5414 lines
107 KiB
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5414 lines
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{
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"ovation":{
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"enthusiastic and usually public expression of approval":{
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"antonyms":[
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"booing",
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"hissing"
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],
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"examples":[
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"received a standing ovation for the masterly performance"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"boo",
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"hiss",
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"hoot",
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"jeer",
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"raspberry",
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"smirk",
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"sneer",
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"snicker",
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"snigger",
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"snort",
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"whistle",
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"gibe",
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"jibe",
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"put-down",
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"taunt"
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],
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"related":[
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"clapping",
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"bravo",
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"hail",
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"hallelujah",
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"hurrah",
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"hooray",
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"hoorah",
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"hosanna",
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"huzzah",
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"huzza",
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"acclaim",
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"accolade",
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"citation",
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"commendation",
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"compliment",
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"encomium",
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"eulogy",
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"homage",
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"kudo",
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"paean",
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"panegyric",
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"salutation",
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"tribute",
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"kudos",
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"praise"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"acclamation",
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"applause",
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"cheer",
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"cheering",
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"plaudit(s)",
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"rave(s)",
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"r\u00e9clame"
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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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"over-the-hill":{
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"being of advanced years and especially past middle age":{
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"antonyms":[
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"young",
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"youthful"
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],
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"examples":[
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"the overwhelming majority of that rock band's fans are over-the-hill baby boomers on a nostalgia trip"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"ageless",
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"youngish",
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"adolescent",
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"immature",
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"juvenile",
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"preteen",
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"puerile",
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"minor",
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"underage",
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"callow",
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"green",
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"inexperienced",
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"raw",
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"babyish",
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"childish",
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"childlike",
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"infantile",
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"infantine",
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"kiddish"
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],
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"related":[
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"centenarian",
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"nonagenarian",
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"octogenarian",
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"septuagenarian",
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"sexagenarian",
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"oldish",
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"adult",
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"grown-up",
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"mature",
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"middle-aged",
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"pensioned",
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"retired",
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"superannuated",
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"matriarchal",
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"patriarchal",
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"venerable",
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"anile",
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"decrepit",
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"doddering",
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"senile",
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"spavined",
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"tottery",
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"overage",
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"overaged"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"aged",
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"aging",
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"ageing",
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"ancient",
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"elderly",
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"geriatric",
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"long-lived",
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"old",
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"older",
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"senescent",
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"senior",
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"unyoung"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"adjective"
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]
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},
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"overabundances":{
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"the state or an instance of going beyond what is usual, proper, or needed":{
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"antonyms":[
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"deficiencies",
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"deficits",
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"insufficiencies",
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"undersupplies"
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],
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"examples":[
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"an overabundance of desserts at a potluck dinner"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"dearths",
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"lacks",
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"scarcities",
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"wants"
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],
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"related":[
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"abundances",
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"bounties",
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"plenties",
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"plentitudes",
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"profusions",
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"sufficiencies",
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"overproductions",
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"overstocks"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"bellyfuls",
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"excesses",
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"fat",
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"overages",
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"overflows",
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"overkills",
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"overmuch",
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"overpluses",
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"oversupplies",
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"plethoras",
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"pluses",
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"plusses",
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"redundancies",
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"superabundances",
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"superfluities",
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"surfeits",
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"surplusages",
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"surpluses"
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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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"overachiever":{
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"as in go-getter , achiever":{
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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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"overacted":{
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"as in":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[],
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"synonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"overage":{
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"as in older , over-the-hill":{
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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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"the state or an instance of going beyond what is usual, proper, or needed":{
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"antonyms":[
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"deficiency",
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"deficit",
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"insufficiency",
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"undersupply"
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],
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"examples":[
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"several selectmen argued that the town's cash overage was significant enough to warrant a reduction of the residential property tax"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"dearth",
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"lack",
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"scarcity",
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"want"
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],
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"related":[
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"abundance",
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"bounty",
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"plentitude",
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"plenty",
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"profusion",
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"sufficiency",
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"overproduction",
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"overstock"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"bellyful",
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"excess",
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"fat",
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"overabundance",
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"overflow",
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"overkill",
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"overmuch",
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"overplus",
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"oversupply",
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"plethora",
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"plus",
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"redundancy",
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"superabundance",
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"superfluity",
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"surfeit",
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"surplus",
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"surplusage"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"overbear":{
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"to achieve a victory over":{
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"antonyms":[
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"lose (to)"
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],
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"examples":[
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"that year the football team simply overbore opponent after opponent with steamroller ruthlessness"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"fall",
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"give up",
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"go down",
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"go under",
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"collapse",
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"fail",
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"flop",
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"flunk",
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"fold",
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"wash out"
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],
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"related":[
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"sweep",
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"edge (out)",
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"nose out",
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"pip",
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"annihilate",
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"blow away",
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"blow out",
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"bomb",
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"break",
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"bury",
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"clobber",
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"cream",
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"crush",
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"drub",
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"finish",
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"flatten",
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"overwhelm",
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"rout",
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"shellac",
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"skin",
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"slaughter",
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"smoke",
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"snow under",
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"thrash",
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"trounce",
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"upset",
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"wallop",
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"wax",
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"whip",
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"cap",
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"excel",
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"flourish",
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"score",
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"succeed",
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"knock off",
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"knock over",
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"overpower",
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"overthrow",
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"subjugate",
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"unseat",
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"vanquish",
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"ace (out)",
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"better",
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"eclipse",
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"exceed",
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"excel",
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"outdistance",
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"outdo",
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"outfight",
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"outshine",
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"outstrip",
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"overtop",
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"surpass",
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"top",
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"transcend"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"beat",
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"best",
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"conquer",
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"defeat",
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"dispatch",
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"do down",
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"get",
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"get around",
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"lick",
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"master",
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"overcome",
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"overmatch",
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"prevail (over)",
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"skunk",
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"stop",
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"subdue",
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"surmount",
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"take",
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"trim",
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"triumph (over)",
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"upend",
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"win (against)",
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"worst"
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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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"overbearing":{
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"coming before all others in importance":{
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"antonyms":[
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"last",
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"least"
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],
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"examples":[
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"the overbearing problem in our nation's schools"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"inconsequential",
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"inconsiderable",
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"insignificant",
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"minor",
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"negligible",
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"slight",
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"trifling",
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"trivial",
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"unimportant",
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"collateral",
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"inferior",
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"secondary",
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"subordinate",
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"subsidiary"
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],
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"related":[
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"distinguished",
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"eminent",
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"illustrious",
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"noble",
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"notable",
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"noteworthy",
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"outstanding",
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"prestigious",
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"signal",
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"star",
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"stellar",
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"superior",
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"high-level",
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"senior",
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"top",
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"important",
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"influential",
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"major",
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"mighty",
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"momentous",
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"significant",
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"incomparable",
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"matchless",
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"unequaled",
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"unequalled",
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"unparalleled",
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"unsurpassed",
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"celebrated",
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"famed",
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"famous",
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"renowned"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"arch",
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"big",
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"capital",
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"cardinal",
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"central",
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"chief",
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"dominant",
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"first",
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"foremost",
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"grand",
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"great",
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"greatest",
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"highest",
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"key",
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"leading",
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"main",
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"master",
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"number one",
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"No. 1",
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"numero uno",
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"overmastering",
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"overriding",
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"paramount",
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"predominant",
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"preeminent",
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"premier",
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"primal",
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"primary",
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"principal",
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"prior",
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"sovereign",
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"sovran",
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"supreme"
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]
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},
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"fond of ordering people around":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"the doctor's overbearing attitude is resented by nurses and patients alike"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"humble",
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"meek",
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"modest",
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"unassuming",
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"amenable",
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"docile",
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"obedient",
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"tractable",
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"indecisive",
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"irresolute",
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"acquiescent",
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"compliant",
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"passive",
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"resigned",
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"submissive",
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"yielding"
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],
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"related":[
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"arrogant",
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"assumptive",
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"disdainful",
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"fastuous",
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"haughty",
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"highfalutin",
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"hifalutin",
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"high-and-mighty",
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"high-hat",
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"huffy",
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"important",
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"lofty",
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"lordly",
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"overweening",
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"presuming",
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"presumptuous",
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"pretentious",
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"proud",
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"self-asserting",
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"supercilious",
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"superior",
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"toplofty",
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"toploftical",
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"uppish",
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"uppity",
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"commanding",
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"controlling",
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"dictating",
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"regimental",
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"arbitrary",
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"high-handed",
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"imperial",
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"directorial",
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"magisterial",
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"aggressive",
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"assertive",
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"self-assertive",
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"imperative",
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"conceited",
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"narcissistic",
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"pompous",
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"vain",
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"all-powerful",
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"almighty",
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"omnipotent",
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"firm",
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"stern"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"authoritarian",
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"authoritative",
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"autocratic",
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"autocratical",
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"bossy",
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"despotic",
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"dictatorial",
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"domineering",
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"imperious",
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"masterful",
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"peremptory",
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"tyrannical",
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"tyrannic",
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"tyrannous"
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]
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},
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"to achieve a victory over":{
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"antonyms":[
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"losing (to)"
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],
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"examples":[
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"that year the football team simply overbore opponent after opponent with steamroller ruthlessness"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"falling",
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"giving up",
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"going down",
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"going under",
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"collapsing",
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"failing",
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"flopping",
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"flunking",
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"folding",
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"washing out"
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],
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"related":[
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"sweeping",
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"edging (out)",
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"nosing out",
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"pipping",
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"annihilating",
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"blowing away",
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"blowing out",
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"bombing",
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"breaking",
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"burying",
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"clobbering",
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"creaming",
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"crushing",
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"drubbing",
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"finishing",
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"flattening",
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"overwhelming",
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"routing",
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"shellacking",
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"skinning",
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"slaughtering",
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"smoking",
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"snowing under",
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"thrashing",
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"trouncing",
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"upsetting",
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"walloping",
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"waxing",
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"whipping",
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"capping",
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"excelling",
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"flourishing",
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"scoring",
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"succeeding",
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"knocking off",
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"knocking over",
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"overpowering",
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"overthrowing",
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"subjugating",
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"unseating",
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"vanquishing",
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"acing (out)",
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"bettering",
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"eclipsing",
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"exceeding",
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"excelling",
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"outdistancing",
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"outdoing",
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"outfighting",
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"outshining",
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"outstripping",
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"overtopping",
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"surpassing",
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"topping",
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"transcending"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"beating",
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"besting",
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"conquering",
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"defeating",
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"dispatching",
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"doing down",
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"getting",
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"getting around",
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"licking",
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"mastering",
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"overcoming",
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"overmatching",
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"prevailing (over)",
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"skunking",
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"stopping",
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"subduing",
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"surmounting",
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|
"taking",
|
|
"trimming",
|
|
"triumphing (over)",
|
|
"upending",
|
|
"winning (against)",
|
|
"worsting"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"overbold":{
|
|
"foolishly adventurous or bold":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"careful",
|
|
"cautious",
|
|
"circumspect",
|
|
"guarded",
|
|
"heedful",
|
|
"prudent",
|
|
"safe",
|
|
"wary"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"one overbold tourist almost tumbled over the rocks and into the sea"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"unadventurous",
|
|
"unambitious",
|
|
"fainthearted",
|
|
"fearful",
|
|
"mousy",
|
|
"mousey",
|
|
"scary",
|
|
"shy",
|
|
"skittish",
|
|
"timid",
|
|
"timorous",
|
|
"calm",
|
|
"cool",
|
|
"levelheaded",
|
|
"sensible",
|
|
"alert",
|
|
"intelligent",
|
|
"quick-witted",
|
|
"sharp",
|
|
"chicken",
|
|
"chickenhearted",
|
|
"cowardly",
|
|
"craven",
|
|
"dastardly",
|
|
"lily-livered",
|
|
"pusillanimous",
|
|
"recreant",
|
|
"spineless",
|
|
"unheroic",
|
|
"yellow"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"adventuresome",
|
|
"adventurous",
|
|
"bold",
|
|
"daring",
|
|
"venturesome",
|
|
"venturous",
|
|
"brave",
|
|
"courageous",
|
|
"dauntless",
|
|
"doughty",
|
|
"fearless",
|
|
"gallant",
|
|
"greathearted",
|
|
"gutsy",
|
|
"hardy",
|
|
"heroic",
|
|
"heroical",
|
|
"intrepid",
|
|
"lionhearted",
|
|
"manful",
|
|
"stalwart",
|
|
"stout",
|
|
"stouthearted",
|
|
"undauntable",
|
|
"undaunted",
|
|
"valiant",
|
|
"valorous",
|
|
"hotheaded",
|
|
"impetuous",
|
|
"imprudent",
|
|
"impulsive",
|
|
"incautious",
|
|
"rash",
|
|
"brainless",
|
|
"foolish",
|
|
"harebrained",
|
|
"scatterbrained",
|
|
"careless",
|
|
"heedless",
|
|
"thoughtless",
|
|
"hasty",
|
|
"headlong",
|
|
"precipitate"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"audacious",
|
|
"brash",
|
|
"daredevil",
|
|
"foolhardy",
|
|
"madcap",
|
|
"overconfident",
|
|
"reckless",
|
|
"temerarious"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"overbright":{
|
|
"as in bright , glittery":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"overcasts":{
|
|
"to make dark, dim, or indistinct":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"brightens",
|
|
"illuminates",
|
|
"illumines",
|
|
"lightens",
|
|
"lights (up)"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an impenetrable fog overcast our view of the harbor"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"exposes",
|
|
"reveals",
|
|
"uncovers",
|
|
"unveils"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"adumbrates",
|
|
"blots out",
|
|
"conceals",
|
|
"eclipses",
|
|
"hides",
|
|
"obliterates",
|
|
"screens",
|
|
"shades",
|
|
"camouflages",
|
|
"cloaks",
|
|
"covers",
|
|
"curtains",
|
|
"disguises",
|
|
"masks",
|
|
"veils"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beclouds",
|
|
"bedims",
|
|
"befogs",
|
|
"blackens",
|
|
"blears",
|
|
"blurs",
|
|
"clouds",
|
|
"darkens",
|
|
"dims",
|
|
"dislimns",
|
|
"fogs",
|
|
"fuzzes (up)",
|
|
"hazes",
|
|
"mists",
|
|
"obscures",
|
|
"overclouds",
|
|
"overshadows",
|
|
"shadows",
|
|
"shrouds"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"overcautious":{
|
|
"as in timid , overcareful":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"overcharge":{
|
|
"as in":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to charge (someone) too much for goods or services":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"undercharge"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I think that store may have overcharged us for the shoes, which were supposed to be on sale"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"cheat",
|
|
"defraud",
|
|
"stick",
|
|
"clip",
|
|
"fleece",
|
|
"skin",
|
|
"mischarge"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"gouge",
|
|
"soak",
|
|
"sting",
|
|
"surcharge"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to fill or load to excess":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"overcharged his thesis with long, fancy words"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"lighten",
|
|
"unburden",
|
|
"unload"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"stuff",
|
|
"burden",
|
|
"charge",
|
|
"encumber",
|
|
"lade",
|
|
"laden",
|
|
"load",
|
|
"lumber",
|
|
"saddle",
|
|
"weigh down",
|
|
"weight"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"overburden",
|
|
"overfill",
|
|
"overload"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"overcome":{
|
|
"as in":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to achieve a victory over":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"lose (to)"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the baseball team finally overcame their opponents in the 13th inning"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"fall",
|
|
"give up",
|
|
"go down",
|
|
"go under",
|
|
"collapse",
|
|
"fail",
|
|
"flop",
|
|
"flunk",
|
|
"fold",
|
|
"wash out"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"sweep",
|
|
"edge (out)",
|
|
"nose out",
|
|
"pip",
|
|
"annihilate",
|
|
"blow away",
|
|
"blow out",
|
|
"bomb",
|
|
"break",
|
|
"bury",
|
|
"clobber",
|
|
"cream",
|
|
"crush",
|
|
"drub",
|
|
"finish",
|
|
"flatten",
|
|
"overwhelm",
|
|
"rout",
|
|
"shellac",
|
|
"skin",
|
|
"slaughter",
|
|
"smoke",
|
|
"snow under",
|
|
"thrash",
|
|
"trounce",
|
|
"upset",
|
|
"wallop",
|
|
"wax",
|
|
"whip",
|
|
"cap",
|
|
"excel",
|
|
"flourish",
|
|
"score",
|
|
"succeed",
|
|
"knock off",
|
|
"knock over",
|
|
"overpower",
|
|
"overthrow",
|
|
"subjugate",
|
|
"unseat",
|
|
"vanquish",
|
|
"ace (out)",
|
|
"better",
|
|
"eclipse",
|
|
"exceed",
|
|
"excel",
|
|
"outdistance",
|
|
"outdo",
|
|
"outfight",
|
|
"outshine",
|
|
"outstrip",
|
|
"overtop",
|
|
"surpass",
|
|
"top",
|
|
"transcend"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beat",
|
|
"best",
|
|
"conquer",
|
|
"defeat",
|
|
"dispatch",
|
|
"do down",
|
|
"get",
|
|
"get around",
|
|
"lick",
|
|
"master",
|
|
"overbear",
|
|
"overmatch",
|
|
"prevail (over)",
|
|
"skunk",
|
|
"stop",
|
|
"subdue",
|
|
"surmount",
|
|
"take",
|
|
"trim",
|
|
"triumph (over)",
|
|
"upend",
|
|
"win (against)",
|
|
"worst"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to subject to incapacitating emotional or mental stress":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"already under stress, she was overcome by news of a death in the family"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"deluge",
|
|
"drown",
|
|
"sink",
|
|
"confute",
|
|
"defeat",
|
|
"refute",
|
|
"break",
|
|
"demoralize",
|
|
"distress",
|
|
"disturb",
|
|
"rock",
|
|
"shatter",
|
|
"stagger",
|
|
"throw",
|
|
"unman",
|
|
"unnerve",
|
|
"upset"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"crush",
|
|
"devastate",
|
|
"floor",
|
|
"grind (down)",
|
|
"oppress",
|
|
"overmaster",
|
|
"overpower",
|
|
"overwhelm",
|
|
"prostrate",
|
|
"snow under",
|
|
"swamp",
|
|
"whelm"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"overcommit":{
|
|
"as in commit , betroth":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"overcommitting":{
|
|
"as in committing , betrothing":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"overcomplicated":{
|
|
"as in overcomplex":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"overdo":{
|
|
"to describe or express in too strong terms":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"understate"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the fashion designer's claim that his new line of clothing would revolutionize the way we dress was perhaps overdoing it just a bit"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"belittle",
|
|
"minimize",
|
|
"play down"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"color",
|
|
"elaborate",
|
|
"embellish",
|
|
"embroider",
|
|
"magnify",
|
|
"pad",
|
|
"play up",
|
|
"stretch",
|
|
"fudge",
|
|
"hedge",
|
|
"melodramatize",
|
|
"overemphasize",
|
|
"overplay",
|
|
"sensationalize"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"exaggerate",
|
|
"overdraw",
|
|
"overstate",
|
|
"put on"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"overdoing":{
|
|
"to describe or express in too strong terms":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"understating"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the fashion designer's claim that his new line of clothing would revolutionize the way we dress was perhaps overdoing it just a bit"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"belittling",
|
|
"minimizing",
|
|
"playing down"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"coloring",
|
|
"elaborating",
|
|
"embellishing",
|
|
"embroidering",
|
|
"magnifying",
|
|
"padding",
|
|
"playing up",
|
|
"stretching",
|
|
"fudging",
|
|
"hedging",
|
|
"melodramatizing",
|
|
"overemphasizing",
|
|
"overplaying",
|
|
"sensationalizing"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"exaggerating",
|
|
"overdrawing",
|
|
"overstating",
|
|
"putting on"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"overdone":{
|
|
"as in":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to describe or express in too strong terms":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"understated"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the fashion designer's claim that his new line of clothing would revolutionize the way we dress was perhaps overdoing it just a bit"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"belittled",
|
|
"minimized",
|
|
"played down"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"colored",
|
|
"elaborated",
|
|
"embellished",
|
|
"embroidered",
|
|
"magnified",
|
|
"padded",
|
|
"played up",
|
|
"stretched",
|
|
"fudged",
|
|
"hedged",
|
|
"melodramatized",
|
|
"overemphasized",
|
|
"overplayed",
|
|
"sensationalized"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"exaggerated",
|
|
"overdrawn",
|
|
"overstated",
|
|
"put on"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"overdramatic":{
|
|
"as in":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"overdrawing":{
|
|
"to describe or express in too strong terms":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"understating"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"commentators have overdrawn the dangers of the sport in order to make it appear more exciting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"belittling",
|
|
"minimizing",
|
|
"playing down"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"coloring",
|
|
"elaborating",
|
|
"embellishing",
|
|
"embroidering",
|
|
"magnifying",
|
|
"padding",
|
|
"playing up",
|
|
"stretching",
|
|
"fudging",
|
|
"hedging",
|
|
"melodramatizing",
|
|
"overemphasizing",
|
|
"overplaying",
|
|
"sensationalizing"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"exaggerating",
|
|
"overdoing",
|
|
"overstating",
|
|
"putting on"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"overdrawn":{
|
|
"extended beyond normal or realistic bounds":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"his war stories were embellished with overdrawn descriptions of battle and efforts to save the wounded"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"realistic",
|
|
"reasonable"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"elaborated",
|
|
"embellished",
|
|
"embroidered",
|
|
"enlarged",
|
|
"hyped-up",
|
|
"magnified",
|
|
"overdone",
|
|
"overemphasized",
|
|
"overplayed",
|
|
"overstated",
|
|
"padded",
|
|
"stretched",
|
|
"grandiose",
|
|
"preposterous",
|
|
"unreal",
|
|
"unrealistic",
|
|
"unreasonable"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bloated",
|
|
"exaggerated",
|
|
"hyperbolized",
|
|
"inflated",
|
|
"outsize",
|
|
"outsized",
|
|
"overblown",
|
|
"overweening"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to describe or express in too strong terms":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"understated"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"commentators have overdrawn the dangers of the sport in order to make it appear more exciting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"belittled",
|
|
"minimized",
|
|
"played down"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"colored",
|
|
"elaborated",
|
|
"embellished",
|
|
"embroidered",
|
|
"magnified",
|
|
"padded",
|
|
"played up",
|
|
"stretched",
|
|
"fudged",
|
|
"hedged",
|
|
"melodramatized",
|
|
"overemphasized",
|
|
"overplayed",
|
|
"sensationalized"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"exaggerated",
|
|
"overdone",
|
|
"overstated",
|
|
"put on"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"overdraws":{
|
|
"to describe or express in too strong terms":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"understates"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"commentators have overdrawn the dangers of the sport in order to make it appear more exciting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"belittles",
|
|
"minimizes",
|
|
"plays down"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"colors",
|
|
"elaborates",
|
|
"embellishes",
|
|
"embroiders",
|
|
"magnifies",
|
|
"pads",
|
|
"plays up",
|
|
"stretches",
|
|
"fudges",
|
|
"hedges",
|
|
"melodramatizes",
|
|
"overemphasizes",
|
|
"overplays",
|
|
"sensationalizes"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"exaggerates",
|
|
"overdoes",
|
|
"overstates",
|
|
"puts on"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"overdrew":{
|
|
"to describe or express in too strong terms":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"understated"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"commentators have overdrawn the dangers of the sport in order to make it appear more exciting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"belittled",
|
|
"minimized",
|
|
"played down"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"colored",
|
|
"elaborated",
|
|
"embellished",
|
|
"embroidered",
|
|
"magnified",
|
|
"padded",
|
|
"played up",
|
|
"stretched",
|
|
"fudged",
|
|
"hedged",
|
|
"melodramatized",
|
|
"overemphasized",
|
|
"overplayed",
|
|
"sensationalized"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"exaggerated",
|
|
"overdid",
|
|
"overstated",
|
|
"put on"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"overestimate":{
|
|
"to place too high a value on":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"underestimate",
|
|
"underrate",
|
|
"undervalue"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the contractors overestimated their ability to do the work on such short notice"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"minimize",
|
|
"play down",
|
|
"soft-pedal",
|
|
"belittle",
|
|
"decry",
|
|
"depreciate",
|
|
"disparage",
|
|
"despise",
|
|
"disdain",
|
|
"scorn",
|
|
"abhor",
|
|
"abominate",
|
|
"detest",
|
|
"loathe"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"appreciate",
|
|
"cherish",
|
|
"prize",
|
|
"treasure",
|
|
"value",
|
|
"admire",
|
|
"esteem",
|
|
"regard",
|
|
"respect",
|
|
"adore",
|
|
"idolize",
|
|
"revere",
|
|
"reverence",
|
|
"venerate",
|
|
"worship"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"overrate",
|
|
"overvalue"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"overexert":{
|
|
"as in":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"overextending":{
|
|
"as in overreaching":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"overfed":{
|
|
"as in overate , gorged":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in overstuffed , glutted":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"overfilling":{
|
|
"as in filling , satiating":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to fill or load to excess":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"overfilled the wheelbarrow with bricks until finally no one could push it"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"lightening",
|
|
"unburdening",
|
|
"unloading"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"stuffing",
|
|
"burdening",
|
|
"charging",
|
|
"encumbering",
|
|
"ladening",
|
|
"lading",
|
|
"loading",
|
|
"lumbering",
|
|
"saddling",
|
|
"weighing down",
|
|
"weighting"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"overburdening",
|
|
"overcharging",
|
|
"overloading"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to flow over the brim or top of":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"water overfilled the tub and poured onto the floor"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"receding"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"boiling over",
|
|
"running over",
|
|
"spilling",
|
|
"welling (up)",
|
|
"flowing",
|
|
"flushing",
|
|
"gushing",
|
|
"pouring",
|
|
"sluicing",
|
|
"spouting",
|
|
"spurting",
|
|
"streaming",
|
|
"deluging",
|
|
"drowning",
|
|
"engulfing",
|
|
"flooding",
|
|
"inundating",
|
|
"overwhelming",
|
|
"submerging",
|
|
"submersing",
|
|
"swamping",
|
|
"washing (over)",
|
|
"brimming",
|
|
"cascading",
|
|
"slopping",
|
|
"sloshing"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"overflowing"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"overflows":{
|
|
"a great flow of water or of something that overwhelms":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"droughts",
|
|
"drouths"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a great overflow of water from the heavy rains swept mud and silt down onto the highway"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dribbles",
|
|
"drips",
|
|
"trickles"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"currents",
|
|
"rivers",
|
|
"streams",
|
|
"tides",
|
|
"cloudbursts",
|
|
"discharges",
|
|
"flushes",
|
|
"gushes",
|
|
"outflows",
|
|
"outpourings",
|
|
"fluxes",
|
|
"inflows",
|
|
"influxes",
|
|
"engulfments",
|
|
"washouts",
|
|
"avalanches",
|
|
"blizzards",
|
|
"cascades",
|
|
"waterfalls",
|
|
"excesses",
|
|
"gluts",
|
|
"overabundances",
|
|
"overages",
|
|
"overkills",
|
|
"overmuch",
|
|
"oversupplies",
|
|
"superabundances",
|
|
"superfluities",
|
|
"surfeits",
|
|
"surpluses"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"alluvions",
|
|
"baths",
|
|
"cataclysms",
|
|
"cataracts",
|
|
"deluges",
|
|
"floods",
|
|
"flood tides",
|
|
"inundations",
|
|
"Niagaras",
|
|
"spates",
|
|
"torrents"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the state or an instance of going beyond what is usual, proper, or needed":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"deficiencies",
|
|
"deficits",
|
|
"insufficiencies",
|
|
"undersupplies"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an overflow of help actually made the job more complicated"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dearths",
|
|
"lacks",
|
|
"scarcities",
|
|
"wants"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"abundances",
|
|
"bounties",
|
|
"plenties",
|
|
"plentitudes",
|
|
"profusions",
|
|
"sufficiencies",
|
|
"overproductions",
|
|
"overstocks"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bellyfuls",
|
|
"excesses",
|
|
"fat",
|
|
"overabundances",
|
|
"overages",
|
|
"overkills",
|
|
"overmuch",
|
|
"overpluses",
|
|
"oversupplies",
|
|
"plethoras",
|
|
"pluses",
|
|
"plusses",
|
|
"redundancies",
|
|
"superabundances",
|
|
"superfluities",
|
|
"surfeits",
|
|
"surplusages",
|
|
"surpluses"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to be copiously supplied":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a magazine that usually overflows with home-repair tips for the do-it-yourselfer"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"lacks",
|
|
"needs",
|
|
"wants"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abounds",
|
|
"brims",
|
|
"bristles",
|
|
"bulges",
|
|
"bursts",
|
|
"bustles",
|
|
"buzzes",
|
|
"crawls",
|
|
"hums",
|
|
"pullulates",
|
|
"swarms",
|
|
"teems"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to cover with a flood":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"drains"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the swollen river overflowed the surrounding land and washed several houses away"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dehydrates",
|
|
"dries",
|
|
"parches"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"avalanches",
|
|
"smothers",
|
|
"overcomes",
|
|
"overruns",
|
|
"flows",
|
|
"flushes",
|
|
"gushes",
|
|
"pours",
|
|
"sluices",
|
|
"spouts",
|
|
"spurts",
|
|
"streams",
|
|
"douses",
|
|
"dowses",
|
|
"drenches",
|
|
"soaks",
|
|
"wets"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"deluges",
|
|
"drowns",
|
|
"engulfs",
|
|
"floods",
|
|
"gulfs",
|
|
"inundates",
|
|
"overwhelms",
|
|
"submerges",
|
|
"submerses",
|
|
"swamps"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to flow over the brim or top of":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"while the wine steward stood there gawking at the nearby celebrity, my expensive champagne was overflowing its glass and pouring onto our table"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"recedes"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"boils over",
|
|
"runs over",
|
|
"spills",
|
|
"wells (up)",
|
|
"flows",
|
|
"flushes",
|
|
"gushes",
|
|
"pours",
|
|
"sluices",
|
|
"spouts",
|
|
"spurts",
|
|
"streams",
|
|
"deluges",
|
|
"drowns",
|
|
"engulfs",
|
|
"floods",
|
|
"inundates",
|
|
"overwhelms",
|
|
"submerges",
|
|
"submerses",
|
|
"swamps",
|
|
"washes (over)",
|
|
"brims",
|
|
"cascades",
|
|
"slops",
|
|
"sloshes"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"overfills"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"overhang":{
|
|
"a part that sticks out from the general mass of something":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"cavity",
|
|
"concave",
|
|
"concavity",
|
|
"dent",
|
|
"depression",
|
|
"dint",
|
|
"hollow",
|
|
"indent",
|
|
"indentation",
|
|
"indenture",
|
|
"pit",
|
|
"recess"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a recess in the face of the cliff that is hidden by the thick vines dangling from the jagged overhang above"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"crater",
|
|
"hole",
|
|
"well",
|
|
"basin",
|
|
"bowl",
|
|
"dip",
|
|
"valley",
|
|
"furrow",
|
|
"groove",
|
|
"trench",
|
|
"trough",
|
|
"dimple",
|
|
"gouge",
|
|
"impression",
|
|
"notch",
|
|
"pocket"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"dome",
|
|
"blob",
|
|
"bump",
|
|
"dilatation",
|
|
"gibbosity",
|
|
"hump",
|
|
"knob",
|
|
"knot",
|
|
"knurl",
|
|
"lump",
|
|
"nub",
|
|
"obtrusion",
|
|
"puff",
|
|
"snag",
|
|
"swelling",
|
|
"block",
|
|
"piece",
|
|
"portion",
|
|
"section",
|
|
"enlargement",
|
|
"escalation",
|
|
"expansion",
|
|
"increase",
|
|
"hill",
|
|
"mound"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bulge",
|
|
"bunch",
|
|
"convexity",
|
|
"jut",
|
|
"projection",
|
|
"protrusion",
|
|
"protuberance",
|
|
"swell"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to extend outward beyond a usual point":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the narrow streets of the old European city are lined with row houses often having overhanging second stories"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"compress",
|
|
"condense",
|
|
"constrict",
|
|
"contract",
|
|
"shrink"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"dome",
|
|
"blow up",
|
|
"inflate",
|
|
"dilate",
|
|
"distend",
|
|
"expand",
|
|
"mushroom",
|
|
"snowball",
|
|
"elongate",
|
|
"extend",
|
|
"lengthen",
|
|
"stretch"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bag",
|
|
"balloon",
|
|
"beetle",
|
|
"belly",
|
|
"billow",
|
|
"bulge",
|
|
"bunch",
|
|
"jut",
|
|
"poke",
|
|
"pooch",
|
|
"pouch",
|
|
"pout",
|
|
"project",
|
|
"protrude",
|
|
"stand out",
|
|
"start",
|
|
"stick out",
|
|
"swell"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to remain poised to inflict harm, danger, or distress on":{
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"examples":[
|
|
"the problem of how he might be able to afford sending his children to college has been overhanging him for several years"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"endanger",
|
|
"hazard",
|
|
"imperil",
|
|
"jeopardize",
|
|
"peril"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"hang (over)",
|
|
"hover (over)",
|
|
"impend (over)",
|
|
"menace",
|
|
"threaten"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"overhaul":{
|
|
"as in redesign , revamping":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to move fast enough to get even with":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"in the final moments of the race, the horse in the rear sped forward at a furious pace and overhauled the horse that had been leading"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"fall short"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"chase",
|
|
"pursue",
|
|
"gain",
|
|
"reach",
|
|
"pass",
|
|
"surpass"
|
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],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"catch",
|
|
"catch up (with)",
|
|
"overtake"
|
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]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"overhauling":{
|
|
"to move fast enough to get even with":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"in the final moments of the race, the horse in the rear sped forward at a furious pace and overhauled the horse that had been leading"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"falling short"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"chasing",
|
|
"pursuing",
|
|
"gaining",
|
|
"reaching",
|
|
"passing",
|
|
"surpassing"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"catching",
|
|
"catching up (with)",
|
|
"overtaking"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"overhung":{
|
|
"to extend outward beyond a usual point":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the narrow streets of the old European city are lined with row houses often having overhanging second stories"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"compressed",
|
|
"condensed",
|
|
"constricted",
|
|
"contracted",
|
|
"shrank",
|
|
"shrunk"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"domed",
|
|
"blew up",
|
|
"inflated",
|
|
"dilated",
|
|
"distended",
|
|
"expanded",
|
|
"mushroomed",
|
|
"snowballed",
|
|
"elongated",
|
|
"extended",
|
|
"lengthened",
|
|
"stretched"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bagged",
|
|
"ballooned",
|
|
"beetled",
|
|
"bellied",
|
|
"billowed",
|
|
"bulged",
|
|
"bunched",
|
|
"jutted",
|
|
"poked",
|
|
"pooched",
|
|
"pouched",
|
|
"pouted",
|
|
"projected",
|
|
"protruded",
|
|
"started",
|
|
"stood out",
|
|
"stuck out",
|
|
"swelled"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to remain poised to inflict harm, danger, or distress on":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the problem of how he might be able to afford sending his children to college has been overhanging him for several years"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"endangered",
|
|
"hazarded",
|
|
"imperiled",
|
|
"imperilled",
|
|
"jeopardized",
|
|
"periled",
|
|
"perilled"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"hovered (over)",
|
|
"hung (over)",
|
|
"hanged (over)",
|
|
"impended (over)",
|
|
"menaced",
|
|
"threatened"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"overindulgent":{
|
|
"given to or marked by excessive gratification of one's desires":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"self-abnegating",
|
|
"self-denying"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an overindulgent lifestyle that led them to eschew many of their responsibilities"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abstemious",
|
|
"abstinent",
|
|
"continent",
|
|
"sober",
|
|
"temperate",
|
|
"ascetic",
|
|
"ascetical",
|
|
"austere",
|
|
"spartan",
|
|
"disciplined",
|
|
"self-controlled",
|
|
"self-disciplined",
|
|
"self-governed"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"carnal",
|
|
"fleshly",
|
|
"sensual",
|
|
"sensuous",
|
|
"voluptuous",
|
|
"masturbatory",
|
|
"onanistic",
|
|
"self-absorbed",
|
|
"self-obsessed",
|
|
"gluttonous",
|
|
"greedy",
|
|
"rapacious",
|
|
"voracious",
|
|
"extravagant",
|
|
"incontinent",
|
|
"intemperate",
|
|
"reckless",
|
|
"splurging",
|
|
"uncontrolled",
|
|
"wanton"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"decadent",
|
|
"hedonistic",
|
|
"indulgent",
|
|
"luxurious",
|
|
"self-indulgent",
|
|
"sybaritic"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"overjoyed":{
|
|
"filled with great joy":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"She was overjoyed to see her sister again.",
|
|
"They weren't overjoyed at the idea of working together.",
|
|
"I'm overjoyed that you can come to my party."
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"overladen":{
|
|
"as in":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"overlain":{
|
|
"to form a layer over":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"there will be freezing rain tonight, so we can expect to find a thick layer of ice overlying the car windshield in the morning"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"enclosed",
|
|
"inclosed",
|
|
"enrobed",
|
|
"enshrouded",
|
|
"enswathed",
|
|
"enveloped",
|
|
"enwrapped",
|
|
"mantled",
|
|
"shawled",
|
|
"shrouded",
|
|
"swathed",
|
|
"wrapped",
|
|
"cloaked",
|
|
"clothed",
|
|
"clad",
|
|
"curtained",
|
|
"veiled",
|
|
"circled",
|
|
"encircled",
|
|
"encompassed"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blanketed",
|
|
"carpeted",
|
|
"coated",
|
|
"covered",
|
|
"overlaid",
|
|
"overspread",
|
|
"sheeted"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to lie over parts of one another":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the puzzle pieces overlay one another in complete disarray on the floor"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"shingled"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"lapped",
|
|
"overlaid",
|
|
"overlapped",
|
|
"overspread"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"overlap":{
|
|
"a partial covering of one thing by an adjoining member":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the orthodontist will try to fix that overlap of two of your upper incisors"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"shingling",
|
|
"overlaying",
|
|
"overlying",
|
|
"overspreading"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"imbrication",
|
|
"lapping"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to lie over parts of one another":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the brochures on the display table should overlap but not so much that the titles are obscured"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"shingle"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"lap",
|
|
"overlay",
|
|
"overlie",
|
|
"overspread"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"overlies":{
|
|
"to form a layer over":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"there will be freezing rain tonight, so we can expect to find a thick layer of ice overlying the car windshield in the morning"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"encloses",
|
|
"incloses",
|
|
"enrobes",
|
|
"enshrouds",
|
|
"enswathes",
|
|
"envelops",
|
|
"enwraps",
|
|
"mantles",
|
|
"shawls",
|
|
"shrouds",
|
|
"swathes",
|
|
"wraps",
|
|
"cloaks",
|
|
"clothes",
|
|
"curtains",
|
|
"veils",
|
|
"circles",
|
|
"encircles",
|
|
"encompasses"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blankets",
|
|
"carpets",
|
|
"coats",
|
|
"covers",
|
|
"overlays",
|
|
"overspreads",
|
|
"sheets"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to lie over parts of one another":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the puzzle pieces overlay one another in complete disarray on the floor"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"shingles"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"laps",
|
|
"overlaps",
|
|
"overlays",
|
|
"overspreads"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"overlong":{
|
|
"as in":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"overlook":{
|
|
"a high place or structure from which a wide view is possible":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"just down the road there's a great overlook where you can get a panoramic view of the valley below"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"aerie",
|
|
"crow's nest",
|
|
"tower",
|
|
"watchtower",
|
|
"promontory"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"lookout",
|
|
"observatory",
|
|
"outlook"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to be in charge of":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"you'll be asked to overlook larger projects in the future"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"administer",
|
|
"command",
|
|
"control",
|
|
"direct",
|
|
"guide",
|
|
"manage",
|
|
"order",
|
|
"run",
|
|
"shepherd",
|
|
"show",
|
|
"steer",
|
|
"monitor",
|
|
"preside (over)",
|
|
"govern",
|
|
"reign",
|
|
"rule"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"boss",
|
|
"captain",
|
|
"handle",
|
|
"head",
|
|
"oversee",
|
|
"quarterback",
|
|
"superintend",
|
|
"supervise"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to cast a spell on":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the superstitious grandmother actually believed that the baby had been overlooked by a gypsy woman"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bless"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"curse",
|
|
"jinx",
|
|
"possess",
|
|
"voodoo",
|
|
"attract",
|
|
"beguile",
|
|
"captivate",
|
|
"fascinate",
|
|
"mesmerize",
|
|
"spellbind",
|
|
"entice",
|
|
"lure",
|
|
"seduce",
|
|
"tempt"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bewitch",
|
|
"charm",
|
|
"enchant",
|
|
"ensorcell",
|
|
"ensorcel",
|
|
"hex",
|
|
"spell",
|
|
"strike"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to dismiss as of little importance":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"definitely not the kind of spouse to overlook even a single instance of marital infidelity"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"heed",
|
|
"mark",
|
|
"mind",
|
|
"note",
|
|
"object (to)"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"explain",
|
|
"justify",
|
|
"rationalize",
|
|
"absolve",
|
|
"acquit",
|
|
"clear",
|
|
"exculpate",
|
|
"exonerate",
|
|
"vindicate",
|
|
"waive",
|
|
"wave (aside or off)"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blink (at)",
|
|
"brush (aside or off)",
|
|
"condone",
|
|
"discount",
|
|
"disregard",
|
|
"excuse",
|
|
"forgive",
|
|
"gloss (over)",
|
|
"gloze (over)",
|
|
"ignore",
|
|
"overpass",
|
|
"paper over",
|
|
"pardon",
|
|
"pass over",
|
|
"remit",
|
|
"shrug off",
|
|
"whitewash",
|
|
"wink (at)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to fail to give proper attention to":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"attend (to)",
|
|
"heed",
|
|
"mind",
|
|
"regard",
|
|
"tend (to)"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"you've overlooked your chores again this week"
|
|
],
|
|
"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",
|
|
"neglect",
|
|
"overpass",
|
|
"pass over",
|
|
"slight",
|
|
"slur (over)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to look after and make decisions about":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the engineer hired to overlook the construction of the canal"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"care (for)",
|
|
"mind",
|
|
"watch",
|
|
"lead",
|
|
"pilot",
|
|
"steer",
|
|
"guard",
|
|
"protect",
|
|
"safeguard",
|
|
"micromanage",
|
|
"stage-manage",
|
|
"codirect",
|
|
"comanage"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"administer",
|
|
"administrate",
|
|
"carry on",
|
|
"conduct",
|
|
"control",
|
|
"direct",
|
|
"govern",
|
|
"guide",
|
|
"handle",
|
|
"keep",
|
|
"manage",
|
|
"operate",
|
|
"oversee",
|
|
"preside (over)",
|
|
"regulate",
|
|
"run",
|
|
"steward",
|
|
"superintend",
|
|
"supervise",
|
|
"tend"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to look down on":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the fortress overlooks the city"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"face",
|
|
"front"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"command",
|
|
"dominate"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to look over closely (as for judging quality or condition)":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"quickly overlooked the table of used books to see if there was anything of value"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"skim",
|
|
"miss"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"notice",
|
|
"observe",
|
|
"watch",
|
|
"comb",
|
|
"peruse",
|
|
"pore (over)",
|
|
"analyze",
|
|
"dissect",
|
|
"parse",
|
|
"delve (into)",
|
|
"explore",
|
|
"investigate",
|
|
"plumb",
|
|
"probe",
|
|
"research",
|
|
"study",
|
|
"categorize",
|
|
"classify",
|
|
"pick over",
|
|
"reinspect",
|
|
"rereview",
|
|
"resurvey"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"audit",
|
|
"check (out)",
|
|
"con",
|
|
"examine",
|
|
"inspect",
|
|
"oversee",
|
|
"review",
|
|
"scan",
|
|
"scrutinize",
|
|
"survey",
|
|
"view"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"overmaster":{
|
|
"to subject to incapacitating emotional or mental stress":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the student was overmastered by the stress of taking the college placement test and broke down crying"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"deluge",
|
|
"drown",
|
|
"sink",
|
|
"confute",
|
|
"defeat",
|
|
"refute",
|
|
"break",
|
|
"demoralize",
|
|
"distress",
|
|
"disturb",
|
|
"rock",
|
|
"shatter",
|
|
"stagger",
|
|
"throw",
|
|
"unman",
|
|
"unnerve",
|
|
"upset"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"crush",
|
|
"devastate",
|
|
"floor",
|
|
"grind (down)",
|
|
"oppress",
|
|
"overcome",
|
|
"overpower",
|
|
"overwhelm",
|
|
"prostrate",
|
|
"snow under",
|
|
"swamp",
|
|
"whelm"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"overmatch":{
|
|
"to achieve a victory over":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"lose (to)"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an indomitable spirit that no amount of adversity could overmatch"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"fall",
|
|
"give up",
|
|
"go down",
|
|
"go under",
|
|
"collapse",
|
|
"fail",
|
|
"flop",
|
|
"flunk",
|
|
"fold",
|
|
"wash out"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"sweep",
|
|
"edge (out)",
|
|
"nose out",
|
|
"pip",
|
|
"annihilate",
|
|
"blow away",
|
|
"blow out",
|
|
"bomb",
|
|
"break",
|
|
"bury",
|
|
"clobber",
|
|
"cream",
|
|
"crush",
|
|
"drub",
|
|
"finish",
|
|
"flatten",
|
|
"overwhelm",
|
|
"rout",
|
|
"shellac",
|
|
"skin",
|
|
"slaughter",
|
|
"smoke",
|
|
"snow under",
|
|
"thrash",
|
|
"trounce",
|
|
"upset",
|
|
"wallop",
|
|
"wax",
|
|
"whip",
|
|
"cap",
|
|
"excel",
|
|
"flourish",
|
|
"score",
|
|
"succeed",
|
|
"knock off",
|
|
"knock over",
|
|
"overpower",
|
|
"overthrow",
|
|
"subjugate",
|
|
"unseat",
|
|
"vanquish",
|
|
"ace (out)",
|
|
"better",
|
|
"eclipse",
|
|
"exceed",
|
|
"excel",
|
|
"outdistance",
|
|
"outdo",
|
|
"outfight",
|
|
"outshine",
|
|
"outstrip",
|
|
"overtop",
|
|
"surpass",
|
|
"top",
|
|
"transcend"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beat",
|
|
"best",
|
|
"conquer",
|
|
"defeat",
|
|
"dispatch",
|
|
"do down",
|
|
"get",
|
|
"get around",
|
|
"lick",
|
|
"master",
|
|
"overbear",
|
|
"overcome",
|
|
"prevail (over)",
|
|
"skunk",
|
|
"stop",
|
|
"subdue",
|
|
"surmount",
|
|
"take",
|
|
"trim",
|
|
"triumph (over)",
|
|
"upend",
|
|
"win (against)",
|
|
"worst"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"overmatches":{
|
|
"to achieve a victory over":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"loses (to)"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an indomitable spirit that no amount of adversity could overmatch"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"falls",
|
|
"gives up",
|
|
"goes down",
|
|
"goes under",
|
|
"collapses",
|
|
"fails",
|
|
"flops",
|
|
"flunks",
|
|
"folds",
|
|
"washes out"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"sweeps",
|
|
"edges (out)",
|
|
"noses out",
|
|
"pips",
|
|
"annihilates",
|
|
"blows away",
|
|
"blows out",
|
|
"bombs",
|
|
"breaks",
|
|
"buries",
|
|
"clobbers",
|
|
"creams",
|
|
"crushes",
|
|
"drubs",
|
|
"finishes",
|
|
"flattens",
|
|
"overwhelms",
|
|
"routs",
|
|
"shellacs",
|
|
"skins",
|
|
"slaughters",
|
|
"smokes",
|
|
"snows under",
|
|
"thrashes",
|
|
"trounces",
|
|
"upsets",
|
|
"wallops",
|
|
"waxes",
|
|
"whips",
|
|
"caps",
|
|
"excels",
|
|
"flourishes",
|
|
"scores",
|
|
"succeeds",
|
|
"knocks off",
|
|
"knocks over",
|
|
"overpowers",
|
|
"overthrows",
|
|
"subjugates",
|
|
"unseats",
|
|
"vanquishes",
|
|
"aces (out)",
|
|
"betters",
|
|
"eclipses",
|
|
"exceeds",
|
|
"excels",
|
|
"outdistances",
|
|
"outdoes",
|
|
"outfights",
|
|
"outshines",
|
|
"outstrips",
|
|
"overtops",
|
|
"surpasses",
|
|
"tops",
|
|
"transcends"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beats",
|
|
"bests",
|
|
"conquers",
|
|
"defeats",
|
|
"dispatches",
|
|
"does down",
|
|
"gets",
|
|
"gets around",
|
|
"licks",
|
|
"masters",
|
|
"overbears",
|
|
"overcomes",
|
|
"prevails (over)",
|
|
"skunks",
|
|
"stops",
|
|
"subdues",
|
|
"surmounts",
|
|
"takes",
|
|
"trims",
|
|
"triumphs (over)",
|
|
"upends",
|
|
"wins (against)",
|
|
"worsts"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"overmuch":{
|
|
"beyond a normal or acceptable limit":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"deficiently",
|
|
"inadequately",
|
|
"insufficiently"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"you worry overmuch about what other people think"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"acceptably",
|
|
"moderately",
|
|
"modestly",
|
|
"reasonably",
|
|
"temperately",
|
|
"barely",
|
|
"hardly",
|
|
"just",
|
|
"marginally",
|
|
"meagerly",
|
|
"minimally",
|
|
"scantily",
|
|
"scarcely",
|
|
"slightly"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"extravagantly",
|
|
"immoderately",
|
|
"intemperately",
|
|
"extortionately",
|
|
"inexcusably",
|
|
"obscenely",
|
|
"unbearably",
|
|
"unconscionably",
|
|
"unreasonably",
|
|
"improperly",
|
|
"inappropriately",
|
|
"abnormally",
|
|
"extraordinarily",
|
|
"freakishly",
|
|
"singularly",
|
|
"uncommonly",
|
|
"uncustomarily",
|
|
"unusually",
|
|
"astronomically",
|
|
"considerably",
|
|
"deadly",
|
|
"eminently",
|
|
"especially",
|
|
"exceedingly",
|
|
"exceeding",
|
|
"exceptionally",
|
|
"extensively",
|
|
"extra",
|
|
"extremely",
|
|
"greatly",
|
|
"highly",
|
|
"hugely",
|
|
"incredibly",
|
|
"mightily",
|
|
"remarkably",
|
|
"significantly",
|
|
"substantially",
|
|
"super",
|
|
"terribly",
|
|
"very",
|
|
"whacking"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"devilishly",
|
|
"excessively",
|
|
"exorbitantly",
|
|
"inordinately",
|
|
"intolerably",
|
|
"monstrously",
|
|
"overly",
|
|
"too",
|
|
"unacceptably",
|
|
"unduly"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"going beyond a normal or acceptable limit in degree or amount":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"middling",
|
|
"moderate",
|
|
"modest",
|
|
"reasonable",
|
|
"temperate"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I think you put overmuch care into your personal appearance\u2014get over yourself"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"deficient",
|
|
"inadequate",
|
|
"insufficient",
|
|
"minimal",
|
|
"minimum"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"boundless",
|
|
"endless",
|
|
"immeasurable",
|
|
"infinite",
|
|
"limitless",
|
|
"unbearable",
|
|
"unjustifiable",
|
|
"unwarranted",
|
|
"improper",
|
|
"inappropriate",
|
|
"thick",
|
|
"unseemly",
|
|
"unrestrained"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"baroque",
|
|
"devilish",
|
|
"excessive",
|
|
"exorbitant",
|
|
"extravagant",
|
|
"extreme",
|
|
"fancy",
|
|
"immoderate",
|
|
"inordinate",
|
|
"insane",
|
|
"intolerable",
|
|
"lavish",
|
|
"overdue",
|
|
"overextravagant",
|
|
"overweening",
|
|
"plethoric",
|
|
"steep",
|
|
"stiff",
|
|
"towering",
|
|
"unconscionable",
|
|
"undue",
|
|
"unmerciful"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the state or an instance of going beyond what is usual, proper, or needed":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"deficiency",
|
|
"deficit",
|
|
"insufficiency",
|
|
"undersupply"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"you must not expect an overmuch of gratitude from a very young child"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dearth",
|
|
"lack",
|
|
"scarcity",
|
|
"want"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"abundance",
|
|
"bounty",
|
|
"plentitude",
|
|
"plenty",
|
|
"profusion",
|
|
"sufficiency",
|
|
"overproduction",
|
|
"overstock"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bellyful",
|
|
"excess",
|
|
"fat",
|
|
"overabundance",
|
|
"overage",
|
|
"overflow",
|
|
"overkill",
|
|
"overplus",
|
|
"oversupply",
|
|
"plethora",
|
|
"plus",
|
|
"redundancy",
|
|
"superabundance",
|
|
"superfluity",
|
|
"surfeit",
|
|
"surplus",
|
|
"surplusage"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"adverb",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"overnight bag":{
|
|
"as in weekender , weekend bag":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"overnight bags":{
|
|
"as in weekenders , weekend bags":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"overpassing":{
|
|
"to dismiss as of little importance":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"to keep peace in the family, he was forced to overpass his in-laws' frequent put-downs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"heeding",
|
|
"marking",
|
|
"minding",
|
|
"noting",
|
|
"objecting (to)"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"explaining",
|
|
"justifying",
|
|
"rationalizing",
|
|
"absolving",
|
|
"acquitting",
|
|
"clearing",
|
|
"exculpating",
|
|
"exonerating",
|
|
"vindicating",
|
|
"waiving",
|
|
"waving (aside or off)"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blinking (at)",
|
|
"brushing (aside or off)",
|
|
"condoning",
|
|
"discounting",
|
|
"disregarding",
|
|
"excusing",
|
|
"forgiving",
|
|
"glossing (over)",
|
|
"glozing (over)",
|
|
"ignoring",
|
|
"overlooking",
|
|
"papering over",
|
|
"pardoning",
|
|
"passing over",
|
|
"remitting",
|
|
"shrugging off",
|
|
"whitewashing",
|
|
"winking (at)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to fail to give proper attention to":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"attending (to)",
|
|
"heeding",
|
|
"minding",
|
|
"regarding",
|
|
"tending (to)"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"army officers who had been unjustly overpassed for promotion"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"appreciating",
|
|
"cherishing",
|
|
"prizing",
|
|
"treasuring",
|
|
"valuing",
|
|
"cultivating",
|
|
"fostering",
|
|
"nursing",
|
|
"nurturing",
|
|
"pampering",
|
|
"remembering",
|
|
"listening (to)",
|
|
"watching",
|
|
"following",
|
|
"marking",
|
|
"noticing",
|
|
"noting",
|
|
"observing",
|
|
"remarking"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"failing",
|
|
"missing",
|
|
"omitting",
|
|
"brushing (aside or off)",
|
|
"rejecting",
|
|
"shrugging off",
|
|
"sloughing (off)",
|
|
"sluffing (off)",
|
|
"disdaining",
|
|
"pooh-poohing",
|
|
"poohing",
|
|
"scorning",
|
|
"scanting",
|
|
"skimping"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bypassing",
|
|
"disregarding",
|
|
"forgetting",
|
|
"ignoring",
|
|
"neglecting",
|
|
"overlooking",
|
|
"passing over",
|
|
"slighting",
|
|
"slurring (over)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to go beyond the limit of":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a filmmaker whose technical bravura overpasses his ability to tell a coherent story"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"encroaching",
|
|
"entrenching",
|
|
"intrenching",
|
|
"infringing",
|
|
"invading",
|
|
"trespassing",
|
|
"overdoing",
|
|
"overusing",
|
|
"overutilizing",
|
|
"overworking"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"breaking",
|
|
"exceeding",
|
|
"outreaching",
|
|
"outrunning",
|
|
"overreaching",
|
|
"overrunning",
|
|
"overshooting",
|
|
"overstepping",
|
|
"surpassing",
|
|
"transcending"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"overpayments":{
|
|
"as in payments , compensations":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"overpraising":{
|
|
"to praise too much":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"proud parents are likely to overpraise their children for their earnest efforts at making handicrafts"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bad-mouthing",
|
|
"belittling",
|
|
"decrying",
|
|
"depreciating",
|
|
"disparaging",
|
|
"putting down"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"blandishing",
|
|
"cajoling",
|
|
"coaxing",
|
|
"sweet-talking",
|
|
"wheedling",
|
|
"fawning",
|
|
"kowtowing",
|
|
"sucking (up to)",
|
|
"toadying",
|
|
"idolizing",
|
|
"worshipping",
|
|
"worshiping",
|
|
"eulogizing",
|
|
"extolling",
|
|
"lauding",
|
|
"praising",
|
|
"applauding",
|
|
"commending",
|
|
"complimenting",
|
|
"congratulating",
|
|
"felicitating",
|
|
"drooling",
|
|
"gushing",
|
|
"slavering",
|
|
"slobbering",
|
|
"endearing",
|
|
"ingratiating",
|
|
"courting",
|
|
"romancing",
|
|
"wooing"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"adulating",
|
|
"belauding",
|
|
"blarneying",
|
|
"buttering up",
|
|
"flattering",
|
|
"hero-worshipping",
|
|
"hero-worshiping",
|
|
"honeying",
|
|
"massaging",
|
|
"puffing",
|
|
"soft-soaping",
|
|
"stroking"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"overproductions":{
|
|
"the act of producing more of something than is needed or wanted":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"The overproduction of oil caused the fuel companies to lower their prices.",
|
|
"Heartburn can be caused by the overproduction of stomach acid."
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"overprotective":{
|
|
"trying too hard to protect someone (such as a child) from danger":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"His overprotective mother won't let him go out after dark.",
|
|
"He is overprotective of his little sister."
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"overqualified":{
|
|
"as in skilled , competent":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"overrun":{
|
|
"as in":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to enter for conquest or plunder":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"waves of barbarians overran the Roman Empire during its long decline"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"defend",
|
|
"guard",
|
|
"protect",
|
|
"safeguard",
|
|
"shield",
|
|
"ward",
|
|
"defy",
|
|
"oppose",
|
|
"repel",
|
|
"resist",
|
|
"withstand",
|
|
"capitulate (to)",
|
|
"cede (to)",
|
|
"submit (to)",
|
|
"succumb (to)",
|
|
"surrender (to)",
|
|
"yield (to)"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"despoil",
|
|
"loot",
|
|
"maraud",
|
|
"pillage",
|
|
"plunder",
|
|
"ransack",
|
|
"ravage",
|
|
"sack",
|
|
"strip",
|
|
"conquer",
|
|
"crush",
|
|
"dominate",
|
|
"overcome",
|
|
"overpower",
|
|
"overwhelm",
|
|
"subdue",
|
|
"subject",
|
|
"subjugate",
|
|
"vanquish",
|
|
"assail",
|
|
"assault",
|
|
"attack",
|
|
"beset",
|
|
"charge",
|
|
"rush",
|
|
"storm",
|
|
"strike",
|
|
"battle",
|
|
"clash (with)",
|
|
"combat",
|
|
"fight",
|
|
"war (with)",
|
|
"encroach",
|
|
"harass",
|
|
"infringe",
|
|
"trespass",
|
|
"beleaguer",
|
|
"besiege",
|
|
"blockade",
|
|
"invest",
|
|
"garrison",
|
|
"occupy"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"foray (into)",
|
|
"invade",
|
|
"raid"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to go beyond the limit of":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he must not overrun his authority as governor"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"encroach",
|
|
"entrench",
|
|
"intrench",
|
|
"infringe",
|
|
"invade",
|
|
"trespass",
|
|
"overdo",
|
|
"overuse",
|
|
"overutilize",
|
|
"overwork"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"break",
|
|
"exceed",
|
|
"outreach",
|
|
"outrun",
|
|
"overpass",
|
|
"overreach",
|
|
"overshoot",
|
|
"overstep",
|
|
"surpass",
|
|
"transcend"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to spread or swarm over in a troublesome manner":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"ants are overrunning the garden"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"beset",
|
|
"overspread",
|
|
"overwhelm",
|
|
"abound",
|
|
"crawl",
|
|
"teem",
|
|
"annoy",
|
|
"pester",
|
|
"plague",
|
|
"contaminate",
|
|
"infect"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"infest"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"overscale":{
|
|
"as in big , large":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"overshadow":{
|
|
"to be greater in importance than":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"later you'll find that verbal skills overshadow any skills you have at video games"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"count",
|
|
"import",
|
|
"matter",
|
|
"mean",
|
|
"signify",
|
|
"weigh",
|
|
"dwarf",
|
|
"exceed",
|
|
"outstrip",
|
|
"surpass",
|
|
"transcend"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"outrank",
|
|
"outweigh",
|
|
"overbalance",
|
|
"overweigh"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make dark, dim, or indistinct":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"brighten",
|
|
"illuminate",
|
|
"illumine",
|
|
"light (up)",
|
|
"lighten"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"large trees overshadow the yard and darken the house for much of the day"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"expose",
|
|
"reveal",
|
|
"uncover",
|
|
"unveil"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"adumbrate",
|
|
"blot out",
|
|
"conceal",
|
|
"eclipse",
|
|
"hide",
|
|
"obliterate",
|
|
"screen",
|
|
"shade",
|
|
"camouflage",
|
|
"cloak",
|
|
"cover",
|
|
"curtain",
|
|
"disguise",
|
|
"mask",
|
|
"veil"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"becloud",
|
|
"bedim",
|
|
"befog",
|
|
"blacken",
|
|
"blear",
|
|
"blur",
|
|
"cloud",
|
|
"darken",
|
|
"dim",
|
|
"dislimn",
|
|
"fog",
|
|
"fuzz (up)",
|
|
"haze",
|
|
"mist",
|
|
"obscure",
|
|
"overcast",
|
|
"overcloud",
|
|
"shadow",
|
|
"shroud"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"overshoot":{
|
|
"to go beyond the limit of":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"don't worry if you overshoot the length requirement by three pages"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"encroach",
|
|
"entrench",
|
|
"intrench",
|
|
"infringe",
|
|
"invade",
|
|
"trespass",
|
|
"overdo",
|
|
"overuse",
|
|
"overutilize",
|
|
"overwork"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"break",
|
|
"exceed",
|
|
"outreach",
|
|
"outrun",
|
|
"overpass",
|
|
"overreach",
|
|
"overrun",
|
|
"overstep",
|
|
"surpass",
|
|
"transcend"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"oversimple":{
|
|
"as in passing , hasty":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"overspends":{
|
|
"as in splurges , depletes":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"overstate":{
|
|
"to describe or express in too strong terms":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"understate"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"it appears you've somewhat overstated your computer skills, if you can't find the \"on\" button!"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"belittle",
|
|
"minimize",
|
|
"play down"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"color",
|
|
"elaborate",
|
|
"embellish",
|
|
"embroider",
|
|
"magnify",
|
|
"pad",
|
|
"play up",
|
|
"stretch",
|
|
"fudge",
|
|
"hedge",
|
|
"melodramatize",
|
|
"overemphasize",
|
|
"overplay",
|
|
"sensationalize"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"exaggerate",
|
|
"overdo",
|
|
"overdraw",
|
|
"put on"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"overstuffed":{
|
|
"as in":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"overtake":{
|
|
"to move fast enough to get even with":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she had to hurry to overtake her friends, who had forgotten their umbrellas",
|
|
"the thunderstorm overtook them suddenly"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"fall short"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"chase",
|
|
"pursue",
|
|
"gain",
|
|
"reach",
|
|
"pass",
|
|
"surpass"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"catch",
|
|
"catch up (with)",
|
|
"overhaul"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"overtaxing":{
|
|
"as in overloading , overburdening":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"overthrew":{
|
|
"as in":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"overturning":{
|
|
"to turn on one's side or upside down":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"righting"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"afraid that my kayak would overturn"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"standing up",
|
|
"straightening (up)",
|
|
"erecting",
|
|
"raising"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"inverting",
|
|
"oversetting",
|
|
"overthrowing",
|
|
"pitchpoling",
|
|
"toppling",
|
|
"tumping (over)",
|
|
"upending",
|
|
"careening",
|
|
"heeling",
|
|
"keeling",
|
|
"leaning",
|
|
"listing",
|
|
"tilting",
|
|
"tipping",
|
|
"collapsing",
|
|
"falling",
|
|
"foundering",
|
|
"giving"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"capsizing",
|
|
"turning over",
|
|
"upsetting"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"overutilize":{
|
|
"as in":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"overvalue":{
|
|
"to place too high a value on":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"underestimate",
|
|
"underrate",
|
|
"undervalue"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"some people overvalue material things"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"minimize",
|
|
"play down",
|
|
"soft-pedal",
|
|
"belittle",
|
|
"decry",
|
|
"depreciate",
|
|
"disparage",
|
|
"despise",
|
|
"disdain",
|
|
"scorn",
|
|
"abhor",
|
|
"abominate",
|
|
"detest",
|
|
"loathe"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"appreciate",
|
|
"cherish",
|
|
"prize",
|
|
"treasure",
|
|
"value",
|
|
"admire",
|
|
"esteem",
|
|
"regard",
|
|
"respect",
|
|
"adore",
|
|
"idolize",
|
|
"revere",
|
|
"reverence",
|
|
"venerate",
|
|
"worship"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"overestimate",
|
|
"overrate"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"overvaluing":{
|
|
"to place too high a value on":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"underestimating",
|
|
"underrating",
|
|
"undervaluing"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"some people overvalue material things"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"minimizing",
|
|
"playing down",
|
|
"soft-pedaling",
|
|
"belittling",
|
|
"decrying",
|
|
"depreciating",
|
|
"disparaging",
|
|
"despising",
|
|
"disdaining",
|
|
"scorning",
|
|
"abhorring",
|
|
"abominating",
|
|
"detesting",
|
|
"loathing"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"appreciating",
|
|
"cherishing",
|
|
"prizing",
|
|
"treasuring",
|
|
"valuing",
|
|
"admiring",
|
|
"esteeming",
|
|
"regarding",
|
|
"respecting",
|
|
"adoring",
|
|
"idolizing",
|
|
"reverencing",
|
|
"revering",
|
|
"venerating",
|
|
"worshipping",
|
|
"worshiping"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"overestimating",
|
|
"overrating"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"overweening":{
|
|
"extended beyond normal or realistic bounds":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an overweening national pride that prompted its citizens to denigrate other countries"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"realistic",
|
|
"reasonable"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"elaborated",
|
|
"embellished",
|
|
"embroidered",
|
|
"enlarged",
|
|
"hyped-up",
|
|
"magnified",
|
|
"overdone",
|
|
"overemphasized",
|
|
"overplayed",
|
|
"overstated",
|
|
"padded",
|
|
"stretched",
|
|
"grandiose",
|
|
"preposterous",
|
|
"unreal",
|
|
"unrealistic",
|
|
"unreasonable"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bloated",
|
|
"exaggerated",
|
|
"hyperbolized",
|
|
"inflated",
|
|
"outsize",
|
|
"outsized",
|
|
"overblown",
|
|
"overdrawn"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"going beyond a normal or acceptable limit in degree or amount":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"middling",
|
|
"moderate",
|
|
"modest",
|
|
"reasonable",
|
|
"temperate"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"overweening desire for wealth and fame"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"deficient",
|
|
"inadequate",
|
|
"insufficient",
|
|
"minimal",
|
|
"minimum"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"boundless",
|
|
"endless",
|
|
"immeasurable",
|
|
"infinite",
|
|
"limitless",
|
|
"unbearable",
|
|
"unjustifiable",
|
|
"unwarranted",
|
|
"improper",
|
|
"inappropriate",
|
|
"thick",
|
|
"unseemly",
|
|
"unrestrained"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"baroque",
|
|
"devilish",
|
|
"excessive",
|
|
"exorbitant",
|
|
"extravagant",
|
|
"extreme",
|
|
"fancy",
|
|
"immoderate",
|
|
"inordinate",
|
|
"insane",
|
|
"intolerable",
|
|
"lavish",
|
|
"overdue",
|
|
"overextravagant",
|
|
"overmuch",
|
|
"plethoric",
|
|
"steep",
|
|
"stiff",
|
|
"towering",
|
|
"unconscionable",
|
|
"undue",
|
|
"unmerciful"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"having a feeling of superiority that shows itself in an overbearing attitude":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"humble",
|
|
"lowly",
|
|
"modest",
|
|
"unarrogant",
|
|
"unpretentious"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an overweening administrator who simply doesn't know how to manage people"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bashful",
|
|
"cowering",
|
|
"cringing",
|
|
"demure",
|
|
"diffident",
|
|
"introverted",
|
|
"mousy",
|
|
"mousey",
|
|
"overmodest",
|
|
"self-critical",
|
|
"self-doubting",
|
|
"sheepish",
|
|
"shrinking",
|
|
"shy",
|
|
"subdued",
|
|
"timid",
|
|
"acquiescent",
|
|
"compliant",
|
|
"deferential",
|
|
"meek",
|
|
"passive",
|
|
"submissive",
|
|
"unaggressive",
|
|
"unassertive",
|
|
"unassuming",
|
|
"unobtrusive",
|
|
"yielding",
|
|
"quiet",
|
|
"reserved",
|
|
"retiring"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"authoritarian",
|
|
"bossy",
|
|
"dominant",
|
|
"dominating",
|
|
"domineering",
|
|
"magisterial",
|
|
"pontifical",
|
|
"pontificating",
|
|
"condescending",
|
|
"disdainful",
|
|
"patronizing",
|
|
"impertinent",
|
|
"impudent",
|
|
"saucy",
|
|
"snobbish",
|
|
"snobby",
|
|
"snooty",
|
|
"blusterous",
|
|
"blustery",
|
|
"boastful",
|
|
"bombastic",
|
|
"braggart",
|
|
"bragging",
|
|
"braggy",
|
|
"cocky",
|
|
"swaggering",
|
|
"vain",
|
|
"vainglorious",
|
|
"complacent",
|
|
"conceited",
|
|
"egocentric",
|
|
"egoistic",
|
|
"egoistical",
|
|
"egotistic",
|
|
"egotistical",
|
|
"hubristic",
|
|
"narcissistic",
|
|
"orgulous",
|
|
"prideful",
|
|
"proud",
|
|
"self-affected",
|
|
"self-applauding",
|
|
"self-centered",
|
|
"self-complacent",
|
|
"self-conceited",
|
|
"self-pleased",
|
|
"self-satisfied",
|
|
"smug",
|
|
"stuck-up",
|
|
"self-flattering",
|
|
"self-loving",
|
|
"self-promoting",
|
|
"brash",
|
|
"forward",
|
|
"uninhibited",
|
|
"unreserved",
|
|
"extroverted",
|
|
"extraverted",
|
|
"immodest"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"arrogant",
|
|
"assumptive",
|
|
"bumptious",
|
|
"cavalier",
|
|
"chesty",
|
|
"haughty",
|
|
"high-and-mighty",
|
|
"high-handed",
|
|
"high-hat",
|
|
"highfalutin",
|
|
"hifalutin",
|
|
"huffish",
|
|
"huffy",
|
|
"imperious",
|
|
"important",
|
|
"lofty",
|
|
"lordly",
|
|
"masterful",
|
|
"peremptory",
|
|
"pompous",
|
|
"presuming",
|
|
"presumptuous",
|
|
"pretentious",
|
|
"self-asserting",
|
|
"self-assertive",
|
|
"sniffy",
|
|
"stiff-necked",
|
|
"supercilious",
|
|
"superior",
|
|
"toplofty",
|
|
"toploftical",
|
|
"uppish",
|
|
"uppity"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"having too high an opinion of oneself":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"egoless",
|
|
"humble",
|
|
"modest",
|
|
"uncomplacent"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a director who has little patience for overweening actors who think they are above taking advice and criticism"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"diffident",
|
|
"self-critical",
|
|
"self-distrustful",
|
|
"self-doubting",
|
|
"self-reproachful",
|
|
"self-reproving",
|
|
"meek",
|
|
"timid",
|
|
"unassertive",
|
|
"down-to-earth",
|
|
"unarrogant",
|
|
"unassuming",
|
|
"unpretentious",
|
|
"bashful",
|
|
"demure",
|
|
"introverted",
|
|
"mousy",
|
|
"mousey",
|
|
"overmodest",
|
|
"retiring",
|
|
"sheepish",
|
|
"shrinking",
|
|
"shy"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"blusterous",
|
|
"blustery",
|
|
"boastful",
|
|
"bombastic",
|
|
"braggart",
|
|
"bragging",
|
|
"braggy",
|
|
"cocky",
|
|
"swaggering",
|
|
"arrogant",
|
|
"assumptive",
|
|
"bumptious",
|
|
"cavalier",
|
|
"chesty",
|
|
"disdainful",
|
|
"fastuous",
|
|
"haughty",
|
|
"high-and-mighty",
|
|
"high-hat",
|
|
"huffy",
|
|
"lofty",
|
|
"lordly",
|
|
"masterful",
|
|
"peremptory",
|
|
"pontifical",
|
|
"self-asserting",
|
|
"self-assertive",
|
|
"snobbish",
|
|
"snobby",
|
|
"snooty",
|
|
"supercilious",
|
|
"superior",
|
|
"toplofty",
|
|
"toploftical",
|
|
"uppish",
|
|
"uppity",
|
|
"domineering",
|
|
"high-handed",
|
|
"imperious",
|
|
"highfalutin",
|
|
"hifalutin",
|
|
"holier-than-thou",
|
|
"pretentious",
|
|
"overconfident",
|
|
"presuming",
|
|
"presumptuous",
|
|
"confident",
|
|
"self-assured",
|
|
"self-confident",
|
|
"self-adulatory",
|
|
"self-congratulatory",
|
|
"self-contented",
|
|
"self-gratulatory",
|
|
"self-applauding",
|
|
"self-dramatizing",
|
|
"self-glorifying",
|
|
"self-promoting",
|
|
"self-affected",
|
|
"self-centered",
|
|
"self-engrossed",
|
|
"selfish",
|
|
"condescending",
|
|
"patronizing"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"assured",
|
|
"biggety",
|
|
"biggity",
|
|
"bigheaded",
|
|
"complacent",
|
|
"conceited",
|
|
"consequential",
|
|
"egoistic",
|
|
"egoistical",
|
|
"egotistic",
|
|
"egotistical",
|
|
"important",
|
|
"pompous",
|
|
"prideful",
|
|
"proud",
|
|
"self-conceited",
|
|
"self-important",
|
|
"self-opinionated",
|
|
"self-satisfied",
|
|
"smug",
|
|
"stuck-up",
|
|
"swellheaded",
|
|
"vain",
|
|
"vainglorious"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"overwhelming":{
|
|
"as in":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to cover with a flood":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"draining"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"that spring the massive runoff from melting snows overwhelmed the valley"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dehydrating",
|
|
"drying",
|
|
"parching"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"avalanching",
|
|
"smothering",
|
|
"overcoming",
|
|
"overrunning",
|
|
"flowing",
|
|
"flushing",
|
|
"gushing",
|
|
"pouring",
|
|
"sluicing",
|
|
"spouting",
|
|
"spurting",
|
|
"streaming",
|
|
"dousing",
|
|
"dowsing",
|
|
"drenching",
|
|
"soaking",
|
|
"wetting"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"deluging",
|
|
"drowning",
|
|
"engulfing",
|
|
"flooding",
|
|
"gulfing",
|
|
"inundating",
|
|
"overflowing",
|
|
"submerging",
|
|
"submersing",
|
|
"swamping"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to subject to incapacitating emotional or mental stress":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"just the thought of how much work there is to do overwhelms me"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"deluging",
|
|
"drowning",
|
|
"sinking",
|
|
"confuting",
|
|
"defeating",
|
|
"refuting",
|
|
"breaking",
|
|
"demoralizing",
|
|
"distressing",
|
|
"disturbing",
|
|
"rocking",
|
|
"shattering",
|
|
"staggering",
|
|
"throwing",
|
|
"unmanning",
|
|
"unnerving",
|
|
"upsetting"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"crushing",
|
|
"devastating",
|
|
"flooring",
|
|
"grinding (down)",
|
|
"oppressing",
|
|
"overcoming",
|
|
"overmastering",
|
|
"overpowering",
|
|
"prostrating",
|
|
"snowing under",
|
|
"swamping",
|
|
"whelming"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"oversimplified":{
|
|
"as in simplistic , simplified":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to describe (something) in a way that does not include all the facts and details and that causes misunderstanding":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"The article oversimplifies the problem.",
|
|
"She tends to oversimplify things."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"overfills":{
|
|
"to fill or load to excess":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"overfilled the wheelbarrow with bricks until finally no one could push it"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"overburdens",
|
|
"overcharges",
|
|
"overloads"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"stuffs",
|
|
"burdens",
|
|
"charges",
|
|
"encumbers",
|
|
"ladens",
|
|
"lades",
|
|
"loads",
|
|
"lumbers",
|
|
"saddles",
|
|
"weighs down",
|
|
"weights"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"lightens",
|
|
"unburdens",
|
|
"unloads"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to flow over the brim or top of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"water overfilled the tub and poured onto the floor"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"overflows"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"boils over",
|
|
"runs over",
|
|
"spills",
|
|
"wells (up)",
|
|
"flows",
|
|
"flushes",
|
|
"gushes",
|
|
"pours",
|
|
"sluices",
|
|
"spouts",
|
|
"spurts",
|
|
"streams",
|
|
"deluges",
|
|
"drowns",
|
|
"engulfs",
|
|
"floods",
|
|
"inundates",
|
|
"overwhelms",
|
|
"submerges",
|
|
"submerses",
|
|
"swamps",
|
|
"washes (over)",
|
|
"brims",
|
|
"cascades",
|
|
"slops",
|
|
"sloshes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"recedes"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"overpower":{
|
|
"to bring under one's control by force of arms":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the invading army overpowered the countryside with lightning speed"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"conquer",
|
|
"dominate",
|
|
"pacify",
|
|
"subdue",
|
|
"subject",
|
|
"subjugate",
|
|
"subordinate",
|
|
"vanquish"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"annihilate",
|
|
"beat",
|
|
"clobber",
|
|
"crush",
|
|
"defeat",
|
|
"drub",
|
|
"lick",
|
|
"mow (down)",
|
|
"overcome",
|
|
"prevail (over)",
|
|
"reduce",
|
|
"rout",
|
|
"skunk",
|
|
"smash",
|
|
"thrash",
|
|
"triumph (over)",
|
|
"trounce",
|
|
"wallop",
|
|
"whip",
|
|
"enslave",
|
|
"break",
|
|
"clamp down (on)",
|
|
"crack down (on)",
|
|
"put down",
|
|
"quash",
|
|
"quell",
|
|
"repress",
|
|
"silence",
|
|
"smother",
|
|
"snuff (out)",
|
|
"squash",
|
|
"squelch",
|
|
"suppress"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"discharge",
|
|
"emancipate",
|
|
"enfranchise",
|
|
"free",
|
|
"liberate",
|
|
"manumit",
|
|
"release",
|
|
"spring",
|
|
"unbind",
|
|
"uncage",
|
|
"unchain",
|
|
"unfetter"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to subject to incapacitating emotional or mental stress":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"overpowered by fear of the unknown"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"crush",
|
|
"devastate",
|
|
"floor",
|
|
"grind (down)",
|
|
"oppress",
|
|
"overcome",
|
|
"overmaster",
|
|
"overwhelm",
|
|
"prostrate",
|
|
"snow under",
|
|
"swamp",
|
|
"whelm"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"deluge",
|
|
"drown",
|
|
"sink",
|
|
"confute",
|
|
"defeat",
|
|
"refute",
|
|
"break",
|
|
"demoralize",
|
|
"distress",
|
|
"disturb",
|
|
"rock",
|
|
"shatter",
|
|
"stagger",
|
|
"throw",
|
|
"unman",
|
|
"unnerve",
|
|
"upset"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"overmastering":{
|
|
"coming before all others in importance":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a matter that should be given overmastering priority by the incoming administration"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"arch",
|
|
"big",
|
|
"capital",
|
|
"cardinal",
|
|
"central",
|
|
"chief",
|
|
"dominant",
|
|
"first",
|
|
"foremost",
|
|
"grand",
|
|
"great",
|
|
"greatest",
|
|
"highest",
|
|
"key",
|
|
"leading",
|
|
"main",
|
|
"master",
|
|
"number one",
|
|
"No. 1",
|
|
"numero uno",
|
|
"overbearing",
|
|
"overriding",
|
|
"paramount",
|
|
"predominant",
|
|
"preeminent",
|
|
"premier",
|
|
"primal",
|
|
"primary",
|
|
"principal",
|
|
"prior",
|
|
"sovereign",
|
|
"sovran",
|
|
"supreme"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"distinguished",
|
|
"eminent",
|
|
"illustrious",
|
|
"noble",
|
|
"notable",
|
|
"noteworthy",
|
|
"outstanding",
|
|
"prestigious",
|
|
"signal",
|
|
"star",
|
|
"stellar",
|
|
"superior",
|
|
"high-level",
|
|
"senior",
|
|
"top",
|
|
"important",
|
|
"influential",
|
|
"major",
|
|
"mighty",
|
|
"momentous",
|
|
"significant",
|
|
"incomparable",
|
|
"matchless",
|
|
"unequaled",
|
|
"unequalled",
|
|
"unparalleled",
|
|
"unsurpassed",
|
|
"celebrated",
|
|
"famed",
|
|
"famous",
|
|
"renowned"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"inconsequential",
|
|
"inconsiderable",
|
|
"insignificant",
|
|
"minor",
|
|
"negligible",
|
|
"slight",
|
|
"trifling",
|
|
"trivial",
|
|
"unimportant",
|
|
"collateral",
|
|
"inferior",
|
|
"secondary",
|
|
"subordinate",
|
|
"subsidiary"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"last",
|
|
"least"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to subject to incapacitating emotional or mental stress":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the student was overmastered by the stress of taking the college placement test and broke down crying"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"crushing",
|
|
"devastating",
|
|
"flooring",
|
|
"grinding (down)",
|
|
"oppressing",
|
|
"overcoming",
|
|
"overpowering",
|
|
"overwhelming",
|
|
"prostrating",
|
|
"snowing under",
|
|
"swamping",
|
|
"whelming"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"deluging",
|
|
"drowning",
|
|
"sinking",
|
|
"confuting",
|
|
"defeating",
|
|
"refuting",
|
|
"breaking",
|
|
"demoralizing",
|
|
"distressing",
|
|
"disturbing",
|
|
"rocking",
|
|
"shattering",
|
|
"staggering",
|
|
"throwing",
|
|
"unmanning",
|
|
"unnerving",
|
|
"upsetting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"overripe":{
|
|
"having lost forcefulness, courage, or spirit":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an overripe artist whose abstract paintings are no longer considered fresh or significant"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"decadent",
|
|
"decayed",
|
|
"degenerate",
|
|
"effete",
|
|
"washed-up"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"overrefined",
|
|
"precious",
|
|
"decaying",
|
|
"declining",
|
|
"dying",
|
|
"failing",
|
|
"waning",
|
|
"debilitated",
|
|
"enervate",
|
|
"enervated",
|
|
"enfeebled",
|
|
"feeble",
|
|
"frail",
|
|
"languid",
|
|
"sapped",
|
|
"soft",
|
|
"wasted",
|
|
"weak",
|
|
"weakened",
|
|
"wimpy",
|
|
"dissolute",
|
|
"immoral",
|
|
"debased",
|
|
"debauched",
|
|
"degraded",
|
|
"demoralized",
|
|
"depraved",
|
|
"dissipated",
|
|
"dissolute"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"overrate":{
|
|
"to place too high a value on":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I think the critics seriously overrated that movie"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"overestimate",
|
|
"overvalue"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"appreciate",
|
|
"cherish",
|
|
"prize",
|
|
"treasure",
|
|
"value",
|
|
"admire",
|
|
"esteem",
|
|
"regard",
|
|
"respect",
|
|
"adore",
|
|
"idolize",
|
|
"revere",
|
|
"reverence",
|
|
"venerate",
|
|
"worship"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"minimize",
|
|
"play down",
|
|
"soft-pedal",
|
|
"belittle",
|
|
"decry",
|
|
"depreciate",
|
|
"disparage",
|
|
"despise",
|
|
"disdain",
|
|
"scorn",
|
|
"abhor",
|
|
"abominate",
|
|
"detest",
|
|
"loathe"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"underestimate",
|
|
"underrate",
|
|
"undervalue"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"overextend":{
|
|
"as in overreach":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"overthrown":{
|
|
"as in fallen , collapsed":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in overturned":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in crushed , overwhelmed":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"overages":{
|
|
"the state or an instance of going beyond what is usual, proper, or needed":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"several selectmen argued that the town's cash overage was significant enough to warrant a reduction of the residential property tax"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bellyfuls",
|
|
"excesses",
|
|
"fat",
|
|
"overabundances",
|
|
"overflows",
|
|
"overkills",
|
|
"overmuch",
|
|
"overpluses",
|
|
"oversupplies",
|
|
"plethoras",
|
|
"pluses",
|
|
"plusses",
|
|
"redundancies",
|
|
"superabundances",
|
|
"superfluities",
|
|
"surfeits",
|
|
"surplusages",
|
|
"surpluses"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"abundances",
|
|
"bounties",
|
|
"plenties",
|
|
"plentitudes",
|
|
"profusions",
|
|
"sufficiencies",
|
|
"overproductions",
|
|
"overstocks"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dearths",
|
|
"lacks",
|
|
"scarcities",
|
|
"wants"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"deficiencies",
|
|
"deficits",
|
|
"insufficiencies",
|
|
"undersupplies"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"overgenerous":{
|
|
"as in lavish , extravagant":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"extravagant",
|
|
"handsome",
|
|
"lavish",
|
|
"profuse",
|
|
"bighearted",
|
|
"bounteous",
|
|
"bountiful",
|
|
"charitable",
|
|
"free",
|
|
"freehanded",
|
|
"freehearted",
|
|
"fulsome",
|
|
"generous",
|
|
"liberal",
|
|
"munificent",
|
|
"open",
|
|
"openhanded",
|
|
"unselfish",
|
|
"unsparing",
|
|
"unstinting",
|
|
"altruistic",
|
|
"beneficent",
|
|
"benevolent",
|
|
"hospitable",
|
|
"humanitarian",
|
|
"philanthropic",
|
|
"philanthropical",
|
|
"big",
|
|
"greathearted",
|
|
"largehearted",
|
|
"magnanimous",
|
|
"openhearted",
|
|
"compassionate",
|
|
"good-hearted",
|
|
"kind",
|
|
"kindly",
|
|
"samaritan",
|
|
"sympathetic"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"cheap",
|
|
"close",
|
|
"closefisted",
|
|
"costive",
|
|
"illiberal",
|
|
"mingy",
|
|
"miserly",
|
|
"niggardly",
|
|
"parsimonious",
|
|
"penurious",
|
|
"selfish",
|
|
"stingy",
|
|
"stinting",
|
|
"tight",
|
|
"tightfisted",
|
|
"uncharitable",
|
|
"ungenerous",
|
|
"mean",
|
|
"petty",
|
|
"small",
|
|
"frugal",
|
|
"spare",
|
|
"sparing",
|
|
"thrifty",
|
|
"chary",
|
|
"stinting",
|
|
"acquisitive",
|
|
"avaricious",
|
|
"avid",
|
|
"coveting",
|
|
"covetous",
|
|
"desirous",
|
|
"grasping",
|
|
"hoggish",
|
|
"itchy",
|
|
"mercenary",
|
|
"rapacious",
|
|
"begrudging",
|
|
"envious",
|
|
"grudging",
|
|
"resentful"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"overestimates":{
|
|
"to place too high a value on":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the contractors overestimated their ability to do the work on such short notice"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"overrates",
|
|
"overvalues"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"appreciates",
|
|
"cherishes",
|
|
"prizes",
|
|
"treasures",
|
|
"values",
|
|
"admires",
|
|
"esteems",
|
|
"regards",
|
|
"respects",
|
|
"adores",
|
|
"idolizes",
|
|
"reverences",
|
|
"reveres",
|
|
"venerates",
|
|
"worships"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"minimizes",
|
|
"plays down",
|
|
"soft-pedals",
|
|
"belittles",
|
|
"decries",
|
|
"depreciates",
|
|
"disparages",
|
|
"despises",
|
|
"disdains",
|
|
"scorns",
|
|
"abhors",
|
|
"abominates",
|
|
"detests",
|
|
"loathes"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"underestimates",
|
|
"underrates",
|
|
"undervalues"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"overeat":{
|
|
"to eat greedily or to excess":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"because he watches his diet for most of the year, he feels free to overeat during the holidays"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"gorge",
|
|
"gormandize",
|
|
"pig out",
|
|
"swill"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"devour",
|
|
"glut",
|
|
"sate",
|
|
"stuff",
|
|
"surfeit",
|
|
"wolf",
|
|
"banquet",
|
|
"feast",
|
|
"regale",
|
|
"bolt",
|
|
"cram",
|
|
"gulp",
|
|
"guzzle"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"nibble",
|
|
"peck",
|
|
"pick",
|
|
"taste"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"overruling":{
|
|
"as in veto , overturn":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"countermand",
|
|
"override",
|
|
"overturn",
|
|
"veto",
|
|
"abatement",
|
|
"abolishment",
|
|
"abolition",
|
|
"abrogation",
|
|
"annulment",
|
|
"avoidance",
|
|
"cancellation",
|
|
"cancelation",
|
|
"defeasance",
|
|
"dissolution",
|
|
"invalidation",
|
|
"negation",
|
|
"nullification",
|
|
"quashing",
|
|
"repeal",
|
|
"rescindment",
|
|
"voiding",
|
|
"abortion",
|
|
"calling off",
|
|
"recall",
|
|
"retraction",
|
|
"reversal",
|
|
"revocation",
|
|
"suspension",
|
|
"withdrawal",
|
|
"banning",
|
|
"enjoining",
|
|
"forbiddance",
|
|
"outlawing",
|
|
"prohibition",
|
|
"disallowance",
|
|
"dismissal",
|
|
"rejection",
|
|
"elimination",
|
|
"eradication",
|
|
"erasure",
|
|
"liquidation",
|
|
"removal"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"passing",
|
|
"ratification",
|
|
"approval",
|
|
"authorization",
|
|
"clearance",
|
|
"endorsement",
|
|
"indorsement",
|
|
"permission",
|
|
"sanctioning",
|
|
"enactment",
|
|
"legislation",
|
|
"establishment",
|
|
"founding",
|
|
"institution",
|
|
"formalization",
|
|
"legalization",
|
|
"legitimation",
|
|
"legitimization",
|
|
"validation"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to decide that (something or someone) is wrong; to rule against (something or someone)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"The judge overruled the objection.",
|
|
"His conviction was overruled by the supreme court."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"vetoing",
|
|
"balking (at)",
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"declining",
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"deselecting",
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"disapproving",
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"negativing",
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"nixing",
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"passing",
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"passing up",
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"refusing",
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"rejecting",
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"reprobating",
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"repudiating",
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"spurning",
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"throwing out",
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"throwing over",
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"turning down",
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"blowing off",
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"disdaining",
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"rebuffing",
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"scorning",
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"scouting",
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"shooting down",
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"forbidding",
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"prohibiting",
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"proscribing",
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"dismissing",
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"ignoring",
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"abstaining (from)",
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"forbearing",
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"refraining (from)",
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"denying",
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"disavowing",
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"disclaiming",
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"disputing",
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"gainsaying",
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"sticking",
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"abjuring",
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"forswearing",
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"foreswearing",
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"recanting",
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"renouncing",
|
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"retracting",
|
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"taking back",
|
|
"unsaying",
|
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"withdrawing",
|
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"avoiding",
|
|
"bypassing",
|
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"detouring",
|
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"contradicting",
|
|
"denying",
|
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"disowning",
|
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"negating",
|
|
"controverting",
|
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"disagreeing (with)",
|
|
"disproving",
|
|
"disputing",
|
|
"rebutting",
|
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"refuting",
|
|
"backing down",
|
|
"backing off",
|
|
"backtracking",
|
|
"disallowing",
|
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"recalling",
|
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"reneging",
|
|
"revoking"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
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"condoning",
|
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"countenancing",
|
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"swallowing",
|
|
"tolerating",
|
|
"adopting",
|
|
"embracing",
|
|
"receiving",
|
|
"taking",
|
|
"welcoming",
|
|
"acceding",
|
|
"acquiescing",
|
|
"agreeing",
|
|
"assenting",
|
|
"consenting",
|
|
"choosing",
|
|
"handpicking",
|
|
"selecting",
|
|
"espousing",
|
|
"supporting",
|
|
"accepting",
|
|
"agreeing (to)",
|
|
"approving"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"overburdening":{
|
|
"to fill or load to excess":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"it is important that you bring on the hike plenty of food and water, but don't overburden your pack with unnecessary gear"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"overcharging",
|
|
"overfilling",
|
|
"overloading"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"stuffing",
|
|
"burdening",
|
|
"charging",
|
|
"encumbering",
|
|
"ladening",
|
|
"lading",
|
|
"loading",
|
|
"lumbering",
|
|
"saddling",
|
|
"weighing down",
|
|
"weighting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"lightening",
|
|
"unburdening",
|
|
"unloading"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
}
|
|
} |