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"counterpart", "equal", "equivalent", "analogy", "homology" ], "near antonyms":[ "difference", "discrepancy", "deviance", "divergence", "incongruence", "incongruity", "change", "modification", "variation" ], "antonyms":[ "dissimilarity" ] }, "one that is equal to another in status, achievement, or value":{ "examples":[ "an advance that is without parallel in the history of virology" ], "synonyms":[ "coequal", "compeer", "coordinate", "counterpart", "equal", "equivalent", "fellow", "like", "match", "peer", "rival" ], "near synonyms":[ "analogue", "analog", "double", "half", "mate", "twin", "associate", "colleague", "companion", "copartner", "partner", "competitor" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "to be the exact counterpart of":{ "examples":[ "developments in the television show paralleled those in the lead actor's real life" ], "synonyms":[ "correspond (to)", "equal", "match" ], "near synonyms":[ "blend (with)", "conform (to)", "coordinate (with)", "go (with)", "harmonize 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antonyms":[ "able", "capable", "competent", "effective", "efficient", "authoritarian", "autocratic", "autocratical", "despotic", "dictatorial", "magisterial", "tyrannical", "tyrannic", "dominant", "dynamic", "energetic", "forceful", "robust", "sturdy", "tough", "vigorous", "important", "major", "significant", "high-level", "senior", "top" ], "antonyms":[ "mighty", "potent", "powerful", "puissant", "strong" ] }, "to render powerless, ineffective, or unable to move":{ "examples":[ "a blizzard paralyzed the city for two days" ], "synonyms":[ "crippled", "disabled", "hamstrung", "immobilized", "incapacitated", "prostrated" ], "near synonyms":[ "attenuated", "debilitated", "enervated", "enfeebled", "sapped", "tired", "undercut", "undermined", "weakened", "hobbled", "lamed", "maimed", "mutilated", "knocked out" ], "near antonyms":[ "energized", "galvanized", "invigorated", "vitalized", "fortified", "strengthened", "empowered", "freshened", "refreshed", "refreshened", "regenerated", "rejuvenated", "restored", "revitalized", "revived" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to deprive of courage or confidence":{ "examples":[ "the school board is paralyzed by the threat of lawsuits for just about everything" ], "synonyms":[ "demoralized", "emasculated", "undid", "unmanned", "unnerved", "unstrung" ], "near synonyms":[ "debilitated", "enervated", "enfeebled", "neutered", "weakened", "prostrated", "sapped", "softened", "tired", "wasted", "frightened", "intimidated", "psyched (out)", "scared", "terrified", "terrorized", "daunted", "discouraged", "disheartened", "dismayed", "dispirited", "crazed", "deranged", "maddened", "unbalanced", "unhinged", "discomposed", "disquieted", "disturbed", "fazed", "perturbed", "unsettled", "upset", "weirded out" ], "near antonyms":[ "fortified", "strengthened", "emboldened", "encouraged", "heartened" ], "antonyms":[ "nerved" ] }, "type":[ "adjective", "verb" ] }, "paralyzing":{ "to render powerless, ineffective, or unable to move":{ "examples":[ "a blizzard paralyzed the city for two days" ], "synonyms":[ "crippling", "disabling", "hamstringing", "immobilizing", "incapacitating", "prostrating" ], "near synonyms":[ "attenuating", "debilitating", "enervating", "enfeebling", "sapping", "tiring", "undercutting", "undermining", "weakening", "hobbling", "laming", "maiming", "mutilating", "knocking out" ], "near antonyms":[ "energizing", "galvanizing", "invigorating", "vitalizing", "fortifying", "strengthening", "empowering", "freshening", "refreshening", "refreshing", "regenerating", "rejuvenating", "restoring", "revitalizing", "reviving" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to deprive of courage or confidence":{ "examples":[ "the school board is paralyzed by the threat of lawsuits for just about everything" ], "synonyms":[ "demoralizing", "emasculating", "undoing", "unmanning", "unnerving", "unstringing" ], "near synonyms":[ "debilitating", "enervating", "enfeebling", "neutering", "weakening", "prostrating", "sapping", "softening", "tiring", "wasting", "frightening", "intimidating", "psyching (out)", "scaring", "terrifying", "terrorizing", "daunting", "discouraging", "disheartening", "dismaying", "dispiriting", "crazing", "deranging", "maddening", "unbalancing", "unhinging", "discomposing", "disquieting", "disturbing", "fazing", "perturbing", "unsettling", "upsetting", "weirding out" ], "near antonyms":[ "fortifying", "strengthening", "emboldening", "encouraging", "heartening" ], "antonyms":[ "nerving" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "paramedicals":{ "as in EMTs":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "EMTs", "aidmen", "nurse-practitioners", "nurses", "physical therapists", "physiotherapists", "interns", "internes", "residents", "plastic surgeons", "surgeons", "specialists", "attendings", "clinicians", "hospitalists", "anesthesiologists", "dermatologists", "gynecologists", "internists", "neurologists", "ob-gyns", "obstetricians", "ophthalmologists", "orthopedists", "pathologists", "pediatricians", "pediatrists", "physiatrists", "podiatrists", "radiologists", "urologists", "family doctors", "family physicians", "family practitioners", "general practitioners", "croakers", "docs", "doctors", "medicos", "medics", "physicians", "sawbones", "sawboneses" ], "near antonyms":[ "nondoctors", "nonphysicians" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "paranoid":{ "having extreme or unreasonable fear or suspicion":{ "examples":[ "He was paranoid about break-ins and insisted on checking the locks himself every night." ], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "disbelieving", "distrustful", "doubting", "incredulous", "mistrustful", "negativistic", "questioning", "show-me", "skeptical", "suspecting", "suspicious", "unbelieving", "anxious", "edgy", "nervous", "tense", "uneasy", "worried", "critical", "puzzled", "quizzical", "careful", "cautious", "guarded", "gun-shy", "leery", "leary", "wary", "watchful", "cynical", "experienced", "knowing", "sophisticated", "worldly", "worldly-wise", "curious", "inquiring", "inquisitive", "nosy", "nosey", "snoopy", "uncertain", "unconvinced", "undecided", "undetermined", "unsettled", "unsure", "hesitant" ], "near antonyms":[ "certain", "confident", "positive", "sure", "careless", "heedless", "unsuspecting", "unsuspicious", "unwary" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "paranoidal":{ "having extreme or unreasonable fear or suspicion":{ "examples":[ "He was paranoid about break-ins and insisted on checking the locks himself every night." ], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "disbelieving", "distrustful", "doubting", "incredulous", "mistrustful", "negativistic", "questioning", "show-me", "skeptical", "suspecting", "suspicious", "unbelieving", "anxious", "edgy", "nervous", "tense", "uneasy", "worried", "critical", "puzzled", "quizzical", "careful", "cautious", "guarded", "gun-shy", "leery", "leary", "wary", "watchful", "cynical", "experienced", "knowing", "sophisticated", "worldly", "worldly-wise", "curious", "inquiring", "inquisitive", "nosy", "nosey", "snoopy", "uncertain", "unconvinced", "undecided", "undetermined", "unsettled", "unsure", "hesitant" ], "near antonyms":[ "certain", "confident", "positive", "sure", "careless", "heedless", "unsuspecting", "unsuspicious", "unwary" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "paraphrase":{ "an instance of expressing something in different words":{ "examples":[ "your essays on human rights should have some original thought and not be simply a paraphrase of what's in the textbook" ], "synonyms":[ "rephrasing", "restatement", "restating", "rewording", "translating", "translation" ], "near synonyms":[ "rehash", "abstract", "recap", "recapitulation", "reiteration", "summary" ], "near antonyms":[ "copy", "transcript", "transcription" ], "antonyms":[ "quotation", "quote" ] }, "to express something (as a text or statement) in different words":{ "examples":[ "could you paraphrase your diagnosis of my medical condition, using simpler language?" ], "synonyms":[ "rephrase", "restate", "reword", "translate" ], "near synonyms":[ "boil down", "recapitulate", "reiterate", "summarize", "sum up" ], "near antonyms":[ "echo", "repeat", "copy", "reproduce", "transcribe" ], "antonyms":[ "quote" ] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "parcels (out)":{ "to give out (something) to appropriate individuals":{ "examples":[ "parceled out the assignments for work on the parish fair" ], "synonyms":[ "administers", "allocates", "apportions", "deals (out)", "dispenses", "distributes", "doles out", "hands out", "metes (out)", "portions", "prorates" ], "near synonyms":[ "admeasures", "allots", "allows", "appropriates", "assigns", "dishes out", "divides", "divvies (up)", "dollops (out)", "lots", "measures (out)", "parts", "proportions", "rations", "redistributes", "sets", "shares (out)", "splits", "bestows", "disburses", "furnishes", "issues", "provides", "shares", "supplies", "circulates", "disperses", "disseminates", "scatters", "spreads", "chips in", "contributes", "donates", "pledges", "reallocates", "reapportions" ], "near antonyms":[ "begrudges", "declines", "denies", "deprives (of)", "disallows", "refuses", "rejects", "withholds", "niggles (out)", "pinches", "skimps", "stints" ], "antonyms":[ "misallocates" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "parch":{ "to make dry":{ "examples":[ "the heat has really parched my throat" ], "synonyms":[ "dehydrate", "desiccate", "dry", "scorch", "sear" ], "near synonyms":[ "dehumidify", "drain", "evaporate", "mummify", "shrivel", "wither", "wizen", "air-dry", "bake" ], "near antonyms":[ "bathe", "deluge", "douse", "dowse", "drench", "drown", "flood", "inundate", "overflow", "saturate", "soak", "sop", "souse", "waterlog", "damp", "dampen", "humidify", "moisten", "rehydrate", "dip", "dunk", "submerge", "swamp" ], "antonyms":[ "hydrate", "wash", "water", "wet" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "pare":{ "to make (something) shorter or smaller with the use of a cutting instrument":{ "examples":[ "pared the stray branches on the tree" ], "synonyms":[ "bob", "clip", "crop", "cut", "cut back", "dock", "lop (off)", "nip", "poll", "prune", "shave", "shear", "snip", "trim" ], "near synonyms":[ "skive", "whittle", "manicure", "mow", "pinch", "stump", "curtail", "shorten" ], "near antonyms":[ "elongate", "extend", "lengthen" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "paring":{ "as in sliver , shaving":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "clipping", "shaving", "sliver", "snippet", "splinter", "chunk", "hunk", "lump", "length", "part", "portion", "section", "segment", "chop", "cutlet", "cut", "cutting", "slice" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "to make (something) shorter or smaller with the use of a cutting instrument":{ "examples":[ "pared the stray branches on the tree" ], "synonyms":[ "bobbing", "clipping", "cropping", "cutting", "cutting back", "docking", "lopping (off)", "nipping", "polling", "pruning", "shaving", "shearing", "snipping", "trimming" ], "near synonyms":[ "skiving", "whittling", "manicuring", "mowing", "pinching", "stumping", "curtailing", "shortening" ], "near antonyms":[ "elongating", "extending", "lengthening" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "parity":{ "the state or fact of being exactly the same in number, amount, status, or quality":{ "examples":[ "rules requiring that there be parity in what schools spend on men's and women's sports" ], "synonyms":[ "coequality", "coordinateness", "equality", "equivalence", "equivalency", "par", "sameness" ], "near synonyms":[ "comparability", "compatibility", "correlation", "correspondence", "alikeness", "community", "likeness", "parallelism", "resemblance", "similarity", "similitude", "exchangeability", "interchangeability", "identicalness", "identity" ], "near antonyms":[ "difference", "disagreement", "discrepancy", "disparateness", "disparity", "distinction", "distinctiveness", "distinctness", "divergence", "diverseness", "diversity", "incompatibility", "dissimilarity", "unlikeness" ], "antonyms":[ "imparity", "inequality", "nonequivalence" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "park":{ "the area around and belonging to a building":{ "examples":[ "the tycoon's country estate is surrounded by a 500-acre park" ], "synonyms":[ "demesne", "ground", "premises", "premisses", "yard" ], "near synonyms":[ "acres", "estate", "land", "lot", "parcel", "plot", "property", "real estate", "realty", "campus", "backyard", "churchyard", "dooryard", "close", "enclosure", "inclosure", "garden", "garth", "plaza" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "as in set , locate":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "deploy", "emplace", "fix", "locate", "plant", "position", "set", "situate", "station", "ensconce", "install", "lodge", "nestle", "perch", "roost", "settle", "anchor", "bivouac", "camp", "camp (out)", "burrow", "curl up", "dig in", "harbor", "house" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "parks":{ "the area around and belonging to a building":{ "examples":[ "the tycoon's country estate is surrounded by a 500-acre park" ], "synonyms":[ "demesnes", "grounds", "premises", "premisses", "yards" ], "near synonyms":[ "acres", "estates", "lands", "lots", "parcels", "plots", "properties", "real estates", "realties", "campuses", "backyards", "churchyards", "dooryards", "closes", "enclosures", "inclosures", "gardens", "garths", "plazas" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "as in sets , locates":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "deploys", "emplaces", "fixes", "locates", "plants", "positions", "sets", "situates", "stations", "ensconces", "installs", "lodges", "nestles", "perches", "roosts", "settles", "anchors", "bivouacs", "camps", "camps (out)", "burrows", "curls up", "digs in", "harbors", "houses" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "parkway":{ "as in bypass , beltway":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "beltway", "bypass", "ring road", "autobahn", "autoroute", "autostrada", "dual carriageway", "interstate", 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"dialect", "jargon", "jive", "language", "lingo", "patois", "patter", "shop", "shoptalk", "slang", "terminology", "vocabulary", "slanguage", "bureaucratese", "computerese", "cyberspeak", "educationese", "governmentese", "journalese", "technobabble" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "parlayed":{ "to use or develop (something) to get something else that has greater value":{ "examples":[ "He hoped to parlay his basketball skills into a college scholarship." ], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "followed up", "accelerated", "added (to)", "aggrandized", "amplified", "augmented", "boosted", "built up", "compounded", "enlarged", "escalated", "expanded", "extended", "hyped", "increased", "multiplied", "pumped up", "raised", "stoked", "supersized", "swelled", "upped", "boomed", "jumped", "skyrocketed", "spiked", "bumped (up)", "ratcheted (up)", "racheted (up)", "blew up", "dilated", "distended", "inflated", "drew out", "elongated", "fleshed (out)", "lengthened", "prolonged", "protracted", "stretched", "developed", "enhanced", "heightened", "intensified", "magnified", "complemented", "supplemented", "beefed (up)", "reinforced", "reenforced", "strengthened", "maximized", "accumulated", "amassed", "collected" ], "near antonyms":[ "abbreviated", "abridged", "curtailed", "shortened", "compressed", "condensed", "constricted", "contracted", "cut back", "retrenched", "abated", "decreased", "de-escalated", "diminished", "downsized", "dwindled", "lessened", "lowered", "minified", "reduced", "subtracted (from)" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "parlous":{ "involving potential loss or injury":{ "examples":[ "window washing can indeed be a parlous occupation on a skyscraper" ], "synonyms":[ "dangerous", "grave", "grievous", "hazardous", "jeopardizing", "menacing", "perilous", "risky", "serious", "threatening", "unhealthy", "unsafe", "venturesome" ], "near synonyms":[ "dicey", "insecure", "precarious", "treacherous", "uncertain", "ultrahazardous", "chance", "haphazard", "random", "distressing", "sickening", "unpleasant", "ugly", "wicked", "adverse", "bad", "baleful", "baneful", "deleterious", "detrimental", "evil", "harmful", "hurtful", "ill", "inimical", "injurious", "malignant", "nasty", "noxious", "pernicious", "pestilent", "deadly", "deathly", "destructive", "dire", "fatal", "fateful", "fell", "killer", "lethal", "mortal", "murderous" ], "near antonyms":[ "advantageous", "beneficial", "good", "ultrasafe" ], "antonyms":[ "harmless", "innocent", "innocuous", "nonhazardous", "nonthreatening", "safe", "unthreatening" ] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "parodists":{ "as in satirists , caricaturists":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "burlesquers", "caricaturists", "lampooners", "mockers", "satirists", "imitators", "impersonators", "impressionists", "mimics", "personators", "mimers", "mimes", "mummers", "pantomimes", "pantomimists", "actors", "entertainers", "performers", "players", "troupers", "apes", "copycats", 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"stinting", "tight", "tightfisted", "uncharitable", "ungenerous" ], "near synonyms":[ "careful", "chary", "conserving", "economical", "economizing", "frugal", "saving", "scrimping", "skimping", "thrifty", "acquisitive", "avaricious", "avid", "coveting", "covetous", "desirous", "grasping", "greedy", "hoggish", "itchy", "mercenary", "rapacious", "selfish", "shabby", "small", "sordid", "begrudging", "envious", "grudging", "resentful", "inhospitable" ], "near antonyms":[ "altruistic", "selfless", "unselfish", "extravagant", "free", "handsome", "lavish", "overgenerous", "profuse", "beneficent", "benevolent", "hospitable", "humanitarian", "philanthropic", "philanthropical", "compassionate", "good-hearted", "greathearted", "kindly", "magnanimous", "openhearted", "thriftless", "unthrifty", "dissipating", "frittering", "prodigal", "profligate", "spendthrift", "splurging", "squandering", "wasteful", "wasting" ], "antonyms":[ "bounteous", "bountiful", "charitable", "freehanded", "generous", "liberal", "munificent", "openhanded", "unsparing", "unstinting" ] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "part":{ "one of the pieces from which something is designed to be assembled":{ "examples":[ "the model car came in several small parts that had to be put together" ], "synonyms":[ "member", "partition", "portion", "section", "segment" ], "near synonyms":[ "component", "constituent", "element", "factor", "ingredient", "moiety", "parcel", "cut", "length", "bit", "fragment", "particle", "scrap" ], "near antonyms":[ "whole", "aggregate", "composite", "compound", "sum", "total", "totality" ], "antonyms":[] }, "something belonging to, due to, or contributed by an individual member of a group":{ "examples":[ "wanted no part of the profits" ], "synonyms":[ "allotment", "allowance", "cut", "end", "piece", "portion", "proportion", "quota", "share", "slice", "take" ], "near synonyms":[ "lot", "ration", "commission", "percentage", "member", "partition", "section", "segment" ], "near antonyms":[ 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"desert", "forsake", "vacate", "emigrate", "adjourn", "remove", "retire", "retreat", "withdraw" ], "near antonyms":[ "abide", "dwell", "lodge", "remain", "settle", "stay", "tarry", "approach", "close", "near", "hit", "land", "reach" ], "antonyms":[ "arrive", "come", "show up", "turn up" ] }, "to set or force apart":{ "examples":[ "parted the prongs with pliers" ], "synonyms":[ "break up", "decouple", "disassociate", "disconnect", "disjoin", "disjoint", "dissever", "dissociate", "disunite", "divide", "divorce", "ramify", "resolve", "separate", "sever", "split", "sunder", "uncouple", "unlink", "unyoke" ], "near synonyms":[ "break down", "decompose", "disassemble", "disintegrate", "dissolve", "bifurcate", "bisect", "cleave", "dichotomize", "dissect", "fractionalize", "fractionate", "halve", "partition", "quarter", "segment", "subdivide", "trisect", "fragment", "fragmentate", "fragmentize", "break", "fracture", "pull", "rend", "rift", "rip", "rive", "rupture", "tear", "cut off", "insulate", "isolate", "seclude", "segregate", "sequester", "detach", "disengage", "disentangle", "unravel", "untie" ], "near antonyms":[ "assemble", "associate", "blend", "combine", "mingle", "mix", "connect", "couple", "accumulate", "agglutinate", "attach", "bind", "cement", "close", "fasten", "fuse", "knit", "stick", "weld" ], "antonyms":[ "join", "link", "unify", "unite" ] }, "to stop living":{ "examples":[ "before I part , I hope I have the opportunity to say my good-byes" ], "synonyms":[ "check out", "conk (out)", "croak", "decease", "demise", "depart", "die", "drop", "end", "exit", "expire", "fall", "flatline", "go", "kick in", "kick off", "pass (on)", "pass away", "peg out", "perish", "pop off", "step out", "succumb" ], "near synonyms":[ "predecease", "consume", "disappear", "dry up", "fade", "fail" ], "near antonyms":[ "come to", "revive", "linger", "be", "exist", "subsist", "flourish", "prosper", "thrive" ], "antonyms":[ "breathe", "live" ] }, "type":[ "adverb", "noun", 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"open", "open-minded", "persuasible", "receptive", "honest", "just", "reasonable", "bipartisan", "autonomous", "independent", "aloof", "detached", "dispassionate", "hardheaded", "impersonal", "unemotional", "cold", "distant", "remote", "apathetic", "incurious", "indifferent", "unconcerned", "uncurious", "unenthusiastic", "uninterested" ], "antonyms":[ "disinterested", "equal", "equitable", "evenhanded", "fair", "impartial", "neutral", "nonpartisan", "objective", "unbiased", "unprejudiced" ] }, "having a liking or affection":{ "examples":[ "partial to chocolate cake" ], "synonyms":[ "affected", "attached", "fond", "inclined" ], "near synonyms":[ "crazy (about or over)", "enamored", "enraptured", "gone (on)", "infatuated", "mad (about)", "nuts (about)", "desirous", "eager", "enthusiastic", "excited", "gung ho", "keen" ], "near antonyms":[ "apathetic", "cool", "indifferent", "uninterested", "contemptuous", "disdainful", "scornful", "antagonistic", "antipathetic", "hostile", "alienated", "disaffected", "disenchanted", "estranged" ], "antonyms":[ "allergic", "averse", "disinclined" ] }, "lacking some necessary part":{ "examples":[ "a partial answer to the problem" ], "synonyms":[ "deficient", "fragmental", "fragmentary", "half", "halfway", "incomplete" ], "near synonyms":[ "broken", "damaged", "flawed", "impaired", "imperfect", "injured", "marred", "spoiled", "sketchy", "unassembled", "uncompleted", "unfinished" ], "near antonyms":[ "flawless", "unbroken", "undamaged", "unimpaired", "uninjured", "unmarred", "completed", "finished" ], "antonyms":[ "complete", "entire", "full", "intact", "integral", "perfect", "whole" ] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "partially":{ "in some measure or degree":{ "examples":[ "the construction project is only partially complete" ], "synonyms":[ "half", "halfway", "incompletely", "part", "partly", "partway" ], "near synonyms":[ "fragmentarily", "enough", "fairly", "kindly", "kind of", "like", "moderately", "more or less", "pretty", "quite", "rather", "relatively", "something", "somewhat", "sort of" ], "near antonyms":[ "absolutely", "dead", "downright", "plain", "especially", "exceedingly", "exceeding", "exceptionally", "extremely", "greatly", "highly", "hugely", "particularly", "very" ], "antonyms":[ "all", "altogether", "completely", "entirely", "fully", "perfectly", "quite", "totally", "utterly", "wholly" ] }, "type":[ "adverb" ] }, "particular":{ "hard to please":{ "examples":[ "she's very particular about the cleanliness of her car" ], "synonyms":[ "choosy", "choosey", "dainty", "delicate", "demanding", "exacting", "fastidious", "finical", "finicking", "finicky", "fussbudgety", "fussy", "nice", "old-maidish", "pernickety", "persnickety", "picky" ], "near synonyms":[ "hyperfastidious", "overdemanding", "ultrafastidious", "discerning", "discriminating", "selective", "insightful", "knowledgeable", "captious", "carping", "caviling", "cavilling", "critical", "faultfinding", "hypercritical", "overcritical", "careful", "meticulous", "painstaking", "punctilious", "scrupulous", "queasy", "queazy", "squeamish", "peevish", "petulant", "prickly", "touchy", "niminy-piminy", "prim", "prissy" ], "near antonyms":[ "affable", "breezy", "carefree", "devil-may-care", "happy-go-lucky", "lackadaisical", "laid-back", "low-pressure", "relaxed", "flexible", "lax", "loose", "lenient", "permissive", "uncritical", "indiscriminating", "undiscriminating" ], "antonyms":[ "undemanding", "unfastidious", "unfussy" ] }, "of, relating to, or belonging to a single person":{ "examples":[ "that particular mug is Mike's" ], "synonyms":[ "idiomatic", "individual", "individualized", "patented", "peculiar", "personal", "personalized", "private", "privy", "separate", "singular", "subjective", "unique" ], "near synonyms":[ "characteristic", "distinctive", "intimate", "identifying", "idiosyncratic", "especial", "express", "special", "specific", "independent", "nonconformist", "self-directed", "self-sufficient", "custom", "customized", "specialized" ], "near antonyms":[ "broad", "prevailing", "prevalent", "widespread", "common", "normal", "regular", "typical" ], "antonyms":[ "general", "generic", "popular", "public", "shared", "universal" ] }, "tending to select carefully":{ "examples":[ "he's particular about the corn he buys" ], "synonyms":[ "choosy", "choosey", "picky", "selective" ], "near synonyms":[ "nice", "fastidious", "finical", "finicking", "finicky", "fussy", "discerning", "discriminating", "judicious" ], "near antonyms":[ "indiscriminate", "indiscriminating" ], "antonyms":[ "nonselective", "unselective" ] }, "including many small descriptive features":{ "examples":[ "a very particular account of the breakdown of their marriage from the husband's perspective" ], "synonyms":[ "blow-by-blow", "circumstantial", "detailed", "elaborate", "full", "minute", "particularized", "thorough" ], "near synonyms":[ "enumerated", "inventoried", "itemized", "listed", "numerated", "delineated", "specific", "specified", "abundant", "copious", "comprehensive", "encyclopedic", "exhausting", "exhaustive", "inclusionary", "inclusive", "in-depth", "omnibus", "panoramic", "thoroughgoing", "accurate", "correct", "exact", "precise", "complete", "entire", "replete", "distinct", "explicit", "sharp", "mapped (out)", "descriptive", "graphic", "graphical", "picturesque", "vivid" ], "near antonyms":[ "brief", "compact", "concise", "crisp", "pithy", "short", "succinct", "terse", "abbreviated", "abridged", "curtailed", "cut", "pruned", "shortened", "trimmed", "ambiguous", "indeterminate", "nebulous", "nondescript", "sketchy", "vague", "bird's-eye", "broad", "general", "nonspecific", "overall", "unspecified" ], "antonyms":[ "compendious", "summary" ] }, "a separate part in a list, account, or series":{ "examples":[ "requested a bill of particulars for the care he received in the hospital" ], "synonyms":[ "detail", "item", "point" ], "near synonyms":[ "article", "belonging", "object", "stuff", "thing", "characteristic", "component", "constituent", "element", "factor", "feature", "member", "ingredient", "division", "particle", "partition", "piece", "portion", "section", "segment" ], "near antonyms":[ "aggregate", "composite", "compound", "conglomerate", "entirety", "sum", "summation", "total", "totality", "whole" ], "antonyms":[] }, "a single piece of information":{ "examples":[ "everyone wanted to know all the particulars about the forthcoming merger" ], "synonyms":[ "datum", "detail", "fact", "nicety", "particularity", "point", "specific" ], "near synonyms":[ "article", "item", "component", "constituent", "element", "ingredient", "member", "part", "aspect", "circumstance", "facet", "factor", "evidence", "exhibit", "database", "information", "knowledge" ], "near antonyms":[ "error", "fallacy", "falsehood", "inaccuracy", "misconception", "misstatement", "myth" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adjective", "noun" ] }, "parting":{ "given, taken, or performed at parting":{ "examples":[ "she gave him a parting gift to remember her by" ], "synonyms":[ "farewell", "valedictory" ], "near synonyms":[ "closing", "concluding", "final", "last", "ultimate", "departing", "leaving" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "the act or process of two or more persons going off in different directions":{ "examples":[ "although their parting was sad, they knew they would see each other again" ], "synonyms":[ "farewell", "leave-taking", "separation" ], "near synonyms":[ "departure", "egress", "exit", "exiting", "exodus", "going", "leaving", "quitting", "running away", "decamping", "decampment", "flight", "withdrawal", "abandonment", "desertion", "forsaking" ], "near antonyms":[ "reunion", "arrival", "greeting", "salutation", "welcome", "gathering", "joining", "meeting" ], "antonyms":[] }, "the act of leaving a place":{ "examples":[ "everyone waved goodbye at his parting" ], "synonyms":[ "decamping", "decampment", "departing", "departure", "exit", "exiting", "farewell", "going", "leave", 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"retreating", "withdrawing" ], "near antonyms":[ "abiding", "dwelling", "lodging", "remaining", "settling", "staying", "tarrying", "approaching", "closing", "nearing", "hitting", "landing", "reaching" ], "antonyms":[ "arriving", "coming", "showing up", "turning up" ] }, "to set or force apart":{ "examples":[ "parted the prongs with pliers" ], "synonyms":[ "breaking up", "decoupling", "disassociating", "disconnecting", "disjoining", "disjointing", "dissevering", "dissociating", "disuniting", "dividing", "divorcing", "ramifying", "resolving", "separating", "severing", "splitting", "sundering", "uncoupling", "unlinking", "unyoking" ], "near synonyms":[ "breaking down", "decomposing", "disassembling", "disintegrating", "dissolving", "bifurcating", "bisecting", "cleaving", "dichotomizing", "dissecting", "fractionalizing", "fractionating", "halving", "partitioning", "quartering", "segmenting", "subdividing", "trisecting", "fragmentating", "fragmenting", "fragmentizing", "breaking", "fracturing", "pulling", "rending", "rifting", "ripping", "riving", "rupturing", "tearing", "cutting off", "insulating", "isolating", "secluding", "segregating", "sequestering", "detaching", "disengaging", "disentangling", "unraveling", "untying", "untieing" ], "near antonyms":[ "assembling", "associating", "blending", "combining", "mingling", "mixing", "connecting", "coupling", "accumulating", "agglutinating", "attaching", "binding", "cementing", "closing", "fastening", "fusing", "knitting", "sticking", "welding" ], "antonyms":[ "joining", "linking", "unifying", "uniting" ] }, "to stop living":{ "examples":[ "before I part , I hope I have the opportunity to say my good-byes" ], "synonyms":[ "checking out", "conking (out)", "croaking", "deceasing", "demising", "departing", "dropping", "dying", "ending", "exiting", "expiring", "falling", "flatlining", "going", "kicking in", "kicking off", "passing away", "passing (on)", "pegging out", "perishing", "popping off", "stepping out", "succumbing" ], "near synonyms":[ "predeceasing", "consuming", "disappearing", "drying up", "fading", "failing" ], "near antonyms":[ "coming to", "reviving", "lingering", "being", "existing", "subsisting", "flourishing", "prospering", "thriving" ], "antonyms":[ "breathing", "living" ] }, "type":[ "adjective", "noun", "verb" ] }, "parting of the ways":{ "a movement in different directions away from a common point":{ "examples":[ "After graduating, the once close group of friends came to a parting of the ways ." ], "synonyms":[ "bifurcation", "divarication", "divergence", "divergency", "separation" ], "near synonyms":[ "difference", "disagreement", "discrepancy", "disparateness", "disparity", "dissidence", "dissimilarity", "distinction", "distinctiveness", "distinctness", "diversity", "unlikeness" ], "near antonyms":[ "accord", "agreement", "likeness", "similarity" ], "antonyms":[ "convergence" ] }, "type":[ "phrase" ] }, "partisan":{ "inclined to favor one side over another":{ 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was even willing to give her life for it" ], "synonyms":[ "crusader", "fanatic", "ideologue", "idealogue", "militant", "red hot", "true believer", "zealot" ], "near synonyms":[ "activist", "dreamer", "idealist", "visionary", "cultist", "disciple", "follower", "hanger-on", "idolizer", "votary", "addict", "aficionado", "afficionado", "buff", "bug", "devotee", "enthusiast", "fan", "fancier", "fiend", "fool", "freak", "habitu\u00e9", "habitue", "head", "hound", "junkie", "junky", "lover", "maniac", "maven", "mavin", "nut", "sucker", "advocate", "apostle", "backer", "champion", "evangelist", "patron", "promoter", "stalwart", "supporter", "booster", "rooter", "well-wisher", "faddist" ], "near antonyms":[ "dabbler", "dilettante" ], "antonyms":[ "nonmilitant" ] }, "one who stubbornly or intolerantly adheres to his or her own opinions and prejudices":{ "examples":[ "she's too much of a political partisan to ever concede that the other side might have a valid point" ], "synonyms":[ "bigot", "dogmatist", "dogmatizer", "sectarian" ], "near synonyms":[ "doctrinaire", "fanatic", "purist", "jingoist", "nationalist", "racialist", "racist", "supremacist", "chauvinist", "sexist" ], "near antonyms":[ "freethinker", "latitudinarian", "liberal" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adjective", "noun" ] }, "partisans":{ "one who follows the opinions or teachings of another":{ "examples":[ "partisans of the charismatic leader refuse to tolerate any criticism of him at all" ], "synonyms":[ "acolytes", "adherents", "converts", "disciples", "epigones", "followers", "liege men", "pupils", "votaries", "votarists" ], "near synonyms":[ "apostles", "missionaries", "proselytizers", "soldiers", "faithfuls", "loyalists", "advocates", "backers", "champions", "supporters", "prot\u00e9g\u00e9s", "scholars", "students", "ideologists", "ideologues", "idealogues", "sectarians", "admirers", "cultists", "devotees", "enthusiasts", "fans", "idolaters", "idolators", "worshippers", "worshipers", "zealots", "apparatchiks", "apparatchiki", "camp followers", "flunkies", "flunkeys", "hangers-on", "henchmen", "lackeys", "lickspittles", "minions", "myrmidons", "satellites", "stooges", "sycophants", "toadies", "yes-men" ], "near antonyms":[ "apostates", "defectors", "renegades", "traitors", "turncoats" ], "antonyms":[ "coryphaei", "leaders" ] }, "one who is intensely or excessively devoted to a cause":{ "examples":[ "a partisan of the revolution who was even willing to give her life for it" ], "synonyms":[ "crusaders", "fanatics", "ideologues", "idealogues", "militants", "red hots", "true believers", "zealots" ], "near synonyms":[ "activists", "dreamers", "idealists", "visionaries", "cultists", "disciples", "followers", "hangers-on", "idolizers", "votaries", "addicts", "aficionados", "afficionados", "buffs", "bugs", "devotees", "enthusiasts", "fanciers", "fans", "fiends", "fools", "freaks", "habitu\u00e9s", "habitues", "heads", "hounds", "junkies", "lovers", "maniacs", "mavens", "mavins", "nuts", "suckers", "advocates", "apostles", "backers", "champions", "evangelists", "patrons", "promoters", "stalwarts", "supporters", "boosters", "rooters", "well-wishers", "faddists" ], "near antonyms":[ "dabblers", "dilettantes", "dilettanti" ], "antonyms":[ "nonmilitants" ] }, "one who stubbornly or intolerantly adheres to his or her own opinions and prejudices":{ "examples":[ "she's too much of a political partisan to ever concede that the other side might have a valid point" ], "synonyms":[ "bigots", "dogmatists", "dogmatizers", "sectarians" ], "near synonyms":[ "doctrinaires", "fanatics", "purists", "jingoists", "nationalists", "racialists", "racists", "supremacists", "chauvinists", "sexists" ], "near antonyms":[ "freethinkers", "latitudinarians", "liberals" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "partnership":{ "the state of having shared interests or efforts (as in social or business matters)":{ "examples":[ "the symphony orchestra is presenting the choral piece in partnership with the city's leading choral society" ], "synonyms":[ "affiliation", "alliance", "association", "collaboration", "confederation", "connection", "cooperation", "hookup", "liaison", "linkup", "relation", "relationship", "tie-up", "union" ], "near synonyms":[ "business", "dealings", "interaction", "exchange", "interconnection", "interrelation", "mutualism", "reciprocity", "symbiosis", "incorporation", "integration", "merger", "unification", "affinity", "attachment", "closeness", "intimacy", "rapport", "sympathy", "kinship", "oneness", "solidarity", "togetherness", "unity", "colleagueship", "companionship", "company", "fellowship", "bed", "cahoots", "league" ], "near antonyms":[ "breakup", "dissolution", "disunion", "division", "parting", "separation", "severance", "split", "alienation", "divorce", "estrangement" ], "antonyms":[ "disaffiliation", "dissociation" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "party poopers":{ "a person who spoils the pleasure of others":{ "examples":[ "a party pooper who insisted they turn the music down" ], "synonyms":[ "drags", "grinches", "killjoys", "spoilsports", "wet blankets" ], "near synonyms":[ "fuddy-duddies", "goody-goodies", "old maids", "stick-in-the-muds", "defeatists", "Jeremiahs", "knockers", "pessimists", "complainers", "crabs", "cynics", "grouches", "grumps", "soreheads", "sourpusses", "whiners", "bores", "downers", "drips" ], "near antonyms":[ "cutups", "jesters", "live wires", "carousers", "celebrants", "celebrators", "merrymakers", "rejoicers", "revelers", "revellers", "roisterers", "libertines", "playboys", "playgirls", "rakes" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "paranoias":{ "a feeling that one does not know the whole truth or that someone else is not being truthful":{ "examples":[ "Each half of the unhappy couple was constantly wracked with paranoia that the other was cheating." ], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "anxiety", "concern", "wariness", "disbelief", "incredulity", "unbelief", "distrust", "distrustfulness", "doubt", "dubiety", "dubitation", "incertitude", "misdoubt", "misgiving", "mistrust", "mistrustfulness", "query", "reservation", "skepticism", "suspicion", "uncertainty", "compunction", "niggle", "qualm", "scruple", "tremor" ], "near antonyms":[ "assurance", "belief", "certainty", "certitude", "confidence", "conviction", "sureness", "surety", "trust", "credence", "faith" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "part(s)":{ "a broad geographical area":{ "examples":[ "I'm not from around these parts" ], "synonyms":[ "belt", "corridor", "land", "neck", "region", "tract", "zone" ], "near synonyms":[ "district", "domain", "latitude(s)", "range", "realm", "terrain", "territory", "neighborhood", "vicinity" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "to go or move in different directions from a central point":{ "examples":[ "after traveling together for three weeks, we parted at Rome" ], "synonyms":[ "branches (out)", "diverges", "divides", "forks", "separates", "spreads" ], "near synonyms":[ "bestrews", "breaks up", "broadcasts", "clears out", "disbands", "dispels", "disperses", "dissipates", "distributes", "scatters", "sows", "distances", "recedes", "retreats" ], "near antonyms":[ "assembles", "gathers", "meets" ], "antonyms":[ "converges", "joins" ] }, "to leave a place often for another":{ "examples":[ "parted with great ceremony but with little preparation for the dangers that lay ahead" ], "synonyms":[ "bails", "bails out", "books", "buggers off", "bugs off", "bugs out", "buzzes (off)", "clears off", "clears out", "cuts out", "departs", "digs out", "exits", "gets", "gets off", "goes", "goes off", "moves", "packs (up or off)", "peels off", "pikes (out or off)", "pulls out", "pushes off", "pushes on", "quits", "runs along", "sallies (forth)", "scarpers", "shoves (off)", "steps (along)", "takes off", "vamooses", "walks out" ], "near synonyms":[ "sets out", "starts", "strikes out", "absconds", "decamps", "escapes", "evacuates", "flees", "flies", "gets out", "mizzles", "runs away", "scats", "scrams", "skips", "goes out", "lights out", "steps out", "abandons", "deserts", "forsakes", "vacates", "emigrates", "adjourns", "removes", "retires", "retreats", "withdraws" ], "near antonyms":[ "abides", "dwells", "lodges", "remains", "settles", "stays", "tarries", "approaches", "closes", "nears", "hits", "lands", "reaches" ], "antonyms":[ "arrives", "comes", "shows up", "turns up" ] }, "to set or force apart":{ "examples":[ "parted the prongs with pliers" ], "synonyms":[ "breaks up", "decouples", "disassociates", "disconnects", "disjoins", "disjoints", "dissevers", "dissociates", "disunites", "divides", "divorces", "ramifies", "resolves", "separates", "severs", "splits", "sunders", "uncouples", "unlinks", "unyokes" ], "near synonyms":[ "breaks down", "decomposes", "disassembles", "disintegrates", "dissolves", "bifurcates", "bisects", "cleaves", "dichotomizes", "dissects", "fractionalizes", "fractionates", "halves", "partitions", "quarters", "segments", "subdivides", "trisects", "fragmentates", "fragmentizes", "fragments", "breaks", "fractures", "pulls", "rends", "rifts", "rips", "rives", "ruptures", "tears", "cuts off", "insulates", "isolates", "secludes", "segregates", "sequesters", "detaches", "disengages", "disentangles", "unravels", "unties" ], "near antonyms":[ "assembles", "associates", "blends", "combines", "mingles", "mixes", "connects", "couples", "accumulates", "agglutinates", "attaches", "binds", "cements", "closes", "fastens", "fuses", "knits", "sticks", "welds" ], "antonyms":[ "joins", "links", "unifies", "unites" ] }, "to stop living":{ "examples":[ "before I part , I hope I have the opportunity to say my good-byes" ], "synonyms":[ "checks out", "conks (out)", "croaks", "deceases", "demises", "departs", "dies", "drops", "ends", "exits", "expires", "falls", "flatlines", "goes", "kicks in", "kicks off", "passes away", "passes (on)", "pegs out", "perishes", "pops off", "steps out", "succumbs" ], "near synonyms":[ "predeceases", "consumes", "disappears", "dries up", "fades", "fails" ], "near antonyms":[ "comes to", "revives", "lingers", "exists", "is", "subsists", "flourishes", "prospers", "thrives" ], "antonyms":[ "breathes", "lives" ] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "parrot":{ "to say after another":{ "examples":[ "the toddler parroted everything her father said, often to the latter's embarrassment" ], "synonyms":[ "ditto", "echo", "quote", "reecho", "repeat" ], "near synonyms":[ "mouth", "ape", "copy", "copycat", "emulate", "imitate", "mime", "mimic" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "as in ape , echo":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "ape", "copycat", "echo", "rubber stamp", "actor", "entertainer", "performer", "player", "trouper", "mime", "mimer", "mummer", "pantomime", "pantomimist", "burlesquer", "caricaturist", "lampooner", "mocker", "parodist", "satirist", "imitator", "impersonator", "impressionist", "mimic", "personator" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "parsonage":{ "the building in which a parson lives":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "hermitage", "manse", "rectory", "vicarage", "abode", "diggings", "domicile", "dwelling", "fireside", "habitation", "hearth", "hearthstone", "home", "house", "lodging", "pad", "place", "quarters", "residence", "roof", "accommodations", "housing", "nest", "residency", "shelter", "bungalow", "cabin", "casita", "chalet", "cottage", "duplex", "ranch", "ranch house", "saltbox", "semi", "split level", "townhome", "town house", "tract house", "triplex", "apartment", "apartment house", "condo", "condominium", "flat", "tenement", "tenement house", "walk-up", "barracks", "billet", "boardinghouse", "dorm", "dormitory", "flophouse", "lodging house", "lodgment", "lodgement", "room(s)", "rooming house", "hooch", "hootch", "hovel", "hut", "hutch", "shack", "shanty" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "parvenu":{ "one who has recently acquired wealth and social position":{ "examples":[ "the kind of trophy house that a parvenu buys to prove to people, and to himself, that he has indeed arrived" ], "synonyms":[ "arriviste", "nouveau riche", "upstart" ], "near synonyms":[ "arriv\u00e9", "comer", "adventurer", "snob", "social climber", "fat cat", "moneybags", "nabob" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "participations":{ "the state or action of being actively involved in something":{ "examples":[ "The subjects were thanked for their valuable participation in the study." ], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "contribution", "hand", "help", "involvement", "affair", "concern", "business", "capacity", "function", "job", "part", "place", "position", "purpose", "role", "task", "work", "niche", "office", "post", "situation", "calling", "occupation", "pursuit", "vocation", "activity", "assignment", "charge", "commission", "duty", "employ", "mission", "responsibility", "service", "use" ], "near antonyms":[ "noninvolvement", "nonparticipation", "avoidance", "eschewal" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "parentage":{ "the line of ancestors from whom a person is descended":{ "examples":[ "the new teacher was of English parentage" ], "synonyms":[ "ancestry", "birth", "blood", "bloodline", "breeding", "descent", "extraction", "family tree", "genealogy", "line", "lineage", "origin", "pedigree", "stock", "strain" ], "near synonyms":[ "heredity", "succession", "family", "house", "kin", "kindred", "relations", "relatives", "race" ], "near antonyms":[ "offspring", "child", "heir", "inheritor", "son", "successor" ], "antonyms":[ "issue", "posterity", "progeny", "seed" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "parcelled (out)":{ "to give out (something) to appropriate individuals":{ "examples":[ "parceled out the assignments for work on the parish fair" ], "synonyms":[ "administered", "allocated", "apportioned", "dealt (out)", "dispensed", "distributed", "doled out", "handed out", "meted (out)", "portioned", "prorated" ], "near synonyms":[ "admeasured", "allotted", "allowed", "appropriated", "assigned", "dished out", "divided", "divvied (up)", "dolloped (out)", "lotted", "measured (out)", "parted", "proportioned", "rationed", "redistributed", "set", "shared (out)", "split", "bestowed", "disbursed", "furnished", "issued", "provided", "shared", "supplied", "circulated", "dispersed", "disseminated", "scattered", "spread", "chipped in", "contributed", "donated", "pledged", "reallocated", "reapportioned" ], "near antonyms":[ "begrudged", "declined", "denied", "deprived (of)", "disallowed", "refused", "rejected", "withheld", "niggled (out)", "pinched", "skimped", "stinted" ], "antonyms":[ "misallocated" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "parent":{ "a person who brings forth and raises a child":{ "examples":[ "The couple recently became parents for the first time.", "She grew up in a single parent household." ], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "dad", "daddy", "father", "genitor", "ma", "mama", "mamma", "momma", "mammy", "mater", "mom", "mother", "mommy", "pa", "papa", "poppa", "pater", "pop", "stepfather", "stepmother", "stepparent", "custodian", "guardian", "ancestor", "antecedent", "forebear", "forbear", "forebearer", "forefather", "grandfather", "grandmother", "primogenitor", "progenitor" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "to bring forth and raise to maturity through care and education":{ "examples":[ "They expertly parent their second child using all the lessons learned from raising their first." ], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "foster", "nourish", "nurse", "raise", "rear", "father", "mother", "attend", "care (for)", "cradle", "cultivate", "mind", "minister (to)", "nurture", "watch", "feed", "provide (for)", "supply", "bear", "beget", "engender", "gender", "generate", "get", "have", "produce", "sire", "hatch", "spawn", "breed", "multiply", "procreate", "propagate", "reproduce" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "partook":{ "to take a share or part":{ "examples":[ "we should all partake of the city's rich cultural offerings while we have the opportunity" ], "synonyms":[ "participated", "shared" ], "near synonyms":[ "endured", "experienced", "felt", "knew", "saw", "tasted", "underwent", "encountered", "met", "accepted", "received" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "to take a meal":{ "examples":[ "\"let us partake ,\" our minister declared, unfolding his napkin and eyeing the feast laid out before us" ], "synonyms":[ "ate", "dined", "fared", "fed", "refreshed", "victualed", "victualled" ], "near synonyms":[ "banqueted", "feasted", "repasted", "chowed (down)", "dug in", "glutted", "gorged", "gormandized", "overate", "overfed", "pigged out", "grazed", "nibbled", "noshed", "picked", "snacked", "boarded", "dined out", "messed", "breakfasted", "lunched", "supped", "picnicked" ], "near antonyms":[ "dieted", "fasted" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "paroxysms":{ "a sudden intense 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"fits", "seizures", "spasms", "eruptions", "flare-ups", "outbreaks", "outbursts", "bluster", "bobberies", "bustles", "coils", "commotions", "furores", "furors", "fusses", "hubbubs", "hullabaloos", "hurly-burlies", "pandemoniums", "routs", "rows", "ruckuses", "ructions", "rumpuses", "shindys", "shindies", "squalls", "stews", "stirs", "to-dos", "turmoils", "welters", "williwaws" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "paraphrases":{ "an instance of expressing something in different words":{ "examples":[ "your essays on human rights should have some original thought and not be simply a paraphrase of what's in the textbook" ], "synonyms":[ "restatements", "translations" ], "near synonyms":[ "rehashes", "abstracts", "recapitulations", "recaps", "reiterations", "summaries" ], "near antonyms":[ "copies", "transcriptions", "transcripts" ], "antonyms":[ "quotations", "quotes" ] }, "to express something (as a text or statement) in different words":{ "examples":[ "could you 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"mummer", "pantomime", "pantomimist", "actor", "entertainer", "performer", "player", "trouper", "ape", "copycat", "echo", "parrot", "rubber stamp" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "paragliding":{ "as in skydiving , ballooning":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "ballooning", "gliding", "hang gliding", "skydiving", "soaring", "aeronautics", "aviation", "flight", "flying" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "pares":{ "to make (something) shorter or smaller with the use of a cutting instrument":{ "examples":[ "pared the stray branches on the tree" ], "synonyms":[ "bobs", "clips", "crops", "cuts", "cuts back", "docks", "lops (off)", "nips", "polls", "prunes", "shaves", "shears", "snips", "trims" ], "near synonyms":[ "skives", "whittles", "manicures", "mows", "pinches", "stumps", "curtails", "shortens" ], "near antonyms":[ "elongates", "extends", "lengthens" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "parents":{ "a person who brings forth and raises a child":{ "examples":[ "The couple recently became parents for the first time.", "She grew up in a single parent household." ], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "daddies", "dads", "fathers", "genitors", "mamas", "mammas", "mommas", "mammies", "mas", "maters", "mommies", "moms", "mothers", "papas", "poppas", "pas", "paters", "pops", "stepfathers", "stepmothers", "stepparents", "custodians", "guardians", "ancestors", "antecedents", "forebearers", "forebears", "forbears", "forefathers", "grandfathers", "grandmothers", "primogenitors", "progenitors" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "to bring forth and raise to maturity through care and education":{ "examples":[ "They expertly parent their second child using all the lessons learned from raising their first." ], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "fosters", "nourishes", "nurses", "raises", "rears", "fathers", "mothers", "attends", "cares (for)", "cradles", "cultivates", "minds", "ministers (to)", "nurtures", "watches", "feeds", "provides (for)", "supplies", "bears", "begets", "engenders", "genders", "generates", "gets", "has", "produces", "sires", "hatches", "spawns", "breeds", "multiplies", "procreates", "propagates", "reproduces" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "partying":{ "as in reveling , carousing":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "carousing", "reveling", "revelling", "associating", "fraternizing", "going out", "hobnobbing", "mingling", "mixing", "socializing", "stepping out", "circulating" ], "near antonyms":[ "avoiding", "eschewing", "shunning", "slighting", "snubbing" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "parching":{ "to make dry":{ "examples":[ "the heat has really parched my throat" ], "synonyms":[ "dehydrating", "desiccating", "drying", "scorching", "searing" ], "near synonyms":[ "dehumidifying", "draining", "evaporating", "mummifying", "shriveling", "shrivelling", "withering", "wizening", "air-drying", "baking" ], "near antonyms":[ "bathing", "deluging", "dousing", "dowsing", "drenching", "drowning", "flooding", "inundating", "overflowing", "saturating", "soaking", "sopping", "sousing", "waterlogging", "dampening", "damping", "humidifying", "moistening", "rehydrating", "dipping", "dunking", "submerging", "swamping" ], "antonyms":[ "hydrating", "washing", "watering", "wetting" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "parlaying":{ "to use or develop (something) to get something else that has greater value":{ "examples":[ "He hoped to parlay his basketball skills into a college scholarship." ], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "following up", "accelerating", "adding (to)", "aggrandizing", "amplifying", "augmenting", "boosting", "building up", "compounding", "enlarging", "escalating", "expanding", "extending", "hyping", "increasing", "multiplying", "pumping up", "raising", "stoking", "supersizing", "swelling", "upping", "booming", "jumping", "skyrocketing", "spiking", "bumping (up)", "ratcheting (up)", "racheting (up)", "blowing up", "dilating", "distending", "inflating", "drawing out", "elongating", "fleshing (out)", "lengthening", "prolonging", "protracting", "stretching", "developing", "enhancing", "heightening", "intensifying", "magnifying", "complementing", "supplementing", "beefing (up)", "reinforcing", "reenforcing", "strengthening", "maximizing", "accumulating", "amassing", "collecting" ], "near antonyms":[ "abbreviating", "abridging", "curtailing", "shortening", "compressing", "condensing", "constricting", "contracting", "cutting back", "retrenching", "abating", "decreasing", "de-escalating", "diminishing", "downsizing", "dwindling", "lessening", "lowering", "minifying", "reducing", "subtracting (from)" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "paranoia":{ "a feeling that one does not know the whole truth or that someone else is not being truthful":{ "examples":[ "Each half of the unhappy couple was constantly wracked with paranoia that the other was cheating." ], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "anxiety", "concern", "wariness", "disbelief", "incredulity", "unbelief", "distrust", "distrustfulness", "doubt", "dubiety", "dubitation", "incertitude", "misdoubt", "misgiving", "mistrust", "mistrustfulness", "query", "reservation", "skepticism", "suspicion", "uncertainty", "compunction", "niggle", "qualm", "scruple", "tremor" ], "near antonyms":[ "assurance", "belief", "certainty", "certitude", "confidence", "conviction", "sureness", "surety", "trust", "credence", "faith" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "paroxysm":{ "a sudden intense expression of strong feeling":{ "examples":[ "a paroxysm of laughter greeted the pratfall" ], "synonyms":[ "agony", "blaze", "burst", "ebullition", "eruption", "explosion", "fit", "flare", "flare-up", "flash", "flush", "gale", "gush", "gust", "outburst", "spasm", "storm" ], "near synonyms":[ "blowup", "grouch", "rage", "tantrum", "ecstasy", "rapture", "transport", "delirium", "firestorm", "frenzy", "furor" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "a violent disturbance (as of the political or social order)":{ "examples":[ "Darwin's introduction of the theory of evolution created paroxysms in both religion and science that are still being felt today" ], "synonyms":[ "bouleversement", "cataclysm", "convulsion", "earthquake", "storm", "tempest", "tumult", "upheaval", "uproar" ], "near synonyms":[ "insurgency", "insurrection", "mutiny", "overthrow", "overturn", "rebellion", "revolt", "revolution", "subversion", "unrest", "uprising", "upset", "fit", "seizure", "spasm", "eruption", "flare-up", "outbreak", "outburst", "bluster", "bobbery", "bustle", "coil", "commotion", "furor", "furore", "fuss", "hubbub", "hullabaloo", "hurly-burly", "pandemonium", "rout", "row", "ruckus", "ruction", "rumpus", "shindy", "squall", "stew", "stir", "to-do", "turmoil", "welter", "williwaw", "quaking", "rocking", "shaking", "trembling" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "partway":{ "in some measure or degree":{ "examples":[ "his alibi wasn't even partway believable" ], "synonyms":[ "half", "halfway", "incompletely", "part", "partially", "partly" ], "near synonyms":[ "fragmentarily", "enough", "fairly", "kindly", "kind of", "like", "moderately", "more or less", "pretty", "quite", "rather", "relatively", "something", "somewhat", "sort of" ], "near antonyms":[ "absolutely", "dead", "downright", "plain", "especially", "exceedingly", "exceeding", "exceptionally", "extremely", "greatly", "highly", "hugely", "particularly", "very" ], "antonyms":[ "all", "altogether", "completely", "entirely", "fully", "perfectly", "quite", "totally", "utterly", "wholly" ] }, "type":[ "adverb" ] }, "parsimonies":{ "the quality or practice of being overly sparing with money":{ "examples":[ "his parsimony was so extreme that he'd walk five miles to the store to save a few cents on gas" ], "synonyms":[ "cheapness", "cheeseparing", "closeness", "miserliness", "niggardliness", "penny-pinching", "penuriousness", "pinching", "stinginess", "tightfistedness", "tightness" ], "near synonyms":[ "conserving", "economizing", "economy", "frugality", "husbandry", "providence", "scrimping", "skimping", "thrift", "conservation", "saving", "husbanding", "managing" ], "near antonyms":[ "bountifulness", "bounty", "generosity", "largesse", "largess", "liberality", "openhandedness", "openheartedness", "philanthropy", "unselfishness", "extravagance", "lavishness", "dissipation", "improvidence", "prodigality", "squandering", "wastefulness" ], "antonyms":[] }, "careful management of material resources":{ "examples":[ "people often think that the good times will last forever and have little interest in parsimony" ], "synonyms":[ "economy", "frugality", "husbandry", "penny-pinching", "providence", "scrimping", "skimping", "thrift" ], "near synonyms":[ "conservation", "saving", "miserliness", "niggardliness", "stinginess", "belt-tightening", "retrenchment", "discretion", "forehandedness", "prudence", "austerity", "moderation", "restraint", "temperance" ], "near antonyms":[ "extravagance", "improvidence", "lavishness", "prodigality", "squandering" ], "antonyms":[ "diseconomy", "wastefulness" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "parure":{ "as in garniture , crown jewels":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "adornment", "beautifier", "caparison", "decoration", "doodad", "embellisher", "embellishment", "frill", "garnish", "garnishment", "garniture", "gaud", "ornamentation", "regalia", "setoff", "trim", "brilliant", "gem", "gemstone", "jewel", "rock", "bijouterie", "bling", "bling-bling", "ice", "jewelry", "baguette", "cabochon", "cameo", "scarab", "solitaire", "teardrop", "paste", "rhinestone", "zircon", "bauble", "bijou", "trinket", "crown jewels", "accessory", "birthstone" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "parsing":{ "to understand something by considering it parts closely":{ "examples":[ "I'm having trouble parsing your words\u2014could you rephrase what you said?", "We need time to parse the huge amount of data put forward in the report." ], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "analyzing", "dissecting", "auditing", "checking (out)", "conning", "examining", "inspecting", "overlooking", "overseeing", "reviewing", "scanning", "scrutinizing", "surveying", "viewing", "noticing", "observing", "watching", "combing", "perusing", "poring (over)", "delving (into)", "exploring", "investigating", "plumbing", "probing", "researching", "studying", "categorizing", "classifying", "picking over", "reinspecting", "rereviewing", "re-reviewing", "resurveying" ], "near antonyms":[ "skimming", "missing", "overlooking" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "parboil":{ "to cook in a liquid heated to the point that it gives off steam":{ "examples":[ "parboil a lobster" ], "synonyms":[ "boil", "coddle", "poach", "simmer", "stew" ], "near synonyms":[ "scald", "braise", "fricassee", "pressure-cook", "smother", "steam", "reboil" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "partings of the ways":{ "a movement in different directions away from a common point":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[ "bifurcations", "divarications", "divergences", "divergencies", "separations" ], "near synonyms":[ "differences", "disagreements", "discrepancies", "disparities", "dissidences", "dissimilarities", "distinctions", "diversities" ], "near antonyms":[ "accords", "agreements", "likenesses", "similarities" ], "antonyms":[ "convergences" ] }, "type":[] }, "parchment":{ "as in diploma":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "diploma", "certificate", "certification", "document", "instrument", "credentials", "record", "warrant", "writ", "warranty", "coupon", "voucher" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "participator":{ "one who takes part in something":{ "examples":[ "a willing participator in any parlor game anyone suggested" ], "synonyms":[ "actor", "partaker", "participant", "party", "player", "sharer" ], "near synonyms":[ "accessory", "accessary", "aide", "assistant", "helper", "colleague", "partner" ], "near antonyms":[ "bystander", "looker-on", "observer", "onlooker", "spectator", "watcher", "wallflower" ], "antonyms":[ "nonparticipant" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "parsons":{ "as in pastors , vicars":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "abb\u00e9s", "curates", "cur\u00e9s", "pastors", "rectors", "shepherds", "vicars", "churchmen", "clergymen", "fathers", "Holy Joes", "padres", "clergywomen", "deaconesses", "priestesses", "abbots", "archbishops", "archpriests", "bishops", "deans", "diocesans", "monsignors", "monsignori", "popes", "prelates", "presbyters", "chaplains", "confessors", "sky pilots", "evangelists", "missionaries", "missioners", "missionizers", "revivalists", "friars", "mendicants", "monastics", "monks", "oblates", "religious", "high priestesses", "high priests", "clergypersons", "clericals", "clerics", "clerks", "deacons", "divines", "dominies", "ecclesiastics", "ministers", "preachers", "priests", "reverends" ], "near antonyms":[ "lay readers", "lectors", "laymen", "laypeople", "seculars", "secular" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "party lines":{ "as in routines , conventional wisdoms":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "conventional wisdoms", "routines", "banalities", "bromides", "chestnuts", "clich\u00e9s", "cliches", "commonplaces", "groaners", "homilies", "platitudes", "shibboleths", "tropes", "truisms", "inanities", "generalities", "generalizations", "simplifications", "adages", "proverbs", "saws", "sayings", "old wives' tales", "stereotypes" ], "near antonyms":[ "profundities" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "parsonages":{ "the building in which a parson lives":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "hermitages", "manses", "rectories", "vicarages", "abodes", "diggings", "domiciles", "dwellings", "firesides", "habitations", "hearths", "hearthstones", "homes", "houses", "lodgings", "pads", "places", "quarters", "residences", "roofs", "accommodations", "housings", "nests", "residencies", "shelters", "bungalows", "cabins", "casitas", "chalets", "cottages", "duplexes", "ranches", "ranch houses", "saltboxes", "semis", "split levels", "townhomes", "town houses", "tract houses", "triplexes", "apartment houses", "apartments", "condominiums", "condominia", "condos", "flats", "tenement houses", "tenements", "walk-ups", "barracks", "billets", "boardinghouses", "dormitories", "dorms", "flophouses", "lodging houses", "lodgments", "lodgements", "rooming houses", "rooms", "hooches", "hootches", "hovels", "hutches", "huts", "shacks", "shanties" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "partiers":{ "one who engages in merrymaking especially in honor of a special occasion":{ "examples":[ "a Mardi Gras celebration that has long attracted serious partyers from around the country" ], "synonyms":[ "celebrants", "celebrators", "merrymakers", "partygoers", "revelers", "revellers", "roisterers" ], "near synonyms":[ "bacchanals", "bingers", "carousers", "party animals", "wassailers", "cutups", "skylarkers", "noisemakers" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[ "killjoys", "party poopers" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "parvis":{ "as in atrium , peristyle":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "atrium", "galleria", "peristyle", "close", "court", "courtyard", "enclosure", "inclosure", "patio", "quad", "quadrangle", "yard", "forecourt", "place", "plaza", "square", "deck", "terrace", "curtilage" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "parturitions":{ "the act or process of giving birth to children":{ "examples":[ "parturition can sometimes proceed more quickly than anticipated" ], "synonyms":[ "accouchements", "childbearings", "childbirths", "deliveries", "labors", "travails" ], "near synonyms":[ "birth pangs", "contractions", "pains", "pregnancies", "abortions", "miscarriages", "cesarean sections", "caesarean sections", "natural childbirths", "childbeds", "confinements", "lyings-in", "lying-ins" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "paramour":{ "a person with whom someone is having a romantic or sexual relationship and especially a secret or improper relationship":{ "examples":[ "Her husband found a love letter from her paramour ." ], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "amour", "lover", "beloved", "darling", "dear", "flame", "hon", "honey", "love", "squeeze", "sweet", "sweetheart", "sweetie", "sweetie pie", "truelove", "beau", "boy", "boyfriend", "fellow", "man", "swain", "gal", "girl", "girlfriend", "inamorata", "ladylove", "lass", "mistress", "tootsie", "doll", "duck(s)", "pet", "date", "escort", "steady", "admirer", "gallant", "suitor", "wooer", "groom", "husband", "bride", "wife", "significant other", "crush", "heartthrob" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "parking":{ "as in setting , locating":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "deploying", "emplacing", "fixing", "locating", "planting", "positioning", "setting", "situating", "stationing", "ensconcing", "installing", "lodging", "nestling", "perching", "roosting", "settling", "anchoring", "bivouacking", "camping", "camping (out)", "burrowing", "curling up", "digging in", "harboring", "housing" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "parry":{ "as in avoid , evade":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "avoid", "elude", "escape", "evade", "shirk", "skirt", "dodge", "duck", "jink", "sidestep", "slalom", "weave", "zigzag", "deflect", "turn", "slide", "slip" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "parrying":{ "as in avoiding , evading":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "avoiding", "eluding", "escaping", "evading", "shirking", "skirting", "dodging", "ducking", "jinking", "sidestepping", "slaloming", "weaving", "zigzagging", "deflecting", "turning", "sliding", "slipping" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "parboiled":{ "to cook in a liquid heated to the point that it gives off steam":{ "examples":[ "parboil a lobster" ], "synonyms":[ "boiled", "coddled", "poached", "simmered", "stewed" ], "near synonyms":[ "scalded", "braised", "fricasseed", "pressure-cooked", "smothered", "steamed", "reboiled" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "parson":{ "as in pastor , vicar":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "abb\u00e9", "curate", "cur\u00e9", "pastor", "rector", "shepherd", "vicar", "churchman", "clergyman", "father", "Holy Joe", "padre", "clergywoman", "deaconess", "priestess", "abbot", "archbishop", "archpriest", "bishop", "dean", "diocesan", "monsignor", "pope", "prelate", "presbyter", "chaplain", "confessor", "sky pilot", "evangelist", "missionary", "missioner", "missionizer", "revivalist", "friar", "mendicant", "monastic", "monk", "oblate", "religious", "high priest", "high priestess", "clergyperson", "cleric", "clerical", "clerk", "deacon", "divine", "dominie", "ecclesiastic", "minister", "preacher", "priest", "reverend" ], "near antonyms":[ "lay reader", "lector", "layman", "layperson", "secular" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "parasites":{ "a person who is supported by or seeks support from another without making an adequate return":{ "examples":[ "a parasite who lived in the family's basement and refused to get a job or pay rent" ], "synonyms":[ "bloodsuckers", "freeloaders", "free riders", "hangers-on", "leeches", "moochers", "spongers", "sponges" ], "near synonyms":[ "dependents", "deadbeats", "idlers", "flunkies", "flunkeys", "henchmen", "lackeys", "satellites", "stooges", "sycophants", "toadies", "yes-men", "cheapskates", "misers", "niggards", "pikers", "scrooges", "skinflints", "tightwads" ], "near antonyms":[ "benefactors", "philanthropists", "supporters" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "parboiling":{ "to cook in a liquid heated to the point that it gives off steam":{ "examples":[ "parboil a lobster" ], "synonyms":[ "boiling", "coddling", "poaching", "simmering", "stewing" ], "near synonyms":[ "scalding", "braising", "fricasseeing", "pressure-cooking", "smothering", "steaming", "reboiling" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "parses":{ "to understand something by considering it parts closely":{ "examples":[ "I'm having trouble parsing your words\u2014could you rephrase what you said?", "We need time to parse the huge amount of data put forward in the report." ], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "analyzes", "dissects", "audits", "checks (out)", "cons", "examines", "inspects", "overlooks", "oversees", "reviews", "scans", "scrutinizes", "surveys", "views", "notices", "observes", "watches", "combs", "peruses", "pores (over)", "delves (into)", "explores", "investigates", "plumbs", "probes", "researches", "studies", "categorizes", "classifies", "picks over", "reinspects", "rereviews", "resurveys" ], "near antonyms":[ "skims", "misses", "overlooks" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "partnerships":{ "the state of having shared interests or efforts (as in social or business matters)":{ "examples":[ "the symphony orchestra is presenting the choral piece in partnership with the city's leading choral society" ], "synonyms":[ "affiliations", "alliances", "associations", "collaborations", "confederations", "connections", "cooperations", "hookups", "liaisons", "linkups", "relations", "relationships", "tie-ups", "unions" ], "near synonyms":[ "businesses", "dealings", "interactions", "exchanges", "interconnections", "interrelations", "mutualisms", "reciprocities", "symbioses", "incorporations", "integrations", "mergers", "unifications", "affinities", "attachments", "intimacies", "rapports", "sympathies", "kinships", "solidarities", "unities", "colleagueships", "companies", "companionships", "fellowships", "beds", "cahoots", "leagues" ], "near antonyms":[ "breakups", "dissolutions", "disunions", "divisions", "partings", "separations", "severances", "splits", "alienations", "divorces", "estrangements" ], "antonyms":[ "disaffiliations", "dissociations" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "paramounts":{ "as in authoritarians , totalitarians":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "authoritarians", "Big Brothers", "potentates", "totalitarians", "autarchs", "autocrats", "monocrats", "caudillos", "overlords", "warlords", "caesars", "despots", "dictators", "f\u00fchrers", "fuehrers", "oppressors", "pharaohs", "strongmen", "tyrannizers", "tyrants", "bosses", "captains", "chiefs", "dominators", "kingpins", "leaders", "masters", "overlords", "rulers", "kings", "lords", "monarchs", "princes", "queens", "sovereigns", "sovrans", "barons", "czars", "tsars", "tzars", "magnates", "moguls", "tycoons", "disciplinarians", "discipliners", "enforcers", "martinets", "taskmasters" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "paraphrased":{ "to express something (as a text or statement) in different 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"dystopia", "hell" ] }, "a dwelling place of perfect happiness for the soul after death":{ "examples":[ "a firm belief that good people will be rewarded in paradise" ], "synonyms":[ "above", "bliss", "elysian fields", "Elysium", "empyrean", "heaven", "kingdom come", "New Jerusalem", "sky", "Zion", "Sion" ], "near synonyms":[ "Beulah", "glory", "happy hunting ground", "nirvana", "promised land", "Valhalla", "afterlife", "afterworld", "hereafter", "otherworld" ], "near antonyms":[ "inferno", "limbo", "purgatory", "hades", "netherworld", "underworld", "abyss", "pit" ], "antonyms":[ "Gehenna", "hell", "Pandemonium", "perdition" ] }, "a state of overwhelming usually pleasurable emotion":{ "examples":[ "that early stage of a romance when lovers are in paradise" ], "synonyms":[ "cloud nine", "ecstasy", "elatedness", "elation", "euphoria", "exhilaration", "heaven", "high", "intoxication", "rapture", "rhapsody", "seventh heaven", "swoon", "transport" ], "near synonyms":[ "exaltation", "blessedness", "bliss", "blissfulness", "delight", "enchantment", "felicity", "gladness", "happiness", "joy", "joyfulness", "joyousness", "pleasure", "reverie", "trance", "inspiration", "fervor", "frenzy", "madness", "passion", "cheer", "cheerfulness", "exuberance", "gaiety", "gayety", "glee", "gleefulness", "jubilance", "jubilation", "lightheartedness" ], "near antonyms":[ "misery", "sadness", "unhappiness", "woe", "wretchedness", "blues", "dejection", "desolation", "despair", "despondency", "disconsolateness", "disheartenment", "dispiritedness", "doldrums", "downheartedness", "dreariness", "dumps", "forlornness", "gloom", "gloominess", "heartsickness", "melancholy", "mopes" ], "antonyms":[ "depression" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "partier":{ "one who engages in merrymaking especially in honor of a special occasion":{ "examples":[ "a Mardi Gras celebration that has long attracted serious partyers from around the country" ], "synonyms":[ "celebrant", "celebrator", "merrymaker", "partygoer", "reveler", "reveller", "roisterer" ], "near synonyms":[ "bacchanal", "binger", "carouser", "party animal", "wassailer", "cutup", "skylarker", "noisemaker" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[ "killjoy", "party pooper" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "parolees":{ "as in probationers":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "probationers", "lifers", "trusties", "captives", "captures", "inmates", "internees", "prisoners", "cons", "convicts", "jailbirds" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "parented":{ "to bring forth and raise to maturity through care and education":{ "examples":[ "They expertly parent their second child using all the lessons learned from raising their first." ], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "fostered", "nourished", "nursed", "raised", "reared", "fathered", "mothered", "attended", "cared (for)", "cradled", "cultivated", "minded", "ministered (to)", "nurtured", "watched", "fed", "provided (for)", "supplied", "begot", "begat", "bore", "engendered", "gendered", "generated", "got", "had", "produced", "sired", "hatched", "spawned", "bred", "multiplied", "procreated", "propagated", "reproduced" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "parries":{ "as in avoids , evades":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "avoids", "eludes", "escapes", "evades", "shirks", "skirts", "dodges", "ducks", "jinks", "sidesteps", "slaloms", "weaves", "zigzags", "deflects", "turns", "slides", "slips" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "parading":{ "as in display , showing":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "display", "exhibition", "exposure", "showing", "disinterment", "unearthing" ], "near antonyms":[ "caching", "concealment", "hiding", "secretion", "stashing", "burial", "burying", "entombment", "interment", "interring" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to move along with a steady regular step especially in a group":{ "examples":[ "the marching band paraded past jubilant crowds" ], "synonyms":[ "filing", "marching", "pacing", "striding" ], "near synonyms":[ "goose-stepping", "perambulating", "stepping", "traipsing", "treading", "hiking", "tramping", "lumbering", "plodding", "stamping", "stomping", "trudging" ], "near antonyms":[ "ambling", "meandering", "rambling", "strolling", "wandering" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to present so as to invite notice or attention":{ "examples":[ "intends to parade her expensive new dress at the party" ], "synonyms":[ "displaying", "disporting", "exhibiting", "exposing", "flashing", "flaunting", "laying out", "producing", "showing", "showing off", "sporting", "strutting", "unveiling" ], "near synonyms":[ "brandishing", "flourishing", "waving", "advertising", "airing", "announcing", "blazing", "broadcasting", "heralding", "placarding", "posting", "proclaiming", "publicizing", "sounding", "trumpeting", "divulging", "talking (about)", "telling (of)", "baring", "discovering", "revealing", "uncloaking", "uncovering", "unmasking" ], "near antonyms":[ "camouflaging", "disguising", "masking", "concealing", "covering", "curtaining", "enshrouding", "hiding", "obscuring", "occluding", "occulting", "shrouding", "veiling" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "participators":{ "one who takes part in something":{ "examples":[ "a willing participator in any parlor game anyone suggested" ], "synonyms":[ "actors", "partakers", "participants", "parties", "players", "sharers" ], "near synonyms":[ "accessories", "accessaries", "aides", "assistants", "helpers", "colleagues", "partners" ], "near antonyms":[ "bystanders", "lookers-on", "observers", "onlookers", "spectators", "watchers", "wallflowers" ], "antonyms":[ "nonparticipants" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "particulars":{ "a separate part in a list, account, or series":{ "examples":[ "requested a bill of particulars for the care he received in the hospital" ], "synonyms":[ "details", "items", "points" ], "near synonyms":[ "articles", "belongings", "objects", "stuff", "things", "characteristics", "components", "constituents", "elements", "factors", "features", "members", "ingredients", "divisions", "particles", "partitions", "pieces", "portions", "sections", "segments" ], "near antonyms":[ "aggregates", "composites", "compounds", "conglomerates", "entireties", "summations", "sums", "totalities", "totals", "wholes" ], "antonyms":[] }, "a single piece of information":{ "examples":[ "everyone wanted to know all the particulars about the forthcoming merger" ], "synonyms":[ "data", "details", "facts", "niceties", "particularities", "points", "specifics" ], "near synonyms":[ "articles", "items", "components", "constituents", "elements", "ingredients", "members", "parts", "aspects", "circumstances", "facets", "factors", "evidences", "exhibits", "databases", "information", "knowledges" ], "near antonyms":[ "errors", "fallacies", "falsehoods", "inaccuracies", "misconceptions", "misstatements", "myths" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "paraplegia":{ "as in quadriplegia , hemiplegia":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "diplegia", "hemiplegia", "paresis", "quadriplegia", "spastic paralysis", "disability", "impairment", "infirmity", "lameness", "debilitation", "debility", "decrepitude", "enfeeblement", "feebleness", "frailness", "frailty", "weakness", "cerebral palsy", "multiple sclerosis", "poliomyelitis", "palsy", "paralysis" ], "near antonyms":[ "mobility", "motility", "sensation" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "parish":{ "as in flock , laity":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "flock", "laity", "assembly", "church", "congregation", "communion", "confession", "denomination", "fold", "sect" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "parasitic":{ "as in dependent , symbiotic":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "dependent", "precocial", "symbiotic", "associational", "consociational", "subsocial", "colonial", "gregarious", "sociable", "social" ], "near antonyms":[ "nonsocial", "solitary", "autonomous", "independent", "self-contained", "semiautonomous", "semi-independent", "altricial", "self-subsistent", "self-sufficient", "self-supporting", "self-sustaining", "lone", "recluse", "reclusive", "unsociable" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "particularity":{ "careful thoroughness of detail":{ "examples":[ "with great particularity she described the qualities she's looking for in a boyfriend" ], "synonyms":[ "explicitness", "specificity" ], "near synonyms":[ "attentiveness", "care", "carefulness", "conscientiousness", "finicalness", "finickiness", "fussiness", "meticulosity", "meticulousness", "alertness", "cautiousness", "circumspection", "heedfulness", "scrupulousness", "discrimination", "selectivity", "accuracy", "definitude", "exactitude", "exactness", "fineness", "preciseness", "precision" ], "near antonyms":[ "imprecision", "inaccuracy", "inexactness", "indistinctness", "vagueness" ], "antonyms":[ "generality" ] }, "a 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], "near synonyms":[ "badge", "indication", "sign", "emblem", "symbol", "token", "charm", "grace", "excellence", "merit", "virtue", "eccentricity", "idiosyncrasy", "oddity", "quirk", "individuality", "singularity", "uniqueness" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "participants":{ "one who takes part in something":{ "examples":[ "he seemed to be a willing participant in the prank" ], "synonyms":[ "actors", "partakers", "participators", "parties", "players", "sharers" ], "near synonyms":[ "accessories", "accessaries", "aides", "assistants", "helpers", "colleagues", "partners" ], "near antonyms":[ "bystanders", "lookers-on", "observers", "onlookers", "spectators", "watchers", "wallflowers" ], "antonyms":[ "nonparticipants" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "paramours":{ "a person with whom someone is having a romantic or sexual relationship and especially a secret or improper relationship":{ "examples":[ "Her husband found a love letter from her paramour ." ], 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"knock out" ], "near antonyms":[ "energize", "galvanize", "invigorate", "vitalize", "fortify", "strengthen", "empower", "freshen", "refresh", "refreshen", "regenerate", "rejuvenate", "restore", "revitalize", "revive" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to deprive of courage or confidence":{ "examples":[ "the school board is paralyzed by the threat of lawsuits for just about everything" ], "synonyms":[ "demoralize", "emasculate", "undo", "unman", "unnerve", "unstring" ], "near synonyms":[ "debilitate", "enervate", "enfeeble", "neuter", "weaken", "prostrate", "sap", "soften", "tire", "waste", "frighten", "intimidate", "psych (out)", "scare", "terrify", "terrorize", "daunt", "discourage", "dishearten", "dismay", "dispirit", "craze", "derange", "madden", "unbalance", "unhinge", "discompose", "disquiet", "disturb", "faze", "perturb", "unsettle", "upset", "weird out" ], "near antonyms":[ "fortify", "strengthen", "embolden", "encourage", "hearten" ], "antonyms":[ "nerve" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "parapets":{ "a low wall at the edge of a platform, roof, or bridge":{ "examples":[ "The invaders fired arrows over the castle's parapet ." ], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "battlements", "breastworks", "bulwarks", "earthworks", "embattlements", "ramparts", "bastions", "castles", "citadels", "fortifications", "fortresses", "forts", "holds", "redoubts", "strongholds", "bunkers", "dugouts", "blockhouses", "garrison houses", "alcazars", "casbahs", "kasbahs" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "parricides":{ "as in patricides , fratricides":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "filicides", "fratricides", "matricides", "patricides", "regicides", "uxoricides", "blood", "foul play", "homicides", "murders", "rubouts", "slayings", "chance-medleys", "killings", "manslaughters", "bloodsheds", "butcheries", "carnages", "decimations", "destructions", "massacres", "slaughters", "assassinations", "executions", "hits", "assisted suicides", "euthanasias", "mercy killings", "physician-assisted suicides" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "paranoids":{ "having extreme or unreasonable fear or suspicion":{ "examples":[ "He was paranoid about break-ins and insisted on checking the locks himself every night." ], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "disbelieving", "distrustful", "doubting", "incredulous", "mistrustful", "negativistic", "questioning", "show-me", "skeptical", "suspecting", "suspicious", "unbelieving", "anxious", "edgy", "nervous", "tense", "uneasy", "worried", "critical", "puzzled", "quizzical", "careful", "cautious", "guarded", "gun-shy", "leery", "leary", "wary", "watchful", "cynical", "experienced", "knowing", "sophisticated", "worldly", "worldly-wise", "curious", "inquiring", "inquisitive", "nosy", "nosey", "snoopy", "uncertain", "unconvinced", "undecided", "undetermined", "unsettled", "unsure", "hesitant" ], "near antonyms":[ "certain", "confident", "positive", "sure", "careless", "heedless", "unsuspecting", "unsuspicious", "unwary" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "parka":{ "as in jacket , surtout":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "jacket", "surtout", "chesterfield", "frock coat", "mackinaw", "ulster", "oilskin", "raincoat", "sou'wester", "greatcoat", "overcoat", "surcoat", "topcoat", "wrap" ], "near antonyms":[ "undercoat" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "parades":{ "a body of individuals moving along in an orderly and often ceremonial way":{ "examples":[ "a Fourth of July parade" ], "synonyms":[ "corteges", "cort\u00e8ges", "processions" ], "near synonyms":[ "progresses", "callithumps", "columns", "lines", "strings", "trains" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "to move along with a steady regular step especially in a group":{ "examples":[ "the marching band paraded past jubilant crowds" ], "synonyms":[ "files", "marches", "paces", "strides" ], "near synonyms":[ "goose-steps", "perambulates", "steps", "traipses", "treads", "hikes", "tramps", "lumbers", "plods", "stamps", "stomps", "trudges" ], "near antonyms":[ "ambles", "meanders", "rambles", "strolls", "wanders" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to present so as to invite notice or attention":{ "examples":[ "intends to parade her expensive new dress at the party" ], "synonyms":[ "displays", "disports", "exhibits", "exposes", "flashes", "flaunts", "lays out", "produces", "shows", "shows off", "sports", "struts", "unveils" ], "near synonyms":[ "brandishes", "flourishes", "waves", "advertises", "airs", "announces", "blazes", "broadcasts", "heralds", "placards", "posts", "proclaims", "publicizes", "sounds", "trumpets", "divulges", "talks (about)", "tells (of)", "bares", "discovers", "reveals", "uncloaks", "uncovers", "unmasks" ], "near antonyms":[ "camouflages", "disguises", "masks", "conceals", "covers", "curtains", "enshrouds", "hides", "obscures", "occludes", "occults", "shrouds", "veils" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "pardoning":{ "as in condoning , absolving":{ 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"abominating", "despising", "detesting", "disliking", "execrating", "hating", "loathing", "avenging", "redressing", "requiting", "retaliating", "revenging", "disciplining", "penalizing", "punishing" ], "antonyms":[ "resenting" ] }, "to dismiss as of little importance":{ "examples":[ "I'm willing to pardon a little sloppiness of dress in such a kind and loving person" ], "synonyms":[ "blinking (at)", "brushing (aside or off)", "condoning", "discounting", "disregarding", "excusing", "forgiving", "glossing (over)", "glozing (over)", "ignoring", "overlooking", "overpassing", "papering over", "passing over", "remitting", "shrugging off", "whitewashing", "winking (at)" ], "near synonyms":[ "explaining", "justifying", "rationalizing", "absolving", "acquitting", "clearing", "exculpating", "exonerating", "vindicating", "waiving", "waving (aside or off)" ], "near antonyms":[ "heeding", "marking", "minding", "noting", "objecting (to)" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adjective", "verb" ] }, 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"inconsequential", "inconsiderable", "insignificant", "minor", "negligible", "slight", "trifling", "trivial", "unimportant", "collateral", "inferior", "secondary", "subordinate", "subsidiary" ], "antonyms":[ "last", "least" ] }, "of the greatest or highest degree or quantity":{ "examples":[ "maintaining the secrecy of the agreement is of paramount importance" ], "synonyms":[ "consummate", "last", "max", "maximum", "most", "nth", "outside", "supreme", "top", "ultimate", "utmost", "uttermost" ], "near synonyms":[ "unequaled", "unequalled", "unmatched", "unparalleled", "unrivaled", "unrivalled", "unsurpassed", "biggest", "hugest", "largest", "topmost", "upmost", "uppermost" ], "near antonyms":[ "littlest", "minutest", "smallest", "tiniest", "lowest", "fewest" ], "antonyms":[ "least", "minimal", "minimum", "slightest" ] }, "as in authoritarian , totalitarian":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "authoritarian", "Big Brother", "potentate", "totalitarian", "autarch", 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"heinous", "sinful", "vile", "wicked" ], "antonyms":[ "indefensible", "inexcusable", "mortal", "unforgivable", "unjustifiable", "unpardonable" ] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "pars":{ "something set up as an example against which others of the same type are compared":{ "examples":[ "that last dining experience was not quite up to par" ], "synonyms":[ "barometers", "bars", "benchmarks", "criteria", "criterions", "gold standards", "grades", "marks", "measures", "metrics", "standards", "touchstones", "yardsticks" ], "near synonyms":[ "cases", "examples", "instances", "averages", "norms", "rules", "acmes", "apexes", "apices", "meridians", "peaks", "pinnacles", "summits", "zeniths" ], "near antonyms":[ "aberrations", "abnormalities", "deviations" ], "antonyms":[] }, "what is typical of a group, class, or series":{ "examples":[ "a pulse of 70 is par for people of that age group" ], "synonyms":[ "averages", "normals", "norms", "standards" ], "near synonyms":[ "golden means", "means", 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"matching" ], "near synonyms":[ "blending (with)", "conforming (to)", "coordinating (with)", "going (with)", "harmonizing (with)", "complementing", "supplementing", "counterbalancing", "counterpoising", "echoing", "imaging", "mirroring", "repeating", "adding up (to)", "amounting (to)", "approaching", "coming (to)", "nearing", "measuring (up)", "partaking (of)", "rivaling", "rivalling", "suggesting" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "parentings":{ "the caring for a child by its parents":{ "examples":[ "as the big day approaches, the expectant couple are starting to get worried about their fitness for parenting" ], "synonyms":[ "parenthood" ], "near synonyms":[ "raising", "rearing", "upbringing", "fatherhood", "fathering", "paternity", "maternity", "motherhood", "mothering", "caregiving", "caretaking" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "to bring forth and raise to maturity through care and education":{ "examples":[ "They expertly parent their second child 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"frigidly", "hostilely", "angrily", "belligerently", "begrudgingly", "grudgingly" ], "near antonyms":[ "amply", "bounteously", "bountifully", "freehandedly", "freeheartedly", "generously", "handsomely", "lavishly", "liberally", "munificently", "openhandedly", "unstintingly", "well", "considerately", "courteously", "hospitably", "kindly", "nicely", "reasonably", "sweetly", "thoughtfully", "affably", "amiably", "cheerfully", "cheerily", "congenially", "cordially", "friendlily", "genially", "good-heartedly", "good-naturedly", "graciously" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adverb" ] }, "part and parcel":{ "as in basis":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "basis", "building block", "component", "constituent", "element", "factor", "ingredient", "member", "detail", "item", "particular", "point", "aspect", "characteristic", "facet", "feature", "trait", "division", "fragment", "particle", "partition", "piece", "portion", "section", "sector", "segment", "subcomponent" ], "near 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"wet", "awash", "bathed", "doused", "dowsed", "drenched", "dripping", "saturated", "soaked", "soaking", "sodden", "soggy", "sopping", "soppy", "soused", "washed", "watered", "waterlogged", "watery", "deluged", "drowned", "flooded", "inundated", "overflowed", "submerged", "swamped", "hydrated" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to make dry":{ "examples":[ "the heat has really parched my throat" ], "synonyms":[ "dehydrated", "desiccated", "dried", "scorched", "seared" ], "near synonyms":[ "dehumidified", "drained", "evaporated", "mummified", "shriveled", "shrivelled", "withered", "wizened", "air-dried", "baked" ], "near antonyms":[ "bathed", "deluged", "doused", "dowsed", "drenched", "drowned", "flooded", "inundated", "overflowed", "saturated", "soaked", "sopped", "soused", "waterlogged", "damped", "dampened", "humidified", "moistened", "rehydrated", "dipped", "dunked", "submerged", "swamped" ], "antonyms":[ "hydrated", "washed", "watered", "wet", "wetted" ] }, "type":[ "adjective", "verb" ] }, 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"counterparts", "equals", "equivalents", "analogies", "homologies" ], "near antonyms":[ "differences", "discrepancies", "deviances", "divergences", "incongruences", "incongruities", "changes", "modifications", "variations" ], "antonyms":[ "dissimilarities" ] }, "one that is equal to another in status, achievement, or value":{ "examples":[ "an advance that is without parallel in the history of virology" ], "synonyms":[ "coequals", "compeers", "coordinates", "counterparts", "equals", "equivalents", "fellows", "likes", "matches", "peers", "rivals" ], "near synonyms":[ "analogues", "analogs", "doubles", "halves", "mates", "twins", "associates", "colleagues", "companions", "copartners", "co-partners", "partners", "competitors" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "to be the exact counterpart of":{ "examples":[ "developments in the television show paralleled those in the lead actor's real life" ], "synonyms":[ "corresponds (to)", "equals", "matches" ], "near synonyms":[ "blends (with)", 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"croakers", "docs", "doctors", "medicos", "medics", "physicians", "sawbones", "sawboneses" ], "near antonyms":[ "nondoctors", "nonphysicians" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "parlor":{ "a building, room, or suite of rooms occupied by a service business":{ "examples":[ "an ice cream parlor with an old-timey theme" ], "synonyms":[ "establishment", "joint", "place", "salon" ], "near synonyms":[ "spot", "station", "facility", "installation", "club", "house", "den", "dive", "hole" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "pardon":{ "release from the guilt or penalty of an offense":{ "examples":[ "the criminal is hoping for a presidential pardon" ], "synonyms":[ "absolution", "amnesty", "forgiveness", "remission", "remittal" ], "near synonyms":[ "parole", "acquittal", "exculpation", "exoneration", "vindication", "condonation", "exemption", "immunity", "impunity", "indemnity", "commutation", "commuting", "reprieve", "clemency", "leniency", "mercy" ], "near 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"brush (aside or off)", "condone", "discount", "disregard", "excuse", "forgive", "gloss (over)", "gloze (over)", "ignore", "overlook", "overpass", "paper over", "pass over", "remit", "shrug off", "whitewash", "wink (at)" ], "near synonyms":[ "explain", "justify", "rationalize", "absolve", "acquit", "clear", "exculpate", "exonerate", "vindicate", "waive", "wave (aside or off)" ], "near antonyms":[ "heed", "mark", "mind", "note", "object (to)" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "parodied":{ "to copy or exaggerate (someone or something) in order to make fun of":{ "examples":[ "parodying a public figure's distinctive mannerisms takes particular talent" ], "synonyms":[ "burlesqued", "caricatured", "did", "imitated", "mimicked", "mocked", "sent up", "spoofed", "travestied" ], "near synonyms":[ "lampooned", "pasquinaded", "satirized", "derided", "gibed", "jibed", "ridiculed", "aped", "copycatted", "monkeyed", "parroted", "duplicated", "emulated", "replicated", "reproduced", 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"purpose", "role", "task", "work", "niche", "office", "post", "situation", "calling", "occupation", "pursuit", "vocation", "activity", "assignment", "charge", "commission", "duty", "employ", "mission", "responsibility", "service", "use" ], "near antonyms":[ "noninvolvement", "nonparticipation", "avoidance", "eschewal" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "parleyed":{ "to exchange viewpoints or seek advice for the purpose of finding a solution to a problem":{ "examples":[ "in an effort to win the goodwill of the locals, the developers parleyed with them before finalizing plans for the massive mall" ], "synonyms":[ "advised", "confabbed", "confabulated", "conferred", "consulted", "counseled", "counselled", "treated" ], "near synonyms":[ "argued", "bandied", "batted (around)", "chewed over", "debated", "deliberated", "discussed", "disputed", "hashed (over)", "kicked around", "mooted", "palavered", "talked", "talked over", "ventilated", "rehashed", "coached", "guided", "tutored", 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"wet blanket" ], "near synonyms":[ "fuddy-duddy", "goody-goody", "Goody Two-shoes", "old maid", "stick-in-the-mud", "defeatist", "Jeremiah", "knocker", "pessimist", "complainer", "crab", "cynic", "grouch", "grump", "sorehead", "sourpuss", "whiner", "bore", "downer", "drip" ], "near antonyms":[ "cutup", "jester", "live wire", "carouser", "celebrant", "celebrator", "merrymaker", "rejoicer", "reveler", "reveller", "roisterer", "libertine", "playboy", "playgirl", "rake" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "pariahs":{ "one who is cast out or rejected by society":{ "examples":[ "I felt like a pariah when I wore the wrong outfit to the dinner party" ], "synonyms":[ "castaways", "castoffs", "lepers", "offscourings", "outcasts", "rejects" ], "near synonyms":[ "untouchables", "outsiders", "deportees", "exiles" ], "near antonyms":[ "insiders" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "parroting":{ "to say after another":{ "examples":[ "the toddler parroted everything her father said, often to 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"reapportioning" ], "near antonyms":[ "begrudging", "declining", "denying", "depriving (of)", "disallowing", "refusing", "rejecting", "withholding", "niggling (out)", "pinching", "skimping", "stinting" ], "antonyms":[ "misallocating" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "parlors":{ "a building, room, or suite of rooms occupied by a service business":{ "examples":[ "an ice cream parlor with an old-timey theme" ], "synonyms":[ "establishments", "joints", "places", "salons" ], "near synonyms":[ "spots", "stations", "facilities", "installations", "clubs", "houses", "dens", "dives", "holes" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "paralysis":{ "complete or partial loss of physical function (as motion or sensation) in a part of the body":{ "examples":[ "the car accident left one athlete with paralysis from the waist down" ], "synonyms":[ "palsy" ], "near synonyms":[ "cerebral palsy", "multiple sclerosis", "poliomyelitis", "debilitation", "debility", "decrepitude", "enfeeblement", "feebleness", "frailness", "frailty", "weakness", "infirmity", "lameness", "disability", "impairment", "diplegia", "hemiplegia", "paraplegia", "paresis", "quadriplegia", "spastic paralysis" ], "near antonyms":[ "mobility", "motility", "sensation" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "particularizes":{ "as in customizes , individualizes":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "customizes", "individualizes", "differentiates", "characterizes", "distinguishes", "marks" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "as in details , enumerates":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "details", "enumerates", "itemizes", "delivers", "gives", "reels off", "states", "utters", "voices", "bares", "discloses", "divulges", "exposes", "lets on (about)", "reveals", "charts", "chronicles", "describes", "narrates", "recites", "recounts", "rehearses", "relates", "reports", "tells", "delineates", "depicts", "expresses", "renders", "sketches" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "paramedical":{ "as in EMT":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "EMT", "aidman", "nurse", "nurse-practitioner", "physical therapist", "physiotherapist", "intern", "interne", "resident", "plastic surgeon", "surgeon", "specialist", "attending", "clinician", "hospitalist", "anesthesiologist", "dermatologist", "gynecologist", "internist", "neurologist", "ob-gyn", "obstetrician", "ophthalmologist", "orthopedist", "pathologist", "pediatrician", "pediatrist", "physiatrist", "podiatrist", "radiologist", "urologist", "family doctor", "family physician", "family practitioner", "general practitioner", "croaker", "doc", "doctor", "medic", "medico", "physician", "sawbones" ], "near antonyms":[ "nondoctor", "nonphysician" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "partings":{ "the act or process of two or more persons going off in different directions":{ "examples":[ "although their parting was sad, they knew they would see each other again" ], "synonyms":[ "farewells", "leave-takings", "separations" ], "near synonyms":[ "departures", "egresses", "exits", "exoduses", "goings", "decampments", "flights", "withdrawals", "abandonments", "desertions" ], "near antonyms":[ "reunions", "arrivals", "greetings", "salutations", "welcomes", "gatherings", "joinings", "meetings" ], "antonyms":[] }, "the act of leaving a place":{ "examples":[ "everyone waved goodbye at his parting" ], "synonyms":[ "decampments", "departures", "exits", "farewells", "goings", "leaves", "leave-takings", "outgoes" ], "near synonyms":[ "flights", "retirements", "retreats", "withdrawals", "diasporas", "emigrations", "evacuations", "exoduses", "embarkations", "embarkments", "disembarkations", "egresses", "abandonments", "relinquishments" ], "near antonyms":[ "comings", "approaches", "entrances", "ingresses" ], "antonyms":[ "advents", "appearances", "arrivals" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "partizan":{ "inclined to favor one side over another":{ "examples":[ "a shamelessly partisan 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life for it" ], "synonyms":[ "crusader", "fanatic", "ideologue", "idealogue", "militant", "red hot", "true believer", "zealot" ], "near synonyms":[ "activist", "dreamer", "idealist", "visionary", "cultist", "disciple", "follower", "hanger-on", "idolizer", "votary", "addict", "aficionado", "afficionado", "buff", "bug", "devotee", "enthusiast", "fan", "fancier", "fiend", "fool", "freak", "habitu\u00e9", "habitue", "head", "hound", "junkie", "junky", "lover", "maniac", "maven", "mavin", "nut", "sucker", "advocate", "apostle", "backer", "champion", "evangelist", "patron", "promoter", "stalwart", "supporter", "booster", "rooter", "well-wisher", "faddist" ], "near antonyms":[ "dabbler", "dilettante" ], "antonyms":[ "nonmilitant" ] }, "one who stubbornly or intolerantly adheres to his or her own opinions and prejudices":{ "examples":[ "she's too much of a political partisan to ever concede that the other side might have a valid point" ], "synonyms":[ "bigot", "dogmatist", "dogmatizer", "sectarian" ], "near synonyms":[ "doctrinaire", "fanatic", "purist", "jingoist", "nationalist", "racialist", "racist", "supremacist", "chauvinist", "sexist" ], "near antonyms":[ "freethinker", "latitudinarian", "liberal" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adjective", "noun" ] }, "paralyses":{ "complete or partial loss of physical function (as motion or sensation) in a part of the body":{ "examples":[ "the car accident left one athlete with paralysis from the waist down" ], "synonyms":[ "palsy" ], "near synonyms":[ "cerebral palsy", "multiple sclerosis", "poliomyelitis", "debilitation", "debility", "decrepitude", "enfeeblement", "feebleness", "frailness", "frailty", "weakness", "infirmity", "lameness", "disability", "impairment", "diplegia", "hemiplegia", "paraplegia", "paresis", "quadriplegia", "spastic paralysis" ], "near antonyms":[ "mobility", "motility", "sensation" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "parenthetically":{ "as in tangentially , secondarily":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "digressively", "excursively", "interjectionally", "secondarily", "tangentially", "apropos", "en passant", "incidentally" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adverb" ] }, "parenthood":{ "the caring for a child by its parents":{ "examples":[ "parenthood is a difficult task requiring great commitment" ], "synonyms":[ "parenting" ], "near synonyms":[ "raising", "rearing", "upbringing", "fatherhood", "fathering", "paternity", "maternity", "motherhood", "mothering", "caregiving", "caretaking" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "paradoxes":{ "someone or something with qualities or features that seem to conflict with one another":{ "examples":[ "the paradox of fighting a war for peace" ], "synonyms":[ "contradictions", "dichotomies", "incongruities" ], "near synonyms":[ "antinomies", "conundrums", "enigmas", "mysteries", "mystifications", "puzzlements", "puzzles", "riddles" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "parable":{ "a story intended to teach a basic truth or moral about life":{ "examples":[ "the parable in which the repentant sinner is compared to the returning prodigal son who is welcomed home" ], "synonyms":[ "allegory", "apologue", "fable" ], "near synonyms":[ "beast fable", "bestiary", "morality play", "legend", "myth", "mythology", "narrative", "tale" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "parody":{ "a work that imitates and exaggerates another work for comic effect":{ "examples":[ "the musical is a parody of every biblical epic ever made" ], "synonyms":[ "burlesque", "caricature", "put-on", "rib", "send-up", "spoof", "takeoff", "travesty" ], "near synonyms":[ "lampoon", "mockery", "satire", "comedy", "farce", "humor", "sketch", "slapstick", "squib", "distortion", "exaggeration", "imitation", "impersonation", "mimicking" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "a poor, insincere, or insulting imitation of something":{ "examples":[ "the young man sported a feeble parody of a mustache in a vain attempt to make himself look older" ], "synonyms":[ "caricature", "cartoon", "farce", "joke", "mockery", "sham", "travesty" ], "near synonyms":[ "burlesque", "comedy", "lampoon", "takeoff", "counterfeit", "fake", "feigning", "forgery", "hoax", "humbug", "knockoff", "phony", "phoney", "pretense", "pretence", "simulation" ], "near antonyms":[ "homage", "tribute" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to copy or exaggerate (someone or something) in order to make fun of":{ "examples":[ "parodying a public figure's distinctive mannerisms takes particular talent" ], "synonyms":[ "burlesque", "caricature", "do", "imitate", "mimic", "mock", "send up", "spoof", "travesty" ], "near synonyms":[ "lampoon", "pasquinade", "satirize", "deride", "gibe", "jibe", "ridicule", "ape", "copycat", "monkey", "parrot", "duplicate", "emulate", "replicate", "reproduce", "act", "counterfeit", "dissemble", "fake", "feign", "pretend", "sham", "simulate", "elaborate", "embellish", "embroider", "exaggerate", "magnify", "pad", "play up", "stretch", "amplify", "enhance", "enlarge (on or upon)", "expand", "flesh (out)", "overdraw", "overstate", "put on", "mime", "pantomime", "impersonate", "perform", "personate", "play" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "paranormal":{ "of, relating to, or being part of a reality beyond the observable physical universe":{ "examples":[ "there are rumors that the old deserted mansion is the site of paranormal activity" ], "synonyms":[ "metaphysical", "otherworldly", "preternatural", "supernatural", "transcendent", "transcendental", "unearthly" ], "near synonyms":[ "mystic", "mystical", "occult", "psychic", "psychical", "spiritistic", "spiritualistic", "extrasensory", "supersensible", "supersensory", "celestial", "divine", "ethereal", "heavenly", "numinous", "spiritual", "unworldly" ], "near antonyms":[ "earthly", "mundane" ], "antonyms":[ "natural" ] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "parasite":{ "a person who is supported by or seeks support from another without making an adequate return":{ "examples":[ "a parasite who lived in the family's basement and refused to get a job or pay rent" ], "synonyms":[ "bloodsucker", "free rider", "freeloader", "hanger-on", "leech", "moocher", "sponge", "sponger" ], "near synonyms":[ "dependent", "deadbeat", "idler", "flunky", "flunkey", "flunkie", "henchman", "lackey", "satellite", "stooge", "sycophant", "toady", "yes-man", "cheapskate", "miser", "niggard", "piker", "scrooge", "skinflint", "tightwad" ], "near antonyms":[ "benefactor", "philanthropist", "supporter" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "parcel":{ "a number of things considered as a unit":{ "examples":[ "her absurd explanation for the collision was a parcel of lies" ], "synonyms":[ "array", "assemblage", "band", "bank", "batch", "battery", "block", "bunch", "clot", "clump", "cluster", "clutch", "collection", "constellation", "group", "grouping", "huddle", "knot", "lot", "muster", "package", "passel", "set", "suite" ], "near synonyms":[ "accumulation", "aggregate", "aggregation", "conglomeration", "agglomeration", "assortment", "hodgepodge", "jumble", "miscellany", "mixture", "odds and ends", "sundries", "variety", "cycle", "run", "series", "suit" ], "near antonyms":[ "entity", "item", "single", "unit" ], "antonyms":[] }, "a small area of usually open land":{ "examples":[ "wandered around the little parcel out back" ], "synonyms":[ "clearing", "field", "ground", "lot", "plat", "plot", "tract" ], "near synonyms":[ "common(s)", "croft", "grass", "green", "greensward", "lawn", "glade", "grassland", "heath", "heathland", "lea", "ley", "meadow", "moor", "pasture", "pastureland" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "a small piece of land that is developed or available for development":{ "examples":[ "subdivided the huge farm into smaller parcels for sale" ], "synonyms":[ "lot", "plat", "plot", "property", "tract" ], "near synonyms":[ "patch", "frontage", "lease", "development", "real estate" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "a usually small number of persons considered as a unit":{ "examples":[ "a parcel of kids trailing at their heels" ], "synonyms":[ "array", "band", "batch", "battery", "body", "boodle", "bunch", "cluster", "clutch", "consort", "constellation", "crop", "group", "grouping", "huddle", "knot", "lot", "party", "passel" ], "near synonyms":[ "assembly", "collective", "congregation", "gathering", "muster", "organization", "circle", "clan", "clique", "coterie", "fellowship", "gang", "ring", "round", "set", "faction", "guild", "gild", "order", "school", "sect", "brigade", "crew", "outfit", "phalanx", "platoon", "posse", "task force", "team", "alliance", "bloc", "coalition", "confederacy", "confederation", "federation", "league", "union", "battalion", "squadron", "bevy", "brood", "covey" ], "near antonyms":[ "individual", "single" ], "antonyms":[] }, "a wrapped or sealed case containing an item or set of items":{ "examples":[ "received a mysterious parcel in the mail" ], "synonyms":[ "bundle", "pack", "package", "packet" ], "near synonyms":[ "bag", "poke", "pouch", "sack", "bale", "box", "container", "crate" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "partakers":{ "one who takes part in something":{ "examples":[ "any partaker of forbidden activities will be severely punished by the sect's elders" ], "synonyms":[ "actors", "participants", "participators", "parties", "players", "sharers" ], "near synonyms":[ "accessories", "accessaries", "aides", "assistants", "helpers", "colleagues", "partners" ], "near antonyms":[ "bystanders", "lookers-on", "observers", "onlookers", "spectators", "watchers", "wallflowers" ], "antonyms":[ "nonparticipants" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "part-time":{ "as in weekend":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "weekend", "uninitiated", "unprepared", "unqualified", "unschooled", "untaught", "untrained", "untutored", "amateurish", "dilettante", "inexperienced", "inexpert", "unprofessional", "unskilled", "naive", "na\u00efve", "primitive", "self-taught", "amateur", "avocational", "backyard", "jackleg", "nonprofessional", "Sunday" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "participant":{ "one who takes part in something":{ "examples":[ "he seemed to be a willing participant in the prank" ], "synonyms":[ "actor", "partaker", "participator", "party", "player", "sharer" ], "near synonyms":[ "accessory", "accessary", "aide", "assistant", "helper", "colleague", "partner" ], "near antonyms":[ "bystander", "looker-on", "observer", "onlooker", "spectator", "watcher", "wallflower" ], "antonyms":[ "nonparticipant" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "partisanship":{ "an attitude that always favors one way of feeling or acting especially without considering any other possibilities":{ "examples":[ "partisanship can discourage any serious search for the truth" ], "synonyms":[ "bias", "favor", "nonobjectivity", "one-sidedness", "parti pris", "partiality", "ply", "prejudice", "tendentiousness" ], "near synonyms":[ "chauvinism", "cronyism", "favoritism", "nepotism", "self-opinionatedness", "self-partiality", "bent", "inclination", "leaning", "penchant", "predilection", "predisposition", "proclivity", "propensity", "tendency", "preconception", "prejudgment", "prepossession" ], "near antonyms":[ "calm", "detachment", "dispassion", "indifference", "aversion", "dislike", "distaste", "hate", "scunner" ], "antonyms":[ "impartiality", "neutrality", "objectivity", "open-mindedness", "unbiasedness" ] }, "stubborn or intolerant adherence to one's opinions or prejudices":{ "examples":[ "there's a pervasive partisanship in the company that prevents it from acknowledging that other companies are outpacing it with innovative ideas" ], "synonyms":[ "bigotry", "dogmatism", "illiberalism", "illiberality", "illiberalness", "intolerance", "intolerantness", "narrow-mindedness", "opinionatedness", 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"Gehennas", "hells", "Pandemoniums", "perditions" ] }, "a state of overwhelming usually pleasurable emotion":{ "examples":[ "that early stage of a romance when lovers are in paradise" ], "synonyms":[ "cloud nine", "ecstasies", "elations", "euphorias", "exhilarations", "heavens", "highs", "intoxications", "raptures", "rhapsodies", "seventh heaven", "swoons", "transports" ], "near synonyms":[ "exaltations", "blisses", "delights", "enchantments", "felicities", "joys", "pleasures", "reveries", "trances", "inspirations", "fervors", "frenzies", "passions", "cheers", "exuberances", "gaieties", "gayeties", "glees", "jubilances", "jubilations" ], "near antonyms":[ "miseries", "woes", "blues", "dejections", "desolations", "despairs", "despondencies", "disheartenments", "doldrums", "dumps", "glooms", "melancholies", "mopes" ], "antonyms":[ "depressions" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "parcel (out)":{ "to give out (something) to appropriate individuals":{ "examples":[ "parceled out the assignments for 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"educationeses", "governmenteses", "journaleses", "technobabbles" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "paralyzes":{ "to render powerless, ineffective, or unable to move":{ "examples":[ "a blizzard paralyzed the city for two days" ], "synonyms":[ "cripples", "disables", "hamstrings", "immobilizes", "incapacitates", "prostrates" ], "near synonyms":[ "attenuates", "debilitates", "enervates", "enfeebles", "saps", "tires", "undercuts", "undermines", "weakens", "hobbles", "lames", "maims", "mutilates", "knocks out" ], "near antonyms":[ "energizes", "galvanizes", "invigorates", "vitalizes", "fortifies", "strengthens", "empowers", "freshens", "refreshens", "refreshes", "regenerates", "rejuvenates", "restores", "revitalizes", "revives" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to deprive of courage or confidence":{ "examples":[ "the school board is paralyzed by the threat of lawsuits for just about everything" ], "synonyms":[ "demoralizes", "emasculates", "undoes", "unmans", "unnerves", "unstrings" ], "near synonyms":[ "debilitates", "enervates", "enfeebles", "neuters", "weakens", "prostrates", "saps", "softens", "tires", "wastes", "frightens", "intimidates", "psychs (out)", "scares", "terrifies", "terrorizes", "daunts", "discourages", "disheartens", "dismays", "dispirits", "crazes", "deranges", "maddens", "unbalances", "unhinges", "discomposes", "disquiets", "disturbs", "fazes", "perturbs", "unsettles", "upsets", "weirds out" ], "near antonyms":[ "fortifies", "strengthens", "emboldens", "encourages", "heartens" ], "antonyms":[ "nerves" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "partakes":{ "to take a share or part":{ "examples":[ "we should all partake of the city's rich cultural offerings while we have the opportunity" ], "synonyms":[ "participates", "shares" ], "near synonyms":[ "endures", "experiences", "feels", "knows", "sees", "tastes", "undergoes", "encounters", "meets", "accepts", "receives" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "to take a meal":{ "examples":[ "\"let us partake ,\" our minister declared, unfolding his napkin and eyeing the feast laid out before us" ], "synonyms":[ "dines", "eats", "fares", "feeds", "refreshes", "victuals" ], "near synonyms":[ "banquets", "feasts", "repasts", "chows (down)", "digs in", "gluts", "gorges", "gormandizes", "overeats", "overfeeds", "pigs out", "grazes", "nibbles", "noshes", "picks", "snacks", "boards", "dines out", "messes", "breakfasts", "lunches", "sups", "picnics" ], "near antonyms":[ "diets", "fasts" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "part and parcels":{ "as in bases":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "bases", "building blocks", "components", "constituents", "elements", "factors", "ingredients", "members", "details", "items", "particulars", "points", "aspects", "characteristics", "facets", "features", "traits", "divisions", "fragments", "particles", "partitions", "pieces", "portions", "sections", "sectors", "segments", "subcomponents", "sub-components" ], "near antonyms":[ "wholes", "aggregates", "composites", "compounds", "masses", "entireties", "summations", "sums", "totalities", "totals", "admixtures", "amalgamations", "amalgams", "blends", "combinations", "intermixtures", "mixes", "mixtures" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "paroles":{ "permission given to a prisoner to leave prison before the end of a sentence usually as a reward for behaving well":{ "examples":[ "The prisoner will be eligible for parole after three years.", "He was given a life sentence without the possibility of parole ." ], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "acquittals", "exculpations", "exonerations", "vindications", "absolutions", "amnesties", "pardons", "remissions", "remittals", "condonations", "exemptions", "immunities", "impunities", "indemnities", "commutations", "reprieves", "clemencies", "leniencies", "mercies" ], "near antonyms":[ "convictions", "sentences", "assessments", "charges", "fines", "impositions", "castigations", "chastisements", "condemnations", "penalties", "punishments", "retributions" ], "antonyms":[] }, "as in saves , bails (out)":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "bails (out)", "delivers", "ransoms", "redeems", "rescues", "saves", "discharges", "disenthralls", "disenthrals", "emancipates", "enfranchises", "enlarges", "frees", "liberates", "loosens", "looses", "manumits", "releases", "springs", "unbinds", "uncages", "unchains", "unfetters", "disembarrasses", "disencumbers", "disengages", "disentangles", "extricates", "unshackles" ], "near antonyms":[ "binds", "confines", "enchains", "fetters", "restrains", "handcuffs", "manacles", "shackles", "trammels", "commits", "immures", "imprisons", "incarcerates", "interns", "jails", "locks (up)", "conquers", "enslaves", "subdues", "subjugates" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "parentages":{ "the line of ancestors from whom a person is descended":{ "examples":[ "the new teacher was of English parentage" ], "synonyms":[ "ancestries", "births", "blood", "bloodlines", "breedings", "descents", "extractions", "family trees", "genealogies", "lineages", "lines", "origins", "pedigrees", "stocks", "strains" ], "near synonyms":[ "heredities", "successions", "families", "houses", "kindreds", "kins", "relations", "relatives", "races" ], "near antonyms":[ "offspring", "offsprings", "children", "heirs", "inheritors", "sons", "successors" ], "antonyms":[ "issues", "posterities", "progenies", "seed", "seeds" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "parochial":{ "not broad or open in views or opinions":{ "examples":[ "the parochial pastimes of the people in that rural farm town" ], "synonyms":[ "illiberal", "insular", "Lilliputian", "little", "narrow", "narrow-minded", "petty", "picayune", "provincial", "sectarian", "small", "small-minded" ], "near synonyms":[ "inflexible", "ironbound", "obdurate", "obstinate", "rigid", "set", "stubborn", "unyielding", "wrongheaded", "bigoted", "intolerant", "biased", "discriminating", "discriminatory", "jaundiced", "one-sided", "partial", "partisan", "prejudiced", "brassbound", "hidebound", "old-fashioned", "reactionary", "stodgy", "straitlaced", "straightlaced", "stuffy", "dogmatic", "dogmatical", "opinionated", "opinionative", "limited", "hick", "unsophisticated" ], "near antonyms":[ "impartial", "nonpartisan", "objective", "unbiased", "unprejudiced", "freethinking" ], "antonyms":[ "broad-minded", "catholic", "cosmopolitan", "liberal", "open", "open-minded", "receptive", "tolerant" ] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "paradisiacal":{ "as in utopian , Olympian":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "Olympian", "utopian", "angelic", "angelical", "beatific", "blissful", "cosmic", "cosmical", "galactic", "stellar", "supernatural", "transcendent", "transcendental", "unearthly", "unworldly", "celestial", "elysian", "empyreal", "empyrean", "ethereal", "heavenly", "supernal" ], "near antonyms":[ "chthonic", "chthonian", "hellish", "infernal", "plutonian", "sulfurous", "Tartarean", "earthly", "mundane", "terrestrial", "worldly", "anti-utopian", "dystopian" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "parricide":{ "as in patricide , fratricide":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "filicide", "fratricide", "matricide", "patricide", "regicide", "uxoricide", "blood", "foul play", "homicide", "murder", "rubout", "slaying", "chance-medley", "killing", "manslaughter", "bloodshed", "butchery", "carnage", "decimation", "destruction", "massacre", "slaughter", "assassination", "execution", "hit", "assisted suicide", "euthanasia", "mercy killing", "physician-assisted suicide" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "parties":{ "a social gathering":{ "examples":[ "we're all invited to the big party to celebrate the end of the year" ], "synonyms":[ "affairs", "bashes", "binges", "blasts", "blowouts", "dos", "do's", "events", "fetes", "f\u00eates", "functions", "get-togethers", "receptions", "shindigs" ], "near synonyms":[ "benefits", "fund-raisers", "balls", "dances", "formals", "proms", "celebrations", "galas", "occasions", "bacchanalia", "bacchanals", "orgies", "saturnalias", "bakes", "clambakes", "cocktail parties", "hen parties", "house parties", "housewarmings", "icebreakers", "kaffeeklatsches", "keggers", "keg parties", "klatches", "klatsches", "masquerades", "meet and greets", "mixers", "salons", "showers", "socials", "soirees", "soir\u00e9es", "stags", "suppers", "symposia", "symposiums", "tea parties", "teas" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "a group of people acting together within a larger group":{ "examples":[ "a small party got together to protest the new chairman's decision" ], "synonyms":[ "blocks", "blocs", "bodies", "coalitions", "factions", "sects", "sets", "sides", "wings" ], "near synonyms":[ "splinters", "splits", "crews", "gangs", "packs", "teams", "denominations", "persuasions", "schisms", "scissions", "caucuses", "movements" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "a group of people working together on a 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"selves", "somebodies" ], "near antonyms":[ "animals", "beasties", "beasts", "brutes", "critters" ], "antonyms":[] }, "a usually small number of persons considered as a unit":{ "examples":[ "for parties of more than six people the restaurant automatically adds a 15% service charge to the bill" ], "synonyms":[ "arrays", "bands", "batches", "batteries", "bodies", "boodles", "bunches", "clusters", "clutches", "consorts", "constellations", "crops", "groupings", "groups", "huddles", "knots", "lots", "parcels", "passels" ], "near synonyms":[ "assemblies", "collectives", "congregations", "gatherings", "musters", "organizations", "circles", "clans", "cliques", "coteries", "fellowships", "gangs", "rings", "rounds", "sets", "factions", "guilds", "gilds", "orders", "schools", "sects", "brigades", "crews", "outfits", "phalanxes", "phalanges", "platoons", "posses", "task forces", "teams", "alliances", "blocs", "coalitions", "confederacies", "confederations", "federations", "leagues", "unions", "battalions", "squadrons", "bevies", "broods", "coveys" ], "near antonyms":[ "individuals", "singles" ], "antonyms":[] }, "one who takes part in something":{ "examples":[ "a party to the agreement" ], "synonyms":[ "actors", "partakers", "participants", "participators", "players", "sharers" ], "near synonyms":[ "accessories", "accessaries", "aides", "assistants", "helpers", "colleagues", "partners" ], "near antonyms":[ "bystanders", "lookers-on", "observers", "onlookers", "spectators", "watchers", "wallflowers" ], "antonyms":[ "nonparticipants" ] }, "as in revels , carouses":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "carouses", "revels", "associates", "fraternizes", "goes out", "hobnobs", "mingles", "mixes", "socializes", "steps out", "circulates" ], "near antonyms":[ "avoids", "eschews", "shuns", "slights", "snubs" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "participate":{ "to take a share or part":{ "examples":[ "eager to participate in the city's cultural life" ], 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"nonconformity", "differentiability", "discriminability", "distinguishability", "anomalousness", "dichotomy", "disproportion", "imbalance", "inequality", "nonequivalence" ], "antonyms":[ "difference", "disagreement", "discrepancy", "disparateness", "disparity", "dissimilarity", "dissimilitude", "distinctiveness", "distinctness", "unlikeness" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "parishes":{ "as in flocks , laities":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "flocks", "laities", "assemblies", "churches", "congregations", "communions", "confessions", "denominations", "folds", "sects" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "parcel posts":{ "communications or parcels sent or carried through the postal system":{ "examples":[ "only parcel post bearing a return address and not exceeding size and weight limits will be accepted" ], "synonyms":[ "correspondences", "mails", "matters", "posts", "snail mail" ], "near synonyms":[ "airmails", "airposts", "certified mails", 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"doodads", "embellishers", "embellishments", "frills", "garnishes", "garnishments", "garnitures", "gauds", "ornamentations", "regalia", "setoffs", "trims", "brilliants", "gems", "gemstones", "jewels", "rocks", "bijouteries", "bling", "bling-bling", "ice", "jewelries", "baguettes", "cabochons", "cameos", "scarabs", "solitaires", "teardrops", "pastes", "rhinestones", "zircons", "baubles", "bijous", "bijoux", "trinkets", "crown jewels", "accessories", "birthstones" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "parried":{ "as in avoided , evaded":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "avoided", "eluded", "escaped", "evaded", "shirked", "skirted", "dodged", "ducked", "jinked", "sidestepped", "slalomed", "weaved", "zigzagged", "deflected", "turned", "slid", "slipped" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "paradisiac":{ "as in utopian , Olympian":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "Olympian", "utopian", "angelic", "angelical", 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"inclusive", "in-depth", "omnibus", "panoramic", "thoroughgoing", "accurate", "correct", "exact", "precise", "complete", "entire", "replete", "distinct", "explicit", "sharp", "mapped (out)", "descriptive", "graphic", "graphical", "picturesque", "vivid" ], "near antonyms":[ "brief", "compact", "concise", "crisp", "pithy", "short", "succinct", "terse", "abbreviated", "abridged", "curtailed", "cut", "pruned", "shortened", "trimmed", "ambiguous", "indeterminate", "nebulous", "nondescript", "sketchy", "vague", "bird's-eye", "broad", "general", "nonspecific", "overall", "unspecified" ], "antonyms":[ "compendious", "summary" ] }, "as in customized , individualized":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "customized", "individualized", "differentiated", "characterized", "distinguished", "marked" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "as in detailed , enumerated":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "detailed", "enumerated", "itemized", "delivered", "gave", "reeled 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"antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "partialities":{ "a habitual attraction to some activity or thing":{ "examples":[ "a person with an unfortunate partiality for jumping to conclusions" ], "synonyms":[ "affections", "affinities", "aptitudes", "bents", "biases", "bones", "devices", "dispositions", "geniuses", "genii", "habitudes", "impulses", "inclinations", "leanings", "penchants", "predilections", "predispositions", "proclivities", "propensities", "tendencies", "turns" ], "near synonyms":[ "favors", "partisanships", "prejudices", "endowments", "faculties", "flairs", "gifts", "knacks", "talents", "addictions", "appetites", "fancies", "likes", "likings", "preferences", "tastes", "fortes", "specialities", "specialties", "conventions", "customs", "habits", "patterns", "practices", "practises", "routines", "tricks", "ways", "wonts", "eccentricities", "idiosyncrasies", "kinks", "oddities", "peculiarities", "quirks", "singularities" ], "near antonyms":[ "allergies", "aversions", "disfavors", "disinclinations", "dislikes", "disrelishes", "distastes", "detachments", "impartialities", "neutralities", "objectivities", "apathies", "indifferences", "insouciances", "nonchalances" ], "antonyms":[] }, "positive regard for something":{ "examples":[ "a partiality toward outdoor sports of all kinds" ], "synonyms":[ "appetites", "fancies", "favors", "likes", "likings", "love affairs", "loves", "preferences", "relishes", "shines", "tastes", "uses" ], "near synonyms":[ "cravings", "desires", "longings", "thirsts", "yens", "enthusiasms", "gustoes", "interests", "passions", "biases", "prejudices", "bents", "inclinations", "leanings", "propensities", "tendencies", "teeth", "palates", "weaknesses" ], "near antonyms":[ "apathies", "disinclinations", "indifferences" ], "antonyms":[ "aversions", "disfavors", "disgusts", "dislikes", "distastes", "hatreds", "loathings", "mislikes" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "pardoned":{ "to cease to have feelings of anger or bitterness toward":{ 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"shrugged off", "whitewashed", "winked (at)" ], "near synonyms":[ "explained", "justified", "rationalized", "absolved", "acquitted", "cleared", "exculpated", "exonerated", "vindicated", "waived", "waved (aside or off)" ], "near antonyms":[ "heeded", "marked", "minded", "noted", "objected (to)" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "parvises":{ "as in atria , peristyles":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "atria", "atriums", "gallerias", "peristyles", "closes", "courts", "courtyards", "enclosures", "inclosures", "patios", "quadrangles", "quads", "yards", "forecourts", "places", "plazas", "squares", "decks", "terraces", "curtilages" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "parvenus":{ "one who has recently acquired wealth and social position":{ "examples":[ "the kind of trophy house that a parvenu buys to prove to people, and to himself, that he has indeed arrived" ], "synonyms":[ "arrivistes", "nouveaux riches", "upstarts" ], "near synonyms":[ "arriv\u00e9s", "comers", "adventurers", "snobs", "social climbers", "fat cats", "moneybags", "nabobs" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "partyer":{ "one who engages in merrymaking especially in honor of a special occasion":{ "examples":[ "a Mardi Gras celebration that has long attracted serious partyers from around the country" ], "synonyms":[ "celebrant", "celebrator", "merrymaker", "partygoer", "reveler", "reveller", "roisterer" ], "near synonyms":[ "bacchanal", "binger", "carouser", "party animal", "wassailer", "cutup", "skylarker", "noisemaker" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[ "killjoy", "party pooper" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "parted (with)":{ "as in abandoned , shed":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "abandoned", "deserted", "discarded", "forsook", "shed", "abnegated", "renounced", "resigned", "forfeited", "released", "waived", "committed", "consigned", "entrusted", "intrusted", "transferred", "ceded", "coughed up", "delivered", "gave up", "handed over", "laid down", "relinquished", "rendered", "surrendered", "turned in", "turned over", "yielded" ], "near antonyms":[ "kept", "retained", "withheld" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "particles":{ "a very small amount":{ "examples":[ "there was not a particle of truth in what she said" ], "synonyms":[ "aces", "bits", "crumbs", "dabs", "drams", "driblets", "glimmers", "hints", "licks", "little", "mites", "nips", "ounces", "peanuts", "rays", "scintillas", "scruples", "shades", "shadows", "shreds", "skoshes", "smacks", "smells", "smidgens", "smidgeons", "smidgins", "smidges", "snaps", "soup\u00e7ons", "sparks", "spatters", "specks", "splashes", "spots", "sprinklings", "strains", "streaks", "suspicions", "touches", "traces" ], "near synonyms":[ "hoots", "iotas", "jots", "minima", "minimums", "minims", "modicums", "semblances", "syllables", "tittles", "vestiges", "whits", "atoms", "dots", "flecks", "flyspecks", "grains", "granules", "molecules", "morsels", "motes", "nubbins", "patches", "scraps", "dashes", "drops", "pinches", "parts", "portions", "sections", "bites", "nibbles", "tastes", "handfuls", "handsful", "scatterings", "smatterings", "smatters", "doses", "shots", "chips", "flakes", "fragments", "shards", "shivers", "slivers", "smithereens", "splinters", "tatters", "clippings", "parings", "shavings" ], "near antonyms":[ "abundances", "barrels", "boatloads", "buckets", "bundles", "bushels", "deals", "fistfuls", "gobs", "heaps", "lashings", "lashins", "loads", "lots", "masses", "messes", "mountains", "much", "oodles", "passels", "pecks", "piles", "plenties", "potfuls", "profusions", "quantities", "rafts", "reams", "scads", "stacks", "wads", "wealths", "volumes", "bonanzas", "embarrassments", "excesses", "overabundances", "overages", "overflows", "overkills", "overmuch", "oversupplies", "superabundances", "superfluities", "surfeits", "surpluses", "chunks", "hunks", "lumps", "slabs" ], "antonyms":[] }, "a very small piece":{ 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"buckets", "bushels", "deals", "heaps", "loads", "masses", "mountains", "pecks", "piles", "pots", "profusions", "quantities", "rafts", "scads", "stacks", "volumes", "wads", "wealths" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "participates":{ "to take a share or part":{ "examples":[ "eager to participate in the city's cultural life" ], "synonyms":[ "partakes", "shares" ], "near synonyms":[ "endures", "experiences", "feels", "knows", "sees", "tastes", "undergoes", "encounters", "meets", "accepts", "receives" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "parlays":{ "to use or develop (something) to get something else that has greater value":{ "examples":[ "He hoped to parlay his basketball skills into a college scholarship." ], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "follows up", "accelerates", "adds (to)", "aggrandizes", "amplifies", "augments", "boosts", "builds up", "compounds", "enlarges", "escalates", "expands", "extends", "hypes", "increases", "multiplies", "pumps up", "raises", "stokes", "supersizes", "swells", "ups", "booms", "jumps", "skyrockets", "spikes", "bumps (up)", "ratchets (up)", "rachets (up)", "blows up", "dilates", "distends", "inflates", "draws out", "elongates", "fleshes (out)", "lengthens", "prolongs", "protracts", "stretches", "develops", "enhances", "heightens", "intensifies", "magnifies", "complements", "supplements", "beefs (up)", "reinforces", "reenforces", "strengthens", "maximizes", "accumulates", "amasses", "collects" ], "near antonyms":[ "abbreviates", "abridges", "curtails", "shortens", "compresses", "condenses", "constricts", "contracts", "cuts back", "retrenches", "abates", "decreases", "de-escalates", "diminishes", "downsizes", "dwindles", "lessens", "lowers", "minifies", "reduces", "subtracts (from)" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "parole":{ "permission given to a prisoner to leave prison before the end of a sentence usually as a reward for behaving well":{ "examples":[ "The prisoner will be eligible for 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"disengage", "disentangle", "extricate", "unshackle" ], "near antonyms":[ "bind", "confine", "enchain", "fetter", "restrain", "handcuff", "manacle", "shackle", "trammel", "commit", "immure", "imprison", "incarcerate", "intern", "jail", "lock (up)", "conquer", "enslave", "subdue", "subjugate" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "parts (with)":{ "as in abandons , sheds":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "abandons", "deserts", "discards", "forsakes", "sheds", "abnegates", "renounces", "resigns", "forfeits", "releases", "waives", "commits", "consigns", "entrusts", "intrusts", "transfers", "cedes", "coughs up", "delivers", "gives up", "hands over", "lays down", "relinquishes", "renders", "surrenders", "turns in", "turns over", "yields" ], "near antonyms":[ "keeps", "retains", "withholds" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "parenthesis":{ "a break in continuity":{ "examples":[ "there was a parenthesis of silence when the microphone momentarily lost power" ], "synonyms":[ "discontinuity", "gap", "hiatus", "hiccup", "hiccough", "interim", "interlude", "intermission", "interregnum", "interruption", "interstice", "interval" ], "near synonyms":[ "caesura", "comma", "interspace", "lag", "pause", "space", "time lag", "window", "entr'acte", "bumper", "adjournment", "discontinuance", "lapse", "suspension", "lull", "recess", "respite", "rest", "subinterval" ], "near antonyms":[ "continuum", "run", "stretch", "procession", "progression" ], "antonyms":[ "continuation", "continuity" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "partly":{ "in some measure or degree":{ "examples":[ "you're only partly right" ], "synonyms":[ "half", "halfway", "incompletely", "part", "partially", "partway" ], "near synonyms":[ "fragmentarily", "enough", "fairly", "kindly", "kind of", "like", "moderately", "more or less", "pretty", "quite", "rather", "relatively", "something", "somewhat", "sort of" ], "near antonyms":[ "absolutely", "dead", "downright", "plain", "especially", "exceedingly", "exceeding", "exceptionally", "extremely", "greatly", "highly", "hugely", "particularly", "very" ], "antonyms":[ "all", "altogether", "completely", "entirely", "fully", "perfectly", "quite", "totally", "utterly", "wholly" ] }, "type":[ "adverb" ] }, "parentheses":{ "a break in continuity":{ "examples":[ "there was a parenthesis of silence when the microphone momentarily lost power" ], "synonyms":[ "discontinuities", "gaps", "hiatuses", "hiccups", "hiccoughs", "interims", "interludes", "intermissions", "interregnums", "interregna", "interruptions", "interstices", "intervals" ], "near synonyms":[ "caesuras", "caesurae", "commas", "interspaces", "lags", "pauses", "spaces", "time lags", "windows", "entr'actes", "bumpers", "adjournments", "discontinuances", "lapses", "suspensions", "lulls", "recesses", "respites", "rests", "subintervals" ], "near antonyms":[ "continua", "continuums", "runs", "stretches", "processions", "progressions" ], "antonyms":[ "continuations", "continuities" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "parade":{ "a body of individuals moving along in an orderly and often ceremonial way":{ "examples":[ "a Fourth of July parade" ], "synonyms":[ "cortege", "cort\u00e8ge", "procession" ], "near synonyms":[ "progress", "callithump", "column", "line", "string", "train" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "to move along with a steady regular step especially in a group":{ "examples":[ "the marching band paraded past jubilant crowds" ], "synonyms":[ "file", "march", "pace", "stride" ], "near synonyms":[ "goose-step", "perambulate", "step", "traipse", "tread", "hike", "tramp", "lumber", "plod", "stamp", "stomp", "trudge" ], "near antonyms":[ "amble", "meander", "ramble", "stroll", "wander" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to present so as to invite notice or attention":{ "examples":[ "intends to parade her expensive new dress at the party" ], "synonyms":[ "display", "disport", "exhibit", "expose", "flash", "flaunt", "lay out", "produce", "show", "show off", "sport", "strut", "unveil" ], "near synonyms":[ "brandish", "flourish", "wave", "advertise", "air", "announce", "blaze", "broadcast", "herald", "placard", "post", "proclaim", "publicize", "sound", "trumpet", "divulge", "talk (about)", "tell (of)", "bare", "discover", "reveal", "uncloak", "uncover", "unmask" ], "near antonyms":[ "camouflage", "disguise", "mask", "conceal", "cover", "curtain", "enshroud", "hide", "obscure", "occlude", "occult", "shroud", "veil" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "paranoiac":{ "as in paranoid , delusional":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "aberrant", "delirious", "delusional", "delusionary", "disordered", "disturbed", "neurotic", "obsessive-compulsive", "paranoid", "paranoidal", "schizoid", "schizophrenic", "sociopathic", "high-strung", "unstable", "uptight", "anxious", "bothered", "distressed", "overanxious", "uneasy", "unquiet", "unsettled", "worried", "jittery", "jumpy", "nervous", "restless", "skittish", "tense", "balmy", "barmy", "bats", "batty", "bedlam", "bonkers", "brainsick", "bughouse", "certifiable", "crackbrained", "cracked", "crackers", "crackpot", "cranky", "crazed", "crazy", "cuckoo", "daffy", "daft", "demented", "deranged", "fruity", "gaga", "haywire", "insane", "kooky", "kookie", "loco", "loony", "looney", "loony tunes", "looney tunes", "lunatic", "mad", "maniacal", "maniac", "mental", "meshuga", "meshugge", "meshugah", "meshuggah", "moonstruck", "non compos mentis", "nuts", "nutty", "psycho", "psychotic", "scatty", "screwy", "unbalanced", "unhinged", "unsound", "wacko", "whacko", "wacky", "whacky", "wud", "eccentric", "odd", "oddball", "pixilated", "pixillated", "queer", "strange", "irrational", "unreasonable", "fixated", "obsessed" ], "near antonyms":[ "unneurotic", "relaxed", "relieved", "tranquilized", "tranquillized", "collected", "composed", "cool", "coolheaded", "equal", "level", "limpid", "peaceful", "placid", "possessed", "recollected", "sedate", "self-composed", "self-possessed", "serene", "smooth", "together", "tranquil", "undisturbed", "unperturbed", "unruffled", "unshaken", "untroubled", "unworried", "clear", "lucid", "rational", "reasonable", "balanced", "compos mentis", "sane", "sound", "uncrazy" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "parkways":{ "as in bypasses , beltways":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "beltways", "bypasses", "ring roads", "autobahns", "autoroutes", "autostradas", "autostrade", "dual carriageways", "interstates", "motorways", "superhighways", "corniches", "switchbacks", "causeways", "through streets", "arterials", "arteries", "avenues", "boulevards", "carriageways", "drags", "drives", "expressways", "freeways", "high roads", "highways", "passes", "pike", "pikes", "roads", "roadways", "routes", "rows", "streets", "thoroughfares", "thruways", "traces", "turnpikes", "ways", "high streets", "Main Streets", "backstreets", "branches", "bystreets", "byways", "crossroads", "secondary roads", "shunpikes", "side roads", "side streets", "alleys", "alleyways", "circles", "lanes", "laneways", "mews", "places" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "parapet":{ "a low wall at the edge of a platform, roof, or bridge":{ "examples":[ "The invaders fired arrows over the castle's parapet ." ], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "battlement", "breastwork", "bulwark", "earthwork", "embattlement", "rampart", "bastion", "castle", "citadel", "fastness", "fort", "fortification", "fortress", "hold", "redoubt", "stronghold", "bunker", "dugout", "blockhouse", "garrison house", "alcazar", "casbah", "kasbah" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "parked":{ "as in set , located":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "deployed", "emplaced", "fixed", "located", "planted", "positioned", "set", "situated", "stationed", "ensconced", "installed", "lodged", "nestled", "perched", "roosted", "settled", "anchored", "bivouacked", "camped", "camped (out)", "burrowed", "curled up", "dug in", "harbored", "housed" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "pariah":{ "one who is cast out or rejected by society":{ "examples":[ "I felt like a pariah when I wore the wrong outfit to the dinner party" ], "synonyms":[ "castaway", "castoff", "leper", "offscouring", "outcast", "reject" ], "near synonyms":[ "untouchable", "outsider", "deportee", "exile" ], "near antonyms":[ "insider" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "partaking":{ "to take a share or part":{ "examples":[ "we should all partake of the city's rich cultural offerings while we have the opportunity" ], "synonyms":[ "participating", "sharing" ], "near synonyms":[ "enduring", "experiencing", "feeling", "knowing", "seeing", "tasting", "undergoing", "encountering", "meeting", "accepting", "receiving" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "to take a meal":{ "examples":[ "\"let us partake ,\" our minister declared, unfolding his napkin and eyeing the feast laid out before us" ], "synonyms":[ "dining", "eating", "faring", "feeding", "refreshing", "victualing", "victualling" ], "near synonyms":[ "banqueting", "feasting", "repasting", "chowing (down)", "digging in", "glutting", "gorging", "gormandizing", "overeating", "overfeeding", "pigging out", "grazing", "nibbling", "noshing", "picking", "snacking", "boarding", "dining out", "messing", "breakfasting", "lunching", "supping", "picnicking" ], "near antonyms":[ "dieting", "fasting" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "parting (with)":{ "as in abandoning , shedding":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "abandoning", "deserting", "discarding", "forsaking", "shedding", "abnegating", "renouncing", "resigning", "forfeiting", "releasing", "waiving", "committing", "consigning", "entrusting", "intrusting", "transferring", "ceding", "coughing up", "delivering", "giving up", "handing over", "laying down", "relinquishing", "rendering", "surrendering", "turning in", "turning over", "yielding" ], "near antonyms":[ "keeping", "retaining", "withholding" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "parings":{ "as in slivers , shavings":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "clippings", "shavings", "slivers", "snippets", "splinters", "chunks", "hunks", "lumps", "lengths", "parts", "portions", "sections", "segments", "chops", "cutlets", "cuts", "cuttings", "slices" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "parted":{ "as in resolved , severed":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "broken up", "disjoined", "dissevered", "dissociated", "disunited", "divided", "divorced", "ramified", "resolved", "severed", "split", "sundered", "uncoupled", "unyoked", "discontinuous", "noncontinuous", "away", "distant", "far", "faraway", "far-off", "farthest", "remote", "apart", "detached", "disconnected", "discrete", "free-standing", "isolate", "isolated", "removed", "separate", "single", "unattached", "unconnected", "unlinked", "nonadjacent", "noncontiguous" ], "near antonyms":[ "abutting", "adjacent", "adjoining", "bordering", "conterminous", "contiguous", "flanking", "flush", "fringing", "joining", "juxtaposed", "neighboring", "skirting", "touching", "verging", "approximate", "close", "closest", "immediate", "near", "nearby", "nearest", "next-door", "nigh", "attached", "communicating", "connected", "connecting", "interconnecting", "joined", "linked", "united" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to go or move in different directions from a central point":{ "examples":[ "after traveling together for three weeks, we parted at Rome" ], "synonyms":[ "branched (out)", "diverged", "divided", "forked", "separated", "spread" ], "near synonyms":[ "bestrewed", "broadcast", "broadcasted", "broke up", "cleared out", "disbanded", "dispelled", "dispersed", "dissipated", "distributed", "scattered", "sowed", "distanced", "receded", "retreated" ], "near antonyms":[ "assembled", "gathered", "met" ], "antonyms":[ "converged", "joined" ] }, "to leave a place often for another":{ "examples":[ "parted with great ceremony but with little preparation for the dangers that lay ahead" ], "synonyms":[ "bailed", "bailed out", "booked", "bugged off", "bugged out", "buggered off", "buzzed (off)", "cleared off", "cleared out", "cut out", "departed", "dug out", "exited", "got", "got off", "moved", "packed (up or off)", "peeled off", "piked (out or off)", "pulled out", "pushed off", "pushed on", "quit", "quitted", "ran along", "sallied (forth)", "scarpered", "shoved (off)", "stepped (along)", "took off", "vamoosed", "walked out", "went", "went off" ], "near synonyms":[ "set out", "started", "struck out", "absconded", "decamped", "escaped", "evacuated", "fled", "flew", "got out", "mizzled", "ran away", "scatted", "scrammed", "skipped", "lit", "lighted out", "stepped out", "went out", "abandoned", "deserted", "forsook", "vacated", "emigrated", "adjourned", "removed", "retired", "retreated", "withdrew" ], "near antonyms":[ "abided", "abode", "dwelled", "dwelt", "lodged", "remained", "settled", "stayed", "tarried", "approached", "closed", "neared", "hit", "landed", "reached" ], "antonyms":[ "arrived", "came", "showed up", "turned up" ] }, "to set or force apart":{ "examples":[ "parted the prongs with pliers" ], "synonyms":[ "broke up", "decoupled", "disassociated", "disconnected", "disjoined", "disjointed", "dissevered", "dissociated", "disunited", "divided", "divorced", "ramified", "resolved", "separated", "severed", "split", "sundered", "uncoupled", "unlinked", "unyoked" ], "near synonyms":[ "broke down", "decomposed", "disassembled", "disintegrated", "dissolved", "bifurcated", "bisected", "cleaved", "cleft", "dichotomized", "dissected", "fractionalized", "fractionated", "halved", "partitioned", "quartered", "segmented", "subdivided", "trisected", "fragmentated", "fragmented", "fragmentized", "broke", "fractured", "pulled", "rent", "rended", "rifted", "ripped", "rived", "ruptured", "tore", "cut off", "insulated", "isolated", "secluded", "segregated", "sequestered", "detached", "disengaged", "disentangled", "unraveled", "untied" ], "near antonyms":[ "assembled", "associated", "blended", "blent", "combined", "mingled", "mixed", "connected", "coupled", "accumulated", "agglutinated", "attached", "bound", "cemented", "closed", "fastened", "fused", "knit", "knitted", "stuck", "welded" ], "antonyms":[ "joined", "linked", "unified", "united" ] }, "to stop living":{ "examples":[ "before I part , I hope I have the opportunity to say my good-byes" ], "synonyms":[ "checked out", "conked (out)", "croaked", "deceased", "demised", "departed", "died", "dropped", "ended", "exited", "expired", "fell", "flatlined", "kicked in", "kicked off", "passed away", "passed (on)", "pegged out", "perished", "popped off", "stepped out", "succumbed", "went" ], "near synonyms":[ "predeceased", "consumed", "disappeared", "dried up", "faded", "failed" ], "near antonyms":[ "came to", "revived", "lingered", "existed", "subsisted", "was", "flourished", "prospered", "thrived", "throve" ], "antonyms":[ "breathed", "lived" ] }, "type":[ "adjective", "verb" ] }, "partnering":{ "as in contracting , jobbing":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "apprenticing", "contracting", "jobbing", "subcontracting", "assuming", "employing", "engaging", "feeing", "hiring", "laying on", "paying", "placing", "recruiting", "retaining", "signing (up or on)", "taking on", "reemploying", "re-employing", "reengaging", "re-engaging", "rehiring", "enlisting", "advancing", "promoting", "upgrading", "keeping (on)", "headhunting", "scouting" ], "near antonyms":[ "furloughing", "laying off", "locking out", "axing", "canning", "discharging", "dismissing", "firing", "sacking" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "partition":{ "one of the pieces from which something is designed to be assembled":{ "examples":[ "one of the partitions of a prefabricated house" ], "synonyms":[ "member", "part", "portion", "section", "segment" ], "near 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"disassembly", "dismemberment", "segmentation", "subdivision", "atomization", "dichotomization", "polarization", "diffusion", "dispersal", "dispersion", "scattering", "administration", "apportionment", "distribution", "isolation", "seclusion", "segregation", "sequestration" ], "near antonyms":[ "assemblage", "association", "attachment", "conjunction", "connection", "link", "linkage", "linkup", "aggregation", "combination", "consolidation", "fusion" ], "antonyms":[ "unification", "union" ] }, "as in subdivide , bisect":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "bifurcate", "bisect", "cleave", "dichotomize", "dissect", "fractionalize", "fractionate", "halve", "quarter", "segment", "subdivide", "trisect", "break up", "decouple", "disassociate", "disconnect", "disjoin", "disjoint", "dissever", "dissociate", "disunite", "divide", "divorce", "part", "ramify", "resolve", "separate", "sever", "split", "sunder", "uncouple", "unlink", "unyoke", "break down", "decompose", "disassemble", "disintegrate", "dissolve", "fragment", "fragmentate", "fragmentize", "break", "fracture", "pull", "rend", "rift", "rip", "rive", "rupture", "tear", "cut off", "insulate", "isolate", "seclude", "segregate", "sequester", "detach", "disengage", "disentangle", "unravel", "untie" ], "near antonyms":[ "assemble", "associate", "blend", "combine", "mingle", "mix", "connect", "couple", "accumulate", "agglutinate", "attach", "bind", "cement", "close", "fasten", "fuse", "knit", "stick", "weld", "join", "link", "unify", "unite" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "party animals":{ "as in bacchanals , wassailers":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "bacchanals", "bingers", "carousers", "wassailers", "celebrants", "celebrators", "merrymakers", "partyers", "partiers", "partygoers", "revelers", "revellers", "roisterers", "cutups", "skylarkers", "noisemakers" ], "near antonyms":[ "killjoys", "party poopers" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "party animal":{ "as in 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and greet", "mixer", "salon", "shower", "social", "soiree", "soir\u00e9e", "stag", "supper", "symposium", "tea", "tea party" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "a group of people acting together within a larger group":{ "examples":[ "a small party got together to protest the new chairman's decision" ], "synonyms":[ "bloc", "block", "body", "coalition", "faction", "sect", "set", "side", "wing" ], "near synonyms":[ "splinter", "split", "crew", "gang", "pack", "team", "denomination", "persuasion", "schism", "scission", "caucus", "movement" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "a group of people working together on a task":{ "examples":[ "a search party" ], "synonyms":[ "army", "band", "brigade", "company", "crew", "gang", "outfit", "platoon", "squad", "team" ], "near synonyms":[ "battalion", "corps", "troop", "force", "host", "posse", "stable", "troupe", "administration", "department", "help", "personnel", "staff" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "a member of the human race":{ "examples":[ "my grandfather's a determined old party , so don't underestimate him" ], "synonyms":[ "baby", "being", "bird", "bod", "body", "character", "cookie", "cooky", "creature", "customer", "devil", "duck", "egg", "face", "fish", "guy", "head", "human", "human being", "individual", "life", "man", "mortal", "person", "personage", "scout", "slob", "sort", "soul", "specimen", "stiff", "thing", "wight" ], "near synonyms":[ "hominid", "homo", "humanoid", "brother", "fellow", "fellowman", "neighbor", "celebrity", "personality", "self", "somebody" ], "near antonyms":[ "animal", "beast", "beastie", "brute", "critter" ], "antonyms":[] }, "a usually small number of persons considered as a unit":{ "examples":[ "for parties of more than six people the restaurant automatically adds a 15% service charge to the bill" ], "synonyms":[ "array", "band", "batch", "battery", "body", "boodle", "bunch", "cluster", "clutch", "consort", "constellation", "crop", "group", "grouping", "huddle", "knot", "lot", "parcel", "passel" ], "near synonyms":[ "assembly", "collective", "congregation", "gathering", "muster", "organization", "circle", "clan", "clique", "coterie", "fellowship", "gang", "ring", "round", "set", "faction", "guild", "gild", "order", "school", "sect", "brigade", "crew", "outfit", "phalanx", "platoon", "posse", "task force", "team", "alliance", "bloc", "coalition", "confederacy", "confederation", "federation", "league", "union", "battalion", "squadron", "bevy", "brood", "covey" ], "near antonyms":[ "individual", "single" ], "antonyms":[] }, "one who takes part in something":{ "examples":[ "a party to the agreement" ], "synonyms":[ "actor", "partaker", "participant", "participator", "player", "sharer" ], "near synonyms":[ "accessory", "accessary", "aide", "assistant", "helper", "colleague", "partner" ], "near antonyms":[ "bystander", "looker-on", "observer", "onlooker", "spectator", "watcher", "wallflower" ], "antonyms":[ "nonparticipant" ] }, "as in revel , carouse":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "carouse", "revel", "associate", "fraternize", "go out", "hobnob", "mingle", "mix", "socialize", "step out", "circulate" ], "near antonyms":[ "avoid", "eschew", "shun", "slight", "snub" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "pared":{ "to make (something) shorter or smaller with the use of a cutting instrument":{ "examples":[ "pared the stray branches on the tree" ], "synonyms":[ "bobbed", "clipped", "cropped", "cut", "cut back", "docked", "lopped (off)", "nipped", "polled", "pruned", "shaved", "sheared", "snipped", "trimmed" ], "near synonyms":[ "skived", "whittled", "manicured", "mowed", "pinched", "stumped", "curtailed", "shortened" ], "near antonyms":[ "elongated", "extended", "lengthened" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "parlay":{ "to use or develop (something) to get something else that has greater value":{ "examples":[ "He hoped to parlay his basketball skills into a college scholarship." ], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "follow up", "accelerate", "add (to)", "aggrandize", "amplify", "augment", "boost", "build up", "compound", "enlarge", "escalate", "expand", "extend", "hype", "increase", "multiply", "pump up", "raise", "swell", "stoke", "supersize", "up", "boom", "jump", "skyrocket", "spike", "bump (up)", "ratchet (up)", "rachet (up)", "blow up", "dilate", "distend", "inflate", "draw out", "elongate", "flesh (out)", "lengthen", "prolong", "protract", "stretch", "develop", "enhance", "heighten", "intensify", "magnify", "complement", "supplement", "beef (up)", "reinforce", "reenforce", "strengthen", "maximize", "accumulate", "amass", "collect" ], "near antonyms":[ "abbreviate", "abridge", "curtail", "shorten", "compress", "condense", "constrict", "contract", "cut back", "retrench", "abate", "decrease", "de-escalate", "diminish", "downsize", "dwindle", "lessen", "lower", "minify", "reduce", "subtract (from)" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "partiality":{ "an attitude that always favors one way of feeling or acting especially without considering any other possibilities":{ "examples":[ "partiality blinded the administrator to the benefits of the proposed system for distributing work" ], "synonyms":[ "bias", "favor", "nonobjectivity", "one-sidedness", "parti pris", "partisanship", "ply", "prejudice", "tendentiousness" ], "near synonyms":[ "chauvinism", "cronyism", "favoritism", "nepotism", "self-opinionatedness", "self-partiality", "bent", "inclination", "leaning", "penchant", "predilection", "predisposition", "proclivity", "propensity", "tendency", "preconception", "prejudgment", "prepossession" ], "near antonyms":[ "calm", "detachment", "dispassion", "indifference", "aversion", "dislike", "distaste", "hate", "scunner" ], "antonyms":[ "impartiality", "neutrality", "objectivity", "open-mindedness", "unbiasedness" ] }, "a habitual attraction to some activity or thing":{ "examples":[ "a person with an unfortunate partiality for jumping to conclusions" ], "synonyms":[ "affection", "affinity", "aptitude", "bent", "bias", "bone", "devices", "disposition", "genius", "habitude", "impulse", "inclination", "leaning", "penchant", "predilection", "predisposition", "proclivity", "propensity", "tendency", "turn" ], "near synonyms":[ "favor", "one-sidedness", "partisanship", "prejudice", "endowment", "faculty", "flair", "gift", "knack", "talent", "addiction", "appetite", "fancy", "fondness", "like", "liking", "preference", "taste", "forte", "speciality", "specialty", "convention", "custom", "habit", "pattern", "practice", "practise", "routine", "trick", "way", "wont", "eccentricity", "idiosyncrasy", "kink", "oddity", "peculiarity", "quirk", "singularity" ], "near antonyms":[ "allergy", "averseness", "aversion", "disfavor", "disinclination", "dislike", "disliking", "disrelish", "distaste", "detachment", "impartiality", "neutrality", "objectivity", "apathy", "disinterestedness", "indifference", "insouciance", "nonchalance", "unconcern" ], "antonyms":[] }, "positive regard for something":{ "examples":[ "a partiality toward outdoor sports of all kinds" ], "synonyms":[ "appetite", "fancy", "favor", "fondness", "like", "liking", "love", "love affair", "preference", "relish", "shine", "taste", "use" ], "near synonyms":[ "craving", "desire", "hankering", "longing", "thirst", "yen", "enthusiasm", "gusto", "interest", "passion", "bias", "prejudice", "bent", "inclination", "leaning", "propensity", "tendency", "tooth", "palate", "weakness" ], "near antonyms":[ "apathy", "disinclination", "indifference", "unconcern" ], "antonyms":[ "aversion", "disfavor", "disgust", "dislike", "distaste", "hatred", "loathing", "mislike" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "parts":{ "a broad geographical area":{ "examples":[ "I'm not from around these parts" ], "synonyms":[ "belt", "corridor", "land", "neck", "region", "tract", "zone" ], "near synonyms":[ "district", "domain", "latitude(s)", "range", "realm", "terrain", "territory", "neighborhood", "vicinity" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "to go or move in different directions from a central point":{ "examples":[ "after traveling together for three weeks, we parted at Rome" ], "synonyms":[ "branches (out)", "diverges", "divides", "forks", "separates", "spreads" ], "near synonyms":[ "bestrews", "breaks up", "broadcasts", "clears out", "disbands", "dispels", "disperses", "dissipates", "distributes", "scatters", "sows", "distances", "recedes", "retreats" ], "near antonyms":[ "assembles", "gathers", "meets" ], "antonyms":[ "converges", "joins" ] }, "to leave a place often for another":{ "examples":[ "parted with great ceremony but with little preparation for the dangers that lay ahead" ], "synonyms":[ "bails", "bails out", "books", "buggers off", "bugs off", "bugs out", "buzzes (off)", "clears off", "clears out", "cuts out", "departs", "digs out", "exits", "gets", "gets off", "goes", "goes off", "moves", "packs (up or off)", "peels off", "pikes (out or off)", "pulls out", "pushes off", "pushes on", "quits", "runs along", "sallies (forth)", "scarpers", "shoves (off)", "steps (along)", "takes off", "vamooses", "walks out" ], "near synonyms":[ "sets out", "starts", "strikes out", "absconds", "decamps", "escapes", "evacuates", "flees", "flies", "gets out", "mizzles", "runs away", "scats", "scrams", "skips", "goes out", "lights out", "steps out", "abandons", "deserts", "forsakes", "vacates", "emigrates", "adjourns", "removes", "retires", "retreats", "withdraws" ], "near antonyms":[ "abides", "dwells", "lodges", "remains", "settles", "stays", "tarries", "approaches", "closes", "nears", "hits", "lands", "reaches" ], "antonyms":[ "arrives", "comes", "shows up", "turns up" ] }, "to set or force apart":{ "examples":[ "parted the prongs with pliers" ], "synonyms":[ "breaks up", "decouples", "disassociates", "disconnects", "disjoins", "disjoints", "dissevers", "dissociates", "disunites", "divides", "divorces", "ramifies", "resolves", "separates", "severs", "splits", "sunders", "uncouples", "unlinks", "unyokes" ], "near synonyms":[ "breaks down", "decomposes", "disassembles", "disintegrates", "dissolves", "bifurcates", "bisects", "cleaves", "dichotomizes", "dissects", "fractionalizes", "fractionates", "halves", "partitions", "quarters", "segments", "subdivides", "trisects", "fragmentates", "fragmentizes", "fragments", "breaks", "fractures", "pulls", "rends", "rifts", "rips", "rives", "ruptures", "tears", "cuts off", "insulates", "isolates", "secludes", "segregates", "sequesters", "detaches", "disengages", "disentangles", "unravels", "unties" ], "near antonyms":[ "assembles", "associates", "blends", "combines", "mingles", "mixes", "connects", "couples", "accumulates", "agglutinates", "attaches", "binds", "cements", "closes", "fastens", "fuses", "knits", "sticks", "welds" ], "antonyms":[ "joins", "links", "unifies", "unites" ] }, "to stop living":{ "examples":[ "before I part , I hope I have the opportunity to say my good-byes" ], "synonyms":[ "checks out", "conks (out)", "croaks", "deceases", "demises", "departs", "dies", "drops", "ends", "exits", "expires", "falls", "flatlines", "goes", "kicks in", "kicks off", "passes away", "passes (on)", "pegs out", "perishes", "pops off", "steps out", "succumbs" ], "near synonyms":[ "predeceases", "consumes", "disappears", "dries up", "fades", "fails" ], "near antonyms":[ "comes to", "revives", "lingers", "exists", "is", "subsists", "flourishes", "prospers", "thrives" ], "antonyms":[ "breathes", "lives" ] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "parches":{ "to make dry":{ "examples":[ "the heat has really parched my throat" ], "synonyms":[ "dehydrates", "desiccates", "dries", "scorches", "sears" ], "near synonyms":[ "dehumidifies", "drains", "evaporates", "mummifies", "shrivels", "withers", "wizens", "air-dries", "bakes" ], "near antonyms":[ "bathes", "deluges", "douses", "dowses", "drenches", "drowns", "floods", "inundates", "overflows", "saturates", "soaks", "sops", "souses", "waterlogs", "dampens", "damps", "humidifies", "moistens", "rehydrates", "dips", "dunks", "submerges", "swamps" ], "antonyms":[ "hydrates", "washes", "waters", "wets" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "parsimony":{ "the quality or practice of being overly sparing with money":{ "examples":[ "his parsimony was so extreme that he'd walk five miles to the store to save a few cents on gas" ], "synonyms":[ "cheapness", "cheeseparing", "closeness", "miserliness", "niggardliness", "penny-pinching", "penuriousness", "pinching", "stinginess", "tightfistedness", "tightness" ], "near synonyms":[ "conserving", "economizing", "economy", "frugality", "husbandry", "providence", "scrimping", "skimping", "thrift", "conservation", "saving", "husbanding", "managing" ], "near antonyms":[ "bountifulness", "bounty", "generosity", "largesse", "largess", "liberality", "openhandedness", "openheartedness", "philanthropy", "unselfishness", "extravagance", "lavishness", "dissipation", "improvidence", "prodigality", "squandering", "wastefulness" ], "antonyms":[] }, "careful management of material resources":{ "examples":[ "people often think that the good times will last forever and have little interest in parsimony" ], "synonyms":[ "economy", "frugality", "husbandry", "penny-pinching", "providence", "scrimping", "skimping", "thrift" ], "near synonyms":[ "conservation", "saving", "miserliness", "niggardliness", "stinginess", "belt-tightening", "retrenchment", "discretion", "forehandedness", "prudence", "austerity", "moderation", "restraint", "temperance" ], "near antonyms":[ "extravagance", "improvidence", "lavishness", "prodigality", "squandering" ], "antonyms":[ "diseconomy", "wastefulness" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "parochialism":{ "as in insularity , provincialism":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "insularism", "insularity", "provincialism", "conservatism", "reactionaryism", "bigotry", "dogmatism", "illiberalism", "illiberality", "illiberalness", "intolerance", "intolerantness", "narrow-mindedness", "opinionatedness", "partisanship", "sectarianism", "small-mindedness" ], "near antonyms":[ "broad-mindedness", "liberalism", "liberality", "open-mindedness", "tolerance", "progressiveness", "progressivism" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "partakes (of)":{ "to take in as food":{ "examples":[ "anyone planning to partake of the vegetarian meal needs to sign up for it beforehand" ], "synonyms":[ "consumes", "eats", "ingests", "puts away", "puts down", "tucks (away or in)" ], "near synonyms":[ "digests", "downs", "mouths (down)", "swallows", "bolts", "chows (down on)", "devours", "gluts (on)", "gobbles (up or down)", "gorges", "gulps", "scoffs", "slops", "snarfs (down)", "swills", "wolfs", "chews", "gnaws (at or on)", "gums", "laps", "licks", "nibbles (on)", "nurses", "picks (at)", "relishes", "savors", "savours", "tastes", "banquets", "dines", "fares", "feasts", "gormandizes", "pigs out", "regales", "dispatches", "polishes off", "breakfasts", "lunches", "sups", "munches", "noshes", "snacks" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "parkas":{ "as in jackets , surtouts":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "jackets", "surtouts", "chesterfields", "frock coats", "mackinaws", "ulsters", "oilskins", "raincoats", "sou'westers", "greatcoats", "overcoats", "surcoats", "topcoats", "wraps" ], "near antonyms":[ "undercoats" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "part-songs":{ "as in art songs , folk songs":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "arias", "arie", "art songs", "barcaroles", "barcarolles", "blues", "chansons", "chanteys", "chanties", "shanties", "chants", "choruses", "croons", "descants", "discants", "folk songs", "glees", "lullabies", "madrigals", "motets", "pops", "rockers", "roundelays", "rounds", "serenades", "standards", "ballads", "ditties", "jingles", "lays", "lyrics", "solos", "songs", "vocals", "anthems", "cantatas", "canticles", "carols", "chorales", "hymns", "noels", "psalms", "spirituals", "dirges", "laments", "requiems", "threnodies", "hallelujahs", "paeans", "drinking songs", "fight songs", "torch songs", "covers", "medleys", "remixes" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "partaking (of)":{ "to take in as food":{ "examples":[ "anyone planning to partake of the vegetarian meal needs to sign up for it beforehand" ], "synonyms":[ "consuming", "eating", "ingesting", "putting away", "putting down", "tucking (away or in)" ], "near synonyms":[ "digesting", "downing", "mouthing (down)", "swallowing", "bolting", "chowing (down on)", "devouring", "glutting (on)", "gobbling (up or down)", "gorging", "gulping", "scoffing", "slopping", "snarfing (down)", "swilling", "wolfing", "chewing", "gnawing (at or on)", "gumming", "lapping", "licking", "nibbling (on)", "nursing", "picking (at)", "relishing", "savoring", "savouring", "tasting", "banqueting", "dining", "faring", "feasting", "gormandizing", "pigging out", "regaling", "dispatching", "polishing off", "breakfasting", "lunching", "supping", "munching", "noshing", "snacking" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "partner":{ "the person to whom another is married":{ "examples":[ "takes marriage very seriously and wants a man who will be her partner for life" ], "synonyms":[ "better half", "consort", "mate", "significant other", "spouse" ], "near synonyms":[ "soul mate", "domestic partner", "bridegroom", "groom", "hubby", "husband", "man", "mister", "old man", "bride", "helpmate", "helpmeet", "lady", "wife" ], "near antonyms":[ "ex", "single", "bachelor", "bachelorette", "maid", "maiden", "spinster" ], "antonyms":[] }, "as in contract , job":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "apprentice", "contract", "job", "subcontract", "assume", "employ", "engage", "fee", "hire", "lay on", "pay", "place", "recruit", "retain", "sign (up or on)", "take on", "reemploy", "reengage", "rehire", "enlist", "advance", "promote", "upgrade", "keep (on)", "headhunt", "scout" ], "near antonyms":[ "furlough", "lay off", "lock out", "ax", "axe", "can", "discharge", "dismiss", "fire", "sack" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "paratroops":{ "as in patrol , commando":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "commando", "firing squad", "outpost", "patrol", "picket", "rear guard", "sentry", "watch", "detachment", "detail", "battalion", "command", "company", "corps", "division", "platoon", "regiment", "squad", "squadron", "troop", "wing" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "plural noun" ] }, "par for the course":{ "being of the type that is encountered in the normal course of events":{ "examples":[ "Employee turnover is par for the course here thanks to poor upper management." ], "synonyms":[ "average", "common", "commonplace", "cut-and-dried", "cut-and-dry", "everyday", "garden-variety", "normal", "ordinary", "prosaic", "routine", "run-of-the-mill", "standard", "standard-issue", "unexceptional", "unremarkable", "usual", "workaday" ], "near synonyms":[ "regular", "typical", "unextraordinary", "familiar", "homely", "plain", "plain-Jane", "popular", "vulgar", "natural", "customary", "wonted", "insignificant", "trivial", "unimportant", "frequent", "habitual", "expected", "predictable" ], "near antonyms":[ "curious", "funny", "peculiar", "quaint", "queer", "aberrant", "anomalous", "atypical", "irregular", "untypical", "rare", "recherch\u00e9", "scarce", "fantastic", "fantastical", "phenomenal", "bizarre", "far-out", "Kafkaesque", "outrageous", "outr\u00e9", "wacky", "whacky", "way-out", "weird", "wild", "eccentric", "idiosyncratic", "kooky", "kookie", "nonconformist", "oddball", "offbeat", "unconventional", "unorthodox", "freak", "freakish", "conspicuous", "notable", "novel", "outstanding", "prominent", "salient", "signal", "striking", "unexampled", "unprecedented", "singular", "unique", "unparalleled" ], "antonyms":[ "abnormal", "exceptional", "extraordinary", "odd", 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"banquet", "feast", "repast", "chow (down)", "dig in", "glut", "gorge", "gormandize", "overeat", "overfeed", "pig out", "graze", "nibble", "nosh", "pick", "snack", "board", "mess", "dine out", "breakfast", "lunch", "sup", "picnic" ], "near antonyms":[ "diet", "fast" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "paragraphers":{ "as in reporters , journalists":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "bloggers", "columnists", "journalists", "newspapermen", "reporters", "sportswriters", "authors", "litterateurs", "litt\u00e9rateurs", "penmen", "pens", "scribes", "scriveners", "writers", "auteurs", "belletrists", "belle-lettrists", "stylists", "wordsmiths", "coauthors", "co-authors", "coscenarists", "co-scenarists", "cowriters", "co-writers", "ghostwriters", "hacks", "hatchet men", "scribblers", "wordmongers", "biographers", "hagiographers", "autobiographers", "memoirists", "memorialists", "fabulists", "fictioneers", "fictionists", "novelists", "romancers", "storytellers", "essayists", "pamphleteers", "satirists" ], "near antonyms":[ "nonauthors", "nonwriters" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "par excellence":{ "of the very best kind":{ "examples":[ "sophisticated cuisine that is obviously the work of a chef par excellence" ], "synonyms":[ "A-OK", "A1", "awesome", "bang-up", "banner", "beautiful", "blue-chip", "blue-ribbon", "boffo", "bonny", "bonnie", "boss", "brag", "brave", "bully", "bumper", "capital", "choice", "classic", "cool", "corking", "crackerjack", "cracking", "dandy", "divine", "dope", "down", "dynamite", "excellent", "fab", "fabulous", "famous", "fantabulous", "fantastic", "fine", "first-class", "first-rate", "first-string", "five-star", "four-star", "frontline", "gangbusters", "gangbuster", "gilt-edged", "gilt-edge", "gone", "grand", "great", "groovy", "heavenly", "high-class", "hot", "hype", "immense", "jim-dandy", "keen", "lovely", "marvelous", "marvellous", "mean", "neat", "nifty", "noble", "number one", "No. 1", "numero uno", "out-of-sight", "peachy", "peachy keen", "phat", "prime", "primo", "prize", "prizewinning", "quality", "radical", "righteous", "sensational", "slick", "splendid", "stellar", "sterling", "superb", "superior", "superlative", "supernal", "swell", "terrific", "tip-top", "top", "top-notch", "top-of-the-line", "top-shelf", "topflight", "topping", "unsurpassed", "wizard", "wonderful" ], "near synonyms":[ "acceptable", "adequate", "all right", "decent", "good", "OK", "okay", "passable", "satisfactory", "tolerable", "better", "exceptional", "fancy", "high-grade", "high-test", "premium", "select", "special", "superfine", "classical", "standard", "traditional" ], "near antonyms":[ "bad", "inferior", "low-grade", "substandard", "unsatisfactory", "mediocre", "middling", "second-class", "second-rate" ], "antonyms":[ "atrocious", "awful", "execrable", "lousy", "pathetic", "poor", "rotten", "terrible", "vile", "wretched" ] }, "as in very , completely":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "completely", "extremely", "full", "fully", "right", "very", "anyhow", "anyway", "anywise", "at all", "ever", "half", "however", "altogether", "exactly", "somehow", "someway", "someways", "out" ], "near antonyms":[ "never", "no", "none", "nothing", "noway", "noways", "nowise", "by no means", "in no wise", "nothing doing", "on no account" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adjective", "adverb" ] }, "paraphrasing":{ "to express something (as a text or statement) in different words":{ "examples":[ "could you paraphrase your diagnosis of my medical condition, using simpler language?" ], "synonyms":[ "rephrasing", "restating", "rewording", "translating" ], "near synonyms":[ "boiling down", "recapitulating", "reiterating", "summarizing", "summing up" ], "near antonyms":[ "echoing", "repeating", "copying", "reproducing", "transcribing" ], "antonyms":[ "quoting" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "pardons":{ "release from the guilt or penalty of an offense":{ "examples":[ "the criminal is hoping for a presidential pardon" ], "synonyms":[ "absolutions", "amnesties", "remissions", "remittals" ], "near synonyms":[ "paroles", "acquittals", "exculpations", "exonerations", "vindications", "condonations", "exemptions", "immunities", "impunities", "indemnities", "commutations", "reprieves", "clemencies", "leniencies", "mercies" ], "near antonyms":[ "convictions", "sentences", "assessments", "charges", "fines", "impositions", "castigations", "chastisements", "condemnations" ], "antonyms":[ "penalties", "punishments", "retributions" ] }, "to cease to have feelings of anger or bitterness toward":{ "examples":[ "he eventually pardoned his sister after she apologized" ], "synonyms":[ "forgives" ], "near synonyms":[ "absolves", "acquits", "clears", "exculpates", "exonerates", "vindicates", "remits", "shrives", "condones", "disregards", "excuses", "ignores", "passes over", "shrugs off", "discharges", "liberates", "redeems", "releases", "unburdens" ], "near antonyms":[ "abhors", "abominates", "despises", "detests", "dislikes", "execrates", "hates", "loathes", "avenges", "redresses", "requites", "retaliates", "revenges", "disciplines", "penalizes", "punishes" ], "antonyms":[ "resents" ] }, "to dismiss as of little importance":{ "examples":[ "I'm willing to pardon a little sloppiness of dress in such a kind and loving person" ], "synonyms":[ "blinks (at)", "brushes (aside or off)", "condones", "discounts", "disregards", "excuses", "forgives", "glosses (over)", "glozes (over)", "ignores", "overlooks", "overpasses", "papers over", "passes over", "remits", "shrugs off", "whitewashes", "winks (at)" ], "near synonyms":[ "explains", "justifies", "rationalizes", "absolves", "acquits", "clears", "exculpates", "exonerates", "vindicates", "waives", "waves (aside or off)" ], "near antonyms":[ "heeds", "marks", "minds", "notes", "objects (to)" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "paraphernalia":{ "items needed for the performance of a task or activity":{ "examples":[ "mountain-climbing paraphernalia" ], "synonyms":[ "accoutrements", "accouterments", "apparatus", "equipment", "gear", "hardware", "kit", "material(s)", "mat\u00e9riel", "materiel", "outfit", "stuff", "tackle" ], "near synonyms":[ "accessories", "appurtenances", "attachments", "fittings", "baggage", "belongings", "impedimenta", "appliances", "facilities", "instruments", "machinery", "tools", "apparel", "attire", "habiliments", "raiment", "trappings", "armamentarium", "armory", "arsenal", "battery", "assets", "resources" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "transportable items that one owns":{ "examples":[ "packed up all of their paraphernalia for the move across the country" ], "synonyms":[ "belongings", "chattels", "duds", "effects", "gear", "goods", "holdings", "movables", "moveables", "personal effects", "personal property", "personalty", "plunder", "possession", "stuff", "things" ], "near synonyms":[ "treasures", "valuables", "appointments", "fixtures", "furnishings", "estate", "property", "tangibles", "collateral" ], "near antonyms":[ "immovables", "real estate" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "paretic":{ "as in paraplegic , quadriplegic":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "hemiplegic", "paraplegic", "quadriplegic", "hamstrung", "debilitated", "decrepit", "enfeebled", "feeble", "frail", "infirm", "wasted", "weak", "weakened", "impaired", "incapacitated", "halt", "hobbled", "lame", "lamed", "challenged", "crippled", "disabled", "maimed", "mutilated", "paralytic", "paralyzed" ], "near antonyms":[ "able-bodied", "fit", "hale", "healthy", "hearty", "robust", "sound", "well", "whole" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "partaken (of)":{ "to take in as food":{ "examples":[ "anyone planning to partake of the vegetarian meal needs to sign up for it beforehand" ], "synonyms":[ "consumed", "eaten", "ingested", "put away", "put down", "tucked (away or in)" ], "near synonyms":[ "digested", "downed", "mouthed (down)", "swallowed", "bolted", "chowed (down on)", "devoured", "glutted (on)", "gobbled (up or down)", "gorged", "gulped", "scoffed", "slopped", "snarfed (down)", "swilled", "wolfed", "chewed", "gnawed (at or on)", "gummed", "lapped", "licked", "nibbled (on)", "nursed", "picked (at)", "relished", "savored", "savoured", "tasted", "banqueted", "dined", "fared", "feasted", "gormandized", "pigged out", "regaled", "dispatched", "polished off", "breakfasted", "lunched", "supped", "munched", "noshed", "snacked" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "parceling (out)":{ "to give out (something) to appropriate individuals":{ "examples":[ "parceled out the assignments for work on the parish fair" ], "synonyms":[ "administering", "allocating", "apportioning", "dealing (out)", "dispensing", "distributing", "doling out", "handing out", "meting (out)", "portioning", "prorating" ], "near synonyms":[ "admeasuring", "allotting", "allowing", "appropriating", "assigning", "dishing out", "dividing", "divvying (up)", "dolloping (out)", "lotting", "measuring (out)", "parting", "proportioning", "rationing", "redistributing", "setting", "sharing (out)", "splitting", "bestowing", "disbursing", "furnishing", "issuing", "providing", "sharing", "supplying", "circulating", "dispersing", "disseminating", "scattering", "spreading", "chipping in", "contributing", "donating", "pledging", "reallocating", "reapportioning" ], "near antonyms":[ "begrudging", "declining", "denying", "depriving (of)", "disallowing", "refusing", "rejecting", "withholding", "niggling (out)", "pinching", "skimping", "stinting" ], "antonyms":[ "misallocating" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "parti pris":{ "inclined to favor one side over another":{ "examples":[ "a parti pris interpretation of the causes of the war" ], "synonyms":[ "biased", "one-sided", "partial", "partisan", "prejudiced" ], "near synonyms":[ "hostile", "inimical", "jaundiced", "unfriendly", "unsympathetic", "colored", "distorted", "misrepresented", "shaded", "warped", "convinced", "influenced", "persuaded", "predisposed", "prepossessed", "swayed", "affected", "concerned", "interested" ], "near antonyms":[ "open", "open-minded", "persuasible", "receptive", "honest", "just", "reasonable", "bipartisan", "autonomous", "independent", "aloof", "detached", "dispassionate", "hardheaded", "impersonal", "unemotional", "cold", "distant", "remote", "apathetic", "incurious", "indifferent", "unconcerned", "uncurious", "unenthusiastic", "uninterested" ], "antonyms":[ "disinterested", "equal", "equitable", "evenhanded", "fair", "impartial", "neutral", "nonpartisan", "objective", "unbiased", "unprejudiced" ] }, "an attitude that always favors one way of feeling or acting especially without considering any other possibilities":{ "examples":[ "the longer a president is dead, the better we are able to evaluate without parti pris his political achievements" ], "synonyms":[ "bias", "favor", "nonobjectivity", "one-sidedness", "partiality", "partisanship", "ply", "prejudice", "tendentiousness" ], "near synonyms":[ "chauvinism", "cronyism", "favoritism", "nepotism", "self-opinionatedness", "self-partiality", "bent", "inclination", "leaning", "penchant", "predilection", "predisposition", "proclivity", "propensity", "tendency", "preconception", "prejudgment", "prepossession" ], "near antonyms":[ "calm", "detachment", "dispassion", "indifference", "aversion", "dislike", "distaste", "hate", "scunner" ], "antonyms":[ "impartiality", "neutrality", "objectivity", "open-mindedness", "unbiasedness" ] }, "type":[ "adjective", "noun" ] }, "parti-color":{ "as in mottled , marbled":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "dappled", "dapple", "marbled", "mottled", "piebald", "pied", "pinto", "checkered", "dotted", "patterned", "plaid", "plaided", "striped", "flecked", "specked", "speckled", "spotted", "flashy", "garish", "gaudy", "loud", "showy", "splashy", "banded", "barred", "brindled", "brindle", "streaked", "striated", "brave", "bright", "brilliant", "gay", "vibrant", "bichrome", "bicolored", "bicolor", "dichromatic", "trichromatic", "tricolor", "tricolored", "two-tone", "two-toned", "iridescent", "opalescent", "chromatic", "colored", "colorful", "kaleidoscopic", "motley", "multicolored", "multihued", "polychromatic", "polychrome", "prismatic", "rainbow", "varicolored", "varied", "variegated", "various" ], "near antonyms":[ "colorless", "monochromatic", "monochromic", "monotone", "self-colored", "solid", "achromatic", "bleached", "decolorized", "faded", "washed-out", "dull", "faint", "gray", "grey", "neutral", "pale", "pallid", "unbrilliant" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "parturient":{ "as in prenatal":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "prenatal", "big", "caught", "enceinte", "expectant", "expecting", "gone", "gravid", "heavy", "pregnant", "quick", "childbearing", "gestational", "brooding", "conceiving", "impregnated" ], "near antonyms":[ "nonpregnant", "barren", "infertile", "aborting", "miscarrying", "delivered" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "partitioning":{ "as in subdividing , bisecting":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "bifurcating", "bisecting", "cleaving", "dichotomizing", "dissecting", "fractionalizing", "fractionating", "halving", "quartering", "segmenting", "subdividing", "trisecting", "breaking up", "decoupling", "disassociating", "disconnecting", "disjoining", "disjointing", "dissevering", "dissociating", "disuniting", "dividing", "divorcing", "parting", "ramifying", "resolving", "separating", "severing", "splitting", "sundering", "uncoupling", "unlinking", "unyoking", "breaking down", "decomposing", "disassembling", "disintegrating", "dissolving", "fragmentating", "fragmenting", "fragmentizing", "breaking", "fracturing", "pulling", "rending", "rifting", "ripping", "riving", "rupturing", "tearing", "cutting off", "insulating", "isolating", "secluding", "segregating", "sequestering", "detaching", "disengaging", "disentangling", "unraveling", "untying", "untieing" ], "near antonyms":[ "assembling", "associating", "blending", "combining", "mingling", "mixing", "connecting", "coupling", "accumulating", "agglutinating", "attaching", "binding", "cementing", "closing", "fastening", "fusing", "knitting", "sticking", "welding", "joining", "linking", "unifying", "uniting" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "partaken":{ "to take a share or part":{ "examples":[ "we should all partake of the city's rich cultural offerings while we have the opportunity" ], "synonyms":[ "participated", "shared" ], "near synonyms":[ "endured", "experienced", "felt", "known", "seen", "tasted", "undergone", "encountered", "met", "accepted", "received" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "to take a meal":{ "examples":[ "\"let us partake ,\" our minister declared, unfolding his napkin and eyeing the feast laid out before us" ], "synonyms":[ "dined", "eaten", "fared", "fed", "refreshed", "victualed", "victualled" ], "near synonyms":[ "banqueted", "feasted", "repasted", "chowed (down)", "dug in", "glutted", "gorged", "gormandized", "overeaten", "overfed", "pigged out", "grazed", "nibbled", "noshed", "picked", "snacked", "boarded", "dined out", "messed", "breakfasted", "lunched", "supped", "picnicked" ], "near antonyms":[ "dieted", "fasted" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "particularizing":{ "as in customizing , individualizing":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "customizing", "individualizing", "differentiating", "characterizing", "distinguishing", "marking" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "as in detailing , enumerating":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "detailing", "enumerating", "itemizing", "delivering", "giving", "reeling off", "stating", "uttering", "voicing", "baring", "disclosing", "divulging", "exposing", "letting on (about)", "revealing", "charting", "chronicling", "describing", "narrating", "reciting", "recounting", "rehearsing", "relating", "reporting", "telling", "delineating", "depicting", "expressing", "rendering", "sketching" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "partitions":{ "one of the pieces from which something is designed to be assembled":{ "examples":[ "one of the partitions of a prefabricated house" ], "synonyms":[ "members", "parts", "portions", "sections", "segments" ], "near synonyms":[ "components", "constituents", "elements", "factors", "ingredients", "moieties", "parcels", "cuts", "lengths", "bits", "fragments", "particles", "scraps" ], "near antonyms":[ "wholes", "aggregates", "composites", "compounds", "sums", "totalities", "totals" ], "antonyms":[] }, "something that divides, separates, or marks off":{ "examples":[ "put up a partition to divide the room into two" ], "synonyms":[ "dividers", "divisions", "separations", "separators" ], "near synonyms":[ "barriers", "fences", "walls", "borders", "boundaries", "limits" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "the act or process of a whole separating into two or more parts or pieces":{ "examples":[ "the partition of Czechoslovakia into the Czech Republic and Slovakia" ], "synonyms":[ "bifurcations", "breakups", "cleavages", "dissolutions", "disunions", "divisions", "fractionalizations", "fractionations", "schisms", "scissions", "separations", "splits" ], "near synonyms":[ "breaches", "ruptures", "divorces", "severances", "decompositions", "disassemblies", "dismemberments", "segmentations", "subdivisions", "atomizations", "dichotomizations", "polarizations", "diffusions", "dispersals", "dispersions", "scatterings", "administrations", "apportionments", "distributions", "isolations", "seclusions", "segregations", "sequestrations" ], "near antonyms":[ "assemblages", "associations", "attachments", "conjunctions", "connections", "linkages", "links", "linkups", "aggregations", "combinations", "consolidations", "fusions" ], "antonyms":[ "unifications", "unions" ] }, "as in subdivides , bisects":{ 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"traitors", "turncoats" ], "antonyms":[ "coryphaei", "leaders" ] }, "one who is intensely or excessively devoted to a cause":{ "examples":[ "a partisan of the revolution who was even willing to give her life for it" ], "synonyms":[ "crusaders", "fanatics", "ideologues", "idealogues", "militants", "red hots", "true believers", "zealots" ], "near synonyms":[ "activists", "dreamers", "idealists", "visionaries", "cultists", "disciples", "followers", "hangers-on", "idolizers", "votaries", "addicts", "aficionados", "afficionados", "buffs", "bugs", "devotees", "enthusiasts", "fanciers", "fans", "fiends", "fools", "freaks", "habitu\u00e9s", "habitues", "heads", "hounds", "junkies", "lovers", "maniacs", "mavens", "mavins", "nuts", "suckers", "advocates", "apostles", "backers", "champions", "evangelists", "patrons", "promoters", "stalwarts", "supporters", "boosters", "rooters", "well-wishers", "faddists" ], "near antonyms":[ "dabblers", "dilettantes", "dilettanti" ], "antonyms":[ "nonmilitants" ] }, "one who stubbornly or intolerantly adheres to his or her own opinions and prejudices":{ "examples":[ "she's too much of a political partisan to ever concede that the other side might have a valid point" ], "synonyms":[ "bigots", "dogmatists", "dogmatizers", "sectarians" ], "near synonyms":[ "doctrinaires", "fanatics", "purists", "jingoists", "nationalists", "racialists", "racists", "supremacists", "chauvinists", "sexists" ], "near antonyms":[ "freethinkers", "latitudinarians", "liberals" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "particularize":{ "as in customize , individualize":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "customize", "individualize", "differentiate", "characterize", "distinguish", "mark" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "as in detail , enumerate":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "detail", "enumerate", "itemize", "deliver", "give", "reel off", "state", "utter", "voice", "bare", "disclose", "divulge", "expose", "let on (about)", "reveal", "chart", "chronicle", "describe", "narrate", "recite", "recount", "rehearse", "relate", "report", "tell", "delineate", "depict", "express", "render", "sketch" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "paramedic":{ "as in EMT":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "EMT", "aidman", "nurse", "nurse-practitioner", "physical therapist", "physiotherapist", "intern", "interne", "resident", "plastic surgeon", "surgeon", "specialist", "attending", "clinician", "hospitalist", "anesthesiologist", "dermatologist", "gynecologist", "internist", "neurologist", "ob-gyn", "obstetrician", "ophthalmologist", "orthopedist", "pathologist", "pediatrician", "pediatrist", "physiatrist", "podiatrist", "radiologist", "urologist", "family doctor", "family physician", "family practitioner", "general practitioner", "croaker", "doc", "doctor", "medic", "medico", "physician", "sawbones" ], "near antonyms":[ "nondoctor", "nonphysician" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, 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"conference", "council", "forum", "panel", "panel discussion", "round-robin", "roundtable", "seminar", "symposium" ], "near synonyms":[ "colloquium", "caucus", "town meeting", "assembly", "conclave", "congregation", "congress", "consistory", "convention", "convocation", "synod", "debate", "deliberation", "brainstorming", "chat room", "newsgroup" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "an exchange of views for the purpose of exploring a subject or deciding an issue":{ "examples":[ "can we meet for an informal parley to see if we can effect a compromise?" ], "synonyms":[ "argument", "argumentation", "argy-bargy", "back-and-forth", "colloquy", "confab", "confabulation", "conference", "consult", "consultation", "council", "counsel", "debate", "deliberation", "dialogue", "dialog", "discussion", "give-and-take", "palaver", "talk" ], "near synonyms":[ "bull session", "chat room", "forum", "meeting", "roundtable", "seminar", "skull session", "skull practice", "symposium", "talkathon", "chat", 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"disturbed", "neurotic", "obsessive-compulsive", "paranoid", "paranoidal", "schizoid", "schizophrenic", "sociopathic", "high-strung", "unstable", "uptight", "anxious", "bothered", "distressed", "overanxious", "uneasy", "unquiet", "unsettled", "worried", "jittery", "jumpy", "nervous", "restless", "skittish", "tense", "balmy", "barmy", "bats", "batty", "bedlam", "bonkers", "brainsick", "bughouse", "certifiable", "crackbrained", "cracked", "crackers", "crackpot", "cranky", "crazed", "crazy", "cuckoo", "daffy", "daft", "demented", "deranged", "fruity", "gaga", "haywire", "insane", "kooky", "kookie", "loco", "loony", "looney", "loony tunes", "looney tunes", "lunatic", "mad", "maniacal", "maniac", "mental", "meshuga", "meshugge", "meshugah", "meshuggah", "moonstruck", "non compos mentis", "nuts", "nutty", "psycho", "psychotic", "scatty", "screwy", "unbalanced", "unhinged", "unsound", "wacko", "whacko", "wacky", "whacky", "wud", "eccentric", "odd", "oddball", "pixilated", "pixillated", "queer", "strange", "irrational", "unreasonable", "fixated", "obsessed" ], "near antonyms":[ "unneurotic", "relaxed", "relieved", "tranquilized", "tranquillized", "collected", "composed", "cool", "coolheaded", "equal", "level", "limpid", "peaceful", "placid", "possessed", "recollected", "sedate", "self-composed", "self-possessed", "serene", "smooth", "together", "tranquil", "undisturbed", "unperturbed", "unruffled", "unshaken", "untroubled", "unworried", "clear", "lucid", "rational", "reasonable", "balanced", "compos mentis", "sane", "sound", "uncrazy" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "paroxysmal":{ "marked by bursts of destructive force or intense activity":{ "examples":[ "paroxysmal mood swings that made being around him very challenging" ], "synonyms":[ "bang-bang", "blood-and-guts", "convulsive", "cyclonic", "explosive", "ferocious", "fierce", "furious", "hammer-and-tongs", "hot", "knock-down, drag-out", "knock-down-and-drag-out", "rabid", "rough", "stormy", "tempestuous", "tumultuous", "turbulent", "violent", "volcanic" ], "near synonyms":[ "barbarous", "brutal", "savage", "vicious", "antagonistic", "hostile", "aggressive", "assertive", "bellicose", "belligerent", "combative", "contentious", "gladiatorial", "pugnacious", "quarrelsome", "truculent", "combustible", "volatile", "agitated", "frantic", "frenzied", "mad", "cataclysmal", "cataclysmic", "destructive", "ruinous" ], "near antonyms":[ "calm", "halcyon", "pacific", "serene", "tranquil", "nonbelligerent", "unaggressive" ], "antonyms":[ "nonviolent", "peaceable", "peaceful" ] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "particularities":{ "a single piece of information":{ "examples":[ "I can't comment without knowing the particularities of the case before the court" ], "synonyms":[ "data", "details", "facts", "niceties", "particulars", "points", "specifics" ], "near synonyms":[ "articles", "items", "components", "constituents", "elements", "ingredients", "members", "parts", "aspects", "circumstances", "facets", "factors", "evidences", "exhibits", "databases", "information", "knowledges" ], "near antonyms":[ "errors", "fallacies", "falsehoods", "inaccuracies", "misconceptions", "misstatements", "myths" ], "antonyms":[] }, "something that sets apart an individual from others of the same kind":{ "examples":[ "a novel that gets the particularities of life in academia exactly right" ], "synonyms":[ "affections", "attributes", "attributions", "characteristics", "characters", "criteria", "criterions", "diagnostics", "differentiae", "features", "fingerprints", "hallmarks", "markers", "marks", "notes", "peculiarities", "points", "properties", "qualities", "specifics", "stamps", "touches", "traits" ], "near synonyms":[ "badges", "indications", "signs", "emblems", "symbols", "tokens", "charms", "graces", "excellences", "merits", "virtues", "eccentricities", "idiosyncrasies", "oddities", "quirks", "individualities", "singularities" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "paradigms":{ "something or someone serving as a basis for imitation":{ "examples":[ "The thesis paper provides a new paradigm for educational practices." ], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "archetypes", "examples", "originals", "prototypes", "mirrors", "molds", "patterns", "samples", "role models", "embodiments", "epitomes", "incarnations", "manifestations", "personifications", "phantoms", "pinks", "guidelines", "principles", "rules", "gauges", "gages", "standards", "touchstones", "essences", "quintessences", "acmes", "apexes", "apices", "apotheoses", "culminations", "peaks", "pinnacles", "summits", "zeniths", "beau ideals", "classics", "eidolons", "eidola", "exemplars", "ideals", "ideas", "models", "nonesuches", "nonpareils", "paragons", "patron saints", "blueprints", "drafts" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "partygoer":{ "one who engages in merrymaking especially in honor of a special occasion":{ "examples":[ "chauffeured transportation was provided for those partygoers who had overindulged themselves at the bar" ], "synonyms":[ "celebrant", "celebrator", "merrymaker", "partyer", "partier", "reveler", "reveller", "roisterer" ], "near synonyms":[ "bacchanal", "binger", "carouser", "party animal", "wassailer", "cutup", "skylarker", "noisemaker" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[ "killjoy", "party pooper" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "paramilitaries":{ "as in guerrillas , partisans":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "counterguerrillas", "counterguerillas", "guerrillas", "guerillas", "irregulars", "partisans", "partizans", "dogfaces", "fighters", "legionaries", "legionnaires", "men-at-arms", "regulars", "servicemen", "soldiers", "troopers", "warriors", "servicewomen", "carabineers", "carabiniers", "cavaliers", "cavalrymen", "cuirassiers", "dragoons", "doughboys", "footmen", "foot soldiers", "grunts", "infantrymen", "commandos", "commandoes", "raiders", "jarheads", "marines", "rangers", "artillerymen", "cannoneers", "gunners", "mortarmen", "musketeers", "riflemen", "archers", "crossbowmen" ], "near antonyms":[ "civilians", "noncombatants" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] } }