"hoping the new medicine would bring surcease to his pain"
],
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"arrest",
"arrestment",
"cease",
"cessation",
"check",
"close",
"closedown",
"closure",
"conclusion",
"cutoff",
"discontinuance",
"discontinuation",
"end",
"ending",
"expiration",
"finish",
"halt",
"lapse",
"offset",
"shutdown",
"shutoff",
"stay",
"stop",
"stoppage",
"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"
]
},
"surcharge":{
"to charge (someone) too much for goods or services":{
"examples":[
"contends that with the present tax structure, the state's lower-income residents are being surcharged and the wealthiest residents are getting off too lightly"
],
"synonyms":[
"gouge",
"overcharge",
"soak",
"sting"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cheat",
"defraud",
"stick",
"clip",
"fleece",
"skin",
"mischarge"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"undercharge"
]
},
"as in surtax , supertax":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"supertax",
"surtax",
"capitation",
"custom(s)",
"excise",
"hidden tax",
"income tax",
"poll tax",
"property tax",
"sales tax",
"single tax",
"sin tax",
"tariff",
"toll",
"tribute",
"value-added tax",
"withholding tax",
"death tax",
"estate tax",
"inheritance tax",
"direct tax",
"personal tax",
"flat tax",
"proportional tax",
"assessment",
"duty",
"imposition",
"impost",
"levy",
"tax"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in overload":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"overload",
"ballast",
"deadweight",
"bale",
"bundle",
"pack",
"package",
"packet",
"parcel",
"shipment",
"boatload",
"carload",
"shipload",
"trainload",
"truckload",
"wagonload",
"manifest",
"consignment",
"body",
"bulk",
"mass",
"burden",
"cargo",
"draft",
"freight",
"haul",
"lading",
"load",
"loading",
"payload",
"weight"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"sure-footed":{
"as in fleet-footed":{
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"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"surface":{
"an outer part or layer":{
"examples":[
"the surface of just about everything in the kitchen was covered with soot after we put the grease fire out"
],
"synonyms":[
"exterior",
"face",
"outside",
"shell",
"skin",
"veneer"
],
"near synonyms":[
"facade",
"fa\u00e7ade",
"front",
"top",
"cover",
"covering",
"facing",
"appearance",
"disguise",
"guise",
"mask",
"semblance",
"show"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"inside",
"interior"
]
},
"to come to one's attention especially gradually or unexpectedly":{
"examples":[
"no information regarding the stolen car has surfaced since the police found it abandoned on a country road"
],
"synonyms":[
"arise",
"come up",
"crop (up)",
"emerge",
"materialize",
"spring (up)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"appear",
"come out",
"show up",
"turn up",
"chance",
"come",
"come about",
"fall out",
"go (on)",
"go off",
"hap",
"happen",
"occur",
"pass",
"transpire",
"interfere",
"interpose",
"intervene",
"intrude"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to penetrate the surface (as of water) from below":{
"examples":[
"a submarine surfaced on the starboard side of the aircraft carrier"
],
"synonyms":[
"break",
"broach"
],
"near synonyms":[
"emerge",
"rise"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dive",
"drop",
"drown",
"founder",
"plunge",
"sink",
"submerge",
"submerse"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"lying on or affecting only the outer layer of something":{
"examples":[
"a surface stain on the wood that can easily be removed with a mild detergent"
],
"synonyms":[
"skin-deep",
"superficial"
],
"near synonyms":[
"depthless",
"shallow",
"shoal",
"two-dimensional",
"external"
],
"near antonyms":[
"deep",
"deep-seated"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"surging":{
"as in swelling , billowing":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"billowing",
"swelling",
"rolling",
"rippled",
"rippling",
"wavy",
"rutted",
"rutty",
"undulant",
"undulating",
"undulatory",
"inexact",
"unaligned",
"lopsided",
"unbalanced",
"pitted",
"pocked",
"knobbly",
"knobby",
"knurled",
"knurly",
"nubbly",
"nubby"
],
"near antonyms":[
"exact",
"uniform",
"aligned",
"alined",
"regular",
"true",
"horizontal",
"tabular",
"plumb",
"straight",
"vertical",
"flush",
"even",
"flat",
"level",
"plane",
"smooth"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in streaming , pouring":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"gushing",
"pouring",
"squirting",
"streaming",
"belching",
"disgorging",
"ejecting",
"eructing",
"erupting",
"expelling",
"jetting",
"spewing",
"spouting",
"spurting",
"emanating",
"exhaling",
"issuing",
"releasing",
"shooting",
"spitting",
"springing",
"venting",
"discharging",
"emitting",
"firing",
"casting",
"flinging",
"heaving",
"hurling",
"launching",
"pitching",
"tossing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bottling (up)",
"containing",
"restraining",
"shutting (in or up)"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in jumping , skyrocketing":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"jumping",
"rocketing",
"skyrocketing",
"accelerating",
"accumulating",
"appreciating",
"ballooning",
"booming",
"building up",
"burgeoning",
"bourgeoning",
"climbing",
"enlarging",
"escalating",
"expanding",
"gaining",
"increasing",
"mounting",
"multiplying",
"mushrooming",
"proliferating",
"rising",
"rolling up",
"snowballing",
"spreading",
"swelling",
"waxing",
"heightening",
"intensifying",
"redoubling",
"blowing up",
"bulking",
"distending",
"inflating",
"puffing (up)",
"crescendoing",
"cresting",
"peaking"
],
"near antonyms":[
"contracting",
"decreasing",
"diminishing",
"dwindling",
"lessening",
"receding",
"waning"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"surmising":{
"to form an opinion from little or no evidence":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"we surmised that she had purchased the apple pie since there was a bakery box on the kitchen counter"
],
"near antonyms":[
"demonstrating",
"documenting",
"establishing",
"proving",
"substantiating",
"validating",
"ascertaining",
"determining",
"finding out",
"learning"
],
"related":[
"concluding",
"deducing",
"gathering",
"inferring",
"hypothecating",
"hypothesizing",
"theorizing",
"believing",
"conceiving",
"expecting",
"judging",
"reckoning",
"taking",
"thinking"
],
"synonyms":[
"assuming",
"conjecturing",
"daresaying",
"guessing",
"imagining",
"presuming",
"speculating",
"supposing",
"suspecting",
"suspicioning"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"surmounted":{
"to achieve a victory over":{
"examples":[
"an Olympic swimmer who surmounted endless obstacles to achieve her goals"
],
"synonyms":[
"beat",
"bested",
"conquered",
"defeated",
"did down",
"dispatched",
"got",
"got around",
"licked",
"mastered",
"overbore",
"overcame",
"overmatched",
"prevailed (over)",
"skunked",
"stopped",
"subdued",
"took",
"trimmed",
"triumphed (over)",
"upended",
"won (against)",
"worsted"
],
"near synonyms":[
"swept",
"edged (out)",
"nosed out",
"pipped",
"annihilated",
"blew away",
"blew out",
"bombed",
"broke",
"buried",
"clobbered",
"creamed",
"crushed",
"drubbed",
"finished",
"flattened",
"overwhelmed",
"routed",
"shellacked",
"skinned",
"slaughtered",
"smoked",
"snowed under",
"thrashed",
"trounced",
"upset",
"walloped",
"waxed",
"whipped",
"capped",
"excelled",
"flourished",
"scored",
"succeeded",
"knocked off",
"knocked over",
"overpowered",
"overthrew",
"subjugated",
"unseated",
"vanquished",
"aced (out)",
"bettered",
"eclipsed",
"exceeded",
"excelled",
"outdid",
"outdistanced",
"outfought",
"outshone",
"outshined",
"outstripped",
"overtopped",
"surpassed",
"topped",
"transcended"
],
"near antonyms":[
"fell",
"gave up",
"went down",
"went under",
"collapsed",
"failed",
"flopped",
"flunked",
"folded",
"washed out"
],
"antonyms":[
"lost (to)"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"surpassing":{
"as in extraordinary , huge":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"extraordinary",
"frightful",
"horrible",
"huge",
"main",
"superlative",
"supreme",
"terrible",
"terrific",
"confirmed",
"habitual",
"hopeless",
"inveterate",
"extreme",
"unrestricted",
"constant",
"endless",
"eternal",
"perpetual",
"undying",
"unremitting",
"authentic",
"classic",
"genuine",
"real",
"veritable",
"absolute",
"all-out",
"arrant",
"blank",
"blooming",
"bodacious",
"categorical",
"categoric",
"clean",
"complete",
"consummate",
"crashing",
"damn",
"damned",
"dead",
"deadly",
"definite",
"downright",
"dreadful",
"fair",
"flat",
"flat-out",
"out-and-out",
"outright",
"perfect",
"plumb",
"profound",
"pure",
"rank",
"regular",
"sheer",
"simple",
"stark",
"stone",
"straight-out",
"thorough",
"thoroughgoing",
"total",
"unadulterated",
"unalloyed",
"unconditional",
"unmitigated",
"unqualified",
"utter",
"very"
],
"near antonyms":[
"doubtful",
"dubious",
"equivocal",
"qualified",
"questionable",
"restricted",
"uncertain"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to be greater, better, or stronger than":{
"examples":[
"she always tried to surpass her older brother at anything he did"
],
"synonyms":[
"beating",
"bettering",
"eclipsing",
"exceeding",
"excelling",
"outclassing",
"outdistancing",
"outdoing",
"outgunning",
"outmatching",
"outshining",
"outstripping",
"overtopping",
"topping",
"towering (over)",
"transcending"
],
"near synonyms":[
"one-upping",
"outpacing",
"outracing",
"outrunning",
"overpassing",
"besting",
"clobbering",
"conquering",
"crushing",
"defeating",
"drubbing",
"licking",
"mastering",
"outcompeting",
"outperforming",
"overcoming",
"overmatching",
"prevailing (over)",
"routing",
"shaming",
"skunking",
"subduing",
"surmounting",
"thrashing",
"trimming",
"triumphing (over)",
"trouncing",
"walloping",
"whipping",
"winning (against)",
"worsting",
"outbalancing",
"outweighing",
"overbearing",
"overshadowing",
"trumping"
],
"near antonyms":[
"losing (to)"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to go beyond the limit of":{
"examples":[
"the sales of the band's newest CD have surpassed the combined sales of its last two albums"
],
"synonyms":[
"breaking",
"exceeding",
"outreaching",
"outrunning",
"overpassing",
"overreaching",
"overrunning",
"overshooting",
"overstepping",
"transcending"
],
"near synonyms":[
"encroaching",
"entrenching",
"intrenching",
"infringing",
"invading",
"trespassing",
"overdoing",
"overusing",
"overutilizing",
"overworking"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"surplus":{
"being over what is needed":{
"examples":[
"surplus stock gets shipped to the warehouse and is eventually sold at auction"
],
"synonyms":[
"excess",
"extra",
"redundant",
"spare",
"supererogatory",
"superfluous",
"supernumerary"
],
"near synonyms":[
"accessory",
"additional",
"supplemental",
"supplementary",
"de trop",
"dispensable",
"extraneous",
"gratuitous",
"needless",
"nonessential",
"uncalled-for",
"unessential",
"unnecessary",
"unneeded",
"unwanted",
"abundant",
"ample",
"bountiful",
"copious",
"plenteous",
"plentiful"
],
"near antonyms":[
"deficient",
"inadequate",
"insufficient",
"meager",
"meagre",
"niggardly",
"poor",
"scant",
"scanty",
"scarce",
"short",
"shortish",
"skimpy",
"sparse"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the state or an instance of going beyond what is usual, proper, or needed":{
"examples":[
"we have a surplus of plastic knives, but we're short on forks and spoons for the picnic"
],
"synonyms":[
"bellyful",
"excess",
"fat",
"overabundance",
"overage",
"overflow",
"overkill",
"overmuch",
"overplus",
"oversupply",
"plethora",
"plus",
"redundancy",
"superabundance",
"superfluity",
"surfeit",
"surplusage"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abundance",
"bounty",
"plentitude",
"plenty",
"profusion",
"sufficiency",
"overproduction",
"overstock"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dearth",
"lack",
"scarcity",
"want"
],
"antonyms":[
"deficiency",
"deficit",
"insufficiency",
"undersupply"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"surprizes":{
"a setup in which hidden attackers lie in wait":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"waited under cover of darkness and took the enemy encampment by surprise at dawn"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"assaults",
"attacks",
"charges",
"sallies",
"captures",
"entrapments",
"mousetraps",
"snares",
"huntings"
],
"synonyms":[
"ambuscades",
"ambushes",
"ambushments",
"traps"
]
},
"something that makes a strong impression because it is so unexpected":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the anniversary party was such a complete surprise that the couple was speechless for a moment"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"shocks",
"thunderclaps",
"eye-openers",
"revelations",
"shockers",
"amazements",
"marvels",
"wonders",
"fillips",
"kickers",
"kicks",
"twists",
"wrinkles"
],
"synonyms":[
"bombshells",
"jars",
"jaw-droppers",
"jolts",
"stunners"
]
},
"the state of being strongly impressed by something unexpected or unusual":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"stared in utter surprise at the deer in his cabin"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"awes",
"wonderments",
"wonders",
"startles",
"bewilderments",
"confusions",
"consternations",
"discomfitures",
"dismays"
],
"synonyms":[
"amazements",
"astonishments",
"shocks",
"startlements",
"stupefactions"
]
},
"to lie in wait for and attack by surprise":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"FBI agents surprised the counterfeiters in their own base of operations"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"assails",
"assaults",
"attacks",
"storms",
"strikes",
"jumps",
"mugs",
"pounces (on)",
"tackles",
"charges",
"sallies",
"captures",
"ensnares",
"entraps",
"mousetraps",
"nets",
"snares",
"traps",
"hunts",
"preys (on or upon)",
"stalks"
],
"synonyms":[
"ambuscades",
"ambushes",
"waylays"
]
},
"to make a strong impression on (someone) with something unexpected":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"I was very surprised when my parents offered to pay the down payment on our house"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"befuddles",
"bewilders",
"blindsides",
"blows away",
"confounds",
"confuses",
"dazes",
"discomfits",
"disconcerts",
"dismays",
"jars",
"muddles",
"nonpluses",
"nonplusses",
"perplexes",
"shakes up"
],
"synonyms":[
"amazes",
"astonishes",
"astounds",
"bowls over",
"dumbfounds",
"dumfounds",
"flabbergasts",
"floors",
"rocks",
"shocks",
"startles",
"stuns",
"stupefies",
"thunderstrikes"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"surrender (to)":{
"as in submit (to) , defer (to)":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"defer (to)",
"submit (to)",
"yield (to)",
"adhere (to)",
"comply (with)",
"conform (to)",
"follow",
"goose-step (to)",
"mind",
"obey",
"observe",
"accede (to)",
"acquiesce (to)",
"agree (to)",
"assent (to)",
"attend",
"hear",
"heed",
"listen (to)",
"mark",
"note",
"notice",
"regard",
"take",
"watch"
],
"near antonyms":[
"defy",
"disobey",
"rebel (against)",
"disoblige",
"challenge",
"dare",
"refuse",
"renounce",
"repudiate",
"direct",
"lead",
"brush (off)",
"disregard",
"ignore",
"overlook",
"overpass",
"pass over",
"tune out",
"wink (at)",
"dismiss",
"pooh-pooh",
"pooh",
"shrug off",
"breach",
"break",
"infringe",
"transgress",
"violate",
"deride",
"flout",
"mock",
"scoff (at)",
"scorn",
"mutiny (against)",
"revolt (against)",
"buck",
"combat",
"contest",
"dispute",
"fight",
"oppose",
"resist",
"withstand"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"surrendered (to)":{
"as in submitted (to) , deferred (to)":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"deferred (to)",
"submitted (to)",
"yielded (to)",
"adhered (to)",
"complied (with)",
"conformed (to)",
"followed",
"goose-stepped (to)",
"minded",
"obeyed",
"observed",
"acceded (to)",
"acquiesced (to)",
"agreed (to)",
"assented (to)",
"attended",
"heard",
"heeded",
"listened (to)",
"marked",
"noted",
"noticed",
"regarded",
"took",
"watched"
],
"near antonyms":[
"defied",
"disobeyed",
"rebelled (against)",
"disobliged",
"challenged",
"dared",
"refused",
"renounced",
"repudiated",
"directed",
"led",
"brushed (off)",
"disregarded",
"ignored",
"overlooked",
"overpassed",
"passed over",
"tuned out",
"winked (at)",
"dismissed",
"pooh-poohed",
"poohed",
"shrugged off",
"breached",
"broke",
"infringed",
"transgressed",
"violated",
"derided",
"flouted",
"mocked",
"scoffed (at)",
"scorned",
"mutinied (against)",
"revolted (against)",
"bucked",
"combated",
"combatted",
"contested",
"disputed",
"fought",
"opposed",
"resisted",
"withstood"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"surrendering":{
"as in soft , yielding":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"soft",
"yielding",
"acquiescent",
"agreeable",
"amiable",
"duteous",
"dutiful",
"obliging",
"placable",
"fawning",
"kowtowing",
"obeisant",
"obsequious",
"servile",
"slavish",
"subordinate",
"subservient",
"amenable",
"biddable",
"compliant",
"conformable",
"docile",
"law-abiding",
"obedient",
"submissive",
"tractable",
"decorous",
"disciplined",
"mannerly",
"orderly",
"constrained",
"curbed",
"inhibited",
"repressed",
"restrained",
"controllable",
"disciplinable",
"governable",
"handleable",
"manageable",
"tame",
"teachable",
"trainable",
"gentle",
"meek",
"mild"
],
"near antonyms":[
"balky",
"contrary",
"contumacious",
"defiant",
"disobedient",
"froward",
"incompliant",
"insubordinate",
"intractable",
"noncompliant",
"obstreperous",
"rebel",
"rebellious",
"recalcitrant",
"refractory",
"restive",
"unamenable",
"ungovernable",
"unruly",
"untoward",
"wayward",
"willful",
"wilful",
"insurgent",
"mutinous",
"dogged",
"hardheaded",
"headstrong",
"mulish",
"obdurate",
"obstinate",
"peevish",
"pigheaded",
"self-willed",
"stubborn",
"unyielding",
"uncontrollable",
"unmanageable",
"wild",
"balky",
"defiant",
"perverse",
"resistant",
"bad",
"disorderly",
"errant",
"misbehaving",
"mischievous",
"naughty",
"ill-bred",
"undisciplined",
"dissident",
"nonconformist",
"disrespectful",
"ill-mannered",
"impolite",
"impudent",
"insolent",
"rude"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in dispossession , relinquishment":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"dispossession",
"relinquishment",
"transferal",
"nonpossession"
],
"near antonyms":[
"control",
"enjoyment",
"hands",
"keeping",
"possession",
"ownership",
"proprietorship",
"authority",
"command",
"dominion",
"mastery",
"power"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to give (something) over to the control or possession of another usually under duress":{
"examples":[
"the toddler surrendered the doll to her mother after a brief struggle",
"the commander surrendered the garrison without having fired a single shot"
],
"synonyms":[
"ceding",
"coughing up",
"delivering",
"giving up",
"handing over",
"laying down",
"relinquishing",
"rendering",
"turning in",
"turning over",
"yielding"
],
"near synonyms":[
"committing",
"consigning",
"entrusting",
"intrusting",
"transferring",
"forfeiting",
"releasing",
"waiving",
"abnegating",
"renouncing",
"resigning",
"abandoning",
"deserting",
"discarding",
"forsaking",
"parting (with)",
"shedding"
],
"near antonyms":[
"keeping",
"retaining",
"withholding"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to cease resistance (as to another's arguments, demands, or control)":{
"examples":[
"the father refused to surrender to his son's constant begging for a BB gun"
],
"synonyms":[
"blinking",
"bowing",
"budging",
"capitulating",
"conceding",
"giving in",
"knuckling under",
"quitting",
"relenting",
"submitting",
"succumbing",
"yielding"
],
"near synonyms":[
"acquiescing",
"deferring"
],
"near antonyms":[
"contending",
"fighting",
"holding off",
"battling",
"breasting",
"combating",
"combatting",
"confronting",
"countering",
"defying",
"facing",
"meeting",
"objecting",
"opposing",
"repelling",
"thwarting",
"withstanding"
],
"antonyms":[
"resisting"
]
},
"to give up (as a position of authority) formally":{
"examples":[
"the aging queen refused to surrender the throne to her increasingly impatient heir"
],
"synonyms":[
"abdicating",
"abnegating",
"ceding",
"relinquishing",
"renouncing",
"resigning",
"stepping aside (from)",
"stepping down (from)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abjuring",
"demitting",
"denying",
"disavowing",
"disclaiming",
"disowning",
"waiving",
"forsaking",
"giving up",
"handing over",
"yielding",
"abandoning",
"deserting",
"quitting",
"vacating"
],
"near antonyms":[
"appropriating",
"arrogating",
"assuming",
"claiming",
"confiscating",
"seizing",
"taking over",
"usurping",
"wresting",
"defending",
"guarding",
"protecting",
"safeguarding",
"securing"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to give up and cease resistance (as to a liking, temptation, or habit)":{
"examples":[
"determined to give up smoking, she so far has not surrendered to her incessant desire to have a cigarette"
],
"synonyms":[
"bowing",
"caving (in)",
"giving in",
"submitting",
"succumbing",
"yielding"
],
"near synonyms":[
"catering (to)",
"gratifying",
"indulging",
"wallowing",
"acquiescing (to)",
"conceding (to)",
"buckling (under)",
"knuckling under",
"giving over (to)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"battling",
"breasting",
"combating",
"combatting",
"confronting",
"countering",
"defying",
"facing",
"fighting",
"meeting",
"objecting",
"opposing",
"repelling",
"thwarting",
"withstanding",
"rejecting",
"bridling",
"checking",
"constraining",
"curbing",
"inhibiting",
"restraining",
"stifling"
],
"antonyms":[
"holding off",
"resisting"
]
},
"to yield to the control or power of enemy forces":{
"examples":[
"General Robert E. Lee surrendered to General Ulysses S. Grant on April 9, 1865, thus ending the Civil War"
],
"synonyms":[
"capitulating",
"falling",
"giving up",
"knuckling under",
"submitting",
"succumbing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bowing",
"buckling",
"caving (in)",
"collapsing",
"giving (in)",
"handing over",
"relinquishing",
"losing",
"conceding",
"failing",
"folding"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bucking",
"defying",
"fighting",
"opposing",
"repelling",
"resisting",
"withstanding",
"beating",
"overcoming",
"winning",
"conquering",
"prevailing",
"triumphing"
],
"antonyms":[
"enduring",
"standing"
]
},
"to give (oneself) over to something especially unrestrainedly":{
"examples":[
"laid-off workers who surrender themselves to despair will almost certainly never regain their footing"
],
"synonyms":[
"abandoning",
"delivering",
"giving up",
"indulging",
"yielding"
],
"near synonyms":[
"overdoing",
"overindulging",
"basking",
"luxuriating",
"reveling",
"revelling",
"rolling",
"wallowing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abstaining (from)",
"eschewing",
"forbearing",
"forgoing",
"foregoing",
"refraining (from)",
"checking",
"inhibiting",
"restraining"
],
"antonyms":[
"denying"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"surreptitious":{
"undertaken or done so as to escape being observed or known by others":{
"examples":[
"a private investigator adept at taking surreptitious pictures of adulterous couples"
],
"synonyms":[
"backstairs",
"behind-the-scenes",
"clandestine",
"covert",
"furtive",
"hole-and-corner",
"hugger-mugger",
"hush-hush",
"private",
"privy",
"secret",
"sneak",
"sneaking",
"sneaky",
"stealth",
"stealthy",
"undercover",
"underground",
"underhand",
"underhanded"
],
"near synonyms":[
"back-channel",
"closed-door",
"off-the-books",
"off-the-record",
"classified",
"confidential",
"restricted",
"top secret",
"undisclosed",
"concealed",
"hidden",
"secreted",
"subterranean",
"unadvertised",
"unexposed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"acknowledged",
"avowed",
"aboveboard",
"straightforward",
"unconcealed",
"undisguised",
"unclassified",
"unrestricted",
"clear",
"evident",
"manifest",
"obvious",
"patent",
"plain"
],
"antonyms":[
"open",
"overt",
"public"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"surrogate":{
"a person or thing that fulfills the role of someone or something else":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"The children's aunt acted as a surrogate for their late mother."
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"surround":{
"the circumstances, conditions, or objects by which one is surrounded":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the vast, featureless surround of the desert was strangely appealing to him"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"location",
"place",
"position",
"space",
"backdrop",
"background",
"element",
"situation",
"status",
"geography",
"habitat",
"microenvironment"
],
"synonyms":[
"ambient",
"atmosphere",
"climate",
"clime",
"context",
"contexture",
"environment",
"environs",
"medium",
"milieu",
"mise-en-sc\u00e8ne",
"setting",
"surroundings",
"terrain"
]
},
"to form a circle around":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"she was surrounded by cheering fans within moments of scoring the winning goal"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"circumscribe",
"close in",
"cordon (off)",
"fence (in)",
"hem (in)",
"wall",
"beset",
"besiege",
"entrench",
"intrench",
"invest",
"swarm"
],
"synonyms":[
"circle",
"compass",
"embrace",
"encircle",
"enclose",
"inclose",
"encompass",
"environ",
"gird",
"girdle",
"ring",
"wreathe"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"surveil":{
"as in monitor , spy":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"monitor",
"snoop",
"spy",
"bug",
"tap",
"wiretap",
"attend",
"hear",
"hearken",
"heed",
"mind",
"eavesdrop (on)",
"listen in (on)",
"overhear"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"surveillances":{
"the duty or function of watching or guarding for the sake of proper direction or control":{
"examples":[
"a neutral country charged with the surveillance of the post-war rebuilding effort"
],
"synonyms":[
"care",
"charges",
"guidance",
"headships",
"oversights",
"regulations",
"stewardships",
"superintendences",
"superintendencies",
"supervisions"
],
"near synonyms":[
"observances",
"observations",
"administrations",
"controls",
"directions",
"generalships",
"hands",
"managements",
"leaderships",
"governments",
"reigns",
"rules",
"aegises",
"egises",
"auspices",
"guardianships",
"protections",
"trusteeships",
"tutelages"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"an act or period of watching for signs of activity, danger, or opportunity":{
"examples":[
"government surveillance of suspected terrorists"
],
"synonyms":[
"lookouts",
"vigils",
"watches"
],
"near synonyms":[
"observances",
"observations",
"supervisions",
"inspections",
"scrutinies"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"survey":{
"a close look at or over someone or something in order to judge condition":{
"examples":[
"a survey of the premises revealed that four of the exit doors were locked"
],
"synonyms":[
"audit",
"check",
"checkup",
"examination",
"going-over",
"inspection",
"look-see",
"review",
"scan",
"scrutiny",
"view"
],
"near synonyms":[
"analysis",
"assay",
"close-up",
"deconstruction",
"dissection",
"exploration",
"investigation",
"probe",
"research",
"study",
"inquisition",
"interrogation",
"once-over",
"perusal",
"recheck",
"reinspection",
"resurvey",
"observation",
"surveillance",
"watch",
"checkout",
"test-drive",
"trial run"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to go around and approach (people) with a request for opinions or information":{
"examples":[
"surveyed the medical residents and found out that 60% of them don't think they get enough sleep"
],
"synonyms":[
"canvass",
"canvas",
"interview",
"poll",
"solicit"
],
"near synonyms":[
"circularize",
"interrogate",
"question",
"feel (out)",
"sound (out)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"report"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to look over closely (as for judging quality or condition)":{
"examples":[
"surveyed the books at the estate sale, fondly hoping to find a rare first edition"
],
"synonyms":[
"audit",
"check (out)",
"con",
"examine",
"inspect",
"overlook",
"oversee",
"review",
"scan",
"scrutinize",
"view"
],
"near synonyms":[
"notice",
"observe",
"watch",
"comb",
"peruse",
"pore (over)",
"analyze",
"dissect",
"parse",
"delve (into)",
"explore",
"investigate",
"plumb",
"probe",
"research",
"study",
"categorize",
"classify",
"pick over",
"reinspect",
"rereview",
"resurvey"
],
"near antonyms":[
"skim",
"miss"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"surveyed":{
"to go around and approach (people) with a request for opinions or information":{
"examples":[
"surveyed the medical residents and found out that 60% of them don't think they get enough sleep"
],
"synonyms":[
"canvassed",
"canvased",
"interviewed",
"polled",
"solicited"
],
"near synonyms":[
"circularized",
"interrogated",
"questioned",
"felt (out)",
"sounded (out)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"reported"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to look over closely (as for judging quality or condition)":{
"examples":[
"surveyed the books at the estate sale, fondly hoping to find a rare first edition"
],
"synonyms":[
"audited",
"checked (out)",
"conned",
"examined",
"inspected",
"overlooked",
"oversaw",
"reviewed",
"scanned",
"scrutinized",
"viewed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"noticed",
"observed",
"watched",
"combed",
"perused",
"pored (over)",
"analyzed",
"dissected",
"parsed",
"delved (into)",
"explored",
"investigated",
"plumbed",
"probed",
"researched",
"studied",
"categorized",
"classified",
"picked over",
"reinspected",
"rereviewed",
"re-reviewed",
"resurveyed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"skimmed",
"missed"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"surveying":{
"to go around and approach (people) with a request for opinions or information":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"surveyed the medical residents and found out that 60% of them don't think they get enough sleep"
],
"near antonyms":[
"reporting"
],
"related":[
"circularizing",
"interrogating",
"questioning",
"feeling (out)",
"sounding (out)"
],
"synonyms":[
"canvassing",
"canvasing",
"interviewing",
"polling",
"soliciting"
]
},
"to look over closely (as for judging quality or condition)":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"surveyed the books at the estate sale, fondly hoping to find a rare first edition"
],
"near antonyms":[
"skimming",
"missing"
],
"related":[
"noticing",
"observing",
"watching",
"combing",
"perusing",
"poring (over)",
"analyzing",
"dissecting",
"parsing",
"delving (into)",
"exploring",
"investigating",
"plumbing",
"probing",
"researching",
"studying",
"categorizing",
"classifying",
"picking over",
"reinspecting",
"rereviewing",
"re-reviewing",
"resurveying"
],
"synonyms":[
"auditing",
"checking (out)",
"conning",
"examining",
"inspecting",
"overlooking",
"overseeing",
"reviewing",
"scanning",
"scrutinizing",
"viewing"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"surcharged":{
"to charge (someone) too much for goods or services":{
"examples":[
"contends that with the present tax structure, the state's lower-income residents are being surcharged and the wealthiest residents are getting off too lightly"
],
"synonyms":[
"gouged",
"overcharged",
"soaked",
"stung"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cheated",
"defrauded",
"stuck",
"clipped",
"fleeced",
"skinned",
"mischarged"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"undercharged"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"surpasses":{
"to be greater, better, or stronger than":{
"examples":[
"she always tried to surpass her older brother at anything he did"
],
"synonyms":[
"beats",
"betters",
"eclipses",
"exceeds",
"excels",
"outclasses",
"outdistances",
"outdoes",
"outguns",
"outmatches",
"outshines",
"outstrips",
"overtops",
"tops",
"towers (over)",
"transcends"
],
"near synonyms":[
"one-ups",
"outpaces",
"outraces",
"outruns",
"overpasses",
"bests",
"clobbers",
"conquers",
"crushes",
"defeats",
"drubs",
"licks",
"masters",
"outcompetes",
"outperforms",
"overcomes",
"overmatches",
"prevails (over)",
"routs",
"shames",
"skunks",
"subdues",
"surmounts",
"thrashes",
"trims",
"triumphs (over)",
"trounces",
"wallops",
"whips",
"wins (against)",
"worsts",
"outbalances",
"outweighs",
"overbears",
"overshadows",
"trumps"
],
"near antonyms":[
"loses (to)"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to go beyond the limit of":{
"examples":[
"the sales of the band's newest CD have surpassed the combined sales of its last two albums"
],
"synonyms":[
"breaks",
"exceeds",
"outreaches",
"outruns",
"overpasses",
"overreaches",
"overruns",
"overshoots",
"oversteps",
"transcends"
],
"near synonyms":[
"encroaches",
"entrenches",
"intrenches",
"infringes",
"invades",
"trespasses",
"overdoes",
"overuses",
"overutilizes",
"overworks"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"surprising":{
"causing a strong emotional reaction because of unexpectedness":{
"examples":[
"the surprising news that they were going to have a baby had them rushing to buy nursery furniture"
],
"synonyms":[
"amazing",
"astonishing",
"astounding",
"blindsiding",
"dumbfounding",
"dumfounding",
"eye-opening",
"flabbergasting",
"jarring",
"jaw-dropping",
"jolting",
"shocking",
"startling",
"stunning",
"stupefying"
],
"near synonyms":[
"unannounced",
"unanticipated",
"unexpected",
"unforeseen",
"awesome",
"awful",
"breathtaking",
"fabulous",
"heart-stopping",
"marvelous",
"marvellous",
"miraculous",
"portentous",
"prodigious",
"staggering",
"stupendous",
"sublime",
"wonderful",
"wondrous",
"extraordinary",
"phenomenal",
"rare",
"sensational",
"spectacular",
"befuddling",
"bewildering",
"confounding",
"confusing",
"discomfiting",
"disconcerting",
"dismaying",
"flustering",
"muddling",
"nonplussing",
"nonplusing",
"perplexing",
"upsetting",
"incomprehensible",
"inconceivable",
"incredible",
"unbelievable",
"unimaginable",
"unlikely",
"unthinkable",
"singular",
"uncommon",
"unique",
"unusual",
"unwonted",
"conspicuous",
"notable",
"noticeable",
"outstanding",
"remarkable",
"impressive",
"striking"
],
"near antonyms":[
"common",
"customary",
"mundane",
"normal",
"ordinary",
"typical",
"unexceptional",
"unremarkable",
"usual"
],
"antonyms":[
"unsurprising"
]
},
"causing wonder or astonishment":{
"examples":[
"it's surprising how much knowledge of physics the architects of those immense medieval cathedrals must have had"
],
"synonyms":[
"amazing",
"astonishing",
"astounding",
"awesome",
"awful",
"eye-opening",
"fabulous",
"marvelous",
"marvellous",
"miraculous",
"portentous",
"prodigious",
"staggering",
"stunning",
"stupendous",
"sublime",
"wonderful",
"wondrous"
],
"near synonyms":[
"incomprehensible",
"inconceivable",
"incredible",
"unbelievable",
"unimaginable",
"unthinkable",
"extraordinary",
"phenomenal",
"rare",
"sensational",
"spectacular",
"singular",
"uncommon",
"unique",
"unusual",
"unwonted",
"conspicuous",
"notable",
"noticeable",
"outstanding",
"remarkable",
"impressive",
"smashing",
"striking",
"mind-bending",
"mind-blowing",
"mind-boggling",
"animating",
"energizing",
"enlightening",
"enlivening",
"exciting",
"galvanizing",
"invigorating",
"stimulating",
"alluring",
"attracting",
"attractive",
"beguiling",
"bewitching",
"captivating",
"charming",
"enchanting",
"entertaining",
"enthralling",
"fascinating",
"interesting"
],
"near antonyms":[
"unimpressive",
"uninspiring",
"unremarkable",
"boring",
"dull",
"jading",
"monotonous",
"tedious",
"tiring",
"uninspired",
"uninteresting",
"wearisome",
"weary",
"wearying",
"common",
"customary",
"mundane",
"normal",
"ordinary",
"typical",
"unexceptional",
"usual",
"draining",
"enervating",
"exhausting",
"fatiguing",
"wearing",
"debilitating",
"enfeebling",
"demoralizing",
"discouraging",
"disheartening",
"dispiriting"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make a strong impression on (someone) with something unexpected":{
"examples":[
"I was very surprised when my parents offered to pay the down payment on our house"
],
"synonyms":[
"amazing",
"astonishing",
"astounding",
"bowling over",
"dumbfounding",
"dumfounding",
"flabbergasting",
"flooring",
"rocking",
"shocking",
"startling",
"stunning",
"stupefying",
"thunderstriking"
],
"near synonyms":[
"befuddling",
"bewildering",
"blindsiding",
"blowing away",
"confounding",
"confusing",
"dazing",
"discomfiting",
"disconcerting",
"dismaying",
"jarring",
"muddling",
"nonplussing",
"nonplusing",
"perplexing",
"shaking up"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to lie in wait for and attack by surprise":{
"examples":[
"FBI agents surprised the counterfeiters in their own base of operations"
],
"synonyms":[
"ambuscading",
"ambushing",
"waylaying"
],
"near synonyms":[
"assailing",
"assaulting",
"attacking",
"storming",
"striking",
"jumping",
"mugging",
"pouncing (on)",
"tackling",
"charging",
"sallying",
"capturing",
"ensnaring",
"entrapping",
"mousetrapping",
"netting",
"snaring",
"trapping",
"hunting",
"preying (on or upon)",
"stalking"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"sureness":{
"a state of mind in which one is free from doubt":{
"examples":[
"unfortunately, he lacked the sureness of his opponent in the tennis match"
],
"synonyms":[
"assurance",
"assuredness",
"certainty",
"certitude",
"cocksureness",
"confidence",
"conviction",
"doubtlessness",
"face",
"positiveness",
"satisfaction",
"surety"
],
"near synonyms":[
"authoritarianism",
"dogmatism",
"decisiveness",
"determination",
"firmness",
"purposefulness",
"resoluteness",
"resolution",
"resolve"
],
"near antonyms":[
"hesitancy",
"hesitation",
"indecisiveness",
"irresolution",
"disbelief",
"incredulity",
"unbelief",
"anxiety",
"concern",
"misgiving",
"distrust",
"mistrust",
"suspicion"
],
"antonyms":[
"doubt",
"incertitude",
"nonconfidence",
"uncertainty"
]
},
"worthiness as the recipient of another's trust or confidence":{
"examples":[
"investors in those risky foreign enterprises were gambling on the sureness of their instincts"
],
"synonyms":[
"dependability",
"dependableness",
"reliability",
"reliableness",
"responsibility",
"solidity",
"solidness",
"trustability",
"trustworthiness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"inerrancy",
"infallibility",
"credibility",
"creditability",
"creditableness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"doubtfulness",
"dubiousness",
"questionableness",
"shakiness",
"uncertainness"
],
"antonyms":[
"dodginess",
"unreliability"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"survival":{
"uninterrupted or lasting life":{
"examples":[
"The survival of many endangered species is imperiled by human action."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"survivance",
"survivorship",
"existence",
"viability",
"enduringness",
"permanence",
"abidance",
"ceaselessness",
"continuance",
"continuation",
"continuity",
"continuousness",
"durability",
"duration",
"endurance",
"persistence",
"subsistence"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cessation",
"close",
"discontinuance",
"discontinuity",
"end",
"ending",
"expiration",
"finish",
"stoppage",
"surcease",
"termination"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"surtaxes":{
"as in surcharges , supertaxes":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"supertaxes",
"surcharges",
"capitations",
"customs",
"excises",
"hidden taxes",
"income taxes",
"poll taxes",
"property taxes",
"sales taxes",
"single taxes",
"sin taxes",
"tariffs",
"tolls",
"tributes",
"value-added taxes",
"withholding taxes",
"death taxes",
"estate taxes",
"inheritance taxes",
"direct taxes",
"personal taxes",
"flat taxes",
"proportional taxes",
"assessments",
"duties",
"impositions",
"imposts",
"levies",
"taxes"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"surprised":{
"as in startled":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"startled",
"amazed",
"astonished",
"astounded",
"awed",
"awestruck",
"awestricken",
"dumbfounded",
"dumfounded",
"flabbergasted",
"marveling",
"marvelling",
"openmouthed",
"wondering",
"bemused",
"bewildered",
"puzzled",
"overwhelmed",
"staggered",
"stunned",
"stupefied"
],
"near antonyms":[
"unimpressed",
"disinterested",
"incurious",
"indifferent",
"unconcerned",
"uninterested",
"dispassionate",
"emotionless",
"impassive",
"unemotional",
"bored",
"jaded"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make a strong impression on (someone) with something unexpected":{
"examples":[
"I was very surprised when my parents offered to pay the down payment on our house"
],
"synonyms":[
"amazed",
"astonished",
"astounded",
"bowled over",
"dumbfounded",
"dumfounded",
"flabbergasted",
"floored",
"rocked",
"shocked",
"startled",
"stunned",
"stupefied",
"thunderstruck"
],
"near synonyms":[
"befuddled",
"bewildered",
"blew away",
"blindsided",
"confounded",
"confused",
"dazed",
"discomfited",
"disconcerted",
"dismayed",
"jarred",
"muddled",
"nonplussed",
"nonplused",
"perplexed",
"shook up"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to lie in wait for and attack by surprise":{
"examples":[
"FBI agents surprised the counterfeiters in their own base of operations"
],
"synonyms":[
"ambuscaded",
"ambushed",
"waylaid"
],
"near synonyms":[
"assailed",
"assaulted",
"attacked",
"stormed",
"struck",
"jumped",
"mugged",
"pounced (on)",
"tackled",
"charged",
"sallied",
"captured",
"ensnared",
"entrapped",
"mousetrapped",
"netted",
"snared",
"trapped",
"hunted",
"preyed (on or upon)",
"stalked"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"surrenders":{
"to give (something) over to the control or possession of another usually under duress":{
"examples":[
"the toddler surrendered the doll to her mother after a brief struggle",
"the commander surrendered the garrison without having fired a single shot"
],
"synonyms":[
"cedes",
"coughs up",
"delivers",
"gives up",
"hands over",
"lays down",
"relinquishes",
"renders",
"turns in",
"turns over",
"yields"
],
"near synonyms":[
"commits",
"consigns",
"entrusts",
"intrusts",
"transfers",
"forfeits",
"releases",
"waives",
"abnegates",
"renounces",
"resigns",
"abandons",
"deserts",
"discards",
"forsakes",
"parts (with)",
"sheds"
],
"near antonyms":[
"keeps",
"retains",
"withholds"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to cease resistance (as to another's arguments, demands, or control)":{
"examples":[
"the father refused to surrender to his son's constant begging for a BB gun"
],
"synonyms":[
"blinks",
"bows",
"budges",
"capitulates",
"concedes",
"gives in",
"knuckles under",
"quits",
"relents",
"submits",
"succumbs",
"yields"
],
"near synonyms":[
"acquiesces",
"defers"
],
"near antonyms":[
"contends",
"fights",
"holds off",
"battles",
"breasts",
"combats",
"confronts",
"counters",
"defies",
"faces",
"meets",
"objects",
"opposes",
"repels",
"thwarts",
"withstands"
],
"antonyms":[
"resists"
]
},
"to give up (as a position of authority) formally":{
"examples":[
"the aging queen refused to surrender the throne to her increasingly impatient heir"
],
"synonyms":[
"abdicates",
"abnegates",
"cedes",
"relinquishes",
"renounces",
"resigns",
"steps aside (from)",
"steps down (from)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abjures",
"demits",
"denies",
"disavows",
"disclaims",
"disowns",
"waives",
"forsakes",
"gives up",
"hands over",
"yields",
"abandons",
"deserts",
"quits",
"vacates"
],
"near antonyms":[
"appropriates",
"arrogates",
"assumes",
"claims",
"confiscates",
"seizes",
"takes over",
"usurps",
"wrests",
"defends",
"guards",
"protects",
"safeguards",
"secures"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to give up and cease resistance (as to a liking, temptation, or habit)":{
"examples":[
"determined to give up smoking, she so far has not surrendered to her incessant desire to have a cigarette"
],
"synonyms":[
"bows",
"caves (in)",
"gives in",
"submits",
"succumbs",
"yields"
],
"near synonyms":[
"caters (to)",
"gratifies",
"indulges",
"wallows",
"acquiesces (to)",
"concedes (to)",
"buckles (under)",
"knuckles under",
"gives over (to)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"battles",
"breasts",
"combats",
"confronts",
"counters",
"defies",
"faces",
"fights",
"meets",
"objects",
"opposes",
"repels",
"thwarts",
"withstands",
"rejects",
"bridles",
"checks",
"constrains",
"curbs",
"inhibits",
"restrains",
"stifles"
],
"antonyms":[
"holds off",
"resists"
]
},
"to yield to the control or power of enemy forces":{
"examples":[
"General Robert E. Lee surrendered to General Ulysses S. Grant on April 9, 1865, thus ending the Civil War"
],
"synonyms":[
"capitulates",
"falls",
"gives up",
"knuckles under",
"submits",
"succumbs"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bows",
"buckles",
"caves (in)",
"collapses",
"gives (in)",
"hands over",
"relinquishes",
"loses",
"concedes",
"fails",
"folds"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bucks",
"defies",
"fights",
"opposes",
"repels",
"resists",
"withstands",
"beats",
"overcomes",
"wins",
"conquers",
"prevails",
"triumphs"
],
"antonyms":[
"endures",
"stands"
]
},
"to give (oneself) over to something especially unrestrainedly":{
"examples":[
"laid-off workers who surrender themselves to despair will almost certainly never regain their footing"
],
"synonyms":[
"abandons",
"delivers",
"gives up",
"indulges",
"yields"
],
"near synonyms":[
"overdoes",
"overindulges",
"basks",
"luxuriates",
"revels",
"rolls",
"wallows"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abstains (from)",
"eschews",
"forbears",
"forgoes",
"foregoes",
"refrains (from)",
"checks",
"inhibits",
"restrains"
],
"antonyms":[
"denies"
]
},
"the usually forced yielding of one's person or possessions to the control of another":{
"examples":[
"the police demanded the surrender of all hostages as a condition for allowing the hijackers safe passage out of the country"
],
"synonyms":[
"capitulations",
"cessions",
"handovers",
"relinquishments",
"renditions",
"submissions"
],
"near synonyms":[
"acceptances",
"acquiescences",
"concessions",
"compromises",
"appeasements",
"conciliations",
"reconcilements",
"reconciliations",
"captures",
"falls"
],
"near antonyms":[
"resistances"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"surprized":{
"as in startled":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"startled",
"amazed",
"astonished",
"astounded",
"awed",
"awestruck",
"awestricken",
"dumbfounded",
"dumfounded",
"flabbergasted",
"marveling",
"marvelling",
"openmouthed",
"wondering",
"bemused",
"bewildered",
"puzzled",
"overwhelmed",
"staggered",
"stunned",
"stupefied"
],
"near antonyms":[
"unimpressed",
"disinterested",
"incurious",
"indifferent",
"unconcerned",
"uninterested",
"dispassionate",
"emotionless",
"impassive",
"unemotional",
"bored",
"jaded"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make a strong impression on (someone) with something unexpected":{
"examples":[
"I was very surprised when my parents offered to pay the down payment on our house"
],
"synonyms":[
"amazed",
"astonished",
"astounded",
"bowled over",
"dumbfounded",
"dumfounded",
"flabbergasted",
"floored",
"rocked",
"shocked",
"startled",
"stunned",
"stupefied",
"thunderstruck"
],
"near synonyms":[
"befuddled",
"bewildered",
"blew away",
"blindsided",
"confounded",
"confused",
"dazed",
"discomfited",
"disconcerted",
"dismayed",
"jarred",
"muddled",
"nonplussed",
"nonplused",
"perplexed",
"shook up"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to lie in wait for and attack by surprise":{
"examples":[
"FBI agents surprised the counterfeiters in their own base of operations"
],
"synonyms":[
"ambuscaded",
"ambushed",
"waylaid"
],
"near synonyms":[
"assailed",
"assaulted",
"attacked",
"stormed",
"struck",
"jumped",
"mugged",
"pounced (on)",
"tackled",
"charged",
"sallied",
"captured",
"ensnared",
"entrapped",
"mousetrapped",
"netted",
"snared",
"trapped",
"hunted",
"preyed (on or upon)",
"stalked"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"surviving":{
"as in current , existing":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"current",
"existent",
"existing",
"extant",
"going",
"prevailing",
"active",
"animated",
"dynamic",
"lively",
"thriving",
"vibrant",
"vigorous",
"vital",
"vivacious",
"resurrected",
"alive",
"animate",
"breathing",
"live",
"living",
"quick"
],
"near antonyms":[
"asleep",
"breathless",
"cold",
"dead",
"deceased",
"defunct",
"departed",
"expired",
"inanimate",
"lifeless",
"nonliving",
"dying",
"fading",
"moribund",
"stillborn",
"reposing",
"resting",
"ghostlike",
"ghostly",
"ghosty",
"zombielike",
"absent",
"extinct",
"fallen",
"finished",
"gone",
"lapsed",
"lost",
"nonexistent",
"perished",
"terminated",
"vanished",
"wiped out",
"barren",
"desert"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to come safely through":{
"examples":[
"the cat miraculously survived a two-story fall"
],
"synonyms":[
"riding (out)",
"weathering"
],
"near synonyms":[
"outlasting",
"outliving",
"wearing out",
"pulling through",
"abiding",
"continuing",
"enduring",
"hanging on",
"holding on",
"holding out",
"holding up",
"lasting",
"leading",
"persisting",
"standing",
"sticking out",
"withstanding",
"being",
"breathing",
"existing",
"living",
"subsisting",
"flourishing",
"prospering",
"thriving"
],
"near antonyms":[
"croaking",
"deceasing",
"departing",
"dying",
"expiring",
"passing away",
"passing (on)",
"perishing",
"succumbing",
"disappearing",
"evaporating",
"fading",
"vanishing",
"ceasing",
"ending",
"stopping"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to continue to operate or to meet one's needs":{
"examples":[
"some old-world customs still survive in modern-day America"
],
"synonyms":[
"holding out",
"holding up",
"keeping up",
"lasting",
"prevailing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bearing up",
"carrying on",
"coping",
"enduring",
"faring",
"getting along",
"getting by",
"getting on",
"going",
"hanging in",
"making out",
"managing",
"persevering",
"abiding",
"continuing",
"drawing out",
"hanging on",
"holding on",
"lingering",
"persisting",
"remaining",
"running on",
"stretching"
],
"near antonyms":[
"breaking",
"breaking down",
"collapsing",
"conking (out)",
"crashing",
"cutting out",
"dying",
"expiring",
"stalling",
"stopping",
"running down",
"waning"
],
"antonyms":[
"failing",
"fizzling",
"giving out",
"going out",
"petering (out)",
"running out"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"surrender":{
"to give (something) over to the control or possession of another usually under duress":{
"examples":[
"the toddler surrendered the doll to her mother after a brief struggle",
"the commander surrendered the garrison without having fired a single shot"
],
"synonyms":[
"cede",
"cough up",
"deliver",
"give up",
"hand over",
"lay down",
"relinquish",
"render",
"turn in",
"turn over",
"yield"
],
"near synonyms":[
"commit",
"consign",
"entrust",
"intrust",
"transfer",
"forfeit",
"release",
"waive",
"abnegate",
"renounce",
"resign",
"abandon",
"desert",
"discard",
"forsake",
"part (with)",
"shed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"keep",
"retain",
"withhold"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to cease resistance (as to another's arguments, demands, or control)":{
"examples":[
"the father refused to surrender to his son's constant begging for a BB gun"
],
"synonyms":[
"blink",
"bow",
"budge",
"capitulate",
"concede",
"give in",
"knuckle under",
"quit",
"relent",
"submit",
"succumb",
"yield"
],
"near synonyms":[
"acquiesce",
"defer"
],
"near antonyms":[
"contend",
"fight",
"hold off",
"battle",
"breast",
"combat",
"confront",
"counter",
"defy",
"face",
"meet",
"object",
"oppose",
"repel",
"thwart",
"withstand"
],
"antonyms":[
"resist"
]
},
"to give up (as a position of authority) formally":{
"examples":[
"the aging queen refused to surrender the throne to her increasingly impatient heir"
],
"synonyms":[
"abdicate",
"abnegate",
"cede",
"relinquish",
"renounce",
"resign",
"step aside (from)",
"step down (from)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abjure",
"demit",
"deny",
"disavow",
"disclaim",
"disown",
"waive",
"forsake",
"give up",
"hand over",
"yield",
"abandon",
"desert",
"quit",
"vacate"
],
"near antonyms":[
"appropriate",
"arrogate",
"assume",
"claim",
"confiscate",
"seize",
"take over",
"usurp",
"wrest",
"defend",
"guard",
"protect",
"safeguard",
"secure"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to give up and cease resistance (as to a liking, temptation, or habit)":{
"examples":[
"determined to give up smoking, she so far has not surrendered to her incessant desire to have a cigarette"
],
"synonyms":[
"bow",
"cave (in)",
"give in",
"submit",
"succumb",
"yield"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cater (to)",
"gratify",
"indulge",
"wallow",
"acquiesce (to)",
"concede (to)",
"buckle (under)",
"knuckle under",
"give over (to)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"battle",
"breast",
"combat",
"confront",
"counter",
"defy",
"face",
"fight",
"meet",
"object",
"oppose",
"repel",
"thwart",
"withstand",
"reject",
"bridle",
"check",
"constrain",
"curb",
"inhibit",
"restrain",
"stifle"
],
"antonyms":[
"hold off",
"resist"
]
},
"to yield to the control or power of enemy forces":{
"examples":[
"General Robert E. Lee surrendered to General Ulysses S. Grant on April 9, 1865, thus ending the Civil War"
],
"synonyms":[
"capitulate",
"fall",
"give up",
"knuckle under",
"submit",
"succumb"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bow",
"buckle",
"cave (in)",
"collapse",
"give (in)",
"hand over",
"relinquish",
"lose",
"concede",
"fail",
"fold"
],
"near antonyms":[
"buck",
"defy",
"fight",
"oppose",
"repel",
"resist",
"withstand",
"beat",
"overcome",
"win",
"conquer",
"prevail",
"triumph"
],
"antonyms":[
"endure",
"stand"
]
},
"to give (oneself) over to something especially unrestrainedly":{
"examples":[
"laid-off workers who surrender themselves to despair will almost certainly never regain their footing"
],
"synonyms":[
"abandon",
"deliver",
"give up",
"indulge",
"yield"
],
"near synonyms":[
"overdo",
"overindulge",
"bask",
"luxuriate",
"revel",
"roll",
"wallow"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abstain (from)",
"eschew",
"forbear",
"forgo",
"forego",
"refrain (from)",
"check",
"inhibit",
"restrain"
],
"antonyms":[
"deny"
]
},
"the usually forced yielding of one's person or possessions to the control of another":{
"examples":[
"the police demanded the surrender of all hostages as a condition for allowing the hijackers safe passage out of the country"
],
"synonyms":[
"capitulating",
"capitulation",
"cession",
"handover",
"relinquishment",
"rendition",
"submission",
"submitting"
],
"near synonyms":[
"acceptance",
"acquiescence",
"concession",
"compromise",
"appeasement",
"conciliation",
"reconcilement",
"reconciliation",
"capture",
"fall"
],
"near antonyms":[
"resistance"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"surf caster":{
"as in angler , fly fisherman":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"angler",
"fly fisherman",
"giller",
"trawler",
"trawlerman",
"troller",
"fisherfolk",
"fisherwoman",
"waterman",
"fisher",
"fisherman"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"surfeit":{
"the state or an instance of going beyond what is usual, proper, or needed":{
"examples":[
"ended up with a surfeit of volunteers who simply got in each other's way"
],
"synonyms":[
"bellyful",
"excess",
"fat",
"overabundance",
"overage",
"overflow",
"overkill",
"overmuch",
"overplus",
"oversupply",
"plethora",
"plus",
"redundancy",
"superabundance",
"superfluity",
"surplus",
"surplusage"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abundance",
"bounty",
"plentitude",
"plenty",
"profusion",
"sufficiency",
"overproduction",
"overstock"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dearth",
"lack",
"scarcity",
"want"
],
"antonyms":[
"deficiency",
"deficit",
"insufficiency",
"undersupply"
]
},
"to fill with food to capacity":{
"examples":[
"having surfeited ourselves on raw oysters, we had to decline the rest of the restaurant's offerings"
],
"synonyms":[
"cram",
"glut",
"gorge",
"sate",
"stuff"
],
"near synonyms":[
"gobble",
"gormandize",
"pig out",
"gulp",
"guzzle",
"cloy",
"fill",
"banquet",
"feast",
"regale"
],
"near antonyms":[
"diet",
"fast"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"surprizing":{
"causing a strong emotional reaction because of unexpectedness":{
"examples":[
"the surprising news that they were going to have a baby had them rushing to buy nursery furniture"
],
"synonyms":[
"amazing",
"astonishing",
"astounding",
"blindsiding",
"dumbfounding",
"dumfounding",
"eye-opening",
"flabbergasting",
"jarring",
"jaw-dropping",
"jolting",
"shocking",
"startling",
"stunning",
"stupefying"
],
"near synonyms":[
"unannounced",
"unanticipated",
"unexpected",
"unforeseen",
"awesome",
"awful",
"breathtaking",
"fabulous",
"heart-stopping",
"marvelous",
"marvellous",
"miraculous",
"portentous",
"prodigious",
"staggering",
"stupendous",
"sublime",
"wonderful",
"wondrous",
"extraordinary",
"phenomenal",
"rare",
"sensational",
"spectacular",
"befuddling",
"bewildering",
"confounding",
"confusing",
"discomfiting",
"disconcerting",
"dismaying",
"flustering",
"muddling",
"nonplussing",
"nonplusing",
"perplexing",
"upsetting",
"incomprehensible",
"inconceivable",
"incredible",
"unbelievable",
"unimaginable",
"unlikely",
"unthinkable",
"singular",
"uncommon",
"unique",
"unusual",
"unwonted",
"conspicuous",
"notable",
"noticeable",
"outstanding",
"remarkable",
"impressive",
"striking"
],
"near antonyms":[
"common",
"customary",
"mundane",
"normal",
"ordinary",
"typical",
"unexceptional",
"unremarkable",
"usual"
],
"antonyms":[
"unsurprising"
]
},
"causing wonder or astonishment":{
"examples":[
"it's surprising how much knowledge of physics the architects of those immense medieval cathedrals must have had"
],
"synonyms":[
"amazing",
"astonishing",
"astounding",
"awesome",
"awful",
"eye-opening",
"fabulous",
"marvelous",
"marvellous",
"miraculous",
"portentous",
"prodigious",
"staggering",
"stunning",
"stupendous",
"sublime",
"wonderful",
"wondrous"
],
"near synonyms":[
"incomprehensible",
"inconceivable",
"incredible",
"unbelievable",
"unimaginable",
"unthinkable",
"extraordinary",
"phenomenal",
"rare",
"sensational",
"spectacular",
"singular",
"uncommon",
"unique",
"unusual",
"unwonted",
"conspicuous",
"notable",
"noticeable",
"outstanding",
"remarkable",
"impressive",
"smashing",
"striking",
"mind-bending",
"mind-blowing",
"mind-boggling",
"animating",
"energizing",
"enlightening",
"enlivening",
"exciting",
"galvanizing",
"invigorating",
"stimulating",
"alluring",
"attracting",
"attractive",
"beguiling",
"bewitching",
"captivating",
"charming",
"enchanting",
"entertaining",
"enthralling",
"fascinating",
"interesting"
],
"near antonyms":[
"unimpressive",
"uninspiring",
"unremarkable",
"boring",
"dull",
"jading",
"monotonous",
"tedious",
"tiring",
"uninspired",
"uninteresting",
"wearisome",
"weary",
"wearying",
"common",
"customary",
"mundane",
"normal",
"ordinary",
"typical",
"unexceptional",
"usual",
"draining",
"enervating",
"exhausting",
"fatiguing",
"wearing",
"debilitating",
"enfeebling",
"demoralizing",
"discouraging",
"disheartening",
"dispiriting"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make a strong impression on (someone) with something unexpected":{
"examples":[
"I was very surprised when my parents offered to pay the down payment on our house"
],
"synonyms":[
"amazing",
"astonishing",
"astounding",
"bowling over",
"dumbfounding",
"dumfounding",
"flabbergasting",
"flooring",
"rocking",
"shocking",
"startling",
"stunning",
"stupefying",
"thunderstriking"
],
"near synonyms":[
"befuddling",
"bewildering",
"blindsiding",
"blowing away",
"confounding",
"confusing",
"dazing",
"discomfiting",
"disconcerting",
"dismaying",
"jarring",
"muddling",
"nonplussing",
"nonplusing",
"perplexing",
"shaking up"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to lie in wait for and attack by surprise":{
"examples":[
"FBI agents surprised the counterfeiters in their own base of operations"
],
"synonyms":[
"ambuscading",
"ambushing",
"waylaying"
],
"near synonyms":[
"assailing",
"assaulting",
"attacking",
"storming",
"striking",
"jumping",
"mugging",
"pouncing (on)",
"tackling",
"charging",
"sallying",
"capturing",
"ensnaring",
"entrapping",
"mousetrapping",
"netting",
"snaring",
"trapping",
"hunting",
"preying (on or upon)",
"stalking"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"survey course":{
"as in clinic , institute":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"clinic",
"institute",
"seminar",
"elective",
"refresher",
"minicourse",
"class",
"course",
"core",
"curriculum"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"surrey":{
"as in hackney , victoria":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"barouche",
"brougham",
"buckboard",
"buggy",
"cab",
"cabriolet",
"calash",
"cal\u00e8che",
"caleche",
"caroche",
"carryall",
"chaise",
"chariot",
"coach",
"coup\u00e9",
"coupe",
"curricle",
"diligence",
"dogcart",
"droshky",
"drosky",
"four-in-hand",
"gig",
"go-cart",
"hackney",
"hansom",
"hansom cab",
"jaunting car",
"landau",
"phaeton",
"post chaise",
"roadster",
"rockaway",
"stage",
"stagecoach",
"stanhope",
"tandem",
"tilbury",
"tonga",
"trap",
"troika",
"victoria",
"carriage",
"equipage",
"rig",
"turnout"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"surges":{
"a moving ridge on the surface of water":{
"examples":[
"a huge surge nearly capsized the boat and drenched the hapless fishermen"
],
"synonyms":[
"billows",
"swells",
"waves"
],
"near synonyms":[
"seas",
"surfs",
"breakers",
"whitecaps",
"combers",
"curls",
"riffles",
"ripples",
"wavelets",
"ground swells",
"rollers",
"tidal waves",
"tsunamis",
"tsunami"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in streams , pours":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"gushes",
"pours",
"squirts",
"streams",
"belches",
"disgorges",
"ejects",
"eructs",
"erupts",
"expels",
"jets",
"spews",
"spouts",
"spurts",
"emanates",
"exhales",
"issues",
"releases",
"shoots",
"spits",
"springs",
"vents",
"discharges",
"emits",
"fires",
"casts",
"flings",
"heaves",
"hurls",
"launches",
"pitches",
"tosses"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bottles (up)",
"contains",
"restrains",
"shuts (in or up)"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in jumps , skyrockets":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"jumps",
"rockets",
"skyrockets",
"accelerates",
"accumulates",
"appreciates",
"balloons",
"booms",
"builds up",
"burgeons",
"bourgeons",
"climbs",
"enlarges",
"escalates",
"expands",
"gains",
"increases",
"mounts",
"multiplies",
"mushrooms",
"proliferates",
"rises",
"rolls up",
"snowballs",
"spreads",
"swells",
"waxes",
"heightens",
"intensifies",
"redoubles",
"blows up",
"bulks",
"distends",
"inflates",
"puffs (up)",
"crescendoes",
"crests",
"peaks"
],
"near antonyms":[
"contracts",
"decreases",
"diminishes",
"dwindles",
"lessens",
"recedes",
"wanes"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"surtax":{
"as in surcharge , supertax":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"supertax",
"surcharge",
"capitation",
"custom(s)",
"excise",
"hidden tax",
"income tax",
"poll tax",
"property tax",
"sales tax",
"single tax",
"sin tax",
"tariff",
"toll",
"tribute",
"value-added tax",
"withholding tax",
"death tax",
"estate tax",
"inheritance tax",
"direct tax",
"personal tax",
"flat tax",
"proportional tax",
"assessment",
"duty",
"imposition",
"impost",
"levy",
"tax"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"surefire":{
"not likely to fail":{
"examples":[
"pizza seems like a surefire choice for a food that everyone at the party will be happy with"
],
"synonyms":[
"can't-miss",
"certain",
"fail-safe",
"infallible",
"sure",
"unfailing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dependable",
"reliable",
"deadly",
"unerring"
],
"near antonyms":[
"doubtful",
"questionable",
"uncertain"
],
"antonyms":[
"fallible"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"surmises":{
"an opinion or judgment based on little or no evidence":{
"examples":[
"my surmise is that the couple's \"good news\" is the announcement that they are going to have a baby"
],
"synonyms":[
"conjectures",
"guesses",
"shots",
"suppositions"
],
"near synonyms":[
"hypotheses",
"hypotheticals",
"theories",
"theses",
"dead reckonings",
"guesswork",
"speculations",
"hunches",
"intuitions",
"beliefs",
"faiths"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to form an opinion from little or no evidence":{
"examples":[
"we surmised that she had purchased the apple pie since there was a bakery box on the kitchen counter"
],
"synonyms":[
"assumes",
"conjectures",
"daresays",
"guesses",
"imagines",
"presumes",
"speculates",
"supposes",
"suspects",
"suspicions"
],
"near synonyms":[
"concludes",
"deduces",
"gathers",
"infers",
"hypothecates",
"hypothesizes",
"theorizes",
"believes",
"conceives",
"expects",
"judges",
"reckons",
"takes",
"thinks"
],
"near antonyms":[
"demonstrates",
"documents",
"establishes",
"proves",
"substantiates",
"validates",
"ascertains",
"determines",
"finds out",
"learns"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"surrendered":{
"to give (something) over to the control or possession of another usually under duress":{
"examples":[
"the toddler surrendered the doll to her mother after a brief struggle",
"the commander surrendered the garrison without having fired a single shot"
],
"synonyms":[
"ceded",
"coughed up",
"delivered",
"gave up",
"handed over",
"laid down",
"relinquished",
"rendered",
"turned in",
"turned over",
"yielded"
],
"near synonyms":[
"committed",
"consigned",
"entrusted",
"intrusted",
"transferred",
"forfeited",
"released",
"waived",
"abnegated",
"renounced",
"resigned",
"abandoned",
"deserted",
"discarded",
"forsook",
"parted (with)",
"shed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"kept",
"retained",
"withheld"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to cease resistance (as to another's arguments, demands, or control)":{
"examples":[
"the father refused to surrender to his son's constant begging for a BB gun"
],
"synonyms":[
"blinked",
"bowed",
"budged",
"capitulated",
"conceded",
"gave in",
"knuckled under",
"quit",
"quitted",
"relented",
"submitted",
"succumbed",
"yielded"
],
"near synonyms":[
"acquiesced",
"deferred"
],
"near antonyms":[
"contended",
"fought",
"held off",
"battled",
"breasted",
"combated",
"combatted",
"confronted",
"countered",
"defied",
"faced",
"met",
"objected",
"opposed",
"repelled",
"thwarted",
"withstood"
],
"antonyms":[
"resisted"
]
},
"to give up (as a position of authority) formally":{
"examples":[
"the aging queen refused to surrender the throne to her increasingly impatient heir"
],
"synonyms":[
"abdicated",
"abnegated",
"ceded",
"relinquished",
"renounced",
"resigned",
"stepped aside (from)",
"stepped down (from)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abjured",
"demitted",
"denied",
"disavowed",
"disclaimed",
"disowned",
"waived",
"forsook",
"gave up",
"handed over",
"yielded",
"abandoned",
"deserted",
"quit",
"quitted",
"vacated"
],
"near antonyms":[
"appropriated",
"arrogated",
"assumed",
"claimed",
"confiscated",
"seized",
"took over",
"usurped",
"wrested",
"defended",
"guarded",
"protected",
"safeguarded",
"secured"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to give up and cease resistance (as to a liking, temptation, or habit)":{
"examples":[
"determined to give up smoking, she so far has not surrendered to her incessant desire to have a cigarette"
],
"synonyms":[
"bowed",
"caved (in)",
"gave in",
"submitted",
"succumbed",
"yielded"
],
"near synonyms":[
"catered (to)",
"gratified",
"indulged",
"wallowed",
"acquiesced (to)",
"conceded (to)",
"buckled (under)",
"knuckled under",
"gave over (to)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"battled",
"breasted",
"combated",
"combatted",
"confronted",
"countered",
"defied",
"faced",
"fought",
"met",
"objected",
"opposed",
"repelled",
"thwarted",
"withstood",
"rejected",
"bridled",
"checked",
"constrained",
"curbed",
"inhibited",
"restrained",
"stifled"
],
"antonyms":[
"held off",
"resisted"
]
},
"to yield to the control or power of enemy forces":{
"examples":[
"General Robert E. Lee surrendered to General Ulysses S. Grant on April 9, 1865, thus ending the Civil War"
],
"synonyms":[
"capitulated",
"fell",
"gave up",
"knuckled under",
"submitted",
"succumbed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bowed",
"buckled",
"caved (in)",
"collapsed",
"gave (in)",
"handed over",
"relinquished",
"lost",
"conceded",
"failed",
"folded"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bucked",
"defied",
"fought",
"opposed",
"repelled",
"resisted",
"withstood",
"beat",
"overcame",
"won",
"conquered",
"prevailed",
"triumphed"
],
"antonyms":[
"endured",
"stood"
]
},
"to give (oneself) over to something especially unrestrainedly":{
"examples":[
"laid-off workers who surrender themselves to despair will almost certainly never regain their footing"
],
"synonyms":[
"abandoned",
"delivered",
"gave up",
"indulged",
"yielded"
],
"near synonyms":[
"overdid",
"overindulged",
"basked",
"luxuriated",
"reveled",
"revelled",
"rolled",
"wallowed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abstained (from)",
"eschewed",
"forbore",
"forwent",
"forewent",
"refrained (from)",
"checked",
"inhibited",
"restrained"
],
"antonyms":[
"denied"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"surf":{
"a light mass of fine bubbles formed in or on a liquid":{
"examples":[
"beachgoers romping in the swirling surf"
],
"synonyms":[
"foam",
"froth",
"head",
"lather",
"spume",
"suds"
],
"near synonyms":[
"mousse",
"mist",
"spindrift",
"spray",
"scum"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in cruise , browse":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"browse",
"cruise",
"peruse",
"scan",
"skim (through)",
"thumb (through)",
"inspect",
"sift",
"study",
"view",
"reinvestigate",
"delve (into)",
"dig (into)",
"examine",
"explore",
"inquire (into)",
"investigate",
"look (into)",
"probe",
"research"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"surliness":{
"as in fretfulness , orneriness":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"cantankerousness",
"crustiness",
"curmudgeonliness",
"disagreeableness",
"dyspepsia",
"fretfulness",
"orneriness",
"sulkiness",
"biliousness",
"choler",
"crankiness",
"crossness",
"crotchetiness",
"grouchiness",
"grumpiness",
"huffiness",
"irascibility",
"irascibleness",
"irritability",
"irritableness",
"peevishness",
"perverseness",
"perversity",
"pettishness",
"petulance",
"testiness",
"waspishness",
"aggression",
"aggressiveness",
"bellicosity",
"belligerence",
"belligerency",
"combativeness",
"contentiousness",
"contrariness",
"disputatiousness",
"feistiness",
"fight",
"pugnaciousness",
"pugnacity",
"quarrelsomeness",
"scrappiness",
"truculence",
"truculency",
"fussiness",
"querulousness",
"rudeness",
"oversensitiveness",
"sensitivity",
"supersensitivity",
"touchiness",
"animosity",
"antagonism",
"antipathy",
"fierceness",
"hostility",
"jaundice",
"rancor",
"unfriendliness",
"anger",
"exasperation",
"fury",
"indignation",
"rage",
"spleen",
"wrath",
"hot-bloodedness",
"passion"
],
"near antonyms":[
"forbearance",
"long-suffering",
"patience",
"tolerance",
"understanding",
"affability",
"agreeableness",
"amenity",
"amicability",
"cordiality",
"friendliness",
"geniality",
"sociability",
"amiability",
"amiableness",
"good-humoredness",
"good-naturedness",
"good-temperedness",
"coolness",
"serenity",
"tranquillity",
"tranquility",
"easygoingness",
"gentleness",
"kindliness",
"mildness"
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"noun"
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"a light mass of fine bubbles formed in or on a liquid":{
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],
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"foams",
"froths",
"heads",
"lathers",
"spumes",
"suds"
],
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"mousses",
"mists",
"spindrifts",
"sprays",
"scums"
],
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"as in cruises , browses":{
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"browses",
"cruises",
"peruses",
"scans",
"skims (through)",
"thumbs (through)",
"inspects",
"sifts",
"studies",
"views",
"reinvestigates",
"delves (into)",
"digs (into)",
"examines",
"explores",
"inquires (into)",
"investigates",
"looks (into)",
"probes",
"researches"
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"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
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"surmountable":{
"as in vulnerable , vincible":{
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"superable",
"vincible",
"vulnerable",
"exposed",
"imperiled",
"imperilled",
"insecure",
"liable",
"open",
"susceptible",
"unguarded",
"unprotected",
"unsafe",
"defenseless",
"helpless",
"powerless",
"weak"
],
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"bulletproof",
"impregnable",
"indomitable",
"insuperable",
"insurmountable",
"invincible",
"invulnerable",
"unbeatable",
"unconquerable",
"unstoppable",
"inviolable",
"unassailable",
"unbreachable",
"untouchable",
"armored",
"defended",
"guarded",
"protected",
"safe",
"safeguarded",
"secure",
"shielded"
],
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},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
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"as in submits (to) , defers (to)":{
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"defers (to)",
"submits (to)",
"yields (to)",
"adheres (to)",
"complies (with)",
"conforms (to)",
"follows",
"goose-steps (to)",
"minds",
"obeys",
"observes",
"accedes (to)",
"acquiesces (to)",
"agrees (to)",
"assents (to)",
"attends",
"hears",
"heeds",
"listens (to)",
"marks",
"notes",
"notices",
"regards",
"takes",
"watches"
],
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"defies",
"disobeys",
"rebels (against)",
"disobliges",
"challenges",
"dares",
"refuses",
"renounces",
"repudiates",
"directs",
"leads",
"brushes (off)",
"disregards",
"ignores",
"overlooks",
"overpasses",
"passes over",
"tunes out",
"winks (at)",
"dismisses",
"pooh-poohs",
"poohs",
"shrugs off",
"breaches",
"breaks",
"infringes",
"transgresses",
"violates",
"derides",
"flouts",
"mocks",
"scoffs (at)",
"scorns",
"mutinies (against)",
"revolts (against)",
"bucks",
"combats",
"contests",
"disputes",
"fights",
"opposes",
"resists",
"withstands"
],
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},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
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"as in deft , clever":{
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"adroit",
"clever",
"deft",
"dexterous",
"dextrous",
"handy",
"slick",
"accomplished",
"ace",
"adept",
"compleat",
"complete",
"consummate",
"crack",
"crackerjack",
"educated",
"experienced",
"expert",
"good",
"great",
"master",
"masterful",
"masterly",
"practiced",
"practised",
"professed",
"proficient",
"skilled",
"skillful",
"versed",
"veteran",
"virtuoso",
"gifted",
"talented",
"polished",
"refined",
"effective",
"effectual",
"efficient",
"workmanlike",
"able",
"capable",
"competent",
"employable",
"fit",
"fitted",
"habile",
"qualified",
"knowledgeable",
"schooled",
"taught",
"trained",
"tutored",
"all-around",
"all-round",
"well-rounded",
"long-term",
"old",
"multiskilled",
"multitalented"
],
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"amateur",
"amateurish",
"inexperienced",
"inexpert",
"jackleg",
"unprofessional",
"unseasoned",
"unskilled",
"unskillful",
"incapable",
"incompetent",
"inept",
"unable",
"unfit",
"unfitted",
"unqualified",
"weak",
"artless",
"crude",
"rude",
"ineffective",
"ineffectual",
"inefficient",
"talentless",
"ungifted",
"untalented",
"ignorant",
"unschooled",
"untaught",
"untrained",
"untutored",
"beginning",
"green",
"inexperienced",
"new",
"raw",
"unseasoned",
"untested",
"untried",
"would-be",
"primitive",
"rough",
"unpolished",
"awkward",
"clumsy",
"ham-fisted",
"ham-handed",
"heavy-handed"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"surcoats":{
"a warm outdoor coat":{
"examples":[
"a knight in a fur-lined and hooded surcoat over a long tunic stood in the forest clearing"
],
"synonyms":[
"greatcoats",
"overcoats",
"topcoats"
],
"near synonyms":[
"chesterfields",
"frock coats",
"mackinaws",
"ulsters",
"jackets",
"parkas",
"surtouts",
"oilskins",
"raincoats",
"sou'westers",
"wraps"
],
"near antonyms":[
"undercoats"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"surroundings":{
"the circumstances, conditions, or objects by which one is surrounded":{
"examples":[
"we relaxed and forgot our worries for a while in the plush surroundings of the hotel"
],
"synonyms":[
"ambient",
"atmosphere",
"climate",
"clime",
"context",
"contexture",
"environment",
"environs",
"medium",
"milieu",
"mise-en-sc\u00e8ne",
"setting",
"surround",
"terrain"
],
"near synonyms":[
"location",
"place",
"position",
"space",
"backdrop",
"background",
"element",
"situation",
"status",
"geography",
"habitat",
"microenvironment"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"plural noun"
]
},
"sure things":{
"one that is certain to succeed":{
"examples":[
"he's a sure thing for the promotion: he's the most qualified candidate by far"
],
"synonyms":[
"cinches",
"locks",
"shoo-ins",
"slam dunks"
],
"near synonyms":[
"certainties",
"inevitabilities",
"eventualities",
"foregone conclusions"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dark horses",
"long shots"
],
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},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"surpassed":{
"to be greater, better, or stronger than":{
"examples":[
"she always tried to surpass her older brother at anything he did"
],
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"beat",
"bettered",
"eclipsed",
"exceeded",
"excelled",
"outclassed",
"outdid",
"outdistanced",
"outgunned",
"outmatched",
"outshone",
"outshined",
"outstripped",
"overtopped",
"topped",
"towered (over)",
"transcended"
],
"near synonyms":[
"one-upped",
"outpaced",
"outraced",
"outran",
"overpassed",
"bested",
"clobbered",
"conquered",
"crushed",
"defeated",
"drubbed",
"licked",
"mastered",
"outcompeted",
"outperformed",
"overcame",
"overmatched",
"prevailed (over)",
"routed",
"shamed",
"skunked",
"subdued",
"surmounted",
"thrashed",
"trimmed",
"triumphed (over)",
"trounced",
"walloped",
"whipped",
"won (against)",
"worsted",
"outbalanced",
"outweighed",
"overbore",
"overshadowed",
"trumped"
],
"near antonyms":[
"lost (to)"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to go beyond the limit of":{
"examples":[
"the sales of the band's newest CD have surpassed the combined sales of its last two albums"
],
"synonyms":[
"broke",
"exceeded",
"outran",
"outreached",
"overpassed",
"overran",
"overreached",
"overshot",
"overstepped",
"transcended"
],
"near synonyms":[
"encroached",
"entrenched",
"intrenched",
"infringed",
"invaded",
"trespassed",
"overdid",
"overused",
"overutilized",
"overworked"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"surmised":{
"as in alleged , assumed":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"alleged",
"assumed",
"conjectured",
"guessed",
"presumed",
"suspected",
"defensible",
"excusable",
"justifiable",
"vindicable",
"warrantable",
"certifiable",
"documentable",
"well-founded",
"checkable",
"confirmable",
"demonstrable",
"empirical",
"empiric",
"provable",
"supportable",
"sustainable",
"verifiable"
],
"near antonyms":[
"indemonstrable",
"insupportable",
"unprovable",
"unsupportable",
"unsustainable",
"unverifiable",
"debatable",
"disprovable",
"disputable",
"refutable"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to form an opinion from little or no evidence":{
"examples":[
"we surmised that she had purchased the apple pie since there was a bakery box on the kitchen counter"
],
"synonyms":[
"assumed",
"conjectured",
"daresaid",
"guessed",
"imagined",
"presumed",
"speculated",
"supposed",
"suspected",
"suspicioned"
],
"near synonyms":[
"concluded",
"deduced",
"gathered",
"inferred",
"hypothecated",
"hypothesized",
"theorized",
"believed",
"conceived",
"expected",
"judged",
"reckoned",
"thought",
"took"
],
"near antonyms":[
"demonstrated",
"documented",
"established",
"proved",
"substantiated",
"validated",
"ascertained",
"determined",
"found out",
"learned"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"surfers":{
"as in browsers":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"browsers",
"cybercitizens",
"cybernauts",
"cybersurfers",
"netizens"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"surfing":{
"as in cruising , browsing":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"browsing",
"cruising",
"perusing",
"scanning",
"skimming (through)",
"thumbing (through)",
"inspecting",
"sifting",
"studying",
"viewing",
"reinvestigating",
"delving (into)",
"digging (into)",
"examining",
"exploring",
"inquiring (into)",
"investigating",
"looking (into)",
"probing",
"researching"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"surpassingly":{
"to a great degree":{
"examples":[
"a surpassingly beautiful view from the summit"
],
"synonyms":[
"achingly",
"almighty",
"archly",
"awful",
"awfully",
"badly",
"beastly",
"blisteringly",
"bone",
"colossally",
"corking",
"cracking",
"damn",
"damned",
"dang",
"deadly",
"desperately",
"eminently",
"enormously",
"especially",
"ever",
"exceedingly",
"exceeding",
"extra",
"extremely",
"fabulously",
"fantastically",
"far",
"fiercely",
"filthy",
"frightfully",
"full",
"greatly",
"heavily",
"highly",
"hugely",
"immensely",
"incredibly",
"intensely",
"jolly",
"majorly",
"mightily",
"mighty",
"monstrous",
"mortally",
"most",
"much",
"particularly",
"passing",
"rattling",
"real",
"really",
"right",
"roaring",
"roaringly",
"seriously",
"severely",
"so",
"sore",
"sorely",
"spanking",
"specially",
"stinking",
"such",
"super",
"supremely",
"terribly",
"that",
"thumping",
"too",
"unco",
"uncommonly",
"vastly",
"very",
"vitally",
"way",
"whacking",
"wicked",
"wildly"
],
"near synonyms":[
"absolutely",
"altogether",
"completely",
"downright",
"entirely",
"flat-out",
"fully",
"positively",
"purely",
"radically",
"thoroughly",
"totally",
"utterly",
"wholly",
"deeply",
"profoundly",
"exceptionally",
"notably",
"remarkably",
"considerably",
"extensively",
"significantly",
"substantially",
"appreciably",
"discernibly",
"markedly",
"noticeably",
"obviously",
"palpably",
"plainly",
"visibly",
"abundantly",
"plentifully",
"astronomically",
"grandly",
"monstrously",
"monumentally",
"excessively",
"obscenely",
"overmuch",
"amazingly",
"astonishingly",
"staggeringly"
],
"near antonyms":[
"meagerly",
"scantily",
"barely",
"hardly",
"just",
"marginally",
"minimally",
"scarcely"
],
"antonyms":[
"little",
"negligibly",
"nominally",
"slightly",
"somewhat"
]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"sureties":{
"a formal agreement to fulfill an obligation":{
"examples":[
"gave his surety that he would pay back the loan if his sister was unable to for any reason"
],
"synonyms":[
"bonds",
"contracts",
"covenants",
"deals",
"guarantees",
"guaranties",
"warranties"
],
"near synonyms":[
"oaths",
"pledges",
"troths",
"vows",
"words",
"accords",
"bargains",
"compacts",
"concordats",
"conventions",
"pacts",
"treaties",
"assurances",
"insurances",
"seals",
"bails",
"deposits",
"pawns",
"securities"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a person who takes the responsibility for some other person or thing":{
"examples":[
"a mutual friend agreed to act as surety if I lent my cousin some money, since I wasn't certain that she'd be able to pay it back"
],
"synonyms":[
"backers",
"guarantors",
"patrons",
"sponsors"
],
"near synonyms":[
"chaperones",
"chaperons",
"advocates",
"champions",
"supporters",
"angels",
"benefactors",
"underwriters",
"coaches",
"mentors",
"teachers",
"cosponsors",
"co-sponsors",
"cosignatories",
"cosigners"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"sure thing":{
"one that is certain to succeed":{
"examples":[
"he's a sure thing for the promotion: he's the most qualified candidate by far"
],
"synonyms":[
"cinch",
"lock",
"shoo-in",
"slam dunk"
],
"near synonyms":[
"certainty",
"inevitability",
"eventuality",
"foregone conclusion"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dark horse",
"long shot"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"surfboat":{
"as in canoe , rowing boat":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bateau",
"ca\u00efque",
"canoe",
"catamaran",
"coracle",
"curragh",
"currach",
"dhow",
"dinghy",
"dink",
"dory",
"dugout",
"flatboat",
"garvey",
"gig",
"johnboat",
"kayak",
"outrigger",
"paddleboat",
"pinnace",
"piragua",
"pirogue",
"pontoon",
"pram",
"punt",
"raft",
"rowboat",
"rowing boat",
"sampan",
"scow",
"scull",
"shallop",
"shell",
"skiff",
"umiak",
"wherry",
"bottom",
"craft",
"vessel",
"watercraft",
"catboat",
"ketch",
"sailboat",
"schooner",
"yacht",
"cruiser",
"inboard",
"motorboat",
"outboard",
"powerboat",
"houseboat",
"riverboat",
"auxiliary",
"bumboat",
"cutter",
"jolly boat",
"launch",
"lifeboat",
"longboat",
"tender",
"yawl",
"barge",
"hoy",
"keel",
"keelboat",
"lighter",
"narrow boat",
"towboat",
"tug",
"tugboat",
"ferry",
"ferryboat",
"gondola",
"taxi",
"water taxi"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"sure-footedness":{
"as in nimbleness , deftness":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"agility",
"deftness",
"dexterity",
"nimbleness",
"sleight",
"spryness",
"adeptness",
"adroitness",
"finesse",
"prowess",
"flexibility",
"gracefulness",
"limberness",
"litheness",
"loose-jointedness",
"suppleness",
"handiness",
"sure-handedness",
"coordination"
],
"near antonyms":[
"awkwardness",
"clumsiness",
"gaucheness",
"gawkiness",
"gawkishness",
"gracelessness",
"ham-handedness",
"heavy-handedness",
"klutziness",
"ungainliness",
"disability",
"inability",
"incapability",
"incapacity",
"debilitation",
"disablement",
"impairment",
"incapacitation",
"unhandiness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"surveys":{
"a close look at or over someone or something in order to judge condition":{
"examples":[
"a survey of the premises revealed that four of the exit doors were locked"
],
"synonyms":[
"audits",
"checks",
"checkups",
"examinations",
"goings-over",
"inspections",
"look-sees",
"reviews",
"scans",
"scrutinies",
"views"
],
"near synonyms":[
"analyses",
"assays",
"close-ups",
"deconstructions",
"dissections",
"explorations",
"investigations",
"probes",
"researches",
"studies",
"inquisitions",
"interrogations",
"once-overs",
"perusals",
"rechecks",
"reinspections",
"resurveys",
"observations",
"surveillances",
"watches",
"checkouts",
"test-drives",
"trial runs"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to go around and approach (people) with a request for opinions or information":{
"examples":[
"surveyed the medical residents and found out that 60% of them don't think they get enough sleep"
],
"synonyms":[
"canvasses",
"canvases",
"interviews",
"polls",
"solicits"
],
"near synonyms":[
"circularizes",
"interrogates",
"questions",
"feels (out)",
"sounds (out)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"reports"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to look over closely (as for judging quality or condition)":{
"examples":[
"surveyed the books at the estate sale, fondly hoping to find a rare first edition"
],
"synonyms":[
"audits",
"checks (out)",
"cons",
"examines",
"inspects",
"overlooks",
"oversees",
"reviews",
"scans",
"scrutinizes",
"views"
],
"near synonyms":[
"notices",
"observes",
"watches",
"combs",
"peruses",
"pores (over)",
"analyzes",
"dissects",
"parses",
"delves (into)",
"explores",
"investigates",
"plumbs",
"probes",
"researches",
"studies",
"categorizes",
"classifies",
"picks over",
"reinspects",
"rereviews",
"resurveys"
],
"near antonyms":[
"skims",
"misses"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"surety":{
"a formal agreement to fulfill an obligation":{
"examples":[
"gave his surety that he would pay back the loan if his sister was unable to for any reason"
],
"synonyms":[
"bond",
"contract",
"covenant",
"deal",
"guarantee",
"guaranty",
"warranty"
],
"near synonyms":[
"oath",
"pledge",
"troth",
"vow",
"word",
"accord",
"bargain",
"compact",
"concordat",
"convention",
"pact",
"treaty",
"assurance",
"insurance",
"seal",
"bail",
"deposit",
"pawn",
"security"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a person who takes the responsibility for some other person or thing":{
"examples":[
"a mutual friend agreed to act as surety if I lent my cousin some money, since I wasn't certain that she'd be able to pay it back"
],
"synonyms":[
"backer",
"guarantor",
"patron",
"sponsor"
],
"near synonyms":[
"chaperone",
"chaperon",
"advocate",
"champion",
"supporter",
"angel",
"benefactor",
"underwriter",
"coach",
"mentor",
"teacher",
"cosponsor",
"cosignatory",
"cosigner"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a state of mind in which one is free from doubt":{
"examples":[
"I can't tell you the year in which that event happened with any great surety"
],
"synonyms":[
"assurance",
"assuredness",
"certainty",
"certitude",
"cocksureness",
"confidence",
"conviction",
"doubtlessness",
"face",
"positiveness",
"satisfaction",
"sureness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"authoritarianism",
"dogmatism",
"decisiveness",
"determination",
"firmness",
"purposefulness",
"resoluteness",
"resolution",
"resolve"
],
"near antonyms":[
"hesitancy",
"hesitation",
"indecisiveness",
"irresolution",
"disbelief",
"incredulity",
"unbelief",
"anxiety",
"concern",
"misgiving",
"distrust",
"mistrust",
"suspicion"
],
"antonyms":[
"doubt",
"incertitude",
"nonconfidence",
"uncertainty"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"surcoat":{
"a warm outdoor coat":{
"examples":[
"a knight in a fur-lined and hooded surcoat over a long tunic stood in the forest clearing"
],
"synonyms":[
"greatcoat",
"overcoat",
"topcoat"
],
"near synonyms":[
"chesterfield",
"frock coat",
"mackinaw",
"ulster",
"jacket",
"parka",
"surtout",
"oilskin",
"raincoat",
"sou'wester",
"wrap"
],
"near antonyms":[
"undercoat"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"surpass":{
"to be greater, better, or stronger than":{
"examples":[
"she always tried to surpass her older brother at anything he did"
],
"synonyms":[
"beat",
"better",
"eclipse",
"exceed",
"excel",
"outclass",
"outdistance",
"outdo",
"outgun",
"outmatch",
"outshine",
"outstrip",
"overtop",
"top",
"tower (over)",
"transcend"
],
"near synonyms":[
"one-up",
"outpace",
"outrace",
"outrun",
"overpass",
"best",
"clobber",
"conquer",
"crush",
"defeat",
"drub",
"lick",
"master",
"outcompete",
"outperform",
"overcome",
"overmatch",
"prevail (over)",
"rout",
"shame",
"skunk",
"subdue",
"surmount",
"thrash",
"trim",
"triumph (over)",
"trounce",
"wallop",
"whip",
"win (against)",
"worst",
"outbalance",
"outweigh",
"overbear",
"overshadow",
"trump"
],
"near antonyms":[
"lose (to)"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to go beyond the limit of":{
"examples":[
"the sales of the band's newest CD have surpassed the combined sales of its last two albums"
],
"synonyms":[
"break",
"exceed",
"outreach",
"outrun",
"overpass",
"overreach",
"overrun",
"overshoot",
"overstep",
"transcend"
],
"near synonyms":[
"encroach",
"entrench",
"intrench",
"infringe",
"invade",
"trespass",
"overdo",
"overuse",
"overutilize",
"overwork"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"survivable":{
"as in livable":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"livable",
"liveable",
"bearable",
"endurable",
"sufferable",
"supportable",
"sustainable",
"tolerable",
"acceptable",
"adequate",
"admissible",
"allowable",
"permissible",
"reasonable",
"satisfactory"
],
"near antonyms":[
"insufferable",
"insupportable",
"intolerable",
"unbearable",
"unendurable",
"unsupportable",
"agonizing",
"appalling",
"awful",
"bad",
"cruel",
"dire",
"dreadful",
"excruciating",
"frightful",
"ghastly",
"grisly",
"gruesome",
"grewsome",
"harrowing",
"harsh",
"hideous",
"horrendous",
"horrible",
"horrid",
"horrifying",
"lurid",
"macabre",
"monstrous",
"nasty",
"nightmarish",
"painful",
"rotten",
"shocking",
"terrible",
"tormenting",
"torturous",
"unfortunate",
"vicious",
"vile",
"wretched",
"unacceptable",
"acute",
"extreme",
"intense",
"piercing",
"abhorrent",
"deplorable",
"disgusting",
"distasteful",
"loathsome",
"nauseating",
"obnoxious",
"offensive",
"repugnant",
"repulsive",
"revolting",
"sickening",
"abominable",
"evil",
"foul",
"heinous",
"noxious",
"odious",
"unspeakable"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"surfaces":{
"an outer part or layer":{
"examples":[
"the surface of just about everything in the kitchen was covered with soot after we put the grease fire out"
],
"synonyms":[
"exteriors",
"faces",
"outsides",
"shells",
"skins",
"veneers"
],
"near synonyms":[
"facades",
"fa\u00e7ades",
"fronts",
"tops",
"coverings",
"covers",
"facings",
"appearances",
"disguises",
"guises",
"masks",
"semblances",
"shows"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"insides",
"interiors"
]
},
"to come to one's attention especially gradually or unexpectedly":{
"examples":[
"no information regarding the stolen car has surfaced since the police found it abandoned on a country road"
],
"synonyms":[
"arises",
"comes up",
"crops (up)",
"emerges",
"materializes",
"springs (up)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"appears",
"comes out",
"shows up",
"turns up",
"chances",
"comes",
"comes about",
"falls out",
"goes off",
"goes (on)",
"happens",
"haps",
"occurs",
"passes",
"transpires",
"interferes",
"interposes",
"intervenes",
"intrudes"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to penetrate the surface (as of water) from below":{
"examples":[
"a submarine surfaced on the starboard side of the aircraft carrier"
],
"synonyms":[
"breaks",
"broaches"
],
"near synonyms":[
"emerges",
"rises"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dives",
"drops",
"drowns",
"founders",
"plunges",
"sinks",
"submerges",
"submerses"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"surmounts":{
"to achieve a victory over":{
"examples":[
"an Olympic swimmer who surmounted endless obstacles to achieve her goals"
],
"synonyms":[
"beats",
"bests",
"conquers",
"defeats",
"dispatches",
"does down",
"gets",
"gets around",
"licks",
"masters",
"overbears",
"overcomes",
"overmatches",
"prevails (over)",
"skunks",
"stops",
"subdues",
"takes",
"trims",
"triumphs (over)",
"upends",
"wins (against)",
"worsts"
],
"near synonyms":[
"sweeps",
"edges (out)",
"noses out",
"pips",
"annihilates",
"blows away",
"blows out",
"bombs",
"breaks",
"buries",
"clobbers",
"creams",
"crushes",
"drubs",
"finishes",
"flattens",
"overwhelms",
"routs",
"shellacs",
"skins",
"slaughters",
"smokes",
"snows under",
"thrashes",
"trounces",
"upsets",
"wallops",
"waxes",
"whips",
"caps",
"excels",
"flourishes",
"scores",
"succeeds",
"knocks off",
"knocks over",
"overpowers",
"overthrows",
"subjugates",
"unseats",
"vanquishes",
"aces (out)",
"betters",
"eclipses",
"exceeds",
"excels",
"outdistances",
"outdoes",
"outfights",
"outshines",
"outstrips",
"overtops",
"surpasses",
"tops",
"transcends"
],
"near antonyms":[
"falls",
"gives up",
"goes down",
"goes under",
"collapses",
"fails",
"flops",
"flunks",
"folds",
"washes out"
],
"antonyms":[
"loses (to)"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"sure-enough":{
"being exactly as appears or as claimed":{
"examples":[
"a sure-enough ghost town that is a relic of the gold rush days"
],
"synonyms":[
"authentic",
"bona fide",
"certifiable",
"certified",
"dinkum",
"echt",
"genuine",
"honest",
"pukka",
"pucka",
"real",
"right",
"true"
],
"near synonyms":[
"actual",
"historical",
"original",
"lawful",
"legal",
"legitimate",
"identifiable",
"recognizable",
"verifiable",
"proven",
"substantiated",
"validated",
"verified",
"incontestable",
"incontrovertible",
"indisputable",
"indubitable",
"irrefutable",
"undeniable",
"undoubted",
"unmistakable",
"unquestionable",
"veritable",
"very",
"accurate",
"correct",
"proper",
"pure",
"unadulterated",
"unalloyed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"artificial",
"factitious",
"imitation",
"man-made",
"simulated",
"synthetic",
"unnatural",
"concocted",
"fabricated",
"manufactured",
"deceptive",
"delusive",
"delusory",
"misleading"
],
"antonyms":[
"bogus",
"counterfeit",
"fake",
"false",
"mock",
"phony",
"phoney",
"pseudo",
"sham",
"spurious",
"suppositious",
"supposititious",
"unauthentic",
"unreal"
]
},
"existing in fact and not merely as a possibility":{
"examples":[
"the inventor showed that he did have a sure-enough death ray"
],
"synonyms":[
"actual",
"concrete",
"de facto",
"effective",
"existent",
"factual",
"genuine",
"real",
"true",
"very"
],
"near synonyms":[
"attested",
"authenticated",
"confirmed",
"demonstrated",
"established",
"proven",
"substantiated",
"valid",
"validated",
"verified",
"incontestable",
"incontrovertible",
"indisputable",
"indubitable",
"inescapable",
"irrefutable",
"undeniable",
"unquestionable",
"believable",
"convincing",
"literal",
"realistic",
"unmistakable",
"verifiable",
"authentic",
"bona fide",
"real-life",
"real-world",
"absolute",
"certain",
"final",
"hard",
"objective",
"palpable",
"positive",
"substantial",
"tangible",
"authoritative",
"certifiable",
"certified"
],
"near antonyms":[
"alleged",
"assumed",
"reputed",
"supposed",
"conceived",
"envisaged",
"envisioned",
"imagined",
"pictured",
"visualized",
"chimerical",
"chimeric",
"fabled",
"fanciful",
"fictional",
"fictitious",
"illusory",
"legendary",
"fabricated",
"fake",
"imaginary",
"invented",
"made-up",
"make-believe",
"pretend",
"romantic",
"abstract",
"symbolic",
"unreal",
"virtual"
],
"antonyms":[
"conjectural",
"hypothetical",
"ideal",
"inexistent",
"nonexistent",
"platonic",
"possible",
"potential",
"suppositional",
"theoretical",
"theoretic"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"surprise":{
"something that makes a strong impression because it is so unexpected":{
"examples":[
"the anniversary party was such a complete surprise that the couple was speechless for a moment"
],
"synonyms":[
"bombshell",
"jar",
"jaw-dropper",
"jolt",
"stunner"
],
"near synonyms":[
"shock",
"thunderclap",
"eye-opener",
"revelation",
"shocker",
"amazement",
"marvel",
"wonder",
"fillip",
"kick",
"kicker",
"twist",
"wrinkle"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the state of being strongly impressed by something unexpected or unusual":{
"examples":[
"stared in utter surprise at the deer in his cabin"
],
"synonyms":[
"amazement",
"astonishment",
"shock",
"startlement",
"stupefaction"
],
"near synonyms":[
"awe",
"wonder",
"wonderment",
"startle",
"bewilderment",
"confusion",
"consternation",
"discomfiture",
"dismay"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a setup in which hidden attackers lie in wait":{
"examples":[
"waited under cover of darkness and took the enemy encampment by surprise at dawn"
],
"synonyms":[
"ambuscade",
"ambush",
"ambushment",
"trap"
],
"near synonyms":[
"assault",
"attack",
"charge",
"sally",
"capture",
"entrapment",
"mousetrap",
"snare",
"hunting",
"stalking"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make a strong impression on (someone) with something unexpected":{
"examples":[
"I was very surprised when my parents offered to pay the down payment on our house"
],
"synonyms":[
"amaze",
"astonish",
"astound",
"bowl over",
"dumbfound",
"dumfound",
"flabbergast",
"floor",
"rock",
"shock",
"startle",
"stun",
"stupefy",
"thunderstrike"
],
"near synonyms":[
"befuddle",
"bewilder",
"blindside",
"blow away",
"confound",
"confuse",
"daze",
"discomfit",
"disconcert",
"dismay",
"jar",
"muddle",
"nonplus",
"perplex",
"shake up"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to lie in wait for and attack by surprise":{
"examples":[
"FBI agents surprised the counterfeiters in their own base of operations"
],
"synonyms":[
"ambuscade",
"ambush",
"waylay"
],
"near synonyms":[
"assail",
"assault",
"attack",
"storm",
"strike",
"jump",
"mug",
"pounce (on)",
"tackle",
"charge",
"sally",
"capture",
"ensnare",
"entrap",
"mousetrap",
"net",
"snare",
"trap",
"hunt",
"prey (on or upon)",
"stalk"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"surcharging":{
"to charge (someone) too much for goods or services":{
"examples":[
"contends that with the present tax structure, the state's lower-income residents are being surcharged and the wealthiest residents are getting off too lightly"
],
"synonyms":[
"gouging",
"overcharging",
"soaking",
"stinging"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cheating",
"defrauding",
"sticking",
"clipping",
"fleecing",
"skinning",
"mischarging"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"undercharging"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"surly":{
"given to or displaying a resentful silence and often irritability":{
"examples":[
"went about his chores in a surly huff, totally annoyed that he was stuck at home on this beautiful Saturday"
],
"synonyms":[
"glum",
"mopey",
"pouting",
"pouty",
"sulky",
"sullen"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dour",
"gloomy",
"morose",
"choleric",
"crabby",
"cranky",
"cross",
"crotchety",
"grouchy",
"grumpy",
"irascible",
"irritable",
"peevish",
"perverse",
"pettish",
"petulant",
"prickly",
"quick-tempered",
"raspy",
"ratty",
"short-tempered",
"snappish",
"snappy",
"snarky",
"snippety",
"snippy",
"testy",
"waspish",
"brooding",
"moping",
"bearish",
"bilious",
"cantankerous",
"disagreeable",
"dyspeptic",
"ill-humored",
"ill-natured",
"ill-tempered",
"ornery",
"huffy",
"sensitive",
"temperamental",
"tetchy",
"thin-skinned",
"touchy"
],
"near antonyms":[
"sociable",
"cheerful",
"cheery",
"gladsome",
"good-humored",
"good-natured",
"good-tempered",
"perky",
"sunny",
"carefree",
"easygoing",
"happy-go-lucky",
"relaxed"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"having or showing a habitually bad temper":{
"examples":[
"the surly receptionist told us we'd have to wait outside in the rain"
],
"synonyms":[
"acid",
"bearish",
"bilious",
"bloody-minded",
"cantankerous",
"disagreeable",
"dyspeptic",
"ill-humored",
"ill-natured",
"ill-tempered",
"ornery",
"splenetic"
],
"near synonyms":[
"choleric",
"crabby",
"cranky",
"crotchety",
"fussy",
"grouchy",
"grumpy",
"querulous",
"irascible",
"irritable",
"peevish",
"peppery",
"petulant",
"quick-tempered",
"short-tempered",
"snappish",
"snippy",
"testy",
"touchy",
"argumentative",
"contentious",
"contrary",
"cussed",
"angry",
"exasperated",
"indignant",
"irate",
"mad",
"upset",
"uptight",
"depressed",
"dour",
"glum",
"morose",
"sullen",
"anal",
"old-maidish",
"schoolmarmish"
],
"near antonyms":[
"agreeable",
"amicable",
"congenial",
"friendly",
"pleasant",
"benign",
"gentle",
"kind",
"nice",
"sweet",
"bubbly",
"cheerful",
"cheery",
"effervescent",
"exuberant",
"high-spirited",
"joyful",
"lighthearted",
"lively",
"vivacious",
"content",
"glad",
"happy",
"calm",
"placid",
"serene",
"long-suffering",
"patient",
"tolerant"
],
"antonyms":[
"amiable",
"good-humored",
"good-natured",
"good-tempered"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"surge":{
"a moving ridge on the surface of water":{
"examples":[
"a huge surge nearly capsized the boat and drenched the hapless fishermen"
],
"synonyms":[
"billow",
"swell",
"wave"
],
"near synonyms":[
"sea(s)",
"surf",
"breaker",
"whitecap",
"comber",
"curl",
"riffle",
"ripple",
"wavelet",
"ground swell",
"roller",
"tidal wave",
"tsunami"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in stream , pour":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"gush",
"pour",
"squirt",
"stream",
"belch",
"disgorge",
"eject",
"eruct",
"erupt",
"expel",
"jet",
"spew",
"spout",
"spurt",
"emanate",
"exhale",
"issue",
"release",
"shoot",
"spit",
"spring",
"vent",
"discharge",
"emit",
"fire",
"cast",
"fling",
"heave",
"hurl",
"launch",
"pitch",
"toss"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bottle (up)",
"contain",
"restrain",
"shut (in or up)"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in jump , skyrocket":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"jump",
"rocket",
"skyrocket",
"accelerate",
"accumulate",
"appreciate",
"balloon",
"boom",
"build up",
"burgeon",
"bourgeon",
"climb",
"enlarge",
"escalate",
"expand",
"gain",
"increase",
"mount",
"multiply",
"mushroom",
"proliferate",
"rise",
"roll up",
"snowball",
"spread",
"swell",
"wax",
"heighten",
"intensify",
"redouble",
"blow up",
"bulk",
"distend",
"inflate",
"puff (up)",
"crescendo",
"crest",
"peak"
],
"near antonyms":[
"contract",
"decrease",
"diminish",
"dwindle",
"lessen",
"recede",
"wane"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"surveilling":{
"as in monitoring , spying":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"monitoring",
"snooping",
"spying",
"bugging",
"tapping",
"wiretapping",
"attending",
"hearing",
"hearkening",
"harkening",
"heeding",
"minding",
"eavesdropping (on)",
"listening in (on)",
"overhearing"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"surmounting":{
"to achieve a victory over":{
"examples":[
"an Olympic swimmer who surmounted endless obstacles to achieve her goals"
],
"synonyms":[
"beating",
"besting",
"conquering",
"defeating",
"dispatching",
"doing down",
"getting",
"getting around",
"licking",
"mastering",
"overbearing",
"overcoming",
"overmatching",
"prevailing (over)",
"skunking",
"stopping",
"subduing",
"taking",
"trimming",
"triumphing (over)",
"upending",
"winning (against)",
"worsting"
],
"near synonyms":[
"sweeping",
"edging (out)",
"nosing out",
"pipping",
"annihilating",
"blowing away",
"blowing out",
"bombing",
"breaking",
"burying",
"clobbering",
"creaming",
"crushing",
"drubbing",
"finishing",
"flattening",
"overwhelming",
"routing",
"shellacking",
"skinning",
"slaughtering",
"smoking",
"snowing under",
"thrashing",
"trouncing",
"upsetting",
"walloping",
"waxing",
"whipping",
"capping",
"excelling",
"flourishing",
"scoring",
"succeeding",
"knocking off",
"knocking over",
"overpowering",
"overthrowing",
"subjugating",
"unseating",
"vanquishing",
"acing (out)",
"bettering",
"eclipsing",
"exceeding",
"excelling",
"outdistancing",
"outdoing",
"outfighting",
"outshining",
"outstripping",
"overtopping",
"surpassing",
"topping",
"transcending"
],
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"falling",
"giving up",
"going down",
"going under",
"collapsing",
"failing",
"flopping",
"flunking",
"folding",
"washing out"
],
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"losing (to)"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"surplusages":{
"the state or an instance of going beyond what is usual, proper, or needed":{
"examples":[
"a mall with a surplusage of stores all selling the same lines of clothing"
],
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"bellyfuls",
"excesses",
"fat",
"overabundances",
"overages",
"overflows",
"overkills",
"overmuch",
"overpluses",
"oversupplies",
"plethoras",
"pluses",
"plusses",
"redundancies",
"superabundances",
"superfluities",
"surfeits",
"surpluses"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abundances",
"bounties",
"plenties",
"plentitudes",
"profusions",
"sufficiencies",
"overproductions",
"overstocks"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dearths",
"lacks",
"scarcities",
"wants"
],
"antonyms":[
"deficiencies",
"deficits",
"insufficiencies",
"undersupplies"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"surrendering (to)":{
"as in submitting (to) , deferring (to)":{
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"deferring (to)",
"submitting (to)",
"yielding (to)",
"adhering (to)",
"complying (with)",
"conforming (to)",
"following",
"goose-stepping (to)",
"minding",
"obeying",
"observing",
"acceding (to)",
"acquiescing (to)",
"agreeing (to)",
"assenting (to)",
"attending",
"hearing",
"heeding",
"listening (to)",
"marking",
"noticing",
"noting",
"regarding",
"taking",
"watching"
],
"near antonyms":[
"defying",
"disobeying",
"rebelling (against)",
"disobliging",
"challenging",
"daring",
"refusing",
"renouncing",
"repudiating",
"directing",
"leading",
"brushing (off)",
"disregarding",
"ignoring",
"overlooking",
"overpassing",
"passing over",
"tuning out",
"winking (at)",
"dismissing",
"pooh-poohing",
"poohing",
"shrugging off",
"breaching",
"breaking",
"infringing",
"transgressing",
"violating",
"deriding",
"flouting",
"mocking",
"scoffing (at)",
"scorning",
"mutinying (against)",
"revolting (against)",
"bucking",
"combating",
"combatting",
"contesting",
"disputing",
"fighting",
"opposing",
"resisting",
"withstanding"
],
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},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"surreptitiously":{
"as in stealthily , furtively":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"furtively",
"secretively",
"sneakily",
"stealthily",
"undercover",
"underground",
"underhand",
"underhanded",
"underhandedly",
"clandestinely",
"collusively",
"conspiratorially",
"covertly",
"offscreen",
"offstage",
"inwardly",
"sotto voce",
"\u00e0 deux",
"t\u00eate-\u00e0-t\u00eate",
"backstage",
"confidentially",
"in camera",
"intimately",
"privately",
"secretly"
],
"near antonyms":[
"openly",
"publicly"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"surreality":{
"as in dreaminess":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"dreaminess",
"fancy",
"fantasy",
"phantasy",
"fiction",
"fictitiousness",
"irreality",
"unreality"
],
"near antonyms":[
"actuality",
"fact",
"factuality",
"materiality",
"reality",
"authenticity",
"genuineness",
"truth",
"verity"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"sure":{
"having or showing a mind free from doubt":{
"examples":[
"are you absolutely sure that she said she was coming today?"
],
"synonyms":[
"assured",
"certain",
"clear",
"cocksure",
"confident",
"doubtless",
"implicit",
"positive",
"sanguine"
],
"near synonyms":[
"self-assured",
"self-conceited",
"self-confident",
"decisive",
"resolute",
"unfaltering",
"unhesitating",
"unquestioning",
"unwavering"
],
"near antonyms":[
"hesitant",
"indecisive",
"vacillating",
"wavering",
"diffident",
"unassuming"
],
"antonyms":[
"doubtful",
"dubious",
"uncertain",
"unsure"
]
},
"impossible to avoid or evade":{
"examples":[
"the joke's a sure dud if you don't pause in the right places"
],
"synonyms":[
"certain",
"ineluctable",
"ineludible",
"inescapable",
"inevitable",
"necessary",
"unavoidable",
"unescapable"
],
"near synonyms":[
"decided",
"definite",
"settled",
"likely",
"possible",
"probable",
"destined",
"fated",
"foreordained",
"predestined",
"predetermined",
"preordained",
"inexorable",
"relentless",
"unremitting",
"unstoppable"
],
"near antonyms":[
"preventable",
"preventible",
"doubtful",
"dubious",
"questionable",
"shaky",
"unclear",
"undecided",
"unsettled",
"undependable",
"unreliable",
"improbable",
"unlikely"
],
"antonyms":[
"avoidable",
"evadable",
"uncertain",
"unsure"
]
},
"not likely to fail":{
"examples":[
"a sure cure for the winter blues\u2014a week in the Bahamas"
],
"synonyms":[
"can't-miss",
"certain",
"fail-safe",
"infallible",
"surefire",
"unfailing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dependable",
"reliable",
"deadly",
"unerring"
],
"near antonyms":[
"doubtful",
"questionable",
"uncertain"
],
"antonyms":[
"fallible"
]
},
"worthy of one's trust":{
"examples":[
"a sister is a sure friend for life"
],
"synonyms":[
"calculable",
"dependable",
"good",
"reliable",
"responsible",
"safe",
"secure",
"solid",
"steady",
"tried",
"tried-and-true",
"true",
"trustable",
"trustworthy",
"trusty"
],
"near synonyms":[
"constant",
"devoted",
"faithful",
"fast",
"loyal",
"staunch",
"stanch",
"steadfast",
"true-blue",
"honest",
"sincere",
"single-minded",
"infallible",
"unerring",
"bedrock",
"firm",
"sound",
"strong",
"effective",
"telling",
"attested",
"authenticated",
"confirmed",
"proven",
"valid",
"validated",
"verified",
"blameless",
"faultless",
"guiltless",
"impeccable",
"inerrant",
"irreproachable",
"unimpeachable",
"unquestionable"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disloyal",
"faithless",
"false",
"fickle",
"inconstant",
"perfidious",
"recreant",
"traitorous",
"treacherous",
"unfaithful",
"untrue",
"deceitful",
"dishonest",
"lying",
"mendacious",
"untruthful",
"debatable",
"disputable",
"doubtable",
"doubtful",
"dubious",
"fishy",
"problematic",
"problematical",
"questionable",
"shady",
"shaky",
"suspect",
"uncertain",
"unsound",
"hazardous",
"risky",
"unconfirmed",
"untried"
],
"antonyms":[
"dodgy",
"uncertain",
"undependable",
"unreliable",
"unsafe",
"untrustworthy"
]
},
"not capable of being challenged or proved wrong":{
"examples":[
"no sure evidence that life exists on other planets"
],
"synonyms":[
"accomplished",
"certain",
"inarguable",
"incontestable",
"incontrovertible",
"indisputable",
"indubitable",
"irrefragable",
"irrefutable",
"positive",
"unanswerable",
"unarguable",
"unchallengeable",
"undeniable",
"unquestionable"
],
"near synonyms":[
"unambiguous",
"unequivocal",
"absolute",
"clear",
"conclusive",
"decisive",
"definite",
"hands-down",
"uncontested",
"uncontradicted",
"undisputed",
"unquestioned"
],
"near antonyms":[
"controversial",
"debated",
"disputed",
"doubtful",
"dubious",
"iffy",
"inconclusive",
"indecisive",
"uncertain",
"ambiguous",
"equivocal",
"academic",
"academical",
"hypothetical",
"speculative",
"theoretical",
"theoretic"
],
"antonyms":[
"answerable",
"arguable",
"contradictable",
"controvertible",
"debatable",
"disputable",
"doubtable",
"moot",
"negotiable",
"problematic",
"problematical",
"questionable",
"refutable"
]
},
"without any question":{
"examples":[
"we sure could use your help here"
],
"synonyms":[
"all right",
"alright",
"assuredly",
"certainly",
"clearly",
"definitely",
"doubtless",
"easily",
"forsooth",
"hands down",
"inarguably",
"incontestably",
"incontrovertibly",
"indeed",
"indisputably",
"plainly",
"really",
"so",
"surely",
"truly",
"unarguably",
"undeniably",
"undoubtedly",
"unquestionably"
],
"near synonyms":[
"conceivably",
"likely",
"perhaps",
"possibly",
"probably",
"obviously",
"unmistakably"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb"
]
},
"surnaming":{
"as in naming , nicknaming":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"baptizing",
"baptising",
"calling",
"christening",
"cleping",
"denominating",
"designating",
"dubbing",
"entitling",
"labeling",
"labelling",
"naming",
"nominating",
"styling",
"terming",
"titling",
"code-naming",
"nicknaming",
"denoting",
"specifying",
"branding",
"stigmatizing",
"tagging",
"rechristening",
"relabeling",
"relabelling",
"renaming",
"miscalling",
"misnaming",
"mistitling"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"surfeited":{
"having one's appetite completely satisfied":{
"examples":[
"surfeited by the Thanksgiving repast, the grown-ups dozed off in front of the TV while the children raised Cain around the house"
],
"synonyms":[
"full",
"replete",
"sated",
"satiate",
"satiated",
"stuffed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"glutted",
"gorged",
"overfed",
"overfull",
"overstuffed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"underfed",
"undernourished"
],
"antonyms":[
"empty",
"famished",
"hungry",
"starved",
"starving"
]
},
"to fill with food to capacity":{
"examples":[
"having surfeited ourselves on raw oysters, we had to decline the rest of the restaurant's offerings"
],
"synonyms":[
"crammed",
"glutted",
"gorged",
"sated",
"stuffed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"gobbled",
"gormandized",
"pigged out",
"gulped",
"guzzled",
"cloyed",
"filled",
"banqueted",
"feasted",
"regaled"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dieted",
"fasted"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"surcharges":{
"to charge (someone) too much for goods or services":{
"examples":[
"contends that with the present tax structure, the state's lower-income residents are being surcharged and the wealthiest residents are getting off too lightly"
],
"synonyms":[
"gouges",
"overcharges",
"soaks",
"stings"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cheats",
"defrauds",
"sticks",
"clips",
"fleeces",
"skins",
"mischarges"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"undercharges"
]
},
"as in surtaxes , supertaxes":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"supertaxes",
"surtaxes",
"capitations",
"customs",
"excises",
"hidden taxes",
"income taxes",
"poll taxes",
"property taxes",
"sales taxes",
"single taxes",
"sin taxes",
"tariffs",
"tolls",
"tributes",
"value-added taxes",
"withholding taxes",
"death taxes",
"estate taxes",
"inheritance taxes",
"direct taxes",
"personal taxes",
"flat taxes",
"proportional taxes",
"assessments",
"duties",
"impositions",
"imposts",
"levies",
"taxes"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in overloads":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"overloads",
"ballasts",
"deadweights",
"bales",
"bundles",
"packages",
"packets",
"packs",
"parcels",
"shipments",
"boatloads",
"carloads",
"shiploads",
"trainloads",
"truckloads",
"wagonloads",
"manifests",
"consignments",
"bodies",
"bulks",
"masses",
"burdens",
"cargoes",
"cargos",
"drafts",
"freights",
"hauls",
"ladings",
"loadings",
"loads",
"payloads",
"weights"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"surrounds":{
"to form a circle around":{
"examples":[
"she was surrounded by cheering fans within moments of scoring the winning goal"
],
"synonyms":[
"circles",
"compasses",
"embraces",
"encircles",
"encloses",
"incloses",
"encompasses",
"environs",
"girdles",
"girds",
"rings",
"wreathes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"circumscribes",
"closes in",
"cordons (off)",
"fences (in)",
"hems (in)",
"walls",
"besets",
"besieges",
"entrenches",
"intrenches",
"invests",
"swarms"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the circumstances, conditions, or objects by which one is surrounded":{
"examples":[
"the vast, featureless surround of the desert was strangely appealing to him"
],
"synonyms":[
"ambients",
"atmospheres",
"climates",
"climes",
"contexts",
"contextures",
"environments",
"environs",
"mediums",
"media",
"milieus",
"milieux",
"mise-en-sc\u00e8nes",
"settings",
"surroundings",
"terrains"
],
"near synonyms":[
"locations",
"places",
"positions",
"spaces",
"backdrops",
"backgrounds",
"elements",
"situations",
"statuses",
"geographies",
"habitats",
"microenvironments"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"surprises":{
"something that makes a strong impression because it is so unexpected":{
"examples":[
"the anniversary party was such a complete surprise that the couple was speechless for a moment"
],
"synonyms":[
"bombshells",
"jars",
"jaw-droppers",
"jolts",
"stunners"
],
"near synonyms":[
"shocks",
"thunderclaps",
"eye-openers",
"revelations",
"shockers",
"amazements",
"marvels",
"wonders",
"fillips",
"kickers",
"kicks",
"twists",
"wrinkles"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the state of being strongly impressed by something unexpected or unusual":{
"examples":[
"stared in utter surprise at the deer in his cabin"
],
"synonyms":[
"amazements",
"astonishments",
"shocks",
"startlements",
"stupefactions"
],
"near synonyms":[
"awes",
"wonderments",
"wonders",
"startles",
"bewilderments",
"confusions",
"consternations",
"discomfitures",
"dismays"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a setup in which hidden attackers lie in wait":{
"examples":[
"waited under cover of darkness and took the enemy encampment by surprise at dawn"
],
"synonyms":[
"ambuscades",
"ambushes",
"ambushments",
"traps"
],
"near synonyms":[
"assaults",
"attacks",
"charges",
"sallies",
"captures",
"entrapments",
"mousetraps",
"snares",
"huntings"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make a strong impression on (someone) with something unexpected":{
"examples":[
"I was very surprised when my parents offered to pay the down payment on our house"
],
"synonyms":[
"amazes",
"astonishes",
"astounds",
"bowls over",
"dumbfounds",
"dumfounds",
"flabbergasts",
"floors",
"rocks",
"shocks",
"startles",
"stuns",
"stupefies",
"thunderstrikes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"befuddles",
"bewilders",
"blindsides",
"blows away",
"confounds",
"confuses",
"dazes",
"discomfits",
"disconcerts",
"dismays",
"jars",
"muddles",
"nonpluses",
"nonplusses",
"perplexes",
"shakes up"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to lie in wait for and attack by surprise":{
"examples":[
"FBI agents surprised the counterfeiters in their own base of operations"
],
"synonyms":[
"ambuscades",
"ambushes",
"waylays"
],
"near synonyms":[
"assails",
"assaults",
"attacks",
"storms",
"strikes",
"jumps",
"mugs",
"pounces (on)",
"tackles",
"charges",
"sallies",
"captures",
"ensnares",
"entraps",
"mousetraps",
"nets",
"snares",
"traps",
"hunts",
"preys (on or upon)",
"stalks"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"surfacing":{
"to come to one's attention especially gradually or unexpectedly":{
"examples":[
"no information regarding the stolen car has surfaced since the police found it abandoned on a country road"
],
"synonyms":[
"arising",
"coming up",
"cropping (up)",
"emerging",
"materializing",
"springing (up)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"appearing",
"coming out",
"showing up",
"turning up",
"chancing",
"coming",
"coming about",
"falling out",
"going off",
"going (on)",
"happening",
"happing",
"occurring",
"passing",
"transpiring",
"interfering",
"interposing",
"intervening",
"intruding"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to penetrate the surface (as of water) from below":{
"examples":[
"a submarine surfaced on the starboard side of the aircraft carrier"
],
"synonyms":[
"breaking",
"broaching"
],
"near synonyms":[
"emerging",
"rising"
],
"near antonyms":[
"diving",
"dropping",
"drowning",
"foundering",
"plunging",
"sinking",
"submerging",
"submersing"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"surfer":{
"as in browser":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"browser",
"cybercitizen",
"cybernaut",
"cybersurfer",
"netizen"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"surveillants":{
"as in observers , patrols":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"observers",
"patrols",
"spotters",
"watchdogs",
"custodians",
"guardians",
"guards",
"keepers",
"lookouts",
"minders",
"pickets",
"sentinels",
"sentries",
"wardens",
"warders",
"watchers",
"watches",
"watchmen",
"bodyguards",
"convoys",
"defenders",
"escorts",
"honor guards",
"gatekeepers",
"hacks"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"surtouts":{
"as in jackets , parkas":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"jackets",
"parkas",
"chesterfields",
"frock coats",
"mackinaws",
"ulsters",
"oilskins",
"raincoats",
"sou'westers",
"greatcoats",
"overcoats",
"surcoats",
"topcoats",
"wraps"
],
"near antonyms":[
"undercoats"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"surveilled":{
"as in monitored , spied":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"monitored",
"snooped",
"spied",
"bugged",
"tapped",
"wiretapped",
"attended",
"heard",
"hearkened",
"harkened",
"heeded",
"minded",
"eavesdropped (on)",
"listened in (on)",
"overheard"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"surrogates":{
"a person or thing that fulfills the role of someone or something else":{
"examples":[
"The children's aunt acted as a surrogate for their late mother."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"backups",
"covers",
"designated hitters",
"fill-ins",
"locum tenentes",
"pinch hitters",
"reliefs",
"replacements",
"reserves",
"stand-ins",
"subs",
"substitutes",
"standbys",
"alternates",
"understudies",
"agents",
"assignees",
"attorneys",
"commissaries",
"delegates",
"deputies",
"envoys",
"factors",
"procurators",
"proxies",
"representatives",
"reps",
"ambassadors",
"ambassadresses",
"diplomatists",
"diplomats",
"emissaries",
"foreign ministers",
"legates",
"plenipotentiaries",
"attach\u00e9s",
"charg\u00e9s d'affaires",
"consuls",
"nuncios",
"apologies",
"makeshifts",
"stopgaps",
"assistants",
"relievers",
"seconds",
"successors",
"superseders"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"surfeiting":{
"to fill with food to capacity":{
"examples":[
"having surfeited ourselves on raw oysters, we had to decline the rest of the restaurant's offerings"
