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}, "to put each of two or more things in the place of the other":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "We interchanged the front tire with the rear tire." ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "interconnect":{ "to put or bring together so as to form a new and longer whole":{ "examples":[ "we interconnected all of our audio and video components to get the full home theater experience" ], "synonyms":[ "catenate", "chain", "compound", "concatenate", "conjugate", "connect", "couple", "hitch", "hook", "interlink", "join", "link", "yoke" ], "near synonyms":[ "articulate", "dovetail", "integrate", "interlock", "intermesh", "cord", "string", "wire", "cement", "coalesce", "combine", "fuse", "unite", "weld" ], "near antonyms":[ "detach", "disengage", "divide", "part", "split", "cleave", "rupture", "sever", "sunder" ], "antonyms":[ "disconnect", "disjoin", "disjoint", "dissever", "disunite", "separate", "unchain", "uncouple", "unhitch", "unlink", "unyoke" ] 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"held up", "hindered", "hobbled", "hog-tied", "impeded", "inhibited", "manacled", "obstructed", "shackled", "short-circuited", "stymied", "tied up", "trammeled", "trammelled" ] }, "type":[ "adjective", "verb" ] }, "interferes":{ "to interest oneself in what is not one's concern":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "a strong resentment of outsiders who attempted to interfere with their traditional ways of doing things" ], "near antonyms":[ "avoids", "eschews", "shuns", "disregards", "ignores", "neglects", "overlooks" ], "related":[ "intercedes", "interposes", "intervenes", "barges (in)", "chisels (in)", "encroaches", "infringes", "invades", "trespasses", "fiddles", "fools", "monkeys", "plays", "tampers" ], "synonyms":[ "butts in", "interlopes", "intermeddles", "intrudes", "meddles", "messes", "mucks (about or around)", "noses", "obtrudes", "pokes", "pries", "snoops" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "interfering":{ "thrusting oneself where one is not welcome or invited":{ "examples":[ "an interfering 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"mucking (about or around)", "nosing", "obtruding", "poking", "prying", "snooping" ], "near synonyms":[ "interceding", "interposing", "intervening", "barging (in)", "chiseling (in)", "chiselling (in)", "encroaching", "infringing", "invading", "trespassing", "fiddling", "fooling", "monkeying", "playing", "tampering" ], "near antonyms":[ "avoiding", "eschewing", "shunning", "disregarding", "ignoring", "neglecting", "overlooking" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adjective", "verb" ] }, "interiorities":{ "as in spirits , souls":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "essences", "essentialities", "interiors", "souls", "spirits", "compositions", "makeups", "metals", "stuff", "substances", "dispositions", "grains", "sorts", "temperaments", "tempers", "habits", "ways", "attributes", "characteristics", "earmarks", "essentialities", "features", "flavors", "hallmarks", "marks", "points", "properties", "savors", "savours", "stamps", "traits", "individualities", "singularities", "characters", "clays", "colors", "complexions", "constitutions", "geniuses", "genii", "natures", "personalities", "selves", "tones" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "interjection":{ "a sudden short emotional utterance":{ "examples":[ "a chorus of angry interjections greeted the announcement that our flight would be delayed" ], "synonyms":[ "cry", "ejaculation", "exclamation" ], "near synonyms":[ "aah", "ah", "ooh", "holler", "hoot", "howl", "shout", "whoop", "yell", "yelp", "yowl", "scream", "screech", "shriek", "squall", "squeak", "squeal" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "interlude":{ "a break in continuity":{ "examples":[ "there was a brief interlude in the performance while the stagehands shifted scenery" ], "synonyms":[ "discontinuity", "gap", "hiatus", "hiccup", "hiccough", "interim", "intermission", "interregnum", "interruption", "interstice", "interval", "parenthesis" ], "near synonyms":[ "caesura", "comma", "interspace", "lag", "pause", "space", "time lag", "window", "entr'acte", "bumper", "adjournment", "discontinuance", "lapse", "suspension", "lull", "recess", "respite", "rest", "subinterval" ], "near antonyms":[ "continuum", "run", "stretch", "procession", "progression" ], "antonyms":[ "continuation", "continuity" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "intermediary":{ "occupying a position equally distant from the ends or extremes":{ "examples":[ "the bridal couple were regally ensconced in intermediary seats at the head table" ], "synonyms":[ "central", "halfway", "intermediate", "medial", "median", "mediate", "medium", "mid", "middle", "midmost" ], "near synonyms":[ "equidistant", "inmost", "inner", "innermost", "nearest", "betwixt and between", "borderline", "gray", "grey", "in-between" ], "near antonyms":[ "outer", "peripheral" ], "antonyms":[ "extreme", "farthest", "farthermost", "furthermost", "furthest", "outermost", "outmost", "remotest", "utmost" ] }, "one who works with opposing sides in order to 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"gray", "grey", "in-between" ], "near antonyms":[ "outer", "peripheral" ], "antonyms":[ "extreme", "farthest", "farthermost", "furthermost", "furthest", "outermost", "outmost", "remotest", "utmost" ] }, "one who works with opposing sides in order to bring about an agreement":{ "examples":[ "she often used her father as an intermediate in arguments with her mother" ], "synonyms":[ "broker", "buffer", "conciliator", "go-between", "honest broker", "interceder", "intercessor", "intermediary", "interposer", "mediator", "middleman", "peacemaker" ], "near synonyms":[ "troubleshooter", "moderator", "bargainer", "negotiant", "negotiator", "appeaser", "pacificator", "pacifier", "reconciler", "agent", "attorney", "deputy", "factor", "procurator", "proxy", "liaison", "medium", "ambassador", "emissary", "envoy", "legate", "messenger", "delegate", "representative", "busybody", "interferer", "meddler", "arbiter", "arbitrator", "judge", "referee", "umpire", "adviser", "advisor", "counselor", 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"holding", "impounding", "keeping", "binding", "enchaining", "fettering", "handcuffing", "manacling", "shackling", "trammeling", "trammelling" ], "near antonyms":[ "emancipating", "enfranchising", "manumitting", "unbinding", "uncaging", "unchaining", "unfettering" ], "antonyms":[ "discharging", "freeing", "liberating", "releasing" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "internist":{ "as in pediatrician , dermatologist":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "anesthesiologist", "dermatologist", "gynecologist", "neurologist", "ob-gyn", "obstetrician", "ophthalmologist", "optometrist", "orthopedist", "pathologist", "pediatrician", "pediatrist", "physiatrist", "podiatrist", "radiologist", "urologist", "croaker", "doc", "doctor", "medic", "medico", "physician", "sawbones", "family doctor", "family physician", "family practitioner", "general practitioner", "attending", "clinician", "hospitalist", "specialist", "plastic surgeon", "surgeon", "intern", "interne", "resident", "aidman", "nurse", 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"takes", "variations" ], "near synonyms":[ "versions", "adaptations", "translations" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "interrelation":{ "as in correlation":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "correlation", "affinity", "association", "bearing", "connection", "kinship", "liaison", "linkage", "relation", "relationship", "materiality", "pertinence", "relevance", "bond", "link", "tie", "affiliation", "alliance", "union", "identicalness", "sameness", "alikeness", "community", "likeness", "resemblance", "similarity", "accordance", "agreement", "conformity", "congruity", "correspondence" ], "near antonyms":[ "variability", "variance", "incompatibility", "incongruence", "incongruity", "incongruousness" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "interrogate":{ "to put a question or questions to":{ "examples":[ "interrogated him about where he'd gone the night before" ], "synonyms":[ "ask", "catechize", "grill", "inquire (of)", "query", "question", "quiz" 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"entr'acte", "bumper", "adjournment", "discontinuance", "lapse", "suspension", "lull", "recess", "respite", "rest", "subinterval" ], "near antonyms":[ "continuation", "continuity", "continuum", "run", "stretch", "procession", "progression" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "intertwining":{ "to cause to twine about one another":{ "examples":[ "intertwined two different colors of yarn" ], "synonyms":[ "enlacing", "entwining", "implicating", "interlacing", "intertwisting", "interweaving", "inweaving", "lacing", "plying", "twisting", "weaving", "wreathing", "writhing" ], "near synonyms":[ "braiding", "plaiting", "platting", "pleaching", "blending", "fusing", "joining", "linking", "mixing" ], "near antonyms":[ "disentangling", "uncoiling", "untangling", "untwining", "unwinding" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to twist together into a usually confused mass":{ "examples":[ "intertwining yarn is usually a bad idea, because you'll never get it all sorted out again" ], "synonyms":[ "entangling", 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"responder", "attester", "informant", "reporter", "testifier", "witness" ], "antonyms":[ "interviewee", "pollee", "respondent" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "interweaved":{ "as in intertwined , interlaced":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "to cause to twine about one another":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "interweaved garlands of red and gold beads and wrapped them around the Christmas tree" ], "near antonyms":[ "disentangled", "uncoiled", "untangled", "untwined", "unwound" ], "related":[ "braided", "plaited", "platted", "pleached", "blended", "blent", "fused", "joined", "linked", "mixed" ], "synonyms":[ "enlaced", "entwined", "implicated", "interlaced", "intertwined", "intertwisted", "inwoven", "inweaved", "laced", "plied", "twisted", "woven", "weaved", "wreathed", "writhed" ] }, "to scatter or set here and there among other things":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "the author artfully interweaves excerpts from soldiers' letters into his history of the Vietnam War" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "inserted", "intermingled", "mingled", "mixed", "alternated", "juxtaposed", "amalgamated", "assimilated", "blended", "blent", "combined", "commingled", "embodied", "fused", "incorporated", "integrated", "merged" ], "synonyms":[ "interlaced", "interspersed", "laced", "salted", "threaded", "woven", "weaved", "wreathed" ] }, "to twist together into a usually confused mass":{ "antonyms":[ "disentangled", "unsnarled", "untangled", "untwined", "untwisted" ], "examples":[ "in our play the kitten and I managed to interweave the skeins of yarn into a hopeless tangle" ], "near antonyms":[ "unknotted", "unraveled", "unscrambled", "unwoven" ], "related":[ "jumbled", "scrabbled", "scrambled", "braided", "enlaced", "entwined", "entwisted", "inwoven", "inweaved", "plaited", "twined", "wound", "winded", "woven", "weaved", "wreathed", "writhed" ], "synonyms":[ "entangled", "interlaced", "intertwined", "intertwisted", "knotted", "snarled", "tangled" ] }, "type":[ "adjective", "verb" ] }, "intimacies":{ "the state of being in a very personal or private relationship":{ "examples":[ "there can be both rewards and regrets from intimacy with another person" ], "synonyms":[ "belonging", "chumminess", "closeness", "familiarity", "inseparability", "nearness" ], "near synonyms":[ "immediacy", "affinity", "kinship", "commitment", "devotedness", "devotion", "affection", "attachment", "fondness", "love", "passion", "constancy", "faithfulness", "fidelity", "amity", "fellowship", "friendship", "goodwill", "affability", "conviviality", "cordiality", "geniality", "mutuality", "cliquishness", "clubbiness" ], "near antonyms":[ "aloofness", "coldness", "coolness", "remoteness", "reserve" ], "antonyms":[ "distance" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "intimating":{ "to convey an idea indirectly":{ "examples":[ "trying to intimate that there was more going on than anyone knew" ], "synonyms":[ "alluding", "hinting", "implying", "indicating", "inferring", "insinuating", "suggesting" ], "near synonyms":[ "adverting", "mentioning", "pointing", "referring", "signaling", "signalling", "signalizing", "signifying", "smacking (of)", "smelling (of)" ], "near antonyms":[ "announcing", "declaring", "proclaiming", "elucidating", "explaining", "spelling out", "delineating", "describing" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "intimations":{ "a slight or indirect pointing to something (as a solution or explanation)":{ "examples":[ "the newscaster could not resist giving a slight intimation that the voting was going contrary to predictions" ], "synonyms":[ "clues", "cues", "hints", "indications", "inklings", "leads", "suggestions" ], "near synonyms":[ "breaths", "flickers", "glimmers", "glimpses", "mentions", "scents", "whiffs", "winds", "hunches", "ideas", "inspirations", "notions", "allusions", "implications", "inferences", "innuendos", "innuendoes", "insinuations", "denotations", "evidences", "guideposts", "keys", "marks", "overtones", "pointers", "signals", "signs", "telltales", "tokens", "assistances", "nods", "prompts", "tip-offs", "tips", "winks", "feelings", "forebodings", "intuitions", "premonitions", "presentiments", "suspicions", "auguries", "foreshadowers", "foretastes", "harbingers", "omens", "portents", "prefigurements", "presages", "symptoms" ], "near antonyms":[ "answers", "solutions" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "intimidating":{ "causing fear":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "the school's seniors faced the intimidating prospect of the college entrance exams" ], "near antonyms":[ "calming", "comforting", "consoling", "inviting", "lulling", "pacifying", "quieting", "reassuring", "relaxing", "soothing", "tranquilizing", "tranquillizing", "nonintimidating", "nonthreatening" ], "related":[ "daunting", "demoralizing", "disconcerting", "discouraging", "dismaying", "disquieting", "distressing", "disturbing", "perturbing", "startling", "threatening", "troubling", "trying", "unnerving", "bone-chilling", "creepy", "eerie", "eery", "weird", "appalling", "atrocious", "awful", "grisly", "gruesome", "grewsome", "hideous", "horrid", "macabre", "monstrous", "nightmarish" ], "synonyms":[ "alarming", "dire", "direful", "dread", "dreadful", "fearful", "fearsome", "forbidding", "formidable", "frightening", "frightful", "ghastly", "hair-raising", "horrendous", "horrible", "horrifying", "redoubtable", "scary", "shocking", "spine-chilling", "terrible", "terrifying" ] }, "harsh and threatening in manner or appearance":{ "antonyms":[ "benign", "benignant", "gentle", "mild", "nonintimidating", "tender" ], "examples":[ "an intimidating bodyguard keeping the fans away from the pop star" ], "near antonyms":[ "bland", "meek", "mellow", "soft", "soothing", "easy", "quiet", "tranquil", "agreeable", "bright", "cheerful", "inviting", "pleasant", "pleasing", "sweet", "glad", "happy", "lighthearted", "merry", "mirthful", "sunny", "featherbrained", "flighty", "frivolous", "giddy", "goofy", "harebrained", "light-headed", "playful", "scatterbrained", "silly" ], "related":[ "bleak", "cold", "hostile", "inhospitable", "inimical", "unfriendly", "unsympathetic", "adamant", "bound", "determined", "firm", "intent", "purposeful", "resolute", "resolved", "steadfast", "unflinching", "fixed", "hard", "hardened", "hardheaded", "immovable", "implacable", "inflexible", "ironhanded", "mulish", "obdurate", "obstinate", "rigid", "self-willed", "set", "stiff", "stubborn", "unbending", "uncompromising", "unrelenting", "unyielding", "willful", "wilful", "immutable", "unchangeable", "black", "cheerless", "dark", "gloomy", "glum", "joyless", "melancholic", "moody", "morose", "sulky", "sullen", "surly", "brooding", "grave", "humorless", "melancholy", "serious", "sober", "sobersided", "solemn", "somber", "sombre", "staid", "unsmiling", "weighty" ], "synonyms":[ "austere", "dour", "fierce", "flinty", "forbidding", "grim", "gruff", "lowering", "louring", "rough", "rugged", "severe", "stark", "steely", "stern", "ungentle" ] }, "to make timid or fearful by or as if by threats":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "refusing to be intimidated by the manager's harsh stare, I demanded my money back" ], "near antonyms":[ "cheering", "comforting", "consoling", "reassuring", "solacing", "soothing", "emboldening", "encouraging", "heartening", "steeling", "convincing", "persuading" ], "related":[ "blustering", "trash-talking", "affrighting", "alarming", "alaruming", "frightening", "horrifying", "scaring", "shocking", "spooking", "startling", "terrifying", "menacing", "terrorizing", "threatening", "badgering", "harassing", "hounding", "bludgeoning", "coercing", "compelling", "constraining", "dragooning", "forcing", "making", "obliging", "pressing", "pressuring", "pushing around", "demoralizing", "psyching (out)", "unmanning", "unnerving", "discomposing", "disconcerting", "disquieting", "distressing", "disturbing", "perturbing", "upsetting" ], "synonyms":[ "blackjacking", "bogarting", "browbeating", "bulldozing", "bullying", "bullyragging", "ballyragging", "cowing", "hectoring", "strong-arming" ] }, "type":[ "adjective", "verb" ] }, "intimidator":{ "a person who teases, threatens, or hurts smaller, weaker, or more vulnerable persons":{ "examples":[ "the loan shark hired an intimidator to make sure that he got all that was owed him" ], "synonyms":[ "bully", "bullyboy", "hector" ], "near synonyms":[ "antagonist", "enemy", "abuser", "baiter", "giber", "jiber", "harasser", "harrier", "heckler", "mocker", "needler", "oppressor", "persecutor", "ridiculer", "taunter", "tease", "teaser", "torturer", "goon", "hood", "hoodlum", "hooligan", "mug", "punk", "rough", "roughneck", "rowdy", "ruffian", "thug", "tough", "toughie", "toughy", "cutthroat", "felon", "gangster", "gunman", "mobster", "racketeer" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "intolerably":{ "beyond a normal or acceptable limit":{ "examples":[ "a lot of the classes required for graduation are hard, but that one is intolerably difficult" ], "synonyms":[ "devilishly", "excessively", "exorbitantly", "inordinately", "monstrously", "overly", "overmuch", "too", "unacceptably", "unduly" ], "near synonyms":[ "extravagantly", "immoderately", "intemperately", "extortionately", "inexcusably", "obscenely", "unbearably", "unconscionably", "unreasonably", "improperly", "inappropriately", "abnormally", "extraordinarily", "freakishly", "singularly", "uncommonly", "uncustomarily", "unusually", "astronomically", "considerably", "deadly", "eminently", "especially", "exceedingly", "exceeding", "exceptionally", "extensively", "extra", "extremely", "greatly", "highly", "hugely", "incredibly", "mightily", "remarkably", "significantly", "substantially", "super", "terribly", "very", "whacking" ], "near antonyms":[ "acceptably", "moderately", "modestly", "reasonably", "temperately", "barely", "hardly", "just", "marginally", "meagerly", "minimally", "scantily", "scarcely", "slightly" ], "antonyms":[ "deficiently", "inadequately", "insufficiently" ] }, "type":[ "adverb" ] }, "intolerant":{ "unable or unwilling to endure":{ "examples":[ "intolerant of fools, she is not an easy person to work for" ], "synonyms":[ "impatient" ], "near synonyms":[ "uncompromising", "unforgiving", "unyielding", "complaining", "fussing", "griping", "grumbling", "kvetching", "protesting", "squawking", "whining" ], "near antonyms":[ "accepting", "forgiving", "long-suffering", "resigned", "uncomplaining", "willing", "indulgent" ], "antonyms":[ "abiding", "enduring", "forbearing", "patient", "tolerant" ] }, "unwilling to grant other people social rights or to accept other viewpoints":{ "examples":[ "intolerant people who callously deny others the very rights that they take for granted" ], "synonyms":[ "bigoted", "illiberal", "narrow", "narrow-minded", "prejudiced", "small-minded" ], "near synonyms":[ "conservative", "hidebound", "old-fashioned", "reactionary", "blindfolded", "blinkered", "insular", "parochial", "provincial", "biased", "one-sided", "partial", "partisan" ], "near antonyms":[ "extreme", "progressive", "radical", "impartial", "objective", "unbiased" ], "antonyms":[ "broad-minded", "liberal", "open-minded", "tolerant", "unprejudiced" ] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "intonation":{ "as in":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "intoxicant":{ "a distilled beverage that can make a person drunk":{ "examples":[ "a religious denomination that strictly forbids the use of all intoxicants" ], "synonyms":[ "alcohol", "aqua vitae", "ardent spirits", "booze", "bottle", "drink", "firewater", "grog", "hooch", "inebriant", "John Barleycorn", "juice", "liquor", "lush", "moonshine", "potable", "rum", "sauce", "spirits", "stimulant", "strong drink", "tipple" ], "near synonyms":[ "aperitif", "bracer", "chaser", "digestif", "nightcap", "belt", "load", "nip", "peg", "pop", "shooter", "shot", "slug", "snifter", "snort", "tot", "whet", "cocktail", "mixed drink", "ale", "beer", "brew", "brewage", "brewski", "home brew", "malt liquor", "microbrew", "mum", "nappy", "mead", "sake", "saki", "wine", "barley-bree", "barley-broo", "brandy", "gin", "liqueur", "mao-tai", "mescal", "schnapps", "tequila", "vodka", "whiskey", "whisky", "Dutch courage" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "intractable":{ "given to resisting authority or another's control":{ "antonyms":[ "amenable", "biddable", "compliant", "conformable", "docile", "obedient", "ruly", "submissive", "tractable" ], "examples":[ "an intractable child who deliberately does the opposite of whatever he is told" ], "near antonyms":[ "acquiescent", "agreeable", "amiable", "cooperative", "deferential", "obliging", "yielding", "behaved", "disciplined", "well-bred", "courteous", "polite", "respectful", "kowtowing", "obsequious", "servile", "slavish", "subservient", "decorous", "mannerly", "orderly", "proper", "controllable", "governable", "manageable", "trainable" ], "related":[ "noncooperative", "uncooperative", "insurgent", "mutinous", "adamant", "adamantine", "dogged", "hardheaded", "headstrong", "immovable", "implacable", "inflexible", "mulish", "negativistic", "obdurate", "obstinate", "opinionated", "peevish", "pertinacious", "pigheaded", "rigid", "self-willed", "stubborn", "unbending", "uncompromising", "unrelenting", "unyielding", "fractious", "uncontrollable", "unmanageable", "wild", "perverse", "resistant", "wrongheaded", "bad", "disorderly", "errant", "misbehaving", "mischievous", "monkeying", "monkeyish", "naughty", "undisciplined", "dissident", "nonconformist", "discourteous", "disrespectful", "ill-bred", "ill-mannered", "ill-natured", "impertinent", "impolite", "impudent", "inconsiderate", "insolent", "ornery", "rude", "uncivil", "uncouth", "ungracious", "unmannerly" ], "synonyms":[ "balky", "contrary", "contumacious", "defiant", "disobedient", "froward", "incompliant", "insubordinate", "obstreperous", "rebel", "rebellious", "recalcitrant", "recusant", "refractory", "restive", "ungovernable", "unruly", "untoward", "wayward", "willful", "wilful" ] }, "given to resisting control or discipline by others":{ "antonyms":[ "controllable", "governable", "manageable", "tractable" ], "examples":[ "cats are by nature fairly intractable animals" ], "near antonyms":[ "docile", "obedient", "well-behaved", "compliant", "placable", "pliable", "submissive", "yielding", "accepting", "persuadable", "receptive", "responsive", "willing", "reasonable", "temperate", "trainable" ], "related":[ "bullheaded", "contrary", "difficult", "hardheaded", "incorrigible", "intransigent", "mulish", "obdurate", "obstinate", "opinionated", "perverse", "pigheaded", "self-willed", "stiff", "stiff-necked", "stubborn", "undisciplined", "unpunished", "uncontrolled", "wild", "boisterous", "irrepressible", "rambunctious", "rowdy", "disobedient", "indocile", "insubordinate", "rebellious", "misbehaving", "naughty" ], "synonyms":[ "froward", "headstrong", "incontrollable", "recalcitrant", "refractory", "uncontrollable", "ungovernable", "unmanageable", "unruly", "untoward", "wayward", "willful", "wilful" ] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "intricacy":{ "something that makes a situation more complicated or difficult":{ "examples":[ "just now learning the intricacies of owning one's own business" ], "synonyms":[ "complexity", "complicacy", "complication", "convolution", "difficulty" ], "near synonyms":[ "aftereffect", "ramification", "side effect", "side reaction", "subtlety", "technicality", "annoyance", "bitch", "bother", "headache", "inconvenience", "matter", "trouble" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "the state or quality of having many interrelated parts or aspects":{ "examples":[ "the intricacy of the puzzle requires close concentration" ], "synonyms":[ "complexity", "complexness", "complicacy", "complicatedness", "complication", "elaborateness", "intricateness", "involution", "knottiness", "sophistication" ], "near synonyms":[ "diversity", "heterogeneity", "heterogeneousness", "multifariousness", "impenetrability", "incomprehensibility", "inexplicability" ], "near antonyms":[ "simplification", "homogeneity", "uniformity" ], "antonyms":[ "plainness", "simpleness", "simplicity" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "intricate":{ "having many parts or aspects that are usually interrelated":{ "examples":[ "an intricate machine that requires some training to use it properly" ], "synonyms":[ "baroque", "byzantine", "complex", "complicate", "complicated", "convoluted", "daedal", "elaborate", "involute", "involved", "knotty", "labyrinthian", "labyrinthine", "sophisticated", "tangled" ], "near synonyms":[ "overcomplex", "overcomplicated", "composite", "compound", "heterogeneous", "mixed", "multibranched", "multifaceted", "multifarious", "multipart", "varied", "challenging", "difficult", "tough", "impenetrable", "incomprehensible", "inexplicable", "Kafkaesque", "unfathomable", "unintelligible" ], "near antonyms":[ "oversimplified", "simplified", "simplistic", "homogeneous", "uniform", "unvaried" ], "antonyms":[ "noncomplex", "noncomplicated", "plain", "simple", "uncomplicated" ] }, "made or done with great care or with much detail":{ "examples":[ "an intricate hairstyle that requires far too much maintenance to suit my taste" ], "synonyms":[ "complex", "complicated", "detailed", "elaborate", "fancy", "involved", "sophisticated" ], "near synonyms":[ "elegant", "exquisite", "grand", "magnificent", "ornate", "splendid", "chichi", "extravagant", "exuberant", "fancified", "flamboyant", "frilly", "gimmicked (up)", "grandiose", "ostentatious", "overwrought", "showy", "souped-up", "Byzantine", "convoluted", "involute", "involuted", "labyrinthian", "labyrinthine" ], "near antonyms":[ "modest", "plain", "plain-Jane", "plain-vanilla", "uncomplicated", "bald", "bare", "naked", "unadorned", "undecorated", "unvarnished" ], "antonyms":[ "no-frills", "simple", "unfancy", "unsophisticated" ] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "intricateness":{ "the state or quality of having many interrelated parts or aspects":{ "antonyms":[ "plainness", "simpleness", "simplicity" ], "examples":[ "the awesome intricateness of the human eye" ], "near antonyms":[ "simplification", "homogeneity", "uniformity" ], "related":[ "diversity", "heterogeneity", "heterogeneousness", "multifariousness", "impenetrability", "incomprehensibility", "inexplicability" ], "synonyms":[ "complexity", "complexness", "complicacy", "complicatedness", "complication", "elaborateness", "intricacy", "involution", "knottiness", "sophistication" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "introduce":{ "to make (one person) known (to another) socially":{ "examples":[ "a friend introduced him to the woman who later became his wife" ], "synonyms":[ "acquaint", "present" ], "near synonyms":[ "address", "greet", "hail", "meet", "reacquaint", "reintroduce" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "to present or bring forward for discussion":{ "examples":[ "after about 20 minutes the moderator introduced a new topic for the debate" ], "synonyms":[ "bring up", "broach", "moot", "place", "raise" ], "near synonyms":[ "allude (to)", "cite", "mention", "name", "refer (to)", "offer", "propose", "suggest", "air", "express", "speak (of)", "talk (about)", "vent", "ventilate", "interject", "interrupt", "debate", "discuss", "thrash (out or over)" ], "near antonyms":[ "censor", "hush (up)", "quiet", "silence", "suppress" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to be responsible for the creation and early operation or use of":{ "examples":[ "Luther Burbank introduced the idea of plant breeding, developing over 800 new varieties of fruits, vegetables, grains, and grasses" ], "synonyms":[ "begin", "constitute", "establish", "found", "inaugurate", "initiate", "innovate", "institute", "launch", "pioneer", "plant", "set up", "start" ], "near synonyms":[ "author", "father", "originate", "conceive", "concoct", "contrive", "cook (up)", "create", "devise", "fabricate", "invent", "make up", "manufacture", "produce", "think (up)", "construct", "put up", "develop", "enlarge", "expand", "endow", "finance", "fund", "subsidize", "arrange", "organize", "systematize", "systemize", "refound", "reinitiate", "reinstitute", "relaunch" ], "near antonyms":[ "abolish", "annihilate", "annul", "nullify", "end", "finish", "halt", "stop", "terminate", "round (off or out)", "wind up", "wrap up" ], "antonyms":[ "close (down)", "phase out", "shut (up)" ] }, "to impart knowledge of a new thing or situation to":{ "examples":[ "introduced everyone to the company's new phone system" ], "synonyms":[ "accustom", "acquaint", "familiarize", "initiate", "orient", "orientate" ], "near synonyms":[ "habituate", "wont", "apprise", "brief", "clue (in)", "fill in", "inform", "educate", "enlighten", "ground", "instruct", "school", "train", "verse", "expose", "present", "subject", "advise", "tell", "tip (off)", "warn", "wise (up)", "reacquaint" ], "near 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"prefacing", "preparing", "readying", "premonitory", "warning", "basic", "elementary", "fundamental", "ahead", "early", "former", "preceding", "previous", "prior" ], "near antonyms":[ "after", "behind", "following", "subsequent" ], "antonyms":[] }, "of or relating to the simplest facts or theories of a subject":{ "examples":[ "an introductory course in computer programming" ], "synonyms":[ "abecedarian", "basal", "basic", "beginning", "elemental", "elementary", "essential", "fundamental", "meat-and-potatoes", "rudimental", "rudimentary", "underlying" ], "near synonyms":[ "primal", "primary", "prime", "simple", "crude", "primeval", "primitive", "primordial", "rude", "uncomplicated", "preliminary", "preparatory", "crucial", "important", "key" ], "near antonyms":[ "complex", "sophisticated", "complicated", "convoluted", "detailed", "elaborate", "extensive", "intricate", "developed", "evolved", "high", "higher", "refined" ], "antonyms":[ "advanced" ] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, 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"coy", "demure", "diffident", "modest", "recessive", "retiring", "self-effacing", "sheepish", "shy", "withdrawn" ], "near synonyms":[ "antisocial", "lone", "lone-wolf", "unsociable", "unsocial", "awkward", "embarrassed", "self-conscious", "unadventurous", "unassertive", "unenterprising", "inhibited", "reserved", "uneasy", "uptight" ], "near antonyms":[ "boon", "clubbable", "clubable", "companionable", "convivial", "gregarious", "sociable", "social", "bold", "dashing", "forceful", "brash", "forward", "overbold", "uninhibited", "unreserved" ], "antonyms":[ "extroverted", "extraverted", "immodest", "outgoing" ] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "intrude (upon)":{ "to thrust oneself upon (another) without invitation":{ "examples":[ "a man with an opinion on everything, he doesn't hesitate to intrude upon whoever happens to be standing by" ], "synonyms":[ "bother", "bug", "chivy", "chivvy", "disturb", "pester" ], "near synonyms":[ "inconvenience", "trouble", "aggravate", "annoy", "bedevil", 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"gives over", "hands", "hands over", "leaves", "passes", "recommends", "reposes", "transfers", "transmits", "trusts", "turns over", "vests" ], "near synonyms":[ "confers", "grants", "assigns", "deals (out)", "dispenses", "disperses", "distributes", "divides", "hands in", "releases", "relinquishes", "submits", "surrenders", "turns in", "yields", "bequeaths", "hands down", "hands on", "wills", "advances", "lends", "loans", "furnishes", "supplies", "recommits", "redelivers", "retransfers", "retransmits" ], "near antonyms":[ "detains", "holds back", "reserves", "withholds", "owns", "possesses", "accepts", "receives", "takes in", "occupies", "takes", "takes over" ], "antonyms":[ "holds", "keeps", "retains" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "intuits":{ "to have a clear idea of":{ "antonyms":[ "misses" ], "examples":[ "an imaginative genius like Shakespeare could intuit the thoughts, feelings, and motives of a vast array of characters" ], "near antonyms":[ "misapprehends", "misconceives", "misconstrues", "misinterprets", "misperceives", "misreads", "mistakes", "misunderstands" ], "related":[ "absorbs", "digests", "takes in", "realizes", "fathoms", "penetrates", "pierces" ], "synonyms":[ "appreciates", "apprehends", "assimilates", "beholds", "catches", "catches on (to)", "cognizes", "compasses", "comprehends", "conceives", "cottons (to or on to)", "deciphers", "decodes", "digs", "discerns", "gets", "grasps", "groks", "knows", "makes", "makes out", "perceives", "recognizes", "registers", "savvies", "sees", "seizes", "senses", "tumbles (to)", "twigs", "understands" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "interviews":{ "as in audiences":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "related":[], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "to go around and approach (people) with a request for opinions or information":{ "examples":[ "a reporter at the scene interviewing witnesses to the explosion" ], "synonyms":[ "canvasses", "canvases", "polls", "solicits", "surveys" ], "related":[ "circularizes", "interrogates", "questions", "feels (out)", "sounds (out)" ], "near antonyms":[ "reports" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "intertwisting":{ "to cause to twine about one another":{ "examples":[ "intertwisted the fibers to form a design" ], "synonyms":[ "enlacing", "entwining", "implicating", "interlacing", "intertwining", "interweaving", "inweaving", "lacing", "plying", "twisting", "weaving", "wreathing", "writhing" ], "near synonyms":[ "braiding", "plaiting", "platting", "pleaching", "blending", "fusing", "joining", "linking", "mixing" ], "near antonyms":[ "disentangling", "uncoiling", "untangling", "untwining", "unwinding" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to twist together into a usually confused mass":{ "examples":[ "the tree's intertwisted roots seemed to extend forever" ], "synonyms":[ "entangling", "interlacing", "intertwining", "interweaving", "knotting", "snarling", "tangling" ], "near synonyms":[ "jumbling", "scrabbling", "scrambling", "braiding", "enlacing", "entwining", "entwisting", "inweaving", "plaiting", "twining", "weaving", "winding", "wreathing", "writhing" ], "near antonyms":[ "unknotting", "unraveling", "unscrambling", "unweaving" ], "antonyms":[ "disentangling", "unsnarling", "untangling", "untwining", "untwisting" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "interlink":{ "to put or bring together so as to form a new and longer whole":{ "examples":[ "she was idly interlinking paper clips into a chain as she listened" ], "synonyms":[ "catenate", "chain", "compound", "concatenate", "conjugate", "connect", "couple", "hitch", "hook", "interconnect", "join", "link", "yoke" ], "near synonyms":[ "articulate", "dovetail", "integrate", "interlock", "intermesh", "cord", "string", "wire", "cement", "coalesce", "combine", "fuse", "unite", "weld" ], "near antonyms":[ "detach", "disengage", "divide", "part", "split", "cleave", "rupture", "sever", "sunder" ], "antonyms":[ "disconnect", "disjoin", "disjoint", "dissever", "disunite", "separate", "unchain", "uncouple", "unhitch", "unlink", "unyoke" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "intelligence tests":{ "as in aptitude tests , placement tests":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "aptitude tests", "placement tests", "examinations", "exams", "quizzes", "tests", "pretests", "retests", "boards", "midterms", "midyears", "catechisms", "auditions", "finals", "checkups", "inspections", "reviews", "inquiries", "interrogations", "investigations", "probes", "researches" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "intellection":{ "something imagined or pictured in the mind":{ "examples":[ "notebooks filled with his intellections on an amazing array of topics" ], "synonyms":[ "abstraction", "cogitation", "concept", "conception", "idea", "image", "impression", "mind's eye", "notion", "picture", "thought" ], "near synonyms":[ "apprehension", "premonition", "presentiment", "preconception", "prejudice", "prepossession", "chimera", "delusion", "hallucination", "illusion", "phantasm", "fantasm", "caprice", "conceit", "fancy", "freak", "kink", "vagary", "whim", "cognition", "observation", "perception", "reflection", "assumption", "belief", "conclusion", "conviction", "conjecture", "guess", "hunch", "hypothesis", "speculation", "supposition", "surmise", "theory", "brainchild", "brainstorm", "brain wave", "inspiration" ], "near antonyms":[ "actuality", "fact", "reality" ], "antonyms":[] }, "the thought processes that have been established as leading to valid solutions to problems":{ "examples":[ "ever since Descartes famously declared, \"I think, therefore I am,\" people have tended to regard acts of conscious intellection as proof of their own existence" ], "synonyms":[ "logic", "ratiocination", "reason", "reasoning", "sense" ], "near synonyms":[ "cogency", "coherence", "logicality", "logicalness", "rationality", "rationalness", "convincingness", "persuasiveness", "syllogism", "synthesis", "analysis", "dissection", "deduction", "induction", "argumentation", "disputation" ], "near antonyms":[ "illogic", "incoherence", "absurdity", "brainlessness", "insanity", "irrationality", "nonsensicalness", "preposterousness", "senselessness" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "intoxication":{ "the condition of being drunk":{ "examples":[ "there's a firm distinction between the moderate consumption of alcoholic beverages and overindulgence to the point of intoxication" ], "synonyms":[ "drunkenness", "inebriation", "inebriety" ], "near synonyms":[ "tipsiness", "insobriety", "intemperance", "alcoholism", "bender", "binge", "brannigan", "jag", "souse", "spree", "toot" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "a state of overwhelming usually pleasurable emotion":{ "examples":[ "the intoxication felt by two people who have just fallen in love" ], "synonyms":[ "cloud nine", "ecstasy", "elatedness", "elation", "euphoria", "exhilaration", "heaven", "high", "paradise", "rapture", "rhapsody", "seventh heaven", "swoon", "transport" ], "near synonyms":[ "exaltation", "blessedness", "bliss", "blissfulness", "delight", "enchantment", "felicity", "gladness", "happiness", "joy", "joyfulness", "joyousness", "pleasure", "reverie", "trance", "inspiration", "fervor", "frenzy", "madness", "passion", "cheer", "cheerfulness", "exuberance", "gaiety", "gayety", "glee", "gleefulness", "jubilance", "jubilation", "lightheartedness" ], "near antonyms":[ "misery", "sadness", "unhappiness", "woe", "wretchedness", "blues", "dejection", "desolation", "despair", "despondency", "disconsolateness", "disheartenment", "dispiritedness", "doldrums", "downheartedness", "dreariness", "dumps", "forlornness", "gloom", "gloominess", "heartsickness", "melancholy", "mopes" ], "antonyms":[ "depression" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "international":{ "relating to or involving two or more nations":{ "examples":[ "an international trade agreement" ], "synonyms":[ "foreign", "multinational", "transnational" ], "near synonyms":[ "intercontinental", "transcontinental" ], "near 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"attending", "clinician", "hospitalist", "physical therapist", "physiotherapist", "anesthesiologist", "dermatologist", "gynecologist", "internist", "neurologist", "ob-gyn", "obstetrician", "ophthalmologist", "orthopedist", "pathologist", "pediatrician", "pediatrist", "physiatrist", "podiatrist", "radiologist", "urologist", "family doctor", "family physician", "family practitioner", "general practitioner", "croaker", "doc", "doctor", "medic", "medico", "physician", "sawbones" ], "near antonyms":[ "nondoctor", "nonphysician" ], "antonyms":[] }, "as in reader , student teacher":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "practice teacher", "reader", "student teacher", "governess", "homeschooler", "catechist", "lecturer", "moralizer", "preacher", "academe", "academic", "academician", "didact", "pedant", "drillmaster", "inculcator", "mentor", "tutor", "tutoress", "coach", "guide", "guru", "preparer", "trainer", "headmistress", "instructress", "mistress", "schoolmarm", "schoolma'am", "schoolmistress", "headmaster", "master", "rector", "schoolmaster", "educationist", "educator", "instructor", "pedagogue", "pedagog", "preceptor", "schoolteacher" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "interlacing":{ "to cause to twine about one another":{ "examples":[ "interlaced strands of her hair for a new look" ], "synonyms":[ "enlacing", "entwining", "implicating", "intertwining", "intertwisting", "interweaving", "inweaving", "lacing", "plying", "twisting", "weaving", "wreathing", "writhing" ], "near synonyms":[ "braiding", "plaiting", "platting", "pleaching", "blending", "fusing", "joining", "linking", "mixing" ], "near antonyms":[ "disentangling", "uncoiling", "untangling", "untwining", "unwinding" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to scatter or set here and there among other things":{ "examples":[ "interlaced jokes between the serious passages in the speech" ], "synonyms":[ "interspersing", "interweaving", "lacing", "salting", "threading", "weaving", "wreathing" ], "near synonyms":[ "inserting", "intermingling", "mingling", "mixing", "alternating", "juxtaposing", "amalgamating", "assimilating", "blending", "combining", "commingling", "embodying", "fusing", "incorporating", "integrating", "merging" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "to twist together into a usually confused mass":{ "examples":[ "I've interlaced the cables on my audio-video system so confusingly that I've no idea what connects what" ], "synonyms":[ "entangling", "intertwining", "intertwisting", "interweaving", "knotting", "snarling", "tangling" ], "near synonyms":[ "jumbling", "scrabbling", "scrambling", "braiding", "enlacing", "entwining", "entwisting", "inweaving", "plaiting", "twining", "weaving", "winding", "wreathing", "writhing" ], "near antonyms":[ "unknotting", "unraveling", "unscrambling", "unweaving" ], "antonyms":[ "disentangling", "unsnarling", "untangling", "untwining", "untwisting" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "interim":{ "intended to last, continue, or serve for a limited time":{ "examples":[ "putting up some students in local motels is obviously just an interim solution to the college's housing shortage" ], "synonyms":[ "ad interim", "impermanent", "provisional", "provisionary", "provisory", "short-term", "temporary" ], "near synonyms":[ "acting", "alternate", "proxy", "substitute", "expedient", "improvised", "makeshift", "intermediary", "intermediate", "transitional", "ephemeral", "fleeting", "fugitive", "short-lived", "transitory", "conditional", "contingent", "limited", "qualified", "short-range", "tentative", "replaceable", "terminable", "terminate" ], "near antonyms":[ "final", "fixed", "set", "settled", "unconditional", "unlimited", "unqualified", "extended", "lasting", "long-range", "standing", "dateless", "deathless", "endless", "enduring", "eternal", "everlasting", "immortal", "perpetual", "timeless", "undying", "unending" ], "antonyms":[ "long-term", "permanent" ] }, "serving in a position for the time being":{ 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"continuation", "continuity" ] }, "type":[ "adjective", "noun" ] }, "interloper":{ "a person who meddles in the affairs of others":{ "examples":[ "summer residents were regarded as interlopers who had no deep commitment to the town's welfare" ], "synonyms":[ "busybody", "buttinsky", "buttinski", "interferer", "intermeddler", "intruder", "kibitzer", "kibbitzer", "meddler", "nosey parker" ], "near synonyms":[ "gaper", "gawker", "gawper", "gazer", "peeper", "peeping Tom", "prier", "pryer", "rubberneck", "rubbernecker", "snoop", "snooper", "spy", "blabber", "discloser", "gossip", "gossiper", "prattler", "quidnunc", "revealer", "teller", "betrayer", "talebearer", "tattler", "tattletale", "telltale", "snake", "sneak", "informant", "informer", "snitcher", "squealer", "stool pigeon" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "interpolate":{ "to put among or between others":{ "examples":[ "interpolated a new paragraph into the online encyclopedia article" ], "synonyms":[ "edge in", "fit (in or into)", "inject", "insert", "insinuate", "intercalate", "interject", "interpose", "intersperse", "introduce", "sandwich (in or between)", "work in" ], "related":[ "cut in", "inlay", "inset", "install", "interfile", "interline", "lard", "weave", "cram", "shove", "thrust", "wedge", "add", "append", "attach" ], "near antonyms":[ "eject", "eliminate", "exclude", "expel", "extract", "withdraw", "deduct", "detach", "subtract", "reject" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "interns":{ "to put in or as if in prison":{ "examples":[ "some Polish citizens were interned in Russian camps during World War II" ], "synonyms":[ "commits", "confines", "immures", "imprisons", "incarcerates", "jails", "jugs", "locks (up)" ], "related":[ "constrains", "limits", "restrains", "restricts", "shuts", "bars", "gates", "apprehends", "arrests", "busts", "captures", "catches", "detains", "nabs", "picks up", "pinches", "seizes", "impresses", "shanghais", "holds", "impounds", "keeps", "binds", "enchains", "fetters", "handcuffs", "manacles", "shackles", "trammels" ], "near antonyms":[ "emancipates", "enfranchises", "manumits", "unbinds", "uncages", "unchains", "unfetters" ], "antonyms":[ "discharges", "frees", "liberates", "releases" ] }, "as in residents":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "related":[], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "as in readers , student teachers":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "related":[], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "intestinal fortitude":{ "strength of mind to carry on in spite of danger":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[ "bottle", "bravery", "courage", "courageousness", "daring", "daringness", "dauntlessness", "doughtiness", "fearlessness", "gallantry", "greatheartedness", "guts", "gutsiness", "hardihood", "heart", "heroism", "intrepidity", "intrepidness", "moxie", "nerve", "pecker", "prowess", "stoutness", "valor", "virtue" ], "related":[ "backbone", "fiber", "fortitude", "grit", "gumption", "mettle", "pluck", 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"leagues", "links", "mingles", "mixes", "rallies", "relates", "sides", "socializes", "teams", "ties", "weds", "associates", "chums", "companies", "consociates", "consorts", "fraternizes", "hangs (around or out)", "hobnobs", "hooks up", "messes around", "pals (around)", "runs", "sorts", "travels", "befriends", "friends" ], "near antonyms":[ "avoids", "cold-shoulders", "shuns", "snubs", "alienates", "estranges", "breaks up", "disbands", "disperses", "splits (up)", "disjoins", "dissociates", "disunites", "divorces", "severs", "splits", "sunders" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "interconnections":{ "as in intersections":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "intersections", "links", "nexuses", "nexus", "ties", "abutments", "articulations", "attachments", "connections", "couplings", "joinings", "joins", "joints", "jointures", "junctions", "junctures", "seams", "sutures", "concourses", "confluences", "meetings", "unions" ], "near antonyms":[ "clefts", "cracks", 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"interweaved", "wove", "weaved" ], "near antonyms":[ "cleaved", "cleft", "disjoined", "disunited", "divided", "divorced", "parted", "ruptured", "severed", "sundered", "dispersed", "dissolved", "scattered", "detached", "disengaged", "split" ], "antonyms":[ "broke down", "broke up", "separated", "unmixed" ] }, "type":[ "adjective", "verb" ] }, "intoned":{ "as in whispered , muttered":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "breathed", "chirped", "drawled", "gasped", "mouthed", "mumbled", "murmured", "muttered", "purred", "shouted", "spluttered", "sputtered", "squeaked", "whispered", "articulated", "enunciated", "pronounced", "sonant", "oral", "spoken", "uttered", "vocal", "voiced" ], "near antonyms":[ "nonvocal", "inarticulate", "mute", "quiet", "silent", "unexpressed", "unsaid", "unspoken", "unuttered", "unvoiced", "surd", "voiceless" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to utter in musical or drawn out tones":{ "examples":[ "\"The day is begun,\" the narrator intoned" ], "synonyms":[ "chanted", "intonated", "sang", "sung" ], "near synonyms":[ "bellowed", "belted", "roared", "chimed", "chorused" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adjective", "verb" ] }, "interlaces":{ "to cause to twine about one another":{ "examples":[ "interlaced strands of her hair for a new look" ], "synonyms":[ "enlaces", "entwines", "implicates", "intertwines", "intertwists", "interweaves", "inweaves", "laces", "plies", "twists", "weaves", "wreathes", "writhes" ], "near synonyms":[ "braids", "plaits", "plats", "pleaches", "blends", "fuses", "joins", "links", "mixes" ], "near antonyms":[ "disentangles", "uncoils", "untangles", "untwines", "unwinds" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to scatter or set here and there among other things":{ "examples":[ "interlaced jokes between the serious passages in the speech" ], "synonyms":[ "intersperses", "interweaves", "laces", "salts", "threads", "weaves", "wreathes" ], "near synonyms":[ "inserts", "intermingles", "mingles", "mixes", "alternates", "juxtaposes", "amalgamates", "assimilates", "blends", "combines", "commingles", "embodies", "fuses", "incorporates", "integrates", "merges" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "to twist together into a usually confused mass":{ "examples":[ "I've interlaced the cables on my audio-video system so confusingly that I've no idea what connects what" ], "synonyms":[ "entangles", "intertwines", "intertwists", "interweaves", "knots", "snarls", "tangles" ], "near synonyms":[ "jumbles", "scrabbles", "scrambles", "braids", "enlaces", "entwines", "entwists", "inweaves", "plaits", "twines", "weaves", "winds", "wreathes", "writhes" ], "near antonyms":[ "unknots", "unravels", "unscrambles", "unweaves" ], "antonyms":[ "disentangles", "unsnarls", "untangles", "untwines", "untwists" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "introducer":{ "one who creates or introduces something new":{ "examples":[ "the introducer of the ballpoint pen was a man by the name of John Loud" ], "synonyms":[ "contriver", "designer", "developer", "deviser", "formulator", "innovator", "inventor", "originator" ], "near synonyms":[ "author", "begetter", "creator", "establisher", "father", "founder", "generator", "inaugurator", "initiator", "instituter", "institutor", "sire", "groundbreaker", "pioneer", "planner", "researcher", "researchist", "builder", "maker", "producer", "dreamer", "codeveloper", "coinventor", "coproducer", "coresearcher" ], "near antonyms":[ "aper", "copier", "copycat", "duplicator", "imitator", "mimic" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "introverts":{ "a shy or reserved person":{ "examples":[ "although interested in the public welfare, he was too much of an introvert to consider personally running for political office" ], "synonyms":[ "shrinking violets", "wallflowers" ], "near synonyms":[ "mice", "cold fishes", "icebergs", "icicles" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[ "extroverts", "extraverts" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "interceder":{ "one who works with opposing sides in order to bring 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"planners", "researchers", "researchists", "builders", "makers", "producers", "dreamers", "codevelopers", "co-developers", "coinventors", "co-inventors", "coproducers", "co-producers", "coresearchers", "co-researchers" ], "near antonyms":[ "apers", "copiers", "copycats", "duplicators", "imitators", "mimics" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "intoxicated":{ "being under the influence of alcohol":{ "examples":[ "state police warned that there would be zero tolerance for intoxicated drivers over the long holiday weekend" ], "synonyms":[ "besotted", "blasted", "blind", "blitzed", "blotto", "bombed", "boozy", "canned", "cockeyed", "crocked", "drunk", "drunken", "fried", "gassed", "hammered", "high", "impaired", "inebriate", "inebriated", "juiced", "lit", "lit up", "loaded", "looped", "oiled", "pickled", "pie-eyed", "plastered", "potted", "ripped", "sloshed", "smashed", "sottish", "soused", "sozzled", "squiffed", "squiffy", "stewed", "stiff", "stinking", "stoned", "tanked", "tiddly", "tight", "tipsy", "wasted", "wet", "wiped out" ], "near synonyms":[ "maudlin", "beery", "befuddled", "bleary-eyed", "crapulous", "dopey", "dopy", "rocky", "strung out", "stupefied", "debauched", "dissipated", "dissolute", "alcoholic", "bibulous", "dipsomaniacal" ], "near antonyms":[ "abstemious", "abstinent", "dry", "temperate", "teetotal", "clearheaded", "cool", "level", "steady" ], "antonyms":[ "sober", "straight" ] }, "experiencing or marked by overwhelming usually pleasurable emotion":{ "examples":[ "the intoxicated moment when she found out that she'd won the award" ], "synonyms":[ "ecstatic", "elated", "elevated", "enrapt", "enraptured", "entranced", "euphoric", "exhilarated", "giddy", "heady", "rapt", "rapturous", "rhapsodic", "rhapsodical" ], "near synonyms":[ "enchanted", "exultant", "glorying", "jubilant", "rejoicing", "triumphant", "enthusiastic", "excited", "gung ho", "thrilled", "blissed-out", "blissful", "delighted", "glad", "gratified", "happy", "joyful", "joyous", "pleased", "satisfied", "tickled" ], "near antonyms":[ "blue", "brokenhearted", "crestfallen", "dejected", "despondent", "disconsolate", "disheartened", "doleful", "down", "downcast", "downhearted", "forlorn", "gloomy", "glum", "hangdog", "heartbroken", "heartsick", "heartsore", "inconsolable", "joyless", "low", "low-spirited", "melancholy", "miserable", "mournful", "sad", "saddened", "sorrowful", "sorry", "unhappy", "woebegone", "woeful", "wretched" ], "antonyms":[ "depressed" ] }, "to cause a pleasurable stimulation of the feelings":{ "examples":[ "the stunning spectacle of this Las Vegas show is sure to intoxicate spectators" ], "synonyms":[ "charged", "electrified", "excited", "exhilarated", "galvanized", "pumped up", "thrilled", "titillated", "turned on" ], "near synonyms":[ "aroused", "incited", "inspired", "provoked", "stimulated", "bewitched", "captivated", "charmed", "delighted", "enchanted", "enthralled", "hypnotized", "mesmerized", "riveted", "spellbound", "interested", "intrigued", "tantalized" ], "near antonyms":[ "bored", "jaded", "palled", "tired", "wearied", "dejected", "demoralized", "discouraged", "disheartened", "dispirited" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to fill with great joy":{ "examples":[ "she was intoxicated by the news that she'd gotten the job of her dreams" ], "synonyms":[ "elated", "elevated", "enraptured", "exhilarated", "transported" ], "near synonyms":[ "commoved", "excited", "inspired", "stimulated", "uplifted", "contented", "delighted", "gladdened", "gratified", "pleased", "rejoiced", "satisfied", "warmed" ], "near antonyms":[ "demoralized", "discouraged", "disheartened", "dispirited", "distressed", "oppressed", "saddened" ], "antonyms":[ "depressed" ] }, "type":[ "adjective", "verb" ] }, "interviewers":{ "a person who goes around and approaches people with a request for opinions or information":{ "examples":[ "had no time for an interviewer who wanted to ask me about my phone service" ], "synonyms":[ "canvassers", "canvasers", "pollers", "pollsters" ], "near synonyms":[ "askers", "inquirers", "queriers", "querists", "questioners" ], "near antonyms":[ "answerers", "repliers", "responders", "attesters", "informants", "reporters", "testifiers", "witnesses" ], "antonyms":[ "interviewees", "pollees", "respondents" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "introspective":{ "as in retrospective , self-reflective":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "retrospective", "self-reflective", "broody", "cogitative", "contemplative", "meditative", "melancholy", "musing", "pensive", "reflective", "ruminant", "ruminative", "thoughtful", "earnest", "grave", "sedate", "serious", "serious-minded", "severe", "sober", "solemn", "somber", "sombre", "weighty", "philosophical", "philosophic", "analytic", "analytical", "logical", "rational", "deliberate", "purposeful", "absentminded", "abstracted", "preoccupied" ], "near antonyms":[ "unreflective", "featherbrained", "flighty", "flippant", "frivolous", "goofy", "harebrained", "light-headed", "scatterbrained", "brainless", "mindless", "silly", "thoughtless", "unthinking" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "interludes":{ "a break in continuity":{ "examples":[ "there was a brief interlude in the performance while the stagehands shifted scenery" ], "synonyms":[ "discontinuities", "gaps", "hiatuses", "hiccups", "hiccoughs", "interims", "intermissions", "interregnums", "interregna", "interruptions", "interstices", "intervals", "parentheses" ], "near synonyms":[ "caesuras", "caesurae", "commas", "interspaces", "lags", "pauses", "spaces", "time lags", "windows", "entr'actes", "bumpers", "adjournments", "discontinuances", "lapses", "suspensions", "lulls", "recesses", "respites", "rests", "subintervals" ], "near antonyms":[ "continua", "continuums", "runs", "stretches", "processions", "progressions" ], "antonyms":[ "continuations", "continuities" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "intrench":{ "to set solidly in or as if in surrounding matter":{ "examples":[ "a father who 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"neurologists", "ob-gyns", "obstetricians", "ophthalmologists", "orthopedists", "pathologists", "pediatricians", "pediatrists", "physiatrists", "podiatrists", "radiologists", "urologists", "family doctors", "family physicians", "family practitioners", "general practitioners", "croakers", "docs", "doctors", "medicos", "medics", "physicians", "sawbones", "sawboneses" ], "near antonyms":[ "nondoctors", "nonphysicians" ], "antonyms":[] }, "as in readers , student teachers":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "practice teachers", "readers", "student teachers", "governesses", "homeschoolers", "catechists", "lecturers", "moralizers", "preachers", "academes", "academicians", "academics", "didacts", "pedants", "drillmasters", "inculcators", "mentors", "tutoresses", "tutors", "coaches", "guides", "gurus", "preparers", "trainers", "headmistresses", "instructresses", "mistresses", "schoolmarms", "schoolma'ams", "schoolmistresses", "headmasters", "masters", "rectors", "schoolmasters", "educationists", "educators", "instructors", "pedagogues", "pedagogs", "preceptors", "schoolteachers" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "intermission":{ "a break in continuity":{ "examples":[ "an awkward intermission between speeches" ], "synonyms":[ "discontinuity", "gap", "hiatus", "hiccup", "hiccough", "interim", "interlude", "interregnum", "interruption", "interstice", "interval", "parenthesis" ], "near synonyms":[ "caesura", "comma", "interspace", "lag", "pause", "space", "time lag", "window", "entr'acte", "bumper", "adjournment", "discontinuance", "lapse", "suspension", "lull", "recess", "respite", "rest", "subinterval" ], "near antonyms":[ "continuum", "run", "stretch", "procession", "progression" ], "antonyms":[ "continuation", "continuity" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "intellect":{ "a very smart person":{ "examples":[ "one of the finest intellects of our time" ], "synonyms":[ "brain", "brainiac", "genius", "thinker", "whiz", "wiz", "wizard" ], 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"variously" ], "near antonyms":[ "frequently", "hourly", "much", "oft", "often", "oftentimes", "ofttimes", "commonly", "ordinarily", "regularly", "routinely", "usually", "always", "consistently", "constantly", "invariably", "continually", "continuingly", "continuously", "incessantly", "perpetually", "unceasingly", "uninterruptedly", "endlessly", "ever", "interminably" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adverb" ] }, "intermeshed":{ "as in integrated , articulated":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "articulated", "dovetailed", "integrated", "interlocked", "catenated", "chained", "compounded", "concatenated", "conjugated", "connected", "coupled", "hitched", "hooked", "interconnected", "interlinked", "joined", "linked", "yoked", "corded", "strung", "wired", "cemented", "coalesced", "combined", "fused", "united", "welded" ], "near antonyms":[ "disconnected", "disjoined", "disjointed", "dissevered", "disunited", "separated", "unchained", "uncoupled", "unhitched", "unlinked", "unyoked", "detached", "disengaged", "divided", "parted", "split", "cleaved", "cleft", "ruptured", "severed", "sundered" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "intentionally":{ "with full awareness of what one is doing":{ "examples":[ "the witness intentionally gave misleading answers to the questions" ], "synonyms":[ "advisedly", "consciously", "deliberately", "designedly", "knowingly", "purposefully", "purposely", "purposively", "willfully", "wittingly" ], "near synonyms":[ "calculatedly", "studiedly", "voluntarily", "willingly", "premeditatedly" ], "near antonyms":[ "accidentally", "incidentally", "haphazardly", "randomly", "involuntarily", "unwillingly", "impulsively", "instinctively", "spontaneously" ], "antonyms":[ "inadvertently", "unconsciously", "unintentionally", "unknowingly", "unwittingly" ] }, "type":[ "adverb" ] }, "intrudes (upon)":{ "to thrust oneself upon (another) without invitation":{ "examples":[ "a man with an opinion on everything, he doesn't hesitate to 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"satisfies", "comforts", "consoles", "contents" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "intriguing":{ "holding the attention or provoking interest":{ "examples":[ "an intriguing concept that should engender much debate among climatologists" ], "synonyms":[ "absorbing", "arresting", "consuming", "engaging", "engrossing", "enthralling", "fascinating", "gripping", "immersing", "interesting", "involving", "riveting" ], "near synonyms":[ "breathtaking", "electric", "electrifying", "exciting", "exhilarating", "galvanizing", "inspiring", "rousing", "stimulating", "stirring", "thrilling", "provocative", "tantalizing", "emphatic", "showy", "splashy", "striking", "alluring", "attractive", "bewitching", "captivating", "charming", "enchanting", "spellbinding", "hypnotizing", "mesmerizing", "curious", "odd", "unusual", "weird", "amazing", "astonishing", "astounding", "eventful", "eye-opening", "fabulous", "marvelous", "marvellous", "surprising", "wonderful", "wondrous", "amusing", "entertaining" 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"manufacturing", "producing", "thinking (up)", "constructing", "putting up", "developing", "enlarging", "expanding", "endowing", "financing", "funding", "subsidizing", "arranging", "organizing", "systematizing", "systemizing", "refounding", "reinitiating", "reinstituting", "relaunching" ], "near antonyms":[ "abolishing", "annihilating", "annulling", "nullifying", "ending", "finishing", "halting", "stopping", "terminating", "rounding (off or out)", "winding up", "wrapping up" ], "antonyms":[ "closing (down)", "phasing out", "shutting (up)" ] }, "to impart knowledge of a new thing or situation to":{ "examples":[ "introduced everyone to the company's new phone system" ], "synonyms":[ "accustoming", "acquainting", "familiarizing", "initiating", "orientating", "orienting" ], "near synonyms":[ "habituating", "wonting", "apprising", "briefing", "clueing (in)", "cluing (in)", "filling in", "informing", "educating", "enlightening", "grounding", "instructing", "schooling", "training", "versing", "exposing", "presenting", "subjecting", "advising", "telling", "tipping (off)", "warning", "wising (up)", "reacquainting" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "to put among or between others":{ "examples":[ "introduce a new variable to the equation" ], "synonyms":[ "edging in", "fitting (in or into)", "injecting", "inserting", "insinuating", "intercalating", "interjecting", "interpolating", "interposing", "interspersing", "sandwiching (in or between)", "working in" ], "near synonyms":[ "cutting in", "inlaying", "insetting", "installing", "interfiling", "interlining", "larding", "weaving", "cramming", "shoving", "thrusting", "wedging", "adding", "appending", "attaching" ], "near antonyms":[ "ejecting", "eliminating", "excluding", "expelling", "extracting", "withdrawing", "deducting", "detaching", "subtracting", "rejecting" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adjective", "verb" ] }, "intimated":{ "as in suggested , hinted":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "hinted", "insinuated", "suggested", "unannounced", "undeclared", "unsaid", "untold", "construed", "interpreted", "inferred", "presumed", "implicit", "implied", "tacit", "unexpressed", "unspoken", "unvoiced", "wordless" ], "near antonyms":[ "explicit", "express", "expressed", "spoken", "stated", "voiced", "apparent", "blatant", "evident", "manifest", "obvious", "plain", "straightforward", "unambiguous", "unequivocal", "unmistakable" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to convey an idea indirectly":{ "examples":[ "trying to intimate that there was more going on than anyone knew" ], "synonyms":[ "alluded", "hinted", "implied", "indicated", "inferred", "insinuated", "suggested" ], "near synonyms":[ "adverted", "mentioned", "pointed", "referred", "signaled", "signalled", "signalized", "signified", "smacked (of)", "smelled (of)", "smelt (of)" ], "near antonyms":[ "announced", "declared", "proclaimed", "elucidated", "explained", "spelled out", "delineated", "described" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adjective", "verb" ] }, "interaction":{ "doings between individuals or groups":{ "examples":[ "she guessed from the friendly interaction that they were close to the other parents in the organization" ], "synonyms":[ "commerce", "dealings", "intercourse", "relation" ], "near synonyms":[ "interrelationship", "cross-fertilization", "cross-pollination", "companionship", "company" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "intercalate":{ "to put among or between others":{ "examples":[ "between the recipes for hearty peasant dishes, the author intercalates fond reminiscences of her year in the French countryside" ], "synonyms":[ "edge in", "fit (in or into)", "inject", "insert", "insinuate", "interject", "interpolate", "interpose", "intersperse", "introduce", "sandwich (in or between)", "work in" ], "near synonyms":[ "cut in", "inlay", "inset", "install", "interfile", "interline", "lard", "weave", "cram", "shove", "thrust", "wedge", "add", "append", "attach" ], "near antonyms":[ "eject", "eliminate", "exclude", "expel", "extract", "withdraw", "deduct", "detach", "subtract", "reject" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "interconnecting":{ "as in connected , connecting":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "attached", "communicating", "connected", "connecting", "joined", "linked", "united", "approximate", "close", "closest", "immediate", "near", "nearby", "nearest", "next-door", "nigh", "bounding", "circumjacent", "embracing", "encircling", "enclosing", "inclosing", "fencing", "rimming", "surrounding", "abutting", "adjacent", "adjoining", "bordering", "conterminous", "contiguous", "flanking", "flush", "fringing", "joining", "juxtaposed", "neighboring", "skirting", "touching", "verging", "marginal", "peripheral", "tangent", "tangential", "ambient", "encompassing" ], "near antonyms":[ "nonadjacent", "noncontiguous", "apart", "detached", "disconnected", "discrete", "free-standing", "isolate", "isolated", "removed", "separate", "single", "unattached", "unconnected", "unlinked", "away", "distant", "far", "faraway", "far-off", "farthest", "remote", "discontinuous", "noncontinuous", "broken up", "disjoined", "dissevered", "dissociated", "disunited", "divided", "divorced", "parted", "ramified", "resolved", "severed", "split", "sundered", "uncoupled", "unyoked" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to put or bring together so as to form a new and longer whole":{ "examples":[ "we interconnected all of our audio and video components to get the full home theater experience" ], "synonyms":[ "catenating", "chaining", "compounding", "concatenating", "conjugating", "connecting", "coupling", "hitching", "hooking", "interlinking", "joining", "linking", "yoking" ], "near synonyms":[ "articulating", "dovetailing", "integrating", "interlocking", "intermeshing", "cording", "stringing", "wiring", "cementing", "coalescing", "combining", "fusing", "uniting", "welding" ], "near antonyms":[ "detaching", "disengaging", "dividing", "parting", "splitting", "cleaving", "rupturing", "severing", "sundering" ], "antonyms":[ "disconnecting", "disjoining", "disjointing", "dissevering", "disuniting", "separating", "unchaining", "uncoupling", "unhitching", "unlinking", "unyoking" ] }, "type":[ "adjective", "verb" ] }, "interiors":{ "an interior or internal part":{ "examples":[ "the interior of the computer was clogged with dust" ], "synonyms":[ "innards", "insides", "withins" ], "near synonyms":[ "bellies", "bowels", "guts", "stuffings", "recesses", "centers", "cores", "hearts" ], "near antonyms":[ "borders", "boundaries", "brims", "brinks", "edges", "ends", "extremities", "fringes", "limits", "lips", "margins", "perimeters", "peripheries", "rims", "surfaces" ], "antonyms":[ "exteriors", "outsides" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "interfering (with)":{ "to create difficulty for the work or activity of":{ "examples":[ "claims that the countless federal regulations interfere with his business and are of no benefit to anyone" ], "synonyms":[ "clogging", "cramping", "embarrassing", "encumbering", "fettering", "hampering", "handcuffing", "handicapping", "hindering", "hobbling", "hog-tying", "holding back", "holding up", "impeding", "inhibiting", "manacling", "obstructing", "shackling", "short-circuiting", "stymieing", "trammeling", "trammelling", "tying up", "tieing up" ], "near synonyms":[ "balking", "checking", "constraining", "curbing", "reining", "restraining", "binding", "chaining", "haltering", "leashing", "tethering", "tying", "tieing", "arresting", "braking", "delaying", "retaining", "retarding", "barricading", "blockading", "blocking", "roadblocking", "bogging (down)", "miring", "choking", "smothering", "stifling", "strangling", "suffocating", "baffling", "foiling", "frustrating", "stumping", "thwarting", "derailing", "disrupting", "sabotaging", "muzzling", "repressing", "suppressing", "confining", "hedging (in)", "hemming (in)" ], "near antonyms":[ "clearing", "making way", "opening", "unclogging", "unplugging", "unstopping", "freeing", "liberating", "releasing", "untying", "untieing", "loosening", "smoothing", "encouraging", "furthering", "promoting" ], "antonyms":[ "aiding", "assisting", "facilitating", "helping" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "intermeddled":{ "to interest oneself in what is not one's concern":{ "examples":[ "she can no more refrain from intermeddling than she can from breathing" ], "synonyms":[ "butted in", "interfered", "interloped", "intruded", "meddled", "messed", "mucked (about or around)", "nosed", "obtruded", "poked", "pried", "snooped" ], "near synonyms":[ "interceded", "interposed", "intervened", "barged (in)", "chiseled (in)", "chiselled (in)", "encroached", "infringed", "invaded", "trespassed", "fiddled", "fooled", "monkeyed", "played", "tampered" ], "near antonyms":[ "avoided", "eschewed", "shunned", "disregarded", "ignored", "neglected", "overlooked" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "intersperse":{ "to scatter or set here and there among other things":{ "examples":[ "for variety, intersperse some photos among the other decorations on the wall" ], "synonyms":[ "interlace", "interweave", "lace", "salt", "thread", "weave", "wreathe" ], "near synonyms":[ "insert", "intermingle", "mingle", "mix", "alternate", "juxtapose", "amalgamate", "assimilate", "blend", "combine", "commingle", "embody", "fuse", "incorporate", "integrate", "merge" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "to put among or between others":{ "examples":[ "intersperses some fascinating factoids about wine between his profiles of the nation's leading wineries" ], "synonyms":[ "edge in", "fit (in or into)", "inject", "insert", "insinuate", "intercalate", "interject", "interpolate", "interpose", "introduce", "sandwich (in or between)", "work in" ], "near synonyms":[ "cut in", "inlay", "inset", "install", "interfile", "interline", "lard", "weave", "cram", "shove", "thrust", "wedge", "add", "append", "attach" ], "near antonyms":[ "eject", "eliminate", "exclude", "expel", "extract", "withdraw", "deduct", "detach", "subtract", "reject" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "intelligences":{ "the ability to learn and understand or to deal with problems":{ "examples":[ "high scores on this test supposedly demonstrate great intelligence" ], "synonyms":[ "brain(s)", "brainpower", "gray matter", "headpiece", "intellect", "intellectuality", "mentality", "reason", "sense", "smarts" ], "near synonyms":[ "eggheadedness", "highbrowism", "intellectualism", "braininess", "brilliance", "acumen", "alertness", "apprehension", "astuteness", "discernment", "discriminability", "insight", "judgment", "judgement", "perception", "percipience", "perspicacity", "common sense", "horse sense", "mother wit", "aptitude", "talent", "sagacity", "sapience", "wisdom", "wit", "head", "mind", "skull" ], "near antonyms":[ "denseness", "density", "doltishness", "dopiness", "dullness", "dulness", "dumbness", "fatuity", "feeblemindedness", "foolishness", "half-wittedness", "idiocy", "imbecility", "senselessness", "simpleness", "slowness", "stupidity" ], "antonyms":[] }, "a report of recent events or facts not previously known":{ "examples":[ "usually received the latest intelligence about how the war was going" ], "synonyms":[ "411", "advice(s)", "gen", "info", "information", "item", "news", "story", "tidings", "uncos", "word" ], "near synonyms":[ "announcement", "bulletin", "communication", "correspondence", "dispatch", "message", "reportage", "dope", "lowdown", "scoop", "tidbit", "titbit", "tip", "gossip", "rumor", "tale", "tattle", "feedback", "disinformation", "propaganda" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "exceptional discernment and judgment especially in practical matters":{ "examples":[ "as head of the customer service department, he has handled complaints and disputes with unfailing intelligence and good humor" ], "synonyms":[ "acumen", "astuteness", "caginess", "cageyness", "canniness", "clear-sightedness", "foxiness", "hardheadedness", "keenness", "knowingness", "sharpness", "shrewdness", "wit" ], "near synonyms":[ "discernment", "insight", "perception", "perceptiveness", "perceptivity", "percipience", "sagaciousness", "sagacity", "sageness", "sapience", "wisdom", "artfulness", "artifice", "craft", "craftiness", "cunning", "deviousness", "guile", "slickness", "slyness", "sneakiness", "subtleness", "subtlety", "wiliness", "brain(s)", "gray matter", "intellect", "reason", "sense" ], "near antonyms":[ "artlessness", "greenness", "guilelessness", "ingenuousness", "innocence", "naiveness", "na\u00efvet\u00e9", "naivete", "naivet\u00e9", "simplemindedness", "simpleness", "simplicity", "unsophistication", "unworldliness", "brainlessness", "density", "doltishness", "dopiness", "dumbness", "fatuity", "foolishness", "half-wittedness", "mindlessness", "oafishness", "obtuseness", "senselessness", "slowness", "stupidity", "stupidness", "vacuity", "witlessness" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "intermeddling":{ "to interest oneself in 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"snoop", "arbitrate", "moderate", "negotiate", "referee", "barge (in)", "bother", "break (in)", "chime in", "cut in", "infringe", "invade", "trespass" ], "near antonyms":[ "stand by", "avoid", "eschew", "shun", "disregard", "ignore", "overlook" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "interlopers":{ "a person who meddles in the affairs of others":{ "examples":[ "summer residents were regarded as interlopers who had no deep commitment to the town's welfare" ], "synonyms":[ "busybodies", "buttinskies", "interferers", "intermeddlers", "intruders", "kibitzers", "kibbitzers", "meddlers", "nosey parkers" ], "near synonyms":[ "gapers", "gawkers", "gawpers", "gazers", "peepers", "peeping Toms", "priers", "pryers", "rubberneckers", "rubbernecks", "snoopers", "snoops", "spies", "blabbers", "disclosers", "gossipers", "gossips", "prattlers", "quidnuncs", "revealers", "tellers", "betrayers", "talebearers", "tattlers", "tattletales", "telltales", "snakes", "sneaks", "informants", "informers", "snitchers", "squealers", "stool pigeons" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "interview":{ "as in audience":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "audience", "assembly", "congress", "convention", "convocation", "council", "gathering", "get-together", "huddle", "meeting", "session", "clinic", "workshop", "cabinet", "caucus", "conclave", "synod", "demonstration", "rally", "confab", "conversation", "dialogue", "dialog", "discourse", "discussion", "palaver", "talk", "negotiation", "parley", "summit", "conference", "forum", "round-robin", "roundtable", "seminar", "symposium" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "to go around and approach (people) with a request for opinions or information":{ "examples":[ "a reporter at the scene interviewing witnesses to the explosion" ], "synonyms":[ "canvass", "canvas", "poll", "solicit", "survey" ], "near synonyms":[ "circularize", "interrogate", "question", "feel (out)", "sound (out)" ], "near antonyms":[ "report" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "intermeshes":{ "as in integrates , articulates":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "articulates", "dovetails", "integrates", "interlocks", "catenates", "chains", "compounds", "concatenates", "conjugates", "connects", "couples", "hitches", "hooks", "interconnects", "interlinks", "joins", "links", "yokes", "cords", "strings", "wires", "cements", "coalesces", "combines", "fuses", "unites", "welds" ], "near antonyms":[ "disconnects", "disjoins", "disjoints", "dissevers", "disunites", "separates", "unchains", "uncouples", "unhitches", "unlinks", "unyokes", "detaches", "disengages", "divides", "parts", "splits", "cleaves", "ruptures", "severs", "sunders" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "interested":{ "as in involved , engaged":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "engaged", "intrigued", "involved", "absorbed", "attentive", "deep", "engrossed", "enthralled", "focused", "focussed", "immersed", "intent", "observant", "rapt", "hypnotized", "mesmerized", "alert", "alive", "conscious", "open-eyed", "watchful", "wide-awake" ], "near antonyms":[ "absent", "absentminded", "abstracted", "distracted", "inattentive", "inobservant", "unabsorbed", "unfocused", "unfocussed", "daydreaming", "dreamy", "faraway", "foggy", "hazy", "lost", "oblivious", "preoccupied", "remote", "apathetic", "disinterested", "uninterested" ], "antonyms":[] }, "as in concerned":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "concerned", "inquisitional", "inquisitorial", "interrogative", "questioning", "quizzical", "interfering", "intrusive", "meddlesome", "meddling", "obtrusive", "officious", "curious", "inquisitive", "nosy", "nosey", "prying", "snoopy" ], "near antonyms":[ "incurious", "uncurious", "apathetic", "disinterested", "indifferent", "unconcerned", "uninterested" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to hold the attention of":{ "examples":[ "the book didn't interest me, so I ended up watching the parade of people on 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"genii", "intellects", "thinkers", "whizzes", "wizards" ], "near antonyms":[ "blockheads", "dolts", "dopes", "dumbbells", "dummies", "dunces", "fatheads", "half-wits", "imbeciles", "morons", "nitwits", "pinheads", "simpletons" ], "antonyms":[ "anti-intellectuals", "lowbrows", "philistines" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "intermeddlers":{ "a person who meddles in the affairs of others":{ "examples":[ "local voters regarded the out-of-state campaign workers as impertinent intermeddlers" ], "synonyms":[ "busybodies", "buttinskies", "interferers", "interlopers", "intruders", "kibitzers", "kibbitzers", "meddlers", "nosey parkers" ], "near synonyms":[ "gapers", "gawkers", "gawpers", "gazers", "peepers", "peeping Toms", "priers", "pryers", "rubberneckers", "rubbernecks", "snoopers", "snoops", "spies", "blabbers", "disclosers", "gossipers", "gossips", "prattlers", "quidnuncs", "revealers", "tellers", "betrayers", "talebearers", "tattlers", "tattletales", "telltales", "snakes", "sneaks", "informants", "informers", "snitchers", "squealers", "stool pigeons" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "intake":{ "matter that is fed into something":{ "examples":[ "the intake on that paper shredder is limited to five sheets at a time" ], "synonyms":[ "input" ], "near synonyms":[ "accretion", "accrual", "addendum", "addition", "augmentation", "gain", "increment", "supplement" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[ "output", "outturn", "production", "throughput" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "intelligencers":{ "a person employed by a newspaper, magazine, or radio or television station to gather, write, or report news":{ "examples":[ "the student journalist asked questions as probing as those of a seasoned intelligencer" ], "synonyms":[ "correspondents", "journalists", "newshounds", "newsmen", "newspeople", "pressmen", "reporters" ], "near synonyms":[ "announcers", "broadcasters", "newscasters", "newspapermen", "newspaperwomen", "newswomen", "anchormen", "anchorpeople", "anchors", "anchorwomen", "byliners", "columnists", "commentators", "copyreaders", "editors", "muckrakers", "photojournalists", "police reporters", "sportswriters", "staffers", "stringers" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "a person who tries secretly to obtain information for one country in the territory of another usually unfriendly country":{ "examples":[ "as the nation's top intelligencer , the director of the CIA should have been more skeptical of the information he was being fed" ], "synonyms":[ "agents", "assets", "emissaries", "moles", "operatives", "spies", "spooks", "undercovers" ], "near synonyms":[ "couriers", "counterspies", "double agents", "sleepers", "infiltrators", "informers", "stool pigeons", "spymasters", "superspies" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "interject":{ "to put among or between others":{ "examples":[ "she occasionally interjected comments into the conversation" ], "synonyms":[ "edge in", "fit (in or 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"joins", "links", "mixes" ], "near antonyms":[ "disentangles", "uncoils", "untangles", "untwines", "unwinds" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to twist together into a usually confused mass":{ "examples":[ "intertwining yarn is usually a bad idea, because you'll never get it all sorted out again" ], "synonyms":[ "entangles", "interlaces", "intertwists", "interweaves", "knots", "snarls", "tangles" ], "near synonyms":[ "jumbles", "scrabbles", "scrambles", "braids", "enlaces", "entwines", "entwists", "inweaves", "plaits", "twines", "weaves", "winds", "wreathes", "writhes" ], "near antonyms":[ "unknots", "unravels", "unscrambles", "unweaves" ], "antonyms":[ "disentangles", "unsnarls", "untangles", "untwines", "untwists" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "intercourse":{ "doings between individuals or groups":{ "examples":[ "the niceties of social intercourse are lost on that nerd" ], "synonyms":[ "commerce", "dealings", "interaction", "relation" ], "near synonyms":[ "interrelationship", "cross-fertilization", "cross-pollination", "companionship", "company" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "sexual union involving penetration of the vagina by the penis":{ "examples":[ "intercourse is one of ways by which the disease is commonly spread" ], "synonyms":[ "coition", "coitus", "commerce", "congress", "copulating", "copulation", "coupling", "lovemaking", "mating", "relations", "sex", "sex act", "sexual intercourse", "sexual relations" ], "near synonyms":[ "fornication", "safe sex", "carnality", "sexuality", "breeding", "insemination", "dalliance", "hanky-panky", "whoopee" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "interconnects":{ "to put or bring together so as to form a new and longer whole":{ "examples":[ "we interconnected all of our audio and video components to get the full home theater experience" ], "synonyms":[ "catenates", "chains", "compounds", "concatenates", "conjugates", "connects", "couples", "hitches", "hooks", "interlinks", "joins", "links", "yokes" ], "near synonyms":[ "articulates", "dovetails", "integrates", "interlocks", "intermeshes", "cords", "strings", "wires", "cements", "coalesces", "combines", "fuses", "unites", "welds" ], "near antonyms":[ "detaches", "disengages", "divides", "parts", "splits", "cleaves", "ruptures", "severs", "sunders" ], "antonyms":[ "disconnects", "disjoins", "disjoints", "dissevers", "disunites", "separates", "unchains", "uncouples", "unhitches", "unlinks", "unyokes" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "introspection":{ "examination of one's own thoughts and feelings":{ "examples":[ "not a man given to introspection , he grew impatient with his wife's constant need to discuss their relationship" ], "synonyms":[ "self-contemplation", "self-examination", "self-observation", "self-questioning", "self-reflection", "self-scrutiny", "self-searching", "soul-searching" ], "near synonyms":[ "self-analysis", "self-awareness", "self-consciousness", "self-recognition", "introversion", "self-absorption", "self-centeredness", "self-concern", "self-involvement", "self-actualization", "self-discovery", "self-exploration", "self-fulfillment", "self-realization", "self-knowledge", "self-revelation", "self-concept", "self-image", "self-perception", "contemplation", "meditation", "reflection", "rumination" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "intoxicates":{ "to cause a pleasurable stimulation of the feelings":{ "examples":[ "the stunning spectacle of this Las Vegas show is sure to intoxicate spectators" ], "synonyms":[ "charges", "electrifies", "excites", "exhilarates", "galvanizes", "pumps up", "thrills", "titillates", "turns on" ], "near synonyms":[ "arouses", "incites", "inspires", "provokes", "stimulates", "bewitches", "captivates", "charms", "delights", "enchants", "enthralls", "enthrals", "hypnotizes", "mesmerizes", "rivets", "spellbinds", "interests", "intrigues", "tantalizes" ], "near antonyms":[ "bores", "jades", "palls", "tires", "wearies", "dejects", "demoralizes", "discourages", "disheartens", "dispirits" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to fill with great joy":{ "examples":[ "she was intoxicated by the news that she'd gotten the job of her dreams" ], "synonyms":[ "elates", "elevates", "enraptures", "exhilarates", "transports" ], "near synonyms":[ "commoves", "excites", "inspires", "stimulates", "uplifts", "contents", "delights", "gladdens", "gratifies", "pleases", "rejoices", "satisfies", "warms" ], "near antonyms":[ "demoralizes", "discourages", "disheartens", "dispirits", "distresses", "oppresses", "saddens" ], "antonyms":[ "depresses" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "interfuses":{ "to come together to form a single unit":{ "examples":[ "comedy and social commentary interfuse seamlessly in this hilariously satirical movie" ], "synonyms":[ "associates", "coalesces", "combines", "conjoins", "conjugates", "connects", "couples", "fuses", "joins", "links (up)", "marries", "unifies", "unites" ], "near synonyms":[ "mates", "yokes", "allies", "confederates", "leagues", "chains", "compounds", "hitches", "hooks", "splices", "assembles", "clusters", "congregates", "constellates", "convenes", "gathers", "meets", "recombines", "reconnects", "rejoins", "reunifies", "reunites" ], "near antonyms":[ "detaches", "disaffiliates", "disconnects", "disjoins", "disjoints", "dissociates", "disunites", "divides", "divorces", "fractionates", "isolates", "resolves", "uncouples", "unyokes", "disbands", "disperses", "scatters" ], "antonyms":[ "breaks up", "dissevers", "parts", "sections", "separates", "severs", "splits", "sunders", "unlinks" ] }, "to turn into a single mass or entity that is more or less the same throughout":{ "examples":[ "an attractive cologne that interfuses herbal and woodsy scents" ], "synonyms":[ "amalgamates", "blends", "combines", "comingles", "commingles", "commixes", "composites", "concretes", "conflates", "fuses", "homogenizes", "immingles", "immixes", "incorporates", "integrates", "intermingles", "intermixes", "melds", "merges", "mingles", "mixes" ], "near synonyms":[ "adds", "admixes", "beats (in)", "cuts in", "folds", "stirs", "tosses", "coalesces", "compounds", "emulsifies", "conjoins", "joins", "knits", "links", "unites", "intertwines", "interweaves", "weaves" ], "near antonyms":[ "cleaves", "disjoins", "disunites", "divides", "divorces", "parts", "ruptures", "severs", "sunders", "disperses", "dissolves", "scatters", "detaches", "disengages", "splits" ], "antonyms":[ "breaks down", "breaks up", "separates", "unmixes" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "interruptions":{ "a break in continuity":{ "examples":[ "an interruption in cable service during the lightning storm" ], "synonyms":[ "discontinuities", "gaps", "hiatuses", "hiccups", "hiccoughs", "interims", "interludes", "intermissions", "interregnums", "interregna", "interstices", "intervals", "parentheses" ], "near synonyms":[ "caesuras", "caesurae", "commas", "interspaces", "lags", "pauses", "spaces", "time lags", "windows", "entr'actes", "bumpers", "adjournments", "discontinuances", "lapses", "suspensions", "lulls", "recesses", "respites", "rests", "subintervals" ], "near antonyms":[ "continua", "continuums", "runs", "stretches", "processions", "progressions" ], "antonyms":[ "continuations", "continuities" ] }, "a momentary halt in an activity":{ "examples":[ "a brief interruption in the discussion while we all got coffee" ], "synonyms":[ "breaks", "breathers", "breaths", "lulls", "pauses", "recesses" ], "near synonyms":[ "time-outs", "interims", "interludes", "intermissions", "intervals", "respites", "rests", "cessations", "discontinuances", "downtimes", "endings", "expirations", "hitches", "lapses", "stoppages", "terminations", "abeyances", "moratoriums", "moratoria", "surceases", "suspensions", "discontinuities", "gaps", "hiatuses" ], "near antonyms":[ "continuations", "endurances", "persistences", "progresses", "progressions", "extensions", "prolongations" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "interruption":{ "a break in continuity":{ "examples":[ "an interruption in cable service during the lightning storm" ], "synonyms":[ "discontinuity", "gap", "hiatus", "hiccup", "hiccough", "interim", "interlude", "intermission", "interregnum", "interstice", "interval", "parenthesis" ], "near synonyms":[ "caesura", "comma", "interspace", "lag", "pause", "space", "time lag", "window", "entr'acte", "bumper", "adjournment", "discontinuance", "lapse", "suspension", "lull", "recess", "respite", "rest", "subinterval" ], "near antonyms":[ "continuum", "run", "stretch", "procession", "progression" ], "antonyms":[ "continuation", "continuity" ] }, "a momentary halt in an activity":{ "examples":[ "a brief interruption in the discussion while we all got coffee" ], "synonyms":[ "break", "breath", "breather", "lull", "pause", "recess" ], "near synonyms":[ "time-out", "interim", "interlude", "intermission", "interval", "respite", "rest", "cessation", "discontinuance", "downtime", "ending", "expiration", "finishing", "hitch", "lapse", "stoppage", "stopping", "termination", "abeyance", "moratorium", "surcease", "suspension", "discontinuity", "gap", "hiatus" ], "near antonyms":[ "continuation", "endurance", "persistence", "progress", "progression", "extension", "prolongation" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "intones":{ "to utter in musical or drawn out tones":{ "examples":[ "\"The day is begun,\" the narrator intoned" ], "synonyms":[ "chants", "intonates", "sings" ], "near synonyms":[ "bellows", "belts", "roars", "chimes", "choruses" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "inters":{ "to place (a dead body) in the earth, a tomb, or the sea":{ "examples":[ "the soldier was interred with great honors at Arlington National Cemetery" ], "synonyms":[ "buries", "entombs", "hearses", "inhumes", "lays", "puts away", "tombs" ], "near synonyms":[ "immures", "inurns", "enshrines", "conceals", "covers", "ensconces", "hides", "obscures", "shades", "shields", "cloaks", "curtains", "enshrouds", "shrouds", "reburies", "reinters", "coffins" ], "near antonyms":[ "burns", "cremates", "bares", "discloses", "discovers", "displays", "exhibits", "exposes", "reveals", "shows", "uncoffins" ], "antonyms":[ "disinters", "exhumes", "unearths" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "interregnums":{ "a break in continuity":{ "examples":[ "the democratic regime proved to be a short-lived interregnum between dictatorships" ], "synonyms":[ "discontinuities", "gaps", "hiatuses", "hiccups", "hiccoughs", "interims", "interludes", "intermissions", "interruptions", "interstices", "intervals", "parentheses" ], "near synonyms":[ "caesuras", "caesurae", "commas", "interspaces", "lags", "pauses", "spaces", "time lags", "windows", "entr'actes", "bumpers", "adjournments", "discontinuances", "lapses", "suspensions", "lulls", "recesses", "respites", "rests", "subintervals" ], "near antonyms":[ "continua", "continuums", "runs", "stretches", "processions", "progressions" ], "antonyms":[ "continuations", "continuities" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "intriguers":{ "as in coconspirators , conspirators":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "coconspirators", "co-conspirators", "conspirators", "plotters", "schemers", "apostates", "backstabbers", "betrayers", "double-crossers", "double-dealers", "Judases", "quislings", "recreants", "serpents", "snakes", "traitors", "turncoats", "abettors", "abetters", "accessories", "accessaries", "cohorts", "confederates", "accommodationists", "collaborationists", "collaborators", "sellouts", "subversives", "subverters" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "interferer":{ "a person who meddles in the affairs of others":{ "examples":[ "an incurable interferer , she couldn't mind her own business to save her life" ], "synonyms":[ "busybody", "buttinsky", "buttinski", "interloper", "intermeddler", "intruder", "kibitzer", "kibbitzer", "meddler", "nosey parker" ], "near synonyms":[ "gaper", "gawker", "gawper", "gazer", "peeper", "peeping Tom", "prier", "pryer", "rubberneck", "rubbernecker", "snoop", "snooper", "spy", "blabber", "discloser", "gossip", "gossiper", "prattler", "quidnunc", "revealer", "teller", "betrayer", "talebearer", "tattler", "tattletale", "telltale", "snake", "sneak", "informant", "informer", "snitcher", "squealer", "stool pigeon" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "interrogated":{ "to put a question or questions to":{ "examples":[ "interrogated him about where he'd gone the night before" ], "synonyms":[ "asked", "catechized", "grilled", "inquired (of)", "queried", "questioned", "quizzed" ], "near synonyms":[ "besieged", "bombarded", "cross-examined", "cross-questioned", "examined", "pumped", "polled", "surveyed" ], "near antonyms":[ "rejoined", "retorted", "commented", "observed", "remarked", "avoided", "ducked" ], "antonyms":[ "answered", "replied", "responded" ] }, "to put a series of questions to":{ "examples":[ "police interrogated the murder suspect for hours on end" ], "synonyms":[ "catechized", "examined", "grilled", "pumped", "queried", "questioned", "quizzed", "sweat", "sweated" ], "near synonyms":[ "debriefed", "cross-examined", "cross-questioned", "annoyed", "harassed", "hounded", "pestered", "canvassed", "canvased", "polled" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "internal":{ "situated farther in":{ "examples":[ "somehow grave robbers hadn't managed to locate and enter the internal chambers of the Egyptian tomb" ], "synonyms":[ "inner", "inside", "interior", "inward" ], "near synonyms":[ "inmost", "innermost", "central", "mid", "middle", "midmost" ], "near antonyms":[ "outermost", "outmost", "surface" ], "antonyms":[ "exterior", "external", "outer", "outside", "outward" ] }, "of or relating to the mind":{ "examples":[ "the never-ending internal monologue of the novel's main character" ], "synonyms":[ "cerebral", "inner", "intellectual", "interior", "mental", "psychological", "psychologic" ], "near synonyms":[ "cognitive", "conscious", "epistemic", "knowing", "noetic", "psychic", "psychical", "telepathic", "alert", "brainy", "bright", "brilliant", "clever", "intelligent", "quick-witted", "rational", "reasoning", "sharp", "sharp-witted", "smart", "thinking" ], "near antonyms":[ "bodily", "carnal", "corporal", "corporeal", "fleshly", "physical", "somatic", "unconscious", "brainless", "dense", "doltish", "dopey", "dopy", "fatuous", "half-witted", "mindless", "obtuse", "simple", "slow-witted", "stupid", "thick", "thickheaded", "unintelligent", "weak-minded", "witless" ], "antonyms":[ "nonmental" ] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "interminable":{ "having or seeming to have no end; continuing for a very long time":{ "examples":[ "an interminable war", "an interminable wait" ], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "dateless", "deathless", "endless", "eternal", "everlasting", "immortal", "permanent", "undying", "unending", "ceaseless", "continual", "continued", "continuing", "continuous", "incessant", "nonstop", "perpetual", "running", "unbroken", "unceasing", "uninterrupted", "unremitting", "changeless", "constant", "stable", "steady", "unchanging", "unvarying", "durable", "enduring", "lasting", "persistent", "imperishable", "indestructible" ], "near antonyms":[ "intermittent", "periodic", "periodical", "recurrent", "recurring", "alternate", "alternating", "cyclic", "cyclical", "rhythmic", "rhythmical", "seasonal", "serial", "erratic", "fitful", "irregular", "occasional", "spasmodic", "sporadic", "spotty", "unsteady", "discontinuous", "noncontinuous" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "intemperateness":{ "a propensity for extremes in one's actions, beliefs, or habits":{ "examples":[ "a talk show that seems to select political pundits mostly for their exhibitionistic intemperateness" ], "synonyms":[ "excess", "excessiveness", "exorbitance", "immoderacy", "immoderation", "insobriety", "intemperance", "nimiety" ], "near synonyms":[ "extravagance", "prodigality", "extremism", "irrationality", "radicalism", "unreasonableness" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[ "moderateness", "moderation", "temperance", "temperateness" ] }, "habitual or excessive drinking of intoxicants":{ "examples":[ "as far as the townspeople are concerned, the students at the local college seem to be far more noteworthy for their intemperateness than for their intellectualism" ], "synonyms":[ "alcoholism", "drunkenness", "insobriety", "intemperance" ], "near synonyms":[ "inebriety", "intoxication", "bibulousness", "dipsomania", "debauchery", "dissoluteness" ], "near antonyms":[ "abstention", "abstinence", "teetotalism" ], "antonyms":[ "sobriety", "temperance" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "interring":{ "the act or ceremony of putting a dead body in its final resting place":{ "examples":[ "fittingly, the interring took place on a gloomy, rainy day" ], "synonyms":[ "burial", "burying", "entombing", "entombment", "inhumation", "interment", "obsequy", "obsequies", "sepulture" ], "near 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"strings", "wires", "cements", "coalesces", "combines", "fuses", "unites", "welds" ], "near antonyms":[ "detaches", "disengages", "divides", "parts", "splits", "cleaves", "ruptures", "severs", "sunders" ], "antonyms":[ "disconnects", "disjoins", "disjoints", "dissevers", "disunites", "separates", "unchains", "uncouples", "unhitches", "unlinks", "unyokes" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "intercalated":{ "to put among or between others":{ "examples":[ "between the recipes for hearty peasant dishes, the author intercalates fond reminiscences of her year in the French countryside" ], "synonyms":[ "edged in", "fitted (in or into)", "fit (in or into)", "injected", "inserted", "insinuated", "interjected", "interpolated", "interposed", "interspersed", "introduced", "sandwiched (in or between)", "worked in" ], "near synonyms":[ "cut in", "inlaid", "inset", "insetted", "installed", "interfiled", "interlined", "larded", "wove", "weaved", "crammed", "shoved", "thrust", "wedged", "added", "appended", 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"gathering", "meeting", "recombining", "reconnecting", "rejoining", "reunifying", "reuniting" ], "near antonyms":[ "detaching", "disaffiliating", "disconnecting", "disjoining", "disjointing", "dissociating", "disuniting", "dividing", "divorcing", "fractionating", "isolating", "resolving", "uncoupling", "unyoking", "disbanding", "dispersing", "scattering" ], "antonyms":[ "breaking up", "dissevering", "parting", "sectioning", "separating", "severing", "splitting", "sundering", "unlinking" ] }, "to turn into a single mass or entity that is more or less the same throughout":{ "examples":[ "an attractive cologne that interfuses herbal and woodsy scents" ], "synonyms":[ "amalgamating", "blending", "combining", "comingling", "commingling", "commixing", "compositing", "concreting", "conflating", "fusing", "homogenizing", "immingling", "immixing", "incorporating", "integrating", "intermingling", "intermixing", "melding", "merging", "mingling", "mixing" ], "near synonyms":[ "adding", "admixing", "beating (in)", "cutting in", "folding", "stirring", "tossing", "coalescing", "compounding", "emulsifying", "conjoining", "joining", "knitting", "linking", "uniting", "intertwining", "interweaving", "weaving" ], "near antonyms":[ "cleaving", "disjoining", "disuniting", "dividing", "divorcing", "parting", "rupturing", "severing", "sundering", "dispersing", "dissolving", "scattering", "detaching", "disengaging", "splitting" ], "antonyms":[ "breaking down", "breaking up", "separating", "unmixing" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "intimately":{ "in a manner intended to prevent knowledge or awareness by others":{ "examples":[ "intimately shared information that is only now being divulged in the memoirs of his sole confidant" ], "synonyms":[ "backstage", "confidentially", "in camera", "privately", "secretly" ], "near synonyms":[ "\u00e0 deux", "t\u00eate-\u00e0-t\u00eate", "inwardly", "sotto voce", "offscreen", "offstage", "clandestinely", "collusively", "conspiratorially", "covertly", "furtively", 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"gloss", "deciphering", "decoding", "disentanglement", "unscrambling", "analysis", "edification", "enlightenment", "definition", "meaning", "demonstration", "enactment", "justification", "rationale", "rationalization", "reasoning", "caution", "caveat", "warning" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "a presentation of an artistic work (as a piece of music) from a particular point of view":{ "examples":[ "a sensitive interpretation of a piece that is a touchstone for violinists" ], "synonyms":[ "account", "performance", "reading", "rendition", "version" ], "near synonyms":[ "adaptation", "reworking", "variation" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "a distinct treatment of something (as a story or a play)":{ "examples":[ "a very Freudian interpretation of The Nutcracker" ], "synonyms":[ "riff", "take", "variation" ], "near synonyms":[ "version", "adaptation", "translation" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "intransigence":{ "a steadfast adherence to an 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"balkiness", "contumacy", "defiance", "disobedience", "frowardness", "immovability", "immovableness", "insubordination", "intractability", "obstreperousness", "rebelliousness", "recalcitrance", "recalcitrancy", "refractoriness", "unruliness" ], "near antonyms":[ "broad-mindedness", "open-mindedness", "reasonability", "reasonableness", "receptiveness", "receptivity", "acceptance", "acquiescence", "flexibility", "pliability", "pliableness", "pliancy", "pliantness", "compliance", "docility", "obedience", "subordinateness", "subordination", "submission", "surrender", "willingness", "yielding", "slavishness", "subservience", "subserviency" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "interrupt":{ "to cause a disruption in a conversation or discussion":{ "examples":[ "it's rude to interrupt when someone is making an important point" ], "synonyms":[ "break in", "chime in", "chip in", "cut in", "interpose", "intrude" ], "near synonyms":[ "barge (in)", "bother", "horn in", "add", "contribute", "put in" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "intentional":{ "made, given, or done with full awareness of what one is doing":{ "examples":[ "I'm fairly sure that your \"accidental\" cutting down of my rosebush was really intentional" ], "synonyms":[ "conscious", "deliberate", "intended", "knowing", "purposeful", "purposive", "set", "voluntary", "willed", "willful", "wilful", "witting" ], "near synonyms":[ "designed", "planned", "advised", "calculated", "considered", "measured", "reasoned", "studied", "thoughtful", "weighed", "premeditated", "premeditative", "prepense", "discretionary", "elective", "optional", "volunteer" ], "near antonyms":[ "inadvertent", "unwitting", "accidental", "chance", "haphazard", "hit-or-miss", "incidental", "random", "aimless", "desultory", "purposeless", "abrupt", "impetuous", "sudden", "coerced", "forced", "involuntary", "compulsory", "mandatory", "necessary", "nonelective", "obligatory", "ordered", "required", "casual", "extemporaneous", "impromptu", "impulsive", "instinctive", "spontaneous", "unforced", "unpremeditated" ], "antonyms":[ "nondeliberate", "nonpurposive", "unintentional" ] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "interchanges":{ "to put each of two or more things in the place of the other":{ "examples":[ "We interchanged the front tire with the rear tire." ], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "displaces", "replaces", "supersedes", "changes", "commutes", "exchanges", "shifts", "substitutes", "swaps", "switches", "trades", "cedes", "hands over", "surrenders", "yields", "reciprocates" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "as in overpasses , underpasses":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "cloverleafs", "cloverleaves", "overpasses", "underpasses", "carrefours", "corners", "crossings", "crossroads", "crossways", "intersections", "junctions", "circles", "rotaries", "roundabouts", "traffic circles" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "introduces":{ "to make (one person) known (to another) socially":{ "examples":[ "a friend introduced him to the woman who later became his wife" ], "synonyms":[ "acquaints", "presents" ], "near synonyms":[ "addresses", "greets", "hails", "meets", "reacquaints", "reintroduces" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "to present or bring forward for discussion":{ "examples":[ "after about 20 minutes the moderator introduced a new topic for the debate" ], "synonyms":[ "brings up", "broaches", "moots", "places", "raises" ], "near synonyms":[ "alludes (to)", "cites", "mentions", "names", "refers (to)", "offers", "proposes", "suggests", "airs", "expresses", "speaks (of)", "talks (about)", "ventilates", "vents", "interjects", "interrupts", "debates", "discusses", "thrashes (out or over)" ], "near antonyms":[ "censors", "hushes (up)", "quiets", "silences", "suppresses" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to be responsible for the creation and early operation or use of":{ "examples":[ "Luther Burbank introduced the idea of 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"introduced everyone to the company's new phone system" ], "synonyms":[ "accustoms", "acquaints", "familiarizes", "initiates", "orientates", "orients" ], "near synonyms":[ "habituates", "wonts", "apprises", "briefs", "clues (in)", "fills in", "informs", "educates", "enlightens", "grounds", "instructs", "schools", "trains", "verses", "exposes", "presents", "subjects", "advises", "tells", "tips (off)", "warns", "wises (up)", "reacquaints" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "to put among or between others":{ "examples":[ "introduce a new variable to the equation" ], "synonyms":[ "edges in", "fits (in or into)", "injects", "inserts", "insinuates", "intercalates", "interjects", "interpolates", "interposes", "intersperses", "sandwiches (in or between)", "works in" ], "near synonyms":[ "cuts in", "inlays", "insets", "installs", "interfiles", "interlines", "lards", "weaves", "crams", "shoves", "thrusts", "wedges", "adds", "appends", "attaches" ], "near antonyms":[ "ejects", "eliminates", "excludes", "expels", "extracts", "withdraws", "deducts", "detaches", "subtracts", "rejects" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "intersperses":{ "to scatter or set here and there among other things":{ "examples":[ "for variety, intersperse some photos among the other decorations on the wall" ], "synonyms":[ "interlaces", "interweaves", "laces", "salts", "threads", "weaves", "wreathes" ], "near synonyms":[ "inserts", "intermingles", "mingles", "mixes", "alternates", "juxtaposes", "amalgamates", "assimilates", "blends", "combines", "commingles", "embodies", "fuses", "incorporates", "integrates", "merges" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "to put among or between others":{ "examples":[ "intersperses some fascinating factoids about wine between his profiles of the nation's leading wineries" ], "synonyms":[ "edges in", "fits (in or into)", "injects", "inserts", "insinuates", "intercalates", "interjects", "interpolates", "interposes", "introduces", "sandwiches (in or between)", "works in" ], "near synonyms":[ "cuts in", "inlays", "insets", "installs", "interfiles", "interlines", "lards", "weaves", "crams", "shoves", "thrusts", "wedges", "adds", "appends", "attaches" ], "near antonyms":[ "ejects", "eliminates", "excludes", "expels", "extracts", "withdraws", "deducts", "detaches", "subtracts", "rejects" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "intolerability":{ "as in inauspiciousness , inexpedience":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "inauspiciousness", "inexpedience", "inexpediency", "undesirability", "undesirableness", "unsatisfactoriness", "uselessness", "extraneousness", "inadequacy", "inadequateness", "inadmissibility", "inapplicability", "irrelevance", "meaninglessness", "pointlessness", "senselessness", "unbecomingness", "improperness", "impropriety", "inappositeness", "inappropriateness", "inaptness", "incorrectness", "infelicity", "unfitness", "wrongness" ], "near antonyms":[ "appositeness", "appropriateness", "aptness", "correctness", "felicitousness", "felicity", "fitness", "fittingness", "properness", "propriety", "rightness", "seemliness", "suitability", "suitableness", "admissibility", "applicability", "bearing", "connection", "materiality", "pertinence", "pointedness", "relevance", "relevancy" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "intertwisted":{ "to cause to twine about one another":{ "examples":[ "intertwisted the fibers to form a design" ], "synonyms":[ "enlaced", "entwined", "implicated", "interlaced", "intertwined", "interwove", "interweaved", "inwove", "inweaved", "laced", "plied", "twisted", "wove", "weaved", "wreathed", "writhed" ], "near synonyms":[ "braided", "plaited", "platted", "pleached", "blended", "blent", "fused", "joined", "linked", "mixed" ], "near antonyms":[ "disentangled", "uncoiled", "untangled", "untwined", "unwound" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to twist together into a usually confused mass":{ "examples":[ "the tree's intertwisted roots seemed to extend forever" ], "synonyms":[ "entangled", "interlaced", "intertwined", "interwove", "interweaved", "knotted", "snarled", "tangled" ], "near synonyms":[ "jumbled", "scrabbled", "scrambled", "braided", "enlaced", "entwined", "entwisted", "inwove", "inweaved", "plaited", "twined", "wound", "winded", "wove", "weaved", "wreathed", "writhed" ], "near antonyms":[ "unknotted", "unraveled", "unscrambled", "unwove" ], "antonyms":[ "disentangled", "unsnarled", "untangled", "untwined", "untwisted" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "intrinsic":{ "being a part of the innermost nature of a person or thing":{ "examples":[ "the question of whether people have an intrinsic sense of right and wrong" ], "synonyms":[ "built-in", "constitutional", "constitutive", "essential", "hardwired", "immanent", "inborn", "inbred", "indigenous", "ingrain", "ingrained", "engrained", "inherent", "innate", "integral", "native", "natural" ], "near synonyms":[ "basic", "deep-rooted", "elemental", "fundamental", "congenital", "hereditary", "inherited", "inmost", "inner", "interior", "internal", "characteristic", "distinctive", "peculiar", "habitual", "inveterate", "normal", "regular", "typical" ], "near antonyms":[ "alien", "foreign", "accidental", "coincidental", "incidental", "acquired", "adscititious", "superficial", "surface", "exterior", "external" ], "antonyms":[ "adventitious", "extraneous", "extrinsic" ] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "intimacy":{ "the state of being in a very personal or private relationship":{ "examples":[ "there can be both rewards and regrets from intimacy with another person" ], "synonyms":[ "belonging", "chumminess", "closeness", "familiarity", "inseparability", "nearness" ], "near synonyms":[ "immediacy", "affinity", "kinship", "commitment", "devotedness", "devotion", "affection", "attachment", "fondness", "love", "passion", "constancy", "faithfulness", "fidelity", "amity", "fellowship", "friendship", "goodwill", "affability", "conviviality", "cordiality", "geniality", "mutuality", "cliquishness", "clubbiness" ], "near 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"imports", "intents", "meanings", "purports", "senses", "significances", "significations" ], "near synonyms":[ "connotations", "clues", "cues", "hints", "implications", "indications", "inklings", "intimations", "suggestions", "messages", "tenors", "themes", "bottoms", "essences", "essentialities", "natures", "souls", "spirits", "stuff", "acceptances", "acceptations", "definitions", "burdens", "cruxes", "cruces", "gists", "cores", "hearts", "kernels", "marrows", "nubs", "nuclei", "nucleuses", "piths", "points", "quicks", "matters", "motifs", "motives", "questions", "subjects", "topics" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "integer":{ "a character used to represent a mathematical value":{ "examples":[ "three is a positive integer" ], "synonyms":[ "digit", "figure", "number", "numeral", "numeric", "whole number" ], "near synonyms":[ "decimal", "fraction", "cipher", "symbol" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "one that has a real and independent existence":{ 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"comprehensive", "entire", "full", "grand", "intact", "perfect", "plenary", "total", "whole" ], "near synonyms":[ "unabridged", "uncut", "undiminished", "all-out", "exhaustive", "extensive", "maximal", "full-blooded", "full-blown", "full-bore", "full-fledged", "full-on", "full-out", "full-scale" ], "near antonyms":[ "abbreviated", "abridged", "cut", "diminished", "reduced" ], "antonyms":[ "imperfect", "incomplete", "partial" ] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "interruptor":{ "as in heckler , harrier":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "harrier", "heckler", "headache", "hassle", "plague", "annoyance", "annoyer", "bother", "gadfly", "gnawer", "nudnik", "nudnick", "nuisance", "pain", "persecutor", "pest", "tease", "teaser", "harasser", "molester", "tormentor", "tormenter", "torturer" ], "near antonyms":[ "charmer", "smoothy", "smoothie", "comforter", "solacer", "soother" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "interpenetrate":{ "to spread throughout":{ "examples":[ "with 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"unceasingly", "uninterruptedly", "frequently", "hourly", "much", "oft", "often", "oftentimes", "always", "consistently", "constantly", "invariably", "commonly", "ordinarily", "regularly", "routinely", "usually" ], "near antonyms":[ "intermittently", "off and on", "on and off", "periodically", "recurrently", "infrequently", "little", "rarely", "seldom", "irregularly", "sporadically", "variously" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adverb" ] }, "intensified":{ "as in heightened , enhanced":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "emphasized", "enhanced", "heightened", "magnified", "accentuated", "aggravated", "concentrated", "deepened", "stressed", "acute", "almighty", "blistering", "deep", "dreadful", "excruciating", "explosive", "exquisite", "fearful", "fearsome", "ferocious", "fierce", "frightful", "furious", "ghastly", "hard", "heavy", "heavy-duty", "hellacious", "intense", "intensive", "keen", "profound", "terrible", "vehement", "vicious", "violent", "exhaustive", "thorough", "harsh", "rigorous", "severe" ], "near antonyms":[ "light", "moderate", "soft", "feeble", "weak", "shallow", "superficial", "moderated", "qualified", "alleviated", "eased", "lightened", "toned (down)", "abated", "decreased", "diminished", "lessened", "reduced", "subdued" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to make markedly greater in measure or degree":{ "examples":[ "intensified her efforts to preserve the town's historic buildings and landmarks" ], "synonyms":[ "accentuated", "amped (up)", "amplified", "beefed (up)", "boosted", "consolidated", "deepened", "enhanced", "heightened", "magnified", "redoubled", "stepped up", "strengthened" ], "near synonyms":[ "broadened", "enlarged", "expanded", "extended", "lengthened", "accelerated", "hastened", "quickened", "emphasized", "pointed (up)", "sharpened", "stressed", "augmented", "enforced", "reinforced", "reenforced", "restrengthened", "supplemented", "maximized", "enlivened", "jazzed (up)", "aggravated", "exacerbated" ], "near antonyms":[ "decreased", "diminished", "lessened", "let up (on)", "reduced", "subdued", "toned (down)", "weakened", "dwindled", "receded", "subsided", "tapered (off)", "waned", "alleviated", "eased", "lightened" ], "antonyms":[ "abated", "moderated" ] }, "type":[ "adjective", "verb" ] }, "interlace":{ "to cause to twine about one another":{ "examples":[ "interlaced strands of her hair for a new look" ], "synonyms":[ "enlace", "entwine", "implicate", "intertwine", "intertwist", "interweave", "inweave", "lace", "ply", "twist", "weave", "wreathe", "writhe" ], "near synonyms":[ "braid", "plait", "plat", "pleach", "blend", "fuse", "join", "link", "mix" ], "near antonyms":[ "disentangle", "uncoil", "untangle", "untwine", "unwind" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to scatter or set here and there among other things":{ "examples":[ "interlaced jokes between the serious passages in the speech" ], "synonyms":[ "intersperse", "interweave", "lace", "salt", "thread", "weave", "wreathe" ], "near synonyms":[ "insert", "intermingle", "mingle", "mix", "alternate", "juxtapose", "amalgamate", "assimilate", "blend", "combine", "commingle", "embody", "fuse", "incorporate", "integrate", "merge" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "to twist together into a usually confused mass":{ "examples":[ "I've interlaced the cables on my audio-video system so confusingly that I've no idea what connects what" ], "synonyms":[ "entangle", "intertwine", "intertwist", "interweave", "knot", "snarl", "tangle" ], "near synonyms":[ "jumble", "scrabble", "scramble", "braid", "enlace", "entwine", "entwist", "inweave", "plait", "twine", "weave", "wind", "wreathe", "writhe" ], "near antonyms":[ "unknot", "unravel", "unscramble", "unweave" ], "antonyms":[ "disentangle", "unsnarl", "untangle", "untwine", "untwist" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "intrenched":{ "firmly established over time":{ "examples":[ "I have an entrenched dislike of mimes" ], "synonyms":[ "bred-in-the-bone", "confirmed", "deep", "deep-rooted", "deep-seated", "hard-core", "inveterate", "rooted", "settled" ], "near synonyms":[ "firm", "fixed", "frozen", "hard", "hard-and-fast", "immutable", "irradicable", "set", "unalterable", "unchangeable", "embedded", "imbedded", "implanted", "inculcated", "instilled", "inborn", "inbred", "ingrained", "engrained", "inherent", "innate", "integral", "intrinsic", "natural", "accustomed", "chronic", "customary", "habitual", "regular", "typical", "usual", "abiding", "enduring", "lifelong", "persistent", "persisting" ], "near antonyms":[ "brief", "ephemeral", "fleeting", "impermanent", "interim", "momentary", "provisional", "short-lived", "short-term", "temporary", "transient" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to set solidly in or as if in surrounding matter":{ "examples":[ "a father who entrenched in our minds the belief that hard work pays off" ], "synonyms":[ "bedded", "embedded", "imbedded", "enrooted", "fixed", "impacted", "implanted", "ingrained", "engrained", "lodged", "rooted" ], "near synonyms":[ "imbued", "infused", "instilled", "beat (into)", "drove (into)", "established", "placed", "put", "settled", "stuck" ], "near antonyms":[ "eliminated", "eradicated", "ejected", "expelled", "detached", "disconnected", "disengaged", "removed" ], "antonyms":[ "dislodged", "rooted (out)", "uprooted" ] }, "type":[ "adjective", "verb" ] }, "intimidation":{ "as in violence , threat":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "fear", "menace", "sword", "terror", "terrorism", "threat", "violence", "arm-twisting", "coercion", "compulsion", "constraint", "duress", "force", "pressure", "browbeating", "bulldozing", "bullying", "squeeze", "squeeze play", "might", "muscle", "potency", "puissance", "strength", "hardheadedness", "self-will", "willfulness", "strain", "stress" ], "near antonyms":[ "agreement", "approval", "consent", "permission", "convincing", "persuasion", "reason", "suasion" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "introduced":{ "as in imported , transplanted":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near 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"referred (to)", "offered", "proposed", "suggested", "aired", "expressed", "spoke (of)", "talked (about)", "vented", "ventilated", "interjected", "interrupted", "debated", "discussed", "thrashed (out or over)" ], "near antonyms":[ "censored", "hushed (up)", "quieted", "silenced", "suppressed" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to be responsible for the creation and early operation or use of":{ "examples":[ "Luther Burbank introduced the idea of plant breeding, developing over 800 new varieties of fruits, vegetables, grains, and grasses" ], "synonyms":[ "began", "constituted", "established", "founded", "inaugurated", "initiated", "innovated", "instituted", "launched", "pioneered", "planted", "set up", "started" ], "near synonyms":[ "authored", "fathered", "originated", "conceived", "concocted", "contrived", "cooked (up)", "created", "devised", "fabricated", "invented", "made up", "manufactured", "produced", "thought (up)", "constructed", "put up", "developed", "enlarged", "expanded", "endowed", "financed", "funded", "subsidized", "arranged", "organized", "systematized", "systemized", "refounded", "reinitiated", "reinstituted", "relaunched" ], "near antonyms":[ "abolished", "annihilated", "annulled", "nullified", "ended", "finished", "halted", "stopped", "terminated", "rounded (off or out)", "wound up", "winded up", "wrapped up" ], "antonyms":[ "closed (down)", "phased out", "shut (up)" ] }, "to impart knowledge of a new thing or situation to":{ "examples":[ "introduced everyone to the company's new phone system" ], "synonyms":[ "accustomed", "acquainted", "familiarized", "initiated", "orientated", "oriented" ], "near synonyms":[ "habituated", "wont", "apprised", "briefed", "clued (in)", "filled in", "informed", "educated", "enlightened", "grounded", "instructed", "schooled", "trained", "versed", "exposed", "presented", "subjected", "advised", "tipped (off)", "told", "warned", "wised (up)", "reacquainted" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "to put among or between others":{ "examples":[ "introduce a new variable to the equation" ], "synonyms":[ "edged in", "fitted (in or into)", "fit (in or into)", "injected", "inserted", "insinuated", "intercalated", "interjected", "interpolated", "interposed", "interspersed", "sandwiched (in or between)", "worked in" ], "near synonyms":[ "cut in", "inlaid", "inset", "insetted", "installed", "interfiled", "interlined", "larded", "wove", "weaved", "crammed", "shoved", "thrust", "wedged", "added", "appended", "attached" ], "near antonyms":[ "ejected", "eliminated", "excluded", "expelled", "extracted", "withdrew", "deducted", "detached", "subtracted", "rejected" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adjective", "verb" ] }, "interfacing":{ "to connect or become connected; to connect by means of an interface":{ "examples":[ "interface a machine with a computer" ], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "affiliating", "allying", "associating", "combining", "confederating", "hanging together", "banding (together)", "collaborating", "concerting", "concurring", "conjoining", "conspiring", "cooperating", "joining", "leaguing", "teaming (up)", "uniting", "conniving" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "internists":{ "as in pediatricians , dermatologists":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "anesthesiologists", "dermatologists", "gynecologists", "neurologists", "ob-gyns", "obstetricians", "ophthalmologists", "optometrists", "orthopedists", "pathologists", "pediatricians", "pediatrists", "physiatrists", "podiatrists", "radiologists", "urologists", "croakers", "docs", "doctors", "medicos", "medics", "physicians", "sawbones", "sawboneses", "family doctors", "family physicians", "family practitioners", "general practitioners", "attendings", "clinicians", "hospitalists", "specialists", "plastic surgeons", "surgeons", "interns", "internes", "residents", "aidmen", "nurse-practitioners", "nurses", "EMTs", "paramedics", "paramedicals" ], "near antonyms":[ "nondoctors", "nonphysicians" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "internationalist":{ "as in neutralist":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "neutralist" ], "near antonyms":[ "chauvinist", "flag-waver", "jingo", "nationalist", "superpatriot", "loyalist", "patriot", "hawk", "warmonger" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "interminableness":{ "as in permanence , timelessness":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "boundlessness", "endlessness", "limitlessness", "permanence", "permanency", "timelessness", "eternity", "everlasting", "foreverness", "infinity", "perpetuity" ], "near antonyms":[ "ephemerality", "impermanence", "temporariness", "transience", "transitoriness" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "intercommunicate":{ "to engage in an exchange of information or ideas":{ "examples":[ "the two agencies will need to intercommunicate better if the nation is ever to become truly secure from international terrorism" ], "synonyms":[ "brainstorm", "communicate" ], "near 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"something that one hopes or intends to accomplish":{ "examples":[ "I'm sorry that I hurt your feelings; that wasn't my intent" ], "synonyms":[ "aims", "ambitions", "aspirations", "bournes", "bourns", "designs", "dreams", "ends", "goals", "ideals", "ideas", "intentions", "marks", "meanings", "objectives", "objects", "plans", "points", "pretensions", "purposes", "targets", "things" ], "near synonyms":[ "grails", "holy grails", "plots", "projects", "schemes", "desires", "hopes", "minds", "wishes", "nirvanas", "destinations", "termini", "terminuses" ], "near antonyms":[ "means", "methods", "ways" ], "antonyms":[] }, "the idea that is conveyed or intended to be conveyed to the mind by language, symbol, or action":{ "examples":[ "the wording was a little unclear, but I think I grasped the intent" ], "synonyms":[ "contents", "denotations", "drifts", "imports", "intentions", "meanings", "purports", "senses", "significances", "significations" ], "near synonyms":[ "connotations", "clues", "cues", "hints", "implications", "indications", "inklings", "intimations", "suggestions", "messages", "tenors", "themes", "bottoms", "essences", "essentialities", "natures", "souls", "spirits", "stuff", "acceptances", "acceptations", "definitions", "burdens", "cruxes", "cruces", "gists", "cores", "hearts", "kernels", "marrows", "nubs", "nuclei", "nucleuses", "piths", "points", "quicks", "matters", "motifs", "motives", "questions", "subjects", "topics" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "interceding":{ "to act as a go-between for opposing sides":{ "examples":[ "asked an old friend of the family to intercede in the bitter dispute over the inheritance" ], "synonyms":[ "intermediating", "interposing", "intervening", "mediating" ], "near synonyms":[ "butting in", "interfering", "intruding", "meddling", "obtruding", "prying", "snooping", "arbitrating", "moderating", "negotiating", "refereeing", "barging (in)", "bothering", "breaking (in)", "chiming in", "cutting in", "infringing", "invading", "trespassing" ], "near antonyms":[ "standing by", "avoiding", "eschewing", "shunning", "disregarding", "ignoring", "overlooking" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "intercourses":{ "doings between individuals or groups":{ "examples":[ "the niceties of social intercourse are lost on that nerd" ], "synonyms":[ "commerces", "dealings", "interactions", "relations" ], "near synonyms":[ "interrelationships", "cross-fertilizations", "cross-pollinations", "companies", "companionships" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "intimidate":{ "to make timid or fearful by or as if by threats":{ "examples":[ "refusing to be intimidated by the manager's harsh stare, I demanded my money back" ], "synonyms":[ "blackjack", "bogart", "browbeat", "bulldoze", "bully", "bullyrag", "cow", "hector", "strong-arm" ], "near synonyms":[ "bluster", "trash-talk", "affright", "alarm", "alarum", "frighten", "horrify", "scare", "shock", "spook", "startle", "terrify", "menace", "terrorize", "threaten", "badger", "harass", "hound", "bludgeon", "coerce", "compel", "constrain", "dragoon", "force", "make", "oblige", "press", "pressure", "push around", "demoralize", "psych (out)", "unman", "unnerve", "discompose", "disconcert", "disquiet", "distress", "disturb", "perturb", "upset" ], "near antonyms":[ "cheer", "comfort", "console", "reassure", "solace", "soothe", "embolden", "encourage", "hearten", "steel", "convince", "persuade" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "interline":{ "as in weave , lard":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "interfile", "lard", "weave", "cut in", "inlay", "inset", "install", "cram", "shove", "thrust", "wedge", "edge in", "fit (in or into)", "inject", "insert", "insinuate", "intercalate", "interject", "interpolate", "interpose", "intersperse", "introduce", "sandwich (in or between)", "work in", "add", "append", "attach" ], "near antonyms":[ "eject", "eliminate", "exclude", "expel", "extract", "withdraw", "deduct", "detach", "subtract", "reject" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "interpenetrated":{ "to spread throughout":{ "examples":[ "with tie-dyeing, the dye does not interpenetrate the entire fabric" ], "synonyms":[ "percolated (into)", "permeated", "pervaded", "riddled", "suffused", "transfused" ], "near synonyms":[ "diffused (through)", "impregnated", "passed (into)", "penetrated", "filled (up)", "drenched", "imbued", "infused", "saturated", "soaked", "steeped", "flooded", "glutted" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "interpose":{ "to act as a go-between for opposing sides":{ "examples":[ "an elder statesman who has interposed a number of times in international conflicts" ], "synonyms":[ "intercede", "intermediate", "intervene", "mediate" ], "near synonyms":[ "butt in", "interfere", "intrude", "meddle", "obtrude", "pry", "snoop", "arbitrate", "moderate", "negotiate", "referee", "barge (in)", "bother", "break (in)", "chime in", "cut in", "infringe", "invade", "trespass" ], "near antonyms":[ "stand by", "avoid", "eschew", "shun", "disregard", "ignore", "overlook" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to cause a disruption in a conversation or discussion":{ "examples":[ "I hate to interpose , but could you tell me what you meant by that last remark?" ], "synonyms":[ "break in", "chime in", "chip in", "cut in", "interrupt", "intrude" ], "near synonyms":[ "barge (in)", "bother", "horn in", "add", "contribute", "put in" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "to put among or between others":{ "examples":[ "a solid line of police in riot gear interposed itself between the trade ministers and the crowd of protesters" ], "synonyms":[ "edge in", "fit (in or into)", "inject", "insert", "insinuate", "intercalate", "interject", "interpolate", "intersperse", "introduce", "sandwich (in or between)", "work in" ], "near synonyms":[ "cut in", "inlay", "inset", "install", "interfile", "interline", "lard", "weave", "cram", "shove", "thrust", "wedge", "add", "append", "attach" ], "near antonyms":[ "eject", "eliminate", "exclude", "expel", "extract", "withdraw", "deduct", "detach", "subtract", "reject" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "intoxicating":{ "causing great emotional or mental stimulation":{ "examples":[ "naive, young men who had once regarded the thought of going off to war as an intoxicating notion" ], "synonyms":[ "breathtaking", "charged", "electric", "electrifying", "exciting", "exhilarating", "exhilarative", "galvanic", "galvanizing", "hair-raising", "heart-stopping", "inspiring", "kicky", "mind-bending", "mind-blowing", "mind-boggling", "rip-roaring", "rousing", "stimulating", "stirring", "thrilling" ], "near synonyms":[ "arresting", "interesting", "intriguing", "provocative", "tantalizing", "titillating", "absorbing", "engrossing", "gripping", "riveting", "moving", "poignant", "touching", "enchanting", "enthralling", "fascinating", "spellbinding", "dynamic", "energetic", "high-voltage", "kinetic", "lively", "lusty" ], "near antonyms":[ "boring", "mind-numbing", "tedious", "tiresome", "dreary", "dull", "humdrum", "monotonous", "uninteresting" ], "antonyms":[ "unexciting" ] }, "to cause a pleasurable stimulation of the feelings":{ "examples":[ "the stunning spectacle of this Las Vegas show is sure to intoxicate spectators" ], "synonyms":[ "charging", "electrifying", "exciting", "exhilarating", "galvanizing", "pumping up", "thrilling", "titillating", "turning on" ], "near synonyms":[ "arousing", "inciting", "inspiring", "provoking", "stimulating", "bewitching", "captivating", "charming", "delighting", "enchanting", "enthralling", "hypnotizing", "mesmerizing", "riveting", "spellbinding", "interesting", "intriguing", "tantalizing" ], "near antonyms":[ "boring", "jading", "palling", "tiring", "wearying", "dejecting", "demoralizing", "discouraging", "disheartening", "dispiriting" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to fill with great joy":{ "examples":[ "she was intoxicated by the news that she'd gotten the job of her dreams" ], "synonyms":[ "elating", "elevating", "enrapturing", "exhilarating", "transporting" ], "near synonyms":[ "commoving", "exciting", "inspiring", "stimulating", "uplifting", "contenting", "delighting", "gladdening", "gratifying", "pleasing", "rejoicing", "satisfying", "warming" ], "near antonyms":[ "demoralizing", "discouraging", "disheartening", "dispiriting", "distressing", "oppressing", "saddening" ], "antonyms":[ "depressing" ] }, "type":[ "adjective", "verb" ] }, "intentness":{ "a mental state free of jesting or trifling":{ "examples":[ "studied the dance steps with obvious intentness" ], "synonyms":[ "earnest", "earnestness", "graveness", "gravity", "serious-mindedness", "seriousness", "soberness", "sobriety", "solemnity", "solemnness", "staidness" ], "near synonyms":[ "gravitas", "humorlessness", "decisiveness", "deliberation", "determination", "firmness", "purposefulness", "resoluteness", "resolve", "absorption", "attentiveness", "concentration", "engrossment", "enthrallment", "immersion", "intensity" ], "near antonyms":[ "lightness", "shallowness", "superficiality", "dalliance", "dilettantism", "cheerfulness", "gaiety", "gayety", "glee", "high-spiritedness", "merriment", "mirth" ], "antonyms":[ "facetiousness", "flightiness", "flippancy", "frivolity", "frivolousness", "levity", "lightheartedness", "lightness", "play", "unseriousness" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "intermissions":{ "a break in continuity":{ "examples":[ "an awkward intermission between speeches" ], "synonyms":[ "discontinuities", "gaps", "hiatuses", "hiccups", "hiccoughs", "interims", "interludes", "interregnums", "interregna", "interruptions", "interstices", "intervals", "parentheses" ], "near synonyms":[ "caesuras", "caesurae", "commas", "interspaces", "lags", "pauses", "spaces", "time lags", "windows", "entr'actes", "bumpers", "adjournments", "discontinuances", "lapses", "suspensions", "lulls", "recesses", "respites", "rests", "subintervals" ], "near antonyms":[ "continua", "continuums", "runs", "stretches", "processions", "progressions" ], "antonyms":[ "continuations", "continuities" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "intruded (upon)":{ "to thrust oneself upon (another) without invitation":{ "examples":[ "a man with an opinion on everything, he doesn't hesitate to intrude upon whoever happens to be standing by" ], "synonyms":[ "bothered", "bugged", "chivied", "chivvied", "disturbed", "pestered" ], "near synonyms":[ "inconvenienced", "troubled", "aggravated", "annoyed", "bedeviled", "chafed", "deviled", "devilled", "dogged", "dunned", "exasperated", "fretted", "galled", "gnawed", "got", "grated", "hassled", "irked", "irritated", "nettled", "peeved", "persecuted", "piqued", "put out", "rankled", "rasped", "riled", "roiled", "tormented", "vexed", "vext", "worried", "beleaguered", "beset", "besieged", "distressed", "plagued", "afflicted", "harassed", "provoked", "angered", "antagonized", "enraged", "incensed", "inflamed", "enflamed", "infuriated", "maddened", "outraged", "agitated", "perturbed", "butted in", "cut in (on)", "obtruded", "encroached", "infringed", "invaded", "trespassed" ], "near antonyms":[ "disregarded", "forgot", "ignored", "left", "slighted", "appeased", "conciliated", "disarmed", "mollified", "obliged", "placated", "delighted", "gladdened", "gratified", "pleased", "satisfied", "comforted", "consoled", "contented" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "interlinings":{ "as in linings , quiltings":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "linings", "quiltings", "packings", "buffers", "bumpers", "cushions", "fenders", "pads", "fillers", "fillings", "fills", "paddings", "stuffings", "waddings" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "interdicting":{ "the act of ordering that something not be done or used":{ "examples":[ "the interdicting against bullying at school, along with stiff penalties, was long overdue" ], "synonyms":[ "banning", "barring", "enjoining", "forbidding", "interdiction", "outlawing", "prohibiting", "prohibition", "proscribing", "proscription" ], "near synonyms":[ "bidding", "charging", "decreeing", "dictation", "direction", "instruction", "deterrence", "discouragement", "dissuading", "repression", "suppression", "coercion", "compulsion", "constraint", "force" ], "near antonyms":[ "allowance", "permission", "sufferance", "toleration", "approval", "endorsement", "indorsement", "authorization", "clearance", "license", "licence", "sanction", "encouragement", "promotion", "support", "compliance", "obedience", "submission" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to order not to do or use or to be done or used":{ "examples":[ "the state legislature moved to interdict the use of radar-detection devices by motorists" ], "synonyms":[ "banning", "barring", "enjoining", "forbidding", "outlawing", "prohibiting", "proscribing" ], "near synonyms":[ "deterring", "discouraging", "dissuading", "clamping down (on)", "cracking down (on)", "crushing", "putting down", "quashing", "quelling", "repressing", "silencing", "snuffing (out)", "squashing", "squelching", "subduing", "suppressing", "halting", "precluding", "preventing", "stopping", "embargoing", "excluding", "ruling out", "shutting out", "debarring", "depriving", "disallowing", "rejecting", "repudiating", "vetoing", "bridling", "checking", "curbing", "inhibiting", "reining (in)", "restraining", "blocking", "hindering", "impeding", "obstructing" ], "near antonyms":[ "approving", "endorsing", "indorsing", "sanctioning", "authorizing", "licensing", "licencing", "warranting", "abetting", "advancing", "cultivating", "encouraging", "forwarding", "furthering", "nourishing", "nurturing", "promoting", "supporting", "bidding", "commanding", "ordering", "abiding", "bearing", "brooking", "countenancing", "enduring", "tolerating" ], "antonyms":[ "allowing", "letting", "permitting", "suffering" ] }, "to stop, seize, or interrupt while in progress or on course":{ "examples":[ "federal agents are able to 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"engaging", "engrossing", "enthralling", "fascinating", "gripping", "immersing", "intriguing", "involving", "riveting" ], "near synonyms":[ "breathtaking", "electric", "electrifying", "exciting", "exhilarating", "galvanizing", "inspiring", "rousing", "stimulating", "stirring", "thrilling", "provocative", "tantalizing", "emphatic", "showy", "splashy", "striking", "alluring", "attractive", "bewitching", "captivating", "charming", "enchanting", "spellbinding", "hypnotizing", "mesmerizing", "curious", "odd", "unusual", "weird", "amazing", "astonishing", "astounding", "eventful", "eye-opening", "fabulous", "marvelous", "marvellous", "surprising", "wonderful", "wondrous", "amusing", "entertaining" ], "near antonyms":[ "operose", "tiresome", "tiring", "wearisome", "wearying", "sterile", "unexciting", "dreary", "humdrum", "pedantic", "pedestrian", "demoralizing", "discouraging", "disheartening", "dispiriting" ], "antonyms":[ "boring", "drab", "dry", "dull", "heavy", "monotonous", "tedious", "uninteresting" ] }, "to hold the attention of":{ "examples":[ "the book didn't interest me, so I ended up watching the parade of people on the sidewalk" ], "synonyms":[ "absorbing", "bemusing", "busying", "catching up", "engaging", "engrossing", "enthralling", "enwrapping", "fascinating", "gripping", "immersing", "intriguing", "involving", "occupying" ], "near synonyms":[ "alluring", "attracting", "beguiling", "bewitching", "captivating", "charming", "enchanting", "obsessing", "hypnotizing", "mesmerizing", "distracting", "preoccupying", "hogging", "monopolizing" ], "near antonyms":[ "boring", "jading", "palling", "tiring", "wearying" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adjective", "verb" ] }, "interlines":{ "as in weaves , lards":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "interfiles", "lards", "weaves", "cuts in", "inlays", "insets", "installs", "crams", "shoves", "thrusts", "wedges", "edges in", "fits (in or into)", "injects", "inserts", "insinuates", "intercalates", "interjects", "interpolates", "interposes", "intersperses", "introduces", "sandwiches (in or between)", "works in", "adds", "appends", "attaches" ], "near antonyms":[ "ejects", "eliminates", "excludes", "expels", "extracts", "withdraws", "deducts", "detaches", "subtracts", "rejects" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "interrelations":{ "as in symbioses , exchanges":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "exchanges", "interconnections", "mutualisms", "reciprocities", "symbioses", "businesses", "dealings", "interactions", "incorporations", "integrations", "mergers", "unifications", "affiliations", "alliances", "associations", "collaborations", "confederations", "connections", "cooperations", "hookups", "liaisons", "linkups", "partnerships", "relations", "relationships", "tie-ups", "unions", "affinities", "attachments", "intimacies", "rapports", "sympathies", "kinships", "solidarities", "unities", "colleagueships", "companies", "companionships", "fellowships", "beds", "cahoots", "leagues" ], "near antonyms":[ "disaffiliations", "dissociations", "breakups", "dissolutions", "disunions", "divisions", "partings", "separations", "severances", "splits", "alienations", "divorces", "estrangements" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "interrupters":{ "as in hecklers , harriers":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "harriers", "hecklers", "headaches", "hassles", "plagues", "annoyances", "annoyers", "bothers", "gadflies", "gnawers", "nudniks", "nudnicks", "nuisances", "pains", "persecutors", "pests", "teasers", "teases", "harassers", "molesters", "tormentors", "tormenters", "torturers" ], "near antonyms":[ "charmers", "smoothies", "comforters", "solacers", "soothers" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "interrogatives":{ "an interrogative expression often used to test knowledge":{ "examples":[ "though she phrased it as an interrogative , it was clear that the utterance was more of a command" ], "synonyms":[ "problems", "questions" ], "near 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"agencies", "dealers", "outlets", "microenterprises" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "a group of people with a common identifying interest that they seek to protect and promote":{ "examples":[ "the contention that the nation's financial interests have too much power" ], "synonyms":[ "interest groups", "pressure groups", "special interests" ], "near synonyms":[ "vested interests", "political action committees" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "to hold the attention of":{ "examples":[ "the book didn't interest me, so I ended up watching the parade of people on the sidewalk" ], "synonyms":[ "absorbs", "bemuses", "busies", "catches up", "engages", "engrosses", "enthralls", "enthrals", "enwraps", "fascinates", "grips", "immerses", "intrigues", "involves", "occupies" ], "near synonyms":[ "allures", "attracts", "beguiles", "bewitches", "captivates", "charms", "enchants", "obsesses", "hypnotizes", "mesmerizes", "distracts", "preoccupies", "hogs", "monopolizes" ], "near antonyms":[ "bores", "jades", "palls", "tires", "wearies" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "intercessions":{ "as in prayers , supplications":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "appeals", "entreaties", "graces", "invocations", "orisons", "petitions", "pleas", "prayers", "supplications", "Godspeeds", "sanctifications", "benedictions", "benisons", "blessings" ], "near antonyms":[ "anathemas", "curses", "execrations", "imprecations", "maledictions" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "intuitional":{ "as in intuitive , instinctive":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "instinctive", "instinctual", "intuitive", "connate", "hereditary", "inborn", "inherent", "innate", "intimate", "intrinsic", "native", "born", "congenital", "natural", "spontaneous", "unlearned", "untaught", "automatic", "gut", "impulsive", "unforced", "unpremeditated", "unreasoning", "unthinking", "visceral" ], "near antonyms":[ "alien", "foreign", "unnatural", "nonnatural", "cultivated", "developed", "trained" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "interface":{ "to connect or become connected; to connect by means of an interface":{ "examples":[ "interface a machine with a computer" ], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "affiliate", "ally", "associate", "combine", "confederate", "hang together", "band (together)", "collaborate", "concert", "concur", "conjoin", "conspire", "cooperate", "join", "league", "team (up)", "unite", "connive" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "interrogations":{ "as in questionings , inquisitions":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "inquisitions", "questionings", "polls", "questionnaires", "surveys", "examinations", "explorations", "inquests", "investigations", "probes", "probings", "researches", "studies", "interrogatories", "calls", "inquiries", "queries", "questions", "requests" ], "near antonyms":[ "answers", "replies", "responses" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "intelligence":{ "the ability to learn and understand or to deal with problems":{ "examples":[ "high scores on this test supposedly demonstrate great intelligence" ], "synonyms":[ "brain(s)", "brainpower", "gray matter", "headpiece", "intellect", "intellectuality", "mentality", "reason", "sense", "smarts" ], "near synonyms":[ "eggheadedness", "highbrowism", "intellectualism", "braininess", "brilliance", "acumen", "alertness", "apprehension", "astuteness", "discernment", "discriminability", "insight", "judgment", "judgement", "perception", "percipience", "perspicacity", "common sense", "horse sense", "mother wit", "aptitude", "talent", "sagacity", "sapience", "wisdom", "wit", "head", "mind", "skull" ], "near antonyms":[ "denseness", "density", "doltishness", "dopiness", "dullness", "dulness", "dumbness", "fatuity", "feeblemindedness", "foolishness", "half-wittedness", "idiocy", "imbecility", "senselessness", "simpleness", "slowness", "stupidity" ], "antonyms":[] }, "a report of recent events or facts not previously known":{ "examples":[ "usually received the latest intelligence about how the war was going" ], "synonyms":[ "411", "advice(s)", "gen", "info", "information", "item", "news", "story", "tidings", "uncos", "word" ], "near synonyms":[ "announcement", "bulletin", "communication", "correspondence", "dispatch", "message", "reportage", "dope", "lowdown", "scoop", "tidbit", "titbit", "tip", "gossip", "rumor", "tale", "tattle", "feedback", "disinformation", "propaganda" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "exceptional discernment and judgment especially in practical matters":{ "examples":[ "as head of the customer service department, he has handled complaints and disputes with unfailing intelligence and good humor" ], "synonyms":[ "acumen", "astuteness", "caginess", "cageyness", "canniness", "clear-sightedness", "foxiness", "hardheadedness", "keenness", "knowingness", "sharpness", "shrewdness", "wit" ], "near synonyms":[ "discernment", "insight", "perception", "perceptiveness", "perceptivity", "percipience", "sagaciousness", "sagacity", "sageness", "sapience", "wisdom", "artfulness", "artifice", "craft", "craftiness", "cunning", "deviousness", "guile", "slickness", "slyness", "sneakiness", "subtleness", "subtlety", "wiliness", "brain(s)", "gray matter", "intellect", "reason", "sense" ], "near antonyms":[ "artlessness", "greenness", "guilelessness", "ingenuousness", "innocence", "naiveness", "na\u00efvet\u00e9", "naivete", "naivet\u00e9", "simplemindedness", "simpleness", "simplicity", "unsophistication", "unworldliness", "brainlessness", "density", "doltishness", "dopiness", "dumbness", "fatuity", "foolishness", "half-wittedness", "mindlessness", "oafishness", "obtuseness", "senselessness", "slowness", "stupidity", "stupidness", "vacuity", "witlessness" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "intercepts":{ "to stop, seize, or interrupt while in progress or on course":{ "examples":[ "the cat was about to hightail it out the front door when I intercepted her" ], "synonyms":[ "blocks", "interdicts", "picks off" ], "near synonyms":[ "captures", "catches", "collars", "corrals", "grabs", "seizes", "snares", "snatches", "traps" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "interrupter":{ "as in heckler , harrier":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "harrier", "heckler", "headache", "hassle", "plague", "annoyance", "annoyer", "bother", "gadfly", "gnawer", "nudnik", "nudnick", "nuisance", "pain", "persecutor", "pest", "tease", "teaser", "harasser", "molester", "tormentor", "tormenter", "torturer" ], "near antonyms":[ "charmer", "smoothy", "smoothie", "comforter", "solacer", "soother" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "intrepidly":{ "in a fearless manner":{ "examples":[ "spies sneaked intrepidly into the enemy's camp" ], "synonyms":[ "boldly", "bravely", "courageously", "dauntlessly", "doughtily", "fearlessly", "gallantly", "gutsily", "heroically", "manfully", "stalwartly", "stoutheartedly", 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"percolates (into)", "permeates", "pervades", "riddles", "suffuses", "transfuses" ], "near synonyms":[ "diffuses (through)", "impregnates", "passes (into)", "penetrates", "fills (up)", "drenches", "imbues", "infuses", "saturates", "soaks", "steeps", "floods", "gluts" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "intrinsically":{ "by natural character or ability":{ "examples":[ "he's worked hard to be good at baseball, as he's not intrinsically athletic" ], "synonyms":[ "congenitally", "constitutionally", "inherently", "innately", "naturally" ], "near synonyms":[ "basically", "elementally", "essentially", "fundamentally", "instinctively", "intuitively", "intimately" ], "near antonyms":[ "artificially", "unnaturally" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adverb" ] }, "interrogation":{ "as in inquiry , questioning":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "inquiry", "prying", "questioning", "attentiveness", "concern", "interest", "regard", "wonderment", "interference", 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gang colors" ], "synonyms":[ "ban", "embargo", "interdict", "prohibition", "proscription", "veto" ], "near synonyms":[ "no-no", "taboo", "tabu", "constraint", "inhibition", "limitation", "restraint", "restriction", "deterrent", "discouragement", "repression", "suppression", "prevention", "denial", "disallowance", "negation", "refusal", "rejection", "objection", "protest", "caveat", "warning", "commandment", "decree", "dictate", "edict", "injunction", "mandate" ], "near antonyms":[ "sufferance", "tolerance", "toleration", "allowance", "allowing", "authorization", "clearance", "consent", "granting", "leave", "letting", "license", "licence", "licensing", "licencing", "permission", "permitting", "sanction", "sanctioning", "approbation", "approval", "blessing", "endorsement", "indorsement", "imprimatur", "OK", "okay", "enabling", "encouragement", "facilitation", "promotion", "support", "compliance", "obedience", "submission", "accession", "acquiescence", "agreement", "assent" ], "antonyms":[ "prescription" ] }, "the act of ordering that something not be done or used":{ "examples":[ "the recent interdiction against open fires on the beach has riled summer revelers" ], "synonyms":[ "banning", "barring", "enjoining", "forbidding", "interdicting", "outlawing", "prohibiting", "prohibition", "proscribing", "proscription" ], "near synonyms":[ "bidding", "charging", "decreeing", "dictation", "direction", "instruction", "deterrence", "discouragement", "dissuading", "repression", "suppression", "coercion", "compulsion", "constraint", "force" ], "near antonyms":[ "allowance", "permission", "sufferance", "toleration", "approval", "endorsement", "indorsement", "authorization", "clearance", "license", "licence", "sanction", "encouragement", "promotion", "support", "compliance", "obedience", "submission" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "integration":{ "a state or the act of combining or being combined into a cohesive whole":{ "examples":[ "The brain's integration of 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"rifts", "separations", "voids" ], "near synonyms":[ "chinks", "clefts", "cracks", "crannies", "crevices", "fissures", "notches", "slits", "slots", "splits", "interspaces", "pores", "abysses", "apertures", "cavities", "chasms", "gapes", "orifices", "fractures", "ruptures", "severances" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "intrepid":{ "feeling or displaying no fear by temperament":{ "examples":[ "an intrepid explorer who probed parts of the rain forest never previously attempted" ], "synonyms":[ "bold", "brave", "courageous", "dauntless", "doughty", "fearless", "gallant", "greathearted", "gutsy", "gutty", "heroic", "heroical", "lionhearted", "manful", "stalwart", "stout", "stouthearted", "undauntable", "undaunted", "valiant", "valorous" ], "near synonyms":[ "determined", "firm", "game", "gamy", "gamey", "gritty", "plucky", "resolute", "Spartan", "undeterred", "undismayed", "unflinching", "unswerving", "mettlesome", "spirited", "spunky", "adventuresome", "adventurous", "audacious", "daring", "dashing", "hardy", "venturesome", "venturous", "crazy", "foolish", "half-witted", "insane", "lunatic", "mad", "nutty", "brash", "brazen", "daredevil", "foolhardy", "heedless", "hotheaded", "impetuous", "imprudent", "impulsive", "incautious", "madcap", "overbold", "overconfident", "rash", "reckless", "thoughtless", "wild", "hasty", "headlong", "precipitate", "comforted", "emboldened", "encouraged", "heartened", "reassured", "unafraid" ], "near antonyms":[ "diffident", "mousy", "mousey", "scary", "shy", "skittish", "timid", "anxious", "apprehensive", "nervous", "careful", "cautious", "heedful", "prudent", "unadventurous", "afraid", "agitated", "disconcerted", "disquieted", "disturbed", "frightened", "horrified", "panicked", "panic-stricken", "perturbed", "scared", "shocked", "spooked", "startled", "terrified", "terrorized", "unnerved", "upset", "appalled", "concerned", "dismayed", "worried", "unmanly", "weak", "wimpy" ], "antonyms":[ "chicken", "chickenhearted", "chicken-livered", "coward", "cowardly", "craven", "dastardly", "fainthearted", "fearful", "gutless", "lily-livered", "milk-livered", "nerveless", "poltroon", "poor-spirited", "pusillanimous", "spineless", "spiritless", "timorous", "uncourageous", "ungallant", "unheroic", "weakhearted", "yellow" ] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "interprets":{ "to make plain or understandable":{ "examples":[ "a biblical passage that scholars haven't been able to interpret to everyone's satisfaction" ], "synonyms":[ "clarifies", "clears (up)", "construes", "demonstrates", "demystifies", "elucidates", "explains", "explicates", "expounds", "gets across", "illuminates", "illustrates", "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 present a portrayal or performance of":{ "examples":[ "interpreted the role of Fletcher Christian in a challengingly new way" ], "synonyms":[ "acts", "does", "impersonates", "performs", "plays", "portrays" ], "near synonyms":[ "depicts", "dramatizes", "renders", "represents", "acts out", "enacts", "pantomimes", "playacts", "role-plays", "takes on", "overacts", "overplays", "underplays", "apes", "clowns", "hams", "imitates", "masquerades", "mimes", "mimics", "poses (as)", "stars (in)", "coacts", "costars" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "internee":{ "one that has been taken and held in confinement":{ "examples":[ "all internees were released upon the cessation of hostilities" ], "synonyms":[ "captive", "capture", "prisoner" ], "near synonyms":[ "coprisoner", "convict", "jailbird", "arrestee", "abductee", "kidnappee", "kidnapee" ], "near antonyms":[ "custodian", "guard", "guardian", "jailer", "jailor", "keeper", "marshal", "marshall", "warden", "abductor", "kidnapper", "kidnaper" ], "antonyms":[ "captor" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "intercross":{ "an offspring of parents with different genes especially when of different races, breeds, species, or genera":{ "examples":[ "that pink rose is an intercross of red and white roses" ], "synonyms":[ "cross", "crossbred", "crossbreed", "hybrid", "mongrel" ], "near synonyms":[ "mule", "outcross", "half-bred" ], "near antonyms":[ "full-blood", "pureblood", "purebred", "thoroughbred" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "intellectual":{ "much given to learning and thinking":{ "examples":[ "as the daughter of college professors, she's used to being around intellectual people" ], "synonyms":[ "blue", "cerebral", "eggheaded", "geeky", "highbrow", "highbrowed", "intellectualist", "intellectualistic", "long-haired", "longhair", "nerdish", "nerdy" ], "near synonyms":[ "cultivated", "cultured", "erudite", "learned", "literate", "polyhistoric", "polymath", "polymathic", "scholarly", "well-read", "academic", "academical", "bookish", "professorial", "didactic", "high-toned", "hyperintellectual", "pedantic", "high-hat", "snobbish", "snobby", "snooty", "educated", "schooled", "brainy", "bright", "brilliant", "clever", "intelligent", "quick-witted", "smart" ], "near antonyms":[ "uncultivated", "uncultured", "ignorant", "illiterate", "uneducated", "unlettered", "unread", "dumb", "foolish", "idiotic", "idiotical", "moronic", "slow", "stupid", "unintelligent", "benighted", "unenlightened" ], "antonyms":[ "anti-intellectual", "lowbrow", "nonintellectual", "philistine" ] }, "of or relating to the mind":{ "examples":[ "intellectual pursuits such as reading and studying" ], "synonyms":[ "cerebral", "inner", "interior", "internal", "mental", "psychological", "psychologic" ], "near synonyms":[ "cognitive", "conscious", "epistemic", "knowing", "noetic", "psychic", "psychical", "telepathic", "alert", "brainy", "bright", "brilliant", "clever", "intelligent", "quick-witted", "rational", "reasoning", "sharp", "sharp-witted", "smart", "thinking" ], "near antonyms":[ "bodily", "carnal", "corporal", "corporeal", "fleshly", "physical", "somatic", "unconscious", "brainless", "dense", "doltish", "dopey", "dopy", "fatuous", "half-witted", "mindless", "obtuse", "simple", "slow-witted", "stupid", "thick", "thickheaded", "unintelligent", "weak-minded", "witless" ], "antonyms":[ "nonmental" ] }, "of or relating to schooling or learning especially at an advanced level":{ "examples":[ "research that shows that people from very intellectual backgrounds are happiest with spouses having comparable educations" ], "synonyms":[ "academic", "academical", "educational", "scholarly", "scholastic" ], "near synonyms":[ "bookish", "donnish", "geeky", "nerdish", "nerdy", "pedagogical", "pedagogic", "pedantic", "professorial", "tweedy", "curricular", "educative", "instructive", "collegiate", "graduate", "postgraduate" ], "near antonyms":[ "cocurricular", "extracurricular", "noncollegiate" ], "antonyms":[ "nonacademic", "noneducational", "unacademic", "unscholarly" ] }, "a person with strong intellectual interests":{ "examples":[ "discovered that in politics a reputation for being an intellectual was regarded as a liability" ], "synonyms":[ "double-dome", "geek", "highbrow", "intellectualist", "longhair", "nerd" ], "near synonyms":[ "blue", "bluestocking", "Brahmin", "mandarin", "sage", "intellectualizer", "pseud", "brain", "genius", "intellect", "thinker", "whiz", "wizard" ], "near antonyms":[ "blockhead", "dolt", "dope", "dumbbell", "dummy", "dunce", "fathead", "half-wit", "imbecile", "moron", "nitwit", "pinhead", "simpleton" ], "antonyms":[ "anti-intellectual", "lowbrow", "philistine" ] }, "type":[ "adjective", "noun" ] }, "intent":{ "something that one hopes or intends to accomplish":{ "examples":[ "I'm sorry that I hurt your feelings; that wasn't my intent" ], "synonyms":[ "aim", "ambition", "aspiration", "bourne", "bourn", "design", "dream", "end", "goal", "idea", "ideal", "intention", "mark", "meaning", "object", "objective", "plan", "point", "pretension", "purpose", "target", "thing" ], "near synonyms":[ "grail", "holy grail", "plot", "project", "scheme", "desire", "hope", "mind", "wish", "nirvana", "destination", "terminus" ], "near antonyms":[ "means", "method", "way" ], "antonyms":[] }, "the idea that is conveyed or intended to be conveyed to the mind by language, symbol, or action":{ "examples":[ "the wording was a little unclear, but I think I grasped the intent" ], "synonyms":[ "content", "denotation", "drift", "import", "intention", "meaning", "purport", "sense", "significance", "signification" ], "near synonyms":[ "connotation", "clue", "cue", "hint", "implication", "indication", "inkling", "intimation", "suggestion", "message", "tenor", "theme", "bottom", "essence", "essentiality", "nature", "soul", "spirit", "stuff", "acceptance", "acceptation", "definition", "burden", "crux", "gist", "core", "heart", "kernel", "marrow", "nub", "nucleus", "pith", "point", "quick", "matter", "motif", "motive", "question", "subject", "topic" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "fully committed to achieving a goal":{ "examples":[ "intent on finishing her sculpture in time for the group show" ], "synonyms":[ "bent (on or upon)", "bound", "decisive", "determined", "do-or-die", "firm", "hell-bent (on or upon)", "out", "purposeful", "resolute", "resolved", "set", "single-minded" ], "near synonyms":[ "bitter", "vehement", "certain", "cocksure", "confident", "positive", "sure", "earnest", "serious", "steady", "unfaltering", "unhesitating", "unswerving", "unwavering", "adamant", "adamantine", "dogged", "hard", "hardened", "hardheaded", "headstrong", "immovable", "implacable", "inflexible", "mulish", "obdurate", "persistent", "pertinacious", "perverse", "pigheaded", "rigid", "self-willed", "stubborn", "tenacious", "unbending", "uncompromising", "unrelenting", "unyielding", "willful", "wilful" ], "near antonyms":[ "distrustful", "doubtful", "dubious", "mistrustful", "skeptical", "suspicious", "uncertain", "unconvinced", "undecided", "unsettled", "unsure", "disinclined", "indisposed", "loath", "loth", "loathe", "reluctant" ], "antonyms":[ "faltering", "hesitant", "indecisive", "irresolute", "undetermined", "unresolved", "vacillating", "wavering", "weak-kneed" ] }, "having the mind fixed on something":{ "examples":[ "he was so intent on his work that he didn't hear the dog bark" ], "synonyms":[ "absorbed", "attentive", "deep", "engrossed", "enthralled", "focused", "focussed", "immersed", "observant", "rapt" ], "near synonyms":[ "engaged", "interested", "intrigued", "involved", "hypnotized", "mesmerized", "alert", "alive", "conscious", "open-eyed", "watchful", "wide-awake" ], "near antonyms":[ "daydreaming", "dreamy", "faraway", "foggy", "hazy", "lost", "oblivious", "preoccupied", "remote", "apathetic", "disinterested", "uninterested" ], "antonyms":[ "absent", "absentminded", "abstracted", "distracted", "inattentive", "inobservant", "unabsorbed", "unfocused", "unfocussed" ] }, "type":[ "adjective", "noun" ] }, "interred":{ "to place (a dead body) in the earth, a tomb, or the sea":{ "examples":[ "the soldier was interred with great honors at Arlington National Cemetery" ], "synonyms":[ "buried", "entombed", "hearsed", "inhumed", "laid", "put away", "tombed" ], "near synonyms":[ "immured", "inurned", "enshrined", "concealed", "covered", "ensconced", "hid", "obscured", "shaded", "shielded", "cloaked", "curtained", "enshrouded", "shrouded", "reburied", "reinterred", "coffined" ], "near antonyms":[ "burned", "burnt", "cremated", "bared", "disclosed", "discovered", "displayed", "exhibited", "exposed", "revealed", "showed", "uncoffined" ], "antonyms":[ "disinterred", "exhumed", "unearthed" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "intelligence test":{ "as in aptitude test , placement test":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "aptitude test", "placement test", "exam", "examination", "quiz", "test", "pretest", "retest", "board(s)", "midterm", "midyear", "catechism", "audition", "final", "checkup", "inspection", "review", "inquiry", "interrogation", "investigation", "probe", "research" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "interdict":{ "an order that something not be done or used":{ "examples":[ "the church's controversial interdict against the use of birth control devices" ], "synonyms":[ "ban", "embargo", "interdiction", "prohibition", "proscription", "veto" ], "near synonyms":[ "no-no", "taboo", "tabu", "constraint", "inhibition", "limitation", "restraint", "restriction", "deterrent", "discouragement", "repression", "suppression", "prevention", "denial", "disallowance", "negation", "refusal", "rejection", "objection", "protest", "caveat", "warning", "commandment", "decree", "dictate", "edict", "injunction", "mandate" ], "near antonyms":[ "sufferance", "tolerance", "toleration", "allowance", "allowing", "authorization", "clearance", "consent", "granting", "leave", "letting", "license", "licence", "licensing", "licencing", "permission", "permitting", "sanction", "sanctioning", "approbation", "approval", "blessing", "endorsement", "indorsement", "imprimatur", "OK", "okay", "enabling", "encouragement", "facilitation", "promotion", "support", "compliance", "obedience", "submission", "accession", "acquiescence", "agreement", "assent" ], "antonyms":[ "prescription" ] }, "to order not to do or use or to be done or used":{ "examples":[ "the state legislature moved to interdict the use of radar-detection devices by motorists" ], "synonyms":[ "ban", "bar", "enjoin", "forbid", "outlaw", "prohibit", "proscribe" ], "near synonyms":[ "deter", "discourage", "dissuade", "clamp down (on)", "crack down (on)", "crush", "put down", "quash", "quell", "repress", "silence", "snuff (out)", "squash", "squelch", "subdue", "suppress", "halt", "preclude", "prevent", "stop", "embargo", "exclude", "rule out", "shut out", "debar", "deprive", "disallow", "reject", "repudiate", "veto", "bridle", "check", "curb", "inhibit", "rein (in)", "restrain", "block", "hinder", "impede", "obstruct" ], "near antonyms":[ "approve", "endorse", "indorse", "sanction", "authorize", "license", "licence", "warrant", "abet", "advance", "cultivate", "encourage", "forward", "further", "nourish", "nurture", "promote", "support", "bid", "command", "order", "abide", "bear", "brook", "countenance", "endure", "tolerate" ], "antonyms":[ "allow", "let", "permit", "suffer" ] }, "to stop, seize, or interrupt while in progress or on course":{ "examples":[ "federal agents are able to interdict only a small percentage of the narcotic shipments into the country" ], "synonyms":[ "block", "intercept", "pick off" ], "near synonyms":[ "capture", "catch", "collar", "corral", "grab", "seize", "snare", "snatch", "trap" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "internship":{ "a period 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"thruways", "traces", "turnpikes", "ways", "corniches", "switchbacks", "through streets", "high streets", "Main Streets", "backstreets", "branches", "bystreets", "byways", "crossroads", "secondary roads", "shunpikes", "side roads", "side streets", "alleys", "alleyways", "circles", "lanes", "laneways", "mews", "places" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "interrelationships":{ "as in relations , interactions":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "commerces", "dealings", "interactions", "intercourses", "relations", "cross-fertilizations", "cross-pollinations", "companies", "companionships" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "interrogatory":{ "as in inquiry , question":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "examination", "exploration", "inquest", "investigation", "probe", "probing", "research", "study", "call", "inquiry", "query", "question", "request", "inquisition", "interrogating", "interrogation", 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"chummy", "close", "especial", "familiar", "friendly", "inseparable", "inward", "near", "thick", "tight" ], "near synonyms":[ "clannish", "close-knit", "tight-knit", "affable", "boon", "companionable", "convivial", "cordial", "genial", "gracious", "hearty", "gregarious", "sociable", "social", "comfortable", "cozy", "easy", "snug", "amicable", "neighborly", "confidential", "secretive", "adoring", "affectionate", "dear", "devoted", "fond", "loving", "tender", "tenderhearted", "warm" ], "near antonyms":[ "aloof", "antisocial", "cold", "cool", "detached", "distant", "frosty", "remote", "reserved", "standoffish", "unfriendly", "unsociable", "withdrawn" ], "antonyms":[ "distant" ] }, "not known or meant to be known by the general populace":{ "examples":[ "they trusted each other enough to share intimate thoughts" ], "synonyms":[ "behind-the-scenes", "confidential", "esoteric", "hush-hush", "hushed", "inside", "nonpublic", "private", "privy", "secret" ], "near synonyms":[ "classified", "restricted", "top secret", "silent", "unadvertised", "unannounced", "undisclosed", "unmentioned", "unsaid", "untold", "clandestine", "closet", "collusive", "conspiratorial", "covert", "furtive", "hugger-mugger", "occult", "sneak", "sneaking", "sneaky", "stealthy", "surreptitious", "undercover", "underground", "underhand", "underhanded", "personal", "closeted", "concealed", "hidden", "repressed", "silenced", "stifled", "suppressed", "backstage", "offscreen", "offstage" ], "near antonyms":[ "well-known", "advertised", "aired", "announced", "blazed", "broadcast", "declared", "disclosed", "divulged", "enunciated", "heralded", "proclaimed", "professed", "promulgated", "publicized", "published", "reported", "spotlighted", "general", "popular", "prevailing", "vulgar", "current", "prevalent", "rife", "widespread", "communal", "shared" ], "antonyms":[ "common", "open", "public" ] }, "a person who has a strong liking for and trust in another":{ "examples":[ "usually quite aloof in public, he's 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"guide", "guru", "preparer", "trainer", "headmistress", "instructress", "mistress", "schoolmarm", "schoolma'am", "schoolmistress", "headmaster", "master", "rector", "schoolmaster", "educationist", "educator", "instructor", "pedagogue", "pedagog", "preceptor", "schoolteacher" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "interpreting":{ "to make plain or understandable":{ "examples":[ "a biblical passage that scholars haven't been able to interpret to everyone's satisfaction" ], "synonyms":[ "clarifying", "clearing (up)", "construing", "demonstrating", "demystifying", "elucidating", "explaining", "explicating", "expounding", "getting across", "illuminating", "illustrating", "simplifying", "spelling out", "unriddling" ], "near synonyms":[ "deciphering", "decoding", "analyzing", "breaking down", "disentangling", "undoing", "unraveling", "unscrambling", "untangling", "resolving", "solving", "defining", "specifying", "annotating", "commentating", "glossing" ], "near 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], "near synonyms":[ "butted in", "interfered", "intruded", "meddled", "obtruded", "pried", "snooped", "arbitrated", "moderated", "negotiated", "refereed", "barged (in)", "bothered", "broke (in)", "chimed in", "cut in", "infringed", "invaded", "trespassed" ], "near antonyms":[ "stood by", "avoided", "eschewed", "shunned", "disregarded", "ignored", "overlooked" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to cause a disruption in a conversation or discussion":{ "examples":[ "I hate to interpose , but could you tell me what you meant by that last remark?" ], "synonyms":[ "broke in", "chimed in", "chipped in", "cut in", "interrupted", "intruded" ], "near synonyms":[ "barged (in)", "bothered", "horned in", "added", "contributed", "put in" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "to put among or between others":{ "examples":[ "a solid line of police in riot gear interposed itself between the trade ministers and the crowd of protesters" ], "synonyms":[ "edged in", "fitted (in or into)", "fit (in or into)", 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"employed", "functioning", "going", "living", "on", "operating", "operative", "running", "working", "functional", "operable", "operational", "workable", "assiduous", "industrious", "sedulous", "energetic", "vigorous", "feasible", "practical", "usable", "useable", "useful", "viable" ], "antonyms":[] }, "as in broken , disconnected":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "broken", "disconnected", "fragmentary", "convulsive", "sudden", "violent", "aimless", "arbitrary", "desultory", "haphazard", "hit-and-miss", "hit-or-miss", "odd", "random", "scattered", "slapdash", "stray", "aperiodic", "casual", "catchy", "choppy", "discontinuous", "episodic", "episodical", "erratic", "fitful", "intermittent", "irregular", "occasional", "spasmodic", "spastic", "sporadic", "spotty", "unsteady", "capricious", "changeful", "changing", "flickery", "fluctuating", "fluid", "inconstant", "mercurial", "mutable", "temperamental", "uncertain", "unpredictable", "unsettled", "unstable", "varying", "wavering", "changeable", "fickle", "variable", "volatile" ], "near antonyms":[ "constant", "continuous", "habitual", "periodic", "regular", "repeated", "steady", "changeless", "equable", "even", "stable", "stationary", "uniform", "unchanging", "unvarying", "unwavering", "methodical", "methodic", "orderly", "systematic", "unrelenting", "unremitting" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to cause a disruption in a conversation or discussion":{ "examples":[ "it's rude to interrupt when someone is making an important point" ], "synonyms":[ "broke in", "chimed in", "chipped in", "cut in", "interposed", "intruded" ], "near synonyms":[ "barged (in)", "bothered", "horned in", "added", "contributed", "put in" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adjective", "verb" ] }, "intelligible":{ "capable of being understood":{ "examples":[ "speculation on the odds that a communication from a far-off planet would be intelligible" ], "synonyms":[ "accessible", "apprehensible", "coherent", "comprehendible", "comprehensible", "fathomable", "graspable", "legible", "scrutable", "understandable" ], "near synonyms":[ "decipherable", "plain", "simple", "straightforward", "articulate", "fluent", "well-spoken" ], "near antonyms":[ "inarticulate", "cryptic", "esoteric", "mysterious", "obscure" ], "antonyms":[ "incoherent", "incomprehensible", "inscrutable", "insensible" ] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "intervenes":{ "to act as a go-between for opposing sides":{ "examples":[ "intervened in the argument before any real harm was done" ], "synonyms":[ "intercedes", "intermediates", "interposes", "mediates" ], "near synonyms":[ "butts in", "interferes", "intrudes", "meddles", "obtrudes", "pries", "snoops", "arbitrates", "moderates", "negotiates", "referees", "barges (in)", "bothers", "breaks (in)", "chimes in", "cuts in", "infringes", "invades", "trespasses" ], "near antonyms":[ "stands by", "avoids", "eschews", "shuns", "disregards", "ignores", "overlooks" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, 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(in)", "cutting in", "folding", "stirring", "tossing", "coalescing", "compounding", "emulsifying", "conjoining", "joining", "knitting", "linking", "uniting", "intertwining", "interweaving", "weaving" ], "near antonyms":[ "cleaving", "disjoining", "disuniting", "dividing", "divorcing", "parting", "rupturing", "severing", "sundering", "dispersing", "dissolving", "scattering", "detaching", "disengaging", "splitting" ], "antonyms":[ "breaking down", "breaking up", "separating", "unmixing" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "internments":{ "the act of confining or the state of being confined":{ "examples":[ "the internment of Americans of Japanese descent during World War II is one of the more shameful chapters in United States history" ], "synonyms":[ "captivities", "confinements", "immurements", "impoundments", "imprisonments", "incarcerations", "prisons" ], "near synonyms":[ "bondages", "enslavements", "servitudes", "restraints", "restrictions", "arrests", "captures", "entrapments", "custodies", "detainers", "detainments", "detentions", "house arrests" ], "near antonyms":[ "emancipations", "liberations", "manumissions", "redemptions", "releases", "freedoms", "independences", "liberties" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "interpreter":{ "one who brings an art or science to full realization":{ "examples":[ "Monet is generally regarded as the foremost interpreter of pure impressionism" ], "synonyms":[ "exponent", "expounder", "guru", "high priest", "practitioner" ], "near synonyms":[ "dean", "doyen", "grand old man", "ideologue", "idealogue", "philosopher", "theorist", "advocate", "apostle", "backer", "booster", "champion", "promoter", "proponent", "supporter" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "intoxicants":{ "a distilled beverage that can make a person drunk":{ "examples":[ "a religious denomination that strictly forbids the use of all intoxicants" ], "synonyms":[ "alcohols", "aqua vitaes", "ardent spirits", "boozes", "bottles", "drinks", "firewaters", "grogs", "hooches", "inebriants", "John Barleycorns", "juices", "liquors", "lushes", "moonshines", "potables", "rums", "sauces", "spirits", "stimulants", "strong drinks", "tipples" ], "near synonyms":[ "aperitifs", "bracers", "chasers", "digestifs", "nightcaps", "belts", "loads", "nips", "pegs", "pops", "shooters", "shots", "slugs", "snifters", "snorts", "tots", "whets", "cocktails", "mixed drinks", "ales", "beers", "brewages", "brews", "brewskis", "home brews", "malt liquors", "microbrews", "mums", "nappies", "meads", "sakes", "sakis", "wines", "barley-brees", "barley-broos", "brandies", "gins", "liqueurs", "mao-tais", "mescals", "schnapps", "tequilas", "vodkas", "whiskeys", "whiskies", "Dutch courages" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "intruding (upon)":{ "to thrust oneself upon (another) without invitation":{ "examples":[ "a man with an opinion on everything, he doesn't hesitate to intrude upon whoever happens to be standing by" ], 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"obliging", "placating", "delighting", "gladdening", "gratifying", "pleasing", "satisfying", "comforting", "consoling", "contenting" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "intoning":{ "to utter in musical or drawn out tones":{ "examples":[ "\"The day is begun,\" the narrator intoned" ], "synonyms":[ "chanting", "intonating", "singing" ], "near synonyms":[ "bellowing", "belting", "roaring", "chiming", "chorusing" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "interdicted":{ "that may not be permitted":{ "examples":[ "an interdicted hold in wrestling" ], "synonyms":[ "banned", "barred", "forbidden", "impermissible", "outlawed", "prohibited", "proscribed", "taboo", "tabu", "verboten" ], "near synonyms":[ "intolerable", "unacceptable", "unbearable", "unendurable", "illegal", "illegitimate", "illicit", "improper", "inappropriate", "unauthorized", "unlawful", "unlicensed", "ineffable", "unmentionable", "unseemly", "unsuitable", "objectionable", "disallowed", "disapproved", "discouraged", "refused", "rejected", "revoked", "unsanctioned", "vetoed", "repressed", "suppressed", "precluded", "prevented", "stopped", "excluded", "ruled out", "shut out", "blocked", "hindered", "impeded", "obstructed" ], "near antonyms":[ "acceptable", "bearable", "endurable", "tolerable", "accepted", "accredited", "allowed", "appropriate", "approved", "authorized", "certified", "endorsed", "indorsed", "lawful", "legal", "legitimate", "licensed", "OK", "okay", "permitted", "warranted", "accorded", "granted", "sanctioned", "vouchsafed", "brooked", "condoned", "countenanced", "encouraged", "promoted", "supported", "commanded", "mandatory", "ordered", "required", "proper", "seemly", "suitable", "tolerated", "unobjectionable" ], "antonyms":[ "allowable", "permissible", "permissive", "sufferable" ] }, "to order not to do or use or to be done or used":{ "examples":[ "the state legislature moved to interdict the use of radar-detection devices by motorists" ], "synonyms":[ "banned", "barred", "enjoined", "forbade", "forbad", "outlawed", "prohibited", "proscribed" ], "near synonyms":[ "deterred", "discouraged", "dissuaded", "clamped down (on)", "cracked down (on)", "crushed", "put down", "quashed", "quelled", "repressed", "silenced", "snuffed (out)", "squashed", "squelched", "subdued", "suppressed", "halted", "precluded", "prevented", "stopped", "embargoed", "excluded", "ruled out", "shut out", "debarred", "deprived", "disallowed", "rejected", "repudiated", "vetoed", "bridled", "checked", "curbed", "inhibited", "reined (in)", "restrained", "blocked", "hindered", "impeded", "obstructed" ], "near antonyms":[ "approved", "endorsed", "indorsed", "sanctioned", "authorized", "licensed", "licenced", "warranted", "abetted", "advanced", "cultivated", "encouraged", "forwarded", "furthered", "nourished", "nurtured", "promoted", "supported", "bade", "bid", "commanded", "ordered", "abided", "abode", "bore", "brooked", "countenanced", "endured", "tolerated" ], "antonyms":[ "allowed", "let", "permitted", "suffered" ] }, "to stop, seize, or interrupt while in progress or on course":{ "examples":[ "federal agents are able to interdict only a small percentage of the narcotic shipments into the country" ], "synonyms":[ "blocked", "intercepted", "picked off" ], "near synonyms":[ "captured", "caught", "collared", "corralled", "grabbed", "seized", "snared", "snatched", "trapped" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adjective", "verb" ] }, "interspaces":{ "as in spaces , caesuras":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "caesuras", "caesurae", "commas", "lags", "pauses", "spaces", "time lags", "windows", "discontinuities", "gaps", "hiatuses", "hiccups", "hiccoughs", "interims", "interludes", "intermissions", "interregnums", "interregna", "interruptions", "interstices", "intervals", "parentheses", "entr'actes", "bumpers", "adjournments", "discontinuances", "lapses", "suspensions", "lulls", "recesses", "respites", "rests", "subintervals" ], 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"admissible", "allowable", "reasonable", "satisfactory" ], "antonyms":[ "endurable", "sufferable", "supportable", "sustainable", "tolerable" ] }, "going beyond a normal or acceptable limit in degree or amount":{ "examples":[ "the intolerable haste with which the press passed judgment on the accused" ], "synonyms":[ "baroque", "devilish", "excessive", "exorbitant", "extravagant", "extreme", "fancy", "immoderate", "inordinate", "insane", "lavish", "overdue", "overextravagant", "overmuch", "overweening", "plethoric", "steep", "stiff", "towering", "unconscionable", "undue", "unmerciful" ], "near synonyms":[ "boundless", "endless", "immeasurable", "infinite", "limitless", "unbearable", "unjustifiable", "unwarranted", "improper", "inappropriate", "thick", "unseemly", "unrestrained" ], "near antonyms":[ "deficient", "inadequate", "insufficient", "minimal", "minimum" ], "antonyms":[ "middling", "moderate", "modest", "reasonable", "temperate" ] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "intonate":{ "to 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"disunite", "divide", "divorce", "part", "rupture", "sever", "sunder", "disperse", "dissolve", "scatter", "detach", "disengage", "split" ], "antonyms":[ "break down", "break up", "separate", "unmix" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "intolerantness":{ "stubborn or intolerant adherence to one's opinions or prejudices":{ "examples":[ "there's an element of intolerantness in his religious writings that many readers find unsettling" ], "synonyms":[ "bigotry", "dogmatism", "illiberalism", "illiberality", "illiberalness", "intolerance", "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" ] }, "intermeddles":{ "to interest oneself in what is not one's concern":{ "examples":[ "she can no more refrain from intermeddling than she can from breathing" ], "synonyms":[ "butts in", "interferes", "interlopes", "intrudes", "meddles", "messes", "mucks (about or around)", "noses", "obtrudes", "pokes", "pries", "snoops" ], "near synonyms":[ "intercedes", "interposes", "intervenes", "barges (in)", "chisels (in)", "encroaches", "infringes", "invades", "trespasses", "fiddles", "fools", "monkeys", "plays", "tampers" ], "near antonyms":[ "avoids", "eschews", "shuns", "disregards", "ignores", "neglects", "overlooks" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "intertwist":{ "to cause to twine about one another":{ "examples":[ "intertwisted the fibers to form a design" ], "synonyms":[ "enlace", "entwine", "implicate", "interlace", "intertwine", "interweave", "inweave", "lace", "ply", "twist", "weave", "wreathe", "writhe" ], "near synonyms":[ "braid", "plait", "plat", "pleach", "blend", "fuse", "join", "link", "mix" ], "near antonyms":[ "disentangle", "uncoil", "untangle", "untwine", "unwind" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to twist together into a usually confused mass":{ "examples":[ "the tree's intertwisted roots seemed to extend forever" ], "synonyms":[ "entangle", "interlace", "intertwine", "interweave", "knot", "snarl", "tangle" ], "near synonyms":[ "jumble", "scrabble", "scramble", "braid", "enlace", "entwine", "entwist", "inweave", "plait", "twine", "weave", "wind", "wreathe", "writhe" ], "near antonyms":[ "unknot", "unravel", "unscramble", "unweave" ], "antonyms":[ "disentangle", "unsnarl", "untangle", "untwine", "untwist" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "interrupting":{ "to cause a disruption in a conversation or discussion":{ "examples":[ "it's rude to interrupt when someone is making an important point" ], "synonyms":[ "breaking in", "chiming in", "chipping in", "cutting in", "interposing", "intruding" ], "near synonyms":[ "barging (in)", "bothering", "horning in", "adding", "contributing", "putting in" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, 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"intensely", "intently", "laboriously", "mightily", "purposefully", "resolutely", "sedulously", "slavishly", "strenuously" ], "near synonyms":[ "actively", "animatedly", "briskly", "busily", "dynamically", "energetically", "feverishly", "spiritedly", "vehemently", "vigorously", "zealously", "continuously", "ploddingly", "steadfastly", "steadily", "unabatedly", "unrelentingly", "unremittingly", "ardently", "attentively", "conscientiously", "earnestly", "exhaustively", "meticulously", "painstakingly", "seriously", "thoroughly", "indefatigably", "tirelessly", "unflaggingly", "untiringly", "wearilessly", "obstinately", "stubbornly", "willfully" ], "near antonyms":[ "casually", "desultorily", "halfheartedly", "indolently", "lackadaisically", "languidly", "lazily", "listlessly", "shiftlessly", "sluggishly", "spiritlessly", "tiredly", "wearily" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adverb" ] }, "intercessor":{ "one who works with opposing sides in order to bring about an agreement":{ "examples":[ "eventually, they hired an intercessor , because they were getting nowhere on their own" ], "synonyms":[ "broker", "buffer", "conciliator", "go-between", "honest broker", "interceder", "intermediary", "intermediate", "interposer", "mediator", "middleman", "peacemaker" ], "near synonyms":[ "troubleshooter", "moderator", "bargainer", "negotiant", "negotiator", "appeaser", "pacificator", "pacifier", "reconciler", "agent", "attorney", "deputy", "factor", "procurator", "proxy", "liaison", "medium", "ambassador", "emissary", "envoy", "legate", "messenger", "delegate", "representative", "busybody", "interferer", "meddler", "arbiter", "arbitrator", "judge", "referee", "umpire", "adviser", "advisor", "counselor", "counsellor" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "intelligent":{ "having or showing quickness of mind":{ "examples":[ "proud parents typically insist that their child is intelligent way beyond his or her years", "his intelligent response to the emergency averted a disaster" ], "synonyms":[ "alert", "brainy", "bright", "brilliant", "clever", "exceptional", "fast", "hyperintelligent", "keen", "nimble", "quick", "quick-witted", "sharp", "sharp-witted", "smart", "supersmart", "ultrasmart" ], "near synonyms":[ "apt", "ingenious", "resourceful", "acute", "astute", "discerning", "heady", "insightful", "knowing", "perceptive", "percipient", "perspicacious", "sagacious", "sapient", "savvy", "wise", "cerebral", "erudite", "genial", "highbrow", "knowledgeable", "learned", "literate", "scholarly", "well-read", "educated", "informed", "schooled", "skilled", "trained", "creative", "inventive", "judicious", "prudent", "sage", "sane", "sapient", "sensible", "sound", "wise", "crafty", "cunning", "foxy", "shrewd", "wily", "logical", "rational", "reasonable" ], "near antonyms":[ "feebleminded", "simpleminded", "boobish", "foolish", "half-baked", "idiotic", "idiotical", "imbecile", "imbecilic", "moronic", "silly", "ignorant", "illiterate", "lowbrow", "nonintellectual", "unacademic", "uneducated", "uninformed", "unintellectual", "untaught", "unthinking", "absurd", "asinine", "balmy", "cockeyed", "crackpot", "crazy", "cuckoo", "daffy", "daft", "dippy", "dotty", "featherheaded", "fool", "half-baked", "harebrained", "insane", "kooky", "kookie", "loony", "looney", "lunatic", "mad", "nonsensical", "nutty", "preposterous", "sappy", "screwball", "tomfool", "unwise", "wacky", "whacky", "zany" ], "antonyms":[ "airheaded", "birdbrained", "boneheaded", "brain-dead", "brainless", "bubbleheaded", "chuckleheaded", "dense", "dim", "dim-witted", "doltish", "dopey", "dopy", "dorky", "dull", "dumb", "dunderheaded", "empty-headed", "fatuous", "gormless", "half-witted", "knuckleheaded", "lamebrain", "lamebrained", "lunkheaded", "mindless", "obtuse", "opaque", "pinheaded", "senseless", "simple", "slow", "slow-witted", "soft", "softheaded", "stupid", "thick", "thickheaded", "thick-witted", "unbrilliant", "unintelligent", "unsmart", "vacuous", "weak-minded", "witless" ] }, "having the ability to reason":{ "examples":[ "there is some debate over whether dolphins are intelligent animals" ], "synonyms":[ "rational", "reasonable", "reasoning", "thinking" ], "near synonyms":[ "analytic", "analytical", "logical", "brainy", "cerebral", "highbrow", "highbrowed", "intellectual", "cognitional", "cognitive", "mental", "levelheaded", "practical", "sane", "sensible", "sober" ], "near antonyms":[ "brainless", "dense", "doltish", "dopey", "dopy", "dorky", "dull", "dumb", "fatuous", "half-witted", "mindless", "obtuse", "senseless", "slow", "stupid", "thickheaded", "fallacious", "groundless", "illogical", "invalid", "nonsensical" ], "antonyms":[ "irrational", "nonrational", "nonthinking", "unintelligent", "unreasonable", "unreasoning", "unthinking" ] }, "having or showing good judgment and restraint especially in conduct or speech":{ "examples":[ "the only intelligent response to such a tasteless joke is to quickly change the subject" ], 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"aborts", "calls", "calls off", "drops", "recalls", "repeals", "rescinds", "revokes", "abrogates", "annuls", "invalidates", "negates", "nullifies", "quashes", "voids" ], "near antonyms":[ "inaugurates", "launches", "opens", "carries on", "continues", "draws out", "extends", "proceeds", "prolongs", "renews", "reopens", "resumes", "assembles", "calls", "convenes", "convokes", "musters", "rallies", "summons" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "interrelated":{ "having a close or shared relationship":{ "examples":[ "It turned out that the problem with the car was caused by two interrelated and expensive issues." ], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "related", "associated", "connected", "correlated", "interconnected", "joined", "linked", "affiliated", "akin", "allied", "kindred", "alike", "analogous", "cognate", "comparable", "connate", "correspondent", "corresponding", "ditto", "like", "matching", "parallel", "resemblant", "resembling", "similar", "such", "suchlike", "identical", "same", "apposite", "apropos", "cogent", "germane", "material", "pertinent", "relevant" ], "near antonyms":[ "diacritical", "diacritic", "different", "disparate", "dissimilar", "distinct", "distinctive", "diverse", "nonidentical", "other", "unalike", "unlike", "differentiable", "discriminable", "distinguishable", "unrelated" ], "antonyms":[] }, "as in related , socialized":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "affiliated", "allied", "attached", "banded", "bonded", "clubbed", "collaborated", "colluded", "confederated", "conjoined", "connected", "cooperated", "coupled", "ganged", "got along", "got on", "grouped", "joined", "knotted", "leagued", "linked", "mingled", "mixed", "rallied", "related", "sided", "socialized", "teamed", "tied", "wedded", "wed", "associated", "chummed", "companied", "consociated", "consorted", "fraternized", "hobnobbed", "hooked up", "hung (around or out)", "hanged (around or out)", "messed around", "palled (around)", "ran", "run", "sorted", "traveled", "travelled", "befriended", "friended" ], "near antonyms":[ "avoided", "cold-shouldered", "shunned", "snubbed", "alienated", "estranged", "broke up", "disbanded", "dispersed", "split (up)", "disjoined", "dissociated", "disunited", "divorced", "severed", "split", "sundered" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adjective", "verb" ] }, "interchanged":{ "to put each of two or more things in the place of the other":{ "examples":[ "We interchanged the front tire with the rear tire." ], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "displaced", "replaced", "superseded", "changed", "commuted", "exchanged", "shifted", "substituted", "swapped", "switched", "traded", "ceded", "handed over", "surrendered", "yielded", "reciprocated" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "intricacies":{ "something that makes a situation more complicated or difficult":{ "examples":[ "just now learning the intricacies of owning one's own business" ], "synonyms":[ "complexities", "complicacies", "complications", "convolutions", "difficulties" ], "near synonyms":[ "aftereffects", "ramifications", "side effects", "side reactions", "subtleties", "technicalities", "annoyances", "bitches", "bothers", "headaches", "inconveniences", "matters", "troubles" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "interest":{ "a legal right to participation in the advantages, profits, and responsibility of something":{ "examples":[ "all of the workers at the food cooperative have an interest in it" ], "synonyms":[ "claim", "share", "stake" ], "near synonyms":[ "co-ownership", "ownership", "part", "partnership", "possession", "title" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "the state of doing well especially in relation to one's happiness or success":{ "examples":[ "make no mistake: she's determined to act in her own interest in this business deal" ], "synonyms":[ "good", "weal", "welfare", "well-being" ], "near synonyms":[ "fortune", "prosperity", "prosperousness", "success", "successfulness", "fitness", "health", "healthiness", "robustness", "soundness", "wellness", "wholeness", "wholesomeness", "bliss", "felicity", "happiness", "joy", "advantage", "benefit", "gain", "sake", "content", "contentedness", "gratification", "satisfaction" ], "near antonyms":[ "unhealthiness", "unsoundness", "misery", "sadness", "suffering", "unhappiness", "wretchedness" ], "antonyms":[ "ill-being" ] }, "a commercial or industrial activity or organization":{ "examples":[ "a multinational corporation with interests on every continent" ], "synonyms":[ "business", "company", "concern", "enterprise", "establishment", "firm", "house", "outfit" ], "near synonyms":[ "conglomerate", "corporation", "multinational", "association", "cartel", "chain", "combine", "syndicate", "trust", "agency", "dealer", "outlet", "microenterprise" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "a group of people with a common identifying interest that they seek to protect and promote":{ "examples":[ "the contention that the nation's financial interests have too much power" ], "synonyms":[ "interest group", "pressure group", "special interest" ], "near synonyms":[ "vested interest", "political action committee" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "to hold the attention of":{ "examples":[ "the book didn't interest me, so I ended up watching the parade of people on the sidewalk" ], "synonyms":[ "absorb", "bemuse", "busy", "catch up", "engage", "engross", "enthrall", "enthral", "enwrap", "fascinate", "grip", "immerse", "intrigue", "involve", "occupy" ], "near synonyms":[ "allure", "attract", "beguile", "bewitch", "captivate", "charm", "enchant", "obsess", "hypnotize", "mesmerize", "distract", "preoccupy", "hog", "monopolize" ], "near antonyms":[ "bore", "jade", "pall", "tire", "weary" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "intersection":{ "a place where roads meet":{ "examples":[ "follow this road and take a left turn at the next intersection" ], "synonyms":[ "carrefour", "corner", "crossing", "crossroad", "crossway(s)", "junction" ], "near synonyms":[ "cloverleaf", "interchange", "overpass", "underpass", "circle", "rotary", "roundabout", "traffic circle" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "intending":{ "to have in mind as a purpose or goal":{ "examples":[ "an aspiring entrepreneur who intends to revolutionize the biotech industry" ], "synonyms":[ "aiming", "allowing", "aspiring", "calculating", "contemplating", "designing", "going", "looking", "meaning", "meditating", "planning", "proposing", "purporting", "purposing" ], "near synonyms":[ "dreaming", "hoping", "wishing", "considering", "debating", "mulling (over)", "pondering", "attempting", "endeavoring", "striving", "struggling", "trying", "plotting", "scheming", "accomplishing", "achieving", "effecting", "executing", "performing" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "to communicate or convey (as an idea) to the mind":{ "examples":[ "lawyers for both sides argued for days about what was intended by a particular phrase in the law" ], "synonyms":[ "denoting", "expressing", "importing", "meaning", "signifying", "spelling" ], "near synonyms":[ "connoting", "implying", "suggesting", "adding up (to)", "amounting (to)", "hinting", "inferring", "insinuating", "intimating", "embodying", "epitomizing", "personifying", "representing", "symboling", "symbolling", "symbolizing", "adverting", "alluding (to)", "citing", "instancing", "mentioning", "referring (to)", "specifying", "touching (on or upon)", "designating", "indicating", "pointing (to)", "signaling", "signalling", "announcing", "declaring", "proclaiming", "elucidating", "explaining" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "intercepted":{ "to stop, seize, or interrupt while in progress or on course":{ "examples":[ "the cat was about to hightail it out the front door when I intercepted her" ], "synonyms":[ "blocked", "interdicted", "picked off" ], "near synonyms":[ "captured", "caught", "collared", "corralled", "grabbed", "seized", "snared", "snatched", "trapped" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "intruding":{ "thrusting oneself where one is not welcome or invited":{ "examples":[ "a relentlessly intruding child who likes to interrupt adult conversations simply to get attention" ], "synonyms":[ "busy", "interfering", "intrusive", "meddlesome", "meddling", "nosy", "nosey", "obtrusive", "officious", "presuming", "presumptuous", "protrusive", "prying", "pushing", "pushy", "snoopy" ], "near synonyms":[ "bold", "brazen", "bumptious", "impertinent", "impudent", "insolent", "rude", "invading", "trespassing", "curious", "inquisitive", "annoying", "harassing", "pestiferous", "overbearing", "superserviceable" ], "near antonyms":[ "hands-off", "uninvolved", "quiet", "reclusive", "reserved", "reticent", "retiring", "silent", "taciturn", "withdrawn", "inhibited", "restrained", "subdued" ], "antonyms":[ "unobtrusive" ] }, "to cause a disruption in a 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"ignoring", "neglecting", "overlooking" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adjective", "verb" ] }, "interdictions":{ "an order that something not be done or used":{ "examples":[ "a written interdiction against the wearing of clothing incorporating gang colors" ], "synonyms":[ "bans", "embargoes", "interdicts", "prohibitions", "proscriptions", "vetoes" ], "near synonyms":[ "no-no's", "no-nos", "taboos", "tabus", "constraints", "inhibitions", "limitations", "restraints", "restrictions", "deterrents", "discouragements", "repressions", "suppressions", "preventions", "denials", "disallowances", "negations", "refusals", "rejections", "objections", "protests", "caveats", "warnings", "commandments", "decrees", "dictates", "edicts", "injunctions", "mandates" ], "near antonyms":[ "sufferances", "tolerances", "tolerations", "allowances", "authorizations", "clearances", "consents", "leaves", "licenses", "licences", "permissions", "sanctions", "approbations", "approvals", "blessings", "endorsements", "indorsements", "imprimaturs", "OKs", "okays", "encouragements", "facilitations", "promotions", "supports", "compliances", "obediences", "submissions", "accessions", "acquiescences", "agreements", "assents" ], "antonyms":[ "prescriptions" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "intransigent":{ "sticking to an opinion, purpose, or course of action in spite of reason, arguments, or persuasion":{ "examples":[ "he has remained intransigent , refusing all suggestions for improvement of the process" ], "synonyms":[ "adamant", "adamantine", "bullheaded", "dogged", "hard", "hard-nosed", "hardened", "hardheaded", "headstrong", "immovable", "implacable", "inconvincible", "inflexible", "mulish", "obdurate", "obstinate", "opinionated", "ossified", "pat", "pertinacious", "perverse", "pigheaded", "self-opinionated", "self-willed", "stiff-necked", "stubborn", "unbending", "uncompromising", "unrelenting", "unyielding", "willful", "wilful" ], "near synonyms":[ "anal-retentive", "obsessive", "wayward", "wrongheaded", "determined", "hell-bent", "inexorable", "persistent", "relentless", "resolved", "set", "single-minded", "steadfast", "stouthearted", "tenacious", "unflinching", "firm", "hard-line", "hard-shell", "hard-shelled", "iron", "severe", "stern", "strict", "hidebound", "narrow-minded", "rigid", "bloody-minded", "cantankerous", "contrary", "cussed", "contumacious", "disobedient", "froward", "insubordinate", "intractable", "recalcitrant", "refractory", "uncooperative", "ungovernable", "unmanageable", "unruly", "defiant", "insurgent", "mutinous", "indomitable", "invincible", "unconquerable", "confirmed", "inveterate", "unregenerate", "demanding", "exacting" ], "near antonyms":[ "docile", "obedient", "placable", "submissive", "tractable", "accepting", "persuadable", "receptive", "responsive", "willing", "governable", "manageable", "reasonable", "temperate", "slavish", "subservient" ], "antonyms":[ "acquiescent", "agreeable", "amenable", "compliant", "complying", "flexible", "pliable", "pliant", "relenting", "yielding" ] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "intermixes":{ "to turn into a single mass or entity that is more or less the same throughout":{ "examples":[ "intermixed the ingredients just until there were no more lumps in the batter" ], "synonyms":[ "amalgamates", "blends", "combines", "comingles", "commingles", "commixes", "composites", "concretes", "conflates", "fuses", "homogenizes", "immingles", "immixes", "incorporates", "integrates", "interfuses", "intermingles", "melds", "merges", "mingles", "mixes" ], "near synonyms":[ "adds", "admixes", "beats (in)", "cuts in", "folds", "stirs", "tosses", "coalesces", "compounds", "emulsifies", "conjoins", "joins", "knits", "links", "unites", "intertwines", "interweaves", "weaves" ], "near antonyms":[ "cleaves", "disjoins", "disunites", "divides", "divorces", "parts", "ruptures", "severs", "sunders", "disperses", "dissolves", "scatters", "detaches", "disengages", "splits" ], "antonyms":[ "breaks down", "breaks up", "separates", "unmixes" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "interrogatories":{ "as in inquiries , questions":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "examinations", "explorations", "inquests", "investigations", "probes", "probings", "researches", "studies", "calls", "inquiries", "queries", "questions", "requests", "inquisitions", "interrogations", "questionings", "polls", "questionnaires", "surveys" ], "near antonyms":[ "answers", "replies", "responses" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "interfiling":{ "as in weaving , larding":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "interlining", "larding", "weaving", "cutting in", "inlaying", "insetting", "installing", "cramming", "shoving", "thrusting", "wedging", "edging in", "fitting (in or into)", "injecting", "inserting", "insinuating", "intercalating", "interjecting", "interpolating", "interposing", "interspersing", "introducing", "sandwiching (in or between)", "working in", "adding", "appending", "attaching" ], "near antonyms":[ "ejecting", "eliminating", "excluding", "expelling", "extracting", "withdrawing", "deducting", "detaching", "subtracting", "rejecting" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "interposers":{ "one who works with opposing sides in order to bring about an agreement":{ "examples":[ "I hope that we can resolve this dispute by ourselves, without the help of some outside interposer" ], "synonyms":[ "brokers", "buffers", "conciliators", "go-betweens", "honest brokers", "interceders", "intercessors", "intermediaries", "intermediates", "mediators", "middlemen", "peacemakers" ], "near synonyms":[ "troubleshooters", "moderators", "bargainers", "negotiants", "negotiators", "appeasers", "pacificators", "pacifiers", "reconcilers", "agents", "attorneys", "deputies", "factors", "procurators", "proxies", "liaisons", "mediums", "media", "ambassadors", "emissaries", "envoys", "legates", "messengers", "delegates", "representatives", "busybodies", "interferers", "meddlers", "arbiters", "arbitrators", "judges", "referees", "umpires", "advisers", "advisors", "counselors", "counsellors" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "intercept":{ "to stop, seize, or interrupt while in progress or on course":{ "examples":[ "the cat was about to hightail it out the front door when I intercepted her" ], "synonyms":[ "block", "interdict", "pick off" ], "near synonyms":[ "capture", "catch", "collar", "corral", "grab", "seize", "snare", "snatch", "trap" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "intuit":{ "to have a clear idea of":{ "examples":[ "an imaginative genius like Shakespeare could intuit the thoughts, feelings, and motives of a vast array of characters" ], "synonyms":[ "appreciate", "apprehend", "assimilate", "behold", "catch", "catch on (to)", "cognize", "compass", "comprehend", "conceive", "cotton (to or on to)", "decipher", "decode", "dig", "discern", "get", "grasp", "grok", "know", "make", "make out", "perceive", "recognize", "register", "savvy", "see", "seize", "sense", "tumble (to)", "twig", "understand" ], "near synonyms":[ "absorb", "digest", "take in", "realize", "fathom", "penetrate", "pierce" ], "near antonyms":[ "misapprehend", "misconceive", "misconstrue", "misinterpret", "misperceive", "misread", "mistake", "misunderstand" ], "antonyms":[ "miss" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "integrity":{ "conduct that conforms to an accepted standard of right and wrong":{ "examples":[ "demonstrated that he was a man of integrity by taking full responsibility for his actions" ], "synonyms":[ "character", "decency", "goodness", "honesty", "morality", "probity", "rectitude", "righteousness", "rightness", "uprightness", "virtue", "virtuousness" ], "near synonyms":[ "high-mindedness", "honor", "incorruptibility", "irreproachability", "irreproachableness", "right-mindedness", "scrupulosity", "scrupulousness", "appropriateness", "correctness", "decorousness", "decorum", "etiquette", "fitness", "propriety", "seemliness", "ethics", "morals" ], "near antonyms":[ "impropriety", "indecency", "indecorum", "indiscretion", "debauchery", "degeneracy", "degradation", "depravity", "perversion", "pervertedness", "sinfulness", "crookedness", "dishonesty", "underhandedness", "unscrupulousness", "lowness", "meanness", "viciousness", "vileness", "corruption" ], "antonyms":[ "badness", "evil", "evildoing", "immorality", "iniquity", "sin", "villainy", "wickedness" ] }, "devotion to telling the truth":{ "examples":[ "her integrity is such that she tells the truth even when people least want to hear it" ], "synonyms":[ "honesty", "probity", "truthfulness", "veracity", "verity" ], "near synonyms":[ "honor", "honorableness", "incorruptibility", "rectitude", "righteousness", "right-mindedness", "scrupulosity", "scrupulousness", "uprightness", "artlessness", "candidness", "candor", "forthrightness", "frankness", "good faith", "guilelessness", "ingenuousness", "plainspokenness", "sincerity", "straightforwardness", "dependability", "reliability", "reliableness", "trustability", "trustiness", "trustworthiness", "accuracy", "objectivity", "authenticity", "correctness", "genuineness", "truth", "credibility" ], "near antonyms":[ "artifice", "cozenage", "crookedness", "deception", "dissembling", "dissimulation", "double-dealing", "dupery", "duplicity", "fakery", "falseness", "falsity", "fraudulentness", "hypocrisy", "insincerity", "two-facedness", "beguilement", "craftiness", "cunning", "cunningness", "furtiveness", "guile", "indirection", "insidiousness", "oiliness", "perfidy", "slickness", "slipperiness", "slyness", "smoothness", "treacherousness", "trickery", "underhandedness", "unscrupulousness", "wiliness", "equivocation", "prevarication", "exaggeration", "inaccuracy" ], "antonyms":[ "deceit", "deceitfulness", "dishonesty", "lying", "mendaciousness", "mendacity", "untruthfulness" ] }, "faithfulness to high moral standards":{ "examples":[ "a politician of great honesty and integrity" ], "synonyms":[ "honesty", "honor", "probity", "rectitude", "righteousness", "uprightness" ], "near synonyms":[ "blamelessness", "character", "conscientiousness", "decency", "fairness", "high-mindedness", "incorruptibility", "irreproachability", "irreproachableness", "justice", "morality", "nobility", "reputability", "respectability", "right-mindedness", "scrupulousness", "virtue", "virtuousness" ], "near antonyms":[ "corruptibility", "corruption", "corruptness", "debasement", "debauchery", "decadence", "degeneracy", "degradation", "depravity", "disgrace", "disgracefulness", "disreputableness", "dissipatedness", "dissipation", "dissoluteness", "looseness", "perversion", "pervertedness", "profligacy", "shamelessness", "venality", "blameworthiness", "criminality", "crookedness", "dishonesty", "immorality", "unrighteousness", "unscrupulousness", "knavery", "rascality", "roguishness", "meanness", "reprehensibleness", "rottenness", "sinfulness", "vileness", "villainy", "wickedness", "wretchedness" ], "antonyms":[ "baseness", "dishonor", "lowness" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "intestine(s)":{ "as in bowel(s)":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "bowel(s)", "entrails", "gut", "innards", "inside(s)", "inwards", "viscera", "vitals", "chitterlings", "chitlins", "giblet(s)", "variety meat" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "intonating":{ "to utter in musical or drawn out tones":{ "examples":[ "the priest then proceeded to intonate the prayer's familiar opening words" ], "synonyms":[ "chanting", "intoning", "singing" ], "near synonyms":[ "bellowing", "belting", "roaring", "chiming", "chorusing" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "intercommunicating":{ "to engage in an exchange of information or ideas":{ "examples":[ "the two agencies will need to intercommunicate better if the nation is ever to become truly secure from international terrorism" ], "synonyms":[ "brainstorming", "communicating" ], "near synonyms":[ "corresponding", "conversing", "talking", "messaging", "bonding", "communing", "relating", "accosting", "approaching", "boarding", "contacting" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "introversions":{ "as in self-absorptions , self-involvements":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "self-absorptions", "self-concerns", "self-involvements", "self-analyses", "self-recognitions", "self-actualizations", "self-discoveries", "self-explorations", "self-fulfillments", "self-realizations", "introspections", "self-contemplations", "self-examinations", "self-observations", "self-questionings", "self-reflections", "self-scrutinies", "self-searchings", "soul-searchings", "self-knowledges", "self-revelations", "self-concepts", "self-images", "self-perceptions", "contemplations", "meditations", "reflections", "ruminations" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "intermitted":{ "as in broke off , interrupted":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "broke off", "disbanded", "discontinued", "dispersed", "interrupted", "adjourned", "prorogated", "prorogued", "recessed", "suspended", "deferred", "held off", "postponed", "put off", "reserved", "shelved", "tabled", "dissolved", "ended", "halted", "stopped", "terminated", "broke up", "closed", "concluded", "wound up", "winded up", "wrapped up", "aborted", "called", "called off", "dropped", "recalled", "repealed", "rescinded", "revoked", "abrogated", "annulled", "invalidated", "negated", "nullified", "quashed", "voided" ], "near antonyms":[ "inaugurated", "launched", "opened", "carried on", "continued", "drew out", "extended", "proceeded", "prolonged", "renewed", "reopened", "resumed", "assembled", "called", "convened", "convoked", "mustered", "rallied", "summoned" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "interfiled":{ "as in wove , larded":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "interlined", "larded", "wove", "weaved", "cut in", "inlaid", "inset", "insetted", "installed", "crammed", "shoved", "thrust", "wedged", "edged in", "fitted (in or into)", "fit (in or into)", "injected", "inserted", "insinuated", "intercalated", "interjected", "interpolated", "interposed", "interspersed", "introduced", "sandwiched (in or between)", "worked in", "added", "appended", "attached" ], "near antonyms":[ "ejected", "eliminated", "excluded", "expelled", "extracted", "withdrew", "deducted", "detached", "subtracted", "rejected" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "intercalates":{ "to put among or between others":{ "examples":[ "between the recipes for hearty peasant dishes, the author intercalates fond reminiscences of her year in the French countryside" ], "synonyms":[ "edges in", "fits (in or into)", "injects", "inserts", "insinuates", "interjects", "interpolates", "interposes", "intersperses", "introduces", "sandwiches (in or between)", "works in" ], "near synonyms":[ "cuts in", "inlays", "insets", "installs", "interfiles", "interlines", "lards", "weaves", "crams", "shoves", "thrusts", "wedges", "adds", "appends", "attaches" ], "near antonyms":[ "ejects", "eliminates", "excludes", "expels", "extracts", "withdraws", "deducts", "detaches", "subtracts", "rejects" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "interfused":{ "to come together to form a single unit":{ "examples":[ "comedy and social commentary interfuse seamlessly in this hilariously satirical movie" ], "synonyms":[ "associated", "coalesced", "combined", "conjoined", "conjugated", "connected", "coupled", "fused", "joined", "linked (up)", "married", "unified", "united" ], "near synonyms":[ "mated", "yoked", "allied", "confederated", "leagued", "chained", "compounded", "hitched", "hooked", "spliced", "assembled", "clustered", "congregated", "constellated", "convened", "gathered", "met", "recombined", "reconnected", "rejoined", "reunified", "reunited" ], "near antonyms":[ "detached", "disaffiliated", "disconnected", "disjoined", "disjointed", "dissociated", "disunited", "divided", "divorced", "fractionated", "isolated", "resolved", "uncoupled", "unyoked", "disbanded", "dispersed", "scattered" ], "antonyms":[ "broke up", "dissevered", "parted", "sectioned", "separated", "severed", "split", "sundered", "unlinked" ] }, "to turn into a single mass or entity that is more or less the same throughout":{ "examples":[ "an attractive cologne that interfuses herbal and woodsy scents" ], "synonyms":[ "amalgamated", "blended", "blent", "combined", "comingled", "commingled", "commixed", "composited", "concreted", "conflated", "fused", "homogenized", "immingled", "immixed", "incorporated", "integrated", "intermingled", "intermixed", "melded", "merged", "mingled", "mixed" ], "near synonyms":[ "added", "admixed", "beat (in)", "cut in", "folded", "stirred", "tossed", "coalesced", "compounded", "emulsified", "conjoined", "joined", "knit", "knitted", "linked", "united", "intertwined", "interwove", "interweaved", "wove", "weaved" ], "near antonyms":[ "cleaved", "cleft", "disjoined", "disunited", "divided", "divorced", "parted", "ruptured", "severed", "sundered", "dispersed", "dissolved", "scattered", "detached", "disengaged", "split" ], "antonyms":[ "broke down", "broke up", "separated", "unmixed" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "intersected":{ "to divide by passing through or across":{ "examples":[ "an elevated highway now intersects that old urban neighborhood" ], "synonyms":[ "bisected", "crossed", "cut" ], "near synonyms":[ "crisscrossed", "decussated" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "intervened":{ "to act as a go-between for opposing sides":{ "examples":[ "intervened in the argument before any real harm was done" ], "synonyms":[ "interceded", "intermediated", "interposed", "mediated" ], "near synonyms":[ "butted in", "interfered", "intruded", "meddled", "obtruded", "pried", "snooped", "arbitrated", "moderated", "negotiated", "refereed", "barged (in)", "bothered", "broke (in)", "chimed in", "cut in", "infringed", "invaded", "trespassed" ], "near antonyms":[ "stood by", "avoided", "eschewed", "shunned", "disregarded", "ignored", "overlooked" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "intensify":{ "to make markedly greater in measure or degree":{ "examples":[ "intensified her efforts to preserve the town's historic buildings and landmarks" ], "synonyms":[ "accentuate", "amp (up)", "amplify", "beef (up)", "boost", "consolidate", "deepen", "enhance", "heighten", "magnify", "redouble", "step up", "strengthen" ], "near synonyms":[ "broaden", "enlarge", "expand", "extend", "lengthen", "accelerate", "hasten", "quicken", "emphasize", "point (up)", "sharpen", "stress", "augment", "enforce", "reinforce", "reenforce", "restrengthen", "supplement", "maximize", "enliven", "jazz (up)", "aggravate", "exacerbate" ], "near antonyms":[ "decrease", "diminish", "lessen", "let up (on)", "reduce", "subdue", "tone (down)", "weaken", "dwindle", "recede", "subside", "taper (off)", "wane", "alleviate", "ease", "lighten" ], "antonyms":[ "abate", "moderate" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "intuited":{ "to have a clear idea of":{ "examples":[ "an imaginative genius like Shakespeare could intuit the thoughts, feelings, and motives of a vast array of characters" ], "synonyms":[ "appreciated", "apprehended", "assimilated", "beheld", "caught", "caught on (to)", "cognized", "compassed", "comprehended", "conceived", "cottoned (to or on to)", "deciphered", "decoded", "discerned", "dug", "got", "grasped", "grokked", "knew", "made", "made out", "perceived", "recognized", "registered", "savvied", "saw", "seized", "sensed", "tumbled (to)", "twigged", "understood" ], "near synonyms":[ "absorbed", "digested", "took in", "realized", "fathomed", "penetrated", "pierced" ], "near antonyms":[ "misapprehended", "misconceived", "misconstrued", "misinterpreted", "misperceived", "misread", "mistook", "misunderstood" ], "antonyms":[ "missed" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "interlocked":{ "to fit (two or 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"embarrass", "encumber", "fetter", "hamper", "handcuff", "handicap", "hinder", "hobble", "hog-tie", "hold back", "hold up", "impede", "inhibit", "manacle", "obstruct", "shackle", "short-circuit", "stymie", "tie up", "trammel" ], "near synonyms":[ "balk", "check", "constrain", "curb", "rein", "restrain", "bind", "chain", "halter", "leash", "tether", "tie", "arrest", "brake", "delay", "retain", "retard", "barricade", "block", "blockade", "roadblock", "bog (down)", "mire", "choke", "smother", "stifle", "strangle", "suffocate", "baffle", "foil", "frustrate", "stump", "thwart", "derail", "disrupt", "sabotage", "muzzle", "repress", "suppress", "confine", "hedge (in)", "hem (in)" ], "near antonyms":[ "clear", "make way", "open", "unclog", "unplug", "unstop", "free", "liberate", "release", "untie", "loosen", "smooth", "encourage", "further", "promote" ], "antonyms":[ "aid", "assist", "facilitate", "help" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "introversion":{ "as in self-absorption , self-centeredness":{ 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"constantly", "continually", "continuingly", "continuously", "night and day", "repeatedly", "unceasingly", "uninterruptedly" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adverb" ] }, "intimidators":{ "a person who teases, threatens, or hurts smaller, weaker, or more vulnerable persons":{ "examples":[ "the loan shark hired an intimidator to make sure that he got all that was owed him" ], "synonyms":[ "bullies", "bullyboys", "hectors" ], "near synonyms":[ "antagonists", "enemies", "abusers", "baiters", "gibers", "jibers", "harassers", "harriers", "hecklers", "mockers", "needlers", "oppressors", "persecutors", "ridiculers", "taunters", "teasers", "teases", "torturers", "goons", "hoodlums", "hoods", "hooligans", "mugs", "punks", "roughnecks", "roughs", "rowdies", "ruffians", "thugs", "toughies", "toughs", "cutthroats", "felons", "gangsters", "gunmen", "mobsters", "racketeers" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "intendances":{ "the act or activity of looking after and making 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"intensively", "laboriously", "mightily", "purposefully", "resolutely", "sedulously", "slavishly", "strenuously" ], "near synonyms":[ "actively", "animatedly", "briskly", "busily", "dynamically", "energetically", "feverishly", "spiritedly", "vehemently", "vigorously", "zealously", "continuously", "ploddingly", "steadfastly", "steadily", "unabatedly", "unrelentingly", "unremittingly", "ardently", "attentively", "conscientiously", "earnestly", "exhaustively", "meticulously", "painstakingly", "seriously", "thoroughly", "indefatigably", "tirelessly", "unflaggingly", "untiringly", "wearilessly", "obstinately", "stubbornly", "willfully" ], "near antonyms":[ "casually", "desultorily", "halfheartedly", "indolently", "lackadaisically", "languidly", "lazily", "listlessly", "shiftlessly", "sluggishly", "spiritlessly", "tiredly", "wearily" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adverb" ] }, "intolerance":{ "stubborn or intolerant adherence to one's opinions or prejudices":{ "examples":[ "a group whose mission is to oppose intolerance and extremism" ], "synonyms":[ "bigotry", "dogmatism", "illiberalism", "illiberality", "illiberalness", "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" ] }, "interposes":{ "to act as a go-between for opposing sides":{ "examples":[ "an elder statesman who has interposed a number of times in international conflicts" ], "synonyms":[ "intercedes", "intermediates", "intervenes", "mediates" ], "near synonyms":[ "butts in", "interferes", "intrudes", "meddles", "obtrudes", "pries", "snoops", "arbitrates", "moderates", "negotiates", "referees", "barges (in)", "bothers", "breaks (in)", "chimes in", "cuts in", "infringes", "invades", "trespasses" ], "near antonyms":[ "stands by", "avoids", "eschews", "shuns", "disregards", "ignores", "overlooks" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to cause a disruption in a conversation or discussion":{ "examples":[ "I hate to interpose , but could you tell me what you meant by that last remark?" ], "synonyms":[ "breaks in", "chimes in", "chips in", "cuts in", "interrupts", "intrudes" ], "near synonyms":[ "barges (in)", "bothers", "horns in", "adds", "contributes", "puts in" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "to put among or between others":{ "examples":[ "a solid line of police in riot gear interposed itself between the trade ministers and the crowd of protesters" ], "synonyms":[ "edges in", "fits (in or into)", "injects", "inserts", "insinuates", "intercalates", "interjects", "interpolates", "intersperses", "introduces", "sandwiches (in or between)", "works in" ], "near synonyms":[ "cuts in", "inlays", "insets", "installs", "interfiles", "interlines", "lards", "weaves", "crams", "shoves", "thrusts", "wedges", "adds", "appends", "attaches" ], "near antonyms":[ "ejects", "eliminates", "excludes", "expels", "extracts", "withdraws", "deducts", "detaches", "subtracts", "rejects" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "intertwined":{ "as in interwoven , interlaced":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "interlaced", "intermixed", "interwoven", "coalescent", "fused", "integrated", "cut-and-paste", "blended", "combined", "commingled", "mingled", "mixed", "amalgamated", "composite", "compound" ], "near antonyms":[ "noncompound", "simple", "uncombined", "unmixed" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to cause to twine about one another":{ "examples":[ "intertwined two different colors of yarn" ], "synonyms":[ "enlaced", "entwined", "implicated", "interlaced", "intertwisted", "interwove", "interweaved", "inwove", "inweaved", "laced", "plied", "twisted", "wove", "weaved", "wreathed", "writhed" ], "near synonyms":[ "braided", "plaited", "platted", "pleached", "blended", "blent", "fused", "joined", "linked", "mixed" ], "near antonyms":[ "disentangled", "uncoiled", "untangled", "untwined", "unwound" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to twist together into a usually confused mass":{ "examples":[ "intertwining yarn is usually a bad idea, because you'll never get it all sorted out again" ], "synonyms":[ "entangled", "interlaced", "intertwisted", "interwove", "interweaved", "knotted", "snarled", "tangled" ], "near synonyms":[ "jumbled", "scrabbled", "scrambled", "braided", "enlaced", "entwined", "entwisted", "inwove", "inweaved", "plaited", "twined", "wound", "winded", "wove", "weaved", "wreathed", "writhed" ], "near antonyms":[ "unknotted", "unraveled", "unscrambled", "unwove" ], "antonyms":[ "disentangled", "unsnarled", "untangled", "untwined", "untwisted" ] }, "type":[ "adjective", "verb" ] }, "intercepting":{ "to stop, seize, or interrupt while in progress or on course":{ "examples":[ "the cat was about to hightail it out the front door when I intercepted her" ], "synonyms":[ "blocking", "interdicting", "picking off" ], "near synonyms":[ "capturing", "catching", "collaring", "corralling", "grabbing", "seizing", "snaring", "snatching", "trapping" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "intersect":{ "to divide by passing through or across":{ "examples":[ "an elevated highway now intersects that old urban neighborhood" ], "synonyms":[ "bisect", "cross", "cut" ], "near synonyms":[ "crisscross", "decussate" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "intone":{ "to utter in musical or drawn out tones":{ "examples":[ "\"The day is begun,\" the narrator intoned" ], "synonyms":[ "chant", "intonate", "sing" ], "near synonyms":[ "bellow", "belt", "roar", "chime", "chorus" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "interspersing":{ "to scatter or set here and there among other things":{ "examples":[ "for variety, intersperse some photos among the other decorations on the wall" ], "synonyms":[ "interlacing", "interweaving", "lacing", "salting", "threading", "weaving", "wreathing" ], "near synonyms":[ "inserting", "intermingling", "mingling", "mixing", "alternating", "juxtaposing", "amalgamating", "assimilating", "blending", "combining", "commingling", "embodying", "fusing", "incorporating", "integrating", "merging" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "to put among or between others":{ "examples":[ "intersperses some fascinating factoids about wine between his profiles of the nation's leading wineries" ], "synonyms":[ "edging in", "fitting (in or into)", "injecting", "inserting", "insinuating", "intercalating", "interjecting", "interpolating", "interposing", "introducing", "sandwiching (in or between)", "working in" ], "near synonyms":[ "cutting in", "inlaying", "insetting", "installing", "interfiling", "interlining", "larding", "weaving", "cramming", "shoving", "thrusting", "wedging", "adding", "appending", "attaching" ], "near antonyms":[ "ejecting", "eliminating", "excluding", "expelling", "extracting", "withdrawing", "deducting", "detaching", "subtracting", "rejecting" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "interstate":{ "as in motorway , autobahn":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "autobahn", "autoroute", "autostrada", "dual carriageway", "motorway", "superhighway", "causeway", "beltway", "bypass", "parkway", "ring road", "arterial", "artery", "avenue", "boulevard", "carriageway", "drag", "drive", "expressway", "freeway", "high road", "highway", "pass", "pike", "road", "roadway", "route", "row", "street", "thoroughfare", "thruway", "trace", "turnpike", "way", "corniche", "switchback", "through street", "high street", "Main Street", "backstreet", "branch", "bystreet", "byway", "crossroad", "secondary road", "shunpike", "side road", "side street", "alley", "alleyway", "circle", "lane", "laneway", "mews", "place" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "intellectualizers":{ "as in pseuds":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "pseuds", "Brahmins", "mandarins", "sages", "brains", "geniuses", "genii", "intellects", "thinkers", "whizzes", "wizards", "blues", "bluestockings", "double-domes", "geeks", "highbrows", "intellectualists", "intellectuals", "longhairs", "nerds" ], "near antonyms":[ "anti-intellectuals", "lowbrows", "philistines", "blockheads", "dolts", "dopes", "dumbbells", "dummies", "dunces", "fatheads", "half-wits", "imbeciles", "morons", "nitwits", "pinheads", "simpletons" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "interfaces":{ "to connect or become connected; to connect by means of an interface":{ "examples":[ "interface a machine with a computer" ], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "affiliates", "allies", "associates", "combines", "confederates", "hangs together", "bands (together)", "collaborates", "concerts", "concurs", "conjoins", "conspires", "cooperates", "joins", "leagues", "teams (up)", "unites", "connives" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "intellections":{ "something imagined or pictured in the mind":{ "examples":[ "notebooks filled with his intellections on an amazing array of topics" ], "synonyms":[ "abstractions", "cogitations", "conceptions", "concepts", "ideas", "images", "impressions", "mind's eyes", "notions", "pictures", "thoughts" ], "near synonyms":[ "apprehensions", "premonitions", "presentiments", "preconceptions", "prejudices", "prepossessions", "chimeras", "delusions", "hallucinations", "illusions", "phantasms", "fantasms", "caprices", "conceits", "fancies", "freaks", "kinks", "vagaries", "whims", "cognitions", "observations", "perceptions", "reflections", "assumptions", "beliefs", "conclusions", "convictions", "conjectures", "guesses", "hunches", "hypotheses", "speculations", "suppositions", "surmises", "theories", "brainchildren", "brainstorms", "brain waves", "inspirations" ], "near antonyms":[ "actualities", "facts", "realities" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "interfuse":{ "to come together to form a single unit":{ "examples":[ "comedy and social commentary interfuse seamlessly in this hilariously satirical movie" ], "synonyms":[ "associate", "coalesce", "combine", "conjoin", "conjugate", "connect", "couple", "fuse", "join", "link (up)", "marry", "unify", "unite" ], "near synonyms":[ "mate", "yoke", "ally", "confederate", "league", "chain", "compound", "hitch", "hook", "splice", "assemble", "cluster", "congregate", "constellate", "convene", "gather", "meet", "recombine", "reconnect", "rejoin", "reunify", "reunite" ], "near antonyms":[ "detach", "disaffiliate", "disconnect", "disjoin", "disjoint", "dissociate", "disunite", "divide", "divorce", "fractionate", "isolate", "resolve", "uncouple", "unyoke", "disband", "disperse", "scatter" ], "antonyms":[ "break up", "dissever", "part", "section", "separate", "sever", "split", "sunder", "unlink" ] }, "to turn into a single mass or entity that is more or less the same throughout":{ "examples":[ "an attractive cologne that interfuses herbal and woodsy scents" ], "synonyms":[ "amalgamate", "blend", "combine", "comingle", "commingle", "commix", "composite", "concrete", "conflate", "fuse", "homogenize", "immingle", "immix", "incorporate", "integrate", "intermingle", "intermix", "meld", "merge", "mingle", "mix" ], "near synonyms":[ "add", "admix", "beat (in)", "cut in", "fold", "stir", "toss", "coalesce", "compound", "emulsify", "conjoin", "join", "knit", "link", "unite", "intertwine", "interweave", "weave" ], "near antonyms":[ "cleave", "disjoin", "disunite", "divide", "divorce", "part", "rupture", "sever", "sunder", "disperse", "dissolve", "scatter", "detach", "disengage", "split" ], "antonyms":[ "break down", "break up", "separate", "unmix" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "interjections":{ "a sudden short emotional utterance":{ "examples":[ "a chorus of angry interjections greeted the announcement that our flight would be delayed" ], "synonyms":[ "cries", "ejaculations", "exclamations" ], "near synonyms":[ "aahs", "ahs", "oohs", "hollers", "hoots", "howls", "shouts", "whoops", "yells", "yelps", "yowls", "screams", "screeches", "shrieks", "squalls", "squeaks", "squeals" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "intervening":{ "to act as a go-between for opposing sides":{ "examples":[ "intervened in the argument before any real harm was done" ], "synonyms":[ "interceding", "intermediating", "interposing", "mediating" ], "near synonyms":[ "butting in", "interfering", "intruding", "meddling", "obtruding", "prying", "snooping", "arbitrating", "moderating", "negotiating", "refereeing", "barging (in)", "bothering", "breaking (in)", "chiming in", "cutting in", "infringing", "invading", "trespassing" ], "near antonyms":[ "standing by", "avoiding", "eschewing", "shunning", "disregarding", "ignoring", "overlooking" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "intimation":{ "a slight or indirect pointing to something (as a solution or explanation)":{ "examples":[ "the newscaster could not resist giving a slight intimation that the voting was going contrary to predictions" ], "synonyms":[ "clue", "cue", "hint", "indication", "inkling", "lead", "suggestion" ], "near synonyms":[ "breath", "flicker", "glimmer", "glimpse", "mention", "scent", "whiff", "wind", "hunch", "idea", "inspiration", "notion", "allusion", "implication", "inference", "innuendo", "insinuation", "denotation", "evidence", "guidepost", "key", "mark", "overtone", "pointer", "sign", "signal", "telltale", "token", "assistance", "nod", "prompt", "tip", "tip-off", "wink", "feeling", "foreboding", "intuition", "premonition", "presentiment", "suspicion", "augury", "foreshadower", "foretaste", "harbinger", "omen", "portent", "prefigurement", "presage", "symptom" ], "near antonyms":[ "answer", "solution" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "interstice":{ "a break in continuity":{ "examples":[ "there's an occasional interstice in the tedium, but most of the novel is boring" ], "synonyms":[ "discontinuity", "gap", "hiatus", "hiccup", "hiccough", "interim", "interlude", "intermission", "interregnum", "interruption", "interval", "parenthesis" ], "near synonyms":[ "caesura", "comma", "interspace", "lag", "pause", "space", "time lag", "window", "entr'acte", "bumper", "adjournment", "discontinuance", "lapse", "suspension", "lull", "recess", "respite", "rest", "subinterval" ], "near antonyms":[ "continuum", "run", "stretch", "procession", "progression" ], "antonyms":[ "continuation", "continuity" ] }, "an open space in a barrier (as a wall or hedge)":{ "examples":[ "pesky weeds growing in the interstices between the flagstones" ], "synonyms":[ "breach", "break", "discontinuity", "gap", "gulf", "hiatus", "hole", "interval", "opening", "rent", "rift", "separation", "void" ], "near synonyms":[ "chink", "cleft", "crack", "cranny", "crevice", "fissure", "notch", "slit", "slot", "split", "interspace", "pore", "abyss", "aperture", "cavity", "chasm", 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"attaches" ], "near antonyms":[ "ejects", "eliminates", "excludes", "expels", "extracts", "withdraws", "deducts", "detaches", "subtracts", "rejects" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "interloping":{ "to interest oneself in what is not one's concern":{ "examples":[ "regarded the new couple as a pair of interloping parvenus who were sure to upset the town's social hierarchy" ], "synonyms":[ "butting in", "interfering", "intermeddling", "intruding", "meddling", "messing", "mucking (about or around)", "nosing", "obtruding", "poking", "prying", "snooping" ], "near synonyms":[ "interceding", "interposing", "intervening", "barging (in)", "chiseling (in)", "chiselling (in)", "encroaching", "infringing", "invading", "trespassing", "fiddling", "fooling", "monkeying", "playing", "tampering" ], "near antonyms":[ "avoiding", "eschewing", "shunning", "disregarding", "ignoring", "neglecting", "overlooking" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "intellects":{ "a very smart person":{ 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"type":[ "noun" ] }, "intermittent":{ "occurring or appearing at intervals":{ "examples":[ "intermittent showers had me opening and closing my umbrella all day long" ], "synonyms":[ "continual", "on-and-off", "periodic", "periodical", "recurrent", "recurring" ], "near synonyms":[ "alternate", "alternating", "cyclic", "cyclical", "rhythmic", "rhythmical", "seasonal", "serial", "aperiodic", "erratic", "fitful", "irregular", "occasional", "spasmodic", "sporadic", "spotty", "unsteady" ], "near antonyms":[ "eternal", "everlasting", "interminable", "perpetual" ], "antonyms":[ "constant", "continuous", "incessant", "unceasing" ] }, "lacking in steadiness or regularity of occurrence":{ "examples":[ "the breadwinner's intermittent employment put the family in a difficult position financially" ], "synonyms":[ "aperiodic", "casual", "catchy", "choppy", "discontinuous", "episodic", "episodical", "erratic", "fitful", "irregular", "occasional", "spasmodic", "spastic", "sporadic", "spotty", "unsteady" ], "near synonyms":[ "convulsive", "sudden", "violent", "broken", "disconnected", "fragmentary", "interrupted", "aimless", "arbitrary", "desultory", "haphazard", "hit-and-miss", "hit-or-miss", "odd", "random", "scattered", "slapdash", "stray", "capricious", "changeful", "changing", "flickery", "fluctuating", "fluid", "inconstant", "mercurial", "mutable", "temperamental", "uncertain", "unpredictable", "unsettled", "unstable", "varying", "wavering", "changeable", "fickle", "variable", "volatile" ], "near antonyms":[ "changeless", "equable", "even", "stable", "stationary", "uniform", "unchanging", "unvarying", "unwavering", "methodical", "methodic", "orderly", "systematic", "unrelenting", "unremitting" ], "antonyms":[ "constant", "continuous", "habitual", "periodic", "regular", "repeated", "steady" ] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "intermarriage":{ "as in miscegenation , remarriage":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "miscegenation", "mixed marriage", "remarriage", "conjugality", "connubiality", "marriage", "match", "matrimony", "wedlock", "monogamy", "bigamy", "polyamory", "polyandry", "polygamy", "polygyny", "cohabitation", "common-law marriage", "civil union", "domestic partnership", "attachment", "commitment", "relationship", "betrothal", "engagement", "espousal", "hand", "pledge", "promise", "proposal", "troth" ], "near antonyms":[ "annulment", "divorce", "separation" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "intrepidness":{ "strength of mind to carry on in spite of danger":{ "examples":[ "a globe-trotting journalist of remarkable intrepidness who never flinches from any challenge life has to offer" ], "synonyms":[ "bottle", "bravery", "courage", "courageousness", "daring", "daringness", "dauntlessness", "doughtiness", "fearlessness", "gallantry", "greatheartedness", "guts", "gutsiness", "hardihood", "heart", "heroism", "intestinal fortitude", "intrepidity", "moxie", "nerve", "pecker", "prowess", "stoutness", "valor", "virtue" ], "near synonyms":[ "backbone", "fiber", "fortitude", "grit", "gumption", "mettle", "pluck", "pluckiness", "spunk", "temper", "determination", "perseverance", "resolution", "endurance", "stamina", "stomach", "tenacity", "audacity", "boldness", "brazenness", "cheek", "cojones", "effrontery", "gall", "temerity" ], "near antonyms":[ "cold feet", "faintheartedness", "fearfulness", "mousiness", "timidity", "timorousness", "feebleness", "softness", "weakness", "impotence", "ineffectualness", "hesitation", "indecision", "indecisiveness", "irresolution" ], "antonyms":[ "cowardice", "cowardliness", "cravenness", "dastardliness", "poltroonery", "spinelessness" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "intensive":{ "extreme in degree, power, or effect":{ "examples":[ "an intensive effort to prevent an adult bookstore from opening in town" ], "synonyms":[ "acute", "almighty", "blistering", "deep", "dreadful", "excruciating", "explosive", "exquisite", "fearful", "fearsome", "ferocious", "fierce", "frightful", "furious", "ghastly", "hard", "heavy", "heavy-duty", "hellacious", "intense", "keen", "profound", "terrible", "vehement", "vicious", "violent" ], "near synonyms":[ "accentuated", "aggravated", "concentrated", "deepened", "emphasized", "enhanced", "heightened", "intensified", "magnified", "stressed", "exhaustive", "thorough", "harsh", "rigorous", "severe" ], "near antonyms":[ "feeble", "weak", "shallow", "superficial", "moderated", "qualified", "alleviated", "eased", "lightened", "toned (down)", "abated", "decreased", "diminished", "lessened", "reduced", "subdued" ], "antonyms":[ "light", "moderate", "soft" ] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "interpretive":{ "serving to explain":{ "examples":[ "an edition of Shakespeare's plays with many interpretive footnotes that students should find very helpful" ], "synonyms":[ "elucidative", "exegetical", "exegetic", "explanative", "explanatory", "explicative", "explicatory", "expositive", "expository", "illuminative", "illustrative", "interpretative" ], "near 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"reserve", "reservedness", "reticence", "taciturnity", "apathy", "indifference", "stoicism", "stoniness", "unconcern", "stiffness", "woodenness", "chilliness", "coldness", "coolness", "frigidity", "frigidness" ], "antonyms":[ "impassiveness", "impassivity", "insensibility", "insensibleness", "insensitiveness", "insensitivity" ] }, "the quality or state of being forceful (as in expression)":{ "examples":[ "the intensity of the actor's performance had theatergoers on the edge of their seats" ], "synonyms":[ "aggressiveness", "assertiveness", "emphasis", "fierceness", "forcefulness", "intenseness", "vehemence", "vigorousness", "violence" ], "near synonyms":[ "potency", "power", "strength", "eloquence", "ardency", "ardor", "fervency", "fervidness", "fervor", "insistence", "passion", "warmth", "stridency", "vociferousness", "absoluteness", "clearness", "directness", "incision", "incisiveness", "plainness", "straightforwardness", "vividness" ], "near antonyms":[ "ambiguity", "equivocation", "delicacy", "lightness", "subtlety" ], "antonyms":[ "feebleness", "mildness", "weakness" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "introvert":{ "a shy or reserved person":{ "examples":[ "although interested in the public welfare, he was too much of an introvert to consider personally running for political office" ], "synonyms":[ "shrinking violet", "wallflower" ], "near synonyms":[ "mouse", "cold fish", "iceberg", "icicle" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[ "extrovert", "extravert" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "intoxications":{ "a state of overwhelming usually pleasurable emotion":{ "examples":[ "the intoxication felt by two people who have just fallen in love" ], "synonyms":[ "cloud nine", "ecstasies", "elations", "euphorias", "exhilarations", "heavens", "highs", "paradises", "raptures", "rhapsodies", "seventh heaven", "swoons", "transports" ], "near synonyms":[ "exaltations", "blisses", "delights", "enchantments", "felicities", "joys", "pleasures", "reveries", "trances", "inspirations", "fervors", "frenzies", "passions", "cheers", "exuberances", "gaieties", "gayeties", "glees", "jubilances", "jubilations" ], "near antonyms":[ "miseries", "woes", "blues", "dejections", "desolations", "despairs", "despondencies", "disheartenments", "doldrums", "dumps", "glooms", "melancholies", "mopes" ], "antonyms":[ "depressions" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "intimates":{ "a person who has a strong liking for and trust in another":{ "examples":[ "usually quite aloof in public, he's actually very relaxed with his intimates" ], "synonyms":[ "alter egos", "amigos", "buddies", "chums", "compadres", "comrades", "confidantes", "confidants", "cronies", "familiars", "friends", "mates", "musketeers", "pals" ], "near synonyms":[ "acquaintances", "associates", "cohorts", "colleagues", "companions", "fellows", "hearties", "hobnobbers", "partners", "peers", "sports", "blood brothers", "brothers", "brethren", "main men", "sisters", "abettors", "abetters", "accomplices", "allies", "collaborators", "confederates", "pen pals", "benefactors", "supporters", "sympathizers", "well-wishers", "friendlies" ], "near antonyms":[ "adversaries", "antagonists", "competitors", "opponents", "rivals", "archenemies", "nemeses" ], "antonyms":[ "enemies", "foes" ] }, "to convey an idea indirectly":{ "examples":[ "trying to intimate that there was more going on than anyone knew" ], "synonyms":[ "alludes", "hints", "implies", "indicates", "infers", "insinuates", "suggests" ], "near synonyms":[ "adverts", "mentions", "points", "refers", "signalizes", "signals", "signifies", "smacks (of)", "smells (of)" ], "near antonyms":[ "announces", "declares", "proclaims", "elucidates", "explains", "spells out", "delineates", "describes" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "intended":{ "made, given, or done with full awareness of what one is doing":{ "examples":[ "you may feign innocence, but I know that that last remark was an intended dig" ], "synonyms":[ "conscious", "deliberate", "intentional", "knowing", "purposeful", "purposive", "set", "voluntary", "willed", "willful", "wilful", "witting" ], "near synonyms":[ "designed", "planned", "advised", "calculated", "considered", "measured", "reasoned", "studied", "thoughtful", "weighed", "premeditated", "premeditative", "prepense", "discretionary", "elective", "optional", "volunteer" ], "near antonyms":[ "inadvertent", "unwitting", "accidental", "chance", "haphazard", "hit-or-miss", "incidental", "random", "aimless", "desultory", "purposeless", "abrupt", "impetuous", "sudden", "coerced", "forced", "involuntary", "compulsory", "mandatory", "necessary", "nonelective", "obligatory", "ordered", "required", "casual", "extemporaneous", "impromptu", "impulsive", "instinctive", "spontaneous", "unforced", "unpremeditated" ], "antonyms":[ "nondeliberate", "nonpurposive", "unintentional" ] }, "the person to whom one is engaged to be married":{ "examples":[ "after a bit of bickering, she and her intended have finally picked out a wedding site" ], "synonyms":[ "betrothed", "fianc\u00e9", "fianc\u00e9e" ], "near synonyms":[ "admirer", "beau", "beloved", "boyfriend", "darling", "dear", "favorite", "fellow", "flame", "girlfriend", "honey", "love", "lover", "steady", "swain", "sweet", "sweetheart", "sweetie", "sweetie pie", "valentine", "bride", "groom" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "to have in mind as a purpose or goal":{ "examples":[ "an aspiring entrepreneur who intends to revolutionize the biotech industry" ], "synonyms":[ "aimed", "allowed", "aspired", "calculated", "contemplated", "designed", "looked", "meant", "meditated", "planned", "proposed", "purported", "purposed", "went" ], "near synonyms":[ "dreamed", "dreamt", "hoped", "wished", "considered", "debated", "mulled (over)", "pondered", "attempted", "endeavored", "strove", "strived", "struggled", "tried", "plotted", "schemed", "accomplished", "achieved", "effected", "executed", "performed" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "to communicate or convey (as an 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