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"sharkskins", "sheepskins", "snakeskins", "coats", "fleeces", "furs", "pelts", "nubucks", "patent leathers", "suedes", "hides", "leathers", "skins" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "crony":{ "a person frequently seen in the company of another":{ "examples":[ "the criminal's cronies were also closely questioned about the illegal gambling operation" ], "synonyms":[ "associate", "cohort", "companion", "compatriot", "compeer", "comrade", "fellow", "hobnobber", "mate", "running mate" ], "near synonyms":[ "colleague", "coworker", "equal", "peer", "workmate", "accomplice", "affiliate", "ally", "collaborator", "confederate", "half", "partner", "buddy", "chum", "confidant", "familiar", "friend", "hearty", "intimate", "pal", "countryman", "classmate", "housemate", "messmate", "playfellow", "playmate", "roommate", "roomie", "schoolmate", "shipmate", "teammate", "attendant", "escort", "hanger-on", "leech", "parasite" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "a person who has a strong liking for and trust in another":{ "examples":[ "only my cronies can call me by my nickname" ], "synonyms":[ "alter ego", "amigo", "buddy", "chum", "compadre", "comrade", "confidant", "confidante", "familiar", "friend", "intimate", "mate", "musketeer", "pal" ], "near synonyms":[ "acquaintance", "associate", "cohort", "colleague", "companion", "fellow", "hearty", "hobnobber", "partner", "peer", "sport", "blood brother", "brother", "main man", "sister", "abettor", "abetter", "accomplice", "ally", "collaborator", "confederate", "pen pal", "benefactor", "supporter", "sympathizer", "well-wisher", "friendly" ], "near antonyms":[ "adversary", "antagonist", "competitor", "opponent", "rival", "archenemy", "nemesis" ], "antonyms":[ "enemy", "foe" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "crooked":{ "marked by a long series of irregular curves":{ "examples":[ "a long, crooked line of people had formed in front of the ticket booth" ], "synonyms":[ "bending", "crazy", "curled", "curling", "curved", "curving", "curvy", "devious", "serpentine", "sinuous", "tortuous", "twisted", "twisting", "winding", "windy" ], "near synonyms":[ "zigzag", "zigzagging", "circling", "coiled", "coiling", "corkscrew", "looping", "spiral", "spiraling", "spiralling", "swirling", "circuitous", "indirect", "roundabout", "meandering", "rambling", "wandering", "irregular", "jagged", "uneven" ], "near antonyms":[ "direct", "linear" ], "antonyms":[ "straight", "straightaway" ] }, "given to or marked by cheating and deception":{ "examples":[ "the common belief that gambling casinos are often crooked businesses" ], "synonyms":[ "bent", "deceptive", "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" ] }, "inclined or twisted to one side":{ "examples":[ "the photo on that wall is crooked" ], "synonyms":[ "askew", "aslant", "atilt", "awry", "cock-a-hoop", "cockeyed", "crazy", "listing", "lopsided", "oblique", "off-kilter", "pitched", "skewed", "slanted", "slanting", "slantwise", "tilted", "tipping", "uneven" ], "near synonyms":[ "asymmetrical", "asymmetric", "unbalanced", "unsymmetrical", "contorted", "disordered", "distorted", "irregular" ], "near antonyms":[ "ordered", "orderly", "regular", "uniform", "balanced", "symmetrical", "symmetric" ], "antonyms":[ "even", "level", "straight" ] }, "marked by, based on, or done by the use of dishonest methods to acquire something of value":{ "examples":[ "a crooked scheme to bill the government for medical services never performed" ], "synonyms":[ "deceitful", "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" ] }, "to cause to turn away from a straight line":{ "examples":[ "crooked a finger" ], "synonyms":[ "arched", "bent", "bowed", "curved", "hooked", "swerved" ], "near synonyms":[ "arced", "rounded", "incurvated", "incurved", "inflected", "reflected", "deflected", "diverted", "entwined", "kinked", "swirled", "turned", "twined", "twisted", "veered", "warped", "coiled", "curled", "enrolled", "looped", "spiraled", "spiralled", "dented", "dimpled", "meandered", "waved", "weaved", "wound", "winded", "declined", "inclined", "sloped" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[ "straightened", "unbent", "uncurled" ] }, "to turn away from a straight line or course":{ "examples":[ "the road suddenly crooked to the left" ], "synonyms":[ "arced", "arched", "bent", "bowed", "curved", "fell off", "hooked", "rounded", "swept", "swerved", "trended", "wheeled" ], "near synonyms":[ "circled", "coiled", "curled", "curlicued", "looped", "spiraled", "spiralled", "turned", "twisted", "wound", "winded", "deviated", "veered" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[ "straightened" ] }, "type":[ "adjective", "verb" ] }, "crookedness":{ "the inclination or practice of misleading others through lies or trickery":{ "examples":[ "for sheer crookedness it would be hard to beat the used-car dealer who sold me that lemon" ], "synonyms":[ "artifice", "cheating", "cozenage", "craft", "craftiness", "crookery", "cunning", "cunningness", "deceit", "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" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "crookeries":{ "the inclination or practice of misleading others through lies or trickery":{ "examples":[ "the dealer encouraged his sales reps to engage in crookery of all sorts, so long as it sold cars" ], "synonyms":[ "artifice", "cheating", "cozenage", "craft", "craftiness", "crookedness", "cunning", "cunningness", "deceit", "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" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "cross-examination":{ "as in challenge , grilling":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "challenge", "going-over", "grilling", "quiz", "poll", "questionary", "questionnaire", "survey", "rehearing", "reinvestigation", "feeler", "query", "question", "self-examination", "self-exploration", "self-questioning", "self-reflection", "self-scrutiny", "soul-searching", "hearing", "interrogation", "trial", "checkup", "diagnosis", "inspection", "audit", "check", "quest", "delving", "disquisition", "examen", "examination", "exploration", "inquest", "inquiry", "inquisition", "investigation", "probation", "probe", "probing", "research", "study" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "cross-questioned":{ "as in examined , bombarded":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "cross-questioning":{ "as in examining , bombarding":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "besieging", "bombarding", "cross-examining", "examining", "pumping", "asking", "catechizing", "grilling", "inquiring (of)", "interrogating", "querying", "questioning", "quizzing", "polling", "surveying" ], "near antonyms":[ "answering", "replying", "responding", "rejoining", "retorting", "commenting", "observing", "remarking", "avoiding", "ducking" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "crossbred":{ "being offspring produced by parents of different races, breeds, species, or genera":{ "examples":[ "a beautiful crossbred dog who had the pleading eyes of a beagle and the body of a greyhound" ], "synonyms":[ "cold-blooded", "coldblood", "cross", "hybrid", "mixed", "mongrel" ], "near synonyms":[ "grade", "half-bred", "dihybrid", "trihybrid", "crossed", "hybridized", "interbred", "outcrossed" ], "near antonyms":[ "pedigreed", "pedigree", "inbred", "linebred", "straightbred" ], "antonyms":[ "blooded", "full-blood", "full-blooded", "purebred", "thoroughbred" ] }, "an offspring of parents with different genes especially when of different races, breeds, species, or genera":{ "examples":[ "a puppy that was clearly a crossbred of a beagle and a dachshund" ], "synonyms":[ "cross", "crossbreed", "hybrid", "intercross", "mongrel" ], "near synonyms":[ "mule", "outcross", "half-bred" ], "near antonyms":[ "full-blood", "pureblood", "purebred", "thoroughbred" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adjective", "noun" ] }, "crossroad(s)":{ "a place where roads meet":{ "examples":[ "the fast-food chain has a restaurant at practically every crossroads" ], "synonyms":[ "carrefour", "corner", "crossing", "crossway(s)", "intersection", "junction" ], "near synonyms":[ "cloverleaf", "interchange", "overpass", "underpass", "circle", "rotary", "roundabout", "traffic circle" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "a time or state of affairs requiring prompt or decisive action":{ "examples":[ "we've come to a crossroads , and we have to make a decision" ], "synonyms":[ "boiling point", "breaking point", "clutch", "conjuncture", "crisis", "crunch", "crunch time", "Dunkirk", "emergency", "exigency", "extremity", "flash point", "head", "juncture", "tinderbox", "zero hour" ], "near synonyms":[ "contingency", "possibility", "climax", "turning point", "happening", "landmark", "milestone", "condition", "pass", "situation", "strait", "deadlock", "impasse", "stalemate", "corner", "fix", "hole", "hot water", "jam", "last ditch", "pinch", "predicament", "scrape", "spot", "eleventh hour", "last minute" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "crosstalk":{ "as in":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "crossway(s)":{ "a place where roads meet":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "carolers assembling at the village crossways on Christmas Eve" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "cloverleaf", "interchange", "overpass", "underpass", "circle", "rotary", "roundabout", "traffic circle" ], "synonyms":[ "carrefour", "corner", "crossing", "crossroad", "intersection", "junction" ] }, "in a line or direction running from corner to corner":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "the van had been deliberately parked crossways so as to take up both parking spaces" ], "near antonyms":[ "lengthwise", "longitudinally" ], "related":[ "across" ], "synonyms":[ "athwart", "bias", "cornerways", "cornerwise", "crosswise", "diagonally", "kitty-corner", "catty-corner", "catercorner", "kitty-cornered", "catty-cornered", "catercornered", "obliquely", "transversely" ] }, "type":[ "adverb", "noun" ] }, "crozier":{ "as in crook , walking stick":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "crook", "walking stick", "whangee", "beetle", "gavel", "hammer", "mallet", "maul", "sledgehammer", "birch", "crabstick", "hickory", "rattan", "stave", "switch", "blackjack", "knobkerrie", "mace", "bastinado", "bastinade", "bat", "baton", "billy", "billy club", "bludgeon", "cane", "club", "cudgel", "nightstick", "rod", "rung", "sap", "shillelagh", "shillalah", "staff", "truncheon", "waddy" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "cross fire":{ "an often noisy or angry expression of differing opinions":{ "examples":[ "viewers tune in to witness the weekly cross fire between the liberal and conservative commentators" ], "synonyms":[ "altercation", "argle-bargle", "argument", "argy-bargy", "battle royal", "bicker", "brawl", "contretemps", "controversy", "disagreement", "dispute", "donnybrook", "falling-out", "fight", "hassle", "imbroglio", "kickup", "misunderstanding", "quarrel", "rhubarb", "row", "scrap", "set-to", "spat", "squabble", "tiff", "wrangle" ], "near synonyms":[ "clash", "run-in", "skirmish", "tangle", "tussle", "logomachy", "feud", "vendetta", "attack", "contention", "dissension", "dissention", "debate", "difference", "disputation", "fuss", "objection", "protest", "protestation", "affray", "fisticuffs", "fracas", "fray", "free-for-all", "melee", "m\u00eal\u00e9e", "catfight" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "crowns":{ "a decorative band or wreath worn about the head as a symbol of victory or honor":{ "examples":[ "the crown of laurel leaves that is traditionally placed on the winner of the marathon" ], "synonyms":[ "chaplets", "coronals", "coronels", "coronets", "diadems" ], "related":[ "anadems", "tiaras", "garlands", "laurels" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "the position occupied by the one who comes in first in a competition":{ "examples":[ "his lifelong dream of someday winning the heavyweight boxing crown" ], "synonyms":[ "championships", "titles" ], "related":[], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "the highest part or point":{ "examples":[ "covered in mud from the soles of his feet to the crown of his head" ], "synonyms":[ "acmes", "apexes", "apices", "apogees", "capstones", "climaxes", "crescendos", "crescendoes", "crescendi", "crests", "culminations", "heads", "heights", "high noons", "high-water marks", "meridians", "ne plus ultras", "noons", "noontimes", "peaks", "pinnacles", "summits", "sums", "tip-tops", "tops", "zeniths" ], "related":[ "blooms", "blossoms", "flood tides", "flowers", "glories", "heydays", "primes", "caps", "ceilings", "roofs", "extremes", "extremities", "tips", "vertices", "vertexes", "highlights", "highs", "highspots" ], "near antonyms":[ "abysses", "bases", "feet", "foot", "minima", "minimums" ], "antonyms":[ "bottoms", "nadirs", "rock bottoms" ] }, "to bring to a triumphant conclusion":{ "examples":[ "the Olympic Games were crowned by spectacular closing ceremonies" ], "synonyms":[ "caps (off)", "climaxes", "culminates" ], "related":[ "completes", "concludes", "finishes", "rounds (off or out)", "terminates", "wraps up" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "croak":{ "to express dissatisfaction, pain, or resentment usually tiresomely":{ "examples":[ "the cranky patient was always croaking to the nurses about something" ], "synonyms":[ "beef", "bellyache", "bitch", "bleat", "carp", "caterwaul", "complain", "crab", "fuss", "gripe", "grizzle", "grouch", "grouse", "growl", "grumble", "grump", "holler", "inveigh", "keen", "kick", "kvetch", "maunder", "moan", "murmur", "mutter", "nag", "repine", "scream", "squawk", "squeal", "wail", "whimper", "whine", "whinge", "yammer", "yawp", "yaup", "yowl" ], "related":[ "object (to)", "protest", "quarrel (with)", "cavil", "quibble", "fret", "stew", "worry", "blubber", "cry", "sob", "bemoan", "bewail", "deplore", "lament" ], "near antonyms":[ "accept", "bear", "countenance", "endure", "take", "tolerate", "applaud", "cheer", "commend" ], "antonyms":[ "crow", "delight", "rejoice" ] }, "to stop living":{ "examples":[ "I wouldn't go around saying your great-grandmother \" croaked \"" ], "synonyms":[ "check out", "conk (out)", "decease", "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" ], "related":[ "predecease", "consume", "disappear", "dry up", "fade", "fail" ], "near antonyms":[ "come to", "revive", "linger", "be", "exist", "subsist", "flourish", "prosper", "thrive" ], "antonyms":[ "breathe", "live" ] }, "to deprive of life":{ "examples":[ "\"I croaked the old bugger,\" he bragged" ], "synonyms":[ "carry off", "claim", "destroy", "dispatch", "do in", "fell", "kill", "slay", "take" ], "related":[ "bump off", "butcher", "cut down", "finish", "get", "ice", "knock off", "murder", "neutralize", "off", "put away", "rub out", "scrag", "snuff", "take out", "waste", "whack", "annihilate", "blot out", "decimate", "kill off", "massacre", "mow", "slaughter", "smite", "assassinate", "execute", "martyr", "terminate", "euthanize", "euthanatize", "put down", "suicide" ], "near antonyms":[ "raise", "restore", "resurrect", "resuscitate", "revive", "nurture" ], "antonyms":[ "animate" ] }, "to put to death deliberately":{ "examples":[ "hooligans had croaked the street corner wino just for the hell of it" ], "synonyms":[ "assassinate", "bump off", "dispatch", "do in", "execute", "get", "ice", "knock off", "liquidate", "murder", "neutralize", "off", "put away", "rub out", "slay", "snuff", "take out", "terminate", "whack" ], "related":[ "blow away", "shoot", "shoot down", "blot out", "carry off", "claim", "cut down", "destroy", "fell", "kill", "smite", "zap", "butcher", "massacre", "mow (down)", "slaughter", "annihilate", "eliminate", "eradicate", "exterminate", "wipe out" ], "near antonyms":[ "animate", "raise", "restore", "resurrect", "resuscitate", "revive" ], "antonyms":[] }, "as in howl , screech":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "related":[], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "cross section":{ "a number of things selected from a group to stand for the whole":{ "examples":[ "a television ratings service that monitors the viewing of a representative cross section of the general population" ], "synonyms":[ "sample", "sampler", "sampling", "selection", "slice" ], "near synonyms":[ "case", "example", "exemplar", "exemplification", "illustration", "instance", "representative", "specimen", "archetype", "classic", "locus classicus", "paradigm", "prototype", "microcosm" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "cross":{ "to be unfaithful or disloyal to":{ "examples":[ "people who cross the local mob boss usually are found floating in the river" ], "synonyms":[ "backstab", "betray", "double-cross", "sell (out)", "two-time" ], "near synonyms":[ "give away", "inform (on)", "peach", "rat (on)", "shop", "snitch (on)", "split (on)", "tell (on)", "turn in" ], "near antonyms":[ "defend", "guard", "protect", "safeguard", "save", "shield" ], "antonyms":[ "stand by" ] }, "to divide by passing through or across":{ "examples":[ "there's a light where that street crosses Main Street" ], "synonyms":[ "bisect", "cut", "intersect" ], "near synonyms":[ "crisscross", "decussate" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "to make one's way through, across, or over":{ "examples":[ "you may have to cross some woods on the way" ], "synonyms":[ "course", "cover", "cut (across)", "follow", "go", "navigate", "pass (over)", "perambulate", "peregrinate", "proceed (along)", "track", "transit", "travel", "traverse" ], "near synonyms":[ "hike", "traipse", "tramp", "tread", "walk", "ride", "run", "crisscross" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "to enter the mind of":{ "examples":[ "the idea did cross me that he might be pulling my leg" ], "synonyms":[ "come (to)", "dawn (on)", "occur (to)", "strike" ], "near synonyms":[ "recall", "recollect", "remember", "reminisce", "con", "learn", "memorize", "appear", "arrive", "emerge", "materialize" ], "near antonyms":[ "forget", "unlearn", "disregard", "ignore", "neglect", "overlook" ], "antonyms":[] }, "a test of faith, patience, or strength":{ "examples":[ "dyslexia is just my cross to bear, and I accepted it long ago" ], "synonyms":[ "crucible", "fire", "gauntlet", "gantlet", "ordeal", "trial" ], "near synonyms":[ "baptism", "initiation", "adversity", "affliction", "asperity", "misadventure", "mischance", "misfortune", "mishap", "privation", "tragedy", "tribulation", "trouble", "vicissitude", "woe", "acid test", "litmus test", "challenge", "complication", "difficulty", "grief", "grievance", "hardship", "rigor", "annoyance", "discomfort", "inconvenience", "nuisance" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "an offspring of parents with different genes especially when of different races, breeds, species, or genera":{ "examples":[ "the mare is an Arabian-Thoroughbred cross" ], "synonyms":[ "crossbred", "crossbreed", "hybrid", "intercross", "mongrel" ], "near synonyms":[ "mule", "outcross", "half-bred" ], "near antonyms":[ "full-blood", "pureblood", "purebred", "thoroughbred" ], "antonyms":[] }, "being offspring produced by parents of different races, breeds, species, or genera":{ "examples":[ "raises both purebred and cross lambs" ], "synonyms":[ "cold-blooded", "coldblood", "crossbred", "hybrid", "mixed", "mongrel" ], "near synonyms":[ "grade", "half-bred", "dihybrid", "trihybrid", "crossed", "hybridized", "interbred", "outcrossed" ], "near antonyms":[ "pedigreed", "pedigree", "inbred", "linebred", "straightbred" ], "antonyms":[ "blooded", "full-blood", "full-blooded", "purebred", "thoroughbred" ] }, "easily irritated or annoyed":{ "examples":[ "she was cross all day because of a nagging headache" ], "synonyms":[ "choleric", "crabby", "cranky", "crotchety", "fiery", "grouchy", "grumpy", "irascible", "irritable", "peevish", "perverse", "pettish", "petulant", "prickly", "quick-tempered", "raspy", "ratty", "short-tempered", "snappish", "snappy", "snarky", "snippety", "snippy", "stuffy", "testy", "waspish" ], "near synonyms":[ "bearish", "bilious", "cantankerous", "cross-grained", "curmudgeonly", "disagreeable", "dyspeptic", "ill-humored", "ill-natured", "ill-tempered", "off-color", "off-colored", "ornery", "querulous", "snarly", "surly", "argumentative", "bellicose", "belligerent", "combative", "contentious", "disputatious", "fractious", "fretful", "pugnacious", "quarrelsome", "scrappy", "truculent", "huffy", "pouty", "sensitive", "short", "sulky", "sullen", "tetchy", "thin-skinned", "touchy", "hot-blooded", "passionate" ], "near antonyms":[ "affable", "companionable", "cordial", "extroverted", "extraverted", "friendly", "genial", "gregarious", "outgoing", "sociable", "agreeable", "amiable", "good-natured", "good-tempered", "sweet", "well-disposed", "carefree", "easygoing", "happy-go-lucky", "relaxed", "forbearing", "long-suffering", "obliging", "patient", "stoic", "stoical", "tolerant", "uncomplaining", "understanding" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adjective", "noun", "verb" ] }, "crowning":{ "as in highest , high":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "apical", "apogean", "crestal", "culminating", "high", "highest", "meridian", "apocalyptic", "apocalyptical", "climacteric", "climactic", "critical", "crossover", "crucial", "fateful", "life-and-death", "life-or-death", "vital", "cataclysmal", "cataclysmic", "earthshaking", "epochal", "momentous", "deciding", "decisive", "payoff", "pivotal", "watershed", "go-no-go", "make-or-break" ], "near antonyms":[ "anticlimactic", "anticlimactical", "inconsequential", "indecisive", "insignificant", "noncritical", "trivial", "unimportant" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to bring to a triumphant conclusion":{ "examples":[ "the Olympic Games were crowned by spectacular closing ceremonies" ], "synonyms":[ "capping (off)", "climaxing", "culminating" ], "near synonyms":[ "completing", "concluding", "finishing", "rounding (off or out)", "terminating", "wrapping up" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adjective", "verb" ] }, "crouching":{ "to lie low with the limbs close to the body":{ "examples":[ "the cat crouched in the bushes, waiting for the right moment to pounce on the chipmunk" ], "synonyms":[ "couching", "huddling", "hunching", "hunkering (down)", "scrunching", "squatting", "squinching" ], "near synonyms":[ "curling up" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "cross-examine":{ "as in examine , bombard":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "besiege", "bombard", "cross-question", "examine", "pump", "ask", "catechize", "grill", "inquire (of)", "interrogate", "query", "question", "quiz", "poll", "survey" ], "near antonyms":[ "answer", "reply", "respond", "rejoin", "retort", "comment", "observe", "remark", "avoid", "duck" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "cross-grained":{ "as in surly , cantankerous":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "bearish", "bilious", "cantankerous", "curmudgeonly", "disagreeable", "dyspeptic", "ill-humored", "ill-natured", "ill-tempered", "off-color", "off-colored", "ornery", "querulous", "snarly", "surly", "choleric", "crabby", "cranky", "cross", "crotchety", "fiery", "grouchy", "grumpy", "irascible", "irritable", "peevish", "perverse", "pettish", "petulant", "prickly", "quick-tempered", "raspy", "ratty", "short-tempered", "snappish", "snappy", "snarky", "snippety", "snippy", "stuffy", "testy", "waspish", "argumentative", "bellicose", "belligerent", "combative", "contentious", "disputatious", "fractious", "fretful", "pugnacious", "quarrelsome", "scrappy", "truculent", "huffy", "pouty", "sensitive", "short", "sulky", "sullen", "tetchy", "thin-skinned", "touchy", "hot-blooded", "passionate" ], "near antonyms":[ "affable", "companionable", "cordial", "extroverted", "extraverted", "friendly", "genial", "gregarious", "outgoing", "sociable", "agreeable", "amiable", "good-natured", "good-tempered", "sweet", "well-disposed", "carefree", "easygoing", "happy-go-lucky", "relaxed", "forbearing", "long-suffering", "obliging", "patient", "stoic", "stoical", "tolerant", "uncomplaining", "understanding" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "crofters":{ "as in sharecroppers , yeomen":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "croppers", "gentlemen farmers", "sharecroppers", "subsistence farmers", "tenant farmers", "yeomen", "agriculturists", "agriculturalists", "agronomists", "cultivators", "growers", "planters", "tillers", "farmhands", "field hands", "gleaners", "harvesters", "plowmen", "reapers", "workfolks", "homesteaders", "nesters", "grangers", "rancheros", "ranchers", "ranchmen", "campesinos" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "cross sections":{ "a number of things selected from a group to stand for the whole":{ "examples":[ "a television ratings service that monitors the viewing of a representative cross section of the general population" ], "synonyms":[ "samplers", "samples", "samplings", "selections", "slices" ], "near synonyms":[ "cases", "examples", "exemplars", "exemplifications", "illustrations", "instances", "representatives", "specimens", "archetypes", "classics", "loci classici", "paradigms", "prototypes", "microcosms" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "crossbreds":{ "an offspring of parents with different genes especially when of different races, breeds, species, or genera":{ "examples":[ "a puppy that was clearly a crossbred of a beagle and a dachshund" ], "synonyms":[ "crossbreeds", "crosses", "hybrids", "intercrosses", "mongrels" ], "near synonyms":[ "mules", "outcrosses", "half-breds" ], "near antonyms":[ "full-bloods", "purebloods", "purebreds", "thoroughbreds" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "crowing":{ "having or expressing feelings of joy or triumph":{ "examples":[ "in a crowing speech, the mayor thanked all who had helped get her reelected" ], "synonyms":[ "cock-a-hoop", "crank", "exultant", "exulting", "glorying", "jubilant", "prideful", "proud", "rejoicing", "triumphant" ], "near synonyms":[ "ecstatic", "elated", "euphoric", "arrogant", "boastful", "cocky", "conquering", "victorious", "winning" ], "near antonyms":[ "crestfallen", "defeated", "dejected", "depressed", "disconsolate", "dispirited", "downcast" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to feel or express joy or triumph":{ "examples":[ "being the home of the new Super Bowl champs was the first thing that city residents had to crow about in a very long time" ], "synonyms":[ "delighting", "exuberating", "exulting", "glorying", "joying", "jubilating", "kvelling", "rejoicing", "triumphing" ], "near synonyms":[ "gloating", "preening", "swelling", "boasting", "bragging", "flaunting", "parading", "showing off", "strutting", "swaggering" ], "near antonyms":[ "bemoaning", "bewailing", "grieving", "lamenting", "regretting", "weeping" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to praise or express pride in one's own possessions, qualities, or accomplishments often to excess":{ "examples":[ "the in-your-face crowing by some of the winning athletes at the Olympics was embarrassing" ], "synonyms":[ "blowing", "boasting", "bragging", "bulling", "gasconading", "swaggering", "vaporing", "vaunting" ], "near synonyms":[ "blustering", "haranguing", "puffing", "priding", "gushing", "exulting", "glorying", "rejoicing", "brandishing", "displaying", "exhibiting", "exposing", "flaunting", "glorifying", "parading", "showing off", "magnifying", "maximizing" ], "near antonyms":[ "belittling", "deprecating", "diminishing", "discounting", "laughing off", "minimizing", "playing down", "pooh-poohing", "poohing", "shrugging off", "underrating", "undervaluing", "bemoaning", "lamenting", "mourning", "regretting" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adjective", "verb" ] }, "cronyism":{ "the unfair practice by a powerful person (such as a politician) of giving jobs and other favors to friends":{ "examples":[ "The mayor has been accused of cronyism ." ], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "chauvinism", "favoritism", "nepotism", "bias", "favor", "nonobjectivity", "one-sidedness", "partiality", "parti pris", "partisanship", "ply", "prejudice", "tendentiousness", "self-opinionatedness", "self-partiality", "bent", "inclination", "leaning", "penchant", "predilection", "predisposition", "proclivity", "propensity", "tendency", "preconception", "prejudgment", "prepossession" ], "near antonyms":[ "fairness", "impartiality", "neutrality", "objectivity", "open-mindedness", "unbiasedness", "calm", "detachment", "dispassion", "indifference" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "crow's nests":{ "as in towers , watchtowers":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "aeries", "towers", "watchtowers", "lookouts", "observatories", "outlooks", "overlooks", "promontories" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "croziers":{ "as in crooks , walking sticks":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "crooks", "walking sticks", "whangees", "beetles", "gavels", "hammers", "mallets", "mauls", "sledgehammers", "birches", "crabsticks", "hickories", "rattans", "staves", "switches", "blackjacks", "knobkerries", "maces", "bastinadoes", "bastinades", "batons", "bats", "billies", "billy clubs", "bludgeons", "canes", "clubs", "cudgels", "nightsticks", "rods", "rungs", "saps", "shillelaghs", "shillalahs", "staffs", "staves", "truncheons", "waddies" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "crown jewel":{ "an asset that brings praise or renown":{ "examples":[ "the city's crown jewel is an emerald necklace of lushly landscaped parks" ], "synonyms":[ "boast", "credit", "glory", "honor", "jewel", "pride", "treasure", "trophy" ], "near synonyms":[ "pi\u00e8ce de r\u00e9sistance", "showpiece", "attraction", "feature", "highlight", "distinction", "excellence", "merit", "value", "virtue" ], "near antonyms":[ "disgrace", "dishonor", "blemish", "blot", "defect", "shame", "slur", "smirch", "smudge", "stain", "stigma", "eyesore", "fright", "horror", "mess" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "crosspatch":{ "an irritable and complaining person":{ "examples":[ "that sweet little girl turns into a real crosspatch when she's hungry" ], "synonyms":[ "bear", "bellyacher", "complainer", "crab", "crank", "croaker", "curmudgeon", "fusser", "griper", "grouch", "grouser", "growler", "grumbler", "grump", "murmurer", "mutterer", "sourpuss", "whiner" ], "near synonyms":[ "hunks", "malcontent", "sorehead", "grinch", "killjoy", "party pooper", "spoilsport", "defeatist", "pessimist", "faultfinder", "kicker", "nagger", "nitpicker", "objector", "quibbler", "repiner", "crock", "hypochondriac" ], "near antonyms":[ "optimist", "Pollyanna", "happy camper" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "cross-pollination":{ "as in cross-fertilization":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "cross-fertilization", "interrelationship", "companionship", "company", "commerce", "dealings", "interaction", "intercourse", "relation" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "crosses (out)":{ "to show (something written) to be no longer valid by drawing a cross over or a line through it":{ "examples":[ "cross out the old phone number and write in the new one" ], "synonyms":[ "blue-pencils", "cancels", "deles", "deletes", "edits (out)", "elides", "kills", "scratches (out)", "strikes (out)", "strokes (out)", "x's (out)" ], "near synonyms":[ "blots out", "effaces", "eradicates", "erases", "expunges", "obliterates", "roots (out)", "rubs out", "wipes out", "bleeps", "blips", "clips", "cuts", "excises", "removes", "bowdlerizes", "censors", "cleans (up)", "expurgates", "launders", "redacts", "red-pencils", "abbreviates", "crops", "shortens", "blacks out", "represses", "silences", "suppresses" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "croplands":{ "as in farmlands , farmyards":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "farmlands", "farmyards", "estates", "farms", "farmsteads", "granges", "ranches", "farmhouses", "haciendas", "homesteads", "manors", "plantations", "spreads", "crofts", "smallholdings", "stations", "steadings", "gardens", "orchards" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "crouch":{ "to lie low with the limbs close to the body":{ "examples":[ "the cat crouched in the bushes, waiting for the right moment to pounce on the chipmunk" ], "synonyms":[ "couch", "huddle", "hunch", "hunker (down)", "scrunch", "squat", "squinch" ], "near synonyms":[ "curl up" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "crooking":{ "to cause to turn away from a straight line":{ "examples":[ "crooked a finger" ], "synonyms":[ "arching", "bending", "bowing", "curving", "hooking", "swerving" ], "near synonyms":[ "arcing", "rounding", "incurvating", "incurving", "inflecting", "reflecting", "deflecting", "diverting", "entwining", "kinking", "swirling", "turning", "twining", "twisting", "veering", "warping", "coiling", "curling", "enrolling", "looping", "spiraling", "spiralling", "denting", "dimpling", "meandering", "waving", "weaving", "winding", "declining", "inclining", "sloping" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[ "straightening", "unbending", "uncurling" ] }, "to turn away from a straight line or course":{ "examples":[ "the road suddenly crooked to the left" ], "synonyms":[ "arching", "arcing", "bending", "bowing", "curving", "falling off", "hooking", "rounding", "sweeping", "swerving", "trending", "wheeling" ], "near synonyms":[ "circling", "coiling", "curlicuing", "curling", "looping", "spiraling", "spiralling", "turning", "twisting", "winding", "deviating", "veering" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[ "straightening" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "crosses (up)":{ "to reduce the soundness, effectiveness, or perfection of":{ "examples":[ "your refusal to cooperate will cross up the whole investigation" ], "synonyms":[ "blemishes", "bloodies", "breaks", "compromises", "crabs", "cripples", "damages", "defaces", "disfigures", "endamages", "flaws", "harms", "hurts", "impairs", "injures", "mars", "spoils", "vitiates" ], "near synonyms":[ "deteriorates", "enervates", "enfeebles", "undermines", "weakens", "erodes", "scours", "washes out", "wears (away)", "blights", "tarnishes", "dents", "dings", "dints", "botches", "gums (up)", "queers", "lacerates", "wounds", "disables", "hamstrings", "lames", "maims", "mangles", "mutilates", "torments", "tortures", "annihilates", "bangs up", "bashes", "batters", "clobbers", "crushes", "dashes", "decimates", "demolishes", "desolates", "destroys", "devastates", "does in", "pulverizes", "razes", "ruins", "scourges", "shatters", "smashes", "tears down", "totals", "wastes", "wipes out", "wrecks" ], "near antonyms":[ "cures", "heals", "helps", "rectifies", "rehabilitates", "remedies", "edits", "remodels", "revises", "ameliorates", "betters", "enhances", "enriches", "improves", "meliorates", "perfects", "refines" ], "antonyms":[ "doctors", "fixes", "mends", "patches", "rebuilds", "reconditions", "reconstructs", "renovates", "repairs", "revamps" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "cross-examinations":{ "as in challenges , quizzes":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "challenges", "goings-over", "quizzes", "polls", "questionaries", "questionnaires", "surveys", "rehearings", "reinvestigations", "feelers", "queries", "questions", "self-examinations", "self-explorations", "self-questionings", "self-reflections", "self-scrutinies", "soul-searchings", "hearings", "interrogations", "trials", "checkups", "diagnoses", "inspections", "audits", "checks", "quests", "disquisitions", "examens", "examinations", "explorations", "inquests", "inquiries", "inquisitions", "investigations", "probations", "probes", "probings", "researches", "studies" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "crowding":{ "to fit (people or things) into a tight space":{ "examples":[ "crowded all the boats into the harbor before the storm struck" ], "synonyms":[ "cramming", "crushing", "jamming", "ramming", "sandwiching", "shoehorning", "squeezing", "stuffing", "wedging" ], "near synonyms":[ "filling", "heaping", "jam-packing", "loading", "packing" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "to move upon or fill (something) in great numbers":{ "examples":[ "cars crowded the roads over the long holiday weekend" ], "synonyms":[ "flocking", "mobbing", "swarming", "thronging" ], "near synonyms":[ "besetting", "infesting", "invading", "overrunning", "clogging", "damming", "jamming", "obstructing", "plugging (up)" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "to gather into a closely packed group":{ "examples":[ "everyone crowded around to see the baby being shown off by his proud parents" ], "synonyms":[ "bunching", "clustering", "huddling", "piling", "pressing" ], "near synonyms":[ "assembling", "collecting", "concentering", "concentrating", "conglomerating", "congregating", "convening", "converging", "flocking", "forgathering", "foregathering", "herding", "swarming", "thronging", "encircling", "mobbing", "surrounding", "embracing", "hugging" ], "near antonyms":[ "breaking up", "disbanding", "dispersing", "splitting (up)" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "cropped":{ "to look after or assist the growth of by labor and care":{ "examples":[ "a family that's been cropping potatoes on that piece of land for generations" ], "synonyms":[ "cultivated", "cultured", "dressed", "grew", "promoted", "raised", "reared", "tended" ], "near synonyms":[ "bred", "produced", "propagated", "planted", "sowed", "gathered", "gleaned", "harvested", "reaped", "germinated", "quickened", "ripened", "rooted", "sprouted" ], "near antonyms":[ "killed", "dug", "extirpated", "picked", "plucked", "pulled (up)", "uprooted", "cut", "hayed", "mowed" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to make (something) shorter or smaller with the use of a cutting instrument":{ "examples":[ "grass cropped short by repeated grazing", "cropped the painting to fit the frame" ], "synonyms":[ "bobbed", "clipped", "cut", "cut back", "docked", "lopped (off)", "nipped", "pared", "polled", "pruned", "shaved", "sheared", "snipped", "trimmed" ], "near synonyms":[ "skived", "whittled", "manicured", "mowed", "pinched", "stumped", "curtailed", "shortened" ], "near antonyms":[ "elongated", "extended", "lengthened" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "croon":{ "to produce low, soft musical tones with the voice":{ "examples":[ "croon a lullaby", "a singer crooning onstage" ], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "belt", "harmonize", "hum", "lilt", "quaver", "scat", "sharp", "slur", "trill", "troll", "warble", "yodel", "carol", "chant", "descant", "sing", "vocalize", "serenade" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "as in chorus , serenade":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "aria", "art song", "barcarole", "barcarolle", "blues", "chanson", "chant", "chantey", "chanty", "shanty", "chorus", "descant", "discant", "folk song", "glee", "lullaby", "madrigal", "motet", "part-song", "pop", "rocker", "round", "roundelay", "serenade", "standard", "ballad", "ditty", "jingle", "lay", "lyric", "solo", "song", "vocal", "anthem", "cantata", "canticle", "carol", "chorale", "hymn", "noel", "psalm", "spiritual", "dirge", "lament", "requiem", "threnody", "hallelujah", "paean", "drinking song", "fight song", "torch song", "cover", "medley", "remix" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "crossbar":{ "as in blaze , pinstripe":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "blaze", "pinstripe", "band", "bar", "streak", "stripe" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "crossing (up)":{ "to reduce the soundness, effectiveness, or perfection of":{ "examples":[ "your refusal to cooperate will cross up the whole investigation" ], "synonyms":[ "blemishing", "bloodying", "breaking", "compromising", "crabbing", "crippling", "damaging", "defacing", "disfiguring", "endamaging", "flawing", "harming", "hurting", "impairing", "injuring", "marring", "spoiling", "vitiating" ], "near synonyms":[ "deteriorating", "enervating", "enfeebling", "undermining", "weakening", "eroding", "scouring", "washing out", "wearing (away)", "blighting", "tarnishing", "denting", "dinging", "dinting", "botching", "gumming (up)", "queering", "lacerating", "wounding", "disabling", "hamstringing", "laming", "maiming", "mangling", "mutilating", "tormenting", "torturing", "annihilating", "banging up", "bashing", "battering", "clobbering", "crushing", "dashing", "decimating", "demolishing", "desolating", "destroying", "devastating", "doing in", "pulverizing", "razing", "ruining", "scourging", "shattering", "smashing", "tearing down", "totaling", "totalling", "wasting", "wiping out", "wrecking" ], "near antonyms":[ "curing", "healing", "helping", "rectifying", "rehabilitating", "remedying", "editing", "remodeling", "revising", "ameliorating", "bettering", "enhancing", "enriching", "improving", "meliorating", "perfecting", "refining" ], "antonyms":[ "doctoring", "fixing", "mending", "patching", "rebuilding", "reconditioning", "reconstructing", "renovating", "repairing", "revamping" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "crossing paths (with)":{ "to come upon face-to-face or as if face-to-face":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[ "catching", "chancing (upon)", "encountering", "happening (upon)", "meeting", "stumbling (upon)" ], "near synonyms":[ "accosting", "confronting", "facing", "greeting", "saluting", "colliding (with)", "crashing (into)", "crisscrossing", "crossing", "passing", "hitting (upon)", "lighting (upon)", "tumbling (to)", "reencountering", "re-encountering", "remeeting" ], "near antonyms":[ "avoiding", "dodging", "ducking", "eluding", "escaping", "evading", "shaking", "shunning" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[] }, "cross-stitched":{ "as in embroidered":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "embroidered", "basted", "eased", "felled", "finished", "overcast", "crocheted", "knit", "knitted", "quilted", "mended", "patched", "repaired", "darned", "sewed", "stitched", "sutured" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "crochet":{ "as in knit , quilt":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "knit", "quilt", "cross-stitch", "embroider", "baste", "ease", "fell", "finish", "overcast", "mend", "patch", "repair", "darn", "sew", "stitch", "suture" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "cross fires":{ "an often noisy or angry expression of differing opinions":{ "examples":[ "viewers tune in to witness the weekly cross fire between the liberal and conservative commentators" ], "synonyms":[ "altercations", "argle-bargles", "arguments", "argy-bargies", "battles royal", "battle royals", "battles royale", "battle royales", "bickers", "brawls", "contretemps", "controversies", "disagreements", "disputes", "donnybrooks", "fallings-out", "falling-outs", "fights", "hassles", "imbroglios", "kickups", "misunderstandings", "quarrels", "rhubarbs", "rows", "scraps", "set-tos", "spats", "squabbles", "tiffs", "wrangles" ], "near synonyms":[ "clashes", "run-ins", "skirmishes", "tangles", "tussles", "logomachies", "feuds", "vendettas", "attacks", "contentions", "dissensions", "dissentions", "debates", "differences", "disputations", "fusses", "objections", "protestations", "protests", "affrays", "fisticuffs", "fracases", "fracas", "frays", "free-for-alls", "melees", "m\u00eal\u00e9es", "catfights" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "crown jewels":{ "an asset that brings praise or renown":{ "examples":[ "the city's crown jewel is an emerald necklace of lushly landscaped parks" ], "synonyms":[ "boasts", "credits", "glories", "honors", "jewels", "prides", "treasures", "trophies" ], "near synonyms":[ "pi\u00e8ces de r\u00e9sistance", "showpieces", "attractions", "features", "highlights", "distinctions", "excellences", "merits", "values", "virtues" ], "near antonyms":[ "disgraces", "dishonors", "blemishes", "blots", "defects", "shames", "slurs", "smirches", "smudges", "stains", "stigmas", "stigmata", "eyesores", "frights", "horrors", "messes" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "crocheted":{ "as in knit , quilted":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "knit", "knitted", "quilted", "cross-stitched", "embroidered", "basted", "eased", "felled", "finished", "overcast", "mended", "patched", "repaired", "darned", "sewed", "stitched", "sutured" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "crowds":{ "a great number of persons or creatures massed together":{ "examples":[ "a huge crowd of fans was on hand to greet the returning World Series champions" ], "synonyms":[ "armies", "bikes", "crams", "crushes", "droves", "flocks", "herds", "hordes", "hosts", "legions", "masses", "mobs", "multitudes", "presses", "routs", "scrums", "swarms", "throngs" ], "near synonyms":[ "masses", "millions", "rabblements", "rabbles", "riffraffs", "gaggles", "heaps", "mountains", "piles", "jams", "logjams" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "a group of people sharing a common interest and relating together socially":{ "examples":[ "the fashionable crowd at the polo tournament" ], "synonyms":[ "bodies", "bunches", "circles", "clans", "cliques", "communities", "coteries", "covens", "folds", "gal\u00e8res", "gangs", "klatches", "klatsches", "lots", "networks", "packs", "rings", "sets" ], "near synonyms":[ "charmed circles", "elites", "in-groups", "closed shops", "clubs", "colleges", "fellowships", "guilds", "gilds", "leagues", "organizations", "societies", "camps", "factions", "sects", "sides", "tribes", "messes", "squads", "brotherhoods", "fraternities", "orders", "sisterhoods", "sodalities", "sororities", "communes", "alliances", "blocs", "coalitions", "confederations", "congresses", "councils", "federations", "unions" ], "near antonyms":[ "loners", "individualists" ], "antonyms":[] }, "the body of the community as contrasted with the elite":{ "examples":[ "no national leader was ever more hated by the crowd" ], "synonyms":[ "commoners", "commons", "herds", "hoi polloi", "masses", "millions", "mobs", "multitudes", "people", "plebeians", "plebes", "populaces", "publics", "rank and files" ], "near synonyms":[ "cattle", "proletariats", "rabblements", "rabbles", "ragtag and bobtails", "riffraffs", "routs", "scums", "tag, rag, and bobtails", "tagrag and bobtails", "trash", "unwasheds", "bourgeoisies", "middle classes" ], "near antonyms":[ "gentilities", "gentlefolks", "gentries", "haute mondes", "nobilities", "patriciates", "peerages", "qualities", "royalties", "societies" ], "antonyms":[ "A-lists", "aristocracies", "best", "choices", "corps d'elite", "creams", "elect", "elites", "fat", "flowers", "picks", "pinks", "prides", "upper crusts" ] }, "to fit (people or things) into a tight space":{ "examples":[ "crowded all the boats into the harbor before the storm struck" ], "synonyms":[ "crams", "crushes", "jams", "rams", "sandwiches", "shoehorns", "squeezes", "stuffs", "wedges" ], "near synonyms":[ "fills", "heaps", "jam-packs", "loads", "packs" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "to move upon or fill (something) in great numbers":{ "examples":[ "cars crowded the roads over the long holiday weekend" ], "synonyms":[ "flocks", "mobs", "swarms", "throngs" ], "near synonyms":[ "besets", "infests", "invades", "overruns", "clogs", "dams", "jams", "obstructs", "plugs (up)" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "to gather into a closely packed group":{ "examples":[ "everyone crowded around to see the baby being shown off by his proud parents" ], "synonyms":[ "bunches", "clusters", "huddles", "piles", "presses" ], "near synonyms":[ "assembles", "collects", "concenters", "concentrates", "conglomerates", "congregates", "convenes", "converges", "flocks", "forgathers", "foregathers", "herds", "swarms", "throngs", "encircles", "mobs", "surrounds", "embraces", "hugs" ], "near antonyms":[ "breaks up", "disbands", "disperses", "splits (up)" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "cropping (up)":{ "to come to one's attention especially gradually or unexpectedly":{ "examples":[ "a new issue has just cropped up in the campaign" ], "synonyms":[ "arising", "coming up", "emerging", "materializing", "springing (up)", "surfacing" ], "near synonyms":[ "appearing", "coming out", "showing up", "turning up", "chancing", "coming", "coming about", "falling out", "going off", "going (on)", "happening", "happing", "occurring", "passing", "transpiring", "interfering", "interposing", "intervening", "intruding" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "croppers":{ "a falling short of one's goals":{ "examples":[ "more than a few people were glad to see the obnoxiously smug skater come a cropper at the national championships" ], "synonyms":[ "collapses", "crashes", "defeats", "failures", "fizzles", "nonachievements", "nonsuccesses" ], "near synonyms":[ "futilities", "ineffectualities", "inefficacies", "deficiencies", "inadequacies", "insufficiencies", "disappointments", "letdowns", "setbacks" ], "near antonyms":[ "victories", "wins" ], "antonyms":[ "accomplishments", "achievements", "successes" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "cropping":{ "to look after or assist the growth of by labor and care":{ "examples":[ "a family that's been cropping potatoes on that piece of land for generations" ], "synonyms":[ "cultivating", "culturing", "dressing", "growing", "promoting", "raising", "rearing", "tending" ], "near synonyms":[ "breeding", "producing", "propagating", "planting", "sowing", "gathering", "gleaning", "harvesting", "reaping", "germinating", "quickening", "ripening", "rooting", "sprouting" ], "near antonyms":[ "killing", "digging", "extirpating", "picking", "plucking", "pulling (up)", "uprooting", "cutting", "haying", "mowing" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to make (something) shorter or smaller with the use of a cutting instrument":{ "examples":[ "grass cropped short by repeated grazing", "cropped the painting to fit the frame" ], "synonyms":[ "bobbing", "clipping", "cutting", "cutting back", "docking", "lopping (off)", "nipping", "paring", "polling", "pruning", "shaving", "shearing", "snipping", "trimming" ], "near synonyms":[ "skiving", "whittling", "manicuring", "mowing", "pinching", "stumping", "curtailing", "shortening" ], "near antonyms":[ "elongating", "extending", "lengthening" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "croakers":{ "a person specially trained in healing human medical disorders":{ "examples":[ "ever more ornery as he grew older, he swore that he didn't need some croaker telling him that smoking was bad for his health" ], "synonyms":[ "docs", "doctors", "medicos", "medics", "physicians", "sawbones", "sawboneses" ], "near synonyms":[ "family doctors", "family physicians", "family practitioners", "general practitioners", "anesthesiologists", "dermatologists", "gynecologists", "internists", "neurologists", "ob-gyns", "obstetricians", "ophthalmologists", "orthopedists", "pathologists", "pediatricians", "pediatrists", "physiatrists", "podiatrists", "radiologists", "urologists", "attendings", "clinicians", "hospitalists", "specialists", "plastic surgeons", "surgeons", "interns", "internes", "residents", "aidmen", "nurse-practitioners", "nurses", "EMTs", "paramedics", "paramedicals", "physical therapists", "physiotherapists" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[ "nondoctors", "nonphysicians" ] }, "an irritable and complaining person":{ "examples":[ "she becomes a real croaker when she's overtired" ], "synonyms":[ "bears", "bellyachers", "complainers", "crabs", "cranks", "crosspatches", "curmudgeons", "fussers", "gripers", "grouches", "grousers", "growlers", "grumblers", "grumps", "murmurers", "mutterers", "sourpusses", "whiners" ], "near synonyms":[ "hunks", "malcontents", "soreheads", "grinches", "killjoys", "party poopers", "spoilsports", "defeatists", "pessimists", "faultfinders", "kickers", "naggers", "nitpickers", "objectors", "quibblers", "repiners", "crocks", "hypochondriacs" ], "near antonyms":[ "optimists", "Pollyannas", "happy campers" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "crossness":{ "readiness to show annoyance or impatience":{ "examples":[ "a librarian who had a reputation for chronic crossness" ], "synonyms":[ "biliousness", "choler", "crankiness", "crotchetiness", "grouchiness", "grumpiness", "huffiness", "irascibility", "irascibleness", "irritability", "irritableness", "peevishness", "perverseness", "perversity", "pettishness", "petulance", "testiness", "waspishness" ], "near synonyms":[ "cantankerousness", "crustiness", "curmudgeonliness", "disagreeableness", "dyspepsia", "fretfulness", "orneriness", "sulkiness", "surliness", "aggression", "aggressiveness", "bellicosity", "belligerence", "belligerency", "combativeness", "contentiousness", "contrariness", "disputatiousness", "feistiness", "fight", "pugnaciousness", "pugnacity", "quarrelsomeness", "scrappiness", "truculence", "truculency", "fussiness", "querulousness", "rudeness", "oversensitiveness", "sensitivity", "supersensitivity", "touchiness", "animosity", "antagonism", "antipathy", "fierceness", "hostility", "jaundice", "rancor", "unfriendliness", "anger", "exasperation", "fury", "indignation", "rage", "spleen", "wrath", "hot-bloodedness", "passion" ], "near antonyms":[ "forbearance", "long-suffering", "patience", "tolerance", "understanding", "affability", "agreeableness", "amenity", "amicability", "cordiality", "friendliness", "geniality", "sociability", "amiability", "amiableness", "good-humoredness", "good-naturedness", "good-temperedness", "coolness", "serenity", "tranquillity", "tranquility", "easygoingness", "gentleness", "kindliness", "mildness" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "crotchets":{ "an odd or peculiar habit":{ "examples":[ "her one crotchet is a fondness for eating cookies while soaking in the tub" ], "synonyms":[ "curiosities", "eccentricities", "erraticisms", "idiosyncrasies", "individualisms", "kinks", "mannerisms", "oddities", "peculiarities", "quiddities", "quips", "quirks", "singularities", "tics", "tricks", "twists" ], "near synonyms":[ "affectations", "airs", "attributes", "characteristics", "marks", "properties", "traits", "customs", "habits", "patterns", "practices", "practises", "ways", "wonts", "addictions", "abnormalities", "neuroticisms", "perversions", "dispositions", "geniuses", "genii", "leanings", "partialities", "bents", "inclinations", "penchants", "predilections", "predispositions", "proclivities", "propensities", "tendencies", "turns", "attitudes", "characters", "humors", "identities", "individualities", "natures", "personalities", "temperaments" ], "near antonyms":[ "conformities" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "crosscuts":{ "as in hacksaws , saws":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "hacksaws", "saws", "scissors", "cuts", "gashes", "incises", "rips", "shears", "slashes", "slices", "slits", "cleaves", "rives", "splits", "pierces", "stabs", "bruises", "butchers", "hacks", "haggles", "lacerates", "mangles", "rends", "tears", "carves", "chips", "chisels", "notches", "anatomizes", "dissects", "sections", "chops", "dices", "minces", "amputates", "cuts off", "severs" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "cross-examines":{ "as in examines , bombards":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "besieges", "bombards", "cross-questions", "examines", "pumps", "asks", "catechizes", "grills", "inquires (of)", "interrogates", "queries", "questions", "quizzes", "polls", "surveys" ], "near antonyms":[ "answers", "replies", "responds", "rejoins", "retorts", "comments", "observes", "remarks", "avoids", "ducks" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "cross-questions":{ "as in examines , bombards":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "besieges", "bombards", "cross-examines", "examines", "pumps", "asks", "catechizes", "grills", "inquires (of)", "interrogates", "queries", "questions", "quizzes", "polls", "surveys" ], "near antonyms":[ "answers", "replies", "responds", "rejoins", "retorts", "comments", "observes", "remarks", "avoids", "ducks" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "crop (up)":{ "to come to one's attention especially gradually or unexpectedly":{ "examples":[ "a new issue has just cropped up in the campaign" ], "synonyms":[ "arise", "come up", "emerge", "materialize", "spring (up)", "surface" ], "near synonyms":[ "appear", "come out", "show up", "turn up", "chance", "come", "come about", "fall out", "go (on)", "go off", "hap", "happen", "occur", "pass", "transpire", "interfere", "interpose", "intervene", "intrude" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "crown princes":{ "as in favorite sons":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "favorite sons", "dark horses", "spoilers", "stalking horses", "claimants", "pretenders", "competitors", "contestants", "entrants", "entries", "favorites", "qualifiers", "nominees", "running mates", "applicants", "appliers", "aspirants", "campaigners", "candidates", "contenders", "expectants", "hopefuls", "prospects", "seekers" ], "near antonyms":[ "noncandidates", "incumbents", "officeholders", "awardees", "honorees", "inductees", "dropouts" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "crotchetiness":{ "readiness to show annoyance or impatience":{ "examples":[ "the understandable crotchetiness of an overworked teacher" ], "synonyms":[ "biliousness", "choler", "crankiness", "crossness", "grouchiness", "grumpiness", "huffiness", "irascibility", "irascibleness", "irritability", "irritableness", "peevishness", "perverseness", "perversity", "pettishness", "petulance", "testiness", "waspishness" ], "near synonyms":[ "cantankerousness", "crustiness", "curmudgeonliness", "disagreeableness", "dyspepsia", "fretfulness", "orneriness", "sulkiness", "surliness", "aggression", "aggressiveness", "bellicosity", "belligerence", "belligerency", "combativeness", "contentiousness", "contrariness", "disputatiousness", "feistiness", "fight", "pugnaciousness", "pugnacity", "quarrelsomeness", "scrappiness", "truculence", "truculency", "fussiness", "querulousness", "rudeness", "oversensitiveness", "sensitivity", "supersensitivity", "touchiness", "animosity", "antagonism", "antipathy", "fierceness", "hostility", "jaundice", "rancor", "unfriendliness", "anger", "exasperation", "fury", "indignation", "rage", "spleen", "wrath", "hot-bloodedness", "passion" ], "near antonyms":[ "forbearance", "long-suffering", "patience", "tolerance", "understanding", "affability", "agreeableness", "amenity", "amicability", "cordiality", "friendliness", "geniality", "sociability", "amiability", "amiableness", "good-humoredness", "good-naturedness", "good-temperedness", "coolness", "serenity", "tranquillity", "tranquility", "easygoingness", "gentleness", "kindliness", "mildness" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "crow's nest":{ "as in tower , watchtower":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "aerie", "tower", "watchtower", "lookout", "observatory", "outlook", "overlook", "promontory" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "croons":{ "to produce low, soft musical tones with the voice":{ "examples":[ "croon a lullaby", "a singer crooning onstage" ], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "belts", "harmonizes", "hums", "lilts", "quavers", "scats", "sharps", "slurs", "trills", "trolls", "warbles", "yodels", "carols", "chants", "descants", "sings", "vocalizes", "serenades" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "as in choruses , serenades":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "arias", "arie", "art songs", "barcaroles", "barcarolles", "blues", "chansons", "chanteys", "chanties", "shanties", "chants", "choruses", "descants", "discants", "folk songs", "glees", "lullabies", "madrigals", "motets", "part-songs", "pops", "rockers", "roundelays", "rounds", "serenades", "standards", "ballads", "ditties", "jingles", "lays", "lyrics", "solos", "songs", "vocals", "anthems", "cantatas", "canticles", "carols", "chorales", "hymns", "noels", "psalms", "spirituals", "dirges", "laments", "requiems", "threnodies", "hallelujahs", "paeans", "drinking songs", "fight songs", "torch songs", "covers", "medleys", "remixes" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "cross-fertilization":{ "as in cross-pollination":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "cross-pollination", "interrelationship", "companionship", "company", "commerce", "dealings", "interaction", "intercourse", "relation" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "crossbowmen":{ "as in archers":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "archers", "artillerymen", "cannoneers", "gunners", "mortarmen", "musketeers", "riflemen", "lancers", "pikemen", "spearmen", "jarheads", "marines", "rangers", "Confederates", "Continentals", "Federals", "GIs", "GI's", "guardsmen", "militiamen", "minutemen", "commandos", "commandoes", "raiders", "counterguerrillas", "counterguerillas", "guerrillas", "guerillas", "irregulars", "paramilitaries", "partisans", "partizans", "doughboys", "footmen", "foot soldiers", "grunts", "infantrymen", "combatants", "noncombatants", "carabineers", "carabiniers", "cavaliers", "cavalrymen", "cuirassiers", "dragoons" ], "near antonyms":[ "civilians" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "croaky":{ "harsh and dry in sound":{ "examples":[ "a week of constant coughing left her with a croaky voice" ], "synonyms":[ "coarse", "croaking", "grating", "gravel", "gravelly", "gruff", "hoarse", "husky", "rasping", "raspy", "rusty", "scratchy", "throaty" ], "near synonyms":[ "growling", "growly", "guttural", "abrasive", "cacophonous", "discordant", "grinding", "jarring", "rough", "scraping", "scratching", "cawing", "raucous", "screeching", "squawking", "strident", "choked", "cracked", "strained", "strangled", "dissonant", "inharmonious", "unmelodious", "unmusical" ], "near antonyms":[ "gentle", "gliding", "golden", "liquid", "mellifluent", "mellifluous", "mellow", "soothing", "sweet", "tender", "satiny", "silken", "smooth", "soft", 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"elite", "in-group", "closed shop", "club", "college", "fellowship", "guild", "gild", "league", "organization", "society", "camp", "faction", "sect", "side", "tribe", "mess", "squad", "brotherhood", "fraternity", "order", "sisterhood", "sodality", "sorority", "commune", "alliance", "bloc", "coalition", "confederation", "congress", "council", "federation", "union" ], "near antonyms":[ "loner", "individualist" ], "antonyms":[] }, "the body of the community as contrasted with the elite":{ "examples":[ "no national leader was ever more hated by the crowd" ], "synonyms":[ "commoners", "commons", "herd", "hoi polloi", "mass", "millions", "mob", "multitude", "people", "plebeians", "plebs", "populace", "public", "rank and file" ], "near synonyms":[ "cattle", "proletariat", "rabble", "rabblement", "ragtag and bobtail", "riffraff", "rout", "scum", "tag, rag, and bobtail", "tagrag and bobtail", "trash", "unwashed", "bourgeoisie", "middle class" ], "near antonyms":[ "gentility", "gentlefolk", "gentlefolks", "gentry", "haute monde", "nobility", "patriciate", "peerage", "quality", "royalty", "society" ], "antonyms":[ "A-list", "aristocracy", "best", "choice", "corps d'elite", "cream", "elect", "elite", "fat", "flower", "pick", "pink", "pride", "upper crust" ] }, "to fit (people or things) into a tight space":{ "examples":[ "crowded all the boats into the harbor before the storm struck" ], "synonyms":[ "cram", "crush", "jam", "ram", "sandwich", "shoehorn", "squeeze", "stuff", "wedge" ], "near synonyms":[ "fill", "heap", "jam-pack", "load", "pack" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "to move upon or fill (something) in great numbers":{ "examples":[ "cars crowded the roads over the long holiday weekend" ], "synonyms":[ "flock", "mob", "swarm", "throng" ], "near synonyms":[ "beset", "infest", "invade", "overrun", "clog", "dam", "jam", "obstruct", "plug (up)" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "to gather into a closely packed group":{ "examples":[ "everyone crowded around to see the baby being shown off by his proud parents" ], "synonyms":[ "bunch", "cluster", "huddle", "pile", "press" ], "near synonyms":[ "assemble", "collect", "concenter", "concentrate", "conglomerate", "congregate", "convene", "converge", "flock", "forgather", "foregather", "herd", "swarm", "throng", "encircle", "mob", "surround", "embrace", "hug" ], "near antonyms":[ "break up", "disband", "disperse", "split (up)" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "crossed paths (with)":{ "to come upon face-to-face or as if face-to-face":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[ "caught", "chanced (upon)", "encountered", "happened (upon)", "met", "stumbled (upon)" ], "near synonyms":[ "accosted", "confronted", "faced", "greeted", "saluted", "collided (with)", "crashed (into)", "crisscrossed", "crossed", "passed", "hit (upon)", "lit (upon)", "lighted (upon)", "tumbled (to)", "reencountered", "re-encountered", "remet" ], "near antonyms":[ "avoided", "dodged", "ducked", "eluded", "escaped", "evaded", "shook", "shunned" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[] }, "crowed":{ "to feel or express joy or triumph":{ "examples":[ "being the home of the new Super Bowl champs was the first thing that city residents had to crow about in a very long time" ], "synonyms":[ "delighted", "exuberated", "exulted", "gloried", "joyed", "jubilated", "kvelled", "rejoiced", "triumphed" ], "near synonyms":[ "gloated", "preened", "swelled", "boasted", "bragged", "flaunted", "paraded", "showed off", "strutted", "swaggered" ], "near antonyms":[ "bemoaned", "bewailed", "grieved", "lamented", "regretted", "wept" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to praise or express pride in one's own possessions, qualities, or accomplishments often to excess":{ "examples":[ "the in-your-face crowing by some of the winning athletes at the Olympics was embarrassing" ], "synonyms":[ "blew", "boasted", "bragged", "bulled", "gasconaded", "swaggered", "vapored", "vaunted" ], "near synonyms":[ "blustered", "harangued", "puffed", "prided", "gushed", "exulted", "gloried", "rejoiced", "brandished", "displayed", "exhibited", "exposed", "flaunted", "glorified", "paraded", "showed off", "magnified", "maximized" ], "near antonyms":[ "belittled", "deprecated", "diminished", "discounted", "laughed off", "minimized", "played down", "pooh-poohed", "poohed", "shrugged off", "underrated", "undervalued", "bemoaned", "lamented", "mourned", "regretted" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "crosses":{ "to be unfaithful or disloyal to":{ "examples":[ "people who cross the local mob boss usually are found floating in the river" ], "synonyms":[ "backstabs", "betrays", "double-crosses", "sells (out)", "two-times" ], "near synonyms":[ "gives away", "informs (on)", "peaches", "rats (on)", "shops", "snitches (on)", "splits (on)", "tells (on)", "turns in" ], "near antonyms":[ "defends", "guards", "protects", "safeguards", "saves", "shields" ], "antonyms":[ "stands by" ] }, "to divide by passing through or across":{ "examples":[ "there's a light where that street crosses Main Street" ], "synonyms":[ "bisects", "cuts", "intersects" ], "near synonyms":[ "crisscrosses", "decussates" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "to make one's way through, across, or over":{ "examples":[ "you may have to cross some woods on the way" ], "synonyms":[ "courses", "covers", "cuts (across)", "follows", "goes", "navigates", "passes (over)", "perambulates", "peregrinates", "proceeds (along)", "tracks", "transits", "travels", "traverses" ], "near synonyms":[ "hikes", "traipses", "tramps", "treads", "walks", "rides", "runs", "crisscrosses" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "to enter the mind of":{ "examples":[ "the idea did cross me that he might be pulling my leg" ], "synonyms":[ "comes (to)", "dawns (on)", "occurs (to)", "strikes" ], "near synonyms":[ "recalls", "recollects", "remembers", "reminisces", "cons", "learns", "memorizes", "appears", "arrives", "emerges", "materializes" ], "near antonyms":[ "forgets", "unlearns", "disregards", "ignores", "neglects", "overlooks" ], "antonyms":[] }, "a test of faith, patience, or strength":{ "examples":[ "dyslexia is just my cross to bear, and I accepted it long ago" ], "synonyms":[ "crucibles", "fires", "gauntlets", "gantlets", "ordeals", "trials" ], "near synonyms":[ "baptisms", "initiations", "adversities", "afflictions", "asperities", "misadventures", "mischances", "misfortunes", "mishaps", "privations", "tragedies", "tribulations", "troubles", "vicissitudes", "woes", "acid tests", "litmus tests", "challenges", "complications", "difficulties", "griefs", "grievances", "hardships", "rigors", "annoyances", "discomforts", "inconveniences", "nuisances" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "an offspring of parents with different genes especially when of different races, breeds, species, or genera":{ "examples":[ "the mare is an Arabian-Thoroughbred cross" ], "synonyms":[ "crossbreds", "crossbreeds", "hybrids", "intercrosses", "mongrels" ], "near synonyms":[ "mules", "outcrosses", "half-breds" ], "near antonyms":[ "full-bloods", "purebloods", "purebreds", "thoroughbreds" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "crossbowman":{ "as in archer":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "archer", "artilleryman", "cannoneer", "gunner", "mortarman", "musketeer", "rifleman", "lancer", "pikeman", "spearman", "jarhead", "marine", "ranger", "Confederate", "Continental", "Federal", "GI", "guardsman", "militiaman", "minuteman", "commando", "raider", "counterguerrilla", "counterguerilla", "guerrilla", "guerilla", "irregular", "paramilitary", "partisan", "partizan", "doughboy", "footman", "foot soldier", "grunt", "infantryman", "combatant", "noncombatant", "carabineer", "carabinier", "cavalier", "cavalryman", "cuirassier", "dragoon" ], "near antonyms":[ "civilian" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "cross-question":{ "as in examine , bombard":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "besiege", "bombard", "cross-examine", "examine", "pump", "ask", "catechize", "grill", "inquire (of)", "interrogate", "query", "question", "quiz", "poll", "survey" ], "near antonyms":[ "answer", "reply", "respond", "rejoin", "retort", "comment", "observe", "remark", "avoid", "duck" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "crocking":{ "as in collying":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "collying", "confusing", "disarranging", "disarraying", "disheveling", "dishevelling", "disordering", "draggling", "jumbling", "messing", "muddling", "discoloring", "contaminating", "defiling", "polluting", "tainting", "befouling", "begriming", "bemiring", "besmirching", "blackening", "daubing", "dirtying", "distaining", "fouling", "gauming", "griming", "miring", "mucking", "muddying", "smirching", "smudging", "soiling", "staining", "sullying" ], "near antonyms":[ "cleaning", "cleansing", "decontaminating", "purging", "purifying", "disinfecting", "sanitizing", "brushing", "dry-cleaning", "dusting", "laundering", "mopping", "rinsing", "scouring", "scrubbing", "sweeping", "washing", "wiping", "brightening", "deodorizing", "freshening", "renewing", "sprucing (up)", "straightening (up)", "tidying (up)" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "crossroad":{ "a place where roads meet":{ "examples":[ "the fast-food chain has a restaurant at practically every crossroads" ], "synonyms":[ "carrefour", "corner", "crossing", "crossway(s)", "intersection", "junction" ], "near synonyms":[ "cloverleaf", "interchange", "overpass", "underpass", "circle", "rotary", "roundabout", "traffic circle" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "a time or state of affairs requiring prompt or decisive action":{ "examples":[ "we've come to a crossroads , and we have to make a decision" ], "synonyms":[ "boiling point", "breaking point", "clutch", "conjuncture", "crisis", "crunch", "crunch time", "Dunkirk", "emergency", "exigency", "extremity", "flash point", "head", "juncture", "tinderbox", "zero hour" ], "near synonyms":[ "contingency", "possibility", "climax", "turning point", "happening", "landmark", "milestone", "condition", "pass", "situation", "strait", "deadlock", "impasse", "stalemate", "corner", "fix", "hole", "hot water", "jam", "last ditch", "pinch", "predicament", "scrape", "spot", "eleventh hour", "last minute" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "crosier":{ "as in crook , walking stick":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "crook", "walking stick", "whangee", "beetle", "gavel", "hammer", "mallet", "maul", "sledgehammer", "birch", "crabstick", "hickory", "rattan", "stave", "switch", "blackjack", "knobkerrie", "mace", "bastinado", "bastinade", "bat", "baton", "billy", "billy club", "bludgeon", "cane", "club", "cudgel", "nightstick", "rod", "rung", "sap", "shillelagh", "shillalah", "staff", "truncheon", "waddy" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "crossbreed":{ "an offspring of parents with different genes especially when of different races, breeds, species, or genera":{ "examples":[ "a Siamese crossbreed who was atypically black, but had the build and voice of a Siamese" ], "synonyms":[ "cross", "crossbred", "hybrid", "intercross", "mongrel" ], "near synonyms":[ "mule", "outcross", "half-bred" ], "near antonyms":[ "full-blood", "pureblood", "purebred", "thoroughbred" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "cropland":{ "as in farmland , farmyard":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "farmland", "farmyard", "estate", "farm", "farmstead", "grange", "ranch", "farmhouse", "hacienda", "homestead", "manor", "plantation", "spread", "croft", "smallholding", "station", "steading", "garden", "orchard" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "crossed (up)":{ "to reduce the soundness, effectiveness, or perfection of":{ "examples":[ "your refusal to cooperate will cross up the whole investigation" ], "synonyms":[ "blemished", "bloodied", "broke", "compromised", "crabbed", "crippled", "damaged", "defaced", "disfigured", "endamaged", "flawed", "harmed", "hurt", "impaired", "injured", "marred", "spoiled", "spoilt", "vitiated" ], "near synonyms":[ "deteriorated", "enervated", "enfeebled", "undermined", "weakened", "eroded", "scoured", "washed out", "wore (away)", "blighted", "tarnished", "dented", "dinged", "dinted", "botched", "gummed (up)", "queered", "lacerated", "wounded", "disabled", "hamstrung", "lamed", "maimed", "mangled", "mutilated", "tormented", "tortured", "annihilated", "banged up", "bashed", "battered", "clobbered", "crushed", "dashed", "decimated", "demolished", "desolated", "destroyed", "devastated", "did in", "pulverized", "razed", "ruined", "scourged", "shattered", "smashed", "tore down", "totaled", "totalled", "wasted", "wiped out", "wrecked" ], "near antonyms":[ "cured", "healed", "helped", "rectified", "rehabilitated", "remedied", "edited", "remodeled", "revised", "ameliorated", "bettered", "enhanced", "enriched", "improved", "meliorated", "perfected", "refined" ], "antonyms":[ "doctored", "fixed", "mended", "patched", "rebuilt", "reconditioned", "reconstructed", "renovated", "repaired", "revamped" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "crops":{ "the quantity of an animal or vegetable product gathered at the end of a season":{ "examples":[ "the wheat crop is going to be exceptionally large this year" ], "synonyms":[ "harvests" ], "near synonyms":[ "returns", "yields", "cuts", "cuttings" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "a usually small number of persons considered as a unit":{ "examples":[ "the school's latest crop of graduates is its most academically gifted so far" ], "synonyms":[ "arrays", "bands", "batches", "batteries", "bodies", "boodles", "bunches", "clusters", "clutches", "consorts", "constellations", "groupings", "groups", "huddles", "knots", "lots", "parcels", "parties", "passels" ], "near synonyms":[ "assemblies", "collectives", "congregations", "gatherings", "musters", "organizations", "circles", "clans", "cliques", "coteries", "fellowships", "gangs", "rings", "rounds", "sets", "factions", "guilds", "gilds", "orders", "schools", "sects", "brigades", "crews", "outfits", "phalanxes", "phalanges", "platoons", "posses", "task forces", "teams", "alliances", "blocs", "coalitions", "confederacies", "confederations", "federations", "leagues", "unions", "battalions", "squadrons", "bevies", "broods", "coveys" ], "near antonyms":[ "individuals", "singles" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to look after or assist the growth of by labor and care":{ "examples":[ "a family that's been cropping potatoes on that piece of land for generations" ], "synonyms":[ "cultivates", "cultures", "dresses", "grows", "promotes", "raises", "rears", "tends" ], "near synonyms":[ "breeds", "produces", "propagates", "plants", "sows", "gathers", "gleans", "harvests", "reaps", "germinates", "quickens", "ripens", "roots", "sprouts" ], "near antonyms":[ "kills", "digs", "extirpates", "picks", "plucks", "pulls (up)", "uproots", "cuts", "hays", "mows" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to make (something) shorter or smaller with the use of a cutting instrument":{ "examples":[ "grass cropped short by repeated grazing", "cropped the painting to fit the frame" ], "synonyms":[ "bobs", "clips", "cuts", "cuts back", "docks", "lops (off)", "nips", "pares", "polls", "prunes", "shaves", "shears", "snips", "trims" ], "near synonyms":[ "skives", "whittles", "manicures", "mows", "pinches", "stumps", "curtails", "shortens" ], "near antonyms":[ "elongates", "extends", "lengthens" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "crossroads":{ "a place where roads meet":{ "examples":[ "the fast-food chain has a restaurant at practically every crossroads" ], "synonyms":[ "carrefour", "corner", "crossing", "crossway(s)", "intersection", "junction" ], "near synonyms":[ "cloverleaf", "interchange", "overpass", "underpass", "circle", "rotary", "roundabout", "traffic circle" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "a time or state of affairs requiring prompt or decisive action":{ "examples":[ "we've come to a crossroads , and we have to make a decision" ], "synonyms":[ "boiling point", "breaking point", "clutch", "conjuncture", "crisis", "crunch", "crunch time", "Dunkirk", "emergency", "exigency", "extremity", "flash point", "head", "juncture", "tinderbox", "zero hour" ], "near synonyms":[ "contingency", "possibility", "climax", "turning point", "happening", "landmark", "milestone", "condition", "pass", "situation", "strait", "deadlock", "impasse", "stalemate", "corner", "fix", "hole", "hot water", "jam", "last ditch", "pinch", "predicament", "scrape", "spot", "eleventh hour", "last minute" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "cross-sectional":{ "as in partial , fragmentary":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "divisional", "fragmentary", "partial", "component", "constituent", "local", "localized", "regional", "sectional", "individual", "particular" ], "near antonyms":[ "across-the-board", "blanket", "broad-brush", "common", "general", "generic", "global", "overall", "universal", "all-embracing", "broad", "broad-gauge", "broad-gauged", "broadscale", "comprehensive", "extensive", "inclusionary", "overarching", "pervasive", "sweeping", "ubiquitous", "wholesale", "wide", "widespread", "aggregate", "collective", "complete", "full", "plenary" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "Croesuses":{ "a wealthy person":{ "examples":[ "if you have to ask the price, you're not the Croesus for whom this palatial yacht is intended" ], "synonyms":[ "capitalists", "deep pockets", "fat cats", "haves", "money", "moneybags", "plutocrats", "silk stockings" ], "near synonyms":[ "moneymakers", "money-spinners", "magnates", "nabobs", "tycoons", "billionaires", "gazillionaires", "millionaires", "multibillionaires", "multimillionaires", "multi-millionaires", "multimillionairesses", "multi-millionairesses", "zillionaires", "heiresses", "heirs", "jet-setters", "jeunesse dor\u00e9e" ], "near 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"villains", "wrongdoers", "blackhanders", "button men", "gangsters", "hoodlums", "hooligans", "mobsters", "racketeers", "thugs", "enforcers", "gunmen", "guns", "gunsels", "hit men", "triggermen", "backsliders", "recidivists", "relapsers", "repeaters", "accused", "arrestees", "defendants", "detainees", "fish", "fishes", "suspects" ], "near antonyms":[ "gangbusters", "lawmen" ], "antonyms":[] }, "something that curves or is curved":{ "examples":[ "carried the baby in the crook of her arm" ], "synonyms":[ "angles", "arches", "arcs", "bends", "bows", "curvatures", "curves", "inflections", "turns", "winds" ], "near synonyms":[ "kinks", "warps", "circles", "ringlets", "rings", "rounds", "coils", "curlicues", "curlycues", "curls", "buckles", "convolutions", "flexures", "folds", "loops", "spirals", "swirls", "twists", "windings", "incurvatures", "reflections", "declines", "inclinations", "inclines", "slopes", "corners", "turnoffs", "doglegs", "hairpins" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, 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"noun", "verb" ] }, "crow":{ "to feel or express joy or triumph":{ "examples":[ "being the home of the new Super Bowl champs was the first thing that city residents had to crow about in a very long time" ], "synonyms":[ "delight", "exuberate", "exult", "glory", "joy", "jubilate", "kvell", "rejoice", "triumph" ], "near synonyms":[ "gloat", "preen", "swell", "boast", "brag", "flaunt", "parade", "show off", "strut", "swagger" ], "near antonyms":[ "bemoan", "bewail", "grieve", "lament", "regret", "weep" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to praise or express pride in one's own possessions, qualities, or accomplishments often to excess":{ "examples":[ "the in-your-face crowing by some of the winning athletes at the Olympics was embarrassing" ], "synonyms":[ "blow", "boast", "brag", "bull", "gasconade", "swagger", "vapor", "vaunt" ], "near synonyms":[ "bluster", "harangue", "puff", "pride", "gush", "exult", "glory", "rejoice", "brandish", "display", "exhibit", "expose", "flaunt", "glorify", "parade", "show off", "magnify", "maximize" ], "near antonyms":[ "belittle", "deprecate", "diminish", "discount", "laugh off", "minimize", "play down", "pooh-pooh", "pooh", "shrug off", "underrate", "undervalue", "bemoan", "lament", "mourn", "regret" ], "antonyms":[] }, "as in whoop":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "whoop", "belly laugh", "boff", "boffo", "boffola", "cachinnation", "cackle", "chortle", "chuckle", "giggle", "guffaw", "hee-haw", "horselaugh", "laugh", "laughter", "snicker", "snigger", "titter", "twitter", "grin", "simper", "smile", "smirk" ], "near antonyms":[ "cry", "groan", "moan", "sob", "wail", "face", "frown", "grimace", "lower", "lour", "mouth", "pout", "scowl" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "cross-examined":{ "as in examined , bombarded":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "besieged", "bombarded", "cross-questioned", "examined", "pumped", "asked", "catechized", "grilled", "inquired (of)", "interrogated", "queried", "questioned", "quizzed", "polled", "surveyed" ], "near antonyms":[ "answered", "replied", "responded", "rejoined", "retorted", "commented", "observed", "remarked", "avoided", "ducked" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "crosiers":{ "as in crooks , walking sticks":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "crooks", "walking sticks", "whangees", "beetles", "gavels", "hammers", "mallets", "mauls", "sledgehammers", "birches", "crabsticks", "hickories", "rattans", "staves", "switches", "blackjacks", "knobkerries", "maces", "bastinadoes", "bastinades", "batons", "bats", "billies", "billy clubs", "bludgeons", "canes", "clubs", "cudgels", "nightsticks", "rods", "rungs", "saps", "shillelaghs", "shillalahs", "staffs", "staves", "truncheons", "waddies" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "croaker":{ "a person specially trained in healing human medical disorders":{ "examples":[ "ever more ornery as he grew older, he swore that he didn't need some croaker 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"grouch", "grouser", "growler", "grumbler", "grump", "murmurer", "mutterer", "sourpuss", "whiner" ], "near synonyms":[ "hunks", "malcontent", "sorehead", "grinch", "killjoy", "party pooper", "spoilsport", "defeatist", "pessimist", "faultfinder", "kicker", "nagger", "nitpicker", "objector", "quibbler", "repiner", "crock", "hypochondriac" ], "near antonyms":[ "optimist", "Pollyanna", "happy camper" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "crock":{ "language, behavior, or ideas that are absurd and contrary to good sense":{ "examples":[ "that whole thing about how surprised she was to win the award was a crock" ], "synonyms":[ "applesauce", "balderdash", "baloney", "boloney", "beans", "bilge", "blah", "blah-blah", "blarney", "blather", "blatherskite", "blither", "bosh", "bull", "bunk", "bunkum", "buncombe", "claptrap", "codswallop", "crapola", "drivel", "drool", "fiddle", "fiddle-faddle", "fiddlesticks", "flannel", "flapdoodle", "folderol", "falderal", "folly", "foolishness", "fudge", "garbage", "guff", "hogwash", "hokeypokey", "hokum", "hoodoo", "hooey", "horsefeathers", "humbug", "humbuggery", "jazz", "malarkey", "malarky", "moonshine", "muck", "nerts", "nonsense", "nuts", "piffle", "poppycock", "punk", "rot", "rubbish", "senselessness", "silliness", "slush", "stupidity", "taradiddle", "tarradiddle", "tommyrot", "tosh", "trash", "trumpery", "twaddle" ], "near synonyms":[ "absurdity", "asininity", "fatuity", "foolery", "idiocy", "imbecility", "inaneness", "inanity", "insanity", "kookiness", "lunacy", "absurdness", "craziness", "madness", "witlessness", "hoity-toity", "monkey business", "monkeyshine(s)", "shenanigan(s)", "tomfoolery", "gas", "hot air", "rigmarole", "rigamarole", "double-talk", "greek", "hocus-pocus" ], "near antonyms":[ "levelheadedness", "rationality", "reasonability", "reasonableness", "sensibleness", "common sense", "horse sense", "sense", "discernment", "judgment", "judgement", "wisdom" ], "antonyms":[] }, "as in colly":{ "examples":[], 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antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "crosscutting":{ "as in hacksawing , sawing":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "hacksawing", "scissoring", "cutting", "gashing", "incising", "ripping", "shearing", "slashing", "slicing", "slitting", "cleaving", "riving", "splitting", "piercing", "stabbing", "bruising", "butchering", "hacking", "haggling", "lacerating", "mangling", "rending", "tearing", "carving", "chipping", "chiseling", "chiselling", "notching", "anatomizing", "dissecting", "sectioning", "chopping", "dicing", "mincing", "amputating", "cutting off", "severing" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "crofter":{ "as in sharecropper , yeoman":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "cropper", "gentleman farmer", "sharecropper", "subsistence farmer", "tenant farmer", "yeoman", "agriculturist", "agriculturalist", "agronomist", "cultivator", "grower", "planter", "tiller", "farmhand", "field hand", "gleaner", "harvester", "plowman", "reaper", "workfolk", "workfolks", "homesteader", "nester", "granger", "rancher", "ranchero", "ranchman", "campesino" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "cronies":{ "a person frequently seen in the company of another":{ "examples":[ "the criminal's cronies were also closely questioned about the illegal gambling operation" ], "synonyms":[ "associates", "cohorts", "companions", "compatriots", "compeers", "comrades", "fellows", "hobnobbers", "mates", "running mates" ], "near synonyms":[ "colleagues", "coworkers", "co-workers", "equals", "peers", "workmates", "accomplices", "affiliates", "allies", "collaborators", "confederates", "halves", "partners", "buddies", "chums", "confidants", "familiars", "friends", "hearties", "intimates", "pals", "countrymen", "classmates", "housemates", "messmates", "playfellows", "playmates", "roommates", "roomies", "schoolmates", "shipmates", "teammates", "attendants", "escorts", "hangers-on", "leeches", "parasites" ], 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"ceiling", "roof", "extreme", "extremity", "tip", "vertex", "high", "highlight", "highspot" ], "near antonyms":[ "abyss", "base", "foot", "minimum" ], "antonyms":[ "bottom", "nadir", "rock bottom" ] }, "to bring to a triumphant conclusion":{ "examples":[ "the Olympic Games were crowned by spectacular closing ceremonies" ], "synonyms":[ "cap (off)", "climax", "culminate" ], "near synonyms":[ "complete", "conclude", "finish", "round (off or out)", "terminate", "wrap up" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "crows":{ "to feel or express joy or triumph":{ "examples":[ "being the home of the new Super Bowl champs was the first thing that city residents had to crow about in a very long time" ], "synonyms":[ "delights", "exuberates", "exults", "glories", "joys", "jubilates", "kvells", "rejoices", "triumphs" ], "near synonyms":[ "gloats", "preens", "swells", "boasts", "brags", "flaunts", "parades", "shows off", "struts", "swaggers" ], "near antonyms":[ "bemoans", "bewails", "grieves", "laments", "regrets", "weeps" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to praise or express pride in one's own possessions, qualities, or accomplishments often to excess":{ "examples":[ "the in-your-face crowing by some of the winning athletes at the Olympics was embarrassing" ], "synonyms":[ "blows", "boasts", "brags", "bulls", "gasconades", "swaggers", "vapors", "vaunts" ], "near synonyms":[ "blusters", "harangues", "puffs", "prides", "gushes", "exults", "glories", "rejoices", "brandishes", "displays", "exhibits", "exposes", "flaunts", "glorifies", "parades", "shows off", "magnifies", "maximizes" ], "near antonyms":[ "belittles", "deprecates", "diminishes", "discounts", "laughs off", "minimizes", "plays down", "pooh-poohs", "poohs", "shrugs off", "underrates", "undervalues", "bemoans", "laments", "mourns", "regrets" ], "antonyms":[] }, "as in whoops":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "whoops", "belly laughs", "boffolas", "boffs", "boffos", "cachinnations", "cackles", "chortles", "chuckles", "giggles", "guffaws", "hee-haws", "horselaughs", "laughs", "laughters", "snickers", "sniggers", "titters", "twitters", "grins", "simpers", "smiles", "smirks" ], "near antonyms":[ "cries", "groans", "moans", "sobs", "wails", "faces", "frowns", "grimaces", "lowers", "lours", "mouths", "pouts", "scowls" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "cross-stitching":{ "as in embroidering":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "embroidering", "basting", "easing", "felling", "finishing", "overcasting", "crocheting", "knitting", "quilting", "mending", "patching", "repairing", "darning", "sewing", "stitching", "suturing" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "crown prince":{ "as in favorite son":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "favorite son", "dark horse", "spoiler", "stalking horse", "claimant", "pretender", "competitor", "contestant", "entrant", "entry", "favorite", "qualifier", "nominee", "running mate", "applicant", "applier", "aspirant", "campaigner", "candidate", "contender", "expectant", "hopeful", "prospect", "seeker" ], "near antonyms":[ "noncandidate", "incumbent", "officeholder", "awardee", "honoree", "inductee", "dropout" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "croquettes":{ "a small usually rounded mass of minced food that has been fried":{ "examples":[ "a fish croquette that tasted more of filler than of fish" ], "synonyms":[ "cakes", "cutlets", "fritters", "galettes", "patties" ], "near synonyms":[ "fingers", "sticks", "g\u00e2teaux", "gateaux", "gateaus" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "crofts":{ "as in commons":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "commons", "clearings", "fields", "grounds", "lots", "parcels", "plats", "plots", "tracts", "grasses", "green", "greenswards", "lawns", "glades", "grasslands", "heathlands", "heaths", "leas", "leys", "meadows", "moors", "pasturelands", "pastures" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "as in stations , steadings":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "smallholdings", "stations", "steadings", "farmhouses", "haciendas", "homesteads", "manors", "plantations", "spreads", "gardens", "orchards", "croplands", "farmlands", "farmyards", "estates", "farms", "farmsteads", "granges", "ranches" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "crosses paths (with)":{ "to come upon face-to-face or as if face-to-face":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[ "catches", "chances (upon)", "encounters", "happens (upon)", "meets", "stumbles (upon)" ], "near synonyms":[ "accosts", "confronts", "faces", "greets", "salutes", "collides (with)", "crashes (into)", "crisscrosses", "crosses", "passes", "hits (upon)", "lights (upon)", "tumbles (to)", "reencounters", "remeets" ], "near antonyms":[ "avoids", "dodges", "ducks", "eludes", "escapes", "evades", "shakes", "shuns" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[] }, "crossings":{ "a journey over water in a 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"rejoining", "retorting", "commenting", "observing", "remarking", "avoiding", "ducking" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "crossbars":{ "as in blazes , pinstripes":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "blazes", "pinstripes", "bands", "bars", "streaks", "stripes" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "crosswise":{ "in a line or direction running from corner to corner":{ "examples":[ "first cut the sandwiches crosswise and then trim the crusts" ], "synonyms":[ "athwart", "bias", "cornerways", "cornerwise", "crossways", "diagonally", "kitty-corner", "catty-corner", "catercorner", "kitty-cornered", "catty-cornered", "catercornered", "obliquely", "transversely" ], "near synonyms":[ "across" ], "near antonyms":[ "lengthwise", "longitudinally" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adverb" ] }, "crones":{ "a mean or ugly old woman":{ "examples":[ "a run-down house that was inhabited by a cantankerous crone who kept to herself" ], "synonyms":[ "beldams", "beldames", "carlines", "carlins", "hags", "hellcats", "trots", "witches" ], "near synonyms":[ "harpies", "shrews", "viragoes", "viragos" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "crockery":{ "articles made of baked clay":{ "examples":[ "a display of beautifully hand-painted crockery on the kitchen countertop" ], "synonyms":[ "earthenware", "pottery", "stoneware" ], "near synonyms":[ "ceramics", "china", "ironstone china", "porcelain", "redware" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "crotchety":{ "easily irritated or annoyed":{ "examples":[ "I get crotchety after a long day at work" ], "synonyms":[ "choleric", "crabby", "cranky", "cross", "fiery", "grouchy", "grumpy", "irascible", "irritable", "peevish", "perverse", "pettish", "petulant", "prickly", "quick-tempered", "raspy", "ratty", "short-tempered", "snappish", "snappy", "snarky", "snippety", "snippy", "stuffy", "testy", "waspish" ], "near synonyms":[ "bearish", "bilious", "cantankerous", "cross-grained", "curmudgeonly", "disagreeable", "dyspeptic", "ill-humored", "ill-natured", "ill-tempered", "off-color", "off-colored", "ornery", "querulous", "snarly", "surly", "argumentative", "bellicose", "belligerent", "combative", "contentious", "disputatious", "fractious", "fretful", "pugnacious", "quarrelsome", "scrappy", "truculent", "huffy", "pouty", "sensitive", "short", "sulky", "sullen", "tetchy", "thin-skinned", "touchy", "hot-blooded", "passionate" ], "near antonyms":[ "affable", "companionable", "cordial", "extroverted", "extraverted", "friendly", "genial", "gregarious", "outgoing", "sociable", "agreeable", "amiable", "good-natured", "good-tempered", "sweet", "well-disposed", "carefree", "easygoing", "happy-go-lucky", "relaxed", "forbearing", "long-suffering", "obliging", "patient", "stoic", "stoical", "tolerant", "uncomplaining", "understanding" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "cropper":{ "a falling short of one's goals":{ "examples":[ "more than a few people were glad to see the obnoxiously smug skater come a cropper at the national championships" ], "synonyms":[ "collapse", "crash", "defeat", "failure", "fizzle", "nonachievement", "nonsuccess" ], "near synonyms":[ "futility", "uselessness", "ineffectiveness", "ineffectuality", "ineffectualness", "inefficaciousness", "inefficacy", "deficiency", "inadequacy", "inadequateness", "insufficiency", "disappointment", "letdown", "setback" ], "near antonyms":[ "victory", "win" ], "antonyms":[ "accomplishment", "achievement", "success" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "croaking":{ "harsh and dry in sound":{ "examples":[ "a croaking voice from smoking too many cigarettes" ], "synonyms":[ "coarse", "croaky", "grating", "gravel", "gravelly", "gruff", "hoarse", "husky", "rasping", "raspy", "rusty", "scratchy", "throaty" ], "near synonyms":[ "growling", "growly", "guttural", "abrasive", "cacophonous", "discordant", "grinding", "jarring", "rough", "scraping", "scratching", "cawing", "raucous", "screeching", "squawking", "strident", "choked", "cracked", "strained", "strangled", "dissonant", "inharmonious", "unmelodious", "unmusical" ], "near antonyms":[ "gentle", "gliding", "golden", "liquid", "mellifluent", "mellifluous", "mellow", "soothing", "sweet", "tender", "satiny", "silken", "smooth", "soft", "velvety", "euphonious", "lyric", "lyrical", "melodic", "melodious", "musical" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to express dissatisfaction, pain, or resentment usually tiresomely":{ "examples":[ "the cranky patient was always croaking to the nurses about something" ], "synonyms":[ "beefing", "bellyaching", "bitching", "bleating", "carping", "caterwauling", "complaining", "crabbing", "fussing", "griping", "grizzling", "grouching", "grousing", "growling", "grumbling", "grumping", "hollering", "inveighing", "keening", "kicking", "kvetching", "maundering", "moaning", "murmuring", "muttering", "nagging", "repining", "screaming", "squawking", "squealing", "wailing", "whimpering", "whinging", "whingeing", "whining", "yammering", "yawping", "yauping", "yowling" ], "near synonyms":[ "objecting (to)", "protesting", "quarreling (with)", "quarrelling (with)", "caviling", "cavilling", "quibbling", "fretting", "stewing", "worrying", "blubbering", "crying", "sobbing", "bemoaning", "bewailing", "deploring", "lamenting" ], "near antonyms":[ "accepting", "bearing", "countenancing", "enduring", "taking", "tolerating", "applauding", "cheering", "commending" ], "antonyms":[ "crowing", "delighting", "rejoicing" ] }, "to stop living":{ "examples":[ "I wouldn't go around saying your great-grandmother \" croaked \"" ], "synonyms":[ "checking out", "conking (out)", "deceasing", "demising", "departing", "dropping", "dying", "ending", "exiting", "expiring", "falling", "flatlining", "going", "kicking in", "kicking off", "parting", "passing away", "passing (on)", "pegging out", "perishing", "popping off", "stepping out", "succumbing" ], "near synonyms":[ "predeceasing", "consuming", "disappearing", "drying up", "fading", "failing" ], "near antonyms":[ "coming to", "reviving", "lingering", "being", "existing", "subsisting", "flourishing", "prospering", "thriving" ], "antonyms":[ "breathing", "living" ] }, "to deprive of life":{ "examples":[ "\"I croaked the old bugger,\" he bragged" ], "synonyms":[ "carrying off", "claiming", "destroying", "dispatching", "doing in", "felling", "killing", "slaying", "taking" ], "near synonyms":[ "bumping off", "butchering", "cutting down", "finishing", "getting", "icing", "knocking off", "murdering", "neutralizing", "offing", "putting away", "rubbing out", "scragging", "snuffing", "taking out", "wasting", "whacking", "annihilating", "blotting out", "decimating", "killing off", "massacring", "mowing", "slaughtering", "smiting", "assassinating", "executing", "martyring", "terminating", "euthanizing", "euthanatizing", "putting down", "suiciding" ], "near antonyms":[ "raising", "restoring", "resurrecting", "resuscitating", "reviving", "nurturing" ], "antonyms":[ "animating" ] }, "to put to death deliberately":{ "examples":[ "hooligans had croaked the street corner wino just for the hell of it" ], "synonyms":[ "assassinating", "bumping off", "dispatching", "doing in", "executing", "getting", "icing", "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":[ "adjective", "verb" ] } }