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{
"held on":{
"to remain indefinitely in existence or in the same state":{
"examples":[
"the ancient beliefs still held on in remote mountain villages"
],
"synonyms":[
"abided",
"abode",
"bode",
"bided",
"continued",
"endured",
"held up",
"kept up",
"lasted",
"perdured",
"persisted",
"ran on",
"remained"
],
"near synonyms":[
"lingered",
"stayed",
"stuck around",
"tarried",
"carried through",
"prevailed",
"survived"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abated",
"died (down)",
"ebbed",
"let up",
"moderated",
"subsided",
"waned"
],
"antonyms":[
"ceased",
"closed",
"concluded",
"desisted",
"died",
"discontinued",
"ended",
"expired",
"finished",
"lapsed",
"left off",
"passed",
"quit",
"quitted",
"stopped",
"terminated",
"wound up",
"winded up"
]
},
"to remain in place in readiness or expectation of something":{
"examples":[
"hold on a minute\u2014it's not your turn"
],
"synonyms":[
"awaited",
"bode",
"bided",
"stayed",
"waited"
],
"near synonyms":[
"hung around",
"lingered",
"remained",
"stuck around",
"tarried",
"stood by",
"anticipated",
"expected",
"watched (for)"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"held on to":{
"to keep in one's mind or heart":{
"examples":[
"She still holds on to that feeling."
],
"synonyms":[
"bore",
"cherished",
"entertained",
"had",
"harbored",
"held",
"nursed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cultivated",
"fostered",
"nurtured",
"supported",
"sustained",
"carried",
"kept",
"maintained",
"preserved",
"remembered",
"retained",
"treasured",
"cleaved (to)",
"clung (to)",
"hugged",
"stuck (to)",
"brooded (about or over)",
"fixated (on or upon)",
"obsessed (about or over)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disregarded",
"dropped",
"forgot",
"ignored",
"neglected",
"overlooked",
"abjured",
"declined",
"denied",
"disdained",
"refused",
"rejected",
"repudiated",
"scorned",
"abandoned",
"deserted",
"discarded",
"forsook",
"gave up",
"parted (with)",
"quit",
"quitted",
"renounced",
"threw out",
"erased",
"expunged"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to have or keep in one's hands":{
"examples":[
"I can hold on to your grocery bags while you open the door."
],
"synonyms":[
"clenched",
"clung (to)",
"clutched",
"gripped",
"held"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bore",
"carried",
"bagged",
"captured",
"caught",
"collared",
"corralled",
"grabbed",
"grappled",
"hooked",
"landed",
"latched (on or onto)",
"nabbed",
"nailed",
"seized",
"snapped (up)",
"snared",
"snatched",
"took",
"trapped",
"felt",
"fingered",
"handled",
"pawed",
"clasped",
"embraced",
"grasped",
"hugged",
"cradled"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dropped",
"gave",
"handed",
"unclasped",
"unhanded",
"ceded",
"delivered",
"gave up",
"handed out",
"handed over",
"released",
"relinquished",
"rendered",
"turned over",
"yielded"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to continue to have in one's possession or power":{
"examples":[
"He's trying to hold on to his position as chairman."
],
"synonyms":[
"held",
"kept",
"reserved",
"retained",
"withheld"
],
"near synonyms":[
"conserved",
"guarded",
"preserved",
"protected",
"saved",
"boasted",
"enjoyed",
"had",
"owned",
"possessed",
"commanded",
"controlled",
"detained",
"directed",
"managed",
"ruled",
"bore",
"harbored",
"cherished",
"clung (to)",
"hugged",
"treasured"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abandoned",
"ceded",
"dropped",
"contributed",
"donated",
"gave",
"handed out",
"discarded",
"dumped",
"declined",
"rejected",
"repudiated",
"spurned",
"lost"
],
"antonyms":[
"gave up",
"handed over",
"released",
"relinquished",
"surrendered",
"yielded"
]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"held one's tongue":{
"to stop talking":{
"examples":[
"There are times when it is more prudent to hold your tongue than to express your opinion."
],
"synonyms":[
"belted up",
"clammed up",
"dried up",
"dummied up",
"hushed",
"piped down",
"quieted (down)",
"shut up"
],
"near synonyms":[
"calmed (down)",
"cooled (down)",
"settled (down)",
"hawed",
"hemmed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"piped up",
"sounded off",
"spoke out",
"spoke up",
"spouted (off)",
"talked up"
],
"antonyms":[
"spoke",
"talked"
]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"held up":{
"to assign to a later time":{
"examples":[
"held up mail delivery until we had a permanent address"
],
"synonyms":[
"deferred",
"delayed",
"held off (on)",
"held over",
"laid over",
"postponed",
"put off",
"put over",
"remitted",
"shelved"
],
"near synonyms":[
"suspended",
"hesitated",
"paused",
"stayed",
"detained",
"retarded",
"slowed",
"extended",
"lengthened",
"prolonged",
"protracted",
"stretched (out)",
"waited"
],
"near antonyms":[
"acted",
"dealt (with)",
"decided (upon)",
"did",
"worked (on)",
"wrought (on)"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to bring (something) to a standstill":{
"examples":[
"traffic was held up for miles by the accident"
],
"synonyms":[
"arrested",
"brought up",
"caught",
"checked",
"drew up",
"fetched up",
"halted",
"pulled up",
"stalled",
"stayed",
"stilled",
"stopped"
],
"near synonyms":[
"baffled",
"balked",
"blockaded",
"blocked",
"bottlenecked",
"clogged",
"dammed",
"detained",
"held",
"held back",
"hindered",
"impeded",
"obstructed",
"snagged",
"stemmed",
"concluded",
"cut off",
"ended",
"terminated",
"called",
"discontinued",
"suspended",
"choked off",
"reined (in)",
"repressed",
"squashed",
"squelched",
"stanched",
"staunched",
"stunted",
"suppressed",
"turned back"
],
"near antonyms":[
"carried on",
"continued",
"followed through (with)",
"kept (on)",
"kept up",
"persisted",
"ran on",
"advanced",
"fared",
"marched",
"moved",
"proceeded",
"progressed",
"wended",
"went along",
"actuated",
"budged",
"drove",
"goaded",
"impelled",
"propelled",
"pushed",
"spurred",
"stirred"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to create difficulty for the work or activity of":{
"examples":[
"if lack of transportation is the only thing holding you up , I can give you a ride"
],
"synonyms":[
"clogged",
"cramped",
"embarrassed",
"encumbered",
"fettered",
"hampered",
"handcuffed",
"handicapped",
"held back",
"hindered",
"hobbled",
"hog-tied",
"impeded",
"inhibited",
"interfered (with)",
"manacled",
"obstructed",
"shackled",
"short-circuited",
"stymied",
"tied up",
"trammeled",
"trammelled"
],
"near synonyms":[
"balked",
"checked",
"constrained",
"curbed",
"reined",
"restrained",
"bound",
"chained",
"haltered",
"leashed",
"tethered",
"tied",
"arrested",
"braked",
"delayed",
"retained",
"retarded",
"barricaded",
"blockaded",
"blocked",
"roadblocked",
"bogged (down)",
"mired",
"choked",
"smothered",
"stifled",
"strangled",
"suffocated",
"baffled",
"foiled",
"frustrated",
"stumped",
"thwarted",
"derailed",
"disrupted",
"sabotaged",
"muzzled",
"repressed",
"suppressed",
"confined",
"hedged (in)",
"hemmed (in)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cleared",
"made way",
"opened",
"unclogged",
"unplugged",
"unstopped",
"freed",
"liberated",
"released",
"untied",
"loosened",
"smoothed",
"encouraged",
"furthered",
"promoted"
],
"antonyms":[
"aided",
"assisted",
"facilitated",
"helped"
]
},
"to continue to operate or to meet one's needs":{
"examples":[
"the air conditioner held up this year, but it's not going to make it through another summer"
],
"synonyms":[
"held out",
"kept up",
"lasted",
"prevailed",
"survived"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bore up",
"carried on",
"coped",
"endured",
"fared",
"got along",
"got by",
"got on",
"hung in",
"made out",
"managed",
"persevered",
"went",
"abided",
"abode",
"continued",
"drew out",
"held on",
"hung on",
"lingered",
"persisted",
"ran on",
"remained",
"stretched"
],
"near antonyms":[
"broke",
"broke down",
"collapsed",
"conked (out)",
"crashed",
"cut out",
"died",
"expired",
"stalled",
"stopped",
"ran down",
"waned"
],
"antonyms":[
"failed",
"fizzled",
"gave out",
"petered (out)",
"ran out",
"went out"
]
},
"to remain indefinitely in existence or in the same state":{
"examples":[
"the storm's hurricane-force winds did not hold up once it hit the coast"
],
"synonyms":[
"abided",
"abode",
"bode",
"bided",
"continued",
"endured",
"held on",
"kept up",
"lasted",
"perdured",
"persisted",
"ran on",
"remained"
],
"near synonyms":[
"lingered",
"stayed",
"stuck around",
"tarried",
"carried through",
"prevailed",
"survived"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abated",
"died (down)",
"ebbed",
"let up",
"moderated",
"subsided",
"waned"
],
"antonyms":[
"ceased",
"closed",
"concluded",
"desisted",
"died",
"discontinued",
"ended",
"expired",
"finished",
"lapsed",
"left off",
"passed",
"quit",
"quitted",
"stopped",
"terminated",
"wound up",
"winded up"
]
},
"to withstand scrutiny and gain acceptance or approval":{
"examples":[
"an argument that won't hold up in court"
],
"synonyms":[
"flew",
"passed",
"stood up",
"washed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"got through",
"played",
"took",
"went down",
"went over",
"went through",
"worked",
"wrought"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"hell-bent":{
"as in single-minded , intent":{
"examples":[],
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"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"assured",
"certain",
"dedicated",
"determined",
"firm",
"intent",
"positive",
"resolute",
"resolved",
"single-minded",
"sure",
"dogged",
"insistent",
"patient",
"persevering",
"persistent",
"pertinacious",
"tenacious",
"adamant",
"bullheaded",
"hardened",
"hardheaded",
"headstrong",
"implacable",
"indurate",
"mulish",
"obdurate",
"obstinate",
"opinionated",
"peevish",
"perverse",
"pigheaded",
"self-willed",
"stiff-necked",
"stubborn",
"unregenerate",
"unyielding",
"willful",
"wilful",
"unfaltering",
"unhesitating",
"unwavering",
"resistant",
"wayward",
"wrongheaded",
"constant",
"devoted",
"faithful",
"good",
"loyal",
"staunch",
"stanch",
"steadfast",
"steady",
"true",
"indomitable",
"unconquerable",
"hard",
"inflexible",
"relentless",
"stern",
"unbending",
"unflinching",
"unrelenting"
],
"near antonyms":[
"quitting",
"surrendering",
"yielding",
"faltering",
"hesitant",
"hesitating",
"irresolute",
"vacillating",
"wavering",
"disloyal",
"faithless",
"false",
"fickle",
"inconstant",
"perfidious",
"traitorous",
"treacherous"
],
"antonyms":[]
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},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"hellhole":{
"a dirty or messy place":{
"examples":[
"his first apartment was a hellhole in an unsafe neighborhood"
],
"synonyms":[
"dump",
"hole",
"pigpen",
"pigsty",
"shambles",
"sty"
],
"near synonyms":[
"chaos",
"confusion",
"disarrangement",
"disarray",
"disorder",
"disorganization",
"mess",
"muddle",
"muss",
"havoc",
"hell",
"mare's nest",
"snake pit",
"clutter",
"jumble",
"litter",
"mishmash",
"welter"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"hello":{
"an expression of goodwill upon meeting":{
"examples":[
"we said our hellos and got right down to business"
],
"synonyms":[
"greeting",
"salutation",
"salute",
"welcome"
],
"near synonyms":[
"ave",
"hail",
"amenities",
"civilities",
"pleasantries",
"regards",
"respects",
"wishes"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"adieu",
"bon voyage",
"cong\u00e9",
"congee",
"farewell",
"Godspeed",
"good-bye",
"good-by"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"helm":{
"the place of leadership or command":{
"examples":[
"with a blind person at the helm , the city has made a lot of improvements for the physically challenged"
],
"synonyms":[
"chair",
"driver's seat",
"head",
"headship",
"rein(s)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"chieftainship",
"commandership",
"directorship",
"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"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ranks"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to operate or control the course of":{
"examples":[
"a treacherous route for any weekend sailor just learning to helm his vessel"
],
"synonyms":[
"conn",
"con",
"navigate",
"pilot",
"steer"
],
"near synonyms":[
"commandeer",
"hijack",
"highjack"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"helped":{
"to provide (someone) with what is useful or necessary to achieve an end":{
"examples":[
"offered to help her widowed father when he moved into an apartment"
],
"synonyms":[
"abetted",
"aided",
"assisted",
"backed",
"backstopped",
"propped (up)",
"supported"
],
"near synonyms":[
"advanced",
"eased",
"facilitated",
"forwarded",
"fostered",
"furthered",
"launched",
"championed",
"endorsed",
"indorsed",
"patronized",
"promoted",
"sponsored",
"attended",
"cared (for)",
"comforted",
"ministered (to)",
"succored",
"sustained",
"bolstered",
"boosted",
"buttressed",
"reinforced",
"reenforced",
"advised",
"counseled",
"counselled",
"guided",
"mentored",
"nurtured",
"bailed out",
"delivered",
"rescued",
"saved",
"emboldened",
"encouraged",
"heartened",
"benefited",
"benefitted",
"favored",
"obliged",
"profited",
"served"
],
"near antonyms":[
"balked",
"barred",
"blocked",
"constrained",
"hampered",
"handicapped",
"held back",
"impeded",
"inhibited",
"obstructed",
"restrained",
"strangled",
"baffled",
"foiled",
"frustrated",
"inconvenienced",
"interfered",
"opposed",
"sabotaged",
"thwarted",
"deserted",
"disappointed",
"failed",
"let down",
"discouraged",
"disheartened",
"repressed",
"retarded",
"stifled",
"straitened",
"stunted",
"damaged",
"harmed",
"hurt",
"injured"
],
"antonyms":[
"hindered"
]
},
"to make more bearable or less severe":{
"examples":[
"the new ointment didn't help Josh's sunburn one bit"
],
"synonyms":[
"allayed",
"alleviated",
"assuaged",
"eased",
"mitigated",
"mollified",
"palliated",
"relieved",
"soothed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abated",
"lightened",
"moderated",
"softened",
"tempered",
"cured",
"healed",
"remedied",
"amended",
"corrected",
"emended",
"fixed",
"mended",
"rectified",
"reformed",
"repaired",
"ameliorated",
"bettered",
"enhanced",
"enriched",
"improved",
"meliorated",
"perfected",
"refined"
],
"near antonyms":[
"harmed",
"hurt",
"impaired",
"injured",
"heightened",
"intensified",
"sharpened"
],
"antonyms":[
"aggravated",
"exacerbated"
]
},
"to keep from happening by taking action in advance":{
"examples":[
"they couldn't help the way things turned out"
],
"synonyms":[
"averted",
"forestalled",
"headed off",
"obviated",
"precluded",
"prevented",
"staved off"
],
"near synonyms":[
"anticipated",
"provided",
"negated",
"neutralized",
"nullified",
"saved",
"baffled",
"balked",
"checkmated",
"deterred",
"foiled",
"frustrated",
"thwarted",
"barred",
"blocked",
"hampered",
"hindered",
"impeded",
"interfered (with)",
"retarded",
"stalled",
"deflected",
"fended (off)",
"stopped",
"warded (off)",
"avoided",
"circumvented",
"dodged",
"ducked",
"eluded",
"escaped",
"eschewed",
"evaded",
"shirked",
"shook",
"shunned",
"forbade",
"forbad",
"inhibited",
"prohibited",
"arrested",
"checked",
"halted",
"stopped",
"compensated (for)",
"counteracted",
"counterbalanced",
"made up (for)",
"offset"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abetted",
"aided",
"assisted",
"eased",
"facilitated",
"smoothed",
"unclogged",
"advanced",
"cultivated",
"encouraged",
"forwarded",
"fostered",
"furthered",
"nurtured",
"promoted",
"allowed",
"left",
"let",
"permitted"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to provide with something useful or desirable":{
"examples":[
"being independently wealthy certainly helped him during his years as a struggling young artist"
],
"synonyms":[
"advantaged",
"availed",
"benefited",
"benefitted",
"profited",
"served"
],
"near synonyms":[
"succeeded",
"worked (for)",
"wrought (for)",
"aided",
"assisted",
"bettered",
"improved",
"contented",
"delighted",
"gladdened",
"gratified",
"pleased",
"satisfied",
"blessed",
"blest"
],
"near antonyms":[
"hindered",
"impeded",
"damaged",
"harmed",
"hurt",
"impaired",
"injured",
"afflicted",
"distressed",
"upset"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make better":{
"examples":[
"some minor revisions would help this essay immensely"
],
"synonyms":[
"ameliorated",
"amended",
"bettered",
"enhanced",
"enriched",
"improved",
"meliorated",
"perfected",
"refined",
"upgraded"
],
"near synonyms":[
"corrected",
"emended",
"rectified",
"reformed",
"remediated",
"remedied",
"edited",
"fine-tuned",
"redrafted",
"refurbished",
"rehabbed",
"rehabilitated",
"revamped",
"revised",
"reworked",
"beefed (up)",
"boosted",
"fortified",
"intensified",
"reinforced",
"reenforced",
"strengthened",
"fined",
"honed",
"polished",
"retouched",
"touched up"
],
"near antonyms":[
"damaged",
"endamaged",
"harmed",
"hurt",
"impaired",
"injured",
"spoiled",
"spoilt",
"tarnished",
"vitiated",
"blemished",
"blighted",
"defaced",
"disfigured",
"flawed",
"marred",
"diminished",
"lessened",
"lowered",
"reduced"
],
"antonyms":[
"worsened"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"helper":{
"a person who helps a more skilled person":{
"examples":[
"to make money over the summer, Chris worked as a carpenter's helper"
],
"synonyms":[
"adjunct",
"adjutant",
"aid",
"aide",
"apprentice",
"assistant",
"coadjutor",
"deputy",
"helpmate",
"helpmeet",
"lieutenant",
"mate",
"sidekick"
],
"near synonyms":[
"attendant",
"handmaiden",
"handmaid",
"maid",
"maidservant",
"scullion",
"servant",
"auxiliary",
"legman",
"subordinate",
"underling",
"employee",
"employe",
"hand",
"help",
"hireling",
"laborer",
"swamper",
"worker",
"gal Friday",
"girl Friday",
"man Friday",
"right hand",
"aide-de-camp"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"helplessness":{
"as in powerlessness":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"powerlessness",
"defenselessness",
"susceptibility",
"vulnerability",
"weakness",
"passiveness",
"passivity",
"feebleness",
"frailness",
"frailty",
"infirmity",
"exposure",
"liability",
"openness",
"predisposition",
"proneness",
"sensitivity",
"receptiveness",
"receptivity",
"easiness",
"gullibility",
"na\u00efvet\u00e9",
"naivete",
"naivet\u00e9",
"credulity",
"credulousness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"invulnerability",
"immunity",
"impenetrability",
"indomitability",
"indomitableness",
"invincibility"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"helpmate":{
"a person who helps a more skilled person":{
"examples":[
"after several years as a photographer's helpmate , the young man decided to pursue his own ambitions in commercial photography"
],
"synonyms":[
"adjunct",
"adjutant",
"aid",
"aide",
"apprentice",
"assistant",
"coadjutor",
"deputy",
"helper",
"helpmeet",
"lieutenant",
"mate",
"sidekick"
],
"near synonyms":[
"attendant",
"handmaiden",
"handmaid",
"maid",
"maidservant",
"scullion",
"servant",
"auxiliary",
"legman",
"subordinate",
"underling",
"employee",
"employe",
"hand",
"help",
"hireling",
"laborer",
"swamper",
"worker",
"gal Friday",
"girl Friday",
"man Friday",
"right hand",
"aide-de-camp"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a female partner in a marriage":{
"examples":[
"the man and his helpmate of 50 years decided that it was high time they took a trip around the world together"
],
"synonyms":[
"helpmeet",
"lady",
"madam",
"missus",
"missis",
"Mrs.",
"old lady",
"wife",
"wifey",
"woman"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bride",
"better half",
"companion",
"consort",
"mate",
"partner",
"significant other",
"soul mate",
"spouse",
"dowager",
"matron",
"hausfrau",
"homemaker",
"housekeeper",
"housewife",
"stay-at-home",
"widow"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"helpmeet":{
"a person who helps a more skilled person":{
"examples":[
"exasperated, the army surgeon requested a helpmeet who wouldn't faint at the sight of blood"
],
"synonyms":[
"adjunct",
"adjutant",
"aid",
"aide",
"apprentice",
"assistant",
"coadjutor",
"deputy",
"helper",
"helpmate",
"lieutenant",
"mate",
"sidekick"
],
"near synonyms":[
"attendant",
"handmaiden",
"handmaid",
"maid",
"maidservant",
"scullion",
"servant",
"auxiliary",
"legman",
"subordinate",
"underling",
"employee",
"employe",
"hand",
"help",
"hireling",
"laborer",
"swamper",
"worker",
"gal Friday",
"girl Friday",
"man Friday",
"right hand",
"aide-de-camp"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a female partner in a marriage":{
"examples":[
"he and his helpmeet share a passion for rock climbing"
],
"synonyms":[
"helpmate",
"lady",
"madam",
"missus",
"missis",
"Mrs.",
"old lady",
"wife",
"wifey",
"woman"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bride",
"better half",
"companion",
"consort",
"mate",
"partner",
"significant other",
"soul mate",
"spouse",
"dowager",
"matron",
"hausfrau",
"homemaker",
"housekeeper",
"housewife",
"stay-at-home",
"widow"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"helter-skelters":{
"a state of noisy, confused activity":{
"examples":[
"in the helter-skelter at the amusement park the child got separated from his parents"
],
"synonyms":[
"ados",
"alarums and excursions",
"ballyhoos",
"blathers",
"bluster",
"bobberies",
"bothers",
"bustles",
"clatters",
"clutters",
"coils",
"commotions",
"corroborees",
"disturbances",
"dos",
"do's",
"foofaraws",
"fun",
"furores",
"furors",
"fusses",
"hoo-has",
"hoo-hahs",
"hooplas",
"hubble-bubbles",
"hubbubs",
"hullabaloos",
"hurlies",
"hurly-burlies",
"hurricanes",
"hurry-scurries",
"hurry-skurries",
"kerfuffles",
"moils",
"pandemoniums",
"pothers",
"rows",
"ruckuses",
"ructions",
"rumpuses",
"shindys",
"shindies",
"splores",
"squalls",
"stews",
"stirs",
"storms",
"to-dos",
"tumults",
"turmoils",
"uproars",
"welters",
"whirls",
"williwaws",
"zoos"
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],
"near synonyms":[
"cacophonies",
"clamors",
"dins",
"howls",
"hue and cries",
"noises",
"outcries",
"rackets",
"roars",
"disorders",
"upheavals",
"eruptions",
"flare-ups",
"flurries",
"flutters",
"outbreaks",
"outbursts",
"brawls",
"fracases",
"fracas",
"frays",
"hassles",
"melees",
"m\u00eal\u00e9es",
"scuffles",
"dithers",
"fevers",
"frets",
"lathers",
"tizzies"
],
"near antonyms":[
"calms",
"hushes",
"peaces",
"quiets",
"quietudes",
"rests",
"tranquillities",
"tranquilities",
"orders"
],
"antonyms":[]
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},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"helping hands":{
"an act or instance of helping":{
"examples":[
"a skilled mechanic who generously provides a helping hand when his neighbors are plagued by car troubles"
],
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"abetments",
"aids",
"assistances",
"assists",
"backings",
"boosts",
"hands",
"help",
"legs up",
"lifts",
"supports"
],
"near synonyms":[
"advancements",
"encouragements",
"facilitations",
"furtherances",
"nurturances",
"benefactions",
"patronages",
"promotions",
"sponsorships",
"advice",
"care",
"counsel",
"guidance",
"attendances",
"attentions",
"hand-holdings",
"services",
"beneficences",
"charities",
"favors",
"philanthropies",
"assuagements",
"palliations",
"reliefs",
"succors"
],
"near antonyms":[
"constraints",
"frustrations",
"inhibitions",
"interferences",
"obstructions",
"repressions",
"restraints",
"deterrences",
"discouragements"
],
"antonyms":[
"hindrances"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"helicopter":{
"a vehicle for traveling through the air that obtains its lift from rotors which spin horizontally":{
"examples":[
"took a helicopter tour to get a better sense of the grandeur of the Grand Canyon"
],
"synonyms":[
"chopper",
"copter",
"eggbeater",
"helo",
"whirlybird"
],
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"near synonyms":[
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"rotary-wing aircraft",
"rotorcraft",
"autogiro",
"autogyro",
"convertiplane",
"convertaplane",
"gyroplane",
"tilt-rotor",
"slick"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in orbit , rocket":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
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"near synonyms":[
"catapult",
"jet",
"orbit",
"rocket",
"dart",
"flit",
"flutter",
"dive",
"stoop",
"coast",
"cruise",
"sail",
"sweep",
"drift",
"float",
"hang",
"hover",
"waft",
"aviate",
"fly",
"glide",
"plane",
"soar",
"wing"
],
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"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"helpfully":{
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"advantageously",
"finely",
"grandly",
"magnificently",
"blessedly",
"fortunately",
"happily",
"luckily",
"agreeably",
"charmingly",
"delectably",
"deliciously",
"delightfully",
"dreamily",
"enchantingly",
"enjoyably",
"favorably",
"felicitously",
"fetchingly",
"gloriously",
"gratifyingly",
"great",
"nicely",
"palatably",
"pleasantly",
"pleasingly",
"pleasurably",
"prettily",
"satisfyingly",
"splendidly",
"sweetly",
"swimmingly",
"welcomely",
"well",
"winningly",
"excellently",
"superbly",
"marvelously",
"sensationally",
"wonderfully",
"attractively",
"beautifully",
"handsomely",
"appealingly",
"appetizingly",
"enticingly",
"invitingly",
"temptingly"
],
"near antonyms":[
"badly",
"disagreeably",
"ill",
"unpleasantly",
"abominably",
"appallingly",
"awfully",
"dreadfully",
"horrendously",
"horribly",
"horridly",
"shockingly",
"sickeningly",
"terribly",
"vilely",
"annoyingly",
"disgustingly",
"distressingly",
"irritatingly",
"vexingly"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"held on (to)":{
"to keep in one's mind or heart":{
"examples":[
"She still holds on to that feeling."
],
"synonyms":[
"bore",
"cherished",
"entertained",
"had",
"harbored",
"held",
"nursed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cultivated",
"fostered",
"nurtured",
"supported",
"sustained",
"carried",
"kept",
"maintained",
"preserved",
"remembered",
"retained",
"treasured",
"cleaved (to)",
"clung (to)",
"hugged",
"stuck (to)",
"brooded (about or over)",
"fixated (on or upon)",
"obsessed (about or over)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disregarded",
"dropped",
"forgot",
"ignored",
"neglected",
"overlooked",
"abjured",
"declined",
"denied",
"disdained",
"refused",
"rejected",
"repudiated",
"scorned",
"abandoned",
"deserted",
"discarded",
"forsook",
"gave up",
"parted (with)",
"quit",
"quitted",
"renounced",
"threw out",
"erased",
"expunged"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to have or keep in one's hands":{
"examples":[
"I can hold on to your grocery bags while you open the door."
],
"synonyms":[
"clenched",
"clung (to)",
"clutched",
"gripped",
"held"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bore",
"carried",
"bagged",
"captured",
"caught",
"collared",
"corralled",
"grabbed",
"grappled",
"hooked",
"landed",
"latched (on or onto)",
"nabbed",
"nailed",
"seized",
"snapped (up)",
"snared",
"snatched",
"took",
"trapped",
"felt",
"fingered",
"handled",
"pawed",
"clasped",
"embraced",
"grasped",
"hugged",
"cradled"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dropped",
"gave",
"handed",
"unclasped",
"unhanded",
"ceded",
"delivered",
"gave up",
"handed out",
"handed over",
"released",
"relinquished",
"rendered",
"turned over",
"yielded"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to continue to have in one's possession or power":{
"examples":[
"He's trying to hold on to his position as chairman."
],
"synonyms":[
"held",
"kept",
"reserved",
"retained",
"withheld"
],
"near synonyms":[
"conserved",
"guarded",
"preserved",
"protected",
"saved",
"boasted",
"enjoyed",
"had",
"owned",
"possessed",
"commanded",
"controlled",
"detained",
"directed",
"managed",
"ruled",
"bore",
"harbored",
"cherished",
"clung (to)",
"hugged",
"treasured"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abandoned",
"ceded",
"dropped",
"contributed",
"donated",
"gave",
"handed out",
"discarded",
"dumped",
"declined",
"rejected",
"repudiated",
"spurned",
"lost"
],
"antonyms":[
"gave up",
"handed over",
"released",
"relinquished",
"surrendered",
"yielded"
]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"held off (on)":{
"to assign to a later time":{
"examples":[
"we held off on accepting the invitation in the hopes that something better would come along"
],
"synonyms":[
"deferred",
"delayed",
"held over",
"held up",
"laid over",
"postponed",
"put off",
"put over",
"remitted",
"shelved"
],
"near synonyms":[
"suspended",
"hesitated",
"paused",
"stayed",
"detained",
"retarded",
"slowed",
"extended",
"lengthened",
"prolonged",
"protracted",
"stretched (out)",
"waited"
],
"near antonyms":[
"acted",
"dealt (with)",
"decided (upon)",
"did",
"worked (on)",
"wrought (on)"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"held with":{
"to have a favorable opinion of":{
"examples":[
"I don't hold with many of my parents' views."
],
"synonyms":[
"accepted",
"approved (of)",
"cared (for)",
"countenanced",
"favored",
"OK'd",
"okayed",
"subscribed (to)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"acclaimed",
"applauded",
"lauded",
"praised",
"saluted",
"backed (up)",
"concurred (in)",
"stood by",
"supported",
"sustained",
"upheld",
"bore",
"endured",
"tolerated",
"assented (to)",
"consented (to)",
"commended",
"recommended",
"enjoyed",
"liked"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blacklisted",
"censured",
"condemned",
"criticized",
"damned",
"denounced",
"deprecated",
"depreciated",
"disparaged",
"reprehended",
"reprobated",
"disliked",
"minded",
"detested",
"hated",
"loathed",
"dissented (from)",
"objected (to)",
"opposed"
],
"antonyms":[
"disapproved (of)",
"discountenanced",
"disfavored",
"frowned (on or upon)"
]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"helos":{
"a vehicle for traveling through the air that obtains its lift from rotors which spin horizontally":{
"examples":[
"the rescue helo swept in and landed on the roof of the skyscraper"
],
"synonyms":[
"choppers",
"copters",
"eggbeaters",
"helicopters",
"whirlybirds"
],
"near synonyms":[
"rotary-wing aircrafts",
"rotorcraft",
"autogiros",
"autogyros",
"convertiplanes",
"convertaplanes",
"gyroplanes",
"tilt-rotors",
"slicks"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"held a brief for":{
"to promote the interests or cause of":{
"examples":[
"They are staunchly independent and don't hold a brief for any political party."
],
"synonyms":[
"advocated",
"backed",
"championed",
"endorsed",
"indorsed",
"patronized",
"plumped (for)",
"plunked (for)",
"plonked (for)",
"supported"
],
"near synonyms":[
"adopted",
"embraced",
"espoused",
"abetted",
"aided",
"assisted",
"helped",
"propped (up)",
"seconded",
"sided (with)",
"backstopped",
"bolstered",
"boosted",
"buttressed",
"reinforced",
"reenforced",
"advanced",
"forwarded",
"furthered",
"plugged",
"preached",
"talked up",
"bailed out",
"delivered",
"rescued",
"saved"
],
"near antonyms":[
"baffled",
"foiled",
"frustrated",
"interfered",
"opposed",
"sabotaged",
"thwarted",
"deserted",
"disappointed",
"failed",
"let down"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"helpful":{
"providing service or assistance":{
"examples":[
"a website that I've always found to be helpful for finding information on common medical problems"
],
"synonyms":[
"conducive",
"facilitative",
"useful"
],
"near synonyms":[
"advantageous",
"beneficial",
"efficacious",
"favorable",
"productive",
"profitable",
"salutary",
"accommodating",
"obliging"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ineffective",
"ineffectual",
"adverse",
"disadvantageous",
"inconvenient",
"profitless",
"unfavorable"
],
"antonyms":[
"unhelpful",
"useless"
]
},
"promoting or contributing to personal or social well-being":{
"examples":[
"the teachers felt that it would be helpful to have more than one thesaurus in the classroom"
],
"synonyms":[
"advantageous",
"benefic",
"beneficent",
"beneficial",
"benignant",
"favorable",
"friendly",
"good",
"kindly",
"profitable",
"salutary"
],
"near synonyms":[
"gratifying",
"rewarding",
"satisfying",
"auspicious",
"promising",
"propitious",
"advisable",
"desirable",
"healthful",
"healthy",
"salubrious",
"salutiferous",
"wholesome",
"gainful",
"lucrative",
"remunerative",
"ameliorative",
"amelioratory",
"bettering",
"constructive",
"supportive"
],
"near antonyms":[
"damaging",
"deleterious",
"harmful",
"injurious",
"insalubrious"
],
"antonyms":[
"bad",
"disadvantageous",
"unfavorable",
"unfriendly",
"unhelpful",
"unprofitable"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"helical":{
"turning around an axis like the thread of a screw":{
"examples":[
"Sirius, the brightest star in the heavens, travels a helical path through space"
],
"synonyms":[
"coiling",
"corkscrew",
"involute",
"screwlike",
"spiral",
"winding"
],
"near synonyms":[
"circular",
"curling",
"curving",
"swirly",
"twisting"
],
"near antonyms":[
"lineal",
"linear",
"right",
"straight"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"held (in)":{
"as in hid , concealed":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"cloaked",
"concealed",
"enshrouded",
"hid",
"masked",
"obscured",
"secreted",
"shrouded",
"veiled",
"contained",
"limited",
"restricted"
],
"near antonyms":[
"broadcast",
"broadcasted",
"circulated",
"disseminated",
"propagated",
"spread",
"radiated",
"sprawled",
"diffused",
"dispensed",
"dispersed",
"dissipated",
"scattered",
"sowed"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"helpers":{
"a person who helps a more skilled person":{
"examples":[
"to make money over the summer, Chris worked as a carpenter's helper"
],
"synonyms":[
"adjuncts",
"adjutants",
"aides",
"aids",
"apprentices",
"assistants",
"coadjutors",
"deputies",
"helpmates",
"helpmeets",
"lieutenants",
"mates",
"sidekicks"
],
"near synonyms":[
"attendants",
"handmaidens",
"handmaids",
"maids",
"maidservants",
"scullions",
"servants",
"auxiliaries",
"legmen",
"subordinates",
"underlings",
"employees",
"employes",
"hands",
"help",
"hirelings",
"laborers",
"swampers",
"workers",
"gal Fridays",
"girl Fridays",
"man Fridays",
"right hands",
"aides-de-camp"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"help":{
"to provide (someone) with what is useful or necessary to achieve an end":{
"examples":[
"offered to help her widowed father when he moved into an apartment"
],
"synonyms":[
"abet",
"aid",
"assist",
"back",
"backstop",
"prop (up)",
"support"
],
"near synonyms":[
"advance",
"ease",
"facilitate",
"forward",
"foster",
"further",
"launch",
"champion",
"endorse",
"indorse",
"patronize",
"promote",
"sponsor",
"attend",
"care (for)",
"comfort",
"minister (to)",
"succor",
"sustain",
"bolster",
"boost",
"buttress",
"reinforce",
"reenforce",
"advise",
"counsel",
"guide",
"mentor",
"nurture",
"bail out",
"deliver",
"rescue",
"save",
"embolden",
"encourage",
"hearten",
"benefit",
"favor",
"oblige",
"profit",
"serve"
],
"near antonyms":[
"balk",
"bar",
"block",
"constrain",
"hamper",
"handicap",
"hold back",
"impede",
"inhibit",
"obstruct",
"restrain",
"strangle",
"baffle",
"foil",
"frustrate",
"inconvenience",
"interfere",
"oppose",
"sabotage",
"thwart",
"desert",
"disappoint",
"fail",
"let down",
"discourage",
"dishearten",
"repress",
"retard",
"stifle",
"straiten",
"stunt",
"damage",
"harm",
"hurt",
"injure"
],
"antonyms":[
"hinder"
]
},
"to make more bearable or less severe":{
"examples":[
"the new ointment didn't help Josh's sunburn one bit"
],
"synonyms":[
"allay",
"alleviate",
"assuage",
"ease",
"mitigate",
"mollify",
"palliate",
"relieve",
"soothe"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abate",
"lighten",
"moderate",
"soften",
"temper",
"cure",
"heal",
"remedy",
"amend",
"correct",
"emend",
"fix",
"mend",
"rectify",
"reform",
"repair",
"ameliorate",
"better",
"enhance",
"enrich",
"improve",
"meliorate",
"perfect",
"refine"
],
"near antonyms":[
"harm",
"hurt",
"impair",
"injure",
"heighten",
"intensify",
"sharpen"
],
"antonyms":[
"aggravate",
"exacerbate"
]
},
"to keep from happening by taking action in advance":{
"examples":[
"they couldn't help the way things turned out"
],
"synonyms":[
"avert",
"forestall",
"head off",
"obviate",
"preclude",
"prevent",
"stave off"
],
"near synonyms":[
"anticipate",
"provide",
"negate",
"neutralize",
"nullify",
"save",
"baffle",
"balk",
"checkmate",
"deter",
"foil",
"frustrate",
"thwart",
"bar",
"block",
"hamper",
"hinder",
"impede",
"interfere (with)",
"retard",
"stall",
"deflect",
"fend (off)",
"stop",
"ward (off)",
"avoid",
"circumvent",
"dodge",
"duck",
"elude",
"escape",
"eschew",
"evade",
"shake",
"shirk",
"shun",
"forbid",
"inhibit",
"prohibit",
"arrest",
"check",
"halt",
"stop",
"compensate (for)",
"counteract",
"counterbalance",
"make up (for)",
"offset"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abet",
"aid",
"assist",
"ease",
"facilitate",
"smooth",
"unclog",
"advance",
"cultivate",
"encourage",
"forward",
"foster",
"further",
"nurture",
"promote",
"allow",
"leave",
"let",
"permit"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to provide with something useful or desirable":{
"examples":[
"being independently wealthy certainly helped him during his years as a struggling young artist"
],
"synonyms":[
"advantage",
"avail",
"benefit",
"profit",
"serve"
],
"near synonyms":[
"succeed",
"work (for)",
"aid",
"assist",
"better",
"improve",
"content",
"delight",
"gladden",
"gratify",
"please",
"satisfy",
"bless"
],
"near antonyms":[
"hinder",
"impede",
"damage",
"harm",
"hurt",
"impair",
"injure",
"afflict",
"distress",
"upset"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make better":{
"examples":[
"some minor revisions would help this essay immensely"
],
"synonyms":[
"ameliorate",
"amend",
"better",
"enhance",
"enrich",
"improve",
"meliorate",
"perfect",
"refine",
"upgrade"
],
"near synonyms":[
"correct",
"emend",
"rectify",
"reform",
"remediate",
"remedy",
"edit",
"fine-tune",
"redraft",
"refurbish",
"rehab",
"rehabilitate",
"revamp",
"revise",
"rework",
"beef (up)",
"boost",
"fortify",
"intensify",
"reinforce",
"reenforce",
"strengthen",
"fine",
"hone",
"polish",
"retouch",
"touch up"
],
"near antonyms":[
"damage",
"endamage",
"harm",
"hurt",
"impair",
"injure",
"spoil",
"tarnish",
"vitiate",
"blemish",
"blight",
"deface",
"disfigure",
"flaw",
"mar",
"diminish",
"lessen",
"lower",
"reduce"
],
"antonyms":[
"worsen"
]
},
"an act or instance of helping":{
"examples":[
"I could use your help getting this tire back on the car"
],
"synonyms":[
"abetment",
"aid",
"assist",
"assistance",
"backing",
"boost",
"hand",
"helping hand",
"leg up",
"lift",
"support"
],
"near synonyms":[
"advancement",
"encouragement",
"facilitation",
"forwarding",
"furtherance",
"furthering",
"nurturance",
"benefaction",
"patronage",
"promotion",
"sponsorship",
"advice",
"care",
"counsel",
"guidance",
"mentoring",
"attendance",
"attention",
"hand-holding",
"service",
"beneficence",
"charity",
"favor",
"kindness",
"philanthropy",
"assuagement",
"palliation",
"relief",
"succor"
],
"near antonyms":[
"constraint",
"frustration",
"inhibition",
"interference",
"obstruction",
"repression",
"restraint",
"deterrence",
"discouragement"
],
"antonyms":[
"hindrance"
]
},
"a thing that helps":{
"examples":[
"the computer is a great help for writing reports"
],
"synonyms":[
"advantage",
"aid",
"asset",
"benefit",
"boon"
],
"near synonyms":[
"hand",
"lift",
"pick-me-up",
"support",
"sustenance",
"blessing",
"godsend",
"windfall",
"recourse",
"refuge",
"resort",
"resource"
],
"near antonyms":[
"constraint",
"inhibitor",
"liability",
"obstacle",
"obstruction",
"restraint",
"stranglehold"
],
"antonyms":[
"disadvantage",
"drawback",
"encumbrance",
"hindrance",
"impediment",
"minus"
]
},
"a body of persons at work or available for work":{
"examples":[
"it's so hard to get good help these days"
],
"synonyms":[
"force",
"labor force",
"manpower",
"personnel",
"pool",
"staff",
"workforce"
],
"near synonyms":[
"labor",
"proletariat",
"rank and file",
"band",
"company",
"crew",
"gang",
"outfit",
"party",
"squad",
"team",
"employee",
"employe",
"helper",
"hireling",
"worker",
"blood",
"support"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"heliports":{
"as in helipads , jetports":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"air bases",
"air parks",
"helipads",
"jetports",
"aerodromes",
"airdromes",
"airfields",
"airports",
"fields",
"airstrips",
"landing fields",
"landing strips",
"runways",
"launchpads",
"pads"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"hellish":{
"of, resembling, or befitting hell":{
"examples":[
"We've been having hellish weather lately.",
"The battlefield was a hellish scene of death and destruction."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"abhorrent",
"abominable",
"appalling",
"awful",
"beastly",
"bilious",
"disgusting",
"dreadful",
"foul",
"ghastly",
"gnarly",
"god-awful",
"gross",
"hateful",
"hideous",
"horrendous",
"horrible",
"horrid",
"invidious",
"loathsome",
"nauseating",
"nauseous",
"noisome",
"obnoxious",
"obscene",
"odious",
"offensive",
"repellent",
"repellant",
"repugnant",
"repulsive",
"revolting",
"revulsive",
"scandalous",
"seamy",
"shocking",
"sick",
"sickening",
"ugly",
"unholy",
"vile",
"villainous",
"bad",
"bitter",
"disagreeable",
"displeasing",
"distasteful",
"harsh",
"icky",
"nasty",
"rotten",
"sour",
"uncongenial",
"unlovely",
"unpalatable",
"unpleasant",
"unpleasing",
"unsavory",
"unwelcome",
"wicked",
"yucky",
"yukky",
"aggravating",
"annoying",
"galling",
"irritating",
"vexing",
"crappy",
"cruddy",
"crummy",
"crumby",
"lousy",
"miserable",
"sucky",
"wretched"
],
"near antonyms":[
"delectable",
"delicious",
"delightful",
"dreamy",
"felicitous",
"heavenly",
"amiable",
"charming",
"cheery",
"friendly",
"jolly",
"kindly",
"sweet",
"agreeable",
"congenial",
"good",
"grateful",
"gratifying",
"nice",
"palatable",
"pleasant",
"pleasing",
"pleasurable",
"satisfying",
"welcome"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"hells":{
"a situation or state that causes great suffering and unhappiness":{
"examples":[
"picking cotton under the hot summer sun was hell"
],
"synonyms":[
"agonies",
"Gehennas",
"horrors",
"miseries",
"murders",
"nightmares",
"torments",
"tortures"
],
"near synonyms":[
"afflictions",
"calvaries",
"crosses",
"curses",
"ordeals",
"trials",
"tribulations",
"calamities",
"misfortunes",
"tragedies",
"galls",
"thorns",
"bummers",
"downers",
"drags"
],
"near antonyms":[
"delights",
"diversions",
"entertainments",
"fun",
"joys",
"pleasures",
"recreations",
"larks",
"picnics",
"riots"
],
"antonyms":[
"heavens",
"paradises"
]
},
"a state in which everything is out of order":{
"examples":[
"all hell broke loose when the jury's verdict was announced"
],
"synonyms":[
"chance-medleys",
"chaoses",
"confusions",
"disarrangements",
"disarrays",
"dishevelments",
"disorders",
"disorganizations",
"free-for-alls",
"havoc",
"hecks",
"jumbles",
"mare's nests",
"mares' nests",
"messes",
"misorders",
"muddles",
"musses",
"shambles",
"snake pits",
"tumbles",
"welters"
],
"near synonyms":[
"anarchies",
"misrules",
"riots",
"knots",
"snarls",
"tangles",
"labyrinths",
"mazes",
"webs",
"maelstroms",
"storms",
"bollixes",
"clutters",
"litters",
"mishmashes",
"shuffles",
"hodgepodges",
"medleys",
"miscellanies",
"morasses",
"motleys"
],
"near antonyms":[
"methods",
"patterns",
"plans",
"systems"
],
"antonyms":[
"orders"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"held off":{
"as in fought , resisted":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"defied",
"fought",
"opposed",
"resisted",
"stood off",
"withstood",
"beat off",
"fended (off)",
"rebutted",
"repelled",
"repulsed",
"staved off",
"turned away",
"turned back",
"deflected",
"warded (off)",
"rebuffed",
"snubbed",
"spurned"
],
"near antonyms":[
"embraced",
"hailed",
"welcomed"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in put off , reserved":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"deferred",
"postponed",
"put off",
"reserved",
"shelved",
"tabled",
"broke off",
"disbanded",
"discontinued",
"dispersed",
"intermitted",
"interrupted",
"dissolved",
"ended",
"halted",
"stopped",
"terminated",
"adjourned",
"prorogated",
"prorogued",
"recessed",
"suspended",
"broke up",
"closed",
"concluded",
"wound up",
"winded up",
"wrapped up",
"aborted",
"called",
"called off",
"dropped",
"recalled",
"repealed",
"rescinded",
"revoked",
"abrogated",
"annulled",
"invalidated",
"negated",
"nullified",
"quashed",
"voided"
],
"near antonyms":[
"inaugurated",
"launched",
"opened",
"carried on",
"continued",
"drew out",
"extended",
"proceeded",
"prolonged",
"renewed",
"reopened",
"resumed",
"assembled",
"called",
"convened",
"convoked",
"mustered",
"rallied",
"summoned"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"held back":{
"to create difficulty for the work or activity of":{
"examples":[
"the only thing holding them back from joining the swim team is lack of transportation"
],
"synonyms":[
"clogged",
"cramped",
"embarrassed",
"encumbered",
"fettered",
"hampered",
"handcuffed",
"handicapped",
"held up",
"hindered",
"hobbled",
"hog-tied",
"impeded",
"inhibited",
"interfered (with)",
"manacled",
"obstructed",
"shackled",
"short-circuited",
"stymied",
"tied up",
"trammeled",
"trammelled"
],
"near synonyms":[
"balked",
"checked",
"constrained",
"curbed",
"reined",
"restrained",
"bound",
"chained",
"haltered",
"leashed",
"tethered",
"tied",
"arrested",
"braked",
"delayed",
"retained",
"retarded",
"barricaded",
"blockaded",
"blocked",
"roadblocked",
"bogged (down)",
"mired",
"choked",
"smothered",
"stifled",
"strangled",
"suffocated",
"baffled",
"foiled",
"frustrated",
"stumped",
"thwarted",
"derailed",
"disrupted",
"sabotaged",
"muzzled",
"repressed",
"suppressed",
"confined",
"hedged (in)",
"hemmed (in)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cleared",
"made way",
"opened",
"unclogged",
"unplugged",
"unstopped",
"freed",
"liberated",
"released",
"untied",
"loosened",
"smoothed",
"encouraged",
"furthered",
"promoted"
],
"antonyms":[
"aided",
"assisted",
"facilitated",
"helped"
]
},
"to refrain from openly showing or uttering":{
"examples":[
"held back her tears until she was alone"
],
"synonyms":[
"choked (back)",
"pocketed",
"repressed",
"sank",
"sunk",
"smothered",
"stifled",
"strangled",
"submerged",
"suppressed",
"swallowed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"controlled",
"governed",
"managed",
"bridled",
"checked",
"curbed",
"quashed",
"quelled",
"bottled up",
"contained",
"muffled",
"squelched"
],
"near antonyms":[
"expressed",
"loosed",
"released",
"took out",
"unleashed",
"vented"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"helter-skelter":{
"acting or done with excessive or careless speed":{
"examples":[
"a bill that was pushed through committee in a last-minute helter-skelter burst of legislative activity"
],
"synonyms":[
"cursory",
"drive-by",
"flying",
"gadarene",
"hasty",
"headlong",
"hurried",
"overhasty",
"pell-mell",
"precipitate",
"precipitous",
"rash",
"rushed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"breakneck",
"breathtaking",
"headstrong",
"heady",
"hotheaded",
"impatient",
"impetuous",
"impulsive",
"madcap",
"reckless",
"unadvised",
"quick",
"rapid",
"speedy",
"swift",
"horseback",
"impromptu",
"makeshift",
"offhand",
"offhanded",
"off-the-cuff",
"rush",
"slapdash",
"snap",
"spontaneous",
"spur-of-the-moment",
"abrupt",
"sudden"
],
"near antonyms":[
"calculated",
"calculating",
"measured",
"circumspect",
"foresighted",
"forethoughtful",
"drawn-out",
"extended",
"long-term",
"prolonged",
"faltering",
"hesitant",
"hesitating",
"tentative",
"dallying",
"dawdling",
"laggard",
"leisurely",
"poky",
"pokey",
"shilly-shallying",
"slow"
],
"antonyms":[
"deliberate",
"unhurried",
"unrushed"
]
},
"lacking a definite plan, purpose, or pattern":{
"examples":[
"papers, books, and unopened mail were stacked helter-skelter on the desk"
],
"synonyms":[
"aimless",
"arbitrary",
"catch-as-catch-can",
"desultory",
"erratic",
"haphazard",
"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"
]
},
"in a confused and reckless manner":{
"examples":[
"the sheep ran helter-skelter inside their pen when the coyote appeared in their midst"
],
"synonyms":[
"amok",
"amuck",
"berserk",
"berserkly",
"frantically",
"frenetically",
"frenziedly",
"harum-scarum",
"hectically",
"madly",
"pell-mell",
"wild",
"wildly"
],
"near synonyms":[
"agitatedly",
"confusedly",
"crazily",
"desperately",
"feverishly",
"haywire",
"skittishly",
"uncontrollably",
"heedlessly",
"hotheadedly",
"recklessly",
"wantonly",
"chaotically",
"riotously",
"tumultuously",
"turbulently",
"aimlessly",
"haphazard",
"haphazardly",
"hit or miss",
"topsy-turvy"
],
"near antonyms":[
"calmly",
"collectedly",
"composedly",
"coolly",
"cooly",
"imperturbably",
"peacefully",
"placidly",
"self-composedly",
"self-possessedly",
"serenely",
"unconcernedly",
"meekly",
"mildly",
"passively",
"tamely",
"methodically",
"orderly",
"systematically"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"without definite aim, direction, rule, or method":{
"examples":[
"goods arranged helter-skelter on the shelves of the variety store"
],
"synonyms":[
"aimlessly",
"anyhow",
"anyway",
"anywise",
"desultorily",
"erratically",
"haphazard",
"haphazardly",
"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"
],
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"methodically",
"systematically"
]
},
"a state of noisy, confused activity":{
"examples":[
"in the helter-skelter at the amusement park the child got separated from his parents"
],
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"ado",
"alarums and excursions",
"ballyhoo",
"blather",
"bluster",
"bobbery",
"bother",
"bustle",
"clatter",
"clutter",
"coil",
"commotion",
"corroboree",
"disturbance",
"do",
"foofaraw",
"fun",
"furor",
"furore",
"fuss",
"hoo-ha",
"hoo-hah",
"hoopla",
"hubble-bubble",
"hubbub",
"hullabaloo",
"hurly",
"hurly-burly",
"hurricane",
"hurry",
"hurry-scurry",
"hurry-skurry",
"kerfuffle",
"moil",
"pandemonium",
"pother",
"row",
"ruckus",
"ruction",
"rumpus",
"shindy",
"splore",
"squall",
"stew",
"stir",
"storm",
"to-do",
"tumult",
"turmoil",
"uproar",
"welter",
"whirl",
"williwaw",
"zoo"
],
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"cacophony",
"clamor",
"din",
"howl",
"hue and cry",
"noise",
"outcry",
"racket",
"roar",
"disorder",
"unrest",
"upheaval",
"eruption",
"flare-up",
"flurry",
"flutter",
"outbreak",
"outburst",
"brawl",
"fracas",
"fray",
"hassle",
"melee",
"m\u00eal\u00e9e",
"scuffle",
"dither",
"fever",
"fret",
"lather",
"tizzy"
],
"near antonyms":[
"calm",
"hush",
"peace",
"quiet",
"quietude",
"rest",
"stillness",
"tranquillity",
"tranquility",
"order",
"orderliness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
]
},
"held down":{
"to set bounds or an upper limit for":{
"examples":[
"efforts to hold down taxes keep running up against the legislature's ingrained unwillingness to cut spending"
],
"synonyms":[
"capped",
"circumscribed",
"confined",
"limited",
"restricted"
],
"near synonyms":[
"barred",
"blocked",
"hampered",
"hindered",
"impeded",
"obstructed",
"constricted",
"contracted",
"lessened",
"narrowed",
"pinched",
"squeezed",
"tightened",
"quelled",
"repressed",
"suppressed",
"numbered",
"modified",
"qualified"
],
"near antonyms":[
"broadened",
"expanded",
"widened",
"overextended",
"overreached"
],
"antonyms":[
"exceeded"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"helicopters":{
"a vehicle for traveling through the air that obtains its lift from rotors which spin horizontally":{
"examples":[
"took a helicopter tour to get a better sense of the grandeur of the Grand Canyon"
],
"synonyms":[
"choppers",
"copters",
"eggbeaters",
"helos",
"whirlybirds"
],
"near synonyms":[
"rotary-wing aircrafts",
"rotorcraft",
"autogiros",
"autogyros",
"convertiplanes",
"convertaplanes",
"gyroplanes",
"tilt-rotors",
"slicks"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in orbits , rockets":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"catapults",
"jets",
"orbits",
"rockets",
"darts",
"flits",
"flutters",
"dives",
"stoops",
"coasts",
"cruises",
"sails",
"sweeps",
"drifts",
"floats",
"hangs",
"hovers",
"wafts",
"aviates",
"flies",
"glides",
"planes",
"soars",
"wings"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"helot":{
"as in serf":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"serf",
"bondman",
"bondsman",
"chattel",
"slave",
"thrall",
"bondwoman",
"bondswoman",
"odalisque",
"bond servant",
"indentured servant",
"attendant",
"domestic",
"drudge",
"handmaiden",
"handmaid",
"lackey",
"menial",
"servant"
],
"near antonyms":[
"freedman",
"freedwoman",
"freeman"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"held one's peace":{
"to stop talking":{
"examples":[
"There are times when it is more prudent to hold your tongue than to express your opinion."
],
"synonyms":[
"belted up",
"clammed up",
"dried up",
"dummied up",
"hushed",
"piped down",
"quieted (down)",
"shut up"
],
"near synonyms":[
"calmed (down)",
"cooled (down)",
"settled (down)",
"hawed",
"hemmed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"piped up",
"sounded off",
"spoke out",
"spoke up",
"spouted (off)",
"talked up"
],
"antonyms":[
"spoke",
"talked"
]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"helots":{
"as in serfs":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"serfs",
"bondmen",
"bondsmen",
"chattels",
"slaves",
"thralls",
"bondwomen",
"bondswomen",
"odalisques",
"bond servants",
"indentured servants",
"attendants",
"domestics",
"drudges",
"handmaidens",
"handmaids",
"lackeys",
"menials",
"servants"
],
"near antonyms":[
"freedmen",
"freedwomen",
"freemen"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"held (past)":{
"as in lasted (beyond) , persisted (beyond)":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"abided (beyond)",
"abode (beyond)",
"endured (past)",
"held out (past)",
"lasted (beyond)",
"persisted (beyond)",
"outstayed",
"drew out",
"perpetuated",
"survived",
"succeeded",
"outlasted",
"outlived",
"outwore"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"helicoptered":{
"as in orbited , rocketed":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"catapulted",
"jetted",
"orbited",
"rocketed",
"darted",
"flitted",
"fluttered",
"dived",
"dove",
"stooped",
"coasted",
"cruised",
"sailed",
"swept",
"drifted",
"floated",
"hovered",
"hung",
"hanged",
"wafted",
"aviated",
"flew",
"glided",
"planed",
"soared",
"winged"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"helipad":{
"as in heliport , jetport":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"air base",
"air park",
"heliport",
"jetport",
"aerodrome",
"airdrome",
"airfield",
"airport",
"field",
"airstrip",
"landing field",
"landing strip",
"runway",
"launchpad",
"pad"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"helpless":{
"lacking protection from danger or resistance against attack":{
"examples":[
"after the storm we found a helpless baby bird that had fallen out of its nest"
],
"synonyms":[
"defenseless",
"exposed",
"susceptible",
"undefended",
"unguarded",
"unprotected",
"unresistant",
"vulnerable"
],
"near synonyms":[
"indefensible",
"untenable",
"uncovered",
"unsafe",
"overcome",
"preyed (on or upon)",
"disarmed",
"passive",
"resistless",
"unarmed",
"feeble",
"frail",
"weak",
"abandoned",
"high and dry",
"marooned"
],
"near antonyms":[
"defensible",
"covered",
"fortified",
"safe",
"screened",
"secure",
"sheltered",
"armed",
"armored",
"immune",
"impenetrable",
"impregnable",
"invincible",
"strong",
"unassailable",
"unbeatable",
"unconquerable",
"almighty",
"omnipotent"
],
"antonyms":[
"guarded",
"invulnerable",
"protected",
"resistant",
"shielded"
]
},
"unable to act or achieve one's purpose":{
"examples":[
"we watched, feeling helpless , as the vase slipped from her hand and crashed to the floor"
],
"synonyms":[
"hamstrung",
"handcuffed",
"high and dry",
"hog-tied",
"impotent",
"impuissant",
"paralyzed",
"powerless",
"weak"
],
"near synonyms":[
"incapable",
"incompetent",
"ineffective",
"ineffectual",
"inept",
"unfit",
"useless",
"feeble",
"frail",
"infirm",
"passive",
"spineless",
"supine",
"unaggressive"
],
"near antonyms":[
"able",
"capable",
"competent",
"effective",
"efficient",
"authoritarian",
"autocratic",
"autocratical",
"despotic",
"dictatorial",
"magisterial",
"tyrannical",
"tyrannic",
"dominant",
"dynamic",
"energetic",
"forceful",
"robust",
"sturdy",
"tough",
"vigorous",
"important",
"major",
"significant",
"high-level",
"senior",
"top"
],
"antonyms":[
"mighty",
"potent",
"powerful",
"puissant",
"strong"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"hell-bent (on or upon)":{
"fully committed to achieving a goal":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[
"bent (on or upon)",
"bound",
"decisive",
"determined",
"do-or-die",
"firm",
"intent",
"out",
"purposeful",
"resolute",
"resolved",
"set",
"single-minded"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bitter",
"vehement",
"certain",
"cocksure",
"confident",
"positive",
"sure",
"earnest",
"serious",
"steady",
"unfaltering",
"unhesitating",
"unswerving",
"unwavering",
"adamant",
"adamantine",
"dogged",
"hard",
"hardened",
"hardheaded",
"headstrong",
"immovable",
"implacable",
"inflexible",
"mulish",
"obdurate",
"persistent",
"pertinacious",
"perverse",
"pigheaded",
"rigid",
"self-willed",
"stubborn",
"tenacious",
"unbending",
"uncompromising",
"unrelenting",
"unyielding",
"willful",
"wilful"
],
"near antonyms":[
"distrustful",
"doubtful",
"dubious",
"mistrustful",
"skeptical",
"suspicious",
"uncertain",
"unconvinced",
"undecided",
"unsettled",
"unsure",
"disinclined",
"indisposed",
"loath",
"loth",
"loathe",
"reluctant"
],
"antonyms":[
"faltering",
"hesitant",
"indecisive",
"irresolute",
"undetermined",
"unresolved",
"vacillating",
"wavering",
"weak-kneed"
]
},
"type":[]
},
"helping":{
"as in aiding":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"aiding",
"computerized",
"easing",
"relieving",
"mechanical",
"motorized",
"nonmanual",
"time-saving",
"automated",
"automatic",
"laborsaving",
"robotic",
"self-acting",
"self-operating",
"self-regulating",
"semiautomatic"
],
"near antonyms":[
"nonautomated",
"nonautomatic"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in supportive , assistant":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"adjuvant",
"assistant",
"assisting",
"supportive",
"tributary",
"complementary",
"contributory",
"secondary",
"subordinate",
"subservient",
"subsidiary",
"added",
"additional",
"another",
"further",
"dispensable",
"excess",
"nonessential",
"superfluous",
"surplus",
"unessential",
"backup",
"makeshift",
"substitute",
"accessorial",
"accessory",
"appurtenant",
"auxiliary",
"peripheral",
"supplemental",
"supplementary"
],
"near antonyms":[
"chief",
"main",
"principal",
"basic",
"fundamental",
"primary",
"prime",
"all-important",
"essential",
"imperative",
"indispensable",
"integral",
"necessary",
"needed",
"needful",
"required",
"requisite",
"vital"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to provide (someone) with what is useful or necessary to achieve an end":{
"examples":[
"offered to help her widowed father when he moved into an apartment"
],
"synonyms":[
"abetting",
"aiding",
"assisting",
"backing",
"backstopping",
"propping (up)",
"supporting"
],
"near synonyms":[
"advancing",
"easing",
"facilitating",
"forwarding",
"fostering",
"furthering",
"launching",
"championing",
"endorsing",
"indorsing",
"patronizing",
"promoting",
"sponsoring",
"attending",
"caring (for)",
"comforting",
"ministering (to)",
"succoring",
"sustaining",
"bolstering",
"boosting",
"buttressing",
"reinforcing",
"reenforcing",
"advising",
"counseling",
"counselling",
"guiding",
"mentoring",
"nurturing",
"bailing out",
"delivering",
"rescuing",
"saving",
"emboldening",
"encouraging",
"heartening",
"benefiting",
"benefitting",
"favoring",
"obliging",
"profiting",
"serving"
],
"near antonyms":[
"balking",
"barring",
"blocking",
"constraining",
"hampering",
"handicapping",
"holding back",
"impeding",
"inhibiting",
"obstructing",
"restraining",
"strangling",
"baffling",
"foiling",
"frustrating",
"inconveniencing",
"interfering",
"opposing",
"sabotaging",
"thwarting",
"deserting",
"disappointing",
"failing",
"letting down",
"discouraging",
"disheartening",
"repressing",
"retarding",
"stifling",
"straitening",
"stunting",
"damaging",
"harming",
"hurting",
"injuring"
],
"antonyms":[
"hindering"
]
},
"to make more bearable or less severe":{
"examples":[
"the new ointment didn't help Josh's sunburn one bit"
],
"synonyms":[
"allaying",
"alleviating",
"assuaging",
"easing",
"mitigating",
"mollifying",
"palliating",
"relieving",
"soothing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abating",
"lightening",
"moderating",
"softening",
"tempering",
"curing",
"healing",
"remedying",
"amending",
"correcting",
"emending",
"fixing",
"mending",
"rectifying",
"reforming",
"repairing",
"ameliorating",
"bettering",
"enhancing",
"enriching",
"improving",
"meliorating",
"perfecting",
"refining"
],
"near antonyms":[
"harming",
"hurting",
"impairing",
"injuring",
"heightening",
"intensifying",
"sharpening"
],
"antonyms":[
"aggravating",
"exacerbating"
]
},
"to keep from happening by taking action in advance":{
"examples":[
"they couldn't help the way things turned out"
],
"synonyms":[
"averting",
"forestalling",
"heading off",
"obviating",
"precluding",
"preventing",
"staving off"
],
"near synonyms":[
"anticipating",
"providing",
"negating",
"neutralizing",
"nullifying",
"saving",
"baffling",
"balking",
"checkmating",
"deterring",
"foiling",
"frustrating",
"thwarting",
"barring",
"blocking",
"hampering",
"hindering",
"impeding",
"interfering (with)",
"retarding",
"stalling",
"deflecting",
"fending (off)",
"stopping",
"warding (off)",
"avoiding",
"circumventing",
"dodging",
"ducking",
"eluding",
"escaping",
"eschewing",
"evading",
"shaking",
"shirking",
"shunning",
"forbidding",
"inhibiting",
"prohibiting",
"arresting",
"checking",
"halting",
"stopping",
"compensating (for)",
"counteracting",
"counterbalancing",
"making up (for)",
"offsetting"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abetting",
"aiding",
"assisting",
"easing",
"facilitating",
"smoothing",
"unclogging",
"advancing",
"cultivating",
"encouraging",
"forwarding",
"fostering",
"furthering",
"nurturing",
"promoting",
"allowing",
"leaving",
"letting",
"permitting"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to provide with something useful or desirable":{
"examples":[
"being independently wealthy certainly helped him during his years as a struggling young artist"
],
"synonyms":[
"advantaging",
"availing",
"benefiting",
"benefitting",
"profiting",
"serving"
],
"near synonyms":[
"succeeding",
"working (for)",
"aiding",
"assisting",
"bettering",
"improving",
"contenting",
"delighting",
"gladdening",
"gratifying",
"pleasing",
"satisfying",
"blessing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"hindering",
"impeding",
"damaging",
"harming",
"hurting",
"impairing",
"injuring",
"afflicting",
"distressing",
"upsetting"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make better":{
"examples":[
"some minor revisions would help this essay immensely"
],
"synonyms":[
"ameliorating",
"amending",
"bettering",
"enhancing",
"enriching",
"improving",
"meliorating",
"perfecting",
"refining",
"upgrading"
],
"near synonyms":[
"correcting",
"emending",
"rectifying",
"reforming",
"remediating",
"remedying",
"editing",
"fine-tuning",
"redrafting",
"refurbishing",
"rehabbing",
"rehabilitating",
"revamping",
"revising",
"reworking",
"beefing (up)",
"boosting",
"fortifying",
"intensifying",
"reinforcing",
"reenforcing",
"strengthening",
"fining",
"honing",
"polishing",
"retouching",
"touching up"
],
"near antonyms":[
"damaging",
"endamaging",
"harming",
"hurting",
"impairing",
"injuring",
"spoiling",
"tarnishing",
"vitiating",
"blemishing",
"blighting",
"defacing",
"disfiguring",
"flawing",
"marring",
"diminishing",
"lessening",
"lowering",
"reducing"
],
"antonyms":[
"worsening"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"held one's horses":{
"to come to a temporary halt in one's activity":{
"examples":[
"We'll eat when everyone is here, so just hold your horses ."
],
"synonyms":[
"broke",
"paused"
],
"near synonyms":[
"hesitated",
"broke in",
"interrupted",
"ceased",
"discontinued",
"ended",
"finished",
"stopped",
"terminated",
"knocked off",
"laid off",
"quit",
"quitted",
"lapsed",
"let up"
],
"near antonyms":[
"continued",
"persisted",
"advanced",
"progressed",
"extended",
"prolonged",
"stretched"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"hellishness":{
"as in baseness , cursedness":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"accursedness",
"baseness",
"cursedness",
"devilishness",
"execrableness",
"fiendishness",
"atrociousness",
"atrocity",
"badness",
"depravedness",
"depravity",
"diabolicalness",
"enormity",
"evilness",
"heinousness",
"hideousness",
"monstrosity",
"sinfulness",
"vileness",
"wickedness",
"corruption",
"decadence",
"degeneracy",
"pervertedness",
"immorality",
"infamy",
"notoriety"
],
"near antonyms":[
"goodness",
"righteousness",
"virtuousness",
"morality",
"chasteness",
"innocence",
"purity"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"hellcats":{
"a mean or ugly old woman":{
"examples":[
"one of the two spinster sisters is said to be a hellcat , and the other is as sweet as can be"
],
"synonyms":[
"beldams",
"beldames",
"carlines",
"carlins",
"crones",
"hags",
"trots",
"witches"
],
"near synonyms":[
"harpies",
"shrews",
"viragoes",
"viragos"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"helmsman":{
"the person (as an employer or supervisor) who tells people and especially workers what to do":{
"examples":[
"had a complaint and demanded to talk to the helmsman of this vast construction project, not some underling"
],
"synonyms":[
"boss",
"boss man",
"captain",
"chief",
"foreman",
"head",
"headman",
"honcho",
"jefe",
"kingpin",
"leader",
"master",
"taskmaster"
],
"near synonyms":[
"directress",
"mistress",
"administrator",
"commander",
"director",
"executive",
"general",
"governor",
"hierarch",
"higher-up",
"leadman",
"manager",
"overseer",
"principal",
"skipper",
"standard-bearer",
"steward",
"straw boss",
"superintendent",
"superior",
"supervisor",
"dominator",
"lord",
"overlord",
"potentate",
"ruler",
"sovereign",
"sovran",
"figurehead",
"baron",
"czar",
"tsar",
"tzar",
"king",
"magnate",
"mogul",
"president",
"prince",
"big cheese",
"big gun",
"bigwig",
"top dog",
"top gun",
"cohead",
"coleader",
"employer",
"gaffer",
"ganger",
"micromanager",
"subchief",
"subdirector"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dependent",
"inferior",
"junior",
"secondary",
"subject",
"subordinate",
"underling"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"hellions":{
"an appealingly mischievous person":{
"examples":[
"the little hellions were tearing through the house squirting their water pistols"
],
"synonyms":[
"devils",
"imps",
"mischiefs",
"monkeys",
"rapscallions",
"rascals",
"rogues",
"scamps",
"urchins"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cutups",
"larkers",
"madcaps",
"skylarkers",
"ragamuffins",
"brats",
"disrupters",
"misbehavers",
"nuisances",
"juvenile delinquents",
"gamines",
"gamins"
],
"near antonyms":[
"beasts",
"boors",
"cads",
"churls",
"clowns",
"creeps",
"cretins",
"curs",
"heels",
"jokers",
"louses",
"louts",
"skunks",
"skunk",
"snakes",
"stinkards",
"stinkers",
"knaves",
"miscreants",
"reprobates",
"scalawags",
"scallywags",
"scapegraces",
"scoundrels",
"varlets",
"villains"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"helmet":{
"a hard covering that is worn to protect your head":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"baseball cap",
"beret",
"billycock",
"biretta",
"boater",
"bonnet",
"bowler",
"calotte",
"capuche",
"casque",
"castor",
"cloche",
"cocked hat",
"cowboy hat",
"cowl",
"derby",
"fedora",
"fez",
"garrison cap",
"hard hat",
"helm",
"high hat",
"homburg",
"hood",
"kepi",
"k\u00e9pi",
"kufi",
"leghorn",
"miter",
"mitre",
"nightcap",
"opera hat",
"overseas cap",
"panama",
"picture hat",
"pillbox",
"plug hat",
"porkpie hat",
"service cap",
"shako",
"silk hat",
"skimmer",
"skullcap",
"sombrero",
"sou'wester",
"Stetson",
"stocking cap",
"stovepipe",
"sunbonnet",
"tam",
"tam-o'-shanter",
"ten-gallon hat",
"top hat",
"topper",
"toque",
"tricorne",
"tricorn",
"turban",
"zucchetto",
"cap",
"chapeau",
"hat",
"headdress",
"headgear",
"headpiece",
"lid",
"warbonnet"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"hellcat":{
"a mean or ugly old woman":{
"examples":[
"one of the two spinster sisters is said to be a hellcat , and the other is as sweet as can be"
],
"synonyms":[
"beldam",
"beldame",
"carline",
"carlin",
"crone",
"hag",
"trot",
"witch"
],
"near synonyms":[
"harpy",
"shrew",
"virago"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"helmets":{
"a hard covering that is worn to protect your head":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"baseball caps",
"berets",
"billycocks",
"birettas",
"boaters",
"bonnets",
"bowlers",
"calottes",
"capuches",
"casques",
"castors",
"cloches",
"cocked hats",
"cowboy hats",
"cowls",
"derbies",
"fedoras",
"fezzes",
"fezes",
"garrison caps",
"hard hats",
"helms",
"high hats",
"homburgs",
"hoods",
"kepis",
"k\u00e9pis",
"kufis",
"leghorns",
"miters",
"mitres",
"nightcaps",
"opera hats",
"overseas caps",
"panamas",
"picture hats",
"pillboxes",
"plug hats",
"porkpie hats",
"service caps",
"shakos",
"shakoes",
"silk hats",
"skimmers",
"skullcaps",
"sombreros",
"sou'westers",
"Stetsons",
"stocking caps",
"stovepipes",
"sunbonnets",
"tam-o'-shanters",
"tams",
"ten-gallon hats",
"top hats",
"toppers",
"toques",
"tricornes",
"tricorns",
"turbans",
"zucchettos",
"caps",
"chapeaus",
"chapeaux",
"hats",
"headdresses",
"headgears",
"headpieces",
"lids",
"warbonnets"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"helping hand":{
"an act or instance of helping":{
"examples":[
"a skilled mechanic who generously provides a helping hand when his neighbors are plagued by car troubles"
],
"synonyms":[
"abetment",
"aid",
"assist",
"assistance",
"backing",
"boost",
"hand",
"help",
"leg up",
"lift",
"support"
],
"near synonyms":[
"advancement",
"encouragement",
"facilitation",
"forwarding",
"furtherance",
"furthering",
"nurturance",
"benefaction",
"patronage",
"promotion",
"sponsorship",
"advice",
"care",
"counsel",
"guidance",
"mentoring",
"attendance",
"attention",
"hand-holding",
"service",
"beneficence",
"charity",
"favor",
"kindness",
"philanthropy",
"assuagement",
"palliation",
"relief",
"succor"
],
"near antonyms":[
"constraint",
"frustration",
"inhibition",
"interference",
"obstruction",
"repression",
"restraint",
"deterrence",
"discouragement"
],
"antonyms":[
"hindrance"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"hell-raising":{
"being rough or noisy in a high-spirited way":{
"examples":[
"would often reminisce with his buddies about their hell-raising adventures as teenagers"
],
"synonyms":[
"boisterous",
"knockabout",
"rambunctious",
"raucous",
"robustious",
"roisterous",
"rollicking",
"rowdy",
"rumbustious"
],
"near synonyms":[
"callithumpian",
"carnival",
"carnivalesque",
"larrikin",
"raffish",
"rampageous",
"riotous",
"rowdyish",
"ruffianly",
"stormy",
"tempestuous",
"turbulent",
"violent",
"headstrong",
"intractable",
"obstreperous",
"recalcitrant",
"uncontrollable",
"uncontrolled",
"undisciplined",
"ungovernable",
"uninhibited",
"unmanageable",
"unreserved",
"unrestrained",
"unruly",
"wild",
"willful",
"wilful",
"bubbly",
"buoyant",
"effervescent",
"exuberant",
"high-spirited",
"impassioned",
"lively",
"sprightly",
"vivacious",
"clamorous",
"loudmouthed",
"noisy",
"openmouthed",
"rackety",
"strident",
"vociferous",
"howling",
"screaming",
"yelling"
],
"near antonyms":[
"sedate",
"sober",
"solemn",
"somber",
"sombre",
"staid",
"decorous",
"dignified",
"proper",
"seemly",
"calm",
"hushed",
"noiseless",
"peaceful",
"placid",
"quiet",
"restrained",
"serene",
"silent",
"soundless",
"tranquil",
"collected",
"composed",
"constrained",
"controlled",
"imperturbable",
"inhibited",
"repressed",
"self-controlled",
"unflappable",
"unruffled",
"moderate",
"reasonable",
"subdued",
"temperate",
"impassive",
"phlegmatic",
"stoic",
"stoical",
"stolid",
"depressed",
"aloof",
"detached",
"indifferent"
],
"antonyms":[
"orderly"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"helo":{
"a vehicle for traveling through the air that obtains its lift from rotors which spin horizontally":{
"examples":[
"the rescue helo swept in and landed on the roof of the skyscraper"
],
"synonyms":[
"chopper",
"copter",
"eggbeater",
"helicopter",
"whirlybird"
],
"near synonyms":[
"rotary-wing aircraft",
"rotorcraft",
"autogiro",
"autogyro",
"convertiplane",
"convertaplane",
"gyroplane",
"tilt-rotor",
"slick"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"held water":{
"to withstand scrutiny and gain acceptance or approval":{
"examples":[
"a weak explanation that doesn't hold water"
],
"synonyms":[
"flew",
"held up",
"passed",
"stood up",
"washed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"got through",
"played",
"took",
"went down",
"went over",
"went through",
"worked",
"wrought"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"hellfire":{
"as in fire and brimstone":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"fire and brimstone",
"abyss",
"pit",
"Gehenna",
"hell",
"Pandemonium",
"perdition",
"Tophet",
"Sheol",
"hades",
"netherworld",
"shades",
"Tartarus",
"underworld",
"blazes",
"inferno",
"purgatory"
],
"near antonyms":[
"glory",
"happy hunting ground",
"nirvana",
"promised land",
"Valhalla",
"bliss",
"elysian fields",
"Elysium",
"empyrean",
"heaven",
"kingdom come",
"New Jerusalem",
"paradise",
"sky",
"Zion",
"Sion"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"helves":{
"a part by which an implement is held":{
"examples":[
"the head of the ax was crudely lashed to a wooden helve"
],
"synonyms":[
"grips",
"hafts",
"handgrips",
"handles"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bars",
"handlebars",
"bails",
"bows",
"loops",
"hilts",
"shafts",
"crops",
"whipstocks",
"broomsticks"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"held forth":{
"to give a formal often extended talk on a subject":{
"examples":[
"The professor held forth on the current state of politics until everyone was sick of the topic."
],
"synonyms":[
"declaimed",
"descanted",
"discoursed",
"expatiated",
"harangued",
"lectured",
"orated",
"spoke",
"talked"
],
"near synonyms":[
"recited",
"soliloquized",
"disserted",
"expounded",
"pontificated",
"sermonized",
"mouthed",
"spouted",
"filibustered"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"held out":{
"to continue to operate or to meet one's needs":{
"examples":[
"we hoped our supply of firewood would hold out until power was restored",
"luckily, the old outboard motor held out till we made it to shore"
],
"synonyms":[
"held up",
"kept up",
"lasted",
"prevailed",
"survived"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bore up",
"carried on",
"coped",
"endured",
"fared",
"got along",
"got by",
"got on",
"hung in",
"made out",
"managed",
"persevered",
"went",
"abided",
"abode",
"continued",
"drew out",
"held on",
"hung on",
"lingered",
"persisted",
"ran on",
"remained",
"stretched"
],
"near antonyms":[
"broke",
"broke down",
"collapsed",
"conked (out)",
"crashed",
"cut out",
"died",
"expired",
"stalled",
"stopped",
"ran down",
"waned"
],
"antonyms":[
"failed",
"fizzled",
"gave out",
"petered (out)",
"ran out",
"went out"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"heliport":{
"as in helipad , jetport":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"air base",
"air park",
"helipad",
"jetport",
"aerodrome",
"airdrome",
"airfield",
"airport",
"field",
"airstrip",
"landing field",
"landing strip",
"runway",
"launchpad",
"pad"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"hellfires":{
"as in fire and brimstones":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"fire and brimstones",
"abysses",
"pits",
"Gehennas",
"hells",
"Pandemoniums",
"perditions",
"netherworlds",
"shades",
"underworlds",
"blazes",
"infernos",
"purgatories"
],
"near antonyms":[
"glories",
"happy hunting grounds",
"nirvanas",
"promised lands",
"Valhallas",
"blisses",
"elysian fields",
"Elysiums",
"Elysia",
"empyreans",
"heavens",
"kingdom comes",
"New Jerusalems",
"paradises",
"skies",
"Zions",
"Sions"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
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},
"helps":{
"to provide (someone) with what is useful or necessary to achieve an end":{
"examples":[
"offered to help her widowed father when he moved into an apartment"
],
"synonyms":[
"abets",
"aids",
"assists",
"backs",
"backstops",
"props (up)",
"supports"
],
"near synonyms":[
"advances",
"eases",
"facilitates",
"forwards",
"fosters",
"furthers",
"launches",
"champions",
"endorses",
"indorses",
"patronizes",
"promotes",
"sponsors",
"attends",
"cares (for)",
"comforts",
"ministers (to)",
"succors",
"sustains",
"bolsters",
"boosts",
"buttresses",
"reinforces",
"reenforces",
"advises",
"counsels",
"guides",
"mentors",
"nurtures",
"bails out",
"delivers",
"rescues",
"saves",
"emboldens",
"encourages",
"heartens",
"benefits",
"favors",
"obliges",
"profits",
"serves"
],
"near antonyms":[
"balks",
"bars",
"blocks",
"constrains",
"hampers",
"handicaps",
"holds back",
"impedes",
"inhibits",
"obstructs",
"restrains",
"strangles",
"baffles",
"foils",
"frustrates",
"inconveniences",
"interferes",
"opposes",
"sabotages",
"thwarts",
"deserts",
"disappoints",
"fails",
"lets down",
"discourages",
"disheartens",
"represses",
"retards",
"stifles",
"straitens",
"stunts",
"damages",
"harms",
"hurts",
"injures"
],
"antonyms":[
"hinders"
]
},
"to make more bearable or less severe":{
"examples":[
"the new ointment didn't help Josh's sunburn one bit"
],
"synonyms":[
"allays",
"alleviates",
"assuages",
"eases",
"mitigates",
"mollifies",
"palliates",
"relieves",
"soothes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abates",
"lightens",
"moderates",
"softens",
"tempers",
"cures",
"heals",
"remedies",
"amends",
"corrects",
"emends",
"fixes",
"mends",
"rectifies",
"reforms",
"repairs",
"ameliorates",
"betters",
"enhances",
"enriches",
"improves",
"meliorates",
"perfects",
"refines"
],
"near antonyms":[
"harms",
"hurts",
"impairs",
"injures",
"heightens",
"intensifies",
"sharpens"
],
"antonyms":[
"aggravates",
"exacerbates"
]
},
"to keep from happening by taking action in advance":{
"examples":[
"they couldn't help the way things turned out"
],
"synonyms":[
"averts",
"forestalls",
"heads off",
"obviates",
"precludes",
"prevents",
"staves off"
],
"near synonyms":[
"anticipates",
"provides",
"negates",
"neutralizes",
"nullifies",
"saves",
"baffles",
"balks",
"checkmates",
"deters",
"foils",
"frustrates",
"thwarts",
"bars",
"blocks",
"hampers",
"hinders",
"impedes",
"interferes (with)",
"retards",
"stalls",
"deflects",
"fends (off)",
"stops",
"wards (off)",
"avoids",
"circumvents",
"dodges",
"ducks",
"eludes",
"escapes",
"eschews",
"evades",
"shakes",
"shirks",
"shuns",
"forbids",
"inhibits",
"prohibits",
"arrests",
"checks",
"halts",
"stops",
"compensates (for)",
"counteracts",
"counterbalances",
"makes up (for)",
"offsets"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abets",
"aids",
"assists",
"eases",
"facilitates",
"smooths",
"smoothes",
"unclogs",
"advances",
"cultivates",
"encourages",
"forwards",
"fosters",
"furthers",
"nurtures",
"promotes",
"allows",
"leaves",
"lets",
"permits"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to provide with something useful or desirable":{
"examples":[
"being independently wealthy certainly helped him during his years as a struggling young artist"
],
"synonyms":[
"advantages",
"avails",
"benefits",
"profits",
"serves"
],
"near synonyms":[
"succeeds",
"works (for)",
"aids",
"assists",
"betters",
"improves",
"contents",
"delights",
"gladdens",
"gratifies",
"pleases",
"satisfies",
"blesses"
],
"near antonyms":[
"hinders",
"impedes",
"damages",
"harms",
"hurts",
"impairs",
"injures",
"afflicts",
"distresses",
"upsets"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make better":{
"examples":[
"some minor revisions would help this essay immensely"
],
"synonyms":[
"ameliorates",
"amends",
"betters",
"enhances",
"enriches",
"improves",
"meliorates",
"perfects",
"refines",
"upgrades"
],
"near synonyms":[
"corrects",
"emends",
"rectifies",
"reforms",
"remediates",
"remedies",
"edits",
"fine-tunes",
"redrafts",
"refurbishes",
"rehabilitates",
"rehabs",
"revamps",
"revises",
"reworks",
"beefs (up)",
"boosts",
"fortifies",
"intensifies",
"reinforces",
"reenforces",
"strengthens",
"fines",
"hones",
"polishes",
"retouches",
"touches up"
],
"near antonyms":[
"damages",
"endamages",
"harms",
"hurts",
"impairs",
"injures",
"spoils",
"tarnishes",
"vitiates",
"blemishes",
"blights",
"defaces",
"disfigures",
"flaws",
"mars",
"diminishes",
"lessens",
"lowers",
"reduces"
],
"antonyms":[
"worsens"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"helipads":{
"as in heliports , jetports":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"air bases",
"air parks",
"heliports",
"jetports",
"aerodromes",
"airdromes",
"airfields",
"airports",
"fields",
"airstrips",
"landing fields",
"landing strips",
"runways",
"launchpads",
"pads"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"helmed":{
"to operate or control the course of":{
"examples":[
"a treacherous route for any weekend sailor just learning to helm his vessel"
],
"synonyms":[
"conned",
"navigated",
"piloted",
"steered"
],
"near synonyms":[
"commandeered",
"hijacked",
"highjacked"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"hellholes":{
"a dirty or messy place":{
"examples":[
"his first apartment was a hellhole in an unsafe neighborhood"
],
"synonyms":[
"dumps",
"holes",
"pigpens",
"pigsties",
"shambles",
"sties",
"styes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"chaoses",
"confusions",
"disarrangements",
"disarrays",
"disorders",
"disorganizations",
"messes",
"muddles",
"musses",
"havoc",
"hells",
"mare's nests",
"mares' nests",
"snake pits",
"clutters",
"jumbles",
"litters",
"mishmashes",
"welters"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"held a candle to":{
"to come near or nearer to in character or quality":{
"examples":[
"This \"guilt free\" macaroni and cheese doesn't hold a candle to the real thing."
],
"synonyms":[
"approached",
"approximated",
"compared (with)",
"measured up (to)",
"stacked up (against or with)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"added up (to)",
"amounted (to)",
"came (to)",
"duplicated",
"equaled",
"equalled",
"matched",
"mirrored",
"paralleled",
"reflected",
"bordered (on)",
"touched (on)",
"verged (on)"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"hell":{
"the place of punishment for the wicked after death":{
"examples":[
"condemned to hell for their sins"
],
"synonyms":[
"Gehenna",
"Pandemonium",
"perdition",
"Tophet"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blazes",
"inferno",
"purgatory",
"hades",
"netherworld",
"shades",
"Tartarus",
"underworld",
"Sheol",
"abyss",
"pit",
"fire and brimstone",
"hellfire"
],
"near antonyms":[
"glory",
"happy hunting ground",
"nirvana",
"promised land",
"Valhalla"
],
"antonyms":[
"bliss",
"elysian fields",
"Elysium",
"empyrean",
"heaven",
"kingdom come",
"New Jerusalem",
"paradise",
"sky",
"Zion",
"Sion"
]
},
"a situation or state that causes great suffering and unhappiness":{
"examples":[
"picking cotton under the hot summer sun was hell"
],
"synonyms":[
"agony",
"Gehenna",
"horror",
"misery",
"murder",
"nightmare",
"torment",
"torture"
],
"near synonyms":[
"affliction",
"calvary",
"cross",
"curse",
"ordeal",
"trial",
"tribulation",
"calamity",
"misfortune",
"tragedy",
"gall",
"thorn",
"bummer",
"downer",
"drag"
],
"near antonyms":[
"delight",
"diversion",
"entertainment",
"fun",
"joy",
"pleasure",
"recreation",
"lark",
"picnic",
"riot"
],
"antonyms":[
"heaven",
"paradise"
]
},
"a state in which everything is out of order":{
"examples":[
"all hell broke loose when the jury's verdict was announced"
],
"synonyms":[
"chance-medley",
"chaos",
"confusion",
"disarrangement",
"disarray",
"dishevelment",
"disorder",
"disorderedness",
"disorderliness",
"disorganization",
"free-for-all",
"havoc",
"heck",
"jumble",
"mare's nest",
"mess",
"messiness",
"misorder",
"muddle",
"muss",
"shambles",
"snake pit",
"tumble",
"welter"
],
"near synonyms":[
"anarchy",
"lawlessness",
"misrule",
"riot",
"knot",
"snarl",
"tangle",
"labyrinth",
"maze",
"web",
"maelstrom",
"storm",
"bollix",
"clutter",
"litter",
"mishmash",
"shuffle",
"hodgepodge",
"medley",
"miscellany",
"morass",
"motley"
],
"near antonyms":[
"method",
"pattern",
"plan",
"system"
],
"antonyms":[
"order",
"orderliness"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"helicoptering":{
"as in orbiting , rocketing":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"catapulting",
"jetting",
"orbiting",
"rocketing",
"darting",
"flitting",
"fluttering",
"diving",
"stooping",
"coasting",
"cruising",
"sailing",
"sweeping",
"drifting",
"floating",
"hanging",
"hovering",
"wafting",
"aviating",
"flying",
"gliding",
"planing",
"soaring",
"winging"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"helms":{
"the place of leadership or command":{
"examples":[
"with a blind person at the helm , the city has made a lot of improvements for the physically challenged"
],
"synonyms":[
"chairs",
"driver's seats",
"heads",
"headships",
"reins"
],
"near synonyms":[
"chieftainships",
"commanderships",
"directorships",
"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"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ranks"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to operate or control the course of":{
"examples":[
"a treacherous route for any weekend sailor just learning to helm his vessel"
],
"synonyms":[
"conns",
"cons",
"navigates",
"pilots",
"steers"
],
"near synonyms":[
"commandeers",
"hijacks",
"highjacks"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"helpmeets":{
"a person who helps a more skilled person":{
"examples":[
"exasperated, the army surgeon requested a helpmeet who wouldn't faint at the sight of blood"
],
"synonyms":[
"adjuncts",
"adjutants",
"aides",
"aids",
"apprentices",
"assistants",
"coadjutors",
"deputies",
"helpers",
"helpmates",
"lieutenants",
"mates",
"sidekicks"
],
"near synonyms":[
"attendants",
"handmaidens",
"handmaids",
"maids",
"maidservants",
"scullions",
"servants",
"auxiliaries",
"legmen",
"subordinates",
"underlings",
"employees",
"employes",
"hands",
"help",
"hirelings",
"laborers",
"swampers",
"workers",
"gal Fridays",
"girl Fridays",
"man Fridays",
"right hands",
"aides-de-camp"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a female partner in a marriage":{
"examples":[
"he and his helpmeet share a passion for rock climbing"
],
"synonyms":[
"helpmates",
"ladies",
"madams",
"Mesdames",
"missuses",
"missises",
"old ladies",
"wifeys",
"wives",
"women"
],
"near synonyms":[
"brides",
"better halves",
"companions",
"consorts",
"mates",
"partners",
"significant others",
"soul mates",
"spouses",
"dowagers",
"matrons",
"hausfraus",
"homemakers",
"housekeepers",
"housewives",
"stay-at-homes",
"widows"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"held":{
"to have or keep in one's hands":{
"examples":[
"this casserole dish is too hot to hold , so grab a potholder"
],
"synonyms":[
"clenched",
"clung (to)",
"clutched",
"gripped",
"held on to",
"hung on to"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bore",
"carried",
"bagged",
"captured",
"caught",
"collared",
"corralled",
"grabbed",
"grappled",
"hooked",
"landed",
"latched (on or onto)",
"nabbed",
"nailed",
"seized",
"snapped (up)",
"snared",
"snatched",
"took",
"trapped",
"felt",
"fingered",
"handled",
"pawed",
"clasped",
"embraced",
"grasped",
"hugged",
"cradled"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dropped",
"gave",
"handed",
"unclasped",
"unhanded",
"ceded",
"delivered",
"gave up",
"handed out",
"handed over",
"released",
"relinquished",
"rendered",
"turned over",
"yielded"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to continue to have in one's possession or power":{
"examples":[
"she, and she alone, held the keys to the mysterious chest"
],
"synonyms":[
"kept",
"reserved",
"retained",
"withheld",
"held on to",
"hung on to"
],
"near synonyms":[
"conserved",
"guarded",
"preserved",
"protected",
"saved",
"boasted",
"enjoyed",
"had",
"owned",
"possessed",
"commanded",
"controlled",
"detained",
"directed",
"managed",
"ruled",
"bore",
"harbored",
"cherished",
"clung (to)",
"hugged",
"treasured"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abandoned",
"ceded",
"dropped",
"contributed",
"donated",
"gave",
"handed out",
"discarded",
"dumped",
"declined",
"rejected",
"repudiated",
"spurned",
"lost"
],
"antonyms":[
"gave up",
"handed over",
"released",
"relinquished",
"surrendered",
"yielded"
]
},
"to have as an opinion":{
"examples":[
"\"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal\""
],
"synonyms":[
"allowed",
"believed",
"conceived",
"considered",
"deemed",
"esteemed",
"felt",
"figured",
"guessed",
"imagined",
"judged",
"reckoned",
"supposed",
"thought"
],
"near synonyms":[
"regarded",
"viewed",
"accepted",
"perceived",
"depended",
"relied",
"trusted",
"assumed",
"presumed",
"presupposed",
"surmised",
"concluded",
"deduced",
"inferred"
],
"near antonyms":[
"distrusted",
"doubted",
"mistrusted",
"questioned",
"suspected",
"disbelieved",
"discredited",
"rejected"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to have within":{
"examples":[
"the mysterious chest held an ancient book on magic spells and potions"
],
"synonyms":[
"boasted",
"bore",
"contained"
],
"near synonyms":[
"accommodated",
"fitted",
"fit",
"took",
"cased",
"encased",
"enclosed",
"inclosed",
"encompassed",
"harbored",
"housed",
"lodged",
"sheltered"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to keep in one's mind or heart":{
"examples":[
"still held her close to his heart, though they had long parted"
],
"synonyms":[
"bore",
"cherished",
"entertained",
"had",
"harbored",
"nursed",
"held on to",
"hung on to"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cultivated",
"fostered",
"nurtured",
"supported",
"sustained",
"carried",
"kept",
"maintained",
"preserved",
"remembered",
"retained",
"treasured",
"cleaved (to)",
"clung (to)",
"hugged",
"stuck (to)",
"brooded (about or over)",
"fixated (on or upon)",
"obsessed (about or over)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disregarded",
"dropped",
"forgot",
"ignored",
"neglected",
"overlooked",
"abjured",
"declined",
"denied",
"disdained",
"refused",
"rejected",
"repudiated",
"scorned",
"abandoned",
"deserted",
"discarded",
"forsook",
"gave up",
"parted (with)",
"quit",
"quitted",
"renounced",
"threw out",
"erased",
"expunged"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to keep, control, or experience as one's own":{
"examples":[
"the same family has held this piece of land for over 100 years"
],
"synonyms":[
"commanded",
"enjoyed",
"had",
"owned",
"possessed",
"retained",
"rejoiced in"
],
"near synonyms":[
"kept",
"reserved",
"withheld",
"bore",
"carried",
"boasted",
"showed off",
"sported"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abandoned",
"ceded",
"disclaimed",
"disowned",
"handed over",
"relinquished",
"renounced",
"surrendered",
"yielded",
"discarded",
"dumped",
"declined",
"rejected",
"repudiated",
"spurned",
"needed",
"required"
],
"antonyms":[
"lacked",
"wanted"
]
},
"to make or have room for":{
"examples":[
"the couple needed to rent a hall that would hold 300 people"
],
"synonyms":[
"accommodated",
"fitted",
"fit",
"took"
],
"near synonyms":[
"carried",
"contained",
"seated",
"enclosed",
"inclosed",
"encompassed",
"enfolded",
"harbored",
"housed"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to reach for and take hold of by embracing with the fingers or arms":{
"examples":[
"please hold my arm on these slippery stairs"
],
"synonyms":[
"clasped",
"grasped",
"gripped",
"took",
"hung on to",
"laid hold of"
],
"near synonyms":[
"clenched",
"clung (to)",
"clutched",
"held on (to)",
"caught",
"nabbed",
"seized",
"snatched"
],
"near antonyms":[
"discharged",
"dropped",
"freed",
"liberated",
"released",
"delivered",
"entrusted",
"intrusted",
"gave",
"handed",
"handed over",
"passed",
"relinquished",
"transferred",
"transmitted",
"turned over",
"unhanded"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to think of in a particular way":{
"examples":[
"held to be the best blueberry pies in the state"
],
"synonyms":[
"accounted",
"called",
"considered",
"counted",
"esteemed",
"looked (on or upon)",
"rated",
"reckoned",
"regarded",
"set down",
"viewed",
"took for"
],
"near synonyms":[
"believed",
"deemed",
"felt",
"sensed",
"thought",
"conceived",
"fancied",
"imagined"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to keep from exceeding a desirable degree or level (as of expression)":{
"examples":[
"we managed to hold our laughter until we got outside",
"hold your temper until you hear the whole story"
],
"synonyms":[
"bridled",
"checked",
"constrained",
"contained",
"controlled",
"curbed",
"governed",
"inhibited",
"kept",
"measured",
"pulled in",
"regulated",
"reined (in)",
"restrained",
"ruled",
"tamed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bottled (up)",
"choked (back)",
"held back",
"minced",
"muffled",
"pocketed",
"repressed",
"sank",
"sunk",
"smothered",
"squelched",
"stifled",
"strangled",
"suppressed",
"swallowed",
"arrested",
"interrupted",
"stopped",
"blocked",
"hampered",
"handcuffed",
"hindered",
"impeded",
"obstructed",
"gagged",
"muzzled",
"silenced"
],
"near antonyms":[
"liberated",
"loosed",
"loosened",
"unleashed",
"aired",
"expressed",
"took out",
"vented"
],
"antonyms":[
"lost"
]
},
"to point or turn (something) toward a target or goal":{
"examples":[
"held the camera on the actor throughout the scene"
],
"synonyms":[
"aimed",
"bent",
"cast",
"directed",
"headed",
"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":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"hell-for-leather":{
"having or showing a lack of concern for the consequences of one's actions":{
"examples":[
"having been behind for most of the race, the stock car driver made a hell-for-leather dash to the finish"
],
"synonyms":[
"daredevil",
"devil-may-care",
"foolhardy",
"harum-scarum",
"irresponsible",
"kamikaze",
"reckless"
],
"near synonyms":[
"adventurous",
"audacious",
"bold",
"daring",
"venturesome",
"hasty",
"headlong",
"hotheaded",
"impetuous",
"precipitate",
"rash",
"wild",
"blithe",
"carefree",
"happy-go-lucky",
"madcap",
"slaphappy",
"nonchalant",
"unconcerned",
"unworried",
"careless",
"freewheeling",
"heedless",
"inattentive",
"incautious",
"mindless",
"regardless",
"unheeding",
"unmindful",
"feckless",
"inconsiderate",
"thoughtless",
"unthinking"
],
"near antonyms":[
"careful",
"cautious",
"circumspect",
"heedful",
"overcareful",
"overcautious",
"timid"
],
"antonyms":[
"responsible"
]
},
"with great speed":{
"examples":[
"we ran hell-for-leather out of that spooky house"
],
"synonyms":[
"apace",
"briskly",
"chop-chop",
"double-quick",
"fast",
"fleetly",
"full tilt",
"hastily",
"hot",
"lickety-split",
"posthaste",
"presto",
"pronto",
"quick",
"quickly",
"rapidly",
"snappily",
"soon",
"speedily",
"swift",
"swiftly"
],
"near synonyms":[
"immediately",
"promptly",
"readily",
"impetuously",
"impulsively",
"rashly",
"recklessly",
"abruptly",
"suddenly",
"energetically",
"vigorously"
],
"near antonyms":[
"laggardly",
"lingeringly",
"ploddingly",
"sluggishly",
"deliberately",
"leisurely",
"belatedly",
"delinquently",
"tardily"
],
"antonyms":[
"slow",
"slowly"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb"
]
},
"held to":{
"to give steadfast support to":{
"examples":[
"She held to her goal of becoming a veterinarian."
],
"synonyms":[
"adhered (to)",
"clung (to)",
"hewed (to)",
"kept (to)",
"stood by",
"stuck (to or with)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cleaved (to)",
"advocated",
"backed",
"championed",
"confirmed",
"defended",
"endorsed",
"indorsed",
"espoused",
"supported",
"upheld",
"accepted",
"adopted",
"cherished",
"cultivated",
"embraced",
"followed",
"fostered",
"heeded",
"backstopped",
"bolstered",
"boosted",
"buttressed",
"enforced",
"reinforced",
"reenforced"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abandoned",
"abnegated",
"deserted",
"forsook",
"gave up",
"relinquished",
"spurned",
"surrendered",
"abjured",
"recalled",
"recanted",
"reconsidered",
"reneged",
"renounced",
"retracted",
"revoked",
"took back",
"unsaid",
"withdrew",
"controverted",
"disagreed (with)",
"disproved",
"disputed",
"rebutted",
"refuted",
"contradicted",
"denied",
"disavowed",
"disclaimed",
"disowned",
"gainsaid",
"negated",
"negatived",
"repudiated",
"backed down",
"backed off",
"backtracked"
],
"antonyms":[
"defected (from)"
]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"held (back)":{
"to create difficulty for the work or activity of":{
"examples":[
"the only thing holding them back from joining the swim team is lack of transportation"
],
"synonyms":[
"clogged",
"cramped",
"embarrassed",
"encumbered",
"fettered",
"hampered",
"handcuffed",
"handicapped",
"held up",
"hindered",
"hobbled",
"hog-tied",
"impeded",
"inhibited",
"interfered (with)",
"manacled",
"obstructed",
"shackled",
"short-circuited",
"stymied",
"tied up",
"trammeled",
"trammelled"
],
"near synonyms":[
"balked",
"checked",
"constrained",
"curbed",
"reined",
"restrained",
"bound",
"chained",
"haltered",
"leashed",
"tethered",
"tied",
"arrested",
"braked",
"delayed",
"retained",
"retarded",
"barricaded",
"blockaded",
"blocked",
"roadblocked",
"bogged (down)",
"mired",
"choked",
"smothered",
"stifled",
"strangled",
"suffocated",
"baffled",
"foiled",
"frustrated",
"stumped",
"thwarted",
"derailed",
"disrupted",
"sabotaged",
"muzzled",
"repressed",
"suppressed",
"confined",
"hedged (in)",
"hemmed (in)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cleared",
"made way",
"opened",
"unclogged",
"unplugged",
"unstopped",
"freed",
"liberated",
"released",
"untied",
"loosened",
"smoothed",
"encouraged",
"furthered",
"promoted"
],
"antonyms":[
"aided",
"assisted",
"facilitated",
"helped"
]
},
"to refrain from openly showing or uttering":{
"examples":[
"held back her tears until she was alone"
],
"synonyms":[
"choked (back)",
"pocketed",
"repressed",
"sank",
"sunk",
"smothered",
"stifled",
"strangled",
"submerged",
"suppressed",
"swallowed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"controlled",
"governed",
"managed",
"bridled",
"checked",
"curbed",
"quashed",
"quelled",
"bottled up",
"contained",
"muffled",
"squelched"
],
"near antonyms":[
"expressed",
"loosed",
"released",
"took out",
"unleashed",
"vented"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"hellos":{
"an expression of goodwill upon meeting":{
"examples":[
"we said our hellos and got right down to business"
],
"synonyms":[
"greetings",
"salutations",
"salutes",
"welcomes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"aves",
"hails",
"amenities",
"civilities",
"pleasantries",
"regards",
"respects",
"wishes"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"adieus",
"adieux",
"bon voyages",
"cong\u00e9s",
"congees",
"farewells",
"Godspeeds",
"good-byes",
"good-bys"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"held over":{
"to assign to a later time":{
"examples":[
"the golf tournament had to be held over until the line of thunderstorms had passed through"
],
"synonyms":[
"deferred",
"delayed",
"held off (on)",
"held up",
"laid over",
"postponed",
"put off",
"put over",
"remitted",
"shelved"
],
"near synonyms":[
"suspended",
"hesitated",
"paused",
"stayed",
"detained",
"retarded",
"slowed",
"extended",
"lengthened",
"prolonged",
"protracted",
"stretched (out)",
"waited"
],
"near antonyms":[
"acted",
"dealt (with)",
"decided (upon)",
"did",
"worked (on)",
"wrought (on)"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"hellion":{
"an appealingly mischievous person":{
"examples":[
"the little hellions were tearing through the house squirting their water pistols"
],
"synonyms":[
"devil",
"imp",
"mischief",
"monkey",
"rapscallion",
"rascal",
"rogue",
"scamp",
"urchin"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cutup",
"larker",
"madcap",
"skylarker",
"ragamuffin",
"brat",
"disrupter",
"misbehaver",
"nuisance",
"juvenile delinquent",
"gamin",
"gamine"
],
"near antonyms":[
"beast",
"boor",
"cad",
"churl",
"clown",
"creep",
"cretin",
"cur",
"heel",
"joker",
"louse",
"lout",
"skunk",
"snake",
"stinkard",
"stinker",
"knave",
"miscreant",
"reprobate",
"scalawag",
"scallywag",
"scapegrace",
"scoundrel",
"varlet",
"villain"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"helming":{
"to operate or control the course of":{
"examples":[
"a treacherous route for any weekend sailor just learning to helm his vessel"
],
"synonyms":[
"conning",
"navigating",
"piloting",
"steering"
],
"near synonyms":[
"commandeering",
"hijacking",
"highjacking"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"hellacious":{
"extreme in degree, power, or effect":{
"examples":[
"the hellacious heat was more than we could bear"
],
"synonyms":[
"acute",
"almighty",
"blistering",
"deep",
"dreadful",
"excruciating",
"explosive",
"exquisite",
"fearful",
"fearsome",
"ferocious",
"fierce",
"frightful",
"furious",
"ghastly",
"hard",
"heavy",
"heavy-duty",
"intense",
"intensive",
"keen",
"profound",
"terrible",
"vehement",
"vicious",
"violent"
],
"near synonyms":[
"accentuated",
"aggravated",
"concentrated",
"deepened",
"emphasized",
"enhanced",
"heightened",
"intensified",
"magnified",
"stressed",
"exhaustive",
"thorough",
"harsh",
"rigorous",
"severe"
],
"near antonyms":[
"feeble",
"weak",
"shallow",
"superficial",
"moderated",
"qualified",
"alleviated",
"eased",
"lightened",
"toned (down)",
"abated",
"decreased",
"diminished",
"lessened",
"reduced",
"subdued"
],
"antonyms":[
"light",
"moderate",
"soft"
]
},
"requiring considerable physical or mental effort":{
"examples":[
"the pioneers survived a particularly hellacious river crossing with their covered wagon barely in one piece"
],
"synonyms":[
"arduous",
"Augean",
"backbreaking",
"challenging",
"demanding",
"difficult",
"effortful",
"exacting",
"formidable",
"grueling",
"gruelling",
"hard",
"heavy",
"herculean",
"killer",
"laborious",
"moiling",
"murderous",
"pick-and-shovel",
"rigorous",
"rough",
"rugged",
"severe",
"stiff",
"strenuous",
"sweaty",
"tall",
"testing",
"toilsome",
"tough",
"uphill"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abstract",
"abstruse",
"complex",
"complicated",
"elusive",
"hairy",
"insoluble",
"intricate",
"involved",
"knotty",
"opaque",
"problematic",
"problematical",
"recondite",
"serious",
"spiny",
"stubborn",
"thorny",
"ticklish",
"tricky",
"bruising",
"burdensome",
"exhausting",
"labored",
"onerous",
"oppressive",
"stressful",
"taxing",
"tight",
"trying",
"annoying",
"bothersome",
"distressing",
"irksome",
"troublesome",
"vexatious",
"grievous",
"grim",
"strict",
"stringent",
"brutal",
"cruel",
"inhuman",
"painful"
],
"near antonyms":[
"achievable",
"clear",
"doable",
"elementary",
"manageable",
"uncomplicated",
"comforting",
"gentle",
"painless",
"relaxed",
"smooth",
"soothing",
"accessible",
"friendly",
"idiotproof",
"user-friendly"
],
"antonyms":[
"cheap",
"easy",
"effortless",
"facile",
"light",
"mindless",
"simple",
"soft",
"undemanding"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"helmsmen":{
"the person (as an employer or supervisor) who tells people and especially workers what to do":{
"examples":[
"had a complaint and demanded to talk to the helmsman of this vast construction project, not some underling"
],
"synonyms":[
"bosses",
"boss men",
"captains",
"chiefs",
"foremen",
"headmen",
"heads",
"honchos",
"jefes",
"kingpins",
"leaders",
"masters",
"taskmasters"
],
"near synonyms":[
"directresses",
"mistresses",
"administrators",
"commanders",
"directors",
"executives",
"generals",
"governors",
"hierarchs",
"higher-ups",
"leadmen",
"managers",
"overseers",
"principals",
"skippers",
"standard-bearers",
"stewards",
"straw bosses",
"superintendents",
"superiors",
"supervisors",
"dominators",
"lords",
"overlords",
"potentates",
"rulers",
"sovereigns",
"sovrans",
"figureheads",
"barons",
"czars",
"tsars",
"tzars",
"kings",
"magnates",
"moguls",
"presidents",
"princes",
"big cheeses",
"big guns",
"bigwigs",
"top dogs",
"top guns",
"coheads",
"co-heads",
"coleaders",
"co-leaders",
"employers",
"gaffers",
"gangers",
"micromanagers",
"subchiefs",
"sub-chiefs",
"subdirectors",
"sub-directors"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dependents",
"inferiors",
"juniors",
"secondaries",
"subjects",
"subordinates",
"underlings"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"held out (past)":{
"as in lasted (beyond) , persisted (beyond)":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"abided (beyond)",
"abode (beyond)",
"endured (past)",
"held (past)",
"lasted (beyond)",
"persisted (beyond)",
"outstayed",
"drew out",
"perpetuated",
"survived",
"succeeded",
"outlasted",
"outlived",
"outwore"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"helpmates":{
"a person who helps a more skilled person":{
"examples":[
"after several years as a photographer's helpmate , the young man decided to pursue his own ambitions in commercial photography"
],
"synonyms":[
"adjuncts",
"adjutants",
"aides",
"aids",
"apprentices",
"assistants",
"coadjutors",
"deputies",
"helpers",
"helpmeets",
"lieutenants",
"mates",
"sidekicks"
],
"near synonyms":[
"attendants",
"handmaidens",
"handmaids",
"maids",
"maidservants",
"scullions",
"servants",
"auxiliaries",
"legmen",
"subordinates",
"underlings",
"employees",
"employes",
"hands",
"help",
"hirelings",
"laborers",
"swampers",
"workers",
"gal Fridays",
"girl Fridays",
"man Fridays",
"right hands",
"aides-de-camp"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a female partner in a marriage":{
"examples":[
"the man and his helpmate of 50 years decided that it was high time they took a trip around the world together"
],
"synonyms":[
"helpmeets",
"ladies",
"madams",
"Mesdames",
"missuses",
"missises",
"old ladies",
"wifeys",
"wives",
"women"
],
"near synonyms":[
"brides",
"better halves",
"companions",
"consorts",
"mates",
"partners",
"significant others",
"soul mates",
"spouses",
"dowagers",
"matrons",
"hausfraus",
"homemakers",
"housekeepers",
"housewives",
"stay-at-homes",
"widows"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"held one's breath":{
"to remain in place in readiness or expectation of something":{
"examples":[
"The audience was holding their breath for the movie's final action scene.",
"Don't hold your breath waiting for that swindler to return your money."
],
"synonyms":[
"awaited",
"bode",
"bided",
"held on",
"stayed",
"waited"
],
"near synonyms":[
"hung around",
"lingered",
"remained",
"stuck around",
"tarried",
"stood by",
"anticipated",
"expected",
"watched (for)"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"helve":{
"a part by which an implement is held":{
"examples":[
"the head of the ax was crudely lashed to a wooden helve"
],
"synonyms":[
"grip",
"haft",
"handgrip",
"handle"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bar",
"handlebar",
"bail",
"bow",
"loop",
"hilt",
"shaft",
"crop",
"whipstock",
"broomstick"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"hell-bent (on":{
"fully committed to achieving a goal":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[
"bent (on or upon)",
"bound",
"decisive",
"determined",
"do-or-die",
"firm",
"intent",
"out",
"purposeful",
"resolute",
"resolved",
"set",
"single-minded",
"on one's mettle"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bitter",
"vehement",
"certain",
"cocksure",
"confident",
"positive",
"sure",
"earnest",
"serious",
"steady",
"unfaltering",
"unhesitating",
"unswerving",
"unwavering",
"adamant",
"adamantine",
"dogged",
"hard",
"hardened",
"hardheaded",
"headstrong",
"immovable",
"implacable",
"inflexible",
"mulish",
"obdurate",
"persistent",
"pertinacious",
"perverse",
"pigheaded",
"rigid",
"self-willed",
"stubborn",
"tenacious",
"unbending",
"uncompromising",
"unrelenting",
"unyielding",
"willful",
"wilful"
],
"near antonyms":[
"distrustful",
"doubtful",
"dubious",
"mistrustful",
"skeptical",
"suspicious",
"uncertain",
"unconvinced",
"undecided",
"unsettled",
"unsure",
"disinclined",
"indisposed",
"loath",
"loth",
"loathe",
"reluctant"
],
"antonyms":[
"faltering",
"hesitant",
"indecisive",
"irresolute",
"undetermined",
"unresolved",
"vacillating",
"wavering",
"weak-kneed"
]
},
"type":[]
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}
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