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{
"efface":{
"to destroy all traces of":{
"examples":[
"when the supply ship finally arrived, it discovered that virtually all evidence of the colony at Roanoke had been effaced"
],
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"synonyms":[
"abolish",
"annihilate",
"black out",
"blot out",
"cancel",
"clean (up)",
"eradicate",
"erase",
"expunge",
"exterminate",
"extirpate",
"liquidate",
"obliterate",
"root (out)",
"rub out",
"snuff (out)",
"stamp (out)",
"sweep (away)",
"wipe out"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"decimate",
"demolish",
"destroy",
"devastate",
"ravage",
"dismantle",
"flatten",
"mow (down)",
"raze",
"tear down",
"ruin",
"total",
"waste",
"wreck",
"blast",
"blow up",
"dash",
"dynamite",
"smash",
"atomize",
"consume",
"devour",
"dissolve",
"fragment",
"powder",
"pulverize",
"shatter",
"splinter",
"doom",
"finish",
"kill",
"kill off",
"terminate",
"zap",
"cut",
"discard",
"ditch",
"eject",
"excise",
"expel",
"jettison",
"oust",
"throw out"
],
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"near antonyms":[
"conserve",
"preserve",
"protect",
"save",
"build",
"construct",
"create",
"fabricate",
"fashion",
"forge",
"form",
"frame",
"make",
"manufacture",
"shape",
"fix",
"mend",
"patch",
"rebuild",
"recondition",
"reconstruct",
"renew",
"renovate",
"repair",
"restore",
"revamp"
],
"antonyms":[]
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},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
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"effacing":{
"to destroy all traces of":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"when the supply ship finally arrived, it discovered that virtually all evidence of the colony at Roanoke had been effaced"
],
"near antonyms":[
"conserving",
"preserving",
"protecting",
"saving",
"building",
"constructing",
"creating",
"fabricating",
"fashioning",
"forging",
"forming",
"framing",
"making",
"manufacturing",
"shaping",
"fixing",
"mending",
"patching",
"rebuilding",
"reconditioning",
"reconstructing",
"renewing",
"renovating",
"repairing",
"restoring",
"revamping"
],
"related":[
"decimating",
"demolishing",
"destroying",
"devastating",
"ravaging",
"dismantling",
"flattening",
"mowing (down)",
"razing",
"tearing down",
"ruining",
"totaling",
"totalling",
"wasting",
"wrecking",
"blasting",
"blowing up",
"dashing",
"dynamiting",
"smashing",
"atomizing",
"consuming",
"devouring",
"dissolving",
"fragmenting",
"powdering",
"pulverizing",
"shattering",
"splintering",
"dooming",
"finishing",
"killing",
"killing off",
"terminating",
"zapping",
"cutting",
"discarding",
"ditching",
"ejecting",
"excising",
"expelling",
"jettisoning",
"ousting",
"throwing out"
],
"synonyms":[
"abolishing",
"annihilating",
"blacking out",
"blotting out",
"canceling",
"cancelling",
"cleaning (up)",
"eradicating",
"erasing",
"expunging",
"exterminating",
"extirpating",
"liquidating",
"obliterating",
"rooting (out)",
"rubbing out",
"snuffing (out)",
"stamping (out)",
"sweeping (away)",
"wiping out"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
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"effectively":{
"in an effective manner":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"She used a visual aid to effectively communicate her point."
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"effectually":{
"in an effective manner":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"Her essay effectually communicates the need for new infrastructure.",
"Their vacation was effectually ruined by the storm."
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"effete":{
"having lost forcefulness, courage, or spirit":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the soft, effete society that marked the final years of the Roman empire"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"overrefined",
"precious",
"decaying",
"declining",
"dying",
"failing",
"waning",
"debilitated",
"enervate",
"enervated",
"enfeebled",
"feeble",
"frail",
"languid",
"sapped",
"soft",
"wasted",
"weak",
"weakened",
"wimpy",
"dissolute",
"immoral",
"debased",
"debauched",
"degraded",
"demoralized",
"depraved",
"dissipated",
"dissolute"
],
"synonyms":[
"decadent",
"decayed",
"degenerate",
"overripe",
"washed-up"
]
},
"lacking bodily strength":{
"antonyms":[
"mighty",
"powerful",
"rugged",
"stalwart",
"stout",
"strong"
],
"examples":[
"the outdoor adventure program takes effete youths and turns them into hardy campers"
],
"near antonyms":[
"able-bodied",
"athletic",
"beefy",
"brawny",
"fit",
"husky",
"muscular",
"sinewy",
"strapping",
"virile",
"hard",
"hardy",
"lusty",
"red-blooded",
"robust",
"sturdy",
"tough",
"fortified",
"hardened",
"inured",
"strengthened",
"toughened",
"energetic",
"energized",
"invigorated",
"vigorous",
"vitalized",
"hale",
"healthy",
"sound",
"capable",
"competent",
"convalescing",
"recovering",
"recuperating"
],
"related":[
"challenged",
"disabled",
"incapacitated",
"invalid",
"paralyzed",
"broken-down",
"decrepit",
"impotent",
"powerless",
"breakable",
"flimsy",
"fragile",
"dizzy",
"groggy",
"rocky",
"unsteady",
"woozy",
"drained",
"exhausted",
"flagging",
"tired",
"weary",
"worn-out",
"damaged",
"harmed",
"hurt",
"impaired",
"injured",
"lame",
"unsound",
"resistless",
"susceptible",
"unresistant",
"vulnerable",
"yielding"
],
"synonyms":[
"asthenic",
"debilitated",
"delicate",
"down-and-out",
"enervated",
"enfeebled",
"faint",
"feeble",
"frail",
"infirm",
"languid",
"low",
"prostrate",
"prostrated",
"sapped",
"slight",
"soft",
"softened",
"tender",
"unsubstantial",
"wasted",
"weak",
"weakened",
"wimpish",
"wimpy"
]
},
"lacking strength of will or character":{
"antonyms":[
"backboned",
"firm",
"hard",
"strong",
"tough"
],
"examples":[
"the governor is too effete to take on the powerful special interests that really run this state"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ethical",
"good",
"moral",
"principled",
"right",
"righteous",
"upright",
"virtuous",
"determined",
"mettlesome",
"resolute",
"unrelenting",
"courageous",
"stalwart",
"stouthearted"
],
"related":[
"flabby",
"flaccid",
"forceless",
"ineffective",
"ineffectual",
"impotent",
"impuissant",
"powerless",
"emasculated",
"unnerved",
"lamblike",
"meek",
"pliable",
"submissive",
"corrupt",
"dastardly",
"unprincipled",
"unscrupulous",
"villainous",
"cowardly",
"craven",
"fainthearted",
"lily-livered",
"nebbishy",
"poltroon",
"pusillanimous",
"sissy",
"timid",
"infirm",
"irresolute",
"vacillating"
],
"synonyms":[
"characterless",
"frail",
"invertebrate",
"limp-wristed",
"milk-and-water",
"namby-pamby",
"nerveless",
"soft",
"spineless",
"weak",
"weak-kneed",
"weakened",
"weakling",
"wet",
"wimpish",
"wimpy",
"wishy-washy"
]
},
"of or relating to a man who has or displays qualities traditionally considered more suitable for women":{
"antonyms":[
"manlike",
"manly",
"mannish",
"masculine",
"virile"
],
"examples":[
"wore a slightly more effete style of clothing in those days"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"feminine",
"girlish",
"girlie",
"girly",
"womanlike",
"womanly",
"old-maidish",
"overnice",
"prissy",
"spinsterish",
"dandyish",
"dudish",
"foppish",
"sappy",
"camp",
"campy",
"antimacho"
],
"synonyms":[
"effeminate",
"epicene",
"sissified",
"sissy",
"unmanly",
"womanish"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
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"effeteness":{
"as in effeminacy":{
"examples":[],
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"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"effeminacy",
"femaleness",
"girlishness",
"girlhood",
"maidenhood",
"femininity",
"feminity",
"muliebrity",
"womanhood",
"womanishness",
"womanliness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"manhood",
"manliness",
"masculinity",
"virility",
"androgyny",
"boyishness",
"mannishness",
"tomboyishness"
],
"antonyms":[]
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},
"as in tenderness , softness":{
"examples":[],
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"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"softness",
"tenderness",
"defenselessness",
"helplessness",
"impotence",
"impuissance",
"powerlessness",
"disablement",
"incapacitation",
"invalidism",
"exhaustion",
"fatigue",
"lassitude",
"weariness",
"damage",
"harm",
"hurt",
"impairment",
"injury",
"breakdown",
"collapse",
"prostration",
"decay",
"decrepitude",
"asthenia",
"debilitation",
"debility",
"delicacy",
"enervation",
"enfeeblement",
"faintness",
"feebleness",
"fragility",
"frailness",
"frailty",
"infirmity",
"languidness",
"languor",
"listlessness",
"lowness",
"weakness",
"wimpiness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"hardihood",
"hardiness",
"robustness",
"strength",
"vigor",
"energy",
"vitality",
"brawniness",
"fitness",
"heftiness",
"huskiness",
"lustiness",
"muscularity",
"virility",
"hardness",
"ruggedness",
"stoutness",
"sturdiness",
"toughness",
"health",
"healthiness",
"soundness",
"wellness"
],
"antonyms":[]
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},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
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"efflorescing":{
"to produce flowers":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"created an artificial environment in which plants grew and effloresced regardless of season"
],
"near antonyms":[
"drying up",
"fading",
"shriveling",
"shrivelling",
"wilting",
"withering",
"dropping",
"dying",
"expiring",
"perishing"
],
"related":[
"leafing",
"leaving",
"budding",
"opening"
],
"synonyms":[
"blooming",
"blossoming",
"blowing",
"burgeoning",
"bourgeoning",
"flowering",
"unfolding"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
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"effort":{
"the active use of energy in producing a result":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the finished parade float was well worth the effort"
],
"near antonyms":[
"adroitness",
"ease",
"facility",
"fluency",
"smoothness",
"dormancy",
"idleness",
"inaction",
"inactivity",
"indolence",
"inertia",
"languor",
"laziness",
"quiescence"
],
"related":[
"drudgery",
"grind",
"slog",
"strain",
"toil",
"travail",
"dint",
"energy",
"force",
"might",
"muscle",
"power",
"puissance",
"attempt",
"endeavor",
"essay",
"fling",
"go",
"pass",
"shot",
"stab",
"trial",
"try",
"whack"
],
"synonyms":[
"elbow grease",
"exertion",
"expenditure",
"labor",
"pains",
"sweat",
"trouble",
"while",
"work"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
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"efforts":{
"the active use of energy in producing a result":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the finished parade float was well worth the effort"
],
"near antonyms":[
"eases",
"facilities",
"fluencies",
"dormancies",
"inactions",
"inactivities",
"indolences",
"inertias",
"languors",
"quiescences"
],
"related":[
"drudgeries",
"grinds",
"slogs",
"strains",
"toils",
"travails",
"dints",
"energies",
"forces",
"mights",
"muscles",
"powers",
"puissances",
"attempts",
"endeavors",
"essays",
"flings",
"goes",
"passes",
"shots",
"stabs",
"trials",
"tries",
"whacks"
],
"synonyms":[
"elbow grease",
"exertions",
"expenditures",
"labors",
"pains",
"sweats",
"troubles",
"whiles",
"works"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
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"effulgence":{
"the quality or state of having or giving off light":{
"examples":[
"the exceptional effulgence of the harvest moon is always a striking sight"
],
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"synonyms":[
"brightness",
"brilliance",
"brilliancy",
"candor",
"dazzle",
"illumination",
"lambency",
"lightness",
"luminance",
"luminosity",
"luminousness",
"luster",
"lustre",
"lustrousness",
"radiance",
"refulgence",
"splendor"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"blaze",
"flare",
"flash",
"flicker",
"light",
"fluorescence",
"incandescence",
"luminescence",
"burnish",
"gloss",
"polish",
"sheen",
"shine",
"shininess",
"fire",
"flame",
"glare",
"glow",
"flash",
"gleam",
"glimmer",
"glint",
"glisten",
"glitter",
"scintillation",
"shimmer",
"sparkle",
"twinkle"
],
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"near antonyms":[
"dimness",
"gloominess",
"somberness",
"cloudiness",
"haziness",
"murkiness",
"obscureness",
"obscurity",
"colorlessness",
"grayness",
"lackluster",
"paleness",
"shadiness",
"shadowiness"
],
"antonyms":[
"blackness",
"dark",
"darkness",
"dullness",
"dulness",
"duskiness"
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]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
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"effulgent":{
"giving off or reflecting much light":{
"antonyms":[
"dim",
"dull",
"lackluster",
"unbright",
"unbrilliant"
],
"examples":[
"the stars always seem more effulgent when viewed in the country, far away from the distracting lights of the big city"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blackened",
"dark",
"darkened",
"darkish",
"darkling",
"darksome",
"dimmed",
"dusky",
"gloomy",
"lightless",
"murky",
"obscure",
"obscured",
"pitch-black",
"pitch-dark",
"somber",
"sombre",
"sunless",
"tenebrous",
"unlit",
"cloudy",
"shadowlike",
"shadowy",
"shady",
"gray",
"grey",
"leaden",
"pale",
"palish"
],
"related":[
"ablaze",
"ardent",
"blazing",
"burning",
"combusting",
"fiery",
"flaming",
"red-hot",
"agleam",
"aglitter",
"blinding",
"coruscant",
"flaring",
"flashing",
"flickering",
"gemmy",
"glancing",
"glaring",
"gleaming",
"glimmering",
"glinting",
"glistening",
"glistering",
"glittering",
"scintillant",
"scintillating",
"shimmering",
"shimmery",
"sparkling",
"sunny",
"twinkling",
"winking",
"burnished",
"polished",
"shined",
"superbright",
"ultrabright"
],
"synonyms":[
"beaming",
"bedazzling",
"bright",
"brilliant",
"candescent",
"clear",
"dazzling",
"fulgent",
"glowing",
"incandescent",
"lambent",
"lucent",
"lucid",
"luminous",
"lustrous",
"radiant",
"refulgent",
"sheeny",
"shining",
"shiny",
"splendid"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
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},
"effuse":{
"to make an exaggerated display of affection or enthusiasm":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"pundits who should have known better effused endlessly about this idealistic but naive senator"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"dote (on)",
"fawn",
"emote"
],
"synonyms":[
"drool",
"enthuse",
"fuss",
"gush",
"rave",
"rhapsodize",
"slobber"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
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},
"effuses":{
"to make an exaggerated display of affection or enthusiasm":{
"examples":[
"pundits who should have known better effused endlessly about this idealistic but naive senator"
],
"synonyms":[
"drools",
"enthuses",
"fusses",
"gushes",
"raves",
"rhapsodizes",
"slobbers"
],
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"near synonyms":[
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"dotes (on)",
"fawns",
"emotes"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
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},
"efflorescence":{
"as in flowering , blooming":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"blooming",
"blossoming",
"flowering",
"autumn",
"Indian summer",
"acme",
"apex",
"climax",
"meridian",
"peak",
"pinnacle",
"summit",
"zenith",
"bloom",
"blossom",
"florescence",
"floruit",
"flower",
"flush",
"heyday",
"high noon",
"prime",
"salad days",
"springtime",
"glory",
"grandeur",
"splendor",
"belle epoque",
"belle \u00e9poque",
"golden age",
"silver age",
"comeback",
"recovery",
"revival"
],
"near antonyms":[
"decay",
"decline",
"downfall",
"bottom",
"nadir",
"shriveling",
"shrivelling",
"wilting",
"withering"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"effectuates":{
"to be the cause of (a situation, action, or state of mind)":{
"examples":[
"the hope that the greater social interaction between members of the different classes will effectuate greater school spirit"
],
"synonyms":[
"begets",
"breeds",
"brings",
"brings about",
"brings on",
"catalyzes",
"causes",
"creates",
"does",
"draws on",
"effects",
"engenders",
"generates",
"induces",
"invokes",
"makes",
"occasions",
"produces",
"prompts",
"results (in)",
"spawns",
"translates (into)",
"works",
"yields"
],
"near synonyms":[
"conduces (to)",
"contributes (to)",
"decides",
"determines",
"begins",
"establishes",
"fathers",
"founds",
"inaugurates",
"initiates",
"innovates",
"institutes",
"introduces",
"launches",
"pioneers",
"sets",
"sets up",
"starts",
"advances",
"cultivates",
"develops",
"encourages",
"forwards",
"fosters",
"furthers",
"nourishes",
"nurtures",
"promotes",
"enacts",
"renders",
"turns out"
],
"near antonyms":[
"impedes",
"limits",
"restricts",
"clamps down (on)",
"cracks down (on)",
"crushes",
"dampens",
"puts down",
"quashes",
"quells",
"represses",
"smothers",
"squashes",
"squelches",
"stifles",
"subdues",
"suppresses",
"arrests",
"checks",
"controls",
"curbs",
"inhibits",
"reins (in)",
"restrains",
"retards",
"cans",
"kills",
"snuffs (out)",
"stills",
"abolishes",
"demolishes",
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"playfully",
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"sportively",
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"dapperly",
"dashingly",
"jauntily",
"airily",
"animatedly",
"animately",
"bouncily",
"buoyantly",
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"gayly",
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"livelily",
"lively",
"perkily",
"pertly",
"snappily",
"sparkily",
"spiritedly",
"sprightly",
"trippingly",
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"nimbly",
"spryly",
"allegro"
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"sluggishly",
"tardily",
"halfheartedly",
"idly",
"indolently",
"lazily",
"lethargically",
"slothfully",
"heavily",
"inactively",
"listlessly",
"tiredly",
"wearily"
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"begat",
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"brought",
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"drew on",
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"engendered",
"generated",
"induced",
"invoked",
"made",
"occasioned",
"produced",
"prompted",
"resulted (in)",
"spawned",
"translated (into)",
"worked",
"wrought",
"yielded"
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"conduced (to)",
"contributed (to)",
"decided",
"determined",
"began",
"established",
"fathered",
"founded",
"inaugurated",
"initiated",
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"instituted",
"introduced",
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"set",
"set up",
"started",
"advanced",
"cultivated",
"developed",
"encouraged",
"forwarded",
"fostered",
"furthered",
"nourished",
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"rendered",
"turned out"
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"limited",
"restricted",
"clamped down (on)",
"cracked down (on)",
"crushed",
"dampened",
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"quelled",
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"squelched",
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"subdued",
"suppressed",
"arrested",
"checked",
"controlled",
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"restrained",
"retarded",
"canned",
"killed",
"snuffed (out)",
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"verb"
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"dismantlements",
"eradications",
"assassinations",
"executions",
"killings",
"massacres",
"slaughters",
"breakups",
"collapses",
"disintegrations",
"dissolutions",
"depredations",
"despoilments",
"despoliations",
"annihilations",
"decimations",
"demolishments",
"demolitions",
"desolations",
"destructions",
"devastations",
"exterminations",
"extinctions",
"havoc",
"losses",
"mincemeats",
"obliterations",
"ruinations",
"ruins",
"wastages",
"wreckages"
],
"near antonyms":[
"buildings",
"constructions",
"erections",
"rescues",
"salvages",
"salvations",
"savings",
"conservations",
"preservations",
"protections",
"reclamations",
"reconstructions",
"re-creations",
"refurbishments",
"regeneracies",
"renovations",
"restorations"
],
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},
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"noun"
]
},
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"shameless boldness":{
"examples":[
"the little squirt had the effrontery to deny eating any cookies, even with the crumbs still on his lips"
],
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"audacity",
"brashness",
"brass",
"brassiness",
"brazenness",
"cheek",
"cheekiness",
"chutzpah",
"chutzpa",
"hutzpah",
"hutzpa",
"crust",
"face",
"gall",
"nerve",
"nerviness",
"pertness",
"presumption",
"presumptuousness",
"sauce",
"sauciness",
"temerity"
],
"near synonyms":[
"arrogance",
"assurance",
"cockiness",
"confidence",
"hardihood",
"overconfidence",
"sanguinity",
"self-assurance",
"self-confidence",
"discourteousness",
"disrespect",
"impertinence",
"impoliteness",
"impudence",
"incivility",
"inconsiderateness",
"inconsideration",
"insolence",
"rudeness",
"ungraciousness",
"back talk",
"sass",
"swagger",
"swash"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bashfulness",
"diffidence",
"faintheartedness",
"hesitancy",
"modesty",
"shyness",
"timidity",
"timidness",
"timorousness",
"civility",
"courteousness",
"courtesy",
"gentility",
"graciousness",
"mannerliness",
"manners"
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},
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"noun"
]
},
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"the power to produce a desired result":{
"examples":[
"the proven efficiency of meditation in reducing stress within the company's workforce"
],
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"edge",
"effectiveness",
"effectualness",
"efficaciousness",
"efficacity",
"efficacy",
"productiveness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"ability",
"capability",
"capacity",
"potency",
"puissance",
"strength"
],
"near antonyms":[
"inability",
"inadequacy",
"inadequateness",
"incompetence",
"incompetency"
],
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"ineffectiveness",
"ineffectuality",
"ineffectualness",
"inefficiency"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"effectuated":{
"to be the cause of (a situation, action, or state of mind)":{
"examples":[
"the hope that the greater social interaction between members of the different classes will effectuate greater school spirit"
],
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"begot",
"begat",
"bred",
"brought",
"brought about",
"brought on",
"catalyzed",
"caused",
"created",
"did",
"drew on",
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"engendered",
"generated",
"induced",
"invoked",
"made",
"occasioned",
"produced",
"prompted",
"resulted (in)",
"spawned",
"translated (into)",
"worked",
"wrought",
"yielded"
],
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"conduced (to)",
"contributed (to)",
"decided",
"determined",
"began",
"established",
"fathered",
"founded",
"inaugurated",
"initiated",
"innovated",
"instituted",
"introduced",
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"set",
"set up",
"started",
"advanced",
"cultivated",
"developed",
"encouraged",
"forwarded",
"fostered",
"furthered",
"nourished",
"nurtured",
"promoted",
"enacted",
"rendered",
"turned out"
],
"near antonyms":[
"impeded",
"limited",
"restricted",
"clamped down (on)",
"cracked down (on)",
"crushed",
"dampened",
"put down",
"quashed",
"quelled",
"repressed",
"smothered",
"squashed",
"squelched",
"stifled",
"subdued",
"suppressed",
"arrested",
"checked",
"controlled",
"curbed",
"inhibited",
"reined (in)",
"restrained",
"retarded",
"canned",
"killed",
"snuffed (out)",
"stilled",
"abolished",
"demolished",
"destroyed",
"extinguished",
"liquidated",
"quenched"
],
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"verb"
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"the capacity to persuade":{
"examples":[
"the \"guilty\" verdict was all the proof needed of the effectiveness of the prosecutor's closing argument"
],
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"authority",
"cogency",
"conclusiveness",
"convincingness",
"force",
"forcefulness",
"persuasion",
"persuasiveness",
"suasiveness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"impact",
"might",
"power",
"punch",
"strength",
"weight",
"believability",
"credibility",
"soundness",
"validity",
"authoritativeness",
"definitiveness",
"influence",
"sway",
"appeal",
"seductiveness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"invalidity",
"shakiness",
"unsoundness",
"feebleness",
"powerlessness",
"weakness"
],
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"inconclusiveness",
"ineffectiveness",
"ineffectuality",
"ineffectualness"
]
},
"the power to produce a desired result":{
"examples":[
"the huge upsurge in sales pretty much demonstrated the effectiveness of the new ad campaign"
],
"synonyms":[
"edge",
"effectualness",
"efficaciousness",
"efficacity",
"efficacy",
"efficiency",
"productiveness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"ability",
"capability",
"capacity",
"potency",
"puissance",
"strength"
],
"near antonyms":[
"inability",
"inadequacy",
"inadequateness",
"incompetence",
"incompetency"
],
"antonyms":[
"ineffectiveness",
"ineffectuality",
"ineffectualness",
"inefficiency"
]
},
"the quality of an utterance that provokes interest and produces an effect":{
"examples":[
"your writing lacks effectiveness because practically every sentence is in the passive voice"
],
"synonyms":[
"cogency",
"force",
"forcefulness",
"impact",
"point",
"punch"
],
"near synonyms":[
"payoff",
"importance",
"significance",
"appeal",
"attraction",
"charm",
"fascination"
],
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},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"efficiency apartment":{
"as in duplex apartment , garden apartment":{
"examples":[],
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"near synonyms":[
"bed-sitter",
"bedsit",
"bed-sitting-room",
"cohousing",
"condo",
"condominium",
"duplex",
"duplex apartment",
"efficiency",
"flatlet",
"floor-through",
"garden apartment",
"granny flat",
"maisonette",
"penthouse",
"railroad flat",
"salon",
"saloon",
"studio",
"studio apartment",
"triplex",
"walk-up",
"apartment",
"diggings",
"digs",
"flat",
"lodgings",
"suite",
"tenement",
"gallery",
"wing",
"apartment building",
"apartment house",
"tenement house"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[]
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"effeminate":{
"of or relating to a man who has or displays qualities traditionally considered more suitable for women":{
"examples":[
"he had a high and somewhat effeminate voice"
],
"synonyms":[
"effete",
"epicene",
"sissified",
"sissy",
"unmanly",
"womanish"
],
"near synonyms":[
"feminine",
"girlish",
"girlie",
"girly",
"womanlike",
"womanly",
"old-maidish",
"overnice",
"prissy",
"spinsterish",
"dandyish",
"dudish",
"foppish",
"sappy",
"camp",
"campy",
"antimacho"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"manlike",
"manly",
"mannish",
"masculine",
"virile"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"effloresce":{
"to produce flowers":{
"examples":[
"created an artificial environment in which plants grew and effloresced regardless of season"
],
"synonyms":[
"bloom",
"blossom",
"blow",
"burgeon",
"bourgeon",
"flower",
"unfold"
],
"near synonyms":[
"leaf",
"leave",
"bud",
"open"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dry up",
"fade",
"shrivel",
"wilt",
"wither",
"die",
"drop",
"expire",
"perish"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"effecting":{
"to be the cause of (a situation, action, or state of mind)":{
"examples":[
"classroom presentations designed to effect greater interest in careers in scientific fields"
],
"synonyms":[
"begetting",
"breeding",
"bringing",
"bringing about",
"bringing on",
"catalyzing",
"causing",
"creating",
"doing",
"drawing on",
"effectuating",
"engendering",
"generating",
"inducing",
"invoking",
"making",
"occasioning",
"producing",
"prompting",
"resulting (in)",
"spawning",
"translating (into)",
"working",
"yielding"
],
"near synonyms":[
"conducing (to)",
"contributing (to)",
"deciding",
"determining",
"beginning",
"establishing",
"fathering",
"founding",
"inaugurating",
"initiating",
"innovating",
"instituting",
"introducing",
"launching",
"pioneering",
"setting",
"setting up",
"starting",
"advancing",
"cultivating",
"developing",
"encouraging",
"forwarding",
"fostering",
"furthering",
"nourishing",
"nurturing",
"promoting",
"enacting",
"rendering",
"turning out"
],
"near antonyms":[
"impeding",
"limiting",
"restricting",
"clamping down (on)",
"cracking down (on)",
"crushing",
"dampening",
"putting down",
"quashing",
"quelling",
"repressing",
"smothering",
"squashing",
"squelching",
"stifling",
"subduing",
"suppressing",
"arresting",
"checking",
"controlling",
"curbing",
"inhibiting",
"reining (in)",
"restraining",
"retarding",
"canning",
"killing",
"snuffing (out)",
"stilling",
"abolishing",
"demolishing",
"destroying",
"extinguishing",
"liquidating",
"quenching"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"effect":{
"a condition or occurrence traceable to a cause":{
"examples":[
"better health is always one of the effects of improved hygiene"
],
"synonyms":[
"aftereffect",
"aftermath",
"backwash",
"child",
"conclusion",
"consequence",
"corollary",
"development",
"fate",
"fruit",
"issue",
"outcome",
"outgrowth",
"precipitate",
"product",
"result",
"resultant",
"sequel",
"sequence",
"upshot"
],
"near synonyms":[
"ramification",
"denouement",
"d\u00e9nouement",
"echo",
"implication",
"repercussion",
"afterclap",
"afterglow",
"aftershock",
"blowback",
"by-product",
"fallout",
"offshoot",
"ripple",
"side effect",
"side reaction",
"spin-off"
],
"near antonyms":[
"consideration",
"determinant",
"factor",
"base",
"basis",
"foundation",
"ground",
"groundwork",
"impetus",
"incentive",
"inspiration",
"instigation",
"stimulus",
"mother",
"origin",
"root",
"source",
"spring"
],
"antonyms":[
"antecedent",
"causation",
"cause",
"occasion",
"reason"
]
},
"the power to bring about a result on another":{
"examples":[
"religion has a profound effect on our lives"
],
"synonyms":[
"impact",
"influence",
"mark",
"repercussion",
"sway"
],
"near synonyms":[
"authority",
"clout",
"prestige",
"pull",
"weight",
"command",
"domination",
"dominion",
"mastery",
"consequence",
"importance",
"significance",
"sovereignty",
"sovranty",
"supremacy"
],
"near antonyms":[
"helplessness",
"impotence",
"impotency",
"powerlessness",
"weakness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"transportable items that one owns":{
"examples":[
"the family packed up its household effects and moved to Florida"
],
"synonyms":[
"belongings",
"chattels",
"duds",
"gear",
"goods",
"holdings",
"movables",
"moveables",
"paraphernalia",
"personal effects",
"personal property",
"personalty",
"plunder",
"possession",
"stuff",
"things"
],
"near synonyms":[
"treasures",
"valuables",
"appointments",
"fixtures",
"furnishings",
"estate",
"property",
"tangibles",
"collateral"
],
"near antonyms":[
"immovables",
"real estate"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to be the cause of (a situation, action, or state of mind)":{
"examples":[
"classroom presentations designed to effect greater interest in careers in scientific fields"
],
"synonyms":[
"beget",
"breed",
"bring",
"bring about",
"bring on",
"catalyze",
"cause",
"create",
"do",
"draw on",
"effectuate",
"engender",
"generate",
"induce",
"invoke",
"make",
"occasion",
"produce",
"prompt",
"result (in)",
"spawn",
"translate (into)",
"work",
"yield"
],
"near synonyms":[
"conduce (to)",
"contribute (to)",
"decide",
"determine",
"begin",
"establish",
"father",
"found",
"inaugurate",
"initiate",
"innovate",
"institute",
"introduce",
"launch",
"pioneer",
"set",
"set up",
"start",
"advance",
"cultivate",
"develop",
"encourage",
"forward",
"foster",
"further",
"nourish",
"nurture",
"promote",
"enact",
"render",
"turn out"
],
"near antonyms":[
"impede",
"limit",
"restrict",
"clamp down (on)",
"crack down (on)",
"crush",
"dampen",
"put down",
"quash",
"quell",
"repress",
"smother",
"squash",
"squelch",
"stifle",
"subdue",
"suppress",
"arrest",
"check",
"control",
"curb",
"inhibit",
"rein (in)",
"restrain",
"retard",
"can",
"kill",
"snuff (out)",
"still",
"abolish",
"demolish",
"destroy",
"extinguish",
"liquidate",
"quench"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"effluvia":{
"discarded or useless material":{
"examples":[
"the effluvia from local sewage treatment plants polluting the river"
],
"synonyms":[
"chaff",
"deadwood",
"debris",
"dreck",
"drek",
"dross",
"dust",
"garbage",
"junk",
"litter",
"offal",
"offscouring",
"raffle",
"refuse",
"riffraff",
"rubbish",
"scrap",
"spilth",
"trash",
"truck",
"waste"
],
"near synonyms":[
"crud",
"sewage",
"slop",
"swill",
"wash",
"detritus",
"remains",
"rubble",
"ruins",
"dump",
"scrap heap",
"lumber",
"odds and ends",
"trumpery",
"flotsam",
"jetsam",
"wreckage",
"castoff",
"cull",
"discard",
"hand-me-down",
"reject",
"throwaway",
"nothing",
"straw",
"two bits"
],
"near antonyms":[
"catch",
"gem",
"goody",
"goodie",
"jewel",
"pearl",
"plum",
"prize",
"treasure",
"treasure trove",
"trove",
"valuable",
"booty",
"find",
"salvage"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"effloresces":{
"to produce flowers":{
"examples":[
"created an artificial environment in which plants grew and effloresced regardless of season"
],
"synonyms":[
"blooms",
"blossoms",
"blows",
"burgeons",
"bourgeons",
"flowers",
"unfolds"
],
"near synonyms":[
"leafs",
"leaves",
"buds",
"opens"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dries up",
"fades",
"shrivels",
"wilts",
"withers",
"dies",
"drops",
"expires",
"perishes"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"effigies":{
"a depiction of a person":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"portraits",
"portrayals",
"alter egos",
"carbon copies",
"carbons",
"clones",
"counterparts",
"doppelg\u00e4ngers",
"doppelgangers",
"doubles",
"duplicates",
"duplications",
"facsimiles",
"fetches",
"images",
"likenesses",
"look-alikes",
"matches",
"mirror images",
"pictures",
"replicas",
"ringers",
"spits",
"spitting images",
"twins",
"Chinese copies",
"companions",
"fellows",
"mates",
"equals",
"equivalents",
"analogues",
"analogs",
"parallels"
],
"near antonyms":[
"antitheses",
"converses",
"opposites",
"reverses"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"efficient":{
"producing or capable of producing a desired result":{
"examples":[
"that manual lawn mower is not a very efficient tool for doing a huge yard"
],
"synonyms":[
"effective",
"effectual",
"efficacious",
"fruitful",
"operative",
"potent",
"productive"
],
"near synonyms":[
"hyperefficient",
"ultraefficient",
"adequate",
"capable",
"competent",
"accomplished",
"adept",
"consummate",
"experienced",
"expert",
"masterly",
"practiced",
"practised",
"proficient",
"skilled",
"skillful",
"versed",
"veteran",
"virtuoso",
"cogent",
"convincing",
"killer",
"sound",
"striking",
"telling",
"valid",
"active",
"dynamic",
"useful",
"working",
"applicable",
"feasible",
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"pinnacles",
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"zeniths",
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"blossoms",
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"heydays",
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"glories",
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"splendors",
"belle epoques",
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"bootless",
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"idle",
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"persuasive",
"satisfying",
"strong",
"telling"
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"authoritative",
"definitive",
"sound",
"valid",
"well-founded",
"important",
"significant",
"weighty",
"material",
"pertinent",
"relevant"
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"groundless",
"invalid",
"shaky",
"unfounded",
"unsound",
"inconsequential",
"insignificant",
"unimportant",
"immaterial",
"irrelevant",
"feeble",
"weak"
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"indecisive",
"ineffective",
"uncompelling",
"unconvincing",
"unpersuasive"
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"concrete",
"de facto",
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"factual",
"genuine",
"real",
"sure-enough",
"true",
"very"
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"attested",
"authenticated",
"confirmed",
"demonstrated",
"established",
"proven",
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"valid",
"validated",
"verified",
"incontestable",
"incontrovertible",
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"indubitable",
"inescapable",
"irrefutable",
"undeniable",
"unquestionable",
"believable",
"convincing",
"literal",
"realistic",
"unmistakable",
"verifiable",
"authentic",
"bona fide",
"real-life",
"real-world",
"absolute",
"certain",
"final",
"hard",
"objective",
"palpable",
"positive",
"substantial",
"tangible",
"authoritative",
"certifiable",
"certified"
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"assumed",
"reputed",
"supposed",
"conceived",
"envisaged",
"envisioned",
"imagined",
"pictured",
"visualized",
"chimerical",
"chimeric",
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"fanciful",
"fictional",
"fictitious",
"illusory",
"legendary",
"fabricated",
"fake",
"imaginary",
"invented",
"made-up",
"make-believe",
"pretend",
"romantic",
"abstract",
"symbolic",
"unreal",
"virtual"
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"conjectural",
"hypothetical",
"ideal",
"inexistent",
"nonexistent",
"platonic",
"possible",
"potential",
"suppositional",
"theoretical",
"theoretic"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
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"near synonyms":[
"distributaries"
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"affluents",
"bayous",
"branches",
"confluents",
"feeders",
"influents",
"tributaries",
"backwaters",
"brooklets",
"brooks",
"creeks",
"rills",
"rivulets",
"runs",
"streamlets"
],
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"type":[
"noun"
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"the power to produce a desired result":{
"examples":[
"questioned the efficacy of the alarms in actually preventing auto theft"
],
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"edge",
"effectiveness",
"effectualness",
"efficaciousness",
"efficacity",
"efficiency",
"productiveness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"ability",
"capability",
"capacity",
"potency",
"puissance",
"strength"
],
"near antonyms":[
"inability",
"inadequacy",
"inadequateness",
"incompetence",
"incompetency"
],
"antonyms":[
"ineffectiveness",
"ineffectuality",
"ineffectualness",
"inefficiency"
]
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"type":[
"noun"
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"to destroy all traces of":{
"examples":[
"when the supply ship finally arrived, it discovered that virtually all evidence of the colony at Roanoke had been effaced"
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"annihilated",
"blacked out",
"blotted out",
"canceled",
"cancelled",
"cleaned (up)",
"eradicated",
"erased",
"expunged",
"exterminated",
"extirpated",
"liquidated",
"obliterated",
"rooted (out)",
"rubbed out",
"snuffed (out)",
"stamped (out)",
"swept (away)",
"wiped out"
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"near synonyms":[
"decimated",
"demolished",
"destroyed",
"devastated",
"ravaged",
"dismantled",
"flattened",
"mowed (down)",
"razed",
"tore down",
"ruined",
"totaled",
"totalled",
"wasted",
"wrecked",
"blasted",
"blew up",
"dashed",
"dynamited",
"smashed",
"atomized",
"consumed",
"devoured",
"dissolved",
"fragmented",
"powdered",
"pulverized",
"shattered",
"splintered",
"doomed",
"finished",
"killed",
"killed off",
"terminated",
"zapped",
"cut",
"discarded",
"ditched",
"ejected",
"excised",
"expelled",
"jettisoned",
"ousted",
"threw out"
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"near antonyms":[
"conserved",
"preserved",
"protected",
"saved",
"built",
"constructed",
"created",
"fabricated",
"fashioned",
"forged",
"formed",
"framed",
"made",
"manufactured",
"shaped",
"fixed",
"mended",
"patched",
"rebuilt",
"reconditioned",
"reconstructed",
"renewed",
"renovated",
"repaired",
"restored",
"revamped"
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"type":[
"verb"
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"the power to produce a desired result":{
"examples":[
"the effectualness of that new cancer treatment has yet to be proven"
],
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"edge",
"effectiveness",
"efficaciousness",
"efficacity",
"efficacy",
"efficiency",
"productiveness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"ability",
"capability",
"capacity",
"potency",
"puissance",
"strength"
],
"near antonyms":[
"inability",
"inadequacy",
"inadequateness",
"incompetence",
"incompetency"
],
"antonyms":[
"ineffectiveness",
"ineffectuality",
"ineffectualness",
"inefficiency"
]
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"type":[
"noun"
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"effigy":{
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"portrayal",
"alter ego",
"carbon",
"carbon copy",
"clone",
"counterpart",
"doppelg\u00e4nger",
"doppelganger",
"double",
"duplicate",
"duplication",
"facsimile",
"fetch",
"image",
"likeness",
"look-alike",
"match",
"mirror image",
"picture",
"replica",
"ringer",
"spit",
"spitting image",
"twin",
"Chinese copy",
"companion",
"fellow",
"mate",
"equal",
"equivalent",
"analogue",
"analog",
"parallel"
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"near antonyms":[
"antithesis",
"converse",
"opposite",
"reverse"
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"antonyms":[]
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"type":[
"noun"
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"efficiency apartments":{
"as in duplex apartments , garden apartments":{
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"near synonyms":[
"bed-sitters",
"bedsits",
"bed-sitting-room",
"cohousings",
"condominiums",
"condominia",
"condos",
"duplex apartments",
"duplexes",
"efficiencies",
"flatlets",
"floor-throughs",
"garden apartments",
"granny flats",
"maisonettes",
"penthouses",
"railroad flats",
"salons",
"saloons",
"studio apartments",
"studios",
"triplexes",
"walk-ups",
"apartments",
"diggings",
"digs",
"flats",
"lodgings",
"suites",
"tenements",
"galleries",
"wings",
"apartment buildings",
"apartment houses",
"tenement houses"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
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"type":[]
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"efficiency":{
"the power to produce a desired result":{
"examples":[
"the proven efficiency of meditation in reducing stress within the company's workforce"
],
"synonyms":[
"edge",
"effectiveness",
"effectualness",
"efficaciousness",
"efficacity",
"efficacy",
"productiveness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"ability",
"capability",
"capacity",
"potency",
"puissance",
"strength"
],
"near antonyms":[
"inability",
"inadequacy",
"inadequateness",
"incompetence",
"incompetency"
],
"antonyms":[
"ineffectiveness",
"ineffectuality",
"ineffectualness",
"inefficiency"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"effusive":{
"showing feeling freely":{
"examples":[
"often effusive no matter what the occasion, they are even more so at weddings and funerals"
],
"synonyms":[
"demonstrative",
"emotional",
"touchy-feely",
"uninhibited",
"unreserved",
"unrestrained"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dramatic",
"histrionic",
"hyperemotional",
"melodramatic",
"theatrical",
"theatric",
"gushing",
"gushy",
"maudlin",
"mawkish",
"mushy",
"schmaltzy",
"sentimental",
"communicative",
"expansive",
"extroverted",
"extraverted",
"outgoing",
"affectionate",
"feeling",
"intense",
"loving",
"passionate",
"sensitive",
"soulful",
"warm",
"blunt",
"candid",
"frank",
"outspoken",
"plain"
],
"near antonyms":[
"constrained",
"quiet",
"reticent",
"silent",
"taciturn",
"bashful",
"modest",
"retiring",
"shy",
"introverted",
"self-directed",
"aloof",
"detached",
"dispassionate",
"emotionless",
"impassive",
"indifferent",
"phlegmatic",
"stolid",
"unconcerned",
"unfeeling",
"chilly",
"cold",
"frigid",
"glacial",
"hard-boiled",
"hard-edged",
"hard-hearted",
"icy",
"unfriendly"
],
"antonyms":[
"inhibited",
"reserved",
"restrained",
"undemonstrative",
"unemotional"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
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"requiring considerable physical or mental effort":{
"examples":[
"the book's abstruse subject matter and dense prose make for effortful reading"
],
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"arduous",
"Augean",
"backbreaking",
"challenging",
"demanding",
"difficult",
"exacting",
"formidable",
"grueling",
"gruelling",
"hard",
"heavy",
"hellacious",
"herculean",
"killer",
"laborious",
"moiling",
"murderous",
"pick-and-shovel",
"rigorous",
"rough",
"rugged",
"severe",
"stiff",
"strenuous",
"sweaty",
"tall",
"testing",
"toilsome",
"tough",
"uphill"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abstract",
"abstruse",
"complex",
"complicated",
"elusive",
"hairy",
"insoluble",
"intricate",
"involved",
"knotty",
"opaque",
"problematic",
"problematical",
"recondite",
"serious",
"spiny",
"stubborn",
"thorny",
"ticklish",
"tricky",
"bruising",
"burdensome",
"exhausting",
"labored",
"onerous",
"oppressive",
"stressful",
"taxing",
"tight",
"trying",
"annoying",
"bothersome",
"distressing",
"irksome",
"troublesome",
"vexatious",
"grievous",
"grim",
"strict",
"stringent",
"brutal",
"cruel",
"inhuman",
"painful"
],
"near antonyms":[
"achievable",
"clear",
"doable",
"elementary",
"manageable",
"uncomplicated",
"comforting",
"gentle",
"painless",
"relaxed",
"smooth",
"soothing",
"accessible",
"friendly",
"idiotproof",
"user-friendly"
],
"antonyms":[
"cheap",
"easy",
"effortless",
"facile",
"light",
"mindless",
"simple",
"soft",
"undemanding"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
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"examples":[
"the hope that the greater social interaction between members of the different classes will effectuate greater school spirit"
],
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"beget",
"breed",
"bring",
"bring about",
"bring on",
"catalyze",
"cause",
"create",
"do",
"draw on",
"effect",
"engender",
"generate",
"induce",
"invoke",
"make",
"occasion",
"produce",
"prompt",
"result (in)",
"spawn",
"translate (into)",
"work",
"yield"
],
"near synonyms":[
"conduce (to)",
"contribute (to)",
"decide",
"determine",
"begin",
"establish",
"father",
"found",
"inaugurate",
"initiate",
"innovate",
"institute",
"introduce",
"launch",
"pioneer",
"set",
"set up",
"start",
"advance",
"cultivate",
"develop",
"encourage",
"forward",
"foster",
"further",
"nourish",
"nurture",
"promote",
"enact",
"render",
"turn out"
],
"near antonyms":[
"impede",
"limit",
"restrict",
"clamp down (on)",
"crack down (on)",
"crush",
"dampen",
"put down",
"quash",
"quell",
"repress",
"smother",
"squash",
"squelch",
"stifle",
"subdue",
"suppress",
"arrest",
"check",
"control",
"curb",
"inhibit",
"rein (in)",
"restrain",
"retard",
"can",
"kill",
"snuff (out)",
"still",
"abolish",
"demolish",
"destroy",
"extinguish",
"liquidate",
"quench"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"efficacity":{
"the power to produce a desired result":{
"examples":[
"the limited efficacity of the primitive tool as an instrument for cutting raw meat"
],
"synonyms":[
"edge",
"effectiveness",
"effectualness",
"efficaciousness",
"efficacy",
"efficiency",
"productiveness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"ability",
"capability",
"capacity",
"potency",
"puissance",
"strength"
],
"near antonyms":[
"inability",
"inadequacy",
"inadequateness",
"incompetence",
"incompetency"
],
"antonyms":[
"ineffectiveness",
"ineffectuality",
"ineffectualness",
"inefficiency"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"effeminacy":{
"as in effeteness":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"effeteness",
"femaleness",
"girlishness",
"girlhood",
"maidenhood",
"femininity",
"feminity",
"muliebrity",
"womanhood",
"womanishness",
"womanliness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"manhood",
"manliness",
"masculinity",
"virility",
"androgyny",
"boyishness",
"mannishness",
"tomboyishness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"effortfulness":{
"as in effort , trouble":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bother",
"effort",
"pains",
"painstaking",
"trouble",
"doggedness",
"perseverance",
"persistence",
"tenacity",
"tirelessness",
"application",
"attention",
"attentiveness",
"care",
"concentration",
"assiduity",
"assiduousness",
"diligence",
"industriousness",
"industry",
"sedulity",
"sedulousness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"carelessness",
"negligence",
"slackness",
"idleness",
"indolence",
"laziness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
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}
}