dict_dl/en_MW_thesaurus/av_mwt.json
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{
"avalanches":{
"a large mass especially of snow, ice, dirt, or rocks descending from a high place":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"Much of the mountainside was covered by the avalanche ."
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"a sudden large amount of something that overwhelms":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"After the disaster, the town received an avalanche of letters and donations from supporters and well-wishers."
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"to fall down in a large mass":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"The snow avalanched down the mountainside."
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"avaricious":{
"having or marked by an eager and often selfish desire especially for material possessions":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"an avaricious scheme to con the elderly couple out of thousands of dollars"
],
"near antonyms":[
"nonmaterialistic",
"altruistic",
"bounteous",
"bountiful",
"charitable",
"freehanded",
"generous",
"greathearted",
"handsome",
"liberal",
"magnanimous",
"munificent",
"openhanded",
"openhearted",
"selfless",
"unselfish",
"unsparing",
"controlled",
"moderate",
"restrained",
"temperate",
"content",
"sated",
"satisfied"
],
"related":[
"commercialistic",
"materialistic",
"philistine",
"desirous",
"eager",
"itchy",
"lickerish",
"miserly",
"hoggish",
"piggish",
"piggy",
"swinish",
"devouring",
"gluttonous",
"gobbling",
"insatiable",
"ravenous",
"unquenchable",
"voracious",
"egocentric",
"egoistic",
"egoistical",
"egotistic",
"egotistical",
"self-centered",
"self-seeking",
"discontent",
"discontented",
"malcontent",
"unsatisfied",
"begrudging",
"grudging",
"resentful"
],
"synonyms":[
"acquisitive",
"avid",
"coveting",
"covetous",
"grabby",
"grasping",
"greedy",
"mercenary",
"moneygrubbing",
"rapacious"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"avers":{
"to state as a fact usually forcefully":{
"antonyms":[
"denies",
"gainsays"
],
"examples":[
"was tearfully averring his innocence"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abandons",
"disavows",
"disclaims",
"disowns",
"negates",
"negatives",
"rejects",
"repudiates",
"challenges",
"disputes",
"questions",
"confutes",
"disproves",
"rebuts",
"refutes",
"contradicts",
"counters"
],
"related":[
"announces",
"broadcasts",
"proclaims",
"argues",
"rationalizes",
"reasons",
"confirms",
"justifies",
"vindicates",
"defends",
"perseveres",
"supports",
"upholds",
"reaffirms",
"reasserts"
],
"synonyms":[
"affirms",
"alleges",
"asserts",
"avouches",
"avows",
"claims",
"contends",
"declares",
"insists",
"maintains",
"professes",
"protests",
"purports",
"warrants"
]
},
"to state clearly and strongly":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"averred that she didn't need any help choosing her own clothes"
],
"near antonyms":[
"minimizes",
"understates",
"disregards",
"ignores",
"neglects",
"overlooks"
],
"related":[
"advances",
"advertises",
"boosts",
"plugs",
"promotes",
"publicizes",
"announces",
"blazes",
"calls",
"proclaims",
"pronounces",
"says",
"accents",
"accentuates",
"emphasizes",
"stresses",
"underlines",
"underscores",
"advocates",
"champions",
"defends",
"espouses",
"supports",
"upholds",
"assures",
"convinces",
"persuades",
"explains",
"justifies",
"rationalizes",
"reaffirms",
"reasserts"
],
"synonyms":[
"affirms",
"asserts",
"avouches",
"avows",
"declares",
"guarantees",
"lays down",
"professes"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"averting":{
"the act or practice of keeping something from happening":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the averting of forest fires can be helped by the clearing of dry underbrush"
],
"near antonyms":[
"aid",
"assistance",
"backing",
"support",
"facilitation",
"advancement",
"cultivation",
"encouragement",
"nurture",
"promotion"
],
"related":[
"avoidance",
"circumvention",
"negation",
"neutralization",
"nullification",
"baffling",
"balking",
"checkmate",
"crossing",
"debarment",
"determent",
"deterrence",
"foiling",
"frustration",
"thwarting",
"barring",
"enjoining",
"forbidding",
"interdicting",
"interdiction",
"outlawing",
"prohibiting",
"prohibition",
"proscribing",
"proscription"
],
"synonyms":[
"forestallment",
"precluding",
"prevention"
]
},
"to keep from happening by taking action in advance":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"her careful planning averted disaster"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abetting",
"aiding",
"assisting",
"easing",
"facilitating",
"smoothing",
"unclogging",
"advancing",
"cultivating",
"encouraging",
"forwarding",
"fostering",
"furthering",
"nurturing",
"promoting",
"allowing",
"leaving",
"letting",
"permitting"
],
"related":[
"anticipating",
"providing",
"negating",
"neutralizing",
"nullifying",
"saving",
"baffling",
"balking",
"checkmating",
"deterring",
"foiling",
"frustrating",
"thwarting",
"barring",
"blocking",
"hampering",
"hindering",
"impeding",
"interfering (with)",
"retarding",
"stalling",
"deflecting",
"fending (off)",
"stopping",
"warding (off)",
"avoiding",
"circumventing",
"dodging",
"ducking",
"eluding",
"escaping",
"eschewing",
"evading",
"shaking",
"shirking",
"shunning",
"forbidding",
"inhibiting",
"prohibiting",
"arresting",
"checking",
"halting",
"stopping",
"compensating (for)",
"counteracting",
"counterbalancing",
"making up (for)",
"offsetting"
],
"synonyms":[
"forestalling",
"heading off",
"helping",
"obviating",
"precluding",
"preventing",
"staving off"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"averts":{
"to keep from happening by taking action in advance":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"her careful planning averted disaster"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abets",
"aids",
"assists",
"eases",
"facilitates",
"smooths",
"smoothes",
"unclogs",
"advances",
"cultivates",
"encourages",
"forwards",
"fosters",
"furthers",
"nurtures",
"promotes",
"allows",
"leaves",
"lets",
"permits"
],
"related":[
"anticipates",
"provides",
"negates",
"neutralizes",
"nullifies",
"saves",
"baffles",
"balks",
"checkmates",
"deters",
"foils",
"frustrates",
"thwarts",
"bars",
"blocks",
"hampers",
"hinders",
"impedes",
"interferes (with)",
"retards",
"stalls",
"deflects",
"fends (off)",
"stops",
"wards (off)",
"avoids",
"circumvents",
"dodges",
"ducks",
"eludes",
"escapes",
"eschews",
"evades",
"shakes",
"shirks",
"shuns",
"forbids",
"inhibits",
"prohibits",
"arrests",
"checks",
"halts",
"stops",
"compensates (for)",
"counteracts",
"counterbalances",
"makes up (for)",
"offsets"
],
"synonyms":[
"forestalls",
"heads off",
"helps",
"obviates",
"precludes",
"prevents",
"staves off"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"avoiding":{
"to get or keep away from (as a responsibility) through cleverness or trickery":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"trying to avoid writing thank-you notes for the gifts he didn't like"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accepting",
"courting",
"embracing",
"pursuing",
"seeking",
"welcoming",
"catching",
"contracting",
"incurring"
],
"related":[
"missing",
"averting",
"deflecting",
"diverting",
"obviating",
"parrying",
"preventing",
"warding (off)",
"banning",
"barring",
"debarring",
"eliminating",
"excepting",
"excluding",
"precluding",
"ruling out",
"bypassing",
"circumventing",
"skirting",
"foiling",
"foxing",
"frustrating",
"outfoxing",
"outsmarting",
"outwitting",
"overreaching",
"thwarting"
],
"synonyms":[
"dodging",
"ducking",
"eluding",
"escaping",
"eschewing",
"evading",
"finessing",
"getting around",
"scaping",
"shaking",
"shirking",
"shuffling (out of)",
"shunning",
"weaseling (out of)"
]
},
"to put an end to by formal action":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"asked the court to avoid the contract because it was signed under duress"
],
"near antonyms":[
"enacting",
"laying down",
"legislating",
"establishing",
"founding",
"instituting",
"formalizing",
"legalizing",
"legitimating",
"legitimizing",
"validating",
"passing",
"ratifying",
"allowing",
"approving",
"authorizing",
"clearing",
"endorsing",
"indorsing",
"permitting",
"sanctioning",
"warranting",
"commanding",
"decreeing",
"mandating",
"ordering",
"prescribing"
],
"related":[
"countermanding",
"overriding",
"overruling",
"overturning",
"vetoing",
"aborting",
"calling",
"calling off",
"dropping",
"recalling",
"retracting",
"reversing",
"revoking",
"suspending",
"withdrawing",
"banning",
"enjoining",
"forbidding",
"outlawing",
"prohibiting",
"disallowing",
"dismissing",
"rejecting",
"annihilating",
"breaking down",
"eliminating",
"eradicating",
"erasing",
"liquidating",
"removing",
"throwing out",
"writing off"
],
"synonyms":[
"abating",
"abolishing",
"abrogating",
"annulling",
"canceling",
"cancelling",
"disannulling",
"dissolving",
"invalidating",
"negating",
"nullifying",
"nulling",
"quashing",
"repealing",
"rescinding",
"rolling back",
"striking down",
"vacating",
"voiding"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"avouches":{
"to declare (something) to be true or genuine":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"a note from my doctor avouching that my medical condition did indeed disqualify me from gym class"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"guarantees",
"warrants",
"affirms",
"asserts",
"avers",
"avows",
"professes",
"vows"
],
"synonyms":[
"attests",
"authenticates",
"certifies",
"testifies (to)",
"vouches (for)",
"witnesses"
]
},
"to state as a fact usually forcefully":{
"antonyms":[
"denies",
"gainsays"
],
"examples":[
"avouched that he had never cheated on his taxes in his life"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abandons",
"disavows",
"disclaims",
"disowns",
"negates",
"negatives",
"rejects",
"repudiates",
"challenges",
"disputes",
"questions",
"confutes",
"disproves",
"rebuts",
"refutes",
"contradicts",
"counters"
],
"related":[
"announces",
"broadcasts",
"proclaims",
"argues",
"rationalizes",
"reasons",
"confirms",
"justifies",
"vindicates",
"defends",
"perseveres",
"supports",
"upholds",
"reaffirms",
"reasserts"
],
"synonyms":[
"affirms",
"alleges",
"asserts",
"avers",
"avows",
"claims",
"contends",
"declares",
"insists",
"maintains",
"professes",
"protests",
"purports",
"warrants"
]
},
"to state clearly and strongly":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"she tends to avouch her opinions in such a way as to imply that anyone who thinks otherwise is an idiot"
],
"near antonyms":[
"minimizes",
"understates",
"disregards",
"ignores",
"neglects",
"overlooks"
],
"related":[
"advances",
"advertises",
"boosts",
"plugs",
"promotes",
"publicizes",
"announces",
"blazes",
"calls",
"proclaims",
"pronounces",
"says",
"accents",
"accentuates",
"emphasizes",
"stresses",
"underlines",
"underscores",
"advocates",
"champions",
"defends",
"espouses",
"supports",
"upholds",
"assures",
"convinces",
"persuades",
"explains",
"justifies",
"rationalizes",
"reaffirms",
"reasserts"
],
"synonyms":[
"affirms",
"asserts",
"avers",
"avows",
"declares",
"guarantees",
"lays down",
"professes"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"avowals":{
"a solemn and often public declaration of the truth or existence of something":{
"antonyms":[
"disavowals"
],
"examples":[
"with jingoism rampant, the peace candidate felt compelled to make an avowal of his patriotism"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disclaimers",
"challenges",
"disputes",
"questions",
"confutations",
"disproofs",
"rebuttals",
"refutations",
"contradictions",
"denials",
"negations"
],
"related":[
"allegations",
"announcements",
"proclamations",
"pronouncements",
"arguments",
"justifications",
"rationalizations",
"reasons",
"confirmations",
"reaffirmations",
"reconfirmations",
"vindications"
],
"synonyms":[
"affirmations",
"assertions",
"asseverations",
"avouchments",
"claims",
"declarations",
"insistences",
"professions",
"protestations"
]
},
"an open declaration of something (as a fault or the commission of an offense) about oneself":{
"antonyms":[
"disavowals",
"nonadmissions"
],
"examples":[
"her own avowal that she was to blame for the accident"
],
"near antonyms":[
"denials",
"disallowances",
"disclaimers",
"recantations",
"rejections",
"renouncements",
"repudiations"
],
"related":[
"self-accusations",
"self-betrayals",
"self-revelations",
"self-incriminations",
"self-recriminations",
"self-reproaches",
"affirmations",
"assertions",
"avouchments",
"claims",
"confirmations",
"declarations",
"insistences",
"professions",
"allowances",
"apologies",
"hand-wringings",
"betrayals",
"disclosures",
"divulgences",
"giveaways",
"revelations",
"announcements",
"declarations",
"proclamations",
"pronouncements",
"blames",
"faults",
"responsibilities",
"contritions",
"penitences",
"regrets",
"remorses",
"repentances",
"rues"
],
"synonyms":[
"acknowledgments",
"acknowledgements",
"admissions",
"concessions",
"confessions",
"self-confessions"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"avouchment":{
"a solemn and often public declaration of the truth or existence of something":{
"examples":[
"your avouchment of his good intentions means he won't be disciplined"
],
"synonyms":[
"affirmation",
"assertion",
"asseveration",
"avowal",
"claim",
"declaration",
"insistence",
"profession",
"protestation"
],
"related":[
"allegation",
"announcement",
"proclamation",
"pronouncement",
"argument",
"justification",
"rationalization",
"reason",
"confirmation",
"reaffirmation",
"reconfirmation",
"vindication"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disclaimer",
"challenge",
"dispute",
"question",
"confutation",
"disproof",
"rebuttal",
"refutation",
"contradiction",
"denial",
"negation"
],
"antonyms":[
"disavowal"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"averageness":{
"the quality or state of being average":{
"examples":[
"Despite his averageness as a student, he later excelled in business."
],
"synonyms":[],
"related":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"avatars":{
"a visible representation of something abstract (as a quality)":{
"examples":[
"our genial hosts, avatars of Southern hospitality"
],
"synonyms":[
"abstracts",
"embodiers",
"embodiments",
"epitomes",
"externalizations",
"geniuses",
"genii",
"icons",
"ikons",
"images",
"incarnations",
"incorporations",
"instantiations",
"manifestations",
"objectifications",
"personifications",
"personifiers"
],
"near synonyms":[
"actualizations",
"concretizations",
"exemplifications",
"personalizations",
"realizations",
"substantiations",
"essences",
"quintessences",
"souls",
"archetypes",
"exemplars",
"models",
"paradigms",
"patterns",
"reincarnations"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"aviates":{
"to move through the air with or as if with outstretched wings":{
"examples":[
"once humankind learned how to aviate , the world became a much smaller place"
],
"synonyms":[
"flies",
"glides",
"planes",
"soars",
"wings"
],
"near synonyms":[
"drifts",
"floats",
"hangs",
"hovers",
"wafts",
"coasts",
"cruises",
"sails",
"sweeps",
"darts",
"flits",
"flutters",
"catapults",
"helicopters",
"jets",
"orbits",
"rockets",
"dives",
"stoops"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"averted":{
"to keep from happening by taking action in advance":{
"examples":[
"her careful planning averted disaster"
],
"synonyms":[
"forestalled",
"headed off",
"helped",
"obviated",
"precluded",
"prevented",
"staved off"
],
"near synonyms":[
"anticipated",
"provided",
"negated",
"neutralized",
"nullified",
"saved",
"baffled",
"balked",
"checkmated",
"deterred",
"foiled",
"frustrated",
"thwarted",
"barred",
"blocked",
"hampered",
"hindered",
"impeded",
"interfered (with)",
"retarded",
"stalled",
"deflected",
"fended (off)",
"stopped",
"warded (off)",
"avoided",
"circumvented",
"dodged",
"ducked",
"eluded",
"escaped",
"eschewed",
"evaded",
"shirked",
"shook",
"shunned",
"forbade",
"forbad",
"inhibited",
"prohibited",
"arrested",
"checked",
"halted",
"stopped",
"compensated (for)",
"counteracted",
"counterbalanced",
"made up (for)",
"offset"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abetted",
"aided",
"assisted",
"eased",
"facilitated",
"smoothed",
"unclogged",
"advanced",
"cultivated",
"encouraged",
"forwarded",
"fostered",
"furthered",
"nurtured",
"promoted",
"allowed",
"left",
"let",
"permitted"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
}
}