dict_dl/en_MWThesaurus/fos_MWT.json

{
  "fostering":{
    "as in encouraging , promoting":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "encouraging",
        "forwarding",
        "furthering",
        "nurturing",
        "promoting",
        "easing",
        "facilitating",
        "smoothing",
        "abetting",
        "aiding",
        "assisting"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "precautionary",
        "preventative",
        "preventive",
        "prophylactic",
        "deterrent",
        "deterring",
        "negating",
        "neutralizing",
        "nullifying"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "as in promotion , facilitation":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "facilitation",
        "promotion",
        "commendation",
        "consignment",
        "entrustment",
        "commanding",
        "directing",
        "ordering",
        "accreditation",
        "authorization",
        "commission",
        "delegation",
        "empowerment",
        "license",
        "licence",
        "mandate"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "to help the growth or development of":{
      "examples":[
        "the head librarian firmly declared that it is indeed the duty of local government to foster learning and a love of reading"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "advancing",
        "cultivating",
        "encouraging",
        "forwarding",
        "furthering",
        "incubating",
        "nourishing",
        "nursing",
        "nurturing",
        "promoting"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "advocating",
        "backing",
        "championing",
        "endorsing",
        "indorsing",
        "supporting",
        "upholding",
        "endowing",
        "financing",
        "funding",
        "patronizing",
        "staking",
        "subsidizing",
        "underwriting",
        "abetting",
        "aiding",
        "assisting",
        "advertising",
        "boosting",
        "plugging",
        "publicizing",
        "touting",
        "agitating (for)",
        "campaigning (for)",
        "working (for)"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "banning",
        "barring",
        "enjoining",
        "forbidding",
        "interdicting",
        "outlawing",
        "preventing",
        "prohibiting",
        "proscribing",
        "battling",
        "combating",
        "combatting",
        "contending (with)",
        "countering",
        "fighting",
        "opposing",
        "repressing",
        "snuffing (out)",
        "squashing",
        "squelching",
        "stifling",
        "subduing",
        "suppressing",
        "arresting",
        "checking",
        "halting",
        "retarding",
        "encumbering",
        "fettering",
        "hobbling",
        "impeding",
        "interfering (with)",
        "manacling",
        "obstructing",
        "shackling"
      ],
      "antonyms":[
        "discouraging",
        "frustrating",
        "hindering",
        "inhibiting"
      ]
    },
    "to bring to maturity through care and education":{
      "examples":[
        "a greathearted couple fostering two adopted children as well as three more of their own"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "breeding",
        "bringing up",
        "nourishing",
        "nursing",
        "raising",
        "rearing"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "fathering",
        "mothering",
        "attending",
        "caring (for)",
        "cradling",
        "cultivating",
        "minding",
        "ministering (to)",
        "nurturing",
        "watching",
        "disciplining",
        "educating",
        "instructing",
        "mentoring",
        "schooling",
        "teaching",
        "training",
        "tutoring",
        "edifying",
        "enlightening",
        "indoctrinating",
        "feeding",
        "providing (for)",
        "supplying",
        "advancing",
        "forwarding",
        "furthering",
        "promoting",
        "preparing",
        "directing",
        "guiding",
        "leading",
        "shepherding",
        "showing"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "abusing",
        "ill-treating",
        "ill-using",
        "maltreating",
        "mishandling",
        "mistreating",
        "ignoring",
        "neglecting",
        "harming",
        "hurting",
        "injuring"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "fosterage":{
    "as in encouragement":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "encouragement",
        "bankrolling",
        "endowment",
        "financing",
        "funding",
        "subsidy",
        "aid",
        "assistance",
        "help",
        "aegis",
        "egis",
        "auspice",
        "backing",
        "patronage",
        "sponsorship"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "fostered":{
    "to help the growth or development of":{
      "examples":[
        "the head librarian firmly declared that it is indeed the duty of local government to foster learning and a love of reading"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "advanced",
        "cultivated",
        "encouraged",
        "forwarded",
        "furthered",
        "incubated",
        "nourished",
        "nursed",
        "nurtured",
        "promoted"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "advocated",
        "backed",
        "championed",
        "endorsed",
        "indorsed",
        "supported",
        "upheld",
        "endowed",
        "financed",
        "funded",
        "patronized",
        "staked",
        "subsidized",
        "underwrote",
        "abetted",
        "aided",
        "assisted",
        "advertised",
        "boosted",
        "plugged",
        "publicized",
        "touted",
        "agitated (for)",
        "campaigned (for)",
        "worked (for)",
        "wrought (for)"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "banned",
        "barred",
        "enjoined",
        "forbade",
        "forbad",
        "interdicted",
        "outlawed",
        "prevented",
        "prohibited",
        "proscribed",
        "battled",
        "combated",
        "combatted",
        "contended (with)",
        "countered",
        "fought",
        "opposed",
        "repressed",
        "snuffed (out)",
        "squashed",
        "squelched",
        "stifled",
        "subdued",
        "suppressed",
        "arrested",
        "checked",
        "halted",
        "retarded",
        "encumbered",
        "fettered",
        "hobbled",
        "impeded",
        "interfered (with)",
        "manacled",
        "obstructed",
        "shackled"
      ],
      "antonyms":[
        "discouraged",
        "frustrated",
        "hindered",
        "inhibited"
      ]
    },
    "to bring to maturity through care and education":{
      "examples":[
        "a greathearted couple fostering two adopted children as well as three more of their own"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "bred",
        "brought up",
        "nourished",
        "nursed",
        "raised",
        "reared"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "fathered",
        "mothered",
        "attended",
        "cared (for)",
        "cradled",
        "cultivated",
        "minded",
        "ministered (to)",
        "nurtured",
        "watched",
        "disciplined",
        "educated",
        "instructed",
        "mentored",
        "schooled",
        "taught",
        "trained",
        "tutored",
        "edified",
        "enlightened",
        "indoctrinated",
        "fed",
        "provided (for)",
        "supplied",
        "advanced",
        "forwarded",
        "furthered",
        "promoted",
        "prepared",
        "directed",
        "guided",
        "led",
        "shepherded",
        "showed"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "abused",
        "ill-treated",
        "ill-used",
        "maltreated",
        "mishandled",
        "mistreated",
        "ignored",
        "neglected",
        "harmed",
        "hurt",
        "injured"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "fosterages":{
    "as in encouragements":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "encouragements",
        "endowments",
        "financings",
        "subsidies",
        "aids",
        "assistances",
        "help",
        "aegises",
        "egises",
        "auspices",
        "backings",
        "patronages",
        "sponsorships"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "fosse":{
    "a long narrow channel dug in the earth":{
      "examples":[
        "the first line of defense is a water-filled fosse that enemy troops would have to cross"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "dike",
        "ditch",
        "gutter",
        "sheugh",
        "trench",
        "trough"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "acequia",
        "culvert",
        "drain",
        "draw",
        "gully",
        "gulley",
        "ravine",
        "drill",
        "furrow",
        "ha-ha",
        "moat",
        "stank",
        "sunk fence",
        "kennel"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "foster parent":{
    "as in nurse , guard":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "babysitter",
        "minder",
        "nanny",
        "nannie",
        "nurse",
        "sitter",
        "custodian",
        "guard",
        "keep",
        "keeper",
        "protector",
        "caregiver",
        "carer",
        "caretaker",
        "guardian",
        "attendant",
        "chaperone",
        "chaperon",
        "companion"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "charge",
        "client",
        "dependent",
        "ward"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "fossil":{
    "a person with old-fashioned ideas":{
      "examples":[
        "some old fossil who thinks that a boy and a girl shouldn't be together unsupervised until they are engaged"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "antediluvian",
        "Colonel Blimp",
        "dodo",
        "fogy",
        "fogey",
        "fud",
        "fuddy-duddy",
        "mossback",
        "reactionary",
        "stick-in-the-mud",
        "stuffed shirt"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "conservative",
        "rightist",
        "Tory",
        "mandarin",
        "old hand",
        "old-timer",
        "veteran",
        "old maid"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "liberal",
        "progressive",
        "radical"
      ],
      "antonyms":[
        "hipster",
        "modern",
        "trendy"
      ]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "fossilized":{
    "having passed its time of use or usefulness":{
      "examples":[
        "fossilized notions about the proper place of women in society"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "antiquated",
        "archaic",
        "dated",
        "d\u00e9mod\u00e9",
        "demoded",
        "kaput",
        "kaputt",
        "medieval",
        "mediaeval",
        "moribund",
        "mossy",
        "moth-eaten",
        "neolithic",
        "Noachian",
        "obsolete",
        "out-of-date",
        "outdated",
        "outmoded",
        "outworn",
        "pass\u00e9",
        "prehistoric",
        "prehistorical",
        "rusty",
        "Stone Age",
        "superannuated"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "aging",
        "ageing",
        "obsolescent",
        "discarded",
        "disused",
        "inoperable",
        "unusable",
        "unworkable",
        "useless",
        "dead",
        "defunct",
        "expired",
        "extinct",
        "vanished",
        "dormant",
        "fallow",
        "free",
        "idle",
        "inactive",
        "inert",
        "inoperative",
        "latent",
        "ancient",
        "antediluvian",
        "antique",
        "dateless",
        "fusty",
        "musty",
        "old",
        "oldfangled",
        "old-fashioned",
        "old-time",
        "retro",
        "vintage",
        "aged",
        "age-old",
        "hoary",
        "venerable",
        "atavistic",
        "bygone",
        "erstwhile",
        "former",
        "historic",
        "historical",
        "late",
        "old-world",
        "past"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "contemporary",
        "current",
        "mod",
        "modern",
        "new",
        "newfangled",
        "new-fashioned",
        "present-day",
        "recent",
        "ultramodern",
        "up-to-date",
        "up-to-the-minute",
        "fresh",
        "modernized",
        "refurbished",
        "remodeled",
        "renewed",
        "functional",
        "operable",
        "operational",
        "workable",
        "active",
        "alive",
        "busy",
        "employed",
        "functioning",
        "operating",
        "operative"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ]
  },
  "foster parents":{
    "as in nurses , guards":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "babysitters",
        "minders",
        "nannies",
        "nurses",
        "sitters",
        "custodians",
        "guards",
        "keepers",
        "keeps",
        "protectors",
        "caregivers",
        "carers",
        "caretakers",
        "guardians",
        "attendants",
        "chaperones",
        "chaperons",
        "companions"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "charges",
        "clients",
        "dependents",
        "wards"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "fossils":{
    "a person with old-fashioned ideas":{
      "examples":[
        "some old fossil who thinks that a boy and a girl shouldn't be together unsupervised until they are engaged"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "antediluvians",
        "dodoes",
        "dodos",
        "fogies",
        "fogeys",
        "fuddy-duddies",
        "fuds",
        "mossbacks",
        "reactionaries",
        "stick-in-the-muds",
        "stuffed shirts"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "conservatives",
        "rightists",
        "Tories",
        "mandarins",
        "old hands",
        "old-timers",
        "veterans",
        "old maids"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "liberals",
        "progressives",
        "radicals"
      ],
      "antonyms":[
        "hipsters",
        "moderns",
        "trendies"
      ]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  }
}