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"microsecond", "nanosecond" ], "antonyms":[] }, "a two-wheeled vehicle that is propelled by the use of pedals and steered through the use of handlebars":{ "examples":[ "a top-of-the-line cycle incorporating the latest technology" ], "synonyms":[ "bicycle", "bike", "push-bike", "push bicycle", "two-wheeler", "velocipede" ], "near synonyms":[ "mountain bike", "tandem bicycle", "ten-speed" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "cyclopaedias":{ "as in dictionaries , encyclopedias":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "catalogs", "catalogues", "dictionaries", "encyclopedias", "books", "tomes", "volumes", "hardbacks", "hardcovers", "paperbacks", "paperbounds", "papers", "pocket books", "pocket editions", "softbacks", "softcovers", "trade books", "trade editions", "folios", "quartos", "guidebooks", "handbooks", "how-tos", "manuals", "monographs", "primers", "textbooks", "texts", "tracts", "treatises", "novelettes", "novels", "pulps", "albums", "almanacs", 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"doorway", "gate", "gateway", "hatch", "portal", "walk", "walkway", "artery", "boulevard", "bypass", "drive", "expressway", "freeway", "high road", "highway", "pass", "passageway", "pike", "road", "roadway", "routeway", "row", "street", "thoroughfare", "turnpike", "bypath", "byway", "lane", "laneway", "approach", "avenue", "passage", "path", "route", "way" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "cyclopedia":{ "as in dictionary , encyclopedia":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "catalog", "catalogue", "dictionary", "encyclopedia", "book", "tome", "volume", "hardback", "hardcover", "paper", "paperback", "paperbound", "pocket book", "pocket edition", "softback", "softcover", "trade book", "trade edition", "folio", "quarto", "guidebook", "handbook", "how-to", "manual", "monograph", "primer", "text", "textbook", "tract", "treatise", "novel", "novelette", "pulp", "album", "almanac", "anthology", "casebook", "chapbook", "omnibus", "picture book" ], "near 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books" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "cyclopean":{ "unusually large":{ "examples":[ "a cyclopean granite statue that the dictator himself had commissioned" ], "synonyms":[ "astronomical", "astronomic", "Brobdingnagian", "bumper", "colossal", "cosmic", "cosmical", "elephantine", "enormous", "galactic", "gargantuan", "giant", "gigantesque", "gigantic", "grand", "herculean", "heroic", "heroical", "Himalayan", "huge", "humongous", "humungous", "immense", "jumbo", "king-size", "king-sized", "leviathan", "mammoth", "massive", "mega", "mighty", "monster", "monstrous", "monumental", "mountainous", "oceanic", "pharaonic", "planetary", "prodigious", "super", "super-duper", "supersize", "supersized", "titanic", "tremendous", "vast", "vasty", "walloping", "whacking", "whopping" ], "near synonyms":[ "big", "bulky", "considerable", "extensive", "good", "goodly", "great", "gross", "handsome", "hefty", "hulking", "largish", "major", "outsize", "outsized", "overgrown", "oversize", "oversized", "sizable", "sizeable", "substantial", "tidy", "voluminous", "august", "formidable", "grandiose", "imposing", "lofty", "majestic", "cavernous", "monolithic", "overwhelming", "staggering", "stupendous", "towering", "boundless", "immeasurable", "infinite" ], "near antonyms":[ "little", "mini", "petite", "pint-size", "pint-sized", "puny", "small", "smallish", "undersized", "undersize", "dinky", "dwarfish", "half-pint" ], "antonyms":[ "bantam", "bitty", "diminutive", "infinitesimal", "Lilliputian", "little bitty", "micro", "microminiature", "microscopic", "microscopical", "midget", "miniature", "minuscule", "minute", "pocket", "pygmy", "teensy", "teensy-weensy", "teeny", "teeny-weeny", "tiny", "wee" ] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "cyclone cellar":{ "as in storm cellar":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "storm cellar", "bunker", "crawlway", "foundation", "hold", "vault", "cellarage", "basement", "cellar" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, 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