{
  "axioms":{
    "an idea or statement put forth and accepted as true by many people":{
      "examples":[
        "The retired judge recounted the old legal axiom which states that justice and law are not always the same."
      ],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "truisms",
        "verities",
        "assumptions",
        "givens",
        "hypotheticals",
        "ifs",
        "postulates",
        "premises",
        "premisses",
        "presumptions",
        "presuppositions",
        "suppositions",
        "hypotheses",
        "propositions",
        "theories",
        "theses",
        "beliefs",
        "canons",
        "doctrines",
        "dogmas",
        "dogmata",
        "gospels",
        "laws",
        "precepts",
        "principles",
        "rules",
        "standards",
        "tenets",
        "bases",
        "foundations",
        "grounds",
        "conclusions",
        "deductions",
        "inferences",
        "affirmations",
        "assertions",
        "avouchments",
        "declarations",
        "dicta",
        "dictums",
        "ipse dixits"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "axing":{
    "to let go from office, service, or employment":{
      "examples":[
        "the boss will ax anyone who leaks company secrets"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "bouncing",
        "canning",
        "cashiering",
        "discharging",
        "dismissing",
        "firing",
        "mustering out",
        "pink-slipping",
        "releasing",
        "removing",
        "retiring",
        "sacking",
        "terminating",
        "turning off"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "downsizing",
        "excessing",
        "furloughing",
        "laying off",
        "trimming",
        "booting (out)",
        "chucking (out)",
        "drumming (out)",
        "kicking out",
        "throwing out",
        "unseating",
        "separating"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "keeping",
        "reemploying",
        "re-employing",
        "rehiring",
        "contracting",
        "subcontracting",
        "recruiting"
      ],
      "antonyms":[
        "employing",
        "engaging",
        "hiring",
        "retaining",
        "signing (up or on)",
        "taking on"
      ]
    },
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "axis":{
    "a thing or place that is of greatest importance to an activity or interest":{
      "examples":[
        "in addition to being the suburb's social axis , the country club is the place where deals are made and partnerships are forged"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "base",
        "capital",
        "center",
        "central",
        "core",
        "cynosure",
        "epicenter",
        "eye",
        "focus",
        "ground zero",
        "heart",
        "hub",
        "locus",
        "mecca",
        "navel",
        "nerve center",
        "nexus",
        "nucleus",
        "omphalos",
        "seat"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "headquarters",
        "happy hunting ground",
        "hive",
        "hotbed",
        "hot spot",
        "playground",
        "playland",
        "kernel",
        "nub",
        "pith",
        "deep",
        "thick",
        "essence",
        "quintessence",
        "soul",
        "attraction",
        "lodestone",
        "loadstone",
        "magnet",
        "polestar"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "an association of persons, parties, or states for mutual assistance and protection":{
      "examples":[
        "an axis of previously nonaligned nations"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "alliance",
        "bloc",
        "block",
        "coalition",
        "combination",
        "combine",
        "confederacy",
        "confederation",
        "federation",
        "league",
        "union"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "cabal",
        "conspiracy",
        "junto",
        "cartel",
        "syndicate",
        "trust",
        "faction",
        "front",
        "fusion",
        "side",
        "wing",
        "association",
        "group",
        "organization",
        "affiliation",
        "cooperative",
        "partnership",
        "circuit",
        "conference"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  }
}