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{
"laud":{
"public acknowledgment or admiration for an achievement":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"an actor who in his lifetime received all the laud and honor that the theater world could bestow"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"celebrity",
"fame",
"renown",
"repute",
"compliment",
"encomium",
"eulogy",
"panegyric",
"toast",
"tribute",
"acclamation",
"ovation",
"plaudit",
"praise",
"rave",
"rhapsody",
"citation",
"commendation",
"kudo",
"note",
"recommendation",
"elevation",
"enshrinement",
"enthronement",
"exaltation",
"glorification"
],
"synonyms":[
"acclaim",
"accolade",
"applause",
"bay(s)",
"credit",
"distinction",
"glory",
"homage",
"honor",
"kudos",
"laurels",
"props",
"r\u00e9clame",
"sun"
]
},
"to declare enthusiastic approval of":{
"antonyms":[
"knock",
"pan",
"slam"
],
"examples":[
"the critics have lauded the best-selling author's newest novel"
],
"near antonyms":[
"belittle",
"discommend",
"disparage",
"put down",
"blame",
"censure",
"reprehend",
"reprobate",
"admonish",
"chide",
"criticize",
"rebuke",
"reprimand",
"reproach",
"reprove",
"castigate",
"excoriate",
"keelhaul",
"lambaste",
"lambast",
"skewer",
"slag",
"vilify"
],
"related":[
"bravo",
"clap",
"rise (to)",
"ballyhoo",
"approve",
"commend",
"endorse",
"indorse",
"favor",
"recommend",
"root (for)",
"support",
"celebrate",
"emblazon",
"eulogize",
"extol",
"extoll",
"glorify",
"magnify",
"sing",
"adulate",
"belaud",
"flatter",
"overpraise",
"deify",
"idolize"
],
"synonyms":[
"acclaim",
"accredit",
"applaud",
"cheer",
"crack up",
"hail",
"praise",
"salute",
"tout"
]
},
"to proclaim the glory of":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the nation's people were expected to laud the dictator at every opportunity"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blame",
"censure",
"reprehend",
"reprobate",
"criticize",
"reprove",
"admonish",
"chide",
"keelhaul",
"rebuke",
"reprimand",
"reproach",
"castigate",
"lambaste",
"lambast"
],
"related":[
"adore",
"belaud",
"deify",
"idolize",
"worship",
"acclaim",
"applaud",
"commend",
"compliment",
"hail",
"renown",
"salute",
"chant",
"cheer",
"eulogize",
"rhapsodize",
"cite",
"flatter",
"crack up",
"recommend",
"tout"
],
"synonyms":[
"bless",
"carol",
"celebrate",
"emblazon",
"exalt",
"extol",
"extoll",
"glorify",
"hymn",
"magnify",
"praise",
"resound"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"laudable":{
"deserving of high regard or great approval":{
"examples":[
"you showed laudable restraint in dealing with that ridiculously demanding customer"
],
"synonyms":[
"admirable",
"applaudable",
"commendable",
"creditable",
"estimable",
"meritorious",
"praiseworthy"
],
"near synonyms":[
"deserving",
"worthy",
"awesome",
"distinctive",
"distinguished",
"excellent",
"heady",
"honorable",
"impressive",
"noteworthy",
"noticeable",
"outstanding",
"redoubtable",
"reputable",
"respectable",
"invaluable",
"precious",
"priceless",
"valuable",
"delightful",
"enjoyable",
"pleasing",
"satisfying",
"ethical",
"good",
"high-minded",
"moral",
"noble",
"principled"
],
"near antonyms":[
"base",
"contemptible",
"deplorable",
"despicable",
"detestable",
"dirty",
"infamous",
"lousy",
"nasty",
"notorious",
"pitiable",
"pitiful",
"scabby",
"scummy",
"scurvy",
"sorry",
"unlikable",
"unworthy",
"vile",
"worthless",
"wretched",
"disgraceful",
"dishonorable",
"disreputable",
"ignominious",
"low",
"mean",
"scandalous",
"seamy",
"shady",
"shameful",
"shocking",
"sordid",
"unethical",
"unsavory"
],
"antonyms":[
"censurable",
"discreditable",
"illaudable",
"reprehensible"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"laudative":{
"as in praiseful , encomiastic":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"encomiastic",
"eulogistic",
"flattering",
"hagiographic",
"hagiographical",
"laudatory",
"panegyrical",
"praiseful",
"admiring",
"applauding",
"appreciative",
"approbatory",
"approving",
"commendatory",
"complimentary",
"favorable",
"friendly",
"good",
"positive",
"accepting",
"warm",
"respectful",
"supportive",
"sympathetic",
"adoring",
"adulatory",
"idolizing",
"worshipful",
"worshipping",
"worshiping",
"advisory",
"recommendatory"
],
"near antonyms":[
"captious",
"carping",
"caviling",
"cavilling",
"censuring",
"critical",
"faultfinding",
"hypercritical",
"overcritical",
"belittling",
"contemptuous",
"disdainful",
"disparaging",
"scornful",
"slighting",
"adverse",
"depreciative",
"depreciatory",
"derogatory",
"disapproving",
"inappreciative",
"negative",
"unappreciative",
"uncomplimentary",
"unfavorable",
"unflattering",
"unfriendly"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"laudatory":{
"expressing or containing praise":{
"examples":[
"a laudatory biography",
"The play received mostly laudatory reviews."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"encomiastic",
"eulogistic",
"flattering",
"hagiographic",
"hagiographical",
"laudative",
"panegyrical",
"praiseful",
"admiring",
"applauding",
"appreciative",
"approbatory",
"approving",
"commendatory",
"complimentary",
"favorable",
"friendly",
"good",
"positive",
"accepting",
"warm",
"respectful",
"supportive",
"sympathetic",
"adoring",
"adulatory",
"idolizing",
"worshipful",
"worshipping",
"worshiping",
"advisory",
"recommendatory"
],
"near antonyms":[
"captious",
"carping",
"caviling",
"cavilling",
"censuring",
"critical",
"faultfinding",
"hypercritical",
"overcritical",
"belittling",
"contemptuous",
"disdainful",
"disparaging",
"scornful",
"slighting",
"adverse",
"depreciative",
"depreciatory",
"derogatory",
"disapproving",
"inappreciative",
"negative",
"unappreciative",
"uncomplimentary",
"unfavorable",
"unflattering",
"unfriendly"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"lauding":{
"to declare enthusiastic approval of":{
"examples":[
"the critics have lauded the best-selling author's newest novel"
],
"synonyms":[
"acclaiming",
"accrediting",
"applauding",
"cheering",
"cracking up",
"hailing",
"praising",
"saluting",
"touting"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bravoing",
"clapping",
"rising (to)",
"ballyhooing",
"approving",
"commending",
"endorsing",
"indorsing",
"favoring",
"recommending",
"rooting (for)",
"supporting",
"celebrating",
"emblazoning",
"eulogizing",
"extolling",
"glorifying",
"magnifying",
"singing",
"adulating",
"belauding",
"flattering",
"overpraising",
"deifying",
"idolizing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"belittling",
"discommending",
"disparaging",
"putting down",
"blaming",
"censuring",
"reprehending",
"reprobating",
"admonishing",
"chiding",
"criticizing",
"rebuking",
"reprimanding",
"reproaching",
"reproving",
"castigating",
"excoriating",
"keelhauling",
"lambasting",
"skewering",
"slagging",
"vilifying"
],
"antonyms":[
"knocking",
"panning",
"slamming"
]
},
"to proclaim the glory of":{
"examples":[
"the nation's people were expected to laud the dictator at every opportunity"
],
"synonyms":[
"blessing",
"caroling",
"carolling",
"celebrating",
"emblazoning",
"exalting",
"extolling",
"glorifying",
"hymning",
"magnifying",
"praising",
"resounding"
],
"near synonyms":[
"adoring",
"belauding",
"deifying",
"idolizing",
"worshipping",
"worshiping",
"acclaiming",
"applauding",
"commending",
"complimenting",
"hailing",
"renowning",
"saluting",
"chanting",
"cheering",
"eulogizing",
"rhapsodizing",
"citing",
"flattering",
"cracking up",
"recommending",
"touting"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blaming",
"censuring",
"reprehending",
"reprobating",
"criticizing",
"reproving",
"admonishing",
"chiding",
"keelhauling",
"rebuking",
"reprimanding",
"reproaching",
"castigating",
"lambasting"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"laugh":{
"an explosive sound that is a sign of amusement":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the child's frown turned into a laugh when he saw the clown"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cry",
"groan",
"moan",
"sob",
"wail",
"face",
"frown",
"grimace",
"lower",
"lour",
"mouth",
"pout",
"scowl"
],
"related":[
"crow",
"whoop",
"grin",
"simper",
"smile",
"smirk"
],
"synonyms":[
"belly laugh",
"boff",
"boffo",
"boffola",
"cachinnation",
"cackle",
"chortle",
"chuckle",
"giggle",
"guffaw",
"hee-haw",
"horselaugh",
"laughter",
"snicker",
"snigger",
"titter",
"twitter"
]
},
"someone or something that is very funny":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"that new sitcom is a laugh"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bummer",
"downer"
],
"related":[
"boner",
"howler",
"crack",
"gag",
"jest",
"joke",
"pleasantry",
"quip",
"sally",
"waggery",
"wisecrack",
"witticism",
"caution",
"sight"
],
"synonyms":[
"hoot",
"knee-slapper",
"riot",
"scream"
]
},
"something said or done to cause laughter":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the film comedy had a good laugh in just about every scene"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"funning",
"joking",
"wisecracking",
"knee-slapper",
"panic",
"riot",
"scream",
"thigh-slapper",
"antic",
"buffoonery",
"caper",
"leg-pull",
"monkeyshine(s)",
"practical joke",
"prank",
"trick",
"burlesque",
"caricature",
"lampoon",
"mock",
"mockery",
"parody",
"put-on",
"riff",
"banter",
"kidding",
"persiflage",
"raillery",
"repartee",
"drollness",
"facetiousness",
"funniness",
"hilariousness",
"humorousness",
"comedy",
"humor",
"wit",
"wordplay"
],
"synonyms":[
"boff",
"boffo",
"boffola",
"crack",
"drollery",
"funny",
"gag",
"giggle",
"jape",
"jest",
"joke",
"josh",
"nifty",
"one-liner",
"pleasantry",
"quip",
"rib",
"sally",
"waggery",
"wisecrack",
"witticism",
"yuk",
"yuck",
"yak",
"yock"
]
},
"to express scornful amusement by means of facial contortions":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"you're going to try out for the football team? Don't make me laugh !"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"sniff",
"snort",
"catcall",
"deride",
"gibe",
"jibe",
"hoot",
"insult",
"jeer",
"mock",
"ridicule",
"decry",
"despise",
"disdain",
"scoff (at)",
"scorn",
"bad-mouth",
"belittle",
"disparage",
"pooh-pooh",
"pooh",
"put down",
"heckle",
"jive",
"razz",
"rib",
"ride",
"taunt",
"tease",
"torment"
],
"synonyms":[
"smile",
"sneer",
"snicker",
"snigger"
]
},
"to show mirth with an explosive vocal sound":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"everyone laughed when the clown dramatically slipped and fell"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bawl",
"blubber",
"cry",
"sob",
"weep",
"howl",
"squall",
"wail",
"yowl",
"bleat",
"pule",
"whimper",
"whine",
"sniffle",
"snivel",
"groan",
"moan",
"sigh"
],
"related":[
"grin",
"smile"
],
"synonyms":[
"break up",
"cackle",
"chortle",
"chuckle",
"crack up",
"giggle",
"hee-haw",
"roar",
"scream",
"snicker",
"titter",
"twitter"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"laughing off":{
"as in diminishing , playing down":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"belittling",
"deprecating",
"diminishing",
"discounting",
"minimizing",
"playing down",
"pooh-poohing",
"poohing",
"shrugging off",
"underrating",
"undervaluing",
"bemoaning",
"lamenting",
"mourning",
"regretting"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blowing",
"boasting",
"bragging",
"bulling",
"crowing",
"gasconading",
"swaggering",
"vaporing",
"vaunting",
"blustering",
"haranguing",
"puffing",
"priding"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"launchpads":{
"an area from which a rocket is launched \u2014 often used figuratively":{
"examples":[
"The TV cameras were focused on the launchpad as the time for liftoff approached.",
"The program she hosted on local radio was the launchpad for her network career."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"pads",
"aerodromes",
"airdromes",
"airfields",
"airports",
"fields",
"air bases",
"air parks",
"helipads",
"heliports",
"jetports",
"airstrips",
"landing fields",
"landing strips",
"runways"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"launders":{
"to remove objectionable parts from":{
"examples":[
"had to launder the quarterback's off-the-cuff's remarks before they could be quoted in the newspaper"
],
"synonyms":[
"bowdlerizes",
"censors",
"cleans (up)",
"expurgates",
"red-pencils"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cleanses",
"purges",
"purifies",
"abbreviates",
"blue-pencils",
"edits",
"shortens",
"bleeps",
"blips",
"cuts (out)",
"deletes",
"excises",
"expunges",
"guts",
"x's (out)",
"blacks out",
"represses",
"silences",
"suppresses",
"censures",
"condemns",
"denounces",
"examines",
"reviews",
"screens",
"scrutinizes"
],
"near antonyms":[
"approves",
"authorizes",
"sanctions"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"laugh off":{
"as in diminish , play down":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"belittle",
"deprecate",
"diminish",
"discount",
"minimize",
"play down",
"pooh-pooh",
"pooh",
"shrug off",
"underrate",
"undervalue",
"bemoan",
"lament",
"mourn",
"regret"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blow",
"boast",
"brag",
"bull",
"crow",
"gasconade",
"swagger",
"vapor",
"vaunt",
"bluster",
"harangue",
"puff",
"pride"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"laughter":{
"an explosive sound that is a sign of amusement":{
"examples":[
"the nervous producers were reassured by the sounds of laughter coming from the theater"
],
"synonyms":[
"belly laugh",
"boff",
"boffo",
"boffola",
"cachinnation",
"cackle",
"chortle",
"chuckle",
"giggle",
"guffaw",
"hee-haw",
"horselaugh",
"laugh",
"snicker",
"snigger",
"titter",
"twitter"
],
"near synonyms":[
"crow",
"whoop",
"grin",
"simper",
"smile",
"smirk"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cry",
"groan",
"moan",
"sob",
"wail",
"face",
"frown",
"grimace",
"lower",
"lour",
"mouth",
"pout",
"scowl"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"laughingly":{
"as in blithely , breezily":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"blithely",
"blithesomely",
"breezily",
"gladly",
"gladsomely",
"lightheartedly",
"sunnily",
"amusedly",
"exuberantly",
"giddily",
"gigglingly",
"joyfully",
"joyously",
"amicably",
"friendlily",
"friendly",
"good-humoredly",
"good-naturedly",
"jocularly",
"brightly",
"cheerfully",
"cheerily",
"gaily",
"gayly",
"happily",
"heartily",
"jocosely",
"jovially",
"merrily",
"mirthfully",
"smilingly",
"hopefully",
"optimistically",
"sanguinely",
"blissfully",
"elatedly",
"euphorically",
"rapturously"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bleakly",
"cheerlessly",
"darkly",
"heavily",
"miserably",
"morosely",
"unhappily",
"abjectly",
"dejectedly",
"despondently",
"disconsolately",
"dispiritedly",
"wretchedly",
"dolefully",
"dolorously",
"forlornly",
"mournfully",
"plaintively",
"sorrowfully",
"dourly",
"glumly",
"mirthlessly",
"sourly",
"sternly",
"sulkily",
"sullenly",
"blackly",
"dismally",
"drearily",
"gloomily",
"pessimistically"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"laurels":{
"public acknowledgment or admiration for an achievement":{
"examples":[
"the medics received many laurels for their heroic actions during the disaster"
],
"synonyms":[
"acclaim",
"accolade",
"applause",
"bay(s)",
"credit",
"distinction",
"glory",
"homage",
"honor",
"kudos",
"laud",
"props",
"r\u00e9clame",
"sun"
],
"near synonyms":[
"celebrity",
"fame",
"renown",
"repute",
"compliment",
"encomium",
"eulogy",
"panegyric",
"toast",
"tribute",
"acclamation",
"ovation",
"plaudit",
"praise",
"rave",
"rhapsody",
"citation",
"commendation",
"kudo",
"note",
"recommendation",
"elevation",
"enshrinement",
"enthronement",
"exaltation",
"glorification"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"plural noun"
]
},
"laughs (at)":{
"to make (someone or something) the object of unkind laughter":{
"examples":[
"most viewers seem to tune in just to laugh at the self-deluded souls who think that they can actually sing"
],
"synonyms":[
"derides",
"gibes",
"jibes",
"jeers",
"mocks",
"ridicules",
"scouts",
"shoots down",
"skewers"
],
"near synonyms":[
"scoffs (at)",
"scorns",
"sneers (at)",
"bad-mouths",
"belittles",
"decries",
"disparages",
"pooh-poohs",
"poohs",
"puts down",
"chaffs",
"jives",
"joshes",
"kids",
"quizzes",
"rallies",
"razzes",
"ribs",
"rides",
"teases",
"tweaks",
"twits",
"baits",
"barracks",
"bugs",
"catcalls",
"harasses",
"harries",
"hassles",
"heckles",
"needles",
"pesters",
"rags",
"targets",
"taunts",
"torments",
"apes",
"burlesques",
"caricatures",
"imitates",
"lampoons",
"mimics",
"parodies",
"parrots",
"pillories",
"satirizes",
"takes off (on)",
"travesties"
],
"near antonyms":[
"applauds",
"approves",
"commends",
"endorses",
"indorses",
"sanctions"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"laughters":{
"an explosive sound that is a sign of amusement":{
"examples":[
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"titters",
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"groans",
"moans",
"sobs",
"wails",
"faces",
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"lours",
"mouths",
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"noun"
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"drollery",
"drollness",
"funniness",
"hilariousness",
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"jest",
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"parody",
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"slapstick",
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"anguish",
"dolor",
"grief",
"heartache",
"heartbreak",
"misery",
"sorrow",
"torment",
"torture",
"tribulation",
"woe",
"gravity",
"seriousness",
"soberness",
"solemnity",
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"type":[
"noun"
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"shut (up)"
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"founded",
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"desisted",
"discontinued",
"halted",
"knocked off",
"laid off",
"quit",
"quitted",
"stopped",
"closed",
"completed",
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"forsook",
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"destroyed",
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],
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"concluded",
"ended",
"finished",
"terminated"
]
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"to send through the air especially with a quick forward motion of the arm":{
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"infantrymen launching grenades at the nest of machine gunners"
],
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"chucked",
"dashed",
"fired",
"flung",
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"hove",
"hurled",
"hurtled",
"lobbed",
"lofted",
"pegged",
"pelted",
"pitched",
"slung",
"threw",
"tossed"
],
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"darted",
"flipped",
"gunned",
"hooked",
"passed",
"rolled",
"shot",
"bucked",
"ejected",
"impelled",
"precipitated",
"projected",
"propelled",
"rifled",
"thrust"
],
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"type":[
"verb"
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"to remove objectionable parts from":{
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"had to launder the quarterback's off-the-cuff's remarks before they could be quoted in the newspaper"
],
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"bowdlerizing",
"censoring",
"cleaning (up)",
"expurgating",
"red-penciling"
],
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"cleansing",
"purging",
"purifying",
"abbreviating",
"blue-penciling",
"editing",
"shortening",
"bleeping",
"blipping",
"cutting (out)",
"deleting",
"excising",
"expunging",
"gutting",
"x-ing (out)",
"x'ing (out)",
"blacking out",
"repressing",
"silencing",
"suppressing",
"censuring",
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"denouncing",
"examining",
"reviewing",
"screening",
"scrutinizing"
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"approving",
"authorizing",
"sanctioning"
],
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"type":[
"verb"
]
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"after retiring, he launched a small company devoted to making medical devices"
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"pioneers",
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"starts"
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"authors",
"fathers",
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"conceives",
"concocts",
"contrives",
"cooks (up)",
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"arranges",
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"reinstitutes",
"relaunches"
],
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"annihilates",
"annuls",
"nullifies",
"ends",
"finishes",
"halts",
"stops",
"terminates",
"rounds (off or out)",
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],
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"closes (down)",
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"shuts (up)"
]
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"she launched a career in journalism after quitting acting school"
],
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"kicks off",
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"opens",
"starts",
"strikes (into)"
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"creates",
"generates",
"inaugurates",
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"invents",
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"adopts",
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"fathers",
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"institutes",
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"pioneers",
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"spawns",
"gets around (to)",
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"gets round (to)"
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"ceases",
"desists",
"discontinues",
"halts",
"knocks off",
"lays off",
"quits",
"stops",
"closes",
"completes",
"abandons",
"forsakes",
"leaves",
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"destroys",
"exterminates",
"extinguishes",
"phases out"
],
"antonyms":[
"concludes",
"ends",
"finishes",
"terminates"
]
},
"to send through the air especially with a quick forward motion of the arm":{
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"infantrymen launching grenades at the nest of machine gunners"
],
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"catapults",
"chucks",
"dashes",
"fires",
"flings",
"heaves",
"hurls",
"hurtles",
"lobs",
"lofts",
"pegs",
"pelts",
"pitches",
"slings",
"throws",
"tosses"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bowls",
"darts",
"flips",
"guns",
"hooks",
"passes",
"rolls",
"shoots",
"bucks",
"ejects",
"impels",
"precipitates",
"projects",
"propels",
"rifles",
"thrusts"
],
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"antonyms":[]
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"a rising from a surface at the start of a flight (as of a rocket)":{
"examples":[
"the reporters held their collective breath as they silently watched the space shuttle's launch"
],
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"blastoffs",
"liftoffs",
"takeoffs"
],
"near synonyms":[
"ascents"
],
"near antonyms":[
"crashes",
"splashdowns"
],
"antonyms":[
"landings"
]
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"the point at which something begins":{
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"we are at the launch of a new age of space exploration"
],
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"alphas",
"baselines",
"beginnings",
"births",
"commencements",
"dawns",
"day ones",
"geneses",
"get-goes",
"git-goes",
"inceptions",
"incipiences",
"incipiencies",
"kickoffs",
"mornings",
"nascences",
"nascencies",
"onsets",
"outsets",
"starts",
"thresholds"
],
"near synonyms":[
"drawing boards",
"first bases",
"ground zeros",
"square ones",
"creations",
"inaugurations",
"initiations",
"institutions",
"originations",
"cradles",
"fountainheads",
"fountains",
"germs",
"origins",
"roots",
"seedbeds",
"sources",
"springs",
"wells",
"wellsprings",
"openings",
"advents",
"appearances",
"arrivals",
"debuts",
"d\u00e9buts",
"emergences",
"childhoods",
"infancies",
"youths"
],
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"cessations",
"closings",
"closures",
"completions",
"finales",
"finishes",
"periods",
"stops",
"terminations",
"windups"
],
"antonyms":[
"closes",
"conclusions",
"endings",
"ends",
"omegas"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
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"to remove objectionable parts from":{
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"had to launder the quarterback's off-the-cuff's remarks before they could be quoted in the newspaper"
],
"synonyms":[
"bowdlerized",
"censored",
"cleaned (up)",
"expurgated",
"red-penciled"
],
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"cleansed",
"purged",
"purified",
"abbreviated",
"blue-penciled",
"edited",
"shortened",
"bleeped",
"blipped",
"cut (out)",
"deleted",
"excised",
"expunged",
"gutted",
"x-ed (out)",
"x'd (out)",
"xed (out)",
"blacked out",
"repressed",
"silenced",
"suppressed",
"censured",
"condemned",
"denounced",
"examined",
"reviewed",
"screened",
"scrutinized"
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"near antonyms":[
"approved",
"authorized",
"sanctioned"
],
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"type":[
"verb"
]
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"an actor who in his lifetime received all the laud and honor that the theater world could bestow"
],
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"acclaim",
"accolades",
"applauses",
"bays",
"credits",
"distinctions",
"glories",
"homages",
"honors",
"kudos",
"laurels",
"props",
"r\u00e9clames",
"suns"
],
"near synonyms":[
"celebrities",
"fames",
"renowns",
"reputes",
"compliments",
"encomiums",
"encomia",
"eulogies",
"panegyrics",
"toasts",
"tributes",
"acclamations",
"ovations",
"plaudits",
"praises",
"raves",
"rhapsodies",
"citations",
"commendations",
"kudos",
"notes",
"recommendations",
"elevations",
"enshrinements",
"enthronements",
"exaltations",
"glorifications"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
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"to declare enthusiastic approval of":{
"examples":[
"the critics have lauded the best-selling author's newest novel"
],
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"acclaims",
"accredits",
"applauds",
"cheers",
"cracks up",
"hails",
"praises",
"salutes",
"touts"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bravoes",
"claps",
"rises (to)",
"ballyhoos",
"approves",
"commends",
"endorses",
"indorses",
"favors",
"recommends",
"roots (for)",
"supports",
"celebrates",
"emblazons",
"eulogizes",
"extols",
"extolls",
"glorifies",
"magnifies",
"sings",
"adulates",
"belauds",
"flatters",
"overpraises",
"deifies",
"idolizes"
],
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"belittles",
"discommends",
"disparages",
"puts down",
"blames",
"censures",
"reprehends",
"reprobates",
"admonishes",
"chides",
"criticizes",
"rebukes",
"reprimands",
"reproaches",
"reproves",
"castigates",
"excoriates",
"keelhauls",
"lambastes",
"lambasts",
"skewers",
"slags",
"vilifies"
],
"antonyms":[
"knocks",
"pans",
"slams"
]
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"to proclaim the glory of":{
"examples":[
"the nation's people were expected to laud the dictator at every opportunity"
],
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"blesses",
"carols",
"celebrates",
"emblazons",
"exalts",
"extols",
"extolls",
"glorifies",
"hymns",
"magnifies",
"praises",
"resounds"
],
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"adores",
"belauds",
"deifies",
"idolizes",
"worships",
"acclaims",
"applauds",
"commends",
"compliments",
"hails",
"renowns",
"salutes",
"chants",
"cheers",
"eulogizes",
"rhapsodizes",
"cites",
"flatters",
"cracks up",
"recommends",
"touts"
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"near antonyms":[
"blames",
"censures",
"reprehends",
"reprobates",
"criticizes",
"reproves",
"admonishes",
"chides",
"keelhauls",
"rebukes",
"reprimands",
"reproaches",
"castigates",
"lambastes",
"lambasts"
],
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"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
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"as in acclaim , acclamations":{
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"acclaim",
"acclamations",
"awards",
"decorations",
"dedications",
"honors",
"prizes",
"applauses",
"plaudits",
"accolades",
"citations",
"commendations",
"dithyrambs",
"encomiums",
"encomia",
"eulogia",
"eulogiums",
"eulogies",
"homages",
"hymns",
"paeans",
"panegyrics",
"salutations",
"tributes",
"bravos",
"bravoes",
"hallelujahs",
"kudos",
"approvals",
"cachets",
"compliments",
"recommendations"
],
"near antonyms":[
"censures",
"condemnations",
"denunciations",
"indictments",
"rebukes",
"reprimands",
"reproofs",
"admonitions",
"corrections",
"harangues",
"lectures",
"sermons"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
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"as in acclaim , acclamation":{
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"near synonyms":[
"acclaim",
"acclamation",
"award",
"decoration",
"dedication",
"honor",
"prize",
"applause",
"plaudit(s)",
"accolade",
"citation",
"commendation",
"dithyramb",
"encomium",
"eulogium",
"eulogy",
"homage",
"hymn",
"paean",
"panegyric",
"salutation",
"tribute",
"bravo",
"hallelujah",
"kudo",
"approval",
"cachet",
"compliment",
"recommendation"
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"censure",
"condemnation",
"denunciation",
"indictment",
"rebuke",
"reprimand",
"reproof",
"admonition",
"correction",
"harangue",
"lecture",
"sermon"
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"type":[
"noun"
]
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"launchers":{
"as in powers , triggers":{
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"near synonyms":[
"activators",
"animators",
"catalysts",
"drivers",
"energizers",
"executors",
"generators",
"impetuses",
"incentives",
"inspirations",
"instigations",
"instigators",
"movers",
"powers",
"stimuli",
"triggers",
"agencies",
"agents",
"instrumentalities",
"instruments",
"machineries",
"means",
"mediums",
"media",
"ministries",
"organs",
"vehicles",
"determinants",
"expedients",
"factors",
"influences",
"ingredients",
"mechanisms",
"tools",
"weapons",
"antecedents",
"causes",
"occasions",
"reasons",
"subagencies",
"sub-agencies",
"subagents",
"sub-agents"
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"type":[
"noun"
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"to make (someone or something) the object of unkind laughter":{
"examples":[
"most viewers seem to tune in just to laugh at the self-deluded souls who think that they can actually sing"
],
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"deride",
"gibe",
"jibe",
"jeer",
"mock",
"ridicule",
"scout",
"shoot down",
"skewer"
],
"near synonyms":[
"scoff (at)",
"scorn",
"sneer (at)",
"bad-mouth",
"belittle",
"decry",
"disparage",
"pooh-pooh",
"pooh",
"put down",
"chaff",
"jive",
"josh",
"kid",
"quiz",
"rally",
"razz",
"rib",
"ride",
"tease",
"tweak",
"twit",
"bait",
"barrack",
"bug",
"catcall",
"harass",
"harry",
"hassle",
"heckle",
"needle",
"pester",
"rag",
"target",
"taunt",
"torment",
"ape",
"burlesque",
"caricature",
"imitate",
"lampoon",
"mimic",
"parody",
"parrot",
"pillory",
"satirize",
"take off (on)",
"travesty"
],
"near antonyms":[
"applaud",
"approve",
"commend",
"endorse",
"indorse",
"sanction"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
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"to make (someone or something) the object of unkind laughter":{
"examples":[
"most viewers seem to tune in just to laugh at the self-deluded souls who think that they can actually sing"
],
"synonyms":[
"derided",
"gibed",
"jibed",
"jeered",
"mocked",
"ridiculed",
"scouted",
"shot down",
"skewered"
],
"near synonyms":[
"scoffed (at)",
"scorned",
"sneered (at)",
"bad-mouthed",
"belittled",
"decried",
"disparaged",
"pooh-poohed",
"poohed",
"put down",
"chaffed",
"jived",
"joshed",
"kidded",
"quizzed",
"rallied",
"razzed",
"ribbed",
"rode",
"rid",
"teased",
"tweaked",
"twitted",
"baited",
"barracked",
"bugged",
"catcalled",
"harassed",
"harried",
"hassled",
"heckled",
"needled",
"pestered",
"ragged",
"targeted",
"taunted",
"tormented",
"aped",
"burlesqued",
"caricatured",
"imitated",
"lampooned",
"mimicked",
"parodied",
"parroted",
"pilloried",
"satirized",
"took off (on)",
"travestied"
],
"near antonyms":[
"applauded",
"approved",
"commended",
"endorsed",
"indorsed",
"sanctioned"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"launching":{
"to be responsible for the creation and early operation or use of":{
"examples":[
"after retiring, he launched a small company devoted to making medical devices"
],
"synonyms":[
"beginning",
"constituting",
"establishing",
"founding",
"inaugurating",
"initiating",
"innovating",
"instituting",
"introducing",
"pioneering",
"planting",
"setting up",
"starting"
],
"near synonyms":[
"authoring",
"fathering",
"originating",
"conceiving",
"concocting",
"contriving",
"cooking (up)",
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"fabricating",
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"making up",
"manufacturing",
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"endowing",
"financing",
"funding",
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"arranging",
"organizing",
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"refounding",
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"reinstituting",
"relaunching"
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"abolishing",
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"annulling",
"nullifying",
"ending",
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"halting",
"stopping",
"terminating",
"rounding (off or out)",
"winding up",
"wrapping up"
],
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"phasing out",
"shutting (up)"
]
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],
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"entering (into or upon)",
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"getting off",
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"opening",
"starting",
"striking (into)"
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"creating",
"generating",
"inaugurating",
"initiating",
"innovating",
"inventing",
"originating",
"adopting",
"embracing",
"taking on",
"taking up",
"establishing",
"fathering",
"founding",
"instituting",
"organizing",
"pioneering",
"setting up",
"spawning",
"getting around (to)",
"getting down (to)",
"getting round (to)"
],
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"ceasing",
"desisting",
"discontinuing",
"halting",
"knocking off",
"laying off",
"quitting",
"stopping",
"closing",
"completing",
"abandoning",
"forsaking",
"leaving",
"abolishing",
"demolishing",
"destroying",
"exterminating",
"extinguishing",
"phasing out"
],
"antonyms":[
"concluding",
"ending",
"finishing",
"terminating"
]
},
"to send through the air especially with a quick forward motion of the arm":{
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"infantrymen launching grenades at the nest of machine gunners"
],
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"catapulting",
"chucking",
"dashing",
"firing",
"flinging",
"heaving",
"hurling",
"hurtling",
"lobbing",
"lofting",
"pegging",
"pelting",
"pitching",
"slinging",
"throwing",
"tossing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bowling",
"darting",
"flipping",
"gunning",
"hooking",
"passing",
"rolling",
"shooting",
"bucking",
"ejecting",
"impelling",
"precipitating",
"projecting",
"propelling",
"rifling",
"thrusting"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
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"as in shutouts , sweeps":{
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"blowouts",
"landslides",
"romps",
"runaways",
"shutouts",
"sweeps",
"walkaways",
"walkovers",
"captures",
"conquests",
"masteries",
"subjugations",
"squeakers",
"palms",
"triumphs",
"victories",
"wins",
"successes",
"takeovers"
],
"near antonyms":[
"beatings",
"defeats",
"drubbings",
"lickings",
"losses",
"overthrows",
"routs",
"shellackings",
"trimmings",
"whippings",
"upsets",
"collapses",
"debacles",
"d\u00e9b\u00e2cles",
"disasters",
"failures",
"fizzles",
"flops",
"nonsuccesses",
"washouts",
"declines",
"slips",
"slumps",
"wanes",
"lurches",
"setbacks"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"launch":{
"to be responsible for the creation and early operation or use of":{
"examples":[
"after retiring, he launched a small company devoted to making medical devices"
],
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"begin",
"constitute",
"establish",
"found",
"inaugurate",
"initiate",
"innovate",
"institute",
"introduce",
"pioneer",
"plant",
"set up",
"start"
],
"near synonyms":[
"author",
"father",
"originate",
"conceive",
"concoct",
"contrive",
"cook (up)",
"create",
"devise",
"fabricate",
"invent",
"make up",
"manufacture",
"produce",
"think (up)",
"construct",
"put up",
"develop",
"enlarge",
"expand",
"endow",
"finance",
"fund",
"subsidize",
"arrange",
"organize",
"systematize",
"systemize",
"refound",
"reinitiate",
"reinstitute",
"relaunch"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abolish",
"annihilate",
"annul",
"nullify",
"end",
"finish",
"halt",
"stop",
"terminate",
"round (off or out)",
"wind up",
"wrap up"
],
"antonyms":[
"close (down)",
"phase out",
"shut (up)"
]
},
"to take the first step in (a process or course of action)":{
"examples":[
"she launched a career in journalism after quitting acting school"
],
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"begin",
"commence",
"embark (on or upon)",
"enter (into or upon)",
"fall (to)",
"get off",
"kick off",
"lead off",
"open",
"start",
"strike (into)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"create",
"generate",
"inaugurate",
"initiate",
"innovate",
"invent",
"originate",
"adopt",
"embrace",
"take on",
"take up",
"establish",
"father",
"found",
"institute",
"organize",
"pioneer",
"set up",
"spawn",
"get around (to)",
"get down (to)",
"get round (to)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cease",
"desist",
"discontinue",
"halt",
"knock off",
"lay off",
"quit",
"stop",
"close",
"complete",
"abandon",
"forsake",
"leave",
"abolish",
"demolish",
"destroy",
"exterminate",
"extinguish",
"phase out"
],
"antonyms":[
"conclude",
"end",
"finish",
"terminate"
]
},
"to send through the air especially with a quick forward motion of the arm":{
"examples":[
"infantrymen launching grenades at the nest of machine gunners"
],
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"cast",
"catapult",
"chuck",
"dash",
"fire",
"fling",
"heave",
"hurl",
"hurtle",
"lob",
"loft",
"peg",
"pelt",
"pitch",
"sling",
"throw",
"toss"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bowl",
"dart",
"flip",
"gun",
"hook",
"pass",
"roll",
"shoot",
"buck",
"eject",
"impel",
"precipitate",
"project",
"propel",
"rifle",
"thrust"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a rising from a surface at the start of a flight (as of a rocket)":{
"examples":[
"the reporters held their collective breath as they silently watched the space shuttle's launch"
],
"synonyms":[
"blastoff",
"liftoff",
"takeoff"
],
"near synonyms":[
"ascent"
],
"near antonyms":[
"crash",
"splashdown"
],
"antonyms":[
"landing"
]
},
"the point at which something begins":{
"examples":[
"we are at the launch of a new age of space exploration"
],
"synonyms":[
"alpha",
"baseline",
"beginning",
"birth",
"commencement",
"dawn",
"day one",
"genesis",
"get-go",
"git-go",
"inception",
"incipience",
"incipiency",
"kickoff",
"morning",
"nascence",
"nascency",
"onset",
"outset",
"start",
"threshold"
],
"near synonyms":[
"drawing board",
"first base",
"ground zero",
"square one",
"creation",
"founding",
"inauguration",
"initiation",
"institution",
"origination",
"cradle",
"fountain",
"fountainhead",
"germ",
"origin",
"root",
"seedbed",
"source",
"spring",
"well",
"wellspring",
"dawning",
"opening",
"advent",
"appearance",
"arrival",
"debut",
"d\u00e9but",
"emergence",
"childhood",
"infancy",
"youth"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cessation",
"closing",
"closure",
"completion",
"finale",
"finish",
"period",
"stop",
"termination",
"windup"
],
"antonyms":[
"close",
"conclusion",
"end",
"ending",
"omega"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"laureated":{
"as in applauded , cheered":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"acclaimed",
"applauded",
"cheered",
"hailed",
"saluted",
"extolled",
"glorified",
"lauded",
"praised",
"touted",
"celebrated",
"commemorated",
"memorialized",
"observed",
"acknowledged",
"cited",
"commended",
"complimented",
"credited",
"thanked",
"congratulated",
"felicitated",
"feted",
"f\u00eated",
"honored",
"recognized"
],
"near antonyms":[
"discredited",
"disgraced",
"dishonored",
"humbled",
"humiliated",
"shamed",
"bad-mouthed",
"defamed",
"libeled",
"libelled",
"maligned",
"slandered",
"booed",
"hissed",
"hooted",
"jeered",
"censured",
"condemned",
"damned",
"denounced",
"reprobated",
"mocked",
"put down",
"ridiculed",
"slighted"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"launcher":{
"as in power , trigger":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"activator",
"animator",
"catalyst",
"driver",
"energizer",
"executor",
"generator",
"impetus",
"incentive",
"inspiration",
"instigation",
"instigator",
"mover",
"power",
"stimulus",
"trigger",
"agency",
"agent",
"instrument",
"instrumentality",
"machinery",
"means",
"medium",
"ministry",
"organ",
"vehicle",
"determinant",
"expedient",
"factor",
"influence",
"ingredient",
"mechanism",
"tool",
"weapon",
"antecedent",
"cause",
"occasion",
"reason",
"subagency",
"subagent"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"laureating":{
"as in applauding , cheering":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"acclaiming",
"applauding",
"cheering",
"hailing",
"saluting",
"extolling",
"glorifying",
"lauding",
"praising",
"touting",
"celebrating",
"commemorating",
"memorializing",
"observing",
"acknowledging",
"citing",
"commending",
"complimenting",
"crediting",
"thanking",
"congratulating",
"felicitating",
"feting",
"f\u00eating",
"honoring",
"recognizing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"discrediting",
"disgracing",
"dishonoring",
"humbling",
"humiliating",
"shaming",
"bad-mouthing",
"defaming",
"libeling",
"libelling",
"maligning",
"slandering",
"booing",
"hissing",
"hooting",
"jeering",
"censuring",
"condemning",
"damning",
"denouncing",
"reprobating",
"mocking",
"putting down",
"ridiculing",
"slighting"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"laugher":{
"as in shutout , sweep":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"blowout",
"landslide",
"romp",
"runaway",
"shutout",
"sweep",
"walkaway",
"walkover",
"capture",
"conquest",
"mastery",
"subjugation",
"vanquishing",
"squeaker",
"palm",
"triumph",
"victory",
"win",
"success",
"takeover"
],
"near antonyms":[
"beating",
"defeat",
"drubbing",
"licking",
"loss",
"overthrow",
"rout",
"shellacking",
"trimming",
"whipping",
"upset",
"collapse",
"debacle",
"d\u00e9b\u00e2cle",
"disaster",
"failure",
"fizzle",
"flop",
"nonsuccess",
"washout",
"decline",
"slip",
"slump",
"wane",
"lurch",
"setback"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"laughs":{
"to show mirth with an explosive vocal sound":{
"examples":[
"everyone laughed when the clown dramatically slipped and fell"
],
"synonyms":[
"breaks up",
"cackles",
"chortles",
"chuckles",
"cracks up",
"giggles",
"hee-haws",
"roars",
"screams",
"snickers",
"titters",
"twitters"
],
"near synonyms":[
"grins",
"smiles"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bawls",
"blubbers",
"cries",
"sobs",
"weeps",
"howls",
"squalls",
"wails",
"yowls",
"bleats",
"pules",
"whimpers",
"whines",
"sniffles",
"snivels",
"groans",
"moans",
"sighs"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to express scornful amusement by means of facial contortions":{
"examples":[
"you're going to try out for the football team? Don't make me laugh !"
],
"synonyms":[
"smiles",
"sneers",
"snickers",
"sniggers"
],
"near synonyms":[
"sniffs",
"snorts",
"catcalls",
"derides",
"gibes",
"jibes",
"hoots",
"insults",
"jeers",
"mocks",
"ridicules",
"decries",
"despises",
"disdains",
"scoffs (at)",
"scorns",
"bad-mouths",
"belittles",
"disparages",
"pooh-poohs",
"poohs",
"puts down",
"heckles",
"jives",
"razzes",
"ribs",
"rides",
"taunts",
"teases",
"torments"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"an explosive sound that is a sign of amusement":{
"examples":[
"the child's frown turned into a laugh when he saw the clown"
],
"synonyms":[
"belly laughs",
"boffolas",
"boffs",
"boffos",
"cachinnations",
"cackles",
"chortles",
"chuckles",
"giggles",
"guffaws",
"hee-haws",
"horselaughs",
"laughters",
"snickers",
"sniggers",
"titters",
"twitters"
],
"near synonyms":[
"crows",
"whoops",
"grins",
"simpers",
"smiles",
"smirks"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cries",
"groans",
"moans",
"sobs",
"wails",
"faces",
"frowns",
"grimaces",
"lowers",
"lours",
"mouths",
"pouts",
"scowls"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"someone or something that is very funny":{
"examples":[
"that new sitcom is a laugh"
],
"synonyms":[
"hoots",
"knee-slappers",
"riots",
"screams"
],
"near synonyms":[
"boners",
"howlers",
"cracks",
"gags",
"jests",
"jokes",
"pleasantries",
"quips",
"sallies",
"waggeries",
"wisecracks",
"witticisms",
"cautions",
"sights"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bummers",
"downers"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"something said or done to cause laughter":{
"examples":[
"the film comedy had a good laugh in just about every scene"
],
"synonyms":[
"boffolas",
"boffs",
"boffos",
"cracks",
"drolleries",
"funnies",
"gags",
"giggles",
"japes",
"jests",
"jokes",
"joshes",
"nifties",
"one-liners",
"pleasantries",
"quips",
"ribs",
"sallies",
"waggeries",
"wisecracks",
"witticisms",
"yuks",
"yucks",
"yaks",
"yocks"
],
"near synonyms":[
"knee-slappers",
"panics",
"riots",
"screams",
"thigh-slappers",
"antics",
"buffooneries",
"capers",
"leg-pulls",
"monkeyshines",
"practical jokes",
"pranks",
"tricks",
"burlesques",
"caricatures",
"lampoons",
"mockeries",
"mocks",
"parodies",
"put-ons",
"riffs",
"banters",
"persiflages",
"railleries",
"repartees",
"comedies",
"humors",
"wits",
"wordplays"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"laureate":{
"as in applaud , cheer":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"acclaim",
"applaud",
"cheer",
"hail",
"salute",
"extol",
"extoll",
"glorify",
"laud",
"praise",
"tout",
"celebrate",
"commemorate",
"memorialize",
"observe",
"acknowledge",
"cite",
"commend",
"compliment",
"credit",
"thank",
"congratulate",
"felicitate",
"fete",
"f\u00eate",
"honor",
"recognize"
],
"near antonyms":[
"discredit",
"disgrace",
"dishonor",
"humble",
"humiliate",
"shame",
"bad-mouth",
"defame",
"libel",
"malign",
"slander",
"boo",
"hiss",
"hoot",
"jeer",
"censure",
"condemn",
"damn",
"denounce",
"reprobate",
"mock",
"put down",
"ridicule",
"slight"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
}
}