17043 lines
335 KiB
JSON
17043 lines
335 KiB
JSON
{
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"cab":{
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"an automobile that carries passengers for a fare usually determined by the distance traveled":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"called a cab to get back to the hotel"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[
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"hackney",
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"limousine",
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"gharry",
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"rickshaw",
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"ricksha",
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"water taxi",
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"gypsy cab",
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"jitney"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"hack",
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"taxi",
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"taxicab"
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]
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},
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"as in":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[],
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"synonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"noun",
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"cabal":{
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"a group involved in secret or criminal activities":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"a conspiracy theory about the existence of an international cabal devoted to world domination"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[
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"bunch",
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"circle",
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"clan",
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"clique",
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"coterie",
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"coven",
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"crowd",
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"gal\u00e8re",
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"lot",
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"network",
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"pack",
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"set",
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"junta",
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"oligarchy"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"conspiracy",
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"crew",
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"gang",
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"Mafia",
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"mob",
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"ring",
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"syndicate"
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]
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},
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"as in":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[],
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"synonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"noun",
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"cablecast":{
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"as in broadcast , telecast":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[],
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"synonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"cabochon":{
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"as in":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[],
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"synonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"cachinnations":{
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"an explosive sound that is a sign of amusement":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"during the quiet scenes of the movie we could hear occasional eruptions of cachinnation from the adjacent theater"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"cries",
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"groans",
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"moans",
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"sobs",
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"wails",
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"faces",
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"frowns",
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"grimaces",
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"lowers",
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"lours",
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"mouths",
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"pouts",
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"scowls"
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],
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"related":[
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"crows",
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"whoops",
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"grins",
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"simpers",
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"smiles",
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"smirks"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"belly laughs",
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"boffolas",
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"boffs",
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"boffos",
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"cackles",
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"chortles",
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"chuckles",
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"giggles",
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"guffaws",
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"hee-haws",
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"horselaughs",
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"laughs",
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"laughters",
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"snickers",
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"sniggers",
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"titters",
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"twitters"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"cack-handed":{
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"lacking or showing a lack of nimbleness in using one's hands":{
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"antonyms":[
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"deft",
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"dexterous",
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"dextrous",
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"handy",
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"sure-handed"
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],
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"examples":[
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"some duffer with a cack-handed grip on his golf club"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"expert",
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"masterly",
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"skilled",
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"skillful",
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"coordinated"
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],
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"related":[
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"uncoordinated",
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"bunglesome",
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"bungling",
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"gauche",
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"inept",
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"inexpert",
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"unskilled",
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"unskillful"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"awkward",
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"butterfingered",
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"clumsy",
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"graceless",
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"ham-fisted",
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"ham-handed",
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"handless",
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"heavy-handed",
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"left-handed",
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"maladroit",
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"unhandy"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"adjective"
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]
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},
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"cackling":{
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"to engage in casual or rambling conversation":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"a group of old friends who met regularly to laugh and cackle about their glory days"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[
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"gossiping",
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"tattling",
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"descanting",
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"discussing",
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"expatiating",
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"yakking",
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"yacking",
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"yammering",
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"yapping"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"babbling",
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"blabbing",
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"chaffering",
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"chattering",
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"chatting",
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"chinning",
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"conversing",
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"gabbing",
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"gabbling",
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"gassing",
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"jabbering",
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"jawing",
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"kibitzing",
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"kibbitzing",
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"nattering",
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"palavering",
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"pattering",
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"prating",
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"prattling",
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"rapping",
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"rattling",
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"running on",
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"schmoozing",
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"shmoozing",
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"talking",
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"twittering",
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"visiting"
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]
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},
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"to show mirth with an explosive vocal sound":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"she cackled with glee when her tax-evading neighbor finally got caught"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"bawling",
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"blubbering",
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"crying",
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"sobbing",
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"weeping",
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"howling",
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"squalling",
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"wailing",
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"yowling",
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"bleating",
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"puling",
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"whimpering",
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"whining",
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"sniffling",
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"sniveling",
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"snivelling",
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"groaning",
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"moaning",
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"sighing"
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],
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"related":[
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"grinning",
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"smiling"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"breaking up",
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"chortling",
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"chuckling",
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"cracking up",
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"giggling",
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"hee-hawing",
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"laughing",
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"roaring",
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"screaming",
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"snickering",
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"tittering",
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"twittering"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"cacophony":{
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"loud, confused, and usually inharmonious sound":{
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"antonyms":[
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"quiet",
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"silence",
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"silentness",
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"still",
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"stillness"
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],
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"examples":[
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"the cacophony of a pet store full of animals"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"calm",
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"hush",
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"lull",
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"quietude",
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"serenity",
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"tranquillity",
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"tranquility"
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],
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"related":[
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"discord",
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"dissonance",
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"commotion",
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"furor",
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"hubbub",
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"hullabaloo",
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"hurly-burly",
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"rumpus",
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"tumult",
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"uproar",
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"clatter",
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"jangle",
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"bang",
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"blast",
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"boom",
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"clap",
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"crack",
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"crash"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"babel",
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"blare",
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"bluster",
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"bowwow",
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"brawl",
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"bruit",
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"chatter",
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"clamor",
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"clangor",
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"decibel(s)",
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"din",
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"discordance",
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"katzenjammer",
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"noise",
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"racket",
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"rattle",
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"roar"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"cadgers":{
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"as in moochers , schnorrers":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[],
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"synonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"cadre":{
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"the arrangement of parts that gives something its basic form":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"claims that the problem will never be solved within the existing cadre of the state bureaucracy"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[
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"cage",
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"lattice",
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"network",
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"contour",
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"figure",
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"outline",
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"profile",
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"shape",
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"silhouette",
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"chassis"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"architecture",
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"armature",
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"configuration",
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"edifice",
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"fabric",
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"frame",
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"framework",
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"framing",
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"infrastructure",
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"shell",
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"skeleton",
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"structure"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"caged":{
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"as in":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[],
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"synonyms":[]
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},
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"to close or shut in by or as if by barriers":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"caged the rabbit at night so she wouldn't wake everyone up"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[
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"bounded",
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"circumscribed",
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"confined",
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"contained",
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"limited",
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"restricted",
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"encircled",
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"encompassed",
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"enfolded",
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"enframed",
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"enlaced",
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"framed",
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"ringed",
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"surrounded",
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"armored",
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"cocooned",
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"encapsulated",
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"encapsuled",
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"encysted",
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"ensheathed",
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"ensphered",
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"enwombed"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"boxed (in)",
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"closeted",
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"cooped (up)",
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"corralled",
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"encaged",
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"encased",
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"enclosed",
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"inclosed",
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"enveloped",
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"fenced (in)",
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"hedged",
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"hemmed (in)",
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"housed",
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"immured",
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"included",
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"mewed (up)",
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"penned",
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"walled (in)"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"caginess":{
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"exceptional discernment and judgment especially in practical matters":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"most consumers should possess sufficient caginess to see through that scam"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"artlessness",
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"greenness",
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"guilelessness",
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"ingenuousness",
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"innocence",
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"naiveness",
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"na\u00efvet\u00e9",
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"naivete",
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"naivet\u00e9",
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"simplemindedness",
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"simpleness",
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"simplicity",
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"unsophistication",
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"unworldliness",
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"brainlessness",
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"density",
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"doltishness",
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"dopiness",
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"dumbness",
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"fatuity",
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"foolishness",
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"half-wittedness",
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"mindlessness",
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"oafishness",
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"obtuseness",
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"senselessness",
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"slowness",
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"stupidity",
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"stupidness",
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"vacuity",
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"witlessness"
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],
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"related":[
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"discernment",
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"insight",
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"perception",
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"perceptiveness",
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"perceptivity",
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"percipience",
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"sagaciousness",
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"sagacity",
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"sageness",
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"sapience",
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"wisdom",
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"artfulness",
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"artifice",
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"craft",
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"craftiness",
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"cunning",
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"deviousness",
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"guile",
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"slickness",
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"slyness",
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"sneakiness",
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"subtleness",
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"subtlety",
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"wiliness",
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"brain(s)",
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"gray matter",
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"intellect",
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"reason",
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"sense"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"acumen",
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"astuteness",
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"canniness",
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"clear-sightedness",
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"foxiness",
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"hardheadedness",
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"intelligence",
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"keenness",
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"knowingness",
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"sharpness",
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"shrewdness",
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"wit"
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]
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},
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"skill in achieving one's ends through indirect, subtle, or underhanded means":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"the lawyer's celebrated caginess makes her the first choice of the hopelessly guilty"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[
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"calculation",
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"care",
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"design",
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"savvy",
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"sharpness",
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"shrewdness",
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"cleverness",
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"ingeniousness",
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"ingenuity",
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"inventiveness",
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"ease",
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"facility",
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"finesse",
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"deceitfulness",
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"duplicity",
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"shiftiness",
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"underhandedness"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"artfulness",
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"artifice",
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"canniness",
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"craft",
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"craftiness",
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"cunning",
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"cunningness",
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"deviousness",
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"foxiness",
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"guile",
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"guilefulness",
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"slickness",
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"slyness",
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"sneakiness",
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"subtleness",
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"subtlety",
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"wiliness"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"cahoots":{
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"as in":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[],
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"synonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"caleche":{
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"as in caroche , jaunting car":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[],
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"synonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"calendars":{
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"a listing of things to be presented or considered (as at a concert or play)":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"the calendar of upcoming events at the state fair will be available tomorrow"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[
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"cards",
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"dance cards",
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"exercises",
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"plates",
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"arrangements",
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"orderings",
|
|
"orders",
|
|
"organizations",
|
|
"sequences",
|
|
"setups"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"agendas",
|
|
"dockets",
|
|
"programs",
|
|
"schedules",
|
|
"timetables"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"calfskin":{
|
|
"as in lambskin , cowhide":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"calibrate":{
|
|
"to determine the correct value of (something)":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"The age of the tree was calibrated from the carbon dating data."
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"call (off or out)":{
|
|
"as in cry , bark":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"call (on":{
|
|
"to make a request of":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"She called on me for a ride to the airport."
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"coerce",
|
|
"compel",
|
|
"constrain",
|
|
"force",
|
|
"oblige",
|
|
"require"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"appeal (to)",
|
|
"beg",
|
|
"beseech",
|
|
"conjure",
|
|
"entreat",
|
|
"implore",
|
|
"importune",
|
|
"invite",
|
|
"invoke",
|
|
"petition",
|
|
"plead (to)",
|
|
"pray",
|
|
"supplicate",
|
|
"demand",
|
|
"enjoin",
|
|
"exact",
|
|
"press",
|
|
"require"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ask",
|
|
"hit (up)",
|
|
"request",
|
|
"solicit"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make a request to (someone) in an earnest or urgent manner":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"They called on a specialist after other avenues had failed."
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"hint",
|
|
"imply",
|
|
"intimate",
|
|
"suggest",
|
|
"appease",
|
|
"conciliate",
|
|
"gratify",
|
|
"mollify",
|
|
"oblige",
|
|
"pacify",
|
|
"placate",
|
|
"please",
|
|
"satisfy",
|
|
"comfort",
|
|
"console",
|
|
"content",
|
|
"quiet"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"bludge",
|
|
"cadge",
|
|
"mooch",
|
|
"sponge",
|
|
"ask",
|
|
"desire",
|
|
"invoke",
|
|
"request",
|
|
"sue",
|
|
"claim",
|
|
"coerce",
|
|
"command",
|
|
"compel",
|
|
"demand",
|
|
"force",
|
|
"insist",
|
|
"require"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"appeal (to)",
|
|
"beg",
|
|
"beseech",
|
|
"besiege",
|
|
"conjure",
|
|
"entreat",
|
|
"impetrate",
|
|
"implore",
|
|
"importune",
|
|
"petition",
|
|
"plead (to)",
|
|
"pray",
|
|
"solicit",
|
|
"supplicate"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to place reliance or trust":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"She's the one I call on when I need a friend."
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"distrust",
|
|
"mistrust",
|
|
"question",
|
|
"suspect"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"commit",
|
|
"confide",
|
|
"entrust",
|
|
"intrust",
|
|
"trust"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"calculate",
|
|
"count",
|
|
"depend",
|
|
"lean",
|
|
"reckon",
|
|
"rely"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"call house":{
|
|
"as in crib":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"called down":{
|
|
"to criticize (someone) severely or angrily especially for personal failings":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I was called down by my supervisor for not catching the accounting error sooner"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"approved",
|
|
"endorsed",
|
|
"indorsed",
|
|
"sanctioned",
|
|
"extolled",
|
|
"lauded",
|
|
"praised"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"admonished",
|
|
"chid",
|
|
"chided",
|
|
"remonstrated (with)",
|
|
"reproved",
|
|
"abused",
|
|
"assailed",
|
|
"attacked",
|
|
"bad-mouthed",
|
|
"blamed",
|
|
"blasted",
|
|
"censured",
|
|
"condemned",
|
|
"criticized",
|
|
"crucified",
|
|
"denounced",
|
|
"dissed",
|
|
"excoriated",
|
|
"faulted",
|
|
"harangued",
|
|
"knocked",
|
|
"laced (into)",
|
|
"lashed",
|
|
"panned",
|
|
"reprehended",
|
|
"reviled",
|
|
"scourged",
|
|
"slammed",
|
|
"vituperated",
|
|
"belittled",
|
|
"disparaged",
|
|
"mocked",
|
|
"put down",
|
|
"ridiculed",
|
|
"scoffed",
|
|
"scorned"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"basted",
|
|
"bawled out",
|
|
"berated",
|
|
"castigated",
|
|
"chastised",
|
|
"chewed out",
|
|
"dressed down",
|
|
"flayed",
|
|
"hammered",
|
|
"jawed",
|
|
"keelhauled",
|
|
"lambasted",
|
|
"lectured",
|
|
"ragged",
|
|
"railed (at or against)",
|
|
"ranted (at)",
|
|
"rated",
|
|
"reamed (out)",
|
|
"rebuked",
|
|
"reprimanded",
|
|
"reproached",
|
|
"scolded",
|
|
"scored",
|
|
"tongue-lashed",
|
|
"upbraided"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"caller":{
|
|
"a person who visits another":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a number of callers have been by since they heard you weren't feeling well"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"denizen",
|
|
"dweller",
|
|
"habitant",
|
|
"inhabitant",
|
|
"occupant",
|
|
"resident",
|
|
"resider",
|
|
"cohost",
|
|
"cohostess",
|
|
"host",
|
|
"hostess"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"houseguest",
|
|
"company",
|
|
"invitee",
|
|
"crasher",
|
|
"hanger-on"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"drop-in",
|
|
"frequenter",
|
|
"guest",
|
|
"visitant",
|
|
"visitor"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"calling (off or out)":{
|
|
"as in":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"calling (on)":{
|
|
"to make a request of":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"She called on me for a ride to the airport."
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"coercing",
|
|
"compelling",
|
|
"constraining",
|
|
"forcing",
|
|
"obliging",
|
|
"requiring"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"appealing (to)",
|
|
"begging",
|
|
"beseeching",
|
|
"conjuring",
|
|
"entreating",
|
|
"imploring",
|
|
"importuning",
|
|
"inviting",
|
|
"invoking",
|
|
"petitioning",
|
|
"pleading (to)",
|
|
"praying",
|
|
"supplicating",
|
|
"demanding",
|
|
"enjoining",
|
|
"exacting",
|
|
"pressing",
|
|
"requiring"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"asking",
|
|
"hitting (up)",
|
|
"requesting",
|
|
"soliciting"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make a request to (someone) in an earnest or urgent manner":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"They called on a specialist after other avenues had failed."
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"hinting",
|
|
"implying",
|
|
"intimating",
|
|
"suggesting",
|
|
"appeasing",
|
|
"conciliating",
|
|
"gratifying",
|
|
"mollifying",
|
|
"obliging",
|
|
"pacifying",
|
|
"placating",
|
|
"pleasing",
|
|
"satisfying",
|
|
"comforting",
|
|
"consoling",
|
|
"contenting",
|
|
"quieting"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"bludging",
|
|
"cadging",
|
|
"mooching",
|
|
"sponging",
|
|
"asking",
|
|
"desiring",
|
|
"invoking",
|
|
"requesting",
|
|
"suing",
|
|
"claiming",
|
|
"coercing",
|
|
"commanding",
|
|
"compelling",
|
|
"demanding",
|
|
"forcing",
|
|
"insisting",
|
|
"requiring"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"appealing (to)",
|
|
"begging",
|
|
"beseeching",
|
|
"besieging",
|
|
"conjuring",
|
|
"entreating",
|
|
"impetrating",
|
|
"imploring",
|
|
"importuning",
|
|
"petitioning",
|
|
"pleading (to)",
|
|
"praying",
|
|
"soliciting",
|
|
"supplicating"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to place reliance or trust":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"She's the one I call on when I need a friend."
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"distrusting",
|
|
"mistrusting",
|
|
"questioning",
|
|
"suspecting"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"committing",
|
|
"confiding",
|
|
"entrusting",
|
|
"intrusting",
|
|
"trusting"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"calculating",
|
|
"counting",
|
|
"depending",
|
|
"leaning",
|
|
"reckoning",
|
|
"relying"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"calling down":{
|
|
"to criticize (someone) severely or angrily especially for personal failings":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I was called down by my supervisor for not catching the accounting error sooner"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"approving",
|
|
"endorsing",
|
|
"indorsing",
|
|
"sanctioning",
|
|
"extolling",
|
|
"lauding",
|
|
"praising"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"admonishing",
|
|
"chiding",
|
|
"remonstrating (with)",
|
|
"reproving",
|
|
"abusing",
|
|
"assailing",
|
|
"attacking",
|
|
"bad-mouthing",
|
|
"blaming",
|
|
"blasting",
|
|
"censuring",
|
|
"condemning",
|
|
"criticizing",
|
|
"crucifying",
|
|
"denouncing",
|
|
"dissing",
|
|
"excoriating",
|
|
"faulting",
|
|
"haranguing",
|
|
"knocking",
|
|
"lacing (into)",
|
|
"lashing",
|
|
"panning",
|
|
"reprehending",
|
|
"reviling",
|
|
"scourging",
|
|
"slamming",
|
|
"vituperating",
|
|
"belittling",
|
|
"disparaging",
|
|
"mocking",
|
|
"putting down",
|
|
"ridiculing",
|
|
"scoffing",
|
|
"scorning"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"basting",
|
|
"bawling out",
|
|
"berating",
|
|
"castigating",
|
|
"chastising",
|
|
"chewing out",
|
|
"dressing down",
|
|
"flaying",
|
|
"hammering",
|
|
"jawing",
|
|
"keelhauling",
|
|
"lambasting",
|
|
"lecturing",
|
|
"ragging",
|
|
"railing (at or against)",
|
|
"ranting (at)",
|
|
"rating",
|
|
"reaming (out)",
|
|
"rebuking",
|
|
"reprimanding",
|
|
"reproaching",
|
|
"scolding",
|
|
"scoring",
|
|
"tongue-lashing",
|
|
"upbraiding"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"calling in":{
|
|
"as in calling out , calling up":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"calling into question":{
|
|
"to demand proof of the truth or rightness of":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"accepting",
|
|
"believing",
|
|
"embracing",
|
|
"swallowing"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"His whereabouts the day before were called in question when he was being interrogated."
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"backing",
|
|
"defending",
|
|
"supporting",
|
|
"advocating",
|
|
"championing",
|
|
"promoting",
|
|
"abiding",
|
|
"enduring",
|
|
"stomaching",
|
|
"tolerating"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"doubting",
|
|
"mistrusting",
|
|
"kicking (about)",
|
|
"objecting (to)",
|
|
"protesting",
|
|
"combating",
|
|
"combatting",
|
|
"fighting",
|
|
"opposing",
|
|
"resisting"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"challenging",
|
|
"contesting",
|
|
"disputing",
|
|
"impeaching",
|
|
"oppugning",
|
|
"querying",
|
|
"questioning"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"calls in":{
|
|
"as in calls out , calls up":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"callus":{
|
|
"as in encrust , cake":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"calm":{
|
|
"a state of freedom from storm or disturbance":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"bustle",
|
|
"commotion",
|
|
"hubbub",
|
|
"hurly-burly",
|
|
"pandemonium",
|
|
"tumult",
|
|
"turmoil",
|
|
"unquietness",
|
|
"unrest",
|
|
"uproar"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"vacationing city dwellers who are tired of the hustle and bustle enjoy the calm of the secluded mountain village"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"clamor",
|
|
"din",
|
|
"noise",
|
|
"racket"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"lull",
|
|
"pause",
|
|
"respite",
|
|
"silence",
|
|
"mildness",
|
|
"soothingness",
|
|
"comity",
|
|
"concord",
|
|
"harmony",
|
|
"casualness",
|
|
"easygoingness",
|
|
"informality",
|
|
"laid-backness",
|
|
"relaxedness"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"calmness",
|
|
"hush",
|
|
"peace",
|
|
"peacefulness",
|
|
"placidity",
|
|
"quiet",
|
|
"quietness",
|
|
"quietude",
|
|
"repose",
|
|
"restfulness",
|
|
"sereneness",
|
|
"serenity",
|
|
"still",
|
|
"stillness",
|
|
"tranquillity",
|
|
"tranquility"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"free from disturbing noise or uproar":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"boisterous",
|
|
"clamorous",
|
|
"clattery",
|
|
"deafening",
|
|
"loud",
|
|
"noisy",
|
|
"raucous",
|
|
"rip-roaring",
|
|
"roistering",
|
|
"romping",
|
|
"rowdy",
|
|
"tumultuous",
|
|
"unquiet",
|
|
"uproarious",
|
|
"woolly",
|
|
"wooly"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the room became much calmer once the rowdy tour group had left"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"crazy",
|
|
"tempestuous",
|
|
"wild",
|
|
"blaring",
|
|
"blasting",
|
|
"booming",
|
|
"earsplitting",
|
|
"piercing",
|
|
"roaring",
|
|
"thundering",
|
|
"thunderous"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"noiseless",
|
|
"silent",
|
|
"soundless",
|
|
"mute",
|
|
"speechless",
|
|
"wordless",
|
|
"dead",
|
|
"motionless",
|
|
"quiescent",
|
|
"muffled",
|
|
"muted",
|
|
"quieted",
|
|
"dull",
|
|
"gentle",
|
|
"low",
|
|
"soft",
|
|
"ultraquiet"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"arcadian",
|
|
"hushed",
|
|
"peaceful",
|
|
"placid",
|
|
"quiet",
|
|
"restful",
|
|
"serene",
|
|
"still",
|
|
"stilly",
|
|
"tranquil"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"free from emotional or mental agitation":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"agitated",
|
|
"discomposed",
|
|
"disturbed",
|
|
"flustered",
|
|
"perturbed",
|
|
"unglued",
|
|
"unhinged",
|
|
"unstrung",
|
|
"upset"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"bystanders tried to help the injured person remain calm while they waited for the ambulance to arrive"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"anxious",
|
|
"bothered",
|
|
"distressed",
|
|
"uneasy",
|
|
"unquiet",
|
|
"unsettled",
|
|
"worried",
|
|
"jittery",
|
|
"jumpy",
|
|
"nervous",
|
|
"restless",
|
|
"skittish",
|
|
"tense",
|
|
"high-strung",
|
|
"unstable",
|
|
"uptight"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"even",
|
|
"even-keeled",
|
|
"steady",
|
|
"well-adjusted",
|
|
"well-balanced",
|
|
"imperturbable",
|
|
"nerveless",
|
|
"unflappable",
|
|
"unshakable",
|
|
"centered",
|
|
"disciplined",
|
|
"equable",
|
|
"self-contained",
|
|
"self-controlled",
|
|
"affable",
|
|
"breezy",
|
|
"devil-may-care",
|
|
"easygoing",
|
|
"happy-go-lucky",
|
|
"laid-back",
|
|
"loosey-goosey",
|
|
"mellow",
|
|
"carefree",
|
|
"nonchalant",
|
|
"unconcerned",
|
|
"assured",
|
|
"confident",
|
|
"self-assured",
|
|
"aloof",
|
|
"detached",
|
|
"dispassionate",
|
|
"indifferent",
|
|
"bovine",
|
|
"impassive",
|
|
"phlegmatic",
|
|
"sober",
|
|
"stolid",
|
|
"relaxed",
|
|
"relieved",
|
|
"tranquilized",
|
|
"tranquillized"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"collected",
|
|
"composed",
|
|
"cool",
|
|
"coolheaded",
|
|
"equal",
|
|
"level",
|
|
"limpid",
|
|
"peaceful",
|
|
"placid",
|
|
"possessed",
|
|
"recollected",
|
|
"sedate",
|
|
"self-composed",
|
|
"self-possessed",
|
|
"serene",
|
|
"smooth",
|
|
"together",
|
|
"tranquil",
|
|
"undisturbed",
|
|
"unperturbed",
|
|
"unruffled",
|
|
"unshaken",
|
|
"untroubled",
|
|
"unworried"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"free from storms or physical disturbance":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"agitated",
|
|
"angry",
|
|
"inclement",
|
|
"restless",
|
|
"rough",
|
|
"stormy",
|
|
"tempestuous",
|
|
"turbulent",
|
|
"unquiet",
|
|
"unsettled"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"after a stormy night of high winds and driving rains, the day dawned on a calm sea"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"blizzardy",
|
|
"blizzardly",
|
|
"blustery",
|
|
"squally",
|
|
"windy",
|
|
"extreme",
|
|
"foul",
|
|
"intemperate",
|
|
"nasty",
|
|
"severe"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"balmy",
|
|
"clement",
|
|
"equable",
|
|
"gentle",
|
|
"mild",
|
|
"moderate",
|
|
"temperate",
|
|
"clear",
|
|
"cloudless",
|
|
"fair",
|
|
"rainless",
|
|
"sunny",
|
|
"sunshiny",
|
|
"windless"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"halcyon",
|
|
"hushed",
|
|
"lown",
|
|
"peaceful",
|
|
"placid",
|
|
"quiet",
|
|
"serene",
|
|
"still",
|
|
"stilly",
|
|
"tranquil",
|
|
"untroubled"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"freedom from disquieting or oppressive thoughts or emotions":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"agitation",
|
|
"alarm",
|
|
"alarum",
|
|
"anguish",
|
|
"anxiety",
|
|
"anxiousness",
|
|
"apprehension",
|
|
"apprehensiveness",
|
|
"uneasiness",
|
|
"vexation",
|
|
"worry"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the batter always exudes an aura of calm , even in clutch situations"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"care",
|
|
"concern",
|
|
"perturbation",
|
|
"strain",
|
|
"stress",
|
|
"tenseness",
|
|
"tension",
|
|
"consternation",
|
|
"desperateness",
|
|
"desperation",
|
|
"discomfort",
|
|
"discomposure",
|
|
"dismay",
|
|
"distraction",
|
|
"distress",
|
|
"disturbance",
|
|
"edginess",
|
|
"jitters",
|
|
"jumpiness",
|
|
"nervousness",
|
|
"fear",
|
|
"fearfulness",
|
|
"torment",
|
|
"upset",
|
|
"doubt",
|
|
"dread",
|
|
"foreboding",
|
|
"incertitude",
|
|
"misgiving",
|
|
"presentiment",
|
|
"suspense",
|
|
"uncertainty"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"content",
|
|
"contentment",
|
|
"ease",
|
|
"comfort",
|
|
"consolation",
|
|
"relief",
|
|
"solace",
|
|
"quiet",
|
|
"quietude",
|
|
"repose"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"calmness",
|
|
"heartsease",
|
|
"peace",
|
|
"peacefulness",
|
|
"placidity",
|
|
"sereneness",
|
|
"serenity",
|
|
"tranquillity",
|
|
"tranquility"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to free from distress or disturbance":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"agitate",
|
|
"discompose",
|
|
"disquiet",
|
|
"disturb",
|
|
"key (up)",
|
|
"perturb",
|
|
"upset",
|
|
"vex"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the president's reassuring words did much to calm the public during the national emergency"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"aggravate",
|
|
"heighten",
|
|
"intensify",
|
|
"arouse",
|
|
"excite",
|
|
"foment",
|
|
"incite",
|
|
"rouse",
|
|
"stir (up)",
|
|
"work up"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"appease",
|
|
"conciliate",
|
|
"hush",
|
|
"mollify",
|
|
"pacify",
|
|
"placate",
|
|
"allay",
|
|
"alleviate",
|
|
"assuage",
|
|
"ease",
|
|
"lay",
|
|
"mitigate",
|
|
"quell",
|
|
"relax",
|
|
"relieve",
|
|
"solace",
|
|
"narcotize",
|
|
"sedate",
|
|
"stupefy"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"becalm",
|
|
"compose",
|
|
"lull",
|
|
"lullaby",
|
|
"quiet",
|
|
"quieten",
|
|
"salve",
|
|
"settle",
|
|
"soothe",
|
|
"still",
|
|
"tranquilize",
|
|
"tranquillize"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to gain emotional or mental control of":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he calmed himself before continuing the eulogy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"hold back",
|
|
"restrain",
|
|
"rally",
|
|
"recover",
|
|
"lull",
|
|
"quiet",
|
|
"soothe",
|
|
"still",
|
|
"tranquilize",
|
|
"tranquillize"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"collect",
|
|
"compose",
|
|
"contain",
|
|
"control",
|
|
"re-collect",
|
|
"settle"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"calmed (down)":{
|
|
"to become still and orderly":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"acted up",
|
|
"carried on",
|
|
"cut up"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the sea finally calmed down , making it safe for small craft to venture forth once again"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"clowned (around)",
|
|
"fooled around",
|
|
"horsed around",
|
|
"monkeyed (around)",
|
|
"showed off",
|
|
"skylarked"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"dried up",
|
|
"relaxed",
|
|
"tranquilized",
|
|
"tranquillized",
|
|
"unwound",
|
|
"zoned out"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"chilled out",
|
|
"cooled",
|
|
"hushed",
|
|
"piped down",
|
|
"quieted",
|
|
"settled (down)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"calming":{
|
|
"as in":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"tending to calm the emotions and relieve stress":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a calming glass of warm milk"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"painful",
|
|
"stressful",
|
|
"tiresome",
|
|
"troubling",
|
|
"trying",
|
|
"unsettling",
|
|
"worrisome",
|
|
"energizing",
|
|
"invigorating",
|
|
"stimulant",
|
|
"stimulating",
|
|
"aggravating",
|
|
"annoying",
|
|
"bothersome",
|
|
"disturbing",
|
|
"exasperating",
|
|
"frustrating",
|
|
"galling",
|
|
"grating",
|
|
"harassing",
|
|
"irksome",
|
|
"irritating",
|
|
"maddening",
|
|
"nettlesome",
|
|
"troublesome",
|
|
"vexatious",
|
|
"vexing"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"hypnotic",
|
|
"opiate",
|
|
"analgesic",
|
|
"anesthetic",
|
|
"anodyne",
|
|
"deadening",
|
|
"depressant",
|
|
"numbing",
|
|
"antianxiety",
|
|
"antidepressant",
|
|
"antidepression",
|
|
"antistress"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"comforting",
|
|
"dreamy",
|
|
"lulling",
|
|
"narcotic",
|
|
"pacifying",
|
|
"quieting",
|
|
"relaxing",
|
|
"sedative",
|
|
"soothing",
|
|
"tranquilizing",
|
|
"tranquillizing"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to free from distress or disturbance":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"agitating",
|
|
"discomposing",
|
|
"disquieting",
|
|
"disturbing",
|
|
"keying (up)",
|
|
"perturbing",
|
|
"upsetting",
|
|
"vexing"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the president's reassuring words did much to calm the public during the national emergency"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"aggravating",
|
|
"heightening",
|
|
"intensifying",
|
|
"arousing",
|
|
"exciting",
|
|
"fomenting",
|
|
"inciting",
|
|
"rousing",
|
|
"stirring (up)",
|
|
"working up"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"appeasing",
|
|
"conciliating",
|
|
"hushing",
|
|
"mollifying",
|
|
"pacifying",
|
|
"placating",
|
|
"allaying",
|
|
"alleviating",
|
|
"assuaging",
|
|
"easing",
|
|
"laying",
|
|
"mitigating",
|
|
"quelling",
|
|
"relaxing",
|
|
"relieving",
|
|
"solacing",
|
|
"narcotizing",
|
|
"sedating",
|
|
"stupefying"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"becalming",
|
|
"composing",
|
|
"lullabying",
|
|
"lulling",
|
|
"quietening",
|
|
"quieting",
|
|
"salving",
|
|
"settling",
|
|
"soothing",
|
|
"stilling",
|
|
"tranquilizing",
|
|
"tranquillizing"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to gain emotional or mental control of":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he calmed himself before continuing the eulogy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"holding back",
|
|
"restraining",
|
|
"rallying",
|
|
"recovering",
|
|
"lulling",
|
|
"quieting",
|
|
"soothing",
|
|
"stilling",
|
|
"tranquilizing",
|
|
"tranquillizing"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"collecting",
|
|
"composing",
|
|
"containing",
|
|
"controlling",
|
|
"re-collecting",
|
|
"settling"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"calmness":{
|
|
"a state of freedom from storm or disturbance":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"bustle",
|
|
"commotion",
|
|
"hubbub",
|
|
"hurly-burly",
|
|
"pandemonium",
|
|
"tumult",
|
|
"turmoil",
|
|
"unquietness",
|
|
"unrest",
|
|
"uproar"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the unusual calmness of the lake gave its surface a strikingly glassy appearance"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"clamor",
|
|
"din",
|
|
"noise",
|
|
"racket"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"lull",
|
|
"pause",
|
|
"respite",
|
|
"silence",
|
|
"mildness",
|
|
"soothingness",
|
|
"comity",
|
|
"concord",
|
|
"harmony",
|
|
"casualness",
|
|
"easygoingness",
|
|
"informality",
|
|
"laid-backness",
|
|
"relaxedness"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"calm",
|
|
"hush",
|
|
"peace",
|
|
"peacefulness",
|
|
"placidity",
|
|
"quiet",
|
|
"quietness",
|
|
"quietude",
|
|
"repose",
|
|
"restfulness",
|
|
"sereneness",
|
|
"serenity",
|
|
"still",
|
|
"stillness",
|
|
"tranquillity",
|
|
"tranquility"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"evenness of emotions or temper":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"agitation",
|
|
"discomposure",
|
|
"perturbation"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"her resolute calmness in a crisis serves her well as a nurse in the emergency room"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"alarm",
|
|
"alarum",
|
|
"anxiety",
|
|
"anxiousness",
|
|
"apprehension",
|
|
"apprehensiveness",
|
|
"care",
|
|
"concern",
|
|
"disquiet",
|
|
"solicitude",
|
|
"uneasiness",
|
|
"worry",
|
|
"excitability",
|
|
"excitableness",
|
|
"nervousness",
|
|
"disturbance"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"assurance",
|
|
"confidence",
|
|
"poise",
|
|
"self-assurance",
|
|
"self-assuredness",
|
|
"self-confidence",
|
|
"self-trust",
|
|
"easygoingness",
|
|
"laid-backness",
|
|
"apathy",
|
|
"detachment",
|
|
"impassivity",
|
|
"indifference",
|
|
"insensibility",
|
|
"numbness",
|
|
"phlegm",
|
|
"unconcern"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"aplomb",
|
|
"collectedness",
|
|
"composedness",
|
|
"composure",
|
|
"cool",
|
|
"coolness",
|
|
"countenance",
|
|
"equanimity",
|
|
"equilibrium",
|
|
"imperturbability",
|
|
"placidity",
|
|
"repose",
|
|
"sangfroid",
|
|
"self-composedness",
|
|
"self-possession",
|
|
"serenity",
|
|
"tranquillity",
|
|
"tranquility",
|
|
"tranquilness"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"freedom from disquieting or oppressive thoughts or emotions":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"agitation",
|
|
"alarm",
|
|
"alarum",
|
|
"anguish",
|
|
"anxiety",
|
|
"anxiousness",
|
|
"apprehension",
|
|
"apprehensiveness",
|
|
"uneasiness",
|
|
"vexation",
|
|
"worry"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a teacher who handles even the most vexing situations with a clearheaded calmness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"care",
|
|
"concern",
|
|
"perturbation",
|
|
"strain",
|
|
"stress",
|
|
"tenseness",
|
|
"tension",
|
|
"consternation",
|
|
"desperateness",
|
|
"desperation",
|
|
"discomfort",
|
|
"discomposure",
|
|
"dismay",
|
|
"distraction",
|
|
"distress",
|
|
"disturbance",
|
|
"edginess",
|
|
"jitters",
|
|
"jumpiness",
|
|
"nervousness",
|
|
"fear",
|
|
"fearfulness",
|
|
"torment",
|
|
"upset",
|
|
"doubt",
|
|
"dread",
|
|
"foreboding",
|
|
"incertitude",
|
|
"misgiving",
|
|
"presentiment",
|
|
"suspense",
|
|
"uncertainty"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"content",
|
|
"contentment",
|
|
"ease",
|
|
"comfort",
|
|
"consolation",
|
|
"relief",
|
|
"solace",
|
|
"quiet",
|
|
"quietude",
|
|
"repose"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"calm",
|
|
"heartsease",
|
|
"peace",
|
|
"peacefulness",
|
|
"placidity",
|
|
"sereneness",
|
|
"serenity",
|
|
"tranquillity",
|
|
"tranquility"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"caloric":{
|
|
"as in calorific , fattening":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"camarillas":{
|
|
"as in conspiracies , cabals":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"camber":{
|
|
"as in":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"came on":{
|
|
"as in arrived , emerged":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"came round":{
|
|
"to gain consciousness again":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the medic waved smelling salts under his nose until he came round"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"blacked out",
|
|
"fainted",
|
|
"passed out"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"pulled through",
|
|
"rallied",
|
|
"recovered",
|
|
"awakened",
|
|
"awoke",
|
|
"awaked",
|
|
"woke up",
|
|
"waked up"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"came around",
|
|
"came to",
|
|
"revived"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to give or express one's approval (as to a proposal)":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"dissented"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she's cool to the idea right now, but sooner or later she'll come round"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"rebuffed",
|
|
"refused",
|
|
"rejected",
|
|
"scorned",
|
|
"spurned",
|
|
"denied",
|
|
"gainsaid"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"adopted",
|
|
"embraced",
|
|
"espoused",
|
|
"abided",
|
|
"abode",
|
|
"bore (with)",
|
|
"endured",
|
|
"stood",
|
|
"suffered",
|
|
"tolerated",
|
|
"stomached",
|
|
"swallowed",
|
|
"took",
|
|
"bowed",
|
|
"knuckled under",
|
|
"relented",
|
|
"submitted",
|
|
"succumbed",
|
|
"yielded"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"acceded",
|
|
"acquiesced",
|
|
"agreed",
|
|
"assented",
|
|
"consented",
|
|
"subscribed"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"came to grief":{
|
|
"to be unsuccessful":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"came off",
|
|
"clicked",
|
|
"delivered",
|
|
"panned out",
|
|
"succeeded",
|
|
"went",
|
|
"went over",
|
|
"worked out"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"His plans came to grief after a series of unforeseen setbacks."
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"cooked",
|
|
"flourished",
|
|
"prospered",
|
|
"thrived",
|
|
"throve",
|
|
"prevailed",
|
|
"triumphed",
|
|
"won"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"floundered",
|
|
"struggled",
|
|
"declined",
|
|
"sank",
|
|
"sunk",
|
|
"skidded",
|
|
"slipped",
|
|
"slumped",
|
|
"waned",
|
|
"crashed",
|
|
"crumbled",
|
|
"miscarried",
|
|
"misfired",
|
|
"went under",
|
|
"imploded",
|
|
"self-destructed"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bombed",
|
|
"collapsed",
|
|
"cratered",
|
|
"failed",
|
|
"flamed out",
|
|
"flopped",
|
|
"flunked",
|
|
"folded",
|
|
"foundered",
|
|
"missed",
|
|
"struck out",
|
|
"tanked",
|
|
"washed out"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to go wrong":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"The expedition came to grief in the vast frozen expanse."
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"prevailed",
|
|
"succeeded",
|
|
"flourished",
|
|
"prospered",
|
|
"thrived",
|
|
"throve"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"missed",
|
|
"broke down",
|
|
"busted",
|
|
"bust",
|
|
"conked (out)",
|
|
"crashed",
|
|
"died",
|
|
"failed",
|
|
"foundered",
|
|
"stalled",
|
|
"bombed",
|
|
"fizzled",
|
|
"flamed out",
|
|
"flopped",
|
|
"flunked",
|
|
"folded",
|
|
"washed out",
|
|
"floundered",
|
|
"struggled",
|
|
"declined",
|
|
"skidded",
|
|
"slipped",
|
|
"slumped",
|
|
"tanked",
|
|
"waned"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"miscarried",
|
|
"misfired"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"came up empty":{
|
|
"to be unsuccessful":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"came off",
|
|
"clicked",
|
|
"delivered",
|
|
"panned out",
|
|
"succeeded",
|
|
"went",
|
|
"went over",
|
|
"worked out"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"We searched for a viable candidate but came up empty ."
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"cooked",
|
|
"flourished",
|
|
"prospered",
|
|
"thrived",
|
|
"throve",
|
|
"prevailed",
|
|
"triumphed",
|
|
"won"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"floundered",
|
|
"struggled",
|
|
"declined",
|
|
"sank",
|
|
"sunk",
|
|
"skidded",
|
|
"slipped",
|
|
"slumped",
|
|
"waned",
|
|
"crashed",
|
|
"crumbled",
|
|
"miscarried",
|
|
"misfired",
|
|
"went under",
|
|
"imploded",
|
|
"self-destructed"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bombed",
|
|
"collapsed",
|
|
"cratered",
|
|
"failed",
|
|
"flamed out",
|
|
"flopped",
|
|
"flunked",
|
|
"folded",
|
|
"foundered",
|
|
"missed",
|
|
"struck out",
|
|
"tanked",
|
|
"washed out"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"camouflages":{
|
|
"clothing put on to hide one's true identity or imitate someone or something else":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the soldiers must wear protective jungle camouflage while on patrol"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"dominoes",
|
|
"dominos",
|
|
"masks",
|
|
"veils",
|
|
"visors",
|
|
"vizors",
|
|
"vizards",
|
|
"costumeries",
|
|
"dresses",
|
|
"getups",
|
|
"outfits",
|
|
"rigs",
|
|
"colorings",
|
|
"cosmetics",
|
|
"makeups",
|
|
"paints"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"costumes",
|
|
"disguises",
|
|
"guises"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to change the dress or looks of so as to conceal true identity":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"unmasks"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"camouflaged the military camp as a native village"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"displays",
|
|
"exhibits",
|
|
"exposes",
|
|
"flaunts",
|
|
"parades",
|
|
"shows",
|
|
"uncloaks",
|
|
"unclothes",
|
|
"uncovers",
|
|
"undrapes",
|
|
"unveils",
|
|
"bares",
|
|
"betrays",
|
|
"discloses",
|
|
"discovers",
|
|
"divulges",
|
|
"exposes",
|
|
"reveals"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"blankets",
|
|
"blots out",
|
|
"conceals",
|
|
"covers",
|
|
"curtains",
|
|
"enshrouds",
|
|
"hides",
|
|
"obscures",
|
|
"occults",
|
|
"screens",
|
|
"shrouds",
|
|
"veils",
|
|
"affects",
|
|
"assumes",
|
|
"counterfeits",
|
|
"dissembles",
|
|
"dissimulates",
|
|
"feigns",
|
|
"poses",
|
|
"pretends",
|
|
"shams",
|
|
"simulates",
|
|
"acts",
|
|
"fakes",
|
|
"impersonates",
|
|
"masquerades",
|
|
"plays",
|
|
"cosmeticizes",
|
|
"gilds",
|
|
"glosses (over)",
|
|
"varnishes",
|
|
"whitewashes"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cloaks",
|
|
"disguises",
|
|
"dresses up",
|
|
"masks"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"camp":{
|
|
"a place where a group of people live for a short time in tents or cabins":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the war forced people to flee their homes and to live in crowded camps along the border"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"canvas",
|
|
"canvass",
|
|
"tentage",
|
|
"colony",
|
|
"plantation",
|
|
"settlement",
|
|
"Hooverville",
|
|
"jungle",
|
|
"shantytown",
|
|
"concentration camp",
|
|
"prison camp",
|
|
"barracks",
|
|
"cantonment",
|
|
"installation",
|
|
"laager",
|
|
"leaguer",
|
|
"post"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bivouac",
|
|
"campground",
|
|
"campsite",
|
|
"encampment",
|
|
"hutment"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a small, simply constructed, and often temporary dwelling":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a hunter's camp deep in the woods"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"lean-to",
|
|
"shed",
|
|
"cot",
|
|
"cottage",
|
|
"lodge",
|
|
"cabana",
|
|
"bungalow",
|
|
"chalet",
|
|
"hogan",
|
|
"wickiup",
|
|
"wigwam",
|
|
"tent"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cabin",
|
|
"hooch",
|
|
"hootch",
|
|
"hovel",
|
|
"hut",
|
|
"hutch",
|
|
"hutment",
|
|
"shack",
|
|
"shanty"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"an often small house for recreational or seasonal use":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"years ago the wealthy industrialists built some rather grand camps along the lake"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"dacha",
|
|
"summerhouse",
|
|
"bungalow",
|
|
"cot",
|
|
"hut",
|
|
"shack",
|
|
"shanty"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bach",
|
|
"cabin",
|
|
"chalet",
|
|
"cottage",
|
|
"lodge"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to provide with living quarters or shelter":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"some out-of-town delegates to the convention were camped in university dorms"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"eject",
|
|
"evict"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"ensconce",
|
|
"home",
|
|
"roost",
|
|
"secure",
|
|
"shed",
|
|
"stable",
|
|
"tent",
|
|
"barrack",
|
|
"bed (down)"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accommodate",
|
|
"bestow",
|
|
"billet",
|
|
"bivouac",
|
|
"board",
|
|
"bunk",
|
|
"chamber",
|
|
"domicile",
|
|
"encamp",
|
|
"harbor",
|
|
"house",
|
|
"lodge",
|
|
"put up",
|
|
"quarter",
|
|
"roof",
|
|
"room",
|
|
"shelter",
|
|
"take in"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"campaign (for)":{
|
|
"as in work (for) , agitate (for)":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"camping":{
|
|
"to provide with living quarters or shelter":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"some out-of-town delegates to the convention were camped in university dorms"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"ejecting",
|
|
"evicting"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"ensconcing",
|
|
"homing",
|
|
"roosting",
|
|
"securing",
|
|
"shedding",
|
|
"stabling",
|
|
"tenting",
|
|
"barracking",
|
|
"bedding (down)"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accommodating",
|
|
"bestowing",
|
|
"billeting",
|
|
"bivouacking",
|
|
"boarding",
|
|
"bunking",
|
|
"chambering",
|
|
"domiciling",
|
|
"encamping",
|
|
"harboring",
|
|
"housing",
|
|
"lodging",
|
|
"putting up",
|
|
"quartering",
|
|
"roofing",
|
|
"rooming",
|
|
"sheltering",
|
|
"taking in"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"camping (out in)":{
|
|
"as in":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"campus":{
|
|
"the area and buildings around a university, college, school, etc.":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Visitors crowded the campus on graduation day.",
|
|
"Rallies were held on university campuses across the country.",
|
|
"We walked around the campus on our first day."
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"can":{
|
|
"a metal container in the shape of a cylinder":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the shelter stores huge cans of water for an emergency"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"bucket",
|
|
"pail",
|
|
"cannikin",
|
|
"tin can"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"barrel",
|
|
"canister",
|
|
"cannister",
|
|
"drum",
|
|
"tin"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a place of confinement for persons held in lawful custody":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the racketeers were rounded up and thrown in the can"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"outside"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"bull pen",
|
|
"cage",
|
|
"cell",
|
|
"hole",
|
|
"tank",
|
|
"block",
|
|
"ward",
|
|
"glasshouse",
|
|
"guardhouse",
|
|
"hulk(s)",
|
|
"concentration camp",
|
|
"gulag",
|
|
"labor camp",
|
|
"prison camp",
|
|
"stalag",
|
|
"work camp",
|
|
"dungeon",
|
|
"keep",
|
|
"oubliette",
|
|
"reformatory",
|
|
"reform school",
|
|
"training school"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bastille",
|
|
"big house",
|
|
"bridewell",
|
|
"brig",
|
|
"calaboose",
|
|
"clink",
|
|
"cooler",
|
|
"coop",
|
|
"guardroom",
|
|
"hock",
|
|
"hold",
|
|
"hoosegow",
|
|
"jail",
|
|
"jailhouse",
|
|
"joint",
|
|
"jug",
|
|
"lockup",
|
|
"nick",
|
|
"pen",
|
|
"penitentiary",
|
|
"pokey",
|
|
"prison",
|
|
"quod",
|
|
"slam",
|
|
"slammer",
|
|
"stir",
|
|
"stockade",
|
|
"tolbooth"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a room furnished with a fixture for flushing body waste":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I excused myself and asked if I could use the can"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"commode",
|
|
"pan",
|
|
"pot",
|
|
"garderobe",
|
|
"jakes",
|
|
"outhouse",
|
|
"privy",
|
|
"half bath",
|
|
"powder room",
|
|
"ladies",
|
|
"ladies' room",
|
|
"men's room"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bath",
|
|
"bathroom",
|
|
"bog",
|
|
"cloakroom",
|
|
"comfort station",
|
|
"convenience",
|
|
"head",
|
|
"john",
|
|
"latrine",
|
|
"lavatory",
|
|
"loo",
|
|
"potty",
|
|
"restroom",
|
|
"toilet",
|
|
"washroom",
|
|
"water closet"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the part of the body upon which someone sits":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he fell on the ice and landed on his can"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"beam",
|
|
"stern",
|
|
"moon"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"backside",
|
|
"behind",
|
|
"booty",
|
|
"bootie",
|
|
"bottom",
|
|
"breech",
|
|
"bum",
|
|
"buns",
|
|
"butt",
|
|
"buttocks",
|
|
"caboose",
|
|
"cheeks",
|
|
"derriere",
|
|
"derri\u00e8re",
|
|
"duff",
|
|
"fanny",
|
|
"fundament",
|
|
"hams",
|
|
"haunches",
|
|
"heinie",
|
|
"hunkers",
|
|
"keister",
|
|
"keester",
|
|
"nates",
|
|
"posterior",
|
|
"rear",
|
|
"rear end",
|
|
"rump",
|
|
"seat",
|
|
"tail",
|
|
"tail end",
|
|
"tush"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to bring (as an action or operation) to an immediate end":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"can the chatter, or I'm kicking you out of this library"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"carry on",
|
|
"continue",
|
|
"follow through (with)",
|
|
"keep up",
|
|
"run on",
|
|
"advance",
|
|
"proceed",
|
|
"progress",
|
|
"actuate",
|
|
"drive",
|
|
"impel",
|
|
"propel",
|
|
"stir"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"complete",
|
|
"conclude",
|
|
"finish",
|
|
"close (down)",
|
|
"deactivate",
|
|
"block",
|
|
"blockade",
|
|
"dam",
|
|
"delay",
|
|
"detain",
|
|
"hinder",
|
|
"hold",
|
|
"hold back",
|
|
"impede",
|
|
"kibosh",
|
|
"obstruct",
|
|
"stem",
|
|
"call",
|
|
"suspend",
|
|
"arrest",
|
|
"brake",
|
|
"check",
|
|
"clamp down",
|
|
"rein (in)",
|
|
"squash",
|
|
"squelch",
|
|
"stamp",
|
|
"stanch",
|
|
"staunch",
|
|
"stunt",
|
|
"suppress",
|
|
"turn back",
|
|
"pause",
|
|
"stay",
|
|
"suspend",
|
|
"abolish",
|
|
"abort",
|
|
"annul",
|
|
"demolish",
|
|
"destroy",
|
|
"dissolve",
|
|
"kill",
|
|
"ruin",
|
|
"scuttle",
|
|
"snuff"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"break",
|
|
"break off",
|
|
"break up",
|
|
"cease",
|
|
"cut off",
|
|
"cut out",
|
|
"desist (from)",
|
|
"discontinue",
|
|
"drop",
|
|
"end",
|
|
"give over",
|
|
"halt",
|
|
"knock off",
|
|
"lay off",
|
|
"leave off",
|
|
"pack (up or in)",
|
|
"quit",
|
|
"shut off",
|
|
"stop"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to let go from office, service, or employment":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"employ",
|
|
"engage",
|
|
"hire",
|
|
"retain",
|
|
"sign (up or on)",
|
|
"take on"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the cashier was summarily canned for stealing from the registers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"keep",
|
|
"reemploy",
|
|
"rehire",
|
|
"contract",
|
|
"subcontract",
|
|
"recruit"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"downsize",
|
|
"excess",
|
|
"furlough",
|
|
"lay off",
|
|
"trim",
|
|
"boot (out)",
|
|
"chuck (out)",
|
|
"drum (out)",
|
|
"kick out",
|
|
"throw out",
|
|
"unseat",
|
|
"separate"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ax",
|
|
"axe",
|
|
"bounce",
|
|
"cashier",
|
|
"discharge",
|
|
"dismiss",
|
|
"fire",
|
|
"muster out",
|
|
"pink-slip",
|
|
"release",
|
|
"remove",
|
|
"retire",
|
|
"sack",
|
|
"terminate",
|
|
"turn off"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"canap\u00e9":{
|
|
"as in":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"canards":{
|
|
"a rumor or report of a personal or sensational nature":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"it's a popular canard that the actress died under scandalous circumstances"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"dirt",
|
|
"gossip",
|
|
"scuttlebutt",
|
|
"talebearings",
|
|
"talks",
|
|
"tattles",
|
|
"dirty laundry",
|
|
"defamations",
|
|
"libels",
|
|
"slanders",
|
|
"hearsay",
|
|
"fables",
|
|
"fabrications",
|
|
"fairy tales",
|
|
"falsehoods",
|
|
"falsities",
|
|
"fibs",
|
|
"lies",
|
|
"mendacities",
|
|
"prevarications",
|
|
"untruths",
|
|
"whoppers"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"stories",
|
|
"tales",
|
|
"whispers"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"canceled":{
|
|
"to destroy all traces of":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"it seemed as though all honor and decency had been canceled by the war's new moral order"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"conserved",
|
|
"preserved",
|
|
"protected",
|
|
"saved",
|
|
"built",
|
|
"constructed",
|
|
"created",
|
|
"fabricated",
|
|
"fashioned",
|
|
"forged",
|
|
"formed",
|
|
"framed",
|
|
"made",
|
|
"manufactured",
|
|
"shaped",
|
|
"fixed",
|
|
"mended",
|
|
"patched",
|
|
"rebuilt",
|
|
"reconditioned",
|
|
"reconstructed",
|
|
"renewed",
|
|
"renovated",
|
|
"repaired",
|
|
"restored",
|
|
"revamped"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"decimated",
|
|
"demolished",
|
|
"destroyed",
|
|
"devastated",
|
|
"ravaged",
|
|
"dismantled",
|
|
"flattened",
|
|
"mowed (down)",
|
|
"razed",
|
|
"tore down",
|
|
"ruined",
|
|
"totaled",
|
|
"totalled",
|
|
"wasted",
|
|
"wrecked",
|
|
"blasted",
|
|
"blew up",
|
|
"dashed",
|
|
"dynamited",
|
|
"smashed",
|
|
"atomized",
|
|
"consumed",
|
|
"devoured",
|
|
"dissolved",
|
|
"fragmented",
|
|
"powdered",
|
|
"pulverized",
|
|
"shattered",
|
|
"splintered",
|
|
"doomed",
|
|
"finished",
|
|
"killed",
|
|
"killed off",
|
|
"terminated",
|
|
"zapped",
|
|
"cut",
|
|
"discarded",
|
|
"ditched",
|
|
"ejected",
|
|
"excised",
|
|
"expelled",
|
|
"jettisoned",
|
|
"ousted",
|
|
"threw out"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abolished",
|
|
"annihilated",
|
|
"blacked out",
|
|
"blotted out",
|
|
"cleaned (up)",
|
|
"effaced",
|
|
"eradicated",
|
|
"erased",
|
|
"expunged",
|
|
"exterminated",
|
|
"extirpated",
|
|
"liquidated",
|
|
"obliterated",
|
|
"rooted (out)",
|
|
"rubbed out",
|
|
"snuffed (out)",
|
|
"stamped (out)",
|
|
"swept (away)",
|
|
"wiped out"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to put an end to (something planned or previously agreed to)":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"continued",
|
|
"kept"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"please call to cancel your appointment with the dentist if you can't make it"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"engaged",
|
|
"pledged",
|
|
"promised",
|
|
"began",
|
|
"commenced",
|
|
"initiated",
|
|
"started",
|
|
"took on",
|
|
"took up",
|
|
"undertook"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"abrogated",
|
|
"annulled",
|
|
"invalidated",
|
|
"nullified",
|
|
"voided",
|
|
"wrote off",
|
|
"recanted",
|
|
"retracted",
|
|
"took back",
|
|
"withdrew",
|
|
"countermanded",
|
|
"reversed",
|
|
"rolled back",
|
|
"broke off",
|
|
"discontinued",
|
|
"ended",
|
|
"halted",
|
|
"stopped",
|
|
"terminated",
|
|
"held back",
|
|
"interrupted",
|
|
"suspended",
|
|
"gave up",
|
|
"relinquished",
|
|
"surrendered"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abandoned",
|
|
"aborted",
|
|
"called",
|
|
"called off",
|
|
"cried off",
|
|
"dropped",
|
|
"recalled",
|
|
"repealed",
|
|
"rescinded",
|
|
"revoked",
|
|
"scrapped",
|
|
"scrubbed"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to put an end to by formal action":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the agreement can be canceled by either side with a formal written notice"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"enacted",
|
|
"laid down",
|
|
"legislated",
|
|
"established",
|
|
"founded",
|
|
"instituted",
|
|
"formalized",
|
|
"legalized",
|
|
"legitimated",
|
|
"legitimized",
|
|
"validated",
|
|
"passed",
|
|
"ratified",
|
|
"allowed",
|
|
"approved",
|
|
"authorized",
|
|
"cleared",
|
|
"endorsed",
|
|
"indorsed",
|
|
"permitted",
|
|
"sanctioned",
|
|
"warranted",
|
|
"commanded",
|
|
"decreed",
|
|
"mandated",
|
|
"ordered",
|
|
"prescribed"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"countermanded",
|
|
"overrode",
|
|
"overruled",
|
|
"overturned",
|
|
"vetoed",
|
|
"aborted",
|
|
"called",
|
|
"called off",
|
|
"dropped",
|
|
"recalled",
|
|
"retracted",
|
|
"reversed",
|
|
"revoked",
|
|
"suspended",
|
|
"withdrew",
|
|
"banned",
|
|
"enjoined",
|
|
"forbade",
|
|
"forbad",
|
|
"outlawed",
|
|
"prohibited",
|
|
"disallowed",
|
|
"dismissed",
|
|
"rejected",
|
|
"annihilated",
|
|
"broke down",
|
|
"eliminated",
|
|
"eradicated",
|
|
"erased",
|
|
"liquidated",
|
|
"removed",
|
|
"threw out",
|
|
"wrote off"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abated",
|
|
"abolished",
|
|
"abrogated",
|
|
"annulled",
|
|
"avoided",
|
|
"disannulled",
|
|
"dissolved",
|
|
"invalidated",
|
|
"negated",
|
|
"nulled",
|
|
"nullified",
|
|
"quashed",
|
|
"repealed",
|
|
"rescinded",
|
|
"rolled back",
|
|
"struck down",
|
|
"vacated",
|
|
"voided"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to show (something written) to be no longer valid by drawing a cross over or a line through it":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"canceled the check and wrote a new one"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"blotted out",
|
|
"effaced",
|
|
"eradicated",
|
|
"erased",
|
|
"expunged",
|
|
"obliterated",
|
|
"rooted (out)",
|
|
"rubbed out",
|
|
"wiped out",
|
|
"bleeped",
|
|
"blipped",
|
|
"clipped",
|
|
"cut",
|
|
"excised",
|
|
"removed",
|
|
"bowdlerized",
|
|
"censored",
|
|
"cleaned (up)",
|
|
"expurgated",
|
|
"laundered",
|
|
"redacted",
|
|
"red-penciled",
|
|
"abbreviated",
|
|
"cropped",
|
|
"shortened",
|
|
"blacked out",
|
|
"repressed",
|
|
"silenced",
|
|
"suppressed"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blue-penciled",
|
|
"crossed (out)",
|
|
"deled",
|
|
"deleted",
|
|
"edited (out)",
|
|
"elided",
|
|
"killed",
|
|
"scratched (out)",
|
|
"stroked (out)",
|
|
"struck (out)",
|
|
"x-ed (out)",
|
|
"x'd (out)",
|
|
"xed (out)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cancelled (out)":{
|
|
"to balance with an equal force so as to make ineffective":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"unfortunately, this one indiscretion will cancel out a long record of accomplishment"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"invalidated",
|
|
"negated",
|
|
"neutered",
|
|
"nullified",
|
|
"atoned (for)",
|
|
"outbalanced",
|
|
"outweighed",
|
|
"redeemed",
|
|
"redressed",
|
|
"relieved",
|
|
"remedied",
|
|
"overrode",
|
|
"overruled"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"annulled",
|
|
"compensated (for)",
|
|
"corrected",
|
|
"counteracted",
|
|
"counterbalanced",
|
|
"counterpoised",
|
|
"made up (for)",
|
|
"negatived",
|
|
"neutralized",
|
|
"offset"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"candelabras":{
|
|
"an object with several branches for holding sources of light":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"An elegant candelabra was placed on the dining table."
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"candelabrum":{
|
|
"as in candelabra , candle":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"candidness":{
|
|
"the free expression of one's true feelings and opinions":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"dissembling",
|
|
"dissimulation",
|
|
"indirection"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"candidness is something that we claim to admire\u2014except when we are on the receiving end of a brutally honest assessment"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"circuitousness",
|
|
"evasiveness",
|
|
"secretiveness",
|
|
"inhibition",
|
|
"reserve",
|
|
"restraint",
|
|
"reticence",
|
|
"shyness",
|
|
"diplomacy",
|
|
"tact"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"earnestness",
|
|
"sincerity",
|
|
"sobriety",
|
|
"artlessness",
|
|
"genuineness",
|
|
"na\u00efvet\u00e9",
|
|
"naivete",
|
|
"naivet\u00e9",
|
|
"simplicity",
|
|
"unsophistication",
|
|
"communicativeness",
|
|
"freedom",
|
|
"license",
|
|
"licence",
|
|
"uninhibitedness",
|
|
"unrestrainedness",
|
|
"unrestraint"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bluntness",
|
|
"candor",
|
|
"directness",
|
|
"forthrightness",
|
|
"frankness",
|
|
"honesty",
|
|
"openheartedness",
|
|
"openness",
|
|
"outspokenness",
|
|
"plainness",
|
|
"plainspokenness",
|
|
"plumpness",
|
|
"straightforwardness",
|
|
"unguardedness",
|
|
"unreserve",
|
|
"unreservedness"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"candlelight":{
|
|
"a time or place of little or no light":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"blaze",
|
|
"brightness",
|
|
"brilliance",
|
|
"day",
|
|
"daylight",
|
|
"glare",
|
|
"glow",
|
|
"light",
|
|
"lightness"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"at candlelight carolers would gather in the village green before beginning their stroll"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"moonlight",
|
|
"starlight",
|
|
"sunlight",
|
|
"effulgence",
|
|
"radiance",
|
|
"radiancy",
|
|
"shine",
|
|
"sunshine",
|
|
"incandescence",
|
|
"luminance",
|
|
"luminescence",
|
|
"luminosity",
|
|
"luminousness"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"midnight",
|
|
"blackout",
|
|
"brownout",
|
|
"dimout",
|
|
"shadiness",
|
|
"umbrage",
|
|
"dullness",
|
|
"dulness",
|
|
"somberness",
|
|
"cloudiness",
|
|
"fogginess",
|
|
"haziness",
|
|
"mistiness",
|
|
"murkiness",
|
|
"dimness",
|
|
"faintness",
|
|
"gloominess",
|
|
"grayness",
|
|
"paleness",
|
|
"half-light"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"black",
|
|
"blackness",
|
|
"dark",
|
|
"darkness",
|
|
"dusk",
|
|
"gloaming",
|
|
"gloom",
|
|
"murk",
|
|
"night",
|
|
"semidarkness",
|
|
"shade",
|
|
"shadows",
|
|
"twilight",
|
|
"umbra"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"canicular":{
|
|
"as in tropical , steamy":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"caning":{
|
|
"as in strapping , leathering":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"canker":{
|
|
"as in cancer , decay":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to lower in character, dignity, or quality":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"elevate",
|
|
"ennoble",
|
|
"uplift"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"such shameless ambulance chasing cankers the legal profession"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dignify",
|
|
"exalt",
|
|
"honor",
|
|
"ameliorate",
|
|
"amend",
|
|
"better",
|
|
"enhance",
|
|
"enrich",
|
|
"improve",
|
|
"meliorate",
|
|
"perfect",
|
|
"clarify",
|
|
"clean",
|
|
"cleanse",
|
|
"purify",
|
|
"refine",
|
|
"restore",
|
|
"respect"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"befoul",
|
|
"begrime",
|
|
"contaminate",
|
|
"defile",
|
|
"dilute",
|
|
"dirty",
|
|
"pollute",
|
|
"taint",
|
|
"thin",
|
|
"water down",
|
|
"weaken",
|
|
"descend",
|
|
"disgrace",
|
|
"dishonor",
|
|
"humble",
|
|
"humiliate",
|
|
"shame",
|
|
"take down",
|
|
"blemish",
|
|
"damage",
|
|
"deface",
|
|
"destroy",
|
|
"flaw",
|
|
"harm",
|
|
"hurt",
|
|
"impair",
|
|
"mar",
|
|
"ruin",
|
|
"spoil",
|
|
"stain",
|
|
"tarnish",
|
|
"wreck",
|
|
"depreciate",
|
|
"downgrade"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abase",
|
|
"bastardize",
|
|
"cheapen",
|
|
"corrupt",
|
|
"debase",
|
|
"debauch",
|
|
"degrade",
|
|
"demean",
|
|
"demoralize",
|
|
"deprave",
|
|
"deteriorate",
|
|
"lessen",
|
|
"pervert",
|
|
"poison",
|
|
"profane",
|
|
"prostitute",
|
|
"subvert",
|
|
"vitiate",
|
|
"warp"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"canned":{
|
|
"being under the influence of alcohol":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"sober",
|
|
"straight"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Driving home on New Year's Eve, she worried about other drivers who might be canned ."
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abstemious",
|
|
"abstinent",
|
|
"dry",
|
|
"temperate",
|
|
"teetotal",
|
|
"clearheaded",
|
|
"cool",
|
|
"level",
|
|
"steady"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"maudlin",
|
|
"beery",
|
|
"befuddled",
|
|
"bleary-eyed",
|
|
"crapulous",
|
|
"dopey",
|
|
"dopy",
|
|
"rocky",
|
|
"strung out",
|
|
"stupefied",
|
|
"debauched",
|
|
"dissipated",
|
|
"dissolute",
|
|
"alcoholic",
|
|
"bibulous",
|
|
"dipsomaniacal"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"besotted",
|
|
"blasted",
|
|
"blind",
|
|
"blitzed",
|
|
"blotto",
|
|
"bombed",
|
|
"boozy",
|
|
"cockeyed",
|
|
"crocked",
|
|
"drunk",
|
|
"drunken",
|
|
"fried",
|
|
"gassed",
|
|
"hammered",
|
|
"high",
|
|
"impaired",
|
|
"inebriate",
|
|
"inebriated",
|
|
"intoxicated",
|
|
"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"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to bring (as an action or operation) to an immediate end":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"can the chatter, or I'm kicking you out of this library"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"carried on",
|
|
"continued",
|
|
"followed through (with)",
|
|
"kept up",
|
|
"ran on",
|
|
"advanced",
|
|
"proceeded",
|
|
"progressed",
|
|
"actuated",
|
|
"drove",
|
|
"impelled",
|
|
"propelled",
|
|
"stirred"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"completed",
|
|
"concluded",
|
|
"finished",
|
|
"closed (down)",
|
|
"deactivated",
|
|
"blockaded",
|
|
"blocked",
|
|
"dammed",
|
|
"delayed",
|
|
"detained",
|
|
"held",
|
|
"held back",
|
|
"hindered",
|
|
"impeded",
|
|
"kiboshed",
|
|
"obstructed",
|
|
"stemmed",
|
|
"called",
|
|
"suspended",
|
|
"arrested",
|
|
"braked",
|
|
"checked",
|
|
"clamped down",
|
|
"reined (in)",
|
|
"squashed",
|
|
"squelched",
|
|
"stamped",
|
|
"stanched",
|
|
"staunched",
|
|
"stunted",
|
|
"suppressed",
|
|
"turned back",
|
|
"paused",
|
|
"stayed",
|
|
"suspended",
|
|
"abolished",
|
|
"aborted",
|
|
"annulled",
|
|
"demolished",
|
|
"destroyed",
|
|
"dissolved",
|
|
"killed",
|
|
"ruined",
|
|
"scuttled",
|
|
"snuffed"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"broke",
|
|
"broke off",
|
|
"broke up",
|
|
"ceased",
|
|
"cut off",
|
|
"cut out",
|
|
"desisted (from)",
|
|
"discontinued",
|
|
"dropped",
|
|
"ended",
|
|
"gave over",
|
|
"halted",
|
|
"knocked off",
|
|
"laid off",
|
|
"left off",
|
|
"packed (up or in)",
|
|
"quit",
|
|
"quitted",
|
|
"shut off",
|
|
"stopped"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to let go from office, service, or employment":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"employed",
|
|
"engaged",
|
|
"hired",
|
|
"retained",
|
|
"signed (up or on)",
|
|
"took on"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the cashier was summarily canned for stealing from the registers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"kept",
|
|
"reemployed",
|
|
"re-employed",
|
|
"rehired",
|
|
"contracted",
|
|
"subcontracted",
|
|
"recruited"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"downsized",
|
|
"excessed",
|
|
"furloughed",
|
|
"laid off",
|
|
"trimmed",
|
|
"booted (out)",
|
|
"chucked (out)",
|
|
"drummed (out)",
|
|
"kicked out",
|
|
"threw out",
|
|
"unseated",
|
|
"separated"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"axed",
|
|
"bounced",
|
|
"cashiered",
|
|
"discharged",
|
|
"dismissed",
|
|
"fired",
|
|
"mustered out",
|
|
"pink-slipped",
|
|
"released",
|
|
"removed",
|
|
"retired",
|
|
"sacked",
|
|
"terminated",
|
|
"turned off"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
],
|
|
"using or marked by the use of something else as a basis or model":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"archetypal",
|
|
"archetypical",
|
|
"original"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"there's a canned quality to the screenplay that reminds you of countless other action movies"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"authentic",
|
|
"bona fide",
|
|
"legitimate",
|
|
"true",
|
|
"genuine",
|
|
"natural",
|
|
"real",
|
|
"classic",
|
|
"ideal",
|
|
"model"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"copied",
|
|
"cribbed",
|
|
"plagiarized",
|
|
"artificial",
|
|
"bogus",
|
|
"factitious",
|
|
"fake",
|
|
"false",
|
|
"imitation",
|
|
"man-made",
|
|
"mock",
|
|
"sham",
|
|
"simulated",
|
|
"substitute",
|
|
"synthetic",
|
|
"duplicated",
|
|
"photocopied",
|
|
"reduplicated",
|
|
"reproduced",
|
|
"transcribed",
|
|
"backup",
|
|
"counterfeit",
|
|
"deceptive",
|
|
"forged",
|
|
"fraudulent",
|
|
"misleading",
|
|
"cut-and-dried",
|
|
"cut-and-dry",
|
|
"perfunctory",
|
|
"routine",
|
|
"uninspired"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"apish",
|
|
"emulative",
|
|
"epigonic",
|
|
"epigonous",
|
|
"formulaic",
|
|
"imitative",
|
|
"mimetic",
|
|
"mimic",
|
|
"slavish",
|
|
"unoriginal"
|
|
]
|
|
}
|
|
},
|
|
"cannon":{
|
|
"as in barrage , cannonade":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cannonade":{
|
|
"a rapid or overwhelming outpouring of many things at once":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the director of the sporting event was greeted at the scene with a cannonade of complaints"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dribble",
|
|
"drip",
|
|
"trickle"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"broadside",
|
|
"earful",
|
|
"avalanche",
|
|
"burst",
|
|
"cataclysm",
|
|
"cataract",
|
|
"deluge",
|
|
"discharge",
|
|
"engulfment",
|
|
"flood",
|
|
"flood tide",
|
|
"flush",
|
|
"gush",
|
|
"inundation",
|
|
"outburst",
|
|
"outflow",
|
|
"outpouring",
|
|
"overflow",
|
|
"rash",
|
|
"spate",
|
|
"surge",
|
|
"torrent",
|
|
"current",
|
|
"river",
|
|
"stream",
|
|
"tide",
|
|
"excess",
|
|
"glut",
|
|
"overabundance",
|
|
"overage",
|
|
"overkill",
|
|
"overmuch",
|
|
"oversupply",
|
|
"superabundance",
|
|
"superfluity",
|
|
"surfeit",
|
|
"surplus"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"barrage",
|
|
"blitz",
|
|
"blitzkrieg",
|
|
"bombardment",
|
|
"drumbeat",
|
|
"drumfire",
|
|
"flurry",
|
|
"fusillade",
|
|
"hail",
|
|
"salvo",
|
|
"shower",
|
|
"storm",
|
|
"volley"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to use bombs or artillery against":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the artillery cannonaded the enemy encampment all night"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"enfilade",
|
|
"rake",
|
|
"strafe",
|
|
"assail",
|
|
"assault",
|
|
"attack",
|
|
"devastate",
|
|
"hit",
|
|
"pound",
|
|
"ravage",
|
|
"strike"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"batter",
|
|
"blitz",
|
|
"blitzkrieg",
|
|
"bomb",
|
|
"bombard",
|
|
"shell"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cannonballing":{
|
|
"to proceed or move quickly":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"crawling",
|
|
"creeping",
|
|
"poking"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a dune buggy came recklessly cannonballing down the crowded beach"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dallying",
|
|
"dawdling",
|
|
"dillydallying",
|
|
"dragging",
|
|
"hanging (around or out)",
|
|
"lagging",
|
|
"lingering",
|
|
"loitering",
|
|
"poking",
|
|
"tarrying",
|
|
"ambling",
|
|
"lumbering",
|
|
"plodding",
|
|
"sauntering",
|
|
"shuffling",
|
|
"strolling",
|
|
"decelerating",
|
|
"slowing (down or up)"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"beetling",
|
|
"darting",
|
|
"flitting",
|
|
"scampering",
|
|
"scudding",
|
|
"scuffling",
|
|
"stampeding",
|
|
"streaking",
|
|
"whizzing",
|
|
"galloping",
|
|
"jogging",
|
|
"sprinting",
|
|
"accelerating",
|
|
"quickening",
|
|
"stepping out",
|
|
"catching up",
|
|
"fast-forwarding",
|
|
"outpacing",
|
|
"outrunning",
|
|
"outstripping",
|
|
"overtaking",
|
|
"arrowing",
|
|
"beelining"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"barreling",
|
|
"barrelling",
|
|
"belting",
|
|
"blasting",
|
|
"blazing",
|
|
"blowing",
|
|
"bolting",
|
|
"bombing",
|
|
"bowling",
|
|
"breezing",
|
|
"bundling",
|
|
"bustling",
|
|
"buzzing",
|
|
"careening",
|
|
"careering",
|
|
"chasing",
|
|
"coursing",
|
|
"cracking (on)",
|
|
"dashing",
|
|
"driving",
|
|
"flying",
|
|
"haring",
|
|
"hastening",
|
|
"highballing",
|
|
"hotfooting (it)",
|
|
"humping",
|
|
"hurling",
|
|
"hurrying",
|
|
"hurtling",
|
|
"hustling",
|
|
"hying",
|
|
"hieing",
|
|
"jetting",
|
|
"jumping",
|
|
"motoring",
|
|
"nipping",
|
|
"pelting",
|
|
"racing",
|
|
"ramming",
|
|
"ripping",
|
|
"rocketing",
|
|
"running",
|
|
"rushing",
|
|
"rustling",
|
|
"scooting",
|
|
"scurrying",
|
|
"scuttling",
|
|
"shooting",
|
|
"speeding",
|
|
"stepping",
|
|
"tearing",
|
|
"traveling",
|
|
"travelling",
|
|
"trotting",
|
|
"whirling",
|
|
"whisking",
|
|
"zipping",
|
|
"zooming"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cannoned":{
|
|
"as in barraged , cannonaded":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"canny":{
|
|
"enjoying physical comfort":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"uncomfortable"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"warm and canny under the woolen bedcovers, we didn't mind the chilly Scottish nights"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"discontented",
|
|
"displeased",
|
|
"dissatisfied",
|
|
"agitated",
|
|
"disturbed",
|
|
"perturbed",
|
|
"troubled"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"toasty",
|
|
"warm",
|
|
"content",
|
|
"contented",
|
|
"pleased",
|
|
"satisfied",
|
|
"easeful",
|
|
"peaceful",
|
|
"resting",
|
|
"easygoing",
|
|
"laid-back",
|
|
"undisturbed",
|
|
"unperturbed",
|
|
"untroubled"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"comfortable",
|
|
"comfy",
|
|
"cozy",
|
|
"relaxed",
|
|
"snug"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"having or showing a practical cleverness or judgment":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"unknowing"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a canny card player, good at psyching out his opponents"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"artless",
|
|
"guileless",
|
|
"ingenuous",
|
|
"innocent",
|
|
"naive",
|
|
"na\u00efve",
|
|
"exploitable",
|
|
"gullible",
|
|
"gullable",
|
|
"unperceptive",
|
|
"unwise",
|
|
"dense",
|
|
"dull",
|
|
"obtuse",
|
|
"airheaded",
|
|
"birdbrained",
|
|
"brain-dead",
|
|
"brainless",
|
|
"dim-witted",
|
|
"dopey",
|
|
"dopy",
|
|
"dumb",
|
|
"empty-headed",
|
|
"feebleminded",
|
|
"gormless",
|
|
"half-witted",
|
|
"knuckleheaded",
|
|
"lamebrain",
|
|
"lamebrained",
|
|
"lunkheaded",
|
|
"simple",
|
|
"slow",
|
|
"slow-witted",
|
|
"softheaded",
|
|
"stupid",
|
|
"thickheaded",
|
|
"thick-witted",
|
|
"unintelligent",
|
|
"weak-minded",
|
|
"foolish",
|
|
"idiotic",
|
|
"idiotical",
|
|
"imbecile",
|
|
"imbecilic",
|
|
"moronic",
|
|
"silly",
|
|
"thoughtless",
|
|
"witless",
|
|
"ignorant",
|
|
"uninformed"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"artful",
|
|
"cagey",
|
|
"cagy",
|
|
"crafty",
|
|
"cunning",
|
|
"devious",
|
|
"dodgy",
|
|
"foxy",
|
|
"guileful",
|
|
"pawky",
|
|
"slick",
|
|
"sly",
|
|
"subtle",
|
|
"tricky",
|
|
"wily",
|
|
"discerning",
|
|
"insightful",
|
|
"perceptive",
|
|
"percipient",
|
|
"perspicacious",
|
|
"sagacious",
|
|
"sage",
|
|
"sapient",
|
|
"wise",
|
|
"experienced",
|
|
"veteran",
|
|
"discriminating",
|
|
"discriminative",
|
|
"agile",
|
|
"alert",
|
|
"brainy",
|
|
"bright",
|
|
"brilliant",
|
|
"clever",
|
|
"intelligent",
|
|
"keen",
|
|
"nimble",
|
|
"quick",
|
|
"quick-witted",
|
|
"sharp-eyed",
|
|
"sharp-sighted",
|
|
"apt",
|
|
"ingenious",
|
|
"resourceful",
|
|
"calculating",
|
|
"scheming"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"astute",
|
|
"clear-eyed",
|
|
"clear-sighted",
|
|
"hard-boiled",
|
|
"hardheaded",
|
|
"heady",
|
|
"knowing",
|
|
"savvy",
|
|
"sharp",
|
|
"sharp-witted",
|
|
"shrewd",
|
|
"smart"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"canonical":{
|
|
"as in authoritative , ex officio":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in priestly , apostolic":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"canonizing":{
|
|
"as in":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to assign a high status or value to":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"abasing",
|
|
"degrading",
|
|
"demeaning",
|
|
"humbling",
|
|
"humiliating"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"those movie buffs who have canonized Alfred Hitchcock as filmdom's preeminent director"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"belittling",
|
|
"decrying",
|
|
"depreciating",
|
|
"detracting",
|
|
"disparaging",
|
|
"minimizing"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"boosting",
|
|
"lifting",
|
|
"promoting",
|
|
"raising",
|
|
"upgrading",
|
|
"uplifting",
|
|
"heightening",
|
|
"intensifying",
|
|
"idealizing",
|
|
"romanticizing",
|
|
"sanitizing",
|
|
"sugarcoating",
|
|
"acclaiming",
|
|
"extolling",
|
|
"honoring",
|
|
"lauding",
|
|
"praising"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"aggrandizing",
|
|
"deifying",
|
|
"dignifying",
|
|
"elevating",
|
|
"ennobling",
|
|
"enshrining",
|
|
"enskying",
|
|
"enthroning",
|
|
"exalting",
|
|
"glorifying",
|
|
"magnifying"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to love or admire too much":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a singing star so canonized by his fans that they refuse to believe anything bad about him"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abhorring",
|
|
"abominating",
|
|
"despising",
|
|
"detesting",
|
|
"disdaining",
|
|
"disliking",
|
|
"hating",
|
|
"loathing",
|
|
"belittling",
|
|
"deprecating",
|
|
"disparaging",
|
|
"misprizing",
|
|
"putting down"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"appreciating",
|
|
"cherishing",
|
|
"esteeming",
|
|
"prizing",
|
|
"treasuring",
|
|
"valuing",
|
|
"fancying",
|
|
"favoring",
|
|
"liking",
|
|
"preferring",
|
|
"regarding",
|
|
"hallowing",
|
|
"respecting",
|
|
"revering",
|
|
"venerating",
|
|
"approving",
|
|
"endorsing",
|
|
"indorsing",
|
|
"supporting"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"adoring",
|
|
"adulating",
|
|
"deifying",
|
|
"doting (on)",
|
|
"hero-worshipping",
|
|
"hero-worshiping",
|
|
"idolizing",
|
|
"worshipping",
|
|
"worshiping"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"canons":{
|
|
"a collection or system of rules of conduct":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the ABA Model Code of Professional Responsibility is a lawyer's canon"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"disciplines",
|
|
"establishments",
|
|
"common law",
|
|
"legislations"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"codes",
|
|
"constitutions",
|
|
"decalogues",
|
|
"laws"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a record of a series of items (as names or titles) usually arranged according to some system":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the canon of plays that are attributed to William Shakespeare"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"agendas",
|
|
"bibliographies",
|
|
"catalogues raisonn\u00e9s",
|
|
"compendiums",
|
|
"compendia",
|
|
"compilations",
|
|
"directories",
|
|
"dockets",
|
|
"enumerations",
|
|
"glossaries",
|
|
"indexes",
|
|
"indices",
|
|
"inventories",
|
|
"manifests",
|
|
"payrolls",
|
|
"calendars",
|
|
"chronologies",
|
|
"timetables"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"catalogs",
|
|
"catalogues",
|
|
"checklists",
|
|
"listings",
|
|
"lists",
|
|
"menus",
|
|
"registers",
|
|
"registries",
|
|
"roll calls",
|
|
"rolls",
|
|
"rosters",
|
|
"schedules",
|
|
"tables"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a statement or body of statements concerning faith or morals proclaimed by a church":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"members of the church must abide by its canons"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"canon laws",
|
|
"beliefs",
|
|
"convictions",
|
|
"tenets",
|
|
"credos",
|
|
"creeds",
|
|
"ideologies",
|
|
"idealogies",
|
|
"philosophies",
|
|
"theologies",
|
|
"axioms",
|
|
"precepts",
|
|
"principles",
|
|
"symbols"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"doctrines",
|
|
"dogmas",
|
|
"dogmata"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"canorous":{
|
|
"having a pleasing mixture of notes":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"discordant",
|
|
"disharmonious",
|
|
"dissonant",
|
|
"inharmonious",
|
|
"tuneless",
|
|
"unmelodious",
|
|
"unmusical"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a canorous chorus of birdsong filled the morning air"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"blaring",
|
|
"clanging",
|
|
"clashing",
|
|
"clattering",
|
|
"grating",
|
|
"harsh",
|
|
"jangling",
|
|
"jarring",
|
|
"metallic",
|
|
"raspy",
|
|
"raucous",
|
|
"scratching",
|
|
"screeching",
|
|
"shrill",
|
|
"squeaky",
|
|
"strident",
|
|
"disagreeable",
|
|
"unpleasant",
|
|
"unpleasing",
|
|
"atonal",
|
|
"off-key"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"blending",
|
|
"chiming",
|
|
"flowing",
|
|
"mellifluent",
|
|
"mellifluous",
|
|
"dulcet",
|
|
"mellow",
|
|
"melodic",
|
|
"sweet",
|
|
"echoing",
|
|
"resonant",
|
|
"sonorous",
|
|
"quavering",
|
|
"trilling",
|
|
"warbling",
|
|
"agreeable",
|
|
"appealing",
|
|
"pleasant",
|
|
"cadenced",
|
|
"lilting",
|
|
"lyric",
|
|
"lyrical",
|
|
"rhythmic",
|
|
"rhythmical",
|
|
"songful",
|
|
"songlike",
|
|
"chordal",
|
|
"harmonic",
|
|
"homophonic",
|
|
"orchestral",
|
|
"polyphonic",
|
|
"polyphonous",
|
|
"tonal"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"euphonic",
|
|
"euphonious",
|
|
"harmonious",
|
|
"harmonizing",
|
|
"melodious",
|
|
"musical",
|
|
"symphonic",
|
|
"symphonious",
|
|
"tuneful"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cant":{
|
|
"running in a slanting direction":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the cant buttresses on the interior walls are made of solid oak"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"horizontal",
|
|
"level",
|
|
"plumb",
|
|
"up-and-down",
|
|
"vertical",
|
|
"parallel",
|
|
"perpendicular"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"canted",
|
|
"diagonal",
|
|
"graded",
|
|
"inclined",
|
|
"leaning",
|
|
"listing",
|
|
"oblique",
|
|
"pitched",
|
|
"raked",
|
|
"slant",
|
|
"slanted",
|
|
"slantwise",
|
|
"sloped",
|
|
"sloping",
|
|
"tilted",
|
|
"tilting"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the degree to which something rises up from a position level with the horizon":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a steep cant of the riverbank at that turn in the river"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"declension",
|
|
"declination",
|
|
"decline",
|
|
"declivity",
|
|
"descent",
|
|
"dip",
|
|
"downgrade",
|
|
"fall",
|
|
"hang",
|
|
"hanging",
|
|
"receding"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"ascent",
|
|
"bank",
|
|
"climb",
|
|
"rise"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"diagonal",
|
|
"grade",
|
|
"gradient",
|
|
"inclination",
|
|
"incline",
|
|
"lean",
|
|
"pitch",
|
|
"rake",
|
|
"slant",
|
|
"slope",
|
|
"upgrade"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the pretending of having virtues, principles, or beliefs that one in fact does not have":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"genuineness",
|
|
"sincereness",
|
|
"sincerity"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"many accused the evangelist of cant , since his lavish lifestyle seemed to bear little resemblance to what he was preaching"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"candor",
|
|
"directness",
|
|
"forthrightness",
|
|
"frankness",
|
|
"honesty",
|
|
"openheartedness",
|
|
"openness",
|
|
"probity",
|
|
"straightforwardness",
|
|
"truthfulness",
|
|
"artlessness",
|
|
"guilelessness",
|
|
"naturalness",
|
|
"unaffectedness"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"deceit",
|
|
"deceitfulness",
|
|
"deception",
|
|
"deceptiveness",
|
|
"dishonesty",
|
|
"double-dealing",
|
|
"falsity",
|
|
"perfidy",
|
|
"two-facedness",
|
|
"affectation",
|
|
"affectedness",
|
|
"pretense",
|
|
"pretence",
|
|
"pretension",
|
|
"pretentiousness",
|
|
"sanctimoniousness",
|
|
"self-righteousness",
|
|
"self-satisfaction",
|
|
"duplicity",
|
|
"fakery",
|
|
"falseness",
|
|
"fraudulentness",
|
|
"shamming",
|
|
"artificiality",
|
|
"glibness",
|
|
"oiliness",
|
|
"smoothness",
|
|
"unctuousness"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dissembling",
|
|
"dissimulation",
|
|
"hypocrisy",
|
|
"insincerity",
|
|
"piousness"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the special terms or expressions of a particular group or field":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the colorful cant used by movie producers and publicity agents in Hollywood"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"colloquial",
|
|
"colloquialism",
|
|
"idiom",
|
|
"localism",
|
|
"parlance",
|
|
"pidgin",
|
|
"provincialism",
|
|
"regionalism",
|
|
"speech",
|
|
"vernacular",
|
|
"vernacularism",
|
|
"slanguage",
|
|
"bureaucratese",
|
|
"computerese",
|
|
"cyberspeak",
|
|
"educationese",
|
|
"governmentese",
|
|
"journalese",
|
|
"technobabble"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"argot",
|
|
"dialect",
|
|
"jargon",
|
|
"jive",
|
|
"language",
|
|
"lingo",
|
|
"patois",
|
|
"patter",
|
|
"shop",
|
|
"shoptalk",
|
|
"slang",
|
|
"terminology",
|
|
"vocabulary"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to set or cause to be at an angle":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"carefully canted the ladder against the wall"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"even",
|
|
"flatten",
|
|
"level",
|
|
"straighten"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"bank",
|
|
"bend",
|
|
"deviate",
|
|
"swerve",
|
|
"veer",
|
|
"decline",
|
|
"descend",
|
|
"recline",
|
|
"retreat"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"angle",
|
|
"cock",
|
|
"heel",
|
|
"incline",
|
|
"lean",
|
|
"list",
|
|
"pitch",
|
|
"slant",
|
|
"slope",
|
|
"tilt",
|
|
"tip"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cantankerous":{
|
|
"having or showing a habitually bad temper":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"amiable",
|
|
"good-humored",
|
|
"good-natured",
|
|
"good-tempered"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a cantankerous old woman who insisted that nothing should ever be allowed to change"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"agreeable",
|
|
"amicable",
|
|
"congenial",
|
|
"friendly",
|
|
"pleasant",
|
|
"benign",
|
|
"gentle",
|
|
"kind",
|
|
"nice",
|
|
"sweet",
|
|
"bubbly",
|
|
"cheerful",
|
|
"cheery",
|
|
"effervescent",
|
|
"exuberant",
|
|
"high-spirited",
|
|
"joyful",
|
|
"lighthearted",
|
|
"lively",
|
|
"vivacious",
|
|
"content",
|
|
"glad",
|
|
"happy",
|
|
"calm",
|
|
"placid",
|
|
"serene",
|
|
"long-suffering",
|
|
"patient",
|
|
"tolerant"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"choleric",
|
|
"crabby",
|
|
"cranky",
|
|
"crotchety",
|
|
"fussy",
|
|
"grouchy",
|
|
"grumpy",
|
|
"querulous",
|
|
"irascible",
|
|
"irritable",
|
|
"peevish",
|
|
"peppery",
|
|
"petulant",
|
|
"quick-tempered",
|
|
"short-tempered",
|
|
"snappish",
|
|
"snippy",
|
|
"testy",
|
|
"touchy",
|
|
"argumentative",
|
|
"contentious",
|
|
"contrary",
|
|
"cussed",
|
|
"angry",
|
|
"exasperated",
|
|
"indignant",
|
|
"irate",
|
|
"mad",
|
|
"upset",
|
|
"uptight",
|
|
"depressed",
|
|
"dour",
|
|
"glum",
|
|
"morose",
|
|
"sullen",
|
|
"anal",
|
|
"old-maidish",
|
|
"schoolmarmish"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"acid",
|
|
"bearish",
|
|
"bilious",
|
|
"bloody-minded",
|
|
"disagreeable",
|
|
"dyspeptic",
|
|
"ill-humored",
|
|
"ill-natured",
|
|
"ill-tempered",
|
|
"ornery",
|
|
"splenetic",
|
|
"surly"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"canticle":{
|
|
"a religious song":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the monks offered up a canticle at dawn on Easter morning"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"dirge",
|
|
"lament",
|
|
"requiem",
|
|
"threnody",
|
|
"Gloria Patri",
|
|
"hallelujah",
|
|
"paean",
|
|
"mass",
|
|
"oratorio",
|
|
"processional",
|
|
"recessional"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"anthem",
|
|
"carol",
|
|
"chorale",
|
|
"hymn",
|
|
"psalm",
|
|
"spiritual"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cantilever":{
|
|
"as in bracket , arch":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cantonment":{
|
|
"as in":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cantrip":{
|
|
"as in curse , jinx":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"canvas":{
|
|
"a picture created with oil paint":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"one canvas by Picasso is worth more money than most of us can imagine"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"fresco",
|
|
"mural",
|
|
"panorama",
|
|
"diptych",
|
|
"triptych",
|
|
"acrylic",
|
|
"aquarelle",
|
|
"gouache",
|
|
"watercolor",
|
|
"distemper",
|
|
"drawing",
|
|
"etching",
|
|
"finger painting",
|
|
"pastel",
|
|
"sketch",
|
|
"tempera",
|
|
"masterpiece",
|
|
"pi\u00e8ce de r\u00e9sistance",
|
|
"showpiece"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"oil",
|
|
"oil painting",
|
|
"painting"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"canvasser":{
|
|
"a person who goes around and approaches people with a request for opinions or information":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"interviewee",
|
|
"pollee",
|
|
"respondent"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"worked as a canvasser for a public interest research group"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"answerer",
|
|
"replier",
|
|
"responder",
|
|
"attester",
|
|
"informant",
|
|
"reporter",
|
|
"testifier",
|
|
"witness"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"asker",
|
|
"inquirer",
|
|
"querier",
|
|
"querist",
|
|
"questioner"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"interviewer",
|
|
"poller",
|
|
"pollster"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"canyon":{
|
|
"a narrow opening between hillsides or mountains that can be used for passage":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"as the scouts made their way through the canyon , they marveled at the sheer walls of rock on both sides"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"abyss",
|
|
"chasm",
|
|
"cirque",
|
|
"cleft",
|
|
"crevasse",
|
|
"crevice",
|
|
"cwm",
|
|
"fissure",
|
|
"combe",
|
|
"coombe",
|
|
"coomb",
|
|
"dale",
|
|
"dell",
|
|
"glen",
|
|
"hollow",
|
|
"shut-in",
|
|
"vale",
|
|
"valley",
|
|
"basin",
|
|
"floodplain",
|
|
"kettle",
|
|
"arroyo",
|
|
"barranca",
|
|
"barranco",
|
|
"coulee",
|
|
"draw",
|
|
"gully",
|
|
"gulley",
|
|
"gutter",
|
|
"nullah",
|
|
"trench",
|
|
"trough",
|
|
"wadi",
|
|
"wash"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"col",
|
|
"couloir",
|
|
"defile",
|
|
"flume",
|
|
"gap",
|
|
"gill",
|
|
"gorge",
|
|
"gulch",
|
|
"gulf",
|
|
"kloof",
|
|
"linn",
|
|
"notch",
|
|
"pass",
|
|
"ravine",
|
|
"saddle"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"capacity":{
|
|
"an assignment at which one regularly works for pay":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"served in the capacity of the network's White House correspondent for a year"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"avocation",
|
|
"joblessness",
|
|
"unemployment"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"business",
|
|
"employ",
|
|
"employment",
|
|
"occupation",
|
|
"profession",
|
|
"work",
|
|
"office",
|
|
"spot",
|
|
"calling",
|
|
"pursuit",
|
|
"trade",
|
|
"vocation",
|
|
"line",
|
|
"racket",
|
|
"engagement",
|
|
"gig",
|
|
"livelihood",
|
|
"living",
|
|
"career",
|
|
"lifework",
|
|
"practice",
|
|
"practise",
|
|
"duty",
|
|
"mission",
|
|
"posting",
|
|
"service",
|
|
"task"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"appointment",
|
|
"berth",
|
|
"billet",
|
|
"connection",
|
|
"function",
|
|
"job",
|
|
"place",
|
|
"position",
|
|
"post",
|
|
"situation"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the action for which a person or thing is specially fitted or used or for which a thing exists":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"offered advice in his capacity as a lawyer"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"affair",
|
|
"concern",
|
|
"hand",
|
|
"involvement",
|
|
"participation",
|
|
"niche",
|
|
"office",
|
|
"post",
|
|
"situation",
|
|
"calling",
|
|
"occupation",
|
|
"pursuit",
|
|
"vocation",
|
|
"activity",
|
|
"assignment",
|
|
"charge",
|
|
"commission",
|
|
"duty",
|
|
"employ",
|
|
"mission",
|
|
"responsibility",
|
|
"service",
|
|
"use"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"business",
|
|
"function",
|
|
"job",
|
|
"part",
|
|
"place",
|
|
"position",
|
|
"purpose",
|
|
"role",
|
|
"r\u00f4le",
|
|
"task",
|
|
"work"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the largest number or amount that something can hold":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the seating capacity of the school auditorium is 800 people"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"burden",
|
|
"fill",
|
|
"fullness",
|
|
"load",
|
|
"measure",
|
|
"area",
|
|
"room",
|
|
"space",
|
|
"stowage"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"complement",
|
|
"cubage",
|
|
"real estate",
|
|
"volume"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the physical or mental power to do something":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"disability",
|
|
"inability",
|
|
"incapability",
|
|
"incapableness",
|
|
"incapacity",
|
|
"incompetence",
|
|
"incompetency",
|
|
"ineptitude",
|
|
"ineptness"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"not everyone has the capacity for learning higher math"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"helplessness",
|
|
"impotence",
|
|
"paralysis",
|
|
"powerlessness",
|
|
"weakness",
|
|
"defectiveness",
|
|
"deficiency",
|
|
"inadequacy",
|
|
"inadequateness",
|
|
"ineffectiveness",
|
|
"ineffectuality",
|
|
"ineffectualness",
|
|
"inefficaciousness",
|
|
"inefficacy",
|
|
"uselessness",
|
|
"debilitation",
|
|
"disablement",
|
|
"impairment",
|
|
"incapacitation"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"aptitude",
|
|
"aptness",
|
|
"endowment",
|
|
"equipment",
|
|
"facility",
|
|
"gift",
|
|
"knack",
|
|
"talent",
|
|
"address",
|
|
"adroitness",
|
|
"deftness",
|
|
"dexterity",
|
|
"hand",
|
|
"prowess",
|
|
"skill",
|
|
"gray matter",
|
|
"instinct",
|
|
"intelligence",
|
|
"ken",
|
|
"reason",
|
|
"understanding",
|
|
"might",
|
|
"potency",
|
|
"puissance",
|
|
"staying power",
|
|
"stuff",
|
|
"adequacy",
|
|
"effectiveness",
|
|
"effectualness",
|
|
"fitness",
|
|
"form",
|
|
"influence",
|
|
"resourcefulness",
|
|
"usefulness",
|
|
"means",
|
|
"resources",
|
|
"wherewithal"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ability",
|
|
"capability",
|
|
"capableness",
|
|
"competence",
|
|
"competency",
|
|
"faculty"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"capeskins":{
|
|
"as in kids , doeskins":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"capitalize (on)":{
|
|
"to take unfair advantage of":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"capitalized on her coworker's absence to take full credit for the joint project"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"jerk around",
|
|
"manipulate",
|
|
"mistreat",
|
|
"bleed",
|
|
"cheat",
|
|
"fleece",
|
|
"overcharge",
|
|
"skin",
|
|
"soak",
|
|
"stick",
|
|
"commercialize",
|
|
"commodify"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abuse",
|
|
"cash in (on)",
|
|
"exploit",
|
|
"impose (on or upon)",
|
|
"leverage",
|
|
"milk",
|
|
"pimp",
|
|
"play (on or upon)",
|
|
"use",
|
|
"work"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"capitalizes":{
|
|
"to provide money for":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"defunds"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"several investors agreed to capitalize the new venture"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"grubstakes",
|
|
"cofinances",
|
|
"refinances",
|
|
"advocates",
|
|
"aids",
|
|
"backs",
|
|
"champions",
|
|
"endorses",
|
|
"indorses",
|
|
"patronizes",
|
|
"sponsors",
|
|
"supports",
|
|
"maintains",
|
|
"nourishes",
|
|
"provides (for)",
|
|
"clears",
|
|
"defrays",
|
|
"discharges",
|
|
"foots",
|
|
"liquidates",
|
|
"pays",
|
|
"pays off",
|
|
"pays up",
|
|
"quits",
|
|
"recompenses",
|
|
"settles",
|
|
"springs (for)",
|
|
"stands",
|
|
"refunds"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bankrolls",
|
|
"endows",
|
|
"finances",
|
|
"funds",
|
|
"stakes",
|
|
"subsidizes",
|
|
"underwrites"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"capitulate":{
|
|
"to cease resistance (as to another's arguments, demands, or control)":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"resist"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"one side finally capitulated when it became clear that they couldn't win the argument"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"contend",
|
|
"fight",
|
|
"hold off",
|
|
"battle",
|
|
"breast",
|
|
"combat",
|
|
"confront",
|
|
"counter",
|
|
"defy",
|
|
"face",
|
|
"meet",
|
|
"object",
|
|
"oppose",
|
|
"repel",
|
|
"thwart",
|
|
"withstand"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"acquiesce",
|
|
"defer"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blink",
|
|
"bow",
|
|
"budge",
|
|
"concede",
|
|
"give in",
|
|
"knuckle under",
|
|
"quit",
|
|
"relent",
|
|
"submit",
|
|
"succumb",
|
|
"surrender",
|
|
"yield"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to yield to the control or power of enemy forces":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"endure",
|
|
"stand"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the city reluctantly capitulated to the invaders after a three-day siege"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"buck",
|
|
"defy",
|
|
"fight",
|
|
"oppose",
|
|
"repel",
|
|
"resist",
|
|
"withstand",
|
|
"beat",
|
|
"overcome",
|
|
"win",
|
|
"conquer",
|
|
"prevail",
|
|
"triumph"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"bow",
|
|
"buckle",
|
|
"cave (in)",
|
|
"collapse",
|
|
"give (in)",
|
|
"hand over",
|
|
"relinquish",
|
|
"lose",
|
|
"concede",
|
|
"fail",
|
|
"fold"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"fall",
|
|
"give up",
|
|
"knuckle under",
|
|
"submit",
|
|
"succumb",
|
|
"surrender"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"capitulate (to)":{
|
|
"as in":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"capitulated (to)":{
|
|
"as in":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"capitulates (to)":{
|
|
"as in submits (to) , succumbs (to)":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"captains":{
|
|
"a person in overall command of a ship":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the captain is responsible for everything that happens to his ship in the course of a voyage"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"crewmates",
|
|
"crewmen",
|
|
"crews"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"sea captains",
|
|
"masters",
|
|
"pilots",
|
|
"commanding officers",
|
|
"admirals",
|
|
"commodores",
|
|
"vice admirals",
|
|
"mates",
|
|
"officers"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"commanders",
|
|
"skippers",
|
|
"skips"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a person of rank, power, or influence in a particular field":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a fascinating magazine article profiling the captains of the American auto industry"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"half-pints",
|
|
"lightweights",
|
|
"small-timers",
|
|
"inferiors",
|
|
"subordinates",
|
|
"underlings",
|
|
"nobodies",
|
|
"zeros",
|
|
"zeroes"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"big boys",
|
|
"big cheeses",
|
|
"bigfeet",
|
|
"bigfoots",
|
|
"biggies",
|
|
"big guns",
|
|
"big shots",
|
|
"big wheels",
|
|
"bigwigs",
|
|
"fat cats",
|
|
"figures",
|
|
"heavies",
|
|
"heavyweights",
|
|
"honchos",
|
|
"kahunas",
|
|
"main men",
|
|
"movers and shakers",
|
|
"nabobs",
|
|
"nawabs",
|
|
"notables",
|
|
"personages",
|
|
"pooh-bahs",
|
|
"poo-bahs",
|
|
"supremos",
|
|
"VIPs",
|
|
"celebrities",
|
|
"personalities",
|
|
"stars",
|
|
"superstars",
|
|
"deities",
|
|
"demigods",
|
|
"gods"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"barons",
|
|
"czars",
|
|
"tsars",
|
|
"tzars",
|
|
"kings",
|
|
"lions",
|
|
"lords",
|
|
"magnates",
|
|
"moguls",
|
|
"monarchs",
|
|
"Napoleons",
|
|
"princes",
|
|
"tycoons"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"one in official command especially of a military force or base":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the captain of the largest army ever marshaled for battle in this country"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"commissioned officers",
|
|
"field officers"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"commandants",
|
|
"commanders",
|
|
"commanding officers"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the person (as an employer or supervisor) who tells people and especially workers what to do":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we only do what the captain tells us to, so it's not our fault when things don't work out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dependents",
|
|
"inferiors",
|
|
"juniors",
|
|
"secondaries",
|
|
"subjects",
|
|
"subordinates",
|
|
"underlings"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"directresses",
|
|
"mistresses",
|
|
"administrators",
|
|
"commanders",
|
|
"directors",
|
|
"executives",
|
|
"generals",
|
|
"governors",
|
|
"hierarchs",
|
|
"higher-ups",
|
|
"leadmen",
|
|
"managers",
|
|
"overseers",
|
|
"principals",
|
|
"skippers",
|
|
"standard-bearers",
|
|
"stewards",
|
|
"straw bosses",
|
|
"superintendents",
|
|
"superiors",
|
|
"supervisors",
|
|
"dominators",
|
|
"lords",
|
|
"overlords",
|
|
"potentates",
|
|
"rulers",
|
|
"sovereigns",
|
|
"sovrans",
|
|
"figureheads",
|
|
"barons",
|
|
"czars",
|
|
"tsars",
|
|
"tzars",
|
|
"kings",
|
|
"magnates",
|
|
"moguls",
|
|
"presidents",
|
|
"princes",
|
|
"big cheeses",
|
|
"big guns",
|
|
"bigwigs",
|
|
"top dogs",
|
|
"top guns",
|
|
"coheads",
|
|
"co-heads",
|
|
"coleaders",
|
|
"co-leaders",
|
|
"employers",
|
|
"gaffers",
|
|
"gangers",
|
|
"micromanagers",
|
|
"subchiefs",
|
|
"sub-chiefs",
|
|
"subdirectors",
|
|
"sub-directors"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bosses",
|
|
"boss men",
|
|
"chiefs",
|
|
"foremen",
|
|
"headmen",
|
|
"heads",
|
|
"helmsmen",
|
|
"honchos",
|
|
"jefes",
|
|
"kingpins",
|
|
"leaders",
|
|
"masters",
|
|
"taskmasters"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to be in charge of":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"if you do well on this, you'll be asked to captain the next mission"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"administers",
|
|
"commands",
|
|
"controls",
|
|
"directs",
|
|
"guides",
|
|
"manages",
|
|
"orders",
|
|
"runs",
|
|
"shepherds",
|
|
"shows",
|
|
"steers",
|
|
"monitors",
|
|
"presides (over)",
|
|
"governs",
|
|
"reigns",
|
|
"rules"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bosses",
|
|
"handles",
|
|
"heads",
|
|
"overlooks",
|
|
"oversees",
|
|
"quarterbacks",
|
|
"superintends",
|
|
"supervises"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to exercise authority or power over":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"captained the project for a few days while the boss was out of town"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"conducts",
|
|
"directs",
|
|
"heads",
|
|
"leads",
|
|
"administers",
|
|
"manages",
|
|
"micromanages",
|
|
"oversees",
|
|
"regulates",
|
|
"superintends",
|
|
"supervises",
|
|
"dictates",
|
|
"dominates",
|
|
"domineers",
|
|
"lords (it over)",
|
|
"masters",
|
|
"oppresses",
|
|
"reigns (over)",
|
|
"tyrannizes",
|
|
"conquers",
|
|
"subdues",
|
|
"subjugates"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bosses",
|
|
"commands",
|
|
"controls",
|
|
"governs",
|
|
"presides (over)",
|
|
"rules",
|
|
"sways"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to serve as leader of":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"you did a good job of captaining the team"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bows (to)",
|
|
"complies (with)",
|
|
"defers (to)",
|
|
"follows",
|
|
"obeys",
|
|
"serves",
|
|
"submits (to)",
|
|
"yields (to)"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"controls",
|
|
"dominates",
|
|
"directs",
|
|
"governs",
|
|
"handles",
|
|
"manages",
|
|
"oversees",
|
|
"regulates",
|
|
"runs",
|
|
"superintends",
|
|
"supervises"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bosses",
|
|
"commands",
|
|
"heads",
|
|
"leads",
|
|
"spearheads"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"captivating":{
|
|
"having an often mysterious or magical power to attract":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"repellent",
|
|
"repellant",
|
|
"repelling",
|
|
"repugnant",
|
|
"repulsive",
|
|
"revolting",
|
|
"unalluring"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a captivating performance by the young singing sensation"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"boring",
|
|
"irksome",
|
|
"tedious",
|
|
"tiresome",
|
|
"wearisome",
|
|
"abhorrent",
|
|
"abominable",
|
|
"appalling",
|
|
"awful",
|
|
"distasteful",
|
|
"hideous",
|
|
"horrendous",
|
|
"horrible",
|
|
"horrid",
|
|
"invidious",
|
|
"loathsome",
|
|
"nauseating",
|
|
"noisome",
|
|
"obnoxious",
|
|
"odious",
|
|
"offensive",
|
|
"shocking",
|
|
"sickening",
|
|
"drab",
|
|
"dreary",
|
|
"dull",
|
|
"flat",
|
|
"humdrum",
|
|
"jading",
|
|
"leaden",
|
|
"monotonous",
|
|
"pedestrian",
|
|
"ponderous"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"absorbing",
|
|
"arresting",
|
|
"engrossing",
|
|
"enthralling",
|
|
"galvanic",
|
|
"gripping",
|
|
"hypnotic",
|
|
"hypnotizing",
|
|
"mesmerizing",
|
|
"riveting",
|
|
"spellbinding",
|
|
"enticing",
|
|
"tantalizing",
|
|
"tempting",
|
|
"exciting",
|
|
"haunting",
|
|
"interesting",
|
|
"intriguing",
|
|
"titillating",
|
|
"beckoning",
|
|
"inviting",
|
|
"winning",
|
|
"darling",
|
|
"delightful",
|
|
"pleasant",
|
|
"pleasing"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"alluring",
|
|
"appealing",
|
|
"attractive",
|
|
"bewitching",
|
|
"charismatic",
|
|
"charming",
|
|
"elfin",
|
|
"enchanting",
|
|
"engaging",
|
|
"entrancing",
|
|
"fascinating",
|
|
"fetching",
|
|
"glamorous",
|
|
"glamourous",
|
|
"luring",
|
|
"magnetic",
|
|
"seductive"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to attract or delight as if by magic":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the clown captivated the toddlers with his balloon tricks"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disgusting",
|
|
"offending",
|
|
"repelling",
|
|
"revolting",
|
|
"annoying",
|
|
"displeasing",
|
|
"irking",
|
|
"boring",
|
|
"tiring",
|
|
"wearying"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"disarming",
|
|
"drawing",
|
|
"enticing",
|
|
"luring",
|
|
"pulling",
|
|
"seducing",
|
|
"tempting",
|
|
"delighting",
|
|
"gratifying",
|
|
"pleasing",
|
|
"arresting",
|
|
"enrapturing",
|
|
"enthralling",
|
|
"entrancing",
|
|
"appealing (to)",
|
|
"interesting",
|
|
"intriguing",
|
|
"beckoning",
|
|
"courting",
|
|
"inviting",
|
|
"soliciting",
|
|
"wooing"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"alluring",
|
|
"beguiling",
|
|
"bewitching",
|
|
"charming",
|
|
"enchanting",
|
|
"fascinating",
|
|
"killing",
|
|
"magnetizing",
|
|
"wiling",
|
|
"witching"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"captivation":{
|
|
"the power of irresistible attraction":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"repulsion",
|
|
"repulsiveness"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"by some mysterious method of captivation , the therapist is able to evoke a response from even the shiest of children"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disagreeableness",
|
|
"distastefulness",
|
|
"obnoxiousness",
|
|
"offensiveness",
|
|
"unpleasantness"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"allurement",
|
|
"attraction",
|
|
"call",
|
|
"lure",
|
|
"seduction",
|
|
"agreeableness",
|
|
"darlingness",
|
|
"delightfulness",
|
|
"desirability",
|
|
"desirableness",
|
|
"niceness",
|
|
"pleasantness",
|
|
"pleasingness",
|
|
"sweetness",
|
|
"sex appeal"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"allure",
|
|
"animal magnetism",
|
|
"appeal",
|
|
"attractiveness",
|
|
"charisma",
|
|
"charm",
|
|
"duende",
|
|
"enchantment",
|
|
"fascination",
|
|
"force field",
|
|
"glamour",
|
|
"glamor",
|
|
"magic",
|
|
"magnetism",
|
|
"oomph",
|
|
"pizzazz",
|
|
"pizazz",
|
|
"seductiveness",
|
|
"witchery"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"captivity":{
|
|
"the act of confining or the state of being confined":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the wildlife refuge raises endangered species in captivity and then releases them into the wild"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"emancipation",
|
|
"liberation",
|
|
"manumission",
|
|
"redemption",
|
|
"release",
|
|
"freedom",
|
|
"independence",
|
|
"liberty"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"bondage",
|
|
"enslavement",
|
|
"servitude",
|
|
"restraint",
|
|
"restriction",
|
|
"arrest",
|
|
"capture",
|
|
"entrapment",
|
|
"custody",
|
|
"detainer",
|
|
"detainment",
|
|
"detention",
|
|
"house arrest"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"confinement",
|
|
"immurement",
|
|
"impoundment",
|
|
"imprisonment",
|
|
"incarceration",
|
|
"internment",
|
|
"prison"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"carabinier":{
|
|
"as in":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"care (for)":{
|
|
"to attend to the needs and comforts of":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he is caring for his mother while she's sick"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"brush (aside or off)",
|
|
"forget",
|
|
"ignore",
|
|
"neglect",
|
|
"overlook",
|
|
"slight"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"cure",
|
|
"heal",
|
|
"remedy",
|
|
"doctor",
|
|
"treat",
|
|
"aid",
|
|
"conserve",
|
|
"preserve",
|
|
"provide (for)",
|
|
"support",
|
|
"baby",
|
|
"coddle",
|
|
"mollycoddle",
|
|
"pamper",
|
|
"spoil",
|
|
"cater (to)",
|
|
"humor",
|
|
"indulge"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"administer (to)",
|
|
"minister (to)",
|
|
"mother",
|
|
"nurse"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to have a favorable opinion of":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"disapprove (of)",
|
|
"discountenance",
|
|
"disfavor",
|
|
"frown (on or upon)"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I don't really care for what you're doing with that dog"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"blacklist",
|
|
"censure",
|
|
"condemn",
|
|
"criticize",
|
|
"damn",
|
|
"denounce",
|
|
"deprecate",
|
|
"depreciate",
|
|
"disparage",
|
|
"reprehend",
|
|
"reprobate",
|
|
"dislike",
|
|
"mind",
|
|
"detest",
|
|
"hate",
|
|
"loathe",
|
|
"dissent (from)",
|
|
"object (to)",
|
|
"oppose"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"acclaim",
|
|
"applaud",
|
|
"laud",
|
|
"praise",
|
|
"salute",
|
|
"back (up)",
|
|
"concur (in)",
|
|
"stand by",
|
|
"support",
|
|
"sustain",
|
|
"uphold",
|
|
"bear",
|
|
"endure",
|
|
"tolerate",
|
|
"assent (to)",
|
|
"consent (to)",
|
|
"commend",
|
|
"recommend",
|
|
"enjoy",
|
|
"like"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accept",
|
|
"approve (of)",
|
|
"countenance",
|
|
"favor",
|
|
"OK",
|
|
"okay",
|
|
"subscribe (to)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to show partiality toward":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she generally doesn't care for war movies"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disfavor",
|
|
"dislike",
|
|
"mislike",
|
|
"abhor",
|
|
"abominate",
|
|
"detest",
|
|
"hate",
|
|
"loathe",
|
|
"decline",
|
|
"refuse",
|
|
"reject",
|
|
"turn down",
|
|
"discard",
|
|
"jettison",
|
|
"throw away",
|
|
"throw out"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"adore",
|
|
"cotton (to)",
|
|
"delight (in)",
|
|
"dig",
|
|
"enjoy",
|
|
"fancy",
|
|
"groove (on)",
|
|
"relish",
|
|
"revel (in)",
|
|
"choose",
|
|
"cull",
|
|
"handpick",
|
|
"name",
|
|
"pick",
|
|
"select",
|
|
"single (out)",
|
|
"take",
|
|
"covet",
|
|
"crave",
|
|
"desire",
|
|
"hanker (for or after)",
|
|
"want",
|
|
"wish (for)",
|
|
"bias",
|
|
"prejudice",
|
|
"incline (toward)",
|
|
"tend (to)",
|
|
"admire",
|
|
"appreciate",
|
|
"cherish",
|
|
"prize",
|
|
"treasure",
|
|
"value"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"favor",
|
|
"lean (toward or towards)",
|
|
"like",
|
|
"prefer"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to take charge of especially on behalf of another":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"will you care for the lawn while we're gone?"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abandon",
|
|
"disregard",
|
|
"forget",
|
|
"ignore",
|
|
"neglect",
|
|
"pass over"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"administrate",
|
|
"conduct",
|
|
"control",
|
|
"direct",
|
|
"govern",
|
|
"guide",
|
|
"manage",
|
|
"operate",
|
|
"preside (over)",
|
|
"regulate",
|
|
"run",
|
|
"steward",
|
|
"guard",
|
|
"patrol",
|
|
"protect",
|
|
"safeguard",
|
|
"shield",
|
|
"baby",
|
|
"babysit",
|
|
"chaperone",
|
|
"chaperon",
|
|
"mother",
|
|
"shepherd"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"attend",
|
|
"mind",
|
|
"oversee",
|
|
"superintend",
|
|
"supervise",
|
|
"tend",
|
|
"watch"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to wish to have":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I don't particularly care for rice cereal, but I'll eat it"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"adore",
|
|
"delight (in)",
|
|
"dig",
|
|
"enjoy",
|
|
"fancy",
|
|
"groove (on)",
|
|
"love",
|
|
"relish",
|
|
"revel (in)",
|
|
"welcome",
|
|
"covet",
|
|
"crave",
|
|
"desire",
|
|
"die (for)",
|
|
"hanker (for or after)",
|
|
"wish (for)",
|
|
"yearn (for)"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"like",
|
|
"want"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"care and feeding":{
|
|
"the act or activity of keeping something in an existing and usually satisfactory condition":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"devotes too much time to the care and feeding of her buggy computer"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dereliction",
|
|
"disregard",
|
|
"ignoring",
|
|
"inattention",
|
|
"neglect",
|
|
"negligence",
|
|
"damage",
|
|
"demolition",
|
|
"destruction",
|
|
"harm",
|
|
"hurt",
|
|
"injury",
|
|
"ruin",
|
|
"ruination"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"conservancy",
|
|
"support",
|
|
"sustaining",
|
|
"care",
|
|
"custody",
|
|
"guardianship",
|
|
"defense",
|
|
"guarding",
|
|
"protection",
|
|
"safeguarding",
|
|
"safekeeping"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"conservation",
|
|
"conserving",
|
|
"keep",
|
|
"maintenance",
|
|
"preservation",
|
|
"preserving",
|
|
"sustentation",
|
|
"upkeep"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cared-for":{
|
|
"as in":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to attend to the needs and comforts of":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he is caring for his mother while she's sick"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"brushed (aside or off)",
|
|
"forgot",
|
|
"ignored",
|
|
"neglected",
|
|
"overlooked",
|
|
"slighted"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"cured",
|
|
"healed",
|
|
"remedied",
|
|
"doctored",
|
|
"treated",
|
|
"aided",
|
|
"conserved",
|
|
"preserved",
|
|
"provided (for)",
|
|
"supported",
|
|
"babied",
|
|
"coddled",
|
|
"mollycoddled",
|
|
"pampered",
|
|
"spoiled",
|
|
"spoilt",
|
|
"catered (to)",
|
|
"humored",
|
|
"indulged"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"administered (to)",
|
|
"ministered (to)",
|
|
"mothered",
|
|
"nursed"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to have a favorable opinion of":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"disapproved (of)",
|
|
"discountenanced",
|
|
"disfavored",
|
|
"frowned (on or upon)"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I don't really care for what you're doing with that dog"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"blacklisted",
|
|
"censured",
|
|
"condemned",
|
|
"criticized",
|
|
"damned",
|
|
"denounced",
|
|
"deprecated",
|
|
"depreciated",
|
|
"disparaged",
|
|
"reprehended",
|
|
"reprobated",
|
|
"disliked",
|
|
"minded",
|
|
"detested",
|
|
"hated",
|
|
"loathed",
|
|
"dissented (from)",
|
|
"objected (to)",
|
|
"opposed"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"acclaimed",
|
|
"applauded",
|
|
"lauded",
|
|
"praised",
|
|
"saluted",
|
|
"backed (up)",
|
|
"concurred (in)",
|
|
"stood by",
|
|
"supported",
|
|
"sustained",
|
|
"upheld",
|
|
"bore",
|
|
"endured",
|
|
"tolerated",
|
|
"assented (to)",
|
|
"consented (to)",
|
|
"commended",
|
|
"recommended",
|
|
"enjoyed",
|
|
"liked"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accepted",
|
|
"approved (of)",
|
|
"countenanced",
|
|
"favored",
|
|
"OK'd",
|
|
"okayed",
|
|
"subscribed (to)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to show partiality toward":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she generally doesn't care for war movies"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disfavored",
|
|
"disliked",
|
|
"misliked",
|
|
"abhorred",
|
|
"abominated",
|
|
"detested",
|
|
"hated",
|
|
"loathed",
|
|
"declined",
|
|
"refused",
|
|
"rejected",
|
|
"turned down",
|
|
"discarded",
|
|
"jettisoned",
|
|
"threw away",
|
|
"threw out"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"adored",
|
|
"cottoned (to)",
|
|
"delighted (in)",
|
|
"dug",
|
|
"enjoyed",
|
|
"fancied",
|
|
"grooved (on)",
|
|
"relished",
|
|
"reveled (in)",
|
|
"revelled (in)",
|
|
"chose",
|
|
"culled",
|
|
"handpicked",
|
|
"named",
|
|
"picked",
|
|
"selected",
|
|
"singled (out)",
|
|
"took",
|
|
"coveted",
|
|
"craved",
|
|
"desired",
|
|
"hankered (for or after)",
|
|
"wanted",
|
|
"wished (for)",
|
|
"biased",
|
|
"biassed",
|
|
"prejudiced",
|
|
"inclined (toward)",
|
|
"tended (to)",
|
|
"admired",
|
|
"appreciated",
|
|
"cherished",
|
|
"prized",
|
|
"treasured",
|
|
"valued"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"favored",
|
|
"leaned (toward or towards)",
|
|
"liked",
|
|
"preferred"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to take charge of especially on behalf of another":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"will you care for the lawn while we're gone?"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abandoned",
|
|
"disregarded",
|
|
"forgot",
|
|
"ignored",
|
|
"neglected",
|
|
"passed over"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"administrated",
|
|
"conducted",
|
|
"controlled",
|
|
"directed",
|
|
"governed",
|
|
"guided",
|
|
"managed",
|
|
"operated",
|
|
"presided (over)",
|
|
"ran",
|
|
"run",
|
|
"regulated",
|
|
"stewarded",
|
|
"guarded",
|
|
"patrolled",
|
|
"protected",
|
|
"safeguarded",
|
|
"shielded",
|
|
"babied",
|
|
"babysat",
|
|
"chaperoned",
|
|
"mothered",
|
|
"shepherded"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"attended",
|
|
"minded",
|
|
"oversaw",
|
|
"superintended",
|
|
"supervised",
|
|
"tended",
|
|
"watched"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to wish to have":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I don't particularly care for rice cereal, but I'll eat it"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"adored",
|
|
"delighted (in)",
|
|
"dug",
|
|
"enjoyed",
|
|
"fancied",
|
|
"grooved (on)",
|
|
"loved",
|
|
"relished",
|
|
"reveled (in)",
|
|
"revelled (in)",
|
|
"welcomed",
|
|
"coveted",
|
|
"craved",
|
|
"desired",
|
|
"died (for)",
|
|
"hankered (for or after)",
|
|
"wished (for)",
|
|
"yearned (for)"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"liked",
|
|
"wanted"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"careens":{
|
|
"to make a series of unsteady side-to-side motions":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the sled careened as it barreled down the hill"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"blunders",
|
|
"bucks",
|
|
"dodders",
|
|
"falters",
|
|
"flounders",
|
|
"halts",
|
|
"hitches",
|
|
"hobbles",
|
|
"jerks",
|
|
"jolts",
|
|
"reels",
|
|
"shakes",
|
|
"staggers",
|
|
"stumbles",
|
|
"teeters",
|
|
"toddles",
|
|
"totters",
|
|
"tumbles",
|
|
"vacillates",
|
|
"vibrates",
|
|
"waddles",
|
|
"wavers",
|
|
"weaves",
|
|
"oscillates",
|
|
"undulates",
|
|
"waggles",
|
|
"wags"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"lurches",
|
|
"pitches",
|
|
"rocks",
|
|
"rolls",
|
|
"seesaws",
|
|
"sways",
|
|
"tosses",
|
|
"wobbles",
|
|
"wabbles"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to move forward while swaying from side to side":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he careened unsteadily to the couch after hitting his head"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"rocks",
|
|
"rolls",
|
|
"seesaws",
|
|
"swags",
|
|
"sways",
|
|
"wavers",
|
|
"weaves",
|
|
"wobbles",
|
|
"wabbles",
|
|
"barges",
|
|
"blunders",
|
|
"clomps",
|
|
"clumps",
|
|
"flounders",
|
|
"galumphs",
|
|
"lumbers",
|
|
"lumps",
|
|
"pounds",
|
|
"scuffles",
|
|
"scuffs",
|
|
"shambles",
|
|
"shuffles",
|
|
"stamps",
|
|
"stomps",
|
|
"stumbles",
|
|
"tramps",
|
|
"tromps"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dodders",
|
|
"lurches",
|
|
"reels",
|
|
"staggers",
|
|
"teeters",
|
|
"totters",
|
|
"waddles"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to proceed or move quickly":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"crawls",
|
|
"creeps",
|
|
"pokes"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"sounding its siren, an ambulance careened through the intersection"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dallies",
|
|
"dawdles",
|
|
"dillydallies",
|
|
"drags",
|
|
"hangs (around or out)",
|
|
"lags",
|
|
"lingers",
|
|
"loiters",
|
|
"pokes",
|
|
"tarries",
|
|
"ambles",
|
|
"lumbers",
|
|
"plods",
|
|
"saunters",
|
|
"shuffles",
|
|
"strolls",
|
|
"decelerates",
|
|
"slows (down or up)"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"beetles",
|
|
"darts",
|
|
"flits",
|
|
"scampers",
|
|
"scuds",
|
|
"scuffles",
|
|
"stampedes",
|
|
"streaks",
|
|
"whizzes",
|
|
"gallops",
|
|
"jogs",
|
|
"sprints",
|
|
"accelerates",
|
|
"quickens",
|
|
"steps out",
|
|
"catches up",
|
|
"fast-forwards",
|
|
"outpaces",
|
|
"outruns",
|
|
"outstrips",
|
|
"overtakes",
|
|
"arrows",
|
|
"beelines"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"barrels",
|
|
"belts",
|
|
"blasts",
|
|
"blazes",
|
|
"blows",
|
|
"bolts",
|
|
"bombs",
|
|
"bowls",
|
|
"breezes",
|
|
"bundles",
|
|
"bustles",
|
|
"buzzes",
|
|
"cannonballs",
|
|
"careers",
|
|
"chases",
|
|
"courses",
|
|
"cracks (on)",
|
|
"dashes",
|
|
"drives",
|
|
"flies",
|
|
"hares",
|
|
"hastens",
|
|
"hies",
|
|
"highballs",
|
|
"hotfoots (it)",
|
|
"humps",
|
|
"hurls",
|
|
"hurries",
|
|
"hurtles",
|
|
"hustles",
|
|
"jets",
|
|
"jumps",
|
|
"motors",
|
|
"nips",
|
|
"pelts",
|
|
"races",
|
|
"rams",
|
|
"rips",
|
|
"rockets",
|
|
"runs",
|
|
"rushes",
|
|
"rustles",
|
|
"scoots",
|
|
"scurries",
|
|
"scuttles",
|
|
"shoots",
|
|
"speeds",
|
|
"steps",
|
|
"tears",
|
|
"travels",
|
|
"trots",
|
|
"whirls",
|
|
"whisks",
|
|
"zips",
|
|
"zooms"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"career":{
|
|
"as in practice , lifework":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to proceed or move quickly":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"crawl",
|
|
"creep",
|
|
"poke"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she careered off to the class she'd almost forgotten"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dally",
|
|
"dawdle",
|
|
"dillydally",
|
|
"drag",
|
|
"hang (around or out)",
|
|
"lag",
|
|
"linger",
|
|
"loiter",
|
|
"poke",
|
|
"tarry",
|
|
"amble",
|
|
"lumber",
|
|
"plod",
|
|
"saunter",
|
|
"shuffle",
|
|
"stroll",
|
|
"decelerate",
|
|
"slow (down or up)"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"beetle",
|
|
"dart",
|
|
"flit",
|
|
"scamper",
|
|
"scud",
|
|
"scuffle",
|
|
"stampede",
|
|
"streak",
|
|
"whiz",
|
|
"whizz",
|
|
"gallop",
|
|
"jog",
|
|
"sprint",
|
|
"accelerate",
|
|
"quicken",
|
|
"step out",
|
|
"catch up",
|
|
"fast-forward",
|
|
"outpace",
|
|
"outrun",
|
|
"outstrip",
|
|
"overtake",
|
|
"arrow",
|
|
"beeline"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"barrel",
|
|
"belt",
|
|
"blast",
|
|
"blaze",
|
|
"blow",
|
|
"bolt",
|
|
"bomb",
|
|
"bowl",
|
|
"breeze",
|
|
"bundle",
|
|
"bustle",
|
|
"buzz",
|
|
"cannonball",
|
|
"careen",
|
|
"chase",
|
|
"course",
|
|
"crack (on)",
|
|
"dash",
|
|
"drive",
|
|
"fly",
|
|
"hare",
|
|
"hasten",
|
|
"hie",
|
|
"highball",
|
|
"hotfoot (it)",
|
|
"hump",
|
|
"hurl",
|
|
"hurry",
|
|
"hurtle",
|
|
"hustle",
|
|
"jet",
|
|
"jump",
|
|
"motor",
|
|
"nip",
|
|
"pelt",
|
|
"race",
|
|
"ram",
|
|
"rip",
|
|
"rocket",
|
|
"run",
|
|
"rush",
|
|
"rustle",
|
|
"scoot",
|
|
"scurry",
|
|
"scuttle",
|
|
"shoot",
|
|
"speed",
|
|
"step",
|
|
"tear",
|
|
"travel",
|
|
"trot",
|
|
"whirl",
|
|
"whisk",
|
|
"zip",
|
|
"zoom"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"careered":{
|
|
"to proceed or move quickly":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"crawled",
|
|
"crept",
|
|
"poked"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she careered off to the class she'd almost forgotten"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dallied",
|
|
"dawdled",
|
|
"dillydallied",
|
|
"dragged",
|
|
"hung (around or out)",
|
|
"hanged (around or out)",
|
|
"lagged",
|
|
"lingered",
|
|
"loitered",
|
|
"poked",
|
|
"tarried",
|
|
"ambled",
|
|
"lumbered",
|
|
"plodded",
|
|
"sauntered",
|
|
"shuffled",
|
|
"strolled",
|
|
"decelerated",
|
|
"slowed (down or up)"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"beetled",
|
|
"darted",
|
|
"flitted",
|
|
"scampered",
|
|
"scudded",
|
|
"scuffled",
|
|
"stampeded",
|
|
"streaked",
|
|
"whizzed",
|
|
"galloped",
|
|
"jogged",
|
|
"sprinted",
|
|
"accelerated",
|
|
"quickened",
|
|
"stepped out",
|
|
"caught up",
|
|
"fast-forwarded",
|
|
"outpaced",
|
|
"outran",
|
|
"outstripped",
|
|
"overtook",
|
|
"arrowed",
|
|
"beelined"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"barreled",
|
|
"barrelled",
|
|
"belted",
|
|
"blasted",
|
|
"blazed",
|
|
"blew",
|
|
"bolted",
|
|
"bombed",
|
|
"bowled",
|
|
"breezed",
|
|
"bundled",
|
|
"bustled",
|
|
"buzzed",
|
|
"cannonballed",
|
|
"careened",
|
|
"chased",
|
|
"coursed",
|
|
"cracked (on)",
|
|
"dashed",
|
|
"drove",
|
|
"flew",
|
|
"hared",
|
|
"hastened",
|
|
"hied",
|
|
"highballed",
|
|
"hotfooted (it)",
|
|
"humped",
|
|
"hurled",
|
|
"hurried",
|
|
"hurtled",
|
|
"hustled",
|
|
"jetted",
|
|
"jumped",
|
|
"motored",
|
|
"nipped",
|
|
"pelted",
|
|
"raced",
|
|
"rammed",
|
|
"ran",
|
|
"run",
|
|
"ripped",
|
|
"rocketed",
|
|
"rushed",
|
|
"rustled",
|
|
"scooted",
|
|
"scurried",
|
|
"scuttled",
|
|
"shot",
|
|
"sped",
|
|
"speeded",
|
|
"stepped",
|
|
"tore",
|
|
"traveled",
|
|
"travelled",
|
|
"trotted",
|
|
"whirled",
|
|
"whisked",
|
|
"zipped",
|
|
"zoomed"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"careering":{
|
|
"as in":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to proceed or move quickly":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"crawling",
|
|
"creeping",
|
|
"poking"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she careered off to the class she'd almost forgotten"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dallying",
|
|
"dawdling",
|
|
"dillydallying",
|
|
"dragging",
|
|
"hanging (around or out)",
|
|
"lagging",
|
|
"lingering",
|
|
"loitering",
|
|
"poking",
|
|
"tarrying",
|
|
"ambling",
|
|
"lumbering",
|
|
"plodding",
|
|
"sauntering",
|
|
"shuffling",
|
|
"strolling",
|
|
"decelerating",
|
|
"slowing (down or up)"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"beetling",
|
|
"darting",
|
|
"flitting",
|
|
"scampering",
|
|
"scudding",
|
|
"scuffling",
|
|
"stampeding",
|
|
"streaking",
|
|
"whizzing",
|
|
"galloping",
|
|
"jogging",
|
|
"sprinting",
|
|
"accelerating",
|
|
"quickening",
|
|
"stepping out",
|
|
"catching up",
|
|
"fast-forwarding",
|
|
"outpacing",
|
|
"outrunning",
|
|
"outstripping",
|
|
"overtaking",
|
|
"arrowing",
|
|
"beelining"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"barreling",
|
|
"barrelling",
|
|
"belting",
|
|
"blasting",
|
|
"blazing",
|
|
"blowing",
|
|
"bolting",
|
|
"bombing",
|
|
"bowling",
|
|
"breezing",
|
|
"bundling",
|
|
"bustling",
|
|
"buzzing",
|
|
"cannonballing",
|
|
"careening",
|
|
"chasing",
|
|
"coursing",
|
|
"cracking (on)",
|
|
"dashing",
|
|
"driving",
|
|
"flying",
|
|
"haring",
|
|
"hastening",
|
|
"highballing",
|
|
"hotfooting (it)",
|
|
"humping",
|
|
"hurling",
|
|
"hurrying",
|
|
"hurtling",
|
|
"hustling",
|
|
"hying",
|
|
"hieing",
|
|
"jetting",
|
|
"jumping",
|
|
"motoring",
|
|
"nipping",
|
|
"pelting",
|
|
"racing",
|
|
"ramming",
|
|
"ripping",
|
|
"rocketing",
|
|
"running",
|
|
"rushing",
|
|
"rustling",
|
|
"scooting",
|
|
"scurrying",
|
|
"scuttling",
|
|
"shooting",
|
|
"speeding",
|
|
"stepping",
|
|
"tearing",
|
|
"traveling",
|
|
"travelling",
|
|
"trotting",
|
|
"whirling",
|
|
"whisking",
|
|
"zipping",
|
|
"zooming"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"carefree":{
|
|
"having or showing freedom from worries or troubles":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"careworn"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"passengers on a luxury cruise ship enjoying a carefree vacation",
|
|
"carefree college students on spring break"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"earnest",
|
|
"grave",
|
|
"serious",
|
|
"serious-minded",
|
|
"somber",
|
|
"sombre",
|
|
"careful",
|
|
"cautious",
|
|
"heedful",
|
|
"wary",
|
|
"anxious",
|
|
"concerned",
|
|
"upset",
|
|
"worried",
|
|
"long-suffering",
|
|
"overburdened",
|
|
"sorrowful"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"blas\u00e9",
|
|
"blase",
|
|
"breezy",
|
|
"cavalier",
|
|
"nonchalant",
|
|
"casual",
|
|
"easygoing",
|
|
"informal",
|
|
"laid-back",
|
|
"low-pressure",
|
|
"relaxed",
|
|
"unfussy"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blithe",
|
|
"debonair",
|
|
"devil-may-care",
|
|
"gay",
|
|
"happy-go-lucky",
|
|
"insouciant",
|
|
"lighthearted",
|
|
"lightsome",
|
|
"slaphappy",
|
|
"unconcerned"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"caressing":{
|
|
"to touch or handle in a tender or loving manner":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"gently caressed her hair"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"billing",
|
|
"canoodling",
|
|
"cuddling",
|
|
"necking",
|
|
"nestling",
|
|
"nosing",
|
|
"nuzzling",
|
|
"snuggling",
|
|
"spooning",
|
|
"feeling up",
|
|
"pawing",
|
|
"cradling",
|
|
"embracing",
|
|
"enfolding",
|
|
"hugging",
|
|
"bouncing",
|
|
"dandling",
|
|
"kneading",
|
|
"massaging",
|
|
"babying",
|
|
"coddling",
|
|
"indulging",
|
|
"mollycoddling",
|
|
"pampering",
|
|
"spoiling"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"fondling",
|
|
"gentling",
|
|
"loving",
|
|
"patting",
|
|
"petting",
|
|
"stroking"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"caring (for)":{
|
|
"to attend to the needs and comforts of":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he is caring for his mother while she's sick"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"brushing (aside or off)",
|
|
"forgetting",
|
|
"ignoring",
|
|
"neglecting",
|
|
"overlooking",
|
|
"slighting"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"curing",
|
|
"healing",
|
|
"remedying",
|
|
"doctoring",
|
|
"treating",
|
|
"aiding",
|
|
"conserving",
|
|
"preserving",
|
|
"providing (for)",
|
|
"supporting",
|
|
"babying",
|
|
"coddling",
|
|
"mollycoddling",
|
|
"pampering",
|
|
"spoiling",
|
|
"catering (to)",
|
|
"humoring",
|
|
"indulging"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"administering (to)",
|
|
"ministering (to)",
|
|
"mothering",
|
|
"nursing"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to have a favorable opinion of":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"disapproving (of)",
|
|
"discountenancing",
|
|
"disfavoring",
|
|
"frowning (on or upon)"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I don't really care for what you're doing with that dog"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"blacklisting",
|
|
"censuring",
|
|
"condemning",
|
|
"criticizing",
|
|
"damning",
|
|
"denouncing",
|
|
"deprecating",
|
|
"depreciating",
|
|
"disparaging",
|
|
"reprehending",
|
|
"reprobating",
|
|
"disliking",
|
|
"minding",
|
|
"detesting",
|
|
"hating",
|
|
"loathing",
|
|
"dissenting (from)",
|
|
"objecting (to)",
|
|
"opposing"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"acclaiming",
|
|
"applauding",
|
|
"lauding",
|
|
"praising",
|
|
"saluting",
|
|
"backing (up)",
|
|
"concurring (in)",
|
|
"standing by",
|
|
"supporting",
|
|
"sustaining",
|
|
"upholding",
|
|
"bearing",
|
|
"enduring",
|
|
"tolerating",
|
|
"assenting (to)",
|
|
"consenting (to)",
|
|
"commending",
|
|
"recommending",
|
|
"enjoying",
|
|
"liking"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accepting",
|
|
"approving (of)",
|
|
"countenancing",
|
|
"favoring",
|
|
"OK'ing",
|
|
"okaying",
|
|
"subscribing (to)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to show partiality toward":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she generally doesn't care for war movies"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disfavoring",
|
|
"disliking",
|
|
"misliking",
|
|
"abhorring",
|
|
"abominating",
|
|
"detesting",
|
|
"hating",
|
|
"loathing",
|
|
"declining",
|
|
"refusing",
|
|
"rejecting",
|
|
"turning down",
|
|
"discarding",
|
|
"jettisoning",
|
|
"throwing away",
|
|
"throwing out"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"adoring",
|
|
"cottoning (to)",
|
|
"delighting (in)",
|
|
"digging",
|
|
"enjoying",
|
|
"fancying",
|
|
"grooving (on)",
|
|
"relishing",
|
|
"reveling (in)",
|
|
"revelling (in)",
|
|
"choosing",
|
|
"culling",
|
|
"handpicking",
|
|
"naming",
|
|
"picking",
|
|
"selecting",
|
|
"singling (out)",
|
|
"taking",
|
|
"coveting",
|
|
"craving",
|
|
"desiring",
|
|
"hankering (for or after)",
|
|
"wanting",
|
|
"wishing (for)",
|
|
"biasing",
|
|
"biassing",
|
|
"prejudicing",
|
|
"inclining (toward)",
|
|
"tending (to)",
|
|
"admiring",
|
|
"appreciating",
|
|
"cherishing",
|
|
"prizing",
|
|
"treasuring",
|
|
"valuing"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"favoring",
|
|
"leaning (toward or towards)",
|
|
"liking",
|
|
"preferring"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to take charge of especially on behalf of another":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"will you care for the lawn while we're gone?"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abandoning",
|
|
"disregarding",
|
|
"forgetting",
|
|
"ignoring",
|
|
"neglecting",
|
|
"passing over"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"administrating",
|
|
"conducting",
|
|
"controlling",
|
|
"directing",
|
|
"governing",
|
|
"guiding",
|
|
"managing",
|
|
"operating",
|
|
"presiding (over)",
|
|
"regulating",
|
|
"running",
|
|
"stewarding",
|
|
"guarding",
|
|
"patrolling",
|
|
"protecting",
|
|
"safeguarding",
|
|
"shielding",
|
|
"babying",
|
|
"babysitting",
|
|
"chaperoning",
|
|
"mothering",
|
|
"shepherding"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"attending",
|
|
"minding",
|
|
"overseeing",
|
|
"superintending",
|
|
"supervising",
|
|
"tending",
|
|
"watching"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to wish to have":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I don't particularly care for rice cereal, but I'll eat it"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"adoring",
|
|
"delighting (in)",
|
|
"digging",
|
|
"enjoying",
|
|
"fancying",
|
|
"grooving (on)",
|
|
"loving",
|
|
"relishing",
|
|
"reveling (in)",
|
|
"revelling (in)",
|
|
"welcoming",
|
|
"coveting",
|
|
"craving",
|
|
"desiring",
|
|
"dying (for)",
|
|
"hankering (for or after)",
|
|
"wishing (for)",
|
|
"yearning (for)"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"liking",
|
|
"wanting"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"carjack":{
|
|
"as in":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"carmine":{
|
|
"as in red , crimson":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"carnality":{
|
|
"excessive pursuit of fleshly pleasures":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"abstinence",
|
|
"asceticism",
|
|
"sobriety",
|
|
"temperance"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a rich playboy who was undone by his own carnality"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"venery",
|
|
"wantonness",
|
|
"greed",
|
|
"rapaciousness",
|
|
"rapacity",
|
|
"ravenousness",
|
|
"dissipation",
|
|
"gluttony",
|
|
"immoderation",
|
|
"intemperance",
|
|
"self-indulgence"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"debauchery",
|
|
"hedonism",
|
|
"sensuality",
|
|
"sybaritism",
|
|
"voluptuousness"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"caroches":{
|
|
"as in barouches , jaunting cars":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"carom":{
|
|
"to strike and fly off at an angle":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a ball caromed off the wall"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"brush",
|
|
"graze",
|
|
"nudge",
|
|
"rake",
|
|
"shave",
|
|
"sweep",
|
|
"bump",
|
|
"contact",
|
|
"hit",
|
|
"kiss",
|
|
"touch",
|
|
"sideswipe",
|
|
"reflect"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bounce",
|
|
"glance",
|
|
"rebound",
|
|
"ricochet",
|
|
"skim",
|
|
"skip"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"caromed":{
|
|
"to strike and fly off at an angle":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a ball caromed off the wall"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"brushed",
|
|
"grazed",
|
|
"nudged",
|
|
"raked",
|
|
"shaved",
|
|
"swept",
|
|
"bumped",
|
|
"contacted",
|
|
"hit",
|
|
"kissed",
|
|
"touched",
|
|
"sideswiped",
|
|
"reflected"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bounced",
|
|
"glanced",
|
|
"rebounded",
|
|
"ricocheted",
|
|
"ricochetted",
|
|
"skimmed",
|
|
"skipped"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"carpenters":{
|
|
"as in":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"carpers":{
|
|
"a person given to harsh judgments and to finding faults":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"eventually, almost everyone learned to avoid the ski school's resident carper"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"commenders",
|
|
"praisers"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"condemners",
|
|
"condemnors",
|
|
"denouncers",
|
|
"belittlers",
|
|
"decriers",
|
|
"denigrators",
|
|
"deriders",
|
|
"detractors",
|
|
"assailants",
|
|
"attackers",
|
|
"crucifiers",
|
|
"criticasters",
|
|
"hairsplitters",
|
|
"pettifoggers",
|
|
"quibblers",
|
|
"admonishers",
|
|
"haranguers",
|
|
"railers",
|
|
"ranters",
|
|
"rebukers",
|
|
"reproachers",
|
|
"reprovers",
|
|
"scolds",
|
|
"upbraiders",
|
|
"bellyachers",
|
|
"complainers",
|
|
"crybabies",
|
|
"fussers",
|
|
"gripers",
|
|
"grouches",
|
|
"grousers",
|
|
"grumblers",
|
|
"whiners"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"castigators",
|
|
"cavilers",
|
|
"cavillers",
|
|
"censurers",
|
|
"criticizers",
|
|
"critics",
|
|
"disparagers",
|
|
"faultfinders",
|
|
"hypercritics",
|
|
"knockers",
|
|
"nigglers",
|
|
"nitpickers"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"carpetbag":{
|
|
"as in kit , duffel bag":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"carping":{
|
|
"given to making or expressing unfavorable judgments about things":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"uncritical"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a peevish and carping old woman who is not a favorite at the nursing home"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"undiscriminating",
|
|
"undemanding",
|
|
"unfussy",
|
|
"charitable",
|
|
"forgiving"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"discerning",
|
|
"discriminating",
|
|
"judicious",
|
|
"demanding",
|
|
"exacting",
|
|
"fastidious",
|
|
"finical",
|
|
"finicky",
|
|
"fussy",
|
|
"nitpicky",
|
|
"particular",
|
|
"picky",
|
|
"pettifogging",
|
|
"quibbling",
|
|
"harsh",
|
|
"merciless",
|
|
"uncharitable",
|
|
"unforgiving"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"captious",
|
|
"caviling",
|
|
"cavilling",
|
|
"critical",
|
|
"faultfinding",
|
|
"hypercritical",
|
|
"judgmental",
|
|
"overcritical",
|
|
"rejective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to express dissatisfaction, pain, or resentment usually tiresomely":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"crowing",
|
|
"delighting",
|
|
"rejoicing"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"someone who carps and whines about everything is a pain"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"accepting",
|
|
"bearing",
|
|
"countenancing",
|
|
"enduring",
|
|
"taking",
|
|
"tolerating",
|
|
"applauding",
|
|
"cheering",
|
|
"commending"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"objecting (to)",
|
|
"protesting",
|
|
"quarreling (with)",
|
|
"quarrelling (with)",
|
|
"caviling",
|
|
"cavilling",
|
|
"quibbling",
|
|
"fretting",
|
|
"stewing",
|
|
"worrying",
|
|
"blubbering",
|
|
"crying",
|
|
"sobbing",
|
|
"bemoaning",
|
|
"bewailing",
|
|
"deploring",
|
|
"lamenting"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beefing",
|
|
"bellyaching",
|
|
"bitching",
|
|
"bleating",
|
|
"caterwauling",
|
|
"complaining",
|
|
"crabbing",
|
|
"croaking",
|
|
"fussing",
|
|
"griping",
|
|
"grizzling",
|
|
"grouching",
|
|
"grousing",
|
|
"growling",
|
|
"grumbling",
|
|
"grumping",
|
|
"hollering",
|
|
"inveighing",
|
|
"keening",
|
|
"kicking",
|
|
"kvetching",
|
|
"maundering",
|
|
"moaning",
|
|
"murmuring",
|
|
"muttering",
|
|
"nagging",
|
|
"repining",
|
|
"screaming",
|
|
"squawking",
|
|
"squealing",
|
|
"wailing",
|
|
"whimpering",
|
|
"whinging",
|
|
"whingeing",
|
|
"whining",
|
|
"yammering",
|
|
"yawping",
|
|
"yauping",
|
|
"yowling"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make often peevish criticisms or objections about matters that are minor, unimportant, or irrelevant":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"carped about the order of names on the wedding invitations"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"applauding",
|
|
"commending",
|
|
"complimenting",
|
|
"praising",
|
|
"recommending",
|
|
"approving",
|
|
"backing",
|
|
"championing",
|
|
"endorsing",
|
|
"indorsing",
|
|
"supporting"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"criticizing",
|
|
"faulting",
|
|
"beefing",
|
|
"bellyaching",
|
|
"bitching",
|
|
"complaining",
|
|
"crabbing",
|
|
"croaking",
|
|
"griping",
|
|
"grousing",
|
|
"growling",
|
|
"grumbling",
|
|
"kicking",
|
|
"kvetching",
|
|
"moaning",
|
|
"squawking",
|
|
"squealing",
|
|
"wailing",
|
|
"whimpering",
|
|
"whining",
|
|
"yammering",
|
|
"yawping",
|
|
"yauping",
|
|
"yowling",
|
|
"murmuring",
|
|
"muttering"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"caviling",
|
|
"cavilling",
|
|
"fussing",
|
|
"niggling",
|
|
"nitpicking",
|
|
"quibbling"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"carps (at)":{
|
|
"as in nitpicks , fusses (about or over)":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"carriage":{
|
|
"a general way of holding the body":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"her Ladyship's carriage is upright and regal"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"attention",
|
|
"body language",
|
|
"pose",
|
|
"seat",
|
|
"bearing",
|
|
"behavior",
|
|
"conduct",
|
|
"demeanor",
|
|
"deportment",
|
|
"air",
|
|
"presence",
|
|
"aspect",
|
|
"look",
|
|
"mien"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"attitude",
|
|
"poise",
|
|
"posture",
|
|
"stance",
|
|
"station"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a horse-drawn wheeled vehicle for carrying passengers":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a museum with a large collection of beautiful, old carriages"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"barouche",
|
|
"brougham",
|
|
"buckboard",
|
|
"buggy",
|
|
"cab",
|
|
"cabriolet",
|
|
"calash",
|
|
"cal\u00e8che",
|
|
"caleche",
|
|
"caroche",
|
|
"carryall",
|
|
"chaise",
|
|
"chariot",
|
|
"coach",
|
|
"coup\u00e9",
|
|
"coupe",
|
|
"curricle",
|
|
"diligence",
|
|
"dogcart",
|
|
"droshky",
|
|
"drosky",
|
|
"four-in-hand",
|
|
"gig",
|
|
"go-cart",
|
|
"hackney",
|
|
"hansom",
|
|
"hansom cab",
|
|
"jaunting car",
|
|
"landau",
|
|
"phaeton",
|
|
"post chaise",
|
|
"roadster",
|
|
"rockaway",
|
|
"stage",
|
|
"stagecoach",
|
|
"stanhope",
|
|
"surrey",
|
|
"tandem",
|
|
"tilbury",
|
|
"tonga",
|
|
"trap",
|
|
"troika",
|
|
"victoria",
|
|
"turnout"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"equipage",
|
|
"rig"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"carriageways":{
|
|
"a passage cleared for public vehicular travel":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an American who apparently was not used to driving in England, as he was traveling down the wrong side of the carriageway"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"causeways",
|
|
"autobahns",
|
|
"autoroutes",
|
|
"autostradas",
|
|
"autostrade",
|
|
"dual carriageways",
|
|
"interstates",
|
|
"motorways",
|
|
"superhighways",
|
|
"beltways",
|
|
"bypasses",
|
|
"parkways",
|
|
"ring roads",
|
|
"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",
|
|
"closes",
|
|
"culs-de-sac",
|
|
"cul-de-sacs",
|
|
"dead ends",
|
|
"corridors",
|
|
"tracks",
|
|
"trails"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"arterials",
|
|
"arteries",
|
|
"avenues",
|
|
"boulevards",
|
|
"drags",
|
|
"drives",
|
|
"expressways",
|
|
"freeways",
|
|
"high roads",
|
|
"highways",
|
|
"passes",
|
|
"pike",
|
|
"pikes",
|
|
"roads",
|
|
"roadways",
|
|
"routes",
|
|
"rows",
|
|
"streets",
|
|
"thoroughfares",
|
|
"thruways",
|
|
"traces",
|
|
"turnpikes",
|
|
"ways"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"carried":{
|
|
"to bring before the public in performance or exhibition":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"all of the television networks will carry the president's speech"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"displayed",
|
|
"exhibited",
|
|
"exposed",
|
|
"paraded",
|
|
"showed",
|
|
"showed off",
|
|
"unveiled",
|
|
"previewed",
|
|
"acted",
|
|
"impersonated",
|
|
"performed",
|
|
"played",
|
|
"portrayed",
|
|
"depicted",
|
|
"dramatized",
|
|
"enacted",
|
|
"rendered",
|
|
"represented",
|
|
"extended",
|
|
"proffered",
|
|
"tendered"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"gave",
|
|
"mounted",
|
|
"offered",
|
|
"presented",
|
|
"staged"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to have as part of a whole":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"excluded",
|
|
"left (out)",
|
|
"missed out",
|
|
"omitted"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the idea of equality carries with it a number of other concepts"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"banned",
|
|
"barred",
|
|
"debarred",
|
|
"precluded",
|
|
"prevented",
|
|
"prohibited",
|
|
"denied",
|
|
"refused",
|
|
"rejected",
|
|
"eliminated",
|
|
"excepted",
|
|
"ruled out",
|
|
"lost",
|
|
"mislaid",
|
|
"misplaced"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"comprised",
|
|
"consisted (of)",
|
|
"bracketed",
|
|
"had",
|
|
"held",
|
|
"owned",
|
|
"possessed",
|
|
"admitted",
|
|
"received",
|
|
"composed",
|
|
"constituted",
|
|
"formed",
|
|
"made",
|
|
"assimilated",
|
|
"embodied",
|
|
"incorporated",
|
|
"integrated"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"comprehended",
|
|
"contained",
|
|
"embraced",
|
|
"encompassed",
|
|
"entailed",
|
|
"included",
|
|
"involved",
|
|
"numbered",
|
|
"subsumed",
|
|
"took in"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to hold up or serve as a foundation for":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"erected a trellis to carry the vine"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"steadied",
|
|
"trussed",
|
|
"underlay"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bolstered",
|
|
"bore",
|
|
"braced",
|
|
"buttressed",
|
|
"propped (up)",
|
|
"shored (up)",
|
|
"stayed",
|
|
"supported",
|
|
"sustained",
|
|
"undergirded",
|
|
"underpinned",
|
|
"upheld"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to manage the actions of (oneself) in a particular way":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"during that difficult time the grieving parents carried themselves with unfailing grace and dignity"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"acted up",
|
|
"carried on",
|
|
"cut up",
|
|
"misbehaved",
|
|
"misconducted"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"checked",
|
|
"collected",
|
|
"composed",
|
|
"constrained",
|
|
"contained",
|
|
"controlled",
|
|
"curbed",
|
|
"handled",
|
|
"inhibited",
|
|
"quieted",
|
|
"repressed",
|
|
"restrained",
|
|
"moderated",
|
|
"modulated",
|
|
"tempered",
|
|
"acted",
|
|
"impersonated",
|
|
"played"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"acquitted",
|
|
"behaved",
|
|
"bore",
|
|
"comported",
|
|
"conducted",
|
|
"demeaned",
|
|
"deported",
|
|
"quit",
|
|
"quitted"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to receive as return for effort":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"forfeited",
|
|
"lost"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"carried off the award for best picture of the year"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"accorded",
|
|
"gave",
|
|
"granted",
|
|
"paid",
|
|
"gave up",
|
|
"handed over",
|
|
"parted (with)",
|
|
"relinquished",
|
|
"surrendered",
|
|
"yielded"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"cleared",
|
|
"grossed",
|
|
"netted",
|
|
"accomplished",
|
|
"achieved",
|
|
"notched (up)",
|
|
"scored",
|
|
"accumulated",
|
|
"amassed",
|
|
"racked up",
|
|
"caught",
|
|
"picked up",
|
|
"annexed",
|
|
"occupied",
|
|
"took over",
|
|
"reacquired",
|
|
"reattained",
|
|
"recaptured",
|
|
"regained",
|
|
"remade"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"acquired",
|
|
"attained",
|
|
"bagged",
|
|
"brought in",
|
|
"came by",
|
|
"captured",
|
|
"drew",
|
|
"earned",
|
|
"gained",
|
|
"garnered",
|
|
"got",
|
|
"knocked down",
|
|
"landed",
|
|
"made",
|
|
"obtained",
|
|
"procured",
|
|
"pulled down",
|
|
"realized",
|
|
"reaped",
|
|
"secured",
|
|
"won"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to support and take from one place to another":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"each camper must be able to carry his or her own backpack"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"delivered",
|
|
"handed over",
|
|
"transferred",
|
|
"forwarded",
|
|
"sent",
|
|
"shipped",
|
|
"transmitted",
|
|
"brought",
|
|
"fetched",
|
|
"took",
|
|
"moved",
|
|
"removed",
|
|
"shifted"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bore",
|
|
"carted",
|
|
"conveyed",
|
|
"ferried",
|
|
"hauled",
|
|
"lugged",
|
|
"packed",
|
|
"toted",
|
|
"transported"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to wear or have on one's person":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I always carry a camera with me so as to never miss a great shot"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"flaunted",
|
|
"showed off",
|
|
"sported",
|
|
"displayed",
|
|
"exhibited",
|
|
"paraded",
|
|
"showed"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bore",
|
|
"packed"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"carry out":{
|
|
"to carry through (as a process) to completion":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"carried out the task efficiently and cheerfully"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"fail",
|
|
"skimp",
|
|
"slight",
|
|
"slur"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"bring about",
|
|
"effect",
|
|
"effectuate",
|
|
"implement",
|
|
"ace",
|
|
"nail",
|
|
"engage (in)",
|
|
"practice",
|
|
"practise",
|
|
"work (at)",
|
|
"reduplicate",
|
|
"reenact",
|
|
"repeat",
|
|
"actualize",
|
|
"attain",
|
|
"realize",
|
|
"complete",
|
|
"end",
|
|
"finish",
|
|
"wind up"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accomplish",
|
|
"achieve",
|
|
"bring off",
|
|
"carry off",
|
|
"commit",
|
|
"compass",
|
|
"do",
|
|
"execute",
|
|
"follow through (with)",
|
|
"fulfill",
|
|
"fulfil",
|
|
"make",
|
|
"negotiate",
|
|
"perform",
|
|
"perpetrate",
|
|
"prosecute",
|
|
"pull off",
|
|
"put through"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"carrying a torch (for)":{
|
|
"to feel passion, devotion, or tenderness for":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"abhorring",
|
|
"abominating",
|
|
"despising",
|
|
"detesting",
|
|
"execrating",
|
|
"hating",
|
|
"loathing"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"antagonizing",
|
|
"displeasing",
|
|
"disapproving (of)",
|
|
"disfavoring",
|
|
"disliking",
|
|
"disgusting",
|
|
"nauseating",
|
|
"repelling",
|
|
"repulsing",
|
|
"revolting",
|
|
"sickening",
|
|
"turning off"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"adulating",
|
|
"canonizing",
|
|
"deifying",
|
|
"idealizing",
|
|
"idolizing",
|
|
"reverencing",
|
|
"revering",
|
|
"venerating",
|
|
"delighting (in)",
|
|
"doting (on)"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"adoring",
|
|
"cherishing",
|
|
"loving",
|
|
"worshipping",
|
|
"worshiping"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"carrying away":{
|
|
"to fill with overwhelming emotion (as wonder or delight)":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the beauty of the music carried him away"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"delighting",
|
|
"gladdening",
|
|
"gratifying",
|
|
"pleasing",
|
|
"satisfying",
|
|
"bewitching",
|
|
"captivating",
|
|
"charming",
|
|
"enchanting",
|
|
"fascinating",
|
|
"elating",
|
|
"exciting",
|
|
"exhilarating",
|
|
"stirring"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"enrapturing",
|
|
"enthralling",
|
|
"entrancing",
|
|
"rapping",
|
|
"rapturing",
|
|
"ravishing",
|
|
"transporting"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"carrying the day":{
|
|
"to achieve victory (as in a contest)":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"losing"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"They had a bad start, but the home team managed to carry the day in the end."
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"collapsing",
|
|
"failing",
|
|
"flopping",
|
|
"folding",
|
|
"washing out",
|
|
"floundering",
|
|
"struggling",
|
|
"declining",
|
|
"slipping",
|
|
"slumping",
|
|
"waning"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"overcoming",
|
|
"sweeping",
|
|
"squeaking",
|
|
"squeezing",
|
|
"contending",
|
|
"vying",
|
|
"succeeding",
|
|
"breezing",
|
|
"romping"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"conquering",
|
|
"prevailing",
|
|
"triumphing",
|
|
"winning"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"carrying through":{
|
|
"as in":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cartels":{
|
|
"a number of businesses or enterprises united for commercial advantage":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a cartel of oil-producing nations that controls production and influences prices"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"chains",
|
|
"conglomerates",
|
|
"megacorporations",
|
|
"multinationals",
|
|
"associations",
|
|
"guilds",
|
|
"gilds",
|
|
"organizations",
|
|
"partnerships",
|
|
"pools",
|
|
"unions"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"combinations",
|
|
"combines",
|
|
"syndicates",
|
|
"trusts"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cartridges":{
|
|
"as in ammunitions , projectiles":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in containers , bottles":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"carves (out)":{
|
|
"to produce or bring about especially by long or repeated effort":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"finally carved out a niche for the sport in the school's athletic program"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"demolishes",
|
|
"destroys",
|
|
"dismantles",
|
|
"razes",
|
|
"tears down",
|
|
"ruins",
|
|
"undoes",
|
|
"unmakes",
|
|
"wrecks"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"churns out",
|
|
"cranks out",
|
|
"turns out",
|
|
"cobbles (together or up)",
|
|
"throws up",
|
|
"composes",
|
|
"constructs",
|
|
"crafts",
|
|
"creates",
|
|
"engineers",
|
|
"fabricates",
|
|
"fashions",
|
|
"forms",
|
|
"frames",
|
|
"generates",
|
|
"manufactures",
|
|
"mints",
|
|
"models",
|
|
"shapes",
|
|
"tailors",
|
|
"conceives",
|
|
"concocts",
|
|
"contrives",
|
|
"cooks (up)",
|
|
"devises",
|
|
"hatches",
|
|
"invents",
|
|
"originates",
|
|
"accomplishes",
|
|
"achieves",
|
|
"brings off",
|
|
"carries out",
|
|
"effects"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"develops",
|
|
"forges",
|
|
"grinds (out)",
|
|
"hammers out",
|
|
"thrashes (out)",
|
|
"works out",
|
|
"works up"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"caryatides":{
|
|
"as in pedestals":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cast (up)":{
|
|
"to combine (numbers) into a single sum":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"had worked as a clerk in a countinghouse, mainly casting up long columns of figures every day"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"calculate",
|
|
"cipher",
|
|
"compute",
|
|
"figure",
|
|
"reckon",
|
|
"table",
|
|
"tabulate",
|
|
"tally",
|
|
"work out",
|
|
"divide",
|
|
"multiply",
|
|
"subtract",
|
|
"count",
|
|
"enumerate",
|
|
"number",
|
|
"tell",
|
|
"recompute",
|
|
"refigure"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"add",
|
|
"foot (up)",
|
|
"sum",
|
|
"summate",
|
|
"tot (up)",
|
|
"total",
|
|
"totalize",
|
|
"tote (up)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cast about":{
|
|
"as in look , reach":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"castigate":{
|
|
"to criticize (someone) severely or angrily especially for personal failings":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"castigated him for his constant tardiness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"approve",
|
|
"endorse",
|
|
"indorse",
|
|
"sanction",
|
|
"extol",
|
|
"extoll",
|
|
"laud",
|
|
"praise"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"admonish",
|
|
"chide",
|
|
"remonstrate (with)",
|
|
"reprove",
|
|
"abuse",
|
|
"assail",
|
|
"attack",
|
|
"bad-mouth",
|
|
"blame",
|
|
"blast",
|
|
"censure",
|
|
"condemn",
|
|
"criticize",
|
|
"crucify",
|
|
"denounce",
|
|
"dis",
|
|
"diss",
|
|
"excoriate",
|
|
"fault",
|
|
"harangue",
|
|
"knock",
|
|
"lace (into)",
|
|
"lash",
|
|
"pan",
|
|
"reprehend",
|
|
"revile",
|
|
"scourge",
|
|
"slam",
|
|
"vituperate",
|
|
"belittle",
|
|
"disparage",
|
|
"mock",
|
|
"put down",
|
|
"ridicule",
|
|
"scoff",
|
|
"scorn"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"baste",
|
|
"bawl out",
|
|
"berate",
|
|
"call down",
|
|
"chastise",
|
|
"chew out",
|
|
"dress down",
|
|
"flay",
|
|
"hammer",
|
|
"jaw",
|
|
"keelhaul",
|
|
"lambaste",
|
|
"lambast",
|
|
"lecture",
|
|
"rag",
|
|
"rail (at or against)",
|
|
"rant (at)",
|
|
"rate",
|
|
"ream (out)",
|
|
"rebuke",
|
|
"reprimand",
|
|
"reproach",
|
|
"scold",
|
|
"score",
|
|
"tongue-lash",
|
|
"upbraid"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to criticize harshly and usually publicly":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a newspaper editorial castigating the city council for approving the project in the first place"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"acclaim",
|
|
"commend",
|
|
"compliment",
|
|
"hail",
|
|
"laud",
|
|
"praise"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"berate",
|
|
"harangue",
|
|
"harass",
|
|
"harry",
|
|
"revile",
|
|
"scold",
|
|
"whip",
|
|
"blaspheme",
|
|
"curse",
|
|
"execrate",
|
|
"imprecate",
|
|
"profane",
|
|
"affront",
|
|
"insult",
|
|
"slur",
|
|
"asperse",
|
|
"bad-mouth",
|
|
"belittle",
|
|
"blackguard",
|
|
"disparage",
|
|
"put down",
|
|
"libel",
|
|
"slander",
|
|
"traduce",
|
|
"vilify",
|
|
"chastise",
|
|
"chide",
|
|
"criticize",
|
|
"lace (into)",
|
|
"rebuke",
|
|
"reprimand",
|
|
"fulminate",
|
|
"lash (out)"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abuse",
|
|
"assail",
|
|
"attack",
|
|
"bash",
|
|
"belabor",
|
|
"blast",
|
|
"excoriate",
|
|
"jump (on)",
|
|
"lambaste",
|
|
"lambast",
|
|
"potshot",
|
|
"savage",
|
|
"scathe",
|
|
"slam",
|
|
"trash",
|
|
"vituperate"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to inflict a penalty on for a fault or crime":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"excuse",
|
|
"pardon",
|
|
"spare"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a judge who believes in castigating criminals to the full extent of the law"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"forfeit",
|
|
"get off",
|
|
"ransom",
|
|
"release",
|
|
"commute",
|
|
"reprieve",
|
|
"absolve",
|
|
"acquit",
|
|
"exculpate",
|
|
"exonerate",
|
|
"vindicate"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"assess",
|
|
"charge",
|
|
"dock",
|
|
"fine",
|
|
"impose",
|
|
"levy",
|
|
"mulct",
|
|
"convict",
|
|
"sentence",
|
|
"condemn",
|
|
"damn",
|
|
"denounce",
|
|
"criticize",
|
|
"keelhaul",
|
|
"rebuke",
|
|
"reprimand",
|
|
"reprove",
|
|
"wreak"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"chasten",
|
|
"chastise",
|
|
"correct",
|
|
"discipline",
|
|
"penalize",
|
|
"punish"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"castigations":{
|
|
"suffering, loss, or hardship imposed in response to a crime or offense":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the loss of his father's trust was the harshest castigation that the boy could have possibly received for having told the lie"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"amnesties",
|
|
"indemnities",
|
|
"pardons",
|
|
"paroles",
|
|
"acquittals",
|
|
"exculpations",
|
|
"exonerations",
|
|
"vindications",
|
|
"exemptions",
|
|
"immunities",
|
|
"impunities",
|
|
"releases",
|
|
"commutations",
|
|
"reprieves",
|
|
"absolutions",
|
|
"remissions",
|
|
"remitments",
|
|
"condonations",
|
|
"disregards"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"reprisals",
|
|
"retaliations",
|
|
"retributions",
|
|
"revenges",
|
|
"vengeances",
|
|
"assessments",
|
|
"charges",
|
|
"fines",
|
|
"mulcts",
|
|
"examples",
|
|
"sentences",
|
|
"confinements",
|
|
"imprisonments",
|
|
"incarcerations",
|
|
"condemnations",
|
|
"damnations",
|
|
"denouncements",
|
|
"censures",
|
|
"criticisms",
|
|
"rebukes",
|
|
"reprimands",
|
|
"reproofs"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"chastisements",
|
|
"comeuppances",
|
|
"corrections",
|
|
"deserts",
|
|
"disciplines",
|
|
"nemeses",
|
|
"penalties",
|
|
"punishments",
|
|
"wraths"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"castigator":{
|
|
"a person given to harsh judgments and to finding faults":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"even Broadway's most famously caustic castigator liked the play"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"commender",
|
|
"praiser"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"condemner",
|
|
"condemnor",
|
|
"denouncer",
|
|
"belittler",
|
|
"decrier",
|
|
"denigrator",
|
|
"derider",
|
|
"detractor",
|
|
"assailant",
|
|
"attacker",
|
|
"crucifier",
|
|
"criticaster",
|
|
"hairsplitter",
|
|
"pettifogger",
|
|
"quibbler",
|
|
"admonisher",
|
|
"haranguer",
|
|
"railer",
|
|
"ranter",
|
|
"rebuker",
|
|
"reproacher",
|
|
"reprover",
|
|
"scold",
|
|
"upbraider",
|
|
"bellyacher",
|
|
"complainer",
|
|
"crybaby",
|
|
"fusser",
|
|
"griper",
|
|
"grouch",
|
|
"grouser",
|
|
"grumbler",
|
|
"whiner"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"carper",
|
|
"caviler",
|
|
"caviller",
|
|
"censurer",
|
|
"critic",
|
|
"criticizer",
|
|
"disparager",
|
|
"faultfinder",
|
|
"hypercritic",
|
|
"knocker",
|
|
"niggler",
|
|
"nitpicker"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"one who inflicts punishment in return for an injury or offense":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the principal seems to enjoy his role as the tireless castigator of classroom pranksters"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"ransomer",
|
|
"redeemer",
|
|
"vindicator"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"revenger",
|
|
"redresser",
|
|
"righter",
|
|
"requiter"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"avenger",
|
|
"chastiser",
|
|
"nemesis",
|
|
"punisher",
|
|
"scourge",
|
|
"vigilante"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"castle in the air":{
|
|
"a conception or image created by the imagination and having no objective reality":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"He would work tirelessly to prove to his father that his dreams of becoming a professional painter were more than a castle in the air ."
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"actuality",
|
|
"fact",
|
|
"reality"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"ignis fatuus",
|
|
"mirage",
|
|
"will-o'-the-wisp",
|
|
"brainchild",
|
|
"idea",
|
|
"concoction",
|
|
"fable",
|
|
"fabrication",
|
|
"fiction",
|
|
"invention",
|
|
"envisaging",
|
|
"imaging",
|
|
"visualization",
|
|
"cloud-cuckoo-land",
|
|
"cloudland",
|
|
"Shangri-la",
|
|
"utopia",
|
|
"daymare",
|
|
"nightmare"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"chimera",
|
|
"conceit",
|
|
"daydream",
|
|
"delusion",
|
|
"dream",
|
|
"fancy",
|
|
"fantasy",
|
|
"figment",
|
|
"hallucination",
|
|
"illusion",
|
|
"nonentity",
|
|
"phantasm",
|
|
"fantasm",
|
|
"pipe dream",
|
|
"unreality",
|
|
"vision"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"castrating":{
|
|
"to deprive of emotional or intellectual vitality":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"bracing",
|
|
"energizing",
|
|
"enlivening",
|
|
"invigorating",
|
|
"quickening",
|
|
"stimulating",
|
|
"vitalizing",
|
|
"vivifying"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a movie version that castrates the hard-hitting novel"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"arousing",
|
|
"rousing",
|
|
"stirring",
|
|
"charging",
|
|
"electrifying",
|
|
"galvanizing",
|
|
"exciting",
|
|
"fermenting",
|
|
"firing",
|
|
"fomenting",
|
|
"inciting",
|
|
"inflaming",
|
|
"enflaming",
|
|
"instigating",
|
|
"kindling",
|
|
"provoking",
|
|
"sparking",
|
|
"triggering",
|
|
"whipping (up)",
|
|
"abetting",
|
|
"boosting",
|
|
"buoying",
|
|
"cheering",
|
|
"emboldening",
|
|
"fortifying",
|
|
"heartening",
|
|
"inspiring",
|
|
"lifting",
|
|
"reactivating",
|
|
"reanimating",
|
|
"reawakening",
|
|
"reawaking",
|
|
"recharging",
|
|
"reenergizing",
|
|
"re-energizing",
|
|
"refreshing",
|
|
"regenerating",
|
|
"rejuvenating",
|
|
"rekindling",
|
|
"renewing",
|
|
"resurrecting",
|
|
"resuscitating",
|
|
"revitalizing",
|
|
"reviving"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"burning out",
|
|
"debilitating",
|
|
"doing in",
|
|
"draining",
|
|
"enfeebling",
|
|
"exhausting",
|
|
"fatiguing",
|
|
"sapping",
|
|
"tuckering (out)",
|
|
"undermining",
|
|
"weakening",
|
|
"wearing",
|
|
"wearing out",
|
|
"daunting",
|
|
"demoralizing",
|
|
"discouraging",
|
|
"disheartening",
|
|
"dispiriting"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dampening",
|
|
"damping",
|
|
"deadening",
|
|
"dehydrating",
|
|
"desiccating",
|
|
"devitalizing",
|
|
"enervating",
|
|
"gelding",
|
|
"lobotomizing",
|
|
"petrifying"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"casualness":{
|
|
"lack of interest or concern":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"concern",
|
|
"interest",
|
|
"regard"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"her casualness distressed everyone who took the issue seriously"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"attention",
|
|
"attentiveness",
|
|
"awareness",
|
|
"conscientiousness",
|
|
"curiosity",
|
|
"heedfulness",
|
|
"keenness",
|
|
"sensitivity",
|
|
"warmheartedness",
|
|
"bias",
|
|
"partiality",
|
|
"prejudice",
|
|
"ardor",
|
|
"desire",
|
|
"fervency",
|
|
"passion",
|
|
"vehemence",
|
|
"warmth",
|
|
"zeal"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"halfheartedness",
|
|
"lukewarmness",
|
|
"tepidity",
|
|
"tepidness",
|
|
"carelessness",
|
|
"heedlessness",
|
|
"recklessness",
|
|
"unawareness",
|
|
"lethargy",
|
|
"listlessness",
|
|
"aloofness",
|
|
"coldness",
|
|
"cool",
|
|
"detachment",
|
|
"dispassion",
|
|
"callosity",
|
|
"callousness",
|
|
"hard-heartedness",
|
|
"hardness",
|
|
"insensitivity",
|
|
"bloodlessness",
|
|
"impassiveness",
|
|
"impassivity",
|
|
"phlegm",
|
|
"stoicism",
|
|
"stolidity"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"apathy",
|
|
"complacence",
|
|
"disinterestedness",
|
|
"disregard",
|
|
"incuriosity",
|
|
"incuriousness",
|
|
"indifference",
|
|
"insouciance",
|
|
"nonchalance",
|
|
"torpor",
|
|
"unconcern"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"casuistical":{
|
|
"as in misleading , specious":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cat":{
|
|
"a small domestic animal known for catching mice":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the family's cat did an exemplary job of keeping the house and yard free of all rodents"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"mouser",
|
|
"kit",
|
|
"kitten",
|
|
"alley cat",
|
|
"tabby",
|
|
"gib",
|
|
"tomcat"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"feline",
|
|
"house cat",
|
|
"kitty",
|
|
"moggy",
|
|
"moggie",
|
|
"puss",
|
|
"pussy",
|
|
"pussycat"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"an adult male human being":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he was one cool cat driving around in his new sports car"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"master",
|
|
"mister",
|
|
"sir",
|
|
"buddy",
|
|
"buster"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bastard",
|
|
"bloke",
|
|
"buck",
|
|
"chap",
|
|
"chappie",
|
|
"dude",
|
|
"fella",
|
|
"fellow",
|
|
"galoot",
|
|
"gent",
|
|
"gentleman",
|
|
"guy",
|
|
"hombre",
|
|
"jack",
|
|
"joe",
|
|
"joker",
|
|
"lad",
|
|
"male",
|
|
"man"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cat's-paws":{
|
|
"one that is or can be used to further the purposes of another":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"these changes to the zoning laws have only confirmed for many that the town council has become the cat's-paw of local real estate developers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"chumps",
|
|
"dupes",
|
|
"foils",
|
|
"gulls",
|
|
"suckers",
|
|
"victims",
|
|
"minions",
|
|
"stooges",
|
|
"lap dogs",
|
|
"yes-men"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"instruments",
|
|
"lay figures",
|
|
"pawns",
|
|
"puppets",
|
|
"tools"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"catacomb":{
|
|
"an underground burial chamber":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"explored the catacombs looking for evidence about burial customs of that ancient society"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"mausoleum",
|
|
"sepulchre",
|
|
"sepulcher",
|
|
"sepulture",
|
|
"tomb"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"crypt",
|
|
"vault"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"catalyze":{
|
|
"to be the cause of (a situation, action, or state of mind)":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a reinstitution of the draft would catalyze protests around the country"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"impede",
|
|
"limit",
|
|
"restrict",
|
|
"clamp down (on)",
|
|
"crack down (on)",
|
|
"crush",
|
|
"dampen",
|
|
"put down",
|
|
"quash",
|
|
"quell",
|
|
"repress",
|
|
"smother",
|
|
"squash",
|
|
"squelch",
|
|
"stifle",
|
|
"subdue",
|
|
"suppress",
|
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"arrest",
|
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"check",
|
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"control",
|
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"curb",
|
|
"inhibit",
|
|
"rein (in)",
|
|
"restrain",
|
|
"retard",
|
|
"can",
|
|
"kill",
|
|
"snuff (out)",
|
|
"still",
|
|
"abolish",
|
|
"demolish",
|
|
"destroy",
|
|
"extinguish",
|
|
"liquidate",
|
|
"quench"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"conduce (to)",
|
|
"contribute (to)",
|
|
"decide",
|
|
"determine",
|
|
"begin",
|
|
"establish",
|
|
"father",
|
|
"found",
|
|
"inaugurate",
|
|
"initiate",
|
|
"innovate",
|
|
"institute",
|
|
"introduce",
|
|
"launch",
|
|
"pioneer",
|
|
"set",
|
|
"set up",
|
|
"start",
|
|
"advance",
|
|
"cultivate",
|
|
"develop",
|
|
"encourage",
|
|
"forward",
|
|
"foster",
|
|
"further",
|
|
"nourish",
|
|
"nurture",
|
|
"promote",
|
|
"enact",
|
|
"render",
|
|
"turn out"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beget",
|
|
"breed",
|
|
"bring",
|
|
"bring about",
|
|
"bring on",
|
|
"cause",
|
|
"create",
|
|
"do",
|
|
"draw on",
|
|
"effect",
|
|
"effectuate",
|
|
"engender",
|
|
"generate",
|
|
"induce",
|
|
"invoke",
|
|
"make",
|
|
"occasion",
|
|
"produce",
|
|
"prompt",
|
|
"result (in)",
|
|
"spawn",
|
|
"translate (into)",
|
|
"work",
|
|
"yield"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"catamaran":{
|
|
"as in yacht , sloop":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"catch-as-catch-can":{
|
|
"lacking a definite plan, purpose, or pattern":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"methodical",
|
|
"methodic",
|
|
"nonrandom",
|
|
"orderly",
|
|
"organized",
|
|
"regular",
|
|
"systematic",
|
|
"systematized"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we're always having drop-in guests at our beachfront cottage, and sleeping arrangements tend to be catch-as-catch-can"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"established",
|
|
"fixed",
|
|
"regular",
|
|
"set",
|
|
"stable",
|
|
"steady",
|
|
"constant",
|
|
"continuous",
|
|
"even",
|
|
"arranged",
|
|
"managed",
|
|
"orchestrated",
|
|
"ordered",
|
|
"planned",
|
|
"aware",
|
|
"conscious",
|
|
"deliberate",
|
|
"purposeful",
|
|
"thoughtful",
|
|
"willful",
|
|
"wilful"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"accidental",
|
|
"casual",
|
|
"chance",
|
|
"chancy",
|
|
"contingent",
|
|
"fluky",
|
|
"flukey",
|
|
"fortuitous",
|
|
"inadvertent",
|
|
"incidental",
|
|
"lucky",
|
|
"unconsidered",
|
|
"unintended",
|
|
"unintentional",
|
|
"unplanned",
|
|
"unpremeditated",
|
|
"scattershot",
|
|
"shotgun",
|
|
"irregular",
|
|
"odd",
|
|
"sporadic",
|
|
"spot",
|
|
"directionless",
|
|
"objectless",
|
|
"purposeless",
|
|
"indiscriminate",
|
|
"unsystematic",
|
|
"undirected",
|
|
"disorderly",
|
|
"disorganized",
|
|
"undiscriminating",
|
|
"unselective"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"aimless",
|
|
"arbitrary",
|
|
"desultory",
|
|
"erratic",
|
|
"haphazard",
|
|
"helter-skelter",
|
|
"hit-or-miss",
|
|
"random",
|
|
"scattered",
|
|
"slapdash",
|
|
"stray"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"catches on (to)":{
|
|
"to come to an awareness of":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she caught on to the fact that they were planning a surprise party"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"misses",
|
|
"overlooks",
|
|
"disregards",
|
|
"ignores",
|
|
"forgets",
|
|
"unlearns",
|
|
"blankets",
|
|
"blots out",
|
|
"cloaks",
|
|
"conceals",
|
|
"covers",
|
|
"curtains",
|
|
"enshrouds",
|
|
"hides",
|
|
"masks",
|
|
"occults",
|
|
"screens",
|
|
"shrouds",
|
|
"veils"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"hits (on or upon)",
|
|
"tumbles (to)",
|
|
"descries",
|
|
"detects",
|
|
"encounters",
|
|
"espies",
|
|
"spots",
|
|
"calculates",
|
|
"dopes (out)",
|
|
"figures out",
|
|
"finds",
|
|
"puzzles (out)",
|
|
"discerns",
|
|
"minds",
|
|
"notes",
|
|
"observes",
|
|
"perceives",
|
|
"divines"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ascertains",
|
|
"discovers",
|
|
"finds out",
|
|
"gets on (to)",
|
|
"hears",
|
|
"learns",
|
|
"realizes",
|
|
"sees",
|
|
"wises (up)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to have a clear idea of":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"misses"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he finally caught on to the concept of phototaxis"
|
|
],
|
|
"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",
|
|
"cognizes",
|
|
"compasses",
|
|
"comprehends",
|
|
"conceives",
|
|
"cottons (to or on to)",
|
|
"deciphers",
|
|
"decodes",
|
|
"digs",
|
|
"discerns",
|
|
"gets",
|
|
"grasps",
|
|
"groks",
|
|
"intuits",
|
|
"knows",
|
|
"makes",
|
|
"makes out",
|
|
"perceives",
|
|
"recognizes",
|
|
"registers",
|
|
"savvies",
|
|
"sees",
|
|
"seizes",
|
|
"senses",
|
|
"tumbles (to)",
|
|
"twigs",
|
|
"understands"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"catches up":{
|
|
"to catch or hold as if in a net":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"disentangles",
|
|
"untangles"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a young idealist who got caught up in the political fanaticism of the times"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"detaches",
|
|
"disengages",
|
|
"extricates",
|
|
"clears",
|
|
"frees",
|
|
"liberates"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"bags",
|
|
"birdlimes",
|
|
"captures",
|
|
"collars",
|
|
"embroils",
|
|
"implicates",
|
|
"involves",
|
|
"mires"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"enmeshes",
|
|
"immeshes",
|
|
"ensnares",
|
|
"ensnarls",
|
|
"entangles",
|
|
"entoils",
|
|
"entraps",
|
|
"meshes",
|
|
"nets",
|
|
"snares",
|
|
"tangles",
|
|
"traps"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to give information to":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"catch me up on what's been happening at the office"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"misinforms",
|
|
"misleads"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"advertises",
|
|
"alerts",
|
|
"notifies",
|
|
"announces (to)",
|
|
"discloses (to)",
|
|
"assures",
|
|
"certifies",
|
|
"convinces",
|
|
"reassures",
|
|
"warrants",
|
|
"educates",
|
|
"lectures",
|
|
"schools",
|
|
"teaches",
|
|
"tutors",
|
|
"disabuses",
|
|
"disenchants",
|
|
"disillusions",
|
|
"undeceives"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"acquaints",
|
|
"advises",
|
|
"apprises",
|
|
"briefs",
|
|
"clears",
|
|
"clues (in)",
|
|
"enlightens",
|
|
"familiarizes",
|
|
"fills in",
|
|
"hips",
|
|
"informs",
|
|
"instructs",
|
|
"tells",
|
|
"verses",
|
|
"wises (up)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to hold the attention of":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"so caught up in the game that she didn't note the passage of time"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bores",
|
|
"jades",
|
|
"palls",
|
|
"tires",
|
|
"wearies"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"allures",
|
|
"attracts",
|
|
"beguiles",
|
|
"bewitches",
|
|
"captivates",
|
|
"charms",
|
|
"enchants",
|
|
"obsesses",
|
|
"hypnotizes",
|
|
"mesmerizes",
|
|
"distracts",
|
|
"preoccupies",
|
|
"hogs",
|
|
"monopolizes"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"absorbs",
|
|
"bemuses",
|
|
"busies",
|
|
"engages",
|
|
"engrosses",
|
|
"enthralls",
|
|
"enthrals",
|
|
"enwraps",
|
|
"fascinates",
|
|
"grips",
|
|
"immerses",
|
|
"interests",
|
|
"intrigues",
|
|
"involves",
|
|
"occupies"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to hold the attention of as if by a spell":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"completely caught up in opera ever since he saw La Traviata"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"enraptures",
|
|
"entrances",
|
|
"thrills",
|
|
"beguiles",
|
|
"bewitches",
|
|
"charms",
|
|
"absorbs",
|
|
"engages",
|
|
"engrosses",
|
|
"involves"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"arrests",
|
|
"bedazzles",
|
|
"enchants",
|
|
"enthralls",
|
|
"enthrals",
|
|
"fascinates",
|
|
"grips",
|
|
"hypnotizes",
|
|
"mesmerizes",
|
|
"spellbinds"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"catchy":{
|
|
"lacking in steadiness or regularity of occurrence":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"constant",
|
|
"continuous",
|
|
"habitual",
|
|
"periodic",
|
|
"regular",
|
|
"repeated",
|
|
"steady"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she was so winded that her breathing came in catchy gasps"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"changeless",
|
|
"equable",
|
|
"even",
|
|
"stable",
|
|
"stationary",
|
|
"uniform",
|
|
"unchanging",
|
|
"unvarying",
|
|
"unwavering",
|
|
"methodical",
|
|
"methodic",
|
|
"orderly",
|
|
"systematic",
|
|
"unrelenting",
|
|
"unremitting"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"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"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"aperiodic",
|
|
"casual",
|
|
"choppy",
|
|
"discontinuous",
|
|
"episodic",
|
|
"episodical",
|
|
"erratic",
|
|
"fitful",
|
|
"intermittent",
|
|
"irregular",
|
|
"occasional",
|
|
"spasmodic",
|
|
"spastic",
|
|
"sporadic",
|
|
"spotty",
|
|
"unsteady"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"likely to attract attention":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"inconspicuous",
|
|
"unemphatic",
|
|
"unflamboyant",
|
|
"unnoticeable",
|
|
"unobtrusive",
|
|
"unremarkable",
|
|
"unshowy"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"will need a catchy slogan to sell the new product, which is actually pretty boring"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"subtle",
|
|
"concealed",
|
|
"hidden",
|
|
"shrouded",
|
|
"dim",
|
|
"faint",
|
|
"obscure",
|
|
"insignificant",
|
|
"undistinguished",
|
|
"unimportant",
|
|
"modest",
|
|
"unaffected",
|
|
"unassuming",
|
|
"unpretentious",
|
|
"conservative",
|
|
"plain",
|
|
"quiet",
|
|
"simple",
|
|
"understated",
|
|
"muted",
|
|
"restrained",
|
|
"subdued",
|
|
"subtle",
|
|
"toned-down",
|
|
"unflashy"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"detectable",
|
|
"discernible",
|
|
"discernable",
|
|
"observable",
|
|
"perceptible",
|
|
"recognizable",
|
|
"visible",
|
|
"outstanding",
|
|
"salient",
|
|
"distinguished",
|
|
"eminent",
|
|
"impressive",
|
|
"notable",
|
|
"noteworthy",
|
|
"highlighted",
|
|
"spotlighted",
|
|
"flagrant",
|
|
"glaring",
|
|
"howling",
|
|
"screaming",
|
|
"flashy",
|
|
"garish",
|
|
"gaudy",
|
|
"glitzy",
|
|
"jazzy",
|
|
"loud",
|
|
"meretricious",
|
|
"swank",
|
|
"swanky",
|
|
"tawdry",
|
|
"highfalutin",
|
|
"hifalutin",
|
|
"ostentatious",
|
|
"pretentious",
|
|
"extravagant",
|
|
"fancy",
|
|
"florid",
|
|
"glittery",
|
|
"spectacular",
|
|
"opulent",
|
|
"ornate",
|
|
"overdone",
|
|
"overwrought",
|
|
"absorbing",
|
|
"engrossing",
|
|
"enthralling",
|
|
"fascinating",
|
|
"interesting",
|
|
"riveting"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"arresting",
|
|
"bodacious",
|
|
"bold",
|
|
"brilliant",
|
|
"commanding",
|
|
"conspicuous",
|
|
"dramatic",
|
|
"emphatic",
|
|
"eye-catching",
|
|
"flamboyant",
|
|
"grabby",
|
|
"kenspeckle",
|
|
"marked",
|
|
"noisy",
|
|
"noticeable",
|
|
"prominent",
|
|
"pronounced",
|
|
"remarkable",
|
|
"showy",
|
|
"splashy",
|
|
"striking"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"requiring exceptional skill or caution in performance or handling":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Professor Hartman's exams always include at least one catchy question"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"easy",
|
|
"effortless",
|
|
"manageable",
|
|
"painless",
|
|
"simple",
|
|
"straightforward",
|
|
"uncomplicated",
|
|
"undemanding",
|
|
"unproblematic"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"abstract",
|
|
"abstruse",
|
|
"complex",
|
|
"complicated",
|
|
"hard",
|
|
"intricate",
|
|
"involved",
|
|
"recondite",
|
|
"serious",
|
|
"problem",
|
|
"scabrous",
|
|
"stubborn",
|
|
"troublesome",
|
|
"troublous",
|
|
"vexatious",
|
|
"vexing",
|
|
"worrisome",
|
|
"burdensome",
|
|
"demanding",
|
|
"discommoding",
|
|
"exacting",
|
|
"exhausting",
|
|
"importunate",
|
|
"inconvenient",
|
|
"onerous",
|
|
"oppressive",
|
|
"painful",
|
|
"stressful"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"delicate",
|
|
"difficult",
|
|
"dodgy",
|
|
"hairy",
|
|
"knotty",
|
|
"nasty",
|
|
"prickly",
|
|
"problematic",
|
|
"problematical",
|
|
"sensitive",
|
|
"spiny",
|
|
"sticky",
|
|
"thorny",
|
|
"ticklish",
|
|
"touchy",
|
|
"tough",
|
|
"tricksy",
|
|
"tricky"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cate":{
|
|
"something that is pleasing to eat because it is rare or a luxury":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"visited the victualler to purchase some cates and wine"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"morsel",
|
|
"candy",
|
|
"dessert",
|
|
"junket",
|
|
"sweet",
|
|
"sweetmeat"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bit",
|
|
"dainty",
|
|
"delectable",
|
|
"delicacy",
|
|
"goody",
|
|
"goodie",
|
|
"kickshaw",
|
|
"tidbit",
|
|
"titbit",
|
|
"treat",
|
|
"viand"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"catechize":{
|
|
"to put a question or questions to":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"answer",
|
|
"reply",
|
|
"respond"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"her roommates catechized her about every detail of her first day at her new job"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"rejoin",
|
|
"retort",
|
|
"comment",
|
|
"observe",
|
|
"remark",
|
|
"avoid",
|
|
"duck"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"besiege",
|
|
"bombard",
|
|
"cross-examine",
|
|
"cross-question",
|
|
"examine",
|
|
"pump",
|
|
"poll",
|
|
"survey"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ask",
|
|
"grill",
|
|
"inquire (of)",
|
|
"interrogate",
|
|
"query",
|
|
"question",
|
|
"quiz"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to put a series of questions to":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"applicants are rigorously catechized by the seminary's rector regarding their motives for joining the priesthood"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"debrief",
|
|
"cross-examine",
|
|
"cross-question",
|
|
"annoy",
|
|
"harass",
|
|
"hound",
|
|
"pester",
|
|
"canvass",
|
|
"canvas",
|
|
"poll"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"examine",
|
|
"grill",
|
|
"interrogate",
|
|
"pump",
|
|
"query",
|
|
"question",
|
|
"quiz",
|
|
"sweat"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"categoric":{
|
|
"having no exceptions or restrictions":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a categorical denial of the rumors that the celebrities were planning to get married"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"doubtful",
|
|
"dubious",
|
|
"equivocal",
|
|
"qualified",
|
|
"questionable",
|
|
"restricted",
|
|
"uncertain"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"authentic",
|
|
"classic",
|
|
"genuine",
|
|
"real",
|
|
"veritable",
|
|
"constant",
|
|
"endless",
|
|
"eternal",
|
|
"perpetual",
|
|
"undying",
|
|
"unremitting",
|
|
"extreme",
|
|
"unrestricted",
|
|
"confirmed",
|
|
"habitual",
|
|
"hopeless",
|
|
"inveterate",
|
|
"extraordinary",
|
|
"frightful",
|
|
"horrible",
|
|
"huge",
|
|
"main",
|
|
"superlative",
|
|
"supreme",
|
|
"surpassing",
|
|
"terrible",
|
|
"terrific"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"absolute",
|
|
"all-out",
|
|
"arrant",
|
|
"blank",
|
|
"blooming",
|
|
"bodacious",
|
|
"clean",
|
|
"complete",
|
|
"consummate",
|
|
"crashing",
|
|
"damn",
|
|
"damned",
|
|
"dead",
|
|
"deadly",
|
|
"definite",
|
|
"downright",
|
|
"dreadful",
|
|
"fair",
|
|
"flat",
|
|
"flat-out",
|
|
"out-and-out",
|
|
"outright",
|
|
"perfect",
|
|
"plumb",
|
|
"profound",
|
|
"pure",
|
|
"rank",
|
|
"regular",
|
|
"sheer",
|
|
"simple",
|
|
"stark",
|
|
"stone",
|
|
"straight-out",
|
|
"thorough",
|
|
"thoroughgoing",
|
|
"total",
|
|
"unadulterated",
|
|
"unalloyed",
|
|
"unconditional",
|
|
"unmitigated",
|
|
"unqualified",
|
|
"utter",
|
|
"very"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"catena":{
|
|
"a series of things linked together":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a catena of lies that ultimately proved to be her undoing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"chain reaction",
|
|
"belt",
|
|
"circle",
|
|
"cycle",
|
|
"vicious circle",
|
|
"vicious cycle",
|
|
"continuum",
|
|
"gamut",
|
|
"gauntlet",
|
|
"gantlet",
|
|
"scale",
|
|
"spectrum",
|
|
"flow",
|
|
"river",
|
|
"stream",
|
|
"file",
|
|
"line",
|
|
"queue",
|
|
"range",
|
|
"row",
|
|
"succession"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"catenation",
|
|
"chain",
|
|
"concatenation",
|
|
"consecution",
|
|
"nexus",
|
|
"progression",
|
|
"sequence",
|
|
"string",
|
|
"train"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cater (to)":{
|
|
"to give in to (a desire)":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the gooey dessert catered to the children's sweet tooth"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bridle",
|
|
"check",
|
|
"constrain",
|
|
"curb",
|
|
"inhibit",
|
|
"restrain",
|
|
"stifle"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"bask",
|
|
"luxuriate",
|
|
"revel",
|
|
"wallow",
|
|
"coddle",
|
|
"mollycoddle",
|
|
"pamper",
|
|
"spoil",
|
|
"delight",
|
|
"please",
|
|
"pleasure",
|
|
"sate",
|
|
"satiate",
|
|
"satisfy"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"gratify",
|
|
"humor",
|
|
"indulge"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"catering (to)":{
|
|
"to give in to (a desire)":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the gooey dessert catered to the children's sweet tooth"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bridling",
|
|
"checking",
|
|
"constraining",
|
|
"curbing",
|
|
"inhibiting",
|
|
"restraining",
|
|
"stifling"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"basking",
|
|
"luxuriating",
|
|
"reveling",
|
|
"revelling",
|
|
"wallowing",
|
|
"coddling",
|
|
"mollycoddling",
|
|
"pampering",
|
|
"spoiling",
|
|
"delighting",
|
|
"pleasing",
|
|
"pleasuring",
|
|
"satiating",
|
|
"sating",
|
|
"satisfying"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"gratifying",
|
|
"humoring",
|
|
"indulging"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"caterwauling":{
|
|
"engaging in or marked by loud and insistent cries especially of protest":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"caterwauling fans vented on the talk radio show when news of the trade of the team's star player came to light"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"noiseless",
|
|
"quiet",
|
|
"silent",
|
|
"soundless",
|
|
"still",
|
|
"calm",
|
|
"hushed",
|
|
"subdued"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"clangorous",
|
|
"dinning",
|
|
"discordant",
|
|
"noisy",
|
|
"loudmouthed",
|
|
"outspoken",
|
|
"vocal",
|
|
"boisterous",
|
|
"rackety",
|
|
"raucous",
|
|
"robustious",
|
|
"rowdy",
|
|
"uproarious",
|
|
"cacophonous",
|
|
"dissonant",
|
|
"earsplitting",
|
|
"grating",
|
|
"shrill",
|
|
"strident",
|
|
"blaring",
|
|
"blustering",
|
|
"booming",
|
|
"brassy",
|
|
"brazen"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blatant",
|
|
"clamant",
|
|
"clamorous",
|
|
"obstreperous",
|
|
"squawking",
|
|
"vociferant",
|
|
"vociferating",
|
|
"vociferous",
|
|
"yawping",
|
|
"yauping",
|
|
"yowling"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to express dissatisfaction, pain, or resentment usually tiresomely":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"crowing",
|
|
"delighting",
|
|
"rejoicing"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"like many kids during summer vacation, they were caterwauling about the lack of things to do"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"accepting",
|
|
"bearing",
|
|
"countenancing",
|
|
"enduring",
|
|
"taking",
|
|
"tolerating",
|
|
"applauding",
|
|
"cheering",
|
|
"commending"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"objecting (to)",
|
|
"protesting",
|
|
"quarreling (with)",
|
|
"quarrelling (with)",
|
|
"caviling",
|
|
"cavilling",
|
|
"quibbling",
|
|
"fretting",
|
|
"stewing",
|
|
"worrying",
|
|
"blubbering",
|
|
"crying",
|
|
"sobbing",
|
|
"bemoaning",
|
|
"bewailing",
|
|
"deploring",
|
|
"lamenting"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beefing",
|
|
"bellyaching",
|
|
"bitching",
|
|
"bleating",
|
|
"carping",
|
|
"complaining",
|
|
"crabbing",
|
|
"croaking",
|
|
"fussing",
|
|
"griping",
|
|
"grizzling",
|
|
"grouching",
|
|
"grousing",
|
|
"growling",
|
|
"grumbling",
|
|
"grumping",
|
|
"hollering",
|
|
"inveighing",
|
|
"keening",
|
|
"kicking",
|
|
"kvetching",
|
|
"maundering",
|
|
"moaning",
|
|
"murmuring",
|
|
"muttering",
|
|
"nagging",
|
|
"repining",
|
|
"screaming",
|
|
"squawking",
|
|
"squealing",
|
|
"wailing",
|
|
"whimpering",
|
|
"whinging",
|
|
"whingeing",
|
|
"whining",
|
|
"yammering",
|
|
"yawping",
|
|
"yauping",
|
|
"yowling"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"caterwauls":{
|
|
"as in":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to express dissatisfaction, pain, or resentment usually tiresomely":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"crows",
|
|
"delights",
|
|
"rejoices"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"like many kids during summer vacation, they were caterwauling about the lack of things to do"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"accepts",
|
|
"bears",
|
|
"countenances",
|
|
"endures",
|
|
"takes",
|
|
"tolerates",
|
|
"applauds",
|
|
"cheers",
|
|
"commends"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"objects (to)",
|
|
"protests",
|
|
"quarrels (with)",
|
|
"cavils",
|
|
"quibbles",
|
|
"frets",
|
|
"stews",
|
|
"worries",
|
|
"blubbers",
|
|
"cries",
|
|
"sobs",
|
|
"bemoans",
|
|
"bewails",
|
|
"deplores",
|
|
"laments"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beefs",
|
|
"bellyaches",
|
|
"bitches",
|
|
"bleats",
|
|
"carps",
|
|
"complains",
|
|
"crabs",
|
|
"croaks",
|
|
"fusses",
|
|
"gripes",
|
|
"grizzles",
|
|
"grouches",
|
|
"grouses",
|
|
"growls",
|
|
"grumbles",
|
|
"grumps",
|
|
"hollers",
|
|
"inveighs",
|
|
"keens",
|
|
"kicks",
|
|
"kvetches",
|
|
"maunders",
|
|
"moans",
|
|
"murmurs",
|
|
"mutters",
|
|
"nags",
|
|
"repines",
|
|
"screams",
|
|
"squawks",
|
|
"squeals",
|
|
"wails",
|
|
"whimpers",
|
|
"whines",
|
|
"whinges",
|
|
"yammers",
|
|
"yawps",
|
|
"yaups",
|
|
"yowls"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cates":{
|
|
"something that is pleasing to eat because it is rare or a luxury":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"visited the victualler to purchase some cates and wine"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"morsels",
|
|
"candies",
|
|
"desserts",
|
|
"junkets",
|
|
"sweetmeats",
|
|
"sweets"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bits",
|
|
"dainties",
|
|
"delectables",
|
|
"delicacies",
|
|
"goodies",
|
|
"kickshaws",
|
|
"tidbits",
|
|
"titbits",
|
|
"treats",
|
|
"viands"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"catfight":{
|
|
"as in tussle , fistfight":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"catholic":{
|
|
"not limited or specialized in application or purpose":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"limited",
|
|
"restricted",
|
|
"specialized",
|
|
"technical"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a museum director with catholic tastes in art"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bounded",
|
|
"circumscribed",
|
|
"confined",
|
|
"definite",
|
|
"demarcated",
|
|
"determinate",
|
|
"finite",
|
|
"qualified",
|
|
"dedicated",
|
|
"selective"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"mixed-use",
|
|
"multipurpose",
|
|
"broad",
|
|
"wide",
|
|
"nonspecific",
|
|
"unspecified",
|
|
"vague"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"all-around",
|
|
"all-round",
|
|
"all-purpose",
|
|
"general",
|
|
"general-purpose",
|
|
"unlimited",
|
|
"unqualified",
|
|
"unrestricted",
|
|
"unspecialized"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"catnap":{
|
|
"a short sleep":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a catnap left me refreshed enough to face the rest of the day"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"repose",
|
|
"rest",
|
|
"slumber",
|
|
"bed"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"doze",
|
|
"drowse",
|
|
"forty winks",
|
|
"kip",
|
|
"nap",
|
|
"siesta",
|
|
"snooze",
|
|
"wink"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to be in a state of sleep":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the children are catnapping , so please be quiet"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"arise",
|
|
"arouse",
|
|
"awake",
|
|
"rise",
|
|
"wake"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"drop off",
|
|
"drowse (off)",
|
|
"nod off",
|
|
"oversleep",
|
|
"sleep in",
|
|
"dream",
|
|
"hibernate"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"doze",
|
|
"nap",
|
|
"rest",
|
|
"sleep",
|
|
"slumber",
|
|
"snooze"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to sleep lightly or briefly":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"catnapped for 10 minutes and then went back to work"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"arise",
|
|
"arouse",
|
|
"awake",
|
|
"awaken",
|
|
"get up",
|
|
"rise",
|
|
"rouse",
|
|
"uprise",
|
|
"wake (up)",
|
|
"waken"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"relax",
|
|
"repose",
|
|
"rest",
|
|
"couch",
|
|
"lay",
|
|
"lie",
|
|
"roost",
|
|
"lull"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"doze",
|
|
"drowse",
|
|
"kip",
|
|
"nap",
|
|
"slumber",
|
|
"snooze"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"catty":{
|
|
"having or showing a desire to cause someone pain or suffering for the sheer enjoyment of it":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"benevolent",
|
|
"benign",
|
|
"benignant",
|
|
"loving",
|
|
"unmalicious"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a catty remark that served only to hurt their feelings"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"compassionate",
|
|
"good",
|
|
"good-hearted",
|
|
"kind",
|
|
"kindhearted",
|
|
"kindly",
|
|
"sympathetic",
|
|
"warm",
|
|
"warmhearted",
|
|
"affable",
|
|
"agreeable",
|
|
"amiable",
|
|
"cordial",
|
|
"friendly",
|
|
"genial",
|
|
"gracious",
|
|
"nice",
|
|
"pleasant",
|
|
"affectionate",
|
|
"amorous",
|
|
"sweet",
|
|
"tender",
|
|
"tenderhearted",
|
|
"humane",
|
|
"altruistic",
|
|
"high-minded",
|
|
"humanitarian",
|
|
"magnanimous",
|
|
"noble",
|
|
"philanthropic",
|
|
"philanthropical"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"devious",
|
|
"scoundrelly",
|
|
"scurvy",
|
|
"snakelike",
|
|
"acrimonious",
|
|
"bitter",
|
|
"envious",
|
|
"jaundiced",
|
|
"jealous",
|
|
"rancorous",
|
|
"resentful",
|
|
"vindictive",
|
|
"vitriolic",
|
|
"contemptuous",
|
|
"deprecating",
|
|
"derogatory",
|
|
"disdainful",
|
|
"disparaging",
|
|
"mean-spirited",
|
|
"obnoxious",
|
|
"opprobrious",
|
|
"scornful",
|
|
"snide",
|
|
"snotty",
|
|
"unkind",
|
|
"unkindly",
|
|
"unloving",
|
|
"baleful",
|
|
"baneful",
|
|
"evil",
|
|
"harsh",
|
|
"hostile",
|
|
"inimical",
|
|
"acrid",
|
|
"caustic",
|
|
"poisonous",
|
|
"scathing",
|
|
"venomous"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bad",
|
|
"bitchy",
|
|
"cruel",
|
|
"despiteful",
|
|
"hateful",
|
|
"malevolent",
|
|
"malicious",
|
|
"malign",
|
|
"malignant",
|
|
"mean",
|
|
"nasty",
|
|
"spiteful",
|
|
"vicious",
|
|
"virulent"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"caucus":{
|
|
"as in cabinet , synod":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in movement":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to meet as a group to decide on something":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Republicans caucused last week to choose their candidates."
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"caucused":{
|
|
"to meet as a group to decide on something":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Republicans caucused last week to choose their candidates."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"affiliated",
|
|
"allied",
|
|
"associated",
|
|
"banded (together)",
|
|
"clubbed",
|
|
"collaborated",
|
|
"confederated",
|
|
"conjoined",
|
|
"consolidated",
|
|
"consorted",
|
|
"cooperated",
|
|
"coupled",
|
|
"federated",
|
|
"ganged up",
|
|
"joined",
|
|
"merged",
|
|
"united",
|
|
"assembled",
|
|
"clustered",
|
|
"collected",
|
|
"concentered",
|
|
"concentrated",
|
|
"conglomerated",
|
|
"congregated",
|
|
"convened",
|
|
"converged",
|
|
"forgathered",
|
|
"foregathered",
|
|
"gathered",
|
|
"met",
|
|
"rendezvoused",
|
|
"reassembled",
|
|
"reconvened",
|
|
"regathered",
|
|
"remet"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"departed",
|
|
"left",
|
|
"took off",
|
|
"disjoined",
|
|
"dissociated",
|
|
"disunited",
|
|
"broke up",
|
|
"disbanded",
|
|
"dispersed",
|
|
"split (up)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"caucuses":{
|
|
"as in cabinets , synods":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in movements":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to meet as a group to decide on something":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Republicans caucused last week to choose their candidates."
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"caulking":{
|
|
"as in":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"causes":{
|
|
"a series of activities undertaken to achieve a goal":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"joined the freedom fighters' cause as a young man"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"assaults",
|
|
"attacks",
|
|
"maneuvers",
|
|
"marches",
|
|
"offensives",
|
|
"actions",
|
|
"bids",
|
|
"enterprises",
|
|
"initiatives",
|
|
"missions",
|
|
"projects",
|
|
"undertakings"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bandwagons",
|
|
"blitzes",
|
|
"campaigns",
|
|
"crusades",
|
|
"drives",
|
|
"juggernauts",
|
|
"movements",
|
|
"pushes"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"someone or something responsible for a result":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"aftereffects",
|
|
"aftermaths",
|
|
"consequences",
|
|
"corollaries",
|
|
"developments",
|
|
"effects",
|
|
"fates",
|
|
"fruits",
|
|
"issues",
|
|
"outcomes",
|
|
"outgrowths",
|
|
"products",
|
|
"resultants",
|
|
"results",
|
|
"sequels",
|
|
"sequences",
|
|
"upshots"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the much-debated causes of the war"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"ramifications",
|
|
"denouements",
|
|
"d\u00e9nouements",
|
|
"repercussions",
|
|
"conclusions",
|
|
"ends",
|
|
"by-products",
|
|
"byproducts",
|
|
"side effects",
|
|
"side reactions"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"considerations",
|
|
"determinants",
|
|
"factors",
|
|
"alpha and omegas",
|
|
"be-all and end-alls",
|
|
"impetuses",
|
|
"incentives",
|
|
"inspirations",
|
|
"instigations",
|
|
"stimuli",
|
|
"mothers",
|
|
"origins",
|
|
"roots",
|
|
"sources",
|
|
"springs"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"antecedents",
|
|
"causalities",
|
|
"causations",
|
|
"occasions",
|
|
"reasons"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to be the cause of (a situation, action, or state of mind)":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the ice storm caused a massive power outage"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"impedes",
|
|
"limits",
|
|
"restricts",
|
|
"clamps down (on)",
|
|
"cracks down (on)",
|
|
"crushes",
|
|
"dampens",
|
|
"puts down",
|
|
"quashes",
|
|
"quells",
|
|
"represses",
|
|
"smothers",
|
|
"squashes",
|
|
"squelches",
|
|
"stifles",
|
|
"subdues",
|
|
"suppresses",
|
|
"arrests",
|
|
"checks",
|
|
"controls",
|
|
"curbs",
|
|
"inhibits",
|
|
"reins (in)",
|
|
"restrains",
|
|
"retards",
|
|
"cans",
|
|
"kills",
|
|
"snuffs (out)",
|
|
"stills",
|
|
"abolishes",
|
|
"demolishes",
|
|
"destroys",
|
|
"extinguishes",
|
|
"liquidates",
|
|
"quenches"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"conduces (to)",
|
|
"contributes (to)",
|
|
"decides",
|
|
"determines",
|
|
"begins",
|
|
"establishes",
|
|
"fathers",
|
|
"founds",
|
|
"inaugurates",
|
|
"initiates",
|
|
"innovates",
|
|
"institutes",
|
|
"introduces",
|
|
"launches",
|
|
"pioneers",
|
|
"sets",
|
|
"sets up",
|
|
"starts",
|
|
"advances",
|
|
"cultivates",
|
|
"develops",
|
|
"encourages",
|
|
"forwards",
|
|
"fosters",
|
|
"furthers",
|
|
"nourishes",
|
|
"nurtures",
|
|
"promotes",
|
|
"enacts",
|
|
"renders",
|
|
"turns out"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"begets",
|
|
"breeds",
|
|
"brings",
|
|
"brings about",
|
|
"brings on",
|
|
"catalyzes",
|
|
"creates",
|
|
"does",
|
|
"draws on",
|
|
"effects",
|
|
"effectuates",
|
|
"engenders",
|
|
"generates",
|
|
"induces",
|
|
"invokes",
|
|
"makes",
|
|
"occasions",
|
|
"produces",
|
|
"prompts",
|
|
"results (in)",
|
|
"spawns",
|
|
"translates (into)",
|
|
"works",
|
|
"yields"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"caution":{
|
|
"a close attentiveness to avoiding danger":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"brashness",
|
|
"carelessness",
|
|
"heedlessness",
|
|
"incaution",
|
|
"incautiousness",
|
|
"recklessness",
|
|
"unwariness"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the extreme caution with which the zookeeper handled the snake"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abruptness",
|
|
"hastiness",
|
|
"impetuousness",
|
|
"precipitousness",
|
|
"rashness",
|
|
"suddenness",
|
|
"inconsiderateness",
|
|
"inconsideration",
|
|
"thoughtlessness"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"attentiveness",
|
|
"observance",
|
|
"vigilance",
|
|
"watchfulness",
|
|
"foresight",
|
|
"foresightedness",
|
|
"providence",
|
|
"calculation",
|
|
"canniness",
|
|
"deliberateness",
|
|
"deliberation",
|
|
"shrewdness"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"alertness",
|
|
"care",
|
|
"carefulness",
|
|
"cautiousness",
|
|
"chariness",
|
|
"circumspection",
|
|
"gingerliness",
|
|
"guardedness",
|
|
"heedfulness",
|
|
"prudence",
|
|
"wariness"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a measure taken to preclude loss or injury":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the standard caution of donning surgical gloves before performing any kind of dental work"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"armor",
|
|
"cover",
|
|
"guard",
|
|
"protection",
|
|
"screen",
|
|
"shield",
|
|
"wall",
|
|
"ward"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"fail-safe",
|
|
"palladium",
|
|
"precaution",
|
|
"preventive",
|
|
"safeguard"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"something extraordinary or surprising":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"how she manages to drive her car without destroying the neighborhood is a caution"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"curiosity",
|
|
"sight",
|
|
"spectacle",
|
|
"beauty",
|
|
"corker",
|
|
"crackerjack",
|
|
"crackajack",
|
|
"dandy",
|
|
"jim-dandy",
|
|
"knockout",
|
|
"apparition",
|
|
"appearance"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"flash",
|
|
"marvel",
|
|
"miracle",
|
|
"phenomenon",
|
|
"portent",
|
|
"prodigy",
|
|
"sensation",
|
|
"splendor",
|
|
"wonder"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"something that tells of approaching danger or risk":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"this is just a caution that the following paragraph practically gives away the entire plot of the movie"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"omen",
|
|
"portent",
|
|
"premonition",
|
|
"presage",
|
|
"notice",
|
|
"notification",
|
|
"buoy",
|
|
"indicator",
|
|
"knell",
|
|
"sign",
|
|
"signal",
|
|
"foretaste",
|
|
"foretoken",
|
|
"announcement",
|
|
"declaration"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"red flag",
|
|
"red light",
|
|
"tip-off",
|
|
"tocsin",
|
|
"wake-up call",
|
|
"warning"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the act or an instance of telling beforehand of danger or risk":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we heeded the police officer's caution about the road ahead"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"auguring",
|
|
"augury",
|
|
"forecasting",
|
|
"foretelling",
|
|
"predicting",
|
|
"prediction",
|
|
"premonition",
|
|
"presaging",
|
|
"prognosticating",
|
|
"prophecy",
|
|
"prophesy",
|
|
"prophesying",
|
|
"apprising",
|
|
"informing",
|
|
"notification",
|
|
"notifying",
|
|
"tip-off",
|
|
"advice",
|
|
"counsel",
|
|
"guidance",
|
|
"recommendation",
|
|
"suggestion",
|
|
"tip",
|
|
"announcement",
|
|
"declaration"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"admonishment",
|
|
"admonition",
|
|
"alarm",
|
|
"alarum",
|
|
"alert",
|
|
"forewarning",
|
|
"heads-up",
|
|
"notice",
|
|
"warning"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to give notice to beforehand especially of danger or risk":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the doctor cautioned that I should still be careful using my sprained wrist for the next several days"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"imperil",
|
|
"risk"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"augur",
|
|
"forecast",
|
|
"foretell",
|
|
"harbinger",
|
|
"predict",
|
|
"presage",
|
|
"prognosticate",
|
|
"prophesy",
|
|
"apprise",
|
|
"inform",
|
|
"notify",
|
|
"tip (off)",
|
|
"admonish",
|
|
"bode",
|
|
"forebode",
|
|
"forbode",
|
|
"foreshadow",
|
|
"foretoken",
|
|
"portend"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"advise",
|
|
"alert",
|
|
"forewarn",
|
|
"wake",
|
|
"warn"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cautioning":{
|
|
"as in":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"serving as or offering a warning":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a cautioning story about how envy can destroy a friendship"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"didactic",
|
|
"moralistic",
|
|
"moralizing",
|
|
"advisory",
|
|
"counseling",
|
|
"counselling",
|
|
"punishing",
|
|
"punitive"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"admonishing",
|
|
"admonitory",
|
|
"cautionary",
|
|
"exemplary",
|
|
"monitory",
|
|
"premonitory",
|
|
"warning"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to give notice to beforehand especially of danger or risk":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the doctor cautioned that I should still be careful using my sprained wrist for the next several days"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"imperiling",
|
|
"imperilling",
|
|
"risking"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"auguring",
|
|
"forecasting",
|
|
"foretelling",
|
|
"harbingering",
|
|
"predicting",
|
|
"presaging",
|
|
"prognosticating",
|
|
"prophesying",
|
|
"apprising",
|
|
"informing",
|
|
"notifying",
|
|
"tipping (off)",
|
|
"admonishing",
|
|
"boding",
|
|
"foreboding",
|
|
"forboding",
|
|
"foreshadowing",
|
|
"foretokening",
|
|
"portending"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"advising",
|
|
"alerting",
|
|
"forewarning",
|
|
"waking",
|
|
"warning"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"caved":{
|
|
"as in":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"caved (in)":{
|
|
"to fall down or in as a result of physical pressure":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the wall caved in when a tree fell on it"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"inflated",
|
|
"rose",
|
|
"swelled"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"deflated",
|
|
"flattened",
|
|
"melted",
|
|
"melted down",
|
|
"broke",
|
|
"broke down",
|
|
"conked (out)",
|
|
"crashed",
|
|
"died",
|
|
"failed",
|
|
"gave out",
|
|
"stalled",
|
|
"burst",
|
|
"bursted",
|
|
"shattered",
|
|
"smashed",
|
|
"splintered",
|
|
"split",
|
|
"cracked",
|
|
"crumbled",
|
|
"popped",
|
|
"snapped"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"buckled",
|
|
"collapsed",
|
|
"crumpled",
|
|
"foundered",
|
|
"gave",
|
|
"imploded",
|
|
"tumbled",
|
|
"went",
|
|
"went out",
|
|
"yielded"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to give up and cease resistance (as to a liking, temptation, or habit)":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"held off",
|
|
"resisted"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I caved in to my bibliomania and bought two more books last week"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"battled",
|
|
"breasted",
|
|
"combated",
|
|
"combatted",
|
|
"confronted",
|
|
"countered",
|
|
"defied",
|
|
"faced",
|
|
"fought",
|
|
"met",
|
|
"objected",
|
|
"opposed",
|
|
"repelled",
|
|
"thwarted",
|
|
"withstood",
|
|
"rejected",
|
|
"bridled",
|
|
"checked",
|
|
"constrained",
|
|
"curbed",
|
|
"inhibited",
|
|
"restrained",
|
|
"stifled"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"catered (to)",
|
|
"gratified",
|
|
"indulged",
|
|
"wallowed",
|
|
"acquiesced (to)",
|
|
"conceded (to)",
|
|
"buckled (under)",
|
|
"knuckled under",
|
|
"gave over (to)"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bowed",
|
|
"gave in",
|
|
"submitted",
|
|
"succumbed",
|
|
"surrendered",
|
|
"yielded"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cavil":{
|
|
"as in quibble , niggle":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make often peevish criticisms or objections about matters that are minor, unimportant, or irrelevant":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"caviled for hours about a single sentence"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"applaud",
|
|
"commend",
|
|
"compliment",
|
|
"praise",
|
|
"recommend",
|
|
"approve",
|
|
"back",
|
|
"champion",
|
|
"endorse",
|
|
"indorse",
|
|
"support"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"criticize",
|
|
"fault",
|
|
"beef",
|
|
"bellyache",
|
|
"bitch",
|
|
"complain",
|
|
"crab",
|
|
"croak",
|
|
"gripe",
|
|
"grouse",
|
|
"growl",
|
|
"grumble",
|
|
"kick",
|
|
"kvetch",
|
|
"moan",
|
|
"squawk",
|
|
"squeal",
|
|
"wail",
|
|
"whimper",
|
|
"whine",
|
|
"yammer",
|
|
"yawp",
|
|
"yaup",
|
|
"yowl",
|
|
"murmur",
|
|
"mutter"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"carp",
|
|
"fuss",
|
|
"niggle",
|
|
"nitpick",
|
|
"quibble"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"caws":{
|
|
"as in squawks , screeches":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"carved (out)":{
|
|
"to produce or bring about especially by long or repeated effort":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"finally carved out a niche for the sport in the school's athletic program"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"developed",
|
|
"forged",
|
|
"ground (out)",
|
|
"hammered out",
|
|
"thrashed (out)",
|
|
"worked out",
|
|
"worked up"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"churned out",
|
|
"cranked out",
|
|
"turned out",
|
|
"cobbled (together or up)",
|
|
"threw up",
|
|
"composed",
|
|
"constructed",
|
|
"crafted",
|
|
"created",
|
|
"engineered",
|
|
"fabricated",
|
|
"fashioned",
|
|
"formed",
|
|
"framed",
|
|
"generated",
|
|
"manufactured",
|
|
"minted",
|
|
"modeled",
|
|
"modelled",
|
|
"shaped",
|
|
"tailored",
|
|
"conceived",
|
|
"concocted",
|
|
"contrived",
|
|
"cooked (up)",
|
|
"devised",
|
|
"hatched",
|
|
"invented",
|
|
"originated",
|
|
"accomplished",
|
|
"achieved",
|
|
"brought off",
|
|
"carried out",
|
|
"effected"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"demolished",
|
|
"destroyed",
|
|
"dismantled",
|
|
"razed",
|
|
"tore down",
|
|
"ruined",
|
|
"undid",
|
|
"unmade",
|
|
"wrecked"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"calve":{
|
|
"as in litter , pup":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"catchphrases":{
|
|
"an attention-getting word or phrase used to publicize something (as a campaign or product)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"one of those advertising catchphrases that, if you think about them, don't mean much of anything"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"banners",
|
|
"cries",
|
|
"shibboleths",
|
|
"slogans",
|
|
"taglines",
|
|
"watchwords"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"expressions",
|
|
"idioms",
|
|
"catchwords",
|
|
"clich\u00e9s",
|
|
"cliches",
|
|
"maxims",
|
|
"mottoes",
|
|
"mottos",
|
|
"battle cries",
|
|
"war cries"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cacophonies":{
|
|
"loud, confused, and usually inharmonious sound":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the cacophony of a pet store full of animals"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"babels",
|
|
"blares",
|
|
"bluster",
|
|
"bowwows",
|
|
"brawls",
|
|
"bruits",
|
|
"chatters",
|
|
"clamors",
|
|
"clangors",
|
|
"decibels",
|
|
"dins",
|
|
"discordances",
|
|
"katzenjammers",
|
|
"noises",
|
|
"rackets",
|
|
"rattles",
|
|
"roars"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"discords",
|
|
"dissonances",
|
|
"commotions",
|
|
"furors",
|
|
"hubbubs",
|
|
"hullabaloos",
|
|
"hurly-burlies",
|
|
"rumpuses",
|
|
"tumults",
|
|
"uproars",
|
|
"clatters",
|
|
"jangles",
|
|
"bangs",
|
|
"blasts",
|
|
"booms",
|
|
"claps",
|
|
"cracks",
|
|
"crashes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"calms",
|
|
"hushes",
|
|
"lulls",
|
|
"quietudes",
|
|
"serenities",
|
|
"tranquillities",
|
|
"tranquilities"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"quiets",
|
|
"silences",
|
|
"stills"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"careened":{
|
|
"to make a series of unsteady side-to-side motions":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the sled careened as it barreled down the hill"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"lurched",
|
|
"pitched",
|
|
"rocked",
|
|
"rolled",
|
|
"seesawed",
|
|
"swayed",
|
|
"tossed",
|
|
"wobbled",
|
|
"wabbled"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"blundered",
|
|
"bucked",
|
|
"doddered",
|
|
"faltered",
|
|
"floundered",
|
|
"halted",
|
|
"hitched",
|
|
"hobbled",
|
|
"jerked",
|
|
"jolted",
|
|
"reeled",
|
|
"shook",
|
|
"staggered",
|
|
"stumbled",
|
|
"teetered",
|
|
"toddled",
|
|
"tottered",
|
|
"tumbled",
|
|
"vacillated",
|
|
"vibrated",
|
|
"waddled",
|
|
"wavered",
|
|
"weaved",
|
|
"oscillated",
|
|
"undulated",
|
|
"wagged",
|
|
"waggled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to move forward while swaying from side to side":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he careened unsteadily to the couch after hitting his head"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"doddered",
|
|
"lurched",
|
|
"reeled",
|
|
"staggered",
|
|
"teetered",
|
|
"tottered",
|
|
"waddled"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"rocked",
|
|
"rolled",
|
|
"seesawed",
|
|
"swagged",
|
|
"swayed",
|
|
"wavered",
|
|
"weaved",
|
|
"wobbled",
|
|
"wabbled",
|
|
"barged",
|
|
"blundered",
|
|
"clomped",
|
|
"clumped",
|
|
"floundered",
|
|
"galumphed",
|
|
"lumbered",
|
|
"lumped",
|
|
"pounded",
|
|
"scuffed",
|
|
"scuffled",
|
|
"shambled",
|
|
"shuffled",
|
|
"stamped",
|
|
"stomped",
|
|
"stumbled",
|
|
"tramped",
|
|
"tromped"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to proceed or move quickly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"sounding its siren, an ambulance careened through the intersection"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"barreled",
|
|
"barrelled",
|
|
"belted",
|
|
"blasted",
|
|
"blazed",
|
|
"blew",
|
|
"bolted",
|
|
"bombed",
|
|
"bowled",
|
|
"breezed",
|
|
"bundled",
|
|
"bustled",
|
|
"buzzed",
|
|
"cannonballed",
|
|
"careered",
|
|
"chased",
|
|
"coursed",
|
|
"cracked (on)",
|
|
"dashed",
|
|
"drove",
|
|
"flew",
|
|
"hared",
|
|
"hastened",
|
|
"hied",
|
|
"highballed",
|
|
"hotfooted (it)",
|
|
"humped",
|
|
"hurled",
|
|
"hurried",
|
|
"hurtled",
|
|
"hustled",
|
|
"jetted",
|
|
"jumped",
|
|
"motored",
|
|
"nipped",
|
|
"pelted",
|
|
"raced",
|
|
"rammed",
|
|
"ran",
|
|
"run",
|
|
"ripped",
|
|
"rocketed",
|
|
"rushed",
|
|
"rustled",
|
|
"scooted",
|
|
"scurried",
|
|
"scuttled",
|
|
"shot",
|
|
"sped",
|
|
"speeded",
|
|
"stepped",
|
|
"tore",
|
|
"traveled",
|
|
"travelled",
|
|
"trotted",
|
|
"whirled",
|
|
"whisked",
|
|
"zipped",
|
|
"zoomed"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"beetled",
|
|
"darted",
|
|
"flitted",
|
|
"scampered",
|
|
"scudded",
|
|
"scuffled",
|
|
"stampeded",
|
|
"streaked",
|
|
"whizzed",
|
|
"galloped",
|
|
"jogged",
|
|
"sprinted",
|
|
"accelerated",
|
|
"quickened",
|
|
"stepped out",
|
|
"caught up",
|
|
"fast-forwarded",
|
|
"outpaced",
|
|
"outran",
|
|
"outstripped",
|
|
"overtook",
|
|
"arrowed",
|
|
"beelined"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dallied",
|
|
"dawdled",
|
|
"dillydallied",
|
|
"dragged",
|
|
"hung (around or out)",
|
|
"hanged (around or out)",
|
|
"lagged",
|
|
"lingered",
|
|
"loitered",
|
|
"poked",
|
|
"tarried",
|
|
"ambled",
|
|
"lumbered",
|
|
"plodded",
|
|
"sauntered",
|
|
"shuffled",
|
|
"strolled",
|
|
"decelerated",
|
|
"slowed (down or up)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"crawled",
|
|
"crept",
|
|
"poked"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"catenation":{
|
|
"a series of things linked together":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a catenation of missteps and miscalculations that ultimately grew into a colossal blunder"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"catena",
|
|
"chain",
|
|
"concatenation",
|
|
"consecution",
|
|
"nexus",
|
|
"progression",
|
|
"sequence",
|
|
"string",
|
|
"train"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"chain reaction",
|
|
"belt",
|
|
"circle",
|
|
"cycle",
|
|
"vicious circle",
|
|
"vicious cycle",
|
|
"continuum",
|
|
"gamut",
|
|
"gauntlet",
|
|
"gantlet",
|
|
"scale",
|
|
"spectrum",
|
|
"flow",
|
|
"river",
|
|
"stream",
|
|
"file",
|
|
"line",
|
|
"queue",
|
|
"range",
|
|
"row",
|
|
"succession"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"carrying out":{
|
|
"to carry through (as a process) to completion":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"carried out the task efficiently and cheerfully"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accomplishing",
|
|
"achieving",
|
|
"bringing off",
|
|
"carrying off",
|
|
"committing",
|
|
"compassing",
|
|
"doing",
|
|
"executing",
|
|
"following through (with)",
|
|
"fulfilling",
|
|
"making",
|
|
"negotiating",
|
|
"performing",
|
|
"perpetrating",
|
|
"prosecuting",
|
|
"pulling off",
|
|
"putting through"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"bringing about",
|
|
"effecting",
|
|
"effectuating",
|
|
"implementing",
|
|
"acing",
|
|
"nailing",
|
|
"engaging (in)",
|
|
"practicing",
|
|
"practising",
|
|
"working (at)",
|
|
"reduplicating",
|
|
"reenacting",
|
|
"repeating",
|
|
"actualizing",
|
|
"attaining",
|
|
"realizing",
|
|
"completing",
|
|
"ending",
|
|
"finishing",
|
|
"winding up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"failing",
|
|
"skimping",
|
|
"slighting",
|
|
"slurring"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"caricatured":{
|
|
"to copy or exaggerate (someone or something) in order to make fun of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"caricatured the supervisor's distinctive walk"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"burlesqued",
|
|
"did",
|
|
"imitated",
|
|
"mimicked",
|
|
"mocked",
|
|
"parodied",
|
|
"sent up",
|
|
"spoofed",
|
|
"travestied"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"lampooned",
|
|
"pasquinaded",
|
|
"satirized",
|
|
"derided",
|
|
"gibed",
|
|
"jibed",
|
|
"ridiculed",
|
|
"aped",
|
|
"copycatted",
|
|
"monkeyed",
|
|
"parroted",
|
|
"duplicated",
|
|
"emulated",
|
|
"replicated",
|
|
"reproduced",
|
|
"acted",
|
|
"counterfeited",
|
|
"dissembled",
|
|
"faked",
|
|
"feigned",
|
|
"pretended",
|
|
"shammed",
|
|
"simulated",
|
|
"elaborated",
|
|
"embellished",
|
|
"embroidered",
|
|
"exaggerated",
|
|
"magnified",
|
|
"padded",
|
|
"played up",
|
|
"stretched",
|
|
"amplified",
|
|
"enhanced",
|
|
"enlarged (on or upon)",
|
|
"expanded",
|
|
"fleshed (out)",
|
|
"overdrew",
|
|
"overstated",
|
|
"put on",
|
|
"mimed",
|
|
"pantomimed",
|
|
"impersonated",
|
|
"performed",
|
|
"personated",
|
|
"played"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"caroms":{
|
|
"to strike and fly off at an angle":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a ball caromed off the wall"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bounces",
|
|
"glances",
|
|
"rebounds",
|
|
"ricochets",
|
|
"skims",
|
|
"skips"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"brushes",
|
|
"grazes",
|
|
"nudges",
|
|
"rakes",
|
|
"shaves",
|
|
"sweeps",
|
|
"bumps",
|
|
"contacts",
|
|
"hits",
|
|
"kisses",
|
|
"touches",
|
|
"sideswipes",
|
|
"reflects"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cataclysm":{
|
|
"a great flow of water or of something that overwhelms":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an ancient cataclysm that may have been the basis for the Flood described in the Bible"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"alluvion",
|
|
"bath",
|
|
"cataract",
|
|
"deluge",
|
|
"flood",
|
|
"flood tide",
|
|
"inundation",
|
|
"Niagara",
|
|
"overflow",
|
|
"spate",
|
|
"torrent"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"current",
|
|
"river",
|
|
"stream",
|
|
"tide",
|
|
"cloudburst",
|
|
"discharge",
|
|
"flush",
|
|
"gush",
|
|
"outflow",
|
|
"outpouring",
|
|
"flux",
|
|
"inflow",
|
|
"influx",
|
|
"engulfment",
|
|
"washout",
|
|
"avalanche",
|
|
"blizzard",
|
|
"cascade",
|
|
"waterfall",
|
|
"excess",
|
|
"glut",
|
|
"overabundance",
|
|
"overage",
|
|
"overkill",
|
|
"overmuch",
|
|
"oversupply",
|
|
"superabundance",
|
|
"superfluity",
|
|
"surfeit",
|
|
"surplus"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dribble",
|
|
"drip",
|
|
"trickle"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"drought",
|
|
"drouth"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a sudden violent event that brings about great loss or destruction":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the earthquake that struck Lisbon in 1755, killing 30,000 people, was one of the greatest cataclysms ever recorded"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"apocalypse",
|
|
"calamity",
|
|
"catastrophe",
|
|
"debacle",
|
|
"d\u00e9b\u00e2cle",
|
|
"disaster",
|
|
"tragedy"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"bloodbath",
|
|
"collapse",
|
|
"crash",
|
|
"meltdown",
|
|
"Armageddon",
|
|
"doomsday",
|
|
"end-time",
|
|
"convulsion",
|
|
"paroxysm",
|
|
"upheaval",
|
|
"accident",
|
|
"casualty",
|
|
"fatality",
|
|
"misadventure",
|
|
"mischance",
|
|
"misfortune",
|
|
"mishap",
|
|
"blast",
|
|
"blow",
|
|
"double whammy",
|
|
"one-two",
|
|
"one-two punch"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"godsend",
|
|
"manna",
|
|
"windfall"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a violent disturbance (as of the political or social order)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a social cataclysm that gave rise to a new world order"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bouleversement",
|
|
"convulsion",
|
|
"earthquake",
|
|
"paroxysm",
|
|
"storm",
|
|
"tempest",
|
|
"tumult",
|
|
"upheaval",
|
|
"uproar"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"insurgency",
|
|
"insurrection",
|
|
"mutiny",
|
|
"overthrow",
|
|
"overturn",
|
|
"rebellion",
|
|
"revolt",
|
|
"revolution",
|
|
"subversion",
|
|
"unrest",
|
|
"uprising",
|
|
"upset",
|
|
"fit",
|
|
"seizure",
|
|
"spasm",
|
|
"eruption",
|
|
"flare-up",
|
|
"outbreak",
|
|
"outburst",
|
|
"bluster",
|
|
"bobbery",
|
|
"bustle",
|
|
"coil",
|
|
"commotion",
|
|
"furor",
|
|
"furore",
|
|
"fuss",
|
|
"hubbub",
|
|
"hullabaloo",
|
|
"hurly-burly",
|
|
"pandemonium",
|
|
"rout",
|
|
"row",
|
|
"ruckus",
|
|
"ruction",
|
|
"rumpus",
|
|
"shindy",
|
|
"squall",
|
|
"stew",
|
|
"stir",
|
|
"to-do",
|
|
"turmoil",
|
|
"welter",
|
|
"williwaw",
|
|
"quaking",
|
|
"rocking",
|
|
"shaking",
|
|
"trembling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"car":{
|
|
"a self-propelled passenger vehicle on four wheels":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"every teenager's dream of getting a driver's license and a first car"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"auto",
|
|
"automobile",
|
|
"bus",
|
|
"horseless carriage",
|
|
"machine",
|
|
"motor",
|
|
"motorcar",
|
|
"motor vehicle",
|
|
"wheels"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"coach",
|
|
"jitney",
|
|
"microbus",
|
|
"minibus",
|
|
"minivan",
|
|
"omnibus",
|
|
"van",
|
|
"convertible",
|
|
"fastback",
|
|
"hardtop",
|
|
"hatchback",
|
|
"notchback",
|
|
"ragtop",
|
|
"sports car",
|
|
"sport-utility vehicle",
|
|
"station wagon",
|
|
"SUV",
|
|
"town car",
|
|
"wagon",
|
|
"woody",
|
|
"woodie",
|
|
"compact",
|
|
"coupe",
|
|
"coup\u00e9",
|
|
"intermediate",
|
|
"limousine",
|
|
"mini",
|
|
"minicar",
|
|
"sedan",
|
|
"subcompact",
|
|
"V-8",
|
|
"gas-guzzler",
|
|
"land yacht",
|
|
"muscle car",
|
|
"stock car",
|
|
"turbocar",
|
|
"beater",
|
|
"clunker",
|
|
"crate",
|
|
"flivver",
|
|
"jalopy",
|
|
"junker",
|
|
"cream puff",
|
|
"phaeton",
|
|
"roadster",
|
|
"tin lizzie",
|
|
"touring car",
|
|
"hybrid"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"canalized":{
|
|
"to cause to move to a central point or along a restricted pathway":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the director of the charity should be canalizing the flow of donations so that the money ends up where it is most needed"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"channeled",
|
|
"channelled",
|
|
"channelized",
|
|
"conducted",
|
|
"directed",
|
|
"funneled",
|
|
"funnelled",
|
|
"piped",
|
|
"siphoned",
|
|
"syphoned"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"carried",
|
|
"conveyed",
|
|
"transmitted",
|
|
"concentrated",
|
|
"consolidated",
|
|
"focused",
|
|
"focussed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"calves":{
|
|
"the muscular back part of the leg below the knee":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in litters , pups":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"canonized":{
|
|
"as in blessed , beatified":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to love or admire too much":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a singing star so canonized by his fans that they refuse to believe anything bad about him"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"adored",
|
|
"adulated",
|
|
"deified",
|
|
"doted (on)",
|
|
"hero-worshipped",
|
|
"hero-worshiped",
|
|
"idolized",
|
|
"worshipped",
|
|
"worshiped"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"appreciated",
|
|
"cherished",
|
|
"esteemed",
|
|
"prized",
|
|
"treasured",
|
|
"valued",
|
|
"fancied",
|
|
"favored",
|
|
"liked",
|
|
"preferred",
|
|
"regarded",
|
|
"hallowed",
|
|
"respected",
|
|
"revered",
|
|
"venerated",
|
|
"approved",
|
|
"endorsed",
|
|
"indorsed",
|
|
"supported"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abhorred",
|
|
"abominated",
|
|
"despised",
|
|
"detested",
|
|
"disdained",
|
|
"disliked",
|
|
"hated",
|
|
"loathed",
|
|
"belittled",
|
|
"deprecated",
|
|
"disparaged",
|
|
"misprized",
|
|
"put down"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to assign a high status or value to":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"those movie buffs who have canonized Alfred Hitchcock as filmdom's preeminent director"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"aggrandized",
|
|
"deified",
|
|
"dignified",
|
|
"elevated",
|
|
"ennobled",
|
|
"enshrined",
|
|
"enskied",
|
|
"enthroned",
|
|
"exalted",
|
|
"glorified",
|
|
"magnified"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"boosted",
|
|
"lifted",
|
|
"promoted",
|
|
"raised",
|
|
"upgraded",
|
|
"uplifted",
|
|
"heightened",
|
|
"intensified",
|
|
"idealized",
|
|
"romanticized",
|
|
"sanitized",
|
|
"sugarcoated",
|
|
"acclaimed",
|
|
"extolled",
|
|
"honored",
|
|
"lauded",
|
|
"praised"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"belittled",
|
|
"decried",
|
|
"depreciated",
|
|
"detracted",
|
|
"disparaged",
|
|
"minimized"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"abased",
|
|
"degraded",
|
|
"demeaned",
|
|
"humbled",
|
|
"humiliated"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cannoneer":{
|
|
"as in gunner , rifleman":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"carry off":{
|
|
"to carry through (as a process) to completion":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the con artist would never have been able to carry off his schemes if it were not for the greed of his eager victims"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accomplish",
|
|
"achieve",
|
|
"bring off",
|
|
"carry out",
|
|
"commit",
|
|
"compass",
|
|
"do",
|
|
"execute",
|
|
"follow through (with)",
|
|
"fulfill",
|
|
"fulfil",
|
|
"make",
|
|
"negotiate",
|
|
"perform",
|
|
"perpetrate",
|
|
"prosecute",
|
|
"pull off",
|
|
"put through"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"bring about",
|
|
"effect",
|
|
"effectuate",
|
|
"implement",
|
|
"ace",
|
|
"nail",
|
|
"engage (in)",
|
|
"practice",
|
|
"practise",
|
|
"work (at)",
|
|
"reduplicate",
|
|
"reenact",
|
|
"repeat",
|
|
"actualize",
|
|
"attain",
|
|
"realize",
|
|
"complete",
|
|
"end",
|
|
"finish",
|
|
"wind up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"fail",
|
|
"skimp",
|
|
"slight",
|
|
"slur"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to deprive of life":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"pray that the pestilence does not carry off any more souls than it already has"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"claim",
|
|
"croak",
|
|
"destroy",
|
|
"dispatch",
|
|
"do in",
|
|
"fell",
|
|
"kill",
|
|
"slay",
|
|
"take"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"bump off",
|
|
"butcher",
|
|
"cut down",
|
|
"finish",
|
|
"get",
|
|
"ice",
|
|
"knock off",
|
|
"murder",
|
|
"neutralize",
|
|
"off",
|
|
"put away",
|
|
"rub out",
|
|
"scrag",
|
|
"snuff",
|
|
"take out",
|
|
"waste",
|
|
"whack",
|
|
"annihilate",
|
|
"blot out",
|
|
"decimate",
|
|
"kill off",
|
|
"massacre",
|
|
"mow",
|
|
"slaughter",
|
|
"smite",
|
|
"assassinate",
|
|
"execute",
|
|
"martyr",
|
|
"terminate",
|
|
"euthanize",
|
|
"euthanatize",
|
|
"put down",
|
|
"suicide"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"raise",
|
|
"restore",
|
|
"resurrect",
|
|
"resuscitate",
|
|
"revive",
|
|
"nurture"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"animate"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cask":{
|
|
"an enclosed wooden vessel for holding beverages":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"casks of wine that had been in the castle for many years"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"barrel",
|
|
"butt",
|
|
"firkin",
|
|
"hogshead",
|
|
"keg",
|
|
"kilderkin",
|
|
"pipe",
|
|
"puncheon",
|
|
"rundlet",
|
|
"runlet",
|
|
"tun"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"scuttlebutt",
|
|
"cistern",
|
|
"tub",
|
|
"vat",
|
|
"can",
|
|
"drum"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"capitalize":{
|
|
"to provide money for":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"several investors agreed to capitalize the new venture"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bankroll",
|
|
"endow",
|
|
"finance",
|
|
"fund",
|
|
"stake",
|
|
"subsidize",
|
|
"underwrite"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"grubstake",
|
|
"cofinance",
|
|
"refinance",
|
|
"advocate",
|
|
"aid",
|
|
"back",
|
|
"champion",
|
|
"endorse",
|
|
"indorse",
|
|
"patronize",
|
|
"sponsor",
|
|
"support",
|
|
"maintain",
|
|
"nourish",
|
|
"provide (for)",
|
|
"clear",
|
|
"defray",
|
|
"discharge",
|
|
"foot",
|
|
"liquidate",
|
|
"pay",
|
|
"pay off",
|
|
"pay up",
|
|
"quit",
|
|
"recompense",
|
|
"settle",
|
|
"spring (for)",
|
|
"stand",
|
|
"refund"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"defund"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"came out with":{
|
|
"to produce and release for distribution in printed form":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I heard that band is coming out with a new album."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"got out",
|
|
"issued",
|
|
"printed",
|
|
"published",
|
|
"put out"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"copublished",
|
|
"co-published",
|
|
"reissued",
|
|
"reprinted",
|
|
"republished",
|
|
"serialized",
|
|
"contributed",
|
|
"edited",
|
|
"syndicated",
|
|
"manufactured",
|
|
"produced",
|
|
"distributed",
|
|
"marketed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"censored",
|
|
"suppressed"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to bring before the public in performance or exhibition":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"The bureau just came out with its monthly jobs report."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"carried",
|
|
"gave",
|
|
"mounted",
|
|
"offered",
|
|
"presented",
|
|
"staged"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"displayed",
|
|
"exhibited",
|
|
"exposed",
|
|
"paraded",
|
|
"showed",
|
|
"showed off",
|
|
"unveiled",
|
|
"previewed",
|
|
"acted",
|
|
"impersonated",
|
|
"performed",
|
|
"played",
|
|
"portrayed",
|
|
"depicted",
|
|
"dramatized",
|
|
"enacted",
|
|
"rendered",
|
|
"represented",
|
|
"extended",
|
|
"proffered",
|
|
"tendered"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"calf":{
|
|
"the muscular back part of the leg below the knee":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cast":{
|
|
"to throw or give off":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"spermaceti candles, made from whale oil, are known to cast an exceptionally bright light"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"discharge",
|
|
"emanate",
|
|
"emit",
|
|
"evolve",
|
|
"exhale",
|
|
"expel",
|
|
"expire",
|
|
"give out",
|
|
"irradiate",
|
|
"issue",
|
|
"radiate",
|
|
"release",
|
|
"send (out)",
|
|
"shoot",
|
|
"throw out",
|
|
"vent"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"eliminate",
|
|
"evacuate",
|
|
"excrete",
|
|
"exude",
|
|
"ooze",
|
|
"secrete",
|
|
"eject",
|
|
"erupt",
|
|
"gush",
|
|
"jet",
|
|
"outpour",
|
|
"pour",
|
|
"spew",
|
|
"spout",
|
|
"spray",
|
|
"spurt",
|
|
"squirt"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"absorb",
|
|
"inhale",
|
|
"soak (up)",
|
|
"sponge",
|
|
"suck (up)",
|
|
"take up"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to point or turn (something) toward a target or goal":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"cast her eyes skyward for signs of the rescue plane"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"aim",
|
|
"bend",
|
|
"direct",
|
|
"head",
|
|
"hold",
|
|
"level",
|
|
"pinpoint",
|
|
"set",
|
|
"train"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"sight",
|
|
"bear",
|
|
"face",
|
|
"concentrate",
|
|
"focus",
|
|
"incline",
|
|
"orient",
|
|
"steer"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"avert",
|
|
"curve",
|
|
"deflect",
|
|
"detour",
|
|
"divert",
|
|
"rechannel",
|
|
"shunt",
|
|
"sidetrack"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to put (something) into proper and usually carefully worked out written form":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"carefully cast the letter of complaint as politely as possible"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"compose",
|
|
"craft",
|
|
"draft",
|
|
"draw up",
|
|
"formulate",
|
|
"frame",
|
|
"prepare"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"fabricate",
|
|
"fashion",
|
|
"form",
|
|
"mold",
|
|
"sculpture",
|
|
"shape",
|
|
"couch",
|
|
"express",
|
|
"phrase",
|
|
"state",
|
|
"verbalize",
|
|
"word",
|
|
"author",
|
|
"indite",
|
|
"pen",
|
|
"write",
|
|
"conceive",
|
|
"concoct",
|
|
"devise",
|
|
"build",
|
|
"construct",
|
|
"make",
|
|
"assemble",
|
|
"compound",
|
|
"piece (together)",
|
|
"redraft",
|
|
"reformulate",
|
|
"reframe"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to send through the air especially with a quick forward motion of the arm":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"cast a rock into the stream"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"catapult",
|
|
"chuck",
|
|
"dash",
|
|
"fire",
|
|
"fling",
|
|
"heave",
|
|
"hurl",
|
|
"hurtle",
|
|
"launch",
|
|
"lob",
|
|
"loft",
|
|
"peg",
|
|
"pelt",
|
|
"pitch",
|
|
"sling",
|
|
"throw",
|
|
"toss"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"bowl",
|
|
"dart",
|
|
"flip",
|
|
"gun",
|
|
"hook",
|
|
"pass",
|
|
"roll",
|
|
"shoot",
|
|
"buck",
|
|
"eject",
|
|
"impel",
|
|
"precipitate",
|
|
"project",
|
|
"propel",
|
|
"rifle",
|
|
"thrust"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a declaration that something will happen in the future":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"stock market analysts offered an optimistic cast for the coming year"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"auguring",
|
|
"augury",
|
|
"bodement",
|
|
"forecast",
|
|
"forecasting",
|
|
"foretelling",
|
|
"predicting",
|
|
"prediction",
|
|
"presaging",
|
|
"prognosis",
|
|
"prognostic",
|
|
"prognosticating",
|
|
"prognostication",
|
|
"prophecy",
|
|
"prophesy",
|
|
"soothsaying",
|
|
"vaticination"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"foreboding",
|
|
"harbinger",
|
|
"omen",
|
|
"portent",
|
|
"prevision",
|
|
"prospectus",
|
|
"sign",
|
|
"anticipation",
|
|
"foreknowledge",
|
|
"foresight",
|
|
"conjecture",
|
|
"guess",
|
|
"surmise"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a property that becomes apparent when light falls on an object and by which things that are identical in form can be distinguished":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the walls had a slight yellowish cast"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"color",
|
|
"hue",
|
|
"shade",
|
|
"tincture",
|
|
"tinge",
|
|
"tint",
|
|
"tone"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"overtone",
|
|
"undertone",
|
|
"primary color",
|
|
"secondary color",
|
|
"tertiary color",
|
|
"brightness",
|
|
"chroma",
|
|
"chromaticity",
|
|
"contrast",
|
|
"lightness",
|
|
"saturation",
|
|
"value",
|
|
"coloration",
|
|
"coloring",
|
|
"colorway",
|
|
"pigmentation"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"achromatism"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"an instance of looking especially briefly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a mischievous cast in his eye when we asked what our destination would be"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"eye",
|
|
"gander",
|
|
"glance",
|
|
"glimpse",
|
|
"look",
|
|
"peek",
|
|
"peep",
|
|
"regard",
|
|
"sight",
|
|
"view"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"gape",
|
|
"gaze",
|
|
"glare",
|
|
"leer",
|
|
"ogle",
|
|
"stare",
|
|
"side-glance",
|
|
"squinny",
|
|
"squint",
|
|
"coup d'oeil"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"facial appearance regarded as an indication of mood or feeling":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"his face took on a somewhat sad cast when we asked how his ill wife was faring"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"countenance",
|
|
"expression",
|
|
"face",
|
|
"look",
|
|
"visage"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"frown",
|
|
"grimace",
|
|
"lower",
|
|
"lour",
|
|
"mouth",
|
|
"pout",
|
|
"scowl",
|
|
"grin",
|
|
"smile",
|
|
"air",
|
|
"appearance",
|
|
"aspect",
|
|
"bearing",
|
|
"demeanor",
|
|
"manner",
|
|
"mien",
|
|
"presence"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the outward appearance of something as distinguished from its substance":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the lovely cast of the baby's features"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"configuration",
|
|
"conformation",
|
|
"fashion",
|
|
"figure",
|
|
"form",
|
|
"geometry",
|
|
"shape"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"contour",
|
|
"outline",
|
|
"profile",
|
|
"silhouette",
|
|
"frame",
|
|
"framework",
|
|
"shell",
|
|
"skeleton",
|
|
"arrangement",
|
|
"design",
|
|
"format",
|
|
"layout",
|
|
"makeup",
|
|
"organization",
|
|
"pattern",
|
|
"plan",
|
|
"setup"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"composition",
|
|
"material",
|
|
"matter",
|
|
"raw material",
|
|
"stuff",
|
|
"substance"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cay":{
|
|
"as in atoll , key":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cardsharps":{
|
|
"as in blacklegs":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"carte blanche":{
|
|
"permission to do something in any way you choose to do it":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"We gave the decorator carte blanche to furnish the house."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"camouflage":{
|
|
"clothing put on to hide one's true identity or imitate someone or something else":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the soldiers must wear protective jungle camouflage while on patrol"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"costume",
|
|
"disguise",
|
|
"guise"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"domino",
|
|
"mask",
|
|
"veil",
|
|
"visor",
|
|
"vizor",
|
|
"vizard",
|
|
"costumery",
|
|
"dress",
|
|
"getup",
|
|
"outfit",
|
|
"rig",
|
|
"coloring",
|
|
"cosmetic",
|
|
"makeup",
|
|
"paint"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to change the dress or looks of so as to conceal true identity":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"camouflaged the military camp as a native village"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cloak",
|
|
"disguise",
|
|
"dress up",
|
|
"mask"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"blanket",
|
|
"blot out",
|
|
"conceal",
|
|
"cover",
|
|
"curtain",
|
|
"enshroud",
|
|
"hide",
|
|
"obscure",
|
|
"occult",
|
|
"screen",
|
|
"shroud",
|
|
"veil",
|
|
"affect",
|
|
"assume",
|
|
"counterfeit",
|
|
"dissemble",
|
|
"dissimulate",
|
|
"feign",
|
|
"pose",
|
|
"pretend",
|
|
"sham",
|
|
"simulate",
|
|
"act",
|
|
"fake",
|
|
"impersonate",
|
|
"masquerade",
|
|
"play",
|
|
"cosmeticize",
|
|
"gild",
|
|
"gloss (over)",
|
|
"varnish",
|
|
"whitewash"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"display",
|
|
"exhibit",
|
|
"expose",
|
|
"flaunt",
|
|
"parade",
|
|
"show",
|
|
"uncloak",
|
|
"unclothe",
|
|
"uncover",
|
|
"undrape",
|
|
"unveil",
|
|
"bare",
|
|
"betray",
|
|
"disclose",
|
|
"discover",
|
|
"divulge",
|
|
"expose",
|
|
"reveal"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"unmask"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"catapulted":{
|
|
"to send through the air especially with a quick forward motion of the arm":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"catapulted a pumpkin into the next yard"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cast",
|
|
"chucked",
|
|
"dashed",
|
|
"fired",
|
|
"flung",
|
|
"heaved",
|
|
"hove",
|
|
"hurled",
|
|
"hurtled",
|
|
"launched",
|
|
"lobbed",
|
|
"lofted",
|
|
"pegged",
|
|
"pelted",
|
|
"pitched",
|
|
"slung",
|
|
"threw",
|
|
"tossed"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"bowled",
|
|
"darted",
|
|
"flipped",
|
|
"gunned",
|
|
"hooked",
|
|
"passed",
|
|
"rolled",
|
|
"shot",
|
|
"bucked",
|
|
"ejected",
|
|
"impelled",
|
|
"precipitated",
|
|
"projected",
|
|
"propelled",
|
|
"rifled",
|
|
"thrust"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cantered":{
|
|
"as in loped , skipped":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"calm (down)":{
|
|
"to become still and orderly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the sea finally calmed down , making it safe for small craft to venture forth once again"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"chill out",
|
|
"cool",
|
|
"hush",
|
|
"pipe down",
|
|
"quiet",
|
|
"settle (down)"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"dry up",
|
|
"relax",
|
|
"tranquilize",
|
|
"tranquillize",
|
|
"unwind",
|
|
"zone out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"clown (around)",
|
|
"fool around",
|
|
"horse around",
|
|
"monkey (around)",
|
|
"show off",
|
|
"skylark"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"act up",
|
|
"carry on",
|
|
"cut up"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"canes":{
|
|
"a heavy rigid stick used as a weapon or for punishment":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"in those days corporal punishment was common, and the cane was regarded as another one of the schoolmaster's educational tools"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bastinadoes",
|
|
"bastinades",
|
|
"batons",
|
|
"bats",
|
|
"billies",
|
|
"billy clubs",
|
|
"bludgeons",
|
|
"clubs",
|
|
"cudgels",
|
|
"nightsticks",
|
|
"rods",
|
|
"rungs",
|
|
"saps",
|
|
"shillelaghs",
|
|
"shillalahs",
|
|
"staffs",
|
|
"staves",
|
|
"truncheons",
|
|
"waddies"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"blackjacks",
|
|
"knobkerries",
|
|
"maces",
|
|
"birches",
|
|
"crabsticks",
|
|
"hickories",
|
|
"rattans",
|
|
"staves",
|
|
"switches",
|
|
"beetles",
|
|
"gavels",
|
|
"hammers",
|
|
"mallets",
|
|
"mauls",
|
|
"sledgehammers",
|
|
"crooks",
|
|
"crosiers",
|
|
"croziers",
|
|
"walking sticks",
|
|
"whangees"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in straps , leathers":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cats":{
|
|
"a small domestic animal known for catching mice":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the family's cat did an exemplary job of keeping the house and yard free of all rodents"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"felines",
|
|
"house cats",
|
|
"kitties",
|
|
"moggies",
|
|
"pusses",
|
|
"pussies",
|
|
"pussycats"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"mousers",
|
|
"kits",
|
|
"kittens",
|
|
"alley cats",
|
|
"tabbies",
|
|
"gibs",
|
|
"tomcats"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"an adult male human being":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he was one cool cat driving around in his new sports car"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bastards",
|
|
"blokes",
|
|
"bucks",
|
|
"chappies",
|
|
"chaps",
|
|
"dudes",
|
|
"fellas",
|
|
"fellers",
|
|
"fellows",
|
|
"galoots",
|
|
"gentlemen",
|
|
"gents",
|
|
"guys",
|
|
"hombres",
|
|
"jacks",
|
|
"joes",
|
|
"jokers",
|
|
"lads",
|
|
"males",
|
|
"men"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"masters",
|
|
"misters",
|
|
"sirs",
|
|
"buddies",
|
|
"busters"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"catenated":{
|
|
"to put or bring together so as to form a new and longer whole":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a Broadway musical that catenates a series of pop hits by means of a flimsy libretto"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"chained",
|
|
"compounded",
|
|
"concatenated",
|
|
"conjugated",
|
|
"connected",
|
|
"coupled",
|
|
"hitched",
|
|
"hooked",
|
|
"interconnected",
|
|
"interlinked",
|
|
"joined",
|
|
"linked",
|
|
"yoked"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"articulated",
|
|
"dovetailed",
|
|
"integrated",
|
|
"interlocked",
|
|
"intermeshed",
|
|
"corded",
|
|
"strung",
|
|
"wired",
|
|
"cemented",
|
|
"coalesced",
|
|
"combined",
|
|
"fused",
|
|
"united",
|
|
"welded"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"detached",
|
|
"disengaged",
|
|
"divided",
|
|
"parted",
|
|
"split",
|
|
"cleaved",
|
|
"cleft",
|
|
"ruptured",
|
|
"severed",
|
|
"sundered"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"disconnected",
|
|
"disjoined",
|
|
"disjointed",
|
|
"dissevered",
|
|
"disunited",
|
|
"separated",
|
|
"unchained",
|
|
"uncoupled",
|
|
"unhitched",
|
|
"unlinked",
|
|
"unyoked"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"came across (as)":{
|
|
"to give the impression of being":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the law professor comes across as a bit of an ogre at first, but he's actually quite personable"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"acted",
|
|
"appeared",
|
|
"came off (as)",
|
|
"felt",
|
|
"looked",
|
|
"made",
|
|
"seemed",
|
|
"sounded"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dissembled",
|
|
"pretended",
|
|
"recalled",
|
|
"resembled",
|
|
"suggested",
|
|
"hinted",
|
|
"implied",
|
|
"insinuated"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"canals":{
|
|
"an open man-made passageway for water":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the Panama Canal opened a much easier and shorter passageway from the Atlantic to the Pacific"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"aqueducts",
|
|
"channels",
|
|
"conduits",
|
|
"courses",
|
|
"flumes",
|
|
"racecourses",
|
|
"raceways",
|
|
"watercourses",
|
|
"waterways"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"millraces",
|
|
"millstreams",
|
|
"floodways",
|
|
"sluices",
|
|
"sluiceways",
|
|
"spillways",
|
|
"swashes",
|
|
"tideways",
|
|
"torrents",
|
|
"gutters",
|
|
"troughs",
|
|
"rivers",
|
|
"rivulets",
|
|
"streams"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
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"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
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},
|
|
"capeskin":{
|
|
"as in kid , doeskin":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"alligator",
|
|
"antelope",
|
|
"buckskin",
|
|
"cabretta",
|
|
"calfskin",
|
|
"chamois",
|
|
"cordovan",
|
|
"cowhide",
|
|
"crocodile",
|
|
"deerskin",
|
|
"doeskin",
|
|
"goatskin",
|
|
"horsehide",
|
|
"kid",
|
|
"kidskin",
|
|
"lambskin",
|
|
"morocco",
|
|
"ostrich",
|
|
"pigskin",
|
|
"seal",
|
|
"sharkskin",
|
|
"sheepskin",
|
|
"snakeskin",
|
|
"coat",
|
|
"fleece",
|
|
"fur",
|
|
"pelt",
|
|
"nubuck",
|
|
"patent leather",
|
|
"suede",
|
|
"hide",
|
|
"leather",
|
|
"skin"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"caressed":{
|
|
"to touch or handle in a tender or loving manner":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"gently caressed her hair"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"fondled",
|
|
"gentled",
|
|
"loved",
|
|
"patted",
|
|
"petted",
|
|
"stroked"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"billed",
|
|
"canoodled",
|
|
"cuddled",
|
|
"necked",
|
|
"nestled",
|
|
"nosed",
|
|
"nuzzled",
|
|
"snuggled",
|
|
"spooned",
|
|
"felt up",
|
|
"pawed",
|
|
"cradled",
|
|
"embraced",
|
|
"enfolded",
|
|
"hugged",
|
|
"bounced",
|
|
"dandled",
|
|
"kneaded",
|
|
"massaged",
|
|
"babied",
|
|
"coddled",
|
|
"indulged",
|
|
"mollycoddled",
|
|
"pampered",
|
|
"spoiled",
|
|
"spoilt"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"callback":{
|
|
"as in message , conference call":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cold call",
|
|
"conference call",
|
|
"message",
|
|
"toll call",
|
|
"voice mail",
|
|
"buzz",
|
|
"call",
|
|
"ring"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"careless":{
|
|
"not paying or showing close attention especially for the purpose of avoiding trouble":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a careless reporter who often doesn't get his facts straight",
|
|
"a careless mistake that caused the plane to crash"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"heedless",
|
|
"incautious",
|
|
"mindless",
|
|
"unguarded",
|
|
"unsafe",
|
|
"unwary"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bold",
|
|
"impetuous",
|
|
"rash",
|
|
"reckless",
|
|
"inattentive",
|
|
"regardless",
|
|
"blithe",
|
|
"inconsiderate",
|
|
"thoughtless",
|
|
"absentminded",
|
|
"forgetful",
|
|
"unmindful",
|
|
"lax",
|
|
"neglectful",
|
|
"negligent",
|
|
"remiss",
|
|
"slipshod",
|
|
"imprudent",
|
|
"indiscreet",
|
|
"injudicious",
|
|
"inadvertent",
|
|
"unintentional",
|
|
"unplanned"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"attentive",
|
|
"chary",
|
|
"observant",
|
|
"vigilant",
|
|
"watchful",
|
|
"foresighted",
|
|
"forethoughtful",
|
|
"provident",
|
|
"calculating",
|
|
"scheming",
|
|
"shrewd",
|
|
"considerate",
|
|
"thoughtful",
|
|
"ultracareful",
|
|
"ultracautious"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"alert",
|
|
"cautious",
|
|
"circumspect",
|
|
"gingerly",
|
|
"guarded",
|
|
"heedful",
|
|
"safe",
|
|
"wary"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"failing to give proper care and attention":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a careless effort that made an unnecessary mess"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"derelict",
|
|
"disregardful",
|
|
"lax",
|
|
"lazy",
|
|
"neglectful",
|
|
"neglecting",
|
|
"negligent",
|
|
"remiss",
|
|
"slack"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"heedless",
|
|
"incautious",
|
|
"irresponsible",
|
|
"reckless",
|
|
"wild",
|
|
"unguarded",
|
|
"unwary",
|
|
"forgetful",
|
|
"disregarding",
|
|
"inattentive",
|
|
"oblivious",
|
|
"thoughtless",
|
|
"unheeding",
|
|
"unmindful",
|
|
"unthinking",
|
|
"apathetic",
|
|
"disinterested",
|
|
"indifferent",
|
|
"unconcerned",
|
|
"uninterested",
|
|
"delinquent",
|
|
"loose"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"meticulous",
|
|
"painstaking",
|
|
"punctilious",
|
|
"cautious",
|
|
"chary",
|
|
"circumspect",
|
|
"gingerly",
|
|
"guarded",
|
|
"alert",
|
|
"heedful",
|
|
"heeding",
|
|
"mindful",
|
|
"observant",
|
|
"regardful",
|
|
"regarding",
|
|
"vigilant",
|
|
"wary",
|
|
"watchful",
|
|
"foresighted",
|
|
"forethoughtful",
|
|
"provident",
|
|
"responsible",
|
|
"thinking",
|
|
"thoughtful",
|
|
"concerned",
|
|
"interested"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"attentive",
|
|
"careful",
|
|
"conscientious",
|
|
"nonnegligent"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"castigates":{
|
|
"to criticize (someone) severely or angrily especially for personal failings":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"castigated him for his constant tardiness"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bastes",
|
|
"bawls out",
|
|
"berates",
|
|
"calls down",
|
|
"chastises",
|
|
"chews out",
|
|
"dresses down",
|
|
"flays",
|
|
"hammers",
|
|
"jaws",
|
|
"keelhauls",
|
|
"lambastes",
|
|
"lambasts",
|
|
"lectures",
|
|
"rags",
|
|
"rails (at or against)",
|
|
"rants (at)",
|
|
"rates",
|
|
"reams (out)",
|
|
"rebukes",
|
|
"reprimands",
|
|
"reproaches",
|
|
"scolds",
|
|
"scores",
|
|
"tongue-lashes",
|
|
"upbraids"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"admonishes",
|
|
"chides",
|
|
"remonstrates (with)",
|
|
"reproves",
|
|
"abuses",
|
|
"assails",
|
|
"attacks",
|
|
"bad-mouths",
|
|
"blames",
|
|
"blasts",
|
|
"censures",
|
|
"condemns",
|
|
"criticizes",
|
|
"crucifies",
|
|
"denounces",
|
|
"disses",
|
|
"excoriates",
|
|
"faults",
|
|
"harangues",
|
|
"knocks",
|
|
"laces (into)",
|
|
"lashes",
|
|
"pans",
|
|
"reprehends",
|
|
"reviles",
|
|
"scourges",
|
|
"slams",
|
|
"vituperates",
|
|
"belittles",
|
|
"disparages",
|
|
"mocks",
|
|
"puts down",
|
|
"ridicules",
|
|
"scoffs",
|
|
"scorns"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"approves",
|
|
"endorses",
|
|
"indorses",
|
|
"sanctions",
|
|
"extols",
|
|
"extolls",
|
|
"lauds",
|
|
"praises"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to criticize harshly and usually publicly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a newspaper editorial castigating the city council for approving the project in the first place"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abuses",
|
|
"assails",
|
|
"attacks",
|
|
"bashes",
|
|
"belabors",
|
|
"blasts",
|
|
"excoriates",
|
|
"jumps (on)",
|
|
"lambastes",
|
|
"lambasts",
|
|
"potshots",
|
|
"savages",
|
|
"scathes",
|
|
"slams",
|
|
"trashes",
|
|
"vituperates"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"berates",
|
|
"harangues",
|
|
"harasses",
|
|
"harries",
|
|
"reviles",
|
|
"scolds",
|
|
"whips",
|
|
"blasphemes",
|
|
"curses",
|
|
"execrates",
|
|
"imprecates",
|
|
"profanes",
|
|
"affronts",
|
|
"insults",
|
|
"slurs",
|
|
"asperses",
|
|
"bad-mouths",
|
|
"belittles",
|
|
"blackguards",
|
|
"disparages",
|
|
"puts down",
|
|
"libels",
|
|
"slanders",
|
|
"traduces",
|
|
"vilifies",
|
|
"chastises",
|
|
"chides",
|
|
"criticizes",
|
|
"laces (into)",
|
|
"rebukes",
|
|
"reprimands",
|
|
"fulminates",
|
|
"lashes (out)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"acclaims",
|
|
"commends",
|
|
"compliments",
|
|
"hails",
|
|
"lauds",
|
|
"praises"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to inflict a penalty on for a fault or crime":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a judge who believes in castigating criminals to the full extent of the law"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"chastens",
|
|
"chastises",
|
|
"corrects",
|
|
"disciplines",
|
|
"penalizes",
|
|
"punishes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"assesses",
|
|
"charges",
|
|
"docks",
|
|
"fines",
|
|
"imposes",
|
|
"levies",
|
|
"mulcts",
|
|
"convicts",
|
|
"sentences",
|
|
"condemns",
|
|
"damns",
|
|
"denounces",
|
|
"criticizes",
|
|
"keelhauls",
|
|
"rebukes",
|
|
"reprimands",
|
|
"reproves",
|
|
"wreaks"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"forfeits",
|
|
"gets off",
|
|
"ransoms",
|
|
"releases",
|
|
"commutes",
|
|
"reprieves",
|
|
"absolves",
|
|
"acquits",
|
|
"exculpates",
|
|
"exonerates",
|
|
"vindicates"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"excuses",
|
|
"pardons",
|
|
"spares"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cataclysms":{
|
|
"a great flow of water or of something that overwhelms":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an ancient cataclysm that may have been the basis for the Flood described in the Bible"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"alluvions",
|
|
"baths",
|
|
"cataracts",
|
|
"deluges",
|
|
"floods",
|
|
"flood tides",
|
|
"inundations",
|
|
"Niagaras",
|
|
"overflows",
|
|
"spates",
|
|
"torrents"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"currents",
|
|
"rivers",
|
|
"streams",
|
|
"tides",
|
|
"cloudbursts",
|
|
"discharges",
|
|
"flushes",
|
|
"gushes",
|
|
"outflows",
|
|
"outpourings",
|
|
"fluxes",
|
|
"inflows",
|
|
"influxes",
|
|
"engulfments",
|
|
"washouts",
|
|
"avalanches",
|
|
"blizzards",
|
|
"cascades",
|
|
"waterfalls",
|
|
"excesses",
|
|
"gluts",
|
|
"overabundances",
|
|
"overages",
|
|
"overkills",
|
|
"overmuch",
|
|
"oversupplies",
|
|
"superabundances",
|
|
"superfluities",
|
|
"surfeits",
|
|
"surpluses"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dribbles",
|
|
"drips",
|
|
"trickles"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"droughts",
|
|
"drouths"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a sudden violent event that brings about great loss or destruction":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the earthquake that struck Lisbon in 1755, killing 30,000 people, was one of the greatest cataclysms ever recorded"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"apocalypses",
|
|
"calamities",
|
|
"catastrophes",
|
|
"debacles",
|
|
"d\u00e9b\u00e2cles",
|
|
"disasters",
|
|
"tragedies"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bloodbaths",
|
|
"collapses",
|
|
"crashes",
|
|
"meltdowns",
|
|
"Armageddons",
|
|
"doomsdays",
|
|
"end-times",
|
|
"convulsions",
|
|
"paroxysms",
|
|
"upheavals",
|
|
"accidents",
|
|
"casualties",
|
|
"fatalities",
|
|
"misadventures",
|
|
"mischances",
|
|
"misfortunes",
|
|
"mishaps",
|
|
"blasts",
|
|
"blows",
|
|
"double whammies",
|
|
"one-twos",
|
|
"one-two punches"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"godsends",
|
|
"mannas",
|
|
"windfalls"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a violent disturbance (as of the political or social order)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a social cataclysm that gave rise to a new world order"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bouleversements",
|
|
"convulsions",
|
|
"earthquakes",
|
|
"paroxysms",
|
|
"storms",
|
|
"tempests",
|
|
"tumults",
|
|
"upheavals",
|
|
"uproars"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"insurgencies",
|
|
"insurrections",
|
|
"mutinies",
|
|
"overthrows",
|
|
"overturns",
|
|
"rebellions",
|
|
"revolts",
|
|
"revolutions",
|
|
"subversions",
|
|
"uprisings",
|
|
"upsets",
|
|
"fits",
|
|
"seizures",
|
|
"spasms",
|
|
"eruptions",
|
|
"flare-ups",
|
|
"outbreaks",
|
|
"outbursts",
|
|
"bluster",
|
|
"bobberies",
|
|
"bustles",
|
|
"coils",
|
|
"commotions",
|
|
"furores",
|
|
"furors",
|
|
"fusses",
|
|
"hubbubs",
|
|
"hullabaloos",
|
|
"hurly-burlies",
|
|
"pandemoniums",
|
|
"routs",
|
|
"rows",
|
|
"ruckuses",
|
|
"ructions",
|
|
"rumpuses",
|
|
"shindys",
|
|
"shindies",
|
|
"squalls",
|
|
"stews",
|
|
"stirs",
|
|
"to-dos",
|
|
"turmoils",
|
|
"welters",
|
|
"williwaws"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"catalyzers":{
|
|
"something that arouses action or activity":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"The workshop proved a catalyzer for a career change."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"fuels",
|
|
"sparks",
|
|
"activators",
|
|
"animators",
|
|
"drivers",
|
|
"energizers",
|
|
"executors",
|
|
"generators",
|
|
"impetuses",
|
|
"incentives",
|
|
"inspirations",
|
|
"instigations",
|
|
"instigators",
|
|
"launchers",
|
|
"movers",
|
|
"powers",
|
|
"stimuli",
|
|
"triggers",
|
|
"determinants",
|
|
"expedients",
|
|
"factors",
|
|
"influences",
|
|
"ingredients",
|
|
"mechanisms",
|
|
"tools",
|
|
"weapons",
|
|
"antecedents",
|
|
"causes",
|
|
"impulses",
|
|
"occasions",
|
|
"reasons",
|
|
"boosts",
|
|
"encouragements",
|
|
"goads",
|
|
"incitations",
|
|
"incitements",
|
|
"momenta",
|
|
"momentums",
|
|
"motivations",
|
|
"provocations",
|
|
"spurs",
|
|
"stimulants",
|
|
"yeasts",
|
|
"agencies",
|
|
"agents",
|
|
"instrumentalities",
|
|
"instruments",
|
|
"machineries",
|
|
"means",
|
|
"mediums",
|
|
"media",
|
|
"ministries",
|
|
"organs",
|
|
"vehicles",
|
|
"subagencies",
|
|
"sub-agencies",
|
|
"subagents",
|
|
"sub-agents",
|
|
"inducements",
|
|
"invitations"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"counterincentives",
|
|
"counter-incentives",
|
|
"disincentives"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"caroling":{
|
|
"to produce musical sounds with the voice":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she caroled with glee when she heard the good news"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"chanting",
|
|
"descanting",
|
|
"singing",
|
|
"vocalizing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"belting",
|
|
"crooning",
|
|
"harmonizing",
|
|
"humming",
|
|
"lilting",
|
|
"quavering",
|
|
"scatting",
|
|
"sharping",
|
|
"slurring",
|
|
"trilling",
|
|
"trolling",
|
|
"warbling",
|
|
"yodeling",
|
|
"yodelling",
|
|
"serenading"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to proclaim the glory of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"landscape photographs that carol the majesty and monumentality of Yosemite Valley"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blessing",
|
|
"celebrating",
|
|
"emblazoning",
|
|
"exalting",
|
|
"extolling",
|
|
"glorifying",
|
|
"hymning",
|
|
"lauding",
|
|
"magnifying",
|
|
"praising",
|
|
"resounding"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"adoring",
|
|
"belauding",
|
|
"deifying",
|
|
"idolizing",
|
|
"worshipping",
|
|
"worshiping",
|
|
"acclaiming",
|
|
"applauding",
|
|
"commending",
|
|
"complimenting",
|
|
"hailing",
|
|
"renowning",
|
|
"saluting",
|
|
"chanting",
|
|
"cheering",
|
|
"eulogizing",
|
|
"rhapsodizing",
|
|
"citing",
|
|
"flattering",
|
|
"cracking up",
|
|
"recommending",
|
|
"touting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"blaming",
|
|
"censuring",
|
|
"reprehending",
|
|
"reprobating",
|
|
"criticizing",
|
|
"reproving",
|
|
"admonishing",
|
|
"chiding",
|
|
"keelhauling",
|
|
"rebuking",
|
|
"reprimanding",
|
|
"reproaching",
|
|
"castigating",
|
|
"lambasting"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"canopying":{
|
|
"as in covering , protecting":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"covering",
|
|
"protecting",
|
|
"screening",
|
|
"clouding",
|
|
"darkening",
|
|
"dimming",
|
|
"dulling",
|
|
"overcasting",
|
|
"overshadowing",
|
|
"shading",
|
|
"shadowing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"illuminating",
|
|
"lightening",
|
|
"lighting",
|
|
"exposing"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cadge":{
|
|
"to persuade someone to give you (something) for free":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"He spent his time trying to cadge drinks from the customers.",
|
|
"She cadged money from her sister."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bludge",
|
|
"mooch",
|
|
"sponge",
|
|
"appeal (to)",
|
|
"beg",
|
|
"beseech",
|
|
"besiege",
|
|
"conjure",
|
|
"entreat",
|
|
"impetrate",
|
|
"implore",
|
|
"importune",
|
|
"petition",
|
|
"plead (to)",
|
|
"pray",
|
|
"solicit",
|
|
"supplicate",
|
|
"ask",
|
|
"desire",
|
|
"invoke",
|
|
"request",
|
|
"sue",
|
|
"claim",
|
|
"coerce",
|
|
"command",
|
|
"compel",
|
|
"demand",
|
|
"force",
|
|
"insist",
|
|
"require"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"caissons":{
|
|
"as in hope chests":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"hope chests",
|
|
"canteens",
|
|
"minaudi\u00e8res",
|
|
"compartments",
|
|
"vaults",
|
|
"bandboxes",
|
|
"hatboxes",
|
|
"jewel boxes",
|
|
"snuffboxes",
|
|
"tinderboxes",
|
|
"coffins",
|
|
"coffers",
|
|
"lockboxes",
|
|
"safe-deposit boxes",
|
|
"safes",
|
|
"strongboxes",
|
|
"footlockers",
|
|
"sea chests",
|
|
"cartons",
|
|
"crates",
|
|
"bins",
|
|
"boxes",
|
|
"caddies",
|
|
"cases",
|
|
"caskets",
|
|
"chests",
|
|
"lockers",
|
|
"trunks"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"caitiffs":{
|
|
"a mean, evil, or unprincipled person":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"upon entering the store, I was beset by a caitiff in the guise of a salesman set on separating me from my money"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"baddies",
|
|
"beasts",
|
|
"brutes",
|
|
"devils",
|
|
"evildoers",
|
|
"fiends",
|
|
"heavies",
|
|
"hounds",
|
|
"knaves",
|
|
"meanies",
|
|
"miscreants",
|
|
"monsters",
|
|
"nazis",
|
|
"no-goods",
|
|
"rapscallions",
|
|
"rascals",
|
|
"reprobates",
|
|
"rogues",
|
|
"savages",
|
|
"scalawags",
|
|
"scallywags",
|
|
"scamps",
|
|
"scapegraces",
|
|
"scoundrels",
|
|
"varlets",
|
|
"villains",
|
|
"wretches"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"villainesses",
|
|
"blackguards",
|
|
"criminals",
|
|
"crooks",
|
|
"culprits",
|
|
"felons",
|
|
"lawbreakers",
|
|
"malefactors",
|
|
"offenders",
|
|
"perpetrators",
|
|
"perps",
|
|
"transgressors",
|
|
"sinners",
|
|
"trespassers",
|
|
"wrongdoers",
|
|
"cads",
|
|
"heels",
|
|
"serpents",
|
|
"snakes",
|
|
"vipers",
|
|
"bandits",
|
|
"bravos",
|
|
"bravoes",
|
|
"desperadoes",
|
|
"desperados",
|
|
"outlaws",
|
|
"cons",
|
|
"convicts",
|
|
"jailbirds",
|
|
"assassins",
|
|
"cutthroats",
|
|
"gangsters",
|
|
"goons",
|
|
"gunmen",
|
|
"hoodlums",
|
|
"hooligans",
|
|
"racketeers",
|
|
"ruffians",
|
|
"thugs",
|
|
"roughs",
|
|
"rowdies",
|
|
"toughs",
|
|
"losers",
|
|
"lowlifes",
|
|
"lowlives",
|
|
"ne'er-do-wells",
|
|
"stinkers",
|
|
"trash"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"angels",
|
|
"innocents",
|
|
"saints",
|
|
"heroes"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"callithumpian":{
|
|
"as in riotous , ruffianly":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"carnival",
|
|
"carnivalesque",
|
|
"larrikin",
|
|
"raffish",
|
|
"rampageous",
|
|
"riotous",
|
|
"rowdyish",
|
|
"ruffianly",
|
|
"boisterous",
|
|
"hell-raising",
|
|
"knockabout",
|
|
"rambunctious",
|
|
"raucous",
|
|
"robustious",
|
|
"roisterous",
|
|
"rollicking",
|
|
"rowdy",
|
|
"rumbustious",
|
|
"stormy",
|
|
"tempestuous",
|
|
"turbulent",
|
|
"violent",
|
|
"headstrong",
|
|
"intractable",
|
|
"obstreperous",
|
|
"recalcitrant",
|
|
"uncontrollable",
|
|
"uncontrolled",
|
|
"undisciplined",
|
|
"ungovernable",
|
|
"uninhibited",
|
|
"unmanageable",
|
|
"unreserved",
|
|
"unrestrained",
|
|
"unruly",
|
|
"wild",
|
|
"willful",
|
|
"wilful",
|
|
"bubbly",
|
|
"buoyant",
|
|
"effervescent",
|
|
"exuberant",
|
|
"high-spirited",
|
|
"impassioned",
|
|
"lively",
|
|
"sprightly",
|
|
"vivacious",
|
|
"clamorous",
|
|
"loudmouthed",
|
|
"noisy",
|
|
"openmouthed",
|
|
"rackety",
|
|
"strident",
|
|
"vociferous",
|
|
"howling",
|
|
"screaming",
|
|
"yelling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"orderly",
|
|
"sedate",
|
|
"sober",
|
|
"solemn",
|
|
"somber",
|
|
"sombre",
|
|
"staid",
|
|
"decorous",
|
|
"dignified",
|
|
"proper",
|
|
"seemly",
|
|
"calm",
|
|
"hushed",
|
|
"noiseless",
|
|
"peaceful",
|
|
"placid",
|
|
"quiet",
|
|
"restrained",
|
|
"serene",
|
|
"silent",
|
|
"soundless",
|
|
"tranquil",
|
|
"collected",
|
|
"composed",
|
|
"constrained",
|
|
"controlled",
|
|
"imperturbable",
|
|
"inhibited",
|
|
"repressed",
|
|
"self-controlled",
|
|
"unflappable",
|
|
"unruffled",
|
|
"moderate",
|
|
"reasonable",
|
|
"subdued",
|
|
"temperate",
|
|
"impassive",
|
|
"phlegmatic",
|
|
"stoic",
|
|
"stoical",
|
|
"stolid",
|
|
"depressed",
|
|
"aloof",
|
|
"detached",
|
|
"indifferent"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cast about (for)":{
|
|
"to go in search of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"cast about for an answer to the question of why so many people had ignored the victim's cries for help"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cast around (for)",
|
|
"chase (down)",
|
|
"forage (for)",
|
|
"hunt",
|
|
"look up",
|
|
"pursue",
|
|
"quest",
|
|
"search (for or out)",
|
|
"seek",
|
|
"shop (for)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"ferret (out)",
|
|
"root (out)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"hide",
|
|
"lose",
|
|
"ignore",
|
|
"neglect"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"came into one's own":{
|
|
"to reach a desired level of accomplishment":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"That intern has really come into her own over the past year."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"arrived",
|
|
"flourished",
|
|
"prospered",
|
|
"succeeded",
|
|
"thrived",
|
|
"throve"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"prevailed",
|
|
"triumphed",
|
|
"won",
|
|
"excelled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"floundered",
|
|
"struggled"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"failed"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"capitalizes (on)":{
|
|
"to take unfair advantage of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"capitalized on her coworker's absence to take full credit for the joint project"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abuses",
|
|
"cashes in (on)",
|
|
"exploits",
|
|
"imposes (on or upon)",
|
|
"leverages",
|
|
"milks",
|
|
"pimps",
|
|
"plays (on or upon)",
|
|
"uses",
|
|
"works"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"jerks around",
|
|
"manipulates",
|
|
"mistreats",
|
|
"bleeds",
|
|
"cheats",
|
|
"fleeces",
|
|
"overcharges",
|
|
"skins",
|
|
"soaks",
|
|
"sticks",
|
|
"commercializes",
|
|
"commodifies"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cacography":{
|
|
"as in scratch , hen scratch":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"hen scratch",
|
|
"hen track",
|
|
"scratch",
|
|
"scrawl",
|
|
"scribble",
|
|
"hand",
|
|
"handwriting",
|
|
"penmanship",
|
|
"script",
|
|
"backhand",
|
|
"copperplate",
|
|
"cursive",
|
|
"print",
|
|
"running hand",
|
|
"autograph",
|
|
"John Hancock",
|
|
"John Henry",
|
|
"signature"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"calumnious":{
|
|
"causing or intended to cause unjust injury to a person's good name":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a calumnious campaign ad that went well beyond the negativity to which voters had become so richly accustomed"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"defamatory",
|
|
"libelous",
|
|
"libellous",
|
|
"scandalous",
|
|
"slanderous"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"erroneous",
|
|
"false",
|
|
"inaccurate",
|
|
"incorrect",
|
|
"inexact",
|
|
"invalid",
|
|
"off",
|
|
"unsound",
|
|
"untrue",
|
|
"wrong",
|
|
"denigrative",
|
|
"denigratory",
|
|
"depreciative",
|
|
"depreciatory",
|
|
"derogatory",
|
|
"detractive",
|
|
"disparaging",
|
|
"uncomplimentary",
|
|
"unfavorable",
|
|
"unflattering",
|
|
"invidious",
|
|
"objectionable",
|
|
"maligning",
|
|
"traducing",
|
|
"vilifying",
|
|
"hateful",
|
|
"malevolent",
|
|
"malicious",
|
|
"spiteful"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"appreciative",
|
|
"complimentary",
|
|
"favorable",
|
|
"adulatory",
|
|
"commendatory",
|
|
"eulogistic",
|
|
"hagiographic",
|
|
"hagiographical",
|
|
"laudatory",
|
|
"accurate",
|
|
"correct",
|
|
"errorless",
|
|
"factual",
|
|
"right",
|
|
"sound",
|
|
"true",
|
|
"valid"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cataracts":{
|
|
"a fall of water usually from a great height":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the roaring cataract is one of the park's most majestic sights"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cascades",
|
|
"falls",
|
|
"waterfalls"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"flumes",
|
|
"chutes",
|
|
"shutes",
|
|
"rapids",
|
|
"shoots",
|
|
"white waters"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a great flow of water or of something that overwhelms":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"in spring the melting snows usually produce a cataract that inundates the valley"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"alluvions",
|
|
"baths",
|
|
"cataclysms",
|
|
"deluges",
|
|
"floods",
|
|
"flood tides",
|
|
"inundations",
|
|
"Niagaras",
|
|
"overflows",
|
|
"spates",
|
|
"torrents"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"currents",
|
|
"rivers",
|
|
"streams",
|
|
"tides",
|
|
"cloudbursts",
|
|
"discharges",
|
|
"flushes",
|
|
"gushes",
|
|
"outflows",
|
|
"outpourings",
|
|
"fluxes",
|
|
"inflows",
|
|
"influxes",
|
|
"engulfments",
|
|
"washouts",
|
|
"avalanches",
|
|
"blizzards",
|
|
"cascades",
|
|
"waterfalls",
|
|
"excesses",
|
|
"gluts",
|
|
"overabundances",
|
|
"overages",
|
|
"overkills",
|
|
"overmuch",
|
|
"oversupplies",
|
|
"superabundances",
|
|
"superfluities",
|
|
"surfeits",
|
|
"surpluses"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dribbles",
|
|
"drips",
|
|
"trickles"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"droughts",
|
|
"drouths"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"calcify":{
|
|
"as in crystallize , ossify":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"crystallize",
|
|
"crystalize",
|
|
"ossify",
|
|
"petrify",
|
|
"rigidify",
|
|
"clot",
|
|
"coagulate",
|
|
"gel",
|
|
"gelate",
|
|
"gelatinize",
|
|
"jell",
|
|
"jelly",
|
|
"stiffen",
|
|
"thicken",
|
|
"anneal",
|
|
"case-harden",
|
|
"temper",
|
|
"cake",
|
|
"callus",
|
|
"encrust",
|
|
"incrust",
|
|
"concrete",
|
|
"congeal",
|
|
"firm (up)",
|
|
"freeze",
|
|
"harden",
|
|
"indurate",
|
|
"set",
|
|
"solidify"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"liquefy",
|
|
"liquify",
|
|
"soften",
|
|
"deliquesce",
|
|
"dissolve",
|
|
"flux",
|
|
"fuse",
|
|
"melt",
|
|
"smelt",
|
|
"thaw",
|
|
"unfreeze"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"carried off":{
|
|
"to carry through (as a process) to completion":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the con artist would never have been able to carry off his schemes if it were not for the greed of his eager victims"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accomplished",
|
|
"achieved",
|
|
"brought off",
|
|
"carried out",
|
|
"committed",
|
|
"compassed",
|
|
"did",
|
|
"executed",
|
|
"followed through (with)",
|
|
"fulfilled",
|
|
"made",
|
|
"negotiated",
|
|
"performed",
|
|
"perpetrated",
|
|
"prosecuted",
|
|
"pulled off",
|
|
"put through"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"brought about",
|
|
"effected",
|
|
"effectuated",
|
|
"implemented",
|
|
"aced",
|
|
"nailed",
|
|
"engaged (in)",
|
|
"practiced",
|
|
"practised",
|
|
"worked (at)",
|
|
"reduplicated",
|
|
"reenacted",
|
|
"repeated",
|
|
"actualized",
|
|
"attained",
|
|
"realized",
|
|
"completed",
|
|
"ended",
|
|
"finished",
|
|
"wound up",
|
|
"winded up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"failed",
|
|
"skimped",
|
|
"slighted",
|
|
"slurred"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to deprive of life":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"pray that the pestilence does not carry off any more souls than it already has"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"claimed",
|
|
"croaked",
|
|
"destroyed",
|
|
"did in",
|
|
"dispatched",
|
|
"felled",
|
|
"killed",
|
|
"slew",
|
|
"took"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bumped off",
|
|
"butchered",
|
|
"cut down",
|
|
"finished",
|
|
"got",
|
|
"iced",
|
|
"knocked off",
|
|
"murdered",
|
|
"neutralized",
|
|
"offed",
|
|
"put away",
|
|
"rubbed out",
|
|
"scragged",
|
|
"snuffed",
|
|
"took out",
|
|
"wasted",
|
|
"whacked",
|
|
"annihilated",
|
|
"blotted out",
|
|
"decimated",
|
|
"killed off",
|
|
"massacred",
|
|
"mowed",
|
|
"slaughtered",
|
|
"smote",
|
|
"assassinated",
|
|
"executed",
|
|
"martyred",
|
|
"terminated",
|
|
"euthanized",
|
|
"euthanatized",
|
|
"put down",
|
|
"suicided"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"raised",
|
|
"restored",
|
|
"resurrected",
|
|
"resuscitated",
|
|
"revived",
|
|
"nurtured"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"animated"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cancelling (out)":{
|
|
"to balance with an equal force so as to make ineffective":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"unfortunately, this one indiscretion will cancel out a long record of accomplishment"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"annulling",
|
|
"compensating (for)",
|
|
"correcting",
|
|
"counteracting",
|
|
"counterbalancing",
|
|
"counterpoising",
|
|
"making up (for)",
|
|
"negativing",
|
|
"neutralizing",
|
|
"offsetting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"invalidating",
|
|
"negating",
|
|
"neutering",
|
|
"nullifying",
|
|
"atoning (for)",
|
|
"outbalancing",
|
|
"outweighing",
|
|
"redeeming",
|
|
"redressing",
|
|
"relieving",
|
|
"remedying",
|
|
"overriding",
|
|
"overruling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"came up with":{
|
|
"to create or think of by clever use of the imagination":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Everyone was asked to come up with at least three ideas before the end of the meeting."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"concocted",
|
|
"constructed",
|
|
"contrived",
|
|
"cooked (up)",
|
|
"devised",
|
|
"drummed up",
|
|
"excogitated",
|
|
"fabricated",
|
|
"invented",
|
|
"made up",
|
|
"manufactured",
|
|
"thought (up)",
|
|
"trumped up",
|
|
"vamped (up)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"coined",
|
|
"designed",
|
|
"hatched",
|
|
"produced",
|
|
"daydreamed",
|
|
"dreamed",
|
|
"dreamt",
|
|
"fantasized",
|
|
"conceived",
|
|
"envisaged",
|
|
"envisioned",
|
|
"imagined",
|
|
"pictured",
|
|
"visioned",
|
|
"visualized",
|
|
"ad-libbed",
|
|
"extemporized",
|
|
"improvised"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"cloned",
|
|
"copied",
|
|
"copycatted",
|
|
"duplicated",
|
|
"imitated",
|
|
"mimicked",
|
|
"reduplicated",
|
|
"replicated",
|
|
"reproduced"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"catechizing":{
|
|
"to put a question or questions to":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"her roommates catechized her about every detail of her first day at her new job"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"asking",
|
|
"grilling",
|
|
"inquiring (of)",
|
|
"interrogating",
|
|
"querying",
|
|
"questioning",
|
|
"quizzing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"besieging",
|
|
"bombarding",
|
|
"cross-examining",
|
|
"cross-questioning",
|
|
"examining",
|
|
"pumping",
|
|
"polling",
|
|
"surveying"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"rejoining",
|
|
"retorting",
|
|
"commenting",
|
|
"observing",
|
|
"remarking",
|
|
"avoiding",
|
|
"ducking"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"answering",
|
|
"replying",
|
|
"responding"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to put a series of questions to":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"applicants are rigorously catechized by the seminary's rector regarding their motives for joining the priesthood"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"examining",
|
|
"grilling",
|
|
"interrogating",
|
|
"pumping",
|
|
"querying",
|
|
"questioning",
|
|
"quizzing",
|
|
"sweating"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"debriefing",
|
|
"cross-examining",
|
|
"cross-questioning",
|
|
"annoying",
|
|
"harassing",
|
|
"hounding",
|
|
"pestering",
|
|
"canvassing",
|
|
"canvasing",
|
|
"polling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"capability":{
|
|
"a skill, an ability, or knowledge that makes a person able to do a particular job":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the nature of the tasks to which you are assigned will depend on your capabilities"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"credentials",
|
|
"goods",
|
|
"qualification",
|
|
"stuff"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"command",
|
|
"expertise",
|
|
"know-how",
|
|
"mastership",
|
|
"mastery",
|
|
"proficiency",
|
|
"ability",
|
|
"capacity",
|
|
"competence",
|
|
"competency",
|
|
"facility",
|
|
"faculty",
|
|
"aptitude",
|
|
"endowment",
|
|
"flair",
|
|
"genius",
|
|
"gift",
|
|
"knack",
|
|
"talent",
|
|
"forte",
|
|
"long suit",
|
|
"m\u00e9tier",
|
|
"metier",
|
|
"specialism",
|
|
"speciality",
|
|
"specialty",
|
|
"strong suit",
|
|
"fitness",
|
|
"suitability",
|
|
"suitableness",
|
|
"makings",
|
|
"potentiality"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the physical or mental power to do something":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the natural capability some people seem to have for teaching"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ability",
|
|
"capableness",
|
|
"capacity",
|
|
"competence",
|
|
"competency",
|
|
"faculty"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"aptitude",
|
|
"aptness",
|
|
"endowment",
|
|
"equipment",
|
|
"facility",
|
|
"gift",
|
|
"knack",
|
|
"talent",
|
|
"address",
|
|
"adroitness",
|
|
"deftness",
|
|
"dexterity",
|
|
"hand",
|
|
"prowess",
|
|
"skill",
|
|
"gray matter",
|
|
"instinct",
|
|
"intelligence",
|
|
"ken",
|
|
"reason",
|
|
"understanding",
|
|
"might",
|
|
"potency",
|
|
"puissance",
|
|
"staying power",
|
|
"stuff",
|
|
"adequacy",
|
|
"effectiveness",
|
|
"effectualness",
|
|
"fitness",
|
|
"form",
|
|
"influence",
|
|
"resourcefulness",
|
|
"usefulness",
|
|
"means",
|
|
"resources",
|
|
"wherewithal"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"helplessness",
|
|
"impotence",
|
|
"paralysis",
|
|
"powerlessness",
|
|
"weakness",
|
|
"defectiveness",
|
|
"deficiency",
|
|
"inadequacy",
|
|
"inadequateness",
|
|
"ineffectiveness",
|
|
"ineffectuality",
|
|
"ineffectualness",
|
|
"inefficaciousness",
|
|
"inefficacy",
|
|
"uselessness",
|
|
"debilitation",
|
|
"disablement",
|
|
"impairment",
|
|
"incapacitation"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"disability",
|
|
"inability",
|
|
"incapability",
|
|
"incapableness",
|
|
"incapacity",
|
|
"incompetence",
|
|
"incompetency",
|
|
"ineptitude",
|
|
"ineptness"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"something that can develop or become actual":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"there are great capabilities in the property, either as a bed-and-breakfast or as a private home"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"eventuality",
|
|
"possibility",
|
|
"potential",
|
|
"potentiality",
|
|
"prospect"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"likelihood",
|
|
"probability",
|
|
"latency",
|
|
"potency"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"actuality",
|
|
"reality",
|
|
"certainty"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"camp (out)":{
|
|
"to live in a camp or the outdoors":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"rather than stay in motels, my family usually camps out when we're on vacation"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bivouac",
|
|
"encamp"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"sleep out",
|
|
"tent",
|
|
"bed (down)",
|
|
"backpack",
|
|
"caravan"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cautiously":{
|
|
"as in carefully , deliberately":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"carefully",
|
|
"deliberately",
|
|
"purposefully",
|
|
"laggardly",
|
|
"leisurely",
|
|
"pokily",
|
|
"slow",
|
|
"slowly",
|
|
"sluggishly",
|
|
"tardily",
|
|
"heavily",
|
|
"ploddingly"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"apace",
|
|
"briskly",
|
|
"fast",
|
|
"fleetly",
|
|
"full tilt",
|
|
"hastily",
|
|
"meteorically",
|
|
"quick",
|
|
"quickly",
|
|
"rapidly",
|
|
"snappily",
|
|
"speedily",
|
|
"swift",
|
|
"swiftly",
|
|
"immediately",
|
|
"posthaste",
|
|
"presto",
|
|
"promptly",
|
|
"pronto",
|
|
"readily",
|
|
"soon",
|
|
"impetuously",
|
|
"impulsively",
|
|
"rashly",
|
|
"recklessly",
|
|
"abruptly",
|
|
"suddenly"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"carouser":{
|
|
"as in bacchanal , binger":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bacchanal",
|
|
"binger",
|
|
"party animal",
|
|
"wassailer",
|
|
"celebrant",
|
|
"celebrator",
|
|
"merrymaker",
|
|
"partyer",
|
|
"partier",
|
|
"partygoer",
|
|
"reveler",
|
|
"reveller",
|
|
"roisterer",
|
|
"cutup",
|
|
"skylarker",
|
|
"noisemaker"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"killjoy",
|
|
"party pooper"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"caving (in)":{
|
|
"to fall down or in as a result of physical pressure":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the wall caved in when a tree fell on it"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"buckling",
|
|
"collapsing",
|
|
"crumpling",
|
|
"foundering",
|
|
"giving",
|
|
"going",
|
|
"going out",
|
|
"imploding",
|
|
"tumbling",
|
|
"yielding"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"deflating",
|
|
"flattening",
|
|
"melting",
|
|
"melting down",
|
|
"breaking",
|
|
"breaking down",
|
|
"conking (out)",
|
|
"crashing",
|
|
"dying",
|
|
"failing",
|
|
"giving out",
|
|
"stalling",
|
|
"bursting",
|
|
"shattering",
|
|
"smashing",
|
|
"splintering",
|
|
"splitting",
|
|
"cracking",
|
|
"crumbling",
|
|
"popping",
|
|
"snapping"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"inflating",
|
|
"rising",
|
|
"swelling"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to give up and cease resistance (as to a liking, temptation, or habit)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I caved in to my bibliomania and bought two more books last week"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bowing",
|
|
"giving in",
|
|
"submitting",
|
|
"succumbing",
|
|
"surrendering",
|
|
"yielding"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"catering (to)",
|
|
"gratifying",
|
|
"indulging",
|
|
"wallowing",
|
|
"acquiescing (to)",
|
|
"conceding (to)",
|
|
"buckling (under)",
|
|
"knuckling under",
|
|
"giving over (to)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"battling",
|
|
"breasting",
|
|
"combating",
|
|
"combatting",
|
|
"confronting",
|
|
"countering",
|
|
"defying",
|
|
"facing",
|
|
"fighting",
|
|
"meeting",
|
|
"objecting",
|
|
"opposing",
|
|
"repelling",
|
|
"thwarting",
|
|
"withstanding",
|
|
"rejecting",
|
|
"bridling",
|
|
"checking",
|
|
"constraining",
|
|
"curbing",
|
|
"inhibiting",
|
|
"restraining",
|
|
"stifling"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"holding off",
|
|
"resisting"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"caricaturists":{
|
|
"as in satirists , parodists":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"burlesquers",
|
|
"lampooners",
|
|
"mockers",
|
|
"parodists",
|
|
"satirists",
|
|
"imitators",
|
|
"impersonators",
|
|
"impressionists",
|
|
"mimics",
|
|
"personators",
|
|
"mimers",
|
|
"mimes",
|
|
"mummers",
|
|
"pantomimes",
|
|
"pantomimists",
|
|
"actors",
|
|
"entertainers",
|
|
"performers",
|
|
"players",
|
|
"troupers",
|
|
"apes",
|
|
"copycats",
|
|
"echoes",
|
|
"echos",
|
|
"parrots",
|
|
"rubber stamps"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"catching up":{
|
|
"to catch or hold as if in a net":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a young idealist who got caught up in the political fanaticism of the times"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"enmeshing",
|
|
"immeshing",
|
|
"ensnaring",
|
|
"ensnarling",
|
|
"entangling",
|
|
"entoiling",
|
|
"entrapping",
|
|
"meshing",
|
|
"netting",
|
|
"snaring",
|
|
"tangling",
|
|
"trapping"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bagging",
|
|
"birdliming",
|
|
"capturing",
|
|
"collaring",
|
|
"embroiling",
|
|
"implicating",
|
|
"involving",
|
|
"miring"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"detaching",
|
|
"disengaging",
|
|
"extricating",
|
|
"clearing",
|
|
"freeing",
|
|
"liberating"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"disentangling",
|
|
"untangling"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to hold the attention of as if by a spell":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"completely caught up in opera ever since he saw La Traviata"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"arresting",
|
|
"bedazzling",
|
|
"enchanting",
|
|
"enthralling",
|
|
"fascinating",
|
|
"gripping",
|
|
"hypnotizing",
|
|
"mesmerizing",
|
|
"spellbinding"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"enrapturing",
|
|
"entrancing",
|
|
"thrilling",
|
|
"beguiling",
|
|
"bewitching",
|
|
"charming",
|
|
"absorbing",
|
|
"engaging",
|
|
"engrossing",
|
|
"involving"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to hold the attention of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"so caught up in the game that she didn't note the passage of time"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"absorbing",
|
|
"bemusing",
|
|
"busying",
|
|
"engaging",
|
|
"engrossing",
|
|
"enthralling",
|
|
"enwrapping",
|
|
"fascinating",
|
|
"gripping",
|
|
"immersing",
|
|
"interesting",
|
|
"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":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to give information to":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"catch me up on what's been happening at the office"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"acquainting",
|
|
"advising",
|
|
"apprising",
|
|
"briefing",
|
|
"clearing",
|
|
"clueing (in)",
|
|
"cluing (in)",
|
|
"enlightening",
|
|
"familiarizing",
|
|
"filling in",
|
|
"hipping",
|
|
"informing",
|
|
"instructing",
|
|
"telling",
|
|
"versing",
|
|
"wising (up)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"advertising",
|
|
"alerting",
|
|
"notifying",
|
|
"announcing (to)",
|
|
"disclosing (to)",
|
|
"assuring",
|
|
"certifying",
|
|
"convincing",
|
|
"reassuring",
|
|
"warranting",
|
|
"educating",
|
|
"lecturing",
|
|
"schooling",
|
|
"teaching",
|
|
"tutoring",
|
|
"disabusing",
|
|
"disenchanting",
|
|
"disillusioning",
|
|
"undeceiving"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"misinforming",
|
|
"misleading"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cat burglar":{
|
|
"as in burglar , housebreaker":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"burglar",
|
|
"cracksman",
|
|
"housebreaker",
|
|
"picklock",
|
|
"safecracker",
|
|
"larcenist",
|
|
"pincher",
|
|
"purloiner",
|
|
"robber",
|
|
"stealer",
|
|
"thief",
|
|
"embezzler",
|
|
"grafter",
|
|
"klepto",
|
|
"kleptomaniac",
|
|
"sneak thief",
|
|
"cutpurse",
|
|
"dip",
|
|
"pickpocket",
|
|
"pilferer",
|
|
"shoplifter",
|
|
"abductor",
|
|
"carjacker",
|
|
"hijacker",
|
|
"kidnapper",
|
|
"kidnaper",
|
|
"skyjacker",
|
|
"despoiler",
|
|
"looter",
|
|
"pillager",
|
|
"plunderer",
|
|
"ransacker",
|
|
"ravisher",
|
|
"poacher",
|
|
"rustler",
|
|
"smuggler"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"capping (off)":{
|
|
"to bring to a triumphant conclusion":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"capped off the baseball season with 10-0 shutout"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"climaxing",
|
|
"crowning",
|
|
"culminating"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"completing",
|
|
"concluding",
|
|
"finishing",
|
|
"rounding (off or out)",
|
|
"terminating",
|
|
"wrapping up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"calisthenics":{
|
|
"physical movements that are done without special equipment to improve health or gain strength":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"The players warmed up for the game by doing calisthenics ."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"aerobics",
|
|
"athletics",
|
|
"bodybuilding",
|
|
"body mechanics",
|
|
"gymnastics",
|
|
"isometrics",
|
|
"plyometrics",
|
|
"slimnastics",
|
|
"weight lifting",
|
|
"activity",
|
|
"conditioning",
|
|
"exercise",
|
|
"exertion",
|
|
"training",
|
|
"warm-up",
|
|
"workout",
|
|
"toning",
|
|
"trimming",
|
|
"physical therapy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"plural noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"callipygian":{
|
|
"as in zaftig , curvaceous":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bosomy",
|
|
"built",
|
|
"busty",
|
|
"buxom",
|
|
"chesty",
|
|
"stacked",
|
|
"well-endowed",
|
|
"plump",
|
|
"round",
|
|
"Rubenesque",
|
|
"voluptuous",
|
|
"zaftig",
|
|
"zoftig",
|
|
"curvaceous",
|
|
"curvacious",
|
|
"curvy",
|
|
"pneumatic",
|
|
"shapely",
|
|
"Junoesque",
|
|
"statuesque",
|
|
"well-turned"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"shapeless"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
}
|
|
} |