{
  "rhetorical":{
    "marked by the use of impressive-sounding but mostly meaningless words and phrases":{
      "examples":[
        "you can skip over the rhetorical passages and still get the gist of the essay"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "bombastic",
        "flatulent",
        "fustian",
        "gaseous",
        "gassy",
        "grandiloquent",
        "oratorical",
        "orotund",
        "windy"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "bloated",
        "elevated",
        "florid",
        "flowery",
        "grandiose",
        "highfalutin",
        "hifalutin",
        "high-flown",
        "high-sounding",
        "inflated",
        "lofty",
        "ornate",
        "pompous",
        "pontifical",
        "pretentious",
        "stilted",
        "tumid",
        "turgid",
        "overdone",
        "verbose",
        "wordy"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "eloquent",
        "well-spoken",
        "bald",
        "direct",
        "matter-of-fact",
        "plain",
        "plainspoken",
        "simple",
        "stark",
        "straightforward",
        "unadorned",
        "unaffected",
        "unpretentious"
      ],
      "antonyms":[
        "unrhetorical"
      ]
    },
    "full of fine words and fancy expressions":{
      "examples":[
        "the new governor delivered a long rhetorical speech about our state's bright future but laid out no specific programs for ensuring it"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "aureate",
        "florid",
        "flowery",
        "grandiloquent",
        "high-flown",
        "high-sounding",
        "highfalutin",
        "hifalutin",
        "magnific",
        "ornate",
        "purple"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "affected",
        "bloated",
        "fancy-pants",
        "grandiose",
        "inflated",
        "pompous",
        "pretentious",
        "stilted",
        "excessive",
        "flattering",
        "fulsome",
        "boastful",
        "bombastic",
        "elevated",
        "eloquent",
        "lofty",
        "bookish",
        "inkhorn",
        "learned"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "prosaic",
        "unpoetic",
        "bald",
        "direct",
        "lean",
        "matter-of-fact",
        "plain",
        "plainspoken",
        "simple",
        "spare",
        "stark",
        "straightforward",
        "unadorned",
        "natural",
        "unaffected",
        "unpretentious"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "of or relating to words or language":{
      "examples":[
        "the next war that those two nations fight won't be rhetorical \u2014it will be with bombs and bullets"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "lexical",
        "linguistic",
        "linguistical",
        "verbal",
        "vocabular",
        "wordy"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "communicative",
        "conversational"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[
        "nonlexical",
        "nonlinguistic",
        "nonverbal"
      ]
    },
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ]
  },
  "rhetoric":{
    "language that is impressive-sounding but not meaningful or sincere":{
      "examples":[
        "the mayor's promise to fight drugs was just rhetoric , since there was no money in the city budget for a drug program"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "bombast",
        "fustian",
        "gas",
        "grandiloquence",
        "hot air",
        "oratory",
        "verbiage",
        "wind"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "claptrap",
        "drivel",
        "gibberish",
        "hogwash",
        "humbug",
        "jabberwocky",
        "jazz",
        "moonshine",
        "nonsense",
        "affectedness",
        "floweriness",
        "grandiosity",
        "loftiness",
        "pomposity",
        "pretension",
        "pretentiousness",
        "garrulity",
        "garrulousness",
        "verboseness",
        "verbosity",
        "windiness",
        "wordiness"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "the art or power of speaking or writing in a forceful and convincing way":{
      "examples":[
        "great leaders have often been masters of rhetoric , which they have used for both good and ill"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "articulacy",
        "articulateness",
        "eloquence",
        "poetry"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "expression",
        "expressiveness",
        "declamation",
        "elocution",
        "oratory",
        "cogency",
        "force",
        "forcefulness",
        "meaningfulness",
        "persuasion",
        "persuasiveness",
        "ardor",
        "emotion",
        "fervency",
        "fervidness",
        "fervor",
        "heat",
        "intensity",
        "passion",
        "power",
        "vehemence",
        "warmth"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[
        "inarticulateness"
      ]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "rheumatic":{
    "as in arthritic":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "arthritic",
        "compact",
        "dense",
        "substantial",
        "nonelastic",
        "nonmalleable",
        "brittle",
        "crisp",
        "firm",
        "hard",
        "solid",
        "sound",
        "strong",
        "inelastic",
        "inflexible",
        "rigid",
        "stiff",
        "stiffened",
        "unyielding"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "flexible",
        "floppy",
        "pliable",
        "pliant",
        "supple",
        "yielding",
        "elastic",
        "resilient",
        "springy",
        "stretchy",
        "workable",
        "malleable",
        "plastic",
        "semiflexible",
        "droopy",
        "flabby",
        "flaccid",
        "mushy",
        "semisoft",
        "soft",
        "squashy",
        "squishy",
        "lank",
        "limber",
        "limp",
        "lissome",
        "lissom",
        "lithe",
        "lithesome",
        "willowy"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ]
  }
}