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"blizzardly", "frosty", "snowy", "subfreezing", "subzero", "wintry", "wintery", "chilled", "cooled", "refrigerated", "unheated", "benumbed", "numb", "shivering" ], "related":[ "blazing", "glowing", "igneous", "molten", "seething", "sizzling", "heated", "overheated", "reheated", "warmed", "snug", "toasty", "warm", "warmish", "feverish", "flushed", "inflamed", "enflamed", "canicular", "muggy", "steamy", "summerlike", "summery", "tropical" ], "synonyms":[ "ardent", "boiling", "broiling", "burning", "fervent", "fervid", "fiery", "hot", "piping hot", "red", "red-hot", "roasting", "scalding", "scorching", "sultry", "superheated", "sweltering", "torrid", "ultrahot", "white-hot" ] }, "to burn on the surface":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "lightly sear the steaks, but don't cook them all the way through" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "firing", "igniting", "inflaming", "enflaming", "kindling", "lighting", "baking", "cremating", "incinerating", "scalding", "scathing" ], "synonyms":[ "charring", "scorching", "singeing" ] }, "to make dry":{ "antonyms":[ "hydrating", "washing", "watering", "wetting" ], "examples":[ "the clear desert air is seared by the summer sun" ], "near antonyms":[ "bathing", "deluging", "dousing", "dowsing", "drenching", "drowning", "flooding", "inundating", "overflowing", "saturating", "soaking", "sopping", "sousing", "waterlogging", "dampening", "damping", "humidifying", "moistening", "rehydrating", "dipping", "dunking", "submerging", "swamping" ], "related":[ "dehumidifying", "draining", "evaporating", "mummifying", "shriveling", "shrivelling", "withering", "wizening", "air-drying", "baking" ], "synonyms":[ "dehydrating", "desiccating", "drying", "parching", "scorching" ] }, "type":[ "adjective", "verb" ] }, "seat":{ "a place from which authority is exercised":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "all applications had to be submitted at the county seat for proper processing" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "high command", "center", "home", "capital" ], "synonyms":[ "command", "headquarters" ] }, "a thing or place that is of greatest importance to an activity or interest":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "a capital that is the seat of culture for the whole nation" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "headquarters", "happy hunting ground", "hive", "hotbed", "hot spot", "playground", "playland", "kernel", "nub", "pith", "deep", "thick", "essence", "quintessence", "soul", "attraction", "lodestone", "loadstone", "magnet", "polestar" ], "synonyms":[ "axis", "base", "capital", "center", "central", "core", "cynosure", "epicenter", "eye", "focus", "ground zero", "heart", "hub", "locus", "mecca", "navel", "nerve center", "nexus", "nucleus", "omphalos" ] }, "the part of the body upon which someone sits":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "fell down on his well-padded seat" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "beam", "stern", "moon" ], "synonyms":[ "backside", "behind", "booty", "bootie", "bottom", "breech", "bum", "buns", "butt", "buttocks", "caboose", "can", "cheeks", "derriere", "derri\u00e8re", "duff", "fanny", "fundament", "hams", "haunches", "heinie", "hunkers", "keister", "keester", "nates", "posterior", "rear", "rear end", "rump", "tail", "tail end", "tush" ] }, "to cause to sit down":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "the usher seated them in the third row" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "ensconce", "settle", "lay", "lie", "rest", "place", "put", "recline", "repose" ], "synonyms":[ "set down", "sit" ] }, "to put into an office or welcome into an organization with special ceremonies":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "one of the first appointments that he made after being seated as president of the state senate" ], "near antonyms":[ "can", "discharge", "fire", "terminate", "muster out" ], "related":[ "swear in", "consecrate", "enshrine", "accept", "admit", "receive", "take in", "enlist", "enroll", "enrol" ], "synonyms":[ "baptize", "inaugurate", "induct", "initiate", "install", "instate", "invest" ] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "secludes":{ "to set or keep apart from others":{ "antonyms":[ "desegregates", "integrates", "reintegrates" ], "examples":[ "the patients will be secluded until they are no longer contagious" ], "near antonyms":[ "assimilates", "associates", "connects", "joins", "links", "unites", "discharges", "frees", "liberates", "looses", "releases" ], "related":[ "quarantines", "confines", "immures", "incarcerates", "interns", "jails", "locks (up)", "restrains", "restricts", "abstracts", "detaches", "disengages", "removes", "detains", "holds", "keeps" ], "synonyms":[ "cuts off", "insulates", "isolates", "segregates", "separates", "sequesters" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "seclusions":{ "the state of being alone or kept apart from others":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "she went into seclusion in order to focus entirely on writing her book" ], "near antonyms":[ "camaraderie", "companionship", "company", "comradeship", "fellowship", "society" ], "related":[ "loneliness", "lonesomeness", "vacuum", "confinement", "incarceration", "internment", "quarantine", "retirement", "withdrawal", "ghettoization" ], "synonyms":[ "aloneness", "insulation", "isolation", "privacy", "secludedness", "segregation", "separateness", "sequestration", "solitariness", "solitude" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "second banana":{ "as in":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "second-class":{ "of average to below average quality":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "it's only a second-class restaurant and not worth the high prices" ], "near antonyms":[ "A1", "capital", "choice", "classic", "distinguished", "excellent", "exceptional", "exquisite", "fabulous", "fantastic", "first-class", "first-rate", "grand", "great", "marvelous", "marvellous", "matchless", "maximum", "nifty", "number one", "No. 1", "optimal", "optimum", "outstanding", "par excellence", "peerless", "preeminent", "prime", "sensational", "special", "splendid", "stellar", "sterling", "superb", "superior", "superlative", "supreme", "swell", "terrific", "tip-top", "top", "top-notch", "unmatched", "unparalleled", "unsurpassed", "deficient", "inadequate", "insufficient", "lacking", "unacceptable", "unsatisfactory", "wanting" ], "related":[ "acceptable", "adequate", "all right", "alright", "decent", "OK", "okay", "reasonable", "satisfactory", "sufficient", "sufficing", "tolerable", "moderate", "modest", "presentable", "respectable", "minimal", "unexceptional", "fine", "good", "nice" ], "synonyms":[ "common", "fair", "indifferent", "mediocre", "medium", "middling", "ordinary", "passable", "run-of-the-mill", "run-of-the-mine", "run-of-mine", "second-rate", "so-so" ] }, "of little or less value or merit":{ "antonyms":[ "greater", "higher", "superior" ], "examples":[ "a playwright who produced only second-class work when he turned his hand to poetry" ], "near antonyms":[ "major", "more", "primary", "senior", "choice", "exceptional", "first-class", "first-rate", "high-grade", "premium", "prime", "select", "selected", "acceptable", "adequate", "sufficient" ], "related":[ "junior", "lesser", "lower", "low-level", "petty", "smaller", "subordinate", "under", "average", "common", "fair", "middling", "ordinary", "amiss", "bad", "defective", "unsatisfactory", "wrong", "deficient", "inadequate", "insufficient", "unacceptable", "littler", "slighter", "smaller", "jerkwater", "low-rent", "one-horse", "small-time", "two-bit" ], "synonyms":[ "inferior", "mean", "minor", "second-rate", "secondary" ] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "second-guessed":{ "as in":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "second-rate":{ "of average to below average quality":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "a second-rate song from a songwriter who has done much better" ], "near antonyms":[ "A1", "capital", "choice", "classic", "distinguished", "excellent", "exceptional", "exquisite", "fabulous", "fantastic", "first-class", "first-rate", "grand", "great", "marvelous", "marvellous", "matchless", "maximum", "nifty", "number one", "No. 1", "optimal", "optimum", "outstanding", "par excellence", "peerless", "preeminent", "prime", "sensational", "special", "splendid", "stellar", "sterling", "superb", "superior", "superlative", "supreme", "swell", "terrific", "tip-top", "top", "top-notch", "unmatched", "unparalleled", "unsurpassed", "deficient", "inadequate", "insufficient", "lacking", "unacceptable", "unsatisfactory", "wanting" ], "related":[ "acceptable", "adequate", "all right", "alright", "decent", "OK", "okay", "reasonable", "satisfactory", "sufficient", "sufficing", "tolerable", "moderate", "modest", "presentable", "respectable", "minimal", "unexceptional", "fine", "good", "nice" ], "synonyms":[ "common", "fair", "indifferent", "mediocre", "medium", "middling", "ordinary", "passable", "run-of-the-mill", "run-of-the-mine", "run-of-mine", "second-class", "so-so" ] }, "of little or less value or merit":{ "antonyms":[ "greater", "higher", "superior" ], "examples":[ "a second-rate company that was never considered among the top manufacturers of televisions" ], "near antonyms":[ "major", "more", "primary", "senior", "choice", "exceptional", "first-class", "first-rate", "high-grade", "premium", "prime", "select", "selected", "acceptable", "adequate", "sufficient" ], "related":[ "junior", "lesser", "lower", "low-level", "petty", "smaller", "subordinate", "under", "average", "common", "fair", "middling", "ordinary", "amiss", "bad", "defective", "unsatisfactory", "wrong", "deficient", "inadequate", "insufficient", "unacceptable", "littler", "slighter", "smaller", "jerkwater", "low-rent", "one-horse", "small-time", "two-bit" ], "synonyms":[ "inferior", "mean", "minor", "second-class", "secondary" ] }, "of low quality":{ "antonyms":[ "excellent", "fine", "first-class", "first-rate", "good", "high-grade", "superior", "top-notch" ], "examples":[ "second-rate goods specifically manufactured for the low end of the market" ], "near antonyms":[ "elegant", "handsome", "tasteful", "handcrafted", "polished", "refined" ], "related":[ "useless", "valueless", "worthless", "indifferent", "lackluster", "second-class", "brummagem", "flashy", "garish", "gaudy", "glitzy", "kitsch", "kitschy", "meretricious", "ostentatious", "showy", "splashy", "swank", "swanky", "tawdry", "seedy", "shabby", "tacky", "counterfeit", "fake", "phony", "phoney", "sham", "supercheap", "ultracheap" ], "synonyms":[ "bad", "bargain-basement", "bum", "cheap", "cheapjack", "cheesy", "coarse", "common", "crappy", "cut-rate", "el cheapo", "execrable", "gimcrack", "inferior", "junky", "lousy", "low-grade", "low-rent", "mediocre", "miserable", "poor", "rotten", "rubbishy", "schlock", "schlocky", "shlock", "shlocky", "shoddy", "sleazy", "terrible", "trashy", "trumpery", "wretched" ] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "second-rateness":{ "as in typicalness , unremarkableness":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "secret":{ "information shared only with another or with a select few":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "you didn't really expect him to keep a secret from his wife, did you?" ], "near antonyms":[ "open secret" ], "related":[ "dope", "lowdown" ], "synonyms":[ "confidence" ] }, "not known or meant to be known by the general populace":{ "antonyms":[ "common", "open", "public" ], "examples":[ "proprietary information that the company does its best to keep secret" ], "near antonyms":[ "well-known", "advertised", "aired", "announced", "blazed", "broadcast", "declared", "disclosed", "divulged", "enunciated", "heralded", "proclaimed", "professed", "promulgated", "publicized", "published", "reported", "spotlighted", "general", "popular", "prevailing", "vulgar", "current", "prevalent", "rife", "widespread", "communal", "shared" ], "related":[ "classified", "restricted", "top secret", "silent", "unadvertised", "unannounced", "undisclosed", "unmentioned", "unsaid", "untold", "clandestine", "closet", "collusive", "conspiratorial", "covert", "furtive", "hugger-mugger", "occult", "sneak", "sneaking", "sneaky", "stealthy", "surreptitious", "undercover", "underground", "underhand", "underhanded", "personal", "closeted", "concealed", "hidden", "repressed", "silenced", "stifled", "suppressed", "backstage", "offscreen", "offstage" ], "synonyms":[ "behind-the-scenes", "confidential", "esoteric", "hush-hush", "hushed", "inside", "intimate", "nonpublic", "private", "privy" ] }, "screened or sequestered from view":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "a secret cave that is screened by trees" ], "near antonyms":[ "obvious", "visible", "exposed" ], "related":[ "lone", "lonely", "lonesome", "reclusive", "solitary", "private" ], "synonyms":[ "cloistered", "covert", "hidden", "isolated", "quiet", "remote", "retired", "secluded", "sheltered" ] }, "something hard to understand or explain":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "the secrets of the Egyptian pyramids include the construction methods used to lift the huge blocks of stone in place" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "brainteaser", "case", "challenge", "knot", "matter", "perplexity", "poser", "problem", "stumper", "trouble" ], "synonyms":[ "closed book", "conundrum", "enigma", "head-scratcher", "mystery", "mystification", "puzzle", "puzzlement", "riddle", "why" ] }, "something that allows someone to achieve a desired goal":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "the secret to advancement in this company is hard work and dedication" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "password", "accomplishment", "achievement", "attainment", "coup", "success", "triumph", "approach", "manner", "means", "method", "style", "system", "technique", "way", "blueprint", "design", "ground plan", "plan", "program", "scheme", "strategy" ], "synonyms":[ "gateway", "key", "open sesame", "passport", "ticket" ] }, "type":[ "adjective", "noun" ], "undertaken or done so as to escape being observed or known by others":{ "antonyms":[ "open", "overt", "public" ], "examples":[ "a secret operation to rescue captive soldiers behind enemy lines" ], "near antonyms":[ "acknowledged", "avowed", "aboveboard", "straightforward", "unconcealed", "undisguised", "unclassified", "unrestricted", "clear", "evident", "manifest", "obvious", "patent", "plain" ], "related":[ "back-channel", "closed-door", "off-the-books", "off-the-record", "classified", "confidential", "restricted", "top secret", "undisclosed", "concealed", "hidden", "secreted", "subterranean", "unadvertised", "unexposed" ], "synonyms":[ "backstairs", "behind-the-scenes", "clandestine", "covert", "furtive", "hole-and-corner", "hugger-mugger", "hush-hush", "private", "privy", "sneak", "sneaking", "sneaky", "stealth", "stealthy", "surreptitious", "undercover", "underground", "underhand", "underhanded" ] }, "working on missions in which one's objectives, activities, or true identity are not publicly revealed":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "secret agents whose wartime exploits were known only by top government officials" ], "near antonyms":[ "overt" ], "related":[ "covert", "private", "secretive", "subterranean" ], "synonyms":[ "undercover" ] } }, "secret agent":{ "a person who tries secretly to obtain information for one country in the territory of another usually unfriendly country":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "a secret agent posing as a government employee" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "courier", "counterspy", "double agent", "sleeper", "infiltrator", "informer", "stool pigeon", "spymaster", "superspy" ], "synonyms":[ "agent", "asset", "emissary", "intelligencer", "mole", "operative", "spook", "spy", "undercover" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "secrete":{ "to put into a hiding place":{ "antonyms":[ "display", "exhibit" ], "examples":[ "the police found the weapon secreted under the driver's seat of the getaway car" ], "near antonyms":[ "bare", "expose", "reveal", "show", "uncover", "unmask", "unveil", "unwrap", "flaunt", "parade", "show off", "disinter", "unearth" ], "related":[ "hoard", "squirrel (away)", "stash", "entomb", "inter" ], "synonyms":[ "bury", "cache", "conceal", "ensconce", "hide" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "secreted":{ "as in":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "to put into a hiding place":{ "antonyms":[ "displayed", "exhibited" ], "examples":[ "the police found the weapon secreted under the driver's seat of the getaway car" ], "near antonyms":[ "bared", "exposed", "revealed", "showed", "uncovered", "unmasked", "unveiled", "unwrapped", "flaunted", "paraded", "showed off", "disinterred", "unearthed" ], "related":[ "hoarded", "squirreled (away)", "squirrelled (away)", "stashed", "entombed", "interred" ], "synonyms":[ "buried", "cached", "concealed", "ensconced", "hid" ] }, "type":[ "adjective", "verb" ] }, "sectarian":{ "not broad or open in views or opinions":{ "antonyms":[ "broad-minded", "catholic", "cosmopolitan", "liberal", "open", "open-minded", "receptive", "tolerant" ], "examples":[ "there are people on both the left and the right who have staked out unyielding sectarian positions in this debate" ], "near antonyms":[ "impartial", "nonpartisan", "objective", "unbiased", "unprejudiced", "freethinking" ], "related":[ "inflexible", "ironbound", "obdurate", "obstinate", "rigid", "set", "stubborn", "unyielding", "wrongheaded", "bigoted", "intolerant", "biased", "discriminating", "discriminatory", "jaundiced", "one-sided", "partial", "partisan", "prejudiced", "brassbound", "hidebound", "old-fashioned", "reactionary", "stodgy", "straitlaced", "straightlaced", "stuffy", "dogmatic", "dogmatical", "opinionated", "opinionative", "limited", "hick", "unsophisticated" ], "synonyms":[ "illiberal", "insular", "Lilliputian", "little", "narrow", "narrow-minded", "parochial", "petty", "picayune", "provincial", "small", "small-minded" ] }, "one who stubbornly or intolerantly adheres to his or her own opinions and prejudices":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "charged that the work of Congress has been stymied by sectarians who are indifferent to reason and intolerant of compromise" ], "near antonyms":[ "freethinker", "latitudinarian", "liberal" ], "related":[ "doctrinaire", "fanatic", "purist", "jingoist", "nationalist", "racialist", "racist", "supremacist", "chauvinist", "sexist" ], "synonyms":[ "bigot", "dogmatist", "dogmatizer", "partisan", "partizan" ] }, "type":[ "adjective", "noun" ] }, "sectional":{ "as in local , regional":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "secular":{ "as in":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "not involving religion or religious matters":{ "antonyms":[ "religious", "sacred" ], "examples":[ "that's an issue for the secular authorities, not the church" ], "near antonyms":[ "divine", "spiritual", "consecrated", "hallowed", "holy", "sacrosanct", "sanctified", "churchly", "devout", "godly", "pious", "prayerful", "reverent", "worshipful", "ethereal", "insubstantial", "metaphysical", "unsubstantial", "bodiless", "immaterial", "incorporeal", "nonphysical" ], "related":[ "atheistic", "godless", "irreligious", "pagan", "paganish", "religionless", "laical", "laic", "lay", "nonclerical", "nondenominational", "nonsectarian", "earthly", "mundane", "terrene", "terrestrial", "worldly", "material", "physical", "substantial", "bodily", "carnal", "corporal", "fleshly", "blasphemous", "impious", "irreverent", "sacrilegious", "unconsecrated", "unhallowed" ], "synonyms":[ "nonreligious", "profane", "temporal" ] }, "type":[ "adjective", "noun" ] }, "securing":{ "to drive danger or attack away from":{ "antonyms":[ "assailing", "assaulting", "attacking" ], "examples":[ "sent troops to secure the city" ], "near antonyms":[ "bombarding", "storming", "besetting", "besieging", "overrunning", "capitulating", "caving", "submitting", "yielding" ], "related":[ "averting", "preventing", 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"regaining", "remaking" ], "synonyms":[ "acquiring", "attaining", "bagging", "bringing in", "capturing", "carrying", "coming by", "drawing", "earning", "gaining", "garnering", "getting", "knocking down", "landing", "making", "obtaining", "procuring", "pulling down", "realizing", "reaping", "winning" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "sedentary":{ "not doing or involving a lot of physical activity":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "They led a sedentary life after retirement, spending their days in front of the television." ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "seducements":{ "as in motivations , incentives":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "sedulously":{ "type":[ "adverb" ], "with great effort or determination":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "sedulously devoted herself to completing the project on time" ], "near antonyms":[ "casually", "desultorily", "halfheartedly", "indolently", 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"Please see after the cat while I'm away." ], "near antonyms":[ "abandon", "disregard", "forget", "ignore", "neglect", "pass over" ], "related":[ "administrate", "conduct", "control", "direct", "govern", "guide", "manage", "operate", "preside (over)", "regulate", "run", "steward", "guard", "patrol", "protect", "safeguard", "shield", "baby", "babysit", "chaperone", "chaperon", "mother", "shepherd" ], "synonyms":[ "attend", "care (for)", "mind", "oversee", "superintend", "supervise", "tend", "watch" ] }, "type":[ "phrase" ] }, "seedy":{ "showing signs of advanced wear and tear and neglect":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "a seedy but historic neighborhood that's just waiting for some new homeowners to come in and rehabilitate it" ], "near antonyms":[ "brand-new", "fresh", "new", "cared-for", "kept-up", "maintained", "mended", "patched", "rebuilt", "reconstructed", "smart", "spiffy", "spruce" ], "related":[ "abandoned", "unkept", "desolate", "forlorn", "godforsaken", "broken-down", "decrepit", "tired", "worn-out", "bedraggled", "dingy", "ragged", "tattered", "decaying", "deteriorated", "deteriorating", "rackety", "ramshackle", "rattletrap", "rickety", "broken", "damaged", "destroyed", "harmed", "hurt", "impaired", "injured", "ruined", "wrecked" ], "synonyms":[ "beat-up", "bombed-out", "dilapidated", "dog-eared", "down-at-the-heels", "down-at-heel", "down-at-the-heel", "down-at-heels", "dumpy", "grungy", "mangy", "mean", "miserable", "moth-eaten", "neglected", "ratty", "run-down", "scrubby", "scruffy", "shabby", "sleazy", "tacky", "tatterdemalion", "tatty", "threadbare", "timeworn", "tumbledown" ] }, "type":[ "adjective" ], "worn or torn into or as if into rags":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "chose old, seedy clothes to wear while painting the bathroom" ], "near antonyms":[ "brand-new", "new", "spick-and-span", "spic-and-span", "unused" ], "related":[ "dowdy", "scruffy", "tatterdemalion", "dingy", "faded", "lacerate", "lacerated", "shredded", "holey", "patchy", "broken-down", "decrepit", "dilapidated", "dog-eared", "grungy", "mangy", "moth-eaten", "run-down", "scuzzy", "tacky" ], "synonyms":[ "frayed", "ragged", "raggedy", "ratty", "shabby", "tattered", "threadbare", "worn-out" ] } }, "seek (out)":{ "as in look , reach":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "as in look up":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "seeks (out)":{ "as in looks , reaches":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "as in looks up":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "seemed":{ "to give the impression of being":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "I tried to cheer them up because they seemed depressed" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "dissembled", "pretended", "recalled", "resembled", "suggested", "hinted", "implied", "insinuated" ], "synonyms":[ "acted", "appeared", "came across (as)", "came off (as)", "felt", "looked", "made", "sounded" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "seeps":{ "to flow forth slowly through small openings":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "water seeping through the basement walls" ], "near antonyms":[ "floods", "gushes", "pours", "streams", "surges" ], "related":[ "dribbles", "drips", "trickles", "discharges", "emits", "gives off", "vents", "emanates", "flows", "springs" ], "synonyms":[ "bleeds", "exudes", "oozes", "percolates", "strains", "sweats", "transudes", "weeps" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "seepy":{ "as in sloppy , miry":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "sees":{ "to come to a knowledge of (something) by living through it":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "a writer who saw World War II through the eyes of a common soldier" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "encounters", "meets", "accepts", "receives", "assimilates", "digests" ], "synonyms":[ "endures", "experiences", "feels", "has", "knows", "passes", "suffers", "sustains", "tastes", "undergoes", "witnesses" ] }, "to come to an awareness of":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "I bought the best seller just to see what all the fuss was about" ], "near antonyms":[ "misses", "overlooks", "disregards", "ignores", "forgets", "unlearns", "blankets", "blots out", "cloaks", "conceals", "covers", "curtains", "enshrouds", "hides", "masks", "occults", "screens", "shrouds", "veils" ], "related":[ "hits (on or upon)", "tumbles (to)", "descries", "detects", "encounters", "espies", "spots", "calculates", "dopes (out)", "figures out", "finds", "puzzles (out)", "discerns", "minds", "notes", "observes", "perceives", "divines" ], "synonyms":[ "ascertains", "catches on (to)", "discovers", "finds out", "gets on (to)", "hears", "learns", "realizes", "wises (up)" ] }, "to form a mental picture of":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "I can't see that spoiled brat as a soldier at all" ], "near 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"hovers (over)" ], "synonyms":[ "accompanies", "attends", "chaperones", "chaperons", "companies", "companions", "convoys", "escorts", "squires" ] }, "to have a clear idea of":{ "antonyms":[ "misses" ], "examples":[ "I see your point" ], "near antonyms":[ "misapprehends", "misconceives", "misconstrues", "misinterprets", "misperceives", "misreads", "mistakes", "misunderstands" ], "related":[ "absorbs", "digests", "takes in", "realizes", "fathoms", "penetrates", "pierces" ], "synonyms":[ "appreciates", "apprehends", "assimilates", "beholds", "catches", "catches on (to)", "cognizes", "compasses", "comprehends", "conceives", "cottons (to or on to)", "deciphers", "decodes", "digs", "discerns", "gets", "grasps", "groks", "intuits", "knows", "makes", "makes out", "perceives", "recognizes", "registers", "savvies", "seizes", "senses", "tumbles (to)", "twigs", "understands" ] }, "to have a vague awareness of":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "I see a certain sadness in his letters to his relatives back home" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "beholds", "descries", "discerns", "distinguishes", "espies", "eyes", "looks (at)", "notes", "notices", "observes", "regards", "remarks", "sights", "spies", "views", "witnesses", "ascertains", "catches on (to)", "discovers", "finds out", "hears", "learns", "realizes", "anticipates", "divines", "expects", "foreknows", "foresees", "assumes", "conjectures", "guesses", "presumes", "speculates", "supposes", "surmises", "suspects" ], "synonyms":[ "feels", "perceives", "scents", "senses", "smells", "tastes" ] }, "to make a social call upon":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "you should go and see Father at the hospital this afternoon" ], "near antonyms":[ "brushes (aside or off)", "cold-shoulders", "ignores", "snubs" ], "related":[ "looks up", "seeks (out)", "drops by" ], "synonyms":[ "calls (on or upon)", "drops in (on)", "visits" ] }, "to make note of (something) through the use of one's eyes":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "out of the corner of my eye I saw the deer run into the woods" ], "near antonyms":[ "disregards", "ignores", "neglects", "overpasses", "passes over", "misses", "overlooks" ], "related":[ "identifies", "makes out", "picks out", "picks up", "attends (to)", "considers", "heeds", "marks", "minds", "studies", "watches", "examines", "inspects", "scans", "scrutinizes", "surveys", "glances (at)", "glimpses", "peers (at)" ], "synonyms":[ "beholds", "catches", "descries", "discerns", "distinguishes", "espies", "eyes", "looks (at)", "notes", "notices", "observes", "perceives", "regards", "remarks", "sights", "spies", "spots", "views", "witnesses" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "seesaw":{ "as in photo finish , dead heat":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "to make a series of unsteady side-to-side motions":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "as their boat seesawed in the rough water, the rescue team tried to get the passengers off the sinking ship" ], "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", "roll", "sway", "toss", "wobble", "wabble" ] }, "to make short up-and-down movements":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "the price of the stock has been seesawing all week" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "jerk", "jiggle", "shake", "wiggle", "wobble", "wabble", "oscillate", "rock", "sway", "swing", "undulate", "drop", "duck" ], "synonyms":[ "bob", "bobble", "jog", "jounce", "nod", "pump", "wag" ] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "seething":{ "as in":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "to be excited or emotionally stirred up with anger":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "she seethed at the very thought of the staff's staggering incompetence" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "fulminating", "ranting", "raving", "smoldering", "smouldering", "bristling", "flaring (up)", "inflaming", "enflaming", "chafing", "fretting", "stewing", "agitating", "convulsing", "roiling", "shaking" ], "synonyms":[ "boiling", "burning", "foaming", "fuming", "raging", "rankling", "sizzling", "steaming", "storming" ] }, "to be in a state of violent rolling motion":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "the water seethed with schools of feeding piranha" ], "near antonyms":[ "abating", "calming", "subsiding" ], "related":[ "reeling", "spinning", "swirling", "whirling", "agitating", "stirring" ], "synonyms":[ "boiling", "churning", "moiling", "roiling" ] }, "type":[ "adjective", "verb" ] }, "segmentation":{ "the process of dividing something into parts or segments":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "the segmentation of the population" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "segregations":{ "the state of being alone or kept apart from others":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "the segregation of voters while casting their ballots is meant to preserve political privacy" ], "near antonyms":[ "camaraderie", "companionship", "company", "comradeship", "fellowship", "society" ], "related":[ "loneliness", "lonesomeness", "vacuum", "confinement", "incarceration", "internment", "quarantine", "retirement", "withdrawal", "ghettoization" ], "synonyms":[ "aloneness", "insulation", "isolation", "privacy", "secludedness", "seclusion", "separateness", "sequestration", "solitariness", "solitude" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "seizes":{ "to have a clear idea of":{ "antonyms":[ "misses" ], "examples":[ "a critic with a sharp intellect that is able to seize the most subtle nuances of a work of art" ], "near antonyms":[ "misapprehends", "misconceives", "misconstrues", "misinterprets", "misperceives", "misreads", "mistakes", "misunderstands" ], "related":[ "absorbs", "digests", "takes in", "realizes", "fathoms", "penetrates", "pierces" ], "synonyms":[ "appreciates", "apprehends", "assimilates", "beholds", "catches", "catches on (to)", "cognizes", "compasses", "comprehends", "conceives", "cottons (to or on to)", "deciphers", "decodes", "digs", "discerns", "gets", "grasps", "groks", "intuits", "knows", "makes", "makes out", "perceives", "recognizes", "registers", "savvies", "sees", "senses", "tumbles (to)", "twigs", "understands" ] }, "to take or keep under one's control by authority of law":{ "antonyms":[ "discharges" ], "examples":[ "seized the leaders of one of the city's major drug rings" ], "near antonyms":[ "emancipates", "frees", "liberates", "loosens", "looses", "releases", "springs", "unbinds", "unchains" ], "related":[ "bags", "captures", "catches", "gets", "grabs", "grapples", "hooks", "lands", "snaps (up)", "snares", "snatches", "traps", "commits", "confines", "detains", "holds", "immures", "imprisons", "incarcerates", "interns", "jails", "jugs", "locks (up)", "binds", "enchains", "fetters", "handcuffs", "manacles", "shackles", "trammels", "rearrests", "remands" ], "synonyms":[ "apprehends", "arrests", "busts", "collars", "nabs", "nails", "nicks", "picks up", "pinches", "pulls in", "restrains", "runs in" ] }, "to take or make use of under a guise of authority but without actual right":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "Richard III seized the English throne from his brother Edward in 1483" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "annexes", "attaches", "claims", "confiscates", "impounds", "repossesses", "sequesters", "assumes", "collars", "grabs", "grasps", "snatches", "steals", "wrenches", "wrests", "despoils", "loots", "pillages", "encroaches", "infringes", "invades", "occupies", "preoccupies", "trespasses", "embezzles", "misapplies", "misappropriates", "misuses", "peculates" ], "synonyms":[ "appropriates", "arrogates", "commandeers", "converts", "expropriates", "pirates", "preempts", "presses", "takes over", "usurps" ] }, "to take physical control or possession of (something) 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for display at the trade show" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "case", "example", "exemplar", "exemplification", "illustration", "instance", "representative", "specimen", "archetype", "classic", "locus classicus", "paradigm", "prototype", "microcosm" ], "synonyms":[ "cross section", "sample", "sampler", "sampling", "slice" ] }, "a person or thing that is chosen":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "our selection was the third entrant in the dog show" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "favorite", "like", "liking", "preference", "elective", "option", "appointment", "designation", "nomination", "appointee", "candidate", "nominee", "selectee", "preselection" ], "synonyms":[ "bet", "choice", "chosen", "pick" ] }, "the act or process of selecting":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "his selection of a running mate was a long, tedious affair" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "option", "appointment", "assignment", "designation", "naming", "nomination", "decision" ], "synonyms":[ "choice", "choosing", "election", "picking", "selecting" ] }, "the power, right, or opportunity to choose":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "the inn's table d'h\u00f4te is excellent, but there's very limited selection" ], "near antonyms":[ "coercion", "duress", "force", "duty", "obligation", "Hobson's choice" ], "related":[ "determination", "free will", "will", "say", "voice", "vote", "inclination", "liking", "partiality", "penchant", "predilection", "proclivity", "propensity", "tendency", "discernment", "judgment", "judgement", "perspicacity" ], "synonyms":[ "alternative", "choice", "discretion", "druthers", "election", "liberty", "option", "pick", "preference", "volition", "way" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "self-actualization":{ "the process of fully developing and using your abilities":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "self-applause":{ "as in":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "self-assertive":{ "having a feeling of superiority that shows itself in an overbearing attitude":{ "antonyms":[ "humble", "lowly", "modest", "unarrogant", "unpretentious" ], "examples":[ "after the interview, we chose a less self-assertive and more self-effacing applicant" ], "near antonyms":[ "bashful", "cowering", "cringing", "demure", "diffident", "introverted", "mousy", "mousey", "overmodest", "self-critical", "self-doubting", "sheepish", "shrinking", "shy", "subdued", "timid", "acquiescent", "compliant", "deferential", "meek", "passive", "submissive", "unaggressive", "unassertive", "unassuming", "unobtrusive", "yielding", "quiet", "reserved", "retiring" ], "related":[ "authoritarian", "bossy", "dominant", "dominating", "domineering", "magisterial", "pontifical", "pontificating", "condescending", "disdainful", "patronizing", "impertinent", "impudent", "saucy", "snobbish", "snobby", "snooty", "blusterous", "blustery", "boastful", "bombastic", "braggart", "bragging", "braggy", "cocky", "swaggering", "vain", "vainglorious", "complacent", "conceited", "egocentric", "egoistic", "egoistical", "egotistic", "egotistical", "hubristic", "narcissistic", "orgulous", "prideful", "proud", "self-affected", "self-applauding", "self-centered", "self-complacent", "self-conceited", "self-pleased", "self-satisfied", "smug", "stuck-up", "self-flattering", "self-loving", "self-promoting", "brash", "forward", "uninhibited", "unreserved", "extroverted", "extraverted", "immodest" ], "synonyms":[ "arrogant", "assumptive", "bumptious", "cavalier", "chesty", "haughty", "high-and-mighty", "high-handed", "high-hat", "highfalutin", "hifalutin", "huffish", "huffy", "imperious", "important", "lofty", "lordly", "masterful", "overweening", "peremptory", "pompous", "presuming", "presumptuous", "pretentious", "self-asserting", "sniffy", "stiff-necked", "supercilious", "superior", "toplofty", "toploftical", "uppish", "uppity" ] }, "having or showing a bold forcefulness in the pursuit of a goal":{ "antonyms":[ "ambitionless", "low-pressure", "nonassertive", "unaggressive", "unambitious", "unassertive", "unenterprising" ], "examples":[ "we need to hire self-assertive salespeople who don't require constant supervision" ], "near antonyms":[ "easygoing", "laid-back", "relaxed", "acquiescent", "amenable", "compliant", "deferential", "docile", "resigned", "submissive", "tractable", "yielding", "cowering", "cringing", "groveling", "grovelling", "shrinking", "bashful", "demure", "diffident", "humble", "lowly", "meek", "mild", "modest", "mousy", "mousey", "overmodest", "passive", "quiet", "reserved", "retiring", "shy", "subdued", "timid", "unobtrusive", "obsequious", "servile", "slavish", "subservient" ], "related":[ "argumentative", "bellicose", "belligerent", "combative", "contentious", "discordant", "disputatious", "gladiatorial", "pugnacious", "quarrelsome", "trigger-happy", "truculent", "warlike", "hyperaggressive", "overambitious", "dynamic", "energetic", "gung ho", "hustling", "strenuous", "vigorous", "emphatic", "obtrusive", "adventuresome", "adventurous", "daring", "dashing", "emboldened", "gutsy", "venturesome", "venturous", "audacious", "bold", "brash", "brassy", "bumptious", "cheeky", "cocksure", "cocky", "confident", "determined", "forward", "impudent", "insolent", "overconfident", "presumptuous", "unapologetic", "unsubdued", "unyielding", "bare-knuckle", "bare-knuckled", "bare-knuckles", "feisty", "scrappy", "dominating", "domineering", "imperious", "lordly", "magisterial", "overbearing" ], "synonyms":[ "aggressive", "ambitious", "assertive", "enterprising", "fierce", "go-getting", "high-pressure", "in-your-face", "militant", "pushy", "self-asserting" ] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "self-assured":{ "having or showing great faith in oneself or one's abilities":{ "antonyms":[ "diffident", "insecure", "self-distrustful", "self-doubting" ], "examples":[ "he's a self-assured yachtsman who's not at all intimidated by the competition" ], "near antonyms":[ "meek", "timid", "unassertive", "humble", "modest", "unassuming", "unpretentious", "jittery", "jumpy", "nervous", "bashful", "demure", "mousy", "mousey", "overmodest", "quiet", "reserved", "shy", "self-critical", "self-reproachful", "self-reproving" ], "related":[ "collected", "composed", "cool", "coolheaded", "poised", "recollected", "self-possessed", "serene", "tranquil", "unperturbed", "unshaken", "hopeful", "optimistic", "rosy", "sanguine", "upbeat", "complacent", "conceited", "egoistic", "egoistical", "egotistic", "egotistical", "important", "overweening", "pompous", "prideful", "proud", "self-affected", "self-applauding", "self-centered", "self-complacent", "self-conceited", "self-contented", "self-important", "self-pleased", "self-satisfied", "self-promoting", "smug", "stuck-up", "vain", "vainglorious", "imperturbable", "nerveless", "unflappable", "unself-conscious", "unshakable", "disciplined", "self-collected", "self-composed", "self-contained", "self-controlled", "self-poised", "self-reliant", "self-sufficient" ], "synonyms":[ "assured", "confident", "secure", "self-asserting", "self-confident" ] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "self-assuredness":{ "great faith in oneself or one's abilities":{ "antonyms":[ "diffidence", "insecurity", "self-distrust", "self-doubt" ], "examples":[ "with the self-assuredness of an old pro, the young gymnast executed the difficult feat" ], "near antonyms":[ "apprehension", "doubt", "misgiving" ], "related":[ "cockiness", "complacence", "complacency", "conceit", "conceitedness", "ego", "egoism", "egotism", "hubris", "overconfidence", "pomposity", "pompousness", "pride", "pridefulness", "self-admiration", "self-applause", "self-assumption", "self-complacency", "self-conceit", "self-consequence", "self-content", "self-contentment", "self-glorification", "self-importance", "self-opinion", "self-partiality", "self-satisfaction", "smugness", "vaingloriousness", "vainglory", "vanity", "calmness", "composure", "coolness", "equanimity", "self-poise", "self-possession", "assumption", "bumptiousness", "haughtiness", "hauteur", "huffiness", "imperiousness", "loftiness", "lordliness", "peremptoriness", "presumptuousness", "pretentiousness", "superciliousness", "superiority", "toploftiness" ], "synonyms":[ "aplomb", "assurance", "confidence", "self-assurance", "self-confidence", "self-esteem", "self-trust" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "self-complacency":{ "as in pride , pridefulness":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "self-complacent":{ "as in conceited , arrogant":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "self-composedness":{ "evenness of emotions or temper":{ "antonyms":[ "agitation", "discomposure", "perturbation" ], "examples":[ "with the self-composedness of a brain surgeon, the contestant gave his answer for the million-dollar question" ], "near antonyms":[ "alarm", "alarum", "anxiety", "anxiousness", "apprehension", "apprehensiveness", "care", "concern", "disquiet", "solicitude", "uneasiness", "worry", "excitability", "excitableness", "nervousness", "disturbance" ], "related":[ "assurance", "confidence", "poise", "self-assurance", "self-assuredness", "self-confidence", "self-trust", "easygoingness", "laid-backness", "apathy", "detachment", "impassivity", "indifference", "insensibility", "numbness", "phlegm", "unconcern" ], "synonyms":[ "aplomb", "calmness", "collectedness", "composedness", "composure", "cool", "coolness", "countenance", "equanimity", "equilibrium", "imperturbability", "placidity", "repose", "sangfroid", "self-possession", "serenity", "tranquillity", "tranquility", "tranquilness" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "self-consequence":{ "an exaggerated sense of one's importance that shows itself in the making of excessive or unjustified claims":{ "antonyms":[ "humility", "modesty", "unassumingness", "unpretentiousness" ], "examples":[ "had the self-consequence of someone who was born wealthy and never had to work a day in his life" ], "near antonyms":[ "bashfulness", "demureness", "retiringness", "shyness", "diffidence", "self-distrust", "self-doubt", "timidity", "timidness", "lowliness", "meekness", "mousiness", "passiveness", "passivity", "submissiveness", "quietness", "reserve", "reservedness" ], "related":[ "authoritativeness", "bossiness", "bowwow", "brag", "dominance", "high-handedness", "condescension", "disdain", "scorn", "chest-thumping", "inflation", "self-assertion", "side", "snobbery", "snobbishness", "snobbism", "snootiness", "attitude", "cheek", "cheekiness", "impertinence", "impudence", "sauciness", "boastfulness", "bombast", "braggadocio", "bravado", "strut", "swagger", "triumphalism", "vaingloriousness", "vainglory", "cockiness", "complacence", "conceit", "egoism", "egotism", "pride", "pridefulness", "self-assumption", "self-centeredness", "self-complacency", "self-conceit", "self-content", "self-contentment", "self-opinion", "self-partiality", "self-satisfaction", "smugness", "swelled head", "vanity", "superiority complex" ], "synonyms":[ "arrogance", "assumption", "bumptiousness", "consequence", "haughtiness", "hauteur", "high horse", "huffiness", "imperiousness", "loftiness", "lordliness", "masterfulness", "peremptoriness", "pomposity", "pompousness", "presumptuousness", "pretense", "pretence", "pretension", "pretentiousness", "self-importance", "superciliousness", "superiority", "toploftiness" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "self-consistent":{ "as in coherent , congruent":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "self-contemplations":{ "examination of one's own thoughts and feelings":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "she doesn't seem to see the difference between a reasonable amount of self-contemplation and total self-absorption" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "self-analyses", "self-recognitions", "introversions", "self-absorptions", "self-concerns", "self-involvements", "self-actualizations", "self-discoveries", "self-explorations", "self-fulfillments", "self-realizations", "self-knowledges", "self-revelations", "self-concepts", "self-images", "self-perceptions", "contemplations", "meditations", "reflections", "ruminations" ], "synonyms":[ "introspections", "self-examinations", "self-observations", "self-questionings", "self-reflections", "self-scrutinies", "self-searchings", "soul-searchings" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "self-contented":{ "as in conceited , self-conceited":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "self-denying":{ "given to or marked by restraint in the satisfaction of one's appetites":{ "antonyms":[ "self-indulgent" ], "examples":[ "found the self-denying life of the monks at the monastery unexpectedly appealing" ], "near antonyms":[ "gluttonous", "greedy", "rapacious", "voracious", "Cyrenaic", "hedonistic", "self-pleasing", "sensual", "sybaritic", "voluptuous", "voluptuary", "masturbatory", "onanistic" ], "related":[ "ascetic", "ascetical", "austere", "disciplined", "self-controlled", "self-disciplined", "self-governed" ], "synonyms":[ "abstemious", "abstentious", "abstinent", "continent", "self-abnegating", "sober", "temperate" ] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "self-destruction":{ "the act of deliberately killing oneself":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "the controversy over self-destruction accomplished with the assistance of a physician or other person" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "hara-kiri", "hari-kari", "martyrdom", "blood", "foul play", "homicide", "murder", "rubout", "slaying", "chance-medley", "dispatch", "killing", "manslaughter", "assassination", "execution", "euthanasia", "mercy killing" ], "synonyms":[ "self-murder", "self-slaughter", "suicide" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "self-directed":{ "as in independent , self-sufficient":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "as in self-indulgent , prideful":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "self-educated":{ "having skills or knowledge acquired through one's own efforts without formal training":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "a self-educated computer programmer who launched a successful business online" ], "near antonyms":[ "educated", "lettered", "schooled", "taught", "trained" ], "related":[ "na\u00eff", "naif", "naive", "na\u00efve", "primitive", "natural", "unschooled", "untutored", "amateur" ], "synonyms":[ "autodidactic", "self-instructed", "self-taught" ] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "self-evidently":{ "as in clearly , obviously":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adverb" ] }, "self-examination":{ "examination of one's own thoughts and feelings":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "many people use the dawning of a new year as an occasion for some quiet self-examination" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "self-analysis", "self-awareness", "self-consciousness", "self-recognition", "introversion", "self-absorption", "self-centeredness", "self-concern", "self-involvement", "self-actualization", "self-discovery", "self-exploration", "self-fulfillment", "self-realization", "self-knowledge", "self-revelation", "self-concept", "self-image", "self-perception", "contemplation", "meditation", "reflection", "rumination" ], "synonyms":[ "introspection", "self-contemplation", "self-observation", "self-questioning", "self-reflection", "self-scrutiny", "self-searching", "soul-searching" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "self-examinations":{ "examination of one's own thoughts and feelings":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "many people use the dawning of a new year as an occasion for some quiet self-examination" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "self-analyses", "self-recognitions", "introversions", "self-absorptions", "self-concerns", "self-involvements", "self-actualizations", "self-discoveries", "self-explorations", "self-fulfillments", "self-realizations", "self-knowledges", "self-revelations", "self-concepts", "self-images", "self-perceptions", "contemplations", "meditations", "reflections", "ruminations" ], "synonyms":[ "introspections", "self-contemplations", "self-observations", "self-questionings", "self-reflections", "self-scrutinies", "self-searchings", "soul-searchings" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "self-explanatory":{ "easy to understand without explanation":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "a self-explanatory phrase", "The chapter titles of the book are self-explanatory ." ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "self-fulfillment":{ "the feeling of being happy and satisfied because you are doing something that fully uses your abilities and talents":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "She found self-fulfillment by starting her own business." ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "self-fulfillments":{ "the feeling of being happy and satisfied because you are doing something that fully uses your abilities and talents":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "She found self-fulfillment by starting her own business." ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "self-governance":{ "the state of being free from the control or power of another":{ "antonyms":[ "dependence", "dependance", "heteronomy", "subjection", "unfreedom" ], "examples":[ "despite pessimistic predictions, self-governance has worked out well for the former colony" ], "near antonyms":[ "captivity", "enchainment", "enslavement", "immurement", "imprisonment", "incarceration", "internment", "subjugation" ], "related":[ "emancipation", "enfranchisement", "liberation", "manumission", "release" ], "synonyms":[ "autonomy", "freedom", "independence", "independency", "liberty", "self-determination", "self-government", "sovereignty", "sovranty" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "self-gratulatory":{ "as in":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "self-hate":{ "as in self-loathing , self-disgust":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "self-image":{ "the way you think about yourself and your abilities or appearance":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "She has a positive self-image buoyed by her years of success." ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "self-importance":{ "an exaggerated sense of one's importance that shows itself in the making of excessive or unjustified claims":{ "antonyms":[ "humility", "modesty", "unassumingness", "unpretentiousness" ], "examples":[ "the boxer's flamboyant self-importance often made for a colorful prefight press conference" ], "near antonyms":[ "bashfulness", "demureness", "retiringness", "shyness", "diffidence", "self-distrust", "self-doubt", "timidity", "timidness", "lowliness", "meekness", "mousiness", "passiveness", "passivity", "submissiveness", "quietness", "reserve", "reservedness" ], "related":[ "authoritativeness", "bossiness", "bowwow", "brag", "dominance", "high-handedness", "condescension", "disdain", "scorn", "chest-thumping", "inflation", "self-assertion", "side", "snobbery", "snobbishness", "snobbism", "snootiness", "attitude", "cheek", "cheekiness", "impertinence", "impudence", "sauciness", "boastfulness", "bombast", "braggadocio", "bravado", "strut", "swagger", "triumphalism", "vaingloriousness", "vainglory", "cockiness", "complacence", "conceit", "egoism", "egotism", "pride", "pridefulness", "self-assumption", "self-centeredness", "self-complacency", "self-conceit", "self-content", "self-contentment", "self-opinion", "self-partiality", "self-satisfaction", "smugness", "swelled head", "vanity", "superiority complex" ], "synonyms":[ "arrogance", "assumption", "bumptiousness", "consequence", "haughtiness", "hauteur", "high horse", "huffiness", "imperiousness", "loftiness", "lordliness", "masterfulness", "peremptoriness", "pomposity", "pompousness", "presumptuousness", "pretense", "pretence", "pretension", "pretentiousness", "self-consequence", "superciliousness", "superiority", "toploftiness" ] }, "an often unjustified feeling of being pleased with oneself or with one's situation or achievements":{ "antonyms":[ "humbleness", "humility", "modesty" ], "examples":[ "her overbearing self-importance has given her a sense of entitlement" ], "near antonyms":[ "diffidence", "self-doubt", "self-disgust", "self-hate", "self-loathing", "altruism", "unselfishness", "bashfulness", "demureness", "shyness", "timidity", "timidness", "passiveness", "passivity" ], "related":[ "assurance", "confidence", "self-assurance", "self-confidence", "self-righteousness", "arrogance", "disdainfulness", "haughtiness", "imperiousness", "lordliness", "self-assertion", "snobbishness", "superciliousness", "superiority", "hubris", "overconfidence", "presumption", "pretense", "pretence", "pretension", "pretentiousness", "egoism", "self-centeredness", "selfishness", "self-pride", "self-respect" ], "synonyms":[ "amour propre", "bighead", "complacence", "complacency", "conceit", "conceitedness", "ego", "egotism", "pomposity", "pompousness", "pride", "pridefulness", "self-admiration", "self-assumption", "self-conceit", "self-congratulation", "self-esteem", "self-glory", "self-love", "self-opinion", "self-satisfaction", "smugness", "swelled head", "swellheadedness", "vaingloriousness", "vainglory", "vainness", "vanity" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "self-incriminations":{ "as in self-recriminations , self-reproaches":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "self-involvement":{ "excessive interest in oneself":{ "antonyms":[ "self-abandonment", "self-forgetfulness", "selflessness", "unselfishness" ], "examples":[ "in their self-involvement , they never noticed that one of their coworkers was on the verge of an emotional breakdown" ], "near antonyms":[ "altruism", "generosity", "magnanimity", "self-sacrifice", "detachment", "disinterestedness", "fairness", "impartiality", "neutrality", "objectivity", "self-flagellation", "self-annihilation", "self-immolation" ], "related":[ "complacence", "complacency", "conceit", "conceitedness", "ego", "pomposity", "pompousness", "pride", "pridefulness", "self-admiration", "self-conceit", "self-esteem", "self-importance", "self-indulgence", "self-love", "self-partiality", "self-respect", "self-satisfaction", "self-sufficiency", "smugness", "vaingloriousness", "vainglory", "vainness", "vanity", "self-assumption", "self-consequence", "self-content", "self-contentment", "self-glorification" ], "synonyms":[ "egocentricity", "egocentrism", "egoism", "egomania", "egotism", "narcissism", "navel-gazing", "self-absorption", "self-centeredness", "self-concern", "self-interest", "self-preoccupation", "self-regard", "selfishness", "selfness" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "self-loving":{ "overly concerned with one's own desires, needs, or interests":{ "antonyms":[ "self-forgetful", "self-forgetting", "selfless", "unselfish" ], "examples":[ "she's too self-loving an individual to ever have feelings of real love for another person" ], "near antonyms":[ "altruistic", "beneficent", "benevolent", "charitable", "generous", "greathearted", "humanitarian", "magnanimous", "philanthropic", "philanthropical", "self-denying", "self-giving", "self-sacrificing", "other-directed", "diffident", "self-doubting", "self-flagellating", "self-questioning", "self-reflective" ], "related":[ "inner-directed", "complacent", "conceited", "overweening", "pompous", "prideful", "proud", "self-complacent", "self-conceited", "self-contented", "self-directed", "self-glorifying", "self-important", "self-indulgent", "self-opinionated", "self-pleased", "self-satisfied", "smug", "vain", "vainglorious" ], "synonyms":[ "egocentric", "egoistic", "egoistical", "egomaniacal", "egotistic", "egotistical", "narcissistic", "self-absorbed", "self-centered", "self-concerned", "self-infatuated", "self-interested", "self-involved", "self-obsessed", "self-oriented", "self-preoccupied", "self-regarding", "self-seeking", "self-serving", "selfish", "solipsistic" ] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "self-observation":{ "examination of one's own thoughts and feelings":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "some self-observation might give you some insights into how others perceive you" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "self-analysis", "self-awareness", "self-consciousness", "self-recognition", "introversion", "self-absorption", "self-centeredness", "self-concern", "self-involvement", "self-actualization", "self-discovery", "self-exploration", "self-fulfillment", "self-realization", "self-knowledge", "self-revelation", "self-concept", "self-image", "self-perception", "contemplation", "meditation", "reflection", "rumination" ], "synonyms":[ "introspection", "self-contemplation", "self-examination", "self-questioning", "self-reflection", "self-scrutiny", "self-searching", "soul-searching" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "self-observations":{ "examination of one's own thoughts and feelings":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "some self-observation might give you some insights into how others perceive you" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "self-analyses", "self-recognitions", "introversions", "self-absorptions", "self-concerns", "self-involvements", "self-actualizations", "self-discoveries", "self-explorations", "self-fulfillments", "self-realizations", "self-knowledges", "self-revelations", "self-concepts", "self-images", "self-perceptions", "contemplations", "meditations", "reflections", "ruminations" ], "synonyms":[ "introspections", "self-contemplations", "self-examinations", "self-questionings", "self-reflections", "self-scrutinies", "self-searchings", "soul-searchings" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "self-obsessed":{ "overly concerned with one's own desires, needs, or interests":{ "antonyms":[ "self-forgetful", "self-forgetting", "selfless", "unselfish" ], "examples":[ "a self-obsessed television journalist, she has a penchant for making herself the focus of every story" ], "near antonyms":[ "altruistic", "beneficent", "benevolent", "charitable", "generous", "greathearted", "humanitarian", "magnanimous", "philanthropic", "philanthropical", "self-denying", "self-giving", "self-sacrificing", "other-directed", "diffident", "self-doubting", "self-flagellating", "self-questioning", "self-reflective" ], "related":[ "inner-directed", "complacent", "conceited", "overweening", "pompous", "prideful", "proud", "self-complacent", "self-conceited", "self-contented", "self-directed", "self-glorifying", "self-important", "self-indulgent", "self-opinionated", "self-pleased", "self-satisfied", "smug", "vain", "vainglorious" ], 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with one's situation or achievements":{ "antonyms":[ "humbleness", "humility", "modesty" ], "examples":[ "an editor of sufficient self-opinion to include some of her own work in an anthology of the best American short stories" ], "near antonyms":[ "diffidence", "self-doubt", "self-disgust", "self-hate", "self-loathing", "altruism", "unselfishness", "bashfulness", "demureness", "shyness", "timidity", "timidness", "passiveness", "passivity" ], "related":[ "assurance", "confidence", "self-assurance", "self-confidence", "self-righteousness", "arrogance", "disdainfulness", "haughtiness", "imperiousness", "lordliness", "self-assertion", "snobbishness", "superciliousness", "superiority", "hubris", "overconfidence", "presumption", "pretense", "pretence", "pretension", "pretentiousness", "egoism", "self-centeredness", "selfishness", "self-pride", "self-respect" ], "synonyms":[ "amour propre", "bighead", "complacence", "complacency", "conceit", "conceitedness", "ego", "egotism", "pomposity", "pompousness", "pride", "pridefulness", "self-admiration", "self-assumption", "self-conceit", "self-congratulation", "self-esteem", "self-glory", "self-importance", "self-love", "self-satisfaction", "smugness", "swelled head", "swellheadedness", "vaingloriousness", "vainglory", "vainness", "vanity" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "self-pity":{ "a feeling of pity for yourself because you believe you have suffered more than is fair or reasonable":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "He was wallowing in self-pity .", "She spoke without a trace of self-pity ." ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "self-pleased":{ "as in":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "self-poise":{ "as in composure , self-possession":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "self-possession":{ "evenness of emotions or temper":{ "antonyms":[ "agitation", "discomposure", "perturbation" ], "examples":[ "that neurosurgeon's self-possession in the operating room is legendary" ], "near antonyms":[ "alarm", "alarum", "anxiety", "anxiousness", "apprehension", "apprehensiveness", "care", "concern", "disquiet", "solicitude", "uneasiness", "worry", "excitability", "excitableness", "nervousness", "disturbance" ], "related":[ "assurance", "confidence", "poise", "self-assurance", "self-assuredness", "self-confidence", "self-trust", "easygoingness", "laid-backness", "apathy", "detachment", "impassivity", "indifference", "insensibility", "numbness", "phlegm", "unconcern" ], "synonyms":[ "aplomb", "calmness", "collectedness", "composedness", "composure", "cool", "coolness", "countenance", "equanimity", "equilibrium", "imperturbability", "placidity", "repose", "sangfroid", "self-composedness", "serenity", "tranquillity", "tranquility", "tranquilness" ] }, "the power to control one's actions, impulses, or emotions":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "the little girl's self-possession very occasionally gave way to crying fits" ], "near antonyms":[ "gratification", "indulgence", "self-indulgence", "excessiveness", "immoderacy", "intemperance", "intemperateness", "overindulgence", "demerit", "failing", "fault", "feebleness", "foible", "frailty", "shortcoming", "vice", "weakness", "indiscipline", "unconstraint", "unreserve", "unreservedness", "unrestraint" ], "related":[ "self-abnegation", "self-denial", "moderateness", "moderation", "temperance", "temperateness", "determination", "nerve", "command", "control", "discipline", "mastery", "abnegation", "abstention", "avoidance", "eschewal", "forbearance", "abstinence", "soberness", "sobriety", "aplomb", "assurance", "composure", "confidence", "coolness", "equanimity", "poise", "self-confidence", "discretion" ], "synonyms":[ "continence", "restraint", "self-command", "self-containment", "self-control", "self-discipline", "self-government", "self-mastery", "self-restraint", "will", "willpower" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "self-preoccupation":{ "excessive interest in oneself":{ "antonyms":[ "self-abandonment", "self-forgetfulness", "selflessness", "unselfishness" ], "examples":[ "the smug self-preoccupation of a generation that had grown up experiencing nothing but affluence" ], "near antonyms":[ "altruism", "generosity", "magnanimity", "self-sacrifice", "detachment", "disinterestedness", "fairness", "impartiality", "neutrality", "objectivity", "self-flagellation", "self-annihilation", "self-immolation" ], "related":[ "complacence", "complacency", "conceit", "conceitedness", "ego", "pomposity", "pompousness", "pride", "pridefulness", "self-admiration", "self-conceit", "self-esteem", "self-importance", "self-indulgence", "self-love", "self-partiality", "self-respect", "self-satisfaction", "self-sufficiency", "smugness", "vaingloriousness", "vainglory", "vainness", "vanity", "self-assumption", "self-consequence", "self-content", "self-contentment", "self-glorification" ], "synonyms":[ "egocentricity", "egocentrism", "egoism", "egomania", "egotism", "narcissism", "navel-gazing", "self-absorption", "self-centeredness", "self-concern", "self-interest", "self-involvement", "self-regard", "selfishness", "selfness" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "self-reproaches":{ "a feeling of responsibility for wrongdoing":{ "antonyms":[ "impenitence", "remorselessness" ], "examples":[ "he was filled with self-reproach for causing the accident" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "compunction", "misgiving", "prick", "qualm", "scruple", "blame", "culpability", "fault", "liability", "rap", "responsibility", "chagrin", "embarrassment", "anguish", "distress", "grief", "ruth", "sadness", "sorrow", "bloodguilt", "bloodguiltiness", "apology", "excuses", "hand-wringing", "mea culpa" ], "synonyms":[ "contriteness", "contrition", "guilt", "penitence", "regret", "remorse", "remorsefulness", "repentance", "rue", "shame" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "self-righteous":{ "having or showing a strong belief that your own actions, opinions, etc., are right and other people's are wrong":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "a self-righteous tone", "It's OK to criticize, but don't get self-righteous about it." ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "self-satisfaction":{ "an often unjustified feeling of being pleased with oneself or with one's situation or achievements":{ "antonyms":[ "humbleness", "humility", "modesty" ], "examples":[ "so many of the Web site's self-portraits give the impression of clueless self-satisfaction" ], "near antonyms":[ "diffidence", "self-doubt", "self-disgust", "self-hate", "self-loathing", "altruism", "unselfishness", "bashfulness", "demureness", "shyness", "timidity", "timidness", "passiveness", "passivity" ], "related":[ "assurance", "confidence", "self-assurance", "self-confidence", "self-righteousness", "arrogance", "disdainfulness", "haughtiness", "imperiousness", "lordliness", "self-assertion", "snobbishness", "superciliousness", "superiority", "hubris", "overconfidence", "presumption", "pretense", "pretence", "pretension", "pretentiousness", "egoism", "self-centeredness", "selfishness", "self-pride", "self-respect" ], "synonyms":[ "amour propre", "bighead", "complacence", "complacency", "conceit", "conceitedness", "ego", "egotism", "pomposity", "pompousness", "pride", "pridefulness", "self-admiration", "self-assumption", "self-conceit", "self-congratulation", "self-esteem", "self-glory", "self-importance", "self-love", "self-opinion", "smugness", "swelled head", "swellheadedness", "vaingloriousness", "vainglory", "vainness", "vanity" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "self-serving":{ "overly concerned with one's own desires, needs, or interests":{ "antonyms":[ "self-forgetful", "self-forgetting", "selfless", "unselfish" ], "examples":[ "she's just another self-serving politician who puts her own ambitions above the public good" ], "near antonyms":[ "altruistic", "beneficent", "benevolent", "charitable", "generous", "greathearted", "humanitarian", "magnanimous", "philanthropic", "philanthropical", "self-denying", "self-giving", "self-sacrificing", "other-directed", "diffident", "self-doubting", "self-flagellating", "self-questioning", "self-reflective" ], "related":[ "inner-directed", "complacent", "conceited", "overweening", "pompous", "prideful", "proud", "self-complacent", "self-conceited", "self-contented", "self-directed", "self-glorifying", "self-important", "self-indulgent", "self-opinionated", "self-pleased", "self-satisfied", "smug", "vain", "vainglorious" ], "synonyms":[ "egocentric", "egoistic", "egoistical", "egomaniacal", "egotistic", "egotistical", "narcissistic", "self-absorbed", "self-centered", "self-concerned", "self-infatuated", "self-interested", "self-involved", "self-loving", "self-obsessed", "self-oriented", "self-preoccupied", "self-regarding", "self-seeking", "selfish", "solipsistic" ] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "self-taught":{ "having skills or knowledge acquired through one's own efforts without formal training":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "the cellist's success is all the more remarkable because she is self-taught" ], "near antonyms":[ "educated", "lettered", "schooled", "taught", "trained" ], "related":[ "na\u00eff", "naif", "naive", "na\u00efve", "primitive", "natural", "unschooled", "untutored", "amateur" ], "synonyms":[ "autodidactic", "self-educated", "self-instructed" ] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "self-willed":{ "sticking to an opinion, purpose, or course of action in spite of reason, arguments, or persuasion":{ "antonyms":[ "acquiescent", "agreeable", "amenable", "compliant", "complying", "flexible", "pliable", "pliant", "relenting", "yielding" ], "examples":[ "a self-willed toddler who refused to take her shoes off in the examining room" ], "near antonyms":[ "docile", "obedient", "placable", "submissive", "tractable", "accepting", "persuadable", "receptive", "responsive", "willing", "governable", "manageable", "reasonable", "temperate", "slavish", "subservient" ], "related":[ "anal-retentive", "obsessive", "wayward", "wrongheaded", "determined", "hell-bent", "inexorable", "persistent", "relentless", "resolved", "set", "single-minded", "steadfast", "stouthearted", "tenacious", "unflinching", "firm", "hard-line", "hard-shell", "hard-shelled", "iron", "severe", "stern", "strict", "hidebound", "narrow-minded", "rigid", "bloody-minded", "cantankerous", "contrary", "cussed", "contumacious", "disobedient", "froward", "insubordinate", "intractable", "recalcitrant", "refractory", "uncooperative", "ungovernable", "unmanageable", "unruly", "defiant", "insurgent", "mutinous", "indomitable", "invincible", "unconquerable", "confirmed", "inveterate", "unregenerate", "demanding", "exacting" ], "synonyms":[ "adamant", "adamantine", "bullheaded", "dogged", "hard", "hard-nosed", "hardened", "hardheaded", "headstrong", "immovable", "implacable", "inconvincible", "inflexible", "intransigent", "mulish", "obdurate", "obstinate", "opinionated", "ossified", "pat", "pertinacious", "perverse", "pigheaded", "self-opinionated", "stiff-necked", "stubborn", "unbending", "uncompromising", "unrelenting", "unyielding", "willful", "wilful" ] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "selfish":{ "overly concerned with one's own desires, needs, or interests":{ "antonyms":[ "self-forgetful", "self-forgetting", "selfless", "unselfish" ], "examples":[ "a selfish desire to succeed at the expense of others" ], "near antonyms":[ "altruistic", "beneficent", "benevolent", "charitable", "generous", "greathearted", "humanitarian", "magnanimous", "philanthropic", "philanthropical", "self-denying", "self-giving", "self-sacrificing", "other-directed", "diffident", "self-doubting", "self-flagellating", "self-questioning", "self-reflective" ], "related":[ "inner-directed", "complacent", "conceited", "overweening", "pompous", "prideful", "proud", "self-complacent", "self-conceited", "self-contented", "self-directed", "self-glorifying", "self-important", "self-indulgent", "self-opinionated", "self-pleased", "self-satisfied", "smug", "vain", "vainglorious" ], "synonyms":[ "egocentric", "egoistic", "egoistical", "egomaniacal", "egotistic", "egotistical", "narcissistic", "self-absorbed", "self-centered", "self-concerned", "self-infatuated", "self-interested", "self-involved", "self-loving", "self-obsessed", "self-oriented", "self-preoccupied", "self-regarding", "self-seeking", "self-serving", "solipsistic" ] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "selfishness":{ "excessive interest in oneself":{ "antonyms":[ "self-abandonment", "self-forgetfulness", "selflessness", "unselfishness" ], "examples":[ "the only reason for constantly ignoring everyone else's problems is selfishness" ], "near antonyms":[ "altruism", "generosity", "magnanimity", "self-sacrifice", "detachment", "disinterestedness", "fairness", "impartiality", "neutrality", "objectivity", "self-flagellation", "self-annihilation", "self-immolation" ], "related":[ "complacence", "complacency", "conceit", "conceitedness", "ego", "pomposity", "pompousness", "pride", "pridefulness", "self-admiration", "self-conceit", "self-esteem", "self-importance", "self-indulgence", "self-love", "self-partiality", "self-respect", "self-satisfaction", "self-sufficiency", "smugness", "vaingloriousness", "vainglory", "vainness", "vanity", "self-assumption", "self-consequence", "self-content", "self-contentment", "self-glorification" ], "synonyms":[ "egocentricity", "egocentrism", "egoism", "egomania", "egotism", "narcissism", "navel-gazing", "self-absorption", "self-centeredness", "self-concern", "self-interest", "self-involvement", "self-preoccupation", "self-regard", "selfness" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "selflessness":{ "a tendency to regard the well-being of others as more important than one's own well-being":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "She was widely admired for her selflessness and dedication to the cause." ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "sell (out)":{ "the act or fact of violating the trust or confidence of another":{ "antonyms":[ "allegiance", "devotion", "faithfulness", "fealty", "fidelity", "loyalty", "staunchness", "steadfastness" ], "examples":[ "the sellout makes it much harder for me to trust you ever again" ], "near antonyms":[ "dependability", "reliability", "trustworthiness", "defense", "protection", "safeguard", "shield" ], "related":[ "abandonment", "desertion", "deceit", "deception", "double-dealing", "duplicity", "guile", "two-facedness", "fraud", "informing", "lying", "snitching", "talebearing", "trickery" ], "synonyms":[ "backstabbing", "betrayal", "business", "disloyalty", "double cross", "faithlessness", "falseness", "falsity", "infidelity", "perfidy", "treachery", "treason", "two-timing", "unfaithfulness" ] }, "to be unfaithful or disloyal to":{ "antonyms":[ "stand by" ], "examples":[ "the band sold out its faithful followers, abandoning its edgy style for a more commercial sound" ], "near antonyms":[ "defend", "guard", "protect", "safeguard", "save", "shield" ], "related":[ "give away", "inform (on)", "peach", "rat (on)", "shop", "snitch (on)", "split (on)", "tell (on)", "turn in" ], "synonyms":[ "backstab", "betray", "cross", "double-cross", "two-time" ] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "selling a bill of goods to":{ "to rob by the use of trickery or threats":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "extorting", "wrenching", "wresting", "wringing", "clipping", "gouging", "nicking", "overcharging", "soaking", "exploiting", "milking", "deceiving", "duping", "fooling", "gulling", "tricking", "roping (in)", "betraying", "bitching", "double-crossing", "bamboozling", "fast-talking" ], "synonyms":[ "beating", "bilking", "bleeding", "cheating", "chiseling", "chiselling", "chousing", "conning", "cozening", "defrauding", "diddling", "doing", "doing in", "euchring", "fiddling", "fleecing", "flimflamming", "gaffing", "hosing", "hustling", "mulcting", "nobbling", "plucking", "reaming", "ripping off", "rooking", "screwing", "shaking down", "shortchanging", "shorting", "skinning", "skunking", "squeezing", "sticking", "stiffing", "stinging", "suckering", "swindling", "thimblerigging", "victimizing" ] }, "type":[] }, "selling short":{ "to place too low a value on":{ "antonyms":[ "overestimating", "overrating", "overvaluing" ], "examples":[ "I think you're selling yourself short ; you're much better at this than you think you are." ], "near antonyms":[ "appreciating", "cherishing", "prizing", "treasuring", "valuing", "admiring", "esteeming", "regarding", "respecting", "adoring", "idolizing", "reverencing", "revering", "venerating", "worshipping", "worshiping" ], "related":[ "de-emphasizing", "minimizing", "playing down", "soft-pedaling", "belittling", "decrying", "depreciating", "disparaging", "despising", "disdaining", "scorning" ], "synonyms":[ "underestimating", 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"idiosyncratic", "especial", "express", "special", "specific", "independent", "nonconformist", "self-directed", "self-sufficient", "custom", "customized", "specialized" ], "synonyms":[ "idiomatic", "individual", "individualized", "particular", "patented", "peculiar", "personal", "personalized", "private", "privy", "singular", "subjective", "unique" ] }, "to arrange or assign according to type":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "separate the students by reading ability" ], "near antonyms":[ "confuse", "disarrange", "jumble", "lump", "mix (up)", "scramble", "misclassify", "missort", "mistype" ], "related":[ "array", "dispose", "draw up", "marshal", "marshall", "order", "organize", "systematize", "alphabetize", "catalog", "catalogue", "file", "index", "list", "refer", "pigeonhole", "shelve", "identify", "recognize", "cull", "screen", "set", "sieve", "sift", "winnow", "clump", "cluster", "colligate", "recategorize", "reclassify", "regroup", "subcategorize" ], "synonyms":[ "assort", "break 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"talebearer", "talker", "tattler", "tattletale", "telltale" ], "synonyms":[ "apostate", "backstabber", "betrayer", "double-crosser", "double-dealer", "Judas", "quisling", "recreant", "snake", "traitor", "turncoat" ] }, "the supreme personification of evil often represented as the ruler of hell":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "beware the temptations of the serpent" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "deuce", "dickens", "Mephistopheles" ], "synonyms":[ "archfiend", "Beelzebub", "devil", "fiend", "Lucifer", "Old Nick", "Satan" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "servile":{ "showing, expressing, or offered in a spirit of humility or unseemly submissiveness":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "had always maintained a servile attitude around people with money" ], "near antonyms":[ "arrogant", "haughty", "high-handed", "imperious", "lordly", "supercilious", "superior", "uppity" ], "related":[ "hangdog", "lamblike", "sheepish", "demure", "lowly", "meek", "modest", "retiring", "unassuming", "unpretentious", 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"klatch", "klatsch", "lot", "network", "pack", "ring" ] }, "a number of things considered as a unit":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "a set of tools" ], "near antonyms":[ "entity", "item", "single", "unit" ], "related":[ "accumulation", "aggregate", "aggregation", "conglomeration", "agglomeration", "assortment", "hodgepodge", "jumble", "miscellany", "mixture", "odds and ends", "sundries", "variety", "cycle", "run", "series", "suit" ], "synonyms":[ "array", "assemblage", "band", "bank", "batch", "battery", "block", "bunch", "clot", "clump", "cluster", "clutch", "collection", "constellation", "group", "grouping", "huddle", "knot", "lot", "muster", "package", "parcel", "passel", "suite" ] }, "being in a state of fitness for some experience or action":{ "antonyms":[ "flat-footed", "half-baked", "half-cocked", "underprepared", "unprepared", "unready" ], "examples":[ "we're all set to go" ], "near antonyms":[ "unqualified", "untrained" ], "related":[ "conditioned", "primed", "ripe", "armed", 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"transvalue", "misesteem", "misjudge", "misprize", "underestimate", "undervalue" ], "synonyms":[ "appraise", "assess", "estimate", "evaluate", "guesstimate", "rate", "valuate", "value" ] }, "to point or turn (something) toward a target or goal":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "determined to see the West, she set her car towards the sun and drove off" ], "near antonyms":[ "avert", "curve", "deflect", "detour", "divert", "rechannel", "shunt", "sidetrack" ], "related":[ "sight", "bear", "face", "concentrate", "focus", "incline", "orient", "steer" ], "synonyms":[ "aim", "bend", "cast", "direct", "head", "hold", "level", "pinpoint", "train" ] }, "to put securely in place or in a desired position":{ "antonyms":[ "loose", "loosen", "unfasten", "unfix", "unloose", "unloosen" ], "examples":[ "had the jeweler set the diamond again" ], "near antonyms":[ "extract", "prize", "pry", "pull", "root (out)", "tear (out)", "uproot", "wrest", "yank" ], "related":[ "embed", "imbed", "entrench", "intrench", "implant", "ingrain", "engrain", "lodge", "stuff", "wedge" ], "synonyms":[ "anchor", "catch", "clamp", "fasten", "fix", "hitch", "moor", "secure" ] }, "to rest on the buttocks or haunches":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "come over and set for a spell" ], "near antonyms":[ "arise", "get up", "rise", "stand" ], "related":[ "perch", "lounge", "slouch", "sprawl", "squat", "straddle" ], "synonyms":[ "sit" ] }, "to turn from a liquid into a substance resembling jelly":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "the gelatin is just starting to set now" ], "near antonyms":[ "deliquesce", "flux", "fuse", "liquefy", "liquify", "melt", "thaw" ], "related":[ "cake", "concrete", "firm (up)", "fix", "freeze", "harden", "indurate", "solidify", "stiffen", "condense", "thicken", "clump", "curd", "curdle", "gum", "lump (up)" ], "synonyms":[ "clot", "coagulate", "congeal", "gel", "gelate", "gelatinize", "jell", "jelly" ] }, "type":[ "adjective", "noun", "verb" ] }, "set (something) straight":{ "to make a place neat and orderly by removing extraneous stuff":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "near antonyms":[ "clutter", "disarrange", "mess (up)" ], "related":[ "houseclean", "housekeep", "clean (off)", "clean (up)", "neaten", "police (up)", "straighten (up)", "turn out", "unclutter", "arrange", "order" ], "synonyms":[ "clean (up)", "pick up", "tidy (up)" ] }, "type":[] }, "set back":{ "a change in status for the worse usually temporarily":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "the colonists persevered despite suffering setbacks that would have discouraged lesser souls" ], "near antonyms":[ "status quo" ], "related":[ "disappointment", "frustration", "letdown", "comedown", "decline", "descent", "down", "downfall", "fall", "turnabout", "turnaround", "recession", "regression", "retrogression", "reversion", "relapse", "breakdown", "collapse", "crash", "meltdown", "ruin", "undoing" ], "synonyms":[ "knock", "lapse", "reversal", "reverse" ] }, "as in":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "set in":{ "to come into existence":{ "antonyms":[ "cease", "end", "stop" ], "examples":[ "a cold spell set in sometime last week" ], "near antonyms":[ "conclude", "desist", "discontinue", "finish", "halt", "quit", "terminate", "disappear", "dissolve", "evaporate", "vanish", "depart", "die", "expire", "pass away", "perish" ], "related":[ "be", "breathe", "exist", "live", "subsist", "arrive", "come on", "emerge", "coalesce", "cohere", "shape (up)", "continue", "endure", "last", "persist", "survive" ], "synonyms":[ "actualize", "appear", "arise", "begin", "break", "commence", "dawn", "engender", "form", "materialize", "originate", "spring", "start" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "set in motion":{ "as in raise , stir (up)":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "set one's teeth on edge":{ "to disturb the peace of mind of (someone) especially by repeated disagreeable acts":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "near antonyms":[ "appease", "conciliate", "mollify", "oblige", "pacify", "placate", "propitiate", "delight", "gladden", "gratify", "please", "satisfy", "assure", "cheer", "comfort", "console", "content", "quiet", "reassure", "solace", "soothe" ], "related":[ "hassle", "heckle", "nag", "inflame", "enflame", "provoke", "rouse", "badger", "bait", "bullyrag", "ballyrag", "devil", "hagride", "harass", "harry", "pester", "plague", "tease", "anger", "antagonize", "enrage", "incense", "infuriate", "madden", "rankle", "roil", "agitate", "discomfort", "discompose", "disquiet", "distress", "exercise", "freak (out)", "fret", "perturb", "undo", "unhinge", "unsettle", "upset", "worry", "affront", "insult", "miff", "offend", "outrage" ], "synonyms":[ "aggravate", "annoy", "bother", "bug", "burn (up)", "chafe", "eat", "exasperate", "frost", "gall", "get", "grate", "gripe", "hack (off)", "irk", "irritate", "itch", "nark", "nettle", "peeve", "persecute", "pique", "put out", "rasp", "rile", "ruffle", "spite", "vex" ] }, "type":[] }, "set out":{ "the way in which something is sized, arranged, or organized":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "the setout of the stations at the polling place was a little confusing" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "design", "plan", "scheme", "composition", "constitution", "getup", "makeup", "build", "construction", "structure" ], "synonyms":[ "arrangement", "configuration", "conformation", "format", "formation", "layout", "setup" ] }, "to give a representation or account of in words":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "in his inaugural address, the president set out his vision for the nation over the next four years" ], "near antonyms":[ "color", "distort", "falsify", "garble", "misdescribe", "misrepresent", "misstate", "pervert", "twist", "warp" ], "related":[ "characterize", "define", "label", "qualify", "represent", "demonstrate", "illustrate", "narrate", "recite", "recount", "rehearse", "relate", "report", "tell", "display", "exhibit", "show", "hint", "suggest", "draft", "outline", "silhouette", "trace", "vignette", "summarize", "sum up", "touch off", "redescribe", "reimage" ], "synonyms":[ "delineate", "depict", "describe", "draw", "image", "limn", "paint", "picture", "portray", "render", "sketch" ] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "setouts":{ "the way in which something is sized, arranged, or organized":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "the setout of the stations at the polling place was a little confusing" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "designs", "plans", "schemes", "compositions", "constitutions", "getups", "makeups", "builds", "constructions", "structures" ], "synonyms":[ "arrangements", "configurations", "conformations", "formations", "formats", "layouts", "setups" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "sets back":{ "as in keeps , holds up":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "sets eyes on":{ "to make note of (something) through the use of one's eyes":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "Looking up, they set eyes on the mountain summit." ], "near antonyms":[ "disregards", "ignores", "neglects", "overpasses", "passes over", "misses", "overlooks" ], "related":[ "identifies", "makes out", "picks out", "picks up", "attends (to)", "considers", "heeds", "marks", "minds", "studies", "watches", "examines", "inspects", "scans", "scrutinizes", "surveys", "glances (at)", "glimpses", "peers (at)" ], "synonyms":[ "beholds", "catches", "descries", "discerns", "distinguishes", "espies", "eyes", "looks (at)", "notes", "notices", "observes", "perceives", "regards", "remarks", "sees", "sights", "spies", "spots", "views", "witnesses" ] }, "type":[ "phrase" ] }, "sets off":{ "to cause to function":{ "antonyms":[ "cuts", "cuts out", "deactivates", "kills", "shuts off", "turns off" ], "examples":[ "set off a bomb" ], "near antonyms":[ "arrests", "brakes", "checks", "cuts off", "draws up", "halts", "jams", "stalls", "sticks", "stops", "decelerates", "represses", "slows", "stunts", "suppresses" ], "related":[ "kicks over", "turns over", "charges", "electrifies", "energizes", "fires", "fuels", "generates", "powers", "pushes", "discharges", "launches", "releases", "switches", "trips", "reactivates", "recharges", "arouses", "excites", "jump-starts", "kick-starts", "stimulates", "vitalizes", "ignites", "incites", "instigates", "provokes", "quickens", "stirs up", "accelerates", "catalyzes", "speeds (up)", "steps up" ], "synonyms":[ "activates", "actuates", "cranks (up)", "drives", "moves", "runs", "sparks", "starts", "touches off", "triggers", "turns on" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "setting eyes on":{ "to make note of (something) through the use of one's eyes":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "Looking up, they set eyes on the mountain summit." ], "near antonyms":[ "disregarding", "ignoring", "neglecting", "overpassing", "passing over", "missing", "overlooking" ], "related":[ "identifying", "making out", "picking out", "picking up", "attending (to)", "considering", "heeding", "marking", "minding", "studying", "watching", "examining", "inspecting", "scanning", "scrutinizing", "surveying", "glancing (at)", "glimpsing", "peering (at)" ], "synonyms":[ "beholding", "catching", "descrying", "discerning", "distinguishing", "espying", "eyeing", "eying", "looking (at)", "noticing", "noting", "observing", "perceiving", "regarding", "remarking", "seeing", "sighting", "spotting", "spying", "viewing", "witnessing" ] }, "type":[ "phrase" ] }, "setting in":{ "to come into existence":{ "antonyms":[ "ceasing", "ending", "stopping" ], "examples":[ "a cold spell set in sometime last week" ], "near antonyms":[ "concluding", "desisting", "discontinuing", "finishing", "halting", "quitting", "terminating", "disappearing", "dissolving", "evaporating", "vanishing", "departing", "dying", "expiring", "passing away", "perishing" ], "related":[ "being", "breathing", "existing", "living", "subsisting", "arriving", "coming on", "emerging", "coalescing", "cohering", "shaping (up)", "continuing", "enduring", "lasting", "persisting", "surviving" ], "synonyms":[ "actualizing", "appearing", "arising", "beginning", "breaking", "commencing", "dawning", "engendering", "forming", "materializing", "originating", "springing", "starting" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "setting in motion":{ "as in raising , stirring (up)":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "setting store by":{ "to hold dear":{ "antonyms":[ "disvaluing" ], "examples":[ "He'll always set store by his favorite childhood books." ], "near antonyms":[ "undervaluing", "abhorring", "abominating", "despising", "detesting", "execrating", "hating", "loathing", "disdaining", "high-hatting", "scorning", "scouting", "slighting", "sniffing (at)", "snubbing", "bad-mouthing", "belittling", "crying down", "decrying", "deprecating", "depreciating", "disparaging", "kissing off", "minimizing", "putting down", "writing off", "abandoning", "forgetting", "neglecting" ], "related":[ "delighting (in)", "digging", "enjoying", "fancying", "grooving (on)", "liking", "relishing", "reveling (in)", "revelling (in)", "admiring", "apprizing", "esteeming", "regarding", "respecting", "reverencing", "revering", "venerating", "enshrining", "memorializing", "adoring", "caressing", "doting (on)", "idolizing", "worshipping", "worshiping" ], "synonyms":[ "appreciating", "cherishing", "loving", "prizing", "treasuring", "valuing" ] }, "to regard as right or true":{ "antonyms":[ "disbelieving", "discrediting", "rejecting" ], "examples":[ "I don't set much store by his opinion." ], "near antonyms":[ "distrusting", "doubting", "misdoubting", "mistrusting", "questioning", "suspecting", "challenging", "disputing" ], "related":[ "accounting", "accrediting", "understanding", "assuming", "presuming", "supposing", "concluding", "deducing", "inferring" ], "synonyms":[ "accepting", "believing", "buying", "crediting", "swallowing", "taking", "trusting" ] }, "to think very highly or favorably of":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "He sets store by the example set by his parents." ], "near antonyms":[ "abhorring", "abominating", "despising", "detesting", "execrating", "hating", "loathing", "condemning", "decrying", "deploring", "disapproving", "discountenancing", "discounting", "disdaining", "disfavoring", "disliking", "dismissing", "disregarding", "frowning (on or upon)", "kissing off", "scorning", "vilifying" ], "related":[ "acclaiming", "accrediting", "applauding", "approving", "commending", "complimenting", "crediting", "praising", "delighting (in)", "drinking (in)", "enjoying", "relishing", "reveling (in)", "revelling (in)", "savoring", "savouring", "digging", "fancying", "favoring", "grooving (on)", "liking", "loving", "adoring", "adulating", "canonizing", "deifying", "doting (on)", "hallowing", "idolizing", "reverencing", "revering", "venerating", "worshipping", "worshiping", "cherishing", "loving", "prizing", "treasuring", "valuing" ], "synonyms":[ "admiring", "appreciating", "considering", "esteeming", "regarding", "respecting" ] }, "type":[ "phrase" ] }, "severally":{ "as in solely , individually":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adverb" ] }, "severance":{ "as in separation , breach":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "severances":{ "as in separations , breaches":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "severe":{ "difficult to endure":{ "antonyms":[ "easy", "light", "soft" ], "examples":[ "a severe winter that was among the coldest on record" ], "near antonyms":[ "comfortable", "cozy", "luxurious", "snug", "agreeable", "friendly", "genial", "hospitable", "pleasant", "peaceful", "relaxing", "reposeful", "restful", "bearable", "endurable", "painless", "tolerable", "balmy", "calm", "clement", "gentle", "mild", "moderate", "temperate" ], "related":[ "austere", "bleak", "comfortless", "discomforting", "forbidding", "inhospitable", "spartan", "uncomfortable", "biting", "inclement", "intemperate", "wild", "rigorous", "strict", "stringent", "agonizing", "heartbreaking", "heartrending", "painful", "wretched", "crushing", "grinding", "overwhelming", "wearing", "insufferable", "insupportable", "intolerable", "unbearable", "unendurable", "harrowing", "tortuous", "bad", "disagreeable", "hostile", "unfriendly", "unpleasant" ], "synonyms":[ "bitter", "brutal", "burdensome", "cruel", "excruciating", "grievous", "grim", "hard", "hardhanded", "harsh", "heavy", "inhuman", "murderous", "onerous", "oppressive", "rough", "rugged", "searing", "stiff", "tough", "trying" ] }, "given to exacting standards of discipline and self-restraint":{ "antonyms":[ "clement", "forbearing", "gentle", "indulgent", "lax", "lenient", "tolerant" ], "examples":[ "a severe , uncompromising teacher who locked the classroom door precisely when the bell rang and let no one in afterward" ], "near antonyms":[ "easy", "easygoing", "laid-back", "undemanding", "charitable", "kind", "merciful", "mild", "patient", "soft", "softhearted", "accepting", "compromising", "yielding", "responsive", "willing", "acquiescent", "agreeable", "amenable", "complaisant", "compliant", "flexible", "pliable", "pliant" ], "related":[ "demanding", "exacting", "uncharitable", "unforgiving", "adamant", "adamantine", "callous", "hardened", "hard-hearted", "hard-line", "immovable", "implacable", "inflexible", "merciless", "ossified", "pitiless", "relentless", "rock-ribbed", "stiff", "unbending", "uncompromising", "unrelenting", "unsparing", "unyielding", "dour", "gruff", "ascetic", "ascetical", "monastic", "monkish", "browbeating", "bullying", "determined", "firm", "resolved", "single-minded", "steadfast", "unflinching", "dogged", "intractable", "obstinate", "relentless" ], "synonyms":[ "austere", "authoritarian", "flinty", "hard", "harsh", "heavy-handed", "ramrod", "rigid", "rigorous", "stern", "strict", "tough" ] }, "harsh and threatening in manner or appearance":{ "antonyms":[ "benign", "benignant", "gentle", "mild", "nonintimidating", "tender" ], "examples":[ "clergymen who dressed in severe clothing" ], "near antonyms":[ "bland", "meek", "mellow", "soft", "soothing", "easy", "quiet", "tranquil", "agreeable", "bright", "cheerful", "inviting", "pleasant", "pleasing", "sweet", "glad", "happy", "lighthearted", "merry", "mirthful", "sunny", "featherbrained", "flighty", "frivolous", "giddy", "goofy", "harebrained", "light-headed", "playful", "scatterbrained", "silly" ], "related":[ "bleak", "cold", "hostile", "inhospitable", "inimical", "unfriendly", "unsympathetic", "adamant", "bound", "determined", "firm", "intent", "purposeful", "resolute", "resolved", "steadfast", "unflinching", "fixed", "hard", "hardened", "hardheaded", "immovable", "implacable", "inflexible", "ironhanded", "mulish", "obdurate", "obstinate", "rigid", "self-willed", "set", "stiff", "stubborn", "unbending", "uncompromising", "unrelenting", "unyielding", "willful", "wilful", "immutable", "unchangeable", "black", "cheerless", "dark", "gloomy", "glum", "joyless", "melancholic", "moody", "morose", "sulky", "sullen", "surly", "brooding", "grave", "humorless", "melancholy", "serious", "sober", "sobersided", "solemn", "somber", "sombre", "staid", "unsmiling", "weighty" ], "synonyms":[ "austere", "dour", "fierce", "flinty", "forbidding", "grim", "gruff", "intimidating", "lowering", "louring", "rough", "rugged", "stark", "steely", "stern", "ungentle" ] }, "not joking or playful in mood or manner":{ "antonyms":[ "facetious", "flip", "flippant", "humorous", "jesting", "jocular", "joking", "kittenish", "ludic", "playful" ], "examples":[ "the judge maintained a severe expression throughout the trial" ], "near antonyms":[ "antic", "comic", "comical", "droll", "farcical", "funny", "hilarious", "hysterical", "hysteric", "laughable", "light", "light-headed", "ludicrous", "ridiculous", "riotous", "risible", "screaming", "sidesplitting", "uproarious", "featherbrained", "flighty", "frivolous", "goofy", "harebrained", "lighthearted", "puerile", "scatterbrained", "absurd", "asinine", "balmy", "brainless", "cockeyed", "crazy", "cuckoo", "daffy", "daft", "dotty", "fatuous", "foolish", "half-witted", "insane", "jerky", "kooky", "kookie", "loony", "looney", "lunatic", "mad", "nonsensical", "nutty", "preposterous", "sappy", "screwball", "senseless", "silly", "unwise", "wacky", "whacky", "weak-minded", "witless", "zany" ], "related":[ "harsh", "stern", "strict", "businesslike", "professional", "dignified", "distinguished", "elevated", "serious-minded", "gloomy", "grim" ], "synonyms":[ "earnest", "grave", "humorless", "no-nonsense", "po-faced", "sedate", "serious", "sober", "sobersided", "solemn", "staid", "uncomic", "unsmiling", "weighty" ] }, "requiring considerable physical or mental effort":{ "antonyms":[ "cheap", "easy", "effortless", "facile", "light", "mindless", "simple", "soft", "undemanding" ], "examples":[ "a severe test of courage" ], "near antonyms":[ "achievable", "clear", "doable", "elementary", "manageable", "uncomplicated", "comforting", "gentle", "painless", "relaxed", "smooth", "soothing", "accessible", "friendly", "idiotproof", "user-friendly" ], "related":[ "abstract", "abstruse", "complex", "complicated", "elusive", "hairy", "insoluble", "intricate", "involved", "knotty", "opaque", "problematic", "problematical", "recondite", "serious", "spiny", "stubborn", "thorny", "ticklish", "tricky", "bruising", "burdensome", "exhausting", "labored", "onerous", "oppressive", "stressful", "taxing", "tight", "trying", "annoying", "bothersome", "distressing", "irksome", "troublesome", "vexatious", "grievous", "grim", "strict", "stringent", "brutal", "cruel", "inhuman", "painful" ], "synonyms":[ "arduous", "Augean", "backbreaking", "challenging", "demanding", "difficult", "effortful", "exacting", "formidable", "grueling", "gruelling", "hard", "heavy", "hellacious", "herculean", "killer", "laborious", "moiling", "murderous", "pick-and-shovel", "rigorous", "rough", "rugged", "stiff", "strenuous", "sweaty", "tall", "testing", "toilsome", "tough", "uphill" ] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "severity":{ "the quality or state of being demanding or unyielding (as in discipline or criticism)":{ "antonyms":[ "flexibility", "gentleness", "laxness", "mildness" ], "examples":[ "even though no one expected the film to be a hit with the critics, the director was taken aback by the severity of the criticism" ], "near antonyms":[ "forbearance", "indulgence", "kindness", "lenience", "patience", "softness", "tenderness", "tolerance", "responsiveness", "willingness", "compliance", "pliability", "pliancy" ], "related":[ "callousness", "hard-heartedness", "implacability", "obduracy", "obdurateness", "pitilessness", "dourness", "gruffness", "asceticism", "austereness", "austerity", "monasticism", "determination", "firmness", "resolve", "steadfastness", "obstinacy", "stubbornness" ], "synonyms":[ "exactingness", "hardness", "harshness", "inflexibility", "rigidity", "rigidness", "rigor", "rigorousness", "sternness", "strictness", "stringency" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "sex appeal":{ "the quality of being sexually attractive":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "The handsome singer had no shortage of sex appeal ." ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "seigniory":{ "as in principality , duchy":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "related":[], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "seasons":{ "as in spans":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "related":[], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "to make more pleasant to the taste by adding something intensely flavored":{ "examples":[ "the chef seasoned the vegetables as soon as they came out of the oven" ], "synonyms":[ "flavors", "laces", "savors", "savours", "spices" ], "related":[ "enhances", "enriches", "sauces", "peppers", "salts", "aromatizes", "perfumes" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "to bring to a proper or desired state of fitness":{ "examples":[ "carefully seasoned the cast iron pan with vegetable oil before using it for the first time" ], "synonyms":[ "conditions", "trains" ], "related":[ "fits", "habilitates", "prepares", "readies", "acclimates", "acclimatizes", "accommodates", "adapts", "adjusts", "breaks in", "orientates", "orients", "shapes", "accustoms", "familiarizes", "habituates", "naturalizes", "fortifies", "hardens", "inures", "shapes up", "steels", "strengthens", "toughens" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "to make able to withstand physical hardship, strain, or exposure":{ "examples":[ "troops that had been seasoned by months of intense training" ], "synonyms":[ "fortifies", "hardens", "indurates", "inures", "steels", "strengthens", "toughens" ], "related":[ "acclimates", "acclimatizes", "adapts", "adjusts", "anneals", "tempers", "invigorates", "vitalizes", "immunizes", "bolsters", "boosts", "braces", "buttresses", "enforces", "forearms", "props (up)", "reinforces", "reenforces", "supports", "breaks in", "limbers (up)", "trains", "accustoms", "conditions", "habituates", "naturalizes" ], "near antonyms":[ "emasculates", "enervates", "enfeebles", "exhausts", "saps", "weakens", "cripples", "debilitates", "hamstrings", "incapacitates", "sensitizes" ], "antonyms":[ "softens" ] }, "to make competent (as by training, skill, or ability) for a particular office or function":{ "examples":[ "her campaign manager has been seasoned by several hotly contested gubernatorial campaigns" ], "synonyms":[ "equips", "fits", "prepares", "qualifies", "readies", "trains" ], "related":[ "accustoms", "adapts", "adjusts", "conditions", "grooms", "habituates", "shapes", "tailors", "authorizes", "entitles", "empowers", "enables", "educates", "indoctrinates", "instructs", "schools", "teaches", "tutors" ], "near antonyms":[], 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"renunciation", "repudiation" ], "related":[ "denial", "refusal", "relinquishment", "resignation", "surrender", "self-abnegation", "self-renunciation" ], "near antonyms":[ "acceptance", "adoption", "embrace", "embracement", "espousal" ], "antonyms":[ "indulgence", "self-indulgence" ] }, "voluntary restraint in the satisfaction of one's appetites":{ "examples":[ "self-indulgent even when she was poor, she wasn't about to practice self-denial after getting rich" ], "synonyms":[ "abstinence", "continence", "self-abnegation", "sobriety", "temperance" ], "related":[ "control", "forbearance", "restraint", "discipline", "self-command", "self-control", "self-discipline", "self-mastery", "asceticism", "austerity" ], "near antonyms":[ "gluttony", "greed", "rapaciousness", "rapacity", "voraciousness", "voracity", "hedonism", "sensuality", "sybaritism" ], "antonyms":[ "self-indulgence" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "sensitizes":{ "as in softens":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "related":[], "near 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"simpleminded", "stupid", "tomfool", "unintelligent", "unwise", "wacky", "whacky", "weak-minded", "witless", "zany", "irrational", "unreasonable", "aimless", "haphazard", "purposeless" ], "near antonyms":[ "eloquent", "expressive", "pregnant", "revealing", "suggestive", "telling", "logical", "rational", "reasonable", "valid", "consequential", "eventful", "important", "key", "major", "momentous", "substantial", "weighty" ], "antonyms":[ "meaningful", "significant" ] }, "not having or showing an ability to absorb ideas readily":{ "examples":[ "he may be a little absentminded, but he's really not as senseless as he seems" ], "synonyms":[ "airheaded", "birdbrained", "bonehead", "boneheaded", "brain-dead", "brainless", "bubbleheaded", "chuckleheaded", "dense", "dim", "dim-witted", "doltish", "dopey", "dopy", "dorky", "dull", "dumb", "dunderheaded", "empty-headed", "fatuous", "gormless", "half-witted", "knuckleheaded", "lamebrain", "lamebrained", "lunkheaded", "mindless", "oafish", "obtuse", "opaque", "pinheaded", "simple", "slow", "slow-witted", "soft", "softheaded", "stupid", "thick", "thick-witted", "thickheaded", "unintelligent", "unsmart", "vacuous", "weak-minded", "witless" ], "related":[ "cretinous", "feebleminded", "simpleminded", "boobish", "foolish", "idiotic", "idiotical", "imbecile", "imbecilic", "moronic", "ignorant", "illiterate", "lowbrow", "uneducated", "uninformed", "unintellectual", "untaught", "unthinking", "absurd", "asinine", "balmy", "cockeyed", "crackpot", "crazy", "cuckoo", "daffy", "daft", "dippy", "dotty", "featherheaded", "fool", "half-baked", "harebrained", "insane", "kooky", "kookie", "loony", "looney", "lunatic", "mad", "nonsensical", "nutty", "preposterous", "sappy", "screwball", "silly", "tomfool", "unwise", "wacky", "whacky", "zany", "fallacious", "illogical", "invalid", "irrational", "unreasonable" ], "near antonyms":[ "ingenious", "resourceful", "acute", "astute", "discerning", "insightful", "keen", "knowing", "perceptive", "percipient", "perspicacious", "sagacious", "sage", "sapient", "savvy", "wise", "cerebral", "erudite", "highbrow", "intellectual", "knowledgeable", "learned", "literate", "scholarly", "thinking", "well-read", "educated", "informed", "schooled", "skilled", "trained", "crafty", "cunning", "foxy", "shrewd", "wily", "judicious", "prudent", "sane", "sensible", "sound", "logical", "rational", "reasonable", "valid" ], "antonyms":[ "apt", "brainy", "bright", "brilliant", "clever", "fast", "hyperintelligent", "intelligent", "keen", "nimble", "quick", "quick-witted", "sharp", "sharp-witted", "smart", "supersmart", "ultrasmart" ] }, "showing or marked by a lack of good sense or judgment":{ "examples":[ "a senseless decision to risk his life on a practical joke" ], "synonyms":[ "absurd", "asinine", "balmy", "brainless", "bubbleheaded", "cockeyed", "crackpot", "crazy", "cuckoo", "daffy", "daft", "dippy", "dotty", "fatuous", "featherheaded", "fool", "foolish", "half-baked", "half-witted", "harebrained", "inept", "insane", "jerky", "kooky", "kookie", "loony", "looney", "lunatic", "lunkheaded", "mad", "nonsensical", "nutty", "preposterous", "sappy", "screwball", "silly", "simpleminded", "stupid", "tomfool", "unwise", "wacky", "whacky", "weak-minded", "witless", "zany" ], "related":[ "airheaded", "birdbrained", "boobish", "brain-dead", "chowderheaded", "chuckleheaded", "clueless", "dense", "dim", "dim-witted", "doltish", "dopey", "dopy", "dorky", "dull", "dumb", "dunderheaded", "empty-headed", "feebleminded", "gormless", "idiotic", "idiotical", "imbecile", "imbecilic", "knuckleheaded", "lamebrain", "lamebrained", "mindless", "moronic", "oafish", "obtuse", "opaque", "pinheaded", "simple", "slow", "slow-witted", "soft", "softheaded", "thoughtless", "thick", "thickheaded", "unintelligent", "vacuous", "fallacious", "illogical", "invalid", "irrational", "nonrational", "surd", "unreasonable", "unreasoning", "unsound", "weak", "farcical", "laughable", "ludicrous", "ridiculous", "notional", "buffoonish", "clownish", "ill-advised", "unconsidered", "unreasoned" ], "near antonyms":[ "brainy", "bright", "clever", "intelligent", "smart", "logical", "rational", "reasonable", "valid", "well-advised" ], "antonyms":[ "judicious", "prudent", "sagacious", "sage", "sane", "sapient", "sensible", "sound", "wise" ] }, "lacking animate awareness or sensation":{ "examples":[ "even the senseless sea seemed determined to swamp the storm-tossed ship" ], "synonyms":[ "inanimate", "insensate", "insensible", "insentient", "unfeeling" ], "related":[ "exanimate", "lifeless", "comatose", "unconscious" ], "near antonyms":[ "aware", "cognizant", "conscious", "animated", "lively", "vibrant" ], "antonyms":[ "animate", "feeling", "sensate", "sensible", "sensitive", "sentient" ] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "senescence":{ "the state of being old or the process of becoming old":{ "examples":[ "premature senescence" ], "synonyms":[], "related":[], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "services":{ "an act of kind assistance":{ "examples":[ "performed many services for the charitable organization" ], "synonyms":[ "benevolences", "boons", "courtesies", "favors", "graces", "indulgences", "mercies", "turns" ], "related":[ "dispensations", "waivers", "advantages", "benefits", "blessings", "godsends", "mannas", "liberties", "licenses", "licences", "privileges" ], "near antonyms":[ "hindrances", "hurdles", "impediments", "interferences", "obstacles" ], "antonyms":[] }, "a large unit of a governmental, business, or educational organization":{ "examples":[ "the OSS, the nation's wartime intelligence service" ], "synonyms":[ "agencies", "arms", "branches", "bureaus", "bureaux", "departments", "desks", "divisions", "offices" ], "related":[ "subdepartments", "sub-departments", "subdivisions" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "as in maintains , cares (for)":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "related":[], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "self-concerns":{ "excessive interest in oneself":{ "examples":[ "she saw in him the kind of self-concern that she thought was unattractive in a partner" ], "synonyms":[ "egocentricity", "egocentrism", "egoism", "egomania", "egotism", "narcissism", "navel-gazing", "self-absorption", "self-centeredness", "self-interest", "self-involvement", "self-preoccupation", "self-regard", "selfishness", "selfness" ], "related":[ "complacence", "complacency", "conceit", "conceitedness", "ego", "pomposity", "pompousness", "pride", "pridefulness", "self-admiration", "self-conceit", "self-esteem", "self-importance", "self-indulgence", "self-love", "self-partiality", "self-respect", "self-satisfaction", "self-sufficiency", "smugness", "vaingloriousness", "vainglory", "vainness", "vanity", "self-assumption", "self-consequence", "self-content", "self-contentment", "self-glorification" ], "near antonyms":[ "altruism", "generosity", "magnanimity", "self-sacrifice", "detachment", "disinterestedness", "fairness", "impartiality", "neutrality", "objectivity", "self-flagellation", "self-annihilation", "self-immolation" ], "antonyms":[ "self-abandonment", "self-forgetfulness", "selflessness", "unselfishness" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "self-regulating":{ "designed to replace or decrease human labor and especially physical labor":{ "examples":[ "a self-regulating thermostat runs the home's heating and cooling system" ], "synonyms":[ "automated", "automatic", "laborsaving", "robotic", "self-acting", "self-operating" ], "related":[ "mechanical", "motorized", "nonmanual", "computerized", "aiding", "helping", "easing", "relieving", "time-saving", "semiautomatic" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[ "nonautomated", "nonautomatic" ] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "selvages":{ "as in frontiers , borderlands":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "related":[], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "self-realizations":{ "the act of achieving the full development of your abilities and talents":{ "examples":[ "Work is often a means of self-realization ." ], "synonyms":[], "related":[], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "sees red":{ "to be excited or emotionally stirred up with anger":{ "examples":[ "The rival team saw red when they realized they had been pranked." ], "synonyms":[ "boils", "burns", "foams", "fumes", "rages", "rankles", "seethes", "sizzles", "steams", "storms" ], "related":[ "fulminates", "rants", "raves", "smolders", "smoulders", "bristles", "flares (up)", "inflames", "enflames", "chafes", "frets", "stews", "agitates", "convulses", "roils", "shakes" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "phrase" ] }, "self-supporting":{ "able to take care of oneself or itself without outside help":{ "examples":[ "she had to take a higher-paying job in order to be self-supporting" ], "synonyms":[ "independent", "self-dependent", "self-reliant", "self-subsistent", "self-subsisting", "self-sufficient", "self-supported", "self-sustained", "self-sustaining" ], "related":[ "autonomous", "free", "self-determining", "potent", "powerful", "resilient", "strong" ], "near antonyms":[ "helpless", "inadequate", "incompetent", "insufficient", "impotent", "weak" ], "antonyms":[ "dependent", "reliant" ] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "self-starter":{ "an ambitious person who eagerly goes after what is desired":{ "examples":[ "hired a self-starter who instantly saw what needed to be done, and did it" ], "synonyms":[ "bootstrapper", "go-ahead", "go-getter", "highflier", "highflyer", "hummer", "hustler", "live wire", "powerhouse" ], "related":[ "eager beaver", "achiever", "comer", "doer", "enterpriser", "he-man", "individualist" ], "near antonyms":[ "dawdler", "idler", "loafer", "lounger", "putterer", "trifler", "goldbrick", "malingerer", "procrastinator", "shirker", "slacker", "drone", "lazybones", "sluggard", "dallier", "laggard", "lingerer", "loiterer", "slowpoke", "stick-in-the-mud", "ignorer", "ne'er-do-well", "neglecter", "daydreamer", "dreamer", "dropout", "quitter" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] } }