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"bilge":{
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"language, behavior, or ideas that are absurd and contrary to good sense":{
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"examples":[
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"tried to justify his unhinged tirade with a lot of stale and insincere bilge"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"applesauce",
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"balderdash",
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"baloney",
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"boloney",
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"beans",
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"blah",
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"blah-blah",
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"blarney",
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"blather",
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"blatherskite",
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"blither",
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"bosh",
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"bull",
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"bunk",
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"bunkum",
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"buncombe",
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"claptrap",
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"codswallop",
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"crapola",
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"crock",
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"drivel",
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"drool",
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"fiddle",
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"fiddle-faddle",
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"fiddlesticks",
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"flannel",
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"flapdoodle",
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"folderol",
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"falderal",
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"folly",
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"foolishness",
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"fudge",
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"garbage",
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"guff",
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"hogwash",
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"hokeypokey",
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"hokum",
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"hoodoo",
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"hooey",
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"horsefeathers",
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"humbug",
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"humbuggery",
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"jazz",
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"malarkey",
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"malarky",
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"moonshine",
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"muck",
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"nerts",
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"nonsense",
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"nuts",
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"piffle",
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"poppycock",
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"punk",
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"rot",
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"rubbish",
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"senselessness",
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"silliness",
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"slush",
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"stupidity",
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"taradiddle",
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"tarradiddle",
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"tommyrot",
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"tosh",
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"trash",
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"trumpery",
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"twaddle"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"absurdity",
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"asininity",
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"fatuity",
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"foolery",
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"idiocy",
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"imbecility",
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"inaneness",
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"inanity",
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"insanity",
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"kookiness",
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"lunacy",
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"absurdness",
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"craziness",
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"madness",
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"witlessness",
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"hoity-toity",
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"monkey business",
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"monkeyshine(s)",
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"shenanigan(s)",
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"tomfoolery",
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"gas",
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"hot air",
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"rigmarole",
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"rigamarole",
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"double-talk",
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"greek",
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"hocus-pocus"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"levelheadedness",
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"rationality",
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"reasonability",
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"reasonableness",
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"sensibleness",
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"common sense",
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"horse sense",
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"sense",
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"discernment",
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"judgment",
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"judgement",
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"wisdom"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"bilk":{
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"a dishonest person who uses clever means to cheat others out of something of value":{
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"examples":[
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"people who lost money in the scheme discovered that the investment company was a fake and the \"owner\" just a bilk"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"bilker",
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"cheat",
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"cheater",
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"chiseler",
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"chiseller",
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"confidence man",
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"cozener",
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"defrauder",
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"dodger",
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"fakir",
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"finagler",
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"fraudster",
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"hoaxer",
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"scammer",
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"scamster",
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"shark",
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"sharper",
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"sharpie",
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"sharpy",
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"skinner",
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"swindler",
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"tricker",
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"trickster"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"double-crosser",
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"double-dealer",
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"bluffer",
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"charlatan",
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"fake",
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"faker",
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"humbug",
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"impostor",
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"imposter",
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"mountebank",
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"phony",
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"phoney",
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"pretender",
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"quack",
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"quacksalver",
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"ringer",
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"sham",
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"adventurer",
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"fox",
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"gamesman",
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"knave",
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"prankster",
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"rascal",
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"rogue",
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"fast-talker",
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"slick",
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"slicker",
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"slickster",
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"slyboots",
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"smoothy",
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"smoothie",
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"wheeler-dealer",
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"plotter",
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"schemer",
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"sneak",
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"sneaker",
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"blackleg",
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"cardsharp",
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"cardsharper"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"to rob by the use of trickery or threats":{
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"examples":[
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"an investigation revealed that the garage had been bilking motorists for repairs that had never been made"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"beat",
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"bleed",
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"cheat",
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"chisel",
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"chouse",
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"con",
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"cozen",
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"defraud",
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"diddle",
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"do",
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"do in",
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"euchre",
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"fiddle",
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"fleece",
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"flimflam",
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"gaff",
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"hose",
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"hustle",
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"mulct",
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"nobble",
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"pluck",
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"ream",
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"rip off",
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"rook",
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"screw",
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"shake down",
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"short",
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"shortchange",
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"skin",
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"skunk",
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"squeeze",
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"stick",
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"stiff",
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"sting",
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"sucker",
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"swindle",
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"thimblerig",
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"victimize"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"extort",
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"wrench",
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"wrest",
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"wring",
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"clip",
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"gouge",
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"nick",
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"overcharge",
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"soak",
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"exploit",
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"milk",
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"deceive",
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"dupe",
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"fool",
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"gull",
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"trick",
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"rope (in)",
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"betray",
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"bitch",
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"double-cross",
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"bamboozle",
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"fast-talk"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"noun",
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"bilker":{
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"a dishonest person who uses clever means to cheat others out of something of value":{
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"examples":[
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"the \"victim\" of the staged car crash turned out to be a serial bilker of insurance companies"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"bilk",
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"cheat",
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"cheater",
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"chiseler",
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"chiseller",
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"confidence man",
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"cozener",
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"defrauder",
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"dodger",
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"fakir",
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"finagler",
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"fraudster",
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"hoaxer",
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"scammer",
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"scamster",
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"shark",
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"sharper",
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"sharpie",
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"sharpy",
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"skinner",
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"swindler",
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"tricker",
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"trickster"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"double-crosser",
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"double-dealer",
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"bluffer",
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"charlatan",
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"fake",
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"faker",
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"humbug",
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"impostor",
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"imposter",
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"mountebank",
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"phony",
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"phoney",
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"pretender",
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"quack",
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"quacksalver",
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"ringer",
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"sham",
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"adventurer",
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"fox",
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"gamesman",
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"knave",
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"prankster",
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"rascal",
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"rogue",
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"fast-talker",
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"slick",
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"slicker",
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"slickster",
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"slyboots",
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"smoothy",
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"smoothie",
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"wheeler-dealer",
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"plotter",
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"schemer",
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"sneak",
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"sneaker",
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"blackleg",
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"cardsharp",
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"cardsharper"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"bilking":{
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"to rob by the use of trickery or threats":{
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"examples":[
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"an investigation revealed that the garage had been bilking motorists for repairs that had never been made"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"beating",
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"bleeding",
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"cheating",
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"chiseling",
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"chiselling",
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"chousing",
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"conning",
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"cozening",
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"defrauding",
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"diddling",
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"doing",
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"doing in",
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"euchring",
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"fiddling",
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"fleecing",
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"flimflamming",
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"gaffing",
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"hosing",
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"hustling",
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"mulcting",
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"nobbling",
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"plucking",
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"reaming",
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"ripping off",
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"rooking",
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"screwing",
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"shaking down",
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"shortchanging",
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"shorting",
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"skinning",
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"skunking",
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"squeezing",
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"sticking",
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"stiffing",
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"stinging",
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"suckering",
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"swindling",
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"thimblerigging",
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"victimizing"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"extorting",
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"wrenching",
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"wresting",
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"wringing",
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"clipping",
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"gouging",
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"nicking",
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"overcharging",
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"soaking",
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"exploiting",
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"milking",
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"deceiving",
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"duping",
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"fooling",
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"gulling",
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"tricking",
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"roping (in)",
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"betraying",
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"bitching",
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"double-crossing",
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"bamboozling",
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"fast-talking"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"bill of fare":{
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"a list of foods served at or available for a meal":{
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"examples":[
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"Tonight's bill of fare will include pan-seared scallops and rack of lamb."
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"card",
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"menu"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"chow",
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"chuck",
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"cuisine",
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"fare",
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"grub",
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"provender",
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"table"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"a listing of things to be presented or considered (as at a concert or play)":{
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"examples":[
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"She volunteered to hand out the bills of fare at the door."
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"agenda",
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"calendar",
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"docket",
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"program",
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"schedule",
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"timetable"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"card",
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"dance card",
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"exercises",
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"plate",
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"arrangement",
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"order",
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"ordering",
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"organization",
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"sequence",
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"setup"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"phrase"
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]
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},
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"billboarded":{
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"as in billed , bulletined":{
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"examples":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"near synonyms":[
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"billed",
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"bulletined",
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"gazetted",
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"barked",
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"called (off or out)",
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"cried",
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"knelled",
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"rang",
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"tolled",
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"advertised",
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"announced",
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"annunciated",
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"blared",
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"blazed",
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"blazoned",
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"broadcast",
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"broadcasted",
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"declared",
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"enunciated",
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"flashed",
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"gave out",
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"heralded",
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"placarded",
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"posted",
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"proclaimed",
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"promulgated",
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"publicized",
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"published",
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"released",
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"sounded",
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"trumpeted",
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"blurbed",
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"featured",
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"pitched",
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"plugged",
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"promoted",
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"puffed",
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"disseminated",
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"spread",
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"disclosed",
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"divulged",
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"introduced",
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"kithed",
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"kythed",
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"manifested",
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"reported",
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"revealed",
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"showed",
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"advised",
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"apprised",
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"handed down",
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"informed",
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"notified",
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"communicated",
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"imparted",
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"intimated"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"concealed",
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"hushed (up)",
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"silenced",
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"suppressed",
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"withheld",
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"recalled",
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"recanted",
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|
"retracted",
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"revoked"
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],
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|
"antonyms":[]
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},
|
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|
|
"type":[
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|
|
"verb"
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|
]
|
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|
|
},
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|
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"billed":{
|
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"as in nestled , cuddled":{
|
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|
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"examples":[],
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|
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"synonyms":[],
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|
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"near synonyms":[
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|
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"canoodled",
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"cuddled",
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|
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"necked",
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"nestled",
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"nosed",
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|
"nuzzled",
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"snuggled",
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"spooned",
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|
|
"caressed",
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"fondled",
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|
|
"gentled",
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|
|
"loved",
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|
"patted",
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|
|
"petted",
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|
|
"stroked",
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|
|
"felt up",
|
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|
|
"pawed",
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|
|
"cradled",
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|
|
"embraced",
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|
|
"enfolded",
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|
|
"hugged",
|
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|
|
"bounced",
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|
|
"dandled",
|
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|
|
"kneaded",
|
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|
|
"massaged",
|
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|
|
"babied",
|
|
|
|
"coddled",
|
|
|
|
"indulged",
|
|
|
|
"mollycoddled",
|
|
|
|
"pampered",
|
|
|
|
"spoiled",
|
|
|
|
"spoilt"
|
|
|
|
],
|
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|
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
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|
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
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|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
"as in called , declared":{
|
|
|
|
"examples":[],
|
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|
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
"advertised",
|
|
|
|
"announced",
|
|
|
|
"blazed",
|
|
|
|
"broadcast",
|
|
|
|
"broadcasted",
|
|
|
|
"called",
|
|
|
|
"declared",
|
|
|
|
"proclaimed",
|
|
|
|
"promulgated",
|
|
|
|
"publicized",
|
|
|
|
"published",
|
|
|
|
"nailed",
|
|
|
|
"plastered",
|
|
|
|
"tacked (up)",
|
|
|
|
"placarded",
|
|
|
|
"posted"
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
|
|
"removed",
|
|
|
|
"took down"
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
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|
|
|
},
|
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|
|
|
"as in assessed , invoiced":{
|
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|
|
|
"examples":[],
|
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|
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
"assessed",
|
|
|
|
"invoiced",
|
|
|
|
"discounted",
|
|
|
|
"marked down",
|
|
|
|
"marked up",
|
|
|
|
"priced",
|
|
|
|
"valued",
|
|
|
|
"brought",
|
|
|
|
"fetched",
|
|
|
|
"sold (for)",
|
|
|
|
"overcharged",
|
|
|
|
"undercharged",
|
|
|
|
"asked",
|
|
|
|
"charged",
|
|
|
|
"commanded",
|
|
|
|
"demanded"
|
|
|
|
],
|
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|
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
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|
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
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|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
"type":[
|
|
|
|
"verb"
|
|
|
|
]
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
"billfold":{
|
|
|
|
"as in wallet":{
|
|
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
"wallet",
|
|
|
|
"clutch",
|
|
|
|
"clutch bag",
|
|
|
|
"minaudi\u00e8re",
|
|
|
|
"compact",
|
|
|
|
"vanity",
|
|
|
|
"bag",
|
|
|
|
"handbag",
|
|
|
|
"pocketbook",
|
|
|
|
"purse",
|
|
|
|
"poke",
|
|
|
|
"pouch",
|
|
|
|
"sack",
|
|
|
|
"shoulder bag"
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
"type":[
|
|
|
|
"noun"
|
|
|
|
]
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
"billings":{
|
|
|
|
"as in advertisings , messages":{
|
|
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
"advertisings",
|
|
|
|
"blurbs",
|
|
|
|
"come-ons",
|
|
|
|
"commercials",
|
|
|
|
"messages",
|
|
|
|
"pitches",
|
|
|
|
"plugolas",
|
|
|
|
"spots",
|
|
|
|
"words",
|
|
|
|
"ads",
|
|
|
|
"advertisements",
|
|
|
|
"adverts",
|
|
|
|
"announcements",
|
|
|
|
"bulletins",
|
|
|
|
"communiqu\u00e9s",
|
|
|
|
"notices",
|
|
|
|
"notifications",
|
|
|
|
"postings",
|
|
|
|
"releases",
|
|
|
|
"broadsides",
|
|
|
|
"brochures",
|
|
|
|
"circulars",
|
|
|
|
"flyers",
|
|
|
|
"fliers",
|
|
|
|
"fly sheets",
|
|
|
|
"gazettes",
|
|
|
|
"handbills",
|
|
|
|
"handouts",
|
|
|
|
"billboards",
|
|
|
|
"bills",
|
|
|
|
"placards",
|
|
|
|
"playbills",
|
|
|
|
"posters",
|
|
|
|
"show bills",
|
|
|
|
"signs",
|
|
|
|
"broadcasts",
|
|
|
|
"cablecasts",
|
|
|
|
"newscasts",
|
|
|
|
"telecasts",
|
|
|
|
"communications",
|
|
|
|
"dispatches",
|
|
|
|
"reports",
|
|
|
|
"annunciations",
|
|
|
|
"declarations",
|
|
|
|
"edicts",
|
|
|
|
"proclamations",
|
|
|
|
"promulgations",
|
|
|
|
"pronouncements",
|
|
|
|
"pronunciamentos",
|
|
|
|
"pronunciamentoes",
|
|
|
|
"rescripts",
|
|
|
|
"significations",
|
|
|
|
"ballyhoos",
|
|
|
|
"boosts",
|
|
|
|
"buildups",
|
|
|
|
"campaigns",
|
|
|
|
"plugs",
|
|
|
|
"promos",
|
|
|
|
"promotions",
|
|
|
|
"propagandas",
|
|
|
|
"publicities"
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
"type":[
|
|
|
|
"noun"
|
|
|
|
]
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
"billowing":{
|
|
|
|
"as in surging , swelling":{
|
|
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
"surging",
|
|
|
|
"swelling",
|
|
|
|
"rolling",
|
|
|
|
"rippled",
|
|
|
|
"rippling",
|
|
|
|
"wavy",
|
|
|
|
"rutted",
|
|
|
|
"rutty",
|
|
|
|
"undulant",
|
|
|
|
"undulating",
|
|
|
|
"undulatory",
|
|
|
|
"inexact",
|
|
|
|
"unaligned",
|
|
|
|
"lopsided",
|
|
|
|
"unbalanced",
|
|
|
|
"pitted",
|
|
|
|
"pocked",
|
|
|
|
"knobbly",
|
|
|
|
"knobby",
|
|
|
|
"knurled",
|
|
|
|
"knurly",
|
|
|
|
"nubbly",
|
|
|
|
"nubby"
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
|
|
"exact",
|
|
|
|
"uniform",
|
|
|
|
"aligned",
|
|
|
|
"alined",
|
|
|
|
"regular",
|
|
|
|
"true",
|
|
|
|
"horizontal",
|
|
|
|
"tabular",
|
|
|
|
"plumb",
|
|
|
|
"straight",
|
|
|
|
"vertical",
|
|
|
|
"flush",
|
|
|
|
"even",
|
|
|
|
"flat",
|
|
|
|
"level",
|
|
|
|
"plane",
|
|
|
|
"smooth"
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
"to extend outward beyond a usual point":{
|
|
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
|
|
"the curtains in the open windows billowed in the summer wind"
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
"bagging",
|
|
|
|
"ballooning",
|
|
|
|
"beetling",
|
|
|
|
"bellying",
|
|
|
|
"bulging",
|
|
|
|
"bunching",
|
|
|
|
"jutting",
|
|
|
|
"overhanging",
|
|
|
|
"poking",
|
|
|
|
"pooching",
|
|
|
|
"pouching",
|
|
|
|
"pouting",
|
|
|
|
"projecting",
|
|
|
|
"protruding",
|
|
|
|
"standing out",
|
|
|
|
"starting",
|
|
|
|
"sticking out",
|
|
|
|
"swelling"
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
"doming",
|
|
|
|
"blowing up",
|
|
|
|
"inflating",
|
|
|
|
"dilating",
|
|
|
|
"distending",
|
|
|
|
"expanding",
|
|
|
|
"mushrooming",
|
|
|
|
"snowballing",
|
|
|
|
"elongating",
|
|
|
|
"extending",
|
|
|
|
"lengthening",
|
|
|
|
"stretching"
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
|
|
"compressing",
|
|
|
|
"condensing",
|
|
|
|
"constricting",
|
|
|
|
"contracting",
|
|
|
|
"shrinking"
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
"type":[
|
|
|
|
"adjective",
|
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|
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"billy clubs":{
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"a heavy rigid stick used as a weapon or for punishment":{
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"examples":[
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"rapping the shoes of the sleeping vagrant with his billy club , the officer told him to move on"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"bastinadoes",
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"bastinades",
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"batons",
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"bats",
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"billies",
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"bludgeons",
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"canes",
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"clubs",
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"cudgels",
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"nightsticks",
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"rods",
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"rungs",
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"saps",
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"shillelaghs",
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"shillalahs",
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"staffs",
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"staves",
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"truncheons",
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"waddies"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"blackjacks",
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"knobkerries",
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"maces",
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"birches",
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"crabsticks",
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"hickories",
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"rattans",
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"staves",
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"switches",
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"beetles",
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"gavels",
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"hammers",
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"mallets",
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"mauls",
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"sledgehammers",
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"crooks",
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"crosiers",
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"croziers",
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"walking sticks",
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"whangees"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"billeted":{
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"to provide with living quarters or shelter":{
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"examples":[
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"every colonial household was expected to billet a British soldier"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"accommodated",
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"bestowed",
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"bivouacked",
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"boarded",
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"bunked",
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"camped",
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"chambered",
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"domiciled",
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"encamped",
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"harbored",
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"housed",
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"lodged",
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"put up",
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"quartered",
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"roofed",
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"roomed",
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"sheltered",
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"took in"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"ensconced",
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"homed",
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"roosted",
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"secured",
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"shedded",
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"stabled",
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"tented",
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"barracked",
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"bedded (down)"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"ejected",
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|
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"evicted"
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],
|
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"antonyms":[]
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|
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},
|
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|
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"type":[
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|
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"verb"
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]
|
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},
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"bills":{
|
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|
|
"a record of goods sold or services performed together with the costs due":{
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"examples":[
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|
|
"why is the electric bill so high this month?"
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],
|
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|
|
"synonyms":[
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|
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"accounts",
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|
|
"checks",
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|
|
"invoices",
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|
|
"statements",
|
|
|
|
"tabs"
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|
|
],
|
|
|
|
"near synonyms":[
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|
|
"receipts",
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|
|
"reckonings",
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|
|
"documents",
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|
|
"ledgers",
|
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|
|
"records",
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|
|
"charges",
|
|
|
|
"costs",
|
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|
|
"expenses",
|
|
|
|
"fees",
|
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|
|
"prices",
|
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|
|
"rates",
|
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|
|
"tolls",
|
|
|
|
"scores",
|
|
|
|
"tallies"
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
"a piece of printed paper used as money in the United States":{
|
|
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
|
|
"the $5 bill has a picture of Abraham Lincoln on the front"
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
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|
|
"banknotes",
|
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|
|
"greenbacks",
|
|
|
|
"notes"
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
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|
|
"dead presidents",
|
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|
|
"paper money",
|
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|
|
"scrips",
|
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|
|
"bucks",
|
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|
|
"dollars",
|
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|
|
"simoleons",
|
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|
|
"smackers",
|
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|
|
"C-notes",
|
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|
|
"fifties",
|
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|
|
"fins",
|
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|
|
"fivers",
|
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|
|
"fives",
|
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|
|
"hundreds",
|
|
|
|
"hundred",
|
|
|
|
"ones",
|
|
|
|
"sawbucks",
|
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|
|
"tenners",
|
|
|
|
"tens",
|
|
|
|
"twenties",
|
|
|
|
"twos",
|
|
|
|
"cash",
|
|
|
|
"chips",
|
|
|
|
"currencies",
|
|
|
|
"dough",
|
|
|
|
"legal tender",
|
|
|
|
"lucre",
|
|
|
|
"money",
|
|
|
|
"checks",
|
|
|
|
"drafts",
|
|
|
|
"money orders"
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
"a sheet bearing an announcement for posting in a public place":{
|
|
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
|
|
"posted a bill advertising the new play"
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
"placards",
|
|
|
|
"posters"
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
"billboards",
|
|
|
|
"signboards",
|
|
|
|
"signs",
|
|
|
|
"broadsides",
|
|
|
|
"flyers",
|
|
|
|
"fliers",
|
|
|
|
"handbills",
|
|
|
|
"handouts",
|
|
|
|
"playbills",
|
|
|
|
"show bills",
|
|
|
|
"ads",
|
|
|
|
"advertisements",
|
|
|
|
"announcements",
|
|
|
|
"bulletins",
|
|
|
|
"dispatches",
|
|
|
|
"releases"
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
"the amount owed at a bar or restaurant or the slip of paper stating the amount":{
|
|
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
|
|
"although they were all working adults, their parents still insisted on paying the bill whenever they went out to eat"
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
"checks",
|
|
|
|
"tabs"
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
"invoices",
|
|
|
|
"receipts",
|
|
|
|
"accounts",
|
|
|
|
"reckonings",
|
|
|
|
"records",
|
|
|
|
"statements",
|
|
|
|
"charges",
|
|
|
|
"costs",
|
|
|
|
"damages",
|
|
|
|
"expenses",
|
|
|
|
"fees",
|
|
|
|
"figures",
|
|
|
|
"scores",
|
|
|
|
"tallies"
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
"a rule of conduct or action laid down by a governing authority and especially a legislature":{
|
|
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
|
|
"the legislative committee endorsed a bill that would strengthen consumer protections"
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
"acts",
|
|
|
|
"constitutions",
|
|
|
|
"enactments",
|
|
|
|
"laws",
|
|
|
|
"ordinances",
|
|
|
|
"statutes"
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
"commandments",
|
|
|
|
"commands",
|
|
|
|
"decrees",
|
|
|
|
"dictates",
|
|
|
|
"directives",
|
|
|
|
"edicts",
|
|
|
|
"fiats",
|
|
|
|
"rulings",
|
|
|
|
"bylaws",
|
|
|
|
"ground rules",
|
|
|
|
"regulations",
|
|
|
|
"rules",
|
|
|
|
"amendments",
|
|
|
|
"legislations",
|
|
|
|
"common law",
|
|
|
|
"blue laws",
|
|
|
|
"prohibitions",
|
|
|
|
"proscriptions",
|
|
|
|
"restrictions",
|
|
|
|
"canons",
|
|
|
|
"capitularies",
|
|
|
|
"encyclicals"
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
"the jaws of a bird together with their hornlike covering":{
|
|
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
|
|
"parrots have very strong bills so they can break open nuts"
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
"beaks",
|
|
|
|
"nebs",
|
|
|
|
"nibs"
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
"mouths",
|
|
|
|
"muzzles",
|
|
|
|
"mandibles",
|
|
|
|
"maws",
|
|
|
|
"maxillae",
|
|
|
|
"maxillas"
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
"the projecting front part of a hat or cap":{
|
|
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
|
|
"the hat was blue, but the bill was red"
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
"brims",
|
|
|
|
"peaks",
|
|
|
|
"visors",
|
|
|
|
"vizors"
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
"shades"
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
"as in nestles , cuddles":{
|
|
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
"canoodles",
|
|
|
|
"cuddles",
|
|
|
|
"necks",
|
|
|
|
"nestles",
|
|
|
|
"noses",
|
|
|
|
"nuzzles",
|
|
|
|
"snuggles",
|
|
|
|
"spoons",
|
|
|
|
"caresses",
|
|
|
|
"fondles",
|
|
|
|
"gentles",
|
|
|
|
"loves",
|
|
|
|
"pats",
|
|
|
|
"pets",
|
|
|
|
"strokes",
|
|
|
|
"feels up",
|
|
|
|
"paws",
|
|
|
|
"cradles",
|
|
|
|
"embraces",
|
|
|
|
"enfolds",
|
|
|
|
"hugs",
|
|
|
|
"bounces",
|
|
|
|
"dandles",
|
|
|
|
"kneads",
|
|
|
|
"massages",
|
|
|
|
"babies",
|
|
|
|
"coddles",
|
|
|
|
"indulges",
|
|
|
|
"mollycoddles",
|
|
|
|
"pampers",
|
|
|
|
"spoils"
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
"as in calls , declares":{
|
|
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
"advertises",
|
|
|
|
"announces",
|
|
|
|
"blazes",
|
|
|
|
"broadcasts",
|
|
|
|
"calls",
|
|
|
|
"declares",
|
|
|
|
"proclaims",
|
|
|
|
"promulgates",
|
|
|
|
"publicizes",
|
|
|
|
"publishes",
|
|
|
|
"nails",
|
|
|
|
"plasters",
|
|
|
|
"tacks (up)",
|
|
|
|
"placards",
|
|
|
|
"posts"
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
|
|
"removes",
|
|
|
|
"takes down"
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
"as in assesses , invoices":{
|
|
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
"assesses",
|
|
|
|
"invoices",
|
|
|
|
"discounts",
|
|
|
|
"marks down",
|
|
|
|
"marks up",
|
|
|
|
"prices",
|
|
|
|
"values",
|
|
|
|
"brings",
|
|
|
|
"fetches",
|
|
|
|
"sells (for)",
|
|
|
|
"overcharges",
|
|
|
|
"undercharges",
|
|
|
|
"asks",
|
|
|
|
"charges",
|
|
|
|
"commands",
|
|
|
|
"demands"
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
"type":[
|
|
|
|
"noun",
|
|
|
|
"verb"
|
|
|
|
]
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
"bilked":{
|
|
|
|
"to rob by the use of trickery or threats":{
|
|
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
|
|
"an investigation revealed that the garage had been bilking motorists for repairs that had never been made"
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
"beat",
|
|
|
|
"bled",
|
|
|
|
"cheated",
|
|
|
|
"chiseled",
|
|
|
|
"chiselled",
|
|
|
|
"choused",
|
|
|
|
"conned",
|
|
|
|
"cozened",
|
|
|
|
"defrauded",
|
|
|
|
"did",
|
|
|
|
"diddled",
|
|
|
|
"did in",
|
|
|
|
"euchred",
|
|
|
|
"fiddled",
|
|
|
|
"fleeced",
|
|
|
|
"flimflammed",
|
|
|
|
"gaffed",
|
|
|
|
"hosed",
|
|
|
|
"hustled",
|
|
|
|
"mulcted",
|
|
|
|
"nobbled",
|
|
|
|
"plucked",
|
|
|
|
"reamed",
|
|
|
|
"ripped off",
|
|
|
|
"rooked",
|
|
|
|
"screwed",
|
|
|
|
"shook down",
|
|
|
|
"shortchanged",
|
|
|
|
"shorted",
|
|
|
|
"skinned",
|
|
|
|
"skunked",
|
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"squeezed",
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"stiffed",
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"stuck",
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"stung",
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"suckered",
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"swindled",
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"thimblerigged",
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"victimized"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"extorted",
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"wrenched",
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"wrested",
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"wrung",
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"clipped",
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"gouged",
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"nicked",
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"overcharged",
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"soaked",
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"exploited",
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"milked",
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"deceived",
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"duped",
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"fooled",
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"gulled",
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"tricked",
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"roped (in)",
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"betrayed",
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"bitched",
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"double-crossed",
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"bamboozled",
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"fast-talked"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"billfolds":{
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"as in wallets":{
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"examples":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"near synonyms":[
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"wallets",
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"clutch bags",
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"clutches",
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"minaudi\u00e8res",
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"compacts",
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"vanities",
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"bags",
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"handbags",
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"pocketbooks",
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"purses",
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"pokes",
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"pouches",
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"sacks",
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"shoulder bags"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"billowed":{
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"to extend outward beyond a usual point":{
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"examples":[
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"the curtains in the open windows billowed in the summer wind"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"bagged",
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"ballooned",
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"beetled",
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"bellied",
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"bulged",
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"bunched",
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"jutted",
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"overhung",
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"poked",
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"pooched",
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"pouched",
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"pouted",
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"projected",
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"protruded",
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"started",
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"stood out",
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"stuck out",
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"swelled"
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],
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|
|
"near synonyms":[
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"domed",
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|
"blew up",
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"inflated",
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|
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"dilated",
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"distended",
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|
"expanded",
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"mushroomed",
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|
"snowballed",
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"elongated",
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"extended",
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|
|
"lengthened",
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|
|
"stretched"
|
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|
|
],
|
|
|
|
"near antonyms":[
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|
|
"compressed",
|
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|
"condensed",
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|
|
"constricted",
|
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|
|
"contracted",
|
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|
|
"shrank",
|
|
|
|
"shrunk"
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
"type":[
|
|
|
|
"verb"
|
|
|
|
]
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
"billy club":{
|
|
|
|
"a heavy rigid stick used as a weapon or for punishment":{
|
|
|
|
"examples":[
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|
|
"rapping the shoes of the sleeping vagrant with his billy club , the officer told him to move on"
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
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|
|
"bastinado",
|
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|
|
"bastinade",
|
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|
|
"bat",
|
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|
|
"baton",
|
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|
|
"billy",
|
|
|
|
"bludgeon",
|
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|
|
"cane",
|
|
|
|
"club",
|
|
|
|
"cudgel",
|
|
|
|
"nightstick",
|
|
|
|
"rod",
|
|
|
|
"rung",
|
|
|
|
"sap",
|
|
|
|
"shillelagh",
|
|
|
|
"shillalah",
|
|
|
|
"staff",
|
|
|
|
"truncheon",
|
|
|
|
"waddy"
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
"blackjack",
|
|
|
|
"knobkerrie",
|
|
|
|
"mace",
|
|
|
|
"birch",
|
|
|
|
"crabstick",
|
|
|
|
"hickory",
|
|
|
|
"rattan",
|
|
|
|
"stave",
|
|
|
|
"switch",
|
|
|
|
"beetle",
|
|
|
|
"gavel",
|
|
|
|
"hammer",
|
|
|
|
"mallet",
|
|
|
|
"maul",
|
|
|
|
"sledgehammer",
|
|
|
|
"crook",
|
|
|
|
"crosier",
|
|
|
|
"crozier",
|
|
|
|
"walking stick",
|
|
|
|
"whangee"
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
"type":[
|
|
|
|
"noun"
|
|
|
|
]
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
"billow":{
|
|
|
|
"a moving ridge on the surface of water":{
|
|
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
|
|
"the great billows created by the ocean storm threatened to swamp the fishing boat"
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
"surge",
|
|
|
|
"swell",
|
|
|
|
"wave"
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
"sea(s)",
|
|
|
|
"surf",
|
|
|
|
"breaker",
|
|
|
|
"whitecap",
|
|
|
|
"comber",
|
|
|
|
"curl",
|
|
|
|
"riffle",
|
|
|
|
"ripple",
|
|
|
|
"wavelet",
|
|
|
|
"ground swell",
|
|
|
|
"roller",
|
|
|
|
"tidal wave",
|
|
|
|
"tsunami"
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
"to extend outward beyond a usual point":{
|
|
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
|
|
"the curtains in the open windows billowed in the summer wind"
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
"bag",
|
|
|
|
"balloon",
|
|
|
|
"beetle",
|
|
|
|
"belly",
|
|
|
|
"bulge",
|
|
|
|
"bunch",
|
|
|
|
"jut",
|
|
|
|
"overhang",
|
|
|
|
"poke",
|
|
|
|
"pooch",
|
|
|
|
"pouch",
|
|
|
|
"pout",
|
|
|
|
"project",
|
|
|
|
"protrude",
|
|
|
|
"stand out",
|
|
|
|
"start",
|
|
|
|
"stick out",
|
|
|
|
"swell"
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
"dome",
|
|
|
|
"blow up",
|
|
|
|
"inflate",
|
|
|
|
"dilate",
|
|
|
|
"distend",
|
|
|
|
"expand",
|
|
|
|
"mushroom",
|
|
|
|
"snowball",
|
|
|
|
"elongate",
|
|
|
|
"extend",
|
|
|
|
"lengthen",
|
|
|
|
"stretch"
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
|
|
"compress",
|
|
|
|
"condense",
|
|
|
|
"constrict",
|
|
|
|
"contract",
|
|
|
|
"shrink"
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
"type":[
|
|
|
|
"noun",
|
|
|
|
"verb"
|
|
|
|
]
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
"bill":{
|
|
|
|
"a record of goods sold or services performed together with the costs due":{
|
|
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
|
|
"why is the electric bill so high this month?"
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
"account",
|
|
|
|
"check",
|
|
|
|
"invoice",
|
|
|
|
"statement",
|
|
|
|
"tab"
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
"receipt",
|
|
|
|
"reckoning",
|
|
|
|
"document",
|
|
|
|
"ledger",
|
|
|
|
"record",
|
|
|
|
"charge",
|
|
|
|
"cost",
|
|
|
|
"expense",
|
|
|
|
"fee",
|
|
|
|
"price",
|
|
|
|
"rate",
|
|
|
|
"toll",
|
|
|
|
"score",
|
|
|
|
"tally"
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
"a piece of printed paper used as money in the United States":{
|
|
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
|
|
"the $5 bill has a picture of Abraham Lincoln on the front"
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
"banknote",
|
|
|
|
"greenback",
|
|
|
|
"note"
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
"dead presidents",
|
|
|
|
"paper money",
|
|
|
|
"scrip",
|
|
|
|
"buck",
|
|
|
|
"dollar",
|
|
|
|
"simoleon",
|
|
|
|
"smacker",
|
|
|
|
"C-note",
|
|
|
|
"fifty",
|
|
|
|
"fin",
|
|
|
|
"five",
|
|
|
|
"fiver",
|
|
|
|
"hundred",
|
|
|
|
"one",
|
|
|
|
"sawbuck",
|
|
|
|
"ten",
|
|
|
|
"tenner",
|
|
|
|
"twenty",
|
|
|
|
"two",
|
|
|
|
"cash",
|
|
|
|
"chips",
|
|
|
|
"currency",
|
|
|
|
"dough",
|
|
|
|
"legal tender",
|
|
|
|
"lucre",
|
|
|
|
"money",
|
|
|
|
"pelf",
|
|
|
|
"check",
|
|
|
|
"draft",
|
|
|
|
"money order"
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
"a sheet bearing an announcement for posting in a public place":{
|
|
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
|
|
"posted a bill advertising the new play"
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
"placard",
|
|
|
|
"poster"
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
"billboard",
|
|
|
|
"sign",
|
|
|
|
"signboard",
|
|
|
|
"broadside",
|
|
|
|
"flyer",
|
|
|
|
"flier",
|
|
|
|
"handbill",
|
|
|
|
"handout",
|
|
|
|
"playbill",
|
|
|
|
"show bill",
|
|
|
|
"ad",
|
|
|
|
"advertisement",
|
|
|
|
"announcement",
|
|
|
|
"bulletin",
|
|
|
|
"dispatch",
|
|
|
|
"release"
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
"the amount owed at a bar or restaurant or the slip of paper stating the amount":{
|
|
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
|
|
"although they were all working adults, their parents still insisted on paying the bill whenever they went out to eat"
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
"check",
|
|
|
|
"tab"
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
"invoice",
|
|
|
|
"receipt",
|
|
|
|
"account",
|
|
|
|
"reckoning",
|
|
|
|
"record",
|
|
|
|
"statement",
|
|
|
|
"charge",
|
|
|
|
"cost",
|
|
|
|
"damage",
|
|
|
|
"expense",
|
|
|
|
"fee",
|
|
|
|
"figure",
|
|
|
|
"score",
|
|
|
|
"tally"
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
"a rule of conduct or action laid down by a governing authority and especially a legislature":{
|
|
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
|
|
"the legislative committee endorsed a bill that would strengthen consumer protections"
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
"act",
|
|
|
|
"constitution",
|
|
|
|
"enactment",
|
|
|
|
"law",
|
|
|
|
"ordinance",
|
|
|
|
"statute"
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
"command",
|
|
|
|
"commandment",
|
|
|
|
"decree",
|
|
|
|
"dictate",
|
|
|
|
"directive",
|
|
|
|
"edict",
|
|
|
|
"fiat",
|
|
|
|
"ruling",
|
|
|
|
"bylaw",
|
|
|
|
"ground rule",
|
|
|
|
"regulation",
|
|
|
|
"rule",
|
|
|
|
"amendment",
|
|
|
|
"legislation",
|
|
|
|
"common law",
|
|
|
|
"martial law",
|
|
|
|
"blue law",
|
|
|
|
"prohibition",
|
|
|
|
"proscription",
|
|
|
|
"restriction",
|
|
|
|
"canon",
|
|
|
|
"capitulary",
|
|
|
|
"encyclical"
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
"the jaws of a bird together with their hornlike covering":{
|
|
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
|
|
"parrots have very strong bills so they can break open nuts"
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
"beak",
|
|
|
|
"neb",
|
|
|
|
"nib"
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
"mouth",
|
|
|
|
"muzzle",
|
|
|
|
"mandible",
|
|
|
|
"maw",
|
|
|
|
"maxilla"
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
"the projecting front part of a hat or cap":{
|
|
|
|
"examples":[
|
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"the hat was blue, but the bill was red"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"brim",
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"peak",
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"visor",
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"vizor"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"shade"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"as in nestle , cuddle":{
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"examples":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"near synonyms":[
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"canoodle",
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"cuddle",
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"neck",
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"nestle",
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"nose",
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"nuzzle",
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"snuggle",
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"spoon",
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"caress",
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"fondle",
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"gentle",
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"love",
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"pat",
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"pet",
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"stroke",
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"feel up",
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"paw",
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"cradle",
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"embrace",
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"enfold",
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"hug",
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"bounce",
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"dandle",
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"knead",
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"massage",
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"baby",
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"coddle",
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"indulge",
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"mollycoddle",
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"pamper",
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"spoil"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"as in call , declare":{
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"examples":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"near synonyms":[
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"advertise",
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"announce",
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"blaze",
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"broadcast",
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"call",
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"declare",
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"proclaim",
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"promulgate",
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"publicize",
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"publish",
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"nail",
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"plaster",
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"tack (up)",
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"placard",
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"post"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"remove",
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"take down"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
|
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|
|
"as in assess , invoice":{
|
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|
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"examples":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"near synonyms":[
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"assess",
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"invoice",
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"discount",
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"mark down",
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|
"mark up",
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"price",
|
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"value",
|
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|
"bring",
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|
|
"fetch",
|
|
|
|
"sell (for)",
|
|
|
|
"overcharge",
|
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|
|
"undercharge",
|
|
|
|
"ask",
|
|
|
|
"charge",
|
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|
|
"command",
|
|
|
|
"demand"
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
"type":[
|
|
|
|
"noun",
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|
|
|
"verb"
|
|
|
|
]
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
"billionairesses":{
|
|
|
|
"as in billionaires , millionaires":{
|
|
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
"billionaires",
|
|
|
|
"gazillionaires",
|
|
|
|
"millionaires",
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|
|
|
"millionairesses",
|
|
|
|
"affluents",
|
|
|
|
"deep pockets",
|
|
|
|
"fat cats",
|
|
|
|
"haves",
|
|
|
|
"moneybags",
|
|
|
|
"plutocrats",
|
|
|
|
"magnates",
|
|
|
|
"moneymakers",
|
|
|
|
"nabobs",
|
|
|
|
"successes",
|
|
|
|
"tycoons"
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
|
|
"down-and-outs",
|
|
|
|
"down-and-outers",
|
|
|
|
"have-nots",
|
|
|
|
"indigents",
|
|
|
|
"paupers",
|
|
|
|
"ne'er-do-wells",
|
|
|
|
"hoboes",
|
|
|
|
"hobos",
|
|
|
|
"tramps",
|
|
|
|
"vagabonds"
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
"type":[
|
|
|
|
"noun"
|
|
|
|
]
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
"billy":{
|
|
|
|
"a heavy rigid stick used as a weapon or for punishment":{
|
|
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
|
|
"police officers carry a billy while patrolling on foot"
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
"bastinado",
|
|
|
|
"bastinade",
|
|
|
|
"bat",
|
|
|
|
"baton",
|
|
|
|
"billy club",
|
|
|
|
"bludgeon",
|
|
|
|
"cane",
|
|
|
|
"club",
|
|
|
|
"cudgel",
|
|
|
|
"nightstick",
|
|
|
|
"rod",
|
|
|
|
"rung",
|
|
|
|
"sap",
|
|
|
|
"shillelagh",
|
|
|
|
"shillalah",
|
|
|
|
"staff",
|
|
|
|
"truncheon",
|
|
|
|
"waddy"
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
"blackjack",
|
|
|
|
"knobkerrie",
|
|
|
|
"mace",
|
|
|
|
"birch",
|
|
|
|
"crabstick",
|
|
|
|
"hickory",
|
|
|
|
"rattan",
|
|
|
|
"stave",
|
|
|
|
"switch",
|
|
|
|
"beetle",
|
|
|
|
"gavel",
|
|
|
|
"hammer",
|
|
|
|
"mallet",
|
|
|
|
"maul",
|
|
|
|
"sledgehammer",
|
|
|
|
"crook",
|
|
|
|
"crosier",
|
|
|
|
"crozier",
|
|
|
|
"walking stick",
|
|
|
|
"whangee"
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
"type":[
|
|
|
|
"noun"
|
|
|
|
]
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
"billabong":{
|
|
|
|
"a small often deep body of water":{
|
|
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
|
|
"taking a break from our trek through the outback, we bathed our tired feet in the still waters of a billabong"
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
"mere",
|
|
|
|
"pool",
|
|
|
|
"puddle",
|
|
|
|
"stank",
|
|
|
|
"well"
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
"basin",
|
|
|
|
"hole",
|
|
|
|
"sinkhole",
|
|
|
|
"swimming pool",
|
|
|
|
"lake",
|
|
|
|
"pond",
|
|
|
|
"water hole"
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
"type":[
|
|
|
|
"noun"
|
|
|
|
]
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
"billionairess":{
|
|
|
|
"as in billionaire , millionaire":{
|
|
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
"billionaire",
|
|
|
|
"gazillionaire",
|
|
|
|
"millionaire",
|
|
|
|
"millionairess",
|
|
|
|
"affluent",
|
|
|
|
"deep pocket",
|
|
|
|
"fat cat",
|
|
|
|
"have",
|
|
|
|
"moneybags",
|
|
|
|
"plutocrat",
|
|
|
|
"magnate",
|
|
|
|
"moneymaker",
|
|
|
|
"nabob",
|
|
|
|
"success",
|
|
|
|
"tycoon"
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
|
|
"down-and-out",
|
|
|
|
"down-and-outer",
|
|
|
|
"have-not",
|
|
|
|
"indigent",
|
|
|
|
"pauper",
|
|
|
|
"ne'er-do-well",
|
|
|
|
"hobo",
|
|
|
|
"tramp",
|
|
|
|
"vagabond"
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
"type":[
|
|
|
|
"noun"
|
|
|
|
]
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
"bilateral":{
|
|
|
|
"involving two groups or countries; having or affecting two sides":{
|
|
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
|
|
"bilateral trade agreements",
|
|
|
|
"a bilateral treaty"
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
"consensual",
|
|
|
|
"reciprocal",
|
|
|
|
"symbiotic",
|
|
|
|
"synergic",
|
|
|
|
"synergistic",
|
|
|
|
"two-way",
|
|
|
|
"collaborative",
|
|
|
|
"collective",
|
|
|
|
"combined",
|
|
|
|
"common",
|
|
|
|
"communal",
|
|
|
|
"concerted",
|
|
|
|
"conjoint",
|
|
|
|
"conjunct",
|
|
|
|
"cooperative",
|
|
|
|
"joint",
|
|
|
|
"multiple",
|
|
|
|
"mutual",
|
|
|
|
"pooled",
|
|
|
|
"public",
|
|
|
|
"shared",
|
|
|
|
"united",
|
|
|
|
"mass",
|
|
|
|
"popular"
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
|
|
"exclusive",
|
|
|
|
"individual",
|
|
|
|
"one-man",
|
|
|
|
"one-sided",
|
|
|
|
"one-way",
|
|
|
|
"single",
|
|
|
|
"sole",
|
|
|
|
"solitary",
|
|
|
|
"unilateral",
|
|
|
|
"personal",
|
|
|
|
"private",
|
|
|
|
"independent",
|
|
|
|
"separate",
|
|
|
|
"several",
|
|
|
|
"esoteric",
|
|
|
|
"particular",
|
|
|
|
"special",
|
|
|
|
"specialized"
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
"type":[
|
|
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
|
|
]
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
"biliousness":{
|
|
|
|
"readiness to show annoyance or impatience":{
|
|
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
|
|
"her biliousness was such that most people simply avoided her"
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
"choler",
|
|
|
|
"crankiness",
|
|
|
|
"crossness",
|
|
|
|
"crotchetiness",
|
|
|
|
"grouchiness",
|
|
|
|
"grumpiness",
|
|
|
|
"huffiness",
|
|
|
|
"irascibility",
|
|
|
|
"irascibleness",
|
|
|
|
"irritability",
|
|
|
|
"irritableness",
|
|
|
|
"peevishness",
|
|
|
|
"perverseness",
|
|
|
|
"perversity",
|
|
|
|
"pettishness",
|
|
|
|
"petulance",
|
|
|
|
"testiness",
|
|
|
|
"waspishness"
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
"cantankerousness",
|
|
|
|
"crustiness",
|
|
|
|
"curmudgeonliness",
|
|
|
|
"disagreeableness",
|
|
|
|
"dyspepsia",
|
|
|
|
"fretfulness",
|
|
|
|
"orneriness",
|
|
|
|
"sulkiness",
|
|
|
|
"surliness",
|
|
|
|
"aggression",
|
|
|
|
"aggressiveness",
|
|
|
|
"bellicosity",
|
|
|
|
"belligerence",
|
|
|
|
"belligerency",
|
|
|
|
"combativeness",
|
|
|
|
"contentiousness",
|
|
|
|
"contrariness",
|
|
|
|
"disputatiousness",
|
|
|
|
"feistiness",
|
|
|
|
"fight",
|
|
|
|
"pugnaciousness",
|
|
|
|
"pugnacity",
|
|
|
|
"quarrelsomeness",
|
|
|
|
"scrappiness",
|
|
|
|
"truculence",
|
|
|
|
"truculency",
|
|
|
|
"fussiness",
|
|
|
|
"querulousness",
|
|
|
|
"rudeness",
|
|
|
|
"oversensitiveness",
|
|
|
|
"sensitivity",
|
|
|
|
"supersensitivity",
|
|
|
|
"touchiness",
|
|
|
|
"animosity",
|
|
|
|
"antagonism",
|
|
|
|
"antipathy",
|
|
|
|
"fierceness",
|
|
|
|
"hostility",
|
|
|
|
"jaundice",
|
|
|
|
"rancor",
|
|
|
|
"unfriendliness",
|
|
|
|
"anger",
|
|
|
|
"exasperation",
|
|
|
|
"fury",
|
|
|
|
"indignation",
|
|
|
|
"rage",
|
|
|
|
"spleen",
|
|
|
|
"wrath",
|
|
|
|
"hot-bloodedness",
|
|
|
|
"passion"
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
|
|
"forbearance",
|
|
|
|
"long-suffering",
|
|
|
|
"patience",
|
|
|
|
"tolerance",
|
|
|
|
"understanding",
|
|
|
|
"affability",
|
|
|
|
"agreeableness",
|
|
|
|
"amenity",
|
|
|
|
"amicability",
|
|
|
|
"cordiality",
|
|
|
|
"friendliness",
|
|
|
|
"geniality",
|
|
|
|
"sociability",
|
|
|
|
"amiability",
|
|
|
|
"amiableness",
|
|
|
|
"good-humoredness",
|
|
|
|
"good-naturedness",
|
|
|
|
"good-temperedness",
|
|
|
|
"coolness",
|
|
|
|
"serenity",
|
|
|
|
"tranquillity",
|
|
|
|
"tranquility",
|
|
|
|
"easygoingness",
|
|
|
|
"gentleness",
|
|
|
|
"kindliness",
|
|
|
|
"mildness"
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
"type":[
|
|
|
|
"noun"
|
|
|
|
]
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
"billet":{
|
|
|
|
"a straight piece (as of wood or metal) that is longer than it is wide":{
|
|
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
|
|
"a stack of gold billets in the vault"
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
"synonyms":[
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"bar",
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"rod"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"arbor",
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"beam",
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"board",
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"crossbar",
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"crossbeam",
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"girder",
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"band",
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"strip",
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"bloom",
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"ingot",
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"slab",
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"stick"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"an assignment at which one regularly works for pay":{
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"examples":[
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"found a billet at one of the leading brokerage houses in New York"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"appointment",
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"berth",
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"capacity",
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"connection",
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"function",
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"job",
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"place",
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"position",
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"post",
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"situation"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"business",
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"employ",
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"employment",
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"occupation",
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"profession",
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"work",
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"office",
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"spot",
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"calling",
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"pursuit",
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"trade",
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"vocation",
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"line",
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"racket",
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"engagement",
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"gig",
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"livelihood",
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"living",
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"career",
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"lifework",
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"practice",
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"practise",
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"duty",
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"mission",
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"posting",
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"service",
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"task"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"avocation",
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"joblessness",
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"unemployment"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"to provide with living quarters or shelter":{
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"examples":[
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"every colonial household was expected to billet a British soldier"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"accommodate",
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"bestow",
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"bivouac",
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"board",
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"bunk",
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"camp",
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"chamber",
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"domicile",
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|
"encamp",
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"harbor",
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"house",
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"lodge",
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"put up",
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"quarter",
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|
"roof",
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"room",
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|
|
"shelter",
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|
"take in"
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|
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],
|
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|
"near synonyms":[
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|
|
"ensconce",
|
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|
|
"home",
|
|
|
|
"roost",
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|
|
"secure",
|
|
|
|
"shed",
|
|
|
|
"stable",
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|
"tent",
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|
|
"barrack",
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"bed (down)"
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],
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|
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|
"near antonyms":[
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|
"eject",
|
|
|
|
"evict"
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
"type":[
|
|
|
|
"noun",
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|
|
|
"verb"
|
|
|
|
]
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
"billingsgate":{
|
|
|
|
"harsh insulting language":{
|
|
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
|
|
"the intemperate billingsgate to which the staff in customer service were sometimes subjected"
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
"abuse",
|
|
|
|
"fulmination",
|
|
|
|
"invective",
|
|
|
|
"obloquy",
|
|
|
|
"scurrility",
|
|
|
|
"vitriol",
|
|
|
|
"vituperation"
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
"blackguardism",
|
|
|
|
"blasphemy",
|
|
|
|
"curse",
|
|
|
|
"execration",
|
|
|
|
"imprecation",
|
|
|
|
"malediction",
|
|
|
|
"profanity",
|
|
|
|
"epithet",
|
|
|
|
"insult",
|
|
|
|
"put-down",
|
|
|
|
"slur",
|
|
|
|
"expletive",
|
|
|
|
"swearword",
|
|
|
|
"aspersion",
|
|
|
|
"bad-mouthing",
|
|
|
|
"belittlement",
|
|
|
|
"disparagement",
|
|
|
|
"revilement",
|
|
|
|
"vilification",
|
|
|
|
"castigation",
|
|
|
|
"chastisement",
|
|
|
|
"criticism",
|
|
|
|
"excoriation",
|
|
|
|
"opprobrium",
|
|
|
|
"rebuke",
|
|
|
|
"reprimand",
|
|
|
|
"reproof",
|
|
|
|
"broadside",
|
|
|
|
"diatribe",
|
|
|
|
"harangue",
|
|
|
|
"polemic",
|
|
|
|
"tirade"
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
|
|
"acclaim",
|
|
|
|
"applause",
|
|
|
|
"commendation",
|
|
|
|
"praise",
|
|
|
|
"compliments",
|
|
|
|
"congratulations",
|
|
|
|
"endearments",
|
|
|
|
"felicitations",
|
|
|
|
"adulation",
|
|
|
|
"blarney",
|
|
|
|
"flattery",
|
|
|
|
"overpraise",
|
|
|
|
"soft soap"
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
"type":[
|
|
|
|
"noun"
|
|
|
|
]
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
"billies":{
|
|
|
|
"a heavy rigid stick used as a weapon or for punishment":{
|
|
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
|
|
"police officers carry a billy while patrolling on foot"
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
"bastinadoes",
|
|
|
|
"bastinades",
|
|
|
|
"batons",
|
|
|
|
"bats",
|
|
|
|
"billy clubs",
|
|
|
|
"bludgeons",
|
|
|
|
"canes",
|
|
|
|
"clubs",
|
|
|
|
"cudgels",
|
|
|
|
"nightsticks",
|
|
|
|
"rods",
|
|
|
|
"rungs",
|
|
|
|
"saps",
|
|
|
|
"shillelaghs",
|
|
|
|
"shillalahs",
|
|
|
|
"staffs",
|
|
|
|
"staves",
|
|
|
|
"truncheons",
|
|
|
|
"waddies"
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
"blackjacks",
|
|
|
|
"knobkerries",
|
|
|
|
"maces",
|
|
|
|
"birches",
|
|
|
|
"crabsticks",
|
|
|
|
"hickories",
|
|
|
|
"rattans",
|
|
|
|
"staves",
|
|
|
|
"switches",
|
|
|
|
"beetles",
|
|
|
|
"gavels",
|
|
|
|
"hammers",
|
|
|
|
"mallets",
|
|
|
|
"mauls",
|
|
|
|
"sledgehammers",
|
|
|
|
"crooks",
|
|
|
|
"crosiers",
|
|
|
|
"croziers",
|
|
|
|
"walking sticks",
|
|
|
|
"whangees"
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
"type":[
|
|
|
|
"noun"
|
|
|
|
]
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
"billet-doux":{
|
|
|
|
"as in open letter":{
|
|
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
"open letter",
|
|
|
|
"dispatch",
|
|
|
|
"epistle",
|
|
|
|
"letter",
|
|
|
|
"memo",
|
|
|
|
"memorandum",
|
|
|
|
"missive",
|
|
|
|
"note",
|
|
|
|
"airmail",
|
|
|
|
"card",
|
|
|
|
"electronic mail",
|
|
|
|
"e-mail",
|
|
|
|
"junk mail",
|
|
|
|
"mail",
|
|
|
|
"postal card",
|
|
|
|
"postcard",
|
|
|
|
"communication",
|
|
|
|
"report",
|
|
|
|
"encyclical"
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
"type":[
|
|
|
|
"noun"
|
|
|
|
]
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
"bile":{
|
|
|
|
"biting sharpness of feeling or expression":{
|
|
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
|
|
"with considerable bile , the author recounts a childhood filled with misery and loneliness"
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
"acidity",
|
|
|
|
"acidness",
|
|
|
|
"acridity",
|
|
|
|
"acridness",
|
|
|
|
"acrimony",
|
|
|
|
"asperity",
|
|
|
|
"bitterness",
|
|
|
|
"cattiness",
|
|
|
|
"corrosiveness",
|
|
|
|
"mordancy",
|
|
|
|
"tartness",
|
|
|
|
"virulence",
|
|
|
|
"virulency",
|
|
|
|
"vitriol"
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
"gruffness",
|
|
|
|
"harshness",
|
|
|
|
"hostility",
|
|
|
|
"relentlessness",
|
|
|
|
"severity",
|
|
|
|
"sternness",
|
|
|
|
"vehemence",
|
|
|
|
"coldness",
|
|
|
|
"crossness",
|
|
|
|
"discourteousness",
|
|
|
|
"iciness",
|
|
|
|
"impoliteness",
|
|
|
|
"incivility",
|
|
|
|
"nastiness",
|
|
|
|
"rudeness",
|
|
|
|
"sourness",
|
|
|
|
"surliness",
|
|
|
|
"ungraciousness",
|
|
|
|
"anger",
|
|
|
|
"animosity",
|
|
|
|
"gall",
|
|
|
|
"jaundice",
|
|
|
|
"malevolence",
|
|
|
|
"malice",
|
|
|
|
"rancor",
|
|
|
|
"scorn",
|
|
|
|
"spite",
|
|
|
|
"spleen",
|
|
|
|
"venom",
|
|
|
|
"vindictiveness",
|
|
|
|
"jealousy",
|
|
|
|
"pique",
|
|
|
|
"resentment",
|
|
|
|
"sour grapes"
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
|
|
"civility",
|
|
|
|
"cordiality",
|
|
|
|
"courtesy",
|
|
|
|
"diplomacy",
|
|
|
|
"geniality",
|
|
|
|
"graciousness",
|
|
|
|
"kindness",
|
|
|
|
"politeness",
|
|
|
|
"tactfulness",
|
|
|
|
"compassion",
|
|
|
|
"softness",
|
|
|
|
"sweetness",
|
|
|
|
"sympathy",
|
|
|
|
"tenderness",
|
|
|
|
"warmth",
|
|
|
|
"oiliness",
|
|
|
|
"smoothness",
|
|
|
|
"suaveness",
|
|
|
|
"suavity",
|
|
|
|
"unctuousness",
|
|
|
|
"urbanity"
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
"type":[
|
|
|
|
"noun"
|
|
|
|
]
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
"bilkers":{
|
|
|
|
"a dishonest person who uses clever means to cheat others out of something of value":{
|
|
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
|
|
"the \"victim\" of the staged car crash turned out to be a serial bilker of insurance companies"
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
"bilks",
|
|
|
|
"cheaters",
|
|
|
|
"cheats",
|
|
|
|
"chiselers",
|
|
|
|
"chisellers",
|
|
|
|
"confidence men",
|
|
|
|
"cozeners",
|
|
|
|
"defrauders",
|
|
|
|
"dodgers",
|
|
|
|
"fakirs",
|
|
|
|
"finaglers",
|
|
|
|
"fraudsters",
|
|
|
|
"hoaxers",
|
|
|
|
"scammers",
|
|
|
|
"scamsters",
|
|
|
|
"sharks",
|
|
|
|
"sharpers",
|
|
|
|
"sharpies",
|
|
|
|
"skinners",
|
|
|
|
"swindlers",
|
|
|
|
"trickers",
|
|
|
|
"tricksters"
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
"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"
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
"type":[
|
|
|
|
"noun"
|
|
|
|
]
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
"billabongs":{
|
|
|
|
"a small often deep body of water":{
|
|
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
|
|
"taking a break from our trek through the outback, we bathed our tired feet in the still waters of a billabong"
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
"synonyms":[
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"meres",
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"pools",
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"puddles",
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"stanks",
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"wells"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"basins",
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"holes",
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"sinkholes",
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"swimming pools",
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"lakes",
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"ponds",
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"water holes"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"billionaires":{
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"a rich person who has at least a billion dollars, pounds, etc.":{
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"examples":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"near synonyms":[
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"gazillionaires",
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"millionaires",
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"multibillionaires",
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"multimillionaires",
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"multi-millionaires",
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"zillionaires",
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"capitalists",
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"Croesuses",
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"deep pockets",
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"fat cats",
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"haves",
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"money",
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"moneybags",
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"plutocrats",
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"silk stockings",
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"moneymakers",
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"money-spinners",
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"magnates",
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"nabobs",
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"tycoons",
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"heiresses",
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"heirs",
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"jet-setters",
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"jeunesse dor\u00e9e"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"bankrupts",
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"beggars",
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"have-nots",
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"paupers"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"billboards":{
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"a large sign for advertisements that is next to a road, on the side of a building, etc.":{
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"examples":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"near synonyms":[
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"hoardings",
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"ads",
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"advertisements",
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"adverts",
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"announcements",
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"bulletins",
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"communiqu\u00e9s",
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"notices",
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"notifications",
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"postings",
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"releases",
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"bills",
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"placards",
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"playbills",
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"posters",
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"show bills",
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"signs",
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"broadsides",
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"brochures",
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"circulars",
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"flyers",
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"fliers",
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"fly sheets",
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"gazettes",
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"handbills",
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"handouts",
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"broadcasts",
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"cablecasts",
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"newscasts",
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"telecasts",
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"advertisings",
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"billings",
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"blurbs",
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"come-ons",
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"commercials",
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"messages",
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"pitches",
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"plugolas",
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"spots",
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"words",
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"communications",
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"dispatches",
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"reports",
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"annunciations",
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"declarations",
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"edicts",
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"proclamations",
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"promulgations",
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"pronouncements",
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"pronunciamentos",
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"pronunciamentoes",
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"rescripts",
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"significations",
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"ballyhoos",
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"boosts",
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"buildups",
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"campaigns",
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"plugs",
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"promos",
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"promotions",
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"propagandas",
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"publicities"
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|
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],
|
|
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
|
|
"antonyms":[]
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|
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|
},
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|
|
|
"as in bills , bulletins":{
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|
|
|
"examples":[],
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|
"synonyms":[],
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|
"near synonyms":[
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|
"bills",
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|
"bulletins",
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|
|
"gazettes",
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|
"barks",
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|
"calls (off or out)",
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|
"cries",
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|
"knells",
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|
"rings",
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|
"tolls",
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|
"advertises",
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"announces",
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|
|
"annunciates",
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|
|
"blares",
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|
|
"blazes",
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|
|
"blazons",
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|
|
|
"broadcasts",
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|
|
|
"declares",
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|
|
|
"enunciates",
|
|
|
|
"flashes",
|
|
|
|
"gives out",
|
|
|
|
"heralds",
|
|
|
|
"placards",
|
|
|
|
"posts",
|
|
|
|
"proclaims",
|
|
|
|
"promulgates",
|
|
|
|
"publicizes",
|
|
|
|
"publishes",
|
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|
|
"releases",
|
|
|
|
"sounds",
|
|
|
|
"trumpets",
|
|
|
|
"blurbs",
|
|
|
|
"features",
|
|
|
|
"pitches",
|
|
|
|
"plugs",
|
|
|
|
"promotes",
|
|
|
|
"puffs",
|
|
|
|
"disseminates",
|
|
|
|
"spreads",
|
|
|
|
"discloses",
|
|
|
|
"divulges",
|
|
|
|
"introduces",
|
|
|
|
"kithes",
|
|
|
|
"manifests",
|
|
|
|
"reports",
|
|
|
|
"reveals",
|
|
|
|
"shows",
|
|
|
|
"advises",
|
|
|
|
"apprises",
|
|
|
|
"hands down",
|
|
|
|
"informs",
|
|
|
|
"notifies",
|
|
|
|
"communicates",
|
|
|
|
"imparts",
|
|
|
|
"intimates"
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
|
|
"conceals",
|
|
|
|
"hushes (up)",
|
|
|
|
"silences",
|
|
|
|
"suppresses",
|
|
|
|
"withholds",
|
|
|
|
"recalls",
|
|
|
|
"recants",
|
|
|
|
"retracts",
|
|
|
|
"revokes"
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
"type":[
|
|
|
|
"noun",
|
|
|
|
"verb"
|
|
|
|
]
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
"bilks":{
|
|
|
|
"a dishonest person who uses clever means to cheat others out of something of value":{
|
|
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
|
|
"people who lost money in the scheme discovered that the investment company was a fake and the \"owner\" just a bilk"
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
"bilkers",
|
|
|
|
"cheaters",
|
|
|
|
"cheats",
|
|
|
|
"chiselers",
|
|
|
|
"chisellers",
|
|
|
|
"confidence men",
|
|
|
|
"cozeners",
|
|
|
|
"defrauders",
|
|
|
|
"dodgers",
|
|
|
|
"fakirs",
|
|
|
|
"finaglers",
|
|
|
|
"fraudsters",
|
|
|
|
"hoaxers",
|
|
|
|
"scammers",
|
|
|
|
"scamsters",
|
|
|
|
"sharks",
|
|
|
|
"sharpers",
|
|
|
|
"sharpies",
|
|
|
|
"skinners",
|
|
|
|
"swindlers",
|
|
|
|
"trickers",
|
|
|
|
"tricksters"
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
"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"
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
"to rob by the use of trickery or threats":{
|
|
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
|
|
"an investigation revealed that the garage had been bilking motorists for repairs that had never been made"
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
"beats",
|
|
|
|
"bleeds",
|
|
|
|
"cheats",
|
|
|
|
"chisels",
|
|
|
|
"chouses",
|
|
|
|
"cons",
|
|
|
|
"cozens",
|
|
|
|
"defrauds",
|
|
|
|
"diddles",
|
|
|
|
"does",
|
|
|
|
"does in",
|
|
|
|
"euchres",
|
|
|
|
"fiddles",
|
|
|
|
"fleeces",
|
|
|
|
"flimflams",
|
|
|
|
"gaffs",
|
|
|
|
"hoses",
|
|
|
|
"hustles",
|
|
|
|
"mulcts",
|
|
|
|
"nobbles",
|
|
|
|
"plucks",
|
|
|
|
"reams",
|
|
|
|
"rips off",
|
|
|
|
"rooks",
|
|
|
|
"screws",
|
|
|
|
"shakes down",
|
|
|
|
"shortchanges",
|
|
|
|
"shorts",
|
|
|
|
"skins",
|
|
|
|
"skunks",
|
|
|
|
"squeezes",
|
|
|
|
"sticks",
|
|
|
|
"stiffs",
|
|
|
|
"stings",
|
|
|
|
"suckers",
|
|
|
|
"swindles",
|
|
|
|
"thimblerigs",
|
|
|
|
"victimizes"
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
"extorts",
|
|
|
|
"wrenches",
|
|
|
|
"wrests",
|
|
|
|
"wrings",
|
|
|
|
"clips",
|
|
|
|
"gouges",
|
|
|
|
"nicks",
|
|
|
|
"overcharges",
|
|
|
|
"soaks",
|
|
|
|
"exploits",
|
|
|
|
"milks",
|
|
|
|
"deceives",
|
|
|
|
"dupes",
|
|
|
|
"fools",
|
|
|
|
"gulls",
|
|
|
|
"tricks",
|
|
|
|
"ropes (in)",
|
|
|
|
"betrays",
|
|
|
|
"bitches",
|
|
|
|
"double-crosses",
|
|
|
|
"bamboozles",
|
|
|
|
"fast-talks"
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
"type":[
|
|
|
|
"noun",
|
|
|
|
"verb"
|
|
|
|
]
|
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|
|
},
|
|
|
|
"bilious":{
|
|
|
|
"having or showing a habitually bad temper":{
|
|
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
|
|
"a bilious old dog who snaps at everyone"
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
"acid",
|
|
|
|
"bearish",
|
|
|
|
"bloody-minded",
|
|
|
|
"cantankerous",
|
|
|
|
"disagreeable",
|
|
|
|
"dyspeptic",
|
|
|
|
"ill-humored",
|
|
|
|
"ill-natured",
|
|
|
|
"ill-tempered",
|
|
|
|
"ornery",
|
|
|
|
"splenetic",
|
|
|
|
"surly"
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
"choleric",
|
|
|
|
"crabby",
|
|
|
|
"cranky",
|
|
|
|
"crotchety",
|
|
|
|
"fussy",
|
|
|
|
"grouchy",
|
|
|
|
"grumpy",
|
|
|
|
"querulous",
|
|
|
|
"irascible",
|
|
|
|
"irritable",
|
|
|
|
"peevish",
|
|
|
|
"peppery",
|
|
|
|
"petulant",
|
|
|
|
"quick-tempered",
|
|
|
|
"short-tempered",
|
|
|
|
"snappish",
|
|
|
|
"snippy",
|
|
|
|
"testy",
|
|
|
|
"touchy",
|
|
|
|
"argumentative",
|
|
|
|
"contentious",
|
|
|
|
"contrary",
|
|
|
|
"cussed",
|
|
|
|
"angry",
|
|
|
|
"exasperated",
|
|
|
|
"indignant",
|
|
|
|
"irate",
|
|
|
|
"mad",
|
|
|
|
"upset",
|
|
|
|
"uptight",
|
|
|
|
"depressed",
|
|
|
|
"dour",
|
|
|
|
"glum",
|
|
|
|
"morose",
|
|
|
|
"sullen",
|
|
|
|
"anal",
|
|
|
|
"old-maidish",
|
|
|
|
"schoolmarmish"
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
|
|
"agreeable",
|
|
|
|
"amicable",
|
|
|
|
"congenial",
|
|
|
|
"friendly",
|
|
|
|
"pleasant",
|
|
|
|
"benign",
|
|
|
|
"gentle",
|
|
|
|
"kind",
|
|
|
|
"nice",
|
|
|
|
"sweet",
|
|
|
|
"bubbly",
|
|
|
|
"cheerful",
|
|
|
|
"cheery",
|
|
|
|
"effervescent",
|
|
|
|
"exuberant",
|
|
|
|
"high-spirited",
|
|
|
|
"joyful",
|
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|
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"lighthearted",
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"lively",
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"vivacious",
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"content",
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"glad",
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"happy",
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"calm",
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"placid",
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"serene",
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"long-suffering",
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"patient",
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"tolerant"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"amiable",
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"good-humored",
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"good-natured",
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"good-tempered"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"adjective"
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]
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},
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"billets":{
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"a straight piece (as of wood or metal) that is longer than it is wide":{
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"examples":[
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"a stack of gold billets in the vault"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"bars",
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"rods"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"arbors",
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"beams",
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"boards",
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"crossbars",
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"crossbeams",
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"girders",
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"bands",
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"strips",
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"blooms",
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"ingots",
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"slabs",
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"sticks"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"an assignment at which one regularly works for pay":{
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"examples":[
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"found a billet at one of the leading brokerage houses in New York"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"appointments",
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"berths",
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"capacities",
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"connections",
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"functions",
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"jobs",
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"places",
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"positions",
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"posts",
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"situations"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"businesses",
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"employments",
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"employs",
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"occupations",
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"professions",
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"works",
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"offices",
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"spots",
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"callings",
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"pursuits",
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|
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"trades",
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|
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"vocations",
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|
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"lines",
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|
|
"rackets",
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"engagements",
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|
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"gigs",
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|
|
"livelihoods",
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|
|
"livings",
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|
|
"careers",
|
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|
|
"lifeworks",
|
|
|
|
"practices",
|
|
|
|
"practises",
|
|
|
|
"duties",
|
|
|
|
"missions",
|
|
|
|
"postings",
|
|
|
|
"services",
|
|
|
|
"tasks"
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
|
|
"avocations",
|
|
|
|
"unemployments"
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
"to provide with living quarters or shelter":{
|
|
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
|
|
"every colonial household was expected to billet a British soldier"
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
"accommodates",
|
|
|
|
"bestows",
|
|
|
|
"bivouacs",
|
|
|
|
"boards",
|
|
|
|
"bunks",
|
|
|
|
"camps",
|
|
|
|
"chambers",
|
|
|
|
"domiciles",
|
|
|
|
"encamps",
|
|
|
|
"harbors",
|
|
|
|
"houses",
|
|
|
|
"lodges",
|
|
|
|
"puts up",
|
|
|
|
"quarters",
|
|
|
|
"roofs",
|
|
|
|
"rooms",
|
|
|
|
"shelters",
|
|
|
|
"takes in"
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
"ensconces",
|
|
|
|
"homes",
|
|
|
|
"roosts",
|
|
|
|
"secures",
|
|
|
|
"sheds",
|
|
|
|
"stables",
|
|
|
|
"tents",
|
|
|
|
"barracks",
|
|
|
|
"beds (down)"
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
|
|
"ejects",
|
|
|
|
"evicts"
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
"type":[
|
|
|
|
"noun",
|
|
|
|
"verb"
|
|
|
|
]
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
"billboard":{
|
|
|
|
"a large sign for advertisements that is next to a road, on the side of a building, etc.":{
|
|
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
"hoarding",
|
|
|
|
"ad",
|
|
|
|
"advert",
|
|
|
|
"advertisement",
|
|
|
|
"announcement",
|
|
|
|
"bulletin",
|
|
|
|
"communiqu\u00e9",
|
|
|
|
"notice",
|
|
|
|
"notification",
|
|
|
|
"posting",
|
|
|
|
"release",
|
|
|
|
"bill",
|
|
|
|
"placard",
|
|
|
|
"playbill",
|
|
|
|
"poster",
|
|
|
|
"show bill",
|
|
|
|
"sign",
|
|
|
|
"broadside",
|
|
|
|
"brochure",
|
|
|
|
"circular",
|
|
|
|
"flyer",
|
|
|
|
"flier",
|
|
|
|
"fly sheet",
|
|
|
|
"gazette",
|
|
|
|
"handbill",
|
|
|
|
"handout",
|
|
|
|
"broadcast",
|
|
|
|
"cablecast",
|
|
|
|
"newscast",
|
|
|
|
"telecast",
|
|
|
|
"advertising",
|
|
|
|
"billing",
|
|
|
|
"blurb",
|
|
|
|
"come-on",
|
|
|
|
"commercial",
|
|
|
|
"message",
|
|
|
|
"pitch",
|
|
|
|
"plugola",
|
|
|
|
"spot",
|
|
|
|
"word",
|
|
|
|
"communication",
|
|
|
|
"dispatch",
|
|
|
|
"report",
|
|
|
|
"annunciation",
|
|
|
|
"declaration",
|
|
|
|
"edict",
|
|
|
|
"proclamation",
|
|
|
|
"promulgation",
|
|
|
|
"pronouncement",
|
|
|
|
"pronunciamento",
|
|
|
|
"rescript",
|
|
|
|
"signification",
|
|
|
|
"ballyhoo",
|
|
|
|
"boost",
|
|
|
|
"buildup",
|
|
|
|
"campaign",
|
|
|
|
"plug",
|
|
|
|
"promo",
|
|
|
|
"promotion",
|
|
|
|
"propaganda",
|
|
|
|
"publicity"
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
"as in bill , bulletin":{
|
|
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
"bill",
|
|
|
|
"bulletin",
|
|
|
|
"gazette",
|
|
|
|
"bark",
|
|
|
|
"call (off or out)",
|
|
|
|
"cry",
|
|
|
|
"knell",
|
|
|
|
"ring",
|
|
|
|
"toll",
|
|
|
|
"advertise",
|
|
|
|
"announce",
|
|
|
|
"annunciate",
|
|
|
|
"blare",
|
|
|
|
"blaze",
|
|
|
|
"blazon",
|
|
|
|
"broadcast",
|
|
|
|
"declare",
|
|
|
|
"enunciate",
|
|
|
|
"flash",
|
|
|
|
"give out",
|
|
|
|
"herald",
|
|
|
|
"placard",
|
|
|
|
"post",
|
|
|
|
"proclaim",
|
|
|
|
"promulgate",
|
|
|
|
"publicize",
|
|
|
|
"publish",
|
|
|
|
"release",
|
|
|
|
"sound",
|
|
|
|
"trumpet",
|
|
|
|
"blurb",
|
|
|
|
"feature",
|
|
|
|
"pitch",
|
|
|
|
"plug",
|
|
|
|
"promote",
|
|
|
|
"puff",
|
|
|
|
"disseminate",
|
|
|
|
"spread",
|
|
|
|
"disclose",
|
|
|
|
"divulge",
|
|
|
|
"introduce",
|
|
|
|
"kithe",
|
|
|
|
"manifest",
|
|
|
|
"report",
|
|
|
|
"reveal",
|
|
|
|
"show",
|
|
|
|
"advise",
|
|
|
|
"apprise",
|
|
|
|
"hand down",
|
|
|
|
"inform",
|
|
|
|
"notify",
|
|
|
|
"communicate",
|
|
|
|
"impart",
|
|
|
|
"intimate"
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
|
|
"conceal",
|
|
|
|
"hush (up)",
|
|
|
|
"silence",
|
|
|
|
"suppress",
|
|
|
|
"withhold",
|
|
|
|
"recall",
|
|
|
|
"recant",
|
|
|
|
"retract",
|
|
|
|
"revoke"
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
"type":[
|
|
|
|
"noun",
|
|
|
|
"verb"
|
|
|
|
]
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
"bills of fare":{
|
|
|
|
"a list of foods served at or available for a meal":{
|
|
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
|
|
"Tonight's bill of fare will include pan-seared scallops and rack of lamb."
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
"cards",
|
|
|
|
"menus"
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
"chow",
|
|
|
|
"chucks",
|
|
|
|
"cuisines",
|
|
|
|
"fares",
|
|
|
|
"grubs",
|
|
|
|
"provenders",
|
|
|
|
"tables"
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
"a listing of things to be presented or considered (as at a concert or play)":{
|
|
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
|
|
"She volunteered to hand out the bills of fare at the door."
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
"agendas",
|
|
|
|
"calendars",
|
|
|
|
"dockets",
|
|
|
|
"programs",
|
|
|
|
"schedules",
|
|
|
|
"timetables"
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
"cards",
|
|
|
|
"dance cards",
|
|
|
|
"exercises",
|
|
|
|
"plates",
|
|
|
|
"arrangements",
|
|
|
|
"orderings",
|
|
|
|
"orders",
|
|
|
|
"organizations",
|
|
|
|
"sequences",
|
|
|
|
"setups"
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
"type":[
|
|
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
|
|
]
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
"billycocks":{
|
|
|
|
"as in baseball caps , cowboy hats":{
|
|
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
"baseball caps",
|
|
|
|
"berets",
|
|
|
|
"birettas",
|
|
|
|
"boaters",
|
|
|
|
"bonnets",
|
|
|
|
"bowlers",
|
|
|
|
"calottes",
|
|
|
|
"capuches",
|
|
|
|
"casques",
|
|
|
|
"castors",
|
|
|
|
"cloches",
|
|
|
|
"cocked hats",
|
|
|
|
"cowboy hats",
|
|
|
|
"cowls",
|
|
|
|
"derbies",
|
|
|
|
"fedoras",
|
|
|
|
"fezzes",
|
|
|
|
"fezes",
|
|
|
|
"garrison caps",
|
|
|
|
"hard hats",
|
|
|
|
"helmets",
|
|
|
|
"helms",
|
|
|
|
"high hats",
|
|
|
|
"homburgs",
|
|
|
|
"hoods",
|
|
|
|
"kepis",
|
|
|
|
"k\u00e9pis",
|
|
|
|
"kufis",
|
|
|
|
"leghorns",
|
|
|
|
"miters",
|
|
|
|
"mitres",
|
|
|
|
"nightcaps",
|
|
|
|
"opera hats",
|
|
|
|
"overseas caps",
|
|
|
|
"panamas",
|
|
|
|
"picture hats",
|
|
|
|
"pillboxes",
|
|
|
|
"plug hats",
|
|
|
|
"porkpie hats",
|
|
|
|
"service caps",
|
|
|
|
"shakos",
|
|
|
|
"shakoes",
|
|
|
|
"silk hats",
|
|
|
|
"skimmers",
|
|
|
|
"skullcaps",
|
|
|
|
"sombreros",
|
|
|
|
"sou'westers",
|
|
|
|
"Stetsons",
|
|
|
|
"stocking caps",
|
|
|
|
"stovepipes",
|
|
|
|
"sunbonnets",
|
|
|
|
"tam-o'-shanters",
|
|
|
|
"tams",
|
|
|
|
"ten-gallon hats",
|
|
|
|
"top hats",
|
|
|
|
"toppers",
|
|
|
|
"toques",
|
|
|
|
"tricornes",
|
|
|
|
"tricorns",
|
|
|
|
"turbans",
|
|
|
|
"zucchettos",
|
|
|
|
"caps",
|
|
|
|
"chapeaus",
|
|
|
|
"chapeaux",
|
|
|
|
"hats",
|
|
|
|
"headdresses",
|
|
|
|
"headgears",
|
|
|
|
"headpieces",
|
|
|
|
"lids",
|
|
|
|
"warbonnets"
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
"type":[
|
|
|
|
"noun"
|
|
|
|
]
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
"billycock":{
|
|
|
|
"as in baseball cap , cowboy hat":{
|
|
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
"baseball cap",
|
|
|
|
"beret",
|
|
|
|
"biretta",
|
|
|
|
"boater",
|
|
|
|
"bonnet",
|
|
|
|
"bowler",
|
|
|
|
"calotte",
|
|
|
|
"capuche",
|
|
|
|
"casque",
|
|
|
|
"castor",
|
|
|
|
"cloche",
|
|
|
|
"cocked hat",
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"cowboy hat",
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"cowl",
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"derby",
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"fedora",
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"fez",
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"garrison cap",
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"hard hat",
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"helm",
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"helmet",
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"high hat",
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"homburg",
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"hood",
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"kepi",
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"k\u00e9pi",
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"kufi",
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"leghorn",
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"miter",
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"mitre",
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"nightcap",
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"opera hat",
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"overseas cap",
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"panama",
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"picture hat",
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"pillbox",
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"plug hat",
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"porkpie hat",
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"service cap",
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"shako",
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"silk hat",
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"skimmer",
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"skullcap",
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"sombrero",
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"sou'wester",
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"Stetson",
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"stocking cap",
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"stovepipe",
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"sunbonnet",
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"tam",
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"tam-o'-shanter",
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"ten-gallon hat",
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"top hat",
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"topper",
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"toque",
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"tricorne",
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"tricorn",
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"turban",
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"zucchetto",
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"cap",
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"chapeau",
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"hat",
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"headdress",
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"headgear",
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"headpiece",
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"lid",
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"warbonnet"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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|
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"billows":{
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"a moving ridge on the surface of water":{
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"examples":[
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"the great billows created by the ocean storm threatened to swamp the fishing boat"
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],
|
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|
|
"synonyms":[
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"surges",
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|
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"swells",
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|
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"waves"
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|
|
],
|
|
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
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|
|
"seas",
|
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|
|
"surfs",
|
|
|
|
"breakers",
|
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|
|
"whitecaps",
|
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|
|
"combers",
|
|
|
|
"curls",
|
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|
|
"riffles",
|
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|
|
"ripples",
|
|
|
|
"wavelets",
|
|
|
|
"ground swells",
|
|
|
|
"rollers",
|
|
|
|
"tidal waves",
|
|
|
|
"tsunamis",
|
|
|
|
"tsunami"
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
"to extend outward beyond a usual point":{
|
|
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
|
|
"the curtains in the open windows billowed in the summer wind"
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
"bags",
|
|
|
|
"balloons",
|
|
|
|
"beetles",
|
|
|
|
"bellies",
|
|
|
|
"bulges",
|
|
|
|
"bunches",
|
|
|
|
"juts",
|
|
|
|
"overhangs",
|
|
|
|
"pokes",
|
|
|
|
"pooches",
|
|
|
|
"pouches",
|
|
|
|
"pouts",
|
|
|
|
"projects",
|
|
|
|
"protrudes",
|
|
|
|
"stands out",
|
|
|
|
"starts",
|
|
|
|
"sticks out",
|
|
|
|
"swells"
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
"domes",
|
|
|
|
"blows up",
|
|
|
|
"inflates",
|
|
|
|
"dilates",
|
|
|
|
"distends",
|
|
|
|
"expands",
|
|
|
|
"mushrooms",
|
|
|
|
"snowballs",
|
|
|
|
"elongates",
|
|
|
|
"extends",
|
|
|
|
"lengthens",
|
|
|
|
"stretches"
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
|
|
"compresses",
|
|
|
|
"condenses",
|
|
|
|
"constricts",
|
|
|
|
"contracts",
|
|
|
|
"shrinks"
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
"type":[
|
|
|
|
"noun",
|
|
|
|
"verb"
|
|
|
|
]
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
"billboarding":{
|
|
|
|
"as in billing , bulletining":{
|
|
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
"billing",
|
|
|
|
"bulletining",
|
|
|
|
"gazetting",
|
|
|
|
"barking",
|
|
|
|
"calling (off or out)",
|
|
|
|
"crying",
|
|
|
|
"knelling",
|
|
|
|
"ringing",
|
|
|
|
"tolling",
|
|
|
|
"advertising",
|
|
|
|
"announcing",
|
|
|
|
"annunciating",
|
|
|
|
"blaring",
|
|
|
|
"blazing",
|
|
|
|
"blazoning",
|
|
|
|
"broadcasting",
|
|
|
|
"declaring",
|
|
|
|
"enunciating",
|
|
|
|
"flashing",
|
|
|
|
"giving out",
|
|
|
|
"heralding",
|
|
|
|
"placarding",
|
|
|
|
"posting",
|
|
|
|
"proclaiming",
|
|
|
|
"promulgating",
|
|
|
|
"publicizing",
|
|
|
|
"publishing",
|
|
|
|
"releasing",
|
|
|
|
"sounding",
|
|
|
|
"trumpeting",
|
|
|
|
"blurbing",
|
|
|
|
"featuring",
|
|
|
|
"pitching",
|
|
|
|
"plugging",
|
|
|
|
"promoting",
|
|
|
|
"puffing",
|
|
|
|
"disseminating",
|
|
|
|
"spreading",
|
|
|
|
"disclosing",
|
|
|
|
"divulging",
|
|
|
|
"introducing",
|
|
|
|
"kithing",
|
|
|
|
"kything",
|
|
|
|
"manifesting",
|
|
|
|
"reporting",
|
|
|
|
"revealing",
|
|
|
|
"showing",
|
|
|
|
"advising",
|
|
|
|
"apprising",
|
|
|
|
"handing down",
|
|
|
|
"informing",
|
|
|
|
"notifying",
|
|
|
|
"communicating",
|
|
|
|
"imparting",
|
|
|
|
"intimating"
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
|
|
"concealing",
|
|
|
|
"hushing (up)",
|
|
|
|
"silencing",
|
|
|
|
"suppressing",
|
|
|
|
"withholding",
|
|
|
|
"recalling",
|
|
|
|
"recanting",
|
|
|
|
"retracting",
|
|
|
|
"revoking"
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
"type":[
|
|
|
|
"verb"
|
|
|
|
]
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
"billeting":{
|
|
|
|
"to provide with living quarters or shelter":{
|
|
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
|
|
"every colonial household was expected to billet a British soldier"
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
"accommodating",
|
|
|
|
"bestowing",
|
|
|
|
"bivouacking",
|
|
|
|
"boarding",
|
|
|
|
"bunking",
|
|
|
|
"camping",
|
|
|
|
"chambering",
|
|
|
|
"domiciling",
|
|
|
|
"encamping",
|
|
|
|
"harboring",
|
|
|
|
"housing",
|
|
|
|
"lodging",
|
|
|
|
"putting up",
|
|
|
|
"quartering",
|
|
|
|
"roofing",
|
|
|
|
"rooming",
|
|
|
|
"sheltering",
|
|
|
|
"taking in"
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
"ensconcing",
|
|
|
|
"homing",
|
|
|
|
"roosting",
|
|
|
|
"securing",
|
|
|
|
"shedding",
|
|
|
|
"stabling",
|
|
|
|
"tenting",
|
|
|
|
"barracking",
|
|
|
|
"bedding (down)"
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
|
|
"ejecting",
|
|
|
|
"evicting"
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
"type":[
|
|
|
|
"verb"
|
|
|
|
]
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
"billing":{
|
|
|
|
"as in advertising , message":{
|
|
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
"advertising",
|
|
|
|
"blurb",
|
|
|
|
"come-on",
|
|
|
|
"commercial",
|
|
|
|
"message",
|
|
|
|
"pitch",
|
|
|
|
"plugola",
|
|
|
|
"spot",
|
|
|
|
"word",
|
|
|
|
"ad",
|
|
|
|
"advert",
|
|
|
|
"advertisement",
|
|
|
|
"announcement",
|
|
|
|
"bulletin",
|
|
|
|
"communiqu\u00e9",
|
|
|
|
"notice",
|
|
|
|
"notification",
|
|
|
|
"posting",
|
|
|
|
"release",
|
|
|
|
"broadside",
|
|
|
|
"brochure",
|
|
|
|
"circular",
|
|
|
|
"flyer",
|
|
|
|
"flier",
|
|
|
|
"fly sheet",
|
|
|
|
"gazette",
|
|
|
|
"handbill",
|
|
|
|
"handout",
|
|
|
|
"bill",
|
|
|
|
"billboard",
|
|
|
|
"placard",
|
|
|
|
"playbill",
|
|
|
|
"poster",
|
|
|
|
"show bill",
|
|
|
|
"sign",
|
|
|
|
"broadcast",
|
|
|
|
"cablecast",
|
|
|
|
"newscast",
|
|
|
|
"telecast",
|
|
|
|
"communication",
|
|
|
|
"dispatch",
|
|
|
|
"report",
|
|
|
|
"annunciation",
|
|
|
|
"declaration",
|
|
|
|
"edict",
|
|
|
|
"proclamation",
|
|
|
|
"promulgation",
|
|
|
|
"pronouncement",
|
|
|
|
"pronunciamento",
|
|
|
|
"rescript",
|
|
|
|
"signification",
|
|
|
|
"ballyhoo",
|
|
|
|
"boost",
|
|
|
|
"buildup",
|
|
|
|
"campaign",
|
|
|
|
"plug",
|
|
|
|
"promo",
|
|
|
|
"promotion",
|
|
|
|
"propaganda",
|
|
|
|
"publicity"
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
"as in nestling , cuddling":{
|
|
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
"canoodling",
|
|
|
|
"cuddling",
|
|
|
|
"necking",
|
|
|
|
"nestling",
|
|
|
|
"nosing",
|
|
|
|
"nuzzling",
|
|
|
|
"snuggling",
|
|
|
|
"spooning",
|
|
|
|
"caressing",
|
|
|
|
"fondling",
|
|
|
|
"gentling",
|
|
|
|
"loving",
|
|
|
|
"patting",
|
|
|
|
"petting",
|
|
|
|
"stroking",
|
|
|
|
"feeling up",
|
|
|
|
"pawing",
|
|
|
|
"cradling",
|
|
|
|
"embracing",
|
|
|
|
"enfolding",
|
|
|
|
"hugging",
|
|
|
|
"bouncing",
|
|
|
|
"dandling",
|
|
|
|
"kneading",
|
|
|
|
"massaging",
|
|
|
|
"babying",
|
|
|
|
"coddling",
|
|
|
|
"indulging",
|
|
|
|
"mollycoddling",
|
|
|
|
"pampering",
|
|
|
|
"spoiling"
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
"as in calling , declaring":{
|
|
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
"advertising",
|
|
|
|
"announcing",
|
|
|
|
"blazing",
|
|
|
|
"broadcasting",
|
|
|
|
"calling",
|
|
|
|
"declaring",
|
|
|
|
"proclaiming",
|
|
|
|
"promulgating",
|
|
|
|
"publicizing",
|
|
|
|
"publishing",
|
|
|
|
"nailing",
|
|
|
|
"plastering",
|
|
|
|
"tacking (up)",
|
|
|
|
"placarding",
|
|
|
|
"posting"
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
|
|
"removing",
|
|
|
|
"taking down"
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
"as in assessing , invoicing":{
|
|
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
"assessing",
|
|
|
|
"invoicing",
|
|
|
|
"discounting",
|
|
|
|
"marking down",
|
|
|
|
"marking up",
|
|
|
|
"pricing",
|
|
|
|
"valuing",
|
|
|
|
"bringing",
|
|
|
|
"fetching",
|
|
|
|
"selling (for)",
|
|
|
|
"overcharging",
|
|
|
|
"undercharging",
|
|
|
|
"asking",
|
|
|
|
"charging",
|
|
|
|
"commanding",
|
|
|
|
"demanding"
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
"type":[
|
|
|
|
"noun",
|
|
|
|
"verb"
|
|
|
|
]
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
"billets-doux":{
|
|
|
|
"as in open letters":{
|
|
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
"open letters",
|
|
|
|
"dispatches",
|
|
|
|
"epistles",
|
|
|
|
"letters",
|
|
|
|
"memorandums",
|
|
|
|
"memoranda",
|
|
|
|
"memos",
|
|
|
|
"missives",
|
|
|
|
"notes",
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"airmails",
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"cards",
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"electronic mails",
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"e-mails",
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"junk mails",
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"mails",
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"postal cards",
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"postcards",
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"communications",
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"reports",
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"encyclicals"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"billionaire":{
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"a rich person who has at least a billion dollars, pounds, etc.":{
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"examples":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"near synonyms":[
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"gazillionaire",
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"millionaire",
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"multibillionaire",
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"multimillionaire",
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"zillionaire",
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"capitalist",
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"Croesus",
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"deep pocket",
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"fat cat",
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"have",
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"money",
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"moneybags",
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"plutocrat",
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"silk stocking",
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"moneymaker",
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"money-spinner",
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"magnate",
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"nabob",
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"tycoon",
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"heir",
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"heiress",
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"jet-setter",
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"jeunesse dor\u00e9e"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"bankrupt",
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"beggar",
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"have-not",
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"pauper"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"billingsgates":{
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"harsh insulting language":{
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"examples":[
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"the intemperate billingsgate to which the staff in customer service were sometimes subjected"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"abuses",
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"fulminations",
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"invectives",
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"obloquies",
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"scurrilities",
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"vitriols",
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"vituperations"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"blackguardisms",
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"blasphemies",
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"curses",
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"execrations",
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"imprecations",
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"maledictions",
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"profanities",
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"epithets",
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"insults",
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"put-downs",
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"slurs",
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"expletives",
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"swearwords",
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"aspersions",
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"belittlements",
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"disparagements",
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"revilements",
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"vilifications",
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"castigations",
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"chastisements",
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"criticisms",
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"excoriations",
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"opprobriums",
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"rebukes",
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"reprimands",
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"reproofs",
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"broadsides",
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"diatribes",
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"harangues",
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"polemics",
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"tirades"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"acclaim",
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"applauses",
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"commendations",
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"praises",
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"compliments",
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"congratulations",
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"endearments",
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"felicitations",
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"adulations",
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"blarneys",
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"flatteries",
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"overpraises",
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"soft soaps"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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}
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}
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