{ "keeked":{ "as in peeped":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "keel":{ "a large craft for travel by water":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "for a few days at least, the Titanic was the largest and grandest keel afloat" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "aircraft carrier", "argosy", "barge", "coaster", "collier", "containership", "corvette", "cruiser", "cutter", "destroyer", "ferryboat", "flagship", "freighter", "icebreaker", "ironclad", "lightship", "liner", "man-of-war", "man-o'-war", "merchantman", "merchant ship", "motor ship", "packet", "steamer", "steamship", "superliner", "supertanker", "tanker", "trader", "tramp", "transport", "warship", "watercraft", "bark", "barque", "brig", "brigantine", "caravel", "clipper", "junk", "ketch", "sailboat", "schooner", "square-rigger", "tall ship", "windjammer", "xebec", "yacht" ], "synonyms":[ "boat", "ship", "vessel" ] }, "as in drop , collapse":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "keelboats":{ "as in yachts , sloops":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "keelhaul":{ "to criticize (someone) severely or angrily especially for personal failings":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "there's no need to keelhaul him\u2014it was an honest mistake, and a small one at that" ], "near antonyms":[ "approve", "endorse", "indorse", "sanction", "extol", "extoll", "laud", "praise" ], "related":[ "admonish", "chide", "remonstrate (with)", "reprove", "abuse", "assail", "attack", "bad-mouth", "blame", "blast", "censure", "condemn", "criticize", "crucify", "denounce", "dis", "diss", "excoriate", "fault", "harangue", "knock", "lace (into)", "lash", "pan", "reprehend", "revile", "scourge", "slam", "vituperate", "belittle", "disparage", "mock", "put down", "ridicule", "scoff", "scorn" ], "synonyms":[ "baste", "bawl out", "berate", "call down", "castigate", "chastise", "chew out", "dress down", "flay", "hammer", "jaw", "lambaste", "lambast", "lecture", "rag", "rail (at or against)", "rant (at)", "rate", "ream (out)", "rebuke", "reprimand", "reproach", "scold", "score", "tongue-lash", "upbraid" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "keelhauling":{ "to criticize (someone) severely or angrily especially for personal failings":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "there's no need to keelhaul him\u2014it was an honest mistake, and a small one at that" ], "near antonyms":[ "approving", "endorsing", "indorsing", "sanctioning", "extolling", "lauding", "praising" ], "related":[ "admonishing", "chiding", "remonstrating (with)", "reproving", "abusing", "assailing", "attacking", "bad-mouthing", "blaming", "blasting", "censuring", "condemning", "criticizing", "crucifying", "denouncing", "dissing", "excoriating", "faulting", "haranguing", "knocking", "lacing (into)", "lashing", "panning", "reprehending", "reviling", "scourging", "slamming", "vituperating", "belittling", "disparaging", "mocking", "putting down", "ridiculing", "scoffing", "scorning" ], "synonyms":[ "basting", "bawling out", "berating", "calling down", "castigating", "chastising", "chewing out", "dressing down", "flaying", "hammering", "jawing", "lambasting", "lecturing", "ragging", "railing (at or against)", "ranting (at)", "rating", "reaming (out)", "rebuking", "reprimanding", "reproaching", "scolding", "scoring", "tongue-lashing", "upbraiding" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "keeling (over)":{ "to lose consciousness":{ "antonyms":[ "coming around", "coming round", "coming to", "reviving" ], "examples":[ "I swear I'll keel over if you make me dissect a frog" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "breaking down", "collapsing", "zonking (out)" ], "synonyms":[ "blacking out", "conking (out)", "fainting", "passing out", "swooning" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "keep":{ "the act or activity of keeping something in an existing and usually satisfactory condition":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "the keep of the stable is mainly left to the two equine-loving daughters" ], "near antonyms":[ "dereliction", "disregard", "ignoring", "inattention", "neglect", "negligence", "damage", "demolition", "destruction", "harm", "hurt", "injury", "ruin", "ruination" ], "related":[ "conservancy", "support", "sustaining", "care", "custody", "guardianship", "defense", "guarding", "protection", "safeguarding", "safekeeping" ], "synonyms":[ "care and feeding", "conservation", "conserving", "maintenance", "preservation", "preserving", "sustentation", "upkeep" ] }, "to continue to have in one's possession or power":{ "antonyms":[ "give up", "hand over", "release", "relinquish", "surrender", "yield" ], "examples":[ "the money is yours to keep", "keep my secret and don't tell it to anyone" ], "near antonyms":[ "abandon", "cede", "drop", "contribute", "donate", "give", "hand out", "discard", "dump", "decline", "reject", "repudiate", "spurn", "lose" ], "related":[ "conserve", "guard", "preserve", "protect", "save", "boast", "enjoy", "have", "own", "possess", "command", "control", "detain", "direct", "manage", "rule", "bear", "harbor", "cherish", "cling (to)", "hug", "treasure" ], "synonyms":[ "hold", "reserve", "retain", "withhold" ] }, "to do what is required by the terms of":{ "antonyms":[ "breach", "break", "transgress", "violate" ], "examples":[ "make sure you keep your promise to help out at the homeless shelter" ], "near antonyms":[ "default (on)", "disregard", "forget", "ignore", "neglect", "overlook", "overpass", "pass over", "slight" ], "related":[ "conclude", "consummate", "finalize", "finish", "perfect", "accomplish", "achieve", "bring about", "bring off", "carry out", "effect", "commit", "compass", "discharge", "execute", "follow through (with)", "make", "perform" ], "synonyms":[ "answer", "complete", "comply (with)", "fill", "fulfill", "fulfil", "meet", "redeem", "satisfy" ] }, "to drive danger or attack away from":{ "antonyms":[ "assail", "assault", "attack" ], "examples":[ "may God bless and keep you" ], "near antonyms":[ "bombard", "storm", "beset", "besiege", "overrun", "capitulate", "cave", "submit", "yield" ], "related":[ "avert", "prevent", "oppose", "resist", "withstand", "battle", "contend", "fight", "war", "conserve", "preserve", "save", "buffer", "palisade", "picket", "wall" ], "synonyms":[ "bulwark", "cover", "defend", "fence", "fend", "forfend", "guard", "protect", "safeguard", "screen", "secure", "shield", "ward" ] }, "to keep from exceeding a desirable degree or level (as of expression)":{ "antonyms":[ "lose" ], "examples":[ "try to keep your composure no matter what happens" ], "near antonyms":[ "liberate", "loose", "loosen", "unleash", "air", "express", "take out", "vent" ], "related":[ "bottle (up)", "choke (back)", "hold back", "mince", "muffle", "pocket", "repress", "sink", "smother", "squelch", "stifle", "strangle", "suppress", "swallow", "arrest", "interrupt", "stop", "block", "hamper", "handcuff", "hinder", "impede", "obstruct", "gag", "muzzle", "silence" ], "synonyms":[ "bridle", "check", "constrain", "contain", "control", "curb", "govern", "hold", "inhibit", "measure", "pull in", "regulate", "rein (in)", "restrain", "rule", "tame" ] }, "to look after and make decisions about":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "enlisted a relative to keep the store while she was away" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "care (for)", "mind", "watch", "lead", "pilot", "steer", "guard", "protect", "safeguard", "micromanage", "stage-manage", "codirect", "comanage" ], "synonyms":[ "administer", "administrate", "carry on", "conduct", "control", "direct", "govern", "guide", "handle", "manage", "operate", "overlook", "oversee", "preside (over)", "regulate", "run", "steward", "superintend", "supervise", "tend" ] }, "to mark with an appropriate practice, rite, or ceremony":{ "antonyms":[ "break", "transgress", "violate" ], "examples":[ "keep the Sabbath by not working" ], "near antonyms":[ "blow off", "disregard", "forget", "ignore", "neglect", "overlook" ], "related":[ "bless", "consecrate", "sanctify", "solemnize", "fete", "f\u00eate", "honor", "laud", "praise", "memorialize", "remember" ], "synonyms":[ "celebrate", "commemorate", "observe" ] }, "to pay the living expenses of":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "agreed to keep both of their children in off-campus housing until they graduated and found jobs" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "finance", "fund", "patronize", "set up", "sponsor", "stake", "underwrite" ], "synonyms":[ "maintain", "provide (for)", "support" ] }, "to place somewhere for safekeeping or ready availability":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "I keep extra toothbrushes for unexpected overnight guests" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "cellar", "garage", "hangar", "house", "warehouse", "file", "pack", "shelve" ], "synonyms":[ "put up", "reposit", "store", "stow" ] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "keep (from)":{ "to resist the temptation of":{ "antonyms":[ "bow (to)", "give in (to)", "submit (to)", "succumb (to)", "surrender (to)", "yield (to)" ], "examples":[ "try to keep from eating all the chocolate in one day!" ], "near antonyms":[ "acquiesce (to)", "capitulate", "concede (to)", "knuckle under (to)" ], "related":[ "avoid", "eschew", "shun", "check", "constrain", "curb", "inhibit", "deny", "refuse", "reject", "repudiate", "buck", "combat", "fight" ], "synonyms":[ "abjure", "abstain (from)", "forbear", "forgo", "forego", "refrain (from)", "withhold (from)" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "keep clear of":{ "to get or keep away from (as a responsibility) through cleverness or trickery":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "They eventually became wise to the elaborate ruses he used to keep clear of paying his debts." ], "near antonyms":[ "accept", "court", "embrace", "pursue", "seek", "welcome", "catch", "contract", "incur" ], "related":[ "miss", "avert", "deflect", "divert", "obviate", "parry", "prevent", "ward (off)", "ban", "bar", "debar", "eliminate", "except", "exclude", "preclude", "rule out", "bypass", "circumvent", "skirt", "foil", "fox", "frustrate", "outfox", "outsmart", "outwit", "overreach", "thwart" ], "synonyms":[ "avoid", "dodge", "duck", "elude", "escape", "eschew", "evade", "finesse", "get around", "scape", "shake", "shirk", "shuffle (out of)", "shun", "weasel (out of)" ] }, "type":[ "phrase" ] }, "keeping (back)":{ "as in retaining , holding (back)":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "kept company (with)":{ "to come or be together as friends":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "She goes to her local senior center to keep company with others in her age group." ], "near antonyms":[ "avoided", "cold-shouldered", "shunned", "snubbed", "alienated", "estranged", "broke up", "disbanded", "dispersed", "split (up)", "disjoined", "dissociated", "disunited", "divorced", "severed", "split", "sundered" ], "related":[ "affiliated", "allied", "attached", "banded", "bonded", "clubbed", "collaborated", "colluded", "confederated", "conjoined", "connected", "cooperated", "coupled", "ganged", "got along", "got on", "grouped", "interrelated", "joined", "knotted", "leagued", "linked", "mingled", "mixed", "rallied", "related", "sided", "socialized", "teamed", "tied", "wedded", "wed", "befriended", "friended" ], "synonyms":[ "associated", "chummed", "companied", "consociated", "consorted", "fraternized", "hobnobbed", "hooked up", "hung (around or out)", "hanged (around or out)", "messed around", "palled (around)", "ran", "run", "sorted", "traveled", "travelled" ] }, "type":[ "phrase" ] }, "kerfuffles":{ "a state of noisy, confused activity":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "predictably, the royal scandal caused quite a kerfuffle on Fleet Street" ], "near antonyms":[ "calms", "hushes", "peaces", "quiets", "quietudes", "rests", "tranquillities", "tranquilities", "orders" ], "related":[ "cacophonies", "clamors", "dins", "howls", "hue and cries", "noises", "outcries", "rackets", "roars", "disorders", "upheavals", "eruptions", "flare-ups", "flurries", "flutters", "outbreaks", "outbursts", "brawls", "fracases", "fracas", "frays", "hassles", "melees", "m\u00eal\u00e9es", "scuffles", "dithers", "fevers", "frets", "lathers", "tizzies" ], "synonyms":[ "ados", "alarums and excursions", "ballyhoos", "blathers", "bluster", "bobberies", "bothers", "bustles", "clatters", "clutters", "coils", "commotions", "corroborees", "disturbances", "dos", "do's", "foofaraws", "fun", "furores", "furors", "fusses", "helter-skelters", "hoo-has", "hoo-hahs", "hooplas", "hubble-bubbles", "hubbubs", "hullabaloos", "hurlies", "hurly-burlies", "hurricanes", "hurry-scurries", "hurry-skurries", "moils", "pandemoniums", "pothers", "rows", "ruckuses", "ructions", "rumpuses", "shindys", "shindies", "splores", "squalls", "stews", "stirs", "storms", "to-dos", "tumults", "turmoils", "uproars", "welters", "whirls", "williwaws", "zoos" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "kernels":{ "the central part or aspect of something under consideration":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "the kernel of your argument seems to be the inevitability of human migration into space" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "courses", "directions", "drifts", "tenors", "bodies", "contents", "substances", "hypotheses", "propositions", "purports", "subjects", "themes", "theses" ], "synonyms":[ "bottom lines", "bull's-eyes", "bullseyes", "centerpieces", "cores", "cruxes", "cruces", "essences", "gists", "hearts", "keynotes", "meat and potatoes", "meats", "nets", "nubbins", "nubs", "nuclei", "nucleuses", "piths", "pivots", "points", "roots", "sums" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "keep company":{ "to go on dates that may eventually lead to marriage":{ "examples":[ "Friends were happy to see the two keeping company ." ], "synonyms":[ "court", "date" ], "near synonyms":[ "attend", "gallant", "romance", "spark", "woo", "escort", "see", "take out", "go out", "step out" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "phrase" ] }, "keepsake":{ "something that serves to keep alive the memory of a person or event":{ "examples":[ "saved the tassel from her mortarboard as a keepsake of her high school graduation" ], "synonyms":[ "commemorative", "memento", "memorial", "monument", "remembrance", "reminder", "souvenir", "token" ], "near synonyms":[ "memorabilia", "relic", "vestige", "cairn", "landmark", "marker", "testimonial", "tribute", "cenotaph" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "keeps company (with)":{ "to come or be together as friends":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[ "associates", "chums", "companies", "consociates", "consorts", "fraternizes", "hangs (around or out)", "hobnobs", "hooks up", "messes around", "pals (around)", "runs", "sorts", "travels" ], "near synonyms":[ "affiliates", "allies", "attaches", "bands", "bonds", "clubs", "collaborates", "colludes", "confederates", "conjoins", "connects", "cooperates", "couples", "gangs", "gets along", "gets on", "groups", "interrelates", "joins", "knots", "leagues", "links", "mingles", "mixes", "rallies", "relates", "sides", "socializes", "teams", "ties", "weds", "befriends", "friends" ], "near antonyms":[ "avoids", "cold-shoulders", "shuns", "snubs", "alienates", "estranges", "breaks up", "disbands", "disperses", "splits (up)", "disjoins", "dissociates", "disunites", "divorces", "severs", "splits", "sunders" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[] } }