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{
"eased":{
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},
"to free from obstruction or difficulty":{
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"complicated"
],
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"measures intended to ease the flow of traffic during rush hour"
],
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"retarded",
"aggravated",
"worsened",
"perplexed",
"sophisticated"
],
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"abetted",
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"assisted",
"helped",
"improved",
"disentangled",
"straightened (out)",
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"simplified",
"streamlined"
],
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"greased",
"loosened (up)",
"smoothed",
"unclogged"
]
},
"to grow less in scope or intensity especially gradually":{
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"accumulated",
"ballooned",
"built",
"burgeoned",
"bourgeoned",
"enlarged",
"escalated",
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"increased",
"intensified",
"mounted",
"mushroomed",
"picked up",
"rose",
"snowballed",
"soared",
"swelled",
"waxed"
],
"examples":[
"new investments in the region have eased since the rise in interest rates"
],
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"blew up",
"distended",
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"lengthened"
],
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"constricted",
"contracted",
"evaporated",
"faded (away)",
"frittered (away)",
"gave out",
"melted (away)",
"petered (out)",
"tailed (off)",
"vanished",
"slackened",
"slowed (down)",
"alleviated",
"relaxed",
"flagged",
"sank",
"sunk",
"weakened",
"caved (in)",
"collapsed",
"deflated"
],
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"decreased",
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"died (away or down or out)",
"diminished",
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"dropped (off)",
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"ebbed",
"fell",
"fell away",
"lessened",
"let up",
"lowered",
"moderated",
"palled",
"phased down",
"ratcheted (down)",
"racheted (down)",
"receded",
"relented",
"remitted",
"shrank",
"shrunk",
"subsided",
"tapered",
"tapered off",
"waned"
]
},
"to make less taut":{
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"strained",
"stretched",
"tensed",
"tensioned",
"tightened"
],
"examples":[
"the rock climber eased the rope a little so that his fellow climber had room to maneuver"
],
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"attached",
"bound",
"fastened",
"tied",
"constrained",
"restrained"
],
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"freed",
"unbound",
"undid",
"unfastened",
"untied"
],
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"loosened",
"relaxed",
"slacked",
"slackened"
]
},
"to make more bearable or less severe":{
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"aggravated",
"exacerbated"
],
"examples":[
"grandmother's firm belief that there are few ailments that chicken soup won't ease"
],
"near antonyms":[
"harmed",
"hurt",
"impaired",
"injured",
"heightened",
"intensified",
"sharpened"
],
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"lightened",
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"softened",
"tempered",
"cured",
"healed",
"remedied",
"amended",
"corrected",
"emended",
"fixed",
"mended",
"rectified",
"reformed",
"repaired",
"ameliorated",
"bettered",
"enhanced",
"enriched",
"improved",
"meliorated",
"perfected",
"refined"
],
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"allayed",
"alleviated",
"assuaged",
"helped",
"mitigated",
"mollified",
"palliated",
"relieved",
"soothed"
]
},
"to make smaller in amount, volume, or extent":{
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"aggrandized",
"amplified",
"augmented",
"boosted",
"enlarged",
"escalated",
"expanded",
"increased",
"raised"
],
"examples":[
"the chairman of the Federal Reserve has promised to ease interest rates"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blew up",
"dilated",
"distended",
"inflated",
"swelled",
"elongated",
"extended",
"lengthened",
"prolonged",
"protracted",
"added (to)",
"complemented",
"supplemented",
"enhanced",
"heightened",
"intensified",
"redoubled"
],
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"condensed",
"constricted",
"contracted",
"abbreviated",
"abridged",
"clipped",
"cropped",
"curtailed",
"cut",
"cut back",
"cut down",
"docked",
"nicked",
"pared",
"pruned",
"retrenched",
"shortened",
"slashed",
"trimmed",
"truncated",
"whittled",
"deflated",
"shrank",
"shrunk",
"minimized",
"moderated",
"modified",
"modulated",
"qualified"
],
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"decreased",
"de-escalated",
"dented",
"depleted",
"diminished",
"downscaled",
"downsized",
"dropped",
"dwindled",
"knocked down",
"lessened",
"lowered",
"reduced"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"easily":{
"without difficulty":{
"examples":[
"a skater who easily executes even the most difficult jumps"
],
"synonyms":[
"easy",
"effortlessly",
"facilely",
"fluently",
"freely",
"handily",
"hands down",
"lightly",
"painlessly",
"readily",
"smoothly",
"well"
],
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"ably",
"adeptly",
"adroitly",
"competently",
"deftly",
"dexterously",
"efficiently",
"expertly",
"masterfully",
"proficiently",
"skillfully",
"instinctively",
"intuitively",
"naturally",
"spontaneously"
],
"near antonyms":[
"awkwardly",
"clumsily",
"gracelessly",
"ham-handedly",
"ineptly",
"maladroitly",
"unskillfully",
"meticulously",
"painfully",
"painstakingly",
"thoroughly",
"assiduously",
"diligently",
"indefatigably",
"industriously",
"intensely",
"intently",
"mightily",
"sedulously",
"tirelessly"
],
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"hardly",
"laboriously",
"strenuously"
]
},
"without any question":{
"examples":[
"we easily have enough people to get the project under way"
],
"synonyms":[
"all right",
"alright",
"assuredly",
"certainly",
"clearly",
"definitely",
"doubtless",
"forsooth",
"hands down",
"inarguably",
"incontestably",
"incontrovertibly",
"indeed",
"indisputably",
"plainly",
"really",
"so",
"sure",
"surely",
"truly",
"unarguably",
"undeniably",
"undoubtedly",
"unquestionably"
],
"near synonyms":[
"conceivably",
"likely",
"perhaps",
"possibly",
"probably",
"obviously",
"unmistakably"
],
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"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"easy":{
"involving minimal difficulty or effort":{
"examples":[
"a minor problem with an easy solution"
],
"synonyms":[
"cheap",
"downhill",
"effortless",
"facile",
"fluent",
"fluid",
"hands-down",
"light",
"painless",
"ready",
"royal",
"simple",
"smooth",
"snap",
"soft"
],
"near synonyms":[
"idiotproof",
"mindless",
"quick",
"straightforward",
"unchallenging",
"uncomplicated",
"apparent",
"clear",
"clear-cut",
"distinct",
"evident",
"manifest",
"obvious",
"open-and-shut",
"palpable",
"patent",
"perspicuous",
"plain",
"transparent",
"unambiguous",
"unequivocal",
"unmistakable"
],
"near antonyms":[
"burdensome",
"exhausting",
"onerous",
"oppressive",
"painful",
"stressful",
"taxing",
"troublesome",
"abstruse",
"complex",
"complicated",
"intricate",
"involved",
"knotty",
"problematic",
"problematical",
"recondite"
],
"antonyms":[
"arduous",
"demanding",
"difficult",
"exacting",
"formidable",
"grueling",
"gruelling",
"hard",
"herculean",
"killer",
"labored",
"laborious",
"murderous",
"rough",
"severe",
"stiff",
"strenuous",
"toilful",
"toilsome",
"tough"
]
},
"readily taken advantage of":{
"examples":[
"senior citizens who are easy prey for scam artists"
],
"synonyms":[
"dewy-eyed",
"exploitable",
"gullible",
"gullable",
"naive",
"na\u00efve",
"susceptible",
"trusting",
"unwary",
"wide-eyed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"credulous",
"overcredulous",
"trustful",
"uncritical",
"unsuspecting",
"unsuspicious",
"artless",
"genuine",
"guileless",
"innocent",
"simple",
"unsophisticated",
"unworldly",
"fictile",
"malleable",
"pliable",
"pliant",
"deceivable",
"acquiescent",
"agreeable",
"amiable",
"obliging",
"yielding"
],
"near antonyms":[
"critical",
"cynical",
"mistrustful",
"skeptical",
"suspicious",
"wary",
"sophisticated",
"clear-eyed",
"clear-sighted",
"hardheaded",
"shrewd",
"street-smart",
"streetwise"
],
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},
"providing physical comfort":{
"examples":[
"my favorite easy chair for watching TV"
],
"synonyms":[
"comfortable",
"comfy",
"cozy",
"cushy",
"snug",
"soft"
],
"near synonyms":[
"easeful",
"relaxing",
"reposeful",
"restful",
"gem\u00fctlich",
"genial",
"hospitable",
"inviting",
"pleasant",
"commodious",
"roomy",
"spacious",
"homelike",
"homely",
"homey",
"homy",
"intimate"
],
"near antonyms":[
"hard",
"harsh",
"severe",
"inhospitable",
"uninviting",
"unpleasant"
],
"antonyms":[
"uncomfortable"
]
},
"tolerant and kind in the judgment of and expectations for others":{
"examples":[
"despite her easy approach to discipline, she had a remarkably well-behaved class"
],
"synonyms":[
"charitable",
"clement",
"indulgent",
"soft"
],
"near synonyms":[
"accommodating",
"acquiescent",
"amenable",
"obliging",
"easygoing",
"laid-back",
"undemanding"
],
"near antonyms":[
"demanding",
"uncharitable",
"unforgiving",
"inflexible",
"intolerant",
"unbending",
"uncompromising",
"unyielding"
],
"antonyms":[
"hard",
"harsh",
"severe",
"stern",
"strict"
]
},
"without difficulty":{
"examples":[
"we can make the trip in four hours easy"
],
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"easily",
"effortlessly",
"facilely",
"fluently",
"freely",
"handily",
"hands down",
"lightly",
"painlessly",
"readily",
"smoothly",
"well"
],
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"ably",
"adeptly",
"adroitly",
"competently",
"deftly",
"dexterously",
"efficiently",
"expertly",
"masterfully",
"proficiently",
"skillfully",
"instinctively",
"intuitively",
"naturally",
"spontaneously"
],
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"awkwardly",
"clumsily",
"gracelessly",
"ham-handedly",
"ineptly",
"maladroitly",
"unskillfully",
"meticulously",
"painfully",
"painstakingly",
"thoroughly",
"assiduously",
"diligently",
"indefatigably",
"industriously",
"intensely",
"intently",
"mightily",
"sedulously",
"tirelessly"
],
"antonyms":[
"arduously",
"hardly",
"laboriously",
"strenuously"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb"
]
},
"eases":{
"to free from obstruction or difficulty":{
"examples":[
"measures intended to ease the flow of traffic during rush hour"
],
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"facilitates",
"greases",
"loosens (up)",
"smooths",
"smoothes",
"unclogs"
],
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"accelerates",
"expedites",
"hastens",
"hurries",
"quickens",
"rushes",
"speeds",
"advances",
"forwards",
"furthers",
"promotes",
"abets",
"aids",
"assists",
"helps",
"improves",
"disentangles",
"straightens (out)",
"untangles",
"simplifies",
"streamlines"
],
"near antonyms":[
"hinders",
"impedes",
"retards",
"aggravates",
"worsens",
"perplexes",
"sophisticates"
],
"antonyms":[
"complicates"
]
},
"to make less taut":{
"examples":[
"the rock climber eased the rope a little so that his fellow climber had room to maneuver"
],
"synonyms":[
"loosens",
"relaxes",
"slackens",
"slacks"
],
"near synonyms":[
"detaches",
"frees",
"unbinds",
"undoes",
"unfastens",
"unties"
],
"near antonyms":[
"attaches",
"binds",
"fastens",
"ties",
"constrains",
"restrains"
],
"antonyms":[
"strains",
"stretches",
"tenses",
"tensions",
"tightens"
]
},
"to make more bearable or less severe":{
"examples":[
"grandmother's firm belief that there are few ailments that chicken soup won't ease"
],
"synonyms":[
"allays",
"alleviates",
"assuages",
"helps",
"mitigates",
"mollifies",
"palliates",
"relieves",
"soothes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abates",
"lightens",
"moderates",
"softens",
"tempers",
"cures",
"heals",
"remedies",
"amends",
"corrects",
"emends",
"fixes",
"mends",
"rectifies",
"reforms",
"repairs",
"ameliorates",
"betters",
"enhances",
"enriches",
"improves",
"meliorates",
"perfects",
"refines"
],
"near antonyms":[
"harms",
"hurts",
"impairs",
"injures",
"heightens",
"intensifies",
"sharpens"
],
"antonyms":[
"aggravates",
"exacerbates"
]
},
"to make smaller in amount, volume, or extent":{
"examples":[
"the chairman of the Federal Reserve has promised to ease interest rates"
],
"synonyms":[
"abates",
"decreases",
"de-escalates",
"dents",
"depletes",
"diminishes",
"downscales",
"downsizes",
"drops",
"dwindles",
"knocks down",
"lessens",
"lowers",
"reduces"
],
"near synonyms":[
"compresses",
"condenses",
"constricts",
"contracts",
"abbreviates",
"abridges",
"clips",
"crops",
"curtails",
"cuts",
"cuts back",
"cuts down",
"docks",
"nicks",
"pares",
"prunes",
"retrenches",
"shortens",
"slashes",
"trims",
"truncates",
"whittles",
"deflates",
"shrinks",
"minimizes",
"moderates",
"modifies",
"modulates",
"qualifies"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blows up",
"dilates",
"distends",
"inflates",
"swells",
"elongates",
"extends",
"lengthens",
"prolongs",
"protracts",
"adds (to)",
"complements",
"supplements",
"enhances",
"heightens",
"intensifies",
"redoubles"
],
"antonyms":[
"aggrandizes",
"amplifies",
"augments",
"boosts",
"enlarges",
"escalates",
"expands",
"increases",
"raises"
]
},
"to grow less in scope or intensity especially gradually":{
"examples":[
"new investments in the region have eased since the rise in interest rates"
],
"synonyms":[
"abates",
"declines",
"decreases",
"de-escalates",
"dies (away or down or out)",
"diminishes",
"drains (away)",
"drops (off)",
"dwindles",
"ebbs",
"falls",
"falls away",
"lessens",
"lets up",
"lowers",
"moderates",
"palls",
"phases down",
"ratchets (down)",
"rachets (down)",
"recedes",
"relents",
"remits",
"shrinks",
"subsides",
"tapers",
"tapers off",
"wanes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"compresses",
"condenses",
"constricts",
"contracts",
"evaporates",
"fades (away)",
"fritters (away)",
"gives out",
"melts (away)",
"peters (out)",
"tails (off)",
"vanishes",
"slackens",
"slows (down)",
"alleviates",
"relaxes",
"flags",
"sinks",
"weakens",
"caves (in)",
"collapses",
"deflates"
],
"near antonyms":[
"appears",
"emerges",
"shows up",
"blows up",
"distends",
"elongates",
"lengthens"
],
"antonyms":[
"accumulates",
"balloons",
"builds",
"burgeons",
"bourgeons",
"enlarges",
"escalates",
"expands",
"grows",
"increases",
"intensifies",
"mounts",
"mushrooms",
"picks up",
"rises",
"snowballs",
"soars",
"swells",
"waxes"
]
},
"reduction of or freedom from pain":{
"examples":[
"the sunburn medication brought me instant ease"
],
"synonyms":[
"alleviations",
"comforts",
"releases",
"reliefs"
],
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"appeasements",
"assuagements",
"decreases",
"diminishments",
"mitigations",
"moderations",
"mollifications"
],
"near antonyms":[
"discomforts",
"agonies",
"anguishes",
"miseries",
"sufferings",
"torments",
"tortures",
"aches",
"pains",
"pangs",
"pricks",
"smarts",
"stings",
"stitches",
"throes",
"tingles",
"twinges"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"eases (up)":{
"as in lets up":{
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"lets up",
"breaks",
"recesses",
"relaxes",
"reposes",
"rests",
"escapes",
"gets (away)",
"gets off",
"bums",
"goldbricks",
"idles",
"lazes",
"loafs",
"lounges",
"slacks (off)",
"holidays",
"vacations"
],
"near antonyms":[
"drudges",
"endeavors",
"grubs",
"humps",
"hustles",
"labors",
"moils",
"pegs (away)",
"plods",
"plows",
"plugs",
"slaves",
"slogs",
"strains",
"strives",
"struggles",
"sweats",
"toils",
"travails",
"works"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"easy street":{
"a situation or state of carefree comfort":{
"examples":[
"just knew that if I hit the lottery, I'd be on easy street for the rest of my life"
],
"synonyms":[
"beer and skittles",
"fun and games",
"hog heaven",
"picnic"
],
"near synonyms":[
"primrose path",
"heaven",
"paradise",
"utopia",
"American dream",
"good life",
"ease",
"relaxation",
"rest"
],
"near antonyms":[
"agony",
"hell",
"horror",
"misery",
"murder",
"nightmare",
"torment",
"torture"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"easygoing":{
"having a relaxed, casual manner":{
"examples":[
"counselors at the summer camp are pretty easygoing"
],
"synonyms":[
"affable",
"breezy",
"devil-may-care",
"happy-go-lucky",
"laid-back",
"low-pressure",
"mellow"
],
"near synonyms":[
"carefree",
"casual",
"d\u00e9gag\u00e9",
"lackadaisical",
"nonchalant",
"unaffected",
"unconcerned",
"unfussy",
"unperturbed",
"untroubled",
"unworried",
"familiar",
"homey",
"homy",
"informal",
"flexible",
"lax",
"lenient",
"permissive",
"pliable",
"pliant",
"soft",
"accessible",
"approachable",
"imperturbable",
"nerveless",
"unflappable",
"unshakable",
"amicable",
"companionable",
"comradely",
"cordial",
"genial",
"hail-fellow-well-met",
"hearty",
"neighborly",
"warm",
"warmhearted"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ceremonious",
"decorous",
"formal",
"rigid",
"strict",
"anxious",
"bothered",
"distressed",
"worried",
"jittery",
"jumpy",
"nervous",
"skittish",
"tense"
],
"antonyms":[
"high-strung",
"uptight"
]
},
"not bound by rigid standards":{
"examples":[
"some men are pretty easygoing about housekeeping"
],
"synonyms":[
"flexible",
"lax",
"loose",
"relaxed",
"slack",
"unrestrained",
"unrestricted"
],
"near synonyms":[
"careless",
"derelict",
"heedless",
"irresponsible",
"lazy",
"neglectful",
"negligent",
"remiss",
"slipshod",
"sloppy",
"sloven",
"slovenly",
"unfussy"
],
"near antonyms":[
"constrained",
"restrained",
"restricted",
"tight",
"careful",
"conscientious",
"exact",
"fussy",
"meticulous",
"painstaking",
"punctilious",
"scrupulous",
"implacable",
"inflexible"
],
"antonyms":[
"hard",
"harsh",
"rigid",
"rigorous",
"severe",
"stern",
"strict"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"easeful":{
"as in relaxing , restful":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"relaxing",
"reposeful",
"restful",
"comfortable",
"comfy",
"cozy",
"cushy",
"easy",
"snug",
"soft",
"gem\u00fctlich",
"genial",
"hospitable",
"inviting",
"pleasant",
"commodious",
"roomy",
"spacious",
"homelike",
"homely",
"homey",
"homy",
"intimate"
],
"near antonyms":[
"uncomfortable",
"hard",
"harsh",
"severe",
"inhospitable",
"uninviting",
"unpleasant"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"easiness":{
"as in na\u00efvet\u00e9 , gullibility":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"gullibility",
"na\u00efvet\u00e9",
"naivete",
"naivet\u00e9",
"receptiveness",
"receptivity",
"credulity",
"credulousness",
"exposure",
"liability",
"openness",
"predisposition",
"proneness",
"sensitivity",
"feebleness",
"frailness",
"frailty",
"infirmity",
"passiveness",
"passivity",
"helplessness",
"powerlessness",
"defenselessness",
"susceptibility",
"vulnerability",
"weakness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"invulnerability",
"immunity",
"impenetrability",
"indomitability",
"indomitableness",
"invincibility"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"eased (up)":{
"as in let up":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"let up",
"broke",
"recessed",
"relaxed",
"reposed",
"rested",
"escaped",
"got (away)",
"got off",
"bummed",
"goldbricked",
"idled",
"lazed",
"loafed",
"lounged",
"slacked (off)",
"holidayed",
"vacationed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"drudged",
"endeavored",
"grubbed",
"humped",
"hustled",
"labored",
"moiled",
"pegged (away)",
"plodded",
"plowed",
"plugged",
"slaved",
"slogged",
"strained",
"strove",
"strived",
"struggled",
"sweat",
"sweated",
"toiled",
"travailed",
"worked",
"wrought"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"easygoingness":{
"as in laid-backness":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"laid-backness",
"assurance",
"confidence",
"poise",
"self-assurance",
"self-assuredness",
"self-confidence",
"self-trust",
"apathy",
"detachment",
"impassivity",
"indifference",
"insensibility",
"numbness",
"phlegm",
"unconcern",
"aplomb",
"calmness",
"collectedness",
"composedness",
"composure",
"cool",
"coolness",
"countenance",
"equanimity",
"equilibrium",
"imperturbability",
"placidity",
"repose",
"sangfroid",
"self-composedness",
"self-possession",
"serenity",
"tranquillity",
"tranquility",
"tranquilness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"agitation",
"discomposure",
"perturbation",
"alarm",
"alarum",
"anxiety",
"anxiousness",
"apprehension",
"apprehensiveness",
"care",
"concern",
"disquiet",
"solicitude",
"uneasiness",
"worry",
"excitability",
"excitableness",
"nervousness",
"disturbance"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"ease (up)":{
"as in let up":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"let up",
"break",
"recess",
"relax",
"repose",
"rest",
"escape",
"get (away)",
"get off",
"bum",
"goldbrick",
"idle",
"laze",
"loaf",
"lounge",
"slack (off)",
"holiday",
"vacation"
],
"near antonyms":[
"drudge",
"endeavor",
"grub",
"hump",
"hustle",
"labor",
"moil",
"peg (away)",
"plod",
"plow",
"plug",
"slave",
"slog",
"strain",
"strive",
"struggle",
"sweat",
"toil",
"travail",
"work"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
}
}