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"barbarous", "uncivilized", "mannerless", "unmannered", "unmannerly" ], "synonyms":[ "coarse", "common", "crass", "crude", "gross", "illiberal", "incult", "insensible", "low", "lowbred", "lowbrow", "raffish", "rough", "rough-hewn", "roughneck", "rude", "rugged", "tasteless", "uncouth", "uncultivated", "uncultured", "unpolished", "unrefined", "vulgar" ] }, "showing a lack of manners or consideration for others":{ "antonyms":[ "civil", "considerate", "courteous", "genteel", "gracious", "mannerly", "polite", "thoughtful", "well-bred" ], "examples":[ "only an ill-bred , conceited person would demand that everyone cater to their whims" ], "near antonyms":[ "humble", "meek", "modest", "unassertive", "deferential", "dutiful", "respectful", "submissive", "yielding", "acceptable", "appropriate", "becoming", "befitting", "correct", "decent", "decorous", "fit", "fitting", "good", "meet", "proper", "respectable", "right", "seemly", "suitable", "affable", "cordial", "friendly", "genial", "hospitable", "sociable", "felicitous", "graceful", "chivalrous", "courtly", "gallant", "ceremonious", "elegant", "refined" ], "related":[ "arch", "audacious", "bold", "bold-faced", "brash", "brassy", "brazen", "cheeky", "fresh", "impudent", "insolent", "lippy", "sassy", "saucy", "shameless", "boorish", "caddish", "churlish", "clownish", "loutish", "uncouth", "vulgar", "abrupt", "blunt", "brusque", "brusk", "crusty", "curt", "gruff", "sharp", "snippety", "snippy", "antisocial", "crabbed", "cross", "disagreeable", "grumpy", "sullen", "surly", "improper", "incorrect", "indecent", "indecorous", "unseemly", "arrogant", "bumptious", "conceited", "haughty", "high-handed", "imperious", "peremptory", "pompous", "presumptuous", "pretentious", "supercilious", "superior" ], "synonyms":[ "discourteous", "disrespectful", "ill-mannered", "impertinent", "impolite", "inconsiderate", "rude", "thoughtless", "uncalled-for", "uncivil", "ungracious", "unhandsome", "unmannered", "unmannerly" ] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "ill-favored":{ "type":[ "adjective" ], "unpleasant to look at":{ "antonyms":[ "aesthetic", "esthetic", "aesthetical", "esthetical", "attractive", "beauteous", "beautiful", "bonny", "bonnie", "comely", "cute", "drop-dead", "fair", "fetching", "good-looking", "goodly", "gorgeous", "handsome", "knockout", "lovely", "pretty", "ravishing", "seemly", "sightly", "stunning", "taking", "well-favored" ], "examples":[ "an ill-favored and yapping little dog that reminded people a lot of its owner" ], "near antonyms":[ "shapely", "imposing", "impressive", "prepossessing" ], "related":[ "abhorrent", "abominable", "appalling", "awful", "disgusting", "distasteful", "dreadful", "gross", "horrible", "horrid", "loathsome", "nauseating", "nauseous", "noisome", "repellent", "repellant", "repugnant", "repulsive", "revolting", "sickening", "frumpish", "frumpy", "plain", "unaesthetic", "unbecoming", "unshapely" ], "synonyms":[ "grotesque", "hideous", "homely", "monstrous", "ugly", "unappealing", "unattractive", "unbeautiful", "uncomely", "unhandsome", "unlovely", "unpleasing", "unpretty", "unsightly", "vile" ] } }, "ill-natured":{ "having or showing a habitually bad temper":{ "antonyms":[ "amiable", "good-humored", "good-natured", "good-tempered" ], "examples":[ "an ill-natured and unpleasant old horse that sometimes bites" ], "near antonyms":[ "agreeable", "amicable", "congenial", "friendly", "pleasant", "benign", "gentle", "kind", "nice", "sweet", "bubbly", "cheerful", "cheery", "effervescent", "exuberant", "high-spirited", "joyful", "lighthearted", "lively", "vivacious", "content", "glad", "happy", "calm", "placid", "serene", "long-suffering", "patient", "tolerant" ], "related":[ "choleric", "crabby", "cranky", "crotchety", "fussy", "grouchy", "grumpy", "querulous", "irascible", "irritable", "peevish", "peppery", "petulant", "quick-tempered", "short-tempered", "snappish", "snippy", "testy", "touchy", "argumentative", "contentious", "contrary", "cussed", "angry", "exasperated", "indignant", "irate", "mad", "upset", "uptight", "depressed", "dour", "glum", "morose", "sullen", "anal", "old-maidish", "schoolmarmish" ], "synonyms":[ "acid", "bearish", "bilious", "bloody-minded", "cantankerous", "disagreeable", "dyspeptic", "ill-humored", "ill-tempered", "ornery", "splenetic", "surly" ] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "ill-tempered":{ "having or showing a habitually bad temper":{ "examples":[ "an ill-tempered cat will scratch with little provocation" ], "synonyms":[ "acid", "bearish", "bilious", "bloody-minded", "cantankerous", "disagreeable", "dyspeptic", "ill-humored", "ill-natured", "ornery", "splenetic", "surly" ], "near synonyms":[ "choleric", "crabby", "cranky", "crotchety", "fussy", "grouchy", "grumpy", "querulous", "irascible", "irritable", "peevish", "peppery", "petulant", "quick-tempered", "short-tempered", "snappish", "snippy", "testy", "touchy", "argumentative", "contentious", "contrary", "cussed", "angry", "exasperated", "indignant", "irate", "mad", "upset", "uptight", "depressed", "dour", "glum", "morose", "sullen", "anal", "old-maidish", "schoolmarmish" ], "near antonyms":[ "agreeable", "amicable", "congenial", "friendly", "pleasant", "benign", "gentle", "kind", "nice", "sweet", "bubbly", "cheerful", "cheery", "effervescent", "exuberant", "high-spirited", "joyful", "lighthearted", "lively", "vivacious", "content", "glad", "happy", "calm", "placid", "serene", "long-suffering", "patient", "tolerant" ], "antonyms":[ "amiable", "good-humored", "good-natured", "good-tempered" ] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "ill-wishers":{ "as in opponents , enemies":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "adversaries", "antagonists", "enemies", "foes", "hostiles", "opponents", "assailants", "attackers", "combatants", "invaders", "archenemies", "archfoes", "nemeses", "competitors", "emulators", "rivals", "banes", "b\u00eates noires" ], "near antonyms":[ "amigos", "friends", "buddies", "chums", "compadres", "cronies", "fellows", "hail-fellows", "hail-fellows-well-met", "hearties", "hobnobbers", "mates", "musketeers", "pals", "abettors", "abetters", "accomplices", "allies", "collaborators", "colleagues", "comrades", "confederates", "friendlies", "partners", "adherents", "disciples", "followers", "backers", "benefactors", "exponents", "supporters", "sympathizers", "well-wishers" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "illegal":{ "contrary to or forbidden by law":{ "antonyms":[ "lawful", "legal", "legitimate" ], "examples":[ "it is illegal to import those birds into this country" ], "near antonyms":[ "ethical", "good", "just", "principled", "right", "righteous", "virtuous", "allowed", "permitted", "authorized", "licensed", "approved", "endorsed", "indorsed", "sanctioned", "abetted", "encouraged", "promoted", "suggested", "supported", "correct", "decent", "decorous", "proper", "seemly" ], "related":[ "bad", "evil", "immoral", "shameful", "sinful", "unethical", "wicked", "wrong", "blamable", "blameworthy", "censurable", "reprehensible", "banned", "barred", "contraband", "criminalized", "disallowed", "discouraged", "forbidden", "interdicted", "outlawed", "prohibited", "proscribed", "adulterine", "bootleg", "unauthorized", "unlicensed", "unsanctioned", "under-the-counter", "under-the-table", "corrupt", "unprincipled", "unscrupulous", "villainous" ], "synonyms":[ "criminal", "felonious", "illegitimate", "illicit", "lawless", "unlawful", "wrongful" ] }, "not being in accordance with the rules or standards of what is fair in sport":{ "antonyms":[ "clean", "fair", "legal", "sportsmanlike", "sportsmanly" ], "examples":[ "an illegal pass" ], "near antonyms":[ "just", "law-abiding", "ethical", "moral", "principled", "righteous", "scrupulous", "honorable", "irreproachable", "unimpeachable" ], "related":[ "dishonorable", "shabby", "shameful", "ignoble", "low", "mean", "ungentlemanly", "immoral", "rotten", "unchivalrous", "unethical", "unjust", "unprincipled", "unrighteous", "unscrupulous" ], "synonyms":[ "dirty", "foul", "nasty", "unfair", "unsportsmanlike" ] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "illiberal":{ "lacking in refinement or good taste":{ "antonyms":[ "civilized", "cultivated", "cultured", "genteel", "polished", "refined", "smooth", "tasteful", "ultrarefined", "well-bred" ], "examples":[ "people who had been scorned as illiberal because they were poor" ], "near antonyms":[ "aristocratic", "courtly", "patrician", "elegant", "graceful", "restrained", "considerate", "gracious", "sensitive", "thoughtful", "citified", "sophisticated", "urbane" ], "related":[ "boorish", "churlish", "cloddish", "clownish", "loutish", "ungentlemanly", "clumsy", "lubberly", "lumpish", "oafish", "inconsiderate", "indelicate", "insensitive", "thoughtless", "countrified", "countryfied", "provincial", "rustic", "rustical", "unsophisticated", "graceless", "inelegant", "tacky", "animallike", "barbaric", "barbarous", "uncivilized", "mannerless", "unmannered", "unmannerly" ], "synonyms":[ "coarse", "common", "crass", "crude", "gross", "ill-bred", "incult", "insensible", "low", "lowbred", "lowbrow", "raffish", "rough", "rough-hewn", "roughneck", "rude", "rugged", "tasteless", "uncouth", "uncultivated", "uncultured", "unpolished", "unrefined", "vulgar" ] }, "not broad or open in views or opinions":{ "antonyms":[ "broad-minded", "catholic", "cosmopolitan", "liberal", "open", "open-minded", "receptive", "tolerant" ], "examples":[ "an illiberal society that viewed any artistic depiction of the nude as inherently indecent" ], "near antonyms":[ "impartial", "nonpartisan", "objective", "unbiased", "unprejudiced", "freethinking" ], "related":[ "inflexible", "ironbound", "obdurate", "obstinate", "rigid", "set", "stubborn", "unyielding", "wrongheaded", "bigoted", "intolerant", "biased", "discriminating", "discriminatory", "jaundiced", "one-sided", "partial", "partisan", "prejudiced", "brassbound", "hidebound", "old-fashioned", "reactionary", "stodgy", "straitlaced", "straightlaced", "stuffy", "dogmatic", "dogmatical", "opinionated", "opinionative", "limited", "hick", "unsophisticated" ], "synonyms":[ "insular", "Lilliputian", "little", "narrow", "narrow-minded", "parochial", "petty", "picayune", "provincial", "sectarian", "small", "small-minded" ] }, "type":[ "adjective" ], "unwilling to grant other people social rights or to accept other viewpoints":{ "antonyms":[ "broad-minded", "liberal", "open-minded", "tolerant", "unprejudiced" ], "examples":[ "some of the more illiberal residents were opposed to having a hospice for AIDS patients in the neighborhood" ], "near antonyms":[ "extreme", "progressive", "radical", "impartial", "objective", "unbiased" ], "related":[ "conservative", "hidebound", "old-fashioned", "reactionary", "blindfolded", "blinkered", "insular", "parochial", "provincial", "biased", "one-sided", "partial", "partisan" ], "synonyms":[ "bigoted", "intolerant", "narrow", "narrow-minded", "prejudiced", "small-minded" ] } }, "illimitable":{ "being or seeming to be without limits":{ "examples":[ "the illimitable expanse of the universe" ], "synonyms":[ "bottomless", "boundless", "endless", "fathomless", "horizonless", "immeasurable", "immensurable", "indefinite", "infinite", "limitless", "measureless", "unbounded", "unfathomable", "unlimited" ], "near synonyms":[ "abysmal", "countless", "incalculable", "incomputable", "inestimable", "innumerable", "unmeasured", "exhaustless", "inexhaustible", "extensive", "far-flung", "immense", "vast" ], "near antonyms":[ "fathomable", "measurable", "depthless", "shallow", "superficial" ], "antonyms":[ "bounded", "circumscribed", "confined", "definite", "finite", "limited", "restricted" ] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "illiteracy":{ "the state of being unlearned":{ "examples":[ "far too many children are doomed to a lifetime of illiteracy in that country" ], "synonyms":[ "ignorance" ], "near synonyms":[ "functional illiteracy", "innumeracy", "brainlessness", "dumbness", "idiocy", "imbecility", "stupidity", "philistinism", "foolishness", "mindlessness", "senselessness", "witlessness" ], "near antonyms":[ "education", "instruction", "training", "enlightenment", "knowledge", "erudition", "scholarship" ], "antonyms":[ "learning", "literacy" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "illiterate":{ "violating approved patterns of speaking and writing":{ "examples":[ "most of the messages left on the Web site's bulletin board are illiterate" ], "synonyms":[ "ungrammatical" ], "near synonyms":[ "unidiomatic", "nonstandard", "substandard" ], "near antonyms":[ "idiomatic" ], "antonyms":[ "grammatical" ] }, "lacking in education or the knowledge gained from books":{ "examples":[ "offered menus with pictures, presumably for the many illiterate people who must eat there" ], "synonyms":[ "analphabetic", "benighted", "dark", "ignorant", "nonliterate", "rude", "simple", "uneducated", "uninstructed", "unlearned", "unlettered", "unread", "unschooled", "untaught", "untutored" ], "near synonyms":[ "functionally illiterate", "innumerate", "semiliterate", "unknowledgeable", "artless", "lowbrow", "philistine", "uncultivated", "uncultured", "callow", "green", "inexperienced", "innocent", "naive", "na\u00efve", "unsophisticated", "raw", "unskilled", "untrained", "brainless", "dumb", "idiotic", "idiotical", "imbecile", "imbecilic", "moronic", "stupid", "witless", "foolish", "senseless", "silly" ], "near antonyms":[ "brilliant", "intelligent", "smart", "experienced", "expert", "trained", "erudite", "learned", "polyhistoric", "polymath", "polymathic", "scholarly", "cultivated", "cultured", "highbrow", "intellectual", "sophisticated", "acquainted", "aware", "familiar" ], "antonyms":[ "educated", "knowledgeable", "lettered", "literate", "schooled", "well-informed", "well-read" ] }, "as in ignoramus , know-nothing":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "ignoramus", "know-nothing", "lowbrow", "anti-intellectual", "philistine", "ass", "donkey", "fool", "jackass", "blockhead", "dodo", "dolt", "dope", "dumbbell", "dummy", "dunce", "fathead", "goon", "half-wit", "hammerhead", "idiot", "imbecile", "knucklehead", "moron", "nitwit", "numskull", "numbskull", "pinhead" ], "near antonyms":[ "polyhistor", "polymath", "Renaissance man", "Renaissance woman", "brain", "brainiac", "genius", "intellect", "thinker", "whiz", "wiz", "wizard", "blue", "bluestocking", "highbrow", "intellectual" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adjective", "noun" ] }, "illiterateness":{ "as in ignorance , illiteracy":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "illumine":{ "to provide (someone) with moral or spiritual understanding":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "readers of great literature are both entertained and illumined" ], "near antonyms":[ "confuse", "perplex", "puzzle", "becloud", "cloud", "darken", "obscure" ], "related":[ "elevate", "ennoble", "enrich", "ensoul", "lift", "uplift", "better", "improve", "regenerate", "renew", "transform", "exalt", "glorify", "transfigure" ], "synonyms":[ "edify", "educate", "enlighten", "illume", "illuminate", "inspire", "nurture" ] }, "to supply with light":{ "antonyms":[ "blacken", "darken", "obfuscate" ], "examples":[ "small table lamps illumine the inn's dining room in a most romantic way" ], "near antonyms":[ "dim", "dull", "obscure", "cover", "shroud", "veil", "douse", "dowse", "extinguish", "put out", "quench", "snuff (out)" ], "related":[ "brighten", "beam", "beat (down)", "radiate", "shine", "enhalo", "halo", "floodlight", "highlight", "spotlight", "blaze", "burn", "fire", "flame", "glare", "glow", "ignite", "incinerate", "kindle", "bedazzle", "blind", "daze", "dazzle", "gleam", "glisten", "glitter" ], "synonyms":[ "bathe", "beacon", "emblaze", "illume", "illuminate", "irradiate", "light", "lighten" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "illumined":{ "filled with much light":{ "examples":[ "illumined display windows in the street's many shops add much to the holiday glow" ], "synonyms":[ "ablaze", "alight", "bright", "brightened", "illuminated", "light", "lightsome", "lit", "lighted" ], "near synonyms":[ "floodlit", "floodlighted", "highlighted", "spotlighted", "spotlit", "ignited", "kindled", "moonlit", "shiny", "sunlit", "sunny", "sunshiny" ], "near antonyms":[ "gloomy", "somber", "sombre", "sunless", "cloudy", "murky", "obscured", "shadowlike", "shadowy", "gray", "grey", "leaden", "pale", "lightproof" ], "antonyms":[ "blackened", "dark", "darkened", "darkish", "darkling", "dimmed", "dusk", "dusky", "lightless", "pitch-black", "pitch-dark", "tenebrous", "unlit" ] }, "to supply with light":{ "examples":[ "small table lamps illumine the inn's dining room in a most romantic way" ], "synonyms":[ "bathed", "beaconed", "emblazed", "illumed", "illuminated", "irradiated", "lightened", "lit", "lighted" ], "near synonyms":[ "brightened", "beamed", "beat (down)", "radiated", "shone", "shined", "enhaloed", "haloed", "floodlit", "floodlighted", "highlighted", "spotlighted", "spotlit", "blazed", "burned", "burnt", "fired", "flamed", "glared", "glowed", "ignited", "incinerated", "kindled", "bedazzled", "blinded", "dazed", "dazzled", "gleamed", "glistened", "glittered" ], "near antonyms":[ "dimmed", "dulled", "obscured", "covered", "shrouded", "veiled", "doused", "dowsed", "extinguished", "put out", "quenched", "snuffed (out)" ], "antonyms":[ "blackened", "darkened", "obfuscated" ] }, "to provide (someone) with moral or spiritual understanding":{ "examples":[ "readers of great literature are both entertained and illumined" ], "synonyms":[ "edified", "educated", "enlightened", "illumed", "illuminated", "inspired", "nurtured" ], "near synonyms":[ "elevated", "ennobled", "enriched", "ensouled", "lifted", "uplifted", "bettered", "improved", "regenerated", "renewed", "transformed", "exalted", "glorified", "transfigured" ], "near antonyms":[ "confused", "perplexed", "puzzled", "beclouded", "clouded", "darkened", "obscured" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adjective", "verb" ] }, "illusion":{ "a conception or image created by the imagination and having no objective reality":{ "examples":[ "the magician specializes in creating illusions , so that people believe they have seen something when they really haven't" ], "synonyms":[ "chimera", "conceit", "daydream", "delusion", "dream", "fancy", "fantasy", "phantasy", "figment", "hallucination", "nonentity", "phantasm", "fantasm", "pipe dream", "unreality", "vision" ], "near synonyms":[ "ignis fatuus", "mirage", "will-o'-the-wisp", "brainchild", "idea", "concoction", "fable", "fabrication", "fiction", "invention", "envisaging", "imaging", "visualization", "cloud-cuckoo-land", "cloudland", "Shangri-la", "utopia", "daymare", "nightmare" ], "near antonyms":[ "actuality", "fact", "reality" ], "antonyms":[] }, "a false idea or belief":{ "examples":[ "he had no illusions about how much effort and money the renovation project would require" ], "synonyms":[ "delusion", "error", "fallacy", "falsehood", "falsity", "hallucination", "misbelief", "misconception", "myth", "old wives' tale", "untruth" ], "near synonyms":[ "factoid", "superstition", "fiction", "pretense", "pretence", "distortion", "inaccuracy", "misapprehension", "miscomprehension", "misinterpretation", "misjudgment", "misperception", "misunderstanding", "misinformation", "misknowledge", "misreport", "misrepresentation", "misstatement", "sophism", "sophistry", "fib", "half-truth", "lie", "story", "tale" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[ "truth", "verity" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "illusions":{ "a conception or image created by the imagination and having no objective reality":{ "examples":[ "the magician specializes in creating illusions , so that people believe they have seen something when they really haven't" ], "synonyms":[ "chimeras", "conceits", "daydreams", "delusions", "dreams", "fancies", "fantasies", "phantasies", "figments", "hallucinations", "nonentities", "phantasms", "fantasms", "pipe dreams", "unrealities", "visions" ], "near synonyms":[ "ignes fatui", "mirages", "will-o'-the-wisps", "brainchildren", "ideas", "concoctions", "fables", "fabrications", "fictions", "inventions", "visualizations", "cloud-cuckoo-lands", "cloudlands", "Shangri-las", "utopias", "daymares", "nightmares" ], "near antonyms":[ "actualities", "facts", "realities" ], "antonyms":[] }, "a false idea or belief":{ "examples":[ "he had no illusions about how much effort and money the renovation project would require" ], "synonyms":[ "delusions", "errors", "fallacies", "falsehoods", "falsities", "hallucinations", "misbeliefs", "misconceptions", "myths", "old wives' tales", "untruths" ], "near synonyms":[ "factoids", "superstitions", "fictions", "pretenses", "pretences", "distortions", "inaccuracies", "misapprehensions", "miscomprehensions", "misinterpretations", "misjudgments", "misperceptions", "misunderstandings", "misinformation", "misknowledges", "misreports", 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"distinction", "eminence", "glory", "greatness", "honor", "note", "preeminence", "prominence", "visibility", "cachet", "place", "position", "prestige", "rank", "standing", "stature", "status", "celebrity", "fame", "notoriety", "renown", "infamy", "character", "mark", "name", "report", "reputability", "reputation", "repute", "megastardom", "popularity", "stardom", "superstardom", "acclaim", "accolade", "acknowledgment", "acknowledgement", "homage", "kudos", "laurels", "praise", "recognition", "adoration", "idolization" ], "near antonyms":[ "anonymity", "oblivion", "obscureness", "obscurity", "disgrace", "dishonor", "disrepute", "ignominy", "odium", "opprobrium", "shame", "inconspicuousness", "invisibility", "unpopularity" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "illusionist":{ "one who practices tricks and illusions for entertainment":{ "examples":[ "tried to figure out how the illusionist made his assistant disappear from the stage" ], "synonyms":[ "conjurer", "conjuror", "magician", 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"mollycoddled", "pampered", "spoiled", "spoilt" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "illume":{ "to provide (someone) with moral or spiritual understanding":{ "examples":[ "a favorite line of an Eastern Church hymn reads, \"through fast-closed doors Thou camest Thy Disciples to illume \"" ], "synonyms":[ "edify", "educate", "enlighten", "illuminate", "illumine", "inspire", "nurture" ], "near synonyms":[ "elevate", "ennoble", "enrich", "ensoul", "lift", "uplift", "better", "improve", "regenerate", "renew", "transform", "exalt", "glorify", "transfigure" ], "near antonyms":[ "confuse", "perplex", "puzzle", "becloud", "cloud", "darken", "obscure" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to supply with light":{ "examples":[ "during the vigil service the church's Gothic interior was illumed by the light of hundreds of tapers" ], "synonyms":[ "bathe", "beacon", "emblaze", "illuminate", "illumine", "irradiate", "light", "lighten" ], "near synonyms":[ "brighten", "beam", "beat (down)", "radiate", "shine", 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"organized", "clear", "cogent", "compelling", "convincing", "credible", "persuasive", "plausible", "satisfying", "solid", "certain", "sure", "true", "confirmed", "corroborated", "demonstrated", "established", "substantiated", "validated" ], "antonyms":[ "logical", "rational", "reasonable", "sound", "valid", "well-founded", "well-grounded" ] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "illumed":{ "to provide (someone) with moral or spiritual understanding":{ "examples":[ "a favorite line of an Eastern Church hymn reads, \"through fast-closed doors Thou camest Thy Disciples to illume \"" ], "synonyms":[ "edified", "educated", "enlightened", "illuminated", "illumined", "inspired", "nurtured" ], "near synonyms":[ "elevated", "ennobled", "enriched", "ensouled", "lifted", "uplifted", "bettered", "improved", "regenerated", "renewed", "transformed", "exalted", "glorified", "transfigured" ], "near antonyms":[ "confused", "perplexed", "puzzled", "beclouded", "clouded", "darkened", "obscured" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to supply with light":{ "examples":[ "during the vigil service the church's Gothic interior was illumed by the light of hundreds of tapers" ], "synonyms":[ "bathed", "beaconed", "emblazed", "illuminated", "illumined", "irradiated", "lightened", "lit", "lighted" ], "near synonyms":[ "brightened", "beamed", "beat (down)", "radiated", "shone", "shined", "enhaloed", "haloed", "floodlit", "floodlighted", "highlighted", "spotlighted", "spotlit", "blazed", "burned", "burnt", "fired", "flamed", "glared", "glowed", "ignited", "incinerated", "kindled", "bedazzled", "blinded", "dazed", "dazzled", "gleamed", "glistened", "glittered" ], "near antonyms":[ "dimmed", "dulled", "obscured", "covered", "shrouded", "veiled", "doused", "dowsed", "extinguished", "put out", "quenched", "snuffed (out)" ], "antonyms":[ "blackened", "darkened", "obfuscated" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "illuminant":{ "something that provides illumination":{ "examples":[ "at the time, a spermaceti candle was the brightest indoor illuminant available" ], "synonyms":[ "beacon", "lamp", "light" ], "near synonyms":[ "arc lamp", "arc light", "candelabra", "candelabrum", "candle", "chandelier", "dark lantern", "electric", "flare", "flash", "flashbulb", "flashcube", "flashlight", "floodlight", "fluorescent lamp", "gaslight", "gasolier", "girandole", "headlight", "incandescent lamp", "klieg light", "kleig light", "lantern", "light bulb", "lighthouse", "lighting", "sconce", "spotlight", "streetlight", "sun lamp" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "illuminate":{ "to supply with light":{ "examples":[ "a floor lamp illuminates a living room rather nicely" ], "synonyms":[ "bathe", "beacon", "emblaze", "illume", "illumine", "irradiate", "light", "lighten" ], "near synonyms":[ "brighten", "beam", "beat (down)", "radiate", "shine", "enhalo", "halo", "floodlight", "highlight", "spotlight", "blaze", "burn", "fire", "flame", "glare", "glow", "ignite", "incinerate", "kindle", "bedazzle", "blind", "daze", "dazzle", "gleam", "glisten", "glitter" ], "near antonyms":[ "dim", "dull", "obscure", "cover", "shroud", "veil", "douse", "dowse", "extinguish", "put out", "quench", "snuff (out)" ], "antonyms":[ "blacken", "darken", "obfuscate" ] }, "to make plain or understandable":{ "examples":[ "the museum's exhibit on the refraction of light really illuminated the subject for us" ], "synonyms":[ "clarify", "clear (up)", "construe", "demonstrate", "demystify", "elucidate", "explain", "explicate", "expound", "get across", "illustrate", "interpret", "simplify", "spell out", "unriddle" ], "near synonyms":[ "decipher", "decode", "analyze", "break down", "disentangle", "undo", "unravel", "unscramble", "untangle", "resolve", "solve", "define", "specify", "annotate", "commentate", "gloss" ], "near antonyms":[ "befog", "cloud", "confound", "confuse", "obfuscate" ], "antonyms":[ "obscure" ] }, "to supplement with pictorial matter for the purpose of explanation or decoration":{ "examples":[ "no one knows for sure the identity of the artist who illuminated that medieval manuscript so beautifully" ], "synonyms":[ "illustrate", "pictorialize" ], "near synonyms":[ "image", "picture", "visualize" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "to indicate the importance of by centering attention on":{ "examples":[ "the results of the statewide testing illuminated the need to place more focus on instruction in math and science" ], "synonyms":[ "accent", "accentuate", "emphasize", "feature", "foreground", "highlight", "play up", "point (up)", "press", "punctuate", "stress" ], "near synonyms":[ "focus", "identify", "pinpoint", "spotlight", "advertise", "boost", "plug", "promote", "publicize", "overplay" ], "near antonyms":[ "tone (down)", "underemphasize", "understate", "belittle", "discount", "disparage", "minimize" ], "antonyms":[ "de-emphasize", "play down" ] }, "to provide (someone) with moral or spiritual understanding":{ "examples":[ "how man is illuminated by a higher spirit" ], "synonyms":[ "edify", "educate", "enlighten", "illume", "illumine", "inspire", "nurture" ], "near synonyms":[ "elevate", "ennoble", "enrich", "ensoul", "lift", "uplift", "better", "improve", "regenerate", "renew", "transform", "exalt", "glorify", "transfigure" ], "near antonyms":[ "confuse", "perplex", "puzzle", "becloud", "cloud", "darken", "obscure" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "ill-fated":{ "having, prone to, or marked by bad luck":{ "examples":[ "the ill-fated trip ended in disaster for all" ], "synonyms":[ "hapless", "hard-luck", "ill-starred", "jinxed", "luckless", "snakebit", "snakebitten", "star-crossed", "unfortunate", "unhappy", "unlucky" ], "near synonyms":[ "adverse", "ill", "inauspicious", "unfavorable", "unpromising", "untoward", "calamitous", "catastrophic", "disastrous", "accursed", "accurst", "damned", "doomed", "tragic", "tragical" ], "near antonyms":[ "blessed", "blest", "favored", "gifted", "privileged", "auspicious", "fair", "favorable", "golden", "promising", "propitious" ], "antonyms":[ "fortunate", "happy", "lucky" ] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "illaudable":{ "as in reprehensible , censurable":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "censurable", "discreditable", "reprehensible", "base", "contemptible", "deplorable", "despicable", "detestable", "dirty", "infamous", "lousy", "nasty", "notorious", "pitiable", "pitiful", "scabby", "scummy", "scurvy", "sorry", "unlikable", "unworthy", "vile", "worthless", "wretched", "disgraceful", "dishonorable", "disreputable", "ignominious", "low", "mean", "scandalous", "seamy", "shady", "shameful", "shocking", "sordid", "unethical", "unsavory" ], "near antonyms":[ "admirable", "applaudable", "commendable", "creditable", "estimable", "laudable", "meritorious", "praiseworthy", "deserving", "worthy", "awesome", "distinctive", "distinguished", "excellent", "heady", "honorable", "impressive", "noteworthy", "noticeable", "outstanding", "redoubtable", "reputable", "respectable" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "ills":{ "an abnormal state that disrupts a plant's or animal's normal bodily functioning":{ "examples":[ "chicken pox and the other ills that were once a fixture of childhood" ], "synonyms":[ "affections", "ailments", "ails", "bugs", "complaints", "complications", "conditions", "diseases", "disorders", "distemperatures", "distempers", "fevers", "illnesses", "infirmities", "maladies", "sicknesses", "troubles" ], "near synonyms":[ "contagions", "contagious diseases", "contagia", "infections", "attacks", "bouts", "fits", "spells", "debilities", "decrepitudes", "weaknesses", "malaises", "matters", "pips", "epidemics", "pestilences", "pests", "plagues" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "that which is morally unacceptable":{ "examples":[ "idealistic people who try to cure all of our society's ills" ], "synonyms":[ "bad", "evils", "immoralities", "iniquities", "sins", "villainies", "wrongs" ], "near synonyms":[ "atrocities", "diabolisms", "enormities", "satanisms", "devilries", "deviltries", "cancers", "cankers", "decays", "rot", "squalors", "corruptions", "debaucheries", "degeneracies", "depravities", "indecencies", "malefactions", "perversions", "scurrilities", "abominations", "anathemas", "taboos", "tabus" ], "near antonyms":[ "decencies", "honesties", "integrities", "probities", "rectitudes" ], "antonyms":[ "goods", "moralities", "rights", "virtues" ] }, "bad luck or an example of this":{ "examples":[ "the travelers merrily set off on their journey, scarcely imagining the ills that would befall them" ], "synonyms":[ "adversities", "knocks", "misadventures", "mischances", "misfortunes", "mishaps", "tragedies" ], "near synonyms":[ "calamities", "cataclysms", "catastrophes", "disasters", "afflictions", "hardships", "trials", "tribulations", "woes", "distresses", "miseries", "sufferings", "defeats", "failures", "fizzles", "nonsuccesses", "curses", "evils", "sorrows", "troubles", "accidents", "casualties", "blows", "body blows", "disappointments", "letdowns", "setbacks", "circumstances", "destinies", "dooms", "fates", "lots", "portions" ], "near antonyms":[ "breaks", "chances", "flukes", "godsends", "hits", "opportunities", "strikes", "strokes", "windfalls", "accomplishments", "achievements", "successes" ], "antonyms":[ "fortunes", "luck", "serendipities" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "illuminative":{ "serving to explain":{ "examples":[ "illuminative descriptions of the sights to be seen from the observatory gave us a much better idea of what we were looking at" ], "synonyms":[ "elucidative", "exegetical", "exegetic", "explanative", "explanatory", "explicative", "explicatory", "expositive", "expository", "illustrative", "interpretative", "interpretive" ], "near synonyms":[ "analytic", "analytical", "demonstrative", "discursive", "exculpatory", "exonerative" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "ill-humored":{ "having or showing a habitually bad temper":{ "examples":[ "an ill-humored person should probably not take a job that requires dealing with the public" ], "synonyms":[ "acid", "bearish", "bilious", "bloody-minded", "cantankerous", "disagreeable", "dyspeptic", "ill-natured", "ill-tempered", "ornery", "splenetic", "surly" ], "near synonyms":[ "choleric", "crabby", "cranky", "crotchety", "fussy", "grouchy", "grumpy", "querulous", "irascible", "irritable", "peevish", "peppery", "petulant", "quick-tempered", "short-tempered", "snappish", "snippy", "testy", "touchy", "argumentative", "contentious", "contrary", "cussed", "angry", "exasperated", "indignant", "irate", "mad", "upset", "uptight", "depressed", "dour", "glum", "morose", "sullen", "anal", "old-maidish", "schoolmarmish" ], "near antonyms":[ "agreeable", "amicable", "congenial", "friendly", "pleasant", "benign", "gentle", "kind", "nice", "sweet", "bubbly", "cheerful", "cheery", "effervescent", "exuberant", "high-spirited", "joyful", "lighthearted", "lively", "vivacious", "content", "glad", "happy", "calm", "placid", "serene", "long-suffering", "patient", "tolerant" ], "antonyms":[ "amiable", "good-humored", "good-natured", "good-tempered" ] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "illegitimate":{ "born to a father and mother who are not married":{ "examples":[ "despite being illegitimate , Alexander Hamilton rose to greatness" ], "synonyms":[ "baseborn", "bastard", "misbegotten", "natural", "spurious", "supposititious", "unfathered" ], "near synonyms":[ "fatherless", "motherless", "nameless", "adopted", "orphaned" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[ "legitimate" ] }, "contrary to or forbidden by law":{ "examples":[ "an illegitimate use of campaign contributions for personal expenses" ], "synonyms":[ "criminal", "felonious", "illegal", "illicit", "lawless", "unlawful", "wrongful" ], "near synonyms":[ "bad", "evil", "immoral", "shameful", "sinful", "unethical", "wicked", "wrong", "blamable", "blameworthy", "censurable", "reprehensible", "banned", "barred", "contraband", "criminalized", "disallowed", "discouraged", "forbidden", "interdicted", "outlawed", "prohibited", "proscribed", "adulterine", "bootleg", "unauthorized", "unlicensed", "unsanctioned", "under-the-counter", "under-the-table", "corrupt", "unprincipled", "unscrupulous", "villainous" ], "near antonyms":[ "ethical", "good", "just", "principled", "right", "righteous", "virtuous", "allowed", "permitted", "authorized", "licensed", "approved", "endorsed", "indorsed", "sanctioned", "abetted", "encouraged", "promoted", "suggested", "supported", "correct", "decent", "decorous", "proper", "seemly" ], "antonyms":[ "lawful", "legal", "legitimate" ] }, "not using or following good reasoning":{ "examples":[ "made several illegitimate inferences" ], "synonyms":[ "fallacious", "illogical", "inconsequent", "inconsequential", "invalid", "irrational", "nonrational", "unreasonable", "unreasoning", "unsound", "weak" ], "near synonyms":[ "eristic", "eristical", "misleading", "sophistic", "sophistical", "specious", "half-baked", "ill-advised", "misguided", "unconsidered", "unreasoned", "inconsistent", "absurd", "asinine", "foolish", "meaningless", "nonsensical", "preposterous", "reasonless", "senseless", "silly", "Kafkaesque", "odd", "peculiar", "strange", "surreal", "unusual", "weird", "insane", "mad", "nutty", "wacky", "whacky", "disordered", "disorganized", "rambling", "random", "unconvincing", "inexplicable", "unaccountable", "unexplainable" ], "near antonyms":[ "commonsense", "sane", "sensible", "sober", "wise", "enlightened", "informed", "just", "justified", "reasoned", "ordered", "organized", "clear", "cogent", "compelling", "convincing", "credible", "persuasive", "plausible", "satisfying", "solid", "certain", "sure", "true", "confirmed", "corroborated", "demonstrated", "established", "substantiated", "validated" ], "antonyms":[ "logical", "rational", "reasonable", "sound", "valid", "well-founded", "well-grounded" ] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "illuminates":{ "to supply with light":{ "examples":[ "a floor lamp illuminates a living room rather nicely" ], "synonyms":[ "bathes", "beacons", "emblazes", "illumes", "illumines", "irradiates", "lightens", "lights" ], "near synonyms":[ "brightens", "beams", "beats (down)", "radiates", "shines", "enhaloes", "haloes", "floodlights", "highlights", "spotlights", "blazes", "burns", "fires", "flames", "glares", "glows", "ignites", "incinerates", "kindles", "bedazzles", "blinds", "dazes", "dazzles", "gleams", "glistens", "glitters" ], "near antonyms":[ "dims", "dulls", "obscures", "covers", "shrouds", "veils", "douses", "dowses", "extinguishes", "puts out", "quenches", "snuffs (out)" ], "antonyms":[ "blackens", "darkens", "obfuscates" ] }, "to make plain or understandable":{ "examples":[ "the museum's exhibit on the refraction of light really illuminated the subject for us" ], "synonyms":[ "clarifies", "clears (up)", "construes", "demonstrates", "demystifies", "elucidates", "explains", "explicates", "expounds", "gets across", "illustrates", "interprets", "simplifies", "spells out", "unriddles" ], "near synonyms":[ "deciphers", "decodes", "analyzes", "breaks down", "disentangles", "undoes", "unravels", "unscrambles", "untangles", "resolves", "solves", "defines", "specifies", "annotates", "commentates", "glosses" ], "near antonyms":[ "befogs", "clouds", "confounds", "confuses", "obfuscates" ], "antonyms":[ "obscures" ] }, "to supplement with pictorial matter for the purpose of explanation or decoration":{ "examples":[ "no one knows for sure the identity of the artist who illuminated that medieval manuscript so beautifully" ], "synonyms":[ "illustrates", "pictorializes" ], "near synonyms":[ "images", "pictures", "visualizes" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "to indicate the importance of by centering attention on":{ "examples":[ "the results of the statewide testing illuminated the need to place more focus on instruction in math and science" ], "synonyms":[ "accents", "accentuates", "emphasizes", "features", "foregrounds", "highlights", "plays up", "points (up)", "presses", "punctuates", "stresses" ], "near synonyms":[ "focuses", "focusses", "identifies", "pinpoints", "spotlights", "advertises", "boosts", "plugs", "promotes", "publicizes", "overplays" ], "near antonyms":[ "tones (down)", "underemphasizes", "understates", "belittles", "discounts", "disparages", "minimizes" ], "antonyms":[ "de-emphasizes", "plays down" ] }, "to provide (someone) with moral or spiritual understanding":{ "examples":[ "how man is illuminated by a higher spirit" ], "synonyms":[ "edifies", "educates", "enlightens", "illumes", "illumines", "inspires", "nurtures" ], "near synonyms":[ "elevates", "ennobles", "enriches", "ensouls", "lifts", "uplifts", "betters", "improves", "regenerates", "renews", "transforms", "exalts", "glorifies", "transfigures" ], "near antonyms":[ "confuses", "perplexes", "puzzles", "beclouds", "clouds", "darkens", "obscures" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, 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], "antonyms":[ "broad-mindedness", "liberalism", "liberality", "open-mindedness", "tolerance" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "illustrative":{ "serving to explain":{ "examples":[ "an illustrative analogy in which the relationship between God and humanity is likened to that between a shepherd and his flock" ], "synonyms":[ "elucidative", "exegetical", "exegetic", "explanative", "explanatory", "explicative", "explicatory", "expositive", "expository", "illuminative", "interpretative", "interpretive" ], "near synonyms":[ "analytic", "analytical", "demonstrative", "discursive", "exculpatory", "exonerative" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "ill-being":{ "as in sadness , misery":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "calamity", "misery", "sadness", "unhappiness", "wretchedness", "agony", "anguish", "desolation", "joylessness", "sorrow", "sufferance", "woe", "woefulness", "blues", "cheerlessness", "dejection", "depression", "desolateness", "despondency", "disheartenment", "dispiritedness", "doldrums", "downheartedness", "gloom", "gloominess", "melancholy", "mournfulness", "plaintiveness", "Gehenna", "hell", "purgatory" ], "near antonyms":[ "beatitude", "blessedness", "bliss", "blissfulness", "felicity", "gladness", "happiness", "joy", "warm fuzzies", "elatedness", "elation", "exhilaration", "exultation", "high", "intoxication", "ecstasy", "euphoria", "glory", "heaven", "nirvana", "paradise", "rapture", "rapturousness", "ravishment", "seventh heaven", "transport" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "illiberalism":{ "stubborn or intolerant adherence to one's opinions or prejudices":{ "examples":[ "They each accused the other of a form of illiberalism ." ], "synonyms":[ "bigotry", "dogmatism", "illiberality", "illiberalness", "intolerance", "intolerantness", "narrow-mindedness", "opinionatedness", "partisanship", "sectarianism", "small-mindedness" ], "near synonyms":[ "conservatism", "reactionaryism", "insularism", "insularity", "parochialism", "provincialism" ], "near antonyms":[ "progressiveness", "progressivism" ], "antonyms":[ "broad-mindedness", "liberalism", "liberality", "open-mindedness", "tolerance" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "illness":{ "an abnormal state that disrupts a plant's or animal's normal bodily functioning":{ "examples":[ "suffered from a mysterious illness that left her weak and tired all the time" ], "synonyms":[ "affection", "ail", "ailment", "bug", "complaint", "complication", "condition", "disease", "disorder", "distemper", "distemperature", "fever", "ill", "infirmity", "malady", "sickness", "trouble" ], "near synonyms":[ "contagion", "contagious disease", "contagium", "infection", "attack", "bout", "fit", "spell", "debility", "decrepitude", "feebleness", "frailness", "lameness", "sickliness", "unhealthiness", "unsoundness", "unwellness", "weakness", "malaise", "matter", "pip", "epidemic", "pest", "pestilence", "plague" ], "near antonyms":[ "fitness", "healthiness", "heartiness", "robustness", "soundness", "wholeness", "wholesomeness", "fettle", "shape" ], "antonyms":[ "health", "wellness" ] }, "the condition of not being in good health":{ "examples":[ "prone to illness as a child, he was sent to a western ranch with the expectation that it would toughen him up" ], "synonyms":[ "indisposition", "sickness", "unhealthiness", "unsoundness" ], "near synonyms":[ "malaise", "sickishness", "affliction", "ailment", "condition", "disease", "disorder", "dysfunction", "disfunction", "malady", "trouble", "upset", "debility", "decrepitude", "feebleness", "frailness", "infirmity", "invalidism", "invalidity", "lameness", "sickliness", "weakliness", "weakness", "hypochondria" ], "near antonyms":[ "comeback", "convalescence", "healing", "mending", "rally", "recovery", "recuperation", "rehab", "rehabilitation", "snapback", "fettle", "fitness", "shape", "hardiness", "heartiness", "lustiness", "robustness", "ruggedness", "stamina", "strength", "toughness", "vigor", "vigorousness", "vitality", "bloom", "flush", "flushness", "weal", "welfare", "well-being" ], "antonyms":[ "health", "healthiness", "soundness", "wellness", "wholeness", "wholesomeness" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "illogicality":{ "as in absurdity , ludicrousness":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "absurdity", "laughableness", "ludicrousness", "peculiarity", "ridiculousness", "contradiction", "dichotomy", "incongruity", "irony", "paradox", "amusement", "enjoyment", "fun", "pleasure", "whimsicality", "wittiness", "wryness", "comedy", "comic", "comicality", "drollery", "drollness", "funniness", "hilariousness", "humor", "humorousness", "richness", "uproariousness", "burlesque", "caricature", "farce", "jest", "lampoon", "parody", "satire", "slapstick", "spoof", "takeoff", "jocularity", "jokiness", "playfulness", "waggishness" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "illuminati":{ "individuals carefully selected as being the best of a class":{ "examples":[ "a book 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"pestilential", "poisonous", "venomous", "insidious", "menacing", "ominous", "sinister", "threatening", "hazardous", "imperiling", "imperilling", "jeopardizing", "parlous", "perilous", "risky", "unsafe", "unsound", "nasty", "noisome", "unhealthful", "unhealthy", "unwholesome", "destructive", "fatal", "killer", "lethal", "malignant", "ruinous" ], "near antonyms":[ "advantageous", "beneficial", "useful", "favorable", "good", "propitious", "curative", "healthful", "healthy", "helpful", "palliative", "remedial", "salubrious", "salutary", "wholesome", "secure", "sound", "benignant", "noncorrosive", "nondestructive", "nonfatal", "noninfectious", "nonlethal", "nonpoisonous", "nonpolluting", "nontoxic", "nonvenomous" ], "antonyms":[ "anodyne", "benign", "harmless", "hurtless", "innocent", "innocuous", "inoffensive", "safe" ] }, "temporarily suffering from a disorder of the body":{ "examples":[ "since I'm ill , I guess that I'll just have to miss that dental appointment" ], "synonyms":[ "ailing", "bad", "down", "indisposed", "peaked", "peaky", "poorly", "punk", "run-down", "sick", "sickened", "unhealthy", "unsound", "unwell" ], "near synonyms":[ "symptomatic", "cruddy", "lousy", "seedy", "sickish", "nauseated", "nauseous", "qualmish", "queasy", "queazy", "squeamish", "airsick", "carsick", "seasick", "dizzy", "light-headed", "shaky", "woozy", "achy", "feverish", "diseased", "disordered", "decrepit", "feeble", "fragile", "frail", "infirm", "invalid", "sickly", "weak", "weakly", "afflicted", "troubled", "challenged", "debilitated", "disabled", "halt", "incapacitated", "lame", "hypochondriac", "hypochondriacal" ], "near antonyms":[ "able-bodied", "conditioned", "fit", "well-conditioned", "cured", "better", "convalescing", "improved", "mending", "recovering", "recuperating", "rehabilitated", "hardy", "hearty", "lusty", "robust", "rugged", "stalwart", "strong", "tough", "blooming", "bouncing", "chipper", "flourishing", "flush", "thriving" ], "antonyms":[ "hale", "healthful", "healthy", "sound", "well", "whole", "wholesome" ] }, "falling short of a standard":{ "examples":[ "such ill behavior will not be tolerated" ], "synonyms":[ "bad", "bastard", "bush", "bush-league", "crummy", "crumby", "deficient", "dissatisfactory", "inferior", "lame", "lousy", "off", "paltry", "poor", "punk", "sour", "suboptimal", "subpar", "substandard", "unacceptable", "unsatisfactory", "wack", "wanting", "wretched", "wrong" ], "near synonyms":[ "abysmal", "atrocious", "awful", "bitchin'", "brutal", "damnable", "deplorable", "detestable", "disastrous", "dreadful", "execrable", "gnarly", "horrendous", "horrible", "pathetic", "stinky", "sucky", "terrible", "unspeakable", "defective", "faulty", "flawed", "egregious", "flagrant", "gross", "bum", "cheesy", "coarse", "common", "crappy", "cut-rate", "junky", "lesser", "low-grade", "low-rent", "mediocre", "miserable", "reprehensible", "rotten", "rubbishy", "second-rate", "shoddy", "sleazy", "trashy", "abominable", "odious", "vile", "useless", "valueless", "worthless", "inadequate", "insufficient", "lacking", "meager", "meagre", "mean", "miserly", "niggardly", "scanty", "shabby", "short", "skimp", "skimpy", "spare", "stingy", "miscreant", "scurrilous", "villainous", "counterfeit", "fake", "phony", "phoney", "sham" ], "near antonyms":[ "classic", "classical", "A1", "bang-up", "banner", "boss", "capital", "choice", "crackerjack", "dandy", "divine", "excellent", "exceptional", "fabulous", "first-class", "first-rate", "grand", "great", "groovy", "heavenly", "high-test", "jim-dandy", "keen", "marvelous", "marvellous", "mean", "neat", "nifty", "noble", "par excellence", "perfect", "premium", "prime", "sensational", "slick", "splendid", "stellar", "sterling", "superb", "superior", "superlative", "supernal", "swell", "terrific", "tip-top", "top", "top-notch", "unsurpassed", "wonderful", "better", "exceptional", "fancy", "high-grade", "special", "sufficient", "average", "borderline", "fair", "mediocre", "middling", "minimal", "so-so", "unexceptional", "suitable", "useful", "worthy", "gratifying", "satisfying" ], "antonyms":[ "acceptable", "adequate", "all right", "decent", "fine", "OK", "okay", "passable", "respectable", "satisfactory", "standard", "tolerable" ] }, "being or showing a sign of evil or calamity to come":{ "examples":[ "the abrupt breakdown of negotiations appears to be an ill omen for this ongoing hostage situation" ], "synonyms":[ "baleful", "dire", "direful", "doomy", "foreboding", "ill-boding", "inauspicious", "menacing", "minatory", "ominous", "portentous", "sinister", "threatening" ], "near synonyms":[ "black", "bleak", "cheerless", "chill", "Cimmerian", "cloudy", "cold", "comfortless", "dark", "darkening", "depressing", "depressive", "desolate", "dim", "disconsolate", "dismal", "drear", "dreary", "dreich", "elegiac", "elegiacal", "forlorn", "funereal", "gloomy", "glum", "godforsaken", "gray", "grey", "lonely", "lonesome", "lugubrious", "miserable", "morbid", "morose", "murky", "plutonian", "saturnine", "sepulchral", "somber", "sombre", "sullen", "sunless", "tenebrific", "tenebrous", "wretched", "discouraging", "disheartening", "hopeless", "unfavorable", "unpromising", "unpropitious", "ill-fated", "ill-starred", "star-crossed", "troubled", "unfortunate", "unlucky", "evil", "malign", "malignant" ], "near antonyms":[ "auspicious", "benign", "bright", "encouraging", "favorable", "golden", "heartening", "hopeful", "promising", "propitious", "prosperous" ], "antonyms":[ "unthreatening" ] }, "in a manner so as to cause loss or suffering":{ "examples":[ "in those days society treated debtors very ill , even going so far as to put them in prison" ], "synonyms":[ "brutally", "hard", "hardly", "harshly", "oppressively", "roughly", "severely", "sternly", "stiffly" ], "near synonyms":[ "callously", "cold-bloodedly", "hard-heartedly", "heartlessly", "inhumanely", "inhumanly", "insensately", "insensitively", "mercilessly", "obdurately", "pitilessly", "ruthlessly", "tyrannically", "uncharitably", "unfeelingly", "unmercifully", "unsparingly", "abusively", "brutishly", "savagely", "viciously", "aggressively", "assertively", "decidedly", "determinedly", "firmly", "grimly", "gruffly", "resolutely", "strongly", "toughly" ], "near antonyms":[ "benevolently", "benignantly", "considerately", "cordially", "graciously", "kindly", "lovingly", "tenderly", "charitably", "compassionately", "humanely", "mercifully", "softheartedly", "sympathetically", "tolerantly", "understandingly" ], "antonyms":[ "clemently", "gently", "leniently", "lightly", "mildly", "softly" ] }, "certainly not":{ "examples":[ "you can ill afford to miss another day of work" ], "synonyms":[ "hardly", "no", "none", "noway", "no way", "scarcely" ], "near synonyms":[ "near", "never", "nothing", "nowhere", "nowise" ], "near antonyms":[ "awful", "awfully", "enormously", "exceedingly", "exceeding", "extremely", "greatly", "highly", "hugely", "immensely", "mightily", "mighty", "most", "quite", "terribly", "very", "assuredly", "clearly", "hands down", "perfectly", "plainly", "really", "truly", "unequivocally", "unquestionably", "utterly", "doubtless", "more or less", "mostly", "rather", "slightly", "somewhat" ], "antonyms":[ "absolutely", "certainly", "completely", "definitely", "positively", "surely" ] }, "an abnormal state that disrupts a plant's or animal's normal bodily functioning":{ "examples":[ "chicken pox and the other ills that were once a fixture of childhood" ], "synonyms":[ "affection", "ail", "ailment", "bug", "complaint", "complication", "condition", "disease", "disorder", "distemper", "distemperature", "fever", "illness", "infirmity", "malady", "sickness", "trouble" ], "near synonyms":[ "contagion", "contagious disease", "contagium", "infection", "attack", "bout", "fit", "spell", "debility", "decrepitude", "feebleness", "frailness", "lameness", "sickliness", "unhealthiness", "unsoundness", "unwellness", "weakness", "malaise", "matter", "pip", "epidemic", "pest", "pestilence", "plague" ], "near antonyms":[ "fitness", "healthiness", "heartiness", "robustness", "soundness", "wholeness", "wholesomeness", "fettle", "shape" ], "antonyms":[ "health", "wellness" ] }, "that which is morally unacceptable":{ "examples":[ "idealistic people who try to cure all of our society's ills" ], "synonyms":[ "bad", "evil", "evildoing", "immorality", "iniquity", "sin", "villainy", "wrong" ], "near synonyms":[ "atrociousness", "atrocity", "badness", "balefulness", "darkness", "depravedness", "devilishness", "diabolism", "enormity", "evilness", "heinousness", "iniquitousness", "satanism", "sinfulness", "vileness", "wickedness", "devilry", "deviltry", "fiendishness", "cancer", "canker", "decay", "rot", "squalor", "corruption", "debauchery", "degeneracy", "depravity", "indecency", "malefaction", "perversion", "pervertedness", "scurrility", "scurrilousness", "abomination", "anathema", "taboo", "tabu" ], "near antonyms":[ "decency", "goodness", "honesty", "integrity", "probity", "rectitude", "uprightness", "goodness", "righteousness", "virtuousness" ], "antonyms":[ "good", "morality", "right", "virtue" ] }, "bad luck or an example of this":{ "examples":[ "the travelers merrily set off on their journey, scarcely imagining the ills that would befall them" ], "synonyms":[ "adversity", "knock", "misadventure", "mischance", "misfortune", "mishap", "tragedy" ], "near synonyms":[ "calamity", "cataclysm", "catastrophe", "disaster", "affliction", "hardship", "trial", "tribulation", "woe", "distress", "misery", "suffering", "unhappiness", "defeat", "failure", "fizzle", "nonsuccess", "curse", "evil", "sorrow", "trouble", "accident", "casualty", "blow", "body blow", "disappointment", "letdown", "setback", "circumstance", "destiny", "doom", "fate", "lot", "portion" ], "near antonyms":[ "break", "chance", "fluke", "godsend", "hit", "opportunity", "strike", "stroke", "windfall", "accomplishment", "achievement", "success" ], "antonyms":[ "fortune", "luck", "serendipity" ] }, "type":[ "adjective", "adverb", "noun" ] }, "illumination":{ "a statement that makes something clear":{ "examples":[ "the candidate's so-called illuminations of his views on a number of controversial issues left many voters in the dark" ], "synonyms":[ "clarification", "construction", "elucidation", "exegesis", "explanation", "explication", "exposition", "illustration", "interpretation", "road map" ], "near synonyms":[ "paraphrase", "restatement", "translation", "annotation", "comment", "commentary", "epexegesis", "gloss", "deciphering", "decoding", "disentanglement", "unscrambling", "analysis", "edification", "enlightenment", "definition", "meaning", "demonstration", "enactment", "justification", "rationale", "rationalization", "reasoning", "caution", "caveat", "warning" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "the quality or state of having or giving off light":{ "examples":[ "in that clime the illumination of the full moon on a clear night is so bright that you can practically read by it" ], "synonyms":[ "brightness", "brilliance", "brilliancy", "candor", "dazzle", "effulgence", "lambency", "lightness", "luminance", "luminosity", "luminousness", "luster", "lustre", "lustrousness", "radiance", "refulgence", "splendor" ], "near synonyms":[ "blaze", "flare", "flash", "flicker", "light", "fluorescence", "incandescence", "luminescence", "burnish", "gloss", "polish", "sheen", "shine", "shininess", "fire", "flame", "glare", "glow", "flash", "gleam", "glimmer", "glint", "glisten", "glitter", "scintillation", "shimmer", "sparkle", "twinkle" ], "near antonyms":[ "dimness", "gloominess", "somberness", "cloudiness", "haziness", "murkiness", "obscureness", "obscurity", "colorlessness", "grayness", "lackluster", "paleness", "shadiness", "shadowiness" ], "antonyms":[ "blackness", "dark", "darkness", "dullness", "dulness", "duskiness" ] }, "the steady giving off of the form of radiation that makes vision possible":{ "examples":[ "a steady 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"photographic", "video", "graphic", "graphical", "imaginal", "pictorial", "visual" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "illegalizes":{ "to make or declare contrary to the law":{ "examples":[ "a bill that would illegalize the private use of fireworks" ], "synonyms":[ "criminalizes", "outlaws" ], "near synonyms":[ "bans", "bars", "enjoins", "forbids", "interdicts", "prohibits", "proscribes" ], "near antonyms":[ "allows", "lets", "permits", "suffers", "approves", "endorses", "indorses", "sanctions" ], "antonyms":[ "decriminalizes", "legalizes" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "illusory":{ "based on something that is not true or real; based on an illusion":{ "examples":[ "an illusory hope", "an illusory sense of security" ], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "daydreamlike", "deceptive", "delusional", "delusive", "hallucinatory", "phantasmagoric", "phantasmagorical", "surreal", "chimerical", "chimeric", "fabulous", "fanciful", "fantasied", "fantastic", "fantastical", "fictional", "fictitious", "ideal", "imaginal", "imaginary", "imagined", "invented", "made-up", "make-believe", "mythical", "mythic", "notional", "phantasmal", "phantasmic", "phantom", "pretend", "unreal", "visionary", "fabled", "legendary", "romantic", "abstract", "hypothetical", "theoretical", "theoretic", "unbelievable", "unconvincing", "unlikely", "conceived", "envisaged", "envisioned", "pictured", "visualized", "concocted", "fabricated", "feigned", "fictive", "inexistent", "nonexistent" ], "near antonyms":[ "authentic", "genuine", "true", "factual", "verifiable", "verified", "believable", "convincing", "realistic", "corporeal", "material", "physical", "solid", "substantial", "palpable", "tangible", "actual", "existent", "existing", "real" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "ill will":{ "an unfriendly feeling; a feeling of dislike":{ "examples":[ "We bear no ill will toward each other." ], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "animosity", "antagonism", "antipathy", "bitterness", "enmity", "grudge", "hostility", "jaundice", "mean-spiritedness", "rancor", "resentment", "cattiness", "despite", "hatefulness", "malevolence", "malice", "maliciousness", "malignance", "malignancy", "malignity", "meanness", "nastiness", "spite", "spitefulness", "spleen", "venom", "viciousness", "abusiveness", "cruelty", "abhorrence", "abomination", "execration", "hate", "hatred", "loathing", "despicableness", "invidiousness", "vengefulness", "vindictiveness", "aversion", "disgust", "distaste", "horror", "repugnance", "repulsion", "revulsion", "bitchery", "bitchiness", "contempt", "disdain", "jealousy", "pique", "resentment", "scorn", "bile", "rancor", "virulence", "vitriol" ], "near antonyms":[ "devotion", "love", "passion", "amiability", "amicability", "amity", "civility", "cordiality", "friendliness", "hospitality", "adoration", "ardor", "infatuation", "veneration", "worship", "affection", "charity", "kindliness", "kindness", "comity", "empathy", "friendship", "goodwill", "sympathy", "understanding" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "illiteracies":{ "the state of being unlearned":{ "examples":[ "far too many children are doomed to a lifetime of illiteracy in that country" ], "synonyms":[ "ignorance" ], "near synonyms":[ "functional illiteracy", "innumeracy", "brainlessness", "dumbness", "idiocy", "imbecility", "stupidity", "philistinism", "foolishness", "mindlessness", "senselessness", "witlessness" ], "near antonyms":[ "education", "instruction", "training", "enlightenment", "knowledge", "erudition", "scholarship" ], "antonyms":[ "learning", "literacy" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "ill-treatments":{ "as in mistreatments , maltreatments":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "ill-usages", "maltreatments", "mistreatments", "mismanagements", "damages", "destructions", "ruins", "abuses", "misapplications", "misemployments", "misusages", "misuses", "misutilizations", "perversions", "corruptions", "debasements", "desecrations", "profanations", "prostitutions" ], "near antonyms":[ "applications", "employments", "uses", "utilizations" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "illustration":{ "something that visually explains or decorates a text":{ "examples":[ "this book on birds has gorgeous illustrations" ], "synonyms":[ "diagram", "figure", "graphic", "plate", "visual" ], "near synonyms":[ "art", "artwork", "drawing", "illumination", "image", "pictogram", "pictograph", "picture", "caption", "key", "legend", "inset", "depiction", "pictorialization", "portrait", "portrayal", "representation", "clarification", "elucidation", "explanation", "explication", "exposition" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "a statement that makes something clear":{ "examples":[ "forced to give several illustrations until she was understood" ], "synonyms":[ "clarification", "construction", "elucidation", "exegesis", "explanation", "explication", "exposition", "illumination", "interpretation", "road map" ], "near synonyms":[ "paraphrase", "restatement", "translation", "annotation", "comment", "commentary", "epexegesis", "gloss", "deciphering", "decoding", "disentanglement", "unscrambling", "analysis", "edification", "enlightenment", "definition", "meaning", "demonstration", "enactment", "justification", "rationale", "rationalization", "reasoning", "caution", "caveat", "warning" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "a two-dimensional design intended to look like a person or thing":{ "examples":[ "the doctor sketched an illustration to explain the procedure to the patient" ], "synonyms":[ "icon", "ikon", "image", "likeness", "picture" ], "near synonyms":[ "delineation", "depiction", "representation", "resemblance", "view", "portrait", "daub", "drawing", "finger painting", "etching", "silhouette", "sketch", "watercolor", "caricature", "cartoon", "doodle", "collage", "montage", "photograph", "hieroglyph", "hieroglyphic", "ideogram", "ideograph", "pictograph", "diagram" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] 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"vice", "wickedness", "break", "infringement", "fault", "foible", "peccadillo", "felony", "misconduct", "misdemeanor", "misfeasance", "bias crime", "hate crime", "breach", "crime", "debt", "error", "lawbreaking", "malefaction", "misdeed", "misdoing", "offense", "offence", "sin", "transgression", "trespass", "violation", "wrongdoing" ], "near antonyms":[ "noncrime", "blamelessness", "faultlessness", "guiltlessness", "impeccability", "innocence", "irreproachability", "goodness", "morality", "righteousness", "virtue", "virtuousness" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "illusive":{ "as in illusory , deceptive":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "deceptive", "delusive", "delusory", "illusory", "imaginary", "clear", "distinct", "manifest", "obvious", "plain", "misleading", "specious", "likely", "probable", "fake", "faked", "feigned", "phony", "phoney", "pretended", "pseudo", "put-on", "conceivable", "plausible", "possible", "supposable", "alleged", "claimed", "professed", "purported", "so-called", "demonstrable", "external", "outward", "superficial", "visible", "apparent", "assumed", "evident", "ostensible", "ostensive", "presumed", "prima facie", "putative", "reputed", "seeming", "supposed" ], "near antonyms":[ "hidden", "inapparent", "implausible", "impossible", "improbable", "inconceivable", "unlikely", "actual", "authenticated", "confirmed", "corroborated", "established", "genuine", "real", "substantiated", "sure", "valid", "validated", "verified" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "ill at ease":{ "feeling or showing uncomfortable feelings of uncertainty":{ "examples":[ "I'm usually ill at ease when addressing a large crowd of people" ], "synonyms":[ "aflutter", "antsy", "anxious", "atwitter", "dithery", "edgy", "goosey", "het up", "hinky", "hung up", "insecure", "jittery", "jumpy", "nervous", "nervy", "perturbed", "queasy", "queazy", "tense", "troubled", "uneasy", "unquiet", "upset", "uptight", "worried" ], "near synonyms":[ "aggrieved", 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