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"shadowlike", "shadowy", "sphinxlike", "indefinite", "inexact", "inexplicit", "noncommittal", "questionable", "unclear", "uncertain", "undefined", "undetermined", "vague", "impenetrable", "incomprehensible", "indecipherable", "inexplicable", "eerie", "eery", "uncanny", "weird", "impalpable", "inappreciable", "intangible", "invisible", "unanswerable", "unknowable", "baffling", "bewildering", "confounding", "confusing", "mystifying", "perplexing", "puzzling", "unfathomable", "circuitous", "indirect", "roundabout", "complex", "complicated", "difficult", "obtuse" ], "synonyms":[ "ambiguous", "arcane", "cryptic", "dark", "deep", "Delphic", "double-edged", "elliptical", "elliptic", "enigmatic", "enigmatical", "equivocal", "fuliginous", "inscrutable", "murky", "mysterious", "mystic", "obscure", "occult", "opaque" ] }, "not seen or understood clearly":{ "antonyms":[ "clear", "definite", "pellucid" ], "examples":[ "could just make out the nebulous outline of a fishing shack in the dense fog" ], 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"nonessential", "unimportant" ], "related":[ "all-important", "essential", "indispensable", "needed", "requisite", "insistent", "persistent", "pressing", "urgent", "demanded", "enforced", "coercive" ], "synonyms":[ "compulsory", "forced", "imperative", "incumbent", "involuntary", "mandatory", "nonelective", "obligatory", "peremptory", "required" ] }, "impossible to avoid or evade":{ "antonyms":[ "avoidable", "evadable", "uncertain", "unsure" ], "examples":[ "taxes will always be a necessary evil" ], "near antonyms":[ "preventable", "preventible", "doubtful", "dubious", "questionable", "shaky", "unclear", "undecided", "unsettled", "undependable", "unreliable", "improbable", "unlikely" ], "related":[ "decided", "definite", "settled", "likely", "possible", "probable", "destined", "fated", "foreordained", "predestined", "predetermined", "preordained", "inexorable", "relentless", "unremitting", "unstoppable" ], "synonyms":[ "certain", "ineluctable", "ineludible", "inescapable", "inevitable", "sure", "unavoidable", "unescapable" ] }, "impossible to do without":{ "antonyms":[ "dispensable", "inessential", "needless", "nonessential", "unessential", "unnecessary", "unneeded" ], "examples":[ "food and water are necessary for survival" ], "near antonyms":[ "undesired", "unwanted", "inconsequential", "insignificant", "unimportant", "excess", "external", "extra", "extraneous", "superfluous", "surplus" ], "related":[ "prerequisite", "compulsory", "mandatory", "nonelective", "obligatory", "consequential", "crucial", "important", "major", "material", "meaningful", "momentous", "significant", "substantial", "weighty", "basic", "central", "fundamental", "key", "organic", "insistent", "persistent", "pressing", "urgent" ], "synonyms":[ "all-important", "critical", "essential", "imperative", "indispensable", "integral", "must-have", "necessitous", "needed", "needful", "required", "requisite", "vital" ] }, "something necessary, indispensable, or unavoidable":{ "antonyms":[ 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"bearing", "challenging", "claiming", "demanding", "needing", "requiring", "taking", "wanting", "warranting" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "necessitous":{ "impossible to do without":{ "antonyms":[ "dispensable", "inessential", "needless", "nonessential", "unessential", "unnecessary", "unneeded" ], "examples":[ "all the dreaded, necessitous decisions that one must make when arranging the funeral of a loved one" ], "near antonyms":[ "undesired", "unwanted", "inconsequential", "insignificant", "unimportant", "excess", "external", "extra", "extraneous", "superfluous", "surplus" ], "related":[ "prerequisite", "compulsory", "mandatory", "nonelective", "obligatory", "consequential", "crucial", "important", "major", "material", "meaningful", "momentous", "significant", "substantial", "weighty", "basic", "central", "fundamental", "key", "organic", "insistent", "persistent", "pressing", "urgent" ], "synonyms":[ "all-important", "critical", "essential", "imperative", "indispensable", "integral", "must-have", "necessary", "needed", "needful", "required", "requisite", "vital" ] }, "lacking money or material possessions":{ "antonyms":[ "affluent", "deep-pocketed", "fat", "fat-cat", "flush", "moneyed", "monied", "opulent", "rich", "silk-stocking", "wealthy", "well-heeled", "well-off", "well-to-do" ], "examples":[ "amidst the holiday feasting, merrymaking and spending, it was easy to overlook the necessitous members of the community" ], "near antonyms":[ "comfortable", "prosperous" ], "related":[ "deprived", "disadvantaged", "dispossessed", "unaffluent", "underprivileged", "bankrupt", "bankrupted", "bust", "busted", "insolvent", "possessionless", "ruined", "depressed", "distressed", "hand-to-mouth", "hardscrabble", "pinched", "poorish", "reduced", "straitened", "cash-strapped", "low", "short", "tapped out" ], "synonyms":[ "beggared", "beggarly", "broke", "destitute", "dirt-poor", "down-and-out", "famished", "hard up", "impecunious", "impoverished", "indigent", "needful", "needy", "pauperized", "penniless", "penurious", "poor", "poverty-stricken", "skint", "threadbare" ] }, "needing immediate attention":{ "antonyms":[ "noncritical", "nonurgent" ], "examples":[ "firmly of the belief that no matter is so necessitous that it cannot be put off until tomorrow" ], "near antonyms":[ "incidental", "low-pressure", "minor", "negligible", "trivial", "unimportant", "nonthreatening", "safe", "stable" ], "related":[ "demanding", "extreme", "immediate", "insistent", "intense", "overriding", "crucial", "desperate", "grave", "life-and-death", "life-or-death", "serious", "severe", "vital", "dangerous", "explosive", "hazardous", "perilous", "precarious", "unstable" ], "synonyms":[ "acute", "burning", "clamant", "compelling", "critical", "crying", "dire", "emergent", "exigent", "imperative", "imperious", "importunate", "instant", "pressing", "urgent" ] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "needed":{ "impossible to do without":{ "antonyms":[ "dispensable", "inessential", "needless", "nonessential", "unessential", "unnecessary", "unneeded" ], "examples":[ "pack only what will be needed" ], "near antonyms":[ "undesired", "unwanted", "inconsequential", "insignificant", "unimportant", "excess", "external", "extra", "extraneous", "superfluous", "surplus" ], "related":[ "prerequisite", "compulsory", "mandatory", "nonelective", "obligatory", "consequential", "crucial", "important", "major", "material", "meaningful", "momentous", "significant", "substantial", "weighty", "basic", "central", "fundamental", "key", "organic", "insistent", "persistent", "pressing", "urgent" ], "synonyms":[ "all-important", "critical", "essential", "imperative", "indispensable", "integral", "must-have", "necessary", "necessitous", "needful", "required", "requisite", "vital" ] }, "to have as a requirement":{ "antonyms":[ "had", "held" ], "examples":[ "a national crisis that needs a strong leader to solve it" ], "near antonyms":[ "owned", "possessed" ], "related":[ "entailed", "involved", "asked", "begged", "clamored (for)", "cried (for)", "hurt (for)", "lacked", "commanded", "enjoined", "exacted", "insisted", "pressed", "quested", "stipulated" ], "synonyms":[ "bore", "challenged", "claimed", "demanded", "necessitated", "required", "took", "wanted", "warranted" ] }, "type":[ "adjective", "verb" ] }, "needle":{ "a slender hollow instrument by which material is put into or taken from the body through the skin":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "the nurse inserted the needle into his vein and collected some blood for testing" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[ "hype", "hypodermic", "hypodermic needle", "hypodermic syringe", "syringe" ] }, "an arrow-shaped piece on a dial or scale for registering information":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "simply by reading the compass needle you should be able to figure out in which direction we're heading" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "dial", "face", "gauge", "gage" ], "synonyms":[ "hand", "index", "indicator", "pointer" ] }, "to attack repeatedly with mean put-downs or insults":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "we needled him mercilessly for thinking that he had any chance of being the prom date for the school's most popular girl" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "deride", "gibe", "jibe", "jeer", "mock", "ridicule", "annoy", "bother", "bug", "burn (up)", "chafe", "fret", "frost", "gall", "get", "gnaw (at)", "grate", "gripe", "hack (off)", "hagride", "irk", "irritate", "itch", "nag", "nark", "nettle", "peeve", "pester", "pique", "put out", "rasp", "rile", "ruffle", "spite", "trouble", "vex", "aggravate", "exasperate", "goad", "test", "try", "aggrieve", "agitate", "bedevil", "beleaguer", "discomfort", "disturb", "perturb", "badger", "dog", "hound", "browbeat", "bully", "hector", "harass", "harry", "persecute", "plague", "terrorize", "torment", "torture" ], "synonyms":[ "bait", "hassle", "haze", "heckle", "ride", "taunt", "tease" ] }, "to subject (someone) to constant scoldings and sharp reminders":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "quit needling me! I'll take out the trash in a minute!" ], "near antonyms":[ "compliment", "commend", "laud", "praise", "recommend", "tout", "acclaim", "applaud", "build up", "eulogize", "extol", "extoll" ], "related":[ "carp (at)", "fuss (about or over)", "nitpick", "annoy", "badger", "bait", "bother", "bug", "chivy", "chivvy", "harass", "harry", "hassle", "irk", "pester", "plague", "ride", "vex", "yap (at)", "egg", "goad", "incite", "prod", "prompt", "spur", "urge", "exhort", "insist", "press", "pressure", "push", "blandish", "cajole", "coax", "wheedle", "beg", "importune", "plead" ], "synonyms":[ "dog", "henpeck", "hound", "nag", "peck (at)" ] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "needless":{ "not needed by the circumstances or to accomplish an end":{ "antonyms":[ "essential", "indispensable", "necessary", "needed", "needful", "required" ], "examples":[ "needless expenditures that pushed the construction project way over budget" ], "near antonyms":[ "all-important", "crucial", "important", "vital", "imperative", "pressing", "urgent" ], "related":[ "discretionary", "elective", "optional", "extra", "extraneous", "irrelative", "irrelevant", "redundant", "superfluous" ], "synonyms":[ "dispensable", "gratuitous", "inessential", "nonessential", "uncalled-for", "unessential", "unnecessary", "unwarranted" ] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "negatived":{ "to balance with an equal force so as to make ineffective":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "no amount of flattery is likely to negative that overheard insult" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "invalidated", "negated", "neutered", "nullified", "atoned (for)", "outbalanced", "outweighed", "redeemed", "redressed", "relieved", "remedied", "overrode", "overruled" ], "synonyms":[ "annulled", "canceled (out)", "cancelled (out)", "compensated (for)", "corrected", "counteracted", "counterbalanced", "counterpoised", "made up (for)", "neutralized", "offset" ] }, "to be unwilling to grant":{ "antonyms":[ "allowed", "conceded", "granted", "let", "OK'd", "okayed", "permitted" ], "examples":[ "ultimately, we negatived the request for a personal loan" ], "near antonyms":[ "afforded", "furnished", "gave", "provided", "supplied", "authorized", "commissioned", "licensed", "licenced", "acceded (to)", "acquiesced", "agreed (to)", "assented (to)", "consented (to)", "warranted", "accorded", "sanctioned", "vouchsafed" ], "related":[ "banned", "enjoined", "forbade", "forbad", "prohibited", "proscribed", "vetoed", "rebuffed", "repelled", "spurned", "checked", "constrained", "curbed", "held", "kept", "repressed", "restrained", "restricted", "balked (at)", "hindered", "impeded", "obstructed" ], "synonyms":[ "declined", "denied", "disallowed", "disapproved", "nixed", "refused", "rejected", "reprobated", "withheld" ] }, "to declare not to be true":{ "antonyms":[ "acknowledged", "admitted", "allowed", "avowed", "conceded", "confirmed", "owned" ], "examples":[ "the governor's press secretary promptly negatived the rumor that he was not intending to run for reelection" ], "near antonyms":[ "accepted", "adopted", "embraced", "espoused", "affirmed", "announced", "asserted", "averred", "claimed", "declared", "maintained", "professed", "submitted", "authenticated", "corroborated", "substantiated", "validated", "verified" ], "related":[ "traversed", "challenged", "confuted", "disproved", "rebutted", "disagreed (with)", "disputed" ], "synonyms":[ "contradicted", "denied", "disaffirmed", "disallowed", "disavowed", "disclaimed", "disconfirmed", "disowned", "gainsaid", "negated", "refuted", "rejected", "repudiated" ] }, "to reject by or as if by a vote":{ "antonyms":[ "confirmed", "ratified" ], "examples":[ "although the rebuttal was very eloquent, the jury negatived it in favor of the prosecution's argument", "we promptly negatived the idea of having pizza again for dinner, noting that we had already had it for three nights that week" ], "near antonyms":[ "admitted", "allowed", "approved", "assented (to)", "passed", "sanctioned", "elected", "supported" ], "related":[ "declined", "disallowed", "disapproved", "dismissed", "refused", "blacklisted" ], "synonyms":[ "blackballed", "downed", "killed", "nixed", "shot down", "vetoed" ] }, "to show unwillingness to accept, do, engage in, or agree to":{ "antonyms":[ "accepted", "agreed (to)", "approved" ], "examples":[ "even though I had originally negatived the invitation, Mom thought I should go anyway" ], "near antonyms":[ "condoned", "countenanced", "swallowed", "tolerated", "adopted", "embraced", "received", "took", "welcomed", "acceded", "acquiesced", "agreed", "assented", "consented", "chose", "handpicked", "selected", "espoused", "supported" ], "related":[ "blew off", "disdained", "rebuffed", "scorned", "scouted", "shot down", "overruled", "vetoed", "forbade", "forbad", "prohibited", "proscribed", "dismissed", "ignored", "abstained (from)", "forbore", "refrained (from)", "denied", "disavowed", "disclaimed", "disputed", "gainsaid", "stuck", "abjured", "forswore", "foreswore", "recanted", "renounced", "retracted", "took back", "unsaid", "withdrew", "avoided", "bypassed", "detoured", "contradicted", "denied", "disowned", "negated", "controverted", "disagreed (with)", "disproved", "disputed", "rebutted", "refuted", "backed down", "backed off", "backtracked", "disallowed", "recalled", "reneged", "revoked" ], "synonyms":[ "balked (at)", "declined", "deselected", "disapproved", "nixed", "passed", "passed up", "refused", "rejected", "reprobated", "repudiated", "spurned", "threw out", "threw over", "turned down" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "neglect":{ "the nonperformance of an assigned or expected action":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "your ongoing neglect of your health is going to land you in the hospital someday" ], "near antonyms":[ "compliance", "discharge", "fulfillment", "fulfilment" ], "related":[ "carelessness", "heedlessness", "inadvertence", "inadvertency", "laxity" ], "synonyms":[ "default", "delinquency", "dereliction", "failure", "misprision", "negligence", "nonfeasance", "oversight" ] }, "the state of being unattended to or not cared for":{ "antonyms":[ "keeping", "repair" ], "examples":[ "for years the barn sat in neglect until one day it finally fell down" ], "near antonyms":[ "conservation", "preservation", "upkeep" ], "related":[ "inattention", "negligence", "abandonment", "desertion", "decay", "decrepitude", "dereliction", "deterioration", "disintegration", "dumpiness", "ruin", "ruination" ], "synonyms":[ "desolation", "dilapidation", "disrepair", "seediness" ] }, "to fail to give proper attention to":{ "antonyms":[ "attend (to)", "heed", "mind", "regard", "tend (to)" ], "examples":[ "as usual the news media neglected the real issues of the campaign and focused on personalities" ], "near antonyms":[ "appreciate", "cherish", "prize", "treasure", "value", "cultivate", "foster", "nurse", "nurture", "pamper", "remember", "listen (to)", "watch", "follow", "mark", "note", "notice", "observe", "remark" ], "related":[ "fail", "miss", "omit", "brush (aside or off)", "reject", "shrug off", "slough (off)", "sluff (off)", "disdain", "pooh-pooh", "pooh", "scorn", "scant", "skimp" ], "synonyms":[ "bypass", "disregard", "forget", "ignore", "overlook", "overpass", "pass over", "slight", "slur (over)" ] }, "to leave undone or unattended to especially through carelessness":{ "antonyms":[ "attend (to)", "remember" ], "examples":[ "I've neglected my garden, and now it's overgrown with weeds" ], "near antonyms":[ "carry out", "do", "execute", "perform", "accomplish", "achieve", "keep up", "maintain" ], "related":[ "slack (off)" ], "synonyms":[ "forget", "shirk" ] }, "to miss the opportunity or obligation":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "conveniently, the job applicant neglected to mention his criminal record" ], "near antonyms":[ "heed", "mind", "remember", "keep", "observe", "carry out", "do", "execute", "perform", "practice", "practise", "discharge", "fulfill", "fulfil", "meet", "satisfy", "comply (with)" ], "related":[ "disregard", "ignore", "overlook", "overpass", "pass over", "pretermit", "slight", "slide", "slip", "default", "skip" ], "synonyms":[ "fail", "forget", "omit" ] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "negligible":{ "lacking importance":{ "antonyms":[ "big", "consequential", "eventful", "important", "major", "material", "meaningful", "momentous", "significant", "substantial", "unfrivolous", "weighty" ], "examples":[ "the results from that small study of coffee drinkers are negligible and can be ignored" ], "near antonyms":[ "decisive", "fatal", "fateful", "chief", "dominant", "overbearing", "overmastering", "overriding", "principal", "distinctive", "exceptional", "impressive", "outstanding", "prominent", "remarkable", "valuable", "worthwhile", "worthy", "distinguished", "eminent", "great", "illustrious", "preeminent", "prestigious", "famous", "notorious", "renowned", "all-important", "basic", "essential", "fundamental", "key" ], "related":[ "jerkwater", "one-horse", "nickel-and-dime", "paltry", "petty", "small-time", "worthless", "anonymous", "nameless", "obscure", "uncelebrated", "unknown" ], "synonyms":[ "fiddling", "foolish", "frivolous", "incidental", "inconsequential", "inconsiderable", "insignificant", "little", "Mickey Mouse", "minor", "minute", "nugatory", "slight", "small", "small-fry", "trifling", "trivial", "unimportant" ] }, "small in degree":{ "antonyms":[ "good" ], "examples":[ "there's a negligible chance I may make it to the picnic, but don't count on it" ], "near antonyms":[ "great", "large", "distinct", "significant", "considerable", "goodly", "healthy", "largish", "respectable", "significant", "sizable", "sizeable", "substantial", "tidy" ], "related":[ "marginal", "minimal", "minor", "little", "tiny" ], "synonyms":[ "fragile", "frail", "off", "outside", "remote", "slight", "slim", "small" ] }, "so small or unimportant as to warrant little or no attention":{ "antonyms":[ "big", "consequential", "considerable", "important", "material", "significant" ], "examples":[ "the two cents in change was such a negligible sum that she left the store without bothering to take it" ], "near antonyms":[ "serious", "substantial", "weighty", "eventful", "momentous", "pivotal", "conspicuous", "noteworthy", "outstanding", "prominent", "remarkable", "striking", "appreciable", "discernible", "discernable", "measurable" ], "related":[ "inferior", "mean", "imperceptible", "inappreciable", "little", "puny", "tiny", "hairsplitting", "nitpicking", "pettifogging", "quibbling", "one-horse", "small-fry", "two-bit" ], "synonyms":[ "chicken", "de minimis", "footling", "inconsequential", "inconsiderable", "insignificant", "measly", "Mickey Mouse", "minute", "niggling", "no-account", "nominal", "paltry", "peanut", "petty", "picayune", "piddling", "piddly", "piffling", "pimping", "slight", "trifling", "trivial" ] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "negotiation":{ "the act or practice of each side giving up something in order to reach an 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"related":[ "burrow", "couch", "crouch", "huddle", "hunch", "hunker (down)", "scrunch", "squat", "squinch" ], "synonyms":[ "curl up", "snug", "snuggle" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "nestles":{ "to establish or place comfortably or snugly":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "we had scarcely nestled the children in their beds when there was a knock at the door" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "deploys", "emplaces", "fixes", "locates", "parks", "plants", "positions", "sets", "situates", "stations", "anchors", "bivouacs", "camps", "camps (out)", "burrows", "curls up", "digs in", "harbors", "houses" ], "synonyms":[ "ensconces", "installs", "lodges", "perches", "roosts", "settles" ] }, "to lie close":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "nestled in next to the other kittens in the box" ], "near antonyms":[ "blenches", "flinches", "quails", "recoils", "shies", "shrinks", "starts", "winces" ], "related":[ "curls up", "crouches", "huddles" ], "synonyms":[ "cuddles", "nuzzles", "snoozles", "snuggles" ] }, 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"antonyms":[], "examples":[ "nestled in next to the other kittens in the box" ], "near antonyms":[ "blenching", "flinching", "quailing", "recoiling", "shrinking", "shying", "starting", "wincing" ], "related":[ "curling up", "crouching", "huddling" ], "synonyms":[ "cuddling", "nuzzling", "snoozling", "snuggling" ] }, "to sit or recline comfortably or cozily":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "nestling with her children on the couch" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "burrowing", "couching", "crouching", "huddling", "hunching", "hunkering (down)", "scrunching", "squatting", "squinching" ], "synonyms":[ "curling up", "snugging", "snuggling" ] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "net":{ "a device or scheme for capturing another by surprise":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "drug runners caught in an elaborate net set by the police" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "enmeshment", "entanglement", "entrapment", "envelopment", "booby trap", "catch", "hazard", "land mine", "pitfall", "snag", "artifice", "cheat", "cheating", "deception", "double-dealing", "duplicity", "ploy", "ruse", "subterfuge", "trick" ], "synonyms":[ "ambush", "snare", "trap", "web" ] }, "a fabric made of strands loosely twisted, knotted, or woven together at regular intervals":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "the basketball didn't go into the basket\u2014it just hit the net" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "web", "webbing", "grille", "grill", "lattice", "screen", "screening", "wirework", "bobbinet", "Brussels lace", "filigree", "fishnet", "lace", "marquisette", "tulle" ], "synonyms":[ "mesh", "netting", "network" ] }, "something that catches and holds":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "caught in a net of palace intrigues" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "knot", "snarl", "tangle", "cat's cradle", "labyrinth", "maze", "cobweb", "spiderweb" ], "synonyms":[ "entanglement", "mesh(es)", "morass", "noose", "quagmire", "quicksand", "snare", "tanglement", "toil(s)", "trap", "web" ] }, "the amount of money left when expenses are subtracted from the total amount received":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "his net for the year was about 60% of his total income" ], "near antonyms":[ "charge", "cost", "disbursement", "expenditure", "expense", "loss", "outgo", "outlay" ], "related":[ "cleanup", "killing", "windfall", "bottom line", "gross", "sales", "compensation", "emolument", "income", "pay", "payment", "remittal", "requital", "salary", "wages", "interest", "revenue", "yield" ], "synonyms":[ "earnings", "gain", "lucre", "payoff", "proceeds", "profit", "return" ] }, "the central part or aspect of something under consideration":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "the net of the report on race relations is that things are better but not good enough" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "course", "direction", "drift", "tenor", "body", "content", "substance", "hypothesis", "proposition", "purport", "subject", "theme", "thesis" ], "synonyms":[ "bottom line", "bull's-eye", "centerpiece", "core", "crux", "essence", "gist", "heart", "kernel", "keynote", "meat", "meat and potatoes", "nub", "nubbin", "nucleus", "pith", "pivot", "point", "root", "sum" ] }, "to catch or hold as if in a net":{ "antonyms":[ "disentangle", "untangle" ], "examples":[ "the kite was stubbornly netted in the branches of the willow tree" ], "near antonyms":[ "detach", "disengage", "extricate", "clear", "free", "liberate" ], "related":[ "bag", "birdlime", "capture", "collar", "embroil", "implicate", "involve", "mire" ], "synonyms":[ "catch up", "enmesh", "immesh", "ensnare", "ensnarl", "entangle", "entoil", "entrap", "mesh", "snare", "tangle", "trap" ] }, "to receive after charges and deductions have been made":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "the entrepreneur netted millions on that deal" ], "near antonyms":[ "gross" ], "related":[ "earn", "gain", "garner", "get", "make", "realize", "cash in (on)", "rake (in)", "clean up" ], "synonyms":[ "clear" ] }, "to take physical control or possession of (something) suddenly or forcibly":{ "antonyms":[ "miss" ], "examples":[ "a police sting that netted drug dealers from all parts of the city" ], "near antonyms":[ "discharge", "free", "liberate", "release", "drop", "loosen", "unhand" ], "related":[ "glove", "halter", "lasso", "rope", "apprehend", "arrest", "detain", "bay", "corner", "clasp", "clutch", "fasten (on)", "fist", "grasp", "grip", "hold", "latch (on or onto)", "secure", "rend", "wrest", "enmesh", "immesh", "ensnare", "entangle", "entrap", "mesh", "abduct", "kidnap", "spirit (away or off)" ], "synonyms":[ "bag", "capture", "catch", "collar", "cop", "corral", "get", "glom", "grab", "grapple", "hook", "land", "nab", "nail", "nobble", "rap", "seize", "snag", "snap (up)", "snare", "snatch", "trap" ] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "netting":{ "a fabric made of strands loosely twisted, knotted, or woven together at regular intervals":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "wore a veil of netting" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "web", "webbing", "grille", "grill", "lattice", "screen", "screening", "wirework", "bobbinet", "Brussels lace", "filigree", "fishnet", "lace", "marquisette", "tulle" ], "synonyms":[ "mesh", "net", "network" ] }, "to catch or hold as if in a net":{ "antonyms":[ "disentangling", "untangling" ], "examples":[ "the kite was stubbornly netted in the branches of the willow tree" ], "near antonyms":[ "detaching", "disengaging", "extricating", "clearing", "freeing", "liberating" ], "related":[ "bagging", "birdliming", "capturing", "collaring", "embroiling", "implicating", "involving", "miring" ], "synonyms":[ "catching up", "enmeshing", "immeshing", "ensnaring", "ensnarling", "entangling", "entoiling", "entrapping", "meshing", "snaring", "tangling", "trapping" ] }, "to receive after charges and deductions have been made":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "the entrepreneur netted millions on that deal" ], "near antonyms":[ "grossing" ], "related":[ "earning", "gaining", "garnering", "getting", "making", "realizing", "cashing in (on)", "raking (in)", "cleaning up" ], "synonyms":[ "clearing" ] }, "to take physical control or possession of (something) suddenly or forcibly":{ "antonyms":[ "missing" ], "examples":[ "a police sting that netted drug dealers from all parts of the city" ], "near antonyms":[ "discharging", "freeing", "liberating", "releasing", "dropping", "loosening", "unhanding" ], "related":[ "gloving", "haltering", "lassoing", "roping", "apprehending", "arresting", "detaining", "baying", "cornering", "clasping", "clutching", "fastening (on)", "fisting", "grasping", "gripping", "holding", "latching (on or onto)", "securing", "rending", "wresting", "enmeshing", "immeshing", "ensnaring", "entangling", "entrapping", "meshing", "abducting", "kidnapping", "kidnaping", "spiriting (away or off)" ], "synonyms":[ "bagging", "capturing", "catching", "collaring", "copping", "corralling", "getting", "glomming", "grabbing", "grappling", "hooking", "landing", "nabbing", "nailing", "nobbling", "rapping", "seizing", "snagging", "snapping (up)", "snaring", "snatching", "trapping" ] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "nettled":{ "to disturb the peace of mind of (someone) especially by repeated disagreeable acts":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "don't nettle your brother while he's trying to do his homework" ], "near antonyms":[ "appeased", "conciliated", "mollified", "obliged", "pacified", "placated", "propitiated", "delighted", "gladdened", "gratified", "pleased", "satisfied", "assured", "cheered", "comforted", "consoled", "contented", "quieted", "reassured", "solaced", "soothed" ], "related":[ "hassled", "heckled", "nagged", "inflamed", "enflamed", "provoked", "roused", "badgered", "baited", "bullyragged", "ballyragged", "deviled", "devilled", "hagrode", "harassed", "harried", "pestered", "plagued", "teased", "angered", "antagonized", "enraged", "incensed", "infuriated", "maddened", "rankled", "roiled", "agitated", "discomforted", "discomposed", "disquieted", "distressed", "exercised", "freaked (out)", "fretted", "perturbed", "undid", "unhinged", "unsettled", "upset", "worried", "affronted", "insulted", "miffed", "offended", "outraged" ], "synonyms":[ "aggravated", "annoyed", "ate", "bothered", "bugged", "burned (up)", "burnt (up)", "chafed", "exasperated", "frosted", "galled", "got", "grated", "griped", "hacked (off)", "irked", "irritated", "itched", "narked", "peeved", "persecuted", "piqued", "put out", "rasped", "riled", "ruffled", "spited", "vexed", "vext" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "nettlesome":{ "causing annoyance":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "a few nettlesome details that still required attention" ], "near antonyms":[ "delightful", "pleasing" ], "related":[ "burdensome", "discomforting", "displeasing", "disquieting", "distressing", "importunate", "importune", "inconveniencing", "angering", "enraging", "infuriating", "brattish", "bratty", "mischievous", "offensive", "troublesome", "upsetting", "distractive", "painful", "stressful", "tiresome", "troubling", "trying", "worrisome", "biting", "grating", "jangling", "jarring", "spiny", "thorny" ], "synonyms":[ "abrasive", "aggravating", "annoying", "bothersome", "carking", "chafing", "disturbing", "exasperating", "frustrating", "galling", "irksome", "irritating", "maddening", "nettling", "peeving", "pesky", "pestiferous", "pestilent", "pestilential", "pesty", "plaguey", "plaguy", "rankling", "rebarbative", "riling", "vexatious", "vexing" ] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "neutered":{ "as in desexed , altered":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "to remove the sex organs of":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "agreed to let the children have the dog on the condition that they have her neutered" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "castrated", "emasculated", "gelded", "spayed", "sterilized" ], "synonyms":[ "altered", "desexed", "fixed" ] }, "type":[ "adjective", "verb" ] }, "neutralizing":{ "as in":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "to balance with an equal force so as to make ineffective":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "a pro-government rally that is intended to neutralize the antiwar demonstrations" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "invalidating", "negating", "neutering", "nullifying", "atoning (for)", "outbalancing", "outweighing", "redeeming", "redressing", "relieving", "remedying", "overriding", "overruling" ], "synonyms":[ "annulling", "canceling (out)", "cancelling (out)", "compensating (for)", "correcting", "counteracting", "counterbalancing", "counterpoising", "making up (for)", "negativing", "offsetting" ] }, "to put to death deliberately":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "orders to find the renegade colonel and to neutralize him" ], "near antonyms":[ "animating", "raising", "restoring", "resurrecting", "resuscitating", "reviving" ], "related":[ "blowing away", "shooting", "shooting down", "blotting out", "carrying off", "claiming", "cutting down", "destroying", "felling", "killing", "smiting", "zapping", "butchering", "massacring", "mowing (down)", "slaughtering", "annihilating", "eliminating", "eradicating", "exterminating", "wiping out" ], "synonyms":[ "assassinating", "bumping off", "croaking", "dispatching", "doing in", "executing", "getting", "icing", "knocking off", "liquidating", "murdering", "offing", "putting away", "rubbing out", "slaying", "snuffing", "taking out", "terminating", "whacking" ] }, "type":[ "adjective", "verb" ] }, "newsman":{ "a person employed by a newspaper, magazine, or radio or television station to gather, write, or report news":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "any newsman will tell you that if you talk to enough people, you'll eventually get a money quote" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "announcer", "broadcaster", "newscaster", "newspaperman", "newspaperwoman", "newswoman", "anchor", "anchorman", "anchorperson", "anchorwoman", "byliner", "columnist", "commentator", "copyreader", "editor", "muckraker", "photojournalist", "police 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