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"nobilities", "patriciates", "peerages", "qualities", "royalties", "societies" ], "antonyms":[ "A-lists", "aristocracies", "best", "choices", "corps d'elite", "creams", "elect", "elites", "fat", "flowers", "picks", "pinks", "prides", "upper crusts" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "popularizing":{ "as in overdoing , depleting":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "hackneying", "overexposing", "overusing", "stereotyping", "vulgarizing", "depleting", "jading", "tiring", "wearing out", "boring", "exhausting", "overdoing", "coarsening" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "populist":{ "as in socialist , democrat":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "social democrat", "socialist", "democrat", "egalitarian", "leveler", "leveller" ], "near antonyms":[ "snob", "snoot" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "pope":{ "as in bishop , archbishop":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "abbot", "archbishop", "archpriest", "bishop", "dean", "diocesan", "monsignor", "prelate", "presbyter", "clergywoman", "deaconess", "priestess", "abb\u00e9", "curate", "cur\u00e9", "parson", "pastor", "rector", "shepherd", "vicar", "churchman", "clergyman", "father", "Holy Joe", "padre", "chaplain", "confessor", "sky pilot", "clergyperson", "cleric", "clerical", "clerk", "deacon", "divine", "dominie", "ecclesiastic", "minister", "preacher", "priest", "reverend", "evangelist", "missionary", "missioner", "missionizer", "revivalist", "friar", "mendicant", "monastic", "monk", "oblate", "religious", "high priest", "high priestess" ], "near antonyms":[ "layman", "layperson", "secular", "lay reader", "lector" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "populates":{ "to supply with inhabitants":{ "examples":[ "a small island populated only by woodland creatures" ], "synonyms":[ "colonizes", "peoples", "settles" ], "near synonyms":[ "inhabits", "moves (to)", "relocates (to)" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[ "depopulates", "unpeoples" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "popping (in)":{ "to make a brief visit":{ "examples":[ "I just popped in to say hello" ], "synonyms":[ "calling", "coming by", "coming over", "dropping by", "dropping in", "running in", "running (over)", "stepping in", "stopping (by or in)", "visiting" ], "near synonyms":[ "barging (in)", "looking up", "seeing", "bopping (into)", "happening (by)", "frequenting", "hanging (at)", "haunting", "resorting (to)" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "pops (in)":{ "to make a brief visit":{ "examples":[ "I just popped in to say hello" ], "synonyms":[ "calls", "comes by", "comes over", "drops by", "drops in", "runs in", "runs (over)", "steps in", "stops (by or in)", "visits" ], "near synonyms":[ "barges (in)", "looks up", "sees", "bops (into)", "happens (by)", "frequents", "hangs (at)", "haunts", "resorts (to)" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "popularized":{ "enjoying widespread favor or approval":{ "examples":[ "a recently 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"ecclesiastics", "ministers", "preachers", "priests", "reverends", "evangelists", "missionaries", "missioners", "missionizers", "revivalists", "friars", "mendicants", "monastics", "monks", "oblates", "religious", "high priestesses", "high priests" ], "near antonyms":[ "laymen", "laypeople", "seculars", "secular", "lay readers", "lectors" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "pops off":{ "to stop living":{ "examples":[ "he didn't pop off until the ripe old age of 102" ], "synonyms":[ "checks out", "conks (out)", "croaks", "deceases", "demises", "departs", "dies", "drops", "ends", "exits", "expires", "falls", "flatlines", "goes", "kicks in", "kicks off", "parts", "passes away", "passes (on)", "pegs out", "perishes", "steps out", "succumbs" ], "near synonyms":[ "predeceases", "consumes", "disappears", "dries up", "fades", "fails" ], "near antonyms":[ "comes to", "revives", "lingers", "exists", "is", "subsists", "flourishes", "prospers", "thrives" ], "antonyms":[ "breathes", "lives" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "popinjays":{ "as in coxcombs , fancy Dans":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "coxcombs", "fancy Dans", "Beau Brummells", "beaux", "beaus", "bucks", "dandies", "dudes", "fops", "gallants", "jays", "lounge lizards", "macaronis", "pretty boys", "blades", "cavaliers", "dashers", "clotheshorses", "exquisites", "swells" ], "near antonyms":[ "slobs", "slovens" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "poppets":{ "a small figure often of a human being used especially as a child's plaything":{ "examples":[ "a scruffy old poppet that had once belonged to my great grandmother" ], "synonyms":[ "action figures", "dollies", "dolls", "puppets" ], "near synonyms":[ "rag dolls", "figures", "figurines", "handpuppets", "marionettes" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "pops":{ "a loud explosive sound":{ "examples":[ "the soda can opened with a sharp pop" ], "synonyms":[ "bangs", "blasts", "booms", "claps", "cracks", "crashes", "reports", "slams", "smashes", "snaps", "thunderclaps", "thwacks", "whacks", "whomps", "whumps" ], "near synonyms":[ "thunks", "whams", "clangors", "clangs", "clanks", "clashes", "knocks", "raps", "taps", "blares", "clamors", "howls", "hubbubs", "hue and cries", "hullabaloos", "outcries", "roars", "tumults", "uproars" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "a male human parent":{ "examples":[ "ask your pop if he knows where the keys to the shed are" ], "synonyms":[ "daddies", "dads", "fathers", "old men", "papas", "poppas", "pas", "paters", "sires" ], "near synonyms":[ "patresfamilias", "patriarchs", "father figures", "father images", "stepfathers" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "to break open or into pieces usually because of internal pressure":{ "examples":[ "a balloon popped suddenly and startled us all" ], "synonyms":[ "blows", "blows up", "bursts", "crumps", "detonates", "explodes", "goes off" ], "near synonyms":[ "fragments", "shatters", "smashes", "splinters", "discharges", "fires", "shoots", "balloons", "burgeons", "bourgeons", "mushrooms" ], "near antonyms":[ "collapses", "fizzles" ], "antonyms":[ "implodes" ] }, "to break suddenly with an explosive sound":{ "examples":[ "the last strand popped , causing the chandelier to drop to the floor with a great crash" ], "synonyms":[ "cracks", "snaps" ], "near synonyms":[ "rends", "rives", "splits", "crackles", "hisses", "sizzles", "sputters", "bursts", "explodes", "shatters", "clacks", "clatters", "clicks" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "to cause to break open or into pieces by or as if by an explosive":{ "examples":[ "popping popcorn over a campfire" ], "synonyms":[ "blasts", "blows", "blows up", "bursts", "demolishes", "explodes", "shatters", "smashes" ], "near synonyms":[ "dynamites", "annihilates", "decimates", "destroys", "ruins", "wrecks", "detonates", "discharges", "fragments", "splinters" ], "near antonyms":[ "collapses", "implodes" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to strike with a missile from a gun":{ "examples":[ "went into the woods hoping to pop the rabbit that was eating our vegetables" ], "synonyms":[ "drills", "guns", "plugs", "shoots" ], "near synonyms":[ "blows away", "brings down", "drops", "picks off", "shoots down", "blazes", "peppers", "potshots", "snipes (at)", "blasts (at)", "fires (at)", "pistols", "shotguns", "machine-guns", "tommy-guns", "croaks", "destroys", "dispatches", "does in", "fells", "ices", "kills", "slays", "annihilates", "blots out", "butchers", "decimates", "massacres", "slaughters", "wipes out" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "populace":{ "the body of the community as contrasted with the elite":{ "examples":[ "high officials awkwardly mingling with the general populace" ], "synonyms":[ "commoners", "commons", "crowd", "herd", "hoi polloi", "mass", "millions", "mob", "multitude", "people", "plebeians", "plebs", "public", "rank and file" ], "near synonyms":[ "cattle", "proletariat", "rabble", "rabblement", "ragtag and bobtail", "riffraff", "rout", "scum", "tag, rag, and bobtail", "tagrag and bobtail", "trash", "unwashed", "bourgeoisie", "middle class" ], "near antonyms":[ "gentility", "gentlefolk", "gentlefolks", "gentry", "haute monde", "nobility", "patriciate", "peerage", "quality", "royalty", "society" ], "antonyms":[ "A-list", "aristocracy", "best", "choice", "corps d'elite", "cream", "elect", "elite", "fat", "flower", "pick", "pink", "pride", "upper crust" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "populate":{ "to supply with inhabitants":{ "examples":[ "a small island populated only by woodland creatures" ], "synonyms":[ "colonize", "people", "settle" ], "near synonyms":[ "inhabit", "move (to)", "relocate (to)" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[ "depopulate", "unpeople" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "populists":{ "as in socialists , democrats":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "social democrats", "socialists", "democrats", "egalitarians", "levelers", "levellers" ], "near antonyms":[ "snobs", "snoots" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] } }