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"duskiness" ] }, "the steady giving off of the form of radiation that makes vision possible":{ "examples":[ "had a dream in which she was steadily moving down a dark tunnel toward a radiance at the far end" ], "synonyms":[ "blaze", "flare", "fluorescence", "glare", "gleam", "glow", "illumination", "incandescence", "light", "luminescence", "shine" ], "near synonyms":[ "flash", "glimmer", "glint", "glitter", "scintillation", "shimmer", "sparkle", "twinkle", "daylight", "moonlight", "sunlight", "sunshine", "afterglow", "aureole", "aureola", "aurora", "beam", "halo", "ray", "shaft", "streak", "stream", "sunbeam", "glisten", "gloss", "luster", "lustre", "polish", "reflection", "sheen" ], "near antonyms":[ "blackness", "dark", "darkness", "dimness", "dusk", "duskiness", "gloom", "night", "shadow" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "radiant":{ "having or being an outward sign of good feelings (as of love, confidence, or happiness)":{ "examples":[ "she left the interview with a radiant 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"beaming", "bedazzling", "bright", "brilliant", "candescent", "clear", "dazzling", "effulgent", "fulgent", "glowing", "incandescent", "lambent", "lucent", "lucid", "luminous", "lustrous", "refulgent", "sheeny", "shining", "shiny", "splendid" ], "near synonyms":[ "ablaze", "ardent", "blazing", "burning", "combusting", "fiery", "flaming", "red-hot", "agleam", "aglitter", "blinding", "coruscant", "flaring", "flashing", "flickering", "gemmy", "glancing", "glaring", "gleaming", "glimmering", "glinting", "glistening", "glistering", "glittering", "scintillant", "scintillating", "shimmering", "shimmery", "sparkling", "sunny", "twinkling", "winking", "burnished", "polished", "shined", "superbright", "ultrabright" ], "near antonyms":[ "blackened", "dark", "darkened", "darkish", "darkling", "darksome", "dimmed", "dusky", "gloomy", "lightless", "murky", "obscure", "obscured", "pitch-black", "pitch-dark", "somber", "sombre", "sunless", "tenebrous", "unlit", "cloudy", "shadowlike", "shadowy", "shady", "gray", "grey", "leaden", "pale", "palish" ], "antonyms":[ "dim", "dull", "lackluster", "unbright", "unbrilliant" ] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "radiated":{ "to extend outwards from or as if from a central point":{ "examples":[ "the heat radiating from the fire", "the spokes of a bicycle wheel radiate from the hub towards the rim" ], "synonyms":[ "branched", "fanned (out)", "rayed" ], "near synonyms":[ "diffused", "dispelled", "dispersed", "dissipated", "forked", "stemmed", "diverged", "divided", "parted", "ramified", "separated", "split", "uncoupled", "unlinked", "unyoked", "scattered", "splayed", "spread", "arose", "derived", "emanated", "flowed", "issued", "proceeded", "sprang", "sprung" ], "near antonyms":[ "approached", "closed in (on)", "neared", "centered (on)", "centralized", "connected", "coupled", "joined", "linked", "united" ], "antonyms":[ "concentrated", "converged", "focused", "focussed", "funneled", "funnelled", "met" ] }, "to emit rays of light":{ "examples":[ "fireflies give off their light by means of a chemical reaction that causes their abdomens to radiate" ], "synonyms":[ "beamed", "rayed", "shone", "shined" ], "near synonyms":[ "blazed", "burned", "burnt", "fired", "flamed", "gleamed", "glimmered", "glinted", "glistened", "glistered", "glittered", "glowed", "luminesced", "sheened", "shimmered", "blinked", "coruscated", "flared", "flashed", "flickered", "lustered", "lustred", "scintillated", "spangled", "sparkled", "twinkled", "winked", "winkled", "beat (down)", "glared", "brightened", "illuminated", "illumined", "irradiated", "lightened", "lit", "lighted", "bedazzled", "blinded", "dazed", "dazzled" ], "near antonyms":[ "blackened", "darkened", "lowered", "loured" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to throw or give off":{ "examples":[ "the sun radiates tiny amounts of energy in the form of microwaves" ], "synonyms":[ "cast", "discharged", "emanated", "emitted", "evolved", "exhaled", "expelled", "expired", "gave out", "irradiated", "issued", "released", "sent (out)", "shot", "threw out", "vented" ], "near synonyms":[ "eliminated", "evacuated", "excreted", "exuded", "oozed", "secreted", "ejected", "erupted", "gushed", "jetted", "outpoured", "poured", "spewed", "spouted", "sprayed", "spurted", "squirted" ], "near antonyms":[ "absorbed", "inhaled", "soaked (up)", "sponged", "sucked (up)", "took up" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "radiantly":{ "in a manner marked by the shining or reflecting of much light":{ "examples":[ "under a radiantly clear sky, we raised our anchor and set off on a carefree cruise" ], "synonyms":[ "bright", "brightly", "brilliantly", "dazzlingly", "fulgently", "glowingly", "incandescently", "lambently", "luminously", "lustrously", "splendidly" ], "near synonyms":[ "blazingly", "burningly", "flamingly", "blindingly", "flaringly", "flickeringly", "glaringly", "glitteringly", "opalescently", "pellucidly" ], "near antonyms":[ "darkly", "duskily", "gloomily", "murkily", "obscurely", "somberly", "cloudily", "shadily", "shadowily" ], "antonyms":[ "dimly", "dully" ] }, "type":[ "adverb" ] }, "radiancy":{ "as in glow , radiance":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "glow", "radiance", "balminess", "mildness", "temperateness", "heat", "hotness", "stuffiness", "sultriness", "torridity", "torridness", "lukewarmness", "tepidity", "tepidness", "warmness", "warmth" ], "near antonyms":[ "chill", "chilliness", "coolness", "bitterness", "bleakness", "cold", "coldness", "frigidity", "frigidness", "frostiness", "iciness", "rawness", "sharpness", "frost" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "radicalness":{ "as in extremism":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "extremism", "unconstraint", "unrestraint", "irrationality", "unreasonableness", "extremeness", "extremity", "insobriety", "excess", "superfluity", "excessiveness", "immoderacy", "immoderateness", "immoderation", "intemperance", "intemperateness" ], "near antonyms":[ "moderateness", "moderation", "temperance", "temperateness", "constraint", "control", "discipline", "restraint", "self-control", "self-discipline", "middle-of-the-roadism" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "radius":{ "as in diameter":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "diameter", "equator", "perimeter", "periphery", "waistline", "ambit", "circuit", "compass", "circumference", "girth" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "radiologist":{ "as in pediatrician , dermatologist":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "anesthesiologist", "dermatologist", "gynecologist", "internist", "neurologist", "ob-gyn", "obstetrician", "ophthalmologist", "optometrist", "orthopedist", "pathologist", "pediatrician", "pediatrist", "physiatrist", "podiatrist", "urologist", "croaker", "doc", "doctor", "medic", "medico", "physician", "sawbones", "family doctor", "family physician", "family practitioner", "general practitioner", "attending", "clinician", "hospitalist", "specialist", "plastic surgeon", "surgeon", "intern", "interne", "resident", "aidman", "nurse", "nurse-practitioner", "EMT", "paramedic", "paramedical" ], "near antonyms":[ "nondoctor", "nonphysician" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "radiances":{ "the steady giving off of the form of radiation that makes vision possible":{ "examples":[ "had a dream in which she was steadily moving down a dark tunnel toward a radiance at the far end" ], "synonyms":[ "blazes", "flares", "fluorescences", "glares", "gleams", "glows", "illuminations", "incandescences", "lights", "luminescences", "shines" ], "near synonyms":[ "flashes", "glimmers", "glints", "glitters", "scintillations", "shimmers", "sparkles", "twinkles", "daylights", "moonlights", "sunlights", "sunshines", "afterglows", "aureoles", "aureolae", "auroras", "aurorae", "beams", "halos", "haloes", "rays", "shafts", "streaks", "streams", "sunbeams", "glistens", "glosses", "lusters", "lustres", "polishes", "reflections", "sheens" ], "near antonyms":[ "darks", "dusks", "glooms", "nights", "shadows" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "radicalisms":{ "as in socialisms":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "socialisms", "leftisms", "lefts", "left wings", "liberalisms", "neoliberalisms" ], "near antonyms":[ "neoconservatisms", "conservatisms", "illiberalisms", "immobilisms", "rights" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "raddled":{ "suffering from mental confusion":{ "examples":[ "trying to explain a mix-up in my mail order to a clearly raddled clerk in customer service" ], "synonyms":[ "addle", "addled", "addlepated", "bedeviled", "befogged", "befuddled", "bemused", "bewildered", "bushed", "confounded", "confused", "dazed", "distracted", "dizzy", "dopey", "dopy", "fogged", "mixed-up", "muddleheaded", "muzzy", "pixilated", "pixillated", "punch-drunk", "punchy", "shell-shocked", "silly", "slaphappy", "spaced-out", "spaced", "spacey", "spacy", "stunned", "stupefied", "zonked", "zonked-out" ], "near synonyms":[ "senseless", "unconscious" ], "near antonyms":[ "alert", "conscious" ], "antonyms":[ "clearheaded" ] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "radically":{ "as in completely , entirely":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "absolutely", "altogether", "completely", "downright", "entirely", "flat-out", "fully", "positively", "purely", "thoroughly", "totally", "utterly", "wholly", "categorically", "cold", "hands down", "plain", "stone", "stone-cold", "unqualifiedly", "assuredly", "certainly", "indeed", "indisputably", "indubitably", "realistically", "undoubtedly", "unquestionably", "veritably", "admittedly", "forsooth", "frankly", "honestly", "really", "truly", "truthfully", "verily", "basically", "by and large", "chiefly", "generally", "largely", "mainly", "more or less", "mostly", "overall", "predominantly", "predominately", "primarily", "principally", "substantially", "abundantly", "copiously", "generously", "greatly", "all", "all of", "all over", "clean", "dead", "enough", "entire", "even", "exactly", "fast", "flat", "full", "heartily", "out", "perfectly", "plumb", "quite", "soundly", "through and through", "well", "wide" ], "near antonyms":[ "barely", "hardly", "just", "kind of", "marginally", "minimally", "scarcely", "slightly", "superficially", "approximately", "roughly", "somewhat", "half", "halfway", "incompletely", "part", "partially", "partly" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adverb" ] }, "radiologists":{ "as in pediatricians , dermatologists":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "anesthesiologists", "dermatologists", "gynecologists", "internists", "neurologists", "ob-gyns", "obstetricians", "ophthalmologists", "optometrists", "orthopedists", "pathologists", "pediatricians", "pediatrists", "physiatrists", "podiatrists", "urologists", "croakers", "docs", "doctors", "medicos", "medics", "physicians", "sawbones", "sawboneses", "family doctors", "family physicians", "family practitioners", "general practitioners", "attendings", "clinicians", "hospitalists", "specialists", "plastic surgeons", "surgeons", "interns", "internes", "residents", "aidmen", "nurse-practitioners", "nurses", "EMTs", "paramedics", "paramedicals" ], "near antonyms":[ "nondoctors", "nonphysicians" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "radiate":{ "to extend outwards from or as if from a central point":{ "examples":[ "the heat radiating from the fire", "the spokes of a bicycle wheel radiate from the hub towards the rim" ], "synonyms":[ "branch", "fan (out)", "ray" ], "near synonyms":[ "diffuse", "dispel", "disperse", "dissipate", "fork", "stem", "diverge", "divide", "part", "ramify", "separate", "split", "uncouple", "unlink", "unyoke", "scatter", "splay", "spread", "arise", "derive", "emanate", "flow", "issue", "proceed", "spring" ], "near antonyms":[ "approach", "close in (on)", "near", "center (on)", "centralize", "connect", "couple", "join", "link", "unite" ], "antonyms":[ "concentrate", "converge", "focus", "funnel", "meet" ] }, "to emit rays of light":{ "examples":[ "fireflies give off their light by means of a chemical reaction that causes their abdomens to radiate" ], "synonyms":[ "beam", "ray", "shine" ], "near synonyms":[ "blaze", "burn", "fire", "flame", "gleam", "glimmer", "glint", "glisten", "glister", "glitter", "glow", "luminesce", "sheen", "shimmer", "blink", "coruscate", "flare", "flash", "flicker", "luster", "lustre", "scintillate", "spangle", "sparkle", "twinkle", "wink", "winkle", "beat (down)", "glare", "brighten", "illuminate", "illumine", "irradiate", "light", "lighten", "bedazzle", "blind", "daze", "dazzle" ], "near antonyms":[ "blacken", "darken", "lower", "lour" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to throw or give off":{ "examples":[ "the sun radiates tiny amounts of energy in the form of microwaves" ], "synonyms":[ "cast", "discharge", "emanate", "emit", "evolve", "exhale", "expel", "expire", "give out", "irradiate", "issue", "release", "send (out)", "shoot", "throw out", "vent" ], "near synonyms":[ "eliminate", "evacuate", "excrete", "exude", "ooze", "secrete", "eject", "erupt", "gush", "jet", "outpour", "pour", "spew", "spout", "spray", "spurt", "squirt" ], "near antonyms":[ "absorb", "inhale", "soak (up)", "sponge", "suck (up)", "take up" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "radical":{ "being very far from the center of public opinion":{ "examples":[ "the baggy trousers that Amelia Bloomer introduced in the 1850s were considered a radical form of dress for women at the time" ], "synonyms":[ "extreme", "extremist", "fanatic", "fanatical", "rabid", "revolutionary", "revolutionist", "ultra" ], "near synonyms":[ "subversive", "violent", "wild", "reactionary" ], "near antonyms":[ "conservative", "moderate", "temperate", "conventional", "orthodox", "traditional", "liberal", "progressive" ], "antonyms":[ "middle-of-the-road", "nonrevolutionary", "unrevolutionary" ] }, "not bound by traditional ways or beliefs":{ "examples":[ "radical proponents of spelling reform would have every word spelled \"just the way it sounds\"" ], "synonyms":[ "broad-minded", "liberal", "nonconventional", "nonorthodox", "nontraditional", "open-minded", "progressive", "unconventional", "unorthodox" ], "near synonyms":[ "advanced", "contemporary", "modern", "forbearing", "indulgent", "large-minded", "lenient", "permissive", "tolerant", "extreme", "impartial", "objective", "unbiased" ], "near antonyms":[ "hard", "rigid", "strict", "doctrinal", "dogmatic", "dogmatical", "bigoted", "blinkered", "intolerant", "narrow-minded", "reactionary", "unreconstructed" ], "antonyms":[ "conservative", "conventional", "hidebound", "nonprogressive", "old-fashioned", "orthodox", "stodgy", "traditional" ] }, "of the very best kind":{ "examples":[ "surfing conditions at virtually all of the beaches along the coast were truly radical" ], "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", "par excellence", "peachy", "peachy keen", "phat", "prime", "primo", "prize", "prizewinning", "quality", "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" ] }, "a person who favors rapid and sweeping changes especially in laws and methods of government":{ "examples":[ "radicals staged large, violent protests in the hopes of toppling the government" ], "synonyms":[ "crazy", "extremist", "revolutionary", "revolutionist" ], "near synonyms":[ "young Turk", "leftist", "lefty", "red", "progressive", "reformer", "reformist", "anarch", "anarchist", "subversive", "agitator", "insurgent", "insurrectionist", "rebel", "secessionist", "separationist", "separatist" ], "near antonyms":[ "conservative", "fuddy-duddy", "reactionary", "rightist", "standpatter", "Tory", "traditionalist" ], "antonyms":[ "middle-of-the-roader", "moderate" ] }, "type":[ "adjective", "noun" ] }, "radiates":{ "to extend outwards from or as if from a central point":{ "examples":[ "the heat radiating from the fire", "the spokes of a bicycle wheel radiate from the hub towards the rim" ], "synonyms":[ "branches", "fans (out)", "rays" ], "near synonyms":[ "diffuses", "dispels", "disperses", "dissipates", "forks", "stems", "diverges", "divides", "parts", "ramifies", "separates", "splits", "uncouples", "unlinks", "unyokes", "scatters", "splays", "spreads", "arises", "derives", "emanates", "flows", "issues", "proceeds", "springs" ], "near antonyms":[ "approaches", "closes in (on)", "nears", "centers (on)", "centralizes", "connects", "couples", "joins", "links", "unites" ], "antonyms":[ "concentrates", "converges", "focuses", "focusses", "funnels", "meets" ] }, "to emit rays of light":{ "examples":[ "fireflies give off their light by means of a chemical reaction that causes their abdomens to radiate" ], "synonyms":[ "beams", "rays", "shines" ], "near synonyms":[ "blazes", "burns", "fires", "flames", "gleams", "glimmers", "glints", "glistens", "glisters", "glitters", "glows", "luminesces", "sheens", "shimmers", "blinks", "coruscates", "flares", "flashes", "flickers", "lusters", "lustres", "scintillates", "spangles", "sparkles", "twinkles", "winkles", "winks", "beats (down)", "glares", "brightens", "illuminates", "illumines", "irradiates", "lightens", "lights", "bedazzles", "blinds", "dazes", "dazzles" ], "near antonyms":[ "blackens", "darkens", "lowers", "lours" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to throw or give off":{ "examples":[ "the sun radiates tiny amounts of energy in the form of microwaves" ], "synonyms":[ "casts", "discharges", "emanates", "emits", "evolves", "exhales", "expels", "expires", "gives out", "irradiates", "issues", "releases", "sends (out)", "shoots", "throws out", "vents" ], "near synonyms":[ "eliminates", "evacuates", "excretes", "exudes", "oozes", "secretes", "ejects", "erupts", "gushes", "jets", "outpours", "pours", "spews", "spouts", "sprays", "spurts", "squirts" ], "near antonyms":[ "absorbs", "inhales", "soaks (up)", "sponges", "sucks (up)", "takes up" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "radii":{ "as in diameters":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "diameters", "equators", "perimeters", "peripheries", "waistlines", "ambits", "circuits", "compasses", "circumferences", "girths" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "radiomen":{ "as in hams , CBers":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "CBers", "hams", "anchormen", "anchorpeople", "anchors", "anchorwomen", "newscasters", "hucksters", "pitchmen", "disc jockeys", "disk jockeys", "DJs", "shock jocks", "veejays", "VJs", "mistresses of ceremonies", "announcers", "emcees", "hosts", "MCs" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "radicals":{ "a person who favors rapid and sweeping changes especially in laws and methods of government":{ "examples":[ "radicals staged large, violent protests in the hopes of toppling the government" ], "synonyms":[ "crazies", "extremists", "revolutionaries", "revolutionists" ], "near synonyms":[ "young Turks", "lefties", "leftists", "reds", "progressives", "reformers", "reformists", "anarchists", "anarchs", "subversives", "agitators", "insurgents", "insurrectionists", "rebels", "secessionists", "separationists", "separatists" ], "near antonyms":[ "conservatives", "fuddy-duddies", "reactionaries", "rightists", "standpatters", "Tories", "traditionalists" ], "antonyms":[ "middle-of-the-roaders", "moderates" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "radicalism":{ "as in socialism":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "socialism", "left", "leftism", "left wing", "liberalism", "neoliberalism" ], "near antonyms":[ "neoconservatism", "conservatism", "illiberalism", "immobilism", "right" ], "antonyms":[] }, "as in extremism , irrationality":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "extremism", "irrationality", "unreasonableness", "excess", "excessiveness", "exorbitance", "immoderacy", "immoderation", "insobriety", "intemperance", "intemperateness", "nimiety", "extravagance", "prodigality" ], "near antonyms":[ "moderateness", "moderation", "temperance", "temperateness" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "radiuses":{ "as in diameters":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "diameters", "equators", "perimeters", "peripheries", "waistlines", "ambits", "circuits", "compasses", "circumferences", "girths" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "radiating":{ "to extend outwards from or as if from a central point":{ "examples":[ "the heat radiating from the fire", "the spokes of a bicycle wheel radiate from the hub towards the rim" ], "synonyms":[ "branching", "fanning (out)", "raying" ], "near synonyms":[ "diffusing", "dispelling", "dispersing", "dissipating", "forking", "stemming", "diverging", "dividing", "parting", "ramifying", "separating", "splitting", "uncoupling", "unlinking", "unyoking", "scattering", "splaying", "spreading", "arising", "deriving", "emanating", "flowing", "issuing", "proceeding", "springing" ], "near antonyms":[ "approaching", "closing in (on)", "nearing", "centering (on)", "centralizing", "connecting", "coupling", "joining", "linking", "uniting" ], "antonyms":[ "concentrating", "converging", "focusing", "focussing", "funneling", "funnelling", "meeting" ] }, "to emit rays of light":{ "examples":[ "fireflies give off their light by means of a chemical reaction that causes their abdomens to radiate" ], "synonyms":[ "beaming", "raying", "shining" ], "near synonyms":[ "blazing", "burning", "firing", "flaming", "gleaming", "glimmering", "glinting", "glistening", "glistering", "glittering", "glowing", "luminescing", "sheening", "shimmering", "blinking", "coruscating", "flaring", "flashing", "flickering", "lustering", "lustring", "scintillating", "spangling", "sparkling", "twinkling", "winking", "winkling", "beating (down)", "glaring", "brightening", "illuminating", "illumining", "irradiating", "lightening", "lighting", "bedazzling", "blinding", "dazing", "dazzling" ], "near antonyms":[ "blackening", "darkening", "lowering", "louring" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to throw or give off":{ "examples":[ "the sun radiates tiny amounts of energy in the form of microwaves" ], "synonyms":[ "casting", "discharging", "emanating", "emitting", "evolving", "exhaling", "expelling", "expiring", "giving out", "irradiating", "issuing", "releasing", "sending (out)", "shooting", "throwing out", "venting" ], "near synonyms":[ "eliminating", "evacuating", "excreting", "exuding", "oozing", "secreting", "ejecting", "erupting", "gushing", "jetting", "outpouring", "pouring", "spewing", "spouting", "spraying", "spurting", "squirting" ], "near antonyms":[ "absorbing", "inhaling", "soaking (up)", "sponging", "sucking (up)", "taking up" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "radiancies":{ "as in brilliances , radiances":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "brilliances", "luminosities", "radiances", "refulgences", "iridescences", "luminescences", "illuminations", "irradiations", "blinks", "flickers", "sparkles", "twinkles", "glares", "gleams", "glimmers", "glints", "glistens", "glows", "shimmers", "burnishes", "glosses", "luminances", "lusters", "lustres", "polishes", "sheens", "shines", "finishes", "glazes" ], "near antonyms":[ "glooms", "obscurities" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "radioman":{ "as in ham , CBer":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "CBer", "ham", "anchor", "anchorman", "anchorperson", "anchorwoman", "newscaster", "huckster", "pitchman", "disc jockey", "disk jockey", "DJ", "shock jock", "veejay", "VJ", "mistress of ceremonies", "announcer", "emcee", "host", "MC" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] } }