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{
"finaglers":{
"a dishonest person who uses clever means to cheat others out of something of value":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"financial finaglers who were suspected of insider trading"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"double-crossers",
"double-dealers",
"bluffers",
"charlatans",
"fakers",
"fakes",
"humbugs",
"impostors",
"imposters",
"mountebanks",
"phonies",
"phoneys",
"pretenders",
"quacks",
"quacksalvers",
"ringers",
"shams",
"adventurers",
"foxes",
"fox",
"gamesmen",
"knaves",
"pranksters",
"rascals",
"rogues",
"fast-talkers",
"slickers",
"slicks",
"slicksters",
"slyboots",
"smoothies",
"wheeler-dealers",
"plotters",
"schemers",
"sneakers",
"sneaks",
"blacklegs",
"cardsharps",
"cardsharpers"
],
"synonyms":[
"bilkers",
"bilks",
"cheaters",
"cheats",
"chiselers",
"chisellers",
"confidence men",
"cozeners",
"defrauders",
"dodgers",
"fakirs",
"fraudsters",
"hoaxers",
"scammers",
"scamsters",
"sharks",
"sharpers",
"sharpies",
"skinners",
"swindlers",
"trickers",
"tricksters"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"final":{
"following all others of the same kind in order or time":{
"examples":[
"this will be my final order"
],
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"synonyms":[
"bottommost",
"closing",
"concluding",
"hindmost",
"lag",
"last",
"latest",
"latter",
"rearmost",
"terminal",
"terminating",
"ultimate"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"consequent",
"ensuing",
"eventual",
"following",
"succeeding",
"conclusive",
"crowning",
"decisive",
"definitive",
"farthermost",
"farthest",
"furthermost",
"furthest",
"remotest",
"lowermost",
"lowest",
"nethermost",
"endmost",
"extreme",
"outermost",
"outmost",
"utmost",
"penultimate"
],
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"near antonyms":[
"eminent",
"premier",
"superior"
],
"antonyms":[
"beginning",
"earliest",
"first",
"foremost",
"headmost",
"inaugural",
"initial",
"leadoff",
"maiden",
"opening",
"original",
"pioneer",
"primary",
"starting"
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]
},
"having been established and usually not subject to change":{
"examples":[
"the wedding date is final"
],
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"synonyms":[
"certain",
"determinate",
"firm",
"fixed",
"flat",
"frozen",
"hard",
"hard-and-fast",
"inexpugnable",
"set",
"settled",
"stable"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"nonadjustable",
"noncancelable",
"nonnegotiable",
"unchangeable",
"constant",
"steady",
"unchanging",
"uniform",
"unwavering",
"definite",
"exact",
"explicit",
"specific",
"given",
"stated",
"stipulated",
"dependable",
"good",
"reliable",
"responsible",
"safe",
"solid",
"sure",
"tried",
"tried-and-true",
"true",
"trustworthy",
"trusty"
],
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"near antonyms":[
"adjustable",
"changeable",
"negotiable",
"indefinite",
"open-ended",
"unspecified",
"capricious",
"changeful",
"flickery",
"fluctuating",
"fluid",
"inconstant",
"mercurial",
"mutable",
"temperamental",
"uncertain",
"unpredictable",
"unsettled",
"unstable",
"unsteady",
"variable",
"volatile"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in semifinal , play-off":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"nightcap",
"play-off",
"semifinal",
"championship",
"national(s)",
"derby",
"field day",
"gymkhana",
"open",
"outing",
"battle",
"conflict",
"scrimmage",
"skirmish",
"struggle",
"tug-of-war",
"tussle",
"biathlon",
"decathlon",
"heptathlon",
"pentathlon",
"triathlon",
"athletics",
"sport",
"marathon",
"race",
"ultramarathon",
"bout",
"competition",
"contest",
"event",
"game",
"match",
"matchup",
"meet",
"sweepstakes",
"sweep-stake",
"tournament",
"tourney",
"heat",
"round",
"run",
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"set",
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"rally",
"volley"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in test , investigation":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"exam",
"examination",
"quiz",
"test",
"inquiry",
"interrogation",
"investigation",
"probe",
"research",
"checkup",
"inspection",
"review",
"board(s)",
"midterm",
"midyear",
"aptitude test",
"intelligence test",
"placement test",
"pretest",
"retest",
"audition",
"catechism"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
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},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"financed":{
"to provide money for":{
"examples":[
"a local business kindly financed the high school band's trip to New York City"
],
"synonyms":[
"bankrolled",
"capitalized",
"endowed",
"funded",
"staked",
"subsidized",
"underwrote"
],
"near synonyms":[
"grubstaked",
"cofinanced",
"co-financed",
"refinanced",
"advocated",
"aided",
"backed",
"championed",
"endorsed",
"indorsed",
"patronized",
"sponsored",
"supported",
"maintained",
"nourished",
"provided (for)",
"cleared",
"defrayed",
"discharged",
"footed",
"liquidated",
"paid",
"paid off",
"paid up",
"quit",
"quitted",
"recompensed",
"settled",
"sprang (for)",
"sprung (for)",
"stood",
"refunded"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"defunded"
]
},
"to furnish (as an institution) with a regular source of income":{
"examples":[
"established a fund to finance a visiting lecturer position at the local college"
],
"synonyms":[
"endowed",
"funded",
"subsidized"
],
"near synonyms":[
"established",
"founded",
"organized",
"bequeathed",
"contributed",
"donated",
"subscribed",
"supported",
"underwrote",
"awarded",
"granted",
"backed",
"promoted",
"sponsored",
"capitalized",
"invested (in)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"drew",
"received",
"subsisted"
],
"antonyms":[
"defunded",
"disendowed"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"financing":{
"as in funding , subsidy":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bankrolling",
"endowment",
"funding",
"subsidy",
"aegis",
"egis",
"auspice",
"backing",
"patronage",
"sponsorship",
"encouragement",
"fosterage",
"aid",
"assistance",
"help"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in fund , cash":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"assets",
"capital",
"deep pockets",
"fortune",
"means",
"opulence",
"riches",
"roll",
"substance",
"wealth",
"bread",
"cash",
"chips",
"currency",
"dough",
"gold",
"jack",
"legal tender",
"lucre",
"pelf",
"scratch",
"tender",
"wampum",
"bankroll",
"coffers",
"exchequer",
"finances",
"fund",
"pocket",
"resources",
"wherewithal",
"purse",
"treasury",
"cash flow",
"shirt"
],
"near antonyms":[
"debts",
"liabilities",
"indebtedness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to provide money for":{
"examples":[
"a local business kindly financed the high school band's trip to New York City"
],
"synonyms":[
"bankrolling",
"capitalizing",
"endowing",
"funding",
"staking",
"subsidizing",
"underwriting"
],
"near synonyms":[
"grubstaking",
"cofinancing",
"co-financing",
"refinancing",
"advocating",
"aiding",
"backing",
"championing",
"endorsing",
"indorsing",
"patronizing",
"sponsoring",
"supporting",
"maintaining",
"nourishing",
"providing (for)",
"clearing",
"defraying",
"discharging",
"footing",
"liquidating",
"paying",
"paying off",
"paying up",
"quitting",
"recompensing",
"settling",
"springing (for)",
"standing",
"refunding"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"defunding"
]
},
"to furnish (as an institution) with a regular source of income":{
"examples":[
"established a fund to finance a visiting lecturer position at the local college"
],
"synonyms":[
"endowing",
"funding",
"subsidizing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"establishing",
"founding",
"organizing",
"bequeathing",
"contributing",
"donating",
"subscribing",
"supporting",
"underwriting",
"awarding",
"granting",
"backing",
"promoting",
"sponsoring",
"capitalizing",
"investing (in)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"drawing",
"receiving",
"subsisting"
],
"antonyms":[
"defunding",
"disendowing"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"findings":{
"a decision made by a court or tribunal regarding a case it has heard":{
"examples":[
"the evidence supported a finding of unfair bias, and the court entered judgment for the plaintiff"
],
"synonyms":[
"dooms",
"holdings",
"judgments",
"judgements",
"rulings",
"sentences"
],
"near synonyms":[
"inquests",
"verdicts",
"authorities",
"decrees",
"edicts",
"injunctions",
"orders",
"arbitraments",
"awards",
"declarations",
"deliverances",
"dicta",
"dictums",
"pronouncements",
"conclusions",
"decisions",
"determinations",
"opinions",
"resolutions",
"disciplines",
"penalties",
"punishments"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the act or process of sighting or learning the existence of something for the first time":{
"examples":[
"the scientists were thrilled with the finding of the new fossil"
],
"synonyms":[
"detections",
"discoveries"
],
"near synonyms":[
"espials",
"notices",
"disclosures",
"exposures",
"revelations",
"creations",
"inventions",
"explorations",
"rediscoveries"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disappearances",
"losses",
"concealments"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"finds fault (with)":{
"to express one's unfavorable opinion of the worth or quality of":{
"examples":[
"She could always find fault with someone after only one date."
],
"synonyms":[
"blames",
"censures",
"condemns",
"criticizes",
"denounces",
"dispraises",
"disses",
"faults",
"knocks",
"pans",
"reprehends",
"slags"
],
"near synonyms":[
"skewers",
"tweaks",
"assails",
"attacks",
"blasts",
"clobbers",
"slams",
"slashes",
"nicks (at)",
"snipes (at)",
"beefs",
"bellyaches",
"bitches",
"carps",
"cavils",
"complains",
"crabs",
"croaks",
"fusses",
"gripes",
"grouses",
"growls",
"grumbles",
"kicks",
"kvetches",
"moans",
"murmurs",
"mutters",
"niggles",
"quibbles",
"whines",
"admonishes",
"chides",
"drubs",
"rebukes",
"reprimands",
"reproaches",
"reproves",
"berates",
"castigates",
"crucifies",
"excoriates",
"flays",
"gibbets",
"hammers",
"keelhauls",
"lambastes",
"lambasts",
"lashes",
"pillories",
"scolds",
"upbraids",
"bad-mouths",
"belittles",
"decries",
"derides",
"discommends",
"disparages",
"puts down"
],
"near antonyms":[
"approves",
"commends",
"endorses",
"indorses",
"recommends",
"sanctions"
],
"antonyms":[
"extols",
"extolls",
"lauds",
"praises"
]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"fine-tune":{
"to make small changes to (something) in order to improve the way it works or to make it exactly right":{
"examples":[
"fine-tune a TV set",
"fine-tune the temperature of the room",
"They're fine-tuning interest rates to achieve economic growth without inflation."
],
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"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"fiddle (with)",
"phase",
"register",
"regulate",
"rig",
"acclimate",
"acclimatize",
"accommodate",
"adapt",
"adjust",
"condition",
"conform",
"doctor",
"edit",
"fashion",
"fit",
"put",
"shape",
"suit",
"tailor",
"readapt",
"readjust",
"customize",
"gear",
"match",
"model",
"pattern",
"attune",
"correct",
"harmonize",
"square",
"tune",
"establish",
"root",
"settle",
"acquaint",
"familiarize",
"orient",
"orientate",
"equip",
"prepare",
"prime",
"rehearse",
"harden",
"inure",
"season",
"toughen",
"alter",
"convert",
"make over",
"modify",
"recast",
"reclaim",
"recycle",
"redesign",
"redevelop",
"redo",
"reengineer",
"refashion",
"refigure",
"refit",
"refocus",
"reinvent",
"rejigger",
"remake",
"remodel",
"revamp",
"revise",
"rework",
"transform",
"accustom",
"condition",
"habilitate",
"habituate",
"naturalize",
"ready",
"season",
"bend"
],
"near antonyms":[
"misadjust"
],
"antonyms":[]
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},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"fine-tuning":{
"to make small changes to (something) in order to improve the way it works or to make it exactly right":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"fine-tune a TV set",
"fine-tune the temperature of the room",
"They're fine-tuning interest rates to achieve economic growth without inflation."
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"fined":{
"to establish or apply as a charge or penalty":{
"examples":[
"the police will fine you for driving with one headlight out"
],
"synonyms":[
"assessed",
"charged",
"exacted",
"imposed",
"laid",
"levied",
"put"
],
"near synonyms":[
"docked",
"excised",
"mulcted",
"penalized",
"taxed",
"extorted",
"shook down",
"wrested",
"wrung",
"bled",
"fleeced",
"gouged",
"milked",
"skinned",
"squeezed",
"coerced",
"compelled",
"forced",
"inflicted",
"wreaked",
"set",
"reapplied",
"reimposed",
"relaid"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abated",
"diminished",
"lessened",
"forgave",
"released",
"condoned",
"disregarded",
"excused",
"glossed (over)",
"glozed (over)",
"ignored",
"pardoned"
],
"antonyms":[
"remitted"
]
},
"to remove usually visible impurities from":{
"examples":[
"the use of egg shells to fine wine"
],
"synonyms":[
"clarified",
"cleared",
"distilled",
"filtered",
"garbled",
"purified"
],
"near synonyms":[
"processed",
"rectified",
"refined",
"cleaned",
"cleansed",
"decontaminated",
"elutriated",
"purged",
"washed",
"extracted",
"leached",
"bolted",
"screened",
"sieved",
"sifted",
"disinfected",
"sanitized"
],
"near antonyms":[
"clouded",
"dulled",
"muddied",
"contaminated",
"dirtied",
"soiled",
"defiled",
"polluted",
"tainted",
"begrimed",
"besmirched",
"fouled",
"sullied"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"finery":{
"dressy clothing":{
"examples":[
"the guests arrived at the wedding in all their finery"
],
"synonyms":[
"array",
"best",
"bravery",
"caparison",
"feather",
"frippery",
"full dress",
"gaiety",
"gayety",
"glad rags",
"regalia"
],
"near synonyms":[
"apparel",
"attire",
"costume",
"duds",
"habiliment(s)",
"rags",
"raiment",
"rig",
"rigging",
"threads",
"toggery",
"togs",
"vestiary",
"vesture",
"wear"
],
"near antonyms":[
"tatters",
"disarray",
"dishabille"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"finger painting":{
"as in drawing , daub":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"fingerprint":{
"something that sets apart an individual from others of the same kind":{
"examples":[
"regards a sense of permanence as one of the fingerprints of a civilized society"
],
"synonyms":[
"affection",
"attribute",
"attribution",
"character",
"characteristic",
"criterion",
"diagnostic",
"differentia",
"feature",
"hallmark",
"mark",
"marker",
"note",
"particularity",
"peculiarity",
"point",
"property",
"quality",
"specific",
"stamp",
"touch",
"trait"
],
"near synonyms":[
"badge",
"indication",
"sign",
"emblem",
"symbol",
"token",
"charm",
"grace",
"excellence",
"merit",
"virtue",
"eccentricity",
"idiosyncrasy",
"oddity",
"quirk",
"individuality",
"singularity",
"uniqueness"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"fingerprints":{
"something that sets apart an individual from others of the same kind":{
"examples":[
"regards a sense of permanence as one of the fingerprints of a civilized society"
],
"synonyms":[
"affections",
"attributes",
"attributions",
"characteristics",
"characters",
"criteria",
"criterions",
"diagnostics",
"differentiae",
"features",
"hallmarks",
"markers",
"marks",
"notes",
"particularities",
"peculiarities",
"points",
"properties",
"qualities",
"specifics",
"stamps",
"touches",
"traits"
],
"near synonyms":[
"badges",
"indications",
"signs",
"emblems",
"symbols",
"tokens",
"charms",
"graces",
"excellences",
"merits",
"virtues",
"eccentricities",
"idiosyncrasies",
"oddities",
"quirks",
"individualities",
"singularities"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"finical":{
"hard to please":{
"examples":[
"a newspaper who's old-fashionedly finical about proper grammar"
],
"synonyms":[
"choosy",
"choosey",
"dainty",
"delicate",
"demanding",
"exacting",
"fastidious",
"finicking",
"finicky",
"fussbudgety",
"fussy",
"nice",
"old-maidish",
"particular",
"pernickety",
"persnickety",
"picky"
],
"near synonyms":[
"hyperfastidious",
"overdemanding",
"ultrafastidious",
"discerning",
"discriminating",
"selective",
"insightful",
"knowledgeable",
"captious",
"carping",
"caviling",
"cavilling",
"critical",
"faultfinding",
"hypercritical",
"overcritical",
"careful",
"meticulous",
"painstaking",
"punctilious",
"scrupulous",
"queasy",
"queazy",
"squeamish",
"peevish",
"petulant",
"prickly",
"touchy",
"niminy-piminy",
"prim",
"prissy"
],
"near antonyms":[
"affable",
"breezy",
"carefree",
"devil-may-care",
"happy-go-lucky",
"lackadaisical",
"laid-back",
"low-pressure",
"relaxed",
"flexible",
"lax",
"loose",
"lenient",
"permissive",
"uncritical",
"indiscriminating",
"undiscriminating"
],
"antonyms":[
"undemanding",
"unfastidious",
"unfussy"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"fink":{
"a person who provides information about another's wrongdoing":{
"examples":[
"his own brother turned out to be the fink who ratted them out to the police"
],
"synonyms":[
"betrayer",
"canary",
"deep throat",
"informant",
"informer",
"nark",
"rat",
"rat fink",
"snitch",
"snitcher",
"squealer",
"stool pigeon",
"stoolie",
"talebearer",
"tattler",
"tattletale",
"telltale",
"whistle-blower"
],
"near synonyms":[
"collaborator",
"blabber",
"blabbermouth",
"gossip",
"gossiper",
"leaker",
"snoop",
"snooper",
"spy",
"notifier"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a person whose behavior is offensive to others":{
"examples":[
"that fink would sell out every one of us to save her own behind"
],
"synonyms":[
"bastard",
"beast",
"bleeder",
"blighter",
"boor",
"bounder",
"bugger",
"buzzard",
"cad",
"chuff",
"churl",
"clown",
"creep",
"cretin",
"crud",
"crumb",
"cur",
"dirtbag",
"dog",
"heel",
"hound",
"jerk",
"joker",
"louse",
"lout",
"pill",
"rat",
"rat fink",
"reptile",
"rotter",
"schmuck",
"scum",
"scumbag",
"scuzzball",
"skunk",
"sleaze",
"sleazebag",
"sleazeball",
"slime",
"slimeball",
"slob",
"snake",
"so-and-so",
"sod",
"stinkard",
"stinker",
"swine",
"toad",
"varmint",
"vermin"
],
"near synonyms":[
"barbarian",
"brute",
"caveman",
"Neanderthal",
"savage",
"loudmouth",
"vulgarian",
"lowlife",
"miscreant",
"rascal",
"rogue",
"roughneck",
"scab",
"scamp",
"scoundrel",
"villain",
"wretch",
"booby",
"doofus",
"fool",
"jackass",
"nincompoop",
"ninny",
"nit",
"nitwit",
"nut",
"schmo",
"schmoe",
"airhead",
"birdbrain",
"blockhead",
"dink",
"dolt",
"dope",
"dork",
"goon",
"half-wit",
"idiot",
"imbecile",
"moron",
"turkey",
"brat",
"insolent",
"nuisance",
"pest",
"snip",
"snob",
"snoot",
"snot",
"dweeb",
"nerd"
],
"near antonyms":[
"hero",
"heroine",
"idol",
"role model",
"gentleman",
"lady",
"angel",
"saint"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to give information (as to the authorities) about another's improper or unlawful activities":{
"examples":[
"we never would have been caught if he hadn't finked on us"
],
"synonyms":[
"grass (on)",
"inform",
"rat (on)",
"sing",
"snitch",
"split (on)",
"squeak",
"squeal",
"talk",
"tell (on)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"betray",
"give away",
"turn in",
"backstab",
"cross",
"double-cross",
"sell (out)",
"two-time",
"blab",
"tattle",
"tip (off)"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"find fault (with)":{
"to express one's unfavorable opinion of the worth or quality of":{
"examples":[
"She could always find fault with someone after only one date."
],
"synonyms":[
"blame",
"censure",
"condemn",
"criticize",
"denounce",
"dis",
"diss",
"dispraise",
"fault",
"knock",
"pan",
"reprehend",
"slag"
],
"near synonyms":[
"skewer",
"tweak",
"assail",
"attack",
"blast",
"clobber",
"slam",
"slash",
"nick (at)",
"snipe (at)",
"beef",
"bellyache",
"bitch",
"carp",
"cavil",
"complain",
"crab",
"croak",
"fuss",
"gripe",
"grouse",
"growl",
"grumble",
"kick",
"kvetch",
"moan",
"murmur",
"mutter",
"niggle",
"quibble",
"whine",
"admonish",
"chide",
"drub",
"rebuke",
"reprimand",
"reproach",
"reprove",
"berate",
"castigate",
"crucify",
"excoriate",
"flay",
"gibbet",
"hammer",
"keelhaul",
"lambaste",
"lambast",
"lash",
"pillory",
"scold",
"upbraid",
"bad-mouth",
"belittle",
"decry",
"deride",
"discommend",
"disparage",
"put down"
],
"near antonyms":[
"approve",
"commend",
"endorse",
"indorse",
"recommend",
"sanction"
],
"antonyms":[
"extol",
"extoll",
"laud",
"praise"
]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"finessed":{
"to plan out usually with subtle skill or care":{
"examples":[
"had to finesse the schedule a bit to fit in another patient that afternoon"
],
"synonyms":[
"contrived",
"engineered",
"finagled",
"framed",
"machinated",
"maneuvered",
"manipulated",
"masterminded",
"negotiated",
"wangled"
],
"near synonyms":[
"arranged",
"concerted",
"concluded",
"hammered out",
"worked out",
"angled (for)",
"compassed",
"intrigued",
"plotted",
"schemed",
"connived",
"brewed",
"concocted",
"cooked (up)",
"hatched",
"captained",
"commanded",
"conducted",
"directed",
"handled",
"managed",
"quarterbacked",
"ran",
"run",
"gerrymandered"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blew",
"bobbled",
"botched",
"bungled",
"butchered",
"flubbed",
"fumbled",
"gummed (up)",
"loused up",
"mangled",
"messed (up)",
"mishandled",
"muffed"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to get or keep away from (as a responsibility) through cleverness or trickery":{
"examples":[
"tried to finesse the blame for the foreign policy fiasco, even though he was secretary of state at the time"
],
"synonyms":[
"avoided",
"dodged",
"ducked",
"eluded",
"escaped",
"eschewed",
"evaded",
"got around",
"scaped",
"shirked",
"shook",
"shuffled (out of)",
"shunned",
"weaseled (out of)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"missed",
"averted",
"deflected",
"diverted",
"obviated",
"parried",
"prevented",
"warded (off)",
"banned",
"barred",
"debarred",
"eliminated",
"excepted",
"excluded",
"precluded",
"ruled out",
"bypassed",
"circumvented",
"skirted",
"foiled",
"foxed",
"frustrated",
"outfoxed",
"outsmarted",
"outwitted",
"overreached",
"thwarted"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accepted",
"courted",
"embraced",
"pursued",
"sought",
"welcomed",
"caught",
"contracted",
"incurred"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"finagler":{
"a dishonest person who uses clever means to cheat others out of something of value":{
"examples":[
"financial finaglers who were suspected of insider trading"
],
"synonyms":[
"bilk",
"bilker",
"cheat",
"cheater",
"chiseler",
"chiseller",
"confidence man",
"cozener",
"defrauder",
"dodger",
"fakir",
"fraudster",
"hoaxer",
"scammer",
"scamster",
"shark",
"sharper",
"sharpie",
"sharpy",
"skinner",
"swindler",
"tricker",
"trickster"
],
"near synonyms":[
"double-crosser",
"double-dealer",
"bluffer",
"charlatan",
"fake",
"faker",
"humbug",
"impostor",
"imposter",
"mountebank",
"phony",
"phoney",
"pretender",
"quack",
"quacksalver",
"ringer",
"sham",
"adventurer",
"fox",
"gamesman",
"knave",
"prankster",
"rascal",
"rogue",
"fast-talker",
"slick",
"slicker",
"slickster",
"slyboots",
"smoothy",
"smoothie",
"wheeler-dealer",
"plotter",
"schemer",
"sneak",
"sneaker",
"blackleg",
"cardsharp",
"cardsharper"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"finis":{
"the last part of a process or action":{
"examples":[
"if the two countries keep up their arms race, the inevitable finis to their rivalry will be their mutual destruction"
],
"synonyms":[
"capper",
"close",
"closing",
"conclusion",
"consummation",
"end",
"endgame",
"ending",
"finale",
"finish",
"grand finale",
"homestretch",
"mop-up",
"windup",
"wrap-up"
],
"related":[
"acme",
"apex",
"capstone",
"climax",
"copestone",
"coup de gr\u00e2ce",
"coup de grace",
"crescendo",
"crown",
"culmination",
"high-water mark",
"meridian",
"peak",
"pinnacle",
"summit",
"tip-top",
"top",
"zenith",
"aftermath",
"anticlimax",
"coda",
"epilogue",
"epilog",
"postscript",
"shank",
"tag end",
"tail end"
],
"near antonyms":[
"foreword",
"introduction",
"overture",
"preamble",
"preface",
"prelude",
"prologue",
"prolog"
],
"antonyms":[
"baseline",
"beginning",
"dawn",
"day one",
"nascence",
"nascency",
"opening",
"start"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"finks out":{
"to break a promise or agreement":{
"examples":[
"I can't believe you'd fink out on me and leave me to go to the party alone!"
],
"synonyms":[
"backs down",
"backs off",
"backs out",
"cops out",
"reneges"
],
"near synonyms":[
"chickens (out)",
"wimps out",
"backpedals",
"backtracks",
"abjures",
"abnegates",
"disavows",
"forswears",
"foreswears",
"recalls",
"recants",
"repudiates",
"retracts",
"takes back",
"unsays",
"withdraws",
"begs off",
"cries off"
],
"near antonyms":[
"adheres (to)",
"follows through (with)",
"complies (with)",
"fulfills",
"fulfils",
"honors",
"keeps",
"satisfies"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"finish":{
"to bring (something) to a state where nothing remains to be done":{
"examples":[
"we should finish the painting of the house by tomorrow"
],
"synonyms":[
"complete",
"consummate",
"finalize",
"perfect",
"polish"
],
"near synonyms":[
"follow through (with)",
"stick out",
"accomplish",
"achieve",
"effect",
"carry out",
"carry through",
"discharge",
"do",
"execute",
"fulfill",
"fulfil",
"perform",
"ameliorate",
"amend",
"better",
"enhance",
"enrich",
"improve",
"meliorate",
"machine",
"refine",
"round (off or out)",
"shine",
"touch up"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abandon",
"desert",
"discontinue",
"drop",
"forsake",
"quit"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to bring (an event) to a natural or appropriate stopping point":{
"examples":[
"we'll finish the concert before dark"
],
"synonyms":[
"close",
"close out",
"complete",
"conclude",
"end",
"round (off or out)",
"terminate",
"wind up",
"wrap up"
],
"near synonyms":[
"climax",
"crown",
"consummate",
"perfect",
"halt",
"stop",
"suspend"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"begin",
"commence",
"inaugurate",
"open",
"start"
]
},
"to come to an end":{
"examples":[
"the three-day race finished yesterday"
],
"synonyms":[
"break off",
"break up",
"cease",
"close",
"conclude",
"dead-end",
"determine",
"die",
"discontinue",
"elapse",
"end",
"expire",
"go",
"halt",
"lapse",
"leave off",
"let up",
"pass",
"quit",
"stop",
"terminate",
"wind up",
"wink (out)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"desist (from)",
"lay off (of)",
"refrain (from)",
"give over",
"knock off",
"pack (up or in)",
"break down",
"conk (out)",
"cut out",
"stall",
"pause",
"stay",
"suspend",
"abate",
"peter (out)",
"wind down"
],
"near antonyms":[
"draw out",
"extend",
"prolong",
"protract"
],
"antonyms":[
"continue",
"hang on",
"persist"
]
},
"the last part of a process or action":{
"examples":[
"a pie-eating contest is the fair's traditional finish"
],
"synonyms":[
"capper",
"close",
"closing",
"conclusion",
"consummation",
"end",
"endgame",
"ending",
"finale",
"finis",
"grand finale",
"homestretch",
"mop-up",
"windup",
"wrap-up"
],
"near synonyms":[
"acme",
"apex",
"capstone",
"climax",
"copestone",
"coup de gr\u00e2ce",
"coup de grace",
"crescendo",
"crown",
"culmination",
"high-water mark",
"meridian",
"peak",
"pinnacle",
"summit",
"tip-top",
"top",
"zenith",
"aftermath",
"anticlimax",
"coda",
"epilogue",
"epilog",
"postscript",
"shank",
"tag end",
"tail end"
],
"near antonyms":[
"foreword",
"introduction",
"overture",
"preamble",
"preface",
"prelude",
"prologue",
"prolog"
],
"antonyms":[
"baseline",
"beginning",
"dawn",
"day one",
"nascence",
"nascency",
"opening",
"start"
]
},
"the stopping of a process or activity":{
"examples":[
"an all-out fight right to the finish"
],
"synonyms":[
"arrest",
"arrestment",
"cease",
"cessation",
"check",
"close",
"closedown",
"closure",
"conclusion",
"cutoff",
"discontinuance",
"discontinuation",
"end",
"ending",
"expiration",
"halt",
"lapse",
"offset",
"shutdown",
"shutoff",
"stay",
"stop",
"stoppage",
"surcease",
"termination"
],
"near synonyms":[
"mop-up",
"phaseout",
"abeyance",
"break",
"interruption",
"layoff",
"letup",
"moratorium",
"pause",
"standstill",
"suspension"
],
"near antonyms":[
"extension",
"persistence",
"prolongation"
],
"antonyms":[
"continuance",
"continuation"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"finance":{
"to provide money for":{
"examples":[
"a local business kindly financed the high school band's trip to New York City"
],
"synonyms":[
"bankroll",
"capitalize",
"endow",
"fund",
"stake",
"subsidize",
"underwrite"
],
"near synonyms":[
"grubstake",
"cofinance",
"refinance",
"advocate",
"aid",
"back",
"champion",
"endorse",
"indorse",
"patronize",
"sponsor",
"support",
"maintain",
"nourish",
"provide (for)",
"clear",
"defray",
"discharge",
"foot",
"liquidate",
"pay",
"pay off",
"pay up",
"quit",
"recompense",
"settle",
"spring (for)",
"stand",
"refund"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"defund"
]
},
"to furnish (as an institution) with a regular source of income":{
"examples":[
"established a fund to finance a visiting lecturer position at the local college"
],
"synonyms":[
"endow",
"fund",
"subsidize"
],
"near synonyms":[
"establish",
"found",
"organize",
"bequeath",
"contribute",
"donate",
"subscribe",
"support",
"underwrite",
"award",
"grant",
"back",
"promote",
"sponsor",
"capitalize",
"invest (in)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"draw",
"receive",
"subsist"
],
"antonyms":[
"defund",
"disendow"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"finite":{
"having a limit":{
"examples":[
"our nation's natural resources are abundant, but they are also finite"
],
"synonyms":[
"limited"
],
"near synonyms":[
"circumscribed",
"confined",
"restricted",
"definable",
"defined",
"definite",
"determinate",
"discrete",
"decided",
"established",
"fixed",
"set",
"exact",
"precise",
"specific",
"fathomable",
"measurable",
"mensurable",
"numerable"
],
"near antonyms":[
"unconfined",
"unrestricted",
"immeasurable",
"indefinite",
"indeterminate",
"measureless",
"undefinable",
"undefined",
"unfathomable"
],
"antonyms":[
"boundless",
"endless",
"illimitable",
"infinite",
"limitless",
"unbounded",
"unlimited"
]
},
"having distinct or certain limits":{
"examples":[
"we have a finite number of options to consider"
],
"synonyms":[
"bounded",
"circumscribed",
"defined",
"definite",
"determinate",
"limited",
"measured",
"narrow",
"restricted"
],
"near synonyms":[
"modified",
"qualified",
"detailed",
"exact",
"precise",
"specific",
"confined",
"constricted",
"moderate",
"modest",
"minute",
"puny",
"small",
"tiny",
"determined",
"fixed",
"settled"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bottomless",
"countless",
"incalculable",
"inestimable",
"inexhaustible",
"innumerable",
"unfathomable",
"unqualified",
"unreserved",
"general",
"indeterminate",
"nebulous",
"vague",
"enlarged",
"escalated",
"expanded",
"copious",
"plenitudinous",
"plentiful",
"big",
"bulky",
"bumper",
"considerable",
"extensive",
"goodly",
"great",
"handsome",
"hefty",
"hulking",
"jumbo",
"king-size",
"king-sized",
"large",
"largish",
"overscale",
"overscaled",
"oversize",
"oversized",
"respectable",
"sizable",
"sizeable",
"substantial",
"super",
"vast",
"voluminous",
"whacking",
"epic",
"grandiose",
"major",
"ample",
"broad",
"comprehensive",
"cosmopolitan",
"expansive",
"global",
"inclusive",
"sweeping",
"universal",
"whole"
],
"antonyms":[
"boundless",
"dimensionless",
"endless",
"illimitable",
"immeasurable",
"indefinite",
"infinite",
"limitless",
"measureless",
"unbounded",
"undefined",
"unlimited",
"unmeasured"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"finagled":{
"to plan out usually with subtle skill or care":{
"examples":[
"let me look at my schedule and see if I can't finagle a visit to the museum"
],
"synonyms":[
"contrived",
"engineered",
"finessed",
"framed",
"machinated",
"maneuvered",
"manipulated",
"masterminded",
"negotiated",
"wangled"
],
"near synonyms":[
"arranged",
"concerted",
"concluded",
"hammered out",
"worked out",
"angled (for)",
"compassed",
"intrigued",
"plotted",
"schemed",
"connived",
"brewed",
"concocted",
"cooked (up)",
"hatched",
"captained",
"commanded",
"conducted",
"directed",
"handled",
"managed",
"quarterbacked",
"ran",
"run",
"gerrymandered"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blew",
"bobbled",
"botched",
"bungled",
"butchered",
"flubbed",
"fumbled",
"gummed (up)",
"loused up",
"mangled",
"messed (up)",
"mishandled",
"muffed"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to use dishonest methods to achieve a goal":{
"examples":[
"she'll finagle until she gets exactly what she wants"
],
"synonyms":[
"cheated",
"chicaned",
"fudged"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cribbed",
"colored",
"distorted",
"falsified",
"misinterpreted",
"misrepresented",
"misstated",
"perverted",
"twisted",
"warped",
"doctored",
"faked",
"tampered (with)",
"elaborated",
"embellished",
"embroidered",
"exaggerated",
"magnified",
"padded",
"stretched",
"dodged",
"evaded",
"hedged"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"finises":{
"the last part of a process or action":{
"examples":[
"if the two countries keep up their arms race, the inevitable finis to their rivalry will be their mutual destruction"
],
"synonyms":[
"cappers",
"closes",
"closings",
"conclusions",
"consummations",
"endgames",
"endings",
"ends",
"finales",
"finishes",
"grand finales",
"homestretches",
"mop-ups",
"windups",
"wrap-ups"
],
"near synonyms":[
"acmes",
"apexes",
"apices",
"capstones",
"climaxes",
"copestones",
"coups de gr\u00e2ce",
"coups de grace",
"crescendos",
"crescendoes",
"crescendi",
"crowns",
"culminations",
"high-water marks",
"meridians",
"peaks",
"pinnacles",
"summits",
"tip-tops",
"tops",
"zeniths",
"aftermaths",
"anticlimaxes",
"codas",
"epilogues",
"epilogs",
"postscripts",
"shanks",
"tag ends",
"tail ends"
],
"near antonyms":[
"forewords",
"introductions",
"overtures",
"preambles",
"prefaces",
"preludes",
"prologues",
"prologs"
],
"antonyms":[
"baselines",
"beginnings",
"dawns",
"day ones",
"nascences",
"nascencies",
"openings",
"starts"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"finds out":{
"to come to an awareness of":{
"examples":[
"that was around the time that I found out I was adopted"
],
"synonyms":[
"ascertains",
"catches on (to)",
"discovers",
"gets on (to)",
"hears",
"learns",
"realizes",
"sees",
"wises (up)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"hits (on or upon)",
"tumbles (to)",
"descries",
"detects",
"encounters",
"espies",
"spots",
"calculates",
"dopes (out)",
"figures out",
"finds",
"puzzles (out)",
"discerns",
"minds",
"notes",
"observes",
"perceives",
"divines"
],
"near antonyms":[
"misses",
"overlooks",
"disregards",
"ignores",
"forgets",
"unlearns",
"blankets",
"blots out",
"cloaks",
"conceals",
"covers",
"curtains",
"enshrouds",
"hides",
"masks",
"occults",
"screens",
"shrouds",
"veils"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to come upon after searching, study, or effort":{
"examples":[
"found out about the new restaurant by reading reviews online"
],
"synonyms":[
"ascertains",
"descries",
"detects",
"determines",
"digs out",
"digs up",
"discovers",
"dredges (up)",
"ferrets (out)",
"finds",
"gets",
"hits (on or upon)",
"hunts (down or up)",
"learns",
"locates",
"noses out",
"roots (out)",
"routs (out)",
"rummages",
"runs down",
"scares up",
"scouts (up)",
"tracks (down)",
"turns up"
],
"near synonyms":[
"espies",
"sights",
"spots",
"looks for",
"searches (for or out)",
"seeks"
],
"near antonyms":[
"loses",
"mislays",
"misplaces",
"missets"
],
"antonyms":[
"misses",
"overlooks",
"passes over"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"fine-tunes":{
"to make small changes to (something) in order to improve the way it works or to make it exactly right":{
"examples":[
"fine-tune a TV set",
"fine-tune the temperature of the room",
"They're fine-tuning interest rates to achieve economic growth without inflation."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"fiddles (with)",
"phases",
"registers",
"regulates",
"rigs",
"acclimates",
"acclimatizes",
"accommodates",
"adapts",
"adjusts",
"conditions",
"conforms",
"doctors",
"edits",
"fashions",
"fits",
"puts",
"shapes",
"suits",
"tailors",
"readapts",
"readjusts",
"customizes",
"gears",
"matches",
"models",
"patterns",
"attunes",
"corrects",
"harmonizes",
"squares",
"tunes",
"establishes",
"roots",
"settles",
"acquaints",
"familiarizes",
"orientates",
"orients",
"equips",
"prepares",
"primes",
"rehearses",
"hardens",
"inures",
"seasons",
"toughens",
"alters",
"converts",
"makes over",
"modifies",
"recasts",
"reclaims",
"recycles",
"redesigns",
"redevelops",
"redoes",
"reengineers",
"refashions",
"refigures",
"refits",
"refocuses",
"reinvents",
"rejiggers",
"remakes",
"remodels",
"revamps",
"revises",
"reworks",
"transforms",
"accustoms",
"conditions",
"habilitates",
"habituates",
"naturalizes",
"readies",
"seasons",
"bends"
],
"near antonyms":[
"misadjusts"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"finalizes":{
"to bring (something) to a state where nothing remains to be done":{
"examples":[
"we're still finalizing our travel plans but hope to have them done by the end of the week"
],
"synonyms":[
"completes",
"consummates",
"finishes",
"perfects",
"polishes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"follows through (with)",
"sticks out",
"accomplishes",
"achieves",
"effects",
"carries out",
"carries through",
"discharges",
"does",
"executes",
"fulfills",
"fulfils",
"performs",
"ameliorates",
"amends",
"betters",
"enhances",
"enriches",
"improves",
"meliorates",
"machines",
"refines",
"rounds (off or out)",
"shines",
"touches up"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abandons",
"deserts",
"discontinues",
"drops",
"forsakes",
"quits"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to give official acceptance of as satisfactory":{
"examples":[
"the bank won't finalize the loan before Tuesday because of the holiday"
],
"synonyms":[
"accredits",
"approbates",
"approves",
"authorizes",
"clears",
"confirms",
"formalizes",
"homologates",
"OKs",
"okays",
"ratifies",
"sanctions",
"warrants"
],
"near synonyms":[
"accepts",
"acknowledges",
"affirms",
"certifies",
"endorses",
"indorses",
"validates",
"blesses",
"canonizes",
"sanctifies",
"initials",
"rubber-stamps",
"signs",
"signs off (on)",
"allows",
"enables",
"legalizes",
"licenses",
"licences",
"passes",
"permits",
"reapproves"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bans",
"enjoins",
"forbids",
"illegalizes",
"interdicts",
"prohibits",
"proscribes",
"disregards",
"ignores",
"neglects",
"overlooks",
"rebuffs",
"rebuts",
"refuses",
"spurns"
],
"antonyms":[
"declines",
"denies",
"disallows",
"disapproves",
"negatives",
"rejects",
"turns down",
"vetoes"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"finest":{
"a body of officers of the law":{
"examples":[
"proud to be a member of New York's finest"
],
"synonyms":[
"constabulary",
"force",
"fuzz",
"heat",
"man",
"police",
"police force"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bluecoat",
"bobby",
"bull",
"constable",
"cop",
"copper",
"gendarme",
"officer",
"peeler",
"policeman",
"police officer",
"policewoman",
"shamus",
"trooper"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"finicky":{
"hard to please":{
"examples":[
"cats have a reputation for being finicky eaters"
],
"synonyms":[
"choosy",
"choosey",
"dainty",
"delicate",
"demanding",
"exacting",
"fastidious",
"finical",
"finicking",
"fussbudgety",
"fussy",
"nice",
"old-maidish",
"particular",
"pernickety",
"persnickety",
"picky"
],
"near synonyms":[
"hyperfastidious",
"overdemanding",
"ultrafastidious",
"discerning",
"discriminating",
"selective",
"insightful",
"knowledgeable",
"captious",
"carping",
"caviling",
"cavilling",
"critical",
"faultfinding",
"hypercritical",
"overcritical",
"careful",
"meticulous",
"painstaking",
"punctilious",
"scrupulous",
"queasy",
"queazy",
"squeamish",
"peevish",
"petulant",
"prickly",
"touchy",
"niminy-piminy",
"prim",
"prissy"
],
"near antonyms":[
"affable",
"breezy",
"carefree",
"devil-may-care",
"happy-go-lucky",
"lackadaisical",
"laid-back",
"low-pressure",
"relaxed",
"flexible",
"lax",
"loose",
"lenient",
"permissive",
"uncritical",
"indiscriminating",
"undiscriminating"
],
"antonyms":[
"undemanding",
"unfastidious",
"unfussy"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"finishing (off)":{
"as in fleshing (out)":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"fleshing (out)",
"complementing",
"completing",
"rounding (off or out)",
"adorning",
"beautifying",
"decorating",
"embellishing",
"bettering",
"enhancing",
"improving",
"constituting",
"forming",
"making up",
"enriching",
"perfecting"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"finale":{
"the last part of a process or action":{
"examples":[
"the finale to the festivities was a grand display of fireworks"
],
"synonyms":[
"capper",
"close",
"closing",
"conclusion",
"consummation",
"end",
"endgame",
"ending",
"finis",
"finish",
"grand finale",
"homestretch",
"mop-up",
"windup",
"wrap-up"
],
"near synonyms":[
"acme",
"apex",
"capstone",
"climax",
"copestone",
"coup de gr\u00e2ce",
"coup de grace",
"crescendo",
"crown",
"culmination",
"high-water mark",
"meridian",
"peak",
"pinnacle",
"summit",
"tip-top",
"top",
"zenith",
"aftermath",
"anticlimax",
"coda",
"epilogue",
"epilog",
"postscript",
"shank",
"tag end",
"tail end"
],
"near antonyms":[
"foreword",
"introduction",
"overture",
"preamble",
"preface",
"prelude",
"prologue",
"prolog"
],
"antonyms":[
"baseline",
"beginning",
"dawn",
"day one",
"nascence",
"nascency",
"opening",
"start"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"finalizing":{
"to bring (something) to a state where nothing remains to be done":{
"examples":[
"we're still finalizing our travel plans but hope to have them done by the end of the week"
],
"synonyms":[
"completing",
"consummating",
"finishing",
"perfecting",
"polishing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"following through (with)",
"sticking out",
"accomplishing",
"achieving",
"effecting",
"carrying out",
"carrying through",
"discharging",
"doing",
"executing",
"fulfilling",
"performing",
"ameliorating",
"amending",
"bettering",
"enhancing",
"enriching",
"improving",
"meliorating",
"machining",
"refining",
"rounding (off or out)",
"shining",
"touching up"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abandoning",
"deserting",
"discontinuing",
"dropping",
"forsaking",
"quitting"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to give official acceptance of as satisfactory":{
"examples":[
"the bank won't finalize the loan before Tuesday because of the holiday"
],
"synonyms":[
"accrediting",
"approbating",
"approving",
"authorizing",
"clearing",
"confirming",
"formalizing",
"homologating",
"OK'ing",
"okaying",
"ratifying",
"sanctioning",
"warranting"
],
"near synonyms":[
"accepting",
"acknowledging",
"affirming",
"certifying",
"endorsing",
"indorsing",
"validating",
"blessing",
"canonizing",
"sanctifying",
"initialing",
"initialling",
"rubber-stamping",
"signing",
"signing off (on)",
"allowing",
"enabling",
"legalizing",
"licensing",
"licencing",
"passing",
"permitting",
"reapproving"
],
"near antonyms":[
"banning",
"enjoining",
"forbidding",
"illegalizing",
"interdicting",
"prohibiting",
"proscribing",
"disregarding",
"ignoring",
"neglecting",
"overlooking",
"rebuffing",
"rebutting",
"refusing",
"spurning"
],
"antonyms":[
"declining",
"denying",
"disallowing",
"disapproving",
"negativing",
"rejecting",
"turning down",
"vetoing"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"fine":{
"consisting of very small particles":{
"examples":[
"the fine sand found on the island's beaches"
],
"synonyms":[
"dusty",
"floury",
"powdery"
],
"near synonyms":[
"smooth",
"filtered",
"pulverized",
"refined",
"superfine",
"ultrafine"
],
"near antonyms":[
"rough",
"unfiltered",
"unrefined",
"gravelly",
"gritty",
"sandy",
"pebbly",
"rocky",
"stony",
"stoney",
"lumpy",
"mealy"
],
"antonyms":[
"coarse",
"grainy",
"granular",
"granulated"
]
},
"made or done with extreme care and accuracy":{
"examples":[
"the fine distinction between bravery and recklessness"
],
"synonyms":[
"delicate",
"exact",
"finespun",
"hairline",
"hairsplitting",
"minute",
"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"
]
},
"being of less than usual width":{
"examples":[
"use a fine line for the outline of the facial features you intend to carve into the pumpkin"
],
"synonyms":[
"hairline",
"narrow",
"needlelike",
"paper-thin",
"skinny",
"slender",
"slim",
"slim-jim",
"thin",
"ultrathin"
],
"near synonyms":[
"attenuate",
"attenuated",
"elongate",
"elongated",
"linear",
"bottleneck",
"close",
"compressed",
"condensed",
"constricted",
"contracted",
"squeezed",
"tight",
"tightened",
"lanky",
"rangy",
"reedy",
"shoestring",
"spindly",
"stalky",
"stringy",
"twiggy",
"willowy",
"wispy",
"lank",
"spare"
],
"near antonyms":[
"chunky",
"squat",
"stocky",
"stumpy",
"thick",
"thickset",
"bulky",
"massive",
"voluminous",
"thickish",
"widish"
],
"antonyms":[
"broad",
"fat",
"wide"
]
},
"being to one's liking":{
"examples":[
"that arrangement is fine with me"
],
"synonyms":[
"agreeable",
"all right",
"alright",
"copacetic",
"copasetic",
"copesetic",
"ducky",
"good",
"hunky-dory",
"jake",
"OK",
"okay",
"palatable",
"satisfactory"
],
"near synonyms":[
"delectable",
"delicious",
"delightful",
"dreamy",
"felicitous",
"gratifying",
"nice",
"pleasant",
"pleasing",
"scrumptious",
"welcome",
"acceptable",
"adequate",
"decent",
"passable",
"tolerable"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bad",
"deficient",
"inferior",
"lousy",
"poor",
"punk",
"substandard",
"unacceptable",
"wanting",
"wretched",
"mediocre",
"middling",
"second-class",
"second-rate"
],
"antonyms":[
"disagreeable",
"unsatisfactory"
]
},
"free from added matter":{
"examples":[
"that silver is .9600 fine"
],
"synonyms":[
"absolute",
"neat",
"plain",
"pure",
"purified",
"refined",
"straight",
"unadulterated",
"unalloyed",
"undiluted",
"unmixed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"clarified",
"filtered",
"clean",
"fresh",
"taintless",
"uncontaminated",
"uncorrupted",
"undefiled",
"unpolluted",
"untainted",
"rendered",
"tried",
"concentrated",
"full-bodied",
"strong",
"uncombined"
],
"near antonyms":[
"befouled",
"besmirched",
"contaminated",
"corrupted",
"debased",
"defiled",
"fouled",
"polluted",
"soiled",
"spoiled",
"sullied",
"tainted",
"unclarified",
"amalgamated",
"blended",
"coalesced",
"combined",
"commingled",
"compounded",
"incorporated",
"intermingled",
"intermixed",
"merged",
"mingled",
"conjoined",
"fused",
"joined",
"linked",
"united",
"cheapened",
"doctored",
"watered-down"
],
"antonyms":[
"adulterated",
"alloyed",
"diluted",
"impure",
"mixed"
]
},
"meeting the highest standard of accuracy":{
"examples":[
"making the final fine adjustments on the car's GPS"
],
"synonyms":[
"accurate",
"close",
"delicate",
"exact",
"hairline",
"mathematical",
"pinpoint",
"precise",
"refined",
"rigorous",
"spot-on"
],
"near synonyms":[
"correct",
"right",
"strict",
"true",
"definite",
"definitive",
"nice",
"subtle",
"careful",
"fastidious",
"finical",
"finicky",
"meticulous"
],
"near antonyms":[
"approximate",
"round",
"false",
"incorrect",
"untrue",
"wrong",
"careless",
"loose",
"indefinite",
"unclear",
"vague",
"doubtful",
"dubious",
"questionable",
"unreliable",
"untrustworthy"
],
"antonyms":[
"coarse",
"imprecise",
"inaccurate",
"inexact",
"rough"
]
},
"of a level of quality that meets one's needs or standards":{
"examples":[
"the wine steward declared that the complaint of corkiness was unjustified and that the wine was fine"
],
"synonyms":[
"acceptable",
"adequate",
"all right",
"decent",
"fairish",
"good",
"OK",
"okay",
"passable",
"respectable",
"satisfactory",
"serviceable",
"tolerable"
],
"near synonyms":[
"agreeable",
"bearable",
"endurable",
"sufferable",
"average",
"fair",
"indifferent",
"mediocre",
"middling",
"minimal",
"common",
"ordinary",
"run-of-the-mill",
"run-of-the-mine",
"run-of-mine",
"second-rate",
"so-so",
"standard",
"unexceptional",
"appropriate",
"correct",
"due",
"fitting",
"meet",
"proper",
"right",
"seemly",
"suitable",
"useful",
"worthy",
"gratifying",
"satisfying"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disagreeable",
"disreputable",
"improper",
"indecent",
"objectionable",
"unfit",
"unsuitable",
"unworthy",
"useless",
"wrong",
"bad",
"cheap",
"defective",
"faulty",
"imperfect",
"incomplete",
"lamentable",
"pitiful",
"shoddy",
"dissatisfying",
"insufficient",
"meager",
"meagre",
"mean",
"miserly",
"niggardly",
"poor",
"scanty",
"shabby",
"short",
"skimpy",
"spare",
"stingy",
"insufferable",
"intolerable",
"unbearable",
"unendurable",
"atrocious",
"execrable",
"miserable",
"vile",
"wretched",
"exceptional",
"exquisite",
"extreme",
"fancy",
"first-class",
"high-grade",
"matchless",
"maximized",
"maximum",
"optimal",
"optimum",
"peerless",
"preeminent",
"premium",
"special",
"supreme",
"unmatched",
"unparalleled",
"A1",
"bang-up",
"banner",
"boss",
"capital",
"classic",
"crackerjack",
"dandy",
"divine",
"fabulous",
"first-rate",
"grand",
"great",
"groovy",
"heavenly",
"jim-dandy",
"keen",
"marvelous",
"marvellous",
"mean",
"neat",
"nifty",
"noble",
"par excellence",
"prime",
"sensational",
"splendid",
"stellar",
"sterling",
"superb",
"superior",
"superlative",
"supernal",
"swell",
"terrific",
"tip-top",
"top",
"top-notch",
"unsurpassed",
"wonderful"
],
"antonyms":[
"deficient",
"inadequate",
"insufficient",
"lacking",
"unacceptable",
"unsatisfactory",
"wanting"
]
},
"of a size that is less than average":{
"examples":[
"read the fine print"
],
"synonyms":[
"bantam",
"diminutive",
"dinky",
"dwarfish",
"half-pint",
"Lilliputian",
"little",
"pint-size",
"pint-sized",
"pocket",
"pocket-size",
"pocket-sized",
"puny",
"pygmy",
"shrimpy",
"slight",
"small",
"smallish",
"subnormal",
"toylike",
"undersized",
"undersize"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dwarf",
"toy",
"runtish",
"runty",
"scrubby",
"stunted",
"bitty",
"inappreciable",
"infinitesimal",
"little bitty",
"micro",
"microscopic",
"microscopical",
"mini",
"miniature",
"miniaturized",
"minikin",
"minim",
"minuscule",
"minute",
"pinpoint",
"teensy",
"teensy-weensy",
"teeny",
"teeny-weeny",
"tiny",
"wee",
"weeny",
"weensy",
"meager",
"meagre",
"niggardly",
"poor",
"scant",
"scanty",
"scarce",
"skimp",
"skimpy",
"slender",
"slim",
"spare",
"sparse",
"stingy",
"deficient",
"inadequate",
"insufficient",
"lacking",
"wanting",
"bite-size",
"bite-sized",
"capsule"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bulky",
"hefty",
"hulking",
"massive",
"voluminous",
"boxcar",
"Brobdingnagian",
"Bunyanesque",
"cavernous",
"colossal",
"cyclopean",
"elephantine",
"enormous",
"galactic",
"gargantuan",
"giant",
"gigantic",
"gross",
"Himalayan",
"herculean",
"heroic",
"heroical",
"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":[
"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"
]
},
"of the very best kind":{
"examples":[
"a fine performance of a classic ballet"
],
"synonyms":[
"A-OK",
"A1",
"awesome",
"bang-up",
"banner",
"beautiful",
"blue-chip",
"blue-ribbon",
"boffo",
"bonny",
"bonnie",
"boss",
"brag",
"brave",
"bully",
"bumper",
"capital",
"choice",
"classic",
"cool",
"corking",
"crackerjack",
"cracking",
"dandy",
"divine",
"dope",
"down",
"dynamite",
"excellent",
"fab",
"fabulous",
"famous",
"fantabulous",
"fantastic",
"first-class",
"first-rate",
"first-string",
"five-star",
"four-star",
"frontline",
"gangbusters",
"gangbuster",
"gilt-edged",
"gilt-edge",
"gone",
"grand",
"great",
"groovy",
"heavenly",
"high-class",
"hot",
"hype",
"immense",
"jim-dandy",
"keen",
"lovely",
"marvelous",
"marvellous",
"mean",
"neat",
"nifty",
"noble",
"number one",
"No. 1",
"numero uno",
"out-of-sight",
"par excellence",
"peachy",
"peachy keen",
"phat",
"prime",
"primo",
"prize",
"prizewinning",
"quality",
"radical",
"righteous",
"sensational",
"slick",
"splendid",
"stellar",
"sterling",
"superb",
"superior",
"superlative",
"supernal",
"swell",
"terrific",
"tip-top",
"top",
"top-notch",
"top-of-the-line",
"top-shelf",
"topflight",
"topping",
"unsurpassed",
"wizard",
"wonderful"
],
"near synonyms":[
"acceptable",
"adequate",
"all right",
"decent",
"good",
"OK",
"okay",
"passable",
"satisfactory",
"tolerable",
"better",
"exceptional",
"fancy",
"high-grade",
"high-test",
"premium",
"select",
"special",
"superfine",
"classical",
"standard",
"traditional"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bad",
"inferior",
"low-grade",
"substandard",
"unsatisfactory",
"mediocre",
"middling",
"second-class",
"second-rate"
],
"antonyms":[
"atrocious",
"awful",
"execrable",
"lousy",
"pathetic",
"poor",
"rotten",
"terrible",
"vile",
"wretched"
]
},
"having qualities that appeal to a refined taste":{
"examples":[
"savored every morsel of the restaurant's fine cuisine"
],
"synonyms":[
"choice",
"dainty",
"delicate",
"elegant",
"exquisite",
"rare",
"recherch\u00e9",
"select"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bijou",
"jewellike",
"better",
"exceptional",
"fancy",
"high-grade",
"special",
"elite",
"exclusive",
"classic",
"excellent",
"fabulous",
"first-class",
"first-rate",
"grand",
"great",
"marvelous",
"marvellous",
"noble",
"outstanding",
"par excellence",
"premium",
"prime",
"sensational",
"splendid",
"stellar",
"sterling",
"superb",
"superior",
"superlative",
"supernal",
"terrific",
"tip-top",
"top",
"top-notch",
"transcendent",
"unsurpassed",
"wonderful",
"ultrarare"
],
"near antonyms":[
"coarse",
"gross",
"kitsch",
"kitschy",
"lowbrow",
"raffish",
"rough",
"rough-hewn",
"tasteless",
"uncultivated",
"uncultured",
"unpolished",
"unrefined",
"vulgar",
"commercial",
"mass-produced",
"popular",
"common",
"ordinary",
"average",
"lesser",
"mediocre",
"run-of-the-mill",
"run-of-the-mine",
"run-of-mine",
"second-class",
"second-rate",
"deficient",
"inferior",
"low-grade",
"substandard",
"unacceptable",
"unsatisfactory",
"wanting"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"able to sense slight impressions or differences":{
"examples":[
"hearing so fine that it can seemingly hear the tiniest twig snap"
],
"synonyms":[
"acute",
"delicate",
"keen",
"perceptive",
"quick",
"sensitive",
"sharp"
],
"near synonyms":[
"accurate",
"clear",
"discerning",
"good",
"piercing",
"precise",
"receptive",
"sensible",
"subtle",
"hair-trigger",
"hyperacute",
"hypersensitive",
"oversensitive",
"supersensitive"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bad",
"deadened",
"dimmed",
"dull",
"dulled",
"fading",
"dead",
"imperceptive",
"insensible",
"insensitive",
"numb",
"imprecise",
"inaccurate"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"having or showing elegance":{
"examples":[
"a fine old structure in the city's historic district"
],
"synonyms":[
"classy",
"courtly",
"elegant",
"graceful",
"handsome",
"majestic",
"refined",
"stately",
"tasteful"
],
"near synonyms":[
"august",
"baronial",
"gallant",
"glorious",
"grand",
"heroic",
"heroical",
"imposing",
"lavish",
"luxurious",
"magnificent",
"monumental",
"noble",
"ornate",
"proud",
"regal",
"rich",
"royal",
"splendid",
"superb",
"artful",
"genteel",
"polished",
"sophisticated",
"classic",
"conservative",
"exquisite",
"quiet",
"restrained",
"simple",
"understated",
"aristocratic",
"patrician",
"\u00e0 la mode",
"a la mode",
"chic",
"fashionable",
"in",
"modish",
"posh",
"sharp",
"sleek",
"smart",
"snappy",
"stylish",
"swagger",
"swank",
"swanky",
"affected",
"grandiose",
"ostentatious",
"pretentious",
"recherch\u00e9"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cheesy",
"coarse",
"crude",
"flamboyant",
"flashy",
"garish",
"gaudy",
"glitzy",
"grotesque",
"loud",
"raffish",
"splashy",
"tacky",
"tawdry",
"ticky-tacky",
"ticky-tack",
"rough-edged",
"rough-hewn",
"rude",
"trashy",
"uncouth",
"uncultivated",
"uncultured",
"unpolished",
"unrefined",
"vulgar"
],
"antonyms":[
"dowdy",
"graceless",
"inelegant",
"styleless",
"tasteless",
"unfashionable",
"unhandsome",
"unstylish"
]
},
"a sum of money to be paid as a punishment":{
"examples":[
"a $50 fine for speeding"
],
"synonyms":[
"damages",
"forfeit",
"forfeiture",
"mulct",
"penalty"
],
"near synonyms":[
"reparations",
"assessment",
"award",
"compensation",
"indemnity"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to establish or apply as a charge or penalty":{
"examples":[
"the police will fine you for driving with one headlight out"
],
"synonyms":[
"assess",
"charge",
"exact",
"impose",
"lay",
"levy",
"put"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dock",
"excise",
"mulct",
"penalize",
"tax",
"extort",
"shake down",
"wrest",
"wring",
"bleed",
"fleece",
"gouge",
"milk",
"skin",
"squeeze",
"coerce",
"compel",
"force",
"inflict",
"wreak",
"set",
"reapply",
"reimpose",
"relay"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abate",
"diminish",
"lessen",
"forgive",
"release",
"condone",
"disregard",
"excuse",
"gloss (over)",
"gloze (over)",
"ignore",
"pardon"
],
"antonyms":[
"remit"
]
},
"to remove usually visible impurities from":{
"examples":[
"the use of egg shells to fine wine"
],
"synonyms":[
"clarify",
"clear",
"distill",
"distil",
"filter",
"garble",
"purify"
],
"near synonyms":[
"process",
"rectify",
"refine",
"clean",
"cleanse",
"decontaminate",
"elutriate",
"purge",
"wash",
"extract",
"leach",
"bolt",
"screen",
"sieve",
"sift",
"disinfect",
"sanitize"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cloud",
"dull",
"muddy",
"contaminate",
"dirty",
"soil",
"defile",
"pollute",
"taint",
"begrime",
"besmirch",
"foul",
"sully"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"in a satisfactory way":{
"examples":[
"you did just fine on the stress test"
],
"synonyms":[
"acceptably",
"adequately",
"all right",
"alright",
"creditably",
"decently",
"good",
"middlingly",
"nicely",
"OK",
"okay",
"passably",
"respectably",
"satisfactorily",
"serviceably",
"so-so",
"sufficiently",
"tolerably",
"well"
],
"near synonyms":[
"appropriately",
"aptly",
"congruously",
"correctly",
"decorously",
"felicitously",
"fittingly",
"happily",
"meetly",
"rightly",
"seemly",
"suitably",
"gratifyingly",
"satisfyingly",
"effectively",
"effectually",
"efficiently",
"neatly",
"tidily"
],
"near antonyms":[
"unbearably",
"inappropriately",
"incorrectly",
"indecently",
"unsuitably",
"awfully",
"deplorably",
"disastrously",
"dreadfully",
"horrendously",
"horribly",
"horridly",
"miserably",
"terribly"
],
"antonyms":[
"bad",
"badly",
"deficiently",
"ill",
"inadequately",
"insufficiently",
"intolerably",
"poorly",
"unacceptably",
"unsatisfactorily"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"finely":{
"as in superbly , marvelously":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"excellently",
"fabulously",
"grandly",
"greatly",
"marvelously",
"superbly",
"superiorly",
"superlatively",
"terrifically",
"faultlessly",
"flawlessly",
"ideally",
"immaculately",
"impeccably",
"pat",
"perfectly",
"exceptionally",
"fancily",
"specially"
],
"near antonyms":[
"amiss",
"badly",
"defectively",
"faultily",
"imperfectly",
"deficiently",
"inadequately",
"incompletely",
"insufficiently",
"fallibly",
"atrociously",
"execrably",
"wretchedly"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"finagles":{
"to plan out usually with subtle skill or care":{
"examples":[
"let me look at my schedule and see if I can't finagle a visit to the museum"
],
"synonyms":[
"contrives",
"engineers",
"finesses",
"frames",
"machinates",
"maneuvers",
"manipulates",
"masterminds",
"negotiates",
"wangles"
],
"near synonyms":[
"arranges",
"concerts",
"concludes",
"hammers out",
"works out",
"angles (for)",
"compasses",
"intrigues",
"plots",
"schemes",
"connives",
"brews",
"concocts",
"cooks (up)",
"hatches",
"captains",
"commands",
"conducts",
"directs",
"handles",
"manages",
"quarterbacks",
"runs",
"gerrymanders"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blows",
"bobbles",
"botches",
"bungles",
"butchers",
"flubs",
"fumbles",
"gums (up)",
"louses up",
"mangles",
"messes (up)",
"mishandles",
"muffs"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to use dishonest methods to achieve a goal":{
"examples":[
"she'll finagle until she gets exactly what she wants"
],
"synonyms":[
"cheats",
"chicanes",
"fudges"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cribs",
"colors",
"distorts",
"falsifies",
"misinterprets",
"misrepresents",
"misstates",
"perverts",
"twists",
"warps",
"doctors",
"fakes",
"tampers (with)",
"elaborates",
"embellishes",
"embroiders",
"exaggerates",
"magnifies",
"pads",
"stretches",
"dodges",
"evades",
"hedges"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"fines":{
"a sum of money to be paid as a punishment":{
"examples":[
"a $50 fine for speeding"
],
"synonyms":[
"damages",
"forfeits",
"forfeitures",
"mulcts",
"penalties"
],
"near synonyms":[
"reparations",
"assessments",
"awards",
"compensations",
"indemnities"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to establish or apply as a charge or penalty":{
"examples":[
"the police will fine you for driving with one headlight out"
],
"synonyms":[
"assesses",
"charges",
"exacts",
"imposes",
"lays",
"levies",
"puts"
],
"near synonyms":[
"docks",
"excises",
"mulcts",
"penalizes",
"taxes",
"extorts",
"shakes down",
"wrests",
"wrings",
"bleeds",
"fleeces",
"gouges",
"milks",
"skins",
"squeezes",
"coerces",
"compels",
"forces",
"inflicts",
"wreaks",
"sets",
"reapplies",
"reimposes",
"relays"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abates",
"diminishes",
"lessens",
"forgives",
"releases",
"condones",
"disregards",
"excuses",
"glosses (over)",
"glozes (over)",
"ignores",
"pardons"
],
"antonyms":[
"remits"
]
},
"to remove usually visible impurities from":{
"examples":[
"the use of egg shells to fine wine"
],
"synonyms":[
"clarifies",
"clears",
"distills",
"distils",
"filters",
"garbles",
"purifies"
],
"near synonyms":[
"processes",
"rectifies",
"refines",
"cleans",
"cleanses",
"decontaminates",
"elutriates",
"purges",
"washes",
"extracts",
"leaches",
"bolts",
"screens",
"sieves",
"sifts",
"disinfects",
"sanitizes"
],
"near antonyms":[
"clouds",
"dulls",
"muddies",
"contaminates",
"dirties",
"soils",
"defiles",
"pollutes",
"taints",
"begrimes",
"besmirches",
"fouls",
"sullies"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"finger":{
"as in stick":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"stick",
"cake",
"croquette",
"cutlet",
"fritter",
"galette",
"patty",
"pattie",
"g\u00e2teau",
"gateau"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to find out or establish the identity of":{
"examples":[
"thus far authorities haven't been able to finger the person who's been lighting fires around town"
],
"synonyms":[
"distinguish",
"ID",
"identify",
"pinpoint",
"single (out)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"diagnose",
"determine",
"find",
"locate",
"pick out",
"place",
"recognize",
"spot",
"check",
"examine",
"inspect",
"investigate",
"notice",
"observe",
"scrutinize",
"betray",
"disclose",
"discover",
"reveal"
],
"near antonyms":[
"camouflage",
"conceal",
"disguise",
"hide",
"counterfeit",
"feign",
"sham",
"simulate"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"finding out":{
"to come to an awareness of":{
"examples":[
"that was around the time that I found out I was adopted"
],
"synonyms":[
"ascertaining",
"catching on (to)",
"discovering",
"getting on (to)",
"hearing",
"learning",
"realizing",
"seeing",
"wising (up)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"hitting (on or upon)",
"tumbling (to)",
"descrying",
"detecting",
"encountering",
"espying",
"spotting",
"calculating",
"doping (out)",
"figuring out",
"finding",
"puzzling (out)",
"discerning",
"minding",
"noting",
"observing",
"perceiving",
"divining"
],
"near antonyms":[
"missing",
"overlooking",
"disregarding",
"ignoring",
"forgetting",
"unlearning",
"blanketing",
"blotting out",
"cloaking",
"concealing",
"covering",
"curtaining",
"enshrouding",
"hiding",
"masking",
"occulting",
"screening",
"shrouding",
"veiling"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to come upon after searching, study, or effort":{
"examples":[
"found out about the new restaurant by reading reviews online"
],
"synonyms":[
"ascertaining",
"descrying",
"detecting",
"determining",
"digging out",
"digging up",
"discovering",
"dredging (up)",
"ferreting (out)",
"finding",
"getting",
"hitting (on or upon)",
"hunting (down or up)",
"learning",
"locating",
"nosing out",
"rooting (out)",
"routing (out)",
"rummaging",
"running down",
"scaring up",
"scouting (up)",
"tracking (down)",
"turning up"
],
"near synonyms":[
"espying",
"sighting",
"spotting",
"looking for",
"searching (for or out)",
"seeking"
],
"near antonyms":[
"losing",
"mislaying",
"misplacing",
"missetting",
"mis-setting"
],
"antonyms":[
"missing",
"overlooking",
"passing over"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"finances":{
"available money":{
"examples":[
"will have to take a look at our finances to see if we can afford it"
],
"synonyms":[
"bankroll",
"coffers",
"exchequer",
"fund",
"pocket",
"resources",
"wherewithal"
],
"near synonyms":[
"shirt",
"bread",
"cash",
"chips",
"currency",
"dough",
"gold",
"jack",
"legal tender",
"lucre",
"pelf",
"scratch",
"tender",
"wampum",
"assets",
"capital",
"deep pockets",
"fortune",
"means",
"opulence",
"riches",
"roll",
"substance",
"wealth",
"purse",
"treasury",
"cash flow",
"financing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"debts",
"liabilities",
"indebtedness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to provide money for":{
"examples":[
"a local business kindly financed the high school band's trip to New York City"
],
"synonyms":[
"bankrolls",
"capitalizes",
"endows",
"funds",
"stakes",
"subsidizes",
"underwrites"
],
"near synonyms":[
"grubstakes",
"cofinances",
"refinances",
"advocates",
"aids",
"backs",
"champions",
"endorses",
"indorses",
"patronizes",
"sponsors",
"supports",
"maintains",
"nourishes",
"provides (for)",
"clears",
"defrays",
"discharges",
"foots",
"liquidates",
"pays",
"pays off",
"pays up",
"quits",
"recompenses",
"settles",
"springs (for)",
"stands",
"refunds"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"defunds"
]
},
"to furnish (as an institution) with a regular source of income":{
"examples":[
"established a fund to finance a visiting lecturer position at the local college"
],
"synonyms":[
"endows",
"funds",
"subsidizes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"establishes",
"founds",
"organizes",
"bequeaths",
"contributes",
"donates",
"subscribes",
"supports",
"underwrites",
"awards",
"grants",
"backs",
"promotes",
"sponsors",
"capitalizes",
"invests (in)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"draws",
"receives",
"subsists"
],
"antonyms":[
"defunds",
"disendows"
]
},
"type":[
"plural noun",
"verb"
]
},
"fining":{
"to establish or apply as a charge or penalty":{
"examples":[
"the police will fine you for driving with one headlight out"
],
"synonyms":[
"assessing",
"charging",
"exacting",
"imposing",
"laying",
"levying",
"putting"
],
"near synonyms":[
"docking",
"excising",
"mulcting",
"penalizing",
"taxing",
"extorting",
"shaking down",
"wresting",
"wringing",
"bleeding",
"fleecing",
"gouging",
"milking",
"skinning",
"squeezing",
"coercing",
"compelling",
"forcing",
"inflicting",
"wreaking",
"setting",
"reapplying",
"reimposing",
"relaying"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abating",
"diminishing",
"lessening",
"forgiving",
"releasing",
"condoning",
"disregarding",
"excusing",
"glossing (over)",
"glozing (over)",
"ignoring",
"pardoning"
],
"antonyms":[
"remitting"
]
},
"to remove usually visible impurities from":{
"examples":[
"the use of egg shells to fine wine"
],
"synonyms":[
"clarifying",
"clearing",
"distilling",
"filtering",
"garbling",
"purifying"
],
"near synonyms":[
"processing",
"rectifying",
"refining",
"cleaning",
"cleansing",
"decontaminating",
"elutriating",
"purging",
"washing",
"extracting",
"leaching",
"bolting",
"screening",
"sieving",
"sifting",
"disinfecting",
"sanitizing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"clouding",
"dulling",
"muddying",
"contaminating",
"dirtying",
"soiling",
"defiling",
"polluting",
"tainting",
"begriming",
"besmirching",
"fouling",
"sullying"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"fineness":{
"the quality or state of being little in size":{
"examples":[
"the fineness of the grains of sand enhances the appeal of the beach"
],
"synonyms":[
"diminutiveness",
"littleness",
"puniness",
"slightness",
"smallness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"petiteness",
"minuteness",
"tininess",
"meagerness",
"poorness",
"scantiness",
"scantness",
"scarceness",
"scarcity",
"skimpiness",
"slenderness",
"slimness",
"spareness",
"sparseness",
"sparsity",
"stinginess",
"deficiency",
"inadequacy",
"inadequateness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"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"
],
"antonyms":[
"bigness",
"grandness",
"greatness",
"largeness",
"magnitude"
]
},
"the quality or state of being very accurate":{
"examples":[
"the fineness of the telescope's lens and mirror"
],
"synonyms":[
"accuracy",
"accurateness",
"closeness",
"delicacy",
"exactitude",
"exactness",
"nicety",
"perfection",
"preciseness",
"precision",
"rigor",
"rigorousness",
"ultraprecision",
"veracity"
],
"near synonyms":[
"correctness",
"fidelity",
"rightness",
"strictness",
"truth",
"definiteness",
"definitiveness",
"definitude",
"determinacy",
"subtlety",
"care",
"carefulness",
"fastidiousness",
"meticulousness",
"persnicketiness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"approximation",
"roundness",
"falseness",
"falsity",
"incorrectness",
"wrongness",
"carelessness",
"guesswork",
"looseness",
"indefiniteness",
"vagueness"
],
"antonyms":[
"coarseness",
"impreciseness",
"imprecision",
"inaccuracy",
"inexactitude",
"inexactness",
"roughness"
]
},
"the state or quality of having a delicate structure":{
"examples":[
"the fineness of the cat's bones"
],
"synonyms":[
"daintiness",
"delicacy",
"exquisiteness",
"fragility",
"frangibility"
],
"near synonyms":[
"diaphanousness",
"flimsiness",
"insubstantiality",
"wispiness",
"brittleness",
"crumbliness",
"friability"
],
"near antonyms":[
"firmness",
"solidity",
"strength"
],
"antonyms":[
"coarseness",
"crudeness",
"crudity",
"roughness",
"rudeness"
]
},
"dignified or restrained beauty of form, appearance, or style":{
"examples":[
"there's a fineness to the jewelry designs of Faberg\u00e9 that elevates them to the level of decorative art"
],
"synonyms":[
"class",
"classiness",
"courtliness",
"elegance",
"elegancy",
"grace",
"gracefulness",
"handsomeness",
"majesty",
"refinement",
"stateliness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"augustness",
"brilliance",
"gloriousness",
"glory",
"grandeur",
"grandness",
"lavishness",
"luxuriance",
"luxuriousness",
"luxury",
"magnificence",
"nobility",
"nobleness",
"opulence",
"ornateness",
"plushiness",
"plushness",
"resplendence",
"resplendency",
"richness",
"splendor",
"sumptuousness",
"artfulness",
"chic",
"polish",
"sophistication",
"taste",
"tastefulness",
"choiceness",
"classicism",
"dignity",
"exquisiteness",
"restraint",
"simplicity",
"affectedness",
"grandiosity",
"ostentation",
"ostentatiousness",
"pretentiousness",
"showiness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"coarseness",
"crudeness",
"flamboyance",
"flashiness",
"garishness",
"gaudiness",
"glitz",
"grotesqueness",
"grotesquerie",
"grotesquery",
"kitsch",
"tastelessness",
"tawdriness",
"vulgarity"
],
"antonyms":[
"gracelessness",
"inelegance"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"finalized":{
"to bring (something) to a state where nothing remains to be done":{
"examples":[
"we're still finalizing our travel plans but hope to have them done by the end of the week"
],
"synonyms":[
"completed",
"consummated",
"finished",
"perfected",
"polished"
],
"near synonyms":[
"followed through (with)",
"stuck out",
"accomplished",
"achieved",
"effected",
"carried out",
"carried through",
"did",
"discharged",
"executed",
"fulfilled",
"performed",
"ameliorated",
"amended",
"bettered",
"enhanced",
"enriched",
"improved",
"meliorated",
"machined",
"refined",
"rounded (off or out)",
"shone",
"shined",
"touched up"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abandoned",
"deserted",
"discontinued",
"dropped",
"forsook",
"quit",
"quitted"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to give official acceptance of as satisfactory":{
"examples":[
"the bank won't finalize the loan before Tuesday because of the holiday"
],
"synonyms":[
"accredited",
"approbated",
"approved",
"authorized",
"cleared",
"confirmed",
"formalized",
"homologated",
"OK'd",
"okayed",
"ratified",
"sanctioned",
"warranted"
],
"near synonyms":[
"accepted",
"acknowledged",
"affirmed",
"certified",
"endorsed",
"indorsed",
"validated",
"blessed",
"blest",
"canonized",
"sanctified",
"initialed",
"initialled",
"rubber-stamped",
"signed",
"signed off (on)",
"allowed",
"enabled",
"legalized",
"licensed",
"licenced",
"passed",
"permitted",
"reapproved"
],
"near antonyms":[
"banned",
"enjoined",
"forbade",
"forbad",
"illegalized",
"interdicted",
"prohibited",
"proscribed",
"disregarded",
"ignored",
"neglected",
"overlooked",
"rebuffed",
"rebutted",
"refused",
"spurned"
],
"antonyms":[
"declined",
"denied",
"disallowed",
"disapproved",
"negatived",
"rejected",
"turned down",
"vetoed"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"finger foods":{
"a piece of food that is meant to be picked up with the fingers and eaten":{
"examples":[
"Waiters offered the guests finger food during the cocktail hour."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"natural foods",
"amuse-bouches",
"amuses-bouches",
"amuse-gueules",
"antipasti",
"appetizers",
"apps",
"canap\u00e9s",
"cocktails",
"hors d'oeuvres",
"hors d'oeuvre",
"munchies",
"starters",
"commissaries",
"rations",
"supplies",
"aliments",
"nutriments",
"diets",
"nourishments",
"nurtures",
"sustenances",
"messes",
"paps",
"ensilages",
"feeds",
"fodders",
"forages",
"silages",
"slop",
"swills",
"feasts",
"meals",
"refreshments",
"regales",
"repasts",
"spreads",
"boards",
"dishes",
"plates",
"platters",
"servings",
"nibbles",
"snacks",
"tidbits",
"bread",
"chow",
"chucks",
"comestibles",
"eatables",
"eats",
"edibles",
"fares",
"foods",
"foodstuffs",
"grubs",
"meats",
"provenders",
"provisions",
"tables",
"tuckers",
"viands",
"victuals",
"vittles"
],
"near antonyms":[
"banes",
"poisons",
"toxins",
"venoms"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"finked":{
"to give information (as to the authorities) about another's improper or unlawful activities":{
"examples":[
"we never would have been caught if he hadn't finked on us"
],
"synonyms":[
"grassed (on)",
"informed",
"ratted (on)",
"sang",
"sung",
"snitched",
"split (on)",
"squeaked",
"squealed",
"talked",
"told (on)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"betrayed",
"gave away",
"turned in",
"backstabbed",
"crossed",
"double-crossed",
"sold (out)",
"two-timed",
"blabbed",
"tattled",
"tipped (off)"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"fin":{
"as in one , ten":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"C-note",
"fifty",
"five",
"fiver",
"hundred",
"one",
"sawbuck",
"ten",
"tenner",
"twenty",
"two",
"buck",
"dollar",
"simoleon",
"smacker",
"cash",
"chips",
"currency",
"dough",
"legal tender",
"lucre",
"money",
"pelf",
"dead presidents",
"paper money",
"scrip",
"check",
"draft",
"money order",
"banknote",
"bill",
"greenback",
"note"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"finalist":{
"as in champion , champ":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"champ",
"champion",
"placer",
"beater",
"conqueror",
"master",
"subduer",
"trimmer",
"vanquisher",
"victor",
"whipper",
"winner",
"dominator",
"overdog",
"ruler",
"subjugator",
"top dog"
],
"near antonyms":[
"loser",
"punching bag",
"pushover",
"quitter",
"failure",
"flop",
"washout",
"underdog"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in semifinalist":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"semifinalist",
"archrival",
"also-ran",
"entrant",
"entry",
"player",
"challenger",
"competition",
"competitor",
"contender",
"contestant",
"corrival",
"rival",
"adversary",
"antagonist",
"opponent"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"finding (for or against)":{
"as in trying , deciding":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"adjudging",
"adjudicating",
"arbitrating",
"deciding",
"determining",
"judging",
"refereeing",
"ruling (on)",
"settling",
"umpiring",
"considering",
"deeming",
"deliberating",
"hearing",
"pondering",
"weighing",
"prosecuting",
"trying",
"redetermining",
"rejudging",
"mediating",
"moderating",
"negotiating",
"concluding",
"resolving",
"sizing up"
],
"near antonyms":[
"equivocating",
"hedging",
"pussyfooting",
"skirting"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[]
},
"finessing":{
"to plan out usually with subtle skill or care":{
"examples":[
"had to finesse the schedule a bit to fit in another patient that afternoon"
],
"synonyms":[
"contriving",
"engineering",
"finagling",
"framing",
"machinating",
"maneuvering",
"manipulating",
"masterminding",
"negotiating",
"wangling"
],
"near synonyms":[
"arranging",
"concerting",
"concluding",
"hammering out",
"working out",
"angling (for)",
"compassing",
"intriguing",
"plotting",
"scheming",
"conniving",
"brewing",
"concocting",
"cooking (up)",
"hatching",
"captaining",
"commanding",
"conducting",
"directing",
"handling",
"managing",
"quarterbacking",
"running",
"gerrymandering"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blowing",
"bobbling",
"botching",
"bungling",
"butchering",
"flubbing",
"fumbling",
"gumming (up)",
"lousing up",
"mangling",
"messing (up)",
"mishandling",
"muffing"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to get or keep away from (as a responsibility) through cleverness or trickery":{
"examples":[
"tried to finesse the blame for the foreign policy fiasco, even though he was secretary of state at the time"
],
"synonyms":[
"avoiding",
"dodging",
"ducking",
"eluding",
"escaping",
"eschewing",
"evading",
"getting around",
"scaping",
"shaking",
"shirking",
"shuffling (out of)",
"shunning",
"weaseling (out of)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"missing",
"averting",
"deflecting",
"diverting",
"obviating",
"parrying",
"preventing",
"warding (off)",
"banning",
"barring",
"debarring",
"eliminating",
"excepting",
"excluding",
"precluding",
"ruling out",
"bypassing",
"circumventing",
"skirting",
"foiling",
"foxing",
"frustrating",
"outfoxing",
"outsmarting",
"outwitting",
"overreaching",
"thwarting"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accepting",
"courting",
"embracing",
"pursuing",
"seeking",
"welcoming",
"catching",
"contracting",
"incurring"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"finesse":{
"mental skill or quickness":{
"examples":[
"maneuvered his opponent into checkmate with his customary finesse"
],
"synonyms":[
"adroitness",
"cleverness",
"dexterity",
"sleight"
],
"near synonyms":[
"ability",
"aptitude",
"capability",
"capacity",
"faculty",
"knack",
"prowess",
"talent",
"competence",
"competency",
"efficiency",
"expertise",
"know-how",
"proficiency",
"ingeniousness",
"ingenuity",
"resourcefulness",
"savvy",
"sharpness",
"shrewdness",
"artfulness",
"artifice",
"caginess",
"cageyness",
"canniness",
"craft",
"craftiness",
"cunning",
"cunningness",
"deviousness",
"foxiness",
"guile",
"slickness",
"slyness",
"sneakiness",
"subtleness",
"wiliness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"inadequacy",
"incompetence",
"incompetency",
"ineptitude",
"ineptness",
"brainlessness",
"denseness",
"density",
"doltishness",
"dopiness",
"dullness",
"dulness",
"dumbness",
"fatuity",
"foolishness",
"mindlessness",
"obtuseness",
"senselessness",
"simpleness",
"slowness",
"stupidity",
"stupidness",
"witlessness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to plan out usually with subtle skill or care":{
"examples":[
"had to finesse the schedule a bit to fit in another patient that afternoon"
],
"synonyms":[
"contrive",
"engineer",
"finagle",
"frame",
"machinate",
"maneuver",
"manipulate",
"mastermind",
"negotiate",
"wangle"
],
"near synonyms":[
"arrange",
"concert",
"conclude",
"hammer out",
"work out",
"angle (for)",
"compass",
"intrigue",
"plot",
"scheme",
"connive",
"brew",
"concoct",
"cook (up)",
"hatch",
"captain",
"command",
"conduct",
"direct",
"handle",
"manage",
"quarterback",
"run",
"gerrymander"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blow",
"bobble",
"botch",
"bungle",
"butcher",
"flub",
"fumble",
"gum (up)",
"louse up",
"mangle",
"mess (up)",
"mishandle",
"muff"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to get or keep away from (as a responsibility) through cleverness or trickery":{
"examples":[
"tried to finesse the blame for the foreign policy fiasco, even though he was secretary of state at the time"
],
"synonyms":[
"avoid",
"dodge",
"duck",
"elude",
"escape",
"eschew",
"evade",
"get around",
"scape",
"shake",
"shirk",
"shuffle (out of)",
"shun",
"weasel (out of)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"miss",
"avert",
"deflect",
"divert",
"obviate",
"parry",
"prevent",
"ward (off)",
"ban",
"bar",
"debar",
"eliminate",
"except",
"exclude",
"preclude",
"rule out",
"bypass",
"circumvent",
"skirt",
"foil",
"fox",
"frustrate",
"outfox",
"outsmart",
"outwit",
"overreach",
"thwart"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accept",
"court",
"embrace",
"pursue",
"seek",
"welcome",
"catch",
"contract",
"incur"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"finalists":{
"as in champions , champs":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"champions",
"champs",
"placers",
"beaters",
"conquerors",
"masters",
"subduers",
"trimmers",
"vanquishers",
"victors",
"whippers",
"winners",
"dominators",
"overdogs",
"rulers",
"subjugators",
"top dogs"
],
"near antonyms":[
"losers",
"punching bags",
"pushovers",
"quitters",
"failures",
"flops",
"washouts",
"underdogs"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in semifinalists":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"semifinalists",
"archrivals",
"also-rans",
"entrants",
"entries",
"players",
"challengers",
"competitions",
"competitors",
"contenders",
"contestants",
"corrivals",
"rivals",
"adversaries",
"antagonists",
"opponents"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"finger food":{
"a piece of food that is meant to be picked up with the fingers and eaten":{
"examples":[
"Waiters offered the guests finger food during the cocktail hour."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"natural food",
"amuse-bouche",
"amuse-gueule",
"antipasto",
"app",
"appetizer",
"cocktail",
"canap\u00e9",
"hors d'oeuvre",
"munchies",
"starter",
"commissary",
"rations",
"supplies",
"aliment",
"nutriment",
"diet",
"nourishment",
"nurture",
"sustenance",
"mess",
"pap",
"ensilage",
"feed",
"fodder",
"forage",
"silage",
"slop",
"swill",
"feast",
"meal",
"refreshments",
"regale",
"repast",
"spread",
"board",
"dish",
"plate",
"platter",
"serving",
"nibble",
"snack",
"tidbit",
"bread",
"chow",
"chuck",
"comestibles",
"eatables",
"eats",
"edibles",
"fare",
"food",
"foodstuffs",
"grub",
"meat",
"provender",
"provisions",
"table",
"tucker",
"viands",
"victuals",
"vittles"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bane",
"poison",
"toxin",
"venom"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"finagling":{
"to plan out usually with subtle skill or care":{
"examples":[
"let me look at my schedule and see if I can't finagle a visit to the museum"
],
"synonyms":[
"contriving",
"engineering",
"finessing",
"framing",
"machinating",
"maneuvering",
"manipulating",
"masterminding",
"negotiating",
"wangling"
],
"near synonyms":[
"arranging",
"concerting",
"concluding",
"hammering out",
"working out",
"angling (for)",
"compassing",
"intriguing",
"plotting",
"scheming",
"conniving",
"brewing",
"concocting",
"cooking (up)",
"hatching",
"captaining",
"commanding",
"conducting",
"directing",
"handling",
"managing",
"quarterbacking",
"running",
"gerrymandering"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blowing",
"bobbling",
"botching",
"bungling",
"butchering",
"flubbing",
"fumbling",
"gumming (up)",
"lousing up",
"mangling",
"messing (up)",
"mishandling",
"muffing"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to use dishonest methods to achieve a goal":{
"examples":[
"she'll finagle until she gets exactly what she wants"
],
"synonyms":[
"cheating",
"chicaning",
"fudging"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cribbing",
"coloring",
"distorting",
"falsifying",
"misinterpreting",
"misrepresenting",
"misstating",
"perverting",
"twisting",
"warping",
"doctoring",
"faking",
"tampering (with)",
"elaborating",
"embellishing",
"embroidering",
"exaggerating",
"magnifying",
"padding",
"stretching",
"dodging",
"evading",
"hedging"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"finished (off)":{
"as in fleshed (out)":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"fleshed (out)",
"complemented",
"completed",
"rounded (off or out)",
"adorned",
"beautified",
"decorated",
"embellished",
"bettered",
"enhanced",
"improved",
"constituted",
"formed",
"made up",
"enriched",
"perfected"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"finalization":{
"as in ratification , formalization":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"backing",
"cachet",
"endorsement",
"indorsement",
"formalization",
"homologation",
"nod",
"ratification",
"rubber stamp",
"sanction",
"support",
"thumbs-up",
"vote",
"approbation",
"approval",
"blessing",
"favor",
"imprimatur",
"OK",
"okay",
"benediction",
"goodwill",
"acceptation",
"accession",
"agreement",
"assent",
"concurrence",
"consent",
"countenance",
"liking",
"satisfaction"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disapprobation",
"disapproval",
"disfavor",
"refusal",
"rejection",
"repudiation",
"dislike",
"dissatisfaction",
"censure",
"condemnation",
"criticism",
"denunciation",
"deprecation",
"depreciation",
"disparagement",
"opprobrium",
"reprehension",
"reproach",
"reprobation"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"finally":{
"at a later time":{
"examples":[
"we're making steady progress and may finally finish this project"
],
"synonyms":[
"eventually",
"someday",
"sometime",
"sooner or later",
"ultimately",
"yet"
],
"near synonyms":[
"anon",
"before long",
"by and by",
"directly",
"imminently",
"momentarily",
"presently",
"shortly",
"soon",
"forthwith",
"immediately",
"promptly",
"pronto",
"right away",
"right now",
"right off",
"straightaway",
"straightway"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ne'er",
"never",
"nevermore"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"finking":{
"to give information (as to the authorities) about another's improper or unlawful activities":{
"examples":[
"we never would have been caught if he hadn't finked on us"
],
"synonyms":[
"grassing (on)",
"informing",
"ratting (on)",
"singing",
"snitching",
"splitting (on)",
"squeaking",
"squealing",
"talking",
"telling (on)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"betraying",
"giving away",
"turning in",
"backstabbing",
"crossing",
"double-crossing",
"selling (out)",
"two-timing",
"blabbing",
"tattling",
"tipping (off)"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"fingers":{
"as in sticks":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"sticks",
"cakes",
"croquettes",
"cutlets",
"fritters",
"galettes",
"patties",
"g\u00e2teaux",
"gateaux",
"gateaus"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to find out or establish the identity of":{
"examples":[
"thus far authorities haven't been able to finger the person who's been lighting fires around town"
],
"synonyms":[
"distinguishes",
"identifies",
"IDs",
"pinpoints",
"singles (out)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"diagnoses",
"determines",
"finds",
"locates",
"picks out",
"places",
"recognizes",
"spots",
"checks",
"examines",
"inspects",
"investigates",
"notices",
"observes",
"scrutinizes",
"betrays",
"discloses",
"discovers",
"reveals"
],
"near antonyms":[
"camouflages",
"conceals",
"disguises",
"hides",
"counterfeits",
"feigns",
"shams",
"simulates"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"finding":{
"a decision made by a court or tribunal regarding a case it has heard":{
"examples":[
"the evidence supported a finding of unfair bias, and the court entered judgment for the plaintiff"
],
"synonyms":[
"doom",
"holding",
"judgment",
"judgement",
"ruling",
"sentence"
],
"near synonyms":[
"inquest",
"verdict",
"authority",
"decree",
"edict",
"injunction",
"order",
"arbitrament",
"award",
"declaration",
"deliverance",
"dictum",
"pronouncement",
"conclusion",
"decision",
"determination",
"opinion",
"resolution",
"discipline",
"penalty",
"punishment"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the act or process of sighting or learning the existence of something for the first time":{
"examples":[
"the scientists were thrilled with the finding of the new fossil"
],
"synonyms":[
"detection",
"discovery",
"spotting",
"unearthing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"awareness",
"espial",
"notice",
"disclosure",
"exposure",
"revelation",
"uncovering",
"unveiling",
"creation",
"invention",
"exploration",
"rediscovery"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disappearance",
"loss",
"concealment",
"hiding"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to come upon after searching, study, or effort":{
"examples":[
"we finally found the information after searching dozens of Internet sites"
],
"synonyms":[
"ascertaining",
"descrying",
"detecting",
"determining",
"digging out",
"digging up",
"discovering",
"dredging (up)",
"ferreting (out)",
"finding out",
"getting",
"hitting (on or upon)",
"hunting (down or up)",
"learning",
"locating",
"nosing out",
"rooting (out)",
"routing (out)",
"rummaging",
"running down",
"scaring up",
"scouting (up)",
"tracking (down)",
"turning up"
],
"near synonyms":[
"espying",
"sighting",
"spotting",
"looking for",
"searching (for or out)",
"seeking"
],
"near antonyms":[
"losing",
"mislaying",
"misplacing",
"missetting",
"mis-setting"
],
"antonyms":[
"missing",
"overlooking",
"passing over"
]
},
"to come upon unexpectedly or by chance":{
"examples":[
"hey, I found my notebook!"
],
"synonyms":[
"chancing (upon)",
"encountering",
"happening (on or upon)",
"hitting (upon)",
"lighting (on or upon)",
"meeting",
"pitching (upon)",
"stumbling (on or onto)",
"tumbling (upon)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"lucking (out, on, onto, or into)",
"confronting",
"facing",
"discovering",
"striking",
"turning up"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"finickiness":{
"as in fastidiousness , fussiness":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"daintiness",
"fastidiousness",
"finicalness",
"fussiness",
"delicacy",
"qualmishness",
"queasiness",
"squeamishness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"indelicacy",
"boldness",
"gutsiness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"finesses":{
"to plan out usually with subtle skill or care":{
"examples":[
"had to finesse the schedule a bit to fit in another patient that afternoon"
],
"synonyms":[
"contrives",
"engineers",
"finagles",
"frames",
"machinates",
"maneuvers",
"manipulates",
"masterminds",
"negotiates",
"wangles"
],
"near synonyms":[
"arranges",
"concerts",
"concludes",
"hammers out",
"works out",
"angles (for)",
"compasses",
"intrigues",
"plots",
"schemes",
"connives",
"brews",
"concocts",
"cooks (up)",
"hatches",
"captains",
"commands",
"conducts",
"directs",
"handles",
"manages",
"quarterbacks",
"runs",
"gerrymanders"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blows",
"bobbles",
"botches",
"bungles",
"butchers",
"flubs",
"fumbles",
"gums (up)",
"louses up",
"mangles",
"messes (up)",
"mishandles",
"muffs"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to get or keep away from (as a responsibility) through cleverness or trickery":{
"examples":[
"tried to finesse the blame for the foreign policy fiasco, even though he was secretary of state at the time"
],
"synonyms":[
"avoids",
"dodges",
"ducks",
"eludes",
"escapes",
"eschews",
"evades",
"gets around",
"scapes",
"shakes",
"shirks",
"shuffles (out of)",
"shuns",
"weasels (out of)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"misses",
"averts",
"deflects",
"diverts",
"obviates",
"parries",
"prevents",
"wards (off)",
"bans",
"bars",
"debars",
"eliminates",
"excepts",
"excludes",
"precludes",
"rules out",
"bypasses",
"circumvents",
"skirts",
"foils",
"foxes",
"frustrates",
"outfoxes",
"outsmarts",
"outwits",
"overreaches",
"thwarts"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accepts",
"courts",
"embraces",
"pursues",
"seeks",
"welcomes",
"catches",
"contracts",
"incurs"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"fingering":{
"to find out or establish the identity of":{
"examples":[
"thus far authorities haven't been able to finger the person who's been lighting fires around town"
],
"synonyms":[
"distinguishing",
"identifying",
"ID'ing",
"IDing",
"pinpointing",
"singling (out)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"diagnosing",
"determining",
"finding",
"locating",
"picking out",
"placing",
"recognizing",
"spotting",
"checking",
"examining",
"inspecting",
"investigating",
"noticing",
"observing",
"scrutinizing",
"betraying",
"disclosing",
"discovering",
"revealing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"camouflaging",
"concealing",
"disguising",
"hiding",
"counterfeiting",
"feigning",
"shamming",
"simulating"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"finalities":{
"as in eventualities":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"eventualities",
"by-and-bys",
"futures",
"futurities",
"hereafters",
"offings",
"tomorrows",
"posterities"
],
"near antonyms":[
"pasts",
"yesterdays",
"yesteryears",
"antiquities",
"olds",
"yores",
"moments",
"nows",
"presents",
"todays"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"finger-pointings":{
"the act of blaming someone for a problem instead of trying to fix or solve it":{
"examples":[
"Engaging in finger-pointing will not help us solve the problem.",
"There was no shortage of finger-pointing among executives after the movie bombed at the box office."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"accusation",
"censure",
"condemnation",
"denunciation",
"reproach",
"blame",
"culpability",
"fault",
"guilt",
"onus",
"rap",
"blameworthiness",
"complicity",
"guiltiness",
"sinfulness",
"regret",
"remorse",
"self-reproach",
"shame"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blamelessness",
"faultlessness",
"guiltlessness",
"innocence"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"finger paintings":{
"as in drawings , daubs":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"daubs",
"drawings",
"portraits",
"etchings",
"silhouettes",
"sketches",
"watercolors",
"delineations",
"depictions",
"representations",
"resemblances",
"views",
"caricatures",
"cartoons",
"doodles",
"icons",
"ikons",
"illustrations",
"images",
"likenesses",
"pictures",
"collages",
"montages",
"photographs",
"hieroglyphics",
"hieroglyphs",
"ideograms",
"ideographs",
"pictographs",
"diagrams"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"finicking":{
"hard to please":{
"examples":[
"finicking drinkers will find the bar's trendy cocktails far too sweet"
],
"synonyms":[
"choosy",
"choosey",
"dainty",
"delicate",
"demanding",
"exacting",
"fastidious",
"finical",
"finicky",
"fussbudgety",
"fussy",
"nice",
"old-maidish",
"particular",
"pernickety",
"persnickety",
"picky"
],
"near synonyms":[
"hyperfastidious",
"overdemanding",
"ultrafastidious",
"discerning",
"discriminating",
"selective",
"insightful",
"knowledgeable",
"captious",
"carping",
"caviling",
"cavilling",
"critical",
"faultfinding",
"hypercritical",
"overcritical",
"careful",
"meticulous",
"painstaking",
"punctilious",
"scrupulous",
"queasy",
"queazy",
"squeamish",
"peevish",
"petulant",
"prickly",
"touchy",
"niminy-piminy",
"prim",
"prissy"
],
"near antonyms":[
"affable",
"breezy",
"carefree",
"devil-may-care",
"happy-go-lucky",
"lackadaisical",
"laid-back",
"low-pressure",
"relaxed",
"flexible",
"lax",
"loose",
"lenient",
"permissive",
"uncritical",
"indiscriminating",
"undiscriminating"
],
"antonyms":[
"undemanding",
"unfastidious",
"unfussy"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"finished":{
"brought or having come to an end":{
"examples":[
"the frosting isn't finished until you've added all of the decorative roses"
],
"synonyms":[
"complete",
"completed",
"concluded",
"done",
"down",
"ended",
"over",
"over with",
"terminated",
"through",
"up"
],
"near synonyms":[
"accomplished",
"achieved",
"attained",
"compassed",
"realized",
"dead",
"defunct",
"extinct",
"kaput",
"kaputt",
"obsolete",
"expired"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"continuing",
"incomplete",
"ongoing",
"uncompleted",
"undone",
"unfinished"
]
},
"facing certain defeat, disaster, or death":{
"examples":[
"since there was no way it could possibly make up the scoring deficit, the team knew that it was finished"
],
"synonyms":[
"dead",
"done",
"done for",
"doomed",
"kaput",
"kaputt",
"ruined",
"sunk"
],
"near synonyms":[
"endangered",
"imperiled",
"imperilled"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to bring (something) to a state where nothing remains to be done":{
"examples":[
"we should finish the painting of the house by tomorrow"
],
"synonyms":[
"completed",
"consummated",
"finalized",
"perfected",
"polished"
],
"near synonyms":[
"followed through (with)",
"stuck out",
"accomplished",
"achieved",
"effected",
"carried out",
"carried through",
"did",
"discharged",
"executed",
"fulfilled",
"performed",
"ameliorated",
"amended",
"bettered",
"enhanced",
"enriched",
"improved",
"meliorated",
"machined",
"refined",
"rounded (off or out)",
"shone",
"shined",
"touched up"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abandoned",
"deserted",
"discontinued",
"dropped",
"forsook",
"quit",
"quitted"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to bring (an event) to a natural or appropriate stopping point":{
"examples":[
"we'll finish the concert before dark"
],
"synonyms":[
"closed",
"closed out",
"completed",
"concluded",
"ended",
"rounded (off or out)",
"terminated",
"wound up",
"winded up",
"wrapped up"
],
"near synonyms":[
"climaxed",
"crowned",
"consummated",
"perfected",
"halted",
"stopped",
"suspended"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"began",
"commenced",
"inaugurated",
"opened",
"started"
]
},
"to come to an end":{
"examples":[
"the three-day race finished yesterday"
],
"synonyms":[
"broke off",
"broke up",
"ceased",
"closed",
"concluded",
"dead-ended",
"determined",
"died",
"discontinued",
"elapsed",
"ended",
"expired",
"halted",
"lapsed",
"left off",
"let up",
"passed",
"quit",
"quitted",
"stopped",
"terminated",
"went",
"winked (out)",
"wound up",
"winded up"
],
"near synonyms":[
"desisted (from)",
"laid off (of)",
"refrained (from)",
"gave over",
"knocked off",
"packed (up or in)",
"broke down",
"conked (out)",
"cut out",
"stalled",
"paused",
"stayed",
"suspended",
"abated",
"petered (out)",
"wound down",
"winded down"
],
"near antonyms":[
"drew out",
"extended",
"prolonged",
"protracted"
],
"antonyms":[
"continued",
"hung on",
"persisted"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"finishing":{
"as in ending , passing":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"ceasing",
"closing",
"concluding",
"desisting",
"discontinuing",
"dying",
"ending",
"expiring",
"lapsing",
"leaving off",
"passing",
"quitting",
"stopping",
"terminating",
"winding up",
"abating",
"dying (down)",
"ebbing",
"letting up",
"moderating",
"subsiding",
"waning"
],
"near antonyms":[
"leftover",
"remaining",
"lingering",
"residual",
"abiding",
"biding",
"continuing",
"enduring",
"holding on",
"holding up",
"keeping up",
"lasting",
"perduring",
"persisting",
"running on"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in ending , stoppage":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"cessation",
"discontinuance",
"downtime",
"ending",
"expiration",
"hitch",
"lapse",
"stoppage",
"stopping",
"termination",
"interim",
"interlude",
"intermission",
"interval",
"respite",
"rest",
"abeyance",
"moratorium",
"surcease",
"suspension",
"time-out",
"discontinuity",
"gap",
"hiatus",
"break",
"breath",
"breather",
"interruption",
"lull",
"pause",
"recess"
],
"near antonyms":[
"continuation",
"endurance",
"persistence",
"progress",
"progression",
"extension",
"prolongation"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to bring (something) to a state where nothing remains to be done":{
"examples":[
"we should finish the painting of the house by tomorrow"
],
"synonyms":[
"completing",
"consummating",
"finalizing",
"perfecting",
"polishing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"following through (with)",
"sticking out",
"accomplishing",
"achieving",
"effecting",
"carrying out",
"carrying through",
"discharging",
"doing",
"executing",
"fulfilling",
"performing",
"ameliorating",
"amending",
"bettering",
"enhancing",
"enriching",
"improving",
"meliorating",
"machining",
"refining",
"rounding (off or out)",
"shining",
"touching up"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abandoning",
"deserting",
"discontinuing",
"dropping",
"forsaking",
"quitting"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to bring (an event) to a natural or appropriate stopping point":{
"examples":[
"we'll finish the concert before dark"
],
"synonyms":[
"closing",
"closing out",
"completing",
"concluding",
"ending",
"rounding (off or out)",
"terminating",
"winding up",
"wrapping up"
],
"near synonyms":[
"climaxing",
"crowning",
"consummating",
"perfecting",
"halting",
"stopping",
"suspending"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"beginning",
"commencing",
"inaugurating",
"opening",
"starting"
]
},
"to come to an end":{
"examples":[
"the three-day race finished yesterday"
],
"synonyms":[
"breaking off",
"breaking up",
"ceasing",
"closing",
"concluding",
"dead-ending",
"determining",
"discontinuing",
"dying",
"elapsing",
"ending",
"expiring",
"going",
"halting",
"lapsing",
"leaving off",
"letting up",
"passing",
"quitting",
"stopping",
"terminating",
"winding up",
"winking (out)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"desisting (from)",
"laying off (of)",
"refraining (from)",
"giving over",
"knocking off",
"packing (up or in)",
"breaking down",
"conking (out)",
"cutting out",
"stalling",
"pausing",
"staying",
"suspending",
"abating",
"petering (out)",
"winding down"
],
"near antonyms":[
"drawing out",
"extending",
"prolonging",
"protracting"
],
"antonyms":[
"continuing",
"hanging on",
"persisting"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"fink out":{
"to break a promise or agreement":{
"examples":[
"I can't believe you'd fink out on me and leave me to go to the party alone!"
],
"synonyms":[
"back down",
"back off",
"back out",
"cop out",
"renege"
],
"near synonyms":[
"chicken (out)",
"wimp out",
"backpedal",
"backtrack",
"abjure",
"abnegate",
"disavow",
"forswear",
"foreswear",
"recall",
"recant",
"repudiate",
"retract",
"take back",
"unsay",
"withdraw",
"beg off",
"cry off"
],
"near antonyms":[
"adhere (to)",
"follow through (with)",
"comply (with)",
"fulfill",
"fulfil",
"honor",
"keep",
"satisfy"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"fine-tuned":{
"to make small changes to (something) in order to improve the way it works or to make it exactly right":{
"examples":[
"fine-tune a TV set",
"fine-tune the temperature of the room",
"They're fine-tuning interest rates to achieve economic growth without inflation."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"fiddled (with)",
"phased",
"registered",
"regulated",
"rigged",
"acclimated",
"acclimatized",
"accommodated",
"adapted",
"adjusted",
"conditioned",
"conformed",
"doctored",
"edited",
"fashioned",
"fitted",
"fit",
"put",
"shaped",
"suited",
"tailored",
"readapted",
"readjusted",
"customized",
"geared",
"matched",
"modeled",
"modelled",
"patterned",
"attuned",
"corrected",
"harmonized",
"squared",
"tuned",
"established",
"rooted",
"settled",
"acquainted",
"familiarized",
"orientated",
"oriented",
"equipped",
"prepared",
"primed",
"rehearsed",
"hardened",
"inured",
"seasoned",
"toughened",
"altered",
"converted",
"made over",
"modified",
"recast",
"reclaimed",
"recycled",
"redesigned",
"redeveloped",
"redid",
"reengineered",
"refashioned",
"refigured",
"refitted",
"refocused",
"reinvented",
"rejiggered",
"remade",
"remodeled",
"revamped",
"revised",
"reworked",
"transformed",
"accustomed",
"conditioned",
"habilitated",
"habituated",
"naturalized",
"readied",
"seasoned",
"bent"
],
"near antonyms":[
"misadjusted"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"finishes":{
"to bring (something) to a state where nothing remains to be done":{
"examples":[
"we should finish the painting of the house by tomorrow"
],
"synonyms":[
"completes",
"consummates",
"finalizes",
"perfects",
"polishes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"follows through (with)",
"sticks out",
"accomplishes",
"achieves",
"effects",
"carries out",
"carries through",
"discharges",
"does",
"executes",
"fulfills",
"fulfils",
"performs",
"ameliorates",
"amends",
"betters",
"enhances",
"enriches",
"improves",
"meliorates",
"machines",
"refines",
"rounds (off or out)",
"shines",
"touches up"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abandons",
"deserts",
"discontinues",
"drops",
"forsakes",
"quits"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to bring (an event) to a natural or appropriate stopping point":{
"examples":[
"we'll finish the concert before dark"
],
"synonyms":[
"closes",
"closes out",
"completes",
"concludes",
"ends",
"rounds (off or out)",
"terminates",
"winds up",
"wraps up"
],
"near synonyms":[
"climaxes",
"crowns",
"consummates",
"perfects",
"halts",
"stops",
"suspends"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"begins",
"commences",
"inaugurates",
"opens",
"starts"
]
},
"to come to an end":{
"examples":[
"the three-day race finished yesterday"
],
"synonyms":[
"breaks off",
"breaks up",
"ceases",
"closes",
"concludes",
"dead-ends",
"determines",
"dies",
"discontinues",
"elapses",
"ends",
"expires",
"goes",
"halts",
"lapses",
"leaves off",
"lets up",
"passes",
"quits",
"stops",
"terminates",
"winds up",
"winks (out)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"desists (from)",
"lays off (of)",
"refrains (from)",
"gives over",
"knocks off",
"packs (up or in)",
"breaks down",
"conks (out)",
"cuts out",
"stalls",
"pauses",
"stays",
"suspends",
"abates",
"peters (out)",
"winds down"
],
"near antonyms":[
"draws out",
"extends",
"prolongs",
"protracts"
],
"antonyms":[
"continues",
"hangs on",
"persists"
]
},
"the last part of a process or action":{
"examples":[
"a pie-eating contest is the fair's traditional finish"
],
"synonyms":[
"cappers",
"closes",
"closings",
"conclusions",
"consummations",
"endgames",
"endings",
"ends",
"finales",
"finises",
"grand finales",
"homestretches",
"mop-ups",
"windups",
"wrap-ups"
],
"near synonyms":[
"acmes",
"apexes",
"apices",
"capstones",
"climaxes",
"copestones",
"coups de gr\u00e2ce",
"coups de grace",
"crescendos",
"crescendoes",
"crescendi",
"crowns",
"culminations",
"high-water marks",
"meridians",
"peaks",
"pinnacles",
"summits",
"tip-tops",
"tops",
"zeniths",
"aftermaths",
"anticlimaxes",
"codas",
"epilogues",
"epilogs",
"postscripts",
"shanks",
"tag ends",
"tail ends"
],
"near antonyms":[
"forewords",
"introductions",
"overtures",
"preambles",
"prefaces",
"preludes",
"prologues",
"prologs"
],
"antonyms":[
"baselines",
"beginnings",
"dawns",
"day ones",
"nascences",
"nascencies",
"openings",
"starts"
]
},
"the stopping of a process or activity":{
"examples":[
"an all-out fight right to the finish"
],
"synonyms":[
"arrestments",
"arrests",
"ceases",
"cessations",
"checks",
"closedowns",
"closes",
"closures",
"conclusions",
"cutoffs",
"discontinuances",
"discontinuations",
"endings",
"ends",
"expirations",
"halts",
"lapses",
"offsets",
"shutdowns",
"shutoffs",
"stays",
"stoppages",
"stops",
"surceases",
"terminations"
],
"near synonyms":[
"mop-ups",
"phaseouts",
"abeyances",
"breaks",
"interruptions",
"layoffs",
"letups",
"moratoriums",
"moratoria",
"pauses",
"standstills",
"suspensions"
],
"near antonyms":[
"extensions",
"persistences",
"prolongations"
],
"antonyms":[
"continuances",
"continuations"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"finales":{
"the last part of a process or action":{
"examples":[
"the finale to the festivities was a grand display of fireworks"
],
"synonyms":[
"cappers",
"closes",
"closings",
"conclusions",
"consummations",
"endgames",
"endings",
"ends",
"finises",
"finishes",
"grand finales",
"homestretches",
"mop-ups",
"windups",
"wrap-ups"
],
"near synonyms":[
"acmes",
"apexes",
"apices",
"capstones",
"climaxes",
"copestones",
"coups de gr\u00e2ce",
"coups de grace",
"crescendos",
"crescendoes",
"crescendi",
"crowns",
"culminations",
"high-water marks",
"meridians",
"peaks",
"pinnacles",
"summits",
"tip-tops",
"tops",
"zeniths",
"aftermaths",
"anticlimaxes",
"codas",
"epilogues",
"epilogs",
"postscripts",
"shanks",
"tag ends",
"tail ends"
],
"near antonyms":[
"forewords",
"introductions",
"overtures",
"preambles",
"prefaces",
"preludes",
"prologues",
"prologs"
],
"antonyms":[
"baselines",
"beginnings",
"dawns",
"day ones",
"nascences",
"nascencies",
"openings",
"starts"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
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},
"find":{
"to come upon after searching, study, or effort":{
"examples":[
"we finally found the information after searching dozens of Internet sites"
],
"synonyms":[
"ascertain",
"descry",
"detect",
"determine",
"dig out",
"dig up",
"discover",
"dredge (up)",
"ferret (out)",
"find out",
"get",
"hit (on or upon)",
"hunt (down or up)",
"learn",
"locate",
"nose out",
"root (out)",
"rout (out)",
"rummage",
"run down",
"scare up",
"scout (up)",
"track (down)",
"turn up"
],
"near synonyms":[
"espy",
"sight",
"spot",
"look for",
"search (for or out)",
"seek"
],
"near antonyms":[
"lose",
"mislay",
"misplace",
"misset"
],
"antonyms":[
"miss",
"overlook",
"pass over"
]
},
"to come upon unexpectedly or by chance":{
"examples":[
"hey, I found my notebook!"
],
"synonyms":[
"chance (upon)",
"encounter",
"happen (on or upon)",
"hit (upon)",
"light (on or upon)",
"meet",
"pitch (upon)",
"stumble (on or onto)",
"tumble (upon)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"luck (out, on, onto, or into)",
"confront",
"face",
"discover",
"strike",
"turn up"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"something discovered":{
"examples":[
"that antique plate was a great garage sale find"
],
"synonyms":[
"discovery"
],
"near synonyms":[
"pay dirt",
"strike",
"treasure trove",
"breakthrough"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"finagle":{
"to plan out usually with subtle skill or care":{
"examples":[
"let me look at my schedule and see if I can't finagle a visit to the museum"
],
"synonyms":[
"contrive",
"engineer",
"finesse",
"frame",
"machinate",
"maneuver",
"manipulate",
"mastermind",
"negotiate",
"wangle"
],
"near synonyms":[
"arrange",
"concert",
"conclude",
"hammer out",
"work out",
"angle (for)",
"compass",
"intrigue",
"plot",
"scheme",
"connive",
"brew",
"concoct",
"cook (up)",
"hatch",
"captain",
"command",
"conduct",
"direct",
"handle",
"manage",
"quarterback",
"run",
"gerrymander"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blow",
"bobble",
"botch",
"bungle",
"butcher",
"flub",
"fumble",
"gum (up)",
"louse up",
"mangle",
"mess (up)",
"mishandle",
"muff"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to use dishonest methods to achieve a goal":{
"examples":[
"she'll finagle until she gets exactly what she wants"
],
"synonyms":[
"cheat",
"chicane",
"fudge"
],
"near synonyms":[
"crib",
"color",
"distort",
"falsify",
"misinterpret",
"misrepresent",
"misstate",
"pervert",
"twist",
"warp",
"doctor",
"fake",
"tamper (with)",
"elaborate",
"embellish",
"embroider",
"exaggerate",
"magnify",
"pad",
"stretch",
"dodge",
"evade",
"hedge"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
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}
}
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