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{
"rapacious":{
"having a huge appetite":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"nothing livens things up like a whole team of rapacious basketball players descending upon the pizza parlor"
],
"near antonyms":[
"content",
"full",
"glutted",
"sated",
"satiated",
"satisfied",
"stuffed"
],
"related":[
"hearty",
"wolfish",
"devouring",
"gobbling",
"gorging",
"gormandizing",
"gulping",
"insatiable",
"unquenchable",
"unslakable",
"empty",
"famished",
"hungry",
"peckish",
"starved",
"starving",
"malnourished",
"underfed",
"undernourished"
],
"synonyms":[
"edacious",
"esurient",
"gluttonous",
"greedy",
"hoggish",
"piggish",
"ravenous",
"swinish",
"voracious"
]
},
"having or marked by an eager and often selfish desire especially for material possessions":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"rapacious plunderers who despoiled the tombs in the ancient pyramids"
],
"near antonyms":[
"nonmaterialistic",
"altruistic",
"bounteous",
"bountiful",
"charitable",
"freehanded",
"generous",
"greathearted",
"handsome",
"liberal",
"magnanimous",
"munificent",
"openhanded",
"openhearted",
"selfless",
"unselfish",
"unsparing",
"controlled",
"moderate",
"restrained",
"temperate",
"content",
"sated",
"satisfied"
],
"related":[
"commercialistic",
"materialistic",
"philistine",
"desirous",
"eager",
"itchy",
"lickerish",
"miserly",
"hoggish",
"piggish",
"piggy",
"swinish",
"devouring",
"gluttonous",
"gobbling",
"insatiable",
"ravenous",
"unquenchable",
"voracious",
"egocentric",
"egoistic",
"egoistical",
"egotistic",
"egotistical",
"self-centered",
"self-seeking",
"discontent",
"discontented",
"malcontent",
"unsatisfied",
"begrudging",
"grudging",
"resentful"
],
"synonyms":[
"acquisitive",
"avaricious",
"avid",
"coveting",
"covetous",
"grabby",
"grasping",
"greedy",
"mercenary",
"moneygrubbing"
]
},
"living by killing and eating other animals":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"rapacious mammals, such as coyotes, foxes, and bobcats"
],
"near antonyms":[
"herbivorous",
"vegetarian",
"gentle",
"submissive",
"tame"
],
"related":[
"carnivorous",
"aggressive",
"deadly",
"ferocious",
"fierce",
"savage",
"violent",
"untamed",
"wild"
],
"synonyms":[
"predaceous",
"predacious",
"predatory",
"raptorial"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"rapacity":{
"an intense selfish desire for wealth or possessions":{
"examples":[
"the rapacity of the Spanish conquistadors was such that they were undeterred by the very preposterousness of the legend of El Dorado"
],
"synonyms":[
"acquisitiveness",
"avarice",
"avariciousness",
"avidity",
"avidness",
"covetousness",
"cupidity",
"graspingness",
"greed",
"greediness",
"mercenariness",
"rapaciousness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"commercialism",
"materialism",
"possessiveness",
"gluttonousness",
"gluttony",
"piggishness",
"appetite",
"craving",
"desire",
"drive",
"hankering",
"hunger",
"itch",
"longing",
"lust",
"passion",
"pining",
"ravenousness",
"thirst",
"voracity",
"yearning",
"yen",
"egoism",
"egotism",
"self-centeredness",
"self-interest",
"selfishness",
"self-regard"
],
"near antonyms":[
"contentment",
"fulfillment",
"fulfilment",
"gratification",
"satisfaction",
"bounteousness",
"bountifulness",
"bounty",
"charity",
"generosity",
"generousness",
"largesse",
"largess",
"liberality",
"magnanimity",
"openhandedness",
"openheartedness",
"unselfishness",
"altruism",
"selflessness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"rapid eye movement":{
"as in":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"rapprochement":{
"a friendly relationship marked by ready communication and mutual understanding":{
"examples":[
"an era of rapprochement between Mexico and the U.S. that was highlighted by a new trade agreement"
],
"synonyms":[
"communion",
"fellowship",
"rapport"
],
"near synonyms":[
"accord",
"agreement",
"concord",
"harmony",
"oneness",
"solidarity",
"togetherness",
"unity",
"affinity",
"empathy",
"sympathy",
"understanding",
"amity",
"chumminess",
"companionship",
"friendliness",
"friendship",
"reciprocity",
"symbiosis"
],
"near antonyms":[
"alienation",
"disaffection",
"disgruntlement",
"estrangement",
"coldness",
"cold shoulder",
"distance",
"iciness",
"animosity",
"antagonism",
"antipathy",
"bitterness",
"enmity",
"hostility",
"jaundice",
"rancor",
"spite"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"raps":{
"a formal claim of criminal wrongdoing against a person":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the headlines in the paper today are all about the mayor facing an embezzlement rap"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"accusations",
"allegations",
"pleas",
"criminations",
"counteraccusations",
"counter-accusations",
"countercharges",
"counter-charges",
"arraignments",
"impeachments",
"implications",
"imputations",
"innuendos",
"innuendoes",
"insinuations",
"censures",
"condemnations",
"denunciations",
"incriminations",
"recriminations"
],
"synonyms":[
"charges",
"complaints",
"counts",
"indictments"
]
},
"a hard strike with a part of the body or an instrument":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the doctor used a little hammer to give me a rap on the knee to test my reflexes"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"counterblows",
"counter-blows",
"counterpunches",
"counters",
"counterstrokes",
"counter-strokes",
"body blows",
"hands",
"kicks",
"knees",
"lefts",
"one-twos",
"rabbit punches",
"right-handers",
"rights",
"roundhouses",
"shivers",
"sidewinders",
"sucker punches",
"swings",
"uppercuts",
"crunchers",
"kayos",
"knockdowns",
"knockouts",
"KOs",
"bastinadoes",
"bastinades",
"batterings",
"beatings",
"drubbings",
"lickings",
"pastings",
"thrashings",
"wallopings",
"whippings",
"whips"
],
"synonyms":[
"bangs",
"bashes",
"bats",
"beats",
"belts",
"biffs",
"blows",
"bops",
"boxes",
"buffets",
"busts",
"chops",
"claps",
"clips",
"clouts",
"cracks",
"cuffs",
"dabs",
"douses",
"fillips",
"hacks",
"haymakers",
"hits",
"hooks",
"knocks",
"larrups",
"lashes",
"licks",
"pelts",
"picks",
"plumps",
"pokes",
"pounds",
"punches",
"slams",
"slaps",
"slugs",
"smacks",
"smashes",
"socks",
"spanks",
"stingers",
"stripes",
"strokes",
"swats",
"swipes",
"switches",
"thuds",
"thumps",
"thwacks",
"wallops",
"welts",
"whacks",
"whams",
"whops",
"whaps"
]
},
"friendly, informal conversation or an instance of this":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"after our pickup softball game, I had a friendly rap with a couple of the guys in the park"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"colloquies",
"conferences",
"discourses",
"parleys",
"symposia",
"symposiums",
"debates",
"dialogues",
"dialogs",
"exchanges",
"give-and-takes",
"crosstalk",
"happy talk",
"yaks",
"yacks",
"yammers",
"yaps"
],
"synonyms":[
"backchat",
"cackle",
"causeries",
"chats",
"chatter",
"chin music",
"chin-wag",
"chitchats",
"confabs",
"confabulations",
"gab",
"gabfests",
"gossip",
"jangle",
"jaws",
"natters",
"palavers",
"patter",
"schmoozes",
"small talk",
"table talk",
"talks",
"t\u00eate-\u00e0-t\u00eates"
]
},
"the smallest amount or part imaginable":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"I don't care a rap about losing that old jacket"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"aces",
"bits",
"crumbs",
"dabs",
"driblets",
"glimmers",
"hints",
"little",
"mites",
"nips",
"ounces",
"particles",
"peanuts",
"pins",
"rays",
"scraps",
"scruples",
"semblances",
"shades",
"shadows",
"shreds",
"skoshes",
"smidgens",
"smidgeons",
"smidgins",
"smidges",
"snaps",
"specks",
"spots",
"sprinklings",
"strains",
"streaks",
"suspicions",
"touches",
"traces"
],
"synonyms":[
"beans",
"continentals",
"damns",
"darns",
"durns",
"diddlies",
"diddly-squats",
"doodley-squats",
"doodly-squats",
"figs",
"ghosts",
"hoots",
"iotas",
"jots",
"licks",
"modicums",
"squats",
"syllables",
"tittles",
"whits",
"whoops"
]
},
"to deliver a blow to (someone or something) usually in a strong vigorous manner":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"a childhood memory of the time he got his knuckles rapped for trying to steal candy from the corner store"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"batters",
"beats",
"buffets",
"bungs",
"chops",
"cuffs",
"drubs",
"laces",
"lambastes",
"lambasts",
"licks",
"mangles",
"mauls",
"pelts",
"peppers",
"pommels",
"pummels",
"roughs",
"scuffs",
"bunts",
"flicks",
"strokes",
"taps",
"bumps",
"butts",
"jabs",
"jostles",
"kicks",
"knees",
"pokes",
"prods",
"pushes",
"shoves",
"stamps",
"bowls (down or over)",
"creams",
"decks",
"dumps",
"fells",
"floors",
"knocks down",
"levels",
"rabbit-punches",
"sucker punches",
"canes",
"clubs",
"cudgels",
"flails",
"flogs",
"lashes",
"saps",
"slashes",
"sledgehammers",
"sledges",
"spears",
"stabs",
"switches",
"thrashes",
"whips",
"beans",
"brains",
"conks",
"skulls"
],
"synonyms":[
"bangs",
"bashes",
"bats",
"belts",
"biffs",
"bludgeons",
"bobs",
"bonks",
"bops",
"boxes",
"busts",
"claps",
"clips",
"clobbers",
"clocks",
"clouts",
"cracks",
"hammers",
"hits",
"knocks",
"nails",
"pastes",
"pounds",
"punches",
"slams",
"slaps",
"slogs",
"slugs",
"smacks",
"smites",
"socks",
"strikes",
"swats",
"swipes",
"tags",
"thumps",
"thwacks",
"wallops",
"whacks",
"whales",
"zaps"
]
},
"to engage in casual or rambling conversation":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the guys at the gym never seem to tire about rapping about basketball"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"gossips",
"tattles",
"descants",
"discusses",
"expatiates",
"yaks",
"yacks",
"yammers",
"yaps"
],
"synonyms":[
"babbles",
"blabs",
"cackles",
"chaffers",
"chats",
"chatters",
"chins",
"converses",
"gabbles",
"gabs",
"gases",
"gasses",
"jabbers",
"jaws",
"kibitzes",
"kibbitzes",
"natters",
"palavers",
"patters",
"prates",
"prattles",
"rattles",
"runs on",
"schmoozes",
"shmoozes",
"talks",
"twitters",
"visits"
]
},
"to fill with overwhelming emotion (as wonder or delight)":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"concertgoers were utterly rapped by the power of Handel's oratorio"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"delights",
"gladdens",
"gratifies",
"pleases",
"satisfies",
"bewitches",
"captivates",
"charms",
"enchants",
"fascinates",
"elates",
"excites",
"exhilarates",
"stirs"
],
"synonyms":[
"carries away",
"enraptures",
"enthralls",
"enthrals",
"entrances",
"raptures",
"ravishes",
"transports"
]
},
"to strike or cause to strike lightly and usually rhythmically":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the impatient man was rapping his knuckles on the door, hoping to wake up the sleeping attendant"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"bangs",
"bashes",
"bats",
"bonks",
"bops",
"hammers",
"hits",
"knocks",
"pastes",
"pounds",
"slams",
"smacks",
"socks",
"strikes",
"swats",
"thuds",
"thumps",
"thwacks",
"wallops",
"whacks",
"chinks",
"clatters",
"clinks",
"pings",
"pats",
"pit-a-pats",
"pitter-patters",
"chucks",
"claps",
"clicks",
"flicks",
"tips"
],
"synonyms":[
"beats",
"drums",
"taps"
]
},
"to take physical control or possession of (something) suddenly or forcibly":{
"antonyms":[
"misses"
],
"examples":[
"suddenly the hawk swooped down and rapped the unwary rodent"
],
"near antonyms":[
"discharges",
"frees",
"liberates",
"releases",
"drops",
"loosens",
"unhands"
],
"related":[
"gloves",
"halters",
"lassos",
"ropes",
"apprehends",
"arrests",
"detains",
"bays",
"corners",
"clasps",
"clutches",
"fastens (on)",
"fists",
"grasps",
"grips",
"holds",
"latches (on or onto)",
"secures",
"rends",
"wrests",
"enmeshes",
"immeshes",
"ensnares",
"entangles",
"entraps",
"meshes",
"abducts",
"kidnaps",
"spirits (away or off)"
],
"synonyms":[
"bags",
"captures",
"catches",
"collars",
"cops",
"corrals",
"gets",
"gloms",
"grabs",
"grapples",
"hooks",
"lands",
"nabs",
"nails",
"nets",
"nobbles",
"seizes",
"snags",
"snaps (up)",
"snares",
"snatches",
"traps"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"rapturing":{
"to fill with overwhelming emotion (as wonder or delight)":{
"examples":[
"nature lovers will be raptured by the documentary's breathtaking cinematography"
],
"synonyms":[
"carrying away",
"enrapturing",
"enthralling",
"entrancing",
"rapping",
"ravishing",
"transporting"
],
"near synonyms":[
"delighting",
"gladdening",
"gratifying",
"pleasing",
"satisfying",
"bewitching",
"captivating",
"charming",
"enchanting",
"fascinating",
"elating",
"exciting",
"exhilarating",
"stirring"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"rapturousness":{
"as in":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"rapines":{
"as in pillages , despoliations":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"despoilments",
"despoliations",
"pillages",
"spoliations",
"abductions",
"carjackings",
"hijackings",
"highjackings",
"kidnappings",
"kidnapings",
"black marketeerings",
"pilferages",
"banditries",
"piracies",
"petit larcenies",
"petty larcenies",
"embezzlements",
"grafts",
"misapplications",
"misappropriations",
"peculations",
"burglaries",
"housebreakings",
"larcenies",
"robberies",
"thefts",
"thieveries"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"rapid-fire":{
"moving, proceeding, or acting with great speed":{
"examples":[
"the witness stayed unruffled all through the prosecutor's rapid-fire questioning"
],
"synonyms":[
"blistering",
"breakneck",
"breathless",
"brisk",
"dizzy",
"fast",
"fleet",
"fleet-footed",
"flying",
"galloping",
"hasty",
"hot",
"lightning",
"nippy",
"quick",
"rapid",
"rattling",
"snappy",
"speedy",
"splitting",
"swift",
"whirlwind",
"zippy"
],
"near synonyms":[
"expeditious",
"prompt",
"ready",
"accelerated",
"hastened",
"hurried",
"quickened",
"rushed",
"breathtaking",
"energetic",
"strenuous",
"strong",
"vigorous",
"high-speed",
"rush",
"ultrafast",
"ultrarapid"
],
"near antonyms":[
"crawling",
"dallying",
"dawdling",
"dillydallying",
"dragging",
"laggard",
"languid",
"lingering",
"plodding",
"poking",
"poky",
"pokey",
"slowish",
"sluggish",
"unhurried",
"deliberate",
"leisurely",
"measured",
"dilatory",
"late",
"tardy",
"ultraslow"
],
"antonyms":[
"slow"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"rapped":{
"to deliver a blow to (someone or something) usually in a strong vigorous manner":{
"examples":[
"a childhood memory of the time he got his knuckles rapped for trying to steal candy from the corner store"
],
"synonyms":[
"banged",
"bashed",
"batted",
"belted",
"biffed",
"bludgeoned",
"bobbed",
"bonked",
"bopped",
"boxed",
"busted",
"bust",
"clapped",
"clapt",
"clipped",
"clobbered",
"clocked",
"clouted",
"cracked",
"hammered",
"hit",
"knocked",
"nailed",
"pasted",
"pounded",
"punched",
"slammed",
"slapped",
"slogged",
"slugged",
"smacked",
"smote",
"socked",
"struck",
"swatted",
"swiped",
"tagged",
"thumped",
"thwacked",
"walloped",
"whacked",
"whaled",
"zapped"
],
"near synonyms":[
"battered",
"beat",
"buffeted",
"bunged",
"chopped",
"cuffed",
"drubbed",
"laced",
"lambasted",
"licked",
"mangled",
"mauled",
"pelted",
"peppered",
"pommeled",
"pommelled",
"pummeled",
"pummelled",
"roughed",
"scuffed",
"bunted",
"flicked",
"stroked",
"tapped",
"bumped",
"butted",
"jabbed",
"jostled",
"kicked",
"kneed",
"poked",
"prodded",
"pushed",
"shoved",
"stamped",
"bowled (down or over)",
"creamed",
"decked",
"dumped",
"felled",
"floored",
"knocked down",
"leveled",
"levelled",
"rabbit-punched",
"sucker punched",
"caned",
"clubbed",
"cudgeled",
"cudgelled",
"flailed",
"flogged",
"lashed",
"sapped",
"slashed",
"sledged",
"sledgehammered",
"speared",
"stabbed",
"switched",
"thrashed",
"whipped",
"beaned",
"brained",
"conked",
"skulled"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to strike or cause to strike lightly and usually rhythmically":{
"examples":[
"the impatient man was rapping his knuckles on the door, hoping to wake up the sleeping attendant"
],
"synonyms":[
"beat",
"drummed",
"tapped"
],
"near synonyms":[
"banged",
"bashed",
"batted",
"bonked",
"bopped",
"hammered",
"hit",
"knocked",
"pasted",
"pounded",
"slammed",
"smacked",
"socked",
"struck",
"swatted",
"thudded",
"thumped",
"thwacked",
"walloped",
"whacked",
"chinked",
"clattered",
"clinked",
"pinged",
"patted",
"pit-a-patted",
"pitter-pattered",
"chucked",
"clapped",
"clapt",
"clicked",
"flicked",
"tipped"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to engage in casual or rambling conversation":{
"examples":[
"the guys at the gym never seem to tire about rapping about basketball"
],
"synonyms":[
"babbled",
"blabbed",
"cackled",
"chaffered",
"chatted",
"chattered",
"chinned",
"conversed",
"gabbed",
"gabbled",
"gassed",
"jabbered",
"jawed",
"kibitzed",
"kibbitzed",
"nattered",
"palavered",
"pattered",
"prated",
"prattled",
"ran on",
"rattled",
"schmoozed",
"shmoozed",
"talked",
"twittered",
"visited"
],
"near synonyms":[
"gossiped",
"tattled",
"descanted",
"discussed",
"expatiated",
"yakked",
"yacked",
"yammered",
"yapped"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to fill with overwhelming emotion (as wonder or delight)":{
"examples":[
"concertgoers were utterly rapped by the power of Handel's oratorio"
],
"synonyms":[
"carried away",
"enraptured",
"enthralled",
"entranced",
"raptured",
"ravished",
"transported"
],
"near synonyms":[
"delighted",
"gladdened",
"gratified",
"pleased",
"satisfied",
"bewitched",
"captivated",
"charmed",
"enchanted",
"fascinated",
"elated",
"excited",
"exhilarated",
"stirred"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to take physical control or possession of (something) suddenly or forcibly":{
"examples":[
"suddenly the hawk swooped down and rapped the unwary rodent"
],
"synonyms":[
"bagged",
"captured",
"caught",
"collared",
"copped",
"corralled",
"glommed",
"got",
"grabbed",
"grappled",
"hooked",
"landed",
"nabbed",
"nailed",
"netted",
"nobbled",
"seized",
"snagged",
"snapped (up)",
"snared",
"snatched",
"trapped"
],
"near synonyms":[
"gloved",
"haltered",
"lassoed",
"roped",
"apprehended",
"arrested",
"detained",
"bayed",
"cornered",
"clasped",
"clutched",
"fastened (on)",
"fisted",
"grasped",
"gripped",
"held",
"latched (on or onto)",
"secured",
"rent",
"rended",
"wrested",
"enmeshed",
"immeshed",
"ensnared",
"entangled",
"entrapped",
"meshed",
"abducted",
"kidnapped",
"kidnaped",
"spirited (away or off)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"discharged",
"freed",
"liberated",
"released",
"dropped",
"loosened",
"unhanded"
],
"antonyms":[
"missed"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"rapport":{
"a friendly relationship marked by ready communication and mutual understanding":{
"examples":[
"his good rapport with his students was one of the reasons why the school board named him Teacher of the Year"
],
"synonyms":[
"communion",
"fellowship",
"rapprochement"
],
"near synonyms":[
"accord",
"agreement",
"concord",
"harmony",
"oneness",
"solidarity",
"togetherness",
"unity",
"affinity",
"empathy",
"sympathy",
"understanding",
"amity",
"chumminess",
"companionship",
"friendliness",
"friendship",
"reciprocity",
"symbiosis"
],
"near antonyms":[
"alienation",
"disaffection",
"disgruntlement",
"estrangement",
"coldness",
"cold shoulder",
"distance",
"iciness",
"animosity",
"antagonism",
"antipathy",
"bitterness",
"enmity",
"hostility",
"jaundice",
"rancor",
"spite"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"rape":{
"the act of forcing a person to engage in sexual activity and especially intercourse":{
"examples":[
"an international law defining rape as a war crime"
],
"synonyms":[
"assault",
"ravishment",
"sexual assault",
"violation"
],
"near synonyms":[
"molestation",
"defilement"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the unlawful or forcible carrying away of a person or animal":{
"examples":[
"the legend of the rape of the Sabine women by the ancient Romans was frequently depicted in classical art"
],
"synonyms":[
"abduction",
"hijacking",
"highjacking",
"kidnapping",
"kidnaping",
"snatch"
],
"near synonyms":[
"impressment",
"seizure",
"shanghaiing"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to engage in sexual activity and especially intercourse with a person unwilling or unable to give consent":{
"examples":[
"the defendant accused of raping the victim"
],
"synonyms":[
"assault",
"force",
"ravish",
"violate"
],
"near synonyms":[
"molest",
"paw",
"defile"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"rapaciousness":{
"an intense selfish desire for wealth or possessions":{
"examples":[
"the land developer's rapaciousness knew no bounds, and if what she wanted wasn't for sale, she would force the owner into selling it"
],
"synonyms":[
"acquisitiveness",
"avarice",
"avariciousness",
"avidity",
"avidness",
"covetousness",
"cupidity",
"graspingness",
"greed",
"greediness",
"mercenariness",
"rapacity"
],
"near synonyms":[
"commercialism",
"materialism",
"possessiveness",
"gluttonousness",
"gluttony",
"piggishness",
"appetite",
"craving",
"desire",
"drive",
"hankering",
"hunger",
"itch",
"longing",
"lust",
"passion",
"pining",
"ravenousness",
"thirst",
"voracity",
"yearning",
"yen",
"egoism",
"egotism",
"self-centeredness",
"self-interest",
"selfishness",
"self-regard"
],
"near antonyms":[
"contentment",
"fulfillment",
"fulfilment",
"gratification",
"satisfaction",
"bounteousness",
"bountifulness",
"bounty",
"charity",
"generosity",
"generousness",
"largesse",
"largess",
"liberality",
"magnanimity",
"openhandedness",
"openheartedness",
"unselfishness",
"altruism",
"selflessness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"rapine":{
"as in looting , pillage":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"despoilment",
"despoliation",
"looting",
"pillage",
"plundering",
"spoliation",
"abduction",
"carjacking",
"hijacking",
"highjacking",
"kidnapping",
"kidnaping",
"shanghaiing",
"poaching",
"rustling",
"filching",
"pilferage",
"pilfering",
"purloining",
"shoplifting",
"black marketeering",
"smuggling",
"petit larceny",
"petty larceny",
"banditry",
"piracy",
"embezzlement",
"embezzling",
"graft",
"misapplication",
"misappropriation",
"peculation",
"burglary",
"housebreaking",
"larceny",
"robbery",
"stealing",
"theft",
"thievery"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"rap":{
"a formal claim of criminal wrongdoing against a person":{
"examples":[
"the headlines in the paper today are all about the mayor facing an embezzlement rap"
],
"synonyms":[
"charge",
"complaint",
"count",
"indictment"
],
"near synonyms":[
"accusation",
"allegation",
"plea",
"crimination",
"counteraccusation",
"countercharge",
"arraignment",
"impeachment",
"implication",
"imputation",
"innuendo",
"insinuation",
"censure",
"condemnation",
"denunciation",
"incrimination",
"recrimination"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a hard strike with a part of the body or an instrument":{
"examples":[
"the doctor used a little hammer to give me a rap on the knee to test my reflexes"
],
"synonyms":[
"bang",
"bash",
"bat",
"beat",
"belt",
"biff",
"blow",
"bop",
"box",
"buffet",
"bust",
"chop",
"clap",
"clip",
"clout",
"crack",
"cuff",
"dab",
"douse",
"fillip",
"hack",
"haymaker",
"hit",
"hook",
"knock",
"larrup",
"lash",
"lick",
"pelt",
"pick",
"plump",
"poke",
"pound",
"punch",
"slam",
"slap",
"slug",
"smack",
"smash",
"sock",
"spank",
"stinger",
"stripe",
"stroke",
"swat",
"swipe",
"switch",
"thud",
"thump",
"thwack",
"wallop",
"welt",
"whack",
"wham",
"whop",
"whap"
],
"near synonyms":[
"counter",
"counterblow",
"counterpunch",
"counterstroke",
"body blow",
"hand",
"kick",
"knee",
"left",
"one-two",
"rabbit punch",
"right",
"right-hander",
"roundhouse",
"shiver",
"sidewinder",
"sucker punch",
"swing",
"uppercut",
"cruncher",
"kayo",
"knockdown",
"knockout",
"KO",
"bastinado",
"bastinade",
"battering",
"beating",
"bludgeoning",
"clobbering",
"cudgeling",
"cudgelling",
"drubbing",
"hammering",
"lambasting",
"licking",
"pasting",
"pounding",
"pummeling",
"pummelling",
"thrashing",
"flogging",
"walloping",
"whip",
"whipping"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"responsibility for wrongdoing or failure":{
"examples":[
"would sooner take the rap for the missing money than tell on his friend"
],
"synonyms":[
"blame",
"culpability",
"fault",
"guilt",
"onus"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blameworthiness",
"complicity",
"guiltiness",
"sinfulness",
"accusation",
"censure",
"condemnation",
"denunciation",
"finger-pointing",
"reproach",
"regret",
"remorse",
"self-reproach",
"shame"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"blamelessness",
"faultlessness",
"guiltlessness",
"innocence"
]
},
"friendly, informal conversation or an instance of this":{
"examples":[
"after our pickup softball game, I had a friendly rap with a couple of the guys in the park"
],
"synonyms":[
"backchat",
"cackle",
"causerie",
"chat",
"chatter",
"chin music",
"chin-wag",
"chitchat",
"confab",
"confabulation",
"gab",
"gabfest",
"gossip",
"jangle",
"jaw",
"natter",
"palaver",
"patter",
"schmooze",
"small talk",
"table talk",
"talk",
"t\u00eate-\u00e0-t\u00eate"
],
"near synonyms":[
"colloquy",
"conference",
"discourse",
"parley",
"symposium",
"debate",
"dialogue",
"dialog",
"exchange",
"give-and-take",
"crosstalk",
"happy talk",
"yak",
"yack",
"yammer",
"yap"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the smallest amount or part imaginable":{
"examples":[
"I don't care a rap about losing that old jacket"
],
"synonyms":[
"beans",
"bubkes",
"bupkes",
"bupkus",
"continental",
"damn",
"darn",
"durn",
"diddly",
"diddly-squat",
"doodley-squat",
"doodly-squat",
"fig",
"ghost",
"hoot",
"iota",
"jot",
"lick",
"modicum",
"squat",
"syllable",
"tittle",
"whit",
"whoop"
],
"near synonyms":[
"ace",
"bit",
"crumb",
"dab",
"driblet",
"glimmer",
"hint",
"little",
"mite",
"nip",
"ounce",
"particle",
"peanuts",
"pin",
"ray",
"scrap",
"scruple",
"semblance",
"shade",
"shadow",
"shred",
"skosh",
"smidgen",
"smidgeon",
"smidgin",
"smidge",
"snap",
"speck",
"spot",
"sprinkling",
"strain",
"streak",
"suspicion",
"touch",
"trace"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to deliver a blow to (someone or something) usually in a strong vigorous manner":{
"examples":[
"a childhood memory of the time he got his knuckles rapped for trying to steal candy from the corner store"
],
"synonyms":[
"bang",
"bash",
"bat",
"belt",
"biff",
"bludgeon",
"bob",
"bonk",
"bop",
"box",
"bust",
"clap",
"clip",
"clobber",
"clock",
"clout",
"crack",
"hammer",
"hit",
"knock",
"nail",
"paste",
"pound",
"punch",
"slam",
"slap",
"slog",
"slug",
"smack",
"smite",
"sock",
"strike",
"swat",
"swipe",
"tag",
"thump",
"thwack",
"wallop",
"whack",
"whale",
"zap"
],
"near synonyms":[
"batter",
"beat",
"buffet",
"bung",
"chop",
"cuff",
"drub",
"lace",
"lambaste",
"lambast",
"lick",
"mangle",
"maul",
"pelt",
"pepper",
"pommel",
"pummel",
"rough",
"scuff",
"bunt",
"flick",
"stroke",
"tap",
"bump",
"butt",
"jab",
"jostle",
"kick",
"knee",
"poke",
"prod",
"push",
"shove",
"stamp",
"bowl (down or over)",
"cream",
"deck",
"dump",
"fell",
"floor",
"knock down",
"level",
"rabbit-punch",
"sucker punch",
"cane",
"club",
"cudgel",
"flail",
"flog",
"lash",
"sap",
"slash",
"sledge",
"sledgehammer",
"spear",
"stab",
"switch",
"thrash",
"whip",
"bean",
"brain",
"conk",
"skull"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to strike or cause to strike lightly and usually rhythmically":{
"examples":[
"the impatient man was rapping his knuckles on the door, hoping to wake up the sleeping attendant"
],
"synonyms":[
"beat",
"drum",
"tap"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bang",
"bash",
"bat",
"bonk",
"bop",
"hammer",
"hit",
"knock",
"paste",
"pound",
"slam",
"smack",
"sock",
"strike",
"swat",
"thud",
"thump",
"thwack",
"wallop",
"whack",
"chink",
"clatter",
"clink",
"ping",
"pat",
"pit-a-pat",
"pitter-patter",
"chuck",
"clap",
"click",
"flick",
"tip"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to engage in casual or rambling conversation":{
"examples":[
"the guys at the gym never seem to tire about rapping about basketball"
],
"synonyms":[
"babble",
"blab",
"cackle",
"chaffer",
"chat",
"chatter",
"chin",
"converse",
"gab",
"gabble",
"gas",
"jabber",
"jaw",
"kibitz",
"kibbitz",
"natter",
"palaver",
"patter",
"prate",
"prattle",
"rattle",
"run on",
"schmooze",
"shmooze",
"talk",
"twitter",
"visit"
],
"near synonyms":[
"gossip",
"tattle",
"descant",
"discuss",
"expatiate",
"yak",
"yack",
"yammer",
"yap"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to fill with overwhelming emotion (as wonder or delight)":{
"examples":[
"concertgoers were utterly rapped by the power of Handel's oratorio"
],
"synonyms":[
"carry away",
"enrapture",
"enthrall",
"enthral",
"entrance",
"rapture",
"ravish",
"transport"
],
"near synonyms":[
"delight",
"gladden",
"gratify",
"please",
"satisfy",
"bewitch",
"captivate",
"charm",
"enchant",
"fascinate",
"elate",
"excite",
"exhilarate",
"stir"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to take physical control or possession of (something) suddenly or forcibly":{
"examples":[
"suddenly the hawk swooped down and rapped the unwary rodent"
],
"synonyms":[
"bag",
"capture",
"catch",
"collar",
"cop",
"corral",
"get",
"glom",
"grab",
"grapple",
"hook",
"land",
"nab",
"nail",
"net",
"nobble",
"seize",
"snag",
"snap (up)",
"snare",
"snatch",
"trap"
],
"near synonyms":[
"glove",
"halter",
"lasso",
"rope",
"apprehend",
"arrest",
"detain",
"bay",
"corner",
"clasp",
"clutch",
"fasten (on)",
"fist",
"grasp",
"grip",
"hold",
"latch (on or onto)",
"secure",
"rend",
"wrest",
"enmesh",
"immesh",
"ensnare",
"entangle",
"entrap",
"mesh",
"abduct",
"kidnap",
"spirit (away or off)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"discharge",
"free",
"liberate",
"release",
"drop",
"loosen",
"unhand"
],
"antonyms":[
"miss"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"raptness":{
"as in intentness , heedfulness":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"alertness",
"application",
"awareness",
"consciousness",
"consideration",
"heedfulness",
"intentness",
"regard",
"fixation",
"obsession",
"preoccupation",
"contemplation",
"meditation",
"musing",
"pondering",
"rumination",
"absorption",
"attention",
"concentration",
"engrossment",
"enthrallment",
"immersion"
],
"near antonyms":[
"inattention",
"absence",
"absentmindedness",
"abstractedness",
"abstraction",
"detachment",
"distraction",
"obliviousness",
"remoteness",
"unawareness",
"unconsciousness",
"withdrawal",
"disinterest",
"indifference",
"mindlessness",
"unconcern",
"befuddlement",
"bemusement",
"bewilderment",
"confusion"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"raping":{
"to engage in sexual activity and especially intercourse with a person unwilling or unable to give consent":{
"examples":[
"the defendant accused of raping the victim"
],
"synonyms":[
"assaulting",
"forcing",
"ravishing",
"violating"
],
"near synonyms":[
"molesting",
"pawing",
"defiling"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"rapture":{
"a state of overwhelming usually pleasurable emotion":{
"examples":[
"in The Nutcracker Clara gazes in rapture as the Christmas tree grows before her very eyes"
],
"synonyms":[
"cloud nine",
"ecstasy",
"elatedness",
"elation",
"euphoria",
"exhilaration",
"heaven",
"high",
"intoxication",
"paradise",
"rhapsody",
"seventh heaven",
"swoon",
"transport"
],
"near synonyms":[
"exaltation",
"blessedness",
"bliss",
"blissfulness",
"delight",
"enchantment",
"felicity",
"gladness",
"happiness",
"joy",
"joyfulness",
"joyousness",
"pleasure",
"reverie",
"trance",
"inspiration",
"fervor",
"frenzy",
"madness",
"passion",
"cheer",
"cheerfulness",
"exuberance",
"gaiety",
"gayety",
"glee",
"gleefulness",
"jubilance",
"jubilation",
"lightheartedness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"misery",
"sadness",
"unhappiness",
"woe",
"wretchedness",
"blues",
"dejection",
"desolation",
"despair",
"despondency",
"disconsolateness",
"disheartenment",
"dispiritedness",
"doldrums",
"downheartedness",
"dreariness",
"dumps",
"forlornness",
"gloom",
"gloominess",
"heartsickness",
"melancholy",
"mopes"
],
"antonyms":[
"depression"
]
},
"to fill with overwhelming emotion (as wonder or delight)":{
"examples":[
"nature lovers will be raptured by the documentary's breathtaking cinematography"
],
"synonyms":[
"carry away",
"enrapture",
"enthrall",
"enthral",
"entrance",
"rap",
"ravish",
"transport"
],
"near synonyms":[
"delight",
"gladden",
"gratify",
"please",
"satisfy",
"bewitch",
"captivate",
"charm",
"enchant",
"fascinate",
"elate",
"excite",
"exhilarate",
"stir"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"raptorial":{
"living by killing and eating other animals":{
"examples":[
"the place of raptorial birds in the park's ecosystem"
],
"synonyms":[
"predaceous",
"predacious",
"predatory",
"rapacious"
],
"near synonyms":[
"carnivorous",
"aggressive",
"deadly",
"ferocious",
"fierce",
"savage",
"violent",
"untamed",
"wild"
],
"near antonyms":[
"herbivorous",
"vegetarian",
"gentle",
"submissive",
"tame"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"raptured":{
"to fill with overwhelming emotion (as wonder or delight)":{
"examples":[
"nature lovers will be raptured by the documentary's breathtaking cinematography"
],
"synonyms":[
"carried away",
"enraptured",
"enthralled",
"entranced",
"rapped",
"ravished",
"transported"
],
"near synonyms":[
"delighted",
"gladdened",
"gratified",
"pleased",
"satisfied",
"bewitched",
"captivated",
"charmed",
"enchanted",
"fascinated",
"elated",
"excited",
"exhilarated",
"stirred"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"rapprochements":{
"a friendly relationship marked by ready communication and mutual understanding":{
"examples":[
"an era of rapprochement between Mexico and the U.S. that was highlighted by a new trade agreement"
],
"synonyms":[
"communion",
"fellowship",
"rapport"
],
"near synonyms":[
"accord",
"agreement",
"concord",
"harmony",
"oneness",
"solidarity",
"togetherness",
"unity",
"affinity",
"empathy",
"sympathy",
"understanding",
"amity",
"chumminess",
"companionship",
"friendliness",
"friendship",
"reciprocity",
"symbiosis"
],
"near antonyms":[
"alienation",
"disaffection",
"disgruntlement",
"estrangement",
"coldness",
"cold shoulder",
"distance",
"iciness",
"animosity",
"antagonism",
"antipathy",
"bitterness",
"enmity",
"hostility",
"jaundice",
"rancor",
"spite"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"rapers":{
"as in rapists , predators":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"molesters",
"predators",
"rapists",
"ravagers",
"muggers",
"robbers",
"aggressors",
"besiegers",
"invaders",
"raiders",
"assailants",
"assaulters",
"attackers",
"bushwhackers",
"counterattackers",
"counter-attackers"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"raped":{
"to engage in sexual activity and especially intercourse with a person unwilling or unable to give consent":{
"examples":[
"the defendant accused of raping the victim"
],
"synonyms":[
"assaulted",
"forced",
"ravished",
"violated"
],
"near synonyms":[
"molested",
"pawed",
"defiled"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"rapidness":{
"a high rate of movement or performance":{
"examples":[
"the rapidness of the response to a call for assistance is critical in saving the victim of a heart attack"
],
"synonyms":[
"celerity",
"fastness",
"fleetness",
"haste",
"hurry",
"quickness",
"rapidity",
"speed",
"speediness",
"swiftness",
"velocity"
],
"near synonyms":[
"clip",
"gait",
"pace",
"rate",
"tempo",
"drive",
"hustle",
"acceleration",
"hastiness",
"precipitation",
"precipitousness",
"rush",
"alacrity",
"dispatch",
"expedition",
"expeditiousness",
"promptitude",
"promptness",
"warp speed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"languidness",
"languor",
"leisureliness",
"lethargy",
"torpidity",
"torpor",
"reluctance",
"deliberateness",
"deliberation",
"dilatoriness",
"lateness",
"pokiness",
"procrastination"
],
"antonyms":[
"slowness",
"sluggishness"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"rapist":{
"as in predator , molester":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"molester",
"predator",
"raper",
"ravager",
"mugger",
"robber",
"aggressor",
"besieger",
"invader",
"raider",
"assailant",
"assaulter",
"attacker",
"bushwhacker",
"counterattacker"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"rapid":{
"moving, proceeding, or acting with great speed":{
"examples":[
"the rapid descent of the roller coaster made me feel very queasy"
],
"synonyms":[
"blistering",
"breakneck",
"breathless",
"brisk",
"dizzy",
"fast",
"fleet",
"fleet-footed",
"flying",
"galloping",
"hasty",
"hot",
"lightning",
"nippy",
"quick",
"rapid-fire",
"rattling",
"snappy",
"speedy",
"splitting",
"swift",
"whirlwind",
"zippy"
],
"near synonyms":[
"expeditious",
"prompt",
"ready",
"accelerated",
"hastened",
"hurried",
"quickened",
"rushed",
"breathtaking",
"energetic",
"strenuous",
"strong",
"vigorous",
"high-speed",
"rush",
"ultrafast",
"ultrarapid"
],
"near antonyms":[
"crawling",
"dallying",
"dawdling",
"dillydallying",
"dragging",
"laggard",
"languid",
"lingering",
"plodding",
"poking",
"poky",
"pokey",
"slowish",
"sluggish",
"unhurried",
"deliberate",
"leisurely",
"measured",
"dilatory",
"late",
"tardy",
"ultraslow"
],
"antonyms":[
"slow"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"rapier":{
"a straight sword that has a narrow blade with sharp edges":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"saber",
"sabre",
"steel",
"cutter",
"knife",
"shank",
"shiv",
"cleaver",
"hack",
"bayonet",
"bodkin",
"bolo",
"bowie knife",
"cutlass",
"dagger",
"dirk",
"jackknife",
"machete",
"pocketknife",
"poniard",
"sheath knife",
"stiletto",
"stylet",
"switchblade",
"switch knife",
"yataghan",
"scalpel"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"rapscallions":{
"a mean, evil, or unprincipled person":{
"examples":[
"the city's run-down waterfront was occupied mostly by disreputable places frequented by drunkards and rapscallions"
],
"synonyms":[
"baddies",
"beasts",
"brutes",
"caitiffs",
"devils",
"evildoers",
"fiends",
"heavies",
"hounds",
"knaves",
"meanies",
"miscreants",
"monsters",
"nazis",
"no-goods",
"rascals",
"reprobates",
"rogues",
"savages",
"scalawags",
"scallywags",
"scamps",
"scapegraces",
"scoundrels",
"varlets",
"villains",
"wretches"
],
"near synonyms":[
"villainesses",
"blackguards",
"criminals",
"crooks",
"culprits",
"felons",
"lawbreakers",
"malefactors",
"offenders",
"perpetrators",
"perps",
"transgressors",
"sinners",
"trespassers",
"wrongdoers",
"cads",
"heels",
"serpents",
"snakes",
"vipers",
"bandits",
"bravos",
"bravoes",
"desperadoes",
"desperados",
"outlaws",
"cons",
"convicts",
"jailbirds",
"assassins",
"cutthroats",
"gangsters",
"goons",
"gunmen",
"hoodlums",
"hooligans",
"racketeers",
"ruffians",
"thugs",
"roughs",
"rowdies",
"toughs",
"losers",
"lowlifes",
"lowlives",
"ne'er-do-wells",
"stinkers",
"trash"
],
"near antonyms":[
"angels",
"innocents",
"saints",
"heroes"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"an appealingly mischievous person":{
"examples":[
"that little rapscallion kept hiding my shoes and making me go look for them"
],
"synonyms":[
"devils",
"hellions",
"imps",
"mischiefs",
"monkeys",
"rascals",
"rogues",
"scamps",
"urchins"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cutups",
"larkers",
"madcaps",
"skylarkers",
"ragamuffins",
"brats",
"disrupters",
"misbehavers",
"nuisances",
"juvenile delinquents",
"gamines",
"gamins"
],
"near antonyms":[
"beasts",
"boors",
"cads",
"churls",
"clowns",
"creeps",
"cretins",
"curs",
"heels",
"jokers",
"louses",
"louts",
"skunks",
"skunk",
"snakes",
"stinkards",
"stinkers",
"knaves",
"miscreants",
"reprobates",
"scalawags",
"scallywags",
"scapegraces",
"scoundrels",
"varlets",
"villains"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"rapidly":{
"with great speed":{
"examples":[
"summer vacation has gone by way too rapidly"
],
"synonyms":[
"apace",
"briskly",
"chop-chop",
"double-quick",
"fast",
"fleetly",
"full tilt",
"hastily",
"hell-for-leather",
"hot",
"lickety-split",
"posthaste",
"presto",
"pronto",
"quick",
"quickly",
"snappily",
"soon",
"speedily",
"swift",
"swiftly"
],
"near synonyms":[
"immediately",
"promptly",
"readily",
"impetuously",
"impulsively",
"rashly",
"recklessly",
"abruptly",
"suddenly",
"energetically",
"vigorously"
],
"near antonyms":[
"laggardly",
"lingeringly",
"ploddingly",
"sluggishly",
"deliberately",
"leisurely",
"belatedly",
"delinquently",
"tardily"
],
"antonyms":[
"slow",
"slowly"
]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"rapes":{
"the act of forcing a person to engage in sexual activity and especially intercourse":{
"examples":[
"an international law defining rape as a war crime"
],
"synonyms":[
"assaults",
"ravishments",
"sexual assaults",
"violations"
],
"near synonyms":[
"molestations",
"defilements"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the unlawful or forcible carrying away of a person or animal":{
"examples":[
"the legend of the rape of the Sabine women by the ancient Romans was frequently depicted in classical art"
],
"synonyms":[
"abductions",
"hijackings",
"highjackings",
"kidnappings",
"kidnapings",
"snatches"
],
"near synonyms":[
"impressments",
"seizures"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to engage in sexual activity and especially intercourse with a person unwilling or unable to give consent":{
"examples":[
"the defendant accused of raping the victim"
],
"synonyms":[
"assaults",
"forces",
"ravishes",
"violates"
],
"near synonyms":[
"molests",
"paws",
"defiles"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"raptures":{
"a state of overwhelming usually pleasurable emotion":{
"examples":[
"in The Nutcracker Clara gazes in rapture as the Christmas tree grows before her very eyes"
],
"synonyms":[
"cloud nine",
"ecstasies",
"elations",
"euphorias",
"exhilarations",
"heavens",
"highs",
"intoxications",
"paradises",
"rhapsodies",
"seventh heaven",
"swoons",
"transports"
],
"near synonyms":[
"exaltations",
"blisses",
"delights",
"enchantments",
"felicities",
"joys",
"pleasures",
"reveries",
"trances",
"inspirations",
"fervors",
"frenzies",
"passions",
"cheers",
"exuberances",
"gaieties",
"gayeties",
"glees",
"jubilances",
"jubilations"
],
"near antonyms":[
"miseries",
"woes",
"blues",
"dejections",
"desolations",
"despairs",
"despondencies",
"disheartenments",
"doldrums",
"dumps",
"glooms",
"melancholies",
"mopes"
],
"antonyms":[
"depressions"
]
},
"to fill with overwhelming emotion (as wonder or delight)":{
"examples":[
"nature lovers will be raptured by the documentary's breathtaking cinematography"
],
"synonyms":[
"carries away",
"enraptures",
"enthralls",
"enthrals",
"entrances",
"raps",
"ravishes",
"transports"
],
"near synonyms":[
"delights",
"gladdens",
"gratifies",
"pleases",
"satisfies",
"bewitches",
"captivates",
"charms",
"enchants",
"fascinates",
"elates",
"excites",
"exhilarates",
"stirs"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
}
}