{ "oscillate":{ "to continuously change from one belief, feeling, or condition to an opposite one":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "The model's hair color oscillates between bleach blond and jet black." ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "to move back and forth in a rhythmic manner":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "When a guitar string is plucked, it oscillates to produce sound waves in the air." ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "oscillation":{ "a series of slight movements by a body back and forth or from side to side":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "the precise oscillations of the quartz crystal that allows a quartz watch to keep such accurate time" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "juddering", "quaking", "rocking", "jiggle", "palpitation", "quiver", "shake", "shiver", "shudder", "tremble", "tremor", "twitch" ], "synonyms":[ "jiggling", "quivering", "shaking", "shivering", "shuddering", "trembling", "twitching", "vibration" ] }, "the frequent and usually sudden passing from one condition to another":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "fickle springtime weather in which there seemed to be an unceasing oscillation between unseasonable heat and unseasonable cold" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "metamorphosis", "mutation", "transformation", "transmogrification", "transmutation", "vacillation", "wavering" ], "synonyms":[ "change", "fluctuation", "flux", "inconstancy" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "ostensible":{ "appearing to be true on the basis of evidence that may or may not be confirmed":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "the ostensible reason for the meeting turned out to be a trick to get him to the surprise party" ], "near antonyms":[ "hidden", "inapparent", "implausible", "impossible", "improbable", "inconceivable", "unlikely", "actual", "authenticated", "confirmed", "corroborated", "established", "genuine", "real", "substantiated", "sure", "valid", "validated", "verified" ], "related":[ "demonstrable", "external", "outward", "superficial", "visible", "conceivable", "plausible", "possible", "supposable", "likely", "probable", "clear", "distinct", "manifest", "obvious", "plain", "deceptive", "delusive", "delusory", "illusive", "illusory", "imaginary", "misleading", "specious", "fake", "faked", "feigned", "phony", "phoney", "pretended", "pseudo", "put-on", "alleged", "claimed", "professed", "purported", "so-called" ], "synonyms":[ "apparent", "assumed", "evident", "ostensive", "presumed", "prima facie", "putative", "reputed", "seeming", "supposed" ] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "ostracizes":{ "to not allow (someone) to be included in a group; to exclude (someone) from a group":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "She was ostracized by the scientific community for many years because of her radical political beliefs.", "The other girls ostracized her because of the way she dressed." ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "osculate":{ "as in smack , French-kiss":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "related":[], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] } }