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"eliminates", "eradicates", "exterminates", "wipes out" ], "near antonyms":[ "animates", "raises", "restores", "resurrects", "resuscitates", "revives" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "icon":{ "a person who is the object of extreme or uncritical devotion":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "Marilyn Monroe, Elvis Presley, the Beatles, and other icons of pop culture" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "beau ideal", "classic", "exemplar", "ideal", "model", "nonpareil", "paragon" ], "synonyms":[ "god", "hero", "idol" ] }, "a person who is widely known and usually much talked about":{ "antonyms":[ "nobody", "noncelebrity" ], "examples":[ "a sports bar filled with photos of icons from football, basketball, and baseball" ], "near antonyms":[ "lightweight", "mediocrity", "has-been" ], "related":[ "favorite", "heartthrob", "hero", "idol", "demigod", "dignitary", "eminence", "immortal", "monument", "pillar", "worthy", "baron", "big shot", "bigwig", "kahuna", "magnate", "mogul", "nabob", "panjandrum" ], "synonyms":[ "cause c\u00e9l\u00e8bre", "cause celebre", "celeb", "celebrity", "figure", "light", "luminary", "megastar", "name", "notability", "notable", "notoriety", "personage", "personality", "somebody", "standout", "star", "superstar", "VIP" ] }, "a two dimensional design intended to look like a person or thing":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "any icon of the Deity is regarded as blasphemous by adherents of that religion" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "delineation", "depiction", "representation", "resemblance", "view", "portrait", "daub", "drawing", "finger painting", "etching", "silhouette", "sketch", "watercolor", "caricature", "cartoon", "doodle", "collage", "montage", "photograph", "hieroglyph", "hieroglyphic", "ideogram", "ideograph", "pictograph", "diagram" ], "synonyms":[ "illustration", "image", "likeness", "picture" ] }, "a visible representation of something abstract (as a quality)":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "cites Marlene Dietrich as an icon of 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pictographic":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "hieroglyphic", "hieroglyphical", "ideogramic", "ideogrammic", "ideogrammatic", "ideographic", "pictographic", "illustrational", "illustrative", "drawn", "painted", "represented", "photographic", "video", "graphic", "graphical", "imaginal", "pictorial", "visual" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "ice storm":{ "as in blizzard , snowstorm":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "blizzard", "snowstorm", "squall", "storm", "tempest", "cloudburst", "hailstorm", "rainsquall", "rainstorm", "thundershower", "thunderstorm", "weather", "windstorm", "northeaster", "nor'easter", "norther", "southeaster", "southwester", "cyclone", "hurricane", "typhoon", "sandstorm" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "iciness":{ "as in coldness , frostiness":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "coldness", "frigidity", "frigidness", "frostiness", "gelidity", "wintriness", "briskness", "crispness", "cold", "freeze", "snap", "bite", "bitterness", "bleakness", "chill", "chilliness", "nip", "nippiness", "rawness", "sharpness" ], "near antonyms":[ "balminess", "warmness", "warmth", "heat", "hotness", "sultriness" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "icicles":{ "a cold aloof person":{ "examples":[ "his wife is such an icicle you're lucky to get so much as a greeting from her" ], "synonyms":[ "cold fishes", "cold turkey", "icebergs" ], "near synonyms":[ "clams", "sticks", "wallflowers", "prigs", "snobs", "snoots", "snots", "stuffed shirts" ], "near antonyms":[ "dears", "sweethearts", "sweeties" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "iconoclastic":{ "deviating from commonly accepted beliefs or practices":{ "examples":[ "the book offers iconoclastic and irreverent portraits of some of history's most sacred cows" ], "synonyms":[ "dissentient", "dissenting", "dissident", "heretical", "heretic", "heterodox", "maverick", "nonconformist", "nonorthodox", "out-there", "unconventional", "unorthodox" ], "near synonyms":[ "free-spirited", "freethinking", "nontraditional", "apostate", "defecting", "renegade", "schismatic", "schismatical", "sectarian", "separatist" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[ "conforming", "conformist", "conventional", "orthodox" ] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "iconoclasm":{ "as in deviation , deviance":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "deviance", "deviation", "unconventionality", "apostasy", "defection", "infidelity", "schism", "scission", "sectarianism", "separatism", "disagreement", "discord", "dissension", "dissention", "error", "fallacy", "falsehood", "misbelief", "misconception", "myth", "dissent", "dissidence", "heresy", "heterodoxy", "nonconformity" ], "near antonyms":[ "conformity", "orthodoxy", "agreement", "conformation", "conventionality" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "icy":{ "having a low or subnormal temperature":{ "examples":[ "an icy drink that was especially refreshing on that hot afternoon" ], "synonyms":[ "algid", "arctic", "bitter", "bone-chilling", "chill", "chilly", "cold", "coldish", "cool", "coolish", "freezing", "frigid", "frosty", "gelid", "glacial", "ice-cold", "nipping", "nippy", "numbing", "polar", "shivery", "snappy", "wintry", "wintery" ], "near synonyms":[ "cryogenic", "subfreezing", "subzero", "ultracold", "cutting", "keen", "penetrating", "piercing", "sharp", "bracing", "brisk", "crisp", "invigorating", "rigorous", "chilled", "cooled", "frosted", "frozen", "iced", "refrigerated", "unheated" ], "near antonyms":[ "lukewarm", "tepid", "heated", "overheated", "reheated", "warmed", "snug", "toasty", "warm", "feverish", "flushed", "inflamed", "enflamed", "canicular", "equatorial", "muggy", "steamy", "summery", "tropical" ], "antonyms":[ "ardent", "blazing", "boiling", "broiling", "burning", "fervent", "fervid", "fiery", "glowing", "hot", "igneous", "molten", "piping hot", "red-hot", "roasting", "scalding", "scorching", "searing", "seething", "sizzling", "sultry", "sweltering", "torrid", "ultrahot", "warming", "white-hot" ] }, "lacking in friendliness or warmth of feeling":{ "examples":[ "she wondered why the salesclerk at the boutique had given her an icy glare" ], "synonyms":[ "antiseptic", "arctic", "brittle", "chill", "chilly", "clammy", "cold", "cold-blooded", "cold-eyed", "coldish", "cool", "frigid", "frosty", "frozen", "gelid", "glacial", "hard-eyed", "uncordial", "unfriendly", "unsympathetic", "wintry", "wintery" ], "near synonyms":[ "bloodless", "coldhearted", "hard-hearted", "heartless", "kindless", "pitiless", "uncaring", "unfeeling", "reserved", "soulless", "undemonstrative", "unemotional", "unresponsive", "apathetic", "indifferent", "unenthusiastic", "uninterested", "aloof", "detached", "dispassionate", "impersonal", "offish", "standoffish", "antisocial", "unsociable", "unsocial" ], "near antonyms":[ "compassionate", "kind", "kindhearted", "demonstrative", "emotional", "expressive", "eager", "enthusiastic", "passionate" ], "antonyms":[ "cordial", "friendly", "genial", "happy", "hearty", "sympathetic", "warm", "warm-blooded", "warmhearted" ] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "iconoclast":{ "a person who does not conform to generally accepted standards or customs":{ "examples":[ "notorious as an iconoclast , that music critic isn't afraid to go after sacred cows" ], "synonyms":[ "bohemian", "boho", "counterculturist", "deviant", "enfant terrible", "free spirit", "heretic", "individualist", "lone ranger", "lone wolf", "loner", "maverick", "nonconformer", "nonconformist" ], "near synonyms":[ "freethinker", "character", "codger", "crackbrain", "crackpot", "crank", "eccentric", "freak", "kook", "nut", "oddball", "screwball", "weirdo", "eight ball", "misfit", "outsider", "aberrant", "anomaly" ], "near antonyms":[ "adherent", "follower", "supporter", "sheep" ], "antonyms":[ "conformer", "conformist" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "iceberg":{ "a cold aloof person":{ "examples":[ "a brilliant doctor, no 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"guarantying", "insuring", "securing" ], "near synonyms":[ "attesting", "certifying", "vouching", "warranting", "witnessing", "pledging", "promising", "swearing" ], "near antonyms":[ "enfeebling", "undermining", "weakening" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to put to death deliberately":{ "examples":[ "that gang leader wouldn't hesitate to ice anyone who tries to invade his turf" ], "synonyms":[ "assassinating", "bumping off", "croaking", "dispatching", "doing in", "executing", "getting", "knocking off", "liquidating", "murdering", "neutralizing", "offing", "putting away", "rubbing out", "slaying", "snuffing", "taking out", "terminating", "whacking" ], "near synonyms":[ "blowing away", "shooting", "shooting down", "blotting out", "carrying off", "claiming", "cutting down", "destroying", "felling", "killing", "smiting", "zapping", "butchering", "massacring", "mowing (down)", "slaughtering", "annihilating", "eliminating", "eradicating", "exterminating", "wiping out" ], "near antonyms":[ "animating", "raising", "restoring", "resurrecting", "resuscitating", "reviving" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "iconoclasms":{ "as in deviations , deviances":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "deviances", "deviations", "unconventionalities", "apostasies", "defections", "infidelities", "schisms", "scissions", "sectarianisms", "separatisms", "disagreements", "discords", "dissensions", "dissentions", "errors", "fallacies", "falsehoods", "misbeliefs", "misconceptions", "myths", "dissents", "dissidences", "heresies", "heterodoxies", "nonconformities" ], "near antonyms":[ "conformities", "orthodoxies", "agreements", "conformations", "conventionalities" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "ice storms":{ "as in blizzards , snowstorms":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "blizzards", "snowstorms", "squalls", "storms", "tempests", "cloudbursts", "hailstorms", "rainsqualls", "rainstorms", "thundershowers", "thunderstorms", "weathers", "windstorms", "northeasters", "nor'easters", "northers", "southeasters", "southwesters", "cyclones", "hurricanes", "typhoons", "sandstorms" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "iconographical":{ "as in hieroglyphic , pictographic":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "hieroglyphic", "hieroglyphical", "ideogramic", "ideogrammic", "ideogrammatic", "ideographic", "pictographic", "illustrational", "illustrative", "drawn", "painted", "represented", "photographic", "video", "graphic", "graphical", "imaginal", "pictorial", "visual" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] } }