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"discontinuing", "halting", "knocking off", "laying off", "quitting", "stopping", "closing", "completing", "abandoning", "forsaking", "leaving", "abolishing", "demolishing", "destroying", "exterminating", "extinguishing", "phasing out" ], "antonyms":[ "concluding", "ending", "finishing", "terminating" ] }, "type":[] }, "entertainer":{ "as in performer , player":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "busker", "performer", "player", "trouper", "mime", "mimic", "mummer", "pantomime", "pantomimist", "aper", "imitator", "impersonator", "impressionist", "clown", "pantaloon" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "entertainment":{ "the act or activity of providing pleasure or amusement especially for the public":{ "examples":[ "we didn't stay for the featured entertainment because we don't care for comedy acts", "the film is purely for entertainment and not meant to be taken seriously" ], "synonyms":[ "amusement", "distraction", "diversion", "recreation" ], 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"bummer", "downer", "drag" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "entertains":{ "to cause (someone) to pass the time agreeably occupied":{ "examples":[ "entertain the kids while I go and prepare dinner" ], "synonyms":[ "amuses", "disports", "diverts", "regales", "solaces" ], "near synonyms":[ "absorbs", "busies", "distracts", "engages", "engrosses", "immerses", "interests", "involves", "occupies", "beguiles", "bewitches", "captivates", "charms", "delights", "enchants", "enthralls", "enthrals", "fascinates", "grips", "hypnotizes", "intrigues", "mesmerizes", "coddles", "gratifies", "humors", "indulges", "mollycoddles", "pampers", "pleases", "pleasures", "spoils", "appeases", "comforts", "conciliates", "consoles", "contents", "mollifies", "obliges", "pacifies", "placates", "propitiates", "soothes" ], "near antonyms":[ "bores", "jades", "drains", "enervates", "exhausts", "fatigues", "tires", "wearies", "wears", "wears out", "aggravates", "annoys", "bothers", "bugs", "chafes", "disturbs", "exasperates", "frets", "galls", "grates", "harasses", "harries", "irks", "nettles", "peeves", "perturbs", "pesters", "piques", "upsets", "vexes" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to give serious and careful thought to":{ "examples":[ "have you ever entertained the thought that you could be wrong?" ], "synonyms":[ "chews over", "cogitates", "considers", "contemplates", "debates", "deliberates", "eyes", "kicks around", "meditates", "mulls (over)", "perpends", "ponders", "pores (over)", "questions", "revolves", "ruminates", "studies", "thinks (about or over)", "turns", "weighs", "wrestles (with)" ], "near synonyms":[ "muses (upon)", "reflects (on or upon)", "reminisces", "analyzes", "explores", "reviews", "concludes", "reasons", "second-guesses", "speculates (about)", "broods (about or over)", "dwells (on or upon)", "fixates (on or upon)", "frets (about or over)", "obsesses (about or over)", "believes", "conceives", "opines", "absorbs", "assimilates", "digests", "drinks (in)" ], "near antonyms":[ "disregards", "ignores", "overlooks", "slights", "dismisses", "pooh-poohs", "poohs", "rejects" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to keep in one's mind or heart":{ "examples":[ "I don't entertain the hope of ever getting a girl like that to go out with me" ], "synonyms":[ "bears", "cherishes", "harbors", "has", "holds", "nurses" ], "near synonyms":[ "cultivates", "fosters", "nurtures", "supports", "sustains", "carries", "keeps", "maintains", "preserves", "remembers", "retains", "treasures", "cleaves (to)", "clings (to)", "hugs", "sticks (to)", "broods (about or over)", "fixates (on or upon)", "obsesses (about or over)" ], "near antonyms":[ "disregards", "drops", "forgets", "ignores", "neglects", "overlooks", "abjures", "declines", "denies", "disdains", "refuses", "rejects", "repudiates", "scorns", "abandons", "deserts", "discards", "forsakes", "gives up", "parts (with)", "quits", "renounces", "throws out", "erases", "expunges" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "enthralled":{ "having the mind fixed on something":{ "antonyms":[ "absent", "absentminded", "abstracted", "distracted", "inattentive", "inobservant", "unabsorbed", "unfocused", "unfocussed" ], "examples":[ "gave her speech to several hundred enthralled listeners" ], "near antonyms":[ "daydreaming", "dreamy", "faraway", "foggy", "hazy", "lost", "oblivious", "preoccupied", "remote", "apathetic", "disinterested", "uninterested" ], "related":[ "engaged", "interested", "intrigued", "involved", "hypnotized", "mesmerized", "alert", "alive", "conscious", "open-eyed", "watchful", "wide-awake" ], "synonyms":[ "absorbed", "attentive", "deep", "engrossed", "focused", "focussed", "immersed", "intent", "observant", "rapt" ] }, "to fill with overwhelming emotion (as wonder or delight)":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "for years these master magicians have been enthralling audiences with their astounding illusions" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "delighted", "gladdened", "gratified", "pleased", "satisfied", "bewitched", "captivated", "charmed", "enchanted", "fascinated", "elated", "excited", "exhilarated", "stirred" ], "synonyms":[ "carried away", "enraptured", "entranced", "rapped", "raptured", "ravished", "transported" ] }, "to hold the attention of":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "a play that will enthrall you for two hours" ], "near antonyms":[ "bored", "jaded", "palled", "tired", "wearied" ], "related":[ "allured", "attracted", "beguiled", "bewitched", "captivated", "charmed", "enchanted", "obsessed", "hypnotized", "mesmerized", "distracted", "preoccupied", "hogged", "monopolized" ], "synonyms":[ "absorbed", "bemused", "busied", "caught up", "engaged", "engrossed", "enwrapped", "fascinated", "gripped", "immersed", "interested", "intrigued", "involved", "occupied" ] }, "to hold the attention of as if by a spell":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "enthralled by the flickering fire in the hearth, we lost all track of time" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "enraptured", "entranced", "thrilled", "beguiled", "bewitched", "charmed", "absorbed", "engaged", "engrossed", "involved" ], "synonyms":[ "arrested", "bedazzled", "caught up", "enchanted", "fascinated", "gripped", "hypnotized", "mesmerized", "spellbound" ] }, "type":[ "adjective", "verb" ] }, "enthralls":{ "to hold the attention of as if by a spell":{ "examples":[ "enthralled by the flickering fire in the hearth, we lost all track of time" ], "synonyms":[ "arrests", "bedazzles", "catches up", "enchants", "fascinates", "grips", "hypnotizes", "mesmerizes", "spellbinds" ], "near synonyms":[ "enraptures", "entrances", "thrills", "beguiles", "bewitches", "charms", "absorbs", "engages", "engrosses", "involves" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "to fill with overwhelming emotion (as wonder or delight)":{ "examples":[ "for years these master magicians have been enthralling audiences with their astounding illusions" ], "synonyms":[ "carries away", "enraptures", "entrances", "raps", "raptures", "ravishes", "transports" ], "near 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"aggrandizes", "canonizes", "deifies", "dignifies", "elevates", "ennobles", "enshrines", "enskies", "exalts", "glorifies", "magnifies" ], "near synonyms":[ "boosts", "lifts", "promotes", "raises", "upgrades", "uplifts", "heightens", "intensifies", "idealizes", "romanticizes", "sanitizes", "sugarcoats", "acclaims", "extols", "extolls", "honors", "lauds", "praises" ], "near antonyms":[ "belittles", "decries", "depreciates", "detracts", "disparages", "minimizes" ], "antonyms":[ "abases", "degrades", "demeans", "humbles", "humiliates" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "enticed":{ "to lead away from a usual or proper course by offering some pleasure or advantage":{ "examples":[ "every commercial seemed to be for some tempting snack specifically designed to entice me from my diet" ], "synonyms":[ "allured", "baited", "beguiled", "betrayed", "decoyed", "led on", "lured", "seduced", "solicited", "tempted" ], "near synonyms":[ "drew in", "inveigled", "persuaded", "roped (in)", "snowed", "caught", "enmeshed", "immeshed", "ensnared", "entrapped", "meshed", "snared", "tangled", "trapped", "bewitched", "captivated", "charmed", "enchanted", "fascinated", "magnetized", "wiled" ], "near antonyms":[ "alerted", "cautioned", "forewarned", "warded (off)", "warned", "drove (away or off)", "repulsed", "turned away" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "entices":{ "to lead away from a usual or proper course by offering some pleasure or advantage":{ "examples":[ "every commercial seemed to be for some tempting snack specifically designed to entice me from my diet" ], "synonyms":[ "allures", "baits", "beguiles", "betrays", "decoys", "leads on", "lures", "seduces", "solicits", "tempts" ], "near synonyms":[ "draws in", "inveigles", "persuades", "ropes (in)", "snows", "catches", "enmeshes", "immeshes", "ensnares", "entraps", "meshes", "snares", "tangles", "traps", "bewitches", "captivates", "charms", "enchants", "fascinates", "magnetizes", "wiles" ], "near antonyms":[ "alerts", "cautions", "forewarns", "wards (off)", "warns", "drives (away or off)", "repulses", "turns away" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "entire":{ "not divided or scattered among several areas of interest or concern":{ "antonyms":[ "diffuse", "divided", "scattered" ], "examples":[ "this matter is important, so please give me your entire attention" ], "near antonyms":[ "deficient", "fragmental", "fragmentary", "halfway", "incomplete", "partial" ], "related":[ "absolute", "complete", "full", "lump", "teetotal", "thorough", "total", "unadulterated", "unalloyed", "unqualified", "utter", "comprehensive", "intact", "integral", "perfect", "unbroken" ], "synonyms":[ "all", "concentrated", "exclusive", "focused", "focussed", "undivided", "whole" ] }, "not lacking any part or member that properly belongs to it":{ "antonyms":[ "imperfect", "incomplete", "partial" ], "examples":[ "the entire team needs to be present for the photograph" ], "near antonyms":[ "abbreviated", "abridged", "cut", "diminished", "reduced" ], "related":[ "unabridged", "uncut", "undiminished", "all-out", "exhaustive", "extensive", "maximal", "full-blooded", "full-blown", "full-bore", "full-fledged", "full-on", "full-out", "full-scale" ], "synonyms":[ "compleat", "complete", "comprehensive", "full", "grand", "intact", "integral", "perfect", "plenary", "total", "whole" ] }, "to a full extent or degree":{ "antonyms":[ "half", "halfway", "incompletely", "part", "partially", "partly" ], "examples":[ "a shocking revelation that would destroy entire the false little world that she had carefully constructed for herself" ], "near antonyms":[ "barely", "hardly", "just", "kind of", "marginally", "minimally", "scarcely", "slightly", "superficially", "approximately", "roughly", "somewhat" ], "related":[ "absolutely", "categorically", "cold", "downright", "hands down", "plain", "stone", "stone-cold", "unqualifiedly", "basically", "by and large", "chiefly", "generally", "largely", "mainly", "more or less", "mostly", "overall", "predominantly", "predominately", "primarily", "principally", "substantially", "abundantly", "copiously", "generously", "greatly" ], "synonyms":[ "all", "all of", "all over", "altogether", "clean", "completely", "dead", "enough", "entirely", "even", "exactly", "fast", "flat", "full", "fully", "heartily", "out", "perfectly", "plumb", "quite", "soundly", "thoroughly", "through and through", "totally", "utterly", "well", "wholly", "wide" ] }, "type":[ "adjective", "adverb" ] }, "entirety":{ "the quality or state of being without restriction, exception, or qualification":{ "examples":[ "I wish that I could find a card for Valentine's Day that expresses the entirety of my love" ], "synonyms":[ "absoluteness", "completeness", "entireness", "fullness", "perfectness", "wholeness" ], "near synonyms":[ "faultlessness", "flawlessness", "indefectibility", "perfection", "all-inclusiveness", "comprehensiveness", "exhaustiveness", "extensiveness", "inclusiveness", "soundness", "thoroughness" ], "near antonyms":[ "inadequacy", "inadequateness", "limitedness", "narrowness", "patchiness", "sketchiness" ], "antonyms":[ "imperfection", "imperfectness", "incompleteness", "unsoundness" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "entitle":{ "to give a right to":{ "examples":[ "the card entitles my grandmother to the discount for senior citizens" ], "synonyms":[ "authorize", "privilege", "qualify" ], "near synonyms":[ "empower", "enable", "enfranchise", "license", "licence", "approve", "endorse", "indorse", "allow", "let", "permit", "accredit", "certificate", "certify", "charter", "ratify", "legitimize", "sanction", "validate", "warrant", "reaccredit", "reapprove", "recertify", "recharter", "revalidate" ], "near antonyms":[ "disable", "disempower", "disenfranchise", "decertify", "disallow", "forbid", "proscribe", "delegitimize", "invalidate", "nullify" ], "antonyms":[ "disqualify" ] }, "to give a name to":{ "examples":[ "apart from the obvious, she couldn't decide what to entitle her painting of a vase with flowers" ], "synonyms":[ "baptize", "call", "christen", "clepe", "denominate", "designate", "dub", "label", "name", "nominate", "style", "term", "title" ], "near synonyms":[ "brand", "stigmatize", "tag", "denote", "specify", "miscall", "misname", "mistitle", "code-name", "nickname", "rechristen", "relabel", "rename", "surname" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "entitles":{ "to give a name to":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "apart from the obvious, she couldn't decide what to entitle her painting of a vase with flowers" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "brands", "stigmatizes", "tags", "denotes", "specifies", "miscalls", "misnames", "mistitles", "code-names", "nicknames", "rechristens", "relabels", "renames", "surnames" ], "synonyms":[ "baptizes", "calls", "christens", "clepes", "denominates", "designates", "dubs", "labels", "names", "nominates", "styles", "terms", "titles" ] }, "to give a right to":{ "antonyms":[ "disqualifies" ], "examples":[ "the card entitles my grandmother to the discount for senior citizens" ], "near antonyms":[ "disables", "disempowers", "disenfranchises", "decertifies", "disallows", "forbids", "proscribes", "delegitimizes", "invalidates", "nullifies" ], "related":[ "empowers", "enables", "enfranchises", "licenses", "licences", "approves", "endorses", "indorses", "allows", "lets", "permits", "accredits", "certificates", "certifies", "charters", "ratifies", "legitimizes", "sanctions", "validates", "warrants", "reaccredits", "reapproves", "recertifies", "recharters", "revalidates" ], "synonyms":[ "authorizes", "privileges", "qualifies" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "entitling":{ "to give a name to":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "apart from the obvious, she couldn't decide what to entitle her painting of a vase with flowers" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "branding", "stigmatizing", "tagging", "denoting", "specifying", "miscalling", "misnaming", "mistitling", "code-naming", "nicknaming", "rechristening", "relabeling", "relabelling", "renaming", "surnaming" ], "synonyms":[ "baptizing", "baptising", "calling", "christening", "cleping", "denominating", "designating", "dubbing", "labeling", "labelling", "naming", "nominating", "styling", "terming", "titling" ] }, "to give a right to":{ "antonyms":[ "disqualifying" ], "examples":[ "the card entitles my grandmother to the discount for senior citizens" ], "near antonyms":[ "disabling", "disempowering", "disenfranchising", "decertifying", "disallowing", "forbidding", "proscribing", "delegitimizing", "invalidating", "nullifying" ], "related":[ "empowering", "enabling", "enfranchising", "licensing", "licencing", "approving", "endorsing", "indorsing", "allowing", "letting", "permitting", "accrediting", "certificating", "certifying", "chartering", "ratifying", "legitimizing", "sanctioning", "validating", "warranting", "reaccrediting", "reapproving", "recertifying", "rechartering", "revalidating" ], "synonyms":[ "authorizing", "privileging", "qualifying" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "entourage":{ "a body of employees or servants who accompany and wait on a person":{ "examples":[ "the gaggle of hangers-on that passes for the rock star's entourage" ], "synonyms":[ "cortege", "cort\u00e8ge", "following", "posse", "retinue", "suite", "tail", "train" ], "near synonyms":[ "crew", "personnel", "staff", "court", "assistant", "attendant", "helper", "retainer" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "entrance":{ "the means or right of entering or participating in":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "entrance to the club is by invitation only" ], "near antonyms":[ "discharge", "dismissal", "ejection", "expulsion", "ouster", "rejection", "removal" ], "related":[ "approval", "authorization", "certification", "permission", "qualification", "open door", "welcome mat" ], "synonyms":[ "access", "accession", "admission", "admittance", "door", "doorway", "entr\u00e9e", "entree", "entry", "gateway", "ingress", "key", "passport", "ticket" ] }, "the opening through which one can enter or leave a structure":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "when you come, use the entrance on the right side of the building" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "hatch", "hatchway" ], "synonyms":[ "door", "doorway", "gate", "gateway", "way" ] }, "to fill with overwhelming emotion (as wonder or delight)":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "a production of The Nutcracker ballet that will entrance audiences" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "delight", "gladden", "gratify", "please", "satisfy", "bewitch", "captivate", "charm", "enchant", "fascinate", "elate", "excite", "exhilarate", "stir" ], "synonyms":[ "carry away", "enrapture", "enthrall", "enthral", "rap", "rapture", "ravish", "transport" ] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "entranceway":{ "the entrance room of a building":{ "examples":[ "the visitor thoughtfully removed her snow-covered hat and gloves in the entranceway" ], "synonyms":[ "entry", "entryway", "foyer", "hall", "hallway", "lobby", "vestibule" ], "near synonyms":[ "antechamber", "anteroom", "lounge", "waiting room", "door", "doorway", "entrance", "portal", "threshold" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "entrancing":{ "having an often mysterious or magical power to attract":{ "examples":[ "travelers to India say that it has an entrancing beauty that is hard to describe" ], "synonyms":[ "alluring", "appealing", "attractive", "bewitching", "captivating", "charismatic", "charming", "elfin", "enchanting", "engaging", "fascinating", "fetching", "glamorous", "glamourous", "luring", "magnetic", "seductive" ], "near synonyms":[ "absorbing", "arresting", "engrossing", "enthralling", "galvanic", "gripping", "hypnotic", "hypnotizing", "mesmerizing", "riveting", "spellbinding", "enticing", "tantalizing", "tempting", "exciting", "haunting", "interesting", "intriguing", "titillating", "beckoning", "inviting", "winning", "darling", "delightful", "pleasant", "pleasing" ], "near antonyms":[ "boring", "irksome", "tedious", "tiresome", "wearisome", "abhorrent", "abominable", "appalling", "awful", "distasteful", "hideous", "horrendous", "horrible", "horrid", "invidious", "loathsome", "nauseating", "noisome", "obnoxious", "odious", "offensive", "shocking", "sickening", "drab", "dreary", "dull", "flat", "humdrum", "jading", "leaden", "monotonous", "pedestrian", "ponderous" ], "antonyms":[ "repellent", "repellant", "repelling", "repugnant", "repulsive", "revolting", "unalluring" ] }, "to fill with overwhelming emotion (as wonder or delight)":{ "examples":[ "a production of The Nutcracker ballet that will entrance audiences" ], "synonyms":[ "carrying away", "enrapturing", "enthralling", "rapping", "rapturing", "ravishing", "transporting" ], "near synonyms":[ "delighting", "gladdening", "gratifying", "pleasing", "satisfying", "bewitching", "captivating", "charming", "enchanting", "fascinating", "elating", "exciting", "exhilarating", "stirring" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adjective", "verb" ] }, "entreating":{ "asking humbly":{ "examples":[ "it was hard to refuse such an amusingly entreating panhandler" ], "synonyms":[ "beseeching", "imploring", "pleading", "prayerful", "soliciting", "suppliant", "supplicant", "supplicating", "supplicatory" ], "near synonyms":[ "begging", "importunate", "insistent", "persistent" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "to make a request to (someone) in an earnest or urgent manner":{ "examples":[ "she began her letter by entreating me to forgive the belatedness of her reply" ], "synonyms":[ "appealing (to)", "begging", "beseeching", "besieging", "conjuring", "impetrating", "imploring", "importuning", "petitioning", "pleading (to)", "praying", "soliciting", "supplicating" ], "near synonyms":[ "bludging", "cadging", "mooching", "sponging", "asking", "desiring", "invoking", "requesting", "suing", "claiming", "coercing", "commanding", "compelling", "demanding", "forcing", "insisting", "requiring" ], "near antonyms":[ "hinting", "implying", "intimating", "suggesting", "appeasing", "conciliating", "gratifying", "mollifying", "obliging", "pacifying", "placating", "pleasing", "satisfying", "comforting", "consoling", "contenting", "quieting" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adjective", "verb" ] }, "entrenching":{ "to set solidly in or as if in surrounding matter":{ "examples":[ "a father who entrenched in our minds the belief that hard work pays off" ], "synonyms":[ "bedding", "embedding", "imbedding", "enrooting", "fixing", "impacting", "implanting", "ingraining", "engraining", "lodging", "rooting" ], "near synonyms":[ "imbuing", "infusing", "instilling", "beating (into)", "driving (into)", "establishing", "placing", "putting", "settling", "sticking" ], "near antonyms":[ "eliminating", "eradicating", "ejecting", "expelling", "detaching", "disconnecting", "disengaging", "removing" ], "antonyms":[ "dislodging", "rooting (out)", "uprooting" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "entrusting":{ "to give a task, duty, or responsibility to":{ "examples":[ "we entrusted our financial adviser with the investment of all of our savings" ], "synonyms":[ "assigning", "charging", "commissioning", "tasking", "trusting" ], "near synonyms":[ "conferring", "imposing", "committing", "confiding", "consigning", "delegating", "recommending", "relegating", "reposing", "allocating", "allotting", "authorizing", "empowering", "investing" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "to put (something) into the possession or safekeeping of another":{ "examples":[ "we entrusted our pets to the care of our neighbor while we went on vacation" ], "synonyms":[ "commending", "committing", "confiding", "consigning", "delegating", "delivering", "giving", "giving over", "handing", "handing over", "leaving", "passing", "recommending", "reposing", "transferring", "transmitting", "trusting", "turning over", "vesting" ], "near synonyms":[ "conferring", "granting", "assigning", "dealing (out)", "dispensing", "dispersing", "distributing", "dividing", "handing in", "releasing", "relinquishing", "submitting", "surrendering", "turning in", "yielding", "bequeathing", "handing down", "handing on", "willing", "advancing", "lending", "loaning", "furnishing", "supplying", "recommitting", "redelivering", "retransferring", "retransmitting" ], "near antonyms":[ "detaining", "holding back", "reserving", "withholding", "owning", "possessing", "accepting", "receiving", "taking in", "occupying", "taking", "taking over" ], "antonyms":[ "holding", "keeping", "retaining" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "entrustment":{ "as in consignment , commendation":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "commendation", "consignment", "accreditation", "authorization", "commission", "delegation", "empowerment", "license", "licence", "mandate", "facilitation", "fostering", "promotion", "commanding", "directing", "ordering" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "entr\u00e9es":{ "the means or right of entering or participating in":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "entr\u00e9e to the country club is through sponsorship by someone who is already a member" ], "near antonyms":[ "discharges", "dismissals", "ejections", "expulsions", "ousters", "rejections", "removals" ], "related":[ "approvals", "authorizations", "certifications", "permissions", "qualifications", "open doors", "welcome mats" ], "synonyms":[ "accesses", "accessions", "admissions", "admittances", "doors", "doorways", "entrances", "entries", "gateways", "ingresses", "keys", "passports", "tickets" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "entwining":{ "to cause to twine about one another":{ "examples":[ "marveled at how the vines had delicately and intricately entwined themselves on the trellis" ], "synonyms":[ "enlacing", "implicating", "interlacing", "intertwining", "intertwisting", "interweaving", "inweaving", "lacing", "plying", "twisting", "weaving", "wreathing", "writhing" ], "near synonyms":[ "braiding", "plaiting", "platting", "pleaching", "blending", "fusing", "joining", "linking", "mixing" ], "near antonyms":[ "disentangling", "uncoiling", "untangling", "untwining", "unwinding" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to follow a circular or spiral course":{ "examples":[ "the quick-growing vine was soon entwining around the fence post" ], "synonyms":[ "coiling", "corkscrewing", "curling", "spiraling", "spiralling", "twining", "twisting", "winding" ], "near synonyms":[ "arching", "arcing", "bending", "crooking", "curving", "hooking", "sweeping", "swerving", "turning", "veering", "wheeling", "swirling", "whirling", "circling", "encircling", "looping", "enlacing", "interlacing", "intertwining", "lacing", "bowing", "bulging", "meandering", "weaving", "zigzagging" ], "near antonyms":[ "straightening" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "entrees":{ "the means or right of entering or participating in":{ "examples":[ "entr\u00e9e to the country club is through sponsorship by someone who is already a member" ], "synonyms":[ "accesses", "accessions", "admissions", "admittances", "doors", "doorways", "entrances", "entries", "gateways", "ingresses", "keys", "passports", "tickets" ], "related":[ "approvals", "authorizations", "certifications", "permissions", "qualifications", "open doors", "welcome mats" ], "near antonyms":[ "discharges", "dismissals", "ejections", "expulsions", "ousters", "rejections", "removals" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "entombment":{ "the act or ceremony of putting a dead body in its final resting place":{ "examples":[ "the entombment of President Kennedy in Arlington National Cemetery" ], "synonyms":[ "burial", "burying", "entombing", "inhumation", "interment", "interring", "obsequy", "obsequies", "sepulture" ], "near synonyms":[ "embalmment", "funeral", "immurement", "inurnment", "reburial", "reinterment" ], "near antonyms":[ "cremation" ], "antonyms":[ "disinterment", "exhumation", "unearthing" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "entered (into or upon)":{ "to take the first step in (a process or course of action)":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[ "began", "commenced", "embarked (on or upon)", "fell (to)", "got off", "kicked off", "launched", "led off", "opened", "started", "struck (into)" ], "near synonyms":[ "created", "generated", "inaugurated", "initiated", "innovated", "invented", "originated", "adopted", "embraced", "took on", "took up", "established", "fathered", "founded", "instituted", "organized", "pioneered", "set up", "spawned", "got around (to)", "got down (to)", "got round (to)" ], "near antonyms":[ "ceased", "desisted", "discontinued", "halted", "knocked off", "laid off", "quit", "quitted", "stopped", "closed", "completed", "abandoned", "forsook", "left", "abolished", "demolished", "destroyed", "exterminated", "extinguished", "phased out" ], "antonyms":[ "concluded", "ended", "finished", "terminated" ] }, "type":[] }, "enthusiastic":{ "showing urgent desire or interest":{ "examples":[ "as soon as the gates to the concert area opened, enthusiastic fans rushed to get the best seats" ], "synonyms":[ "agog", "antsy", "anxious", "ardent", "athirst", "avid", "crazy", "desirous", "eager", "enthused", "excited", "geeked", "great", "greedy", "gung ho", "hepped up", "hopped-up", "hot", "hungry", "impatient", "juiced", "keen", "nuts", "pumped", "raring", "solicitous", "stoked", "thirsty", "voracious", "wild" ], "near synonyms":[ "engaged", "interested", "happy", "hung up", "obsessed", "ambitious", "appetent", "covetous", "craving", "hankering", "longing", "pining", "breathless", "restive", "restless", "amenable", "disposed", "game", "glad", "inclined", "ready", "unreluctant", "willing" ], "near antonyms":[ "casual", "incurious", "insouciant", "nonchalant", "unconcerned", "uninterested", "aloof", "detached", "disinterested", "impassive", "stolid", "halfhearted", "lackadaisical", "languid", "languorous", "lukewarm", "spiritless", "averse", "disinclined", "hesitant", "loath", "loth", "loathe", "reluctant", "unwilling" ], "antonyms":[ "apathetic", "indifferent", "uneager", "unenthusiastic" ] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "entangle":{ "to twist together into a usually confused mass":{ "examples":[ "in the process of taking down the Christmas tree, we managed to entangle the string of lights into a hopeless mess of wires" ], "synonyms":[ "interlace", "intertwine", "intertwist", "interweave", "knot", "snarl", "tangle" ], "near synonyms":[ "jumble", "scrabble", "scramble", "braid", "enlace", "entwine", "entwist", "inweave", "plait", "twine", "weave", "wind", "wreathe", "writhe" ], "near antonyms":[ "unknot", "unravel", "unscramble", "unweave" ], "antonyms":[ "disentangle", "unsnarl", "untangle", "untwine", "untwist" ] }, "to catch or hold as if in a net":{ "examples":[ "the young runaway gradually became entangled in a web of lies" ], "synonyms":[ "catch up", "enmesh", "immesh", "ensnare", "ensnarl", "entoil", "entrap", "mesh", "net", "snare", "tangle", "trap" ], "near synonyms":[ "bag", "birdlime", "capture", "collar", "embroil", "implicate", "involve", "mire" ], "near antonyms":[ "detach", "disengage", "extricate", "clear", "free", "liberate" ], "antonyms":[ "disentangle", "untangle" ] }, "to make complex or difficult":{ "examples":[ "the history of Alexander the Great is entangled by variant accounts of his exploits" ], "synonyms":[ "complex", "complexify", "complicate", "embarrass", "perplex", "sophisticate" ], "near synonyms":[ "develop", "elaborate", "expand", "intensify", "magnify", "confound", "confuse", "mess (up)", "mix (up)", "muddle", "snarl", "tangle" ], "near antonyms":[ "abbreviate", "cut", "shorten", "ease", "facilitate", "disentangle", "straighten (out)", "unravel", "untangle", "oversimplify" ], "antonyms":[ "simplify", "streamline" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "entrapping":{ "to catch or hold as if in a net":{ "examples":[ "a string of inconsistent statements and outright lies that finally entrapped the witness" ], "synonyms":[ "catching up", "enmeshing", "immeshing", "ensnaring", "ensnarling", "entangling", "entoiling", "meshing", "netting", "snaring", "tangling", "trapping" ], "near synonyms":[ "bagging", "birdliming", "capturing", "collaring", "embroiling", "implicating", "involving", "miring" ], "near antonyms":[ "detaching", "disengaging", "extricating", "clearing", "freeing", "liberating" ], "antonyms":[ "disentangling", "untangling" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "enthrallment":{ "a focusing of the mind on something":{ "examples":[ "the child's enthrallment with the new toy lasted about 30 minutes" ], "synonyms":[ "absorption", "attention", "concentration", "engrossment", "immersion" ], "near synonyms":[ "fixation", "obsession", "preoccupation", "alertness", "application", "awareness", "consciousness", "consideration", "heedfulness", "intentness", "raptness", "regard", "contemplation", "meditation", "musing", "pondering", "rumination" ], "near antonyms":[ "absence", "absentmindedness", "abstractedness", "abstraction", "detachment", "distraction", "obliviousness", "remoteness", "unawareness", "unconsciousness", "withdrawal", "disinterest", "indifference", "mindlessness", "unconcern", "befuddlement", "bemusement", "bewilderment", "confusion" ], "antonyms":[ "inattention" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "entangled":{ "to twist together into a usually confused mass":{ "examples":[ "in the process of taking down the Christmas tree, we managed to entangle the string of lights into a hopeless mess of wires" ], "synonyms":[ "interlaced", "intertwined", "intertwisted", "interwove", "interweaved", "knotted", "snarled", "tangled" ], "near synonyms":[ "jumbled", "scrabbled", "scrambled", "braided", "enlaced", "entwined", "entwisted", "inwove", "inweaved", "plaited", "twined", "wound", "winded", "wove", "weaved", "wreathed", "writhed" ], "near antonyms":[ "unknotted", "unraveled", "unscrambled", "unwove" ], "antonyms":[ "disentangled", "unsnarled", "untangled", "untwined", "untwisted" ] }, "to catch or hold as if in a net":{ "examples":[ "the young runaway gradually became entangled in a web of lies" ], "synonyms":[ "caught up", "enmeshed", "immeshed", "ensnared", "ensnarled", "entoiled", "entrapped", "meshed", "netted", "snared", "tangled", "trapped" ], "near synonyms":[ "bagged", "birdlimed", "captured", "collared", "embroiled", "implicated", "involved", "mired" ], "near antonyms":[ "detached", "disengaged", "extricated", "cleared", "freed", "liberated" ], "antonyms":[ "disentangled", "untangled" ] }, "to make complex or difficult":{ "examples":[ "the history of Alexander the Great is entangled by variant accounts of his exploits" ], "synonyms":[ "complexed", "complexified", "complicated", "embarrassed", "perplexed", "sophisticated" ], "near synonyms":[ "developed", "elaborated", "expanded", "intensified", "magnified", "confounded", "confused", "messed (up)", "mixed (up)", "muddled", "snarled", "tangled" ], "near antonyms":[ "abbreviated", "cut", "shortened", "eased", "facilitated", "disentangled", "straightened (out)", "unraveled", "untangled", "oversimplified" ], "antonyms":[ "simplified", "streamlined" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "entrepreneurial":{ "a person who starts a business and is willing to risk loss in order to make money":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "businessman", "enterpriser", "dealer", "merchandiser", "merchant", "trader", "tradesman", "trafficker", "buyer", "marketer", "purchaser", "hawker", "huckster", "hustler", "peddler", "pedlar", "retailer", "seller", "shopkeeper", "storekeeper", "vendor", "vender", "engrosser", "monopolist", "jobber", "middleman", "wholesaler", "distributor", "provider", "provisioner", "purveyor", "supplier" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "entwined":{ "as in twisted , twined":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "kinked", "swirled", "turned", "turning", "twined", "twining", "twisted", "twisting", "veering", "warped", "bowed", "rounded", "bending", "coiled", "coiling", "corkscrew", "curled", "curling", "curved", "curving", "looped", "looping", "spiral", "spiraling", "spiralling", "wavy", "winding", "meandering", "weaving", "devious", "serpentine", "sinuous", "crooked", "zigzag", "zigzagging" ], "near antonyms":[ "direct", "linear", "right", "straight", "straightaway", "straightforward", "unbent", "uncurled", "untwisted", "undeviating", "unswerving" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to cause to twine about one another":{ "examples":[ "marveled at how the vines had delicately and intricately entwined themselves on the trellis" ], "synonyms":[ "enlaced", "implicated", "interlaced", "intertwined", "intertwisted", "interwove", "interweaved", "inwove", "inweaved", "laced", "plied", "twisted", "wove", "weaved", "wreathed", "writhed" ], "near synonyms":[ "braided", "plaited", "platted", "pleached", "blended", "blent", "fused", "joined", "linked", "mixed" ], "near antonyms":[ "disentangled", "uncoiled", "untangled", "untwined", "unwound" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to follow a circular or spiral course":{ "examples":[ "the quick-growing vine was soon entwining around the fence post" ], "synonyms":[ "coiled", "corkscrewed", "curled", "spiraled", "spiralled", "twined", "twisted", "wound", "winded" ], "near synonyms":[ "arced", "arched", "bent", "crooked", "curved", "hooked", "swept", "swerved", "turned", "veered", "wheeled", "swirled", "whirled", "circled", "encircled", "looped", "enlaced", "interlaced", "intertwined", "laced", "bowed", "bulged", "meandered", "weaved", "zigzagged" ], "near antonyms":[ "straightened" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adjective", "verb" ] }, "entoiling":{ "to catch or hold as if in a net":{ "examples":[ "entoiled by the strings of fate" ], "synonyms":[ "catching up", "enmeshing", "immeshing", "ensnaring", "ensnarling", "entangling", "entrapping", "meshing", "netting", "snaring", "tangling", "trapping" ], "near synonyms":[ "bagging", "birdliming", "capturing", "collaring", "embroiling", "implicating", "involving", "miring" ], "near antonyms":[ "detaching", "disengaging", "extricating", "clearing", "freeing", "liberating" ], "antonyms":[ "disentangling", "untangling" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "entrusts":{ "to give a task, duty, or responsibility to":{ "examples":[ "we entrusted our financial adviser with the investment of all of our savings" ], "synonyms":[ "assigns", "charges", "commissions", "tasks", "trusts" ], "near synonyms":[ "confers", "imposes", "commits", "confides", "consigns", "delegates", "recommends", "relegates", "reposes", "allocates", "allots", "authorizes", "empowers", "invests" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "to put (something) into the possession or safekeeping of another":{ "examples":[ "we entrusted our pets to the care of our neighbor while we went on vacation" ], "synonyms":[ "commends", "commits", "confides", "consigns", "delegates", "delivers", "gives", "gives over", "hands", "hands over", "leaves", "passes", "recommends", "reposes", "transfers", "transmits", "trusts", "turns over", "vests" ], "near synonyms":[ "confers", "grants", "assigns", "deals (out)", "dispenses", "disperses", "distributes", "divides", "hands in", "releases", "relinquishes", "submits", "surrenders", "turns in", "yields", "bequeaths", "hands down", "hands on", "wills", "advances", "lends", "loans", "furnishes", "supplies", "recommits", "redelivers", "retransfers", "retransmits" ], "near antonyms":[ "detains", "holds back", "reserves", "withholds", "owns", "possesses", "accepts", "receives", "takes in", "occupies", "takes", "takes over" ], "antonyms":[ "holds", "keeps", "retains" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "enthusiast":{ "a person with a strong and habitual liking for something":{ "examples":[ "skiing enthusiasts can't wait for the first snowfall of the season" ], "synonyms":[ "addict", "aficionado", "afficionado", "buff", "bug", "devotee", "fan", "fanatic", "fancier", "fiend", "fool", "freak", "habitu\u00e9", "habitue", "head", "hound", "junkie", "junky", "lover", "maniac", "maven", "mavin", "nut", "sucker" ], "near synonyms":[ "groupie", "admirer", "amateur", "collector", "connoisseur", "dilettante", "authority", "expert", "adherent", "convert", "cultist", "disciple", "follower", "hanger-on", "votary", "advocate", "apostle", "backer", "champion", "evangelist", "exponent", "friend", "patron", "promoter", "proponent", "supporter", "partisan", "partizan", "zealot", "booster", "rooter", "well-wisher", "faddist" ], "near antonyms":[ "nonadmirer", "belittler", "carper", "critic", "detractor" ], "antonyms":[ "nonfan" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "entablature":{ "as in architrave , cornice":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "architrave", "capital", "cornice", "frieze", "shaft", "socle", "column", "pilaster", "pillar", "shoring", "brace", "buttress", "mount", "mounting", "prop", "reinforcement", "shore", "spur", "stay", "support", "underpinning", "arch", "bolster", "bracket", "cantilever", "girder", "frame", "bearing", "dais", "platform", "podium", "rostrum", "stage", "tribune", "crutch", "peg", "post", "stake", "stanchion", "stilt", "strut", "truss", "base", "foot", "foundation", "pedestal", "plinth", "stand" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "entanglement":{ "something that catches and holds":{ "examples":[ "his life is greatly complicated by his romantic entanglements" ], "synonyms":[ "mesh(es)", "morass", "net", "noose", "quagmire", "quicksand", "snare", "tanglement", "toil(s)", "trap", "web" ], "near synonyms":[ "knot", "snarl", "tangle", "cat's cradle", "labyrinth", "maze", "cobweb", "spiderweb" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "enterprising":{ "having or showing a bold forcefulness in the pursuit of a goal":{ "examples":[ "the company is claiming that there will be huge financial rewards for enterprising sales representatives" ], "synonyms":[ "aggressive", "ambitious", "assertive", "fierce", "go-getting", "high-pressure", "in-your-face", "militant", "pushy", "self-asserting", "self-assertive" ], "near 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"cringing", "groveling", "grovelling", "shrinking", "bashful", "demure", "diffident", "humble", "lowly", "meek", "mild", "modest", "mousy", "mousey", "overmodest", "passive", "quiet", "reserved", "retiring", "shy", "subdued", "timid", "unobtrusive", "obsequious", "servile", "slavish", "subservient" ], "antonyms":[ "ambitionless", "low-pressure", "nonassertive", "unaggressive", "unambitious", "unassertive", "unenterprising" ] }, "inclined or willing to take risks":{ "examples":[ "enterprising people of vision were responsible for the boom in technological industries" ], "synonyms":[ "adventuresome", "adventurous", "audacious", "bold", "daring", "dashing", "emboldened", "free-swinging", "gutsy", "hardy", "nerved", "nervy", "venturesome", "venturous" ], "near synonyms":[ "brash", "daredevil", "foolhardy", "heedless", "hotheaded", "impetuous", "imprudent", "impulsive", "incautious", "madcap", "overbold", "overconfident", "rash", "reckless", "thoughtless", "wild", "brave", "courageous", "dauntless", "fearless", "gallant", "greathearted", "heroic", "heroical", "intrepid", "lionhearted", "stalwart", "stout", "stouthearted", "swashbuckling", "unafraid", "undaunted", "valiant", "valorous", "gritty", "plucky", "spirited", "spunky", "gadarene", "hasty", "headlong", "precipitate", "absurd", "asinine", "balmy", "brainless", "crazy", "foolish", "half-witted", "harebrained", "insane", "lunatic", "mad", "nutty", "scatterbrained", "silly", "wacky", "whacky", "witless", "unnecessary", "dumb", "idiotic", "idiotical", "moronic", "stupid", "irrational", "unreasonable" ], "near antonyms":[ "chickenhearted", "coward", "cowardly", "craven", "lily-livered", "milk-livered", "milky", "poltroon", "pusillanimous", "shy", "timid", "timorous", "careful", "cautious", "heedful", "prudent", "wary", "overcareful", "overcautious", "affrighted", "afraid", "alarmed", "fainthearted", "fearful", "frightened", "horrified", "scared", "shocked", "spooked", "startled", "terrified", "terrorized", "unnerved", "calm", "cool", "levelheaded", "rational", "reasonable", "sage", "sane", "sensible", "sound", "wise", "appalled", "concerned", "dismayed", "upset", "worried" ], "antonyms":[ "unadventurous", "unenterprising" ] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "entrepreneurs":{ "a person who starts a business and is willing to risk loss in order to make money":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "businessmen", "enterprisers", "dealers", "merchandisers", "merchants", "traders", "tradesmen", "traffickers", "buyers", "marketers", "purchasers", "hawkers", "hucksters", "hustlers", "peddlers", "pedlars", "retailers", "sellers", "shopkeepers", "storekeepers", "vendors", "venders", "engrossers", "monopolists", "jobbers", "middlemen", "wholesalers", "distributors", "providers", "provisioners", "purveyors", "suppliers" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "entailing":{ "to have as part of a whole":{ "examples":[ "a lavish wedding entails extensive planning and often staggering expense" ], "synonyms":[ "carrying", "comprehending", "containing", "embracing", "encompassing", "including", "involving", "numbering", "subsuming", "taking in" ], "near synonyms":[ "comprising", "consisting (of)", "bracketing", "having", "holding", "owning", "possessing", "admitting", "receiving", "composing", "constituting", "forming", "making", "assimilating", "embodying", "incorporating", "integrating" ], "near antonyms":[ "banning", "barring", "debarring", "precluding", "preventing", "prohibiting", "denying", "refusing", "rejecting", "eliminating", "excepting", "ruling out", "losing", "mislaying", "misplacing" ], "antonyms":[ "excluding", "leaving (out)", "missing out", "omitting" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "entitlement":{ "a sum of money allotted for a specific use by official or formal action":{ "examples":[ "entitlements to local school districts" ], "synonyms":[ "allocation", "allotment", "annuity", "appropriation", "grant", "subsidy", "subvention" ], "near synonyms":[ "aid", "assistance", "block grant", "grant-in-aid", "set-aside", "foreign aid", "relief", "state aid", "advance", "allowance", "benefit", "bequest", "endowment", "fund", "legacy", "stipend", "trust", "trust fund" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "entertaining":{ "providing amusement or enjoyment":{ "examples":[ "a list of entertaining things to do on a snow day" ], "synonyms":[ "amusing", "delightful", "diverting", "enjoyable", "fun", "pleasurable" ], "near synonyms":[ "agreeable", "beguiling", "nice", "pleasant", "satisfying", "welcome", "recreational", "antic", "comic", "comical", "droll", "farcical", "funny", "hilarious", "humorous", "laughable", "ludicrous", "ridiculous", "riotous", "risible", "sidesplitting", "uproarious", "blithesome", "gay", "gleeful", "happy", "jocose", "jocund", "jolly", "jovial", "merry", "mirthful", "sunny", "exciting", "stimulating", "thrilling" ], "near antonyms":[ "disagreeable", "displeasing", "distasteful", "uncongenial", "unlovely", "unpleasant", "unpleasing", "unwelcome" ], "antonyms":[ "boring", "drab", "dreary", "dull", "flat", "heavy", "humdrum", "jading", "leaden", "monotonous", "pedestrian", "pleasureless", "ponderous", "stodgy", "stuffy", "tedious", "tiresome", "tiring", "uninteresting", "wearisome", "weary", "wearying" ] }, "to cause (someone) to pass the time agreeably occupied":{ "examples":[ "entertain the kids while I go and prepare dinner" ], "synonyms":[ "amusing", "disporting", "diverting", "regaling", "solacing" ], "near synonyms":[ "absorbing", "busying", "distracting", "engaging", "engrossing", "immersing", "interesting", "involving", "occupying", "beguiling", "bewitching", "captivating", "charming", "delighting", "enchanting", "enthralling", "fascinating", "gripping", "hypnotizing", "intriguing", "mesmerizing", "coddling", "gratifying", "humoring", "indulging", "mollycoddling", "pampering", "pleasing", "pleasuring", "spoiling", "appeasing", "comforting", "conciliating", "consoling", "contenting", "mollifying", "obliging", "pacifying", "placating", "propitiating", "soothing" ], "near antonyms":[ "boring", "jading", "draining", "enervating", "exhausting", "fatiguing", "tiring", "wearing", "wearing out", "wearying", "aggravating", "annoying", "bothering", "bugging", "chafing", "disturbing", "exasperating", "fretting", "galling", "grating", "harassing", "harrying", "irking", "nettling", "peeving", "perturbing", "pestering", "piquing", "upsetting", "vexing" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to give serious and careful thought to":{ "examples":[ "have you ever entertained the thought that you could be wrong?" ], "synonyms":[ "chewing over", "cogitating", "considering", "contemplating", "debating", "deliberating", "eyeing", "eying", "kicking around", "meditating", "mulling (over)", "perpending", "pondering", "poring (over)", "questioning", "revolving", "ruminating", "studying", "thinking (about or over)", "turning", "weighing", "wrestling (with)" ], "near 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"hugging", "sticking (to)", "brooding (about or over)", "fixating (on or upon)", "obsessing (about or over)" ], "near antonyms":[ "disregarding", "dropping", "forgetting", "ignoring", "neglecting", "overlooking", "abjuring", "declining", "denying", "disdaining", "refusing", "rejecting", "repudiating", "scorning", "abandoning", "deserting", "discarding", "forsaking", "giving up", "parting (with)", "quitting", "renouncing", "throwing out", "erasing", "expunging" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adjective", "verb" ] }, "enterable":{ "as in navigable , passable":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "navigable", "passable", "clear", "cleared", "free", "open", "unclogged", "unclosed", "unobstructed", "unstopped", "emptied", "empty", "unoccupied", "vacant", "exposed", "revealed", "gaping", "wide", "yawning", "unbarred", "unbolted", "unclasped", "unfastened", "unlatched", "unlocked", "unsealed", "unbuttoned", "unclenched", "unfolded", "unfurled", "unzipped" ], "near antonyms":[ "blocked", "clogged", "closed", "jammed", "obstructed", "plugged", "shut", "stopped", "stuffed", "uncleared", "impassable", "impassible", "constricted", "cramped", "encumbered", "hampered", "hindered", "impeded", "interfered (with)", "trammeled", "trammelled", "barricaded", "blockaded", "dammed", "gated" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "entrant":{ "a person who enters something (such as a competition)":{ "examples":[ "Each entrant had to agree to the contest rules.", "There were thousands of new entrants into the competition." ], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "candidate", "entry", "probationer", "abecedarian", "apprentice", "babe", "beginner", "colt", "cub", "fledgling", "freshman", "greenhorn", "neophyte", "newbie", "newcomer", "novice", "novitiate", "punk", "recruit", "rook", "rookie", "tenderfoot", "tyro", "virgin", "competitor", "contestant", "favorite", "qualifier", "applicant", "applier", "aspirant", "campaigner", "contender", "expectant", "hopeful", "prospect", "seeker", "amateur", "dabbler", "dilettante", "learner", "student", "trainee" ], "near antonyms":[ "dropout", "noncandidate" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "entombments":{ "the act or ceremony of putting a dead body in its final resting place":{ "examples":[ "the entombment of President Kennedy in Arlington National Cemetery" ], "synonyms":[ "burials", "inhumations", "interments", "obsequies", "sepultures" ], "near synonyms":[ "embalmments", "funerals", "immurements", "inurnments", "reburials", "reinterments" ], "near antonyms":[ "cremations" ], "antonyms":[ "disinterments", "exhumations" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "entablatures":{ "as in architraves , cornices":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "architraves", "capitals", "cornices", "friezes", "shafts", "socles", "columns", "pilasters", "pillars", "shorings", "braces", "buttresses", "mountings", "mounts", "props", "reinforcements", "shores", "spurs", "stays", "supports", "underpinnings", "arches", "bolsters", "brackets", "cantilevers", "girders", "frames", "bearings", "daises", "platforms", "podiums", "podia", "rostra", "rostrums", "stages", "tribunes", "crutches", "pegs", "posts", "stakes", "stanchions", "stilts", "struts", "trusses", "bases", "feet", "foot", "foundations", "pedestals", "plinths", "stands" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "entr'actes":{ "as in interstices , subintervals":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "discontinuities", "gaps", "hiatuses", "hiccups", "hiccoughs", "interims", "interludes", "intermissions", "interregnums", "interregna", "interruptions", "interstices", "intervals", "parentheses", "caesuras", "caesurae", "commas", "interspaces", "lags", "pauses", "spaces", "time lags", "windows", "lulls", "recesses", "respites", "rests", "adjournments", "discontinuances", "lapses", "suspensions", "subintervals", "bumpers" ], "near antonyms":[ "continuations", "continuities", "continua", "continuums", "runs", "stretches", "processions", "progressions" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "entryways":{ "the entrance room of a building":{ "examples":[ "a small entryway to receive visitors" ], "synonyms":[ "entranceways", "entries", "foyers", "halls", "hallways", "lobbies", "vestibules" ], "near synonyms":[ "antechambers", "anterooms", "lounges", "waiting rooms", "doors", "doorways", "entrances", "portals", "thresholds" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "entreated":{ "to make a request to (someone) in an earnest or urgent manner":{ "examples":[ "she began her letter by entreating me to forgive the belatedness of her reply" ], "synonyms":[ "appealed (to)", "begged", "beseeched", "besought", "besieged", "conjured", "impetrated", "implored", "importuned", "petitioned", "pleaded (to)", "pled (to)", "plead (to)", "prayed", "solicited", "supplicated" ], "near synonyms":[ "bludged", "cadged", "mooched", "sponged", "asked", "desired", "invoked", "requested", "sued", "claimed", "coerced", "commanded", "compelled", "demanded", "forced", "insisted", "required" ], "near antonyms":[ "hinted", "implied", "intimated", "suggested", "appeased", "conciliated", "gratified", "mollified", "obliged", "pacified", "placated", "pleased", "satisfied", "comforted", "consoled", "contented", "quieted" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "enterprises":{ "a commercial or industrial activity or organization":{ "examples":[ "the booming economy witnessed the launch of many small enterprises" ], "synonyms":[ "businesses", "companies", "concerns", "establishments", "firms", "houses", "interests", "outfits" ], "near synonyms":[ "conglomerates", "corporations", "multinationals", "associations", "cartels", "chains", "combines", "syndicates", "trusts", "agencies", "dealers", "outlets", "microenterprises" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "a risky undertaking":{ "examples":[ "the general viewed the proposed invasion as a military enterprise that offered no easy way out" ], "synonyms":[ "adventures", "chances", "crapshoots", "fliers", "flyers", "flutters", "gambles", "speculations", "throws", "ventures" ], "near synonyms":[ "bets", "hazards", "stakes", "wagers", "liberties", "dark horses", "long shots", "plays" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[ "sure things" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "enthusiasms":{ "a practice or interest that is very popular for a short time":{ "examples":[ "this year's enthusiasm is often next year's laughingstock" ], "synonyms":[ "buzzes", "chics", "crazes", "dernier cris", "fads", "fashions", "flavors", "hot tickets", "last words", "modes", "rages", "sensations", "styles", "tons", "trends", "vogues" ], "near synonyms":[ "nine days' wonders", "nine day wonders", "new waves", "crushes", "infatuations", "fervors", "passions", "furors", "fusses", "hullabaloos", "to-dos", "uproars", "bandwagons", "crusades", "cults", "movements", "novelties", "wrinkles", "caprices", "fancies", "whims" ], "near antonyms":[ "classics", "standards" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "entity":{ "one that has a real and independent existence":{ "examples":[ "the question of whether extrasensory perception will ever be a scientifically recognized entity" ], "synonyms":[ "being", "commodity", "existent", "individual", "individuality", "integer", "object", "reality", "something", "substance", "thing" ], "near synonyms":[ "body", "subject", "material", "matter", "quantity", "stuff" ], "near antonyms":[ "nonentity" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "entwisted":{ "as in wove , inwove":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "braided", "enlaced", "entwined", "inwove", "inweaved", "plaited", "twined", "wound", "winded", "wove", "weaved", "wreathed", "writhed", "jumbled", "scrabbled", "scrambled", "entangled", "interlaced", "intertwined", "intertwisted", "interwove", "interweaved", "knotted", "snarled", "tangled" ], "near antonyms":[ "disentangled", "unsnarled", "untangled", "untwined", "untwisted", "unknotted", "unraveled", "unscrambled", "unwove" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "enthralling":{ "holding the attention or provoking interest":{ "examples":[ "an enthralling account of life in the scientific community in Antarctica" ], "synonyms":[ "absorbing", "arresting", "consuming", "engaging", "engrossing", "fascinating", "gripping", "immersing", "interesting", "intriguing", "involving", "riveting" ], "near synonyms":[ "breathtaking", "electric", "electrifying", "exciting", "exhilarating", "galvanizing", "inspiring", "rousing", "stimulating", "stirring", "thrilling", "provocative", "tantalizing", "emphatic", "showy", "splashy", "striking", "alluring", "attractive", "bewitching", "captivating", "charming", "enchanting", "spellbinding", "hypnotizing", "mesmerizing", "curious", "odd", "unusual", "weird", "amazing", "astonishing", "astounding", "eventful", "eye-opening", "fabulous", "marvelous", "marvellous", "surprising", "wonderful", "wondrous", "amusing", "entertaining" ], "near antonyms":[ "operose", "tiresome", "tiring", "wearisome", "wearying", "sterile", "unexciting", "dreary", "humdrum", "pedantic", "pedestrian", "demoralizing", "discouraging", "disheartening", "dispiriting" ], "antonyms":[ "boring", "drab", "dry", "dull", "heavy", "monotonous", "tedious", "uninteresting" ] }, "to hold the attention of as if by a spell":{ "examples":[ "enthralled by the flickering fire in the hearth, we lost all track of time" ], "synonyms":[ "arresting", "bedazzling", "catching up", "enchanting", "fascinating", "gripping", "hypnotizing", "mesmerizing", "spellbinding" ], "near synonyms":[ "enrapturing", "entrancing", "thrilling", "beguiling", "bewitching", "charming", "absorbing", "engaging", "engrossing", "involving" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "to fill with overwhelming emotion (as wonder or delight)":{ "examples":[ "for years these master magicians have been enthralling audiences with their astounding illusions" ], "synonyms":[ "carrying away", "enrapturing", "entrancing", "rapping", "rapturing", "ravishing", "transporting" ], "near synonyms":[ "delighting", "gladdening", "gratifying", "pleasing", "satisfying", "bewitching", "captivating", "charming", "enchanting", "fascinating", "elating", "exciting", "exhilarating", "stirring" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "to hold the attention of":{ "examples":[ "a play that will enthrall you for two hours" ], "synonyms":[ "absorbing", "bemusing", "busying", "catching up", "engaging", "engrossing", "enwrapping", "fascinating", "gripping", "immersing", "interesting", "intriguing", "involving", "occupying" ], "near synonyms":[ "alluring", "attracting", "beguiling", "bewitching", "captivating", "charming", "enchanting", "obsessing", "hypnotizing", "mesmerizing", "distracting", "preoccupying", "hogging", "monopolizing" ], "near antonyms":[ "boring", "jading", "palling", "tiring", "wearying" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adjective", "verb" ] }, "entertain":{ "to cause (someone) to 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"synonyms":[ "bear", "cherish", "harbor", "have", "hold", "nurse" ], "near synonyms":[ "cultivate", "foster", "nurture", "support", "sustain", "carry", "keep", "maintain", "preserve", "remember", "retain", "treasure", "cleave (to)", "cling (to)", "hug", "stick (to)", "brood (about or over)", "fixate (on or upon)", "obsess (about or over)" ], "near antonyms":[ "disregard", "drop", "forget", "ignore", "neglect", "overlook", "abjure", "decline", "deny", "disdain", "refuse", "reject", "repudiate", "scorn", "abandon", "desert", "discard", "forsake", "give up", "part (with)", "quit", "renounce", "throw out", "erase", "expunge" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "entwist":{ "as in weave , inweave":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "braid", "enlace", "entwine", "inweave", "plait", "twine", "weave", "wind", "wreathe", "writhe", "jumble", "scrabble", "scramble", "entangle", "interlace", "intertwine", "intertwist", "interweave", "knot", "snarl", "tangle" ], "near antonyms":[ "disentangle", "unsnarl", "untangle", "untwine", "untwist", "unknot", "unravel", "unscramble", "unweave" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "enter":{ "to go or come in or into":{ "examples":[ "the hikers entered the cave with considerable caution" ], "synonyms":[ "access", "penetrate", "pierce" ], "near synonyms":[ "barge (in)", "breeze (in)", "burst (in or into)", "waltz (in)", "drop in", "pop (in)", "stray (into)", "wander (into)", "crash", "encroach", "gate-crash", "infiltrate", "infringe", "intrude", "invade", "trespass" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[ "depart", "exit", "leave" ] }, "to become a member of":{ "examples":[ "patriotic young men and women entering the armed services", "debutantes entering society" ], "synonyms":[ "enlist (in)", "enroll (in)", "join", "sign on (for)", "sign up (for)" ], "near synonyms":[ "reenlist", "reenroll", "reenter", "rejoin", "re-up", "get in" ], "near antonyms":[ "drop out", "quit", "withdraw" ], "antonyms":[ "demit" ] }, "to put (someone or something) on a list":{ "examples":[ "new voters fill out a form and elections officials enter their names into the database" ], "synonyms":[ "catalog", "catalogue", "enroll", "enrol", "index", "inscribe", "list", "put down", "record", "register", "schedule", "slate" ], "near synonyms":[ "book", "card", "file", "note", "classify", "compile", "tabulate", "tally", "reschedule" ], "near antonyms":[ "delete" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to offer entrance (as to a place, school, or privilege) to":{ "examples":[ "the club enters only five new members a year" ], "synonyms":[ "admit", "receive", "take" ], "near synonyms":[ "entertain", "welcome", "fellowship", "confirm", "ratify" ], "near antonyms":[ "decline", "disallow", "disapprove", "dismiss", "refuse", "reject", "blackball", "blacklist", "ostracize", "banish", "deport", "exile", "expel", "oust", "throw out" ], "antonyms":[ "ban", "bar" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "entombs":{ "to place (a dead body) in the earth, a tomb, or the sea":{ "examples":[ "a number of Boston's historic notables are entombed in the Old Granary Burying Ground" ], "synonyms":[ "buries", "hearses", "inhumes", "inters", "lays", "puts away", "tombs" ], "near synonyms":[ "immures", "inurns", "enshrines", "conceals", "covers", "ensconces", "hides", "obscures", "shades", "shields", "cloaks", "curtains", "enshrouds", "shrouds", "reburies", "reinters", "coffins" ], "near antonyms":[ "burns", "cremates", "bares", "discloses", "discovers", "displays", "exhibits", "exposes", "reveals", "shows", "uncoffins" ], "antonyms":[ "disinters", "exhumes", "unearths" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "entoil":{ "to catch or hold as if in a net":{ "examples":[ "entoiled by the strings of fate" ], "synonyms":[ "catch up", "enmesh", "immesh", "ensnare", "ensnarl", "entangle", "entrap", "mesh", "net", "snare", "tangle", "trap" ], "near synonyms":[ "bag", "birdlime", "capture", "collar", "embroil", "implicate", "involve", "mire" ], "near antonyms":[ "detach", "disengage", "extricate", "clear", "free", "liberate" ], "antonyms":[ "disentangle", "untangle" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "entente cordiales":{ "as in ententes":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "ententes", "accords", "alliances", "compacts", "conventions", "covenants", "pacts", "treaties", "bargains", "bonds", "charters", "concords", "contracts", "deals", "settlements", "understandings", "projets" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "enthusiasts":{ "a person with a strong and habitual liking for something":{ "examples":[ "skiing enthusiasts can't wait for the first snowfall of the season" ], "synonyms":[ "addicts", "aficionados", "afficionados", "buffs", "bugs", "devotees", "fanatics", "fanciers", "fans", "fiends", "fools", "freaks", "habitu\u00e9s", "habitues", "heads", "hounds", "junkies", "lovers", "maniacs", "mavens", "mavins", "nuts", "suckers" ], "near synonyms":[ "groupies", "admirers", "amateurs", "collectors", "connoisseurs", "dilettantes", "dilettanti", "authorities", "experts", "adherents", "converts", "cultists", "disciples", "followers", "hangers-on", "votaries", "advocates", "apostles", "backers", "champions", "evangelists", "exponents", "friends", "patrons", "promoters", "proponents", "supporters", "partisans", "partizans", "zealots", "boosters", "rooters", "well-wishers", "faddists" ], "near antonyms":[ "nonadmirers", "belittlers", "carpers", "critics", "detractors" ], "antonyms":[ "nonfans" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "entoils":{ "to catch or hold as if in a net":{ "examples":[ "entoiled by the strings of fate" ], "synonyms":[ "catches up", "enmeshes", "immeshes", "ensnares", "ensnarls", "entangles", "entraps", "meshes", "nets", "snares", "tangles", "traps" ], "near synonyms":[ "bags", "birdlimes", "captures", "collars", "embroils", "implicates", "involves", "mires" ], "near antonyms":[ "detaches", "disengages", "extricates", "clears", "frees", "liberates" ], "antonyms":[ "disentangles", "untangles" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "entrails":{ "the internal organs of the body":{ "examples":[ "in ancient Rome predictions of future events would sometimes be based on an examination of the entrails of a sacrificial animal" ], "synonyms":[ "gut", "innards", "inside(s)", "inwards", "viscera", "vitals" ], "near synonyms":[ "bowel(s)", "intestine(s)", "chitterlings", "chitlins", "giblet(s)", "variety meat" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "plural noun" ] }, "enters":{ "to go or come in or into":{ "examples":[ "the hikers entered the cave with considerable caution" ], "synonyms":[ "accesses", "penetrates", "pierces" ], "near synonyms":[ "barges (in)", "breezes (in)", "bursts (in or into)", "waltzes (in)", "drops in", "pops (in)", "strays (into)", "wanders (into)", "crashes", "encroaches", "gate-crashes", "infiltrates", "infringes", "intrudes", "invades", "trespasses" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[ "departs", "exits", "leaves" ] }, "to become a member of":{ "examples":[ "patriotic young men and women entering the armed services", "debutantes entering society" ], "synonyms":[ "enlists (in)", "enrolls (in)", "joins", "signs on (for)", "signs up (for)" ], "near synonyms":[ "reenlists", "reenrolls", "reenters", "rejoins", "re-ups", "gets in" ], "near antonyms":[ "drops out", "quits", "withdraws" ], "antonyms":[ "demits" ] }, "to put (someone or something) on a list":{ "examples":[ "new voters fill out a form and elections officials enter their names into the database" ], "synonyms":[ "catalogs", "catalogues", "enrolls", "enrols", "indexes", "inscribes", "lists", "puts down", "records", "registers", "schedules", "slates" ], "near synonyms":[ "books", "cards", "files", "notes", "classifies", "compiles", "tabulates", "tallies", "reschedules" ], "near antonyms":[ "deletes" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to offer entrance (as to a place, school, or privilege) to":{ "examples":[ "the club enters only five new members a year" ], "synonyms":[ "admits", "receives", "takes" ], "near synonyms":[ "entertains", "welcomes", "fellowships", "confirms", "ratifies" ], "near antonyms":[ "declines", "disallows", "disapproves", "dismisses", "refuses", "rejects", "blackballs", "blacklists", "ostracizes", "banishes", "deports", "exiles", "expels", "ousts", "throws out" ], "antonyms":[ "bans", "bars" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "entrapped":{ "to catch or hold as if in a net":{ "examples":[ "a string of inconsistent statements and outright lies that finally entrapped the witness" ], "synonyms":[ "caught up", "enmeshed", "immeshed", "ensnared", "ensnarled", "entangled", "entoiled", "meshed", "netted", "snared", "tangled", "trapped" ], "near synonyms":[ "bagged", "birdlimed", "captured", "collared", "embroiled", "implicated", "involved", "mired" ], "near antonyms":[ "detached", "disengaged", "extricated", "cleared", "freed", "liberated" ], "antonyms":[ "disentangled", "untangled" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "enthral":{ "to hold the attention of as if by a spell":{ "examples":[ "enthralled by the flickering fire in the hearth, we lost all track of time" ], "synonyms":[ "arrest", "bedazzle", "catch up", "enchant", "fascinate", "grip", "hypnotize", "mesmerize", "spellbind" ], "near synonyms":[ "enrapture", "entrance", "thrill", "beguile", "bewitch", "charm", "absorb", "engage", "engross", "involve" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "to fill with overwhelming emotion (as wonder or delight)":{ "examples":[ "for years these master magicians have been enthralling audiences with their astounding illusions" ], "synonyms":[ "carry away", "enrapture", "entrance", "rap", "rapture", "ravish", "transport" ], "near synonyms":[ "delight", "gladden", "gratify", "please", "satisfy", "bewitch", "captivate", "charm", "enchant", "fascinate", "elate", "excite", "exhilarate", "stir" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "to hold the attention of":{ "examples":[ "a play that will enthrall you for two hours" ], "synonyms":[ "absorb", "bemuse", "busy", "catch up", "engage", "engross", "enwrap", "fascinate", "grip", "immerse", "interest", "intrigue", "involve", "occupy" ], "near synonyms":[ "allure", "attract", "beguile", "bewitch", "captivate", "charm", "enchant", "obsess", "hypnotize", "mesmerize", "distract", "preoccupy", "hog", "monopolize" ], "near antonyms":[ "bore", "jade", "pall", "tire", "weary" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "entombing":{ "the act or ceremony of putting a dead body in its final resting place":{ "examples":[ "the entombing of the pharaohs in the pyramids must have been a magnificent sight" ], "synonyms":[ "burial", "burying", "entombment", "inhumation", "interment", "interring", "obsequy", "obsequies", "sepulture" ], "near synonyms":[ "embalmment", "funeral", "immurement", "inurnment", "reburial", "reinterment" ], "near antonyms":[ "cremation" ], "antonyms":[ "disinterment", "exhumation", "unearthing" ] }, "to place (a dead body) in the earth, a tomb, or the sea":{ "examples":[ "a number of Boston's historic notables are entombed in the Old Granary Burying Ground" ], "synonyms":[ "burying", "hearsing", "inhuming", "interring", "laying", "putting away", "tombing" ], "near synonyms":[ "immuring", "inurning", "enshrining", "concealing", "covering", "ensconcing", "hiding", "obscuring", "shading", "shielding", "cloaking", "curtaining", "enshrouding", "shrouding", "reburying", "reinterring", "coffining" ], "near antonyms":[ "burning", "cremating", "baring", "disclosing", "discovering", "displaying", "exhibiting", "exposing", "revealing", "showing", "uncoffining" ], "antonyms":[ "disinterring", "exhuming", "unearthing" ] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "enthusiastically":{ "in an enthusiastic manner":{ "examples":[ "sportswriters have praised this new pitching find so enthusiastically you'd think he's going to pitch nothing but no-hitters" ], "synonyms":[ "exuberantly", "madly", "rhapsodically", "sky-high" ], "near synonyms":[ "avidly", "eagerly", "excitedly", "impatiently", "keenly", "fanatically", "rabidly", "warmly", "zealously" ], "near antonyms":[ "aloofly", "disinterestedly", "impassively", "incuriously", "hesitantly", "reluctantly", "unwillingly" ], "antonyms":[ "apathetically", "indifferently", "lukewarmly", "perfunctorily" ] }, "type":[ "adverb" ] }, "enthused":{ "showing urgent desire or interest":{ "examples":[ "you don't seem that enthused about the idea" ], "synonyms":[ "agog", "antsy", "anxious", "ardent", "athirst", "avid", "crazy", "desirous", "eager", "enthusiastic", "excited", "geeked", "great", "greedy", "gung ho", "hepped up", "hopped-up", "hot", "hungry", "impatient", "juiced", "keen", "nuts", "pumped", "raring", "solicitous", "stoked", "thirsty", "voracious", "wild" ], "near synonyms":[ "engaged", "interested", "happy", "hung up", "obsessed", "ambitious", "appetent", "covetous", "craving", "hankering", "longing", "pining", "breathless", "restive", "restless", "amenable", "disposed", "game", "glad", "inclined", "ready", "unreluctant", "willing" ], "near antonyms":[ "casual", "incurious", "insouciant", "nonchalant", "unconcerned", "uninterested", "aloof", "detached", "disinterested", "impassive", "stolid", "halfhearted", "lackadaisical", "languid", "languorous", "lukewarm", "spiritless", "averse", "disinclined", "hesitant", "loath", "loth", "loathe", "reluctant", "unwilling" ], "antonyms":[ "apathetic", "indifferent", "uneager", "unenthusiastic" ] }, "to make an exaggerated display of affection or enthusiasm":{ "examples":[ "the neighbors invited us over just so we could enthuse over their new car" ], "synonyms":[ "drooled", "effused", "fussed", "gushed", "raved", "rhapsodized", "slobbered" ], "near synonyms":[ "doted (on)", "fawned", "emoted" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adjective", "verb" ] }, "entraps":{ "to catch or hold as if in a net":{ "examples":[ "a string of inconsistent statements and outright lies that finally entrapped the witness" ], "synonyms":[ "catches up", "enmeshes", "immeshes", "ensnares", "ensnarls", "entangles", "entoils", "meshes", "nets", "snares", "tangles", "traps" ], "near synonyms":[ "bags", "birdlimes", "captures", "collars", "embroils", "implicates", "involves", "mires" ], "near antonyms":[ "detaches", "disengages", "extricates", "clears", "frees", "liberates" ], "antonyms":[ "disentangles", "untangles" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "entreaties":{ "an earnest request":{ "examples":[ "our entreaties to give us another few minutes to answer the test questions fell on deaf ears" ], "synonyms":[ "adjurations", "appeals", "conjurations", "cries", "desires", "petitions", "pleadings", "pleas", "prayers", "solicitations", "suits", "suppliances", "supplications" ], "near synonyms":[ "applications", "requisitions", "calls", "claims", "demands", "insistences" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "entr'acte":{ "as in interstice , subinterval":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "discontinuity", "gap", "hiatus", "hiccup", "hiccough", "interim", "interlude", "intermission", "interregnum", "interruption", "interstice", "interval", "parenthesis", "caesura", "comma", "interspace", "lag", "pause", "space", "time lag", "window", "lull", "recess", "respite", "rest", "adjournment", "discontinuance", "lapse", "suspension", "subinterval", "bumper" ], "near antonyms":[ "continuation", "continuity", "continuum", "run", "stretch", "procession", "progression" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "entwisting":{ "as in weaving , inweaving":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "braiding", "enlacing", "entwining", "inweaving", "plaiting", "twining", "weaving", "winding", "wreathing", "writhing", "jumbling", "scrabbling", "scrambling", "entangling", "interlacing", "intertwining", "intertwisting", "interweaving", "knotting", "snarling", "tangling" ], "near antonyms":[ "disentangling", "unsnarling", "untangling", "untwining", "untwisting", "unknotting", "unraveling", "unscrambling", "unweaving" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "entrust":{ "to give a task, duty, or responsibility to":{ "examples":[ "we entrusted our financial adviser with the investment of all of our savings" ], "synonyms":[ "assign", "charge", "commission", "task", "trust" ], "near synonyms":[ "confer", "impose", "commit", "confide", "consign", "delegate", "recommend", "relegate", "repose", "allocate", "allot", "authorize", "empower", "invest" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "to put (something) into the possession or safekeeping of another":{ "examples":[ "we entrusted our pets to the care of our neighbor while we went on vacation" ], "synonyms":[ "commend", "commit", "confide", "consign", "delegate", "deliver", "give", "give over", "hand", "hand over", "leave", "pass", "recommend", "repose", "transfer", "transmit", "trust", "turn over", "vest" ], "near synonyms":[ "confer", "grant", "assign", "deal (out)", "dispense", "disperse", "distribute", "divide", "hand in", "release", "relinquish", "submit", "surrender", "turn in", "yield", "bequeath", "hand down", "hand on", "will", "advance", "lend", "loan", "furnish", "supply", "recommit", "redeliver", "retransfer", "retransmit" ], "near antonyms":[ "detain", "hold back", "reserve", "withhold", "own", "possess", "accept", "receive", "take in", "occupy", "take", "take over" ], "antonyms":[ "hold", "keep", "retain" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "entities":{ "one that has a real and independent existence":{ "examples":[ "the question of whether extrasensory perception will ever be a scientifically recognized entity" ], "synonyms":[ "beings", "commodities", "existents", "individualities", "individuals", "integers", "objects", "realities", "substances", "things" ], "near synonyms":[ "bodies", "subjects", "materials", "matters", "quantities", "stuff" ], "near antonyms":[ "nonentities" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "entrenches":{ "to set solidly in or as if in surrounding matter":{ "examples":[ "a father who entrenched in our minds the belief that hard work pays off" ], "synonyms":[ "beds", "embeds", "imbeds", "enroots", "fixes", "impacts", "implants", "ingrains", "engrains", "lodges", "roots" ], "near synonyms":[ "imbues", "infuses", "instills", "beats (into)", "drives (into)", "establishes", "places", "puts", "settles", "sticks" ], "near antonyms":[ "eliminates", "eradicates", "ejects", "expels", "detaches", "disconnects", "disengages", "removes" ], "antonyms":[ "dislodges", "roots (out)", "uproots" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "enthuse":{ "to make an exaggerated display of affection or enthusiasm":{ "examples":[ "the neighbors invited us over just so we could enthuse over their new car" ], "synonyms":[ "drool", "effuse", "fuss", "gush", "rave", "rhapsodize", "slobber" ], "near synonyms":[ "dote (on)", "fawn", "emote" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "enthroning":{ "to assign a high status or value to":{ "examples":[ "the literary world has enthroned Shakespeare for so long that his preeminence among writers seems unassailable" ], "synonyms":[ "aggrandizing", "canonizing", "deifying", "dignifying", "elevating", "ennobling", "enshrining", "enskying", "exalting", "glorifying", "magnifying" ], "near synonyms":[ "boosting", "lifting", "promoting", "raising", "upgrading", "uplifting", "heightening", "intensifying", "idealizing", "romanticizing", "sanitizing", "sugarcoating", "acclaiming", "extolling", "honoring", "lauding", "praising" ], "near antonyms":[ "belittling", "decrying", "depreciating", "detracting", "disparaging", "minimizing" ], "antonyms":[ "abasing", "degrading", "demeaning", "humbling", "humiliating" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "entremets":{ "as in dessert , candy":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "afters", "candy", "dessert", "pastry", "confectionary", "confectionery", "sweeties", "confection", "sweet", "sweetmeat" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "entrapments":{ "as in entanglements , enmeshments":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "enmeshments", "entanglements", "envelopments", "ambushes", "nets", "snares", "traps", "webs", "booby traps", "catches", "hazards", "land mines", "pitfalls", "snags", "artifices", "cheats", "deceptions", "double-dealings", "duplicities", "ploys", "ruses", "subterfuges", "tricks" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "as in arrests , captures":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "arrests", "captures", "restraints", "restrictions", "custodies", "detainers", "detainments", "detentions", "house arrests", "bondages", "enslavements", "servitudes", "captivities", "confinements", "immurements", "impoundments", "imprisonments", "incarcerations", "internments", "prisons" ], "near antonyms":[ "emancipations", "liberations", "manumissions", "redemptions", "releases", "freedoms", "independences", "liberties" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "enthrals":{ "to hold the attention of as if by a spell":{ "examples":[ "enthralled by the flickering fire in the hearth, we lost all track of time" ], "synonyms":[ "arrests", "bedazzles", "catches up", "enchants", "fascinates", "grips", "hypnotizes", "mesmerizes", "spellbinds" ], "near synonyms":[ "enraptures", "entrances", "thrills", "beguiles", "bewitches", "charms", "absorbs", "engages", "engrosses", "involves" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "to fill with overwhelming emotion (as wonder or delight)":{ "examples":[ "for years these master magicians have been enthralling audiences with their astounding illusions" ], "synonyms":[ "carries away", "enraptures", "entrances", "raps", "raptures", "ravishes", "transports" ], "near synonyms":[ "delights", "gladdens", "gratifies", "pleases", "satisfies", "bewitches", "captivates", "charms", "enchants", "fascinates", "elates", "excites", "exhilarates", "stirs" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "to hold the attention of":{ "examples":[ "a play that will enthrall you for two hours" ], "synonyms":[ "absorbs", "bemuses", "busies", 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"merchants", "traders", "tradesmen", "traffickers", "jobbers", "middlemen", "wholesalers", "distributors", "providers", "provisioners", "purveyors", "suppliers", "authors", "begetters", "establishers", "fathers", "founders", "founding fathers", "generators", "inaugurators", "initiators", "instituters", "institutors", "originators", "sires", "factories", "manufactories", "mills", "plants", "shops", "works", "workshops", "groundbreakers", "pioneers", "planners", "researchers", "researchists", "agriculturists", "agriculturalists", "agronomists", "cultivators", "farmers", "growers", "planters", "tillers" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "enthronement":{ "as in enshrinement":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "enshrinement", "aggrandizement", "ennoblement", "exaltation", "glorification", "magnification", "acclamation", "ovation", "plaudit", "praise", "rave", "rhapsody", "compliment", "encomium", "eulogy", "panegyric", "toast", "tribute", "acclaim", "accolade", "applause", "bay(s)", "commendation", "credit", "distinction", "homage", "honor", "kudo", "kudos", "laud", "laurels", "props", "r\u00e9clame", "recommendation", "sun", "advancement", "ascent", "creation", "elevation", "preference", "preferment", "promotion", "rise", "upgrade", "upgrading" ], "near antonyms":[ "deposition", "dethronement", "discharge", "dismissal", "expulsion", "impeachment", "ouster", "overthrow", "removal", "suspension", "unmaking", "unseating", "downfall", "fall", "abasement", "comedown", "degradation", "demotion", "disrating", "downgrade", "reduction" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "entailed":{ "to have as part of a whole":{ "examples":[ "a lavish wedding entails extensive planning and often staggering expense" ], "synonyms":[ "carried", "comprehended", "contained", "embraced", "encompassed", "included", "involved", "numbered", "subsumed", "took in" ], "near synonyms":[ "comprised", "consisted (of)", "bracketed", "had", "held", "owned", "possessed", "admitted", "received", "composed", "constituted", "formed", "made", "assimilated", "embodied", "incorporated", "integrated" ], "near antonyms":[ "banned", "barred", "debarred", "precluded", "prevented", "prohibited", "denied", "refused", "rejected", "eliminated", "excepted", "ruled out", "lost", "mislaid", "misplaced" ], "antonyms":[ "excluded", "left (out)", "missed out", "omitted" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "entrains":{ "as in enplanes":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "enplanes", "emplanes", "boards", "climbs (aboard)", "gets in", "mounts", "embarks" ], "near antonyms":[ "alights", "descends", "disembarks", "dismounts", "gets down", "lights", "deplanes", "detrains" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "entitled":{ "to give a right to":{ "examples":[ "the card entitles my grandmother to the discount for senior citizens" ], "synonyms":[ "authorized", "privileged", "qualified" ], "near synonyms":[ "empowered", "enabled", "enfranchised", "licensed", "licenced", "approved", "endorsed", "indorsed", "allowed", "let", "permitted", "accredited", "certificated", "certified", "chartered", "ratified", "legitimized", "sanctioned", "validated", "warranted", "reaccredited", "reapproved", "recertified", "rechartered", "revalidated" ], "near antonyms":[ "disabled", "disempowered", "disenfranchised", "decertified", "disallowed", "forbade", "forbad", "proscribed", "delegitimized", "invalidated", "nullified" ], "antonyms":[ "disqualified" ] }, "to give a name to":{ "examples":[ "apart from the obvious, she couldn't decide what to entitle her painting of a vase with flowers" ], "synonyms":[ "baptized", "baptised", "called", "christened", "cleped", "denominated", "designated", "dubbed", "labeled", "labelled", "named", "nominated", "styled", "termed", "titled" ], "near synonyms":[ "branded", "stigmatized", "tagged", "denoted", "specified", "miscalled", "misnamed", "mistitled", "code-named", "nicknamed", "rechristened", "relabeled", "relabelled", "renamed", "surnamed" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "entice":{ "to lead away from a usual or proper course by offering some pleasure or advantage":{ "examples":[ "every commercial seemed to be for some tempting snack specifically designed to entice me from my diet" ], "synonyms":[ "allure", "bait", "beguile", "betray", "decoy", "lead on", "lure", "seduce", "solicit", "tempt" ], "near synonyms":[ "draw in", "inveigle", "persuade", "rope (in)", "snow", "catch", "enmesh", "immesh", "ensnare", "entrap", "mesh", "snare", "tangle", "trap", "bewitch", "captivate", "charm", "enchant", "fascinate", "magnetize", "wile" ], "near antonyms":[ "alert", "caution", "forewarn", "ward (off)", "warn", "drive (away or off)", "repulse", "turn away" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "enticements":{ "something that persuades one to perform an action for pleasure or gain":{ "examples":[ "the hospital often offers T-shirts or caps as enticements for people to donate blood" ], "synonyms":[ "allurements", "baits", "come-ons", "lures", "siren songs", "temptations", "turn-ons" ], "near synonyms":[ "appeals", "calls", "attractions", "boosts", "encouragements", "goads", "impetuses", "impulses", "incentives", "inducements", "motivations", "persuasions", "seducements", "seductions", "spurs", "stimuli", "decoys", "snares", "traps", "entrapments", "mousetraps" ], "near antonyms":[ "alarms", "alarums", "alerts", "cautions", "forewarnings", "notices", "warnings" ], "antonyms":[] }, "the act or pressure of giving in to a desire especially when ill-advised":{ "examples":[ "the enticement of the party buffet was just too great to ignore for very long" ], "synonyms":[ "allurements", "lures", "seductions", "temptations" ], "near synonyms":[ "siren songs", "allures", "appeals", "attractions", "charms", "enchantments", "glamours", "glamors", "invitations", "baits", "inducements", "influences", "persuasions", "powers", "sways" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "entryway":{ "the entrance room of a building":{ "examples":[ "a small entryway to receive visitors" ], "synonyms":[ "entranceway", "entry", "foyer", "hall", "hallway", "lobby", "vestibule" ], "near synonyms":[ "antechamber", "anteroom", "lounge", "waiting room", "door", "doorway", "entrance", "portal", "threshold" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "enticement":{ "something that persuades one to perform an action for pleasure or gain":{ "examples":[ "the hospital often offers T-shirts or caps as enticements for people to donate blood" ], "synonyms":[ "allurement", "bait", "come-on", "lure", "siren song", "temptation", "turn-on" ], "near synonyms":[ "appeal", "call", "attraction", "boost", "encouragement", "goad", "impetus", "impulse", "incentive", "inducement", "motivation", "persuasion", "seducement", "seduction", "spur", "stimulus", "decoy", "snare", "trap", "entrapment", "mousetrap" ], "near antonyms":[ "alarm", "alarum", "alert", "caution", "forewarning", "notice", "warning" ], "antonyms":[] }, "the act or pressure of giving in to a desire especially when ill-advised":{ "examples":[ "the enticement of the party buffet was just too great to ignore for very long" ], "synonyms":[ "allurement", "lure", "seduction", "temptation" ], "near synonyms":[ "siren song", "allure", "appeal", "attraction", "attractiveness", "charm", "enchantment", "glamour", "glamor", "beckoning", "invitation", "bait", "inducement", "influence", "persuasion", "power", "sway" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "entry":{ "the entrance room of a building":{ "examples":[ "please wait in the entry while I get the person you want" ], "synonyms":[ "entranceway", "entryway", "foyer", "hall", "hallway", "lobby", "vestibule" ], "near synonyms":[ "antechamber", "anteroom", "lounge", "waiting room", "door", "doorway", "entrance", "portal", "threshold" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "the means or right of entering or participating in":{ "examples":[ "believed that a college education was one's entry to a life of luxury" ], "synonyms":[ "access", "accession", "admission", "admittance", "door", "doorway", "entrance", "entr\u00e9e", "entree", "gateway", "ingress", "key", "passport", "ticket" ], "near synonyms":[ "approval", "authorization", "certification", "permission", "qualification", "open door", "welcome mat" ], "near antonyms":[ "discharge", "dismissal", "ejection", "expulsion", "ouster", "rejection", "removal" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "entering":{ "to go or come in or into":{ "examples":[ "the hikers entered the cave with considerable caution" ], "synonyms":[ "accessing", "penetrating", "piercing" ], "near synonyms":[ "barging (in)", "breezing (in)", "bursting (in or into)", "waltzing (in)", "dropping in", "popping (in)", "straying (into)", "wandering (into)", "crashing", "encroaching", "gate-crashing", "infiltrating", "infringing", "intruding", "invading", "trespassing" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[ "departing", "exiting", "leaving" ] }, "to become a member of":{ "examples":[ "patriotic young men and women entering the armed services", "debutantes entering society" ], "synonyms":[ "enlisting (in)", "enrolling (in)", "joining", "signing on (for)", "signing up (for)" ], "near synonyms":[ "reenlisting", "re-enlisting", "reenrolling", "re-enrolling", "reentering", "rejoining", "re-upping", "getting in" ], "near antonyms":[ "dropping out", "quitting", "withdrawing" ], "antonyms":[ "demitting" ] }, "to put (someone or something) on a list":{ "examples":[ "new voters fill out a form and elections officials enter their names into the database" ], "synonyms":[ "cataloging", "cataloguing", "enrolling", "indexing", "inscribing", "listing", "putting down", "recording", "registering", "scheduling", "slating" ], "near synonyms":[ "booking", "carding", "filing", "noting", "classifying", "compiling", "tabulating", "tallying", "rescheduling" ], "near antonyms":[ "deleting" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to offer entrance (as to a place, school, or privilege) to":{ "examples":[ "the club enters only five new members a year" ], "synonyms":[ "admitting", "receiving", "taking" ], "near synonyms":[ "entertaining", "welcoming", "fellowshipping", "fellowshiping", "confirming", "ratifying" ], "near antonyms":[ "declining", "disallowing", "disapproving", "dismissing", "refusing", "rejecting", "blackballing", "blacklisting", "ostracizing", "banishing", "deporting", "exiling", "expelling", "ousting", "throwing out" ], "antonyms":[ "banning", "barring" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "entrusted":{ "to give a task, duty, or responsibility to":{ "examples":[ "we entrusted our financial adviser with the investment of all of our savings" ], "synonyms":[ "assigned", "charged", "commissioned", "tasked", "trusted" ], "near synonyms":[ "conferred", "imposed", "committed", "confided", "consigned", "delegated", "recommended", "relegated", "reposed", "allocated", "allotted", "authorized", "empowered", "invested" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "to put (something) into the possession or safekeeping of another":{ "examples":[ "we entrusted our pets to the care of our neighbor while we went on vacation" ], "synonyms":[ "commended", "committed", "confided", "consigned", "delegated", "delivered", "gave", "gave over", "handed", "handed over", "left", "passed", "recommended", "reposed", "transferred", "transmitted", "trusted", "turned over", "vested" ], "near synonyms":[ "conferred", "granted", "assigned", "dealt (out)", "dispensed", "dispersed", "distributed", "divided", "handed in", "released", "relinquished", "submitted", "surrendered", "turned in", "yielded", "bequeathed", "handed down", "handed on", "willed", "advanced", "lent", "loaned", "furnished", "supplied", "recommitted", "redelivered", "retransferred", "retransmitted" ], "near antonyms":[ "detained", "held back", "reserved", "withheld", "owned", "possessed", "accepted", "received", "took in", "occupied", "took", "took over" ], "antonyms":[ "held", "kept", "retained" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "enticing":{ "as in tempting , tantalizing":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "tantalizing", "tempting", "absorbing", "arresting", "engrossing", "enthralling", "galvanic", "gripping", "hypnotic", "hypnotizing", "mesmerizing", "riveting", "spellbinding", "alluring", "appealing", "attractive", "bewitching", "captivating", "charismatic", "charming", "elfin", "enchanting", "engaging", "entrancing", "fascinating", "fetching", "glamorous", "glamourous", "luring", "magnetic", "seductive", "exciting", "interesting", "intriguing", "titillating", "beckoning", "inviting", "winning" ], "near antonyms":[ "boring", "irksome", "tedious", "tiresome", "wearisome", "abhorrent", "abominable", "appalling", "awful", "distasteful", "hideous", "horrendous", "horrible", "horrid", "invidious", "loathsome", "nauseating", "noisome", "obnoxious", "odious", "offensive", "shocking", "sickening", "drab", "dreary", "dull", "flat", "humdrum", "jading", "leaden", "monotonous", "pedestrian", "ponderous", "repellent", "repellant", "repelling", "repugnant", "repulsive", "revolting", "unalluring" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to lead away from a usual or proper course by offering some pleasure or advantage":{ "examples":[ "every commercial seemed to be for some tempting snack specifically designed to entice me from my diet" ], "synonyms":[ "alluring", "baiting", "beguiling", "betraying", "decoying", "leading on", "luring", "seducing", "soliciting", "tempting" ], "near synonyms":[ "drawing in", "inveigling", "persuading", "roping (in)", "snowing", "catching", "enmeshing", "immeshing", "ensnaring", "entrapping", "meshing", "snaring", "tangling", "trapping", "bewitching", "captivating", "charming", "enchanting", "fascinating", "magnetizing", "wiling" ], "near antonyms":[ "alerting", "cautioning", "forewarning", "warding (off)", "warning", "driving (away or off)", "repulsing", "turning away" ], 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"entwists", "inweaves", "plaits", "twines", "weaves", "winds", "wreathes", "writhes" ], "near antonyms":[ "unknots", "unravels", "unscrambles", "unweaves" ], "antonyms":[ "disentangles", "unsnarls", "untangles", "untwines", "untwists" ] }, "to catch or hold as if in a net":{ "examples":[ "the young runaway gradually became entangled in a web of lies" ], "synonyms":[ "catches up", "enmeshes", "immeshes", "ensnares", "ensnarls", "entoils", "entraps", "meshes", "nets", "snares", "tangles", "traps" ], "near synonyms":[ "bags", "birdlimes", "captures", "collars", "embroils", "implicates", "involves", "mires" ], "near antonyms":[ "detaches", "disengages", "extricates", "clears", "frees", "liberates" ], "antonyms":[ "disentangles", "untangles" ] }, "to make complex or difficult":{ "examples":[ "the history of Alexander the Great is entangled by variant accounts of his exploits" ], "synonyms":[ "complexes", "complexifies", "complicates", "embarrasses", "perplexes", "sophisticates" ], "near synonyms":[ "develops", "elaborates", "expands", "intensifies", "magnifies", "confounds", "confuses", "messes (up)", "mixes (up)", "muddles", "snarls", "tangles" ], "near antonyms":[ "abbreviates", "cuts", "shortens", "eases", "facilitates", "disentangles", "straightens (out)", "unravels", "untangles", "oversimplifies" ], "antonyms":[ "simplifies", "streamlines" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "entr\u00e9e":{ "the means or right of entering or participating in":{ "examples":[ "entr\u00e9e to the country club is through sponsorship by someone who is already a member" ], "synonyms":[ "access", "accession", "admission", "admittance", "door", "doorway", "entrance", "entry", "gateway", "ingress", "key", "passport", "ticket" ], "near synonyms":[ "approval", "authorization", "certification", "permission", "qualification", "open door", "welcome mat" ], "near antonyms":[ "discharge", "dismissal", "ejection", "expulsion", "ouster", "rejection", "removal" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "enters (into or upon)":{ "to take the first step in (a process or course of action)":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[ "begins", "commences", "embarks (on or upon)", "falls (to)", "gets off", "kicks off", "launches", "leads off", "opens", "starts", "strikes (into)" ], "near synonyms":[ "creates", "generates", "inaugurates", "initiates", "innovates", "invents", "originates", "adopts", "embraces", "takes on", "takes up", "establishes", "fathers", "founds", "institutes", "organizes", "pioneers", "sets up", "spawns", "gets around (to)", "gets down (to)", "gets round (to)" ], "near antonyms":[ "ceases", "desists", "discontinues", "halts", "knocks off", "lays off", "quits", "stops", "closes", "completes", "abandons", "forsakes", "leaves", "abolishes", "demolishes", "destroys", "exterminates", "extinguishes", "phases out" ], "antonyms":[ "concludes", "ends", "finishes", "terminates" ] }, "type":[] }, "entirely":{ "to a full extent or degree":{ "examples":[ "are you entirely aware of what you're doing with that thing?" ], "synonyms":[ "all", "all of", "all over", "altogether", "clean", "completely", "dead", "enough", "entire", "even", "exactly", "fast", "flat", "full", "fully", "heartily", "out", "perfectly", "plumb", "quite", "soundly", "thoroughly", "through and through", "totally", "utterly", "well", "wholly", "wide" ], "near synonyms":[ "absolutely", "categorically", "cold", "downright", "hands down", "plain", "stone", "stone-cold", "unqualifiedly", "basically", "by and large", "chiefly", "generally", "largely", "mainly", "more or less", "mostly", "overall", "predominantly", "predominately", "primarily", "principally", "substantially", "abundantly", "copiously", "generously", "greatly" ], "near antonyms":[ "barely", "hardly", "just", "kind of", "marginally", "minimally", "scarcely", "slightly", "superficially", "approximately", "roughly", "somewhat" ], "antonyms":[ "half", "halfway", "incompletely", "part", "partially", "partly" ] }, "type":[ "adverb" ] }, "entreats":{ "to make a request to (someone) in an earnest or urgent manner":{ "examples":[ "she began her letter by entreating me to forgive the belatedness of her reply" ], "synonyms":[ "appeals (to)", "begs", "beseeches", "besieges", "conjures", "impetrates", "implores", "importunes", "petitions", "pleads (to)", "prays", "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" ] }, "entranceways":{ "the entrance room of a building":{ "examples":[ "the visitor thoughtfully removed her snow-covered hat and gloves in the entranceway" ], "synonyms":[ "entries", "entryways", "foyers", "halls", "hallways", "lobbies", "vestibules" ], "near synonyms":[ "antechambers", "anterooms", "lounges", "waiting rooms", "doors", "doorways", "entrances", "portals", "thresholds" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "entertained":{ "as in amused":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "amused", "animated", "energized", "enlivened", "excited", "galvanized", "invigorated", "stimulated", "vitalized", "beguiled", "bewitched", "captivated", "charmed", "enchanted", "enthralled", "fascinated", "hypnotized", "mesmerized", "absorbed", "engaged", "engrossed", "interested", "intrigued", "rapt", "delighted", "pleased", "thrilled" ], "near antonyms":[ "bored", "fed up", "jaded", "sick", "sick and tired", "tired", "wearied", "weary", "apathetic", "disinterested", "uninterested", "glutted", "sated", "satiated", "surfeited" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to cause (someone) to pass the time agreeably occupied":{ "examples":[ "entertain the kids while I go and prepare dinner" ], "synonyms":[ "amused", "disported", "diverted", "regaled", "solaced" ], "near synonyms":[ "absorbed", "busied", "distracted", "engaged", "engrossed", "immersed", "interested", "involved", "occupied", "beguiled", "bewitched", "captivated", "charmed", "delighted", "enchanted", "enthralled", "fascinated", "gripped", "hypnotized", "intrigued", "mesmerized", "coddled", "gratified", "humored", "indulged", "mollycoddled", "pampered", "pleased", "pleasured", "spoiled", "spoilt", "appeased", "comforted", "conciliated", "consoled", "contented", "mollified", "obliged", "pacified", "placated", "propitiated", "soothed" ], "near antonyms":[ "bored", "jaded", "drained", "enervated", "exhausted", "fatigued", "tired", "wearied", "wore", "wore out", "aggravated", "annoyed", "bothered", "bugged", "chafed", "disturbed", "exasperated", "fretted", "galled", "grated", "harassed", "harried", "irked", "nettled", "peeved", "perturbed", "pestered", "piqued", "upset", "vexed", "vext" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to give serious and careful thought to":{ "examples":[ "have you ever entertained the thought that you could be wrong?" ], "synonyms":[ "chewed over", "cogitated", "considered", "contemplated", "debated", "deliberated", "eyed", "kicked around", "meditated", "mulled (over)", "perpended", "pondered", "pored (over)", "questioned", "revolved", "ruminated", "studied", "thought (about or over)", "turned", "weighed", "wrestled (with)" ], "near synonyms":[ "mused (upon)", "reflected (on or upon)", "reminisced", "analyzed", "explored", "reviewed", "concluded", "reasoned", "second-guessed", "speculated (about)", "brooded (about or over)", "dwelled (on or upon)", "dwelt (on or upon)", "fixated (on or upon)", "fretted (about or over)", "obsessed (about or over)", "believed", "conceived", "opined", "absorbed", "assimilated", "digested", "drank (in)" ], "near antonyms":[ "disregarded", "ignored", "overlooked", "slighted", "dismissed", "pooh-poohed", "poohed", "rejected" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to keep in one's mind or heart":{ "examples":[ "I don't entertain the hope of ever getting a girl like that to go out with me" ], "synonyms":[ "bore", "cherished", "had", "harbored", "held", "nursed" ], "near synonyms":[ "cultivated", "fostered", "nurtured", "supported", "sustained", "carried", "kept", "maintained", "preserved", "remembered", "retained", "treasured", "cleaved (to)", "clung (to)", "hugged", "stuck (to)", "brooded (about or over)", "fixated (on or upon)", "obsessed (about or over)" ], "near antonyms":[ "disregarded", "dropped", "forgot", "ignored", "neglected", "overlooked", "abjured", "declined", "denied", "disdained", "refused", "rejected", "repudiated", "scorned", "abandoned", "deserted", "discarded", "forsook", "gave up", "parted (with)", "quit", "quitted", "renounced", "threw out", "erased", "expunged" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adjective", "verb" ] }, "entries":{ "the entrance room of a building":{ "examples":[ "please wait in the entry while I get the person you want" ], "synonyms":[ "entranceways", "entryways", "foyers", "halls", "hallways", "lobbies", "vestibules" ], "near synonyms":[ "antechambers", "anterooms", "lounges", "waiting rooms", "doors", "doorways", "entrances", "portals", "thresholds" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "the means or right of entering or participating in":{ "examples":[ "believed that a college education was one's entry to a life of luxury" ], "synonyms":[ "accesses", "accessions", "admissions", "admittances", "doors", "doorways", "entrances", "entr\u00e9es", "entrees", "gateways", "ingresses", "keys", "passports", "tickets" ], "near synonyms":[ "approvals", "authorizations", "certifications", "permissions", "qualifications", "open doors", "welcome mats" ], "near antonyms":[ "discharges", "dismissals", "ejections", "expulsions", "ousters", "rejections", "removals" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "entombed":{ "to place (a dead body) in the earth, a tomb, or the sea":{ "examples":[ "a number of Boston's historic notables are entombed in the Old Granary Burying Ground" ], "synonyms":[ "buried", "hearsed", "inhumed", "interred", "laid", "put away", "tombed" ], "near synonyms":[ "immured", "inurned", "enshrined", "concealed", "covered", "ensconced", "hid", "obscured", "shaded", "shielded", "cloaked", "curtained", "enshrouded", "shrouded", "reburied", "reinterred", "coffined" ], "near antonyms":[ "burned", "burnt", "cremated", "bared", "disclosed", "discovered", "displayed", "exhibited", "exposed", "revealed", "showed", "uncoffined" ], "antonyms":[ "disinterred", "exhumed", "unearthed" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "entered":{ "to go or come in or into":{ "examples":[ "the hikers entered the cave with considerable caution" ], "synonyms":[ "accessed", "penetrated", "pierced" ], "near synonyms":[ "barged (in)", "breezed (in)", "burst (in or into)", "bursted (in or into)", "waltzed (in)", "dropped in", "popped (in)", "strayed (into)", "wandered (into)", "crashed", "encroached", "gate-crashed", "infiltrated", "infringed", "intruded", "invaded", "trespassed" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[ "departed", "exited", "left" ] }, "to become a member of":{ "examples":[ "patriotic young men and women entering the armed services", "debutantes entering society" ], "synonyms":[ "enlisted (in)", "enrolled (in)", "joined", "signed on (for)", "signed up (for)" ], "near synonyms":[ "reenlisted", "re-enlisted", "reenrolled", "re-enrolled", "reentered", "rejoined", "re-upped", "got in" ], "near antonyms":[ "dropped out", "quit", "quitted", "withdrew" ], "antonyms":[ "demitted" ] }, "to put (someone or something) on a list":{ "examples":[ "new voters fill out a form and elections officials enter their names into the database" ], "synonyms":[ "cataloged", "catalogued", "enrolled", "indexed", "inscribed", "listed", "put down", "recorded", "registered", "scheduled", "slated" ], "near synonyms":[ "booked", "carded", "filed", "noted", "classified", "compiled", "tabulated", "tallied", "rescheduled" ], "near antonyms":[ "deleted" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to offer entrance (as to a place, school, or privilege) to":{ "examples":[ "the club enters only five new members a year" ], "synonyms":[ "admitted", "received", "took" ], "near synonyms":[ "entertained", "welcomed", "fellowshipped", "fellowshiped", "confirmed", "ratified" ], "near antonyms":[ "declined", "disallowed", "disapproved", "dismissed", "refused", "rejected", "blackballed", "blacklisted", "ostracized", "banished", "deported", "exiled", "expelled", "ousted", "threw out" ], "antonyms":[ "banned", "barred" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "enthrall":{ "to hold the attention of as if by a spell":{ "examples":[ "enthralled by the flickering fire in the hearth, we lost all track of time" ], "synonyms":[ "arrest", "bedazzle", "catch up", "enchant", "fascinate", "grip", "hypnotize", "mesmerize", "spellbind" ], "near synonyms":[ "enrapture", "entrance", "thrill", "beguile", "bewitch", "charm", "absorb", "engage", "engross", "involve" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "to fill with overwhelming emotion (as wonder or delight)":{ "examples":[ "for years these master magicians have been enthralling audiences with their astounding illusions" ], "synonyms":[ "carry away", "enrapture", "entrance", "rap", "rapture", "ravish", "transport" ], "near synonyms":[ "delight", "gladden", "gratify", "please", "satisfy", "bewitch", "captivate", "charm", "enchant", "fascinate", "elate", "excite", "exhilarate", "stir" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "to hold the attention of":{ "examples":[ "a play that will enthrall you for two hours" ], "synonyms":[ "absorb", "bemuse", "busy", "catch up", "engage", "engross", "enwrap", "fascinate", "grip", "immerse", "interest", "intrigue", "involve", "occupy" ], "near synonyms":[ "allure", "attract", "beguile", "bewitch", "captivate", "charm", "enchant", "obsess", "hypnotize", "mesmerize", "distract", "preoccupy", "hog", "monopolize" ], "near antonyms":[ "bore", "jade", "pall", "tire", "weary" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "entree":{ "the means or right of entering or participating in":{ "examples":[ "entr\u00e9e to the country club is through sponsorship by someone who is already a member" ], "synonyms":[ "access", "accession", "admission", "admittance", "door", "doorway", "entrance", "entry", "gateway", "ingress", "key", "passport", "ticket" ], "near synonyms":[ "approval", "authorization", "certification", "permission", "qualification", "open door", "welcome mat" ], "near antonyms":[ "discharge", "dismissal", "ejection", "expulsion", "ouster", "rejection", "removal" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "entireties":{ "the quality or state of being without restriction, exception, or qualification":{ "examples":[ "I wish that I could find a card for Valentine's Day that expresses the entirety of my love" ], "synonyms":[ "absoluteness", "completeness", "entireness", "fullness", "perfectness", "wholeness" ], "near synonyms":[ "faultlessness", "flawlessness", "indefectibility", "perfection", "all-inclusiveness", "comprehensiveness", "exhaustiveness", "extensiveness", "inclusiveness", "soundness", "thoroughness" ], "near antonyms":[ "inadequacy", "inadequateness", "limitedness", "narrowness", "patchiness", "sketchiness" ], "antonyms":[ "imperfection", "imperfectness", "incompleteness", "unsoundness" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "entourages":{ "a body of employees or servants who accompany and wait on a person":{ "examples":[ "the gaggle of hangers-on that passes for the rock star's entourage" ], "synonyms":[ "corteges", "cort\u00e8ges", "followings", "posses", "retinues", "suites", "tails", "trains" ], "near synonyms":[ "crews", "personnels", "staffs", "staves", "courts", "assistants", "attendants", "helpers", "retainers" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "entireness":{ "the quality or state of being without restriction, exception, or qualification":{ "examples":[ "impressed by the entireness of his commitment to the cause of equal rights for all" ], "synonyms":[ "absoluteness", "completeness", "entirety", "fullness", "perfectness", "wholeness" ], "near synonyms":[ "faultlessness", "flawlessness", "indefectibility", "perfection", "all-inclusiveness", "comprehensiveness", "exhaustiveness", "extensiveness", "inclusiveness", "soundness", "thoroughness" ], "near antonyms":[ "inadequacy", "inadequateness", "limitedness", "narrowness", "patchiness", "sketchiness" ], "antonyms":[ "imperfection", "imperfectness", "incompleteness", "unsoundness" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] } }