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"socialite", "swell", "magnate", "magnifico", "mogul", "nabob", "gentlefolk", "gentlefolks" ], "near antonyms":[ "canaille", "commoner", "pleb", "plebeian", "proletarian", "roturier", "boor", "fellah", "peasant", "peon" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "arisen":{ "to leave one's bed":{ "examples":[ "the travelers arose before dawn and were on their way as the sun came up" ], "synonyms":[ "got up", "gotten up", "risen", "rolled out", "turned out", "uprisen" ], "near synonyms":[ "aroused", "awakened", "awoken", "awaked", "awoke", "bestirred", "stirred", "woken", "waked", "woke" ], "near antonyms":[ "catnapped", "dozed", "dropped off", "lain up", "napped", "nodded", "rested", "slept", "slumbered", "snoozed", "bunked", "perched", "roosted", "settled", "couched", "dossed (down)", "flopped (down)", "lain (down)", "reclined" ], "antonyms":[ "bedded (down)", "retired", "turned in" ] }, "to come to one's attention especially gradually or unexpectedly":{ "examples":[ "note in your report 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