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"adjective" ] }, "unaffiliated":{ "as in independent , autonomous":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "unasked":{ "not searched or asked for":{ "antonyms":[ "requested", "solicited" ], "examples":[ "received a lot of unasked advice on the project" ], "near antonyms":[ "necessary", "needed", "required", "desired", "wanted", "welcome" ], "related":[ "undesired", "unwanted", "unwelcome", "objectionable", "offensive", "unacceptable", "undesirable", "uncalled-for", "unnecessary" ], "synonyms":[ "unbidden", "unbid", "uninvited", "unsolicited", "unsought" ] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "unassailable":{ "not to be violated, criticized, or tampered with":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "one of the unassailable beliefs of that political party" ], "near antonyms":[ "blasphemous", "irreverent", "profane", "sacrilegious" ], "related":[ "inviolate", "pure", "privileged", "protected", "secure", "shielded", "exempt", "immune" ], "synonyms":[ "hallowed", "holy", "inviolable", "sacred", "sacrosanct", "untouchable" ] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "unattached":{ "not married":{ "antonyms":[ "attached", "espoused", "hitched", "married", "wedded", "wed" ], "examples":[ "everyone was surprised when the unattached woman finally fell in love" ], "near antonyms":[ "mated", "paired", "affianced", "betrothed", "committed", "engaged", "pledged", "promised", "remarried" ], "related":[ "fancy-free", "footloose", "marriageable", "unpaired", "divorced", "separated" ], "synonyms":[ "single", "unmarried", "unwed" ] }, "not physically attached to another unit":{ "antonyms":[ "attached", "connected", "joined", "linked" ], "examples":[ "preferred an unattached house to a townhome" ], "near antonyms":[ "adjoining" ], "related":[ "independent", "self-contained", "individual", "private" ], "synonyms":[ "detached", "disconnected", "discrete", "free", "freestanding", "separate", "single", "unconnected" ] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, 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"experience", "know-how", "sophistication" ], "related":[ "callowness", "greenness", "inexperience", "na\u00efvet\u00e9", "naivete", "naivet\u00e9", "rawness", "simpleness", "unsophistication" ], "synonyms":[ "benightedness", "cluelessness", "ignorance", "incognizance", "innocence", "nescience", "obliviousness", "unfamiliarity" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "unbanning":{ "as in accepting , welcoming":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "unbind":{ "to disengage the knotted parts of":{ "antonyms":[ "bind", "fasten", "knot", "lash", "tie" ], "examples":[ "unbind a rope" ], "near antonyms":[ "braid", "interlace", "interweave", "lace", "wind", "entangle", "snarl", "tangle" ], "related":[ "unbraid", "unlace", "disentangle", "ravel", "unravel", "unsnarl", "untangle", "unwind", "loose", "loosen" ], "synonyms":[ "undo", "unfasten", "unlash", "untie" ] }, "to set free (as from slavery or confinement)":{ "antonyms":[ "bind", "confine", "enchain", "fetter", "restrain" ], "examples":[ "a newly elected democratic government whose first act was to unbind the nation's vast horde of political prisoners" ], "near antonyms":[ "handcuff", "manacle", "shackle", "trammel", "commit", "immure", "imprison", "incarcerate", "intern", "jail", "lock (up)", "conquer", "enslave", "subdue", "subjugate" ], "related":[ "bail (out)", "deliver", "parole", "ransom", "redeem", "rescue", "save", "disembarrass", "disencumber", "disengage", "disentangle", "extricate", "unshackle" ], "synonyms":[ "discharge", "disenthrall", "disenthral", "emancipate", "enfranchise", "enlarge", "free", "liberate", "loose", "loosen", "manumit", "release", "spring", "uncage", "unchain", "unfetter" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "unblemished":{ "being entirely without fault or flaw":{ "antonyms":[ "amiss", "bad", "censurable", "defective", "faulty", "flawed", "imperfect", "reproachable" ], "examples":[ "a modeling agency looking for people with unblemished complexions" ], "near antonyms":[ "deficient", "inadequate", "incomplete", "insufficient", "wanting", "unfinished", "unpolished", "fallible", "blemished", "blighted", "broken", "damaged", "defaced", "disfigured", "impaired", "injured", "malformed", "marred", "misshapen", "spoiled", "vitiated", "atrocious", "execrable", "wretched", "imprecise", "inaccurate", "incorrect", "inexact", "wrong" ], "related":[ "consummate", "expert", "masterly", "classic", "dandy", "excellent", "fabulous", "fine", "first-class", "first-rate", "grand", "great", "marvelous", "marvellous", "prime", "superb", "superior", "superlative", "terrific", "top", "top-notch", "unsurpassed", "completed", "finished", "perfected", "polished", "complete", "entire", "intact", "whole", "mint", "unbruised", "undamaged", "unimpaired", "uninjured", "unmarred", "unspoiled", "exceptional", "fancy", "high-grade", "special", "airtight", "bulletproof", "accurate", "correct", "exact", "precise", "inerrant", "infallible", "unerring", "unfailing" ], "synonyms":[ "absolute", "faultless", "flawless", "ideal", "immaculate", "impeccable", "indefectible", "irreproachable", "letter-perfect", "perfect", "picture-book", "picture-perfect", "seamless" ] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "unblock":{ "to rid the surface of (as an area) from things in the way":{ "antonyms":[ "block" ], "examples":[ "unblock the road so that the convoy can proceed" ], "near antonyms":[ "clog", "close", "dam", "obstruct", "plug", "stop", "clutter (up)" ], "related":[ "ease", "facilitate", "loosen (up)", "smooth", "unchoke", "unclog", "unplug", "unstop", "unclutter", "strip" ], "synonyms":[ "clear", "free", "open" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "unborn":{ "of a time after the present":{ "antonyms":[ "bygone", "past" ], "examples":[ "a home entertainment system that can be adapted for products as yet unborn" ], "near antonyms":[ "ancient", "olden", "antecedent", "anterior", "precedent", "preceding", "previous", "prior" ], "related":[ "approaching", "forthcoming", "imminent", "impending", "nearing", "oncoming", "pending", "upcoming", "after", "ensuing", "later", "posterior", "subsequent", "anticipated", "awaited", "expected", "planned", "predicted", "projected", "prospective", "eventual", "final", "last", "ulterior", "ultimate" ], "synonyms":[ "coming", "future" ] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "unbrilliant":{ "as in":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "unburdening":{ "to empty or rid of cargo":{ "antonyms":[ "loading", "packing" ], "examples":[ "the crew was frantically unburdening the ship in an attempt to save it" ], "near antonyms":[ "charging", "cramming", "filling", "heaping", "jamming", "jam-packing", "stuffing" ], "related":[ "freeing", "lightening", "relieving", "clearing", "emptying", "evacuating", "vacating", "voiding" ], "synonyms":[ "disburdening", "discharging", "disencumbering", "off-loading", "unlading", "unloading", "unpacking" ] }, "to set (a person or thing) free of something that encumbers":{ "antonyms":[ "burdening", "encumbering", "saddling" ], "examples":[ "a generous friend unburdened her of that particular financial worry" ], "near antonyms":[ "bogging (down)", "fettering", "hampering", "restraining", "shackling", "subjecting", "weighing down", "weighting (down)" ], "related":[ "discharging", "emancipating", "enfranchising", "liberating", "loosening", "loosing", "manumitting", "releasing", "springing", "unbinding", "uncaging", "unchaining", "unfettering", "bailing (out)", "delivering", "redeeming", "rescuing", "disengaging", "disentangling", "extricating" ], "synonyms":[ "clearing", "disburdening", "disencumbering", "divesting", "freeing", "relieving", "ridding" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "uncage":{ "to set free (as from slavery or confinement)":{ "antonyms":[ "bind", "confine", "enchain", "fetter", "restrain" ], "examples":[ "uncaged the bird and let it fly away" ], "near antonyms":[ "handcuff", "manacle", "shackle", "trammel", "commit", "immure", "imprison", "incarcerate", "intern", "jail", "lock (up)", "conquer", "enslave", "subdue", "subjugate" ], "related":[ "bail (out)", "deliver", "parole", "ransom", "redeem", "rescue", "save", "disembarrass", "disencumber", "disengage", "disentangle", "extricate", "unshackle" ], "synonyms":[ "discharge", "disenthrall", "disenthral", "emancipate", "enfranchise", "enlarge", "free", "liberate", "loose", "loosen", "manumit", "release", "spring", "unbind", "unchain", "unfetter" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "uncages":{ "to set free (as from slavery or confinement)":{ "antonyms":[ "binds", "confines", "enchains", "fetters", "restrains" ], "examples":[ "uncaged the bird and let it fly away" ], "near antonyms":[ "handcuffs", "manacles", "shackles", "trammels", "commits", "immures", "imprisons", "incarcerates", "interns", "jails", "locks (up)", "conquers", "enslaves", "subdues", "subjugates" ], "related":[ "bails (out)", "delivers", "paroles", "ransoms", "redeems", "rescues", "saves", "disembarrasses", "disencumbers", "disengages", "disentangles", "extricates", "unshackles" ], "synonyms":[ "discharges", "disenthralls", "disenthrals", "emancipates", "enfranchises", "enlarges", "frees", "liberates", "loosens", "looses", "manumits", "releases", "springs", "unbinds", "unchains", "unfetters" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "uncaging":{ "to set free (as from slavery or confinement)":{ "antonyms":[ "binding", "confining", "enchaining", "fettering", "restraining" ], "examples":[ "uncaged the bird and let it fly away" ], "near antonyms":[ "handcuffing", "manacling", "shackling", "trammeling", "trammelling", "committing", "immuring", "imprisoning", "incarcerating", "interning", "jailing", "locking (up)", "conquering", "enslaving", "subduing", "subjugating" ], "related":[ "bailing (out)", "delivering", "paroling", "ransoming", "redeeming", "rescuing", "saving", "disembarrassing", "disencumbering", "disengaging", "disentangling", "extricating", "unshackling" ], "synonyms":[ "discharging", "disenthralling", "disenthraling", "emancipating", "enfranchising", "enlarging", "freeing", "liberating", "loosening", "loosing", "manumitting", "releasing", "springing", "unbinding", "unchaining", "unfettering" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "uncalled-for":{ "not needed by the circumstances or to accomplish an end":{ "antonyms":[ "essential", "indispensable", "necessary", "needed", "needful", "required" ], "examples":[ "uncalled-for restrictions on freedom of the press during the national emergency" ], "near antonyms":[ "all-important", "crucial", "important", "vital", "imperative", "pressing", "urgent" ], "related":[ "discretionary", "elective", "optional", "extra", "extraneous", "irrelative", "irrelevant", "redundant", "superfluous" ], "synonyms":[ "dispensable", "gratuitous", "inessential", "needless", "nonessential", "unessential", "unnecessary", "unwarranted" ] }, "showing a lack of manners or consideration for others":{ "antonyms":[ "civil", "considerate", "courteous", "genteel", "gracious", "mannerly", "polite", "thoughtful", "well-bred" ], "examples":[ "hurtful remarks about a person's looks that are simply uncalled-for" ], "near antonyms":[ "humble", "meek", "modest", "unassertive", "deferential", "dutiful", "respectful", "submissive", "yielding", "acceptable", "appropriate", "becoming", "befitting", "correct", "decent", "decorous", "fit", "fitting", "good", "meet", "proper", "respectable", "right", "seemly", "suitable", "affable", "cordial", "friendly", "genial", "hospitable", "sociable", "felicitous", "graceful", "chivalrous", "courtly", "gallant", "ceremonious", "elegant", "refined" ], "related":[ "arch", "audacious", "bold", "bold-faced", "brash", "brassy", "brazen", "cheeky", "fresh", "impudent", "insolent", "lippy", "sassy", "saucy", "shameless", "boorish", "caddish", "churlish", "clownish", "loutish", "uncouth", "vulgar", "abrupt", "blunt", "brusque", "brusk", "crusty", "curt", "gruff", "sharp", "snippety", "snippy", "antisocial", "crabbed", "cross", "disagreeable", "grumpy", "sullen", "surly", "improper", "incorrect", "indecent", "indecorous", "unseemly", "arrogant", "bumptious", "conceited", "haughty", "high-handed", "imperious", "peremptory", "pompous", "presumptuous", "pretentious", "supercilious", "superior" ], "synonyms":[ "discourteous", "disrespectful", "ill-bred", "ill-mannered", "impertinent", "impolite", "inconsiderate", "rude", "thoughtless", "uncivil", "ungracious", "unhandsome", "unmannered", "unmannerly" ] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "uncaring":{ "not feeling or showing concern for someone or something":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "She has an uncaring attitude toward her schoolwork.", "He is a cold and uncaring man." ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "uncelebrated":{ "not widely known":{ "antonyms":[ "celebrated", "famed", "famous", "noted", "notorious", "prominent", "renowned", "well-known" ], "examples":[ "a gifted but uncelebrated poet" ], "near antonyms":[ "fabled", "fabulous", "legendary", "infamous", "distinguished", "eminent", "exceptional", "great", "illustrious", "notable", "outstanding", "prestigious", "remarkable", "estimable", "honorable", "reputable", "respectable", "important", "influential", "leading", "major", "newsworthy", "noteworthy", "significant", "favorite", "popular", "preferred" ], "related":[ "insignificant", "minor", "unimportant", "undistinguished", "unexceptional", "unremarkable", "unpopular", "anonymous", "faceless", "unnoticeable", "unrecognizable", "unnewsworthy", "unnoticed", "forgotten", "unremembered" ], "synonyms":[ "nameless", "no-name", "noteless", "obscure", "unfamous", "unknown", "unrecognized", "unsung" ] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "unchains":{ "to set free (as from slavery or confinement)":{ "antonyms":[ "binds", "confines", "enchains", "fetters", "restrains" ], "examples":[ "activists for animal rights who would like to unchain zoo animals and return them to the wild" ], "near antonyms":[ "handcuffs", "manacles", "shackles", "trammels", "commits", "immures", "imprisons", "incarcerates", "interns", "jails", "locks (up)", "conquers", "enslaves", "subdues", "subjugates" ], "related":[ "bails (out)", "delivers", "paroles", "ransoms", "redeems", "rescues", "saves", "disembarrasses", "disencumbers", "disengages", "disentangles", "extricates", "unshackles" ], "synonyms":[ "discharges", "disenthralls", "disenthrals", "emancipates", "enfranchises", "enlarges", "frees", "liberates", "loosens", "looses", "manumits", "releases", "springs", "unbinds", "uncages", "unfetters" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "unchangeable":{ "not capable of changing or being changed":{ "antonyms":[ "alterable", "changeable", "elastic", "flexible", "mutable", "variable" ], "examples":[ "I'm afraid that my opinion on this matter is unchangeable" ], "near antonyms":[ "adaptable", "adjustable", "fickle", "fluctuating", "inconstant", "uncertain", "unsettled", "unstable", "varying", "plastic", "pliable", "pliant", "supple", "willowy" ], "related":[ "changeless", "constant", "determinate", "established", "set", "settled", "stable", "steadfast", "steady", "unaltered", "unchanging", "unvarying", "immovable", "unmovable" ], "synonyms":[ "fixed", "hard-and-fast", "immutable", "inalterable", "incommutable", "inflexible", "invariable", "unalterable" ] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "uncharitable":{ "giving or sharing as little as possible":{ "antonyms":[ "bounteous", "bountiful", "charitable", "freehanded", "generous", "liberal", "munificent", "openhanded", "unsparing", "unstinting" ], "examples":[ "an uncharitable couple who wouldn't even donate food to needy families at Thanksgiving" ], "near antonyms":[ "altruistic", "selfless", "unselfish", "extravagant", "free", "handsome", "lavish", "overgenerous", "profuse", "beneficent", "benevolent", "hospitable", "humanitarian", "philanthropic", "philanthropical", "compassionate", "good-hearted", "greathearted", "kindly", "magnanimous", "openhearted", "thriftless", "unthrifty", "dissipating", "frittering", "prodigal", "profligate", "spendthrift", "splurging", "squandering", "wasteful", "wasting" ], "related":[ "careful", "chary", "conserving", "economical", "economizing", "frugal", "saving", "scrimping", "skimping", "thrifty", "acquisitive", "avaricious", "avid", "coveting", "covetous", "desirous", "grasping", "greedy", "hoggish", "itchy", "mercenary", "rapacious", "selfish", "shabby", "small", "sordid", "begrudging", "envious", "grudging", "resentful", "inhospitable" ], "synonyms":[ "cheap", "chintzy", "close", "closefisted", "mean", "mingy", "miserly", "niggard", "niggardly", "parsimonious", "penny-pinching", "penurious", "pinching", "pinchpenny", "spare", "sparing", "stingy", "stinting", "tight", "tightfisted", "ungenerous" ] }, "having or showing a lack of sympathy or tender feelings":{ "antonyms":[ "charitable", "compassionate", "humane", "kindhearted", "kindly", "merciful", "sensitive", "softhearted", "sympathetic", "tender", "tenderhearted", "warm", "warmhearted" ], "examples":[ "an uncharitable attitude towards people who give in to alcohol or other temptations" ], "near antonyms":[ "benevolent", "benignant", "gentle", "kind", "clement", "indulgent", "lenient", "mild", "cordial", "friendly", "good-natured", "good-tempered", "gracious", "tolerant", "understanding", "affectionate", "fond", "loving" ], "related":[ "boorish", "heedless", "inconsiderate", "thoughtless", "uncaring", "unfriendly", "unloving", "unthinking", "grim", "hard-bitten", "harsh", "heavy-handed", "ironfisted", "ironhanded", "jackbooted", "knock-down, drag-out", "knock-down-and-drag-out", "oppressive", "rough", "rough-and-tumble", "severe", "sledgehammer", "stern", "tough", "ungentle", "abusive", "acrimonious", "disagreeable", "hateful", "ill-natured", "ill-tempered", "malevolent", "malicious", "mean", "rancorous", "spiteful", "surly", "virulent", "barbarous", "bestial", "brutal", "brutish", "cruel", "evil-minded", "savage", "vicious", "austere", "cold", "frosty" ], "synonyms":[ "affectless", "callous", "case-hardened", "cold-blooded", "compassionless", "desensitized", "hard", "hard-boiled", "hard-hearted", "heartless", "indurate", "inhuman", "inhumane", "insensate", "insensitive", "ironhearted", "merciless", "obdurate", "pachydermatous", "pitiless", "remorseless", "ruthless", "slash-and-burn", "soulless", "stony", "stoney", "stonyhearted", "take-no-prisoners", "thick-skinned", "unfeeling", "unmerciful", "unsparing", "unsympathetic" ] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "unchoke":{ "as in":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "uncivilized":{ "not civilized":{ "antonyms":[ "civilized" ], "examples":[ "unfairly branded as uncivilized by European explorers, they had created a culture that was actually quite advanced" ], "near antonyms":[ "cultured", "enlightened", "humane", "sophisticated", "genteel", "polished", "polite", "refined", 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set our table with smudged glasses and unclean silverware" ], "near antonyms":[ "clear", "limpid", "pure", "cleaned", "cleansed", "combed", "groomed", "neat", "ordered", "orderly", "tidy", "bleached", "purified", "whitened", "bright", "flawless", "perfect", "shiny", "sparkling", "unspotted", "untouched", "taintless", "unblemished", "undefiled", "unpolluted", "untainted", "virgin", "wholesome" ], "related":[ "contaminated", "defiled", "germy", "impure", "polluted", "tainted", "insanitary", "uncleaned", "unsanitary", "unsterile", "unsterilized", "unwashed", "greasy", "gunky", "chaotic", "cluttered", "confused", "disarranged", "disarrayed", "disheveled", "dishevelled", "disordered", "jumbled", "littered", "messed", "messy", "muddled", "mussed", "mussy", "rumpled", "scruffy", "sloppy", "slovenly", "unkempt", "untidy", "raunchy", "scuzzy", "shabby", "skanky", "sleazy", "squalid", "collied", "crocked", "fuliginous", "sooty" ], "synonyms":[ "bedraggled", "befouled", "begrimed", "bemired", "besmirched", "black", "blackened", "cruddy", "dingy", "dirty", "draggled", "dusty", "filthy", "foul", "grimy", "grotty", "grubby", "grungy", "mucky", "muddy", "nasty", "smudged", "smutty", "soiled", "sordid", "stained", "sullied", "uncleanly" ] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "uncleanly":{ "not clean":{ "antonyms":[ "clean", "cleanly", "immaculate", "spick-and-span", "spic-and-span", "spotless", "stainless", "ultraclean", "unsoiled", "unstained", "unsullied" ], "examples":[ "the uncleanly uniforms of the restaurant's staff" ], "near antonyms":[ "clear", "limpid", "pure", "cleaned", "cleansed", "combed", "groomed", "neat", "ordered", "orderly", "tidy", "bleached", "purified", "whitened", "bright", "flawless", "perfect", "shiny", "sparkling", "unspotted", "untouched", "taintless", "unblemished", "undefiled", "unpolluted", "untainted", "virgin", "wholesome" ], "related":[ "contaminated", "defiled", "germy", "impure", "polluted", "tainted", "insanitary", "uncleaned", "unsanitary", "unsterile", "unsterilized", "unwashed", "greasy", "gunky", "chaotic", "cluttered", "confused", "disarranged", "disarrayed", "disheveled", "dishevelled", "disordered", "jumbled", "littered", "messed", "messy", "muddled", "mussed", "mussy", "rumpled", "scruffy", "sloppy", "slovenly", "unkempt", "untidy", "raunchy", "scuzzy", "shabby", "skanky", "sleazy", "squalid", "collied", "crocked", "fuliginous", "sooty" ], "synonyms":[ "bedraggled", "befouled", "begrimed", "bemired", "besmirched", "black", "blackened", "cruddy", "dingy", "dirty", "draggled", "dusty", "filthy", "foul", "grimy", "grotty", "grubby", "grungy", "mucky", "muddy", "nasty", "smudged", "smutty", "soiled", "sordid", "stained", "sullied", "unclean" ] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "unclog":{ "to free from obstruction or difficulty":{ "antonyms":[ "complicate" ], "examples":[ "unclog the way for more people to take advantage of the government program" ], "near antonyms":[ "hinder", "impede", "retard", "aggravate", "worsen", 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"calm", "halcyon", "peaceful", "placid", "serene", "tranquil", "fine", "pleasant" ], "synonyms":[ "bright", "clear", "cloudless", "fair", "sunny", "sunshiny" ] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "unclubbable":{ "having or showing a lack of friendliness or interest in others":{ "antonyms":[ "cordial", "friendly", "sociable", "social", "warm" ], "examples":[ "for such a decidedly unclubbable man, politics was an odd career choice" ], "near antonyms":[ "boon", "clubbable", "clubable", "clubby", "companionable", "convivial", "extroverted", "extraverted", "gregarious", "outgoing", "communicative", "expansive", "garrulous", "talkative", "affable", "folksy", "genial", "gracious", "hospitable", "agreeable", "amiable", "congenial", "kindly", "neighborly" ], "related":[ "indrawn", "introverted", "nongregarious", "recessive", "reclusive", "reserved", "unsocial", "withdrawn", "misanthropic", "apathetic", "hard", "indifferent", "unconcerned", "clinical", "dispassionate", "impersonal", "professional", "disinterested", "incurious", "uninterested", "reticent", "silent", "taciturn", "uncommunicative", "diffident", "shy", "timid", "cliquey", "cliquish", "clubbish" ], "synonyms":[ "aloof", "antisocial", "asocial", "buttoned-up", "cold", "cold-eyed", "cool", "detached", "distant", "dry", "frosty", "offish", "remote", "standoff", "standoffish", "unbending", "unsociable" ] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "unclutter":{ "as in":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "uncluttered":{ "as in":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "being clean and in good order":{ "antonyms":[ "disheveled", "dishevelled", "disordered", "disorderly", "messy", "mussed", "mussy", "sloven", "slovenly", "unkempt", "untidy" ], "examples":[ "I work better with an uncluttered desk" ], "near antonyms":[ "scruffy", "seedy", "shabby", "slipshod", "sloppy", "dirty", "filthy", "foul", "nasty", "sordid", "squalid", "dowdy", "frowsy", "frowzy", "rumpled", "tousled", "tumbled", "disorganized", "unsystematic" ], "related":[ "dapper", "natty", "saucy", "smart", "spiffy", "spruce", "immaculate", "spick-and-span", "spic-and-span", "spotless", "rakish", "sleek", "streamlined", "taut", "organized", "straight", "systematic" ], "synonyms":[ "antiseptic", "bandbox", "crisp", "groomed", "kempt", "neat", "orderly", "picked up", "prim", "shipshape", "smug", "snug", "tidied", "tidy", "trig", "trim", "well-groomed" ] }, "type":[ "adjective", "verb" ] }, "uncluttering":{ "as in":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "uncombative":{ "as in":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "uncomic":{ "not joking or playful in mood or manner":{ "antonyms":[ "facetious", "flip", "flippant", "humorous", "jesting", "jocular", "joking", "kittenish", "ludic", "playful" ], "examples":[ "the movie takes a very uncomic approach to underage drinking, finding nothing funny about drunken teens" ], "near antonyms":[ "antic", "comic", "comical", "droll", "farcical", "funny", "hilarious", "hysterical", "hysteric", "laughable", "light", "light-headed", "ludicrous", "ridiculous", "riotous", "risible", "screaming", "sidesplitting", "uproarious", "featherbrained", "flighty", "frivolous", "goofy", "harebrained", "lighthearted", "puerile", "scatterbrained", "absurd", "asinine", "balmy", "brainless", "cockeyed", "crazy", "cuckoo", "daffy", "daft", "dotty", "fatuous", "foolish", "half-witted", "insane", "jerky", "kooky", "kookie", "loony", "looney", "lunatic", "mad", "nonsensical", "nutty", "preposterous", "sappy", "screwball", "senseless", "silly", "unwise", "wacky", "whacky", "weak-minded", "witless", "zany" ], "related":[ "harsh", "stern", "strict", "businesslike", "professional", "dignified", "distinguished", "elevated", "serious-minded", "gloomy", "grim" ], "synonyms":[ "earnest", "grave", "humorless", "no-nonsense", "po-faced", "sedate", "serious", "severe", "sober", "sobersided", "solemn", "staid", "unsmiling", "weighty" ] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "unconquerable":{ "incapable of being defeated, overcome, or subdued":{ "antonyms":[ "superable", "surmountable", "vincible", "vulnerable" ], "examples":[ "an unconquerable spirit that got the family through some hard times" ], "near antonyms":[ "exposed", "imperiled", "imperilled", "insecure", "liable", "open", "susceptible", "unguarded", "unprotected", "unsafe", "defenseless", "helpless", "powerless", "weak" ], "related":[ "inviolable", "unassailable", "unbreachable", "untouchable", "armored", "defended", "guarded", "protected", "safe", "safeguarded", "secure", "shielded", "unbeaten", "unbowed", "unconquered", "undefeated", "unsubdued" ], "synonyms":[ "bulletproof", "impregnable", "indomitable", "insuperable", "insurmountable", "invincible", "invulnerable", "unbeatable", "unstoppable" ] }, "type":[ "adjective" 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"discourteous", "impolite", "mannerless", "misleared", "rude", "uncivil", "ungracious", "unmannerly", "awkward", "ungainly" ], "synonyms":[ "boorish", "churlish", "classless", "cloddish", "clownish", "loutish" ] }, "lacking in refinement or good taste":{ "antonyms":[ "civilized", "cultivated", "cultured", "genteel", "polished", "refined", "smooth", "tasteful", "ultrarefined", "well-bred" ], "examples":[ "the movie's uncouth humor seemed to be purposely offensive" ], "near antonyms":[ "aristocratic", "courtly", "patrician", "elegant", "graceful", "restrained", "considerate", "gracious", "sensitive", "thoughtful", "citified", "sophisticated", "urbane" ], "related":[ "boorish", "churlish", "cloddish", "clownish", "loutish", "ungentlemanly", "clumsy", "lubberly", "lumpish", "oafish", "inconsiderate", "indelicate", "insensitive", "thoughtless", "countrified", "countryfied", "provincial", "rustic", "rustical", "unsophisticated", "graceless", "inelegant", "tacky", "animallike", "barbaric", "barbarous", "uncivilized", "mannerless", "unmannered", "unmannerly" ], "synonyms":[ "coarse", "common", "crass", "crude", "gross", "ill-bred", "illiberal", "incult", "insensible", "low", "lowbred", "lowbrow", "raffish", "rough", "rough-hewn", "roughneck", "rude", "rugged", "tasteless", "uncultivated", "uncultured", "unpolished", "unrefined", "vulgar" ] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "uncover":{ "to make known (as information previously kept secret)":{ "antonyms":[ "cloak", "conceal", "cover (up)", "enshroud", "hide", "mask", "shroud", "veil" ], "examples":[ "uncovered the location of the secret documents" ], "near antonyms":[ "camouflage", "disguise", "gild", "gloss (over)", "varnish", "whitewash", "becloud", "bedim", "befog", "cloud", "darken", "eclipse", "obscure", "overcast", "overshadow", "shade" ], "related":[ "confide", "share", "debunk", "show up", "unclothe", "undrape", "advertise", "announce", "blaze", "bring out", "broadcast", "declare", "placard", "post", "proclaim", "promulgate", "publicize", "publish", "sound", "betray", "blab", "give away", "leak", "inform", "squeal", "talk", "communicate", "impart", "relate", "acknowledge", "admit", "avow", "concede", "confess", "own", "disinter", "rake up", "smoke out", "unearth" ], "synonyms":[ "bare", "disclose", "discover", "divulge", "expose", "let on (about)", "reveal", "spill", "tell", "unbosom", "uncloak", "unmask", "unveil" ] }, "to reveal the true nature of":{ "antonyms":[ "camouflage", "cloak", "disguise", "mask" ], "examples":[ "a magazine article that purports to uncover the inner operations of what many regard as a religious cult" ], "near antonyms":[ "conceal", "hide", "secrete", "veil" ], "related":[ "demolish", "discredit", "disprove", "disclose", "divulge", "tell", "unveil" ], "synonyms":[ "debunk", "expose", "nail", "show up", "uncloak", "undress", "unmask" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "uncovered":{ "lacking a usual or natural covering":{ "antonyms":[ "covered" ], "examples":[ "the famed snows of Mount Kilimanjaro are receding, leaving behind much uncovered ground" ], "near antonyms":[ "mantled", "overgrown", "overrun", "overspread", "bearded", "hairy" ], "related":[ "displayed", "revealed", "hairless", "shaven", "disrobed", "unclad", "unclothed", "undressed", "furless", "skinned", "divested", "unprotected" ], "synonyms":[ "bald", "bare", "denuded", "exposed", "naked", "open", "peeled", "stripped" ] }, "to make known (as information previously kept secret)":{ "antonyms":[ "cloaked", "concealed", "covered (up)", "enshrouded", "hid", "masked", "shrouded", "veiled" ], "examples":[ "uncovered the location of the secret documents" ], "near antonyms":[ "camouflaged", "disguised", "gilded", "gilt", "glossed (over)", "varnished", "whitewashed", "beclouded", "bedimmed", "befogged", "clouded", "darkened", "eclipsed", "obscured", "overcast", "overshadowed", "shaded" ], "related":[ "confided", "shared", "debunked", "showed up", "unclothed", "undraped", "advertised", "announced", "blazed", "broadcast", "broadcasted", "brought out", "declared", "placarded", "posted", "proclaimed", "promulgated", "publicized", "published", "sounded", "betrayed", "blabbed", "gave away", "leaked", "informed", "squealed", "talked", "communicated", "imparted", "related", "acknowledged", "admitted", "avowed", "conceded", "confessed", "owned", "disinterred", "raked up", "smoked out", "unearthed" ], "synonyms":[ "bared", "disclosed", "discovered", "divulged", "exposed", "let on (about)", "revealed", "spilled", "spilt", "told", "unbosomed", "uncloaked", "unmasked", "unveiled" ] }, "to reveal the true nature of":{ "antonyms":[ "camouflaged", "cloaked", "disguised", "masked" ], "examples":[ "a magazine article that purports to uncover the inner operations of what many regard as a religious cult" ], "near antonyms":[ "concealed", "hid", "secreted", "veiled" ], "related":[ "demolished", "discredited", "disproved", "disclosed", "divulged", "told", "unveiled" ], "synonyms":[ "debunked", "exposed", "nailed", "showed up", "uncloaked", "undressed", "unmasked" ] }, "type":[ "adjective", "verb" ] }, "uncultivable":{ "as in":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "uncultured":{ "lacking in refinement or good taste":{ "antonyms":[ "civilized", "cultivated", "cultured", "genteel", "polished", "refined", "smooth", "tasteful", "ultrarefined", "well-bred" ], "examples":[ "an unlettered and uncultured society that still had the manners of the frontier" ], "near antonyms":[ "aristocratic", "courtly", "patrician", "elegant", "graceful", "restrained", "considerate", "gracious", "sensitive", "thoughtful", "citified", "sophisticated", "urbane" ], "related":[ "boorish", "churlish", "cloddish", "clownish", "loutish", "ungentlemanly", "clumsy", "lubberly", "lumpish", "oafish", "inconsiderate", "indelicate", "insensitive", "thoughtless", "countrified", "countryfied", "provincial", "rustic", "rustical", "unsophisticated", "graceless", "inelegant", "tacky", "animallike", "barbaric", "barbarous", "uncivilized", "mannerless", "unmannered", "unmannerly" ], "synonyms":[ "coarse", "common", "crass", "crude", "gross", "ill-bred", "illiberal", "incult", "insensible", "low", "lowbred", "lowbrow", "raffish", "rough", "rough-hewn", "roughneck", "rude", "rugged", "tasteless", "uncouth", "uncultivated", "unpolished", "unrefined", "vulgar" ] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "uncustomarily":{ "as in unusually , extraordinarily":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adverb" ] }, "undaunted":{ "feeling or displaying no fear by temperament":{ "antonyms":[ "chicken", "chickenhearted", "chicken-livered", "coward", "cowardly", "craven", "dastardly", "fainthearted", "fearful", "gutless", "lily-livered", "milk-livered", "nerveless", "poltroon", "poor-spirited", "pusillanimous", "spineless", "spiritless", "timorous", "uncourageous", "ungallant", "unheroic", 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"unconcealed", "undisguised", "unclassified", "unrestricted", "clear", "evident", "manifest", "obvious", "patent", "plain" ], "related":[ "back-channel", "closed-door", "off-the-books", "off-the-record", "classified", "confidential", "restricted", "top secret", "undisclosed", "concealed", "hidden", "secreted", "subterranean", "unadvertised", "unexposed" ], "synonyms":[ "backstairs", "behind-the-scenes", "clandestine", "covert", "furtive", "hole-and-corner", "hugger-mugger", "hush-hush", "private", "privy", "secret", "sneak", "sneaking", "sneaky", "stealth", "stealthy", "surreptitious", "undercover", "underground", "underhand" ] } }, "underline":{ "to indicate the importance of by giving prominent display":{ "antonyms":[ "de-emphasize" ], "examples":[ "the dean's speech underlined some of the impressive accomplishments racked up by members of the graduation class" ], "near antonyms":[ "decrease", "diminish", "lessen", "minimize", "reduce", "subdue", "tone (down)", "understate", "weaken" 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damaged in the collision" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "shoring", "column", "pedestal", "pilaster", "pillar", "arch", "bolster", "bracket", "cantilever", "girder", "bearing", "crutch", "peg", "post", "stake", "stanchion", "stand", "stilt", "strut", "truss", "base", "foundation", "frame" ], "synonyms":[ "brace", "buttress", "mount", "mounting", "prop", "reinforcement", "shore", "spur", "stay", "support" ] }, "an immaterial thing upon which something else rests":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "the underpinnings of the theory have recently been called into question" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "anchorage", "bed", "brace", "bulwark", "buttress", "framework", "infrastructure", "mount", "prop", "shore", "stay", "substratum", "substructure", "support", "assumption", "justification", "premise", "premiss", "presumption", "presupposition", "rationale", "supposition", "theory", "thesis", "warrant", "backbone", "center", "core", "eye", "focus", "heart", "hub", "kernel", "nucleus", "seat", "essence", "quintessence", "soul", "touchstone" ], "synonyms":[ "base", "basis", "bedrock", "bottom", "cornerstone", "footing", "foundation", "ground", "groundwork", "keystone", "root", "warp", "warp and woof" ] }, "to hold up or serve as a foundation for":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "the central beliefs that underpin a free society" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "steadying", "trussing", "underlying" ], "synonyms":[ "bearing", "bolstering", "bracing", "buttressing", "carrying", "propping (up)", "shoring (up)", "staying", "supporting", "sustaining", "undergirding", "upholding" ] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "underscored":{ "to make more apparent":{ "antonyms":[ "de-emphasized" ], "examples":[ "a history of the Old West that underscores the role that pioneer women had in bringing order and stability to the wild frontier" ], "near antonyms":[ "decreased", "diminished", "lessened", "minimized", "reduced", "subdued", "toned (down)", "understated", "weakened" ], "related":[ "amplified", "beefed (up)", "boosted", "reinforced", "reenforced", "strengthened", "augmented", "deepened", "enhanced", "enlarged", "heightened", "magnified", "maximized", "supplemented", "enlivened", "jazzed (up)" ], "synonyms":[ "accentuated", "brought out", "emphasized", "italicized", "stressed", "underlined" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "understand":{ "to form an opinion or reach a conclusion through reasoning and information":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "as I understand it, this is the best plan that we have" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "assume", "suppose", "conjecture", "guess", "speculate", "surmise", "construe", "interpret", "read", "contemplate", "philosophize", "rationalize", "think", "ascertain", "dope (out)", "find out" ], "synonyms":[ "conclude", "decide", "deduce", "derive", "extrapolate", "gather", "infer", "judge", "make out", "reason" ] }, "to have a clear idea of":{ "antonyms":[ "miss" ], "examples":[ "after a few weeks in Russia I began to understand the language a little bit" ], "near antonyms":[ "misapprehend", "misconceive", "misconstrue", "misinterpret", "misperceive", "misread", "mistake", "misunderstand" ], "related":[ "absorb", "digest", "take in", "realize", "fathom", "penetrate", "pierce" ], "synonyms":[ "appreciate", "apprehend", "assimilate", "behold", "catch", "catch on (to)", "cognize", "compass", "comprehend", "conceive", "cotton (to or on to)", "decipher", "decode", "dig", "discern", "get", "grasp", "grok", "intuit", "know", "make", "make out", "perceive", "recognize", "register", "savvy", "see", "seize", "sense", "tumble (to)", "twig" ] }, "to have a practical understanding of":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "I think I understand how an engine works now" ], "near antonyms":[ "misapprehend", "misconceive", "misinterpret", "misknow", "misperceive", "misunderstand" ], "related":[ "appreciate", "apprehend", "cognize", "fathom", "follow", "ken", "perceive", "savvy", "have", "possess", "catch on (to)", "pick up" ], "synonyms":[ "comprehend", "grasp", "know" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "understandability":{ "as in":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "understates":{ "to say that (something) is smaller, less important, etc., than it really is":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "He understated his taxable income.", "She's trying to understate the issue/problem." ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "understating":{ "to say that (something) is smaller, less important, etc., than it really is":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "He understated his taxable income.", "She's trying to understate the issue/problem." ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "undersupply":{ "a falling short of an essential or desirable amount or number":{ "antonyms":[ "abundance", "adequacy", "amplitude", "opulence", "plenitude", "plenty", "sufficiency", "wealth" ], "examples":[ "an undersupply of 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"having little weight":{ "antonyms":[ "heavy", "hefty", "leaden", "overweight", "ponderous", "weighty" ], "examples":[ "the long illness left him frail and underweight" ], "near antonyms":[ "big", "considerable", "extensive", "goodly", "great", "handsome", "huge", "hulking", "jumbo", "king-size", "king-sized", "large", "largish", "massive", "overscale", "overscaled", "oversize", "oversized", "sizable", "sizeable", "substantial", "super", "voluminous", "whacking", "bulky", "cumbersome", "unwieldy" ], "related":[ "bantam", "diminutive", "little", "minute", "puny", "small", "smallish", "tiny", "undersized", "undersize", "wee", "flimsy", "fragile", "insubstantial", "petite", "slender", "slight", "slim", "thin" ], "synonyms":[ "featherlight", "feathery", "light", "lightweight", "weightless" ] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "underworlds":{ "a social sphere that exists outside of the mainstream":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "a magazine article taking an insightful look at the underworld 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"mellow", "carefree", "nonchalant", "unconcerned", "assured", "confident", "self-assured", "aloof", "detached", "dispassionate", "indifferent", "bovine", "impassive", "phlegmatic", "sober", "stolid", "relaxed", "relieved", "tranquilized", "tranquillized" ], "synonyms":[ "calm", "collected", "composed", "cool", "coolheaded", "equal", "level", "limpid", "peaceful", "placid", "possessed", "recollected", "sedate", "self-composed", "self-possessed", "serene", "smooth", "together", "tranquil", "unperturbed", "unruffled", "unshaken", "untroubled", "unworried" ] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "undoes":{ "to deprive of courage or confidence":{ "antonyms":[ "nerves" ], "examples":[ "the sudden shriek undid the campers" ], "near antonyms":[ "fortifies", "strengthens", "emboldens", "encourages", "heartens" ], "related":[ "debilitates", "enervates", "enfeebles", "neuters", "weakens", "prostrates", "saps", "softens", "tires", "wastes", "frightens", "intimidates", "psychs (out)", "scares", "terrifies", "terrorizes", "daunts", "discourages", "disheartens", "dismays", "dispirits", "crazes", "deranges", "maddens", "unbalances", "unhinges", "discomposes", "disquiets", "disturbs", "fazes", "perturbs", "unsettles", "upsets", "weirds out" ], "synonyms":[ "demoralizes", "emasculates", "paralyzes", "unmans", "unnerves", "unstrings" ] }, "to disengage the knotted parts of":{ "antonyms":[ "binds", "fastens", "knots", "lashes", "ties" ], "examples":[ "undo a tangled shoelace" ], "near antonyms":[ "braids", "interlaces", "interweaves", "laces", "winds", "entangles", "snarls", "tangles" ], "related":[ "unbraids", "unlaces", "disentangles", "ravels", "unravels", "unsnarls", "untangles", "unwinds", "loosens", "looses" ], "synonyms":[ "unbinds", "unfastens", "unlashes", "unties" ] }, "to trouble the mind of; to make uneasy":{ "antonyms":[ "calms", "composes", "quiets", "settles", "soothes", "tranquilizes", "tranquillizes" ], "examples":[ "the mere mention of the home invasion still had the power to 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"sensitive" ], "related":[ "cold", "cool", "dispassionate", "unmoved", "calm", "collected", "composed", "imperturbable", "unflappable", "reserved", "reticent", "taciturn", "bland", "blank", "deadpan", "dry", "empty", "expressionless", "inexpressive", "stone-faced", "straight-faced", "vacant", "wooden", "enigmatic", "enigmatical", "impenetrable", "inscrutable", "aloof", "bloodless", "detached", "indifferent", "insensible", "unconcerned", "unsentimental", "impersonal", "objective", "unresponsive", "hard-hearted", "pitiless", "unfeeling", "inconsiderate", "thoughtless" ], "synonyms":[ "affectless", "apathetic", "cold-blooded", "emotionless", "impassible", "impassive", "numb", "passionless", "phlegmatic", "stoic", "stoical", "stolid", "undemonstrative" ] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "unenlightening":{ "as in":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "unfailing":{ "not being or likely to be wrong":{ "antonyms":[ "fallible" 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"limited", "restricted" ], "examples":[ "the unfathomable reaches of space" ], "near antonyms":[ "fathomable", "measurable", "depthless", "shallow", "superficial" ], "related":[ "abysmal", "countless", "incalculable", "incomputable", "inestimable", "innumerable", "unmeasured", "exhaustless", "inexhaustible", "extensive", "far-flung", "immense", "vast" ], "synonyms":[ "bottomless", "boundless", "endless", "fathomless", "horizonless", "illimitable", "immeasurable", "immensurable", "indefinite", "infinite", "limitless", "measureless", "unbounded", "unlimited" ] }, "impossible to understand":{ "antonyms":[ "fathomable", "intelligible", "understandable" ], "examples":[ "for some unfathomable reason the family decided to venture out into the blizzard" ], "near antonyms":[ "basic", "elemental", "elementary", "essential", "fundamental", "rudimentary", "underlying", "easy", "simple", "coherent", "connected", "ordered", "orderly", "organized", "systematic", "systematized", "clear", "cogent", "compelling", "convincing", "lucid", "pellucid", "perspicuous", "plain", "straightforward" ], "related":[ "abstruse", "enigmatic", "enigmatical", "esoteric", "indecipherable", "inscrutable", "recondite", "unsearchable", "cryptic", "darkling", "deep", "mysterious", "mystic", "oblique", "obscure", "occult", "uncanny", "unanswerable", "unknowable", "baffling", "bewildering", "confounding", "confusing", "mystifying", "perplexing", "puzzling", "inconceivable", "unimaginable", "unthinkable" ], "synonyms":[ "impenetrable", "incomprehensible", "ungraspable", "unintelligible" ] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "unfeeling":{ "having or showing a lack of sympathy or tender feelings":{ "antonyms":[ "charitable", "compassionate", "humane", "kindhearted", "kindly", "merciful", "sensitive", "softhearted", "sympathetic", "tender", "tenderhearted", "warm", "warmhearted" ], "examples":[ "gave the homeless people on the street only an unfeeling glance" ], "near antonyms":[ "benevolent", "benignant", "gentle", "kind", "clement", "indulgent", "lenient", "mild", "cordial", "friendly", "good-natured", "good-tempered", "gracious", "tolerant", "understanding", "affectionate", "fond", "loving" ], "related":[ "boorish", "heedless", "inconsiderate", "thoughtless", "uncaring", "unfriendly", "unloving", "unthinking", "grim", "hard-bitten", "harsh", "heavy-handed", "ironfisted", "ironhanded", "jackbooted", "knock-down, drag-out", "knock-down-and-drag-out", "oppressive", "rough", "rough-and-tumble", "severe", "sledgehammer", "stern", "tough", "ungentle", "abusive", "acrimonious", "disagreeable", "hateful", "ill-natured", "ill-tempered", "malevolent", "malicious", "mean", "rancorous", "spiteful", "surly", "virulent", "barbarous", "bestial", "brutal", "brutish", "cruel", "evil-minded", "savage", "vicious", "austere", "cold", "frosty" ], "synonyms":[ "affectless", "callous", "case-hardened", "cold-blooded", "compassionless", "desensitized", "hard", "hard-boiled", "hard-hearted", "heartless", "indurate", "inhuman", "inhumane", "insensate", "insensitive", "ironhearted", "merciless", "obdurate", "pachydermatous", "pitiless", "remorseless", "ruthless", "slash-and-burn", "soulless", "stony", "stoney", "stonyhearted", "take-no-prisoners", "thick-skinned", "uncharitable", "unmerciful", "unsparing", "unsympathetic" ] }, "lacking animate awareness or sensation":{ "antonyms":[ "animate", "feeling", "sensate", "sensible", "sensitive", "sentient" ], "examples":[ "she spoke politely even to the unfeeling virtual assistant on her phone" ], "near antonyms":[ "aware", "cognizant", "conscious", "animated", "lively", "vibrant" ], "related":[ "exanimate", "lifeless", "comatose", "unconscious" ], "synonyms":[ "inanimate", "insensate", "insensible", "insentient", "senseless" ] }, "lacking in sensation or feeling":{ "antonyms":[ "feeling", "sensible", "sensitive" ], "examples":[ "her heart was as cold and hard as the unfeeling marble statue in her garden" ], "near antonyms":[ "awake" ], "related":[ "chilled", "nipped", "anesthetized", "cocainized", "deadened", "drugged", "stupefied", "blunted", "dulled", "obtunded", "insensible", "senseless", "unconscious", "inanimate", "insensate" ], "synonyms":[ "asleep", "benumbed", "dead", "insensitive", "numb", "numbed", "torpid" ] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "unfeelingly":{ "as in ruthlessly , callously":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adverb" ] }, "unfertile":{ "producing inferior or only a small amount of vegetation":{ "antonyms":[ "fertile", "fruitful", "lush", "luxuriant", "productive", "rich" ], "examples":[ "struggling to make a living with the region's unfertile fields" ], "near antonyms":[ "arable", "tillable", "green", "sylvan", "verdant" ], "related":[ "bleak", "inhospitable", "lifeless", "uncultivable", "untillable", "bankrupted", "consumed", "debilitated", "depleted", "diminished", "drained", "dried-up", "enfeebled", "exhausted", "expended", "lessened", "reduced", "spent", "used up", "arid", "desert", "droughty", "dry", "rainless", "sere", "sear", "thirsty", "waterless", "baked", "dehydrated", "parched", "sunbaked" ], "synonyms":[ "barren", "bony", "boney", "dead", "desolate", "hardscrabble", "impoverished", "infertile", "poor", "stark", "unproductive", "waste" ] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "unfettering":{ "as in untying , unfastening":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "to set free (as from slavery or confinement)":{ "antonyms":[ "binding", "confining", "enchaining", "fettering", "restraining" ], "examples":[ "authorities eventually unfettered the menagerie of wild animals that had been kept illegally as pets" ], "near antonyms":[ "handcuffing", "manacling", "shackling", "trammeling", "trammelling", "committing", "immuring", "imprisoning", "incarcerating", "interning", "jailing", "locking (up)", "conquering", "enslaving", "subduing", "subjugating" ], "related":[ "bailing (out)", "delivering", "paroling", "ransoming", "redeeming", "rescuing", "saving", "disembarrassing", "disencumbering", "disengaging", "disentangling", "extricating", "unshackling" ], "synonyms":[ "discharging", "disenthralling", "disenthraling", "emancipating", "enfranchising", "enlarging", "freeing", "liberating", "loosening", "loosing", "manumitting", "releasing", "springing", "unbinding", "uncaging", "unchaining" ] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "unflashy":{ "not excessively showy":{ "antonyms":[ "flamboyant", "flaring", "flashy", "garish", "gaudy", "glitzy", "loud", "noisy", "ostentatious", "razzle-dazzle", "splashy", "swank", "swanky" ], "examples":[ "a family man who drives a serviceable, decidedly unflashy car" ], "near antonyms":[ "meretricious", "graceless", "inelegant", "tacky", "tasteless", "tawdry", "trashy", "vulgar", "baroque", "fancy", "frilly", "gilded", "gilt", "ornate", "rococo", "overdecorated", "overdone", "overwrought" ], "related":[ "appropriate", "becoming", "fit", "fitting", "proper", "suitable", "modest", "plain", "simple", "unadorned", "undecorated", "inconspicuous", "unnoticeable", "unobtrusive", "graceful", "handsome", "refined", "tasteful", "drab", "mousy", "mousey", "practical", "sensible" ], "synonyms":[ "conservative", "low-key", "low-keyed", "muted", "quiet", "repressed", "restrained", "sober", "subdued", "toned-down", "understated", "unpretentious" ] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "unfolded":{ "as in unbuttoned , unfurled":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "to arrange the parts of (something) over a wider area":{ "antonyms":[ "closed", "contracted", "folded" ], "examples":[ "carefully unfold that antique map so that it doesn't tear" ], "near antonyms":[ "compacted", "compressed", "condensed", "reduced" ], "related":[ "overspread" ], "synonyms":[ "expanded", "extended", "fanned (out)", "flared (out)", "opened", "outspread", "outstretched", "spread (out)", "stretched (out)", "unfurled" ] }, "to come into view":{ "antonyms":[ "cleared", "disappeared", "dissolved", "evanesced", "evaporated", "faded", "melted (away)", "vanished", "went (away)" ], "examples":[ "the majestic landscape unfolded before us" ], "near antonyms":[ "departed", "left", "retired", "withdrew" ], "related":[ "reappeared", "resurfaced", "bulked", "loomed", "arrived", "came", "dawned", "debuted", "arose", "blossomed", "bobbed (up)", "broke", "broke out", "cropped (up)", "emerged", "erupted", "issued", "outcropped", "rose", "shot (up)", "sprang (up)", "sprung (up)", "surfaced", "happened", "occurred", "reappeared", "rematerialized" ], "synonyms":[ "appeared", "came out", "materialized", "showed", "showed up", "turned up" ] }, "to gradually become clearer or more detailed":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "as the situation unfolded , it became clear that more help would be needed", "the movie became more interesting once the mystery began to unfold" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "advanced", "fared", "forged", "got along", "got on", "marched", "proceeded", "progressed", "blossomed", "grew", "matured", "ripened", "materialized", "emerged", "played out" ], "synonyms":[ "developed", "elaborated", "evolved" ] }, "to produce flowers":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "the rosebud unfolded literally overnight" ], "near antonyms":[ "dried up", "faded", "shriveled", "shrivelled", "wilted", "withered", "died", "dropped", "expired", "perished" ], "related":[ "leafed", "leaved", "budded", "opened" ], "synonyms":[ "blew", "bloomed", "blossomed", "burgeoned", "bourgeoned", "effloresced", "flowered" ] }, "type":[ "adjective", "verb" ] }, "unforeseeable":{ "as in":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "unfortunate":{ "bringing about ruin or misfortune":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "an unfortunate chain of events destroyed the business" ], "near antonyms":[ "fluky", "flukey", "fortuitous", "fortunate", "happy", "lucky", "providential", "auspicious", "bright", "encouraging", "fair", "golden", "heartening", "hopeful", "optimistic", "promising", "propitious", "rose-colored", "rosy", "upbeat" ], "related":[ "apocalyptic", "apocalyptical", "hapless", "ill-fated", "ill-starred", "luckless", "adverse", "baleful", "baneful", "damaging", "deleterious", "detrimental", "evil", "harmful", "hurtful", "ill", "injurious", "noxious", "pernicious", "prejudicial" ], "synonyms":[ "calamitous", "cataclysmal", "cataclysmic", "catastrophic", "damning", "destructive", "disastrous", "fatal", "fateful", "ruinous" ] }, "having, prone to, or marked by bad luck":{ "antonyms":[ "fortunate", "happy", "lucky" ], "examples":[ "up to that point in her life she had been unfortunate in love" ], "near antonyms":[ "blessed", "blest", "favored", "gifted", "privileged", "auspicious", "fair", "favorable", "golden", "promising", "propitious" ], "related":[ "adverse", "ill", "inauspicious", "unfavorable", "unpromising", "untoward", "calamitous", "catastrophic", "disastrous", "accursed", "accurst", "damned", "doomed", "tragic", "tragical" ], "synonyms":[ "hapless", "hard-luck", "ill-fated", "ill-starred", "jinxed", "luckless", "snakebit", "snakebitten", "star-crossed", "unhappy", "unlucky" ] }, "of a kind to cause great distress":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "an unfortunate choice of words that would later prove to be embarrassing for the talk show host" ], "near antonyms":[ "gratifying", "pleasing", "rewarding", "satisfying", "comforting", "encouraging", "heartening", "cheering", "heartwarming", "inspiring", "fortunate", "happy", "lucky" ], "related":[ "troublesome", "vexatious", "affecting", "doleful", "moving", "piteous", "poignant", "ruthful", "touching", "awful", "dire", "dreadful", "fearful", "severe", "terrible", "alarming", "disturbing", "perturbing", "traumatic", "unsettling", "crushing", "excruciating", "harrowing", "horrible", "horrifying", "intolerable", "overwhelming", "shocking", "sickening", "unbearable", "miserable", "pitiful", "sad", "wretched", "calamitous", "disastrous", "painful", "raging", "sharp" ], "synonyms":[ "deplorable", "distressful", "distressing", "grievous", "heartbreaking", "heartrending", "lamentable", "regrettable", "tragic", "tragical", "unlucky", "woeful" ] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "unfrivolous":{ "as in":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "unfunny":{ "as in":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "unfussy":{ "as in":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "ungifted":{ "as in untalented , unfit":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "unglued":{ "as in":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "unhappily":{ "type":[ "adverb" ], "with feelings of bitterness or grief":{ "antonyms":[ "blissfully", "gladly", "happily", "joyfully", "joyously" ], "examples":[ "an unhappily married couple being counseled by a professional" ], "near antonyms":[ "cheerfully", "cheerily", "delightedly", "gaily", "gayly", "gleefully", "good-naturedly", "lightheartedly", "merrily", "mirthfully", "rejoicingly", "sunnily", "blithely", "blithesomely", "calmly", "casually", "dispassionately", "easily", "impassively", "indifferently", "lightly", "nonchalantly", "stoically", "unconcernedly", "favorably", "well" ], "related":[ "abjectly", "cheerlessly", "crestfallenly", "dejectedly", "despairingly", "despondently", "disconsolately", "dispiritedly", "downheartedly", "low-spiritedly", "blackly", "darkly", "dismally", "distressfully", "distressingly", "dourly", "drearily", "forlornly", "gloomily", "glumly", "joylessly", "mirthlessly", "miserably", "morosely", "pessimistically", "somberly", "sullenly", "acutely", "harshly", "keenly", "piercingly", "poignantly", "severely", "sharply", "cruelly", "hurtfully", "ill", "rancorously" ], "synonyms":[ "agonizingly", "bitterly", "dolefully", "dolorously", "grievously", "hard", "hardly", "inconsolably", "lugubriously", "mournfully", "painfully", "plaintively", "regretfully", "resentfully", "ruefully", "sadly", "sorely", "sorrowfully", "wailfully", "woefully", "wretchedly" ] } }, "unhappiness":{ "a state or spell of low spirits":{ "antonyms":[ "bliss", "blissfulness", "ecstasy", "elatedness", "elation", "euphoria", "exhilaration", "exuberance", "exultation", "felicity", "gladness", "gladsomeness", "happiness", "heaven", "intoxication", "joy", "joyfulness", "joyousness", "jubilation", "rapture", "rapturousness" ], "examples":[ "with time the young woman got over the unhappiness caused by the breakup" ], "near antonyms":[ "gaiety", "gayety", "gayness", "glee", "gleefulness", "humor", "jollity", "joviality", "lightheartedness", "merriment", "mirth", "mirthfulness", "cheer", "cheerfulness", "cheeriness", "hopefulness", "optimism", "sunniness", "content", "contentedness", "contentment", "satisfaction", "delight", "gratification" ], "related":[ "melancholia", "self-pity", "anguish", "dolor", "grief", "mourning", "somberness", "sorrow", "woefulness", "agony", "distress", "pain", "misery", "woe", "wretchedness", "discouragement", "disheartenment", "moodiness", "despair", "desperation", "hopelessness", "self-despair", "boredom", "ennui", "tedium", "dismalness", "drear", "morbidness", "moroseness", "morosity", "regret", "rue" ], "synonyms":[ "blue devils", "blues", "dejection", "depression", "desolation", "despond", "despondence", "despondency", "disconsolateness", "dispiritedness", "doldrums", "dolefulness", "downheartedness", "dreariness", "dumps", "forlornness", "gloom", "gloominess", "glumness", "heartsickness", "joylessness", "melancholy", "miserableness", "mopes", "mournfulness", "oppression", "sadness", "sorrowfulness" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "unhappy":{ "feeling unhappiness":{ "antonyms":[ "blissful", "buoyant", "buoyed", "cheerful", "cheery", "chipper", "delighted", "glad", "gladdened", "gladsome", "gleeful", "happy", "joyful", "joyous", "jubilant", "sunny", "upbeat" ], "examples":[ "he's been unhappy ever since his family's move, which took him away from all his friends" ], "near antonyms":[ "ecstatic", "elated", "enraptured", "entranced", "euphoric", "exhilarated", "exuberant", "exultant", "overjoyed", "rapturous", "rhapsodic", "rhapsodical", "blithe", "blithesome", "jocose", "jocular", "jocund", "jolly", "jovial", "lightsome", "merry", "mirthful", "excited", "thrilled", "hopeful", "optimistic", "rosy", "sanguine", "encouraged", "heartened", "animated", "bouncing", "energetic", "frisky", "jaunty", "lively", "peppy", "perky", "spirited", "sprightful", "sprightly", "springy", "vital", "vivacious", "zippy", "content", "gratified", "pleased", "satisfied", "beaming", "grinning", "laughing", "smiling", "boon", "carefree", "careless", "cavalier", "devil-may-care", "easygoing", "happy-go-lucky", "insouciant", "lighthearted", "unconcerned" ], "related":[ "aggrieved", "distressed", "troubled", "uneasy", "unquiet", "upset", "worried", "despairing", "hopeless", "sunk", "disappointed", "discouraged", "disheartened", "dispirited", "suicidal", "dolorous", "lachrymose", "lugubrious", "plaintive", "tearful", "regretful", "rueful", "agonized", "anguished", "grieving", "wailing", "weeping", "black", "bleak", "cheerless", "comfortless", "dark", "darkening", "depressing", "desolate", "dismal", "drear", "dreary", "elegiac", "elegiacal", "funereal", "gray", "grey", "morbid", "morose", "murky", "saturnine", "somber", "sombre", "sullen" ], "synonyms":[ "bad", "blue", "brokenhearted", "cast down", "crestfallen", "dejected", "depressed", "despondent", "disconsolate", "doleful", "down", "down in the mouth", "downcast", "downhearted", "droopy", "forlorn", "gloomy", "glum", "hangdog", "heartbroken", "heartsick", "heartsore", "heavyhearted", "inconsolable", "joyless", "low", "low-spirited", "melancholic", "melancholy", "miserable", "mournful", "sad", "saddened", "sorrowful", "sorry", "woebegone", "woeful", "wretched" ] }, "having, prone to, or marked by bad luck":{ "antonyms":[ "fortunate", "happy", "lucky" ], "examples":[ "she's trying to forget that whole unhappy attempt to start a business" ], "near antonyms":[ "blessed", "blest", "favored", "gifted", "privileged", "auspicious", "fair", "favorable", "golden", "promising", "propitious" ], "related":[ "adverse", "ill", "inauspicious", "unfavorable", "unpromising", "untoward", "calamitous", "catastrophic", "disastrous", "accursed", "accurst", "damned", "doomed", "tragic", "tragical" ], "synonyms":[ "hapless", "hard-luck", "ill-fated", "ill-starred", "jinxed", "luckless", "snakebit", "snakebitten", "star-crossed", "unfortunate", "unlucky" ] }, "not appropriate for a particular occasion or situation":{ "antonyms":[ "appropriate", "becoming", "befitting", "correct", "decorous", "felicitous", "fit", "fitting", "genteel", "happy", "meet", "proper", "right", "seemly", "suitable" ], "examples":[ "a guest unintentionally made unhappy reference to what is a painful situation for the family" ], "near antonyms":[ "fortunate", "opportune", "seasonable", "timely", "applicable", "apposite", "apropos", "apt", "germane", "material", "pat", "pointed", "relative", "relevant", "compatible", "congenial", "harmonious", "allowed", "authorized", "permitted", "approved", "endorsed", "indorsed", "kosher", "licensed", "sanctioned", "abetted", "encouraged", "promoted", "supported", "acceptable", "adequate", "all right", "decent", "fine", "OK", "okay", "passable", "respectable", "satisfactory", "tolerable", "commendable", "creditable", "exemplary", "blameless", "irreproachable", "balanced", "companionate", "congruous", "consonant", "harmonious" ], "related":[ "inopportune", "unfortunate", "unseasonable", "untimely", "extraneous", "immaterial", "inapplicable", "irrelative", "irrelevant", "misbecoming", "mismatched", "incompatible", "inconsistent", "uncongenial", "bad", "naughty", "sinful", "blamable", "blameworthy", "censurable", "banned", "barred", "disallowed", "forbidden", "interdicted", "outlawed", "prohibited", "proscribed", "awkward", "gauche", "ungraceful", "unacceptable", "unsatisfactory" ], "synonyms":[ "amiss", "graceless", "improper", "inapposite", "inappropriate", "inapt", "incongruous", "incorrect", "indecorous", "inept", "infelicitous", "malapropos", "perverse", "unapt", "unbecoming", "unfit", "unseemly", "unsuitable", "untoward", "wrong" ] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "unhealthiness":{ "the condition of not being in good health":{ "antonyms":[ "health", "healthiness", "soundness", "wellness", "wholeness", "wholesomeness" ], "examples":[ "remedied his general unhealthiness with a long-overdue change to a healthy diet and exercise" ], "near antonyms":[ "comeback", "convalescence", "healing", "mending", "rally", "recovery", "recuperation", "rehab", "rehabilitation", "snapback", "fettle", "fitness", "shape", "hardiness", "heartiness", "lustiness", "robustness", "ruggedness", "stamina", "strength", "toughness", "vigor", "vigorousness", "vitality", "bloom", "flush", "flushness", "weal", "welfare", "well-being" ], "related":[ "malaise", "sickishness", "affliction", "ailment", "condition", "disease", "disorder", "dysfunction", "disfunction", "malady", "trouble", "upset", "debility", "decrepitude", "feebleness", "frailness", "infirmity", "invalidism", "invalidity", "lameness", "sickliness", "weakliness", "weakness", "hypochondria" ], "synonyms":[ "illness", "indisposition", "sickness", "unsoundness" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "unhinged":{ "having or showing a very abnormal or sick state of mind":{ "antonyms":[ "balanced", "compos mentis", "sane", "sound", "uncrazy" ], "examples":[ "destined to become one of the nation's most notorious serial killers, he apparently became unhinged as a result of being abandoned as a young teen" ], "near antonyms":[ "clear", "lucid", "rational", "reasonable", "judicious", "sensible", "wise", "healthy", "normal", "well-adjusted", "unneurotic" ], "related":[ "dotty", "fey", "loopy", "off", "potty", "teched", "tetched", "touched", "aberrant", "delirious", "delusional", "delusionary", "disordered", "disturbed", "neurotic", "obsessive-compulsive", "paranoiac", "paranoic", "paranoid", "paranoidal", "schizoid", "schizophrenic", "sociopathic", "eccentric", "odd", "oddball", "pixilated", "pixillated", "queer", "strange", "foolish", "senseless", "witless", "irrational", "unreasonable", "amok", "amuck", "ape", "ballistic", "bananas", "berserk", "nuclear", "depressed", "distracted", "distraught", "frantic", "frenzied", "hysterical", "hysteric", "raving", "wigged-out", "fixated", "monomaniac", "monomaniacal", "obsessed" ], "synonyms":[ "balmy", "barmy", "bats", "batty", "bedlam", "bonkers", "brainsick", "bughouse", "certifiable", "crackbrained", "cracked", "crackers", "crackpot", "cranky", "crazed", "crazy", "cuckoo", "daffy", "daft", "demented", "deranged", "fruity", "gaga", "haywire", "insane", "kooky", "kookie", "loco", "loony", "looney", "loony tunes", "looney tunes", "lunatic", "mad", "maniacal", "maniac", "mental", "meshuga", "meshugge", "meshugah", "meshuggah", "moonstruck", "non compos mentis", "nuts", "nutty", "psycho", "psychotic", "scatty", "screwy", "unbalanced", "unsound", "wacko", "whacko", "wacky", "whacky", "wud" ] }, "to cause to go insane or as if insane":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "the endless harassment by the guards completely unhinged the prisoners of war" ], "near antonyms":[ "calmed", "quieted", "relaxed", "settled", "soothed", "tranquilized", "tranquillized" ], "related":[ "agitated", "bothered", "confused", "discomposed", "disquieted", "distracted", "disturbed", "perturbed", "unsettled", "upset", "annoyed", "irritated", "vexed", "vext" ], "synonyms":[ "cracked", "crazed", "deranged", "frenzied", "locoed", "maddened", "unbalanced", "unstrung" ] }, "to trouble the mind of; to make uneasy":{ "antonyms":[ "calmed", "composed", "quieted", "settled", "soothed", "tranquilized", "tranquillized" ], "examples":[ "I was momentarily unhinged by the unexpected question" ], "near antonyms":[ "allayed", "alleviated", "assuaged", "appeased", "conciliated", "mollified", "pacified", "placated", "propitiated" ], "related":[ "aggravated", "angered", "annoyed", "bugged", "chafed", "chivied", "chivvied", "exasperated", "fretted", "galled", "got", "grated", "harassed", "harried", "irked", "irritated", "nettled", "peeved", "pestered", "piqued", "put off", "put out", "riled", "vexed", "vext", "bedeviled", "haunted", "plagued", "abashed", "confounded", "confused", "discomfited", "disconcerted", "discountenanced", "embarrassed", "fazed", "flustered", "jarred", "mortified", "nonplussed", "nonplused", "rattled", "shook up", "daunted", "demoralized", "discouraged", "disheartened", "dispirited", "unnerved" ], "synonyms":[ "agitated", "ailed", "alarmed", "alarumed", "bothered", "concerned", "derailed", "discomforted", "discomposed", "dismayed", "disquieted", "distempered", "distracted", "distressed", "disturbed", "exercised", "flurried", "frazzled", "freaked (out)", "fussed", "hagrode", "perturbed", "undid", "unsettled", "upset", "weirded out", "worried" ] }, "type":[ "adjective", "verb" ] }, "unhitch":{ "as in":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "uniform":{ "as in suit , dress":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "not varying":{ "antonyms":[ "changing", "deviating", "nonuniform", "unsteady", "varying" ], "examples":[ "with flat-screen TVs, picture sharpness is uniform over the entire screen, even in the corners" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "fixed", "immutable", "invariable", "set", "unalterable", "unchangeable" ], "synonyms":[ "even", "invariant", "steady", "unchanging", "undeviating", "unvarying", "unwavering" ] }, "the distinctive clothing worn by members of a particular group":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "the band uniform was brown with red and white stripes" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "fatigues", "full dress", "regimentals", "costume", "finery", "regalia" ], "synonyms":[ "livery", "outfit" ] }, "type":[ "adjective", "noun", "verb" ] }, "unify":{ "to bring (something) to a central point or under a single control":{ "antonyms":[ "decentralize", "deconcentrate", "spread (out)" ], "examples":[ "will unify the several departments into a single operation" ], "near antonyms":[ "segregate", "separate" ], "related":[ "coordinate", "harmonize", "integrate", "orchestrate", "blend", "coalesce", "combine", "fuse", "incorporate", "merge", "reduce", "conjoin", "join", "link", "assemble", "collect", "colligate", "gather", "reunify", "reunite" ], "synonyms":[ "center", "centralize", "compact", "concenter", "concentrate", "consolidate", "polarize", "unite" ] }, "to come together to form a single unit":{ "antonyms":[ "break up", "dissever", "part", "section", "separate", "sever", "split", "sunder", "unlink" ], "examples":[ "the two labor unions unified in order to strengthen their bargaining position with the manufacturers" ], "near antonyms":[ "detach", "disaffiliate", "disconnect", "disjoin", "disjoint", "dissociate", "disunite", "divide", "divorce", "fractionate", "isolate", "resolve", "uncouple", "unyoke", "disband", "disperse", "scatter" ], "related":[ "mate", "yoke", "ally", "confederate", "league", "chain", "compound", "hitch", "hook", "splice", "assemble", "cluster", "congregate", "constellate", "convene", "gather", "meet", "recombine", "reconnect", "rejoin", "reunify", "reunite" ], "synonyms":[ "associate", "coalesce", "combine", "conjoin", "conjugate", "connect", "couple", "fuse", "interfuse", "join", "link (up)", "marry", "unite" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "unimpressive":{ "as in":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "unintelligibility":{ "as in":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "unions":{ "an association of persons, parties, or states for mutual assistance and protection":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "in 1949 the U.S. and Canada joined their European allies in a transatlantic union to defend Western Europe from aggression by the Soviet Union" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "cabals", "conspiracies", "juntos", "cartels", "syndicates", "trusts", "factions", "fronts", "fusions", "sides", "wings", "associations", "groups", "organizations", "affiliations", "cooperatives", "partnerships", "circuits", "conferences" ], "synonyms":[ "alliances", "axes", "blocks", "blocs", "coalitions", "combinations", "combines", "confederacies", "confederations", "federations", "leagues" ] }, "the act or an instance of joining two or more things into one":{ "antonyms":[ "breakups", "disconnections", "dissolutions", "disunions", "divisions", "partings", "partitions", "schisms", "scissions", "splits" ], "examples":[ "the union of East Germany and West Germany that became possible after the fall of communism" ], "near antonyms":[ "detachments", "divorcements", "separations", "severances" ], "related":[ "agglomerations", "amalgamations", "blends", "coalescences", "fusions", "intermixtures", "mixes", "mixtures", "syntheses", "reunifications", "reunions" ], "synonyms":[ "combinations", "connections", "consolidations", "couplings", "junctions", "mergers", "unifications" ] }, "the state of having shared interests or efforts (as in social or business matters)":{ "antonyms":[ "disaffiliations", "dissociations" ], "examples":[ "the movie studio is producing the blockbuster in union with another studio because of the tremendous cost involved" ], "near antonyms":[ "breakups", "dissolutions", "disunions", "divisions", "partings", "separations", "severances", "splits", "alienations", "divorces", "estrangements" ], "related":[ "businesses", "dealings", "interactions", "exchanges", "interconnections", "interrelations", "mutualisms", "reciprocities", "symbioses", "incorporations", "integrations", "mergers", "unifications", "affinities", "attachments", "intimacies", "rapports", "sympathies", "kinships", "solidarities", "unities", "colleagueships", "companies", "companionships", "fellowships", "beds", "cahoots", "leagues" ], "synonyms":[ "affiliations", "alliances", "associations", "collaborations", "confederations", "connections", "cooperations", "hookups", "liaisons", "linkups", "partnerships", "relations", "relationships", "tie-ups" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "univocal":{ "so clearly expressed as to leave no doubt about the meaning":{ "antonyms":[ "implicit", "implied", "inferred", "ambiguous", "circuitous", "equivocal", "indefinite", "inexplicit", "unspecific", "vague" ], "examples":[ "those who believe that the language of the Bible is univocal : it is never metaphorical but intended to be taken literally" ], "near antonyms":[ "cryptic", "dark", "enigmatic", "enigmatical", "obscure", "unclear", "imprecise", "inaccurate", "incorrect", "inexact", "incomprehensible", "unintelligible" ], "related":[ "avowed", "declared", "specified", "stated", "categorical", "categoric", "complete", "comprehensive", "exhaustive", "full", "certain", "sure", "unmistakable", "clear", "distinct", "lucid", "well-defined", "exact", "precise", "direct", "literal", "plain", "simple", "straightforward", "comprehensible", "intelligible", "understandable" ], "synonyms":[ "clear-cut", "definite", "definitive", "explicit", "express", "specific", "unambiguous", "unequivocal" ] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "unknowable":{ "not able to be known":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "No matter how far science advances, some things about the world will always remain unknown and unknowable .", "If passed, this law will have unknowable consequences." ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "unlashing":{ "to disengage the knotted parts of":{ "antonyms":[ "binding", "fastening", "knotting", "lashing", "tying", "tieing" ], "examples":[ "unlashed the ropes which secured the crate in the bed of the truck" ], "near antonyms":[ "braiding", "interlacing", "interweaving", "lacing", "winding", "entangling", "snarling", "tangling" ], "related":[ "unbraiding", "unlacing", "disentangling", "raveling", "ravelling", "unraveling", "unsnarling", "untangling", "unwinding", "loosening", "loosing" ], "synonyms":[ "unbinding", "undoing", "unfastening", "untying", "untieing" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "unlettered":{ "lacking in education or the knowledge gained from books":{ "antonyms":[ "educated", "knowledgeable", "lettered", "literate", "schooled", "well-informed", "well-read" ], "examples":[ "unlettered moviegoers could scarcely imagine how little resemblance the film bore to the novel on which it was supposedly based" ], "near antonyms":[ "brilliant", "intelligent", "smart", "experienced", "expert", "trained", "erudite", "learned", "polyhistoric", "polymath", "polymathic", "scholarly", "cultivated", "cultured", "highbrow", "intellectual", "sophisticated", "acquainted", "aware", "familiar" ], "related":[ "functionally illiterate", "innumerate", "semiliterate", "unknowledgeable", "artless", "lowbrow", "philistine", "uncultivated", "uncultured", "callow", "green", "inexperienced", "innocent", "naive", "na\u00efve", "unsophisticated", "raw", "unskilled", "untrained", "brainless", "dumb", "idiotic", "idiotical", "imbecile", "imbecilic", "moronic", "stupid", "witless", "foolish", "senseless", "silly" ], "synonyms":[ "analphabetic", "benighted", "dark", "ignorant", "illiterate", "nonliterate", "rude", "simple", "uneducated", "uninstructed", "unlearned", "unread", "unschooled", "untaught", "untutored" ] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "unloose":{ "to set free (from a state of being held in check)":{ "antonyms":[ "bridle", "check", "constrain", "contain", "control", "curb", "govern", "hold", "inhibit", "regulate", "rein (in)", "restrain", "smother", "tame" ], "examples":[ "the familiar scent unloosed a flood of pleasant memories from her childhood" ], "near antonyms":[ "handcuff", "manacle", "shackle", "trammel", "bind", "confine", "enchain", "fetter", "halter", "hamper" ], "related":[ "discharge", "emancipate", "enfranchise", "free", "liberate", "manumit", "spring", "unbind", "uncage", "unchain", "unfetter", "unmoor", "unshackle", "air", "express", "take out", "vent" ], "synonyms":[ "loose", "loosen", "release", "uncork", "unleash", "unlock", "unloosen" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "unloosed":{ "to set free (from a state of being held in check)":{ "antonyms":[ "bridled", "checked", "constrained", "contained", "controlled", "curbed", "governed", "held", "inhibited", "regulated", "reined (in)", "restrained", "smothered", "tamed" ], "examples":[ "the familiar scent unloosed a flood of pleasant memories from her childhood" ], "near antonyms":[ "handcuffed", "manacled", "shackled", "trammeled", "trammelled", "bound", "confined", "enchained", "fettered", "haltered", "hampered" ], "related":[ "discharged", "emancipated", "enfranchised", "freed", "liberated", "manumitted", "sprang", "sprung", "unbound", "uncaged", "unchained", "unfettered", "unmoored", "unshackled", "aired", "expressed", "took out", "vented" ], "synonyms":[ "loosed", "loosened", "released", "uncorked", "unleashed", "unlocked", "unloosened" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "unloosening":{ "to set free (from a state of being held in check)":{ "antonyms":[ "bridling", "checking", "constraining", "containing", "controlling", "curbing", "governing", "holding", "inhibiting", "regulating", "reining (in)", "restraining", "smothering", "taming" ], "examples":[ "a relaxing bath unloosened all the mental and physical tension that had been building throughout the day" ], "near antonyms":[ "handcuffing", "manacling", "shackling", "trammeling", "trammelling", "binding", "confining", "enchaining", "fettering", "haltering", "hampering" ], "related":[ "discharging", "emancipating", "enfranchising", "freeing", "liberating", "manumitting", "springing", "unbinding", "uncaging", "unchaining", "unfettering", "unmooring", "unshackling", "airing", "expressing", "taking out", "venting" ], "synonyms":[ "loosening", "loosing", "releasing", "uncorking", "unleashing", "unlocking", "unloosing" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "unmaking":{ "as in":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "to remove from a position of prominence or power (as a throne)":{ "antonyms":[ "crowning", "enthroning", "throning" ], "examples":[ "a movie studio chief who likes to boast that he can unmake any star in Hollywood if he wishes" ], "near antonyms":[ "baptizing", "baptising", "inaugurating", "inducting", "initiating", "installing", "instating", "investing", "appointing", 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"empty", "fruitless", "futile", "ineffective", "ineffectual", "inefficacious", "otiose", "profitless", "unavailing", "unprofitable", "unsuccessful", "useless", "vain" ] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "unqualified":{ "having no exceptions or restrictions":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "the new play is an unqualified success" ], "near antonyms":[ "doubtful", "dubious", "equivocal", "qualified", "questionable", "restricted", "uncertain" ], "related":[ "authentic", "classic", "genuine", "real", "veritable", "constant", "endless", "eternal", "perpetual", "undying", "unremitting", "extreme", "unrestricted", "confirmed", "habitual", "hopeless", "inveterate", "extraordinary", "frightful", "horrible", "huge", "main", "superlative", "supreme", "surpassing", "terrible", "terrific" ], "synonyms":[ "absolute", "all-out", "arrant", "blank", "blooming", "bodacious", "categorical", "categoric", "clean", "complete", "consummate", "crashing", "damn", "damned", "dead", "deadly", "definite", "downright", 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"unprepared", "untrained", "useless", "worthless", "disqualified", "ineligible", "wanting" ], "synonyms":[ "inapt", "incapable", "incompetent", "inept", "inexpert", "unable", "unfit", "unfitted", "unskilled", "unskillful" ] }, "not limited or specialized in application or purpose":{ "antonyms":[ "limited", "restricted", "specialized", "technical" ], "examples":[ "an unqualified denial of the charges" ], "near antonyms":[ "bounded", "circumscribed", "confined", "definite", "demarcated", "determinate", "finite", "qualified", "dedicated", "selective" ], "related":[ "mixed-use", "multipurpose", "broad", "wide", "nonspecific", "unspecified", "vague" ], "synonyms":[ "all-around", "all-round", "all-purpose", "catholic", "general", "general-purpose", "unlimited", "unrestricted", "unspecialized" ] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "unqualifiedly":{ "as in absolutely , downright":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adverb" ] }, "unquestionably":{ "type":[ "adverb" ], "without any question":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "given his experience, he is unquestionably the right person for this job" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "conceivably", "likely", "perhaps", "possibly", "probably", "obviously", "unmistakably" ], "synonyms":[ "all right", "alright", "assuredly", "certainly", "clearly", "definitely", "doubtless", "easily", "forsooth", "hands down", "inarguably", "incontestably", "incontrovertibly", "indeed", "indisputably", "plainly", "really", "so", "sure", "surely", "truly", "unarguably", "undeniably", "undoubtedly" ] } }, "unquestioned":{ "as in undisputed , uncontested":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "unraveled":{ "to find an answer for through reasoning":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "unraveled the mystery" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "concluded", "decided", "deduced", "gathered", "inferred", "judged", "reasoned", "cleared (up)", "ironed out", "straightened (out)", "unscrambled", "untangled", "untied", "assumed", "conjectured", "divined", "guessed", "presumed", "speculated", "deciphered", "decoded" ], "synonyms":[ "answered", "broke", "cracked", "doped (out)", "figured out", "puzzled (out)", "resolved", "riddled (out)", "solved", "unriddled", "worked", "wrought", "worked out" ] }, "to separate the various strands of":{ "antonyms":[ "entangled", "snarled", "tangled" ], "examples":[ "it took us forever to unravel the jumbled mass of Christmas tree lights" ], "near antonyms":[ "braided", "knotted", "laced", "plaited", "plied", "spliced", "tied", "wound", "winded" ], "related":[ "frayed", "fretted", "smoothed", "straightened (out)", "uncoiled", "undid", "unknotted", "unlaced", "unrolled", "unstrung", "unthreaded", "untied", "unwound" ], "synonyms":[ "disentangled", "raveled (out)", "ravelled (out)", "unbraided", "unlaid", "unsnarled", "untangled", "untwined", "untwisted", "unwove" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "unreadable":{ "incapable of being read or deciphered":{ "antonyms":[ "clean", "decipherable", "fair", "legible", "readable" ], "examples":[ "the old book contains an inscription, but the handwriting is cramped and unreadable" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "faint", "indistinct", "obscure", "unclear" ], "synonyms":[ "illegible", "indecipherable", "undecipherable" ] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "unrealistic":{ "based on what is wanted or hoped for rather than on what is possible or likely":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "He had unrealistic expectations about the type of apartment he could afford on his meager salary.", "The valuation placed on this company is completely unrealistic ." ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "not likely to occur in the real world":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "The movie's unrealistic dialogue kept distracting me from the story." ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "unrealizable":{ "incapable of being solved or accomplished":{ "antonyms":[ "achievable", "attainable", "doable", "feasible", "possible", "realizable", "resolvable", "soluble", "workable" ], "examples":[ "an unrealizable dream for a severely impoverished nation" ], "near antonyms":[ "applicable", "functional", "practicable", "practical", "reasonable", "serviceable", "usable", "useable", "useful", "working", "likely", "probable", "acceptable", "believable", "conceivable", "credible", "plausible" ], "related":[ "impracticable", "impractical", "infeasible", "unusable", "unworkable", "debatable", "disputable", "doubtable", "doubtful", "dubious", "far-fetched", "fishy", "improbable", "problematic", "problematical", "questionable", "shady", "shaky", "suspect", "suspicious", "unfeasible", "unlikely", "implausible", "inconceivable", "incredible", "unbelievable", "unimaginable", "unthinkable", "futile", "useless", "absurd", "fantastic", "fantastical", "outlandish", "preposterous", "ridiculous" ], "synonyms":[ "hopeless", "impossible", "insoluble", "insolvable", "insuperable", "unattainable", "undoable", "unsolvable" ] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "unreasonably":{ "as in":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adverb" ] }, "unreasoned":{ "as in misguided , ill-advised":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "unreceptive":{ "as in":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "unrefined":{ "being such as found in nature and not altered by processing or refining":{ "antonyms":[ "dressed", "processed", "refined", "treated" ], "examples":[ "unrefined sugar" ], "near antonyms":[ "filtered", "pure", "purified" ], "related":[ "undeveloped", "rough-hewn", "semifinished", "unfinished", "unpolished", "uncooked", "impure", "unfiltered" ], "synonyms":[ "crude", "native", "natural", "raw", "rude", "undressed", "unprocessed", "untreated" ] }, "hastily or roughly constructed":{ "antonyms":[ "refined" ], "examples":[ "an unrefined mountaineer's hut" ], "near antonyms":[ "faultless", "finished", "flawless", "meticulous", "perfect", "perfected", "polished", "well-done", "adept", "adroit", "dexterous", "dextrous", "expert", "masterful", "masterly", "neat", "practiced", "practised", "skillful", "workmanlike", "artful", "artistic", "sophisticated", "exact", "precise" ], "related":[ "defective", "faulty", "flawed", "imperfect", "imprecise", "inexact", "inartistic", "undressed", "unfinished", "unpolished", "unworked", "amateur", "amateurish", "inexpert", "unprofessional", "unskilled", "unskillful", "primitive", "rudimentary", "unshaped", "unshapen" ], "synonyms":[ "artless", "clumsy", "crude", "jerry-built", "jerry-rigged", "jury-rigged", "rough", "rough-and-ready", "rough-and-tumble", "rough-hewn", "rude" ] }, "lacking in refinement or good taste":{ "antonyms":[ "civilized", "cultivated", "cultured", "genteel", "polished", "refined", "smooth", "tasteful", "ultrarefined", "well-bred" ], "examples":[ "guilty of such unrefined behavior as eating with their mouths open" ], "near antonyms":[ "aristocratic", "courtly", "patrician", "elegant", "graceful", "restrained", "considerate", "gracious", "sensitive", "thoughtful", "citified", "sophisticated", "urbane" ], "related":[ "boorish", "churlish", "cloddish", "clownish", "loutish", "ungentlemanly", "clumsy", "lubberly", "lumpish", "oafish", "inconsiderate", "indelicate", "insensitive", "thoughtless", "countrified", "countryfied", "provincial", "rustic", "rustical", "unsophisticated", "graceless", "inelegant", "tacky", "animallike", "barbaric", "barbarous", "uncivilized", "mannerless", "unmannered", "unmannerly" ], "synonyms":[ "coarse", "common", "crass", "crude", "gross", "ill-bred", "illiberal", "incult", "insensible", "low", "lowbred", "lowbrow", "raffish", "rough", "rough-hewn", "roughneck", "rude", "rugged", "tasteless", "uncouth", "uncultivated", "uncultured", "unpolished", "vulgar" ] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "unrelenting":{ "showing no signs of slackening or yielding in one's purpose":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "unrelenting in the pursuit of equality for all races" ], "near antonyms":[ "slackening", "softening", "yielding", "impotent", "invertebrate", "slack", "spineless", "weak", "complaisant", "obliging", "pliable", "pliant" ], "related":[ "persevering", "persistent", "tenacious", "hard", "hardheaded", "headstrong", "intractable", "mulish", "obdurate", "opinionated", "peevish", "pertinacious", "perverse", "pigheaded", "self-willed", "stubborn", "uncooperative", "willful", "wilful", "merciless", "ruthless", "unforgiving" ], "synonyms":[ "determined", "dogged", "grim", "implacable", "relentless", "unappeasable", "unflinching", "unyielding" ] }, "sticking to an opinion, purpose, or course of action in spite of reason, arguments, or persuasion":{ "antonyms":[ "acquiescent", "agreeable", "amenable", "compliant", "complying", "flexible", "pliable", "pliant", "relenting", "yielding" ], "examples":[ "that professor tends to be unrelenting about deadlines" ], "near antonyms":[ "docile", "obedient", "placable", "submissive", "tractable", "accepting", "persuadable", "receptive", "responsive", "willing", "governable", "manageable", "reasonable", "temperate", "slavish", "subservient" ], "related":[ "anal-retentive", "obsessive", "wayward", "wrongheaded", "determined", "hell-bent", "inexorable", "persistent", "relentless", "resolved", "set", "single-minded", "steadfast", "stouthearted", "tenacious", "unflinching", "firm", "hard-line", "hard-shell", "hard-shelled", "iron", "severe", "stern", "strict", "hidebound", "narrow-minded", "rigid", "bloody-minded", "cantankerous", "contrary", "cussed", "contumacious", "disobedient", "froward", "insubordinate", "intractable", "recalcitrant", "refractory", "uncooperative", "ungovernable", "unmanageable", "unruly", "defiant", "insurgent", "mutinous", 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"infantile", "infantilized", "infantine", "boyish", "girlish", "juvenescent", "kiddish", "young", "youngish", "youthful", "maidenly", "virginal", "ingenuous", "innocent", "naive", "na\u00efve", "tender", "unknowing", "unseasoned", "unsophisticated", "untrained", "untried" ], "synonyms":[ "adolescent", "callow", "green", "immature", "inexperienced", "juvenile", "puerile", "raw", "unfledged", "unformed", "unripened" ] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "unsalable":{ "as in unmarketable , noncommercial":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "unscholarly":{ "as in nonacademic , unacademic":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "as in uneducated , unlettered":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "unseemly":{ "as in":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "not 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having a lot of unsettled weather lately" ], "near antonyms":[ "equable", "even", "uniform", "abiding", "durable", "lasting", "permanent", "persistent", "dependable", "reliable", "sure", "tried", "tried-and-true", "true", "trustworthy", "trusty" ], "related":[ "aimless", "arbitrary", "desultory", "erratic", "haphazard", "hit-or-miss", "irregular", "random", "scattered", "slapdash", "stray", "ambivalent", "hesitating", "shaky", "shilly-shally", "shilly-shallying", "vacillating", "wavering", "dicey", "undependable", "unreliable", "untrustworthy", "adaptable", "mobile", "protean", "versatile" ], "synonyms":[ "capricious", "changeable", "changeful", "fickle", "flickery", "fluctuating", "fluid", "inconsistent", "inconstant", "mercurial", "mutable", "skittish", "temperamental", "uncertain", "unpredictable", "unstable", "unsteady", "variable", "volatile" ] }, "not feeling sure about the truth, wisdom, or trustworthiness of someone or something":{ "antonyms":[ "certain", "convinced", "positive", "sure" ], "examples":[ "I'm still unsettled about whether I should take that job" ], "near antonyms":[ "assured", "confident", "sanguine", "self-assured", "decisive", "determined", "resolute" ], "related":[ "ambivalent", "conflicted", "equivocal", "diffident", "insecure", "halting", "hesitant", "indecisive", "irresolute", "vacillating", "wavering" ], "synonyms":[ "distrustful", "doubtful", "dubious", "hinky", "mistrustful", "skeptical", "suspicious", "trustless", "uncertain", "unconvinced", "undecided", "unsure" ] }, "not yet paid":{ "antonyms":[ "cleared", "liquidated", "paid (off or up)", "repaid", "settled" ], "examples":[ "I keep unsettled bills next to the checkbook" ], "near antonyms":[ "prepaid" ], "related":[ "due", "mature" ], "synonyms":[ "outstanding", "overdue", "owed", "owing", "payable", "unpaid" ] }, "not yet settled or decided":{ "antonyms":[ "decided", "determined", "resolved", "settled" ], "examples":[ "we can't move on as long as this important question remains unsettled" ], "near antonyms":[ "confirmed", "established", "certain", "sure" ], "related":[ "hanging", "arguable", "debatable", "disputable", "moot", "uncertain", "unsure" ], "synonyms":[ "open", "pending", "undecided", "undetermined", "unresolved" ] }, "to trouble the mind of; to make uneasy":{ "antonyms":[ "calmed", "composed", "quieted", "settled", "soothed", "tranquilized", "tranquillized" ], "examples":[ "the news that the local grocery store had sold contaminated produce unsettled many shoppers" ], "near antonyms":[ "allayed", "alleviated", "assuaged", "appeased", "conciliated", "mollified", "pacified", "placated", "propitiated" ], "related":[ "aggravated", "angered", "annoyed", "bugged", "chafed", "chivied", "chivvied", "exasperated", "fretted", "galled", "got", "grated", "harassed", "harried", "irked", "irritated", "nettled", "peeved", "pestered", "piqued", "put off", "put out", "riled", "vexed", "vext", "bedeviled", "haunted", "plagued", "abashed", "confounded", "confused", "discomfited", "disconcerted", "discountenanced", "embarrassed", "fazed", "flustered", "jarred", "mortified", "nonplussed", "nonplused", "rattled", "shook up", "daunted", "demoralized", "discouraged", "disheartened", "dispirited", "unnerved" ], "synonyms":[ "agitated", "ailed", "alarmed", "alarumed", "bothered", "concerned", "derailed", "discomforted", "discomposed", "dismayed", "disquieted", "distempered", "distracted", "distressed", "disturbed", "exercised", "flurried", "frazzled", "freaked (out)", "fussed", "hagrode", "perturbed", "undid", "unhinged", "upset", "weirded out", "worried" ] }, "type":[ "adjective", "verb" ] }, "unskilled":{ "lacking or showing a lack of expert skill":{ "antonyms":[ "ace", "adept", "consummate", "crackerjack", "expert", "master", "masterful", "masterly", "professional", "virtuosic", "virtuoso" ], "examples":[ "an unskilled handling of the facial features in the portrait explains why it is attributed to \"school of Vel\u00e1zquez\" and not to the master himself" ], "near antonyms":[ "able", "accomplished", "capable", "competent", "dexterous", "dextrous", "gifted", "habile", "handsome", "proficient", "skilled", "skillful", "talented", "experienced", "practiced", "practised", "seasoned", "veteran", "educated", "fitted", "initiated", "knowledgeable", "prepared", "qualified", "schooled", "taught", "trained", "tutored", "versed", "all-around", "all-round", "ambidextrous", "versatile", "well-rounded", "finished", "polished", "slick" ], "related":[ "curbstone", "self-taught", "uninitiated", "unprepared", "unqualified", "unschooled", "untaught", "untrained", "untutored", "awkward", "clumsy", "ham-fisted", "ham-handed", "heavy-handed", "crude", "defective", "faulty", "flawed", "primitive", "unfinished", "unpolished", "beginning", "entry-level", "fresh", "green", "new", "raw", "unseasoned", "untested", "untried", "would-be", "incapable", "incompetent", "talentless", "unable", "unfit", "ungifted", "untalented" ], "synonyms":[ "amateur", "amateurish", "dilettante", "dilettantish", "inexperienced", "inexpert", "jackleg", "nonprofessional", "unprofessional", "unskillful" ] }, "lacking qualities (as knowledge, skill, or ability) required to do a job":{ "antonyms":[ "able", "capable", "competent", "expert", "fit", "qualified", "skilled", "skillful", "ultracompetent" ], "examples":[ "hired unskilled workers because they would work for lower wages" ], "near antonyms":[ "prepared", "ready", "trained", "overqualified", "accomplished", "ace", "adept", "consummate", "crack", "experienced", "practiced", "practised", "seasoned", "veteran", "virtuoso", "all-around", "all-round", "protean", "versatile" ], "related":[ "ineffective", "ineffectual", "inefficient", "amateurish", "callow", "dilettantish", "green", "inexperienced", "raw", "unprofessional", "unequipped", "unprepared", "untrained", "useless", "worthless", "disqualified", "ineligible", "wanting" ], "synonyms":[ "inapt", "incapable", "incompetent", "inept", "inexpert", "unable", "unfit", "unfitted", "unqualified", "unskillful" ] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "unsold":{ "as in":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "unsparing":{ "giving or sharing in abundance and without hesitation":{ "antonyms":[ "cheap", "close", "closefisted", "costive", "illiberal", "mingy", "miserly", "niggardly", "parsimonious", "penurious", "selfish", "stingy", "stinting", "tight", "tightfisted", "uncharitable", "ungenerous" ], "examples":[ "neighbors were unsparing in their charity when a local family was rendered homeless by a fire" ], "near antonyms":[ "mean", "petty", "small", "frugal", "spare", "sparing", "thrifty", "chary", "stinting", "acquisitive", "avaricious", "avid", "coveting", "covetous", "desirous", "grasping", "hoggish", "itchy", "mercenary", "rapacious", "begrudging", "envious", "grudging", "resentful" ], "related":[ "extravagant", "handsome", "lavish", "overgenerous", "profuse", "altruistic", "beneficent", "benevolent", "hospitable", "humanitarian", "philanthropic", "philanthropical", "big", "greathearted", "largehearted", "magnanimous", "openhearted", "compassionate", "good-hearted", "kind", "kindly", "samaritan", "sympathetic" ], "synonyms":[ "bighearted", "bounteous", "bountiful", "charitable", "free", "freehanded", "freehearted", "fulsome", "generous", "liberal", "munificent", "open", "openhanded", "unselfish", "unstinting" ] }, "having or showing a lack of sympathy or tender feelings":{ "antonyms":[ "charitable", "compassionate", "humane", "kindhearted", "kindly", "merciful", "sensitive", "softhearted", "sympathetic", "tender", "tenderhearted", "warm", "warmhearted" ], "examples":[ "unsparing in his criticism of the welfare state" ], "near antonyms":[ "benevolent", "benignant", "gentle", "kind", "clement", "indulgent", "lenient", "mild", "cordial", "friendly", "good-natured", "good-tempered", "gracious", "tolerant", "understanding", "affectionate", "fond", "loving" ], "related":[ "boorish", "heedless", "inconsiderate", "thoughtless", "uncaring", "unfriendly", "unloving", "unthinking", "grim", "hard-bitten", "harsh", "heavy-handed", "ironfisted", "ironhanded", "jackbooted", "knock-down, drag-out", "knock-down-and-drag-out", "oppressive", "rough", "rough-and-tumble", "severe", "sledgehammer", "stern", "tough", "ungentle", "abusive", "acrimonious", "disagreeable", "hateful", "ill-natured", "ill-tempered", "malevolent", "malicious", "mean", "rancorous", "spiteful", "surly", "virulent", "barbarous", "bestial", "brutal", "brutish", "cruel", "evil-minded", "savage", "vicious", "austere", "cold", "frosty" ], "synonyms":[ "affectless", "callous", "case-hardened", "cold-blooded", "compassionless", "desensitized", "hard", "hard-boiled", "hard-hearted", "heartless", "indurate", "inhuman", "inhumane", "insensate", "insensitive", "ironhearted", "merciless", "obdurate", "pachydermatous", "pitiless", "remorseless", "ruthless", "slash-and-burn", "soulless", "stony", "stoney", "stonyhearted", "take-no-prisoners", "thick-skinned", "uncharitable", "unfeeling", "unmerciful", "unsympathetic" ] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "unspeakable":{ "beyond the power to describe":{ "antonyms":[ "communicable", "definable", "expressible", "speakable" ], "examples":[ "continually encountered unspeakable beauty in their travels through the Alps" ], "near antonyms":[ "conceivable", "imaginable", "thinkable" ], "related":[ "unsayable", "inconceivable", "incredible", "unbelievable", "unimaginable", "unthinkable", "inexplicable", "unexplainable", "characterless", "featureless", "nondescript" ], "synonyms":[ "incommunicable", "indefinable", "indescribable", "ineffable", "inenarrable", "inexpressible", "nameless", "uncommunicable", "unutterable" ] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "unspecified":{ "known but not named":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "some unspecified person is expected to replace him temporarily as director of operations until a permanent director can be found" ], "near antonyms":[ "known", "named", "specified" ], "related":[ "particular", "specific" ], "synonyms":[ "anonymous", "certain", "given", "one", "some", "unidentified", "unnamed" ] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "unstrung":{ "as in unnerved , undone":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "to cause to go insane or as if insane":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "the kind of fierce combat that can unstring even hardened soldiers" ], "near antonyms":[ "calmed", "quieted", "relaxed", "settled", "soothed", "tranquilized", "tranquillized" ], "related":[ "agitated", "bothered", "confused", "discomposed", "disquieted", "distracted", "disturbed", "perturbed", "unsettled", "upset", "annoyed", "irritated", "vexed", "vext" ], "synonyms":[ "cracked", "crazed", "deranged", "frenzied", "locoed", "maddened", "unbalanced", "unhinged" ] }, "to deprive of courage or confidence":{ "antonyms":[ "nerved" ], "examples":[ "a little unstrung by the fact that he was on his first job interview" ], "near antonyms":[ "fortified", "strengthened", "emboldened", "encouraged", "heartened" ], "related":[ "debilitated", "enervated", "enfeebled", "neutered", "weakened", "prostrated", "sapped", "softened", "tired", "wasted", "frightened", "intimidated", "psyched (out)", "scared", "terrified", "terrorized", "daunted", "discouraged", "disheartened", "dismayed", "dispirited", "crazed", "deranged", "maddened", "unbalanced", "unhinged", "discomposed", "disquieted", "disturbed", "fazed", "perturbed", "unsettled", "upset", "weirded out" ], "synonyms":[ "demoralized", "emasculated", "paralyzed", "undid", "unmanned", "unnerved" ] }, "type":[ "adjective", "verb" ] }, "unsubstantiated":{ "having no basis in reason or fact":{ "antonyms":[ "good", "hard", "just", "justified", "reasonable", "reasoned", "substantiated", "valid", "well-founded", "well-grounded" ], "examples":[ "an unsubstantiated claim that was thrown out of court" ], "near antonyms":[ "certified", "validated", "verified", "confirmed", "corroborated", "informed", "logical", "rational", "commonsense", "sane", "sensible", "sober", "wise", "actual", "genuine", "real", "true", "certain", "sure", "clear", "cogent", "compelling", "convincing", "credible", "persuasive", "plausible", "satisfying", "solid", "sound" ], "related":[ "illogical", "irrational", "nonlogical", "unconscionable", "unsound", "fallacious", "false", "misled", "wrong", "gratuitous", "uncalled-for", "unnecessary", "flimsy", "implausible", "misleading", "specious", "unconvincing", "untenable", "weak", "ill-advised", "unreasoned", "inconsistent", "absurd", "asinine", "brainless", "crackpot", "crazy", "fatuous", "foolish", "half-witted", "harebrained", "meaningless", "nonsensical", "preposterous", "senseless", "silly", "simpleminded", "stupid", "unwise", "insane", "lunatic", "mad", "nutty", "wacky", "whacky" ], "synonyms":[ "baseless", "foundationless", "groundless", "invalid", "nonvalid", "unfounded", "unreasonable", "unsupported", "unwarranted" ] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "unsullied":{ "free from dirt or stain":{ "antonyms":[ "besmirched", "dirty", "filthy", "foul", "grubby", "smirched", "soiled", "spotted", "stained", "sullied", "unclean", "uncleaned" ], "examples":[ "only unsullied vestments are ever appropriate for church services" ], "near antonyms":[ "dingy", "greasy", "grimy", "mucky", "muddy", "unwashed", "defiled", "germy", "polluted", "tainted", "unsterile", "unsterilized", "blackened", "discolored" ], "related":[ "pure", "taintless", "undefiled", "unpolluted", "untainted", "wholesome", "cleanly", "germfree", "hygienic", "sanitary", "sterile", "abluted", "bleached", "cleansed", "purified", "scrubbed", "washed", "whitened", "milky", "snowy", "white", "flawless", "unblemished", "bright", "shiny", "sparkling" ], "synonyms":[ "antiseptic", "chaste", "clean", "fair", "immaculate", "pristine", "spick-and-span", "spic-and-span", "spotless", "squeaky-clean", "stainless", "unsoiled", "unstained" ] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "unsupervised":{ "as in unconquered , unruled":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "unsuspecting":{ "lacking in worldly wisdom or informed judgment":{ "antonyms":[ "cosmopolitan", "experienced", "knowing", "sophisticated", "worldly", "worldly-wise" ], "examples":[ "sidewalk vendors selling bogus gems to unsuspecting tourists" ], "near antonyms":[ "critical", "cynical", "doubting", "incredulous", "skeptical", "suspecting", "suspicious", "unconvinced", "careful", "cautious", "guarded", "leery", "leary", "wary", "watchful", "down-to-earth", "hardheaded", "pragmatic", "pragmatical", "realistic", "sober", "street-smart", "streetwise" ], "related":[ "callow", "childish", "immature", "inexperienced", "raw", "childlike", "idealistic", "impractical", "unrealistic", "believing", "credulous", "gullible", "gullable", "susceptible", "trustful", "trusting", "unguarded", "beguiled", "duped", "gulled", "tricked", "careless", "heedless", "thoughtless" ], "synonyms":[ "aw-shucks", "dewy", "dewy-eyed", "green", "ingenuous", "innocent", "na\u00eff", "naif", "naive", "na\u00efve", "primitive", "simple", "simpleminded", "uncritical", "unknowing", "unsophisticated", "unsuspicious", "unwary", "unworldly", "wide-eyed" ] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "untillable":{ "as in uncultivable":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "untoward":{ "given to resisting authority or another's control":{ "antonyms":[ "amenable", "biddable", "compliant", "conformable", "docile", "obedient", "ruly", "submissive", "tractable" ], "examples":[ "tried to reason with the untoward child" ], "near antonyms":[ "acquiescent", "agreeable", "amiable", "cooperative", "deferential", "obliging", "yielding", "behaved", "disciplined", "well-bred", "courteous", "polite", "respectful", "kowtowing", "obsequious", "servile", "slavish", "subservient", "decorous", "mannerly", "orderly", "proper", "controllable", "governable", "manageable", "trainable" ], "related":[ "noncooperative", "uncooperative", "insurgent", "mutinous", "adamant", "adamantine", "dogged", "hardheaded", "headstrong", "immovable", "implacable", "inflexible", "mulish", "negativistic", "obdurate", "obstinate", "opinionated", "peevish", "pertinacious", "pigheaded", "rigid", "self-willed", "stubborn", "unbending", "uncompromising", "unrelenting", "unyielding", "fractious", "uncontrollable", "unmanageable", "wild", "perverse", "resistant", "wrongheaded", "bad", "disorderly", "errant", "misbehaving", "mischievous", "monkeying", "monkeyish", "naughty", "undisciplined", "dissident", "nonconformist", "discourteous", "disrespectful", "ill-bred", "ill-mannered", "ill-natured", "impertinent", "impolite", "impudent", "inconsiderate", "insolent", "ornery", "rude", "uncivil", "uncouth", "ungracious", "unmannerly" ], "synonyms":[ "balky", "contrary", "contumacious", "defiant", "disobedient", "froward", "incompliant", "insubordinate", "intractable", "obstreperous", "rebel", "rebellious", "recalcitrant", "recusant", "refractory", "restive", "ungovernable", "unruly", "wayward", "willful", "wilful" ] }, "given to resisting control or discipline by others":{ "antonyms":[ "controllable", "governable", "manageable", "tractable" ], "examples":[ "a program for untoward teenagers that is designed to give them the kind of discipline that their parents were unable or unwilling to administer" ], "near antonyms":[ "docile", "obedient", "well-behaved", "compliant", "placable", "pliable", "submissive", "yielding", "accepting", "persuadable", "receptive", "responsive", "willing", "reasonable", "temperate", "trainable" ], "related":[ "bullheaded", "contrary", "difficult", "hardheaded", "incorrigible", "intransigent", "mulish", "obdurate", "obstinate", "opinionated", "perverse", "pigheaded", "self-willed", "stiff", "stiff-necked", "stubborn", "undisciplined", "unpunished", "uncontrolled", "wild", "boisterous", "irrepressible", "rambunctious", "rowdy", "disobedient", "indocile", "insubordinate", "rebellious", "misbehaving", "naughty" ], "synonyms":[ "froward", "headstrong", "incontrollable", "intractable", "recalcitrant", "refractory", "uncontrollable", "ungovernable", "unmanageable", "unruly", "wayward", "willful", "wilful" ] }, "not appropriate for a particular occasion or situation":{ "antonyms":[ "appropriate", "becoming", "befitting", "correct", "decorous", "felicitous", "fit", "fitting", "genteel", "happy", "meet", "proper", "right", "seemly", "suitable" ], "examples":[ "unfortunately, one of the symptoms of dementia can be a tendency to make untoward and often shocking remarks" ], "near antonyms":[ "fortunate", "opportune", "seasonable", "timely", "applicable", "apposite", "apropos", "apt", "germane", "material", "pat", "pointed", "relative", "relevant", "compatible", "congenial", "harmonious", "allowed", "authorized", "permitted", "approved", "endorsed", "indorsed", "kosher", "licensed", "sanctioned", "abetted", "encouraged", "promoted", "supported", "acceptable", "adequate", "all right", "decent", "fine", "OK", "okay", "passable", "respectable", "satisfactory", "tolerable", "commendable", "creditable", "exemplary", "blameless", "irreproachable", "balanced", "companionate", "congruous", "consonant", "harmonious" ], "related":[ "inopportune", "unfortunate", "unseasonable", "untimely", "extraneous", "immaterial", "inapplicable", "irrelative", "irrelevant", "misbecoming", "mismatched", "incompatible", "inconsistent", "uncongenial", "bad", "naughty", "sinful", "blamable", "blameworthy", "censurable", "banned", "barred", "disallowed", "forbidden", "interdicted", "outlawed", "prohibited", "proscribed", "awkward", "gauche", "ungraceful", "unacceptable", "unsatisfactory" ], "synonyms":[ "amiss", "graceless", "improper", "inapposite", "inappropriate", "inapt", "incongruous", "incorrect", "indecorous", "inept", "infelicitous", "malapropos", "perverse", "unapt", "unbecoming", "unfit", "unhappy", "unseemly", "unsuitable", "wrong" ] }, "opposed to one's interests":{ "antonyms":[ "advantageous", "favorable", "friendly", "positive", "supportive", "sympathetic", "well-disposed" ], "examples":[ "achieved great success as an artist despite growing up in a very untoward milieu" ], "near antonyms":[ "beneficial", "good", "helpful", "propitious", "useful", "harmless", "innocent", "innocuous", "inoffensive", "nondestructive", "nonfatal", "nonlethal", "nonthreatening", "unresistant", "tolerant", "understanding", "affable", "agreeable", "amiable", "amicable", "benign", "benignant", "complying", "congenial", "cordial", "friendly", "hospitable" ], "related":[ "bad", "baleful", "baneful", "evil", "damaging", "deleterious", "destructive", "detrimental", "fatal", "harmful", "hurtful", "ill", "injurious", "lethal", "malignant", "murderous", "noxious", "pernicious", "poisonous", "ruinous", "threatening", "troublesome", "unhealthy", "wounding", "dangerous", "hazardous", "imperiling", "imperilling", "jeopardizing", "parlous", "perilous", "risky", "unsafe", "calumnious", "defamatory", "detractive", "offensive", "scathing", "slanderous", "antagonistic", "antipathetic", "inhospitable", "intolerant", "uncongenial", "uncooperative", "competing", "conflicting", "counteracting", "countering", "opposing", "resistant", "resisting" ], "synonyms":[ "adverse", "counter", "disadvantageous", "hostile", "inimical", "negative", "prejudicial", "unfavorable", "unfriendly", "unsympathetic" ] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "untrusting":{ "as in distrustful , mistrustful":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "untrustworthy":{ "not able to be trusted; not trustworthy":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "an untrustworthy person", "He has proven himself untrustworthy ." ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "untruths":{ "a false idea or belief":{ "antonyms":[ "truths", "verities" ], "examples":[ "their argument rests on a fundamental untruth which has long been discredited" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "factoids", "superstitions", "fictions", "pretenses", "pretences", "distortions", "inaccuracies", "misapprehensions", "miscomprehensions", "misinterpretations", "misjudgments", "misperceptions", "misunderstandings", "misinformation", "misknowledges", "misreports", "misrepresentations", "misstatements", "sophisms", "sophistries", "fibs", "half-truths", "lies", "stories", "tales" ], "synonyms":[ "delusions", "errors", "fallacies", "falsehoods", "falsities", "hallucinations", "illusions", "misbeliefs", "misconceptions", "myths", "old wives' tales" ] }, "a statement known by its maker to be untrue and made in order to deceive":{ "antonyms":[ "truths" ], "examples":[ "the Web site is rife with untruths and misleading information" ], "near antonyms":[ "facts", "truisms", "verities", "honesties", "veracities", "authentications", "confirmations", "substantiations", "validations", "verifications" ], "related":[ "distortions", "exaggerations", "half-truths", "ambiguities", "equivocations", "obliquities", "defamations", "libels", "slanders", "perjuries", "bluffs", "fictions", "poses", "pretenses", "pretences", "humbug", "jives", "nonsense", "canards", "fallacies", "misconceptions", "myths", "falsifications", "misinformation", "misreports", "misrepresentations", "misstatements", "deceits", "dishonesties", "duplicities", "fraudulences" ], "synonyms":[ "fables", "fabrications", "fairy tales", "falsehoods", "falsities", "fibs", "lies", "mendacities", "prevarications", "stories", "tales", "taradiddles", "tarradiddles", "whoppers" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "untutored":{ "lacking in education or the knowledge gained from books":{ "antonyms":[ "educated", "knowledgeable", "lettered", "literate", "schooled", "well-informed", "well-read" ], "examples":[ "to the untutored observer these works of art must seem strange indeed" ], "near antonyms":[ "brilliant", "intelligent", "smart", "experienced", "expert", "trained", "erudite", "learned", "polyhistoric", "polymath", "polymathic", "scholarly", "cultivated", "cultured", "highbrow", "intellectual", "sophisticated", "acquainted", "aware", "familiar" ], "related":[ "functionally illiterate", "innumerate", "semiliterate", "unknowledgeable", "artless", "lowbrow", "philistine", "uncultivated", "uncultured", "callow", "green", "inexperienced", "innocent", "naive", "na\u00efve", "unsophisticated", "raw", "unskilled", "untrained", "brainless", "dumb", "idiotic", "idiotical", "imbecile", "imbecilic", "moronic", "stupid", "witless", "foolish", "senseless", "silly" ], "synonyms":[ "analphabetic", "benighted", "dark", "ignorant", "illiterate", "nonliterate", "rude", "simple", "uneducated", "uninstructed", "unlearned", "unlettered", "unread", "unschooled", "untaught" ] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, 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"notable", "noticeable", "outstanding", "prominent", "remarkable", "salient", "striking", "bizarre", "deviant", "eccentric", "freakish", "monstrous", "oddball", "outlandish", "quaint", "strange", "weird", "incomprehensible", "inconceivable", "incredible", "unimaginable", "unthinkable" ], "synonyms":[ "aberrant", "aberrated", "abnormal", "anomalous", "atypical", "especial", "exceeding", "exceptional", "extraordinaire", "extraordinary", "freak", "odd", "peculiar", "phenomenal", "preternatural", "rare", "singular", "uncommon", "uncustomary", "unique", "unwonted" ] }, "noticeably different from what is generally found or experienced":{ "antonyms":[ "common", "ordinary", "plain", "usual" ], "examples":[ "we found some unusual shells by the high-tide mark while combing the beach" ], "near antonyms":[ "unexceptional", "expected", "predictable", "familiar", "normal", "regular", "typical" ], "related":[ "bizarre", "eccentric", "far-out", "kooky", "kookie", "oddball", "outlandish", "outr\u00e9", "way-out", "aberrant", "abnormal", "atypical", "exceptional", "irregular", "newsworthy", "notable", "noteworthy", "noticeable", "particular", "remarkable", "special" ], "synonyms":[ "curious", "extraordinary", "funny", "odd", "offbeat", "out-of-the-way", "peculiar", "queer", "rare", "singular", "strange", "unaccustomed", "uncommon", "uncustomary", "unique", "weird" ] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "unusualness":{ "as in":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "unvarying":{ "not undergoing a change in condition":{ "antonyms":[ "capricious", "changeful", "changing", "fickle", "fluctuating", "fluid", "inconstant", "mercurial", "skittish", "uncertain", "unpredictable", "unsettled", "unstable", "unsteady", "varying", "volatile" ], "examples":[ "an unvarying dedication to the welfare of her community" ], "near antonyms":[ "adaptable", "alterable", "changeable", "flexible", "mutable", "variable", "ephemeral", "evanescent", "fleeting", "momentary", "transient", "transitory", "kaleidoscopic", "phantasmagoric", "phantasmagorical" ], "related":[ "fast", "fixed", "hard-and-fast", "immutable", "inflexible", "invariable", "unalterable", "unchangeable", "established", "set", "settled", "ceaseless", "continuing", "durable", "enduring", "lasting", "permanent" ], "synonyms":[ "changeless", "constant", "stable", "stationary", "steady", "unchanging" ] }, "not varying":{ "antonyms":[ "changing", "deviating", "nonuniform", "unsteady", "varying" ], "examples":[ "unvarying temperatures and humidity are best for the preservation of ancient artifacts" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "fixed", "immutable", "invariable", "set", "unalterable", "unchangeable" ], "synonyms":[ "even", "invariant", "steady", "unchanging", "undeviating", "uniform", "unwavering" ] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "unveil":{ "to make known (as information previously kept secret)":{ "antonyms":[ "cloak", "conceal", "cover (up)", "enshroud", "hide", "mask", "shroud", "veil" ], "examples":[ "unveiled the techniques that the self-styled clairvoyant used to trick her clients" ], "near antonyms":[ "camouflage", "disguise", "gild", "gloss (over)", "varnish", "whitewash", "becloud", "bedim", "befog", "cloud", "darken", "eclipse", "obscure", "overcast", "overshadow", "shade" ], "related":[ "confide", "share", "debunk", "show up", "unclothe", "undrape", "advertise", "announce", "blaze", "bring out", "broadcast", "declare", "placard", "post", "proclaim", "promulgate", "publicize", "publish", "sound", "betray", "blab", "give away", "leak", "inform", "squeal", "talk", "communicate", "impart", "relate", "acknowledge", "admit", "avow", "concede", "confess", "own", "disinter", "rake up", "smoke out", "unearth" ], "synonyms":[ "bare", "disclose", "discover", "divulge", "expose", "let on (about)", "reveal", "spill", "tell", "unbosom", "uncloak", "uncover", "unmask" ] }, "to present so as to invite notice or attention":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "unveiled the new sculpture before a gathering of dignitaries" ], "near antonyms":[ "camouflage", "disguise", "mask", "conceal", "cover", "curtain", "enshroud", "hide", "obscure", "occlude", "occult", "shroud", "veil" ], "related":[ "brandish", "flourish", "wave", "advertise", "air", "announce", "blaze", "broadcast", "herald", "placard", "post", "proclaim", "publicize", "sound", "trumpet", "divulge", "talk (about)", "tell (of)", "bare", "discover", "reveal", "uncloak", "uncover", "unmask" ], "synonyms":[ "display", "disport", "exhibit", "expose", "flash", "flaunt", "lay out", "parade", "produce", "show", "show off", "sport", "strut" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "unwanted":{ "not wanted or needed":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "unwanted attention", "an unwanted suitor" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "unwariness":{ "as in":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "unwatered":{ "as in dry , arid":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "unwilling":{ "not made or done willingly or by choice":{ "antonyms":[ "deliberate", "freewill", "intentional", "uncoerced", "unforced", "voluntary", "willful", "wilful", "willing" ], "examples":[ "unwilling contributions from city employees who felt pressured to do so" ], "near antonyms":[ "advised", "conscious", "considered", "knowing", "planned", "premeditated", "premeditative", "prepense", "purposeful", "volitional", "self-imposed", "self-inflicted" ], "related":[ "accidental", "unplanned", "unpremeditated", "automatic", "impulsive", "instinctive", "spontaneous", "unprompted", "inadvertent", "unconscious", "unknowing", "unwitting" ], "synonyms":[ "coerced", "forced", "involuntary", "unintended", "unintentional", "will-less" ] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "unwinding":{ "to get rid of nervous tension or anxiety":{ "antonyms":[ "tensing (up)" ], "examples":[ "soft music and a good book help me unwind" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "unbending", "basking", "kicking back", "lolling", "lounging", "reposing", "resting", "bumming", "dallying", "dawdling", "dillydallying", "droning", "footling", "goofing (off)", "hacking (around)", "hanging (around or out)", "idling", "lazing", "loafing", "vegetating", "vegging out", "zoning out", "alleviating", "comforting", "easing", "relieving", "calming", "composing", "cooling", "quieting", "settling" ], "synonyms":[ "chilling", "chilling out", "decompressing", "de-stressing", "loosening up", "mellowing (out)", "relaxing", "winding down" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "unwitting":{ "happening by chance":{ "antonyms":[ "calculated", "deliberate", "intended", "intentional", "planned", "premeditated", "premeditative", "prepense", "set" ], "examples":[ "an unwitting mistake made in copying the material" ], "near antonyms":[ "certain", "destined", "expected", "fixed", "foreordained", "foreseeable", "foreseen", "inevitable", "predestined", "predetermined", "predictable", "preordained", "prescribed", "sure", "conscious", "freewill", "knowing", "unforced", "voluntary", "volunteer", "willful", "wilful" ], "related":[ "coincidental", "freak", "odd", "aimless", "arbitrary", "desultory", "haphazard", "random", "uncertain", "unexpected", "unforeseeable", "unforeseen", "coerced", "forced", "involuntary", "unconscious", "unprompted" ], "synonyms":[ "accidental", "casual", "chance", "fluky", "flukey", "fortuitous", "inadvertent", "incidental", "unintended", "unintentional", "unplanned", "unpremeditated" ] }, "not informed about or aware of something":{ "antonyms":[ "acquainted", "aware", "cognizant", "conscious", "conversant", "grounded", "informed", "knowing", "mindful", "witting" ], "examples":[ "an unwitting accomplice to the crime" ], "near antonyms":[ "au courant", "hip", "plugged-in", "up-to-date", "educated", "knowledgeable", "schooled", "taught", "heedful", "observant", "sensitive", "sentient" ], "related":[ "uneducated", "unschooled", "untaught", "absent", "absentminded", "abstracted", "heedless", "inattentive", "inconscient" ], "synonyms":[ "clueless", "ignorant", "incognizant", "innocent", "insensible", "nescient", "oblivious", "unacquainted", "unaware", "unconscious", "uninformed", "unknowing", "unmindful" ] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "unworldliness":{ "the quality or state of being simple and sincere":{ "antonyms":[ "artfulness", "cynicism", "knowingness", "sophistication", "worldliness" ], "examples":[ "there's a sweet unworldliness about her that makes men want to be her protector" ], "near antonyms":[ "affectedness", "artificiality", "pretentiousness", "deviousness", "dishonesty", "insincerity", "disbelief", "doubtfulness", "incredulity", "suspiciousness", "carefulness", "caution", "street smarts", "wariness", "pessimism", "skepticism", "maturity" ], "related":[ "candor", "frankness", "genuineness", "honesty", "openness", "sincerity", "straightforwardness", "unaffectedness", "unpretentiousness", "callowness", "childishness", "coltishness", "inexperience", "rawness", "insularity", "parochialism", "provincialism", "carelessness", "heedlessness", "thoughtlessness", "ignorance", "obliviousness", "unawareness", "credulity", "credulousness", "gullibility", "impressionability", "idealism", "impracticality", "optimism" ], "synonyms":[ "artlessness", "greenness", "guilelessness", "ingenuousness", "innocence", "naiveness", "na\u00efvet\u00e9", "naivete", "naivet\u00e9", "naivety", "na\u00efvety", "naturalness", "simplemindedness", "simpleness", "simplicity", "unsophistication", "viridity" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "unworldly":{ "lacking in worldly wisdom or informed judgment":{ "antonyms":[ "cosmopolitan", "experienced", "knowing", "sophisticated", "worldly", "worldly-wise" ], "examples":[ "the guy's unworldly enough to think that any stranger who would approach him on a city street is simply trying to help him" ], "near antonyms":[ "critical", "cynical", "doubting", "incredulous", "skeptical", "suspecting", "suspicious", "unconvinced", "careful", "cautious", "guarded", "leery", "leary", "wary", "watchful", "down-to-earth", "hardheaded", "pragmatic", "pragmatical", "realistic", "sober", "street-smart", "streetwise" ], "related":[ "callow", "childish", "immature", "inexperienced", "raw", "childlike", "idealistic", "impractical", "unrealistic", "believing", "credulous", "gullible", "gullable", "susceptible", "trustful", "trusting", "unguarded", "beguiled", "duped", "gulled", "tricked", "careless", "heedless", "thoughtless" ], "synonyms":[ "aw-shucks", "dewy", "dewy-eyed", "green", "ingenuous", "innocent", "na\u00eff", "naif", "naive", "na\u00efve", "primitive", "simple", "simpleminded", "uncritical", "unknowing", "unsophisticated", "unsuspecting", "unsuspicious", "unwary", "wide-eyed" ] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "unwound":{ "to get rid of nervous tension or anxiety":{ "antonyms":[ "tensed (up)" ], "examples":[ "soft music and a good book help me unwind" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "unbent", "basked", "kicked back", "lolled", "lounged", "reposed", "rested", "bummed", "dallied", "dawdled", "dillydallied", "droned", "footled", "goofed (off)", "hacked (around)", "hung (around or out)", "hanged (around or out)", "idled", "lazed", "loafed", "vegetated", "vegged out", "zoned out", "alleviated", "comforted", "eased", "relieved", "calmed", "composed", "cooled", "quieted", "settled" ], "synonyms":[ "chilled", "chilled out", "decompressed", "de-stressed", "loosened up", "mellowed (out)", "relaxed", "wound down", "winded down" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "unwritten":{ "made or carried on through speaking rather than in writing":{ "antonyms":[ "paper", "written" ], "examples":[ "an unwritten contract may not be enforceable" ], "near antonyms":[ "explicit", "formal" ], "related":[ "consensual", "implicit", "informal", "articulated", "verbalized", "given", "pronounced", "said", "sounded", "stated", "told", "voiced" ], "synonyms":[ "nuncupative", "oral", "spoken", "verbal", "viva voce", "word-of-mouth" ] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "unyielding":{ "having a consistency that does not easily yield to pressure":{ "antonyms":[ "flabby", "soft", "spongy", "squashy", "squishy" ], "examples":[ "knead the dough until it feels reasonably unyielding" ], "near antonyms":[ "loose", "scattered", "thin", "bendable", "elastic", "flexible", "malleable", "pliable", "pliant", "supple", "droopy", "flaccid", "floppy", "lank", "limp", "slack", "airy", "light", "permeable", "porous", "ultrasoft" ], "related":[ "case-hardened", "compacted", "compressed", "hardened", "indurated", "stiffened", "tempered", "close", "dense", "heavy", "thick", "thickset", "inelastic", "inflexible", "ramrod", "unbending", "compressed", "condensed", "adamantine", "rocklike", "sturdy", "substantial", "impenetrable", "impermeable", "nonporous" ], "synonyms":[ "compact", "firm", "hard", "rigid", "solid", "stiff" ] }, "incapable of or highly resistant to bending":{ "antonyms":[ "flexible", "floppy", "pliable", "pliant", "supple", "yielding" ], "examples":[ "an unyielding steel bar" ], "near antonyms":[ "elastic", "resilient", "springy", "stretchy", "workable", "malleable", "plastic", "semiflexible", "droopy", "flabby", "flaccid", "mushy", "semisoft", "soft", "squashy", "squishy", "lank", "limber", "limp", "lissome", "lissom", "lithe", "lithesome", "willowy" ], "related":[ "inelastic", "firm", "hard", "solid", "sound", "strong", "brittle", "crisp", "compact", "dense", "substantial", "arthritic", "rheumatic", "nonelastic", "nonmalleable" ], "synonyms":[ "inflexible", "rigid", "stiff", "stiffened" ] }, "showing no signs of slackening or yielding in one's purpose":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "the pioneers faced the challenge of settling the frontier with unyielding courage" ], "near antonyms":[ "slackening", "softening", "yielding", "impotent", "invertebrate", "slack", "spineless", "weak", "complaisant", "obliging", "pliable", "pliant" ], "related":[ "persevering", "persistent", "tenacious", "hard", "hardheaded", "headstrong", "intractable", "mulish", "obdurate", "opinionated", "peevish", "pertinacious", "perverse", "pigheaded", "self-willed", "stubborn", "uncooperative", "willful", "wilful", "merciless", "ruthless", "unforgiving" ], "synonyms":[ "determined", "dogged", "grim", "implacable", "relentless", "unappeasable", "unflinching", "unrelenting" ] }, "sticking to an opinion, purpose, or course of action in spite of reason, arguments, or persuasion":{ "antonyms":[ "acquiescent", "agreeable", "amenable", "compliant", "complying", "flexible", "pliable", "pliant", "relenting", "yielding" ], "examples":[ "despite studies showing that limits on development would hurt the local economy, the town council remained unyielding in their support for these limits" ], "near antonyms":[ "docile", "obedient", "placable", "submissive", "tractable", "accepting", "persuadable", "receptive", "responsive", "willing", "governable", "manageable", "reasonable", "temperate", "slavish", "subservient" ], "related":[ "anal-retentive", "obsessive", "wayward", "wrongheaded", "determined", "hell-bent", "inexorable", "persistent", "relentless", "resolved", "set", "single-minded", "steadfast", "stouthearted", "tenacious", "unflinching", "firm", "hard-line", "hard-shell", "hard-shelled", "iron", "severe", "stern", "strict", "hidebound", "narrow-minded", "rigid", "bloody-minded", "cantankerous", "contrary", "cussed", "contumacious", "disobedient", "froward", "insubordinate", "intractable", "recalcitrant", "refractory", "uncooperative", "ungovernable", "unmanageable", "unruly", "defiant", "insurgent", "mutinous", "indomitable", "invincible", "unconquerable", "confirmed", "inveterate", "unregenerate", "demanding", "exacting" ], "synonyms":[ "adamant", "adamantine", "bullheaded", "dogged", "hard", "hard-nosed", "hardened", "hardheaded", "headstrong", "immovable", "implacable", "inconvincible", "inflexible", "intransigent", "mulish", "obdurate", "obstinate", "opinionated", "ossified", "pat", "pertinacious", "perverse", "pigheaded", "self-opinionated", "self-willed", "stiff-necked", "stubborn", "unbending", "uncompromising", "unrelenting", "willful", "wilful" ] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] } }