{ "defaced":{ "as in disfigured":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "disfigured", "deformed", "distorted", "malformed", "misshapen", "monstrous", "shapeless", "aberrant", "abnormal", "freakish", "mutant", "asymmetrical", "asymmetric", "crooked", "disproportionate", "irregular", "lopsided", "nonsymmetrical", "overbalanced", "unbalanced", "unequal", "horrible", "horrific", "terrible", "ugly", "unattractive" ], "near antonyms":[ "undeformed", "shapely", "flawless", "perfect" ], "antonyms":[] }, "as in damaged , mutilated":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "damaged", "disintegrated", "dynamited", "mangled", "mutilated", "demolished", "destroyed", "devastated", "pulverized", "ruinate", "ruined", "wrecked", "eradicated", "exterminated", "extirpated", "obliterated", "wiped out", "collapsed", "imploded", "breakable", "brittle", "delicate", "fragile", "frail", "frangible", "cracked", "slivered", "splintered", "split", "blasted", "detonated", "exploded", "broken", "busted", "fractured", "fragmented", "shattered", "smashed" ], "near antonyms":[ "unbroken", "fixed", "healed", "mended", "patched", "rebuilt", "reconstructed", "repaired", "infrangible", "unbreakable" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to deliberately cause the damage or destruction of another's property":{ "examples":[ "the principal vowed to get the punks who defaced the statue in front of the school" ], "synonyms":[ "trashed", "vandalized" ], "near synonyms":[ "desecrated", "violated", "graffitied", "tagged", "banged up", "broke", "damaged", "harmed", "hurt", "impaired", "marred", "shattered", "spoiled", "spoilt", "annihilated", "demolished", "destroyed", "devastated", "ravaged", "ravened", "razed", "ruined", "scourged", "smashed", "tore down", "totaled", "totalled", "wasted", "wiped out", "wracked", "wrecked", "sabotaged", "depredated", "despoiled", "looted", "marauded", "pillaged", "plundered", "ransacked", "sacked", "spoliated" ], "near antonyms":[ "conserved", "preserved", "protected", "saved", "salvaged", "built", "rebuilt" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to reduce the soundness, effectiveness, or perfection of":{ "examples":[ "years of wear had defaced the fine engraving on the coins" ], "synonyms":[ "blemished", "bloodied", "broke", "compromised", "crabbed", "crippled", "crossed (up)", "damaged", "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":[ "adjective", "verb" ] }, "defaces":{ "to deliberately cause the damage or destruction of another's property":{ "examples":[ "the principal vowed to get the punks who defaced the statue in front of the school" ], "synonyms":[ "trashes", "vandalizes" ], "near synonyms":[ "desecrates", "violates", "graffitis", "tags", "bangs up", "breaks", "damages", "harms", "hurts", "impairs", "mars", "shatters", "spoils", "annihilates", "demolishes", "destroys", "devastates", "ravages", "ravens", "razes", "ruins", "scourges", "smashes", "tears down", "totals", "wastes", "wipes out", "wracks", "wrecks", "sabotages", "depredates", "despoils", "loots", "marauds", "pillages", "plunders", "ransacks", "sacks", "spoliates" ], "near antonyms":[ "conserves", "preserves", "protects", "saves", "salvages", "builds", "rebuilds" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to reduce the soundness, effectiveness, or perfection of":{ "examples":[ "years of wear had defaced the fine engraving on the coins" ], "synonyms":[ "blemishes", "bloodies", "breaks", "compromises", "crabs", "cripples", "crosses (up)", "damages", "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" ] }, "defamations":{ "the making of false statements that damage another's reputation":{ "examples":[ "accused the newspaper columnist of defamation of character" ], "synonyms":[ "aspersing", "blackening", "calumniation", "calumny", "character assassination", "defaming", "libel", "libeling", "libelling", "maligning", "slander", "smearing", "traducing", "vilification", "vilifying" ], "near synonyms":[ "aspersion", "innuendo", "muck", "mud", "smear", "backbiting", "detraction", "abuse", "invective", "vituperation", "attack", "censure", "criticism", "denunciation", "hatchet job", "contempt", "disdain", "scorn", "belittlement", "denigration", "disparagement", "cattiness", "despite", "hatefulness", "malevolence", "malice", "maliciousness", "malignancy", "malignity", "meanness", "nastiness", "spite", "spitefulness", "spleen", "venom", "viciousness" ], "near antonyms":[ "acclaim", "accolade", "applause", "commendation", "praise", "esteem", "honor", "respect", "adulation", "flattery", "adoration", "reverence", "veneration", "worship" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "defames":{ "to make untrue and harmful statements about":{ "examples":[ "of course I want to win the election, but I refuse to defame my opponent in order to do so" ], "synonyms":[ "asperses", "blackens", "calumniates", "libels", "maligns", "slanders", "smears", "traduces", "vilifies" ], "near synonyms":[ "belittles", "denigrates", "detracts", "disparages", "discredits", "disgraces", "dishonors", "shames", "abases", "debases", "degrades", "humbles", "humiliates", "disdains", "scorns" ], "near antonyms":[ "exalts", "glorifies", "honors", "acclaims", "applauds", "commends", "praises", "esteems", "respects", "admires", "regards", "adores", "reveres", "venerates", "worships" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to make a claim of wrongdoing against":{ "examples":[ "so the harmless old woman was defamed of witchcraft" ], "synonyms":[ "accuses", "charges", "criminates", "impeaches", "incriminates", "indicts" ], "near synonyms":[ "blames", "calls (on)", "castigates", "censures", "condemns", "criticizes", "damns", "denounces", "faults", "impugns", "reproaches", "reprobates", "chides", "rebukes", "reproves", "taxes", "appeals", "arraigns", "books", "cites", "summons", "prosecutes", "sues", "tries", "frames", "implicates", "inculpates", "informs (against)", "names", "reports", "recriminates", "retaliates" ], "near antonyms":[ "advocates", "champions", "defends", "excuses", "forgives", "justifies", "pardons", "remits", "shrives" ], "antonyms":[ "absolves", "acquits", "clears", "exculpates", "exonerates", "vindicates" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "defeat":{ "a falling short of one's goals":{ "antonyms":[ "accomplishment", "achievement", "success" ], "examples":[ "truly disheartened by the defeat of his plans to revitalize downtown" ], "near antonyms":[ "victory", "win" ], "related":[ "futility", "uselessness", "ineffectiveness", "ineffectuality", "ineffectualness", "inefficaciousness", "inefficacy", "deficiency", "inadequacy", "inadequateness", "insufficiency", "disappointment", "letdown", "setback" ], "synonyms":[ "collapse", "crash", "cropper", "failure", "fizzle", "nonachievement", "nonsuccess" ] }, "failure to win a contest":{ "antonyms":[ "success", "triumph", "victory", "win" ], "examples":[ "sore losers still griping about their defeat in the basketball game earlier that week" ], "near antonyms":[ "accomplishment", "achievement", "blowout", "cakewalk", "landslide", "romp", "runaway", "sweep", "walkaway", "walkover" ], "related":[ "collapse", "debacle", "d\u00e9b\u00e2cle", "failure", "fiasco", "fizzle", "flop", "nonsuccess", "setback", "upset", "lurch", "shutout", "washout", "whitewash" ], "synonyms":[ "beating", "drubbing", "licking", "loss", "lump", "overthrow", "plastering", "rout", "shellacking", "trimming", "trouncing", "whipping" ] }, "to achieve a victory over":{ "antonyms":[ "lose (to)" ], "examples":[ "they defeated their archrivals easily and moved into the next round of the play-offs" ], "near antonyms":[ "fall", "give up", "go down", "go under", "collapse", "fail", "flop", "flunk", "fold", "wash out" ], "related":[ "sweep", "edge (out)", "nose out", "pip", "annihilate", "blow away", "blow out", "bomb", "break", "bury", "clobber", "cream", "crush", "drub", "finish", "flatten", "overwhelm", "rout", "shellac", "skin", "slaughter", "smoke", "snow under", "thrash", "trounce", "upset", "wallop", "wax", "whip", "cap", "excel", "flourish", "score", "succeed", "knock off", "knock over", "overpower", "overthrow", "subjugate", "unseat", "vanquish", "ace (out)", "better", "eclipse", "exceed", "excel", "outdistance", "outdo", "outfight", "outshine", "outstrip", "overtop", "surpass", "top", "transcend" ], "synonyms":[ "beat", "best", "conquer", "dispatch", "do down", "get", "get around", "lick", "master", "overbear", "overcome", "overmatch", "prevail (over)", "skunk", "stop", "subdue", "surmount", "take", "trim", "triumph (over)", "upend", "win (against)", "worst" ] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "defeated":{ "as in depressed , dejected":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "crestfallen", "dejected", "depressed", "disconsolate", "dispirited", "downcast" ], "near antonyms":[ "cock-a-hoop", "crank", "crowing", "exultant", "exulting", "glorying", "jubilant", "prideful", "proud", "rejoicing", "triumphant", "ecstatic", "elated", "euphoric", "arrogant", "boastful", "cocky" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to achieve a victory over":{ "examples":[ "they defeated their archrivals easily and moved into the next round of the play-offs" ], "synonyms":[ "beat", "bested", "conquered", "did down", "dispatched", "got", "got around", "licked", "mastered", "overbore", "overcame", "overmatched", "prevailed (over)", "skunked", "stopped", "subdued", "surmounted", "took", "trimmed", "triumphed (over)", "upended", "won (against)", "worsted" ], "near synonyms":[ "swept", "edged (out)", "nosed out", "pipped", "annihilated", "blew away", "blew out", "bombed", "broke", "buried", "clobbered", "creamed", "crushed", "drubbed", "finished", "flattened", "overwhelmed", "routed", "shellacked", "skinned", "slaughtered", "smoked", "snowed under", "thrashed", "trounced", "upset", "walloped", "waxed", "whipped", "capped", "excelled", "flourished", "scored", "succeeded", "knocked off", "knocked over", "overpowered", "overthrew", "subjugated", "unseated", "vanquished", "aced (out)", "bettered", "eclipsed", "exceeded", "excelled", "outdid", "outdistanced", "outfought", "outshone", "outshined", "outstripped", "overtopped", "surpassed", "topped", "transcended" ], "near antonyms":[ "fell", "gave up", "went down", "went under", "collapsed", "failed", "flopped", "flunked", "folded", "washed out" ], "antonyms":[ "lost (to)" ] }, "type":[ "adjective", "verb" ] }, "defecting":{ "as in renegade , apostate":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "apostate", "renegade", "free-spirited", "freethinking", "nontraditional", "schismatic", "schismatical", "sectarian", "separatist", "dissentient", "dissenting", "dissident", "heretical", "heretic", "heterodox", "iconoclastic", "maverick", "nonconformist", "nonorthodox", "out-there", "unconventional", "unorthodox" ], "near antonyms":[ "conforming", "conformist", "conventional", "orthodox" ], "antonyms":[] }, "as in emigrating":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "emigrating", "journeying", "peregrinating", "pilgrimaging", "touring", "traveling", "travelling", "trekking", "tripping", "voyaging", "road-tripping", "transferring", "gallivanting", "galavanting", "hopping", "jaunting", "knocking (about)", "perambulating", "rambling", "roaming", "roving", "traipsing", "wandering", "migrating", "relocating", "resettling" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adjective", "verb" ] }, "defective":{ "having a fault":{ "examples":[ "promptly took the defective microwave oven back to the store for a replacement" ], "synonyms":[ "amiss", "bad", "faulty", "flawed", "imperfect" ], "near synonyms":[ "fallible", "blemished", "broken", "crippled", "damaged", "defaced", "disfigured", "harmed", "hurt", "impaired", "injured", "marred", "spoiled", "vitiated", "deficient", "inadequate", "incomplete", "insufficient", "wanting" ], "near antonyms":[ "complete", "entire", "intact", "whole", "unblemished", "undamaged", "unimpaired", "unspoiled" ], "antonyms":[ "faultless", "flawless", "impeccable", "perfect" ] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "defendant":{ "a person who is being sued or accused of a crime in a court of law":{ "examples":[ "The jury believed that the defendant was guilty." ], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "accused", "arrestee", "detainee", "fish", "suspect", "criminal", "crook", "culprit", "lawbreaker", "malefactor", "miscreant", "offender", "misdemeanant", "accomplice", "principal", "desperado", "outlaw", "convict", "jailbird", "perp", "perpetrator", "evildoer", "gallows bird", "misdoer", "misfeasor", "sinner", "transgressor", "trespasser", "villain", "wrongdoer", "blackhander", "button man", "gangster", "hoodlum", "hooligan", "mobster", "racketeer", "thug", "enforcer", "gun", "gunman", "gunsel", "hit man", "triggerman", "backslider", "recidivist", "relapser", "repeater" ], "near antonyms":[ "gangbuster", "lawman" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "defenestrating":{ "as in pink-slipping , terminating":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "defenselessness":{ "the quality or state of having little resistance to some outside agent":{ "examples":[ "our utter defenselessness against the rising floodwaters quickly became apparent" ], "synonyms":[ "susceptibility", "vulnerability", "weakness" ], "near synonyms":[ "helplessness", "powerlessness", "passiveness", "passivity", "feebleness", "frailness", "frailty", "infirmity", "exposure", "liability", "openness", "predisposition", "proneness", "sensitivity", "receptiveness", "receptivity", "easiness", "gullibility", "na\u00efvet\u00e9", "naivete", "naivet\u00e9", "credulity", "credulousness" ], "near antonyms":[ "immunity", "impenetrability", "indomitability", "indomitableness", "invincibility" ], "antonyms":[ "invulnerability" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "defensible":{ "capable of being defended against physical attack":{ "examples":[ "the pioneers retreated to a defensible hillside to take a stand against the raiders" ], "synonyms":[ "defendable", "tenable" ], "near synonyms":[ "defended", "guarded", "protected", "safeguarded", "secure", "secured", "shielded", "bulletproof", "impregnable", "indomitable", "invincible", "inviolable", "invulnerable", "unassailable", "unbeatable", "unconquerable", "untouchable" ], "near antonyms":[ "vincible", "vulnerable", "assailable", "exposed", "imperiled", "imperilled", "insecure", "liable", "open", "susceptible", "undefended", "unguarded", "unprotected", "unsecured", "defenseless", "helpless", "powerless", "weak" ], "antonyms":[ "indefensible", "untenable" ] }, "capable of being defended with good reasoning against verbal attack":{ "examples":[ "there's simply no defensible reason for dropping out of school" ], "synonyms":[ "defendable", "justifiable", "maintainable", "supportable", "sustainable", "tenable" ], "near synonyms":[ "rational", "reasonable", "sensible", "well-grounded", "acceptable", "admissible", "allowable", "exceptionable", "legitimate", "passable", "unobjectionable", "viable", "warrantable", "confirmable", "provable", "verifiable", "explainable", "explicable" ], "near antonyms":[ "absurd", "illogical", "irrational", "ridiculous", "unsound", "extreme", "outrageous", "unreasonable", "groundless", "objectionable", "unacceptable", "unfounded", "inexplicable", "unexplainable" ], "antonyms":[ "indefensible", "insupportable", "unjustifiable", "unsustainable", "untenable" ] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "deferred":{ "as in delayed":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "delayed", "prolonged", "protracted", "slow", "sluggish", "dilatory", "tardy" ], "near antonyms":[ "immediate", "instant", "instantaneous", "split-second", "straightaway", "summary", "fast", "hit-and-run", "prompt", "quick", "rapid", "speedy", "swift" ], "antonyms":[] }, "as in delayed , postponed":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "delayed", "postponed", "suspended" ], "near antonyms":[ "afoot", "under way", "under weigh" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to assign to a later time":{ "examples":[ "we agreed to defer a discussion of the issue until we had more information" ], "synonyms":[ "delayed", "held off (on)", "held over", "held up", "laid over", "postponed", "put off", "put over", "remitted", "shelved" ], "near synonyms":[ "suspended", "hesitated", "paused", "stayed", "detained", "retarded", "slowed", "extended", "lengthened", "prolonged", "protracted", "stretched (out)", "waited" ], "near antonyms":[ "acted", "dealt (with)", "decided (upon)", "did", "worked (on)", "wrought (on)" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adjective", "adverb", "verb" ] }, "deferring (to)":{ "as in submitting (to) , surrendering (to)":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "submitting (to)", "surrendering (to)", "yielding (to)", "adhering (to)", "complying (with)", "conforming (to)", "following", "goose-stepping (to)", "minding", "obeying", "observing", "acceding (to)", "acquiescing (to)", "agreeing (to)", "assenting (to)", "attending", "hearing", "heeding", "listening (to)", "marking", "noticing", "noting", "regarding", "taking", "watching" ], "near antonyms":[ "defying", "disobeying", "rebelling (against)", "disobliging", "challenging", "daring", "refusing", "renouncing", "repudiating", "directing", "leading", "brushing (off)", "disregarding", "ignoring", "overlooking", "overpassing", "passing over", "tuning out", "winking (at)", "dismissing", "pooh-poohing", "poohing", "shrugging off", "breaching", "breaking", "infringing", "transgressing", "violating", "deriding", "flouting", "mocking", "scoffing (at)", "scorning", "mutinying (against)", "revolting (against)", "bucking", "combating", "combatting", "contesting", "disputing", "fighting", "opposing", "resisting", "withstanding" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "deficient":{ "lacking some necessary part":{ "examples":[ "a diet deficient in calcium can lead to weak bones" ], "synonyms":[ "fragmental", "fragmentary", "half", "halfway", "incomplete", "partial" ], "near synonyms":[ "broken", "damaged", "flawed", "impaired", "imperfect", "injured", "marred", "spoiled", "sketchy", "unassembled", "uncompleted", "unfinished" ], "near antonyms":[ "flawless", "unbroken", "undamaged", "unimpaired", "uninjured", "unmarred", "completed", "finished" ], "antonyms":[ "complete", "entire", "full", "intact", "integral", "perfect", "whole" ] }, "falling short of a standard":{ "examples":[ "woefully deficient eyesight kept him out of military service" ], "synonyms":[ "bad", "bastard", "bush", "bush-league", "crummy", "crumby", "dissatisfactory", "ill", "inferior", "lame", "lousy", "off", "paltry", "poor", "punk", "sour", "suboptimal", "subpar", "substandard", "unacceptable", "unsatisfactory", "wack", "wanting", "wretched", "wrong" ], "near synonyms":[ "abysmal", "atrocious", "awful", "bitchin'", "brutal", "damnable", "deplorable", "detestable", "disastrous", "dreadful", "execrable", "gnarly", 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"neat", "nifty", "noble", "par excellence", "perfect", "premium", "prime", "sensational", "slick", "splendid", "stellar", "sterling", "superb", "superior", "superlative", "supernal", "swell", "terrific", "tip-top", "top", "top-notch", "unsurpassed", "wonderful", "better", "exceptional", "fancy", "high-grade", "special", "sufficient", "average", "borderline", "fair", "mediocre", "middling", "minimal", "so-so", "unexceptional", "suitable", "useful", "worthy", "gratifying", "satisfying" ], "antonyms":[ "acceptable", "adequate", "all right", "decent", "fine", "OK", "okay", "passable", "respectable", "satisfactory", "standard", "tolerable" ] }, "not coming up to an expected measure or meeting a particular need":{ "examples":[ "too deficient in common sense to be trusted to stay by himself" ], "synonyms":[ "inadequate", "insufficient", "lacking", "low", "scarce", "short", "shy", "wanting" ], "near synonyms":[ "substandard", "unacceptable", "unsatisfactory", "hand-to-mouth", "lean", "light", 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"incompetent", "inept" ], "antonyms":[ "amateur", "amateurish", "artless", "rude", "unprofessional", "unskillful" ] }, "skillful with the hands":{ "examples":[ "the deft jeweler quickly attached the diamond to its mount on the gold band" ], "synonyms":[ "clever", "cunning", "dexterous", "dextrous", "handy" ], "near synonyms":[ "agile", "flexible", "graceful", "limber", "lissome", "lissom", "lithe", "lithesome", "nimble", "spry", "coordinated", "able", "adept", "capable", "competent", "expert", "habile", "masterful", "masterly", "proficient", "qualified", "skilled", "skillful", "sure-handed", "double-jointed", "loose-jointed" ], "near antonyms":[ "awkward", "bungling", "clumsy", "fumbling", "gauche", "gawky", "graceless", "klutzy", "rough-hewn", "stiff", "stilted", "uncomfortable", "uneasy", "ungainly", "ungraceful", "wooden", "uncoordinated", "incapable", "incompetent", "inept", "inexpert", "maladroit" ], "antonyms":[ "butterfingered", "ham-fisted", "ham-handed", "handless", "heavy-handed", "unhandy" ] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "deflected":{ "to change the course or direction of (something)":{ "examples":[ "the wind deflected the Frisbee just as I was about to lunge for it" ], "synonyms":[ "diverted", "redirected", "swung", "turned", "veered", "wheeled", "whipped" ], "near synonyms":[ "averted", "deviated", "moved", "rechanneled", "rechannelled", "shifted", "shunted", "sidetracked", "swerved", "switched", "transferred", "swiveled", "swivelled", "twisted", "whirled", "zigzagged", "bent", "curved", "swayed", "reversed", "turned back" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "deflect":{ "to change the course or direction of (something)":{ "examples":[ "the wind deflected the Frisbee just as I was about to lunge for it" ], "synonyms":[ "divert", "redirect", "swing", "turn", "veer", "wheel", "whip" ], "near synonyms":[ "avert", "deviate", "move", "rechannel", "shift", "shunt", "sidetrack", "swerve", "switch", "transfer", "swivel", "twist", "whirl", "zigzag", "bend", "curve", "sway", "reverse", "turn back" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "defection":{ "as in schism , infidelity":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "apostasy", "infidelity", "schism", "scission", "sectarianism", "separatism", "error", "fallacy", "falsehood", "misbelief", "misconception", "myth", "deviance", "deviation", "iconoclasm", "unconventionality", "dissent", "dissidence", "heresy", "heterodoxy", "nonconformity", "disagreement", "discord", "dissension", "dissention" ], "near antonyms":[ "conformity", "orthodoxy", "agreement", "conformation", "conventionality" ], "antonyms":[] }, "as in abandonment , desertion":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "abandonment", "dereliction", "desertion", "forsaking", "discard", "dumping", "jettisoning", "tergiversation" ], "near antonyms":[ "reclamation", "retention", "recoupment", "repossession", "retrieval" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, 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(to)", "adheres (to)", "complies (with)", "conforms (to)", "follows", "goose-steps (to)", "minds", "obeys", "observes", "accedes (to)", "acquiesces (to)", "agrees (to)", "assents (to)", "attends", "hears", "heeds", "listens (to)", "marks", "notes", "notices", "regards", "takes", "watches" ], "near antonyms":[ "defies", "disobeys", "rebels (against)", "disobliges", "challenges", "dares", "refuses", "renounces", "repudiates", "directs", "leads", "brushes (off)", "disregards", "ignores", "overlooks", "overpasses", "passes over", "tunes out", "winks (at)", "dismisses", "pooh-poohs", "poohs", "shrugs off", "breaches", "breaks", "infringes", "transgresses", "violates", "derides", "flouts", "mocks", "scoffs (at)", "scorns", "mutinies (against)", "revolts (against)", "bucks", "combats", "contests", "disputes", "fights", "opposes", "resists", "withstands" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "defrays":{ "to provide money for (something)":{ "examples":[ "This will defray the costs." ], 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"malformation", "misshape", "bug", "glitch", "kink", "blot", "blur", "spot", "stain", "taint", "damage", "defacement", "impairment", "injury", "failing", "weakness" ], "near antonyms":[ "adornment", "decoration", "embellishment", "enhancement", "ornament" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "defiances":{ "the inclination to resist":{ "examples":[ "the troubled youth seems to have an ingrained defiance to authority of any sort" ], "synonyms":[ "oppositions", "resistances" ], "near synonyms":[ "demurs", "objections", "protests", "remonstrances", "compunctions", "misgivings", "reservations", "disobediences", "noncompliances", "recalcitrances" ], "near antonyms":[ "compliances", "obediences", "acceptances", "approvals" ], "antonyms":[ "acquiescences" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "deformities":{ "something that spoils the appearance or completeness of a thing":{ "examples":[ "a primitive culture that cast aside infants born with deformities , allowing them to die of exposure to the elements" ], "synonyms":[ "blemishes", "blights", "blotches", "defects", "disfigurements", "excrescences", "excrescencies", "faults", "flaws", "imperfections", "marks", "mars", "pockmarks", "scars" ], "near synonyms":[ "abnormalities", "distortions", "irregularities", "malformations", "misshapes", "bugs", "glitches", "kinks", "blots", "blurs", "spots", "stains", "taints", "damages", "defacements", "impairments", "injuries", "failings", "weaknesses" ], "near antonyms":[ "adornments", "decorations", "embellishments", "enhancements", "ornaments" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "defunct":{ "no longer existing":{ "examples":[ "a stack of brochures and a few faded placards are all that remain of the defunct organization" ], "synonyms":[ "bygone", "bypast", "dead", "departed", "done", "expired", "extinct", "gone", "nonextant", "vanished" ], "near synonyms":[ "nonexistent", "dying", "faded", "moribund", "collapsed", "fallen", "overthrown", "antiquated", "dated", "obsolete", "pass\u00e9", "finished", "lapsed", "terminated", "lost", "missing" ], "near antonyms":[ "active", "dynamic", "thriving", "vibrant" ], "antonyms":[ "alive", "existent", "existing", "extant", "living" ] }, "no longer living":{ "examples":[ "a defunct species that we know only through fossil remains" ], "synonyms":[ "asleep", "breathless", "cold", "dead", "deceased", "demised", "departed", "fallen", "gone", "late", "lifeless", "low" ], "near synonyms":[ "extinct", "dying", "fading", "moribund", "stillborn", "finished", "lapsed", "terminated", "inanimate", "insensate", "nonliving" ], "near antonyms":[ "animated", "dynamic", "lively", "thriving", "vibrant", "vital", "vivacious", "active", "functioning", "operative", "running" ], "antonyms":[ "alive", "animate", "breathing", "going", "live", "living", "quick" ] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "defers":{ "to assign to a later time":{ "examples":[ "we agreed to defer a discussion of the issue until we had more information" ], "synonyms":[ "delays", "holds off (on)", "holds over", "holds up", "lays over", "postpones", "puts off", "puts over", "remits", "shelves" ], "near synonyms":[ "suspends", "hesitates", "pauses", "stays", "detains", "retards", "slows", "extends", "lengthens", "prolongs", "protracts", "stretches (out)", "waits" ], "near antonyms":[ "acts", "deals (with)", "decides (upon)", "does", "works (on)" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "deformation":{ "the twisting of something out of its natural or normal shape or condition":{ "examples":[ "the catastrophic deformation of the steel girders under the enormous weight of the bridge" ], "synonyms":[ "contortion", "distortion", "misshaping", "screwing", "squinching", "torturing", "warping" ], "near synonyms":[ "defacement", "deformity", "disfigurement", "malformation" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "default":{ "the nonperformance of an assigned or expected action":{ "examples":[ "a default in the repayment of a bank loan" ], "synonyms":[ "delinquency", "dereliction", "failure", "misprision", "neglect", "negligence", "nonfeasance", "oversight" ], "near synonyms":[ "carelessness", "heedlessness", "inadvertence", "inadvertency", "laxity" ], "near antonyms":[ "compliance", "discharge", "fulfillment", "fulfilment" ], "antonyms":[] }, "as in fail , ignore":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "disregard", "ignore", "overlook", "overpass", "pass over", "pretermit", "slight", "fail", "forget", "neglect", "omit", "slide", "slip", "skip" ], "near antonyms":[ "heed", "mind", "remember", "keep", "observe", "carry out", "do", "execute", "perform", "practice", "practise", "discharge", "fulfill", "fulfil", "meet", "satisfy", "comply (with)" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "deflations":{ "as in downturns , slumps":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "abatements", "decreases", "decrements", "de-escalations", "diminishments", "diminutions", "dips", "downslides", "downtrends", "downturns", "drop-offs", "drops", "falloffs", "losses", "reductions", "sags", "shrinkages", "slips", "slumps", "decadences", "declensions", "declinations", "declines", "degeneracies", "degenerations", "degradations", "d\u00e9gringolades", "descents", "deteriorations", "devolutions", "downfalls", "downgrades", "ebbs", "eclipses", "falls", "dark ages", "nadirs", "sunsets", "decays", "breakups", "decompositions", "disintegrations", "dissolutions", "abasements", "debasements", "depreciations", "decimations", "demolishments", "demolitions", "desolations", "destructions", "havoc", "ruinations", "ruins" ], "near antonyms":[ "advancements", "developments", "evolutions", "growths", "flowerings", "renewals", "restorations", "revitalizations", "accretions", "accruals", "addenda", "addendums", "additions", "augmentations", "boosts", "enhancements", "gains", "increases", "increments", "raises", "supplements", "ascents", "rises", "upswings" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "defamatory":{ "causing or intended to cause unjust injury to a person's good name":{ "examples":[ "defamatory remarks that were published in the newspaper" ], "synonyms":[ "calumnious", "libelous", "libellous", "scandalous", "slanderous" ], "near synonyms":[ "erroneous", "false", "inaccurate", "incorrect", "inexact", "invalid", "off", "unsound", "untrue", "wrong", "denigrative", "denigratory", "depreciative", "depreciatory", "derogatory", "detractive", "disparaging", "uncomplimentary", "unfavorable", "unflattering", "invidious", "objectionable", "maligning", "traducing", "vilifying", "hateful", "malevolent", "malicious", "spiteful" ], "near antonyms":[ "appreciative", "complimentary", "favorable", "adulatory", "commendatory", "eulogistic", "hagiographic", "hagiographical", "laudatory", "accurate", "correct", "errorless", "factual", "right", "sound", "true", "valid" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "defeasance":{ "the doing away with something by formal action":{ "examples":[ "the kind of gross misconduct that could result in the defeasance of the athlete's contract to endorse their products" ], "synonyms":[ "abatement", "abolishment", "abolition", "abrogation", "annulment", "avoidance", "cancellation", "cancelation", "dissolution", "invalidation", "negation", "nullification", "quashing", "repeal", "rescindment", "voiding" ], "near synonyms":[ "abortion", "calling off", "recall", "countermand", "override", "overruling", "overturn", "veto", "retraction", "reversal", "revocation", "suspension", "withdrawal", "banning", "enjoining", "forbiddance", "outlawing", "prohibition", "disallowance", "dismissal", "rejection", "elimination", "eradication", "erasure", "liquidation", "removal" ], "near antonyms":[ "enactment", "legislation", "establishment", "founding", "institution", "formalization", "legalization", "legitimation", "legitimization", "validation", "passing", "ratification", "approval", "authorization", "clearance", "endorsement", "indorsement", "permission", "sanctioning", "commandment", "decreeing", "mandating", "ordering", "prescription" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "deflagrate":{ "as in fire , ignite":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "fire", "ignite", "kindle", "catch", "enkindle", "flare (up)", "light (up)", "blaze", "burn", "combust", "flame", "glow", "flicker", "gutter", "waver", "bake", "broil", "char", "cook", "melt", "roast", "scorch", "swelter", "smolder", "smoulder", "spark", "sputter", "beam", "brighten", "radiate", "beat (down)", "flash", "glare", "gleam", "glimmer", "glint", "glisten", "glitter", "scintillate", "shimmer", "shine", "sparkle", "twinkle" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "deform":{ "to twist (something) out of a natural or normal shape or condition":{ "examples":[ "a cynic whose face seems to be permanently deformed by a sneer" ], "synonyms":[ "contort", "distort", "misshape", "screw", "squinch", "torture", "warp" ], "near synonyms":[ "deface", "disfigure", "wrench", "wrest", "wring", "coil", "curl", "loop", "spiral", "twine", "wind", "wreathe" ], "near antonyms":[ "straighten", "unbend", "uncurl" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "defeating":{ "to achieve a victory over":{ "examples":[ "they defeated their archrivals easily and moved into the next round of the play-offs" ], "synonyms":[ "beating", "besting", "conquering", "dispatching", "doing down", "getting", "getting around", "licking", "mastering", "overbearing", "overcoming", "overmatching", "prevailing (over)", "skunking", "stopping", "subduing", "surmounting", "taking", "trimming", "triumphing (over)", "upending", "winning (against)", "worsting" ], "near synonyms":[ "sweeping", "edging (out)", "nosing out", "pipping", "annihilating", "blowing away", "blowing out", "bombing", "breaking", "burying", "clobbering", "creaming", "crushing", "drubbing", "finishing", "flattening", "overwhelming", "routing", "shellacking", "skinning", "slaughtering", "smoking", "snowing under", "thrashing", "trouncing", "upsetting", "walloping", "waxing", "whipping", "capping", "excelling", "flourishing", "scoring", "succeeding", "knocking off", "knocking over", "overpowering", "overthrowing", "subjugating", "unseating", "vanquishing", "acing (out)", "bettering", "eclipsing", "exceeding", "excelling", "outdistancing", "outdoing", "outfighting", "outshining", "outstripping", "overtopping", "surpassing", "topping", "transcending" ], "near antonyms":[ "falling", "giving up", "going down", "going under", "collapsing", "failing", "flopping", "flunking", "folding", "washing out" ], "antonyms":[ "losing (to)" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "defaulting (on)":{ "as in ignoring , breaking":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "disregarding", "forgetting", "ignoring", "neglecting", "overlooking", "overpassing", "passing over", "slighting", "breaching", "breaking", "transgressing", "violating" ], "near antonyms":[ "answering", "completing", "complying (with)", "filling", "fulfilling", "keeping", "meeting", "redeeming", "satisfying", "concluding", "consummating", "finalizing", "finishing", "perfecting", "accomplishing", "achieving", "bringing about", "bringing off", "carrying out", "effecting" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "deferent":{ "marked by or showing proper regard for another's higher status":{ "examples":[ "though he's already attained star status, the rookie remains deferent to the team's veteran players" ], "synonyms":[ "deferential", "dutiful", "regardful", "respectful" ], "near synonyms":[ "reverent", "reverential", "venerating", "worshipful", "fawning", "genuflecting", "groveling", "grovelling", "hagiographic", "hagiographical", "kowtowing", "obsequious", "servile", "subservient", "sycophantic", "toadying", "civil", "courteous", "gracious", "polite", "kid-glove", "kid-gloved" ], "near antonyms":[ "abusive", "insulting", "offensive", "belittling", "demeaning", "depreciative", "depreciatory", "derogatory", "disparaging", "contemptuous", "impudent", "irreverent", "scornful", "discourteous", "insolent", "rude", "uncivil" ], "antonyms":[ "disrespectful", "undutiful" ] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "defer (to)":{ "as in submit (to) , surrender (to)":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "submit (to)", "surrender (to)", "yield (to)", "adhere (to)", "comply (with)", "conform (to)", "follow", "goose-step (to)", "mind", "obey", "observe", "accede (to)", "acquiesce (to)", "agree (to)", "assent (to)", "attend", "hear", "heed", "listen (to)", "mark", "note", "notice", "regard", "take", "watch" ], "near antonyms":[ "defy", "disobey", "rebel (against)", "disoblige", "challenge", "dare", "refuse", "renounce", "repudiate", "direct", "lead", "brush (off)", "disregard", "ignore", "overlook", "overpass", "pass over", "tune out", "wink (at)", "dismiss", "pooh-pooh", "pooh", "shrug off", "breach", "break", "infringe", "transgress", "violate", "deride", "flout", "mock", "scoff (at)", "scorn", "mutiny (against)", "revolt (against)", "buck", "combat", "contest", "dispute", "fight", "oppose", "resist", "withstand" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "deftness":{ "ease and grace in physical activity":{ "examples":[ "the effortless deftness with which he plays the piano" ], "synonyms":[ "agility", "dexterity", "nimbleness", "sleight", "spryness" ], "near synonyms":[ "coordination", "flexibility", "gracefulness", "limberness", "litheness", "loose-jointedness", "suppleness", "handiness", "sure-handedness", "sure-footedness", "adeptness", "adroitness", "finesse", "prowess" ], "near antonyms":[ "disability", "inability", "incapability", "incapacity", "debilitation", "disablement", "impairment", "incapacitation", "unhandiness" ], "antonyms":[ "awkwardness", "clumsiness", "gaucheness", "gawkiness", "gawkishness", "gracelessness", "ham-handedness", "heavy-handedness", "klutziness", "ungainliness" ] }, "subtle or imaginative ability in inventing, devising, or executing something":{ "examples":[ "with deftness and aplomb she managed to keep the bickering relatives apart for the duration of the reception" ], "synonyms":[ "adeptness", "adroitness", "art", "artfulness", "artifice", "artistry", "cleverness", "craft", "cunning", "masterfulness", "skill", "skillfulness" ], "near synonyms":[ "dexterity", "ease", "finesse", "handiness", "experience", "expertise", "expertness", "know-how", "proficiency", "creativity", "ingenuity", "inventiveness", "knowledge", "learning", "aptitude", "bent", "flair", "gift", "knack", "talent" ], "near antonyms":[ "amateurishness", "awkwardness", "clumsiness", "crudeness", "klutziness", "rudeness", "inability", "inadequacy", "inadequateness", "incapability", "incapacity", "incompetence", "ineffectiveness", "ineffectuality", "ineffectualness", "inefficacy", "inefficiency" ], "antonyms":[ "artlessness", "ineptitude", "ineptness", "maladroitness" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "definable":{ "as in defined , discrete":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "defined", "definite", "determinate", "discrete", "circumscribed", "confined", "restricted", "decided", "established", "fixed", "set", "finite", "limited", "exact", "precise", "specific", "fathomable", "measurable", "mensurable", "numerable" ], "near antonyms":[ "boundless", "endless", "illimitable", "infinite", "limitless", "unbounded", "unlimited", "unconfined", "unrestricted", "immeasurable", "indefinite", "indeterminate", "measureless", "undefinable", "undefined", "unfathomable" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "deferrals":{ "the act of delaying or deferring something":{ "examples":[ "a tax deferral" ], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "deferments", "postponements", "delays", "detainments", "detentions", "holdbacks", "holding patterns", "holdups", "waits", "reprieves", "respites", "foot-draggings", "hesitations", "lags", "pauses", "setbacks", "slowdowns" ], "near antonyms":[ "hastes", "rushes", "dispatches", "promptitudes" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "deflating":{ "to become smaller in size or volume due to loss of contents":{ "examples":[ "We kept her birthday decorations up until the balloons started deflating ." ], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "collapsing", "contracting", "flattening", "shrinking", "compressing", "condensing", "constricting", "shriveling", "shrivelling", "wilting", "withering", "drying up", "mummifying", "wizening", "dripping", "leaking", "oozing", "seeping", "trickling", "abating", "decreasing", "diminishing", "dwindling", "lessening", "receding", "retreating", "withdrawing" ], "near antonyms":[ "ballooning", "inflating", "puffing (up)", "blowing up", "bulking", "distending", "dilating", "expanding", "snowballing", "swelling", "accumulating", "growing", "increasing", "mushrooming" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to make smaller in size or volume by removing the contents":{ "examples":[ "Please deflate the air mattress and fold it up before you leave." ], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "draining", "emptying", "collapsing", "flattening", "clearing", "evacuating", "exhausting", "vacating", "vacuating", "voiding", "bleeding", "drafting", "drawing (off)", "pumping", "siphoning", "syphoning", "tapping", "milking", "sucking", "decanting", "effusing", "depleting", "cleaning", "flushing", "purging", "boring", "drilling", "holing", "perforating", "piercing", "punching", "puncturing", "riddling", "broaching", "poking", "pricking", "prickling", "penetrating", "burrowing (into)", "excavating", "gouging", "grooving", "hollowing", "breaking", "cutting", "gashing", "notching", "rending", "rupturing", "slashing", "slitting", "splitting", "compressing", "condensing", "constricting", "contracting", "shrinking", "capsuling", "capsulizing", "compacting", "constringing", "narrowing (down)", "squeezing", "telescoping" ], "near antonyms":[ "filling", "blowing up", "dilating", "distending", "inflating", "swelling", "patching", "plugging", "sealing" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to make or become lower in amount or value":{ 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"snowballing", "swelling", "waxing", "arising", "ascending", "lifting", "mounting", "rising", "soaring", "spiking", "upping", "appreciating", "enhancing", "marking up", "upgrading" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to cause to lose force or effectiveness":{ "examples":[ "Her cutting remark deflated his ego.", "The lawsuit deflated their hopes for a quick resolution." ], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "throwing cold water on", "debilitating", "enfeebling", "undermining", "weakening", "dampening", "damping", "deadening", "chilling", "daunting", "demoralizing", "discouraging", "disheartening", "dismaying", "dispiriting", "frustrating", "unmanning", "unnerving", "browbeating", "bullying", "cowing", "intimidating", "depressing", "saddening", "weighing", "afflicting", "trying", "distressing", "troubling", "bothering", "irking", "vexing", "worrying", "frightening", "horrifying", "scaring" ], "near antonyms":[ "enforcing", "fortifying", "reinforcing", "reenforcing", "strengthening", "emboldening", "encouraging", "heartening", "nerving", "steeling", "animating", "enlivening", "invigorating", "buoying (up)", "cheering", "gladdening", "assuring", "boosting", "energizing", "exciting", "galvanizing", "inspiring", "lifting", "provoking", "quickening", "rallying", "reassuring", "stimulating", "stirring" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "definitive":{ "being the most accurate and apparently thorough":{ "examples":[ "the definitive work on the attack on Pearl Harbor" ], "synonyms":[ "authoritative", "classic", "classical", "magisterial" ], "near synonyms":[ "conclusive", "decisive", "approved", "official", "sanctioned", "accurate", "correct", "complete", "comprehensive", "exhaustive", "thorough" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "serving to put an end to all debate or questioning":{ "examples":[ "a definitive answer that put an immediate end to the discussion" ], "synonyms":[ "absolute", "clear", "conclusive", "deciding", "decisive", "last" ], "near synonyms":[ "determinate", "determinative", "dispositive", "hands-down", "inarguable", "incontestable", "incontrovertible", "indisputable", "indubitable", "irrefutable", "unanswerable", "undebatable", "undeniable", "undisputable", "unquestionable", "unchallenged", "uncontested", "undisputed", "unambiguous", "unequivocal", "certain", "definite", "positive", "sure", "cogent", "compelling", "convincing", "persuasive", "telling" ], "near antonyms":[ "debatable", "disputable", "doubtable", "doubtful", "moot", "problematic", "problematical", "questionable", "refutable", "ambiguous", "equivocal", "controversial", "debated", "disputed" ], "antonyms":[ "inconclusive", "indecisive", "unclear" ] }, "so clearly expressed as to leave no doubt about the meaning":{ "examples":[ "the insurance company's definitive statement on the types of surgical operations that are covered" ], "synonyms":[ "clear-cut", "definite", "explicit", "express", "specific", "unambiguous", "unequivocal", "univocal" ], "near synonyms":[ "avowed", "declared", "specified", "stated", "categorical", "categoric", "complete", "comprehensive", "exhaustive", "full", "certain", "sure", "unmistakable", "clear", "distinct", "lucid", "well-defined", "exact", "precise", "direct", "literal", "plain", "simple", "straightforward", "comprehensible", "intelligible", "understandable" ], "near antonyms":[ "cryptic", "dark", "enigmatic", "enigmatical", "obscure", "unclear", "imprecise", "inaccurate", "incorrect", "inexact", "incomprehensible", "unintelligible" ], "antonyms":[ "implicit", "implied", "inferred", "ambiguous", "circuitous", "equivocal", "indefinite", "inexplicit", "unspecific", "vague" ] }, "constituting, serving as, or worthy of being a pattern to be imitated":{ "examples":[ "Dashiell Hammett's Sam Spade is often cited as the definitive hard-boiled private detective" ], "synonyms":[ "archetypal", "archetypical", "classic", "exemplary", "imitable", "model", "paradigmatic", "quintessential", "textbook" ], "near synonyms":[ "ideal", "nonpareil", "special", "unique", "absolute", "flawless", "impeccable", "perfect", "A-OK", "A1", "bang-up", "banner", "capital", "choice", "crackerjack", "dandy", "excellent", "fabulous", "fantastic", "fine", "first-class", "first-rate", "grand", "great", "groovy", "jim-dandy", "keen", "marvelous", "marvellous", "nifty", "par excellence", "prime", "primo", "sensational", "splendid", "stellar", "sterling", "superb", "superior", "superlative", "swell", "terrific", "tip-top", "top", "top-notch", "unsurpassed", "wizard", "wonderful", "exceptional", "fancy", "high-grade" ], "near antonyms":[ "bad", "low-grade", "poor", "substandard", "unsatisfactory", "atrocious", "execrable", "vile", "wretched", "deficient", "disappointing", "failed", "inadequate", "inferior", "average", "normal", "ordinary", "representative", "typical", "mediocre", "second-class", "second-rate" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "deficiencies":{ "a falling short of an essential or desirable amount or number":{ "examples":[ "there is a deficiency of fresh food in the diet of many of the working poor" ], "synonyms":[ "crunches", "dearths", "deficits", "droughts", "drouths", "failures", "famines", "inadequacies", "insufficiencies", "lacks", "lacunae", "lacunas", "paucities", "pinches", "poverties", "scarcities", "shortages", "undersupplies", "wants" ], "near synonyms":[ "absences", "omissions", "necessities", "needs", "privations" ], "near antonyms":[ "excesses", "overabundances", "oversupplies", "surfeits", "surpluses" ], "antonyms":[ "abundances", "adequacies", "amplitudes", "opulences", "plenitudes", "plenties", "sufficiencies", "wealths" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "deforce":{ "as in evict":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "evict", "dispossess", "divest", "expropriate", "oust", "disfurnish", "strip", "bereave", "deprive", "disinherit", "annex", "appropriate", "commandeer", "impound", "seize", "take over", "usurp" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "deficit":{ "a falling short of an essential or desirable amount or number":{ "examples":[ "a growing deficit in the number of hours devoted to sleep" ], "synonyms":[ "crunch", "dearth", "deficiency", "drought", "drouth", "failure", "famine", "inadequacy", "inadequateness", "insufficiency", "lack", "lacuna", "paucity", "pinch", "poverty", "scantiness", "scarceness", "scarcity", "shortage", "undersupply", "want" ], "near synonyms":[ "absence", "omission", "meagerness", "poorness", "skimpiness", "necessity", "need", "privation" ], "near antonyms":[ "bountifulness", "copiousness", "excess", "overabundance", "oversupply", "surfeit", "surplus" ], "antonyms":[ "abundance", "adequacy", "amplitude", "opulence", "plenitude", "plenty", "sufficiency", "wealth" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "defamers":{ "as in libelers , libelists":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "calumniators", "libelers", "libelists", "slanderers", "exaggerators", "mythomaniacs", "perjurers", "fabricators", "fabulists", "fibbers", "liars", "prevaricators", "storytellers", "distorters", "falsifiers", "equivocators", "palterers", "gossipers", "gossips", "talebearers", "charlatans", "cheaters", "cheats", "counterfeiters", "cozeners", "deceivers", "defrauders", "dissemblers", "dissimulators", "double-dealers", "frauds", "hustlers", "knaves", "mountebanks", "operators", "pretenders" ], "near antonyms":[ "square shooters" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "defy":{ "to go against the commands, prohibitions, or rules of":{ "examples":[ "in those days a woman was brave if she defied fashion and wore white after Labor Day" ], "synonyms":[ "disobey", "mock", "rebel (against)" ], "near synonyms":[ "disoblige", "mutiny (against)", "revolt (against)", "disregard", "ignore", "overlook", "overpass", "pass over", "tune out", "brush (off)", "dismiss", "flout", "pooh-pooh", "pooh", "reject", "scoff (at)", "scorn", "shrug off", "wink (at)", "breach", "break", "infringe", "transgress", "violate", "buck", "combat", "contest", "dispute", "fight", "oppose", "resist", "withstand" ], "near antonyms":[ "capitulate (to)", "concede (to)", "defer (to)", "goose-step (to)", "serve", "stoop (to)", "submit (to)", "surrender (to)", "yield (to)", "cooperate (with)", "keep", "observe", "accede (to)", "acquiesce (to)", "agree (to)", "assent (to)", "oblige", "attend", "hear", "heed", "listen (to)", "mark", "note", "notice", "regard", "watch" ], "antonyms":[ "comply (with)", "conform (to)", "follow", "mind", "obey" ] }, "to invite (someone) to take part in a contest or to perform a feat":{ "examples":[ "after missing the target, she defied her boyfriend to do better" ], "synonyms":[ "challenge", "dare", "stump" ], "near synonyms":[ "beard", "brave", "brazen", "breast", "confront", "face", "outbrave", "outface" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "to oppose (something hostile or dangerous) with firmness or courage":{ "examples":[ "a rescue team willing to defy the raging storm" ], "synonyms":[ "beard", "brave", "brazen", "breast", "confront", "dare", "face", "outbrave", "outface" ], "near synonyms":[ "face up (to)", "front", "affront", "challenge", "encounter", "meet", "accost", "approach", "corner", "repel", "resist", "stand", "withstand", "battle", "combat", "contend (with)", "fight", "oppose", "square (off)" ], "near antonyms":[ "avoid", "eschew", "shun", "elude", "escape", "evade", "shake" ], "antonyms":[ "dodge", "duck", "funk", "shirk", "sidestep" ] }, "to refuse to give in to":{ "examples":[ "a bicyclist who regularly defies illness and infirmity in order to compete in races" ], "synonyms":[ "buck", "fight", "oppose", "repel", "resist", "withstand" ], "near synonyms":[ "battle", "combat", "contend (with)", "challenge", "contest", "contradict", "dispute", "baffle", "balk", "foil", "frustrate", "thwart", "check", "counter", "hinder", "obstruct", "stem" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[ "bow (to)", "capitulate (to)", "give in (to)", "knuckle under (to)", "stoop (to)", "submit (to)", "succumb (to)", "surrender (to)", "yield (to)" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "defame":{ "to make untrue and harmful statements about":{ "examples":[ "of course I want to win the election, but I refuse to defame my opponent in order to do so" ], "synonyms":[ "asperse", "blacken", "calumniate", "libel", "malign", "slander", "smear", "traduce", "vilify" ], "near synonyms":[ "belittle", "denigrate", "detract", "disparage", "discredit", "disgrace", "dishonor", "shame", "abase", "debase", "degrade", "humble", "humiliate", "disdain", "scorn" ], "near antonyms":[ "exalt", "glorify", "honor", "acclaim", "applaud", "commend", "praise", "esteem", "respect", "admire", "regard", "adore", "revere", "venerate", "worship" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to make a claim of wrongdoing against":{ "examples":[ "so the harmless old woman was defamed of witchcraft" ], "synonyms":[ "accuse", "charge", "criminate", "impeach", "incriminate", "indict" ], "near synonyms":[ "blame", "call (on)", "castigate", "censure", "condemn", "criticize", "damn", "denounce", "fault", "impugn", "reproach", "reprobate", "chide", "rebuke", "reprove", "tax", "appeal", "arraign", "book", "cite", "summon", "prosecute", "sue", "try", "frame", "implicate", "inculpate", "inform (against)", "name", "report", "recriminate", "retaliate" ], "near antonyms":[ "advocate", "champion", "defend", "excuse", "forgive", "justify", "pardon", "remit", "shrive" ], "antonyms":[ "absolve", "acquit", "clear", "exculpate", "exonerate", "vindicate" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "defrauders":{ "a dishonest person who uses clever means to cheat others out of something of value":{ "examples":[ "the state's department of consumer protection has to contend with defrauders of every ilk" ], "synonyms":[ "bilkers", "bilks", "cheaters", "cheats", "chiselers", "chisellers", "confidence men", "cozeners", "dodgers", "fakirs", "finaglers", "fraudsters", "hoaxers", "scammers", "scamsters", "sharks", "sharpers", "sharpies", "skinners", "swindlers", "trickers", "tricksters" ], "near synonyms":[ "double-crossers", "double-dealers", "bluffers", "charlatans", "fakers", "fakes", "humbugs", "impostors", "imposters", "mountebanks", "phonies", "phoneys", "pretenders", "quacks", "quacksalvers", "ringers", "shams", "adventurers", "foxes", "fox", "gamesmen", "knaves", "pranksters", "rascals", "rogues", "fast-talkers", "slickers", "slicks", "slicksters", "slyboots", "smoothies", "wheeler-dealers", "plotters", "schemers", "sneakers", "sneaks", "blacklegs", "cardsharps", "cardsharpers" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "defunds":{ "as in disendows":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "disendows", "draws", "receives", "subsists" ], "near antonyms":[ "endows", "finances", "funds", "subsidizes", "establishes", "founds", "organizes", "bequeaths", "contributes", "donates", "subscribes", "supports", "underwrites" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "defaulted":{ "as in failed , ignored":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "disregarded", "ignored", "overlooked", "overpassed", "passed over", "pretermitted", "slighted", "failed", "forgot", "neglected", "omitted", "slid", "slipped", "skipped" ], "near antonyms":[ "heeded", "minded", "remembered", "kept", "observed", "carried out", "did", "executed", "performed", "practiced", "practised", "discharged", "fulfilled", "met", "satisfied", "complied (with)" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "defector":{ "a person who abandons a cause or organization usually without right":{ "examples":[ "the defector demanded political asylum in exchange for information about his nation's spying operations" ], "synonyms":[ "apostate", "deserter", "recreant", "renegade" ], "near synonyms":[ "betrayer", "double-crosser", "quisling", "traitor", "traitress", "traitoress", "turnabout", "turncoat", "abandoner", "come-outer", "dropout", "leaver", "defier", "insurgent", "insurrectionary", "insurrectionist", "mutineer", "rebel", "red", "revolter", "revolutionary", "revolutionist", "revolutionizer", "discontent", "malcontent", "recusant", "refusenik", "refusnik", "refuser" ], "near antonyms":[ "adherent", "disciple", "follower", "supporter", "fanatic", "militant", "partisan", "partizan", "zealot" ], "antonyms":[ "loyalist" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "defier":{ "as in oppositionist , challenger":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "challenger", "insubordinate", "oppositionist", "recusant", "refuser", "resistant", "resister", "insurgent", "insurrectionary", "insurrectionist", "mutineer", "rebel", "red", "revolter", "revolutionary", "revolutionist", "anarch", "anarchist", "discontent", "extremist", "malcontent", "radical" ], "near antonyms":[ "loyalist", "patriot", "supporter", "counterinsurgent", "counterrevolutionary", "counterrevolutionist" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "defense":{ "means or method of defending":{ "examples":[ "thorns are a rose's defense against grazing animals" ], "synonyms":[ "aegis", "egis", "ammunition", "armor", "buckler", "cover", "guard", "protection", "safeguard", "screen", "security", "shield", "wall", "ward" ], "near synonyms":[ "arm", "armament", "munitions", "weapon", "weaponry", "fastness", "fort", "fortress", "palisade", "stronghold" ], "near antonyms":[ "aggression", "assault", "attack", "offense", "offence", "offensive" ], "antonyms":[] }, "an explanation that frees one from fault or blame":{ "examples":[ "there's absolutely no defense for your actions" ], "synonyms":[ "alibi", "apology", "excuse", "justification", "plea", "reason" ], "near synonyms":[ "color", "guise", "pretense", "pretence", "pretext", "rationale", "rationalization", "vindication", "whitewash", "cop-out", "out", "acknowledgment", "acknowledgement", "atonement", "confession", "extenuation", "palliation" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "defeatism":{ "as in resignation , pessimism":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "pessimism", "resignation", "blues", "dejection", "depression", "dumps", "gloom", "melancholy", "mopes", "demoralization", "despair", "despondency", "discouragement", "disheartenment", "dismay", "dispiritedness" ], "near antonyms":[ "encouragement", "optimism", "sanguinity" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "defatted":{ "as in lean":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "lean", "fibrous", "gristly", "stringy", "tough", "nonfat" ], "near antonyms":[ "adipose", "fatty", "blubbery", "greasy", "oily" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "defect (from)":{ "to leave (a cause or party) often in order to take up another":{ "examples":[ "soldiers defected from the rebel army en masse as the failure of their cause became apparent" ], "synonyms":[ "desert", "rat (on)" ], "near synonyms":[ "abandon", "abdicate", "abjure", "apostatize", "cut off", "disown", "forsake", "quit", "reject", "renounce", "repudiate", "spurn", "renege", "depart", "go", "leave", "withdraw" ], 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"counterrevolutionists" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "defectively":{ "as in badly , imperfectly":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "amiss", "badly", "faultily", "imperfectly", "deficiently", "inadequately", "incompletely", "insufficiently", "fallibly", "atrociously", "execrably", "wretchedly" ], "near antonyms":[ "faultlessly", "flawlessly", "ideally", "immaculately", "impeccably", "pat", "perfectly", "excellently", "fabulously", "finely", "grandly", "greatly", "marvelously", "superbly", "superiorly", "superlatively", "terrifically", "exceptionally", "fancily", "specially" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adverb" ] }, "defeasances":{ "the doing away with something by formal action":{ "examples":[ "the kind of gross misconduct that could result in the defeasance of the athlete's contract to endorse their products" ], "synonyms":[ "abatements", "abolishments", "abolitions", "abrogations", "annulments", "avoidances", "cancellations", "cancelations", "dissolutions", "invalidations", "negations", "nullifications", "repeals", "rescindments" ], "near synonyms":[ "abortions", "recalls", "countermands", "overrides", "overturns", "vetoes", "retractions", "reversals", "revocations", "suspensions", "withdrawals", "forbiddances", "prohibitions", "disallowances", "dismissals", "rejections", "eliminations", "eradications", "erasures", "liquidations", "removals" ], "near antonyms":[ "enactments", "legislations", "establishments", "institutions", "formalizations", "legalizations", "legitimations", "legitimizations", "validations", "passings", "ratifications", "approvals", "authorizations", "clearances", "endorsements", "indorsements", "permissions", "commandments", "orderings", "prescriptions" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "deficiency":{ "a falling short of an essential or desirable amount or number":{ "examples":[ "there is a deficiency of fresh food in the diet of many of the working poor" ], "synonyms":[ "crunch", "dearth", "deficit", "drought", "drouth", "failure", "famine", "inadequacy", "inadequateness", "insufficiency", "lack", "lacuna", "paucity", "pinch", "poverty", "scantiness", "scarceness", "scarcity", "shortage", "undersupply", "want" ], "near synonyms":[ "absence", "omission", "meagerness", "poorness", "skimpiness", "necessity", "need", "privation" ], "near antonyms":[ "bountifulness", "copiousness", "excess", "overabundance", "oversupply", "surfeit", "surplus" ], "antonyms":[ "abundance", "adequacy", "amplitude", "opulence", "plenitude", "plenty", "sufficiency", "wealth" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "defund":{ "as in disendow":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "disendow", "draw", "receive", "subsist" ], "near antonyms":[ "endow", "finance", "fund", "subsidize", "establish", "found", "organize", "bequeath", "contribute", "donate", "subscribe", "support", "underwrite" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "defying":{ "to go against the commands, prohibitions, or rules of":{ "examples":[ "in those days a woman was brave if she defied fashion and wore white after Labor Day" ], "synonyms":[ "disobeying", "mocking", "rebelling (against)" ], "near synonyms":[ "disobliging", "mutinying (against)", "revolting (against)", "disregarding", "ignoring", "overlooking", "overpassing", "passing over", "tuning out", "brushing (off)", "dismissing", "flouting", "pooh-poohing", "poohing", "rejecting", "scoffing (at)", "scorning", "shrugging off", "winking (at)", "breaching", "breaking", "infringing", "transgressing", "violating", "bucking", "combating", "combatting", "contesting", "disputing", "fighting", "opposing", "resisting", "withstanding" ], "near antonyms":[ "capitulating (to)", "conceding (to)", "deferring (to)", "goose-stepping (to)", "serving", "stooping (to)", "submitting (to)", "surrendering (to)", "yielding (to)", "cooperating (with)", "keeping", "observing", "acceding (to)", "acquiescing (to)", "agreeing (to)", "assenting (to)", "obliging", "attending", "hearing", "heeding", "listening (to)", "marking", "noticing", "noting", "regarding", "watching" ], "antonyms":[ "complying (with)", "conforming (to)", "following", "minding", "obeying" ] }, "to invite (someone) to take part in a contest or to perform a feat":{ "examples":[ "after missing the target, she defied her boyfriend to do better" ], "synonyms":[ "challenging", "daring", "stumping" ], "near synonyms":[ "bearding", "braving", "brazening", "breasting", "confronting", "facing", "outbraving", "outfacing" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "to oppose (something hostile or dangerous) with firmness or courage":{ "examples":[ "a rescue team willing to defy the raging storm" ], "synonyms":[ "bearding", "braving", "brazening", "breasting", "confronting", "daring", "facing", "outbraving", "outfacing" ], "near synonyms":[ "facing up (to)", "fronting", "affronting", "challenging", "encountering", "meeting", "accosting", "approaching", "cornering", "repelling", "resisting", "standing", "withstanding", "battling", "combating", "combatting", "contending (with)", "fighting", "opposing", "squaring (off)" ], "near antonyms":[ "avoiding", "eschewing", "shunning", "eluding", "escaping", "evading", "shaking" ], "antonyms":[ "dodging", "ducking", "funking", "shirking", "sidestepping" ] }, "to refuse to give in to":{ "examples":[ "a bicyclist who regularly defies illness and infirmity in order to compete in races" ], "synonyms":[ "bucking", "fighting", "opposing", "repelling", "resisting", "withstanding" ], "near synonyms":[ "battling", "combating", "combatting", "contending (with)", "challenging", "contesting", "contradicting", "disputing", "baffling", "balking", "foiling", "frustrating", "thwarting", "checking", "countering", "hindering", "obstructing", "stemming" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[ "bowing (to)", "capitulating (to)", "giving in (to)", "knuckling under (to)", "stooping (to)", "submitting (to)", "succumbing (to)", "surrendering (to)", "yielding (to)" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "defaults (on)":{ "as in ignores , breaks":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "disregards", "forgets", "ignores", "neglects", "overlooks", "overpasses", "passes over", "slights", "breaches", "breaks", "transgresses", "violates" ], "near antonyms":[ "answers", "completes", "complies (with)", "fills", "fulfills", "fulfils", "keeps", "meets", "redeems", "satisfies", "concludes", "consummates", "finalizes", "finishes", "perfects", "accomplishes", "achieves", "brings about", "brings off", "carries out", "effects" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "deforcements":{ "as in ejections , dispossessions":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "disfurnishments", "dispossessions", "ejections", "invasions", "occupancies", "occupations", "preoccupancies", "trespasses", "encroachments", "infringements", "piracies", "despoilments", "defalcations", "embezzlements", "misapplications", "misappropriations", "misuses", "peculations", "thefts", "annexations", "assumptions", "attachments", "confiscations", "grabs", "impoundments", "repossessions", "sequestrations", "appropriations", "arrogations", "detainers", "expropriations", "preemptions", "seizures", "takeovers", "usurpations" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "defaming":{ "the making of false statements that damage another's reputation":{ "examples":[ "the callous defaming of the popular actress by the unscrupulous tabloid reporter" ], "synonyms":[ "aspersing", "blackening", "calumniation", "calumny", "character assassination", "defamation", "libel", "libeling", "libelling", "maligning", "slander", "smearing", "traducing", "vilification", "vilifying" ], "near synonyms":[ "aspersion", "innuendo", "muck", "mud", "smear", "backbiting", "detraction", "abuse", "invective", "vituperation", "attack", "censure", "criticism", "denunciation", "hatchet job", "contempt", "disdain", "scorn", "belittlement", "denigration", "disparagement", "cattiness", "despite", "hatefulness", "malevolence", "malice", "maliciousness", "malignancy", "malignity", "meanness", "nastiness", "spite", "spitefulness", "spleen", "venom", "viciousness" ], "near antonyms":[ "acclaim", "accolade", "applause", "commendation", "praise", "esteem", "honor", "respect", "adulation", "flattery", "adoration", "reverence", "veneration", "worship" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to make untrue and harmful statements about":{ "examples":[ "of course I want to win the election, but I refuse to defame my opponent in order to do so" ], "synonyms":[ "aspersing", "blackening", "calumniating", "libeling", "libelling", "maligning", "slandering", "smearing", "traducing", "vilifying" ], "near synonyms":[ "belittling", "denigrating", "detracting", "disparaging", "discrediting", "disgracing", "dishonoring", "shaming", "abasing", "debasing", "degrading", "humbling", "humiliating", "disdaining", "scorning" ], "near antonyms":[ "exalting", "glorifying", "honoring", "acclaiming", "applauding", "commending", "praising", "esteeming", "respecting", "admiring", "regarding", "adoring", "revering", "venerating", "worshipping", "worshiping" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to make a claim of wrongdoing against":{ "examples":[ "so the harmless old woman was defamed of witchcraft" ], "synonyms":[ "accusing", "charging", "criminating", "impeaching", "incriminating", "indicting" ], "near synonyms":[ "blaming", "calling (on)", "castigating", "censuring", "condemning", "criticizing", "damning", "denouncing", "faulting", "impugning", "reproaching", "reprobating", "chiding", "rebuking", "reproving", "taxing", "appealing", "arraigning", "booking", "citing", "summoning", "prosecuting", "suing", "trying", "framing", "implicating", "inculpating", "informing (against)", "naming", "reporting", "recriminating", "retaliating" ], "near antonyms":[ "advocating", "championing", "defending", "excusing", "forgiving", "justifying", "pardoning", "remitting", "shriving" ], "antonyms":[ "absolving", "acquitting", "clearing", "exculpating", "exonerating", "vindicating" ] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "deforcing":{ "as in evicting":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "evicting", "dispossessing", "divesting", "expropriating", "ousting", "disfurnishing", "stripping", "bereaving", "depriving", "disinheriting", "annexing", "appropriating", "commandeering", "impounding", "seizing", "taking over", "usurping" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "defacing":{ "deliberate damaging or destroying of another's property":{ "examples":[ "the neo-Nazis' defacing of the synagogue was condemned by the entire community" ], "synonyms":[ "defacement", "trashing", "vandalism", "vandalization" ], "near synonyms":[ "demolishing", "demolishment", "desecrating", "desecration", "destruction", "ravage", "ravaging", "ruin", "ruination", "wrecking", "sabotage", "depredation", "despoiling", "despoilment", "looting", "marauding", "pillage", "pillaging", "plunder", "plundering", "predation", "ransacking", "sacking", "spoliation" ], "near antonyms":[ "conservation", "preservation", "protection", "salvage", "saving" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to deliberately cause the damage or destruction of another's property":{ "examples":[ "the principal vowed to get the punks who defaced the statue in front of the school" ], "synonyms":[ "trashing", "vandalizing" ], "near synonyms":[ "desecrating", "violating", "graffitiing", "graffiting", "tagging", "banging up", "breaking", "damaging", "harming", "hurting", "impairing", "marring", "shattering", "spoiling", "annihilating", "demolishing", "destroying", "devastating", "ravaging", "ravening", "razing", "ruining", "scourging", "smashing", "tearing down", "totaling", "totalling", "wasting", "wiping out", "wracking", "wrecking", "sabotaging", "depredating", "despoiling", "looting", "marauding", "pillaging", "plundering", "ransacking", "sacking", "spoliating" ], "near antonyms":[ "conserving", "preserving", "protecting", "saving", "salvaging", "building", "rebuilding" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to reduce the soundness, effectiveness, or perfection of":{ "examples":[ "years of wear had defaced the fine engraving on the coins" ], "synonyms":[ "blemishing", "bloodying", "breaking", "compromising", "crabbing", "crippling", "crossing (up)", "damaging", "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":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "deforesting":{ "as in denuding , defoliating":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "barking", "flaying", "hulling", "husking", "shelling", "shucking", "skinning", "baring", "clearing", "denuding", "exposing", "scaling", "stripping", "defoliating", "paring" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "defenestrate":{ "as in pink-slip , terminate":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "ax", "axe", "can", "cashier", "discharge", "fire", "muster out", "pink-slip", "release", "remove", "retire", "sack", "terminate", "deforce", "deport", "displace", "dispossess", "evict", "exile", "expatriate", "ostracize", "read out", "shut out", "banish", "boot (out)", "bounce", "cast out", "chase", "dismiss", "drum (out)", "eject", "expel", "extrude", "kick out", "oust", "out", "rout", "run off", "throw out", "turf (out)", "turn out" ], "near antonyms":[ "accept", "admit", "receive", "take", "take in", "welcome", "entertain", "harbor", "house", "lodge", "shelter" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "defends":{ "to drive danger or attack away from":{ "examples":[ "a solemn oath to defend the mother country at any cost" ], "synonyms":[ "bulwarks", "covers", "fences", "fends", "forfends", "guards", "keeps", "protects", "safeguards", "screens", "secures", "shields", "wards" ], "near synonyms":[ "averts", "prevents", "opposes", "resists", "withstands", "battles", "contends", "fights", "wars", "conserves", "preserves", "saves", "buffers", "palisades", "pickets", "walls" ], "near antonyms":[ "bombards", "storms", "besets", "besieges", "overruns", "capitulates", "caves", "submits", "yields" ], "antonyms":[ "assails", "assaults", "attacks" ] }, "to continue to declare to be true or proper despite opposition or objections":{ "examples":[ "she will pigheadedly defend any claim regardless of all evidence to the contrary" ], "synonyms":[ "justifies", "maintains", "supports", "upholds" ], "near synonyms":[ "advocates", "champions", "espouses", "confirms", "vindicates", "warrants", "affirms", "asserts", "avers", "avouches", "avows", "claims", "contends", "insists", "pleads", "proclaims", "professes", "protests", "states", "argues", "debates", "discusses", "emphasizes", "stresses", "underlines", "underscores" ], "near antonyms":[ "abandons", "abjures", "forsakes", "recants", "retracts", "takes back", "withdraws", "reverses", "switches", "controverts", "disproves", "rebuts", "refutes" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "defect":{ "something that spoils the appearance or completeness of a thing":{ "examples":[ "the statue has a slight defect on the base, so it's being sold at a discount" ], "synonyms":[ "blemish", "blight", "blotch", "deformity", "disfigurement", "excrescence", "excrescency", "fault", "flaw", "imperfection", "mar", "mark", "pockmark", "scar" ], "near synonyms":[ "abnormality", "distortion", "irregularity", "malformation", "misshape", "bug", "glitch", "kink", "blot", "blur", "spot", "stain", "taint", "damage", "defacement", "impairment", "injury", "failing", "weakness" ], "near antonyms":[ "adornment", "decoration", "embellishment", "enhancement", "ornament" ], "antonyms":[] }, "as in emigrate":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "emigrate", "journey", "peregrinate", "pilgrimage", "tour", "travel", "trek", "trip", "voyage", "road-trip", "transfer", "gallivant", "galavant", "hop", "jaunt", "knock (about)", "perambulate", "ramble", "roam", "rove", "traipse", "wander", "migrate", "relocate", "resettle" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "defrayed":{ "to provide money for (something)":{ "examples":[ "This will defray the costs." ], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "cleared", "discharged", "footed", "liquidated", "paid", "paid off", "paid up", "quit", "quitted", "recompensed", "settled", "sprang (for)", "sprung (for)", "stood", "bankrolled", "capitalized", "endowed", "financed", "funded", "staked", "subsidized", "underwrote", "grubstaked", "cofinanced", "co-financed", "refinanced", "advocated", "aided", "backed", "championed", "endorsed", "indorsed", "patronized", "sponsored", "supported", "maintained", "nourished", "provided (for)", "refunded" ], "near antonyms":[ "defunded" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "deficits":{ "a falling short of an essential or desirable amount or number":{ "examples":[ "a growing deficit in the number of hours devoted to sleep" ], "synonyms":[ "crunches", "dearths", "deficiencies", "droughts", "drouths", "failures", "famines", "inadequacies", "insufficiencies", "lacks", "lacunae", "lacunas", "paucities", "pinches", "poverties", "scarcities", "shortages", "undersupplies", "wants" ], "near synonyms":[ "absences", "omissions", "necessities", "needs", "privations" ], "near antonyms":[ "excesses", "overabundances", "oversupplies", "surfeits", "surpluses" ], "antonyms":[ "abundances", "adequacies", "amplitudes", "opulences", "plenitudes", "plenties", "sufficiencies", "wealths" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "defaults":{ "as in fails , ignores":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "disregards", "ignores", "overlooks", "overpasses", "passes over", "pretermits", "slights", "fails", "forgets", "neglects", "omits", "slides", "slips", "skips" ], "near antonyms":[ "heeds", "minds", "remembers", "keeps", "observes", "carries out", "does", "executes", "performs", "practices", "practises", "discharges", "fulfills", "fulfils", "meets", "satisfies", "complies (with)" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "defacement":{ "deliberate damaging or destroying of another's property":{ "examples":[ "the defacement of the school's property ended up costing hundreds of dollars" ], "synonyms":[ "defacing", "trashing", "vandalism", "vandalization" ], "near synonyms":[ "demolishing", "demolishment", "desecrating", "desecration", "destruction", "ravage", "ravaging", "ruin", "ruination", "wrecking", "sabotage", "depredation", "despoiling", "despoilment", "looting", "marauding", "pillage", "pillaging", "plunder", "plundering", "predation", "ransacking", "sacking", "spoliation" ], "near antonyms":[ "conservation", "preservation", "protection", "salvage", "saving" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "deferentially":{ "in a manner showing no signs of pride or self-assertion":{ "examples":[ "behaved deferentially when approaching someone in authority" ], "synonyms":[ "abjectly", "hat in hand", "humbly", "lowly", "meanly", "meekly", "modestly", "sheepishly", "submissively" ], "near synonyms":[ "obsequiously", "servilely", "subserviently", "fearfully", "mousily", "timidly", "bashfully", "diffidently", "self-deprecatingly", "shyly", "timorously", "civilly", "courteously", "politely", "respectfully", "suppliantly" ], "near antonyms":[ "fearlessly", "discourteously", "disdainfully", "disrespectfully", "impertinently", "rashly", "recklessly", "saucily", "bitchily", "impolitely", "impudently", "rudely", "uncivilly", "ungraciously" ], "antonyms":[ "arrogantly", "audaciously", "boldly", "brashly", "brazenly", "contemptuously", "haughtily", "huffily", "imperiously", "loftily", "pompously", "presumptuously", "pretentiously", "pridefully", "proudly", "scornfully", "self-importantly", "superciliously", "swaggeringly", "uppishly" ] }, "type":[ "adverb" ] }, "defrauder":{ "a dishonest person who uses clever means to cheat others out of something of value":{ "examples":[ "the state's department of consumer protection has to contend with defrauders of every ilk" ], "synonyms":[ "bilk", "bilker", "cheat", "cheater", "chiseler", "chiseller", "confidence man", "cozener", "dodger", "fakir", "finagler", "fraudster", "hoaxer", "scammer", "scamster", "shark", "sharper", "sharpie", "sharpy", "skinner", "swindler", "tricker", "trickster" ], "near synonyms":[ "double-crosser", "double-dealer", "bluffer", "charlatan", "fake", "faker", "humbug", "impostor", "imposter", "mountebank", "phony", "phoney", "pretender", "quack", "quacksalver", "ringer", "sham", "adventurer", "fox", "gamesman", "knave", "prankster", "rascal", "rogue", "fast-talker", "slick", "slicker", "slickster", "slyboots", "smoothy", "smoothie", "wheeler-dealer", "plotter", "schemer", "sneak", "sneaker", "blackleg", "cardsharp", "cardsharper" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "defiles":{ "a narrow opening between hillsides or mountains that can be used for passage":{ "examples":[ "the cattle, once they were cornered in the defile , were quickly rounded up" ], "synonyms":[ "canyons", "ca\u00f1ons", "cols", "couloirs", "flumes", "gaps", "gills", "gorges", "gulches", "gulfs", "kloofs", "linns", "notches", "passes", "ravines", "saddles" ], "near synonyms":[ "abysses", "chasms", "cirques", "clefts", "crevasses", "crevices", "cwms", "fissures", "combes", "coombes", "coombs", "dales", "dells", "glens", "hollows", "shut-ins", "vales", "valleys", "basins", "floodplains", "kettles", "arroyos", "barrancas", "barrancos", "coulees", "draws", "gullies", "gulleys", "gutters", "nullahs", "trenches", "troughs", "wadis", "washes" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "to make unfit for use by the addition of something harmful or undesirable":{ "examples":[ "supplies of meat that had been defiled by maggots" ], "synonyms":[ "befouls", "contaminates", "fouls", "poisons", "pollutes", "taints" ], "near synonyms":[ "infects", "begrimes", "besmirches", "blackens", "dirties", "fouls up", "grimes", "mires", "muddies", "smirches", "smudges", "soils", "stains", "sullies", "corrupts", "rots", "spoils", "adulterates", "doctors", "dilutes", "waters down" ], "near antonyms":[ "clarifies", "cleans", "cleanses", "clears", "distills", "distils", "purges", "filters", "disinfects", "sanitizes", "sterilizes" ], "antonyms":[ "decontaminates", "purifies" ] }, "to treat (a sacred place or object) shamefully or with great disrespect":{ "examples":[ "art conservators were careful not to do anything that might defile the holy relic" ], "synonyms":[ "desecrates", "profanes", "violates" ], "near synonyms":[ "deconsecrates", "desacralizes", "desanctifies", "blasphemes", "curses", "swears", "befouls", "contaminates", "fouls", "poisons", "pollutes", "soils", "sullies", "taints", "affronts", "defames", "insults", "offends", "outrages", "annihilates", "crushes", "decimates", "demolishes", "desolates", "destroys", "devastates", "ravages", "razes", "ruins", "wastes", "wrecks", "despoils", "loots", "pillages", "plunders", "raids", "ransacks", "robs", "sacks", "spoils", "strips" ], "near antonyms":[ "blesses", "consecrates", "dedicates", "hallows", "sanctifies", "honors", "respects", "cleanses", "purges", "purifies" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "defeatists":{ "one who emphasizes bad aspects or conditions and expects the worst":{ "examples":[ "we told her that if she was going to be such a defeatist , she should keep her thoughts to herself" ], "synonyms":[ "pessimists" ], "near synonyms":[ "Cassandras", "Jeremiahs", "cynics", "fatalists", "nihilists", "hardnoses", "pragmatists", "realists", "anti-utopians", "knockers", "naysayers", "worriers", "worrywarts" ], "near antonyms":[ "Don Quixotes", "dreamers", "fantasts", "idealists", "idealizers", "ideologues", "idealogues", "romanticists", "romantics", "utopians", "visionaries", "sentimentalists" ], "antonyms":[ "optimists", "Pollyannas" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "deflection":{ "a turning away from a course or standard":{ "examples":[ "a stern father who would not tolerate the slightest deflection from the strict moral code that he imposed on his children" ], "synonyms":[ "departure", "detour", "deviation", "divagation", "divergence", "divergency", "diversion" ], "near synonyms":[ "regression", "retrogression", "reversion" ], "near antonyms":[ "adherence" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "defects (from)":{ "to leave (a cause or party) often in order to take up another":{ "examples":[ "soldiers defected from the rebel army en masse as the failure of their cause became apparent" ], "synonyms":[ "deserts", "rats (on)" ], "near synonyms":[ "abandons", "abdicates", "abjures", "apostatizes", "cuts off", "disowns", "forsakes", "quits", "rejects", "renounces", "repudiates", "spurns", "reneges", "departs", "goes", "leaves", "withdraws" ], "near antonyms":[ "adheres (to)", "clings (to)", "sticks (to or with)", "cherishes", "cultivates", "fosters" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "deforests":{ "as in denudes , defoliates":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "barks", "flays", "hulls", "husks", "shells", "shucks", "skins", "bares", "clears", "denudes", "exposes", "scales", "strips", "defoliates", "pares" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "defaulted (on)":{ "as in ignored , broke":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "disregarded", "forgot", "ignored", "neglected", "overlooked", "overpassed", "passed over", "slighted", "breached", "broke", "transgressed", "violated" ], "near antonyms":[ "answered", "completed", "complied (with)", "filled", "fulfilled", "kept", "met", "redeemed", "satisfied", "concluded", "consummated", "finalized", "finished", "perfected", "accomplished", "achieved", "brought about", "brought off", "carried out", "effected" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "defender":{ "someone that protects":{ "examples":[ "one of the traditional roles of an older brother is that of schoolyard 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"fought", "opposed", "resisted", "withstood" ], "near antonyms":[ "capitulated (to)", "conceded (to)", "deferred (to)", "goose-stepped (to)", "served", "stooped (to)", "submitted (to)", "surrendered (to)", "yielded (to)", "cooperated (with)", "kept", "observed", "acceded (to)", "acquiesced (to)", "agreed (to)", "assented (to)", "obliged", "attended", "heard", "heeded", "listened (to)", "marked", "noted", "noticed", "regarded", "watched" ], "antonyms":[ "complied (with)", "conformed (to)", "followed", "minded", "obeyed" ] }, "to invite (someone) to take part in a contest or to perform a feat":{ "examples":[ "after missing the target, she defied her boyfriend to do better" ], "synonyms":[ "challenged", "dared", "stumped" ], "near synonyms":[ "bearded", "braved", "brazened", "breasted", "confronted", "faced", "outbraved", "outfaced" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "to oppose (something hostile or dangerous) with firmness or courage":{ "examples":[ "a rescue team willing to defy the raging storm" ], "synonyms":[ "bearded", "braved", "brazened", "breasted", "confronted", "dared", "faced", "outbraved", "outfaced" ], "near synonyms":[ "faced up (to)", "fronted", "affronted", "challenged", "encountered", "met", "accosted", "approached", "cornered", "repelled", "resisted", "stood", "withstood", "battled", "combated", "combatted", "contended (with)", "fought", "opposed", "squared (off)" ], "near antonyms":[ "avoided", "eschewed", "shunned", "eluded", "escaped", "evaded", "shook" ], "antonyms":[ "dodged", "ducked", "funked", "shirked", "sidestepped" ] }, "to refuse to give in to":{ "examples":[ "a bicyclist who regularly defies illness and infirmity in order to compete in races" ], "synonyms":[ "bucked", "fought", "opposed", "repelled", "resisted", "withstood" ], "near synonyms":[ "battled", "combated", "combatted", "contended (with)", "challenged", "contested", "contradicted", "disputed", "baffled", "balked", "foiled", "frustrated", "thwarted", "checked", "countered", "hindered", "obstructed", "stemmed" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[ "bowed (to)", "capitulated (to)", "gave in (to)", "knuckled under (to)", "stooped (to)", "submitted (to)", "succumbed (to)", "surrendered (to)", "yielded (to)" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "deforces":{ "as in evicts":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "evicts", "dispossesses", "divests", "expropriates", "ousts", "disfurnishes", "strips", "bereaves", "deprives", "disinherits", "annexes", "appropriates", "commandeers", "impounds", "seizes", "takes over", "usurps" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "defamer":{ "as in libeler , libelist":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "calumniator", "libeler", "libelist", "slanderer", "exaggerator", "mythomaniac", "perjurer", "fabricator", "fabulist", "fibber", "liar", "prevaricator", "storyteller", "distorter", "falsifier", "equivocator", "palterer", "gossip", "gossiper", "talebearer", "charlatan", "cheat", "cheater", "counterfeiter", "cozener", "deceiver", "defrauder", "dissembler", "dissimulator", "double-dealer", "fraud", "hustler", "knave", "mountebank", "operator", "pretender" ], "near antonyms":[ "square shooter" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "defenestrates":{ "as in pink-slips , terminates":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "axes", "cans", "cashiers", "discharges", "fires", "musters out", "pink-slips", "releases", "removes", "retires", "sacks", "terminates", "deforces", "deports", "displaces", "dispossesses", "evicts", "exiles", "expatriates", "ostracizes", "reads out", "shuts out", "banishes", "boots (out)", "bounces", "casts out", "chases", "dismisses", "drums (out)", "ejects", "expels", "extrudes", "kicks out", "ousts", "outs", "routs", "runs off", "throws out", "turfs (out)", "turns out" ], "near antonyms":[ "accepts", "admits", "receives", "takes", "takes in", "welcomes", "entertains", "harbors", "houses", "lodges", "shelters" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "defrocking":{ "to remove from a position of prominence or power (as a throne)":{ "examples":[ "the movie's director was defrocked for going way over budget" ], "synonyms":[ "deposing", "depriving", "dethroning", "displacing", "ousting", "uncrowning", "unmaking", "unseating", "unthroning" ], "near synonyms":[ "canning", "cashiering", "discharging", "dismissing", "firing", "mustering out", "removing", "retiring", "sacking", "overthrowing", "subverting", "supplanting", "toppling", "usurping", "banishing", "booting (out)", "bouncing", "casting out", "chasing", "drumming (out)", "ejecting", "expelling", "extruding", "routing", "running off", "throwing out" ], "near antonyms":[ "baptizing", "baptising", "inaugurating", "inducting", "initiating", "installing", "instating", "investing", "appointing", "designating", "electing" ], "antonyms":[ "crowning", "enthroning", "throning" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "deferral":{ "the act of delaying or deferring something":{ "examples":[ "a tax deferral" ], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "deferment", "postponement", "delay", "detainment", "detention", "holdback", "holding pattern", "holdup", "wait", "reprieve", "respite", "foot-dragging", "hesitation", "lag", "pause", "setback", "slowdown" ], "near antonyms":[ "haste", "rush", "dispatch", "promptitude", "promptness" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "defenses":{ "means or method of defending":{ "examples":[ "thorns are a rose's defense against grazing animals" ], "synonyms":[ "aegises", "egises", "ammunitions", "armors", "bucklers", "covers", "guards", "protections", "safeguards", "screens", "securities", "shields", "walls", "wards" ], "near synonyms":[ "armaments", "arms", "munitions", "weaponries", "weapons", "fortresses", "forts", "palisades", "strongholds" ], "near antonyms":[ "aggressions", "assaults", "attacks", "offenses", "offences", "offensives" ], "antonyms":[] }, "an explanation that frees one from fault or blame":{ "examples":[ "there's absolutely no defense for your actions" ], "synonyms":[ "alibis", "apologies", "excuses", "justifications", "pleas", "reasons" ], "near synonyms":[ "colors", "guises", "pretenses", "pretences", "pretexts", "rationales", "rationalizations", "vindications", "whitewashes", "cop-outs", "outs", "acknowledgments", "acknowledgements", "atonements", "confessions", "extenuations", "palliations" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "defeatist":{ "emphasizing or expecting the worst":{ "examples":[ "your defeatist attitude is depressing everyone else on the team!" ], "synonyms":[ "bearish", "despairing", "downbeat", "hopeless", "pessimistic" ], "near synonyms":[ "cynical", "fatalistic", "nihilist", "nihilistic", "desperate", "discouraging", "disheartening", "inauspicious", "unlikely", "unpromising", "bleak", "cheerless", "comfortless", "depressing", "desolate", "dismal", "dreary", "funereal", "gloomy", "morose", "saturnine", "sepulchral", "somber", "sombre", "sullen", "grim", "contrary", "hostile", "negative" ], "near antonyms":[ "auspicious", "bright", "encouraging", "fair", "golden", "heartening", "likely", "promising", "propitious", "cheering", "comforting", "reassuring", "favorable", "good", "positive", "idealist", "romantic", "utopian", "visionary", "cheerful", "cheery", "chipper", "sunny" ], "antonyms":[ "hopeful", "optimistic", "Panglossian", "Pollyanna", "Pollyannaish", "Pollyannish", "rose-colored", "rosy", "upbeat" ] }, "one who emphasizes bad aspects or conditions and expects the worst":{ "examples":[ "we told her that if she was going to be such a defeatist , she should keep her thoughts to herself" ], "synonyms":[ "pessimist" ], "near synonyms":[ "Cassandra", "Jeremiah", "cynic", "fatalist", "nihilist", "hardnose", "pragmatist", "realist", "anti-utopian", "knocker", "naysayer", "worrier", "worrywart" ], "near antonyms":[ "Don Quixote", "dreamer", "fantast", "idealist", "idealizer", "ideologue", "idealogue", "romantic", "romanticist", "utopian", "visionary", "sentimentalist" ], "antonyms":[ "optimist", "Pollyanna" ] }, "type":[ "adjective", "noun" ] }, "defunding":{ "as in disendowing":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "disendowing", "drawing", "receiving", "subsisting" ], "near antonyms":[ "endowing", "financing", "funding", "subsidizing", "establishing", "founding", "organizing", "bequeathing", "contributing", "donating", "subscribing", "supporting", "underwriting" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "defiled":{ "as in polluted , tainted":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "contaminated", "germy", "impure", "polluted", "tainted", "bedraggled", "befouled", "begrimed", "bemired", "besmirched", "black", "blackened", "cruddy", "dingy", "dirty", "draggled", "dusty", "filthy", "foul", "grimy", "grotty", "grubby", "grungy", "mucky", "muddy", "nasty", "smudged", "smutty", "soiled", "sordid", "stained", "sullied", "unclean", "uncleanly", "insanitary", "uncleaned", "unsanitary", "unsterile", "unsterilized", "unwashed", "greasy", "gunky", "chaotic", "cluttered", "confused", "disarranged", "disarrayed", "disheveled", "dishevelled", "disordered", "jumbled", "littered", "messed", "messy", "muddled", "mussed", "mussy", "rumpled", "scruffy", "sloppy", "slovenly", "unkempt", "untidy", "raunchy", "scuzzy", "shabby", "skanky", "sleazy", "squalid", "collied", "crocked", "fuliginous", "sooty" ], "near antonyms":[ "clean", "cleanly", "immaculate", "spick-and-span", "spic-and-span", "spotless", "stainless", "ultraclean", "unsoiled", "unstained", "unsullied", "clear", "limpid", "pure", "cleaned", "cleansed", "combed", "groomed", "neat", "ordered", "orderly", "tidy", "bleached", "purified", "whitened", "bright", "flawless", "perfect", "shiny", "sparkling", "unspotted", "untouched", "taintless", "unblemished", "undefiled", "unpolluted", "untainted", "virgin", "wholesome" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to make unfit for use by the addition of something harmful or undesirable":{ "examples":[ "supplies of meat that had been defiled by maggots" ], "synonyms":[ "befouled", "contaminated", "fouled", "poisoned", "polluted", "tainted" ], "near synonyms":[ "infected", "begrimed", "besmirched", "blackened", "dirtied", "fouled up", "grimed", "mired", "muddied", "smirched", "smudged", "soiled", "stained", "sullied", "corrupted", "rotted", "spoiled", "spoilt", "adulterated", "doctored", "diluted", "watered down" ], "near antonyms":[ "clarified", "cleaned", "cleansed", "cleared", "distilled", "purged", "filtered", "disinfected", "sanitized", "sterilized" ], "antonyms":[ "decontaminated", "purified" ] }, "to treat (a sacred place or object) shamefully or with great disrespect":{ "examples":[ "art conservators were careful not to do anything that might defile the holy relic" ], "synonyms":[ "desecrated", "profaned", "violated" ], "near synonyms":[ "deconsecrated", "desacralized", "desanctified", "blasphemed", "cursed", "swore", "befouled", "contaminated", "fouled", "poisoned", "polluted", "soiled", "sullied", "tainted", "affronted", "defamed", "insulted", "offended", "outraged", "annihilated", "crushed", "decimated", "demolished", "desolated", "destroyed", "devastated", "ravaged", "razed", "ruined", "wasted", "wrecked", "despoiled", "looted", "pillaged", "plundered", "raided", "ransacked", "robbed", "sacked", "spoiled", "spoilt", "stripped", "stript" ], "near antonyms":[ "blessed", "blest", "consecrated", "dedicated", "hallowed", "sanctified", "honored", "respected", "cleansed", "purged", "purified" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adjective", "verb" ] }, "defiance":{ "refusal to obey":{ "examples":[ "any defiance of the authoritarian regime would have dire consequences" ], "synonyms":[ "balkiness", "contrariness", "contumacy", "disobedience", "frowardness", "insubordination", "intractability", "obstreperousness", "rebellion", "rebelliousness", "recalcitrance", "refractoriness", "unruliness", "waywardness", "willfulness" ], "near synonyms":[ "civil disobedience", "noncooperation", "discourteousness", "disrespect", "impertinence", "impoliteness", "impudence", "inconsiderateness", "inconsideration", "insolence", "rudeness", "ungraciousness", "doggedness", "hardheadedness", "mulishness", "obduracy", "obdurateness", "obstinacy", "obstinateness", "peevishness", "pertinaciousness", "pertinacity", "perversity", "pigheadedness", "self-will", "stubbornness", "tenaciousness", "tenacity", "knavery", "mischievousness", "naughtiness" ], "near antonyms":[ "agreeability", "amenability", "amiability", "slavishness", "submissiveness", "subservience", "subserviency", "trainability", "deference", "docility", "dutifulness" ], "antonyms":[ "compliance", "obedience", "submission", "subordinateness", "subordination", "tractability", "tractableness" ] }, "the inclination to resist":{ "examples":[ "the troubled youth seems to have an ingrained defiance to authority of any sort" ], "synonyms":[ "opposition", "resistance" ], "near synonyms":[ "demur", "objection", "protest", "remonstrance", "compunction", "misgiving", "reservation", "disobedience", "noncompliance", "recalcitrance" ], "near antonyms":[ "compliance", "obedience", "acceptance", "approval" ], "antonyms":[ "acquiescence" ] }, "an inclination to fight or quarrel":{ "examples":[ "a deeply troubled person who seemed the very soul of defiance" ], "synonyms":[ "aggression", "aggressiveness", "assaultiveness", "bellicosity", "belligerence", "belligerency", "combativeness", "contentiousness", "disputatiousness", "feistiness", "fight", "militance", "militancy", "militantness", "pugnacity", "quarrelsomeness", "scrappiness", "truculence" ], "near synonyms":[ "antagonism", "fierceness", "hostility", "hyperaggressiveness", "unfriendliness", "imperialism", "jingoism", "militarism", "acidity", "biliousness", "captiousness", "crankiness", "crossness", "disagreeableness", "fractiousness", "fretfulness", "grouchiness", "grumpiness", "huffiness", "irascibility", "irascibleness", "irritability", "irritableness", "orneriness", "peevishness", "pettishness", "petulance", "querulousness", "rudeness", "surliness", "testiness", "waspishness" ], "near antonyms":[ "antiaggression", "anti-imperialism", "antimilitarism", "affability", "amiability", "amicability", "benevolence", "cordiality", "friendliness", "geniality", "graciousness", "pleasantness", "sociability", "gentleness", "kindliness", "mildness", "amenability", "complaisance", "placability" ], "antonyms":[ "nonaggression", "pacifism" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "deforming":{ "to twist (something) out of a natural or normal shape or condition":{ "examples":[ "a cynic whose face seems to be permanently deformed by a sneer" ], "synonyms":[ "contorting", "distorting", "misshaping", "screwing", "squinching", "torturing", "warping" ], "near synonyms":[ "defacing", "disfiguring", "wrenching", "wresting", "wringing", "coiling", "curling", "looping", "spiraling", "spiralling", "twining", "winding", "wreathing" ], "near antonyms":[ "straightening", "unbending", "uncurling" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "defections":{ "as in schisms , infidelities":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "apostasies", "infidelities", "schisms", "scissions", "sectarianisms", "separatisms", "errors", "fallacies", "falsehoods", "misbeliefs", "misconceptions", "myths", "deviances", "deviations", "iconoclasms", "unconventionalities", "dissents", "dissidences", "heresies", "heterodoxies", "nonconformities", "disagreements", "discords", "dissensions", "dissentions" ], "near antonyms":[ "conformities", "orthodoxies", "agreements", "conformations", "conventionalities" ], "antonyms":[] }, "as in abandonments , desertions":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "abandonments", "derelictions", "desertions", "discards", "dumpings", "tergiversations" ], "near antonyms":[ "reclamations", "retentions", "recoupments", "repossessions", "retrievals" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "deforcement":{ "as in ejection , disfurnishment":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "disfurnishment", "dispossession", "ejection", "stripping", "invasion", "occupancy", "occupation", "preoccupancy", "trespass", "encroachment", "infringement", "piracy", "despoilment", "looting", "pillaging", "defalcation", "embezzlement", "misapplication", "misappropriation", "misuse", "peculation", "theft", "annexation", "assumption", "attachment", "confiscation", "grab", "impoundment", "repossession", "sequestration", "appropriation", "arrogation", "commandeering", "detainer", "expropriation", "preemption", "seizure", "takeover", "usurpation" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "deforested":{ "as in denuded , defoliated":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "barked", "flayed", "hulled", "husked", "shelled", "shucked", "skinned", "bared", "cleared", "denuded", "exposed", "scaled", "stripped", "stript", "defoliated", "pared" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "defrauded":{ "to rob by the use of trickery or threats":{ "examples":[ "senior citizens generally were too smart to fall for the fast-talking salesman's attempts to defraud them" ], "synonyms":[ "beat", "bilked", "bled", "cheated", "chiseled", "chiselled", "choused", "conned", "cozened", "did", "diddled", "did in", "euchred", "fiddled", "fleeced", "flimflammed", "gaffed", "hosed", "hustled", "mulcted", "nobbled", "plucked", "reamed", "ripped off", "rooked", "screwed", "shook down", "shortchanged", "shorted", "skinned", "skunked", "squeezed", "stiffed", "stuck", "stung", "suckered", "swindled", "thimblerigged", "victimized" ], "near synonyms":[ "extorted", "wrenched", "wrested", "wrung", "clipped", "gouged", "nicked", "overcharged", "soaked", "exploited", "milked", "deceived", "duped", "fooled", "gulled", "tricked", "roped (in)", "betrayed", "bitched", "double-crossed", "bamboozled", "fast-talked" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "defraud":{ "to rob by the use of trickery or threats":{ "examples":[ "senior citizens generally were too smart to fall for the fast-talking salesman's attempts to defraud them" ], "synonyms":[ "beat", "bilk", "bleed", "cheat", "chisel", "chouse", "con", "cozen", "diddle", "do", "do in", "euchre", "fiddle", "fleece", "flimflam", "gaff", "hose", "hustle", "mulct", "nobble", "pluck", "ream", "rip off", "rook", "screw", "shake down", "short", "shortchange", "skin", "skunk", "squeeze", "stick", "stiff", "sting", "sucker", "swindle", "thimblerig", "victimize" ], "near synonyms":[ "extort", "wrench", "wrest", "wring", "clip", "gouge", "nick", "overcharge", "soak", "exploit", "milk", "deceive", "dupe", "fool", "gull", "trick", "rope (in)", "betray", "bitch", "double-cross", "bamboozle", "fast-talk" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "deferring":{ "to assign to a later time":{ "examples":[ "we agreed to defer a discussion of the issue until we had more information" ], "synonyms":[ "delaying", "holding off (on)", "holding over", "holding up", "laying over", "postponing", "putting off", "putting over", "remitting", "shelving" ], "near synonyms":[ "suspending", "hesitating", "pausing", "staying", "detaining", "retarding", "slowing", "extending", "lengthening", "prolonging", "protracting", "stretching (out)", "waiting" ], "near antonyms":[ "acting", "dealing (with)", "deciding (upon)", "doing", "working (on)" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "definitions":{ "a vivid representation in words of someone or something":{ "examples":[ "he gave us his definition of the perfect romantic evening on the town" ], "synonyms":[ "delineations", "depictions", "descriptions", "pictures", "portraits", "portraitures", "portrayals", "renderings", "sketches", "vignettes" ], "near synonyms":[ "accounts", "anecdotes", "anecdota", "chronicles", "narratives", "reports", "stories", "tales", "yarns", "demonstrations", "exemplifications", "illustrations", "clarifications", "elucidations", "explanations", "explications", "expositions" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "defrauding":{ "marked by, based on, or done by the use of dishonest methods to acquire something of value":{ "examples":[ "every new technology has brought with it a raft of defrauding schemes that make full use of it" ], "synonyms":[ "crooked", "deceitful", "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" ] }, "as in cheating , swindling":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "cheating", "chiseling", "chiselling", "skinning", "swindling", "extortion", "fleecing", "gouging", "highway robbery", "overcharging" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "to rob 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}, "type":[ "adjective", "noun", "verb" ] }, "defies":{ "to go against the commands, prohibitions, or rules of":{ "examples":[ "in those days a woman was brave if she defied fashion and wore white after Labor Day" ], "synonyms":[ "disobeys", "mocks", "rebels (against)" ], "near synonyms":[ "disobliges", "mutinies (against)", "revolts (against)", "disregards", "ignores", "overlooks", "overpasses", "passes over", "tunes out", "brushes (off)", "dismisses", "flouts", "pooh-poohs", "poohs", "rejects", "scoffs (at)", "scorns", "shrugs off", "winks (at)", "breaches", "breaks", "infringes", "transgresses", "violates", "bucks", "combats", "contests", "disputes", "fights", "opposes", "resists", "withstands" ], "near antonyms":[ "capitulates (to)", "concedes (to)", "defers (to)", "goose-steps (to)", "serves", "stoops (to)", "submits (to)", "surrenders (to)", "yields (to)", "cooperates (with)", "keeps", "observes", "accedes (to)", "acquiesces (to)", "agrees (to)", "assents (to)", "obliges", "attends", "hears", "heeds", "listens (to)", "marks", "notes", "notices", "regards", "watches" ], "antonyms":[ "complies (with)", "conforms (to)", "follows", "minds", "obeys" ] }, "to invite (someone) to take part in a contest or to perform a feat":{ "examples":[ "after missing the target, she defied her boyfriend to do better" ], "synonyms":[ "challenges", "dares", "stumps" ], "near synonyms":[ "beards", "braves", "brazens", "breasts", "confronts", "faces", "outbraves", "outfaces" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "to oppose (something hostile or dangerous) with firmness or courage":{ "examples":[ "a rescue team willing to defy the raging storm" ], "synonyms":[ "beards", "braves", "brazens", "breasts", "confronts", "dares", "faces", "outbraves", "outfaces" ], "near synonyms":[ "faces up (to)", "fronts", "affronts", "challenges", "encounters", "meets", "accosts", "approaches", "corners", "repels", "resists", "stands", "withstands", "battles", "combats", "contends (with)", "fights", "opposes", "squares (off)" ], "near antonyms":[ "avoids", "eschews", "shuns", "eludes", "escapes", "evades", "shakes" ], "antonyms":[ "dodges", "ducks", "funks", "shirks", "sidesteps" ] }, "to refuse to give in to":{ "examples":[ "a bicyclist who regularly defies illness and infirmity in order to compete in races" ], "synonyms":[ "bucks", "fights", "opposes", "repels", "resists", "withstands" ], "near synonyms":[ "battles", "combats", "contends (with)", "challenges", "contests", "contradicts", "disputes", "baffles", "balks", "foils", "frustrates", "thwarts", "checks", "counters", "hinders", "obstructs", "stems" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[ "bows (to)", "capitulates (to)", "gives in (to)", "knuckles under (to)", "stoops (to)", "submits (to)", "succumbs (to)", "surrenders (to)", "yields (to)" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "defamation":{ "the making of false statements that damage another's reputation":{ "examples":[ "accused the newspaper columnist of defamation of character" ], "synonyms":[ "aspersing", "blackening", "calumniation", "calumny", "character assassination", "defaming", "libel", "libeling", "libelling", "maligning", "slander", "smearing", "traducing", "vilification", "vilifying" ], "near synonyms":[ "aspersion", "innuendo", "muck", "mud", "smear", "backbiting", "detraction", "abuse", "invective", "vituperation", "attack", "censure", "criticism", "denunciation", "hatchet job", "contempt", "disdain", "scorn", "belittlement", "denigration", "disparagement", "cattiness", "despite", "hatefulness", "malevolence", "malice", "maliciousness", "malignancy", "malignity", "meanness", "nastiness", "spite", "spitefulness", "spleen", "venom", "viciousness" ], "near antonyms":[ "acclaim", "accolade", "applause", "commendation", "praise", "esteem", "honor", "respect", "adulation", "flattery", "adoration", "reverence", "veneration", "worship" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "defenseless":{ "lacking protection from danger or resistance against attack":{ "examples":[ "the lack of warm clothing left the hikers defenseless against the unexpected cold snap" ], "synonyms":[ "exposed", "helpless", "susceptible", "undefended", "unguarded", "unprotected", "unresistant", "vulnerable" ], "near synonyms":[ "indefensible", "untenable", "uncovered", "unsafe", "overcome", "preyed (on or upon)", "disarmed", "passive", "resistless", "unarmed", "feeble", "frail", "weak", "abandoned", "high and dry", "marooned" ], "near antonyms":[ "defensible", "covered", "fortified", "safe", "screened", "secure", "sheltered", "armed", "armored", "immune", "impenetrable", "impregnable", "invincible", "strong", "unassailable", "unbeatable", "unconquerable", "almighty", "omnipotent" ], "antonyms":[ "guarded", "invulnerable", "protected", "resistant", "shielded" ] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "defacements":{ "to deliberately cause the damage or destruction of another's property":{ "examples":[ "the principal vowed to get the punks who defaced the statue in front of the school" ], "synonyms":[ "trash", "vandalize" ], "near synonyms":[ "desecrate", "violate", "graffiti", "tag", "bang up", "break", "damage", "harm", "hurt", "impair", "mar", "shatter", "spoil", "annihilate", "demolish", "destroy", "devastate", "ravage", "raven", "raze", "ruin", "scourge", "smash", "tear down", "total", "waste", "wipe out", "wrack", "wreck", "sabotage", "depredate", "despoil", "loot", "maraud", "pillage", "plunder", "ransack", "sack", "spoliate" ], "near antonyms":[ "conserve", "preserve", "protect", "save", "salvage", "build", "rebuild" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to reduce the soundness, effectiveness, or perfection of":{ "examples":[ "years of wear had defaced the fine engraving on the coins" ], "synonyms":[ "blemish", "bloody", "break", "compromise", "crab", "cripple", "cross (up)", "damage", "disfigure", "endamage", "flaw", "harm", "hurt", "impair", "injure", "mar", "spoil", "vitiate" ], "near synonyms":[ "deteriorate", "enervate", "enfeeble", "undermine", "weaken", "erode", "scour", "wash out", "wear (away)", "blight", "tarnish", "dent", "ding", "dint", "botch", "gum (up)", "queer", "lacerate", "wound", "disable", "hamstring", "lame", "maim", "mangle", "mutilate", "torment", "torture", "annihilate", "bang up", "bash", "batter", "clobber", "crush", "dash", "decimate", "demolish", "desolate", "destroy", "devastate", "do in", "pulverize", "raze", "ruin", "scourge", "shatter", "smash", "tear down", "total", "waste", "wipe out", "wreck" ], "near antonyms":[ "cure", "heal", "help", "rectify", "rehabilitate", "remedy", "edit", "remodel", "revise", "ameliorate", "better", "enhance", "enrich", "improve", "meliorate", "perfect", "refine" ], "antonyms":[ "doctor", "fix", "mend", "patch", "rebuild", "recondition", "reconstruct", "renovate", "repair", "revamp" ] }, "deliberate damaging or destroying of another's property":{ "examples":[ "the defacement of the school's property ended up costing hundreds of dollars" ], "synonyms":[ "defacing", "trashing", "vandalism", "vandalization" ], "near synonyms":[ "demolishing", "demolishment", "desecrating", "desecration", "destruction", "ravage", "ravaging", "ruin", "ruination", "wrecking", "sabotage", "depredation", "despoiling", "despoilment", "looting", "marauding", "pillage", "pillaging", "plunder", "plundering", "predation", "ransacking", "sacking", "spoliation" ], "near antonyms":[ "conservation", "preservation", "protection", "salvage", "saving" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "defer":{ "to assign to a later time":{ "examples":[ "we agreed to defer a discussion of the issue until we had more information" ], "synonyms":[ "delay", "hold off (on)", "hold over", "hold up", "lay over", "postpone", "put off", "put over", "remit", "shelve" ], "near synonyms":[ "suspend", "hesitate", "pause", "stay", "detain", "retard", "slow", "extend", "lengthen", "prolong", "protract", "stretch (out)", "wait" ], "near antonyms":[ "act", "deal (with)", "decide (upon)", "do", "work (on)" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "defamed":{ "to make untrue and harmful statements about":{ "examples":[ "of course I want to win the election, but I refuse to defame my opponent in order to do so" ], "synonyms":[ "aspersed", "blackened", "calumniated", "libeled", "libelled", "maligned", "slandered", "smeared", "traduced", "vilified" ], "near synonyms":[ "belittled", "denigrated", "detracted", "disparaged", "discredited", "disgraced", "dishonored", "shamed", "abased", "debased", "degraded", "humbled", "humiliated", "disdained", "scorned" ], "near antonyms":[ "exalted", "glorified", "honored", "acclaimed", "applauded", "commended", "praised", "esteemed", "respected", "admired", "regarded", "adored", "revered", "venerated", "worshipped", "worshiped" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to make a claim of wrongdoing against":{ "examples":[ "so the harmless old woman was defamed of witchcraft" ], "synonyms":[ "accused", "charged", "criminated", "impeached", "incriminated", "indicted" ], "near synonyms":[ "blamed", "called (on)", "castigated", "censured", "condemned", "criticized", "damned", "denounced", "faulted", "impugned", "reproached", "reprobated", "chid", "chided", "rebuked", "reproved", "taxed", "appealed", "arraigned", "booked", "cited", "summoned", "prosecuted", "sued", "tried", "framed", "implicated", "inculpated", "informed (against)", "named", "reported", "recriminated", "retaliated" ], "near antonyms":[ "advocated", "championed", "defended", "excused", "forgave", "justified", "pardoned", "remitted", "shrived", "shrove" ], "antonyms":[ "absolved", "acquitted", "cleared", "exculpated", "exonerated", "vindicated" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "defraying":{ "to provide money for (something)":{ "examples":[ "This will defray the costs." ], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "clearing", "discharging", "footing", "liquidating", "paying", "paying off", "paying up", "quitting", "recompensing", "settling", "springing (for)", "standing", "bankrolling", "capitalizing", "endowing", "financing", "funding", "staking", "subsidizing", "underwriting", "grubstaking", "cofinancing", "co-financing", "refinancing", "advocating", "aiding", "backing", "championing", "endorsing", "indorsing", "patronizing", "sponsoring", "supporting", "maintaining", "nourishing", "providing (for)", "refunding" ], "near antonyms":[ "defunding" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "defectiveness":{ "as in disability , weakness":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "detriment", "disability", "failing", "fault", "impairment", "weakness", "gap", "hiatus", "hole", "lacuna", "space", "void", "deficiency", "deficit", "imperfection", "inadequacy", "inadequateness", "incompleteness", "insufficience", "insufficiency", "lack", "need", "shortcoming", "shortfall", "want" ], "near antonyms":[ "completeness", "fullness" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "defend":{ "to drive danger or attack away from":{ "examples":[ "a solemn oath to defend the mother country at any cost" ], "synonyms":[ "bulwark", "cover", "fence", "fend", "forfend", "guard", "keep", "protect", "safeguard", "screen", "secure", "shield", "ward" ], "near synonyms":[ "avert", "prevent", "oppose", "resist", "withstand", "battle", "contend", "fight", "war", "conserve", "preserve", "save", "buffer", "palisade", "picket", "wall" ], "near antonyms":[ "bombard", "storm", "beset", "besiege", "overrun", "capitulate", "cave", "submit", "yield" ], "antonyms":[ "assail", "assault", "attack" ] }, "to continue to declare to be true or proper despite opposition or objections":{ "examples":[ "she will pigheadedly defend any claim regardless of all evidence to the contrary" ], "synonyms":[ "justify", "maintain", "support", "uphold" ], "near synonyms":[ "advocate", "champion", "espouse", "confirm", "vindicate", "warrant", "affirm", "assert", "aver", "avouch", "avow", "claim", "contend", "insist", "plead", "proclaim", "profess", "protest", "state", "argue", "debate", "discuss", "emphasize", "stress", "underline", "underscore" ], "near antonyms":[ "abandon", "abjure", "forsake", "recant", "retract", "take back", "withdraw", "reverse", "switch", "controvert", "disprove", "rebut", "refute" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "deflagrating":{ "as in firing , igniting":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "firing", "igniting", "kindling", "catching", "enkindling", "flaring (up)", "lighting (up)", "blazing", "burning", "combusting", "flaming", "glowing", "flickering", "guttering", "wavering", "baking", "broiling", "charring", "cooking", "melting", "roasting", "scorching", "sweltering", "smoldering", "smouldering", "sparking", "sputtering", "beaming", "brightening", "radiating", "beating (down)", "flashing", "glaring", "gleaming", "glimmering", "glinting", "glistening", "glittering", "scintillating", "shimmering", "shining", "sparkling", "twinkling" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "defiant":{ "given to resisting authority or another's control":{ "examples":[ "the defiant puppy refused to let go of the football" ], "synonyms":[ "balky", "contrary", "contumacious", "disobedient", "froward", "incompliant", "insubordinate", "intractable", "obstreperous", "rebel", "rebellious", "recalcitrant", "recusant", "refractory", "restive", "ungovernable", "unruly", "untoward", "wayward", "willful", "wilful" ], "near synonyms":[ "noncooperative", "uncooperative", "insurgent", "mutinous", "adamant", "adamantine", "dogged", "hardheaded", "headstrong", "immovable", "implacable", "inflexible", "mulish", "negativistic", "obdurate", "obstinate", "opinionated", "peevish", "pertinacious", "pigheaded", "rigid", "self-willed", "stubborn", "unbending", "uncompromising", "unrelenting", "unyielding", "fractious", "uncontrollable", "unmanageable", "wild", "perverse", "resistant", "wrongheaded", "bad", "disorderly", "errant", "misbehaving", "mischievous", "monkeying", "monkeyish", "naughty", "undisciplined", "dissident", "nonconformist", "discourteous", "disrespectful", "ill-bred", "ill-mannered", "ill-natured", "impertinent", "impolite", "impudent", "inconsiderate", "insolent", "ornery", "rude", "uncivil", "uncouth", "ungracious", "unmannerly" ], "near antonyms":[ "acquiescent", "agreeable", "amiable", "cooperative", "deferential", "obliging", "yielding", "behaved", "disciplined", "well-bred", "courteous", "polite", "respectful", "kowtowing", "obsequious", "servile", "slavish", "subservient", "decorous", "mannerly", "orderly", "proper", "controllable", "governable", "manageable", "trainable" ], "antonyms":[ "amenable", "biddable", "compliant", "conformable", "docile", "obedient", "ruly", "submissive", "tractable" ] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "deformed":{ "badly or imperfectly formed":{ "examples":[ "his first sculpture looked more like a deformed rabbit than a galloping horse" ], "synonyms":[ "distorted", "malformed", "misshapen", "monstrous", "shapeless" ], "near synonyms":[ "defaced", "disfigured", "aberrant", "abnormal", "freakish", "mutant", "asymmetrical", "asymmetric", "crooked", "disproportionate", "irregular", "lopsided", "nonsymmetrical", "overbalanced", "unbalanced", "unequal", "horrible", "horrific", "terrible", "ugly", "unattractive" ], "near antonyms":[ "shapely", "flawless", "perfect" ], "antonyms":[ "undeformed" ] }, "to twist (something) out of a natural or normal shape or condition":{ "examples":[ "a cynic whose face seems to be permanently deformed by a sneer" ], "synonyms":[ "contorted", "distorted", "misshaped", "screwed", "squinched", "tortured", "warped" ], "near synonyms":[ "defaced", "disfigured", "wrenched", "wrested", "wrung", "coiled", "curled", "looped", "spiraled", "spiralled", "twined", "wound", "winded", "wreathed" ], "near antonyms":[ "straightened", "unbent", "uncurled" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adjective", "verb" ] }, "defensive":{ "intended to resist or prevent attack or aggression":{ "examples":[ "a defensive alliance among the small nations against the aggressors" ], "synonyms":[ "protective", "self-protective" ], "near synonyms":[ "deterrent", "preventive", "safe", "secure" ], "near antonyms":[ "aggressive", "bellicose", "belligerent", "combative", "contentious", "in-your-face", "militant", "pugnacious", "quarrelsome", "scrappy", "truculent", "warlike" ], "antonyms":[ "offensive" ] }, "a position of readiness to oppose actual or expected attack":{ "examples":[ "their unexpectedly harsh words put him on the defensive" ], "synonyms":[ "guard" ], "near synonyms":[ "alert", "lookout", "qui vive", "watch" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[ "offensive" ] }, "type":[ "adjective", "noun" ] }, "default (on)":{ "as in ignore , break":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "disregard", "forget", "ignore", "neglect", "overlook", "overpass", "pass over", "slight", "breach", "break", "transgress", "violate" ], "near antonyms":[ "answer", "complete", "comply (with)", "fill", "fulfill", "fulfil", "keep", "meet", "redeem", "satisfy", "conclude", "consummate", "finalize", "finish", "perfect", "accomplish", "achieve", "bring about", "bring off", "carry out", "effect" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] } }