"van",
"auto",
"automobile",
"bus",
"car",
"horseless carriage",
"machine",
"motor",
"motorcar",
"motor vehicle",
"wheels",
"convertible",
"fastback",
"hardtop",
"hatchback",
"notchback",
"ragtop",
"sports car",
"sport-utility vehicle",
"station wagon",
"SUV",
"town car",
"wagon",
"woody",
"woodie",
"compact",
"coupe",
"coup\u00e9",
"intermediate",
"limousine",
"mini",
"minicar",
"sedan",
"subcompact",
"V-8",
"gas-guzzler",
"land yacht",
"muscle car",
"stock car",
"turbocar",
"beater",
"clunker",
"crate",
"flivver",
"jalopy",
"junker",
"cream puff",
"phaeton",
"roadster",
"tin lizzie",
"touring car",
"hybrid"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"minister (to)":{
"to attend to the needs and comforts of":{
"examples":[
"volunteered to help minister to the sick at the local hospice"
],
"synonyms":[
"administer (to)",
"care (for)",
"mother",
"nurse"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cure",
"heal",
"remedy",
"doctor",
"treat",
"aid",
"conserve",
"preserve",
"provide (for)",
"support",
"baby",
"coddle",
"mollycoddle",
"pamper",
"spoil",
"cater (to)",
"humor",
"indulge"
],
"near antonyms":[
"brush (aside or off)",
"forget",
"ignore",
"neglect",
"overlook",
"slight"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
}
}