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{
"cul-de-sacs":{
"a street that is designed to connect to another street only at one end":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"Our house is located on a quiet cul-de-sac ."
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"cull":{
"something separated from a group or lot for not being as good as the others":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the unbruised apples will be packed in bags, and the culls will be used for cider"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"castaway",
"throwaway",
"hand-me-down",
"white elephant",
"rubbish",
"scrap",
"trash",
"waste"
],
"synonyms":[
"discard",
"reject",
"rejection",
"second"
]
},
"to decide to accept (someone or something) from a group of possibilities":{
"antonyms":[
"decline",
"refuse",
"reject",
"turn down"
],
"examples":[
"culled the best short stories from the author's body of writings"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disapprove",
"negative",
"repudiate",
"spurn",
"discard",
"jettison",
"throw away",
"throw out"
],
"related":[
"preselect",
"appoint",
"designate",
"fix",
"mark",
"nominate",
"set",
"tab",
"tap",
"accept",
"adopt",
"embrace",
"espouse",
"settle (on or upon)"
],
"synonyms":[
"cherry-pick",
"choose",
"elect",
"handpick",
"name",
"opt (for)",
"pick",
"prefer",
"select",
"single (out)",
"tag",
"take"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"culled":{
"as in screened , winnowed (out)":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"to decide to accept (someone or something) from a group of possibilities":{
"antonyms":[
"declined",
"refused",
"rejected",
"turned down"
],
"examples":[
"culled the best short stories from the author's body of writings"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disapproved",
"negatived",
"repudiated",
"spurned",
"discarded",
"jettisoned",
"threw away",
"threw out"
],
"related":[
"preselected",
"appointed",
"designated",
"fixed",
"marked",
"nominated",
"set",
"tabbed",
"tapped",
"accepted",
"adopted",
"embraced",
"espoused",
"settled (on or upon)"
],
"synonyms":[
"cherry-picked",
"chose",
"elected",
"handpicked",
"named",
"opted (for)",
"picked",
"preferred",
"selected",
"singled (out)",
"tagged",
"took"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"culling":{
"to decide to accept (someone or something) from a group of possibilities":{
"examples":[
"culled the best short stories from the author's body of writings"
],
"synonyms":[
"cherry-picking",
"choosing",
"electing",
"handpicking",
"naming",
"opting (for)",
"picking",
"preferring",
"selecting",
"singling (out)",
"tagging",
"taking"
],
"near synonyms":[
"preselecting",
"appointing",
"designating",
"fixing",
"marking",
"nominating",
"setting",
"tabbing",
"tapping",
"accepting",
"adopting",
"embracing",
"espousing",
"settling (on or upon)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disapproving",
"negativing",
"repudiating",
"spurning",
"discarding",
"jettisoning",
"throwing away",
"throwing out"
],
"antonyms":[
"declining",
"refusing",
"rejecting",
"turning down"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"culprit":{
"a person who has committed a crime":{
"examples":[
"the police caught the culprit a mere two blocks from the scene of the crime"
],
"synonyms":[
"criminal",
"crook",
"lawbreaker",
"malefactor",
"miscreant",
"offender"
],
"near synonyms":[
"misdemeanant",
"accomplice",
"principal",
"desperado",
"outlaw",
"convict",
"jailbird",
"perp",
"perpetrator",
"evildoer",
"gallows bird",
"misdoer",
"misfeasor",
"sinner",
"transgressor",
"trespasser",
"villain",
"wrongdoer",
"blackhander",
"button man",
"gangster",
"hoodlum",
"hooligan",
"mobster",
"racketeer",
"thug",
"enforcer",
"gun",
"gunman",
"gunsel",
"hit man",
"triggerman",
"backslider",
"recidivist",
"relapser",
"repeater",
"accused",
"arrestee",
"defendant",
"detainee",
"fish",
"suspect"
],
"near antonyms":[
"gangbuster",
"lawman"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"cultivate":{
"to come to have gradually":{
"antonyms":[
"lose"
],
"examples":[
"cultivated a taste for opera in order to fit in with his new circle of friends"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abandon",
"desert",
"forsake",
"cast",
"discard",
"ditch",
"dump",
"fling (off or away)",
"jettison",
"junk",
"reject",
"scrap",
"shed",
"shuck (off)",
"slough",
"sluff",
"throw away",
"throw out",
"unload"
],
"related":[
"absorb",
"adopt",
"embrace",
"take in",
"take on",
"gain",
"get",
"obtain",
"achieve",
"attain",
"reach",
"foster",
"nourish",
"nurture",
"promote"
],
"synonyms":[
"acquire",
"develop",
"form"
]
},
"to help the growth or development of":{
"antonyms":[
"discourage",
"frustrate",
"hinder",
"inhibit"
],
"examples":[
"cultivated a passion for learning among his students over the years"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ban",
"bar",
"enjoin",
"forbid",
"interdict",
"outlaw",
"prevent",
"prohibit",
"proscribe",
"battle",
"combat",
"contend (with)",
"counter",
"fight",
"oppose",
"repress",
"snuff (out)",
"squash",
"squelch",
"stifle",
"subdue",
"suppress",
"arrest",
"check",
"halt",
"retard",
"encumber",
"fetter",
"hobble",
"impede",
"interfere (with)",
"manacle",
"obstruct",
"shackle"
],
"related":[
"advocate",
"back",
"champion",
"endorse",
"indorse",
"support",
"uphold",
"endow",
"finance",
"fund",
"patronize",
"stake",
"subsidize",
"underwrite",
"abet",
"aid",
"assist",
"advertise",
"boost",
"plug",
"publicize",
"tout",
"agitate (for)",
"campaign (for)",
"work (for)"
],
"synonyms":[
"advance",
"encourage",
"forward",
"foster",
"further",
"incubate",
"nourish",
"nurse",
"nurture",
"promote"
]
},
"to look after or assist the growth of by labor and care":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"in an attempt to produce New World counterparts of the wines that he had enjoyed in Europe, Jefferson cultivated several varieties of grapes at Monticello"
],
"near antonyms":[
"kill",
"dig",
"extirpate",
"pick",
"pluck",
"pull (up)",
"uproot",
"cut",
"hay",
"mow"
],
"related":[
"breed",
"produce",
"propagate",
"plant",
"sow",
"gather",
"glean",
"harvest",
"reap",
"germinate",
"quicken",
"ripen",
"root",
"sprout"
],
"synonyms":[
"crop",
"culture",
"dress",
"grow",
"promote",
"raise",
"rear",
"tend"
]
},
"to work by plowing, sowing, and raising crops on":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"we ought to cultivate the field out back"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"crop",
"plant",
"harvest",
"reap",
"harrow",
"hoe",
"sharecrop"
],
"synonyms":[
"farm",
"tend",
"till"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"cultivates":{
"to come to have gradually":{
"antonyms":[
"loses"
],
"examples":[
"cultivated a taste for opera in order to fit in with his new circle of friends"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abandons",
"deserts",
"forsakes",
"casts",
"discards",
"ditches",
"dumps",
"flings (off or away)",
"jettisons",
"junks",
"rejects",
"scraps",
"sheds",
"shucks (off)",
"sloughs",
"sluffs",
"throws away",
"throws out",
"unloads"
],
"related":[
"absorbs",
"adopts",
"embraces",
"takes in",
"takes on",
"gains",
"gets",
"obtains",
"achieves",
"attains",
"reaches",
"fosters",
"nourishes",
"nurtures",
"promotes"
],
"synonyms":[
"acquires",
"develops",
"forms"
]
},
"to help the growth or development of":{
"antonyms":[
"discourages",
"frustrates",
"hinders",
"inhibits"
],
"examples":[
"cultivated a passion for learning among his students over the years"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bans",
"bars",
"enjoins",
"forbids",
"interdicts",
"outlaws",
"prevents",
"prohibits",
"proscribes",
"battles",
"combats",
"contends (with)",
"counters",
"fights",
"opposes",
"represses",
"snuffs (out)",
"squashes",
"squelches",
"stifles",
"subdues",
"suppresses",
"arrests",
"checks",
"halts",
"retards",
"encumbers",
"fetters",
"hobbles",
"impedes",
"interferes (with)",
"manacles",
"obstructs",
"shackles"
],
"related":[
"advocates",
"backs",
"champions",
"endorses",
"indorses",
"supports",
"upholds",
"endows",
"finances",
"funds",
"patronizes",
"stakes",
"subsidizes",
"underwrites",
"abets",
"aids",
"assists",
"advertises",
"boosts",
"plugs",
"publicizes",
"touts",
"agitates (for)",
"campaigns (for)",
"works (for)"
],
"synonyms":[
"advances",
"encourages",
"forwards",
"fosters",
"furthers",
"incubates",
"nourishes",
"nurses",
"nurtures",
"promotes"
]
},
"to look after or assist the growth of by labor and care":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"in an attempt to produce New World counterparts of the wines that he had enjoyed in Europe, Jefferson cultivated several varieties of grapes at Monticello"
],
"near antonyms":[
"kills",
"digs",
"extirpates",
"picks",
"plucks",
"pulls (up)",
"uproots",
"cuts",
"hays",
"mows"
],
"related":[
"breeds",
"produces",
"propagates",
"plants",
"sows",
"gathers",
"gleans",
"harvests",
"reaps",
"germinates",
"quickens",
"ripens",
"roots",
"sprouts"
],
"synonyms":[
"crops",
"cultures",
"dresses",
"grows",
"promotes",
"raises",
"rears",
"tends"
]
},
"to work by plowing, sowing, and raising crops on":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"we ought to cultivate the field out back"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"crops",
"plants",
"harvests",
"reaps",
"harrows",
"hoes",
"sharecrops"
],
"synonyms":[
"farms",
"tends",
"tills"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"cultures":{
"the way people live at a particular time and place":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"a study of ancient Anasazi culture as it existed in the canyons of the American Southwest"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"customs",
"manners",
"mores",
"values",
"folklores",
"heritages",
"legacies",
"traditions",
"subcultures",
"subsocieties",
"sub-societies"
],
"synonyms":[
"civilizations",
"lifestyles",
"lives",
"societies"
]
},
"to look after or assist the growth of by labor and care":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"culture bacteria in laboratory dishes"
],
"near antonyms":[
"kills",
"digs",
"extirpates",
"picks",
"plucks",
"pulls (up)",
"uproots",
"cuts",
"hays",
"mows"
],
"related":[
"breeds",
"produces",
"propagates",
"plants",
"sows",
"gathers",
"gleans",
"harvests",
"reaps",
"germinates",
"quickens",
"ripens",
"roots",
"sprouts"
],
"synonyms":[
"crops",
"cultivates",
"dresses",
"grows",
"promotes",
"raises",
"rears",
"tends"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"culminations":{
"the highest part or point":{
"examples":[
"an acting performance that was seen as the culmination of a brilliant career on the stage"
],
"synonyms":[
"acmes",
"apexes",
"apices",
"apogees",
"capstones",
"climaxes",
"crescendos",
"crescendoes",
"crescendi",
"crests",
"crowns",
"heads",
"heights",
"high noons",
"high-water marks",
"meridians",
"ne plus ultras",
"noons",
"noontimes",
"peaks",
"pinnacles",
"summits",
"sums",
"tip-tops",
"tops",
"zeniths"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blooms",
"blossoms",
"flood tides",
"flowers",
"glories",
"heydays",
"primes",
"caps",
"ceilings",
"roofs",
"extremes",
"extremities",
"tips",
"vertices",
"vertexes",
"highlights",
"highs",
"highspots"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abysses",
"bases",
"feet",
"foot",
"minima",
"minimums"
],
"antonyms":[
"bottoms",
"nadirs",
"rock bottoms"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"cultists":{
"as in zealots , pietists":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"pietists",
"zealots",
"fundamentalists",
"deists",
"monotheists",
"polytheists",
"theist",
"believers",
"religionists",
"churchgoers",
"communicants",
"congregants"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"cultist":{
"as in zealot , pietist":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"pietist",
"zealot",
"fundamentalist",
"deist",
"monotheist",
"polytheist",
"theist",
"believer",
"religionist",
"churchgoer",
"communicant",
"congregant"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"culprits":{
"a person who has committed a crime":{
"examples":[
"the police caught the culprit a mere two blocks from the scene of the crime"
],
"synonyms":[
"criminals",
"crooks",
"lawbreakers",
"malefactors",
"miscreants",
"offenders"
],
"near synonyms":[
"misdemeanants",
"accomplices",
"principals",
"desperadoes",
"desperados",
"outlaws",
"convicts",
"jailbirds",
"perpetrators",
"perps",
"evildoers",
"gallows birds",
"misdoers",
"misfeasors",
"sinners",
"transgressors",
"trespassers",
"villains",
"wrongdoers",
"blackhanders",
"button men",
"gangsters",
"hoodlums",
"hooligans",
"mobsters",
"racketeers",
"thugs",
"enforcers",
"gunmen",
"guns",
"gunsels",
"hit men",
"triggermen",
"backsliders",
"recidivists",
"relapsers",
"repeaters",
"accused",
"arrestees",
"defendants",
"detainees",
"fish",
"fishes",
"suspects"
],
"near antonyms":[
"gangbusters",
"lawmen"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"culverts":{
"as in drains , ravines":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"acequias",
"drains",
"draws",
"gullies",
"gulleys",
"ravines",
"dikes",
"ditches",
"fosses",
"gutters",
"sheughs",
"trenches",
"troughs",
"drills",
"furrows",
"ha-has",
"moats",
"stanks",
"sunk fences",
"kennels"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"cul-de-sac":{
"a street that is designed to connect to another street only at one end":{
"examples":[
"Our house is located on a quiet cul-de-sac ."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"close",
"dead end",
"arterial",
"artery",
"avenue",
"boulevard",
"carriageway",
"drag",
"drive",
"expressway",
"freeway",
"high road",
"highway",
"pass",
"pike",
"road",
"roadway",
"route",
"row",
"thoroughfare",
"thruway",
"trace",
"turnpike",
"way",
"causeway",
"backstreet",
"branch",
"bystreet",
"byway",
"crossroad",
"secondary road",
"shunpike",
"side road",
"side street",
"alley",
"alleyway",
"circle",
"lane",
"laneway",
"mews",
"place",
"corridor",
"track",
"trail"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"cults":{
"a body of beliefs and practices regarding the supernatural and the worship of one or more deities":{
"examples":[
"an ancient cult that centered on the worship of the earth as the source of all life"
],
"synonyms":[
"credos",
"creeds",
"faiths",
"persuasions",
"religions"
],
"near synonyms":[
"churches",
"communions",
"denominations",
"sects",
"doctrines",
"dogmas",
"dogmata",
"theologies",
"deisms",
"heathenisms",
"monotheisms",
"paganisms",
"pantheisms",
"polytheisms",
"theisms"
],
"near antonyms":[
"agnosticism",
"know-nothingisms",
"atheisms",
"nonbeliefs",
"secularisms"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"culvert":{
"as in drain , ravine":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"acequia",
"drain",
"draw",
"gully",
"gulley",
"ravine",
"dike",
"ditch",
"fosse",
"foss",
"gutter",
"sheugh",
"trench",
"trough",
"drill",
"furrow",
"ha-ha",
"moat",
"stank",
"sunk fence",
"kennel"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"culinarian":{
"a person who prepares food by some manner of heating":{
"examples":[
"a celebrated culinarian who started his own cooking school"
],
"synonyms":[
"chef",
"cook",
"cooker"
],
"near synonyms":[
"baker",
"p\u00e2tissier",
"patissier",
"barbecuer",
"griller"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"culverin":{
"as in shotgun , musket":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"blunderbuss",
"breechloader",
"fieldpiece",
"firelock",
"flintlock",
"harquebus",
"arquebus",
"matchlock",
"musket",
"shotgun",
"smoothbore",
"twenty-two",
".22",
"arm",
"firearm",
"heat",
"piece",
"small arm",
"derringer",
"forty-five",
".45",
"gat",
"handgun",
"pistol",
"revolver",
"rod",
"roscoe",
"sidearm",
"six-gun",
"six-shooter",
"zip gun",
"self-loader",
"semiautomatic",
"AK-47",
"assault rifle",
"assault weapon",
"automatic",
"carbine",
"machine gun",
"machine pistol",
"repeater",
"submachine gun",
"tommy gun",
"speargun"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"cultivating":{
"to come to have gradually":{
"examples":[
"cultivated a taste for opera in order to fit in with his new circle of friends"
],
"synonyms":[
"acquiring",
"developing",
"forming"
],
"near synonyms":[
"absorbing",
"adopting",
"embracing",
"taking in",
"taking on",
"gaining",
"getting",
"obtaining",
"achieving",
"attaining",
"reaching",
"fostering",
"nourishing",
"nurturing",
"promoting"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abandoning",
"deserting",
"forsaking",
"casting",
"discarding",
"ditching",
"dumping",
"flinging (off or away)",
"jettisoning",
"junking",
"rejecting",
"scrapping",
"shedding",
"shucking (off)",
"sloughing",
"sluffing",
"throwing away",
"throwing out",
"unloading"
],
"antonyms":[
"losing"
]
},
"to help the growth or development of":{
"examples":[
"cultivated a passion for learning among his students over the years"
],
"synonyms":[
"advancing",
"encouraging",
"forwarding",
"fostering",
"furthering",
"incubating",
"nourishing",
"nursing",
"nurturing",
"promoting"
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"advocating",
"backing",
"championing",
"endorsing",
"indorsing",
"supporting",
"upholding",
"endowing",
"financing",
"funding",
"patronizing",
"staking",
"subsidizing",
"underwriting",
"abetting",
"aiding",
"assisting",
"advertising",
"boosting",
"plugging",
"publicizing",
"touting",
"agitating (for)",
"campaigning (for)",
"working (for)"
],
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"banning",
"barring",
"enjoining",
"forbidding",
"interdicting",
"outlawing",
"preventing",
"prohibiting",
"proscribing",
"battling",
"combating",
"combatting",
"contending (with)",
"countering",
"fighting",
"opposing",
"repressing",
"snuffing (out)",
"squashing",
"squelching",
"stifling",
"subduing",
"suppressing",
"arresting",
"checking",
"halting",
"retarding",
"encumbering",
"fettering",
"hobbling",
"impeding",
"interfering (with)",
"manacling",
"obstructing",
"shackling"
],
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"discouraging",
"frustrating",
"hindering",
"inhibiting"
]
},
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"in an attempt to produce New World counterparts of the wines that he had enjoyed in Europe, Jefferson cultivated several varieties of grapes at Monticello"
],
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"cropping",
"culturing",
"dressing",
"growing",
"promoting",
"raising",
"rearing",
"tending"
],
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"breeding",
"producing",
"propagating",
"planting",
"sowing",
"gathering",
"gleaning",
"harvesting",
"reaping",
"germinating",
"quickening",
"ripening",
"rooting",
"sprouting"
],
"near antonyms":[
"killing",
"digging",
"extirpating",
"picking",
"plucking",
"pulling (up)",
"uprooting",
"cutting",
"haying",
"mowing"
],
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},
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"examples":[
"we ought to cultivate the field out back"
],
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"farming",
"tending",
"tilling"
],
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"planting",
"harvesting",
"reaping",
"harrowing",
"hoeing",
"sharecropping"
],
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},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
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"cannot find culpability where there is neither knowledge that a crime has been committed nor evidence of intent to commit a crime"
],
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"fault",
"guilt",
"onus",
"rap"
],
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"blameworthiness",
"complicity",
"guiltiness",
"sinfulness",
"accusation",
"censure",
"condemnation",
"denunciation",
"finger-pointing",
"reproach",
"regret",
"remorse",
"self-reproach",
"shame"
],
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"antonyms":[
"blamelessness",
"faultlessness",
"guiltlessness",
"innocence"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
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"having or showing a taste for the fine arts and gracious living":{
"examples":[
"the most highly cultured period of the country's long history"
],
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"accomplished",
"civilized",
"couth",
"cultivated",
"genteel",
"polished",
"refined"
],
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"cerebral",
"highbrow",
"highbrowed",
"high-toned",
"intellectual",
"intellectualist",
"intellectualistic",
"bourgeois",
"educated",
"erudite",
"knowledgeable",
"learned",
"literate",
"scholarly",
"well-read",
"civil",
"courteous",
"mannerly",
"polite",
"well-bred",
"cosmopolitan",
"sophisticated",
"urbane",
"hypercivilized",
"overcivilized",
"oversophisticated"
],
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"ignorant",
"illiterate",
"uneducated",
"unlettered",
"lowbrow",
"unintelligent",
"coarse",
"ill-bred",
"ill-mannered",
"backwoods",
"provincial",
"rustic",
"rustical",
"inelegant",
"polyester",
"unsophisticated",
"boorish",
"churlish",
"cloddish",
"clownish",
"crude",
"uncouth",
"vulgar"
],
"antonyms":[
"barbaric",
"barbarous",
"philistine",
"uncivilized",
"uncultured",
"ungenteel",
"unpolished",
"unrefined"
]
},
"to look after or assist the growth of by labor and care":{
"examples":[
"culture bacteria in laboratory dishes"
],
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"cropped",
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"promoted",
"raised",
"reared",
"tended"
],
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"bred",
"produced",
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"planted",
"sowed",
"gathered",
"gleaned",
"harvested",
"reaped",
"germinated",
"quickened",
"ripened",
"rooted",
"sprouted"
],
"near antonyms":[
"killed",
"dug",
"extirpated",
"picked",
"plucked",
"pulled (up)",
"uprooted",
"cut",
"hayed",
"mowed"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
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"a person who cultivates the land and grows crops on it":{
"examples":[
"encountered an indigenous people who were experienced cultivators of the soil as well as highly skilled craftsmen"
],
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"agriculturist",
"agriculturalist",
"agronomist",
"farmer",
"grower",
"planter",
"tiller"
],
"near synonyms":[
"farmhand",
"field hand",
"gleaner",
"harvester",
"plowman",
"reaper",
"workfolk",
"workfolks",
"crofter",
"cropper",
"gentleman farmer",
"sharecropper",
"subsistence farmer",
"tenant farmer",
"yeoman",
"homesteader",
"nester",
"granger",
"rancher",
"ranchero",
"ranchman",
"campesino"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"cultivators":{
"a person who cultivates the land and grows crops on it":{
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"encountered an indigenous people who were experienced cultivators of the soil as well as highly skilled craftsmen"
],
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"agriculturalists",
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"farmers",
"growers",
"planters",
"tillers"
],
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"field hands",
"gleaners",
"harvesters",
"plowmen",
"reapers",
"workfolks",
"crofters",
"croppers",
"gentlemen farmers",
"sharecroppers",
"subsistence farmers",
"tenant farmers",
"yeomen",
"homesteaders",
"nesters",
"grangers",
"rancheros",
"ranchers",
"ranchmen",
"campesinos"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"cultivation":{
"a high level of taste and enlightenment as a result of extensive intellectual training and exposure to the arts":{
"examples":[
"people of cultivation appreciate the special experience that only live theater can provide"
],
"synonyms":[
"accomplishment",
"civilization",
"couth",
"culture",
"polish",
"refinement"
],
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"education",
"erudition",
"intellectualism",
"intellectuality",
"knowledge",
"learning",
"literacy",
"scholarship",
"cosmopolitanism",
"sophistication",
"urbanity",
"breeding",
"genteelness",
"gentility",
"manners",
"class",
"elegance",
"grace",
"taste",
"civility",
"courteousness",
"courtesy",
"politeness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ignorance",
"illiteracy",
"parochialism",
"provincialism",
"rusticity",
"unsophistication",
"boorishness",
"churlishness",
"clownishness",
"coarseness",
"crudeness",
"vulgarity"
],
"antonyms":[
"barbarianism",
"barbarism",
"philistinism"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"culturati":{
"as in avant-garde":{
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"near synonyms":[
"avant-garde",
"clerisy",
"intelligentsia",
"literati",
"chosen",
"illuminati",
"best",
"choice",
"cream",
"elect",
"elite",
"fat",
"flower",
"pick",
"prime",
"upper crust"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"culture":{
"a high level of taste and enlightenment as a result of extensive intellectual training and exposure to the arts":{
"examples":[
"because of its wide reputation as a place of culture , Boston became known as \"the Athens of America\""
],
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"accomplishment",
"civilization",
"couth",
"cultivation",
"polish",
"refinement"
],
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"education",
"erudition",
"intellectualism",
"intellectuality",
"knowledge",
"learning",
"literacy",
"scholarship",
"cosmopolitanism",
"sophistication",
"urbanity",
"breeding",
"genteelness",
"gentility",
"manners",
"class",
"elegance",
"grace",
"taste",
"civility",
"courteousness",
"courtesy",
"politeness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ignorance",
"illiteracy",
"parochialism",
"provincialism",
"rusticity",
"unsophistication",
"boorishness",
"churlishness",
"clownishness",
"coarseness",
"crudeness",
"vulgarity"
],
"antonyms":[
"barbarianism",
"barbarism",
"philistinism"
]
},
"the way people live at a particular time and place":{
"examples":[
"a study of ancient Anasazi culture as it existed in the canyons of the American Southwest"
],
"synonyms":[
"civilization",
"life",
"lifestyle",
"society"
],
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"customs",
"manners",
"mores",
"values",
"folklore",
"heritage",
"legacy",
"tradition",
"subculture",
"subsociety"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to look after or assist the growth of by labor and care":{
"examples":[
"culture bacteria in laboratory dishes"
],
"synonyms":[
"crop",
"cultivate",
"dress",
"grow",
"promote",
"raise",
"rear",
"tend"
],
"near synonyms":[
"breed",
"produce",
"propagate",
"plant",
"sow",
"gather",
"glean",
"harvest",
"reap",
"germinate",
"quicken",
"ripen",
"root",
"sprout"
],
"near antonyms":[
"kill",
"dig",
"extirpate",
"pick",
"pluck",
"pull (up)",
"uproot",
"cut",
"hay",
"mow"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"cult":{
"a group of people showing intense devotion to a cause, person, or work (as a film)":{
"examples":[
"long after it had gone off the air, the TV series continued to have a huge cult"
],
"synonyms":[
"audience",
"followership",
"following"
],
"near synonyms":[
"discipleship",
"fandom"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a body of beliefs and practices regarding the supernatural and the worship of one or more deities":{
"examples":[
"an ancient cult that centered on the worship of the earth as the source of all life"
],
"synonyms":[
"credo",
"creed",
"faith",
"persuasion",
"religion"
],
"near synonyms":[
"church",
"communion",
"denomination",
"sect",
"doctrine",
"dogma",
"theology",
"deism",
"heathenism",
"monotheism",
"paganism",
"pantheism",
"polytheism",
"theism"
],
"near antonyms":[
"agnosticism",
"know-nothingism",
"atheism",
"godlessness",
"nonbelief",
"secularism",
"unbelief"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
}
}