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"discounted", "disparaged", "minimized" ], "related":[ "focused", "focussed", "identified", "pinpointed", "spotlighted", "spotlit", "advertised", "boosted", "plugged", "promoted", "publicized", "overplayed" ], "synonyms":[ "accented", "accentuated", "emphasized", "foregrounded", "highlighted", "illuminated", "played up", "pointed (up)", "pressed", "punctuated", "stressed" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "features":{ "something that sets apart an individual from others of the same kind":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "perhaps the most striking feature of that house is the way it was constructed to fit into its hillside site" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "badges", "indications", "signs", "emblems", "symbols", "tokens", "charms", "graces", "excellences", "merits", "virtues", "eccentricities", "idiosyncrasies", "oddities", "quirks", "individualities", "singularities" ], "synonyms":[ "affections", "attributes", "attributions", "characteristics", "characters", "criteria", "criterions", 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featuring an extensive list of American wines to complement its creative American cuisine" ], "near antonyms":[ "tones (down)", "underemphasizes", "understates", "belittles", "discounts", "disparages", "minimizes" ], "related":[ "focuses", "focusses", "identifies", "pinpoints", "spotlights", "advertises", "boosts", "plugs", "promotes", "publicizes", "overplays" ], "synonyms":[ "accents", "accentuates", "emphasizes", "foregrounds", "highlights", "illuminates", "plays up", "points (up)", "presses", "punctuates", "stresses" ] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "featurette":{ "as in":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "federation":{ "an association of persons, parties, or states for mutual assistance and protection":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "the new organization is a federation of existing organizations that were all dedicated to preserving Civil War battlefields" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "cabal", "conspiracy", "junto", "cartel", "syndicate", "trust", "faction", "front", "fusion", "side", "wing", "association", "group", "organization", "affiliation", "cooperative", "partnership", "circuit", "conference" ], "synonyms":[ "alliance", "axis", "bloc", "block", "coalition", "combination", "combine", "confederacy", "confederation", "league", "union" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "federations":{ "an association of persons, parties, or states for mutual assistance and protection":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "the new organization is a federation of existing organizations that were all dedicated to preserving Civil War battlefields" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "cabals", "conspiracies", "juntos", "cartels", "syndicates", "trusts", "factions", "fronts", "fusions", "sides", "wings", "associations", "groups", "organizations", "affiliations", "cooperatives", "partnerships", "circuits", "conferences" ], "synonyms":[ "alliances", "axes", "blocks", "blocs", "coalitions", "combinations", "combines", "confederacies", "confederations", "leagues", "unions" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "feebleness":{ "the quality or state of lacking physical strength or vigor":{ "antonyms":[ "hardihood", "hardiness", "robustness", "strength", "vigor" ], "examples":[ "the patient felt a lingering feebleness in the weeks following her heart surgery" ], "near antonyms":[ "energy", "vitality", "brawniness", "fitness", "heftiness", "huskiness", "lustiness", "muscularity", "virility", "hardness", "ruggedness", "stoutness", "sturdiness", "toughness", "health", "healthiness", "soundness", "wellness" ], "related":[ "decay", "decrepitude", "breakdown", "collapse", "prostration", "exhaustion", "fatigue", "lassitude", "weariness", "defenselessness", "helplessness", "impotence", "impuissance", "powerlessness", "effeteness", "softness", "tenderness", "disablement", "incapacitation", "invalidism", "damage", "harm", "hurt", "impairment", "injury" ], "synonyms":[ "asthenia", "debilitation", "debility", "delicacy", "enervation", "enfeeblement", "faintness", "fragility", "frailness", "frailty", "infirmity", "languidness", "languor", "listlessness", "lowness", "weakness", "wimpiness" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "feeing":{ "to provide with a paying job":{ "antonyms":[ "axing", "canning", "discharging", "dismissing", "firing", "sacking" ], "examples":[ "the townspeople fee country lasses as housemaids, nurses, and cooks" ], "near antonyms":[ "furloughing", "laying off", "locking out" ], "related":[ "reemploying", "re-employing", "reengaging", "re-engaging", "rehiring", "apprenticing", "contracting", "jobbing", "partnering", "subcontracting", "enlisting", "advancing", "promoting", "upgrading", "keeping (on)", "headhunting", "scouting" ], "synonyms":[ "assuming", "employing", "engaging", "hiring", "laying on", "paying", "placing", "recruiting", "retaining", "signing (up or on)", "taking on" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "feel":{ "an indefinite physical response to a stimulus":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "the warm feel that fine cashmere gives" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "impression", "perception", "hint", "suggestion", "touch" ], "synonyms":[ "feeling", "sensation", "sense" ] }, "to come into bodily contact with (something) so as to perceive a slight pressure on the skin":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "feel this blanket and perceive how soft it is" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "caress", "embrace", "finger", "fondle", "hug", "kiss", "lip", "nose", "nudge", "nuzzle", "paw", "rub", "stroke", "palp", "palpate", "brush", "graze", "shave", "skim", "clasp", "clench", "cling (to)", "clutch", "grasp", "grip", "handle", "hold", "palm", "chuck", "clap", "dab", "flick", "pat", "tag", "tap", "tip", "hit", "knock", "pound", "rap", "whack" ], "synonyms":[ "touch" ] }, "to come to a knowledge of (something) by living through it":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "with the birth of their first child the couple came to feel true happiness for the first time" ], "near 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"conjecture", "guess", "presume", "speculate", "suppose", "surmise", "suspect" ], "synonyms":[ "perceive", "scent", "see", "sense", "smell", "taste" ] }, "to have as an opinion":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "I just feel that we haven't explored all of our options for raising funds" ], "near antonyms":[ "distrust", "doubt", "mistrust", "question", "suspect", "disbelieve", "discredit", "reject" ], "related":[ "regard", "view", "accept", "perceive", "depend", "rely", "trust", "assume", "presume", "presuppose", "surmise", "conclude", "deduce", "infer" ], "synonyms":[ "allow", "believe", "conceive", "consider", "deem", "esteem", "figure", "guess", "hold", "imagine", "judge", "reckon", "suppose", "think" ] }, "to search for something blindly or uncertainly":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "the sudden blackout had us feeling around in the dark for a flashlight" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "grabble", "cast about", "hunt", "look", "reach", "seek (out)", "capture", "clutch", "corral", "get", "grab", "nab", "nail", "seize", "snatch", "comb", "dig (through)", "dredge", "rake", "ransack", "rifle", "rummage", "scour" ], "synonyms":[ "fish", "fumble", "grope", "scrabble" ] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "feel %28out%29":{ "as in sound (out)":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "as in study , experiment (with)":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "feel-good":{ "as in":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "feeler":{ "as in":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "feeling":{ "a subjective response to a person, thing, or situation":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "an overall feeling of happiness about their new home" ], "near antonyms":[ "insensitiveness", "insensitivity", "unfeelingness" ], "related":[ "impression", "perception", "sensation", "sense", "angle", "attitude", "outlook", "perspective", "standpoint", "viewpoint", "belief", "conviction", "judgment", "judgement", "mind", "notion", "opinion", "persuasion", "verdict", "view", "receptiveness", "receptivity", "responsiveness", "sensibility", "sensitiveness", "sensitivity" ], "synonyms":[ "chord", "emotion", "passion", "sentiment" ] }, "an idea that is believed to be true or valid without positive knowledge":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "an interesting think piece in which the congresswoman expressed her feelings about our nation's most pressing problems" ], "near antonyms":[ "fact", "truth" ], "related":[ "say", "impression", "perception", "take", "attitude", "assumption", "presumption", "presupposition", "conclusion", "decision", "determination", "deliverance", "esteem", "estimate", "estimation", "credence", "credit", "faith", "concept", "conception", "idea", "thought", "position", "stance", "stand", "comment", "obiter dictum", "observation", "reflection", "remark", "conjecture", "guess", "hunch", "hypothesis", "surmise", "theory", "advice", "input", "recommendation", "suggestion", "angle", "outlook", "perspective", "shoes", "slant", "standpoint", "viewpoint", "counterview" ], "synonyms":[ "belief", "conviction", "eye", "judgment", "judgement", "mind", "notion", "opinion", "persuasion", "sentiment", "verdict", "view" ] }, "an indefinite physical response to a stimulus":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "that odd feeling of forward movement you get when the parked car next to you backs out" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "impression", "perception", "hint", "suggestion", "touch" ], "synonyms":[ "feel", "sensation", "sense" ] }, "as in":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "general emotional condition":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "a remark that thoughtlessly hurt her feelings" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "cheer", "frame", "humor", "mode", "mood", "spirit", "temper" ], "synonyms":[ "heartstrings", "passions", "sensibilities" ] }, "sorrow or the capacity to feel sorrow for another's suffering or misfortune":{ "antonyms":[ "callousness", "coldheartedness", "hard-heartedness", "heartlessness" ], "examples":[ "a rich person without much feeling for those who are less fortunate" ], "near antonyms":[ "indifference", "insensitivity", "unconcern", "cruelty", "harshness", "inhumanity", "animosity", "antipathy", "dislike", "hatred", "hostility" ], "related":[ "condolence", "regret", "humaneness", "humanity", "kindheartedness", "kindliness", "kindness", "mercy", "pity", "ruth", "softheartedness", "warmheartedness", "affinity", "empathy", "rapport", "sensitivity", "understanding", "altruism", "benevolence", "benignity", "bigheartedness", "charity", "generosity", "goodwill", "humanitarianism", "largeheartedness", "largesse", "largess", "magnanimity", "philanthropy" ], "synonyms":[ "commiseration", "compassion", "sympathy" ] }, "the capacity for feeling for another's unhappiness or misfortune":{ "antonyms":[ "coldheartedness", "hard-heartedness", "inhumanity", "inhumanness", "mercilessness", "pitilessness" ], "examples":[ "a woman of great feeling , the princess wanted to use her status and influence to help the needy" ], "near antonyms":[ "callousness", "coldness", "disinterest", "indifference", "unconcern", "cruelty", "harshness", "animosity", "antipathy", "dislike", "hatred", "hostility" ], "related":[ "feelings", "responsiveness", "sensibility", "sensitivity", "affection", "love", "regard", "affinity", "empathy", "rapport", "altruism", "benevolence", "benignancy", "benignity", "generosity", "goodwill", "humaneness", "humanism", "humanitarianism", "philanthropy" ], "synonyms":[ "bigheartedness", "charity", "commiseration", "compassion", "good-heartedness", "heart", "humanity", "kindheartedness", "kindliness", "kindness", "largeheartedness", "mercy", "pity", "ruth", "softheartedness", "sympathy", "warmheartedness" ] }, "to 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"assimilating", "digesting" ], "synonyms":[ "enduring", "experiencing", "having", "knowing", "passing", "seeing", "suffering", "sustaining", "tasting", "undergoing", "witnessing" ] }, "to give the impression of being":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "it felt like a good idea at the time" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "dissembling", "pretending", "recalling", "resembling", "suggesting", "hinting", "implying", "insinuating" ], "synonyms":[ "acting", "appearing", "coming across (as)", "coming off (as)", "looking", "making", "seeming", "sounding" ] }, "to have a vague awareness of":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "I feel trouble brewing in the town" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "beholding", "descrying", "discerning", "distinguishing", "espying", "eyeing", "eying", "looking (at)", "noticing", "noting", "observing", "regarding", "remarking", "sighting", "spying", "viewing", "witnessing", "ascertaining", "catching on (to)", "discovering", "finding out", "hearing", "learning", "realizing", "anticipating", "divining", "expecting", "foreknowing", "foreseeing", "assuming", "conjecturing", "guessing", "presuming", "speculating", "supposing", "surmising", "suspecting" ], "synonyms":[ "perceiving", "scenting", "seeing", "sensing", "smelling", "tasting" ] }, "to have as an opinion":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "I just feel that we haven't explored all of our options for raising funds" ], "near antonyms":[ "distrusting", "doubting", "mistrusting", "questioning", "suspecting", "disbelieving", "discrediting", "rejecting" ], "related":[ "regarding", "viewing", "accepting", "perceiving", "depending", "relying", "trusting", "assuming", "presuming", "presupposing", "surmising", "concluding", "deducing", "inferring" ], "synonyms":[ "allowing", "believing", "conceiving", "considering", "deeming", "esteeming", "figuring", "guessing", "holding", "imagining", "judging", "reckoning", "supposing", "thinking" ] }, "to search for something blindly or uncertainly":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "the sudden blackout had us feeling around in the dark for a flashlight" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "grabbling", "casting about", "hunting", "looking", "reaching", "seeking (out)", "capturing", "clutching", "corralling", "getting", "grabbing", "nabbing", "nailing", "seizing", "snatching", "combing", "digging (through)", "dredging", "raking", "ransacking", "rifling", "rummaging", "scouring" ], "synonyms":[ "fishing", "fumbling", "groping", "scrabbling" ] }, "type":[ "adjective", "noun", "verb" ] }, "feeling%20up":{ "as in":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "feigners":{ "as in shams , pretenders":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "feigning":{ "as in pretense , hoax":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "to present a false appearance of":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "I would never feign illness just to get out of a test" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "dissimulating", "impersonating", "letting on", "masquerading", "playacting", "playing", "posing", "forging", "imitating", "camouflaging", "concealing", "disguising", "masking", "feinting", "malingering" ], "synonyms":[ "acting", "affecting", "assuming", "bluffing", "counterfeiting", "dissembling", "faking", "passing (for)", "pretending", "professing", "putting on", "shamming", "simulating" ] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "feint":{ "a quick movement that you make to trick an opponent":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "The boxer made a feint with his right, then followed with a left hook." ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "as in":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "feinted":{ "as in":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "feistiness":{ "an inclination to fight or quarrel":{ "antonyms":[ "nonaggression", "pacifism" ], "examples":[ "a panel of political pundits with a well-earned reputation for unfettered feistiness" ], "near antonyms":[ "antiaggression", "anti-imperialism", "antimilitarism", "affability", "amiability", "amicability", "benevolence", "cordiality", "friendliness", "geniality", "graciousness", "pleasantness", "sociability", "gentleness", "kindliness", "mildness", "amenability", "complaisance", "placability" ], "related":[ "antagonism", "fierceness", "hostility", "hyperaggressiveness", "unfriendliness", "imperialism", "jingoism", "militarism", "acidity", "biliousness", "captiousness", "crankiness", "crossness", "disagreeableness", "fractiousness", "fretfulness", "grouchiness", "grumpiness", "huffiness", "irascibility", "irascibleness", "irritability", "irritableness", "orneriness", "peevishness", "pettishness", "petulance", "querulousness", "rudeness", "surliness", "testiness", "waspishness" ], "synonyms":[ "aggression", "aggressiveness", "assaultiveness", "bellicosity", "belligerence", "belligerency", "combativeness", "contentiousness", "defiance", "disputatiousness", "fight", "militance", "militancy", "militantness", "pugnacity", "quarrelsomeness", "scrappiness", "truculence" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "felicitousness":{ "the quality or state of being especially suitable or fitting":{ "antonyms":[ "improperness", "impropriety", "inappositeness", "inappropriateness", "inaptness", "infelicity", "unfitness", "unseemliness", "unsuitability", "wrongness" ], "examples":[ "guests remarked on the perfect felicitousness of the rose garden as a site for a June wedding" ], "near antonyms":[ "disagreeableness", "incompatibility", "incongruence", "incongruity", "incongruousness", "inexpedience", "inexpediency", "inharmoniousness", "unbecomingness", "immateriality", "inapplicability", "irrelevance", "irrelevancy", "meaninglessness", "pointlessness" ], "related":[ "agreeableness", "compatibility", "congruity", "harmoniousness", "applicability", "bearing", "connection", "justifiability", "materiality", "pertinence", "relevance", "relevancy", "validity", "acceptability", "adequacy", "adequateness", "convenience", "expedience", "expediency", "satisfactoriness", "serviceableness", "usefulness" ], "synonyms":[ "appositeness", "appropriateness", "aptness", "felicity", "fitness", "fittingness", "happiness", "properness", "propriety", "rightness", "seemliness", "suitability", "suitableness" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "fell away":{ "to grow less in scope or intensity especially gradually":{ "antonyms":[ "accumulated", "ballooned", "built", "burgeoned", "bourgeoned", "enlarged", "escalated", "expanded", "grew", "increased", "intensified", "mounted", "mushroomed", "picked up", "rose", "snowballed", "soared", "swelled", "waxed" ], "examples":[ "as the years went by, the public's interest in the murder case fell away" ], "near antonyms":[ "appeared", "emerged", "showed up", "blew up", "distended", "elongated", "lengthened" ], "related":[ "compressed", "condensed", "constricted", "contracted", "evaporated", "faded (away)", "frittered (away)", "gave out", "melted (away)", "petered (out)", "tailed (off)", "vanished", "slackened", "slowed (down)", "alleviated", "relaxed", "flagged", "sank", "sunk", "weakened", "caved (in)", "collapsed", "deflated" ], "synonyms":[ "abated", "declined", "decreased", "de-escalated", "died (away or down or out)", "diminished", "drained (away)", "dropped (off)", "dwindled", "eased", "ebbed", "fell", "lessened", "let up", "lowered", "moderated", "palled", "phased down", "ratcheted (down)", "racheted (down)", "receded", "relented", "remitted", "shrank", "shrunk", "subsided", "tapered", "tapered off", "waned" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "fell behind":{ "to move or act slowly":{ "antonyms":[ "barreled", "barrelled", "bolted", "careered", "coursed", "dashed", "flew", "hastened", "hotfooted (it)", "hurried", "raced", "ran", "run", "ripped", "rocketed", "rushed", "scooted", "scudded", "scurried", "sped", "speeded", "tore", "whirled", "whisked", "whizzed", "zipped" ], "examples":[ "He lost his footing and fell behind in the relay." ], "near antonyms":[ "bowled", "breezed", "darted", "humped", "hurtled", "hustled", "scrambled", "stampeded", "galloped", "jogged", "ran", "run", "sprinted", "trotted", "accelerated", "quickened", "sped (up)", "speeded (up)", "caught up", "fast-forwarded", "outpaced", "outran", "outstripped", "overtook" ], "related":[ "fiddled (around)", "fooled around", "messed around", "monkeyed (around)", "played", "pottered (around)", "puttered (around)", "trifled", "hung (around or out)", "hanged (around or out)", "idled", "loafed", "lolled", "lounged", "ambled", "eased", "inched", "lumbered", "plodded", "sauntered", "shuffled", "staggered", "strolled", "decelerated", "slowed (down or up)", "filibustered", "procrastinated", "stalled", "temporized" ], "synonyms":[ "crawled", "crept", "dallied", "dawdled", "delayed", "diddled", "dillydallied", "dragged", "lagged", "lingered", "loitered", "lollygagged", "lallygagged", "moped", "poked", "shilly-shallied", "tarried" ] }, "type":[ "phrase" ] }, "fell%20%28to%29":{ "to take the first step in (a process or course of action)":{ "antonyms":[ "concluded", "ended", "finished", "terminated" ], "examples":[ "after some refreshments, she fell to working with renewed vigor" ], "near antonyms":[ "ceased", "desisted", "discontinued", "halted", "knocked off", "laid off", "quit", "quitted", "stopped", "closed", "completed", "abandoned", "forsook", "left", "abolished", "demolished", "destroyed", "exterminated", "extinguished", "phased out" ], "related":[ "created", "generated", "inaugurated", "initiated", "innovated", "invented", "originated", "adopted", "embraced", "took on", "took up", "established", "fathered", "founded", "instituted", "organized", "pioneered", "set up", "spawned", "got around (to)", "got down (to)", "got round (to)" ], "synonyms":[ "began", "commenced", "embarked (on or upon)", "entered (into or upon)", "got off", "kicked off", "launched", "led off", "opened", "started", "struck (into)" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "fence %28in%29":{ "to close or shut in by or as if by barriers":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "fencing in the yard would keep our dog in as well as keep unwanted stray dogs out" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "bound", "circumscribe", "confine", "contain", "limit", "restrict", "encircle", "encompass", "enfold", "enframe", "enlace", "frame", "ring", "surround", "armor", "cocoon", "encapsulate", "encapsule", "encyst", "ensheathe", "ensphere", "enwomb" ], "synonyms":[ "box (in)", "cage", "closet", "coop (up)", "corral", "encage", "encase", "enclose", "inclose", "envelop", "hedge", "hem (in)", "house", "immure", "include", "mew (up)", "pen", "wall (in)" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "ferment":{ "a disturbed or uneasy state":{ "antonyms":[ "calm", "ease", "peace", "peacefulness", "quiet", "tranquillity", "tranquility" ], "examples":[ "the city was in ferment as its residents nervously awaited the outcome of the referendum vote" ], "near antonyms":[ "order", "orderliness" ], "related":[ "fidgets", "agitation", "commotion", "confusion", "excitement", "hubbub", "moil", "stir", "storm", "trouble", "tumult", "tumultuousness", "turbulence", "upheaval", "uproar", "unsettlement", "disruption", "perturbation", "agitation", "anxiety", "disquietude", "inquietude", "queasiness", "tension", "unease", "anarchy", "chaos", "disorder", "welter" ], "synonyms":[ "disquiet", "fermentation", "restiveness", "restlessness", "Sturm und Drang", "turmoil", "uneasiness", "unquietness", "unrest" ] }, "to bring (something volatile or intense) into being":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "the various social and economic factors that fermented the major cultural change during the U.S. during the 1960s" ], "near antonyms":[ "bridle", "check", "constrain", "curb", "discourage", "hold", "inhibit", "regulate", "rein (in)", "restrain", "tame", "allay", "calm", "quiet", "settle", "soothe", "still", "subdue", "tranquilize", "tranquillize" ], "related":[ "advance", "cultivate", "encourage", "forward", "foster", "further", "nourish", "nurture", "promote", "sow", "stimulate", "detonate", "set", "set off", "trigger", "excite", "galvanize", "inflame", "enflame", "inspire", "motivate", "rouse", "activate", "energize", "enliven", "fire", "invigorate", "jazz (up)", "liven (up)", "pep (up)", "quicken", "stimulate", "vitalize" ], "synonyms":[ "abet", "brew", "foment", "incite", "instigate", "pick", "provoke", "raise", "stir (up)", "whip (up)" ] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "ferreting":{ "as in":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "ferrotype":{ "as in":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "ferry":{ "as in":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "to support and take from one place to another":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "there are shuttle buses to ferry visitors from the parking lots to the fairground" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "deliver", "hand over", "transfer", "forward", "send", "ship", "transmit", "bring", "fetch", "take", "move", "remove", "shift" ], "synonyms":[ "bear", "carry", "cart", "convey", "haul", "lug", "pack", "tote", "transport" ] }, "to travel on water in a vessel":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "we're planning to ferry to several islands in the Lesser Antilles" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "canoe", "kayak", "yacht", "coast" ], "synonyms":[ "boat", "cruise", "navigate", "sail", "ship (out)", "voyage" ] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "fervid":{ "having a notably high temperature":{ "antonyms":[ "algid", "arctic", "bitter", "bone-chilling", "cold", "freezing", "frigid", "frozen", "glacial", "ice-cold", "iced", "icy" ], "examples":[ "the fervid sands of the desert" ], "near antonyms":[ "chill", "chilly", "coldish", "cool", "coolish", "nippy", "snappy", "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", "fiery", "hot", "piping hot", "red", "red-hot", "roasting", "scalding", "scorching", "searing", "sultry", "superheated", "sweltering", "torrid", "ultrahot", "white-hot" ] }, "having or expressing great depth of feeling":{ "antonyms":[ "cold", "cool", "dispassionate", "emotionless", "impassive", "unemotional" ], "examples":[ "at the school board meeting the librarian delivered a fervid speech defending the classic novel against would-be censors" ], "near antonyms":[ "detached", "dry", "impersonal", "objective", "reserved", "undemonstrative" ], "related":[ "gushing", "gushy", "maudlin", "mawkish", "mushy", "saccharine", "sappy", "schmaltzy", "sentimental", "sloppy", "sugary", "histrionic", "melodramatic", "enthusiastic", "gung ho", "keen", "zealous", "enamored", "infatuated", "obsessed", "uninhibited", "unreserved", "unrestrained", "frenzied", "orgiastic", "overemotional", "overexcited", "overheated" ], "synonyms":[ "ardent", "blazing", "burning", "charged", "demonstrative", "emotional", "fervent", "feverish", "fiery", "flaming", "glowing", "hot-blooded", "impassioned", "incandescent", "intense", "passional", "passionate", "perfervid", "red-hot", "religious", "superheated", "torrid", "vehement", "warm", "warm-blooded" ] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "fetches":{ "a clever often underhanded means to achieve an end":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "his latest fetch to win back his girlfriend smacks of desperation" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "bluffs", "end runs", "feints", "chicaneries", "cozenages", "crafts", "crookeries", "cunnings", "deceptions", "duperies", "duplicities", "fakeries", "juggleries", "legerdemains", "skulduggeries", "skullduggeries", "subterfuges", "trickeries", "frauds", "gaffs", "hoaxes", "shams", "swindles", "blinds", "fronts", "smoke screens" ], "synonyms":[ "artifices", "devices", "dodges", "flimflams", "gambits", "gimmicks", "jigs", "juggles", "knacks", "plays", "ploys", "ruses", "schemes", "shenanigans", "sleights", "stratagems", "tricks", "wiles" ] }, "something or someone that strongly resembles another":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "with its standard assortment of chain stores and central food court, the new mall is pretty much the fetch of 1,000 other malls" ], "near antonyms":[ "antitheses", "converses", "opposites", "reverses" ], "related":[ "Chinese copies", "effigies", "portraits", "portrayals", "companions", "fellows", "mates", "equals", "equivalents", "analogues", "analogs", "parallels" ], "synonyms":[ "alter egos", "carbon copies", "carbons", "clones", "counterparts", "doppelg\u00e4ngers", "doppelgangers", "doubles", "duplicates", "duplications", "facsimiles", "images", "likenesses", "look-alikes", "matches", "mirror images", "pictures", "replicas", "ringers", "spits", "spitting images", "twins" ] }, "to have a price of":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "those old toys that we tossed away are now fetching big bucks as antiques" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "lists (for)", "amounts (to)", "comes (to)", "totals", "commands", "exacts", "asks", "demands" ], "synonyms":[ "brings", "costs", "goes (for)", "runs", "sells (for)" ] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "fetter":{ "something that limits one's freedom of action or choice":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "a time-honored tradition is fine as long as it doesn't become a fetter that prevents us from trying something new" ], "near antonyms":[ "freedom", "latitude" ], "related":[ "exception", "proviso", "qualification", "reservation", "stipulation", "strings", "ban", "prohibition", "proscription" ], "synonyms":[ "check", "circumscription", "condition", "constraint", "curb", "limitation", "restraint", "restriction", "stricture" ] }, "something that makes movement or progress difficult":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "claims that government regulations are unnecessary fetters that keep him from achieving his business goals" ], "near antonyms":[ "catalyst", "goad", "impetus", "incentive", "spur", "stimulant", "stimulus", "advantage", "break", "edge", "aid", "assistance", "benefit", "boost", "handmaiden", "handmaid", "help" ], "related":[ "catch", "hitch", "rub", "snag", "barrier", "blockade", "blockage", "brick wall", "stone wall", "arrest", "bit", "brake", "check", "constraint", "curb", "hobble", "rein", "restraint", "embargo", "stoppage", "delay", "holdup", "stall", "burden", "cumber", "load", "danger", "hazard", "peril", "reef", "adversity", "difficulty", "disadvantage", "drawback", "hardship" ], "synonyms":[ "balk", "bar", "block", "chain", "clog", "cramp", "crimp", "deterrent", "drag", "embarrassment", "encumbrance", "handicap", "hindrance", "holdback", "hurdle", "impediment", "inhibition", "interference", "let", "manacle", "obstacle", "obstruction", "shackles", "stop", "stumbling block", "trammel" ] }, "something that physically prevents free movement":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "considered a seat belt a pointless fetter \u2014until one saved his life in an auto accident" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "captivity", "confinement", "constraint", "curb", "enchainment", "enslavement", "hindrance", "immurement", "imprisonment", "incarceration", "restraint", "restriction", "entanglement", "net", "trammel", "trap", "collar", "straitjacket", "straightjacket", "fastener", "hobble", "hold", "hold-down", "holding", "tie" ], "synonyms":[ "band", "bind", "bond", "bracelet", "chain", "cuff(s)", "handcuff(s)", "irons", "ligature", "manacle(s)", "shackle" ] }, "to confine or restrain with or as if with chains":{ "antonyms":[ "unbind", "unfetter", "unshackle" ], "examples":[ "museum artifacts that serve as somber reminders of the days when slaves were fettered with irons" ], "near antonyms":[ "emancipate", "free", "liberate", "loose", "release", "rescue", "undo", "unfasten", "untangle", "untie", "detach", "disengage" ], "related":[ "bit", "hobble", "hog-tie", "iron", "lash", "secure", "tie", "truss", "attach", "fasten", "join", "link", "confine", "constrain", "curb", "hamper", "hinder", "impede", "limit", "restrict", "entangle", "tangle" ], "synonyms":[ "bind", "chain", "enchain", "enfetter", "gyve", "handcuff", "manacle", "pinion", "shackle", "trammel" ] }, "to create difficulty for the work or activity of":{ "antonyms":[ "aid", "assist", "facilitate", "help" ], "examples":[ "the belief that too many rules and restrictions fetter children's creativity" ], "near antonyms":[ "clear", "make way", "open", "unclog", "unplug", "unstop", "free", "liberate", "release", "untie", "loosen", "smooth", "encourage", "further", "promote" ], "related":[ "balk", "check", "constrain", "curb", "rein", "restrain", "bind", "chain", "halter", "leash", "tether", "tie", "arrest", "brake", "delay", "retain", "retard", "barricade", "block", "blockade", "roadblock", "bog (down)", "mire", "choke", "smother", "stifle", "strangle", "suffocate", "baffle", "foil", "frustrate", "stump", "thwart", "derail", "disrupt", "sabotage", "muzzle", "repress", "suppress", "confine", "hedge (in)", "hem (in)" ], "synonyms":[ "clog", "cramp", "embarrass", "encumber", "hamper", "handcuff", "handicap", "hinder", "hobble", "hog-tie", "hold back", "hold up", "impede", "inhibit", "interfere (with)", "manacle", "obstruct", "shackle", "short-circuit", "stymie", "tie up", "trammel" ] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "fettle":{ "a state of being or fitness":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "a visit to the relatives on the other side of the state revealed them all to be in fine fettle" ], "near antonyms":[ "disorder", "disrepair" ], "related":[ "practice", "practise", "pass", "phase", "stage", "footing", "picture", "posture", "scene", "situation", "status", "rank", "standing" ], "synonyms":[ "condition", "estate", "form", "health", "keeping", "kilter", "nick", "order", "repair", "shape", "trim" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "feud":{ "a long and angry conflict between two people or two groups":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "The workers' feud with management concerns health benefits and pay increases.", "Because of a family feud , they did not see each other for a decade." ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "fever":{ "a state of wildly excited activity or emotion":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "in the fever of a political campaign a lot of things get said that never should have been said" ], "near antonyms":[ "calm", "calmness", "peace", "peacefulness", "placidity", "quiet", "quietude", "repose", "restfulness", "sereneness", "serenity", "still", "stillness", "tranquillity", "tranquility", "tranquilness" ], "related":[ "chaos", "confusion", "disorder", "havoc", "pandemonium", "turmoil", "bedlam", "bother", "brouhaha", "bustle", "clamor", "clatter", "commotion", "disturbance", "fuss", "hoo-ha", "hoo-hah", "hubbub", "hullabaloo", "hurly-burly", "ruckus", "ruction", "rumpus", "shindy", "squall", "stew", "stir", "storm", "tempest", "to-do", "tumult" ], "synonyms":[ "agitation", "deliriousness", "delirium", "distraction", "feverishness", "flap", "frenzy", "furor", "furore", "fury", "hysteria", "rage", "rampage", "uproar" ] }, "an abnormal state that disrupts a plant's or animal's normal bodily functioning":{ "antonyms":[ "health", "wellness" ], "examples":[ "before the days of modern medicine, when death remained a mystery, people said that someone died of a fever and left it at that" ], "near antonyms":[ "fitness", "healthiness", "heartiness", "robustness", "soundness", "wholeness", "wholesomeness", "fettle", "shape" ], "related":[ "contagion", "contagious disease", "contagium", "infection", "attack", "bout", "fit", "spell", "debility", "decrepitude", "feebleness", "frailness", "lameness", "sickliness", "unhealthiness", "unsoundness", "unwellness", "weakness", "malaise", "matter", "pip", "epidemic", "pest", "pestilence", "plague" ], "synonyms":[ "affection", "ail", "ailment", "bug", "complaint", "complication", "condition", "disease", "disorder", "distemper", "distemperature", "ill", "illness", "infirmity", "malady", "sickness", "trouble" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "few":{ "a small number":{ "antonyms":[ "army", "crowd", "flock", "gazillion", "horde", "host", "jillion", "kazillion", "legion", "loads", "many", "mountain", "multitude", "oodles", "scads", "thousands", "zillion" ], "examples":[ "a few of the songs on the album are good, but most are forgettable" ], "near antonyms":[ "majority", "most", "abundance", "excess", "plenty", "surplus", "deal", "gobs", "heap", "lot", "mass", "much", "peck", "pile", "plenitude", "plenty", "pot", "profusion", "quantity", "raft", "reams", "slather", "slew", "stack", "wad", "wealth" ], "related":[ "minority", "atom", "crumb", "fragment", "grain", "iota", "jot", "modicum", "molecule", "particle", "scrap", "shred", "tittle", "whit" ], "synonyms":[ "couple", "handful", "scatter", "scattering", "smatter", "smattering", "sprinkle", "sprinkling" ] }, "as in":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adjective", "noun" ] }, "fey":{ "as in":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] } }