dict_dl/en_MW_thesaurus/ca_mwt.json
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{
"cab":{
"an automobile that carries passengers for a fare usually determined by the distance traveled":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"called a cab to get back to the hotel"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"hackney",
"limousine",
"gharry",
"rickshaw",
"ricksha",
"water taxi",
"gypsy cab",
"jitney"
],
"synonyms":[
"hack",
"taxi",
"taxicab"
]
},
"as in":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"cabal":{
"a group involved in secret or criminal activities":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"a conspiracy theory about the existence of an international cabal devoted to world domination"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"bunch",
"circle",
"clan",
"clique",
"coterie",
"coven",
"crowd",
"gal\u00e8re",
"lot",
"network",
"pack",
"set",
"junta",
"oligarchy"
],
"synonyms":[
"conspiracy",
"crew",
"gang",
"Mafia",
"mob",
"ring",
"syndicate"
]
},
"as in":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"cablecast":{
"as in broadcast , telecast":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"cabochon":{
"as in":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"cachinnations":{
"an explosive sound that is a sign of amusement":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"during the quiet scenes of the movie we could hear occasional eruptions of cachinnation from the adjacent theater"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cries",
"groans",
"moans",
"sobs",
"wails",
"faces",
"frowns",
"grimaces",
"lowers",
"lours",
"mouths",
"pouts",
"scowls"
],
"related":[
"crows",
"whoops",
"grins",
"simpers",
"smiles",
"smirks"
],
"synonyms":[
"belly laughs",
"boffolas",
"boffs",
"boffos",
"cackles",
"chortles",
"chuckles",
"giggles",
"guffaws",
"hee-haws",
"horselaughs",
"laughs",
"laughters",
"snickers",
"sniggers",
"titters",
"twitters"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"cack-handed":{
"lacking or showing a lack of nimbleness in using one's hands":{
"antonyms":[
"deft",
"dexterous",
"dextrous",
"handy",
"sure-handed"
],
"examples":[
"some duffer with a cack-handed grip on his golf club"
],
"near antonyms":[
"expert",
"masterly",
"skilled",
"skillful",
"coordinated"
],
"related":[
"uncoordinated",
"bunglesome",
"bungling",
"gauche",
"inept",
"inexpert",
"unskilled",
"unskillful"
],
"synonyms":[
"awkward",
"butterfingered",
"clumsy",
"graceless",
"ham-fisted",
"ham-handed",
"handless",
"heavy-handed",
"left-handed",
"maladroit",
"unhandy"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"cackling":{
"to engage in casual or rambling conversation":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"a group of old friends who met regularly to laugh and cackle about their glory days"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"gossiping",
"tattling",
"descanting",
"discussing",
"expatiating",
"yakking",
"yacking",
"yammering",
"yapping"
],
"synonyms":[
"babbling",
"blabbing",
"chaffering",
"chattering",
"chatting",
"chinning",
"conversing",
"gabbing",
"gabbling",
"gassing",
"jabbering",
"jawing",
"kibitzing",
"kibbitzing",
"nattering",
"palavering",
"pattering",
"prating",
"prattling",
"rapping",
"rattling",
"running on",
"schmoozing",
"shmoozing",
"talking",
"twittering",
"visiting"
]
},
"to show mirth with an explosive vocal sound":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"she cackled with glee when her tax-evading neighbor finally got caught"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bawling",
"blubbering",
"crying",
"sobbing",
"weeping",
"howling",
"squalling",
"wailing",
"yowling",
"bleating",
"puling",
"whimpering",
"whining",
"sniffling",
"sniveling",
"snivelling",
"groaning",
"moaning",
"sighing"
],
"related":[
"grinning",
"smiling"
],
"synonyms":[
"breaking up",
"chortling",
"chuckling",
"cracking up",
"giggling",
"hee-hawing",
"laughing",
"roaring",
"screaming",
"snickering",
"tittering",
"twittering"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"cacophony":{
"loud, confused, and usually inharmonious sound":{
"antonyms":[
"quiet",
"silence",
"silentness",
"still",
"stillness"
],
"examples":[
"the cacophony of a pet store full of animals"
],
"near antonyms":[
"calm",
"hush",
"lull",
"quietude",
"serenity",
"tranquillity",
"tranquility"
],
"related":[
"discord",
"dissonance",
"commotion",
"furor",
"hubbub",
"hullabaloo",
"hurly-burly",
"rumpus",
"tumult",
"uproar",
"clatter",
"jangle",
"bang",
"blast",
"boom",
"clap",
"crack",
"crash"
],
"synonyms":[
"babel",
"blare",
"bluster",
"bowwow",
"brawl",
"bruit",
"chatter",
"clamor",
"clangor",
"decibel(s)",
"din",
"discordance",
"katzenjammer",
"noise",
"racket",
"rattle",
"roar"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"cadgers":{
"as in moochers , schnorrers":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"cadre":{
"the arrangement of parts that gives something its basic form":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"claims that the problem will never be solved within the existing cadre of the state bureaucracy"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"cage",
"lattice",
"network",
"contour",
"figure",
"outline",
"profile",
"shape",
"silhouette",
"chassis"
],
"synonyms":[
"architecture",
"armature",
"configuration",
"edifice",
"fabric",
"frame",
"framework",
"framing",
"infrastructure",
"shell",
"skeleton",
"structure"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"caged":{
"as in":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"to close or shut in by or as if by barriers":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"caged the rabbit at night so she wouldn't wake everyone up"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"bounded",
"circumscribed",
"confined",
"contained",
"limited",
"restricted",
"encircled",
"encompassed",
"enfolded",
"enframed",
"enlaced",
"framed",
"ringed",
"surrounded",
"armored",
"cocooned",
"encapsulated",
"encapsuled",
"encysted",
"ensheathed",
"ensphered",
"enwombed"
],
"synonyms":[
"boxed (in)",
"closeted",
"cooped (up)",
"corralled",
"encaged",
"encased",
"enclosed",
"inclosed",
"enveloped",
"fenced (in)",
"hedged",
"hemmed (in)",
"housed",
"immured",
"included",
"mewed (up)",
"penned",
"walled (in)"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"caginess":{
"exceptional discernment and judgment especially in practical matters":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"most consumers should possess sufficient caginess to see through that scam"
],
"near antonyms":[
"artlessness",
"greenness",
"guilelessness",
"ingenuousness",
"innocence",
"naiveness",
"na\u00efvet\u00e9",
"naivete",
"naivet\u00e9",
"simplemindedness",
"simpleness",
"simplicity",
"unsophistication",
"unworldliness",
"brainlessness",
"density",
"doltishness",
"dopiness",
"dumbness",
"fatuity",
"foolishness",
"half-wittedness",
"mindlessness",
"oafishness",
"obtuseness",
"senselessness",
"slowness",
"stupidity",
"stupidness",
"vacuity",
"witlessness"
],
"related":[
"discernment",
"insight",
"perception",
"perceptiveness",
"perceptivity",
"percipience",
"sagaciousness",
"sagacity",
"sageness",
"sapience",
"wisdom",
"artfulness",
"artifice",
"craft",
"craftiness",
"cunning",
"deviousness",
"guile",
"slickness",
"slyness",
"sneakiness",
"subtleness",
"subtlety",
"wiliness",
"brain(s)",
"gray matter",
"intellect",
"reason",
"sense"
],
"synonyms":[
"acumen",
"astuteness",
"canniness",
"clear-sightedness",
"foxiness",
"hardheadedness",
"intelligence",
"keenness",
"knowingness",
"sharpness",
"shrewdness",
"wit"
]
},
"skill in achieving one's ends through indirect, subtle, or underhanded means":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the lawyer's celebrated caginess makes her the first choice of the hopelessly guilty"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"calculation",
"care",
"design",
"savvy",
"sharpness",
"shrewdness",
"cleverness",
"ingeniousness",
"ingenuity",
"inventiveness",
"ease",
"facility",
"finesse",
"deceitfulness",
"duplicity",
"shiftiness",
"underhandedness"
],
"synonyms":[
"artfulness",
"artifice",
"canniness",
"craft",
"craftiness",
"cunning",
"cunningness",
"deviousness",
"foxiness",
"guile",
"guilefulness",
"slickness",
"slyness",
"sneakiness",
"subtleness",
"subtlety",
"wiliness"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"cahoots":{
"as in":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"caleche":{
"as in caroche , jaunting car":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"calendars":{
"a listing of things to be presented or considered (as at a concert or play)":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the calendar of upcoming events at the state fair will be available tomorrow"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"cards",
"dance cards",
"exercises",
"plates",
"arrangements",
"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":[],
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"as in encrust , cake":{
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"verb"
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"a state of freedom from storm or disturbance":{
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"bustle",
"commotion",
"hubbub",
"hurly-burly",
"pandemonium",
"tumult",
"turmoil",
"unquietness",
"unrest",
"uproar"
],
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"vacationing city dwellers who are tired of the hustle and bustle enjoy the calm of the secluded mountain village"
],
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"clamor",
"din",
"noise",
"racket"
],
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"pause",
"respite",
"silence",
"mildness",
"soothingness",
"comity",
"concord",
"harmony",
"casualness",
"easygoingness",
"informality",
"laid-backness",
"relaxedness"
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"calmness",
"hush",
"peace",
"peacefulness",
"placidity",
"quiet",
"quietness",
"quietude",
"repose",
"restfulness",
"sereneness",
"serenity",
"still",
"stillness",
"tranquillity",
"tranquility"
]
},
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"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"
],
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"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"
],
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"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"
]
},
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"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"
],
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"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":{
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"examples":[
"he calmed himself before continuing the eulogy"
],
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"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"
]
},
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"as in":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
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},
"tending to calm the emotions and relieve stress":{
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"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":{
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"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":{
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"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":{
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"the war forced people to flee their homes and to live in crowded camps along the border"
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"canvas",
"canvass",
"tentage",
"colony",
"plantation",
"settlement",
"Hooverville",
"jungle",
"shantytown",
"concentration camp",
"prison camp",
"barracks",
"cantonment",
"installation",
"laager",
"leaguer",
"post"
],
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"bivouac",
"campground",
"campsite",
"encampment",
"hutment"
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},
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"examples":[
"a hunter's camp deep in the woods"
],
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"related":[
"lean-to",
"shed",
"cot",
"cottage",
"lodge",
"cabana",
"bungalow",
"chalet",
"hogan",
"wickiup",
"wigwam",
"tent"
],
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"cabin",
"hooch",
"hootch",
"hovel",
"hut",
"hutch",
"hutment",
"shack",
"shanty"
]
},
"an often small house for recreational or seasonal use":{
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"examples":[
"years ago the wealthy industrialists built some rather grand camps along the lake"
],
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"related":[
"dacha",
"summerhouse",
"bungalow",
"cot",
"hut",
"shack",
"shanty"
],
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"bach",
"cabin",
"chalet",
"cottage",
"lodge"
]
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"examples":[],
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"to provide with living quarters or shelter":{
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"examples":[
"some out-of-town delegates to the convention were camped in university dorms"
],
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"eject",
"evict"
],
"related":[
"ensconce",
"home",
"roost",
"secure",
"shed",
"stable",
"tent",
"barrack",
"bed (down)"
],
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"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)":{
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"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"
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},
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"as in":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
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"verb"
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},
"campus":{
"the area and buildings around a university, college, school, etc.":{
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"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":{
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"examples":[
"the shelter stores huge cans of water for an emergency"
],
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"related":[
"bucket",
"pail",
"cannikin",
"tin can"
],
"synonyms":[
"barrel",
"canister",
"cannister",
"drum",
"tin"
]
},
"a place of confinement for persons held in lawful custody":{
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"examples":[
"the racketeers were rounded up and thrown in the can"
],
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"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":{
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"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"
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"bearish",
"bilious",
"bloody-minded",
"disagreeable",
"dyspeptic",
"ill-humored",
"ill-natured",
"ill-tempered",
"ornery",
"splenetic",
"surly"
]
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"adjective"
]
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"a religious song":{
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"the monks offered up a canticle at dawn on Easter morning"
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"related":[
"dirge",
"lament",
"requiem",
"threnody",
"Gloria Patri",
"hallelujah",
"paean",
"mass",
"oratorio",
"processional",
"recessional"
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"carol",
"chorale",
"hymn",
"psalm",
"spiritual"
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},
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"noun"
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"as in bracket , arch":{
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"type":[
"noun"
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"as in":{
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"noun"
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"as in curse , jinx":{
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"type":[
"noun"
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"a picture created with oil paint":{
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"one canvas by Picasso is worth more money than most of us can imagine"
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"fresco",
"mural",
"panorama",
"diptych",
"triptych",
"acrylic",
"aquarelle",
"gouache",
"watercolor",
"distemper",
"drawing",
"etching",
"finger painting",
"pastel",
"sketch",
"tempera",
"masterpiece",
"pi\u00e8ce de r\u00e9sistance",
"showpiece"
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"oil",
"oil painting",
"painting"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
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"interviewee",
"pollee",
"respondent"
],
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],
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"answerer",
"replier",
"responder",
"attester",
"informant",
"reporter",
"testifier",
"witness"
],
"related":[
"asker",
"inquirer",
"querier",
"querist",
"questioner"
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"interviewer",
"poller",
"pollster"
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"noun"
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"as the scouts made their way through the canyon , they marveled at the sheer walls of rock on both sides"
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"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"
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"col",
"couloir",
"defile",
"flume",
"gap",
"gill",
"gorge",
"gulch",
"gulf",
"kloof",
"linn",
"notch",
"pass",
"ravine",
"saddle"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
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"capacity":{
"an assignment at which one regularly works for pay":{
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"served in the capacity of the network's White House correspondent for a year"
],
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"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"
],
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"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":{
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"examples":[
"offered advice in his capacity as a lawyer"
],
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"affair",
"concern",
"hand",
"involvement",
"participation",
"niche",
"office",
"post",
"situation",
"calling",
"occupation",
"pursuit",
"vocation",
"activity",
"assignment",
"charge",
"commission",
"duty",
"employ",
"mission",
"responsibility",
"service",
"use"
],
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"business",
"function",
"job",
"part",
"place",
"position",
"purpose",
"role",
"r\u00f4le",
"task",
"work"
]
},
"the largest number or amount that something can hold":{
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"examples":[
"the seating capacity of the school auditorium is 800 people"
],
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"related":[
"burden",
"fill",
"fullness",
"load",
"measure",
"area",
"room",
"space",
"stowage"
],
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"complement",
"cubage",
"real estate",
"volume"
]
},
"the physical or mental power to do something":{
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"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":{
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"examples":[],
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"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"capitalize (on)":{
"to take unfair advantage of":{
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"examples":[
"capitalized on her coworker's absence to take full credit for the joint project"
],
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"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":{
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"defunds"
],
"examples":[
"several investors agreed to capitalize the new venture"
],
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"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"
]
},
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"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"
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"as in":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
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"type":[
"verb"
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},
"capitulates (to)":{
"as in submits (to) , succumbs (to)":{
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"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":{
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"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"
]
},
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"verb"
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},
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"a number of businesses or enterprises united for commercial advantage":{
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"examples":[
"a cartel of oil-producing nations that controls production and influences prices"
],
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"related":[
"chains",
"conglomerates",
"megacorporations",
"multinationals",
"associations",
"guilds",
"gilds",
"organizations",
"partnerships",
"pools",
"unions"
],
"synonyms":[
"combinations",
"combines",
"syndicates",
"trusts"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"cartridges":{
"as in ammunitions , projectiles":{
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"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"as in containers , bottles":{
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"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
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"carves (out)":{
"to produce or bring about especially by long or repeated effort":{
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"examples":[
"finally carved out a niche for the sport in the school's athletic program"
],
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"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"
]
},
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"verb"
]
},
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"as in pedestals":{
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"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
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"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"cast (up)":{
"to combine (numbers) into a single sum":{
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"examples":[
"had worked as a clerk in a countinghouse, mainly casting up long columns of figures every day"
],
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"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":{
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},
"type":[
"verb"
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},
"castigate":{
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"examples":[
"castigated him for his constant tardiness"
],
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"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"
]
},
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"examples":[
"a newspaper editorial castigating the city council for approving the project in the first place"
],
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"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)"
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"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":{
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"excuse",
"pardon",
"spare"
],
"examples":[
"a judge who believes in castigating criminals to the full extent of the law"
],
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"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":{
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"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":{
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"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":{
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"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":{
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"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",
"arrest",
"check",
"control",
"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",
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"meshes",
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"snares",
"tangles",
"traps"
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"misleads"
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"announces (to)",
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"certifies",
"convinces",
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"warrants",
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"lectures",
"schools",
"teaches",
"tutors",
"disabuses",
"disenchants",
"disillusions",
"undeceives"
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"briefs",
"clears",
"clues (in)",
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"familiarizes",
"fills in",
"hips",
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"instructs",
"tells",
"verses",
"wises (up)"
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"so caught up in the game that she didn't note the passage of time"
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"bores",
"jades",
"palls",
"tires",
"wearies"
],
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"attracts",
"beguiles",
"bewitches",
"captivates",
"charms",
"enchants",
"obsesses",
"hypnotizes",
"mesmerizes",
"distracts",
"preoccupies",
"hogs",
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"bemuses",
"busies",
"engages",
"engrosses",
"enthralls",
"enthrals",
"enwraps",
"fascinates",
"grips",
"immerses",
"interests",
"intrigues",
"involves",
"occupies"
]
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"examples":[
"completely caught up in opera ever since he saw La Traviata"
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"entrances",
"thrills",
"beguiles",
"bewitches",
"charms",
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"engrosses",
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"arrests",
"bedazzles",
"enchants",
"enthralls",
"enthrals",
"fascinates",
"grips",
"hypnotizes",
"mesmerizes",
"spellbinds"
]
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"verb"
]
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"lacking in steadiness or regularity of occurrence":{
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"constant",
"continuous",
"habitual",
"periodic",
"regular",
"repeated",
"steady"
],
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"she was so winded that her breathing came in catchy gasps"
],
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"changeless",
"equable",
"even",
"stable",
"stationary",
"uniform",
"unchanging",
"unvarying",
"unwavering",
"methodical",
"methodic",
"orderly",
"systematic",
"unrelenting",
"unremitting"
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"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"
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"casual",
"choppy",
"discontinuous",
"episodic",
"episodical",
"erratic",
"fitful",
"intermittent",
"irregular",
"occasional",
"spasmodic",
"spastic",
"sporadic",
"spotty",
"unsteady"
]
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"unemphatic",
"unflamboyant",
"unnoticeable",
"unobtrusive",
"unremarkable",
"unshowy"
],
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"will need a catchy slogan to sell the new product, which is actually pretty boring"
],
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"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":[
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"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"
],
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"arresting",
"bodacious",
"bold",
"brilliant",
"commanding",
"conspicuous",
"dramatic",
"emphatic",
"eye-catching",
"flamboyant",
"grabby",
"kenspeckle",
"marked",
"noisy",
"noticeable",
"prominent",
"pronounced",
"remarkable",
"showy",
"splashy",
"striking"
]
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"requiring exceptional skill or caution in performance or handling":{
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"examples":[
"Professor Hartman's exams always include at least one catchy question"
],
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"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"
]
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"something that is pleasing to eat because it is rare or a luxury":{
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"examples":[
"visited the victualler to purchase some cates and wine"
],
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"related":[
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"candy",
"dessert",
"junket",
"sweet",
"sweetmeat"
],
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"bit",
"dainty",
"delectable",
"delicacy",
"goody",
"goodie",
"kickshaw",
"tidbit",
"titbit",
"treat",
"viand"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
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"to put a question or questions to":{
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"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":{
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"examples":[
"applicants are rigorously catechized by the seminary's rector regarding their motives for joining the priesthood"
],
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"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":{
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"examples":[
"a categorical denial of the rumors that the celebrities were planning to get married"
],
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"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":{
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"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"
]
},
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"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."
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"enterprises",
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"projects",
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"fruits",
"issues",
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"d\u00e9nouements",
"repercussions",
"conclusions",
"ends",
"by-products",
"byproducts",
"side effects",
"side reactions"
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"factors",
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"inspirations",
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"roots",
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"springs"
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"clamps down (on)",
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"quells",
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"smothers",
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"controls",
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"cans",
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"fathers",
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"verb"
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"brashness",
"carelessness",
"heedlessness",
"incaution",
"incautiousness",
"recklessness",
"unwariness"
],
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"abruptness",
"hastiness",
"impetuousness",
"precipitousness",
"rashness",
"suddenness",
"inconsiderateness",
"inconsideration",
"thoughtlessness"
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"attentiveness",
"observance",
"vigilance",
"watchfulness",
"foresight",
"foresightedness",
"providence",
"calculation",
"canniness",
"deliberateness",
"deliberation",
"shrewdness"
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"alertness",
"care",
"carefulness",
"cautiousness",
"chariness",
"circumspection",
"gingerliness",
"guardedness",
"heedfulness",
"prudence",
"wariness"
]
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"the standard caution of donning surgical gloves before performing any kind of dental work"
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"cover",
"guard",
"protection",
"screen",
"shield",
"wall",
"ward"
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"palladium",
"precaution",
"preventive",
"safeguard"
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"how she manages to drive her car without destroying the neighborhood is a caution"
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"sight",
"spectacle",
"beauty",
"corker",
"crackerjack",
"crackajack",
"dandy",
"jim-dandy",
"knockout",
"apparition",
"appearance"
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"flash",
"marvel",
"miracle",
"phenomenon",
"portent",
"prodigy",
"sensation",
"splendor",
"wonder"
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"this is just a caution that the following paragraph practically gives away the entire plot of the movie"
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"premonition",
"presage",
"notice",
"notification",
"buoy",
"indicator",
"knell",
"sign",
"signal",
"foretaste",
"foretoken",
"announcement",
"declaration"
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"red light",
"tip-off",
"tocsin",
"wake-up call",
"warning"
]
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"auguring",
"augury",
"forecasting",
"foretelling",
"predicting",
"prediction",
"premonition",
"presaging",
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"prophecy",
"prophesy",
"prophesying",
"apprising",
"informing",
"notification",
"notifying",
"tip-off",
"advice",
"counsel",
"guidance",
"recommendation",
"suggestion",
"tip",
"announcement",
"declaration"
],
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"admonishment",
"admonition",
"alarm",
"alarum",
"alert",
"forewarning",
"heads-up",
"notice",
"warning"
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"the doctor cautioned that I should still be careful using my sprained wrist for the next several days"
],
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"imperil",
"risk"
],
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"forecast",
"foretell",
"harbinger",
"predict",
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"bode",
"forebode",
"forbode",
"foreshadow",
"foretoken",
"portend"
],
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"advise",
"alert",
"forewarn",
"wake",
"warn"
]
},
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"noun",
"verb"
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"as in":{
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"a cautioning story about how envy can destroy a friendship"
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"related":[
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"moralistic",
"moralizing",
"advisory",
"counseling",
"counselling",
"punishing",
"punitive"
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"admonitory",
"cautionary",
"exemplary",
"monitory",
"premonitory",
"warning"
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"examples":[
"the doctor cautioned that I should still be careful using my sprained wrist for the next several days"
],
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"imperiling",
"imperilling",
"risking"
],
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"forecasting",
"foretelling",
"harbingering",
"predicting",
"presaging",
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"informing",
"notifying",
"tipping (off)",
"admonishing",
"boding",
"foreboding",
"forboding",
"foreshadowing",
"foretokening",
"portending"
],
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"advising",
"alerting",
"forewarning",
"waking",
"warning"
]
},
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"adjective",
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
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"as in":{
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},
"type":[
"verb"
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"to fall down or in as a result of physical pressure":{
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"examples":[
"the wall caved in when a tree fell on it"
],
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"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"
],
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"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":{
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"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
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"to make often peevish criticisms or objections about matters that are minor, unimportant, or irrelevant":{
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"examples":[
"caviled for hours about a single sentence"
],
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"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":{
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"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"
],
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"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":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"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."
],
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"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"
]
}
}