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"tout" ], "synonyms":[ "bless", "carol", "celebrate", "emblazon", "exalt", "extol", "extoll", "glorify", "hymn", "laud", "magnify", "resound" ] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "praised":{ "to declare enthusiastic approval of":{ "antonyms":[ "knocked", "panned", "slammed" ], "examples":[ "the school volunteers were praised for their excellent work in the reading program" ], "near antonyms":[ "belittled", "discommended", "disparaged", "put down", "blamed", "censured", "reprehended", "reprobated", "admonished", "chid", "chided", "criticized", "rebuked", "reprimanded", "reproached", "reproved", "castigated", "excoriated", "keelhauled", "lambasted", "skewered", "slagged", "vilified" ], "related":[ "bravoed", "clapped", "clapt", "rose (to)", "ballyhooed", "approved", "commended", "endorsed", "indorsed", "favored", "recommended", "rooted (for)", "supported", "celebrated", "emblazoned", "eulogized", "extolled", "glorified", "magnified", "sang", "sung", "adulated", "belauded", "flattered", 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"binds", "boxes", "catch-22's", "catch-22s", "corners", "dilemmas", "fixes", "holes", "impasses", "jackpots", "jams", "mires", "pickles", "quagmires", "rabbit holes", "rattraps", "spots", "sticky wickets", "swamps" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "predominance":{ "controlling power or influence over others":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "the predominance of the Dutch in international trade during the 17th century" ], "near antonyms":[ "helplessness", "weakness", "impotence", "impotency", "powerlessness" ], "related":[ "primacy", "superiority", "lordship", "scepter", "arm", "authority", "choke hold", "clutch", "command", "control", "grip", "hold", "mastery", "sway", "takeover", "direction", "jurisdiction", "management", "clout", "might", "pull", "weight", "eminence", "importance", "moment", "prerogative", "privilege", "right" ], "synonyms":[ "ascendance", "ascendence", "ascendancy", "ascendency", "dominance", "domination", "dominion", "hegemony", "imperium", "predominancy", "preeminence", 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"earliest", "first", "foremost", "headmost", "inaugural", "initial", "leadoff", "maiden", "original", "pioneer", "virgin" ] }, "highest in rank or authority":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "the premier authority on butterflies" ], "near antonyms":[ "ancillary", "inferior", "last", "less", "lesser", "lower", "lowly", "second", "secondary", "subordinate", "subsidiary", "assistant", "assisting", "coadjutor", "deputy", "junior", "under" ], "related":[ "high-level", "senior", "controlling", "directing", "managing", "officiating", "overseeing", "regnant", "reigning", "ruling", "supervisory", "main", "major", "paramount", "predominant", "predominate", "sovereign", "sovran", "ascendant", "ascendent", "dominant", "grand", "superior", "topmost", "upmost", "upper", "uppermost" ], "synonyms":[ "chief", "commanding", "first", "foremost", "head", "high", "lead", "leading", "preeminent", "presiding", "primary", "prime", "principal", "supereminent", "supreme", "top" ] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, 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"drafted", "drew up", "formulated", "framed" ] }, "to work out the details of (something) in advance":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "preparing an escape route in case of a fire" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "conspired", "contrived", "devised", "intrigued", "machinated", "plotted", "put up", "concerted", "got up", "drafted", "outlined", "sketched", "aimed", "figured", "had on", "intended", "meant", "contemplated", "meditated", "premeditated" ], "synonyms":[ "arranged", "blueprinted", "budgeted", "calculated", "charted", "choreographed", "designed", "framed", "laid out", "mapped (out)", "organized", "planned", "projected", "schemed (out)", "shaped", "strategized (about)" ] }, "type":[ "adjective", "verb" ] }, "prepense":{ "as in":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "preponderancy":{ "the fact or state of being above others in rank or importance":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "the preponderancy of the 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"bunched", "clustered", "crowded", "huddled", "piled" ] }, "to indicate the importance of by centering attention on":{ "antonyms":[ "de-emphasized", "played down" ], "examples":[ "an office e-mail that presses the need for greater vigilance concerning building security" ], "near antonyms":[ "toned (down)", "underemphasized", "understated", "belittled", "discounted", "disparaged", "minimized" ], "related":[ "focused", "focussed", "identified", "pinpointed", "spotlighted", "spotlit", "advertised", "boosted", "plugged", "promoted", "publicized", "overplayed" ], "synonyms":[ "accented", "accentuated", "emphasized", "featured", "foregrounded", "highlighted", "illuminated", "played up", "pointed (up)", "punctuated", "stressed" ] }, "to push steadily against with some force":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "an old doorbell that requires you to press the button hard" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "compressed", "mashed", "punched", "squashed", "squeezed", "squished", "squooshed", "compelled", "forced", "pressured", "leaned (on or against)", "muscled", "drove", "propelled", "thrust", "compacted", "condensed", "constricted", "contracted", "crushed", "scrunched", "wrung", "crammed", "jammed", "jam-packed", "packed", "stuffed", "wedged" ], "synonyms":[ "bore (down on)", "depressed", "shoved", "weighed (on or upon)" ] }, "to take or make use of under a guise of authority but without actual right":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "the fleeing bank robber pressed a nearby taxi into service as a getaway car" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "annexed", "attached", "claimed", "confiscated", "impounded", "repossessed", "sequestered", "assumed", "collared", "grabbed", "grasped", "snatched", "stole", "wrenched", "wrested", "despoiled", "looted", "pillaged", "encroached", "infringed", "invaded", "occupied", "preoccupied", "trespassed", "embezzled", "misapplied", "misappropriated", "misused", "peculated" ], "synonyms":[ "appropriated", "arrogated", "commandeered", "converted", "expropriated", "pirated", "preempted", "seized", "took over", "usurped" ] }, "to try to persuade (someone) through earnest appeals to follow a course of action":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "pressed us to go with them to the school board meeting" ], "near antonyms":[ "deterred", "discouraged", "dissuaded", "braked", "checked", "constrained", "curbed", "held back", "inhibited", "restrained" ], "related":[ "drove", "propelled", "spurred", "stimulated", "hurried", "hustled", "pushed", "rushed", "adjured", "beseeched", "besought", "implored", "importuned", "blandished", "cajoled", "coaxed", "soft-soaped", "wheedled", "high-pressured", "nagged", "needled", "pressured", "fomented", "incited", "instigated", "provoked", "stirred (up)" ], "synonyms":[ "egged (on)", "encouraged", "exhorted", "goaded", "nudged", "prodded", "prompted", "urged" ] }, "type":[ "adjective", "verb" ] }, "pressing":{ "needing immediate attention":{ "antonyms":[ "noncritical", "nonurgent" ], "examples":[ "she had 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"synonyms":[ "boring", "bulldozing", "bulling", "crashing", "elbowing", "jamming", "jostling", "muscling", "pushing", "shouldering", "squeezing" ] }, "to gather into a closely packed group":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "everyone pressed around me to see the pictures" ], "near antonyms":[ "breaking up", "disbanding", "dispersing", "splitting (up)" ], "related":[ "assembling", "collecting", "concentering", "concentrating", "conglomerating", "congregating", "convening", "converging", "flocking", "forgathering", "foregathering", "herding", "swarming", "thronging", "encircling", "mobbing", "surrounding", "embracing", "hugging" ], "synonyms":[ "bunching", "clustering", "crowding", "huddling", "piling" ] }, "to indicate the importance of by centering attention on":{ "antonyms":[ "de-emphasizing", "playing down" ], "examples":[ "an office e-mail that presses the need for greater vigilance concerning building security" ], "near antonyms":[ "toning (down)", "underemphasizing", "understating", "belittling", "discounting", "disparaging", "minimizing" ], "related":[ "focusing", "focussing", "identifying", "pinpointing", "spotlighting", "advertising", "boosting", "plugging", "promoting", "publicizing", "overplaying" ], "synonyms":[ "accenting", "accentuating", "emphasizing", "featuring", "foregrounding", "highlighting", "illuminating", "playing up", "pointing (up)", "punctuating", "stressing" ] }, "to push steadily against with some force":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "an old doorbell that requires you to press the button hard" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "compressing", "mashing", "punching", "squashing", "squeezing", "squishing", "squooshing", "compelling", "forcing", "pressuring", "leaning (on or against)", "muscling", "driving", "propelling", "thrusting", "compacting", "condensing", "constricting", "contracting", "crushing", "scrunching", "wringing", "cramming", "jamming", "jam-packing", "packing", "stuffing", "wedging" ], "synonyms":[ "bearing (down on)", "depressing", "shoving", "weighing (on or upon)" ] }, "to take or make use of under a guise of authority but without actual right":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "the fleeing bank robber pressed a nearby taxi into service as a getaway car" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "annexing", "attaching", "claiming", "confiscating", "impounding", "repossessing", "sequestering", "assuming", "collaring", "grabbing", "grasping", "snatching", "stealing", "wrenching", "wresting", "despoiling", "looting", "pillaging", "encroaching", "infringing", "invading", "occupying", "preoccupying", "trespassing", "embezzling", "misapplying", "misappropriating", "misusing", "peculating" ], "synonyms":[ "appropriating", "arrogating", "commandeering", "converting", "expropriating", "pirating", "preempting", "seizing", "taking over", "usurping" ] }, "to try to persuade (someone) through earnest appeals to follow a course of action":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "pressed us to go with them to the school board meeting" ], "near antonyms":[ "deterring", "discouraging", "dissuading", "braking", "checking", "constraining", "curbing", "holding back", "inhibiting", "restraining" ], "related":[ "driving", "propelling", "spurring", "stimulating", "hurrying", "hustling", "pushing", "rushing", "adjuring", "beseeching", "imploring", "importuning", "blandishing", "cajoling", "coaxing", "soft-soaping", "wheedling", "high-pressuring", "nagging", "needling", "pressuring", "fomenting", "inciting", "instigating", "provoking", "stirring (up)" ], "synonyms":[ "egging (on)", "encouraging", "exhorting", "goading", "nudging", "prodding", "prompting", "urging" ] }, "type":[ "adjective", "verb" ] }, "pressing (for)":{ "to ask for (something) earnestly or with authority":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "workers pressing for higher wages and better working conditions" ], "near antonyms":[ "giving up", "relinquishing", "surrendering", "yielding" ], "related":[ "asking", "pleading (for)", "requesting", "wanting", "crying (for)", "necessitating", "needing", "requiring", "taking", "warranting", "requisitioning", "imposing", "badgering", "dunning", "harassing", "hounding" ], "synonyms":[ "calling (for)", "claiming", "clamoring (for)", "commanding", "demanding", "enjoining", "exacting", "insisting (on)", "questing", "stipulating (for)" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "pressure-cooking":{ "as in steaming , smothering":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "presumably":{ "by reasonable assumption":{ "antonyms":[ "improbably" ], "examples":[ "presumably he'll come later" ], "near antonyms":[ "implausibly", "inconceivably", "incredibly", "unbelievably", "unthinkably" ], "related":[ "maybe", "mayhap", "perchance", "perhaps", "possibly", "conceivably", "imaginably", "plausibly", "practically", "reasonably", "potentially", "assuredly", "certainly", "clearly", "conclusively", "decisively", "definitely", "definitively", "indisputably", 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"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", "presumptuousness", "sauce", "sauciness", "temerity" ] }, "something taken as being true or factual and used as a starting point for a course of action or reasoning":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "the presumption of innocence" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "hypothesis", "proposition", "theory", "thesis", "axiom", "truism", "verity", "belief", "canon", "doctrine", "dogma", "gospel", "law", "precept", "principle", "rule", "standard", "tenet", "basis", "foundation", "ground", "conclusion", "deduction", "inference", "affirmation", "assertion", "avouchment", "declaration", "dictum", "ipse dixit" ], "synonyms":[ "assumption", "given", "hypothetical", "if", "postulate", "premise", "premiss", "presupposition", "supposition" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "presumptions":{ "something taken as being true or factual and used as a starting point for a course of action or reasoning":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "the presumption of innocence" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "hypotheses", "propositions", "theories", "theses", "axioms", "truisms", "verities", "beliefs", "canons", "doctrines", "dogmas", "dogmata", "gospels", "laws", "precepts", "principles", "rules", "standards", "tenets", "bases", "foundations", "grounds", "conclusions", "deductions", "inferences", "affirmations", "assertions", "avouchments", "declarations", "dicta", "dictums", "ipse dixits" ], "synonyms":[ "assumptions", "givens", "hypotheticals", "ifs", "postulates", "premises", "premisses", "presuppositions", "suppositions" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "presumptive":{ "type":[ "adjective" ], "worthy of being accepted as true or reasonable":{ "antonyms":[ "far-fetched", "implausible", "improbable", "incredible", "unbelievable", "unlikely", "unplausible" ], "examples":[ "in that climate of fear, an accusation alone was presumptive evidence of guilt" ], "near antonyms":[ "absurd", "doubtful", "dubious", "fantastic", "fantastical", "flimsy", "outlandish", "preposterous", "questionable", "ridiculous", "impossible", "inconceivable", "unimaginable", "unthinkable", "skeptical", "suspect", "suspicious", "uncertain", "unsure", "hopeless", "unworkable", "useless" ], "related":[ "cogent", "compelling", "conclusive", "convincing", "decisive", "effective", "forceful", "persuasive", "satisfying", "strong", "telling", "acceptable", "cogitable", "conceivable", "imaginable", "possible", "practical", "reasonable", "dependable", "reliable", "trustworthy", "sophistic", "sophistical", "specious" ], "synonyms":[ "believable", "credible", "creditable", "likely", "plausible", "probable" ] } }, "presumptuous":{ "having a feeling of superiority that shows itself in an overbearing attitude":{ "antonyms":[ "humble", "lowly", "modest", "unarrogant", "unpretentious" ], "examples":[ "the presumptuous doctor didn't even bother to explain to me the treatment that I would be receiving" ], "near antonyms":[ "bashful", "cowering", "cringing", "demure", "diffident", "introverted", "mousy", "mousey", "overmodest", "self-critical", "self-doubting", "sheepish", "shrinking", "shy", "subdued", "timid", "acquiescent", "compliant", "deferential", "meek", "passive", "submissive", "unaggressive", "unassertive", "unassuming", "unobtrusive", "yielding", "quiet", "reserved", "retiring" ], "related":[ "authoritarian", "bossy", "dominant", "dominating", "domineering", "magisterial", "pontifical", "pontificating", "condescending", "disdainful", "patronizing", "impertinent", "impudent", "saucy", "snobbish", "snobby", "snooty", "blusterous", "blustery", "boastful", "bombastic", "braggart", "bragging", "braggy", "cocky", "swaggering", "vain", "vainglorious", "complacent", "conceited", "egocentric", "egoistic", "egoistical", "egotistic", "egotistical", "hubristic", "narcissistic", "orgulous", "prideful", "proud", "self-affected", "self-applauding", "self-centered", "self-complacent", "self-conceited", "self-pleased", "self-satisfied", "smug", "stuck-up", "self-flattering", "self-loving", "self-promoting", "brash", "forward", "uninhibited", "unreserved", "extroverted", "extraverted", "immodest" ], "synonyms":[ "arrogant", "assumptive", "bumptious", "cavalier", "chesty", "haughty", "high-and-mighty", "high-handed", "high-hat", "highfalutin", "hifalutin", "huffish", "huffy", "imperious", "important", "lofty", "lordly", "masterful", "overweening", "peremptory", "pompous", "presuming", "pretentious", "self-asserting", "self-assertive", "sniffy", "stiff-necked", "supercilious", "superior", "toplofty", "toploftical", "uppish", "uppity" ] }, "showing a lack of proper social reserve or modesty":{ "antonyms":[ "modest", "unassuming" ], "examples":[ "it's a little presumptuous of you to assume that I'm your new best friend just because I invited you along" ], "near antonyms":[ "demure", "down-to-earth", "humble", "lowly", "meek", "unassertive", "unpretentious", "bashful", "mousy", "mousey", "retiring", "shy", "timid", "timorous", "diffident", "self-doubting" ], "related":[ "arrogant", "bumptious", "complacent", "conceited", "egoistic", "egoistical", "egomaniacal", "egotistic", "egotistical", "highfalutin", "hifalutin", "high-and-mighty", "high-hat", "hoity-toity", "important", "overweening", "pompous", "prideful", "proud", "self-asserting", "self-assertive", "self-complacent", "self-conceited", "self-important", "self-satisfied", "smug", "uppity", "vain", "vainglorious", "cavalier", "disdainful", "haughty", "lordly", "pretentious", "snobbish", "stuck-up", "supercilious", "superior", "audacious", "bold-faced", "brash", "brassbound", "brassy", "brazen", "cheeky", "cocky", "fresh", "impertinent", "impudent", "insolent", "overbold", "pert", "sassy", "saucy", "confident", "self-assured", "self-confident", "sure", "boastful", "braggart", "bragging", "domineering", "high-handed", "imperious", "self-absorbed", "self-centered", "self-concerned", "self-engrossed", "self-infatuated", "self-interested", "self-involved", "selfish", "self-obsessed", "self-seeking" ], "synonyms":[ "bold", "familiar", "forward", "free", "immodest", "overfamiliar", "presuming" ] }, "thrusting oneself where one is not welcome or invited":{ "antonyms":[ "unobtrusive" ], "examples":[ "the presumptuous salesclerk started picking out some very expensive accessories for the outfit I had just chosen" ], "near antonyms":[ "hands-off", "uninvolved", "quiet", "reclusive", "reserved", "reticent", "retiring", "silent", "taciturn", "withdrawn", "inhibited", "restrained", "subdued" ], "related":[ "bold", "brazen", "bumptious", "impertinent", "impudent", "insolent", "rude", "invading", "trespassing", "curious", "inquisitive", "annoying", "harassing", "pestiferous", "overbearing", "superserviceable" ], "synonyms":[ "busy", "interfering", "intruding", "intrusive", "meddlesome", "meddling", "nosy", "nosey", "obtrusive", "officious", "presuming", "protrusive", "prying", "pushing", "pushy", "snoopy" ] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "presumptuousness":{ "an exaggerated sense of one's importance that shows itself in the making of excessive or unjustified claims":{ "antonyms":[ "humility", "modesty", "unassumingness", "unpretentiousness" ], "examples":[ "only a person of unparalleled presumptuousness would assert that she knows all there is to know about words" ], "near antonyms":[ "bashfulness", "demureness", "retiringness", "shyness", "diffidence", "self-distrust", "self-doubt", "timidity", "timidness", "lowliness", "meekness", "mousiness", "passiveness", "passivity", "submissiveness", "quietness", "reserve", "reservedness" ], "related":[ "authoritativeness", "bossiness", "bowwow", "brag", "dominance", "high-handedness", "condescension", "disdain", "scorn", "chest-thumping", "inflation", "self-assertion", "side", "snobbery", "snobbishness", "snobbism", "snootiness", "attitude", "cheek", "cheekiness", "impertinence", "impudence", "sauciness", "boastfulness", "bombast", "braggadocio", "bravado", "strut", "swagger", "triumphalism", "vaingloriousness", "vainglory", "cockiness", "complacence", "conceit", "egoism", "egotism", "pride", "pridefulness", "self-assumption", "self-centeredness", "self-complacency", "self-conceit", "self-content", "self-contentment", "self-opinion", "self-partiality", "self-satisfaction", "smugness", "swelled head", "vanity", "superiority complex" ], "synonyms":[ "arrogance", "assumption", "bumptiousness", "consequence", "haughtiness", "hauteur", "high horse", "huffiness", "imperiousness", "loftiness", "lordliness", "masterfulness", "peremptoriness", "pomposity", "pompousness", "pretense", "pretence", "pretension", "pretentiousness", "self-consequence", "self-importance", "superciliousness", "superiority", "toploftiness" ] }, "shameless boldness":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "he found that a certain amount of presumptuousness could get you in trouble, but it could also get you into places where you normally weren't allowed" ], "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", "sauce", "sauciness", "temerity" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "presupposes":{ "to take as true or as a fact without actual proof":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "the book presupposes its readers will already know something about the subject" ], "near antonyms":[ "challenges", "controverts", "disagrees (with)", "disbelieves", "discounts", "discredits", "disputes", "distrusts", "doubts", "mistrusts", "questions", "wonders (about)", "denies", "disavows", "disclaims", "disowns", "rejects", "repudiates", "belies", "confutes", "disproves", "rebuts", "refutes" ], "related":[ "accepts", "believes", "credits", "swallows", "concludes", "deduces", "gathers", "infers", "judges", "takes", "conjectures", "figures", "guesses", "reckons", "surmises", "suspects", "suspicions", "thinks", "conceives", "dreams", "fancies", "imagines", "perceives", "preconceives", "speculates", "theorizes", "affirms", "alleges", "asserts", "avers", "avouches", "avows", "claims", "contends", "declares", "insists", "maintains", "professes" ], "synonyms":[ "assumes", "hypothecates", "hypothesizes", "postulates", "premises", "presumes", "says", "supposes" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "pretender":{ "one who makes false claims of identity or expertise":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "it turns out that the guy who claimed to work for a modeling agency was just a pretender" ], "near antonyms":[ "ace", "adept", "authority", "crackerjack", "crackajack", "expert", "maestro", "master", "past master", "professional", "virtuoso", "whiz", "wizard" ], "related":[ "copycat", "imitator", "impersonator", "mimic", "actor", "bluffer", "counterfeiter", "deceiver", "dissembler", "duper", "feigner", "misleader", "operator", "trickster", "poseur", "cozener", "defrauder", "dodger", "fraudster", "scammer", "scamster", "sharper", "sharpie", "sharpy", "skinner", "swindler" ], "synonyms":[ "charlatan", "fake", "faker", "fakir", "fraud", "hoaxer", "humbug", "impostor", "imposter", "mountebank", "phony", "phoney", "quack", "quacksalver", "ringer", "sham" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "pretense":{ "a display of emotion or behavior that is insincere or intended to deceive":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "her display of bravado was just a pretense" ], "near antonyms":[ "bluntness", "candidness", "candor", "directness", "forthrightness", "frankness", "openheartedness", "outspokenness", "plainspokenness", "sincerity", "straightforwardness", "artlessness", "genuineness", "na\u00efvet\u00e9", "naivete", "naivet\u00e9" ], "related":[ "impersonation", "performance", "portrayal", "image", "persona", "appearance", "color", "gloss", "camouflage", "cloak", "affectation", "deceit", "deception", "dissembling", "dissimulation", "double-dealing", "duplicity", "fakery", "fraud", "guile", "betrayal", "double cross", "faithlessness", "falseness", "falsity", "infidelity", "perfidy", "treachery", "treason", "unfaithfulness", "excuse", "pretext" ], "synonyms":[ "act", "airs", "charade", "disguise", "facade", "fa\u00e7ade", "front", "guise", "masquerade", "playacting", "pose", "put-on", "semblance", "show" ] }, "an entitlement to something":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "this book on gardening makes no pretense at completeness" ], "near antonyms":[ "disclaimer", "quitclaim", "release", "waiver" ], "related":[ "birthright", "prerogative", "title", "favor", "privilege", "refusal" ], "synonyms":[ "call", "claim", "dibs", "pretension", "right" ] }, "an exaggerated sense of one's importance that shows itself in the making of excessive or unjustified claims":{ "antonyms":[ "humility", "modesty", "unassumingness", "unpretentiousness" ], "examples":[ "the pretense of that woman in thinking that the other hotel guests should be inconvenienced just for her" ], "near antonyms":[ "bashfulness", "demureness", "retiringness", "shyness", "diffidence", "self-distrust", "self-doubt", "timidity", "timidness", "lowliness", "meekness", "mousiness", "passiveness", "passivity", "submissiveness", "quietness", "reserve", "reservedness" ], "related":[ "authoritativeness", "bossiness", "bowwow", "brag", "dominance", "high-handedness", "condescension", "disdain", "scorn", "chest-thumping", "inflation", "self-assertion", "side", "snobbery", "snobbishness", "snobbism", "snootiness", "attitude", "cheek", "cheekiness", "impertinence", "impudence", "sauciness", "boastfulness", "bombast", "braggadocio", "bravado", "strut", "swagger", "triumphalism", "vaingloriousness", "vainglory", "cockiness", "complacence", "conceit", "egoism", "egotism", "pride", "pridefulness", "self-assumption", "self-centeredness", "self-complacency", "self-conceit", "self-content", "self-contentment", "self-opinion", "self-partiality", "self-satisfaction", "smugness", "swelled head", "vanity", "superiority complex" ], "synonyms":[ "arrogance", "assumption", "bumptiousness", "consequence", "haughtiness", "hauteur", "high horse", "huffiness", "imperiousness", "loftiness", "lordliness", "masterfulness", "peremptoriness", "pomposity", "pompousness", "presumptuousness", "pretension", "pretentiousness", "self-consequence", "self-importance", "superciliousness", "superiority", "toploftiness" ] }, "the quality or state of appearing or trying to appear more important or more valuable than is the case":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "she seemed to be a very down-to-earth woman who was completely free of pretense" ], "near antonyms":[ "demureness", "down-to-earthness", "humbleness", "humility", "lowliness", "meekness", "modesty", "bashfulness", "diffidence", "shyness", "timidity", "naturalness", "sincerity" ], "related":[ "arrogance", "bumptiousness", "complacency", "conceit", "egotism", "hauteur", "imperiousness", "pompousness", "presumptuousness", "pride", "self-aggrandizement", "self-assertion", "self-assumption", "self-conceit", "self-consequence", "self-glorification", "self-importance", "self-satisfaction", "smugness", "vaingloriousness", "vainglory", "vainness", "vanity", "disdain", "haughtiness", "lordliness", "snobbery", "snobbishness", "superciliousness", "superiority", "confidence", "presumption", "self-assurance", "self-confidence", "sureness", "boastfulness", "braggadocio", "aggressiveness", "assertiveness", "audaciousness", "boldness", "brassiness", "cheekiness", "cockiness", "forwardness", "impudence", "insolence", "rudeness", "grandiloquence", "flamboyance", "flashiness", "garishness", "gaudiness", "glitz", "mummery", "ostentation", "ostentatiousness", "show", "showiness" ], "synonyms":[ "affectation", "affectedness", "grandiosity", "inflation", "pretension", "pretentiousness" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "pretension":{ "an entitlement to something":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "a pretension of long standing to the throne of Hungary" ], "near antonyms":[ "disclaimer", "quitclaim", "release", "waiver" ], "related":[ "birthright", "prerogative", "title", "favor", "privilege", "refusal" ], "synonyms":[ "call", "claim", "dibs", "pretense", "pretence", "right" ] }, "an exaggerated sense of one's importance that shows itself in the making of excessive or unjustified claims":{ "antonyms":[ "humility", "modesty", "unassumingness", "unpretentiousness" ], "examples":[ "a woman full of pretension and pompousness" ], "near antonyms":[ "bashfulness", "demureness", "retiringness", "shyness", "diffidence", "self-distrust", "self-doubt", "timidity", "timidness", "lowliness", "meekness", "mousiness", "passiveness", "passivity", "submissiveness", "quietness", "reserve", "reservedness" ], "related":[ "authoritativeness", "bossiness", "bowwow", "brag", "dominance", "high-handedness", "condescension", "disdain", "scorn", "chest-thumping", "inflation", "self-assertion", "side", "snobbery", "snobbishness", "snobbism", "snootiness", "attitude", "cheek", "cheekiness", "impertinence", "impudence", "sauciness", "boastfulness", "bombast", "braggadocio", "bravado", "strut", "swagger", "triumphalism", "vaingloriousness", "vainglory", "cockiness", "complacence", "conceit", "egoism", "egotism", "pride", "pridefulness", "self-assumption", "self-centeredness", "self-complacency", "self-conceit", "self-content", "self-contentment", "self-opinion", "self-partiality", "self-satisfaction", "smugness", "swelled head", "vanity", "superiority complex" ], "synonyms":[ "arrogance", "assumption", "bumptiousness", "consequence", "haughtiness", "hauteur", "high horse", "huffiness", "imperiousness", "loftiness", "lordliness", "masterfulness", "peremptoriness", "pomposity", "pompousness", "presumptuousness", "pretense", "pretence", "pretentiousness", "self-consequence", "self-importance", "superciliousness", "superiority", "toploftiness" ] }, "something that one hopes or intends to accomplish":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "has serious pretensions of becoming a writer" ], "near antonyms":[ "means", "method", "way" ], "related":[ "grail", "holy grail", "plot", "project", "scheme", "desire", "hope", "mind", "wish", "nirvana", "destination", "terminus" ], "synonyms":[ "aim", "ambition", "aspiration", "bourne", "bourn", "design", "dream", "end", "goal", "idea", "ideal", "intent", "intention", "mark", "meaning", "object", "objective", "plan", "point", "purpose", "target", "thing" ] }, "the quality or state of appearing or trying to appear more important or more valuable than is the case":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "the pretension of that French restaurant is more than I can bear" ], "near antonyms":[ "demureness", "down-to-earthness", "humbleness", "humility", "lowliness", "meekness", "modesty", "bashfulness", "diffidence", "shyness", "timidity", "naturalness", "sincerity" ], "related":[ "arrogance", "bumptiousness", "complacency", "conceit", "egotism", "hauteur", "imperiousness", "pompousness", "presumptuousness", "pride", "self-aggrandizement", "self-assertion", "self-assumption", "self-conceit", "self-consequence", "self-glorification", "self-importance", "self-satisfaction", "smugness", "vaingloriousness", "vainglory", "vainness", "vanity", "disdain", "haughtiness", "lordliness", "snobbery", "snobbishness", "superciliousness", "superiority", "confidence", "presumption", "self-assurance", "self-confidence", "sureness", "boastfulness", "braggadocio", "aggressiveness", "assertiveness", "audaciousness", "boldness", "brassiness", "cheekiness", "cockiness", "forwardness", "impudence", "insolence", "rudeness", "grandiloquence", "flamboyance", "flashiness", "garishness", "gaudiness", "glitz", "mummery", "ostentation", "ostentatiousness", "show", "showiness" ], "synonyms":[ "affectation", "affectedness", "grandiosity", "inflation", "pretense", "pretence", "pretentiousness" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "pretentiousness":{ "an exaggerated sense of one's importance that shows itself in the making of excessive or unjustified claims":{ "antonyms":[ "humility", "modesty", "unassumingness", "unpretentiousness" ], "examples":[ "everyone took her ingrained pretentiousness into account when considering her statements" ], "near antonyms":[ "bashfulness", "demureness", "retiringness", "shyness", "diffidence", "self-distrust", "self-doubt", "timidity", "timidness", "lowliness", "meekness", "mousiness", "passiveness", "passivity", "submissiveness", "quietness", "reserve", "reservedness" ], "related":[ "authoritativeness", "bossiness", "bowwow", "brag", "dominance", "high-handedness", "condescension", "disdain", "scorn", "chest-thumping", "inflation", "self-assertion", "side", "snobbery", "snobbishness", "snobbism", "snootiness", "attitude", "cheek", "cheekiness", "impertinence", "impudence", "sauciness", "boastfulness", "bombast", "braggadocio", "bravado", "strut", "swagger", "triumphalism", "vaingloriousness", "vainglory", "cockiness", "complacence", "conceit", "egoism", "egotism", "pride", "pridefulness", "self-assumption", "self-centeredness", "self-complacency", "self-conceit", "self-content", "self-contentment", "self-opinion", "self-partiality", "self-satisfaction", "smugness", "swelled head", "vanity", "superiority complex" ], "synonyms":[ "arrogance", "assumption", "bumptiousness", "consequence", "haughtiness", "hauteur", "high horse", "huffiness", "imperiousness", "loftiness", "lordliness", "masterfulness", "peremptoriness", "pomposity", "pompousness", "presumptuousness", "pretense", "pretence", "pretension", "self-consequence", "self-importance", "superciliousness", "superiority", "toploftiness" ] }, "excessive or unnecessary display":{ "antonyms":[ "austerity", "plainness", "severity" ], "examples":[ "the sheer pretentiousness of the debutante's wedding" ], "near antonyms":[ "conservativeness", "moderation", "modesty", "restraint", "simplicity", "understatement", "elegance", "gracefulness", "tastefulness", "minimalism" ], "related":[ "pretense", "pretence", "\u00e9clat", "extravaganza", "mummery", "pageant", "parade", "show", "dazzle", "fanfare", "foofaraw", "pageantry", "pomp", "razzle-dazzle", "razzmatazz", "spectacle", "adornment", "decoration", "dressing", "embellishment", "garnishment", "ornamentation", "trimming", "extravagance", "fanciness", "luxuriance", "luxuriousness", "magnificence", "opulence", "richness", "sumptuousness", "luridness", "meretriciousness", "tawdriness", "vulgarity" ], "synonyms":[ "flamboyance", "flash", "flashiness", "garishness", "gaudiness", "glitz", "ostentation", "ostentatiousness", "showiness", "swank" ] }, "the quality or state of appearing or trying to appear more important or more valuable than is the case":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "the utter pretentiousness of the movie is matched 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"waxing", "whipping", "capping", "excelling", "flourishing", "scoring", "succeeding", "knocking off", "knocking over", "overpowering", "overthrowing", "subjugating", "unseating", "vanquishing", "acing (out)", "bettering", "eclipsing", "exceeding", "excelling", "outdistancing", "outdoing", "outfighting", "outshining", "outstripping", "overtopping", "surpassing", "topping", "transcending" ], "synonyms":[ "beating", "besting", "conquering", "defeating", "dispatching", "doing down", "getting", "getting around", "licking", "mastering", "overbearing", "overcoming", "overmatching", "skunking", "stopping", "subduing", "surmounting", "taking", "trimming", "triumphing (over)", "upending", "winning (against)", "worsting" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "prevent":{ "to keep from happening by taking action in advance":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "a lot of problems would have been prevented if we'd just prepared better" ], "near antonyms":[ "abet", "aid", "assist", "ease", "facilitate", "smooth", 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large price":{ "antonyms":[ "cheap", "inexpensive" ], "examples":[ "a small boutique selling pricey women's clothing" ], "near antonyms":[ "moderate", "reasonable", "valueless", "worthless", "discounted" ], "related":[ "exorbitant", "overpriced", "prohibitive", "sky-high", "steep", "stiff", "unaffordable", "uneconomic", "uneconomical", "unreasonable", "inestimable", "invaluable", "deluxe", "luxurious", "sumptuous" ], "synonyms":[ "big-ticket", "costly", "dear", "expensive", "extravagant", "high", "high-end", "high-ticket", "precious", "premium", "priceless", "spendy", "ultraexpensive", "valuable" ] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "prick":{ "a mark or small hole made by a pointed instrument":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "the immunization shot left a prick on my arm that turned into a bruise" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "gouge", "groove", "hollow", "break", "cut", "gash", "incision", "laceration", "notch", "rent", "rip", "rupture", "slash", "slit", "tear" ], "synonyms":[ "perforation", "pinhole", "pinprick", "punch", "puncture", "stab" ] }, "a sharp unpleasant sensation usually felt in some specific part of the body":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "she felt a sharp prick when the nurse gave her the shot" ], "near antonyms":[ "comfort", "ease", "easiness" ], "related":[ "discomfort", "distress", "soreness", "tenderness", "affliction", "agony", "anguish", "misery", "sufferance", "suffering", "torment", "torture", "inflammation", "sore", "swelling", "damage", "detriment", "harm", "hurt", "injury", "backache", "bellyache", "charley horse", "colic", "complaint", "earache", "gripe", "headache", "stomachache", "toothache" ], "synonyms":[ "ache", "pain", "pang", "shoot", "smart", "sting", "stitch", "throe", "tingle", "twinge" ] }, "as in poke , prickle":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "pricked":{ "as in poked , prickled":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "prickled":{ "to cause or experience an unpleasant feeling that is like the feeling of having many small, sharp points against your skin":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "The burrs were prickling my arm.", "The wool sweater prickled my skin." ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "prima facie":{ "appearing to be true on the basis of evidence that may or may not be confirmed":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "a prima facie case of tax fraud" ], "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", "ostensible", "ostensive", "presumed", "putative", "reputed", "seeming", "supposed" ] }, "not needing proof in order to be accepted":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "actions that established a prima facie case of discrimination" ], "near antonyms":[ "arguable", "contestable", "debatable", "disputable", "doubtable", "dubious", "moot", "problematic", "problematical", "questionable" ], "related":[ "self-explanatory", "apparent", "clear", "evident", "hands-down", "manifest", "obvious", "open-and-shut", "patent", "plain", "transparent", "unmistakable", "incontestable", "incontrovertible", "indisputable", "indubitable", "undeniable", "unquestionable", "accepted", "given", "granted" ], "synonyms":[ "axiomatic", "self-evident" ] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "primarily":{ "for the most part":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "ketchup is primarily made from tomatoes" ], "near antonyms":[ "completely", "entirely", "fully", "perfectly", "thoroughly", "totally", "wholly", "barely", "hardly", "just", "marginally", "minimally", "scarcely", "absolutely", "categorically", "unqualifiedly" ], "related":[ "about", "more or less", "most", "much", "near", "nearly", "next to", "nigh", "practically", "some", "virtually", "well-nigh", "approximately", "broadly", "plus or minus", "roughly", "commonly", "frequently", "normally", "ordinarily", "typically", "usually", "incompletely", "partially", "partly", "rather", "somewhat" ], "synonyms":[ "altogether", "basically", "by and large", "chiefly", "generally", "largely", "mainly", "mostly", "overall", "predominantly", "principally", "substantially" ] }, "in the beginning":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "the university was primarily an agricultural college when it was founded over two centuries ago" ], "near antonyms":[ "finally", "lastly", "ultimately" ], "related":[ "incipiently", "primitively" ], "synonyms":[ "firstly", "initially", "originally" ] }, "type":[ "adverb" ] }, "primitive":{ "as in Neanderthal":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "belonging to or characteristic of an early level of skill or development":{ "antonyms":[ "advanced", "developed", "evolved", "high", "higher", "late" ], "examples":[ "primitive wooden tools were used before the Iron Age" ], "near antonyms":[ "complex", "complicated", "intricate", "involved", "sophisticated", "full-blown", "grown", "mature", "matured", "perfected", "ripe", "ripened", "civilized", "cultivated", "enlightened", "refined", "contemporary", "current", "latest", "mod", "modern", "modernistic", "new", "newfangled", "new-fashioned", "novel", "now", "present-day", "space-age", "state-of-the-art", "supermodern", "ultramodern", "up-to-date" ], "related":[ "basic", "simple", "uncomplicated", "homely", "homespun", "unsophisticated", "early", "embryonic", "primeval", "primordial", "backward", "underdeveloped", "undeveloped", "aged", "ancient", "antediluvian", "antiquated", "antique", "dated", "fusty", "hoary", "musty", "obsolete", "old", "oldfangled", "old-fashioned", "old-time", "out-of-date", "outworn", "pass\u00e9", "past", "quaint", "unmodernized" ], "synonyms":[ "crude", "low", "rude", "rudimentary" ] }, "lacking in worldly wisdom or informed judgment":{ "antonyms":[ "cosmopolitan", "experienced", "knowing", "sophisticated", "worldly", "worldly-wise" ], "examples":[ "her taste in art was still primitive , but she knew schlock when she saw it" ], "near antonyms":[ "critical", "cynical", "doubting", "incredulous", "skeptical", "suspecting", "suspicious", "unconvinced", "careful", "cautious", "guarded", "leery", "leary", "wary", "watchful", "down-to-earth", "hardheaded", "pragmatic", "pragmatical", "realistic", "sober", "street-smart", "streetwise" ], "related":[ "callow", "childish", "immature", "inexperienced", "raw", "childlike", "idealistic", "impractical", "unrealistic", "believing", "credulous", "gullible", "gullable", "susceptible", "trustful", "trusting", "unguarded", "beguiled", "duped", "gulled", "tricked", "careless", "heedless", "thoughtless" ], "synonyms":[ "aw-shucks", "dewy", "dewy-eyed", "green", "ingenuous", "innocent", "na\u00eff", "naif", "naive", "na\u00efve", "simple", "simpleminded", "uncritical", "unknowing", "unsophisticated", "unsuspecting", "unsuspicious", "unwary", "unworldly", "wide-eyed" ] }, "relating to or occurring near the beginning of a process, series, or time period":{ "antonyms":[ "late" ], "examples":[ "a primitive period in church history when members still lived in communes" ], "near antonyms":[ "advanced", "complex", "developed", "evolved", "high", "higher", "full-blown", "full-fledged", "full-scale" ], "related":[ "budding", "embryonic", "germinal", "infant", 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private life" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "inspects", "sifts", "studies", "views", "browses", "cruises", "peruses", "scans", "skims (through)", "surfs", "thumbs (through)", "reinvestigates" ], "synonyms":[ "delves (into)", "digs (into)", "examines", "explores", "inquires (into)", "investigates", "looks (into)", "researches" ] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "problem":{ "an interrogative expression often used to test knowledge":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "there were only 10 problems on the exam, but they were all challenging" ], "near antonyms":[ "answer", "response", "solution" ], "related":[ "brainteaser", "conundrum", "poser", "puzzle", "quiz", "riddle", "stickler", "stumper", "toughie", "toughy" ], "synonyms":[ "interrogative", "question" ] }, "as in troublesome , stubborn":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "something that requires thought and skill for resolution":{ "antonyms":[ "answer", "solution" ], "examples":[ "the problem of world hunger" ], "near antonyms":[ "magic bullet", "silver bullet", "cure-all", "panacea" ], "related":[ "issue", "question", "corner", "fix", "hole", "hot water", "jam", "mire", "pickle", "predicament", "quagmire", "spot", "crux", "Gordian knot", "sticky wicket", "toughie", "toughy", "catch-22", "dilemma", "quandary", "catch", "glitch", "hitch", "pitfall", "snag", "conundrum", "enigma", "mystery", "puzzle", "puzzlement", "riddle", "brainteaser", "poser", "stumper" ], "synonyms":[ "case", "challenge", "knot", "matter", "nut", "trouble" ] }, "type":[ "adjective", "noun" ] }, "procedure":{ "a usually fixed or ordered series of actions or events leading to a result":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "followed the procedure for replacing the broken part exactly as the owner's manual instructed" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "drill", "routine", "fashion", "form", "manner", "method", "mode", "style", "system", "technique", "way", "approach", "arrangement", "blueprint", "design", 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"routines", "fashions", "forms", "manners", "methods", "modes", "styles", "systems", "techniques", "ways", "approaches", "arrangements", "blueprints", "designs", "formulas", "formulae", "game plans", "ground plans", "layouts", "plans", "plots", "programs", "projects", "recipes", "schemes", "strategies", "accomplishments", "achievements", "attainments", "enterprises", "performances", "undertakings", "works", "activities", "movements" ], "synonyms":[ "courses", "operations", "proceedings", "processes" ] }, "a way of acting or proceeding":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "followed standard procedure for dealing with a consumer complaint" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "blueprints", "designs", "plans", "schemes", "strategies", "intentions", "intents", "purposes", "approaches", "directions", "methods", "paths", "pathways", "tacks" ], "synonyms":[ "courses", "lines", "methodologies", "policies", "programs" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "proceed":{ "to move forward along a course":{ "antonyms":[ "remain", "stand", "stay", "stop" ], "examples":[ "you may proceed with your plan" ], "near antonyms":[ "arrest", "balk", "block", "check", "detain", "halt", "hinder", "hold back", "impede", "nip", "obstruct", "slow (down or up)", "stem", "repress", "retard", "stunt", "suppress", "delay", "interrupt", "stall", "cramp", "hamper", "inhibit", "cease", "let up", "pause", "regress", "wait" ], "related":[ "accelerate", "fast-forward", "speed", "approach", "near", "journey", "pass", "repair", "run", "travel", "wend", "actuate", "drive", "impel", "propel", "push", "take out" ], "synonyms":[ "advance", "come", "come along", "do", "fare", "forge", "get along", "get on", "go", "go along", "go off", "march", "pace", "progress" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "proclaimed":{ "as in":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "to make known openly or publicly":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "loudly proclaimed her innocence, to widespread disbelief" ], "near 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widespread disbelief" ], "near antonyms":[ "conceals", "hushes (up)", "silences", "suppresses", "withholds", "recalls", "recants", "retracts", "revokes" ], "related":[ "barks", "calls (off or out)", "cries", "billboards", "bills", "bulletins", "gazettes", "knells", "rings", "tolls", "blurbs", "features", "pitches", "plugs", "promotes", "puffs", "disseminates", "spreads", "discloses", "divulges", "introduces", "kithes", "manifests", "reports", "reveals", "shows", "advises", "apprises", "hands down", "informs", "notifies", "communicates", "imparts", "intimates" ], "synonyms":[ "advertises", "announces", "annunciates", "blares", "blazes", "blazons", "broadcasts", "declares", "enunciates", "flashes", "gives out", "heralds", "placards", "posts", "promulgates", "publicizes", "publishes", "releases", "sounds", "trumpets" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "procrastinate":{ "to be slow or late about doing something that should be done; to delay doing something until a later time because you do not want to do it, because you are lazy, etc.":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "He procrastinated and missed the submission deadline.", "He told her to stop procrastinating and get to work." ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "procrastination":{ "a state, a habit, or an instance of being slow or late about doing something that should be done":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "Though she has a tendency towards procrastination , she never fails to turn in her papers on time." ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "procreate":{ "to bring forth offspring":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "the common perception that our Puritan forebears procreated more out of a sense of duty than from desire" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "bear", "beget", "engender", "gender", "generate", "get", "have", "mother", "parent", "produce", "sire", "hatch", "spawn" ], "synonyms":[ "breed", "multiply", "propagate", "reproduce" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "procreated":{ "to bring forth offspring":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "the common perception that our Puritan forebears procreated more out of a sense of duty than from desire" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "begot", "begat", "bore", "engendered", "gendered", "generated", "got", "had", "mothered", "parented", "produced", "sired", "hatched", "spawned" ], "synonyms":[ "bred", "multiplied", "propagated", "reproduced" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "procreates":{ "to bring forth offspring":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "the common perception that our Puritan forebears procreated more out of a sense of duty than from desire" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "bears", "begets", "engenders", "genders", "generates", "gets", "has", "mothers", "parents", "produces", "sires", "hatches", "spawns" ], "synonyms":[ "breeds", "multiplies", "propagates", "reproduces" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "procure":{ "to receive as return for effort":{ "antonyms":[ "forfeit", "lose" ], "examples":[ "a reputation for integrity and incorruptibility that has procured for him the universal respect and admiration of his colleagues" ], "near antonyms":[ "accord", "give", "grant", "pay", "give up", "hand over", "part (with)", "relinquish", "surrender", "yield" ], "related":[ "clear", "gross", "net", "accomplish", "achieve", "notch (up)", "score", "accumulate", "amass", "rack up", "catch", "pick up", "annex", "occupy", "take over", "reacquire", "reattain", "recapture", "regain", "remake" ], "synonyms":[ "acquire", "attain", "bag", "bring in", "capture", "carry", "come by", "draw", "earn", "gain", "garner", "get", "knock down", "land", "make", "obtain", "pull down", "realize", "reap", "secure", "win" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "procured":{ "to receive as return for effort":{ "antonyms":[ "forfeited", "lost" ], "examples":[ "a reputation for integrity and incorruptibility that has procured for him the universal respect and admiration of his colleagues" ], "near antonyms":[ "accorded", "gave", "granted", "paid", "gave up", "handed over", "parted (with)", "relinquished", "surrendered", "yielded" ], "related":[ "cleared", "grossed", "netted", "accomplished", "achieved", "notched (up)", "scored", "accumulated", "amassed", "racked up", "caught", "picked up", "annexed", "occupied", "took over", "reacquired", "reattained", "recaptured", "regained", "remade" ], "synonyms":[ "acquired", "attained", "bagged", "brought in", "came by", "captured", "carried", "drew", "earned", "gained", "garnered", "got", "knocked down", "landed", "made", "obtained", "pulled down", "realized", "reaped", "secured", "won" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "prodigal":{ "given to spending money freely or foolishly":{ "antonyms":[ "conserving", "economical", "economizing", "frugal", "penny-pinching", "scrimping", "skimping", "thrifty" ], "examples":[ "the prodigal child always spent her allowance the minute she got it" ], "near antonyms":[ "cheap", "close", "closefisted", "mean", "miserly", "niggardly", "parsimonious", "penurious", "pinching", "spare", "sparing", "stingy", "stinting", "tight", "tightfisted", "careful", "judicious", "prudent", "sensible", "wise", "farsighted", "forehanded", "foreseeing", "foresighted", "forethoughtful", "provident" ], "related":[ "improvident", "myopic", "shortsighted", "bighearted", "bountiful", "charitable", "freehanded", "freehearted", "generous", "lavish", "liberal", "munificent", "openhanded", "openhearted", "philanthropic", "philanthropical", "unselfish", "unsparing", "unstinting", "careless", "heedless", "imprudent", "incautious", "injudicious", "unwise", "indulgent", "reckless", "self-indulgent", "splurging", "wanton" ], "synonyms":[ "extravagant", "high-rolling", "profligate", "spendthrift", "squandering", "thriftless", "unthrifty", "wasteful" ] }, "someone who spends money freely or foolishly":{ "antonyms":[ "economizer", "penny-pincher" ], "examples":[ "the million-dollar lottery winner was such a prodigal that his windfall was exhausted after only a few years" ], "near antonyms":[ "cheapskate", "miser", "niggard", "piker", "scrooge", "skinflint", "tightwad", "conserver", "saver" ], "related":[ "dissipate" ], "synonyms":[ "fritterer", "high roller", "profligate", "spender", "spendthrift", "squanderer", "waster", "wastrel" ] }, "type":[ "adjective", "noun" ] }, "prods":{ "as in incentives , goads":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "to try to persuade (someone) through earnest appeals to follow a course of action":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "a public outcry eventually prodded the politicians into action" ], "near antonyms":[ "deters", "discourages", "dissuades", "brakes", "checks", "constrains", "curbs", "holds back", "inhibits", "restrains" ], "related":[ "drives", "propels", "spurs", "stimulates", "hurries", "hustles", "pushes", "rushes", "adjures", "beseeches", "implores", "importunes", "blandishes", "cajoles", "coaxes", "soft-soaps", "wheedles", "high-pressures", "nags", "needles", "pressures", "foments", "incites", "instigates", "provokes", "stirs (up)" ], "synonyms":[ "eggs (on)", "encourages", "exhorts", "goads", "nudges", "presses", "prompts", "urges" ] }, "to urge or push forward with or as if with a pointed object":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "kept prodding the sheep with a staff to move along faster" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "chucks", "jabs", "jogs", "knocks", "nudges", "pokes", "bores", "drills", "perforates", "pierces", "pricks", "punches", "punctures", "stabs", "sticks", "drives", "hales", "propels" ], "synonyms":[ "digs", "goads", "spurs" ] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "produce":{ "something produced by physical or intellectual effort":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "a book that was the produce of a lifetime of study on the subject" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "article", "commodity", "entry", "object", "goods", "line", "merchandise", "wares", "handcraft", "handicraft", "aftereffect", "aftermath", "conclusion", "consequence", "corollary", "development", "effect", "issue", "outcome", "result", "resultant", "sequel", "sequence", "upshot", "by-product", "derivative", "offshoot", "offspring", "outgrowth", "residual", "side effect", "side reaction", "spin-off" ], "synonyms":[ "affair", "fruit", "handiwork", "labor", "output", "product", "production", "thing", "work", "yield" ] }, "to be the cause of (a situation, action, or state of mind)":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "hopefully, the new approach to fighting substance abuse will produce better results" ], "near antonyms":[ "impede", "limit", "restrict", "clamp down (on)", "crack down (on)", "crush", "dampen", "put down", "quash", "quell", "repress", "smother", "squash", "squelch", "stifle", "subdue", "suppress", "arrest", "check", "control", "curb", "inhibit", "rein (in)", "restrain", "retard", "can", "kill", "snuff (out)", "still", "abolish", "demolish", "destroy", "extinguish", "liquidate", "quench" ], "related":[ "conduce (to)", "contribute (to)", "decide", "determine", "begin", "establish", "father", "found", "inaugurate", "initiate", "innovate", "institute", "introduce", "launch", "pioneer", "set", "set up", "start", "advance", "cultivate", "develop", "encourage", "forward", "foster", "further", "nourish", "nurture", "promote", "enact", "render", "turn out" ], "synonyms":[ "beget", "breed", "bring", "bring about", "bring on", "catalyze", "cause", "create", "do", "draw on", "effect", "effectuate", "engender", "generate", "induce", "invoke", "make", "occasion", "prompt", "result (in)", "spawn", "translate (into)", "work", "yield" ] }, "to bring forth from the womb":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "rabbits can potentially produce many offspring at once" ], "near antonyms":[ "abort", "lose", "miscarry" ], "related":[ "labor", "breed", "multiply", "propagate", "reproduce", "spawn", "beget", "father", "generate", "get", "sire", "calve", "kid", "kindle", "kitten", "litter", "pup", "whelp" ], "synonyms":[ "bear", "birth", "deliver", "drop", "have", "mother" ] }, "to bring into being by combining, shaping, or transforming materials":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "a factory producing steel" ], "near antonyms":[ "disassemble", "dismantle", "take apart", "break up", "dismember", "abolish", "annihilate", "demolish", "destroy", "devastate", "eradicate", "exterminate", "extinguish", "flatten", "pulverize", "raze", "ruin", "shatter", "smash", "wreck", "blow up", "explode" ], "related":[ "assemble", "build", "construct", "erect", "make up", "put up", "raise", "rear", "set up", "structure", "throw up", "craft", "handcraft", "hew", "forge", "mold", "shape", "cobble (together or up)", "knock out", "patch (together)", "throw up", "prefabricate", "create", "invent", "mint", "originate", "establish", "father", "institute", "organize", "concoct", "contrive", "cook (up)", "design", "devise", "imagine", "think (up)", "conceive", "envisage", "picture", "visualize", "refashion", "remake", "remanufacture" ], "synonyms":[ "fabricate", "fashion", "form", "frame", "make", "manufacture" ] }, "to present so as to invite notice or attention":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "he produced his brand-new driver's license at every possible opportunity" ], "near antonyms":[ "camouflage", "disguise", "mask", "conceal", "cover", "curtain", "enshroud", "hide", "obscure", "occlude", "occult", "shroud", "veil" ], "related":[ "brandish", "flourish", "wave", "advertise", "air", "announce", "blaze", "broadcast", "herald", "placard", "post", "proclaim", "publicize", "sound", "trumpet", "divulge", "talk (about)", "tell (of)", "bare", "discover", "reveal", "uncloak", "uncover", "unmask" ], "synonyms":[ "display", "disport", "exhibit", "expose", "flash", "flaunt", "lay out", "parade", "show", "show off", "sport", "strut", "unveil" ] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "productive":{ "having a role in deciding something's final form":{ "antonyms":[ "nonconstructive", "nonproductive", "unproductive" ], "examples":[ "contributed several productive ideas to the project" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "causal", "creative", "consequential", "influential" ], "synonyms":[ "constructive", "formative" ] }, "producing abundantly":{ "antonyms":[ "barren", "dead", "infertile", "sterile", "unfertile", "unfruitful", "unproductive" ], "examples":[ "overfishing has depleted the stock of fish in these waters, which were once so productive" ], "near antonyms":[ "meager", "meagre", "scant", "scanty", "skimp", "skimpy", "spare", "sparse" ], "related":[ "bearing", "generative", "producing", "yielding", "abounding", "abundant", "bountiful", "copious", "generous", "liberal", "plenteous", "plentiful", "plenitudinous", "blooming", "bursting", "flourishing", "swarming", "teeming", "thriving", "creative", "inventive", "original" ], "synonyms":[ "cornucopian", "fat", "fecund", "fertile", "fructuous", "fruitful", "lush", "luxuriant", "prolific", "rich" ] }, "producing or capable of producing a desired result":{ "antonyms":[ "fruitless", "ineffective", "ineffectual", "inefficient", "inoperative", "unfruitful", "unproductive", "useless" ], "examples":[ "panicking during a crisis is not productive behavior" ], "near antonyms":[ "counterproductive", "incapable", "incompetent", "inexperienced", "inexpert", "unqualified", "unseasoned", "unskilled", "unskillful", "abortive", "bootless", "futile", "vain", "empty", "hollow", "idle", "pointless", "unavailing", "unprofitable", "unsuccessful", "inoperative", "worthless" ], "related":[ "hyperefficient", "ultraefficient", "adequate", "capable", "competent", "accomplished", "adept", "consummate", "experienced", "expert", "masterly", "practiced", "practised", "proficient", "skilled", "skillful", "versed", "veteran", "virtuoso", "cogent", "convincing", "killer", "sound", "striking", "telling", "valid", "active", "dynamic", "useful", "working", "applicable", "feasible", "functional", "practicable", "practical", "realizable", "usable", "useable", "workable" ], "synonyms":[ "effective", "effectual", "efficacious", "efficient", "fruitful", "operative", "potent" ] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "products":{ "a condition or occurrence traceable to a cause":{ "antonyms":[ "antecedents", "causations", "causes", "occasions", "reasons" ], "examples":[ "her relentless ambition is a product of her home environment" ], "near antonyms":[ "considerations", "determinants", "factors", "bases", "bases", "foundations", "grounds", "groundworks", "impetuses", "incentives", "inspirations", "instigations", "stimuli", "mothers", "origins", "roots", "sources", "springs" ], "related":[ "ramifications", "denouements", "d\u00e9nouements", "echoes", "echos", "implications", "repercussions", "afterclaps", "afterglows", "aftershocks", "blowbacks", "by-products", "byproducts", "fallouts", "offshoots", "ripples", "side effects", "side reactions", "spin-offs" ], "synonyms":[ "aftereffects", "aftermaths", "backwashes", "children", "conclusions", "consequences", "corollaries", 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"patriarchs", "sires", "ancestries", "antecedents", "roots" ], "synonyms":[ "ancestors", "fathers", "forebearers", "forebears", "forbears", "forefathers", "grandfathers", "primogenitors" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "programing":{ "as in":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "progress":{ "forward movement in time or place":{ "antonyms":[ "recess", "recession", "regress", "regression", "retreat", "retrogression" ], "examples":[ "we're making slow progress against this stiff headwind" ], "near antonyms":[ "backwash", "ebb", "reflux", "retraction", "return", "reversal", "reverse", "about-face", "turnabout", "turnaround" ], "related":[ "current", "drift", "flow", "flux", "stream", "way", "advent", "approach", "arrival", "coming", "nearing", "bound", "jump", "leap", "step", "stride", "impetus", "momentum" ], "synonyms":[ "advance", "advancement", "furtherance", "going", "headway", "march", "onrush", "passage", "process", 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"sanctioned", "vouchsafed", "brooked", "condoned", "countenanced", "encouraged", "promoted", "supported", "commanded", "mandatory", "ordered", "required", "proper", "seemly", "suitable", "tolerated", "unobjectionable" ], "related":[ "intolerable", "unacceptable", "unbearable", "unendurable", "illegal", "illegitimate", "illicit", "improper", "inappropriate", "unauthorized", "unlawful", "unlicensed", "ineffable", "unmentionable", "unseemly", "unsuitable", "objectionable", "disallowed", "disapproved", "discouraged", "refused", "rejected", "revoked", "unsanctioned", "vetoed", "repressed", "suppressed", "precluded", "prevented", "stopped", "excluded", "ruled out", "shut out", "blocked", "hindered", "impeded", "obstructed" ], "synonyms":[ "banned", "barred", "forbidden", "impermissible", "interdicted", "outlawed", "proscribed", "taboo", "tabu", "verboten" ] }, "to order not to do or use or to be done or used":{ "antonyms":[ "allowed", "let", "permitted", "suffered" ], "examples":[ "the city prohibits swimming in the lake after dark" ], "near antonyms":[ "approved", "endorsed", "indorsed", "sanctioned", "authorized", "licensed", "licenced", "warranted", "abetted", "advanced", "cultivated", "encouraged", "forwarded", "furthered", "nourished", "nurtured", "promoted", "supported", "bade", "bid", "commanded", "ordered", "abided", "abode", "bore", "brooked", "countenanced", "endured", "tolerated" ], "related":[ "deterred", "discouraged", "dissuaded", "clamped down (on)", "cracked down (on)", "crushed", "put down", "quashed", "quelled", "repressed", "silenced", "snuffed (out)", "squashed", "squelched", "subdued", "suppressed", "halted", "precluded", "prevented", "stopped", "embargoed", "excluded", "ruled out", "shut out", "debarred", "deprived", "disallowed", "rejected", "repudiated", "vetoed", "bridled", "checked", "curbed", "inhibited", "reined (in)", "restrained", "blocked", "hindered", "impeded", "obstructed" ], "synonyms":[ "banned", "barred", "enjoined", "forbade", "forbad", "interdicted", "outlawed", "proscribed" ] }, "type":[ "adjective", "verb" ] }, "project":{ "a method worked out in advance for achieving some objective":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "an ambitious project to develop the city's waterfront" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "collusion", "conspiracy", "plot", "contrivance", "device", "gambit", "maneuver", "ruse", "stratagem", "subterfuge", "trick", "counterplan", "counterstrategy", "means", "tactic", "technique", "way", "procedure", "protocol", "conception", "idea", "projet", "proposal", "specific(s)", "specification(s)", "aim", "intent", "intention", "purpose", "diagram", "formula", "layout", "map", "pattern", "platform", "policy", "recipe", "setup" ], "synonyms":[ "arrangement", "blueprint", "design", "game", "game plan", "ground plan", "master plan", "plan", "program", "road map", "scheme", "strategy", "system" ] }, "to extend outward beyond a usual point":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "some boulders projected dangerously out above the trail" ], "near antonyms":[ "compress", "condense", "constrict", "contract", "shrink" ], "related":[ "dome", "blow up", "inflate", "dilate", "distend", "expand", "mushroom", "snowball", "elongate", "extend", "lengthen", "stretch" ], "synonyms":[ "bag", "balloon", "beetle", "belly", "billow", "bulge", "bunch", "jut", "overhang", "poke", "pooch", "pouch", "pout", "protrude", "stand out", "start", "stick out", "swell" ] }, "to work out the details of (something) in advance":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "we must project next year's budget now" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "conspire", "contrive", "devise", "intrigue", "machinate", "plot", "put up", "concert", "get up", "draft", "outline", "sketch", "aim", "figure", "have on", "intend", "mean", "contemplate", "meditate", "premeditate" ], "synonyms":[ "arrange", "blueprint", "budget", "calculate", "chart", "choreograph", "design", "frame", "lay out", "map (out)", "organize", "plan", "prepare", "scheme (out)", "shape", "strategize (about)" ] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "proletarian":{ "as in commoner , plebeian":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "belonging to the class of people of low social or economic rank":{ "antonyms":[ "aristocratic", "blue-blooded", "genteel", "gentle", "grand", "great", "high", "highborn", "highbred", "lofty", "noble", "patrician", "upper-class", "upper-crust", "wellborn" ], "examples":[ "a self-made Internet magnate who is not at all ashamed of his proletarian background" ], "near antonyms":[ "eminent", "illustrious", "notable", "prominent" ], "related":[ "bourgeois", "middle-class", "plain", "poor", "simple", "working-class", "d\u00e9class\u00e9", "down-market", "downscale" ], "synonyms":[ "baseborn", "common", "humble", "ignoble", "inferior", "low", "low-life", "lowborn", "lower-class", "lowly", "lumpen", "mean", "plebeian", "prole", "unwashed", "vulgar" ] }, "type":[ "adjective", "noun" ] }, "proliferated":{ "to become greater in extent, volume, amount, or number":{ "antonyms":[ "contracted", "decreased", "diminished", "dwindled", "lessened", "receded", "waned" ], "examples":[ "rumors about the incident proliferated on the Internet" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "jumped", "rocketed", "skyrocketed", "surged", "heightened", "intensified", "redoubled", "blew up", "bulked", "distended", "inflated", "puffed (up)", "crescendoed", "crested", "peaked" ], "synonyms":[ "accelerated", "accumulated", "appreciated", "ballooned", "boomed", "built up", "burgeoned", "bourgeoned", "climbed", "enlarged", "escalated", "expanded", "gained", "increased", "mounted", "multiplied", "mushroomed", "rolled up", "rose", "snowballed", "spread", "swelled", "waxed" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "prologue":{ "a performance, activity, or event that precedes and sets the stage for the main event":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "unfortunately, the burglary, which he committed while still a teen, was but a prologue to a wasted life of crime" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "countdown", "run-up", "lead-in", "kickoff", "start" ], "synonyms":[ "curtain-raiser", "overture", "preamble", "preliminary", "prelude", "warm-up" ] }, "a short section (as of a book) that leads to or explains the main part":{ "antonyms":[ "epilogue", "epilog" ], "examples":[ "a brief prologue sets the scene for the story that follows" ], "near antonyms":[ "envoi", "envoy", "postscript", "aftermath", "cessation", "close", "closing", "conclusion", "end", "finale", "finish", "stop", "termination" ], "related":[ "beginning", "commencement", "initiation", "opening", "origin", "origination", "outset", "start" ], "synonyms":[ "exordium", "foreword", "intro", "introduction", "preamble", "preface", "prelude", "proem", "prolusion" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "promenading":{ "as in parading":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "prominence":{ "an area of high ground":{ "antonyms":[ "lowland" ], "examples":[ "a rocky prominence that commands a stunning view of the surrounding area" ], "near antonyms":[ "dale", "dell", "depression", "dingle", "glen", "hollow", "vale", "valley", "basin", "bottom", "bottomland", "fen", "flat", "floodplain", "plain", "tidewater" ], "related":[ "alp", "mount", "mountain", "peak", "butte", "mesa", "plateau", "table", "tableland", "bluff", "cliff", "crag", "precipice", "steep", "tor", "ridge", "sierra", "dome", "sugarloaf", "foothill", "hillock", "hummock", "knob", "knoll", "downs" ], "synonyms":[ "altitude(s)", "elevation", "eminence", "height", "highland", "hill", "hump", "mound", "rise", "upland" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "promiscuous":{ "consisting of many things of different sorts":{ "antonyms":[ "homogeneous" ], "examples":[ "since I just collect stamps that I happen to like, my collection is pretty promiscuous" ], "near antonyms":[ "monolithic", "uniform", "alike", "identical", "like", "same", "distinct", "distinctive", "individual", "separate" ], "related":[ "manifold", "multifarious", "multiple", "multiplex", "myriad", "disparate", "divergent", "diverse", "sundry", "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" ], "synonyms":[ "assorted", "eclectic", "heterogeneous", "indiscriminate", "kitchen-sink", "magpie", "miscellaneous", "mixed", "motley", "patchwork", "piebald", "raggle-taggle", "ragtag", "varied" ] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "promise":{ "a person's solemn declaration that he or she will do or not do something":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "he made a promise to arrive on time, come hell or high water" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "appointment", "arrangement", "commitment", "engagement", "obligation", "agreement", "compact", "contract", "covenant", "assurance", "guarantee", "guaranty", "undertaking", "bail", "bond", "deposit", "gage", "pawn", "security", "token", "warranty" ], "synonyms":[ "oath", "pledge", "troth", "vow", "word" ] }, "to make a solemn declaration of intent":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "they promised to keep in touch with us after they moved away" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "affiance", "betroth", "plight", "troth", "accede", "agree", "assent", "consent", "contract", "engage", "ensure", "guarantee", "undertake", "affirm", "assert", "aver", "avouch", "avow", "declare", "insist", "warrant" ], "synonyms":[ "covenant", "pledge", "swear", "vow" ] }, "to show signs of a favorable or successful outcome":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "given the cast, the new sitcom promises to be an excellent show" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "forecast", "foretell", "predict", "presage", "prognosticate", "prophesy", "forewarn", "warn", "anticipate", "divine", "foreknow", "foresee", "betoken", "foreshadow", "harbinger", "portend", "prefigure", "presignify", "indicate", "signify", "allude", "connote", "hint", "imply", "insinuate", "intimate", "suggest" ], "synonyms":[ "augur", "bode", "forebode", "forbode" ] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "promising":{ "having qualities which inspire hope":{ "antonyms":[ "bleak", "dark", "depressing", "desperate", "discouraging", "disheartening", "dismal", "downbeat", "dreary", "gloomy", "hopeless", "inauspicious", "pessimistic", "unencouraging", "unlikely", "unpromising", "unpropitious" ], "examples":[ "a promising writer who just may write the great American novel someday" ], "near antonyms":[ "cheerless", "comfortless", "doubtful", "dubious", "uncertain", "bearish", "grim", "negative", "unfavorable", "funereal", "glum", "gray", "grey", "miserable", "wretched" ], "related":[ "cheering", "comforting", "reassuring", "soothing", "assured", "confident", "decisive", "doubtless", "positive", "sure", "unhesitating", "beamish", "bullish", "eupeptic", "favorable", "good" ], "synonyms":[ "auspicious", "bright", "encouraging", "fair", "golden", "heartening", "hopeful", "likely", "optimistic", "propitious", "rose-colored", "roseate", "rosy", "upbeat" ] }, "pointing toward a happy outcome":{ "antonyms":[ "dim", "discouraging", "disheartening", "futureless", "hopeless", "inauspicious", "unfavorable", "unpromising", "unpropitious" ], "examples":[ "all the signs for the new business are promising" ], "near antonyms":[ "unfortunate", "unhappy", "unlucky", "calamitous", "catastrophic", "disastrous", "fatal", "ruinous", "baleful", "dark", "dire", "direful", "doomy", "foreboding", "gloomy", "ill", "ill-boding", "menacing", "minatory", "ominous", "portentous", "sinister", "threatening" ], "related":[ "fortunate", "fortuitous", "happy", "lucky", "providential", "advantageous", "beneficial", "profitable", "prosperous", "salutary" ], "synonyms":[ "auspicious", "bright", "encouraging", "favorable", "golden", "heartening", "hopeful", "propitious" ] }, "to make a solemn declaration of intent":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "they promised to keep in touch with us after they moved away" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "affiancing", "betrothing", "plighting", "trothing", "acceding", "agreeing", "assenting", "consenting", "contracting", "engaging", "ensuring", "guaranteeing", "undertaking", "affirming", "asserting", "averring", "avouching", "avowing", "declaring", "insisting", "warranting" ], "synonyms":[ "covenanting", "pledging", "swearing", "vowing" ] }, "to show signs of a favorable or successful outcome":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "given the cast, the new sitcom promises to be an excellent show" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "forecasting", "foretelling", "predicting", "presaging", "prognosticating", "prophesying", "forewarning", "warning", "anticipating", "divining", "foreknowing", "foreseeing", "betokening", "foreshadowing", "harbingering", "portending", "prefiguring", "presignifying", "indicating", "signifying", "alluding", "connoting", "hinting", "implying", "insinuating", "intimating", "suggesting" ], "synonyms":[ "auguring", "boding", "foreboding", "forboding" ] }, "type":[ "adjective", "verb" ] }, "promontory":{ "an area of high ground jutting out into a body of water beyond the line of the coast":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "stood on the windswept promontory overlooking the bay" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "cape", "foreland", "peninsula", "spit", "breakwater", "jetty", "levee" ], "synonyms":[ "headland", "ness", "point" ] }, "an area of land that juts out into a body of water":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "Cape May is Delaware Bay's largest promontory" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "breakwater", "jetty" ], "synonyms":[ "arm", "cape", "foreland", "headland", "ness", "peninsula", "point", "spit" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "promotion":{ "a raising or a state of being raised to a higher rank or position":{ "antonyms":[ "abasement", "comedown", "degradation", "demotion", "disrating", "downgrade", "reduction" ], "examples":[ "after 10 years at the company he was rewarded with a promotion to vice president" ], "near antonyms":[ "deposition", "dethronement", "discharge", "dismissal", "expulsion", "impeachment", "ouster", "overthrow", "removal", "suspension", "unmaking", "unseating", "downfall", "fall" ], "related":[ "aggrandizement", "ennoblement", "exaltation", "glorification", "magnification" ], "synonyms":[ "advancement", "ascent", "creation", "elevation", "preference", "preferment", "rise", "upgrade", "upgrading" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "prompt":{ "as in reminder , urging":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "done, carried out, or given without delay":{ "antonyms":[ "belated", "late", "tardy" ], "examples":[ "prompt treatment of snakebites is always advisable" ], "near antonyms":[ "delinquent", "latish", "overdue", "behind", "behindhand", "delayed", "detained", "dilatory", "laggard", "slow" ], "related":[ "apt", "quick", "ready", "swift", "willing", "opportune", "seasonable", "early" ], "synonyms":[ "immediate", "punctual", "speedy", "timely" ] }, "having or showing the ability to respond without delay or hesitation":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "our waiter was prompt and courteous despite the fact that the restaurant was understaffed" ], "near antonyms":[ "unresponsive", "crawling", "creeping", "dallying", "dawdling", "dilatory", "dillydallying", "dragging", "laggard", "lagging", "lazy", "lazyish", "leisurely", "logy", "loggy", "poking", "poky", "pokey", "slothful", "slow", "slowish", "sluggish", "tardy", "unhurried", "dormant", "idle", "inactive", "inert" ], "related":[ "receptive", "responsive", "immediate", "instant", "instantaneous", "summary", "breakneck", "breathless", "brisk", "fast", "fleet", "fleet-footed", "hit-and-run", "lightning", "rapid", "rapid-fire", "rattling", "snappy", "speedy", "swift", "whirlwind", "eager", "keen", "sharp", "apt", "clever", "quick-witted", "ready-witted", "sharp-witted", "smart" ], "synonyms":[ "alacritous", "alert", "expeditious", "quick", "ready", "willing" ] }, "to be the cause of (a situation, action, or state of mind)":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "a misguided pride prompted the family to refuse all offers of help" ], "near antonyms":[ "impede", "limit", "restrict", "clamp down (on)", "crack down (on)", "crush", "dampen", "put down", "quash", "quell", "repress", "smother", "squash", "squelch", "stifle", "subdue", "suppress", "arrest", "check", "control", "curb", "inhibit", "rein (in)", "restrain", "retard", "can", "kill", "snuff (out)", "still", "abolish", "demolish", "destroy", "extinguish", "liquidate", "quench" ], "related":[ "conduce (to)", "contribute (to)", "decide", "determine", "begin", "establish", "father", "found", "inaugurate", "initiate", "innovate", "institute", "introduce", "launch", "pioneer", "set", "set up", "start", "advance", "cultivate", "develop", "encourage", "forward", "foster", "further", "nourish", "nurture", "promote", "enact", "render", "turn out" ], "synonyms":[ "beget", "breed", "bring", "bring about", "bring on", "catalyze", "cause", "create", "do", "draw on", "effect", "effectuate", "engender", "generate", "induce", "invoke", "make", "occasion", "produce", "result (in)", "spawn", "translate (into)", "work", "yield" ] }, "to try to persuade (someone) through earnest appeals to follow a course of action":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "prompted the reluctant performer onto the stage with loud cheers and whistles" ], "near antonyms":[ "deter", "discourage", "dissuade", "brake", "check", "constrain", "curb", "hold back", "inhibit", "restrain" ], "related":[ "drive", "propel", "spur", "stimulate", "hurry", "hustle", "push", "rush", "adjure", "beseech", "implore", "importune", "blandish", "cajole", "coax", "soft-soap", "wheedle", "high-pressure", "nag", "needle", "pressure", "foment", "incite", "instigate", "provoke", "stir (up)" ], "synonyms":[ "egg (on)", "encourage", "exhort", "goad", "nudge", "press", "prod", "urge" ] }, "type":[ "adjective", "noun", "verb" ] }, "prompted":{ "to be the cause of (a situation, action, or state of mind)":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "a misguided pride prompted the family to refuse all offers of help" ], "near antonyms":[ "impeded", "limited", "restricted", "clamped down (on)", "cracked down (on)", "crushed", "dampened", "put down", "quashed", "quelled", "repressed", "smothered", "squashed", "squelched", "stifled", "subdued", "suppressed", "arrested", "checked", "controlled", "curbed", "inhibited", "reined (in)", "restrained", "retarded", "canned", "killed", "snuffed (out)", "stilled", "abolished", "demolished", "destroyed", "extinguished", "liquidated", "quenched" ], "related":[ "conduced (to)", "contributed (to)", "decided", "determined", "began", "established", "fathered", "founded", "inaugurated", "initiated", "innovated", "instituted", "introduced", "launched", "pioneered", "set", "set up", "started", "advanced", "cultivated", "developed", "encouraged", "forwarded", "fostered", "furthered", "nourished", "nurtured", "promoted", "enacted", "rendered", "turned out" ], "synonyms":[ "begot", "begat", "bred", "brought", "brought about", "brought on", "catalyzed", "caused", "created", "did", "drew on", "effected", "effectuated", "engendered", "generated", "induced", "invoked", "made", "occasioned", "produced", "resulted (in)", "spawned", "translated (into)", "worked", "wrought", "yielded" ] }, "to try to persuade (someone) through earnest appeals to follow a course of action":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "prompted the reluctant performer onto the stage with loud cheers and whistles" ], "near antonyms":[ "deterred", "discouraged", "dissuaded", "braked", "checked", "constrained", "curbed", "held back", "inhibited", "restrained" ], "related":[ "drove", "propelled", "spurred", "stimulated", "hurried", "hustled", "pushed", "rushed", "adjured", "beseeched", "besought", "implored", "importuned", "blandished", "cajoled", "coaxed", "soft-soaped", "wheedled", "high-pressured", "nagged", "needled", "pressured", "fomented", "incited", "instigated", "provoked", "stirred (up)" ], "synonyms":[ "egged (on)", "encouraged", "exhorted", "goaded", "nudged", "pressed", "prodded", "urged" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "promptitudes":{ "the quality or habit of arriving or being ready on time":{ "antonyms":[ "tardiness", "unpunctuality" ], "examples":[ "his chronic tardiness has put him in poor standing with his boss, who values hustle and promptitude" ], "near antonyms":[ "belatedness", "lateness", "slowness" ], "related":[ "alacrity", "aptness", "quickness", "readiness", "willingness", "earliness", "prematurity" ], "synonyms":[ "promptness", "punctuality", "timeliness" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "promulgation":{ "as in declaration , proclamation":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "pronouncing":{ "to correctly produce the sound of (a word or letter) with one's voice":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "How do you pronounce your last name?", "We practiced pronouncing our Spanish vocabulary words ." ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "to say officially or assertively that (something or someone) is something specified":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "They pronounced the mission a success.", "She pronounced them married." ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "to say or announce (something) in an official or formal way":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "The priest pronounced the blessing.", "Emotions ran high in the courtroom as the judge pronounced sentence." ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "pronunciamento":{ "as in pronouncement , declaration":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "propel":{ "to apply force to (someone or something) so that it moves in front of one":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "playfully he propelled his rambunctious friend into the swimming pool to cool off" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "impel", "move", "bear (down)", "compress", "depress", "jam", "pressure", "squash", "squeeze", "weigh (upon)", "bulldoze", "compel", "force", "lean (on or against)", "muscle", "ram" ], "synonyms":[ "drive", "push", "shove", "thrust" ] }, "to set or keep in motion":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "the aircraft is propelled by a pair of turboprop engines" ], "near antonyms":[ "bridle", "check", "constrain", "contain", "control", "curb", "inhibit", "regulate", "rein (in)", "restrain" ], "related":[ "activate", "motivate", "provoke", "abet", "ferment", "foment", "incite", "raise", "stir (up)", "whip (up)", "set off", "trigger", "trip", "arouse", "excite", "fire (up)", "galvanize", "inflame", "enflame", "inspire", "instigate", "rouse", "stimulate" ], "synonyms":[ "actuate", "drive", "impel", "move", "work" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "propensity":{ "a habitual attraction to some activity or thing":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "a neighbor who has an unfortunate propensity for snooping" ], "near antonyms":[ "allergy", "averseness", "aversion", "disfavor", "disinclination", "dislike", "disliking", "disrelish", "distaste", "detachment", "impartiality", "neutrality", "objectivity", "apathy", "disinterestedness", "indifference", "insouciance", "nonchalance", "unconcern" ], "related":[ "favor", "one-sidedness", "partisanship", "prejudice", "endowment", "faculty", "flair", "gift", "knack", "talent", "addiction", "appetite", "fancy", "fondness", "like", "liking", "preference", "taste", "forte", "speciality", "specialty", "convention", "custom", "habit", "pattern", "practice", "practise", "routine", "trick", "way", "wont", "eccentricity", "idiosyncrasy", "kink", "oddity", "peculiarity", "quirk", "singularity" ], "synonyms":[ "affection", "affinity", "aptitude", "bent", "bias", "bone", "devices", "disposition", "genius", "habitude", "impulse", "inclination", "leaning", "partiality", "penchant", "predilection", "predisposition", "proclivity", "tendency", "turn" ] }, "an established pattern of behavior":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "the criminal propensities of the family extended over several generations" ], "near antonyms":[ "averseness", "disinclination", "dislike", "indisposition" ], "related":[ "affinity", "aptitude", "bent", "disposition", "inclination", "leaning", "mind-set", "partiality", "penchant", "predilection", "predisposition", "proclivity", "turn", "custom", "habit", "pattern", "practice", "practise", "routine", "wont", "eccentricity", "idiosyncrasy", "oddity", "peculiarity", "quirk", "singularity", "trick" ], "synonyms":[ "aptness", "proneness", "tendency", "way" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "prophecy":{ "a declaration that something will happen in the future":{ 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plenty and to propitiate them in times of trouble" ], "near antonyms":[ "aggravate", "annoy", "antagonize", "bother", "bug", "burn (up)", "chafe", "cross", "exasperate", "gall", "get", "grate", "irk", "irritate", "nettle", "peeve", "pique", "put out", "rankle", "rile", "roil", "ruffle", "vex", "provoke", "rouse", "harass", "harry", "persecute", "pester", "agitate", "discomfort", "distress", "disturb", "fret", "perturb", "unhinge", "unsettle", "upset", "worry", "affront", "insult", "offend", "slight" ], "related":[ "calm", "comfort", "console", "content", "hush", "quiet", "soothe", "tranquilize", "tranquillize", "endear (to)", "ingratiate", "delight", "gladden", "gratify", "please", "adulate", "blarney", "flatter", "overpraise", "soft-soap", "quench", "sate", "satiate", "satisfy", "cater (to)", "humor", "indulge", "blandish", "cajole", "coax", "sweet-talk", "wheedle", "baby", "coddle", "mollycoddle", "pamper", "spoil", "dulcify", "sweeten" ], "synonyms":[ "appease", "assuage", "conciliate", "disarm", "gentle", "mollify", "pacify", "placate" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "propitious":{ "having qualities which inspire hope":{ "antonyms":[ "bleak", "dark", "depressing", "desperate", "discouraging", "disheartening", "dismal", "downbeat", "dreary", "gloomy", "hopeless", "inauspicious", "pessimistic", "unencouraging", "unlikely", "unpromising", "unpropitious" ], "examples":[ "the success of the first big movie in May was a propitious start for the summer season of blockbusters" ], "near antonyms":[ "cheerless", "comfortless", "doubtful", "dubious", "uncertain", "bearish", "grim", "negative", "unfavorable", "funereal", "glum", "gray", "grey", "miserable", "wretched" ], "related":[ "cheering", "comforting", "reassuring", "soothing", "assured", "confident", "decisive", "doubtless", "positive", "sure", "unhesitating", "beamish", "bullish", "eupeptic", "favorable", "good" ], "synonyms":[ "auspicious", "bright", "encouraging", "fair", "golden", "heartening", "hopeful", "likely", "optimistic", "promising", "rose-colored", "roseate", "rosy", "upbeat" ] }, "pointing toward a happy outcome":{ "antonyms":[ "dim", "discouraging", "disheartening", "futureless", "hopeless", "inauspicious", "unfavorable", "unpromising", "unpropitious" ], "examples":[ "a propitious time for starting a business" ], "near antonyms":[ "unfortunate", "unhappy", "unlucky", "calamitous", "catastrophic", "disastrous", "fatal", "ruinous", "baleful", "dark", "dire", "direful", "doomy", "foreboding", "gloomy", "ill", "ill-boding", "menacing", "minatory", "ominous", "portentous", "sinister", "threatening" ], "related":[ "fortunate", "fortuitous", "happy", "lucky", "providential", "advantageous", "beneficial", "profitable", "prosperous", "salutary" ], "synonyms":[ "auspicious", "bright", "encouraging", "favorable", "golden", "heartening", "hopeful", "promising" ] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "propped (up)":{ "to hold up or serve as a foundation for":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "these beams are propping up the entire roof" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "steadied", "trussed", "underlay" ], "synonyms":[ "bolstered", "bore", "braced", "buttressed", "carried", "shored (up)", "stayed", "supported", "sustained", "undergirded", "underpinned", "upheld" ] }, "to provide (someone) with what is useful or necessary to achieve an end":{ "antonyms":[ "hindered" ], "examples":[ "invariably his strong religious faith props him up in times of crisis" ], "near antonyms":[ "balked", "barred", "blocked", "constrained", "hampered", "handicapped", "held back", "impeded", "inhibited", "obstructed", "restrained", "strangled", "baffled", "foiled", "frustrated", "inconvenienced", "interfered", "opposed", "sabotaged", "thwarted", "deserted", "disappointed", "failed", "let down", "discouraged", "disheartened", "repressed", "retarded", "stifled", "straitened", "stunted", "damaged", "harmed", "hurt", "injured" ], "related":[ "advanced", "eased", "facilitated", "forwarded", "fostered", "furthered", "launched", "championed", "endorsed", "indorsed", "patronized", "promoted", "sponsored", "attended", "cared (for)", "comforted", "ministered (to)", "succored", "sustained", "bolstered", "boosted", "buttressed", "reinforced", "reenforced", "advised", "counseled", "counselled", "guided", "mentored", "nurtured", "bailed out", "delivered", "rescued", "saved", "emboldened", "encouraged", "heartened", "benefited", "benefitted", "favored", "obliged", "profited", "served" ], "synonyms":[ "abetted", "aided", "assisted", "backed", "backstopped", "helped", "supported" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "propping (up)":{ "to hold up or serve as a foundation for":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "these beams are propping up the entire roof" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "steadying", "trussing", "underlying" ], "synonyms":[ "bearing", "bolstering", "bracing", "buttressing", "carrying", "shoring (up)", "staying", "supporting", "sustaining", "undergirding", "underpinning", "upholding" ] }, "to provide (someone) with what is useful or necessary to achieve an end":{ "antonyms":[ "hindering" ], "examples":[ "invariably his strong religious faith props him up in times of crisis" ], "near antonyms":[ "balking", "barring", "blocking", "constraining", "hampering", "handicapping", "holding back", "impeding", "inhibiting", "obstructing", "restraining", "strangling", "baffling", "foiling", "frustrating", "inconveniencing", "interfering", "opposing", "sabotaging", "thwarting", "deserting", "disappointing", "failing", "letting down", "discouraging", "disheartening", "repressing", "retarding", "stifling", "straitening", "stunting", "damaging", "harming", "hurting", "injuring" ], "related":[ "advancing", "easing", "facilitating", "forwarding", "fostering", "furthering", "launching", "championing", "endorsing", "indorsing", "patronizing", "promoting", "sponsoring", "attending", "caring (for)", "comforting", "ministering (to)", "succoring", "sustaining", "bolstering", "boosting", "buttressing", "reinforcing", "reenforcing", "advising", "counseling", "counselling", "guiding", "mentoring", "nurturing", "bailing out", "delivering", "rescuing", "saving", "emboldening", "encouraging", "heartening", "benefiting", "benefitting", "favoring", "obliging", "profiting", "serving" ], "synonyms":[ "abetting", "aiding", "assisting", "backing", "backstopping", "helping", "supporting" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "proprietary":{ "belonging to only one person, unit, or group and not used by or available to others":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "The restaurant's proprietary recipe for barbecue sauce is only known to the head chef." ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "props":{ "public acknowledgment or admiration for an achievement":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "never got the props he deserved for being one of the pioneers of rap" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "celebrity", "fame", "renown", "repute", "compliment", "encomium", "eulogy", "panegyric", "toast", "tribute", "acclamation", "ovation", "plaudit", "praise", "rave", "rhapsody", "citation", "commendation", "kudo", "note", "recommendation", "elevation", "enshrinement", "enthronement", "exaltation", "glorification" ], "synonyms":[ "acclaim", "accolade", "applause", "bay(s)", "credit", "distinction", "glory", "homage", "honor", "kudos", "laud", "laurels", "r\u00e9clame", "sun" ] }, "type":[ "plural noun" ] }, "props (up)":{ "to hold up or serve as a foundation for":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "these beams are propping up the entire roof" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "steadies", "trusses", "underlies" ], "synonyms":[ "bears", "bolsters", "braces", "buttresses", "carries", "shores (up)", "stays", "supports", "sustains", "undergirds", "underpins", "upholds" ] }, "to provide (someone) with what is useful or necessary to achieve an end":{ "antonyms":[ "hinders" ], "examples":[ "invariably his strong religious faith props him up in times of crisis" ], "near antonyms":[ "balks", "bars", "blocks", "constrains", "hampers", "handicaps", "holds back", "impedes", "inhibits", "obstructs", "restrains", "strangles", "baffles", "foils", "frustrates", "inconveniences", "interferes", "opposes", "sabotages", "thwarts", "deserts", "disappoints", "fails", "lets down", "discourages", "disheartens", "represses", "retards", "stifles", "straitens", "stunts", "damages", "harms", "hurts", "injures" ], "related":[ "advances", "eases", "facilitates", "forwards", "fosters", "furthers", "launches", "champions", "endorses", "indorses", "patronizes", "promotes", "sponsors", "attends", "cares (for)", "comforts", "ministers (to)", "succors", "sustains", "bolsters", "boosts", "buttresses", "reinforces", "reenforces", "advises", "counsels", "guides", "mentors", "nurtures", "bails out", "delivers", "rescues", "saves", "emboldens", "encourages", "heartens", "benefits", "favors", "obliges", "profits", "serves" ], "synonyms":[ "abets", "aids", "assists", "backs", "backstops", "helps", "supports" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "prorated":{ "to give out (something) to appropriate individuals":{ "antonyms":[ "misallocated" ], "examples":[ "shares in the company's profits were prorated according to the workers' length of service" ], "near antonyms":[ "begrudged", "declined", "denied", "deprived (of)", "disallowed", "refused", "rejected", "withheld", "niggled (out)", "pinched", "skimped", "stinted" ], "related":[ "admeasured", "allotted", "allowed", "appropriated", "assigned", "dished out", "divided", "divvied (up)", "dolloped (out)", "lotted", "measured (out)", "parted", "proportioned", "rationed", "redistributed", "set", "shared (out)", "split", "bestowed", "disbursed", "furnished", "issued", "provided", "shared", "supplied", "circulated", "dispersed", "disseminated", "scattered", "spread", "chipped in", "contributed", "donated", "pledged", "reallocated", "reapportioned" ], "synonyms":[ "administered", "allocated", "apportioned", "dealt (out)", "dispensed", "distributed", "doled out", "handed out", "meted (out)", "parceled (out)", "parcelled (out)", "portioned" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "prosaic":{ "being of the type that is encountered in the normal course of events":{ "antonyms":[ "abnormal", "exceptional", "extraordinary", "odd", "out-of-the-way", "strange", "unusual" ], "examples":[ "an author with a knack for finding something of interest in the most prosaic details of suburban life" ], "near antonyms":[ "curious", "funny", "peculiar", "quaint", "queer", "aberrant", "anomalous", "atypical", "irregular", "untypical", "rare", "recherch\u00e9", "scarce", "fantastic", "fantastical", "phenomenal", "bizarre", "far-out", "Kafkaesque", "outrageous", "outr\u00e9", "wacky", "whacky", "way-out", "weird", "wild", "eccentric", "idiosyncratic", "kooky", "kookie", "nonconformist", "oddball", "offbeat", "unconventional", "unorthodox", "freak", "freakish", "conspicuous", "notable", "novel", "outstanding", "prominent", "salient", "signal", "striking", "unexampled", "unprecedented", "singular", "unique", "unparalleled" ], "related":[ "regular", "typical", "unextraordinary", "familiar", "homely", "plain", "plain-Jane", "popular", "vulgar", "natural", "customary", "wonted", "insignificant", "trivial", "unimportant", "frequent", "habitual", "expected", "predictable" ], "synonyms":[ "average", "common", "commonplace", "cut-and-dried", "cut-and-dry", "everyday", "garden-variety", "normal", "ordinary", "routine", "run-of-the-mill", "standard", "standard-issue", "unexceptional", "unremarkable", "usual", "workaday" ] }, "having to do with the practical details of regular life":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "my job at the TV station dealt with the much more prosaic business of cleaning the floors" ], "near antonyms":[ "high-minded", "lofty", "noble", "sublime", "aberrant", "abnormal", "atypical", "exceptional", "extraordinary", "freak", "peculiar", "phenomenal", "rare", "singular", "special", "uncommon", "uncustomary", "unique", "unusual", "unwonted", "bizarre", "curious", "far-out", "funny", "odd", "outlandish", "out-of-the-way", "outr\u00e9", "quaint", "quirky", "remarkable", "screwy", "strange", "weird", "wild" ], "related":[ "earthly", "temporal", "worldly", "average", "common", "commonplace", "customary", "familiar", "garden", "generic", "normal", "ordinary", "plain", "popular", "routine", "run-of-the-mill", "run-of-the-mine", "run-of-mine", "standard", "typical", "unexceptional", "unremarkable", "usual", "frequent", "habitual", "regular", "expected", "predictable" ], "synonyms":[ "everyday", "mundane", "nitty-gritty", "terrestrial", "workaday" ] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "proscribing":{ "the act of ordering that something not be done or used":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "the proscribing of the use of alcohol was to be expected" ], "near antonyms":[ "allowance", "permission", "sufferance", "toleration", "approval", "endorsement", "indorsement", "authorization", "clearance", "license", "licence", "sanction", "encouragement", "promotion", "support", "compliance", "obedience", "submission" ], "related":[ "bidding", "charging", "decreeing", "dictation", "direction", "instruction", "deterrence", "discouragement", "dissuading", "repression", "suppression", "coercion", "compulsion", "constraint", "force" ], "synonyms":[ "banning", "barring", "enjoining", "forbidding", "interdicting", "interdiction", "outlawing", "prohibiting", "prohibition", "proscription" ] }, "to order not to do or use or to be done or used":{ "antonyms":[ "allowing", "letting", "permitting", "suffering" ], "examples":[ "regulations proscribe the use of electronic devices on board a plane while it is landing" ], "near antonyms":[ "approving", "endorsing", "indorsing", "sanctioning", "authorizing", "licensing", "licencing", "warranting", "abetting", "advancing", "cultivating", "encouraging", "forwarding", "furthering", "nourishing", "nurturing", "promoting", "supporting", "bidding", "commanding", "ordering", "abiding", "bearing", "brooking", "countenancing", "enduring", "tolerating" ], "related":[ "deterring", "discouraging", "dissuading", "clamping down (on)", "cracking down (on)", "crushing", "putting down", "quashing", "quelling", "repressing", "silencing", "snuffing (out)", "squashing", "squelching", "subduing", "suppressing", "halting", "precluding", "preventing", "stopping", "embargoing", "excluding", "ruling out", "shutting out", "debarring", "depriving", "disallowing", "rejecting", "repudiating", "vetoing", "bridling", "checking", "curbing", "inhibiting", "reining (in)", "restraining", "blocking", "hindering", "impeding", "obstructing" ], "synonyms":[ "banning", "barring", "enjoining", "forbidding", "interdicting", "outlawing", "prohibiting" ] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "proscriptions":{ "an order that something not be done or used":{ "antonyms":[ "prescriptions" ], "examples":[ "a strongly worded proscription against smoking indoors" ], "near antonyms":[ "sufferances", "tolerances", "tolerations", "allowances", "authorizations", "clearances", "consents", "leaves", "licenses", "licences", "permissions", "sanctions", "approbations", "approvals", "blessings", "endorsements", "indorsements", "imprimaturs", "OKs", "okays", "encouragements", "facilitations", "promotions", "supports", "compliances", "obediences", "submissions", "accessions", "acquiescences", "agreements", "assents" ], "related":[ "no-no's", "no-nos", "taboos", "tabus", "constraints", "inhibitions", "limitations", "restraints", "restrictions", "deterrents", "discouragements", "repressions", "suppressions", "preventions", "denials", "disallowances", "negations", "refusals", "rejections", "objections", "protests", "caveats", "warnings", "commandments", "decrees", "dictates", "edicts", "injunctions", "mandates" ], "synonyms":[ "bans", "embargoes", "interdictions", "interdicts", "prohibitions", "vetoes" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "prosecuted":{ "to carry through (as a process) to 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], "synonyms":[ "command", "lookout", "outlook", "panorama", "perspective", "view", "vista" ] }, "one who seeks an office, honor, position, or award":{ "antonyms":[ "noncandidate" ], "examples":[ "a good prospect for the position of auditor" ], "near antonyms":[ "incumbent", "officeholder", "awardee", "honoree", "inductee", "dropout" ], "related":[ "competitor", "contestant", "entrant", "entry", "favorite", "qualifier", "dark horse", "spoiler", "stalking horse", "crown prince", "favorite son", "claimant", "pretender", "nominee", "running mate" ], "synonyms":[ "applicant", "applier", "aspirant", "campaigner", "candidate", "contender", "expectant", "hopeful", "seeker" ] }, "something that can develop or become actual":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "one highly desirable prospect for the city is a major-league franchise" ], "near antonyms":[ "actuality", "reality", "certainty" ], "related":[ "likelihood", "probability", "latency", "potency" ], "synonyms":[ "capability", "eventuality", "possibility", "potential", "potentiality" ] }, "the act or state of looking forward to some occurrence":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "the prospect of a quiet, restful Sunday ended when our basement flooded" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "alarm", "alarum", "apprehension", "dread", "foreboding", "misgiving" ], "synonyms":[ "anticipation", "contemplation", "expectance", "expectancy", "expectation" ] }, "to go into or range over for purposes of discovery":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "soon all manner of people had arrived in the valley to prospect it for gold" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "reconnoiter", "reconnoitre", "scout", "disclose", "discover", "reveal", "unearth", "fathom", "plumb", "sound" ], "synonyms":[ "explore", "hunt", "probe", "search", "skirr" ] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "prospering":{ "marked by vigorous growth and well-being especially economically":{ "antonyms":[ "depressed", "unprosperous", "unsuccessful" ], "examples":[ "selling a whole range of 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prosper after years of crushing setbacks" ], "near antonyms":[ "floundering", "struggling" ], "related":[ "prevailing", "triumphing", "winning", "excelling" ], "synonyms":[ "arriving", "flourishing", "succeeding", "thriving" ] }, "type":[ "adjective", "verb" ] }, "prosperous":{ "growing thickly and vigorously":{ "antonyms":[ "sparse" ], "examples":[ "our neighbor has a real green thumb and a yard full of healthy, prosperous plants" ], "near antonyms":[ "dormant", "blighted", "stunted" ], "related":[ "lavish", "profuse", "overgrown", "overrun", "verdant", "close", "dense", "tangled", "thick" ], "synonyms":[ "lush", "luxuriant", "rampant", "rank", "weedy" ] }, "having attained a desired end or state of good fortune":{ "antonyms":[ "failed", "unsuccessful" ], "examples":[ "one of the most prosperous families in the community" ], "near antonyms":[ "futureless", "hopeless", "inauspicious", "no-good", "unpromising", "collapsing", "failing", "flopping", "flunking", "folding", "washing-out", "declining", "slipping", "slumping", "waning", "bankrupt", "kaput", "kaputt", "kerflooey", "destroyed", "ruined", "wrecked" ], "related":[ "coming", "promising", "booming", "growing", "roaring", "robust", "boffo", "gangbusters", "gangbuster", "runaway", "socko" ], "synonyms":[ "flourishing", "going", "palmy", "successful", "thriving", "triumphant" ] }, "marked by vigorous growth and well-being especially economically":{ "antonyms":[ "depressed", "unprosperous", "unsuccessful" ], "examples":[ "a prosperous business that will soon be expanding" ], "near antonyms":[ "declining", "dying", "failing", "floundering", "languishing", "struggling", "bankrupt", "bankrupted", "insolvent" ], "related":[ "affluent", "moneyed", "monied", "opulent", "rich", "substantial", "wealthy", "well-heeled", "well-off", "well-to-do", "comfortable" ], "synonyms":[ "booming", "boomy", "flourishing", "golden", "halcyon", "healthy", "lush", "palmy", "prospering", "roaring", "successful", "thriving" ] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "prostitute":{ "a woman who engages in sexual activities for money":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "was caught procuring the services of a prostitute" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "madam", "madame", "chippie", "chippy", "doxy", "doxie", "floozy", "floozie", "tramp", "hussy", "jade", "minx", "coquette", "flirt", "libertine", "siren", "tempter", "temptress", "vamp", "wench" ], "synonyms":[ "bawd", "call girl", "cocotte", "courtesan", "drab", "hooker", "hustler", "sex worker", "streetwalker", "tart", "whore" ] }, "to lower in character, dignity, or quality":{ "antonyms":[ "elevate", "ennoble", "uplift" ], "examples":[ "a serious writer prostituting himself by writing pulp novels for money" ], "near antonyms":[ "dignify", "exalt", "honor", "ameliorate", "amend", "better", "enhance", "enrich", "improve", "meliorate", "perfect", "clarify", "clean", "cleanse", "purify", "refine", "restore", "respect" ], "related":[ "befoul", "begrime", "contaminate", "defile", "dilute", "dirty", "pollute", "taint", "thin", "water down", "weaken", "descend", "disgrace", "dishonor", "humble", "humiliate", "shame", "take down", "blemish", "damage", "deface", "destroy", "flaw", "harm", "hurt", "impair", "mar", "ruin", "spoil", "stain", "tarnish", "wreck", "depreciate", "downgrade" ], "synonyms":[ "abase", "bastardize", "canker", "cheapen", "corrupt", "debase", "debauch", "degrade", "demean", "demoralize", "deprave", "deteriorate", "lessen", "pervert", "poison", "profane", "subvert", "vitiate", "warp" ] }, "to put to a bad or improper use":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "urged not to prostitute her musical talents by writing jingles for TV commercials" ], "near antonyms":[ "apply", "employ", "use", "utilize", "respect" ], "related":[ "degrade", "twist", "mismanage", "corrupt", "debase", "desecrate" ], "synonyms":[ "abuse", "misapply", "misemploy", "misuse", "pervert", "profane" ] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "prostrated":{ "lacking bodily strength":{ "antonyms":[ "mighty", "powerful", "rugged", "stalwart", "stout", "strong" ], "examples":[ "patients should expect to feel very prostrated after the surgery" ], "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" ], "related":[ "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" ], "synonyms":[ "asthenic", "debilitated", "delicate", "down-and-out", "effete", "enervated", "enfeebled", "faint", "feeble", "frail", "infirm", "languid", "low", "prostrate", "sapped", "slight", "soft", "softened", "tender", "unsubstantial", "wasted", "weak", "weakened", "wimpish", "wimpy" ] }, "to diminish the physical strength of":{ "antonyms":[ "beefed (up)", "fortified", "strengthened" ], "examples":[ "an athlete prostrated for weeks by a bout of pneumonia" ], "near antonyms":[ "energized", "invigorated", "recruited", "rejuvenated", "vitalized", "hardened", "seasoned", "toughened" ], "related":[ "crippled", "disabled", "hamstrung", "incapacitated", "depleted", "depressed", "exhausted", "impoverished", "unmanned", "washed out", "damaged", "harmed", "hurt", "impaired", "injured", "invalided", "laid up", "broke down", "ground (down)", "wore down", "wore out", "paralyzed" ], "synonyms":[ "debilitated", "devitalized", "enervated", "enfeebled", "etiolated", "sapped", "softened", "tired", "wasted", "weakened" ] }, "to render powerless, ineffective, or unable to move":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "the huge increase in gas prices really prostrated the nation's economic engine" ], "near antonyms":[ "energized", "galvanized", "invigorated", "vitalized", "fortified", "strengthened", "empowered", "freshened", "refreshed", "refreshened", "regenerated", "rejuvenated", "restored", "revitalized", "revived" ], "related":[ "attenuated", "debilitated", "enervated", "enfeebled", "sapped", "tired", "undercut", "undermined", "weakened", "hobbled", "lamed", "maimed", "mutilated", "knocked out" ], "synonyms":[ "crippled", "disabled", "hamstrung", "immobilized", "incapacitated", "paralyzed" ] }, "to strike (someone) so forcefully as to cause a fall":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "the boxer bragged that he could prostrate any opponent with a single blow" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "kayoed", "knocked out", "KO'd", "overthrew", "threw down", "toppled", "banged", "bashed", "belted", "bludgeoned", "clobbered", "hammered", "hit", "jabbed", "pasted", "poked", "pounded", "punched", "slammed", "slapped", "slogged", "slugged", "smacked", "smote", "socked", "swatted", "swiped", "thumped", "thwacked", "walloped", "whacked", "whaled" ], "synonyms":[ "bowled (down or over)", "downed", "dropped", "felled", "floored", "knocked down", "knocked over", "leveled", "levelled", "mowed (down)" ] }, "to subject to incapacitating emotional or mental stress":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "a widow prostrated by crushing grief" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "deluged", "drowned", "sank", "sunk", "confuted", "defeated", "refuted", "broke", "demoralized", "distressed", "disturbed", "rocked", "shattered", "staggered", "threw", "unmanned", "unnerved", "upset" ], "synonyms":[ "crushed", "devastated", "floored", "ground (down)", "oppressed", "overcame", "overmastered", "overpowered", "overwhelmed", "snowed under", "swamped", "whelmed" ] }, "type":[ "adjective", "verb" ] }, "protect":{ "to drive danger or attack away from":{ "antonyms":[ "assail", "assault", "attack" ], "examples":[ "the mother bear was just trying to protect her cubs" ], "near antonyms":[ "bombard", "storm", "beset", "besiege", "overrun", "capitulate", "cave", "submit", "yield" ], "related":[ "avert", "prevent", "oppose", "resist", "withstand", "battle", "contend", "fight", "war", "conserve", "preserve", "save", "buffer", "palisade", "picket", "wall" ], "synonyms":[ "bulwark", "cover", "defend", "fence", "fend", "forfend", "guard", "keep", "safeguard", "screen", "secure", "shield", "ward" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "protecting":{ "as in":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "to drive danger or attack away from":{ "antonyms":[ "assailing", "assaulting", "attacking" ], "examples":[ "the mother bear was just trying to protect her cubs" ], "near antonyms":[ "bombarding", "storming", "besetting", "besieging", "overrunning", "capitulating", "caving", "submitting", "yielding" ], "related":[ "averting", "preventing", "opposing", "resisting", "withstanding", "battling", "contending", "fighting", "warring", "conserving", "preserving", "saving", "buffering", "palisading", "picketing", "walling" ], "synonyms":[ "bulwarking", "covering", "defending", "fencing", "fending", "forfending", "guarding", "keeping", "safeguarding", "screening", "securing", "shielding", "warding" ] }, "type":[ "adjective", "verb" ] }, "protector":{ "someone that protects":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "the quarterback counted on the right guard as his main protector" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "bodyguard", "champion", "lookout", "sentinel", "sentry", "warden", "warder", "watch", "watchdog", "watchman", "conserver", "harborer", "keeper", "preserver", "saver" ], "synonyms":[ "custodian", "defender", "guard", "guardian", "guardian angel", "protection" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "protract":{ "to make longer":{ "antonyms":[ "abbreviate", "abridge", "curtail", "cut", "cut back", "shorten" ], "examples":[ "the highway project was protracted by years of litigation" ], "near antonyms":[ "decrease", "diminish", "lessen", "reduce", "thicken" ], "related":[ "amplify", "enlarge", "expand", "increase", "attenuate", "thin" ], "synonyms":[ "drag (out)", "draw out", "elongate", "extend", "lengthen", "outstretch", "prolong", "stretch" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "protracted":{ "as in":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "to make longer":{ "antonyms":[ "abbreviated", "abridged", "curtailed", "cut", "cut back", "shortened" ], "examples":[ "the highway project was protracted by years of litigation" ], "near antonyms":[ "decreased", "diminished", "lessened", "reduced", "thickened" ], "related":[ "amplified", "enlarged", "expanded", "increased", "attenuated", "thinned" ], "synonyms":[ "dragged (out)", "drew out", "elongated", "extended", "lengthened", "outstretched", "prolonged", "stretched" ] }, "type":[ "adjective", "verb" ] }, "protrusive":{ "thrusting oneself where one is not welcome or invited":{ "antonyms":[ "unobtrusive" ], "examples":[ "his protrusive way of helping his coworkers usually provokes resentment, not gratitude" ], "near antonyms":[ "hands-off", "uninvolved", "quiet", "reclusive", "reserved", "reticent", "retiring", "silent", "taciturn", "withdrawn", "inhibited", "restrained", "subdued" ], "related":[ "bold", "brazen", "bumptious", "impertinent", "impudent", "insolent", "rude", "invading", "trespassing", "curious", "inquisitive", "annoying", "harassing", "pestiferous", "overbearing", "superserviceable" ], "synonyms":[ "busy", "interfering", "intruding", "intrusive", "meddlesome", "meddling", "nosy", "nosey", "obtrusive", "officious", "presuming", "presumptuous", "prying", "pushing", "pushy", "snoopy" ] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "proud":{ "having or displaying feelings of scorn for what is regarded as beneath oneself":{ "antonyms":[ "humble", "lowly", "modest" ], "examples":[ "the unemployed woman was too proud to take a job as a maid" ], "near antonyms":[ "demure", "homely", "meek", "unassuming", "unpretending", "unpretentious", "bashful", "retiring", "shy", "timid", "diffident", "self-doubting", "acquiescent", "compliant", "deferential", "ingratiating", "resigned", "submissive", "unassertive", "yielding", "apologetic", "cowering", "cringing", "shrinking", "passive", "quiet", "reserved", "subdued", "unobtrusive" ], "related":[ "complacent", "conceited", "egoistic", "egotistic", "egotistical", "important", "self-assertive", "self-conceited", "self-contented", "self-important", "self-satisfied", "smug", "uppity", "vain", "vainglorious", "arrogant", "pretentious", "sniffy", "snobbish", "stuck-up", "supercilious", "cavalier", "overbearing", "overweening", "peremptory", "swaggering", "high-sounding", "pompous", "condescending", "patronizing", "cocky", "overconfident", "presuming", "presumptuous", "bloated", "boastful", "bombastic", "self-glorifying", "audacious", "bold", "brash", "brassy", "cheeky", "cocksure", "forward", "impertinent", "impudent", "saucy", "confident", "presuming", "self-assured", "self-confident", "sure", "bossy", "domineering", "high-handed", "imperious", "egocentric", "self-centered", "selfish", "dominating", "magisterial", "masterful" ], "synonyms":[ "disdainful", "haughty", "highfalutin", "hifalutin", "lofty", "lordly", "prideful", "superior" ] }, "having or expressing feelings of joy or triumph":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "in his acceptance letter he assured his soon-to-be boss that he was proud to be joining such a fine company" ], "near antonyms":[ "crestfallen", "defeated", "dejected", "depressed", "disconsolate", "dispirited", "downcast" ], "related":[ "ecstatic", "elated", "euphoric", "arrogant", "boastful", "cocky", "conquering", "victorious", "winning" ], "synonyms":[ "cock-a-hoop", "crank", "crowing", "exultant", "exulting", "glorying", "jubilant", "prideful", "rejoicing", "triumphant" ] }, "having too high an opinion of oneself":{ "antonyms":[ "egoless", "humble", "modest", "uncomplacent" ], "examples":[ "a proud cheerleader who thought she should be treated like royalty" ], "near antonyms":[ "diffident", "self-critical", "self-distrustful", "self-doubting", "self-reproachful", "self-reproving", "meek", "timid", "unassertive", "down-to-earth", "unarrogant", "unassuming", "unpretentious", "bashful", "demure", "introverted", "mousy", "mousey", "overmodest", "retiring", "sheepish", "shrinking", "shy" ], "related":[ "blusterous", "blustery", "boastful", "bombastic", "braggart", "bragging", "braggy", "cocky", "swaggering", "arrogant", "assumptive", "bumptious", "cavalier", "chesty", "disdainful", "fastuous", "haughty", "high-and-mighty", "high-hat", "huffy", "lofty", "lordly", "masterful", "peremptory", "pontifical", "self-asserting", "self-assertive", "snobbish", "snobby", "snooty", "supercilious", "superior", "toplofty", "toploftical", "uppish", "uppity", "domineering", "high-handed", "imperious", "highfalutin", "hifalutin", "holier-than-thou", "pretentious", "overconfident", "presuming", "presumptuous", "confident", "self-assured", "self-confident", "self-adulatory", "self-congratulatory", "self-contented", "self-gratulatory", "self-applauding", "self-dramatizing", "self-glorifying", "self-promoting", "self-affected", "self-centered", "self-engrossed", "selfish", "condescending", "patronizing" ], "synonyms":[ "assured", "biggety", "biggity", "bigheaded", "complacent", "conceited", "consequential", "egoistic", "egoistical", "egotistic", "egotistical", "important", "overweening", "pompous", "prideful", "self-conceited", "self-important", "self-opinionated", "self-satisfied", "smug", "stuck-up", "swellheaded", "vain", "vainglorious" ] }, "large and impressive in size, grandeur, extent, or conception":{ "antonyms":[ "humble", "unheroic", "unimposing", "unimpressive" ], "examples":[ "the old neighborhood was known for its stately trees and proud Victorian houses" ], "near antonyms":[ "lowly", "modest", "unprepossessing", "average", "common", "mediocre", "ordinary", "run-of-the-mill", "second-rate", "abject", "mean", "meretricious", "shabby", "sordid", "insignificant", "measly", "paltry", "petty", "puny", "trifling", "trivial" ], "related":[ "colossal", "monstrous", "prodigious", "stupendous", "tremendous", "kingly", "lordly", "princely", "queenly", "awesome", "awful", "cosmic", "cosmical", "sublime", "wondrous", "formidable", "impressive", "prepossessing", "redoubtable", "apocalyptic", "apocalyptical", "inflated", "operatic", "overblown", "pompous", "marvelous", "marvellous", "superb", "terrific", "wonderful", "extravagant", "lavish", "luxurious", "opulent", "palatial", "palatine", "sumptuous", "gorgeous", "resplendent", "splendiferous", "extraordinary", "killer", "remarkable", "sensational", "striking", "celestial", "divine", "heavenly" ], "synonyms":[ "august", "baronial", "epic", "gallant", "glorious", "grand", "grandiose", "heroic", "heroical", "Homeric", "imperial", "imposing", "magnific", "magnificent", "majestic", "massive", "monumental", "noble", "regal", "royal", "splendid", "stately" ] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "proverb":{ "an often stated observation regarding something from common experience":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "her grandfather has a proverb for every occasion" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "bromide", "clich\u00e9", "cliche", "commonplace", "platitude", "wheeze", "expression", "felicity", "axiom", "motto", "precept", "truism", "truth", "formula", "comment", "note", "reflection", "remark" ], "synonyms":[ "adage", "aphorism", "apothegm", "byword", "epigram", "maxim", "saw", "saying", "sententia", "word" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "provide (for)":{ "to give consideration to (as unexpected circumstances or contingencies)":{ "antonyms":[ "discount", "disregard" ], "examples":[ "the rules provide for emergency situations, spelling out certain exceptions" ], "near antonyms":[ "factor (out)" ], "related":[ "accommodate", "adapt", "adjust", "condition", "anticipate", "contemplate", "envisage", "expect", "foresee", "assume", "presume", "presuppose", "plan", "calculate", "face" ], "synonyms":[ "allow (for)", "consider", "factor (in or into)", "regard" ] }, "to pay the living expenses of":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "sufficient income to provide for his ever growing family" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "finance", "fund", "patronize", "set up", "sponsor", "stake", "underwrite" ], "synonyms":[ "keep", "maintain", "support" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "providing (for)":{ "to give consideration to (as unexpected circumstances or contingencies)":{ "antonyms":[ "discounting", "disregarding" ], "examples":[ "the rules provide for emergency situations, spelling out certain exceptions" ], "near antonyms":[ "factoring (out)" ], "related":[ "accommodating", "adapting", "adjusting", "conditioning", "anticipating", "contemplating", "envisaging", "expecting", "foreseeing", "assuming", "presuming", "presupposing", "planning", "calculating", "facing" ], "synonyms":[ "allowing (for)", "considering", "factoring (in or into)", "regarding" ] }, "to pay the living expenses of":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "sufficient income to provide for his ever growing family" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "financing", "funding", "patronizing", "setting up", "sponsoring", "staking", "underwriting" ], "synonyms":[ "keeping", "maintaining", "supporting" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "province":{ "a region of activity, knowledge, or influence":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "a legal question outside the doctor's province" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "frontier", "study", "subject", "territory", "turf", "occupation", "profession", "pursuit", "racket", "vocation", "ambit", "amplitude", "breadth", "compass", "confine", "dimension(s)", "extent", "ken", "reach", "scope", "sweep", "width", "subfield", "subspecialty" ], "synonyms":[ "area", "arena", "bailiwick", "barony", "business", 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"heart", "heroism", "intestinal fortitude", "intrepidity", "intrepidness", "moxie", "nerve", "pecker", "stoutness", "valor", "virtue" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "pruned":{ "as in":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "to make (something) shorter or smaller with the use of a cutting instrument":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "pruned the dead branches from the old apple tree" ], "near antonyms":[ "elongated", "extended", "lengthened" ], "related":[ "skived", "whittled", "manicured", "mowed", "pinched", "stumped", "curtailed", "shortened" ], "synonyms":[ "bobbed", "clipped", "cropped", "cut", "cut back", "docked", "lopped (off)", "nipped", "pared", "polled", "shaved", "sheared", "snipped", "trimmed" ] }, "type":[ "adjective", "verb" ] }, "prying":{ "as in":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "interested in what is not one's own business":{ "antonyms":[ "incurious", "uncurious" ], "examples":[ "as we moved into our new home, we could sense that there were prying eyes watching us" ], "near antonyms":[ "apathetic", "disinterested", "indifferent", "unconcerned", "uninterested" ], "related":[ "interfering", "intrusive", "meddlesome", "meddling", "obtrusive", "officious", "inquisitional", "inquisitorial", "interrogative", "questioning", "quizzical", "concerned", "interested" ], "synonyms":[ "curious", "inquisitive", "nosy", "nosey", "snoopy" ] }, "thrusting oneself where one is not welcome or invited":{ "antonyms":[ "unobtrusive" ], "examples":[ "prying neighbors who refuse to mind their own business" ], "near antonyms":[ "hands-off", "uninvolved", "quiet", "reclusive", "reserved", "reticent", "retiring", "silent", "taciturn", "withdrawn", "inhibited", "restrained", "subdued" ], "related":[ "bold", "brazen", "bumptious", "impertinent", "impudent", "insolent", "rude", "invading", "trespassing", "curious", "inquisitive", "annoying", "harassing", "pestiferous", "overbearing", "superserviceable" ], "synonyms":[ "busy", "interfering", "intruding", "intrusive", "meddlesome", "meddling", "nosy", "nosey", "obtrusive", "officious", "presuming", "presumptuous", "protrusive", "pushing", "pushy", "snoopy" ] }, "to draw out by force or with effort":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "a vain attempt to pry the cork out of a wine bottle" ], "near antonyms":[ "implanting", "inserting", "installing", "instilling", "cramming", "jamming", "ramming", "stuffing", "wedging" ], "related":[ "mining", "plucking", "removing", "taking (out)", "withdrawing" ], "synonyms":[ "corkscrewing", "extracting", "prizing", "pulling", "rooting (out)", "tearing (out)", "uprooting", "wresting", "wringing", "yanking" ] }, "to interest oneself in what is not one's concern":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "don't go prying into other people's business" ], "near antonyms":[ "avoiding", "eschewing", "shunning", "disregarding", "ignoring", "neglecting", "overlooking" ], "related":[ "interceding", "interposing", "intervening", "barging (in)", "chiseling (in)", "chiselling (in)", "encroaching", "infringing", "invading", "trespassing", "fiddling", "fooling", "monkeying", "playing", "tampering" ], "synonyms":[ "butting in", "interfering", "interloping", "intermeddling", "intruding", "meddling", "messing", "mucking (about or around)", "nosing", "obtruding", "poking", "snooping" ] }, "to raise, move, or pull apart with or as if with a lever":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "it took some effort to pry up the trap door" ], "near antonyms":[ "connecting", "joining" ], "related":[ "elevating", "hoisting", "lifting", "uplifting", "breaking", "breaking up", "detaching", "disengaging", "disjoining", "dividing", "parting", "pulling", "separating", "shifting" ], "synonyms":[ "jimmying", "levering", "prizing" ] }, "type":[ "adjective", "noun", "verb" ] }, "proffering":{ "to put before another for acceptance or consideration":{ "examples":[ "proffered his assistance in helping the two sides reach a compromise" ], "synonyms":[ "extending", "giving", "offering", "tendering", "trotting out" ], "related":[ "posing", "proposing", "holding out", "giving in", "submitting", "volunteering" ], "near antonyms":[ "accepting", "receiving", "taking", "accrediting", "approbating", "approving", "authorizing", "clearing", "confirming", "finalizing", "formalizing", "homologating", "OK'ing", "okaying", "ratifying", "sanctioning", "warranting", "declining", "denying", "disallowing", "disapproving", "negativing", "rejecting", "turning down", "vetoing", "rebuffing", "rebutting", "refusing", "spurning", "retracting", "withdrawing", "disregarding", "ignoring", "neglecting", "overlooking" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to set before the mind for consideration":{ "examples":[ "proffered a novel solution for getting themselves out of debt" ], "synonyms":[ "advancing", "bouncing", "offering", "posing", "proposing", "propounding", "suggesting", "voting" ], "related":[ "moving", "nominating", "recommending", "presenting", "submitting", "tendering", "trotting out", "filing", "laying", "lodging", "arranging", "calculating", "charting", "contriving", "covering", "framing", "mapping", "planning", "plotting", "shaping" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "pronounce":{ "to correctly produce the sound of (a word or letter) with one's voice":{ "examples":[ "How do you pronounce your last name?", "We practiced pronouncing our Spanish vocabulary words ." ], "synonyms":[], "related":[], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "to say or announce (something) in an official or formal way":{ "examples":[ "The priest pronounced the blessing.", "Emotions ran high in the courtroom as the judge pronounced sentence." ], "synonyms":[], "related":[], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "to say officially or assertively that (something or someone) is something specified":{ "examples":[ "They pronounced the mission a success.", "She pronounced them married." ], "synonyms":[], "related":[], 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"obediences" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to state as a fact usually forcefully":{ "examples":[ "he protested that he usually was very good at baseball, and all the strikeouts were just bad luck" ], "synonyms":[ "affirms", "alleges", "asserts", "avers", "avouches", "avows", "claims", "contends", "declares", "insists", "maintains", "professes", "purports", "warrants" ], "related":[ "announces", "broadcasts", "proclaims", "argues", "rationalizes", "reasons", "confirms", "justifies", "vindicates", "defends", "perseveres", "supports", "upholds", "reaffirms", "reasserts" ], "near antonyms":[ "abandons", "disavows", "disclaims", "disowns", "negates", "negatives", "rejects", "repudiates", "challenges", "disputes", "questions", "confutes", "disproves", "rebuts", "refutes", "contradicts", "counters" ], "antonyms":[ "denies", "gainsays" ] }, "to present an opposing opinion or argument":{ "examples":[ "plans to protest against the judge's ruling regarding admissible evidence" ], "synonyms":[ "demurs", "excepts", "expostulates", "kicks", "objects", "remonstrates (with)" ], "related":[ "cavils", "quibbles", "challenges", "dares", "defies", "fights", "conflicts", "debates", "disputes", "hassles", "quarrels", "squabbles", "wrangles", "beefs", "bellyaches", "bitches", "bleats", "carps", "caterwauls", "complains", "crabs", "croaks", "fusses", "gripes", "grizzles", "grouches", "grouses", "growls", "grumbles", "grumps", "hollers", "keens", "maunders", "moans", "murmurs", "mutters", "nags", "repines", "screams", "squawks", "squeals", "wails", "whimpers", "whines", "whinges", "yammers", "yawps", "yaups", "yowls", "balks", "gags", "sticks", "censures", "criticizes", "denounces", "disobeys", "rebels", "withstands", "demonstrates" ], "near antonyms":[ "approves", "sanctions", "accepts", "accedes", "acquiesces", "agrees", "assents", "adheres", "complies", "conforms", "follows", "minds", "obeys", "observes", "advocates", "champions", "defends", "maintains", "supports", "sustains", "upholds", "applauds", "cheers", "commends" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "produces":{ "to be the cause of (a situation, action, or state of mind)":{ "examples":[ "hopefully, the new approach to fighting substance abuse will produce better results" ], "synonyms":[ "begets", "breeds", "brings", "brings about", "brings on", "catalyzes", "causes", "creates", "does", "draws on", "effects", "effectuates", "engenders", "generates", "induces", "invokes", "makes", "occasions", "prompts", "results (in)", "spawns", "translates (into)", "works", "yields" ], "related":[ "conduces (to)", "contributes (to)", "decides", "determines", "begins", "establishes", "fathers", "founds", "inaugurates", "initiates", "innovates", "institutes", "introduces", "launches", "pioneers", "sets", "sets up", "starts", "advances", "cultivates", "develops", "encourages", "forwards", "fosters", "furthers", "nourishes", "nurtures", "promotes", "enacts", "renders", "turns out" ], "near antonyms":[ "impedes", "limits", "restricts", "clamps down (on)", "cracks down (on)", "crushes", "dampens", "puts down", "quashes", "quells", "represses", "smothers", "squashes", "squelches", "stifles", "subdues", "suppresses", "arrests", "checks", "controls", "curbs", "inhibits", "reins (in)", "restrains", "retards", "cans", "kills", "snuffs (out)", "stills", "abolishes", "demolishes", "destroys", "extinguishes", "liquidates", "quenches" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to bring forth from the womb":{ "examples":[ "rabbits can potentially produce many offspring at once" ], "synonyms":[ "bears", "births", "delivers", "drops", "has", "mothers" ], "related":[ "labors", "breeds", "multiplies", "propagates", "reproduces", "spawns", "begets", "fathers", "generates", "gets", "sires", "calves", "kids", "kindles", "kittens", "litters", "pups", "whelps" ], "near antonyms":[ "aborts", "loses", "miscarries" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to bring into being by combining, shaping, or transforming materials":{ "examples":[ "a factory producing steel" ], "synonyms":[ "fabricates", "fashions", "forms", "frames", "makes", "manufactures" ], "related":[ "assembles", "builds", "constructs", "erects", "makes up", "puts up", "raises", "rears", "sets up", "structures", "throws up", "crafts", "handcrafts", "hews", "forges", "molds", "shapes", "cobbles (together or up)", "knocks out", "patches (together)", "throws up", "prefabricates", "creates", "invents", "mints", "originates", "establishes", "fathers", "institutes", "organizes", "concocts", "contrives", "cooks (up)", "designs", "devises", "imagines", "thinks (up)", "conceives", "envisages", "pictures", "visualizes", "refashions", "remakes", "remanufactures" ], "near antonyms":[ "disassembles", "dismantles", "takes apart", "breaks up", "dismembers", "abolishes", "annihilates", "demolishes", "destroys", "devastates", "eradicates", "exterminates", "extinguishes", "flattens", "pulverizes", "razes", "ruins", "shatters", "smashes", "wrecks", "blows up", "explodes" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to present so as to invite notice or attention":{ "examples":[ "he produced his brand-new driver's license at every possible opportunity" ], "synonyms":[ "displays", "disports", "exhibits", "exposes", "flashes", "flaunts", "lays out", "parades", "shows", "shows off", "sports", "struts", "unveils" ], "related":[ "brandishes", "flourishes", "waves", "advertises", "airs", "announces", "blazes", "broadcasts", "heralds", "placards", "posts", "proclaims", "publicizes", "sounds", "trumpets", "divulges", "talks (about)", "tells (of)", "bares", "discovers", "reveals", "uncloaks", "uncovers", "unmasks" ], "near antonyms":[ "camouflages", "disguises", "masks", "conceals", "covers", "curtains", "enshrouds", "hides", "obscures", "occludes", "occults", "shrouds", "veils" ], "antonyms":[] }, "something produced by physical or intellectual effort":{ "examples":[ "a book that was the produce of a lifetime of study on the subject" ], "synonyms":[ "affairs", "fruits", "handiworks", "labors", "outputs", "productions", "products", "things", "works", "yields" ], "related":[ "articles", "commodities", "entries", "objects", "goods", "lines", "merchandises", "wares", "handcrafts", "handicrafts", "aftereffects", "aftermaths", "conclusions", "consequences", "corollaries", "developments", "effects", "issues", "outcomes", "resultants", "results", "sequels", "sequences", "upshots", "by-products", "byproducts", "derivatives", "offshoots", "offspring", "offsprings", "outgrowths", "residuals", "side effects", "side reactions", "spin-offs" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "pricks":{ "a mark or small hole made by a pointed instrument":{ "examples":[ "the immunization shot left a prick on my arm that turned into a bruise" ], "synonyms":[ "perforations", "pinholes", "pinpricks", "punches", "punctures", "stabs" ], "related":[ "gouges", "grooves", "hollows", "breaks", "cuts", "gashes", "incisions", "lacerations", "notches", "rents", "rips", "ruptures", "slashes", "slits", "tears" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "a sharp unpleasant sensation usually felt in some specific part of the body":{ "examples":[ "she felt a sharp prick when the nurse gave her the shot" ], "synonyms":[ "aches", "pains", "pangs", "shoots", "smarts", "stings", "stitches", "throes", "tingles", "twinges" ], "related":[ "discomforts", "distresses", "afflictions", "agonies", "anguishes", "miseries", "sufferances", "sufferings", "torments", "tortures", "inflammations", "sores", "swellings", "damages", "detriments", "harms", "hurts", "injuries", "backaches", "bellyaches", "charley horses", "colics", "complaints", "earaches", "gripes", "headaches", "stomachaches", "toothaches" ], "near antonyms":[ "comforts", "eases" ], "antonyms":[] }, "as in pokes , prickles":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "related":[], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "prayer":{ "an address to God or a deity":{ "examples":[ "he always directed a bedside prayer to God before going to sleep" ], "synonyms":[ "orison" ], "related":[ "collect", "grace", "invocation", "litany", "requiescat", "thanksgiving", "evensong", "matins", "vespers", "appeal", "begging", "beseeching", "entreaty", "imploring", "petition", "pleading", "request", "soliciting", "suit", "supplication" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "an earnest request":{ "examples":[ "we hope that the governor will hear our prayer and do something about this pressing problem" ], "synonyms":[ "adjuration", "appeal", "conjuration", "cry", "desire", "entreaty", "petition", "plea", "pleading", "solicitation", "suit", "suppliance", "supplication" ], "related":[ "application", "requisition", "call", "claim", "demand", "insistence" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "prettiness":{ "the qualities in a person or thing that as a whole give pleasure to the senses":{ "examples":[ "the sugary prettiness of the knickknacks is sure to appeal to a certain type of collector" ], "synonyms":[ "aesthetics", "esthetics", "attractiveness", "beauteousness", "beautifulness", "beauty", "comeliness", "cuteness", "fairness", "gorgeousness", "handsomeness", "looks", "loveliness", "sightliness" ], "related":[ "allure", "appeal", "attraction", "fascination", "glamour", "glamor", "charm", "delightfulness", "elegance", "exquisiteness", "gloriousness", "radiance", "radiancy", "resplendence", "resplendency", "splendidness", "splendiferousness", "sublimeness", "sublimity", "superbness", "desirability", "desirableness", "foxiness", "lusciousness", "nubility", "pulchritude", "seductiveness", "sex appeal", "sexiness", "shapeliness", "flawlessness", "perfection", "daintiness", "delicacy", "flamboyance", "flashiness", "glossiness", "showiness", "slickness", "splashiness" ], "near antonyms":[ "disagreeableness", "dreadfulness", "foulness", "ghastliness", "horribleness", "loathsomeness", "nastiness", "offensiveness", "repellency", "repulsiveness", "terribleness", "vileness", "blemish", "flaw", "imperfection" ], "antonyms":[ "grotesqueness", "hideousness", "homeliness", "plainness", "ugliness", "unattractiveness", "unbecomingness", "unloveliness", "unsightliness" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "premonition":{ "a feeling that something bad will happen":{ "examples":[ "she had a premonition that her cat would somehow get hurt that day" ], "synonyms":[ "foreboding", "presage", "presentiment", "prognostication" ], "related":[ "anticipation", "foreknowledge", "feel", "insight", "intuition", "augury", "omen", "portent", "sign", "impression", "suspicion", "agitation", "alarm", "alarum", "anxiety", "anxiousness", "apprehension", "apprehensiveness", "care", "concern", "disquiet", "doubt", "dread", "fear", "misgiving", "nervousness", "perturbation", "unease", "uneasiness", "worry", "foresight", "prescience" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "preclude":{ "to keep from happening by taking action in advance":{ "examples":[ "issued a strict schedule for doing household chores so as to preclude any arguments" ], "synonyms":[ "avert", "forestall", "head off", "help", "obviate", "prevent", "stave off" ], "related":[ "anticipate", "provide", "negate", "neutralize", "nullify", "save", "baffle", "balk", "checkmate", "deter", "foil", "frustrate", "thwart", "bar", "block", "hamper", "hinder", "impede", "interfere (with)", "retard", "stall", "deflect", "fend (off)", "stop", "ward (off)", "avoid", "circumvent", "dodge", "duck", "elude", "escape", "eschew", "evade", "shake", "shirk", "shun", "forbid", "inhibit", "prohibit", "arrest", "check", "halt", "stop", "compensate (for)", "counteract", "counterbalance", "make up (for)", "offset" ], "near antonyms":[ "abet", "aid", "assist", "ease", "facilitate", "smooth", "unclog", "advance", "cultivate", "encourage", "forward", "foster", "further", "nurture", "promote", "allow", "leave", "let", "permit" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "profanities":{ "a disrespectful or indecent word or expression":{ "examples":[ "a rap song that is filled with profanities" ], "synonyms":[ "curses", "cusses", "cusswords", "dirty words", "expletives", "four-letter words", "obscenities", "swears", "swearwords", "vulgarisms" ], "related":[ "bawdries", "languages", "scurrilities", "execrations", "imprecations", "maledictions", "epithets", "names", "oaths" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "pries":{ "to raise, move, or pull apart with or as if with a lever":{ "examples":[ "it took some effort to pry up the trap door" ], "synonyms":[ "jimmies", "levers", "prizes" ], "related":[ "elevates", "hoists", "lifts", "uplifts", "breaks", "breaks up", "detaches", "disengages", "disjoins", "divides", "parts", "pulls", "separates", "shifts" ], "near antonyms":[ "connects", "joins" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to draw out by force or with effort":{ "examples":[ "a vain attempt to pry the cork out of a wine bottle" ], "synonyms":[ "corkscrews", "extracts", "prizes", "pulls", "roots (out)", "tears (out)", "uproots", "wrests", "wrings", "yanks" ], "related":[ "mines", "plucks", "removes", "takes (out)", "withdraws" ], "near antonyms":[ "implants", "inserts", "installs", "instills", "crams", "jams", "rams", "stuffs", "wedges" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to interest oneself in what is not one's concern":{ "examples":[ "don't go prying into other people's business" ], "synonyms":[ "butts in", "interferes", "interlopes", "intermeddles", "intrudes", "meddles", "messes", "mucks (about or around)", "noses", "obtrudes", "pokes", "snoops" ], "related":[ "intercedes", "interposes", "intervenes", "barges (in)", "chisels (in)", "encroaches", "infringes", "invades", "trespasses", "fiddles", "fools", "monkeys", "plays", "tampers" ], "near antonyms":[ "avoids", "eschews", "shuns", "disregards", "ignores", "neglects", "overlooks" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "previous to":{ "earlier than":{ "examples":[ "his passport arrived just previous to his trip" ], "synonyms":[ "afore", "ahead of", "before", "ere", "fore", "'fore", "of", "prior to", "to" ], "related":[ "till", "until", "up to" ], "near antonyms":[ "next", "next to", "since" ], "antonyms":[ "after", "following" ] }, "type":[ "preposition" ] }, "proceeds":{ "an increase usually measured in money that comes from labor, business, or property":{ "examples":[ "estimated that the annual proceeds from an increase in the state sales tax would be enormous" ], "synonyms":[ "earnings", "gain(s)", "income", "incoming(s)", "profit", "return", "revenue", "yield" ], "related":[ "killing", "windfall", "salary", "take-home pay", "tips", "wages", "bankroll", "capital", "coffers", "exchequer", "finances", "funds", "money", "pocket", "pocketbook", "resources", "wherewithal" ], "near antonyms":[ "charge", "cost", "disbursement", "expenditures", "expenses", "outgo", "outlay" ], "antonyms":[] }, "the amount of money left when expenses are subtracted from the total amount received":{ "examples":[ "all proceeds from the special promotion will go to charity" ], "synonyms":[ "earnings", "gain", "lucre", "net", "payoff", "profit", "return" ], "related":[ "cleanup", "killing", "windfall", "bottom line", "gross", "sales", "compensation", "emolument", "income", "pay", "payment", "remittal", "requital", "salary", "wages", "interest", "revenue", "yield" ], "near antonyms":[ "charge", "cost", "disbursement", "expenditure", "expense", "loss", "outgo", "outlay" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to move forward along a course":{ "examples":[ "you may proceed with your plan" ], "synonyms":[ "advances", "comes", "comes along", "does", "fares", "forges", "gets along", "gets on", "goes", "goes along", "goes off", "marches", "paces", "progresses" ], "related":[ "accelerates", "fast-forwards", "speeds", "approaches", "nears", "journeys", "passes", "repairs", "runs", "travels", "wends", "actuates", "drives", "impels", "propels", "pushes", "takes out" ], "near antonyms":[ "arrests", "balks", "blocks", "checks", "detains", "halts", "hinders", "holds back", "impedes", "nips", "obstructs", "slows (down or up)", "stems", "represses", "retards", "stunts", "suppresses", "delays", "interrupts", "stalls", "cramps", "hampers", "inhibits", "ceases", "lets up", "pauses", "regresses", "waits" ], "antonyms":[ "remains", "stands", "stays", "stops" ] }, "type":[ "plural noun", "verb" ] }, "pressure":{ "the burden on one's emotional or mental well-being created by demands on one's time":{ "examples":[ "a business executive who works well under pressure" ], "synonyms":[ "strain", "stress", "tension" ], "related":[ "load", "weight", "anxiety", "concern", "uneasiness", "worry", "aggravation", "anger", "annoyance", "exasperation", "irritation", "persecution", "trouble" ], "near antonyms":[ "comfort", "consolation" ], "antonyms":[] }, "the use of power to impose one's will on another":{ "examples":[ "pressure from their peers can often cause teens to do things that they normally wouldn't consider" ], "synonyms":[ "arm-twisting", "coercion", "compulsion", "constraint", "duress", "force" ], "related":[ "browbeating", "bulldozing", "bullying", "fear", "intimidation", "menace", "sword", "terror", "terrorism", "threat", "violence", "squeeze", "squeeze play", "might", "muscle", "potency", "puissance", "strength", "hardheadedness", "self-will", "willfulness", "strain", "stress" ], "near antonyms":[ "agreement", "approval", "consent", "permission", "convincing", "persuasion", "reason", "suasion" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to cause (a person) to give in to pressure":{ "examples":[ "his father pressured him to go out for the swim team" ], "synonyms":[ "blackjack", "coerce", "compel", "constrain", "dragoon", "drive", "force", "impel", "impress", "make", "muscle", "obligate", "oblige", "press", "sandbag" ], "related":[ "browbeat", "bulldoze", "bully", "cow", "hector", "intimidate", "blackmail", "high-pressure", "menace", "shame", "terrorize", "threaten", "drag", "badger", "harass", "hound" ], "near antonyms":[ "allow", "let", "permit", "argue", "convince", "induce", "move", "persuade", "prevail (on or upon)", "satisfy", "talk (into)", "win (over)" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "property":{ "a small piece of land that is developed or available for development":{ "examples":[ "bought a secluded property in the mountains" ], "synonyms":[ "lot", "parcel", "plat", "plot", "tract" ], "related":[ "patch", "frontage", "lease", "development", "real estate" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "something that sets apart an individual from others of the same kind":{ "examples":[ "the ability to be magnetized is a common property of metals" ], "synonyms":[ "affection", "attribute", "attribution", "character", "characteristic", "criterion", "diagnostic", "differentia", "feature", "fingerprint", "hallmark", "mark", "marker", "note", "particularity", "peculiarity", "point", "quality", "specific", "stamp", "touch", "trait" ], "related":[ "badge", "indication", "sign", "emblem", "symbol", "token", "charm", "grace", "excellence", "merit", "virtue", "eccentricity", "idiosyncrasy", "oddity", "quirk", "individuality", "singularity", "uniqueness" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "prospectus":{ "as in sign , portent":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "foreboding", "harbinger", "omen", "portent", "prevision", "sign", "auguring", "augury", "bodement", "cast", "forecast", "forecasting", "foretelling", "predicting", "prediction", "presaging", "prognosis", "prognostic", "prognosticating", "prognostication", "prophecy", "prophesy", "soothsaying", "vaticination", "anticipation", "foreknowledge", "foresight", "conjecture", "guess", "surmise" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "prehensions":{ "as in understandings , knowledges":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "related":[], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "prep":{ "to make ready in advance":{ "examples":[ "the cooking time is considerably shortened if you've prepped the chicken the night before" ], "synonyms":[ "fit", "fix", "groom", "lay", "prepare", "ready" ], "related":[ "brace", "fortify", "gird", "steel", "batten", "gather", "gear up", "mount", "educate", "indoctrinate", "instruct", "school", "train", "tutor", "boot (up)", "prime", "arrange", "set", "spread", "arm", "equip", "forearm", "furnish", "outfit", "provide", "supply", "incline", "predispose", "draft", "draw up", "frame", "warm (up)" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "as in prep school , boarding school":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "related":[], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "prided":{ "to think highly of (oneself)":{ "examples":[ "he prides himself on the quality of his writing" ], "synonyms":[ "flattered", "piqued", "plumed" ], "related":[ "boasted", "bragged", "crowed", "gasconaded", "swaggered", "swanked", "swashed", "vapored", "vaunted", "congratulated", "felicitated" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "prophylactic":{ "concerned with or serving to keep something from happening":{ "examples":[ "the many prophylactic measures that city officials could have taken to reduce the scope of the disaster" ], "synonyms":[ "precautionary", "preventative", "preventive" ], "related":[ "deterrent", "deterring", "negating", "neutralizing", "nullifying", "baffling", "balking", "foiling", "frustrating", "thwarting", "blocking", "hampering", "hindering", "impeding", "retardant", "stalling" ], "near antonyms":[ "abetting", "aiding", "assisting", "easing", "facilitating", "smoothing", "encouraging", "forwarding", "fostering", "furthering", "nurturing", "promoting" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "principal":{ "the person who has the most important role in a play, movie, or TV show":{ "examples":[ "my cousin is one of the principals in a new sitcom this fall" ], "synonyms":[ "headliner", "lead", "star" ], "related":[ "leading lady", "leading man", "superstar", "ingenue", "ing\u00e9nue", "starlet", "star turn", "coprincipal", "costar" ], "near antonyms":[ "extra", "supernumerary" ], "antonyms":[] }, "coming before all others in importance":{ "examples":[ "our principal reason for coming here today" ], "synonyms":[ "arch", "big", "capital", "cardinal", "central", "chief", "dominant", "first", "foremost", "grand", "great", "greatest", "highest", "key", "leading", "main", "master", "number one", "No. 1", "numero uno", "overbearing", "overmastering", "overriding", "paramount", "predominant", "preeminent", "premier", "primal", "primary", "prior", "sovereign", "sovran", "supreme" ], "related":[ "distinguished", "eminent", "illustrious", "noble", "notable", "noteworthy", "outstanding", "prestigious", "signal", "star", "stellar", "superior", "high-level", "senior", "top", "important", "influential", "major", "mighty", "momentous", "significant", "incomparable", "matchless", "unequaled", "unequalled", "unparalleled", "unsurpassed", "celebrated", "famed", "famous", "renowned" ], "near antonyms":[ "inconsequential", "inconsiderable", "insignificant", "minor", "negligible", "slight", "trifling", "trivial", "unimportant", "collateral", "inferior", "secondary", "subordinate", "subsidiary" ], "antonyms":[ "last", "least" ] }, "highest in rank or authority":{ "examples":[ "the principal researcher in the company's chemical division" ], "synonyms":[ "chief", "commanding", "first", "foremost", "head", "high", "lead", "leading", "preeminent", "premier", "presiding", "primary", "prime", "supereminent", "supreme", "top" ], "related":[ "high-level", "senior", "controlling", "directing", "managing", "officiating", "overseeing", "regnant", "reigning", "ruling", "supervisory", "main", "major", "paramount", "predominant", "predominate", "sovereign", "sovran", "ascendant", "ascendent", "dominant", "grand", "superior", "topmost", "upmost", "upper", "uppermost" ], "near antonyms":[ "ancillary", "inferior", "last", "less", "lesser", "lower", "lowly", "second", "secondary", "subordinate", "subsidiary", "assistant", "assisting", "coadjutor", "deputy", "junior", "under" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adjective", "noun" ] }, "preoccupation":{ "something about which one is constantly thinking or concerned":{ "examples":[ "the future entomologist's preoccupation with insects from a very early age" ], "synonyms":[ "fetish", "fetich", "fixation", "id\u00e9e fixe", "mania", "obsession", "prepossession" ], "related":[ "monomania", "complex", "hang-up", "problem", "trip", "appetite", "caco\u00ebthes", "compulsion", "craving", "desire", "drive", "enthusiasm", "fascination", "hankering", "hunger", "infatuation", "itch", "longing", "lust", "passion", "pining", "thirst", "urge", "yearning", "yen", "idiosyncrasy", "quirk", "bent", "disposition", "inclination", "leaning", "partiality", "penchant", "predilection", "predisposition", "proclivity", "propensity", "tendency" ], "near antonyms":[ "apathy", "disinterestedness", "disregard", "indifference", "insouciance", "nonchalance", "unconcern", "unconcernedness" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "profanations":{ "an act of great disrespect shown to God or to sacred ideas, people, or things":{ "examples":[ "the First Book of the Maccabees tells of the profanation of the temple of Jerusalem by Antiochus IV Epiphanes in 167 b.c." ], "synonyms":[ "blasphemies", "defilements", "desecrations", "impieties", "irreverences", "sacrileges" ], "near synonyms":[ "profanities", "affronts", "insults", "violations", "contaminations", "corruptions", "debasements", "pollutions", "sins", "trespasses" ], "near antonyms":[ "consecrations", "purifications", "sanctifications", "reverences", "venerations" ], "antonyms":[ "adorations", "glorifications", "worships" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "practicum":{ "a period of undergoing practical instruction in one's job or career":{ "examples":[ "she got some coaching experience through a 40-hour practicum with the parks department" ], "synonyms":[ "apprenticeship", "externship", "internship", "training" ], "near synonyms":[ "basic training", "boot camp", "cadetship", "education", "grounding", "instruction", "schooling", "tutelage", "candidacy", "probation", "trial" ], "near antonyms":[ "tenure" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "prudently":{ "as in wisely , sensibly":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "discreetly", "judiciously", "sensibly", "wisely", "excusably", "fairly", "justifiably", "validly", "chivalrously", "decorously", "deferentially", "gallantly", "politely", "respectfully", "solicitously", "pleasantly", "compassionately", "humanely", "kindheartedly", "sweetly", "sympathetically", "considerately", "courteously", "graciously", "kindly", "nicely", "reasonably", "thoughtfully", "well" ], "near antonyms":[ "discourteously", "inconsiderately", "thoughtlessly", "contemptuously", "disdainfully", "disrespectfully", "impolitely", "rudely", "scornfully", "snootily", "cruelly", "heartlessly", "nastily", "viciously", "shabbily", "unfairly" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adverb" ] }, "primitively":{ "as in initially , originally":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "firstly", "initially", "originally", "primarily", "incipiently" ], "near antonyms":[ "finally", "lastly", "ultimately" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adverb" ] }, "premised":{ "to take as true or as a fact without actual proof":{ "examples":[ "let us premise certain things, such as every person's need for love, before beginning our line of reasoning" ], "synonyms":[ "assumed", "hypothecated", "hypothesized", "postulated", "presumed", "presupposed", "said", "supposed" ], "near synonyms":[ "accepted", "believed", "credited", "swallowed", "concluded", "deduced", "gathered", "inferred", "judged", "took", "conjectured", "figured", "guessed", "reckoned", "surmised", "suspected", "suspicioned", "thought", "conceived", "dreamed", "dreamt", "fancied", "imagined", "perceived", "preconceived", "speculated", "theorized", "affirmed", "alleged", "asserted", "averred", "avouched", "avowed", "claimed", "contended", "declared", "insisted", "maintained", "professed" ], "near antonyms":[ "challenged", "controverted", "disagreed (with)", "disbelieved", "discounted", "discredited", "disputed", "distrusted", "doubted", "mistrusted", "questioned", "wondered (about)", "denied", "disavowed", "disclaimed", "disowned", "rejected", "repudiated", "belied", "confuted", "disproved", "rebutted", "refuted" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "prays":{ "to make a request to (someone) in an earnest or urgent manner":{ "examples":[ "I pray you: tell me where they went" ], "synonyms":[ "appeals (to)", "begs", "beseeches", "besieges", "conjures", "entreats", "impetrates", "implores", "importunes", "petitions", "pleads (to)", "solicits", "supplicates" ], "near synonyms":[ "bludges", "cadges", "mooches", "sponges", "asks", "desires", "invokes", "requests", "sues", "claims", "coerces", "commands", "compels", "demands", "forces", "insists", "requires" ], "near antonyms":[ "hints", "implies", "intimates", "suggests", "appeases", "conciliates", "gratifies", "mollifies", "obliges", "pacifies", "placates", "pleases", "satisfies", "comforts", "consoles", "contents", "quiets" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "proficiently":{ "in a skillful or expert manner":{ "examples":[ "an administrator who can deal with the problems quickly and proficiently" ], "synonyms":[ "ably", "adeptly", "adroitly", "artfully", "capably", "competently", "consummately", "deftly", "expertly", "masterfully", "masterly", "skillfully", "well" ], "near synonyms":[ "aptly", "fluently", "cleanly", "cleverly", "dexterously", "neatly", "nimbly", "easily", "facilely", "handily" ], "near antonyms":[ "inaptly", "awkwardly", "clumsily", "crudely" ], "antonyms":[ "amateurishly", "artlessly", "incapably", "incompetently", "inefficiently", "ineptly", "inexpertly", "poorly", "unskillfully" ] }, "type":[ "adverb" ] }, "priory":{ "a residence for men under religious vows":{ "examples":[ "you can hear the bells of the priory from the other side of the village" ], "synonyms":[ "abbey", "cloister", "friary", "hermitage", "monastery" ], "near synonyms":[ "house", "convent", "nunnery", "lamasery" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "pressure-cooked":{ "as in steamed , smothered":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "braised", "fricasseed", "smothered", "steamed", "scalded", "reboiled", "boiled", "coddled", "parboiled", "poached", "simmered", "stewed" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "practicality":{ "as in feasibility , usefulness":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "feasibility", "usefulness", "advantageousness", "beneficialness", "profitability", "opportuneness", "seasonableness", "timeliness", "advisability", "advisableness", "desirability", "desirableness", "expedience", "expediency", "judiciousness", "prudence", "wisdom" ], "near antonyms":[ "imprudence", "inadvisability", "inexpedience", "inexpediency", "injudiciousness", "unwisdom", "impracticality", "infeasibility", "inopportuneness", "unseasonableness", "untimeliness" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "proficient":{ "having or showing exceptional knowledge, experience, or skill in a field of endeavor":{ "examples":[ "she is quite proficient at computer repair", "a proficient rendition of a difficult piano piece" ], "synonyms":[ "accomplished", "ace", "adept", "compleat", "complete", "consummate", "crack", "crackerjack", "educated", "experienced", "expert", "good", "great", "master", "masterful", "masterly", "practiced", "practised", "professed", "skilled", "skillful", "versed", "veteran", "virtuoso" ], "near synonyms":[ "adroit", "clever", "deft", "dexterous", "dextrous", "handy", "slick", "sure-handed", "gifted", "talented", "polished", "refined", "effective", "effectual", "efficient", "workmanlike", "able", "capable", "competent", "employable", "fit", "fitted", "habile", "qualified", "knowledgeable", "schooled", "taught", "trained", "tutored", "all-around", "all-round", "well-rounded", "long-term", "old", "multiskilled", "multitalented" ], "near antonyms":[ "incapable", "incompetent", "inept", "unable", "unfit", "unfitted", "unqualified", "weak", "artless", "crude", "rude", "ineffective", "ineffectual", "inefficient", "talentless", "ungifted", "untalented", "ignorant", "unschooled", "untaught", "untrained", "untutored", "beginning", "green", "inexperienced", "new", "raw", "unseasoned", "untested", "untried", "would-be", "primitive", "rough", "unpolished", "awkward", "clumsy", "ham-fisted", "ham-handed", "heavy-handed" ], "antonyms":[ "amateur", "amateurish", "inexperienced", "inexpert", "jackleg", "unprofessional", "unseasoned", "unskilled", "unskillful" ] }, "a person with a high level of knowledge or skill in a field":{ "examples":[ "an urgent call by the state department for proficients in Arabic" ], "synonyms":[ "ace", "adept", "artist", "authority", "cognoscente", "connoisseur", "crackerjack", "crackajack", "dab", "dab hand", "expert", "fiend", "geek", "guru", "hand", "hotshot", "maestro", "master", "maven", "mavin", "meister", "past master", "scholar", "shark", "sharp", "virtuoso", "whiz", "wizard" ], "near synonyms":[ "pro", "professional", "consultant", "hired gun", "specialist", "addict", "aficionado", "afficionado", "buff", "devotee", "enthusiast", "fan", "craftsman", "journeyman", "all-rounder", "jack-of-all-trades", "Renaissance man", "mistress" ], "near antonyms":[ "apprentice", "beginner", "neophyte", "novice", "dabbler", "dilettante", "layman", "nonprofessional" ], "antonyms":[ "amateur", "inexpert", "nonexpert" ] }, "type":[ "adjective", "noun" ] }, "preceded":{ "to go or come before in time":{ "examples":[ "there are two speeches which will precede yours" ], "synonyms":[ "anteceded", "antedated", "forewent", "predated", "preexisted" ], "near synonyms":[], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[ "followed", "postdated", "succeeded" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "prognosticating":{ "a declaration that something will happen in the future":{ "examples":[ "because there are always unforeseen breakthroughs in every field, in the past most prognosticatings have fallen short" ], "synonyms":[ "auguring", "augury", "bodement", "cast", "forecast", "forecasting", "foretelling", "predicting", "prediction", "presaging", "prognosis", "prognostic", "prognostication", "prophecy", "prophesy", "soothsaying", "vaticination" ], "near synonyms":[ "foreboding", "harbinger", "omen", "portent", "prevision", "prospectus", "sign", "anticipation", "foreknowledge", "foresight", "conjecture", "guess", "surmise" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "as in predicting , foretelling":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "divining", "forecasting", "foreknowing", "foreseeing", "foretelling", "fortune-telling", "predicting", "presaging", "prophesying", "soothsaying", "amazing", "astonishing", "astounding", "awesome", "extraordinary", "fabulous", "marvelous", "marvellous", "miraculous", "portentous", "stunning", "stupendous", "sublime", "wondrous", "metaphysical", "preternatural", "unearthly", "bewitching", "charming", "conjuring", "enchanting", "wiling", "paranormal", "supernormal", "bewitched", "enchanted", "spellbound", "magic", "magical", "mystic", "numinous", "occult", "weird" ], "near antonyms":[ "commonplace", "everyday", "normal", "ordinary", "prosaic", "routine", "run-of-the-mill", "unexceptional", "unremarkable", "usual", "workaday" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to tell of or describe beforehand":{ "examples":[ "using current trends to prognosticate what the workplace of the future will be like" ], "synonyms":[ "auguring", "calling", "forecasting", "foretelling", "predicting", "presaging", "prophesying", "reading", "vaticinating" ], "near synonyms":[ "alerting", "cautioning", "forewarning", "warning", "boding", "foreboding", "forboding", "portending", "promising", "anticipating", "divining", "foreknowing", "foreseeing", "announcing", "declaring", "heralding", "proclaiming" ], "near antonyms":[ "describing", "narrating", "reciting", "recounting", "relating", "reporting", "telling" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adjective", "noun", "verb" ] }, "propels":{ "to apply force to (someone or something) so that it moves in front of one":{ "examples":[ "playfully he propelled his rambunctious friend into the swimming pool to cool off" ], "synonyms":[ "drives", "pushes", "shoves", "thrusts" ], "near synonyms":[ "impels", "moves", "bears (down)", "compresses", "depresses", "jams", "pressures", "squashes", "squeezes", "weighs (upon)", "bulldozes", "compels", "forces", "leans (on or against)", "muscles", "rams" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "to set or keep in motion":{ "examples":[ "the aircraft is propelled by a pair of turboprop engines" ], "synonyms":[ "actuates", "drives", "impels", "moves", "works" ], "near synonyms":[ "activates", "motivates", "provokes", "abets", "ferments", "foments", "incites", "raises", "stirs (up)", "whips (up)", "sets off", "triggers", "trips", "arouses", "excites", "fires (up)", "galvanizes", "inflames", "enflames", "inspires", "instigates", "rouses", "stimulates" ], "near antonyms":[ "bridles", "checks", "constrains", "contains", "controls", "curbs", "inhibits", "regulates", "reins (in)", "restrains" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "price point":{ "as in rate , tariff":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "rate", "tariff", "unit price", "asking price", "list price", "sticker price", "carrying charge", "overcharge", "service charge", "service fee", "surcharge", "fair market value", "market value", "valuation", "value", "deduction", "discount", "markdown", "reduction", "sale", "ante", "charge", "cost", "damage", "fee", "figure", "freight", "price", "price tag", "deposit", "down payment", "account", "bill", "check", "invoice", "tab" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "proposing":{ "to set before the mind for consideration":{ "examples":[ "he proposed that we go for a walk this afternoon" ], "synonyms":[ "advancing", "bouncing", "offering", "posing", "proffering", "propounding", "suggesting", "voting" ], "near synonyms":[ "moving", "nominating", "recommending", "presenting", "submitting", "tendering", "trotting out", "filing", "laying", "lodging", "arranging", "calculating", "charting", "contriving", "covering", "framing", "mapping", "planning", "plotting", "shaping" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "to have in mind as a purpose or goal":{ "examples":[ "we propose to buy a new house within the next year" ], "synonyms":[ "aiming", "allowing", "aspiring", "calculating", "contemplating", "designing", "going", "intending", "looking", "meaning", "meditating", "planning", "purporting", "purposing" ], "near synonyms":[ "dreaming", "hoping", "wishing", "considering", "debating", "mulling (over)", "pondering", "attempting", "endeavoring", "striving", "struggling", "trying", "plotting", "scheming", "accomplishing", "achieving", "effecting", "executing", "performing" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "professing":{ "to present a false appearance of":{ "examples":[ "professed friendship while secretly plotting revenge" ], "synonyms":[ "acting", "affecting", "assuming", "bluffing", "counterfeiting", "dissembling", "faking", "feigning", "passing (for)", "pretending", "putting on", "shamming", "simulating" ], "near synonyms":[ "dissimulating", "impersonating", "letting on", "masquerading", "playacting", "playing", "posing", "forging", "imitating", "camouflaging", "concealing", "disguising", "masking", "feinting", "malingering" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "to state clearly and strongly":{ "examples":[ "the lonely woman professed her love in a series of letters to the soldier" ], "synonyms":[ "affirming", "asserting", "averring", "avouching", "avowing", "declaring", "guaranteeing", "laying down" ], "near synonyms":[ "advancing", "advertising", "boosting", "plugging", "promoting", "publicizing", "announcing", "blazing", "calling", "proclaiming", "pronouncing", "saying", "accenting", "accentuating", "emphasizing", "stressing", "underlining", "underscoring", "advocating", "championing", "defending", "espousing", "supporting", "upholding", "assuring", "convincing", "persuading", "explaining", "justifying", "rationalizing", "reaffirming", "reasserting" ], "near antonyms":[ "minimizing", "understating", "disregarding", "ignoring", "neglecting", "overlooking" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to state as a fact usually forcefully":{ "examples":[ "he professed his innocence to anyone who would listen" ], "synonyms":[ "affirming", "alleging", "asserting", "averring", "avouching", "avowing", "claiming", "contending", "declaring", "insisting", "maintaining", "protesting", "purporting", "warranting" ], "near synonyms":[ "announcing", "broadcasting", "proclaiming", "arguing", "rationalizing", "reasoning", "confirming", "justifying", "vindicating", "defending", "persevering", "supporting", "upholding", "reaffirming", "reasserting" ], "near antonyms":[ "abandoning", "disavowing", "disclaiming", "disowning", "negating", "negativing", "rejecting", "repudiating", "challenging", "disputing", "questioning", "confuting", "disproving", "rebutting", "refuting", "contradicting", "countering" ], "antonyms":[ "denying", "gainsaying" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "pretentiously":{ "as in ostentatiously , pompously":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "grandiosely", "ostentatiously", "pompously", "imposingly", "impressively", "magnificently", "splendidly", "affluently", "comfortably", "fine", "wealthily", "expensively", "extravagantly", "fatly", "grandly", "high", "large", "lavishly", "luxuriously", "opulently", "palatially", "plushly", "richly", "sumptuously", "immoderately", "indulgently", "intemperately", "prodigally", "wantonly", "wastefully" ], "near antonyms":[ "austerely", "humbly", "modestly", "plainly", "simply", "unpretentiously", "cheaply", "economically", "frugally", "inexpensively", "meagerly", "poorly", "skimpily", "sparely", "sparingly", "thriftily", "conservatively", "moderately", "prudently", "reasonably", "restrainedly", "sensibly", "temperately" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adverb" ] }, "presuppositions":{ "something taken as being true or factual and used as a starting point for a course of action or reasoning":{ "examples":[ "the cynic's presupposition that everyone acts out of purely selfish motives" ], "synonyms":[ "assumptions", "givens", "hypotheticals", "ifs", "postulates", "premises", "premisses", "presumptions", "suppositions" ], "near synonyms":[ "hypotheses", "propositions", "theories", "theses", "axioms", "truisms", "verities", "beliefs", "canons", "doctrines", "dogmas", "dogmata", "gospels", "laws", "precepts", "principles", "rules", "standards", "tenets", "bases", "foundations", "grounds", "conclusions", "deductions", "inferences", "affirmations", "assertions", "avouchments", "declarations", "dicta", "dictums", "ipse dixits" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "provocateur":{ "a person who stirs up public feelings especially of discontent":{ "examples":[ "a calculating provocateur , she has made a career out of controversy for its own sake" ], "synonyms":[ "agitator", "demagogue", "demagog", "exciter", "firebrand", "fomenter", "incendiary", "inciter", "instigator", "kindler", "rabble-rouser" ], "near synonyms":[ "demonstrator", "marcher", "objector", "picketer", "protester", "protestor", "advocate", "apostle", "backer", "booster", "champion", "exponent", "persuader", "promoter", "proponent", "reformer", "reformist", "supporter", "alarmist", "extremist", "insurgent", "insurrectionist", "radical", "rebel", "revolter", "revolutionary", "revolutionist", "subversive", "troublemaker", "prodder", "prompter", "provoker", "agent provocateur" ], "near antonyms":[ "peacemaker", "reconciler", "uniter" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "precipitately":{ "with excessive or careless speed":{ "examples":[ "tended to act precipitately when faced with an unexpected turn of events" ], "synonyms":[ "cursorily", "hastily", "headlong", "hotfoot", "hurriedly", "pell-mell", "precipitously", "rashly" ], "near synonyms":[ "headfirst", "headily", "hotheadedly", "impatiently", "impetuously", "impulsively", "recklessly", "thoughtlessly", "automatically", "glancingly", "haphazardly", "impromptu", "spontaneously", "abruptly", "suddenly", "offhand", "offhandedly" ], "near antonyms":[ "calculatingly", "circumspectly", "designedly", "falteringly", "haltingly", "hesitantly", "hesitatingly", "tentatively", "leisurely", "slowly" ], "antonyms":[ "deliberately", "studiedly" ] }, "type":[ "adverb" ] }, "pressuring":{ "as in lobbying":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "lobbying", "influencing", "prompting", "swaying", "brainwashing", "overpersuasion", "seduction", "tempting", "blandishment", "cajolement", "cajolery", "coaxing", "entreaty", "exhortation", "urging", "wheedling", "conversion", "convincing", "inducement", "inducing", "persuading", "persuasion", "suasion" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "to cause (a person) to give in to pressure":{ "examples":[ "his father pressured him to go out for the swim team" ], "synonyms":[ "blackjacking", "coercing", "compelling", "constraining", "dragooning", "driving", "forcing", "impelling", "impressing", "making", "muscling", "obligating", "obliging", "pressing", "sandbagging" ], "near synonyms":[ "browbeating", "bulldozing", "bullying", "cowing", "hectoring", "intimidating", "blackmailing", "high-pressuring", "menacing", "shaming", "terrorizing", "threatening", "dragging", "badgering", "harassing", "hounding" ], "near antonyms":[ "allowing", "letting", "permitting", "arguing", "convincing", "inducing", "moving", "persuading", "prevailing (on or upon)", "satisfying", "talking (into)", "winning (over)" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "prier":{ "as in rubberneck , peeper":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "gaper", "gawker", "gawper", "gazer", "peeper", "peeping Tom", "rubberneck", "rubbernecker", "snoop", "snooper", "spy", "busybody", "buttinsky", "buttinski", "interferer", "interloper", "intermeddler", "intruder", "kibitzer", "kibbitzer", "meddler", "nosey parker", "blabber", "discloser", "gossip", "gossiper", "prattler", "quidnunc", "revealer", "teller", "betrayer", "talebearer", "tattler", "tattletale", "telltale", "snake", "sneak", "informant", "informer", "snitcher", "squealer", "stool pigeon" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "prevarication":{ "a statement known by its maker to be untrue and made in order to deceive":{ "examples":[ "she knew that his account was a pure prevarication" ], "synonyms":[ "fable", "fabrication", "fairy tale", "falsehood", "falsity", "fib", "lie", "mendacity", "story", "tale", "taradiddle", "tarradiddle", "untruth", "whopper" ], "near synonyms":[ "distortion", "exaggeration", "half-truth", "ambiguity", "equivocation", "obliquity", "defamation", "libel", "slander", "perjury", "bluff", "fiction", "pose", "pretense", "pretence", "humbug", "jive", "nonsense", "canard", "fallacy", "misconception", "myth", "falsification", "misinformation", "misreport", "misrepresentation", "misstatement", "deceit", "deceitfulness", "dishonesty", "duplicity", "fraudulence" ], "near antonyms":[ "fact", "truism", "verity", "honesty", "truthfulness", "veracity", "authentication", "confirmation", "substantiation", "validation", "verification" ], "antonyms":[ "truth" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "presume":{ "to form an opinion from little or no evidence":{ "examples":[ "I presume you'll fly if you do go" ], "synonyms":[ "assume", "conjecture", "daresay", "guess", "imagine", "speculate", "suppose", "surmise", "suspect", "suspicion" ], "near synonyms":[ "conclude", "deduce", "gather", "infer", "hypothecate", "hypothesize", "theorize", "believe", "conceive", "expect", "judge", "reckon", "take", "think" ], "near antonyms":[ "demonstrate", "document", "establish", "prove", "substantiate", "validate", "ascertain", "determine", "find out", "learn" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to take as true or as a fact without actual proof":{ "examples":[ "we should presume that a person is innocent until proven guilty" ], "synonyms":[ "assume", "hypothecate", "hypothesize", "postulate", "premise", "presuppose", "say", "suppose" ], "near synonyms":[ "accept", "believe", "credit", "swallow", "conclude", "deduce", "gather", "infer", "judge", "take", "conjecture", "figure", "guess", "reckon", "surmise", "suspect", "suspicion", "think", "conceive", "dream", "fancy", "imagine", "perceive", "preconceive", "speculate", "theorize", "affirm", "allege", "assert", "aver", "avouch", "avow", "claim", "contend", "declare", "insist", "maintain", "profess" ], "near antonyms":[ "challenge", "controvert", "disagree (with)", "disbelieve", "discount", "discredit", "dispute", "distrust", "doubt", "mistrust", "question", "wonder (about)", "deny", "disavow", "disclaim", "disown", "reject", "repudiate", "belie", "confute", "disprove", "rebut", "refute" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] } }