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the leading ecclesiastic for his church in the state, the bishop must be beyond reproach in everything he does" ], "synonyms":[ "clergypersons", "clericals", "clerics", "clerks", "deacons", "divines", "dominies", "ministers", "preachers", "priests", "reverends" ], "near synonyms":[ "churchmen", "clergymen", "fathers", "Holy Joes", "padres", "clergywomen", "deaconesses", "priestesses", "abbots", "archbishops", "archpriests", "bishops", "deans", "diocesans", "monsignors", "monsignori", "popes", "prelates", "presbyters", "abb\u00e9s", "curates", "cur\u00e9s", "parsons", "pastors", "rectors", "shepherds", "vicars", "chaplains", "confessors", "sky pilots", "evangelists", "missionaries", "missioners", "missionizers", "revivalists", "friars", "mendicants", "monastics", "monks", "oblates", "religious", "high priestesses", "high priests" ], "near antonyms":[ "lay readers", "lectors" ], "antonyms":[ "laymen", "laypeople", "seculars", "secular" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "echoed":{ "to continue or 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"pleasant", "canorous", "euphonic", "euphonious", "harmonious", "harmonizing", "melodious", "musical", "symphonic", "symphonious", "tuneful", "cadenced", "lilting", "lyric", "lyrical", "rhythmic", "rhythmical", "songful", "songlike", "chordal", "harmonic", "homophonic", "orchestral", "polyphonic", "polyphonous", "tonal" ], "near antonyms":[ "discordant", "disharmonious", "dissonant", "inharmonious", "tuneless", "unmelodious", "unmusical", "blaring", "clanging", "clashing", "clattering", "grating", "harsh", "jangling", "jarring", "metallic", "raspy", "raucous", "scratching", "screeching", "shrill", "squeaky", "strident", "disagreeable", "unpleasant", "unpleasing", "atonal", "off-key" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to continue or be repeated in a series of reflected sound waves":{ "examples":[ "my calls for help echoed off the walls of the abandoned mine shaft" ], "synonyms":[ "reechoing", "resonating", "resounding", "reverberating", "sounding" ], "near synonyms":[ "ringing", "rolling" ], "near 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"various", "chaotic", "cluttered", "confused", "disarranged", "disarrayed", "disheveled", "dishevelled", "disordered", "farraginous", "jumbled", "littered", "messed", "messy", "muddled", "amalgamated", "blended", "combined", "commingled", "commixed", "conglomerated", "fused", "incorporated", "intermingled", "intermixed", "merged", "mingled", "composite", "conglomerate", "hybrid", "unclassified", "unsorted" ], "near antonyms":[ "monolithic", "uniform", "alike", "identical", "like", "same", "distinct", "distinctive", "individual", "separate" ], "antonyms":[ "homogeneous" ] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "eclipsing":{ "to be greater, better, or stronger than":{ "examples":[ "the brilliant young pianist now eclipsed even his own mentor in musical artistry" ], "synonyms":[ "beating", "bettering", "exceeding", "excelling", "outclassing", "outdistancing", "outdoing", "outgunning", "outmatching", "outshining", "outstripping", "overtopping", "surpassing", "topping", "towering (over)", 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"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" ] }, "eclogue":{ "as in anacreontic , English sonnet":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "anacreontic", "clerihew", "dithyramb", "elegy", "English sonnet", "epic", "epigram", "epode", "epopee", "epos", "georgic", "idyll", "idyl", "jingle", "lament", "limerick", "madrigal", "ode", "pastoral", "pastorale", "psalm", "rondeau", "rondel", "rondelle", "rondelet", "sonnet", "triolet", "villanelle", "lyric", "poem", "rune", "song", "rhyme", "rime", "ballad", "lay", "haiku", "senryu", "tanka", "blank verse", "free verse", "minstrelsy", "poesy", "poetry", "versification", "vers libre" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "economizing":{ "careful in the management of money or resources":{ "examples":[ "economizing drivers aren't so affected by every hike in the price of gasoline" ], "synonyms":[ "economical", "frugal", "provident", "scrimping", "sparing", "thrifty" ], "near synonyms":[ "conserving", "preserving", "saving", "forehanded", "foresighted", "foresightful", "prudent", "penny-wise", "cheap", "close", "closefisted", "mean", "miserly", "niggard", "niggardly", "parsimonious", "penny-pinching", "penurious", "pinching", "spare", "stingy", "stinting", "tight", "tightfisted" ], "near antonyms":[ "improvident", "shortsighted", "bountiful", "charitable", "freehanded", "generous", "liberal", "munificent", "openhanded", "unselfish", "unsparing", "extravagant", "indulgent", "lavish" ], "antonyms":[ "prodigal", "profligate", "spendthrift", "squandering", "thriftless", "unthrifty", "wasteful" ] }, "as in scrimping , economy":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "conserving", "economy", "frugality", "husbandry", "providence", "scrimping", "skimping", "thrift", "cheapness", "cheeseparing", "closeness", "miserliness", "niggardliness", "parsimony", "penny-pinching", "penuriousness", "pinching", "stinginess", "tightfistedness", "tightness", "conservation", "saving", "husbanding", "managing" ], "near antonyms":[ "bountifulness", "bounty", "generosity", "largesse", "largess", "liberality", "openhandedness", "openheartedness", "philanthropy", "unselfishness", "extravagance", "lavishness", "dissipation", "improvidence", "prodigality", "squandering", "wastefulness" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to avoid unnecessary waste or expense":{ "examples":[ "in tough times people learn how to economize" ], "synonyms":[ "pinching", "saving", "scrimping", "skimping", "sparing" ], "near synonyms":[ "conserving", "husbanding", "maintaining", "managing", "preserving", "scraping", "cutting back", "cutting down", "retrenching", "hoarding", "laying up" ], "near antonyms":[ "blowing", "dissipating", "frittering (away)", "lavishing", "misspending", "running through", "spending", "squandering", "throwing away", "splurging" ], "antonyms":[ "wasting" ] }, "type":[ "adjective", "noun", "verb" ] }, "ecclesial":{ "of or relating to a church":{ "examples":[ "the waning of ecclesial power in Europe as the number of lapsed Christians increases" ], "synonyms":[ "churchly", "ecclesiastic", "ecclesiastical" ], "near synonyms":[ "blessed", "blest", "consecrated", "divine", "hallowed", "holy", "religious", "sacramental", "sacred", "sacrosanct", "sanctified", "apostolic", "canonical", "clerical", "episcopal", "evangelical", "evangelic", "ministerial", "papal", "pastoral", "patriarchal", "pontifical", "priestly", "rabbinic", "rabbinical", "sacerdotal" ], "near antonyms":[ "lay", "profane", "secular", "temporal", "nonclerical", "nondenominational", "nonsectarian" ], "antonyms":[ "nonchurch", "nonecclesiastical" ] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "economizers":{ "as in penny-pinchers":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "penny-pinchers", "cheapskates", "misers", "niggards", "pikers", "scrooges", "skinflints", "tightwads", "conservers", "savers" ], "near antonyms":[ "fritterers", "high rollers", "prodigals", "profligates", "spenders", "spendthrifts", "squanderers", "wasters", "wastrels", "dissipates" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "ecstasy":{ "a state of overwhelming usually pleasurable emotion":{ "examples":[ "actors are typically in ecstasy upon winning an Oscar" ], "synonyms":[ "cloud nine", "elatedness", "elation", "euphoria", "exhilaration", "heaven", "high", "intoxication", "paradise", "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" ] }, "echt":{ "being exactly as appears or as claimed":{ "examples":[ "an echt New Englander wouldn't think of putting tomatoes in clam chowder" ], "synonyms":[ "authentic", "bona fide", "certifiable", "certified", "dinkum", "genuine", "honest", "pukka", "pucka", "real", "right", "sure-enough", "true" ], "near synonyms":[ "actual", "historical", "original", "lawful", "legal", "legitimate", "identifiable", 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"entranced", "euphoric", "exhilarated", "giddy", "heady", "intoxicated", "rapt", "rapturous", "rhapsodic", "rhapsodical" ], "near synonyms":[ "enchanted", "exultant", "glorying", "jubilant", "rejoicing", "triumphant", "enthusiastic", "excited", "gung ho", "thrilled", "blissed-out", "blissful", "delighted", "glad", "gratified", "happy", "joyful", "joyous", "pleased", "satisfied", "tickled" ], "near antonyms":[ "blue", "brokenhearted", "crestfallen", "dejected", "despondent", "disconsolate", "disheartened", "doleful", "down", "downcast", "downhearted", "forlorn", "gloomy", "glum", "hangdog", "heartbroken", "heartsick", "heartsore", "inconsolable", "joyless", "low", "low-spirited", "melancholy", "miserable", "mournful", "sad", "saddened", "sorrowful", "sorry", "unhappy", "woebegone", "woeful", "wretched" ], "antonyms":[ "depressed" ] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "ectomorphic":{ "as in willowy , lanky":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "rangy", "reedy", "spindling", "spindly", "stringy", "svelte", "sylphlike", "twiggy", "waspish", "weedy", "willowy", "angular", "bony", "boney", "gaunt", "lank", "lanky", "rawboned", "sinewy", "lean", "skinny", "slender", "slim", "spare", "thin", "cadaverous", "emaciated", "haggard", "pinched", "skeletal", "wasted", "puny", "scraggy", "scrawny", "slight", "anorexic" ], "near antonyms":[ "blubbery", "chubby", "corpulent", "fat", "fleshy", "full", "gross", "lardy", "obese", "overweight", "plump", "podgy", "portly", "pudgy", "replete", "roly-poly", "rotund", "round", "tubby", "beefy", "bulky", "chunky", "heavy", "heavyset", "plumpish", "stocky", "stout", "thick", "thickset", "weighty", "brawny", "burly", "hefty", "husky" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "eclogues":{ "as in anacreontics , English sonnets":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "anacreontics", "clerihews", "dithyrambs", "elegies", "English sonnets", "epics", "epigrams", "epodes", "epopees", "eposes", "georgics", "idylls", "idyls", "jingles", "laments", "limericks", "madrigals", "odes", "pastorales", "pastorals", "psalms", "rondeaux", "rondelets", "rondelles", "rondels", "sonnets", "triolets", "villanelles", "lyrics", "poems", "runes", "songs", "rhymes", "rimes", "ballads", "lays", "haiku", "senryu", "tankas", "blank verses", "free verses", "minstrelsies", "poesies", "poetries", "versifications", "vers libres" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "echoes":{ "to continue or be repeated in a series of reflected sound waves":{ "examples":[ "my calls for help echoed off the walls of the abandoned mine shaft" ], "synonyms":[ "reechos", "resonates", "resounds", "reverberates", "sounds" ], "near synonyms":[ "rings", "rolls" ], "near antonyms":[ "dampens", "damps", "deadens", "dulls", "quiets" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to say after another":{ "examples":[ "the little brats sassed the babysitter by echoing in a singsong voice everything she said" ], "synonyms":[ "dittos", "parrots", "quotes", "reechos", "repeats" ], "near synonyms":[ "mouths", "apes", "copies", "copycats", "emulates", "imitates", "mimes", "mimics" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "a person who adopts the appearance or behavior of another especially in an obvious way":{ "examples":[ "a younger sister who was her echo all the while that they were growing up" ], "synonyms":[ "apers", "copycats", "copyists", "followers", "imitators", "rubber stamps", "wannabes", "wannabees" ], "near synonyms":[ "parrots", "apes", "emulators", "impersonators", "impressionists", "mimics" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "a tiny often physical indication of something lost or vanished":{ "examples":[ "a few stone carvings are the only echoes that remain of a once-mighty civilization" ], "synonyms":[ "ghosts", "relics", "shadows", "traces", "vestiges" ], "near synonyms":[ "mementos", "mementoes", "remembrances", "reminders", "artifacts", "afterimages", "aftertastes", "balances", "corpses", "hangovers", "leftovers", "oddments", "remainders", "remnants", "scraps", "dregs", "leavings", "remains", "residuals", "residues", "rests" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "ecclesiastical":{ "of or relating to a church":{ "examples":[ "ecclesiastical laws that have been in existence for centuries" ], "synonyms":[ "churchly", "ecclesial", "ecclesiastic" ], "near synonyms":[ "blessed", "blest", "consecrated", "divine", "hallowed", "holy", "religious", "sacramental", "sacred", "sacrosanct", "sanctified", "apostolic", "canonical", "clerical", "episcopal", "evangelical", "evangelic", "ministerial", "papal", "pastoral", "patriarchal", "pontifical", "priestly", "rabbinic", "rabbinical", "sacerdotal" ], "near antonyms":[ "lay", "profane", "secular", "temporal", "nonclerical", "nondenominational", "nonsectarian" ], "antonyms":[ "nonchurch", "nonecclesiastical" ] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "echelon":{ "the placement of someone or something in relation to others in a vertical arrangement":{ "examples":[ "jobs in the upper echelons of the company pay quite well indeed" ], "synonyms":[ "degree", "footing", "level", "place", "position", "rank", "ranking", "reach(es)", "rung", "situation", "standing", "station", "status", "stratum" ], "near synonyms":[ "condition", "estate", "order", "walk", "capacity", "function", "rating" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] } }