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{
"errand":{
"an act of traveling a short way to do or get something":{
"examples":[
"He was sent out on an urgent errand ."
],
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"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"commutation",
"commute",
"excursion",
"flight",
"hop",
"jaunt",
"junket",
"outing",
"sally",
"sortie",
"tour",
"expedition",
"journey",
"passage",
"peregrination",
"travel(s)",
"trek",
"trip",
"cruise",
"sail",
"voyage",
"drive",
"ride",
"spin",
"grand tour",
"odyssey",
"pilgrimage",
"progress",
"quest",
"safari",
"hike",
"slog",
"tramp",
"walk",
"walkabout"
],
"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"errorless":{
"as in flawless , impeccable":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"faultless",
"flawless",
"impeccable",
"infallible",
"unerring",
"unfailing",
"certain",
"foolproof",
"inerrant",
"perfect",
"sure",
"dependable",
"reliable"
],
"near antonyms":[
"fallible",
"defective",
"faulty",
"flawed",
"imperfect",
"undependable",
"unreliable"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"errancies":{
"as in inaccuracies , miscues":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"blunders",
"boners",
"boobs",
"clinkers",
"errors",
"faults",
"flubs",
"fumbles",
"gaffes",
"goofs",
"inaccuracies",
"lapses",
"miscues",
"stumbles",
"trips",
"misapprehensions",
"miscalculations",
"misjudgments",
"missteps",
"mistakes",
"slips",
"slipups",
"foul-ups",
"muffs",
"misstatements",
"misconceptions",
"misconstructions",
"misimpressions",
"misinterpretations",
"misprisions",
"misunderstandings"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"erring":{
"as in errant , fallen":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"errant",
"fallen",
"unprincipled",
"unscrupulous",
"execrable",
"lousy",
"miserable",
"wretched",
"improper",
"incorrect",
"indecent",
"indecorous",
"naughty",
"unbecoming",
"unseemly",
"vulgar",
"disallowed",
"dishonest",
"dishonorable",
"banned",
"barred",
"condemned",
"discouraged",
"forbidden",
"illegal",
"interdicted",
"outlawed",
"prohibited",
"proscribed",
"unauthorized",
"unclean",
"cursed",
"curst",
"cussed",
"defiling",
"noxious",
"pernicious",
"pestilential",
"ugly",
"ungodly",
"unwholesome",
"corrupt",
"debased",
"debauched",
"degenerate",
"depraved",
"dissolute",
"libertine",
"loose",
"low-minded",
"perverted",
"reprobate",
"scrofulous",
"sick",
"unhealthy",
"blamable",
"blameworthy",
"censurable",
"objectionable",
"obscene",
"offensive",
"reprehensible",
"atrocious",
"cruel",
"infamous",
"nasty"
],
"near antonyms":[
"decent",
"ethical",
"good",
"honest",
"honorable",
"just",
"moral",
"right",
"righteous",
"sublime",
"upright",
"virtuous",
"elevated",
"high",
"high-minded",
"law-abiding",
"legitimate",
"lofty",
"noble",
"principled",
"reputable",
"scrupulous",
"allowed",
"authorized",
"legal",
"licensed",
"permissible",
"permitted",
"approved",
"endorsed",
"indorsed",
"sanctioned",
"abetted",
"encouraged",
"promoted",
"supported",
"clean",
"correct",
"decent",
"decorous",
"exemplary",
"proper",
"seemly",
"blameless",
"commendable",
"creditable",
"guiltless",
"legitimate",
"chaste",
"immaculate",
"incorruptible",
"innocent",
"inoffensive",
"irreproachable",
"lily-white",
"perfect",
"pure",
"spotless",
"squeaky-clean",
"uncorrupted",
"unerring",
"unfallen",
"unobjectionable",
"venerable",
"white",
"wholesome",
"esteemed",
"respected",
"upstanding",
"worthy"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make a mistake":{
"examples":[
"we badly erred when we calculated the driving distance"
],
"synonyms":[
"blundering",
"boobing",
"flubbing",
"fluffing",
"fouling up",
"fumbling",
"goofing (up)",
"lousing up",
"messing (up)",
"screwing up",
"slipping up",
"stumbling",
"tripping"
],
"near synonyms":[
"nodding",
"bobbling",
"botching",
"bungling",
"butchering",
"foozling",
"mangling",
"mishandling",
"muffing",
"murdering",
"miscalculating",
"misconceiving",
"miscounting",
"miscuing",
"misdeeming",
"misgauging",
"misgaging",
"misjudging",
"mistaking",
"misconstruing",
"misinterpreting",
"misunderstanding"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to commit an offense":{
"examples":[
"when we err , we must be willing to accept the consequences"
],
"synonyms":[
"falling",
"offending",
"sinning",
"straying",
"transgressing",
"trespassing",
"wandering"
],
"near synonyms":[
"breaching",
"breaking",
"infringing",
"violating",
"backsliding",
"lapsing",
"messing up"
],
"near antonyms":[
"forgiving",
"justifying",
"pardoning",
"regretting",
"repenting",
"ruing"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"errancy":{
"as in inaccuracy , miscue":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"blunder",
"boner",
"boob",
"clinker",
"error",
"fault",
"flub",
"fumble",
"gaffe",
"goof",
"inaccuracy",
"lapse",
"miscue",
"stumble",
"trip",
"misapprehension",
"miscalculation",
"misjudging",
"misjudgment",
"misstep",
"mistake",
"slip",
"slipup",
"foul-up",
"muff",
"misstatement",
"misconception",
"misconstruction",
"misconstruing",
"misimpression",
"misinterpretation",
"misprision",
"misunderstanding"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"erred":{
"to make a mistake":{
"examples":[
"we badly erred when we calculated the driving distance"
],
"synonyms":[
"blundered",
"boobed",
"flubbed",
"fluffed",
"fouled up",
"fumbled",
"goofed (up)",
"loused up",
"messed (up)",
"screwed up",
"slipped up",
"stumbled",
"tripped"
],
"near synonyms":[
"nodded",
"bobbled",
"botched",
"bungled",
"butchered",
"foozled",
"mangled",
"mishandled",
"muffed",
"murdered",
"miscalculated",
"misconceived",
"miscounted",
"miscued",
"misdeemed",
"misgauged",
"misgaged",
"misjudged",
"mistook",
"misconstrued",
"misinterpreted",
"misunderstood"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to commit an offense":{
"examples":[
"when we err , we must be willing to accept the consequences"
],
"synonyms":[
"fell",
"offended",
"sinned",
"strayed",
"transgressed",
"trespassed",
"wandered"
],
"near synonyms":[
"breached",
"broke",
"infringed",
"violated",
"backslid",
"lapsed",
"messed up"
],
"near antonyms":[
"forgave",
"justified",
"pardoned",
"regretted",
"repented",
"rued"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"erraticism":{
"an odd or peculiar habit":{
"examples":[
"an overuse of slow motion is one of the filmmaker's more annoying erraticisms"
],
"synonyms":[
"crotchet",
"curiosity",
"eccentricity",
"idiosyncrasy",
"individualism",
"kink",
"mannerism",
"oddity",
"peculiarity",
"quiddity",
"quip",
"quirk",
"singularity",
"tic",
"trick",
"twist"
],
"near synonyms":[
"affectation",
"airs",
"attribute",
"characteristic",
"mark",
"property",
"trait",
"custom",
"habit",
"pattern",
"practice",
"practise",
"way",
"wont",
"addiction",
"abnormality",
"neuroticism",
"perversion",
"weirdness",
"disposition",
"genius",
"leaning",
"partiality",
"bent",
"inclination",
"penchant",
"predilection",
"predisposition",
"proclivity",
"propensity",
"tendency",
"turn",
"attitude",
"character",
"humor",
"identity",
"individuality",
"nature",
"personality",
"temperament"
],
"near antonyms":[
"conformity",
"sameness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"erroneous":{
"not being in agreement with what is true":{
"examples":[
"a poorly researched news article about the new virus that was filled with much erroneous information"
],
"synonyms":[
"false",
"inaccurate",
"incorrect",
"inexact",
"invalid",
"off",
"unsound",
"untrue",
"untruthful",
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"wrong",
"off base"
],
"near synonyms":[
"counterfactual",
"specious",
"spurious",
"deceptive",
"delusive",
"delusory",
"distorted",
"fallacious",
"fictitious",
"illusory",
"misleading",
"amiss",
"askew",
"awry",
"deceitful",
"dishonest",
"fraudulent",
"lying",
"mendacious",
"unconfirmed",
"unproven",
"untested",
"fabricated",
"invented",
"made-up",
"trumped-up"
],
"near antonyms":[
"confirmed",
"demonstrated",
"established",
"proven",
"tested",
"faultless",
"flawless",
"impeccable",
"letter-perfect",
"perfect"
],
"antonyms":[
"accurate",
"correct",
"errorless",
"exact",
"factual",
"precise",
"proper",
"right",
"sound",
"true",
"valid",
"veracious"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"errors":{
"an unintentional departure from truth or accuracy":{
"examples":[
"a report on the earthquake contained several unfortunate errors"
],
"synonyms":[
"blunders",
"bobbles",
"boo-boos",
"boobs",
"bricks",
"clangers",
"clinkers",
"faults",
"flubs",
"fluffs",
"fumbles",
"gaffes",
"gaffs",
"goofs",
"inaccuracies",
"lapses",
"miscues",
"missteps",
"mistakes",
"oversights",
"screwups",
"slips",
"slipups",
"stumbles",
"trips"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bloomers",
"bloopers",
"boners",
"howlers",
"pratfalls",
"foul-ups",
"snafus",
"misapprehensions",
"miscalculations",
"miscomprehensions",
"misconceptions",
"misconstructions",
"misdescriptions",
"misimpressions",
"misinterpretations",
"misjudgments",
"misreadings",
"misstatements",
"misunderstandings"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accuracies",
"exactitudes",
"precisions",
"inerrancies",
"infallibilities",
"perfections"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a breaking of a moral or legal code":{
"examples":[
"we have all committed errors in our lives and strayed from the path of righteousness"
],
"synonyms":[
"breaches",
"crimes",
"debts",
"lawbreakings",
"malefactions",
"misdeeds",
"misdoings",
"offenses",
"offences",
"sins",
"transgressions",
"trespasses",
"violations",
"wrongdoings"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bias crimes",
"hate crimes",
"felonies",
"misconducts",
"misdemeanors",
"misfeasances",
"faults",
"foibles",
"peccadilloes",
"peccadillos",
"breaks",
"infringements",
"immoralities",
"iniquities",
"vices",
"corruptions",
"debaucheries",
"depravities",
"abuses",
"criminalities",
"illegalities",
"descents",
"downfalls",
"falls"
],
"near antonyms":[
"impeccabilities",
"innocences",
"irreproachabilities",
"moralities",
"virtues"
],
"antonyms":[
"noncrimes"
]
},
"a false idea or belief":{
"examples":[
"the story only spread the error by repeating the misinterpreted statistics"
],
"synonyms":[
"delusions",
"fallacies",
"falsehoods",
"falsities",
"hallucinations",
"illusions",
"misbeliefs",
"misconceptions",
"myths",
"old wives' tales",
"untruths"
],
"near synonyms":[
"factoids",
"superstitions",
"fictions",
"pretenses",
"pretences",
"distortions",
"inaccuracies",
"misapprehensions",
"miscomprehensions",
"misinterpretations",
"misjudgments",
"misperceptions",
"misunderstandings",
"misinformation",
"misknowledges",
"misreports",
"misrepresentations",
"misstatements",
"sophisms",
"sophistries",
"fibs",
"half-truths",
"lies",
"stories",
"tales"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"truths",
"verities"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"errs":{
"to make a mistake":{
"examples":[
"we badly erred when we calculated the driving distance"
],
"synonyms":[
"blunders",
"boobs",
"flubs",
"fluffs",
"fouls up",
"fumbles",
"goofs (up)",
"louses up",
"messes (up)",
"screws up",
"slips up",
"stumbles",
"trips"
],
"near synonyms":[
"nods",
"bobbles",
"botches",
"bungles",
"butchers",
"foozles",
"mangles",
"mishandles",
"muffs",
"murders",
"miscalculates",
"misconceives",
"miscounts",
"miscues",
"misdeems",
"misgauges",
"misjudges",
"mistakes",
"misconstrues",
"misinterprets",
"misunderstands"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to commit an offense":{
"examples":[
"when we err , we must be willing to accept the consequences"
],
"synonyms":[
"falls",
"offends",
"sins",
"strays",
"transgresses",
"trespasses",
"wanders"
],
"near synonyms":[
"breaches",
"breaks",
"infringes",
"violates",
"backslides",
"lapses",
"messes up"
],
"near antonyms":[
"forgives",
"justifies",
"pardons",
"regrets",
"repents",
"rues"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"erroneously":{
"in a mistaken or inappropriate way":{
"examples":[
"people erroneously believed that the disease was contagious"
],
"synonyms":[
"amiss",
"faultily",
"improperly",
"inaccurately",
"inappropriately",
"inaptly",
"incorrectly",
"mistakenly",
"unsuitably",
"wrongly"
],
"near synonyms":[
"misguidedly",
"fallibly",
"imperfectly",
"extraneously",
"irrelevantly",
"meaninglessly",
"pointlessly",
"senselessly",
"inadequately",
"insufficiently",
"undesirably",
"unsatisfactorily",
"foolishly",
"unwisely"
],
"near antonyms":[
"infallibly",
"perfectly",
"germanely",
"meaningfully",
"pertinently",
"relevantly",
"sensibly",
"acceptably",
"adequately",
"satisfactorily",
"sufficiently",
"prudently",
"sagely",
"wisely"
],
"antonyms":[
"appropriately",
"aptly",
"correctly",
"fittingly",
"properly",
"right",
"rightly",
"suitably",
"well"
]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"erraticisms":{
"an odd or peculiar habit":{
"examples":[
"an overuse of slow motion is one of the filmmaker's more annoying erraticisms"
],
"synonyms":[
"crotchets",
"curiosities",
"eccentricities",
"idiosyncrasies",
"individualisms",
"kinks",
"mannerisms",
"oddities",
"peculiarities",
"quiddities",
"quips",
"quirks",
"singularities",
"tics",
"tricks",
"twists"
],
"near synonyms":[
"affectations",
"airs",
"attributes",
"characteristics",
"marks",
"properties",
"traits",
"customs",
"habits",
"patterns",
"practices",
"practises",
"ways",
"wonts",
"addictions",
"abnormalities",
"neuroticisms",
"perversions",
"dispositions",
"geniuses",
"genii",
"leanings",
"partialities",
"bents",
"inclinations",
"penchants",
"predilections",
"predispositions",
"proclivities",
"propensities",
"tendencies",
"turns",
"attitudes",
"characters",
"humors",
"identities",
"individualities",
"natures",
"personalities",
"temperaments"
],
"near antonyms":[
"conformities"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"errands":{
"an act of traveling a short way to do or get something":{
"examples":[
"He was sent out on an urgent errand ."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"commutations",
"commutes",
"excursions",
"flights",
"hops",
"jaunts",
"junkets",
"outings",
"sallies",
"sorties",
"tours",
"expeditions",
"journeys",
"passages",
"peregrinations",
"travels",
"treks",
"trips",
"cruises",
"sails",
"voyages",
"drives",
"rides",
"spins",
"grand tours",
"odysseys",
"pilgrimages",
"progresses",
"quests",
"safaris",
"hikes",
"slogs",
"tramps",
"walkabouts",
"walks"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"erratically":{
"without definite aim, direction, rule, or method":{
"examples":[
"the police officer pulled over the driver, who had been spotted driving very erratically"
],
"synonyms":[
"aimlessly",
"anyhow",
"anyway",
"anywise",
"desultorily",
"haphazard",
"haphazardly",
"helter-skelter",
"hit or miss",
"irregularly",
"randomly",
"willy-nilly"
],
"near synonyms":[
"arbitrarily",
"capriciously",
"carelessly",
"casually",
"indiscriminately",
"informally",
"offhand",
"offhandedly",
"promiscuously",
"whimsically",
"accidentally",
"fortuitously",
"inadvertently",
"unconsciously",
"unintentionally",
"unwittingly",
"disconnectedly",
"disjointedly",
"fitfully",
"intermittently",
"spottily",
"unpredictably",
"higgledy-piggledy",
"topsy-turvy"
],
"near antonyms":[
"carefully",
"formally",
"gingerly",
"meticulously",
"orderly",
"punctiliously",
"deliberately",
"intentionally",
"purposefully",
"purposely"
],
"antonyms":[
"methodically",
"systematically"
]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
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},
"errant":{
"engaging in or marked by childish misbehavior":{
"examples":[
"blamed the prank on errant students"
],
"synonyms":[
"bad",
"contrary",
"froward",
"misbehaving",
"mischievous",
"naughty"
],
"near synonyms":[
"defiant",
"disrespectful",
"ill-mannered",
"ill-natured",
"impolite",
"improper",
"impudent",
"indecorous",
"insolent",
"rude",
"uncouth",
"unmannerly",
"disobedient",
"headstrong",
"intractable",
"obstreperous",
"recalcitrant",
"refractory",
"transgressing",
"unruly",
"untoward",
"willful",
"wilful",
"balky",
"restive",
"uncontrollable",
"ungovernable",
"wayward",
"wild",
"arch",
"elfish",
"impish",
"knavish",
"monkeying",
"monkeyish",
"ornery",
"pixieish",
"prankish",
"rascally",
"roguish",
"waggish",
"dissolute",
"perverse",
"wrongheaded",
"disorderly",
"rowdy",
"ruffianly",
"corrupt",
"evil",
"wicked",
"insurgent",
"mutinous",
"rebellious",
"disobliging",
"inconsiderate",
"selfish",
"thoughtless",
"unkind",
"unkindly",
"babyish",
"childish",
"immature",
"infantile",
"jejune",
"juvenile",
"kiddish",
"puerile"
],
"near antonyms":[
"acquiescent",
"compliant",
"complying",
"dutiful",
"obedient",
"submissive",
"clean",
"correct",
"decent",
"decorous",
"moral",
"proper",
"respectable",
"considerate",
"courteous",
"kindly",
"mannerly",
"polite",
"thoughtful",
"angelic",
"angelical",
"cherubic",
"divine",
"heavenly",
"amenable",
"docile",
"governable",
"tractable",
"amiable",
"complaisant",
"good-natured",
"obliging",
"pleasant",
"discreet",
"modest",
"adult",
"grown-up",
"mature"
],
"antonyms":[
"behaved",
"behaving",
"nice",
"orderly"
]
},
"traveling from place to place":{
"examples":[
"the errant gunslinger as a standard character in western novels"
],
"synonyms":[
"ambulant",
"ambulatory",
"fugitive",
"gallivanting",
"galavanting",
"itinerant",
"nomad",
"nomadic",
"perambulatory",
"peregrine",
"peripatetic",
"ranging",
"roaming",
"roving",
"vagabond",
"vagrant",
"wandering",
"wayfaring"
],
"near synonyms":[
"drifting",
"footloose",
"meandering",
"rambling",
"sauntering",
"strolling",
"traipsing",
"walking",
"migrant",
"migratory"
],
"near antonyms":[
"immobile",
"nonmoving",
"settled",
"standing",
"static",
"stationary",
"motionless",
"still"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"erratic":{
"lacking a definite plan, purpose, or pattern":{
"examples":[
"so far your effort to land a summer job has been very erratic"
],
"synonyms":[
"aimless",
"arbitrary",
"catch-as-catch-can",
"desultory",
"haphazard",
"helter-skelter",
"hit-or-miss",
"random",
"scattered",
"slapdash",
"stray"
],
"near synonyms":[
"accidental",
"casual",
"chance",
"chancy",
"contingent",
"fluky",
"flukey",
"fortuitous",
"inadvertent",
"incidental",
"lucky",
"unconsidered",
"unintended",
"unintentional",
"unplanned",
"unpremeditated",
"scattershot",
"shotgun",
"irregular",
"odd",
"sporadic",
"spot",
"directionless",
"objectless",
"purposeless",
"indiscriminate",
"unsystematic",
"undirected",
"disorderly",
"disorganized",
"undiscriminating",
"unselective"
],
"near antonyms":[
"established",
"fixed",
"regular",
"set",
"stable",
"steady",
"constant",
"continuous",
"even",
"arranged",
"managed",
"orchestrated",
"ordered",
"planned",
"aware",
"conscious",
"deliberate",
"purposeful",
"thoughtful",
"willful",
"wilful"
],
"antonyms":[
"methodical",
"methodic",
"nonrandom",
"orderly",
"organized",
"regular",
"systematic",
"systematized"
]
},
"lacking in steadiness or regularity of occurrence":{
"examples":[
"because of your erratic attendance at practice, you're in danger of being cut from the team"
],
"synonyms":[
"aperiodic",
"casual",
"catchy",
"choppy",
"discontinuous",
"episodic",
"episodical",
"fitful",
"intermittent",
"irregular",
"occasional",
"spasmodic",
"spastic",
"sporadic",
"spotty",
"unsteady"
],
"near synonyms":[
"convulsive",
"sudden",
"violent",
"broken",
"disconnected",
"fragmentary",
"interrupted",
"aimless",
"arbitrary",
"desultory",
"haphazard",
"hit-and-miss",
"hit-or-miss",
"odd",
"random",
"scattered",
"slapdash",
"stray",
"capricious",
"changeful",
"changing",
"flickery",
"fluctuating",
"fluid",
"inconstant",
"mercurial",
"mutable",
"temperamental",
"uncertain",
"unpredictable",
"unsettled",
"unstable",
"varying",
"wavering",
"changeable",
"fickle",
"variable",
"volatile"
],
"near antonyms":[
"changeless",
"equable",
"even",
"stable",
"stationary",
"uniform",
"unchanging",
"unvarying",
"unwavering",
"methodical",
"methodic",
"orderly",
"systematic",
"unrelenting",
"unremitting"
],
"antonyms":[
"constant",
"continuous",
"habitual",
"periodic",
"regular",
"repeated",
"steady"
]
},
"not staying constant":{
"examples":[
"business at the fast-food restaurant has been so erratic lately that the manager never knows how much staff to have on hand"
],
"synonyms":[
"changing",
"fluctuating",
"irregular",
"unequal",
"uneven",
"unstable",
"unsteady",
"varying"
],
"near synonyms":[
"capricious",
"changeable",
"changeful",
"choppy",
"fickle",
"fluid",
"inconsistent",
"inconstant",
"mercurial",
"mutable",
"uncertain",
"unsettled",
"variable",
"volatile"
],
"near antonyms":[
"regular"
],
"antonyms":[
"changeless",
"constant",
"stable",
"steady",
"unchanging",
"unvarying"
]
},
"different from the ordinary in a way that causes curiosity or suspicion":{
"examples":[
"the animal's erratic behavior made her wonder if it was ill"
],
"synonyms":[
"bizarre",
"bizarro",
"cranky",
"crazy",
"curious",
"eccentric",
"far-out",
"funky",
"funny",
"kinky",
"kooky",
"kookie",
"odd",
"off-kilter",
"off-the-wall",
"offbeat",
"out-of-the-way",
"outlandish",
"outr\u00e9",
"peculiar",
"quaint",
"queer",
"queerish",
"quirky",
"remarkable",
"rum",
"screwy",
"spaced-out",
"strange",
"wacky",
"whacky",
"way-out",
"weird",
"weirdo",
"wild"
],
"near synonyms":[
"aberrant",
"abnormal",
"addlepated",
"flaky",
"extraordinary",
"fantastic",
"fantastical",
"freak",
"freakish",
"freaky",
"phantasmagoric",
"phantasmagorical",
"phenomenal",
"atypical",
"rare",
"singular",
"uncommon",
"uncustomary",
"unique",
"unusual",
"unwonted",
"conspicuous",
"notable",
"noticeable",
"outstanding",
"prominent",
"salient",
"striking",
"atrocious",
"outrageous",
"shocking",
"crotchety",
"idiosyncratic",
"nonconformist",
"nonmainstream",
"out-there",
"unconventional",
"unorthodox",
"baffling",
"bewildering",
"confounding",
"mystifying",
"perplexing",
"puzzling"
],
"near antonyms":[
"average",
"commonplace",
"everyday",
"garden",
"normal",
"ordinary",
"prosaic",
"routine",
"run-of-the-mill",
"standard",
"typical",
"unexceptional",
"unremarkable",
"usual",
"workaday",
"conformist",
"conservative",
"conventional",
"expected",
"familiar",
"knee-jerk",
"predictable",
"common",
"customary",
"frequent",
"habitual",
"regular",
"wonted"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"error":{
"an unintentional departure from truth or accuracy":{
"examples":[
"a report on the earthquake contained several unfortunate errors"
],
"synonyms":[
"blunder",
"bobble",
"boob",
"boo-boo",
"brick",
"clanger",
"clinker",
"fault",
"flub",
"fluff",
"fumble",
"gaff",
"gaffe",
"goof",
"inaccuracy",
"lapse",
"miscue",
"misstep",
"mistake",
"oversight",
"screwup",
"slip",
"slipup",
"stumble",
"trip"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bloomer",
"blooper",
"boner",
"howler",
"pratfall",
"foul-up",
"snafu",
"misapprehension",
"miscalculation",
"miscomprehension",
"misconception",
"misconstruction",
"misdescription",
"misimpression",
"misinterpretation",
"misjudgment",
"misreading",
"misstatement",
"misunderstanding"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accuracy",
"correctness",
"exactitude",
"exactness",
"preciseness",
"precision",
"strictness",
"inerrancy",
"infallibility",
"perfection"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a breaking of a moral or legal code":{
"examples":[
"we have all committed errors in our lives and strayed from the path of righteousness"
],
"synonyms":[
"breach",
"crime",
"debt",
"lawbreaking",
"malefaction",
"misdeed",
"misdoing",
"offense",
"offence",
"sin",
"transgression",
"trespass",
"violation",
"wrongdoing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bias crime",
"hate crime",
"felony",
"misconduct",
"misdemeanor",
"misfeasance",
"fault",
"foible",
"peccadillo",
"break",
"infringement",
"immorality",
"iniquitousness",
"iniquity",
"sinfulness",
"vice",
"wickedness",
"corruption",
"debauchery",
"depravity",
"licentiousness",
"abuse",
"criminality",
"illegality",
"lawlessness",
"unlawfulness",
"descent",
"downfall",
"fall"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blamelessness",
"faultlessness",
"guiltlessness",
"impeccability",
"innocence",
"irreproachability",
"goodness",
"morality",
"righteousness",
"virtue",
"virtuousness"
],
"antonyms":[
"noncrime"
]
},
"a false idea or belief":{
"examples":[
"the story only spread the error by repeating the misinterpreted statistics"
],
"synonyms":[
"delusion",
"fallacy",
"falsehood",
"falsity",
"hallucination",
"illusion",
"misbelief",
"misconception",
"myth",
"old wives' tale",
"untruth"
],
"near synonyms":[
"factoid",
"superstition",
"fiction",
"pretense",
"pretence",
"distortion",
"inaccuracy",
"misapprehension",
"miscomprehension",
"misinterpretation",
"misjudgment",
"misperception",
"misunderstanding",
"misinformation",
"misknowledge",
"misreport",
"misrepresentation",
"misstatement",
"sophism",
"sophistry",
"fib",
"half-truth",
"lie",
"story",
"tale"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"truth",
"verity"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"err":{
"to make a mistake":{
"examples":[
"we badly erred when we calculated the driving distance"
],
"synonyms":[
"blunder",
"boob",
"flub",
"fluff",
"foul up",
"fumble",
"goof (up)",
"louse up",
"mess (up)",
"screw up",
"slip up",
"stumble",
"trip"
],
"near synonyms":[
"nod",
"bobble",
"botch",
"bungle",
"butcher",
"foozle",
"mangle",
"mishandle",
"muff",
"murder",
"miscalculate",
"misconceive",
"miscount",
"miscue",
"misdeem",
"misgauge",
"misjudge",
"mistake",
"misconstrue",
"misinterpret",
"misunderstand"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to commit an offense":{
"examples":[
"when we err , we must be willing to accept the consequences"
],
"synonyms":[
"fall",
"offend",
"sin",
"stray",
"transgress",
"trespass",
"wander"
],
"near synonyms":[
"breach",
"break",
"infringe",
"violate",
"backslide",
"lapse",
"mess up"
],
"near antonyms":[
"forgive",
"justify",
"pardon",
"regret",
"repent",
"rue"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"erroneousness":{
"the quality or state of being false":{
"examples":[
"the erroneousness of so much that is printed in the tabloids is amazing"
],
"synonyms":[
"fallaciousness",
"fallacy",
"falsehood",
"falseness",
"falsity",
"untruth"
],
"near synonyms":[
"speciousness",
"spuriousness",
"deception",
"deceptiveness",
"delusion",
"inaccuracy",
"incorrectness",
"dishonesty",
"mendaciousness",
"mendacity",
"untruthfulness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accuracy",
"actuality",
"correctness",
"factuality",
"factualness",
"genuineness",
"credibility",
"honesty",
"trustworthiness",
"truthfulness",
"veracity"
],
"antonyms":[
"truth",
"verity"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
}
}