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{
"cut (across)":{
"to make one's way through, across, or over":{
"examples":[
"cut across the field on the way to school"
],
"synonyms":[
"course",
"cover",
"cross",
"follow",
"go",
"navigate",
"pass (over)",
"perambulate",
"peregrinate",
"proceed (along)",
"track",
"transit",
"travel",
"traverse"
],
"near synonyms":[
"hike",
"traipse",
"tramp",
"tread",
"walk",
"ride",
"run",
"crisscross"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"cut a deal":{
"to talk over or dispute the terms of a purchase":{
"examples":[
"We managed to cut a deal with the landlord in which we will be allowed to adopt a furry friend in exchange for an increase in rent."
],
"synonyms":[
"bargain",
"chaffer",
"deal",
"dicker",
"haggle",
"horse-trade",
"negotiate",
"palter"
],
"near synonyms":[
"argue",
"bicker",
"clash",
"fight",
"hassle",
"quarrel",
"quibble",
"squabble",
"wrangle",
"comparison shop",
"shop (around)",
"barter",
"exchange",
"trade",
"hawk",
"peddle",
"buy",
"purchase"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"cut capers":{
"to play and run about happily":{
"examples":[
"The children cut capers through the garden."
],
"synonyms":[
"caper",
"cavort",
"disport",
"frisk",
"frolic",
"gambol",
"lark",
"rollick",
"romp",
"sport"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bound",
"hop",
"leap",
"lope",
"skip",
"spring",
"trip",
"tumble",
"curvet",
"dance",
"prance",
"carouse",
"revel",
"roister",
"carry on",
"fool around",
"horse around",
"clown",
"cut up",
"joyride",
"roughhouse",
"skylark",
"kite"
],
"near antonyms":[
"mope",
"pout",
"stew",
"sulk"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"cut-back":{
"to make (something) shorter or smaller with the use of a cutting instrument":{
"examples":[
"we need to cut back the bushes a bit so that the house number is visible from the street"
],
"synonyms":[
"bob",
"clip",
"crop",
"cut",
"dock",
"lop (off)",
"nip",
"pare",
"poll",
"prune",
"shave",
"shear",
"snip",
"trim"
],
"near synonyms":[
"skive",
"whittle",
"manicure",
"mow",
"pinch",
"stump",
"curtail",
"shorten"
],
"near antonyms":[
"elongate",
"extend",
"lengthen"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make less in extent or duration":{
"examples":[
"cut back the meeting so everyone could leave early for the long weekend"
],
"synonyms":[
"abbreviate",
"abridge",
"curtail",
"dock",
"elide",
"shorten",
"syncopate",
"truncate"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abstract",
"digest",
"encapsulate",
"epitomize",
"recapitulate",
"summarize",
"sum up",
"abate",
"compress",
"constrict",
"contract",
"cut",
"cut down",
"pare",
"prune",
"trim",
"decrease",
"de-escalate",
"deflate",
"diminish",
"downsize",
"dwindle",
"lessen",
"lower",
"moderate",
"modify",
"reduce",
"retrench",
"shrink",
"slash",
"subtract (from)",
"taper"
],
"near antonyms":[
"enlarge",
"expand",
"supplement",
"add",
"aggrandize",
"amplify",
"augment",
"balloon",
"boost",
"dilate",
"escalate",
"heighten",
"increase",
"maximize",
"pump up",
"raise",
"blow up",
"distend",
"inflate",
"swell"
],
"antonyms":[
"elongate",
"extend",
"lengthen",
"prolong",
"protract"
]
},
"as in shortened , curtailed":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"abbreviated",
"abridged",
"curtailed",
"shortened",
"syncopated",
"shortish",
"compact",
"condensed",
"brief",
"fast",
"little",
"short",
"abrupt",
"sudden",
"ephemeral",
"fleeting",
"momentary",
"short-lived",
"transient",
"transitory",
"impermanent",
"compendious",
"concise",
"crisp",
"epigrammatic",
"laconic",
"pithy",
"succinct",
"summary",
"terse",
"short-range",
"short-term"
],
"near antonyms":[
"extended",
"far",
"great",
"lengthy",
"long",
"long-drawn-out",
"long-drawn",
"long-lived",
"endless",
"everlasting",
"interminable",
"persistent",
"unending",
"longish",
"overlong",
"prolonged",
"protracted",
"permanent",
"enlarged",
"expanded",
"supplemented",
"long-range",
"long-term"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in cut , curtailment":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"curtailment",
"cut",
"abatement",
"decline",
"decrement",
"detraction",
"diminishment",
"diminution",
"drop",
"fall",
"loss",
"reduction",
"shrinkage",
"discount",
"giveback",
"kickback",
"rebate",
"deduction",
"subtraction"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accession",
"addition",
"boost",
"enlargement",
"gain",
"increase",
"increment",
"raise",
"rise",
"accretion",
"accrual",
"accumulation",
"addendum",
"appendix",
"augmentation",
"supplement",
"supplementation"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"cutbacks":{
"as in cuts , curtailments":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"curtailments",
"cuts",
"abatements",
"declines",
"decrements",
"detractions",
"diminishments",
"diminutions",
"drops",
"falls",
"losses",
"reductions",
"shrinkages",
"discounts",
"givebacks",
"kickbacks",
"rebates",
"deductions",
"subtractions"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accessions",
"additions",
"boosts",
"enlargements",
"gains",
"increases",
"increments",
"raises",
"rises",
"accretions",
"accruals",
"accumulations",
"addenda",
"addendums",
"appendixes",
"appendices",
"augmentations",
"supplementations",
"supplements"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"cute":{
"clever at attaining one's ends by indirect and often deceptive means":{
"antonyms":[
"artless",
"guileless",
"ingenuous",
"innocent",
"undesigning"
],
"examples":[
"she's very nice, but she's not afraid to get cute when there's something she wants"
],
"near antonyms":[
"obvious",
"open",
"patent",
"plain",
"public",
"unconcealed",
"aboveboard",
"candid",
"direct",
"forthright",
"frank",
"honest",
"natural",
"outspoken",
"plainspoken",
"real",
"simple",
"sincere",
"straightforward",
"unaffected",
"unpretending",
"unpretentious",
"unvarnished",
"childlike",
"impressionable",
"simpleminded",
"unsophisticated",
"unworldly",
"unforced",
"unstudied",
"trustful",
"trusting"
],
"related":[
"astute",
"facile",
"glib",
"sharp",
"crooked",
"deceitful",
"deceptive",
"dishonest",
"fraudulent",
"insinuating",
"knavish",
"Machiavellian",
"oblique",
"serpentine",
"shady",
"shifty",
"slippery",
"sneaky",
"treacherous",
"underhand",
"underhanded",
"unscrupulous",
"backhanded",
"double-dealing",
"hypocritical",
"insincere",
"left-handed",
"mealy",
"mealymouthed",
"smooth-tongued",
"two-faced",
"circuitous",
"circular",
"roundabout",
"clandestine",
"concealed",
"covert",
"furtive",
"hugger-mugger",
"secret",
"stealthy",
"surreptitious",
"undercover",
"calculating",
"plotting"
],
"synonyms":[
"artful",
"beguiling",
"cagey",
"cagy",
"crafty",
"cunning",
"designing",
"devious",
"dodgy",
"foxy",
"guileful",
"scheming",
"shrewd",
"slick",
"sly",
"subtle",
"tricky",
"wily"
]
},
"making light of something usually regarded as serious or sacred":{
"antonyms":[
"earnest",
"sincere"
],
"examples":[
"we're having a serious discussion here, so cut the cute remarks"
],
"near antonyms":[
"grave",
"serious",
"sober",
"solemn",
"somber",
"sombre"
],
"related":[
"flighty",
"frivolous",
"cheeky",
"cocky",
"fresh",
"impertinent",
"impish",
"impudent",
"mischievous",
"playful",
"roguish",
"sassy",
"saucy",
"waggish",
"disrespectful",
"rude",
"breezy",
"casual",
"glib",
"inappropriate",
"thoughtless"
],
"synonyms":[
"facetious",
"flip",
"flippant",
"pert",
"smart",
"smart-aleck",
"smart-alecky",
"smart-ass",
"smart-assed",
"smarty-pants",
"wise",
"wiseass"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
],
"very pleasing to look at":{
"antonyms":[
"grotesque",
"hideous",
"homely",
"ill-favored",
"plain",
"ugly",
"unaesthetic",
"unattractive",
"unbeautiful",
"uncomely",
"uncute",
"unhandsome",
"unlovely",
"unpleasing",
"unpretty",
"unsightly"
],
"examples":[
"a cute baby that no one could resist cooing over"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abhorrent",
"abominable",
"bad",
"disagreeable",
"disgusting",
"dreadful",
"foul",
"frightful",
"ghastly",
"horrible",
"loathsome",
"nasty",
"nauseating",
"objectionable",
"offensive",
"repellent",
"repellant",
"repugnant",
"repulsive",
"revolting",
"shocking",
"sickening",
"terrible",
"vile",
"unappealing",
"unappetizing",
"unimposing",
"unpleasant",
"unprepossessing",
"frumpish",
"frumpy",
"unbecoming",
"unshapely"
],
"related":[
"alluring",
"appealing",
"charming",
"cunning",
"delightful",
"engaging",
"fascinating",
"glamorous",
"glamourous",
"prepossessing",
"elegant",
"exquisite",
"glorious",
"Junoesque",
"magnificent",
"resplendent",
"splendid",
"statuesque",
"sublime",
"superb",
"flawless",
"perfect",
"radiant",
"dainty",
"delicate",
"personable",
"pleasant",
"presentable",
"chocolate-box",
"prettyish",
"desirable",
"dishy",
"dollish",
"foxy",
"hot",
"luscious",
"nubile",
"pulchritudinous",
"seductive",
"sexy",
"toothsome",
"hunky",
"studly",
"arresting",
"eye-catching",
"flamboyant",
"flashy",
"glossy",
"showstopping",
"showy",
"slick",
"snazzy",
"splashy",
"striking",
"zingy",
"photogenic",
"telegenic"
],
"synonyms":[
"aesthetic",
"esthetic",
"aesthetical",
"esthetical",
"attractive",
"beauteous",
"beautiful",
"bonny",
"bonnie",
"comely",
"drop-dead",
"fair",
"fetching",
"good",
"good-looking",
"goodly",
"gorgeous",
"handsome",
"knockout",
"likely",
"lovely",
"lovesome",
"pretty",
"ravishing",
"seemly",
"sightly",
"stunning",
"taking",
"well-favored"
]
}
},
"cuties":{
"a lovely woman":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"in her days as a chorus girl she was a real cutie"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bags",
"frumps",
"crones",
"hags",
"witches"
],
"related":[
"belles",
"charmers",
"peaches",
"bathing beauties",
"cover girls",
"pinup girls",
"houris",
"cutie-pies",
"dishes",
"dolls",
"dreamboats",
"hotties",
"lookers",
"pretties",
"coquettes",
"femmes fatales",
"sirens",
"temptresses",
"vamps"
],
"synonyms":[
"babes",
"beauties",
"beauty queens",
"cookies",
"dolly birds",
"enchantresses",
"eyefuls",
"foxes",
"fox",
"goddesses",
"honeys",
"knockouts",
"queens",
"stunners"
]
},
"a physically attractive person":{
"antonyms":[
"dogs"
],
"examples":[
"a director hoping to find among that crowd of cuties someone who could actually act"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"beauties",
"eyefuls",
"goddesses",
"lovelies",
"stunners",
"beefcakes",
"hunks",
"studs",
"superstuds"
],
"synonyms":[
"babes",
"dishes",
"dolls",
"dreamboats",
"foxes",
"fox",
"glamour-pusses",
"hotties",
"knockouts",
"lookers",
"showstoppers",
"tens"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"cutoff":{
"to bring (as an action or operation) to an immediate end":{
"examples":[
"the majority party cut off debate and forced a vote on the bill"
],
"synonyms":[
"break",
"break off",
"break up",
"can",
"cease",
"cut out",
"desist (from)",
"discontinue",
"drop",
"end",
"give over",
"halt",
"knock off",
"lay off",
"leave off",
"pack (up or in)",
"quit",
"shut off",
"stop"
],
"near synonyms":[
"complete",
"conclude",
"finish",
"close (down)",
"deactivate",
"block",
"blockade",
"dam",
"delay",
"detain",
"hinder",
"hold",
"hold back",
"impede",
"kibosh",
"obstruct",
"stem",
"call",
"suspend",
"arrest",
"brake",
"check",
"clamp down",
"rein (in)",
"squash",
"squelch",
"stamp",
"stanch",
"staunch",
"stunt",
"suppress",
"turn back",
"pause",
"stay",
"suspend",
"abolish",
"abort",
"annul",
"demolish",
"destroy",
"dissolve",
"kill",
"ruin",
"scuttle",
"snuff"
],
"near antonyms":[
"carry on",
"continue",
"follow through (with)",
"keep up",
"run on",
"advance",
"proceed",
"progress",
"actuate",
"drive",
"impel",
"propel",
"stir"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to set or keep apart from others":{
"examples":[
"the dog cut off the one sheep that had to be sheared"
],
"synonyms":[
"insulate",
"isolate",
"seclude",
"segregate",
"separate",
"sequester"
],
"near synonyms":[
"quarantine",
"confine",
"immure",
"incarcerate",
"intern",
"jail",
"lock (up)",
"restrain",
"restrict",
"abstract",
"detach",
"disengage",
"remove",
"detain",
"hold",
"keep"
],
"near antonyms":[
"assimilate",
"associate",
"connect",
"join",
"link",
"unite",
"discharge",
"free",
"liberate",
"loose",
"release"
],
"antonyms":[
"desegregate",
"integrate",
"reintegrate"
]
},
"the stopping of a process or activity":{
"examples":[
"with a cutoff for funding the war, military operations soon ground to a halt"
],
"synonyms":[
"arrest",
"arrestment",
"cease",
"cessation",
"check",
"close",
"closedown",
"closure",
"conclusion",
"discontinuance",
"discontinuation",
"end",
"ending",
"expiration",
"finish",
"halt",
"lapse",
"offset",
"shutdown",
"shutoff",
"stay",
"stop",
"stoppage",
"surcease",
"termination"
],
"near synonyms":[
"mop-up",
"phaseout",
"abeyance",
"break",
"interruption",
"layoff",
"letup",
"moratorium",
"pause",
"standstill",
"suspension"
],
"near antonyms":[
"extension",
"persistence",
"prolongation"
],
"antonyms":[
"continuance",
"continuation"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"cuts ice":{
"to be of importance":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"Honestly, that jargon doesn't really cut any ice with me."
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"affects",
"concerns",
"influences",
"sways",
"adds up (to)",
"amounts (to)"
],
"synonyms":[
"counts",
"imports",
"matters",
"means",
"signifies",
"weighs"
]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"cutting":{
"a piece that has been separated from the whole by cutting":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"a bag full of grass cuttings"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"chop",
"cutlet",
"length",
"part",
"portion",
"section",
"segment",
"chunk",
"hunk",
"lump",
"clipping",
"paring",
"shaving",
"sliver",
"snippet",
"splinter"
],
"synonyms":[
"cut",
"slice"
]
},
"causing intense discomfort to one's skin":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"a frigid day with a cutting wind that made it seem even colder"
],
"near antonyms":[
"balmy",
"gentle",
"mild",
"soothing"
],
"related":[
"brisk",
"invigorating",
"nippy",
"snappy",
"needlelike",
"prickly",
"tingling",
"caustic",
"corrosive"
],
"synonyms":[
"biting",
"bitter",
"keen",
"penetrating",
"piercing",
"raw",
"sharp",
"shrewd",
"smarting",
"stinging"
]
},
"having an edge thin enough to cut or pierce something":{
"antonyms":[
"blunt",
"blunted",
"dull",
"dulled",
"obtuse"
],
"examples":[
"the cutting side of the sword blade"
],
"near antonyms":[
"rounded",
"smooth",
"soft",
"even",
"flat",
"level",
"slick"
],
"related":[
"clawlike",
"daggerlike",
"knifelike",
"jabbing",
"jagged",
"lacerating",
"piercing",
"scratching",
"stabbing",
"pointed",
"pointy",
"spiky",
"spikey"
],
"synonyms":[
"edged",
"edgy",
"ground",
"honed",
"keen",
"sharp",
"sharpened",
"stropped",
"trenchant",
"whetted"
]
},
"marked by the use of wit that is intended to cause hurt feelings":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"her cutting comments serve only one purpose: to make someone cry"
],
"near antonyms":[
"amusing",
"droll",
"merry",
"playful",
"sportive",
"waggish",
"gentle",
"mild",
"bland",
"good-humored",
"good-natured",
"diplomatic",
"polite",
"smooth",
"suave",
"urbane",
"affable",
"cordial",
"genial",
"gracious",
"hospitable",
"sociable"
],
"related":[
"brisk",
"cross",
"sharp-tongued",
"sour",
"sourish",
"spiky",
"spikey",
"tartish",
"incisive",
"keen",
"poignant",
"trenchant",
"cynical",
"dry",
"ironic",
"ironical",
"wry",
"facetious",
"flippant",
"tongue-in-cheek",
"acrimonious",
"bitter",
"resentful",
"vitriolic",
"harsh",
"rough",
"severe",
"stringent",
"abrupt",
"blunt",
"brusque",
"brusk",
"concise",
"crisp",
"curt",
"gruff",
"pithy",
"snippety",
"snippy",
"succinct",
"terse",
"backhanded",
"insincere"
],
"synonyms":[
"acerb",
"acerbic",
"acid",
"acidic",
"acidulous",
"acrid",
"barbed",
"biting",
"caustic",
"corrosive",
"mordant",
"pungent",
"sarcastic",
"sardonic",
"satiric",
"satirical",
"scalding",
"scathing",
"sharp",
"smart-aleck",
"smart-alecky",
"smart-mouthed",
"snarky",
"tart"
]
},
"to alter (something) for the worse with the addition of foreign or lower-grade substances":{
"antonyms":[
"enriching",
"fortifying",
"richening",
"strengthening"
],
"examples":[
"the fruit juice was so cut with water that it was barely a fruit-flavored drink"
],
"near antonyms":[
"fertilizing",
"larding",
"augmenting",
"reinforcing",
"reenforcing",
"supplementing",
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"flushing",
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"polluting",
"soiling",
"spoiling",
"sullying",
"tainting",
"cheapening",
"debasing",
"degrading",
"manipulating",
"misrepresenting",
"tampering (with)",
"counterfeiting",
"faking",
"falsifying",
"fudging",
"doctoring",
"spiking",
"attenuating",
"moderating",
"qualifying",
"tempering"
],
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"diluting",
"extending",
"lacing",
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"watering down",
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"the snobbish lady cut anyone who didn't meet her standards of wealth and social standing"
],
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"brushing (aside or off)",
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"rebuffing",
"rejecting",
"repelling",
"repulsing",
"scorning",
"spurning",
"disregarding",
"forgetting",
"neglecting",
"overlooking",
"overpassing",
"passing over",
"shrugging off"
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"high-hatting",
"slighting",
"snubbing",
"stiff-arming",
"stiffing"
]
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"straightening"
],
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"cut towards the goal, eluding a defender"
],
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"bending",
"bowing",
"crooking",
"curving",
"hooking",
"rounding",
"sweeping",
"wheeling",
"about-facing",
"pivoting",
"circling",
"coiling",
"curling",
"looping",
"spiraling",
"spiralling",
"turning",
"twisting",
"winding",
"weaving",
"zigzagging",
"deviating",
"straying",
"wandering",
"wavering"
],
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"sheering",
"swerving",
"veering",
"yawing",
"zagging",
"zigging"
]
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],
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"decussating"
],
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"crossing",
"intersecting"
]
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"attending",
"showing up (for)"
],
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"a warning that she had been cutting too many classes without valid excuses"
],
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"neglecting",
"passing over"
],
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"blowing off",
"missing",
"skipping"
]
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"examples":[
"whichever way you cut it, we won't be seeing any profits from the business for at least three years"
],
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"agglomerating",
"aggregating",
"amalgamating",
"assimilating",
"coalescing",
"conglomerating",
"consolidating",
"integrating",
"synthesizing",
"unifying"
],
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"diagnosing",
"evaluating",
"examining",
"inspecting",
"investigating",
"scrutinizing",
"arranging",
"assorting",
"cataloging",
"cataloguing",
"categorizing",
"classifying",
"codifying",
"diagramming",
"diagraming",
"enumerating",
"indexing",
"ordering",
"schematizing",
"sorting",
"tabulating",
"dividing",
"reducing",
"segmenting",
"separating",
"subdividing"
],
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"anatomizing",
"assaying",
"breaking down",
"deconstructing",
"dissecting"
]
},
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"examples":[
"when you cut the pad, make it a little smaller than the carpet"
],
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"elongating",
"extending",
"lengthening"
],
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"skiving",
"whittling",
"manicuring",
"mowing",
"pinching",
"stumping",
"curtailing",
"shortening"
],
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"bobbing",
"clipping",
"cropping",
"cutting back",
"docking",
"lopping (off)",
"nipping",
"paring",
"polling",
"pruning",
"shaving",
"shearing",
"snipping",
"trimming"
]
},
"to penetrate with a sharp edge (as a knife)":{
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"examples":[
"I cut my hand on a piece of broken glass"
],
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"crosscutting",
"hacksawing",
"scissoring",
"cleaving",
"riving",
"splitting",
"piercing",
"stabbing",
"bruising",
"butchering",
"hacking",
"haggling",
"lacerating",
"mangling",
"rending",
"tearing",
"carving",
"chipping",
"chiseling",
"chiselling",
"notching",
"anatomizing",
"dissecting",
"sectioning",
"chopping",
"dicing",
"mincing",
"amputating",
"cutting off",
"severing"
],
"synonyms":[
"gashing",
"incising",
"ripping",
"shearing",
"slashing",
"slicing",
"slitting"
]
},
"to shorten the standing leafy plant cover of":{
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"examples":[
"you need to cut the lawn very soon\u2014before it becomes a jungle"
],
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"cropping",
"curtailing",
"cutting back",
"docking",
"hacking",
"lopping",
"manicuring",
"nipping",
"paring",
"pruning",
"trimming",
"bobbing",
"shaving",
"shearing",
"snipping"
],
"synonyms":[
"mowing"
]
},
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"adjective",
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"cutting (out)":{
"to stop functioning":{
"examples":[
"the engine abruptly cut out"
],
"synonyms":[
"breaking",
"breaking down",
"conking (out)",
"crashing",
"dying",
"failing",
"giving out",
"stalling"
],
"near synonyms":[
"fizzling",
"sputtering",
"wheezing",
"acting up",
"malfunctioning",
"jamming"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"starting (up)"
]
},
"to bring (as an action or operation) to an immediate end":{
"examples":[
"now cut that out , or I'm turning this car around!"
],
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"breaking",
"breaking off",
"breaking up",
"canning",
"ceasing",
"cutting off",
"desisting (from)",
"discontinuing",
"dropping",
"ending",
"giving over",
"halting",
"knocking off",
"laying off",
"leaving off",
"packing (up or in)",
"quitting",
"shutting off",
"stopping"
],
"near synonyms":[
"completing",
"concluding",
"finishing",
"closing (down)",
"deactivating",
"blockading",
"blocking",
"damming",
"delaying",
"detaining",
"hindering",
"holding",
"holding back",
"impeding",
"kiboshing",
"obstructing",
"stemming",
"calling",
"suspending",
"arresting",
"braking",
"checking",
"clamping down",
"reining (in)",
"squashing",
"squelching",
"stamping",
"stanching",
"staunching",
"stunting",
"suppressing",
"turning back",
"pausing",
"staying",
"suspending",
"abolishing",
"aborting",
"annulling",
"demolishing",
"destroying",
"dissolving",
"killing",
"ruining",
"scuttling",
"snuffing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"carrying on",
"continuing",
"following through (with)",
"keeping up",
"running on",
"advancing",
"proceeding",
"progressing",
"actuating",
"driving",
"impelling",
"propelling",
"stirring"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to leave a place often for another":{
"examples":[
"after a few minutes of their brainless conversation I was ready to cut out"
],
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"bailing",
"bailing out",
"booking",
"buggering off",
"bugging off",
"bugging out",
"buzzing (off)",
"clearing off",
"clearing out",
"departing",
"digging out",
"exiting",
"getting",
"getting off",
"going",
"going off",
"moving",
"packing (up or off)",
"parting",
"peeling off",
"piking (out or off)",
"pulling out",
"pushing off",
"pushing on",
"quitting",
"running along",
"sallying (forth)",
"scarpering",
"shoving (off)",
"stepping (along)",
"taking off",
"vamoosing",
"walking out"
],
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"setting out",
"starting",
"striking out",
"absconding",
"decamping",
"escaping",
"evacuating",
"fleeing",
"flying",
"getting out",
"mizzling",
"running away",
"scatting",
"scramming",
"skipping",
"going out",
"lighting out",
"stepping out",
"abandoning",
"deserting",
"forsaking",
"vacating",
"emigrating",
"adjourning",
"removing",
"retiring",
"retreating",
"withdrawing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abiding",
"dwelling",
"lodging",
"remaining",
"settling",
"staying",
"tarrying",
"approaching",
"closing",
"nearing",
"hitting",
"landing",
"reaching"
],
"antonyms":[
"arriving",
"coming",
"showing up",
"turning up"
]
},
"to take the place of":{
"examples":[
"this ambitious new friend of hers seems to be cutting out people that she's known for years"
],
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"displacing",
"displanting",
"relieving",
"replacing",
"substituting",
"superseding",
"supplanting"
],
"near synonyms":[
"preempting",
"usurping"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"cutting down":{
"to bring down by cutting":{
"examples":[
"we need to cut down that dying tree"
],
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"chopping (down)",
"felling",
"hewing",
"mowing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bulldozing",
"demolishing",
"flattening",
"leveling",
"levelling",
"razing",
"tearing down"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
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"being or employing the latest concepts, styles, or techniques":{
"examples":[
"his insistent tracking shots and rapid-fire pacing earned him a reputation as a cutting-edge filmmaker"
],
"synonyms":[
"advanced",
"avant",
"avant-garde",
"progressive",
"state-of-the-art"
],
"near synonyms":[
"pioneering",
"revolutionary",
"trailblazing",
"alternative",
"antiestablishment",
"nontraditional",
"unconventional",
"underground",
"bizarre",
"far-out",
"outr\u00e9",
"way-out",
"fresh",
"new",
"novel",
"original",
"strange",
"unaccustomed",
"unfamiliar",
"unheard-of",
"unknown",
"unprecedented",
"contemporary",
"current",
"hot",
"mod",
"modern",
"modernistic",
"newfangled",
"new-fashioned",
"present-day",
"red-hot",
"space-age",
"ultramodern",
"up-to-date"
],
"near antonyms":[
"conventional",
"customary",
"established",
"orthodox",
"traditional"
],
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},
"the innovators of new concepts, styles, and techniques especially in the arts":{
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"an urban enclave that has an established reputation for being hospitable to artists who are part of the cutting edge"
],
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"avant-garde",
"van",
"vanguard"
],
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"forerunner",
"pioneer",
"precursor",
"trailblazer"
],
"near antonyms":[
"establishment",
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"the leading or most important part of a movement":{
"examples":[
"a company that has always been on the cutting edge of the new electronic media"
],
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"leading edge",
"van",
"vanguard"
],
"near synonyms":[
"spearhead"
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"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
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"cutting edges":{
"the innovators of new concepts, styles, and techniques especially in the arts":{
"examples":[
"an urban enclave that has an established reputation for being hospitable to artists who are part of the cutting edge"
],
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"synonyms":[
"avant-gardes",
"vanguards",
"vans"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"undergrounds",
"avant-gardists",
"forerunners",
"pioneers",
"precursors",
"trailblazers"
],
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"near antonyms":[
"establishments",
"old guards"
],
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},
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"a company that has always been on the cutting edge of the new electronic media"
],
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"forefronts",
"front lines",
"leading edges",
"vanguards",
"vans"
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],
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},
"type":[
"noun"
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"as in quarter horse , saddle horse":{
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"cow pony",
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"mount",
"packhorse",
"prancer",
"quarter horse",
"racehorse",
"saddle horse",
"trotter",
"warhorse",
"workhorse",
"bronco",
"mustang",
"pony",
"bay",
"black",
"buckskin",
"chestnut",
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"palomino",
"pinto",
"roan",
"skewbald",
"sorrel",
"colt",
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"foal",
"gelding",
"mare",
"stallion",
"cob",
"dobbin",
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"equine",
"horse",
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"type":[
"noun"
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"cutting in":{
"to cause a disruption in a conversation or discussion":{
"examples":[
"a stranger cut in with unsolicited advice on how we could fix our relationship"
],
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"interrupting",
"intruding"
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"near synonyms":[
"barging (in)",
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"horning in",
"adding",
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"antonyms":[]
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"type":[
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"being or employing the latest concepts, styles, or techniques":{
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"his insistent tracking shots and rapid-fire pacing earned him a reputation as a cutting-edge filmmaker"
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"advanced",
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"state-of-the-art"
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"bizarre",
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"new",
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"original",
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"traditional"
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"an urban enclave that has an established reputation for being hospitable to artists who are part of the cutting edge"
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"examples":[
"a company that has always been on the cutting edge of the new electronic media"
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"forefront",
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"leading edge",
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"vanguard"
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"spearhead"
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"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
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"cutlass":{
"as in saber , rapier":{
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"broadsword",
"rapier",
"saber",
"sabre",
"scimitar",
"smallsword",
"blade",
"brand",
"steel",
"sword"
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"type":[
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"a piece that has been separated from the whole by cutting":{
"examples":[
"a bag full of grass cuttings"
],
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"cuts",
"slices"
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"near synonyms":[
"chops",
"cutlets",
"lengths",
"parts",
"portions",
"sections",
"segments",
"chunks",
"hunks",
"lumps",
"clippings",
"parings",
"shavings",
"slivers",
"snippets",
"splinters"
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"type":[
"noun"
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"cut loose":{
"to set free from entanglement or difficulty":{
"examples":[
"Realizing that he could not afford to pay her, she cut him loose by calling off the bet."
],
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"clear",
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"disengage",
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"extricate",
"free",
"liberate",
"release",
"untangle"
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"near synonyms":[
"deliver",
"redeem",
"rescue",
"save",
"disburden",
"disencumber",
"unburden",
"unravel",
"unsnarl",
"untie",
"untwine"
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"near antonyms":[
"block",
"hamper",
"hinder",
"impede",
"obstruct",
"burden",
"encumber",
"load",
"weigh"
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"type":[
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"as in sabers , rapiers":{
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"sabres",
"scimitars",
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"blades",
"brands",
"steels",
"swords"
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"type":[
"noun"
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},
"cuts a deal":{
"to talk over or dispute the terms of a purchase":{
"examples":[
"We managed to cut a deal with the landlord in which we will be allowed to adopt a furry friend in exchange for an increase in rent."
],
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"bargains",
"chaffers",
"deals",
"dickers",
"haggles",
"horse-trades",
"negotiates",
"palters"
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"argues",
"bickers",
"clashes",
"fights",
"hassles",
"quarrels",
"quibbles",
"squabbles",
"wrangles",
"comparison shops",
"shops (around)",
"barters",
"exchanges",
"trades",
"hawks",
"peddles",
"buys",
"purchases"
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"near antonyms":[],
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},
"type":[
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"cut (out)":{
"to stop functioning":{
"examples":[
"the engine abruptly cut out"
],
"synonyms":[
"break",
"break down",
"conk (out)",
"crash",
"die",
"fail",
"give out",
"stall"
],
"near synonyms":[
"fizzle",
"sputter",
"wheeze",
"act up",
"malfunction",
"jam"
],
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"antonyms":[
"start (up)"
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"to bring (as an action or operation) to an immediate end":{
"examples":[
"now cut that out , or I'm turning this car around!"
],
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"break",
"break off",
"break up",
"can",
"cease",
"cut off",
"desist (from)",
"discontinue",
"drop",
"end",
"give over",
"halt",
"knock off",
"lay off",
"leave off",
"pack (up or in)",
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"shut off",
"stop"
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"complete",
"conclude",
"finish",
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"dam",
"delay",
"detain",
"hinder",
"hold",
"hold back",
"impede",
"kibosh",
"obstruct",
"stem",
"call",
"suspend",
"arrest",
"brake",
"check",
"clamp down",
"rein (in)",
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"squelch",
"stamp",
"stanch",
"staunch",
"stunt",
"suppress",
"turn back",
"pause",
"stay",
"suspend",
"abolish",
"abort",
"annul",
"demolish",
"destroy",
"dissolve",
"kill",
"ruin",
"scuttle",
"snuff"
],
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"carry on",
"continue",
"follow through (with)",
"keep up",
"run on",
"advance",
"proceed",
"progress",
"actuate",
"drive",
"impel",
"propel",
"stir"
],
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},
"to leave a place often for another":{
"examples":[
"after a few minutes of their brainless conversation I was ready to cut out"
],
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"bail",
"bail out",
"begone",
"book",
"bug off",
"bug out",
"bugger off",
"buzz (off)",
"clear off",
"clear out",
"depart",
"dig out",
"exit",
"get",
"get off",
"go",
"go off",
"move",
"pack (up or off)",
"part",
"peel off",
"pike (out or off)",
"pull out",
"push off",
"push on",
"quit",
"run along",
"sally (forth)",
"scarper",
"shove (off)",
"step (along)",
"take off",
"vamoose",
"walk out"
],
"near synonyms":[
"set out",
"start",
"strike out",
"abscond",
"decamp",
"escape",
"evacuate",
"flee",
"fly",
"get out",
"mizzle",
"run away",
"scat",
"scram",
"skip",
"go out",
"light out",
"step out",
"abandon",
"desert",
"forsake",
"vacate",
"emigrate",
"adjourn",
"remove",
"retire",
"retreat",
"withdraw"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abide",
"dwell",
"lodge",
"remain",
"settle",
"stay",
"tarry",
"approach",
"close",
"near",
"hit",
"land",
"reach"
],
"antonyms":[
"arrive",
"come",
"show up",
"turn up"
]
},
"to take the place of":{
"examples":[
"this ambitious new friend of hers seems to be cutting out people that she's known for years"
],
"synonyms":[
"displace",
"displant",
"relieve",
"replace",
"substitute",
"supersede",
"supplant"
],
"near synonyms":[
"preempt",
"usurp"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in able , capable":{
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"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"able",
"capable",
"competent",
"qualified",
"trained",
"needed",
"required",
"requisite",
"pitch-perfect",
"condign",
"deserved",
"just",
"justified",
"acceptable",
"adequate",
"decent",
"kosher",
"satisfactory",
"serviceable",
"tolerable",
"applicable",
"appropriate",
"apt",
"becoming",
"befitting",
"felicitous",
"fit",
"fitted",
"fitting",
"good",
"happy",
"meet",
"pretty",
"proper",
"right",
"suitable",
"correct",
"decorous",
"respectable",
"seemly",
"balanced",
"companionate",
"congruous",
"consonant",
"harmonious",
"rightful"
],
"near antonyms":[
"improper",
"inapplicable",
"inapposite",
"inappropriate",
"inapt",
"incongruous",
"indecent",
"infelicitous",
"malapropos",
"misbecoming",
"unapt",
"unbecoming",
"unbeseeming",
"unfit",
"unfitting",
"unhappy",
"unmeet",
"unseemly",
"unsuitable",
"wrong",
"incapable",
"incompetent",
"inept",
"inexpert",
"unqualified",
"unskilled",
"unskillful",
"untrained",
"inadequate",
"intolerable",
"unacceptable",
"unsatisfactory",
"graceless",
"incorrect",
"indecorous",
"incompatible",
"uncongenial"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"cut-and-dry":{
"being of the type that is encountered in the normal course of events":{
"examples":[
"a cut-and-dried session of the convention just to get required business out of the way"
],
"synonyms":[
"average",
"common",
"commonplace",
"everyday",
"garden-variety",
"normal",
"ordinary",
"prosaic",
"routine",
"run-of-the-mill",
"standard",
"standard-issue",
"unexceptional",
"unremarkable",
"usual",
"workaday"
],
"near synonyms":[
"regular",
"typical",
"unextraordinary",
"familiar",
"homely",
"plain",
"plain-Jane",
"popular",
"vulgar",
"natural",
"customary",
"wonted",
"insignificant",
"trivial",
"unimportant",
"frequent",
"habitual",
"expected",
"predictable"
],
"near antonyms":[
"curious",
"funny",
"peculiar",
"quaint",
"queer",
"aberrant",
"anomalous",
"atypical",
"irregular",
"untypical",
"rare",
"recherch\u00e9",
"scarce",
"fantastic",
"fantastical",
"phenomenal",
"bizarre",
"far-out",
"Kafkaesque",
"outrageous",
"outr\u00e9",
"wacky",
"whacky",
"way-out",
"weird",
"wild",
"eccentric",
"idiosyncratic",
"kooky",
"kookie",
"nonconformist",
"oddball",
"offbeat",
"unconventional",
"unorthodox",
"freak",
"freakish",
"conspicuous",
"notable",
"novel",
"outstanding",
"prominent",
"salient",
"signal",
"striking",
"unexampled",
"unprecedented",
"singular",
"unique",
"unparalleled"
],
"antonyms":[
"abnormal",
"exceptional",
"extraordinary",
"odd",
"out-of-the-way",
"strange",
"unusual"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"cuteys":{
"a lovely woman":{
"examples":[
"in her days as a chorus girl she was a real cutie"
],
"synonyms":[
"babes",
"beauties",
"beauty queens",
"cookies",
"dolly birds",
"enchantresses",
"eyefuls",
"foxes",
"fox",
"goddesses",
"honeys",
"knockouts",
"queens",
"stunners"
],
"near synonyms":[
"belles",
"charmers",
"peaches",
"bathing beauties",
"cover girls",
"pinup girls",
"houris",
"cutie-pies",
"dishes",
"dolls",
"dreamboats",
"hotties",
"lookers",
"pretties",
"coquettes",
"femmes fatales",
"sirens",
"temptresses",
"vamps"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bags",
"frumps",
"crones",
"hags",
"witches"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a physically attractive person":{
"examples":[
"a director hoping to find among that crowd of cuties someone who could actually act"
],
"synonyms":[
"babes",
"dishes",
"dolls",
"dreamboats",
"foxes",
"fox",
"glamour-pusses",
"hotties",
"knockouts",
"lookers",
"showstoppers",
"tens"
],
"near synonyms":[
"beauties",
"eyefuls",
"goddesses",
"lovelies",
"stunners",
"beefcakes",
"hunks",
"studs",
"superstuds"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"dogs"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"cutleries":{
"as in knives , flatware":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"chopsticks",
"forks",
"knives",
"spoons",
"tablespoons",
"teaspoons",
"flatware",
"silvers",
"silverwares",
"tablewares",
"place settings",
"settings",
"setups",
"silver plates"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"cutback":{
"to make (something) shorter or smaller with the use of a cutting instrument":{
"examples":[
"we need to cut back the bushes a bit so that the house number is visible from the street"
],
"synonyms":[
"bob",
"clip",
"crop",
"cut",
"dock",
"lop (off)",
"nip",
"pare",
"poll",
"prune",
"shave",
"shear",
"snip",
"trim"
],
"near synonyms":[
"skive",
"whittle",
"manicure",
"mow",
"pinch",
"stump",
"curtail",
"shorten"
],
"near antonyms":[
"elongate",
"extend",
"lengthen"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make less in extent or duration":{
"examples":[
"cut back the meeting so everyone could leave early for the long weekend"
],
"synonyms":[
"abbreviate",
"abridge",
"curtail",
"dock",
"elide",
"shorten",
"syncopate",
"truncate"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abstract",
"digest",
"encapsulate",
"epitomize",
"recapitulate",
"summarize",
"sum up",
"abate",
"compress",
"constrict",
"contract",
"cut",
"cut down",
"pare",
"prune",
"trim",
"decrease",
"de-escalate",
"deflate",
"diminish",
"downsize",
"dwindle",
"lessen",
"lower",
"moderate",
"modify",
"reduce",
"retrench",
"shrink",
"slash",
"subtract (from)",
"taper"
],
"near antonyms":[
"enlarge",
"expand",
"supplement",
"add",
"aggrandize",
"amplify",
"augment",
"balloon",
"boost",
"dilate",
"escalate",
"heighten",
"increase",
"maximize",
"pump up",
"raise",
"blow up",
"distend",
"inflate",
"swell"
],
"antonyms":[
"elongate",
"extend",
"lengthen",
"prolong",
"protract"
]
},
"as in shortened , curtailed":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"abbreviated",
"abridged",
"curtailed",
"shortened",
"syncopated",
"shortish",
"compact",
"condensed",
"brief",
"fast",
"little",
"short",
"abrupt",
"sudden",
"ephemeral",
"fleeting",
"momentary",
"short-lived",
"transient",
"transitory",
"impermanent",
"compendious",
"concise",
"crisp",
"epigrammatic",
"laconic",
"pithy",
"succinct",
"summary",
"terse",
"short-range",
"short-term"
],
"near antonyms":[
"extended",
"far",
"great",
"lengthy",
"long",
"long-drawn-out",
"long-drawn",
"long-lived",
"endless",
"everlasting",
"interminable",
"persistent",
"unending",
"longish",
"overlong",
"prolonged",
"protracted",
"permanent",
"enlarged",
"expanded",
"supplemented",
"long-range",
"long-term"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in cut , curtailment":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"curtailment",
"cut",
"abatement",
"decline",
"decrement",
"detraction",
"diminishment",
"diminution",
"drop",
"fall",
"loss",
"reduction",
"shrinkage",
"discount",
"giveback",
"kickback",
"rebate",
"deduction",
"subtraction"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accession",
"addition",
"boost",
"enlargement",
"gain",
"increase",
"increment",
"raise",
"rise",
"accretion",
"accrual",
"accumulation",
"addendum",
"appendix",
"augmentation",
"supplement",
"supplementation"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"cutlery":{
"as in knife , flatware":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"chopstick",
"fork",
"knife",
"spoon",
"tablespoon",
"teaspoon",
"flatware",
"silver",
"silverware",
"tableware",
"place setting",
"setting",
"setup",
"silver plate"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"cut-and-paste":{
"as in mixed , intermixed":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"blended",
"combined",
"commingled",
"mingled",
"mixed",
"interlaced",
"intermixed",
"intertwined",
"interwoven",
"coalescent",
"fused",
"integrated",
"amalgamated",
"composite",
"compound"
],
"near antonyms":[
"noncompound",
"simple",
"uncombined",
"unmixed"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"cut up":{
"to engage in attention-getting playful or boisterous behavior":{
"examples":[
"high-spirited cousins who cut up at every family gathering"
],
"synonyms":[
"act up",
"clown (around)",
"fool around",
"horse around",
"hotdog",
"monkey (around)",
"showboat",
"show off",
"skylark"
],
"near synonyms":[
"carry on",
"misbehave",
"roughhouse",
"caper",
"cavort",
"disport",
"frisk",
"frolic",
"gambol",
"lark",
"rollick",
"romp",
"carouse",
"maffick",
"revel",
"roar",
"wassail"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in jokester , comedian":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"buffoon",
"clown",
"comedian",
"comedienne",
"comic",
"droll",
"harlequin",
"joker",
"jokester",
"madcap",
"merry-andrew",
"vice",
"wag",
"zany",
"fool",
"jester",
"motley",
"mime",
"mummer"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in skylarker":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"skylarker",
"bacchanal",
"binger",
"carouser",
"party animal",
"wassailer",
"noisemaker",
"celebrant",
"celebrator",
"merrymaker",
"partyer",
"partier",
"partygoer",
"reveler",
"reveller",
"roisterer"
],
"near antonyms":[
"killjoy",
"party pooper"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"cuts (across)":{
"to make one's way through, across, or over":{
"examples":[
"cut across the field on the way to school"
],
"synonyms":[
"courses",
"covers",
"crosses",
"follows",
"goes",
"navigates",
"passes (over)",
"perambulates",
"peregrinates",
"proceeds (along)",
"tracks",
"transits",
"travels",
"traverses"
],
"near synonyms":[
"hikes",
"traipses",
"tramps",
"treads",
"walks",
"rides",
"runs",
"crisscrosses"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"cut in":{
"to cause a disruption in a conversation or discussion":{
"examples":[
"a stranger cut in with unsolicited advice on how we could fix our relationship"
],
"synonyms":[
"break in",
"chime in",
"chip in",
"interpose",
"interrupt",
"intrude"
],
"near synonyms":[
"barge (in)",
"bother",
"horn in",
"add",
"contribute",
"put in"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"cuts":{
"to penetrate with a sharp edge (as a knife)":{
"examples":[
"I cut my hand on a piece of broken glass"
],
"synonyms":[
"gashes",
"incises",
"rips",
"shears",
"slashes",
"slices",
"slits"
],
"near synonyms":[
"crosscuts",
"hacksaws",
"saws",
"scissors",
"cleaves",
"rives",
"splits",
"pierces",
"stabs",
"bruises",
"butchers",
"hacks",
"haggles",
"lacerates",
"mangles",
"rends",
"tears",
"carves",
"chips",
"chisels",
"notches",
"anatomizes",
"dissects",
"sections",
"chops",
"dices",
"minces",
"amputates",
"cuts off",
"severs"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to fail to attend":{
"examples":[
"a warning that she had been cutting too many classes without valid excuses"
],
"synonyms":[
"blows off",
"misses",
"skips"
],
"near synonyms":[
"ignores",
"neglects",
"passes over"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"attends",
"shows up (for)"
]
},
"to deliberately ignore or treat rudely":{
"examples":[
"the snobbish lady cut anyone who didn't meet her standards of wealth and social standing"
],
"synonyms":[
"cold-shoulders",
"high-hats",
"slights",
"snubs",
"stiff-arms",
"stiffs"
],
"near synonyms":[
"isolates",
"ostracizes",
"brushes (aside or off)",
"disdains",
"rebuffs",
"rejects",
"repels",
"repulses",
"scorns",
"spurns",
"disregards",
"forgets",
"neglects",
"overlooks",
"overpasses",
"passes over",
"shrugs off"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make (something) shorter or smaller with the use of a cutting instrument":{
"examples":[
"when you cut the pad, make it a little smaller than the carpet"
],
"synonyms":[
"bobs",
"clips",
"crops",
"cuts back",
"docks",
"lops (off)",
"nips",
"pares",
"polls",
"prunes",
"shaves",
"shears",
"snips",
"trims"
],
"near synonyms":[
"skives",
"whittles",
"manicures",
"mows",
"pinches",
"stumps",
"curtails",
"shortens"
],
"near antonyms":[
"elongates",
"extends",
"lengthens"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to shorten the standing leafy plant cover of":{
"examples":[
"you need to cut the lawn very soon\u2014before it becomes a jungle"
],
"synonyms":[
"mows"
],
"near synonyms":[
"clips",
"crops",
"curtails",
"cuts back",
"docks",
"hacks",
"lops",
"manicures",
"nips",
"pares",
"prunes",
"trims",
"bobs",
"shaves",
"shears",
"snips"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to alter (something) for the worse with the addition of foreign or lower-grade substances":{
"examples":[
"the fruit juice was so cut with water that it was barely a fruit-flavored drink"
],
"synonyms":[
"adulterates",
"dilutes",
"extends",
"laces",
"sophisticates",
"thins",
"waters down",
"weakens"
],
"near synonyms":[
"loads",
"befouls",
"contaminates",
"corrupts",
"defiles",
"dirties",
"envenoms",
"fouls",
"infects",
"poisons",
"pollutes",
"soils",
"spoils",
"sullies",
"taints",
"cheapens",
"debases",
"degrades",
"manipulates",
"misrepresents",
"tampers (with)",
"counterfeits",
"fakes",
"falsifies",
"fudges",
"doctors",
"spikes",
"attenuates",
"moderates",
"qualifies",
"tempers"
],
"near antonyms":[
"fertilizes",
"lards",
"augments",
"reinforces",
"reenforces",
"supplements",
"decontaminates",
"purifies",
"clarifies",
"cleans",
"cleanses",
"distills",
"distils",
"filters",
"flushes",
"leaches",
"pasteurizes",
"purges",
"refines",
"betters",
"enhances",
"improves",
"compacts",
"concentrates",
"condenses"
],
"antonyms":[
"enriches",
"fortifies",
"richens",
"strengthens"
]
},
"to depart abruptly from a straight line or course":{
"examples":[
"cut towards the goal, eluding a defender"
],
"synonyms":[
"breaks",
"sheers",
"swerves",
"veers",
"yaws",
"zags",
"zigs"
],
"near synonyms":[
"skews",
"slews",
"slues",
"arches",
"arcs",
"bends",
"bows",
"crooks",
"curves",
"hooks",
"rounds",
"sweeps",
"wheels",
"about-faces",
"pivots",
"circles",
"coils",
"curls",
"loops",
"spirals",
"turns",
"twists",
"winds",
"weaves",
"zigzags",
"deviates",
"strays",
"wanders",
"wavers"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"straightens"
]
},
"to divide by passing through or across":{
"examples":[
"a long mountain range virtually cuts that country in half"
],
"synonyms":[
"bisects",
"crosses",
"intersects"
],
"near synonyms":[
"crisscrosses",
"decussates"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to identify and examine the basic elements or parts of (something) especially for discovering interrelationships":{
"examples":[
"whichever way you cut it, we won't be seeing any profits from the business for at least three years"
],
"synonyms":[
"analyzes",
"anatomizes",
"assays",
"breaks down",
"deconstructs",
"dissects"
],
"near synonyms":[
"assesses",
"diagnoses",
"evaluates",
"examines",
"inspects",
"investigates",
"scrutinizes",
"arranges",
"assorts",
"catalogs",
"catalogues",
"categorizes",
"classifies",
"codifies",
"diagrams",
"enumerates",
"indexes",
"orders",
"schematizes",
"sorts",
"tabulates",
"divides",
"reduces",
"segments",
"separates",
"subdivides"
],
"near antonyms":[
"agglomerates",
"aggregates",
"amalgamates",
"assimilates",
"coalesces",
"conglomerates",
"consolidates",
"integrates",
"synthesizes",
"unifies"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a piece that has been separated from the whole by cutting":{
"examples":[
"choose cuts of meat that have very little visible fat"
],
"synonyms":[
"cuttings",
"slices"
],
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"chops",
"cutlets",
"lengths",
"parts",
"portions",
"sections",
"segments",
"chunks",
"hunks",
"lumps",
"clippings",
"parings",
"shavings",
"slivers",
"snippets",
"splinters"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"an individual part of a process, series, or ranking":{
"examples":[
"one of the new recruits is a cut above the rest in intelligence"
],
"synonyms":[
"chapters",
"degrees",
"grades",
"inches",
"notches",
"pegs",
"phases",
"places",
"points",
"stages",
"steps"
],
"near synonyms":[
"angles",
"aspects",
"facets",
"sides",
"amounts",
"measures",
"planes",
"decrements",
"increments"
],
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"antonyms":[]
},
"something belonging to, due to, or contributed by an individual member of a group":{
"examples":[
"received my cut of the profits from the garage sale"
],
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"allotments",
"allowances",
"ends",
"parts",
"pieces",
"portions",
"proportions",
"quotas",
"shares",
"slices",
"takes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"lots",
"rations",
"commissions",
"percentages",
"members",
"partitions",
"sections",
"segments"
],
"near antonyms":[
"aggregates",
"composites",
"compounds",
"pools",
"sums",
"totalities",
"totals",
"wholes"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a style or arrangement of hair":{
"examples":[
"she decided she needed a new cut after wearing her hair the same way for years"
],
"synonyms":[
"coiffures",
"dos",
"do's",
"haircuts",
"hairdos",
"hairstyles"
],
"near synonyms":[
"Afros",
"conks",
"cornrows",
"dreadlocks",
"permanents",
"perms",
"beehives",
"big hairs",
"buns",
"chignons",
"French twists",
"pageboys",
"pugs",
"updos",
"upsweeps",
"bobs",
"buzz cuts",
"crew cuts",
"crops",
"fades",
"Mohawk",
"Mohawks",
"shags",
"shingles",
"trims",
"braids",
"pigtails",
"plaits",
"ponytails",
"queues",
"comb-overs",
"ducktails",
"pompadours",
"roaches"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"an act or expression showing scorn and usually intended to hurt another's feelings":{
"examples":[
"completely ignoring her was the unkindest cut of all"
],
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"affronts",
"barbs",
"brickbats",
"darts",
"digs",
"dises",
"disses",
"epithets",
"girds",
"indignities",
"insults",
"names",
"offenses",
"offences",
"outrages",
"personalities",
"pokes",
"put-downs",
"sarcasms",
"slaps",
"slights",
"slurs"
],
"near synonyms":[
"catcalls",
"gibes",
"jibes",
"jeers",
"mocks",
"quips",
"sneers",
"taunts",
"abuses",
"invectives",
"vituperations",
"disapprovals",
"opprobriums",
"disgraces",
"dishonors",
"shames",
"attacks",
"criticisms",
"knocks",
"slams",
"swipes",
"torments",
"tortures"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accolades",
"commendations",
"compliments",
"acclaim",
"applauses",
"praises",
"adulations",
"flatteries"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"cuts capers":{
"to play and run about happily":{
"examples":[
"The children cut capers through the garden."
],
"synonyms":[
"capers",
"cavorts",
"disports",
"frisks",
"frolics",
"gambols",
"larks",
"rollicks",
"romps",
"sports"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bounds",
"hops",
"leaps",
"lopes",
"skips",
"springs",
"trips",
"tumbles",
"curvets",
"dances",
"prances",
"carouses",
"revels",
"roisters",
"carries on",
"fools around",
"horses around",
"clowns",
"cuts up",
"joyrides",
"roughhouses",
"skylarks",
"kites"
],
"near antonyms":[
"mopes",
"pouts",
"stews",
"sulks"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"cutters":{
"an instrument with a metal length that has a sharp edge for cutting":{
"examples":[
"a fabric cutter"
],
"synonyms":[
"blades",
"knives",
"shanks",
"shivs"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cleavers",
"hacks",
"bayonets",
"bodkins",
"bolos",
"bowie knifes",
"bowie knives",
"cutlasses",
"daggers",
"dirks",
"jackknives",
"machetes",
"pocketknives",
"poniards",
"sheath knives",
"stilettos",
"stilettoes",
"stylets",
"switchblades",
"switch knives",
"yataghans",
"rapiers",
"sabers",
"sabres",
"steels",
"swords",
"scalpels"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"cut (down)":{
"to bring down by cutting":{
"examples":[
"we need to cut down that dying tree"
],
"synonyms":[
"chop (down)",
"fell",
"hew",
"mow"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bulldoze",
"demolish",
"flatten",
"level",
"raze",
"tear down"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"cuticles":{
"as in skins , hides":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"hides",
"skins",
"carapaces",
"houses",
"mails",
"panoplies",
"plates",
"platings",
"shields",
"envelopes",
"packages",
"wrappers",
"barks",
"crusts",
"backings",
"coatings",
"covertures",
"facings",
"cartridges",
"cassettes",
"casettes",
"armors",
"capsules",
"cases",
"casings",
"cocoons",
"coverings",
"covers",
"encasements",
"housings",
"hulls",
"husks",
"jackets",
"pods",
"sheaths",
"shells"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"cut the mustard":{
"to reach a desired level of accomplishment":{
"examples":[
"a college footballer who couldn't cut the mustard in the professional leagues"
],
"synonyms":[
"arrive",
"flourish",
"prosper",
"succeed",
"thrive"
],
"near synonyms":[
"prevail",
"triumph",
"win",
"excel"
],
"near antonyms":[
"flounder",
"struggle"
],
"antonyms":[
"fail"
]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"cutting (across)":{
"to make one's way through, across, or over":{
"examples":[
"cut across the field on the way to school"
],
"synonyms":[
"coursing",
"covering",
"crossing",
"following",
"going",
"navigating",
"passing (over)",
"perambulating",
"peregrinating",
"proceeding (along)",
"tracking",
"transiting",
"traveling",
"travelling",
"traversing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"hiking",
"traipsing",
"tramping",
"treading",
"walking",
"riding",
"running",
"crisscrossing"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"cutthroat":{
"not guided by or showing a concern for what is right":{
"examples":[
"cutthroat business practices intended to drive competitors out of business"
],
"synonyms":[
"immoral",
"Machiavellian",
"unconscionable",
"unethical",
"unprincipled",
"unscrupulous"
],
"near synonyms":[
"merciless",
"pitiless",
"remorseless",
"ruthless",
"crooked",
"deceitful",
"dishonest",
"jackleg",
"knavish",
"corrupt",
"debased",
"debauched",
"decadent",
"degenerate",
"degraded",
"demoralized",
"depraved",
"dissipated",
"libertine",
"licentious",
"profligate",
"cheapjack",
"dog-eat-dog",
"opportunistic",
"calculating",
"scheming",
"sharp"
],
"near antonyms":[
"conscientious",
"good",
"honorable",
"just",
"noble",
"righteous",
"virtuous"
],
"antonyms":[
"ethical",
"moral",
"principled",
"scrupulous"
]
},
"a person who kills another person":{
"examples":[
"while traveling the ancient Silk Road, traders were constant prey to cutthroats and thieves"
],
"synonyms":[
"assassin",
"homicide",
"killer",
"manslayer",
"murderer"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bravo",
"hit man",
"torpedo",
"triggerman",
"butcher",
"executioner",
"massacrer",
"slaughterer",
"slayer",
"murderess"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"cut":{
"to penetrate with a sharp edge (as a knife)":{
"examples":[
"I cut my hand on a piece of broken glass"
],
"synonyms":[
"gash",
"incise",
"rip",
"shear",
"slash",
"slice",
"slit"
],
"near synonyms":[
"crosscut",
"hacksaw",
"saw",
"scissor",
"cleave",
"rive",
"split",
"pierce",
"stab",
"bruise",
"butcher",
"hack",
"haggle",
"lacerate",
"mangle",
"rend",
"tear",
"carve",
"chip",
"chisel",
"notch",
"anatomize",
"dissect",
"section",
"chop",
"dice",
"mince",
"amputate",
"cut off",
"sever"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to fail to attend":{
"examples":[
"a warning that she had been cutting too many classes without valid excuses"
],
"synonyms":[
"blow off",
"miss",
"skip"
],
"near synonyms":[
"ignore",
"neglect",
"pass over"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"attend",
"show up (for)"
]
},
"to deliberately ignore or treat rudely":{
"examples":[
"the snobbish lady cut anyone who didn't meet her standards of wealth and social standing"
],
"synonyms":[
"cold-shoulder",
"high-hat",
"slight",
"snub",
"stiff",
"stiff-arm"
],
"near synonyms":[
"isolate",
"ostracize",
"brush (aside or off)",
"disdain",
"rebuff",
"reject",
"repel",
"repulse",
"scorn",
"spurn",
"disregard",
"forget",
"neglect",
"overlook",
"overpass",
"pass over",
"shrug off"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make (something) shorter or smaller with the use of a cutting instrument":{
"examples":[
"when you cut the pad, make it a little smaller than the carpet"
],
"synonyms":[
"bob",
"clip",
"crop",
"cut back",
"dock",
"lop (off)",
"nip",
"pare",
"poll",
"prune",
"shave",
"shear",
"snip",
"trim"
],
"near synonyms":[
"skive",
"whittle",
"manicure",
"mow",
"pinch",
"stump",
"curtail",
"shorten"
],
"near antonyms":[
"elongate",
"extend",
"lengthen"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to shorten the standing leafy plant cover of":{
"examples":[
"you need to cut the lawn very soon\u2014before it becomes a jungle"
],
"synonyms":[
"mow"
],
"near synonyms":[
"clip",
"crop",
"curtail",
"cut back",
"dock",
"hack",
"lop",
"manicure",
"nip",
"pare",
"prune",
"trim",
"bob",
"shave",
"shear",
"snip"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to alter (something) for the worse with the addition of foreign or lower-grade substances":{
"examples":[
"the fruit juice was so cut with water that it was barely a fruit-flavored drink"
],
"synonyms":[
"adulterate",
"dilute",
"extend",
"lace",
"sophisticate",
"thin",
"water down",
"weaken"
],
"near synonyms":[
"load",
"befoul",
"contaminate",
"corrupt",
"defile",
"dirty",
"envenom",
"foul",
"infect",
"poison",
"pollute",
"soil",
"spoil",
"sully",
"taint",
"cheapen",
"debase",
"degrade",
"manipulate",
"misrepresent",
"tamper (with)",
"counterfeit",
"fake",
"falsify",
"fudge",
"doctor",
"spike",
"attenuate",
"moderate",
"qualify",
"temper"
],
"near antonyms":[
"fertilize",
"lard",
"augment",
"reinforce",
"reenforce",
"supplement",
"decontaminate",
"purify",
"clarify",
"clean",
"cleanse",
"distill",
"distil",
"filter",
"flush",
"leach",
"pasteurize",
"purge",
"refine",
"better",
"enhance",
"improve",
"compact",
"concentrate",
"condense"
],
"antonyms":[
"enrich",
"fortify",
"richen",
"strengthen"
]
},
"to depart abruptly from a straight line or course":{
"examples":[
"cut towards the goal, eluding a defender"
],
"synonyms":[
"break",
"sheer",
"swerve",
"veer",
"yaw",
"zag",
"zig"
],
"near synonyms":[
"skew",
"slew",
"slue",
"arc",
"arch",
"bend",
"bow",
"crook",
"curve",
"hook",
"round",
"sweep",
"wheel",
"about-face",
"pivot",
"circle",
"coil",
"curl",
"loop",
"spiral",
"turn",
"twist",
"wind",
"weave",
"zigzag",
"deviate",
"stray",
"wander",
"waver"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"straighten"
]
},
"to divide by passing through or across":{
"examples":[
"a long mountain range virtually cuts that country in half"
],
"synonyms":[
"bisect",
"cross",
"intersect"
],
"near synonyms":[
"crisscross",
"decussate"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to identify and examine the basic elements or parts of (something) especially for discovering interrelationships":{
"examples":[
"whichever way you cut it, we won't be seeing any profits from the business for at least three years"
],
"synonyms":[
"analyze",
"anatomize",
"assay",
"break down",
"deconstruct",
"dissect"
],
"near synonyms":[
"assess",
"diagnose",
"evaluate",
"examine",
"inspect",
"investigate",
"scrutinize",
"arrange",
"assort",
"catalog",
"catalogue",
"categorize",
"classify",
"codify",
"diagram",
"enumerate",
"index",
"order",
"schematize",
"sort",
"tabulate",
"divide",
"reduce",
"segment",
"separate",
"subdivide"
],
"near antonyms":[
"agglomerate",
"aggregate",
"amalgamate",
"assimilate",
"coalesce",
"conglomerate",
"consolidate",
"integrate",
"synthesize",
"unify"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a piece that has been separated from the whole by cutting":{
"examples":[
"choose cuts of meat that have very little visible fat"
],
"synonyms":[
"cutting",
"slice"
],
"near synonyms":[
"chop",
"cutlet",
"length",
"part",
"portion",
"section",
"segment",
"chunk",
"hunk",
"lump",
"clipping",
"paring",
"shaving",
"sliver",
"snippet",
"splinter"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"an individual part of a process, series, or ranking":{
"examples":[
"one of the new recruits is a cut above the rest in intelligence"
],
"synonyms":[
"chapter",
"degree",
"grade",
"inch",
"notch",
"peg",
"phase",
"place",
"point",
"stage",
"step"
],
"near synonyms":[
"angle",
"aspect",
"facet",
"side",
"amount",
"measure",
"plane",
"decrement",
"increment"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"something belonging to, due to, or contributed by an individual member of a group":{
"examples":[
"received my cut of the profits from the garage sale"
],
"synonyms":[
"allotment",
"allowance",
"end",
"part",
"piece",
"portion",
"proportion",
"quota",
"share",
"slice",
"take"
],
"near synonyms":[
"lot",
"ration",
"commission",
"percentage",
"member",
"partition",
"section",
"segment"
],
"near antonyms":[
"aggregate",
"composite",
"compound",
"pool",
"sum",
"total",
"totality",
"whole"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a style or arrangement of hair":{
"examples":[
"she decided she needed a new cut after wearing her hair the same way for years"
],
"synonyms":[
"coiffure",
"do",
"haircut",
"hairdo",
"hairstyle"
],
"near synonyms":[
"Afro",
"conk",
"cornrow",
"dreadlocks",
"perm",
"permanent",
"beehive",
"big hair",
"bun",
"chignon",
"French twist",
"pageboy",
"pug",
"updo",
"upsweep",
"bob",
"buzz cut",
"crew cut",
"crop",
"fade",
"Mohawk",
"shag",
"shingle",
"trim",
"braid",
"pigtail",
"plait",
"ponytail",
"queue",
"comb-over",
"ducktail",
"pompadour",
"roach"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"an act or expression showing scorn and usually intended to hurt another's feelings":{
"examples":[
"completely ignoring her was the unkindest cut of all"
],
"synonyms":[
"affront",
"barb",
"brickbat",
"dart",
"dig",
"dis",
"diss",
"epithet",
"gird",
"indignity",
"insult",
"name",
"offense",
"offence",
"outrage",
"personality",
"poke",
"put-down",
"sarcasm",
"slap",
"slight",
"slur"
],
"near synonyms":[
"catcall",
"gibe",
"jibe",
"jeer",
"mock",
"quip",
"sneer",
"taunt",
"abuse",
"invective",
"vituperation",
"disapproval",
"opprobrium",
"disgrace",
"dishonor",
"shame",
"attack",
"criticism",
"knock",
"slam",
"swipe",
"torment",
"torture"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accolade",
"commendation",
"compliment",
"acclaim",
"applause",
"praise",
"adulation",
"flattery"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in reduced , diminished":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"abbreviated",
"abridged",
"diminished",
"reduced",
"imperfect",
"incomplete",
"partial"
],
"near antonyms":[
"compleat",
"complete",
"comprehensive",
"entire",
"full",
"grand",
"intact",
"integral",
"perfect",
"plenary",
"total",
"whole",
"unabridged",
"uncut",
"undiminished",
"all-out",
"exhaustive",
"extensive",
"maximal"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in chiseled":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"chiseled",
"chiselled",
"lean",
"lithe",
"skinny",
"slender",
"slim",
"spare",
"svelte",
"sylphlike"
],
"near antonyms":[
"beer-bellied",
"paunchy",
"potbellied",
"chubby",
"corpulent",
"fat",
"fleshy",
"full",
"gross",
"obese",
"overweight",
"plump",
"podgy",
"portly",
"pudgy",
"roly-poly",
"rotund",
"round",
"tubby",
"flabby",
"soft"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"cutting the mustard":{
"to reach a desired level of accomplishment":{
"examples":[
"a college footballer who couldn't cut the mustard in the professional leagues"
],
"synonyms":[
"arriving",
"flourishing",
"prospering",
"succeeding",
"thriving"
],
"near synonyms":[
"prevailing",
"triumphing",
"winning",
"excelling"
],
"near antonyms":[
"floundering",
"struggling"
],
"antonyms":[
"failing"
]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"cutting up":{
"to engage in attention-getting playful or boisterous behavior":{
"examples":[
"high-spirited cousins who cut up at every family gathering"
],
"synonyms":[
"acting up",
"clowning (around)",
"fooling around",
"horsing around",
"hotdogging",
"monkeying (around)",
"showboating",
"showing off",
"skylarking"
],
"near synonyms":[
"carrying on",
"misbehaving",
"roughhousing",
"capering",
"cavorting",
"disporting",
"frisking",
"frolicking",
"gamboling",
"gambolling",
"larking",
"rollicking",
"romping",
"carousing",
"mafficking",
"reveling",
"revelling",
"roaring",
"wassailing"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"cutting back":{
"as in economizing , frugality":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
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"closeness",
"meanness",
"miserliness",
"parsimony",
"penuriousness",
"pinching",
"selfishness",
"stinginess",
"tightness",
"ungenerosity",
"conserving",
"economizing",
"economy",
"frugality",
"husbandry",
"providence",
"scrimping",
"skimping",
"thrift",
"conservation",
"saving",
"husbanding",
"managing",
"scraping"
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"bigheartedness",
"bountifulness",
"bounty",
"generosity",
"generousness",
"largesse",
"largess",
"liberality",
"munificence",
"openhandedness",
"openheartedness",
"philanthropy",
"unselfishness",
"beneficence",
"charity",
"kindliness",
"selflessness",
"kindness"
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"we need to cut back the bushes a bit so that the house number is visible from the street"
],
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"clipping",
"cropping",
"cutting",
"docking",
"lopping (off)",
"nipping",
"paring",
"polling",
"pruning",
"shaving",
"shearing",
"snipping",
"trimming"
],
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"skiving",
"whittling",
"manicuring",
"mowing",
"pinching",
"stumping",
"curtailing",
"shortening"
],
"near antonyms":[
"elongating",
"extending",
"lengthening"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make less in extent or duration":{
"examples":[
"cut back the meeting so everyone could leave early for the long weekend"
],
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"abbreviating",
"abridging",
"curtailing",
"docking",
"eliding",
"shortening",
"syncopating",
"truncating"
],
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"abstracting",
"digesting",
"encapsulating",
"epitomizing",
"recapitulating",
"summarizing",
"summing up",
"abating",
"compressing",
"constricting",
"contracting",
"cutting",
"cutting down",
"paring",
"pruning",
"trimming",
"decreasing",
"de-escalating",
"deflating",
"diminishing",
"downsizing",
"dwindling",
"lessening",
"lowering",
"moderating",
"modifying",
"reducing",
"retrenching",
"shrinking",
"slashing",
"subtracting (from)",
"tapering"
],
"near antonyms":[
"enlarging",
"expanding",
"supplementing",
"adding",
"aggrandizing",
"amplifying",
"augmenting",
"ballooning",
"boosting",
"dilating",
"escalating",
"heightening",
"increasing",
"maximizing",
"pumping up",
"raising",
"blowing up",
"distending",
"inflating",
"swelling"
],
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"elongating",
"extending",
"lengthening",
"prolonging",
"protracting"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"cuts in (on)":{
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"butts in",
"obtrudes",
"agitates",
"perturbs",
"encroaches",
"infringes",
"invades",
"trespasses",
"angers",
"antagonizes",
"enrages",
"incenses",
"inflames",
"enflames",
"infuriates",
"maddens",
"outrages",
"afflicts",
"harasses",
"provokes",
"distresses",
"plagues",
"beleaguers",
"besets",
"besieges",
"aggravates",
"annoys",
"bedevils",
"chafes",
"devils",
"dogs",
"duns",
"exasperates",
"frets",
"galls",
"gets",
"gnaws",
"grates",
"hassles",
"irks",
"irritates",
"nettles",
"peeves",
"persecutes",
"piques",
"puts out",
"rankles",
"rasps",
"riles",
"roils",
"torments",
"vexes",
"worries",
"inconveniences",
"troubles",
"bothers",
"bugs",
"chivies",
"chivvies",
"disturbs",
"intrudes (upon)",
"pesters"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disregards",
"forgets",
"ignores",
"leaves",
"slights",
"appeases",
"conciliates",
"disarms",
"mollifies",
"obliges",
"placates",
"delights",
"gladdens",
"gratifies",
"pleases",
"satisfies",
"comforts",
"consoles",
"contents"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"cut off":{
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"examples":[
"the majority party cut off debate and forced a vote on the bill"
],
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"break",
"break off",
"break up",
"can",
"cease",
"cut out",
"desist (from)",
"discontinue",
"drop",
"end",
"give over",
"halt",
"knock off",
"lay off",
"leave off",
"pack (up or in)",
"quit",
"shut off",
"stop"
],
"near synonyms":[
"complete",
"conclude",
"finish",
"close (down)",
"deactivate",
"block",
"blockade",
"dam",
"delay",
"detain",
"hinder",
"hold",
"hold back",
"impede",
"kibosh",
"obstruct",
"stem",
"call",
"suspend",
"arrest",
"brake",
"check",
"clamp down",
"rein (in)",
"squash",
"squelch",
"stamp",
"stanch",
"staunch",
"stunt",
"suppress",
"turn back",
"pause",
"stay",
"suspend",
"abolish",
"abort",
"annul",
"demolish",
"destroy",
"dissolve",
"kill",
"ruin",
"scuttle",
"snuff"
],
"near antonyms":[
"carry on",
"continue",
"follow through (with)",
"keep up",
"run on",
"advance",
"proceed",
"progress",
"actuate",
"drive",
"impel",
"propel",
"stir"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
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"examples":[
"the dog cut off the one sheep that had to be sheared"
],
"synonyms":[
"insulate",
"isolate",
"seclude",
"segregate",
"separate",
"sequester"
],
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"quarantine",
"confine",
"immure",
"incarcerate",
"intern",
"jail",
"lock (up)",
"restrain",
"restrict",
"abstract",
"detach",
"disengage",
"remove",
"detain",
"hold",
"keep"
],
"near antonyms":[
"assimilate",
"associate",
"connect",
"join",
"link",
"unite",
"discharge",
"free",
"liberate",
"loose",
"release"
],
"antonyms":[
"desegregate",
"integrate",
"reintegrate"
]
},
"the stopping of a process or activity":{
"examples":[
"with a cutoff for funding the war, military operations soon ground to a halt"
],
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"arrest",
"arrestment",
"cease",
"cessation",
"check",
"close",
"closedown",
"closure",
"conclusion",
"discontinuance",
"discontinuation",
"end",
"ending",
"expiration",
"finish",
"halt",
"lapse",
"offset",
"shutdown",
"shutoff",
"stay",
"stop",
"stoppage",
"surcease",
"termination"
],
"near synonyms":[
"mop-up",
"phaseout",
"abeyance",
"break",
"interruption",
"layoff",
"letup",
"moratorium",
"pause",
"standstill",
"suspension"
],
"near antonyms":[
"extension",
"persistence",
"prolongation"
],
"antonyms":[
"continuance",
"continuation"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"cutey":{
"a lovely woman":{
"examples":[
"in her days as a chorus girl she was a real cutie"
],
"synonyms":[
"babe",
"beauty",
"beauty queen",
"cookie",
"cooky",
"dolly bird",
"enchantress",
"eyeful",
"fox",
"goddess",
"honey",
"knockout",
"queen",
"stunner"
],
"near synonyms":[
"belle",
"charmer",
"peach",
"bathing beauty",
"cover girl",
"pinup girl",
"houri",
"cutie-pie",
"dish",
"doll",
"dreamboat",
"hottie",
"looker",
"pretty",
"coquette",
"femme fatale",
"siren",
"temptress",
"vamp"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bag",
"frump",
"crone",
"hag",
"witch"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a physically attractive person":{
"examples":[
"a director hoping to find among that crowd of cuties someone who could actually act"
],
"synonyms":[
"babe",
"dish",
"doll",
"dreamboat",
"fox",
"glamour-puss",
"hottie",
"knockout",
"looker",
"showstopper",
"ten"
],
"near synonyms":[
"beauty",
"eyeful",
"goddess",
"lovely",
"stunner",
"beefcake",
"hunk",
"stud",
"superstud"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"dog"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"cuts in":{
"to cause a disruption in a conversation or discussion":{
"examples":[
"a stranger cut in with unsolicited advice on how we could fix our relationship"
],
"synonyms":[
"breaks in",
"chimes in",
"chips in",
"interposes",
"interrupts",
"intrudes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"barges (in)",
"bothers",
"horns in",
"adds",
"contributes",
"puts in"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"cutie-pie":{
"as in dish , doll":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"dish",
"doll",
"dreamboat",
"hottie",
"looker",
"pretty",
"houri",
"coquette",
"femme fatale",
"siren",
"temptress",
"vamp",
"bathing beauty",
"cover girl",
"pinup girl",
"belle",
"charmer",
"peach",
"babe",
"beauty",
"beauty queen",
"cookie",
"cooky",
"cutie",
"cutey",
"dolly bird",
"enchantress",
"eyeful",
"fox",
"goddess",
"honey",
"knockout",
"queen",
"stunner"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bag",
"frump",
"crone",
"hag",
"witch"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"cuts off":{
"to bring (as an action or operation) to an immediate end":{
"examples":[
"the majority party cut off debate and forced a vote on the bill"
],
"synonyms":[
"breaks",
"breaks off",
"breaks up",
"cans",
"ceases",
"cuts out",
"desists (from)",
"discontinues",
"drops",
"ends",
"gives over",
"halts",
"knocks off",
"lays off",
"leaves off",
"packs (up or in)",
"quits",
"shuts off",
"stops"
],
"near synonyms":[
"completes",
"concludes",
"finishes",
"closes (down)",
"deactivates",
"blockades",
"blocks",
"dams",
"delays",
"detains",
"hinders",
"holds",
"holds back",
"impedes",
"kiboshes",
"obstructs",
"stems",
"calls",
"suspends",
"arrests",
"brakes",
"checks",
"clamps down",
"reins (in)",
"squashes",
"squelches",
"stamps",
"stanches",
"staunches",
"stunts",
"suppresses",
"turns back",
"pauses",
"stays",
"suspends",
"abolishes",
"aborts",
"annuls",
"demolishes",
"destroys",
"dissolves",
"kills",
"ruins",
"scuttles",
"snuffs"
],
"near antonyms":[
"carries on",
"continues",
"follows through (with)",
"keeps up",
"runs on",
"advances",
"proceeds",
"progresses",
"actuates",
"drives",
"impels",
"propels",
"stirs"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to set or keep apart from others":{
"examples":[
"the dog cut off the one sheep that had to be sheared"
],
"synonyms":[
"insulates",
"isolates",
"secludes",
"segregates",
"separates",
"sequesters"
],
"near synonyms":[
"quarantines",
"confines",
"immures",
"incarcerates",
"interns",
"jails",
"locks (up)",
"restrains",
"restricts",
"abstracts",
"detaches",
"disengages",
"removes",
"detains",
"holds",
"keeps"
],
"near antonyms":[
"assimilates",
"associates",
"connects",
"joins",
"links",
"unites",
"discharges",
"frees",
"liberates",
"looses",
"releases"
],
"antonyms":[
"desegregates",
"integrates",
"reintegrates"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"cuts (out)":{
"to stop functioning":{
"examples":[
"the engine abruptly cut out"
],
"synonyms":[
"breaks",
"breaks down",
"conks (out)",
"crashes",
"dies",
"fails",
"gives out",
"stalls"
],
"near synonyms":[
"fizzles",
"sputters",
"wheezes",
"acts up",
"malfunctions",
"jams"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"starts (up)"
]
},
"to bring (as an action or operation) to an immediate end":{
"examples":[
"now cut that out , or I'm turning this car around!"
],
"synonyms":[
"breaks",
"breaks off",
"breaks up",
"cans",
"ceases",
"cuts off",
"desists (from)",
"discontinues",
"drops",
"ends",
"gives over",
"halts",
"knocks off",
"lays off",
"leaves off",
"packs (up or in)",
"quits",
"shuts off",
"stops"
],
"near synonyms":[
"completes",
"concludes",
"finishes",
"closes (down)",
"deactivates",
"blockades",
"blocks",
"dams",
"delays",
"detains",
"hinders",
"holds",
"holds back",
"impedes",
"kiboshes",
"obstructs",
"stems",
"calls",
"suspends",
"arrests",
"brakes",
"checks",
"clamps down",
"reins (in)",
"squashes",
"squelches",
"stamps",
"stanches",
"staunches",
"stunts",
"suppresses",
"turns back",
"pauses",
"stays",
"suspends",
"abolishes",
"aborts",
"annuls",
"demolishes",
"destroys",
"dissolves",
"kills",
"ruins",
"scuttles",
"snuffs"
],
"near antonyms":[
"carries on",
"continues",
"follows through (with)",
"keeps up",
"runs on",
"advances",
"proceeds",
"progresses",
"actuates",
"drives",
"impels",
"propels",
"stirs"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to leave a place often for another":{
"examples":[
"after a few minutes of their brainless conversation I was ready to cut out"
],
"synonyms":[
"bails",
"bails out",
"books",
"buggers off",
"bugs off",
"bugs out",
"buzzes (off)",
"clears off",
"clears out",
"departs",
"digs out",
"exits",
"gets",
"gets off",
"goes",
"goes off",
"moves",
"packs (up or off)",
"parts",
"peels off",
"pikes (out or off)",
"pulls out",
"pushes off",
"pushes on",
"quits",
"runs along",
"sallies (forth)",
"scarpers",
"shoves (off)",
"steps (along)",
"takes off",
"vamooses",
"walks out"
],
"near synonyms":[
"sets out",
"starts",
"strikes out",
"absconds",
"decamps",
"escapes",
"evacuates",
"flees",
"flies",
"gets out",
"mizzles",
"runs away",
"scats",
"scrams",
"skips",
"goes out",
"lights out",
"steps out",
"abandons",
"deserts",
"forsakes",
"vacates",
"emigrates",
"adjourns",
"removes",
"retires",
"retreats",
"withdraws"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abides",
"dwells",
"lodges",
"remains",
"settles",
"stays",
"tarries",
"approaches",
"closes",
"nears",
"hits",
"lands",
"reaches"
],
"antonyms":[
"arrives",
"comes",
"shows up",
"turns up"
]
},
"to take the place of":{
"examples":[
"this ambitious new friend of hers seems to be cutting out people that she's known for years"
],
"synonyms":[
"displaces",
"displants",
"relieves",
"replaces",
"substitutes",
"supersedes",
"supplants"
],
"near synonyms":[
"preempts",
"usurps"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"cutie":{
"a lovely woman":{
"examples":[
"in her days as a chorus girl she was a real cutie"
],
"synonyms":[
"babe",
"beauty",
"beauty queen",
"cookie",
"cooky",
"dolly bird",
"enchantress",
"eyeful",
"fox",
"goddess",
"honey",
"knockout",
"queen",
"stunner"
],
"near synonyms":[
"belle",
"charmer",
"peach",
"bathing beauty",
"cover girl",
"pinup girl",
"houri",
"cutie-pie",
"dish",
"doll",
"dreamboat",
"hottie",
"looker",
"pretty",
"coquette",
"femme fatale",
"siren",
"temptress",
"vamp"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bag",
"frump",
"crone",
"hag",
"witch"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a physically attractive person":{
"examples":[
"a director hoping to find among that crowd of cuties someone who could actually act"
],
"synonyms":[
"babe",
"dish",
"doll",
"dreamboat",
"fox",
"glamour-puss",
"hottie",
"knockout",
"looker",
"showstopper",
"ten"
],
"near synonyms":[
"beauty",
"eyeful",
"goddess",
"lovely",
"stunner",
"beefcake",
"hunk",
"stud",
"superstud"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"dog"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"cutie-pies":{
"as in dishes , dolls":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"dishes",
"dolls",
"dreamboats",
"hotties",
"lookers",
"pretties",
"houris",
"coquettes",
"femmes fatales",
"sirens",
"temptresses",
"vamps",
"bathing beauties",
"cover girls",
"pinup girls",
"belles",
"charmers",
"peaches",
"babes",
"beauties",
"beauty queens",
"cookies",
"cuties",
"cuteys",
"dolly birds",
"enchantresses",
"eyefuls",
"foxes",
"fox",
"goddesses",
"honeys",
"knockouts",
"queens",
"stunners"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bags",
"frumps",
"crones",
"hags",
"witches"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"cutting it":{
"to reach a desired level of accomplishment":{
"examples":[
"He couldn't cut it as an actor, so went into journalism instead."
],
"synonyms":[
"arriving",
"flourishing",
"prospering",
"succeeding",
"thriving"
],
"near synonyms":[
"prevailing",
"triumphing",
"winning",
"excelling"
],
"near antonyms":[
"floundering",
"struggling"
],
"antonyms":[
"failing"
]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"cut out":{
"to stop functioning":{
"examples":[
"the engine abruptly cut out"
],
"synonyms":[
"break",
"break down",
"conk (out)",
"crash",
"die",
"fail",
"give out",
"stall"
],
"near synonyms":[
"fizzle",
"sputter",
"wheeze",
"act up",
"malfunction",
"jam"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"start (up)"
]
},
"to bring (as an action or operation) to an immediate end":{
"examples":[
"now cut that out , or I'm turning this car around!"
],
"synonyms":[
"break",
"break off",
"break up",
"can",
"cease",
"cut off",
"desist (from)",
"discontinue",
"drop",
"end",
"give over",
"halt",
"knock off",
"lay off",
"leave off",
"pack (up or in)",
"quit",
"shut off",
"stop"
],
"near synonyms":[
"complete",
"conclude",
"finish",
"close (down)",
"deactivate",
"block",
"blockade",
"dam",
"delay",
"detain",
"hinder",
"hold",
"hold back",
"impede",
"kibosh",
"obstruct",
"stem",
"call",
"suspend",
"arrest",
"brake",
"check",
"clamp down",
"rein (in)",
"squash",
"squelch",
"stamp",
"stanch",
"staunch",
"stunt",
"suppress",
"turn back",
"pause",
"stay",
"suspend",
"abolish",
"abort",
"annul",
"demolish",
"destroy",
"dissolve",
"kill",
"ruin",
"scuttle",
"snuff"
],
"near antonyms":[
"carry on",
"continue",
"follow through (with)",
"keep up",
"run on",
"advance",
"proceed",
"progress",
"actuate",
"drive",
"impel",
"propel",
"stir"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to leave a place often for another":{
"examples":[
"after a few minutes of their brainless conversation I was ready to cut out"
],
"synonyms":[
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"bail out",
"begone",
"book",
"bug off",
"bug out",
"bugger off",
"buzz (off)",
"clear off",
"clear out",
"depart",
"dig out",
"exit",
"get",
"get off",
"go",
"go off",
"move",
"pack (up or off)",
"part",
"peel off",
"pike (out or off)",
"pull out",
"push off",
"push on",
"quit",
"run along",
"sally (forth)",
"scarper",
"shove (off)",
"step (along)",
"take off",
"vamoose",
"walk out"
],
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"set out",
"start",
"strike out",
"abscond",
"decamp",
"escape",
"evacuate",
"flee",
"fly",
"get out",
"mizzle",
"run away",
"scat",
"scram",
"skip",
"go out",
"light out",
"step out",
"abandon",
"desert",
"forsake",
"vacate",
"emigrate",
"adjourn",
"remove",
"retire",
"retreat",
"withdraw"
],
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"abide",
"dwell",
"lodge",
"remain",
"settle",
"stay",
"tarry",
"approach",
"close",
"near",
"hit",
"land",
"reach"
],
"antonyms":[
"arrive",
"come",
"show up",
"turn up"
]
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"examples":[
"this ambitious new friend of hers seems to be cutting out people that she's known for years"
],
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"displace",
"displant",
"relieve",
"replace",
"substitute",
"supersede",
"supplant"
],
"near synonyms":[
"preempt",
"usurp"
],
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"antonyms":[]
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"as in able , capable":{
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"able",
"capable",
"competent",
"qualified",
"trained",
"needed",
"required",
"requisite",
"pitch-perfect",
"condign",
"deserved",
"just",
"justified",
"acceptable",
"adequate",
"decent",
"kosher",
"satisfactory",
"serviceable",
"tolerable",
"applicable",
"appropriate",
"apt",
"becoming",
"befitting",
"felicitous",
"fit",
"fitted",
"fitting",
"good",
"happy",
"meet",
"pretty",
"proper",
"right",
"suitable",
"correct",
"decorous",
"respectable",
"seemly",
"balanced",
"companionate",
"congruous",
"consonant",
"harmonious",
"rightful"
],
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"improper",
"inapplicable",
"inapposite",
"inappropriate",
"inapt",
"incongruous",
"indecent",
"infelicitous",
"malapropos",
"misbecoming",
"unapt",
"unbecoming",
"unbeseeming",
"unfit",
"unfitting",
"unhappy",
"unmeet",
"unseemly",
"unsuitable",
"wrong",
"incapable",
"incompetent",
"inept",
"inexpert",
"unqualified",
"unskilled",
"unskillful",
"untrained",
"inadequate",
"intolerable",
"unacceptable",
"unsatisfactory",
"graceless",
"incorrect",
"indecorous",
"incompatible",
"uncongenial"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"cut-and-dried":{
"being of the type that is encountered in the normal course of events":{
"examples":[
"a cut-and-dried session of the convention just to get required business out of the way"
],
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"average",
"common",
"commonplace",
"everyday",
"garden-variety",
"normal",
"ordinary",
"prosaic",
"routine",
"run-of-the-mill",
"standard",
"standard-issue",
"unexceptional",
"unremarkable",
"usual",
"workaday"
],
"near synonyms":[
"regular",
"typical",
"unextraordinary",
"familiar",
"homely",
"plain",
"plain-Jane",
"popular",
"vulgar",
"natural",
"customary",
"wonted",
"insignificant",
"trivial",
"unimportant",
"frequent",
"habitual",
"expected",
"predictable"
],
"near antonyms":[
"curious",
"funny",
"peculiar",
"quaint",
"queer",
"aberrant",
"anomalous",
"atypical",
"irregular",
"untypical",
"rare",
"recherch\u00e9",
"scarce",
"fantastic",
"fantastical",
"phenomenal",
"bizarre",
"far-out",
"Kafkaesque",
"outrageous",
"outr\u00e9",
"wacky",
"whacky",
"way-out",
"weird",
"wild",
"eccentric",
"idiosyncratic",
"kooky",
"kookie",
"nonconformist",
"oddball",
"offbeat",
"unconventional",
"unorthodox",
"freak",
"freakish",
"conspicuous",
"notable",
"novel",
"outstanding",
"prominent",
"salient",
"signal",
"striking",
"unexampled",
"unprecedented",
"singular",
"unique",
"unparalleled"
],
"antonyms":[
"abnormal",
"exceptional",
"extraordinary",
"odd",
"out-of-the-way",
"strange",
"unusual"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"cut-price":{
"costing little":{
"examples":[
"a cut-price purse that looked like a much more expensive brand"
],
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"affordable",
"bargain-basement",
"budget",
"cheap",
"cheapie",
"cheapo",
"chintzy",
"cut-rate",
"dime-store",
"dirt cheap",
"el cheapo",
"inexpensive",
"low",
"low-end",
"popular",
"reasonable"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cheapish",
"moderate",
"discount",
"discounted",
"fire-sale",
"lowered",
"reduced",
"wholesale",
"valueless",
"worthless",
"supercheap",
"ultracheap"
],
"near antonyms":[
"increased",
"inflated",
"exorbitant",
"extravagant",
"overpriced",
"prohibitive",
"prohibitory",
"steep",
"stiff",
"superexpensive",
"ultraexpensive",
"unreasonable",
"invaluable",
"priceless",
"luxurious"
],
"antonyms":[
"costly",
"dear",
"deluxe",
"expensive",
"high",
"high-ticket",
"precious",
"premium",
"pricey",
"pricy",
"spendy",
"valuable"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"cutting (down)":{
"to bring down by cutting":{
"examples":[
"we need to cut down that dying tree"
],
"synonyms":[
"chopping (down)",
"felling",
"hewing",
"mowing"
],
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"bulldozing",
"demolishing",
"flattening",
"leveling",
"levelling",
"razing",
"tearing down"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"cut of one's jib":{
"the outward form of someone or something especially as indicative of a quality":{
"examples":[
"By the cut of his jib we guessed that the man was a seasoned outdoorsman."
],
"synonyms":[
"appearance",
"aspect",
"dress",
"figure",
"garb",
"look",
"mien",
"outside",
"presence",
"regard"
],
"near synonyms":[
"air",
"attitude",
"bearing",
"behavior",
"comportment",
"demeanor",
"deportment",
"manner",
"poise",
"pose",
"carriage",
"posture",
"stance",
"cast",
"mold",
"shape",
"turn",
"color",
"coloring",
"complexion",
"countenance",
"face",
"features",
"habit",
"habitus",
"person",
"physiognomy",
"superficies",
"visage"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"cuts (down)":{
"to bring down by cutting":{
"examples":[
"we need to cut down that dying tree"
],
"synonyms":[
"chops (down)",
"fells",
"hews",
"mows"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bulldozes",
"demolishes",
"flattens",
"levels",
"razes",
"tears down"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"cut back":{
"to make (something) shorter or smaller with the use of a cutting instrument":{
"examples":[
"we need to cut back the bushes a bit so that the house number is visible from the street"
],
"synonyms":[
"bob",
"clip",
"crop",
"cut",
"dock",
"lop (off)",
"nip",
"pare",
"poll",
"prune",
"shave",
"shear",
"snip",
"trim"
],
"near synonyms":[
"skive",
"whittle",
"manicure",
"mow",
"pinch",
"stump",
"curtail",
"shorten"
],
"near antonyms":[
"elongate",
"extend",
"lengthen"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make less in extent or duration":{
"examples":[
"cut back the meeting so everyone could leave early for the long weekend"
],
"synonyms":[
"abbreviate",
"abridge",
"curtail",
"dock",
"elide",
"shorten",
"syncopate",
"truncate"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abstract",
"digest",
"encapsulate",
"epitomize",
"recapitulate",
"summarize",
"sum up",
"abate",
"compress",
"constrict",
"contract",
"cut",
"cut down",
"pare",
"prune",
"trim",
"decrease",
"de-escalate",
"deflate",
"diminish",
"downsize",
"dwindle",
"lessen",
"lower",
"moderate",
"modify",
"reduce",
"retrench",
"shrink",
"slash",
"subtract (from)",
"taper"
],
"near antonyms":[
"enlarge",
"expand",
"supplement",
"add",
"aggrandize",
"amplify",
"augment",
"balloon",
"boost",
"dilate",
"escalate",
"heighten",
"increase",
"maximize",
"pump up",
"raise",
"blow up",
"distend",
"inflate",
"swell"
],
"antonyms":[
"elongate",
"extend",
"lengthen",
"prolong",
"protract"
]
},
"as in shortened , curtailed":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"abbreviated",
"abridged",
"curtailed",
"shortened",
"syncopated",
"shortish",
"compact",
"condensed",
"brief",
"fast",
"little",
"short",
"abrupt",
"sudden",
"ephemeral",
"fleeting",
"momentary",
"short-lived",
"transient",
"transitory",
"impermanent",
"compendious",
"concise",
"crisp",
"epigrammatic",
"laconic",
"pithy",
"succinct",
"summary",
"terse",
"short-range",
"short-term"
],
"near antonyms":[
"extended",
"far",
"great",
"lengthy",
"long",
"long-drawn-out",
"long-drawn",
"long-lived",
"endless",
"everlasting",
"interminable",
"persistent",
"unending",
"longish",
"overlong",
"prolonged",
"protracted",
"permanent",
"enlarged",
"expanded",
"supplemented",
"long-range",
"long-term"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in cut , curtailment":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"curtailment",
"cut",
"abatement",
"decline",
"decrement",
"detraction",
"diminishment",
"diminution",
"drop",
"fall",
"loss",
"reduction",
"shrinkage",
"discount",
"giveback",
"kickback",
"rebate",
"deduction",
"subtraction"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accession",
"addition",
"boost",
"enlargement",
"gain",
"increase",
"increment",
"raise",
"rise",
"accretion",
"accrual",
"accumulation",
"addendum",
"appendix",
"augmentation",
"supplement",
"supplementation"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"cutline":{
"an explanation or description accompanying a pictorial illustration":{
"examples":[
"the cutline wrongly identified the people in the photo"
],
"synonyms":[
"caption",
"legend"
],
"near synonyms":[
"key",
"closed-captioning",
"subtitle",
"translation",
"motto",
"posy",
"slogan",
"tagline"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"cut in (on)":{
"as in butt in , obtrude":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"butt in",
"obtrude",
"agitate",
"perturb",
"encroach",
"infringe",
"invade",
"trespass",
"anger",
"antagonize",
"enrage",
"incense",
"inflame",
"enflame",
"infuriate",
"madden",
"outrage",
"afflict",
"harass",
"provoke",
"distress",
"plague",
"beleaguer",
"beset",
"besiege",
"aggravate",
"annoy",
"bedevil",
"chafe",
"devil",
"dog",
"dun",
"exasperate",
"fret",
"gall",
"get",
"gnaw",
"grate",
"hassle",
"irk",
"irritate",
"nettle",
"peeve",
"persecute",
"pique",
"put out",
"rankle",
"rasp",
"rile",
"roil",
"torment",
"vex",
"worry",
"inconvenience",
"trouble",
"bother",
"bug",
"chivy",
"chivvy",
"disturb",
"intrude (upon)",
"pester"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disregard",
"forget",
"ignore",
"leave",
"slight",
"appease",
"conciliate",
"disarm",
"mollify",
"oblige",
"placate",
"delight",
"gladden",
"gratify",
"please",
"satisfy",
"comfort",
"console",
"content"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"cutter":{
"an instrument with a metal length that has a sharp edge for cutting":{
"examples":[
"a fabric cutter"
],
"synonyms":[
"blade",
"knife",
"shank",
"shiv"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cleaver",
"hack",
"bayonet",
"bodkin",
"bolo",
"bowie knife",
"cutlass",
"dagger",
"dirk",
"jackknife",
"machete",
"pocketknife",
"poniard",
"sheath knife",
"stiletto",
"stylet",
"switchblade",
"switch knife",
"yataghan",
"rapier",
"saber",
"sabre",
"steel",
"sword",
"scalpel"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"cuts loose":{
"to set free from entanglement or difficulty":{
"examples":[
"Realizing that he could not afford to pay her, she cut him loose by calling off the bet."
],
"synonyms":[
"clears",
"disembarrasses",
"disengages",
"disentangles",
"extricates",
"frees",
"liberates",
"releases",
"untangles"
],
"near synonyms":[
"delivers",
"redeems",
"rescues",
"saves",
"disburdens",
"disencumbers",
"unburdens",
"unravels",
"unsnarls",
"unties",
"untwines"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blocks",
"hampers",
"hinders",
"impedes",
"obstructs",
"burdens",
"encumbers",
"loads",
"weighs"
],
"antonyms":[
"embroils",
"entangles"
]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"cuts (off)":{
"to bring (as an action or operation) to an immediate end":{
"examples":[
"the majority party cut off debate and forced a vote on the bill"
],
"synonyms":[
"breaks",
"breaks off",
"breaks up",
"cans",
"ceases",
"cuts out",
"desists (from)",
"discontinues",
"drops",
"ends",
"gives over",
"halts",
"knocks off",
"lays off",
"leaves off",
"packs (up or in)",
"quits",
"shuts off",
"stops"
],
"near synonyms":[
"completes",
"concludes",
"finishes",
"closes (down)",
"deactivates",
"blockades",
"blocks",
"dams",
"delays",
"detains",
"hinders",
"holds",
"holds back",
"impedes",
"kiboshes",
"obstructs",
"stems",
"calls",
"suspends",
"arrests",
"brakes",
"checks",
"clamps down",
"reins (in)",
"squashes",
"squelches",
"stamps",
"stanches",
"staunches",
"stunts",
"suppresses",
"turns back",
"pauses",
"stays",
"suspends",
"abolishes",
"aborts",
"annuls",
"demolishes",
"destroys",
"dissolves",
"kills",
"ruins",
"scuttles",
"snuffs"
],
"near antonyms":[
"carries on",
"continues",
"follows through (with)",
"keeps up",
"runs on",
"advances",
"proceeds",
"progresses",
"actuates",
"drives",
"impels",
"propels",
"stirs"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to set or keep apart from others":{
"examples":[
"the dog cut off the one sheep that had to be sheared"
],
"synonyms":[
"insulates",
"isolates",
"secludes",
"segregates",
"separates",
"sequesters"
],
"near synonyms":[
"quarantines",
"confines",
"immures",
"incarcerates",
"interns",
"jails",
"locks (up)",
"restrains",
"restricts",
"abstracts",
"detaches",
"disengages",
"removes",
"detains",
"holds",
"keeps"
],
"near antonyms":[
"assimilates",
"associates",
"connects",
"joins",
"links",
"unites",
"discharges",
"frees",
"liberates",
"looses",
"releases"
],
"antonyms":[
"desegregates",
"integrates",
"reintegrates"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"cut (off)":{
"to bring (as an action or operation) to an immediate end":{
"examples":[
"the majority party cut off debate and forced a vote on the bill"
],
"synonyms":[
"break",
"break off",
"break up",
"can",
"cease",
"cut out",
"desist (from)",
"discontinue",
"drop",
"end",
"give over",
"halt",
"knock off",
"lay off",
"leave off",
"pack (up or in)",
"quit",
"shut off",
"stop"
],
"near synonyms":[
"complete",
"conclude",
"finish",
"close (down)",
"deactivate",
"block",
"blockade",
"dam",
"delay",
"detain",
"hinder",
"hold",
"hold back",
"impede",
"kibosh",
"obstruct",
"stem",
"call",
"suspend",
"arrest",
"brake",
"check",
"clamp down",
"rein (in)",
"squash",
"squelch",
"stamp",
"stanch",
"staunch",
"stunt",
"suppress",
"turn back",
"pause",
"stay",
"suspend",
"abolish",
"abort",
"annul",
"demolish",
"destroy",
"dissolve",
"kill",
"ruin",
"scuttle",
"snuff"
],
"near antonyms":[
"carry on",
"continue",
"follow through (with)",
"keep up",
"run on",
"advance",
"proceed",
"progress",
"actuate",
"drive",
"impel",
"propel",
"stir"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to set or keep apart from others":{
"examples":[
"the dog cut off the one sheep that had to be sheared"
],
"synonyms":[
"insulate",
"isolate",
"seclude",
"segregate",
"separate",
"sequester"
],
"near synonyms":[
"quarantine",
"confine",
"immure",
"incarcerate",
"intern",
"jail",
"lock (up)",
"restrain",
"restrict",
"abstract",
"detach",
"disengage",
"remove",
"detain",
"hold",
"keep"
],
"near antonyms":[
"assimilate",
"associate",
"connect",
"join",
"link",
"unite",
"discharge",
"free",
"liberate",
"loose",
"release"
],
"antonyms":[
"desegregate",
"integrate",
"reintegrate"
]
},
"the stopping of a process or activity":{
"examples":[
"with a cutoff for funding the war, military operations soon ground to a halt"
],
"synonyms":[
"arrest",
"arrestment",
"cease",
"cessation",
"check",
"close",
"closedown",
"closure",
"conclusion",
"discontinuance",
"discontinuation",
"end",
"ending",
"expiration",
"finish",
"halt",
"lapse",
"offset",
"shutdown",
"shutoff",
"stay",
"stop",
"stoppage",
"surcease",
"termination"
],
"near synonyms":[
"mop-up",
"phaseout",
"abeyance",
"break",
"interruption",
"layoff",
"letup",
"moratorium",
"pause",
"standstill",
"suspension"
],
"near antonyms":[
"extension",
"persistence",
"prolongation"
],
"antonyms":[
"continuance",
"continuation"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"cuts it":{
"to reach a desired level of accomplishment":{
"examples":[
"He couldn't cut it as an actor, so went into journalism instead."
],
"synonyms":[
"arrives",
"flourishes",
"prospers",
"succeeds",
"thrives"
],
"near synonyms":[
"prevails",
"triumphs",
"wins",
"excels"
],
"near antonyms":[
"flounders",
"struggles"
],
"antonyms":[
"fails"
]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"cuts the mustard":{
"to reach a desired level of accomplishment":{
"examples":[
"a college footballer who couldn't cut the mustard in the professional leagues"
],
"synonyms":[
"arrives",
"flourishes",
"prospers",
"succeeds",
"thrives"
],
"near synonyms":[
"prevails",
"triumphs",
"wins",
"excels"
],
"near antonyms":[
"flounders",
"struggles"
],
"antonyms":[
"fails"
]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"cuts out":{
"to stop functioning":{
"examples":[
"the engine abruptly cut out"
],
"synonyms":[
"breaks",
"breaks down",
"conks (out)",
"crashes",
"dies",
"fails",
"gives out",
"stalls"
],
"near synonyms":[
"fizzles",
"sputters",
"wheezes",
"acts up",
"malfunctions",
"jams"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"starts (up)"
]
},
"to bring (as an action or operation) to an immediate end":{
"examples":[
"now cut that out , or I'm turning this car around!"
],
"synonyms":[
"breaks",
"breaks off",
"breaks up",
"cans",
"ceases",
"cuts off",
"desists (from)",
"discontinues",
"drops",
"ends",
"gives over",
"halts",
"knocks off",
"lays off",
"leaves off",
"packs (up or in)",
"quits",
"shuts off",
"stops"
],
"near synonyms":[
"completes",
"concludes",
"finishes",
"closes (down)",
"deactivates",
"blockades",
"blocks",
"dams",
"delays",
"detains",
"hinders",
"holds",
"holds back",
"impedes",
"kiboshes",
"obstructs",
"stems",
"calls",
"suspends",
"arrests",
"brakes",
"checks",
"clamps down",
"reins (in)",
"squashes",
"squelches",
"stamps",
"stanches",
"staunches",
"stunts",
"suppresses",
"turns back",
"pauses",
"stays",
"suspends",
"abolishes",
"aborts",
"annuls",
"demolishes",
"destroys",
"dissolves",
"kills",
"ruins",
"scuttles",
"snuffs"
],
"near antonyms":[
"carries on",
"continues",
"follows through (with)",
"keeps up",
"runs on",
"advances",
"proceeds",
"progresses",
"actuates",
"drives",
"impels",
"propels",
"stirs"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to leave a place often for another":{
"examples":[
"after a few minutes of their brainless conversation I was ready to cut out"
],
"synonyms":[
"bails",
"bails out",
"books",
"buggers off",
"bugs off",
"bugs out",
"buzzes (off)",
"clears off",
"clears out",
"departs",
"digs out",
"exits",
"gets",
"gets off",
"goes",
"goes off",
"moves",
"packs (up or off)",
"parts",
"peels off",
"pikes (out or off)",
"pulls out",
"pushes off",
"pushes on",
"quits",
"runs along",
"sallies (forth)",
"scarpers",
"shoves (off)",
"steps (along)",
"takes off",
"vamooses",
"walks out"
],
"near synonyms":[
"sets out",
"starts",
"strikes out",
"absconds",
"decamps",
"escapes",
"evacuates",
"flees",
"flies",
"gets out",
"mizzles",
"runs away",
"scats",
"scrams",
"skips",
"goes out",
"lights out",
"steps out",
"abandons",
"deserts",
"forsakes",
"vacates",
"emigrates",
"adjourns",
"removes",
"retires",
"retreats",
"withdraws"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abides",
"dwells",
"lodges",
"remains",
"settles",
"stays",
"tarries",
"approaches",
"closes",
"nears",
"hits",
"lands",
"reaches"
],
"antonyms":[
"arrives",
"comes",
"shows up",
"turns up"
]
},
"to take the place of":{
"examples":[
"this ambitious new friend of hers seems to be cutting out people that she's known for years"
],
"synonyms":[
"displaces",
"displants",
"relieves",
"replaces",
"substitutes",
"supersedes",
"supplants"
],
"near synonyms":[
"preempts",
"usurps"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"cuteness":{
"the qualities in a person or thing that as a whole give pleasure to the senses":{
"examples":[
"that kitten's cuteness is simply overwhelming!"
],
"synonyms":[
"aesthetics",
"esthetics",
"attractiveness",
"beauteousness",
"beautifulness",
"beauty",
"comeliness",
"fairness",
"gorgeousness",
"handsomeness",
"looks",
"loveliness",
"prettiness",
"sightliness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"allure",
"appeal",
"attraction",
"fascination",
"glamour",
"glamor",
"charm",
"delightfulness",
"elegance",
"exquisiteness",
"gloriousness",
"radiance",
"radiancy",
"resplendence",
"resplendency",
"splendidness",
"splendiferousness",
"sublimeness",
"sublimity",
"superbness",
"desirability",
"desirableness",
"foxiness",
"lusciousness",
"nubility",
"pulchritude",
"seductiveness",
"sex appeal",
"sexiness",
"shapeliness",
"flawlessness",
"perfection",
"daintiness",
"delicacy",
"flamboyance",
"flashiness",
"glossiness",
"showiness",
"slickness",
"splashiness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disagreeableness",
"dreadfulness",
"foulness",
"ghastliness",
"horribleness",
"loathsomeness",
"nastiness",
"offensiveness",
"repellency",
"repulsiveness",
"terribleness",
"vileness",
"blemish",
"flaw",
"imperfection"
],
"antonyms":[
"grotesqueness",
"hideousness",
"homeliness",
"plainness",
"ugliness",
"unattractiveness",
"unbecomingness",
"unloveliness",
"unsightliness"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"cut ice":{
"to be of importance":{
"examples":[
"Honestly, that jargon doesn't really cut any ice with me."
],
"synonyms":[
"count",
"import",
"matter",
"mean",
"signify",
"weigh"
],
"near synonyms":[
"affect",
"concern",
"influence",
"sway",
"add up (to)",
"amount (to)"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"cutlets":{
"a small usually rounded mass of minced food that has been fried":{
"examples":[
"a breaded veal cutlet"
],
"synonyms":[
"cakes",
"croquettes",
"fritters",
"galettes",
"patties"
],
"near synonyms":[
"fingers",
"sticks",
"g\u00e2teaux",
"gateaux",
"gateaus"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"cutpurse":{
"as in pickpocket , shoplifter":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"dip",
"pickpocket",
"pilferer",
"shoplifter",
"sneak thief",
"abductor",
"carjacker",
"hijacker",
"kidnapper",
"kidnaper",
"skyjacker",
"klepto",
"kleptomaniac",
"despoiler",
"looter",
"pillager",
"plunderer",
"ransacker",
"ravisher",
"embezzler",
"grafter",
"poacher",
"rustler",
"smuggler",
"burglar",
"cat burglar",
"cracksman",
"housebreaker",
"picklock",
"safecracker",
"bandit",
"footpad",
"highwayman",
"pirate",
"larcenist",
"pincher",
"purloiner",
"robber",
"stealer",
"thief"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"cutthroats":{
"a person who kills another person":{
"examples":[
"while traveling the ancient Silk Road, traders were constant prey to cutthroats and thieves"
],
"synonyms":[
"assassins",
"homicides",
"killers",
"manslayers",
"murderers"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bravos",
"bravoes",
"hit men",
"torpedoes",
"triggermen",
"butchers",
"executioners",
"massacrers",
"slaughterers",
"slayers",
"murderesses"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"cut down":{
"to bring down by cutting":{
"examples":[
"we need to cut down that dying tree"
],
"synonyms":[
"chop (down)",
"fell",
"hew",
"mow"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bulldoze",
"demolish",
"flatten",
"level",
"raze",
"tear down"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"cuticle":{
"as in skin , hide":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"hide",
"skin",
"carapace",
"house",
"mail",
"panoply",
"plate",
"plating",
"shield",
"envelope",
"package",
"wrapper",
"bark",
"crust",
"backing",
"coating",
"coverture",
"facing",
"cartridge",
"cassette",
"casette",
"armor",
"capsule",
"case",
"casing",
"cocoon",
"cover",
"covering",
"encasement",
"housing",
"hull",
"husk",
"jacket",
"pod",
"sheath",
"shell"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"cutlet":{
"a small usually rounded mass of minced food that has been fried":{
"examples":[
"a breaded veal cutlet"
],
"synonyms":[
"cake",
"croquette",
"fritter",
"galette",
"patty",
"pattie"
],
"near synonyms":[
"finger",
"stick",
"g\u00e2teau",
"gateau"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"cuts back":{
"to make (something) shorter or smaller with the use of a cutting instrument":{
"examples":[
"we need to cut back the bushes a bit so that the house number is visible from the street"
],
"synonyms":[
"bobs",
"clips",
"crops",
"cuts",
"docks",
"lops (off)",
"nips",
"pares",
"polls",
"prunes",
"shaves",
"shears",
"snips",
"trims"
],
"near synonyms":[
"skives",
"whittles",
"manicures",
"mows",
"pinches",
"stumps",
"curtails",
"shortens"
],
"near antonyms":[
"elongates",
"extends",
"lengthens"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make less in extent or duration":{
"examples":[
"cut back the meeting so everyone could leave early for the long weekend"
],
"synonyms":[
"abbreviates",
"abridges",
"curtails",
"docks",
"elides",
"shortens",
"syncopates",
"truncates"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abstracts",
"digests",
"encapsulates",
"epitomizes",
"recapitulates",
"summarizes",
"sums up",
"abates",
"compresses",
"constricts",
"contracts",
"cuts",
"cuts down",
"pares",
"prunes",
"trims",
"decreases",
"de-escalates",
"deflates",
"diminishes",
"downsizes",
"dwindles",
"lessens",
"lowers",
"moderates",
"modifies",
"reduces",
"retrenches",
"shrinks",
"slashes",
"subtracts (from)",
"tapers"
],
"near antonyms":[
"enlarges",
"expands",
"supplements",
"adds",
"aggrandizes",
"amplifies",
"augments",
"balloons",
"boosts",
"dilates",
"escalates",
"heightens",
"increases",
"maximizes",
"pumps up",
"raises",
"blows up",
"distends",
"inflates",
"swells"
],
"antonyms":[
"elongates",
"extends",
"lengthens",
"prolongs",
"protracts"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
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},
"cutoffs":{
"the stopping of a process or activity":{
"examples":[
"with a cutoff for funding the war, military operations soon ground to a halt"
],
"synonyms":[
"arrestments",
"arrests",
"ceases",
"cessations",
"checks",
"closedowns",
"closes",
"closures",
"conclusions",
"discontinuances",
"discontinuations",
"endings",
"ends",
"expirations",
"finishes",
"halts",
"lapses",
"offsets",
"shutdowns",
"shutoffs",
"stays",
"stoppages",
"stops",
"surceases",
"terminations"
],
"near synonyms":[
"mop-ups",
"phaseouts",
"abeyances",
"breaks",
"interruptions",
"layoffs",
"letups",
"moratoriums",
"moratoria",
"pauses",
"standstills",
"suspensions"
],
"near antonyms":[
"extensions",
"persistences",
"prolongations"
],
"antonyms":[
"continuances",
"continuations"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"cuts down":{
"to bring down by cutting":{
"examples":[
"we need to cut down that dying tree"
],
"synonyms":[
"chops (down)",
"fells",
"hews",
"mows"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bulldozes",
"demolishes",
"flattens",
"levels",
"razes",
"tears down"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
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}
}
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