{ "amalgamated":{ "made from the joining of two or more parts or elements":{ "antonyms":[ "noncompound", "simple" ], "examples":[ "the Amalgamated Clothing and Textile Workers Union was formed from the merger of the clothing workers' and textile workers' unions" ], "near antonyms":[ "uncombined", "unmixed" ], "related":[ "blended", "combined", "commingled", "mingled", "mixed", "coalescent", "fused", "integrated", "interlaced", "intermixed", "intertwined", "interwoven", "cut-and-paste" ], "synonyms":[ "composite", "compound" ] }, "to turn into a single mass or entity that is more or less the same throughout":{ "antonyms":[ "broke down", "broke up", "separated", "unmixed" ], "examples":[ "silver amalgamated with mercury is used for tooth fillings" ], "near antonyms":[ "cleaved", "cleft", "disjoined", "disunited", "divided", "divorced", "parted", "ruptured", "severed", "sundered", "dispersed", "dissolved", "scattered", "detached", "disengaged", "split" ], "related":[ "added", "admixed", "beat (in)", "cut in", "folded", "stirred", "tossed", "coalesced", "compounded", "emulsified", "conjoined", "joined", "knit", "knitted", "linked", "united", "intertwined", "interwove", "interweaved", "wove", "weaved" ], "synonyms":[ "blended", "blent", "combined", "comingled", "commingled", "commixed", "composited", "concreted", "conflated", "fused", "homogenized", "immingled", "immixed", "incorporated", "integrated", "interfused", "intermingled", "intermixed", "melded", "merged", "mingled", "mixed" ] }, "type":[ "adjective", "verb" ] }, "amalgamation":{ "a distinct entity formed by the combining of two or more different things":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "an amalgamation of peat moss and vermiculite is a good medium for starting vegetable seedlings" ], "near antonyms":[ "component", "constituent", "element", "ingredient" ], "related":[ "half-and-half", "absorption", "blending", "coalescence", "coalition", "commingling", "commixture", "compost", "concretion", "homogenization", "immingling", "immixture", "incorporation", "integration", "interfusion", "intermingling", "mergence", "merger", "merging", "mingling", "assortment", "hash", "hodgepodge", "hotchpotch", "jumble", "medley", "m\u00e9lange", "mishmash", "motley", "patchwork", "potpourri", "variety", "accumulation", "aggregation", "conglomeration" ], "synonyms":[ "admixture", "alloy", "amalgam", "blend", "cocktail", "combination", "composite", "compound", "conflation", "emulsion", "fusion", "intermixture", "meld", "mix", "mixture", "synthesis" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "amateurishness":{ "a lack of the level of skill associated with an expert or professional":{ "antonyms":[ "expertness", "masterfulness", "masterliness", "professionalism" ], "examples":[ "I was surprised at the amateurishness of the dance presentation, considering it was put on by supposed professionals" ], "near antonyms":[ "finish", "polish", "ability", "adeptness", "competence", "proficiency", "skill", "skillfulness", "talent", "virtuosity" ], "related":[ "inexperience", "unpreparedness", "clumsiness", "crudeness", "ham-handedness", "heavy-handedness", "inability", "inaptitude", "incompetence", "incompetency", "unskillfulness" ], "synonyms":[ "amateurism", "dilettantism", "inexpertness" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "amatory":{ "of, relating to, exciting, or expressing sexual attraction or desire":{ "antonyms":[ "nonerotic", "unerotic", "unsexy" ], "examples":[ "amatory letters that kept their love alive during the years they were separated by war" ], "near antonyms":[ "clean", "decent", "decorous", "polite", "proper", "seemly", "innocuous", "inoffensive" ], "related":[ "autoerotic", "carnal", "fleshly", "sensual", "sensuous", "bawdy", "lascivious", "lewd", "lustful", "obscene", "prurient", "racy", "spicy", "suggestive", "titillating", "dirty", "filthy", "foul", "gross", "indecent", "nasty", "pornographic", "ribald", "smutty", "unprintable", "vulgar", "fetishistic", "perversive" ], "synonyms":[ "amorous", "aphrodisiac", "aphrodisiacal", "erogenous", "erotic", "erotical", "erotogenic", "sexy", "steamy" ] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "ameliorate":{ "to make better":{ "antonyms":[ "worsen" ], "examples":[ "social legislation that must be given credit for ameliorating the lot of millions of deprived people" ], "near antonyms":[ "damage", "endamage", "harm", "hurt", "impair", "injure", "spoil", "tarnish", "vitiate", "blemish", "blight", "deface", "disfigure", "flaw", "mar", "diminish", "lessen", "lower", "reduce" ], "related":[ "correct", "emend", "rectify", "reform", "remediate", "remedy", "edit", "fine-tune", "redraft", "refurbish", "rehab", "rehabilitate", "revamp", "revise", "rework", "beef (up)", "boost", "fortify", "intensify", "reinforce", "reenforce", "strengthen", "fine", "hone", "polish", "retouch", "touch up" ], "synonyms":[ "amend", "better", "enhance", "enrich", "help", "improve", "meliorate", "perfect", "refine", "upgrade" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "amicable":{ "having or marked by agreement in feeling or action":{ "antonyms":[ "disagreeable", "discordant", "disharmonious", "disunited", "incompatible", "inharmonious", "uncongenial" ], "examples":[ "the contract negotiations between the hotel workers and management were reasonably amicable" ], "near antonyms":[ "antagonistic", "antipathetic", "clashing", "conflicting", "hostile", "inimical", "unfriendly", "belligerent", "contentious", "quarrelsome", "contradicting", "contradictory", "contrary", "opposing", "opposite", "competing", "competitive", "rivaling", "rivalling" ], "related":[ "pacific", "peaceable", "peaceful", "collaborating", "cooperative", "symbiotic", "synergetic", "synergic", "noncompetitive", "nonconflicting", "uncompetitive", "sympathetic", "tolerant", "understanding", "affable", "amiable", "cordial", "friendly", "genial", "neighborly" ], "synonyms":[ "agreeable", "compatible", "congenial", "frictionless", "harmonious", "kindred", "unanimous", "united" ] }, "having or showing kindly 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"bonhomous", "buddy-buddy", "chummy", "collegial", "companionable", "comradely", "cordial", "friendly", "genial", "hail-fellow", "hail-fellow-well-met", "hearty", "matey", "neighborly", "palsy", "palsy-walsy", "warm", "warmhearted" ] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "amity":{ "kindly concern, interest, or support":{ "antonyms":[ "ill will", "malevolence", "venom" ], "examples":[ "a youth club fostering amity among the city's many and diverse ethnic groups" ], "near antonyms":[ "disfavor", "intolerance", "animosity", "antagonism", "antipathy", "enmity", "hate", "hatred", "hostility", "incivility", "malice", "rancor", "belligerency", "quarrelsomeness", "querulousness" ], "related":[ "bonhomie", "camaraderie", "collegiality", "community", "companionship", "company", "comradeship", "civility", "comity", "concord", "harmony", "rapport", "rapprochement", "generosity", "affinity", "communion", "empathy", "kindness", "sympathy", "tolerance", "altruism", "philanthropy", "selflessness", "unselfishness" ], "synonyms":[ "benevolence", "brotherhood", "charity", "cordiality", "cordialness", "fellowship", "friendliness", "friendship", "gem\u00fctlichkeit", "good-fellowship", "goodwill", "kindliness", "neighborliness" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "amount%20%28to%29":{ "to be the same in meaning or effect":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "it makes no difference whether you're going to the game or the movies, for it amounts to the same thing\u2014that you can't babysit" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "approach", "match", "measure (up)", "meet", "rival", "touch", "connote", "denote", "express", "import", "mean", "signify", "smack (of)", "spell", "suggest" ], "synonyms":[ "add up (to)", "come (to)", "correspond (to)", "emulate", "equal" ] }, "to have a total of":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "the expenses of the trip amounted to nearly double what we'd budgeted for" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "average", "equal", "measure", "reach", "compose", "comprise", "constitute", "make up" ], "synonyms":[ "add up (to)", "aggregate", "come (to)", "count (up to)", "number", "sum (to or into)", "total" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "amplification":{ "as in":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "amplitude":{ "an area over which activity, capacity, or influence extends":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "the amplitude of Thomas Jefferson's interests\u2014government, architecture, agriculture, science, philosophy\u2014is truly awesome" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "gamut", "spectrum", "spread", "bailiwick", "circle", "demesne", "department", "discipline", "domain", "element", "fief", "fiefdom", "field", "province", "region", "specialty", "sphere", "terrain", "frontier", "horizon", "panorama" ], "synonyms":[ "ambit", "breadth", "compass", "confines", "dimension(s)", "extent", "range", "reach", "realm", "scope", "sweep", "width" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "amply":{ "in a generous manner":{ "antonyms":[ "parsimoniously", "stingily", "ungenerously" ], "examples":[ "amply rewarded the boy who had found her necklace" ], "near antonyms":[ "contemptuously", "disdainfully", "rudely", "scornfully", "obnoxiously", "provocatively", "coldly", "coolly", "cooly", "frigidly", "hostilely", "angrily", "belligerently", "begrudgingly", "grudgingly" ], "related":[ "considerately", "courteously", "hospitably", "kindly", "nicely", "reasonably", "sweetly", "thoughtfully", "affably", "amiably", "cheerfully", "cheerily", "congenially", "cordially", "friendlily", "genially", "good-heartedly", "good-naturedly", "graciously", "selflessly", "ungrudgingly", "unselfishly", "altruistically", "beneficently", "benevolently", "bigheartedly", "charitably", "humanely", "kindheartedly", "magnanimously", "philanthropically" ], "synonyms":[ "bounteously", "bountifully", "freehandedly", "freeheartedly", "generously", "handsomely", "lavishly", "liberally", "munificently", "openhandedly", "unstintingly", "well" ] }, "type":[ "adverb" ] }, "amps%20%28up%29":{ "to give life, vigor, or spirit to":{ "antonyms":[ "dampens", "damps", "deadens", "dulls", "kills" ], "examples":[ "an important news story that doesn't need to be amped up with sensationalism" ], "near antonyms":[ "burns out", "debilitates", "does in", "drains", "enervates", "enfeebles", "exhausts", "fags", "fatigues", "harasses", "kayoes", "knocks out", "saps", "tuckers (out)", "undermines", "washes out", "weakens", "wearies", "wears", "wears out", "checks", "curbs", "inhibits", "jades", "quells", "quenches", "represses", "restrains", "slows", "stills", "stunts", "suppresses", "daunts", "demoralizes", "discourages", "disheartens", "dispirits" ], "related":[ "arouses", "awakens", "awakes", "raises", "rouses", "stirs", "wakes (up)", "activates", "actuates", "drives", "impels", "motivates", "motives", "moves", "propels", "charges", "electrifies", "galvanizes", "enkindles", "excites", "ferments", "foments", "incites", "inflames", "enflames", "instigates", "kindles", "provokes", "sets off", "sparks", "triggers", "turns on", "whips (up)", "abets", "boosts", "buoys", "cheers", "emboldens", "fortifies", "heartens", "infuses", "inspires", "lifts", "rallies", "steels", "strengthens", "reactivates", "reanimates", "reawakens", "reawakes", "recharges", "recreates", "reenergizes", "refreshens", "refreshes", "regenerates", "reinvigorates", "rejuvenates", "rekindles", "renews", "restimulates", "resurrects", "resuscitates", "revitalizes", "revives" ], "synonyms":[ "animates", "braces", "energizes", "enlivens", "fillips", "fires", "gingers (up)", "invigorates", "jazzes (up)", "juices up", "jump-starts", "livens (up)", "peps (up)", "quickens", "spikes", "stimulates", "vitalizes", "vivifies", "zips (up)" ] }, "to make markedly greater in measure or degree":{ "antonyms":[ "abates", "moderates" ], "examples":[ "inflammatory rhetoric that served only to amp up the civil unrest that was overspreading the city" ], "near antonyms":[ "decreases", "diminishes", "lessens", "lets up (on)", "reduces", "subdues", "tones (down)", "weakens", "dwindles", "recedes", "subsides", "tapers (off)", "wanes", "alleviates", "eases", "lightens" ], "related":[ "broadens", "enlarges", "expands", "extends", "lengthens", "accelerates", "hastens", "quickens", "emphasizes", "points (up)", "sharpens", "stresses", "augments", "enforces", "reinforces", "reenforces", "restrengthens", "supplements", "maximizes", "enlivens", "jazzes (up)", "aggravates", "exacerbates" ], "synonyms":[ "accentuates", "amplifies", "beefs (up)", "boosts", "consolidates", "deepens", "enhances", "heightens", "intensifies", "magnifies", "redoubles", "steps up", "strengthens" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "amputate":{ "to remove (part of a person's body)":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "His arm was badly injured and had to be amputated ." ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] } }