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"hog",
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"disgusting",
"foul",
"hideous",
"icky"
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"noun"
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"odes",
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"rondels",
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"senryu",
"tankas",
"blank verses",
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"noun"
]
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"as in apostolic , papal":{
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"canonical",
"clerical",
"evangelical",
"evangelic",
"ministerial",
"papal",
"pastoral",
"patriarchal",
"pontifical",
"priestly",
"rabbinic",
"rabbinical",
"sacerdotal",
"blessed",
"blest",
"consecrated",
"divine",
"hallowed",
"holy",
"religious",
"sacramental",
"sacred",
"sacrosanct",
"sanctified",
"churchly",
"ecclesial",
"ecclesiastic",
"ecclesiastical"
],
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"nonchurch",
"nonecclesiastical",
"lay",
"profane",
"secular",
"temporal",
"nonclerical",
"nondenominational",
"nonsectarian"
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},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
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"as in lyricists , epigrammatists":{
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"epigrammatists",
"lyricists",
"rhymers",
"sonneteers",
"scops",
"troubadours",
"rhapsodes",
"rhapsodists",
"poets laureate",
"poet laureates",
"poetesses",
"bards",
"minstrels",
"muses",
"poetasters",
"poets",
"rhymesters",
"rimesters",
"versifiers"
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"type":[
"noun"
]
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"as in cognitive , knowing":{
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"cognitive",
"conscious",
"knowing",
"cerebral",
"inner",
"intellectual",
"interior",
"internal",
"mental",
"psychological",
"psychologic",
"noetic",
"psychic",
"psychical",
"telepathic",
"alert",
"brainy",
"bright",
"brilliant",
"clever",
"intelligent",
"quick-witted",
"rational",
"reasoning",
"sharp",
"sharp-witted",
"smart",
"thinking"
],
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"bodily",
"carnal",
"corporal",
"corporeal",
"fleshly",
"physical",
"somatic",
"unconscious",
"brainless",
"dense",
"doltish",
"dopey",
"dopy",
"fatuous",
"half-witted",
"mindless",
"obtuse",
"simple",
"slow-witted",
"stupid",
"thick",
"thickheaded",
"unintelligent",
"weak-minded",
"witless"
],
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"adjective"
]
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"preteen",
"subadult",
"teenage",
"teenaged",
"underage",
"adolescent",
"immature",
"juvenile",
"young",
"youngish",
"youthful",
"embryonic",
"emergent",
"callow",
"green",
"inexperienced",
"puerile",
"raw",
"babyish",
"childish",
"childlike",
"infantile",
"infantine",
"kiddish",
"undeveloped",
"unfinished",
"unfledged",
"unformed",
"unripe",
"unripened",
"blooming",
"blossoming",
"burgeoning",
"flourishing",
"flowering"
],
"near antonyms":[
"adult",
"grown-up",
"mature",
"matured",
"aged",
"aging",
"ageing",
"ancient",
"elderly",
"geriatric",
"long-lived",
"old",
"older",
"oldish",
"senescent",
"senior",
"full-blown",
"full-fledged",
"golden",
"mellow",
"ripe",
"ripened",
"middle-aged",
"anile",
"decrepit",
"doddering",
"over-the-hill",
"senile",
"spavined",
"tottery"
],
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},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
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"of or relating to a man who has or displays qualities traditionally considered more suitable for women":{
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"an ancient statue of a young man of graceful, epicene beauty"
],
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"effeminate",
"effete",
"sissified",
"sissy",
"unmanly",
"womanish"
],
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"feminine",
"girlish",
"girlie",
"girly",
"womanlike",
"womanly",
"old-maidish",
"overnice",
"prissy",
"spinsterish",
"dandyish",
"dudish",
"foppish",
"sappy",
"camp",
"campy",
"antimacho"
],
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"antonyms":[
"manlike",
"manly",
"mannish",
"masculine",
"virile"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
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"a person with refined tastes in food and wine":{
"examples":[
"an epicurean with a beautifully equipped kitchen"
],
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"bon vivant",
"epicure",
"gastronome",
"gastronomist",
"gourmand",
"gourmet"
],
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"connoisseur",
"dilettante",
"foodie",
"savorer",
"oenophile",
"turophile"
],
"near antonyms":[
"glutton",
"gorger",
"guzzler",
"hog",
"overeater",
"stuffer",
"swiller",
"trencherman"
],
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"as in luxurious , self-indulgent":{
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"luxurious",
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"agreeable",
"delectable",
"delicious",
"delightful",
"dreamy",
"gratifying",
"palatable",
"pleasant",
"pleasing",
"pleasurable",
"scrumptious",
"bodily",
"corporeal",
"carnal",
"fleshly",
"luscious",
"lush",
"sensual",
"sensuous",
"voluptuous"
],
"near antonyms":[
"harsh",
"painful",
"uncomfortable",
"disgusting",
"foul",
"hideous",
"icky"
],
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},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
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"a person with refined tastes in food and wine":{
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"an epicurean with a beautifully equipped kitchen"
],
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"bons vivants",
"bon vivants",
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"gastronomes",
"gastronomists",
"gourmands",
"gourmets"
],
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"connoisseurs",
"dilettantes",
"dilettanti",
"foodies",
"savorers",
"oenophiles",
"turophiles"
],
"near antonyms":[
"gluttons",
"gorgers",
"guzzlers",
"hogs",
"hog",
"overeaters",
"stuffers",
"swillers",
"trenchermen"
],
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"type":[
"noun"
]
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"as in comments , commentaries":{
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"annotations",
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"comments",
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"translations",
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"clarifications",
"constructions",
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"explanations",
"explications",
"expositions",
"illuminations",
"illustrations",
"interpretations",
"road maps",
"analyses",
"edifications",
"enlightenments",
"definitions",
"meanings",
"demonstrations",
"enactments",
"justifications",
"rationales",
"rationalizations",
"reasonings",
"cautions",
"caveats",
"warnings"
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},
"type":[
"noun"
]
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"as in pastes , superglues":{
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"epoxy resins",
"library pastes",
"mucilages",
"pastes",
"superglues",
"water glasses",
"adhesives",
"bonds",
"cements",
"glues",
"sizes",
"dope",
"goos",
"gums"
],
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"type":[
"noun"
]
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"an often stated observation regarding something from common experience":{
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"Benjamin Franklin's famous epigram , \"Remember that time is money\""
],
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"adages",
"aphorisms",
"apothegms",
"bywords",
"maxims",
"proverbs",
"saws",
"sayings",
"sententiae",
"words"
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"bromides",
"clich\u00e9s",
"cliches",
"commonplaces",
"platitudes",
"wheezes",
"expressions",
"felicities",
"axioms",
"mottoes",
"mottos",
"precepts",
"truisms",
"truths",
"formulas",
"formulae",
"comments",
"notes",
"reflections",
"remarks"
],
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"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"epitomized":{
"to make into a short statement of the main points (as of a report)":{
"examples":[
"his personal code of behavior on the playing field is epitomized by his favorite saying, \"It's not whether you win or lose, it's how you play the game\""
],
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"abstracted",
"boiled down",
"briefed",
"digested",
"encapsulated",
"outlined",
"recapitulated",
"recapped",
"reprised",
"summarized",
"summed up",
"synopsized",
"wrapped up"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abridged",
"condensed",
"curtailed",
"cut back",
"shortened",
"downsized",
"shrank",
"shrunk",
"concentrated",
"consolidated",
"decocted",
"essentialized",
"simplified",
"streamlined"
],
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"elongated",
"extended",
"lengthened",
"prolonged",
"protracted",
"amplified",
"elaborated (on or upon)",
"enlarged (on or upon)",
"expanded",
"supplemented"
],
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},
"to represent in visible form":{
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"the Parthenon in Athens epitomizes the ancient Greek ideal of architectural beauty"
],
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"bodied",
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"externalized",
"incarnated",
"incorporated",
"instantiated",
"manifested",
"materialized",
"personalized",
"personified",
"substantiated"
],
"near synonyms":[
"actualized",
"concretized",
"realized",
"exemplified",
"illustrated",
"imaged",
"objectified",
"symbolized",
"typified"
],
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"antonyms":[
"disembodied"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"epitaph":{
"something inscribed on a gravestone in memory of a dead person":{
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"The epitaph reads \"In loving memory of John Gray: husband, father, soldier.\""
],
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"hic jacet",
"inscription",
"necrology",
"obit",
"obituary",
"eulogy",
"memorial",
"testimonial",
"tribute"
],
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"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"epicures":{
"a person with refined tastes in food and wine":{
"examples":[
"Thomas Jefferson was one of America's first great epicures"
],
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"bons vivants",
"bon vivants",
"epicureans",
"gastronomes",
"gastronomists",
"gourmands",
"gourmets"
],
"near synonyms":[
"connoisseurs",
"dilettantes",
"dilettanti",
"foodies",
"savorers",
"oenophiles",
"turophiles"
],
"near antonyms":[
"gluttons",
"gorgers",
"guzzlers",
"hogs",
"hog",
"overeaters",
"stuffers",
"swillers",
"trenchermen"
],
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},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"epithet":{
"a descriptive or familiar name given instead of or in addition to the one belonging to an individual":{
"examples":[
"King Richard I of England was given the very laudatory epithet \"the Lion-Hearted\""
],
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"alias",
"byname",
"cognomen",
"handle",
"moniker",
"monicker",
"nickname",
"sobriquet",
"soubriquet",
"surname"
],
"near synonyms":[
"appellation",
"denomination",
"denotation",
"designation",
"label",
"tag",
"title",
"anonym",
"nom de guerre",
"nom de plume",
"pen name",
"pseudonym"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"an act or expression showing scorn and usually intended to hurt another's feelings":{
"examples":[
"the school has a strict ban against the use of offensive epithets"
],
"synonyms":[
"affront",
"barb",
"brickbat",
"cut",
"dart",
"dig",
"dis",
"diss",
"gird",
"indignity",
"insult",
"name",
"offense",
"offence",
"outrage",
"personality",
"poke",
"put-down",
"sarcasm",
"slap",
"slight",
"slur"
],
"near synonyms":[
"catcall",
"gibe",
"jibe",
"jeer",
"mock",
"quip",
"sneer",
"taunt",
"abuse",
"invective",
"vituperation",
"disapproval",
"opprobrium",
"disgrace",
"dishonor",
"shame",
"attack",
"criticism",
"knock",
"slam",
"swipe",
"torment",
"torture"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accolade",
"commendation",
"compliment",
"acclaim",
"applause",
"praise",
"adulation",
"flattery"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"epopees":{
"as in epodes , odes":{
"examples":[],
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"near synonyms":[
"anacreontics",
"clerihews",
"dithyrambs",
"eclogues",
"elegies",
"English sonnets",
"epics",
"epigrams",
"epodes",
"eposes",
"georgics",
"idylls",
"idyls",
"jingles",
"laments",
"limericks",
"madrigals",
"odes",
"pastorales",
"pastorals",
"psalms",
"rondeaux",
"rondelets",
"rondelles",
"rondels",
"sonnets",
"triolets",
"villanelles",
"lyrics",
"poems",
"runes",
"songs",
"rhymes",
"rimes",
"ballads",
"lays",
"haiku",
"senryu",
"tankas",
"blank verses",
"free verses",
"minstrelsies",
"poesies",
"poetries",
"versifications",
"vers libres"
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"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"episodical":{
"appearing in parts or numbers that follow regularly":{
"examples":[
"the long novel was filmed for television as an episodic movie that was shown over the course of five evenings"
],
"synonyms":[
"periodical",
"serial",
"serialized"
],
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"sequential",
"successive",
"periodic",
"recurrent",
"recurring",
"regular"
],
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"antonyms":[]
},
"lacking in steadiness or regularity of occurrence":{
"examples":[
"malaria is characterized by episodic attacks of chills and fever that coincide with mass destruction of blood cells"
],
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"aperiodic",
"casual",
"catchy",
"choppy",
"discontinuous",
"erratic",
"fitful",
"intermittent",
"irregular",
"occasional",
"spasmodic",
"spastic",
"sporadic",
"spotty",
"unsteady"
],
"near synonyms":[
"convulsive",
"sudden",
"violent",
"broken",
"disconnected",
"fragmentary",
"interrupted",
"aimless",
"arbitrary",
"desultory",
"haphazard",
"hit-and-miss",
"hit-or-miss",
"odd",
"random",
"scattered",
"slapdash",
"stray",
"capricious",
"changeful",
"changing",
"flickery",
"fluctuating",
"fluid",
"inconstant",
"mercurial",
"mutable",
"temperamental",
"uncertain",
"unpredictable",
"unsettled",
"unstable",
"varying",
"wavering",
"changeable",
"fickle",
"variable",
"volatile"
],
"near antonyms":[
"changeless",
"equable",
"even",
"stable",
"stationary",
"uniform",
"unchanging",
"unvarying",
"unwavering",
"methodical",
"methodic",
"orderly",
"systematic",
"unrelenting",
"unremitting"
],
"antonyms":[
"constant",
"continuous",
"habitual",
"periodic",
"regular",
"repeated",
"steady"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"epidemics":{
"as in pandemics":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"pandemics",
"pestilences",
"pests",
"plagues",
"murrains",
"affections",
"afflictions",
"ailments",
"contagions",
"illnesses",
"infections",
"infirmities",
"maladies",
"sicknesses",
"blights",
"curses",
"scourges"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in explosions , eruptions":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"eruptions",
"explosions",
"paroxysms",
"boosts",
"increases",
"pickups",
"upswings",
"upturns",
"deluges",
"floods",
"rushes",
"spates",
"surges",
"volleys",
"bursts",
"flares",
"flare-ups",
"flashes",
"flickers",
"flurries",
"flutters",
"outbreaks",
"outbursts",
"spurts",
"commotions",
"furors",
"uproars",
"recrudescences",
"recurrences",
"renewals"
],
"near antonyms":[
"calms",
"doldrums",
"slumps"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"epistle":{
"a message on paper from one person or group to another":{
"examples":[
"the epistles of Saint Paul to various communities of early Christians"
],
"synonyms":[
"dispatch",
"letter",
"memo",
"memorandum",
"missive",
"note"
],
"near synonyms":[
"billet-doux",
"open letter",
"airmail",
"card",
"electronic mail",
"e-mail",
"junk mail",
"mail",
"postal card",
"postcard",
"communication",
"report",
"encyclical"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"epitaphs":{
"something inscribed on a gravestone in memory of a dead person":{
"examples":[
"The epitaph reads \"In loving memory of John Gray: husband, father, soldier.\""
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"hic jacets",
"inscriptions",
"necrologies",
"obits",
"obituaries",
"eulogies",
"memorials",
"testimonials",
"tributes"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"epigram":{
"an often stated observation regarding something from common experience":{
"examples":[
"Benjamin Franklin's famous epigram , \"Remember that time is money\""
],
"synonyms":[
"adage",
"aphorism",
"apothegm",
"byword",
"maxim",
"proverb",
"saw",
"saying",
"sententia",
"word"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bromide",
"clich\u00e9",
"cliche",
"commonplace",
"platitude",
"wheeze",
"expression",
"felicity",
"axiom",
"motto",
"precept",
"truism",
"truth",
"formula",
"comment",
"note",
"reflection",
"remark"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"ephemera":{
"things that are important or useful for only a short time; items that were not meant to have lasting value \u2014 usually plural":{
"examples":[
"He has a large collection of old menus and other ephemera ."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"curiosa",
"virtu",
"vertu",
"curio",
"curiosity",
"exotic",
"objet d'art",
"objet",
"oddity",
"oddment",
"rarity",
"found object",
"objet trouv\u00e9",
"marvel",
"prodigy",
"rara avis",
"rare bird",
"wonder",
"abnormality",
"anomaly",
"freak",
"monster",
"monstrosity",
"malformation",
"mutant",
"mutation"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"epilogs":{
"a final section or speech after the main part of a book, play, or musical composition \u2014 sometimes used figuratively":{
"examples":[
"The main character's death was alluded to in the epilogue .",
"His final years were a peaceful epilogue to a life of adventure."
