{ "raccoon":{ "as in rabbit , otter":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "badger", "beaver", "chamois", "chinchilla", "ermine", "fisher", "fox", "marten", "mink", "muskrat", "otter", "Persian lamb", "rabbit", "sable", "seal", "fur", "hide", "leather", "pelt", "skin", "bearskin", "buckskin", "calfskin", "coonskin", "cowhide", "deerskin", "doeskin", "goatskin", "horsehide", "karakul", "kidskin", "kolinsky", "lambskin", "pigskin", "rawhide", "sealskin", "sharkskin", "sheep", "sheepskin", "snakeskin", "fleece", "mouton", "alligator", "crocodile", "cordovan", "morocco", "patent leather", "suede" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "races":{ "a group of persons who come from the same ancestor":{ "examples":[ "the last descendent of a race of kings" ], "synonyms":[ "blood", "clans", "families", "folks", "houses", "kindreds", "kinfolks", "kins", "kinsfolk", "lineages", "lines", "people", "stocks", "tribes" ], "near synonyms":[ "blended families", "nuclear families", "extended families", "households", "kiths", "broods", "descendants", "descendents", "issues", "offspring", "offsprings", "progenies", "scions", "seed", "seeds", "clansmen", "kinsmen", "kinswomen", "relatives", "dynasties" ], "near antonyms":[ "ancestries", "births", "descents", "extractions", "origins", "pedigrees" ], "antonyms":[] }, "a people having a common language, culture, and body of traditions":{ "examples":[ "Winston Churchill's famous hope and prediction that World War II would be remembered by future generations as the finest hour of the Britannic race" ], "synonyms":[ "ethnicities", "nationalities", "nations" ], "near synonyms":[ "minorities", "clans", "families", "folk", "folks", "houses", "kindreds", "tribes" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "to engage in a contest":{ "examples":[ "just how many candidates are racing for the senatorial seat this year?" ], "synonyms":[ "battles", "competes", "contends", "faces off", "fights", "rivals", "vies" ], "near synonyms":[ "challenges", "engages", "plays", "jockeys", "jostles", "maneuvers", "goes out", "tries out", "trains", "works" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "to proceed or move quickly":{ "examples":[ "was racing around trying to get everything done before her big trip to India" ], "synonyms":[ "barrels", "belts", "blasts", "blazes", "blows", "bolts", "bombs", "bowls", "breezes", "bundles", "bustles", "buzzes", "cannonballs", "careens", "careers", "chases", "courses", "cracks (on)", "dashes", "drives", "flies", "hares", "hastens", "hies", "highballs", "hotfoots (it)", "humps", "hurls", "hurries", "hurtles", "hustles", "jets", "jumps", "motors", "nips", "pelts", "rams", "rips", "rockets", "runs", "rushes", "rustles", "scoots", "scurries", "scuttles", "shoots", "speeds", "steps", "tears", "travels", "trots", "whirls", "whisks", "zips", "zooms" ], "near synonyms":[ "beetles", "darts", "flits", "scampers", "scuds", "scuffles", "stampedes", "streaks", "whizzes", "gallops", "jogs", "sprints", "accelerates", "quickens", "steps out", "catches up", "fast-forwards", "outpaces", "outruns", "outstrips", "overtakes", "arrows", "beelines" ], "near antonyms":[ "dallies", "dawdles", "dillydallies", "drags", "hangs (around or out)", "lags", "lingers", "loiters", "pokes", "tarries", "ambles", "lumbers", "plods", "saunters", "shuffles", "strolls", "decelerates", "slows (down or up)" ], "antonyms":[ "crawls", "creeps", "pokes" ] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "rachet (up)":{ "as in maximize , bump (up)":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "bump (up)", "maximize", "accelerate", "add (to)", "aggrandize", "amplify", "augment", "boost", "build up", "compound", "enlarge", "escalate", "expand", "extend", "hype", "increase", "multiply", "pump up", "raise", "stoke", "supersize", "swell", "up", "blow up", "dilate", "distend", "inflate", "draw out", "elongate", "flesh (out)", "lengthen", "prolong", "protract", "stretch", "develop", "enhance", "heighten", "intensify", "magnify", "complement", "supplement", "beef (up)", "reinforce", "reenforce", "strengthen" ], "near antonyms":[ "minimize", "abate", "decrease", "de-escalate", "diminish", "downsize", "dwindle", "lessen", "lower", "minify", "reduce", "subtract (from)", "abbreviate", "abridge", "curtail", "shorten", "compress", "condense", "constrict", "contract", "cut back", "retrench" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "racheted (down)":{ "to grow less in scope or intensity especially gradually":{ "examples":[ "news stories about the kidnapping will ratchet down as the weeks go by" ], "synonyms":[ "abated", "declined", "decreased", "de-escalated", "died (away or down or out)", "diminished", "drained (away)", "dropped (off)", "dwindled", "eased", "ebbed", "fell", "fell away", "lessened", "let up", "lowered", "moderated", "palled", "phased down", "receded", "relented", "remitted", "shrank", "shrunk", "subsided", "tapered", "tapered off", "waned" ], "near synonyms":[ "compressed", "condensed", "constricted", "contracted", "evaporated", "faded (away)", "frittered (away)", "gave out", "melted (away)", "petered (out)", "tailed (off)", "vanished", "slackened", "slowed (down)", "alleviated", "relaxed", "flagged", "sank", "sunk", "weakened", "caved (in)", "collapsed", "deflated" ], "near antonyms":[ "appeared", "emerged", "showed up", "blew up", "distended", "elongated", "lengthened" ], "antonyms":[ "accumulated", "ballooned", "built", "burgeoned", "bourgeoned", "enlarged", "escalated", "expanded", "grew", "increased", "intensified", "mounted", "mushroomed", "picked up", "rose", "snowballed", "soared", "swelled", "waxed" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "racheted (up)":{ "as in maximized , bumped (up)":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "bumped (up)", "maximized", "accelerated", "added (to)", "aggrandized", "amplified", "augmented", "boosted", "built up", "compounded", "enlarged", "escalated", "expanded", "extended", "hyped", "increased", "multiplied", "pumped up", "raised", "stoked", "supersized", "swelled", "upped", "blew up", "dilated", "distended", "inflated", "drew out", "elongated", "fleshed (out)", "lengthened", "prolonged", "protracted", "stretched", "developed", "enhanced", "heightened", "intensified", "magnified", "complemented", "supplemented", "beefed (up)", "reinforced", "reenforced", "strengthened" ], "near antonyms":[ "minimized", "abated", "decreased", "de-escalated", "diminished", "downsized", "dwindled", "lessened", "lowered", "minified", "reduced", "subtracted (from)", "abbreviated", "abridged", "curtailed", "shortened", "compressed", "condensed", "constricted", "contracted", "cut back", "retrenched" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "racoons":{ "as in rabbit , otter":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "badger", "beaver", "chamois", "chinchilla", "ermine", "fisher", "fox", "marten", "mink", "muskrat", "otter", "Persian lamb", "rabbit", "sable", "seal", "fur", "hide", "leather", "pelt", "skin", "bearskin", "buckskin", "calfskin", "coonskin", "cowhide", "deerskin", "doeskin", "goatskin", "horsehide", "karakul", "kidskin", "kolinsky", "lambskin", "pigskin", "rawhide", "sealskin", "sharkskin", "sheep", "sheepskin", "snakeskin", "fleece", "mouton", "alligator", "crocodile", "cordovan", "morocco", "patent leather", "suede" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "racks":{ "a place set aside for sleeping":{ "examples":[ "the clock struck midnight, signaling that it was time to hit the rack" ], "synonyms":[ "beds", "bunks", "dosses", "hays", "kips", "lairs", "pads", "sacks" ], "near synonyms":[ "bedsteads", "futons", "futon", "mattresses", "pallets", "bunk beds", "cots", "couches", "daybeds", "feather beds", "four-posters", "hammocks", "Murphy beds", "shakedowns", "sleigh beds", "sofa beds", "sofas", "studio couches", "trundle beds", "water beds", "bassinets", "carry-cots", "cradles", "cribs" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "a state of great suffering of body or mind":{ "examples":[ "suffering the rack of a sprained ankle, the climber had to make his way back down the mountain to camp", "felt the rack of regret after losing her temper with her teenagers" ], "synonyms":[ "afflictions", "agonies", "anguishes", "distresses", "excruciations", "hurts", "miseries", "pains", "straits", "torments", "tortures", "travails", "tribulations", "woes" ], "near synonyms":[ "discomforts", "crosses", "crucibles", "trials", "heartaches", "heartbreaks", "sorrows", "emergencies", "pinches", "asperities", "difficulties", "hardships", "rigors", "aches", "pangs", "stitches", "throes", "twinges", "dangers", "jeopardies", "troubles" ], "near antonyms":[ "comforts", "consolations", "solaces", "alleviations", "assuagements", "eases", "reliefs", "peaces", "securities", "well-beings" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to cause persistent suffering to":{ "examples":[ "the young man was racked with guilt over the lie he had told to his parents", "the country has been racked by years of civil war" ], "synonyms":[ "afflicts", "agonizes", "anguishes", "bedevils", "besets", "besieges", "curses", "excruciates", "harrows", "persecutes", "plagues", "torments", "tortures" ], "near synonyms":[ "assails", "attacks", "badgers", "dogs", "hounds", "pursues", "rides", "aggravates", "agitates", "annoys", "bothers", "bugs", "chafes", "distresses", "disturbs", "exasperates", "galls", "gets", "grates", "gripes", "hagrides", "harasses", "harries", "irks", "irritates", "molests", "nettles", "peeves", "pesters", "piques", "puts out", "rasps", "riles", "vexes", "discomforts", "discomposes", "disquiets", "flusters", "grieves", "perturbs", "strains", "stresses", "tries", "troubles", "upsets", "worries", "crushes", "oppresses", "overpowers", "overwhelms", "smites", "strikes", "tyrannizes", "victimizes", "hurts", "pains", "pangs", "pricks", "smarts", "stabs", "stings", "wrings", "martyrs" ], "near antonyms":[ "abets", "aids", "assists", "helps", "delivers", "releases", "relieves", "reprieves", "comforts", "consoles", "contents", "quiets", "solaces", "soothes", "succors" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to injure by overuse, misuse, or pressure":{ "examples":[ "she racked her brain trying to remember where she'd put the money", "the sails of the boat were racked by the storm's winds" ], "synonyms":[ "pulls", "strains", "stretches", "wrenches" ], "near synonyms":[ "frays", "taxes", "weakens", "damages", "harms", "hurts", "impairs", "wounds", "batters", "bruises", "tears", "cripples", "lames", "mangles", "mutilates" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "racket":{ "loud, confused, and usually inharmonious sound":{ "examples":[ "if all the racket on the stairs is any indication, someone must be moving into apartment 3B" ], "synonyms":[ "babel", "blare", "bluster", "bowwow", "brawl", "bruit", "cacophony", "chatter", "clamor", "clangor", "decibel(s)", "din", "discordance", "katzenjammer", "noise", "rattle", "roar" ], "near synonyms":[ "discord", "dissonance", "commotion", "furor", "hubbub", "hullabaloo", "hurly-burly", "rumpus", "tumult", "uproar", "clatter", "jangle", "bang", "blast", "boom", "clap", "crack", "crash" ], "near antonyms":[ "calm", "hush", "lull", "quietude", "serenity", "tranquillity", "tranquility" ], "antonyms":[ "quiet", "silence", "silentness", "still", "stillness" ] }, "as in rattle , clatter":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "chink", "chirp", "clank", "click", "clink", "clack", "clatter", "rattle", "clang", "clash", "crash", "clip-clop", "clop", "clop-clop", "spatter", "sputter" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "rack-rented":{ "as in let , hired":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "leased", "let", "rented", "chartered", "engaged", "hired", "subleased", "sublet", "lodged" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "racketeers":{ "a person who gets money from another by using force or threats":{ "examples":[ "the racketeer threatened to have his thugs vandalize the shop if the shopkeeper didn't pay him a monthly bribe" ], "synonyms":[ "blackmailers", "extortioners", "extortionists" ], "near synonyms":[ "blackhanders", "button men", "gangsters", "hoodlums", "mafiosi", "mobsters", "bullies", "ruffians", "thugs", "cheaters", "cheats", "chiselers", "chisellers", "cozeners", "defrauders", "dodgers", "double-dealers", "gougers", "hustlers", "profiteers", "sharks", "sharpers", "sharpies", "swindlers" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "as in extorts , blackmails":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "blackmails", "exacts", "extorts", "squeezes", "wrests", "wrings", "blackjacks", "coerces", "compels", "constrains", "dragoons", "drives", "forces", "impels", "impresses", "makes", "muscles", "obligates", "obliges", "presses", "pressures", "sandbags", "high-pressures", "menaces", "shames", "terrorizes", "threatens", "arm-twists", "browbeats", "bulldozes", "bullies", "cows", "hectors", "intimidates", "drags", "badgers", "harasses", "hounds" ], "near antonyms":[ "allows", "lets", "permits", "argues", "convinces", "induces", "moves", "persuades", "prevails (on or upon)", "satisfies", "talks (into)", "wins (over)" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "rack":{ "a place set aside for sleeping":{ "examples":[ "the clock struck midnight, signaling that it was time to hit the rack" ], "synonyms":[ "bed", "bunk", "doss", "hay", "kip", "lair", "pad", "sack" ], "near synonyms":[ "bedstead", "futon", "mattress", "pallet", "bunk bed", "cot", "couch", "daybed", "feather bed", "four-poster", "hammock", "Murphy bed", "shakedown", "sleigh bed", "sofa", "sofa bed", "studio couch", "trundle bed", "water bed", "bassinet", "carry-cot", "cradle", "crib" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "a state of great suffering of body or mind":{ "examples":[ "suffering the rack of a sprained ankle, the climber had to make his way back down the mountain to camp", "felt the rack of regret after losing her temper with her teenagers" ], "synonyms":[ "affliction", "agony", "anguish", "distress", "excruciation", "hurt", "misery", "pain", "strait(s)", "torment", "torture", "travail", "tribulation", "woe" ], "near synonyms":[ "discomfort", "cross", "crucible", "trial", "heartache", "heartbreak", "joylessness", "sadness", "sorrow", "unhappiness", "emergency", "pinch", "asperity", "difficulty", "hardship", "rigor", "ache", "pang", "smarting", "soreness", "stitch", "throe", "twinge", "danger", "jeopardy", "trouble" ], "near antonyms":[ "comfort", "consolation", "solace", "alleviation", "assuagement", "ease", "relief", "peace", "security", "well-being" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to cause persistent suffering to":{ "examples":[ "the young man was racked with guilt over the lie he had told to his parents", "the country has been racked by years of civil war" ], "synonyms":[ "afflict", "agonize", "anguish", "bedevil", "beset", "besiege", "curse", "excruciate", "harrow", "persecute", "plague", "torment", "torture" ], "near synonyms":[ "assail", "attack", "badger", "dog", "hound", "pursue", "ride", "aggravate", "agitate", "annoy", "bother", "bug", "chafe", "distress", "disturb", "exasperate", "gall", "get", "grate", "gripe", "hagride", "harass", "harry", "irk", "irritate", "molest", "nettle", "peeve", "pester", "pique", "put out", "rasp", "rile", "vex", "discomfort", "discompose", "disquiet", "fluster", "grieve", "perturb", "strain", "stress", "trouble", "try", "upset", "worry", "crush", "oppress", "overpower", "overwhelm", "smite", "strike", "tyrannize", "victimize", "hurt", "pain", "pang", "prick", "smart", "stab", "sting", "wring", "martyr" ], "near antonyms":[ "abet", "aid", "assist", "help", "deliver", "release", "relieve", "reprieve", "comfort", "console", "content", "quiet", "solace", "soothe", "succor" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to injure by overuse, misuse, or pressure":{ "examples":[ "she racked her brain trying to remember where she'd put the money", "the sails of the boat were racked by the storm's winds" ], "synonyms":[ "pull", "strain", "stretch", "wrench" ], "near synonyms":[ "fray", "tax", "weaken", "damage", "harm", "hurt", "impair", "wound", "batter", "bruise", "tear", "cripple", "lame", "mangle", "mutilate" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "rackety":{ "making loud, confused, and usually unharmonious sounds":{ "examples":[ "anyone operating that rackety machine had better wear earplugs" ], "synonyms":[ "clangorous", "dinning", "discordant", "noisy" ], "near synonyms":[ "cacophonous", "dissonant", "resounding", "sonorous", "clamorous", "uproarious", "blatant", "obstreperous", "strident", "vociferous", "blaring", "booming", "brassy", "brazen", "clanging", "earsplitting", "jangly" ], "near antonyms":[ "calm", "hushed" ], "antonyms":[ "noiseless", "quiet", "silent", "soundless", "still" ] }, "full of or characterized by the presence of noise":{ "examples":[ "the once-familiar sight of a rackety newspaper office with reporters pounding away at typewriters" ], "synonyms":[ "clamorous", "clangorous", "clattering", "clattery", "noisy", "resounding", "uproarious" ], "near synonyms":[ "resonant", "sonorous", "buzzing", "humming", "murmuring", "blustery", "boisterous", "raucous", "rip-roaring", "roaring", "roistering", "romping", "rowdy", "tumultuous", "woolly", "wooly", "obstreperous", "vociferous" ], "near antonyms":[ "calm", "peaceful", "serene", "tranquil" ], "antonyms":[ "hushed", "noiseless", "quiet", "silent", "soundless", "stilled", "stilly" ] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "racists":{ "a person who believes that one race is superior to others":{ "examples":[ "a racist facing hate crime charges" ], "synonyms":[ "racialists", "supremacists" ], "near synonyms":[ "segregationists", "bigots", "sectarians" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[ "antiracists" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "racist":{ "a person who believes that one race is superior to others":{ "examples":[ "a racist facing hate crime charges" ], "synonyms":[ "racialist", "supremacist" ], "near synonyms":[ "segregationist", "bigot", "sectarian" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[ "antiracist" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "racecourse":{ "an open man-made passageway for water":{ "examples":[ "fell into the racecourse for an abandoned water mill" ], "synonyms":[ "aqueduct", "canal", "channel", "conduit", "course", "flume", "raceway", "watercourse", "waterway" ], "near synonyms":[ "millrace", "millstream", "floodway", "sluice", "sluiceway", "spillway", "swash", "tideway", "torrent", "gutter", "trough", "river", "rivulet", "stream" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "rack up":{ "to gain (as points or runs in a game) as credit towards one's total number of points":{ "examples":[ "having racked up a huge number of points in the short program, the figure skater would have to have a disastrous long program in order to miss out on a medal" ], "synonyms":[ "score", "tally" ], "near synonyms":[ "triumph", "win", "best", "defeat" ], "near antonyms":[ "lose" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to obtain (as a goal) through effort":{ "examples":[ "racked up their second consecutive Super Bowl victory" ], "synonyms":[ "achieve", "attain", "bag", "chalk up", "clock (up)", "gain", "hit", "log", "make", "notch (up)", "ring up", "score", "win" ], "near synonyms":[ "acquire", "capture", "carry", "draw", "garner", "get", "land", "obtain", "procure", "realize", "secure", "amount (to)", "approach", "equal", "match", "measure up (to)", "meet", "rival", "tie", "touch", "beat", "excel", "outdo", "surpass", "top" ], "near antonyms":[ "fall short (of)", "miss", "fail (at)", "lose" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "racked up":{ "to gain (as points or runs in a game) as credit towards one's total number of points":{ "examples":[ "having racked up a huge number of points in the short program, the figure skater would have to have a disastrous long program in order to miss out on a medal" ], "synonyms":[ "scored", "tallied" ], "near synonyms":[ "triumphed", "won", "bested", "defeated" ], "near antonyms":[ "lost" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to obtain (as a goal) through effort":{ "examples":[ "racked up their second consecutive Super Bowl victory" ], "synonyms":[ "achieved", "attained", "bagged", "chalked up", "clocked (up)", "gained", "hit", "logged", "made", "notched (up)", "rang up", "scored", "won" ], "near synonyms":[ "acquired", "captured", "carried", "drew", "garnered", "got", "landed", "obtained", "procured", "realized", "secured", "amounted (to)", "approached", "equaled", "equalled", "matched", "measured up (to)", "met", "rivaled", "rivalled", "tied", "touched", "beat", "excelled", "outdid", "surpassed", "topped" ], "near antonyms":[ "fell short (of)", "missed", "failed (at)", "lost" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "racheting (down)":{ "to grow less in scope or intensity especially gradually":{ "examples":[ "news stories about the kidnapping will ratchet down as the weeks go by" ], "synonyms":[ "abating", "declining", "decreasing", "de-escalating", "diminishing", "draining (away)", "dropping (off)", "dwindling", "dying (away or down or out)", "easing", "ebbing", "falling", "falling away", "lessening", "letting up", "lowering", "moderating", "palling", "phasing down", "receding", "relenting", "remitting", "shrinking", "subsiding", "tapering", "tapering off", "waning" ], "near synonyms":[ "compressing", "condensing", "constricting", "contracting", "evaporating", "fading (away)", "frittering (away)", "giving out", "melting (away)", "petering (out)", "tailing (off)", "vanishing", "slackening", "slowing (down)", "alleviating", "relaxing", "flagging", "sinking", "weakening", "caving (in)", "collapsing", "deflating" ], "near antonyms":[ "appearing", "emerging", "showing up", "blowing up", "distending", "elongating", "lengthening" ], "antonyms":[ "accumulating", "ballooning", "building", "burgeoning", "bourgeoning", "enlarging", "escalating", "expanding", "growing", "increasing", "intensifying", "mounting", "mushrooming", "picking up", "rising", "snowballing", "soaring", "swelling", "waxing" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "raccoons":{ "as in rabbit , otter":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "badger", "beaver", "chamois", "chinchilla", "ermine", "fisher", "fox", "marten", "mink", "muskrat", "otter", "Persian lamb", "rabbit", "sable", "seal", "fur", "hide", "leather", "pelt", "skin", "bearskin", "buckskin", "calfskin", "coonskin", "cowhide", "deerskin", "doeskin", "goatskin", "horsehide", "karakul", "kidskin", "kolinsky", "lambskin", "pigskin", "rawhide", "sealskin", "sharkskin", "sheep", "sheepskin", "snakeskin", "fleece", "mouton", "alligator", "crocodile", "cordovan", "morocco", "patent leather", "suede" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "racily":{ "as in effervescently , springily":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "briskly", "crisply", "effervescently", "energetically", "jazzily", "springily", "friskily", "gamesomely", "playfully", "skittishly", "sportively", "breezily", "cockily", "dapperly", "dashingly", "jauntily", "airily", "animatedly", "animately", "bouncily", "buoyantly", "gaily", "gayly", "high-spiritedly", "livelily", "lively", "perkily", "pertly", "snappily", "sparkily", "spiritedly", "sprightly", "trippingly", "vivaciously", "agilely", "nimbly", "spryly", "allegro" ], "near antonyms":[ "dully", "inanimately", "sluggishly", "tardily", "halfheartedly", "idly", "indolently", "lazily", "lethargically", "slothfully", "heavily", "inactively", "listlessly", "tiredly", "wearily" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adverb" ] }, "racking":{ "intensely or unbearably painful":{ "examples":[ "a racking cough kept him awake all night" ], "synonyms":[ "agonizing", "excruciating", "harrowing", "raging", "tormenting", "torturing", "torturous", "wrenching" ], "near synonyms":[ "acute", "exquisite", "extreme", "fierce", "intense", "vehement", "violent", "biting", "cutting", "penetrating", "piercing", "sharp", "shooting", "smarting", "stabbing", "stinging", "tearing", "tingling" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "to cause persistent suffering to":{ "examples":[ "the young man was racked with guilt over the lie he had told to his parents", "the country has been racked by years of civil war" ], "synonyms":[ "afflicting", "agonizing", "anguishing", "bedeviling", "besetting", "besieging", "cursing", "excruciating", "harrowing", "persecuting", "plaguing", "tormenting", "torturing" ], "near synonyms":[ "assailing", "attacking", "badgering", "dogging", "hounding", "pursuing", "riding", "aggravating", "agitating", "annoying", "bothering", "bugging", "chafing", "distressing", "disturbing", "exasperating", "galling", "getting", "grating", "griping", "hagriding", "harassing", "harrying", "irking", "irritating", "molesting", "nettling", "peeving", "pestering", "piquing", "putting out", "rasping", "riling", "vexing", "discomforting", "discomposing", "disquieting", "flustering", "grieving", "perturbing", "straining", "stressing", "troubling", "trying", "upsetting", "worrying", "crushing", "oppressing", "overpowering", "overwhelming", "smiting", "striking", "tyrannizing", "victimizing", "hurting", "paining", "panging", "pricking", "smarting", "stabbing", "stinging", "wringing", "martyring" ], "near antonyms":[ "abetting", "aiding", "assisting", "helping", "delivering", "releasing", "relieving", "reprieving", "comforting", "consoling", "contenting", "quieting", "solacing", "soothing", "succoring" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to injure by overuse, misuse, or pressure":{ "examples":[ "she racked her brain trying to remember where she'd put the money", "the sails of the boat were racked by the storm's winds" ], "synonyms":[ "pulling", "straining", "stretching", "wrenching" ], "near synonyms":[ "fraying", "taxing", "weakening", "damaging", "harming", "hurting", "impairing", "wounding", "battering", "bruising", "tearing", "crippling", "laming", "mangling", "mutilating" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adjective", "verb" ] }, "race-baiting":{ "as in racism , bigotry":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "prejudice", "racialism", "racism", "bigotry", "intolerance", "narrow-mindedness", "narrowness", "apartheid", "Jim Crow", "segregation", "separatism" ], "near antonyms":[ "antidiscrimination", "antiracism", "antisegregation", "assimilationism" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "racehorses":{ "as in trotters , warhorses":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "chargers", "coursers", "cow ponies", "cutting horses", "gallopers", "hackneys", "hacks", "mounts", "packhorses", "prancers", "quarter horses", "saddle horses", "trotters", "warhorses", "workhorses", "broncos", "bronchos", "mustangs", "ponies", "bays", "blacks", "buckskins", "chestnuts", "duns", "palominos", "pintos", "pintoes", "roans", "skewbalds", "sorrels", "colts", "fillies", "foals", "geldings", "mares", "stallions", "cobs", "dobbins", "jades", "plugs", "skates", "equids", "equines", "horses", "horse", "nags", "steeds" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "racial":{ "of, relating to, or reflecting the traits exhibited by a group of people with a common ancestry and culture":{ "examples":[ "a survey that included an optional question regarding racial identity, age, and other personal information" ], "synonyms":[ "ethnic", "ethnical", "tribal" ], "near synonyms":[ "familial", "folk", "kin", "kindred", "cultural", "multiculti", "multicultural", "national" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "raceways":{ "an open man-made passageway for water":{ "examples":[ "the child who fell through the ice was helplessly swept along the raceway , still trapped under the ice, by the current" ], "synonyms":[ "aqueducts", "canals", "channels", "conduits", "courses", "flumes", "racecourses", "watercourses", "waterways" ], "near synonyms":[ "millraces", "millstreams", "floodways", "sluices", "sluiceways", "spillways", "swashes", "tideways", "torrents", "gutters", "troughs", "rivers", "rivulets", "streams" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "race":{ "a group of persons who come from the same ancestor":{ "examples":[ "the last descendent of a race of kings" ], "synonyms":[ "blood", "clan", "family", "folks", "house", "kin", "kindred", "kinfolk", "kinfolks", "kinsfolk", "line", "lineage", "people", "stock", "tribe" ], "near synonyms":[ "blended family", "nuclear family", "extended family", "household", "kith", "brood", "descendant", "descendent", "issue", "offspring", "progeny", "scion", "seed", "clansman", "kinsman", "kinswoman", "relative", "dynasty" ], "near antonyms":[ "ancestry", "birth", "descent", "extraction", "origin", "pedigree" ], "antonyms":[] }, "a people having a common language, culture, and body of traditions":{ "examples":[ "Winston Churchill's famous hope and prediction that World War II would be remembered by future generations as the finest hour of the Britannic race" ], "synonyms":[ "ethnicity", "nation", "nationality" ], "near synonyms":[ "minority", "clan", "family", "folk", "house", "kindred", "tribe" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "to engage in a contest":{ "examples":[ "just how many candidates are racing for the senatorial seat this year?" ], "synonyms":[ "battle", "compete", "contend", "face off", "fight", "rival", "vie" ], "near synonyms":[ "challenge", "engage", "play", "jockey", "jostle", "maneuver", "go out", "try out", "train", "work" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "to proceed or move quickly":{ "examples":[ "was racing around trying to get everything done before her big trip to India" ], "synonyms":[ "barrel", "belt", "blast", "blaze", "blow", "bolt", "bomb", "bowl", "breeze", "bundle", "bustle", "buzz", "cannonball", "careen", "career", "chase", "course", "crack (on)", "dash", "drive", "fly", "hare", "hasten", "hie", "highball", "hotfoot (it)", "hump", "hurl", "hurry", "hurtle", "hustle", "jet", "jump", "motor", "nip", "pelt", "ram", "rip", "rocket", "run", "rush", "rustle", "scoot", "scurry", "scuttle", "shoot", "speed", "step", "tear", "travel", "trot", "whirl", "whisk", "zip", "zoom" ], "near synonyms":[ "beetle", "dart", "flit", "scamper", "scud", "scuffle", "stampede", "streak", "whiz", "whizz", "gallop", "jog", "sprint", "accelerate", "quicken", "step out", "catch up", "fast-forward", "outpace", "outrun", "outstrip", "overtake", "arrow", "beeline" ], "near antonyms":[ "dally", "dawdle", "dillydally", "drag", "hang (around or out)", "lag", "linger", "loiter", "poke", "tarry", "amble", "lumber", "plod", "saunter", "shuffle", "stroll", "decelerate", "slow (down or up)" ], "antonyms":[ "crawl", "creep", "poke" ] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "racing":{ "as in running , fast":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "barreling", "bolting", "breakneck", "breathless", "brisk", "careering", "dizzy", "fast", "fleet", "flying", "hasty", "hurrying", "lightning", "meteoric", "quick", "rapid", "rocketing", "running", "rushing", "scooting", "scudding", "scurrying", "snappy", "speeding", "speedy", "swift", "warp-speed", "whirling", "whirlwind", "whisking", "zipping", "expeditious", "prompt", "ready", "accelerated", "hastened", "quickened", "hurried", "rushed" ], "near antonyms":[ "crawling", "creeping", "dallying", "dawdling", "dilatory", "dillydallying", "dragging", "laggard", "lagging", "languid", "leisurely", "poking", "poky", "pokey", "slow", "sluggish", "snaillike", "snail-paced", "tardy", "unhurried", "deliberate", "measured", "inactive", "inert", "lethargic", "loafing", "lounging" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to engage in a contest":{ "examples":[ "just how many candidates are racing for the senatorial seat this year?" ], "synonyms":[ "battling", "competing", "contending", "facing off", "fighting", "rivaling", "rivalling", "vying" ], "near synonyms":[ "challenging", "engaging", "playing", "jockeying", "jostling", "maneuvering", "going out", "trying out", "training", "working" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "to proceed or move quickly":{ "examples":[ "was racing around trying to get everything done before her big trip to India" ], "synonyms":[ "barreling", "barrelling", "belting", "blasting", "blazing", "blowing", "bolting", "bombing", "bowling", "breezing", "bundling", "bustling", "buzzing", "cannonballing", "careening", "careering", "chasing", "coursing", "cracking (on)", "dashing", "driving", "flying", "haring", "hastening", "highballing", "hotfooting (it)", "humping", "hurling", "hurrying", "hurtling", "hustling", "hying", "hieing", "jetting", "jumping", "motoring", "nipping", "pelting", "ramming", "ripping", "rocketing", "running", "rushing", "rustling", "scooting", "scurrying", "scuttling", "shooting", "speeding", "stepping", "tearing", "traveling", "travelling", "trotting", "whirling", "whisking", "zipping", "zooming" ], "near synonyms":[ "beetling", "darting", "flitting", "scampering", "scudding", "scuffling", "stampeding", "streaking", "whizzing", "galloping", "jogging", "sprinting", "accelerating", "quickening", "stepping out", "catching up", "fast-forwarding", "outpacing", "outrunning", "outstripping", "overtaking", "arrowing", "beelining" ], "near antonyms":[ "dallying", "dawdling", "dillydallying", "dragging", "hanging (around or out)", "lagging", "lingering", "loitering", "poking", "tarrying", "ambling", "lumbering", "plodding", "sauntering", "shuffling", "strolling", "decelerating", "slowing (down or up)" ], "antonyms":[ "crawling", "creeping", "poking" ] }, "type":[ "adjective", "verb" ] }, "raceway":{ "an open man-made passageway for water":{ "examples":[ "the child who fell through the ice was helplessly swept along the raceway , still trapped under the ice, by the current" ], "synonyms":[ "aqueduct", "canal", "channel", "conduit", "course", "flume", "racecourse", "watercourse", "waterway" ], "near synonyms":[ "millrace", "millstream", "floodway", "sluice", "sluiceway", "spillway", "swash", "tideway", "torrent", "gutter", "trough", "river", "rivulet", "stream" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "rack-rents":{ "as in lets , hires":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "leases", "lets", "rents", "charters", "engages", "hires", "subleases", "sublets", "lodges" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "racketeer":{ "a person who gets money from another by using force or threats":{ "examples":[ "the racketeer threatened to have his thugs vandalize the shop if the shopkeeper didn't pay him a monthly bribe" ], "synonyms":[ "blackmailer", "extortioner", "extortionist" ], "near synonyms":[ "blackhander", "button man", "gangster", "hoodlum", "mafioso", "mobster", "bully", "ruffian", "thug", "cheat", "cheater", "chiseler", "chiseller", "cozener", "defrauder", "dodger", "double-dealer", "gouger", "hustler", "profiteer", "shark", "sharper", "sharpie", "sharpy", "swindler" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "as in extort , blackmail":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "blackmail", "exact", "extort", "squeeze", "wrest", "wring", "blackjack", "coerce", "compel", "constrain", "dragoon", "drive", "force", "impel", "impress", "make", "muscle", "obligate", "oblige", "press", "pressure", "sandbag", "high-pressure", "menace", "shame", "terrorize", "threaten", "arm-twist", "browbeat", "bulldoze", "bully", "cow", "hector", "intimidate", "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" ] }, "racer":{ "as in blue racer , black racer":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "adder", "anaconda", "asp", "black racer", "blacksnake", "blue racer", "boa", "bull snake", "bushmaster", "chicken snake", "cobra", "constrictor", "copperhead", "coral snake", "cottonmouth moccasin", "diamondback rattlesnake", "fer-de-lance", "garter snake", "gopher snake", "green snake", "hognose snake", "horned viper", "indigo snake", "king cobra", "king snake", "krait", "mamba", "milk snake", "moccasin", "pine snake", "pit viper", "puff adder", "python", "rat snake", "rattlesnake", "sea serpent", "sea snake", "sidewinder", "taipan", "water moccasin", "water snake", "worm snake", "serpent", "snake", "viper" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "rackets":{ "loud, confused, and usually inharmonious sound":{ "examples":[ "if all the racket on the stairs is any indication, someone must be moving into apartment 3B" ], "synonyms":[ "babels", "blares", "bluster", "bowwows", "brawls", "bruits", "cacophonies", "chatters", "clamors", "clangors", "decibels", "dins", "discordances", "katzenjammers", "noises", "rattles", "roars" ], "near synonyms":[ "discords", "dissonances", "commotions", "furors", "hubbubs", "hullabaloos", "hurly-burlies", "rumpuses", "tumults", "uproars", "clatters", "jangles", "bangs", "blasts", "booms", "claps", "cracks", "crashes" ], "near antonyms":[ "calms", "hushes", "lulls", "quietudes", "serenities", "tranquillities", "tranquilities" ], "antonyms":[ "quiets", "silences", "stills" ] }, "as in rattles , clatters":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "chinks", "chirps", "clanks", "clicks", "clinks", "clacks", "clatters", "rattles", "clangs", "clashes", "crashes", "clip-clops", "clop-clops", "clops", "spatters", "sputters" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "racheting (up)":{ "as in maximizing , bumping (up)":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "bumping (up)", "maximizing", "accelerating", "adding (to)", "aggrandizing", "amplifying", "augmenting", "boosting", "building up", "compounding", "enlarging", "escalating", "expanding", "extending", "hyping", "increasing", "multiplying", "pumping up", "raising", "stoking", "supersizing", "swelling", "upping", "blowing up", "dilating", "distending", "inflating", "drawing out", "elongating", "fleshing (out)", "lengthening", "prolonging", "protracting", "stretching", "developing", "enhancing", "heightening", "intensifying", "magnifying", "complementing", "supplementing", "beefing (up)", "reinforcing", "reenforcing", "strengthening" ], "near antonyms":[ "minimizing", "abating", "decreasing", "de-escalating", "diminishing", "downsizing", "dwindling", "lessening", "lowering", "minifying", "reducing", "subtracting (from)", "abbreviating", "abridging", "curtailing", "shortening", "compressing", "condensing", "constricting", "contracting", "cutting back", "retrenching" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "racy":{ "having much high-spirited energy and movement":{ "examples":[ "vivid writing and a racy plot that keeps readers turning the pages" ], "synonyms":[ "active", "airy", "animate", "animated", "bouncing", "brisk", "energetic", "frisky", "gay", "jaunty", "jazzy", "kinetic", "lively", "mettlesome", "peppy", "perky", "pert", "pizzazzy", "pizazzy", "snappy", "spanking", "sparky", "spirited", "sprightly", "springy", "vital", "vivacious", "zippy" ], "near synonyms":[ "dapper", "dashing", "spiffy", "agog", "alert", "awake", "open-eyed", "up", "wide-awake", "agile", "nimble", "spry", "bright", "buoyant", "cheerful", "chipper", "chirpy", "chirrupy", "effervescent", "sparkly", "upbeat", "eager", "enthusiastic", "keen", "frolicsome", "impish", "pixieish", "playful", "boisterous", "bubbly", "ebullient", "exuberant", "high-spirited", "high-strung", "nervous", "skittish" ], "near antonyms":[ "indolent", "lazy", "unambitious", "inert", "lethargic", "sleepy", "sluggish", "tired", "torpid", "weary", "apathetic", "impassive", "phlegmatic", "stolid", "boring", "dull", "irksome", "tedious" ], "antonyms":[ "dead", "inactive", "inanimate", "lackadaisical", "languid", "languishing", "languorous", "leaden", "lifeless", "limp", "listless", "spiritless", "vapid" ] }, "hinting at or intended to call to mind matters regarded as indecent":{ "examples":[ "a raunchy comedy with language that was a little too racy for an eight-year-old child" ], "synonyms":[ "bawdy", "blue", "gamy", "gamey", "lewd", "off", "off-color", "off-colored", "ribald", "risqu\u00e9", "salty", "spicy", "suggestive" ], "near synonyms":[ "leering", "barnyard", "coarse", "coarse-grained", "crude", "earthy", "foul", "gross", "vulgar", "dirty", "filthy", "gutter", "indecent", "lascivious", "locker-room", "nasty", "obscene", "pornographic", "porny", "prurient", "raunchy", "smutty", "stag", "unprintable", "unpublishable", "warm", "X-rated", "immodest", "indecorous", "indelicate", "naughty" ], "near antonyms":[ "clean", "decent", "G-rated", "nonobscene", "innocuous", "inoffensive", "priggish", "prim", "prudish", "puritanical", "staid", "straitlaced", "straightlaced", "Victorian", "correct", "decorous", "genteel", "nice", "polite", "proper", "respectable", "seemly" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "racked":{ "to cause persistent suffering to":{ "examples":[ "the young man was racked with guilt over the lie he had told to his parents", "the country has been racked by years of civil war" ], "synonyms":[ "afflicted", "agonized", "anguished", "bedeviled", "beset", "besieged", "cursed", "excruciated", "harrowed", "persecuted", "plagued", "tormented", "tortured" ], "near synonyms":[ "assailed", "attacked", "badgered", "dogged", "hounded", "pursued", "rode", "rid", "aggravated", "agitated", "annoyed", "bothered", "bugged", "chafed", "distressed", "disturbed", "exasperated", "galled", "got", "grated", "griped", "hagrode", "harassed", "harried", "irked", "irritated", "molested", "nettled", "peeved", "pestered", "piqued", "put out", "rasped", "riled", "vexed", "vext", "discomforted", "discomposed", "disquieted", "flustered", "grieved", "perturbed", "strained", "stressed", "tried", "troubled", "upset", "worried", "crushed", "oppressed", "overpowered", "overwhelmed", "smote", "struck", "tyrannized", "victimized", "hurt", "pained", "panged", "pricked", "smarted", "stabbed", "stung", "wrung", "martyred" ], "near antonyms":[ "abetted", "aided", "assisted", "helped", "delivered", "released", "relieved", "reprieved", "comforted", "consoled", "contented", "quieted", "solaced", "soothed", "succored" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to injure by overuse, misuse, or pressure":{ "examples":[ "she racked her brain trying to remember where she'd put the money", "the sails of the boat were racked by the storm's winds" ], "synonyms":[ "pulled", "strained", "stretched", "wrenched" ], "near synonyms":[ "frayed", "taxed", "weakened", "damaged", "harmed", "hurt", "impaired", "wounded", "battered", "bruised", "tore", "crippled", "lamed", "mangled", "mutilated" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "racism":{ "the belief that certain races of people are by birth and nature superior to others":{ "examples":[ "Hitler's declaration of his belief in a \"master race\" provided irrefutable proof to the world of the inherent and dangerous racism of the Nazi movement" ], "synonyms":[ "racialism" ], "near synonyms":[ "apartheid", "segregation", "separatism", "eugenics" ], "near antonyms":[ "desegregation", "integration" ], "antonyms":[] }, "hatred of or discrimination against a person or persons based on their race":{ "examples":[ "the 1963 bombing of the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama, was one of the most deplorable incidents of racism that occurred during the civil rights movement of the 1960s" ], "synonyms":[ "prejudice", "racialism" ], "near synonyms":[ "race-baiting", "apartheid", "Jim Crow", "segregation", "separatism", "bigotry", "intolerance", "narrow-mindedness", "narrowness" ], "near antonyms":[ "antidiscrimination", "antiracism", "antisegregation", "assimilationism" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "racketing":{ "as in rattling , clattering":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "chinking", "chirping", "clanking", "clicking", "clinking", "clacking", "clattering", "rattling", "clanging", "clashing", "crashing", "clip-cloping", "clop-clopping", "clopping", "spattering", "sputtering" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "racialist":{ "a person who believes that one race is superior to others":{ "examples":[ "unfortunately, there are still racialists who adhere to the belief that there is one superior race" ], "synonyms":[ "racist", "supremacist" ], "near synonyms":[ "segregationist", "bigot", "sectarian" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[ "antiracist" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "racialists":{ "a person who believes that one race is superior to others":{ "examples":[ "unfortunately, there are still racialists who adhere to the belief that there is one superior race" ], "synonyms":[ "racists", "supremacists" ], "near synonyms":[ "segregationists", "bigots", "sectarians" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[ "antiracists" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "racking up":{ "to gain (as points or runs in a game) as credit towards one's total number of points":{ "examples":[ "having racked up a huge number of points in the short program, the figure skater would have to have a disastrous long program in order to miss out on a medal" ], "synonyms":[ "scoring", "tallying" ], "near synonyms":[ "triumphing", "winning", "besting", "defeating" ], "near antonyms":[ "losing" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to obtain (as a goal) through effort":{ "examples":[ "racked up their second consecutive Super Bowl victory" ], "synonyms":[ "achieving", "attaining", "bagging", "chalking up", "clocking (up)", "gaining", "hitting", "logging", "making", "notching (up)", "ringing up", "scoring", "winning" ], "near synonyms":[ "acquiring", "capturing", "carrying", "drawing", "garnering", "getting", "landing", "obtaining", "procuring", "realizing", "securing", "amounting (to)", "approaching", "equaling", "equalling", "matching", "measuring up (to)", "meeting", "rivaling", "rivalling", "touching", "tying", "tieing", "beating", "excelling", "outdoing", "surpassing", "topping" ], "near antonyms":[ "falling short (of)", "missing", "failing (at)", "losing" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "rack-rent":{ "as in let , hire":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "lease", "let", "rent", "charter", "engage", "hire", "sublease", "sublet", "lodge" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "racketeering":{ "as in hooliganism , gangsterism":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "gangsterism", "hooliganism", "outlawry", "malfeasance", "misconduct", "crime", "criminality", "lawbreaking", "lawlessness", "wrongdoing", "evil", "immorality", "sin", "wickedness", "corruption", "depravity", "malefaction", "misdeed", "misdoing", "offense", "offence", "transgression", "trespass" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "as in extorting , blackmailing":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "blackmailing", "exacting", "extorting", "squeezing", "wresting", "wringing", "blackjacking", "coercing", "compelling", "constraining", "dragooning", "driving", "forcing", "impelling", "impressing", "making", "muscling", "obligating", "obliging", "pressing", "pressuring", "sandbagging", "high-pressuring", "menacing", "shaming", "terrorizing", "threatening", "arm-twisting", "browbeating", "bulldozing", "bullying", "cowing", "hectoring", "intimidating", "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" ] }, "racecourses":{ "an open man-made passageway for water":{ "examples":[ "fell into the racecourse for an abandoned water mill" ], "synonyms":[ "aqueducts", "canals", "channels", "conduits", "courses", "flumes", "raceways", "watercourses", "waterways" ], "near synonyms":[ "millraces", "millstreams", "floodways", "sluices", "sluiceways", "spillways", "swashes", "tideways", "torrents", "gutters", "troughs", "rivers", "rivulets", "streams" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "rack-renting":{ "as in letting , hiring":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "leasing", "letting", "renting", "chartering", "engaging", "hiring", "subleasing", "subletting", "lodging" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "racers":{ "as in blue racers , black racers":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "adders", "anacondas", "asps", "black racers", "blacksnakes", "blue racers", "boas", "bull snakes", "bushmasters", "chicken snakes", "cobras", "constrictors", "copperheads", "coral snakes", "cottonmouth moccasins", "diamondback rattlesnakes", "fer-de-lance", "garter snakes", "gopher snakes", "green snakes", "hognose snakes", "horned vipers", "indigo snakes", "king cobras", "king snakes", "kraits", "mambas", "milk snakes", "moccasins", "pine snakes", "pit vipers", "puff adders", "pythons", "rat snakes", "rattlesnakes", "sea serpents", "sea snakes", "sidewinders", "taipans", "water moccasins", "water snakes", "worm snakes", "serpents", "snakes", "vipers" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "rachets (down)":{ "to grow less in scope or intensity especially gradually":{ "examples":[ "news stories about the kidnapping will ratchet down as the weeks go by" ], "synonyms":[ "abates", "declines", "decreases", "de-escalates", "dies (away or down or out)", "diminishes", "drains (away)", "drops (off)", "dwindles", "eases", "ebbs", "falls", "falls away", "lessens", "lets up", "lowers", "moderates", "palls", "phases down", "recedes", "relents", "remits", "shrinks", "subsides", "tapers", "tapers off", "wanes" ], "near synonyms":[ "compresses", "condenses", "constricts", "contracts", "evaporates", "fades (away)", "fritters (away)", "gives out", "melts (away)", "peters (out)", "tails (off)", "vanishes", "slackens", "slows (down)", "alleviates", "relaxes", "flags", "sinks", "weakens", "caves (in)", "collapses", "deflates" ], "near antonyms":[ "appears", "emerges", "shows up", "blows up", "distends", "elongates", "lengthens" ], "antonyms":[ "accumulates", "balloons", "builds", "burgeons", "bourgeons", "enlarges", "escalates", "expands", "grows", "increases", "intensifies", "mounts", "mushrooms", "picks up", "rises", "snowballs", "soars", "swells", "waxes" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "racketed":{ "as in rattled , clattered":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "chinked", "chirped", "clanked", "clicked", "clinked", "clacked", "clattered", "rattled", "clanged", "clashed", "crashed", "clip-cloped", "clop-clopped", "clopped", "spattered", "sputtered" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "racialisms":{ "the belief that certain races of people are by birth and nature superior to others":{ "examples":[ "the racialism of some of the nation's founders seems to contradict their professed belief that \"all men are created equal\"" ], "synonyms":[ "racism" ], "near synonyms":[ "apartheid", "segregation", "separatism", "eugenics" ], "near antonyms":[ "desegregation", "integration" ], "antonyms":[] }, "hatred of or discrimination against a person or persons based on their race":{ "examples":[ "an ugly incident of racialism that campus police are investigating" ], "synonyms":[ "prejudice", "racism" ], "near synonyms":[ "race-baiting", "apartheid", "Jim Crow", "segregation", "separatism", "bigotry", "intolerance", "narrow-mindedness", "narrowness" ], "near antonyms":[ "antidiscrimination", "antiracism", "antisegregation", "assimilationism" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "racehorse":{ "as in trotter , warhorse":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "charger", "courser", "cow pony", "cutting horse", "galloper", "hack", "hackney", "mount", "packhorse", "prancer", "quarter horse", "saddle horse", "trotter", "warhorse", "workhorse", "bronco", "mustang", "pony", "bay", "black", "buckskin", "chestnut", "dun", "palomino", "pinto", "roan", "skewbald", "sorrel", "colt", "filly", "foal", "gelding", "mare", "stallion", "cob", "dobbin", "jade", "plug", "skate", "equid", "equine", "horse", "nag", "steed" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "racketeered":{ "as in extorted , blackmailed":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "blackmailed", "exacted", "extorted", "squeezed", "wrested", "wrung", "blackjacked", "coerced", "compelled", "constrained", "dragooned", "drove", "forced", "impelled", "impressed", "made", "muscled", "obligated", "obliged", "pressed", "pressured", "sandbagged", "high-pressured", "menaced", "shamed", "terrorized", "threatened", "arm-twisted", "browbeat", "bulldozed", "bullied", "cowed", "hectored", "intimidated", "dragged", "badgered", "harassed", "hounded" ], "near antonyms":[ "allowed", "let", "permitted", "argued", "convinced", "induced", "moved", "persuaded", "prevailed (on or upon)", "satisfied", "talked (into)", "won (over)" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "racks up":{ "to gain (as points or runs in a game) as credit towards one's total number of points":{ "examples":[ "having racked up a huge number of points in the short program, the figure skater would have to have a disastrous long program in order to miss out on a medal" ], "synonyms":[ "scores", "tallies" ], "near synonyms":[ "triumphs", "wins", "bests", "defeats" ], "near antonyms":[ "loses" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to obtain (as a goal) through effort":{ "examples":[ "racked up their second consecutive Super Bowl victory" ], "synonyms":[ "achieves", "attains", "bags", "chalks up", "clocks (up)", "gains", "hits", "logs", "makes", "notches (up)", "rings up", "scores", "wins" ], "near synonyms":[ "acquires", "captures", "carries", "draws", "garners", "gets", "lands", "obtains", "procures", "realizes", "secures", "amounts (to)", "approaches", "equals", "matches", "measures up (to)", "meets", "rivals", "ties", "touches", "beats", "excels", "outdoes", "surpasses", "tops" ], "near antonyms":[ "falls short (of)", "misses", "fails (at)", "loses" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "racoon":{ "as in rabbit , otter":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "badger", "beaver", "chamois", "chinchilla", "ermine", "fisher", "fox", "marten", "mink", "muskrat", "otter", "Persian lamb", "rabbit", "sable", "seal", "fur", "hide", "leather", "pelt", "skin", "bearskin", "buckskin", "calfskin", "coonskin", "cowhide", "deerskin", "doeskin", "goatskin", "horsehide", "karakul", "kidskin", "kolinsky", "lambskin", "pigskin", "rawhide", "sealskin", "sharkskin", "sheep", "sheepskin", "snakeskin", "fleece", "mouton", "alligator", "crocodile", "cordovan", "morocco", "patent leather", "suede" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "racialism":{ "the belief that certain races of people are by birth and nature superior to others":{ "examples":[ "the racialism of some of the nation's founders seems to contradict their professed belief that \"all men are created equal\"" ], "synonyms":[ "racism" ], "near synonyms":[ "apartheid", "segregation", "separatism", "eugenics" ], "near antonyms":[ "desegregation", "integration" ], "antonyms":[] }, "hatred of or discrimination against a person or persons based on their race":{ "examples":[ "an ugly incident of racialism that campus police are investigating" ], "synonyms":[ "prejudice", "racism" ], "near synonyms":[ "race-baiting", "apartheid", "Jim Crow", "segregation", "separatism", "bigotry", "intolerance", "narrow-mindedness", "narrowness" ], "near antonyms":[ "antidiscrimination", "antiracism", "antisegregation", "assimilationism" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "rachet (down)":{ "to grow less in scope or intensity especially gradually":{ "examples":[ "news stories about the kidnapping will ratchet down as the weeks go by" ], "synonyms":[ "abate", "de-escalate", "decline", "decrease", "die (away or down or out)", "diminish", "drain (away)", "drop (off)", "dwindle", "ease", "ebb", "fall", "fall away", "lessen", "let up", "lower", "moderate", "pall", "phase down", "recede", "relent", "remit", "shrink", "subside", "taper", "taper off", "wane" ], "near synonyms":[ "compress", "condense", "constrict", "contract", "evaporate", "fade (away)", "fritter (away)", "give out", "melt (away)", "peter (out)", "tail (off)", "vanish", "slacken", "slow (down)", "alleviate", "relax", "flag", "sink", "weaken", "cave (in)", "collapse", "deflate" ], "near antonyms":[ "appear", "emerge", "show up", "blow up", "distend", "elongate", "lengthen" ], "antonyms":[ "accumulate", "balloon", "build", "burgeon", "bourgeon", "enlarge", "escalate", "expand", "grow", "increase", "intensify", "mount", "mushroom", "pick up", "rise", "snowball", "soar", "swell", "wax" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "raced":{ "to engage in a contest":{ "examples":[ "just how many candidates are racing for the senatorial seat this year?" ], "synonyms":[ "battled", "competed", "contended", "faced off", "fought", "rivaled", "rivalled", "vied" ], "near synonyms":[ "challenged", "engaged", "played", "jockeyed", "jostled", "maneuvered", "tried out", "went out", "trained", "worked", "wrought" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "to proceed or move quickly":{ "examples":[ "was racing around trying to get everything done before her big trip to India" ], "synonyms":[ "barreled", "barrelled", "belted", "blasted", "blazed", "blew", "bolted", "bombed", "bowled", "breezed", "bundled", "bustled", "buzzed", "cannonballed", "careened", "careered", "chased", "coursed", "cracked (on)", "dashed", "drove", "flew", "hared", "hastened", "hied", "highballed", "hotfooted (it)", "humped", "hurled", "hurried", "hurtled", "hustled", "jetted", "jumped", "motored", "nipped", "pelted", "rammed", "ran", "run", "ripped", "rocketed", "rushed", "rustled", "scooted", "scurried", "scuttled", "shot", "sped", "speeded", "stepped", "tore", "traveled", "travelled", "trotted", "whirled", "whisked", "zipped", "zoomed" ], "near synonyms":[ "beetled", "darted", "flitted", "scampered", "scudded", "scuffled", "stampeded", "streaked", "whizzed", "galloped", "jogged", "sprinted", "accelerated", "quickened", "stepped out", "caught up", "fast-forwarded", "outpaced", "outran", "outstripped", "overtook", "arrowed", "beelined" ], "near antonyms":[ "dallied", "dawdled", "dillydallied", "dragged", "hung (around or out)", "hanged (around or out)", "lagged", "lingered", "loitered", "poked", "tarried", "ambled", "lumbered", "plodded", "sauntered", "shuffled", "strolled", "decelerated", "slowed (down or up)" ], "antonyms":[ "crawled", "crept", "poked" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "raciness":{ "as in spiciness":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "spiciness", "nip", "piquancy", "pungency", "spice", "tang", "zest", "zing", "fieriness", "hotness", "acuteness", "keenness", "sharpness", "provocativeness", "excitement", "invigoration", "stimulant", "stimulation", "stimulus", "thrill", "bitterness", "mordancy", "trenchancy", "flavor", "redolence", "savor", "savour", "savoriness", "tastiness" ], "near antonyms":[ "insipidity", "flatness", "tastelessness", "dullness", "dulness", "insipidity", "monotonousness", "monotony", "platitude", "predictability", "sameness", "tediousness", "blandness", "thinness", "weakness" ], "antonyms":[] }, "as in earthiness , saltiness":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "broadness", "earthiness", "gaminess", "saltiness", "suggestiveness", "bawdiness", "blueness", "coarseness", "crudeness", "crudity", "dirt", "dirtiness", "filth", "filthiness", "foulness", "grossness", "impureness", "impurity", "indecency", "lasciviousness", "lewdness", "nastiness", "obscenity", "profanity", "raunch", "raunchiness", "ribaldry", "smut", "smuttiness", "vulgarity", "wantonness", "immodesty", "indecorousness", "indelicacy", "indelicateness", "lowness", "unbecomingness", "lechery", "depravedness", "depravity", "kinkiness", "naughtiness", "perverseness", "perversion", "perversity", "pervertedness", "wickedness", "exceptionability", "objectionableness", "unacceptability", "undesirability", "reprehensibility", "reprehensibleness", "abusiveness", "scurrilousness", "atrociousness", "atrocity", "infamy", "loathsomeness", "offensiveness", "repellency", "repugnance", "repulsiveness", "distastefulness", "obnoxiousness", "unpleasantness" ], "near antonyms":[ "priggery", "priggishness", "primness", "prudery", "prudishness", "puritanism", "correctness", "decency", "decorousness", "decorum", "seemliness", "appropriateness", "fitness", "suitability", "suitableness", "perfection", "purity", "spotlessness" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "racisms":{ "the belief that certain races of people are by birth and nature superior to others":{ "examples":[ "Hitler's declaration of his belief in a \"master race\" provided irrefutable proof to the world of the inherent and dangerous racism of the Nazi movement" ], "synonyms":[ "racialism" ], "near synonyms":[ "apartheid", "segregation", "separatism", "eugenics" ], "near antonyms":[ "desegregation", "integration" ], "antonyms":[] }, "hatred of or discrimination against a person or persons based on their race":{ "examples":[ "the 1963 bombing of the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama, was one of the most deplorable incidents of racism that occurred during the civil rights movement of the 1960s" ], "synonyms":[ "prejudice", "racialism" ], "near synonyms":[ "race-baiting", "apartheid", "Jim Crow", "segregation", "separatism", "bigotry", "intolerance", "narrow-mindedness", "narrowness" ], "near antonyms":[ "antidiscrimination", "antiracism", "antisegregation", "assimilationism" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "rachets (up)":{ "as in maximizes , bumps (up)":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "bumps (up)", "maximizes", "accelerates", "adds (to)", "aggrandizes", "amplifies", "augments", "boosts", "builds up", "compounds", "enlarges", "escalates", "expands", "extends", "hypes", "increases", "multiplies", "pumps up", "raises", "stokes", "supersizes", "swells", "ups", "blows up", "dilates", "distends", "inflates", "draws out", "elongates", "fleshes (out)", "lengthens", "prolongs", "protracts", "stretches", "develops", "enhances", "heightens", "intensifies", "magnifies", "complements", "supplements", "beefs (up)", "reinforces", "reenforces", "strengthens" ], "near antonyms":[ "minimizes", "abates", "decreases", "de-escalates", "diminishes", "downsizes", "dwindles", "lessens", "lowers", "minifies", "reduces", "subtracts (from)", "abbreviates", "abridges", "curtails", "shortens", "compresses", "condenses", "constricts", "contracts", "cuts back", "retrenches" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] } }