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"full", "mapped (out)", "thorough", "enumerated", "inventoried", "itemized", "listed", "individual", "singular", "particular", "peculiar" ], "antonyms":[ "close-up", "delineated", "detailed", "molecular", "particularized", "specific" ] }, "held by or applicable to a majority of the people":{ "examples":[ "it was the general opinion that the politician was a liar", "the general mood of the nation was one of hope and optimism" ], "synonyms":[ "common", "majority", "overall", "popular", "prevailing", "public", "received", "ruling", "vulgar" ], "near synonyms":[ "unanimous", "universal", "pop", "everyday", "familiar", "household", "usual", "well-known", "contemporary", "current", "present", "dominant", "predominant", "preponderant", "characteristic", "typical", "pandemic", "pervasive", "prevalent", "rife", "widespread", "communal", "shared" ], "near antonyms":[ "rare", "strange", "unknown", "unusual", "distinctive", "especial", "idiosyncratic", "peculiar", "special", "unique", "individual", "separate", "singular", "nonpublic", "personal", "private" ], "antonyms":[ "uncommon", "unpopular" ] }, "not limited or specialized in application or purpose":{ "examples":[ "a new kitchen tool of general usefulness", "a general education" ], "synonyms":[ "all-around", "all-round", "all-purpose", "catholic", "general-purpose", "unlimited", "unqualified", "unrestricted", "unspecialized" ], "near synonyms":[ "mixed-use", "multipurpose", "broad", "wide", "nonspecific", "unspecified", "vague" ], "near antonyms":[ "bounded", "circumscribed", "confined", "definite", "demarcated", "determinate", "finite", "qualified", "dedicated", "selective" ], "antonyms":[ "limited", "restricted", "specialized", "technical" ] }, "as in director , executive":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "administrator", "commander", "director", "employer", "executive", "governor", "hierarch", "higher-up", "boss", "boss man", "captain", "chief", "foreman", "forewoman", "head", "headman", "helmsman", "honcho", "jefe", "kingpin", "leader", "master", "mistress", "taskmaster", "taskmistress", "leadman", "manager", "overseer", "principal", "skipper", "standard-bearer", "steward", "straw boss", "superintendent", "superior", "supervisor", "gaffer", "ganger", "overlord", "potentate", "ruler", "sovereign", "sovran", "figurehead", "baron", "czar", "tsar", "tzar", "czarina", "tsarina", "tzarina", "king", "magnate", "mogul", "president", "prince", "princess", "queen", "big cheese", "big gun", "bigwig", "top dog", "top gun", "cohead", "coleader" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adjective", "noun" ] }, "general-purpose":{ "not limited or specialized in application or purpose":{ "examples":[ "a general-purpose glue for routine household repairs" ], "synonyms":[ "all-around", "all-round", "all-purpose", "catholic", "general", "unlimited", "unqualified", "unrestricted", "unspecialized" ], "near synonyms":[ "mixed-use", "multipurpose", "broad", "wide", "nonspecific", "unspecified", "vague" ], "near antonyms":[ "bounded", "circumscribed", "confined", "definite", "demarcated", "determinate", "finite", "qualified", "dedicated", "selective" ], "antonyms":[ "limited", "restricted", "specialized", "technical" ] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "generalship":{ "as in leadership , administration":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "generated":{ "to be the cause of (a situation, action, or state of mind)":{ "examples":[ "his rabble-rousing speech generated a lot of controversy among local taxpayers" ], "synonyms":[ "begot", "begat", "bred", "brought", "brought about", "brought on", "catalyzed", "caused", "created", "did", "drew on", "effected", "effectuated", "engendered", "induced", "invoked", "made", "occasioned", "produced", "prompted", "resulted (in)", "spawned", "translated (into)", "worked", "wrought", "yielded" ], "near synonyms":[ "conduced (to)", "contributed (to)", "decided", "determined", "began", "established", "fathered", "founded", "inaugurated", "initiated", "innovated", "instituted", "introduced", "launched", "pioneered", "set", "set up", "started", "advanced", "cultivated", "developed", "encouraged", "forwarded", "fostered", "furthered", "nourished", "nurtured", "promoted", "enacted", "rendered", "turned out" ], "near antonyms":[ "impeded", "limited", "restricted", "clamped down (on)", "cracked down (on)", "crushed", "dampened", "put down", "quashed", "quelled", "repressed", "smothered", "squashed", "squelched", "stifled", "subdued", "suppressed", "arrested", "checked", "controlled", "curbed", "inhibited", "reined (in)", "restrained", "retarded", "canned", "killed", "snuffed (out)", "stilled", "abolished", "demolished", "destroyed", "extinguished", "liquidated", "quenched" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "generosities":{ "the quality or state of being generous":{ "examples":[ "a sidewalk beggar who benefited from the generosity of kindhearted passersby" ], "synonyms":[ "bigheartedness", "bountifulness", "bounty", "generousness", "largesse", "largess", "liberality", "munificence", "openhandedness", "openheartedness", "philanthropy", "unselfishness" ], "near synonyms":[ "beneficence", "charity", "kindliness", "selflessness", "kindness", "gift", "gratuity", "lagniappe", "tribute", "extravagance", "improvidence", "lavishness", "prodigality", "wastefulness", "spendthrift", "dissipating", "squandering" ], "near antonyms":[ "conserving", "economizing", "economy", "frugality", "husbandry", "providence", "scrimping", "skimping", "thrift", "conservation", "saving", "husbanding", "managing", "scraping", "cutting back" ], "antonyms":[ "cheapness", "closeness", "meanness", "miserliness", "parsimony", "penuriousness", "pinching", "selfishness", "stinginess", "tightness", "ungenerosity" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "genial":{ "having an easygoing and pleasing manner especially in social situations":{ "examples":[ "a genial host who makes a point of speaking personally to each and every guest" ], "synonyms":[ "affable", "agreeable", "amiable", "good-natured", "good-tempered", "gracious", "mellow", "nice", "pleasant", "sweet", "well-disposed" ], "near synonyms":[ "amicable", "clever", "cordial", "friendly", "neighborly", "benign", "gentle", "kind", "cheerful", "cheery", "glad", "sunny", "companionable", "conversable", "sociable", "civil", "considerate", "courteous", "polite", "thoughtful", "accommodating", "amenable", "obliging", "attractive", "delightful", "enjoyable", "likable", "likeable" ], "near antonyms":[ "boorish", "discourteous", "ill-mannered", "impolite", "inconsiderate", "rude", "surly", "uncivil", "unkind", "unmannerly", "unsociable", "bearish", "bilious", "cantankerous", "choleric", "churlish", "crabby", "cranky", "dyspeptic", "fussy", "grouchy", "grumpy", "ill-humored", "irascible", "irritable", "peevish", "petulant", "quick-tempered", "snappish", "testy", "touchy", "argumentative", "contentious", "contrary", "ornery", "querulous", "unappealing", "unattractive", "sour", "vinegary" ], "antonyms":[ "disagreeable", "ill-natured", "ill-tempered", "unamiable", "ungenial", "ungracious", "unpleasant" ] }, "having or showing kindly feeling and sincere interest":{ "examples":[ "genial new neighbors who helped us unpack boxes and brought us dinner our first night in the new place" ], "synonyms":[ "amicable", "bonhomous", "buddy-buddy", "chummy", "collegial", "companionable", "comradely", "cordial", "friendly", "hail-fellow", "hail-fellow-well-met", "hearty", "matey", "neighborly", "palsy", "palsy-walsy", "warm", "warmhearted" ], "near synonyms":[ "affable", "agreeable", "approachable", "good-natured", "good-tempered", "gracious", "nice", "sweet", "clubby", "convivial", "folksy", "gregarious", "hospitable", "sociable", "social", "jolly", "jovial", "merry", "extroverted", "extraverted", "outgoing", "brotherly", "fraternal", "sisterly", "close", "familiar", "intimate", "adoring", "affectionate", "devoted", "fond", "lovesome", "loving", "tender", "tenderhearted" ], "near antonyms":[ "alienated", "estranged", "chilly", "cold", "cold-blooded", "cool", "frigid", "frosty", "glacial", "icy", "wintry", "wintery", "unsociable", "unsocial", "aggressive", "argumentative", "bellicose", "belligerent", "combative", "contentious", "disputatious", "pugnacious", "quarrelsome", "scrappy", "truculent", "inhospitable", "inimical" ], "antonyms":[ "antagonistic", "hostile", "unfriendly" ] }, "showing a natural kindness and courtesy especially in social situations":{ "examples":[ "his genial offer to give me his seat on the bus" ], "synonyms":[ "affable", "cordial", "gracious", "hospitable", "sociable" ], "near synonyms":[ "agreeable", "amiable", "benign", "benignant", "congenial", "convivial", "friendly", "kind", "kindly", "neighborly", "accommodating", "obliging", "considerate", "courteous", "polite", "thoughtful", "cosmopolitan", "sophisticated", "urbane", "approachable", "attentive", "outgoing" ], "near antonyms":[ "boorish", "churlish", "abrupt", "blunt", "brusque", "brusk", "curt", "gruff", "sharp", "snippy", "antisocial", "disagreeable", "discourteous", "ill-mannered", "impolite", "rude", "sullen", "surly", "uncivil", "unfriendly", "unkind", "unmannerly", "crabbed", "crabby", "cross", "crusty", "grumpy" ], "antonyms":[ "inhospitable", "ungenial", "ungracious", "unsociable" ] }, "marked by temperatures that are neither too high nor too low":{ "examples":[ "wanted to move to a more genial clime for health reasons" ], "synonyms":[ "balmy", "clement", "equable", "gentle", "mild", "moderate", "soft", "temperate" ], "near synonyms":[ "clear", "cloudless", "fair", "rainless", "sunny", "sunshiny", "calm", "halcyon", "peaceful", "placid", "tranquil", "delightful", "fine", "pleasant" ], "near antonyms":[ "blustering", "blustery", "breezy", "gusty", "rough", "squally", "stormy", "windy", "misty", "rainy", "showery", "bleak", "cloudy", "dismal", "foggy", "gloomy", "gray", "grey", "hazy", "overcast", "sunless", "bitter", "dirty", "foul", "nasty", "raw" ], "antonyms":[ "harsh", "inclement", "intemperate", "severe" ] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "gentilesse":{ "as in civility , politeness":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "civility", "courteousness", "courtesy", "gentility", "graciousness", "mannerliness", "politeness", "politesse", "etiquette", "dignity", "grace", "refinement", "decency", "decorum", "form", "propriety", "discretion", "prudence", "appropriateness", "correctitude", "correctness", "decorousness", "fitness", "rightness", "seemliness", "attention", "attentiveness", "care", "carefulness", "character", "goodness", "high-mindedness", "honesty", "honor", "integrity", "morality", "probity", "rectitude", "righteousness", "straightness", "uprightness", "virtue", "virtuousness" ], "near antonyms":[ "impropriety", "indecency", "indecorum", "coarseness", "crudeness", "gracelessness", "discourtesy", "impoliteness", "incivility", "vulgarity", "imprudence", "indiscretion", "badness", "evil", "immorality", "wickedness", "debauchery", "degeneracy", "degradation", "depravity", "perversion", "crookedness", "dishonesty", "underhandedness", "unscrupulousness" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "gentle":{ "a man or woman of high birth or social position":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "the archbishop treated both the gentles and the commoners with respect and kindness" ], "near antonyms":[ "canaille", "commoner", "pleb", "plebeian", "proletarian", "roturier", "boor", "fellah", "peasant", "peon" ], "related":[ "socialite", "swell", "magnate", "magnifico", "mogul", "nabob", "gentlefolk", "gentlefolks" ], "synonyms":[ "aristocrat", "blue blood", "gentleperson", "noble", "patrician" ] }, "marked by temperatures that are neither too high nor too low":{ "antonyms":[ "harsh", "inclement", "intemperate", "severe" ], "examples":[ "whisk the egg yolks in a double boiler set over a gentle heat" ], "near antonyms":[ "blustering", "blustery", "breezy", "gusty", "rough", "squally", "stormy", "windy", "misty", "rainy", "showery", "bleak", "cloudy", "dismal", "foggy", "gloomy", "gray", "grey", "hazy", "overcast", "sunless", "bitter", "dirty", "foul", "nasty", "raw" ], "related":[ "clear", "cloudless", "fair", "rainless", "sunny", "sunshiny", "calm", "halcyon", "peaceful", "placid", "tranquil", "delightful", "fine", "pleasant" ], "synonyms":[ "balmy", "clement", "equable", "genial", "mild", "moderate", "soft", "temperate" ] }, "not harsh or stern especially in nature or effect":{ "antonyms":[ "abrasive", "caustic", "coarse", "hard", "harsh", "rough", "scathing", "stern", "ungentle" ], "examples":[ "use a gentle detergent on that delicate silk blouse", "her gentle ways" ], "near antonyms":[ "exquisite", "fierce", "intense", "powerful", "severe", "forceful", "forcible", "savage", "violent", "roughened", "rugged", "strong", "abrading", "irritating", "roughening", "grim", "gruff", "rude", "stiff", "heavy-handed", "oppressive", "pitiless", "tyrannical", "tyrannic" ], "related":[ "calm", "pacific", "peaceful", "placid", "quiet", "serene", "tranquil", "clement", "compassionate", "easy", "lenient", "merciful", "buffering", "cushioning", "emollient", "softening", "sleek", "slick", "smooth" ], "synonyms":[ "balmy", "benign", "bland", "delicate", "light", "mellow", "mild", "nonabrasive", "soft", "soothing", "tender" ] }, "not loud in pitch or volume":{ "antonyms":[ "blaring", "blasting", "booming", "clamorous", "clangorous", "deafening", "earsplitting", "loud", "overloud", "piercing", "plangent", "resounding", "ringing", "roaring", "sonorous", "stentorian", "thundering", "thunderous" ], "examples":[ "the mother spoke in a gentle voice to her child" ], "near antonyms":[ "brazen", "crashing", "dinning", "discordant", "noisy", "obstreperous", "raucous", "rip-roaring", "vociferous", "grating", "harsh", "shrill", "squealing", "strident", "clarion", "clear", "trumpetlike" ], "related":[ "dead", "silent", "still", "calm", "dreamy", "hushed", "peaceful", "restful", "serene", "soothing", "stilly", "tranquil", "muffled", "muted", "softened", "toned (down)" ], "synonyms":[ "dull", "low", "quiet", "soft" ] }, "of high birth, rank, or station":{ "antonyms":[ "baseborn", "common", "humble", "ignoble", "low", "lower-class", "lowly", "mean", "nonaristocratic", "plebeian", "ungenteel" ], "examples":[ "loved reading about the days when gentle lords and ladies danced at fancy balls" ], "near antonyms":[ "inferior", "knavish", "bastard", "illegitimate", "ordinary", "plain", "abased", "degraded", "junior", "subordinate" ], "related":[ "high", "lofty", "superior", "elevated", "ennobled", "exalted", "gentlemanly", "kingly", "knightly", "ladylike", "lordly", "princely", "queenly", "regal", "royal", "high-level", "senior" ], "synonyms":[ "aristocratic", "blue-blooded", "genteel", "grand", "great", "highborn", "highbred", "noble", "patrician", "silk-stocking", "upper-class", "upper-crust", "wellborn" ] }, "to lessen the anger or agitation of":{ "antonyms":[ "anger", "enrage", "incense", "inflame", "enflame", "infuriate", "ire", "madden", "outrage" ], "examples":[ "employees soon learned that their hot-tempered boss needed to be gentled several times a day" ], "near antonyms":[ "aggravate", "annoy", "antagonize", "bother", "bug", "burn (up)", "chafe", "cross", "exasperate", "gall", "get", "grate", "irk", "irritate", "nettle", "peeve", "pique", "put out", "rankle", "rile", "roil", "ruffle", "vex", "provoke", "rouse", "harass", "harry", "persecute", "pester", "agitate", "discomfort", "distress", "disturb", "fret", "perturb", "unhinge", "unsettle", "upset", "worry", "affront", "insult", "offend", "slight" ], "related":[ "calm", "comfort", "console", "content", "hush", "quiet", "soothe", "tranquilize", "tranquillize", "endear (to)", "ingratiate", "delight", "gladden", "gratify", "please", "adulate", "blarney", "flatter", "overpraise", "soft-soap", "quench", "sate", "satiate", "satisfy", "cater (to)", "humor", "indulge", "blandish", "cajole", "coax", "sweet-talk", "wheedle", "baby", "coddle", "mollycoddle", "pamper", "spoil", "dulcify", "sweeten" ], "synonyms":[ "appease", "assuage", "conciliate", "disarm", "mollify", "pacify", "placate", "propitiate" ] }, "to lessen the shock of":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "adding a bit of sugar to the salsa will gentle the hot spiciness of the chili peppers" ], "near antonyms":[ "heighten", "intensify", "sharpen" ], "related":[ "baffle", "dampen", "deaden", "dull", "obtund", "moderate", "modulate", "temper", "allay", "alleviate", "assuage", "ease", "lighten", "mitigate", "relieve" ], "synonyms":[ "buffer", "cushion", "soften" ] }, "to touch or handle in a tender or loving manner":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "soothingly gentled his cat's head as she was being treated by the vet" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "bill", "canoodle", "cuddle", "neck", "nestle", "nose", "nuzzle", "snuggle", "spoon", "feel up", "paw", "cradle", "embrace", "enfold", "hug", "bounce", "dandle", "knead", "massage", "baby", "coddle", "indulge", "mollycoddle", "pamper", "spoil" ], "synonyms":[ "caress", "fondle", "love", "pat", "pet", "stroke" ] }, "type":[ "adjective", "noun", "verb" ] }, "gentlefolk":{ "the highest class in a society":{ "examples":[ "an 18th-century painter whose works are typically of well-dressed gentlefolk wooing and frolicking in sylvan settings" ], "synonyms":[ "aristocracy", "elite", "gentility", "gentry", "nobility", "patriciate", "quality", "upper class", "upper crust" ], "near synonyms":[ "A-list", "beau monde", "beautiful people", "caf\u00e9 society", "Four Hundred", "400", "glitterati", "haut monde", "haute monde", "jet set", "society", "carriage trade", "plutocracy" ], "near antonyms":[ "commoners", "(the) crowd", "(the) masses", "peasantry", "peonage", "(the) people", "plebeians", "plebs", "(the) populace", "(the) public", "rank and file", "bourgeoisie", "middle class", "working class", "dregs", "(the) herd", "(the) mob", "rabble", "rabblement", "riffraff", "scum", "trash" ], "antonyms":[ "proletarians", "proletariat" ] }, "type":[ "plural noun" ] }, "gentlewomen":{ "a woman of high birth or social position":{ "examples":[ "in the 19th century a number of American gentlewomen used their wealth and influence to further abolitionism, women's rights, and other worthy causes" ], "synonyms":[ "dames", "ladies", "miladies", "noblewomen", "peeresses" ], "near synonyms":[ "baronesses", "countesses", "duchesses", "marchese", "marchionesses", "marquises", "princesses", "queens", "viscountesses", "dowagers", "matriarchs", "matrons", "mistresses", "ladyships", "madams" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "gentling":{ "to lessen the anger or agitation of":{ "examples":[ "employees soon learned that their hot-tempered boss needed to be gentled several times a day" ], "synonyms":[ "appeasing", "assuaging", "conciliating", "disarming", "mollifying", "pacifying", "placating", "propitiating" ], "near synonyms":[ "calming", "comforting", "consoling", "contenting", "hushing", "quieting", "soothing", "tranquilizing", "tranquillizing", "endearing (to)", "ingratiating", "delighting", "gladdening", "gratifying", "pleasing", "adulating", "blarneying", "flattering", "overpraising", "soft-soaping", "quenching", "satiating", "sating", "satisfying", "catering (to)", "humoring", "indulging", "blandishing", "cajoling", "coaxing", "sweet-talking", "wheedling", "babying", "coddling", "mollycoddling", "pampering", "spoiling", "dulcifying", "sweetening" ], "near antonyms":[ "aggravating", "annoying", "antagonizing", "bothering", "bugging", "burning (up)", "chafing", "crossing", "exasperating", "galling", "getting", "grating", "irking", "irritating", "nettling", "peeving", "piquing", "putting out", "rankling", "riling", "roiling", "ruffling", "vexing", "provoking", "rousing", "harassing", "harrying", "persecuting", "pestering", "agitating", "discomforting", "distressing", "disturbing", "fretting", "perturbing", "unhinging", "unsettling", "upsetting", "worrying", "affronting", "insulting", "offending", "slighting" ], "antonyms":[ "angering", "enraging", "incensing", "inflaming", "enflaming", "infuriating", "iring", "maddening", "outraging" ] }, "to touch or handle in a tender or loving manner":{ "examples":[ "soothingly gentled his cat's head as she was being treated by the vet" ], "synonyms":[ "caressing", "fondling", "loving", "patting", "petting", "stroking" ], "near synonyms":[ "billing", "canoodling", "cuddling", "necking", "nestling", "nosing", "nuzzling", "snuggling", "spooning", "feeling up", "pawing", "cradling", "embracing", "enfolding", "hugging", "bouncing", "dandling", "kneading", "massaging", "babying", "coddling", "indulging", "mollycoddling", "pampering", "spoiling" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "to lessen the shock of":{ "examples":[ "adding a bit of sugar to the salsa will gentle 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"authentic", "bona fide", "certifiable", "certified", "dinkum", "echt", "honest", "pukka", "pucka", "real", "right", "sure-enough", "true" ], "near synonyms":[ "actual", "historical", "original", "lawful", "legal", "legitimate", "identifiable", "recognizable", "verifiable", "proven", "substantiated", "validated", "verified", "incontestable", "incontrovertible", "indisputable", "indubitable", "irrefutable", "undeniable", "undoubted", "unmistakable", "unquestionable", "veritable", "very", "accurate", "correct", "proper", "pure", "unadulterated", "unalloyed" ], "near antonyms":[ "artificial", "factitious", "imitation", "man-made", "simulated", "synthetic", "unnatural", "concocted", "fabricated", "manufactured", "deceptive", "delusive", "delusory", "misleading" ], "antonyms":[ "bogus", "counterfeit", "fake", "false", "mock", "phony", "phoney", "pseudo", "sham", "spurious", "suppositious", "supposititious", "unauthentic", "unreal" ] }, "free from any intent to deceive or impress others":{ 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"devious", "double-dealing", "hypocritical", "manipulative", "two-faced", "arch", "calculating", "canny", "crafty", "cunning", "designing", "foxy", "knavish", "scheming", "sharp", "shifty", "shrewd", "slick", "slippery", "sly", "subtle", "tricky", "underhanded", "wily", "flattering", "mealymouthed", "smooth", "sycophantic", "unctuous", "feigned", "forced", "strained" ], "antonyms":[ "affected", "artful", "artificial", "assuming", "dishonest", "dissembling", "dissimulating", "fake", "false", "guileful", "insincere", "phony", "phoney", "pretentious" ] }, "existing in fact and not merely as a possibility":{ "examples":[ "there's genuine value in learning how to do household repairs on one's own" ], "synonyms":[ "actual", "concrete", "de facto", "effective", "existent", "factual", "real", "sure-enough", "true", "very" ], "near synonyms":[ "attested", "authenticated", "confirmed", "demonstrated", "established", "proven", "substantiated", "valid", "validated", "verified", "incontestable", "incontrovertible", "indisputable", "indubitable", "inescapable", "irrefutable", "undeniable", "unquestionable", "believable", "convincing", "literal", "realistic", "unmistakable", "verifiable", "authentic", "bona fide", "real-life", "real-world", "absolute", "certain", "final", "hard", "objective", "palpable", "positive", "substantial", "tangible", "authoritative", "certifiable", "certified" ], "near antonyms":[ "alleged", "assumed", "reputed", "supposed", "conceived", "envisaged", "envisioned", "imagined", "pictured", "visualized", "chimerical", "chimeric", "fabled", "fanciful", "fictional", "fictitious", "illusory", "legendary", "fabricated", "fake", "imaginary", "invented", "made-up", "make-believe", "pretend", "romantic", "abstract", "symbolic", "unreal", "virtual" ], "antonyms":[ "conjectural", "hypothetical", "ideal", "inexistent", "nonexistent", "platonic", "possible", "potential", "suppositional", "theoretical", "theoretic" ] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "gent":{ "an adult male human being":{ "examples":[ "ladies and gents" ], "synonyms":[ "bastard", "bloke", "buck", "cat", "chap", "chappie", "dude", "fella", "fellow", "galoot", "gentleman", "guy", "hombre", "jack", "joe", "joker", "lad", "male", "man" ], "near synonyms":[ "master", "mister", "sir", "buddy", "buster" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "genealogy":{ "the line of ancestors from whom a person is descended":{ "examples":[ "has a distinguished genealogy that traces back to William the Conqueror" ], "synonyms":[ "ancestry", "birth", "blood", "bloodline", "breeding", "descent", "extraction", "family tree", "line", "lineage", "origin", "parentage", "pedigree", "stock", "strain" ], "near synonyms":[ "heredity", "succession", "family", "house", "kin", "kindred", "relations", "relatives", "race" ], "near antonyms":[ "offspring", "child", "heir", "inheritor", "son", "successor" ], "antonyms":[ "issue", "posterity", "progeny", "seed" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "genocides":{ "the deliberate killing of people who belong to a particular racial, political, or cultural group":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "pogroms", "bloodbaths", "butcheries", "carnages", "deaths", "holocausts", "massacres", "slaughters", "bloodlettings", "bloodsheds", "foul play", "homicides", "manslaughters", "murders", "slayings", "mortalities", "annihilations", "decimations", "destructions", "devastations", "eradications", "exterminations", "assassinations", "executions" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "genteelness":{ "speech or behavior that is a sign of good breeding":{ "examples":[ "the young man displays the kind of old-school genteelness that one rarely encounters on today's college campuses" ], "synonyms":[ "civility", "courteousness", "courtesy", "gentility", "graciousness", "mannerliness", "politeness" ], "near synonyms":[ "attentiveness", "consideration", "thoughtfulness", "ceremonialness", "ceremoniousness", "ceremony", "formality", "chivalrousness", "chivalry", "courtliness", "gallantry", "gentlemanliness", "knighthood", "knightliness", "breeding", "manners", "suaveness", "unctuousness", "urbanity", "elegance", "refinement", "deference", "respect", "decency", "decorousness", "decorum", "gentilesse", "polish", "politesse", "propriety", "respectability", "seemliness", "affability", "cordiality", "friendliness", "geniality", "hospitality", "sociability", "felicitousness", "gracefulness", "humility", "meekness", "modesty", "shyness" ], "near antonyms":[ "audaciousness", "audacity", "boldness", "brashness", "brassiness", "disrespect", "impertinence", "impudence", "insolence", "sauciness", "shamelessness", "boorishness", "churlishness", "clownishness", "loutishness", "vulgarity", "casualness", "informality", "delinquency", "improperness", "impropriety", "inappropriateness", "incorrectness", "indecency", "inconsiderateness", "inconsideration", "thoughtlessness", "arrogance", "conceit", "presumption", "pretentiousness" ], "antonyms":[ "discourteousness", "discourtesy", "impoliteness", "incivility", "rudeness", "surliness", "ungraciousness" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "genies":{ "a magic spirit that looks like a person, often lives in a lamp or bottle, and serves the person who calls it":{ "examples":[ "He rubbed the magic lamp to summon the genie ." ], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "afreets", "afrits", "jinn", "jinns", "djinn", "djinns", "cacodemons", "demons", "daemons", "devils", "fiends", "ghosts", "ghoulies", "ghouls", "imps", "shaitans", "hags", "lamiae", "lamias", "vampires", "incubi", "incubuses", "nightmares", "succubi", "apparitions", "banshees", "bogeys", "bogies", "bugbears", "familiars", "familiar spirits", "geniuses", "genii", "phantasms", "fantasms", "phantoms", "poltergeists", "shades", "shadows", "specters", "spectres", "spooks", "visions", "wraiths", "brownies", "dwarfs", "dwarves", "elves", "faeries", "fairies", "fays", "gnomes", "goblins", "gremlins", "hobgoblins", "kobolds", "leprechauns", "pixies", "pucks", "sprites", "trolls", "monsters", "ogres" ], "near antonyms":[ "angels" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "genocide":{ "the deliberate killing of people who belong to a particular racial, political, or cultural group":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "pogrom", "bloodbath", "butchery", "carnage", "death", "holocaust", "massacre", "slaughter", "bloodletting", "bloodshed", "foul play", "homicide", "manslaughter", "murder", "slaying", "mortality", "annihilation", "decimation", "demolishing", "destruction", "devastation", "eradication", "extermination", "assassination", "execution" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "genealogists":{ "as in archivists , chronologists":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "archivists", "chronologists", "hagiographers", "autobiographers", "biographers", "annalists", "chroniclers", "historians" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "gentlefolks":{ "the highest class in a society":{ "examples":[ "an 18th-century painter whose works are typically of well-dressed gentlefolk wooing and frolicking in sylvan settings" ], "synonyms":[ "aristocracy", "elite", "gentility", "gentry", "nobility", "patriciate", "quality", "upper class", "upper crust" ], "near synonyms":[ "A-list", "beau monde", "beautiful people", "caf\u00e9 society", "Four Hundred", "400", "glitterati", "haut monde", "haute monde", "jet set", "society", "carriage trade", "plutocracy" ], "near antonyms":[ "commoners", "(the) crowd", "(the) masses", "peasantry", "peonage", "(the) people", "plebeians", "plebs", "(the) populace", "(the) public", "rank and file", "bourgeoisie", "middle class", "working class", "dregs", "(the) herd", "(the) mob", "rabble", "rabblement", "riffraff", "scum", "trash" ], "antonyms":[ "proletarians", "proletariat" ] }, "type":[ "plural noun" ] }, "generousness":{ "the quality or state of being generous":{ "examples":[ "many of the donations seemed to have been made more out of a nagging sense of guiltiness than in a true spirit of generousness" ], "synonyms":[ "bigheartedness", "bountifulness", "bounty", "generosity", "largesse", "largess", "liberality", "munificence", "openhandedness", "openheartedness", "philanthropy", "unselfishness" ], "near synonyms":[ "beneficence", "charity", "kindliness", "selflessness", "kindness", "gift", "gratuity", "lagniappe", "tribute", "extravagance", "improvidence", "lavishness", "prodigality", "wastefulness", "spendthrift", "dissipating", "squandering" ], "near antonyms":[ "conserving", "economizing", "economy", "frugality", "husbandry", "providence", "scrimping", "skimping", "thrift", "conservation", "saving", "husbanding", "managing", "scraping", "cutting back" ], "antonyms":[ "cheapness", "closeness", "meanness", "miserliness", "parsimony", "penuriousness", "pinching", "selfishness", "stinginess", "tightness", "ungenerosity" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "genius 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"parenting", "siring" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "genealogist":{ "as in archivist , chronologist":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "archivist", "chronologist", "hagiographer", "autobiographer", "biographer", "annalist", "chronicler", "historian" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "genderless":{ "suitable to or for either sex":{ "examples":[ "a trendy boutique selling genderless accessories\u2014bandannas, caps, bracelets, etc." ], "synonyms":[ "androgynous", "unisex", "unisexual" ], "near synonyms":[ "asexual", "epicene", "neuter", "sexless" ], "near antonyms":[ "feminine", "masculine" ], "antonyms":[ "gendered" ] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "general practitioners":{ "as in generalists , jacks-of-all-trades":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "all-rounders", "generalists", "jacks-of-all-trades", "amateurs", "dabblers", "dilettantes", "dilettanti", "hobbyists", "laymen", "nonexperts", "nonprofessionals", "potterers", "putterers", "tinkerers", "aficionados", "afficionados", "buffs", "devotees", "enthusiasts", "fans" ], "near antonyms":[ "authorities", "experts", "professionals", "pros", "specialists" ], "antonyms":[] }, "as in family physicians , family doctors":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "family doctors", "family physicians", "family practitioners", "croakers", "docs", "doctors", "medicos", "medics", "physicians", "sawbones", "sawboneses", "anesthesiologists", "dermatologists", "gynecologists", "internists", "neurologists", "ob-gyns", "obstetricians", "ophthalmologists", "orthopedists", "pathologists", "pediatricians", "pediatrists", "physiatrists", "podiatrists", "radiologists", "urologists", "attendings", "clinicians", "hospitalists", "specialists", "plastic surgeons", "surgeons", "interns", "internes", "residents", "aidmen", "nurse-practitioners", "nurses", "EMTs", "paramedics", "paramedicals", "physical therapists", "physiotherapists" ], 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"dampen", "put down", "quash", "quell", "repress", "smother", "squash", "squelch", "stifle", "subdue", "suppress", "arrest", "check", "control", "curb", "inhibit", "rein (in)", "restrain", "retard", "can", "kill", "snuff (out)", "still", "abolish", "demolish", "destroy", "extinguish", "liquidate", "quench" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "genitors":{ "as in mothers , moms":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "daddies", "dads", "fathers", "mamas", "mammas", "mommas", "mammies", "mas", "maters", "mommies", "moms", "mothers", "papas", "poppas", "parents", "pas", "paters", "pops", "stepfathers", "stepmothers", "stepparents", "custodians", "guardians", "ancestors", "antecedents", "forebearers", "forebears", "forbears", "forefathers", "grandfathers", "grandmothers", "primogenitors", "progenitors" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "generalized":{ "as in general , universal":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "general", "generic", "nonexclusive", "universal", "nonspecific" ], "near antonyms":[ "concrete", "distinct", "especial", "express", "peculiar", "precise", "set", "special", "specific", "lone", "only", "separate", "single", "sole", "solitary", "distinctive", "exclusive", "individual", "unique" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "generals":{ "as in directors , executives":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "administrators", "commanders", "directors", "employers", "executives", "governors", "hierarchs", "higher-ups", "bosses", "boss men", "captains", "chiefs", "foremen", "forewomen", "headmen", "heads", "helmsmen", "honchos", "jefes", "kingpins", "leaders", "masters", "mistresses", "taskmasters", "taskmistresses", "leadmen", "managers", "overseers", "principals", "skippers", "standard-bearers", "stewards", "straw bosses", "superintendents", "superiors", "supervisors", "gaffers", "gangers", "overlords", "potentates", "rulers", "sovereigns", "sovrans", "figureheads", "barons", "czarinas", "tsarinas", "tzarinas", "czars", "tsars", "tzars", "kings", "magnates", "moguls", "presidents", "princes", "princesses", "queens", "big cheeses", "big guns", "bigwigs", "top dogs", "top guns", "coheads", "co-heads", "coleaders", "co-leaders" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "generalization":{ "an idea or statement about all of the members of a group or all the instances of a situation":{ "examples":[ "the generalization that children who like violent entertainment grow up to be violent criminals" ], "synonyms":[ "concept", "conception", "generality", "notion", "stereotype" ], "near synonyms":[ "bromide", "clich\u00e9", "cliche", "commonplace", "platitude", "truism", "adage", "proverb", "saw", "saying", "hypothesis", "proposition", "theory", "oversimplification", "simplification", "simplism" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "generosity":{ "the quality or state of being generous":{ "examples":[ "a sidewalk 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different genre than the traditional kind" ], "synonyms":[ "breeds", "classes", "descriptions", "feathers", "ilks", "kidneys", "kinds", "likes", "manners", "natures", "orders", "sorts", "species", "strains", "stripes", "types", "varieties" ], "near synonyms":[ "models", "samples", "specimens", "brackets", "bunches", "categories", "divisions", "families", "grades", "groupings", "groups", "lots", "persuasions", "ranks", "sets", "suites" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "generally":{ "according to the usual course of things":{ "examples":[ "after lunch we generally go for a walk" ], "synonyms":[ "commonly", "natch", "naturally", "normally", "ordinarily", "typically", "usually" ], "near synonyms":[ "customarily", "habitually", "regularly", "routinely", "familiarly", "conventionally", "traditionally" ], "near antonyms":[ "funnily", "oddly", "peculiarly", "queerly", "strangely", "weirdly", "anomalously", "irregularly", "radically" ], "antonyms":[ "abnormally", "atypically", "extraordinarily", "uncommonly", "untypically", "unusually" ] }, "for the most part":{ "examples":[ "generally , I don't care for raw vegetables" ], "synonyms":[ "altogether", "basically", "by and large", "chiefly", "largely", "mainly", "mostly", "overall", "predominantly", "primarily", "principally", "substantially" ], "near synonyms":[ "about", "more or less", "most", "much", "near", "nearly", "next to", "nigh", "practically", "some", "virtually", "well-nigh", "approximately", "broadly", "plus or minus", "roughly", "commonly", "frequently", "normally", "ordinarily", "typically", "usually", "incompletely", "partially", "partly", "rather", "somewhat" ], "near antonyms":[ "completely", "entirely", "fully", "perfectly", "thoroughly", "totally", "wholly", "barely", "hardly", "just", "marginally", "minimally", "scarcely", "absolutely", "categorically", "unqualifiedly" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adverb" ] }, "genii":{ "a magic spirit that looks like a person, often lives in a lamp or bottle, and serves the person who calls it":{ "examples":[ "He rubbed the magic lamp to summon the genie ." ], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "afreets", "afrits", "jinn", "jinns", "djinn", "djinns", "cacodemons", "demons", "daemons", "devils", "fiends", "ghosts", "ghoulies", "ghouls", "imps", "shaitans", "hags", "lamiae", "lamias", "vampires", "incubi", "incubuses", "nightmares", "succubi", "apparitions", "banshees", "bogeys", "bogies", "bugbears", "familiars", "familiar spirits", "geniuses", "genii", "phantasms", "fantasms", "phantoms", "poltergeists", "shades", "shadows", "specters", "spectres", "spooks", "visions", "wraiths", "brownies", "dwarfs", "dwarves", "elves", "faeries", "fairies", "fays", "gnomes", "goblins", "gremlins", "hobgoblins", "kobolds", "leprechauns", "pixies", "pucks", "sprites", "trolls", "monsters", "ogres" ], "near antonyms":[ "angels" ], "antonyms":[] }, "a very smart person":{ "examples":[ "the 16-year-old college graduate was considered to be a genius" ], "synonyms":[ "brainiacs", "brains", "intellects", "thinkers", "whizzes", "wizards", "wizzes" ], "near synonyms":[ "polyhistors", "polymaths", "Renaissance men", "blues", "bluestockings", "highbrows", "intellectuals", "sages", "savants", "geeks", "longhairs", "nerds", "masters", "virtuosos", "virtuosi", "aces", "crackerjacks", "crackajacks", "naturals" ], "near antonyms":[ "ignoramuses", "ignorami", "illiterates", "know-nothings", "lowbrows", "anti-intellectuals", "philistines", "asses", "donkeys", "fools", "jackasses", "beasts", "boors", "cads", "churls", "clowns", "creeps", "cretins", "curs", "heels", "jerks", "louses", "louts", "skunks", "skunk", "snakes", "stinkers" ], "antonyms":[ "blockheads", "dodoes", "dodos", "dolts", "dopes", "dumbbells", "dummies", "dunces", "fatheads", "goons", "half-wits", "hammerheads", "idiots", "imbeciles", "knuckleheads", "morons", "nitwits", "numskulls", "numbskulls", "pinheads" ] }, "a special and usually inborn ability":{ "examples":[ "had a genius for remembering long strings of numbers", "had a genius for saying the wrong thing, no matter what the social situation" ], "synonyms":[ "aptitudes", "bents", "endowments", "faculties", "flairs", "gifts", "heads", "knacks", "talents" ], "near synonyms":[ "affinities", "biases", "dispositions", "habitudes", "impulses", "inclinations", "leanings", "partialities", "penchants", "predilections", "predispositions", "proclivities", "propensities", "tendencies", "turns", "ears", "eyes", "minds", "noses", "feels", "hangs", "instincts", "touches", "ways", "capabilities", "competences", "facilities", "proficiencies", "skills", "capacities", "potentials", "powers", "fortes", "specialisms", "specialities", "specialties" ], "near antonyms":[ "disabilities", "handicaps", "inabilities", "incapacities", "shortcomings", "weaknesses" ], "antonyms":[] }, "a habitual attraction to some activity or thing":{ "examples":[ "a genius for gambling over his head" ], "synonyms":[ "affections", "affinities", "aptitudes", "bents", "biases", "bones", "devices", "dispositions", "habitudes", "impulses", "inclinations", "leanings", "partialities", "penchants", "predilections", "predispositions", "proclivities", "propensities", "tendencies", "turns" ], "near synonyms":[ "favors", "partisanships", "prejudices", "endowments", "faculties", "flairs", "gifts", "knacks", "talents", "addictions", "appetites", "fancies", "likes", "likings", "preferences", "tastes", "fortes", "specialities", "specialties", "conventions", "customs", "habits", "patterns", "practices", "practises", "routines", "tricks", "ways", "wonts", "eccentricities", "idiosyncrasies", "kinks", "oddities", "peculiarities", "quirks", "singularities" ], "near antonyms":[ "allergies", "aversions", "disfavors", "disinclinations", "dislikes", "disrelishes", "distastes", "detachments", "impartialities", "neutralities", "objectivities", "apathies", "indifferences", "insouciances", "nonchalances" ], "antonyms":[] }, "the set of qualities that makes a person, a group of people, or a thing different from others":{ "examples":[ "putting the needs of the individual before those of society is alien to the genius of the Japanese people" ], "synonyms":[ "characters", "clays", "colors", "complexions", "constitutions", "natures", "personalities", "selves", "tones" ], "near synonyms":[ "individualities", "singularities", "attributes", "characteristics", "earmarks", "essentialities", "features", "flavors", "hallmarks", "marks", "points", "properties", "savors", "savours", "stamps", "traits", "dispositions", "grains", "sorts", "temperaments", "tempers", "compositions", "makeups", "essences", "essentialities", "interiorities", "interiors", "souls", "spirits", "metals", "stuff", "substances", "habits", "ways" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "a visible representation of something abstract (as a quality)":{ "examples":[ "the giant tortoise would seem to be the very genius of the unfathomable ancientness that one associates with the Gal\u00e1pagos Islands" ], "synonyms":[ "abstracts", "avatars", "embodiers", "embodiments", "epitomes", "externalizations", "icons", "ikons", "images", "incarnations", "incorporations", "instantiations", "manifestations", "objectifications", "personifications", "personifiers" ], "near synonyms":[ "actualizations", "concretizations", "exemplifications", "personalizations", "realizations", "substantiations", "essences", "quintessences", "souls", "archetypes", "exemplars", "models", "paradigms", "patterns", "reincarnations" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "geneses":{ "the point at which something begins":{ "examples":[ "was present at the meeting which was later considered the genesis of the new political movement" ], "synonyms":[ "alphas", "baselines", "beginnings", "births", "commencements", "dawns", "day ones", "get-goes", "git-goes", "inceptions", "incipiences", "incipiencies", "kickoffs", "launches", "mornings", "nascences", "nascencies", "onsets", "outsets", "starts", "thresholds" ], "near synonyms":[ "drawing boards", "first bases", "ground zeros", "square ones", "creations", "inaugurations", "initiations", "institutions", "originations", "cradles", "fountainheads", "fountains", "germs", "origins", "roots", "seedbeds", "sources", "springs", "wells", "wellsprings", "openings", "advents", "appearances", "arrivals", "debuts", "d\u00e9buts", "emergences", "childhoods", "infancies", "youths" ], "near antonyms":[ "cessations", "closings", "closures", "completions", "finales", "finishes", "periods", "stops", "terminations", "windups" ], "antonyms":[ "closes", "conclusions", "endings", "ends", "omegas" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "gentled":{ "as in tamed , tame":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "broken", "busted", "domestic", "domesticated", "tame", "tamed", "controlled", "docile", "familiar", "semidomesticated", "subdued", "submissive", "halterbroken", "housebroken", "trained", "civilized", "semicivilized", "socialized" ], "near antonyms":[ "feral", "savage", "unbroken", "undomesticated", "untamed", "wild", "wilding", "uncontrolled", "undocile", "unsubdued", "untrained", "bestial", "brutal", "brute" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to lessen the anger or agitation of":{ "examples":[ "employees soon learned that their hot-tempered boss needed to be gentled several times a day" ], "synonyms":[ "appeased", "assuaged", "conciliated", "disarmed", "mollified", "pacified", "placated", "propitiated" ], "near synonyms":[ "calmed", "comforted", "consoled", "contented", "hushed", "quieted", "soothed", "tranquilized", "tranquillized", "endeared (to)", "ingratiated", "delighted", "gladdened", "gratified", "pleased", "adulated", "blarneyed", "flattered", "overpraised", "soft-soaped", "quenched", "sated", "satiated", "satisfied", "catered (to)", "humored", "indulged", "blandished", "cajoled", "coaxed", "sweet-talked", "wheedled", "babied", "coddled", "mollycoddled", "pampered", "spoiled", "spoilt", "dulcified", "sweetened" ], "near antonyms":[ "aggravated", "annoyed", "antagonized", "bothered", "bugged", "burned (up)", "burnt (up)", "chafed", "crossed", "exasperated", "galled", "got", "grated", "irked", "irritated", "nettled", "peeved", "piqued", "put out", "rankled", "riled", "roiled", "ruffled", "vexed", "vext", "provoked", "roused", "harassed", "harried", "persecuted", "pestered", "agitated", "discomforted", "distressed", "disturbed", "fretted", "perturbed", "unhinged", "unsettled", "upset", "worried", "affronted", "insulted", "offended", "slighted" ], "antonyms":[ "angered", "enraged", "incensed", "inflamed", "enflamed", "infuriated", "ired", "maddened", "outraged" ] }, "to touch or handle in a tender or loving manner":{ "examples":[ "soothingly gentled his cat's head as she was being treated by the vet" ], "synonyms":[ "caressed", "fondled", "loved", "patted", "petted", "stroked" ], "near synonyms":[ "billed", "canoodled", "cuddled", "necked", "nestled", "nosed", "nuzzled", "snuggled", "spooned", "felt up", "pawed", "cradled", "embraced", "enfolded", "hugged", "bounced", "dandled", "kneaded", "massaged", "babied", "coddled", "indulged", "mollycoddled", "pampered", "spoiled", "spoilt" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "to lessen the shock of":{ "examples":[ "adding a bit of sugar to the salsa will gentle the hot spiciness of the chili peppers" ], "synonyms":[ "buffered", "cushioned", "softened" ], "near synonyms":[ "baffled", "dampened", "deadened", "dulled", "obtunded", "moderated", "modulated", "tempered", "allayed", "alleviated", "assuaged", "eased", "lightened", "mitigated", "relieved" ], "near antonyms":[ "heightened", "intensified", "sharpened" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adjective", "verb" ] }, "gentles":{ "a man or woman of high birth or social position":{ "examples":[ "the archbishop treated both the gentles and the commoners with respect and kindness" ], "synonyms":[ "aristocrats", "blue bloods", "gentlepeople", "nobles", "patricians" ], "near synonyms":[ "socialites", "swells", "magnates", "magnificoes", "magnificos", "moguls", "nabobs", "gentlefolks" ], "near antonyms":[ "canailles", "commoners", "plebeians", "plebs", "proletarians", "roturiers", "boors", "fellahin", "fellaheen", "peasants", "peons", "peones" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to lessen the anger or agitation of":{ "examples":[ "employees soon learned that their hot-tempered boss needed to be gentled several times a day" ], "synonyms":[ "appeases", "assuages", "conciliates", "disarms", "mollifies", "pacifies", "placates", "propitiates" ], "near synonyms":[ "calms", "comforts", "consoles", "contents", "hushes", "quiets", "soothes", "tranquilizes", "tranquillizes", "endears (to)", "ingratiates", "delights", "gladdens", "gratifies", "pleases", "adulates", "blarneys", "flatters", "overpraises", "soft-soaps", "quenches", "sates", "satiates", "satisfies", "caters (to)", "humors", "indulges", "blandishes", "cajoles", "coaxes", "sweet-talks", "wheedles", "babies", "coddles", "mollycoddles", "pampers", "spoils", "dulcifies", "sweetens" ], "near antonyms":[ "aggravates", "annoys", "antagonizes", "bothers", "bugs", "burns (up)", "chafes", "crosses", "exasperates", "galls", "gets", "grates", "irks", "irritates", "nettles", "peeves", "piques", "puts out", "rankles", "riles", "roils", "ruffles", "vexes", "provokes", "rouses", "harasses", "harries", "persecutes", "pesters", "agitates", "discomforts", "distresses", "disturbs", "frets", "perturbs", "unhinges", "unsettles", "upsets", "worries", "affronts", "insults", "offends", "slights" ], "antonyms":[ "angers", "enrages", "incenses", "inflames", "enflames", "infuriates", "ires", "maddens", "outrages" ] }, "to touch or handle in a tender or loving manner":{ "examples":[ "soothingly gentled his cat's head as she was being treated by the vet" ], "synonyms":[ "caresses", "fondles", "loves", "pats", "pets", "strokes" ], "near synonyms":[ "bills", "canoodles", "cuddles", "necks", "nestles", "noses", "nuzzles", "snuggles", "spoons", "feels up", "paws", "cradles", "embraces", "enfolds", "hugs", "bounces", "dandles", "kneads", "massages", "babies", "coddles", "indulges", "mollycoddles", "pampers", "spoils" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "to lessen the shock of":{ "examples":[ "adding a bit of sugar to the salsa will gentle the hot spiciness of the chili peppers" ], "synonyms":[ "buffers", "cushions", "softens" ], "near synonyms":[ "baffles", "dampens", "deadens", "dulls", "obtunds", "moderates", "modulates", "tempers", "allays", "alleviates", "assuages", "eases", "lightens", "mitigates", "relieves" ], "near antonyms":[ "heightens", "intensifies", "sharpens" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "genetic":{ "genetically passed or capable of being passed from parent to offspring":{ "examples":[ "hemophilia and other genetic medical disorders" ], "synonyms":[ "hereditary", "heritable", "inborn", "inheritable", "inherited" ], "near synonyms":[ "congenital", "inbred", "inherent", "innate", "native", "natural" ], "near antonyms":[ "acquired" ], "antonyms":[ "nonhereditary" ] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "gendarmery":{ "as in militia , military":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "GIs", "GI's", "men-at-arms", "rank and file", "servicemen", "servicewomen", "soldiers", "soldiery", "armed forces", "color", "military", "service", "troops", "militia", "reserves", "armor", "defense", "force" ], "near antonyms":[ "civilians", "noncombatants" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "generators":{ "a person who establishes a whole new field of endeavor":{ "examples":[ "the French painter Paul C\u00e9zanne is considered to be one of the principal generators of modern art" ], "synonyms":[ "authors", "begetters", "creators", "establishers", "fathers", "founders", "founding fathers", "inaugurators", "initiators", "instituters", "institutors", "originators", "sires" ], "near synonyms":[ "cocreators", "co-creators", "cofounders", "co-founders", "conceivers", "contrivers", "designers", "devisers", "formulators", "innovators", "introducers", "inventors", "spawners", "builders", "makers", "producers", "developers", "pioneers", "researchers", "researchists", "organizers", "promoters", "encouragers", "galvanizers", "inspirations", "inspirers" ], "near antonyms":[ "disciples", "followers", "pupils", "students", "supporters" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "genius locis":{ "as in senses , aureoles":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "airs", "ambiences", "ambiances", "aromas", "atmospheres", "auras", "climates", "flavors", "halos", "haloes", "karmas", "moods", "nimbi", "nimbuses", "notes", "odors", "patinas", "patinae", "smells", "tempers", "vibrations", "attributes", "characteristics", "characters", "images", "marks", "notions", "peculiarities", "pictures", "properties", "traits", "feelings", "feels", "sensations", "senses", "spirits", "colors", "illusions", "overtones", "semblances", "suggestions", "tones", 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"asses", "donkeys", "fools", "jackasses", "beasts", "boors", "cads", "churls", "clowns", "creeps", "cretins", "curs", "heels", "jerks", "louses", "louts", "skunks", "skunk", "snakes", "stinkers" ], "antonyms":[ "blockheads", "dodoes", "dodos", "dolts", "dopes", "dumbbells", "dummies", "dunces", "fatheads", "goons", "half-wits", "hammerheads", "idiots", "imbeciles", "knuckleheads", "morons", "nitwits", "numskulls", "numbskulls", "pinheads" ] }, "a special and usually inborn ability":{ "examples":[ "had a genius for remembering long strings of numbers", "had a genius for saying the wrong thing, no matter what the social situation" ], "synonyms":[ "aptitudes", "bents", "endowments", "faculties", "flairs", "gifts", "heads", "knacks", "talents" ], "near synonyms":[ "affinities", "biases", "dispositions", "habitudes", "impulses", "inclinations", "leanings", "partialities", "penchants", "predilections", "predispositions", "proclivities", "propensities", "tendencies", "turns", "ears", "eyes", "minds", "noses", "feels", "hangs", "instincts", "touches", "ways", "capabilities", "competences", "facilities", "proficiencies", "skills", "capacities", "potentials", "powers", "fortes", "specialisms", "specialities", "specialties" ], "near antonyms":[ "disabilities", "handicaps", "inabilities", "incapacities", "shortcomings", "weaknesses" ], "antonyms":[] }, "a habitual attraction to some activity or thing":{ "examples":[ "a genius for gambling over his head" ], "synonyms":[ "affections", "affinities", "aptitudes", "bents", "biases", "bones", "devices", "dispositions", "habitudes", "impulses", "inclinations", "leanings", "partialities", "penchants", "predilections", "predispositions", "proclivities", "propensities", "tendencies", "turns" ], "near synonyms":[ "favors", "partisanships", "prejudices", "endowments", "faculties", "flairs", "gifts", "knacks", "talents", "addictions", "appetites", "fancies", "likes", "likings", "preferences", "tastes", "fortes", "specialities", "specialties", "conventions", "customs", "habits", "patterns", "practices", "practises", "routines", "tricks", "ways", "wonts", "eccentricities", "idiosyncrasies", "kinks", "oddities", "peculiarities", "quirks", "singularities" ], "near antonyms":[ "allergies", "aversions", "disfavors", "disinclinations", "dislikes", "disrelishes", "distastes", "detachments", "impartialities", "neutralities", "objectivities", "apathies", "indifferences", "insouciances", "nonchalances" ], "antonyms":[] }, "the set of qualities that makes a person, a group of people, or a thing different from others":{ "examples":[ "putting the needs of the individual before those of society is alien to the genius of the Japanese people" ], "synonyms":[ "characters", "clays", "colors", "complexions", "constitutions", "natures", "personalities", "selves", "tones" ], "near synonyms":[ "individualities", "singularities", "attributes", "characteristics", "earmarks", "essentialities", "features", "flavors", "hallmarks", "marks", "points", "properties", "savors", "savours", "stamps", "traits", "dispositions", "grains", "sorts", "temperaments", "tempers", "compositions", "makeups", "essences", "essentialities", "interiorities", "interiors", "souls", "spirits", "metals", "stuff", "substances", "habits", "ways" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "a visible representation of something abstract (as a quality)":{ "examples":[ "the giant tortoise would seem to be the very genius of the unfathomable ancientness that one associates with the Gal\u00e1pagos Islands" ], "synonyms":[ "abstracts", "avatars", "embodiers", "embodiments", "epitomes", "externalizations", "icons", "ikons", "images", "incarnations", "incorporations", "instantiations", "manifestations", "objectifications", "personifications", "personifiers" ], "near synonyms":[ "actualizations", "concretizations", "exemplifications", "personalizations", "realizations", "substantiations", "essences", "quintessences", "souls", "archetypes", "exemplars", "models", "paradigms", "patterns", "reincarnations" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "genitor":{ "as in mother , mom":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "dad", "daddy", "father", "ma", "mama", "mamma", "momma", "mammy", "mater", "mom", "mommy", "mother", "pa", "papa", "poppa", "parent", "pater", "pop", "stepfather", "stepmother", "stepparent", "custodian", "guardian", "ancestor", "antecedent", "forebear", "forbear", "forebearer", "forefather", "grandfather", "grandmother", "primogenitor", "progenitor" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "geniture":{ "the act or instance of being born":{ "examples":[ "in astrology, the influence of a planet on a geniture depends on the planet's position within the zodiac" ], "synonyms":[ "birth", "nativity" ], "near synonyms":[ "creation", "genesis", "nascency", "origination", "rise", "accouchement", "bearing", "childbearing", "labor", "parturition", "begetting", "breeding", "fathering", "generation", "mothering", "parenting", "reproduction", "siring", "spawning", "fatherhood", "maternity", "motherhood", "parenthood", "paternity" ], "near antonyms":[ "abortion", "miscarriage", "stillbirth" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "general practitioner":{ "as in generalist , jack-of-all-trades":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "all-rounder", "generalist", "jack-of-all-trades", "amateur", "dabbler", "dilettante", "hobbyist", "layman", "nonexpert", "nonprofessional", "potterer", "putterer", "tinkerer", "aficionado", "afficionado", "buff", "devotee", "enthusiast", "fan" ], "near antonyms":[ "authority", "expert", "pro", "professional", "specialist" ], "antonyms":[] }, "as in family physician , family doctor":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "family doctor", "family physician", "family practitioner", "croaker", "doc", "doctor", "medic", "medico", "physician", "sawbones", "anesthesiologist", "dermatologist", "gynecologist", "internist", "neurologist", "ob-gyn", "obstetrician", "ophthalmologist", "orthopedist", "pathologist", "pediatrician", "pediatrist", "physiatrist", "podiatrist", "radiologist", "urologist", "attending", "clinician", "hospitalist", "specialist", "plastic surgeon", "surgeon", "intern", "interne", "resident", "aidman", "nurse", "nurse-practitioner", "EMT", "paramedic", "paramedical", "physical therapist", "physiotherapist" ], "near antonyms":[ "nondoctor", "nonphysician" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[] }, "gentiles":{ "a person who does not worship the God of the Bible":{ "examples":[ "a strict sect that believes that fellowship with gentiles should exist only for the purposes of conversion" ], "synonyms":[ "heathens", "heathen", "idolaters", "idolators", "pagans" ], "near synonyms":[ "atheists", "giaours", "infidels", "misbelievers", "miscreants", "nonbelievers", "unbelievers", "neo-pagans", "polytheists" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "gents":{ "an adult male 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"baronet", "count", "duke", "earl", "esquire", "marchese", "margrave", "marquess", "marquis", "master", "prince", "princelet", "princeling", "raja", "viscount", "lordship", "sire" ], "near antonyms":[ "boor", "churl", "cottar", "cotter", "fellah", "peasant", "peon", "commoner", "pleb", "plebeian", "proletarian", "toiler" ], "antonyms":[] }, "an adult male human being":{ "examples":[ "ladies and gentlemen , please take your seats" ], "synonyms":[ "bastard", "bloke", "buck", "cat", "chap", "chappie", "dude", "fella", "fellow", "galoot", "gent", "guy", "hombre", "jack", "joe", "joker", "lad", "male", "man" ], "near synonyms":[ "master", "mister", "sir", "buddy", "buster" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "an honorable and courteous man":{ "examples":[ "was such a gentleman that he offered to call a cab for me" ], "synonyms":[ "cavalier" ], "near synonyms":[ "Galahad", "knight", "prince", "beau", "Beau Brummell", "blade", "blood", "buck", "dandy", "dude", "fop", "gallant", "jay", "petit-ma\u00eetre", "captivator", "charmer", "ladies' man", "lady's man", "smoothy", "smoothie", "aristocrat", "patrician", "swell" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "generality":{ "an idea or statement about all of the members of a group or all the instances of a situation":{ "examples":[ "the idea that all boys are naturally messy is a gross generality" ], "synonyms":[ "concept", "conception", "generalization", "notion", "stereotype" ], "near synonyms":[ "bromide", "clich\u00e9", "cliche", "commonplace", "platitude", "truism", "adage", "proverb", "saw", "saying", "hypothesis", "proposition", "theory", "oversimplification", "simplification", "simplism" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "the main or greater part of something as distinguished from its subordinate parts":{ "examples":[ "an important but little-known Scottish inventor whose work was never appreciated by the generality of the public" ], "synonyms":[ "body", "brunt", "bulk", "chief", "core", "heft", "main", "mass", "staple", "weight" ], "near synonyms":[ "majority", "aggregate", "amount", "entirety", "quantum", "sum", "sum total", "total", "totality", "whole", "bottom", "essence", "essentiality", "marrow", "meat", "nature", "pith", "quintessence", "root", "soul", "stuff", "substance", "center", "heart", "hub", "kernel", "middle", "nucleus", "nut", "seat", "affair", "argument", "burden", "crux", "focus", "gist", "nub", "pitch", "point", "purport", "matter", "motif", "subject", "text", "theme", "topic" ], "near antonyms":[ "accessory", "accessary", "adjunct", "appendage", "extension", "offshoot", "component", "constituent", "element", "ingredient", "division", "part", "piece", "section", "segment", "angle", "aspect", "facet", "feature", "quality", "side" ], "antonyms":[] }, "the largest part or quantity of something":{ "examples":[ "the generality of that high school's students will go on to college" ], "synonyms":[ "bulk", "lion's share", "majority", "mass", "preponderance" ], "near synonyms":[ "plurality", "maximum", "most", "abundance", "heap", "loads", "lot", "much", "oodles", "plenty", "profusion", "reams", "scads", "wealth" ], "near antonyms":[ "couple", "few", "handful", "smattering", "sprinkling", "least", "minimum" ], "antonyms":[ "minority" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "gentleman farmer":{ "as in tenant farmer , subsistence farmer":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "crofter", "cropper", "sharecropper", "subsistence farmer", "tenant farmer", "yeoman", "agriculturist", "agriculturalist", "agronomist", "cultivator", "grower", "planter", "tiller", "farmhand", "field hand", "gleaner", "harvester", "plowman", "reaper", "workfolk", "workfolks", "homesteader", "nester", "granger", "rancher", "ranchero", "ranchman", "campesino" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "genealogies":{ "the line of ancestors from whom a person is descended":{ "examples":[ "has a distinguished genealogy that traces back to William the Conqueror" ], "synonyms":[ "ancestries", "births", "blood", "bloodlines", "breedings", "descents", "extractions", "family trees", "lineages", "lines", "origins", "parentages", "pedigrees", "stocks", "strains" ], "near synonyms":[ "heredities", "successions", "families", "houses", "kindreds", "kins", "relations", "relatives", "races" ], "near antonyms":[ "offspring", "offsprings", "children", "heirs", "inheritors", "sons", "successors" ], "antonyms":[ "issues", "posterities", "progenies", "seed", "seeds" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "gentlepeople":{ "a man or woman of high birth or social position":{ "examples":[ "gentlepersons did not want to be seen keeping company with commoners" ], "synonyms":[ "aristocrats", "blue bloods", "gentles", "nobles", "patricians" ], "near synonyms":[ "socialites", "swells", "magnates", "magnificoes", "magnificos", "moguls", "nabobs", "gentlefolks" ], "near antonyms":[ "canailles", "commoners", "plebeians", "plebs", "proletarians", "roturiers", "boors", "fellahin", "fellaheen", "peasants", "peons", "peones" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "generous":{ "giving or sharing in abundance and without hesitation":{ "examples":[ "a civic leader who is very generous with his money and time" ], "synonyms":[ "bighearted", "bounteous", "bountiful", "charitable", "free", "freehanded", "freehearted", "fulsome", "liberal", "munificent", "open", "openhanded", "unselfish", "unsparing", "unstinting" ], "near synonyms":[ "extravagant", "handsome", "lavish", "overgenerous", "profuse", "altruistic", "beneficent", "benevolent", "hospitable", "humanitarian", "philanthropic", "philanthropical", "big", "greathearted", "largehearted", "magnanimous", "openhearted", "compassionate", "good-hearted", "kind", "kindly", "samaritan", "sympathetic" ], "near antonyms":[ "mean", "petty", "small", "frugal", "spare", "sparing", "thrifty", "chary", "stinting", "acquisitive", "avaricious", "avid", "coveting", "covetous", "desirous", "grasping", "hoggish", "itchy", "mercenary", "rapacious", "begrudging", "envious", "grudging", "resentful" ], "antonyms":[ "cheap", "close", "closefisted", "costive", "illiberal", "mingy", "miserly", "niggardly", "parsimonious", "penurious", "selfish", "stingy", "stinting", "tight", "tightfisted", "uncharitable", "ungenerous" ] }, "being more than enough without being excessive":{ "examples":[ "mashed potatoes with a generous serving of butter" ], "synonyms":[ "abundant", "ample", "aplenty", "bounteous", "bountiful", "comfortable", "cornucopian", "galore", "liberal", "plenteous", "plentiful", "plenty" ], "near synonyms":[ "extra", "supernumerary", "surplus", "abounding", "blooming", "overflowing", "plump", "replete", "rich", "rife", "teeming", "wealthy", "adequate", "enough", "sufficient", "fat", "fecund", "fertile", "fruitful", "luxuriant", "prodigal", "prolific", "copious", "fulsome", "lavish", "profuse" ], "near antonyms":[ "deficient", "inadequate", "insufficient", "lacking", "wanting", "meager", "meagre", "niggardly", "stingy", "skimpy", "least", "minimum", "light", "slight", "small", "barren", "infertile", "sterile", "unfruitful", "unproductive" ], "antonyms":[ "bare", "minimal", "scant", "spare" ] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "gendered":{ "as in feminine , masculine":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "feminine", "masculine" ], "near antonyms":[ "androgynous", "genderless", "unisex", "unisexual", "asexual", "epicene", "neuter", "sexless" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to bring about (something new)":{ "examples":[ "They hope the new technology genders a whole new generation of products for the company." ], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "bore", "engendered", "generated", "had", "produced", "multiplied", "procreated", "propagated", "reproduced", "spawned", "bred", "hatched", "begot", "begat", "fathered", "got", "mothered", "parented", "sired" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adjective", "verb" ] }, "genteel":{ "following the established traditions of refined society and good taste":{ "examples":[ "those bygone days when young women were taught how to drink tea while wearing long gloves and other genteel ways of behaving" ], "synonyms":[ "befitting", "correct", "de rigueur", "decent", "decorous", "nice", "polite", "proper", "respectable", "seemly" ], "near synonyms":[ "acceptable", "adequate", "satisfactory", "tolerable", "dress", "dressy", "formal", "dignified", "elegant", "gracious", "priggish", "prim", "stiff", "stuffy", "apt", "material", "relevant", "compatible", "congenial", "harmonious", "allowed", "authorized", "kosher", "permitted" ], "near antonyms":[ "intolerable", "unacceptable", "unsatisfactory", "casual", "grungy", "informal", "seedy", "shabby", "tacky", "banned", "barred", "disallowed", "forbidden", "interdicted", "outlawed", "prohibited", "proscribed", "awkward", "gauche", "ungraceful" ], "antonyms":[ "improper", "inappropriate", "incorrect", "indecent", "indecorous", "indelicate", "unbecoming", "ungenteel", "unseemly" ] }, "having or showing a taste for the fine arts and gracious living":{ "examples":[ "she grew up in genteel old Savannah" ], "synonyms":[ "accomplished", "civilized", "couth", "cultivated", "cultured", "polished", "refined" ], "near synonyms":[ "cerebral", "highbrow", "highbrowed", "high-toned", "intellectual", "intellectualist", "intellectualistic", "bourgeois", "educated", "erudite", "knowledgeable", "learned", "literate", "scholarly", "well-read", "civil", "courteous", "mannerly", "polite", "well-bred", "cosmopolitan", "sophisticated", "urbane", "hypercivilized", "overcivilized", "oversophisticated" ], "near antonyms":[ "ignorant", "illiterate", "uneducated", "unlettered", "lowbrow", "unintelligent", "coarse", "ill-bred", "ill-mannered", "backwoods", "provincial", "rustic", "rustical", "inelegant", "polyester", "unsophisticated", "boorish", "churlish", "cloddish", "clownish", "crude", "uncouth", "vulgar" ], "antonyms":[ "barbaric", "barbarous", "philistine", "uncivilized", "uncultured", "ungenteel", "unpolished", "unrefined" ] }, "of high birth, rank, or station":{ "examples":[ "the genteel ladies never mixed with the servants", "prohibited by reason of her genteel birth from marrying the man she loved" ], "synonyms":[ "aristocratic", "blue-blooded", "gentle", "grand", "great", "highborn", "highbred", "noble", "patrician", "silk-stocking", "upper-class", "upper-crust", "wellborn" ], "near synonyms":[ "high", "lofty", "superior", "elevated", "ennobled", "exalted", "gentlemanly", "kingly", "knightly", "ladylike", "lordly", "princely", "queenly", "regal", "royal", "high-level", "senior" ], "near antonyms":[ "inferior", "knavish", "bastard", "illegitimate", "ordinary", "plain", "abased", "degraded", "junior", "subordinate" ], "antonyms":[ "baseborn", "common", "humble", "ignoble", "low", "lower-class", "lowly", "mean", "nonaristocratic", "plebeian", "ungenteel" ] }, "showing consideration, courtesy, and good manners":{ "examples":[ "his genteel gesture of holding the door for the ladies" ], "synonyms":[ "civil", "courteous", "gracious", "mannerly", "polite", "well-bred" ], "near synonyms":[ "attentive", "careful", "considerate", "nice", "solicitous", "thoughtful", "chivalrous", "civilized", "courtly", "gallant", "gentlemanlike", "gentlemanly", "ladylike", "ceremonial", "ceremonious", "red-carpet", "couth", "formal", "smooth", "suave", "unctuous", "urbane", "elegant", "refined", "deferential", "dutiful", "respectful", "submissive", "yielding", "acceptable", "appropriate", "becoming", "befitting", "comme il faut", "correct", "decent", "decorous", "fit", "fitting", "good", "meet", "proper", "respectable", "right", "seemly", "suitable", "affable", "cordial", "friendly", "genial", "hospitable", "pleasant", "sociable", "felicitous", "graceful", "demure", "humble", "meek", "modest", "unassertive" ], "near antonyms":[ "heedless", "inconsiderate", "thoughtless", "audacious", "bold", "bold-faced", "brash", "brassy", "disrespectful", "impertinent", "impudent", "insolent", "lippy", "saucy", "shameless", "boorish", "churlish", "clodhopping", "clownish", "loutish", "uncouth", "vulgar", "casual", "informal", "unceremonious", "improper", "inappropriate", "incorrect", "indecent", "indecorous", "uncalled-for", "unrespectable", "unseemly", "arrogant", "conceited", "presuming", "presumptuous", "pretentious" ], "antonyms":[ "discourteous", "ill-bred", "ill-mannered", "impolite", "inconsiderate", "mannerless", "rude", "thoughtless", "uncivil", "ungenteel", "ungracious", "unmannered", "unmannerly" ] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "gender":{ "to bring about (something new)":{ "examples":[ "They hope the new technology genders a whole new generation of products for the company." ], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "bear", "engender", "generate", "have", "produce", "multiply", "procreate", "propagate", "reproduce", "spawn", "breed", "hatch", "beget", "father", "get", "parent", "mother", "sire" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "genders":{ "to bring about (something new)":{ "examples":[ "They hope the new technology genders a whole new generation of products for the company." ], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "bears", "engenders", "generates", "has", "produces", "multiplies", "procreates", "propagates", "reproduces", "spawns", "breeds", "hatches", "begets", "fathers", "gets", "mothers", "parents", "sires" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "gentleperson":{ "a man or woman of high birth or social position":{ "examples":[ "gentlepersons did not want to be seen keeping company with commoners" ], "synonyms":[ "aristocrat", "blue blood", "gentle", "noble", "patrician" ], "near synonyms":[ "socialite", "swell", "magnate", "magnifico", "mogul", "nabob", "gentlefolk", "gentlefolks" ], "near antonyms":[ "canaille", "commoner", "pleb", "plebeian", "proletarian", "roturier", "boor", "fellah", "peasant", "peon" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "genie":{ "a magic spirit that looks like a person, often lives in a lamp or bottle, and serves the person who calls it":{ "examples":[ "He rubbed the magic lamp to summon the genie ." ], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "afreet", "afrit", "jinni", "jinn", "djinni", "djinn", "cacodemon", "demon", "devil", "fiend", "ghost", "ghoul", "ghoulie", "imp", "shaitan", "hag", "lamia", "vampire", "incubus", "nightmare", "succubus", "apparition", "banshee", "bogey", "bogie", "bogy", "bugbear", "familiar", "familiar spirit", "genius", "phantasm", "fantasm", "phantom", "poltergeist", "shade", "shadow", "specter", "spectre", "spook", "vision", "wraith", "brownie", "dwarf", "elf", "faerie", "faery", "fairy", "fay", "gnome", "goblin", "gremlin", "hobgoblin", "kobold", "leprechaun", "pixie", "pixy", "puck", "sprite", "troll", "monster", "ogre" ], "near antonyms":[ "angel" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "gentlemen farmers":{ "as in tenant farmers , subsistence farmers":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "crofters", "croppers", "sharecroppers", "subsistence farmers", "tenant farmers", "yeomen", "agriculturists", "agriculturalists", "agronomists", "cultivators", "growers", "planters", "tillers", "farmhands", "field hands", "gleaners", "harvesters", "plowmen", "reapers", "workfolks", "homesteaders", "nesters", "grangers", "rancheros", "ranchers", "ranchmen", "campesinos" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "generalists":{ "as in jacks-of-all-trades , all-rounders":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "all-rounders", "general practitioners", "jacks-of-all-trades", "amateurs", "dabblers", "dilettantes", "dilettanti", "hobbyists", "laymen", "nonexperts", "nonprofessionals", "potterers", "putterers", "tinkerers", "aficionados", "afficionados", "buffs", "devotees", "enthusiasts", "fans" ], "near antonyms":[ "authorities", "experts", "professionals", "pros", "specialists" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "generalizations":{ "an idea or statement about all of the members of a group or all the instances of a situation":{ "examples":[ "the generalization that children who like violent entertainment grow up to be violent criminals" ], "synonyms":[ "conceptions", "concepts", "generalities", "notions", "stereotypes" ], "near synonyms":[ "bromides", "clich\u00e9s", "cliches", "commonplaces", "platitudes", "truisms", "adages", "proverbs", "saws", "sayings", "hypotheses", "propositions", "theories", "oversimplifications", "simplifications", "simplisms" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "gendarmerie":{ "as in militia , military":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "GIs", "GI's", "men-at-arms", "rank and file", "servicemen", "servicewomen", "soldiers", "soldiery", "armed forces", "color", "military", "service", "troops", "militia", "reserves", "armor", "defense", "force" ], "near antonyms":[ "civilians", "noncombatants" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "genus":{ "one of the units into which a whole is divided on the basis of a common characteristic":{ "examples":[ "the crime novel, written from the criminal's perspective, is sometimes seen as a particular species of the detective story genus" ], "synonyms":[ "bracket", "category", "class", "classification", "division", "family", "grade", "group", "kind", "league", "order", "rank(s)", "rubric", "set", "species", "tier", "type" ], "near synonyms":[ "description", "feather", "ilk", "kidney", "like", "manner", "nature", "sort", "branch", "section", "speciality", "specialty", "subclass", "subdivision", "subgroup", "subspecies", "variety", "breed", "race", "generation", "heading", "label", "title" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] } }