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"freeways", "high roads", "highways", "passes", "pike", "pikes", "roadways", "routes", "rows", "streets", "thoroughfares", "thruways", "traces", "turnpikes", "ways" ] }, "a roadway overlaid with parallel steel rails over which trains travel":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "the railway companies are continually repairing their roads" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "elevated railroads", "elevateds", "els", "monorails" ], "synonyms":[ "railroads", "rails", "railways" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "roadster":{ "as in cabriolet , coup\u00e9":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "roadway":{ "a passage cleared for public vehicular travel":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "a cow wandered into the roadway" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "causeway", "autobahn", "autoroute", "autostrada", "dual carriageway", "interstate", "motorway", "superhighway", "beltway", "bypass", "parkway", "ring road", "corniche", "switchback", "through 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"hooted", "shouted", "whooped", "yelled", "belled", "caterwauled", "howled", "wailed", "yowled" ], "synonyms":[ "bellowed", "boomed", "growled", "thundered" ] }, "to show mirth with an explosive vocal sound":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "a madcap comedy that had movie audiences roaring all summer long" ], "near antonyms":[ "bawled", "blubbered", "cried", "sobbed", "wept", "howled", "squalled", "wailed", "yowled", "bleated", "puled", "whimpered", "whined", "sniffled", "sniveled", "snivelled", "groaned", "moaned", "sighed" ], "related":[ "grinned", "smiled" ], "synonyms":[ "broke up", "cackled", "chortled", "chuckled", "cracked up", "giggled", "hee-hawed", "laughed", "screamed", "snickered", "tittered", "twittered" ] }, "to speak so as to be heard at a distance":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "when we arrived at the house we could hear our friend roaring at someone inside, so we discreetly left" ], "near antonyms":[ "breathed", "mumbled", "murmured", "muttered", "whispered" ], 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"blasting", "booming", "clamorous", "clangorous", "deafening", "earsplitting", "loud", "piercing", "plangent", "resounding", "ringing", "slam-bang", "sonorous", "stentorian", "thundering", "thunderous" ] }, "marked by vigorous growth and well-being especially economically":{ "antonyms":[ "depressed", "unprosperous", "unsuccessful" ], "examples":[ "the roaring mining town attracted job seekers eager to share in the boom" ], "near antonyms":[ "declining", "dying", "failing", "floundering", "languishing", "struggling", "bankrupt", "bankrupted", "insolvent" ], "related":[ "affluent", "moneyed", "monied", "opulent", "rich", "substantial", "wealthy", "well-heeled", "well-off", "well-to-do", "comfortable" ], "synonyms":[ "booming", "boomy", "flourishing", "golden", "halcyon", "healthy", "lush", "palmy", "prospering", "prosperous", "successful", "thriving" ] }, "to a great degree":{ "antonyms":[ "little", "negligibly", "nominally", "slightly", "somewhat" ], "examples":[ "we had a roaring good 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"exceeding", "extra", "extremely", "fabulously", "fantastically", "far", "fiercely", "filthy", "frightfully", "full", "greatly", "heavily", "highly", "hugely", "immensely", "incredibly", "intensely", "jolly", "majorly", "mightily", "mighty", "monstrous", "mortally", "most", "much", "particularly", "passing", "rattling", "real", "really", "right", "roaringly", "seriously", "severely", "so", "sore", "sorely", "spanking", "specially", "stinking", "such", "super", "supremely", "surpassingly", "terribly", "that", "thumping", "too", "unco", "uncommonly", "vastly", "very", "vitally", "way", "whacking", "wicked", "wildly" ] }, "to make a long loud deep noise or cry":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "the car's engine roared as it sped away" ], "near antonyms":[ "grunting", "mouthing", "mumbling", "murmuring", "muttering", "whispering", "mewling", "puling", "squeaking", "whimpering" ], "related":[ "grumbling", "rolling", "rumbling", "banging", "blaring", "blasting", "pealing", "screaming", "screeching", "shrieking", "squalling", "bawling", "calling", "crying", "hollering", "hooting", "shouting", "whooping", "yelling", "belling", "caterwauling", "howling", "wailing", "yowling" ], "synonyms":[ "bellowing", "booming", "growling", "thundering" ] }, "to show mirth with an explosive vocal sound":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "a madcap comedy that had movie audiences roaring all summer long" ], "near antonyms":[ "bawling", "blubbering", "crying", "sobbing", "weeping", "howling", "squalling", "wailing", "yowling", "bleating", "puling", "whimpering", "whining", "sniffling", "sniveling", "snivelling", "groaning", "moaning", "sighing" ], "related":[ "grinning", "smiling" ], "synonyms":[ "breaking up", "cackling", "chortling", "chuckling", "cracking up", "giggling", "hee-hawing", "laughing", "screaming", "snickering", "tittering", "twittering" ] }, "to speak so as to be heard at a distance":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "when we arrived at the house we could hear our friend roaring at someone inside, so we discreetly left" ], "near antonyms":[ "breathing", "mumbling", "murmuring", "muttering", "whispering" ], "related":[ "crowing", "whooping", "screaming", "screeching", "shrieking", "shrilling", "squeaking", "squealing", "caterwauling", "howling", "ululating", "wailing", "yawping", "yauping", "yowling", "hailing", "speaking out", "speaking up" ], "synonyms":[ "bawling", "baying", "bellowing", "calling", "crying", "hollering", "holloing", "hallooing", "shouting", "sounding off", "thundering", "vociferating", "yelling" ] }, "type":[ "adjective", "adverb", "verb" ] }, "robber":{ "one who steals":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "the robber wore a ski mask while holding up the bank" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "burglar", "cat burglar", "cracksman", "housebreaker", "picklock", "safecracker", "embezzler", "grafter", "klepto", "kleptomaniac", "sneak thief", "cutpurse", "dip", "pickpocket", "pilferer", "shoplifter", "abductor", "carjacker", "hijacker", "kidnapper", "kidnaper", "skyjacker", "despoiler", "looter", "pillager", "plunderer", "ransacker", "ravisher", "poacher", "rustler", "smuggler", "bandit", "footpad", "highwayman", "pirate", "mugger" ], "synonyms":[ "larcenist", "pincher", "purloiner", "stealer", "thief" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "robe":{ "something that covers or conceals like a piece of cloth":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "with the coming of spring the hills will once again don their robes of green" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "blind", "concealer", "screen", "shield", "fig leaf", "Potemkin village", "Trojan horse", "camouflage", "disguise", "facade", "fa\u00e7ade", "face", "veneer", "gloss", "varnish" ], "synonyms":[ "blanket", "cloak", "cope", "cover", "cover-up", "covering", "coverture", "curtain", "hood", "mantle", "mask", "pall", "penumbra", "shroud", "veil", "wraps" ] }, "to outfit with clothes and especially fine or special clothes":{ "antonyms":[ "disarray", "disrobe", "strip", "unclothe", "undress", "untruss" ], "examples":[ "robed the queen in her ceremonial garments" ], "near antonyms":[ "denude", "divest", "uncover", "undrape", "unveil" ], "related":[ "cloak", "frock", "jacket", "mantle", "vest", "drape", "enswathe", "hap", "huddle", "swaddle", "swathe", "wrap", "accoutre", "accouter", "bedight", "equip", "furnish", "habilitate", "outfit", "tailor", "uniform", "dress down", "underdress" ], "synonyms":[ "apparel", "array", "attire", "bedeck", "caparison", "clothe", "costume", "deck (out)", "do up", "dress", "dress up", "enrobe", "garb", "garment", "get up", "gown", "habit", "invest", "rig (out)", "suit", "tog (up or out)", "toilet", "vesture" ] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "robotic":{ "designed to replace or decrease human labor and especially physical labor":{ "antonyms":[ "nonautomated", "nonautomatic" ], "examples":[ "the dishwasher is one of the greatest robotic devices ever invented" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "mechanical", "motorized", "nonmanual", "computerized", "aiding", "helping", "easing", "relieving", "time-saving", "semiautomatic" ], "synonyms":[ "automated", "automatic", "laborsaving", "self-acting", "self-operating", "self-regulating" ] }, "done instantly and without conscious thought or decision":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "with a single robotic motion, she reached for a cigarette and a lighter the instant she sat down" ], "near antonyms":[ "calculated", "conscious", "cultivated", "deliberate", "designed", "intended", "intentional", "predetermined", "prepared", "projected", "refined", "rehearsed", "volitional", "voluntary", "willed", "willful", "wilful", "advised", "aforethought", "careful", "considered", "foresighted", "forethoughtful", "measured", "meticulous", "reasoned", "studied", "thoughtful" ], "related":[ "conditioned", "natural", "Pavlovian", "reactive", "reflex", "simple", "subliminal", "unconscious", "unforced", "visceral", "blind", "inadvertent", "unintended", "unintentional", "unwilling", "unwitting", "abrupt", "quick", "ready", "sudden", "ad-lib", "extemporaneous", "extempore", "impromptu", "improvised", "offhand", "offhanded", "off-the-cuff", "snap", "spur-of-the-moment", "unconsidered", "unplanned", "unpremeditated", "unprepared", "unprompted", "unreasoned", "unrehearsed", "unstudied", "casual", "chance", "chancy", "haphazard", "hasty", "hit-or-miss", "impetuous", "impulsive", "mindless", "random", "rash" ], "synonyms":[ "automatic", "instinctive", "instinctual", "involuntary", "knee-jerk", "mechanic", "mechanical", "spontaneous" ] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "rocket":{ "to proceed or move quickly":{ "antonyms":[ "crawl", "creep", "poke" ], "examples":[ "the startled cat rocketed out of the room" ], "near antonyms":[ "dally", "dawdle", "dillydally", "drag", "hang (around or out)", "lag", "linger", "loiter", "poke", "tarry", "amble", "lumber", "plod", "saunter", "shuffle", "stroll", "decelerate", "slow (down or up)" ], "related":[ "beetle", "dart", "flit", "scamper", "scud", "scuffle", "stampede", "streak", "whiz", "whizz", "gallop", "jog", "sprint", "accelerate", "quicken", "step out", "catch up", "fast-forward", "outpace", "outrun", "outstrip", "overtake", "arrow", "beeline" ], "synonyms":[ "barrel", "belt", "blast", "blaze", "blow", "bolt", "bomb", "bowl", "breeze", "bundle", "bustle", "buzz", "cannonball", "careen", "career", "chase", "course", "crack (on)", "dash", "drive", "fly", "hare", "hasten", "hie", "highball", "hotfoot (it)", "hump", "hurl", "hurry", "hurtle", "hustle", "jet", "jump", "motor", "nip", "pelt", "race", "ram", "rip", "run", "rush", "rustle", "scoot", "scurry", "scuttle", "shoot", "speed", "step", "tear", "travel", "trot", "whirl", "whisk", "zip", "zoom" ] }, "to rise abruptly and rapidly":{ "antonyms":[ "nose-dive", "plummet", "plunge", "slump", "tumble" ], "examples":[ "the child actor rocketed to stardom at the age of eight" ], "near antonyms":[ "collapse", "fall", "contract", "decrease", "diminish", "drop", "lessen", "wane" ], "related":[ "accumulate", "appreciate", "balloon", "build up", "burgeon", "bourgeon", "enlarge", "escalate", "expand", "increase", "mount", "multiply", "mushroom", "proliferate", "snowball", "swell", "wax", "crest", "peak", "surge", "heighten", "intensify" ], "synonyms":[ "shoot (up)", "skyrocket", "soar", "zoom" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "rocket plane":{ "as in aerospace plane":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "rods":{ "a heavy rigid stick used as a weapon or for punishment":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "arrested for using a rod on his dogs in violation of the state's animal cruelty laws" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "blackjacks", "knobkerries", "maces", "birches", "crabsticks", "hickories", "rattans", "staves", "switches", "beetles", "gavels", "hammers", "mallets", "mauls", "sledgehammers", "crooks", "crosiers", "croziers", "walking sticks", "whangees" ], "synonyms":[ "bastinadoes", "bastinades", "batons", "bats", "billies", "billy clubs", "bludgeons", "canes", "clubs", "cudgels", "nightsticks", "rungs", "saps", "shillelaghs", "shillalahs", "staffs", "staves", "truncheons", "waddies" ] }, "a straight piece (as of wood or metal) that is longer than it is wide":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "a curtain rod" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "arbors", "beams", "boards", "crossbars", "crossbeams", "girders", "bands", "strips", "blooms", "ingots", "slabs", "sticks" ], "synonyms":[ "bars", "billets" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "roguish":{ "tending to or exhibiting reckless playfulness":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "a roguish grin was the only sign that she had something up her sleeve for the office party" ], "near antonyms":[ "grave", "grim", "sedate", "sober", "solemn", "staid", "stern" ], "related":[ "antic", "coltish", "coy", "frisky", "frolicsome", "kittenish", "playful", "sportful", "sportive", "gay", "happy", "lighthearted", "whimsical", "energetic", "lively", "spirited", "sprightly", "artful", "crafty", "cunning", "trickish", "tricky", "wily", "misbehaving", "naughty", "troublemaking", "pestering", "riling", "teasing" ], "synonyms":[ "arch", "devilish", "elvish", "espi\u00e8gle", "impish", "knavish", "leprechaunish", "mischievous", "pixie", "pixy", "pixieish", "prankish", "puckish", "rascally", "scampish", "sly", "tricksy", "waggish", "wicked" ] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "roguishness":{ "playful, reckless behavior that is not intended to cause serious harm":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "a bit of childish roguishness that ended up with a window being broken" ], "near antonyms":[ "gravitas", "gravity", "seriousness", "solemnity", "solemnness" ], "related":[ "diabolicalness", "misbehavior", "misconduct", "naughtiness", "troublemaking", "buffoonery", "friskiness", "playfulness", "sportiveness", "chicanery", "trickery", "goings-on", "hanky-panky", "high jinks", "hijinks", "monkey business", "monkeying", "monkeyshine(s)", "skylarking", "tomfoolery", "horseplay", "roughhousing", "antic", "caper", "dido", "practical joke", "trick", "aggravation", "annoyance", "exasperation", "irritation" ], "synonyms":[ "devilishness", "devilment", "devilry", "deviltry", "diablerie", "espi\u00e8glerie", "hob", "impishness", "knavery", "mischief", "mischievousness", "rascality", "roguery", "shenanigan(s)", "waggery", "waggishness", "wickedness" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "roistering":{ "as in":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "to take part in drunken revelry":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "the earl's wastrel son had spent the best part of his youth roistering and gambling" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "boozing", "drinking", "guzzling", "liquoring (up)", "soaking", "tippling" ], "synonyms":[ "bingeing", "binging", "birling", "carousing", "reveling", "revelling", "wassailing" ] }, "type":[ "adjective", "noun", "verb" ] }, "roisterous":{ "being rough or noisy in a high-spirited way":{ "antonyms":[ "orderly" ], "examples":[ "students were told that it was possible to have a roisterous victory celebration without resorting to violence" ], "near antonyms":[ "sedate", "sober", "solemn", "somber", "sombre", "staid", "decorous", "dignified", "proper", "seemly", "calm", "hushed", "noiseless", "peaceful", "placid", "quiet", "restrained", "serene", "silent", "soundless", "tranquil", "collected", "composed", "constrained", "controlled", "imperturbable", "inhibited", "repressed", "self-controlled", "unflappable", "unruffled", "moderate", "reasonable", "subdued", "temperate", "impassive", "phlegmatic", "stoic", "stoical", "stolid", "depressed", "aloof", "detached", "indifferent" ], "related":[ "callithumpian", "carnival", "carnivalesque", "larrikin", "raffish", "rampageous", "riotous", "rowdyish", "ruffianly", "stormy", "tempestuous", "turbulent", "violent", "headstrong", "intractable", "obstreperous", "recalcitrant", "uncontrollable", "uncontrolled", "undisciplined", "ungovernable", "uninhibited", "unmanageable", "unreserved", "unrestrained", "unruly", "wild", "willful", "wilful", "bubbly", "buoyant", "effervescent", "exuberant", "high-spirited", "impassioned", "lively", "sprightly", "vivacious", "clamorous", "loudmouthed", "noisy", "openmouthed", "rackety", "strident", "vociferous", "howling", "screaming", "yelling" ], "synonyms":[ "boisterous", "hell-raising", "knockabout", "rambunctious", "raucous", "robustious", "rollicking", "rowdy", "rumbustious" ] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "roll":{ "a rapid turning about on an axis or central point":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "the squirrel did a quick roll and vanished up a tree" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "circuit", "circulation", "ring", "round", "coil", "curl", "curve", "spiral", "twist", "whorl", "circle", "orbit", "eddy", "swirl" ], "synonyms":[ "gyration", "pirouette", "reel", "revolution", "rotation", "spin", "twirl", "wheel", "whirl" ] }, "a record of a series of items (as names or titles) usually arranged according to some system":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "called the roll of people supposed to be in the class" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "agenda", "bibliography", "catalogue raisonn\u00e9", "compendium", "compilation", "directory", "docket", "enumeration", "glossary", "index", "inventory", "manifest", "payroll", "calendar", "chronology", "timetable" ], "synonyms":[ "canon", "catalog", "catalogue", "checklist", "list", "listing", "menu", "register", "registry", "roll call", "roster", "schedule", "table" ] }, "to form into a round compact mass":{ "antonyms":[ "unroll" ], "examples":[ "rolled up the wrapper from the straw and threw it" ], "near antonyms":[ "flatten", "open", "smooth", "spread", "unfold" ], "related":[ "bunch", "clump", "lump", "bead", "pearl", "pellet", "pelletize", "sphere" ], "synonyms":[ "agglomerate", "ball", "round", "wad" ] }, "to make a low heavy rolling sound":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "thunder rolling in the distance" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "boom", "drum", "thunder", "bellow" ], "synonyms":[ "growl", "grumble", "lumber", "rumble" ] }, "to make a series of unsteady side-to-side motions":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "the car suddenly was rolling as high winds swept across the bridge" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "blunder", "buck", "dodder", "falter", "flounder", "halt", "hitch", "hobble", "jerk", "jolt", "reel", "shake", "stagger", "stumble", "teeter", "toddle", "totter", "tumble", "vacillate", "vibrate", "waddle", "waver", "weave", "oscillate", "undulate", "wag", "waggle" ], "synonyms":[ "careen", "lurch", "pitch", "rock", "seesaw", "sway", "toss", "wobble", "wabble" ] }, "to move (something) in a curved or circular path on or as if on an axis":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "in order to knock your opponent off balance, you have to roll the log when he least expects it" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "screw", "unscrew", "twiddle", "coil", "crank", "reel", "wind", "circulate" ], "synonyms":[ "pivot", "revolve", "rotate", "spin", "swing", "swirl", "swivel", "turn", "twirl", "twist", "wheel", "whirl" ] }, "to move in a stream":{ "antonyms":[ "back up" ], "examples":[ "just lying on the beach, watching the clouds roll by" ], "near antonyms":[ "clot", "coagulate", "congeal", "gel", "harden", "set" ], "related":[ "arise", "disembogue", "effuse", "emanate", "issue", "spring", "course", "race", "rush", "fountain", "gush", "spout", "spurt", "deluge", "engulf", "flood", "inundate", "overflow", "overrun", "swamp", "cascade", "dribble", "drip", "gutter", "riffle", "ripple", "sheet", "trickle", "flush", "wash out" ], "synonyms":[ "flow", "pour", "run", "stream" ] }, "to move in circles around an axis or center":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "rolled her head around her shoulders to loosen herself up" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "coil", "curl", "curve", "round", "spiral", "swirl", "twine", "twist", "wind", "circle", "circulate", "encircle", "orbit", "ring", "pivot", "swivel" ], "synonyms":[ "gyrate", "pinwheel", "pirouette", "revolve", "rotate", "spin", "turn", "twirl", "wheel", "whirl" ] }, "to move or proceed smoothly and readily":{ "antonyms":[ "flounder", "struggle" ], "examples":[ "once we started rolling , everything went perfectly" ], "near antonyms":[ "limp", "lumber", "plod", "stumble", "trudge", "shamble", "shuffle", "stamp", "stomp", "stump", "tramp", "labor", "toil" ], "related":[ "fly", "race", "rush", "speed" ], "synonyms":[ "bowl", "breeze", "brush", "coast", "cruise", "drift", "flow", "glide", "sail", "skim", "slide", "slip", "stream", "sweep", "whisk" ] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "roll call":{ "a record of a series of items (as names or titles) usually arranged according to some system":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "the roll call of the fallen was read aloud at the memorial service" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "agenda", "bibliography", "catalogue raisonn\u00e9", "compendium", "compilation", "directory", "docket", "enumeration", "glossary", "index", "inventory", "manifest", "payroll", "calendar", "chronology", "timetable" ], "synonyms":[ "canon", "catalog", "catalogue", "checklist", "list", "listing", "menu", "register", "registry", "roll", "roster", "schedule", "table" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "roll out":{ "to leave one's bed":{ "antonyms":[ "bed (down)", "retire", "turn in" ], "examples":[ "you'll have to roll out by at least 8:00 a.m. in order to get there on time" ], "near antonyms":[ "catnap", "doze", "drop off", "lie up", "nap", "nod", "rest", "sleep", "slumber", "snooze", "bunk", "perch", "roost", "settle", "couch", "doss (down)", "flop (down)", "lie (down)", "recline" ], "related":[ "arouse", "awake", "awaken", "bestir", "stir", "wake" ], "synonyms":[ "arise", "get up", "rise", "turn out", "uprise" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "rollicked":{ "to engage in activity for amusement":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "an educator who realized that children need to rollick as well as to study and learn" ], "near antonyms":[ "drudged", "labored", "plodded", "plugged (away)", "slaved", "strained", "strove", "strived", "struggled", "sweat", "sweated", "toiled", "worked", "wrought" ], "related":[ "cavorted", "frisked", "gamboled", "gambolled", "romped", "dabbled", "trifled", "amused", "diverted", "entertained", "delighted", "pleased", "dabbled", "fiddled (around)", "messed around", "puttered (around)", "bummed (around)", "dawdled", "goldbricked", "hung", "hanged", "hung about", "idled", "loafed", "lounged (around or about)", "relaxed", "rested", "screwed around", "slacked (off)", "jested", "joked", "teased" ], "synonyms":[ "dallied", "disported", "frolicked", "played", "recreated", "skylarked", "sported", "toyed" ] }, "to play and run about happily":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "children rollicking during recess" ], "near antonyms":[ "moped", "pouted", "stewed", "sulked" ], "related":[ "bounded", "hopped", "leaped", "leapt", "loped", "skipped", "sprang", "sprung", "tripped", "tumbled", "curvetted", "curveted", "danced", "pranced", "caroused", "reveled", "revelled", "roistered", "carried on", "fooled around", "horsed around", "clowned", "cut up", "joyrode", "roughhoused", "skylarked", "kited" ], "synonyms":[ "capered", "cavorted", "disported", "frisked", "frolicked", "gamboled", "gambolled", "larked", "romped", "sported" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "rollicking":{ "activity engaged in to amuse oneself":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "likes to indulge in mindless rollicking after a day at work in order to relax" ], "near antonyms":[ "drudgery", "labor", "work", "duty", "obligation", "responsibility" ], "related":[ "gamboling", "gambolling", "romping", "amusement", "diversion", "entertainment", "hobby", "hobbyhorse", "pastime", "delight", "enjoyment", "pleasance", "pleasure", "friskiness", "playfulness", "sportiveness", "wantonness", "devilment", "devilry", "deviltry", "hanky-panky", "hob", "impishness", "jinks", "knavery", "mischief", "mischievousness", "rascality", "roguishness", "waggery", "binge", "fling", "kick", "lark", "revel", "rollick", "spree", "hilarity", "merriment", "merrymaking", "revelry", "whoopee", "buffoonery", "high jinks", "hijinks", "horseplay", "tomfoolery" ], "synonyms":[ "dalliance", "frolic", "frolicking", "fun", "fun and games", "play", "recreation", "relaxation", "sport" ] }, "being rough or noisy in a high-spirited way":{ "antonyms":[ "orderly" ], "examples":[ "reunions with his friends from college were usually rollicking affairs" ], "near antonyms":[ "sedate", "sober", "solemn", "somber", "sombre", "staid", "decorous", "dignified", "proper", "seemly", "calm", "hushed", "noiseless", "peaceful", "placid", "quiet", "restrained", "serene", "silent", "soundless", "tranquil", "collected", "composed", "constrained", "controlled", "imperturbable", "inhibited", "repressed", "self-controlled", "unflappable", "unruffled", "moderate", "reasonable", "subdued", "temperate", "impassive", "phlegmatic", "stoic", "stoical", "stolid", "depressed", "aloof", "detached", "indifferent" ], "related":[ "callithumpian", "carnival", "carnivalesque", "larrikin", "raffish", "rampageous", "riotous", "rowdyish", "ruffianly", "stormy", "tempestuous", "turbulent", "violent", "headstrong", "intractable", "obstreperous", "recalcitrant", "uncontrollable", "uncontrolled", "undisciplined", "ungovernable", "uninhibited", "unmanageable", "unreserved", "unrestrained", "unruly", "wild", "willful", "wilful", "bubbly", "buoyant", "effervescent", "exuberant", "high-spirited", "impassioned", "lively", "sprightly", "vivacious", "clamorous", "loudmouthed", "noisy", "openmouthed", "rackety", "strident", "vociferous", "howling", "screaming", "yelling" ], "synonyms":[ "boisterous", "hell-raising", "knockabout", "rambunctious", "raucous", "robustious", "roisterous", "rowdy", "rumbustious" ] }, "given to good-natured joking or teasing":{ "antonyms":[ "earnest", "serious-minded", "sober", "sobersided" ], "examples":[ "a rollicking boy who quickly charms everyone he meets" ], "near antonyms":[ "dutiful", "responsible", "grave", "grim", "serious", "solemn", "somber", "sombre", "stern", "stolid", "no-nonsense", "priggish", "starchy", "stuffy", "decorous", "formal", "proper", "sedate", "staid", "guarded", "inhibited", "restrained" ], "related":[ "coy", "kittenish", "gay", "happy", "lighthearted", "whimsical", "energetic", "frolic", "jocund", "lively", "merry", "spirited", "sprightly", "spunky", "vivacious", "devilish", "impish", "knavish", "mischievous", "pixie", "pixy", "rascally", "roguish", "amusing", "diverting", "enjoyable", "entertaining", "fun", "pleasurable", "dabbling", "frivolous", "goofy", "silly", "trifling", "delightful", "pleasant", "pleasing", "jesting", "jocose", "jocular", "joking", "prankish", "teasing" ], "synonyms":[ "antic", "coltish", "elfish", "fay", "frisky", "frolicsome", "larky", "playful", "sportful", "sportive" ] }, "to engage in activity for amusement":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "an educator who realized that children need to rollick as well as to study and learn" ], "near antonyms":[ "drudging", "laboring", "plodding", "plugging (away)", "slaving", "straining", "striving", "struggling", "sweating", "toiling", "working" ], "related":[ "cavorting", "frisking", "gamboling", "gambolling", "romping", "dabbling", "trifling", "amusing", "diverting", "entertaining", "delighting", "pleasing", "dabbling", "fiddling (around)", "messing around", "puttering (around)", "bumming (around)", "dawdling", "goldbricking", "hanging", "hanging about", "idling", "loafing", "lounging (around or about)", "relaxing", "resting", "screwing around", "slacking (off)", "jesting", "joking", "teasing" ], "synonyms":[ "dallying", "disporting", "frolicking", "playing", "recreating", "skylarking", "sporting", "toying" ] }, "to play and run about happily":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "children rollicking during recess" ], "near antonyms":[ "moping", "pouting", "stewing", "sulking" ], "related":[ "bounding", "hopping", "leaping", "loping", "skipping", "springing", "tripping", "tumbling", "curvetting", "curveting", "dancing", "prancing", "carousing", "reveling", "revelling", "roistering", "carrying on", "fooling around", "horsing around", "clowning", "cutting up", "joyriding", "roughhousing", "skylarking", "kiting" ], "synonyms":[ "capering", "cavorting", "disporting", "frisking", "frolicking", "gamboling", "gambolling", "larking", "romping", "sporting" ] }, "type":[ "adjective", "noun", "verb" ] }, "rolling back":{ "to put an end to by formal action":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "lobbyists for the industry pressured the legislators to roll back the new automotive safety standards" ], "near antonyms":[ "enacting", "laying down", "legislating", "establishing", "founding", "instituting", "formalizing", "legalizing", "legitimating", "legitimizing", "validating", "passing", "ratifying", "allowing", "approving", "authorizing", "clearing", "endorsing", "indorsing", "permitting", "sanctioning", "warranting", "commanding", "decreeing", "mandating", "ordering", "prescribing" ], "related":[ "countermanding", "overriding", "overruling", "overturning", "vetoing", "aborting", "calling", "calling off", "dropping", "recalling", "retracting", "reversing", "revoking", "suspending", "withdrawing", "banning", "enjoining", "forbidding", "outlawing", "prohibiting", "disallowing", "dismissing", "rejecting", "annihilating", "breaking down", "eliminating", "eradicating", "erasing", "liquidating", "removing", "throwing out", "writing off" ], "synonyms":[ "abating", "abolishing", "abrogating", "annulling", "avoiding", "canceling", "cancelling", "disannulling", "dissolving", "invalidating", "negating", "nullifying", "nulling", "quashing", "repealing", "rescinding", "striking down", "vacating", "voiding" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "rolling out":{ "to leave one's bed":{ "antonyms":[ "bedding (down)", "retiring", "turning in" ], "examples":[ "you'll have to roll out by at least 8:00 a.m. in order to get there on time" ], "near antonyms":[ "catnapping", "dozing", "dropping off", "lying up", "napping", "nodding", "resting", "sleeping", "slumbering", "snoozing", "bunking", "perching", "roosting", "settling", "couching", "dossing (down)", "flopping (down)", "lying (down)", "reclining" ], "related":[ "arousing", "awakening", "awaking", "bestirring", "stirring", "waking" ], "synonyms":[ "arising", "getting up", "rising", "turning out", "uprising" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "rolls":{ "a rapid turning about on an axis or central point":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "the squirrel did a quick roll and vanished up a tree" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "circuits", "circulations", "rings", "rounds", "coils", "curls", "curves", "spirals", "twists", "whorls", "circles", "orbits", "eddies", "swirls" ], "synonyms":[ "gyrations", "pirouettes", "reels", "revolutions", "rotations", "spins", "twirls", "wheels", "whirls" ] }, "a record of a series of items (as names or titles) usually arranged according to some system":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "called the roll of people supposed to be in the class" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "agendas", "bibliographies", "catalogues raisonn\u00e9s", "compendiums", "compendia", "compilations", "directories", "dockets", "enumerations", "glossaries", "indexes", "indices", "inventories", "manifests", "payrolls", "calendars", "chronologies", "timetables" ], "synonyms":[ "canons", "catalogs", "catalogues", "checklists", "listings", "lists", "menus", "registers", "registries", "roll calls", "rosters", "schedules", "tables" ] }, "to form into a round compact mass":{ "antonyms":[ "unrolls" ], "examples":[ "rolled up the wrapper from the straw and threw it" ], "near antonyms":[ "flattens", "opens", "smooths", "smoothes", "spreads", "unfolds" ], "related":[ "bunches", "clumps", "lumps", "beads", "pearls", "pelletizes", "pellets", "spheres" ], "synonyms":[ "agglomerates", "balls", "rounds", "wads" ] }, "to make a low heavy rolling sound":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "thunder rolling in the distance" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "booms", "drums", "thunders", "bellows" ], "synonyms":[ "growls", "grumbles", "lumbers", "rumbles" ] }, "to make a series of unsteady side-to-side motions":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "the car suddenly was rolling as high winds swept across the bridge" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "blunders", "bucks", "dodders", "falters", "flounders", "halts", "hitches", "hobbles", "jerks", "jolts", "reels", "shakes", "staggers", "stumbles", "teeters", "toddles", "totters", "tumbles", "vacillates", "vibrates", "waddles", "wavers", "weaves", "oscillates", "undulates", "waggles", "wags" ], "synonyms":[ "careens", "lurches", "pitches", "rocks", "seesaws", "sways", "tosses", "wobbles", "wabbles" ] }, "to move (something) in a curved or circular path on or as if on an axis":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "in order to knock your opponent off balance, you have to roll the log when he least expects it" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "screws", "unscrews", "twiddles", "coils", "cranks", "reels", "winds", "circulates" ], "synonyms":[ "pivots", "revolves", "rotates", "spins", "swings", "swirls", "swivels", "turns", "twirls", "twists", "wheels", "whirls" ] }, "to move in a stream":{ "antonyms":[ "backs up" ], "examples":[ "just lying on the beach, watching the clouds roll by" ], "near antonyms":[ "clots", "coagulates", "congeals", "gels", "hardens", "sets" ], "related":[ "arises", "disembogues", "effuses", "emanates", "issues", "springs", "courses", "races", "rushes", "fountains", "gushes", "spouts", "spurts", "deluges", "engulfs", "floods", "inundates", "overflows", "overruns", "swamps", "cascades", "dribbles", "drips", "gutters", "riffles", "ripples", "sheets", "trickles", "flushes", "washes out" ], "synonyms":[ "flows", "pours", "runs", "streams" ] }, "to move in circles around an axis or center":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "rolled her head around her shoulders to loosen herself up" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "coils", "curls", "curves", "rounds", "spirals", "swirls", "twines", "twists", "winds", "circles", "circulates", "encircles", "orbits", "rings", "pivots", "swivels" ], "synonyms":[ "gyrates", "pinwheels", "pirouettes", "revolves", "rotates", "spins", "turns", "twirls", "wheels", "whirls" ] }, "to move or proceed smoothly and readily":{ "antonyms":[ "flounders", "struggles" ], "examples":[ "once we started rolling , everything went perfectly" ], "near antonyms":[ "limps", "lumbers", "plods", "stumbles", "trudges", "shambles", "shuffles", "stamps", "stomps", "stumps", "tramps", "labors", "toils" ], "related":[ "flies", "races", "rushes", "speeds" ], "synonyms":[ "bowls", "breezes", "brushes", "coasts", "cruises", "drifts", "flows", "glides", "sails", "skims", "slides", "slips", "streams", "sweeps", "whisks" ] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "rolls up":{ "to become greater in size, extent, volume, amount, or number":{ "antonyms":[ "contracts", "decreases", "diminishes", "dwindles", "lessens", "recedes", "wanes" ], "examples":[ "ticket sales are expected to roll up as the date of the concert nears" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "jumps", "rockets", "skyrockets", "surges", "heightens", "intensifies", "redoubles", "blows up", "bulks", "distends", "inflates", "puffs (up)", "crescendoes", "crests", "peaks" ], "synonyms":[ "accelerates", "accumulates", "appreciates", "balloons", "booms", "builds up", "burgeons", "bourgeons", "climbs", "enlarges", "escalates", "expands", "gains", "increases", "mounts", "multiplies", "mushrooms", "proliferates", "rises", "snowballs", "spreads", "swells", "waxes" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "roly-poly":{ "having an excess of body fat":{ "antonyms":[ "lean", "skinny", "slender", "slim", "spare", "thin" ], "examples":[ "a roly-poly baby who grew into a slender child" ], "near antonyms":[ "angular", "bony", "boney", "gaunt", "lank", "lanky", "rawboned", "sinewy", "cadaverous", "emaciated", "haggard", "pinched", "skeletal", "wasted", "puny", "scraggy", "scrawny", "slight", "rangy", "reedy", "spindling", "spindly", "stringy", "svelte", "sylphlike", "twiggy", "waspish", "weedy", "willowy", "ectomorphic", "anorexic" ], "related":[ "beefy", "bulky", "chunky", "heavy", "heavyset", "plumpish", "stocky", "stout", "thick", "thickset", "weighty", "brawny", "burly", "hefty", "husky", "dumpy", "squat", "stubby", "hippy", "paunchy", "potbellied", "flabby", "soft", "ample", "buxom", "corn-fed", "ripe", "zaftig", "zoftig", "endomorphic" ], "synonyms":[ "blubbery", "chubby", "corpulent", "fat", "fleshy", "full", "gross", "lardy", "obese", "overweight", "plump", "podgy", "portly", "pudgy", "replete", "rotund", "round", "tubby" ] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "romanticizing":{ "to represent or think of as better than reality would warrant":{ "antonyms":[ "deglamorizing" ], "examples":[ "he romanticized what life in a small town would be like, only to be later disappointed when reality intruded" ], "near antonyms":[ "belittling", "decrying", "denigrating", "deprecating", "disparaging", "minimizing", "putting down" ], "related":[ "heroicizing", "heroizing", "euphemizing", "poeticizing", "softening", "sweetening", "adulating", "canonizing", "deifying", "idolizing", "aggrandizing", "dignifying", "ennobling", "enshrining", "enthroning", "magnifying" ], "synonyms":[ "glamorizing", "glamourizing", "glamouring (up)", "glorifying", "idealizing" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "roofed":{ "to provide with living quarters or shelter":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "fed and roofed the emergency volunteers for a week" ], "near antonyms":[ "ejected", "evicted" ], "related":[ "ensconced", "homed", "roosted", "secured", "shedded", "stabled", "tented", "barracked", "bedded (down)" ], "synonyms":[ "accommodated", "bestowed", "billeted", "bivouacked", "boarded", "bunked", "camped", "chambered", "domiciled", "encamped", "harbored", "housed", "lodged", "put up", "quartered", "roomed", "sheltered", "took in" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "roofing":{ "to provide with living quarters or shelter":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "fed and roofed the emergency volunteers for a week" ], "near antonyms":[ "ejecting", "evicting" ], "related":[ "ensconcing", "homing", "roosting", "securing", "shedding", "stabling", "tenting", "barracking", "bedding (down)" ], "synonyms":[ "accommodating", "bestowing", "billeting", "bivouacking", "boarding", "bunking", "camping", "chambering", "domiciling", "encamping", "harboring", "housing", "lodging", "putting up", "quartering", "rooming", "sheltering", "taking in" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "rook":{ "a person who is just starting out in a field of activity":{ "antonyms":[ "old hand", "old-timer", "vet", "veteran" ], "examples":[ "every year the coaches have to deal with rooks who don't know the rules yet" ], "near antonyms":[ "expert", "master", "pro", "professional" ], "related":[ "boot", "amateur", "dabbler", "dilettante", "learner", "student", "trainee", "candidate", "entrant", "probationer" ], "synonyms":[ "abecedarian", "apprentice", "babe", "beginner", "colt", "cub", "fledgling", "freshman", "greenhorn", "neophyte", "newbie", "newcomer", "novice", "novitiate", "punk", "recruit", "rookie", "tenderfoot", "tyro", "virgin" ] }, "to rob by the use of trickery or threats":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "once you learn to recognize these swindler's tricks, no one will be able to use them to rook you" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "extort", "wrench", "wrest", "wring", "clip", "gouge", "nick", "overcharge", "soak", "exploit", "milk", "deceive", "dupe", "fool", "gull", "trick", "rope (in)", "betray", "bitch", "double-cross", "bamboozle", "fast-talk" ], "synonyms":[ "beat", "bilk", "bleed", "cheat", "chisel", "chouse", "con", "cozen", "defraud", "diddle", "do", "do in", "euchre", "fiddle", "fleece", "flimflam", "gaff", "hose", "hustle", "mulct", "nobble", "pluck", "ream", "rip off", "screw", "shake down", "short", "shortchange", "skin", "skunk", 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"evict" ], "related":[ "ensconce", "home", "roost", "secure", "shed", "stable", "tent", "barrack", "bed (down)" ], "synonyms":[ "accommodate", "bestow", "billet", "bivouac", "board", "bunk", "camp", "chamber", "domicile", "encamp", "harbor", "house", "lodge", "put up", "quarter", "roof", "shelter", "take in" ] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "rooming":{ "to provide with living quarters or shelter":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "we can room up to four visitors in our two guest bedrooms" ], "near antonyms":[ "ejecting", "evicting" ], "related":[ "ensconcing", "homing", "roosting", "securing", "shedding", "stabling", "tenting", "barracking", "bedding (down)" ], "synonyms":[ "accommodating", "bestowing", "billeting", "bivouacking", "boarding", "bunking", "camping", "chambering", "domiciling", "encamping", "harboring", "housing", "lodging", "putting up", "quartering", "roofing", "sheltering", "taking in" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "roost":{ "to come to rest after descending from the air":{ 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"wedge" ], "related":[ "mine", "pluck", "remove", "take (out)", "withdraw" ], "synonyms":[ "corkscrew", "extract", "prize", "pry", "pull", "tear (out)", "uproot", "wrest", "wring", "yank" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "rooter":{ "as in":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "roots":{ "a point or place at which something is invented or provided":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "he insists that insecurity is the root of all jealousy" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "beginnings", "commencements", "dawns", "day ones", "geneses", "get-goes", "git-goes", "inceptions", "incipiences", "incipiencies", "kickoffs", "launches", "mornings", "nascences", "nascencies", "onsets", "outsets", "starts", "thresholds", "baselines", "first bases", "ground zeros", "square ones" ], "synonyms":[ "cradles", "fonts", "fountainheads", "fountains", "origins", "seedbeds", "sources", "springs", "wells", "wellsprings" ] }, "an immaterial thing upon which something else rests":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "an implicit trust in the wisdom of the people is the root of democracy" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "anchorages", "beds", "braces", "bulwarks", "buttresses", "frameworks", "infrastructures", "mounts", "props", "shores", "stays", "substrata", "substructures", "supports", "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" ], "synonyms":[ "bases", "bases", "bedrocks", "bottoms", "cornerstones", "footings", "foundations", "grounds", "groundworks", "keystones", "underpinnings", "warp and woofs", "warps" ] }, "the central part or aspect of something under consideration":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "at root , it's a question of the proper limits, if any, of free speech" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "courses", "directions", "drifts", "tenors", "bodies", "contents", "substances", "hypotheses", "propositions", "purports", "subjects", "themes", "theses" ], "synonyms":[ "bottom lines", "bull's-eyes", "bullseyes", "centerpieces", "cores", "cruxes", "cruces", "essences", "gists", "hearts", "kernels", "keynotes", "meat and potatoes", "meats", "nets", "nubbins", "nubs", "nuclei", "nucleuses", "piths", "pivots", "points", "sums" ] }, "the source from which something grows or develops":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "one would need to go back at least several hundred years to find the root of the entrenched hostility between the neighboring nations" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "fonts", "fountains", "springs", "wellheads", "wells", "wellsprings", "beginnings", "births", "commencements", "dawns", "geneses", "inceptions", "incipiencies", "launches", "mornings", "onsets", "outsets", "starts", "thresholds", "creations", "inaugurations", "originations" ], "synonyms":[ "fountainheads", "germs", "origins", "seed", "seeds", "seedbeds" ] }, "to set solidly in or as if in surrounding matter":{ "antonyms":[ "dislodges", "roots (out)", "uproots" ], "examples":[ "rooted the post securely in the dirt" ], "near antonyms":[ "eliminates", "eradicates", "ejects", "expels", "detaches", "disconnects", "disengages", "removes" ], "related":[ "imbues", "infuses", "instills", "beats (into)", "drives (into)", "establishes", "places", "puts", "settles", "sticks" ], "synonyms":[ "beds", "embeds", "imbeds", "enroots", "entrenches", "intrenches", "fixes", "impacts", "implants", "ingrains", "engrains", "lodges" ] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "rooves":{ "a raised covering over something for decoration or protection":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "the roof of the pavilion leaks when it rains" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "dome", "marquee", "pavilion", "arbor", "bower", "pergola", "screen", "shade", "shelter", "shield", "sunshade", "umbrella", "canvas", "canvass", "fly" ], "synonyms":[ "awning", "canopy", "ceiling", "cover", "tent" ] }, "the place where one lives":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "as long as you're living under my roof , you'll obey my rules" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "accommodations", "housing", "nest", "residency", "shelter", "bungalow", "cabin", "casita", "chalet", "cottage", "duplex", "ranch", "ranch house", "saltbox", "semi", "split level", "townhome", "town house", "tract house", "triplex", "apartment", "apartment house", "condo", "condominium", "flat", "tenement", "tenement house", "walk-up", "penthouse", "salon", "suite", "barracks", "billet", "boardinghouse", "dorm", "dormitory", "flophouse", "lodging house", "lodgment", "lodgement", "room(s)", "rooming house", "castle", "ch\u00e2teau", "countryseat", "estate", "hall", "manor", "manor house", "mansion", "McMansion", "palace", "villa", "farmhouse", "grange", "hacienda", "homestead", "double-wide", "houseboat", "house trailer", "mobile home", "motor home", "recreational vehicle", "RV", "trailer", "hermitage", "manse", "parsonage", "rectory", "vicarage", "hooch", "hootch", "hovel", "hut", "hutch", "shack", "shanty" ], "synonyms":[ "abode", "diggings", "domicile", "dwelling", "fireside", "habitation", "hearth", "hearthstone", "home", "house", "lodging", "pad", "place", "quarters", "residence" ] }, "to provide with living quarters or shelter":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "fed and roofed the emergency volunteers for a week" ], "near antonyms":[ "eject", "evict" ], "related":[ "ensconce", "home", "roost", "secure", "shed", "stable", "tent", "barrack", "bed (down)" ], "synonyms":[ "accommodate", "bestow", "billet", "bivouac", "board", "bunk", "camp", "chamber", "domicile", "encamp", "harbor", "house", "lodge", "put up", "quarter", "room", "shelter", "take in" ] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "ropes (in)":{ "as in draws in , persuades":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "roquelaure":{ "as in pelisse , pelerine":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "rose (to)":{ "as in clapped , bravoed":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "rotary":{ "as in circle , roundabout":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "rotary-wing aircraft":{ "as in rotorcraft":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "type":[] }, "rotate":{ "to move (something) in a curved or circular path on or as if on an axis":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "rotate the mirror 180 degrees" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "screw", "unscrew", "twiddle", "coil", "crank", "reel", "wind", "circulate" ], "synonyms":[ "pivot", "revolve", "roll", "spin", "swing", "swirl", "swivel", "turn", "twirl", "twist", "wheel", "whirl" ] }, "to move in 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"dirtbags", "dogs", "finks", "heels", "hounds", "jerks", "jokers", "louses", "louts", "pills", "rat finks", "rats", "reptiles", "schmucks", "scumbags", "scums", "scuzzballs", "skunks", "skunk", "sleazebags", "sleazeballs", "sleazes", "slimeballs", "slimes", "slobs", "snakes", "so-and-sos", "so-and-so's", "sods", "stinkards", "stinkers", "swine", "toads", "varmints", "vermin" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "rotund":{ "having an excess of body fat":{ "antonyms":[ "lean", "skinny", "slender", "slim", "spare", "thin" ], "examples":[ "a rotund little man who, predictably, was asked to play Santa every year" ], "near antonyms":[ "angular", "bony", "boney", "gaunt", "lank", "lanky", "rawboned", "sinewy", "cadaverous", "emaciated", "haggard", "pinched", "skeletal", "wasted", "puny", "scraggy", "scrawny", "slight", "rangy", "reedy", "spindling", "spindly", "stringy", "svelte", "sylphlike", "twiggy", "waspish", "weedy", "willowy", "ectomorphic", "anorexic" ], "related":[ "beefy", "bulky", "chunky", "heavy", "heavyset", "plumpish", "stocky", "stout", "thick", "thickset", "weighty", "brawny", "burly", "hefty", "husky", "dumpy", "squat", "stubby", "hippy", "paunchy", "potbellied", "flabby", "soft", "ample", "buxom", "corn-fed", "ripe", "zaftig", "zoftig", "endomorphic" ], "synonyms":[ "blubbery", "chubby", "corpulent", "fat", "fleshy", "full", "gross", "lardy", "obese", "overweight", "plump", "podgy", "portly", "pudgy", "replete", "roly-poly", "round", "tubby" ] }, "marked by conspicuously full and rich sounds or tones":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "the actor's distinct baritone and his clear and rotund elocution are especially effective in dramatic readings" ], "near antonyms":[ "cavernous", "hollow", "faint", "low", "murmurous", "muted", "smothered", "soft", "weak", "thin", "tinny" ], "related":[ "deep", "full", "mellifluent", "mellifluous", "mellow", "plummy", "rich", "loud", "powerful", "stentorian", "thundering", "thunderous" ], "synonyms":[ "golden", "orotund", "plangent", 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"brainstormings", "chat rooms", "newsgroups" ], "synonyms":[ "colloquies", "conferences", "councils", "forums", "fora", "panel discussions", "panels", "parleys", "roundtables", "round tables", "seminars", "symposia", "symposiums" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "roundhouse":{ "as in":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "rounding":{ "to form into a round compact mass":{ "antonyms":[ "unrolling" ], "examples":[ "carefully rounded the dough and placed it on a cookie tray" ], "near antonyms":[ "flattening", "opening", "smoothing", "spreading", "unfolding" ], "related":[ "bunching", "clumping", "lumping", "beading", "pearling", "pelleting", "pelletizing", "sphering" ], "synonyms":[ "agglomerating", "balling", "rolling", "wadding" ] }, "to travel completely around":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "a monorail for visitors that rounds the park" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "circumambulating", "crossing", "perambulating", 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"closing", "closing out", "completing", "concluding", "ending", "finishing", "terminating", "winding up", "wrapping up" ] }, "to serve as a completing element to":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "finishing (off)", "fleshing (out)", "adorning", "beautifying", "decorating", "embellishing", "bettering", "enhancing", "improving", "constituting", "forming", "making up", "enriching", "perfecting" ], "synonyms":[ "complementing", "completing" ] }, "type":[] }, "rounds":{ "a circular strip":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "a round of steel to reinforce the wooden beam" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "belts", "cinctures", "collars", "girdles", "wreaths", "annulets", "beckets", "coils", "curls", "furls", "hanks", "spirals", "spires", "twirls", "whorls" ], "synonyms":[ "bands", "circles", "eyes", "hoops", "loops", "rings" ] }, "a series of events or actions that repeat themselves regularly and in the same order":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "a busy round of 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"pelletizes", "pellets", "spheres" ], "synonyms":[ "agglomerates", "balls", "rolls", "wads" ] }, "to travel completely around":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "a monorail for visitors that rounds the park" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "circumambulates", "crosses", "perambulates", "traverses" ], "synonyms":[ "circles", "circuits", "circumnavigates", "circumvents", "compasses", "encircles", "girdles", "orbits", "rings" ] }, "to turn away from a straight line or course":{ "antonyms":[ "straightens" ], "examples":[ "rounded on the track and headed for the finish line" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "circles", "coils", "curlicues", "curls", "loops", "spirals", "turns", "twists", "winds", "deviates", "veers" ], "synonyms":[ "arches", "arcs", "bends", "bows", "crooks", "curves", "falls off", "hooks", "sweeps", "swerves", "trends", "wheels" ] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "rounds up":{ "to bring together in one body or place":{ "antonyms":[ "dispels", "disperses", "dissipates", 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"shtik", "turn" ] }, "an established and often automatic or monotonous series of actions followed when engaging in some activity":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "part of my morning routine is drinking a cup of coffee while reading the newspaper" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "daily dozen", "regimen", "housekeeping", "custom", "fashion", "habit", "practice", "practise", "trick", "wont", "approach", "manner", "method", "procedure", "strategy", "style", "tack", "technique", "way", "design", "plan", "program", "scheme", "convention", "policy", "tradition" ], "synonyms":[ "drill", "grind", "groove", "lockstep", "pattern", "rote", "rut", "treadmill" ] }, "being of the type that is encountered in the normal course of events":{ "antonyms":[ "abnormal", "exceptional", "extraordinary", "odd", "out-of-the-way", "strange", "unusual" ], "examples":[ "this is just a routine inspection" ], "near antonyms":[ "curious", "funny", "peculiar", "quaint", "queer", "aberrant", "anomalous", "atypical", "irregular", "untypical", "rare", "recherch\u00e9", "scarce", "fantastic", "fantastical", "phenomenal", "bizarre", "far-out", "Kafkaesque", "outrageous", "outr\u00e9", "wacky", "whacky", "way-out", "weird", "wild", "eccentric", "idiosyncratic", "kooky", "kookie", "nonconformist", "oddball", "offbeat", "unconventional", "unorthodox", "freak", "freakish", "conspicuous", "notable", "novel", "outstanding", "prominent", "salient", "signal", "striking", "unexampled", "unprecedented", "singular", "unique", "unparalleled" ], "related":[ "regular", "typical", "unextraordinary", "familiar", "homely", "plain", "plain-Jane", "popular", "vulgar", "natural", "customary", "wonted", "insignificant", "trivial", "unimportant", "frequent", "habitual", "expected", "predictable" ], "synonyms":[ "average", "common", "commonplace", "cut-and-dried", "cut-and-dry", "everyday", "garden-variety", "normal", "ordinary", "prosaic", "run-of-the-mill", "standard", "standard-issue", "unexceptional", "unremarkable", 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"tiff", "wrangle" ] }, "to express different opinions about something often angrily":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "the couple rows all the time, and yet they seem happy together" ], "near antonyms":[ "coexist", "get along", "accept", "agree", "assent", "concur", "consent" ], "related":[ "challenge", "dare", "defy", "clash", "contend", "contest", "tangle", "cavil", "fuss", "nitpick", "consider", "debate", "discuss", "kick", "object", "protest" ], "synonyms":[ "altercate", "argue", "argufy", "bicker", "brabble", "brawl", "controvert", "dispute", "fall out", "fight", "hassle", "jar", "quarrel", "quibble", "scrap", "spat", "squabble", "tiff", "wrangle" ] }, "to move a boat by means of oars":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "rowed around the lake" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "canoe", "kayak", "pole", "punt", "feather", "pull" ], "synonyms":[ "oar", "paddle", "scull" ] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "royal":{ "fit for or worthy of a royal ruler":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "the 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