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"something that catches and holds":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "a married woman hopelessly caught in the toils of an extramarital affair" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "knot", "snarl", "tangle", "cat's cradle", "labyrinth", "maze", "cobweb", "spiderweb" ], "synonyms":[ "entanglement", "mesh(es)", "morass", "net", "noose", "quagmire", "quicksand", "snare", "tanglement", "trap", "web" ] }, "to devote serious and sustained effort":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "toiled for many years on the mammoth outdoor sculpture" ], "near antonyms":[ "break", "ease (up)", "let up", "slacken", "bum", "chill", "dally", "dillydally", "footle", "goldbrick", "goof (off)", "hack (around)", "hang (around or out)", "idle", "laze", "loaf", "lounge", "shirk", "slack (off)", "veg out", "bask", "loll", "relax", "repose", "rest", "unwind", "dabble", "doodle", "fool around", "fribble", "goof (around)", "hang", "hang about", "mess around", "monkey (around)", "play", "potter (around)", "putter (around)", "trifle" ], "related":[ "apply (oneself)", "buckle (down)", "dig in", "hammer (away)", "knuckle down", "pitch in", "attack", "drive", "essay", "try", "exercise", "exert", "overexert", "overwork", "eke out", "grind (out)", "put out", "scrabble", "scratch", "trudge", "wade" ], "synonyms":[ "bang away", "beaver (away)", "dig (away)", "drudge", "endeavor", "fag", "grub", "hump", "hustle", "labor", "moil", "peg (away)", "plod", "plow", "plug", "slave", "slog", "strain", "strive", "struggle", "sweat", "travail", "tug", "work" ] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ], "very hard or unpleasant work":{ "antonyms":[ "fun", "play" ], "examples":[ "after years of toil in a sweatshop, Kim was finally able to start her own dressmaking business" ], "near antonyms":[ "decompression", "ease", "leisure", "relaxation", "repose", "rest", "amusement", "dalliance", "diversion", "entertainment", "recreation", "sport", "dormancy", "idleness", "inactivity", "inertia", "inertness", "dallying", "goldbricking", "loafing", "lolling", "lounging" ], "related":[ "spadework", "effort", "exertion", "pains", "struggle", "trouble", "chore", "duty", "job", "obligation", "responsibility", "routine", "tedium", "treadmill" ], "synonyms":[ "donkeywork", "drudge", "drudgery", "fatigue", "grind", "labor", "moil", "slavery", "sweat", "travail" ] } }, "tolbooths":{ "a place of confinement for persons held in lawful custody":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "Deacon Brodie, thought to be the inspiration for Robert Louis Stevenson's Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde , was publicly hung at the site of the old tolbooth of Edinburgh" ], "near antonyms":[ "outsides" ], "related":[ "bull pens", "cages", "cells", "holes", "tanks", "blocks", "wards", "glasshouses", "guardhouses", "hulks", "concentration camps", "gulags", "labor camps", "prison camps", "stalags", "work camps", "dungeons", "keeps", "oubliettes", "reformatories", "reform schools", "training schools" ], "synonyms":[ "bastilles", "big houses", "bridewells", "brigs", "calabooses", "cans", "clinks", "coolers", "coops", "guardrooms", "hocks", "holds", "hoosegows", "jailhouses", "jails", "joints", "jugs", "lockups", "nicks", "penitentiaries", "pens", "pokeys", "prisons", "quods", "slammers", "slams", "stirs", "stockades" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "tolerance":{ "the capacity to endure what is difficult or disagreeable without complaining":{ "antonyms":[ "impatience" ], "examples":[ "showed great tolerance in dealing with the child's tantrums" ], "near antonyms":[ "defiance", "contrariness", "disobedience", "insubordination", "intractability", "recalcitrance", "resistance", "willfulness" ], "related":[ "acquiescence", "resignation", "passiveness", "passivity", "amenability", "compliance", "conformism", "docility", "obedience", "subordination", "tractability", "willingness", "discipline", "self-control", "submission", "submissiveness" ], "synonyms":[ "forbearance", "long-suffering", "patience", "sufferance" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "tomb":{ "a final resting place for a dead person":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "explored the historic graveyard and saw tombs that dated back two centuries" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "catacomb", "charnel", "charnel house", "columbarium", "crypt", "mausoleum", "vault", "cemetery", "churchyard", "graveyard", "potter's field", "barrow", "mound", "tumulus" ], "synonyms":[ "burial", "grave", "sepulchre", "sepulcher", "sepulture" ] }, "to place (a dead body) in the earth, a tomb, or the sea":{ "antonyms":[ "disinter", "exhume", "unearth" ], "examples":[ "Forest Lawn is where many of Tinseltown's immortals are tombed for all eternity" ], "near antonyms":[ "burn", "cremate", "bare", "disclose", "discover", "display", "exhibit", "expose", "reveal", "show", "uncoffin" ], "related":[ "immure", "inurn", "enshrine", "conceal", "cover", "ensconce", "hide", "obscure", "shade", "shield", "cloak", "curtain", "enshroud", "shroud", "rebury", "reinter", "coffin" ], "synonyms":[ "bury", "entomb", "hearse", "inhume", "inter", "lay", "put away" ] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "tommy-gunned":{ "as in":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "tongue-lash":{ "to criticize (someone) severely or angrily especially for personal failings":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "the drill sergeant tongue-lashed the recruits with a colorful litany of foulmouthed invectives" ], "near antonyms":[ "approve", "endorse", "indorse", "sanction", "extol", "extoll", "laud", "praise" ], "related":[ "admonish", "chide", "remonstrate (with)", "reprove", "abuse", "assail", "attack", "bad-mouth", "blame", "blast", "censure", "condemn", "criticize", "crucify", "denounce", "dis", "diss", "excoriate", "fault", "harangue", "knock", "lace (into)", "lash", "pan", "reprehend", "revile", "scourge", "slam", "vituperate", "belittle", "disparage", "mock", "put down", "ridicule", "scoff", "scorn" ], "synonyms":[ "baste", "bawl out", "berate", "call down", "castigate", "chastise", "chew out", "dress down", "flay", "hammer", "jaw", "keelhaul", "lambaste", "lambast", "lecture", "rag", "rail (at or against)", "rant (at)", "rate", "ream (out)", "rebuke", "reprimand", "reproach", "scold", "score", "upbraid" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "took":{ "to achieve a victory over":{ "antonyms":[ "lost (to)" ], "examples":[ "I know we can take that team" ], "near antonyms":[ "fell", "gave up", "went down", "went under", "collapsed", "failed", "flopped", "flunked", "folded", "washed out" ], "related":[ "swept", "edged (out)", "nosed out", "pipped", "annihilated", "blew away", "blew out", "bombed", "broke", "buried", "clobbered", "creamed", "crushed", "drubbed", "finished", "flattened", "overwhelmed", "routed", "shellacked", "skinned", "slaughtered", "smoked", "snowed under", "thrashed", "trounced", "upset", "walloped", "waxed", "whipped", "capped", "excelled", "flourished", "scored", "succeeded", "knocked off", "knocked over", "overpowered", "overthrew", "subjugated", "unseated", "vanquished", "aced (out)", "bettered", "eclipsed", "exceeded", "excelled", "outdid", "outdistanced", "outfought", "outshone", "outshined", "outstripped", "overtopped", "surpassed", "topped", "transcended" ], "synonyms":[ "beat", "bested", "conquered", "defeated", "did down", "dispatched", "got", "got around", "licked", "mastered", "overbore", "overcame", "overmatched", "prevailed (over)", "skunked", "stopped", "subdued", "surmounted", "trimmed", "triumphed (over)", "upended", "won (against)", "worsted" ] }, "to agree to receive whether willingly or reluctantly":{ "antonyms":[ "declined", "denied", "disallowed", "disapproved", "negatived", "refused", "rejected", "spurned", "turned down", "vetoed" ], "examples":[ "will you take that call?", "took a cut in pay" ], "near antonyms":[ "dissented (to)", "objected (to)", "opposed", "protested", "held off", "resisted", "withstood", "combated", "combatted", "contested", "fought" ], "related":[ "acceded (to)", "assented (to)", "conceded (to)", "confirmed", "consented (to)", "OK'd", "okayed", "ratified", "sanctioned", "warranted", "acquiesced (to)", "bowed (to)", "capitulated (to)", "gave in (to)", "submitted (to)", "succumbed (to)", "surrendered (to)", "yielded (to)", "abided", "abode", "bore", "brooked", "countenanced", "endured", "shouldered", "stomached", "stood", "stuck out", "supported", "sustained", "swallowed", "sweat out", "sweated out", "tolerated", "adopted", "embraced", "welcomed" ], "synonyms":[ "accepted", "had" ] }, "to become affected with (a disease or disorder)":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "if you don't cover your head in this weather, you'll take cold and be stuck inside all weekend" ], "near antonyms":[ "came back", "gained", "healed", "mended", "recouped", "recovered", "recuperated", "snapped back", "rallied", "rebounded", "recovered (from)", "shook (off)" ], "related":[ "broke out (with)", "died (from)", "succumbed (to)", "failed", "languished", "sank", "sunk", "wasted (away)", "weakened", "wilted", "withered", "worsened" ], "synonyms":[ "came down (with)", "caught", "contracted", "got", "sickened (with)", "went down (with)" ] }, "to deal with (something) usually skillfully or efficiently":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "let's take each problem separately" ], "near antonyms":[ "botched", "bungled", "foozled", "fumbled", "goofed (up)", "loused up", "messed (up)", "mishandled", "muffed", "scamped" ], "related":[ "engineered", "finessed", "jockeyed", "brought off", "carried off", "carried out", "got off", "pulled", "commanded", "directed", "guided", "steered", "controlled", "micromanaged", "ran", "run", "regulated", "reacted (to)", "responded (to)" ], "synonyms":[ "addressed", "contended (with)", "coped (with)", "fielded", "grappled (with)", "hacked", "handled", "managed", "maneuvered", "manipulated", "negotiated", "played", "swung", "treated" ] }, "to decide to accept (someone or something) from a group of possibilities":{ "antonyms":[ "declined", "refused", "rejected", "turned down" ], "examples":[ "you can take the white side this time, since I got to be white for our last chess game" ], "near antonyms":[ "disapproved", "negatived", "repudiated", "spurned", "discarded", "jettisoned", "threw away", "threw out" ], "related":[ "preselected", "appointed", "designated", "fixed", "marked", "nominated", "set", "tabbed", "tapped", "accepted", "adopted", "embraced", "espoused", "settled (on or upon)" ], "synonyms":[ "cherry-picked", "chose", "culled", "elected", "handpicked", "named", "opted (for)", "picked", "preferred", "selected", "singled (out)", "tagged" ] }, "to deprive of life":{ "antonyms":[ "animated" ], "examples":[ "I never thought heart disease would take such an athletic and health-conscious person" ], "near antonyms":[ "raised", "restored", "resurrected", "resuscitated", "revived", "nurtured" ], "related":[ "bumped off", "butchered", "cut down", "finished", "got", "iced", "knocked off", "murdered", "neutralized", "offed", "put away", "rubbed out", "scragged", "snuffed", "took out", "wasted", "whacked", "annihilated", "blotted out", "decimated", "killed off", "massacred", "mowed", "slaughtered", "smote", "assassinated", "executed", "martyred", "terminated", "euthanized", "euthanatized", "put down", "suicided" ], "synonyms":[ "carried off", "claimed", "croaked", "destroyed", "did in", "dispatched", "felled", "killed", "slew" ] }, "to get possession of (something) by giving money in exchange for":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "I'll take two cheeseburgers to go, please" ], "near antonyms":[ "dealt (in)", "marketed", "merchandised", "merchandized", "retailed", "sold", "vended" ], "related":[ "acquired", "gained", "garnered", "got", "obtained", "procured", "secured", "won", "financed", "paid (for)", "sprang (for)", "sprung (for)", "bartered (for)", "dealt (for)", "dickered (over)", "exchanged (for)", "haggled (for)", "negotiated (about)", "traded (for)", "bargained (with)", "chaffered (with)", "horse-traded (with)", "paltered (with)", "bade", "bid", "offered", "rebought", "repurchased" ], "synonyms":[ "bought", "copped", "picked up", "purchased" ] }, "to have as a requirement":{ "antonyms":[ "had", "held" ], "examples":[ "it will take a lot of courage to stand up for what is right" ], "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", "needed", "required", "wanted", "warranted" ] }, "to make or have room for":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "I think we can take two more in this elevator" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "carried", "contained", "seated", "enclosed", "inclosed", "encompassed", "enfolded", "harbored", "housed" ], "synonyms":[ "accommodated", "fitted", "fit", "held" ] }, "to offer entrance (as to a place, school, or privilege) to":{ "antonyms":[ "banned", "barred" ], "examples":[ "the school takes only a small percentage of the thousands of applicants" ], "near antonyms":[ "declined", "disallowed", "disapproved", "dismissed", "refused", "rejected", "blackballed", "blacklisted", "ostracized", "banished", "deported", "exiled", "expelled", "ousted", "threw out" ], "related":[ "entertained", "welcomed", "fellowshipped", "fellowshiped", "confirmed", "ratified" ], "synonyms":[ "admitted", "entered", "received" ] }, "to produce a desired effect":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "it will be a few hours before this medication takes" ], "near antonyms":[ "backfired", "fizzled" ], "related":[ "behaved", "reacted", "responded", "affected", "influenced", "swayed", "panned out", "redounded", "resulted" ], "synonyms":[ "acted", "operated", "performed", "worked", "wrought" ] }, "to put up with (something painful or difficult)":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "I can't take anymore of your whining about your former boyfriend" ], "near antonyms":[ "declined", "dismissed", "refused", "rejected", "repudiated", "spurned", "turned down", "combated", "combatted", "contested", "fought", "opposed", "resisted", "avoided", "bypassed", "circumvented", "dodged", "eluded", "escaped", "evaded", "missed", "abstained (from)", "forbore", "refrained (from)" ], "related":[ "allowed", "permitted", "suffered", "swallowed", "reconciled (to)", "acquiesced", "agreed (with or to)", "assented (to)", "capitulated", "consented (to)", "respected", "submitted (to)", "yielded (to)" ], "synonyms":[ "abided", "abode", "absorbed", "accepted", "bode", "bided", "bore", "brooked", "countenanced", "endured", "hacked", "handled", "met", "pocketed", "stomached", "stood", "stuck out", "supported", "sustained", "sweat out", "sweated out", "tolerated", "went", "wore" ] }, "to reach for and take hold of by embracing with the fingers or arms":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "take my hand, or we'll get separated in this crowd" ], "near antonyms":[ "discharged", "dropped", "freed", "liberated", "released", "delivered", "entrusted", "intrusted", "gave", "handed", "handed over", "passed", "relinquished", "transferred", "transmitted", "turned over", "unhanded" ], "related":[ "clenched", "clung (to)", "clutched", "held on (to)", "caught", "nabbed", "seized", "snatched" ], "synonyms":[ "clasped", "grasped", "gripped", "held" ] }, "to regard as right or true":{ "antonyms":[ "disbelieved", "discredited", "rejected" ], "examples":[ "I think we can take his word for it" ], "near antonyms":[ "distrusted", "doubted", "misdoubted", "mistrusted", "questioned", "suspected", "challenged", "disputed" ], "related":[ "accounted", "accredited", "understood", "assumed", "presumed", "supposed", "concluded", "deduced", "inferred" ], "synonyms":[ "accepted", "believed", "bought", "credited", "swallowed", "trusted" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "took a hike":{ "to leave a place often for another":{ "antonyms":[ "arrived", "came", "showed up", "turned up" ], "examples":[ "She told them to take a hike because they aren't welcome here." ], "near antonyms":[ "abided", "abode", "dwelled", "dwelt", "lodged", "remained", "settled", "stayed", "tarried", "approached", "closed", "neared", "hit", "landed", "reached" ], "related":[ "set out", "started", "struck out", "absconded", "decamped", "escaped", "evacuated", "fled", "flew", "got out", "mizzled", "ran away", "scatted", "scrammed", "skipped", "lit", "lighted out", "stepped out", "went out", "abandoned", "deserted", "forsook", "vacated", "emigrated", "adjourned", "removed", "retired", "retreated", "withdrew" ], "synonyms":[ "bailed", "bailed out", "booked", "bugged off", "bugged out", "buggered off", "buzzed (off)", "cleared off", "cleared out", "cut out", "departed", "dug out", "exited", "got", "got off", "moved", "packed (up or off)", "parted", "peeled off", "piked (out or off)", "pulled out", "pushed off", "pushed on", "quit", "quitted", "ran along", "sallied (forth)", "scarpered", "shoved (off)", "stepped (along)", "took off", "vamoosed", "walked out", "went", "went off" ] }, "type":[ "phrase" ] }, "took down":{ "to make a written note of":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "took down the customer's contact information" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "chronicled", "minuted", "transcribed", "enregistered", "entered", "inscribed", "chalked (up)", "notched", "scored" ], "synonyms":[ "jotted (down)", "logged", "marked", "noted", "put down", "recorded", "registered", "reported", "set down", "wrote down" ] }, "to reduce to a lower standing in one's own eyes or in others' eyes":{ "antonyms":[ "aggrandized", "canonized", "deified", "elevated", "exalted" ], "examples":[ "there's no need to take us down by making fun of our clothes" ], "near antonyms":[ "acclaimed", "applauded", "boasted", "celebrated", "cheered", "cited", "commended", "complimented", "congratulated", "decorated", "eulogized", "extolled", "feted", "f\u00eated", "hailed", "honored", "lauded", "praised", "saluted", "touted", "acknowledged", "recognized", "highlighted", "played up", "spotlighted", "spotlit", "dignified", "ennobled", "enshrined", "enskied", "enthroned", "glorified", "magnified", "advanced", "boosted", "lifted", "promoted", "raised", "upgraded", "uplifted", "idealized", "romanticized" ], "related":[ "abashed", "confounded", "confused", "discomfited", "disconcerted", "discountenanced", "embarrassed", "fazed", "flustered", "mortified", "nonplussed", "nonplused", "rattled", "belittled", "castigated", "cried down", "criticized", "decried", "depreciated", "detracted", "diminished", "discounted", "disparaged", "minimized", "put down", "ridiculed", "wrote off", "bad-mouthed", "defamed", "defiled", "libeled", "libelled", "maligned", "slandered", "affronted", "insulted", "censured", "condemned", "damned", "denounced", "execrated", "reprehended", "reprobated" ], "synonyms":[ "abased", "chastened", "cheapened", "debased", "degraded", "demeaned", "discredited", "disgraced", "dishonored", "fouled", "humbled", "humiliated", "lowered", "sank", "sunk", "shamed", "smirched" ] }, "to take apart":{ "antonyms":[ "assembled", "constructed" ], "examples":[ "electricians will take down all the lights for the set after the play has finished its run" ], "near antonyms":[ "built", "erected", "pitched", "combined", "united" ], "related":[ "detached", "disengaged", "broke up", "disaggregated", "disarticulated", "disconnected", "disjoined", "disjointed", "dissevered", "disunited", "divided", "separated" ], "synonyms":[ "broke down", "demounted", "disassembled", "dismantled", "dismembered", "dismounted", "knocked down", "struck" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "took off":{ "to leave a place often for another":{ "antonyms":[ "arrived", "came", "showed up", "turned up" ], "examples":[ "I can only stay for a few minutes, and then I'll need to take off again" ], "near antonyms":[ "abided", "abode", "dwelled", "dwelt", "lodged", "remained", "settled", "stayed", "tarried", "approached", "closed", "neared", "hit", "landed", "reached" ], "related":[ "set out", "started", "struck out", "absconded", "decamped", "escaped", "evacuated", "fled", "flew", "got out", "mizzled", "ran away", "scatted", "scrammed", "skipped", "lit", "lighted out", "stepped out", "went out", "abandoned", "deserted", "forsook", "vacated", "emigrated", "adjourned", "removed", "retired", "retreated", "withdrew" ], "synonyms":[ "bailed", "bailed out", "booked", "bugged off", "bugged out", "buggered off", "buzzed (off)", "cleared off", "cleared out", "cut out", "departed", "dug out", "exited", "got", "got off", "moved", "packed (up or off)", "parted", "peeled off", "piked (out or off)", "pulled out", "pushed off", "pushed on", "quit", "quitted", "ran along", "sallied (forth)", "scarpered", "shoved (off)", "stepped (along)", "vamoosed", "walked out", "went", "went off" ] }, "to remove valuables from (a place) unlawfully":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "a gangbanger who decided to take off some fast-food joint" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "ransacked", "rifled", "despoiled", "looted", "pillaged", "plundered", "ravished", "sacked", "spoiled", "spoilt", "stripped", "stript", "bled", "broke in", "cheated", "chiseled", "chiselled", "cozened", "defrauded", "exploited", "fleeced", "hustled", "mulcted", "plucked", "rooked", "shortchanged", "skinned", "squeezed", "stuck", "stung", "swindled", "held up", "mugged", "rolled", "stuck up" ], "synonyms":[ "burglarized", "burgled", "knocked off", "knocked over", "ripped off", "robbed", "stole (from)" ] }, "to rid oneself of (a garment)":{ "antonyms":[ "donned", "put on", "slipped (into)", "threw (on)" ], "examples":[ "take off your coat and stay awhile" ], "near antonyms":[ "wore", "appareled", "apparelled", "arrayed", "attired", "bedecked", "clothed", "clad", "dressed", "garbed", "rigged", "robed", "suited" ], "related":[ "husked", "shed", "kicked (off)", "disrobed", "stripped", "stript", "undressed" ], "synonyms":[ "doffed", "doused", "peeled (off)", "put off", "removed", "shrugged off" ] }, "to take away (an amount or number) from a total":{ "antonyms":[ "added", "tacked (on)" ], "examples":[ "the store will take an additional 20% off if you bring in this coupon" ], "near antonyms":[ "adjoined", "annexed", "appended", "complemented", "supplemented", "enhanced", "heightened", "intensified", "magnified", "aggrandized", "amplified", "augmented", "beefed (up)", "boosted", "compounded", "enlarged", "escalated", "expanded", "increased", "multiplied", "raised" ], "related":[ "decreased", "diminished", "discounted", "downsized", "dwindled", "knocked down", "lessened", "lowered", "reduced", "abbreviated", "abridged", "clipped", "cropped", "curtailed", "cut", "cut back", "cut down", "docked", "pared", "pruned", "retrenched", "shortened", "slashed", "trimmed", "truncated", "whittled" ], "synonyms":[ "abated", "deducted", "knocked off", "subtracted" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "took to task":{ "to criticize 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(out)", "rebuked", "reprimanded", "reproached", "scolded", "scored", "tongue-lashed", "upbraided" ] }, "to express one's unfavorable opinion of the worth or quality of":{ "antonyms":[ "extolled", "lauded", "praised" ], "examples":[ "He took his rival to task during the TV interview." ], "near antonyms":[ "approved", "commended", "endorsed", "indorsed", "recommended", "sanctioned" ], "related":[ "skewered", "tweaked", "assailed", "attacked", "blasted", "clobbered", "slammed", "slashed", "nicked (at)", "sniped (at)", "beefed", "bellyached", "bitched", "carped", "caviled", "cavilled", "complained", "crabbed", "croaked", "fussed", "griped", "groused", "growled", "grumbled", "kicked", "kvetched", "moaned", "murmured", "muttered", "niggled", "quibbled", "whined", "admonished", "chid", "chided", "drubbed", "rebuked", "reprimanded", "reproached", "reproved", "berated", "castigated", "crucified", "excoriated", "flayed", "gibbeted", "hammered", "keelhauled", "lambasted", "lashed", "pilloried", "scolded", "upbraided", "bad-mouthed", "belittled", "decried", "derided", "discommended", "disparaged", "put down" ], "synonyms":[ "blamed", "censured", "condemned", "criticized", "denounced", "dispraised", "dissed", "faulted", "knocked", "panned", "reprehended", "slagged" ] }, "type":[ "phrase" ] }, "took up with":{ "to come or be together as friends":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "Since Aimee took up with Jared, the two have been virtually inseparable." ], "near antonyms":[ "avoided", "cold-shouldered", "shunned", "snubbed", "alienated", "estranged", "broke up", "disbanded", "dispersed", "split (up)", "disjoined", "dissociated", "disunited", "divorced", "severed", "split", "sundered" ], "related":[ "affiliated", "allied", "attached", "banded", "bonded", "clubbed", "collaborated", "colluded", "confederated", "conjoined", "connected", "cooperated", "coupled", "ganged", "got along", "got on", "grouped", "interrelated", "joined", "knotted", "leagued", "linked", "mingled", "mixed", "rallied", "related", "sided", "socialized", "teamed", "tied", "wedded", "wed", "befriended", "friended" ], "synonyms":[ "associated", "chummed", "companied", "consociated", "consorted", "fraternized", "hobnobbed", "hooked up", "hung (around or out)", "hanged (around or out)", "messed around", "palled (around)", "ran", "run", "sorted", "traveled", "travelled" ] }, "type":[ "phrase" ] }, "took%20in":{ "to cause to believe what is untrue":{ "antonyms":[ "undeceived" ], "examples":[ "a fellow passenger on the cruise completely took me in when he claimed to be the owner of a major software company" ], "near antonyms":[ "debunked", "exposed", "revealed", "showed up", "uncloaked", "uncovered", "unmasked", "disclosed", "divulged", "told", "unveiled", "disabused", "disenchanted", "disillusioned" ], "related":[ "kidded", "put on", "teased", "bled", "cheated", "chiseled", "chiselled", "defrauded", "diddled", "euchred", "fleeced", "flimflammed", "hustled", "mulcted", "rooked", "shortchanged", "skinned", "squeezed", "stuck", "stung", "swindled" ], "synonyms":[ "bamboozled", "beguiled", "bluffed", "buffaloed", "burned", "burnt", "caught", "conned", "cozened", "deceived", "deluded", "duped", "faked out", "fooled", "gaffed", "gammoned", "gulled", "had", "had on", "hoaxed", "hoodwinked", "hornswoggled", "humbugged", "juggled", "misguided", "misinformed", "misled", "snookered", "snowed", "spoofed", "strung along", "sucked in", "suckered", "tricked" ] }, "to have as part of a whole":{ "antonyms":[ "excluded", "left (out)", "missed out", "omitted" ], "examples":[ "this report takes in all the latest information on the subject" ], "near antonyms":[ "banned", "barred", "debarred", "precluded", "prevented", "prohibited", "denied", "refused", "rejected", "eliminated", "excepted", "ruled out", "lost", "mislaid", "misplaced" ], "related":[ "comprised", "consisted (of)", "bracketed", "had", "held", "owned", "possessed", "admitted", "received", "composed", "constituted", "formed", "made", "assimilated", "embodied", "incorporated", "integrated" ], "synonyms":[ "carried", "comprehended", "contained", "embraced", "encompassed", "entailed", "included", "involved", "numbered", "subsumed" ] }, "to provide with living quarters or shelter":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "took in the stray dog" ], "near antonyms":[ "ejected", "evicted" ], "related":[ "ensconced", "homed", "roosted", "secured", "shedded", "stabled", "tented", "barracked", "bedded (down)" ], "synonyms":[ "accommodated", "bestowed", "billeted", "bivouacked", "boarded", "bunked", "camped", "chambered", "domiciled", "encamped", "harbored", "housed", "lodged", "put up", "quartered", "roofed", "roomed", "sheltered" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "took%20off":{ "to leave a place often for another":{ "antonyms":[ "arrived", "came", "showed up", "turned up" ], "examples":[ "I can only stay for a few minutes, and then I'll need to take off again" ], "near antonyms":[ "abided", "abode", "dwelled", "dwelt", "lodged", "remained", "settled", "stayed", "tarried", "approached", "closed", "neared", "hit", "landed", "reached" ], "related":[ "set out", "started", "struck out", "absconded", "decamped", "escaped", "evacuated", "fled", "flew", "got out", "mizzled", "ran away", "scatted", "scrammed", "skipped", "lit", "lighted out", "stepped out", "went out", "abandoned", "deserted", "forsook", "vacated", "emigrated", "adjourned", "removed", "retired", "retreated", "withdrew" ], "synonyms":[ "bailed", "bailed out", "booked", "bugged off", "bugged out", "buggered off", "buzzed (off)", "cleared off", "cleared out", "cut out", "departed", "dug out", "exited", "got", "got off", "moved", "packed (up or off)", "parted", "peeled off", "piked (out or off)", "pulled out", "pushed off", "pushed on", "quit", "quitted", "ran along", "sallied (forth)", "scarpered", "shoved (off)", "stepped (along)", "vamoosed", "walked out", "went", "went off" ] }, "to remove valuables from (a place) unlawfully":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "a gangbanger who decided to take off some fast-food joint" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "ransacked", "rifled", "despoiled", "looted", "pillaged", "plundered", "ravished", "sacked", "spoiled", "spoilt", "stripped", "stript", "bled", "broke in", "cheated", "chiseled", "chiselled", "cozened", "defrauded", "exploited", "fleeced", "hustled", "mulcted", "plucked", "rooked", "shortchanged", "skinned", "squeezed", "stuck", "stung", "swindled", "held up", "mugged", "rolled", "stuck up" ], "synonyms":[ "burglarized", "burgled", "knocked off", "knocked over", "ripped off", "robbed", "stole (from)" ] }, "to rid oneself of (a garment)":{ "antonyms":[ "donned", "put on", "slipped (into)", "threw (on)" ], "examples":[ "take off your coat and stay awhile" ], "near antonyms":[ "wore", "appareled", "apparelled", "arrayed", "attired", "bedecked", "clothed", "clad", "dressed", "garbed", "rigged", "robed", "suited" ], "related":[ "husked", "shed", "kicked (off)", "disrobed", "stripped", "stript", "undressed" ], "synonyms":[ "doffed", "doused", "peeled (off)", "put off", "removed", "shrugged off" ] }, "to take away (an amount or number) from a total":{ "antonyms":[ "added", "tacked (on)" ], "examples":[ "the store will take an additional 20% off if you bring in this coupon" ], "near antonyms":[ "adjoined", "annexed", "appended", "complemented", "supplemented", "enhanced", "heightened", "intensified", "magnified", "aggrandized", "amplified", "augmented", "beefed (up)", "boosted", "compounded", "enlarged", "escalated", "expanded", "increased", "multiplied", "raised" ], "related":[ "decreased", "diminished", "discounted", "downsized", "dwindled", "knocked down", "lessened", "lowered", "reduced", "abbreviated", "abridged", "clipped", "cropped", "curtailed", "cut", "cut back", "cut down", "docked", "pared", "pruned", "retrenched", "shortened", "slashed", "trimmed", "truncated", "whittled" ], "synonyms":[ "abated", "deducted", "knocked off", "subtracted" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "top%20secret":{ "kept completely hidden from the public by high government officials":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "top secret documents", "The mission is top secret ." ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "top-notch":{ "of the very best kind":{ "antonyms":[ "atrocious", "awful", "execrable", "lousy", "pathetic", "poor", "rotten", "terrible", "vile", "wretched" ], "examples":[ "a top-notch violinist who had no trouble getting a position with the symphony" ], "near antonyms":[ "bad", "inferior", "low-grade", "substandard", "unsatisfactory", "mediocre", "middling", "second-class", "second-rate" ], "related":[ "acceptable", "adequate", "all right", "decent", "good", "OK", "okay", "passable", "satisfactory", "tolerable", "better", "exceptional", "fancy", "high-grade", "high-test", "premium", "select", "special", "superfine", "classical", "standard", "traditional" ], "synonyms":[ "A-OK", "A1", "awesome", "bang-up", "banner", "beautiful", "blue-chip", "blue-ribbon", "boffo", "bonny", "bonnie", "boss", "brag", "brave", "bully", "bumper", "capital", "choice", "classic", "cool", "corking", "crackerjack", "cracking", "dandy", "divine", "dope", "down", "dynamite", "excellent", "fab", "fabulous", "famous", "fantabulous", "fantastic", "fine", "first-class", "first-rate", "first-string", "five-star", "four-star", "frontline", "gangbusters", "gangbuster", "gilt-edged", "gilt-edge", "gone", "grand", "great", "groovy", "heavenly", "high-class", "hot", "hype", "immense", "jim-dandy", "keen", "lovely", "marvelous", "marvellous", "mean", "neat", "nifty", "noble", "number one", "No. 1", "numero uno", "out-of-sight", "par excellence", "peachy", "peachy keen", "phat", "prime", "primo", "prize", "prizewinning", "quality", "radical", "righteous", "sensational", "slick", "splendid", "stellar", "sterling", "superb", "superior", "superlative", "supernal", "swell", "terrific", "tip-top", "top", "top-of-the-line", "top-shelf", "topflight", "topping", "unsurpassed", "wizard", "wonderful" ] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "topflight":{ "of the very best kind":{ "antonyms":[ "atrocious", "awful", "execrable", "lousy", "pathetic", "poor", "rotten", "terrible", "vile", "wretched" ], "examples":[ "gave a topflight performance that earned a standing ovation" ], "near antonyms":[ "bad", "inferior", "low-grade", "substandard", "unsatisfactory", "mediocre", "middling", "second-class", "second-rate" ], "related":[ "acceptable", "adequate", "all right", "decent", "good", "OK", "okay", "passable", "satisfactory", "tolerable", "better", "exceptional", "fancy", "high-grade", "high-test", "premium", "select", "special", "superfine", "classical", "standard", "traditional" ], "synonyms":[ "A-OK", "A1", "awesome", "bang-up", "banner", "beautiful", "blue-chip", "blue-ribbon", "boffo", "bonny", "bonnie", "boss", "brag", "brave", "bully", "bumper", "capital", "choice", "classic", "cool", "corking", "crackerjack", "cracking", "dandy", "divine", "dope", "down", "dynamite", "excellent", "fab", "fabulous", "famous", "fantabulous", "fantastic", "fine", "first-class", "first-rate", "first-string", "five-star", "four-star", "frontline", "gangbusters", "gangbuster", "gilt-edged", "gilt-edge", "gone", "grand", "great", "groovy", "heavenly", "high-class", "hot", "hype", "immense", "jim-dandy", "keen", "lovely", "marvelous", "marvellous", "mean", "neat", "nifty", "noble", "number one", "No. 1", "numero uno", "out-of-sight", "par excellence", "peachy", "peachy keen", "phat", "prime", "primo", "prize", "prizewinning", "quality", "radical", "righteous", "sensational", "slick", "splendid", "stellar", "sterling", "superb", "superior", "superlative", "supernal", "swell", "terrific", "tip-top", "top", "top-notch", "top-of-the-line", "top-shelf", "topping", "unsurpassed", "wizard", "wonderful" ] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "toplofty":{ "having a feeling of superiority that shows itself in an overbearing attitude":{ "antonyms":[ "humble", "lowly", "modest", "unarrogant", "unpretentious" ], "examples":[ "those toplofty history professors who sneeringly use the term \"popularizer\" to describe any historian whose works are read with pleasure" ], "near antonyms":[ "bashful", "cowering", "cringing", "demure", "diffident", "introverted", "mousy", "mousey", "overmodest", "self-critical", "self-doubting", "sheepish", "shrinking", "shy", "subdued", "timid", "acquiescent", "compliant", "deferential", "meek", "passive", "submissive", "unaggressive", "unassertive", "unassuming", "unobtrusive", "yielding", "quiet", "reserved", "retiring" ], "related":[ "authoritarian", "bossy", "dominant", "dominating", "domineering", "magisterial", "pontifical", "pontificating", "condescending", "disdainful", "patronizing", "impertinent", "impudent", "saucy", "snobbish", "snobby", "snooty", "blusterous", "blustery", "boastful", "bombastic", "braggart", "bragging", "braggy", "cocky", "swaggering", "vain", "vainglorious", "complacent", "conceited", "egocentric", "egoistic", "egoistical", "egotistic", "egotistical", "hubristic", "narcissistic", "orgulous", "prideful", "proud", "self-affected", "self-applauding", "self-centered", "self-complacent", "self-conceited", "self-pleased", "self-satisfied", "smug", "stuck-up", "self-flattering", "self-loving", "self-promoting", "brash", "forward", "uninhibited", "unreserved", "extroverted", "extraverted", "immodest" ], "synonyms":[ "arrogant", "assumptive", "bumptious", "cavalier", "chesty", "haughty", "high-and-mighty", "high-handed", "high-hat", "highfalutin", "hifalutin", "huffish", "huffy", "imperious", "important", "lofty", "lordly", "masterful", "overweening", "peremptory", "pompous", "presuming", "presumptuous", "pretentious", "self-asserting", "self-assertive", "sniffy", "stiff-necked", "supercilious", "superior", "uppish", "uppity" ] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "topple":{ "to go down from an upright position suddenly and involuntarily":{ "antonyms":[ "get up", "rise", "stand (up)", "uprise" ], "examples":[ "the tower of blocks toppled even though I bumped into it ever so slightly" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "collapse", "crumple", "drop", "flump", "keel", "plop", "plunk", "plonk", "slump (over)", "crash", "free-fall", "nose-dive", "plummet", "plunge", "precipitate", "wipe out", "skid", "slide" ], "synonyms":[ "fall", "slip", "stumble", "trip", "tumble" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "torpedo":{ "a large sandwich on a long split roll":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "that deli's torpedoes are big enough to serve two people" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[ "Cuban sandwich", "grinder", "hero", "hoagie", "hoagy", "Italian sandwich", "po'boy", "poor boy", "sub", "submarine" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "torpor":{ "lack of interest or concern":{ "antonyms":[ "concern", "interest", "regard" ], "examples":[ "after a lifetime of setbacks, defeats, and failures, he could only greet the latest bad news with a resigned fatalism and dull torpor" ], "near antonyms":[ "attention", "attentiveness", "awareness", "conscientiousness", "curiosity", "heedfulness", "keenness", "sensitivity", "warmheartedness", "bias", "partiality", "prejudice", "ardor", "desire", "fervency", "passion", "vehemence", "warmth", "zeal" ], "related":[ "halfheartedness", "lukewarmness", "tepidity", "tepidness", "carelessness", "heedlessness", "recklessness", "unawareness", "lethargy", "listlessness", "aloofness", "coldness", "cool", "detachment", "dispassion", "callosity", "callousness", "hard-heartedness", "hardness", "insensitivity", "bloodlessness", "impassiveness", "impassivity", "phlegm", "stoicism", "stolidity" ], "synonyms":[ "apathy", "casualness", "complacence", "disinterestedness", "disregard", "incuriosity", "incuriousness", "indifference", "insouciance", "nonchalance", "unconcern" ] }, "physical or mental inertness":{ "antonyms":[ "vigor", "vim", "vitality", "vivacity" ], "examples":[ "following a gut-busting Thanksgiving dinner, we spent the rest of the day lounging about in a contented torpor" ], "near antonyms":[ "eagerness", "enthusiasm", "keenness", "spiritedness", "ambition", "enterprise" ], "related":[ "boredom", "indifference", "malaise", "laziness", "fatigue", "sleepiness", "narcosis", "idleness", "inaction" ], "synonyms":[ "hebetude", "languor", "lassitude", "lethargy", "listlessness", "stupor" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "torrid":{ "having a notably high temperature":{ "antonyms":[ "algid", "arctic", "bitter", "bone-chilling", "cold", "freezing", "frigid", "frozen", "glacial", "ice-cold", "iced", "icy" ], "examples":[ "the dry, torrid summers in southern Arizona" ], "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", "fervid", "fiery", "hot", "piping hot", "red", "red-hot", "roasting", "scalding", "scorching", "searing", "sultry", "superheated", "sweltering", "ultrahot", "white-hot" ] }, "having or expressing great depth of feeling":{ "antonyms":[ "cold", "cool", "dispassionate", "emotionless", "impassive", "unemotional" ], "examples":[ "a torrid love affair" ], "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", "fervid", "feverish", "fiery", "flaming", "glowing", "hot-blooded", "impassioned", "incandescent", "intense", "passional", "passionate", "perfervid", "red-hot", "religious", "superheated", "vehement", "warm", "warm-blooded" ] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "toss (down":{ "to swallow in liquid form":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "tossed off the last of the medicine" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "lap", "lick", "suck", "consume", "down", "ingurgitate", "kill", "mouth (down)", "put away", "nip", "tipple", "pledge", "toast", "wine" ], "synonyms":[ "belt (down)", "drink", "gulp", "guzzle", "hoist", "imbibe", "knock back", "pound (down)", "quaff", "sip", "slug (down)", "slurp", "sup", "swig", "swill" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "totaled":{ "to bring to a complete end the physical soundness, existence, or usefulness of":{ "antonyms":[ "built", "constructed", "erected", "put up", "raised", "reared", "set up" ], "examples":[ "a powerful hurricane totaled the house some years ago" ], "near antonyms":[ "doctored", "fixed", "mended", "patched", "reconditioned", "repaired", "revamped", "created", "invented", "assembled", "fabricated", "fashioned", "forged", "formed", "framed", "made", "manufactured", "molded", "produced", "shaped", "brought about", "constituted", "established", "fathered", "founded", "instituted", "organized", "conserved", "preserved", "protected", "saved", "rebuilt", "reconstructed", "remodeled", "renovated", "restored" ], "related":[ "beat", "bested", "clobbered", "conquered", "crushed", "defeated", "drubbed", "licked", "mastered", "overbore", "overcame", "overmatched", "prevailed (over)", "routed", "scotched", "skunked", "subdued", "surmounted", "thrashed", "trimmed", "triumphed (over)", "trounced", "walloped", "whipped", "won (against)", "blasted", "blew up", "broke", "crippled", "damaged", "defaced", "deteriorated", "disfigured", "disintegrated", "dissolved", "dynamited", "harmed", "impaired", "injured", "mangled", "marred", "mutilated", "spoiled", "spoilt", "vitiated", "eroded", "scoured", "swept (away)", "washed out", "wore (away)", "dilapidated", "disassembled", "dismantled", "gutted", "took down", "unbuilt", "undid", "unmade", "blotted out", "effaced", "eradicated", "expunged", "exterminated", "extirpated", "liquidated", "obliterated", "removed", "rooted (out)", "snuffed (out)", "stamped (out)", "wiped out", "despoiled", "havocked", "looted", "pillaged", "plundered", "ravaged", "sacked", "trampled", "trashed", "vandalized", "assassinated", "butchered", "cut down", "dispatched", "executed", "felled", "killed", "killed off", "massacred", "mowed (down)", "murdered", "slaughtered", "slew", "took out", "zapped" ], "synonyms":[ "annihilated", "creamed", "decimated", "demolished", "desolated", "destroyed", "devastated", "did in", "extinguished", "nuked", "pulled down", "pulverized", "razed", "rubbed out", "ruined", "shattered", "smashed", "tore down", "vaporized", "wasted", "wracked", "wrecked" ] }, "to combine (numbers) into a single sum":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "total all the receipts and tell me how much I owe you" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "calculated", "ciphered", "computed", "figured", "reckoned", "tabled", "tabulated", "tallied", "worked out", "divided", "multiplied", "subtracted", "counted", "enumerated", "numbered", "told", "recomputed", "refigured" ], "synonyms":[ "added", "cast (up)", "footed (up)", "summated", "summed", "totalized", "toted (up)", "totted (up)" ] }, "to have a total of":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "two and two total four" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "averaged", "equaled", "equalled", "measured", "reached", "composed", "comprised", "constituted", "made up" ], "synonyms":[ "added up (to)", "aggregated", "amounted (to)", "came (to)", "counted (up to)", "numbered", "summed (to or into)" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "toting":{ "to support and take from one place to another":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "toted his dog from the muddy backyard to the bathtub for a thorough washing" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "delivering", "handing over", "transferring", "forwarding", "sending", "shipping", "transmitting", "bringing", "fetching", "taking", "moving", "removing", "shifting" ], "synonyms":[ "bearing", "carrying", "carting", "conveying", "ferrying", "hauling", "lugging", "packing", "transporting" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "totter":{ "to move forward while swaying from side to side":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "tottered around the house as she practiced walking in high heels" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "rock", "roll", "seesaw", "swag", "sway", "waver", "weave", "wobble", "wabble", "barge", "blunder", "clomp", "clump", "flounder", "galumph", "lumber", "lump", "pound", "scuff", "scuffle", "shamble", "shuffle", "stamp", "stomp", "stumble", "tramp", "tromp" ], "synonyms":[ "careen", "dodder", "lurch", "reel", "stagger", "teeter", "waddle" ] }, "to swing unsteadily back and forth or from side to side":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "the figurine tottered precariously for a moment before falling off the shelf" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "flounder", "lurch", "stumble", "toddle", "quake", "quaver", "quiver", "shake", "shudder", "tremble", "vibrate", "careen", "reel", "stagger", "weave" ], "synonyms":[ "falter", "rock", "teeter", "waver", "wobble", "wabble" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "tottering":{ "marked by or given to small uncontrollable bodily movements":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "after the accident, she was only able to take a few tottering steps at a time" ], "near antonyms":[ "controlled", "firm", "settled", "stable", "steady" ], "related":[ "convulsive", "shivering", "shivery", "rocky", "staggery", "unstable", "unsteady", "wavering", "wavery", "palpitating", "pulsating", "throbbing" ], "synonyms":[ "aquiver", "atremble", "quaking", "quavery", "quivering", "shaking", "shaky", "shuddering", "shuddery", "tottery", "trembling", "trembly", "tremulous", "wobbling", "wabbling", "wobbly", "wabbly" ] }, "to move forward while swaying from side to side":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "tottered around the house as she practiced walking in high heels" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "rocking", "rolling", "seesawing", "swagging", "swaying", "wavering", "weaving", "wobbling", "wabbling", "barging", "blundering", "clomping", "clumping", "floundering", "galumphing", "lumbering", "lumping", "pounding", "scuffing", "scuffling", "shambling", "shuffling", "stamping", "stomping", "stumbling", "tramping", "tromping" ], "synonyms":[ "careening", "doddering", "lurching", "reeling", "staggering", "teetering", "waddling" ] }, "to swing unsteadily back and forth or from side to side":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "the figurine tottered precariously for a moment before falling off the shelf" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "floundering", "lurching", "stumbling", "toddling", "quaking", "quavering", "quivering", "shaking", "shuddering", "trembling", "vibrating", "careening", "reeling", "staggering", "weaving" ], "synonyms":[ "faltering", "rocking", "teetering", "wavering", "wobbling", "wabbling" ] }, "type":[ "adjective", "verb" ] }, "touched off":{ "to cause to function":{ "antonyms":[ "cut", "cut out", "deactivated", "killed", "shut off", "turned off" ], "examples":[ "his obscene comment touched off a heated debate about the need for censorship on live broadcasts" ], "near antonyms":[ "arrested", "braked", "checked", "cut off", "drew up", "halted", "jammed", "stalled", "stopped", "stuck", "decelerated", "repressed", "slowed", "stunted", "suppressed" ], "related":[ "kicked over", "turned over", "charged", "electrified", "energized", "fired", "fueled", "fuelled", "generated", "powered", "pushed", "discharged", "launched", "released", "switched", "tripped", "reactivated", "recharged", "aroused", "excited", "jump-started", "kick-started", "stimulated", "vitalized", "ignited", "incited", "instigated", "provoked", "quickened", "stirred up", "accelerated", "catalyzed", "sped (up)", "speeded (up)", "stepped up" ], "synonyms":[ "activated", "actuated", "cranked (up)", "drove", "moved", "ran", "run", "set off", "sparked", "started", "triggered", "turned on" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "touching%20up":{ "as in":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "towelette":{ "as in towel , tissue":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "towering":{ "as in surging":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "extending to a great distance upward":{ "antonyms":[ "low", "low-lying", "short", "squat" ], "examples":[ "the towering mountain peaks of the Rockies" ], "near antonyms":[ "flat", "stubby", "stumpy" ], "related":[ "dominant", "dominating", "eminent", "prominent", "elevated", "lifted", "raised", "uplifted", "upswept", "high-rise", "statuesque" ], "synonyms":[ "altitudinous", "high", "lofty", "tall" ] }, "going beyond a normal or acceptable limit in degree or amount":{ "antonyms":[ "middling", "moderate", "modest", "reasonable", "temperate" ], "examples":[ "doting parents who tend to give their children towering praise for very minor accomplishments" ], "near antonyms":[ "deficient", "inadequate", "insufficient", "minimal", "minimum" ], "related":[ "boundless", "endless", "immeasurable", "infinite", "limitless", "unbearable", "unjustifiable", "unwarranted", "improper", "inappropriate", "thick", "unseemly", "unrestrained" ], "synonyms":[ "baroque", "devilish", "excessive", "exorbitant", "extravagant", "extreme", "fancy", "immoderate", "inordinate", "insane", "intolerable", "lavish", "overdue", "overextravagant", "overmuch", "overweening", "plethoric", "steep", "stiff", "unconscionable", "undue", "unmerciful" ] }, "type":[ "adjective", "verb" ], "very dignified in form, tone, or style":{ "antonyms":[ "ineloquent", "low", "undignified" ], "examples":[ "an article that in towering language decries the evils of modern society" ], "near antonyms":[ "casual", "colloquial", "conversational", "informal", "nonformal", "slangy", "unbookish", "unliterary", "vernacular", "coarse", "common", "crass", "crude", "gross", "ill-bred", "indecent", "lowbred", "lowbrow", "rough", "rough-hewn", "rude", "tasteless", "uncouth", "uncultivated", "uncultured", "unpolished", "unrefined", "vulgar", "incorrect", "substandard", "uneducated", "ungrammatical", "unlearned" ], "related":[ "affected", "bombastic", "declamatory", "florid", "flowery", "grandiloquent", "grandiose", "highfalutin", "hifalutin", "oratorical", "pompous", "pretentious", "rhetorical", "rhetoric", "stilted", "Attic", "cultured", "refined", "classy", "courtly", "fine", "graceful", "tasteful", "aristocratic", "genteel", "patrician", "correct", "educated", "grammatical", "proper", "academic", "academical", "bookish", "learned", "literary" ], "synonyms":[ "elevated", "eloquent", "formal", "high-flown", "lofty", "majestic", "stately" ] } }, "towpath":{ "as in":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "toxin":{ "a substance that by chemical action can kill or injure a living thing":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "read a pamphlet on the toxin responsible for botulism, a food poisoning that can cause paralysis and even death in some cases" ], "near antonyms":[ "antidote", "antivenin", "antivenom", "mithridate", "cure", "cure-all", "elixir", "panacea" ], "related":[ "cancer", "contagion", "disease", "virus", "fungicide", "germicide", "herbicide", "insecticide", "microbicide", "pesticide", "toxicant" ], "synonyms":[ "bane", "poison", "toxic", "venom" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] } }