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"unyoking", "breaking down", "decomposing", "disassembling", "disintegrating", "dissolving", "fragmentating", "fragmenting", "fragmentizing", "breaking", "fracturing", "pulling", "rending", "rifting", "ripping", "riving", "rupturing", "tearing", "cutting off", "insulating", "isolating", "secluding", "segregating", "sequestering", "detaching", "disengaging", "disentangling", "unraveling", "untying", "untieing" ], "near antonyms":[ "assembling", "associating", "blending", "combining", "mingling", "mixing", "connecting", "coupling", "accumulating", "agglutinating", "attaching", "binding", "cementing", "closing", "fastening", "fusing", "knitting", "sticking", "welding", "joining", "linking", "unifying", "uniting" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "subgroups":{ "as in sections , subspecieses":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "branches", "generations", "sections", "sorts", "subclasses", "subdivisions", "subspecieses", "varieties", "brackets", "categories", "classes", 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"citizen", "freeman", "national" ], "near synonyms":[ "compatriot", "countryman", "inhabitant", "native", "nonimmigrant", "resident" ], "near antonyms":[ "foreigner", "stranger", "immigrant", "nonnative" ], "antonyms":[ "alien", "noncitizen" ] }, "something (as a belief) that serves as the basis for another thing":{ "examples":[ "he has no subject to protest this time, but that's never stopped him before" ], "synonyms":[ "account", "authority", "grounds", "motive", "reason", "wherefore", "why" ], "near synonyms":[ "antecedent", "cause", "consideration", "impetus", "incentive", "inspiration", "instigation", "occasion", "stimulus" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "to bring under one's control by force of arms":{ "examples":[ "Attila the Hun subjected most of Europe to his barbaric pillage" ], "synonyms":[ "conquer", "dominate", "overpower", "pacify", "subdue", "subjugate", "subordinate", "vanquish" ], "near synonyms":[ "annihilate", "beat", "clobber", "crush", "defeat", "drub", "lick", "mow (down)", "overcome", "prevail (over)", "reduce", "rout", "skunk", "smash", "thrash", "triumph (over)", "trounce", "wallop", "whip", "enslave", "break", "clamp down (on)", "crack down (on)", "put down", "quash", "quell", "repress", "silence", "smother", "snuff (out)", "squash", "squelch", "suppress" ], "near antonyms":[ "discharge", "emancipate", "enfranchise", "free", "liberate", "manumit", "release", "spring", "unbind", "uncage", "unchain", "unfetter" ], "antonyms":[] }, "as in dependent , non-self-governing":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "dependent", "nonautonomous", "non-self-governing", "unfree", "bound", "captive", "conquered", "enslaved", "fettered", "subdued", "subjugated", "inferior", "subordinate", "subservient" ], "near antonyms":[ "autonomous", "free", "freestanding", "independent", "self-governed", "self-governing", "self-ruling", "separate", "sovereign", "sovran", "freeborn", "delivered", "emancipated", "freed", "liberated", "manumitted", "redeemed", "released" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adjective", "noun", "verb" ] }, "subjected":{ "to bring under one's control by force of arms":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "Attila the Hun subjected most of Europe to his barbaric pillage" ], "near antonyms":[ "discharged", "emancipated", "enfranchised", "freed", "liberated", "manumitted", "released", "sprang", "sprung", "unbound", "uncaged", "unchained", "unfettered" ], "related":[ "annihilated", "beat", "clobbered", "crushed", "defeated", "drubbed", "licked", "mowed (down)", "overcame", "prevailed (over)", "reduced", "routed", "skunked", "smashed", "thrashed", "triumphed (over)", "trounced", "walloped", "whipped", "enslaved", "broke", "clamped down (on)", "cracked down (on)", "put down", "quashed", "quelled", "repressed", "silenced", "smothered", "snuffed (out)", "squashed", "squelched", "suppressed" ], "synonyms":[ "conquered", "dominated", "overpowered", "pacified", "subdued", "subjugated", "subordinated", "vanquished" ] }, 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"clobbering", "crushing", "defeating", "drubbing", "licking", "mowing (down)", "overcoming", "prevailing (over)", "reducing", "routing", "skunking", "smashing", "thrashing", "triumphing (over)", "trouncing", "walloping", "whipping", "enslaving", "breaking", "clamping down (on)", "cracking down (on)", "putting down", "quashing", "quelling", "repressing", "silencing", "smothering", "snuffing (out)", "squashing", "squelching", "suppressing" ], "near antonyms":[ "discharging", "emancipating", "enfranchising", "freeing", "liberating", "manumitting", "releasing", "springing", "unbinding", "uncaging", "unchaining", "unfettering" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "subjugation":{ "the act or process of bringing someone or something under one's control":{ "examples":[ "the subjugation of much of Europe by Napol\u00e9on" ], "synonyms":[ "conquest", "dominating", "domination", "overpowering", "subduing", "subjecting", "subjection", "subjugating", "vanquishing" ], "near synonyms":[ "triumph", "victory", "win", "winning", "beating", "defeat", "drubbing", "licking", "shellacking", "trimming", "trouncing", "whipping", "enslavement", "takeover" ], "near antonyms":[ "emancipation", "enfranchisement", "freeing", "liberation", "manumission", "release" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "sublet":{ "as in":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "sublimity":{ "as in elegance , charm":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "submerge":{ "to cover with a flood":{ "examples":[ "submerged by orders after being featured on a popular foodie blog" ], "synonyms":[ "deluge", "drown", "engulf", "flood", "gulf", "inundate", "overflow", "overwhelm", "submerse", "swamp" ], "near synonyms":[ "avalanche", "smother", "overcome", "overrun", "flow", "flush", "gush", "pour", "sluice", "spout", "spurt", "stream", "douse", "dowse", "drench", "soak", "wet" ], 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}, "subordinated":{ "to bring under one's control by force of arms":{ "examples":[ "it is one of the lessons of history that more powerful civilizations often subordinate weaker ones" ], "synonyms":[ "conquered", "dominated", "overpowered", "pacified", "subdued", "subjected", "subjugated", "vanquished" ], "near synonyms":[ "annihilated", "beat", "clobbered", "crushed", "defeated", "drubbed", "licked", "mowed (down)", "overcame", "prevailed (over)", "reduced", "routed", "skunked", "smashed", "thrashed", "triumphed (over)", "trounced", "walloped", "whipped", "enslaved", "broke", "clamped down (on)", "cracked down (on)", "put down", "quashed", "quelled", "repressed", "silenced", "smothered", "snuffed (out)", "squashed", "squelched", "suppressed" ], "near antonyms":[ "discharged", "emancipated", "enfranchised", "freed", "liberated", "manumitted", "released", "sprang", "sprung", "unbound", "uncaged", "unchained", "unfettered" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "subordinateness":{ "as in humility , deference":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "deference", "docility", "dutifulness", "humility", "meekness", "modesty", "servility", "slavishness", "subservience", "subserviency", "acquiescence", "capitulation", "obeisance", "obsequiousness", "submissiveness", "surrender", "yielding", "inhibition", "repression", "restraint", "suppression", "abidance", "agreeability", "amenability", "teachableness", "tractability", "tractableness", "trainability", "control", "discipline", "dutifulness", "order", "compliance", "conformity", "obedience", "submission", "subordination" ], "near antonyms":[ "balkiness", "contrariness", "contumacy", "defiance", "disobedience", "frowardness", "insubordination", "intractability", "noncompliance", "obstreperousness", "rebelling", "rebellion", "rebelliousness", "recalcitrance", "refractoriness", "self-will", "unruliness", "waywardness", "willfulness", "noncooperation", "recusancy", "disrespect", "impudence", "insolence", "rudeness", "insurgence", "insurgency", "insurrection", "mutiny", "outbreak", "revolt", "hardheadedness", "mulishness", "mutinousness", "obstinacy", "obstinateness", "perversity", "pigheadedness", "stubbornness", "misbehavior", "mischievousness", "naughtiness", "dissent", "dissidence" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "subsequently":{ "following in time or place":{ "examples":[ "subsequently found the missing glove" ], "synonyms":[ "after", "afterward", "afterwards", "later", "latterly", "thereafter" ], "near synonyms":[ "next", "by and by", "hereafter", "presently", "since", "soon", "then", "thereupon", "hereinbelow", "infra" ], "near antonyms":[ "formerly", "heretofore", "theretofore" ], "antonyms":[ "afore", "ahead", "antecedently", "anteriorly", "before", "beforehand", "earlier", "previously" ] }, "type":[ "adverb" ] }, "subservient":{ "having a less important role, job, or place as something else":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "The employees used to build things by hand but now were 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"frittered (away)", "gave out", "melted (away)", "petered (out)", "tailed (off)", "vanished", "slackened", "slowed (down)", "alleviated", "relaxed", "flagged", "sank", "sunk", "weakened", "caved (in)", "collapsed", "deflated" ], "near antonyms":[ "appeared", "emerged", "showed up", "blew up", "distended", "elongated", "lengthened" ], "antonyms":[ "accumulated", "ballooned", "built", "burgeoned", "bourgeoned", "enlarged", "escalated", "expanded", "grew", "increased", "intensified", "mounted", "mushroomed", "picked up", "rose", "snowballed", "soared", "swelled", "waxed" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "subsiding":{ "as in waning , ebbing":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "abating", "dying (down)", "ebbing", "letting up", "moderating", "waning", "ceasing", "closing", "concluding", "desisting", "discontinuing", "dying", "ending", "expiring", "finishing", "lapsing", "leaving off", "passing", "quitting", "stopping", "terminating", "winding up" ], "near antonyms":[ "leftover", "remaining", "lingering", "residual", "abiding", "biding", "continuing", "enduring", "holding on", "holding up", "keeping up", "lasting", "perduring", "persisting", "running on" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to grow less in scope or intensity especially gradually":{ "examples":[ "as the noise of the siren subsided , I was able to fall back to sleep" ], "synonyms":[ "abating", "declining", "decreasing", "de-escalating", "diminishing", "draining (away)", "dropping (off)", "dwindling", "dying (away or down or out)", "easing", "ebbing", "falling", "falling away", "lessening", "letting up", "lowering", "moderating", "palling", "phasing down", "ratcheting (down)", "racheting (down)", "receding", "relenting", "remitting", "shrinking", "tapering", "tapering off", "waning" ], "near synonyms":[ "compressing", "condensing", "constricting", "contracting", "evaporating", "fading (away)", "frittering (away)", "giving out", "melting (away)", "petering (out)", "tailing (off)", "vanishing", "slackening", "slowing (down)", "alleviating", "relaxing", "flagging", "sinking", "weakening", "caving (in)", "collapsing", "deflating" ], "near antonyms":[ "appearing", "emerging", "showing up", "blowing up", "distending", "elongating", "lengthening" ], "antonyms":[ "accumulating", "ballooning", "building", "burgeoning", "bourgeoning", "enlarging", "escalating", "expanding", "growing", "increasing", "intensifying", "mounting", "mushrooming", "picking up", "rising", "snowballing", "soaring", "swelling", "waxing" ] }, "type":[ "adjective", "verb" ] }, "subsocieties":{ "as in subcultures":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "subcultures", "civilizations", "cultures", "lifestyles", "lives", "societies", "customs", "manners", "mores", "values", "folklores", "heritages", "legacies", "traditions" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "substantiality":{ "the quality or state of being large in size":{ "examples":[ "their donation may not be impressive in its 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"smallness" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "substantially":{ "for the most part":{ "examples":[ "the Little House books are substantially based on the memories of Laura Ingalls Wilder" ], "synonyms":[ "altogether", "basically", "by and large", "chiefly", "generally", "largely", "mainly", "mostly", "overall", "predominantly", "primarily", "principally" ], "near synonyms":[ "about", "more or less", "most", "much", "near", "nearly", "next to", "nigh", "practically", "some", "virtually", "well-nigh", "approximately", "broadly", "plus or minus", "roughly", "commonly", "frequently", "normally", "ordinarily", "typically", "usually", "incompletely", "partially", "partly", "rather", "somewhat" ], "near antonyms":[ "completely", "entirely", "fully", "perfectly", "thoroughly", "totally", "wholly", "barely", "hardly", "just", "marginally", "minimally", "scarcely", "absolutely", "categorically", "unqualifiedly" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adverb" ] }, "substantiate":{ "to gain full recognition or 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"snake", "traitor", "turncoat", "coconspirator", "conspirator", "intriguer", "plotter", "schemer", "defector", "deserter", "renegade", "blabbermouth", "gossip", "gossiper", "gossipmonger", "informant", "informer", "rat", "rumormonger", "snitch", "snitcher", "squealer", "stool pigeon", "talebearer", "talker", "tattler", "tattletale", "telltale" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "submerses":{ "to cover with a flood":{ "examples":[ "a week of nonstop rain that submersed the cornfields and delayed planting for days" ], "synonyms":[ "deluges", "drowns", "engulfs", "floods", "gulfs", "inundates", "overflows", "overwhelms", "submerges", "swamps" ], "near synonyms":[ "avalanches", "smothers", "overcomes", "overruns", "flows", "flushes", "gushes", "pours", "sluices", "spouts", "spurts", "streams", "douses", "dowses", "drenches", "soaks", "wets" ], "near antonyms":[ "dehydrates", "dries", "parches" ], "antonyms":[ "drains" ] }, "to sink or push (something) briefly into or as if into a liquid":{ "examples":[ "those hardy souls who daily submerse themselves in icy cold water for its invigorating effect" ], "synonyms":[ "dips", "douses", "dowses", "ducks", "dunks", "immerses", "sops", "souses", "submerges" ], "near synonyms":[ "bathes", "moistens", "soaks", "steeps", "wets", "drenches", "drowns", "floods", "dives", "plunges", "thrusts" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "sub-chiefs":{ "as in subdirectors":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "subdirectors", "sub-directors", "micromanagers", "employers", "gaffers", "gangers", "coheads", "co-heads", "coleaders", "co-leaders", "big cheeses", "big guns", "bigwigs", "top dogs", "top guns", "barons", "czarinas", "tsarinas", "tzarinas", "czars", "tsars", "tzars", "kings", "magnates", "moguls", "presidents", "princes", "princesses", "queens", "figureheads", "overlords", "potentates", "rulers", "sovereigns", "sovrans", "administrators", "commanders", "directors", "executives", "generals", "governors", "hierarchs", "higher-ups" ], "near antonyms":[ "dependents", "inferiors", "juniors", "secondaries", "subjects", "subordinates", "underlings" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "subsoil":{ "as in substratum":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "substratum", "duff", "mull", "alluvium", "colluvium", "detritus", "loess", "marl", "sediment", "shingle", "silt", "humus", "loam", "topsoil", "dust", "gravel", "sand", "blackland", "clay", "gault", "gley", "guck", "gook", "gumbo", "kaolin", "muck", "mud", "clod", "dirt", "earth", "ground", "mold", "soil" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "submits":{ "to cease resistance (as to another's arguments, demands, or control)":{ "examples":[ "in the end he submitted and agreed to take that awful-tasting medicine" ], "synonyms":[ "blinks", "bows", "budges", "capitulates", "concedes", "gives in", "knuckles under", "quits", "relents", "succumbs", "surrenders", "yields" ], "near synonyms":[ "acquiesces", "defers" ], "near antonyms":[ "contends", "fights", "holds off", "battles", "breasts", "combats", "confronts", "counters", "defies", "faces", "meets", "objects", "opposes", "repels", "thwarts", "withstands" ], "antonyms":[ "resists" ] }, "to give up and cease resistance (as to a liking, temptation, or habit)":{ "examples":[ "refusing to submit to sleep, she stayed by her son's hospital bed the whole night" ], "synonyms":[ "bows", "caves (in)", "gives in", "succumbs", "surrenders", "yields" ], "near synonyms":[ "caters (to)", "gratifies", "indulges", "wallows", "acquiesces (to)", "concedes (to)", "buckles (under)", "knuckles under", "gives over (to)" ], "near antonyms":[ "battles", "breasts", "combats", "confronts", "counters", "defies", "faces", "fights", "meets", "objects", "opposes", "repels", "thwarts", "withstands", "rejects", "bridles", "checks", "constrains", "curbs", "inhibits", "restrains", "stifles" ], "antonyms":[ "holds off", "resists" ] }, "to yield to the control or power of enemy forces":{ "examples":[ "the fort's commander received orders not to submit under any circumstances, as reinforcements were on the way" ], "synonyms":[ "capitulates", "falls", "gives up", "knuckles under", "succumbs", "surrenders" ], "near synonyms":[ "bows", "buckles", "caves (in)", "collapses", "gives (in)", "hands over", "relinquishes", "loses", "concedes", "fails", "folds" ], "near antonyms":[ "bucks", "defies", "fights", "opposes", "repels", "resists", "withstands", "beats", "overcomes", "wins", "conquers", "prevails", "triumphs" ], "antonyms":[ "endures", "stands" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "subtracted":{ "to take away (an amount or number) from a total":{ "examples":[ "if you subtract 10 from 23, you get 13", "you can subtract the time you spent daydreaming from your total homework time" ], "synonyms":[ "abated", "deducted", "knocked off", "took off" ], "near synonyms":[ "decreased", "diminished", "discounted", "downsized", "dwindled", "knocked down", "lessened", "lowered", "reduced", "abbreviated", "abridged", "clipped", "cropped", "curtailed", "cut", "cut back", "cut down", "docked", "pared", "pruned", "retrenched", "shortened", "slashed", "trimmed", "truncated", "whittled" ], "near antonyms":[ "adjoined", "annexed", "appended", "complemented", "supplemented", "enhanced", "heightened", "intensified", "magnified", "aggrandized", "amplified", "augmented", "beefed (up)", "boosted", "compounded", "enlarged", "escalated", "expanded", "increased", "multiplied", "raised" ], "antonyms":[ "added", "tacked (on)" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "subsidiary":{ "something that is of secondary importance to something else":{ "examples":[ "one of the company's foreign subsidiaries" ], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "accompaniment", "additive", "complement", "supplement", "accessory", "accoutrement", "accouterment", "adapter", "adaptor", "add-on", "adjunct", "appendage", "appliance", "attachment", "option" ], "near antonyms":[ "essential", "necessity", "requirement", "requisite" ], "antonyms":[] }, "as in secondary , subordinate":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "secondary", "subordinate", "subservient", "ancillary", "inferior", "accessorial", "accessory", "appurtenant", "auxiliary", "marginal", "peripheral", "supplemental", "supplementary", "backup", "makeshift", "substitute", "added", "additional", "another", "further", "complementary", "contributory", "adjuvant", "assistant", "assisting", "helping", "supportive", "tributary" ], "near antonyms":[ "all-important", "essential", "imperative", "indispensable", "integral", "necessary", "needed", "needful", "required", "requisite", "vital", "basic", "fundamental", "primary", "prime", "chief", "main", "principal" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adjective", "noun" ] }, "subserviently":{ "as in obsequiously , servilely":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "obsequiously", "servilely", "abjectly", "deferentially", "hat in hand", "humbly", "lowly", "meanly", "meekly", "modestly", "sheepishly", "submissively", "fearfully", "mousily", "timidly", "bashfully", "diffidently", "self-deprecatingly", "shyly", "timorously", "civilly", "courteously", "politely", "respectfully", "suppliantly" ], "near antonyms":[ "arrogantly", "audaciously", "boldly", "brashly", "brazenly", "contemptuously", "haughtily", "huffily", "imperiously", "loftily", "pompously", "presumptuously", "pretentiously", "pridefully", "proudly", "scornfully", "self-importantly", "superciliously", "swaggeringly", "uppishly", "fearlessly", "discourteously", "disdainfully", "disrespectfully", "impertinently", "rashly", "recklessly", "saucily", "bitchily", "impolitely", "impudently", "rudely", "uncivilly", "ungraciously" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adverb" ] }, "subagencies":{ "as in agencies , subagents":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "agencies", "agents", "assignees", "attorneys", "commissaries", "delegates", "deputies", "envoys", "executors", "factors", "ministers", "procurators", "proxies", "representatives", "reps", "subagents", "sub-agents" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "submission":{ "a bending to the authority or control of another":{ "examples":[ "not given to unquestioning submission , he often came in conflict with his superiors" ], "synonyms":[ "compliance", "conformity", "obedience", "subordination" ], "near synonyms":[ "abidance", "agreeability", "amenability", "teachableness", "tractability", "tractableness", "trainability", "acquiescence", "capitulation", "obeisance", "obsequiousness", "submissiveness", "surrender", "yielding", "deference", "docility", "dutifulness", "humility", "meekness", "modesty", "servility", "slavishness", "subordinateness", "subservience", "subserviency", "inhibition", "repression", "restraint", "suppression", "control", "discipline", "dutifulness", "order" ], "near antonyms":[ "noncooperation", "recusancy", "disrespect", "impudence", "insolence", "rudeness", "insurgence", "insurgency", "insurrection", "mutiny", "outbreak", "revolt", "hardheadedness", "mulishness", "mutinousness", "obstinacy", "obstinateness", "perversity", "pigheadedness", "stubbornness", "misbehavior", "mischievousness", "naughtiness", "dissent", "dissidence" ], "antonyms":[ "balkiness", "contrariness", "contumacy", "defiance", "disobedience", "frowardness", "insubordination", "intractability", "noncompliance", "obstreperousness", "rebelling", "rebellion", "rebelliousness", "recalcitrance", "refractoriness", "self-will", "unruliness", "waywardness", "willfulness" ] }, "the usually forced yielding of one's person or possessions to the control of another":{ "examples":[ "the judge ordered the submission of all of the company's records to the prosecutors" ], "synonyms":[ "capitulating", "capitulation", "cession", "handover", "relinquishment", "rendition", "submitting", "surrender" ], "near synonyms":[ "acceptance", "acquiescence", "concession", "compromise", "appeasement", "conciliation", "reconcilement", "reconciliation", "capture", "fall" ], "near antonyms":[ "resistance" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "subduing":{ "the act or process of bringing someone or something under one's control":{ "examples":[ "the subduing of the wild horse was accomplished by a method reputedly used by Plains Indians" ], "synonyms":[ "conquest", "dominating", "domination", "overpowering", "subjecting", "subjection", "subjugating", "subjugation", "vanquishing" ], "near synonyms":[ "triumph", "victory", "win", "winning", "beating", "defeat", "drubbing", "licking", "shellacking", "trimming", "trouncing", "whipping", "enslavement", "takeover" ], "near antonyms":[ "emancipation", "enfranchisement", "freeing", "liberation", "manumission", "release" ], "antonyms":[] }, "as in noninflammatory":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "noninflammatory" ], "near antonyms":[ "charged", "edgy", "exciting", "inciting", "instigating", "instigative", "piquing", "provocative", "provoking", "stimulating", "explosive", "fiery", "incendiary", "inflammatory", "triggering", "inducing", "inspirational", "inspiring", "motivating", "motivational", "motivative" ], "antonyms":[] }, "as in unimpressive , unemotional":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "unaffecting", "unemotional", "unimpressive" ], "near antonyms":[ "inducing", "inspirational", "inspiring", "motivating", "motivational", "motivative", "charged", "edgy", "exciting", "inciting", "instigating", "instigative", "piquing", "provocative", "provoking", "stimulating", "affecting", "emotional", "impactful", "impressive", "moving", "poignant", "stirring", "touching" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to achieve a victory over":{ "examples":[ "subdued her fear of the dark by joining a club for spelunkers" ], "synonyms":[ "beating", "besting", "conquering", "defeating", "dispatching", "doing down", "getting", "getting around", "licking", "mastering", "overbearing", "overcoming", "overmatching", "prevailing (over)", "skunking", "stopping", "surmounting", "taking", "trimming", "triumphing (over)", "upending", "winning (against)", "worsting" ], "near synonyms":[ "sweeping", "edging (out)", "nosing out", "pipping", "annihilating", "blowing away", "blowing out", "bombing", "breaking", "burying", "clobbering", "creaming", "crushing", "drubbing", "finishing", "flattening", "overwhelming", "routing", "shellacking", "skinning", "slaughtering", "smoking", "snowing under", "thrashing", "trouncing", "upsetting", "walloping", "waxing", "whipping", "capping", "excelling", "flourishing", "scoring", "succeeding", "knocking off", "knocking over", "overpowering", "overthrowing", "subjugating", "unseating", "vanquishing", "acing (out)", "bettering", "eclipsing", "exceeding", "excelling", "outdistancing", "outdoing", "outfighting", "outshining", "outstripping", "overtopping", "surpassing", "topping", "transcending" ], "near antonyms":[ "falling", "giving up", "going down", "going 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"unbinding", "uncaging", "unchaining", "unfettering" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to put a stop to (something) by the use of force":{ "examples":[ "labored through the night to subdue the river's rising waters by building a wall of sandbags around their property" ], "synonyms":[ "clamping down (on)", "cracking down (on)", "crushing", "putting down", "quashing", "quelling", "repressing", "silencing", "slapping down", "snuffing (out)", "squashing", "squelching", "suppressing" ], "near synonyms":[ "dousing", "dowsing", "extinguishing", "putting out", "quenching", "smothering", "stifling", "strangling", "throttling", "annihilating", "decimating", "demolishing", "desolating", "destroying", "devastating", "nuking", "rubbing out", "ruining", "smashing", "wasting", "wrecking", "exterminating", "obliterating", "wiping out", "conquering", "dominating", "overcoming", "overpowering", "overwhelming", "subjugating", "vanquishing" ], "near antonyms":[ "abetting", "aiding", "assisting", "backing", "helping", "propping up", "supporting", "fomenting", "inciting", "instigating", "provoking", "stirring", "whipping (up)", "advancing", "cultivating", "encouraging", "forwarding", "fostering", "furthering", "nourishing", "nurturing", "promoting" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adjective", "noun", "verb" ] }, "subteens":{ "as in teens , teenagers":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "preteen-agers", "preteens", "teenagers", "teeners", "teens", "teenyboppers", "tweens", "bairns", "bambinos", "bambini", "buds", "chaps", "chicks", "children", "cubs", "juveniles", "kiddies", "kiddos", "kids", "moppets", "sprats", "sprat", "sprouts", "squirts", "whelps", "younglings", "youngsters", "youths", "adolescents", "minors", "kindergartners", "kindergarteners", "preschoolers", "rug rats", "schoolboys", "schoolchildren", "schoolgirls", "schoolkids", "babes", "babies", "bantlings", "infants", "neonates", "nestlings", "newborn", "newborns", "toddlers", "tots", "tykes", "tikes", "weanlings", "imps", "jackanapeses", "mischiefs", "monkeys", "rapscallions", "rascals", "rogues", "urchins", "whippersnappers", "cherubs", "cherubim", "lads", "nippers", "shavers", "striplings", "tads", "bobby-soxers", "hoydens", "tomboys" ], "near antonyms":[ "middle-agers", "ancients", "elders", "golden-agers", "oldsters", "old-timers", "senior citizens", "seniors", "adults", "grown-ups" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "submittal":{ "as in submission , bid":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "bid", "presentation", "submission", "tender", "advancement", "nomination", "recommendation", "arrangement", "game", "ground plan", "layout", "line", "plan", "plot", "project", "strategy", "system", "motion", "conception", "idea", "notion", "theory", "thought", "feeler", "overture", "counteroffer", "counterproposal", "countersuggestion", "offer", "proffer", "proposal", "proposition", "suggestion" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "sub-departments":{ "as in subdivisions":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "subdivisions", "agencies", "arms", "branches", "bureaus", "bureaux", "departments", "desks", "divisions", "offices", "services" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "substrata":{ "as in substructures , bulwarks":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "anchorages", "beds", "braces", "bulwarks", "buttresses", "frameworks", "infrastructures", "mounts", "props", "shores", "stays", "substructures", "supports", "bases", "bedrocks", "bottoms", "cornerstones", "footings", "foundations", "grounds", "groundworks", "keystones", "roots", "underpinnings", "warp and woofs", "warps", "assumptions", "justifications", "premises", "premisses", "presumptions", "presuppositions", "rationales", "suppositions", "theories", "theses", "warrants", "backbones", "centers", "cores", "eyes", "foci", "focuses", "hearts", "hubs", "kernels", "nuclei", "nucleuses", "seats", "essences", "quintessences", "souls", "touchstones" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "as in subsoils":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "subsoils", "duffs", "mulls", "alluviums", "alluvia", "colluvia", "colluviums", "detritus", "loesses", "marls", "sediments", "shingles", "silts", "dust", "gravels", "sands", "blacklands", "clays", "gaults", "gleys", "gucks", "gooks", "gumbos", "kaolins", "muck", "muds", "clods", "dirt", "earth", "ground", "molds", "humuses", "loams", "topsoils" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "sub-agents":{ "as in subagencies , agencies":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "agencies", "agents", "assignees", "attorneys", "commissaries", "delegates", "deputies", "envoys", "executors", "factors", "ministers", "procurators", "proxies", "representatives", "reps", "subagencies", "sub-agencies" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "subsume":{ "to have as part of a whole":{ "examples":[ "games and team sports are subsumed under the classification of \"recreation\"" ], "synonyms":[ "carry", "comprehend", "contain", "embrace", "encompass", "entail", "include", "involve", "number", "take in" ], "near synonyms":[ "comprise", "consist (of)", "bracket", "have", "hold", "own", "possess", "admit", "receive", "compose", "constitute", "form", "make", "assimilate", "embody", "incorporate", "integrate" ], "near antonyms":[ "ban", "bar", "debar", "preclude", "prevent", "prohibit", "deny", "refuse", "reject", "eliminate", "except", "rule out", "lose", "mislay", "misplace" ], "antonyms":[ "exclude", "leave (out)", "miss out", "omit" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "subtitles":{ "as in translations , closed-captionings":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "closed-captionings", "translations", "keys", "mottoes", "mottos", "posies", "slogans", "taglines", "captions", "cutlines", "legends" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "submarines":{ "a large sandwich on a long split roll":{ "examples":[ "always orders a roast beef submarine with the works" ], "synonyms":[ "Cuban sandwiches", "grinders", "heroes", "hoagies", "Italian sandwiches", "po'boys", "poor boys", "subs", "torpedoes" ], "near synonyms":[], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "sub-chapters":{ "as in offshoots":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "offshoots", "arms", "divisions", "wings", "lodges", "posts", "affiliates", "branches", "cells", "chapters", "councils", "locals" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "subverts":{ "to lower in character, dignity, or quality":{ "examples":[ "by insisting that she pay me for helping her, she subverted my noble desire to do a good deed without reward" ], "synonyms":[ "abases", "bastardizes", "cankers", "cheapens", "corrupts", "debases", "debauches", "degrades", "demeans", "demoralizes", "depraves", "deteriorates", "lessens", "perverts", "poisons", "profanes", "prostitutes", "vitiates", "warps" ], "near 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"abate", "bate", "deduct", "knock off", "remove", "subtract", "take off" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "subordinate":{ "having not so great importance or rank as another":{ "examples":[ "his contention is that environment plays a subordinate role to heredity in determining what we become" ], "synonyms":[ "inferior", "junior", "less", "lesser", "lower", "minor", "smaller" ], "near synonyms":[ "little", "mean", "small", "minute", "petty", "jerkwater", "one-horse", "second-class", "second-rate", "two-bit", "associate", "auxiliary", "secondary", "subsidiary" ], "near antonyms":[ "choice", "exceptional", "first-class", "first-rate" ], "antonyms":[ "greater", "higher", "major", "more", "primary", "prime", "senior", "superior", "superordinate" ] }, "one who is of lower rank and typically under the authority of another":{ "examples":[ "subordinates do most of the actual creation of the famous designer's clothing designs" ], "synonyms":[ "inferior", "junior", "underling" ], "near synonyms":[ "attendant", "follower", "retainer", "domestic", "menial", "steward", "flunky", "flunkey", "flunkie", "henchman", "lackey", "minion", "adjutant", "aid", "aide", "assistant", "coadjutor", "deputy", "second", "second fiddle", "helpmate", "helpmeet", "mate", "sidekick" ], "near antonyms":[ "boss", "captain", "chief", "foreman", "head", "headman", "helmsman", "kingpin", "leader", "master", "taskmaster" ], "antonyms":[ "senior", "superior" ] }, "to bring under one's control by force of arms":{ "examples":[ "it is one of the lessons of history that more powerful civilizations often subordinate weaker ones" ], "synonyms":[ "conquer", "dominate", "overpower", "pacify", "subdue", "subject", "subjugate", "vanquish" ], "near synonyms":[ "annihilate", "beat", "clobber", "crush", "defeat", "drub", "lick", "mow (down)", "overcome", "prevail (over)", "reduce", "rout", "skunk", "smash", "thrash", "triumph (over)", "trounce", "wallop", "whip", "enslave", "break", "clamp down (on)", "crack down (on)", "put down", "quash", "quell", "repress", "silence", "smother", "snuff (out)", "squash", "squelch", "suppress" ], "near antonyms":[ "discharge", "emancipate", "enfranchise", "free", "liberate", "manumit", "release", "spring", "unbind", "uncage", "unchain", "unfetter" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adjective", "noun", "verb" ] }, "submarine":{ "living, lying, or occurring below the surface of the water":{ "examples":[ "the submarine fossils that are to be found in coral reefs" ], "synonyms":[ "aquatic", "submerged", "sunken", "underwater" ], "near synonyms":[ "oceanic", "undersea", "abysmal", "abyssal", "deep", "deep-sea", "deepwater" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "a large sandwich on a long split roll":{ "examples":[ "always orders a roast beef submarine with the works" ], "synonyms":[ "Cuban sandwich", "grinder", "hero", "hoagie", "hoagy", "Italian sandwich", "po'boy", "poor boy", "sub", "torpedo" ], "near synonyms":[], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adjective", "noun" ] }, "subsidizes":{ "to furnish (as an institution) with a regular source of income":{ "examples":[ "the museum is annually subsidized by funds from several major corporations" ], "synonyms":[ "endows", "finances", "funds" ], "near synonyms":[ "establishes", "founds", "organizes", "bequeaths", "contributes", "donates", "subscribes", "supports", "underwrites", "awards", "grants", "backs", "promotes", "sponsors", "capitalizes", "invests (in)" ], "near antonyms":[ "draws", "receives", "subsists" ], "antonyms":[ "defunds", "disendows" ] }, "to provide money for":{ "examples":[ "housing for the elderly that was subsidized by the federal government" ], "synonyms":[ "bankrolls", "capitalizes", "endows", "finances", "funds", "stakes", "underwrites" ], "near synonyms":[ "grubstakes", "cofinances", "refinances", "advocates", "aids", "backs", "champions", "endorses", "indorses", "patronizes", "sponsors", "supports", "maintains", "nourishes", "provides (for)", "clears", "defrays", "discharges", "foots", "liquidates", "pays", "pays off", "pays up", "quits", "recompenses", "settles", "springs (for)", "stands", "refunds" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[ "defunds" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "submitting (to)":{ "as in deferring (to) , surrendering (to)":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "deferring (to)", "surrendering (to)", "yielding (to)", "adhering (to)", "complying (with)", "conforming (to)", "following", "goose-stepping (to)", "minding", "obeying", "observing", "acceding (to)", "acquiescing (to)", "agreeing (to)", "assenting (to)", "attending", "hearing", "heeding", "listening (to)", "marking", "noticing", "noting", "regarding", "taking", "watching" ], "near antonyms":[ "defying", "disobeying", "rebelling (against)", "disobliging", "challenging", "daring", "refusing", "renouncing", "repudiating", "directing", "leading", "brushing (off)", "disregarding", "ignoring", "overlooking", "overpassing", "passing over", "tuning out", "winking (at)", "dismissing", "pooh-poohing", "poohing", "shrugging off", "breaching", "breaking", "infringing", "transgressing", "violating", "deriding", "flouting", "mocking", "scoffing (at)", "scorning", "mutinying (against)", "revolting (against)", "bucking", "combating", "combatting", "contesting", "disputing", "fighting", "opposing", "resisting", "withstanding" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "subagents":{ "as in subagencies , agencies":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "agencies", "agents", "assignees", "attorneys", "commissaries", "delegates", "deputies", "envoys", "executors", "factors", "ministers", "procurators", "proxies", "representatives", "reps", "subagencies", "sub-agencies" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "subleasing":{ "as in subletting":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "subletting", "chartering", "engaging", "hiring", "leasing", "renting", "checking out", "arranging (for)", "bespeaking", "booking", "contracting (for)", "ordering", "reserving", "signing up (for)" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "subjectiveness":{ "as in subjectivity":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "subjectivity", "chauvinism", "nepotism", "bent", "inclination", "leaning", "penchant", "predilection", "predisposition", "proclivity", "propensity", "tendency", "bias", "favor", "favoritism", "nonobjectivity", "one-sidedness", "partiality", "partisanship", "prejudice", "preconception", "prejudgment" ], "near antonyms":[ "detachment", "disinterest", "disinterestedness", "equity", "evenhandedness", "fair-mindedness", "fairness", "impartiality", "justice", "neutralism", "neutrality", "nonpartisanship", "objectiveness", "objectivity", "apathy", "indifference", "unconcern", "broad-mindedness", "open-mindedness", "tolerance" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "subventions":{ "a sum of money allotted for a specific use by official or formal action":{ "examples":[ "the committee receives an annual subvention from the foundation to run the museum" ], "synonyms":[ "allocations", "allotments", "annuities", "appropriations", "entitlements", "grants", "subsidies" ], "near synonyms":[ "aids", "assistances", "block grants", "grants-in-aid", "set-asides", "foreign aids", "reliefs", "state aids", "advances", "allowances", "benefits", "bequests", "endowments", "funds", "legacies", "stipends", "trust funds", "trusts" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "subclasses":{ "as in sections , subgroups":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "branches", "generations", "sections", "sorts", "subdivisions", "subgroups", "subspecieses", "varieties", "brackets", "categories", "classes", "classifications", "divisions", "families", "genera", "genuses", "grades", "groups", "kinds", "leagues", "orders", "ranks", "rubrics", "sets", "species", "tiers", "types" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "subliminal":{ "functioning outside the area of conscious awareness but acting to influence one's thoughts or feelings":{ "examples":[ "A subliminal image was embedded in the advertisement.", "The subliminal sounds supposedly aid in getting to sleep, but I am skeptical." ], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "conditioned", "natural", "Pavlovian", "reactive", "reflex", "simple", "subconscious", "unconscious", "unforced", "visceral", "automatic", "instinctive", "instinctual", "involuntary", "knee-jerk", "mechanic", "mechanical", "robotic", "spontaneous", "concealed", "hidden", "shrouded", "subtle" ], "near antonyms":[ "aware", "conscious", "definitive", "explicit", "express", "detectable", "discernible", "discernable", "observable", "perceptible", "visible" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "sublease":{ "as in sublet":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "sublet", "charter", "engage", "hire", "lease", "rent", "check out", "arrange (for)", "bespeak", "book", "contract (for)", "order", "reserve", "sign up (for)" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "subjections":{ "a major object of interest or concern (as in a discussion or artistic composition)":{ "examples":[ "the subject of our discussion switched from who would be the next president to who was the greatest president in the nation's history" ], "synonyms":[ "content", "matter", "motif", "motive", "question", "theme", "topic" ], "near synonyms":[ "subject matter", "talking point", "count", "idea", "point", "purpose", "consideration", "issue", "problem", "body", "bulk", "burden", "centerpiece", "core", "crux", "essence", "fundamental", "generality", "gist", "grist", "heart", "kernel", "keynote", "main", "marrow", "mass", "net", "nub", "nubbin", "nucleus", "pith", "pivot", "purport", "quick", "staple", "substance", "sum", "basis", "bottom", "essential", "essentiality", "affair", "argument", "debate" ], "near antonyms":[ "aside", "digression", "excursion", "interjection", "parenthesis", "tangent" ], "antonyms":[] }, "a person who owes allegiance to a government and is protected by it":{ "examples":[ "because of the tense situation in that country, British subjects were advised to return home as soon as possible" ], "synonyms":[ "citizen", "freeman", "national" ], "near synonyms":[ "compatriot", "countryman", "inhabitant", "native", "nonimmigrant", "resident" ], "near antonyms":[ "foreigner", "stranger", "immigrant", "nonnative" ], "antonyms":[ "alien", "noncitizen" ] }, "something (as a belief) that serves as the basis for another thing":{ "examples":[ "he has no subject to protest this time, but that's never stopped him before" ], "synonyms":[ "account", "authority", "grounds", "motive", "reason", "wherefore", "why" ], "near synonyms":[ "antecedent", "cause", "consideration", "impetus", "incentive", "inspiration", "instigation", "occasion", "stimulus" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "to bring under one's control by force of arms":{ "examples":[ "Attila the Hun subjected most of Europe to his barbaric pillage" ], "synonyms":[ "conquer", "dominate", "overpower", "pacify", "subdue", "subjugate", "subordinate", "vanquish" ], "near synonyms":[ "annihilate", "beat", "clobber", "crush", "defeat", "drub", "lick", "mow (down)", "overcome", "prevail (over)", "reduce", "rout", "skunk", "smash", "thrash", "triumph (over)", "trounce", "wallop", "whip", "enslave", "break", "clamp down (on)", "crack down (on)", "put down", "quash", "quell", "repress", "silence", "smother", "snuff (out)", "squash", "squelch", "suppress" ], "near antonyms":[ "discharge", "emancipate", "enfranchise", "free", "liberate", "manumit", "release", "spring", "unbind", "uncage", "unchain", "unfetter" ], "antonyms":[] }, "as in dependent , non-self-governing":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "dependent", "nonautonomous", "non-self-governing", "unfree", "bound", "captive", "conquered", "enslaved", "fettered", "subdued", "subjugated", "inferior", "subordinate", "subservient" ], "near antonyms":[ "autonomous", "free", "freestanding", "independent", "self-governed", "self-governing", "self-ruling", "separate", "sovereign", "sovran", "freeborn", "delivered", "emancipated", "freed", "liberated", "manumitted", "redeemed", "released" ], "antonyms":[] }, "the act or process of bringing someone or something under one's control":{ "examples":[ "a holy man for whom the subjection of earthly desires is the path to spiritual perfection" ], "synonyms":[ "conquest", "dominating", "domination", "overpowering", "subduing", "subjecting", "subjugating", "subjugation", "vanquishing" ], "near synonyms":[ "triumph", "victory", "win", "winning", "beating", "defeat", "drubbing", "licking", "shellacking", "trimming", "trouncing", "whipping", "enslavement", "takeover" ], "near antonyms":[ "emancipation", "enfranchisement", "freeing", "liberation", "manumission", "release" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adjective", "noun", "verb" ] }, "subsistence 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"curtailments", "cutbacks", "cuts" ], "near antonyms":[ "boosts", "enlargements", "gains", "increases", "increments", "raises", "rises", "accretions", "accruals", "accumulations", "addenda", "addendums", "appendixes", "appendices", "augmentations", "supplementations", "supplements" ], "antonyms":[ "accessions", "additions" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "sub-directors":{ "as in subchiefs":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "subchiefs", "sub-chiefs", "micromanagers", "employers", "gaffers", "gangers", "coheads", "co-heads", "coleaders", "co-leaders", "big cheeses", "big guns", "bigwigs", "top dogs", "top guns", "barons", "czarinas", "tsarinas", "tzarinas", "czars", "tsars", "tzars", "kings", "magnates", "moguls", "presidents", "princes", "princesses", "queens", "figureheads", "overlords", "potentates", "rulers", "sovereigns", "sovrans", "administrators", "commanders", "directors", "executives", "generals", "governors", "hierarchs", "higher-ups" ], "near antonyms":[ "dependents", "inferiors", "juniors", "secondaries", "subjects", "subordinates", "underlings" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "subcommittee":{ "a part of a committee that is organized for a certain purpose":{ "examples":[ "The Senate has formed a subcommittee to set up an investigation." ], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "standing committee", "steering committee", "commission", "panel", "delegation", "mission", "assembly", "body", "congress", "convocation", "council", "synod" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "subchiefs":{ "as in subdirectors":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "subdirectors", "sub-directors", "micromanagers", "employers", "gaffers", "gangers", "coheads", "co-heads", "coleaders", "co-leaders", "big cheeses", "big guns", "bigwigs", "top dogs", "top guns", "barons", "czarinas", "tsarinas", "tzarinas", "czars", "tsars", "tzars", "kings", "magnates", "moguls", "presidents", "princes", "princesses", "queens", "figureheads", "overlords", "potentates", "rulers", "sovereigns", "sovrans", "administrators", "commanders", "directors", "executives", "generals", "governors", "hierarchs", "higher-ups" ], "near antonyms":[ "dependents", "inferiors", "juniors", "secondaries", "subjects", "subordinates", "underlings" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "subnormal":{ "of a size that is less than average":{ "examples":[ "because of the summer drought, harvests have definitely been subnormal this year" ], "synonyms":[ "bantam", "diminutive", "dinky", "dwarfish", "fine", "half-pint", "Lilliputian", "little", "pint-size", "pint-sized", "pocket", "pocket-size", "pocket-sized", "puny", "pygmy", "shrimpy", "slight", "small", "smallish", "toylike", "undersized", "undersize" ], "near synonyms":[ "dwarf", "toy", "runtish", "runty", "scrubby", "stunted", "bitty", "inappreciable", "infinitesimal", "little bitty", "micro", "microscopic", "microscopical", "mini", "miniature", "miniaturized", "minikin", "minim", "minuscule", "minute", "pinpoint", "teensy", "teensy-weensy", "teeny", "teeny-weeny", "tiny", "wee", "weeny", "weensy", "meager", "meagre", "niggardly", "poor", "scant", "scanty", "scarce", "skimp", "skimpy", "slender", "slim", "spare", "sparse", "stingy", "deficient", "inadequate", "insufficient", "lacking", "wanting", "bite-size", "bite-sized", "capsule" ], "near antonyms":[ "bulky", "hefty", "hulking", "massive", "voluminous", "boxcar", "Brobdingnagian", "Bunyanesque", "cavernous", "colossal", "cyclopean", "elephantine", "enormous", "galactic", "gargantuan", "giant", "gigantic", "gross", "Himalayan", "herculean", "heroic", "heroical", "huge", "humongous", "humungous", "immense", "jumbo", "leviathan", "mammoth", "monolithic", "monstrous", "monumental", "mountainous", "pharaonic", "prodigious", "staggering", "stupendous", "titanic", "tremendous", "vast", "abundant", "ample", "appreciable", "bountiful", "copious", "generous", "healthy", "liberal", "plenteous", "plentiful", "fat", "thick", "broad", "wide", "boundless", "cosmic", "cosmical", "immeasurable", "incalculable", "infinite", "adequate", "enough", "sufficient" ], "antonyms":[ "big", "biggish", "considerable", "goodly", "grand", "great", "handsome", "husky", "king-size", "king-sized", "large", "largish", "outsize", "outsized", "overscale", "overscaled", "oversize", "oversized", "sizable", "sizeable", "substantial", "tidy", "whacking", "whopping" ] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "submissive":{ "readily giving in to the command or authority of another":{ "examples":[ "it's not in her nature to be submissive" ], "synonyms":[ "amenable", "biddable", "compliant", "conformable", "docile", "law-abiding", "obedient", "tractable" ], "near synonyms":[ "acquiescent", "agreeable", "amiable", "duteous", "dutiful", "obliging", "placable", "soft", "surrendering", "yielding", "fawning", "kowtowing", "obeisant", "obsequious", "servile", "slavish", "subordinate", "subservient", "decorous", "disciplined", "mannerly", "orderly", "constrained", "curbed", "inhibited", "repressed", "restrained", "controllable", "disciplinable", "governable", "handleable", "manageable", "tame", "teachable", "trainable", "gentle", "meek", "mild" ], "near antonyms":[ "insurgent", "mutinous", "dogged", "hardheaded", "headstrong", "mulish", "obdurate", "obstinate", "peevish", "pigheaded", "self-willed", "stubborn", "unyielding", "uncontrollable", "unmanageable", "wild", "balky", "defiant", "perverse", "resistant", "bad", "disorderly", "errant", "misbehaving", "mischievous", "naughty", "ill-bred", "undisciplined", "dissident", "nonconformist", "disrespectful", "ill-mannered", "impolite", "impudent", "insolent", "rude" ], "antonyms":[ "balky", "contrary", "contumacious", "defiant", "disobedient", "froward", "incompliant", "insubordinate", "intractable", "noncompliant", "obstreperous", "rebel", "rebellious", "recalcitrant", "refractory", "restive", "unamenable", "ungovernable", "unruly", "untoward", "wayward", "willful", "wilful" ] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "subversions":{ "secret efforts to weaken or ruin a political system or government from within":{ "examples":[ "They were arrested on charges of political subversion ." ], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "insurgencies", "insurrections", "mutinies", "overthrows", "overturns", "rebellions", "revolts", "revolutions", "uprisings", "upsets", "sabotages", "coups", "coups d'\u00e9tat", "coups d'etat", "coup d'\u00e9tats", "coup d'etats", "misprisions", "seditions", "treacheries", "treasons", "eruptions", "flare-ups", "outbreaks", "outbursts", "bluster", "bobberies", "bustles", "coils", "commotions", "furores", "furors", "fusses", "hubbubs", "hullabaloos", "hurly-burlies", "pandemoniums", "routs", "rows", "ruckuses", "ructions", "rumpuses", "shindys", "shindies", "squalls", "stews", "stirs", "to-dos", "turmoils", "welters", "williwaws", "bouleversements", "cataclysms", "convulsions", "earthquakes", "paroxysms", "storms", "tempests", "tumults", "upheavals", "uproars" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "subsistence farmer":{ "as in tenant farmer , gentleman farmer":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "crofter", "cropper", "gentleman farmer", "sharecropper", "tenant farmer", "yeoman", "agriculturist", "agriculturalist", "agronomist", "cultivator", "grower", "planter", "tiller", "farmhand", "field hand", "gleaner", "harvester", "plowman", "reaper", "workfolk", "workfolks", "homesteader", "nester", "granger", "rancher", "ranchero", "ranchman", "campesino" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "sublethal":{ "as in toxic , infectious":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "infectious", "infective", "pestilential", "poisonous", "toxic", "virulent", "baneful", "deleterious", "destructive", "harmful", "injurious", "noxious", "pernicious", "truculent", "dangerous", "grave", "grievous", "hazardous", "jeopardizing", "menacing", "parlous", "perilous", "risky", "serious", "threatening", "ugly", "unhealthy", "unsound", "baleful", "deadly", "deathly", "fatal", "fell", "killer", "lethal", "mortal", "murderous", "pestilent", "terminal", "vital", "bloody", "internecine", "sanguinary", "sanguine" ], "near antonyms":[ "healthful", "healthy", "nonfatal", "nonlethal", "wholesome", "beneficial", "restorative", "salubrious", "salutary", "alleviative", "corrective", "curative", "remedial", "tonic", "advantageous", "beneficial", "useful", "nonpoisonous", "nontoxic", "safe" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "substitutes":{ "a person or thing that takes the place of another":{ "examples":[ "you'll be getting a substitute until your regular teacher is feeling better", "if you like, you can use nuts as a substitute for coconut in that recipe" ], "synonyms":[ "backups", "covers", "designated hitters", "fill-ins", "locum tenentes", "pinch hitters", "reliefs", "replacements", "reserves", "stand-ins", "subs" ], "near synonyms":[ "alternates", "understudies", "apologies", "makeshifts", "stopgaps", "agents", "assignees", "attorneys", "commissaries", "delegates", "deputies", "envoys", "factors", "procurators", "proxies", "representatives", "reps", "surrogates", "assistants", "relievers", "seconds", "successors", "superseders" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "to give up (something) and take something else in return":{ "examples":[ "can I substitute coleslaw for potato salad if I order the chicken plate?" ], "synonyms":[ "changes", "commutes", "exchanges", "shifts", "swaps", "switches", "trades" ], "near synonyms":[ "interchanges", "displaces", "replaces", "supersedes", "cedes", "hands over", "surrenders", "yields", "reciprocates" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "to serve as a replacement usually for a time only":{ "examples":[ "substituting for the talk show host while she is on vacation" ], "synonyms":[ "covers", "fills in", "pinch-hits", "stands in", "steps in", "subs", "takes over" ], "near synonyms":[ "understudies", "relieves", "spells", "doubles (as)" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "to take the place of":{ "examples":[ "\"John Doe,\" \"Jane Doe,\" and \"Baby Doe\" substituted the real names of the parties involved to preserve their privacy" ], "synonyms":[ "cuts out", "displaces", "displants", "relieves", "replaces", "supersedes", "supplants" ], "near synonyms":[ "preempts", "usurps" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "subordinates":{ "one who is of lower rank and typically under the authority of another":{ "examples":[ "subordinates do most of the actual creation of the famous designer's clothing designs" ], "synonyms":[ "inferiors", "juniors", "underlings" ], "near synonyms":[ "attendants", "followers", "retainers", "domestics", "menials", "stewards", "flunkies", "flunkeys", "henchmen", "lackeys", "minions", "adjutants", "aides", "aids", "assistants", "coadjutors", "deputies", "second fiddles", "seconds", "helpmates", "helpmeets", "mates", "sidekicks" ], "near antonyms":[ "bosses", "captains", "chiefs", "foremen", "headmen", "heads", "helmsmen", "kingpins", "leaders", "masters", "taskmasters" ], "antonyms":[ "seniors", "superiors" ] }, "to bring under one's control by force of arms":{ "examples":[ "it is one of the lessons of history that more powerful civilizations often subordinate weaker ones" ], "synonyms":[ "conquers", "dominates", "overpowers", "pacifies", "subdues", "subjects", "subjugates", "vanquishes" ], "near synonyms":[ "annihilates", "beats", "clobbers", "crushes", "defeats", "drubs", "licks", "mows (down)", "overcomes", "prevails (over)", "reduces", "routs", "skunks", "smashes", "thrashes", "triumphs (over)", "trounces", "wallops", "whips", "enslaves", "breaks", "clamps down (on)", "cracks down (on)", "puts down", "quashes", "quells", "represses", "silences", "smothers", "snuffs (out)", "squashes", "squelches", "suppresses" ], "near antonyms":[ "discharges", "emancipates", "enfranchises", "frees", "liberates", "manumits", "releases", "springs", "unbinds", "uncages", "unchains", "unfetters" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "subcompacts":{ "as in sedans , compacts":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "compacts", "coupes", "coup\u00e9s", "intermediates", "limousines", "minicars", "minis", "sedans", "V-8s", "automobiles", "autos", "buses", "busses", "cars", "horseless carriages", "machines", "motorcars", "motors", "motor vehicles", "wheels", "coaches", "jitneys", "microbuses", "microbusses", "minibuses", "minibusses", "minivans", "omnibuses", "vans", "convertibles", "fastbacks", "hardtops", "hatchbacks", "notchbacks", "ragtops", "sports cars", "sport-utility vehicles", "station wagons", "SUVs", "town cars", "wagons", "woodies", "gas-guzzlers", "land yachts", "muscle cars", "stock cars", "turbocars", "beaters", "clunkers", "crates", "flivvers", "jalopies", "junkers", "cream puffs", "phaetons", "roadsters", "tin lizzies", "touring cars" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "subdepartment":{ "as in subdivision":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "subdivision", "agency", "arm", "branch", "bureau", "department", "desk", "division", "office", "service" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "substitutions":{ "as in replacements":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "replacements", "back-and-forths", "barters", "commutations", "dickers", "exchanges", "quid pro quos", "swaps", "trade-offs", "trades", "trucks", "reciprocations", "recompenses", "requitals", "bargains", "deals", "horse trades", "negotiations", "transactions", "dealings", "logrollings" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "subpoena":{ "a written notice ordering a person to appear in court":{ "examples":[ "received a subpoena to appear as a witness for the prosecution" ], "synonyms":[ "process", "summons" ], "near synonyms":[ "capias", "warrant", "writ", "ticket" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "as in cite":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "cite", "call", "hail", "summon", "assemble", "call out", "call up", "convene", "convoke", "muster", "ask", "bid", "invite", "command", "order", "request", "requisition", "beckon", "demand", "invoke", "buzz", "knell", "page", "ring", "whistle" ], "near antonyms":[ "dismiss", "send (away)", "turn away", "banish", "boot (out)", "cast out", "drum (out)", "eject", "expel", "kick out", "oust", "out", "rout", "run off", "throw out", "turf (out)" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "subscribes":{ "to give or express one's approval (as to a proposal)":{ "examples":[ "promised that as president he would never subscribe to the use of torture as an interrogation method, regardless of the circumstances" ], "synonyms":[ "accedes", "acquiesces", "agrees", "assents", "comes round", "consents" ], "near synonyms":[ "adopts", "embraces", "espouses", "abides", "bears (with)", "endures", "stands", "suffers", "tolerates", "stomachs", "swallows", "takes", "bows", "knuckles under", "relents", "submits", "succumbs", "yields" ], "near antonyms":[ "rebuffs", "refuses", "rejects", "scorns", "spurns", "denies", "gainsays" ], "antonyms":[ "dissents" ] }, "to write one's name on (as a document)":{ "examples":[ "they dutifully subscribed several dozen forms at the mortgage closing" ], "synonyms":[ "autographs", "inks", "signs" ], "near synonyms":[ "signs up", "cosigns", "countersigns", "endorses", "indorses", "registers", "signs on", "inscribes", "authors", "pencils (in)", "pens", "scratches (out)", "scrawls", "scribbles", "notarizes" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "subcommittees":{ "a part of a committee that is organized for a certain purpose":{ "examples":[ "The Senate has formed a subcommittee to set up an investigation." ], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "standing committees", "steering committees", "commissions", "panels", "delegations", "missions", "assemblies", "bodies", "congresses", "convocations", "councils", "synods" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "substituting":{ "to give up (something) and take something else in return":{ "examples":[ "can I substitute coleslaw for potato salad if I order the chicken plate?" ], "synonyms":[ "changing", "commuting", "exchanging", "shifting", "swapping", "switching", "trading" ], "near synonyms":[ "interchanging", "displacing", "replacing", "superseding", "ceding", "handing over", "surrendering", "yielding", "reciprocating" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "to serve as a replacement usually for a time only":{ "examples":[ "substituting for the talk show host while she is on vacation" ], "synonyms":[ "covering", "filling in", "pinch-hitting", "standing in", "stepping in", "subbing", "taking over" ], "near synonyms":[ "understudying", "relieving", "spelling", "doubling (as)" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "to take the place of":{ "examples":[ "\"John Doe,\" \"Jane Doe,\" and \"Baby Doe\" substituted the real names of the parties involved to preserve their privacy" ], "synonyms":[ "cutting out", "displacing", "displanting", "relieving", "replacing", "superseding", "supplanting" ], "near synonyms":[ "preempting", "usurping" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "subverting":{ "to lower in character, dignity, or quality":{ "examples":[ "by insisting that she pay me for helping her, she subverted my noble desire to do a good deed without reward" ], "synonyms":[ "abasing", "bastardizing", "cankering", "cheapening", "corrupting", "debasing", "debauching", "degrading", "demeaning", "demoralizing", "depraving", "deteriorating", "lessening", "perverting", "poisoning", "profaning", "prostituting", "vitiating", "warping" ], "near synonyms":[ "befouling", "begriming", "contaminating", "defiling", "diluting", "dirtying", "polluting", "tainting", "thinning", "watering down", "weakening", "descending", "disgracing", "dishonoring", "humbling", "humiliating", "shaming", "taking down", "blemishing", "damaging", "defacing", "destroying", "flawing", "harming", "hurting", "impairing", "marring", "ruining", "spoiling", "staining", "tarnishing", "wrecking", "depreciating", "downgrading" ], "near antonyms":[ "dignifying", "exalting", "honoring", "ameliorating", "amending", "bettering", "enhancing", "enriching", "improving", "meliorating", "perfecting", "clarifying", "cleaning", "cleansing", "purifying", "refining", "restoring", "respecting" ], "antonyms":[ "elevating", "ennobling", "uplifting" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "subscribe":{ "to give or express one's approval (as to a proposal)":{ "examples":[ "promised that as president he would never subscribe to the use of torture as an interrogation method, regardless of the circumstances" ], "synonyms":[ "accede", "acquiesce", "agree", "assent", "come round", "consent" ], "near synonyms":[ "adopt", "embrace", "espouse", "abide", "bear (with)", "endure", "stand", "suffer", "tolerate", "stomach", "swallow", "take", "bow", "knuckle under", "relent", "submit", "succumb", "yield" ], "near antonyms":[ "rebuff", "refuse", "reject", "scorn", "spurn", "deny", "gainsay" ], "antonyms":[ "dissent" ] }, "to write one's name on (as a document)":{ "examples":[ "they dutifully subscribed several dozen forms at the mortgage closing" ], "synonyms":[ "autograph", "ink", "sign" ], "near synonyms":[ "sign up", "cosign", "countersign", "endorse", "indorse", "register", "sign on", "inscribe", "author", "pen", "pencil (in)", "scratch (out)", "scrawl", "scribble", "notarize" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "subplots":{ "as in stories , plots":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "actions", "plots", "stories", "story lines", "arguments", "mythoi", "subjects", "themes", "designs", "outlines", "plans", "schemes", "arcs", "developments" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "subjects":{ "a major object of interest or concern (as in a discussion or artistic composition)":{ "examples":[ "the subject of our discussion switched from who would be the next president to who was the greatest president in the nation's history" ], "synonyms":[ "contents", "matters", "motifs", "motives", "questions", "themes", "topics" ], "near synonyms":[ "subject matters", "talking points", "counts", "ideas", "points", "purposes", "considerations", "issues", "problems", "bodies", "bulks", "burdens", "centerpieces", "cores", "cruxes", "cruces", "essences", "fundamentals", "generalities", "gists", "grists", "hearts", "kernels", "keynotes", "mains", "marrows", "masses", "nets", "nubbins", "nubs", "nuclei", "nucleuses", "piths", "pivots", "purports", "quicks", "staples", "substances", "sums", "bases", "bottoms", "essentialities", "essentials", "affairs", "arguments", "debates" ], "near antonyms":[ "asides", "digressions", "excursions", "interjections", "parentheses", "tangents" ], "antonyms":[] }, "a person who owes allegiance to a government and is protected by it":{ "examples":[ "because of the tense situation in that country, British subjects were advised to return home as soon as possible" ], "synonyms":[ "citizens", "freemen", "nationals" ], "near synonyms":[ "compatriots", "countrymen", "inhabitants", "natives", "nonimmigrants", "residents" ], "near antonyms":[ "foreigners", "strangers", "immigrants", "nonnatives" ], "antonyms":[ "aliens", "noncitizens" ] }, "something (as a belief) that serves as the basis for another thing":{ "examples":[ "he has no subject to protest this time, but that's never stopped him before" ], "synonyms":[ "accounts", "authorities", "grounds", "motives", "reasons", "wherefores", "whys" ], "near synonyms":[ "antecedents", "causes", "considerations", "impetuses", "incentives", "inspirations", "instigations", "occasions", "stimuli" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "to bring under one's control by force of arms":{ "examples":[ "Attila the Hun subjected most of Europe to his barbaric pillage" ], "synonyms":[ "conquers", "dominates", "overpowers", "pacifies", "subdues", "subjugates", "subordinates", "vanquishes" ], "near synonyms":[ "annihilates", "beats", "clobbers", "crushes", "defeats", "drubs", "licks", "mows (down)", "overcomes", "prevails (over)", "reduces", "routs", "skunks", "smashes", "thrashes", "triumphs (over)", "trounces", "wallops", "whips", "enslaves", "breaks", "clamps down (on)", "cracks down (on)", "puts down", "quashes", "quells", "represses", "silences", "smothers", "snuffs (out)", "squashes", "squelches", "suppresses" ], "near antonyms":[ "discharges", "emancipates", "enfranchises", "frees", "liberates", "manumits", "releases", "springs", "unbinds", "uncages", "unchains", "unfetters" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "substandard":{ "falling short of a standard":{ "examples":[ "a teacher who rejects substandard work without hesitation" ], "synonyms":[ "bad", "bastard", "bush", "bush-league", "crummy", "crumby", "deficient", "dissatisfactory", "ill", "inferior", "lame", "lousy", "off", "paltry", "poor", "punk", "sour", "suboptimal", "subpar", "unacceptable", "unsatisfactory", "wack", "wanting", "wretched", "wrong" ], "near synonyms":[ "abysmal", "atrocious", "awful", "bitchin'", "brutal", "damnable", "deplorable", "detestable", "disastrous", "dreadful", "execrable", "gnarly", "horrendous", "horrible", "pathetic", "stinky", "sucky", "terrible", "unspeakable", "defective", "faulty", "flawed", "egregious", "flagrant", "gross", "bum", "cheesy", "coarse", "common", "crappy", "cut-rate", "junky", "lesser", "low-grade", "low-rent", "mediocre", "miserable", "reprehensible", "rotten", "rubbishy", "second-rate", "shoddy", "sleazy", "trashy", "abominable", "odious", "vile", "useless", "valueless", "worthless", "inadequate", "insufficient", "lacking", "meager", "meagre", "mean", "miserly", "niggardly", "scanty", "shabby", "short", "skimp", "skimpy", "spare", "stingy", "miscreant", "scurrilous", "villainous", "counterfeit", "fake", "phony", "phoney", "sham" ], "near antonyms":[ "classic", "classical", "A1", "bang-up", "banner", "boss", "capital", "choice", "crackerjack", "dandy", "divine", "excellent", "exceptional", "fabulous", "first-class", "first-rate", "grand", "great", "groovy", "heavenly", "high-test", "jim-dandy", "keen", "marvelous", "marvellous", "mean", "neat", "nifty", "noble", "par excellence", "perfect", "premium", "prime", "sensational", "slick", "splendid", "stellar", "sterling", "superb", "superior", "superlative", "supernal", "swell", "terrific", "tip-top", "top", "top-notch", "unsurpassed", "wonderful", "better", "exceptional", "fancy", "high-grade", "special", "sufficient", "average", "borderline", "fair", "mediocre", "middling", "minimal", "so-so", "unexceptional", "suitable", "useful", "worthy", "gratifying", "satisfying" ], "antonyms":[ "acceptable", "adequate", "all right", "decent", "fine", "OK", "okay", "passable", "respectable", "satisfactory", "standard", "tolerable" ] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "subversives":{ "someone who tries to overthrow or undermine a governing power":{ "examples":[ "They were outted as subversives and exiled from the country." ], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "anarchists", "anarchs", "agitators", "insurgents", "insurrectionists", "rebels", "crazies", "extremists", "radicals", "revolutionaries", "revolutionists", "alarmists", "extremists", "revolters", "troublemakers", "young Turks", "secessionists", "separationists", "separatists", "defectors", "deserters", "renegades", "apostates", "backstabbers", "betrayers", "double-crossers", "double-dealers", "Judases", "quislings", "recreants", "serpents", "snakes", "traitors", "turncoats", "coconspirators", "co-conspirators", "conspirators", "intriguers", "plotters", "schemers", "accommodationists", "collaborationists", "collaborators", "sellouts", "subverters" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "subtracting":{ "to take away (an amount or number) from a total":{ "examples":[ "if you subtract 10 from 23, you get 13", "you can subtract the time you spent daydreaming from your total homework time" ], "synonyms":[ "abating", "deducting", "knocking off", "taking off" ], "near synonyms":[ "decreasing", "diminishing", "discounting", "downsizing", "dwindling", "knocking down", "lessening", "lowering", "reducing", "abbreviating", "abridging", "clipping", "cropping", "curtailing", "cutting", "cutting back", "cutting down", "docking", "paring", "pruning", "retrenching", "shortening", "slashing", "trimming", "truncating", "whittling" ], "near antonyms":[ "adjoining", "annexing", "appending", "complementing", "supplementing", "enhancing", "heightening", "intensifying", "magnifying", "aggrandizing", "amplifying", "augmenting", "beefing (up)", "boosting", "compounding", "enlarging", "escalating", "expanding", "increasing", "multiplying", "raising" ], "antonyms":[ "adding", "tacking (on)" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "subclass":{ "as in section , subgroup":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "branch", "generation", "section", "sort", "subdivision", "subgroup", "subspecies", "variety", "bracket", "category", "class", "classification", "division", "family", "genus", "grade", "group", "kind", "league", "order", "rank(s)", "rubric", "set", "species", "tier", "type" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "subjugate":{ "to bring under one's control by force of arms":{ "examples":[ "explorers who subjugated the natives in the name of religion" ], "synonyms":[ "conquer", "dominate", "overpower", "pacify", "subdue", "subject", "subordinate", "vanquish" ], "near synonyms":[ "annihilate", "beat", "clobber", "crush", "defeat", "drub", "lick", "mow (down)", "overcome", "prevail (over)", "reduce", "rout", "skunk", "smash", "thrash", "triumph (over)", "trounce", "wallop", "whip", "enslave", "break", "clamp down (on)", "crack down (on)", "put down", "quash", "quell", "repress", "silence", "smother", "snuff (out)", "squash", "squelch", "suppress" ], "near antonyms":[ "discharge", "emancipate", "enfranchise", "free", "liberate", "manumit", "release", "spring", "unbind", "uncage", "unchain", "unfetter" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "subemployed":{ "as in underemployed":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "underemployed", "jobless", "unemployed" ], "near antonyms":[ "employed", "working", "self-employed" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "subject matters":{ "the information or ideas that are discussed or dealt with in a book, movie, etc.; what something is about":{ "examples":[ "I found the film's subject matter to be quite disturbing.", "The magazine's editors care more about style than about subject matter .", "She disapproves of the artist's choice of subject matter ." ], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "talking points", "contents", "matters", "motifs", "motives", "questions", "subjects", "themes", "topics", "counts", "ideas", "points", "purposes", "considerations", "issues", "problems", "bodies", "bulks", "burdens", "centerpieces", "cores", "cruxes", "cruces", "essences", "fundamentals", "generalities", "gists", "grists", "hearts", "kernels", "keynotes", "mains", "marrows", "masses", "nets", "nubbins", "nubs", "nuclei", "nucleuses", "piths", "pivots", "purports", "quicks", "staples", "substances", "sums", "bases", "bottoms", "essentialities", "essentials", "affairs", "arguments", "debates" ], "near antonyms":[ "asides", "digressions", "excursions", "interjections", "parentheses", "tangents" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "subtracted (from)":{ "as in reduced , decreased":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "decreased", "de-escalated", "deflated", "diminished", "downsized", "dwindled", "lessened", "lowered", "moderated", "modified", "reduced", "retrenched", "shrank", "shrunk", "slashed", "tapered", "abated", "compressed", "constricted", "contracted", "cut", "cut down", "pared", "pruned", "trimmed", "abstracted", "digested", "encapsulated", "epitomized", "recapitulated", "summarized", "summed up", "abbreviated", "abridged", "curtailed", "cut back", "docked", "elided", "shortened", "syncopated", "truncated" ], "near antonyms":[ "elongated", "extended", "lengthened", "prolonged", "protracted", "enlarged", "expanded", "supplemented", "added", "aggrandized", "amplified", "augmented", "ballooned", "boosted", "dilated", "escalated", "heightened", "increased", "maximized", "pumped up", "raised", "blew up", "distended", "inflated", "swelled" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "subcompact":{ "as in sedan , compact":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "compact", "coupe", "coup\u00e9", "intermediate", "limousine", "mini", "minicar", "sedan", "V-8", "auto", "automobile", "bus", "car", "horseless carriage", "machine", "motor", "motorcar", "motor vehicle", "wheels", "coach", "jitney", "microbus", "minibus", "minivan", "omnibus", "van", "convertible", "fastback", "hardtop", "hatchback", "notchback", "ragtop", "sports car", "sport-utility vehicle", "station wagon", "SUV", "town car", "wagon", "woody", "woodie", "gas-guzzler", "land yacht", "muscle car", "stock car", "turbocar", "beater", "clunker", "crate", "flivver", "jalopy", "junker", "cream puff", "phaeton", "roadster", "tin lizzie", "touring car" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "substantiating":{ "serving to give support to the truth or factualness of something":{ "examples":[ "without some substantiating evidence, such as a stub from a bus ticket, who's going to believe your alibi?" ], "synonyms":[ "confirmational", "confirmatory", "confirming", "corroborating", "corroborative", "corroboratory", "probative", "probatory", "supporting", "supportive", "verifying", "vindicating" ], "near synonyms":[ "auxiliary", "supplementary", "beneficial", "helpful" ], "near antonyms":[ "contradictory", "contrary", "counter", "opposing" ], "antonyms":[ "confuting", "disproving", "refuting" ] }, "to gain full recognition or acceptance of":{ "examples":[ "substantiated his claim to local mountaineering fame with a photo of himself on the summit of Mount McKinley" ], "synonyms":[ "demonstrating", "establishing", "proving", "showing" ], "near synonyms":[ "attesting", "authenticating", "bearing out", "documenting", "evidencing", "supporting", "sustaining", "upholding", "confirming", "corroborating", "justifying", "validating", "verifying" ], "near antonyms":[ "confuting", "discrediting", "invalidating", "rebutting", "refuting" ], "antonyms":[ "disproving" ] }, "to give evidence or testimony to the truth or factualness of":{ "examples":[ "Mr. MacGregor couldn't substantiate that it was Peter, and not some other rabbit, in the cabbage patch" ], "synonyms":[ "arguing", "attesting", "authenticating", "bearing out", "certifying", "confirming", "corroborating", "supporting", "validating", "verifying", "vindicating" ], "near synonyms":[ "avouching", "backing (up)", "testifying (to)", "vouching (for)", "witnessing", "guaranteeing", "warranting", "affirming", "asserting", "averring", "avowing", "declaring", "professing", "demonstrating", "documenting", "establishing", "proving", "reinforcing", "reenforcing" ], "near antonyms":[ "contradicting", "gainsaying", "denying", "disavowing", "disclaiming", "challenging", "contesting", "disputing", "questioning" ], "antonyms":[ "disproving", "rebutting", "refuting" ] }, "to represent in visible form":{ "examples":[ "the artist's intense feelings are substantiated by his paintings' bold colors and broad brush strokes" ], "synonyms":[ "bodying", "embodying", "epitomizing", "expressing", "externalizing", "incarnating", "incorporating", "instantiating", "manifesting", "materializing", "personalizing", "personifying" ], "near synonyms":[ "actualizing", "concretizing", "realizing", "exemplifying", "illustrating", "imaging", "objectifying", "symbolizing", "typifying" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "to show the existence or truth of by evidence":{ "examples":[ "substantiate the need for a tuition increase with some concrete figures" ], "synonyms":[ "demonstrating", "documenting", "establishing", "proving", "validating" ], "near synonyms":[ "backing (up)", "buttressing", "circumstantiating", "corroborating", "evidencing", "evincing", "recording", "supporting", "upholding", "witnessing", "adducing", "attesting", "authenticating", "certifying", "identifying", "confirming", "sustaining", "verifying", "vouching", "clinching", "nailing", "settling", "confessing", "deposing", "testifying" ], "near antonyms":[ "challenging", "disputing", "objecting", "alleging", "assuming", "conjecturing", "guessing", "presuming", "surmising", "suspecting" ], "antonyms":[ "disproving", "rebutting", "refuting" ] }, "to provide evidence or information for (as a claim or idea)":{ "examples":[ "Darwin spent the rest of his life gathering evidence to substantiate his theory of the origin of species" ], "synonyms":[ "backing", "bolstering", "buttressing", "corroborating", "reinforcing", "reenforcing", "shoring (up)", "supporting" ], "near synonyms":[ "confirming", "establishing", "proving", "verifying", "affirming", "avouching", "validating" ], "near antonyms":[ "undercutting", "undermining", "weakening" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adjective", "verb" ] }, "subspecies":{ "as in subgroup , variety":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "branch", "generation", "section", "sort", "subclass", "subdivision", "subgroup", "variety", "bracket", "category", "class", "classification", "division", "family", "genus", "grade", "group", "kind", "league", "order", "rank(s)", "rubric", "set", "species", "tier", "type" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "subscribing":{ "to give or express one's approval (as to a proposal)":{ "examples":[ "promised that as president he would never subscribe to the use of torture as an interrogation method, regardless of the circumstances" ], "synonyms":[ "acceding", "acquiescing", "agreeing", "assenting", "coming round", "consenting" ], "near synonyms":[ "adopting", "embracing", "espousing", "abiding", "bearing (with)", "enduring", "standing", "suffering", "tolerating", "stomaching", "swallowing", "taking", "bowing", "knuckling under", "relenting", "submitting", "succumbing", "yielding" ], "near antonyms":[ "rebuffing", "refusing", "rejecting", "scorning", "spurning", "denying", "gainsaying" ], "antonyms":[ "dissenting" ] }, "to write one's name on (as a document)":{ "examples":[ "they dutifully subscribed several dozen forms at the mortgage closing" ], "synonyms":[ "autographing", "inking", "signing" ], "near synonyms":[ "signing up", "cosigning", "countersigning", "endorsing", "indorsing", "registering", "signing on", "inscribing", "authoring", "penciling (in)", "pencilling (in)", "penning", "scratching (out)", "scrawling", "scribbling", "notarizing" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "sub-agencies":{ "as in agencies , subagents":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "agencies", "agents", "assignees", "attorneys", "commissaries", "delegates", "deputies", "envoys", "executors", "factors", "ministers", "procurators", "proxies", "representatives", "reps", "subagents", "sub-agents" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "subduers":{ "one that defeats an enemy or opponent":{ "examples":[ "the game's subduers went out for burgers and shakes to celebrate their win over the former state champions" ], "synonyms":[ "beaters", "conquerors", "masters", "trimmers", "vanquishers", "victors", "whippers", "winners" ], "near synonyms":[ "champions", "champs", "finalists", "placers", "dominators", "overdogs", "rulers", "subjugators", "top dogs" ], "near antonyms":[ "punching bags", "pushovers", "quitters", "failures", "flops", "washouts", "underdogs" ], "antonyms":[ "losers" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "substantiation":{ "something presented in support of the truth or accuracy of a claim":{ "examples":[ "the signature of a witness provides substantiation that a person's will is genuine" ], "synonyms":[ "attestation", "confirmation", "corroboration", "documentation", "evidence", "proof", "testament", "testimonial", "testimony", "validation", "voucher", "witness" ], "near synonyms":[ "(the) goods", "certificate", "document", "exhibit", "demonstration", "illustration", "authentication", "identification", "manifestation", "verification" ], "near antonyms":[ "rebuttal", "refutation", "accusation", "allegation", "charge", "assumption", "conjecture", "guess", "presumption", "surmise", "suspicion" ], "antonyms":[ "disproof" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "submerging":{ "to cover with a flood":{ "examples":[ "submerged by orders after being featured on a popular foodie blog" ], "synonyms":[ "deluging", "drowning", "engulfing", "flooding", "gulfing", "inundating", "overflowing", "overwhelming", "submersing", "swamping" ], "near synonyms":[ "avalanching", "smothering", "overcoming", "overrunning", "flowing", "flushing", "gushing", "pouring", "sluicing", "spouting", "spurting", "streaming", "dousing", "dowsing", "drenching", "soaking", "wetting" ], "near antonyms":[ "dehydrating", "drying", "parching" ], "antonyms":[ "draining" ] }, "to sink or push (something) briefly into or as if into a liquid":{ "examples":[ "submerge the tomatoes in boiling hot water for a few seconds and they will be easier to peel" ], "synonyms":[ "dipping", "dousing", "dowsing", "ducking", "dunking", "immersing", "sopping", "sousing", "submersing" ], "near synonyms":[ "bathing", "moistening", "soaking", "steeping", "wetting", "drenching", "drowning", "flooding", "diving", "plunging", "thrusting" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "to refrain from openly showing or uttering":{ "examples":[ "learned to submerge her ego and became a better teammate for doing so" ], "synonyms":[ "choking (back)", "holding back", "pocketing", "repressing", "sinking", "smothering", "stifling", "strangling", "suppressing", "swallowing" ], "near synonyms":[ "controlling", "governing", "managing", "bridling", "checking", "curbing", "quashing", "quelling", "bottling up", "containing", "muffling", "squelching" ], "near antonyms":[ "expressing", "loosing", "releasing", "taking out", "unleashing", "venting" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "subsistences":{ "uninterrupted or lasting existence":{ "examples":[ "the subsistence of the patient's infection, even after the use of antibiotics, had the doctors puzzled" ], "synonyms":[ "abidances", "continuances", "continuations", "continuities", "durabilities", "durations", "endurances", "persistences" ], "near synonyms":[ "elongations", "extensions", "prolongations", "permanences", "survivals" ], "near antonyms":[ "abridgments", "abridgements", "curtailments", "cutbacks", "shortenings" ], "antonyms":[ "cessations", "closes", "discontinuances", "discontinuities", "endings", "ends", "expirations", "finishes", "stoppages", "surceases", "terminations" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "subzero":{ "below zero degrees":{ "examples":[ "subzero temperatures" ], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "cryogenic", "subfreezing", "ultracold", "algid", "arctic", "bitter", "bone-chilling", "chill", "chilly", "cold", "coldish", "cool", "coolish", "freezing", "frigid", "frosty", "gelid", "glacial", "ice-cold", "icy", "nipping", "nippy", "numbing", "polar", "shivery", "snappy", "wintry", "wintery", "cutting", "keen", "penetrating", "piercing", "sharp", "bracing", "brisk", "crisp", "invigorating", "rigorous", "chilled", "cooled", "frosted", "frozen", "iced", "refrigerated", "unheated" ], "near antonyms":[ "lukewarm", "tepid", "heated", "overheated", "reheated", "warmed", "snug", "toasty", "warm", "feverish", "flushed", "inflamed", "enflamed", "canicular", "equatorial", "muggy", "steamy", "summery", "tropical", "ardent", "blazing", "boiling", "broiling", "burning", "fervent", "fervid", "fiery", "glowing", "hot", "igneous", "molten", "piping hot", "red-hot", "roasting", "scalding", "scorching", "searing", "seething", "sizzling", "sultry", "sweltering", "torrid", "ultrahot", "warming", "white-hot" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "subscribers":{ "as in supporters , helpers":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "helpers", "supporters", "altruists", "bestowers", "contributors", "givers", "guardian angels", "protectors", "saviors", "saviours", "almoners", "almsgivers", "philanthropists", "benefactresses", "patronesses", "angels", "benefactors", "donators", "donors", "fairy godmothers", "Maecenases", "patrons", "sugar daddies" ], "near antonyms":[ "beneficiaries", "donees", "giftees", "recipients" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "subjugations":{ "to bring under one's control by force of arms":{ "examples":[ "explorers who subjugated the natives in the name of religion" ], 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"victory", "win", "winning", "beating", "defeat", "drubbing", "licking", "shellacking", "trimming", "trouncing", "whipping", "enslavement", "takeover" ], "near antonyms":[ "emancipation", "enfranchisement", "freeing", "liberation", "manumission", "release" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "subtitle":{ "as in translation , closed-captioning":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "closed-captioning", "translation", "key", "motto", "posy", "slogan", "tagline", "caption", "cutline", "legend" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "substantialness":{ "as in solidity , solidness":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "solidity", "solidness", "substantiality", "overweight", "bulk", "bulkiness", "hugeness", "avoirdupois", "heaviness", "heftiness", "massiveness", "ponderousness", "weightiness", "cumbersomeness" ], "near antonyms":[ "lightness", "weightlessness", "airiness", "delicacy", "ethereality", "etherealness", "flimsiness", "fluffiness", "insubstantiality", "slightness" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "subdivide":{ "as in dissect , bisect":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "bifurcate", "bisect", "cleave", "dichotomize", "dissect", "fractionalize", "fractionate", "halve", "partition", "quarter", "segment", "trisect", "break up", "decouple", "disassociate", "disconnect", "disjoin", "disjoint", "dissever", "dissociate", "disunite", "divide", "divorce", "part", "ramify", "resolve", "separate", "sever", "split", "sunder", "uncouple", "unlink", "unyoke", "break down", "decompose", "disassemble", "disintegrate", "dissolve", "fragment", "fragmentate", "fragmentize", "break", "fracture", "pull", "rend", "rift", "rip", "rive", "rupture", "tear", "cut off", "insulate", "isolate", "seclude", "segregate", "sequester", "detach", "disengage", "disentangle", "unravel", "untie" ], "near antonyms":[ "assemble", "associate", "blend", "combine", "mingle", "mix", "connect", "couple", "accumulate", "agglutinate", "attach", "bind", "cement", "close", "fasten", "fuse", "knit", "stick", "weld", "join", "link", "unify", "unite" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "subchapter":{ "as in offshoot":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "offshoot", "arm", "division", "wing", "lodge", "post", "affiliate", "branch", "cell", "chapter", "council", "local" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "suburbanites":{ "as in urbanites":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "urbanites", "towns", "townsfolk", "townspeople", "cliff dwellers", "denizens", "dwellers", "habitants", "inhabitants", "nationals", "natives", "occupants", "residents", "residers", "subjects", "townswomen", "burghers", "citizens", "townies", "townsmen", "villagers" ], "near antonyms":[ "noncitizens", "aliens", "foreigners", "guests", "nonnatives", "tourists", "transients", "visitors", "gownsmen" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "subcategorizing":{ "as in breaking down , drawing up":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "assorting", "breaking down", "categorizing", "classifying", "classing", "codifying", "compartmentalizing", "compartmenting", "digesting", "distinguishing", "distributing", "grading", "grouping", "pegging", "placing", "ranging", "ranking", "relegating", "separating", "sorting", "typing", "arraying", "disposing", "drawing up", "marshaling", "marshalling", "ordering", "organizing", "systematizing", "alphabetizing", "cataloging", "cataloguing", "filing", "indexing", "listing", "referring", "clumping", "clustering", "colligating", "identifying", "recognizing", "recategorizing", "reclassifying", "regrouping", "pigeonholing", "shelving" ], "near antonyms":[ "confusing", "disarranging", "jumbling", "lumping", "mixing (up)", "scrambling", "misclassifying", "missorting", "mis-sorting", "mistyping" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "subleased":{ "as in sublet":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "sublet", "chartered", "engaged", "hired", "leased", "rented", "checked out", "arranged (for)", "bespoke", "booked", "contracted (for)", "ordered", "reserved", "signed up (for)" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "subtract":{ "to take away (an amount or number) from a total":{ "examples":[ "if you subtract 10 from 23, you get 13", "you can subtract the time you spent daydreaming from your total homework time" ], "synonyms":[ "abate", "deduct", "knock off", "take off" ], "near synonyms":[ "decrease", "diminish", "discount", "downsize", "dwindle", "knock down", "lessen", "lower", "reduce", "abbreviate", "abridge", "clip", "crop", "curtail", "cut", "cut back", "cut down", "dock", "pare", "prune", "retrench", "shorten", "slash", "trim", "truncate", "whittle" ], "near antonyms":[ "adjoin", "annex", "append", "complement", "supplement", "enhance", "heighten", "intensify", "magnify", "aggrandize", "amplify", "augment", "beef (up)", "boost", "compound", "enlarge", "escalate", "expand", "increase", "multiply", "raise" ], "antonyms":[ "add", "tack (on)" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "subjoining":{ "to join (something) to a mass, quantity, or number so as to bring about an overall increase":{ "examples":[ "subjoined an epilogue that informs the reader of the current doings and whereabouts of the participants in this real-life mystery" ], "synonyms":[ "adding", "adjoining", "annexing", "appending", "tacking (on)" ], "near synonyms":[ "affixing", "attaching", "fastening", "fixing", "grafting", "hitching", "tagging", "tying", "tieing", "infusing", "injecting", "inserting", "interfusing", "introducing", "aggrandizing", "amplifying", "augmenting", "beefing (up)", "boosting", "compounding", "enlarging", "escalating", "expanding", "extending", "increasing", "multiplying", "raising", "swelling (up)", "elongating", "lengthening", "prolonging", "protracting", "enhancing", "heightening", "intensifying", "magnifying", "complementing", "supplementing", "supplying", "enforcing", "reinforcing", "reenforcing", "strengthening", "maximizing" ], "near antonyms":[ "detaching", "disconnecting", "disjoining", "separating", "unfastening", "amputating", "cutting", "excising", "lopping (off)", "severing", "contracting", "decreasing", "diminishing", "lessening", "lowering", "reducing", "abbreviating", "abridging", "curtailing", "shortening", "compressing", "condensing", "constricting", "cutting back", "retrenching" ], "antonyms":[ "abating", "bating", "deducting", "knocking off", "removing", "subtracting", "taking off" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "subcultures":{ "a group that has beliefs and behaviors that are different from the main groups within a culture or society":{ "examples":[ "a subculture of local painters", "a subculture of poverty and crime" ], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "subsocieties", "sub-societies", "civilizations", "cultures", "lifestyles", "lives", "societies", "customs", "manners", "mores", "values", "folklores", "heritages", "legacies", "traditions" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "subsoils":{ "as in substrata":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "substrata", "duffs", "mulls", "alluviums", "alluvia", "colluvia", "colluviums", "detritus", "loesses", "marls", "sediments", "shingles", "silts", "dust", "gravels", "sands", "blacklands", "clays", "gaults", "gleys", "gucks", "gooks", "gumbos", "kaolins", "muck", "muds", "clods", "dirt", "earth", "ground", "molds", "humuses", "loams", "topsoils" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "subtile":{ "as in subtle , cunning":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "artful", "crafty", "cunning", "devious", "foxy", "guileful", "shady", "shifty", "slick", "sly", "sneaking", "sneaky", "subtle", "trick", "trickish", "tricky", "underhand", "underhanded", "wily", "beguiling", "deceitful", "deceiving", "deceptive", "deluding", "delusive", "delusory", "fallacious", "false", "misleading", "specious", "inaccurate", "incorrect", "wrong", "bewildering", "confounding", "distracting", "perplexing", "puzzling", "ambidextrous", "crooked", "defrauding", "dishonest", "dissembling", "double-dealing", "duplicitous", "faithless", "fast", "fraudulent", "knavish", "lying", "mendacious", "untrustworthy", "untruthful", "bogus", "counterfeit", "fake", "feigned", "forged", "jive", "phony", "phoney", "sham", "spurious", "insidious", "perfidious", "treacherous", "ambiguous", "circuitous", "equivocal", "evasive", "artificial", "backhanded", "hypocritical", "insincere", "left-handed", "two-faced" ], "near antonyms":[ "aboveboard", "forthright", "nondeceptive", "straightforward", "candid", "direct", "foursquare", "frank", "free-spoken", "open", "openhearted", "outspoken", "plain", "plainspoken", "straight", "clarifying", "elucidative", "explanatory", "illuminating", "revealing", "revelatory", "honest", "trustworthy", "truthful" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "subteen":{ "as in teen , teenager":{ 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varieties":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "branches", "generations", "sections", "sorts", "subclasses", "subdivisions", "subgroups", "varieties", "brackets", "categories", "classes", "classifications", "divisions", "families", "genera", "genuses", "grades", "groups", "kinds", "leagues", "orders", "ranks", "rubrics", "sets", "species", "tiers", "types" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "submerges":{ "to cover with a flood":{ "examples":[ "submerged by orders after being featured on a popular foodie blog" ], "synonyms":[ "deluges", "drowns", "engulfs", "floods", "gulfs", "inundates", "overflows", "overwhelms", "submerses", "swamps" ], "near synonyms":[ "avalanches", "smothers", "overcomes", "overruns", "flows", "flushes", "gushes", "pours", "sluices", "spouts", "spurts", "streams", "douses", "dowses", "drenches", "soaks", "wets" ], "near antonyms":[ "dehydrates", "dries", "parches" ], "antonyms":[ "drains" ] }, "to sink or push (something) briefly into or as if into a liquid":{ "examples":[ "submerge the tomatoes in boiling hot water for a few seconds and they will be easier to peel" ], "synonyms":[ "dips", "douses", "dowses", "ducks", "dunks", "immerses", "sops", "souses", "submerses" ], "near synonyms":[ "bathes", "moistens", "soaks", "steeps", "wets", "drenches", "drowns", "floods", "dives", "plunges", "thrusts" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "to refrain from openly showing or uttering":{ "examples":[ "learned to submerge her ego and became a better teammate for doing so" ], "synonyms":[ "chokes (back)", "holds back", "pockets", "represses", "sinks", "smothers", "stifles", "strangles", "suppresses", "swallows" ], "near synonyms":[ "controls", "governs", "manages", "bridles", "checks", "curbs", "quashes", "quells", "bottles up", "contains", "muffles", "squelches" ], "near antonyms":[ "expresses", "looses", "releases", "takes out", "unleashes", "vents" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "subserviency":{ "as in subservience , servility":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "obsequiousness", "servility", "slavishness", "subservience", "amenability", "amiability", "complaisance", "good-naturedness", "conformity", "acquiescence", "biddability", "compliance", "compliancy", "deference", "docility", "obedience", "submissiveness", "cooperativeness", "receptiveness", "receptivity", "humoring", "indulgence", "acceptance", "assent", "consent", "capitulation", "submission", "surrender", "affability", "amicability", "congeniality", "cordiality", "friendliness", "geniality", "sociability" ], "near antonyms":[ "defiance", "disobedience", "intractability", "recalcitrance", "animosity", "antipathy", "enmity", "hostility", "ill will" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "subplot":{ "as in story , plot":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "action", "plot", "story", "story line", "argument", "mythos", "subject", "theme", "design", "outline", "plan", "scheme", "arc", "development" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "subsides":{ "to grow less in scope or intensity especially gradually":{ "examples":[ "as the noise of the siren subsided , I was able to fall back to sleep" ], "synonyms":[ "abates", "declines", "decreases", "de-escalates", "dies (away or down or out)", "diminishes", "drains (away)", "drops (off)", "dwindles", "eases", "ebbs", "falls", "falls away", "lessens", "lets up", "lowers", "moderates", "palls", "phases down", "ratchets (down)", "rachets (down)", "recedes", "relents", "remits", "shrinks", "tapers", "tapers off", "wanes" ], "near synonyms":[ "compresses", "condenses", "constricts", "contracts", "evaporates", "fades (away)", "fritters (away)", "gives out", "melts (away)", "peters (out)", "tails (off)", "vanishes", "slackens", "slows (down)", "alleviates", "relaxes", "flags", "sinks", "weakens", "caves (in)", "collapses", "deflates" ], "near antonyms":[ "appears", "emerges", "shows up", "blows up", "distends", "elongates", "lengthens" ], "antonyms":[ "accumulates", "balloons", "builds", "burgeons", "bourgeons", "enlarges", "escalates", "expands", "grows", "increases", "intensifies", "mounts", "mushrooms", "picks up", "rises", "snowballs", "soars", "swells", "waxes" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "subscribes (to)":{ "to have a favorable opinion of":{ "examples":[ "I don't subscribe to the belief that some people are predestined to eternal happiness and others to eternal punishment" ], "synonyms":[ "accepts", "approves (of)", "cares (for)", "countenances", "favors", "OKs", "okays" ], "near synonyms":[ "acclaims", "applauds", "lauds", "praises", "salutes", "backs (up)", "concurs (in)", "stands by", "supports", "sustains", "upholds", "bears", "endures", "tolerates", "assents (to)", "consents (to)", "commends", "recommends", "enjoys", "likes" ], "near antonyms":[ "blacklists", "censures", "condemns", "criticizes", "damns", "denounces", "deprecates", "depreciates", "disparages", "reprehends", "reprobates", "dislikes", "minds", "detests", "hates", "loathes", "dissents (from)", "objects (to)", "opposes" ], "antonyms":[ "disapproves (of)", "discountenances", "disfavors", "frowns (on or upon)" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "submersing":{ "to cover with a flood":{ "examples":[ "a week of nonstop rain that submersed the cornfields and delayed planting for days" ], "synonyms":[ "deluging", "drowning", "engulfing", "flooding", "gulfing", "inundating", "overflowing", "overwhelming", "submerging", "swamping" ], "near synonyms":[ "avalanching", "smothering", "overcoming", "overrunning", "flowing", "flushing", "gushing", "pouring", "sluicing", "spouting", "spurting", "streaming", "dousing", "dowsing", "drenching", "soaking", "wetting" ], "near antonyms":[ "dehydrating", "drying", "parching" ], "antonyms":[ "draining" ] }, "to sink or push (something) briefly into or as if into a liquid":{ "examples":[ "those hardy souls who daily submerse themselves in icy cold water for its invigorating effect" ], "synonyms":[ "dipping", "dousing", "dowsing", "ducking", "dunking", "immersing", "sopping", "sousing", "submerging" ], "near synonyms":[ "bathing", "moistening", "soaking", "steeping", "wetting", "drenching", "drowning", "flooding", "diving", "plunging", "thrusting" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "subterranean":{ "being, situated, or operating beneath the surface of the earth":{ "examples":[ "a subterranean bunker that supposedly could withstand even an atomic blast" ], "synonyms":[ "belowground", "subsurface", "underground" ], "near synonyms":[], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[ "aboveground", "surface" ] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "subjecting":{ "the act or process of bringing someone or something under one's control":{ "examples":[ "a time when the subjecting of much of Asia and Africa to European rule was at its culmination" ], "synonyms":[ "conquest", "dominating", "domination", "overpowering", "subduing", "subjection", "subjugating", "subjugation", "vanquishing" ], "near synonyms":[ "triumph", "victory", "win", "winning", "beating", "defeat", "drubbing", "licking", "shellacking", "trimming", "trouncing", "whipping", "enslavement", "takeover" ], "near antonyms":[ "emancipation", "enfranchisement", "freeing", "liberation", "manumission", "release" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to bring under one's control by force of arms":{ "examples":[ "Attila the Hun subjected most of Europe to his barbaric pillage" ], "synonyms":[ "conquering", "dominating", "overpowering", "pacifying", "subduing", "subjugating", "subordinating", "vanquishing" ], "near synonyms":[ "annihilating", "beating", "clobbering", "crushing", "defeating", "drubbing", "licking", "mowing (down)", "overcoming", "prevailing (over)", "reducing", "routing", "skunking", "smashing", "thrashing", "triumphing (over)", "trouncing", "walloping", "whipping", "enslaving", "breaking", "clamping down (on)", "cracking down (on)", "putting down", "quashing", "quelling", "repressing", "silencing", "smothering", "snuffing (out)", "squashing", "squelching", "suppressing" ], "near antonyms":[ "discharging", "emancipating", "enfranchising", "freeing", "liberating", "manumitting", "releasing", "springing", "unbinding", "uncaging", "unchaining", "unfettering" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "subvention":{ "a sum of money allotted for a specific use by official or formal action":{ "examples":[ "the committee receives an annual subvention from the foundation to run the museum" ], "synonyms":[ "allocation", "allotment", "annuity", "appropriation", "entitlement", "grant", "subsidy" ], "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" ] }, "subverters":{ "as in collaborators , collaborationists":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "accommodationists", "collaborationists", "collaborators", "sellouts", "subversives", "apostates", "backstabbers", "betrayers", "double-crossers", "double-dealers", "Judases", "quislings", "recreants", "serpents", "snakes", "traitors", "turncoats", "coconspirators", "co-conspirators", "conspirators", "intriguers", "plotters", "schemers", "defectors", "deserters", "renegades", "blabbermouths", "gossipers", "gossipmongers", "gossips", "informants", "informers", "rats", "rumormongers", "snitchers", "snitches", "squealers", "stool pigeons", "talebearers", "talkers", "tattlers", "tattletales", "telltales" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "sublimeness":{ "impressiveness of beauty on a large scale":{ "examples":[ "the awe-inspiring sublimeness of Yosemite Valley" ], "synonyms":[ "augustness", "brilliance", "gloriousness", "glory", "gorgeousness", "grandeur", "grandness", "magnificence", "majesty", "nobility", "nobleness", "resplendence", "resplendency", "splendidness", "splendiferousness", "splendor", "stateliness", "stupendousness", "superbness" ], "near synonyms":[ "awesomeness", "formidability", "marvelousness", "wonderfulness", "wondrousness", "dignity", "elegance", "grace", "lavishness", "luxuriance", "luxuriousness", "luxury", "opulence", "princeliness", "richness", "sumptuousness", "grandiosity", "ostentation", "pretentiousness", "elaborateness", "flashiness", "gaudiness", "ornateness", "poshness", "ritziness", "showiness", "swankiness", "extraordinariness", "remarkableness" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "subjection":{ "the act or process of bringing someone or something under one's control":{ "examples":[ "a holy man for whom the subjection of earthly desires is the path to spiritual perfection" ], "synonyms":[ "conquest", "dominating", "domination", "overpowering", "subduing", "subjecting", "subjugating", "subjugation", "vanquishing" ], "near synonyms":[ "triumph", "victory", "win", "winning", "beating", "defeat", "drubbing", "licking", "shellacking", "trimming", "trouncing", "whipping", "enslavement", "takeover" ], "near antonyms":[ "emancipation", "enfranchisement", "freeing", "liberation", "manumission", "release" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "subgroup":{ "as in section , subspecies":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "branch", "generation", "section", "sort", "subclass", "subdivision", "subspecies", "variety", "bracket", "category", "class", "classification", "division", "family", "genus", "grade", "group", "kind", "league", "order", "rank(s)", "rubric", "set", "species", "tier", "type" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "subcomponent":{ "as in component , element":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "division", "fragment", "particle", "partition", "piece", "portion", "section", "sector", "segment", "building block", "component", "constituent", "element", "factor", "ingredient", "member", "aspect", "characteristic", "facet", "feature", "trait", "detail", "item", "particular", "point", "basis", "part and parcel" ], "near antonyms":[ "whole", "aggregate", "composite", "compound", "mass", "entirety", "sum", "summation", "total", "totality", "admixture", "amalgam", "amalgamation", "blend", "combination", "intermixture", "mix", "mixture" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "subpoenaed":{ "as in cited":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "cited", "called", "hailed", "summoned", "assembled", "called out", "called up", "convened", "convoked", "mustered", "asked", "bade", "bid", "invited", "commanded", "ordered", "requested", "requisitioned", "beckoned", "demanded", "invoked", "buzzed", "knelled", "paged", "rang", "whistled" ], "near antonyms":[ "dismissed", "sent (away)", "turned away", "banished", "booted (out)", "cast out", "drummed (out)", "ejected", "expelled", "kicked out", "ousted", "outed", "ran off", "routed", "threw out", "turfed (out)" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "subjugators":{ "as in rulers , top dogs":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "dominators", "overdogs", "rulers", "top dogs", "champions", "champs", "finalists", "placers", "beaters", "conquerors", "masters", "subduers", "trimmers", "vanquishers", "victors", "whippers", "winners" ], "near antonyms":[ "losers", "punching bags", "pushovers", "quitters", "failures", "flops", "washouts", "underdogs" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "subsidy":{ "a sum of money allotted for a specific use by official or formal action":{ "examples":[ "government subsidies for farmers in case of crop failure" ], "synonyms":[ "allocation", "allotment", "annuity", "appropriation", "entitlement", "grant", "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" ] }, "subdivided":{ "as in dissected , bisected":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "bifurcated", "bisected", "cleaved", "cleft", "dichotomized", "dissected", "fractionalized", "fractionated", "halved", "partitioned", "quartered", "segmented", "trisected", "broke up", "decoupled", "disassociated", "disconnected", "disjoined", "disjointed", "dissevered", "dissociated", "disunited", "divided", "divorced", "parted", "ramified", "resolved", "separated", "severed", "split", "sundered", "uncoupled", "unlinked", "unyoked", "broke down", "decomposed", "disassembled", "disintegrated", "dissolved", "fragmentated", "fragmented", "fragmentized", "broke", "fractured", "pulled", "rent", "rended", "rifted", "ripped", "rived", "ruptured", "tore", "cut off", "insulated", "isolated", "secluded", "segregated", "sequestered", "detached", "disengaged", "disentangled", "unraveled", "untied" ], "near antonyms":[ "assembled", "associated", "blended", "blent", "combined", "mingled", "mixed", "connected", "coupled", "accumulated", "agglutinated", "attached", "bound", "cemented", "closed", "fastened", "fused", "knit", "knitted", "stuck", "welded", "joined", "linked", "unified", "united" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "subculture":{ "a group that has beliefs and behaviors that are different from the main groups within a culture or society":{ "examples":[ "a subculture of local painters", "a subculture of poverty and crime" ], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "subsociety", "civilization", "culture", "life", "lifestyle", "society", "customs", "manners", "mores", "values", "folklore", "heritage", "legacy", "tradition" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "subcomponents":{ "as in components , elements":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "divisions", "fragments", "particles", "partitions", "pieces", "portions", "sections", "sectors", "segments", "building blocks", "components", "constituents", "elements", "factors", "ingredients", "members", "aspects", "characteristics", "facets", "features", "traits", "details", "items", "particulars", "points", "bases", "part and parcels" ], "near antonyms":[ "wholes", "aggregates", "composites", "compounds", "masses", "entireties", "summations", "sums", "totalities", "totals", "admixtures", "amalgamations", "amalgams", "blends", "combinations", "intermixtures", "mixes", "mixtures" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "subadult":{ "as in teenage , underage":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "ephebic", "minor", "preteen", "teenage", "teenaged", "underage", "adolescent", "immature", "juvenile", "young", "youngish", "youthful", "embryonic", "emergent", "callow", "green", "inexperienced", "puerile", "raw", "babyish", "childish", "childlike", "infantile", "infantine", "kiddish", "undeveloped", "unfinished", "unfledged", "unformed", "unripe", "unripened", "blooming", "blossoming", "burgeoning", "flourishing", "flowering" ], "near antonyms":[ "adult", "grown-up", "mature", "matured", "aged", "aging", "ageing", "ancient", "elderly", "geriatric", "long-lived", "old", "older", "oldish", "senescent", "senior", "full-blown", "full-fledged", "golden", "mellow", "ripe", "ripened", "middle-aged", "anile", "decrepit", "doddering", "over-the-hill", "senile", "spavined", "tottery" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "subhuman":{ "having or showing the nature and appetites of a lower animal":{ "examples":[ "years of grinding poverty that had reduced them to a subhuman existence" ], "synonyms":[ "animalistic", "beastly", "bestial", "brutal", "brute", "brutish", "feral", "ferine", "swinish" ], "near synonyms":[ "animal", "bodily", "carnal", "corporal", "corporeal", "fleshly", "physical", "sensual", "barbaric", "barbarous", "cruel", "heartless", "inhumane", "sadistic", "savage", "vicious", "wanton", "coarse", "crass", "crude", "gross", "ill-bred", "lowbred", "rude", "uncouth", "uncultivated", "uncultured", "unrefined", "vulgar" ], "near antonyms":[ "chivalrous", "elevated", "gallant", "great", "greathearted", "high", "high-minded", "lofty", "lordly", "magnanimous", "noble", "sublime", "angelic", "angelical", "spiritual", "beneficent", "benevolent", "benignant", "compassionate", "good-hearted", "kind", "kindhearted", "kindly", "softhearted", "tenderhearted", "cultivated", "cultured", "genteel", "polished", "refined", "well-bred" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "subscriber":{ "as in supporter , helper":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "helper", "supporter", "altruist", "bestower", "contributor", "giver", "guardian angel", "protector", "savior", "saviour", "almoner", "almsgiver", "philanthropist", "benefactress", "patroness", "angel", "benefactor", "donator", "donor", "fairy godmother", "Maecenas", "patron", "sugar daddy" ], "near antonyms":[ "beneficiary", "donee", "giftee", "recipient" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "subsocial":{ "as in associational , consociational":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "associational", "consociational", "colonial", "gregarious", "sociable", "social", "dependent", "parasitic", "parasitical", "precocial", "symbiotic" ], "near antonyms":[ "nonsocial", "solitary", "autonomous", "independent", "self-contained", "semiautonomous", "semi-independent", "altricial", "self-subsistent", "self-sufficient", "self-supporting", "self-sustaining", "lone", "recluse", "reclusive", "unsociable" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "subside":{ "to grow less in scope or intensity especially gradually":{ "examples":[ "as the noise of the siren subsided , I was able to fall back to sleep" ], "synonyms":[ "abate", "de-escalate", "decline", "decrease", "die (away or down or out)", "diminish", "drain (away)", "drop (off)", "dwindle", "ease", "ebb", "fall", "fall away", "lessen", "let up", "lower", "moderate", "pall", "phase down", "ratchet (down)", "rachet (down)", "recede", "relent", "remit", "shrink", "taper", "taper off", "wane" ], "near synonyms":[ "compress", "condense", "constrict", "contract", "evaporate", "fade (away)", "fritter (away)", "give out", "melt (away)", "peter (out)", "tail (off)", "vanish", "slacken", "slow (down)", "alleviate", "relax", "flag", "sink", "weaken", "cave (in)", "collapse", "deflate" ], "near antonyms":[ "appear", "emerge", "show up", "blow up", "distend", "elongate", "lengthen" ], "antonyms":[ "accumulate", "balloon", "build", "burgeon", "bourgeon", "enlarge", "escalate", "expand", "grow", "increase", "intensify", "mount", "mushroom", "pick up", "rise", "snowball", "soar", "swell", "wax" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "submachine gun":{ "as in assault weapon , machine gun":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "AK-47", "assault rifle", "assault weapon", "automatic", "carbine", "machine gun", "machine pistol", "repeater", "tommy gun", "blunderbuss", "breechloader", "culverin", "fieldpiece", "firelock", "flintlock", "harquebus", "arquebus", "matchlock", "musket", "rifle", "shotgun", "smoothbore", "twenty-two", ".22", "speargun", "self-loader", "semiautomatic", "derringer", "forty-five", ".45", "gat", "handgun", "pistol", "revolver", "rod", "roscoe", "sidearm", "six-gun", "six-shooter", "zip gun", "arm", "firearm", "gun", "heat", "piece", "small arm" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "subcontracted":{ "to come to an agreement with another person or company to do part of a job that you have been hired to do":{ "examples":[ "Parts of the project were subcontracted (out) to specialists." ], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "apprenticed", "contracted", "jobbed", "partnered", "assumed", "employed", "engaged", "feed", "hired", "laid on", "paid", "placed", "recruited", "retained", "signed (up or on)", "took on", "reemployed", "re-employed", "reengaged", "re-engaged", "rehired", "enlisted", "advanced", "promoted", "upgraded", "kept (on)", "headhunted", "scouted" ], "near antonyms":[ "furloughed", "laid off", "locked out", "axed", "canned", "discharged", "dismissed", "fired", "sacked" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "subversive":{ "someone who tries to overthrow or undermine a governing power":{ "examples":[ "They were outted as subversives and exiled from the country." ], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "anarch", "anarchist", "agitator", "insurgent", "insurrectionist", "rebel", "crazy", "extremist", "radical", "revolutionary", "revolutionist", "alarmist", "extremist", "revolter", "troublemaker", "young Turk", "secessionist", "separationist", "separatist", "defector", "deserter", "renegade", "apostate", "backstabber", "betrayer", "double-crosser", "double-dealer", "Judas", "quisling", "recreant", "serpent", "snake", "traitor", "turncoat", "coconspirator", "conspirator", "intriguer", "plotter", "schemer", "accommodationist", "collaborationist", "collaborator", "sellout", "subverter" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "seeking to overthrow or undermine a governing power":{ "examples":[ "A subversive organization determined to unseat a leader who they believed operated outside the law." ], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "violent", "wild", "agitating", "exciting", "fomenting", "incendiary", "inciting", "inflammatory", "instigating", "provocative", "provoking", "rabble-rousing", "reactionary", "extreme", "extremist", "fanatic", "fanatical", "rabid", "radical", "revolutionary", "revolutionist", "ultra" ], "near antonyms":[ "conservative", "moderate", "temperate", "conventional", "orthodox", "traditional", "liberal", "progressive", "middle-of-the-road", "nonrevolutionary", "unrevolutionary" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adjective", "noun" ] }, "subservience":{ "as in servility , obsequiousness":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "obsequiousness", "servility", "slavishness", "subserviency", "amenability", "amiability", "complaisance", "good-naturedness", "conformity", "acquiescence", "biddability", "compliance", "compliancy", "deference", "docility", "obedience", "submissiveness", "cooperativeness", "receptiveness", "receptivity", "humoring", "indulgence", "acceptance", "assent", "consent", "capitulation", "submission", "surrender", "affability", "amicability", "congeniality", "cordiality", "friendliness", "geniality", "sociability" ], "near antonyms":[ "defiance", "disobedience", "intractability", "recalcitrance", "animosity", "antipathy", "enmity", "hostility", "ill will" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "subscribed":{ "to give or express one's approval (as to a proposal)":{ "examples":[ "promised that as president he would never subscribe to the use of torture as an interrogation method, regardless of the circumstances" ], "synonyms":[ "acceded", "acquiesced", "agreed", "assented", "came round", "consented" ], "near synonyms":[ "adopted", "embraced", "espoused", "abided", "abode", "bore (with)", "endured", "stood", "suffered", "tolerated", "stomached", "swallowed", "took", "bowed", "knuckled under", "relented", "submitted", "succumbed", "yielded" ], "near antonyms":[ "rebuffed", "refused", "rejected", "scorned", "spurned", "denied", "gainsaid" ], "antonyms":[ "dissented" ] }, "to write one's name on (as a document)":{ "examples":[ "they dutifully subscribed several dozen forms at the mortgage closing" ], "synonyms":[ "autographed", "inked", "signed" ], "near synonyms":[ "signed up", "cosigned", "countersigned", "endorsed", "indorsed", "registered", "signed on", "inscribed", "authored", "penciled (in)", "pencilled (in)", "penned", "scratched (out)", "scrawled", "scribbled", "notarized" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "subtenants":{ "as in cotenants":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "cotenants", "co-tenants", "boarders", "lessees", "lodgers", "renters", "roomers", "tenants", "flatmates", "roommates", "roomies", "guests", "visitors", "occupants", "occupiers", "residents", "residers" ], "near antonyms":[ "landlords", "lessors", "letters", "lairds", "landholders", "landowners", "proprietors", "landladies", "slumlords", "hosts", "innkeepers", "proprietors" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "subheads":{ "as in subtitles , subheadings":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "subheadings", "subtitles", "superscriptions", "superscripts", "greetings", "salutations", "catchwords", "guide words", "running heads", "banners", "streamers", "captions", "headers", "headings", "headlines", "heads", "rubrics", "titles" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "submitting":{ "the usually forced yielding of one's person or possessions to the control of another":{ "examples":[ "his submitting of his own desires to the will of God" ], "synonyms":[ "capitulating", "capitulation", "cession", "handover", "relinquishment", "rendition", "submission", "surrender" ], "near synonyms":[ "acceptance", "acquiescence", "concession", "compromise", "appeasement", "conciliation", "reconcilement", "reconciliation", "capture", "fall" ], "near antonyms":[ "resistance" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to cease resistance (as to another's arguments, demands, or control)":{ "examples":[ "in the end he submitted and agreed to take that awful-tasting medicine" ], "synonyms":[ "blinking", "bowing", "budging", "capitulating", "conceding", "giving in", "knuckling under", "quitting", "relenting", "succumbing", "surrendering", "yielding" ], "near synonyms":[ "acquiescing", "deferring" ], "near antonyms":[ "contending", "fighting", "holding off", "battling", "breasting", "combating", "combatting", "confronting", "countering", "defying", "facing", "meeting", "objecting", "opposing", "repelling", "thwarting", "withstanding" ], "antonyms":[ "resisting" ] }, "to give up and cease resistance (as to a liking, temptation, or habit)":{ "examples":[ "refusing to submit to sleep, she stayed by her son's hospital bed the whole night" ], "synonyms":[ "bowing", "caving (in)", "giving in", "succumbing", "surrendering", "yielding" ], "near synonyms":[ "catering (to)", "gratifying", "indulging", "wallowing", "acquiescing (to)", "conceding (to)", "buckling (under)", "knuckling under", "giving over (to)" ], "near antonyms":[ "battling", "breasting", "combating", "combatting", "confronting", "countering", "defying", "facing", "fighting", "meeting", "objecting", "opposing", "repelling", "thwarting", "withstanding", "rejecting", "bridling", "checking", "constraining", "curbing", "inhibiting", "restraining", "stifling" ], "antonyms":[ "holding off", "resisting" ] }, "to yield to the control or power of enemy forces":{ "examples":[ "the fort's commander received orders not to submit under any circumstances, as reinforcements were on the way" ], "synonyms":[ "capitulating", "falling", "giving up", "knuckling under", "succumbing", "surrendering" ], "near synonyms":[ "bowing", "buckling", "caving (in)", "collapsing", "giving (in)", "handing over", "relinquishing", "losing", "conceding", "failing", "folding" ], "near antonyms":[ "bucking", "defying", "fighting", "opposing", "repelling", "resisting", "withstanding", "beating", "overcoming", "winning", "conquering", "prevailing", "triumphing" ], "antonyms":[ "enduring", "standing" ] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "subdued":{ "not excessively showy":{ "examples":[ "the wedding was a subdued affair, with only close family and friends attending" ], "synonyms":[ "conservative", "low-key", "low-keyed", "muted", "quiet", "repressed", "restrained", "sober", "toned-down", "understated", "unflashy", "unpretentious" ], "near synonyms":[ "appropriate", "becoming", "fit", "fitting", "proper", "suitable", "modest", "plain", "simple", "unadorned", "undecorated", "inconspicuous", "unnoticeable", "unobtrusive", "graceful", "handsome", "refined", "tasteful", "drab", "mousy", "mousey", "practical", "sensible" ], "near antonyms":[ "meretricious", "graceless", "inelegant", "tacky", "tasteless", "tawdry", "trashy", "vulgar", "baroque", "fancy", "frilly", "gilded", "gilt", "ornate", "rococo", "overdecorated", "overdone", "overwrought" ], "antonyms":[ "flamboyant", "flaring", "flashy", "garish", "gaudy", "glitzy", "loud", "noisy", "ostentatious", "razzle-dazzle", "splashy", "swank", "swanky" ] }, "to achieve a victory over":{ "examples":[ "subdued her fear of the dark by joining a club for spelunkers" ], "synonyms":[ "beat", "bested", "conquered", "defeated", "did down", "dispatched", "got", "got around", "licked", "mastered", "overbore", "overcame", "overmatched", "prevailed (over)", "skunked", "stopped", "surmounted", "took", "trimmed", "triumphed (over)", "upended", "won (against)", "worsted" ], "near synonyms":[ "swept", "edged (out)", "nosed out", "pipped", "annihilated", "blew away", "blew out", "bombed", "broke", "buried", "clobbered", "creamed", "crushed", "drubbed", "finished", "flattened", "overwhelmed", "routed", "shellacked", "skinned", "slaughtered", "smoked", "snowed under", "thrashed", "trounced", "upset", "walloped", "waxed", "whipped", "capped", "excelled", "flourished", "scored", "succeeded", "knocked off", "knocked over", "overpowered", "overthrew", "subjugated", "unseated", "vanquished", "aced (out)", "bettered", "eclipsed", "exceeded", "excelled", "outdid", "outdistanced", "outfought", "outshone", "outshined", "outstripped", "overtopped", "surpassed", "topped", "transcended" ], "near antonyms":[ "fell", "gave up", "went down", "went under", "collapsed", "failed", "flopped", "flunked", "folded", "washed out" ], "antonyms":[ "lost (to)" ] }, "to bring under one's control by force of arms":{ "examples":[ "subdued the rebels and sent their leaders to the gallows" ], "synonyms":[ "conquered", "dominated", "overpowered", "pacified", "subjected", "subjugated", "subordinated", "vanquished" ], "near synonyms":[ "annihilated", "beat", "clobbered", "crushed", "defeated", "drubbed", "licked", "mowed (down)", "overcame", "prevailed (over)", "reduced", "routed", "skunked", "smashed", "thrashed", "triumphed (over)", "trounced", "walloped", "whipped", "enslaved", "broke", "clamped down (on)", "cracked down (on)", "put down", "quashed", "quelled", "repressed", "silenced", "smothered", "snuffed (out)", "squashed", "squelched", "suppressed" ], "near antonyms":[ "discharged", "emancipated", "enfranchised", "freed", "liberated", "manumitted", "released", "sprang", "sprung", "unbound", "uncaged", "unchained", "unfettered" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to put a stop to (something) by the use of force":{ "examples":[ "labored through the night to subdue the river's rising waters by building a wall of sandbags around their property" ], "synonyms":[ "clamped down (on)", "cracked down (on)", "crushed", "put down", "quashed", "quelled", "repressed", "silenced", "slapped down", "snuffed (out)", "squashed", "squelched", "suppressed" ], "near synonyms":[ "doused", "dowsed", "extinguished", "put out", "quenched", "smothered", "stifled", "strangled", "throttled", "annihilated", "decimated", "demolished", "desolated", "destroyed", "devastated", "nuked", "rubbed out", "ruined", "smashed", "wasted", "wrecked", "exterminated", "obliterated", "wiped out", "conquered", "dominated", "overcame", "overpowered", "overwhelmed", "subjugated", "vanquished" ], "near antonyms":[ "abetted", "aided", "assisted", "backed", "helped", "propped up", "supported", "fomented", "incited", "instigated", "provoked", "stirred", "whipped (up)", "advanced", "cultivated", "encouraged", "forwarded", "fostered", "furthered", "nourished", "nurtured", "promoted" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adjective", "verb" ] }, "subminimal":{ "as in micro , ultramicro":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "infinitesimal", "micro", "ultramicro", "fewer", "lesser", "low", "minor", "modest", "slight", "small", "smaller", "irreducible", "fewest", "littlest", "lowest", "minimal", "minimum", "minutest", "slightest", "smallest", "tiniest" ], "near antonyms":[ "biggest", "full", "greatest", "hugest", "largest", "maximum", "most", "top", "topmost", "utmost", "highest" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "substitutive":{ "taking the place of one that came before":{ "examples":[ "his recent religious fanaticism is only the latest substitutive addiction of a person with an addictive personality" ], "synonyms":[ "makeshift", "new", "substitute" ], "near synonyms":[ "alternate", "alternative", "pinch", "different", "other", "separate", "extra", "spare", "improvised", "jury", "another", "second", "utility", "successive", "equivalent" ], "near antonyms":[ "first", "former", "equal", "identical", "same", "lasting", "permanent" ], "antonyms":[ "original" ] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "submerged":{ "living, lying, or occurring below the surface of the water":{ "examples":[ "submerged local roadways made for hazardous driving" ], "synonyms":[ "aquatic", "submarine", "sunken", "underwater" ], "near synonyms":[ "oceanic", "undersea", "abysmal", "abyssal", "deep", "deep-sea", "deepwater" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "to cover with a flood":{ "examples":[ "submerged by orders after being featured on a popular foodie blog" ], "synonyms":[ "deluged", "drowned", "engulfed", "flooded", "gulfed", "inundated", "overflowed", "overwhelmed", "submersed", "swamped" ], "near synonyms":[ "avalanched", "smothered", "overcame", "overran", "flowed", "flushed", "gushed", "poured", "sluiced", "spouted", "spurted", "streamed", "doused", "dowsed", "drenched", "soaked", "wet", "wetted" ], "near antonyms":[ "dehydrated", "dried", "parched" ], "antonyms":[ "drained" ] }, "to sink or push (something) briefly into or as if into a liquid":{ "examples":[ "submerge the tomatoes in boiling hot water for a few seconds and they will be easier to peel" ], "synonyms":[ "dipped", "doused", "dowsed", "ducked", "dunked", "immersed", "sopped", "soused", "submersed" ], "near synonyms":[ "bathed", "moistened", "soaked", "steeped", "wet", "wetted", "drenched", "drowned", "flooded", "dived", "dove", "plunged", "thrust" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "to refrain from openly showing or uttering":{ "examples":[ "learned to submerge her ego and became a better teammate for doing so" ], "synonyms":[ "choked (back)", "held back", "pocketed", "repressed", "sank", "sunk", "smothered", "stifled", "strangled", "suppressed", "swallowed" ], "near synonyms":[ "controlled", "governed", "managed", "bridled", "checked", "curbed", "quashed", "quelled", "bottled up", "contained", "muffled", "squelched" ], "near antonyms":[ "expressed", "loosed", "released", "took out", "unleashed", "vented" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adjective", "verb" ] }, "subsidized":{ "to furnish (as an institution) with a regular source of income":{ "examples":[ "the museum is annually subsidized by funds from several major corporations" ], "synonyms":[ "endowed", "financed", "funded" ], "near synonyms":[ "established", "founded", "organized", "bequeathed", "contributed", "donated", "subscribed", "supported", "underwrote", "awarded", "granted", "backed", "promoted", "sponsored", "capitalized", "invested (in)" ], "near antonyms":[ "drew", "received", "subsisted" ], "antonyms":[ "defunded", "disendowed" ] }, "to provide money for":{ "examples":[ "housing for the elderly that was subsidized by the federal government" ], "synonyms":[ "bankrolled", "capitalized", "endowed", "financed", "funded", "staked", "underwrote" ], "near synonyms":[ "grubstaked", "cofinanced", "co-financed", "refinanced", "advocated", "aided", "backed", "championed", "endorsed", "indorsed", "patronized", "sponsored", "supported", "maintained", "nourished", "provided (for)", "cleared", "defrayed", "discharged", "footed", "liquidated", "paid", "paid off", "paid up", "quit", "quitted", "recompensed", "settled", "sprang (for)", "sprung (for)", "stood", "refunded" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[ "defunded" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "subcontracts":{ "to come to an agreement with another person or company to do part of a job that you have been hired to do":{ "examples":[ "Parts of the project were subcontracted (out) to specialists." ], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "apprentices", "contracts", "jobs", "partners", "assumes", "employs", "engages", "fees", "hires", "lays on", "pays", "places", "recruits", "retains", "signs (up or on)", "takes on", "reemploys", "reengages", "rehires", "enlists", "advances", "promotes", "upgrades", "keeps (on)", "headhunts", "scouts" ], "near antonyms":[ "furloughs", "lays off", "locks out", "axes", "cans", "discharges", "dismisses", "fires", "sacks" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "submits (to)":{ "as in defers (to) , surrenders (to)":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "defers (to)", "surrenders (to)", "yields (to)", "adheres (to)", "complies (with)", "conforms (to)", "follows", "goose-steps (to)", "minds", "obeys", "observes", "accedes (to)", "acquiesces (to)", "agrees (to)", "assents (to)", "attends", "hears", "heeds", "listens (to)", "marks", "notes", "notices", "regards", "takes", "watches" ], "near antonyms":[ "defies", "disobeys", "rebels (against)", "disobliges", "challenges", "dares", "refuses", "renounces", "repudiates", "directs", "leads", "brushes (off)", "disregards", "ignores", "overlooks", "overpasses", "passes over", "tunes out", "winks (at)", "dismisses", "pooh-poohs", "poohs", "shrugs off", "breaches", "breaks", "infringes", "transgresses", "violates", "derides", "flouts", "mocks", "scoffs (at)", "scorns", "mutinies (against)", "revolts (against)", "bucks", "combats", "contests", "disputes", "fights", "opposes", "resists", "withstands" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "subtleties":{ "skill in achieving one's ends through indirect, subtle, or underhanded means":{ "examples":[ "we appreciated the subtlety with which our host indicated that it was time to leave: he volunteered to pack us a little lunch for the road" ], "synonyms":[ "artfulness", "artifice", "caginess", "cageyness", "canniness", "craft", "craftiness", "cunning", "cunningness", "deviousness", "foxiness", "guile", "guilefulness", "slickness", "slyness", "sneakiness", "subtleness", "wiliness" ], "near synonyms":[ "calculation", "care", "design", "savvy", "sharpness", "shrewdness", "cleverness", "ingeniousness", "ingenuity", "inventiveness", "ease", "facility", "finesse", "deceitfulness", "duplicity", "shiftiness", "underhandedness" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "subcontinent":{ "a large area of land that is a part of a continent \u2014 used especially to refer to the area that includes India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh":{ "examples":[ "the Indian subcontinent" ], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "supercontinent", "continent", "landmass", "main", "mainland" ], "near antonyms":[ "island", "isle", "islet", "atoll", "barrier reef", "cay", "coral reef", "key", "cape", "headland", "peninsula", "promontory" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" 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"red-pencil", "engross", "recopy" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "subdebutantes":{ "as in schoolgirls , teenyboppers":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "bobby-soxers", "junior misses", "schoolgirls", "teenyboppers", "fillies", "girls", "lasses", "lassies", "misses", "missies", "nymphs", "sheilas", "gamines", "hoydens", "pixies", "romps", "snips", "tomboys" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "subway":{ "as in tunnel , gallery":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "crawlway", "gallery", "tunnel", "antre", "cave", "cavern", "delve", "grot", "grotto", "abyss", "chasm", "gulf", "hollow", "excavation", "mine", "pit", "shaft", "well", "bunker", "dugout", "foxhole", "burrow", "covert", "den", "hole", "lair", "lodge", "shelter" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "substantive":{ "sufficiently large in size, amount, or number to merit attention":{ "examples":[ "they've made substantive changes in the nightly newscast" ], "synonyms":[ "biggish", "considerable", "good", "goodly", "handsome", "healthy", "largish", "major", "respectable", "significant", "sizable", "sizeable", "substantial", "tidy" ], "near synonyms":[ "big", "bulky", "hefty", "hulking", "outsize", "outsized", "oversize", "oversized", "voluminous", "astronomical", "astronomic", "bumper", "colossal", "elephantine", "enormous", "gigantic", "great", "herculean", "huge", "immense", "jumbo", "king-size", "king-sized", "mammoth", "massive", "monstrous", "monumental", "prodigious", "titanic", "tremendous", "whopping" ], "near antonyms":[ "measly", "minute", "paltry", "petty", "picayune", "picayunish", "piddling", "puny", "trifling", "trivial", "unimportant", "marginal", "meager", "meagre", "slight", "little", "small", "tiny", "undersized", "undersize", "bitty", "diminutive", "miniature", "pint-size", "pint-sized", "pocket", "pocket-size", "pocket-sized", "pygmy", "smallish" ], "antonyms":[ "inconsequential", "inconsiderable", "insignificant", "insubstantial", "negligible", "nominal" ] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "subdwarf":{ "as in neutron star , white dwarf":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "binary star", "brown dwarf", "dwarf", "fixed star", "gasser", "giant star", "lodestar", "loadstar", "neutron star", "nova", "pulsar", "quasar", "red dwarf", "red giant", "red star", "supercluster", "supergiant", "supernova", "variable", "variable star", "white dwarf", "luminary", "sphere", "sun", "cluster", "constellation", "galaxy" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "subjoined":{ "to join (something) to a mass, quantity, or number so as to bring about an overall increase":{ "examples":[ "subjoined an epilogue that informs the reader of the current doings and whereabouts of the participants in this real-life mystery" ], "synonyms":[ "added", "adjoined", "annexed", "appended", "tacked (on)" ], "near synonyms":[ "affixed", "attached", "fastened", "fixed", "grafted", "hitched", "tagged", "tied", "infused", "injected", "inserted", "interfused", "introduced", "aggrandized", "amplified", "augmented", "beefed (up)", "boosted", "compounded", "enlarged", "escalated", "expanded", "extended", "increased", "multiplied", "raised", "swelled (up)", "elongated", "lengthened", "prolonged", "protracted", "enhanced", "heightened", "intensified", "magnified", "complemented", "supplemented", "supplied", "enforced", "reinforced", "reenforced", "strengthened", "maximized" ], "near antonyms":[ "detached", "disconnected", "disjoined", "separated", "unfastened", "amputated", "cut", "excised", "lopped (off)", "severed", "contracted", "decreased", "diminished", "lessened", "lowered", "reduced", "abbreviated", "abridged", "curtailed", "shortened", "compressed", "condensed", "constricted", "cut back", "retrenched" ], "antonyms":[ "abated", "bated", "deducted", "knocked off", "removed", "subtracted", "took off" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "subterfuges":{ "the use of clever underhanded actions to achieve an end":{ "examples":[ "propagandists who use a kind of photographic subterfuge , superimposing one image on another to create a false \"reality\"" ], "synonyms":[ "artifice", "chicane", "chicanery", "gamesmanship", "hanky-panky", "jiggery-pokery", "jugglery", "legerdemain", "skulduggery", "skullduggery", "trickery", "wile" ], "near synonyms":[ "artfulness", "caginess", "cageyness", "craftiness", "cunning", "deviousness", "foxiness", "oiliness", "shadiness", "sharpness", "shiftiness", "shrewdness", "slickness", "slipperiness", "slyness", "sneakiness", "treachery", "underhandedness", "wiliness", "crookedness", "crookery", "cunning", "deceit", "deceitfulness", "deception", "deceptiveness", "dishonesty", "dissimulation", "double-dealing", "dupery", "duplicity", "guile", "guilefulness", "hypocrisy", "insincerity", "fakery", "humbuggery", "imposture", "quackery", "dirty pool", "dirty tricks", "design", "plotting", "scheming", "secrecy", "stealth" ], "near antonyms":[ "artlessness", "forthrightness", "guilelessness", "ingenuousness", "sincerity", "candidness", "candor", "directness", "openness", "plainness", "plainspokenness" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "submittals":{ "as in submissions , bids":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "bids", "presentations", "submissions", "tender", "advancements", "nominations", "recommendations", "arrangements", "games", "ground plans", "layouts", "lines", "plans", "plots", "projects", "strategies", "systems", "motions", "conceptions", "ideas", "notions", "theories", "thoughts", "feelers", "overtures", "counteroffers", "counterproposals", "countersuggestions", "counter-suggestions", "offers", "proffers", "proposals", "propositions", "suggestions" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "subconscious":{ "as in unconscious , subliminal":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "conditioned", "natural", "Pavlovian", "reactive", "reflex", "simple", "subliminal", "unconscious", "unforced", "visceral", "automatic", "instinctive", "instinctual", "involuntary", "knee-jerk", "mechanic", "mechanical", "robotic", "spontaneous", "concealed", "hidden", "shrouded", "subtle" ], "near antonyms":[ "aware", "conscious", "definitive", "explicit", "express", "detectable", "discernible", "discernable", "observable", "perceptible", "visible" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "sub-specialties":{ "as in subfields":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "subfields", "ambits", "amplitudes", "breadths", "compasses", "confines", "dimensions", "extents", "kens", "reaches", "scopes", "sweeps", "widths", "occupations", "professions", "pursuits", "rackets", "vocations", "territories", "turfs", "turves", "studies", "subjects", "frontiers", "areas", "arenas", "bailiwicks", "baronies", "businesses", "circles", "demesnes", "departments", "disciplines", "domains", "elements", "fiefdoms", "fiefs", "fields", "firmaments", "fronts", "games", "kingdoms", "lines", "precincts", "provinces", "realms", "specialties", "spheres", "terrains", "walks" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "subordinating":{ "to bring under one's control by force of arms":{ "examples":[ "it is one of the lessons of history that more powerful civilizations often subordinate weaker ones" ], "synonyms":[ "conquering", "dominating", "overpowering", "pacifying", "subduing", "subjecting", "subjugating", "vanquishing" ], "near synonyms":[ "annihilating", "beating", "clobbering", "crushing", "defeating", "drubbing", "licking", "mowing (down)", "overcoming", "prevailing (over)", "reducing", "routing", "skunking", "smashing", "thrashing", "triumphing (over)", "trouncing", "walloping", "whipping", "enslaving", "breaking", "clamping down (on)", "cracking down (on)", "putting down", "quashing", "quelling", "repressing", "silencing", "smothering", "snuffing (out)", "squashing", "squelching", "suppressing" ], "near antonyms":[ "discharging", "emancipating", "enfranchising", "freeing", "liberating", "manumitting", "releasing", "springing", "unbinding", "uncaging", "unchaining", "unfettering" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "subsumed":{ "to have as part of a whole":{ "examples":[ "games and team sports are subsumed under the classification of \"recreation\"" ], "synonyms":[ "carried", "comprehended", "contained", "embraced", "encompassed", "entailed", "included", "involved", "numbered", "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" ] }, "substantial":{ "having great meaning or lasting effect":{ "examples":[ "substantial changes to the school dress code that made a lot of people unhappy" ], "synonyms":[ "big", "consequential", "earth-shattering", "earthshaking", "eventful", "historic", "important", "major", "material", "meaningful", "momentous", "monumental", "much", "significant", "tectonic", "weighty" ], "near synonyms":[ "decisive", "fatal", "fateful", "strategic", "earnest", "grave", "heavy", "serious", "sincere", "distinctive", "exceptional", "impressive", "outstanding", "prominent", "remarkable", "valuable", "worthwhile", "worthy", "distinguished", "eminent", "great", "illustrious", "noble", "notable", "noteworthy", "outstanding", "preeminent", "prestigious", "famous", "notorious", "renowned", "all-important", "central", "critical", "crucial", "essential", "key", "pivotal", "seminal", "vital" ], "near antonyms":[ "paltry", "petty", "worthless", "anonymous", "nameless", "obscure", "uncelebrated", "unknown" ], "antonyms":[ "inconsequential", "inconsiderable", "insignificant", "little", "minor", "negligible", "slight", "small", "trifling", "trivial", "unimportant" ] }, "of a size greater than average of its kind":{ "examples":[ "the amount he inherited was quite substantial , so he quit his job and set out to see the world" ], "synonyms":[ "big", "biggish", "boxcar", "bulky", "considerable", "goodly", "grand", "great", "handsome", "hefty", "hulking", "husky", "large", "largish", "outsize", "outsized", "oversize", "oversized", "sizable", "sizeable", "tidy", "voluminous" ], "near synonyms":[ "astronomical", "astronomic", "Brobdingnagian", "bumper", "Bunyanesque", "cavernous", "colossal", "cosmic", "cosmical", "cyclopean", "elephantine", "enormous", "galactic", "gargantuan", "gigantic", "gross", "hellacious", "herculean", "heroic", "heroical", "Himalayan", "huge", "humongous", "humungous", "immense", "jumbo", "king-size", "king-sized", "leviathan", "major", "mammoth", "massive", "monolithic", "monstrous", "monumental", "mountainous", "pharaonic", "prodigious", "staggering", "stupendous", "super", "super-duper", "supersized", "titanic", "tremendous", "vast", "vasty", "walloping", "whacking", "whopping", "excessive", "exorbitant", "extravagant", "extreme", "immoderate", "inordinate", "abundant", "ample", "appreciable", "copious", "plentiful", "fat", "thick", "capacious", "commodious", "roomy", "spacious" ], "near antonyms":[ "diminutive", "half-pint", "infinitesimal", "Lilliputian", "little bitty", "microminiature", "microscopic", "microscopical", "mini", "miniature", "minuscule", "minute", "pint-size", "pint-sized", "pocket-size", "pocket-sized", "pygmy", "teensy", "teensy-weensy", "teeny", "teeny-weeny", "tiny", "wee", "petite", "slender", "slight", "slim", "thin" ], "antonyms":[ "bantam", "dinky", "dwarf", "dwarfish", "little", "puny", "shrimpy", "small", "smallish", "undersized", "undersize" ] }, "relating to or composed of matter":{ "examples":[ "the Land of Oz turned out to be a world of dreams, even less substantial than a rainbow" ], "synonyms":[ "concrete", "material", "physical" ], "near synonyms":[ "bodily", "carnal", "corporal", "corporeal", "embodied", "fleshly", "apparent", "appreciable", "detectable", "discernible", "discernable", "noticeable", "observable", "palpable", "perceptible", "seeable", "sensible", "tangible", "touchable", "visible", "objective", "phenomenal", "bulky", "heavy", "hefty", "massive", "ponderous", "solid", "weighty" ], "near antonyms":[ "bodiless", "discarnate", "disembodied", "formless", "incorporeal", "unbodied", "ethereal", "insubstantial", "unsubstantial", "impalpable", "imperceptible", "insensible", "intangible", "invisible", "unnoticeable", "airy", "diaphanous", "gossamery", "tenuous", "thin", "vaporous", "wispish", "metaphysical", "spiritual" ], "antonyms":[ "immaterial", "nonmaterial", "nonphysical" ] }, "sufficiently large in size, amount, or number to merit attention":{ "examples":[ "there's been a substantial increase in attendance at girls' volleyball games ever since the start of their winning streak" ], "synonyms":[ "biggish", "considerable", "good", "goodly", "handsome", "healthy", "largish", "major", "respectable", "significant", "sizable", "sizeable", "substantive", "tidy" ], "near synonyms":[ "big", "bulky", "hefty", "hulking", "outsize", "outsized", "oversize", "oversized", "voluminous", "astronomical", "astronomic", "bumper", "colossal", "elephantine", "enormous", "gigantic", "great", "herculean", "huge", "immense", "jumbo", "king-size", "king-sized", "mammoth", "massive", "monstrous", "monumental", "prodigious", "titanic", "tremendous", "whopping" ], "near antonyms":[ "measly", "minute", "paltry", "petty", "picayune", "picayunish", "piddling", "puny", "trifling", "trivial", "unimportant", "marginal", "meager", "meagre", "slight", "little", "small", "tiny", "undersized", "undersize", "bitty", "diminutive", "miniature", "pint-size", "pint-sized", "pocket", "pocket-size", "pocket-sized", "pygmy", "smallish" ], "antonyms":[ "inconsequential", "inconsiderable", "insignificant", "insubstantial", "negligible", "nominal" ] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "substance":{ "the basic elements from which something can be developed":{ "examples":[ "many thought that the mayor's speech lacked substance because specific proposals for solving the city's problems were few" ], "synonyms":[ "making", "material", "raw material", "stuff", "timber" ], "near synonyms":[ "possibility", "potential", "potentiality", "matter", "metal" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "the quality or qualities that make a thing what it is":{ "examples":[ "tireless caring and nurturing that was the very substance of maternal love" ], "synonyms":[ "being", "essence", "essentiality", "nature", "quiddity", "quintessence", "soul", "stuff" ], "near synonyms":[ "heart", "spirit", "alpha and omega", "center", "core", "keynote", "marrow", "pith", "seat", "embodiment", "epitome", "incarnation", "manifestation", "personification", "aspect", "attribute", "feature", "property", "gist", "kernel", "nub" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "the total of one's money and property":{ "examples":[ "measure the worth of a person not by his earthly substance but by his good deeds" ], "synonyms":[ "assets", "capital", "fortune", "means", "opulence", "riches", "wealth", "wherewithal", "worth" ], "near synonyms":[ "belongings", "chattels", "effects", "holdings", "paraphernalia", "possessions", "things", "bankroll", "deep pockets", "finances", "funds", "money", "wallet", "abundance", "affluence", "prosperity", "success", "treasure", "valuables", "accession", "acquisition", "personal property", "personalty", "property", "nest egg", "reserve", "resources", "savings", "treasury" ], "near antonyms":[ "debts", "liabilities", "indebtedness" ], "antonyms":[] }, "one that has a real and independent existence":{ "examples":[ "the question of whether the soul is a substance entirely independent of the body" ], "synonyms":[ "being", "commodity", "entity", "existent", "individual", "individuality", "integer", "object", "reality", "something", "thing" ], "near synonyms":[ "body", "subject", "material", "matter", "quantity", "stuff" ], "near antonyms":[ "nonentity" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "subtleness":{ "skill in achieving one's ends through indirect, subtle, or underhanded means":{ "examples":[ "the subtleness with which the boutique owner convinces you that you have to have that outrageously priced article of clothing" ], "synonyms":[ "artfulness", "artifice", "caginess", "cageyness", "canniness", "craft", "craftiness", "cunning", "cunningness", "deviousness", "foxiness", "guile", "guilefulness", "slickness", "slyness", "sneakiness", "subtlety", "wiliness" ], "near synonyms":[ "calculation", "care", "design", "savvy", "sharpness", "shrewdness", "cleverness", "ingeniousness", "ingenuity", "inventiveness", "ease", "facility", "finesse", "deceitfulness", "duplicity", "shiftiness", "underhandedness" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "subdivision":{ "as in subdepartment":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "subdepartment", "agency", "arm", "branch", "bureau", "department", "desk", "division", "office", "service" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "subdue":{ "to achieve a victory over":{ "examples":[ "subdued her fear of the dark by joining a club for spelunkers" ], "synonyms":[ "beat", "best", "conquer", "defeat", "dispatch", "do down", "get", "get around", "lick", "master", "overbear", "overcome", "overmatch", "prevail (over)", "skunk", "stop", "surmount", "take", "trim", "triumph (over)", "upend", "win (against)", "worst" ], "near synonyms":[ "sweep", "edge (out)", "nose out", "pip", "annihilate", "blow away", "blow out", "bomb", "break", "bury", "clobber", "cream", "crush", "drub", "finish", "flatten", "overwhelm", "rout", "shellac", "skin", "slaughter", "smoke", "snow under", "thrash", "trounce", "upset", "wallop", "wax", "whip", "cap", "excel", "flourish", "score", "succeed", "knock off", "knock over", "overpower", "overthrow", "subjugate", "unseat", "vanquish", "ace (out)", "better", "eclipse", "exceed", "excel", "outdistance", "outdo", "outfight", "outshine", "outstrip", "overtop", "surpass", "top", "transcend" ], "near antonyms":[ "fall", "give up", "go down", "go under", "collapse", "fail", "flop", "flunk", "fold", "wash out" ], "antonyms":[ "lose (to)" ] }, "to bring under one's control by force of arms":{ "examples":[ "subdued the rebels and sent their leaders to the gallows" ], "synonyms":[ "conquer", "dominate", "overpower", "pacify", "subject", "subjugate", "subordinate", "vanquish" ], "near synonyms":[ "annihilate", "beat", "clobber", "crush", "defeat", "drub", "lick", "mow (down)", "overcome", "prevail (over)", "reduce", "rout", "skunk", "smash", "thrash", "triumph (over)", "trounce", "wallop", "whip", "enslave", "break", "clamp down (on)", "crack down (on)", "put down", "quash", "quell", "repress", "silence", "smother", "snuff (out)", "squash", "squelch", "suppress" ], "near antonyms":[ "discharge", "emancipate", "enfranchise", "free", "liberate", "manumit", "release", "spring", "unbind", "uncage", "unchain", "unfetter" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to put a stop to (something) by the use of force":{ "examples":[ "labored through the night to subdue the river's rising waters by building a wall of sandbags around their property" ], "synonyms":[ "clamp down (on)", "crack down (on)", "crush", "put down", "quash", "quell", "repress", "silence", "slap down", "snuff (out)", "squash", "squelch", "suppress" ], "near synonyms":[ "douse", "dowse", "extinguish", "put out", "quench", "smother", "stifle", "strangle", "throttle", "annihilate", "decimate", "demolish", "desolate", "destroy", "devastate", "nuke", "rub out", "ruin", "smash", "waste", "wreck", "exterminate", "obliterate", "wipe out", "conquer", "dominate", "overcome", "overpower", 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"led", "brushed (off)", "disregarded", "ignored", "overlooked", "overpassed", "passed over", "tuned out", "winked (at)", "dismissed", "pooh-poohed", "poohed", "shrugged off", "breached", "broke", "infringed", "transgressed", "violated", "derided", "flouted", "mocked", "scoffed (at)", "scorned", "mutinied (against)", "revolted (against)", "bucked", "combated", "combatted", "contested", "disputed", "fought", "opposed", "resisted", "withstood" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "subvert":{ "to lower in character, dignity, or quality":{ "examples":[ "by insisting that she pay me for helping her, she subverted my noble desire to do a good deed without reward" ], "synonyms":[ "abase", "bastardize", "canker", "cheapen", "corrupt", "debase", "debauch", "degrade", "demean", "demoralize", "deprave", "deteriorate", "lessen", "pervert", "poison", "profane", "prostitute", "vitiate", "warp" ], "near synonyms":[ "befoul", "begrime", "contaminate", "defile", "dilute", "dirty", "pollute", "taint", "thin", "water down", "weaken", "descend", "disgrace", "dishonor", "humble", "humiliate", "shame", "take down", "blemish", "damage", "deface", "destroy", "flaw", "harm", "hurt", "impair", "mar", "ruin", "spoil", "stain", "tarnish", "wreck", "depreciate", "downgrade" ], "near antonyms":[ "dignify", "exalt", "honor", "ameliorate", "amend", "better", "enhance", "enrich", "improve", "meliorate", "perfect", "clarify", "clean", "cleanse", "purify", "refine", "restore", "respect" ], "antonyms":[ "elevate", "ennoble", "uplift" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "subcontinents":{ "a large area of land that is a part of a continent \u2014 used especially to refer to the area that includes India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh":{ "examples":[ "the Indian subcontinent" ], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "supercontinents", "continents", "landmasses", "mainlands", "mains" ], "near antonyms":[ "islands", "isles", "islets", "atolls", "barrier reefs", "cays", "coral reefs", "keys", "capes", "headlands", 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