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"achieves", "attains", "bags", "chalks up", "clocks (up)", "hits", "logs", "makes", "notches (up)", "racks up", "rings up", "scores", "wins" ] }, "to receive as return for effort":{ "antonyms":[ "forfeits", "loses" ], "examples":[ "gained her affections with his boyishly shy manner" ], "near antonyms":[ "accords", "gives", "grants", "pays", "gives up", "hands over", "parts (with)", "relinquishes", "surrenders", "yields" ], "related":[ "clears", "grosses", "nets", "accomplishes", "achieves", "notches (up)", "scores", "accumulates", "amasses", "racks up", "catches", "picks up", "annexes", "occupies", "takes over", "reacquires", "reattains", "recaptures", "regains", "remakes" ], "synonyms":[ "acquires", "attains", "bags", "brings in", "captures", "carries", "comes by", "draws", "earns", "garners", "gets", "knocks down", "lands", "makes", "obtains", "procures", "pulls down", "realizes", "reaps", "secures", "wins" ] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "gainsaid":{ "to declare not to be true":{ 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], "near synonyms":[ "traversing", "challenging", "confuting", "disproving", "rebutting", "disagreeing (with)", "disputing" ], "near antonyms":[ "accepting", "adopting", "embracing", "espousing", "affirming", "announcing", "asserting", "averring", "claiming", "declaring", "maintaining", "professing", "submitting", "authenticating", "corroborating", "substantiating", "validating", "verifying" ], "antonyms":[ "acknowledging", "admitting", "allowing", "avowing", "conceding", "confirming", "owning" ] }, "to make an assertion that is contrary to one made by (another)":{ "examples":[ "repeatedly tried to gainsay me, though every point I made was backed up by facts" ], "synonyms":[ "contradicting", "disagreeing (with)" ], "near synonyms":[ "challenging", "contesting", "disputing", "questioning", "confuting", "rebutting", "refuting", "crossing", "fighting", "opposing", "resisting" ], "near antonyms":[ "confirming", "corroborating", "substantiating", "verifying", "attesting", "authenticating", 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"peaked" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[ "contracted", "decreased", "diminished", "dwindled", "lessened", "receded", "waned" ] }, "to obtain (as a goal) through effort":{ "examples":[ "vowed to gain control of the company by any means necessary" ], "synonyms":[ "achieved", "attained", "bagged", "chalked up", "clocked (up)", "hit", "logged", "made", "notched (up)", "racked up", "rang up", "scored", "won" ], "near synonyms":[ "acquired", "captured", "carried", "drew", "garnered", "got", "landed", "obtained", "procured", "realized", "secured", "amounted (to)", "approached", "equaled", "equalled", "matched", "measured up (to)", "met", "rivaled", "rivalled", "tied", "touched", "beat", "excelled", "outdid", "surpassed", "topped" ], "near antonyms":[ "fell short (of)", "missed", "failed (at)", "lost" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to cause (someone) to agree with a belief or course of action by using arguments or earnest request":{ "examples":[ "the radical party was able to gain some supporters 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"array", "best", "bravery", "caparison", "feather", "finery", "frippery", "full dress", "glad rags", "regalia" ], "near synonyms":[ "apparel", "attire", "costume", "duds", "habiliment(s)", "rags", "raiment", "rig", "rigging", "threads", "toggery", "togs", "vestiary", "vesture", "wear" ], "near antonyms":[ "tatters", "disarray", "dishabille" ], "antonyms":[] }, "joyful or festive activity":{ "examples":[ "loved the gaiety of the annual harvest festival", "the gaiety of the wedding reception" ], "synonyms":[ "conviviality", "festivity", "jollification", "jollity", "merriment", "merrymaking", "rejoicing", "reveling", "revelling", "revelry", "whoopee" ], "near synonyms":[ "carousal", "carouse", "delight", "diversion", "entertainment", "fun", "mischief", "pleasure", "recreation", "riot", "cheer", "cheerfulness", "cheeriness", "glee", "gleefulness", "hilarity", "joviality", "merriness", "mirth", "mirthfulness", "carnival", "celebration", "festival", "party", "revel", "frolicking", "gamboling", "gambolling", "rollicking", "romping", "enjoyment", "happiness", "joy", "binge", "fling", "frolic", "gambol", "lark", "rollick", "romp", "spree", "buffoonery", "clownery", "clownishness", "flippancy", "frivolity", "funning", "jesting", "jocularity", "joking", "joshing", "levity", "lightheartedness", "playfulness", "zaniness" ], "near antonyms":[ "blackness", "darkness", "dolefulness", "dolor", "gloom", "gloominess", "glumness", "grief", "heartache", "heartbreak", "heartsickness", "miserableness", "misery", "mournfulness", "mourning", "woe", "wretchedness", "dejection", "depression", "despondence", "despondency", "disconsolateness", "dispiritedness", "doldrums", "downheartedness", "dumps", "forlornness", "joylessness", "melancholy", "sorrow", "unhappiness" ], "antonyms":[] }, "a mood characterized by high spirits and amusement and often accompanied by laughter":{ "examples":[ "the gaiety of children enjoying an outing at an amusement park" ], "synonyms":[ "cheer", 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"grimness", "seriousness", "soberness", "sobersidedness", "solemnity", "solemnness", "discontent", "disgruntlement", "moodiness", "dolefulness", "dolorousness", "joylessness", "mournfulness", "plaintiveness", "woe", "woefulness", "blackness", "darkness", "gloominess", "glumness", "desolateness", "desolation", "heartbreak", "miserableness", "misery", "mourning", "wretchedness" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "gains ground":{ "to move forward along a course":{ "examples":[ "The winning horse quickly gained ground ahead of the others." ], "synonyms":[ "advances", "comes", "comes along", "does", "fares", "forges", "gets along", "gets on", "goes", "goes along", "goes off", "marches", "paces", "proceeds", "progresses" ], "near synonyms":[ "accelerates", "fast-forwards", "speeds", "approaches", "nears", "journeys", "passes", "repairs", "runs", "travels", "wends", "actuates", "drives", "impels", "propels", "pushes", "takes out" ], "near antonyms":[ "arrests", "balks", "blocks", "checks", "detains", "halts", "hinders", "holds back", "impedes", "nips", "obstructs", "slows (down or up)", "stems", "represses", "retards", "stunts", "suppresses", "delays", "interrupts", "stalls", "cramps", "hampers", "inhibits", "ceases", "lets up", "pauses", "regresses", "waits" ], "antonyms":[ "remains", "stands", "stays", "stops" ] }, "type":[ "phrase" ] }, "gainsays":{ "to declare not to be true":{ "examples":[ "it can't be gainsaid that most people wish they had more time and money" ], "synonyms":[ "contradicts", "denies", "disaffirms", "disallows", "disavows", "disclaims", "disconfirms", "disowns", "negates", "negatives", "refutes", "rejects", "repudiates" ], "near synonyms":[ "traverses", "challenges", "confutes", "disproves", "rebuts", "disagrees (with)", "disputes" ], "near antonyms":[ "accepts", "adopts", "embraces", "espouses", "affirms", "announces", "asserts", "avers", "claims", "declares", "maintains", "professes", "submits", "authenticates", "corroborates", 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"tripling (in)", "accruing", "accumulating", "amassing", "exciting", "stimulating", "enhancing", "enlarging", "enriching", "expanding", "extending", "maximizing", "boosting", "elevating", "jacking (up)", "mounting", "ramping (up)", "stepping up" ], "near antonyms":[ "abating", "declining (in)", "diminishing (in)", "dipping", "dwindling", "falling (in)", "lessening", "tapering", "tapering off" ], "antonyms":[ "decreasing (in)", "losing" ] }, "to receive as return for effort":{ "examples":[ "gained her affections with his boyishly shy manner" ], "synonyms":[ "acquiring", "attaining", "bagging", "bringing in", "capturing", "carrying", "coming by", "drawing", "earning", "garnering", "getting", "knocking down", "landing", "making", "obtaining", "procuring", "pulling down", "realizing", "reaping", "securing", "winning" ], "near synonyms":[ "clearing", "grossing", "netting", "accomplishing", "achieving", "notching (up)", "scoring", "accumulating", "amassing", "racking up", "catching", "picking up", "annexing", "occupying", "taking over", "reacquiring", "reattaining", "recapturing", "regaining", "remaking" ], "near antonyms":[ "according", "giving", "granting", "paying", "giving up", "handing over", "parting (with)", "relinquishing", "surrendering", "yielding" ], "antonyms":[ "forfeiting", "losing" ] }, "to become healthy and strong again after illness or weakness":{ "examples":[ "is steadily gaining after his bout with the flu and will be back on his feet soon" ], "synonyms":[ "coming back", "convalescing", "healing", "mending", "pulling round", "rallying", "recouping", "recovering", "recuperating", "snapping back" ], "near synonyms":[ "coming around", "coming round", "coming to", "improving", "picking up", "reviving", "cheering (up)", "perking (up)", "pulling through", "surviving", "recruiting" ], "near antonyms":[ "ailing", "collapsing", "coming down", "sickening", "declining", "degenerating", "deteriorating", "fading", "failing", "languishing", "sinking", "wasting (away)", "weakening", "wilting", "withering", "worsening", "regressing", "relapsing" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to become greater in size, extent, volume, amount, or number":{ "examples":[ "the new version of the car gained in both width and length compared to the earlier model" ], "synonyms":[ "accelerating", "accumulating", "appreciating", "ballooning", "booming", "building up", "burgeoning", "bourgeoning", "climbing", "enlarging", "escalating", "expanding", "increasing", "mounting", "multiplying", "mushrooming", "proliferating", "rising", "rolling up", "snowballing", "spreading", "swelling", "waxing" ], "near synonyms":[ "jumping", "rocketing", "skyrocketing", "surging", "heightening", "intensifying", "redoubling", "blowing up", "bulking", "distending", "inflating", "puffing (up)", "crescendoing", "cresting", "peaking" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[ "contracting", "decreasing", "diminishing", "dwindling", "lessening", "receding", "waning" ] }, "to obtain (as a goal) through 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"bringing around", "converting", "convincing", "getting", "inducing", "moving", "persuading", "prevailing (on or upon)", "satisfying", "talking (into)", "winning (over)" ], "near synonyms":[ "blandishing", "blarneying", "cajoling", "coaxing", "entreating", "exhorting", "fast-talking", "urging", "wheedling", "alluring", "beguiling", "leading on", "luring", "seducing", "snowing", "tempting", "brainwashing", "overpersuading", "inclining", "influencing", "prompting", "selling", "swaying", "attracting", "drawing", "enticing", "interesting", "chewing over", "conversing", "debating", "discussing", "disputing", "hashing (over)", "mooting", "reasoning (with)" ], "near antonyms":[ "deterring", "discouraging", "dissuading", "unselling" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adjective", "verb" ] }, "gaily":{ "in a cheerful or happy manner":{ "examples":[ "we sat around the table, gaily teasing each other and laughing about the good old days" ], "synonyms":[ "brightly", "cheerfully", "cheerily", "happily", "heartily", "jocosely", "jovially", "merrily", "mirthfully", "smilingly" ], "near synonyms":[ "amusedly", "exuberantly", "giddily", "gigglingly", "joyfully", "joyously", "blithely", "blithesomely", "breezily", "gladly", "gladsomely", "laughingly", "lightheartedly", "sunnily", "amicably", "friendlily", "friendly", "good-humoredly", "good-naturedly", "jocularly", "hopefully", "optimistically", "sanguinely", "blissfully", "elatedly", "euphorically", "rapturously" ], "near antonyms":[ "abjectly", "dejectedly", "despondently", "disconsolately", "dispiritedly", "wretchedly", "dolefully", "dolorously", "forlornly", "mournfully", "plaintively", "sorrowfully", "dourly", "glumly", "mirthlessly", "sourly", "sternly", "sulkily", "sullenly", "blackly", "dismally", "drearily", "gloomily", "pessimistically" ], "antonyms":[ "bleakly", "cheerlessly", "darkly", "heavily", "miserably", "morosely", "unhappily" ] }, "in a quick and spirited manner":{ "examples":[ "children gaily running to the buses on the last day of school" ], "synonyms":[ "airily", "animatedly", "animately", "bouncily", "buoyantly", "high-spiritedly", "livelily", "lively", "perkily", "pertly", "snappily", "sparkily", "spiritedly", "sprightly", "trippingly", "vivaciously" ], "near synonyms":[ "friskily", "gamesomely", "playfully", "skittishly", "sportively", "briskly", "crisply", "effervescently", "energetically", "jazzily", "racily", "springily", "breezily", "cockily", "dapperly", "dashingly", "jauntily", "agilely", "nimbly", "spryly", "allegro" ], "near antonyms":[ "halfheartedly", "idly", "indolently", "lazily", "lethargically", "slothfully", "heavily", "inactively", "listlessly", "tiredly", "wearily" ], "antonyms":[ "dully", "inanimately", "sluggishly", "tardily" ] }, "in a manner that is colorful and tends to arouse gaiety":{ "examples":[ "the Mexican dancers were gaily dressed in lavish, bright costumes" ], "synonyms":[ "bravely", "brightly", "brilliantly", "colorfully" ], "near synonyms":[ "flamboyantly", "flashily", "garishly", "gaudily", "loud", "loudly", "ostentatiously", "fancily", "ornately", "swankily", "gorgeously", "richly", "spectacularly", "splendidly", "strikingly", "dapperly", "dashingly", "gallantly", "jazzily", "nattily", "neatly", "pertly", "smartly", "snappily", "spiffily", "conspicuously", "luridly", "shockingly" ], "near antonyms":[ "colorlessly", "inconspicuously", "unobtrusively", "unpretentiously", "chastely", "demurely", "modestly", "conservatively", "plainly", "quietly", "simply", "bleakly", "severely", "somberly" ], "antonyms":[ "boringly", "drably", "dully" ] }, "type":[ "adverb" ] }, "gait":{ "the rate at which activities are pursued":{ "examples":[ "the slow gait of summer days" ], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "clip", "pace", "rate", "tempo", "celerity", "fastness", "fleetness", "haste", "hurry", "quickness", "rapidity", "rapidness", "speed", "speediness", "swiftness", "velocity", "drive", "hustle", "acceleration", "hastiness", "precipitation", "precipitousness", "rush", "alacrity", "dispatch", "expedition", "expeditiousness", "promptitude", "promptness", "warp speed" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] } }