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"child's play", "cream puff", "duck soup", "kid stuff", "picnic", "pushover", "roses", "snap" ] }, "to make sure, certain, or safe":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "the team's latest victory cinches a trip to the play-offs" ], "near antonyms":[ "enfeeble", "undermine", "weaken" ], "related":[ "attest", "certify", "vouch", "warrant", "witness", "pledge", "promise", "swear" ], "synonyms":[ "assure", "ensure", "guarantee", "guaranty", "ice", "insure", "secure" ] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "circlets":{ "as in ringlets":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "circuit":{ "as in":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "to travel completely around":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "after circuiting the exterior of the church, the procession headed inside" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "circumambulate", "cross", "perambulate", "traverse" ], "synonyms":[ "circle", "circumnavigate", "circumvent", "compass", "encircle", "girdle", "orbit", "ring", "round" ] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "circulate":{ "to become known":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "the prince denies the story about an extramarital affair that's been circulating in the tabloids" ], "near antonyms":[ "hush (up)", "suppress", "conceal", "disguise", "hide", "mask", "secrete" ], "related":[ "develop", "transpire", "unfold", "disclose", "reveal", "spill", "tell" ], "synonyms":[ "break", "come out", "get about", "get around", "get out", "get round", "leak (out)", "out", "spread" ] }, "to cause to be known over a considerable area or by many people":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "circulate the plans for the new stadium around town to get people's reaction" ], "near antonyms":[ "cloak", "conceal", "enshroud", "hide", "hold (in)", "mask", "obscure", "secrete", "shroud", "veil", "contain", "limit", "restrict" ], "related":[ "radiate", "sprawl", "diffuse", "dispense", "disperse", "dissipate", "scatter", "sow", "communicate", "convey", "impart", "pass (on)", "transmit" ], "synonyms":[ "broadcast", "disseminate", "propagate", "spread" ] }, "to make (as a piece of information) the subject of common talk without any authority or confirmation of accuracy":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "circulated a rumor that someone was about to be fired" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "bandy (about)", "blab", "dish", "gossip", "tattle", "bare", "disclose", "divulge", "expose", "let on (about)", "report", "reveal", "spill", "tell", "hint", "imply", "insinuate", "intimate", "suggest", "blaze", "broadcast", "proclaim", "promulgate", "propagate", "publicize", "spread" ], "synonyms":[ "bruit (about)", "noise (about or abroad)", "rumor", "whisper" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "circulating":{ "to become known":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "the prince denies the story about an extramarital affair that's been circulating in the tabloids" ], "near antonyms":[ "hushing (up)", "suppressing", "concealing", "disguising", "hiding", "masking", "secreting" ], "related":[ "developing", "transpiring", "unfolding", "disclosing", "revealing", "spilling", "telling" ], "synonyms":[ "breaking", "coming out", "getting about", "getting around", "getting out", "getting round", "leaking (out)", "outing", "spreading" ] }, "to cause to be known over a considerable area or by many people":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "circulate the plans for the new stadium around town to get people's reaction" ], "near antonyms":[ "cloaking", "concealing", "enshrouding", "hiding", "holding (in)", "masking", "obscuring", "secreting", "shrouding", "veiling", "containing", "limiting", "restricting" ], "related":[ "radiating", "sprawling", "diffusing", "dispensing", "dispersing", "dissipating", "scattering", "sowing", "communicating", "conveying", "imparting", "passing (on)", "transmitting" ], "synonyms":[ "broadcasting", "disseminating", "propagating", "spreading" ] }, "to make (as a piece of information) the subject of 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"overlaid", "overspread", "camouflaged", "cloaked", "disguised", "masked", "circled", "encircled", "enlaced", "enwound" ], "synonyms":[ "bosomed", "bowered", "cocooned", "embosomed", "embowered", "embraced", "enclosed", "inclosed", "encompassed", "enfolded", "enshrouded", "enswathed", "enveloped", "enwrapped", "invested", "involved", "lapped", "mantled", "muffled", "shrouded", "swathed", "veiled", "wrapped" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "circumlocution":{ "deliberate evasion in speech":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "rather than answering the question directly, he resorted to circumlocution , which made her suspect that he was hiding something" ], "near antonyms":[ "candor", "directness", "forthrightness", "frankness", "openheartedness", "openness", "plainness", "plumpness", "straightforwardness" ], "related":[ "quibbling", "ambiguity", "ambiguousness", "equivocalness", "murkiness", "nebulousness", "obscureness", "obscurity", "opacity" ], "synonyms":[ "equivocation", "shuffle", "tergiversation" ] }, "the use of too many words to express an idea":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "your papers have to be five pages long, but that's five pages of substance, not circumlocution" ], "near antonyms":[ "brevity", "briefness", "compactness", "conciseness", "concision", "crispness", "pithiness", "succinctness", "terseness" ], "related":[ "circuitousness", "circularity", "digressiveness", "pleonasm", "tautology", "reiteration", "repetition", "repetitiousness", "repetitiveness", "embellishment", "embroidering", "exaggeration", "hyperbole", "overstatement" ], "synonyms":[ "diffuseness", "diffusion", "garrulity", "garrulousness", "logorrhea", "long-windedness", "periphrasis", "prolixity", "redundancy", "verbalism", "verbiage", "verboseness", "verbosity", "windiness", "wordage", "wordiness" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "circumlocutory":{ "type":[ "adjective" ], "using or containing more words than necessary to express an idea":{ "antonyms":[ "compact", "concise", "crisp", "pithy", "succinct", "terse" ], "examples":[ "the studio's statement that \"the film's earnings did not live up to expectations\" was a circumlocutory admission that the movie was a flop" ], "near antonyms":[ "brief", "short", "aphoristic", "epigrammatic", "sententious", "compendious", "summary", "abbreviated", "abridged", "condensed", "shortened", "abrupt", "blunt", "brusque", "brusk", "curt", "laconic", "snippy" ], "related":[ "chatty", "communicative", "conversational", "gabby", "loquacious", "talkative", "talky", "voluble", "periphrastic", "redundant", "repetitious", "tautological", "tautologous", "embellished", "embroidered", "exaggerated", "bombastic", "gaseous", "gassy", "grandiloquent", "highfalutin", "hifalutin" ], "synonyms":[ "circuitous", "diffuse", "garrulous", "logorrheic", "long-winded", "pleonastic", "prolix", "rambling", "verbose", "windy", "wordy" ] } }, "circumscribing":{ "to mark the limits of":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "Lake Michigan circumscribes the city of Chicago on the east" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "controlling", "determining", "governing", "delineating", "describing" ], "synonyms":[ "bounding", "defining", "delimiting", "demarcating", "demarking", "limiting", "marking (off)", "terminating" ] }, "to set bounds or an upper limit for":{ "antonyms":[ "exceeding" ], "examples":[ "circumscribed his enthusiasm so as not to make the losing side feel worse" ], "near antonyms":[ "broadening", "expanding", "widening", "overextending", "overreaching" ], "related":[ "barring", "blocking", "hampering", "hindering", "impeding", "obstructing", "constricting", "contracting", "lessening", "narrowing", "pinching", "squeezing", "tightening", "quelling", "repressing", "suppressing", "numbering", "modifying", "qualifying" ], "synonyms":[ "capping", "confining", "holding down", "limiting", "restricting" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "circumspect":{ "having or showing a close attentiveness to avoiding danger or trouble":{ "antonyms":[ "careless", "heedless", "incautious", "unguarded", "unmindful", "unsafe", "unwary" ], "examples":[ "she has a reputation for being quiet and circumspect in investigating charges of child abuse" ], "near antonyms":[ "bold", "brash", "impetuous", "rash", "reckless", "venturesome", "asleep", "inattentive", "regardless", "inconsiderate", "thoughtless", "lax", "neglectful", "negligent", "remiss", "imprudent", "indiscreet", "injudicious", "absentminded", "forgetful", "inadvertent", "unintentional", "unplanned" ], "related":[ "advertent", "attentive", "awake", "observant", "regardful", "vigilant", "watchful", "hypercautious", "foresighted", "foresightful", "forethoughtful", "provident", "thoughtful", "cagey", "cagy", "calculating", "canny", "shrewd", "deliberate", "slow", "ultracareful", "ultracautious" ], "synonyms":[ "alert", "careful", "cautious", "chary", "conservative", "considerate", "gingerly", "guarded", "heedful", "safe", "wary" ] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "circumspection":{ "a close attentiveness to avoiding danger":{ "antonyms":[ "brashness", "carelessness", "heedlessness", "incaution", "incautiousness", "recklessness", "unwariness" ], "examples":[ "circumspection is always good when considering charging someone with cheating" ], "near antonyms":[ "abruptness", "hastiness", "impetuousness", "precipitousness", "rashness", "suddenness", "inconsiderateness", "inconsideration", "thoughtlessness" ], "related":[ "attentiveness", "observance", "vigilance", "watchfulness", "foresight", "foresightedness", "providence", "calculation", "canniness", "deliberateness", "deliberation", "shrewdness" ], "synonyms":[ "alertness", "care", "carefulness", "caution", "cautiousness", "chariness", "gingerliness", "guardedness", "heedfulness", "prudence", "wariness" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "circumventing":{ "to avoid by going around":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "circumvented the traffic jam by taking an alternate route" ], "near antonyms":[ "confronting", "facing", "meeting", "accepting", "courting", "embracing", "pursuing", "seeking", "welcoming" ], "related":[ "leapfrogging", "avoiding", "dodging", "ducking", "eluding", "escaping", "eschewing", "evading", "fleeing", "shaking", "shunning" ], "synonyms":[ "bypassing", "circumnavigating", "detouring", "skirting" ] }, "to avoid having to comply with (something) especially through cleverness":{ "antonyms":[ "complying (with)", "following", "keeping", "obeying", "observing" ], "examples":[ "employees who try to circumvent the company's dress code" ], "near antonyms":[ "acceding (to)", "acquiescing (to)", "assenting (to)", "accepting", "courting", "embracing", "pursuing", "seeking", "welcoming", "catching", "contracting", "incurring" ], "related":[ "avoiding", "ducking", "eluding", "end-running", "escaping", "eschewing", "evading", "outflanking", "shaking", "shirking", "shunning", "disobeying", "disregarding", "flouting", "ignoring", "averting", "deflecting", "diverting", "obviating", "parrying", "preventing", "warding (off)" ], "synonyms":[ "beating", "bypassing", "dodging", "getting around", "shortcutting", "sidestepping", "skirting" ] }, "to travel completely around":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "most casual joggers will be able to circumvent the reservoir without too much of a strain" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "circumambulating", "crossing", "perambulating", "traversing" ], "synonyms":[ "circling", "circuiting", "circumnavigating", "compassing", "encircling", "girdling", "orbiting", "ringing", "rounding" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "citations":{ "a formal expression of praise":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "the citation for the Nobel Prize winner noted his major contributions to quantum theory" ], "near antonyms":[ "censures", "condemnations", "denunciations", "indictments", "rebukes", "reprimands", "reproofs", "admonitions", "corrections", "harangues", "lectures", "sermons" ], "related":[ "awards", "decorations", "dedications", "honors", "prizes", "acclaim", "acclamations", "laudations", "applauses", "plaudits", "bravos", "bravoes", "hallelujahs", "kudos", "approvals", "cachets", "compliments", "recommendations" ], "synonyms":[ "accolades", "commendations", "dithyrambs", "encomiums", "encomia", "eulogia", "eulogiums", "eulogies", "homages", "hymns", "paeans", "panegyrics", "salutations", "tributes" ] }, "a formal recognition of an achievement or praiseworthy deed":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "a police officer who has received several citations for his work with troubled youths in the city" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "decorations", "medals", "ribbons", "accolades", "awards", "honors", "kudos", "prizes", "tributes", "dedications" ], "synonyms":[ "acknowledgments", "acknowledgements", "commendations", "mentions" ] }, "a passage referred to, repeated, or offered as an example":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "in your paper be sure to include citations to back up any points you make about the play" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "allusions", "references", "excerpts", "extracts", "lines", "parts", "sections", "snippets" ], "synonyms":[ "quotations", "quotes" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "citizen":{ "a person who lives in a town on a permanent basis":{ "antonyms":[ "noncitizen" ], "examples":[ "claimed that the good citizens of the town were sick of high property taxes" ], "near antonyms":[ "alien", "foreigner", "guest", "nonnative", "tourist", "transient", "visitor", "gownsman" ], "related":[ "townswoman", "cliff dweller", "denizen", "dweller", "habitant", "inhabitant", "national", "native", "occupant", "resident", "resider", "subject", "town", "townsfolk", "townspeople", "suburbanite", "urbanite" ], "synonyms":[ "burgher", "townie", "towny", "townsman", "villager" ] }, "a person who owes allegiance to a government and is protected by it":{ "antonyms":[ "alien", "noncitizen" ], "examples":[ "conscientious citizens who regard voting as a duty as well as a right" ], "near antonyms":[ "foreigner", "stranger", "immigrant", "nonnative" ], "related":[ "compatriot", "countryman", "inhabitant", "native", "nonimmigrant", "resident" ], "synonyms":[ "freeman", "national", "subject" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "civies":{ "as in":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "type":[ "plural noun" ] }, "civil":{ "of or relating to a nation":{ "antonyms":[ "nonnational" ], "examples":[ "the country was not destroyed by outside enemies but by a series of civil wars" ], "near antonyms":[ "global", "international", "alien", "external", "foreign" ], "related":[ "civic", "federal", "municipal", "government", "governmental", "domestic", "internal", "intestine", "democratic", "republican", "nationwide" ], "synonyms":[ "national", "public" ] }, "showing consideration, courtesy, and good manners":{ "antonyms":[ "discourteous", "ill-bred", "ill-mannered", "impolite", "inconsiderate", "mannerless", "rude", "thoughtless", "uncivil", "ungenteel", "ungracious", "unmannered", "unmannerly" ], "examples":[ "please try to be civil to your ex-husband at the upcoming family wedding" ], "near antonyms":[ "heedless", "inconsiderate", "thoughtless", "audacious", "bold", "bold-faced", "brash", "brassy", "disrespectful", "impertinent", "impudent", "insolent", "lippy", "saucy", "shameless", "boorish", "churlish", "clodhopping", "clownish", "loutish", "uncouth", "vulgar", "casual", "informal", "unceremonious", "improper", "inappropriate", "incorrect", "indecent", "indecorous", "uncalled-for", "unrespectable", "unseemly", "arrogant", "conceited", "presuming", "presumptuous", "pretentious" ], "related":[ "attentive", "careful", "considerate", "nice", "solicitous", "thoughtful", "chivalrous", "civilized", "courtly", "gallant", "gentlemanlike", "gentlemanly", "ladylike", "ceremonial", "ceremonious", "red-carpet", "couth", "formal", "smooth", "suave", "unctuous", "urbane", "elegant", "refined", "deferential", "dutiful", "respectful", "submissive", "yielding", "acceptable", "appropriate", "becoming", "befitting", "comme il faut", "correct", "decent", "decorous", "fit", "fitting", "good", "meet", "proper", "respectable", "right", "seemly", "suitable", "affable", "cordial", "friendly", "genial", "hospitable", "pleasant", "sociable", "felicitous", "graceful", "demure", "humble", "meek", "modest", "unassertive" ], "synonyms":[ "courteous", "genteel", "gracious", "mannerly", "polite", "well-bred" ] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "civility":{ "an act or utterance that is a customary show of good manners":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "after the usual civilities , the parents and the principal had a serious talk about the boy" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "honors", "ceremony", "observance", "rite", "ritual", "decorum", "etiquette", "form", "manners", "mores", "proprieties", "addresses", "devoirs", "greetings", "regards", "respects", "favor", "grace", "kindliness", "kindness", "protocol", "rules" ], "synonyms":[ "amenity", "attention", "courtesy", "formality", "gesture", "pleasantry", "politeness" ] }, "speech or behavior that is a sign of good breeding":{ "antonyms":[ "discourteousness", "discourtesy", "impoliteness", "incivility", "rudeness", "surliness", "ungraciousness" ], "examples":[ "treated people from all walks of life with the same unfailing civility" ], "near antonyms":[ "audaciousness", "audacity", "boldness", "brashness", "brassiness", "disrespect", "impertinence", "impudence", "insolence", "sauciness", "shamelessness", "boorishness", "churlishness", "clownishness", "loutishness", "vulgarity", "casualness", "informality", "delinquency", "improperness", "impropriety", "inappropriateness", "incorrectness", "indecency", "inconsiderateness", "inconsideration", "thoughtlessness", "arrogance", "conceit", "presumption", "pretentiousness" ], "related":[ "attentiveness", "consideration", "thoughtfulness", "ceremonialness", "ceremoniousness", "ceremony", "formality", "chivalrousness", "chivalry", "courtliness", "gallantry", "gentlemanliness", "knighthood", "knightliness", "breeding", "manners", "suaveness", "unctuousness", "urbanity", "elegance", "refinement", "deference", "respect", "decency", "decorousness", "decorum", "gentilesse", "polish", "politesse", "propriety", "respectability", "seemliness", "affability", "cordiality", "friendliness", "geniality", "hospitality", "sociability", "felicitousness", "gracefulness", "humility", "meekness", "modesty", "shyness" ], "synonyms":[ "courteousness", "courtesy", "genteelness", "gentility", "graciousness", "mannerliness", "politeness" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "circa":{ "not far from (something) in time":{ "examples":[ "He was born circa 1600." ], "synonyms":[], "related":[], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "preposition" ] } }