7287 lines
145 KiB
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7287 lines
145 KiB
JSON
{
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"near":{
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"at, within, or to a short distance or time":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"as the campers grew cold, so they gravitated nearer to the campfire",
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"as summer draws near , we usually start planning our annual vacation"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[
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"hereabouts",
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"hereabout",
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"hereaway",
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"hereaways",
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"thereabouts",
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"thereabout",
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"along",
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"alongside",
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"accessibly",
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"conveniently",
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"handily"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"around",
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"by",
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"close",
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"hard",
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"in",
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"nearby",
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"nigh"
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]
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},
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"being such only when compared to something else":{
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"antonyms":[
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"absolute",
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"complete",
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"downright",
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"out-and-out",
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"outright",
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"perfect",
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"pure",
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"unqualified"
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],
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"examples":[
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"the incessant busyness of the family next-door makes us look like we live in near retirement"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"genuine",
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"real",
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"true"
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],
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"related":[
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"alike",
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"comparable",
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"similar",
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"equal",
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"equivalent"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"almost",
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"approximate",
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"comparative",
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"relative"
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]
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},
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"being the less far of two":{
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"antonyms":[
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"far",
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"farther",
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"further",
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"opposite",
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"other",
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"that"
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],
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"examples":[
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"grab the comforter from the near side of the bed and fold it in half"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"distant",
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"remote",
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"remoter",
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"back",
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"outside"
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],
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"related":[
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"fore",
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"forward",
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"front",
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"inside"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"closer",
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"hither",
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"nigher",
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"this"
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]
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},
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"close to":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"please don't cough near me"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[
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"alongside",
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"beside",
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"across",
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"along",
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"at",
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"circa",
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"toward",
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"towards"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"about",
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"around",
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"by",
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"next to",
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"nigh"
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]
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},
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"close to but not exactly":{
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"antonyms":[
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"exactly",
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"precisely"
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],
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"examples":[
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"it takes somewhere near an hour to get there"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"due",
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"even",
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"just",
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"sharp",
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"smack-dab",
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"squarely"
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],
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"related":[
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"generally",
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"kind of",
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"loosely",
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"nearly",
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"nominally",
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"practically",
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"virtually",
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"well-nigh"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"about",
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"approximately",
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"around",
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"like",
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"more or less",
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"much",
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"plus or minus",
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"roughly",
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"say",
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"some"
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]
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},
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"closely acquainted":{
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"antonyms":[
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"distant"
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],
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"examples":[
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"only her nearest friends know she's pregnant"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"aloof",
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"antisocial",
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"cold",
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"cool",
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"detached",
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"distant",
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"frosty",
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"remote",
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"reserved",
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"standoffish",
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"unfriendly",
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"unsociable",
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"withdrawn"
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],
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"related":[
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"clannish",
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"close-knit",
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"tight-knit",
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"affable",
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"boon",
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"companionable",
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"convivial",
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"cordial",
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"genial",
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"gracious",
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"hearty",
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"gregarious",
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"sociable",
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"social",
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"comfortable",
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"cozy",
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"easy",
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"snug",
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"amicable",
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"neighborly",
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"confidential",
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"secretive",
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"adoring",
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"affectionate",
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"dear",
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"devoted",
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"fond",
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"loving",
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"tender",
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"tenderhearted",
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"warm"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"bosom",
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"buddy-buddy",
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"chummy",
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"close",
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"especial",
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"familiar",
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"friendly",
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"inseparable",
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"intimate",
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"inward",
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"thick",
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"tight"
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]
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},
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"closely resembling the object imitated":{
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"antonyms":[
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"nonnatural",
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"nonrealistic",
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"unnatural",
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"unrealistic"
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],
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"examples":[
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"the dress is made from a near silk that would fool anyone but an expert"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"dissimilar",
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"off",
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"unalike",
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"unlike",
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"incomparable",
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"unmatched",
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"contrasted",
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"contrasting",
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"different",
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"disparate",
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"fake",
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"mock",
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"phony",
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"phoney",
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"sham"
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],
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"related":[
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"alike",
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"like",
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"matching",
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"similar",
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"verisimilar",
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"akin",
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"analogous",
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"approximate",
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"comparable",
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"resembling",
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"accurate",
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"close",
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"faithful",
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"true",
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"compelling",
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"convincing",
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"expressive",
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"graphic",
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"graphical",
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"gritty",
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"vivid"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"lifelike",
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"living",
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"natural",
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"naturalistic",
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"naturalist",
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"photo-realistic",
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"realistic",
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"three-dimensional"
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]
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},
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"not being distant in time, space, or significance":{
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"antonyms":[
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"away",
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"deep",
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"distant",
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"far",
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"faraway",
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"far-off",
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"remote"
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],
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"examples":[
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"the famous prediction that in the near future everyone will be famous for 15 minutes"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"divorced",
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"removed",
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"separated"
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],
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"related":[
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"abutting",
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"adjacent",
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"adjoining",
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"bordering",
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"contiguous",
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"approaching",
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"coming",
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"forthcoming",
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"oncoming",
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"upcoming",
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"accessible",
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"convenient",
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"handy",
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"close-in",
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"hand-to-hand"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"close",
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"close-up",
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"immediate",
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"nearby",
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"neighboring",
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"next-door",
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"nigh",
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"proximate"
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]
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},
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"to a close degree":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"copy the artist's drawing into your own sketchbook as near as you can"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"distantly",
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"remotely"
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],
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"related":[],
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"synonyms":[
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"closely",
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"nearly"
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]
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},
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"to come near or nearer":{
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"antonyms":[
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"back (up or away)",
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"recede",
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"retire",
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"retreat",
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"withdraw"
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],
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"examples":[
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"as the procession nears , you'll be able to take a better picture of the graduates"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"clear out",
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"depart",
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"exit",
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"go",
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"leave",
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"light out",
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"pull out",
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"quit",
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"remove",
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"run away",
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"shove (off)",
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"take off",
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"walk out"
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],
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"related":[
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"arrive",
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"attain",
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"come",
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"gain",
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"hit",
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"land",
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"make",
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"reach",
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"show up",
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"turn up",
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"waltz (up)",
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"creep up",
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"sneak up",
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"adjoin",
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"border",
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"touch",
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"verge"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"approach",
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"belly up",
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"close",
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"close in",
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"come up",
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"draw on",
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"nigh"
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]
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},
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"to move closer to":{
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"antonyms":[
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"go",
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"recede (from)",
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"retreat",
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"withdraw"
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],
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"examples":[
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"as we near the church, you'll be able to see the bas-relief sculptures better"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"depart",
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"exit",
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"leave"
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],
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"related":[
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"drop in",
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"enter",
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"pop (in)"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"advance",
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"approach",
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"come",
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"nigh"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"adverb",
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"preposition",
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"verb"
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],
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"very close to but not completely":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"it's near six o'clock, so we should start preparing dinner"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"absolutely",
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"altogether",
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"completely",
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"entirely",
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"fully",
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"plain",
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"plumb",
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"quite",
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"thoroughly",
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"totally",
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"utterly",
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"well",
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"wholly",
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"barely",
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"hardly",
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"scarcely"
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],
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"related":[
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"appreciably",
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"by and large",
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"chiefly",
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"largely",
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"mainly",
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"mostly",
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"kind of",
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"partially",
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"partly",
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"somewhat"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"about",
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"all but",
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"almost",
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"borderline",
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"fair",
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"fairly",
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"feckly",
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"more or less",
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"most",
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"much",
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"nearly",
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"next to",
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"nigh",
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"practically",
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"somewhere",
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"virtually",
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"well-nigh"
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]
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}
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},
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"near miss":{
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"a barely successful escape from something undesirable":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"a near miss with death prompted him to give up skydiving"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"misfire"
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],
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"related":[
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"squeaker"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"close call",
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"close shave"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"nearest":{
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"as in inner , innermost":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[],
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"synonyms":[]
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},
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"as in nearby , close":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[],
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"synonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"adjective"
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]
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},
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"nearsightedness":{
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"as in myopia":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[],
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"synonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"neaten":{
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"to make neat":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"neatened the living room in anticipation of company"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"disarrange",
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"disarray",
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"discompose",
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"dishevel",
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"disorder",
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"disorganize",
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"disrupt",
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"disturb",
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"jumble",
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"mess (up)",
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"mix (up)",
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"muddle",
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"muss",
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"rumple",
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"scramble",
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"shuffle",
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"tousle",
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"tumble",
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"upset"
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],
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"related":[
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"arrange",
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"array",
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"classify",
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"codify",
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"dispose",
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"draw up",
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"marshal",
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"marshall",
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"order",
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"organize",
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"range",
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"systematize"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"pick up",
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"redd (up or out)",
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"spruce (up)",
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"straighten (up or out)",
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"tidy (up)",
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"trim"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"nebulous":{
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"having an often intentionally veiled or uncertain meaning":{
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"antonyms":[
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"accessible",
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"clear",
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"nonambiguous",
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"obvious",
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"plain",
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"unambiguous",
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"unequivocal"
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],
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"examples":[
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"made nebulous references to some major changes the future may hold"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"comprehensible",
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"fathomable",
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"intelligible",
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"knowable",
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"legible",
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"pellucid",
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"understandable",
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"bright",
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"distinct",
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"evident",
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"self-evident",
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"self-explanatory",
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"certain",
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"firm",
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"strong",
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"sure",
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"defined",
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"determined",
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"direct",
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"straightforward",
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"definite",
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"exact",
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"explicit",
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"appreciable",
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"palpable",
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"tangible",
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"visible",
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"blatant",
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"patent",
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"unmistakable"
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],
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"related":[
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"abstruse",
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"esoteric",
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"recondite",
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"cloaked",
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"concealed",
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"disguised",
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"masked",
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"shrouded",
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"beclouded",
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"bedimmed",
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"befogged",
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"clouded",
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"cloudy",
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"dim",
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"faint",
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"foggy",
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"fuzzy",
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"hazy",
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"indistinct",
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"indistinguishable",
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"misty",
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"muddy",
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"obfuscatory",
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"obnubilated",
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"obscurant",
|
|
"obscurantic",
|
|
"shaded",
|
|
"shadowlike",
|
|
"shadowy",
|
|
"sphinxlike",
|
|
"indefinite",
|
|
"inexact",
|
|
"inexplicit",
|
|
"noncommittal",
|
|
"questionable",
|
|
"unclear",
|
|
"uncertain",
|
|
"undefined",
|
|
"undetermined",
|
|
"vague",
|
|
"impenetrable",
|
|
"incomprehensible",
|
|
"indecipherable",
|
|
"inexplicable",
|
|
"eerie",
|
|
"eery",
|
|
"uncanny",
|
|
"weird",
|
|
"impalpable",
|
|
"inappreciable",
|
|
"intangible",
|
|
"invisible",
|
|
"unanswerable",
|
|
"unknowable",
|
|
"baffling",
|
|
"bewildering",
|
|
"confounding",
|
|
"confusing",
|
|
"mystifying",
|
|
"perplexing",
|
|
"puzzling",
|
|
"unfathomable",
|
|
"circuitous",
|
|
"indirect",
|
|
"roundabout",
|
|
"complex",
|
|
"complicated",
|
|
"difficult",
|
|
"obtuse"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ambiguous",
|
|
"arcane",
|
|
"cryptic",
|
|
"dark",
|
|
"deep",
|
|
"Delphic",
|
|
"double-edged",
|
|
"elliptical",
|
|
"elliptic",
|
|
"enigmatic",
|
|
"enigmatical",
|
|
"equivocal",
|
|
"fuliginous",
|
|
"inscrutable",
|
|
"murky",
|
|
"mysterious",
|
|
"mystic",
|
|
"obscure",
|
|
"occult",
|
|
"opaque"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"not seen or understood clearly":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"clear",
|
|
"definite",
|
|
"pellucid"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"could just make out the nebulous outline of a fishing shack in the dense fog"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bright",
|
|
"distinct",
|
|
"evident",
|
|
"obvious",
|
|
"plain",
|
|
"certain",
|
|
"firm",
|
|
"strong",
|
|
"sure"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"dark",
|
|
"dusky",
|
|
"gloomy",
|
|
"impalpable",
|
|
"inappreciable",
|
|
"intangible",
|
|
"invisible",
|
|
"hieroglyphic",
|
|
"hieroglyphical",
|
|
"incomprehensible",
|
|
"indecipherable",
|
|
"indiscernible",
|
|
"inexplicable",
|
|
"mysterious",
|
|
"obfuscatory",
|
|
"puzzling"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blear",
|
|
"bleary",
|
|
"blurry",
|
|
"dim",
|
|
"faint",
|
|
"foggy",
|
|
"fuzzy",
|
|
"gauzy",
|
|
"hazy",
|
|
"indefinite",
|
|
"indistinct",
|
|
"indistinguishable",
|
|
"misty",
|
|
"murky",
|
|
"obscure",
|
|
"opaque",
|
|
"pale",
|
|
"shadowy",
|
|
"unclear",
|
|
"undefined",
|
|
"undetermined",
|
|
"vague"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"necessary":{
|
|
"forcing one's compliance or participation by or as if by law":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"elective",
|
|
"optional",
|
|
"voluntary"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an emissions test is necessary before you can renew the registration for your car"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"chosen",
|
|
"discretionary",
|
|
"dispensable",
|
|
"unnecessary",
|
|
"unneeded",
|
|
"unwanted",
|
|
"inconsequential",
|
|
"insignificant",
|
|
"nonessential",
|
|
"unimportant"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"all-important",
|
|
"essential",
|
|
"indispensable",
|
|
"needed",
|
|
"requisite",
|
|
"insistent",
|
|
"persistent",
|
|
"pressing",
|
|
"urgent",
|
|
"demanded",
|
|
"enforced",
|
|
"coercive"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"compulsory",
|
|
"forced",
|
|
"imperative",
|
|
"incumbent",
|
|
"involuntary",
|
|
"mandatory",
|
|
"nonelective",
|
|
"obligatory",
|
|
"peremptory",
|
|
"required"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"impossible to avoid or evade":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"avoidable",
|
|
"evadable",
|
|
"uncertain",
|
|
"unsure"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"taxes will always be a necessary evil"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"preventable",
|
|
"preventible",
|
|
"doubtful",
|
|
"dubious",
|
|
"questionable",
|
|
"shaky",
|
|
"unclear",
|
|
"undecided",
|
|
"unsettled",
|
|
"undependable",
|
|
"unreliable",
|
|
"improbable",
|
|
"unlikely"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"decided",
|
|
"definite",
|
|
"settled",
|
|
"likely",
|
|
"possible",
|
|
"probable",
|
|
"destined",
|
|
"fated",
|
|
"foreordained",
|
|
"predestined",
|
|
"predetermined",
|
|
"preordained",
|
|
"inexorable",
|
|
"relentless",
|
|
"unremitting",
|
|
"unstoppable"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"certain",
|
|
"ineluctable",
|
|
"ineludible",
|
|
"inescapable",
|
|
"inevitable",
|
|
"sure",
|
|
"unavoidable",
|
|
"unescapable"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"impossible to do without":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"dispensable",
|
|
"inessential",
|
|
"needless",
|
|
"nonessential",
|
|
"unessential",
|
|
"unnecessary",
|
|
"unneeded"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"food and water are necessary for survival"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"undesired",
|
|
"unwanted",
|
|
"inconsequential",
|
|
"insignificant",
|
|
"unimportant",
|
|
"excess",
|
|
"external",
|
|
"extra",
|
|
"extraneous",
|
|
"superfluous",
|
|
"surplus"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"prerequisite",
|
|
"compulsory",
|
|
"mandatory",
|
|
"nonelective",
|
|
"obligatory",
|
|
"consequential",
|
|
"crucial",
|
|
"important",
|
|
"major",
|
|
"material",
|
|
"meaningful",
|
|
"momentous",
|
|
"significant",
|
|
"substantial",
|
|
"weighty",
|
|
"basic",
|
|
"central",
|
|
"fundamental",
|
|
"key",
|
|
"organic",
|
|
"insistent",
|
|
"persistent",
|
|
"pressing",
|
|
"urgent"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"all-important",
|
|
"critical",
|
|
"essential",
|
|
"imperative",
|
|
"indispensable",
|
|
"integral",
|
|
"must-have",
|
|
"necessitous",
|
|
"needed",
|
|
"needful",
|
|
"required",
|
|
"requisite",
|
|
"vital"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"something necessary, indispensable, or unavoidable":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"nonessential",
|
|
"nonnecessity"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a modest income that provided the family with only the necessaries of life"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"amenity",
|
|
"comfort",
|
|
"extra",
|
|
"extravagance",
|
|
"frill",
|
|
"indulgence",
|
|
"luxury",
|
|
"superfluity",
|
|
"surplus",
|
|
"surplusage"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"precondition",
|
|
"prerequisite",
|
|
"advantage",
|
|
"edge",
|
|
"plus",
|
|
"desideration",
|
|
"desideratum",
|
|
"wish"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"condition",
|
|
"demand",
|
|
"essential",
|
|
"must",
|
|
"must-have",
|
|
"necessity",
|
|
"need",
|
|
"needful",
|
|
"requirement",
|
|
"requisite",
|
|
"sine qua non"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"necessitating":{
|
|
"to have as a requirement":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"having",
|
|
"holding"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"getting new shoes would necessitate another trip to the mall"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"owning",
|
|
"possessing"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"entailing",
|
|
"involving",
|
|
"asking",
|
|
"begging",
|
|
"clamoring (for)",
|
|
"crying (for)",
|
|
"hurting (for)",
|
|
"lacking",
|
|
"commanding",
|
|
"enjoining",
|
|
"exacting",
|
|
"insisting",
|
|
"pressing",
|
|
"questing",
|
|
"stipulating"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bearing",
|
|
"challenging",
|
|
"claiming",
|
|
"demanding",
|
|
"needing",
|
|
"requiring",
|
|
"taking",
|
|
"wanting",
|
|
"warranting"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"necessitous":{
|
|
"impossible to do without":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"dispensable",
|
|
"inessential",
|
|
"needless",
|
|
"nonessential",
|
|
"unessential",
|
|
"unnecessary",
|
|
"unneeded"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"all the dreaded, necessitous decisions that one must make when arranging the funeral of a loved one"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"undesired",
|
|
"unwanted",
|
|
"inconsequential",
|
|
"insignificant",
|
|
"unimportant",
|
|
"excess",
|
|
"external",
|
|
"extra",
|
|
"extraneous",
|
|
"superfluous",
|
|
"surplus"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"prerequisite",
|
|
"compulsory",
|
|
"mandatory",
|
|
"nonelective",
|
|
"obligatory",
|
|
"consequential",
|
|
"crucial",
|
|
"important",
|
|
"major",
|
|
"material",
|
|
"meaningful",
|
|
"momentous",
|
|
"significant",
|
|
"substantial",
|
|
"weighty",
|
|
"basic",
|
|
"central",
|
|
"fundamental",
|
|
"key",
|
|
"organic",
|
|
"insistent",
|
|
"persistent",
|
|
"pressing",
|
|
"urgent"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"all-important",
|
|
"critical",
|
|
"essential",
|
|
"imperative",
|
|
"indispensable",
|
|
"integral",
|
|
"must-have",
|
|
"necessary",
|
|
"needed",
|
|
"needful",
|
|
"required",
|
|
"requisite",
|
|
"vital"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"lacking money or material possessions":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"affluent",
|
|
"deep-pocketed",
|
|
"fat",
|
|
"fat-cat",
|
|
"flush",
|
|
"moneyed",
|
|
"monied",
|
|
"opulent",
|
|
"rich",
|
|
"silk-stocking",
|
|
"wealthy",
|
|
"well-heeled",
|
|
"well-off",
|
|
"well-to-do"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"amidst the holiday feasting, merrymaking and spending, it was easy to overlook the necessitous members of the community"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"comfortable",
|
|
"prosperous"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"deprived",
|
|
"disadvantaged",
|
|
"dispossessed",
|
|
"unaffluent",
|
|
"underprivileged",
|
|
"bankrupt",
|
|
"bankrupted",
|
|
"bust",
|
|
"busted",
|
|
"insolvent",
|
|
"possessionless",
|
|
"ruined",
|
|
"depressed",
|
|
"distressed",
|
|
"hand-to-mouth",
|
|
"hardscrabble",
|
|
"pinched",
|
|
"poorish",
|
|
"reduced",
|
|
"straitened",
|
|
"cash-strapped",
|
|
"low",
|
|
"short",
|
|
"tapped out"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beggared",
|
|
"beggarly",
|
|
"broke",
|
|
"destitute",
|
|
"dirt-poor",
|
|
"down-and-out",
|
|
"famished",
|
|
"hard up",
|
|
"impecunious",
|
|
"impoverished",
|
|
"indigent",
|
|
"needful",
|
|
"needy",
|
|
"pauperized",
|
|
"penniless",
|
|
"penurious",
|
|
"poor",
|
|
"poverty-stricken",
|
|
"skint",
|
|
"threadbare"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"needing immediate attention":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"noncritical",
|
|
"nonurgent"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"firmly of the belief that no matter is so necessitous that it cannot be put off until tomorrow"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"incidental",
|
|
"low-pressure",
|
|
"minor",
|
|
"negligible",
|
|
"trivial",
|
|
"unimportant",
|
|
"nonthreatening",
|
|
"safe",
|
|
"stable"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"demanding",
|
|
"extreme",
|
|
"immediate",
|
|
"insistent",
|
|
"intense",
|
|
"overriding",
|
|
"crucial",
|
|
"desperate",
|
|
"grave",
|
|
"life-and-death",
|
|
"life-or-death",
|
|
"serious",
|
|
"severe",
|
|
"vital",
|
|
"dangerous",
|
|
"explosive",
|
|
"hazardous",
|
|
"perilous",
|
|
"precarious",
|
|
"unstable"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"acute",
|
|
"burning",
|
|
"clamant",
|
|
"compelling",
|
|
"critical",
|
|
"crying",
|
|
"dire",
|
|
"emergent",
|
|
"exigent",
|
|
"imperative",
|
|
"imperious",
|
|
"importunate",
|
|
"instant",
|
|
"pressing",
|
|
"urgent"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"needed":{
|
|
"impossible to do without":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"dispensable",
|
|
"inessential",
|
|
"needless",
|
|
"nonessential",
|
|
"unessential",
|
|
"unnecessary",
|
|
"unneeded"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"pack only what will be needed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"undesired",
|
|
"unwanted",
|
|
"inconsequential",
|
|
"insignificant",
|
|
"unimportant",
|
|
"excess",
|
|
"external",
|
|
"extra",
|
|
"extraneous",
|
|
"superfluous",
|
|
"surplus"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"prerequisite",
|
|
"compulsory",
|
|
"mandatory",
|
|
"nonelective",
|
|
"obligatory",
|
|
"consequential",
|
|
"crucial",
|
|
"important",
|
|
"major",
|
|
"material",
|
|
"meaningful",
|
|
"momentous",
|
|
"significant",
|
|
"substantial",
|
|
"weighty",
|
|
"basic",
|
|
"central",
|
|
"fundamental",
|
|
"key",
|
|
"organic",
|
|
"insistent",
|
|
"persistent",
|
|
"pressing",
|
|
"urgent"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"all-important",
|
|
"critical",
|
|
"essential",
|
|
"imperative",
|
|
"indispensable",
|
|
"integral",
|
|
"must-have",
|
|
"necessary",
|
|
"necessitous",
|
|
"needful",
|
|
"required",
|
|
"requisite",
|
|
"vital"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to have as a requirement":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"had",
|
|
"held"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a national crisis that needs a strong leader to solve it"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"owned",
|
|
"possessed"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"entailed",
|
|
"involved",
|
|
"asked",
|
|
"begged",
|
|
"clamored (for)",
|
|
"cried (for)",
|
|
"hurt (for)",
|
|
"lacked",
|
|
"commanded",
|
|
"enjoined",
|
|
"exacted",
|
|
"insisted",
|
|
"pressed",
|
|
"quested",
|
|
"stipulated"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bore",
|
|
"challenged",
|
|
"claimed",
|
|
"demanded",
|
|
"necessitated",
|
|
"required",
|
|
"took",
|
|
"wanted",
|
|
"warranted"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"needle":{
|
|
"a slender hollow instrument by which material is put into or taken from the body through the skin":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the nurse inserted the needle into his vein and collected some blood for testing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"hype",
|
|
"hypodermic",
|
|
"hypodermic needle",
|
|
"hypodermic syringe",
|
|
"syringe"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"an arrow-shaped piece on a dial or scale for registering information":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"simply by reading the compass needle you should be able to figure out in which direction we're heading"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"dial",
|
|
"face",
|
|
"gauge",
|
|
"gage"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"hand",
|
|
"index",
|
|
"indicator",
|
|
"pointer"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to attack repeatedly with mean put-downs or insults":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we needled him mercilessly for thinking that he had any chance of being the prom date for the school's most popular girl"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"deride",
|
|
"gibe",
|
|
"jibe",
|
|
"jeer",
|
|
"mock",
|
|
"ridicule",
|
|
"annoy",
|
|
"bother",
|
|
"bug",
|
|
"burn (up)",
|
|
"chafe",
|
|
"fret",
|
|
"frost",
|
|
"gall",
|
|
"get",
|
|
"gnaw (at)",
|
|
"grate",
|
|
"gripe",
|
|
"hack (off)",
|
|
"hagride",
|
|
"irk",
|
|
"irritate",
|
|
"itch",
|
|
"nag",
|
|
"nark",
|
|
"nettle",
|
|
"peeve",
|
|
"pester",
|
|
"pique",
|
|
"put out",
|
|
"rasp",
|
|
"rile",
|
|
"ruffle",
|
|
"spite",
|
|
"trouble",
|
|
"vex",
|
|
"aggravate",
|
|
"exasperate",
|
|
"goad",
|
|
"test",
|
|
"try",
|
|
"aggrieve",
|
|
"agitate",
|
|
"bedevil",
|
|
"beleaguer",
|
|
"discomfort",
|
|
"disturb",
|
|
"perturb",
|
|
"badger",
|
|
"dog",
|
|
"hound",
|
|
"browbeat",
|
|
"bully",
|
|
"hector",
|
|
"harass",
|
|
"harry",
|
|
"persecute",
|
|
"plague",
|
|
"terrorize",
|
|
"torment",
|
|
"torture"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bait",
|
|
"hassle",
|
|
"haze",
|
|
"heckle",
|
|
"ride",
|
|
"taunt",
|
|
"tease"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to subject (someone) to constant scoldings and sharp reminders":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"quit needling me! I'll take out the trash in a minute!"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"compliment",
|
|
"commend",
|
|
"laud",
|
|
"praise",
|
|
"recommend",
|
|
"tout",
|
|
"acclaim",
|
|
"applaud",
|
|
"build up",
|
|
"eulogize",
|
|
"extol",
|
|
"extoll"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"carp (at)",
|
|
"fuss (about or over)",
|
|
"nitpick",
|
|
"annoy",
|
|
"badger",
|
|
"bait",
|
|
"bother",
|
|
"bug",
|
|
"chivy",
|
|
"chivvy",
|
|
"harass",
|
|
"harry",
|
|
"hassle",
|
|
"irk",
|
|
"pester",
|
|
"plague",
|
|
"ride",
|
|
"vex",
|
|
"yap (at)",
|
|
"egg",
|
|
"goad",
|
|
"incite",
|
|
"prod",
|
|
"prompt",
|
|
"spur",
|
|
"urge",
|
|
"exhort",
|
|
"insist",
|
|
"press",
|
|
"pressure",
|
|
"push",
|
|
"blandish",
|
|
"cajole",
|
|
"coax",
|
|
"wheedle",
|
|
"beg",
|
|
"importune",
|
|
"plead"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dog",
|
|
"henpeck",
|
|
"hound",
|
|
"nag",
|
|
"peck (at)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"needlelike":{
|
|
"being of less than usual width":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"broad",
|
|
"fat",
|
|
"wide"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I need a needlelike piece of wire to finish making this wreath"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"chunky",
|
|
"squat",
|
|
"stocky",
|
|
"stumpy",
|
|
"thick",
|
|
"thickset",
|
|
"bulky",
|
|
"massive",
|
|
"voluminous",
|
|
"thickish",
|
|
"widish"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"attenuate",
|
|
"attenuated",
|
|
"elongate",
|
|
"elongated",
|
|
"linear",
|
|
"bottleneck",
|
|
"close",
|
|
"compressed",
|
|
"condensed",
|
|
"constricted",
|
|
"contracted",
|
|
"squeezed",
|
|
"tight",
|
|
"tightened",
|
|
"lanky",
|
|
"rangy",
|
|
"reedy",
|
|
"shoestring",
|
|
"spindly",
|
|
"stalky",
|
|
"stringy",
|
|
"twiggy",
|
|
"willowy",
|
|
"wispy",
|
|
"lank",
|
|
"spare"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"fine",
|
|
"hairline",
|
|
"narrow",
|
|
"paper-thin",
|
|
"skinny",
|
|
"slender",
|
|
"slim",
|
|
"slim-jim",
|
|
"thin",
|
|
"ultrathin"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"needless":{
|
|
"not needed by the circumstances or to accomplish an end":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"essential",
|
|
"indispensable",
|
|
"necessary",
|
|
"needed",
|
|
"needful",
|
|
"required"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"needless expenditures that pushed the construction project way over budget"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"all-important",
|
|
"crucial",
|
|
"important",
|
|
"vital",
|
|
"imperative",
|
|
"pressing",
|
|
"urgent"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"discretionary",
|
|
"elective",
|
|
"optional",
|
|
"extra",
|
|
"extraneous",
|
|
"irrelative",
|
|
"irrelevant",
|
|
"redundant",
|
|
"superfluous"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dispensable",
|
|
"gratuitous",
|
|
"inessential",
|
|
"nonessential",
|
|
"uncalled-for",
|
|
"unessential",
|
|
"unnecessary",
|
|
"unwarranted"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"needy":{
|
|
"lacking money or material possessions":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"affluent",
|
|
"deep-pocketed",
|
|
"fat",
|
|
"fat-cat",
|
|
"flush",
|
|
"moneyed",
|
|
"monied",
|
|
"opulent",
|
|
"rich",
|
|
"silk-stocking",
|
|
"wealthy",
|
|
"well-heeled",
|
|
"well-off",
|
|
"well-to-do"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"those generous souls who regularly give money and donate clothes to help the needy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"comfortable",
|
|
"prosperous"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"deprived",
|
|
"disadvantaged",
|
|
"dispossessed",
|
|
"unaffluent",
|
|
"underprivileged",
|
|
"bankrupt",
|
|
"bankrupted",
|
|
"bust",
|
|
"busted",
|
|
"insolvent",
|
|
"possessionless",
|
|
"ruined",
|
|
"depressed",
|
|
"distressed",
|
|
"hand-to-mouth",
|
|
"hardscrabble",
|
|
"pinched",
|
|
"poorish",
|
|
"reduced",
|
|
"straitened",
|
|
"cash-strapped",
|
|
"low",
|
|
"short",
|
|
"tapped out"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beggared",
|
|
"beggarly",
|
|
"broke",
|
|
"destitute",
|
|
"dirt-poor",
|
|
"down-and-out",
|
|
"famished",
|
|
"hard up",
|
|
"impecunious",
|
|
"impoverished",
|
|
"indigent",
|
|
"necessitous",
|
|
"needful",
|
|
"pauperized",
|
|
"penniless",
|
|
"penurious",
|
|
"poor",
|
|
"poverty-stricken",
|
|
"skint",
|
|
"threadbare"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"negatived":{
|
|
"to balance with an equal force so as to make ineffective":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"no amount of flattery is likely to negative that overheard insult"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"invalidated",
|
|
"negated",
|
|
"neutered",
|
|
"nullified",
|
|
"atoned (for)",
|
|
"outbalanced",
|
|
"outweighed",
|
|
"redeemed",
|
|
"redressed",
|
|
"relieved",
|
|
"remedied",
|
|
"overrode",
|
|
"overruled"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"annulled",
|
|
"canceled (out)",
|
|
"cancelled (out)",
|
|
"compensated (for)",
|
|
"corrected",
|
|
"counteracted",
|
|
"counterbalanced",
|
|
"counterpoised",
|
|
"made up (for)",
|
|
"neutralized",
|
|
"offset"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to be unwilling to grant":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"allowed",
|
|
"conceded",
|
|
"granted",
|
|
"let",
|
|
"OK'd",
|
|
"okayed",
|
|
"permitted"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"ultimately, we negatived the request for a personal loan"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"afforded",
|
|
"furnished",
|
|
"gave",
|
|
"provided",
|
|
"supplied",
|
|
"authorized",
|
|
"commissioned",
|
|
"licensed",
|
|
"licenced",
|
|
"acceded (to)",
|
|
"acquiesced",
|
|
"agreed (to)",
|
|
"assented (to)",
|
|
"consented (to)",
|
|
"warranted",
|
|
"accorded",
|
|
"sanctioned",
|
|
"vouchsafed"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"banned",
|
|
"enjoined",
|
|
"forbade",
|
|
"forbad",
|
|
"prohibited",
|
|
"proscribed",
|
|
"vetoed",
|
|
"rebuffed",
|
|
"repelled",
|
|
"spurned",
|
|
"checked",
|
|
"constrained",
|
|
"curbed",
|
|
"held",
|
|
"kept",
|
|
"repressed",
|
|
"restrained",
|
|
"restricted",
|
|
"balked (at)",
|
|
"hindered",
|
|
"impeded",
|
|
"obstructed"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"declined",
|
|
"denied",
|
|
"disallowed",
|
|
"disapproved",
|
|
"nixed",
|
|
"refused",
|
|
"rejected",
|
|
"reprobated",
|
|
"withheld"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to declare not to be true":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"acknowledged",
|
|
"admitted",
|
|
"allowed",
|
|
"avowed",
|
|
"conceded",
|
|
"confirmed",
|
|
"owned"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the governor's press secretary promptly negatived the rumor that he was not intending to run for reelection"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"accepted",
|
|
"adopted",
|
|
"embraced",
|
|
"espoused",
|
|
"affirmed",
|
|
"announced",
|
|
"asserted",
|
|
"averred",
|
|
"claimed",
|
|
"declared",
|
|
"maintained",
|
|
"professed",
|
|
"submitted",
|
|
"authenticated",
|
|
"corroborated",
|
|
"substantiated",
|
|
"validated",
|
|
"verified"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"traversed",
|
|
"challenged",
|
|
"confuted",
|
|
"disproved",
|
|
"rebutted",
|
|
"disagreed (with)",
|
|
"disputed"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"contradicted",
|
|
"denied",
|
|
"disaffirmed",
|
|
"disallowed",
|
|
"disavowed",
|
|
"disclaimed",
|
|
"disconfirmed",
|
|
"disowned",
|
|
"gainsaid",
|
|
"negated",
|
|
"refuted",
|
|
"rejected",
|
|
"repudiated"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to reject by or as if by a vote":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"confirmed",
|
|
"ratified"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"although the rebuttal was very eloquent, the jury negatived it in favor of the prosecution's argument",
|
|
"we promptly negatived the idea of having pizza again for dinner, noting that we had already had it for three nights that week"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"admitted",
|
|
"allowed",
|
|
"approved",
|
|
"assented (to)",
|
|
"passed",
|
|
"sanctioned",
|
|
"elected",
|
|
"supported"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"declined",
|
|
"disallowed",
|
|
"disapproved",
|
|
"dismissed",
|
|
"refused",
|
|
"blacklisted"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blackballed",
|
|
"downed",
|
|
"killed",
|
|
"nixed",
|
|
"shot down",
|
|
"vetoed"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to show unwillingness to accept, do, engage in, or agree to":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"accepted",
|
|
"agreed (to)",
|
|
"approved"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"even though I had originally negatived the invitation, Mom thought I should go anyway"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"condoned",
|
|
"countenanced",
|
|
"swallowed",
|
|
"tolerated",
|
|
"adopted",
|
|
"embraced",
|
|
"received",
|
|
"took",
|
|
"welcomed",
|
|
"acceded",
|
|
"acquiesced",
|
|
"agreed",
|
|
"assented",
|
|
"consented",
|
|
"chose",
|
|
"handpicked",
|
|
"selected",
|
|
"espoused",
|
|
"supported"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"blew off",
|
|
"disdained",
|
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"rebuffed",
|
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"scorned",
|
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"scouted",
|
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"shot down",
|
|
"overruled",
|
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"vetoed",
|
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"forbade",
|
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"forbad",
|
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"prohibited",
|
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"proscribed",
|
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"dismissed",
|
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"ignored",
|
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"abstained (from)",
|
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"forbore",
|
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"refrained (from)",
|
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"denied",
|
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"disavowed",
|
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"disclaimed",
|
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"disputed",
|
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"gainsaid",
|
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"stuck",
|
|
"abjured",
|
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"forswore",
|
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"foreswore",
|
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"recanted",
|
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"renounced",
|
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"retracted",
|
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"took back",
|
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"unsaid",
|
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"withdrew",
|
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"avoided",
|
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"bypassed",
|
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"detoured",
|
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"contradicted",
|
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"denied",
|
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"disowned",
|
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"negated",
|
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"controverted",
|
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"disagreed (with)",
|
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"disproved",
|
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"disputed",
|
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"rebutted",
|
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"refuted",
|
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"backed down",
|
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"backed off",
|
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"backtracked",
|
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"disallowed",
|
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"recalled",
|
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"reneged",
|
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"revoked"
|
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],
|
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"synonyms":[
|
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"balked (at)",
|
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"declined",
|
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"deselected",
|
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"disapproved",
|
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"nixed",
|
|
"passed",
|
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"passed up",
|
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"refused",
|
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"rejected",
|
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"reprobated",
|
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"repudiated",
|
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"spurned",
|
|
"threw out",
|
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"threw over",
|
|
"turned down"
|
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]
|
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},
|
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"type":[
|
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"verb"
|
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]
|
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},
|
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"negatives":{
|
|
"a feature of someone or something that creates difficulty for achieving success":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"advantages",
|
|
"assets",
|
|
"edges",
|
|
"pluses",
|
|
"plusses"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the main negative of this job is that I have to get up at 4:30 a.m."
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"vantages",
|
|
"head starts",
|
|
"jumps",
|
|
"leads",
|
|
"margins",
|
|
"starts",
|
|
"ascendancies",
|
|
"ascendencies",
|
|
"betters",
|
|
"commands",
|
|
"controls",
|
|
"drops",
|
|
"masteries",
|
|
"predominances",
|
|
"superiorities",
|
|
"supremacies",
|
|
"transcendences",
|
|
"upper hands",
|
|
"prerogatives",
|
|
"privileges",
|
|
"breaks",
|
|
"opportunities",
|
|
"aids",
|
|
"assistances",
|
|
"help"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"albatross",
|
|
"albatrosses",
|
|
"millstones",
|
|
"strangleholds",
|
|
"disabilities",
|
|
"impairments",
|
|
"failings",
|
|
"shortcomings",
|
|
"bars",
|
|
"catches",
|
|
"checks",
|
|
"clogs",
|
|
"crimps",
|
|
"embarrassments",
|
|
"hindrances",
|
|
"hitches",
|
|
"hurdles",
|
|
"impediments",
|
|
"interferences",
|
|
"lets",
|
|
"manacles",
|
|
"obstacles",
|
|
"obstructions",
|
|
"rubs",
|
|
"shackles",
|
|
"stops",
|
|
"trammels"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"debits",
|
|
"disadvantages",
|
|
"disbenefits",
|
|
"downsides",
|
|
"drawbacks",
|
|
"handicaps",
|
|
"incommodities",
|
|
"liabilities",
|
|
"minuses",
|
|
"strikes"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a vote or decision against something":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"positives",
|
|
"yeas",
|
|
"yeses",
|
|
"yesses"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"in the absence of an unambiguous negative from the commander, we decided to continue on the mission"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"pros",
|
|
"acceptances",
|
|
"approvals",
|
|
"graces"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"cons",
|
|
"blackballs",
|
|
"vetoes",
|
|
"denials",
|
|
"negations",
|
|
"refusals"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"nays",
|
|
"noes",
|
|
"nos",
|
|
"non placets"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"something that is as different as possible from something else":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the desire to control another person is actually the negative of real love"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"synonyms",
|
|
"analogues",
|
|
"analogs",
|
|
"counterparts",
|
|
"carbon copies",
|
|
"copies",
|
|
"duplicates",
|
|
"replicas"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"negations",
|
|
"antonyms",
|
|
"counterpoints",
|
|
"converses",
|
|
"inverses",
|
|
"mirror images"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"antipodes",
|
|
"antitheses",
|
|
"contraries",
|
|
"counters",
|
|
"obverses",
|
|
"opposites",
|
|
"reverses"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to balance with an equal force so as to make ineffective":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"no amount of flattery is likely to negative that overheard insult"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"invalidates",
|
|
"negates",
|
|
"neuters",
|
|
"nullifies",
|
|
"atones (for)",
|
|
"outbalances",
|
|
"outweighs",
|
|
"redeems",
|
|
"redresses",
|
|
"relieves",
|
|
"remedies",
|
|
"overrides",
|
|
"overrules"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"annuls",
|
|
"cancels (out)",
|
|
"compensates (for)",
|
|
"corrects",
|
|
"counteracts",
|
|
"counterbalances",
|
|
"counterpoises",
|
|
"makes up (for)",
|
|
"neutralizes",
|
|
"offsets"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to be unwilling to grant":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"allows",
|
|
"concedes",
|
|
"grants",
|
|
"lets",
|
|
"OKs",
|
|
"okays",
|
|
"permits"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"ultimately, we negatived the request for a personal loan"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"affords",
|
|
"furnishes",
|
|
"gives",
|
|
"provides",
|
|
"supplies",
|
|
"authorizes",
|
|
"commissions",
|
|
"licenses",
|
|
"licences",
|
|
"accedes (to)",
|
|
"acquiesces",
|
|
"agrees (to)",
|
|
"assents (to)",
|
|
"consents (to)",
|
|
"warrants",
|
|
"accords",
|
|
"sanctions",
|
|
"vouchsafes"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"bans",
|
|
"enjoins",
|
|
"forbids",
|
|
"prohibits",
|
|
"proscribes",
|
|
"vetoes",
|
|
"rebuffs",
|
|
"repels",
|
|
"spurns",
|
|
"checks",
|
|
"constrains",
|
|
"curbs",
|
|
"holds",
|
|
"keeps",
|
|
"represses",
|
|
"restrains",
|
|
"restricts",
|
|
"balks (at)",
|
|
"hinders",
|
|
"impedes",
|
|
"obstructs"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"declines",
|
|
"denies",
|
|
"disallows",
|
|
"disapproves",
|
|
"nixes",
|
|
"refuses",
|
|
"rejects",
|
|
"reprobates",
|
|
"withholds"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to declare not to be true":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"acknowledges",
|
|
"admits",
|
|
"allows",
|
|
"avows",
|
|
"concedes",
|
|
"confirms",
|
|
"owns"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the governor's press secretary promptly negatived the rumor that he was not intending to run for reelection"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"accepts",
|
|
"adopts",
|
|
"embraces",
|
|
"espouses",
|
|
"affirms",
|
|
"announces",
|
|
"asserts",
|
|
"avers",
|
|
"claims",
|
|
"declares",
|
|
"maintains",
|
|
"professes",
|
|
"submits",
|
|
"authenticates",
|
|
"corroborates",
|
|
"substantiates",
|
|
"validates",
|
|
"verifies"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"traverses",
|
|
"challenges",
|
|
"confutes",
|
|
"disproves",
|
|
"rebuts",
|
|
"disagrees (with)",
|
|
"disputes"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"contradicts",
|
|
"denies",
|
|
"disaffirms",
|
|
"disallows",
|
|
"disavows",
|
|
"disclaims",
|
|
"disconfirms",
|
|
"disowns",
|
|
"gainsays",
|
|
"negates",
|
|
"refutes",
|
|
"rejects",
|
|
"repudiates"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to reject by or as if by a vote":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"confirms",
|
|
"ratifies"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"although the rebuttal was very eloquent, the jury negatived it in favor of the prosecution's argument",
|
|
"we promptly negatived the idea of having pizza again for dinner, noting that we had already had it for three nights that week"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"admits",
|
|
"allows",
|
|
"approves",
|
|
"assents (to)",
|
|
"passes",
|
|
"sanctions",
|
|
"elects",
|
|
"supports"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"declines",
|
|
"disallows",
|
|
"disapproves",
|
|
"dismisses",
|
|
"refuses",
|
|
"blacklists"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blackballs",
|
|
"downs",
|
|
"kills",
|
|
"nixes",
|
|
"shoots down",
|
|
"vetoes"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to show unwillingness to accept, do, engage in, or agree to":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"accepts",
|
|
"agrees (to)",
|
|
"approves"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"even though I had originally negatived the invitation, Mom thought I should go anyway"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"condones",
|
|
"countenances",
|
|
"swallows",
|
|
"tolerates",
|
|
"adopts",
|
|
"embraces",
|
|
"receives",
|
|
"takes",
|
|
"welcomes",
|
|
"accedes",
|
|
"acquiesces",
|
|
"agrees",
|
|
"assents",
|
|
"consents",
|
|
"chooses",
|
|
"handpicks",
|
|
"selects",
|
|
"espouses",
|
|
"supports"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"blows off",
|
|
"disdains",
|
|
"rebuffs",
|
|
"scorns",
|
|
"scouts",
|
|
"shoots down",
|
|
"overrules",
|
|
"vetoes",
|
|
"forbids",
|
|
"prohibits",
|
|
"proscribes",
|
|
"dismisses",
|
|
"ignores",
|
|
"abstains (from)",
|
|
"forbears",
|
|
"refrains (from)",
|
|
"denies",
|
|
"disavows",
|
|
"disclaims",
|
|
"disputes",
|
|
"gainsays",
|
|
"sticks",
|
|
"abjures",
|
|
"forswears",
|
|
"foreswears",
|
|
"recants",
|
|
"renounces",
|
|
"retracts",
|
|
"takes back",
|
|
"unsays",
|
|
"withdraws",
|
|
"avoids",
|
|
"bypasses",
|
|
"detours",
|
|
"contradicts",
|
|
"denies",
|
|
"disowns",
|
|
"negates",
|
|
"controverts",
|
|
"disagrees (with)",
|
|
"disproves",
|
|
"disputes",
|
|
"rebuts",
|
|
"refutes",
|
|
"backs down",
|
|
"backs off",
|
|
"backtracks",
|
|
"disallows",
|
|
"recalls",
|
|
"reneges",
|
|
"revokes"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"balks (at)",
|
|
"declines",
|
|
"deselects",
|
|
"disapproves",
|
|
"nixes",
|
|
"passes",
|
|
"passes up",
|
|
"refuses",
|
|
"rejects",
|
|
"reprobates",
|
|
"repudiates",
|
|
"spurns",
|
|
"throws out",
|
|
"throws over",
|
|
"turns down"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"negativing":{
|
|
"to balance with an equal force so as to make ineffective":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"no amount of flattery is likely to negative that overheard insult"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"invalidating",
|
|
"negating",
|
|
"neutering",
|
|
"nullifying",
|
|
"atoning (for)",
|
|
"outbalancing",
|
|
"outweighing",
|
|
"redeeming",
|
|
"redressing",
|
|
"relieving",
|
|
"remedying",
|
|
"overriding",
|
|
"overruling"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"annulling",
|
|
"canceling (out)",
|
|
"cancelling (out)",
|
|
"compensating (for)",
|
|
"correcting",
|
|
"counteracting",
|
|
"counterbalancing",
|
|
"counterpoising",
|
|
"making up (for)",
|
|
"neutralizing",
|
|
"offsetting"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to be unwilling to grant":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"allowing",
|
|
"conceding",
|
|
"granting",
|
|
"letting",
|
|
"OK'ing",
|
|
"okaying",
|
|
"permitting"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"ultimately, we negatived the request for a personal loan"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"affording",
|
|
"furnishing",
|
|
"giving",
|
|
"providing",
|
|
"supplying",
|
|
"authorizing",
|
|
"commissioning",
|
|
"licensing",
|
|
"licencing",
|
|
"acceding (to)",
|
|
"acquiescing",
|
|
"agreeing (to)",
|
|
"assenting (to)",
|
|
"consenting (to)",
|
|
"warranting",
|
|
"according",
|
|
"sanctioning",
|
|
"vouchsafing"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"banning",
|
|
"enjoining",
|
|
"forbidding",
|
|
"prohibiting",
|
|
"proscribing",
|
|
"vetoing",
|
|
"rebuffing",
|
|
"repelling",
|
|
"spurning",
|
|
"checking",
|
|
"constraining",
|
|
"curbing",
|
|
"holding",
|
|
"keeping",
|
|
"repressing",
|
|
"restraining",
|
|
"restricting",
|
|
"balking (at)",
|
|
"hindering",
|
|
"impeding",
|
|
"obstructing"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"declining",
|
|
"denying",
|
|
"disallowing",
|
|
"disapproving",
|
|
"nixing",
|
|
"refusing",
|
|
"rejecting",
|
|
"reprobating",
|
|
"withholding"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to declare not to be true":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"acknowledging",
|
|
"admitting",
|
|
"allowing",
|
|
"avowing",
|
|
"conceding",
|
|
"confirming",
|
|
"owning"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the governor's press secretary promptly negatived the rumor that he was not intending to run for reelection"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"accepting",
|
|
"adopting",
|
|
"embracing",
|
|
"espousing",
|
|
"affirming",
|
|
"announcing",
|
|
"asserting",
|
|
"averring",
|
|
"claiming",
|
|
"declaring",
|
|
"maintaining",
|
|
"professing",
|
|
"submitting",
|
|
"authenticating",
|
|
"corroborating",
|
|
"substantiating",
|
|
"validating",
|
|
"verifying"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"traversing",
|
|
"challenging",
|
|
"confuting",
|
|
"disproving",
|
|
"rebutting",
|
|
"disagreeing (with)",
|
|
"disputing"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"contradicting",
|
|
"denying",
|
|
"disaffirming",
|
|
"disallowing",
|
|
"disavowing",
|
|
"disclaiming",
|
|
"disconfirming",
|
|
"disowning",
|
|
"gainsaying",
|
|
"negating",
|
|
"refuting",
|
|
"rejecting",
|
|
"repudiating"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to reject by or as if by a vote":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"confirming",
|
|
"ratifying"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"although the rebuttal was very eloquent, the jury negatived it in favor of the prosecution's argument",
|
|
"we promptly negatived the idea of having pizza again for dinner, noting that we had already had it for three nights that week"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"admitting",
|
|
"allowing",
|
|
"approving",
|
|
"assenting (to)",
|
|
"passing",
|
|
"sanctioning",
|
|
"electing",
|
|
"supporting"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"declining",
|
|
"disallowing",
|
|
"disapproving",
|
|
"dismissing",
|
|
"refusing",
|
|
"blacklisting"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blackballing",
|
|
"downing",
|
|
"killing",
|
|
"nixing",
|
|
"shooting down",
|
|
"vetoing"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to show unwillingness to accept, do, engage in, or agree to":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"accepting",
|
|
"agreeing (to)",
|
|
"approving"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"even though I had originally negatived the invitation, Mom thought I should go anyway"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"condoning",
|
|
"countenancing",
|
|
"swallowing",
|
|
"tolerating",
|
|
"adopting",
|
|
"embracing",
|
|
"receiving",
|
|
"taking",
|
|
"welcoming",
|
|
"acceding",
|
|
"acquiescing",
|
|
"agreeing",
|
|
"assenting",
|
|
"consenting",
|
|
"choosing",
|
|
"handpicking",
|
|
"selecting",
|
|
"espousing",
|
|
"supporting"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"blowing off",
|
|
"disdaining",
|
|
"rebuffing",
|
|
"scorning",
|
|
"scouting",
|
|
"shooting down",
|
|
"overruling",
|
|
"vetoing",
|
|
"forbidding",
|
|
"prohibiting",
|
|
"proscribing",
|
|
"dismissing",
|
|
"ignoring",
|
|
"abstaining (from)",
|
|
"forbearing",
|
|
"refraining (from)",
|
|
"denying",
|
|
"disavowing",
|
|
"disclaiming",
|
|
"disputing",
|
|
"gainsaying",
|
|
"sticking",
|
|
"abjuring",
|
|
"forswearing",
|
|
"foreswearing",
|
|
"recanting",
|
|
"renouncing",
|
|
"retracting",
|
|
"taking back",
|
|
"unsaying",
|
|
"withdrawing",
|
|
"avoiding",
|
|
"bypassing",
|
|
"detouring",
|
|
"contradicting",
|
|
"denying",
|
|
"disowning",
|
|
"negating",
|
|
"controverting",
|
|
"disagreeing (with)",
|
|
"disproving",
|
|
"disputing",
|
|
"rebutting",
|
|
"refuting",
|
|
"backing down",
|
|
"backing off",
|
|
"backtracking",
|
|
"disallowing",
|
|
"recalling",
|
|
"reneging",
|
|
"revoking"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"balking (at)",
|
|
"declining",
|
|
"deselecting",
|
|
"disapproving",
|
|
"nixing",
|
|
"passing",
|
|
"passing up",
|
|
"refusing",
|
|
"rejecting",
|
|
"reprobating",
|
|
"repudiating",
|
|
"spurning",
|
|
"throwing out",
|
|
"throwing over",
|
|
"turning down"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"neglect":{
|
|
"the nonperformance of an assigned or expected action":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"your ongoing neglect of your health is going to land you in the hospital someday"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"compliance",
|
|
"discharge",
|
|
"fulfillment",
|
|
"fulfilment"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"carelessness",
|
|
"heedlessness",
|
|
"inadvertence",
|
|
"inadvertency",
|
|
"laxity"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"default",
|
|
"delinquency",
|
|
"dereliction",
|
|
"failure",
|
|
"misprision",
|
|
"negligence",
|
|
"nonfeasance",
|
|
"oversight"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the state of being unattended to or not cared for":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"keeping",
|
|
"repair"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"for years the barn sat in neglect until one day it finally fell down"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"conservation",
|
|
"preservation",
|
|
"upkeep"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"inattention",
|
|
"negligence",
|
|
"abandonment",
|
|
"desertion",
|
|
"decay",
|
|
"decrepitude",
|
|
"dereliction",
|
|
"deterioration",
|
|
"disintegration",
|
|
"dumpiness",
|
|
"ruin",
|
|
"ruination"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"desolation",
|
|
"dilapidation",
|
|
"disrepair",
|
|
"seediness"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to fail to give proper attention to":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"attend (to)",
|
|
"heed",
|
|
"mind",
|
|
"regard",
|
|
"tend (to)"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"as usual the news media neglected the real issues of the campaign and focused on personalities"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"appreciate",
|
|
"cherish",
|
|
"prize",
|
|
"treasure",
|
|
"value",
|
|
"cultivate",
|
|
"foster",
|
|
"nurse",
|
|
"nurture",
|
|
"pamper",
|
|
"remember",
|
|
"listen (to)",
|
|
"watch",
|
|
"follow",
|
|
"mark",
|
|
"note",
|
|
"notice",
|
|
"observe",
|
|
"remark"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"fail",
|
|
"miss",
|
|
"omit",
|
|
"brush (aside or off)",
|
|
"reject",
|
|
"shrug off",
|
|
"slough (off)",
|
|
"sluff (off)",
|
|
"disdain",
|
|
"pooh-pooh",
|
|
"pooh",
|
|
"scorn",
|
|
"scant",
|
|
"skimp"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bypass",
|
|
"disregard",
|
|
"forget",
|
|
"ignore",
|
|
"overlook",
|
|
"overpass",
|
|
"pass over",
|
|
"slight",
|
|
"slur (over)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to leave undone or unattended to especially through carelessness":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"attend (to)",
|
|
"remember"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I've neglected my garden, and now it's overgrown with weeds"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"carry out",
|
|
"do",
|
|
"execute",
|
|
"perform",
|
|
"accomplish",
|
|
"achieve",
|
|
"keep up",
|
|
"maintain"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"slack (off)"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"forget",
|
|
"shirk"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to miss the opportunity or obligation":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"conveniently, the job applicant neglected to mention his criminal record"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"heed",
|
|
"mind",
|
|
"remember",
|
|
"keep",
|
|
"observe",
|
|
"carry out",
|
|
"do",
|
|
"execute",
|
|
"perform",
|
|
"practice",
|
|
"practise",
|
|
"discharge",
|
|
"fulfill",
|
|
"fulfil",
|
|
"meet",
|
|
"satisfy",
|
|
"comply (with)"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"disregard",
|
|
"ignore",
|
|
"overlook",
|
|
"overpass",
|
|
"pass over",
|
|
"pretermit",
|
|
"slight",
|
|
"slide",
|
|
"slip",
|
|
"default",
|
|
"skip"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"fail",
|
|
"forget",
|
|
"omit"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"negligible":{
|
|
"lacking importance":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"big",
|
|
"consequential",
|
|
"eventful",
|
|
"important",
|
|
"major",
|
|
"material",
|
|
"meaningful",
|
|
"momentous",
|
|
"significant",
|
|
"substantial",
|
|
"unfrivolous",
|
|
"weighty"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the results from that small study of coffee drinkers are negligible and can be ignored"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"decisive",
|
|
"fatal",
|
|
"fateful",
|
|
"chief",
|
|
"dominant",
|
|
"overbearing",
|
|
"overmastering",
|
|
"overriding",
|
|
"principal",
|
|
"distinctive",
|
|
"exceptional",
|
|
"impressive",
|
|
"outstanding",
|
|
"prominent",
|
|
"remarkable",
|
|
"valuable",
|
|
"worthwhile",
|
|
"worthy",
|
|
"distinguished",
|
|
"eminent",
|
|
"great",
|
|
"illustrious",
|
|
"preeminent",
|
|
"prestigious",
|
|
"famous",
|
|
"notorious",
|
|
"renowned",
|
|
"all-important",
|
|
"basic",
|
|
"essential",
|
|
"fundamental",
|
|
"key"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"jerkwater",
|
|
"one-horse",
|
|
"nickel-and-dime",
|
|
"paltry",
|
|
"petty",
|
|
"small-time",
|
|
"worthless",
|
|
"anonymous",
|
|
"nameless",
|
|
"obscure",
|
|
"uncelebrated",
|
|
"unknown"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"fiddling",
|
|
"foolish",
|
|
"frivolous",
|
|
"incidental",
|
|
"inconsequential",
|
|
"inconsiderable",
|
|
"insignificant",
|
|
"little",
|
|
"Mickey Mouse",
|
|
"minor",
|
|
"minute",
|
|
"nugatory",
|
|
"slight",
|
|
"small",
|
|
"small-fry",
|
|
"trifling",
|
|
"trivial",
|
|
"unimportant"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"small in degree":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"good"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"there's a negligible chance I may make it to the picnic, but don't count on it"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"great",
|
|
"large",
|
|
"distinct",
|
|
"significant",
|
|
"considerable",
|
|
"goodly",
|
|
"healthy",
|
|
"largish",
|
|
"respectable",
|
|
"significant",
|
|
"sizable",
|
|
"sizeable",
|
|
"substantial",
|
|
"tidy"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"marginal",
|
|
"minimal",
|
|
"minor",
|
|
"little",
|
|
"tiny"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"fragile",
|
|
"frail",
|
|
"off",
|
|
"outside",
|
|
"remote",
|
|
"slight",
|
|
"slim",
|
|
"small"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"so small or unimportant as to warrant little or no attention":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"big",
|
|
"consequential",
|
|
"considerable",
|
|
"important",
|
|
"material",
|
|
"significant"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the two cents in change was such a negligible sum that she left the store without bothering to take it"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"serious",
|
|
"substantial",
|
|
"weighty",
|
|
"eventful",
|
|
"momentous",
|
|
"pivotal",
|
|
"conspicuous",
|
|
"noteworthy",
|
|
"outstanding",
|
|
"prominent",
|
|
"remarkable",
|
|
"striking",
|
|
"appreciable",
|
|
"discernible",
|
|
"discernable",
|
|
"measurable"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"inferior",
|
|
"mean",
|
|
"imperceptible",
|
|
"inappreciable",
|
|
"little",
|
|
"puny",
|
|
"tiny",
|
|
"hairsplitting",
|
|
"nitpicking",
|
|
"pettifogging",
|
|
"quibbling",
|
|
"one-horse",
|
|
"small-fry",
|
|
"two-bit"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"chicken",
|
|
"de minimis",
|
|
"footling",
|
|
"inconsequential",
|
|
"inconsiderable",
|
|
"insignificant",
|
|
"measly",
|
|
"Mickey Mouse",
|
|
"minute",
|
|
"niggling",
|
|
"no-account",
|
|
"nominal",
|
|
"paltry",
|
|
"peanut",
|
|
"petty",
|
|
"picayune",
|
|
"piddling",
|
|
"piddly",
|
|
"piffling",
|
|
"pimping",
|
|
"slight",
|
|
"trifling",
|
|
"trivial"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"negotiant":{
|
|
"as in negotiator , bargainer":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"negotiated (about)":{
|
|
"as in exchanged (for) , dealt (for)":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"negotiates (about)":{
|
|
"as in exchanges (for) , deals (for)":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"negotiation":{
|
|
"the act or practice of each side giving up something in order to reach an agreement":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"it will take some negotiation , but I think we can get each side to agree to a cease-fire"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"haggle",
|
|
"horse trade",
|
|
"accord",
|
|
"arrangement",
|
|
"bargain",
|
|
"concurrence",
|
|
"consensus",
|
|
"deal",
|
|
"understanding",
|
|
"agreement",
|
|
"settlement",
|
|
"mediation",
|
|
"treaty"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accommodation",
|
|
"compromise",
|
|
"concession",
|
|
"give-and-take"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"negotiations":{
|
|
"the act or practice of each side giving up something in order to reach an agreement":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"it will take some negotiation , but I think we can get each side to agree to a cease-fire"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"haggles",
|
|
"horse trades",
|
|
"accords",
|
|
"arrangements",
|
|
"bargains",
|
|
"concurrences",
|
|
"consensuses",
|
|
"deals",
|
|
"understandings",
|
|
"agreements",
|
|
"settlements",
|
|
"mediations",
|
|
"treaties"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accommodations",
|
|
"compromises",
|
|
"concessions",
|
|
"give-and-takes"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"neighborhood":{
|
|
"an adjoining region or space":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we were somewhere in the neighborhood of the Capitol because we could see the dome"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"environment",
|
|
"surround",
|
|
"surroundings"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"backyard",
|
|
"environs",
|
|
"purlieus",
|
|
"vicinage",
|
|
"vicinity"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"an approximate amount, extent, or degree":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a movie that's said to have cost in the neighborhood of 100 million dollars"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"ballpark",
|
|
"nearness",
|
|
"proximity"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"matter",
|
|
"tune",
|
|
"vicinity"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"an area (as of a city) set apart for some purpose or having some special feature":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"are you familiar with the city's Latino neighborhood ?"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"belt",
|
|
"zone",
|
|
"department",
|
|
"division",
|
|
"part",
|
|
"precinct",
|
|
"ward",
|
|
"area",
|
|
"backyard",
|
|
"locality",
|
|
"place",
|
|
"region",
|
|
"barrio",
|
|
"enclave",
|
|
"ghetto",
|
|
"hood",
|
|
"'hood"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"district",
|
|
"nabe",
|
|
"quarter",
|
|
"section"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the people living in a particular area":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"invited practically the whole neighborhood over for a big party"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"city",
|
|
"commune",
|
|
"hamlet",
|
|
"town",
|
|
"village",
|
|
"denizens",
|
|
"dwellers",
|
|
"inhabitants",
|
|
"residents",
|
|
"citizenry",
|
|
"culture",
|
|
"people",
|
|
"populace",
|
|
"public",
|
|
"society"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"community"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"nemesis":{
|
|
"a source of harm or misfortune":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"benefit",
|
|
"blessing",
|
|
"boon",
|
|
"felicity",
|
|
"godsend",
|
|
"good",
|
|
"manna",
|
|
"windfall"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"irrationality is the nemesis of democracy, for good government depends upon the wisdom of the electorate"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"advantage",
|
|
"aid",
|
|
"assistance",
|
|
"gift",
|
|
"help",
|
|
"relief",
|
|
"support",
|
|
"comfort",
|
|
"consolation",
|
|
"solace",
|
|
"delight",
|
|
"joy",
|
|
"pleasure",
|
|
"armor",
|
|
"defense",
|
|
"guard",
|
|
"protection",
|
|
"safeguard",
|
|
"safety",
|
|
"security",
|
|
"shield"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"hex",
|
|
"hoodoo",
|
|
"jinx",
|
|
"danger",
|
|
"hazard",
|
|
"menace",
|
|
"peril",
|
|
"risk",
|
|
"threat",
|
|
"trouble",
|
|
"booby trap",
|
|
"catch",
|
|
"pitfall",
|
|
"snag"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"affliction",
|
|
"bane",
|
|
"curse",
|
|
"scourge"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"one who inflicts punishment in return for an injury or offense":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Batman is the Joker's main nemesis and always foils his wicked plots"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"ransomer",
|
|
"redeemer",
|
|
"vindicator"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"revenger",
|
|
"redresser",
|
|
"righter",
|
|
"requiter"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"avenger",
|
|
"castigator",
|
|
"chastiser",
|
|
"punisher",
|
|
"scourge",
|
|
"vigilante"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"suffering, loss, or hardship imposed in response to a crime or offense":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"social ostracism was once society's nemesis for those who defied its sexual mores"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"amnesty",
|
|
"indemnity",
|
|
"pardon",
|
|
"parole",
|
|
"acquittal",
|
|
"exculpation",
|
|
"exoneration",
|
|
"vindication",
|
|
"exemption",
|
|
"immunity",
|
|
"impunity",
|
|
"release",
|
|
"commutation",
|
|
"reprieve",
|
|
"absolution",
|
|
"forgiveness",
|
|
"remission",
|
|
"remitment",
|
|
"condonation",
|
|
"disregard",
|
|
"overlooking"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"reprisal",
|
|
"retaliation",
|
|
"retribution",
|
|
"revenge",
|
|
"vengeance",
|
|
"assessment",
|
|
"charge",
|
|
"fine",
|
|
"mulct",
|
|
"example",
|
|
"sentence",
|
|
"confinement",
|
|
"imprisonment",
|
|
"incarceration",
|
|
"condemnation",
|
|
"damnation",
|
|
"denouncement",
|
|
"censure",
|
|
"criticism",
|
|
"rebuke",
|
|
"reprimand",
|
|
"reproof"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"castigation",
|
|
"chastisement",
|
|
"comeuppance",
|
|
"correction",
|
|
"desert(s)",
|
|
"discipline",
|
|
"penalty",
|
|
"punishment",
|
|
"wrath"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"neoconservative":{
|
|
"as in blimpish , Tory":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in neocon":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"nerdish":{
|
|
"much given to learning and thinking":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"anti-intellectual",
|
|
"lowbrow",
|
|
"nonintellectual",
|
|
"philistine"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"nerdish students will find several university organizations where they will fit in"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"uncultivated",
|
|
"uncultured",
|
|
"ignorant",
|
|
"illiterate",
|
|
"uneducated",
|
|
"unlettered",
|
|
"unread",
|
|
"dumb",
|
|
"foolish",
|
|
"idiotic",
|
|
"idiotical",
|
|
"moronic",
|
|
"slow",
|
|
"stupid",
|
|
"unintelligent",
|
|
"benighted",
|
|
"unenlightened"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"cultivated",
|
|
"cultured",
|
|
"erudite",
|
|
"learned",
|
|
"literate",
|
|
"polyhistoric",
|
|
"polymath",
|
|
"polymathic",
|
|
"scholarly",
|
|
"well-read",
|
|
"academic",
|
|
"academical",
|
|
"bookish",
|
|
"professorial",
|
|
"didactic",
|
|
"high-toned",
|
|
"hyperintellectual",
|
|
"pedantic",
|
|
"high-hat",
|
|
"snobbish",
|
|
"snobby",
|
|
"snooty",
|
|
"educated",
|
|
"schooled",
|
|
"brainy",
|
|
"bright",
|
|
"brilliant",
|
|
"clever",
|
|
"intelligent",
|
|
"quick-witted",
|
|
"smart"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blue",
|
|
"cerebral",
|
|
"eggheaded",
|
|
"geeky",
|
|
"highbrow",
|
|
"highbrowed",
|
|
"intellectual",
|
|
"intellectualist",
|
|
"intellectualistic",
|
|
"long-haired",
|
|
"longhair",
|
|
"nerdy"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"nerds":{
|
|
"a person slavishly devoted to intellectual or academic pursuits":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"was such a nerd in college that she spent Saturday nights at the library"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"goldbricks",
|
|
"goof-offs",
|
|
"slackers",
|
|
"underachievers",
|
|
"lowbrows"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"double-domes",
|
|
"highbrows",
|
|
"intellectuals",
|
|
"brains",
|
|
"geniuses",
|
|
"genii",
|
|
"academics",
|
|
"bookmen",
|
|
"scholars",
|
|
"gearheads",
|
|
"techies"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bookworms",
|
|
"dinks",
|
|
"dorks",
|
|
"geeks",
|
|
"grinds",
|
|
"swots",
|
|
"weenies",
|
|
"wonks"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a person with strong intellectual interests":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"anti-intellectuals",
|
|
"lowbrows",
|
|
"philistines"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an unlikely romance between a nerd and a campus beauty queen"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"blockheads",
|
|
"dolts",
|
|
"dopes",
|
|
"dumbbells",
|
|
"dummies",
|
|
"dunces",
|
|
"fatheads",
|
|
"half-wits",
|
|
"imbeciles",
|
|
"morons",
|
|
"nitwits",
|
|
"pinheads",
|
|
"simpletons"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"blues",
|
|
"bluestockings",
|
|
"Brahmins",
|
|
"mandarins",
|
|
"sages",
|
|
"intellectualizers",
|
|
"pseuds",
|
|
"brains",
|
|
"geniuses",
|
|
"genii",
|
|
"intellects",
|
|
"thinkers",
|
|
"whizzes",
|
|
"wizards"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"double-domes",
|
|
"geeks",
|
|
"highbrows",
|
|
"intellectualists",
|
|
"intellectuals",
|
|
"longhairs"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"nerved":{
|
|
"inclined or willing to take risks":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"unadventurous",
|
|
"unenterprising"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a nerved and fearless driver of race cars"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"chickenhearted",
|
|
"coward",
|
|
"cowardly",
|
|
"craven",
|
|
"lily-livered",
|
|
"milk-livered",
|
|
"milky",
|
|
"poltroon",
|
|
"pusillanimous",
|
|
"shy",
|
|
"timid",
|
|
"timorous",
|
|
"careful",
|
|
"cautious",
|
|
"heedful",
|
|
"prudent",
|
|
"wary",
|
|
"overcareful",
|
|
"overcautious",
|
|
"affrighted",
|
|
"afraid",
|
|
"alarmed",
|
|
"fainthearted",
|
|
"fearful",
|
|
"frightened",
|
|
"horrified",
|
|
"scared",
|
|
"shocked",
|
|
"spooked",
|
|
"startled",
|
|
"terrified",
|
|
"terrorized",
|
|
"unnerved",
|
|
"calm",
|
|
"cool",
|
|
"levelheaded",
|
|
"rational",
|
|
"reasonable",
|
|
"sage",
|
|
"sane",
|
|
"sensible",
|
|
"sound",
|
|
"wise",
|
|
"appalled",
|
|
"concerned",
|
|
"dismayed",
|
|
"upset",
|
|
"worried"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"brash",
|
|
"daredevil",
|
|
"foolhardy",
|
|
"heedless",
|
|
"hotheaded",
|
|
"impetuous",
|
|
"imprudent",
|
|
"impulsive",
|
|
"incautious",
|
|
"madcap",
|
|
"overbold",
|
|
"overconfident",
|
|
"rash",
|
|
"reckless",
|
|
"thoughtless",
|
|
"wild",
|
|
"brave",
|
|
"courageous",
|
|
"dauntless",
|
|
"fearless",
|
|
"gallant",
|
|
"greathearted",
|
|
"heroic",
|
|
"heroical",
|
|
"intrepid",
|
|
"lionhearted",
|
|
"stalwart",
|
|
"stout",
|
|
"stouthearted",
|
|
"swashbuckling",
|
|
"unafraid",
|
|
"undaunted",
|
|
"valiant",
|
|
"valorous",
|
|
"gritty",
|
|
"plucky",
|
|
"spirited",
|
|
"spunky",
|
|
"gadarene",
|
|
"hasty",
|
|
"headlong",
|
|
"precipitate",
|
|
"absurd",
|
|
"asinine",
|
|
"balmy",
|
|
"brainless",
|
|
"crazy",
|
|
"foolish",
|
|
"half-witted",
|
|
"harebrained",
|
|
"insane",
|
|
"lunatic",
|
|
"mad",
|
|
"nutty",
|
|
"scatterbrained",
|
|
"silly",
|
|
"wacky",
|
|
"whacky",
|
|
"witless",
|
|
"unnecessary",
|
|
"dumb",
|
|
"idiotic",
|
|
"idiotical",
|
|
"moronic",
|
|
"stupid",
|
|
"irrational",
|
|
"unreasonable"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"adventuresome",
|
|
"adventurous",
|
|
"audacious",
|
|
"bold",
|
|
"daring",
|
|
"dashing",
|
|
"emboldened",
|
|
"enterprising",
|
|
"free-swinging",
|
|
"gutsy",
|
|
"hardy",
|
|
"nervy",
|
|
"venturesome",
|
|
"venturous"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to prepare (oneself) mentally or emotionally":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"needs to nerve himself for the big game tomorrow"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"daunted",
|
|
"demoralized",
|
|
"discouraged",
|
|
"disheartened",
|
|
"dispirited",
|
|
"psyched (out)",
|
|
"shook",
|
|
"unnerved",
|
|
"debilitated",
|
|
"enervated",
|
|
"enfeebled",
|
|
"prostrated",
|
|
"sapped",
|
|
"softened",
|
|
"tired",
|
|
"undercut",
|
|
"undermined",
|
|
"weakened"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"armed",
|
|
"hardened",
|
|
"inured",
|
|
"seasoned",
|
|
"toughened",
|
|
"bolstered",
|
|
"boosted",
|
|
"buoyed (up)",
|
|
"buttressed",
|
|
"enforced",
|
|
"propped (up)",
|
|
"reinforced",
|
|
"reenforced",
|
|
"supported",
|
|
"sustained",
|
|
"cheered (up)",
|
|
"comforted",
|
|
"emboldened",
|
|
"encouraged",
|
|
"heartened",
|
|
"inspired",
|
|
"rallied",
|
|
"roused",
|
|
"stirred"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"braced",
|
|
"forearmed",
|
|
"fortified",
|
|
"poised",
|
|
"psyched (up)",
|
|
"readied",
|
|
"steeled",
|
|
"strengthened"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"nest egg":{
|
|
"a sum of money set aside for a particular purpose":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"paid for the computer out of his nest egg"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"chest",
|
|
"coffer(s)",
|
|
"assets",
|
|
"savings",
|
|
"savings account",
|
|
"bankroll",
|
|
"cache",
|
|
"collection",
|
|
"cushion",
|
|
"hoard",
|
|
"pocketbook",
|
|
"reserve",
|
|
"treasure",
|
|
"petty cash",
|
|
"pin money",
|
|
"pocket money",
|
|
"spending money"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"account",
|
|
"budget",
|
|
"deposit",
|
|
"fund",
|
|
"kitty",
|
|
"pool"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"nestle":{
|
|
"to establish or place comfortably or snugly":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we had scarcely nestled the children in their beds when there was a knock at the door"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"deploy",
|
|
"emplace",
|
|
"fix",
|
|
"locate",
|
|
"park",
|
|
"plant",
|
|
"position",
|
|
"set",
|
|
"situate",
|
|
"station",
|
|
"anchor",
|
|
"bivouac",
|
|
"camp",
|
|
"camp (out)",
|
|
"burrow",
|
|
"curl up",
|
|
"dig in",
|
|
"harbor",
|
|
"house"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ensconce",
|
|
"install",
|
|
"lodge",
|
|
"perch",
|
|
"roost",
|
|
"settle"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to lie close":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"nestled in next to the other kittens in the box"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"blench",
|
|
"flinch",
|
|
"quail",
|
|
"recoil",
|
|
"shrink",
|
|
"shy",
|
|
"start",
|
|
"wince"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"curl up",
|
|
"crouch",
|
|
"huddle"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cuddle",
|
|
"nuzzle",
|
|
"snoozle",
|
|
"snuggle"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to sit or recline comfortably or cozily":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"nestling with her children on the couch"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"burrow",
|
|
"couch",
|
|
"crouch",
|
|
"huddle",
|
|
"hunch",
|
|
"hunker (down)",
|
|
"scrunch",
|
|
"squat",
|
|
"squinch"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"curl up",
|
|
"snug",
|
|
"snuggle"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"nestles":{
|
|
"to establish or place comfortably or snugly":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we had scarcely nestled the children in their beds when there was a knock at the door"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"deploys",
|
|
"emplaces",
|
|
"fixes",
|
|
"locates",
|
|
"parks",
|
|
"plants",
|
|
"positions",
|
|
"sets",
|
|
"situates",
|
|
"stations",
|
|
"anchors",
|
|
"bivouacs",
|
|
"camps",
|
|
"camps (out)",
|
|
"burrows",
|
|
"curls up",
|
|
"digs in",
|
|
"harbors",
|
|
"houses"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ensconces",
|
|
"installs",
|
|
"lodges",
|
|
"perches",
|
|
"roosts",
|
|
"settles"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to lie close":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"nestled in next to the other kittens in the box"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"blenches",
|
|
"flinches",
|
|
"quails",
|
|
"recoils",
|
|
"shies",
|
|
"shrinks",
|
|
"starts",
|
|
"winces"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"curls up",
|
|
"crouches",
|
|
"huddles"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cuddles",
|
|
"nuzzles",
|
|
"snoozles",
|
|
"snuggles"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to sit or recline comfortably or cozily":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"nestling with her children on the couch"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"burrows",
|
|
"couches",
|
|
"crouches",
|
|
"huddles",
|
|
"hunches",
|
|
"hunkers (down)",
|
|
"scrunches",
|
|
"squats",
|
|
"squinches"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"curls up",
|
|
"snuggles",
|
|
"snugs"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"nestling":{
|
|
"as in":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to establish or place comfortably or snugly":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we had scarcely nestled the children in their beds when there was a knock at the door"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"deploying",
|
|
"emplacing",
|
|
"fixing",
|
|
"locating",
|
|
"parking",
|
|
"planting",
|
|
"positioning",
|
|
"setting",
|
|
"situating",
|
|
"stationing",
|
|
"anchoring",
|
|
"bivouacking",
|
|
"camping",
|
|
"camping (out)",
|
|
"burrowing",
|
|
"curling up",
|
|
"digging in",
|
|
"harboring",
|
|
"housing"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ensconcing",
|
|
"installing",
|
|
"lodging",
|
|
"perching",
|
|
"roosting",
|
|
"settling"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to lie close":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"nestled in next to the other kittens in the box"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"blenching",
|
|
"flinching",
|
|
"quailing",
|
|
"recoiling",
|
|
"shrinking",
|
|
"shying",
|
|
"starting",
|
|
"wincing"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"curling up",
|
|
"crouching",
|
|
"huddling"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cuddling",
|
|
"nuzzling",
|
|
"snoozling",
|
|
"snuggling"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to sit or recline comfortably or cozily":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"nestling with her children on the couch"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"burrowing",
|
|
"couching",
|
|
"crouching",
|
|
"huddling",
|
|
"hunching",
|
|
"hunkering (down)",
|
|
"scrunching",
|
|
"squatting",
|
|
"squinching"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"curling up",
|
|
"snugging",
|
|
"snuggling"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"nests":{
|
|
"a place or environment that favors the development of something":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"suspected that the elite private universities were a nest of antigovernment sentiments"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"crucibles",
|
|
"bases",
|
|
"capitals",
|
|
"centers",
|
|
"cores",
|
|
"cynosures",
|
|
"eyes",
|
|
"foci",
|
|
"focuses",
|
|
"hearts",
|
|
"hubs",
|
|
"meccas",
|
|
"nuclei",
|
|
"nucleuses",
|
|
"seats",
|
|
"foci",
|
|
"focuses",
|
|
"headquarters"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"breeding grounds",
|
|
"hotbeds",
|
|
"hothouses",
|
|
"nidi",
|
|
"niduses",
|
|
"nurseries",
|
|
"seedbeds",
|
|
"seminaries"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a place where a person goes to hide or to avoid others":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"headed back to her cozy nest in the mountains for a little rest and relaxation"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"blinds",
|
|
"covers",
|
|
"nooks",
|
|
"recesses",
|
|
"hangouts",
|
|
"harborages",
|
|
"harbors",
|
|
"haunts",
|
|
"havens",
|
|
"redoubts",
|
|
"refuges",
|
|
"retreats",
|
|
"shelters"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"concealments",
|
|
"coverts",
|
|
"dens",
|
|
"hermitages",
|
|
"hideaways",
|
|
"hideouts",
|
|
"hidey-holes",
|
|
"hidy-holes",
|
|
"lairs"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"net":{
|
|
"a device or scheme for capturing another by surprise":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"drug runners caught in an elaborate net set by the police"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"enmeshment",
|
|
"entanglement",
|
|
"entrapment",
|
|
"envelopment",
|
|
"booby trap",
|
|
"catch",
|
|
"hazard",
|
|
"land mine",
|
|
"pitfall",
|
|
"snag",
|
|
"artifice",
|
|
"cheat",
|
|
"cheating",
|
|
"deception",
|
|
"double-dealing",
|
|
"duplicity",
|
|
"ploy",
|
|
"ruse",
|
|
"subterfuge",
|
|
"trick"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ambush",
|
|
"snare",
|
|
"trap",
|
|
"web"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a fabric made of strands loosely twisted, knotted, or woven together at regular intervals":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the basketball didn't go into the basket\u2014it just hit the net"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"web",
|
|
"webbing",
|
|
"grille",
|
|
"grill",
|
|
"lattice",
|
|
"screen",
|
|
"screening",
|
|
"wirework",
|
|
"bobbinet",
|
|
"Brussels lace",
|
|
"filigree",
|
|
"fishnet",
|
|
"lace",
|
|
"marquisette",
|
|
"tulle"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"mesh",
|
|
"netting",
|
|
"network"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"something that catches and holds":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"caught in a net of palace intrigues"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"knot",
|
|
"snarl",
|
|
"tangle",
|
|
"cat's cradle",
|
|
"labyrinth",
|
|
"maze",
|
|
"cobweb",
|
|
"spiderweb"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"entanglement",
|
|
"mesh(es)",
|
|
"morass",
|
|
"noose",
|
|
"quagmire",
|
|
"quicksand",
|
|
"snare",
|
|
"tanglement",
|
|
"toil(s)",
|
|
"trap",
|
|
"web"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the amount of money left when expenses are subtracted from the total amount received":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"his net for the year was about 60% of his total income"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"charge",
|
|
"cost",
|
|
"disbursement",
|
|
"expenditure",
|
|
"expense",
|
|
"loss",
|
|
"outgo",
|
|
"outlay"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"cleanup",
|
|
"killing",
|
|
"windfall",
|
|
"bottom line",
|
|
"gross",
|
|
"sales",
|
|
"compensation",
|
|
"emolument",
|
|
"income",
|
|
"pay",
|
|
"payment",
|
|
"remittal",
|
|
"requital",
|
|
"salary",
|
|
"wages",
|
|
"interest",
|
|
"revenue",
|
|
"yield"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"earnings",
|
|
"gain",
|
|
"lucre",
|
|
"payoff",
|
|
"proceeds",
|
|
"profit",
|
|
"return"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the central part or aspect of something under consideration":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the net of the report on race relations is that things are better but not good enough"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"course",
|
|
"direction",
|
|
"drift",
|
|
"tenor",
|
|
"body",
|
|
"content",
|
|
"substance",
|
|
"hypothesis",
|
|
"proposition",
|
|
"purport",
|
|
"subject",
|
|
"theme",
|
|
"thesis"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bottom line",
|
|
"bull's-eye",
|
|
"centerpiece",
|
|
"core",
|
|
"crux",
|
|
"essence",
|
|
"gist",
|
|
"heart",
|
|
"kernel",
|
|
"keynote",
|
|
"meat",
|
|
"meat and potatoes",
|
|
"nub",
|
|
"nubbin",
|
|
"nucleus",
|
|
"pith",
|
|
"pivot",
|
|
"point",
|
|
"root",
|
|
"sum"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to catch or hold as if in a net":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"disentangle",
|
|
"untangle"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the kite was stubbornly netted in the branches of the willow tree"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"detach",
|
|
"disengage",
|
|
"extricate",
|
|
"clear",
|
|
"free",
|
|
"liberate"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"bag",
|
|
"birdlime",
|
|
"capture",
|
|
"collar",
|
|
"embroil",
|
|
"implicate",
|
|
"involve",
|
|
"mire"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"catch up",
|
|
"enmesh",
|
|
"immesh",
|
|
"ensnare",
|
|
"ensnarl",
|
|
"entangle",
|
|
"entoil",
|
|
"entrap",
|
|
"mesh",
|
|
"snare",
|
|
"tangle",
|
|
"trap"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to receive after charges and deductions have been made":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the entrepreneur netted millions on that deal"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"gross"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"earn",
|
|
"gain",
|
|
"garner",
|
|
"get",
|
|
"make",
|
|
"realize",
|
|
"cash in (on)",
|
|
"rake (in)",
|
|
"clean up"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"clear"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to take physical control or possession of (something) suddenly or forcibly":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"miss"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a police sting that netted drug dealers from all parts of the city"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"discharge",
|
|
"free",
|
|
"liberate",
|
|
"release",
|
|
"drop",
|
|
"loosen",
|
|
"unhand"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"glove",
|
|
"halter",
|
|
"lasso",
|
|
"rope",
|
|
"apprehend",
|
|
"arrest",
|
|
"detain",
|
|
"bay",
|
|
"corner",
|
|
"clasp",
|
|
"clutch",
|
|
"fasten (on)",
|
|
"fist",
|
|
"grasp",
|
|
"grip",
|
|
"hold",
|
|
"latch (on or onto)",
|
|
"secure",
|
|
"rend",
|
|
"wrest",
|
|
"enmesh",
|
|
"immesh",
|
|
"ensnare",
|
|
"entangle",
|
|
"entrap",
|
|
"mesh",
|
|
"abduct",
|
|
"kidnap",
|
|
"spirit (away or off)"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bag",
|
|
"capture",
|
|
"catch",
|
|
"collar",
|
|
"cop",
|
|
"corral",
|
|
"get",
|
|
"glom",
|
|
"grab",
|
|
"grapple",
|
|
"hook",
|
|
"land",
|
|
"nab",
|
|
"nail",
|
|
"nobble",
|
|
"rap",
|
|
"seize",
|
|
"snag",
|
|
"snap (up)",
|
|
"snare",
|
|
"snatch",
|
|
"trap"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"nether":{
|
|
"situated lower down":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"higher",
|
|
"superior",
|
|
"upper"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"skied the nether slope of the mountain"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"highest",
|
|
"uppermost",
|
|
"overhanging",
|
|
"overhead"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"lowest",
|
|
"nethermost",
|
|
"underlying"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"inferior",
|
|
"lower"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"netting":{
|
|
"a fabric made of strands loosely twisted, knotted, or woven together at regular intervals":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"wore a veil of netting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"web",
|
|
"webbing",
|
|
"grille",
|
|
"grill",
|
|
"lattice",
|
|
"screen",
|
|
"screening",
|
|
"wirework",
|
|
"bobbinet",
|
|
"Brussels lace",
|
|
"filigree",
|
|
"fishnet",
|
|
"lace",
|
|
"marquisette",
|
|
"tulle"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"mesh",
|
|
"net",
|
|
"network"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to catch or hold as if in a net":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"disentangling",
|
|
"untangling"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the kite was stubbornly netted in the branches of the willow tree"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"detaching",
|
|
"disengaging",
|
|
"extricating",
|
|
"clearing",
|
|
"freeing",
|
|
"liberating"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"bagging",
|
|
"birdliming",
|
|
"capturing",
|
|
"collaring",
|
|
"embroiling",
|
|
"implicating",
|
|
"involving",
|
|
"miring"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"catching up",
|
|
"enmeshing",
|
|
"immeshing",
|
|
"ensnaring",
|
|
"ensnarling",
|
|
"entangling",
|
|
"entoiling",
|
|
"entrapping",
|
|
"meshing",
|
|
"snaring",
|
|
"tangling",
|
|
"trapping"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to receive after charges and deductions have been made":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the entrepreneur netted millions on that deal"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"grossing"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"earning",
|
|
"gaining",
|
|
"garnering",
|
|
"getting",
|
|
"making",
|
|
"realizing",
|
|
"cashing in (on)",
|
|
"raking (in)",
|
|
"cleaning up"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"clearing"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to take physical control or possession of (something) suddenly or forcibly":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"missing"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a police sting that netted drug dealers from all parts of the city"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"discharging",
|
|
"freeing",
|
|
"liberating",
|
|
"releasing",
|
|
"dropping",
|
|
"loosening",
|
|
"unhanding"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"gloving",
|
|
"haltering",
|
|
"lassoing",
|
|
"roping",
|
|
"apprehending",
|
|
"arresting",
|
|
"detaining",
|
|
"baying",
|
|
"cornering",
|
|
"clasping",
|
|
"clutching",
|
|
"fastening (on)",
|
|
"fisting",
|
|
"grasping",
|
|
"gripping",
|
|
"holding",
|
|
"latching (on or onto)",
|
|
"securing",
|
|
"rending",
|
|
"wresting",
|
|
"enmeshing",
|
|
"immeshing",
|
|
"ensnaring",
|
|
"entangling",
|
|
"entrapping",
|
|
"meshing",
|
|
"abducting",
|
|
"kidnapping",
|
|
"kidnaping",
|
|
"spiriting (away or off)"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bagging",
|
|
"capturing",
|
|
"catching",
|
|
"collaring",
|
|
"copping",
|
|
"corralling",
|
|
"getting",
|
|
"glomming",
|
|
"grabbing",
|
|
"grappling",
|
|
"hooking",
|
|
"landing",
|
|
"nabbing",
|
|
"nailing",
|
|
"nobbling",
|
|
"rapping",
|
|
"seizing",
|
|
"snagging",
|
|
"snapping (up)",
|
|
"snaring",
|
|
"snatching",
|
|
"trapping"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"nettled":{
|
|
"to disturb the peace of mind of (someone) especially by repeated disagreeable acts":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"don't nettle your brother while he's trying to do his homework"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"appeased",
|
|
"conciliated",
|
|
"mollified",
|
|
"obliged",
|
|
"pacified",
|
|
"placated",
|
|
"propitiated",
|
|
"delighted",
|
|
"gladdened",
|
|
"gratified",
|
|
"pleased",
|
|
"satisfied",
|
|
"assured",
|
|
"cheered",
|
|
"comforted",
|
|
"consoled",
|
|
"contented",
|
|
"quieted",
|
|
"reassured",
|
|
"solaced",
|
|
"soothed"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"hassled",
|
|
"heckled",
|
|
"nagged",
|
|
"inflamed",
|
|
"enflamed",
|
|
"provoked",
|
|
"roused",
|
|
"badgered",
|
|
"baited",
|
|
"bullyragged",
|
|
"ballyragged",
|
|
"deviled",
|
|
"devilled",
|
|
"hagrode",
|
|
"harassed",
|
|
"harried",
|
|
"pestered",
|
|
"plagued",
|
|
"teased",
|
|
"angered",
|
|
"antagonized",
|
|
"enraged",
|
|
"incensed",
|
|
"infuriated",
|
|
"maddened",
|
|
"rankled",
|
|
"roiled",
|
|
"agitated",
|
|
"discomforted",
|
|
"discomposed",
|
|
"disquieted",
|
|
"distressed",
|
|
"exercised",
|
|
"freaked (out)",
|
|
"fretted",
|
|
"perturbed",
|
|
"undid",
|
|
"unhinged",
|
|
"unsettled",
|
|
"upset",
|
|
"worried",
|
|
"affronted",
|
|
"insulted",
|
|
"miffed",
|
|
"offended",
|
|
"outraged"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"aggravated",
|
|
"annoyed",
|
|
"ate",
|
|
"bothered",
|
|
"bugged",
|
|
"burned (up)",
|
|
"burnt (up)",
|
|
"chafed",
|
|
"exasperated",
|
|
"frosted",
|
|
"galled",
|
|
"got",
|
|
"grated",
|
|
"griped",
|
|
"hacked (off)",
|
|
"irked",
|
|
"irritated",
|
|
"itched",
|
|
"narked",
|
|
"peeved",
|
|
"persecuted",
|
|
"piqued",
|
|
"put out",
|
|
"rasped",
|
|
"riled",
|
|
"ruffled",
|
|
"spited",
|
|
"vexed",
|
|
"vext"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"nettlesome":{
|
|
"causing annoyance":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a few nettlesome details that still required attention"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"delightful",
|
|
"pleasing"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"burdensome",
|
|
"discomforting",
|
|
"displeasing",
|
|
"disquieting",
|
|
"distressing",
|
|
"importunate",
|
|
"importune",
|
|
"inconveniencing",
|
|
"angering",
|
|
"enraging",
|
|
"infuriating",
|
|
"brattish",
|
|
"bratty",
|
|
"mischievous",
|
|
"offensive",
|
|
"troublesome",
|
|
"upsetting",
|
|
"distractive",
|
|
"painful",
|
|
"stressful",
|
|
"tiresome",
|
|
"troubling",
|
|
"trying",
|
|
"worrisome",
|
|
"biting",
|
|
"grating",
|
|
"jangling",
|
|
"jarring",
|
|
"spiny",
|
|
"thorny"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abrasive",
|
|
"aggravating",
|
|
"annoying",
|
|
"bothersome",
|
|
"carking",
|
|
"chafing",
|
|
"disturbing",
|
|
"exasperating",
|
|
"frustrating",
|
|
"galling",
|
|
"irksome",
|
|
"irritating",
|
|
"maddening",
|
|
"nettling",
|
|
"peeving",
|
|
"pesky",
|
|
"pestiferous",
|
|
"pestilent",
|
|
"pestilential",
|
|
"pesty",
|
|
"plaguey",
|
|
"plaguy",
|
|
"rankling",
|
|
"rebarbative",
|
|
"riling",
|
|
"vexatious",
|
|
"vexing"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"neurologists":{
|
|
"as in pediatricians , dermatologists":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"neuroticism":{
|
|
"as in abnormality , weirdness":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"neutered":{
|
|
"as in desexed , altered":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to remove the sex organs of":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"agreed to let the children have the dog on the condition that they have her neutered"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"castrated",
|
|
"emasculated",
|
|
"gelded",
|
|
"spayed",
|
|
"sterilized"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"altered",
|
|
"desexed",
|
|
"fixed"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"neutering":{
|
|
"to remove the sex organs of":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"agreed to let the children have the dog on the condition that they have her neutered"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"castrating",
|
|
"emasculating",
|
|
"gelding",
|
|
"spaying",
|
|
"sterilizing"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"altering",
|
|
"desexing",
|
|
"fixing"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"neutralized":{
|
|
"to balance with an equal force so as to make ineffective":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a pro-government rally that is intended to neutralize the antiwar demonstrations"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"invalidated",
|
|
"negated",
|
|
"neutered",
|
|
"nullified",
|
|
"atoned (for)",
|
|
"outbalanced",
|
|
"outweighed",
|
|
"redeemed",
|
|
"redressed",
|
|
"relieved",
|
|
"remedied",
|
|
"overrode",
|
|
"overruled"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"annulled",
|
|
"canceled (out)",
|
|
"cancelled (out)",
|
|
"compensated (for)",
|
|
"corrected",
|
|
"counteracted",
|
|
"counterbalanced",
|
|
"counterpoised",
|
|
"made up (for)",
|
|
"negatived",
|
|
"offset"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to put to death deliberately":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"orders to find the renegade colonel and to neutralize him"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"animated",
|
|
"raised",
|
|
"restored",
|
|
"resurrected",
|
|
"resuscitated",
|
|
"revived"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"blew away",
|
|
"shot",
|
|
"shot down",
|
|
"blotted out",
|
|
"carried off",
|
|
"claimed",
|
|
"cut down",
|
|
"destroyed",
|
|
"felled",
|
|
"killed",
|
|
"smote",
|
|
"zapped",
|
|
"butchered",
|
|
"massacred",
|
|
"mowed (down)",
|
|
"slaughtered",
|
|
"annihilated",
|
|
"eliminated",
|
|
"eradicated",
|
|
"exterminated",
|
|
"wiped out"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"assassinated",
|
|
"bumped off",
|
|
"croaked",
|
|
"did in",
|
|
"dispatched",
|
|
"executed",
|
|
"got",
|
|
"iced",
|
|
"knocked off",
|
|
"liquidated",
|
|
"murdered",
|
|
"offed",
|
|
"put away",
|
|
"rubbed out",
|
|
"slew",
|
|
"snuffed",
|
|
"terminated",
|
|
"took out",
|
|
"whacked"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"neutralizing":{
|
|
"as in":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to balance with an equal force so as to make ineffective":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a pro-government rally that is intended to neutralize the antiwar demonstrations"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"invalidating",
|
|
"negating",
|
|
"neutering",
|
|
"nullifying",
|
|
"atoning (for)",
|
|
"outbalancing",
|
|
"outweighing",
|
|
"redeeming",
|
|
"redressing",
|
|
"relieving",
|
|
"remedying",
|
|
"overriding",
|
|
"overruling"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"annulling",
|
|
"canceling (out)",
|
|
"cancelling (out)",
|
|
"compensating (for)",
|
|
"correcting",
|
|
"counteracting",
|
|
"counterbalancing",
|
|
"counterpoising",
|
|
"making up (for)",
|
|
"negativing",
|
|
"offsetting"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to put to death deliberately":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"orders to find the renegade colonel and to neutralize him"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"animating",
|
|
"raising",
|
|
"restoring",
|
|
"resurrecting",
|
|
"resuscitating",
|
|
"reviving"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"blowing away",
|
|
"shooting",
|
|
"shooting down",
|
|
"blotting out",
|
|
"carrying off",
|
|
"claiming",
|
|
"cutting down",
|
|
"destroying",
|
|
"felling",
|
|
"killing",
|
|
"smiting",
|
|
"zapping",
|
|
"butchering",
|
|
"massacring",
|
|
"mowing (down)",
|
|
"slaughtering",
|
|
"annihilating",
|
|
"eliminating",
|
|
"eradicating",
|
|
"exterminating",
|
|
"wiping out"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"assassinating",
|
|
"bumping off",
|
|
"croaking",
|
|
"dispatching",
|
|
"doing in",
|
|
"executing",
|
|
"getting",
|
|
"icing",
|
|
"knocking off",
|
|
"liquidating",
|
|
"murdering",
|
|
"offing",
|
|
"putting away",
|
|
"rubbing out",
|
|
"slaying",
|
|
"snuffing",
|
|
"taking out",
|
|
"terminating",
|
|
"whacking"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"newcomer":{
|
|
"a person who is just starting out in a field of activity":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"old hand",
|
|
"old-timer",
|
|
"vet",
|
|
"veteran"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he's a newcomer to ice hockey"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"expert",
|
|
"master",
|
|
"pro",
|
|
"professional"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"boot",
|
|
"amateur",
|
|
"dabbler",
|
|
"dilettante",
|
|
"learner",
|
|
"student",
|
|
"trainee",
|
|
"candidate",
|
|
"entrant",
|
|
"probationer"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abecedarian",
|
|
"apprentice",
|
|
"babe",
|
|
"beginner",
|
|
"colt",
|
|
"cub",
|
|
"fledgling",
|
|
"freshman",
|
|
"greenhorn",
|
|
"neophyte",
|
|
"newbie",
|
|
"novice",
|
|
"novitiate",
|
|
"punk",
|
|
"recruit",
|
|
"rook",
|
|
"rookie",
|
|
"tenderfoot",
|
|
"tyro",
|
|
"virgin"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"newscast":{
|
|
"a radio or television program that reports the news":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the nightly TV newscast"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"newscasters":{
|
|
"one who reads and introduces news reports on a news program":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"newscasters were scrambling to put together an updated report after the unexpected turn of events"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"anchormen",
|
|
"anchorwomen",
|
|
"coanchors",
|
|
"co-anchors",
|
|
"announcers",
|
|
"broadcasters",
|
|
"commentators",
|
|
"linkmen",
|
|
"telecasters",
|
|
"correspondents",
|
|
"foreign correspondents",
|
|
"interviewers",
|
|
"journalists",
|
|
"newshounds",
|
|
"newsies",
|
|
"newsmen",
|
|
"newspeople",
|
|
"newswomen",
|
|
"reporters",
|
|
"stringers"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"anchorpeople",
|
|
"anchors",
|
|
"newsreaders"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"newsman":{
|
|
"a person employed by a newspaper, magazine, or radio or television station to gather, write, or report news":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"any newsman will tell you that if you talk to enough people, you'll eventually get a money quote"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"announcer",
|
|
"broadcaster",
|
|
"newscaster",
|
|
"newspaperman",
|
|
"newspaperwoman",
|
|
"newswoman",
|
|
"anchor",
|
|
"anchorman",
|
|
"anchorperson",
|
|
"anchorwoman",
|
|
"byliner",
|
|
"columnist",
|
|
"commentator",
|
|
"copyreader",
|
|
"editor",
|
|
"muckraker",
|
|
"photojournalist",
|
|
"police reporter",
|
|
"sportswriter",
|
|
"staffer",
|
|
"stringer"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"correspondent",
|
|
"intelligencer",
|
|
"journalist",
|
|
"newshound",
|
|
"newsperson",
|
|
"pressman",
|
|
"reporter"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"newspaperwoman":{
|
|
"as in broadcaster , announcer":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"newsreader":{
|
|
"one who reads and introduces news reports on a news program":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the legendary BBC newsreader now has her own current affairs program"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"anchorman",
|
|
"anchorwoman",
|
|
"coanchor",
|
|
"announcer",
|
|
"broadcaster",
|
|
"commentator",
|
|
"linkman",
|
|
"telecaster",
|
|
"correspondent",
|
|
"foreign correspondent",
|
|
"interviewer",
|
|
"journalist",
|
|
"newshound",
|
|
"newsie",
|
|
"newsman",
|
|
"newsperson",
|
|
"newswoman",
|
|
"reporter",
|
|
"stringer"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"anchor",
|
|
"anchorperson",
|
|
"newscaster"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"newswoman":{
|
|
"as in broadcaster , newscaster":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"newsmen":{
|
|
"a person employed by a newspaper, magazine, or radio or television station to gather, write, or report news":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"any newsman will tell you that if you talk to enough people, you'll eventually get a money quote"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"correspondents",
|
|
"intelligencers",
|
|
"journalists",
|
|
"newshounds",
|
|
"newspeople",
|
|
"pressmen",
|
|
"reporters"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"announcers",
|
|
"broadcasters",
|
|
"newscasters",
|
|
"newspapermen",
|
|
"newspaperwomen",
|
|
"newswomen",
|
|
"anchormen",
|
|
"anchorpeople",
|
|
"anchors",
|
|
"anchorwomen",
|
|
"byliners",
|
|
"columnists",
|
|
"commentators",
|
|
"copyreaders",
|
|
"editors",
|
|
"muckrakers",
|
|
"photojournalists",
|
|
"police reporters",
|
|
"sportswriters",
|
|
"staffers",
|
|
"stringers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"newspapers":{
|
|
"a publication that appears at regular intervals":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"liked to read the newspaper every morning"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"books",
|
|
"bulletins",
|
|
"diurnals",
|
|
"gazettes",
|
|
"journals",
|
|
"magazines",
|
|
"mags",
|
|
"organs",
|
|
"papers",
|
|
"periodicals",
|
|
"rags",
|
|
"reviews",
|
|
"serials",
|
|
"zines"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"annuals",
|
|
"bimonthlies",
|
|
"biweeklies",
|
|
"dailies",
|
|
"monthlies",
|
|
"quarterlies",
|
|
"semimonthlies",
|
|
"semiweeklies",
|
|
"triweeklies",
|
|
"weeklies",
|
|
"yearbooks",
|
|
"digests",
|
|
"little magazines",
|
|
"fanzines",
|
|
"pictorials",
|
|
"slicks",
|
|
"broadsides",
|
|
"editions",
|
|
"extras",
|
|
"sheets",
|
|
"supplements",
|
|
"tabloids",
|
|
"tabs",
|
|
"newsletters",
|
|
"newsmagazines",
|
|
"newsweeklies"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"neb":{
|
|
"the jaws of a bird together with their hornlike covering":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the cardinal has a black face and a noticeable bright red neb"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beak",
|
|
"bill",
|
|
"nib"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"mouth",
|
|
"muzzle",
|
|
"mandible",
|
|
"maw",
|
|
"maxilla"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the part of the face bearing the nostrils and nasal cavity":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"with her round glasses perched on her small neb , the librarian certainly presents an owlish appearance"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beak",
|
|
"conk",
|
|
"honker",
|
|
"nose",
|
|
"nozzle",
|
|
"proboscis",
|
|
"schnoz",
|
|
"schnozz",
|
|
"schnozzle",
|
|
"smeller",
|
|
"snoot",
|
|
"snout"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"pug",
|
|
"pugnose"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"newsletters":{
|
|
"a short written report that tells about the recent activities of an organization and that is sent to members of the organization":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the club's monthly newsletter"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"netted":{
|
|
"to catch or hold as if in a net":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the kite was stubbornly netted in the branches of the willow tree"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"caught up",
|
|
"enmeshed",
|
|
"immeshed",
|
|
"ensnared",
|
|
"ensnarled",
|
|
"entangled",
|
|
"entoiled",
|
|
"entrapped",
|
|
"meshed",
|
|
"snared",
|
|
"tangled",
|
|
"trapped"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"bagged",
|
|
"birdlimed",
|
|
"captured",
|
|
"collared",
|
|
"embroiled",
|
|
"implicated",
|
|
"involved",
|
|
"mired"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"detached",
|
|
"disengaged",
|
|
"extricated",
|
|
"cleared",
|
|
"freed",
|
|
"liberated"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"disentangled",
|
|
"untangled"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to take physical control or possession of (something) suddenly or forcibly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a police sting that netted drug dealers from all parts of the city"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bagged",
|
|
"captured",
|
|
"caught",
|
|
"collared",
|
|
"copped",
|
|
"corralled",
|
|
"glommed",
|
|
"got",
|
|
"grabbed",
|
|
"grappled",
|
|
"hooked",
|
|
"landed",
|
|
"nabbed",
|
|
"nailed",
|
|
"nobbled",
|
|
"rapped",
|
|
"seized",
|
|
"snagged",
|
|
"snapped (up)",
|
|
"snared",
|
|
"snatched",
|
|
"trapped"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"gloved",
|
|
"haltered",
|
|
"lassoed",
|
|
"roped",
|
|
"apprehended",
|
|
"arrested",
|
|
"detained",
|
|
"bayed",
|
|
"cornered",
|
|
"clasped",
|
|
"clutched",
|
|
"fastened (on)",
|
|
"fisted",
|
|
"grasped",
|
|
"gripped",
|
|
"held",
|
|
"latched (on or onto)",
|
|
"secured",
|
|
"rent",
|
|
"rended",
|
|
"wrested",
|
|
"enmeshed",
|
|
"immeshed",
|
|
"ensnared",
|
|
"entangled",
|
|
"entrapped",
|
|
"meshed",
|
|
"abducted",
|
|
"kidnapped",
|
|
"kidnaped",
|
|
"spirited (away or off)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"discharged",
|
|
"freed",
|
|
"liberated",
|
|
"released",
|
|
"dropped",
|
|
"loosened",
|
|
"unhanded"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"missed"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to receive after charges and deductions have been made":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the entrepreneur netted millions on that deal"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cleared"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"earned",
|
|
"gained",
|
|
"garnered",
|
|
"got",
|
|
"made",
|
|
"realized",
|
|
"cashed in (on)",
|
|
"raked (in)",
|
|
"cleaned up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"grossed"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"negativist":{
|
|
"as in suspicious , skeptical":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in naysayer , pessimist":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"need":{
|
|
"to have as a requirement":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a national crisis that needs a strong leader to solve it"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bear",
|
|
"challenge",
|
|
"claim",
|
|
"demand",
|
|
"necessitate",
|
|
"require",
|
|
"take",
|
|
"want",
|
|
"warrant"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"entail",
|
|
"involve",
|
|
"ask",
|
|
"beg",
|
|
"clamor (for)",
|
|
"cry (for)",
|
|
"hurt (for)",
|
|
"lack",
|
|
"command",
|
|
"enjoin",
|
|
"exact",
|
|
"insist",
|
|
"press",
|
|
"quest",
|
|
"stipulate"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"own",
|
|
"possess"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"have",
|
|
"hold"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to be under necessity or obligation to":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"you need not stand when she enters the room"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"have (to)",
|
|
"must",
|
|
"ought (to)",
|
|
"shall",
|
|
"should"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"will"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a state of being without something necessary, desirable, or useful":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"when it came time to wrap the presents, he found he was in need of adhesive tape"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"absence",
|
|
"lack",
|
|
"needfulness",
|
|
"want"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"deficiency",
|
|
"deficit",
|
|
"inadequacy",
|
|
"insufficiency",
|
|
"dearth",
|
|
"meagerness",
|
|
"paucity",
|
|
"poverty",
|
|
"scantiness",
|
|
"scarceness",
|
|
"scarcity",
|
|
"shortage",
|
|
"skimpiness",
|
|
"defect",
|
|
"minus",
|
|
"deprivation",
|
|
"famishment",
|
|
"privation",
|
|
"demand",
|
|
"essential",
|
|
"necessity",
|
|
"requirement",
|
|
"requisite"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"adequacy",
|
|
"enough",
|
|
"sufficiency",
|
|
"fund",
|
|
"pool",
|
|
"stock",
|
|
"supply",
|
|
"excess",
|
|
"fill",
|
|
"overabundance",
|
|
"oversupply",
|
|
"plenty",
|
|
"surfeit",
|
|
"surplus",
|
|
"hoard",
|
|
"stockpile"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"something necessary, indispensable, or unavoidable":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"got a job that barely provided for his basic needs"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"condition",
|
|
"demand",
|
|
"essential",
|
|
"must",
|
|
"must-have",
|
|
"necessary",
|
|
"necessity",
|
|
"needful",
|
|
"requirement",
|
|
"requisite",
|
|
"sine qua non"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"precondition",
|
|
"prerequisite",
|
|
"advantage",
|
|
"edge",
|
|
"plus",
|
|
"desideration",
|
|
"desideratum",
|
|
"wish"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"amenity",
|
|
"comfort",
|
|
"extra",
|
|
"extravagance",
|
|
"frill",
|
|
"indulgence",
|
|
"luxury",
|
|
"superfluity",
|
|
"surplus",
|
|
"surplusage"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"nonessential",
|
|
"nonnecessity"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"something one must do because of prior agreement":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"no need to apologize"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"burden",
|
|
"charge",
|
|
"commitment",
|
|
"devoir",
|
|
"do",
|
|
"duty",
|
|
"imperative",
|
|
"incumbency",
|
|
"obligation",
|
|
"office",
|
|
"responsibility"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"oath",
|
|
"pledge",
|
|
"promise",
|
|
"troth",
|
|
"vow",
|
|
"word",
|
|
"arrangement",
|
|
"prearrangement",
|
|
"setup",
|
|
"compact",
|
|
"contract",
|
|
"covenant",
|
|
"pact",
|
|
"trust",
|
|
"debt",
|
|
"payment",
|
|
"tribute",
|
|
"compulsion",
|
|
"constraint",
|
|
"restraint",
|
|
"must",
|
|
"requirement",
|
|
"coercion",
|
|
"duress",
|
|
"force",
|
|
"appointment",
|
|
"engagement",
|
|
"reservation",
|
|
"onus"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"grace",
|
|
"postponement",
|
|
"stay",
|
|
"discharge",
|
|
"ease",
|
|
"exemption",
|
|
"release",
|
|
"relief",
|
|
"waiver",
|
|
"loophole",
|
|
"alternative",
|
|
"choice",
|
|
"option",
|
|
"pick",
|
|
"preference",
|
|
"selection"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the state of lacking sufficient money or material possessions":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"donating money to help those in need"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beggary",
|
|
"destituteness",
|
|
"destitution",
|
|
"impecuniosity",
|
|
"impecuniousness",
|
|
"impoverishment",
|
|
"indigence",
|
|
"necessity",
|
|
"neediness",
|
|
"pauperism",
|
|
"penuriousness",
|
|
"penury",
|
|
"poorness",
|
|
"poverty",
|
|
"want"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"gutter",
|
|
"misery",
|
|
"woe",
|
|
"wretchedness",
|
|
"exigency",
|
|
"emergency",
|
|
"rainy day",
|
|
"austerity",
|
|
"deprivation",
|
|
"privation",
|
|
"bankruptcy",
|
|
"insolvency",
|
|
"belt-tightening",
|
|
"pinching",
|
|
"straitening"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"luxury",
|
|
"prosperity"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"affluence",
|
|
"opulence",
|
|
"richness",
|
|
"wealth",
|
|
"wealthiness"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"neologism":{
|
|
"a new word or expression or a new meaning of a word":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"scientific neologisms"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"neoliberalism":{
|
|
"as in socialism , liberalism":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"left",
|
|
"leftism",
|
|
"left wing",
|
|
"liberalism",
|
|
"radicalism",
|
|
"socialism"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"conservatism",
|
|
"illiberalism",
|
|
"immobilism",
|
|
"right",
|
|
"neoconservatism"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"needled":{
|
|
"to attack repeatedly with mean put-downs or insults":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we needled him mercilessly for thinking that he had any chance of being the prom date for the school's most popular girl"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"baited",
|
|
"hassled",
|
|
"hazed",
|
|
"heckled",
|
|
"rode",
|
|
"rid",
|
|
"taunted",
|
|
"teased"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"derided",
|
|
"gibed",
|
|
"jibed",
|
|
"jeered",
|
|
"mocked",
|
|
"ridiculed",
|
|
"annoyed",
|
|
"bothered",
|
|
"bugged",
|
|
"burned (up)",
|
|
"burnt (up)",
|
|
"chafed",
|
|
"fretted",
|
|
"frosted",
|
|
"galled",
|
|
"gnawed (at)",
|
|
"got",
|
|
"grated",
|
|
"griped",
|
|
"hacked (off)",
|
|
"hagrode",
|
|
"irked",
|
|
"irritated",
|
|
"itched",
|
|
"nagged",
|
|
"narked",
|
|
"nettled",
|
|
"peeved",
|
|
"pestered",
|
|
"piqued",
|
|
"put out",
|
|
"rasped",
|
|
"riled",
|
|
"ruffled",
|
|
"spited",
|
|
"troubled",
|
|
"vexed",
|
|
"vext",
|
|
"aggravated",
|
|
"exasperated",
|
|
"goaded",
|
|
"tested",
|
|
"tried",
|
|
"aggrieved",
|
|
"agitated",
|
|
"bedeviled",
|
|
"beleaguered",
|
|
"discomforted",
|
|
"disturbed",
|
|
"perturbed",
|
|
"badgered",
|
|
"dogged",
|
|
"hounded",
|
|
"browbeat",
|
|
"bullied",
|
|
"hectored",
|
|
"harassed",
|
|
"harried",
|
|
"persecuted",
|
|
"plagued",
|
|
"terrorized",
|
|
"tormented",
|
|
"tortured"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to subject (someone) to constant scoldings and sharp reminders":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"quit needling me! I'll take out the trash in a minute!"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dogged",
|
|
"henpecked",
|
|
"hounded",
|
|
"nagged",
|
|
"pecked (at)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"carped (at)",
|
|
"fussed (about or over)",
|
|
"nitpicked",
|
|
"annoyed",
|
|
"badgered",
|
|
"baited",
|
|
"bothered",
|
|
"bugged",
|
|
"chivied",
|
|
"chivvied",
|
|
"harassed",
|
|
"harried",
|
|
"hassled",
|
|
"irked",
|
|
"pestered",
|
|
"plagued",
|
|
"rode",
|
|
"rid",
|
|
"vexed",
|
|
"vext",
|
|
"yapped (at)",
|
|
"egged",
|
|
"goaded",
|
|
"incited",
|
|
"prodded",
|
|
"prompted",
|
|
"spurred",
|
|
"urged",
|
|
"exhorted",
|
|
"insisted",
|
|
"pressed",
|
|
"pressured",
|
|
"pushed",
|
|
"blandished",
|
|
"cajoled",
|
|
"coaxed",
|
|
"wheedled",
|
|
"begged",
|
|
"importuned",
|
|
"pleaded",
|
|
"pled",
|
|
"plead"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"complimented",
|
|
"commended",
|
|
"lauded",
|
|
"praised",
|
|
"recommended",
|
|
"touted",
|
|
"acclaimed",
|
|
"applauded",
|
|
"built up",
|
|
"eulogized",
|
|
"extolled"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"negates":{
|
|
"to declare not to be true":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"this evidence negates his claim that he was not at the scene of the crime"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"contradicts",
|
|
"denies",
|
|
"disaffirms",
|
|
"disallows",
|
|
"disavows",
|
|
"disclaims",
|
|
"disconfirms",
|
|
"disowns",
|
|
"gainsays",
|
|
"negatives",
|
|
"refutes",
|
|
"rejects",
|
|
"repudiates"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"traverses",
|
|
"challenges",
|
|
"confutes",
|
|
"disproves",
|
|
"rebuts",
|
|
"disagrees (with)",
|
|
"disputes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"accepts",
|
|
"adopts",
|
|
"embraces",
|
|
"espouses",
|
|
"affirms",
|
|
"announces",
|
|
"asserts",
|
|
"avers",
|
|
"claims",
|
|
"declares",
|
|
"maintains",
|
|
"professes",
|
|
"submits",
|
|
"authenticates",
|
|
"corroborates",
|
|
"substantiates",
|
|
"validates",
|
|
"verifies"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"acknowledges",
|
|
"admits",
|
|
"allows",
|
|
"avows",
|
|
"concedes",
|
|
"confirms",
|
|
"owns"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to put an end to by formal action":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Prohibition was established by the 18th amendment to the U.S. Constitution, only to be negated by the 21st amendment 13 years later"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abates",
|
|
"abolishes",
|
|
"abrogates",
|
|
"annuls",
|
|
"avoids",
|
|
"cancels",
|
|
"disannuls",
|
|
"dissolves",
|
|
"invalidates",
|
|
"nullifies",
|
|
"nulls",
|
|
"quashes",
|
|
"repeals",
|
|
"rescinds",
|
|
"rolls back",
|
|
"strikes down",
|
|
"vacates",
|
|
"voids"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"countermands",
|
|
"overrides",
|
|
"overrules",
|
|
"overturns",
|
|
"vetoes",
|
|
"aborts",
|
|
"calls",
|
|
"calls off",
|
|
"drops",
|
|
"recalls",
|
|
"retracts",
|
|
"reverses",
|
|
"revokes",
|
|
"suspends",
|
|
"withdraws",
|
|
"bans",
|
|
"enjoins",
|
|
"forbids",
|
|
"outlaws",
|
|
"prohibits",
|
|
"disallows",
|
|
"dismisses",
|
|
"rejects",
|
|
"annihilates",
|
|
"breaks down",
|
|
"eliminates",
|
|
"eradicates",
|
|
"erases",
|
|
"liquidates",
|
|
"removes",
|
|
"throws out",
|
|
"writes off"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"enacts",
|
|
"lays down",
|
|
"legislates",
|
|
"establishes",
|
|
"founds",
|
|
"institutes",
|
|
"formalizes",
|
|
"legalizes",
|
|
"legitimates",
|
|
"legitimizes",
|
|
"validates",
|
|
"passes",
|
|
"ratifies",
|
|
"allows",
|
|
"approves",
|
|
"authorizes",
|
|
"clears",
|
|
"endorses",
|
|
"indorses",
|
|
"permits",
|
|
"sanctions",
|
|
"warrants",
|
|
"commands",
|
|
"decrees",
|
|
"mandates",
|
|
"orders",
|
|
"prescribes"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to think not to be true or real":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"you simply can't negate your feelings for someone, even if they don't feel the same way about you"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"disbelieves",
|
|
"discredits"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"denies",
|
|
"rejects",
|
|
"repudiates",
|
|
"distrusts",
|
|
"doubts",
|
|
"mistrusts",
|
|
"suspects",
|
|
"debunks",
|
|
"disproves",
|
|
"refutes",
|
|
"derides",
|
|
"pooh-poohs",
|
|
"poohs",
|
|
"scoffs (at)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"trusts"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"accepts",
|
|
"believes",
|
|
"credits",
|
|
"swallows"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"necessarily":{
|
|
"because of necessity":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the argument that the existence of the universe necessarily implies the existence of an all-powerful being responsible for creating it"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ineluctably",
|
|
"inescapably",
|
|
"inevitably",
|
|
"ipso facto",
|
|
"needs",
|
|
"perforce",
|
|
"unavoidably"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"involuntarily"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"needlepoint":{
|
|
"as in cross-stitch , crewel":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"crewel",
|
|
"cross-stitch",
|
|
"embroidery",
|
|
"needlework",
|
|
"fagoting",
|
|
"faggoting",
|
|
"hemstitch",
|
|
"smocking",
|
|
"fancywork"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"newsweeklies":{
|
|
"as in newsletters , newsmagazines":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"newsletters",
|
|
"newsmagazines",
|
|
"books",
|
|
"bulletins",
|
|
"diurnals",
|
|
"gazettes",
|
|
"journals",
|
|
"magazines",
|
|
"mags",
|
|
"newspapers",
|
|
"organs",
|
|
"papers",
|
|
"periodicals",
|
|
"rags",
|
|
"reviews",
|
|
"serials",
|
|
"zines",
|
|
"annuals",
|
|
"bimonthlies",
|
|
"biweeklies",
|
|
"dailies",
|
|
"monthlies",
|
|
"quarterlies",
|
|
"semimonthlies",
|
|
"semiweeklies",
|
|
"triweeklies",
|
|
"weeklies",
|
|
"yearbooks",
|
|
"digests",
|
|
"little magazines",
|
|
"fanzines",
|
|
"pictorials",
|
|
"slicks",
|
|
"broadsides",
|
|
"editions",
|
|
"extras",
|
|
"sheets",
|
|
"supplements",
|
|
"tabloids",
|
|
"tabs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"nervelessly":{
|
|
"as in ineffectually , uncertainly":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"impotently",
|
|
"ineffectively",
|
|
"ineffectually",
|
|
"lamely",
|
|
"spinelessly",
|
|
"uncertainly",
|
|
"bloodlessly",
|
|
"halfheartedly",
|
|
"languidly",
|
|
"lazily",
|
|
"listlessly",
|
|
"spiritlessly",
|
|
"delicately",
|
|
"faintly",
|
|
"frailly",
|
|
"shakily",
|
|
"feebly",
|
|
"gently",
|
|
"softly",
|
|
"weakly"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dynamically",
|
|
"energetically",
|
|
"explosively",
|
|
"firmly",
|
|
"forcefully",
|
|
"forcibly",
|
|
"hard",
|
|
"mightily",
|
|
"muscularly",
|
|
"powerfully",
|
|
"roundly",
|
|
"stiffly",
|
|
"stoutly",
|
|
"strenuously",
|
|
"strongly",
|
|
"sturdily",
|
|
"vigorously",
|
|
"fiercely",
|
|
"hammer and tongs",
|
|
"robustly",
|
|
"roughshod",
|
|
"sharply",
|
|
"vehemently",
|
|
"violently",
|
|
"actively",
|
|
"animatedly",
|
|
"briskly",
|
|
"crisply",
|
|
"eagerly",
|
|
"gamely",
|
|
"heartily",
|
|
"lustily",
|
|
"snappily",
|
|
"spiritedly",
|
|
"spunkily",
|
|
"vivaciously"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"necks":{
|
|
"a broad geographical area":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we're going to be in your neck of the woods in July, so maybe we can get together then"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"belts",
|
|
"corridors",
|
|
"lands",
|
|
"parts",
|
|
"regions",
|
|
"tracts",
|
|
"zones"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"districts",
|
|
"domains",
|
|
"latitudes",
|
|
"ranges",
|
|
"realms",
|
|
"terrains",
|
|
"territories",
|
|
"neighborhoods",
|
|
"vicinities"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a narrow body of water between two land masses":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"only a narrow neck of the South China Sea separates Taiwan from mainland China"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"channels",
|
|
"narrows",
|
|
"sounds",
|
|
"straits"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"arms",
|
|
"bays",
|
|
"gulfs",
|
|
"inlets",
|
|
"roads",
|
|
"roadsteads",
|
|
"reaches",
|
|
"stretches"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a very small distance or degree":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"for most of the race he trailed the leader by only a neck"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"aces",
|
|
"hairbreadths",
|
|
"hairsbreadths",
|
|
"hairlines",
|
|
"hairs",
|
|
"inches",
|
|
"steps",
|
|
"stone's throws"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bits",
|
|
"crumbs",
|
|
"dabs",
|
|
"iotas",
|
|
"jots",
|
|
"minims",
|
|
"mites",
|
|
"particles",
|
|
"smidgens",
|
|
"smidgeons",
|
|
"smidgins",
|
|
"smidges",
|
|
"traces",
|
|
"trifles"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"infinities",
|
|
"light-years"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"country miles",
|
|
"long hauls",
|
|
"miles"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in noses , cuddles":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bills",
|
|
"canoodles",
|
|
"cuddles",
|
|
"nestles",
|
|
"noses",
|
|
"nuzzles",
|
|
"snuggles",
|
|
"spoons",
|
|
"caresses",
|
|
"fondles",
|
|
"gentles",
|
|
"loves",
|
|
"pats",
|
|
"pets",
|
|
"strokes",
|
|
"feels up",
|
|
"paws",
|
|
"cradles",
|
|
"embraces",
|
|
"enfolds",
|
|
"hugs",
|
|
"bounces",
|
|
"dandles",
|
|
"kneads",
|
|
"massages",
|
|
"babies",
|
|
"coddles",
|
|
"indulges",
|
|
"mollycoddles",
|
|
"pampers",
|
|
"spoils"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"never":{
|
|
"at no time":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I have never been out of the country"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ne'er"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"nevermore",
|
|
"not",
|
|
"infrequently",
|
|
"little",
|
|
"rarely",
|
|
"seldom"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"eternally",
|
|
"everlastingly",
|
|
"evermore",
|
|
"invariably",
|
|
"frequently",
|
|
"often",
|
|
"recurrently",
|
|
"repeatedly"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"always",
|
|
"constantly",
|
|
"continuously",
|
|
"endlessly",
|
|
"ever",
|
|
"forever",
|
|
"perpetually"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"not in any degree, way, or under any condition":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"even though my proposal was turned down, I will never be convinced that my idea isn't a good one"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"no",
|
|
"none",
|
|
"nothing",
|
|
"noway",
|
|
"noways",
|
|
"nowise"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"completely",
|
|
"extremely",
|
|
"full",
|
|
"fully",
|
|
"par excellence",
|
|
"right",
|
|
"very",
|
|
"altogether",
|
|
"exactly",
|
|
"somehow",
|
|
"someway",
|
|
"someways",
|
|
"out"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"anyhow",
|
|
"anyway",
|
|
"anywise",
|
|
"at all",
|
|
"ever",
|
|
"half",
|
|
"however"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"New Jerusalems":{
|
|
"a dwelling place of perfect happiness for the soul after death":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"prayed that the those recently departed will spend eternal life in New Jerusalem"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"above",
|
|
"blisses",
|
|
"elysian fields",
|
|
"Elysiums",
|
|
"Elysia",
|
|
"empyreans",
|
|
"heavens",
|
|
"kingdom comes",
|
|
"paradises",
|
|
"skies",
|
|
"Zions",
|
|
"Sions"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"glories",
|
|
"happy hunting grounds",
|
|
"nirvanas",
|
|
"promised lands",
|
|
"Valhallas",
|
|
"afterlives",
|
|
"afterworlds",
|
|
"hereafters",
|
|
"otherworlds"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"infernos",
|
|
"limbos",
|
|
"purgatories",
|
|
"netherworlds",
|
|
"underworlds",
|
|
"abysses",
|
|
"pits"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"Gehennas",
|
|
"hells",
|
|
"Pandemoniums",
|
|
"perditions"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"an often imaginary place or state of utter perfection and happiness":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an idealistic senator who thought that he could singlehandedly turn Washington into the New Jerusalem"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"Camelots",
|
|
"Cockaignes",
|
|
"Edens",
|
|
"Elysiums",
|
|
"Elysia",
|
|
"empyreans",
|
|
"fantasylands",
|
|
"heavens",
|
|
"lotuslands",
|
|
"never-never lands",
|
|
"nirvanas",
|
|
"paradises",
|
|
"promised lands",
|
|
"Shangri-las",
|
|
"utopias",
|
|
"Zions",
|
|
"Sions"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"arcadias",
|
|
"dreamlands",
|
|
"dreamworlds",
|
|
"fairylands",
|
|
"wonderlands",
|
|
"blisses",
|
|
"euphorias",
|
|
"joys"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"fool's paradises"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"anti-utopias",
|
|
"dystopias",
|
|
"hells"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"nectars":{
|
|
"as in drinks , beverages":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"beverages",
|
|
"drinkables",
|
|
"drinks",
|
|
"libations",
|
|
"potables",
|
|
"quenchers",
|
|
"alcohols",
|
|
"brews",
|
|
"intoxicants",
|
|
"liquors",
|
|
"spirits",
|
|
"pops",
|
|
"soda pops",
|
|
"sodas",
|
|
"soft drinks",
|
|
"mixers",
|
|
"mixes",
|
|
"potions"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"neighboring":{
|
|
"having a border in common":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he and his future wife grew up on neighboring farms"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abutting",
|
|
"adjacent",
|
|
"adjoining",
|
|
"bordering",
|
|
"conterminous",
|
|
"contiguous",
|
|
"flanking",
|
|
"flush",
|
|
"fringing",
|
|
"joining",
|
|
"juxtaposed",
|
|
"skirting",
|
|
"touching",
|
|
"verging"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"approximate",
|
|
"close",
|
|
"closest",
|
|
"immediate",
|
|
"near",
|
|
"nearby",
|
|
"nearest",
|
|
"next-door",
|
|
"nigh",
|
|
"attached",
|
|
"communicating",
|
|
"connected",
|
|
"connecting",
|
|
"interconnecting",
|
|
"joined",
|
|
"linked",
|
|
"united",
|
|
"bounding",
|
|
"circumjacent",
|
|
"embracing",
|
|
"encircling",
|
|
"enclosing",
|
|
"inclosing",
|
|
"fencing",
|
|
"rimming",
|
|
"surrounding",
|
|
"marginal",
|
|
"peripheral",
|
|
"tangent",
|
|
"tangential",
|
|
"ambient",
|
|
"encompassing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"apart",
|
|
"detached",
|
|
"disconnected",
|
|
"discrete",
|
|
"free-standing",
|
|
"isolate",
|
|
"isolated",
|
|
"removed",
|
|
"separate",
|
|
"single",
|
|
"unattached",
|
|
"unconnected",
|
|
"unlinked",
|
|
"away",
|
|
"distant",
|
|
"far",
|
|
"faraway",
|
|
"far-off",
|
|
"farthest",
|
|
"remote",
|
|
"discontinuous",
|
|
"noncontinuous",
|
|
"broken up",
|
|
"disjoined",
|
|
"dissevered",
|
|
"dissociated",
|
|
"disunited",
|
|
"divided",
|
|
"divorced",
|
|
"parted",
|
|
"ramified",
|
|
"resolved",
|
|
"severed",
|
|
"split",
|
|
"sundered",
|
|
"uncoupled",
|
|
"unyoked"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"nonadjacent",
|
|
"noncontiguous"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"not being distant in time, space, or significance":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the statehouse and its neighboring buildings"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"close",
|
|
"close-up",
|
|
"immediate",
|
|
"near",
|
|
"nearby",
|
|
"next-door",
|
|
"nigh",
|
|
"proximate"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abutting",
|
|
"adjacent",
|
|
"adjoining",
|
|
"bordering",
|
|
"contiguous",
|
|
"approaching",
|
|
"coming",
|
|
"forthcoming",
|
|
"oncoming",
|
|
"upcoming",
|
|
"accessible",
|
|
"convenient",
|
|
"handy",
|
|
"close-in",
|
|
"hand-to-hand"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"divorced",
|
|
"removed",
|
|
"separated"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"away",
|
|
"deep",
|
|
"distant",
|
|
"far",
|
|
"faraway",
|
|
"far-off",
|
|
"remote"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to be adjacent to":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the baseball field neighbors a parking lot"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abutting",
|
|
"adjoining",
|
|
"bordering (on)",
|
|
"butting (on or against)",
|
|
"flanking",
|
|
"fringing",
|
|
"joining",
|
|
"marching (with)",
|
|
"skirting",
|
|
"touching",
|
|
"verging (on)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"attaching (to)",
|
|
"communicating (with)",
|
|
"connecting (with)",
|
|
"linking (with)",
|
|
"bounding",
|
|
"embracing",
|
|
"encircling",
|
|
"enclosing",
|
|
"inclosing",
|
|
"fencing",
|
|
"lining",
|
|
"margining",
|
|
"rimming",
|
|
"surrounding",
|
|
"contacting",
|
|
"converging",
|
|
"meeting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"verb"
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]
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}
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} |