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{
"directed":{
"to cause to move to a central point or along a restricted pathway":{
"examples":[
"the aqueduct directs the water into an artificial lake"
],
"synonyms":[
"canalized",
"channeled",
"channelled",
"channelized",
"conducted",
"funneled",
"funnelled",
"piped",
"siphoned",
"syphoned"
],
"near synonyms":[
"carried",
"conveyed",
"transmitted",
"concentrated",
"consolidated",
"focused",
"focussed"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to issue orders to (someone) by right of authority":{
"examples":[
"our tour guide directed us to wait in front of the building until she could rejoin us"
],
"synonyms":[
"adjured",
"bade",
"bid",
"bossed (around)",
"charged",
"commanded",
"enjoined",
"instructed",
"ordered",
"told"
],
"near synonyms":[
"asked",
"petitioned",
"requested",
"begged",
"beseeched",
"besought",
"entreated",
"advised",
"counseled",
"counselled",
"warned",
"appointed",
"assigned",
"authorized",
"commissioned",
"oversaw",
"superintended",
"supervised",
"conducted",
"controlled",
"led",
"managed",
"coerced",
"compelled",
"constrained",
"forced",
"obliged",
"required"
],
"near antonyms":[
"complied (with)",
"followed",
"kept",
"observed"
],
"antonyms":[
"minded",
"obeyed"
]
},
"to request the doing of by virtue of one's authority":{
"examples":[
"the caretaker directed that all of the windows be closed before we left"
],
"synonyms":[
"called",
"commanded",
"decreed",
"dictated",
"mandated",
"ordained",
"ordered"
],
"near synonyms":[
"asked",
"petitioned",
"requested",
"demanded",
"required"
],
"near antonyms":[
"canceled",
"cancelled",
"countermanded",
"rescinded"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to look after and make decisions about":{
"examples":[
"the music teacher directs both the student orchestra and the marching band"
],
"synonyms":[
"administered",
"administrated",
"carried on",
"conducted",
"controlled",
"governed",
"guided",
"handled",
"kept",
"managed",
"operated",
"overlooked",
"oversaw",
"presided (over)",
"ran",
"run",
"regulated",
"stewarded",
"superintended",
"supervised",
"tended"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cared (for)",
"minded",
"watched",
"led",
"piloted",
"steered",
"guarded",
"protected",
"safeguarded",
"micromanaged",
"stage-managed",
"codirected",
"co-directed",
"comanaged",
"co-managed"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to point or turn (something) toward a target or goal":{
"examples":[
"we quickly directed our attention toward the noise coming from the rear"
],
"synonyms":[
"aimed",
"bent",
"cast",
"headed",
"held",
"leveled",
"levelled",
"pinpointed",
"set",
"trained"
],
"near synonyms":[
"sighted",
"bore",
"faced",
"concentrated",
"focused",
"focussed",
"inclined",
"oriented",
"steered"
],
"near antonyms":[
"averted",
"curved",
"deflected",
"detoured",
"diverted",
"rechanneled",
"rechannelled",
"shunted",
"sidetracked"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to point out the way for (someone) especially from a position in front":{
"examples":[
"the guide directed the tour through the museum with commendable efficiency and expertise"
],
"synonyms":[
"conducted",
"guided",
"led",
"marshaled",
"marshalled",
"piloted",
"routed",
"showed",
"steered",
"ushered"
],
"near synonyms":[
"preceded",
"accompanied",
"attended",
"chaperoned",
"convoyed",
"escorted",
"saw",
"controlled",
"managed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dogged",
"hounded",
"shadowed",
"tailed",
"tailgated"
],
"antonyms":[
"followed",
"trailed"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"directness":{
"the free expression of one's true feelings and opinions":{
"examples":[
"his directness is much appreciated by his patients"
],
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"synonyms":[
"bluntness",
"candidness",
"candor",
"forthrightness",
"frankness",
"honesty",
"openheartedness",
"openness",
"outspokenness",
"plainness",
"plainspokenness",
"plumpness",
"straightforwardness",
"unguardedness",
"unreserve",
"unreservedness"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"earnestness",
"sincerity",
"sobriety",
"artlessness",
"genuineness",
"na\u00efvet\u00e9",
"naivete",
"naivet\u00e9",
"simplicity",
"unsophistication",
"communicativeness",
"freedom",
"license",
"licence",
"uninhibitedness",
"unrestrainedness",
"unrestraint"
],
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"near antonyms":[
"circuitousness",
"evasiveness",
"secretiveness",
"inhibition",
"reserve",
"restraint",
"reticence",
"shyness",
"diplomacy",
"tact"
],
"antonyms":[
"dissembling",
"dissimulation",
"indirection"
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]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"dirgelike":{
"as in melancholy , elegiac":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"elegiac",
"elegiacal",
"melancholy",
"aching",
"agonized",
"anguished",
"bemoaning",
"bewailing",
"bitter",
"deploring",
"doleful",
"dolesome",
"dolorous",
"funeral",
"grieving",
"heartbroken",
"lamentable",
"lugubrious",
"mournful",
"plaintive",
"plangent",
"regretful",
"rueful",
"sorrowful",
"sorry",
"wailing",
"weeping",
"woeful",
"dejected",
"depressed",
"despondent",
"disconsolate",
"dispirited",
"downcast",
"downhearted",
"heartsick",
"heartsore",
"inconsolable",
"tearful",
"brokenhearted",
"careworn",
"crestfallen",
"downcast",
"downhearted",
"forlorn",
"gloomy",
"glum",
"low-spirited",
"miserable",
"sad",
"triste",
"unhappy",
"woebegone",
"bawling",
"crying",
"groaning",
"howling",
"keening",
"moaning",
"yammering",
"bleeding",
"suffering",
"black",
"bleak",
"cheerless",
"comfortless",
"dark",
"darkening",
"desolate",
"dismal",
"dreary",
"funereal",
"gloomy",
"glum",
"gray",
"grey",
"joyless",
"low",
"miserable",
"moody",
"morbid",
"morose",
"pathetic",
"pessimistic",
"piteous",
"saturnine",
"somber",
"sombre",
"sullen",
"wretched"
],
"near antonyms":[
"delighted",
"exulting",
"glorying",
"happy",
"joyful",
"rejoicing",
"triumphant",
"bright",
"cheerful",
"cheering",
"cheery",
"laughing",
"smiling",
"blissful",
"blithe",
"blithesome",
"buoyant",
"jocund",
"jolly",
"joyous",
"lighthearted",
"merry",
"mirthful",
"encouraging",
"hopeful",
"optimistic",
"ecstatic",
"elated",
"euphoric",
"exhilarated",
"giddy",
"heady",
"rapturous",
"rhapsodic",
"rhapsodical"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"dirty":{
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"not clean":{
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"examples":[
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"after working in the factory all day, his clothes are very dirty"
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],
"synonyms":[
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"bedraggled",
"befouled",
"begrimed",
"bemired",
"besmirched",
"black",
"blackened",
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"cruddy",
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"dingy",
"draggled",
"dusty",
"filthy",
"foul",
"grimy",
"grotty",
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"grubby",
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"grungy",
"mucky",
"muddy",
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"nasty",
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"smudged",
"smutty",
"soiled",
"sordid",
"stained",
"sullied",
"unclean",
"uncleanly"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
"contaminated",
"defiled",
"germy",
"impure",
"polluted",
"tainted",
"insanitary",
"uncleaned",
"unsanitary",
"unsterile",
"unsterilized",
"unwashed",
"greasy",
"gunky",
"chaotic",
"cluttered",
"confused",
"disarranged",
"disarrayed",
"disheveled",
"dishevelled",
"disordered",
"jumbled",
"littered",
"messed",
"messy",
"muddled",
"mussed",
"mussy",
"rumpled",
"scruffy",
"sloppy",
"slovenly",
"unkempt",
"untidy",
"raunchy",
"scuzzy",
"shabby",
"skanky",
"sleazy",
"squalid",
"collied",
"crocked",
"fuliginous",
"sooty"
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],
"near antonyms":[
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"clear",
"limpid",
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"pure",
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"cleaned",
"cleansed",
"combed",
"groomed",
"neat",
"ordered",
"orderly",
"tidy",
"bleached",
"purified",
"whitened",
"bright",
"flawless",
"perfect",
"shiny",
"sparkling",
"unspotted",
"untouched",
"taintless",
"unblemished",
"undefiled",
"unpolluted",
"untainted",
"virgin",
"wholesome"
],
"antonyms":[
"clean",
"cleanly",
"immaculate",
"spick-and-span",
"spic-and-span",
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"spotless",
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"stainless",
"ultraclean",
"unsoiled",
"unstained",
"unsullied"
]
},
"depicting or referring to sexual matters in a way that is unacceptable in polite society":{
"examples":[
"some radio stations refused to play the song because of the dirty lyrics"
],
"synonyms":[
"bawdy",
"blue",
"coarse",
"crude",
"filthy",
"foul",
"gross",
"gutter",
"impure",
"indecent",
"lascivious",
"lewd",
"locker-room",
"nasty",
"obscene",
"pornographic",
"porny",
"profane",
"raunchy",
"ribald",
"smutty",
"stag",
"trashy",
"unprintable",
"vulgar",
"wanton",
"X-rated"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"broad",
"coarse-grained",
"gamy",
"gamey",
"off",
"off-color",
"off-colored",
"racy",
"risqu\u00e9",
"salacious",
"salty",
"suggestive",
"barnyard",
"earthy",
"scatological",
"immodest",
"indecorous",
"indelicate",
"low",
"unbecoming",
"depraved",
"kinky",
"louche",
"naughty",
"perverse",
"perverted",
"wicked",
"exceptionable",
"objectionable",
"unacceptable",
"undesirable",
"unwanted",
"unwelcome",
"abhorrent",
"debasing",
"disgusting",
"loathsome",
"offensive",
"repellent",
"repellant",
"repugnant",
"repulsive",
"revolting",
"distasteful",
"obnoxious",
"unpleasant",
"blamable",
"blameworthy",
"censurable",
"reprehensible",
"atrocious",
"infamous",
"abusive",
"scurrilous",
"hard-core",
"soft",
"soft-core"
],
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"near antonyms":[
"priggish",
"prim",
"prudish",
"puritanical",
"staid",
"straitlaced",
"straightlaced",
"Victorian",
"correct",
"decorous",
"genteel",
"nice",
"polite",
"proper",
"respectable",
"seemly",
"innocuous",
"inoffensive",
"acceptable",
"agreeable",
"desirable",
"pleasant",
"pleasing",
"welcome",
"appropriate",
"becoming",
"fit",
"meet",
"suitable",
"immaculate",
"perfect",
"pure",
"spotless",
"virginal",
"approved",
"endorsed",
"indorsed",
"sanctioned"
],
"antonyms":[
"clean",
"decent",
"G-rated",
"nonobscene",
"wholesome"
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]
},
"marked by wet and windy conditions":{
"examples":[
"they were unknowingly sailing into dirty weather"
],
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"synonyms":[
"bleak",
"foul",
"inclement",
"nasty",
"raw",
"rough",
"squally",
"stormy",
"tempestuous",
"turbulent"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"blowy",
"blustering",
"blustery",
"breezy",
"gusty",
"windblown",
"windswept",
"cloudy",
"overcast",
"sunless",
"rainy",
"snowy",
"foggy",
"hazy",
"misty",
"murky",
"soupy"
],
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"near antonyms":[
"rainless",
"balmy",
"calm",
"halcyon",
"peaceful",
"placid",
"pleasant",
"serene"
],
"antonyms":[
"bright",
"clear",
"clement",
"cloudless",
"fair",
"sunny",
"sunshiny",
"unclouded"
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]
},
"not being in accordance with the rules or standards of what is fair in sport":{
"examples":[
"the school is known for the dirty football it plays"
],
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"synonyms":[
"foul",
"illegal",
"nasty",
"unfair",
"unsportsmanlike"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"dishonorable",
"shabby",
"shameful",
"ignoble",
"low",
"mean",
"ungentlemanly",
"immoral",
"rotten",
"unchivalrous",
"unethical",
"unjust",
"unprincipled",
"unrighteous",
"unscrupulous"
],
"near antonyms":[
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"just",
"law-abiding",
"ethical",
"moral",
"principled",
"righteous",
"scrupulous",
"honorable",
"irreproachable",
"unimpeachable"
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],
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"antonyms":[
"clean",
"fair",
"legal",
"sportsmanlike",
"sportsmanly"
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]
},
"not following or in accordance with standards of honor and decency":{
"examples":[
"accused the other campaign of playing dirty tricks"
],
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"synonyms":[
"base",
"contemptible",
"currish",
"despicable",
"detestable",
"dishonorable",
"execrable",
"ignoble",
"ignominious",
"low",
"low-down",
"low-minded",
"mean",
"nasty",
"paltry",
"snide",
"sordid",
"vile",
"wretched"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"bad",
"evil",
"foul",
"immoral",
"iniquitous",
"miscreant",
"wicked",
"wrong",
"cruel",
"vicious",
"blamable",
"blameworthy",
"censurable",
"reprehensible",
"corrupt",
"debased",
"debauched",
"degenerate",
"depraved",
"dissolute",
"perverted",
"atrocious",
"villainous",
"unethical",
"unprincipled",
"unscrupulous",
"discreditable",
"disgraceful",
"disreputable",
"shameful",
"unworthy"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ethical",
"honest",
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"just",
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"principled",
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"righteous",
"right-minded",
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"scrupulous",
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"commendable",
"excellent",
"exemplary",
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"good",
"moral",
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"right",
"decent",
"proper",
"reputable",
"respectable",
"seemly",
"blameless",
"guiltless",
"incorruptible",
"irreproachable",
"uncorrupted",
"unerring"
],
"antonyms":[
"high",
"high-minded",
"honorable",
"lofty",
"noble",
"straight",
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"upright",
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"venerable",
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"virtuous"
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]
},
"arousing or deserving of one's loathing and disgust":{
"examples":[
"laying off longtime employees was a dirty way for the company to reduce labor costs and save money"
],
"synonyms":[
"cheap",
"contemptible",
"cruddy",
"deplorable",
"despicable",
"grubby",
"lame",
"lousy",
"mean",
"nasty",
"paltry",
"pitiable",
"pitiful",
"ratty",
"scabby",
"scummy",
"scurvy",
"sneaking",
"sorry",
"wretched"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abhorrent",
"abominable",
"condemnable",
"detestable",
"execrable",
"hateful",
"loathsome",
"odious",
"disgusting",
"reptilian",
"repugnant",
"repulsive",
"revolting",
"revulsive",
"discreditable",
"disgraceful",
"dishonorable",
"disreputable",
"ignominious",
"shameful",
"base",
"ignoble",
"low",
"shabby",
"sordid",
"squalid",
"vile",
"blamable",
"censurable",
"reprehensible",
"reproachable",
"cowardly",
"craven",
"dastardly",
"unethical",
"unprincipled",
"unscrupulous"
],
"near antonyms":[
"high-minded",
"honest",
"honorable",
"noble",
"principled",
"redoubtable",
"reputable",
"right-minded",
"scrupulous",
"upright",
"ethical",
"good",
"moral",
"right",
"righteous",
"virtuous"
],
"antonyms":[
"admirable",
"commendable",
"creditable",
"laudable",
"meritorious",
"praiseworthy"
]
},
"open to improper influence and especially bribery":{
"examples":[
"a movie about a dirty cop paid to protect a mafioso"
],
"synonyms":[
"bribable",
"corruptible",
"purchasable",
"venal"
],
"near synonyms":[
"temptable",
"hack",
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"mercenary",
"crooked",
"cutthroat",
"dishonest",
"Machiavellian",
"unethical",
"unmoral",
"unprincipled",
"unscrupulous",
"corrupt",
"corrupted",
"debased",
"debauched",
"defiled",
"degenerate",
"degraded",
"demoralized",
"depraved",
"dissipated",
"dissolute",
"perverse",
"perverted",
"reprobate",
"sleazy",
"vitiated",
"warped",
"bad",
"evil",
"immoral",
"iniquitous",
"nefarious",
"sinful",
"vicious",
"wicked"
],
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"near antonyms":[
"ethical",
"honest",
"principled",
"scrupulous",
"good",
"moral",
"righteous",
"upright",
"virtuous"
],
"antonyms":[
"incorruptible"
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]
},
"to make dirty":{
"examples":[
"she dirtied her new sneakers when she splashed in the puddle"
],
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"synonyms":[
"befoul",
"begrime",
"bemire",
"besmirch",
"blacken",
"daub",
"distain",
"foul",
"gaum",
"grime",
"mire",
"muck",
"muddy",
"smirch",
"smudge",
"soil",
"stain",
"sully"
],
"near synonyms":[
"contaminate",
"defile",
"pollute",
"taint",
"discolor",
"confuse",
"disarrange",
"disarray",
"dishevel",
"disorder",
"draggle",
"jumble",
"mess",
"muddle",
"colly",
"crock"
],
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"near antonyms":[
"decontaminate",
"purge",
"purify",
"disinfect",
"sanitize",
"brush",
"dry-clean",
"dust",
"launder",
"mop",
"rinse",
"scour",
"scrub",
"sweep",
"wash",
"wipe",
"brighten",
"deodorize",
"freshen",
"renew",
"spruce (up)",
"straighten (up)",
"tidy (up)"
],
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"antonyms":[
"clean",
"cleanse"
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]
},
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"as in illegally":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"illegally",
"ignobly",
"immorally",
"underhandedly",
"unethically",
"dishonorably"
],
"near antonyms":[
"clean",
"cleanly",
"fair",
"fairly",
"legally",
"ethically",
"high-mindedly",
"morally",
"nobly",
"honorably"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
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"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"verb"
]
},
"directory":{
"a book that contains mandates and instructions for actions or conduct":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
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"near synonyms":[
"code",
"constitution",
"decalogue",
"bylaw",
"ground rule",
"reg",
"regulation",
"rule",
"act",
"law",
"ordinance",
"statute",
"behest",
"charge",
"command",
"commandment",
"decree",
"dictate",
"direction",
"directive",
"edict",
"fiat",
"instruction",
"order",
"axiom",
"fundamental",
"maxim",
"precept",
"moral",
"principle",
"value",
"ban",
"interdiction",
"prohibition",
"proscription",
"restriction",
"convention",
"custom",
"habit",
"manners",
"mores",
"practice",
"practise",
"tradition",
"way",
"blueprint",
"canon",
"formula",
"guide",
"guideline",
"standard"
],
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"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"directly":{
"in a direct line or course":{
"examples":[
"we went directly to the site without stopping to pick up extra supplies"
],
"synonyms":[
"dead",
"direct",
"due",
"plumb",
"plump",
"right",
"straight",
"straightway"
],
"near synonyms":[],
"near antonyms":[
"circuitously",
"deviously",
"veeringly"
],
"antonyms":[
"indirectly"
]
},
"in an honest and direct manner":{
"examples":[
"the instructor deals with her art students very directly , always telling them the plain truth"
],
"synonyms":[
"forthrightly",
"foursquare",
"plain",
"plainly",
"straight",
"straightforward",
"straightforwards",
"straightforwardly"
],
"near synonyms":[
"baldly",
"bluffly",
"candidly",
"frankly",
"honestly",
"openheartedly",
"openly",
"unguardedly",
"unreservedly",
"artlessly",
"earnestly",
"simply",
"sincerely",
"abruptly",
"bluntly",
"brusquely",
"curtly",
"gruffly",
"point-blank",
"sharply",
"impolitely",
"inconsiderately",
"rudely",
"tactlessly",
"truthfully",
"veraciously"
],
"near antonyms":[
"long-windedly",
"verbosely",
"wordily",
"civilly",
"courteously",
"diplomatically",
"politely",
"tactfully",
"deceitfully",
"mendaciously",
"untruthfully",
"erroneously",
"fallaciously",
"falsely",
"hypocritically",
"insincerely",
"ambiguously",
"circuitously",
"equivocally",
"evasively",
"indirectly"
],
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},
"in the same words":{
"examples":[
"quoted directly from the encyclopedia"
],
"synonyms":[
"ad verbum",
"exactly",
"verbatim",
"word for word"
],
"near synonyms":[
"accurately",
"precisely",
"identically",
"literally"
],
"near antonyms":[
"basically",
"essentially",
"virtually",
"carelessly",
"freely",
"imprecisely",
"inaccurately",
"loosely"
],
"antonyms":[
"inexactly"
]
},
"without delay":{
"examples":[
"in case of a medical emergency, do not try to contact your doctor but instead go directly to the hospital"
],
"synonyms":[
"bang",
"forthwith",
"headlong",
"immediately",
"incontinently",
"instantaneously",
"instanter",
"instantly",
"now",
"PDQ",
"plumb",
"presently",
"promptly",
"pronto",
"right",
"right away",
"right now",
"right off",
"straight off",
"straightaway",
"straightway"
],
"near synonyms":[
"away",
"freely",
"anon",
"momentarily",
"shortly",
"soon",
"apace",
"briskly",
"fast",
"fleetly",
"full tilt",
"posthaste",
"quick",
"quickly",
"rapidly",
"readily",
"snappily",
"speedily",
"swift",
"swiftly",
"abruptly",
"presto",
"suddenly",
"unexpectedly",
"hastily",
"impetuously",
"impulsively",
"rashly",
"recklessly",
"exactly",
"opportunely",
"punctually",
"seasonably"
],
"near antonyms":[
"slowly",
"late",
"tardily"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"at or within a short time":{
"examples":[
"dinner should be ready directly"
],
"synonyms":[
"anon",
"before long",
"by and by",
"momentarily",
"presently",
"shortly",
"soon"
],
"near synonyms":[
"forthwith",
"immediately",
"incontinently",
"instantaneously",
"instantly",
"now",
"promptly",
"pronto",
"right away",
"right now",
"right off",
"straightaway",
"straightway"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"directive":{
"a statement of what to do that must be obeyed by those concerned":{
"examples":[
"the company president regularly issues directives intended for all staff members"
],
"synonyms":[
"behest",
"charge",
"command",
"commandment",
"decree",
"dictate",
"direction",
"do",
"edict",
"imperative",
"injunction",
"instruction",
"order",
"word"
],
"near synonyms":[
"demand",
"requirement",
"mandate",
"countermand",
"counterorder",
"law",
"precept",
"prescript",
"prescription",
"rule",
"ordinance",
"regulation",
"statute"
],
"near antonyms":[
"appeal",
"entreaty",
"petition",
"plea",
"urging",
"proposal",
"recommendation",
"suggestion"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"an order publicly issued by an authority":{
"examples":[
"a directive issued by the archbishop that is to be read during Sunday services at every parish"
],
"synonyms":[
"bull",
"decree",
"diktat",
"edict",
"fiat",
"rescript",
"ruling",
"ukase"
],
"near synonyms":[
"call",
"conclusion",
"decision",
"deliverance",
"determination",
"diagnosis",
"judgment",
"judgement",
"opinion",
"resolution",
"verdict",
"announcement",
"declaration",
"dictum",
"manifesto",
"proclamation",
"pronouncement",
"canon",
"encyclical"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a written communication giving information or directions":{
"examples":[
"a growing stack of unread directives from the company's senior vice president"
],
"synonyms":[
"memo",
"memorandum",
"notice"
],
"near synonyms":[
"announcement",
"bulletin",
"declaration",
"notification",
"posting",
"proclamation",
"pronouncement",
"release",
"dispatch",
"report",
"edict",
"pronunciamento",
"rescript",
"charge",
"command",
"dictate",
"directions",
"instructions",
"orders",
"word",
"encyclical",
"epistle",
"jotting",
"letter",
"mail",
"message",
"missive",
"note",
"post"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"direful":{
"being or showing a sign of evil or calamity to come":{
"examples":[
"the stock market crash was the first direful indication of the dark days to come"
],
"synonyms":[
"baleful",
"dire",
"doomy",
"foreboding",
"ill",
"ill-boding",
"inauspicious",
"menacing",
"minatory",
"ominous",
"portentous",
"sinister",
"threatening"
],
"near synonyms":[
"black",
"bleak",
"cheerless",
"chill",
"Cimmerian",
"cloudy",
"cold",
"comfortless",
"dark",
"darkening",
"depressing",
"depressive",
"desolate",
"dim",
"disconsolate",
"dismal",
"drear",
"dreary",
"dreich",
"elegiac",
"elegiacal",
"forlorn",
"funereal",
"gloomy",
"glum",
"godforsaken",
"gray",
"grey",
"lonely",
"lonesome",
"lugubrious",
"miserable",
"morbid",
"morose",
"murky",
"plutonian",
"saturnine",
"sepulchral",
"somber",
"sombre",
"sullen",
"sunless",
"tenebrific",
"tenebrous",
"wretched",
"discouraging",
"disheartening",
"hopeless",
"unfavorable",
"unpromising",
"unpropitious",
"ill-fated",
"ill-starred",
"star-crossed",
"troubled",
"unfortunate",
"unlucky",
"evil",
"malign",
"malignant"
],
"near antonyms":[
"auspicious",
"benign",
"bright",
"encouraging",
"favorable",
"golden",
"heartening",
"hopeful",
"promising",
"propitious",
"prosperous"
],
"antonyms":[
"unthreatening"
]
},
"causing fear":{
"examples":[
"heard the direful howling of the wolves during the night"
],
"synonyms":[
"alarming",
"dire",
"dread",
"dreadful",
"fearful",
"fearsome",
"forbidding",
"formidable",
"frightening",
"frightful",
"ghastly",
"hair-raising",
"horrendous",
"horrible",
"horrifying",
"intimidating",
"redoubtable",
"scary",
"shocking",
"spine-chilling",
"terrible",
"terrifying"
],
"near synonyms":[
"daunting",
"demoralizing",
"disconcerting",
"discouraging",
"dismaying",
"disquieting",
"distressing",
"disturbing",
"perturbing",
"startling",
"threatening",
"troubling",
"trying",
"unnerving",
"bone-chilling",
"creepy",
"eerie",
"eery",
"weird",
"appalling",
"atrocious",
"awful",
"grisly",
"gruesome",
"grewsome",
"hideous",
"horrid",
"macabre",
"monstrous",
"nightmarish"
],
"near antonyms":[
"calming",
"comforting",
"consoling",
"inviting",
"lulling",
"pacifying",
"quieting",
"reassuring",
"relaxing",
"soothing",
"tranquilizing",
"tranquillizing",
"nonintimidating",
"nonthreatening"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"dirty pool":{
"as in dirty tricks":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"dirty tricks",
"fakery",
"humbuggery",
"imposture",
"quackery",
"design",
"plotting",
"scheming",
"secrecy",
"stealth",
"crookedness",
"crookery",
"cunning",
"deceit",
"deceitfulness",
"deception",
"deceptiveness",
"dishonesty",
"dissimulation",
"double-dealing",
"dupery",
"duplicity",
"guile",
"guilefulness",
"hypocrisy",
"insincerity",
"artfulness",
"caginess",
"cageyness",
"craftiness",
"cunning",
"deviousness",
"foxiness",
"oiliness",
"shadiness",
"sharpness",
"shiftiness",
"shrewdness",
"slickness",
"slipperiness",
"slyness",
"sneakiness",
"treachery",
"underhandedness",
"wiliness",
"artifice",
"chicane",
"chicanery",
"gamesmanship",
"hanky-panky",
"jiggery-pokery",
"jugglery",
"legerdemain",
"skulduggery",
"skullduggery",
"subterfuge",
"trickery",
"wile"
],
"near antonyms":[
"artlessness",
"forthrightness",
"guilelessness",
"ingenuousness",
"sincerity",
"candidness",
"candor",
"directness",
"openness",
"plainness",
"plainspokenness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"direct":{
"to cause to move to a central point or along a restricted pathway":{
"examples":[
"the aqueduct directs the water into an artificial lake"
],
"synonyms":[
"canalize",
"channel",
"channelize",
"conduct",
"funnel",
"pipe",
"siphon",
"syphon"
],
"near synonyms":[
"carry",
"convey",
"transmit",
"concentrate",
"consolidate",
"focus"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to issue orders to (someone) by right of authority":{
"examples":[
"our tour guide directed us to wait in front of the building until she could rejoin us"
],
"synonyms":[
"adjure",
"bid",
"boss (around)",
"charge",
"command",
"enjoin",
"instruct",
"order",
"tell"
],
"near synonyms":[
"ask",
"petition",
"request",
"beg",
"beseech",
"entreat",
"advise",
"counsel",
"warn",
"appoint",
"assign",
"authorize",
"commission",
"oversee",
"superintend",
"supervise",
"conduct",
"control",
"lead",
"manage",
"coerce",
"compel",
"constrain",
"force",
"oblige",
"require"
],
"near antonyms":[
"comply (with)",
"follow",
"keep",
"observe"
],
"antonyms":[
"mind",
"obey"
]
},
"to request the doing of by virtue of one's authority":{
"examples":[
"the caretaker directed that all of the windows be closed before we left"
],
"synonyms":[
"call",
"command",
"decree",
"dictate",
"mandate",
"ordain",
"order"
],
"near synonyms":[
"ask",
"petition",
"request",
"demand",
"require"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cancel",
"countermand",
"rescind"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to look after and make decisions about":{
"examples":[
"the music teacher directs both the student orchestra and the marching band"
],
"synonyms":[
"administer",
"administrate",
"carry on",
"conduct",
"control",
"govern",
"guide",
"handle",
"keep",
"manage",
"operate",
"overlook",
"oversee",
"preside (over)",
"regulate",
"run",
"steward",
"superintend",
"supervise",
"tend"
],
"near synonyms":[
"care (for)",
"mind",
"watch",
"lead",
"pilot",
"steer",
"guard",
"protect",
"safeguard",
"micromanage",
"stage-manage",
"codirect",
"comanage"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to point or turn (something) toward a target or goal":{
"examples":[
"we quickly directed our attention toward the noise coming from the rear"
],
"synonyms":[
"aim",
"bend",
"cast",
"head",
"hold",
"level",
"pinpoint",
"set",
"train"
],
"near synonyms":[
"sight",
"bear",
"face",
"concentrate",
"focus",
"incline",
"orient",
"steer"
],
"near antonyms":[
"avert",
"curve",
"deflect",
"detour",
"divert",
"rechannel",
"shunt",
"sidetrack"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to point out the way for (someone) especially from a position in front":{
"examples":[
"the guide directed the tour through the museum with commendable efficiency and expertise"
],
"synonyms":[
"conduct",
"guide",
"lead",
"marshal",
"marshall",
"pilot",
"route",
"show",
"steer",
"usher"
],
"near synonyms":[
"precede",
"accompany",
"attend",
"chaperone",
"chaperon",
"convoy",
"escort",
"see",
"control",
"manage"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dog",
"hound",
"shadow",
"tail",
"tailgate"
],
"antonyms":[
"follow",
"trail"
]
},
"done or working without something else coming in between":{
"examples":[
"a zoologist whose works are based entirely on her direct observation of animals in the wild",
"the virus was the direct cause of the disease"
],
"synonyms":[
"firsthand",
"immediate",
"primary",
"unmediated"
],
"near synonyms":[
"clinical",
"empirical",
"empiric",
"efficient",
"proximate",
"hands-on"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"indirect",
"secondhand"
]
},
"free in expressing one's true feelings and opinions":{
"examples":[
"our coach is very direct , never hesitating for a moment to tell a player whenever he isn't performing up to snuff"
],
"synonyms":[
"candid",
"forthcoming",
"forthright",
"foursquare",
"frank",
"free-spoken",
"freehearted",
"honest",
"open",
"openhearted",
"out-front",
"outspoken",
"plain",
"plainspoken",
"straight",
"straightforward",
"unguarded",
"unreserved",
"up-front"
],
"near synonyms":[
"artless",
"earnest",
"guileless",
"ingenuous",
"innocent",
"naive",
"na\u00efve",
"natural",
"real",
"sincere",
"unaffected",
"undesigning",
"unpretending",
"unpretentious",
"outgoing",
"uninhibited",
"unrestrained",
"vocal",
"vociferous",
"abrupt",
"bluff",
"blunt",
"brusque",
"brusk",
"crusty",
"curt",
"gruff",
"sharp",
"impertinent",
"impolite",
"inconsiderate",
"rude",
"tactless",
"thoughtless",
"uncivil",
"undiplomatic",
"ungracious",
"unmannerly",
"unsubtle"
],
"near antonyms":[
"inhibited",
"reserved",
"restrained",
"close-mouthed",
"laconic",
"quiet",
"reticent",
"taciturn",
"tight-lipped",
"uncommunicative",
"ambiguous",
"circuitous",
"equivocal",
"evasive",
"diplomatic",
"politic",
"tactful",
"civil",
"considerate",
"courteous",
"polite"
],
"antonyms":[
"dissembling",
"uncandid",
"unforthcoming"
]
},
"going straight to the point clearly and firmly":{
"examples":[
"clear and direct instructions that left no room for misinterpretation"
],
"synonyms":[
"forthright",
"foursquare",
"plain",
"straight",
"straightforward"
],
"near synonyms":[
"aboveboard",
"candid",
"frank",
"free-spoken",
"honest",
"open",
"openhearted",
"outspoken",
"plainspoken",
"unguarded",
"unreserved",
"artless",
"earnest",
"sincere",
"uninhibited",
"unrestrained",
"abrupt",
"bluff",
"blunt",
"brusque",
"brusk",
"curt",
"gruff",
"point-blank",
"sharp",
"impolite",
"inconsiderate",
"rude",
"tactless",
"undiplomatic",
"true",
"truthful",
"veracious"
],
"near antonyms":[
"circumlocutory",
"long-winded",
"prolix",
"verbose",
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"meandering",
"weaving",
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"custody",
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"lap",
"protection",
"safekeeping",
"trust",
"tutelage",
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"loadstar",
"polestar"
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"measure",
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"standard",
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"ambition",
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"run",
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"tide",
"trend",
"wind"
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"turnabout",
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"tenor",
"way",
"countercurrent",
"countertrend",
"undercurrent",
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"cut",
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"skewered",
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"bolos",
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"bowie knives",
"cutlasses",
"daggers",
"jackknives",
"machetes",
"pocketknives",
"poniards",
"sheath knives",
"stilettos",
"stilettoes",
"stylets",
"switchblades",
"switch knives",
"yataghans",
"cutters",
"knives",
"shanks",
"shivs",
"cleavers",
"hacks",
"rapiers",
"sabers",
"sabres",
"steels",
"swords",
"scalpels"
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"skewers",
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"sticks",
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"noun",
"verb"
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"charges",
"commandments",
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"do's",
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"instructions",
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"words"
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"requirements",
"mandates",
"countermands",
"counterorders",
"counter-orders",
"laws",
"precepts",
"prescriptions",
"prescripts",
"rules",
"ordinances",
"regulations",
"statutes"
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"entreaties",
"petitions",
"pleas",
"urgings",
"proposals",
"recommendations",
"suggestions"
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"care",
"charges",
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"controls",
"governances",
"governments",
"guidance",
"handlings",
"intendances",
"managements",
"operations",
"oversights",
"presidencies",
"regulations",
"stewardships",
"superintendences",
"superintendencies",
"supervisions"
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"near synonyms":[
"generalships",
"leaderships",
"rulerships",
"agencies",
"aegises",
"egises",
"custodies",
"guardianships",
"laps",
"protections",
"trusts",
"tutelages",
"wards",
"logistics",
"machinations",
"manipulations",
"coadministrations",
"codirections",
"co-directions"
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"examples":[
"a life that seemed to lack any direction other than the mindless pursuit of empty pleasures"
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"compasses",
"cynosures",
"foci",
"focuses",
"lodestars",
"loadstars",
"polestars"
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"benchmarks",
"criteria",
"criterions",
"grades",
"marks",
"measures",
"pars",
"standards",
"touchstones",
"yardsticks",
"aims",
"ambitions",
"aspirations",
"dreams",
"goals",
"intentions",
"objectives",
"objects",
"purposes",
"targets"
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"examples":[
"some older people worry about the overall direction that political discourse has taken lately"
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"currents",
"drifts",
"leanings",
"runs",
"tendencies",
"tides",
"trends",
"winds"
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"downsides",
"shifts",
"swings",
"turnabouts",
"turns",
"upsides",
"customs",
"habits",
"propensities",
"tenors",
"ways",
"countercurrents",
"countertrends",
"counter-trends",
"undercurrents",
"undertows"
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"type":[
"noun"
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"directorial":{
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"examples":[
"an applicant with a number of directorial positions on his r\u00e9sum\u00e9"
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"administrative",
"executive",
"managerial",
"supervisory"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bureaucratic",
"governmental",
"ministerial",
"official",
"parliamentary",
"regulatory",
"authoritarian",
"despotic",
"dictatorial"
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"nonmanagerial",
"nonsupervisory"
]
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"type":[
"adjective"
]
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"a composition expressing one's grief over a loss":{
"examples":[
"bagpipes played a haunting dirge at the funeral for the fallen leader"
],
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"elegies",
"laments",
"requiems",
"threnodies"
],
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"taps",
"elegiacs",
"monodies"
],
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"encomiums",
"encomia",
"eulogies",
"paeans",
"panegyrics"
],
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"type":[
"noun"
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"directorship":{
"as in chieftainship , commandership":{
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"commandership",
"chair",
"driver's seat",
"head",
"headship",
"helm",
"rein(s)",
"forefront",
"lead",
"vanguard",
"captainship",
"chairmanship",
"deanship",
"dictatorship",
"generalship",
"governorship",
"kingship",
"mastership",
"mastery",
"premiership",
"presidency",
"presidentship",
"superintendency",
"dominance",
"dominion",
"jurisdiction",
"sovereignty",
"sovranty",
"sway",
"upper hand",
"eminence",
"height",
"pedestal",
"pinnacle",
"seat",
"throne",
"top"
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"near antonyms":[
"ranks"
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"type":[
"noun"
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"dirty words":{
"a disrespectful or indecent word or expression":{
"examples":[
"I'm afraid I won't be much help on the trip\u2014the only Spanish I know is a handful of dirty words"
],
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"curses",
"cusses",
"cusswords",
"expletives",
"four-letter words",
"obscenities",
"profanities",
"swears",
"swearwords",
"vulgarisms"
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"near synonyms":[
"bawdries",
"languages",
"scurrilities",
"execrations",
"imprecations",
"maledictions",
"epithets",
"names",
"oaths"
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"type":[
"noun"
]
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"a person whose behavior is offensive to others":{
"examples":[
"forgetting my birthday was the final straw\u2014I had to dump the dirtbag"
],
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"bastards",
"beasts",
"bleeders",
"blighters",
"boors",
"bounders",
"buggers",
"buzzards",
"cads",
"chuffs",
"churls",
"clowns",
"creeps",
"cretins",
"cruds",
"crumbs",
"curs",
"dogs",
"finks",
"heels",
"hounds",
"jerks",
"jokers",
"louses",
"louts",
"pills",
"rat finks",
"rats",
"reptiles",
"rotters",
"schmucks",
"scumbags",
"scums",
"scuzzballs",
"skunks",
"skunk",
"sleazebags",
"sleazeballs",
"sleazes",
"slimeballs",
"slimes",
"slobs",
"snakes",
"so-and-sos",
"so-and-so's",
"sods",
"stinkards",
"stinkers",
"swine",
"toads",
"varmints",
"vermin"
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"near synonyms":[
"barbarians",
"brutes",
"cavemen",
"Neanderthals",
"savages",
"loudmouths",
"vulgarians",
"lowlifes",
"lowlives",
"miscreants",
"rascals",
"rogues",
"roughnecks",
"scabs",
"scamps",
"scoundrels",
"villains",
"wretches",
"boobies",
"doofuses",
"dufuses",
"fools",
"jackasses",
"nincompoops",
"ninnies",
"nits",
"nitwits",
"nuts",
"schmoes",
"airheads",
"birdbrains",
"blockheads",
"dinks",
"dolts",
"dopes",
"dorks",
"goons",
"half-wits",
"idiots",
"imbeciles",
"morons",
"turkeys",
"brats",
"insolents",
"nuisances",
"pests",
"snips",
"snobs",
"snoots",
"snots",
"dweebs",
"nerds"
],
"near antonyms":[
"heroes",
"heroines",
"idols",
"role models",
"gentlemen",
"ladies",
"angels",
"saints"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
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"directorships":{
"as in chieftainships , commanderships":{
"examples":[],
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"commanderships",
"chairs",
"driver's seats",
"heads",
"headships",
"helms",
"reins",
"forefronts",
"leads",
"vanguards",
"captainships",
"chairmanships",
"deanships",
"dictatorships",
"generalships",
"governorships",
"kingships",
"masteries",
"masterships",
"premierships",
"presidencies",
"presidentships",
"superintendencies",
"dominances",
"dominions",
"jurisdictions",
"sovereignties",
"sovranties",
"sways",
"upper hands",
"eminences",
"heights",
"pedestals",
"pinnacles",
"seats",
"thrones",
"tops"
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"near antonyms":[
"ranks"
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"type":[
"noun"
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"dirty linen":{
"as in dirty laundry":{
"examples":[],
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"near synonyms":[
"dirty laundry",
"dirt",
"gossip",
"scuttlebutt",
"talebearing",
"talk",
"tattle",
"defamation",
"libel",
"slander",
"canard",
"story",
"tale",
"whisper",
"hearsay",
"fable",
"fabrication",
"fairy tale",
"falsehood",
"falsity",
"fib",
"lie",
"mendacity",
"prevarication",
"untruth",
"whopper"
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"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
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"type":[
"noun"
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"directionless":{
"as in purposeless , objectless":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"objectless",
"purposeless",
"charitable",
"forgiving",
"indiscriminate",
"unsystematic",
"aimless",
"arbitrary",
"catch-as-catch-can",
"desultory",
"erratic",
"haphazard",
"helter-skelter",
"hit-or-miss",
"random",
"scattered",
"slapdash",
"stray",
"indiscriminating",
"uncritical",
"undemanding",
"undiscriminating",
"unfussy",
"unselective"
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"near antonyms":[
"discerning",
"discriminating",
"judicious",
"demanding",
"exacting",
"fastidious",
"finical",
"finicky",
"fussy",
"nitpicky",
"particular",
"picky",
"captious",
"carping",
"caviling",
"cavilling",
"critical",
"faultfinding",
"hypercritical",
"judgmental",
"overcritical",
"rejective"
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"antonyms":[]
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"type":[
"adjective"
]
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"directresses":{
"as in directors , managers":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"conductors",
"directors",
"heads",
"leaders",
"managers",
"regisseurs",
"r\u00e9gisseurs",
"stage directors",
"auteurs",
"impresarios",
"producers",
"stage managers",
"composers",
"melodists",
"musicians",
"cocomposers",
"co-composers",
"songsmiths",
"songwriters",
"tunesmiths",
"symphonists",
"arrangers",
"orchestrators",
"orchestraters",
"scorers"
],
"near antonyms":[
"artists",
"instrumentalists",
"musicians",
"performers",
"players",
"actors",
"actresses",
"thespians",
"thesps",
"troupers",
"entertainers"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"dirtiness":{
"the state or quality of being dirty":{
"examples":[
"the health inspector took the manager to task over the general dirtiness of the restaurant"
],
"synonyms":[
"blackness",
"dinge",
"dinginess",
"dustiness",
"filthiness",
"foulness",
"griminess",
"grubbiness",
"nastiness",
"smuttiness",
"soilage",
"sordidness",
"squalidness",
"uncleanliness",
"uncleanness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"discoloration",
"staining",
"impureness",
"impurity",
"messiness",
"mussiness",
"sloppiness",
"untidiness",
"insanitation",
"squalor",
"muddiness",
"sootiness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"purity"
],
"antonyms":[
"cleanliness",
"spotlessness"
]
},
"the quality or state of being obscene":{
"examples":[
"the incontestable dirtiness of the film demands an adult rating"
],
"synonyms":[
"bawdiness",
"blueness",
"coarseness",
"crudeness",
"crudity",
"dirt",
"filth",
"filthiness",
"foulness",
"grossness",
"impureness",
"impurity",
"indecency",
"lasciviousness",
"lewdness",
"nastiness",
"obscenity",
"profanity",
"raunch",
"raunchiness",
"ribaldry",
"smut",
"smuttiness",
"vulgarity",
"wantonness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"broadness",
"earthiness",
"gaminess",
"raciness",
"saltiness",
"suggestiveness",
"immodesty",
"indecorousness",
"indelicacy",
"indelicateness",
"lowness",
"unbecomingness",
"lechery",
"depravedness",
"depravity",
"kinkiness",
"naughtiness",
"perverseness",
"perversion",
"perversity",
"pervertedness",
"wickedness",
"exceptionability",
"objectionableness",
"unacceptability",
"undesirability",
"reprehensibility",
"reprehensibleness",
"abusiveness",
"scurrilousness",
"atrociousness",
"atrocity",
"infamy",
"loathsomeness",
"offensiveness",
"repellency",
"repugnance",
"repulsiveness",
"distastefulness",
"obnoxiousness",
"unpleasantness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"priggery",
"priggishness",
"primness",
"prudery",
"prudishness",
"puritanism",
"correctness",
"decency",
"decorousness",
"decorum",
"seemliness",
"appropriateness",
"fitness",
"suitability",
"suitableness",
"perfection",
"purity",
"spotlessness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"direct tax":{
"as in personal tax":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"personal tax",
"assessment",
"duty",
"imposition",
"impost",
"levy",
"tax",
"capitation",
"custom(s)",
"excise",
"hidden tax",
"income tax",
"poll tax",
"property tax",
"sales tax",
"single tax",
"sin tax",
"tariff",
"toll",
"tribute",
"value-added tax",
"withholding tax",
"supertax",
"surcharge",
"surtax",
"death tax",
"estate tax",
"inheritance tax",
"flat tax",
"proportional tax"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"dirtied":{
"as in sullied , soiled":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"befouled",
"begrimed",
"bemired",
"besmirched",
"corrupted",
"debased",
"defiled",
"fouled",
"maculate",
"maculated",
"soiled",
"spoiled",
"sullied",
"unclarified",
"unfiltered",
"unrefined",
"blended",
"commingled",
"incorporated",
"intermingled",
"intermixed",
"merged",
"mingled",
"mixed",
"adulterate",
"adulterated",
"alloyed",
"contaminated",
"dilute",
"diluted",
"impure",
"polluted",
"tainted",
"thinned",
"weakened",
"coalesced",
"combined",
"compounded",
"cheapened",
"doctored"
],
"near antonyms":[
"fine",
"pure",
"ultrapure",
"unadulterated",
"unalloyed",
"uncontaminated",
"uncut",
"undiluted",
"unmixed",
"unpolluted",
"untainted",
"clarified",
"filtered",
"purified",
"refined",
"ultrarefined",
"neat",
"plain",
"straight",
"concentrated",
"strong",
"uncombined",
"pasteurized",
"sterile",
"sterilized",
"clean",
"immaculate",
"spotless",
"stainless",
"unsoiled",
"unsullied"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make dirty":{
"examples":[
"she dirtied her new sneakers when she splashed in the puddle"
],
"synonyms":[
"befouled",
"begrimed",
"bemired",
"besmirched",
"blackened",
"daubed",
"distained",
"fouled",
"gaumed",
"grimed",
"mired",
"mucked",
"muddied",
"smirched",
"smudged",
"soiled",
"stained",
"sullied"
],
"near synonyms":[
"contaminated",
"defiled",
"polluted",
"tainted",
"discolored",
"confused",
"disarranged",
"disarrayed",
"disheveled",
"dishevelled",
"disordered",
"draggled",
"jumbled",
"messed",
"muddled",
"collied",
"crocked"
],
"near antonyms":[
"decontaminated",
"purged",
"purified",
"disinfected",
"sanitized",
"brushed",
"dry-cleaned",
"dusted",
"laundered",
"mopped",
"rinsed",
"scoured",
"scrubbed",
"swept",
"washed",
"wiped",
"brightened",
"deodorized",
"freshened",
"renewed",
"spruced (up)",
"straightened (up)",
"tidied (up)"
],
"antonyms":[
"cleaned",
"cleansed"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"dirties":{
"to make dirty":{
"examples":[
"she dirtied her new sneakers when she splashed in the puddle"
],
"synonyms":[
"befouls",
"begrimes",
"bemires",
"besmirches",
"blackens",
"daubs",
"distains",
"fouls",
"gaums",
"grimes",
"mires",
"mucks",
"muddies",
"smirches",
"smudges",
"soils",
"stains",
"sullies"
],
"near synonyms":[
"contaminates",
"defiles",
"pollutes",
"taints",
"discolors",
"confuses",
"disarranges",
"disarrays",
"dishevels",
"disorders",
"draggles",
"jumbles",
"messes",
"muddles",
"collies",
"crocks"
],
"near antonyms":[
"decontaminates",
"purges",
"purifies",
"disinfects",
"sanitizes",
"brushes",
"dry-cleans",
"dusts",
"launders",
"mops",
"rinses",
"scours",
"scrubs",
"sweeps",
"washes",
"wipes",
"brightens",
"deodorizes",
"freshens",
"renews",
"spruces (up)",
"straightens (up)",
"tidies (up)"
],
"antonyms":[
"cleans",
"cleanses"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"directs":{
"to cause to move to a central point or along a restricted pathway":{
"examples":[
"the aqueduct directs the water into an artificial lake"
],
"synonyms":[
"canalizes",
"channelizes",
"channels",
"conducts",
"funnels",
"pipes",
"siphons",
"syphons"
],
"near synonyms":[
"carries",
"conveys",
"transmits",
"concentrates",
"consolidates",
"focuses",
"focusses"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to issue orders to (someone) by right of authority":{
"examples":[
"our tour guide directed us to wait in front of the building until she could rejoin us"
],
"synonyms":[
"adjures",
"bids",
"bosses (around)",
"charges",
"commands",
"enjoins",
"instructs",
"orders",
"tells"
],
"near synonyms":[
"asks",
"petitions",
"requests",
"begs",
"beseeches",
"entreats",
"advises",
"counsels",
"warns",
"appoints",
"assigns",
"authorizes",
"commissions",
"oversees",
"superintends",
"supervises",
"conducts",
"controls",
"leads",
"manages",
"coerces",
"compels",
"constrains",
"forces",
"obliges",
"requires"
],
"near antonyms":[
"complies (with)",
"follows",
"keeps",
"observes"
],
"antonyms":[
"minds",
"obeys"
]
},
"to request the doing of by virtue of one's authority":{
"examples":[
"the caretaker directed that all of the windows be closed before we left"
],
"synonyms":[
"calls",
"commands",
"decrees",
"dictates",
"mandates",
"ordains",
"orders"
],
"near synonyms":[
"asks",
"petitions",
"requests",
"demands",
"requires"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cancels",
"countermands",
"rescinds"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to look after and make decisions about":{
"examples":[
"the music teacher directs both the student orchestra and the marching band"
],
"synonyms":[
"administers",
"administrates",
"carries on",
"conducts",
"controls",
"governs",
"guides",
"handles",
"keeps",
"manages",
"operates",
"overlooks",
"oversees",
"presides (over)",
"regulates",
"runs",
"stewards",
"superintends",
"supervises",
"tends"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cares (for)",
"minds",
"watches",
"leads",
"pilots",
"steers",
"guards",
"protects",
"safeguards",
"micromanages",
"stage-manages",
"codirects",
"comanages"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to point or turn (something) toward a target or goal":{
"examples":[
"we quickly directed our attention toward the noise coming from the rear"
],
"synonyms":[
"aims",
"bends",
"casts",
"heads",
"holds",
"levels",
"pinpoints",
"sets",
"trains"
],
"near synonyms":[
"sights",
"bears",
"faces",
"concentrates",
"focuses",
"focusses",
"inclines",
"orients",
"steers"
],
"near antonyms":[
"averts",
"curves",
"deflects",
"detours",
"diverts",
"rechannels",
"shunts",
"sidetracks"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to point out the way for (someone) especially from a position in front":{
"examples":[
"the guide directed the tour through the museum with commendable efficiency and expertise"
],
"synonyms":[
"conducts",
"guides",
"leads",
"marshals",
"marshalls",
"pilots",
"routes",
"shows",
"steers",
"ushers"
],
"near synonyms":[
"precedes",
"accompanies",
"attends",
"chaperones",
"chaperons",
"convoys",
"escorts",
"sees",
"controls",
"manages"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dogs",
"hounds",
"shadows",
"tailgates",
"tails"
],
"antonyms":[
"follows",
"trails"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"dirty laundry":{
"as in dirty linen":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"dirty linen",
"dirt",
"gossip",
"scuttlebutt",
"talebearing",
"talk",
"tattle",
"defamation",
"libel",
"slander",
"canard",
"story",
"tale",
"whisper",
"hearsay",
"fable",
"fabrication",
"fairy tale",
"falsehood",
"falsity",
"fib",
"lie",
"mendacity",
"prevarication",
"untruth",
"whopper"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"dirking":{
"as in bayoneting , piking":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bayoneting",
"bayonetting",
"gimleting",
"piking",
"poniarding",
"pronging",
"quilling",
"perforating",
"riddling",
"pinpricking",
"poking",
"pricking",
"punching",
"thrusting",
"spindling",
"cutting",
"knifing",
"slicing",
"goring",
"harpooning",
"impaling",
"jabbing",
"lancing",
"pecking",
"picking",
"piercing",
"pinking",
"puncturing",
"running through",
"skewering",
"spearing",
"spiking",
"spitting",
"stabbing",
"sticking",
"transfixing",
"transpiercing"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"dirty word":{
"a disrespectful or indecent word or expression":{
"examples":[
"I'm afraid I won't be much help on the trip\u2014the only Spanish I know is a handful of dirty words"
],
"synonyms":[
"curse",
"cuss",
"cussword",
"expletive",
"four-letter word",
"obscenity",
"profanity",
"swear",
"swearword",
"vulgarism"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bawdry",
"language",
"scurrility",
"execration",
"imprecation",
"malediction",
"epithet",
"name",
"oath"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"dirt cheap":{
"costing little":{
"examples":[
"a dirt cheap little house that was the proverbial fixer-upper"
],
"synonyms":[
"affordable",
"bargain-basement",
"budget",
"cheap",
"cheapie",
"cheapo",
"chintzy",
"cut-price",
"cut-rate",
"dime-store",
"el cheapo",
"inexpensive",
"low",
"low-end",
"popular",
"reasonable"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cheapish",
"moderate",
"discount",
"discounted",
"fire-sale",
"lowered",
"reduced",
"wholesale",
"valueless",
"worthless",
"supercheap",
"ultracheap"
],
"near antonyms":[
"increased",
"inflated",
"exorbitant",
"extravagant",
"overpriced",
"prohibitive",
"prohibitory",
"steep",
"stiff",
"superexpensive",
"ultraexpensive",
"unreasonable",
"invaluable",
"priceless",
"luxurious"
],
"antonyms":[
"costly",
"dear",
"deluxe",
"expensive",
"high",
"high-ticket",
"precious",
"premium",
"pricey",
"pricy",
"spendy",
"valuable"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"directing":{
"as in managing , overseeing":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"controlling",
"managing",
"officiating",
"overseeing",
"regnant",
"reigning",
"ruling",
"supervisory",
"high-level",
"senior",
"main",
"major",
"paramount",
"predominant",
"predominate",
"sovereign",
"sovran",
"chief",
"commanding",
"first",
"foremost",
"head",
"high",
"lead",
"leading",
"preeminent",
"premier",
"presiding",
"primary",
"prime",
"principal",
"supereminent",
"supreme",
"top",
"ascendant",
"ascendent",
"dominant",
"grand",
"superior",
"topmost",
"upmost",
"upper",
"uppermost"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ancillary",
"inferior",
"last",
"less",
"lesser",
"lower",
"lowly",
"second",
"secondary",
"subordinate",
"subsidiary",
"assistant",
"assisting",
"coadjutor",
"deputy",
"junior",
"under"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in ordering , commanding":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"commanding",
"ordering",
"facilitation",
"fostering",
"promotion",
"commendation",
"consignment",
"entrustment",
"accreditation",
"authorization",
"commission",
"delegation",
"empowerment",
"license",
"licence",
"mandate"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to cause to move to a central point or along a restricted pathway":{
"examples":[
"the aqueduct directs the water into an artificial lake"
],
"synonyms":[
"canalizing",
"channeling",
"channelling",
"channelizing",
"conducting",
"funneling",
"funnelling",
"piping",
"siphoning",
"syphoning"
],
"near synonyms":[
"carrying",
"conveying",
"transmitting",
"concentrating",
"consolidating",
"focusing",
"focussing"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to issue orders to (someone) by right of authority":{
"examples":[
"our tour guide directed us to wait in front of the building until she could rejoin us"
],
"synonyms":[
"adjuring",
"bidding",
"bossing (around)",
"charging",
"commanding",
"enjoining",
"instructing",
"ordering",
"telling"
],
"near synonyms":[
"asking",
"petitioning",
"requesting",
"begging",
"beseeching",
"entreating",
"advising",
"counseling",
"counselling",
"warning",
"appointing",
"assigning",
"authorizing",
"commissioning",
"overseeing",
"superintending",
"supervising",
"conducting",
"controlling",
"leading",
"managing",
"coercing",
"compelling",
"constraining",
"forcing",
"obliging",
"requiring"
],
"near antonyms":[
"complying (with)",
"following",
"keeping",
"observing"
],
"antonyms":[
"minding",
"obeying"
]
},
"to request the doing of by virtue of one's authority":{
"examples":[
"the caretaker directed that all of the windows be closed before we left"
],
"synonyms":[
"calling",
"commanding",
"decreeing",
"dictating",
"mandating",
"ordaining",
"ordering"
],
"near synonyms":[
"asking",
"petitioning",
"requesting",
"demanding",
"requiring"
],
"near antonyms":[
"canceling",
"cancelling",
"countermanding",
"rescinding"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to look after and make decisions about":{
"examples":[
"the music teacher directs both the student orchestra and the marching band"
],
"synonyms":[
"administering",
"administrating",
"carrying on",
"conducting",
"controlling",
"governing",
"guiding",
"handling",
"keeping",
"managing",
"operating",
"overlooking",
"overseeing",
"presiding (over)",
"regulating",
"running",
"stewarding",
"superintending",
"supervising",
"tending"
],
"near synonyms":[
"caring (for)",
"minding",
"watching",
"leading",
"piloting",
"steering",
"guarding",
"protecting",
"safeguarding",
"micromanaging",
"stage-managing",
"codirecting",
"co-directing",
"comanaging",
"co-managing"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to point or turn (something) toward a target or goal":{
"examples":[
"we quickly directed our attention toward the noise coming from the rear"
],
"synonyms":[
"aiming",
"bending",
"casting",
"heading",
"holding",
"leveling",
"levelling",
"pinpointing",
"setting",
"training"
],
"near synonyms":[
"sighting",
"bearing",
"facing",
"concentrating",
"focusing",
"focussing",
"inclining",
"orienting",
"steering"
],
"near antonyms":[
"averting",
"curving",
"deflecting",
"detouring",
"diverting",
"rechanneling",
"shunting",
"sidetracking"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to point out the way for (someone) especially from a position in front":{
"examples":[
"the guide directed the tour through the museum with commendable efficiency and expertise"
],
"synonyms":[
"conducting",
"guiding",
"leading",
"marshaling",
"marshalling",
"piloting",
"routing",
"showing",
"steering",
"ushering"
],
"near synonyms":[
"preceding",
"accompanying",
"attending",
"chaperoning",
"convoying",
"escorting",
"seeing",
"controlling",
"managing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dogging",
"hounding",
"shadowing",
"tailgating",
"tailing"
],
"antonyms":[
"following",
"trailing"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"dirt-poor":{
"lacking money or material possessions":{
"examples":[
"growing up dirt-poor in the rural South"
],
"synonyms":[
"beggared",
"beggarly",
"broke",
"destitute",
"down-and-out",
"famished",
"hard up",
"impecunious",
"impoverished",
"indigent",
"necessitous",
"needful",
"needy",
"pauperized",
"penniless",
"penurious",
"poor",
"poverty-stricken",
"skint",
"threadbare"
],
"near synonyms":[
"deprived",
"disadvantaged",
"dispossessed",
"unaffluent",
"underprivileged",
"bankrupt",
"bankrupted",
"bust",
"busted",
"insolvent",
"possessionless",
"ruined",
"depressed",
"distressed",
"hand-to-mouth",
"hardscrabble",
"pinched",
"poorish",
"reduced",
"straitened",
"cash-strapped",
"low",
"short",
"tapped out"
],
"near antonyms":[
"comfortable",
"prosperous"
],
"antonyms":[
"affluent",
"deep-pocketed",
"fat",
"fat-cat",
"flush",
"moneyed",
"monied",
"opulent",
"rich",
"silk-stocking",
"wealthy",
"well-heeled",
"well-off",
"well-to-do"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"dirtily":{
"as in nastily , filthily":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"dingily",
"filthily",
"foully",
"grubbily",
"nastily",
"shabbily",
"sleazily",
"chaotically",
"messily",
"untidily",
"slatternly",
"dowdily",
"sloppily",
"slovenly"
],
"near antonyms":[
"nattily",
"sharply",
"smart",
"smartly",
"sprucely",
"neatly",
"orderly",
"tidily",
"fashionably",
"modishly",
"carefully",
"fastidiously",
"fussily",
"meticulously",
"cleanly",
"immaculately",
"spotlessly"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"dirge":{
"a composition expressing one's grief over a loss":{
"examples":[
"bagpipes played a haunting dirge at the funeral for the fallen leader"
],
"synonyms":[
"elegy",
"lament",
"requiem",
"threnody"
],
"near synonyms":[
"taps",
"elegiac",
"monody"
],
"near antonyms":[
"encomium",
"eulogy",
"paean",
"panegyric"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
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},
"dirty tricks":{
"as in dirty pool":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"dirty pool",
"fakery",
"humbuggery",
"imposture",
"quackery",
"design",
"plotting",
"scheming",
"secrecy",
"stealth",
"crookedness",
"crookery",
"cunning",
"deceit",
"deceitfulness",
"deception",
"deceptiveness",
"dishonesty",
"dissimulation",
"double-dealing",
"dupery",
"duplicity",
"guile",
"guilefulness",
"hypocrisy",
"insincerity",
"artfulness",
"caginess",
"cageyness",
"craftiness",
"cunning",
"deviousness",
"foxiness",
"oiliness",
"shadiness",
"sharpness",
"shiftiness",
"shrewdness",
"slickness",
"slipperiness",
"slyness",
"sneakiness",
"treachery",
"underhandedness",
"wiliness",
"artifice",
"chicane",
"chicanery",
"gamesmanship",
"hanky-panky",
"jiggery-pokery",
"jugglery",
"legerdemain",
"skulduggery",
"skullduggery",
"subterfuge",
"trickery",
"wile"
],
"near antonyms":[
"artlessness",
"forthrightness",
"guilelessness",
"ingenuousness",
"sincerity",
"candidness",
"candor",
"directness",
"openness",
"plainness",
"plainspokenness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"plural noun"
]
},
"directories":{
"a book that contains mandates and instructions for actions or conduct":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"codes",
"constitutions",
"decalogues",
"bylaws",
"ground rules",
"regs",
"regulations",
"rules",
"acts",
"laws",
"ordinances",
"statutes",
"behests",
"charges",
"commandments",
"commands",
"decrees",
"dictates",
"directions",
"directives",
"edicts",
"fiats",
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"precepts",
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"values",
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"proscriptions",
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"customs",
"habits",
"manners",
"mores",
"practices",
"practises",
"traditions",
"ways",
"blueprints",
"canons",
"formulas",
"formulae",
"guidelines",
"guides",
"standards"
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],
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"administrator",
"archon",
"exec",
"executive",
"manager",
"superintendent",
"supervisor"
],
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"co-organizer",
"middle manager",
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"officer",
"official",
"commissioner",
"minister",
"boss",
"chief",
"head",
"leader",
"president"
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"a person who supervises the production of a stage show":{
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"the director of the drama club's next production will be a student"
],
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"regisseur",
"r\u00e9gisseur",
"stage director"
],
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"producer",
"stage manager",
"directress"
],
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"type":[
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]
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"examples":[
"forgetting my birthday was the final straw\u2014I had to dump the dirtbag"
],
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"beast",
"bleeder",
"blighter",
"boor",
"bounder",
"bugger",
"buzzard",
"cad",
"chuff",
"churl",
"clown",
"creep",
"cretin",
"crud",
"crumb",
"cur",
"dog",
"fink",
"heel",
"hound",
"jerk",
"joker",
"louse",
"lout",
"pill",
"rat",
"rat fink",
"reptile",
"rotter",
"schmuck",
"scum",
"scumbag",
"scuzzball",
"skunk",
"sleaze",
"sleazebag",
"sleazeball",
"slime",
"slimeball",
"slob",
"snake",
"so-and-so",
"sod",
"stinkard",
"stinker",
"swine",
"toad",
"varmint",
"vermin"
],
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"brute",
"caveman",
"Neanderthal",
"savage",
"loudmouth",
"vulgarian",
"lowlife",
"miscreant",
"rascal",
"rogue",
"roughneck",
"scab",
"scamp",
"scoundrel",
"villain",
"wretch",
"booby",
"doofus",
"fool",
"jackass",
"nincompoop",
"ninny",
"nit",
"nitwit",
"nut",
"schmo",
"schmoe",
"airhead",
"birdbrain",
"blockhead",
"dink",
"dolt",
"dope",
"dork",
"goon",
"half-wit",
"idiot",
"imbecile",
"moron",
"turkey",
"brat",
"insolent",
"nuisance",
"pest",
"snip",
"snob",
"snoot",
"snot",
"dweeb",
"nerd"
],
"near antonyms":[
"hero",
"heroine",
"idol",
"role model",
"gentleman",
"lady",
"angel",
"saint"
],
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},
"type":[
"noun"
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"dirk":{
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"bayonet",
"bodkin",
"bolo",
"bowie knife",
"cutlass",
"dagger",
"jackknife",
"machete",
"pocketknife",
"poniard",
"sheath knife",
"stiletto",
"stylet",
"switchblade",
"switch knife",
"yataghan",
"cutter",
"knife",
"shank",
"shiv",
"cleaver",
"hack",
"rapier",
"saber",
"sabre",
"steel",
"sword",
"scalpel"
],
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"antonyms":[]
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"as in bayonet , pike":{
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"poniard",
"prong",
"quill",
"perforate",
"riddle",
"pinprick",
"poke",
"prick",
"punch",
"thrust",
"spindle",
"cut",
"knife",
"slice",
"gore",
"harpoon",
"impale",
"jab",
"lance",
"peck",
"pick",
"pierce",
"pink",
"puncture",
"run through",
"skewer",
"spear",
"spike",
"spit",
"stab",
"stick",
"transfix",
"transpierce"
],
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"antonyms":[]
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"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
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"direct mails":{
"as in mailers , junk mails":{
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"junk mails",
"mailers",
"airmails",
"airposts",
"certified mails",
"registered mails",
"rural deliveries",
"rural free deliveries",
"special deliveries",
"special handlings",
"cards",
"dispatches",
"epistles",
"letters",
"messages",
"missives",
"notes",
"postal cards",
"postcards",
"printed matters",
"correspondences",
"mails",
"matters",
"parcel posts",
"posts",
"snail mail",
"bundles",
"packages",
"shipments"
],
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},
"type":[
"noun"
]
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"as in personal taxes":{
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"personal taxes",
"assessments",
"duties",
"impositions",
"imposts",
"levies",
"taxes",
"capitations",
"customs",
"excises",
"hidden taxes",
"income taxes",
"poll taxes",
"property taxes",
"sales taxes",
"single taxes",
"sin taxes",
"tariffs",
"tolls",
"tributes",
"value-added taxes",
"withholding taxes",
"supertaxes",
"surcharges",
"surtaxes",
"death taxes",
"estate taxes",
"inheritance taxes",
"flat taxes",
"proportional taxes"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"dirt":{
"the loose surface material in which plants naturally grow":{
"examples":[
"dig into the dirt to a depth of about three inches"
],
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"clod",
"earth",
"ground",
"mold",
"soil"
],
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"blackland",
"clay",
"gault",
"gley",
"guck",
"gook",
"gumbo",
"kaolin",
"muck",
"mud",
"dust",
"gravel",
"sand",
"humus",
"loam",
"topsoil",
"alluvium",
"colluvium",
"detritus",
"loess",
"marl",
"sediment",
"shingle",
"silt",
"duff",
"mull",
"subsoil",
"substratum"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the solid part of our planet's surface as distinguished from the sea and air":{
"examples":[
"at the first sound of gunfire we hit the dirt"
],
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"dust",
"earth",
"ground",
"land",
"soil",
"terra firma"
],
"near synonyms":[
"continent",
"landmass",
"zone",
"island",
"isthmus",
"mainland",
"peninsula"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"foul matter that mars the purity or cleanliness of something":{
"examples":[
"there's some dirt on your shoes"
],
"synonyms":[
"crud",
"filth",
"grime",
"gunk",
"muck",
"smut",
"soil"
],
"near synonyms":[
"scum",
"sewage",
"sewerage",
"slime",
"sludge",
"swill",
"dross",
"dust",
"garbage",
"junk",
"litter",
"refuse",
"rubbish",
"scrap",
"trash",
"waste",
"crock",
"soot",
"dinginess",
"dirtiness",
"dustiness",
"filthiness",
"foulness",
"griminess",
"grubbiness",
"nastiness",
"squalidness",
"uncleanliness",
"uncleanness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cleanliness",
"cleanness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the quality or state of being obscene":{
"examples":[
"appalled by the dirt in the author's novels"
],
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"bawdiness",
"blueness",
"coarseness",
"crudeness",
"crudity",
"dirtiness",
"filth",
"filthiness",
"foulness",
"grossness",
"impureness",
"impurity",
"indecency",
"lasciviousness",
"lewdness",
"nastiness",
"obscenity",
"profanity",
"raunch",
"raunchiness",
"ribaldry",
"smut",
"smuttiness",
"vulgarity",
"wantonness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"broadness",
"earthiness",
"gaminess",
"raciness",
"saltiness",
"suggestiveness",
"immodesty",
"indecorousness",
"indelicacy",
"indelicateness",
"lowness",
"unbecomingness",
"lechery",
"depravedness",
"depravity",
"kinkiness",
"naughtiness",
"perverseness",
"perversion",
"perversity",
"pervertedness",
"wickedness",
"exceptionability",
"objectionableness",
"unacceptability",
"undesirability",
"reprehensibility",
"reprehensibleness",
"abusiveness",
"scurrilousness",
"atrociousness",
"atrocity",
"infamy",
"loathsomeness",
"offensiveness",
"repellency",
"repugnance",
"repulsiveness",
"distastefulness",
"obnoxiousness",
"unpleasantness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"priggery",
"priggishness",
"primness",
"prudery",
"prudishness",
"puritanism",
"correctness",
"decency",
"decorousness",
"decorum",
"seemliness",
"appropriateness",
"fitness",
"suitability",
"suitableness",
"perfection",
"purity",
"spotlessness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"solid matter discharged from an animal's alimentary canal":{
"examples":[
"tread carefully, as there's cow dirt all over the pasture"
],
"synonyms":[
"doo-doo",
"dropping",
"dung",
"excrement",
"excreta",
"feces",
"ordure",
"poop",
"scat",
"slops",
"soil",
"waste"
],
"near synonyms":[
"night soil",
"stool",
"dunghill",
"guano",
"manure",
"midden",
"muck",
"spoor",
"sewage",
"sewerage",
"coprolite"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"directives":{
"a statement of what to do that must be obeyed by those concerned":{
"examples":[
"the company president regularly issues directives intended for all staff members"
],
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"behests",
"charges",
"commandments",
"commands",
"decrees",
"dictates",
"directions",
"dos",
"do's",
"edicts",
"imperatives",
"injunctions",
"instructions",
"orders",
"words"
],
"near synonyms":[
"demands",
"requirements",
"mandates",
"countermands",
"counterorders",
"counter-orders",
"laws",
"precepts",
"prescriptions",
"prescripts",
"rules",
"ordinances",
"regulations",
"statutes"
],
"near antonyms":[
"appeals",
"entreaties",
"petitions",
"pleas",
"urgings",
"proposals",
"recommendations",
"suggestions"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"an order publicly issued by an authority":{
"examples":[
"a directive issued by the archbishop that is to be read during Sunday services at every parish"
],
"synonyms":[
"bulls",
"decrees",
"diktats",
"edicts",
"fiats",
"rescripts",
"rulings",
"ukases"
],
"near synonyms":[
"calls",
"conclusions",
"decisions",
"deliverances",
"determinations",
"diagnoses",
"judgments",
"judgements",
"opinions",
"resolutions",
"verdicts",
"announcements",
"declarations",
"dicta",
"dictums",
"manifestos",
"manifestoes",
"proclamations",
"pronouncements",
"canons",
"encyclicals"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a written communication giving information or directions":{
"examples":[
"a growing stack of unread directives from the company's senior vice president"
],
"synonyms":[
"memorandums",
"memoranda",
"memos",
"notices"
],
"near synonyms":[
"announcements",
"bulletins",
"declarations",
"notifications",
"postings",
"proclamations",
"pronouncements",
"releases",
"dispatches",
"reports",
"edicts",
"pronunciamentos",
"pronunciamentoes",
"rescripts",
"charges",
"commands",
"dictates",
"directions",
"instructions",
"orders",
"words",
"encyclicals",
"epistles",
"jottings",
"letters",
"mails",
"messages",
"missives",
"notes",
"posts"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"dire":{
"being or showing a sign of evil or calamity to come":{
"examples":[
"a dire forecast of a plunge in stock prices"
],
"synonyms":[
"baleful",
"direful",
"doomy",
"foreboding",
"ill",
"ill-boding",
"inauspicious",
"menacing",
"minatory",
"ominous",
"portentous",
"sinister",
"threatening"
],
"near synonyms":[
"black",
"bleak",
"cheerless",
"chill",
"Cimmerian",
"cloudy",
"cold",
"comfortless",
"dark",
"darkening",
"depressing",
"depressive",
"desolate",
"dim",
"disconsolate",
"dismal",
"drear",
"dreary",
"dreich",
"elegiac",
"elegiacal",
"forlorn",
"funereal",
"gloomy",
"glum",
"godforsaken",
"gray",
"grey",
"lonely",
"lonesome",
"lugubrious",
"miserable",
"morbid",
"morose",
"murky",
"plutonian",
"saturnine",
"sepulchral",
"somber",
"sombre",
"sullen",
"sunless",
"tenebrific",
"tenebrous",
"wretched",
"discouraging",
"disheartening",
"hopeless",
"unfavorable",
"unpromising",
"unpropitious",
"ill-fated",
"ill-starred",
"star-crossed",
"troubled",
"unfortunate",
"unlucky",
"evil",
"malign",
"malignant"
],
"near antonyms":[
"auspicious",
"benign",
"bright",
"encouraging",
"favorable",
"golden",
"heartening",
"hopeful",
"promising",
"propitious",
"prosperous"
],
"antonyms":[
"unthreatening"
]
},
"causing fear":{
"examples":[
"a series of dire tremors that hinted at a huge volcanic eruption"
],
"synonyms":[
"alarming",
"direful",
"dread",
"dreadful",
"fearful",
"fearsome",
"forbidding",
"formidable",
"frightening",
"frightful",
"ghastly",
"hair-raising",
"horrendous",
"horrible",
"horrifying",
"intimidating",
"redoubtable",
"scary",
"shocking",
"spine-chilling",
"terrible",
"terrifying"
],
"near synonyms":[
"daunting",
"demoralizing",
"disconcerting",
"discouraging",
"dismaying",
"disquieting",
"distressing",
"disturbing",
"perturbing",
"startling",
"threatening",
"troubling",
"trying",
"unnerving",
"bone-chilling",
"creepy",
"eerie",
"eery",
"weird",
"appalling",
"atrocious",
"awful",
"grisly",
"gruesome",
"grewsome",
"hideous",
"horrid",
"macabre",
"monstrous",
"nightmarish"
],
"near antonyms":[
"calming",
"comforting",
"consoling",
"inviting",
"lulling",
"pacifying",
"quieting",
"reassuring",
"relaxing",
"soothing",
"tranquilizing",
"tranquillizing",
"nonintimidating",
"nonthreatening"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"needing immediate attention":{
"examples":[
"a dire need for food and medicine in the famine-stricken country"
],
"synonyms":[
"acute",
"burning",
"clamant",
"compelling",
"critical",
"crying",
"emergent",
"exigent",
"imperative",
"imperious",
"importunate",
"instant",
"necessitous",
"pressing",
"urgent"
],
"near synonyms":[
"demanding",
"extreme",
"immediate",
"insistent",
"intense",
"overriding",
"crucial",
"desperate",
"grave",
"life-and-death",
"life-or-death",
"serious",
"severe",
"vital",
"dangerous",
"explosive",
"hazardous",
"perilous",
"precarious",
"unstable"
],
"near antonyms":[
"incidental",
"low-pressure",
"minor",
"negligible",
"trivial",
"unimportant",
"nonthreatening",
"safe",
"stable"
],
"antonyms":[
"noncritical",
"nonurgent"
]
},
"causing or marked by an atmosphere lacking in cheer":{
"examples":[
"with stock prices steadily falling, these are dire days on the trading floor"
],
"synonyms":[
"black",
"bleak",
"cheerless",
"chill",
"Cimmerian",
"cloudy",
"cold",
"comfortless",
"dark",
"darkening",
"depressing",
"depressive",
"desolate",
"disconsolate",
"dismal",
"drear",
"dreary",
"dreich",
"elegiac",
"elegiacal",
"forlorn",
"funereal",
"gloomy",
"glum",
"godforsaken",
"gray",
"grey",
"lonely",
"lonesome",
"lugubrious",
"miserable",
"morbid",
"morose",
"murky",
"plutonian",
"saturnine",
"sepulchral",
"solemn",
"somber",
"sombre",
"sullen",
"sunless",
"tenebrific",
"tenebrous",
"wretched"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blue",
"dejected",
"depressed",
"despondent",
"down",
"droopy",
"hangdog",
"inconsolable",
"low",
"melancholic",
"melancholy",
"mirthless",
"sad",
"unhappy",
"woebegone",
"woeful",
"dim",
"discomfiting",
"discouraging",
"disheartening",
"dismaying",
"dispiriting",
"distressful",
"distressing",
"upsetting",
"desperate",
"hopeless",
"pessimistic",
"lamentable",
"mournful",
"plaintive",
"sorrowful",
"colorless",
"drab",
"dull",
"dour",
"grim",
"lowering",
"louring",
"lowery",
"loury",
"menacing",
"negative",
"oppressive",
"threatening"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blithe",
"blithesome",
"buoyant",
"gay",
"jocund",
"jolly",
"joyful",
"joyous",
"merry",
"mirthful",
"encouraging",
"hopeful",
"optimistic",
"lighthearted",
"lightsome"
],
"antonyms":[
"bright",
"cheerful",
"cheering",
"cheery",
"comforting",
"cordial",
"festive",
"friendly",
"gay",
"heartwarming",
"sunshiny"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"directors":{
"a person who manages or directs something":{
"examples":[
"the new director of the company plans to make a number of changes in daily operations"
],
"synonyms":[
"administrants",
"administrators",
"archons",
"execs",
"executives",
"managers",
"superintendents",
"supervisors"
],
"near synonyms":[
"codirectors",
"co-directors",
"comanagers",
"co-managers",
"co-organizers",
"middle managers",
"boardmen",
"officers",
"officials",
"commissioners",
"ministers",
"bosses",
"chiefs",
"heads",
"leaders",
"presidents"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a person who supervises the production of a stage show":{
"examples":[
"the director of the drama club's next production will be a student"
],
"synonyms":[
"regisseurs",
"r\u00e9gisseurs",
"stage directors"
],
"near synonyms":[
"auteurs",
"impresarios",
"producers",
"stage managers",
"directresses"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"dirtying":{
"to make dirty":{
"examples":[
"she dirtied her new sneakers when she splashed in the puddle"
],
"synonyms":[
"befouling",
"begriming",
"bemiring",
"besmirching",
"blackening",
"daubing",
"distaining",
"fouling",
"gauming",
"griming",
"miring",
"mucking",
"muddying",
"smirching",
"smudging",
"soiling",
"staining",
"sullying"
],
"near synonyms":[
"contaminating",
"defiling",
"polluting",
"tainting",
"discoloring",
"confusing",
"disarranging",
"disarraying",
"disheveling",
"dishevelling",
"disordering",
"draggling",
"jumbling",
"messing",
"muddling",
"collying",
"crocking"
],
"near antonyms":[
"decontaminating",
"purging",
"purifying",
"disinfecting",
"sanitizing",
"brushing",
"dry-cleaning",
"dusting",
"laundering",
"mopping",
"rinsing",
"scouring",
"scrubbing",
"sweeping",
"washing",
"wiping",
"brightening",
"deodorizing",
"freshening",
"renewing",
"sprucing (up)",
"straightening (up)",
"tidying (up)"
],
"antonyms":[
"cleaning",
"cleansing"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"direct mail":{
"as in mailer , junk mail":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"junk mail",
"mailer",
"airmail",
"airpost",
"certified mail",
"registered mail",
"rural delivery",
"rural free delivery",
"special delivery",
"special handling",
"card",
"dispatch",
"epistle",
"letter",
"message",
"missive",
"note",
"postal card",
"postcard",
"printed matter",
"correspondence",
"mail",
"matter",
"parcel post",
"post",
"snail mail",
"bundle",
"package",
"shipment"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"directress":{
"as in director , manager":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"conductor",
"director",
"head",
"leader",
"manager",
"regisseur",
"r\u00e9gisseur",
"stage director",
"auteur",
"impresario",
"producer",
"stage manager",
"composer",
"melodist",
"musician",
"cocomposer",
"songsmith",
"songwriter",
"tunesmith",
"symphonist",
"arranger",
"orchestrator",
"orchestrater",
"scorer"
],
"near antonyms":[
"artist",
"instrumentalist",
"musician",
"performer",
"player",
"actor",
"actress",
"thesp",
"thespian",
"trouper",
"entertainer"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"directest":{
"to cause to move to a central point or along a restricted pathway":{
"examples":[
"the aqueduct directs the water into an artificial lake"
],
"synonyms":[
"canalize",
"channel",
"channelize",
"conduct",
"funnel",
"pipe",
"siphon",
"syphon"
],
"near synonyms":[
"carry",
"convey",
"transmit",
"concentrate",
"consolidate",
"focus"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to issue orders to (someone) by right of authority":{
"examples":[
"our tour guide directed us to wait in front of the building until she could rejoin us"
],
"synonyms":[
"adjure",
"bid",
"boss (around)",
"charge",
"command",
"enjoin",
"instruct",
"order",
"tell"
],
"near synonyms":[
"ask",
"petition",
"request",
"beg",
"beseech",
"entreat",
"advise",
"counsel",
"warn",
"appoint",
"assign",
"authorize",
"commission",
"oversee",
"superintend",
"supervise",
"conduct",
"control",
"lead",
"manage",
"coerce",
"compel",
"constrain",
"force",
"oblige",
"require"
],
"near antonyms":[
"comply (with)",
"follow",
"keep",
"observe"
],
"antonyms":[
"mind",
"obey"
]
},
"to request the doing of by virtue of one's authority":{
"examples":[
"the caretaker directed that all of the windows be closed before we left"
],
"synonyms":[
"call",
"command",
"decree",
"dictate",
"mandate",
"ordain",
"order",
"call for"
],
"near synonyms":[
"ask",
"petition",
"request",
"demand",
"require"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cancel",
"countermand",
"rescind"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to look after and make decisions about":{
"examples":[
"the music teacher directs both the student orchestra and the marching band"
],
"synonyms":[
"administer",
"administrate",
"carry on",
"conduct",
"control",
"govern",
"guide",
"handle",
"keep",
"manage",
"operate",
"overlook",
"oversee",
"preside (over)",
"regulate",
"run",
"steward",
"superintend",
"supervise",
"tend",
"watch over"
],
"near synonyms":[
"care (for)",
"mind",
"watch",
"lead",
"pilot",
"steer",
"guard",
"protect",
"safeguard",
"micromanage",
"stage-manage",
"codirect",
"comanage"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to point or turn (something) toward a target or goal":{
"examples":[
"we quickly directed our attention toward the noise coming from the rear"
],
"synonyms":[
"aim",
"bend",
"cast",
"head",
"hold",
"level",
"pinpoint",
"set",
"train"
],
"near synonyms":[
"sight",
"bear",
"face",
"concentrate",
"focus",
"incline",
"orient",
"steer"
],
"near antonyms":[
"avert",
"curve",
"deflect",
"detour",
"divert",
"rechannel",
"shunt",
"sidetrack"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to point out the way for (someone) especially from a position in front":{
"examples":[
"the guide directed the tour through the museum with commendable efficiency and expertise"
],
"synonyms":[
"conduct",
"guide",
"lead",
"marshal",
"marshall",
"pilot",
"route",
"show",
"steer",
"usher"
],
"near synonyms":[
"precede",
"accompany",
"attend",
"chaperone",
"chaperon",
"convoy",
"escort",
"see",
"control",
"manage"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dog",
"hound",
"shadow",
"tail",
"tailgate"
],
"antonyms":[
"follow",
"trail"
]
},
"done or working without something else coming in between":{
"examples":[
"a zoologist whose works are based entirely on her direct observation of animals in the wild",
"the virus was the direct cause of the disease"
],
"synonyms":[
"firsthand",
"immediate",
"primary",
"unmediated"
],
"near synonyms":[
"clinical",
"empirical",
"empiric",
"efficient",
"proximate",
"hands-on"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"indirect",
"secondhand"
]
},
"free in expressing one's true feelings and opinions":{
"examples":[
"our coach is very direct , never hesitating for a moment to tell a player whenever he isn't performing up to snuff"
],
"synonyms":[
"candid",
"forthcoming",
"forthright",
"foursquare",
"frank",
"free-spoken",
"freehearted",
"honest",
"open",
"openhearted",
"out-front",
"outspoken",
"plain",
"plainspoken",
"straight",
"straightforward",
"unguarded",
"unreserved",
"up-front"
],
"near synonyms":[
"artless",
"earnest",
"guileless",
"ingenuous",
"innocent",
"naive",
"na\u00efve",
"natural",
"real",
"sincere",
"unaffected",
"undesigning",
"unpretending",
"unpretentious",
"outgoing",
"uninhibited",
"unrestrained",
"vocal",
"vociferous",
"abrupt",
"bluff",
"blunt",
"brusque",
"brusk",
"crusty",
"curt",
"gruff",
"sharp",
"impertinent",
"impolite",
"inconsiderate",
"rude",
"tactless",
"thoughtless",
"uncivil",
"undiplomatic",
"ungracious",
"unmannerly",
"unsubtle"
],
"near antonyms":[
"inhibited",
"reserved",
"restrained",
"close-mouthed",
"laconic",
"quiet",
"reticent",
"taciturn",
"tight-lipped",
"uncommunicative",
"ambiguous",
"circuitous",
"equivocal",
"evasive",
"diplomatic",
"politic",
"tactful",
"civil",
"considerate",
"courteous",
"polite"
],
"antonyms":[
"dissembling",
"uncandid",
"unforthcoming"
]
},
"going straight to the point clearly and firmly":{
"examples":[
"clear and direct instructions that left no room for misinterpretation"
],
"synonyms":[
"forthright",
"foursquare",
"plain",
"straight",
"straightforward"
],
"near synonyms":[
"aboveboard",
"candid",
"frank",
"free-spoken",
"honest",
"open",
"openhearted",
"outspoken",
"plainspoken",
"unguarded",
"unreserved",
"artless",
"earnest",
"sincere",
"uninhibited",
"unrestrained",
"abrupt",
"bluff",
"blunt",
"brusque",
"brusk",
"curt",
"gruff",
"point-blank",
"sharp",
"impolite",
"inconsiderate",
"rude",
"tactless",
"undiplomatic",
"true",
"truthful",
"veracious"
],
"near antonyms":[
"circumlocutory",
"long-winded",
"prolix",
"verbose",
"wordy",
"inhibited",
"reserved",
"restrained",
"civil",
"courteous",
"polite",
"tactful",
"deceitful",
"lying",
"mendacious",
"untruthful",
"erroneous",
"fallacious",
"false",
"ambiguous",
"equivocal",
"evasive",
"misleading",
"double-dealing",
"hypocritical",
"two-faced"
],
"antonyms":[
"circuitous",
"indirect",
"roundabout"
]
},
"free from irregularities or digressions in course":{
"examples":[
"this road provides the most direct route to your destination"
],
"synonyms":[
"linear",
"right",
"straight",
"straightaway",
"straightforward"
],
"near synonyms":[
"unbent",
"uncurled",
"untwisted",
"undeviating",
"unswerving"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bowed",
"rounded",
"entwined",
"kinked",
"swirled",
"turned",
"turning",
"twined",
"twining",
"twisted",
"twisting",
"veering",
"warped",
"bending",
"coiled",
"coiling",
"corkscrew",
"curled",
"curling",
"curved",
"curving",
"looped",
"looping",
"spiral",
"spiraling",
"spiralling",
"wavy",
"winding",
"meandering",
"weaving",
"devious",
"serpentine",
"sinuous",
"crooked",
"zigzag",
"zigzagging"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"in a direct line or course":{
"examples":[
"flew direct to the coast"
],
"synonyms":[
"dead",
"directly",
"due",
"plumb",
"plump",
"right",
"straight",
"straightway",
"as the crow flies"
],
"near synonyms":[],
"near antonyms":[
"circuitously",
"deviously",
"veeringly"
],
"antonyms":[
"indirectly"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"verb"
]
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}
}
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