{ "orating":{ "to give a formal often extended talk on a subject":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "the respected anthropologist is expected to orate about her latest research findings before a packed auditorium" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "reciting", "soliloquizing", "disserting", "expounding", "pontificating", "sermonizing", "mouthing", "spouting", "filibustering" ], "synonyms":[ "declaiming", "descanting", "discoursing", "expatiating", "haranguing", "lecturing", "speaking", "talking" ] }, "to talk as if giving an important and formal speech":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "given the opportunity, many politicians will orate at considerable length on just about any subject" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "ranting", "raving", "bloviating", "blowing", "lecturing", "preaching", "sermonizing", "advertising", "announcing", "broadcasting", "declaring", "proclaiming", "pronouncing", "speaking", "speechifying", "talking" ], "synonyms":[ "declaiming", "discoursing", "haranguing", "mouthing (off)", "perorating" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "oratory":{ "language that is impressive-sounding but not meaningful or sincere":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "the politician's oratory sounded good only to people who didn't bother to think" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "claptrap", "drivel", "gibberish", "hogwash", "humbug", "jabberwocky", "jazz", "moonshine", "nonsense", "affectedness", "floweriness", "grandiosity", "loftiness", "pomposity", "pretension", "pretentiousness", "garrulity", "garrulousness", "verboseness", "verbosity", "windiness", "wordiness" ], "synonyms":[ "bombast", "fustian", "gas", "grandiloquence", "hot air", "rhetoric", "verbiage", "wind" ] }, "the art of speaking in public eloquently and effectively":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "a presidential hopeful with a gift for oratory and a highly charismatic personality" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "bombast", "grandiloquence", "eloquence", "rhetoric", "discourse", "speech", "talk" ], "synonyms":[ "elocution", "public speaking" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "ordinariness":{ "the quality or state of being ordinary":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "He was a cheerful person who took pleasure even in the ordinariness of everyday life." ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "ordonnance":{ "the way in which the elements of something (as a work of art) are arranged":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "the novel's intricate ordonnance might not be apparent to the casual reader" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "motif", "theme" ], "synonyms":[ "arrangement", "composition", "configuration", "constellation", "design", "form", "format", "getup", "layout", "makeup", "pattern" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "organic":{ "being a part of an integrated whole that cannot be removed":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "The American Revolution is an organic part of the history of the United States." ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, 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"educated", "enlightened", "grounded", "instructed", "schooled", "trained", "versed", "exposed", "presented", "subjected", "advised", "tipped (off)", "told", "warned", "wised (up)", "reacquainted" ], "synonyms":[ "accustomed", "acquainted", "familiarized", "initiated", "introduced", "orientated" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "original":{ "a person of odd or whimsical habits":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "the town's singing mailman is an original , all right" ], "near antonyms":[ "conformer", "conformist", "follower", "sheep" ], "related":[ "bohemian", "maverick", "nonconformist", "quixote", "coot", "geezer", "curio", "rarity", "freak", "fantast", "fantastico" ], "synonyms":[ "character", "codger", "crack", "crackbrain", "crackpot", "crank", "eccentric", "flake", "fruitcake", "head case", "kook", "nut", "nutcase", "nutter", "oddball", "oddity", "quiz", "screwball", "weirdo", "zany" ] }, "coming before all others in time or order":{ "antonyms":[ "final", "last", "latest", "latter", "terminal", "terminating", "ultimate" ], "examples":[ "the original plan had to be discarded when the situation changed drastically" ], "near antonyms":[ "advanced", "late", "consequent", "ensuing", "following", "subsequent", "succeeding", "penultimate" ], "related":[ "ancient", "early", "primal", "primary", "prime", "primeval", "primitive", "primordial", "antecedent", "preceding", "previous" ], "synonyms":[ "earliest", "first", "foremost", "headmost", "inaugural", "initial", "leadoff", "maiden", "pioneer", "premier", "virgin" ] }, "having the skill and imagination to create new things":{ "antonyms":[ "uncreative", "unimaginative", "uninventive", "unoriginal" ], "examples":[ "an original artist who wanted his paintings to convey his emotional responses to the people, objects, and landscapes he painted" ], "near antonyms":[ "imitative", "uninspired", "infertile", "unproductive", "talentless" ], "related":[ "gifted", "inspired", "talented", "resourceful", "fecund", "fertile", "fruitful", "generative", "germinal", "productive", "prolific" ], "synonyms":[ "clever", "creative", "imaginative", "ingenious", "innovational", "innovative", "innovatory", "inventive", "originative", "Promethean" ] }, "not known or experienced before":{ "antonyms":[ "familiar", "hackneyed", "old", "time-honored", "tired", "warmed-over" ], "examples":[ "separate categories for original and adapted screenplays" ], "near antonyms":[ "conventional", "established", "traditional", "tried", "tried-and-true", "derivative", "imitative" ], "related":[ "innovative", "unique", "nontraditional", "unconventional", "untried", "unused", "unworn", "pathbreaking", "pioneering", "trailblazing" ], "synonyms":[ "fresh", "new", "novel", "strange", "unaccustomed", "unfamiliar", "unheard-of", "unknown", "unprecedented" ] }, "something from which copies are made":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "please make copies to hand out, but keep the original" ], "near antonyms":[ "copy", "imitation", "replica", "reproduction", "counterfeit", "fake", "forgery", "sham" ], "related":[ "source", "example", "mold", "paradigm", "pattern", "beau ideal", "classic", "exemplar", "ideal", "model", "nonpareil", "paragon", "blueprint", "draft" ], "synonyms":[ "archetype", "prototype" ] }, "type":[ "adjective", "noun" ] }, "originate":{ "to come into existence":{ "antonyms":[ "cease", "end", "stop" ], "examples":[ "the theory of relativity originated with Albert Einstein" ], "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", "set in", "spring", "start" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, 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"gingerbready", "overdecorated", "overwrought" ] }, "full of fine words and fancy expressions":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "the ornate prose that was standard in all diplomatic correspondence in those days" ], "near antonyms":[ "prosaic", "unpoetic", "bald", "direct", "lean", "matter-of-fact", "plain", "plainspoken", "simple", "spare", "stark", "straightforward", "unadorned", "natural", "unaffected", "unpretentious" ], "related":[ "affected", "bloated", "fancy-pants", "grandiose", "inflated", "pompous", "pretentious", "stilted", "excessive", "flattering", "fulsome", "boastful", "bombastic", "elevated", "eloquent", "lofty", "bookish", "inkhorn", "learned" ], "synonyms":[ "aureate", "florid", "flowery", "grandiloquent", "high-flown", "high-sounding", "highfalutin", "hifalutin", "magnific", "purple", "rhetorical", "rhetoric" ] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "ornery":{ "having or showing a habitually bad temper":{ "antonyms":[ "amiable", "good-humored", "good-natured", "good-tempered" ], "examples":[ "an ornery old man who always yells at the neighborhood kids to keep off his lawn" ], "near antonyms":[ "agreeable", "amicable", "congenial", "friendly", "pleasant", "benign", "gentle", "kind", "nice", "sweet", "bubbly", "cheerful", "cheery", "effervescent", "exuberant", "high-spirited", "joyful", "lighthearted", "lively", "vivacious", "content", "glad", "happy", "calm", "placid", "serene", "long-suffering", "patient", "tolerant" ], "related":[ "choleric", "crabby", "cranky", "crotchety", "fussy", "grouchy", "grumpy", "querulous", "irascible", "irritable", "peevish", "peppery", "petulant", "quick-tempered", "short-tempered", "snappish", "snippy", "testy", "touchy", "argumentative", "contentious", "contrary", "cussed", "angry", "exasperated", "indignant", "irate", "mad", "upset", "uptight", "depressed", "dour", "glum", "morose", "sullen", "anal", "old-maidish", "schoolmarmish" ], "synonyms":[ "acid", "bearish", "bilious", "bloody-minded", "cantankerous", "disagreeable", "dyspeptic", "ill-humored", "ill-natured", "ill-tempered", "splenetic", "surly" ] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] } }