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"prizes", "pulls", "roots (out)", "uproots", "wrests", "wrings", "yanks" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "tears down":{ "to bring to a complete end the physical soundness, existence, or usefulness of":{ "antonyms":[ "builds", "constructs", "erects", "puts up", "raises", "rears", "sets up" ], "examples":[ "vandals tore down the wooden fence blocking the entrance to the beach" ], "near antonyms":[ "doctors", "fixes", "mends", "patches", "reconditions", "repairs", "revamps", "creates", "invents", "assembles", "fabricates", "fashions", "forges", "forms", "frames", "makes", "manufactures", "molds", "produces", "shapes", "brings about", "constitutes", "establishes", "fathers", "founds", "institutes", "organizes", "conserves", "preserves", "protects", "saves", "rebuilds", "reconstructs", "remodels", "renovates", "restores" ], "related":[ "beats", "bests", "clobbers", "conquers", "crushes", "defeats", "drubs", "licks", "masters", "overbears", "overcomes", "overmatches", "prevails (over)", "routs", 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"staggering", "stupendous", "towering", "boundless", "cavernous", "immeasurable", "infinite", "vast", "vasty", "voluminous" ], "related":[ "baby", "diminutive", "dwarf", "elfin", "half-pint", "Lilliputian", "little", "micro", "mini", "minikin", "model", "petite", "pocket", "pocket-size", "pocket-sized", "pygmy", "small", "smallish", "dinky", "dwarfish", "insignificant", "pint-size", "pint-sized", "puny", "scrubby", "undersized", "undersize" ], "synonyms":[ "atomic", "bitsy", "bitty", "infinitesimal", "itty-bitty", "itsy-bitsy", "little bitty", "microminiature", "microscopic", "microscopical", "miniature", "minuscule", "minute", "teensy", "teeny", "teeny-weeny", "tiny", "wee", "weeny", "weensy" ] } }, "teenybopper":{ "as in":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "teenyboppers":{ "as in":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "teetotaller":{ "a person who 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"concentrates", "consolidates", "simplifies", "streamlines", "decreases", "diminishes", "lessens" ], "synonyms":[ "capsules", "capsulizes", "collapses", "compacts", "compresses", "condenses", "constricts", "constringes", "contracts", "narrows (down)", "squeezes" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "tell (on)":{ "to act upon (a person or a person's feelings) so as to cause a response":{ "examples":[ "the pressure of final exams is beginning to tell on the students in the dorm" ], "synonyms":[ "affect", "impact", "impress", "influence", "move", "reach", "strike", "sway", "touch" ], "near synonyms":[ "carry away", "dazzle", "enrapture", "entrance", "enthrall", "enthral", "ravish", "transport", "bias", "color", "inspire", "stir", "engage", "interest", "involve", "penetrate", "pierce", "afflict", "agitate", "bother", "concern", "discomfort", "discompose", "disquiet", "distress", "disturb", "fluster", "harass", "harry", "perturb", "pester", "plague", "smite", "strain", "stress", "trouble", "try", "upset", "worry", "wring", "allure", "attract", "bewitch", "captivate", "charm", "enchant", "fascinate" ], "near antonyms":[ "bore", "jade", "pall", "tire", "weary", "underwhelm" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to give information (as to the authorities) about another's improper or unlawful activities":{ "examples":[ "detectives convinced the perpetrators in custody to tell on their associates" ], "synonyms":[ "fink", "grass (on)", "inform", "rat (on)", "sing", "snitch", "split (on)", "squeak", "squeal", "talk" ], "near synonyms":[ "betray", "give away", "turn in", "backstab", "cross", "double-cross", "sell (out)", "two-time", "blab", "tattle", "tip (off)" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "tell off":{ "as in chew out , rail (at or against)":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "temerity":{ "shameless boldness":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "she had the temerity to ask me if she could borrow some money even though she never repaid the last loan" ], "near antonyms":[ "bashfulness", "diffidence", "faintheartedness", "hesitancy", "modesty", "shyness", "timidity", "timidness", "timorousness", "civility", "courteousness", "courtesy", "gentility", "graciousness", "mannerliness", "manners" ], "related":[ "arrogance", "assurance", "cockiness", "confidence", "hardihood", "overconfidence", "sanguinity", "self-assurance", "self-confidence", "discourteousness", "disrespect", "impertinence", "impoliteness", "impudence", "incivility", "inconsiderateness", "inconsideration", "insolence", "rudeness", "ungraciousness", "back talk", "sass", "swagger", "swash" ], "synonyms":[ "audaciousness", "audacity", "brashness", "brass", "brassiness", "brazenness", "cheek", "cheekiness", "chutzpah", "chutzpa", "hutzpah", "hutzpa", "crust", "effrontery", "face", "gall", "nerve", "nerviness", "pertness", "presumption", "presumptuousness", "sauce", "sauciness" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "tempera":{ "as in":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "temperance":{ "an avoidance of extremes in one's actions, beliefs, or habits":{ "antonyms":[ "excessiveness", "immoderacy", "immoderateness", "immoderation", "intemperance", "intemperateness" ], "examples":[ "my father attributes his ripe old age to temperance in all things, especially eating and drinking" ], "near antonyms":[ "excess", "superfluity", "extremeness", "extremity", "unconstraint", "unrestraint", "extremism", "radicalness", "irrationality", "unreasonableness", "insobriety" ], "related":[ "constraint", "control", "discipline", "restraint", "self-control", "self-discipline", "middle-of-the-roadism", "asceticism", "austerity", "frugality", "mortification", "sacrifice", "self-command", "self-containment", "self-denial", "self-mastery", "abnegation", "abstention", "avoidance", "eschewal", "forbearance", "rationality", "rationalness", "reasonability", "reasonableness", "sensibility", "sensibleness", "abstinence", "soberness", "sobriety", "teetotalism" ], "synonyms":[ "moderateness", "moderation", "temperateness" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ], "voluntary restraint in the satisfaction of one's appetites":{ "antonyms":[ "self-indulgence" ], "examples":[ "practices a blue-blooded temperance that his parvenu neighbors will never understand" ], "near antonyms":[ "gluttony", "greed", "rapaciousness", "rapacity", "voraciousness", "voracity", "hedonism", "sensuality", "sybaritism" ], "related":[ "control", "forbearance", "restraint", "discipline", "self-command", "self-control", "self-discipline", "self-mastery", "asceticism", "austerity" ], "synonyms":[ "abstinence", "continence", "self-abnegation", "self-denial", "sobriety" ] } }, "tempt":{ "to lead away from a usual or proper course by offering some pleasure or advantage":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "that chocolate dessert sure tempts me, but I should stick with my diet" ], "near antonyms":[ "alert", "caution", "forewarn", "ward (off)", "warn", "drive (away or off)", "repulse", "turn away" ], "related":[ "draw in", "inveigle", "persuade", "rope (in)", "snow", "catch", "enmesh", "immesh", "ensnare", "entrap", "mesh", "snare", "tangle", "trap", "bewitch", "captivate", "charm", "enchant", "fascinate", "magnetize", "wile" ], "synonyms":[ "allure", "bait", "beguile", "betray", "decoy", "entice", "lead on", "lure", "seduce", "solicit" ] }, "to take a chance on":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "refusing to lay in enough food for the long winter tempts the dangers of starvation" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "beard", "brave", "brazen", "breast", "challenge", "confront", "dare", "defy", "face", "outbrave", "compromise", "endanger", "imperil", "jeopardize", "menace", "expose", "subject", "bet (on)", "wager" ], "synonyms":[ "adventure", "chance", "gamble (on)", "hazard", "risk", "venture" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "tempted":{ "to lead away from a usual or proper course by offering some pleasure or advantage":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "that chocolate dessert sure tempts me, but I should stick with my diet" ], "near antonyms":[ "alerted", "cautioned", "forewarned", "warded (off)", "warned", "drove (away or off)", "repulsed", "turned away" ], "related":[ "drew in", "inveigled", "persuaded", "roped (in)", "snowed", "caught", "enmeshed", "immeshed", "ensnared", "entrapped", "meshed", "snared", "tangled", "trapped", "bewitched", "captivated", "charmed", "enchanted", "fascinated", "magnetized", "wiled" ], "synonyms":[ "allured", "baited", "beguiled", "betrayed", "decoyed", "enticed", "led on", "lured", "seduced", "solicited" ] }, "to take a chance on":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "refusing to lay in enough food for the long winter tempts the dangers of starvation" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "bearded", "braved", "brazened", "breasted", "challenged", "confronted", "dared", "defied", "faced", "outbraved", "compromised", "endangered", "imperiled", "imperilled", "jeopardized", "menaced", "exposed", "subjected", "bet (on)", "betted (on)", "wagered" ], "synonyms":[ "adventured", "chanced", "gambled (on)", "hazarded", "risked", "ventured" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "tenaciousness":{ "ability or willingness to carry on despite danger, difficulty, or obstacle":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "Only those with supreme tenaciousness will be able to complete this epic trek through an unforgiving landscape." ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "tenancy":{ "as in tenantry":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "tenantry":{ "as in tenancy":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "tenderfeet":{ "a person who is just starting out in a field of activity":{ "antonyms":[ "old hands", "old-timers", "veterans", "vets" ], "examples":[ "skateboarders who are tenderfeet will inevitably fall as they learn their first moves" ], "near antonyms":[ "experts", "masters", "professionals", "pros" ], "related":[ "boots", "amateurs", "dabblers", "dilettantes", "dilettanti", "learners", "students", "trainees", "candidates", "entrants", "probationers" ], "synonyms":[ "abecedarians", "apprentices", "babes", "beginners", "colts", "cubs", "fledglings", "freshmen", "greenhorns", "neophytes", "newbies", "newcomers", "novices", "novitiates", "punks", "recruits", "rookies", "rooks", "tyros", "virgins" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "tending (to)":{ "as in":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "tenebrific":{ "being without light or without much light":{ "antonyms":[ "bright", "brightened", "brilliant", "illuminated", "illumined", "light", "lit", "lighted", "lightsome", "lucent", "lucid", "luminous" ], "examples":[ "a man unexpectedly emerged from the tenebrific shadows of the cave" ], "near antonyms":[ "ablaze", "agleam", "aglitter", "alight", "beaming", "beamy", "effulgent", "glaring", "glowing", "incandescent", "lambent", "radiant", "relucent", "resplendent", "shining", "sparkling", "ultrabright", "glossy", "lustrous", "shiny", "floodlit", "floodlighted", "highlighted", "spotlighted", "spotlit", "moonlit", "moony", "starlit", "sunlit" ], "related":[ "crepuscular", "twilit", "moonless", "starless", "sunless", "cloudy", "dull", "dulled", "lackluster", "shadowlike", "shadowy", "shady", "gray", "grey", "leaden", "pale", "beclouded", "befogged", "clouded", "foggy", "fuliginous", "misty", "smoggy", "soupy" ], "synonyms":[ "black", "caliginous", "dark", "darkened", "darkish", "darkling", "darksome", "dim", "dimmed", "dusk", "dusky", "gloomy", "lightless", "murky", "obscure", "obscured", "pitch-black", "pitch-dark", "pitchy", "rayless", "somber", "sombre", "stygian", "tenebrous", "unlit" ] }, "causing or marked by an atmosphere lacking in cheer":{ "antonyms":[ "bright", "cheerful", "cheering", "cheery", "comforting", "cordial", "festive", "friendly", "gay", "heartwarming", "sunshiny" ], "examples":[ "soldiers who had lived for months in the tenebrific trenches that stretched along the western front" ], "near antonyms":[ "blithe", "blithesome", "buoyant", "gay", "jocund", "jolly", "joyful", "joyous", "merry", "mirthful", "encouraging", "hopeful", "optimistic", "lighthearted", "lightsome" ], "related":[ "blue", "dejected", "depressed", "despondent", "down", "droopy", "hangdog", "inconsolable", "low", "melancholic", "melancholy", "mirthless", "sad", "unhappy", "woebegone", "woeful", "dim", "discomfiting", "discouraging", "disheartening", "dismaying", "dispiriting", "distressful", "distressing", "upsetting", "desperate", "hopeless", "pessimistic", "lamentable", "mournful", "plaintive", "sorrowful", "colorless", "drab", "dull", "dour", "grim", "lowering", "louring", "lowery", "loury", "menacing", "negative", "oppressive", "threatening" ], "synonyms":[ "black", "bleak", "cheerless", "chill", "Cimmerian", "cloudy", "cold", "comfortless", "dark", "darkening", "depressing", "depressive", "desolate", "dire", "disconsolate", "dismal", "drear", "dreary", "dreich", "elegiac", "elegiacal", "forlorn", "funereal", "gloomy", "glum", "godforsaken", "gray", "grey", "lonely", "lonesome", "lugubrious", "miserable", "morbid", "morose", "murky", "plutonian", "saturnine", "sepulchral", "solemn", "somber", "sombre", "sullen", "sunless", "tenebrous", "wretched" ] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "tenement":{ "a room or set of rooms in a private house or a block used as a separate dwelling place":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "an exhibit of pictures showing the tenements of the New York City neighborhood of Hell's Kitchen during the 1920s" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "bed-sitter", "bedsit", "bed-sitting-room", "cohousing", "condo", "condominium", "duplex", "duplex apartment", "efficiency", "efficiency apartment", "flatlet", "floor-through", "garden apartment", "granny flat", "maisonette", "penthouse", "railroad flat", "salon", "saloon", "studio", "studio apartment", "triplex", "walk-up", "gallery", "wing", "apartment building", "apartment house", "tenement house" ], "synonyms":[ "apartment", "diggings", "digs", "flat", "lodgings", "suite" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "tenuous":{ "lacking strength, permanence, or resilience":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "The countries formed a tenuous political alliance.", "The moon has a tenuous atmosphere that frequently fluctuates in thickness." ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[ "eggshell", "flimsy", "insubstantial", "slight", "unsubstantial", "breakable", "delicate", "fragile", "frail", "frangible", "dainty", "fine", "gossamer", "dodgy", "doubtable", "doubtful", "dubious", "dubitable", "problematic", "problematical", "questionable", "shady", "shaky", "suspect", "suspicious", "uncertain" ] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "tenures":{ "a fixed period of time during which a person holds a job or position":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "during his tenure as president the college experienced steady growth" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "shifts", "watches", "goes", "turns", "durations", "standings", "times", "cycles", "spans", "spells", "stretches", "life spans", "lifetimes", "lives", "runs" ], "synonyms":[ "hitches", "stints", "terms", "tours" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "terminating":{ "following all others of the same kind in order or time":{ "antonyms":[ "beginning", "earliest", "first", "foremost", "headmost", "inaugural", "initial", "leadoff", "maiden", "opening", "original", "pioneer", "primary", "starting" ], "examples":[ "the terminating speech of the political convention turned out to be the most inspiring" ], "near antonyms":[ "eminent", "premier", "superior" ], "related":[ "consequent", "ensuing", "eventual", "following", "succeeding", "conclusive", "crowning", "decisive", "definitive", "farthermost", "farthest", "furthermost", "furthest", "remotest", "lowermost", "lowest", "nethermost", "endmost", "extreme", "outermost", "outmost", "utmost", "penultimate" ], "synonyms":[ "bottommost", "closing", "concluding", "final", "hindmost", "lag", "last", "latest", "latter", "rearmost", "terminal", "ultimate" ] }, "to bring (an event) to a natural or appropriate stopping point":{ "antonyms":[ "beginning", "commencing", "inaugurating", "opening", "starting" ], "examples":[ "we need to terminate the discussion for this evening, but we'll resume tomorrow morning" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "climaxing", "crowning", "consummating", "perfecting", "halting", "stopping", "suspending" ], "synonyms":[ "closing", "closing out", "completing", "concluding", "ending", "finishing", "rounding (off or out)", "winding up", "wrapping up" ] }, "to come to an end":{ "antonyms":[ "continuing", "hanging on", "persisting" ], "examples":[ "this class will terminate with the arrival of Memorial Day" ], "near antonyms":[ "drawing out", "extending", "prolonging", "protracting" ], "related":[ "desisting (from)", "laying off (of)", "refraining (from)", "giving over", "knocking off", "packing (up or in)", "breaking down", "conking (out)", "cutting out", "stalling", "pausing", "staying", "suspending", "abating", "petering (out)", "winding down" ], "synonyms":[ "breaking off", "breaking up", "ceasing", "closing", "concluding", "dead-ending", "determining", "discontinuing", "dying", "elapsing", "ending", "expiring", "finishing", "going", "halting", "lapsing", "leaving off", "letting up", "passing", "quitting", "stopping", "winding up", "winking (out)" ] }, "to let go from office, service, or employment":{ "antonyms":[ "employing", "engaging", "hiring", "retaining", "signing (up or on)", "taking on" ], "examples":[ "he was terminated for constantly coming in to work late" ], "near antonyms":[ "keeping", "reemploying", "re-employing", "rehiring", "contracting", "subcontracting", "recruiting" ], "related":[ "downsizing", "excessing", "furloughing", "laying off", "trimming", "booting (out)", "chucking (out)", "drumming (out)", "kicking out", "throwing out", "unseating", "separating" ], "synonyms":[ "axing", "bouncing", "canning", "cashiering", "discharging", "dismissing", "firing", "mustering out", "pink-slipping", "releasing", "removing", "retiring", "sacking", "turning off" ] }, "to mark the limits of":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "terminated the area set aside for the runners to change their clothes with a series of folding screens" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "controlling", "determining", "governing", "delineating", "describing" ], "synonyms":[ "bounding", "circumscribing", "defining", "delimiting", "demarcating", "demarking", "limiting", "marking (off)" ] }, "to put to death deliberately":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "the operative's covert mission was to terminate the leader of the opposition" ], "near antonyms":[ "animating", "raising", "restoring", "resurrecting", "resuscitating", "reviving" ], "related":[ "blowing away", "shooting", "shooting down", "blotting out", "carrying off", "claiming", "cutting down", "destroying", "felling", "killing", "smiting", "zapping", "butchering", "massacring", "mowing (down)", "slaughtering", "annihilating", "eliminating", "eradicating", "exterminating", "wiping out" ], "synonyms":[ "assassinating", "bumping off", "croaking", "dispatching", "doing in", "executing", "getting", "icing", "knocking off", "liquidating", "murdering", "neutralizing", "offing", "putting away", "rubbing out", "slaying", "snuffing", "taking out", "whacking" ] }, "type":[ "adjective", "verb" ] }, "termination":{ "a real or imaginary point beyond which a person or thing cannot go":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "I've reached the termination of my patience with you kids" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "extremity", "fag end", "terminus", "border", "brim", "edge", "margin", "rim", "verge", "outside", "bar", "barrier", "fence", "hedge", "restraint", "stop", "wall" ], "synonyms":[ "bound", "boundary", "cap", "ceiling", "confines", "end", "extent", "limit", "limitation", "line" ] }, "the act of ceasing to exist":{ "antonyms":[ "alpha", "beginning", "birth", "commencement", "creation", "dawn", "genesis", "inception", "incipience", "incipiency", "launch", "morning", "onset", "outset", "start" ], "examples":[ "feels that the voluntary termination of one's life should be left entirely up to the patient" ], "near antonyms":[ "existence", "persistence", "prolongation", "inauguration", "initiation", "institution", "origination" ], "related":[ "dispersion", "dissolution", "cessation", "close", "conclusion", "decease", "discontinuance", "doom", "end", "ending", "finish", "halt", "lapse", "passing", "quietus", "shutdown", "shutoff", "stop", "stoppage", "surcease", "suicide", "annihilation", "destruction", "ruin" ], "synonyms":[ "death", "demise", "expiration", "expiry" ] }, "the stopping of a process or activity":{ "antonyms":[ "continuance", "continuation" ], "examples":[ "at the termination of the movie, please throw away any empty food containers in the appropriate bins" ], "near antonyms":[ "extension", "persistence", "prolongation" ], "related":[ "mop-up", "phaseout", "abeyance", "break", "interruption", "layoff", "letup", "moratorium", "pause", "standstill", "suspension" ], "synonyms":[ "arrest", "arrestment", "cease", "cessation", "check", "close", "closedown", "closure", "conclusion", "cutoff", "discontinuance", "discontinuation", "end", "ending", "expiration", "finish", "halt", "lapse", "offset", "shutdown", "shutoff", "stay", "stop", "stoppage", "surcease" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "terminations":{ "a real or imaginary point beyond which a person or thing cannot go":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "I've reached the termination of my patience with you kids" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "extremities", "fag ends", "termini", "terminuses", "borders", "brims", "edges", "margins", "rims", "verges", "outsides", "barriers", "bars", "fences", "hedges", "restraints", "stops", "walls" ], "synonyms":[ "boundaries", "bounds", "caps", "ceilings", "confines", "ends", "extents", "limitations", "limits", "lines" ] }, "the act of ceasing to exist":{ "antonyms":[ "alphas", "beginnings", "births", "commencements", "creations", "dawns", "geneses", "inceptions", "incipiences", "incipiencies", "launches", "mornings", "onsets", "outsets", "starts" ], "examples":[ "feels that the voluntary termination of one's life should be left entirely up to the patient" ], "near antonyms":[ "existences", "persistences", "prolongations", "inaugurations", "initiations", "institutions", "originations" ], "related":[ "dispersions", "dissolutions", "cessations", "closes", "conclusions", "deceases", "discontinuances", "dooms", "endings", "ends", "finishes", "halts", "lapses", "passings", "quietuses", "shutdowns", "shutoffs", "stoppages", "stops", "surceases", "suicides", "annihilations", "destructions", "ruins" ], "synonyms":[ "deaths", "demises", "expirations", "expiries" ] }, "the stopping of a process or activity":{ "antonyms":[ "continuances", "continuations" ], "examples":[ "at the termination of the movie, please throw away any empty food containers in the appropriate bins" ], "near antonyms":[ "extensions", "persistences", "prolongations" ], "related":[ "mop-ups", "phaseouts", "abeyances", "breaks", "interruptions", "layoffs", "letups", "moratoriums", "moratoria", "pauses", "standstills", "suspensions" ], "synonyms":[ "arrestments", "arrests", "ceases", "cessations", "checks", "closedowns", "closes", "closures", "conclusions", "cutoffs", "discontinuances", "discontinuations", "endings", "ends", "expirations", "finishes", "halts", "lapses", "offsets", "shutdowns", "shutoffs", "stays", "stoppages", "stops", "surceases" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "terrified":{ "filled with fear or dread":{ "antonyms":[ "fearless", "unafraid" ], "examples":[ "terrified dogs hiding under the couch" ], "near antonyms":[ "adventuresome", "adventurous", "audacious", "bold", "daredevil", "daring", "dashing", "gutsy", "plucky", "spirited", "spunky", "venturesome", "venturous", "brave", "courageous", "gallant", "hardy", "heroic", "heroical", "intrepid", "lionhearted", "manful", "stalwart", "stout", "stouthearted", "valiant", "valorous", "assured", "collected", "composed", "confident", "cool", "sanguine", "sure", "unperturbed", "dauntless", "resolute", "undaunted" ], "related":[ "chicken", "fainthearted", "fearsome", "shrinking", "shy", "timid", "timorous", "tremulant", "tremulous", "agitated", "anxious", "apprehensive", "disconcerted", "disquieted", "disturbed", "funky", "jittery", "jumpy", "nervous", "panicked", "panicky", "panic-stricken", "perturbed", "skittish", "uneasy", "upset", "worried", "phobic", "appalled", "dismayed", "startled", "cowed", "daunted", "intimidated", "unnerved", "coward", "cowardly", "craven", "gutless", "lily-livered", "pusillanimous", "careful", "cautious", "heedful", "prudent", "unadventurous", "wary" ], "synonyms":[ "affrighted", "afraid", "aghast", "alarmed", "fearful", 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"type":[ "adjective", "noun" ] }, "tender":{ "easily injured without careful handling":{ "examples":[ "a tender wound", "tender plants that cannot take the cold", "tender pride that got bruised when his girlfriend dumped him" ], "synonyms":[ "delicate", "fragile", "frail", "sensitive" ], "near synonyms":[ "breakable", "brittle", "crushable", "eggshell", "frangible", "friable", "feeble", "flimsy", "puny", "slight", "soft", "tenuous", "weak", "nonhardy", "perishable", "resistless", "susceptible", "unresistant", "vulnerable", "yielding" ], "near antonyms":[ "durable", "firm", "flinty", "hard", "hardy", "resistant", "robust", "rugged", "solid", "sound", "stiff", "stout", "strong", "sturdy", "substantial", "infrangible", "nonbreakable", "unbreakable", "hardened", "inured", "strengthened", "tempered", "toughened" ], "antonyms":[ "tough" ] }, "feeling or showing love":{ "examples":[ "a tender embrace between father and daughter" ], "synonyms":[ "adoring", "affectionate", "devoted", "fond", "loving", "tenderhearted" ], "near synonyms":[ "caring", "compassionate", "considerate", "cordial", "doting", "forgiving", "friendly", "humane", "kind", "understanding", "warmhearted", "ardent", "fervent", "impassioned", "passionate", "warm", "amatory", "amorous", "erotic", "erotical", "enamored", "infatuated", "lovesick", "lovey-dovey", "mushy", "romantic", "sappy", "sentimental", "brotherly", "fatherly", "motherly", "sisterly" ], "near antonyms":[ "aloof", "antisocial", "cold-eyed", "cool", "detached", "distant", "dry", "frosty", "hard-hearted", "indifferent", "offish", "pitiless", "remote", "reserved", "standoffish", "unbending", "uncaring", "unfeeling", "disaffected", "unconcerned", "uninvolved", "cold", "frigid", "unfriendly", "callous", "cold-blooded", "hard-boiled", "heartless", "pitiless", "ruthless", "soulless", "unromantic", "unsentimental" ], "antonyms":[ "unloving" ] }, "having or marked by sympathy and consideration for others":{ "examples":[ "an especially tender teacher who loves having kids with special educational needs in her class" ], "synonyms":[ "beneficent", "benevolent", "benignant", "compassionate", "good-hearted", "humane", "kind", "kindhearted", "kindly", "softhearted", "sympathetic", "tenderhearted", "warmhearted" ], "near synonyms":[ "attentive", "considerate", "solicitous", "thoughtful", "affable", "amicable", "benign", "companionable", "comradely", "cordial", "friendly", "genial", "gentle", "good", "good-natured", "good-tempered", "gracious", "mild", "neighborly", "nice", "pleasant", "sweet", "warm", "clement", "forbearing", "forgiving", "lenient", "merciful", "soft", "patient", "pitying", "tolerant", "understanding", "altruistic", "brotherly", "charitable", "freehanded", "generous", "greathearted", "humanitarian", "liberal", "magnanimous", "munificent", "noble", "openhearted", "philanthropic", "philanthropical", "selfless", "unselfish", "unsparing", "anticruelty", "cruelty-free" ], "near antonyms":[ "ironhearted", "merciless", "pitiless", "ruthless", "stonyhearted", "inconsiderate", "insensitive", "thoughtless", "uncaring", "unthinking", "grim", "hard-boiled", "harsh", "heavy-handed", "severe", "stern", "tough", "unsentimental", "hateful", "malevolent", "malicious", "malign", "malignant", "mean", "nasty", "spiteful", "virulent", "antihumanitarian", "uncharitable" ], "antonyms":[ "atrocious", "barbaric", "barbarous", "bestial", "brutal", "brute", "brutish", "callous", "cold-blooded", "cruel", "fiendish", "hard-hearted", "heartless", "inhuman", "inhumane", "insensate", "sadistic", "savage", "truculent", "uncompassionate", "unfeeling", "unkind", "unkindly", "unsympathetic", "vicious", "wanton" ] }, "lacking bodily strength":{ "examples":[ "a very tender child who always seems to be sick" ], "synonyms":[ "asthenic", "debilitated", "delicate", "down-and-out", "effete", "enervated", "enfeebled", "faint", "feeble", "frail", "infirm", "languid", "low", "prostrate", "prostrated", "sapped", "slight", "soft", "softened", "unsubstantial", "wasted", "weak", "weakened", "wimpish", "wimpy" ], "near synonyms":[ "challenged", "disabled", "incapacitated", "invalid", "paralyzed", "broken-down", "decrepit", "impotent", "powerless", "breakable", "flimsy", "fragile", "dizzy", "groggy", "rocky", "unsteady", "woozy", "drained", "exhausted", "flagging", "tired", "weary", "worn-out", "damaged", "harmed", "hurt", "impaired", "injured", "lame", "unsound", "resistless", "susceptible", "unresistant", "vulnerable", "yielding" ], "near antonyms":[ "able-bodied", "athletic", "beefy", "brawny", "fit", "husky", "muscular", "sinewy", "strapping", "virile", "hard", "hardy", "lusty", "red-blooded", "robust", "sturdy", "tough", "fortified", "hardened", "inured", "strengthened", "toughened", "energetic", "energized", "invigorated", "vigorous", "vitalized", "hale", "healthy", "sound", "capable", "competent", "convalescing", "recovering", "recuperating" ], "antonyms":[ "mighty", "powerful", "rugged", "stalwart", "stout", "strong" ] }, "not harsh or stern especially in nature or effect":{ "examples":[ "his tender comments on how to improve her writing style were gratefully received" ], "synonyms":[ "balmy", "benign", "bland", "delicate", "gentle", "light", "mellow", "mild", "nonabrasive", "soft", "soothing" ], "near synonyms":[ "calm", "pacific", "peaceful", "placid", "quiet", "serene", "tranquil", "clement", "compassionate", "easy", "lenient", "merciful", "buffering", "cushioning", "emollient", "softening", "sleek", "slick", "smooth" ], "near antonyms":[ "exquisite", "fierce", "intense", "powerful", "severe", "forceful", "forcible", "savage", "violent", "roughened", "rugged", "strong", "abrading", "irritating", "roughening", "grim", "gruff", "rude", "stiff", "heavy-handed", "oppressive", "pitiless", "tyrannical", "tyrannic" ], "antonyms":[ "abrasive", "caustic", "coarse", "hard", "harsh", "rough", "scathing", "stern", "ungentle" ] }, "something (as pieces of stamped metal or printed paper) customarily and legally used as a medium of exchange, a measure of value, or a means of payment":{ "examples":[ "money from that board game is not legal tender and can't be exchanged for goods or services" ], "synonyms":[ "bread", "bucks", "cabbage", "cash", "change", "chips", "coin", "currency", "dough", "gold", "green", "jack", "kale", "legal tender", "lolly", "long green", "loot", "lucre", "money", "moola", "moolah", "needful", "pelf", "scratch", "shekels", "sheqels", "shekelim", "shekalim", "sheqalim", "wampum" ], "near synonyms":[ "coinage", "specie", "dead presidents", "folding money", "paper money", "scrip", "banknote", "cashier's check", "check", "draft", "money order", "note", "promissory note", "bill", "dollar", "greenback", "bankroll", "capital", "finances", "funds", "roll", "wad", "wallet", "chump change", "dibs", "dime", "mite", "peanuts", "pittance", "shoestring", "big bucks", "bomb", "boodle", "bundle", "earth", "fortune", "king's ransom", "megabucks", "mint", "packet", "pile", "pot", "abundance", "means", "opulence", "riches", "treasure", "wealth", "resources", "wherewithal", "mad money", "petty cash", "pin money", "pocket money", "spending money" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "to put before another for acceptance or consideration":{ "examples":[ "the coach tendered his resignation and started a new career as a physical therapist" ], "synonyms":[ "extend", "give", "offer", "proffer", "trot out" ], "near synonyms":[ "pose", "propose", "hold out", "give in", "submit", "volunteer" ], "near antonyms":[ "accept", "receive", "take", "accredit", "approbate", "approve", "authorize", "clear", "confirm", "finalize", "formalize", "homologate", "OK", "okay", "ratify", "sanction", "warrant", "decline", "deny", "disallow", "disapprove", "negative", "reject", "turn down", "veto", "rebuff", "rebut", "refuse", "spurn", "retract", "withdraw", "disregard", "ignore", "neglect", "overlook" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adjective", "noun", "verb" ] }, "teetotalism":{ "as in sobriety , abstinence":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "abstinence", "soberness", "sobriety", "rationality", "rationalness", "reasonability", "reasonableness", "sensibility", "sensibleness", "abnegation", "abstention", "avoidance", "eschewal", "forbearance", "asceticism", "austerity", "frugality", "mortification", "sacrifice", "self-command", "self-containment", "self-denial", "self-mastery", "middle-of-the-roadism", "constraint", "control", "discipline", "restraint", "self-control", "self-discipline", "moderateness", "moderation", "temperance", "temperateness" ], "near antonyms":[ "excessiveness", "immoderacy", "immoderateness", "immoderation", "intemperance", "intemperateness", "excess", "superfluity", "extremeness", "extremity", "unconstraint", "unrestraint", "extremism", "radicalness", "irrationality", "unreasonableness", "insobriety" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "temporal":{ "having to do with life on earth especially as opposed to that in heaven":{ "examples":[ "do not worry about temporal concerns, but instead focus on spiritual matters" ], "synonyms":[ "carnal", "earthborn", "earthbound", "earthly", "fleshly", "material", "mundane", "sublunary", "terrene", "terrestrial", "worldly" ], "near synonyms":[ "animal", "bodily", "corporal", "corporeal", "physical", "daily", "diurnal", "unspiritual", "anthropic", "anthropical", "anthropocentric" ], "near antonyms":[ "celestial", "Elysian", "empyreal", "empyrean", "supernal", "metaphysical", "devotional", "divine", "religious", "sacred", "spiritual", "utopian", "ethereal", "supernatural", "transcendent", "transcendental" ], "antonyms":[ "heavenly", "nontemporal", "unearthly", "unworldly" ] }, "not involving religion or religious matters":{ "examples":[ "administrators on campus are in place to deal with students' temporal needs, and spiritual advisors are available to help students with their nontemporal needs" ], "synonyms":[ "nonreligious", "profane", "secular" ], "near synonyms":[ "atheistic", "godless", "irreligious", "pagan", "paganish", "religionless", "laical", "laic", "lay", "nonclerical", "nondenominational", "nonsectarian", "earthly", "mundane", "terrene", "terrestrial", "worldly", "material", "physical", "substantial", "bodily", "carnal", "corporal", "fleshly", "blasphemous", "impious", "irreverent", "sacrilegious", "unconsecrated", "unhallowed" ], "near antonyms":[ "divine", "spiritual", "consecrated", "hallowed", "holy", "sacrosanct", "sanctified", "churchly", "devout", "godly", "pious", "prayerful", "reverent", "worshipful", "ethereal", "insubstantial", "metaphysical", "unsubstantial", "bodiless", "immaterial", "incorporeal", "nonphysical" ], "antonyms":[ "religious", "sacred" ] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "tergiversation":{ "deliberate evasion in speech":{ "examples":[ "like many politicians, he has the gift for tergiversation" ], "synonyms":[ "circumlocution", "equivocation", "shuffle" ], "near synonyms":[ "quibbling", "ambiguity", "ambiguousness", "equivocalness", "murkiness", "nebulousness", "obscureness", "obscurity", "opacity" ], "near antonyms":[ "candor", "directness", "forthrightness", "frankness", "openheartedness", "openness", "plainness", "plumpness", "straightforwardness" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "test-drive":{ "as in checkout , trial run":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "checkout", "trial run", "observation", "surveillance", "watch", "recheck", "reinspection", "resurvey", "once-over", "perusal", "inquisition", "interrogation", "exploration", "investigation", "probe", "research", "study", "analysis", "assay", "close-up", "deconstruction", "dissection", "audit", "check", "checkup", "examination", "going-over", "inspection", "look-see", "review", "scan", "scrutiny", "survey", "view" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "temper":{ "a special quality or impression associated with something":{ "examples":[ "there's a temper of tranquillity about the retreat that visitors find very inviting" ], "synonyms":[ "air", "ambience", "ambiance", "aroma", "atmosphere", "aura", "climate", "flavor", "halo", "karma", "mood", "nimbus", "note", "odor", "patina", "smell", "vibration(s)" ], "near synonyms":[ "aureole", "aureola", "mystique", "romance", "genius loci", "feel", "feeling", "sensation", "sense", "spirit", "attribute", "character", "characteristic", "image", "mark", "notion", "peculiarity", "picture", "property", "trait", "color", "illusion", "overtone", "semblance", "suggestion", "tone" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "a state of mind dominated by a particular emotion":{ "examples":[ "was in quite a bad temper after spilling his juice all over his new shirt" ], "synonyms":[ "cheer", "feather", "humor", "mode", "mood", "spirit" ], "near synonyms":[ "angle", "attitude", "mind-set", "outlook", "perspective", "slant", "standpoint", "viewpoint", "emotion", "feeling", "heart", "passion", "sentiment", "strain", "belief", "conviction", "judgment", "judgement", "mind", "opinion", "expression", "tone", "vein", "character", "disposition", "identity", "individuality", "makeup", "mettle", "personality", "selfhood", "self-identity", "temperament", "responsiveness", "sensibility", "sensitiveness", "sensitivity" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "one's characteristic attitude or mood":{ "examples":[ "she has an even temper and a calm manner that sets everyone all at ease" ], "synonyms":[ "disposition", "grain", "nature", "temperament" ], "near synonyms":[ "cheer", "frame", "habit", "humor", "inclination", "mode", "spirit", "angle", "attitude", "mind-set", "outlook", "perspective", "slant", "standpoint", "viewpoint", "emotion", "feeling", "heart", "passion", "sentiment", "strain", "belief", "conviction", "judgment", "judgement", "mind", "notion", "opinion", "persuasion", "view", "expression", "tone", "vein", "character", "identity", "individuality", "makeup", "mettle", "personality", "selfhood", "self-identity", "setup", "responsiveness", "sensibility", "sensitiveness", "sensitivity" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "as in anneal":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "anneal", "beef (up)", "fortify", "harden", "strengthen", "toughen", "firm (up)", "tone (up)", "energize", "invigorate", "vitalize", "restrengthen" ], "near antonyms":[ "debilitate", "enervate", "enfeeble", "weaken", "cripple", "incapacitate", "paralyze", "damage", "harm", "hurt", "impair", "injure", "break down", "wear out", "sap", "undercut", "undermine" ], "antonyms":[] }, "as in soften , lighten":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "abate", "lighten", "moderate", "soften", "allay", "alleviate", "assuage", "ease", "help", "mitigate", "mollify", "palliate", "relieve", "soothe", "cure", "heal", "remedy", "amend", "correct", "emend", "fix", "mend", "rectify", "reform", "repair", "ameliorate", "better", "enhance", "enrich", "improve", "meliorate", "perfect", "refine" ], "near antonyms":[ "aggravate", "exacerbate", "harm", "hurt", "impair", "injure", "heighten", "intensify", "sharpen" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "tergiversating":{ "to avoid giving a definite answer or position":{ "examples":[ "shamelessly tergiversating , the witness replied, \"Well, it depends upon what your definition of 'truth' is\"" ], "synonyms":[ "equivocating", "fudging", "hedging", "pussyfooting", "waffling", "weaseling" ], "near synonyms":[ "flip-flopping", "yo-yoing", "dodging", "ducking", "eluding", "eschewing", "evading", "shaking", "shirking", "shunning", "sidestepping", "skirting", "bypassing", "circumventing", "caviling", "cavilling", "quibbling", "straddling" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "tenseness":{ "as in tension , nerves":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "nerves", "tension", "agita", "agitation", "anxiety", "anxiousness", "apprehension", "apprehensiveness", "disquiet", "feverishness", "franticness", "freneticism", "hand-wringing", "perturbation", "restlessness", "trepidation", "unease", "uneasiness", "upset", "worry", "butterflies", "dither", "heebie-jeebies", "jimjams", "jitters", "shakes", "shivers", "willies", "edginess", "fidgetiness", "fidgets", "flightiness", "jitteriness", "jumpiness", "restiveness", "skittishness" ], "near antonyms":[ "confidence", "self-assurance", "self-confidence", "sureness", "control", "self-control", "aplomb", "calm", "calmness", "collectedness", "composure", "coolness", "ease", "easiness", "equanimity", "equilibrium", "imperturbability", "poise", "repose", "self-possession", "tranquillity", "tranquility", "tranquilness" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "tenebrous":{ "being without light or without much light":{ "examples":[ "a tenebrous night with no moon" ], "synonyms":[ "black", "caliginous", "dark", "darkened", "darkish", "darkling", "darksome", "dim", "dimmed", "dusk", "dusky", "gloomy", "lightless", "murky", "obscure", "obscured", "pitch-black", "pitch-dark", "pitchy", "rayless", "somber", "sombre", "stygian", "tenebrific", "unlit" ], "near synonyms":[ "crepuscular", "twilit", "moonless", "starless", "sunless", "cloudy", "dull", "dulled", "lackluster", "shadowlike", "shadowy", "shady", "gray", "grey", "leaden", "pale", "beclouded", "befogged", "clouded", "foggy", "fuliginous", "misty", "smoggy", "soupy" ], "near antonyms":[ "ablaze", "agleam", "aglitter", "alight", "beaming", "beamy", "effulgent", "glaring", "glowing", "incandescent", "lambent", "radiant", "relucent", "resplendent", "shining", "sparkling", "ultrabright", "glossy", "lustrous", "shiny", "floodlit", "floodlighted", "highlighted", "spotlighted", "spotlit", "moonlit", "moony", "starlit", "sunlit" ], "antonyms":[ "bright", "brightened", "brilliant", "illuminated", "illumined", "light", "lit", "lighted", "lightsome", "lucent", "lucid", "luminous" ] }, "causing or marked by an atmosphere lacking in cheer":{ "examples":[ "in the midst of those tenebrous days Thomas Paine penned the immortal words \"These are the times that try men's souls\"" ], "synonyms":[ "black", "bleak", "cheerless", "chill", "Cimmerian", "cloudy", "cold", "comfortless", "dark", "darkening", "depressing", "depressive", "desolate", "dire", "disconsolate", "dismal", "drear", "dreary", "dreich", "elegiac", "elegiacal", "forlorn", "funereal", "gloomy", "glum", "godforsaken", "gray", "grey", "lonely", "lonesome", "lugubrious", "miserable", "morbid", "morose", "murky", "plutonian", "saturnine", "sepulchral", "solemn", "somber", "sombre", "sullen", "sunless", "tenebrific", "wretched" ], "near synonyms":[ "blue", "dejected", "depressed", "despondent", "down", "droopy", "hangdog", "inconsolable", "low", "melancholic", "melancholy", "mirthless", "sad", "unhappy", "woebegone", "woeful", "dim", "discomfiting", "discouraging", "disheartening", "dismaying", "dispiriting", "distressful", "distressing", "upsetting", "desperate", "hopeless", "pessimistic", "lamentable", "mournful", "plaintive", "sorrowful", "colorless", "drab", "dull", "dour", "grim", "lowering", "louring", "lowery", "loury", "menacing", "negative", "oppressive", "threatening" ], "near antonyms":[ "blithe", "blithesome", "buoyant", "gay", "jocund", "jolly", "joyful", "joyous", "merry", "mirthful", "encouraging", "hopeful", "optimistic", "lighthearted", "lightsome" ], "antonyms":[ "bright", "cheerful", "cheering", "cheery", "comforting", "cordial", "festive", "friendly", "gay", "heartwarming", "sunshiny" ] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "tenement house":{ "as in apartment building , apartment house":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "apartment building", "apartment house", "gallery", "wing", "bed-sitter", "bedsit", "bed-sitting-room", "cohousing", "condo", "condominium", "duplex", "duplex apartment", "efficiency", "efficiency apartment", "flatlet", "floor-through", "garden apartment", "granny flat", "maisonette", "penthouse", "railroad flat", "salon", "saloon", "studio", "studio apartment", "triplex", "walk-up", "apartment", "diggings", "digs", "flat", "lodgings", "suite", "tenement" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "technique":{ "the means or procedure for doing something":{ "examples":[ "showed me a different knitting technique" ], "synonyms":[ "approach", "fashion", "form", "how", "manner", "method", "methodology", "recipe", "strategy", "style", "system", "tack", "tactics", "way" ], "near synonyms":[ "mode", "modus operandi", "blueprint", "design", "game", "game plan", "ground plan", "intrigue", "layout", "line", "model", "plan", "plot", "program", "route", "scheme", "expedient", "move", "shift", "step", "practice", "practise", "process", "routine", "policy" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "teamed (up)":{ "to participate or assist in a joint effort to accomplish an end":{ "examples":[ "the television broadcast networks will be teaming up for joint coverage of the event" ], "synonyms":[ "banded (together)", "collaborated", "concerted", "concurred", "conjoined", "conspired", "cooperated", "joined", "leagued", "united" ], "near synonyms":[ "connived", "affiliated", "allied", "associated", "combined", "confederated", "hung together", "interfaced" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "teasing":{ "the act of making unwelcome intrusions upon another":{ "examples":[ "stop that teasing before you make the baby cry" ], "synonyms":[ "aggravation", "annoyance", "bedevilment", "botheration", "bothering", "bugging", "disturbance", "harassment", "harrying", "importunity", "pestering", "vexation" ], "near synonyms":[ "aggro", "molestation", "offense", "offence", "persecution", "provocation", "torment", "torture", "devilment", "devilry", "mischief" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "as in joking , bantering":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "bantering", "frivolous", "jesting", "joking", "joshing", "cerebral", "highbrow", "highbrowed", "intellectual", "antic", "comic", "comical", "droll", "farcical", "funny", "hysterical", "laughable", "ludicrous", "ridiculous", "riotous", "risible", "rollicking", "screaming", "sidesplitting", "uproarious", "clever", "facetious", "humorous", "jocular", "smart", "witty", "amusing", "diverting", "entertaining", "mischievous", "playful", "prankish", "jocose", "jocund", "jolly", "jovial", "laughing", "merry", "mirthful", "sunny", "scintillating", "sparkling", "flip", "flippant", "pert", "smart-aleck", "smart-alecky", "waggish", "whimsical" ], "near antonyms":[ "brainless", "lowbrow", "stupid", "witless", "corny", "hackney", "hackneyed", "lame", "humorless", "unamusing", "uncomic", "unfunny", "earnest", "grave", "serious", "serious-minded", "sober", "solemn", "somber", "sombre", "doleful", "dolorous", "lachrymose", "plaintive", "sorry", "tearful", "woeful" ], "antonyms":[] }, "as in taunting , jeering":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "jeering", "taunting", "inducing", "inspirational", "inspiring", "motivating", "motivational", "motivative", "activating", "energizing", "galvanizing", "quickening", "vitalizing", "explosive", "fiery", "incendiary", "inflammatory", "triggering", "angering", "enraging", "maddening", "upsetting", "charged", "edgy", "exciting", "inciting", "instigating", "instigative", "piquing", "provocative", "provoking", "stimulating", "aggravating", "annoying", "bothersome", "exasperating", "galling", "irksome", "irritating", "pesky", "vexatious", "vexing" ], "near antonyms":[ "noninflammatory", "subduing" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to make fun of in a good-natured way":{ "examples":[ "likes to tease her twin brother about his seemingly endless string of girlfriends" ], "synonyms":[ "chaffing", "jiving", "joking", "joshing", "kidding", "rallying", "razzing", "ribbing", "riding", "roasting" ], "near synonyms":[ "bantering", "fooling", "funning", "stringing along", "jesting", "quipping", "wisecracking", "gagging", "japing", "jollying", "yukking", "yucking" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "to attack repeatedly with mean put-downs or insults":{ "examples":[ "grew up being teased because his parents were hog farmers" ], "synonyms":[ "baiting", "hassling", "hazing", "heckling", "needling", "riding", "taunting" ], "near synonyms":[ "deriding", "gibing", "jibing", "jeering", "mocking", "ridiculing", "annoying", "bothering", "bugging", "burning (up)", "chafing", "fretting", "frosting", "galling", "getting", "gnawing (at)", "grating", "griping", "hacking (off)", "hagriding", "irking", "irritating", "itching", "nagging", "narking", "nettling", "peeving", "pestering", "piquing", "putting out", "rasping", "riling", "ruffling", "spiting", "troubling", "vexing", "aggravating", "exasperating", "goading", "testing", "trying", "aggrieving", "agitating", "bedeviling", "beleaguering", "discomforting", "disturbing", "perturbing", "badgering", "dogging", "hounding", "browbeating", "bullying", "hectoring", "harassing", "harrying", "persecuting", "plaguing", "terrorizing", "tormenting", "torturing" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adjective", "noun", "verb" ] }, "testify":{ "to make a solemn declaration under oath for the purpose of establishing a fact":{ "examples":[ "several witnesses testified that they had seen the accused in the vicinity of the crime scene" ], "synonyms":[ "attest", "depose", "swear", "witness" ], "near synonyms":[ "verify", "vouch", "promise", "vow" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "tenses":{ "to draw tight":{ "examples":[ "he tensed his muscles and attempted to lift the heavy appliance onto the truck" ], "synonyms":[ "strains", "stretches", "tautens", "tightens" ], "near synonyms":[ "elongates", "extends", "lengthens", "cinches", "constricts" ], "near antonyms":[ "eases", "relaxes" ], "antonyms":[ "loosens", "slackens", "slacks" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "team":{ "a group of people working together on a task":{ "examples":[ "asked the Boy Scouts to split into teams and begin pitching their tents" ], "synonyms":[ "army", "band", "brigade", "company", "crew", "gang", "outfit", "party", "platoon", "squad" ], "near synonyms":[ "battalion", "corps", "troop", "force", "host", "posse", "stable", "troupe", "administration", "department", "help", "personnel", "staff" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "as in join , league":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "affiliate", "ally", "attach", "band", "bond", "club", "collaborate", "collude", "confederate", "conjoin", "connect", "cooperate", "couple", "gang", "get along", "get on", "group", "interrelate", "join", "knot", "league", "link", "mingle", "mix", "rally", "relate", "side", "socialize", "tie", "wed", "associate", "chum", "company", "consociate", "consort", "fraternize", "hang (around or out)", "hobnob", "hook up", "mess around", "pal (around)", "run", "sort", "travel", "befriend", "friend" ], "near antonyms":[ "avoid", "cold-shoulder", "shun", "snub", "alienate", "estrange", "break up", "disband", "disperse", "split (up)", "disjoin", "dissociate", "disunite", "divorce", "sever", "split", "sunder" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] } }