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"castles", "ch\u00e2teaus", "ch\u00e2teaux", "estates", "halls", "manors", "mansions", "palaces", "piles", "villas" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "skyward":{ "as in upward":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "upward", "upwards", "above", "aloft", "over", "overhead" ], "near antonyms":[ "below", "beneath", "under", "underneath" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adverb" ] }, "skydiving":{ "as in ballooning , paragliding":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "ballooning", "gliding", "hang gliding", "paragliding", "soaring", "aeronautics", "aviation", "flight", "flying" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "skyjacked":{ "as in carjacked":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "carjacked", "commandeered", "hijacked", "highjacked", "appropriated", "confiscated", "expropriated", "seized" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "skyjackers":{ "as in kidnappers , hijackers":{ 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"oblate", "religious", "clergywoman", "deaconess", "priestess", "high priest", "high priestess", "churchman", "clergyman", "father", "Holy Joe", "padre", "clergyperson", "cleric", "clerical", "clerk", "deacon", "divine", "dominie", "ecclesiastic", "minister", "preacher", "priest", "reverend" ], "near antonyms":[ "layman", "layperson", "secular", "lay reader", "lector" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "skylarking":{ "wildly playful or mischievous behavior":{ "examples":[ "the players often engaged in a bit of roughhousing and skylarking before big games" ], "synonyms":[ "buffoonery", "clownery", "clowning", "foolery", "high jinks", "hijinks", "horseplay", "horsing around", "monkey business", "monkeying", "monkeyshine(s)", "roughhouse", "roughhousing", "shenanigan(s)", "slapstick", "tomfoolery" ], "near synonyms":[ "childishness", "clownishness", "foolishness", "funning", "jesting", "joking", "nonsense", "silliness", "waggery", "boisterousness", "rambunctiousness", "rowdiness", 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