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"incorrupted", "incorruptible", "innocent", "inoffensive", "irreproachable", "unobjectionable", "angelic", "angelical", "lily-white", "pure", "scrupulous", "spotless", "uncorrupted", "unerring", "goody-goody", "moralistic", "pharisaical", "rectitudinous", "sanctimonious", "self-righteous" ], "synonyms":[ "all right", "ethical", "good", "honest", "honorable", "just", "moral", "nice", "right", "right-minded", "righteous", "straight", "true", "upright", "virtuous" ] }, "following the accepted rules of moral conduct":{ "antonyms":[ "base", "dishonest", "dishonorable", "ignoble", "low", "unethical", "unjust", "unprincipled", "unrighteous", "unworthy" ], "examples":[ "demanded nothing less than decent behavior by the troops serving overseas" ], "near antonyms":[ "bad", "blackguardly", "corrupt", "criminal", "crooked", "evil", "immoral", "iniquitous", "knavish", "mean", "nefarious", "rascally", "reprehensible", "roguish", "rotten", "scoundrelly", "sinful", "unfair", "unscrupulous", "vile", "villainous", "wicked", "wretched", "blamable", "blameworthy", "censurable", "culpable", "debased", "debauched", "decadent", "degenerate", "degraded", "demoralized", "depraved", "disgraceful", "disreputable", "dissipated", "dissolute", "libertine", "loose", "perverse", "perverted", "profligate", "reprobate", "shameful", "venal" ], "related":[ "blameless", "guiltless", "irreproachable", "unassailable", "unimpeachable", "chivalrous", "classy", "high-minded", "menschy", "right-minded", "conscientious", "fair", "good", "incorruptible", "moral", "reputable", "respected", "scrupulous", "uncorrupted", "virtuous", "decorous", "nice", "polite", "proper", "seemly" ], "synonyms":[ "ethical", "honest", "honorable", "just", "noble", "principled", "respectable", "righteous", "stand-up", "upright", "upstanding" ] }, "following the established traditions of refined society and good taste":{ "antonyms":[ "improper", "inappropriate", "incorrect", "indecent", "indecorous", "indelicate", "unbecoming", "ungenteel", "unseemly" ], "examples":[ "decent clothing for someone attending a funeral, if only as a friend of a friend" ], "near antonyms":[ "intolerable", "unacceptable", "unsatisfactory", "casual", "grungy", "informal", "seedy", "shabby", "tacky", "banned", "barred", "disallowed", "forbidden", "interdicted", "outlawed", "prohibited", "proscribed", "awkward", "gauche", "ungraceful" ], "related":[ "acceptable", "adequate", "satisfactory", "tolerable", "dress", "dressy", "formal", "dignified", "elegant", "gracious", "priggish", "prim", "stiff", "stuffy", "apt", "material", "relevant", "compatible", "congenial", "harmonious", "allowed", "authorized", "kosher", "permitted" ], "synonyms":[ "befitting", "correct", "de rigueur", "decorous", "genteel", "nice", "polite", "proper", "respectable", "seemly" ] }, "free from any trace of the coarse or indecent":{ "antonyms":[ "coarse", "dirty", "filthy", "immodest", "impure", "indecent", "obscene", "smutty", "unchaste", "unclean", "vulgar" ], 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"disagreeable", "disreputable", "improper", "indecent", "objectionable", "unfit", "unsuitable", "unworthy", "useless", "wrong", "bad", "cheap", "defective", "faulty", "imperfect", "incomplete", "lamentable", "pitiful", "shoddy", "dissatisfying", "insufficient", "meager", "meagre", "mean", "miserly", "niggardly", "poor", "scanty", "shabby", "short", "skimpy", "spare", "stingy", "insufferable", "intolerable", "unbearable", "unendurable", "atrocious", "execrable", "miserable", "vile", "wretched", "exceptional", "exquisite", "extreme", "fancy", "first-class", "high-grade", "matchless", "maximized", "maximum", "optimal", "optimum", "peerless", "preeminent", "premium", "special", "supreme", "unmatched", "unparalleled", "A1", "bang-up", "banner", "boss", "capital", "classic", "crackerjack", "dandy", "divine", "fabulous", "first-rate", "grand", "great", "groovy", "heavenly", "jim-dandy", "keen", "marvelous", "marvellous", "mean", "neat", "nifty", "noble", "par excellence", "prime", "sensational", "splendid", "stellar", "sterling", "superb", "superior", "superlative", "supernal", "swell", "terrific", "tip-top", "top", "top-notch", "unsurpassed", "wonderful" ], "related":[ "agreeable", "bearable", "endurable", "sufferable", "average", "fair", "indifferent", "mediocre", "middling", "minimal", "common", "ordinary", "run-of-the-mill", "run-of-the-mine", "run-of-mine", "second-rate", "so-so", "standard", "unexceptional", "appropriate", "correct", "due", "fitting", "meet", "proper", "right", "seemly", "suitable", "useful", "worthy", "gratifying", "satisfying" ], "synonyms":[ "acceptable", "adequate", "all right", "fairish", "fine", "good", "OK", "okay", "passable", "respectable", "satisfactory", "serviceable", "tolerable" ] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "decently":{ "in a satisfactory way":{ "examples":[ "her latest novel is selling decently , if not spectacularly" ], "synonyms":[ "acceptably", "adequately", "all right", "alright", "creditably", "fine", "good", 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"imperceptible", "inappreciable", "indiscernible", "insensible", "cloudy", "gauzy", "gray", "grey", "hazy", "imprecise", "indefinite", "indeterminate", "misty", "murky", "nebulous", "noncommittal", "sketchy", "slippery", "subtle", "vague", "illegible", "undecipherable", "unreadable" ], "antonyms":[ "ambiguous", "clouded", "cryptic", "dark", "enigmatic", "enigmatical", "equivocal", "indistinct", "mysterious", "nonobvious", "obfuscated", "obscure", "unapparent", "unclarified", "unclear" ] }, "to come to a judgment about after discussion or consideration":{ "examples":[ "they decided to go out for pizza after the movie was over" ], "synonyms":[ "chose", "concluded", "determined", "figured", "named", "opted", "resolved", "settled (on or upon)" ], "near synonyms":[ "decreed", "ruled", "culled", "elected", "handpicked", "picked", "preferred", "selected", "singled (out)", "adjudged", "adjudicated", "arbitrated", "found", "judged", "refereed", "ruled (on)", "umpired", "chewed over", "cogitated", "considered", "contemplated", "debated", "deliberated", "entertained", "meditated", "mulled (over)", "pondered", "questioned", "ruminated", "studied", "thought (about or over)", "weighed" ], "near antonyms":[ "abstained", "declined", "refused", "rejected", "turned down", "delayed", "halted", "hesitated", "stalled", "temporized", "shilly-shallied", "vacillated", "waffled", "wavered" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to give an opinion about (something at issue or in dispute)":{ "examples":[ "the judge decided that the defendant was not liable for damages" ], "synonyms":[ "adjudged", "adjudicated", "arbitrated", "determined", "judged", "refereed", "ruled (on)", "settled", "umpired" ], "near synonyms":[ "considered", "deemed", "deliberated", "heard", "pondered", "weighed", "sized up", "mediated", "moderated", "negotiated", "prosecuted", "tried", "found (for or against)", "concluded", "resolved", "redetermined", "rejudged" ], "near antonyms":[ "equivocated", "hedged", "pussyfooted", "skirted" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to come to an agreement or decision concerning the details of":{ "examples":[ "we waited for our captors to decide our fate" ], "synonyms":[ "agreed (on)", "arranged", "fixed", "set", "settled" ], "near synonyms":[ "contracted", "pledged", "promised", "blueprinted", "calculated", "charted", "concerted", "designed", "drafted", "framed", "hammered out", "intrigued", "laid out", "maneuvered", "mapped (out)", "planned", "programmed", "programed", "schematized", "schemed", "shaped", "squared away", "worked out", "chose", "concluded", "determined", "figured", "opted", "resolved", "affirmed", "approved", "authorized", "cleared", "confirmed", "OK'd", "okayed", "sanctioned", "warranted", "closed", "completed", "ended", "finalized", "finished", "rounded (off or out)", "wound up", "winded up", "wrapped up", "bargained", "chaffered", "dealt", "dickered", "haggled", "horse-traded", "negotiated" ], "near antonyms":[ "aborted", "called", "called off", "dropped", "recalled", "repealed", "rescinded", "revoked", "differed (over)", "disagreed (with)", "countered", "debated", "objected", "opposed", "protested", "resisted", "contested", "disputed" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to make final, definite, or beyond dispute":{ "examples":[ "the huge sum that they were offering decided the matter: we would sell the house" ], "synonyms":[ "clinched", "determined", "nailed", "settled" ], "near synonyms":[ "demonstrated", "established", "nailed (down)", "proved", "showed", "affirmed", "assured", "ensured", "insured", "secured", "defined", "specified", "stated", "stipulated", "clarified", "cleared (up)", "illuminated", "concluded", "ended", "finished" ], "near antonyms":[ "confused", "muddied", "muddled", "unsettled" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to form an opinion or reach a conclusion through reasoning and information":{ "examples":[ "the commanding officer decided that the soldier was indeed telling the truth" ], "synonyms":[ "concluded", "deduced", "derived", 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"brutishly", "savagely", "viciously", "callously", "cold-bloodedly", "hard-heartedly", "heartlessly", "inhumanely", "inhumanly", "insensately", "insensitively", "mercilessly", "obdurately", "pitilessly", "ruthlessly", "tyrannically", "uncharitably", "unfeelingly", "unmercifully", "unsparingly", "brutally", "hard", "hardly", "harshly", "ill", "oppressively", "roughly", "severely", "sternly", "stiffly" ], "near antonyms":[ "clemently", "gently", "leniently", "lightly", "mildly", "softly", "benevolently", "benignantly", "considerately", "cordially", "graciously", "kindly", "lovingly", "tenderly", "charitably", "compassionately", "humanely", "mercifully", "softheartedly", "sympathetically", "tolerantly", "understandingly" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adverb" ] }, "deciding (upon)":{ "as in doing , dealing (with)":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "deciphered":{ "to change (as a secret message) from code into ordinary 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"twigged", "understood" ], "near synonyms":[ "absorbed", "digested", "took in", "realized", "fathomed", "penetrated", "pierced" ], "near antonyms":[ "misapprehended", "misconceived", "misconstrued", "misinterpreted", "misperceived", "misread", "mistook", "misunderstood" ], "antonyms":[ "missed" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "deciphering":{ "as in decoding":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "to change (as a secret message) from code into ordinary language":{ "antonyms":[ "ciphering", "coding", "enciphering", "encoding", "encrypting" ], "examples":[ "we deciphered the hidden message to find out when we were supposed to meet" ], "near antonyms":[ "garbling", "jumbling (up)", "mixing (up)" ], "related":[ "descrambling", "unscrambling", "rendering", "translating", "doping (out)", "figuring out", "puzzling (out)", "solving", "unraveling", "unriddling", "working", "working out" ], "synonyms":[ "breaking", "cracking", "decoding", "decrypting" ] }, "to have a clear idea of":{ "antonyms":[ "missing" ], "examples":[ "a convoluted thriller, the plot of which I was never able to actually decipher" ], "near antonyms":[ "misapprehending", "misconceiving", "misconstruing", "misinterpreting", "misperceiving", "misreading", "mistaking", "misunderstanding" ], "related":[ "absorbing", "digesting", "taking in", "realizing", "fathoming", "penetrating", "piercing" ], "synonyms":[ "appreciating", "apprehending", "assimilating", "beholding", "catching", "catching on (to)", "cognizing", "compassing", "comprehending", "conceiving", "cottoning (to or on to)", "decoding", "digging", "discerning", "getting", "grasping", "grokking", "intuiting", "knowing", "making", "making out", "perceiving", "recognizing", "registering", "savvying", "seeing", "seizing", "sensing", "tumbling (to)", "twigging", "understanding" ] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "decked (out)":{ "as in dressed up , dolled up":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "dolled 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"extravagant", "ornate", "rococo", "exaggerated", "overdecorated", "overdone", "overwrought", "bedizened", "florid", "lurid", "ornate", "flamboyant", "flashy", "garish", "gaudy", "glittery", "glitzy", "loud", "ostentatious", "showy", "splashy", "swank", "swanky", "tawdry", "adorned", "decorated", "embellished", "fancy", "ornamented" ], "near antonyms":[ "bald", "bare", "naked", "plain", "plain-vanilla", "simple", "unadorned", "undecorated", "unembellished", "unornamented", "unvarnished", "denuded", "divested", "stripped", "au naturel", "earthy", "elemental", "homely", "natural", "unsophisticated" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to outfit with clothes and especially fine or special clothes":{ "examples":[ "all decked out in our finest outfits for the wedding" ], "synonyms":[ "appareled", "apparelled", "arrayed", "attired", "bedecked", "caparisoned", "clothed", "clad", "costumed", "did up", "dressed", "dressed up", "enrobed", "garbed", "garmented", "got up", "gowned", "habited", "invested", "rigged (out)", "robed", "suited", "togged (up or out)", "toileted", "vestured" ], "near synonyms":[ "cloaked", "frocked", "jacketed", "mantled", "vested", "draped", "enswathed", "happed", "huddled", "swaddled", "swathed", "wrapped", "accoutred", "accoutered", "bedighted", "bedight", "equipped", "furnished", "habilitated", "outfitted", "tailored", "uniformed", "dressed down", "underdressed" ], "near antonyms":[ "denuded", "divested", "uncovered", "undraped", "unveiled" ], "antonyms":[ "disarrayed", "disrobed", "stripped", "stript", "unclothed", "undressed", "untrussed" ] }, "type":[ "adjective", "verb" ] }, "deckhand":{ "as in crewman , shipmate":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "coxswain", "crewman", "shipmate", "gob", "hearty", "jack", "jack-tar", "mariner", "navigator", "sailor", "salt", "sea dog", "seafarer", "seaman", "shipman", "swab", "swabbie", "swabby", "tar", "able-bodied seaman", "able seaman", "lubber", "powerboater", "sailboater", "lime-juicer", "limey" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "decks (out)":{ "to outfit with clothes and especially fine or special clothes":{ "examples":[ "all decked out in our finest outfits for the wedding" ], "synonyms":[ "apparels", "arrays", "attires", "bedecks", "caparisons", "clothes", "costumes", "does up", "dresses", "dresses up", "enrobes", "garbs", "garments", "gets up", "gowns", "habits", "invests", "rigs (out)", "robes", "suits", "togs (up or out)", "toilets", "vestures" ], "near synonyms":[ "cloaks", "frocks", "jackets", "mantles", "vests", "drapes", "enswathes", "haps", "huddles", "swaddles", "swathes", "wraps", "accoutres", "accouters", "bedights", "equips", "furnishes", "habilitates", "outfits", "tailors", "uniforms", "dresses down", "underdresses" ], "near antonyms":[ "denudes", "divests", "uncovers", "undrapes", "unveils" ], "antonyms":[ "disarrays", "disrobes", "strips", "unclothes", "undresses", "untrusses" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "declamations":{ "a usually formal discourse delivered to an audience":{ "examples":[ "inspired declamations about the global triumph of democracy within our lifetimes" ], "synonyms":[ "addresses", "harangues", "orations", "perorations", "speeches", "talks" ], "near synonyms":[ "diatribes", "rants", "tirades", "eulogies", "panegyrics", "tributes", "keynote addresses", "keynote speeches", "lectures", "salutatories", "homilies", "sermons", "monologues", "monologs", "soliloquies", "pitches", "presentations", "spiels" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "declamatory":{ "expressing feelings or opinions in a way that is loud and forceful":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "Her declamatory manner of speech inspired some but irritated others.", "declamatory speeches/statements" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "declares":{ "to make known openly or publicly":{ "examples":[ "she chose to declare her presidential aspirations at her college alma mater" ], "synonyms":[ "advertises", "announces", "annunciates", "blares", "blazes", "blazons", "broadcasts", "enunciates", "flashes", "gives out", "heralds", "placards", "posts", "proclaims", "promulgates", "publicizes", "publishes", "releases", "sounds", "trumpets" ], "near synonyms":[ "barks", "calls (off or out)", "cries", "billboards", "bills", "bulletins", "gazettes", "knells", "rings", "tolls", "blurbs", "features", "pitches", "plugs", "promotes", "puffs", "disseminates", "spreads", "discloses", "divulges", "introduces", "kithes", "manifests", "reports", "reveals", "shows", "advises", "apprises", "hands down", "informs", "notifies", "communicates", "imparts", "intimates" ], "near antonyms":[ "conceals", "hushes (up)", "silences", "suppresses", "withholds", "recalls", "recants", "retracts", "revokes" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to state as a fact usually forcefully":{ "examples":[ "she would declare her innocence to the whole world if she could" ], "synonyms":[ "affirms", "alleges", "asserts", "avers", "avouches", "avows", "claims", "contends", "insists", "maintains", "professes", "protests", "purports", "warrants" ], "near synonyms":[ "announces", "broadcasts", "proclaims", "argues", "rationalizes", "reasons", "confirms", "justifies", "vindicates", "defends", "perseveres", "supports", "upholds", "reaffirms", "reasserts" ], "near antonyms":[ "abandons", "disavows", "disclaims", "disowns", "negates", "negatives", "rejects", "repudiates", "challenges", "disputes", "questions", "confutes", "disproves", "rebuts", "refutes", "contradicts", "counters" ], "antonyms":[ "denies", "gainsays" ] }, "to state clearly and strongly":{ "examples":[ "our guest enthusiastically declared that the pie was the best he had ever eaten" ], "synonyms":[ "affirms", "asserts", "avers", "avouches", "avows", "guarantees", "lays down", "professes" ], "near synonyms":[ "advances", "advertises", "boosts", "plugs", "promotes", "publicizes", "announces", "blazes", "calls", "proclaims", "pronounces", "says", "accents", "accentuates", "emphasizes", "stresses", "underlines", "underscores", "advocates", "champions", "defends", "espouses", "supports", "upholds", "assures", "convinces", "persuades", "explains", "justifies", "rationalizes", "reaffirms", "reasserts" ], "near antonyms":[ "minimizes", "understates", "disregards", "ignores", "neglects", "overlooks" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to make known (something abstract) through outward signs":{ "examples":[ "though she was silent, her expression declared her unwillingness to go along with the others" ], "synonyms":[ "bespeaks", "betrays", "communicates", "demonstrates", "displays", "evinces", "exposes", "gives away", "manifests", "reveals", "shows" ], "near synonyms":[ "bares", "discloses", "unbosoms", "uncloaks", "uncovers", "advertises", "airs", "announces", "blazes", "broadcasts", "placards", "proclaims", "publicizes", "sounds", "trumpets", "projects" ], "near antonyms":[ "belies", "misrepresents", "distorts", "falsifies", "garbles", "twists", "camouflages", "disguises", "gilds", "glosses (over)", "varnishes", "whitewashes", "conceals", "counterfeits", "covers", "hides", "masks", "obscures", "occludes", "veils" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "declensions":{ "a change to a lower state or level":{ "examples":[ "a declension in her acting career from leading roles to cameos eventually" ], "synonyms":[ "decadences", "declinations", "declines", "degeneracies", "degenerations", "degradations", "d\u00e9gringolades", "descents", "deteriorations", "devolutions", "downfalls", "downgrades", "ebbs", "eclipses", "falls" ], "near synonyms":[ "dark ages", "nadirs", "sunsets", "decays", "breakups", "decompositions", "disintegrations", "dissolutions", "abasements", "debasements", "depreciations", "decimations", "demolishments", "demolitions", "desolations", "destructions", "havoc", "ruinations", "ruins", "abatements", "decreases", "decrements", "de-escalations", "deflations", "diminishments", "diminutions", "dips", "downslides", "downtrends", "downturns", "drop-offs", "drops", "falloffs", "losses", "reductions", "sags", "shrinkages", "slips", "slumps" ], "near antonyms":[ "advancements", "developments", "evolutions", "growths", "flowerings", "renewals", "restorations", "revitalizations", "accretions", "accruals", "addenda", "addendums", "additions", "augmentations", "boosts", "enhancements", "gains", "increases", "increments", "raises", "supplements" ], "antonyms":[ "ascents", "rises", "upswings" ] }, "a downward slope":{ "examples":[ "from this region to the seacoast there's a gentle declension of the landscape" ], "synonyms":[ "declines", "declivities", "descents", "dips", "downgrades", "downhills", "falls", "hangings", "hangs" ], "near synonyms":[ "basins", "depressions", "hollows" ], "near antonyms":[ "glacis", "grades", "gradients", "hills", "inclinations", "inclines", "leans", "pitches", "rakes", "tilts" ], "antonyms":[ "acclivities", "ascents", "rises", "upgrades", "uphills", "uprises" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "declines":{ "to show unwillingness to accept, do, engage in, or agree to":{ "examples":[ "he declined the invitation to the party", "she declined to participate in the soccer game" ], "synonyms":[ "balks (at)", "deselects", "disapproves", "negatives", "nixes", "passes", "passes up", "refuses", "rejects", "reprobates", "repudiates", "spurns", "throws out", "throws over", "turns down" ], "near synonyms":[ "blows off", "disdains", "rebuffs", "scorns", "scouts", "shoots down", "overrules", "vetoes", "forbids", "prohibits", "proscribes", "dismisses", "ignores", "abstains (from)", "forbears", "refrains (from)", "denies", "disavows", "disclaims", "disputes", "gainsays", "sticks", "abjures", "forswears", "foreswears", "recants", "renounces", "retracts", "takes back", "unsays", "withdraws", "avoids", "bypasses", "detours", "contradicts", "denies", "disowns", "negates", "controverts", "disagrees (with)", "disproves", "disputes", "rebuts", "refutes", "backs down", "backs off", "backtracks", "disallows", "recalls", "reneges", "revokes" ], "near antonyms":[ "condones", "countenances", "swallows", "tolerates", "adopts", "embraces", "receives", "takes", "welcomes", "accedes", "acquiesces", "agrees", "assents", "consents", "chooses", "handpicks", "selects", "espouses", "supports" ], "antonyms":[ "accepts", "agrees (to)", "approves" ] }, "to be unwilling to grant":{ "examples":[ "declined our request to hold a party" ], "synonyms":[ "denies", "disallows", "disapproves", "negatives", "nixes", "refuses", "rejects", "reprobates", "withholds" ], "near synonyms":[ "bans", "enjoins", "forbids", "prohibits", "proscribes", "vetoes", "rebuffs", "repels", "spurns", "checks", "constrains", "curbs", "holds", "keeps", "represses", "restrains", "restricts", "balks (at)", "hinders", "impedes", "obstructs" ], "near antonyms":[ "affords", "furnishes", "gives", "provides", "supplies", "authorizes", "commissions", "licenses", "licences", "accedes (to)", "acquiesces", "agrees (to)", "assents (to)", "consents (to)", "warrants", "accords", "sanctions", "vouchsafes" ], "antonyms":[ "allows", "concedes", "grants", "lets", "OKs", "okays", "permits" ] }, "to go to a lower level especially abruptly":{ "examples":[ "new-car sales declined to their lowest level in years" ], "synonyms":[ "crashes", "craters", "descends", "dips", "dives", "drops", "falls", "lowers", "nose-dives", "plummets", "plunges", "sinks", "skids", "tumbles" ], "near synonyms":[ "abates", "decreases", "de-escalates", "dies (down)", "diminishes", "droops", "dwindles", "ebbs", "lessens", "lets up", "moderates", "subsides", "tapers off", "wanes", "recedes", "retreats" ], "near antonyms":[ "accumulates", "balloons", "builds", "burgeons", "bourgeons", "enlarges", "escalates", "expands", "grows", "increases", "intensifies", "mushrooms", "picks up", "snowballs", "swells", "waxes" ], "antonyms":[ "arises", "ascends", "lifts", "mounts", "rises", "soars", "spikes", "ups" ] }, "to become worse or of less value":{ "examples":[ "his reputation as a writer began to decline not long after his death" ], "synonyms":[ "atrophies", "crumbles", "decays", "degenerates", "descends", "deteriorates", "devolves", "ebbs", "regresses", "retrogrades", "rots", "sinks", "worsens" ], "near synonyms":[ "abates", "de-escalates", "diminishes", "downsizes", "dwindles", "recedes", "wanes", "breaks down", "corrupts", "decomposes", "degrades", "dilapidates", "disintegrates", "molders", "putrefies", "sours", "spoils", "lessens", "lowers", "reduces", "debilitates", "undermines", "droops", "fails", "falls", "flags", "lags", "languishes", "runs down", "sags", "slips", "wastes (away)", "weakens", "wilts" ], "near antonyms":[ "betters", "upgrades", "enhances", "enriches", "fortifies", "heightens", "intensifies", "strengthens", "advances", "develops", "marches", "proceeds", "progresses" ], "antonyms":[ "ameliorates", "improves", "meliorates" ] }, "to grow less in scope or intensity especially gradually":{ "examples":[ "the winds should decline as soon as the cold front passes" ], "synonyms":[ "abates", "decreases", "de-escalates", "dies (away or down or out)", "diminishes", "drains (away)", "drops (off)", "dwindles", "eases", "ebbs", "falls", "falls away", "lessens", "lets up", "lowers", "moderates", "palls", "phases down", "ratchets (down)", "rachets (down)", "recedes", "relents", "remits", "shrinks", "subsides", "tapers", "tapers off", "wanes" ], "near synonyms":[ "compresses", "condenses", "constricts", "contracts", "evaporates", "fades (away)", "fritters (away)", "gives out", "melts (away)", "peters (out)", "tails (off)", "vanishes", "slackens", "slows (down)", "alleviates", "relaxes", "flags", "sinks", "weakens", "caves (in)", "collapses", "deflates" ], "near antonyms":[ "appears", "emerges", "shows up", "blows up", "distends", "elongates", "lengthens" ], "antonyms":[ "accumulates", "balloons", "builds", "burgeons", "bourgeons", "enlarges", "escalates", "expands", "grows", "increases", "intensifies", "mounts", "mushrooms", "picks up", "rises", "snowballs", "soars", "swells", "waxes" ] }, "to lead or extend downward":{ "examples":[ "the bike path declines toward the riverbank and then follows the river for several miles" ], "synonyms":[ "descends", "dips", "drops", "falls", "plunges", "sinks" ], "near synonyms":[ "angles", "cants", "cocks", "heels", "inclines", "leans", "lists", "reclines", "slants", "slopes", "tilts", "tips" ], "near antonyms":[ "evens", "flattens", "levels", "planes", "smooths", "smoothes", "straightens" ], "antonyms":[ "arises", "ascends", "climbs", "mounts", "rises", "uprises", "upsweeps", "upturns" ] }, "a change to a lower state or level":{ "examples":[ "the decline of the Roman Empire" ], "synonyms":[ "decadences", "declensions", "declinations", "degeneracies", "degenerations", "degradations", "d\u00e9gringolades", "descents", "deteriorations", "devolutions", "downfalls", "downgrades", "ebbs", "eclipses", "falls" ], "near synonyms":[ "dark ages", "nadirs", "sunsets", "decays", "breakups", "decompositions", "disintegrations", "dissolutions", "abasements", "debasements", "depreciations", "decimations", "demolishments", "demolitions", "desolations", "destructions", "havoc", "ruinations", "ruins", "abatements", "decreases", "decrements", "de-escalations", "deflations", "diminishments", "diminutions", "dips", "downslides", "downtrends", "downturns", "drop-offs", "drops", "falloffs", "losses", "reductions", "sags", "shrinkages", "slips", "slumps" ], "near antonyms":[ "advancements", "developments", "evolutions", "growths", "flowerings", "renewals", "restorations", "revitalizations", "accretions", "accruals", "addenda", "addendums", "additions", "augmentations", "boosts", "enhancements", "gains", "increases", "increments", "raises", "supplements" ], "antonyms":[ "ascents", "rises", "upswings" ] }, "a downward slope":{ "examples":[ "the bicyclist lost control on the unexpectedly steep decline" ], "synonyms":[ "declensions", "declivities", "descents", "dips", "downgrades", "downhills", "falls", "hangings", "hangs" ], "near synonyms":[ "basins", "depressions", "hollows" ], "near antonyms":[ "glacis", "grades", "gradients", "hills", "inclinations", "inclines", "leans", "pitches", "rakes", "tilts" ], "antonyms":[ "acclivities", "ascents", "rises", "upgrades", "uphills", "uprises" ] }, "a loss of status":{ "examples":[ "the engagement at the small club was an unmistakable sign of the rock band's decline" ], "synonyms":[ "comedowns", "d\u00e9gringolades", "demises", "descents", "downfalls", "downs", "falls", "flameouts" ], "near synonyms":[ "breakdowns", "burnouts", "collapses", "crashes", "meltdowns", "ruins", "undoings", "defeats", "disappointments", "reversals", "setbacks", "bottoms", "nadirs", "abasements", "disgraces", "humiliations" ], "near antonyms":[ "advances", "headways", "progresses", "flowers", "heydays", "primes" ], "antonyms":[ "aggrandizements", "ascents", "exaltations", "rises", "ups" ] }, "the amount by which something is lessened":{ "examples":[ "a huge decline in the value of the artwork after its authenticity was questioned" ], "synonyms":[ "abatements", "decreases", "decrements", "dents", "depletions", "depressions", "diminishments", "diminutions", "drop-offs", "drops", "falloffs", "falls", "losses", "reductions", "shrinkages", "step-downs" ], "near synonyms":[ "deductions", "subtractions", "downturns", "slips", "slumps", "curtailments", "cutbacks", "cuts", "retrenchments", "shortenings" ], "near antonyms":[ "accretions", "accruals", "accumulations", "additions", "supplements", "continuations", "extensions", "upswings", "uptrends", "upturns" ], "antonyms":[ "boosts", "enlargements", "gains", "increases", "increments", "raises", "rises", "step-ups", "upticks" ] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "declining":{ "bending downward or forward":{ "examples":[ "the declining flowers perked up with the gentle rainfall" ], "synonyms":[ "bowed", "bowing", "declined", "descendant", "descendent", "descending", "drooping", "droopy", "hanging", "hung", "inclining", "nodding", "pendulous", "sagging", "stooping", "weeping" ], "near synonyms":[ "floppy", "limp", "dangling", "falling", "pendent", "pendant", "suspended", "dipping", "sinking", "slumping" ], "near antonyms":[ "erect", "inflexible", "rigid", "stiff", "elevated", "raised", "upraised" ], "antonyms":[ "unbending", "upright" ] }, "as in decline , deterioration":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "decadence", "decay", "decaying", "declension", "decline", "degeneration", "descent", "deterioration", "ebbing", "fading", "shriveling", "shrivelling", "waning", "wilting", "withering", "death", "decease", "demise", "dying", "end", "exit", "expiration", "expiring", "expiry", "perishing", "regression", "retrogression", "reversion" ], "near antonyms":[ "development", "growth", "maturation", "maturing", "ripening", "blossoming", "flourishing", "flowering", "mellowing", "softening" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to show unwillingness to accept, do, engage in, or agree to":{ "examples":[ "he declined the invitation to the party", "she declined to participate in the soccer game" ], "synonyms":[ "balking (at)", "deselecting", "disapproving", "negativing", "nixing", "passing", "passing up", "refusing", "rejecting", "reprobating", "repudiating", "spurning", "throwing out", "throwing over", "turning down" ], "near synonyms":[ "blowing off", "disdaining", "rebuffing", "scorning", "scouting", "shooting down", "overruling", "vetoing", "forbidding", "prohibiting", "proscribing", "dismissing", "ignoring", "abstaining (from)", "forbearing", "refraining (from)", "denying", "disavowing", "disclaiming", "disputing", "gainsaying", "sticking", "abjuring", "forswearing", "foreswearing", "recanting", "renouncing", "retracting", "taking back", "unsaying", "withdrawing", "avoiding", "bypassing", "detouring", "contradicting", "denying", "disowning", "negating", "controverting", "disagreeing (with)", "disproving", "disputing", "rebutting", "refuting", "backing down", "backing off", "backtracking", "disallowing", "recalling", "reneging", "revoking" ], "near antonyms":[ "condoning", "countenancing", "swallowing", "tolerating", "adopting", "embracing", "receiving", "taking", "welcoming", "acceding", "acquiescing", "agreeing", "assenting", "consenting", "choosing", "handpicking", "selecting", "espousing", "supporting" ], "antonyms":[ "accepting", "agreeing (to)", "approving" ] }, "to be unwilling to grant":{ "examples":[ "declined our request to hold a party" ], "synonyms":[ "denying", "disallowing", "disapproving", "negativing", "nixing", "refusing", "rejecting", "reprobating", "withholding" ], "near synonyms":[ "banning", "enjoining", "forbidding", "prohibiting", "proscribing", "vetoing", "rebuffing", "repelling", "spurning", "checking", "constraining", "curbing", "holding", "keeping", "repressing", "restraining", "restricting", "balking (at)", "hindering", "impeding", "obstructing" ], "near antonyms":[ "affording", "furnishing", "giving", "providing", "supplying", "authorizing", "commissioning", "licensing", "licencing", "acceding (to)", "acquiescing", "agreeing (to)", "assenting (to)", "consenting (to)", "warranting", "according", "sanctioning", "vouchsafing" ], "antonyms":[ "allowing", "conceding", "granting", "letting", "OK'ing", "okaying", "permitting" ] }, "to go to a lower level especially abruptly":{ "examples":[ "new-car sales declined to their lowest level in years" ], "synonyms":[ "crashing", "cratering", "descending", "dipping", "diving", "dropping", "falling", "lowering", "nose-diving", "plummeting", "plunging", "sinking", "skidding", "tumbling" ], "near synonyms":[ "abating", "decreasing", "de-escalating", "diminishing", "drooping", "dwindling", "dying (down)", "ebbing", "lessening", "letting up", "moderating", "subsiding", "tapering off", "waning", "receding", "retreating" ], "near antonyms":[ "accumulating", "ballooning", "building", "burgeoning", "bourgeoning", "enlarging", "escalating", "expanding", "growing", "increasing", "intensifying", "mushrooming", "picking up", "snowballing", "swelling", "waxing" ], "antonyms":[ "arising", "ascending", "lifting", "mounting", "rising", "soaring", "spiking", "upping" ] }, "to become worse or of less value":{ "examples":[ "his reputation as a writer began to decline not long after his death" ], "synonyms":[ "atrophying", "crumbling", "decaying", "degenerating", "descending", "deteriorating", "devolving", "ebbing", "regressing", "retrograding", "rotting", "sinking", "worsening" ], "near synonyms":[ "abating", "de-escalating", "diminishing", "downsizing", "dwindling", "receding", "waning", "breaking down", "corrupting", "decomposing", "degrading", "dilapidating", "disintegrating", "moldering", "putrefying", "souring", "spoiling", "lessening", "lowering", "reducing", "debilitating", "undermining", "drooping", "failing", "falling", "flagging", "lagging", "languishing", "running down", "sagging", "slipping", "wasting (away)", "weakening", "wilting" ], "near antonyms":[ "bettering", "upgrading", "enhancing", "enriching", "fortifying", "heightening", "intensifying", "strengthening", "advancing", "developing", "marching", "proceeding", "progressing" ], "antonyms":[ "ameliorating", "improving", "meliorating" ] }, "to grow less in scope or intensity especially gradually":{ "examples":[ "the winds should decline as soon as the cold front passes" ], "synonyms":[ "abating", "decreasing", "de-escalating", "diminishing", "draining (away)", "dropping (off)", "dwindling", "dying (away or down or out)", "easing", "ebbing", "falling", "falling away", "lessening", "letting up", "lowering", "moderating", "palling", "phasing down", "ratcheting (down)", "racheting (down)", "receding", "relenting", "remitting", "shrinking", "subsiding", "tapering", "tapering off", "waning" ], "near synonyms":[ "compressing", "condensing", "constricting", "contracting", "evaporating", "fading (away)", "frittering (away)", "giving out", "melting (away)", "petering (out)", "tailing (off)", "vanishing", "slackening", "slowing (down)", "alleviating", "relaxing", "flagging", "sinking", "weakening", "caving (in)", "collapsing", "deflating" ], "near antonyms":[ "appearing", "emerging", "showing up", "blowing up", "distending", "elongating", "lengthening" ], "antonyms":[ "accumulating", "ballooning", "building", "burgeoning", "bourgeoning", "enlarging", "escalating", "expanding", "growing", "increasing", "intensifying", "mounting", "mushrooming", "picking up", "rising", "snowballing", "soaring", "swelling", "waxing" ] }, "to lead or extend downward":{ "examples":[ "the bike path declines toward the riverbank and then follows the river for several miles" ], "synonyms":[ "descending", "dipping", "dropping", "falling", "plunging", "sinking" ], "near synonyms":[ "angling", "canting", "cocking", "heeling", "inclining", "leaning", "listing", "reclining", "slanting", "sloping", "tilting", "tipping" ], "near antonyms":[ "evening", "flattening", "leveling", "levelling", "planing", "smoothing", "straightening" ], "antonyms":[ "arising", "ascending", "climbing", "mounting", "rising", "uprising", "upsweeping", "upturning" ] }, "type":[ "adjective", "noun", "verb" ] }, "decoct":{ "as in reduce , boil down":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "boil down", "reduce", "clarify", "clean", "cleanse", "distill", "distil", "flush", "leach", "purge", "purify", "refine", "compact", "harden", "solidify", "concentrate", "condense", "deepen", "enhance", "heighten", "intensify", "evaporate", "extract", "remove", "enrich", "fortify", "richen", "strengthen", "reconcentrate", "recondense" ], "near antonyms":[ "dilute", "water (down)", "adulterate", "cut", "thin", "weaken" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "decolorized":{ "as in faded , bleached":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "bleached", "faded", "washed-out", "achromatic", "dull", "faint", "gray", "grey", "neutral", "pale", "pallid", "unbrilliant", "colorless" ], "near antonyms":[ "chromatic", "colored", "colorful", "kaleidoscopic", "motley", "multicolored", "multihued", "polychromatic", "polychrome", "prismatic", "rainbow", "varicolored", "varied", "variegated", "various", "iridescent", "opalescent", "brave", "bright", "brilliant", "gay", "vibrant" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to make white or whiter by removing color":{ "examples":[ "the sample was decolorized before being examined under a microscope" ], "synonyms":[ "blanched", "bleached", "blenched", "dulled", "faded", "paled", "snowed", "washed out", "whitened" ], "near synonyms":[ "brightened", "lightened", "dimmed", "matted", "etiolated", "whitewashed", "frosted", "silvered" ], "near antonyms":[ "blackened", "blotched", "checkered", "dappled", "daubed", "discolored", "flecked", "marbled", "mottled", "patterned", "polychromed", "shaded", "specked", "speckled", "splotched", "spotted", "streaked", "striated", "striped", "tarnished", "variegated", "colored", "dyed", "painted", "pigmented", "stained", "tinctured", "tinged", "tinted", "burnished", "polished", "shone", "shined" ], "antonyms":[ "darkened", "deepened", "embrowned" ] }, "type":[ "adjective", "verb" ] }, "decolorizes":{ "to make white or whiter by removing color":{ "examples":[ "the sample was decolorized before being examined under a microscope" ], "synonyms":[ "blanches", "bleaches", "blenches", "dulls", "fades", "pales", "snows", "washes out", "whitens" ], "near synonyms":[ "brightens", "lightens", "dims", "mats", "mattes", "matts", "etiolates", "whitewashes", "frosts", "silvers" ], "near antonyms":[ "blackens", "blotches", "checkers", "dapples", "daubs", "discolors", "flecks", "marbles", "mottles", "patterns", "polychromes", "shades", "speckles", "specks", "splotches", "spots", "streaks", "striates", "stripes", "tarnishes", "variegates", "colors", "dyes", "paints", "pigments", "stains", "tinctures", "tinges", "tints", "burnishes", "polishes", "shines" ], "antonyms":[ "darkens", "deepens", "embrowns" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "decolorizing":{ "to make white or whiter by removing color":{ "antonyms":[ "darkening", "deepening", "embrowning" ], "examples":[ "the sample was decolorized before being examined under a microscope" ], "near antonyms":[ "blackening", "blotching", "checkering", "dappling", "daubing", "discoloring", "flecking", "marbling", "mottling", "patterning", "polychroming", "shading", "specking", "speckling", "splotching", "spotting", "streaking", "striating", "striping", "tarnishing", "variegating", "coloring", "dyeing", "painting", "pigmenting", "staining", "tincturing", "tingeing", "tinging", "tinting", "burnishing", "polishing", "shining" ], "related":[ "brightening", "lightening", "dimming", "matting", "etiolating", "whitewashing", "frosting", "silvering" ], "synonyms":[ "blanching", "bleaching", "blenching", "dulling", "fading", "paling", "snowing", "washing out", "whitening" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "decompose":{ "to go through decomposition":{ "examples":[ "detectives needed to know how long it would take a corpse to decompose to that advanced state" ], "synonyms":[ "break down", "corrupt", "decay", "disintegrate", "fester", "foul", "mold", "molder", "perish", "putrefy", "rot", "spoil" ], "near synonyms":[ "sour", "turn", "turn off", "contaminate", "defile", "pollute", "taint", "addle", "curdle", "ferment", "mortify", "rust", "crumble", "decline", "degenerate", "descend", "deteriorate", "dilapidate", "sink", "wither" ], "near antonyms":[ "age", "develop", "grow", "mature", "ripen", "refresh", "renew", "restore", "cleanse", "purify", "assemble", "compose", "integrate", "ameliorate", "better", "improve", "meliorate" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "decomposing":{ "as in rotting , decaying":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "to go through decomposition":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "detectives needed to know how long it would take a corpse to decompose to that advanced state" ], "near antonyms":[ "aging", "ageing", "developing", "growing", "maturing", "ripening", "refreshing", "renewing", "restoring", "cleansing", "purifying", "assembling", "composing", "integrating", "ameliorating", "bettering", "improving", "meliorating" ], "related":[ "souring", "turning", "turning off", "contaminating", "defiling", "polluting", "tainting", "addling", "curdling", "fermenting", "mortifying", "rusting", "crumbling", "declining", "degenerating", "descending", "deteriorating", "dilapidating", "sinking", "withering" ], "synonyms":[ "breaking down", "corrupting", "decaying", "disintegrating", "festering", "fouling", "moldering", "molding", "perishing", "putrefying", "rotting", "spoiling" ] }, "type":[ "adjective", "verb" ] }, "decompositions":{ "the process by which dead organic matter separates into simpler substances":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "the unmistakable smell of decomposition led us to some fruit that had fallen behind the refrigerator" ], "near antonyms":[ "growth", "maturation", "ripening" ], "related":[ "crumbling", "disintegration", "dissolution", "curdling", "fermentation", "moldering", "souring" ], "synonyms":[ "breakdown", "corruption", "decay", "festering", "putrefaction", "putrescence", "rot", "spoilage" ] }, "to go through decomposition":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "detectives needed to know how long it would take a corpse to decompose to that advanced state" ], "near antonyms":[ "age", "develop", "grow", "mature", "ripen", "refresh", "renew", "restore", "cleanse", "purify", "assemble", "compose", "integrate", "ameliorate", "better", "improve", "meliorate" ], "related":[ "sour", "turn", "turn off", "contaminate", "defile", "pollute", "taint", "addle", "curdle", "ferment", "mortify", "rust", "crumble", "decline", "degenerate", "descend", "deteriorate", "dilapidate", "sink", "wither" ], "synonyms":[ "break down", "corrupt", "decay", "disintegrate", "fester", "foul", "mold", "molder", "perish", "putrefy", "rot", "spoil" ] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "decontaminate":{ "to remove dirty or dangerous substances (such as radioactive material) from (a person, thing, place, etc.)":{ "examples":[ "Special workers were called in to decontaminate the area after the oil spill." ], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "purge", "purify", "clean", "cleanse", "deterge", "GI", "turn out", "disinfect", "sanitize", "brush", "comb", "dry-clean", "dust", "launder", "mop", "muck (out)", "rinse", "scour", "scrub", "shampoo", "sponge", "swab", "sweep", "vacuum", "wash", "wipe", "brighten", "deodorize", "freshen", "spruce (up)", "sweeten", "pick up", "straighten (up)", "tidy", "unclutter" ], "near antonyms":[ "begrime", "muddy", "defile", "pollute", "taint", "blacken", "discolor", "besmirch", "dirty", "foul", "soil", "spot", "stain", "sully" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "decontaminates":{ "to remove dirty or dangerous substances (such as radioactive material) from (a person, thing, place, etc.)":{ "examples":[ "Special workers were called in to decontaminate the area after the oil spill." ], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "purges", "purifies", "cleans", "cleanses", "deterges", "GIs", "turns out", "disinfects", "sanitizes", "brushes", "combs", "dry-cleans", "dusts", "launders", "mops", "mucks (out)", "rinses", "scours", "scrubs", "shampoos", "sponges", "swabs", "sweeps", "vacuums", "washes", "wipes", "brightens", "deodorizes", "freshens", "spruces (up)", "sweetens", "picks up", "straightens (up)", "tidies", "unclutters" ], "near antonyms":[ "begrimes", "muddies", "defiles", "pollutes", "taints", "blackens", "discolors", "besmirches", "dirties", "fouls", "soils", "spots", "stains", "sullies" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "decor":{ "the array of painted backgrounds and furnishings used to establish the setting in a stage production":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "a minimalist approach has been taken with the stage decor for this production of the play" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "backdrop", "drop", "background", "set piece", "prop", "property" ], "synonyms":[ "mise-en-sc\u00e8ne", "scene", "scenery", "set" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "decorated":{ "as in":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "to make more attractive by adding something that is beautiful or becoming":{ "antonyms":[ "blemished", "defaced", "disfigured", "marred", "scarred", "spoiled", "spoilt" ], "examples":[ "decorated the mansion's hallways with priceless paintings and luxurious tapestries" ], "near antonyms":[ "simplified", "streamlined", "bared", "denuded", "dismantled", "displayed", "divested", "exposed", "revealed", "stripped", "stript", "uncovered", "uglified" ], "related":[ "accessorized", "dressed up", "trapped", "tricked (out)", "brightened", "freshened", "smartened", "spruced (up)", "bossed", "chased", "braided", "embroidered", "feathered", "figured", "filigreed", "filleted", "flounced", "frilled", "fringed", "furbelowed", "garlanded", "hung", "hanged", "laced", "ribboned", "swagged", "wreathed", "appliqu\u00e9d", "gilded", "gilt", "painted", "diamonded", "gemmed", "impearled", "jeweled", "jewelled", "pearled", "redecorated", "redid" ], "synonyms":[ "adorned", "arrayed", "beautified", "bedecked", "bedizened", "blazoned", "caparisoned", "decked", "did", "did up", "dolled up", "draped", "dressed", "embellished", "emblazed", "embossed", "enriched", "fancied up", "fancified", "festooned", "garnished", "glitzed (up)", "graced", "gussied up", "ornamented", "prettied (up)", "trimmed" ] }, "type":[ "adjective", "verb" ] }, "decors":{ "the array of painted backgrounds and furnishings used to establish the setting in a stage production":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "a minimalist approach has been taken with the stage decor for this production of the play" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "backdrops", "drops", "backgrounds", "set pieces", "properties", "props" ], "synonyms":[ "mise-en-sc\u00e8nes", "sceneries", "scenes", "sets" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "decorum":{ "socially acceptable behavior":{ "antonyms":[ "impropriety", "indecency", "indecorum" ], "examples":[ "high standards of decorum are usually required when attending the opera" ], "near antonyms":[ "coarseness", "crudeness", "gracelessness", "discourtesy", "impoliteness", "incivility", "vulgarity", "imprudence", "indiscretion", "badness", "evil", "immorality", "wickedness", "debauchery", "degeneracy", "degradation", "depravity", "perversion", "crookedness", "dishonesty", "underhandedness", "unscrupulousness" ], "related":[ "etiquette", "civility", "courteousness", "courtesy", "gentilesse", "gentility", "graciousness", "mannerliness", "politeness", "politesse", "dignity", "grace", "refinement", "discretion", "prudence", "appropriateness", "correctitude", "correctness", "decorousness", "fitness", "rightness", "seemliness", "attention", "attentiveness", "care", "carefulness", "character", "goodness", "high-mindedness", "honesty", "honor", "integrity", "morality", "probity", "rectitude", "righteousness", "straightness", "uprightness", "virtue", "virtuousness" ], "synonyms":[ "decency", "form", "propriety" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "decreeing":{ "as in direction , instruction":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "bidding", "charging", "dictation", "direction", "instruction", "banning", "barring", "enjoining", "forbidding", "interdicting", "interdiction", "outlawing", "prohibiting", "prohibition", "proscribing", "proscription", "deterrence", "discouragement", "dissuading", "repression", "suppression", "coercion", "compulsion", "constraint", "force" ], "near antonyms":[ "allowance", "permission", "sufferance", "toleration", "approval", "endorsement", "indorsement", "authorization", "clearance", "license", "licence", "sanction", "encouragement", "promotion", "support", "compliance", "obedience", "submission" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to request the doing of by virtue of one's authority":{ "examples":[ "the new supervisor decreed that thenceforth coffee breaks would have a 15-minute limit" ], "synonyms":[ "calling", "commanding", "dictating", "directing", "mandating", "ordaining", "ordering" ], "near synonyms":[ "asking", "petitioning", "requesting", "demanding", "requiring" ], "near antonyms":[ "canceling", "cancelling", "countermanding", "rescinding" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "decrepit":{ "old and in bad condition or poor health":{ "examples":[ "The decrepit building was badly in need of repair.", "a decrepit old man" ], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "broken-down", "dilapidated", "run-down", "asthenic", "debilitated", "delicate", "down-and-out", "effete", "enervated", "enfeebled", "faint", "feeble", "frail", "infirm", "languid", "low", "prostrate", "prostrated", "sapped", "slight", "soft", "softened", "tender", "unsubstantial", "wasted", "weak", "weakened", "wimpish", "wimpy", "challenged", "disabled", "incapacitated", "invalid", "paralyzed", "impotent", "powerless", "broken", "damaged", "destroyed", "harmed", "hurt", "impaired", "injured", "lame", "unsound", "wrecked" ], "near antonyms":[ "brand-new", "fresh", "new", "cared-for", "kept-up", "maintained", "hard", "hardy", "lusty", "red-blooded", "robust", "sturdy", "tough", "hale", "healthy", "sound", "mighty", "powerful", "rugged", "stalwart", "stout", "strong" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "decrying":{ "intended to make a person or thing seem of little importance or value":{ "examples":[ "the usual decrying remarks about the clothes that the stars wore to the awards ceremony" ], "synonyms":[ "belittling", "contemptuous", "degrading", "demeaning", "denigrative", "denigratory", "deprecatory", "depreciative", "depreciatory", "derisory", "derogative", "derogatory", "detractive", "disdainful", "disparaging", "pejorative", "scornful", "slighting", "uncomplimentary" ], "near synonyms":[ "aspersing", "calumnious", "defamatory", "insulting", "libelous", "libellous", "maligning", "slandering", "slanderous", "vilifying", "abusive", "opprobrious", "scurrilous", "catty", "cruel", "despiteful", "hateful", "malevolent", "malicious", "malign", "malignant", "mean", "nasty", "spiteful", "unkind", "virulent", "critical", "denunciative", "denunciatory", "acrimonious", "bitter", "envious", "jaundiced", "jealous", "rancorous", "resentful", "acrid", "caustic", "scathing", "venomous" ], "near antonyms":[ "admiring", "adulatory", "applauding", "approving", "friendly", "positive", "appreciative", "respectful", "kind", "kindhearted", "kindly", "sympathetic", "unmalicious", "warm", "warmhearted" ], "antonyms":[ "commendatory", "complimentary", "laudative", "laudatory" ] }, "to express scornfully one's low opinion of":{ "examples":[ "scientists were quick to decry the claims of the psychic" ], "synonyms":[ "bad-mouthing", "belittling", "crying down", "denigrating", "deprecating", "depreciating", "derogating", "diminishing", "discounting", "dismissing", "disparaging", "dissing", "kissing off", "minimizing", "playing down", "poor-mouthing", "putting down", "running down", "talking down", "trashing", "trash-talking", "vilipending", "writing off" ], "near synonyms":[ "discommending", "abusing", "scolding", "disapproving (of)", "disliking", "censuring", "condemning", "criticizing", "denouncing", "reprehending", "reprobating", "aspersing", "defaming", "maligning", "ripping", "slandering", "slurring", "traducing", "vilifying", "discrediting", "disgracing" ], "near antonyms":[ "approving", "countenancing", "endorsing", "indorsing", "favoring", "recommending", "sanctioning", "commending", "complimenting", "eulogizing" ], "antonyms":[ "acclaiming", "applauding", "exalting", "extolling", "glorifying", "lauding", "magnifying", "praising" ] }, "to declare to be morally wrong or evil":{ "examples":[ "a statement by the church decrying modern society's liberal attitude regarding marriage and divorce" ], "synonyms":[ "anathematizing", "censuring", "condemning", "damning", "denouncing", "execrating", "reprehending", "reprobating" ], "near synonyms":[ "attacking", "blaming", "blasting", "criticizing", "dispraising", "dissing", "faulting", "knocking", "panning", "slamming", "belittling", "deprecating", "disparaging", "dooming", "sentencing", "convicting", "blacklisting", "excommunicating", "ostracizing", "castigating", "chastising", "rebuking", "reprimanding", "reproaching", "admonishing", "chiding", "reproving", "berating", "lambasting", "raking", "scolding", "upbraiding", "vituperating", "cursing", "imprecating", "abhorring", "abominating", "detesting", "hating", "loathing", "reviling" ], "near antonyms":[ "approving", "endorsing", "indorsing", "sanctioning", "eulogizing", "exalting", "extolling", "glorifying", "lauding", "praising", "acclaiming", "applauding", "commending", "hailing", "saluting", "touting", "consecrating", "hallowing", "sanctifying", "honoring", "revering", "venerating" ], "antonyms":[ "blessing" ] }, "type":[ "adjective", "verb" ] }, "decease":{ "the permanent stopping of all the vital bodily activities":{ "examples":[ "in the event of the decease of the president, the vice president will immediately assume his duties" ], "synonyms":[ "curtains", "death", "demise", "dissolution", "doom", "end", "exit", "expiration", "expiry", "fate", "grave", "great divide", "passage", "passing", "quietus", "sleep" ], "near synonyms":[ "casualty", "fatality", "martyrdom", "self-destruction", "self-murder", "self-slaughter", "suicide", "annihilation", "destruction", "ending", "extermination", "ruin", "assassination", "execution", "killing", "massacre", "slaughter" ], "near antonyms":[ "existence", "life", "creation", "genesis", "origination", "rise" ], "antonyms":[ "birth", "nativity" ] }, "to stop living":{ "examples":[ "no one knows what happened to the family fortune after the spinster deceased" ], "synonyms":[ "check out", "conk (out)", "croak", "demise", "depart", "die", "drop", "end", "exit", "expire", "fall", "flatline", "go", "kick in", "kick off", "part", "pass (on)", "pass away", "peg out", "perish", "pop off", "step out", "succumb" ], "near synonyms":[ "predecease", "consume", "disappear", "dry up", "fade", "fail" ], "near antonyms":[ "come to", "revive", "linger", "be", "exist", "subsist", "flourish", "prosper", "thrive" ], "antonyms":[ "breathe", "live" ] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "deceits":{ "the inclination or practice of misleading others through lies or trickery":{ "examples":[ "a rise to power that was marked by treachery and deceit" ], "synonyms":[ "artifice", "cheating", "cozenage", "craft", "craftiness", "crookedness", "crookery", "cunning", "cunningness", "deceitfulness", "deception", "deceptiveness", "dishonesty", "dissembling", "dissimulation", "double-dealing", "dupery", "duplicity", "fakery", "foxiness", "fraud", "guile", "guilefulness", "wiliness" ], "related":[ "equivocation", "lying", "mendacity", "prevarication", "chicane", "chicanery", "fraudulence", "hanky-panky", "jugglery", "legerdemain", "mountebankery", "obliquity", "skulduggery", "skullduggery", "subterfuge", "swindling", "trickery", "wile", "falsehood", "falsity", "fib", "untruth", "hypocrisy", "insincerity", "sanctimoniousness", "two-facedness", "artfulness", "caginess", "cageyness", "deviousness", "shrewdness", "treacherousness", "underhandedness", "unscrupulousness", "covertness", "furtiveness", "secrecy", "shadiness", "sneakiness", "stealthiness", "oiliness", "shiftiness", "slickness", "slipperiness", "slyness", "smoothness" ], "near antonyms":[ "candidness", "candor", "directness", "frankness", "openness", "plainness", "plainspokenness", "honesty", "probity", "dependability", "reliability", "reliableness", "solidity", "trustability", "trustiness", "trustworthiness", "decency", "goodness", "incorruptibility", "integrity", "righteousness", "truthfulness", "uprightness", "virtuousness" ], "antonyms":[ "artlessness", "forthrightness", "good faith", "guilelessness", "ingenuousness", "sincerity" ] }, "the tendency to tell lies":{ "examples":[ "she's completely free of deceit" ], "synonyms":[ "deceitfulness", "dishonesty", "falsehood", "mendaciousness", "mendacity", "untruthfulness" ], "related":[ "artifice", "craft", "craftiness", "crookedness", "cunning", "dissembling", "dissimulation", "double-dealing", "duplicity", "fakery", "foxiness", "guile", "guilefulness", "insincerity", "trickishness", "wiliness", "falseness", "hypocrisy" ], "near antonyms":[ "honor", "incorruptibility", "candidness", "candor", "frankness", "good faith", "plainspokenness", "sincerity", "straightforwardness", "dependability", "reliability", "reliableness", "trustworthiness", "accuracy", "objectivity", "authenticity", "correctness", "genuineness", "credibility" ], "antonyms":[ "honesty", "integrity", "probity", "truthfulness", "veraciousness", "veracity", "verity" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "deceive":{ "to cause to believe what is untrue":{ "examples":[ "he went to great lengths to deceive his family about the nature of his new job at the mall" ], "synonyms":[ "bamboozle", "beguile", "bluff", "buffalo", "burn", "catch", "con", "cozen", "delude", "dupe", "fake out", "fool", "gaff", "gammon", "gull", "have", "have on", "hoax", "hoodwink", "hornswoggle", "humbug", "juggle", "misguide", "misinform", "mislead", "snooker", "snow", "spoof", "string along", "sucker", "suck in", "take in", "trick" ], "related":[ "kid", "put on", "tease", "bleed", "cheat", "chisel", "defraud", "diddle", "euchre", "fleece", "flimflam", "hustle", "mulct", "rook", "shortchange", "skin", "squeeze", "stick", "sting", "swindle" ], "near antonyms":[ "debunk", "expose", "reveal", "show up", "uncloak", "uncover", "unmask", "disclose", "divulge", "tell", "unveil", "disabuse", "disenchant", "disillusion" ], "antonyms":[ "undeceive" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "decoded":{ "to change (as a secret message) from code into ordinary language":{ "examples":[ "the agents worked into the night to decode the intercepted message from the enemy spy" ], "synonyms":[ "broke", "cracked", "deciphered", "decrypted" ], "related":[ "descrambled", "unscrambled", "rendered", "translated", "doped (out)", "figured out", "puzzled (out)", "solved", "unraveled", "unriddled", "worked", "wrought", "worked out" ], "near antonyms":[ "garbled", "jumbled (up)", "mixed (up)" ], "antonyms":[ "ciphered", "coded", "enciphered", "encoded", "encrypted" ] }, "to have a clear idea of":{ "examples":[ "I was never able to decode the strange relationship that existed between those two people" ], "synonyms":[ "appreciated", "apprehended", "assimilated", "beheld", "caught", "caught on (to)", "cognized", "compassed", "comprehended", "conceived", "cottoned (to or on to)", "deciphered", "discerned", "dug", "got", "grasped", "grokked", "intuited", "knew", "made", "made out", "perceived", "recognized", "registered", "savvied", "saw", "seized", "sensed", "tumbled (to)", "twigged", "understood" ], "related":[ "absorbed", "digested", "took in", "realized", "fathomed", "penetrated", "pierced" ], "near antonyms":[ "misapprehended", "misconceived", "misconstrued", "misinterpreted", "misperceived", "misread", "mistook", "misunderstood" ], "antonyms":[ "missed" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "decedents":{ "a dead person":{ "examples":[ "a tax on the estate of the decedent" ], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "deceased", "bones", "cadavers", "carcasses", "corpora", "corpses", "corses", "relics", "remains", "stiffs", "mummies", "carnages", "carrions", "ashes" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "decant":{ "to pour (a liquid, especially wine) from one container into another":{ "examples":[ "The bottles were uncorked and the wine was decanted an hour before the meal." ], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "effuse", "bleed", "draft", "drain", "draw (off)", "pump", "siphon", "syphon", "tap", "milk", "suck", "clear", "empty", "evacuate", "exhaust", "vacate", "vacuate", "void", "deplete", "clean", "flush", "purge" ], "near antonyms":[ "bathe", "douse", "dowse", "drench", "soak", "souse", "wash", "water", "wet", "deluge", "drown", "flood", "inundate", "overflow", "submerge", "swamp", "fill" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "decrypt":{ "to change (as a secret message) from code into ordinary language":{ "examples":[ "decrypting the Germans' code was one of the Allies' greatest triumphs" ], "synonyms":[ "break", "crack", "decipher", "decode" ], "near synonyms":[ "descramble", "unscramble", "render", "translate", "dope (out)", "figure out", "puzzle (out)", "solve", "unravel", "unriddle", "work", "work out" ], "near antonyms":[ "garble", "jumble (up)", "mix (up)" ], "antonyms":[ "cipher", "code", "encipher", "encode", "encrypt" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "decremental":{ "as in regressive , decrescent":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "decrescent", "degressive", "regressive" ], "near antonyms":[ "accretive", "accumulative", "additive", "conglomerative", "cumulative", "incremental", "gradual", "step-by-step", "stepwise", "increscent", "progressive" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "deceived":{ "as in duped , deluded":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "deluded", "duped", "tricked", "erroneous", "false", "inaccurate", "inexact", "untrue", "confused", "misguided", "misinformed", "misled", "incorrect", "mistaken", "wrong" ], "near antonyms":[ "correct", "right", "informed", "accurate", "exact", "precise", "true" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to cause to believe what is untrue":{ "examples":[ "he went to great lengths to deceive his family about the nature of his new job at the mall" ], "synonyms":[ "bamboozled", "beguiled", "bluffed", "buffaloed", "burned", "burnt", "caught", "conned", "cozened", "deluded", "duped", "faked out", "fooled", "gaffed", "gammoned", "gulled", "had", "had on", "hoaxed", "hoodwinked", "hornswoggled", "humbugged", "juggled", "misguided", "misinformed", "misled", "snookered", "snowed", "spoofed", "strung along", "sucked in", "suckered", "took in", "tricked" ], "near synonyms":[ "kidded", "put on", "teased", "bled", "cheated", "chiseled", "chiselled", "defrauded", "diddled", "euchred", "fleeced", "flimflammed", "hustled", "mulcted", "rooked", "shortchanged", "skinned", "squeezed", "stuck", "stung", "swindled" ], "near antonyms":[ "debunked", "exposed", "revealed", "showed up", "uncloaked", "uncovered", "unmasked", "disclosed", "divulged", "told", "unveiled", "disabused", "disenchanted", "disillusioned" ], "antonyms":[ "undeceived" ] }, "type":[ "adjective", "verb" ] }, "deceit":{ "the inclination or practice of misleading others through lies or trickery":{ "examples":[ "a rise to power that was marked by treachery and deceit" ], "synonyms":[ "artifice", "cheating", "cozenage", "craft", "craftiness", "crookedness", "crookery", "cunning", "cunningness", "deceitfulness", "deception", "deceptiveness", "dishonesty", "dissembling", "dissimulation", "double-dealing", "dupery", "duplicity", "fakery", "foxiness", "fraud", "guile", "guilefulness", "wiliness" ], "near synonyms":[ "equivocation", "lying", "mendacity", "prevarication", "chicane", "chicanery", "fraudulence", "hanky-panky", "jugglery", "legerdemain", "mountebankery", "obliquity", "skulduggery", "skullduggery", "subterfuge", "swindling", "trickery", "wile", "falsehood", "falsity", "fib", "untruth", "hypocrisy", "insincerity", "sanctimoniousness", "two-facedness", "artfulness", "caginess", "cageyness", "deviousness", "shrewdness", "treacherousness", "underhandedness", "unscrupulousness", "covertness", "furtiveness", "secrecy", "shadiness", "sneakiness", "stealthiness", "oiliness", "shiftiness", "slickness", "slipperiness", "slyness", "smoothness" ], "near antonyms":[ "candidness", "candor", "directness", "frankness", "openness", "plainness", "plainspokenness", "honesty", "probity", "dependability", "reliability", "reliableness", "solidity", "trustability", "trustiness", "trustworthiness", "decency", "goodness", "incorruptibility", "integrity", "righteousness", "truthfulness", "uprightness", "virtuousness" ], "antonyms":[ "artlessness", "forthrightness", "good faith", "guilelessness", "ingenuousness", "sincerity" ] }, "the tendency to tell lies":{ "examples":[ "she's completely free of deceit" ], "synonyms":[ "deceitfulness", "dishonesty", "falsehood", "mendaciousness", "mendacity", "untruthfulness" ], "near synonyms":[ "artifice", "craft", "craftiness", "crookedness", "cunning", "dissembling", "dissimulation", "double-dealing", "duplicity", "fakery", "foxiness", "guile", "guilefulness", "insincerity", "trickishness", "wiliness", "falseness", "hypocrisy" ], "near antonyms":[ "honor", "incorruptibility", "candidness", "candor", "frankness", "good faith", "plainspokenness", "sincerity", "straightforwardness", "dependability", "reliability", "reliableness", "trustworthiness", "accuracy", "objectivity", "authenticity", "correctness", "genuineness", "credibility" ], "antonyms":[ "honesty", "integrity", "probity", "truthfulness", "veraciousness", "veracity", "verity" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "decency":{ "socially acceptable behavior":{ "examples":[ "the standards of basic decency demanded that they help the old lady with her groceries" ], "synonyms":[ "decorum", "form", "propriety" ], "near synonyms":[ "etiquette", "civility", "courteousness", "courtesy", "gentilesse", "gentility", "graciousness", "mannerliness", "politeness", "politesse", "dignity", "grace", "refinement", "discretion", "prudence", "appropriateness", "correctitude", "correctness", "decorousness", "fitness", "rightness", "seemliness", "attention", "attentiveness", "care", "carefulness", "character", "goodness", "high-mindedness", "honesty", "honor", "integrity", "morality", "probity", "rectitude", "righteousness", "straightness", "uprightness", "virtue", "virtuousness" ], "near antonyms":[ "coarseness", "crudeness", "gracelessness", "discourtesy", "impoliteness", "incivility", "vulgarity", "imprudence", "indiscretion", "badness", "evil", "immorality", "wickedness", "debauchery", "degeneracy", "degradation", "depravity", "perversion", "crookedness", "dishonesty", "underhandedness", "unscrupulousness" ], "antonyms":[ "impropriety", "indecency", "indecorum" ] }, "conduct that conforms to an accepted standard of right and wrong":{ "examples":[ "expected all of the scouts in his troop to be models of decency" ], "synonyms":[ "character", "goodness", "honesty", "integrity", "morality", "probity", "rectitude", "righteousness", "rightness", "uprightness", "virtue", "virtuousness" ], "near synonyms":[ "high-mindedness", "honor", "incorruptibility", "irreproachability", "irreproachableness", "right-mindedness", "scrupulosity", "scrupulousness", "appropriateness", "correctness", "decorousness", "decorum", "etiquette", "fitness", "propriety", "seemliness", "ethics", "morals" ], "near antonyms":[ "impropriety", "indecency", "indecorum", "indiscretion", "debauchery", "degeneracy", "degradation", "depravity", "perversion", "pervertedness", "sinfulness", "crookedness", "dishonesty", "underhandedness", "unscrupulousness", "lowness", "meanness", "viciousness", "vileness", "corruption" ], "antonyms":[ "badness", "evil", "evildoing", "immorality", "iniquity", "sin", "villainy", "wickedness" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "decadences":{ "a change to a lower state or level":{ "examples":[ "a symbol of the decadence of their once-mighty civilization" ], "synonyms":[ "declensions", "declinations", "declines", "degeneracies", "degenerations", "degradations", "d\u00e9gringolades", "descents", "deteriorations", "devolutions", "downfalls", "downgrades", "ebbs", "eclipses", "falls" ], "near synonyms":[ "dark ages", "nadirs", "sunsets", "decays", "breakups", "decompositions", "disintegrations", "dissolutions", "abasements", "debasements", "depreciations", "decimations", "demolishments", "demolitions", "desolations", "destructions", "havoc", "ruinations", "ruins", "abatements", "decreases", "decrements", "de-escalations", "deflations", "diminishments", "diminutions", "dips", "downslides", "downtrends", "downturns", "drop-offs", "drops", "falloffs", "losses", "reductions", "sags", "shrinkages", "slips", "slumps" ], "near antonyms":[ "advancements", "developments", "evolutions", "growths", "flowerings", "renewals", "restorations", "revitalizations", "accretions", "accruals", "addenda", "addendums", "additions", "augmentations", "boosts", "enhancements", "gains", "increases", "increments", "raises", "supplements" ], "antonyms":[ "ascents", "rises", "upswings" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "decriminalize":{ "as in legalize":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "legalize", "allow", "let", "permit", "suffer", "approve", "endorse", "indorse", "sanction" ], "near antonyms":[ "criminalize", "illegalize", "outlaw", "ban", "bar", "enjoin", "forbid", "interdict", "prohibit", "proscribe" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "decrypting":{ "to change (as a secret message) from code into ordinary language":{ "examples":[ "decrypting the Germans' code was one of the Allies' greatest triumphs" ], "synonyms":[ "breaking", "cracking", "deciphering", "decoding" ], "near synonyms":[ "descrambling", "unscrambling", "rendering", "translating", "doping (out)", "figuring out", "puzzling (out)", "solving", "unraveling", "unriddling", "working", "working out" ], "near antonyms":[ "garbling", "jumbling (up)", "mixing (up)" ], "antonyms":[ "ciphering", "coding", "enciphering", "encoding", "encrypting" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "decoration":{ "something that decorates or beautifies":{ "examples":[ "traditionally the family puts lots of decorations on and around the Christmas tree" ], "synonyms":[ "adornment", "beautifier", "caparison", "doodad", "embellisher", "embellishment", "frill", "garnish", "garnishment", "garniture", "ornament", "ornamentation", "setoff", "trim" ], "near synonyms":[ "apparel", "bells and whistles", "blazonry", "bric-a-brac", "chichi", "emblazonry", "filigree", "finery", "foofaraw", "frippery", "frosting", "froufrou", "fal-lal", "flounce", "flourish", "furbelow", "ruffle", "enhancement", "enrichment", "improvement", "appliqu\u00e9", "embossment", "embroidery", "fancywork", "bedizenment", "gilt", "glitter", "design", "figure", "pattern", "furnishings", "regalia", "trappings" ], "near antonyms":[ "blemish", "defacement", "disfigurement", "scar", "blot", "spot", "stain" ], "antonyms":[] }, "something given in recognition of achievement":{ "examples":[ "an army veteran proudly wearing his old military decorations" ], "synonyms":[ "accolade", "award", "blue ribbon", "distinction", "honor", "kudo", "plume", "premium", "prize" ], "near synonyms":[ "badge", "crown", "cup", "laurel", "medal", "order", "plaque", "plate", "ribbon", "trophy", "applause", "bravo", "encomium", "eulogy", "hallelujah", "homage", "paean", "panegyric", "plaudit", "tribute", "citation", "commendation", "compliment", "honorable mention" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "decimates":{ "to bring to a complete end the physical soundness, existence, or usefulness of":{ "examples":[ "the army's attack decimated the enemy's defenses beyond repair" ], "synonyms":[ "annihilates", "creams", "demolishes", "desolates", "destroys", "devastates", "does in", "extinguishes", "nukes", "pulls down", "pulverizes", "razes", "rubs out", "ruins", "shatters", "smashes", "tears down", "totals", "vaporizes", "wastes", "wracks", "wrecks" ], "near synonyms":[ "beats", "bests", "clobbers", "conquers", "crushes", "defeats", "drubs", "licks", "masters", "overbears", "overcomes", "overmatches", "prevails (over)", "routs", "scotches", "skunks", "subdues", "surmounts", "thrashes", "trims", "triumphs (over)", "trounces", "wallops", "whips", "wins (against)", "blasts", "blows up", "breaks", "cripples", "damages", "defaces", "deteriorates", "disfigures", "disintegrates", "dissolves", "dynamites", "harms", "impairs", "injures", "mangles", "mars", "mutilates", "spoils", "vitiates", "erodes", "scours", "sweeps (away)", "washes out", "wears (away)", "dilapidates", "disassembles", "dismantles", "guts", "takes down", "unbuilds", "undoes", "unmakes", "blots out", "effaces", "eradicates", "expunges", "exterminates", "extirpates", "liquidates", "obliterates", "removes", "roots (out)", "snuffs (out)", "stamps (out)", "wipes out", "despoils", "havocs", "loots", "pillages", "plunders", "ravages", "sacks", "tramples", "trashes", "vandalizes", "assassinates", "butchers", "cuts down", "dispatches", "executes", "fells", "kills", "kills off", "massacres", "mows (down)", "murders", "slaughters", "slays", "takes out", "zaps" ], "near antonyms":[ "doctors", "fixes", "mends", "patches", "reconditions", "repairs", "revamps", "creates", "invents", "assembles", "fabricates", "fashions", "forges", "forms", "frames", "makes", "manufactures", "molds", "produces", "shapes", "brings about", "constitutes", "establishes", "fathers", "founds", "institutes", "organizes", "conserves", "preserves", "protects", "saves", "rebuilds", "reconstructs", "remodels", "renovates", "restores" ], "antonyms":[ "builds", "constructs", "erects", "puts up", "raises", "rears", "sets up" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "decreased (in)":{ "as in lost":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "lost", "abated", "declined (in)", "diminished (in)", "dipped", "dwindled", "fell (in)", "lessened", "tapered", "tapered off" ], "near antonyms":[ "built up", "gained", "gathered", "grew (in)", "picked up", "doubled (in)", "tripled (in)", "accrued", "accumulated", "amassed" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "decollates":{ "as in heads , prunes":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "beheads", "decapitates", "guillotines", "heads", "prunes", "shortens", "trims", "scalps" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "deceptively":{ "as in falsely , artfully":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "artfully", "cannily", "deceitfully", "deviously", "dishonestly", "falsely", "affectedly", "artificially", "hypocritically", "insincerely", "pretentiously", "unnaturally", "archly", "calculatingly", "craftily", "cunningly", "furtively", "insidiously", "sharply", "shiftily", "slickly", "slyly", "slily", "underhand", "underhanded", "underhandedly", "flatteringly", "sycophantically", "unctuously" ], "near antonyms":[ "artlessly", "guilelessly", "ingenuously", "innocently", "naively", "na\u00efvely", "naturally", "sincerely", "unaffectedly", "unfeignedly", "unpretentiously", "genuinely", "honestly", "simply", "truly", "freely", "openheartedly", "openly" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adverb" ] }, "decelerating":{ "as in slowing":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "slowing", "strolling", "filibustering", "procrastinating", "stalling", "ambling", "heavy-footed", "inching", "plodding", "shuffling", "slow-footed", "lingering", "loitering", "tarrying", "inactive", "inert", "lethargic", "loafing", "lounging", "deliberate", "measured", "crawling", "creeping", "dallying", "dawdling", "dilatory", "dillydallying", "dragging", "laggard", "lagging", "languid", "leisurely", "poking", "poky", "pokey", "slow", "sluggish", "snaillike", "snail-paced", "tardy", "unhurried" ], "near antonyms":[ "barreling", "bolting", "breakneck", "breathless", "brisk", "careering", "dizzy", "fast", "fleet", "flying", "hasty", "hurrying", "lightning", "meteoric", "quick", "racing", "rapid", "rocketing", "running", "rushing", "scooting", "scudding", "scurrying", "snappy", "speeding", "speedy", "swift", "warp-speed", "whirling", "whirlwind", "whisking", "zipping", "expeditious", "prompt", "ready", "accelerated", "hastened", "quickened", "hurried", "rushed" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to cause to move or proceed at a less rapid pace":{ "examples":[ "she decelerated the car as we entered the school zone" ], "synonyms":[ "braking", "retarding", "slackening", "slowing" ], "near synonyms":[ "halting", "stopping", "encumbering", "hampering", "handicapping", "hindering", "hobbling", "holding back", "holding up", "impeding", "inhibiting", "obstructing", "setting back", "tying up", "tieing up", "bottlenecking", "arresting", "checking", "constraining", "curbing", "reining", "restraining", "baffling", "foiling", "frustrating", "sabotaging", "thwarting" ], "near antonyms":[ "driving", "encouraging", "goading", "propelling", "pushing", "spurring", "stirring", "urging", "advancing", "aiding", "dispatching", "easing", "expediting", "facilitating", "forwarding", "furthering", "helping" ], "antonyms":[ "accelerating", "hastening", "hurrying", "quickening", "rushing", "speeding (up)", "stepping up" ] }, "type":[ "adjective", "verb" ] }, "decoys":{ "something used to attract animals to a hook or into a trap":{ "examples":[ "we set the decoy afloat in the marsh and from the blind waited for the ducks to arrive" ], "synonyms":[ "baits", "lures" ], "near synonyms":[ "ambushes", "nets", "traps", "hooks", "snares", "trolls", "plugs", "scents", "spinners", "stool pigeons", "appeals", "attractions", "calls", "draws", "incentives", "pulls", "enticements", "seducements", "seductions", "temptations", "entanglements", "entrapments" ], "near antonyms":[ "repellents", "repellants" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to lead away from a usual or proper course by offering some pleasure or advantage":{ "examples":[ "tacky souvenir shops to which first-time tourists had been decoyed into spending their hard-earned money" ], "synonyms":[ "allures", "baits", "beguiles", "betrays", "entices", "leads on", "lures", "seduces", "solicits", "tempts" ], "near synonyms":[ "draws in", "inveigles", "persuades", "ropes (in)", "snows", "catches", "enmeshes", "immeshes", "ensnares", "entraps", "meshes", "snares", "tangles", "traps", "bewitches", "captivates", "charms", "enchants", "fascinates", "magnetizes", "wiles" ], "near antonyms":[ "alerts", "cautions", "forewarns", "wards (off)", "warns", "drives (away or off)", "repulses", "turns away" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "deconsecrating":{ "to remove the sacred qualities or status of":{ "examples":[ "hoping to raise much-needed funds, the church elders deconsecrated the 18th-century silver chalice and consigned it to a high-end auction house" ], "synonyms":[ "desacralizing", "desanctifying" ], "near synonyms":[ "defiling", "desecrating", "profaning", "violating" ], "near antonyms":[ "canonizing", "deifying", "venerating", "spiritualizing", "chastening", "cleansing", "purifying", "exorcising", "exorcizing", "expurgating" ], "antonyms":[ "blessing", "consecrating", "hallowing", "sacralizing", "sanctifying" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "decrypts":{ "to change (as a secret message) from code into ordinary language":{ "examples":[ "decrypting the Germans' code was one of the Allies' greatest triumphs" ], "synonyms":[ "breaks", "cracks", "deciphers", "decodes" ], "near synonyms":[ "descrambles", "unscrambles", "renders", "translates", "dopes (out)", "figures out", "puzzles (out)", "solves", "unravels", "unriddles", "works", "works out" ], "near antonyms":[ "garbles", "jumbles (up)", "mixes (up)" ], "antonyms":[ "ciphers", "codes", "enciphers", "encodes", "encrypts" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "decoupling":{ "to set or force apart":{ "examples":[ "to have a fruitful discussion, we need to decouple fact from opinion" ], "synonyms":[ "breaking up", "disassociating", "disconnecting", "disjoining", "disjointing", "dissevering", "dissociating", "disuniting", "dividing", "divorcing", "parting", "ramifying", "resolving", "separating", "severing", "splitting", "sundering", "uncoupling", "unlinking", "unyoking" ], "near synonyms":[ "breaking down", "decomposing", "disassembling", "disintegrating", "dissolving", "bifurcating", "bisecting", "cleaving", "dichotomizing", "dissecting", "fractionalizing", "fractionating", "halving", "partitioning", "quartering", "segmenting", "subdividing", "trisecting", "fragmentating", "fragmenting", "fragmentizing", "breaking", "fracturing", "pulling", "rending", "rifting", "ripping", "riving", "rupturing", "tearing", "cutting off", "insulating", "isolating", "secluding", "segregating", "sequestering", "detaching", "disengaging", "disentangling", "unraveling", "untying", "untieing" ], "near antonyms":[ "assembling", "associating", "blending", "combining", "mingling", "mixing", "connecting", "coupling", "accumulating", "agglutinating", "attaching", "binding", "cementing", "closing", "fastening", "fusing", "knitting", "sticking", "welding" ], "antonyms":[ "joining", "linking", "unifying", "uniting" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "deciphers":{ "to change (as a secret message) from code into ordinary language":{ "examples":[ "we deciphered the hidden message to find out when we were supposed to meet" ], "synonyms":[ "breaks", "cracks", "decodes", "decrypts" ], "near synonyms":[ "descrambles", "unscrambles", "renders", "translates", "dopes (out)", "figures out", "puzzles (out)", "solves", "unravels", "unriddles", "works", "works out" ], "near antonyms":[ "garbles", "jumbles (up)", "mixes (up)" ], "antonyms":[ "ciphers", "codes", "enciphers", "encodes", "encrypts" ] }, "to have a clear idea of":{ "examples":[ "a convoluted thriller, the plot of which I was never able to actually decipher" ], "synonyms":[ "appreciates", "apprehends", "assimilates", "beholds", "catches", "catches on (to)", "cognizes", "compasses", "comprehends", "conceives", "cottons (to or on to)", "decodes", "digs", "discerns", "gets", "grasps", "groks", "intuits", "knows", "makes", "makes out", "perceives", "recognizes", "registers", "savvies", "sees", "seizes", "senses", "tumbles (to)", "twigs", "understands" ], "near synonyms":[ "absorbs", "digests", "takes in", "realizes", "fathoms", "penetrates", "pierces" ], "near antonyms":[ "misapprehends", "misconceives", "misconstrues", "misinterprets", "misperceives", "misreads", "mistakes", "misunderstands" ], "antonyms":[ "misses" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "decide (upon)":{ "as in do , deal (with)":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "act", "deal (with)", "do", "work (on)" ], "near antonyms":[ "defer", "delay", "hold off (on)", "hold over", "hold up", "lay over", "postpone", "put off", "put over", "remit", "shelve", "suspend", "hesitate", "pause", "stay" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "deconsecrates":{ "to remove the sacred qualities or status of":{ "examples":[ "hoping to raise much-needed funds, the church elders deconsecrated the 18th-century silver chalice and consigned it to a high-end auction house" ], "synonyms":[ "desacralizes", "desanctifies" ], "near synonyms":[ "defiles", "desecrates", "profanes", "violates" ], "near antonyms":[ "canonizes", "deifies", "venerates", "spiritualizes", "chastens", "cleanses", "purifies", "exorcises", "exorcizes", "expurgates" ], "antonyms":[ "blesses", "consecrates", "hallows", "sacralizes", "sanctifies" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "declaring":{ "to make known openly or publicly":{ "examples":[ "she chose to declare her presidential aspirations at her college alma mater" ], "synonyms":[ "advertising", "announcing", "annunciating", "blaring", "blazing", "blazoning", "broadcasting", "enunciating", "flashing", "giving out", "heralding", "placarding", "posting", "proclaiming", "promulgating", "publicizing", "publishing", "releasing", "sounding", "trumpeting" ], "near synonyms":[ "barking", "calling (off or out)", "crying", "billboarding", "billing", "bulletining", "gazetting", "knelling", "ringing", "tolling", "blurbing", "featuring", "pitching", "plugging", "promoting", "puffing", "disseminating", "spreading", "disclosing", "divulging", "introducing", "kithing", "kything", "manifesting", "reporting", "revealing", "showing", "advising", "apprising", "handing down", "informing", "notifying", "communicating", "imparting", "intimating" ], "near antonyms":[ "concealing", "hushing (up)", "silencing", "suppressing", "withholding", "recalling", "recanting", "retracting", "revoking" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to state as a fact usually forcefully":{ "examples":[ "she would declare her innocence to the whole world if she could" ], "synonyms":[ "affirming", "alleging", "asserting", "averring", "avouching", "avowing", "claiming", "contending", "insisting", "maintaining", "professing", "protesting", "purporting", "warranting" ], "near synonyms":[ "announcing", "broadcasting", "proclaiming", "arguing", "rationalizing", "reasoning", "confirming", "justifying", "vindicating", "defending", "persevering", "supporting", "upholding", "reaffirming", "reasserting" ], "near antonyms":[ "abandoning", "disavowing", "disclaiming", "disowning", "negating", "negativing", "rejecting", "repudiating", "challenging", "disputing", "questioning", "confuting", "disproving", "rebutting", "refuting", "contradicting", "countering" ], "antonyms":[ "denying", "gainsaying" ] }, "to state clearly and strongly":{ "examples":[ "our guest enthusiastically declared that the pie was the best he had ever eaten" ], "synonyms":[ "affirming", "asserting", "averring", "avouching", "avowing", "guaranteeing", "laying down", "professing" ], "near synonyms":[ "advancing", "advertising", "boosting", "plugging", "promoting", "publicizing", "announcing", "blazing", "calling", "proclaiming", "pronouncing", "saying", "accenting", "accentuating", "emphasizing", "stressing", "underlining", "underscoring", "advocating", "championing", "defending", "espousing", "supporting", "upholding", "assuring", "convincing", "persuading", "explaining", "justifying", "rationalizing", "reaffirming", "reasserting" ], "near antonyms":[ "minimizing", "understating", "disregarding", "ignoring", "neglecting", "overlooking" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to make known (something abstract) through outward signs":{ "examples":[ "though she was silent, her expression declared her unwillingness to go along with the others" ], "synonyms":[ "bespeaking", "betraying", "communicating", "demonstrating", "displaying", "evincing", "exposing", "giving away", "manifesting", "revealing", "showing" ], "near synonyms":[ "baring", "disclosing", "unbosoming", "uncloaking", "uncovering", "advertising", "airing", "announcing", "blazing", "broadcasting", "placarding", "proclaiming", "publicizing", "sounding", "trumpeting", "projecting" ], "near antonyms":[ "belying", "misrepresenting", "distorting", "falsifying", "garbling", "twisting", "camouflaging", "disguising", "gilding", "glossing (over)", "varnishing", "whitewashing", "concealing", "counterfeiting", "covering", "hiding", "masking", "obscuring", "occluding", "veiling" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "decedent":{ "a dead person":{ "examples":[ "a tax on the estate of the decedent" ], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "deceased", "bones", "cadaver", "carcass", "corpus", "corpse", "corse", "relics", "remains", "stiff", "mummy", "carnage", "carrion", "ashes" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "decried":{ "to express scornfully one's low opinion of":{ "examples":[ "scientists were quick to decry the claims of the psychic" ], "synonyms":[ "bad-mouthed", "belittled", "cried down", "denigrated", "deprecated", "depreciated", "derogated", "diminished", "discounted", "dismissed", "disparaged", "dissed", "kissed off", "minimized", "played down", "poor-mouthed", "put down", "ran down", "talked down", "trashed", "trash-talked", "vilipended", "wrote off" ], "near synonyms":[ "discommended", "abused", "scolded", "disapproved (of)", "disliked", "censured", "condemned", "criticized", "denounced", "reprehended", "reprobated", "aspersed", "defamed", "maligned", "ripped", "slandered", "slurred", "traduced", "vilified", "discredited", "disgraced" ], "near antonyms":[ "approved", "countenanced", "endorsed", "indorsed", "favored", "recommended", "sanctioned", "commended", "complimented", "eulogized" ], "antonyms":[ "acclaimed", "applauded", "exalted", "extolled", "glorified", "lauded", "magnified", "praised" ] }, "to declare to be morally wrong or evil":{ "examples":[ "a statement by the church decrying modern society's liberal attitude regarding marriage and divorce" ], "synonyms":[ "anathematized", "censured", "condemned", "damned", "denounced", "execrated", "reprehended", "reprobated" ], "near synonyms":[ "attacked", "blamed", "blasted", "criticized", "dispraised", "dissed", "faulted", "knocked", "panned", "slammed", "belittled", "deprecated", "disparaged", "doomed", "sentenced", "convicted", "blacklisted", "excommunicated", "ostracized", "castigated", "chastised", "rebuked", "reprimanded", "reproached", "admonished", "chid", "chided", "reproved", "berated", "lambasted", "raked", "scolded", "upbraided", "vituperated", "cursed", "imprecated", "abhorred", "abominated", "detested", "hated", "loathed", "reviled" ], "near antonyms":[ "approved", "endorsed", "indorsed", "sanctioned", "eulogized", "exalted", "extolled", "glorified", "lauded", "praised", "acclaimed", "applauded", "commended", "hailed", "saluted", "touted", "consecrated", "hallowed", "sanctified", "honored", "revered", "venerated" ], "antonyms":[ "blessed", "blest" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "decouple":{ "to set or force apart":{ "examples":[ "to have a fruitful discussion, we need to decouple fact from opinion" ], "synonyms":[ "break up", "disassociate", "disconnect", "disjoin", "disjoint", "dissever", "dissociate", "disunite", "divide", "divorce", "part", "ramify", "resolve", "separate", "sever", "split", "sunder", "uncouple", "unlink", "unyoke" ], "near synonyms":[ "break down", "decompose", "disassemble", "disintegrate", "dissolve", "bifurcate", "bisect", "cleave", "dichotomize", "dissect", "fractionalize", "fractionate", "halve", "partition", "quarter", "segment", "subdivide", "trisect", "fragment", "fragmentate", "fragmentize", "break", "fracture", "pull", "rend", "rift", "rip", "rive", "rupture", "tear", "cut off", "insulate", "isolate", "seclude", "segregate", "sequester", "detach", "disengage", "disentangle", "unravel", "untie" ], "near antonyms":[ "assemble", "associate", "blend", "combine", "mingle", "mix", "connect", "couple", "accumulate", "agglutinate", "attach", "bind", "cement", "close", "fasten", "fuse", "knit", "stick", "weld" ], "antonyms":[ "join", "link", "unify", "unite" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "decode":{ "to change (as a secret message) from code into ordinary language":{ "examples":[ "the agents worked into the night to decode the intercepted message from the enemy spy" ], "synonyms":[ "break", "crack", "decipher", "decrypt" ], "near synonyms":[ "descramble", "unscramble", "render", "translate", "dope (out)", "figure out", "puzzle (out)", "solve", "unravel", "unriddle", "work", "work out" ], "near antonyms":[ "garble", "jumble (up)", "mix (up)" ], "antonyms":[ "cipher", "code", "encipher", "encode", "encrypt" ] }, "to have a clear idea of":{ "examples":[ "I was never able to decode the strange relationship that existed between those two people" ], "synonyms":[ "appreciate", "apprehend", "assimilate", "behold", "catch", "catch on (to)", "cognize", "compass", "comprehend", "conceive", "cotton (to or on to)", "decipher", "dig", "discern", "get", "grasp", "grok", "intuit", "know", "make", "make out", "perceive", "recognize", "register", "savvy", "see", "seize", "sense", "tumble (to)", "twig", "understand" ], "near synonyms":[ "absorb", "digest", "take in", "realize", "fathom", "penetrate", "pierce" ], "near antonyms":[ "misapprehend", "misconceive", "misconstrue", "misinterpret", "misperceive", "misread", "mistake", "misunderstand" ], "antonyms":[ "miss" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "decommissioned":{ "as in deactivated":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "deactivated", "broken", "dead", "inactive", "inoperative", "kaput", "kaputt", "nonactivated", "nonfunctional", "nonfunctioning", "nonoperating", "nonoperational", "nonoperative", "ineffective", "ineffectual", "useless", "inoperable", "unusable", "unworkable", "arrested", "asleep", "dormant", "fallow", "idle", "inert", "latent", "lifeless", "nonproductive", "quiescent", "sleepy", "stagnating", "unproductive", "vegetating" ], "near antonyms":[ "active", "alive", "functional", "functioning", "going", "live", "living", "on", "operating", "operational", "operative", "running", "working", "effective", "effectual", "employable", "operable", "usable", "useable", "viable", "workable" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "decelerations":{ "a usually gradual decrease in the pace or level of activity of something":{ "examples":[ "demand for our product is dropping, so I have ordered a deceleration of production" ], "synonyms":[ "downshifts", "letups", "retardations", "slowdowns" ], "near synonyms":[ "declines", "drops", "slumps", "ebbs", "remissions", "retreats", "wanes", "arrests", "checks", "halts", "stoppages", "collapses", "crashes", "falls", "plunges" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[ "accelerations" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "decriers":{ "as in jeerers , denigrators":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "belittlers", "denigrators", "deriders", "detractors", "gibers", "jibers", "insulters", "jeerers", "scoffers", "scorners", "baiters", "harassers", "hecklers", "mockers", "needlers", "persecutors", "ridiculers", "taunters", "teasers", "teases", "tormentors", "carpers", "castigators", "cavilers", "cavillers", "censurers", "criticizers", "critics", "disparagers", "faultfinders", "hypercritics", "knockers", "nigglers", "nitpickers" ], "near antonyms":[ "commenders", "praisers", "comforters", "solaces", "soothers", "succorers", "bodyguards", "champions" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "decorums":{ "socially acceptable behavior":{ "examples":[ "high standards of decorum are usually required when attending the opera" ], "synonyms":[ "decency", "form", "propriety" ], "near synonyms":[ "etiquette", "civility", "courteousness", "courtesy", "gentilesse", "gentility", "graciousness", "mannerliness", "politeness", "politesse", "dignity", "grace", "refinement", "discretion", "prudence", "appropriateness", "correctitude", "correctness", "decorousness", "fitness", "rightness", "seemliness", "attention", "attentiveness", "care", "carefulness", "character", "goodness", "high-mindedness", "honesty", "honor", "integrity", "morality", "probity", "rectitude", "righteousness", "straightness", "uprightness", "virtue", "virtuousness" ], "near antonyms":[ "coarseness", "crudeness", "gracelessness", "discourtesy", "impoliteness", "incivility", "vulgarity", "imprudence", "indiscretion", "badness", "evil", "immorality", "wickedness", "debauchery", "degeneracy", "degradation", "depravity", "perversion", "crookedness", "dishonesty", "underhandedness", "unscrupulousness" ], "antonyms":[ "impropriety", "indecency", "indecorum" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "decimated":{ "to bring to a complete end the physical soundness, existence, or usefulness of":{ "examples":[ "the army's attack decimated the enemy's defenses beyond repair" ], "synonyms":[ "annihilated", "creamed", "demolished", "desolated", "destroyed", "devastated", "did in", "extinguished", "nuked", "pulled down", "pulverized", "razed", "rubbed out", "ruined", "shattered", "smashed", "tore down", "totaled", "totalled", "vaporized", "wasted", "wracked", "wrecked" ], "near synonyms":[ "beat", "bested", "clobbered", "conquered", "crushed", "defeated", "drubbed", "licked", "mastered", "overbore", "overcame", "overmatched", "prevailed (over)", "routed", "scotched", "skunked", "subdued", "surmounted", "thrashed", "trimmed", "triumphed (over)", "trounced", "walloped", "whipped", "won (against)", "blasted", "blew up", "broke", "crippled", "damaged", "defaced", "deteriorated", "disfigured", "disintegrated", "dissolved", "dynamited", "harmed", "impaired", "injured", "mangled", "marred", "mutilated", "spoiled", "spoilt", "vitiated", "eroded", "scoured", "swept (away)", "washed out", "wore (away)", "dilapidated", "disassembled", "dismantled", "gutted", "took down", "unbuilt", "undid", "unmade", "blotted out", "effaced", "eradicated", "expunged", "exterminated", "extirpated", "liquidated", "obliterated", "removed", "rooted (out)", "snuffed (out)", "stamped (out)", "wiped out", "despoiled", "havocked", "looted", "pillaged", "plundered", "ravaged", "sacked", "trampled", "trashed", "vandalized", "assassinated", "butchered", "cut down", "dispatched", "executed", "felled", "killed", "killed off", "massacred", "mowed (down)", "murdered", "slaughtered", "slew", "took out", "zapped" ], "near antonyms":[ "doctored", "fixed", "mended", "patched", "reconditioned", "repaired", "revamped", "created", "invented", "assembled", "fabricated", "fashioned", "forged", "formed", "framed", "made", "manufactured", "molded", "produced", "shaped", "brought about", "constituted", "established", "fathered", "founded", "instituted", "organized", "conserved", "preserved", "protected", "saved", "rebuilt", "reconstructed", "remodeled", "renovated", "restored" ], "antonyms":[ "built", "constructed", "erected", "put up", "raised", "reared", "set up" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "decamp":{ "as in abscond , scarper":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "abscond", "clear out", "elope", "escape", "get (away)", "get out", "lam", "light out", "make off", "mizzle", "scarper", "scat", "scram", "skip (out)", "skirr", "bolt", "break", "bug out", "flee", "fly", "hightail (it)", "retreat", "run", "run away", "run off", "skedaddle" ], "near antonyms":[ "beard", "brave", "confront", "dare", "defy", "face", "abide", "dwell", "hang around", "linger", "remain", "stay", "stick around", "tarry" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "decidedness":{ "firm or unwavering adherence to one's purpose":{ "examples":[ "for two years he pursued the presidential nomination with an undeviating decidedness" ], "synonyms":[ "decision", "decisiveness", "determination", "determinedness", "firmness", "granite", "purposefulness", "resoluteness", "resolution", "resolve", "stick-to-itiveness" ], "near synonyms":[ "doggedness", "obduracy", "obdurateness", "obstinacy", "obstinateness", "perseverance", "persistence", "persistency", "stubbornness", "tenaciousness", "tenacity", "certainty", "certitude", "confidence", "sureness", "alacrity", "eagerness", "gameness", "readiness", "backbone", "fortitude", "grit", "iron", "pluck", "sand" ], "near antonyms":[ "doubt", "incertitude", "indetermination", "uncertainty", "aversion", "disinclination", "indisposition", "reluctance", "unwillingness" ], "antonyms":[ "hesitation", "indecision", "indecisiveness", "irresoluteness", "irresolution", "vacillation" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "decimal":{ "as in fraction":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "fraction", "digit", "figure", "integer", "number", "numeral", "numeric", "whole number", "cipher", "symbol" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "decontaminating":{ "to remove dirty or dangerous substances (such as radioactive material) from (a person, thing, place, etc.)":{ "examples":[ "Special workers were called in to decontaminate the area after the oil spill." ], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "purging", "purifying", "cleaning", "cleansing", "deterging", "GI'ing", "turning out", "disinfecting", "sanitizing", "brushing", "combing", "dry-cleaning", "dusting", "laundering", "mopping", "mucking (out)", "rinsing", "scouring", "scrubbing", "shampooing", "sponging", "swabbing", "sweeping", "vacuuming", "washing", "wiping", "brightening", "deodorizing", "freshening", "sprucing (up)", "sweetening", "picking up", "straightening (up)", "tidying", "uncluttering" ], "near antonyms":[ "begriming", "muddying", "defiling", "polluting", "tainting", "blackening", "discoloring", "besmirching", "dirtying", "fouling", "soiling", "spotting", "staining", "sullying" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "deceivers":{ "as in frauds , impostors":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "charlatans", "double-dealers", "fakers", "fakes", "frauds", "hypocrites", "impostors", "imposters", "phonies", "phoneys", "bluffers", "counterfeiters", "dissemblers", "feigners", "pretenders", "shams", "fabricators", "fabulists", "fibbers", "liars", "prevaricators", "storytellers" ], "near antonyms":[ "square shooters", "straight shooters" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "decries":{ "to express scornfully one's low opinion of":{ "examples":[ "scientists were quick to decry the claims of the psychic" ], "synonyms":[ "bad-mouths", "belittles", "cries down", "denigrates", "deprecates", "depreciates", "derogates", "diminishes", "discounts", "dismisses", "disparages", "disses", "kisses off", "minimizes", "plays down", "poor-mouths", "puts down", "runs down", "talks down", "trashes", "trash-talks", "vilipends", "writes off" ], "near synonyms":[ "discommends", "abuses", "scolds", "disapproves (of)", "dislikes", "censures", "condemns", "criticizes", "denounces", "reprehends", "reprobates", "asperses", "defames", "maligns", "rips", "slanders", "slurs", "traduces", "vilifies", "discredits", "disgraces" ], "near antonyms":[ "approves", "countenances", "endorses", "indorses", "favors", "recommends", "sanctions", "commends", "compliments", "eulogizes" ], "antonyms":[ "acclaims", "applauds", "exalts", "extols", "extolls", "glorifies", "lauds", "magnifies", "praises" ] }, "to declare to be morally wrong or evil":{ "examples":[ "a statement by the church decrying modern society's liberal attitude regarding marriage and divorce" ], "synonyms":[ "anathematizes", "censures", "condemns", "damns", "denounces", "execrates", "reprehends", "reprobates" ], "near synonyms":[ "attacks", "blames", "blasts", "criticizes", "dispraises", "disses", "faults", "knocks", "pans", "slams", "belittles", "deprecates", "disparages", "dooms", "sentences", "convicts", "blacklists", "excommunicates", "ostracizes", "castigates", "chastises", "rebukes", "reprimands", "reproaches", "admonishes", "chides", "reproves", "berates", "lambastes", "lambasts", "rakes", "scolds", "upbraids", "vituperates", "curses", "imprecates", "abhors", "abominates", "detests", "hates", "loathes", "reviles" ], "near antonyms":[ "approves", "endorses", "indorses", "sanctions", "eulogizes", "exalts", "extols", "extolls", "glorifies", "lauds", "praises", "acclaims", "applauds", "commends", "hails", "salutes", "touts", "consecrates", "hallows", "sanctifies", "honors", "reveres", "venerates" ], "antonyms":[ "blesses" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "deceivable":{ "as in overcredulous , fictile":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "dewy-eyed", "easy", "exploitable", "gullible", "gullable", "naive", "na\u00efve", "susceptible", "trusting", "unwary", "wide-eyed", "artless", "genuine", "guileless", "innocent", "simple", "unsophisticated", "unworldly", "credulous", "overcredulous", "trustful", "uncritical", "unsuspecting", "unsuspicious", "fictile", "malleable", "pliable", "pliant", "acquiescent", "agreeable", "amiable", "obliging", "yielding" ], "near antonyms":[ "critical", "cynical", "mistrustful", "skeptical", "suspicious", "wary", "sophisticated", "clear-eyed", "clear-sighted", "hardheaded", "shrewd", "street-smart", "streetwise" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "decreasing (in)":{ "as in losing":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "losing", "abating", "declining (in)", "diminishing (in)", "dipping", "dwindling", "falling (in)", "lessening", "tapering", "tapering off" ], "near antonyms":[ "building up", "gaining", "gathering", "growing (in)", "picking up", "doubling (in)", "tripling (in)", "accruing", "accumulating", "amassing" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "decadency":{ "a sinking to a state of low moral standards and behavior":{ "examples":[ "a novel that examines the decadency of a group of overprivileged teens in an affluent suburb" ], "synonyms":[ "abjection", "corruption", "corruptness", "debasement", "debauchery", "decadence", "degeneracy", "degenerateness", "degeneration", "degradation", "demoralization", "depravity", "dissipatedness", "dissipation", "dissoluteness", "libertinage", "libertinism", "perversion", "pervertedness", "rakishness", "turpitude" ], "near synonyms":[ "evil", "immorality", "sinfulness", "villainy", "wickedness", "filth", "gangrene", "rot", "squalor" ], "near antonyms":[ "goodness", "morality", "righteousness", "virtue" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "deconstructing":{ "to identify and examine the basic elements or parts of (something) especially for discovering interrelationships":{ "examples":[ "deconstructing the economic theories of John Maynard Keynes" ], "synonyms":[ "analyzing", "anatomizing", "assaying", "breaking down", "cutting", "dissecting" ], "near synonyms":[ "assessing", "diagnosing", "evaluating", "examining", "inspecting", "investigating", "scrutinizing", "arranging", "assorting", "cataloging", "cataloguing", "categorizing", "classifying", "codifying", "diagramming", "diagraming", "enumerating", "indexing", "ordering", "schematizing", "sorting", "tabulating", "dividing", "reducing", "segmenting", "separating", "subdividing" ], "near antonyms":[ "agglomerating", "aggregating", "amalgamating", "assimilating", "coalescing", "conglomerating", "consolidating", "integrating", "synthesizing", "unifying" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "declare":{ "to make known openly or publicly":{ "examples":[ "she chose to declare her presidential aspirations at her college alma mater" ], "synonyms":[ "advertise", "announce", "annunciate", "blare", "blaze", "blazon", "broadcast", "enunciate", "flash", "give out", "herald", "placard", "post", "proclaim", "promulgate", "publicize", "publish", "release", "sound", "trumpet" ], "near synonyms":[ "bark", "call (off or out)", "cry", "bill", "billboard", "bulletin", "gazette", "knell", "ring", "toll", "blurb", "feature", "pitch", "plug", "promote", "puff", "disseminate", "spread", "disclose", "divulge", "introduce", "kithe", "manifest", "report", "reveal", "show", "advise", "apprise", "hand down", "inform", "notify", "communicate", "impart", "intimate" ], "near antonyms":[ "conceal", "hush (up)", "silence", "suppress", "withhold", "recall", "recant", "retract", "revoke" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to state as a fact usually forcefully":{ "examples":[ "she would declare her innocence to the whole world if she could" ], "synonyms":[ "affirm", "allege", "assert", "aver", "avouch", "avow", "claim", "contend", "insist", "maintain", "profess", "protest", "purport", "warrant" ], "near synonyms":[ "announce", "broadcast", "proclaim", "argue", "rationalize", "reason", "confirm", "justify", "vindicate", "defend", "persevere", "support", "uphold", "reaffirm", "reassert" ], "near antonyms":[ "abandon", "disavow", "disclaim", "disown", "negate", "negative", "reject", "repudiate", "challenge", "dispute", "question", "confute", "disprove", "rebut", "refute", "contradict", "counter" ], "antonyms":[ "deny", "gainsay" ] }, "to state clearly and strongly":{ "examples":[ "our guest enthusiastically declared that the pie was the best he had ever eaten" ], "synonyms":[ "affirm", "assert", "aver", "avouch", "avow", "guarantee", "lay down", "profess" ], "near synonyms":[ "advance", "advertise", "boost", "plug", "promote", "publicize", "announce", "blaze", "call", "proclaim", "pronounce", "say", "accent", "accentuate", "emphasize", "stress", "underline", "underscore", "advocate", "champion", "defend", "espouse", "support", "uphold", "assure", "convince", "persuade", "explain", "justify", "rationalize", "reaffirm", "reassert" ], "near antonyms":[ "minimize", "understate", "disregard", "ignore", "neglect", "overlook" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to make known (something abstract) through outward signs":{ "examples":[ "though she was silent, her expression declared her unwillingness to go along with the others" ], "synonyms":[ "bespeak", "betray", "communicate", "demonstrate", "display", "evince", "expose", "give away", "manifest", "reveal", "show" ], "near synonyms":[ "bare", "disclose", "unbosom", "uncloak", "uncover", "advertise", "air", "announce", "blaze", "broadcast", "placard", "proclaim", "publicize", "sound", "trumpet", "project" ], "near antonyms":[ "belie", "misrepresent", "distort", "falsify", "garble", "twist", "camouflage", "disguise", "gild", "gloss (over)", "varnish", "whitewash", "conceal", "counterfeit", "cover", "hide", "mask", "obscure", "occlude", "veil" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "declined (in)":{ "as in fell (in) , tapered off":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "abated", "diminished (in)", "dipped", "dwindled", "fell (in)", "lessened", "tapered", "tapered off", "decreased (in)", "lost" ], "near antonyms":[ "built up", "gained", "gathered", "grew (in)", "picked up", "doubled (in)", "tripled (in)", "accrued", "accumulated", "amassed" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "decompressions":{ "to get rid of nervous tension or anxiety":{ "examples":[ "after she gets home from work, she needs some time to decompress before preparing dinner" ], "synonyms":[ "chill", "chill out", "de-stress", "loosen up", "mellow (out)", "relax", "unwind", "wind down" ], "near synonyms":[ "unbend", "bask", "kick back", "loll", "lounge", "repose", "rest", "bum", "dally", "dawdle", "dillydally", "drone", "footle", "goof (off)", "hack (around)", "hang (around or out)", "idle", "laze", "loaf", "vegetate", "veg out", "zone out", "alleviate", "comfort", "ease", "relieve", "calm", "compose", "cool", "quiet", "settle" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[ "tense (up)" ] }, "freedom from activity or labor":{ "examples":[ "the waitstaff gets a welcome period of decompression between the lunch and dinner rushes" ], "synonyms":[ "ease", "leisure", "relaxation", "repose", "rest" ], "near synonyms":[ "catnapping", "dozing", "lazing", "napping", "resting", "sleep", "slumber", "slumbering", "snoozing", "quiet", "silence", "stillness", "calm", "peace", "peacefulness", "placidity", "respite", "restfulness", "sereneness", "serenity", "tranquillity", "tranquility", "tranquilness", "dolce far niente", "idleness" ], "near antonyms":[ "pressure", "strain", "stress", "tenseness", "tension" ], "antonyms":[ "exertion", "labor", "toil", "work" ] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "decanters":{ "a special glass container into which wine, whiskey, etc., is poured from its original container and from which it is served":{ "examples":[ "The waiter served us wine from an elegant decanter .", "a decanter of port" ], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "carafes", "ewers", "flagons", "jugs", "pitchers", "buckets", "pails", "pots", "bottles", "canteens", "cups", "fiascoes", "flasks", "jorums", "mugs", "steins", "stoups", "tankards", "kettles", "teakettles", "watering cans", "watering pots", "beakers", "cruses", "vessels" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "decrement":{ "the amount by which something is lessened":{ "examples":[ "each decrement in amount is limited to one third of the previous total" ], "synonyms":[ "abatement", "decline", "decrease", "dent", "depletion", "depression", "diminishment", "diminution", "drop", "drop-off", "fall", "falloff", "loss", "reduction", "shrinkage", "step-down" ], "near synonyms":[ "deduction", "subtraction", "downturn", "slip", "slump", "curtailment", "cut", "cutback", "retrenchment", "shortening" ], "near antonyms":[ "accretion", "accrual", "accumulation", "addition", "supplement", "continuation", "extension", "upswing", "uptrend", "upturn" ], "antonyms":[ "boost", "enlargement", "gain", "increase", "increment", "raise", "rise", "step-up", "uptick" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "decomposed":{ "having undergone organic breakdown":{ "examples":[ "the decomposed remains of an old tree trunk" ], "synonyms":[ "addled", "bad", "corrupted", "decayed", "putrefied", "putrid", "rotten", "spoiled" ], "near synonyms":[ "curdled", "fermented", "off", "rancid", "rank", "sour", "soured", "sourish", "turned", "contaminated", "defiled", "fouled", "impure", "polluted", "tainted", "corroded", "crumbled", "degenerated", "deteriorated", "disintegrated", "decaying", "decomposing", "disintegrating", "mildewy", "moldering", "moldy", "putrefying", "putrescent", "rotting", "gangrenous" ], "near antonyms":[ "fresh", "good", "sweet", "preserved", "pristine", "uncontaminated", "undefiled", "unpolluted", "unspoiled", "untainted", "untouched" ], "antonyms":[ "undecomposed" ] }, "to go through decomposition":{ "examples":[ "detectives needed to know how long it would take a corpse to decompose to that advanced state" ], "synonyms":[ "broke down", "corrupted", "decayed", "disintegrated", "festered", "fouled", "molded", "moldered", "perished", "putrefied", "rotted", "spoiled", "spoilt" ], "near synonyms":[ "soured", "turned", "turned off", "contaminated", "defiled", "polluted", "tainted", "addled", "curdled", "fermented", "mortified", "rusted", "crumbled", "declined", "degenerated", "descended", "deteriorated", "dilapidated", "sank", "sunk", "withered" ], "near antonyms":[ "aged", "developed", "grew", "matured", "ripened", "refreshed", "renewed", "restored", "cleansed", "purified", "assembled", "composed", "integrated", "ameliorated", "bettered", "improved", "meliorated" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adjective", "verb" ] }, "decreed":{ "to request the doing of by virtue of one's authority":{ "examples":[ "the new supervisor decreed that thenceforth coffee breaks would have a 15-minute limit" ], "synonyms":[ "called", "commanded", "dictated", "directed", "mandated", "ordained", "ordered" ], "near synonyms":[ "asked", "petitioned", "requested", "demanded", "required" ], "near antonyms":[ "canceled", "cancelled", "countermanded", "rescinded" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "decouples":{ "to set or force apart":{ "examples":[ "to have a fruitful discussion, we need to decouple fact from opinion" ], "synonyms":[ "breaks up", "disassociates", "disconnects", "disjoins", "disjoints", "dissevers", "dissociates", "disunites", "divides", "divorces", "parts", "ramifies", "resolves", "separates", "severs", "splits", "sunders", "uncouples", "unlinks", "unyokes" ], "near synonyms":[ "breaks down", "decomposes", "disassembles", "disintegrates", "dissolves", "bifurcates", "bisects", "cleaves", "dichotomizes", "dissects", "fractionalizes", "fractionates", "halves", "partitions", "quarters", "segments", "subdivides", "trisects", "fragmentates", "fragmentizes", "fragments", "breaks", "fractures", "pulls", "rends", "rifts", "rips", "rives", "ruptures", "tears", "cuts off", "insulates", "isolates", "secludes", "segregates", "sequesters", "detaches", "disengages", "disentangles", "unravels", "unties" ], "near antonyms":[ "assembles", "associates", "blends", "combines", "mingles", "mixes", "connects", "couples", "accumulates", "agglutinates", "attaches", "binds", "cements", "closes", "fastens", "fuses", "knits", "sticks", "welds" ], "antonyms":[ "joins", "links", "unifies", "unites" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "deconsecrate":{ "to remove the sacred qualities or status of":{ "examples":[ "hoping to raise much-needed funds, the church elders deconsecrated the 18th-century silver chalice and consigned it to a high-end auction house" ], "synonyms":[ "desacralize", "desanctify" ], "near synonyms":[ "defile", "desecrate", "profane", "violate" ], "near antonyms":[ "canonize", "deify", "venerate", "spiritualize", "chasten", "cleanse", "purify", "exorcise", "exorcize", "expurgate" ], "antonyms":[ "bless", "consecrate", "hallow", "sacralize", "sanctify" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "decelerates":{ "to cause to move or proceed at a less rapid pace":{ "examples":[ "she decelerated the car as we entered the school zone" ], "synonyms":[ "brakes", "retards", "slackens", "slows" ], "near synonyms":[ "halts", "stops", "encumbers", "hampers", "handicaps", "hinders", "hobbles", "holds back", "holds up", "impedes", "inhibits", "obstructs", "sets back", "ties up", "bottlenecks", "arrests", "checks", "constrains", "curbs", "reins", "restrains", "baffles", "foils", "frustrates", "sabotages", "thwarts" ], "near antonyms":[ "drives", "encourages", "goads", "propels", "pushes", "spurs", "stirs", "urges", "advances", "aids", "dispatches", "eases", "expedites", "facilitates", "forwards", "furthers", "helps" ], "antonyms":[ "accelerates", "hastens", "hurries", "quickens", "rushes", "speeds (up)", "steps up" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "decalogue":{ "a collection or system of rules of conduct":{ "examples":[ "the decalogue for scouting known as the Scout Oath" ], "synonyms":[ "canon", "code", "constitution", "law" ], "near synonyms":[ "discipline", "establishment", "common law", "legislation" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "decide":{ "to come to a judgment about after discussion or consideration":{ "examples":[ "they decided to go out for pizza after the movie was over" ], "synonyms":[ "choose", "conclude", "determine", "figure", "name", "opt", "resolve", "settle (on or upon)" ], "near synonyms":[ "decree", "rule", "cull", "elect", "handpick", "pick", "prefer", "select", "single (out)", "adjudge", "adjudicate", "arbitrate", "find", "judge", "referee", "rule (on)", "umpire", "chew over", "cogitate", "consider", "contemplate", "debate", "deliberate", "entertain", "meditate", "mull (over)", "ponder", "question", "ruminate", "study", "think (about or over)", "weigh" ], "near antonyms":[ "abstain", "decline", "refuse", "reject", "turn down", "delay", "halt", "hesitate", "stall", "temporize", "shilly-shally", "vacillate", "waffle", "waver" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to give an opinion about (something at issue or in dispute)":{ "examples":[ "the judge decided that the defendant was not liable for damages" ], "synonyms":[ "adjudge", "adjudicate", "arbitrate", "determine", "judge", "referee", "rule (on)", "settle", "umpire" ], "near synonyms":[ "consider", "deem", "deliberate", "hear", "ponder", "weigh", "size up", "mediate", "moderate", "negotiate", "prosecute", "try", "find (for or against)", "conclude", "resolve", "redetermine", "rejudge" ], "near antonyms":[ "equivocate", "hedge", "pussyfoot", "skirt" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to come to an agreement or decision concerning the details of":{ "examples":[ "we waited for our captors to decide our fate" ], "synonyms":[ "agree (on)", "arrange", "fix", "set", "settle" ], "near synonyms":[ "contract", "pledge", "promise", "blueprint", "calculate", "chart", "concert", "design", "draft", "frame", "hammer out", "intrigue", "lay out", "maneuver", "map (out)", "plan", "program", "programme", "schematize", "scheme", "shape", "square away", "work out", "choose", "conclude", "determine", "figure", "opt", "resolve", "affirm", "approve", "authorize", "clear", "confirm", "OK", "okay", "sanction", "warrant", "close", "complete", "end", "finalize", "finish", "round (off or out)", "wind up", "wrap up", "bargain", 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"circuitous", "equivocal", "indefinite", "inexplicit", "unspecific", "vague", "cryptic", "dark", "enigmatic", "enigmatical", "obscure", "unclear", "imprecise", "inaccurate", "incorrect", "inexact", "incomprehensible", "unintelligible" ], "antonyms":[] }, "as in announced , proclaimed":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "advertised", "aired", "announced", "broadcast", "disclosed", "divulged", "heralded", "posted", "proclaimed", "promulgated", "publicized", "published", "spotlighted", "nonclassified", "unclassified", "well-known", "current", "prevalent", "rife", "widespread", "general", "popular", "communal", "shared", "open", "public", "reported", "reputed", "rumored" ], "near antonyms":[ "confidential", "private", "privy", "secret", "classified", "unadvertised", "unannounced", "undisclosed", "clandestine", "collusive", "conspiratorial", "covert", "surreptitious", "undercover", "underhand", "underhanded", "intimate", "personal", "concealed", "repressed", "reserved", 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"exposed", "gave away", "manifested", "revealed", "showed" ], "near synonyms":[ "bared", "disclosed", "unbosomed", "uncloaked", "uncovered", "advertised", "aired", "announced", "blazed", "broadcast", "broadcasted", "placarded", "proclaimed", "publicized", "sounded", "trumpeted", "projected" ], "near antonyms":[ "belied", "misrepresented", "distorted", "falsified", "garbled", "twisted", "camouflaged", "disguised", "gilded", "gilt", "glossed (over)", "varnished", "whitewashed", "concealed", "counterfeited", "covered", "hid", "masked", "obscured", "occluded", "veiled" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adjective", "verb" ] }, "decides":{ "to come to a judgment about after discussion or consideration":{ "examples":[ "they decided to go out for pizza after the movie was over" ], "synonyms":[ "chooses", "concludes", "determines", "figures", "names", "opts", "resolves", "settles (on or upon)" ], "near synonyms":[ "decrees", "rules", "culls", "elects", "handpicks", "picks", "prefers", "selects", "singles (out)", "adjudges", "adjudicates", "arbitrates", "finds", "judges", "referees", "rules (on)", "umpires", "chews over", "cogitates", "considers", "contemplates", "debates", "deliberates", "entertains", "meditates", "mulls (over)", "ponders", "questions", "ruminates", "studies", "thinks (about or over)", "weighs" ], "near antonyms":[ "abstains", "declines", "refuses", "rejects", "turns down", "delays", "halts", "hesitates", "stalls", "temporizes", "shilly-shallies", "vacillates", "waffles", "wavers" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to give an opinion about (something at issue or in dispute)":{ "examples":[ "the judge decided that the defendant was not liable for damages" ], "synonyms":[ "adjudges", "adjudicates", "arbitrates", "determines", "judges", "referees", "rules (on)", "settles", "umpires" ], "near synonyms":[ "considers", "deems", "deliberates", "hears", "ponders", "weighs", "sizes up", "mediates", "moderates", "negotiates", "prosecutes", "tries", "finds (for or against)", "concludes", "resolves", "redetermines", "rejudges" ], "near antonyms":[ "equivocates", "hedges", "pussyfoots", "skirts" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to come to an agreement or decision concerning the details of":{ "examples":[ "we waited for our captors to decide our fate" ], "synonyms":[ "agrees (on)", "arranges", "fixes", "sets", "settles" ], "near synonyms":[ "contracts", "pledges", "promises", "blueprints", "calculates", "charts", "concerts", "designs", "drafts", "frames", "hammers out", "intrigues", "lays out", "maneuvers", "maps (out)", "plans", "programs", "programmes", "schematizes", "schemes", "shapes", "squares away", "works out", "chooses", "concludes", "determines", "figures", "opts", "resolves", "affirms", "approves", "authorizes", "clears", "confirms", "OKs", "okays", "sanctions", "warrants", "closes", "completes", "ends", "finalizes", "finishes", "rounds (off or out)", "winds up", "wraps up", "bargains", "chaffers", "deals", "dickers", "haggles", "horse-trades", "negotiates" ], 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"concludes", "deduces", "derives", "extrapolates", "gathers", "infers", "judges", "makes out", "reasons", "understands" ], "near synonyms":[ "assumes", "supposes", "conjectures", "guesses", "speculates", "surmises", "construes", "interprets", "reads", "contemplates", "philosophizes", "rationalizes", "thinks", "ascertains", "dopes (out)", "finds out" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "decapitating":{ "to cut off the head of":{ "examples":[ "a particularly gruesome series of murders in which the victims were decapitated" ], "synonyms":[ "beheading", "guillotining", "heading" ], "near synonyms":[ "decollating", "pruning", "shortening", "trimming", "scalping" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "deconstructed":{ "to identify and examine the basic elements or parts of (something) especially for discovering interrelationships":{ "examples":[ "deconstructing the economic theories of John Maynard Keynes" ], "synonyms":[ "analyzed", "anatomized", "assayed", "broke down", "cut", "dissected" ], "near synonyms":[ "assessed", "diagnosed", "evaluated", "examined", "inspected", "investigated", "scrutinized", "arranged", "assorted", "cataloged", "catalogued", "categorized", "classified", "codified", "diagrammed", "diagramed", "enumerated", "indexed", "ordered", "schematized", "sorted", "tabulated", "divided", "reduced", "segmented", "separated", "subdivided" ], "near antonyms":[ "agglomerated", "aggregated", "amalgamated", "assimilated", "coalesced", "conglomerated", "consolidated", "integrated", "synthesized", "unified" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "decompress":{ "to get rid of nervous tension or anxiety":{ "examples":[ "after she gets home from work, she needs some time to decompress before preparing dinner" ], "synonyms":[ "chill", "chill out", "de-stress", "loosen up", "mellow (out)", "relax", "unwind", "wind down" ], "near synonyms":[ "unbend", "bask", "kick back", "loll", "lounge", "repose", "rest", "bum", "dally", "dawdle", "dillydally", "drone", "footle", "goof (off)", "hack (around)", "hang (around or out)", "idle", "laze", "loaf", "vegetate", "veg out", "zone out", "alleviate", "comfort", "ease", "relieve", "calm", "compose", "cool", "quiet", "settle" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[ "tense (up)" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "declivities":{ "a downward slope":{ "examples":[ "the cabin is precariously perched on a declivity of the mountain's northern face" ], "synonyms":[ "declensions", "declines", "descents", "dips", "downgrades", "downhills", "falls", "hangings", "hangs" ], "near synonyms":[ "basins", "depressions", "hollows" ], "near antonyms":[ "glacis", "grades", "gradients", "hills", "inclinations", "inclines", "leans", "pitches", "rakes", "tilts" ], "antonyms":[ "acclivities", "ascents", "rises", "upgrades", "uphills", "uprises" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "decriminalizing":{ "as in legalizing":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "legalizing", "allowing", "letting", "permitting", "suffering", "approving", "endorsing", "indorsing", "sanctioning" ], "near antonyms":[ "criminalizing", "illegalizing", "outlawing", "banning", "barring", "enjoining", "forbidding", "interdicting", "prohibiting", "proscribing" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "decrease":{ "to make smaller in amount, volume, or extent":{ "examples":[ "workers decreased the volume of water flowing through the pipes in order to prevent an overflow" ], "synonyms":[ "abate", "de-escalate", "dent", "deplete", "diminish", "downscale", "downsize", "drop", "dwindle", "ease", "knock down", "lessen", "lower", "reduce" ], "near synonyms":[ "compress", "condense", "constrict", "contract", "abbreviate", "abridge", "clip", "crop", "curtail", "cut", "cut back", "cut down", "dock", "nick", "pare", "prune", "retrench", "shorten", "slash", "trim", "truncate", "whittle", "deflate", "shrink", "minimize", "moderate", "modify", "modulate", "qualify" ], "near antonyms":[ "blow up", "dilate", "distend", "inflate", "swell", "elongate", "extend", "lengthen", "prolong", "protract", "add (to)", "complement", "supplement", "enhance", "heighten", "intensify", "redouble" ], "antonyms":[ "aggrandize", "amplify", "augment", "boost", "enlarge", "escalate", "expand", "increase", "raise" ] }, "to grow less in scope or intensity especially gradually":{ "examples":[ "the force of the wind slowly decreased until the flowers were standing upright again" ], "synonyms":[ "abate", "decline", "de-escalate", "die (away or down or out)", "diminish", "drain (away)", "drop (off)", "dwindle", "ease", "ebb", "fall", "fall away", "lessen", "let up", "lower", "moderate", "pall", "phase down", "ratchet (down)", "rachet (down)", "recede", "relent", "remit", "shrink", "subside", "taper", "taper off", "wane" ], "near synonyms":[ "compress", "condense", "constrict", "contract", "evaporate", "fade (away)", "fritter (away)", "give out", "melt (away)", "peter (out)", "tail (off)", "vanish", "slacken", "slow (down)", "alleviate", "relax", "flag", "sink", "weaken", "cave (in)", "collapse", "deflate" ], "near antonyms":[ "appear", "emerge", "show up", "blow up", "distend", "elongate", "lengthen" ], "antonyms":[ "accumulate", "balloon", "build", "burgeon", "bourgeon", "enlarge", "escalate", "expand", "grow", "increase", "intensify", "mount", "mushroom", "pick up", "rise", "snowball", "soar", "swell", "wax" ] }, "the amount by which something is lessened":{ "examples":[ "the average decrease in the price of milk was five cents per gallon" ], "synonyms":[ "abatement", "decline", "decrement", "dent", "depletion", "depression", "diminishment", "diminution", "drop", "drop-off", "fall", "falloff", "loss", "reduction", "shrinkage", "step-down" ], "near synonyms":[ "deduction", "subtraction", "downturn", "slip", "slump", "curtailment", "cut", "cutback", "retrenchment", "shortening" ], "near antonyms":[ "accretion", "accrual", "accumulation", "addition", "supplement", "continuation", "extension", "upswing", "uptrend", "upturn" ], "antonyms":[ "boost", "enlargement", "gain", "increase", "increment", "raise", "rise", "step-up", "uptick" ] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "decollated":{ "as in headed , pruned":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "beheaded", "decapitated", "guillotined", "headed", "pruned", "shortened", "trimmed", "scalped" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "decrepitudes":{ "the state of being old and in bad condition or poor health":{ "examples":[ "The house has fallen into decrepitude .", "She was saddened by the decrepitude of many of the nursing home residents." ], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "decay", "asthenia", "debilitation", "debility", "delicacy", "enervation", "enfeeblement", "faintness", "feebleness", "fragility", "frailness", "frailty", "infirmity", "languidness", "languor", "listlessness", "lowness", "weakness", "wimpiness", "dereliction", "deterioration", "disintegration", "dumpiness", "ruin", "ruination", "dilapidation", "disrepair", "neglect", "breakdown", "collapse", "prostration", "disablement", "incapacitation", "invalidism", "damage", "harm", "hurt", "impairment", "injury" ], "near antonyms":[ "health", "healthiness", "soundness", "wellness", "hardihood", "hardiness", "robustness", "strength", "vigor" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "declination":{ "a change to a lower state or level":{ "examples":[ "there's been a declination in basic civility in our society" ], "synonyms":[ "decadence", "declension", "decline", "degeneracy", "degeneration", "degradation", "d\u00e9gringolade", "descent", "deterioration", "devolution", "downfall", "downgrade", "ebb", "eclipse", "fall" ], "near synonyms":[ "dark age", "nadir", "sunset", "decay", "rotting", "spoiling", "breakup", "crumbling", "decomposition", "disintegration", "dissolution", "abasement", "debasement", "depreciation", "lessening", "decimation", "demolishment", "demolition", "desolation", "destruction", "havoc", "ruin", "ruination", "abatement", "decrease", "decrement", "de-escalation", "deflation", "diminishment", "diminution", "dip", "downslide", "downtrend", "downturn", "drop", "drop-off", "falloff", "loss", "lowering", "reduction", "sag", "shrinkage", "slip", "slump" ], "near antonyms":[ "advancement", "development", "evolution", "growth", "blossoming", "flourishing", "flowering", "renewal", "restoration", "revitalization", "heightening", "accretion", "accrual", "addendum", "addition", "augmentation", "boost", "enhancement", "gain", "increase", "increment", "raise", "supplement" ], "antonyms":[ "ascent", "rise", "upswing" ] }, "an unwillingness to grant something asked for":{ "examples":[ "congressional declinations of cabinet appointments have been relatively infrequent, most senators believing that the president is entitled to pick his own advisors" ], "synonyms":[ "denial", "disallowance", "nay", "no", "nonacceptance", "refusal", "rejection", "turndown" ], "near synonyms":[ "rebuff", "repudiation", "repulse", "spurn", "negative", "ban", "injunction", "veto", "deterrence", "discouragement", "repression", "suppression" ], "near antonyms":[ "acceptance", "accession", "acquiescence", "agreement", "assent", "authorization", "clearance", "concurrence", "consent", "leave", "license", "licence", "permission", "sanction", "sufferance", "imprimatur", "seal", "signature", "stamp" ], "antonyms":[ "allowance", "approval", "grant", "OK", "okay" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "decisiveness":{ "firm or unwavering adherence to one's purpose":{ "examples":[ "moved with speed and decisiveness in investigating the charges of the use of excessive force by the police" ], "synonyms":[ "decidedness", "decision", "determination", "determinedness", "firmness", "granite", "purposefulness", "resoluteness", "resolution", "resolve", "stick-to-itiveness" ], "near synonyms":[ "doggedness", "obduracy", "obdurateness", "obstinacy", "obstinateness", "perseverance", "persistence", "persistency", "stubbornness", "tenaciousness", "tenacity", "certainty", "certitude", "confidence", "sureness", "alacrity", "eagerness", "gameness", "readiness", "backbone", "fortitude", "grit", "iron", "pluck", "sand" ], "near antonyms":[ "doubt", "incertitude", "indetermination", "uncertainty", "aversion", "disinclination", "indisposition", "reluctance", "unwillingness" ], "antonyms":[ "hesitation", "indecision", "indecisiveness", "irresoluteness", "irresolution", "vacillation" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "decriminalizes":{ "as in legalizes":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "legalizes", "allows", "lets", "permits", "suffers", "approves", "endorses", "indorses", "sanctions" ], "near antonyms":[ "criminalizes", "illegalizes", "outlaws", "bans", "bars", "enjoins", "forbids", "interdicts", "prohibits", "proscribes" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "decentralize":{ "as in spread (out) , deconcentrate":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "deconcentrate", "spread (out)", "segregate", "separate" ], "near antonyms":[ "center", "centralize", "compact", "concenter", "concentrate", "consolidate", "polarize", "unify", "unite", "coordinate", "harmonize", "integrate", "orchestrate", "blend", "coalesce", "combine", "fuse", "incorporate", "merge", "reduce" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "decorous":{ "following the established traditions of refined society and good taste":{ "examples":[ "we were asked to be on our most decorous behavior at the formal event" ], "synonyms":[ "befitting", "correct", "de rigueur", "decent", "genteel", "nice", "polite", "proper", "respectable", "seemly" ], "near synonyms":[ "acceptable", "adequate", "satisfactory", "tolerable", "dress", "dressy", "formal", "dignified", "elegant", "gracious", "priggish", "prim", "stiff", "stuffy", "apt", "material", "relevant", "compatible", "congenial", "harmonious", "allowed", "authorized", "kosher", "permitted" ], "near antonyms":[ "intolerable", "unacceptable", "unsatisfactory", "casual", "grungy", "informal", "seedy", "shabby", "tacky", "banned", "barred", "disallowed", "forbidden", "interdicted", "outlawed", "prohibited", "proscribed", "awkward", "gauche", "ungraceful" ], "antonyms":[ "improper", "inappropriate", "incorrect", "indecent", "indecorous", "indelicate", "unbecoming", "ungenteel", "unseemly" ] }, "marked by or showing careful attention to set forms and details":{ "examples":[ "the oppressively decorous standards of a royal court" ], "synonyms":[ "ceremonious", "correct", "formal", "nice", "proper", "punctilious", "starchy", "stiff", "stiff-necked", "stilted" ], "near synonyms":[ "sober", "solemn", "stately", "chivalrous", "courtly", "gallant", "genteel", "polished", "refined", "civil", "courteous", "polite", "red-carpet" ], "near antonyms":[ "improper", "indecorous", "unmannerly", "discourteous", "impolite", "rude" ], "antonyms":[ "casual", "easygoing", "informal", "laid-back", "unceremonious" ] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "deciduous":{ "lasting only for a short time":{ "examples":[ "he chose not to fret about the deciduous discomforts of his existence" ], "synonyms":[ "brief", "ephemeral", "evanescent", "flash", "fleeting", "fugacious", "fugitive", "impermanent", "momentary", "passing", "short-lived", "temporary", "transient", "transitory" ], "near synonyms":[ "little", "short", "shortish", "acting", "interim", "provisional", "short-term" ], "near antonyms":[ "lifelong", "continuing", "durable", "persistent", "imperishable", "indefectible", "indestructible" ], "antonyms":[ "ceaseless", "dateless", "deathless", "endless", "enduring", "eternal", "everlasting", "immortal", "lasting", "long-lived", "permanent", "perpetual", "timeless", "undying", "unending" ] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "decree":{ "a statement of what to do that must be obeyed by those concerned":{ "examples":[ "the boss doesn't give out many decrees , but he does expect those that are issued to be fully obeyed" ], "synonyms":[ "behest", "charge", "command", "commandment", "dictate", "direction", "directive", "do", "edict", "imperative", "injunction", "instruction", "order", "word" ], "near synonyms":[ "demand", "requirement", "mandate", "countermand", "counterorder", "law", "precept", "prescript", "prescription", "rule", "ordinance", "regulation", "statute" ], "near antonyms":[ "appeal", "entreaty", "petition", "plea", "urging", "proposal", "recommendation", "suggestion" ], "antonyms":[] }, "an order publicly issued by an authority":{ "examples":[ "a decree issued by the state's supreme court to the legislature" ], "synonyms":[ "bull", "diktat", "directive", "edict", "fiat", "rescript", "ruling", "ukase" ], "near synonyms":[ "call", "conclusion", "decision", "deliverance", "determination", "diagnosis", "judgment", "judgement", "opinion", "resolution", "verdict", "announcement", "declaration", "dictum", "manifesto", "proclamation", "pronouncement", "canon", "encyclical" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "to request the doing of by virtue of one's authority":{ "examples":[ "the new supervisor decreed that thenceforth coffee breaks would have a 15-minute limit" ], "synonyms":[ "call", "command", "dictate", "direct", "mandate", "ordain", "order" ], "near synonyms":[ "ask", "petition", "request", "demand", "require" ], "near antonyms":[ "cancel", "countermand", "rescind" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "decked":{ "as in dressed , decorated":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "adorned", "arrayed", "beautified", "bedecked", "decorated", "dressed", "embellished", "enriched", "garnished", "ornamented", "trimmed", "elaborate", "extreme", "flowery", "frilly", "lacy", "bedaubed", "flashy", "garish", "gaudy", "glitzy", "loud", "ostentatious", "pretentious", "showy", "swank", "swanky", "tawdry", "enhanced", "heightened", "intensified", "extravagant", "flamboyant", "spectacular", "splashy", "bejeweled", "bejewelled", "bossed", "chased", "emblazoned", "embossed", "embroidered", "flounced", "fringed", "garlanded", "gilded", "gilt", "laced", "sequined", "sequinned", "wreathed", "arabesque", "baroque", "rococo", "bedizened", "florid", "fussy", "gingerbread", "gingerbreaded", "gingerbready", "ornate", "overdecorated", "overwrought" ], "near antonyms":[ "austere", "plain", "severe", "stark", "unadorned", "bare", "denuded", "exposed", "naked", "stripped", "uncovered", "modest", "simple", "unassuming", "unpretentious", "conservative", "muted", "quiet", "restrained", "subdued", "tasteful", "toned-down", "understated", "unobtrusive" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to make more attractive by adding something that is beautiful or becoming":{ "examples":[ "deck the halls with boughs of holly" ], "synonyms":[ "adorned", "arrayed", "beautified", "bedecked", "bedizened", "blazoned", "caparisoned", "decorated", "did", "did up", "dolled up", "draped", "dressed", "embellished", "emblazed", "embossed", "enriched", "fancied up", "fancified", "festooned", "garnished", "glitzed (up)", "graced", "gussied up", "ornamented", "prettied (up)", "trimmed" ], "near synonyms":[ "accessorized", "dressed up", "trapped", "tricked (out)", "brightened", "freshened", "smartened", "spruced (up)", "bossed", "chased", "braided", "embroidered", "feathered", "figured", "filigreed", "filleted", "flounced", "frilled", "fringed", "furbelowed", "garlanded", "hung", "hanged", "laced", "ribboned", "swagged", "wreathed", "appliqu\u00e9d", "gilded", "gilt", "painted", "diamonded", "gemmed", "impearled", "jeweled", "jewelled", "pearled", "redecorated", "redid" ], "near antonyms":[ "simplified", "streamlined", "bared", "denuded", "dismantled", "displayed", "divested", "exposed", "revealed", "stripped", "stript", "uncovered", "uglified" ], "antonyms":[ "blemished", "defaced", "disfigured", "marred", "scarred", "spoiled", "spoilt" ] }, "type":[ "adjective", "verb" ] }, "declaimed":{ "to give a formal often extended talk on a subject":{ "examples":[ "over the last two centuries some of the most illustrious personages 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artists who were scorned by the bourgeoisie as talentless decadents" ], "synonyms":[ "backsliders", "debauchees", "debauchers", "degenerates", "deviates", "libertines", "perverts", "pervs", "profligates", "rakehells", "rakes", "rips" ], "near synonyms":[ "bankrupts", "delinquents", "derelicts", "incorrigibles", "blackguards", "cads", "heels", "knaves", "miscreants", "rascals", "reprobates", "rogues", "scoundrels", "villains", "lechers", "playboys", "playgirls", "satyrs" ], "near antonyms":[ "saints" ], "antonyms":[] }, "a person whose life is devoted to luxury and sensual pleasures":{ "examples":[ "a decadent who squandered her once considerable family fortune" ], "synonyms":[ "debauchees", "hedonists", "sensualists", "sybarites", "voluptuaries" ], "near synonyms":[ "Cyrenaics", "Epicureans", "bons vivants", "bon vivants", "epicures", "gluttons", "gourmands", "libertines", "playboys", "rakes", "rou\u00e9s", "playgirls" ], "near antonyms":[ "killjoys", "spoilsports", "wet blankets", "fuddy-duddies", "prudes", "straight arrows" ], "antonyms":[ "ascetics" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "decibels":{ "loud, confused, and usually inharmonious sound":{ "examples":[ "the crowd decibels increased dramatically as the horses neared the finish line" ], "synonyms":[ "babel", "blare", "bluster", "bowwow", "brawl", "bruit", "cacophony", "chatter", "clamor", "clangor", "din", "discordance", "katzenjammer", "noise", "racket", "rattle", "roar" ], "near synonyms":[ "discord", "dissonance", "commotion", "furor", "hubbub", "hullabaloo", "hurly-burly", "rumpus", "tumult", "uproar", "clatter", "jangle", "bang", "blast", "boom", "clap", "crack", "crash" ], "near antonyms":[ "calm", "hush", "lull", "quietude", "serenity", "tranquillity", "tranquility" ], "antonyms":[ "quiet", "silence", "silentness", "still", "stillness" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "decertifies":{ "as in disqualifies , nullifies":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "delegitimizes", "invalidates", "nullifies", "disqualifies", "disables", "disempowers", "disenfranchises", "disallows", "forbids", "proscribes" ], "near antonyms":[ "authorizes", "entitles", "privileges", "qualifies", "approves", "endorses", "indorses", "empowers", "enables", "enfranchises", "licenses", "licences" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "decorations":{ "something that decorates or beautifies":{ "examples":[ "traditionally the family puts lots of decorations on and around the Christmas tree" ], "synonyms":[ "adornments", "beautifiers", "caparisons", "doodads", "embellishers", "embellishments", "frills", "garnishes", "garnishments", "garnitures", "ornamentations", "ornaments", "setoffs", "trims" ], "near synonyms":[ "apparels", "bells and whistles", "blazonries", "bric-a-brac", "chichis", "emblazonries", "filigrees", "fineries", "foofaraws", "fripperies", "frostings", "froufrous", "frou-frous", "fal-lals", "flounces", "flourishes", "furbelows", "ruffles", "enhancements", "enrichments", "improvements", "appliqu\u00e9s", "embossments", "embroideries", "fancyworks", "bedizenments", "gilts", "glitters", "designs", "figures", "patterns", "furnishings", "regalia", "trappings" ], "near antonyms":[ "blemishes", "defacements", "disfigurements", "scars", "blots", "spots", "stains" ], "antonyms":[] }, "something given in recognition of achievement":{ "examples":[ "an army veteran proudly wearing his old military decorations" ], "synonyms":[ "accolades", "awards", "blue ribbons", "distinctions", "honors", "kudos", "plumes", "premiums", "prizes" ], "near synonyms":[ "badges", "crowns", "cups", "laurels", "medals", "orders", "plaques", "plates", "ribbons", "trophies", "applauses", "bravos", "bravoes", "encomiums", "encomia", "eulogies", "hallelujahs", "homages", "paeans", "panegyrics", "plaudits", "tributes", "citations", "commendations", "compliments", "honorable mentions" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "deceitful":{ "marked by, based on, or done by the use of dishonest methods to acquire something of value":{ "examples":[ "charged the store owner with such deceitful practices as inflating the list prices for items only so he could put them on sale at drastically reduced prices" ], "synonyms":[ "crooked", "defrauding", "dishonest", "double-dealing", "false", "fraudulent" ], "near synonyms":[ "beguiling", "deceiving", "deceptive", "deluding", "delusive", "delusory", "duplicitous", "fallacious", "misleading", "specious", "spurious" ], "near antonyms":[ "legitimate", "true", "valid" ], "antonyms":[ "aboveboard", "honest", "truthful" ] }, "tending or having power to deceive":{ "examples":[ "the deceitful salesman neglected to mention some important information about the used car" ], "synonyms":[ "beguiling", "deceiving", "deceptive", "deluding", "delusive", "delusory", "fallacious", "false", "misleading", "specious" ], "near synonyms":[ "artful", "crafty", "cunning", "devious", "foxy", "guileful", "shady", "shifty", "slick", "sly", "sneaking", "sneaky", "subtile", "subtle", "trick", "trickish", "tricky", "underhand", "underhanded", "wily", "inaccurate", "incorrect", "wrong", "bewildering", "confounding", "distracting", "perplexing", "puzzling", "ambidextrous", "crooked", "defrauding", "dishonest", "dissembling", "double-dealing", "duplicitous", "faithless", "fast", "fraudulent", "knavish", "lying", "mendacious", "untrustworthy", "untruthful", "bogus", "counterfeit", "fake", "feigned", "forged", "jive", "phony", "phoney", "sham", "spurious", "insidious", "perfidious", "treacherous", "ambiguous", "circuitous", "equivocal", "evasive", "artificial", "backhanded", "hypocritical", "insincere", "left-handed", "two-faced" ], "near antonyms":[ "candid", "direct", "foursquare", "frank", "free-spoken", "open", "openhearted", "outspoken", "plain", "plainspoken", "straight", "clarifying", "elucidative", "explanatory", "illuminating", "revealing", "revelatory", "honest", "trustworthy", "truthful" ], "antonyms":[ "aboveboard", "forthright", "nondeceptive", "straightforward" ] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "decadent":{ "having lost forcefulness, courage, or spirit":{ "examples":[ "social critics claimed that their culture had become decadent and weak" ], "synonyms":[ "decayed", "degenerate", "effete", "overripe", "washed-up" ], "near synonyms":[ "overrefined", "precious", "decaying", "declining", "dying", "failing", "waning", "debilitated", "enervate", "enervated", "enfeebled", "feeble", "frail", "languid", "sapped", "soft", "wasted", "weak", "weakened", "wimpy", "dissolute", "immoral", "debased", "debauched", "degraded", "demoralized", "depraved", "dissipated", "dissolute" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "having or showing lowered moral character or standards":{ "examples":[ "opponents of gambling casinos claim that gambling is a decadent form of entertainment" ], "synonyms":[ "corrupt", "debased", "debauched", "degenerate", "degraded", "demoralized", "depraved", "dissipated", "dissolute", "jackleg", "libertine", "loose", "perverse", "perverted", "rakehell", "rakehelly", "rakish", "reprobate", "sick", "unclean", "unwholesome", "warped" ], "near synonyms":[ "bent", "crooked", "cutthroat", "dishonest", "unethical", "unprincipled", "unscrupulous", "contaminated", "spoiled", "tainted", "bad", "evil", "immoral", "iniquitous", "miscreant", "nefarious", "sinful", "vicious", "wicked" ], "near antonyms":[ "incorruptible", "ethical", "honest", "principled", "good", "moral", "righteous", "virtuous" ], "antonyms":[ "pure", "uncorrupt", "uncorrupted" ] }, "given to or marked by excessive gratification of one's desires":{ "examples":[ "the impressionable heiress couldn't resist the decadent temptations of the jet-set life" ], "synonyms":[ "hedonistic", "indulgent", "luxurious", "overindulgent", "self-indulgent", "sybaritic" ], "near synonyms":[ "carnal", "fleshly", "sensual", "sensuous", "voluptuous", "masturbatory", "onanistic", "self-absorbed", "self-obsessed", "gluttonous", "greedy", "rapacious", "voracious", "extravagant", "incontinent", "intemperate", "reckless", "splurging", "uncontrolled", "wanton" ], "near antonyms":[ "abstemious", "abstinent", "continent", "sober", "temperate", "ascetic", "ascetical", "austere", "spartan", "disciplined", "self-controlled", "self-disciplined", "self-governed" ], "antonyms":[ "self-abnegating", "self-denying" ] }, "a person who has sunk below the normal moral standard":{ "examples":[ "avant-garde artists who were scorned by the bourgeoisie as talentless decadents" ], "synonyms":[ "backslider", "debauchee", "debaucher", "degenerate", "deviate", "libertine", "perv", "pervert", "profligate", "rake", "rakehell", "rip" ], "near synonyms":[ "bankrupt", "delinquent", "derelict", "incorrigible", "blackguard", "cad", "heel", "knave", "miscreant", "rascal", "reprobate", "rogue", "scoundrel", "villain", "lecher", "playboy", "playgirl", "satyr" ], "near antonyms":[ "saint" ], "antonyms":[] }, "a person whose life is devoted to luxury and sensual pleasures":{ "examples":[ "a decadent who squandered her once considerable family fortune" ], "synonyms":[ "debauchee", "hedonist", "sensualist", "sybarite", "voluptuary" ], "near synonyms":[ "Cyrenaic", "Epicurean", "bon vivant", "epicure", "glutton", "gourmand", "libertine", "playboy", "rake", "rou\u00e9", "playgirl" ], "near antonyms":[ "killjoy", "spoilsport", "wet blanket", "fuddy-duddy", "prude", "straight arrow" ], "antonyms":[ "ascetic" ] }, "type":[ "adjective", "noun" ] }, "decriminalized":{ "as in legalized":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "legalized", "allowed", "let", "permitted", "suffered", "approved", "endorsed", "indorsed", "sanctioned" ], "near antonyms":[ "criminalized", "illegalized", "outlawed", "banned", "barred", "enjoined", "forbade", "forbad", "interdicted", "prohibited", "proscribed" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "decapitates":{ "to cut off the head of":{ "examples":[ "a particularly gruesome series of murders in which the victims were decapitated" ], "synonyms":[ "beheads", "guillotines", "heads" ], "near synonyms":[ "decollates", "prunes", "shortens", "trims", "scalps" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "declined":{ "bending downward or forward":{ "examples":[ "we awaited our punishment with declined heads" ], "synonyms":[ "bowed", "bowing", "declining", "descendant", "descendent", "descending", "drooping", "droopy", "hanging", "hung", "inclining", "nodding", "pendulous", "sagging", "stooping", "weeping" ], "near synonyms":[ "floppy", "limp", "dangling", "falling", "pendent", "pendant", "suspended", "dipping", "sinking", "slumping" ], "near antonyms":[ "erect", "inflexible", "rigid", "stiff", "elevated", "raised", "upraised" ], "antonyms":[ "unbending", "upright" ] }, "to show unwillingness to accept, do, engage in, or agree to":{ "examples":[ "he declined the invitation to the party", "she declined to participate in the soccer game" ], "synonyms":[ "balked (at)", "deselected", "disapproved", "negatived", "nixed", "passed", "passed up", "refused", "rejected", "reprobated", "repudiated", "spurned", "threw out", "threw over", "turned down" ], "near synonyms":[ "blew off", "disdained", "rebuffed", "scorned", "scouted", "shot down", "overruled", "vetoed", "forbade", "forbad", "prohibited", "proscribed", "dismissed", "ignored", "abstained (from)", "forbore", "refrained (from)", "denied", "disavowed", "disclaimed", "disputed", "gainsaid", "stuck", "abjured", "forswore", "foreswore", "recanted", "renounced", "retracted", "took back", "unsaid", "withdrew", "avoided", "bypassed", "detoured", "contradicted", "denied", "disowned", "negated", "controverted", "disagreed (with)", "disproved", "disputed", "rebutted", "refuted", "backed down", "backed off", "backtracked", "disallowed", "recalled", "reneged", "revoked" ], "near antonyms":[ "condoned", "countenanced", "swallowed", "tolerated", "adopted", "embraced", "received", "took", "welcomed", "acceded", "acquiesced", "agreed", "assented", "consented", "chose", "handpicked", "selected", "espoused", "supported" ], "antonyms":[ "accepted", "agreed (to)", "approved" ] }, "to be unwilling to grant":{ "examples":[ "declined our request to hold a party" ], "synonyms":[ "denied", "disallowed", "disapproved", "negatived", "nixed", "refused", "rejected", "reprobated", "withheld" ], "near synonyms":[ "banned", "enjoined", "forbade", "forbad", "prohibited", "proscribed", "vetoed", "rebuffed", "repelled", "spurned", "checked", "constrained", "curbed", "held", "kept", "repressed", "restrained", "restricted", "balked (at)", "hindered", "impeded", "obstructed" ], "near antonyms":[ "afforded", "furnished", "gave", "provided", "supplied", "authorized", "commissioned", "licensed", "licenced", "acceded (to)", "acquiesced", "agreed (to)", "assented (to)", "consented (to)", "warranted", "accorded", "sanctioned", "vouchsafed" ], "antonyms":[ "allowed", "conceded", "granted", "let", "OK'd", "okayed", "permitted" ] }, "to go to a lower level especially abruptly":{ "examples":[ "new-car sales declined to their lowest level in years" ], "synonyms":[ "crashed", "cratered", "descended", "dipped", "dived", "dove", "dropped", "fell", "lowered", "nose-dived", "plummeted", "plunged", "sank", "sunk", "skidded", "tumbled" ], "near synonyms":[ "abated", "decreased", "de-escalated", "died (down)", "diminished", "drooped", "dwindled", "ebbed", "lessened", "let up", "moderated", "subsided", "tapered off", "waned", "receded", "retreated" ], "near antonyms":[ "accumulated", "ballooned", "built", "burgeoned", "bourgeoned", "enlarged", "escalated", "expanded", "grew", "increased", "intensified", "mushroomed", "picked up", "snowballed", "swelled", "waxed" ], "antonyms":[ "arose", "ascended", "lifted", "mounted", "rose", "soared", "spiked", "upped" ] }, "to become worse or of less value":{ "examples":[ "his reputation as a writer began to decline not long after his death" ], "synonyms":[ "atrophied", "crumbled", "decayed", "degenerated", "descended", "deteriorated", "devolved", "ebbed", "regressed", "retrograded", "rotted", "sank", "sunk", "worsened" ], "near synonyms":[ "abated", "de-escalated", "diminished", "downsized", "dwindled", "receded", "waned", "broke down", "corrupted", "decomposed", "degraded", "dilapidated", "disintegrated", "moldered", "putrefied", "soured", "spoiled", "spoilt", "lessened", "lowered", "reduced", "debilitated", "undermined", "drooped", "failed", "fell", "flagged", "lagged", "languished", "ran down", "sagged", "slipped", "wasted (away)", "weakened", "wilted" ], "near antonyms":[ "bettered", "upgraded", "enhanced", "enriched", "fortified", "heightened", "intensified", "strengthened", "advanced", "developed", "marched", "proceeded", "progressed" ], "antonyms":[ "ameliorated", "improved", "meliorated" ] }, "to grow less in scope or intensity especially gradually":{ "examples":[ "the winds should decline as soon as the cold front passes" ], "synonyms":[ "abated", "decreased", "de-escalated", "died (away or down or out)", "diminished", "drained (away)", "dropped (off)", "dwindled", "eased", "ebbed", "fell", "fell away", "lessened", "let up", "lowered", "moderated", "palled", "phased down", "ratcheted (down)", "racheted (down)", "receded", "relented", "remitted", "shrank", "shrunk", "subsided", "tapered", "tapered off", "waned" ], "near synonyms":[ "compressed", "condensed", "constricted", "contracted", "evaporated", "faded (away)", "frittered (away)", "gave out", "melted (away)", "petered (out)", "tailed (off)", "vanished", "slackened", "slowed (down)", "alleviated", "relaxed", "flagged", "sank", "sunk", "weakened", "caved (in)", "collapsed", "deflated" ], "near antonyms":[ "appeared", "emerged", "showed up", "blew up", "distended", "elongated", "lengthened" ], "antonyms":[ "accumulated", "ballooned", "built", "burgeoned", "bourgeoned", "enlarged", "escalated", "expanded", "grew", "increased", "intensified", "mounted", "mushroomed", "picked up", "rose", "snowballed", "soared", "swelled", "waxed" ] }, "to lead or extend downward":{ "examples":[ "the bike path declines toward the riverbank and then follows the river for several miles" ], "synonyms":[ "descended", "dipped", "dropped", "fell", "plunged", "sank", "sunk" ], "near synonyms":[ "angled", "canted", "cocked", "heeled", "inclined", "leaned", "listed", "reclined", "slanted", "sloped", "tilted", "tipped" ], "near antonyms":[ "evened", "flattened", "leveled", "levelled", "planed", "smoothed", "straightened" ], "antonyms":[ "arose", "ascended", "climbed", "mounted", "rose", "uprose", "upswept", "upturned" ] }, "type":[ "adjective", "verb" ] }, "decentralizes":{ "as in spreads (out) , deconcentrates":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "deconcentrates", "spreads (out)", "segregates", "separates" ], "near antonyms":[ "centers", "centralizes", "compacts", "concenters", "concentrates", "consolidates", "polarizes", "unifies", "unites", "coordinates", "harmonizes", "integrates", "orchestrates", "blends", "coalesces", "combines", "fuses", "incorporates", "merges", "reduces" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "declaims":{ "to give a formal often extended talk on a subject":{ "examples":[ "over the last two centuries some of the most illustrious personages of their times have declaimed in the town's historic lyceum" ], "synonyms":[ "descants", "discourses", "expatiates", "harangues", "lectures", "orates", "speaks", "talks" ], "near synonyms":[ "recites", "soliloquizes", "disserts", "expounds", "pontificates", "sermonizes", "mouths", "spouts", "filibusters" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "to talk as if giving an important and formal speech":{ "examples":[ "he declaimed at some length about the nation's obligation to spread democratic values around the world" ], "synonyms":[ "discourses", "harangues", "mouths (off)", "orates", "perorates" ], "near synonyms":[ "rants", "raves", "bloviates", "blows", "lectures", "preaches", "sermonizes", "advertises", "announces", "broadcasts", "declares", "proclaims", "pronounces", "speaks", "speechifies", "talks" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "decal":{ "as in sticker , stamp":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "badge", "plaque", "seal", "stamp", "sticker", "brand", "emblem", "hallmark", "logo", "mark", "symbol", "trademark", "caption", "legend", "label", "marker", "tag", "ticket" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "decaying":{ "a gradual sinking and wasting away of mind or body":{ "examples":[ "the decaying of the bone mass that is so regrettably common in elderly women" ], "synonyms":[ "debilitation", "decay", "declension", "decline", "degeneration", "descent", "deterioration", "ebbing", "enfeeblement", "weakening" ], "near synonyms":[ "atrophy", "exhaustion", "drooping", "flagging", "limping", "regression", "relapse", "setback" ], "near antonyms":[ "invigoration", "strengthening", "progress", "rejuvenation", "rejuvenescence" ], "antonyms":[ "comeback", "improvement", "rally", "recovery", "recuperation", "rehabilitation", "revitalization", "snapback" ] }, "as in rickety , ramshackle":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "deteriorated", "deteriorating", "rackety", "ramshackle", "rattletrap", "rickety", "tumbledown", "abandoned", "unkept", "desolate", "forlorn", "godforsaken", "broken-down", "decrepit", "tired", "worn-out", "bedraggled", "dingy", "ragged", "tattered", "broken", "damaged", "destroyed", "harmed", "hurt", "impaired", "injured", "ruined", "wrecked", "beat-up", "bombed-out", "dilapidated", "dog-eared", "down-at-the-heels", "down-at-heel", "down-at-the-heel", "down-at-heels", "dumpy", "grungy", "mangy", "mean", "miserable", "moth-eaten", "neglected", "ratty", "run-down", "scrubby", "scruffy", "seedy", "shabby", "sleazy", "tacky", "tatterdemalion", "tatty", "threadbare", "timeworn", "tumbledown" ], "near antonyms":[ "brand-new", "fresh", "new", "cared-for", "kept-up", "maintained", "mended", "patched", "rebuilt", "reconstructed", "smart", "spiffy", "spruce" ], "antonyms":[] }, "as in dying , declining":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "declining", "dying", "failing", "waning", "overrefined", "precious", "debilitated", "enervate", "enervated", "enfeebled", "feeble", "frail", "languid", "sapped", "soft", "wasted", "weak", "weakened", "wimpy", "decadent", "decayed", "degenerate", "effete", "overripe", "washed-up", "dissolute", "immoral", "debased", "debauched", "degraded", "demoralized", "depraved", "dissipated", "dissolute" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "to go through decomposition":{ "examples":[ "the logs decayed on the rain forest floor", "the atom of plutonium decayed in the test chamber" ], "synonyms":[ "breaking down", "corrupting", "decomposing", "disintegrating", "festering", "fouling", "moldering", "molding", "perishing", "putrefying", "rotting", "spoiling" ], "near synonyms":[ "souring", "turning", "turning off", "contaminating", "defiling", "polluting", "tainting", "addling", "curdling", "fermenting", "mortifying", "rusting", "crumbling", "declining", "degenerating", "descending", "deteriorating", "dilapidating", "sinking", "withering" ], "near antonyms":[ "aging", "ageing", "developing", "growing", "maturing", "ripening", "refreshing", "renewing", "restoring", "cleansing", "purifying", "assembling", "composing", "integrating", "ameliorating", "bettering", "improving", "meliorating" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to become worse or of less value":{ "examples":[ "the restaurant's standards for food and service had decayed over the years" ], "synonyms":[ "atrophying", "crumbling", "declining", "degenerating", "descending", "deteriorating", "devolving", "ebbing", "regressing", "retrograding", "rotting", "sinking", "worsening" ], "near synonyms":[ "abating", "de-escalating", "diminishing", "downsizing", "dwindling", "receding", "waning", "breaking down", "corrupting", "decomposing", "degrading", "dilapidating", "disintegrating", "moldering", "putrefying", "souring", "spoiling", "lessening", "lowering", "reducing", "debilitating", "undermining", "drooping", "failing", "falling", "flagging", "lagging", "languishing", "running down", "sagging", "slipping", "wasting (away)", "weakening", "wilting" ], "near antonyms":[ "bettering", "upgrading", "enhancing", "enriching", "fortifying", "heightening", "intensifying", "strengthening", "advancing", "developing", "marching", "proceeding", "progressing" ], "antonyms":[ "ameliorating", "improving", "meliorating" ] }, "to lose bodily strength or vigor":{ "examples":[ "having reached her 80s, the woman could sense that her body was decaying" ], "synonyms":[ "drooping", "emaciating", "fading", "failing", "flagging", "going", "lagging", "languishing", "sagging", "sinking", "wasting (away)", "weakening", "wilting", "withering" ], "near synonyms":[ "breaking down", "wearing out", "yielding", "degenerating", "deteriorating", "rotting", "running down" ], "near antonyms":[ "convalescing", "rallying", "rebounding", "recovering", "recuperating", "gaining" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adjective", "noun", "verb" ] }, "decimations":{ "the state or fact of being rendered nonexistent, physically unsound, or useless":{ "examples":[ "the virtual decimation of the coastal town by the hurricane" ], "synonyms":[ "annihilations", "demolishments", "demolitions", "desolations", "destructions", "devastations", "exterminations", "extinctions", "havoc", "losses", "mincemeats", "obliterations", "ruinations", "ruins", "wastages", "wreckages" ], "near synonyms":[ "depredations", "despoilments", "despoliations", "breakups", "collapses", "disintegrations", "dissolutions", "assassinations", "executions", "killings", "massacres", "slaughters", "dismantlements", "effacements", "eradications" ], "near antonyms":[ "rescues", "salvages", "salvations", "savings", "conservations", "preservations", "protections", "reclamations", "reconstructions", "re-creations", "refurbishments", "regeneracies", "renovations", "restorations" ], "antonyms":[ "buildings", "constructions", "erections" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "decalogues":{ "a collection or system of rules of conduct":{ "examples":[ "the decalogue for scouting known as the Scout Oath" ], "synonyms":[ "canons", "codes", "constitutions", "laws" ], "near synonyms":[ "disciplines", "establishments", "common law", "legislations" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "deconcentrated":{ "as in spread (out) , decentralized":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "decentralized", "spread (out)", "segregated", "separated" ], "near antonyms":[ "centered", "centralized", "compacted", "concentered", "concentrated", "consolidated", "polarized", "unified", "united", "coordinated", "harmonized", "integrated", "orchestrated", "blended", "blent", "coalesced", "combined", "fused", "incorporated", "merged", "reduced" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "declining (in)":{ "as in falling (in) , tapering off":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "abating", "diminishing (in)", "dipping", "dwindling", "falling (in)", "lessening", "tapering", "tapering off", "decreasing (in)", "losing" ], "near antonyms":[ "building up", "gaining", "gathering", "growing (in)", "picking up", "doubling (in)", "tripling (in)", "accruing", "accumulating", "amassing" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "decorates":{ "to make more attractive by adding something that is beautiful or becoming":{ "examples":[ "decorated the mansion's hallways with priceless paintings and luxurious tapestries" ], "synonyms":[ "adorns", "arrays", "beautifies", "bedecks", "bedizens", "blazons", "caparisons", "decks", "does", "does up", "dolls up", "drapes", "dresses", "embellishes", "emblazes", "embosses", "enriches", "fancies up", "fancifies", "festoons", "garnishes", "glitzes (up)", "graces", "gussies up", "ornaments", "pretties (up)", "trims" ], "near synonyms":[ "accessorizes", "dresses up", "traps", "tricks (out)", "brightens", "freshens", "smartens", "spruces (up)", "bosses", "chases", "braids", "embroiders", "feathers", "figures", "filigrees", "fillets", "flounces", "frills", "fringes", "furbelows", "garlands", "hangs", "laces", "ribbons", "swags", "wreathes", "appliqu\u00e9s", "gilds", "paints", "diamonds", "gems", "impearls", "jewels", "pearls", "redecorates", "redoes" ], "near antonyms":[ "simplifies", "streamlines", "bares", "denudes", "dismantles", "displays", "divests", "exposes", "reveals", "strips", "uncovers", "uglifies" ], "antonyms":[ "blemishes", "defaces", "disfigures", "mars", "scars", "spoils" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "declaration":{ "a solemn and often public declaration of the truth or existence of something":{ "examples":[ "once the delegates had made the declaration that the colonies were henceforth independent of Great Britain, their fate was sealed" ], "synonyms":[ "affirmation", "assertion", "asseveration", "avouchment", "avowal", "claim", "insistence", "profession", "protestation" ], "near synonyms":[ "allegation", "announcement", "proclamation", "pronouncement", "argument", "justification", "rationalization", "reason", "confirmation", "reaffirmation", "reconfirmation", "vindication" ], "near antonyms":[ "disclaimer", "challenge", "dispute", "question", "confutation", "disproof", "rebuttal", "refutation", "contradiction", "denial", "negation" ], "antonyms":[ "disavowal" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "decided (on)":{ "as in took , singled (out)":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "cherry-picked", "chose", "culled", "elected", "handpicked", "named", "opted (for)", "picked", "selected", "singled (out)", "took", "enjoyed", "liked", "preferred", "greeted", "hailed", "adopted", "espoused", "took up", "ate (up)", "drank (in)", "embraced", "lapped (up)", "welcomed" ], "near antonyms":[ "balked (at)", "declined", "passed up", "refused", "rejected", "spurned", "threw over", "turned down", "demurred (to)", "objected (to)" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "deconsecrated":{ "as in unconsecrated , unhallowed":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "desacralized", "unconsecrated", "unhallowed", "nonreligious", "unspiritual", "earthly", "mundane", "profane", "secular", "temporal", "worldly" ], "near antonyms":[ "blessed", "blest", "consecrate", "consecrated", "hallowed", "holy", "sacral", "sacred", "sacrosanct", "sanctified", "adored", "enshrined", "glorified", "revered", "venerated", "worshipped", "worshiped", "ceremonial", "liturgical", "priestly", "religious", "ritual", "sacramental", "spiritual" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to remove the sacred qualities or status of":{ "examples":[ "hoping to raise much-needed funds, the church elders deconsecrated the 18th-century silver chalice and consigned it to a high-end auction house" ], "synonyms":[ "desacralized", "desanctified" ], "near synonyms":[ "defiled", "desecrated", "profaned", "violated" ], "near antonyms":[ "canonized", "deified", "venerated", "spiritualized", "chastened", "cleansed", "purified", "exorcised", "exorcized", "expurgated" ], "antonyms":[ "blessed", "blest", "consecrated", "hallowed", "sacralized", "sanctified" ] }, "type":[ "adjective", "verb" ] }, "deceptive":{ "tending or having power to deceive":{ "examples":[ "in his deceptive answer about the vehicle's history, the salesman said that the used car had never been hit by another car" ], "synonyms":[ "beguiling", "deceitful", "deceiving", "deluding", "delusive", "delusory", "fallacious", "false", "misleading", "specious" ], "near synonyms":[ "artful", "crafty", "cunning", "devious", "foxy", "guileful", "shady", "shifty", "slick", "sly", "sneaking", "sneaky", "subtile", "subtle", "trick", "trickish", "tricky", "underhand", "underhanded", "wily", "inaccurate", "incorrect", "wrong", "bewildering", "confounding", "distracting", "perplexing", "puzzling", "ambidextrous", "crooked", "defrauding", "dishonest", "dissembling", "double-dealing", "duplicitous", "faithless", "fast", "fraudulent", "knavish", "lying", "mendacious", "untrustworthy", "untruthful", "bogus", "counterfeit", "fake", "feigned", "forged", "jive", "phony", "phoney", "sham", "spurious", "insidious", "perfidious", "treacherous", "ambiguous", "circuitous", "equivocal", "evasive", "artificial", "backhanded", "hypocritical", "insincere", "left-handed", "two-faced" ], "near antonyms":[ "candid", "direct", "foursquare", "frank", "free-spoken", "open", "openhearted", "outspoken", "plain", "plainspoken", "straight", "clarifying", "elucidative", "explanatory", "illuminating", "revealing", "revelatory", "honest", "trustworthy", "truthful" ], "antonyms":[ "aboveboard", "forthright", "nondeceptive", "straightforward" ] }, "given to or marked by cheating and deception":{ "examples":[ "a mail-order firm indicted for deceptive business practices" ], "synonyms":[ "bent", "crooked", "dishonest", "double-dealing", "duplicitous", "fast", "fraudulent", "guileful", "rogue", "shady", "sharp", "shifty", "underhand", "underhanded" ], "near synonyms":[ "unconscionable", "unethical", "unprincipled", "unscrupulous", "deceitful", "deceiving", "deluding", "delusive", "delusory", "false", "artful", "beguiling", "cagey", "cagy", "crafty", "cunning", "foxy", "slick", "sly", "subtle", "wily", "defrauding", "devious", "furtive", "slippery", "sneaking", "sneaky", "trickish", "tricky", "insidious", "perfidious", "treacherous" ], "near antonyms":[ "conscientious", "decent", "ethical", "honorable", "just", "scrupulous", "upright", "forthright", "straightforward" ], "antonyms":[ "aboveboard", "honest", "straight" ] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "decompressed":{ "to get rid of nervous tension or anxiety":{ "examples":[ "after she gets home from work, she needs some time to decompress before preparing dinner" ], "synonyms":[ "chilled", "chilled out", "de-stressed", "loosened up", "mellowed (out)", "relaxed", "unwound", "wound down", "winded down" ], "near synonyms":[ "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" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[ "tensed (up)" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "decrescent":{ "as in increscent":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "increscent", "imperceptible", "inching", "progressive", "stepped", "tapered", "gradational", "gradual", "incremental", "phased", "piecemeal", "step-by-step" ], "near antonyms":[ "abrupt", "sudden", "discontinuous", "saltatory", "acute", "sharp", "changeable", "dynamic", "meteoric", "volatile" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "decals":{ "as in stickers , stamps":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "badges", "plaques", "seals", "stamps", "stickers", "brands", "emblems", "hallmarks", "logos", "marks", "symbols", "trademarks", "captions", "legends", "labels", "markers", "tags", "tickets" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "decimals":{ "as in fractions":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "fractions", "digits", "figures", "integers", "numbers", "numerals", "numerics", "whole numbers", "ciphers", "symbols" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "decisively":{ "as in certainly , definitively":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "assuredly", "certainly", "clearly", "conclusively", "definitely", "definitively", "indisputably", "indubitably", "positively", "really", "surely", "truly", "undeniably", "undoubtedly", "unquestionably", "potentially", "presumedly", "supposably", "supposedly", "conceivably", "imaginably", "plausibly", "practically", "reasonably", "maybe", "mayhap", "perchance", "perhaps", "possibly", "assumably", "doubtless", "likely", "presumably", "probably" ], "near antonyms":[ "improbably", "implausibly", "inconceivably", "incredibly", "unbelievably", "unthinkably" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adverb" ] }, "deceased":{ "no longer living":{ "examples":[ "the recently deceased tenant was found by a concerned neighbor" ], "synonyms":[ "asleep", "breathless", "cold", "dead", "defunct", "demised", "departed", "fallen", "gone", "late", "lifeless", "low" ], "near synonyms":[ "extinct", "dying", "fading", "moribund", "stillborn", "finished", "lapsed", "terminated", "inanimate", "insensate", "nonliving" ], "near antonyms":[ "animated", "dynamic", "lively", "thriving", "vibrant", "vital", "vivacious", "active", "functioning", "operative", "running" ], "antonyms":[ "alive", "animate", "breathing", "going", "live", "living", "quick" ] }, "as in decedent":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "decedent", "bones", "cadaver", "carcass", "corpse", "corpus", "corse", "relics", "remains", "stiff", "mummy", "carnage", "carrion", "ashes" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "to stop living":{ "examples":[ "no one knows what happened to the family fortune after the spinster deceased" ], "synonyms":[ "checked out", "conked (out)", "croaked", "demised", "departed", "died", "dropped", "ended", "exited", "expired", "fell", "flatlined", "kicked in", "kicked off", "parted", "passed away", "passed (on)", "pegged out", "perished", "popped off", "stepped out", "succumbed", "went" ], "near synonyms":[ "predeceased", "consumed", "disappeared", "dried up", "faded", "failed" ], "near antonyms":[ "came to", "revived", "lingered", "existed", "subsisted", "was", "flourished", "prospered", "thrived", "throve" ], "antonyms":[ "breathed", "lived" ] }, "type":[ "adjective", "noun", "verb" ] }, "deconstructions":{ "the separation and identification of the parts of a whole":{ "examples":[ "a lengthy deconstruction of the 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"bares", "denudes", "dismantles", "displays", "divests", "exposes", "reveals", "strips", "uncovers", "uglifies" ], "antonyms":[ "blemishes", "defaces", "disfigures", "mars", "scars", "spoils" ] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "decocted":{ "as in reduced , boiled down":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "boiled down", "reduced", "clarified", "cleaned", "cleansed", "distilled", "flushed", "leached", "purged", "purified", "refined", "compacted", "hardened", "solidified", "concentrated", "condensed", "deepened", "enhanced", "heightened", "intensified", "evaporated", "extracted", "removed", "enriched", "fortified", "richened", "strengthened", "reconcentrated", "recondensed" ], "near antonyms":[ "diluted", "watered (down)", "adulterated", "cut", "thinned", "weakened" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "decussates":{ "as in crisscrosses":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "crisscrosses", "bisects", "crosses", "cuts", "intersects" ], "near antonyms":[], 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"blends", "coalesces", "combines", "fuses", "incorporates", "merges", "reduces" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "decorative":{ "serving to add beauty":{ "examples":[ "a necklace of decorative flowers was planted along the path to the cottage" ], "synonyms":[ "adorning", "beautifying", "cosmetic", "embellishing", "ornamental" ], "near synonyms":[ "alluring", "appealing", "attractive", "charming", "delightful", "glamorous", "glamourous", "pleasing", "prepossessing", "beauteous", "beautiful", "bonny", "bonnie", "comely", "fair", "gorgeous", "handsome", "lovely", "pretty", "stunning", "detailed", "elaborate", "fancy", "ornate" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[ "functional", "utilitarian" ] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "decoy":{ "something used to attract animals to a hook or into a trap":{ "examples":[ "we set the decoy afloat in the marsh and from the blind waited for the ducks to arrive" ], "synonyms":[ "bait", "lure" ], "near synonyms":[ "ambush", "net", "trap", "hook", "snare", "troll", "plug", "scent", "spinner", "stool pigeon", "appeal", "attraction", "call", "draw", "incentive", "pull", "enticement", "seducement", "seduction", "temptation", "entanglement", "entrapment" ], "near antonyms":[ "repellent", "repellant" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to lead away from a usual or proper course by offering some pleasure or advantage":{ "examples":[ "tacky souvenir shops to which first-time tourists had been decoyed into spending their hard-earned money" ], "synonyms":[ "allure", "bait", "beguile", "betray", "entice", "lead on", "lure", "seduce", "solicit", "tempt" ], "near synonyms":[ "draw in", "inveigle", "persuade", "rope (in)", "snow", "catch", "enmesh", "immesh", "ensnare", "entrap", "mesh", "snare", "tangle", "trap", "bewitch", "captivate", "charm", "enchant", "fascinate", "magnetize", "wile" ], "near antonyms":[ "alert", "caution", "forewarn", "ward (off)", "warn", "drive (away or off)", "repulse", "turn away" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "decide (on)":{ "as in take , single (out)":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "cherry-pick", "choose", "cull", "elect", "handpick", "name", "opt (for)", "pick", "select", "single (out)", "take", "enjoy", "like", "prefer", "greet", "hail", "adopt", "espouse", "take up", "drink (in)", "eat (up)", "embrace", "lap (up)", "welcome" ], "near antonyms":[ "balk (at)", "decline", "pass up", "refuse", "reject", "spurn", "throw over", "turn down", "demur (to)", "object (to)" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "decorousness":{ "as in fitness , propriety":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "appropriateness", "correctness", "decorum", "etiquette", "fitness", "propriety", "seemliness", "high-mindedness", "honor", "incorruptibility", "irreproachability", "irreproachableness", "right-mindedness", "scrupulosity", "scrupulousness", "ethics", "morals", "character", "decency", "goodness", "honesty", "integrity", "morality", "probity", "rectitude", "righteousness", "rightness", "uprightness", "virtue", "virtuousness" ], "near antonyms":[ "badness", "evil", "evildoing", "immorality", "iniquity", "sin", "villainy", "wickedness", "impropriety", "indecency", "indecorum", "indiscretion", "debauchery", "degeneracy", "degradation", "depravity", "perversion", "pervertedness", "sinfulness", "crookedness", "dishonesty", "underhandedness", "unscrupulousness", "lowness", "meanness", "viciousness", "vileness", "corruption" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "declension":{ "a gradual sinking and wasting away of mind or body":{ "examples":[ "a noticeable declension of the fitness of the baseball players over the winter" ], "synonyms":[ "debilitation", "decay", "decaying", "decline", "degeneration", "descent", "deterioration", "ebbing", "enfeeblement", "weakening" ], "near synonyms":[ "atrophy", "exhaustion", "drooping", "flagging", "limping", "regression", "relapse", "setback" ], "near antonyms":[ "invigoration", "strengthening", "progress", "rejuvenation", "rejuvenescence" ], "antonyms":[ "comeback", "improvement", "rally", "recovery", "recuperation", "rehabilitation", "revitalization", "snapback" ] }, "a change to a lower state or level":{ "examples":[ "a declension in her acting career from leading roles to cameos eventually" ], "synonyms":[ "decadence", "declination", "decline", "degeneracy", "degeneration", "degradation", "d\u00e9gringolade", "descent", "deterioration", "devolution", "downfall", "downgrade", "ebb", "eclipse", "fall" ], "near synonyms":[ "dark age", "nadir", "sunset", "decay", "rotting", "spoiling", "breakup", "crumbling", "decomposition", "disintegration", "dissolution", "abasement", "debasement", "depreciation", "lessening", "decimation", "demolishment", "demolition", "desolation", "destruction", "havoc", "ruin", "ruination", "abatement", "decrease", "decrement", "de-escalation", "deflation", "diminishment", "diminution", "dip", "downslide", "downtrend", "downturn", "drop", "drop-off", "falloff", "loss", "lowering", "reduction", "sag", "shrinkage", "slip", "slump" ], "near antonyms":[ "advancement", "development", "evolution", "growth", "blossoming", "flourishing", "flowering", "renewal", "restoration", "revitalization", "heightening", "accretion", "accrual", "addendum", "addition", "augmentation", "boost", "enhancement", "gain", "increase", "increment", "raise", "supplement" ], "antonyms":[ "ascent", "rise", "upswing" ] }, "a downward slope":{ "examples":[ "from this region to the seacoast there's a gentle declension of the landscape" ], "synonyms":[ "decline", "declivity", "descent", "dip", "downgrade", "downhill", "fall", "hang", "hanging" ], "near synonyms":[ "basin", "depression", "hollow" ], "near antonyms":[ "glacis", "grade", "gradient", "hill", "inclination", "incline", "lean", "pitch", "rake", "tilt" ], "antonyms":[ "acclivity", "ascent", "rise", "upgrade", "uphill", "uprise" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "decussate":{ "as in crisscross":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "crisscross", "bisect", "cross", "cut", "intersect" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "decay":{ "a gradual sinking and wasting away of mind or body":{ "examples":[ "middle-aged people who fervently hope that daily exercise will arrest the physical decay that usually accompanies advancing age" ], "synonyms":[ "debilitation", "decaying", "declension", "decline", "degeneration", "descent", "deterioration", "ebbing", "enfeeblement", "weakening" ], "near synonyms":[ "atrophy", "exhaustion", "drooping", "flagging", "limping", "regression", "relapse", "setback" ], "near antonyms":[ "invigoration", "strengthening", "progress", "rejuvenation", "rejuvenescence" ], "antonyms":[ "comeback", "improvement", "rally", "recovery", "recuperation", "rehabilitation", "revitalization", "snapback" ] }, "the process by which dead organic matter separates into simpler substances":{ "examples":[ "the cycle by which the decay of dead plants on the forest floor provides soil and nutrients for the next generation of plants" ], "synonyms":[ "breakdown", "corruption", "decomposition", "festering", "putrefaction", "putrescence", "rot", "spoilage" ], "near synonyms":[ "crumbling", "disintegration", "dissolution", "curdling", "fermentation", "moldering", "souring" ], "near antonyms":[ "growth", "maturation", "ripening" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to go through decomposition":{ "examples":[ "the logs decayed on the rain forest floor", "the atom of plutonium decayed in the test chamber" ], "synonyms":[ "break down", "corrupt", "decompose", "disintegrate", "fester", "foul", "mold", "molder", "perish", "putrefy", "rot", "spoil" ], "near synonyms":[ "sour", "turn", "turn off", "contaminate", "defile", "pollute", "taint", "addle", "curdle", "ferment", "mortify", "rust", "crumble", "decline", "degenerate", "descend", "deteriorate", "dilapidate", "sink", "wither" ], "near antonyms":[ "age", "develop", "grow", "mature", "ripen", "refresh", "renew", "restore", "cleanse", "purify", "assemble", "compose", "integrate", "ameliorate", "better", "improve", "meliorate" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to become worse or of less value":{ "examples":[ "the restaurant's standards for food and service had decayed over the years" ], "synonyms":[ "atrophy", "crumble", "decline", "degenerate", "descend", "deteriorate", "devolve", "ebb", "regress", "retrograde", "rot", "sink", "worsen" ], "near synonyms":[ "abate", "de-escalate", "diminish", "downsize", "dwindle", "recede", "wane", "break down", "corrupt", "decompose", "degrade", "dilapidate", "disintegrate", "molder", "putrefy", "sour", "spoil", "lessen", "lower", "reduce", "debilitate", "undermine", "droop", "fail", "fall", "flag", "lag", "languish", "run down", "sag", "slip", "waste (away)", "weaken", "wilt" ], "near antonyms":[ "better", "upgrade", "enhance", "enrich", "fortify", "heighten", "intensify", "strengthen", "advance", "develop", "march", "proceed", "progress" ], "antonyms":[ "ameliorate", "improve", "meliorate" ] }, "to lose bodily strength or vigor":{ "examples":[ "having reached her 80s, the woman could sense that her body was decaying" ], "synonyms":[ "droop", "emaciate", "fade", "fail", "flag", "go", "lag", "languish", "sag", "sink", "waste (away)", "weaken", "wilt", "wither" ], "near synonyms":[ "break down", "wear out", "yield", "degenerate", "deteriorate", "rot", "run down" ], "near antonyms":[ "convalesce", "rally", "rebound", "recover", "recuperate", "gain" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "declaimer":{ "as in spouter":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "spouter", "rhetorician", "spellbinder", "spieler", "lecturer", "orator", "speaker" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "deckhands":{ "as in crewmen , shipmates":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "coxswains", "crewmen", "shipmates", "gobs", "hearties", "jacks", "jack-tars", "mariners", "navigators", "sailors", "salts", "sea dogs", "seafarers", "seamen", "shipmen", "swabbies", "swabs", "tars", "able-bodied seamen", "able seamen", "lubbers", "powerboaters", "sailboaters", "lime-juicers", "limeys" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "deceitfully":{ "as in falsely , dishonestly":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "artfully", "cannily", "deceptively", "deviously", "dishonestly", "falsely", "affectedly", "artificially", "hypocritically", "insincerely", "pretentiously", "unnaturally", "archly", "calculatingly", "craftily", "cunningly", "furtively", "insidiously", "sharply", "shiftily", "slickly", "slyly", "slily", "underhand", "underhanded", "underhandedly", "flatteringly", "sycophantically", "unctuously" ], "near antonyms":[ "artlessly", "guilelessly", "ingenuously", "innocently", "naively", "na\u00efvely", "naturally", "sincerely", "unaffectedly", "unfeignedly", "unpretentiously", "genuinely", "honestly", "simply", "truly", "freely", "openheartedly", "openly" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adverb" ] }, "decadence":{ "a change to a lower state or level":{ "examples":[ "a symbol of the decadence of their once-mighty civilization" ], "synonyms":[ "declension", "declination", "decline", "degeneracy", "degeneration", "degradation", "d\u00e9gringolade", "descent", "deterioration", "devolution", "downfall", "downgrade", "ebb", "eclipse", "fall" ], "near synonyms":[ "dark age", "nadir", "sunset", "decay", "rotting", "spoiling", "breakup", "crumbling", "decomposition", "disintegration", "dissolution", "abasement", "debasement", "depreciation", "lessening", "decimation", "demolishment", "demolition", "desolation", "destruction", "havoc", "ruin", "ruination", "abatement", "decrease", "decrement", "de-escalation", "deflation", "diminishment", "diminution", "dip", "downslide", "downtrend", "downturn", "drop", "drop-off", "falloff", "loss", "lowering", "reduction", "sag", "shrinkage", "slip", "slump" ], "near antonyms":[ "advancement", "development", "evolution", "growth", "blossoming", "flourishing", "flowering", "renewal", "restoration", "revitalization", "heightening", "accretion", "accrual", "addendum", "addition", "augmentation", "boost", "enhancement", "gain", "increase", "increment", "raise", "supplement" ], "antonyms":[ "ascent", "rise", "upswing" ] }, "a sinking to a state of low moral standards and behavior":{ "examples":[ "clergymen striving to combat decadence and sin in their communities" ], "synonyms":[ "abjection", "corruption", "corruptness", "debasement", "debauchery", "decadency", "degeneracy", "degenerateness", "degeneration", "degradation", "demoralization", "depravity", "dissipatedness", "dissipation", "dissoluteness", "libertinage", "libertinism", "perversion", "pervertedness", "rakishness", "turpitude" ], "near synonyms":[ "evil", "immorality", "sinfulness", "villainy", "wickedness", "filth", "gangrene", "rot", "squalor" ], "near antonyms":[ "goodness", "morality", "righteousness", "virtue" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "decelerate":{ "to cause to move or proceed at a less rapid pace":{ "examples":[ "she decelerated the car as we entered the school zone" ], "synonyms":[ "brake", "retard", "slacken", "slow" ], "near synonyms":[ "halt", "stop", "encumber", "hamper", "handicap", "hinder", "hobble", "hold back", "hold up", "impede", "inhibit", "obstruct", "set back", "tie up", "bottleneck", "arrest", "check", "constrain", "curb", "rein", "restrain", "baffle", "foil", "frustrate", "sabotage", "thwart" ], "near antonyms":[ "drive", "encourage", "goad", "propel", "push", "spur", "stir", "urge", "advance", "aid", "dispatch", "ease", "expedite", "facilitate", "forward", "further", "help" ], "antonyms":[ "accelerate", "hasten", "hurry", "quicken", "rush", "speed (up)", "step up" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "decrepitude":{ "the state of being old and in bad condition or poor health":{ "examples":[ "The house has fallen into decrepitude .", "She was saddened by the decrepitude of many of the nursing home residents." ], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "decay", "asthenia", "debilitation", "debility", "delicacy", "enervation", "enfeeblement", "faintness", "feebleness", "fragility", "frailness", "frailty", "infirmity", "languidness", "languor", "listlessness", "lowness", "weakness", "wimpiness", "dereliction", "deterioration", "disintegration", "dumpiness", "ruin", "ruination", "dilapidation", "disrepair", "neglect", "breakdown", "collapse", "prostration", "disablement", "incapacitation", "invalidism", "damage", "harm", "hurt", "impairment", "injury" ], "near antonyms":[ "health", "healthiness", "soundness", "wellness", "hardihood", "hardiness", "robustness", "strength", "vigor" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "declivity":{ "a downward slope":{ "examples":[ "the cabin is precariously perched on a declivity of the mountain's northern face" ], "synonyms":[ "declension", "decline", "descent", "dip", "downgrade", "downhill", "fall", "hang", "hanging" ], "near synonyms":[ "basin", "depression", "hollow" ], "near antonyms":[ "glacis", "grade", "gradient", "hill", "inclination", "incline", "lean", "pitch", "rake", "tilt" ], "antonyms":[ "acclivity", "ascent", "rise", "upgrade", "uphill", "uprise" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "declines (in)":{ "as in falls (in) , tapers off":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "abates", "diminishes (in)", "dips", "dwindles", "falls (in)", "lessens", "tapers", "tapers off", "decreases (in)", "loses" ], "near antonyms":[ "builds up", "gains", "gathers", "grows (in)", "picks up", "doubles (in)", "triples (in)", "accrues", "accumulates", "amasses" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "deceleration":{ "a usually gradual decrease in the pace or level of activity of something":{ "examples":[ "demand for our product is dropping, so I have ordered a deceleration of production" ], "synonyms":[ "braking", "downshift", "letup", "retardation", "slowdown" ], "near synonyms":[ "decline", "drop", "slump", "ebb", "remission", "retreat", "wane", "flagging", "weakening", "arrest", "check", "halt", "stoppage", "collapse", "crash", "fall", "plunge" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[ "acceleration", "hastening", "quickening" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "deck":{ "a flat roofless structure attached to a building":{ "examples":[ "the family usually ate on the deck on summer evenings" ], "synonyms":[ "balcony", "sundeck", "terrace" ], "near synonyms":[ "gallery", "lanai", "porch", "stoop", "veranda", "verandah" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "to make more attractive by adding something that is beautiful or becoming":{ "examples":[ "deck the halls with boughs of holly" ], "synonyms":[ "adorn", "array", "beautify", "bedeck", "bedizen", "blazon", "caparison", "decorate", "do", "do up", "doll up", "drape", "dress", "embellish", "emblaze", "emboss", "enrich", "fancify", "fancy up", "festoon", "garnish", "glitz (up)", "grace", "gussy up", "ornament", "pretty (up)", "trim" ], "near synonyms":[ "accessorize", "dress 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"de-escalated", "died (away or down or out)", "diminished", "drained (away)", "dropped (off)", "dwindled", "eased", "ebbed", "fell", "fell away", "lessened", "let up", "lowered", "moderated", "palled", "phased down", "ratcheted (down)", "racheted (down)", "receded", "relented", "remitted", "shrank", "shrunk", "subsided", "tapered", "tapered off", "waned" ], "near synonyms":[ "compressed", "condensed", "constricted", "contracted", "evaporated", "faded (away)", "frittered (away)", "gave out", "melted (away)", "petered (out)", "tailed (off)", "vanished", "slackened", "slowed (down)", "alleviated", "relaxed", "flagged", "sank", "sunk", "weakened", "caved (in)", "collapsed", "deflated" ], "near antonyms":[ "appeared", "emerged", "showed up", "blew up", "distended", "elongated", "lengthened" ], "antonyms":[ "accumulated", "ballooned", "built", "burgeoned", "bourgeoned", "enlarged", "escalated", "expanded", "grew", "increased", "intensified", "mounted", "mushroomed", "picked up", "rose", "snowballed", "soared", "swelled", "waxed" ] }, "type":[ "adjective", "verb" ] }, "deciding":{ "serving to put an end to all debate or questioning":{ "examples":[ "the project's prohibitive cost was the deciding factor in its cancellation" ], "synonyms":[ "absolute", "clear", "conclusive", "decisive", "definitive", "last" ], "near synonyms":[ "determinate", "determinative", "dispositive", "hands-down", "inarguable", "incontestable", "incontrovertible", "indisputable", "indubitable", "irrefutable", "unanswerable", "undebatable", "undeniable", "undisputable", "unquestionable", "unchallenged", "uncontested", "undisputed", "unambiguous", "unequivocal", "certain", "definite", "positive", "sure", "cogent", "compelling", "convincing", "persuasive", "telling" ], "near antonyms":[ "debatable", "disputable", "doubtable", "doubtful", "moot", "problematic", "problematical", "questionable", "refutable", "ambiguous", "equivocal", "controversial", "debated", "disputed" ], "antonyms":[ "inconclusive", 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"hammering out", "intriguing", "laying out", "maneuvering", "mapping (out)", "planning", "programming", "programing", "schematizing", "scheming", "shaping", "squaring away", "working out", "choosing", "concluding", "determining", "figuring", "opting", "resolving", "affirming", "approving", "authorizing", "clearing", "confirming", "OK'ing", "okaying", "sanctioning", "warranting", "closing", "completing", "ending", "finalizing", "finishing", "rounding (off or out)", "winding up", "wrapping up", "bargaining", "chaffering", "dealing", "dickering", "haggling", "horse-trading", "negotiating" ], "near antonyms":[ "aborting", "calling", "calling off", "dropping", "recalling", "repealing", "rescinding", "revoking", "differing (over)", "disagreeing (with)", "countering", "debating", "objecting", "opposing", "protesting", "resisting", "contesting", "disputing" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to make final, definite, or beyond dispute":{ "examples":[ "the huge sum that they were offering decided the matter: 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"ascertaining", "doping (out)", "finding out" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adjective", "verb" ] }, "decibel":{ "loud, confused, and usually inharmonious sound":{ "examples":[ "the crowd decibels increased dramatically as the horses neared the finish line" ], "synonyms":[ "babel", "blare", "bluster", "bowwow", "brawl", "bruit", "cacophony", "chatter", "clamor", "clangor", "din", "discordance", "katzenjammer", "noise", "racket", "rattle", "roar" ], "near synonyms":[ "discord", "dissonance", "commotion", "furor", "hubbub", "hullabaloo", "hurly-burly", "rumpus", "tumult", "uproar", "clatter", "jangle", "bang", "blast", "boom", "clap", "crack", "crash" ], "near antonyms":[ "calm", "hush", "lull", "quietude", "serenity", "tranquillity", "tranquility" ], "antonyms":[ "quiet", "silence", "silentness", "still", "stillness" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "declinations":{ "a change to a lower state or level":{ "examples":[ "there's been a declination in basic civility in our society" ], "synonyms":[ "decadences", "declensions", "declines", "degeneracies", "degenerations", "degradations", "d\u00e9gringolades", "descents", "deteriorations", "devolutions", "downfalls", "downgrades", "ebbs", "eclipses", "falls" ], "near synonyms":[ "dark ages", "nadirs", "sunsets", "decays", "breakups", "decompositions", "disintegrations", "dissolutions", "abasements", "debasements", "depreciations", "decimations", "demolishments", "demolitions", "desolations", "destructions", "havoc", "ruinations", "ruins", "abatements", "decreases", "decrements", "de-escalations", "deflations", "diminishments", "diminutions", "dips", "downslides", "downtrends", "downturns", "drop-offs", "drops", "falloffs", "losses", "reductions", "sags", "shrinkages", "slips", "slumps" ], "near antonyms":[ "advancements", "developments", "evolutions", "growths", "flowerings", "renewals", "restorations", "revitalizations", "accretions", "accruals", "addenda", "addendums", "additions", "augmentations", "boosts", "enhancements", "gains", "increases", "increments", "raises", "supplements" ], "antonyms":[ "ascents", "rises", "upswings" ] }, "an unwillingness to grant something asked for":{ "examples":[ "congressional declinations of cabinet appointments have been relatively infrequent, most senators believing that the president is entitled to pick his own advisors" ], "synonyms":[ "denials", "disallowances", "nays", "noes", "nos", "nonacceptances", "refusals", "rejections", "turndowns" ], "near synonyms":[ "rebuffs", "repudiations", "repulses", "spurns", "negatives", "bans", "injunctions", "vetoes", "deterrences", "discouragements", "repressions", "suppressions" ], "near antonyms":[ "acceptances", "accessions", "acquiescences", "agreements", "assents", "authorizations", "clearances", "concurrences", "consents", "leaves", "licenses", "licences", "permissions", "sanctions", "sufferances", "imprimaturs", "seals", "signatures", "stamps" ], "antonyms":[ "allowances", "approvals", "grants", "OKs", "okays" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "decapitator":{ "as in executioner , headsman":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "deathsman", "executioner", "executor", "hangman", "headsman", "assassin", "cutthroat", "homicide", "killer", "manslayer", "murderer", "butcher", "massacrer", "slaughterer", "slayer", "murderess" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "decipherable":{ "as in analyzable":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "analyzable", "answerable", "explainable", "explicable", "resolvable", "soluble", "solvable", "feasible", "workable" ], "near antonyms":[ "hopeless", "inexplicable", "insoluble", "insolvable", "unexplainable", "unresolvable", "unsolvable", "difficult", "inextricable", "knotty", "impossible", "insuperable", "absurd", "fantastic", "fantastical", "outlandish", "preposterous", "ridiculous" ], "antonyms":[] }, "as in legible , readable":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "clean", "fair", "legible", "readable", "black-and-white", "explicit", "trenchant", "well-defined", "discernible", "discernable", "noticeable", "observable", "visible", "appreciable", "perceptible", "recognizable", "sensible", "tangible", "overt", "undisguised", "clean-cut", "simple", "tidy", "uncomplicated", "self-evident", "self-explanatory", "cognizable", "cognoscible", "comprehendible", "comprehensible", "digestible", "fathomable", "graspable", "intelligible", "knowable", "understandable", "apparent", "bald", "bald-faced", "barefaced", "bright-line", "broad", "clear", "clear-cut", "crystal clear", "decided", "distinct", "evident", "lucid", "luculent", "luminous", "manifest", "nonambiguous", "obvious", "open-and-shut", "palpable", "patent", "pellucid", "perspicuous", "plain", "ringing", "straightforward", "transparent", "unambiguous", "unambivalent", "unequivocal", "unmistakable" ], "near antonyms":[ "ambiguous", "clouded", "cryptic", "dark", "enigmatic", "enigmatical", "equivocal", "indistinct", "mysterious", "nonobvious", "obfuscated", "obscure", "unapparent", "unclarified", "unclear", "incomprehensible", "indecipherable", "unfathomable", "unintelligible", "unknowable", "impalpable", "imperceptible", "inappreciable", "indiscernible", "insensible", "cloudy", "gauzy", "gray", "grey", "hazy", "imprecise", "indefinite", "indeterminate", "misty", "murky", "nebulous", "noncommittal", "sketchy", "slippery", "subtle", "vague", "illegible", "undecipherable", "unreadable" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "decompression":{ "freedom from activity or labor":{ "examples":[ "the waitstaff gets a welcome period of decompression between the lunch and dinner rushes" ], "synonyms":[ "ease", "leisure", "relaxation", "repose", "rest" ], "near synonyms":[ "catnapping", "dozing", "lazing", "napping", "resting", "sleep", "slumber", "slumbering", "snoozing", "quiet", "silence", "stillness", "calm", "peace", "peacefulness", "placidity", "respite", "restfulness", "sereneness", "serenity", "tranquillity", "tranquility", "tranquilness", "dolce far niente", "idleness" ], "near antonyms":[ "pressure", "strain", "stress", "tenseness", "tension" ], "antonyms":[ "exertion", "labor", "toil", "work" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "decrease (in)":{ "as in lose":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "lose", "abate", "decline (in)", "diminish (in)", "dip", "dwindle", "fall (in)", "lessen", "taper", "taper off" ], "near antonyms":[ "build up", "gain", "gather", "grow (in)", "pick up", "double (in)", "triple (in)", "accrue", "accumulate", "amass" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "decertifying":{ "as in disqualifying , delegitimizing":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "delegitimizing", "invalidating", "nullifying", "disqualifying", "disabling", "disempowering", "disenfranchising", "disallowing", "forbidding", "proscribing" ], "near antonyms":[ "authorizing", "entitling", "privileging", "qualifying", "approving", "endorsing", "indorsing", "empowering", "enabling", "enfranchising", "licensing", "licencing" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "decays":{ "to go through decomposition":{ "examples":[ "the logs decayed on the rain forest floor", "the atom of plutonium decayed in the test chamber" ], "synonyms":[ "breaks down", "corrupts", "decomposes", "disintegrates", "festers", "fouls", "molders", "molds", "perishes", "putrefies", "rots", "spoils" ], "near synonyms":[ "sours", "turns", "turns off", "contaminates", "defiles", "pollutes", "taints", "addles", "curdles", "ferments", "mortifies", "rusts", "crumbles", "declines", "degenerates", "descends", "deteriorates", "dilapidates", "sinks", "withers" ], "near antonyms":[ "ages", "develops", "grows", "matures", "ripens", "refreshes", "renews", "restores", "cleanses", "purifies", "assembles", "composes", "integrates", "ameliorates", "betters", "improves", "meliorates" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to become worse or of less value":{ "examples":[ "the restaurant's standards for food and service had decayed over the years" ], "synonyms":[ "atrophies", "crumbles", "declines", "degenerates", "descends", "deteriorates", "devolves", "ebbs", "regresses", "retrogrades", "rots", "sinks", "worsens" ], "near synonyms":[ "abates", "de-escalates", "diminishes", "downsizes", "dwindles", "recedes", "wanes", "breaks down", "corrupts", "decomposes", "degrades", "dilapidates", "disintegrates", "molders", "putrefies", "sours", "spoils", "lessens", "lowers", "reduces", "debilitates", "undermines", "droops", "fails", "falls", "flags", "lags", "languishes", "runs down", "sags", "slips", "wastes (away)", "weakens", "wilts" ], "near antonyms":[ "betters", "upgrades", "enhances", "enriches", "fortifies", "heightens", "intensifies", "strengthens", "advances", "develops", "marches", "proceeds", "progresses" ], "antonyms":[ "ameliorates", "improves", "meliorates" ] }, "to lose bodily strength or vigor":{ "examples":[ "having reached her 80s, the woman could sense that her body was decaying" ], 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"lull", "quietude", "serenity", "tranquillity", "tranquility" ], "antonyms":[ "quiet", "silence", "silentness", "still", "stillness" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "decocting":{ "as in reducing , boiling down":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "boiling down", "reducing", "clarifying", "cleaning", "cleansing", "distilling", "flushing", "leaching", "purging", "purifying", "refining", "compacting", "hardening", "solidifying", "concentrating", "condensing", "deepening", "enhancing", "heightening", "intensifying", "evaporating", "extracting", "removing", "enriching", "fortifying", "richening", "strengthening", "reconcentrating", "recondensing" ], "near antonyms":[ "diluting", "watering (down)", "adulterating", "cutting", "thinning", "weakening" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "decanting":{ "to pour (a liquid, especially wine) from one container into another":{ "examples":[ "The bottles were uncorked and the wine was decanted an hour before the meal." ], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "effusing", "bleeding", "drafting", "draining", "drawing (off)", "pumping", "siphoning", "syphoning", "tapping", "milking", "sucking", "clearing", "emptying", "evacuating", "exhausting", "vacating", "vacuating", "voiding", "depleting", "cleaning", "flushing", "purging" ], "near antonyms":[ "bathing", "dousing", "dowsing", "drenching", "soaking", "sousing", "washing", "watering", "wetting", "deluging", "drowning", "flooding", "inundating", "overflowing", "submerging", "swamping", "filling" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "decoding":{ "as in deciphering":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "deciphering", "annotation", "comment", "commentary", "epexegesis", "gloss", "disentanglement", "unscrambling", "paraphrase", "restatement", "translation", "analysis", "clarification", "construction", "elucidation", "exegesis", "explanation", "explication", "exposition", "illumination", "illustration", "interpretation", "road map", "edification", "enlightenment", "definition", "meaning", "demonstration", "enactment", "justification", "rationale", "rationalization", "reasoning" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "to change (as a secret message) from code into ordinary language":{ "examples":[ "the agents worked into the night to decode the intercepted message from the enemy spy" ], "synonyms":[ "breaking", "cracking", "deciphering", "decrypting" ], "near synonyms":[ "descrambling", "unscrambling", "rendering", "translating", "doping (out)", "figuring out", "puzzling (out)", "solving", "unraveling", "unriddling", "working", "working out" ], "near antonyms":[ "garbling", "jumbling (up)", "mixing (up)" ], "antonyms":[ "ciphering", "coding", "enciphering", "encoding", "encrypting" ] }, "to have a clear idea of":{ "examples":[ "I was never able to decode the strange relationship that existed between those two people" ], "synonyms":[ "appreciating", "apprehending", "assimilating", "beholding", "catching", "catching on (to)", "cognizing", "compassing", "comprehending", "conceiving", "cottoning (to or on to)", "deciphering", "digging", "discerning", "getting", "grasping", "grokking", "intuiting", "knowing", "making", "making out", "perceiving", "recognizing", "registering", "savvying", "seeing", "seizing", "sensing", "tumbling (to)", "twigging", "understanding" ], "near synonyms":[ "absorbing", "digesting", "taking in", "realizing", "fathoming", "penetrating", "piercing" ], "near antonyms":[ "misapprehending", "misconceiving", "misconstruing", "misinterpreting", "misperceiving", "misreading", "mistaking", "misunderstanding" ], "antonyms":[ "missing" ] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "decapitated":{ "to cut off the head of":{ "examples":[ "a particularly gruesome series of murders in which the victims were decapitated" ], "synonyms":[ "beheaded", "guillotined", "headed" ], "near synonyms":[ "decollated", "pruned", "shortened", "trimmed", "scalped" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "decertify":{ "as in disqualify , delegitimize":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "delegitimize", "invalidate", "nullify", "disqualify", "disable", "disempower", "disenfranchise", "disallow", "forbid", "proscribe" ], "near antonyms":[ "authorize", "entitle", "privilege", "qualify", "approve", "endorse", "indorse", "empower", "enable", "enfranchise", "license", "licence" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "decreasingly":{ "as in suddenly , sharply":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "acutely", "sharply", "steeply", "abruptly", "suddenly", "hastily", "precipitously" ], "near antonyms":[ "crescively", "increasingly", "progressively", "gradationally", "gradually", "inchmeal", "little by little", "piece by piece", "piecemeal", "hierarchically" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adverb" ] }, "decapitators":{ "as in executioners , headsmen":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "deathsmen", "executioners", "executors", "hangmen", "headsmen", "assassins", "cutthroats", "homicides", "killers", "manslayers", "murderers", "butchers", "massacrers", "slaughterers", "slayers", "murderesses" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "decider":{ "as in voter , elector":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "chooser", "namer", "picker", "selector", "elector", "voter", "nominator" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "as in judge , arbiter":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "adjudicator", "arbiter", "arbitrator", "judge", "referee", "umpire", "intermediary", "intermediate", "mediator", "mediatrix", "moderator", "negotiator", "conciliator", "go-between", "peacemaker", "reconciler", "troubleshooter", "jurist", "justice", "magistrate" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "decline (in)":{ "as in fall (in) , taper off":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "abate", "diminish (in)", "dip", "dwindle", "fall (in)", "lessen", "taper", "taper off", "decrease (in)", "lose" ], "near antonyms":[ "build up", "gain", "gather", "grow (in)", "pick up", "double (in)", "triple (in)", "accrue", "accumulate", "amass" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "decreases":{ "to make smaller in amount, volume, or extent":{ "examples":[ "workers decreased the volume of water flowing through the pipes in order to prevent an overflow" ], "synonyms":[ "abates", "de-escalates", "dents", "depletes", "diminishes", "downscales", "downsizes", "drops", "dwindles", "eases", "knocks down", "lessens", "lowers", "reduces" ], "near synonyms":[ "compresses", "condenses", "constricts", "contracts", "abbreviates", "abridges", "clips", "crops", "curtails", "cuts", "cuts back", "cuts down", "docks", "nicks", "pares", "prunes", "retrenches", "shortens", "slashes", "trims", "truncates", "whittles", "deflates", "shrinks", "minimizes", "moderates", "modifies", "modulates", "qualifies" ], "near antonyms":[ "blows up", "dilates", "distends", "inflates", "swells", "elongates", "extends", "lengthens", "prolongs", "protracts", "adds (to)", "complements", "supplements", "enhances", "heightens", "intensifies", "redoubles" ], "antonyms":[ "aggrandizes", "amplifies", "augments", "boosts", "enlarges", "escalates", "expands", "increases", "raises" ] }, "to grow less in scope or intensity especially gradually":{ "examples":[ "the force of the wind slowly decreased until the flowers were standing upright again" ], "synonyms":[ "abates", "declines", "de-escalates", "dies (away or down or out)", "diminishes", "drains (away)", "drops (off)", "dwindles", "eases", "ebbs", "falls", "falls away", "lessens", "lets up", "lowers", "moderates", "palls", "phases down", "ratchets (down)", "rachets (down)", "recedes", "relents", "remits", "shrinks", "subsides", "tapers", "tapers off", "wanes" ], "near synonyms":[ "compresses", "condenses", "constricts", "contracts", "evaporates", "fades (away)", "fritters (away)", "gives out", "melts (away)", "peters (out)", "tails (off)", "vanishes", "slackens", "slows (down)", "alleviates", "relaxes", "flags", "sinks", "weakens", "caves (in)", "collapses", "deflates" ], "near antonyms":[ "appears", "emerges", "shows up", "blows up", "distends", "elongates", "lengthens" ], "antonyms":[ "accumulates", "balloons", "builds", "burgeons", "bourgeons", "enlarges", "escalates", "expands", "grows", "increases", "intensifies", "mounts", "mushrooms", "picks up", "rises", "snowballs", "soars", "swells", "waxes" ] }, "the amount by which something is lessened":{ "examples":[ "the average decrease in the price of milk was five cents per gallon" ], "synonyms":[ "abatements", "declines", "decrements", "dents", "depletions", "depressions", "diminishments", "diminutions", "drop-offs", "drops", "falloffs", "falls", "losses", "reductions", "shrinkages", "step-downs" ], "near synonyms":[ "deductions", "subtractions", "downturns", "slips", "slumps", "curtailments", "cutbacks", "cuts", "retrenchments", "shortenings" ], "near antonyms":[ "accretions", "accruals", "accumulations", "additions", "supplements", "continuations", "extensions", "upswings", "uptrends", "upturns" ], "antonyms":[ "boosts", "enlargements", "gains", "increases", "increments", "raises", "rises", "step-ups", "upticks" ] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "deconcentrate":{ "as in spread (out) , decentralize":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "decentralize", "spread (out)", "segregate", "separate" ], "near antonyms":[ "center", "centralize", "compact", "concenter", "concentrate", "consolidate", "polarize", "unify", "unite", "coordinate", "harmonize", "integrate", "orchestrate", "blend", "coalesce", "combine", "fuse", "incorporate", "merge", "reduce" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "decelerated":{ "to cause to move or proceed at a less rapid pace":{ "examples":[ "she decelerated the car as we entered the school zone" ], "synonyms":[ "braked", "retarded", "slackened", "slowed" ], "near synonyms":[ "halted", "stopped", "encumbered", "hampered", "handicapped", "held back", "held up", "hindered", "hobbled", "impeded", "inhibited", "obstructed", "set back", "tied up", "bottlenecked", "arrested", "checked", "constrained", "curbed", "reined", "restrained", "baffled", "foiled", "frustrated", "sabotaged", "thwarted" ], "near antonyms":[ "drove", "encouraged", "goaded", "propelled", "pushed", "spurred", "stirred", "urged", "advanced", "aided", "dispatched", "eased", "expedited", "facilitated", "forwarded", "furthered", "helped" ], "antonyms":[ "accelerated", "hastened", "hurried", "quickened", "rushed", "sped (up)", "speeded (up)", "stepped up" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "deconstruct":{ "to identify and examine the basic elements or parts of (something) especially for discovering interrelationships":{ "examples":[ "deconstructing the economic theories of John Maynard Keynes" ], "synonyms":[ "analyze", "anatomize", "assay", "break down", "cut", "dissect" ], "near synonyms":[ "assess", "diagnose", "evaluate", "examine", "inspect", "investigate", "scrutinize", "arrange", "assort", "catalog", "catalogue", "categorize", "classify", "codify", "diagram", "enumerate", "index", "order", "schematize", "sort", "tabulate", "divide", "reduce", "segment", "separate", "subdivide" ], "near antonyms":[ "agglomerate", "aggregate", "amalgamate", "assimilate", "coalesce", "conglomerate", "consolidate", "integrate", "synthesize", "unify" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "decorate":{ "to make more attractive by adding something that is beautiful or becoming":{ "examples":[ "decorated the mansion's hallways with priceless paintings and luxurious tapestries" ], "synonyms":[ "adorn", "array", "beautify", "bedeck", "bedizen", "blazon", "caparison", "deck", "do", "doll up", "do up", "drape", "dress", "embellish", "emblaze", "emboss", "enrich", "fancify", "fancy up", "festoon", "garnish", "glitz (up)", "grace", "gussy up", "ornament", "pretty (up)", "trim" ], "near synonyms":[ "accessorize", "dress up", "trap", "trick (out)", "brighten", "freshen", "smarten", "spruce (up)", "boss", "chase", "braid", "embroider", "feather", "figure", "filigree", "fillet", "flounce", "frill", "fringe", "furbelow", "garland", "hang", "lace", "ribbon", "swag", "wreathe", "appliqu\u00e9", "gild", "paint", "diamond", "gem", "impearl", "jewel", "pearl", "redecorate", "redo" ], "near antonyms":[ "simplify", "streamline", "bare", "denude", "dismantle", "display", "divest", "expose", "reveal", "strip", "uncover", "uglify" ], "antonyms":[ "blemish", "deface", "disfigure", "mar", "scar", "spoil" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "decimation":{ "the state or fact of being rendered nonexistent, physically unsound, or useless":{ "examples":[ "the virtual decimation of the coastal town by the hurricane" ], "synonyms":[ "annihilation", "demolishment", "demolition", "desolation", "destruction", "devastation", "extermination", "extinction", "havoc", "loss", "mincemeat", "obliteration", "ruin", "ruination", "wastage", "wreckage" ], "near synonyms":[ "depredation", "despoilment", "despoliation", "breakup", "collapse", "disintegration", "dissolution", "assassination", "execution", "killing", "massacre", "slaughter", "dismantlement", "effacement", "eradication" ], "near antonyms":[ "rescue", "salvage", "salvation", "saving", "conservation", "preservation", "protection", "reclamation", "reconstruction", "re-creation", "refurbishment", "regeneracy", "remodeling", "renovation", "restoration" ], "antonyms":[ "building", "construction", "erection", "raising" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "decollate":{ "as in head , prune":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "behead", "decapitate", "guillotine", "head", "prune", "shorten", "trim", "scalp" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "decisive":{ "fully committed to achieving a goal":{ "examples":[ "only a team with a decisive attitude is going to win a state championship" ], "synonyms":[ "bent (on or upon)", "bound", "determined", "do-or-die", "firm", "hell-bent (on or upon)", "intent", "out", "purposeful", "resolute", "resolved", "set", "single-minded" ], "near synonyms":[ "bitter", "vehement", "certain", "cocksure", "confident", "positive", "sure", "earnest", "serious", "steady", "unfaltering", "unhesitating", "unswerving", "unwavering", "adamant", "adamantine", "dogged", "hard", "hardened", "hardheaded", "headstrong", "immovable", "implacable", "inflexible", "mulish", "obdurate", "persistent", "pertinacious", "perverse", "pigheaded", "rigid", "self-willed", "stubborn", "tenacious", "unbending", "uncompromising", "unrelenting", "unyielding", "willful", "wilful" ], "near antonyms":[ "distrustful", "doubtful", "dubious", "mistrustful", "skeptical", "suspicious", "uncertain", "unconvinced", "undecided", "unsettled", "unsure", "disinclined", "indisposed", "loath", "loth", "loathe", "reluctant" ], "antonyms":[ "faltering", "hesitant", "indecisive", "irresolute", "undetermined", "unresolved", "vacillating", "wavering", "weak-kneed" ] }, "having the power to persuade":{ "examples":[ "a lawyer who knows how to construct the kind of decisive argument that sways a jury" ], "synonyms":[ "cogent", "compelling", "conclusive", "convincing", "effective", "forceful", "persuasive", "satisfying", "strong", "telling" ], "near synonyms":[ "authoritative", "definitive", "sound", "valid", "well-founded", "important", "significant", "weighty", "material", "pertinent", "relevant" ], "near antonyms":[ "groundless", "invalid", "shaky", "unfounded", "unsound", "inconsequential", "insignificant", "unimportant", "immaterial", "irrelevant", "feeble", "weak" ], "antonyms":[ "inconclusive", "indecisive", "ineffective", "uncompelling", "unconvincing", "unpersuasive" ] }, "serving to put an end to all debate or questioning":{ "examples":[ "the decisive finding of the coroner regarding the cause of death" ], "synonyms":[ "absolute", "clear", "conclusive", "deciding", "definitive", "last" ], "near synonyms":[ "determinate", "determinative", "dispositive", "hands-down", "inarguable", "incontestable", "incontrovertible", "indisputable", "indubitable", "irrefutable", "unanswerable", "undebatable", "undeniable", "undisputable", "unquestionable", "unchallenged", "uncontested", "undisputed", "unambiguous", "unequivocal", "certain", "definite", "positive", "sure", "cogent", "compelling", "convincing", "persuasive", "telling" ], "near antonyms":[ "debatable", "disputable", "doubtable", "doubtful", "moot", "problematic", "problematical", "questionable", "refutable", "ambiguous", "equivocal", "controversial", "debated", "disputed" ], "antonyms":[ "inconclusive", "indecisive", "unclear" ] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "decreasing":{ "as in shrinking , lessening":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "diminishing", "lessening", "reducing", "shortening", "shrinking", "abbreviation", "abridgment", "abridgement", "compression", "condensation", "contraction", "curtailment", "abruptness", "brusqueness", "curtness", "brevity", "briefness", "conciseness", "shortness", "compendiousness", "crispness", "laconism", "pithiness", "succinctness", "tautness", "terseness", "littleness", "minuteness", "smallness", "tininess" ], "near antonyms":[ "lengthiness", "extensiveness", "elongating", "elongation", "extending", "extension", "prolongation", "prolonging", "protraction", "stretching", "expansion", "growth", "spread", "diffuseness", "garrulousness", "long-windedness", "prolixity", "talkativeness", "talkiness", "verboseness", "volubility", "wordiness", "bigness", "bulkiness", "greatness", "heftiness", "largeness" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to make smaller in amount, volume, or extent":{ "examples":[ "workers decreased the volume of water flowing through the pipes in order to prevent an overflow" ], "synonyms":[ "abating", "de-escalating", "denting", "depleting", "diminishing", "downscaling", "downsizing", "dropping", "dwindling", "easing", "knocking down", "lessening", "lowering", "reducing" ], "near synonyms":[ "compressing", "condensing", "constricting", "contracting", "abbreviating", "abridging", "clipping", "cropping", "curtailing", "cutting", "cutting back", "cutting down", "docking", "nicking", "paring", "pruning", "retrenching", "shortening", "slashing", "trimming", "truncating", "whittling", "deflating", "shrinking", "minimizing", "moderating", "modifying", "modulating", "qualifying" ], "near antonyms":[ "blowing up", "dilating", "distending", "inflating", "swelling", "elongating", "extending", "lengthening", "prolonging", "protracting", "adding (to)", "complementing", "supplementing", "enhancing", "heightening", "intensifying", "redoubling" ], "antonyms":[ "aggrandizing", "amplifying", "augmenting", "boosting", "enlarging", "escalating", "expanding", "increasing", "raising" ] }, "to grow less in scope or intensity especially gradually":{ "examples":[ "the force of the wind slowly decreased until the flowers were standing upright again" ], "synonyms":[ "abating", "declining", "de-escalating", "diminishing", "draining (away)", "dropping (off)", "dwindling", "dying (away or down or out)", "easing", "ebbing", "falling", "falling away", "lessening", "letting up", "lowering", "moderating", "palling", "phasing down", "ratcheting (down)", "racheting (down)", "receding", "relenting", "remitting", "shrinking", "subsiding", "tapering", "tapering off", "waning" ], "near synonyms":[ "compressing", "condensing", "constricting", "contracting", "evaporating", "fading (away)", "frittering (away)", "giving out", "melting (away)", "petering (out)", "tailing (off)", "vanishing", "slackening", "slowing (down)", "alleviating", "relaxing", "flagging", "sinking", "weakening", "caving (in)", "collapsing", "deflating" ], "near antonyms":[ "appearing", "emerging", "showing up", "blowing up", "distending", "elongating", "lengthening" ], "antonyms":[ "accumulating", "ballooning", "building", "burgeoning", "bourgeoning", "enlarging", "escalating", "expanding", "growing", "increasing", "intensifying", "mounting", "mushrooming", "picking up", "rising", "snowballing", "soaring", "swelling", "waxing" ] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "decussated":{ "as in crisscrossed":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "crisscrossed", "bisected", "crossed", "cut", "intersected" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "decking (out)":{ "to outfit with clothes and especially fine or special clothes":{ "examples":[ "all decked out in our finest outfits for the wedding" ], "synonyms":[ "appareling", "apparelling", "arraying", "attiring", "bedecking", "caparisoning", "clothing", "costuming", "doing up", "dressing", "dressing up", "enrobing", "garbing", "garmenting", "getting up", "gowning", "habiting", "investing", "rigging (out)", "robing", "suiting", "togging (up or out)", "toileting", "vesturing" ], "near synonyms":[ "cloaking", "frocking", "jacketing", "mantling", "vesting", "draping", "enswathing", "happing", "huddling", "swaddling", "swathing", "wrapping", "accoutring", "accoutering", "bedighting", "equipping", "furnishing", "habilitating", "outfitting", "tailoring", "uniforming", "dressing down", "underdressing" ], "near antonyms":[ "denuding", "divesting", "uncovering", "undraping", "unveiling" ], "antonyms":[ "disarraying", "disrobing", "stripping", "unclothing", "undressing", "untrussing" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "decompressing":{ "to get rid of nervous tension or anxiety":{ "examples":[ "after she gets home from work, she needs some time to decompress before preparing dinner" ], "synonyms":[ "chilling", "chilling out", "de-stressing", "loosening up", "mellowing (out)", "relaxing", "unwinding", "winding down" ], "near synonyms":[ "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" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[ "tensing (up)" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "decussating":{ "as in crisscrossing":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "crisscrossing", "bisecting", "crossing", "cutting", "intersecting" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "decrements":{ "the amount by which something is lessened":{ "examples":[ "each decrement in amount is limited to one third of the previous total" ], "synonyms":[ "abatements", "declines", "decreases", "dents", "depletions", "depressions", "diminishments", "diminutions", "drop-offs", "drops", "falloffs", "falls", "losses", "reductions", "shrinkages", "step-downs" ], "near synonyms":[ "deductions", "subtractions", "downturns", "slips", "slumps", "curtailments", "cutbacks", "cuts", "retrenchments", "shortenings" ], "near antonyms":[ "accretions", "accruals", "accumulations", "additions", "supplements", "continuations", "extensions", "upswings", "uptrends", "upturns" ], "antonyms":[ "boosts", "enlargements", "gains", "increases", "increments", "raises", "rises", "step-ups", "upticks" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "decorously":{ "as in properly , decently":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "decently", "properly", "chastely", "innocently", "modestly", "morally", "purely", "righteously", "virtuously", "priggishly", "primly", "prudishly" ], "near antonyms":[ "evilly", "immorally", "impurely", "sinfully", "wickedly", "indecently", "obscenely", "vulgarly", "lasciviously", "lewdly", "lustfully" ], "antonyms":[] }, "as in respectfully , politely":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "chivalrously", "deferentially", "gallantly", "politely", "respectfully", "solicitously", "discreetly", "judiciously", "prudently", "sensibly", "wisely", "compassionately", "humanely", "kindheartedly", "sweetly", "sympathetically", "excusably", "fairly", "justifiably", "validly", "pleasantly", "considerately", "courteously", "graciously", "kindly", "nicely", "reasonably", "thoughtfully", "well" ], "near antonyms":[ "discourteously", "inconsiderately", "thoughtlessly", "contemptuously", "disdainfully", "disrespectfully", "impolitely", "rudely", "scornfully", "snootily", "cruelly", "heartlessly", "nastily", "viciously", "shabbily", "unfairly" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adverb" ] } }