14149 lines
281 KiB
JSON
14149 lines
281 KiB
JSON
{
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"rabbit":{
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"as in raccoon , fox":{
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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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"rabbit-punch":{
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"as in":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[],
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"synonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"noun",
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"rabidly":{
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"as in zealously , fanatically":{
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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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"adverb"
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]
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},
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"raccoon":{
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"as in rabbit , otter":{
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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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"races":{
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"a group of persons who come from the same ancestor":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"the last descendent of a race of kings"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"ancestries",
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"births",
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"descents",
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"extractions",
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"origins",
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"pedigrees"
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],
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"related":[
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"blended families",
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"nuclear families",
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"extended families",
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"households",
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"kiths",
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"broods",
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"descendants",
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"descendents",
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"issues",
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"offspring",
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"offsprings",
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"progenies",
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"scions",
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"seed",
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"seeds",
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"clansmen",
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"kinsmen",
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"kinswomen",
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"relatives",
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"dynasties"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"blood",
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"clans",
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"families",
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"folks",
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"houses",
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"kindreds",
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"kinfolks",
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"kins",
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"kinsfolk",
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"lineages",
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"lines",
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"people",
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"stocks",
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"tribes"
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]
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},
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"a people having a common language, culture, and body of traditions":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"Winston Churchill's famous hope and prediction that World War II would be remembered by future generations as the finest hour of the Britannic race"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[
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"minorities",
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"clans",
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"families",
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"folk",
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"folks",
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"houses",
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"kindreds",
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"tribes"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"ethnicities",
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"nationalities",
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"nations"
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]
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},
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"to engage in a contest":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"just how many candidates are racing for the senatorial seat this year?"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[
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"challenges",
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"engages",
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"plays",
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"jockeys",
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"jostles",
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"maneuvers",
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"goes out",
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"tries out",
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"trains",
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"works"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"battles",
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"competes",
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"contends",
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"faces off",
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"fights",
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"rivals",
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"vies"
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]
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},
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"to proceed or move quickly":{
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"antonyms":[
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"crawls",
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"creeps",
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"pokes"
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],
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"examples":[
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"was racing around trying to get everything done before her big trip to India"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"dallies",
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"dawdles",
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"dillydallies",
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"drags",
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"hangs (around or out)",
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"lags",
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"lingers",
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"loiters",
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"pokes",
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"tarries",
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"ambles",
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"lumbers",
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"plods",
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"saunters",
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"shuffles",
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"strolls",
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"decelerates",
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"slows (down or up)"
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],
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"related":[
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"beetles",
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"darts",
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"flits",
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"scampers",
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"scuds",
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"scuffles",
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"stampedes",
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"streaks",
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"whizzes",
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"gallops",
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"jogs",
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"sprints",
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"accelerates",
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"quickens",
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"steps out",
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"catches up",
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"fast-forwards",
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"outpaces",
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"outruns",
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"outstrips",
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"overtakes",
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"arrows",
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"beelines"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"barrels",
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"belts",
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"blasts",
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"blazes",
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"blows",
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"bolts",
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"bombs",
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"bowls",
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"breezes",
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"bundles",
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"bustles",
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"buzzes",
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"cannonballs",
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"careens",
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"careers",
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"chases",
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"courses",
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"cracks (on)",
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"dashes",
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"drives",
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"flies",
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"hares",
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"hastens",
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"hies",
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"highballs",
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"hotfoots (it)",
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"humps",
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"hurls",
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"hurries",
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"hurtles",
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"hustles",
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"jets",
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"jumps",
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"motors",
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"nips",
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"pelts",
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"rams",
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"rips",
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"rockets",
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"runs",
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"rushes",
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"rustles",
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"scoots",
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"scurries",
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"scuttles",
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"shoots",
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"speeds",
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"steps",
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"tears",
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"travels",
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"trots",
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"whirls",
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"whisks",
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"zips",
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"zooms"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"noun",
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"rachet (up)":{
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"as in maximize , bump (up)":{
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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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"verb"
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]
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},
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"racheted (down)":{
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"to grow less in scope or intensity especially gradually":{
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"antonyms":[
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"accumulated",
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"ballooned",
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"built",
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"burgeoned",
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"bourgeoned",
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"enlarged",
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"escalated",
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"expanded",
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"grew",
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"increased",
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"intensified",
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"mounted",
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"mushroomed",
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"picked up",
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"rose",
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"snowballed",
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"soared",
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"swelled",
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"waxed"
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],
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"examples":[
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"news stories about the kidnapping will ratchet down as the weeks go by"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"appeared",
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"emerged",
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"showed up",
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"blew up",
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"distended",
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"elongated",
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"lengthened"
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],
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"related":[
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"compressed",
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"condensed",
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"constricted",
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"contracted",
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"evaporated",
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"faded (away)",
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"frittered (away)",
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"gave out",
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"melted (away)",
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"petered (out)",
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"tailed (off)",
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"vanished",
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"slackened",
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"slowed (down)",
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"alleviated",
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"relaxed",
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"flagged",
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"sank",
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"sunk",
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"weakened",
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"caved (in)",
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"collapsed",
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"deflated"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"abated",
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"declined",
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"decreased",
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"de-escalated",
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"died (away or down or out)",
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"diminished",
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"drained (away)",
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"dropped (off)",
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"dwindled",
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"eased",
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"ebbed",
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"fell",
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"fell away",
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"lessened",
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"let up",
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"lowered",
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"moderated",
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"palled",
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"phased down",
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"receded",
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"relented",
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"remitted",
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"shrank",
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"shrunk",
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"subsided",
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"tapered",
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"tapered off",
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"waned"
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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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"racheted (up)":{
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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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"verb"
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]
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},
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"racoons":{
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"as in rabbit , otter":{
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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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"radiance":{
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"the quality or state of having or giving off light":{
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"antonyms":[
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"blackness",
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"dark",
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"darkness",
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"dullness",
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"dulness",
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"duskiness"
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],
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"examples":[
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"the radiance of the midday sun created a harsh glare for the skiers"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"dimness",
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"gloominess",
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"somberness",
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"cloudiness",
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"haziness",
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"murkiness",
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"obscureness",
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"obscurity",
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"colorlessness",
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"grayness",
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"lackluster",
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"paleness",
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"shadiness",
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"shadowiness"
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],
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"related":[
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"blaze",
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"flare",
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"flash",
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"flicker",
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"light",
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"fluorescence",
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"incandescence",
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"luminescence",
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"burnish",
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"gloss",
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"polish",
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"sheen",
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"shine",
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"shininess",
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"fire",
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"flame",
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"glare",
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"glow",
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"flash",
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"gleam",
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"glimmer",
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"glint",
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"glisten",
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"glitter",
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"scintillation",
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"shimmer",
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"sparkle",
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"twinkle"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"brightness",
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"brilliance",
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"brilliancy",
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"candor",
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"dazzle",
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"effulgence",
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"illumination",
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"lambency",
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"lightness",
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"luminance",
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"luminosity",
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"luminousness",
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"luster",
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"lustre",
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"lustrousness",
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"refulgence",
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"splendor"
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]
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},
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"the steady giving off of the form of radiation that makes vision possible":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"had a dream in which she was steadily moving down a dark tunnel toward a radiance at the far end"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"blackness",
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"dark",
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"darkness",
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"dimness",
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"dusk",
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"duskiness",
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"gloom",
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"night",
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"shadow"
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],
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"related":[
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"flash",
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"glimmer",
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"glint",
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"glitter",
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"scintillation",
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"shimmer",
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"sparkle",
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"twinkle",
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"daylight",
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"moonlight",
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"sunlight",
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"sunshine",
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"afterglow",
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"aureole",
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"aureola",
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"aurora",
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"beam",
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"halo",
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"ray",
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"shaft",
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"streak",
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"stream",
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"sunbeam",
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"glisten",
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"gloss",
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"luster",
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"lustre",
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"polish",
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"reflection",
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"sheen"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"blaze",
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"flare",
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"fluorescence",
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"glare",
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"gleam",
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"glow",
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"illumination",
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"incandescence",
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"light",
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"luminescence",
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"shine"
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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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"radiant":{
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"giving off or reflecting much light":{
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"antonyms":[
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"dim",
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"dull",
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"lackluster",
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"unbright",
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"unbrilliant"
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],
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"examples":[
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"from the plane we could see the statehouse's radiant gold dome"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"blackened",
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"dark",
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"darkened",
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"darkish",
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"darkling",
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"darksome",
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"dimmed",
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"dusky",
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"gloomy",
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"lightless",
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"murky",
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"obscure",
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"obscured",
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"pitch-black",
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"pitch-dark",
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"somber",
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"sombre",
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"sunless",
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"tenebrous",
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"unlit",
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"cloudy",
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"shadowlike",
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"shadowy",
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"shady",
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"gray",
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"grey",
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"leaden",
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"pale",
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"palish"
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],
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"related":[
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"ablaze",
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"ardent",
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"blazing",
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"burning",
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"combusting",
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"fiery",
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"flaming",
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"red-hot",
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"agleam",
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"aglitter",
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"blinding",
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"coruscant",
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"flaring",
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"flashing",
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"flickering",
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"gemmy",
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"glancing",
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"glaring",
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"gleaming",
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"glimmering",
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"glinting",
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"glistening",
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"glistering",
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"glittering",
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"scintillant",
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"scintillating",
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"shimmering",
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"shimmery",
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"sparkling",
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"sunny",
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"twinkling",
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"winking",
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"burnished",
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"polished",
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"shined",
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"superbright",
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"ultrabright"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"beaming",
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"bedazzling",
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"bright",
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"brilliant",
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"candescent",
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"clear",
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"dazzling",
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"effulgent",
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"fulgent",
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"glowing",
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"incandescent",
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"lambent",
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"lucent",
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"lucid",
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"luminous",
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"lustrous",
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"refulgent",
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"sheeny",
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"shining",
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"shiny",
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"splendid"
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]
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},
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"having or being an outward sign of good feelings (as of love, confidence, or happiness)":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"she left the interview with a radiant smile on her face, confident she had gotten the job",
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"a radiant bride"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
|
|
"blank",
|
|
"flat",
|
|
"listless",
|
|
"stoic",
|
|
"stoical",
|
|
"unemotional",
|
|
"black",
|
|
"dark",
|
|
"darkening",
|
|
"depressing",
|
|
"dismal",
|
|
"gloomy",
|
|
"glum",
|
|
"gray",
|
|
"grey",
|
|
"melancholy",
|
|
"sullen",
|
|
"frowning",
|
|
"glaring",
|
|
"glowering",
|
|
"lowering",
|
|
"louring",
|
|
"scowling"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"brilliant",
|
|
"dazzling",
|
|
"effulgent",
|
|
"gleaming",
|
|
"luminous",
|
|
"refulgent",
|
|
"shining",
|
|
"starry",
|
|
"blithe",
|
|
"blithesome",
|
|
"cheerful",
|
|
"cheery",
|
|
"chipper",
|
|
"gay",
|
|
"gladsome",
|
|
"lightsome",
|
|
"merry",
|
|
"mirthful",
|
|
"optimistic",
|
|
"upbeat",
|
|
"jocund",
|
|
"jovial",
|
|
"laughing",
|
|
"smiling",
|
|
"blooming",
|
|
"rosy",
|
|
"blissful",
|
|
"chuffed",
|
|
"delighted",
|
|
"gratified",
|
|
"happy",
|
|
"joyful",
|
|
"joyous",
|
|
"pleased",
|
|
"satisfied",
|
|
"thankful",
|
|
"tickled"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"aglow",
|
|
"beaming",
|
|
"bright",
|
|
"glowing",
|
|
"sunny"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"radiated":{
|
|
"to emit rays of light":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"fireflies give off their light by means of a chemical reaction that causes their abdomens to radiate"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"blackened",
|
|
"darkened",
|
|
"lowered",
|
|
"loured"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"blazed",
|
|
"burned",
|
|
"burnt",
|
|
"fired",
|
|
"flamed",
|
|
"gleamed",
|
|
"glimmered",
|
|
"glinted",
|
|
"glistened",
|
|
"glistered",
|
|
"glittered",
|
|
"glowed",
|
|
"luminesced",
|
|
"sheened",
|
|
"shimmered",
|
|
"blinked",
|
|
"coruscated",
|
|
"flared",
|
|
"flashed",
|
|
"flickered",
|
|
"lustered",
|
|
"lustred",
|
|
"scintillated",
|
|
"spangled",
|
|
"sparkled",
|
|
"twinkled",
|
|
"winked",
|
|
"winkled",
|
|
"beat (down)",
|
|
"glared",
|
|
"brightened",
|
|
"illuminated",
|
|
"illumined",
|
|
"irradiated",
|
|
"lightened",
|
|
"lit",
|
|
"lighted",
|
|
"bedazzled",
|
|
"blinded",
|
|
"dazed",
|
|
"dazzled"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beamed",
|
|
"rayed",
|
|
"shone",
|
|
"shined"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to extend outwards from or as if from a central point":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"concentrated",
|
|
"converged",
|
|
"focused",
|
|
"focussed",
|
|
"funneled",
|
|
"funnelled",
|
|
"met"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the heat radiating from the fire",
|
|
"the spokes of a bicycle wheel radiate from the hub towards the rim"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"approached",
|
|
"closed in (on)",
|
|
"neared",
|
|
"centered (on)",
|
|
"centralized",
|
|
"connected",
|
|
"coupled",
|
|
"joined",
|
|
"linked",
|
|
"united"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"diffused",
|
|
"dispelled",
|
|
"dispersed",
|
|
"dissipated",
|
|
"forked",
|
|
"stemmed",
|
|
"diverged",
|
|
"divided",
|
|
"parted",
|
|
"ramified",
|
|
"separated",
|
|
"split",
|
|
"uncoupled",
|
|
"unlinked",
|
|
"unyoked",
|
|
"scattered",
|
|
"splayed",
|
|
"spread",
|
|
"arose",
|
|
"derived",
|
|
"emanated",
|
|
"flowed",
|
|
"issued",
|
|
"proceeded",
|
|
"sprang",
|
|
"sprung"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"branched",
|
|
"fanned (out)",
|
|
"rayed"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to throw or give off":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the sun radiates tiny amounts of energy in the form of microwaves"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"absorbed",
|
|
"inhaled",
|
|
"soaked (up)",
|
|
"sponged",
|
|
"sucked (up)",
|
|
"took up"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"eliminated",
|
|
"evacuated",
|
|
"excreted",
|
|
"exuded",
|
|
"oozed",
|
|
"secreted",
|
|
"ejected",
|
|
"erupted",
|
|
"gushed",
|
|
"jetted",
|
|
"outpoured",
|
|
"poured",
|
|
"spewed",
|
|
"spouted",
|
|
"sprayed",
|
|
"spurted",
|
|
"squirted"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cast",
|
|
"discharged",
|
|
"emanated",
|
|
"emitted",
|
|
"evolved",
|
|
"exhaled",
|
|
"expelled",
|
|
"expired",
|
|
"gave out",
|
|
"irradiated",
|
|
"issued",
|
|
"released",
|
|
"sent (out)",
|
|
"shot",
|
|
"threw out",
|
|
"vented"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"rafts":{
|
|
"a considerable amount":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"aces",
|
|
"bits",
|
|
"dabs",
|
|
"drams",
|
|
"driblets",
|
|
"glimmers",
|
|
"handfuls",
|
|
"handsful",
|
|
"hints",
|
|
"licks",
|
|
"little",
|
|
"mites",
|
|
"mouthfuls",
|
|
"nips",
|
|
"ounces",
|
|
"peanuts",
|
|
"pinches",
|
|
"pittances",
|
|
"scruples",
|
|
"shades",
|
|
"shadows",
|
|
"smidgens",
|
|
"smidgeons",
|
|
"smidgins",
|
|
"smidges",
|
|
"specks",
|
|
"spots",
|
|
"sprinkles",
|
|
"sprinklings",
|
|
"strains",
|
|
"streaks",
|
|
"suspicions",
|
|
"tastes",
|
|
"touches",
|
|
"traces"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the babysitter had to listen to a whole raft of rules before she was allowed to even pick up the baby"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"atoms",
|
|
"crumbs",
|
|
"dots",
|
|
"flecks",
|
|
"flyspecks",
|
|
"fragments",
|
|
"grains",
|
|
"granules",
|
|
"iotas",
|
|
"jots",
|
|
"modicums",
|
|
"molecules",
|
|
"motes",
|
|
"nubbins",
|
|
"particles",
|
|
"rays",
|
|
"scintillas",
|
|
"scraps",
|
|
"shreds",
|
|
"tittles",
|
|
"whits",
|
|
"smatterings",
|
|
"smatters",
|
|
"dashes",
|
|
"drops",
|
|
"morsels",
|
|
"shots",
|
|
"pieces",
|
|
"portions",
|
|
"sections",
|
|
"absences",
|
|
"dearths",
|
|
"famines",
|
|
"lacks",
|
|
"paucities",
|
|
"poverties",
|
|
"scarcities",
|
|
"shortages",
|
|
"undersupplies",
|
|
"wants",
|
|
"deficiencies",
|
|
"deficits",
|
|
"inadequacies",
|
|
"insufficiencies"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"epidemics",
|
|
"plagues",
|
|
"rashes",
|
|
"bonanzas",
|
|
"embarrassments",
|
|
"excesses",
|
|
"overabundances",
|
|
"overages",
|
|
"overkills",
|
|
"overmuch",
|
|
"oversupplies",
|
|
"plethoras",
|
|
"redundancies",
|
|
"superabundances",
|
|
"superfluities",
|
|
"surfeits",
|
|
"surpluses",
|
|
"deluges",
|
|
"floods",
|
|
"overflows",
|
|
"armies",
|
|
"bevies",
|
|
"crams",
|
|
"crowds",
|
|
"crushes",
|
|
"droves",
|
|
"flocks",
|
|
"herds",
|
|
"hordes",
|
|
"hosts",
|
|
"legions",
|
|
"mobs",
|
|
"multitudes",
|
|
"presses",
|
|
"scores",
|
|
"seas",
|
|
"swarms",
|
|
"throngs",
|
|
"gazillions",
|
|
"jillions",
|
|
"kazillions",
|
|
"millions",
|
|
"million",
|
|
"thousands",
|
|
"trillions",
|
|
"zillions"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abundances",
|
|
"barrels",
|
|
"basketfuls",
|
|
"basketsful",
|
|
"boatloads",
|
|
"buckets",
|
|
"bunches",
|
|
"bundles",
|
|
"bushels",
|
|
"carloads",
|
|
"chunks",
|
|
"deals",
|
|
"dozens",
|
|
"dozen",
|
|
"fistfuls",
|
|
"gobs",
|
|
"good deals",
|
|
"heaps",
|
|
"hundreds",
|
|
"hundred",
|
|
"lashings",
|
|
"lashins",
|
|
"loads",
|
|
"lots",
|
|
"masses",
|
|
"messes",
|
|
"mountains",
|
|
"much",
|
|
"multiplicities",
|
|
"myriads",
|
|
"oodles",
|
|
"packs",
|
|
"passels",
|
|
"pecks",
|
|
"piles",
|
|
"platefuls",
|
|
"plenitudes",
|
|
"plenties",
|
|
"plentitudes",
|
|
"potfuls",
|
|
"pots",
|
|
"profusions",
|
|
"quantities",
|
|
"reams",
|
|
"scads",
|
|
"sheaves",
|
|
"shiploads",
|
|
"sights",
|
|
"slews",
|
|
"spates",
|
|
"stacks",
|
|
"stores",
|
|
"tons",
|
|
"truckloads",
|
|
"volumes",
|
|
"wads",
|
|
"wealths",
|
|
"yards"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in balloons":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"ragbag":{
|
|
"an unorganized collection or mixture of various things":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"gave away a ragbag of souvenirs and trinkets she had accumulated over the years"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"detritus",
|
|
"notions",
|
|
"oddments",
|
|
"odds and ends",
|
|
"sundries",
|
|
"accumulation",
|
|
"aggregate",
|
|
"aggregation",
|
|
"conglomerate",
|
|
"conglomeration",
|
|
"catchall",
|
|
"admixture",
|
|
"alloy",
|
|
"amalgam",
|
|
"blend",
|
|
"combination",
|
|
"commixture",
|
|
"composite",
|
|
"compound",
|
|
"fusion",
|
|
"intermixture",
|
|
"mix-up",
|
|
"bollix",
|
|
"chaos",
|
|
"confusion",
|
|
"disarrangement",
|
|
"disarray",
|
|
"disorder",
|
|
"dog's breakfast",
|
|
"mess",
|
|
"morass",
|
|
"shambles",
|
|
"imbroglio",
|
|
"knot",
|
|
"snarl",
|
|
"tangle"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"agglomerate",
|
|
"agglomeration",
|
|
"alphabet soup",
|
|
"assortment",
|
|
"botch",
|
|
"clutter",
|
|
"collage",
|
|
"crazy quilt",
|
|
"farrago",
|
|
"gallimaufry",
|
|
"grab bag",
|
|
"gumbo",
|
|
"hash",
|
|
"hodgepodge",
|
|
"hotchpotch",
|
|
"jambalaya",
|
|
"jumble",
|
|
"jungle",
|
|
"litter",
|
|
"mac\u00e9doine",
|
|
"medley",
|
|
"m\u00e9lange",
|
|
"menagerie",
|
|
"miscellanea",
|
|
"miscellany",
|
|
"mishmash",
|
|
"mixed bag",
|
|
"montage",
|
|
"motley",
|
|
"muddle",
|
|
"olio",
|
|
"olla podrida",
|
|
"omnium-gatherum",
|
|
"pastiche",
|
|
"patchwork",
|
|
"patchwork quilt",
|
|
"potpourri",
|
|
"ragout",
|
|
"rummage",
|
|
"salad",
|
|
"salmagundi",
|
|
"scramble",
|
|
"shuffle",
|
|
"smorgasbord",
|
|
"stew",
|
|
"tumble",
|
|
"variety",
|
|
"welter"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"ragged":{
|
|
"having an uneven edge or outline":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"clean",
|
|
"even",
|
|
"smooth",
|
|
"soft",
|
|
"unbroken"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the Rocky Mountains cut an angular, ragged profile against the sky, in contrast to the rounded silhouette of the rolling, green Adirondack Mountains"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"regular",
|
|
"uniform",
|
|
"flat",
|
|
"flush",
|
|
"level",
|
|
"plane"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"saw-toothed",
|
|
"serrate",
|
|
"serrated",
|
|
"harsh",
|
|
"rough",
|
|
"roughened",
|
|
"rugged",
|
|
"bumpy",
|
|
"coarse",
|
|
"irregular",
|
|
"nonuniform"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"broken",
|
|
"craggy",
|
|
"jagged",
|
|
"scraggly",
|
|
"scraggy"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"not having a level or smooth surface":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"even",
|
|
"flat",
|
|
"level",
|
|
"plane",
|
|
"smooth"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she cut herself on the ragged edge of the tin can's lid"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"exact",
|
|
"uniform",
|
|
"aligned",
|
|
"alined",
|
|
"regular",
|
|
"true",
|
|
"horizontal",
|
|
"tabular",
|
|
"plumb",
|
|
"straight",
|
|
"vertical",
|
|
"flush"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"lopsided",
|
|
"unbalanced",
|
|
"inexact",
|
|
"unaligned",
|
|
"rutted",
|
|
"rutty",
|
|
"undulating",
|
|
"undulatory",
|
|
"wavy",
|
|
"pitted",
|
|
"pocked",
|
|
"knobbly",
|
|
"knobby",
|
|
"knurled",
|
|
"knurly",
|
|
"nubbly",
|
|
"nubby",
|
|
"burred",
|
|
"harsh",
|
|
"sandpapery",
|
|
"scraggly",
|
|
"scratchy",
|
|
"nonuniform"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"broken",
|
|
"bumpy",
|
|
"coarse",
|
|
"irregular",
|
|
"jagged",
|
|
"lumpy",
|
|
"pebbly",
|
|
"rough",
|
|
"roughened",
|
|
"rugged",
|
|
"scraggy",
|
|
"uneven"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to criticize (someone) severely or angrily especially for personal failings":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"several readers called in to rag the editor for his paper's repeated grammatical lapses"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"approved",
|
|
"endorsed",
|
|
"indorsed",
|
|
"sanctioned",
|
|
"extolled",
|
|
"lauded",
|
|
"praised"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"admonished",
|
|
"chid",
|
|
"chided",
|
|
"remonstrated (with)",
|
|
"reproved",
|
|
"abused",
|
|
"assailed",
|
|
"attacked",
|
|
"bad-mouthed",
|
|
"blamed",
|
|
"blasted",
|
|
"censured",
|
|
"condemned",
|
|
"criticized",
|
|
"crucified",
|
|
"denounced",
|
|
"dissed",
|
|
"excoriated",
|
|
"faulted",
|
|
"harangued",
|
|
"knocked",
|
|
"laced (into)",
|
|
"lashed",
|
|
"panned",
|
|
"reprehended",
|
|
"reviled",
|
|
"scourged",
|
|
"slammed",
|
|
"vituperated",
|
|
"belittled",
|
|
"disparaged",
|
|
"mocked",
|
|
"put down",
|
|
"ridiculed",
|
|
"scoffed",
|
|
"scorned"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"basted",
|
|
"bawled out",
|
|
"berated",
|
|
"called down",
|
|
"castigated",
|
|
"chastised",
|
|
"chewed out",
|
|
"dressed down",
|
|
"flayed",
|
|
"hammered",
|
|
"jawed",
|
|
"keelhauled",
|
|
"lambasted",
|
|
"lectured",
|
|
"railed (at or against)",
|
|
"ranted (at)",
|
|
"rated",
|
|
"reamed (out)",
|
|
"rebuked",
|
|
"reprimanded",
|
|
"reproached",
|
|
"scolded",
|
|
"scored",
|
|
"tongue-lashed",
|
|
"upbraided"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
],
|
|
"wearing torn or worn-out clothes":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"ragged and hungry refugees emerging from the jungle where they had been in hiding for weeks"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"decked (out)",
|
|
"dolled up",
|
|
"dressed up",
|
|
"spiffy"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"bedraggled",
|
|
"scroungy",
|
|
"scruffy",
|
|
"shabby",
|
|
"threadbare",
|
|
"down-at-the-heels",
|
|
"down-at-heel",
|
|
"down-at-the-heel",
|
|
"down-at-heels"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"raggedy",
|
|
"ragtag",
|
|
"tatterdemalion",
|
|
"tattered"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"worn or torn into or as if into rags":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"finally convinced her to throw away her favorite pair of jeans, ragged from years of yard work"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"brand-new",
|
|
"new",
|
|
"spick-and-span",
|
|
"spic-and-span",
|
|
"unused"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"dowdy",
|
|
"scruffy",
|
|
"tatterdemalion",
|
|
"dingy",
|
|
"faded",
|
|
"lacerate",
|
|
"lacerated",
|
|
"shredded",
|
|
"holey",
|
|
"patchy",
|
|
"broken-down",
|
|
"decrepit",
|
|
"dilapidated",
|
|
"dog-eared",
|
|
"grungy",
|
|
"mangy",
|
|
"moth-eaten",
|
|
"run-down",
|
|
"scuzzy",
|
|
"tacky"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"frayed",
|
|
"raggedy",
|
|
"ratty",
|
|
"seedy",
|
|
"shabby",
|
|
"tattered",
|
|
"threadbare",
|
|
"worn-out"
|
|
]
|
|
}
|
|
},
|
|
"raggle-taggle":{
|
|
"consisting of many things of different sorts":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"homogeneous"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a raggle-taggle assemblage of collectibles that he hopes to sell on eBay"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"monolithic",
|
|
"uniform",
|
|
"alike",
|
|
"identical",
|
|
"like",
|
|
"same",
|
|
"distinct",
|
|
"distinctive",
|
|
"individual",
|
|
"separate"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"manifold",
|
|
"multifarious",
|
|
"multiple",
|
|
"multiplex",
|
|
"myriad",
|
|
"disparate",
|
|
"divergent",
|
|
"diverse",
|
|
"sundry",
|
|
"various",
|
|
"chaotic",
|
|
"cluttered",
|
|
"confused",
|
|
"disarranged",
|
|
"disarrayed",
|
|
"disheveled",
|
|
"dishevelled",
|
|
"disordered",
|
|
"farraginous",
|
|
"jumbled",
|
|
"littered",
|
|
"messed",
|
|
"messy",
|
|
"muddled",
|
|
"amalgamated",
|
|
"blended",
|
|
"combined",
|
|
"commingled",
|
|
"commixed",
|
|
"conglomerated",
|
|
"fused",
|
|
"incorporated",
|
|
"intermingled",
|
|
"intermixed",
|
|
"merged",
|
|
"mingled",
|
|
"composite",
|
|
"conglomerate",
|
|
"hybrid",
|
|
"unclassified",
|
|
"unsorted"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"assorted",
|
|
"eclectic",
|
|
"heterogeneous",
|
|
"indiscriminate",
|
|
"kitchen-sink",
|
|
"magpie",
|
|
"miscellaneous",
|
|
"mixed",
|
|
"motley",
|
|
"patchwork",
|
|
"piebald",
|
|
"promiscuous",
|
|
"ragtag",
|
|
"varied"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"raging":{
|
|
"intensely or unbearably painful":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I've had a raging headache"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"acute",
|
|
"exquisite",
|
|
"extreme",
|
|
"fierce",
|
|
"intense",
|
|
"vehement",
|
|
"violent",
|
|
"biting",
|
|
"cutting",
|
|
"penetrating",
|
|
"piercing",
|
|
"sharp",
|
|
"shooting",
|
|
"smarting",
|
|
"stabbing",
|
|
"stinging",
|
|
"tearing",
|
|
"tingling"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"agonizing",
|
|
"excruciating",
|
|
"harrowing",
|
|
"racking",
|
|
"tormenting",
|
|
"torturing",
|
|
"torturous",
|
|
"wrenching"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to be excited or emotionally stirred up with anger":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"still raging about his assistant's burnt pies, the pastry cook forgot to add the egg whites to his cake batter"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"fulminating",
|
|
"ranting",
|
|
"raving",
|
|
"smoldering",
|
|
"smouldering",
|
|
"bristling",
|
|
"flaring (up)",
|
|
"inflaming",
|
|
"enflaming",
|
|
"chafing",
|
|
"fretting",
|
|
"stewing",
|
|
"agitating",
|
|
"convulsing",
|
|
"roiling",
|
|
"shaking"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"boiling",
|
|
"burning",
|
|
"foaming",
|
|
"fuming",
|
|
"rankling",
|
|
"seething",
|
|
"sizzling",
|
|
"steaming",
|
|
"storming"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to express one's anger usually violently":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the series of bad calls prompted the coach to rage about the refereeing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"allaying",
|
|
"appeasing",
|
|
"pacifying",
|
|
"soothing",
|
|
"checking",
|
|
"choking (back)",
|
|
"collecting",
|
|
"composing",
|
|
"containing",
|
|
"curbing",
|
|
"pocketing",
|
|
"reining",
|
|
"repressing",
|
|
"restraining",
|
|
"smothering",
|
|
"stifling",
|
|
"strangling",
|
|
"subduing",
|
|
"suppressing",
|
|
"swallowing",
|
|
"moderating",
|
|
"tempering",
|
|
"toning (down)",
|
|
"easing",
|
|
"letting up",
|
|
"relaxing",
|
|
"calming",
|
|
"cooling",
|
|
"hushing",
|
|
"quelling",
|
|
"quieting",
|
|
"settling",
|
|
"stilling"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"blowing up",
|
|
"flaring (up)",
|
|
"flipping (out)",
|
|
"blustering",
|
|
"carrying on",
|
|
"fulminating",
|
|
"rampaging",
|
|
"ranting",
|
|
"raving",
|
|
"taking on",
|
|
"burning",
|
|
"foaming",
|
|
"seething",
|
|
"smoldering",
|
|
"smouldering",
|
|
"steaming",
|
|
"chafing",
|
|
"fretting",
|
|
"stewing"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bristling",
|
|
"fuming",
|
|
"storming"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"raids":{
|
|
"a sudden attack on and entrance into hostile territory":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"repeated Viking raids wore down the defenses of the seaside village"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"pillages",
|
|
"plunders",
|
|
"aggressions",
|
|
"assaults",
|
|
"coups de main",
|
|
"offenses",
|
|
"offences",
|
|
"offensives",
|
|
"onsets",
|
|
"onslaughts",
|
|
"rushes",
|
|
"sieges",
|
|
"storms",
|
|
"strikes",
|
|
"charges",
|
|
"sallies",
|
|
"sorties",
|
|
"ambuscades",
|
|
"ambushes",
|
|
"surprises",
|
|
"surprizes",
|
|
"traps",
|
|
"air raids",
|
|
"blitzes",
|
|
"blitzkriegs",
|
|
"bombardments",
|
|
"counteraggressions",
|
|
"counter-aggressions",
|
|
"counterassaults",
|
|
"counter-assaults",
|
|
"counterattacks",
|
|
"counter-attacks",
|
|
"counteroffensives",
|
|
"counterstrikes",
|
|
"counter-strikes"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"descents",
|
|
"forays",
|
|
"incursions",
|
|
"inroads",
|
|
"invasions",
|
|
"irruptions"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the act or action of setting upon with force or violence":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an early morning raid by Federal agents took the smugglers in their hideout by surprise"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"defenses",
|
|
"defensives",
|
|
"guards",
|
|
"shields",
|
|
"oppositions",
|
|
"resistances",
|
|
"protections",
|
|
"securities",
|
|
"shelters"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"ambuscades",
|
|
"ambushes",
|
|
"counteraggressions",
|
|
"counter-aggressions",
|
|
"counterassaults",
|
|
"counter-assaults",
|
|
"counterattacks",
|
|
"counter-attacks",
|
|
"counteroffensives",
|
|
"counterstrikes",
|
|
"counter-strikes",
|
|
"sallies",
|
|
"sorties",
|
|
"envelopments",
|
|
"breakthroughs",
|
|
"forays",
|
|
"incursions",
|
|
"invasions",
|
|
"pillages",
|
|
"ravages",
|
|
"sacks",
|
|
"air raids",
|
|
"bombardments",
|
|
"bombings",
|
|
"sieges",
|
|
"storms",
|
|
"barrages",
|
|
"cannonades",
|
|
"fusillades",
|
|
"hails",
|
|
"salvos",
|
|
"salvoes",
|
|
"volleys",
|
|
"whammies"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"aggressions",
|
|
"assaults",
|
|
"attacks",
|
|
"attempts",
|
|
"blitzes",
|
|
"blitzkriegs",
|
|
"charges",
|
|
"coups de main",
|
|
"descents",
|
|
"offenses",
|
|
"offences",
|
|
"offensives",
|
|
"onsets",
|
|
"onslaughts",
|
|
"rushes",
|
|
"strikes"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to enter for conquest or plunder":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a fox has been raiding the chicken coop, and now we're down to eight hens"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"defends",
|
|
"guards",
|
|
"protects",
|
|
"safeguards",
|
|
"shields",
|
|
"wards",
|
|
"defies",
|
|
"opposes",
|
|
"repels",
|
|
"resists",
|
|
"withstands",
|
|
"capitulates (to)",
|
|
"cedes (to)",
|
|
"submits (to)",
|
|
"succumbs (to)",
|
|
"surrenders (to)",
|
|
"yields (to)"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"despoils",
|
|
"loots",
|
|
"marauds",
|
|
"pillages",
|
|
"plunders",
|
|
"ransacks",
|
|
"ravages",
|
|
"sacks",
|
|
"strips",
|
|
"conquers",
|
|
"crushes",
|
|
"dominates",
|
|
"overcomes",
|
|
"overpowers",
|
|
"overwhelms",
|
|
"subdues",
|
|
"subjects",
|
|
"subjugates",
|
|
"vanquishes",
|
|
"assails",
|
|
"assaults",
|
|
"attacks",
|
|
"besets",
|
|
"charges",
|
|
"rushes",
|
|
"storms",
|
|
"strikes",
|
|
"battles",
|
|
"clashes (with)",
|
|
"combats",
|
|
"fights",
|
|
"wars (with)",
|
|
"encroaches",
|
|
"harasses",
|
|
"infringes",
|
|
"trespasses",
|
|
"beleaguers",
|
|
"besieges",
|
|
"blockades",
|
|
"invests",
|
|
"garrisons",
|
|
"occupies"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"forays (into)",
|
|
"invades",
|
|
"overruns"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to take sudden, violent action against":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the enemy tribe raided the village just before dawn, taking everyone by surprise"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"covers",
|
|
"defends",
|
|
"guards",
|
|
"protects",
|
|
"secures",
|
|
"shields"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"bum-rushes",
|
|
"gangs up (on)",
|
|
"mobs",
|
|
"swarms",
|
|
"mugs",
|
|
"robs",
|
|
"ambuscades",
|
|
"ambushes",
|
|
"surprises",
|
|
"surprizes",
|
|
"waylays",
|
|
"blitzes",
|
|
"bombards",
|
|
"bombs",
|
|
"nukes",
|
|
"barrages",
|
|
"cannonades",
|
|
"cannons",
|
|
"bangs away (at)",
|
|
"batters",
|
|
"buffets",
|
|
"plasters",
|
|
"beleaguers",
|
|
"besieges",
|
|
"presses",
|
|
"harries",
|
|
"loots",
|
|
"pillages",
|
|
"plunders",
|
|
"ravages",
|
|
"sacks",
|
|
"forays",
|
|
"invades",
|
|
"overruns",
|
|
"envelops",
|
|
"flanks"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"assails",
|
|
"assaults",
|
|
"attacks",
|
|
"besets",
|
|
"bushwhacks",
|
|
"charges",
|
|
"descends (on or upon)",
|
|
"goes in (on)",
|
|
"jumps (on)",
|
|
"pounces (on or upon)",
|
|
"rushes",
|
|
"sets on",
|
|
"sics",
|
|
"sicks",
|
|
"storms",
|
|
"strikes",
|
|
"trashes",
|
|
"turns (on)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"railed (at or against)":{
|
|
"to criticize (someone) severely or angrily especially for personal failings":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"approved",
|
|
"endorsed",
|
|
"indorsed",
|
|
"sanctioned",
|
|
"extolled",
|
|
"lauded",
|
|
"praised"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"admonished",
|
|
"chid",
|
|
"chided",
|
|
"remonstrated (with)",
|
|
"reproved",
|
|
"abused",
|
|
"assailed",
|
|
"attacked",
|
|
"bad-mouthed",
|
|
"blamed",
|
|
"blasted",
|
|
"censured",
|
|
"condemned",
|
|
"criticized",
|
|
"crucified",
|
|
"denounced",
|
|
"dissed",
|
|
"excoriated",
|
|
"faulted",
|
|
"harangued",
|
|
"knocked",
|
|
"laced (into)",
|
|
"lashed",
|
|
"panned",
|
|
"reprehended",
|
|
"reviled",
|
|
"scourged",
|
|
"slammed",
|
|
"vituperated",
|
|
"belittled",
|
|
"disparaged",
|
|
"mocked",
|
|
"put down",
|
|
"ridiculed",
|
|
"scoffed",
|
|
"scorned"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"basted",
|
|
"bawled out",
|
|
"berated",
|
|
"called down",
|
|
"castigated",
|
|
"chastised",
|
|
"chewed out",
|
|
"dressed down",
|
|
"flayed",
|
|
"hammered",
|
|
"jawed",
|
|
"keelhauled",
|
|
"lambasted",
|
|
"lectured",
|
|
"ragged",
|
|
"ranted (at)",
|
|
"rated",
|
|
"reamed (out)",
|
|
"rebuked",
|
|
"reprimanded",
|
|
"reproached",
|
|
"scolded",
|
|
"scored",
|
|
"tongue-lashed",
|
|
"upbraided"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"raiment":{
|
|
"covering for the human body":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the prince exchanged his silken raiment for the pauper's humble homespun"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"garderobe",
|
|
"wardrobe",
|
|
"array",
|
|
"bravery",
|
|
"caparison",
|
|
"finery",
|
|
"gaiety",
|
|
"gayety",
|
|
"glad rags",
|
|
"pretties",
|
|
"regalia",
|
|
"trim",
|
|
"foofaraw",
|
|
"frippery",
|
|
"gaudery",
|
|
"tawdry",
|
|
"trumpery",
|
|
"tatters",
|
|
"costume",
|
|
"ensemble",
|
|
"frock",
|
|
"garb",
|
|
"getup",
|
|
"guise",
|
|
"livery",
|
|
"outfit",
|
|
"civvies",
|
|
"civies",
|
|
"mufti",
|
|
"couture",
|
|
"pr\u00eat-\u00e0-porter",
|
|
"pret-a-porter",
|
|
"ready-to-wear",
|
|
"tailoring",
|
|
"activewear",
|
|
"loungewear",
|
|
"outerwear",
|
|
"playwear",
|
|
"sportswear",
|
|
"nightclothes",
|
|
"sleepwear",
|
|
"smallclothes",
|
|
"underclothes",
|
|
"underwear",
|
|
"haberdashery",
|
|
"menswear"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"apparel",
|
|
"attire",
|
|
"clobber",
|
|
"clothes",
|
|
"clothing",
|
|
"costumery",
|
|
"dress",
|
|
"duds",
|
|
"garments",
|
|
"gear",
|
|
"habiliment(s)",
|
|
"habit",
|
|
"rags",
|
|
"rig",
|
|
"rigging",
|
|
"threads",
|
|
"toggery",
|
|
"togs",
|
|
"vestiary",
|
|
"vestments",
|
|
"vesture",
|
|
"wear",
|
|
"wearables",
|
|
"weeds"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"rainfall":{
|
|
"a steady falling of water from the sky in significant quantity":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a torrential rainfall washed away most of the little sprouts in our vegetable garden"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"drizzle",
|
|
"mist",
|
|
"mizzle",
|
|
"scud",
|
|
"spit",
|
|
"sprinkle"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"precipitation",
|
|
"shower",
|
|
"thundershower",
|
|
"thunderstorm",
|
|
"weather"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cloudburst",
|
|
"deluge",
|
|
"downfall",
|
|
"downpour",
|
|
"rain",
|
|
"rainstorm",
|
|
"storm",
|
|
"wet"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"rainy":{
|
|
"marked by or abounding with rain":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"found that the stretch of cold, rainy weather made his joints swell and ache"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dry"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"drippy",
|
|
"drizzling",
|
|
"drizzly",
|
|
"misty",
|
|
"mizzly",
|
|
"spitting",
|
|
"sprinkling"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"pouring",
|
|
"precipitating",
|
|
"stormy",
|
|
"wet"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"raise":{
|
|
"something added (as by growth)":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"abatement",
|
|
"decline",
|
|
"decrease",
|
|
"decrement",
|
|
"depletion",
|
|
"diminishment",
|
|
"diminution",
|
|
"drop-off",
|
|
"fall",
|
|
"falloff",
|
|
"lessening",
|
|
"loss",
|
|
"lowering",
|
|
"reduction",
|
|
"shrinkage",
|
|
"step-down"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the school board approved a raise in the maximum family income for students qualifying for reduced-price lunches"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"deduction",
|
|
"subtraction"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"accumulation",
|
|
"assemblage",
|
|
"collection",
|
|
"gathering",
|
|
"complement",
|
|
"accession",
|
|
"appendix",
|
|
"continuation",
|
|
"extension",
|
|
"uptrend",
|
|
"upturn",
|
|
"jump",
|
|
"run-up",
|
|
"spike"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accretion",
|
|
"accrual",
|
|
"addendum",
|
|
"addition",
|
|
"augmentation",
|
|
"boost",
|
|
"expansion",
|
|
"gain",
|
|
"increase",
|
|
"increment",
|
|
"more",
|
|
"plus",
|
|
"proliferation",
|
|
"rise",
|
|
"step-up",
|
|
"supplement",
|
|
"uptick"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to bring (something volatile or intense) into being":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a proposal to cover the library's red brick with vinyl siding raised a mighty ruckus with those favoring historical preservation"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bridle",
|
|
"check",
|
|
"constrain",
|
|
"curb",
|
|
"discourage",
|
|
"hold",
|
|
"inhibit",
|
|
"regulate",
|
|
"rein (in)",
|
|
"restrain",
|
|
"tame",
|
|
"allay",
|
|
"calm",
|
|
"quiet",
|
|
"settle",
|
|
"soothe",
|
|
"still",
|
|
"subdue",
|
|
"tranquilize",
|
|
"tranquillize"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"advance",
|
|
"cultivate",
|
|
"encourage",
|
|
"forward",
|
|
"foster",
|
|
"further",
|
|
"nourish",
|
|
"nurture",
|
|
"promote",
|
|
"sow",
|
|
"stimulate",
|
|
"detonate",
|
|
"set",
|
|
"set off",
|
|
"trigger",
|
|
"excite",
|
|
"galvanize",
|
|
"inflame",
|
|
"enflame",
|
|
"inspire",
|
|
"motivate",
|
|
"rouse",
|
|
"activate",
|
|
"energize",
|
|
"enliven",
|
|
"fire",
|
|
"invigorate",
|
|
"jazz (up)",
|
|
"liven (up)",
|
|
"pep (up)",
|
|
"quicken",
|
|
"stimulate",
|
|
"vitalize"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abet",
|
|
"brew",
|
|
"ferment",
|
|
"foment",
|
|
"incite",
|
|
"instigate",
|
|
"pick",
|
|
"provoke",
|
|
"stir (up)",
|
|
"whip (up)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to bring to maturity through care and education":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"since she was only two when her mother died, the girl was raised mainly by her aunt"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abuse",
|
|
"ill-treat",
|
|
"ill-use",
|
|
"maltreat",
|
|
"mishandle",
|
|
"mistreat",
|
|
"ignore",
|
|
"neglect",
|
|
"harm",
|
|
"hurt",
|
|
"injure"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"father",
|
|
"mother",
|
|
"attend",
|
|
"care (for)",
|
|
"cradle",
|
|
"cultivate",
|
|
"mind",
|
|
"minister (to)",
|
|
"nurture",
|
|
"watch",
|
|
"discipline",
|
|
"educate",
|
|
"instruct",
|
|
"mentor",
|
|
"school",
|
|
"teach",
|
|
"train",
|
|
"tutor",
|
|
"edify",
|
|
"enlighten",
|
|
"indoctrinate",
|
|
"feed",
|
|
"provide (for)",
|
|
"supply",
|
|
"advance",
|
|
"forward",
|
|
"further",
|
|
"promote",
|
|
"prepare",
|
|
"direct",
|
|
"guide",
|
|
"lead",
|
|
"shepherd",
|
|
"show"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"breed",
|
|
"bring up",
|
|
"foster",
|
|
"nourish",
|
|
"nurse",
|
|
"rear"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to draw out (something hidden, latent, or reserved)":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the lawsuit raised old resentments that had never been completely extinguished"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disregard",
|
|
"forget",
|
|
"ignore",
|
|
"miss",
|
|
"neglect",
|
|
"overlook",
|
|
"overpass",
|
|
"pass over"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"drag",
|
|
"dredge (up)",
|
|
"extort",
|
|
"extract",
|
|
"pull",
|
|
"wangle",
|
|
"wrest",
|
|
"wring",
|
|
"coax (out)",
|
|
"gain",
|
|
"get",
|
|
"obtain",
|
|
"procure",
|
|
"secure",
|
|
"bare",
|
|
"disclose",
|
|
"discover",
|
|
"divulge",
|
|
"evince",
|
|
"expose",
|
|
"reveal",
|
|
"uncloak",
|
|
"uncover",
|
|
"unmask",
|
|
"unveil"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"educe",
|
|
"elicit",
|
|
"evoke",
|
|
"inspire"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to fix in an upright position":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the mattress will fit into the moving truck only if we raise it on its side"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"demolish",
|
|
"flatten",
|
|
"knock down",
|
|
"level",
|
|
"raze",
|
|
"tear down"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"brace",
|
|
"buttress",
|
|
"prop (up)",
|
|
"shore (up)",
|
|
"support",
|
|
"boost",
|
|
"crane",
|
|
"elevate",
|
|
"heave",
|
|
"heft",
|
|
"heighten",
|
|
"hike",
|
|
"hoist",
|
|
"jack (up)",
|
|
"lift",
|
|
"perk (up)",
|
|
"pick up",
|
|
"up",
|
|
"uphold",
|
|
"uplift"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"erect",
|
|
"pitch",
|
|
"put up",
|
|
"rear",
|
|
"set up",
|
|
"upend",
|
|
"upraise"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to form by putting together parts or materials":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"demount",
|
|
"disassemble",
|
|
"dismantle",
|
|
"dismember",
|
|
"knock down",
|
|
"strike",
|
|
"take down",
|
|
"tear down"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"raised a memorial on the site of the historic event"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"demolish",
|
|
"destroy",
|
|
"devastate",
|
|
"flatten",
|
|
"level",
|
|
"pull down",
|
|
"pulverize",
|
|
"raze",
|
|
"ruin",
|
|
"ruinate",
|
|
"shatter",
|
|
"smash",
|
|
"wreck",
|
|
"blow up",
|
|
"explode",
|
|
"detach",
|
|
"disengage",
|
|
"disconnect",
|
|
"disjoin",
|
|
"disunite",
|
|
"divide",
|
|
"separate"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"carpenter",
|
|
"fashion",
|
|
"forge",
|
|
"frame",
|
|
"hammer",
|
|
"handcraft",
|
|
"manufacture",
|
|
"mold",
|
|
"produce",
|
|
"shape",
|
|
"prefabricate",
|
|
"begin",
|
|
"coin",
|
|
"create",
|
|
"generate",
|
|
"inaugurate",
|
|
"initiate",
|
|
"innovate",
|
|
"invent",
|
|
"originate",
|
|
"constitute",
|
|
"establish",
|
|
"father",
|
|
"found",
|
|
"institute",
|
|
"organize",
|
|
"conceive",
|
|
"concoct",
|
|
"contrive",
|
|
"cook (up)",
|
|
"design",
|
|
"devise",
|
|
"imagine",
|
|
"think (up)",
|
|
"reassemble",
|
|
"rebuild",
|
|
"reconstruct",
|
|
"redevelop",
|
|
"reedify",
|
|
"retrofit",
|
|
"jerry-build",
|
|
"rig (up)",
|
|
"throw up",
|
|
"combine",
|
|
"unite"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"assemble",
|
|
"build",
|
|
"confect",
|
|
"construct",
|
|
"erect",
|
|
"fabricate",
|
|
"make",
|
|
"make up",
|
|
"piece",
|
|
"put up",
|
|
"rear",
|
|
"set up"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to look after or assist the growth of by labor and care":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"raises ducks, geese, and other exotic fowl ultimately destined for the dinner table"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"kill",
|
|
"dig",
|
|
"extirpate",
|
|
"pick",
|
|
"pluck",
|
|
"pull (up)",
|
|
"uproot",
|
|
"cut",
|
|
"hay",
|
|
"mow"
|
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],
|
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"related":[
|
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"breed",
|
|
"produce",
|
|
"propagate",
|
|
"plant",
|
|
"sow",
|
|
"gather",
|
|
"glean",
|
|
"harvest",
|
|
"reap",
|
|
"germinate",
|
|
"quicken",
|
|
"ripen",
|
|
"root",
|
|
"sprout"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"crop",
|
|
"cultivate",
|
|
"culture",
|
|
"dress",
|
|
"grow",
|
|
"promote",
|
|
"rear",
|
|
"tend"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make greater in size, amount, or number":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"abate",
|
|
"decrease",
|
|
"de-escalate",
|
|
"diminish",
|
|
"downsize",
|
|
"dwindle",
|
|
"lessen",
|
|
"lower",
|
|
"minify",
|
|
"reduce",
|
|
"subtract (from)"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the multiplex raised the ticket price"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abbreviate",
|
|
"abridge",
|
|
"curtail",
|
|
"shorten",
|
|
"compress",
|
|
"condense",
|
|
"constrict",
|
|
"contract",
|
|
"cut back",
|
|
"retrench"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"boom",
|
|
"jump",
|
|
"skyrocket",
|
|
"spike",
|
|
"bump (up)",
|
|
"ratchet (up)",
|
|
"rachet (up)",
|
|
"blow up",
|
|
"dilate",
|
|
"distend",
|
|
"inflate",
|
|
"draw out",
|
|
"elongate",
|
|
"flesh (out)",
|
|
"lengthen",
|
|
"prolong",
|
|
"protract",
|
|
"stretch",
|
|
"develop",
|
|
"enhance",
|
|
"heighten",
|
|
"intensify",
|
|
"magnify",
|
|
"complement",
|
|
"supplement",
|
|
"beef (up)",
|
|
"reinforce",
|
|
"reenforce",
|
|
"strengthen",
|
|
"maximize",
|
|
"accumulate",
|
|
"amass",
|
|
"collect",
|
|
"follow up",
|
|
"parlay"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accelerate",
|
|
"add (to)",
|
|
"aggrandize",
|
|
"amplify",
|
|
"augment",
|
|
"boost",
|
|
"build up",
|
|
"compound",
|
|
"enlarge",
|
|
"escalate",
|
|
"expand",
|
|
"extend",
|
|
"hype",
|
|
"increase",
|
|
"multiply",
|
|
"pump up",
|
|
"stoke",
|
|
"supersize",
|
|
"swell",
|
|
"up"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make known (as an idea, emotion, or opinion)":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"stifle",
|
|
"suppress"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"too afraid to raise an objection"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"censor",
|
|
"restrain",
|
|
"restrict"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"advertise",
|
|
"announce",
|
|
"declare",
|
|
"enounce",
|
|
"enunciate",
|
|
"proclaim",
|
|
"say",
|
|
"broadcast",
|
|
"circulate",
|
|
"disseminate",
|
|
"publish",
|
|
"describe",
|
|
"write",
|
|
"write up",
|
|
"sound off",
|
|
"speak out",
|
|
"speak up",
|
|
"chime in",
|
|
"communicate",
|
|
"convey",
|
|
"put across",
|
|
"put over",
|
|
"offer",
|
|
"submit"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"air",
|
|
"expound",
|
|
"express",
|
|
"give",
|
|
"look",
|
|
"sound",
|
|
"state",
|
|
"vent",
|
|
"ventilate",
|
|
"voice"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to move from a lower to a higher place or position":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"drop",
|
|
"lower"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he asked members of the audience to raise their hands if they had been to his show before"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"descend",
|
|
"dip",
|
|
"fall",
|
|
"pitch",
|
|
"plunge",
|
|
"slip",
|
|
"bear",
|
|
"depress",
|
|
"press",
|
|
"push",
|
|
"sink",
|
|
"submerge"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"ascend",
|
|
"mount",
|
|
"rise",
|
|
"rear",
|
|
"upend"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"boost",
|
|
"crane",
|
|
"elevate",
|
|
"heave",
|
|
"heft",
|
|
"heighten",
|
|
"hike",
|
|
"hoist",
|
|
"jack (up)",
|
|
"lift",
|
|
"perk (up)",
|
|
"pick up",
|
|
"take up",
|
|
"up",
|
|
"uphold",
|
|
"uplift",
|
|
"upraise"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to move higher in rank or position":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"abase",
|
|
"degrade",
|
|
"demote",
|
|
"downgrade",
|
|
"lower",
|
|
"reduce"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he was recently raised to lieutenant in the fire department"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"depose",
|
|
"dethrone",
|
|
"dismiss",
|
|
"expel",
|
|
"impeach",
|
|
"oust",
|
|
"overthrow",
|
|
"remove",
|
|
"unmake",
|
|
"unseat",
|
|
"demean",
|
|
"disgrace",
|
|
"dishonor",
|
|
"humble",
|
|
"humiliate",
|
|
"mortify",
|
|
"shame",
|
|
"take down",
|
|
"censure",
|
|
"condemn",
|
|
"damn",
|
|
"denounce",
|
|
"reprobate"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"forward",
|
|
"further",
|
|
"aggrandize",
|
|
"boost",
|
|
"heighten",
|
|
"improve",
|
|
"lift",
|
|
"uplift",
|
|
"commission",
|
|
"ennoble",
|
|
"knight",
|
|
"acclaim",
|
|
"applaud",
|
|
"celebrate",
|
|
"cite",
|
|
"commend",
|
|
"compliment",
|
|
"congratulate",
|
|
"decorate",
|
|
"eulogize",
|
|
"exalt",
|
|
"extol",
|
|
"extoll",
|
|
"glorify",
|
|
"hail",
|
|
"honor",
|
|
"laud",
|
|
"praise",
|
|
"salute"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"advance",
|
|
"elevate",
|
|
"promote",
|
|
"upgrade"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to present or bring forward for discussion":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"one member of the tour raised the subject of appropriate attire for visits to sacred sites in the Holy Land"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"censor",
|
|
"hush (up)",
|
|
"quiet",
|
|
"silence",
|
|
"suppress"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"allude (to)",
|
|
"cite",
|
|
"mention",
|
|
"name",
|
|
"refer (to)",
|
|
"offer",
|
|
"propose",
|
|
"suggest",
|
|
"air",
|
|
"express",
|
|
"speak (of)",
|
|
"talk (about)",
|
|
"vent",
|
|
"ventilate",
|
|
"interject",
|
|
"interrupt",
|
|
"debate",
|
|
"discuss",
|
|
"thrash (out or over)"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bring up",
|
|
"broach",
|
|
"introduce",
|
|
"moot",
|
|
"place"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"raises":{
|
|
"something added (as by growth)":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"abatements",
|
|
"declines",
|
|
"decreases",
|
|
"decrements",
|
|
"depletions",
|
|
"diminishments",
|
|
"diminutions",
|
|
"drop-offs",
|
|
"falloffs",
|
|
"falls",
|
|
"losses",
|
|
"reductions",
|
|
"shrinkages",
|
|
"step-downs"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the school board approved a raise in the maximum family income for students qualifying for reduced-price lunches"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"deductions",
|
|
"subtractions"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"accumulations",
|
|
"assemblages",
|
|
"collections",
|
|
"gatherings",
|
|
"complements",
|
|
"accessions",
|
|
"appendixes",
|
|
"appendices",
|
|
"continuations",
|
|
"extensions",
|
|
"uptrends",
|
|
"upturns",
|
|
"jumps",
|
|
"run-ups",
|
|
"spikes"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accretions",
|
|
"accruals",
|
|
"addenda",
|
|
"addendums",
|
|
"additions",
|
|
"augmentations",
|
|
"boosts",
|
|
"expansions",
|
|
"gains",
|
|
"increases",
|
|
"increments",
|
|
"more",
|
|
"pluses",
|
|
"plusses",
|
|
"proliferations",
|
|
"rises",
|
|
"step-ups",
|
|
"supplements",
|
|
"upticks"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to bring (something volatile or intense) into being":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a proposal to cover the library's red brick with vinyl siding raised a mighty ruckus with those favoring historical preservation"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bridles",
|
|
"checks",
|
|
"constrains",
|
|
"curbs",
|
|
"discourages",
|
|
"holds",
|
|
"inhibits",
|
|
"regulates",
|
|
"reins (in)",
|
|
"restrains",
|
|
"tames",
|
|
"allays",
|
|
"calms",
|
|
"quiets",
|
|
"settles",
|
|
"soothes",
|
|
"stills",
|
|
"subdues",
|
|
"tranquilizes",
|
|
"tranquillizes"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"advances",
|
|
"cultivates",
|
|
"encourages",
|
|
"forwards",
|
|
"fosters",
|
|
"furthers",
|
|
"nourishes",
|
|
"nurtures",
|
|
"promotes",
|
|
"sows",
|
|
"stimulates",
|
|
"detonates",
|
|
"sets",
|
|
"sets off",
|
|
"triggers",
|
|
"excites",
|
|
"galvanizes",
|
|
"inflames",
|
|
"enflames",
|
|
"inspires",
|
|
"motivates",
|
|
"rouses",
|
|
"activates",
|
|
"energizes",
|
|
"enlivens",
|
|
"fires",
|
|
"invigorates",
|
|
"jazzes (up)",
|
|
"livens (up)",
|
|
"peps (up)",
|
|
"quickens",
|
|
"stimulates",
|
|
"vitalizes"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abets",
|
|
"brews",
|
|
"ferments",
|
|
"foments",
|
|
"incites",
|
|
"instigates",
|
|
"picks",
|
|
"provokes",
|
|
"stirs (up)",
|
|
"whips (up)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to bring to maturity through care and education":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"since she was only two when her mother died, the girl was raised mainly by her aunt"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abuses",
|
|
"ill-treats",
|
|
"ill-uses",
|
|
"maltreats",
|
|
"mishandles",
|
|
"mistreats",
|
|
"ignores",
|
|
"neglects",
|
|
"harms",
|
|
"hurts",
|
|
"injures"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"fathers",
|
|
"mothers",
|
|
"attends",
|
|
"cares (for)",
|
|
"cradles",
|
|
"cultivates",
|
|
"minds",
|
|
"ministers (to)",
|
|
"nurtures",
|
|
"watches",
|
|
"disciplines",
|
|
"educates",
|
|
"instructs",
|
|
"mentors",
|
|
"schools",
|
|
"teaches",
|
|
"trains",
|
|
"tutors",
|
|
"edifies",
|
|
"enlightens",
|
|
"indoctrinates",
|
|
"feeds",
|
|
"provides (for)",
|
|
"supplies",
|
|
"advances",
|
|
"forwards",
|
|
"furthers",
|
|
"promotes",
|
|
"prepares",
|
|
"directs",
|
|
"guides",
|
|
"leads",
|
|
"shepherds",
|
|
"shows"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"breeds",
|
|
"brings up",
|
|
"fosters",
|
|
"nourishes",
|
|
"nurses",
|
|
"rears"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to draw out (something hidden, latent, or reserved)":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the lawsuit raised old resentments that had never been completely extinguished"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disregards",
|
|
"forgets",
|
|
"ignores",
|
|
"misses",
|
|
"neglects",
|
|
"overlooks",
|
|
"overpasses",
|
|
"passes over"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"drags",
|
|
"dredges (up)",
|
|
"extorts",
|
|
"extracts",
|
|
"pulls",
|
|
"wangles",
|
|
"wrests",
|
|
"wrings",
|
|
"coaxes (out)",
|
|
"gains",
|
|
"gets",
|
|
"obtains",
|
|
"procures",
|
|
"secures",
|
|
"bares",
|
|
"discloses",
|
|
"discovers",
|
|
"divulges",
|
|
"evinces",
|
|
"exposes",
|
|
"reveals",
|
|
"uncloaks",
|
|
"uncovers",
|
|
"unmasks",
|
|
"unveils"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"educes",
|
|
"elicits",
|
|
"evokes",
|
|
"inspires"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to fix in an upright position":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the mattress will fit into the moving truck only if we raise it on its side"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"demolishes",
|
|
"flattens",
|
|
"knocks down",
|
|
"levels",
|
|
"razes",
|
|
"tears down"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"braces",
|
|
"buttresses",
|
|
"props (up)",
|
|
"shores (up)",
|
|
"supports",
|
|
"boosts",
|
|
"cranes",
|
|
"elevates",
|
|
"heaves",
|
|
"hefts",
|
|
"heightens",
|
|
"hikes",
|
|
"hoists",
|
|
"jacks (up)",
|
|
"lifts",
|
|
"perks (up)",
|
|
"picks up",
|
|
"upholds",
|
|
"uplifts",
|
|
"ups"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"erects",
|
|
"pitches",
|
|
"puts up",
|
|
"rears",
|
|
"sets up",
|
|
"upends",
|
|
"upraises"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to form by putting together parts or materials":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"demounts",
|
|
"disassembles",
|
|
"dismantles",
|
|
"dismembers",
|
|
"knocks down",
|
|
"strikes",
|
|
"takes down",
|
|
"tears down"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"raised a memorial on the site of the historic event"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"demolishes",
|
|
"destroys",
|
|
"devastates",
|
|
"flattens",
|
|
"levels",
|
|
"pulls down",
|
|
"pulverizes",
|
|
"razes",
|
|
"ruinates",
|
|
"ruins",
|
|
"shatters",
|
|
"smashes",
|
|
"wrecks",
|
|
"blows up",
|
|
"explodes",
|
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"detaches",
|
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"disengages",
|
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"disconnects",
|
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"disjoins",
|
|
"disunites",
|
|
"divides",
|
|
"separates"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"carpenters",
|
|
"fashions",
|
|
"forges",
|
|
"frames",
|
|
"hammers",
|
|
"handcrafts",
|
|
"manufactures",
|
|
"molds",
|
|
"produces",
|
|
"shapes",
|
|
"prefabricates",
|
|
"begins",
|
|
"coins",
|
|
"creates",
|
|
"generates",
|
|
"inaugurates",
|
|
"initiates",
|
|
"innovates",
|
|
"invents",
|
|
"originates",
|
|
"constitutes",
|
|
"establishes",
|
|
"fathers",
|
|
"founds",
|
|
"institutes",
|
|
"organizes",
|
|
"conceives",
|
|
"concocts",
|
|
"contrives",
|
|
"cooks (up)",
|
|
"designs",
|
|
"devises",
|
|
"imagines",
|
|
"thinks (up)",
|
|
"reassembles",
|
|
"rebuilds",
|
|
"reconstructs",
|
|
"redevelops",
|
|
"reedifies",
|
|
"retrofits",
|
|
"jerry-builds",
|
|
"rigs (up)",
|
|
"throws up",
|
|
"combines",
|
|
"unites"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"assembles",
|
|
"builds",
|
|
"confects",
|
|
"constructs",
|
|
"erects",
|
|
"fabricates",
|
|
"makes",
|
|
"makes up",
|
|
"pieces",
|
|
"puts up",
|
|
"rears",
|
|
"sets up"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to look after or assist the growth of by labor and care":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"raises ducks, geese, and other exotic fowl ultimately destined for the dinner table"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"kills",
|
|
"digs",
|
|
"extirpates",
|
|
"picks",
|
|
"plucks",
|
|
"pulls (up)",
|
|
"uproots",
|
|
"cuts",
|
|
"hays",
|
|
"mows"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"breeds",
|
|
"produces",
|
|
"propagates",
|
|
"plants",
|
|
"sows",
|
|
"gathers",
|
|
"gleans",
|
|
"harvests",
|
|
"reaps",
|
|
"germinates",
|
|
"quickens",
|
|
"ripens",
|
|
"roots",
|
|
"sprouts"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"crops",
|
|
"cultivates",
|
|
"cultures",
|
|
"dresses",
|
|
"grows",
|
|
"promotes",
|
|
"rears",
|
|
"tends"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make greater in size, amount, or number":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"abates",
|
|
"decreases",
|
|
"de-escalates",
|
|
"diminishes",
|
|
"downsizes",
|
|
"dwindles",
|
|
"lessens",
|
|
"lowers",
|
|
"minifies",
|
|
"reduces",
|
|
"subtracts (from)"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the multiplex raised the ticket price"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abbreviates",
|
|
"abridges",
|
|
"curtails",
|
|
"shortens",
|
|
"compresses",
|
|
"condenses",
|
|
"constricts",
|
|
"contracts",
|
|
"cuts back",
|
|
"retrenches"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"booms",
|
|
"jumps",
|
|
"skyrockets",
|
|
"spikes",
|
|
"bumps (up)",
|
|
"ratchets (up)",
|
|
"rachets (up)",
|
|
"blows up",
|
|
"dilates",
|
|
"distends",
|
|
"inflates",
|
|
"draws out",
|
|
"elongates",
|
|
"fleshes (out)",
|
|
"lengthens",
|
|
"prolongs",
|
|
"protracts",
|
|
"stretches",
|
|
"develops",
|
|
"enhances",
|
|
"heightens",
|
|
"intensifies",
|
|
"magnifies",
|
|
"complements",
|
|
"supplements",
|
|
"beefs (up)",
|
|
"reinforces",
|
|
"reenforces",
|
|
"strengthens",
|
|
"maximizes",
|
|
"accumulates",
|
|
"amasses",
|
|
"collects",
|
|
"follows up",
|
|
"parlays"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accelerates",
|
|
"adds (to)",
|
|
"aggrandizes",
|
|
"amplifies",
|
|
"augments",
|
|
"boosts",
|
|
"builds up",
|
|
"compounds",
|
|
"enlarges",
|
|
"escalates",
|
|
"expands",
|
|
"extends",
|
|
"hypes",
|
|
"increases",
|
|
"multiplies",
|
|
"pumps up",
|
|
"stokes",
|
|
"supersizes",
|
|
"swells",
|
|
"ups"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make known (as an idea, emotion, or opinion)":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"stifles",
|
|
"suppresses"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"too afraid to raise an objection"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"censors",
|
|
"restrains",
|
|
"restricts"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"advertises",
|
|
"announces",
|
|
"declares",
|
|
"enounces",
|
|
"enunciates",
|
|
"proclaims",
|
|
"says",
|
|
"broadcasts",
|
|
"circulates",
|
|
"disseminates",
|
|
"publishes",
|
|
"describes",
|
|
"writes",
|
|
"writes up",
|
|
"sounds off",
|
|
"speaks out",
|
|
"speaks up",
|
|
"chimes in",
|
|
"communicates",
|
|
"conveys",
|
|
"puts across",
|
|
"puts over",
|
|
"offers",
|
|
"submits"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"airs",
|
|
"expounds",
|
|
"expresses",
|
|
"gives",
|
|
"looks",
|
|
"sounds",
|
|
"states",
|
|
"ventilates",
|
|
"vents",
|
|
"voices"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to move from a lower to a higher place or position":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"drops",
|
|
"lowers"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he asked members of the audience to raise their hands if they had been to his show before"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"descends",
|
|
"dips",
|
|
"falls",
|
|
"pitches",
|
|
"plunges",
|
|
"slips",
|
|
"bears",
|
|
"depresses",
|
|
"presses",
|
|
"pushes",
|
|
"sinks",
|
|
"submerges"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"ascends",
|
|
"mounts",
|
|
"rises",
|
|
"rears",
|
|
"upends"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"boosts",
|
|
"cranes",
|
|
"elevates",
|
|
"heaves",
|
|
"hefts",
|
|
"heightens",
|
|
"hikes",
|
|
"hoists",
|
|
"jacks (up)",
|
|
"lifts",
|
|
"perks (up)",
|
|
"picks up",
|
|
"takes up",
|
|
"upholds",
|
|
"uplifts",
|
|
"upraises",
|
|
"ups"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to move higher in rank or position":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"abases",
|
|
"degrades",
|
|
"demotes",
|
|
"downgrades",
|
|
"lowers",
|
|
"reduces"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he was recently raised to lieutenant in the fire department"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"deposes",
|
|
"dethrones",
|
|
"dismisses",
|
|
"expels",
|
|
"impeaches",
|
|
"ousts",
|
|
"overthrows",
|
|
"removes",
|
|
"unmakes",
|
|
"unseats",
|
|
"demeans",
|
|
"disgraces",
|
|
"dishonors",
|
|
"humbles",
|
|
"humiliates",
|
|
"mortifies",
|
|
"shames",
|
|
"takes down",
|
|
"censures",
|
|
"condemns",
|
|
"damns",
|
|
"denounces",
|
|
"reprobates"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"forwards",
|
|
"furthers",
|
|
"aggrandizes",
|
|
"boosts",
|
|
"heightens",
|
|
"improves",
|
|
"lifts",
|
|
"uplifts",
|
|
"commissions",
|
|
"ennobles",
|
|
"knights",
|
|
"acclaims",
|
|
"applauds",
|
|
"celebrates",
|
|
"cites",
|
|
"commends",
|
|
"compliments",
|
|
"congratulates",
|
|
"decorates",
|
|
"eulogizes",
|
|
"exalts",
|
|
"extols",
|
|
"extolls",
|
|
"glorifies",
|
|
"hails",
|
|
"honors",
|
|
"lauds",
|
|
"praises",
|
|
"salutes"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"advances",
|
|
"elevates",
|
|
"promotes",
|
|
"upgrades"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to present or bring forward for discussion":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"one member of the tour raised the subject of appropriate attire for visits to sacred sites in the Holy Land"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"censors",
|
|
"hushes (up)",
|
|
"quiets",
|
|
"silences",
|
|
"suppresses"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"alludes (to)",
|
|
"cites",
|
|
"mentions",
|
|
"names",
|
|
"refers (to)",
|
|
"offers",
|
|
"proposes",
|
|
"suggests",
|
|
"airs",
|
|
"expresses",
|
|
"speaks (of)",
|
|
"talks (about)",
|
|
"ventilates",
|
|
"vents",
|
|
"interjects",
|
|
"interrupts",
|
|
"debates",
|
|
"discusses",
|
|
"thrashes (out or over)"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"brings up",
|
|
"broaches",
|
|
"introduces",
|
|
"moots",
|
|
"places"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"rakehell":{
|
|
"a person who has sunk below the normal moral standard":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a resort popular with wealthy rakehells"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"saint"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"bankrupt",
|
|
"delinquent",
|
|
"derelict",
|
|
"incorrigible",
|
|
"blackguard",
|
|
"cad",
|
|
"heel",
|
|
"knave",
|
|
"miscreant",
|
|
"rascal",
|
|
"reprobate",
|
|
"rogue",
|
|
"scoundrel",
|
|
"villain",
|
|
"lecher",
|
|
"playboy",
|
|
"playgirl",
|
|
"satyr"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"backslider",
|
|
"debauchee",
|
|
"debaucher",
|
|
"decadent",
|
|
"degenerate",
|
|
"deviate",
|
|
"libertine",
|
|
"perv",
|
|
"pervert",
|
|
"profligate",
|
|
"rake",
|
|
"rip"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"having or showing lowered moral character or standards":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"pure",
|
|
"uncorrupt",
|
|
"uncorrupted"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a rakehell rock band that was notorious for trashing virtually every hotel suite they ever stayed in"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"incorruptible",
|
|
"ethical",
|
|
"honest",
|
|
"principled",
|
|
"good",
|
|
"moral",
|
|
"righteous",
|
|
"virtuous"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"bent",
|
|
"crooked",
|
|
"cutthroat",
|
|
"dishonest",
|
|
"unethical",
|
|
"unprincipled",
|
|
"unscrupulous",
|
|
"contaminated",
|
|
"spoiled",
|
|
"tainted",
|
|
"bad",
|
|
"evil",
|
|
"immoral",
|
|
"iniquitous",
|
|
"miscreant",
|
|
"nefarious",
|
|
"sinful",
|
|
"vicious",
|
|
"wicked"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"corrupt",
|
|
"debased",
|
|
"debauched",
|
|
"decadent",
|
|
"degenerate",
|
|
"degraded",
|
|
"demoralized",
|
|
"depraved",
|
|
"dissipated",
|
|
"dissolute",
|
|
"jackleg",
|
|
"libertine",
|
|
"loose",
|
|
"perverse",
|
|
"perverted",
|
|
"rakish",
|
|
"reprobate",
|
|
"sick",
|
|
"unclean",
|
|
"unwholesome",
|
|
"warped"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"rakish":{
|
|
"having or showing lowered moral character or standards":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"pure",
|
|
"uncorrupt",
|
|
"uncorrupted"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"within a few short years their rakish son had squandered the family fortune on hard liquor and fast cars"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"incorruptible",
|
|
"ethical",
|
|
"honest",
|
|
"principled",
|
|
"good",
|
|
"moral",
|
|
"righteous",
|
|
"virtuous"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"bent",
|
|
"crooked",
|
|
"cutthroat",
|
|
"dishonest",
|
|
"unethical",
|
|
"unprincipled",
|
|
"unscrupulous",
|
|
"contaminated",
|
|
"spoiled",
|
|
"tainted",
|
|
"bad",
|
|
"evil",
|
|
"immoral",
|
|
"iniquitous",
|
|
"miscreant",
|
|
"nefarious",
|
|
"sinful",
|
|
"vicious",
|
|
"wicked"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"corrupt",
|
|
"debased",
|
|
"debauched",
|
|
"decadent",
|
|
"degenerate",
|
|
"degraded",
|
|
"demoralized",
|
|
"depraved",
|
|
"dissipated",
|
|
"dissolute",
|
|
"jackleg",
|
|
"libertine",
|
|
"loose",
|
|
"perverse",
|
|
"perverted",
|
|
"rakehell",
|
|
"rakehelly",
|
|
"reprobate",
|
|
"sick",
|
|
"unclean",
|
|
"unwholesome",
|
|
"warped"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"rallies":{
|
|
"a mass meeting for the purpose of displaying or arousing support for a cause or person":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a huge rally for the candidate on the eve of the election"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"assemblies",
|
|
"conferences",
|
|
"congresses",
|
|
"conventions",
|
|
"convocations",
|
|
"councils",
|
|
"gatherings",
|
|
"marches",
|
|
"protests",
|
|
"sit-downs",
|
|
"sit-ins",
|
|
"strikes",
|
|
"counterdemonstrations",
|
|
"counter-demonstrations",
|
|
"counterprotests",
|
|
"counter-protests",
|
|
"counterrallies",
|
|
"counter-rallies"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"demonstrations",
|
|
"demos"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"an act of gathering forces together to renew or attempt an effort":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"in a last-minute rally the Confederates at Bull Run were able to turn a near defeat into an upset victory"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"calls",
|
|
"call-ups",
|
|
"summonses",
|
|
"convocations",
|
|
"musters"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"mobilizations",
|
|
"rallyings"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to assemble and make ready for action":{
|
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"antonyms":[
|
|
"demobilizes",
|
|
"demobs"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"rallied the Red Cross workers to deal with the devastating earthquake"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disarranges",
|
|
"disorders",
|
|
"disorganizes",
|
|
"disrupts",
|
|
"disturbs",
|
|
"deactivates",
|
|
"dismisses",
|
|
"breaks up",
|
|
"disbands",
|
|
"dissolves",
|
|
"splits (up)"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"arranges",
|
|
"groups",
|
|
"lines up",
|
|
"orders",
|
|
"organizes",
|
|
"calls (up)",
|
|
"convenes",
|
|
"summons",
|
|
"activates",
|
|
"collects",
|
|
"rounds up"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"marshals",
|
|
"marshalls",
|
|
"mobilizes",
|
|
"musters"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to become healthy and strong again after illness or weakness":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"despite the best care that medicine could provide, the elderly woman never really rallied from her fractured hip"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"ails",
|
|
"collapses",
|
|
"comes down",
|
|
"sickens",
|
|
"declines",
|
|
"degenerates",
|
|
"deteriorates",
|
|
"fades",
|
|
"fails",
|
|
"languishes",
|
|
"sinks",
|
|
"wastes (away)",
|
|
"weakens",
|
|
"wilts",
|
|
"withers",
|
|
"worsens",
|
|
"regresses",
|
|
"relapses"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"comes around",
|
|
"comes round",
|
|
"comes to",
|
|
"improves",
|
|
"picks up",
|
|
"revives",
|
|
"cheers (up)",
|
|
"perks (up)",
|
|
"pulls through",
|
|
"survives",
|
|
"recruits"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"comes back",
|
|
"convalesces",
|
|
"gains",
|
|
"heals",
|
|
"mends",
|
|
"pulls round",
|
|
"recoups",
|
|
"recovers",
|
|
"recuperates",
|
|
"snaps back"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make fun of in a good-natured way":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"his friends rallied him for missing an easy putt"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"banters",
|
|
"fools",
|
|
"funs",
|
|
"strings along",
|
|
"jests",
|
|
"quips",
|
|
"wisecracks",
|
|
"gags",
|
|
"japes",
|
|
"jollies",
|
|
"yuks",
|
|
"yucks"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"chaffs",
|
|
"jives",
|
|
"jokes",
|
|
"joshes",
|
|
"kids",
|
|
"razzes",
|
|
"ribs",
|
|
"rides",
|
|
"roasts",
|
|
"teases"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to regain a former or normal state":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"after wavering a moment on the balance beam, she quickly rallied and finished with a fine dismount"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"declines",
|
|
"fails",
|
|
"worsens"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"reanimates",
|
|
"revitalizes",
|
|
"revives"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bounces (back)",
|
|
"comes back",
|
|
"rebounds",
|
|
"recovers",
|
|
"snaps back"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"ramifications":{
|
|
"something that is produced by or necessarily follows an action, decision, etc.":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"They discussed the possible ramifications of the new treaty.",
|
|
"The government's actions in this case could have major political ramifications ."
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"rammed":{
|
|
"to come into usually forceful contact with something":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the truck suddenly swerved and rammed into the side of a building"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"missed",
|
|
"skirted"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"bounced",
|
|
"caromed",
|
|
"clunked",
|
|
"glanced",
|
|
"rebounded",
|
|
"ricocheted",
|
|
"ricochetted",
|
|
"skimmed",
|
|
"skipped",
|
|
"contacted",
|
|
"landed",
|
|
"touched",
|
|
"brushed",
|
|
"grazed",
|
|
"kissed",
|
|
"nudged",
|
|
"scraped",
|
|
"shaved",
|
|
"swept",
|
|
"bulldozed",
|
|
"jostled",
|
|
"muscled",
|
|
"pressed",
|
|
"pushed"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"banged",
|
|
"bashed",
|
|
"bumped",
|
|
"collided",
|
|
"crashed",
|
|
"hit",
|
|
"impacted",
|
|
"impinged",
|
|
"knocked",
|
|
"slammed",
|
|
"smashed",
|
|
"struck",
|
|
"swiped",
|
|
"thudded"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to fit (people or things) into a tight space":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"rammed as many candies into his mouth as he could fit"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"filled",
|
|
"heaped",
|
|
"jam-packed",
|
|
"loaded",
|
|
"packed"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"crammed",
|
|
"crowded",
|
|
"crushed",
|
|
"jammed",
|
|
"sandwiched",
|
|
"shoehorned",
|
|
"squeezed",
|
|
"stuffed",
|
|
"wedged"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to proceed or move quickly":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"crawled",
|
|
"crept",
|
|
"poked"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I threw myself out of the way as a car rammed through the crosswalk"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dallied",
|
|
"dawdled",
|
|
"dillydallied",
|
|
"dragged",
|
|
"hung (around or out)",
|
|
"hanged (around or out)",
|
|
"lagged",
|
|
"lingered",
|
|
"loitered",
|
|
"poked",
|
|
"tarried",
|
|
"ambled",
|
|
"lumbered",
|
|
"plodded",
|
|
"sauntered",
|
|
"shuffled",
|
|
"strolled",
|
|
"decelerated",
|
|
"slowed (down or up)"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"beetled",
|
|
"darted",
|
|
"flitted",
|
|
"scampered",
|
|
"scudded",
|
|
"scuffled",
|
|
"stampeded",
|
|
"streaked",
|
|
"whizzed",
|
|
"galloped",
|
|
"jogged",
|
|
"sprinted",
|
|
"accelerated",
|
|
"quickened",
|
|
"stepped out",
|
|
"caught up",
|
|
"fast-forwarded",
|
|
"outpaced",
|
|
"outran",
|
|
"outstripped",
|
|
"overtook",
|
|
"arrowed",
|
|
"beelined"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"barreled",
|
|
"barrelled",
|
|
"belted",
|
|
"blasted",
|
|
"blazed",
|
|
"blew",
|
|
"bolted",
|
|
"bombed",
|
|
"bowled",
|
|
"breezed",
|
|
"bundled",
|
|
"bustled",
|
|
"buzzed",
|
|
"cannonballed",
|
|
"careened",
|
|
"careered",
|
|
"chased",
|
|
"coursed",
|
|
"cracked (on)",
|
|
"dashed",
|
|
"drove",
|
|
"flew",
|
|
"hared",
|
|
"hastened",
|
|
"hied",
|
|
"highballed",
|
|
"hotfooted (it)",
|
|
"humped",
|
|
"hurled",
|
|
"hurried",
|
|
"hurtled",
|
|
"hustled",
|
|
"jetted",
|
|
"jumped",
|
|
"motored",
|
|
"nipped",
|
|
"pelted",
|
|
"raced",
|
|
"ran",
|
|
"run",
|
|
"ripped",
|
|
"rocketed",
|
|
"rushed",
|
|
"rustled",
|
|
"scooted",
|
|
"scurried",
|
|
"scuttled",
|
|
"shot",
|
|
"sped",
|
|
"speeded",
|
|
"stepped",
|
|
"tore",
|
|
"traveled",
|
|
"travelled",
|
|
"trotted",
|
|
"whirled",
|
|
"whisked",
|
|
"zipped",
|
|
"zoomed"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"rampage":{
|
|
"a state of wildly excited activity or emotion":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"some crazy guy went on a rampage in the public library and started grabbing books off the shelves and tossing them around"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"calm",
|
|
"calmness",
|
|
"peace",
|
|
"peacefulness",
|
|
"placidity",
|
|
"quiet",
|
|
"quietude",
|
|
"repose",
|
|
"restfulness",
|
|
"sereneness",
|
|
"serenity",
|
|
"still",
|
|
"stillness",
|
|
"tranquillity",
|
|
"tranquility",
|
|
"tranquilness"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"chaos",
|
|
"confusion",
|
|
"disorder",
|
|
"havoc",
|
|
"pandemonium",
|
|
"turmoil",
|
|
"bedlam",
|
|
"bother",
|
|
"brouhaha",
|
|
"bustle",
|
|
"clamor",
|
|
"clatter",
|
|
"commotion",
|
|
"disturbance",
|
|
"fuss",
|
|
"hoo-ha",
|
|
"hoo-hah",
|
|
"hubbub",
|
|
"hullabaloo",
|
|
"hurly-burly",
|
|
"ruckus",
|
|
"ruction",
|
|
"rumpus",
|
|
"shindy",
|
|
"squall",
|
|
"stew",
|
|
"stir",
|
|
"storm",
|
|
"tempest",
|
|
"to-do",
|
|
"tumult"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"agitation",
|
|
"deliriousness",
|
|
"delirium",
|
|
"distraction",
|
|
"fever",
|
|
"feverishness",
|
|
"flap",
|
|
"frenzy",
|
|
"furor",
|
|
"furore",
|
|
"fury",
|
|
"hysteria",
|
|
"rage",
|
|
"uproar"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"ran":{
|
|
"to be positioned along a certain course or in a certain direction":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the road runs along the river for a while"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"crossed",
|
|
"cut",
|
|
"passed",
|
|
"coursed",
|
|
"followed",
|
|
"spanned",
|
|
"traversed"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bore",
|
|
"extended",
|
|
"headed",
|
|
"lay",
|
|
"led",
|
|
"went"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to cause to function":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"cut",
|
|
"cut out",
|
|
"deactivated",
|
|
"killed",
|
|
"shut off",
|
|
"turned off"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"in olden days mills were run by flowing water"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"arrested",
|
|
"braked",
|
|
"checked",
|
|
"cut off",
|
|
"drew up",
|
|
"halted",
|
|
"jammed",
|
|
"stalled",
|
|
"stopped",
|
|
"stuck",
|
|
"decelerated",
|
|
"repressed",
|
|
"slowed",
|
|
"stunted",
|
|
"suppressed"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"kicked over",
|
|
"turned over",
|
|
"charged",
|
|
"electrified",
|
|
"energized",
|
|
"fired",
|
|
"fueled",
|
|
"fuelled",
|
|
"generated",
|
|
"powered",
|
|
"pushed",
|
|
"discharged",
|
|
"launched",
|
|
"released",
|
|
"switched",
|
|
"tripped",
|
|
"reactivated",
|
|
"recharged",
|
|
"aroused",
|
|
"excited",
|
|
"jump-started",
|
|
"kick-started",
|
|
"stimulated",
|
|
"vitalized",
|
|
"ignited",
|
|
"incited",
|
|
"instigated",
|
|
"provoked",
|
|
"quickened",
|
|
"stirred up",
|
|
"accelerated",
|
|
"catalyzed",
|
|
"sped (up)",
|
|
"speeded (up)",
|
|
"stepped up"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"activated",
|
|
"actuated",
|
|
"cranked (up)",
|
|
"drove",
|
|
"moved",
|
|
"set off",
|
|
"sparked",
|
|
"started",
|
|
"touched off",
|
|
"triggered",
|
|
"turned on"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to come or be together as friends":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he's been running with a bad crowd lately"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"avoided",
|
|
"cold-shouldered",
|
|
"shunned",
|
|
"snubbed",
|
|
"alienated",
|
|
"estranged",
|
|
"broke up",
|
|
"disbanded",
|
|
"dispersed",
|
|
"split (up)",
|
|
"disjoined",
|
|
"dissociated",
|
|
"disunited",
|
|
"divorced",
|
|
"severed",
|
|
"split",
|
|
"sundered"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"affiliated",
|
|
"allied",
|
|
"attached",
|
|
"banded",
|
|
"bonded",
|
|
"clubbed",
|
|
"collaborated",
|
|
"colluded",
|
|
"confederated",
|
|
"conjoined",
|
|
"connected",
|
|
"cooperated",
|
|
"coupled",
|
|
"ganged",
|
|
"got along",
|
|
"got on",
|
|
"grouped",
|
|
"interrelated",
|
|
"joined",
|
|
"knotted",
|
|
"leagued",
|
|
"linked",
|
|
"mingled",
|
|
"mixed",
|
|
"rallied",
|
|
"related",
|
|
"sided",
|
|
"socialized",
|
|
"teamed",
|
|
"tied",
|
|
"wedded",
|
|
"wed",
|
|
"befriended",
|
|
"friended"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"associated",
|
|
"chummed",
|
|
"companied",
|
|
"consociated",
|
|
"consorted",
|
|
"fraternized",
|
|
"hobnobbed",
|
|
"hooked up",
|
|
"hung (around or out)",
|
|
"hanged (around or out)",
|
|
"messed around",
|
|
"palled (around)",
|
|
"sorted",
|
|
"traveled",
|
|
"travelled"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to control the mechanical operation of":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I know how to run that machine"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"used",
|
|
"maneuvered",
|
|
"manipulated",
|
|
"plied",
|
|
"wielded",
|
|
"commanded",
|
|
"controlled",
|
|
"directed",
|
|
"drove",
|
|
"guided",
|
|
"piloted",
|
|
"steered"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"handled",
|
|
"operated",
|
|
"worked",
|
|
"wrought"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to eventually have as a state or quality":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the poor woman ran herself ragged trying to care for all those children"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abided",
|
|
"abode",
|
|
"continued",
|
|
"lingered",
|
|
"remained",
|
|
"stayed",
|
|
"was"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"altered",
|
|
"changed",
|
|
"metamorphosed",
|
|
"modified",
|
|
"mutated",
|
|
"transfigured",
|
|
"transformed",
|
|
"transmuted"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"became",
|
|
"came",
|
|
"got",
|
|
"grew",
|
|
"turned",
|
|
"waxed",
|
|
"went"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to go after or on the track of":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"guided",
|
|
"led",
|
|
"piloted"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"if that dog continues to run cars, he's going to get seriously hurt"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"headed"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"accompanied",
|
|
"chaperoned",
|
|
"escorted",
|
|
"hunted",
|
|
"searched (for)",
|
|
"sought",
|
|
"eyed",
|
|
"observed",
|
|
"watched"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bird-dogged",
|
|
"chased",
|
|
"coursed",
|
|
"dogged",
|
|
"followed",
|
|
"hounded",
|
|
"pursued",
|
|
"shadowed",
|
|
"tagged",
|
|
"tailed",
|
|
"traced",
|
|
"tracked",
|
|
"trailed"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to go at a pace faster than a walk":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we ran all the way to the bus stop, but still missed the bus"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"ambled",
|
|
"sauntered",
|
|
"shambled",
|
|
"shuffled",
|
|
"strolled",
|
|
"crawled",
|
|
"crept",
|
|
"dallied",
|
|
"dawdled",
|
|
"dillydallied",
|
|
"dragged",
|
|
"lagged",
|
|
"lingered",
|
|
"loitered",
|
|
"poked",
|
|
"tarried",
|
|
"lumbered",
|
|
"plodded",
|
|
"trudged",
|
|
"hobbled",
|
|
"limped"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"bounded",
|
|
"cantered",
|
|
"leaped",
|
|
"leapt",
|
|
"loped",
|
|
"shagged",
|
|
"skipped",
|
|
"sprang",
|
|
"sprung",
|
|
"barreled",
|
|
"barrelled",
|
|
"belted",
|
|
"blasted",
|
|
"blazed",
|
|
"blew",
|
|
"bolted",
|
|
"bombed",
|
|
"bowled",
|
|
"breezed",
|
|
"bustled",
|
|
"buzzed",
|
|
"cannonballed",
|
|
"careened",
|
|
"coursed",
|
|
"footed (it)",
|
|
"hared",
|
|
"hastened",
|
|
"hied",
|
|
"hoofed (it)",
|
|
"hotfooted (it)",
|
|
"humped",
|
|
"hurled",
|
|
"hurried",
|
|
"hurtled",
|
|
"hustled",
|
|
"jetted",
|
|
"legged (it)",
|
|
"pelted",
|
|
"raced",
|
|
"rammed",
|
|
"ripped",
|
|
"rocketed",
|
|
"rushed",
|
|
"rustled",
|
|
"shot",
|
|
"sped",
|
|
"speeded",
|
|
"tore",
|
|
"whirled",
|
|
"whisked",
|
|
"zipped",
|
|
"zoomed",
|
|
"nipped",
|
|
"pattered",
|
|
"scooted",
|
|
"scurried",
|
|
"scuttled",
|
|
"stepped (along)"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dashed",
|
|
"galloped",
|
|
"jogged",
|
|
"scampered",
|
|
"sprinted",
|
|
"tripped",
|
|
"trotted"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to go from a solid to a liquid state":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"hardened",
|
|
"set",
|
|
"solidified"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"her makeup started to run when she got in the pool"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"clotted",
|
|
"coagulated",
|
|
"congealed",
|
|
"gelled",
|
|
"jelled",
|
|
"jellied",
|
|
"thickened"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"founded",
|
|
"guttered",
|
|
"tried",
|
|
"dissolved",
|
|
"rendered",
|
|
"softened",
|
|
"thinned"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"deliquesced",
|
|
"fluxed",
|
|
"fused",
|
|
"liquefied",
|
|
"liquified",
|
|
"melted",
|
|
"thawed"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to hasten away from something dangerous or frightening":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"rather than run from a black bear, it's better to hold your ground and make lots of noise"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bearded",
|
|
"braved",
|
|
"confronted",
|
|
"dared",
|
|
"defied",
|
|
"faced",
|
|
"abided",
|
|
"abode",
|
|
"dwelled",
|
|
"dwelt",
|
|
"hung around",
|
|
"lingered",
|
|
"remained",
|
|
"stayed",
|
|
"stuck around",
|
|
"tarried"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"absconded",
|
|
"cleared out",
|
|
"decamped",
|
|
"eloped",
|
|
"escaped",
|
|
"got (away)",
|
|
"got out",
|
|
"lammed",
|
|
"lit",
|
|
"lighted out",
|
|
"made off",
|
|
"mizzled",
|
|
"scarpered",
|
|
"scatted",
|
|
"scrammed",
|
|
"skipped (out)",
|
|
"skirred"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bolted",
|
|
"broke",
|
|
"bugged out",
|
|
"fled",
|
|
"flew",
|
|
"hightailed (it)",
|
|
"ran away",
|
|
"ran off",
|
|
"retreated",
|
|
"skedaddled"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to have a price of":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"that sort of computer runs at least several hundred dollars"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"listed (for)",
|
|
"amounted (to)",
|
|
"came (to)",
|
|
"totaled",
|
|
"totalled",
|
|
"commanded",
|
|
"exacted",
|
|
"asked",
|
|
"demanded"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"brought",
|
|
"cost",
|
|
"fetched",
|
|
"sold (for)",
|
|
"went (for)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to look after and make decisions about":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"learning to run the family business"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"cared (for)",
|
|
"minded",
|
|
"watched",
|
|
"led",
|
|
"piloted",
|
|
"steered",
|
|
"guarded",
|
|
"protected",
|
|
"safeguarded",
|
|
"micromanaged",
|
|
"stage-managed",
|
|
"codirected",
|
|
"co-directed",
|
|
"comanaged",
|
|
"co-managed"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"administered",
|
|
"administrated",
|
|
"carried on",
|
|
"conducted",
|
|
"controlled",
|
|
"directed",
|
|
"governed",
|
|
"guided",
|
|
"handled",
|
|
"kept",
|
|
"managed",
|
|
"operated",
|
|
"overlooked",
|
|
"oversaw",
|
|
"presided (over)",
|
|
"regulated",
|
|
"stewarded",
|
|
"superintended",
|
|
"supervised",
|
|
"tended"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to move in a stream":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"backed up"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"water running down the window"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"clotted",
|
|
"coagulated",
|
|
"congealed",
|
|
"gelled",
|
|
"hardened",
|
|
"set"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"arose",
|
|
"disembogued",
|
|
"effused",
|
|
"emanated",
|
|
"issued",
|
|
"sprang",
|
|
"sprung",
|
|
"coursed",
|
|
"raced",
|
|
"rushed",
|
|
"fountained",
|
|
"gushed",
|
|
"spouted",
|
|
"spurted",
|
|
"deluged",
|
|
"engulfed",
|
|
"flooded",
|
|
"inundated",
|
|
"overflowed",
|
|
"overran",
|
|
"swamped",
|
|
"cascaded",
|
|
"dribbled",
|
|
"dripped",
|
|
"guttered",
|
|
"riffled",
|
|
"rippled",
|
|
"sheeted",
|
|
"trickled",
|
|
"flushed",
|
|
"washed out"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"flowed",
|
|
"poured",
|
|
"rolled",
|
|
"streamed"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to occur within a continuous range of variation":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the electric bill runs between 30 and 50 dollars a month"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"alternated",
|
|
"fluctuated",
|
|
"moved",
|
|
"shifted",
|
|
"changed",
|
|
"mutated",
|
|
"extended",
|
|
"reached",
|
|
"stretched",
|
|
"swept"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ranged",
|
|
"varied",
|
|
"went"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to proceed or move quickly":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"crawled",
|
|
"crept",
|
|
"poked"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"run and get the nurse"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dallied",
|
|
"dawdled",
|
|
"dillydallied",
|
|
"dragged",
|
|
"hung (around or out)",
|
|
"hanged (around or out)",
|
|
"lagged",
|
|
"lingered",
|
|
"loitered",
|
|
"poked",
|
|
"tarried",
|
|
"ambled",
|
|
"lumbered",
|
|
"plodded",
|
|
"sauntered",
|
|
"shuffled",
|
|
"strolled",
|
|
"decelerated",
|
|
"slowed (down or up)"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"beetled",
|
|
"darted",
|
|
"flitted",
|
|
"scampered",
|
|
"scudded",
|
|
"scuffled",
|
|
"stampeded",
|
|
"streaked",
|
|
"whizzed",
|
|
"galloped",
|
|
"jogged",
|
|
"sprinted",
|
|
"accelerated",
|
|
"quickened",
|
|
"stepped out",
|
|
"caught up",
|
|
"fast-forwarded",
|
|
"outpaced",
|
|
"outran",
|
|
"outstripped",
|
|
"overtook",
|
|
"arrowed",
|
|
"beelined"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"barreled",
|
|
"barrelled",
|
|
"belted",
|
|
"blasted",
|
|
"blazed",
|
|
"blew",
|
|
"bolted",
|
|
"bombed",
|
|
"bowled",
|
|
"breezed",
|
|
"bundled",
|
|
"bustled",
|
|
"buzzed",
|
|
"cannonballed",
|
|
"careened",
|
|
"careered",
|
|
"chased",
|
|
"coursed",
|
|
"cracked (on)",
|
|
"dashed",
|
|
"drove",
|
|
"flew",
|
|
"hared",
|
|
"hastened",
|
|
"hied",
|
|
"highballed",
|
|
"hotfooted (it)",
|
|
"humped",
|
|
"hurled",
|
|
"hurried",
|
|
"hurtled",
|
|
"hustled",
|
|
"jetted",
|
|
"jumped",
|
|
"motored",
|
|
"nipped",
|
|
"pelted",
|
|
"raced",
|
|
"rammed",
|
|
"ripped",
|
|
"rocketed",
|
|
"rushed",
|
|
"rustled",
|
|
"scooted",
|
|
"scurried",
|
|
"scuttled",
|
|
"shot",
|
|
"sped",
|
|
"speeded",
|
|
"stepped",
|
|
"tore",
|
|
"traveled",
|
|
"travelled",
|
|
"trotted",
|
|
"whirled",
|
|
"whisked",
|
|
"zipped",
|
|
"zoomed"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to show a liking or proneness (for something)":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"unfortunately, members of his family run to fatness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"avoided",
|
|
"shied (from or away from)",
|
|
"shunned"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"gravitated",
|
|
"went",
|
|
"indicated",
|
|
"pointed",
|
|
"suggested"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"inclined",
|
|
"leaned",
|
|
"tended",
|
|
"trended"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to urge, push, or force onward":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"they ran the horses hard in order to get to the ranch quickly"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"shepherded",
|
|
"wrangled",
|
|
"egged",
|
|
"exhorted",
|
|
"flogged",
|
|
"goaded",
|
|
"hounded",
|
|
"pressed",
|
|
"pricked",
|
|
"prodded",
|
|
"prompted",
|
|
"scourged",
|
|
"spurred",
|
|
"whipped"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"drove",
|
|
"herded",
|
|
"punched"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"ran rings around":{
|
|
"to be greater, better, or stronger than":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"When it came to cooking, he ran circles around the rest of his family."
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"lost (to)"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"one-upped",
|
|
"outpaced",
|
|
"outraced",
|
|
"outran",
|
|
"overpassed",
|
|
"bested",
|
|
"clobbered",
|
|
"conquered",
|
|
"crushed",
|
|
"defeated",
|
|
"drubbed",
|
|
"licked",
|
|
"mastered",
|
|
"outcompeted",
|
|
"outperformed",
|
|
"overcame",
|
|
"overmatched",
|
|
"prevailed (over)",
|
|
"routed",
|
|
"shamed",
|
|
"skunked",
|
|
"subdued",
|
|
"surmounted",
|
|
"thrashed",
|
|
"trimmed",
|
|
"triumphed (over)",
|
|
"trounced",
|
|
"walloped",
|
|
"whipped",
|
|
"won (against)",
|
|
"worsted",
|
|
"outbalanced",
|
|
"outweighed",
|
|
"overbore",
|
|
"overshadowed",
|
|
"trumped"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beat",
|
|
"bettered",
|
|
"eclipsed",
|
|
"exceeded",
|
|
"excelled",
|
|
"outclassed",
|
|
"outdid",
|
|
"outdistanced",
|
|
"outgunned",
|
|
"outmatched",
|
|
"outshone",
|
|
"outshined",
|
|
"outstripped",
|
|
"overtopped",
|
|
"surpassed",
|
|
"topped",
|
|
"towered (over)",
|
|
"transcended"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to defeat by a large margin":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"The young girl ran circles around her chess opponent."
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"swept",
|
|
"upset",
|
|
"beat",
|
|
"bested",
|
|
"conquered",
|
|
"dispatched",
|
|
"hurdled",
|
|
"licked",
|
|
"mastered",
|
|
"overbore",
|
|
"overcame",
|
|
"overmatched",
|
|
"prevailed (over)",
|
|
"subdued",
|
|
"surmounted",
|
|
"threw",
|
|
"took",
|
|
"triumphed (over)",
|
|
"won (against)",
|
|
"worsted",
|
|
"crushed",
|
|
"knocked off",
|
|
"knocked over",
|
|
"overpowered",
|
|
"overthrew",
|
|
"overwhelmed",
|
|
"subjugated",
|
|
"upended",
|
|
"vanquished",
|
|
"aced (out)",
|
|
"bettered",
|
|
"eclipsed",
|
|
"exceeded",
|
|
"outdid",
|
|
"outdistanced",
|
|
"outfought",
|
|
"outshone",
|
|
"outshined",
|
|
"outstripped",
|
|
"overtopped",
|
|
"surpassed",
|
|
"topped",
|
|
"transcended",
|
|
"edged (out)",
|
|
"nosed out",
|
|
"pipped",
|
|
"capped",
|
|
"excelled",
|
|
"flourished",
|
|
"scored",
|
|
"succeeded",
|
|
"broke",
|
|
"destroyed",
|
|
"did in",
|
|
"finished",
|
|
"sank",
|
|
"sunk",
|
|
"slaughtered"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"annihilated",
|
|
"blew away",
|
|
"bombed",
|
|
"buried",
|
|
"clobbered",
|
|
"creamed",
|
|
"drubbed",
|
|
"dusted",
|
|
"flattened",
|
|
"pasted",
|
|
"routed",
|
|
"shellacked",
|
|
"skinned",
|
|
"skunked",
|
|
"smoked",
|
|
"smothered",
|
|
"snowed under",
|
|
"thrashed",
|
|
"trimmed",
|
|
"tromped",
|
|
"trounced",
|
|
"walloped",
|
|
"waxed",
|
|
"whipped",
|
|
"whomped",
|
|
"whopped",
|
|
"whapped",
|
|
"whupped"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"rancorous":{
|
|
"having or showing deep-seated resentment":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"unbitter"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a rancorous autobiography in which the author heaps blame on just about everyone who had the misfortune of knowing him"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"caring",
|
|
"forgiving",
|
|
"gentle",
|
|
"kind",
|
|
"kindhearted",
|
|
"loving",
|
|
"sweet",
|
|
"sympathetic",
|
|
"tender",
|
|
"warm",
|
|
"warmhearted"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"disaffected",
|
|
"discontented",
|
|
"disgruntled",
|
|
"malcontent",
|
|
"contemptuous",
|
|
"cynical",
|
|
"disdainful",
|
|
"misanthropic",
|
|
"scornful",
|
|
"angry",
|
|
"cruel",
|
|
"harsh",
|
|
"irritated",
|
|
"mad",
|
|
"rough",
|
|
"savage",
|
|
"vehement",
|
|
"vicious",
|
|
"virulent",
|
|
"vitriolic",
|
|
"acid",
|
|
"caustic",
|
|
"cutting",
|
|
"mordant",
|
|
"sarcastic",
|
|
"trenchant",
|
|
"knock-down, drag-out",
|
|
"knock-down-and-drag-out"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"acrid",
|
|
"acrimonious",
|
|
"bitter",
|
|
"embittered",
|
|
"hard",
|
|
"resentful",
|
|
"sore"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"randomness":{
|
|
"as in uncertainty , fortuity":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"rang":{
|
|
"to make the clear sound heard when metal vibrates":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I didn't hear the doorbell ring"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"chinked",
|
|
"clanged",
|
|
"clanked",
|
|
"clashed",
|
|
"clinked",
|
|
"ding-donged",
|
|
"dinged",
|
|
"gonged",
|
|
"jangled",
|
|
"jingled",
|
|
"pinged",
|
|
"plinked",
|
|
"plunked",
|
|
"plonked",
|
|
"tanged",
|
|
"tingled",
|
|
"tinkled",
|
|
"echoed",
|
|
"resonated",
|
|
"resounded",
|
|
"reverberated"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bonged",
|
|
"chimed",
|
|
"knelled",
|
|
"pealed",
|
|
"tolled"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"range":{
|
|
"a relaxed journey on foot for exercise or pleasure":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"they were stopped by security personnel while taking an innocent range through the palace grounds"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"parade",
|
|
"paseo",
|
|
"promenade",
|
|
"expedition",
|
|
"hike",
|
|
"march",
|
|
"peregrination",
|
|
"traipse",
|
|
"tramp",
|
|
"travel",
|
|
"traversal",
|
|
"traverse",
|
|
"trek",
|
|
"trip",
|
|
"walkabout",
|
|
"excursion",
|
|
"jaunt",
|
|
"junket",
|
|
"outing",
|
|
"sally",
|
|
"sashay",
|
|
"spin",
|
|
"tour",
|
|
"pilgrimage",
|
|
"progress",
|
|
"safari"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"amble",
|
|
"constitutional",
|
|
"perambulation",
|
|
"ramble",
|
|
"saunter",
|
|
"stroll",
|
|
"turn",
|
|
"walk",
|
|
"wander"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a series of persons or things arranged one behind another":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"from the air, the mountain range stretched as far as we could see in both directions"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"echelon",
|
|
"rank",
|
|
"row",
|
|
"tier",
|
|
"chain",
|
|
"progression",
|
|
"sequence",
|
|
"succession",
|
|
"array"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"column",
|
|
"cue",
|
|
"file",
|
|
"line",
|
|
"queue",
|
|
"string",
|
|
"train"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"an appliance that prepares food for consumption by heating it":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the high-end appliances include a professional-quality gas range"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"broiler",
|
|
"fryer",
|
|
"frier",
|
|
"microwave",
|
|
"microwave oven",
|
|
"oven",
|
|
"roaster",
|
|
"rotisserie",
|
|
"stove",
|
|
"toaster",
|
|
"toaster oven"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cooker",
|
|
"cookstove"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"an area over which activity, capacity, or influence extends":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"didn't know she had such a wide range of knowledge until I talked to her"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"gamut",
|
|
"spectrum",
|
|
"spread",
|
|
"bailiwick",
|
|
"circle",
|
|
"demesne",
|
|
"department",
|
|
"discipline",
|
|
"domain",
|
|
"element",
|
|
"fief",
|
|
"fiefdom",
|
|
"field",
|
|
"province",
|
|
"region",
|
|
"specialty",
|
|
"sphere",
|
|
"terrain",
|
|
"frontier",
|
|
"horizon",
|
|
"panorama"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ambit",
|
|
"amplitude",
|
|
"breadth",
|
|
"compass",
|
|
"confines",
|
|
"dimension(s)",
|
|
"extent",
|
|
"reach",
|
|
"realm",
|
|
"scope",
|
|
"sweep",
|
|
"width"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"open land over which livestock may roam and feed":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"knew exactly how many head of cattle were turned out on the range that morning to graze"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"ranch",
|
|
"station",
|
|
"feedlot",
|
|
"stockyard",
|
|
"yard",
|
|
"grassland",
|
|
"pampas",
|
|
"prairie",
|
|
"savanna",
|
|
"savannah",
|
|
"steppe"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"lea",
|
|
"ley",
|
|
"pasturage",
|
|
"pasture"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the distance or extent between possible extremes":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an actor who can go through the full range of emotion, from joy to sorrow, in mere minutes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"measure",
|
|
"pitch",
|
|
"ambit",
|
|
"amplitude",
|
|
"compass",
|
|
"dimension(s)",
|
|
"extent",
|
|
"reach",
|
|
"realm",
|
|
"scope",
|
|
"sweep",
|
|
"width"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"diapason",
|
|
"gamut",
|
|
"scale",
|
|
"spectrum",
|
|
"spread",
|
|
"stretch"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the place where a plant or animal is usually or naturally found":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the American robin's winter range has steadily extended farther and farther north"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"element",
|
|
"environment",
|
|
"environs",
|
|
"haunt",
|
|
"locality",
|
|
"medium",
|
|
"milieu",
|
|
"neighborhood",
|
|
"setting",
|
|
"surroundings"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"habitat",
|
|
"home",
|
|
"niche",
|
|
"territory"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to arrange or assign according to type":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the campers were ranged in patrols, each patrol consisting of girls in a certain age group"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"confuse",
|
|
"disarrange",
|
|
"jumble",
|
|
"lump",
|
|
"mix (up)",
|
|
"scramble",
|
|
"misclassify",
|
|
"missort",
|
|
"mistype"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"array",
|
|
"dispose",
|
|
"draw up",
|
|
"marshal",
|
|
"marshall",
|
|
"order",
|
|
"organize",
|
|
"systematize",
|
|
"alphabetize",
|
|
"catalog",
|
|
"catalogue",
|
|
"file",
|
|
"index",
|
|
"list",
|
|
"refer",
|
|
"pigeonhole",
|
|
"shelve",
|
|
"identify",
|
|
"recognize",
|
|
"cull",
|
|
"screen",
|
|
"set",
|
|
"sieve",
|
|
"sift",
|
|
"winnow",
|
|
"clump",
|
|
"cluster",
|
|
"colligate",
|
|
"recategorize",
|
|
"reclassify",
|
|
"regroup",
|
|
"subcategorize"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"assort",
|
|
"break down",
|
|
"categorize",
|
|
"class",
|
|
"classify",
|
|
"codify",
|
|
"compartment",
|
|
"compartmentalize",
|
|
"digest",
|
|
"distinguish",
|
|
"distribute",
|
|
"grade",
|
|
"group",
|
|
"peg",
|
|
"place",
|
|
"rank",
|
|
"relegate",
|
|
"separate",
|
|
"sort",
|
|
"type"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to move about from place to place aimlessly":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she let her dog off the leash and whistled for him every now and then to make sure he didn't range out of hearing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"amble",
|
|
"saunter",
|
|
"stroll",
|
|
"dawdle",
|
|
"mope",
|
|
"gypsy",
|
|
"hobo",
|
|
"tramp",
|
|
"vagabond",
|
|
"mill (about or around)",
|
|
"straggle",
|
|
"stray"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bat",
|
|
"cruise",
|
|
"drift",
|
|
"float",
|
|
"gad (about)",
|
|
"gallivant",
|
|
"galavant",
|
|
"kick around",
|
|
"knock (about)",
|
|
"maunder",
|
|
"meander",
|
|
"mooch",
|
|
"ramble",
|
|
"roam",
|
|
"rove",
|
|
"traipse",
|
|
"wander"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to occur within a continuous range of variation":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the color of Florida grapefruit can range anywhere from pale pink to ruby red"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"alternate",
|
|
"fluctuate",
|
|
"move",
|
|
"shift",
|
|
"change",
|
|
"mutate",
|
|
"extend",
|
|
"reach",
|
|
"stretch",
|
|
"sweep"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"go",
|
|
"run",
|
|
"vary"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to put into a particular arrangement":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"derange",
|
|
"disarrange",
|
|
"disarray",
|
|
"disorder",
|
|
"mess (up)",
|
|
"muss (up)",
|
|
"rumple",
|
|
"upset"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"chairs were ranged round the perimeter of the room"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"groom",
|
|
"make up",
|
|
"spruce (up)",
|
|
"straighten (up)",
|
|
"tidy (up)",
|
|
"unscramble",
|
|
"align",
|
|
"aline",
|
|
"cue",
|
|
"line",
|
|
"line up",
|
|
"queue",
|
|
"alphabetize",
|
|
"file",
|
|
"hierarchize",
|
|
"prioritize",
|
|
"sequence",
|
|
"emplace",
|
|
"place",
|
|
"set",
|
|
"display",
|
|
"map (out)",
|
|
"set out"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"arrange",
|
|
"array",
|
|
"classify",
|
|
"codify",
|
|
"dispose",
|
|
"draw up",
|
|
"lay out",
|
|
"marshal",
|
|
"marshall",
|
|
"order",
|
|
"organize",
|
|
"systematize"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"ranged":{
|
|
"to arrange or assign according to type":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the campers were ranged in patrols, each patrol consisting of girls in a certain age group"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"confused",
|
|
"disarranged",
|
|
"jumbled",
|
|
"lumped",
|
|
"mixed (up)",
|
|
"scrambled",
|
|
"misclassified",
|
|
"missorted",
|
|
"mis-sorted",
|
|
"mistyped"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"arrayed",
|
|
"disposed",
|
|
"drew up",
|
|
"marshaled",
|
|
"marshalled",
|
|
"ordered",
|
|
"organized",
|
|
"systematized",
|
|
"alphabetized",
|
|
"cataloged",
|
|
"catalogued",
|
|
"filed",
|
|
"indexed",
|
|
"listed",
|
|
"referred",
|
|
"pigeonholed",
|
|
"shelved",
|
|
"identified",
|
|
"recognized",
|
|
"culled",
|
|
"screened",
|
|
"set",
|
|
"sieved",
|
|
"sifted",
|
|
"winnowed",
|
|
"clumped",
|
|
"clustered",
|
|
"colligated",
|
|
"recategorized",
|
|
"reclassified",
|
|
"regrouped",
|
|
"subcategorized"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
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"assorted",
|
|
"broke down",
|
|
"categorized",
|
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"classed",
|
|
"classified",
|
|
"codified",
|
|
"compartmentalized",
|
|
"compartmented",
|
|
"digested",
|
|
"distinguished",
|
|
"distributed",
|
|
"graded",
|
|
"grouped",
|
|
"pegged",
|
|
"placed",
|
|
"ranked",
|
|
"relegated",
|
|
"separated",
|
|
"sorted",
|
|
"typed"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to move about from place to place aimlessly":{
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"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she let her dog off the leash and whistled for him every now and then to make sure he didn't range out of hearing"
|
|
],
|
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"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"ambled",
|
|
"sauntered",
|
|
"strolled",
|
|
"dawdled",
|
|
"moped",
|
|
"gypsied",
|
|
"hoboed",
|
|
"tramped",
|
|
"vagabonded",
|
|
"milled (about or around)",
|
|
"straggled",
|
|
"strayed"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"batted",
|
|
"cruised",
|
|
"drifted",
|
|
"floated",
|
|
"gadded (about)",
|
|
"gallivanted",
|
|
"galavanted",
|
|
"kicked around",
|
|
"knocked (about)",
|
|
"maundered",
|
|
"meandered",
|
|
"mooched",
|
|
"rambled",
|
|
"roamed",
|
|
"roved",
|
|
"traipsed",
|
|
"wandered"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to occur within a continuous range of variation":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the color of Florida grapefruit can range anywhere from pale pink to ruby red"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"alternated",
|
|
"fluctuated",
|
|
"moved",
|
|
"shifted",
|
|
"changed",
|
|
"mutated",
|
|
"extended",
|
|
"reached",
|
|
"stretched",
|
|
"swept"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ran",
|
|
"run",
|
|
"varied",
|
|
"went"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to put into a particular arrangement":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"deranged",
|
|
"disarranged",
|
|
"disarrayed",
|
|
"disordered",
|
|
"messed (up)",
|
|
"mussed (up)",
|
|
"rumpled",
|
|
"upset"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"chairs were ranged round the perimeter of the room"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"groomed",
|
|
"made up",
|
|
"spruced (up)",
|
|
"straightened (up)",
|
|
"tidied (up)",
|
|
"unscrambled",
|
|
"aligned",
|
|
"alined",
|
|
"cued",
|
|
"lined",
|
|
"lined up",
|
|
"queued",
|
|
"alphabetized",
|
|
"filed",
|
|
"hierarchized",
|
|
"prioritized",
|
|
"sequenced",
|
|
"emplaced",
|
|
"placed",
|
|
"set",
|
|
"displayed",
|
|
"mapped (out)",
|
|
"set out"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"arranged",
|
|
"arrayed",
|
|
"classified",
|
|
"codified",
|
|
"disposed",
|
|
"drew up",
|
|
"laid out",
|
|
"marshaled",
|
|
"marshalled",
|
|
"ordered",
|
|
"organized",
|
|
"systematized"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"rank":{
|
|
"a series of people or things arranged side by side":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"rank upon rank of cavalry came thundering down the hill"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"chain",
|
|
"column",
|
|
"cue",
|
|
"file",
|
|
"line",
|
|
"procession",
|
|
"queue",
|
|
"range",
|
|
"string",
|
|
"train",
|
|
"echelon",
|
|
"tier",
|
|
"array",
|
|
"concatenation",
|
|
"sequence"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bank",
|
|
"row"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"growing thickly and vigorously":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"sparse"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"covered with trumpet vines so rank you couldn't see the trellis beneath them"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dormant",
|
|
"blighted",
|
|
"stunted"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"lavish",
|
|
"profuse",
|
|
"overgrown",
|
|
"overrun",
|
|
"verdant",
|
|
"close",
|
|
"dense",
|
|
"tangled",
|
|
"thick"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"lush",
|
|
"luxuriant",
|
|
"prosperous",
|
|
"rampant",
|
|
"weedy"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"having an unpleasant smell":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"ambrosial",
|
|
"aromatic",
|
|
"fragrant",
|
|
"perfumed",
|
|
"redolent",
|
|
"savory",
|
|
"savoury",
|
|
"scented",
|
|
"sweet"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"smokes rank cigars that usually send me running for fresh air"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"flowery",
|
|
"fruity",
|
|
"spicy",
|
|
"woodsy"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"putrid",
|
|
"rancid",
|
|
"skunky",
|
|
"stale",
|
|
"bad",
|
|
"disgusting",
|
|
"offensive",
|
|
"repulsive",
|
|
"revolting",
|
|
"vile",
|
|
"decayed",
|
|
"decaying",
|
|
"decomposed",
|
|
"decomposing",
|
|
"rotted",
|
|
"rotten",
|
|
"rotting",
|
|
"spoiled",
|
|
"spoiling",
|
|
"dirty",
|
|
"filthy",
|
|
"nasty",
|
|
"noxious",
|
|
"odiferous",
|
|
"odoriferous",
|
|
"odorous"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"fetid",
|
|
"foul",
|
|
"frowsty",
|
|
"frowsy",
|
|
"frowzy",
|
|
"funky",
|
|
"fusty",
|
|
"malodorous",
|
|
"musty",
|
|
"noisome",
|
|
"reeking",
|
|
"reeky",
|
|
"ripe",
|
|
"smelly",
|
|
"stenchy",
|
|
"stinking",
|
|
"stinky",
|
|
"strong"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"having no exceptions or restrictions":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a sidewalk sale of art works by rank amateurs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"doubtful",
|
|
"dubious",
|
|
"equivocal",
|
|
"qualified",
|
|
"questionable",
|
|
"restricted",
|
|
"uncertain"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"authentic",
|
|
"classic",
|
|
"genuine",
|
|
"real",
|
|
"veritable",
|
|
"constant",
|
|
"endless",
|
|
"eternal",
|
|
"perpetual",
|
|
"undying",
|
|
"unremitting",
|
|
"extreme",
|
|
"unrestricted",
|
|
"confirmed",
|
|
"habitual",
|
|
"hopeless",
|
|
"inveterate",
|
|
"extraordinary",
|
|
"frightful",
|
|
"horrible",
|
|
"huge",
|
|
"main",
|
|
"superlative",
|
|
"supreme",
|
|
"surpassing",
|
|
"terrible",
|
|
"terrific"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"absolute",
|
|
"all-out",
|
|
"arrant",
|
|
"blank",
|
|
"blooming",
|
|
"bodacious",
|
|
"categorical",
|
|
"categoric",
|
|
"clean",
|
|
"complete",
|
|
"consummate",
|
|
"crashing",
|
|
"damn",
|
|
"damned",
|
|
"dead",
|
|
"deadly",
|
|
"definite",
|
|
"downright",
|
|
"dreadful",
|
|
"fair",
|
|
"flat",
|
|
"flat-out",
|
|
"out-and-out",
|
|
"outright",
|
|
"perfect",
|
|
"plumb",
|
|
"profound",
|
|
"pure",
|
|
"regular",
|
|
"sheer",
|
|
"simple",
|
|
"stark",
|
|
"stone",
|
|
"straight-out",
|
|
"thorough",
|
|
"thoroughgoing",
|
|
"total",
|
|
"unadulterated",
|
|
"unalloyed",
|
|
"unconditional",
|
|
"unmitigated",
|
|
"unqualified",
|
|
"utter",
|
|
"very"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"high position within society":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"remembered as a woman of rank who socialized only with other members of the elite"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"debasement",
|
|
"degradation",
|
|
"subordinateness",
|
|
"subordination",
|
|
"baseness",
|
|
"commonness",
|
|
"inferiority",
|
|
"lowliness",
|
|
"lowness"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"gentility",
|
|
"gentleness",
|
|
"nobility",
|
|
"nobleness",
|
|
"grandness",
|
|
"highness",
|
|
"loftiness",
|
|
"distinction",
|
|
"dominance",
|
|
"precedence",
|
|
"preeminence",
|
|
"primacy",
|
|
"superiority",
|
|
"caste",
|
|
"station",
|
|
"status",
|
|
"preferment"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"class",
|
|
"dignity",
|
|
"fashion",
|
|
"quality",
|
|
"standing",
|
|
"state"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"one of the units into which a whole is divided on the basis of a common characteristic":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"this book will someday join the ranks of the world's great novels"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"description",
|
|
"feather",
|
|
"ilk",
|
|
"kidney",
|
|
"like",
|
|
"manner",
|
|
"nature",
|
|
"sort",
|
|
"branch",
|
|
"section",
|
|
"speciality",
|
|
"specialty",
|
|
"subclass",
|
|
"subdivision",
|
|
"subgroup",
|
|
"subspecies",
|
|
"variety",
|
|
"breed",
|
|
"race",
|
|
"generation",
|
|
"heading",
|
|
"label",
|
|
"title"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bracket",
|
|
"category",
|
|
"class",
|
|
"classification",
|
|
"division",
|
|
"family",
|
|
"genus",
|
|
"grade",
|
|
"group",
|
|
"kind",
|
|
"league",
|
|
"order",
|
|
"rubric",
|
|
"set",
|
|
"species",
|
|
"tier",
|
|
"type"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the placement of someone or something in relation to others in a vertical arrangement":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"attained the highest rank in the Freemasons"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"condition",
|
|
"estate",
|
|
"order",
|
|
"walk",
|
|
"capacity",
|
|
"function",
|
|
"rating"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"degree",
|
|
"echelon",
|
|
"footing",
|
|
"level",
|
|
"place",
|
|
"position",
|
|
"ranking",
|
|
"reach(es)",
|
|
"rung",
|
|
"situation",
|
|
"standing",
|
|
"station",
|
|
"status",
|
|
"stratum"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to arrange or assign according to type":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"most critics would rank him among our best actors"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"confuse",
|
|
"disarrange",
|
|
"jumble",
|
|
"lump",
|
|
"mix (up)",
|
|
"scramble",
|
|
"misclassify",
|
|
"missort",
|
|
"mistype"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"array",
|
|
"dispose",
|
|
"draw up",
|
|
"marshal",
|
|
"marshall",
|
|
"order",
|
|
"organize",
|
|
"systematize",
|
|
"alphabetize",
|
|
"catalog",
|
|
"catalogue",
|
|
"file",
|
|
"index",
|
|
"list",
|
|
"refer",
|
|
"pigeonhole",
|
|
"shelve",
|
|
"identify",
|
|
"recognize",
|
|
"cull",
|
|
"screen",
|
|
"set",
|
|
"sieve",
|
|
"sift",
|
|
"winnow",
|
|
"clump",
|
|
"cluster",
|
|
"colligate",
|
|
"recategorize",
|
|
"reclassify",
|
|
"regroup",
|
|
"subcategorize"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"assort",
|
|
"break down",
|
|
"categorize",
|
|
"class",
|
|
"classify",
|
|
"codify",
|
|
"compartment",
|
|
"compartmentalize",
|
|
"digest",
|
|
"distinguish",
|
|
"distribute",
|
|
"grade",
|
|
"group",
|
|
"peg",
|
|
"place",
|
|
"range",
|
|
"relegate",
|
|
"separate",
|
|
"sort",
|
|
"type"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to take or have a certain position within a group arranged in vertical classes":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"my favorite pitcher ranks first in the league for number of consecutive outs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"seed",
|
|
"count",
|
|
"categorize",
|
|
"class",
|
|
"classify",
|
|
"codify",
|
|
"compartmentalize",
|
|
"group",
|
|
"separate",
|
|
"set",
|
|
"sort",
|
|
"install",
|
|
"instate"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"be",
|
|
"grade",
|
|
"place",
|
|
"rate",
|
|
"stand"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
],
|
|
"very noticeable especially for being incorrect or bad":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the article about fairy tales was full of rank errors, such as a reference to \"Cinderella biting into the poisoned apple\""
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"imperceptible",
|
|
"inconspicuous",
|
|
"unnoticeable",
|
|
"unobtrusive",
|
|
"inconsequential",
|
|
"inconsiderable",
|
|
"insignificant",
|
|
"slight",
|
|
"small",
|
|
"trifling",
|
|
"trivial",
|
|
"concealed",
|
|
"hidden",
|
|
"invisible"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"arresting",
|
|
"clear",
|
|
"distinct",
|
|
"dramatic",
|
|
"emphatic",
|
|
"evident",
|
|
"eye-catching",
|
|
"marked",
|
|
"notable",
|
|
"noticeable",
|
|
"outstanding",
|
|
"plain",
|
|
"prominent",
|
|
"remarkable",
|
|
"salient",
|
|
"showy",
|
|
"splashy",
|
|
"absolute",
|
|
"arrant",
|
|
"downright",
|
|
"out-and-out",
|
|
"outright",
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"sheer",
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"stark",
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"utter",
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"detectable",
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"discernible",
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"discernable",
|
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"observable",
|
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"perceptible",
|
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"visible",
|
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"abominable",
|
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"atrocious",
|
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"awful",
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"deplorable",
|
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"execrable",
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"heinous",
|
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"lousy",
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"monstrous",
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"outrageous",
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"preposterous",
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"shameful",
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"shocking",
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"terrible",
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"wretched"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"blatant",
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"conspicuous",
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"egregious",
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"flagrant",
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"glaring",
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"gross",
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"obvious",
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"patent",
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"pronounced",
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"striking"
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]
|
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}
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},
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"rank(s)":{
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"one of the units into which a whole is divided on the basis of a common characteristic":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
|
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"this book will someday join the ranks of the world's great novels"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
|
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"related":[
|
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"description",
|
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"feather",
|
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"ilk",
|
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"kidney",
|
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"like",
|
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"manner",
|
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"nature",
|
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"sort",
|
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"branch",
|
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"section",
|
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"speciality",
|
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"specialty",
|
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"subclass",
|
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"subdivision",
|
|
"subgroup",
|
|
"subspecies",
|
|
"variety",
|
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"breed",
|
|
"race",
|
|
"generation",
|
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"heading",
|
|
"label",
|
|
"title"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
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"bracket",
|
|
"category",
|
|
"class",
|
|
"classification",
|
|
"division",
|
|
"family",
|
|
"genus",
|
|
"grade",
|
|
"group",
|
|
"kind",
|
|
"league",
|
|
"order",
|
|
"rubric",
|
|
"set",
|
|
"species",
|
|
"tier",
|
|
"type"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to arrange or assign according to type":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"most critics would rank him among our best actors"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"confuses",
|
|
"disarranges",
|
|
"jumbles",
|
|
"lumps",
|
|
"mixes (up)",
|
|
"scrambles",
|
|
"misclassifies",
|
|
"missorts",
|
|
"mistypes"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"arrays",
|
|
"disposes",
|
|
"draws up",
|
|
"marshals",
|
|
"marshalls",
|
|
"orders",
|
|
"organizes",
|
|
"systematizes",
|
|
"alphabetizes",
|
|
"catalogs",
|
|
"catalogues",
|
|
"files",
|
|
"indexes",
|
|
"lists",
|
|
"refers",
|
|
"pigeonholes",
|
|
"shelves",
|
|
"identifies",
|
|
"recognizes",
|
|
"culls",
|
|
"screens",
|
|
"sets",
|
|
"sieves",
|
|
"sifts",
|
|
"winnows",
|
|
"clumps",
|
|
"clusters",
|
|
"colligates",
|
|
"recategorizes",
|
|
"reclassifies",
|
|
"regroups",
|
|
"subcategorizes"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"assorts",
|
|
"breaks down",
|
|
"categorizes",
|
|
"classes",
|
|
"classifies",
|
|
"codifies",
|
|
"compartmentalizes",
|
|
"compartments",
|
|
"digests",
|
|
"distinguishes",
|
|
"distributes",
|
|
"grades",
|
|
"groups",
|
|
"pegs",
|
|
"places",
|
|
"ranges",
|
|
"relegates",
|
|
"separates",
|
|
"sorts",
|
|
"types"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to take or have a certain position within a group arranged in vertical classes":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"my favorite pitcher ranks first in the league for number of consecutive outs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"seeds",
|
|
"counts",
|
|
"categorizes",
|
|
"classes",
|
|
"classifies",
|
|
"codifies",
|
|
"compartmentalizes",
|
|
"groups",
|
|
"separates",
|
|
"sets",
|
|
"sorts",
|
|
"installs",
|
|
"instates"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"grades",
|
|
"is",
|
|
"places",
|
|
"rates",
|
|
"stands"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"ranked":{
|
|
"to arrange or assign according to type":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"most critics would rank him among our best actors"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"confused",
|
|
"disarranged",
|
|
"jumbled",
|
|
"lumped",
|
|
"mixed (up)",
|
|
"scrambled",
|
|
"misclassified",
|
|
"missorted",
|
|
"mis-sorted",
|
|
"mistyped"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"arrayed",
|
|
"disposed",
|
|
"drew up",
|
|
"marshaled",
|
|
"marshalled",
|
|
"ordered",
|
|
"organized",
|
|
"systematized",
|
|
"alphabetized",
|
|
"cataloged",
|
|
"catalogued",
|
|
"filed",
|
|
"indexed",
|
|
"listed",
|
|
"referred",
|
|
"pigeonholed",
|
|
"shelved",
|
|
"identified",
|
|
"recognized",
|
|
"culled",
|
|
"screened",
|
|
"set",
|
|
"sieved",
|
|
"sifted",
|
|
"winnowed",
|
|
"clumped",
|
|
"clustered",
|
|
"colligated",
|
|
"recategorized",
|
|
"reclassified",
|
|
"regrouped",
|
|
"subcategorized"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"assorted",
|
|
"broke down",
|
|
"categorized",
|
|
"classed",
|
|
"classified",
|
|
"codified",
|
|
"compartmentalized",
|
|
"compartmented",
|
|
"digested",
|
|
"distinguished",
|
|
"distributed",
|
|
"graded",
|
|
"grouped",
|
|
"pegged",
|
|
"placed",
|
|
"ranged",
|
|
"relegated",
|
|
"separated",
|
|
"sorted",
|
|
"typed"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to take or have a certain position within a group arranged in vertical classes":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"my favorite pitcher ranks first in the league for number of consecutive outs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"seeded",
|
|
"counted",
|
|
"categorized",
|
|
"classed",
|
|
"classified",
|
|
"codified",
|
|
"compartmentalized",
|
|
"grouped",
|
|
"separated",
|
|
"set",
|
|
"sorted",
|
|
"installed",
|
|
"instated"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"graded",
|
|
"placed",
|
|
"rated",
|
|
"stood",
|
|
"was"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"ransacker":{
|
|
"as in spoliator , spoiler":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"ransoms":{
|
|
"as in":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to free from captivity or punishment by paying a price":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the prince emptied the treasury to ransom his son from the kidnappers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"bails",
|
|
"delivers",
|
|
"rescues",
|
|
"saves",
|
|
"emancipates",
|
|
"liberates",
|
|
"gets back",
|
|
"recovers",
|
|
"regains",
|
|
"retrieves",
|
|
"releases",
|
|
"buys",
|
|
"salvages"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"redeems"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"rant":{
|
|
"a long angry speech or scolding":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"after complaining about the hotel's lousy service, the woman went off on another rant about the condition of her room"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"encomium",
|
|
"eulogy",
|
|
"panegyric",
|
|
"rhapsody",
|
|
"tribute",
|
|
"acclaim",
|
|
"acclamation",
|
|
"accolade",
|
|
"citation",
|
|
"homage",
|
|
"honor",
|
|
"praise",
|
|
"approval",
|
|
"blessing",
|
|
"commendation",
|
|
"endorsement",
|
|
"indorsement",
|
|
"sanction",
|
|
"ovation",
|
|
"plaudit",
|
|
"rave"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"assault",
|
|
"attack",
|
|
"broadside",
|
|
"invective",
|
|
"lambasting",
|
|
"lashing",
|
|
"tongue-lashing",
|
|
"vituperation",
|
|
"berating",
|
|
"chewing out",
|
|
"rebuke",
|
|
"reprimand",
|
|
"reproach",
|
|
"reproof",
|
|
"abuse",
|
|
"castigation",
|
|
"censure",
|
|
"condemnation",
|
|
"criticism",
|
|
"denunciation",
|
|
"belittlement",
|
|
"deprecation",
|
|
"depreciation",
|
|
"disparagement",
|
|
"dissing",
|
|
"excoriation",
|
|
"execration",
|
|
"revilement",
|
|
"admonishment",
|
|
"admonition",
|
|
"lecture",
|
|
"sermon"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"diatribe",
|
|
"harangue",
|
|
"jeremiad",
|
|
"philippic",
|
|
"tirade"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"boastful speech or writing":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"instead of addressing the current crisis, the mayor's speech was a lot of rant emphasizing his accomplishments"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"oratory",
|
|
"rhapsody",
|
|
"rhetoric",
|
|
"pomposity",
|
|
"turgidity",
|
|
"wind",
|
|
"bloviation",
|
|
"verbosity",
|
|
"windiness",
|
|
"babble",
|
|
"blab",
|
|
"chatter",
|
|
"drivel",
|
|
"gabble",
|
|
"gibber",
|
|
"gibberish",
|
|
"jabber",
|
|
"prattle",
|
|
"jawing",
|
|
"patter",
|
|
"prating",
|
|
"yammering",
|
|
"egotism",
|
|
"self-conceit",
|
|
"self-importance",
|
|
"swagger",
|
|
"vaunt"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bluster",
|
|
"bombast",
|
|
"brag",
|
|
"braggadocio",
|
|
"bull",
|
|
"cockalorum",
|
|
"fanfaronade",
|
|
"gas",
|
|
"gasconade",
|
|
"grandiloquence",
|
|
"hot air",
|
|
"magniloquence",
|
|
"rodomontade",
|
|
"rhodomontade"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to talk loudly and wildly":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"when the waiter gave him incorrect change, he began ranting about the restaurant's poor service"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"grunt",
|
|
"murmur",
|
|
"mutter",
|
|
"slur",
|
|
"breathe",
|
|
"whisper"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"sound off",
|
|
"speak out",
|
|
"speak up",
|
|
"blare",
|
|
"blurt (out)",
|
|
"bolt",
|
|
"bloviate",
|
|
"blow",
|
|
"declaim",
|
|
"harangue",
|
|
"mouth (off)",
|
|
"orate",
|
|
"pontificate",
|
|
"carry on",
|
|
"rage",
|
|
"storm",
|
|
"take on"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bluster",
|
|
"fulminate",
|
|
"huff",
|
|
"rave",
|
|
"spout"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"ranted (at)":{
|
|
"to criticize (someone) severely or angrily especially for personal failings":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Grandmother ranted at us for skipping the family holiday gathering in favor of a ski trip"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"approved",
|
|
"endorsed",
|
|
"indorsed",
|
|
"sanctioned",
|
|
"extolled",
|
|
"lauded",
|
|
"praised"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"admonished",
|
|
"chid",
|
|
"chided",
|
|
"remonstrated (with)",
|
|
"reproved",
|
|
"abused",
|
|
"assailed",
|
|
"attacked",
|
|
"bad-mouthed",
|
|
"blamed",
|
|
"blasted",
|
|
"censured",
|
|
"condemned",
|
|
"criticized",
|
|
"crucified",
|
|
"denounced",
|
|
"dissed",
|
|
"excoriated",
|
|
"faulted",
|
|
"harangued",
|
|
"knocked",
|
|
"laced (into)",
|
|
"lashed",
|
|
"panned",
|
|
"reprehended",
|
|
"reviled",
|
|
"scourged",
|
|
"slammed",
|
|
"vituperated",
|
|
"belittled",
|
|
"disparaged",
|
|
"mocked",
|
|
"put down",
|
|
"ridiculed",
|
|
"scoffed",
|
|
"scorned"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"basted",
|
|
"bawled out",
|
|
"berated",
|
|
"called down",
|
|
"castigated",
|
|
"chastised",
|
|
"chewed out",
|
|
"dressed down",
|
|
"flayed",
|
|
"hammered",
|
|
"jawed",
|
|
"keelhauled",
|
|
"lambasted",
|
|
"lectured",
|
|
"ragged",
|
|
"railed (at or against)",
|
|
"rated",
|
|
"reamed (out)",
|
|
"rebuked",
|
|
"reprimanded",
|
|
"reproached",
|
|
"scolded",
|
|
"scored",
|
|
"tongue-lashed",
|
|
"upbraided"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"ranters":{
|
|
"as in scolds , admonishers":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"ranting (at)":{
|
|
"to criticize (someone) severely or angrily especially for personal failings":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Grandmother ranted at us for skipping the family holiday gathering in favor of a ski trip"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"approving",
|
|
"endorsing",
|
|
"indorsing",
|
|
"sanctioning",
|
|
"extolling",
|
|
"lauding",
|
|
"praising"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"admonishing",
|
|
"chiding",
|
|
"remonstrating (with)",
|
|
"reproving",
|
|
"abusing",
|
|
"assailing",
|
|
"attacking",
|
|
"bad-mouthing",
|
|
"blaming",
|
|
"blasting",
|
|
"censuring",
|
|
"condemning",
|
|
"criticizing",
|
|
"crucifying",
|
|
"denouncing",
|
|
"dissing",
|
|
"excoriating",
|
|
"faulting",
|
|
"haranguing",
|
|
"knocking",
|
|
"lacing (into)",
|
|
"lashing",
|
|
"panning",
|
|
"reprehending",
|
|
"reviling",
|
|
"scourging",
|
|
"slamming",
|
|
"vituperating",
|
|
"belittling",
|
|
"disparaging",
|
|
"mocking",
|
|
"putting down",
|
|
"ridiculing",
|
|
"scoffing",
|
|
"scorning"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"basting",
|
|
"bawling out",
|
|
"berating",
|
|
"calling down",
|
|
"castigating",
|
|
"chastising",
|
|
"chewing out",
|
|
"dressing down",
|
|
"flaying",
|
|
"hammering",
|
|
"jawing",
|
|
"keelhauling",
|
|
"lambasting",
|
|
"lecturing",
|
|
"ragging",
|
|
"railing (at or against)",
|
|
"rating",
|
|
"reaming (out)",
|
|
"rebuking",
|
|
"reprimanding",
|
|
"reproaching",
|
|
"scolding",
|
|
"scoring",
|
|
"tongue-lashing",
|
|
"upbraiding"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"rapacious":{
|
|
"having a huge appetite":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"nothing livens things up like a whole team of rapacious basketball players descending upon the pizza parlor"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"content",
|
|
"full",
|
|
"glutted",
|
|
"sated",
|
|
"satiated",
|
|
"satisfied",
|
|
"stuffed"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"hearty",
|
|
"wolfish",
|
|
"devouring",
|
|
"gobbling",
|
|
"gorging",
|
|
"gormandizing",
|
|
"gulping",
|
|
"insatiable",
|
|
"unquenchable",
|
|
"unslakable",
|
|
"empty",
|
|
"famished",
|
|
"hungry",
|
|
"peckish",
|
|
"starved",
|
|
"starving",
|
|
"malnourished",
|
|
"underfed",
|
|
"undernourished"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"edacious",
|
|
"esurient",
|
|
"gluttonous",
|
|
"greedy",
|
|
"hoggish",
|
|
"piggish",
|
|
"ravenous",
|
|
"swinish",
|
|
"voracious"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"having or marked by an eager and often selfish desire especially for material possessions":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"rapacious plunderers who despoiled the tombs in the ancient pyramids"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"nonmaterialistic",
|
|
"altruistic",
|
|
"bounteous",
|
|
"bountiful",
|
|
"charitable",
|
|
"freehanded",
|
|
"generous",
|
|
"greathearted",
|
|
"handsome",
|
|
"liberal",
|
|
"magnanimous",
|
|
"munificent",
|
|
"openhanded",
|
|
"openhearted",
|
|
"selfless",
|
|
"unselfish",
|
|
"unsparing",
|
|
"controlled",
|
|
"moderate",
|
|
"restrained",
|
|
"temperate",
|
|
"content",
|
|
"sated",
|
|
"satisfied"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"commercialistic",
|
|
"materialistic",
|
|
"philistine",
|
|
"desirous",
|
|
"eager",
|
|
"itchy",
|
|
"lickerish",
|
|
"miserly",
|
|
"hoggish",
|
|
"piggish",
|
|
"piggy",
|
|
"swinish",
|
|
"devouring",
|
|
"gluttonous",
|
|
"gobbling",
|
|
"insatiable",
|
|
"ravenous",
|
|
"unquenchable",
|
|
"voracious",
|
|
"egocentric",
|
|
"egoistic",
|
|
"egoistical",
|
|
"egotistic",
|
|
"egotistical",
|
|
"self-centered",
|
|
"self-seeking",
|
|
"discontent",
|
|
"discontented",
|
|
"malcontent",
|
|
"unsatisfied",
|
|
"begrudging",
|
|
"grudging",
|
|
"resentful"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"acquisitive",
|
|
"avaricious",
|
|
"avid",
|
|
"coveting",
|
|
"covetous",
|
|
"grabby",
|
|
"grasping",
|
|
"greedy",
|
|
"mercenary",
|
|
"moneygrubbing"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"living by killing and eating other animals":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"rapacious mammals, such as coyotes, foxes, and bobcats"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"herbivorous",
|
|
"vegetarian",
|
|
"gentle",
|
|
"submissive",
|
|
"tame"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"carnivorous",
|
|
"aggressive",
|
|
"deadly",
|
|
"ferocious",
|
|
"fierce",
|
|
"savage",
|
|
"violent",
|
|
"untamed",
|
|
"wild"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"predaceous",
|
|
"predacious",
|
|
"predatory",
|
|
"raptorial"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"rapacity":{
|
|
"an intense selfish desire for wealth or possessions":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the rapacity of the Spanish conquistadors was such that they were undeterred by the very preposterousness of the legend of El Dorado"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"contentment",
|
|
"fulfillment",
|
|
"fulfilment",
|
|
"gratification",
|
|
"satisfaction",
|
|
"bounteousness",
|
|
"bountifulness",
|
|
"bounty",
|
|
"charity",
|
|
"generosity",
|
|
"generousness",
|
|
"largesse",
|
|
"largess",
|
|
"liberality",
|
|
"magnanimity",
|
|
"openhandedness",
|
|
"openheartedness",
|
|
"unselfishness",
|
|
"altruism",
|
|
"selflessness"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"commercialism",
|
|
"materialism",
|
|
"possessiveness",
|
|
"gluttonousness",
|
|
"gluttony",
|
|
"piggishness",
|
|
"appetite",
|
|
"craving",
|
|
"desire",
|
|
"drive",
|
|
"hankering",
|
|
"hunger",
|
|
"itch",
|
|
"longing",
|
|
"lust",
|
|
"passion",
|
|
"pining",
|
|
"ravenousness",
|
|
"thirst",
|
|
"voracity",
|
|
"yearning",
|
|
"yen",
|
|
"egoism",
|
|
"egotism",
|
|
"self-centeredness",
|
|
"self-interest",
|
|
"selfishness",
|
|
"self-regard"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"acquisitiveness",
|
|
"avarice",
|
|
"avariciousness",
|
|
"avidity",
|
|
"avidness",
|
|
"covetousness",
|
|
"cupidity",
|
|
"graspingness",
|
|
"greed",
|
|
"greediness",
|
|
"mercenariness",
|
|
"rapaciousness"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"rapid eye movement":{
|
|
"as in":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"rapprochement":{
|
|
"a friendly relationship marked by ready communication and mutual understanding":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an era of rapprochement between Mexico and the U.S. that was highlighted by a new trade agreement"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"alienation",
|
|
"disaffection",
|
|
"disgruntlement",
|
|
"estrangement",
|
|
"coldness",
|
|
"cold shoulder",
|
|
"distance",
|
|
"iciness",
|
|
"animosity",
|
|
"antagonism",
|
|
"antipathy",
|
|
"bitterness",
|
|
"enmity",
|
|
"hostility",
|
|
"jaundice",
|
|
"rancor",
|
|
"spite"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"accord",
|
|
"agreement",
|
|
"concord",
|
|
"harmony",
|
|
"oneness",
|
|
"solidarity",
|
|
"togetherness",
|
|
"unity",
|
|
"affinity",
|
|
"empathy",
|
|
"sympathy",
|
|
"understanding",
|
|
"amity",
|
|
"chumminess",
|
|
"companionship",
|
|
"friendliness",
|
|
"friendship",
|
|
"reciprocity",
|
|
"symbiosis"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"communion",
|
|
"fellowship",
|
|
"rapport"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"raps":{
|
|
"a formal claim of criminal wrongdoing against a person":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the headlines in the paper today are all about the mayor facing an embezzlement rap"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"accusations",
|
|
"allegations",
|
|
"pleas",
|
|
"criminations",
|
|
"counteraccusations",
|
|
"counter-accusations",
|
|
"countercharges",
|
|
"counter-charges",
|
|
"arraignments",
|
|
"impeachments",
|
|
"implications",
|
|
"imputations",
|
|
"innuendos",
|
|
"innuendoes",
|
|
"insinuations",
|
|
"censures",
|
|
"condemnations",
|
|
"denunciations",
|
|
"incriminations",
|
|
"recriminations"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"charges",
|
|
"complaints",
|
|
"counts",
|
|
"indictments"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a hard strike with a part of the body or an instrument":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the doctor used a little hammer to give me a rap on the knee to test my reflexes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"counterblows",
|
|
"counter-blows",
|
|
"counterpunches",
|
|
"counters",
|
|
"counterstrokes",
|
|
"counter-strokes",
|
|
"body blows",
|
|
"hands",
|
|
"kicks",
|
|
"knees",
|
|
"lefts",
|
|
"one-twos",
|
|
"rabbit punches",
|
|
"right-handers",
|
|
"rights",
|
|
"roundhouses",
|
|
"shivers",
|
|
"sidewinders",
|
|
"sucker punches",
|
|
"swings",
|
|
"uppercuts",
|
|
"crunchers",
|
|
"kayos",
|
|
"knockdowns",
|
|
"knockouts",
|
|
"KOs",
|
|
"bastinadoes",
|
|
"bastinades",
|
|
"batterings",
|
|
"beatings",
|
|
"drubbings",
|
|
"lickings",
|
|
"pastings",
|
|
"thrashings",
|
|
"wallopings",
|
|
"whippings",
|
|
"whips"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bangs",
|
|
"bashes",
|
|
"bats",
|
|
"beats",
|
|
"belts",
|
|
"biffs",
|
|
"blows",
|
|
"bops",
|
|
"boxes",
|
|
"buffets",
|
|
"busts",
|
|
"chops",
|
|
"claps",
|
|
"clips",
|
|
"clouts",
|
|
"cracks",
|
|
"cuffs",
|
|
"dabs",
|
|
"douses",
|
|
"fillips",
|
|
"hacks",
|
|
"haymakers",
|
|
"hits",
|
|
"hooks",
|
|
"knocks",
|
|
"larrups",
|
|
"lashes",
|
|
"licks",
|
|
"pelts",
|
|
"picks",
|
|
"plumps",
|
|
"pokes",
|
|
"pounds",
|
|
"punches",
|
|
"slams",
|
|
"slaps",
|
|
"slugs",
|
|
"smacks",
|
|
"smashes",
|
|
"socks",
|
|
"spanks",
|
|
"stingers",
|
|
"stripes",
|
|
"strokes",
|
|
"swats",
|
|
"swipes",
|
|
"switches",
|
|
"thuds",
|
|
"thumps",
|
|
"thwacks",
|
|
"wallops",
|
|
"welts",
|
|
"whacks",
|
|
"whams",
|
|
"whops",
|
|
"whaps"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"friendly, informal conversation or an instance of this":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"after our pickup softball game, I had a friendly rap with a couple of the guys in the park"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"colloquies",
|
|
"conferences",
|
|
"discourses",
|
|
"parleys",
|
|
"symposia",
|
|
"symposiums",
|
|
"debates",
|
|
"dialogues",
|
|
"dialogs",
|
|
"exchanges",
|
|
"give-and-takes",
|
|
"crosstalk",
|
|
"happy talk",
|
|
"yaks",
|
|
"yacks",
|
|
"yammers",
|
|
"yaps"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"backchat",
|
|
"cackle",
|
|
"causeries",
|
|
"chats",
|
|
"chatter",
|
|
"chin music",
|
|
"chin-wag",
|
|
"chitchats",
|
|
"confabs",
|
|
"confabulations",
|
|
"gab",
|
|
"gabfests",
|
|
"gossip",
|
|
"jangle",
|
|
"jaws",
|
|
"natters",
|
|
"palavers",
|
|
"patter",
|
|
"schmoozes",
|
|
"small talk",
|
|
"table talk",
|
|
"talks",
|
|
"t\u00eate-\u00e0-t\u00eates"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the smallest amount or part imaginable":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I don't care a rap about losing that old jacket"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"aces",
|
|
"bits",
|
|
"crumbs",
|
|
"dabs",
|
|
"driblets",
|
|
"glimmers",
|
|
"hints",
|
|
"little",
|
|
"mites",
|
|
"nips",
|
|
"ounces",
|
|
"particles",
|
|
"peanuts",
|
|
"pins",
|
|
"rays",
|
|
"scraps",
|
|
"scruples",
|
|
"semblances",
|
|
"shades",
|
|
"shadows",
|
|
"shreds",
|
|
"skoshes",
|
|
"smidgens",
|
|
"smidgeons",
|
|
"smidgins",
|
|
"smidges",
|
|
"snaps",
|
|
"specks",
|
|
"spots",
|
|
"sprinklings",
|
|
"strains",
|
|
"streaks",
|
|
"suspicions",
|
|
"touches",
|
|
"traces"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beans",
|
|
"continentals",
|
|
"damns",
|
|
"darns",
|
|
"durns",
|
|
"diddlies",
|
|
"diddly-squats",
|
|
"doodley-squats",
|
|
"doodly-squats",
|
|
"figs",
|
|
"ghosts",
|
|
"hoots",
|
|
"iotas",
|
|
"jots",
|
|
"licks",
|
|
"modicums",
|
|
"squats",
|
|
"syllables",
|
|
"tittles",
|
|
"whits",
|
|
"whoops"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to deliver a blow to (someone or something) usually in a strong vigorous manner":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a childhood memory of the time he got his knuckles rapped for trying to steal candy from the corner store"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"batters",
|
|
"beats",
|
|
"buffets",
|
|
"bungs",
|
|
"chops",
|
|
"cuffs",
|
|
"drubs",
|
|
"laces",
|
|
"lambastes",
|
|
"lambasts",
|
|
"licks",
|
|
"mangles",
|
|
"mauls",
|
|
"pelts",
|
|
"peppers",
|
|
"pommels",
|
|
"pummels",
|
|
"roughs",
|
|
"scuffs",
|
|
"bunts",
|
|
"flicks",
|
|
"strokes",
|
|
"taps",
|
|
"bumps",
|
|
"butts",
|
|
"jabs",
|
|
"jostles",
|
|
"kicks",
|
|
"knees",
|
|
"pokes",
|
|
"prods",
|
|
"pushes",
|
|
"shoves",
|
|
"stamps",
|
|
"bowls (down or over)",
|
|
"creams",
|
|
"decks",
|
|
"dumps",
|
|
"fells",
|
|
"floors",
|
|
"knocks down",
|
|
"levels",
|
|
"rabbit-punches",
|
|
"sucker punches",
|
|
"canes",
|
|
"clubs",
|
|
"cudgels",
|
|
"flails",
|
|
"flogs",
|
|
"lashes",
|
|
"saps",
|
|
"slashes",
|
|
"sledgehammers",
|
|
"sledges",
|
|
"spears",
|
|
"stabs",
|
|
"switches",
|
|
"thrashes",
|
|
"whips",
|
|
"beans",
|
|
"brains",
|
|
"conks",
|
|
"skulls"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bangs",
|
|
"bashes",
|
|
"bats",
|
|
"belts",
|
|
"biffs",
|
|
"bludgeons",
|
|
"bobs",
|
|
"bonks",
|
|
"bops",
|
|
"boxes",
|
|
"busts",
|
|
"claps",
|
|
"clips",
|
|
"clobbers",
|
|
"clocks",
|
|
"clouts",
|
|
"cracks",
|
|
"hammers",
|
|
"hits",
|
|
"knocks",
|
|
"nails",
|
|
"pastes",
|
|
"pounds",
|
|
"punches",
|
|
"slams",
|
|
"slaps",
|
|
"slogs",
|
|
"slugs",
|
|
"smacks",
|
|
"smites",
|
|
"socks",
|
|
"strikes",
|
|
"swats",
|
|
"swipes",
|
|
"tags",
|
|
"thumps",
|
|
"thwacks",
|
|
"wallops",
|
|
"whacks",
|
|
"whales",
|
|
"zaps"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to engage in casual or rambling conversation":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the guys at the gym never seem to tire about rapping about basketball"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"gossips",
|
|
"tattles",
|
|
"descants",
|
|
"discusses",
|
|
"expatiates",
|
|
"yaks",
|
|
"yacks",
|
|
"yammers",
|
|
"yaps"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"babbles",
|
|
"blabs",
|
|
"cackles",
|
|
"chaffers",
|
|
"chats",
|
|
"chatters",
|
|
"chins",
|
|
"converses",
|
|
"gabbles",
|
|
"gabs",
|
|
"gases",
|
|
"gasses",
|
|
"jabbers",
|
|
"jaws",
|
|
"kibitzes",
|
|
"kibbitzes",
|
|
"natters",
|
|
"palavers",
|
|
"patters",
|
|
"prates",
|
|
"prattles",
|
|
"rattles",
|
|
"runs on",
|
|
"schmoozes",
|
|
"shmoozes",
|
|
"talks",
|
|
"twitters",
|
|
"visits"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to fill with overwhelming emotion (as wonder or delight)":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"concertgoers were utterly rapped by the power of Handel's oratorio"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"delights",
|
|
"gladdens",
|
|
"gratifies",
|
|
"pleases",
|
|
"satisfies",
|
|
"bewitches",
|
|
"captivates",
|
|
"charms",
|
|
"enchants",
|
|
"fascinates",
|
|
"elates",
|
|
"excites",
|
|
"exhilarates",
|
|
"stirs"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"carries away",
|
|
"enraptures",
|
|
"enthralls",
|
|
"enthrals",
|
|
"entrances",
|
|
"raptures",
|
|
"ravishes",
|
|
"transports"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to strike or cause to strike lightly and usually rhythmically":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the impatient man was rapping his knuckles on the door, hoping to wake up the sleeping attendant"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"bangs",
|
|
"bashes",
|
|
"bats",
|
|
"bonks",
|
|
"bops",
|
|
"hammers",
|
|
"hits",
|
|
"knocks",
|
|
"pastes",
|
|
"pounds",
|
|
"slams",
|
|
"smacks",
|
|
"socks",
|
|
"strikes",
|
|
"swats",
|
|
"thuds",
|
|
"thumps",
|
|
"thwacks",
|
|
"wallops",
|
|
"whacks",
|
|
"chinks",
|
|
"clatters",
|
|
"clinks",
|
|
"pings",
|
|
"pats",
|
|
"pit-a-pats",
|
|
"pitter-patters",
|
|
"chucks",
|
|
"claps",
|
|
"clicks",
|
|
"flicks",
|
|
"tips"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beats",
|
|
"drums",
|
|
"taps"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to take physical control or possession of (something) suddenly or forcibly":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"misses"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"suddenly the hawk swooped down and rapped the unwary rodent"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"discharges",
|
|
"frees",
|
|
"liberates",
|
|
"releases",
|
|
"drops",
|
|
"loosens",
|
|
"unhands"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"gloves",
|
|
"halters",
|
|
"lassos",
|
|
"ropes",
|
|
"apprehends",
|
|
"arrests",
|
|
"detains",
|
|
"bays",
|
|
"corners",
|
|
"clasps",
|
|
"clutches",
|
|
"fastens (on)",
|
|
"fists",
|
|
"grasps",
|
|
"grips",
|
|
"holds",
|
|
"latches (on or onto)",
|
|
"secures",
|
|
"rends",
|
|
"wrests",
|
|
"enmeshes",
|
|
"immeshes",
|
|
"ensnares",
|
|
"entangles",
|
|
"entraps",
|
|
"meshes",
|
|
"abducts",
|
|
"kidnaps",
|
|
"spirits (away or off)"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bags",
|
|
"captures",
|
|
"catches",
|
|
"collars",
|
|
"cops",
|
|
"corrals",
|
|
"gets",
|
|
"gloms",
|
|
"grabs",
|
|
"grapples",
|
|
"hooks",
|
|
"lands",
|
|
"nabs",
|
|
"nails",
|
|
"nets",
|
|
"nobbles",
|
|
"seizes",
|
|
"snags",
|
|
"snaps (up)",
|
|
"snares",
|
|
"snatches",
|
|
"traps"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"rapturing":{
|
|
"to fill with overwhelming emotion (as wonder or delight)":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"nature lovers will be raptured by the documentary's breathtaking cinematography"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"delighting",
|
|
"gladdening",
|
|
"gratifying",
|
|
"pleasing",
|
|
"satisfying",
|
|
"bewitching",
|
|
"captivating",
|
|
"charming",
|
|
"enchanting",
|
|
"fascinating",
|
|
"elating",
|
|
"exciting",
|
|
"exhilarating",
|
|
"stirring"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"carrying away",
|
|
"enrapturing",
|
|
"enthralling",
|
|
"entrancing",
|
|
"rapping",
|
|
"ravishing",
|
|
"transporting"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"rapturousness":{
|
|
"as in":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"rarities":{
|
|
"something strange or unusual that is an object of interest":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an American visitor in that remote Chinese village is a rarity"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"found objects",
|
|
"objets trouv\u00e9s",
|
|
"ephemera",
|
|
"ephemerae",
|
|
"ephemeras",
|
|
"virtus",
|
|
"vertus",
|
|
"marvels",
|
|
"prodigies",
|
|
"rara avises",
|
|
"rarae aves",
|
|
"rare birds",
|
|
"wonders",
|
|
"abnormalities",
|
|
"anomalies",
|
|
"freaks",
|
|
"monsters",
|
|
"monstrosities",
|
|
"malformations",
|
|
"mutants",
|
|
"mutations"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"curios",
|
|
"curiosities",
|
|
"exotics",
|
|
"objets d'art",
|
|
"objets",
|
|
"oddities",
|
|
"oddments"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"something that is different from what is ordinary or expected":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a meal accompanied by wine is a rarity in this house"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"norms",
|
|
"ordinaries",
|
|
"usuals"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"curiosities",
|
|
"peculiarities",
|
|
"singularities",
|
|
"accidents",
|
|
"bizarreries",
|
|
"phenomena",
|
|
"phenomenons",
|
|
"quirks",
|
|
"vagaries",
|
|
"distortions",
|
|
"kinks",
|
|
"mutations",
|
|
"variations",
|
|
"differences",
|
|
"disparities",
|
|
"inconsistences",
|
|
"inconsistencies",
|
|
"errors",
|
|
"mistakes",
|
|
"contradictions",
|
|
"paradoxes"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"aberrations",
|
|
"abnormalities",
|
|
"anomalies",
|
|
"exceptions",
|
|
"oddities",
|
|
"oddments"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"rashes":{
|
|
"as in epidemics , plagues":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"rashness":{
|
|
"as in":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"rat":{
|
|
"a person who provides information about another's wrongdoing":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the drug mule refused to turn rat without a guarantee of immunity"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"collaborator",
|
|
"blabber",
|
|
"blabbermouth",
|
|
"gossip",
|
|
"gossiper",
|
|
"leaker",
|
|
"snoop",
|
|
"snooper",
|
|
"spy",
|
|
"notifier"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"betrayer",
|
|
"canary",
|
|
"deep throat",
|
|
"fink",
|
|
"informant",
|
|
"informer",
|
|
"nark",
|
|
"rat fink",
|
|
"snitch",
|
|
"snitcher",
|
|
"squealer",
|
|
"stool pigeon",
|
|
"stoolie",
|
|
"talebearer",
|
|
"tattler",
|
|
"tattletale",
|
|
"telltale",
|
|
"whistle-blower"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a person whose behavior is offensive to others":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"no one can understand what she finds appealing in a rat like him"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"hero",
|
|
"heroine",
|
|
"idol",
|
|
"role model",
|
|
"gentleman",
|
|
"lady",
|
|
"angel",
|
|
"saint"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"barbarian",
|
|
"brute",
|
|
"caveman",
|
|
"Neanderthal",
|
|
"savage",
|
|
"loudmouth",
|
|
"vulgarian",
|
|
"lowlife",
|
|
"miscreant",
|
|
"rascal",
|
|
"rogue",
|
|
"roughneck",
|
|
"scab",
|
|
"scamp",
|
|
"scoundrel",
|
|
"villain",
|
|
"wretch",
|
|
"booby",
|
|
"doofus",
|
|
"fool",
|
|
"jackass",
|
|
"nincompoop",
|
|
"ninny",
|
|
"nit",
|
|
"nitwit",
|
|
"nut",
|
|
"schmo",
|
|
"schmoe",
|
|
"airhead",
|
|
"birdbrain",
|
|
"blockhead",
|
|
"dink",
|
|
"dolt",
|
|
"dope",
|
|
"dork",
|
|
"goon",
|
|
"half-wit",
|
|
"idiot",
|
|
"imbecile",
|
|
"moron",
|
|
"turkey",
|
|
"brat",
|
|
"insolent",
|
|
"nuisance",
|
|
"pest",
|
|
"snip",
|
|
"snob",
|
|
"snoot",
|
|
"snot",
|
|
"dweeb",
|
|
"nerd"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bastard",
|
|
"beast",
|
|
"bleeder",
|
|
"blighter",
|
|
"boor",
|
|
"bounder",
|
|
"bugger",
|
|
"buzzard",
|
|
"cad",
|
|
"chuff",
|
|
"churl",
|
|
"clown",
|
|
"creep",
|
|
"cretin",
|
|
"crud",
|
|
"crumb",
|
|
"cur",
|
|
"dirtbag",
|
|
"dog",
|
|
"fink",
|
|
"heel",
|
|
"hound",
|
|
"jerk",
|
|
"joker",
|
|
"louse",
|
|
"lout",
|
|
"pill",
|
|
"rat fink",
|
|
"reptile",
|
|
"rotter",
|
|
"schmuck",
|
|
"scum",
|
|
"scumbag",
|
|
"scuzzball",
|
|
"skunk",
|
|
"sleaze",
|
|
"sleazebag",
|
|
"sleazeball",
|
|
"slime",
|
|
"slimeball",
|
|
"slob",
|
|
"snake",
|
|
"so-and-so",
|
|
"sod",
|
|
"stinkard",
|
|
"stinker",
|
|
"swine",
|
|
"toad",
|
|
"varmint",
|
|
"vermin"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in talk , give away":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"someone who regularly spends time in a particular place":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"on Friday night the mall rats were out in full force"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"client",
|
|
"customer",
|
|
"guest",
|
|
"patron",
|
|
"addict",
|
|
"aficionado",
|
|
"afficionado",
|
|
"buff",
|
|
"bug",
|
|
"devotee",
|
|
"enthusiast",
|
|
"fan",
|
|
"fanatic",
|
|
"fancier",
|
|
"fiend",
|
|
"freak",
|
|
"lover",
|
|
"maniac",
|
|
"nut"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"denizen",
|
|
"familiar",
|
|
"frequenter",
|
|
"habitu\u00e9",
|
|
"habitue",
|
|
"haunter",
|
|
"regular"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"ratcheted (down)":{
|
|
"to grow less in scope or intensity especially gradually":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"accumulated",
|
|
"ballooned",
|
|
"built",
|
|
"burgeoned",
|
|
"bourgeoned",
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"enlarged",
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"escalated",
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"expanded",
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"grew",
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"increased",
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"intensified",
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"mounted",
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"mushroomed",
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"picked up",
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"rose",
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"snowballed",
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"soared",
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"swelled",
|
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"waxed"
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],
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"examples":[
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"news stories about the kidnapping will ratchet down as the weeks go by"
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],
|
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"near antonyms":[
|
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"appeared",
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"emerged",
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"showed up",
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"blew up",
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"distended",
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"elongated",
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"lengthened"
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],
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"related":[
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"compressed",
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"condensed",
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"constricted",
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"contracted",
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"evaporated",
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"faded (away)",
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"frittered (away)",
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"gave out",
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"melted (away)",
|
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"petered (out)",
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"tailed (off)",
|
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"vanished",
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"slackened",
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"slowed (down)",
|
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"alleviated",
|
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"relaxed",
|
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"flagged",
|
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"sank",
|
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"sunk",
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"weakened",
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"caved (in)",
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"collapsed",
|
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"deflated"
|
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"abated",
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"declined",
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"decreased",
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"de-escalated",
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"died (away or down or out)",
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"diminished",
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"drained (away)",
|
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"dropped (off)",
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"dwindled",
|
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"eased",
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"ebbed",
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"fell",
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"fell away",
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"lessened",
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"let up",
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"lowered",
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"moderated",
|
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"palled",
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"phased down",
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"receded",
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"relented",
|
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"remitted",
|
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"shrank",
|
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"shrunk",
|
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"subsided",
|
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"tapered",
|
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"tapered off",
|
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"waned"
|
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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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"ratcheting (down)":{
|
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"to grow less in scope or intensity especially gradually":{
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"antonyms":[
|
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"accumulating",
|
|
"ballooning",
|
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"building",
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"burgeoning",
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"bourgeoning",
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"enlarging",
|
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"escalating",
|
|
"expanding",
|
|
"growing",
|
|
"increasing",
|
|
"intensifying",
|
|
"mounting",
|
|
"mushrooming",
|
|
"picking up",
|
|
"rising",
|
|
"snowballing",
|
|
"soaring",
|
|
"swelling",
|
|
"waxing"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"news stories about the kidnapping will ratchet down as the weeks go by"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
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"appearing",
|
|
"emerging",
|
|
"showing up",
|
|
"blowing up",
|
|
"distending",
|
|
"elongating",
|
|
"lengthening"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
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"compressing",
|
|
"condensing",
|
|
"constricting",
|
|
"contracting",
|
|
"evaporating",
|
|
"fading (away)",
|
|
"frittering (away)",
|
|
"giving out",
|
|
"melting (away)",
|
|
"petering (out)",
|
|
"tailing (off)",
|
|
"vanishing",
|
|
"slackening",
|
|
"slowing (down)",
|
|
"alleviating",
|
|
"relaxing",
|
|
"flagging",
|
|
"sinking",
|
|
"weakening",
|
|
"caving (in)",
|
|
"collapsing",
|
|
"deflating"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abating",
|
|
"declining",
|
|
"decreasing",
|
|
"de-escalating",
|
|
"diminishing",
|
|
"draining (away)",
|
|
"dropping (off)",
|
|
"dwindling",
|
|
"dying (away or down or out)",
|
|
"easing",
|
|
"ebbing",
|
|
"falling",
|
|
"falling away",
|
|
"lessening",
|
|
"letting up",
|
|
"lowering",
|
|
"moderating",
|
|
"palling",
|
|
"phasing down",
|
|
"receding",
|
|
"relenting",
|
|
"remitting",
|
|
"shrinking",
|
|
"subsiding",
|
|
"tapering",
|
|
"tapering off",
|
|
"waning"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"ratchets (up)":{
|
|
"as in maximizes , bumps (up)":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"rated":{
|
|
"to be or make worthy of (as a reward or punishment)":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"how does a summer intern rate a new computer when I've been told to make do with this clunker?"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"entitled",
|
|
"qualified"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"deserved",
|
|
"earned",
|
|
"merited"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to criticize (someone) severely or angrily especially for personal failings":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a tyrannical father who usually spent most of dinnertime rating his children on their alleged multitude of failings"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"approved",
|
|
"endorsed",
|
|
"indorsed",
|
|
"sanctioned",
|
|
"extolled",
|
|
"lauded",
|
|
"praised"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"admonished",
|
|
"chid",
|
|
"chided",
|
|
"remonstrated (with)",
|
|
"reproved",
|
|
"abused",
|
|
"assailed",
|
|
"attacked",
|
|
"bad-mouthed",
|
|
"blamed",
|
|
"blasted",
|
|
"censured",
|
|
"condemned",
|
|
"criticized",
|
|
"crucified",
|
|
"denounced",
|
|
"dissed",
|
|
"excoriated",
|
|
"faulted",
|
|
"harangued",
|
|
"knocked",
|
|
"laced (into)",
|
|
"lashed",
|
|
"panned",
|
|
"reprehended",
|
|
"reviled",
|
|
"scourged",
|
|
"slammed",
|
|
"vituperated",
|
|
"belittled",
|
|
"disparaged",
|
|
"mocked",
|
|
"put down",
|
|
"ridiculed",
|
|
"scoffed",
|
|
"scorned"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"basted",
|
|
"bawled out",
|
|
"berated",
|
|
"called down",
|
|
"castigated",
|
|
"chastised",
|
|
"chewed out",
|
|
"dressed down",
|
|
"flayed",
|
|
"hammered",
|
|
"jawed",
|
|
"keelhauled",
|
|
"lambasted",
|
|
"lectured",
|
|
"ragged",
|
|
"railed (at or against)",
|
|
"ranted (at)",
|
|
"reamed (out)",
|
|
"rebuked",
|
|
"reprimanded",
|
|
"reproached",
|
|
"scolded",
|
|
"scored",
|
|
"tongue-lashed",
|
|
"upbraided"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make an approximate or tentative judgment regarding":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"nowadays most motorists would probably rate their cell phone as an \"essential\" piece of electronic equipment"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"adjudged",
|
|
"deemed",
|
|
"judged",
|
|
"ascertained",
|
|
"determined",
|
|
"discovered",
|
|
"learned",
|
|
"priced",
|
|
"prized",
|
|
"decided",
|
|
"settled",
|
|
"analyzed",
|
|
"assayed",
|
|
"surveyed",
|
|
"tested",
|
|
"reappraised",
|
|
"reassessed",
|
|
"reevaluated",
|
|
"re-evaluated",
|
|
"rejudged",
|
|
"revalued",
|
|
"transvaluated",
|
|
"transvalued",
|
|
"misesteemed",
|
|
"misjudged",
|
|
"misprized",
|
|
"underestimated",
|
|
"undervalued"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"appraised",
|
|
"assessed",
|
|
"estimated",
|
|
"evaluated",
|
|
"guesstimated",
|
|
"set",
|
|
"valuated",
|
|
"valued"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to take or have a certain position within a group arranged in vertical classes":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a restaurant that consistently rates high in all the standard categories"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"seeded",
|
|
"counted",
|
|
"categorized",
|
|
"classed",
|
|
"classified",
|
|
"codified",
|
|
"compartmentalized",
|
|
"grouped",
|
|
"separated",
|
|
"set",
|
|
"sorted",
|
|
"installed",
|
|
"instated"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"graded",
|
|
"placed",
|
|
"ranked",
|
|
"stood",
|
|
"was"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to think of in a particular way":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I would rate her my best friend; after all, she's always been there when I needed her"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"believed",
|
|
"deemed",
|
|
"felt",
|
|
"sensed",
|
|
"thought",
|
|
"conceived",
|
|
"fancied",
|
|
"imagined"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accounted",
|
|
"called",
|
|
"considered",
|
|
"counted",
|
|
"esteemed",
|
|
"held",
|
|
"looked (on or upon)",
|
|
"reckoned",
|
|
"regarded",
|
|
"set down",
|
|
"viewed"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"rates":{
|
|
"degree of excellence":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"not being of the first rate , these apples are usually sold as food for livestock"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"hallmarks",
|
|
"marks",
|
|
"footings",
|
|
"places",
|
|
"positions",
|
|
"ranks",
|
|
"standings",
|
|
"statures",
|
|
"statuses",
|
|
"benchmarks",
|
|
"criteria",
|
|
"criterions",
|
|
"measures",
|
|
"pars",
|
|
"standards",
|
|
"touchstones",
|
|
"yardsticks"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"calibers",
|
|
"calibres",
|
|
"classes",
|
|
"grades",
|
|
"qualities"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the relationship in quantity, amount, or size between two or more things":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the exchange rate was 10 pesos to the dollar when we visited Mexico"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disproportions"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"averages",
|
|
"frequencies",
|
|
"correspondences",
|
|
"percentages"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"proportions",
|
|
"ratios"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to be or make worthy of (as a reward or punishment)":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"how does a summer intern rate a new computer when I've been told to make do with this clunker?"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"entitles",
|
|
"qualifies"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"deserves",
|
|
"earns",
|
|
"merits"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to criticize (someone) severely or angrily especially for personal failings":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a tyrannical father who usually spent most of dinnertime rating his children on their alleged multitude of failings"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"approves",
|
|
"endorses",
|
|
"indorses",
|
|
"sanctions",
|
|
"extols",
|
|
"extolls",
|
|
"lauds",
|
|
"praises"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"admonishes",
|
|
"chides",
|
|
"remonstrates (with)",
|
|
"reproves",
|
|
"abuses",
|
|
"assails",
|
|
"attacks",
|
|
"bad-mouths",
|
|
"blames",
|
|
"blasts",
|
|
"censures",
|
|
"condemns",
|
|
"criticizes",
|
|
"crucifies",
|
|
"denounces",
|
|
"disses",
|
|
"excoriates",
|
|
"faults",
|
|
"harangues",
|
|
"knocks",
|
|
"laces (into)",
|
|
"lashes",
|
|
"pans",
|
|
"reprehends",
|
|
"reviles",
|
|
"scourges",
|
|
"slams",
|
|
"vituperates",
|
|
"belittles",
|
|
"disparages",
|
|
"mocks",
|
|
"puts down",
|
|
"ridicules",
|
|
"scoffs",
|
|
"scorns"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bastes",
|
|
"bawls out",
|
|
"berates",
|
|
"calls down",
|
|
"castigates",
|
|
"chastises",
|
|
"chews out",
|
|
"dresses down",
|
|
"flays",
|
|
"hammers",
|
|
"jaws",
|
|
"keelhauls",
|
|
"lambastes",
|
|
"lambasts",
|
|
"lectures",
|
|
"rags",
|
|
"rails (at or against)",
|
|
"rants (at)",
|
|
"reams (out)",
|
|
"rebukes",
|
|
"reprimands",
|
|
"reproaches",
|
|
"scolds",
|
|
"scores",
|
|
"tongue-lashes",
|
|
"upbraids"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make an approximate or tentative judgment regarding":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"nowadays most motorists would probably rate their cell phone as an \"essential\" piece of electronic equipment"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"adjudges",
|
|
"deems",
|
|
"judges",
|
|
"ascertains",
|
|
"determines",
|
|
"discovers",
|
|
"learns",
|
|
"prices",
|
|
"prizes",
|
|
"decides",
|
|
"settles",
|
|
"analyzes",
|
|
"assays",
|
|
"surveys",
|
|
"tests",
|
|
"reappraises",
|
|
"reassesses",
|
|
"reevaluates",
|
|
"rejudges",
|
|
"revalues",
|
|
"transvaluates",
|
|
"transvalues",
|
|
"misesteems",
|
|
"misjudges",
|
|
"misprizes",
|
|
"underestimates",
|
|
"undervalues"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"appraises",
|
|
"assesses",
|
|
"estimates",
|
|
"evaluates",
|
|
"guesstimates",
|
|
"sets",
|
|
"valuates",
|
|
"values"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to take or have a certain position within a group arranged in vertical classes":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a restaurant that consistently rates high in all the standard categories"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"seeds",
|
|
"counts",
|
|
"categorizes",
|
|
"classes",
|
|
"classifies",
|
|
"codifies",
|
|
"compartmentalizes",
|
|
"groups",
|
|
"separates",
|
|
"sets",
|
|
"sorts",
|
|
"installs",
|
|
"instates"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"grades",
|
|
"is",
|
|
"places",
|
|
"ranks",
|
|
"stands"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to think of in a particular way":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I would rate her my best friend; after all, she's always been there when I needed her"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"believes",
|
|
"deems",
|
|
"feels",
|
|
"senses",
|
|
"thinks",
|
|
"conceives",
|
|
"fancies",
|
|
"imagines"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accounts",
|
|
"calls",
|
|
"considers",
|
|
"counts",
|
|
"esteems",
|
|
"holds",
|
|
"looks (on or upon)",
|
|
"reckons",
|
|
"regards",
|
|
"sets down",
|
|
"views"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"rather":{
|
|
"as a substitute":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"don't think of the placement test as torture but rather as a chance to show off how much you know"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"alternately",
|
|
"alternatively"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"first",
|
|
"instead"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"by choice or preference":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"involuntarily",
|
|
"unwillingly"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I would rather go to the movies than stay at home"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"reluctantly",
|
|
"forcibly",
|
|
"willy-nilly"
|
|
],
|
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"related":[
|
|
"alternately",
|
|
"alternatively",
|
|
"either",
|
|
"instead",
|
|
"electively",
|
|
"optionally",
|
|
"desirably",
|
|
"gladly",
|
|
"wishfully",
|
|
"obligingly",
|
|
"voluntarily"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"fain",
|
|
"first",
|
|
"preferably",
|
|
"readily",
|
|
"soon",
|
|
"willingly"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to some degree or extent":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I say, don't you think that's rather expensive for a hamburger?"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"awfully",
|
|
"beastly",
|
|
"deadly",
|
|
"especially",
|
|
"exceedingly",
|
|
"exceeding",
|
|
"exceptionally",
|
|
"extremely",
|
|
"frightfully",
|
|
"greatly",
|
|
"heavily",
|
|
"highly",
|
|
"hugely",
|
|
"mightily",
|
|
"mortally",
|
|
"particularly",
|
|
"surpassingly",
|
|
"terribly",
|
|
"very",
|
|
"considerably",
|
|
"extensively",
|
|
"significantly",
|
|
"substantially"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"acceptably",
|
|
"decently",
|
|
"passably",
|
|
"tolerably",
|
|
"little",
|
|
"negligibly",
|
|
"nominally",
|
|
"slightly",
|
|
"vaguely",
|
|
"half",
|
|
"halfway",
|
|
"incompletely",
|
|
"part",
|
|
"partially",
|
|
"partly",
|
|
"partway"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"enough",
|
|
"fairly",
|
|
"kind of",
|
|
"kindly",
|
|
"like",
|
|
"moderately",
|
|
"more or less",
|
|
"pretty",
|
|
"quite",
|
|
"relatively",
|
|
"something",
|
|
"somewhat",
|
|
"sort of"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"ratified":{
|
|
"to give official acceptance of as satisfactory":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"declined",
|
|
"denied",
|
|
"disallowed",
|
|
"disapproved",
|
|
"negatived",
|
|
"rejected",
|
|
"turned down",
|
|
"vetoed"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Lincoln's home state of Illinois was the first to ratify the 13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which provided for the abolition of slavery"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"banned",
|
|
"enjoined",
|
|
"forbade",
|
|
"forbad",
|
|
"illegalized",
|
|
"interdicted",
|
|
"prohibited",
|
|
"proscribed",
|
|
"disregarded",
|
|
"ignored",
|
|
"neglected",
|
|
"overlooked",
|
|
"rebuffed",
|
|
"rebutted",
|
|
"refused",
|
|
"spurned"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"accepted",
|
|
"acknowledged",
|
|
"affirmed",
|
|
"certified",
|
|
"endorsed",
|
|
"indorsed",
|
|
"validated",
|
|
"blessed",
|
|
"blest",
|
|
"canonized",
|
|
"sanctified",
|
|
"initialed",
|
|
"initialled",
|
|
"rubber-stamped",
|
|
"signed",
|
|
"signed off (on)",
|
|
"allowed",
|
|
"enabled",
|
|
"legalized",
|
|
"licensed",
|
|
"licenced",
|
|
"passed",
|
|
"permitted",
|
|
"reapproved"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accredited",
|
|
"approbated",
|
|
"approved",
|
|
"authorized",
|
|
"cleared",
|
|
"confirmed",
|
|
"finalized",
|
|
"formalized",
|
|
"homologated",
|
|
"OK'd",
|
|
"okayed",
|
|
"sanctioned",
|
|
"warranted"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"rating":{
|
|
"as in level , ranking":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to be or make worthy of (as a reward or punishment)":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"how does a summer intern rate a new computer when I've been told to make do with this clunker?"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"entitling",
|
|
"qualifying"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"deserving",
|
|
"earning",
|
|
"meriting"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to criticize (someone) severely or angrily especially for personal failings":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a tyrannical father who usually spent most of dinnertime rating his children on their alleged multitude of failings"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"approving",
|
|
"endorsing",
|
|
"indorsing",
|
|
"sanctioning",
|
|
"extolling",
|
|
"lauding",
|
|
"praising"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"admonishing",
|
|
"chiding",
|
|
"remonstrating (with)",
|
|
"reproving",
|
|
"abusing",
|
|
"assailing",
|
|
"attacking",
|
|
"bad-mouthing",
|
|
"blaming",
|
|
"blasting",
|
|
"censuring",
|
|
"condemning",
|
|
"criticizing",
|
|
"crucifying",
|
|
"denouncing",
|
|
"dissing",
|
|
"excoriating",
|
|
"faulting",
|
|
"haranguing",
|
|
"knocking",
|
|
"lacing (into)",
|
|
"lashing",
|
|
"panning",
|
|
"reprehending",
|
|
"reviling",
|
|
"scourging",
|
|
"slamming",
|
|
"vituperating",
|
|
"belittling",
|
|
"disparaging",
|
|
"mocking",
|
|
"putting down",
|
|
"ridiculing",
|
|
"scoffing",
|
|
"scorning"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"basting",
|
|
"bawling out",
|
|
"berating",
|
|
"calling down",
|
|
"castigating",
|
|
"chastising",
|
|
"chewing out",
|
|
"dressing down",
|
|
"flaying",
|
|
"hammering",
|
|
"jawing",
|
|
"keelhauling",
|
|
"lambasting",
|
|
"lecturing",
|
|
"ragging",
|
|
"railing (at or against)",
|
|
"ranting (at)",
|
|
"reaming (out)",
|
|
"rebuking",
|
|
"reprimanding",
|
|
"reproaching",
|
|
"scolding",
|
|
"scoring",
|
|
"tongue-lashing",
|
|
"upbraiding"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make an approximate or tentative judgment regarding":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"nowadays most motorists would probably rate their cell phone as an \"essential\" piece of electronic equipment"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"adjudging",
|
|
"deeming",
|
|
"judging",
|
|
"ascertaining",
|
|
"determining",
|
|
"discovering",
|
|
"learning",
|
|
"pricing",
|
|
"prizing",
|
|
"deciding",
|
|
"settling",
|
|
"analyzing",
|
|
"assaying",
|
|
"surveying",
|
|
"testing",
|
|
"reappraising",
|
|
"reassessing",
|
|
"reevaluating",
|
|
"re-evaluating",
|
|
"rejudging",
|
|
"revaluing",
|
|
"transvaluating",
|
|
"transvaluing",
|
|
"misesteeming",
|
|
"misjudging",
|
|
"misprizing",
|
|
"underestimating",
|
|
"undervaluing"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"appraising",
|
|
"assessing",
|
|
"estimating",
|
|
"evaluating",
|
|
"guesstimating",
|
|
"setting",
|
|
"valuating",
|
|
"valuing"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to take or have a certain position within a group arranged in vertical classes":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a restaurant that consistently rates high in all the standard categories"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"seeding",
|
|
"counting",
|
|
"categorizing",
|
|
"classifying",
|
|
"classing",
|
|
"codifying",
|
|
"compartmentalizing",
|
|
"grouping",
|
|
"separating",
|
|
"setting",
|
|
"sorting",
|
|
"installing",
|
|
"instating"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"being",
|
|
"grading",
|
|
"placing",
|
|
"ranking",
|
|
"standing"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to think of in a particular way":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I would rate her my best friend; after all, she's always been there when I needed her"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"believing",
|
|
"deeming",
|
|
"feeling",
|
|
"sensing",
|
|
"thinking",
|
|
"conceiving",
|
|
"fancying",
|
|
"imagining"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accounting",
|
|
"calling",
|
|
"considering",
|
|
"counting",
|
|
"esteeming",
|
|
"holding",
|
|
"looking (on or upon)",
|
|
"reckoning",
|
|
"regarding",
|
|
"setting down",
|
|
"viewing"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"ration":{
|
|
"as in lot":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to give as a share or portion":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the region has had to ration water during times of drought"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"begrudge",
|
|
"deny",
|
|
"deprive (of)",
|
|
"keep",
|
|
"retain",
|
|
"stint",
|
|
"withhold",
|
|
"appropriate",
|
|
"arrogate",
|
|
"confiscate"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"admeasure",
|
|
"administer",
|
|
"deal",
|
|
"dispense",
|
|
"divide",
|
|
"dole out",
|
|
"hand out",
|
|
"measure",
|
|
"mete (out)",
|
|
"meter",
|
|
"parcel (out)",
|
|
"part",
|
|
"portion",
|
|
"prorate",
|
|
"share (out)",
|
|
"split",
|
|
"accord",
|
|
"award",
|
|
"give",
|
|
"grant",
|
|
"earmark",
|
|
"reserve",
|
|
"chip in",
|
|
"contribute",
|
|
"donate",
|
|
"reallocate",
|
|
"reapportion",
|
|
"reassign",
|
|
"redistribute"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"allocate",
|
|
"allot",
|
|
"allow",
|
|
"apportion",
|
|
"assign",
|
|
"distribute",
|
|
"lot"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"rationales":{
|
|
"a statement given to explain a belief or act":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the rationale for starting the school day an hour later is that kids will supposedly get an extra hour of sleep"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"alibis",
|
|
"apologiae",
|
|
"apologias",
|
|
"apologies",
|
|
"defenses",
|
|
"excuses",
|
|
"justifications",
|
|
"vindications",
|
|
"appeals",
|
|
"pleas",
|
|
"guises",
|
|
"pretenses",
|
|
"pretences",
|
|
"pretexts",
|
|
"rationalizations"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accountings",
|
|
"accounts",
|
|
"arguments",
|
|
"cases",
|
|
"explanations",
|
|
"reasons"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"rationalized":{
|
|
"to give the reason for or cause of":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"rationalized his decision to buy the new car by noting that it was more fuel efficient than his old vehicle"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"condoned",
|
|
"excused",
|
|
"forgave",
|
|
"justified",
|
|
"absolved",
|
|
"acquitted",
|
|
"exculpated",
|
|
"exonerated",
|
|
"vindicated"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accounted (for)",
|
|
"attributed",
|
|
"explained",
|
|
"explained away"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"ratting (on)":{
|
|
"to give information (as to the authorities) about another's improper or unlawful activities":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"how much\u2014or how little\u2014did the fuzz have to pay you to rat on us?"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"finking",
|
|
"grassing (on)",
|
|
"informing",
|
|
"singing",
|
|
"snitching",
|
|
"splitting (on)",
|
|
"squeaking",
|
|
"squealing",
|
|
"talking",
|
|
"telling (on)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"betraying",
|
|
"giving away",
|
|
"turning in",
|
|
"backstabbing",
|
|
"crossing",
|
|
"double-crossing",
|
|
"selling (out)",
|
|
"two-timing",
|
|
"blabbing",
|
|
"tattling",
|
|
"tipping (off)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to leave (a cause or party) often in order to take up another":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"many party operatives ratted on the senator's candidacy once her poll numbers started to slip"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"defecting (from)",
|
|
"deserting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abandoning",
|
|
"abdicating",
|
|
"abjuring",
|
|
"apostatizing",
|
|
"cutting off",
|
|
"disowning",
|
|
"forsaking",
|
|
"quitting",
|
|
"rejecting",
|
|
"renouncing",
|
|
"repudiating",
|
|
"spurning",
|
|
"reneging",
|
|
"departing",
|
|
"going",
|
|
"leaving",
|
|
"withdrawing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"adhering (to)",
|
|
"clinging (to)",
|
|
"sticking (to or with)",
|
|
"cherishing",
|
|
"cultivating",
|
|
"fostering"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"rattled":{
|
|
"as in":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to engage in casual or rambling conversation":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"busily rattling away about our vacation plans, we didn't listen to the announcements and missed our flight"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"gossiped",
|
|
"tattled",
|
|
"descanted",
|
|
"discussed",
|
|
"expatiated",
|
|
"yakked",
|
|
"yacked",
|
|
"yammered",
|
|
"yapped"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"babbled",
|
|
"blabbed",
|
|
"cackled",
|
|
"chaffered",
|
|
"chatted",
|
|
"chattered",
|
|
"chinned",
|
|
"conversed",
|
|
"gabbed",
|
|
"gabbled",
|
|
"gassed",
|
|
"jabbered",
|
|
"jawed",
|
|
"kibitzed",
|
|
"kibbitzed",
|
|
"nattered",
|
|
"palavered",
|
|
"pattered",
|
|
"prated",
|
|
"prattled",
|
|
"ran on",
|
|
"rapped",
|
|
"schmoozed",
|
|
"shmoozed",
|
|
"talked",
|
|
"twittered",
|
|
"visited"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make a series of short sharp noises":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the children tromped through the kitchen, making the plates on the shelf rattle"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"chinked",
|
|
"chirped",
|
|
"clanked",
|
|
"clicked",
|
|
"clinked",
|
|
"clanged",
|
|
"clashed",
|
|
"crashed",
|
|
"spattered",
|
|
"sputtered",
|
|
"racketed",
|
|
"clip-cloped",
|
|
"clop-clopped",
|
|
"clopped"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"clacked",
|
|
"clattered"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to talk at length without sticking to a topic or getting to a point":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she rattled on and on about all her European shopping trips, but I wasn't really listening"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"deviated",
|
|
"digressed",
|
|
"strayed",
|
|
"wandered",
|
|
"sidetracked",
|
|
"blabbed",
|
|
"blabbered",
|
|
"blithered",
|
|
"bumbled",
|
|
"burbled",
|
|
"chatted",
|
|
"chattered",
|
|
"driveled",
|
|
"drivelled",
|
|
"drooled",
|
|
"gabbed",
|
|
"gabbled",
|
|
"gibbered",
|
|
"jabbered",
|
|
"pattered",
|
|
"prated",
|
|
"prattled",
|
|
"waffled"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blathered (on)",
|
|
"maundered",
|
|
"rambled",
|
|
"ran on",
|
|
"went on"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to throw into a state of self-conscious distress":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"don't let a little mistake rattle you while you're playing during the piano recital"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"calmed",
|
|
"comforted",
|
|
"consoled",
|
|
"relieved",
|
|
"soothed",
|
|
"buoyed",
|
|
"cheered",
|
|
"emboldened",
|
|
"encouraged",
|
|
"heartened",
|
|
"assured",
|
|
"reassured"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"agitated",
|
|
"bothered",
|
|
"chagrined",
|
|
"discomforted",
|
|
"discomposed",
|
|
"dismayed",
|
|
"disquieted",
|
|
"distressed",
|
|
"disturbed",
|
|
"perturbed",
|
|
"put off",
|
|
"put out",
|
|
"unhinged",
|
|
"unsettled",
|
|
"upset",
|
|
"debased",
|
|
"degraded",
|
|
"demeaned",
|
|
"humbled",
|
|
"humiliated",
|
|
"queered",
|
|
"shamed"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abashed",
|
|
"confounded",
|
|
"confused",
|
|
"discomfited",
|
|
"disconcerted",
|
|
"discountenanced",
|
|
"embarrassed",
|
|
"fazed",
|
|
"flustered",
|
|
"mortified",
|
|
"nonplussed",
|
|
"nonplused"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"ratty":{
|
|
"arousing or deserving of one's loathing and disgust":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"admirable",
|
|
"commendable",
|
|
"creditable",
|
|
"laudable",
|
|
"meritorious",
|
|
"praiseworthy"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"that's a ratty way to treat an old friend who's fallen on hard times"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"high-minded",
|
|
"honest",
|
|
"honorable",
|
|
"noble",
|
|
"principled",
|
|
"redoubtable",
|
|
"reputable",
|
|
"right-minded",
|
|
"scrupulous",
|
|
"upright",
|
|
"ethical",
|
|
"good",
|
|
"moral",
|
|
"right",
|
|
"righteous",
|
|
"virtuous"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"abhorrent",
|
|
"abominable",
|
|
"condemnable",
|
|
"detestable",
|
|
"execrable",
|
|
"hateful",
|
|
"loathsome",
|
|
"odious",
|
|
"disgusting",
|
|
"reptilian",
|
|
"repugnant",
|
|
"repulsive",
|
|
"revolting",
|
|
"revulsive",
|
|
"discreditable",
|
|
"disgraceful",
|
|
"dishonorable",
|
|
"disreputable",
|
|
"ignominious",
|
|
"shameful",
|
|
"base",
|
|
"ignoble",
|
|
"low",
|
|
"shabby",
|
|
"sordid",
|
|
"squalid",
|
|
"vile",
|
|
"blamable",
|
|
"censurable",
|
|
"reprehensible",
|
|
"reproachable",
|
|
"cowardly",
|
|
"craven",
|
|
"dastardly",
|
|
"unethical",
|
|
"unprincipled",
|
|
"unscrupulous"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cheap",
|
|
"contemptible",
|
|
"cruddy",
|
|
"deplorable",
|
|
"despicable",
|
|
"dirty",
|
|
"grubby",
|
|
"lame",
|
|
"lousy",
|
|
"mean",
|
|
"nasty",
|
|
"paltry",
|
|
"pitiable",
|
|
"pitiful",
|
|
"scabby",
|
|
"scummy",
|
|
"scurvy",
|
|
"sneaking",
|
|
"sorry",
|
|
"wretched"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"easily irritated or annoyed":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I get pretty ratty after hours of dealing with demanding customers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"affable",
|
|
"companionable",
|
|
"cordial",
|
|
"extroverted",
|
|
"extraverted",
|
|
"friendly",
|
|
"genial",
|
|
"gregarious",
|
|
"outgoing",
|
|
"sociable",
|
|
"agreeable",
|
|
"amiable",
|
|
"good-natured",
|
|
"good-tempered",
|
|
"sweet",
|
|
"well-disposed",
|
|
"carefree",
|
|
"easygoing",
|
|
"happy-go-lucky",
|
|
"relaxed",
|
|
"forbearing",
|
|
"long-suffering",
|
|
"obliging",
|
|
"patient",
|
|
"stoic",
|
|
"stoical",
|
|
"tolerant",
|
|
"uncomplaining",
|
|
"understanding"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"bearish",
|
|
"bilious",
|
|
"cantankerous",
|
|
"cross-grained",
|
|
"curmudgeonly",
|
|
"disagreeable",
|
|
"dyspeptic",
|
|
"ill-humored",
|
|
"ill-natured",
|
|
"ill-tempered",
|
|
"off-color",
|
|
"off-colored",
|
|
"ornery",
|
|
"querulous",
|
|
"snarly",
|
|
"surly",
|
|
"argumentative",
|
|
"bellicose",
|
|
"belligerent",
|
|
"combative",
|
|
"contentious",
|
|
"disputatious",
|
|
"fractious",
|
|
"fretful",
|
|
"pugnacious",
|
|
"quarrelsome",
|
|
"scrappy",
|
|
"truculent",
|
|
"huffy",
|
|
"pouty",
|
|
"sensitive",
|
|
"short",
|
|
"sulky",
|
|
"sullen",
|
|
"tetchy",
|
|
"thin-skinned",
|
|
"touchy",
|
|
"hot-blooded",
|
|
"passionate"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"choleric",
|
|
"crabby",
|
|
"cranky",
|
|
"cross",
|
|
"crotchety",
|
|
"fiery",
|
|
"grouchy",
|
|
"grumpy",
|
|
"irascible",
|
|
"irritable",
|
|
"peevish",
|
|
"perverse",
|
|
"pettish",
|
|
"petulant",
|
|
"prickly",
|
|
"quick-tempered",
|
|
"raspy",
|
|
"short-tempered",
|
|
"snappish",
|
|
"snappy",
|
|
"snarky",
|
|
"snippety",
|
|
"snippy",
|
|
"stuffy",
|
|
"testy",
|
|
"waspish"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"showing signs of advanced wear and tear and neglect":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"some ratty old magazines were the only reading material in the mountaintop cabin"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"brand-new",
|
|
"fresh",
|
|
"new",
|
|
"cared-for",
|
|
"kept-up",
|
|
"maintained",
|
|
"mended",
|
|
"patched",
|
|
"rebuilt",
|
|
"reconstructed",
|
|
"smart",
|
|
"spiffy",
|
|
"spruce"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"abandoned",
|
|
"unkept",
|
|
"desolate",
|
|
"forlorn",
|
|
"godforsaken",
|
|
"broken-down",
|
|
"decrepit",
|
|
"tired",
|
|
"worn-out",
|
|
"bedraggled",
|
|
"dingy",
|
|
"ragged",
|
|
"tattered",
|
|
"decaying",
|
|
"deteriorated",
|
|
"deteriorating",
|
|
"rackety",
|
|
"ramshackle",
|
|
"rattletrap",
|
|
"rickety",
|
|
"broken",
|
|
"damaged",
|
|
"destroyed",
|
|
"harmed",
|
|
"hurt",
|
|
"impaired",
|
|
"injured",
|
|
"ruined",
|
|
"wrecked"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beat-up",
|
|
"bombed-out",
|
|
"dilapidated",
|
|
"dog-eared",
|
|
"down-at-the-heels",
|
|
"down-at-heel",
|
|
"down-at-the-heel",
|
|
"down-at-heels",
|
|
"dumpy",
|
|
"grungy",
|
|
"mangy",
|
|
"mean",
|
|
"miserable",
|
|
"moth-eaten",
|
|
"neglected",
|
|
"run-down",
|
|
"scrubby",
|
|
"scruffy",
|
|
"seedy",
|
|
"shabby",
|
|
"sleazy",
|
|
"tacky",
|
|
"tatterdemalion",
|
|
"tatty",
|
|
"threadbare",
|
|
"timeworn",
|
|
"tumbledown"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
],
|
|
"worn or torn into or as if into rags":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"can I use this ratty old T-shirt to wipe up some paint?"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"brand-new",
|
|
"new",
|
|
"spick-and-span",
|
|
"spic-and-span",
|
|
"unused"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"dowdy",
|
|
"scruffy",
|
|
"tatterdemalion",
|
|
"dingy",
|
|
"faded",
|
|
"lacerate",
|
|
"lacerated",
|
|
"shredded",
|
|
"holey",
|
|
"patchy",
|
|
"broken-down",
|
|
"decrepit",
|
|
"dilapidated",
|
|
"dog-eared",
|
|
"grungy",
|
|
"mangy",
|
|
"moth-eaten",
|
|
"run-down",
|
|
"scuzzy",
|
|
"tacky"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"frayed",
|
|
"ragged",
|
|
"raggedy",
|
|
"seedy",
|
|
"shabby",
|
|
"tattered",
|
|
"threadbare",
|
|
"worn-out"
|
|
]
|
|
}
|
|
},
|
|
"ravaged":{
|
|
"to bring destruction to (something) through violent action":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the hurricane ravaged the state and caused billions of dollars worth of damage"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"reconditioned",
|
|
"recovered",
|
|
"redeemed",
|
|
"rehabilitated",
|
|
"restored",
|
|
"fixed",
|
|
"mended",
|
|
"patched",
|
|
"repaired",
|
|
"revamped"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"despoiled",
|
|
"forayed",
|
|
"harried",
|
|
"looted",
|
|
"marauded",
|
|
"pillaged",
|
|
"plundered",
|
|
"sacked",
|
|
"stripped",
|
|
"stript",
|
|
"annihilated",
|
|
"desolated",
|
|
"eradicated",
|
|
"expunged",
|
|
"extinguished",
|
|
"extirpated",
|
|
"nuked",
|
|
"obliterated",
|
|
"rubbed out",
|
|
"shattered",
|
|
"smashed",
|
|
"totaled",
|
|
"totalled",
|
|
"vaporized",
|
|
"wasted",
|
|
"wiped out",
|
|
"wracked",
|
|
"wrecked",
|
|
"decimated",
|
|
"mowed",
|
|
"demolished",
|
|
"razed",
|
|
"crushed",
|
|
"overpowered",
|
|
"overran",
|
|
"overthrew",
|
|
"overwhelmed"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"destroyed",
|
|
"devastated",
|
|
"ruined",
|
|
"scourged"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"rave":{
|
|
"enthusiastic and usually public expression of approval":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"booing",
|
|
"hissing"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the books have received even more raves from parents than from the kids they were written for"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"boo",
|
|
"hiss",
|
|
"hoot",
|
|
"jeer",
|
|
"raspberry",
|
|
"smirk",
|
|
"sneer",
|
|
"snicker",
|
|
"snigger",
|
|
"snort",
|
|
"whistle",
|
|
"gibe",
|
|
"jibe",
|
|
"put-down",
|
|
"taunt"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"clapping",
|
|
"bravo",
|
|
"hail",
|
|
"hallelujah",
|
|
"hurrah",
|
|
"hooray",
|
|
"hoorah",
|
|
"hosanna",
|
|
"huzzah",
|
|
"huzza",
|
|
"acclaim",
|
|
"accolade",
|
|
"citation",
|
|
"commendation",
|
|
"compliment",
|
|
"encomium",
|
|
"eulogy",
|
|
"homage",
|
|
"kudo",
|
|
"paean",
|
|
"panegyric",
|
|
"salutation",
|
|
"tribute",
|
|
"kudos",
|
|
"praise"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"acclamation",
|
|
"applause",
|
|
"cheer",
|
|
"cheering",
|
|
"ovation",
|
|
"plaudit(s)",
|
|
"r\u00e9clame"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make an exaggerated display of affection or enthusiasm":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she raved about the Mother's Day breakfast of cold coffee and burnt toast that her young children had proudly set before her"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"dote (on)",
|
|
"fawn",
|
|
"emote"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"drool",
|
|
"effuse",
|
|
"enthuse",
|
|
"fuss",
|
|
"gush",
|
|
"rhapsodize",
|
|
"slobber"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to talk loudly and wildly":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a man stood outside city hall raving like a lunatic about his tax bill"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"grunt",
|
|
"murmur",
|
|
"mutter",
|
|
"slur",
|
|
"breathe",
|
|
"whisper"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"sound off",
|
|
"speak out",
|
|
"speak up",
|
|
"blare",
|
|
"blurt (out)",
|
|
"bolt",
|
|
"bloviate",
|
|
"blow",
|
|
"declaim",
|
|
"harangue",
|
|
"mouth (off)",
|
|
"orate",
|
|
"pontificate",
|
|
"carry on",
|
|
"rage",
|
|
"storm",
|
|
"take on"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bluster",
|
|
"fulminate",
|
|
"huff",
|
|
"rant",
|
|
"spout"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"ravel":{
|
|
"as in unravel , untangle":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"ravenous":{
|
|
"having a huge appetite":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we were ravenous after our canoe paddling, and the chili bubbling over the campfire smelled heavenly"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"edacious",
|
|
"esurient",
|
|
"gluttonous",
|
|
"greedy",
|
|
"hoggish",
|
|
"piggish",
|
|
"rapacious",
|
|
"swinish",
|
|
"voracious"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"hearty",
|
|
"wolfish",
|
|
"devouring",
|
|
"gobbling",
|
|
"gorging",
|
|
"gormandizing",
|
|
"gulping",
|
|
"insatiable",
|
|
"unquenchable",
|
|
"unslakable",
|
|
"empty",
|
|
"famished",
|
|
"hungry",
|
|
"peckish",
|
|
"starved",
|
|
"starving",
|
|
"malnourished",
|
|
"underfed",
|
|
"undernourished"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"content",
|
|
"full",
|
|
"glutted",
|
|
"sated",
|
|
"satiated",
|
|
"satisfied",
|
|
"stuffed"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"raving":{
|
|
"as in":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make an exaggerated display of affection or enthusiasm":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she raved about the Mother's Day breakfast of cold coffee and burnt toast that her young children had proudly set before her"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"doting (on)",
|
|
"fawning",
|
|
"emoting"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"drooling",
|
|
"effusing",
|
|
"enthusing",
|
|
"fussing",
|
|
"gushing",
|
|
"rhapsodizing",
|
|
"slobbering"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to talk loudly and wildly":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a man stood outside city hall raving like a lunatic about his tax bill"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"grunting",
|
|
"murmuring",
|
|
"muttering",
|
|
"slurring",
|
|
"breathing",
|
|
"whispering"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"sounding off",
|
|
"speaking out",
|
|
"speaking up",
|
|
"blaring",
|
|
"blurting (out)",
|
|
"bolting",
|
|
"bloviating",
|
|
"blowing",
|
|
"declaiming",
|
|
"haranguing",
|
|
"mouthing (off)",
|
|
"orating",
|
|
"pontificating",
|
|
"carrying on",
|
|
"raging",
|
|
"storming",
|
|
"taking on"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blustering",
|
|
"fulminating",
|
|
"huffing",
|
|
"ranting",
|
|
"spouting"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"ravishment":{
|
|
"the act of forcing a person to engage in sexual activity and especially intercourse":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Yeats' poem about the ravishment of Leda by Zeus in the guise of a swan"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"molestation",
|
|
"defilement"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"assault",
|
|
"rape",
|
|
"sexual assault",
|
|
"violation"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"rawhiding":{
|
|
"to strike repeatedly with something long and thin or flexible":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the desperados rawhided their horses in a futile attempt to outride the posse pursuing them"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"knouting",
|
|
"quirting",
|
|
"strapping",
|
|
"cutting",
|
|
"flicking",
|
|
"touching up",
|
|
"blackjacking",
|
|
"caning",
|
|
"clubbing",
|
|
"cudgeling",
|
|
"cudgelling",
|
|
"fustigating",
|
|
"pistol-whipping",
|
|
"banging",
|
|
"bopping",
|
|
"boxing",
|
|
"busting",
|
|
"clapping",
|
|
"clipping",
|
|
"clobbering",
|
|
"clouting",
|
|
"cracking",
|
|
"cuffing",
|
|
"hitting",
|
|
"knocking",
|
|
"lamming",
|
|
"pasting",
|
|
"punching",
|
|
"slapping",
|
|
"slugging",
|
|
"smacking",
|
|
"smiting",
|
|
"socking",
|
|
"spanking",
|
|
"swatting",
|
|
"swiping",
|
|
"thwacking",
|
|
"walloping",
|
|
"whacking",
|
|
"bashing",
|
|
"basting",
|
|
"battering",
|
|
"batting",
|
|
"beating",
|
|
"belaboring",
|
|
"belting",
|
|
"bludgeoning",
|
|
"buffeting",
|
|
"bunging",
|
|
"drubbing",
|
|
"fibbing",
|
|
"hammering",
|
|
"lacing",
|
|
"lambasting",
|
|
"lathering",
|
|
"licking",
|
|
"mangling",
|
|
"mauling",
|
|
"paddling",
|
|
"pelting",
|
|
"pommeling",
|
|
"pommelling",
|
|
"pounding",
|
|
"pummeling",
|
|
"pummelling",
|
|
"roughing",
|
|
"slating",
|
|
"slogging",
|
|
"threshing",
|
|
"thumping",
|
|
"tromping",
|
|
"whopping",
|
|
"whapping",
|
|
"whupping",
|
|
"working over"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"birching",
|
|
"cowhiding",
|
|
"flagellating",
|
|
"flailing",
|
|
"flogging",
|
|
"hiding",
|
|
"horsewhipping",
|
|
"lashing",
|
|
"leathering",
|
|
"scourging",
|
|
"slashing",
|
|
"switching",
|
|
"tanning",
|
|
"thrashing",
|
|
"whaling",
|
|
"whipping"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"ray":{
|
|
"a narrow sharply defined line of light radiating from an object":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"two red eyes reflected in the ray of light from the flashlight"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"moonbeam",
|
|
"sunbeam",
|
|
"sunburst",
|
|
"laser",
|
|
"spotlight"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beam",
|
|
"shaft"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a very small amount":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the tapping sound ceased, extinguishing the last ray of hope that the trapped miners were still alive"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abundance",
|
|
"barrel",
|
|
"boatload",
|
|
"bucket",
|
|
"bundle",
|
|
"bushel",
|
|
"deal",
|
|
"fistful",
|
|
"gobs",
|
|
"heaps",
|
|
"lashings",
|
|
"lashins",
|
|
"loads",
|
|
"lot",
|
|
"mass",
|
|
"mess",
|
|
"mountain",
|
|
"much",
|
|
"oodles",
|
|
"passel",
|
|
"peck",
|
|
"pile",
|
|
"plenty",
|
|
"potful",
|
|
"profusion",
|
|
"quantity",
|
|
"raft",
|
|
"reams",
|
|
"scads",
|
|
"stack",
|
|
"wad",
|
|
"wealth",
|
|
"volume",
|
|
"bonanza",
|
|
"embarrassment",
|
|
"excess",
|
|
"overabundance",
|
|
"overage",
|
|
"overflow",
|
|
"overkill",
|
|
"overmuch",
|
|
"oversupply",
|
|
"superabundance",
|
|
"superfluity",
|
|
"surfeit",
|
|
"surplus",
|
|
"chunk",
|
|
"hunk",
|
|
"lump",
|
|
"slab"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"hoot",
|
|
"iota",
|
|
"jot",
|
|
"minim",
|
|
"minimum",
|
|
"modicum",
|
|
"semblance",
|
|
"syllable",
|
|
"tittle",
|
|
"vestige",
|
|
"whit",
|
|
"atom",
|
|
"dot",
|
|
"fleck",
|
|
"flyspeck",
|
|
"grain",
|
|
"granule",
|
|
"molecule",
|
|
"morsel",
|
|
"mote",
|
|
"nubbin",
|
|
"patch",
|
|
"scrap",
|
|
"dash",
|
|
"drop",
|
|
"pinch",
|
|
"part",
|
|
"portion",
|
|
"section",
|
|
"bite",
|
|
"nibble",
|
|
"taste",
|
|
"handful",
|
|
"scattering",
|
|
"smatter",
|
|
"smattering",
|
|
"dose",
|
|
"shot",
|
|
"chip",
|
|
"flake",
|
|
"fragment",
|
|
"shard",
|
|
"shiver",
|
|
"sliver",
|
|
"smithereens",
|
|
"splinter",
|
|
"tatter",
|
|
"clipping",
|
|
"paring",
|
|
"shaving"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ace",
|
|
"bit",
|
|
"crumb",
|
|
"dab",
|
|
"dram",
|
|
"driblet",
|
|
"glimmer",
|
|
"hint",
|
|
"lick",
|
|
"little",
|
|
"mite",
|
|
"nip",
|
|
"ounce",
|
|
"particle",
|
|
"peanuts",
|
|
"scintilla",
|
|
"scruple",
|
|
"shade",
|
|
"shadow",
|
|
"shred",
|
|
"skosh",
|
|
"smack",
|
|
"smell",
|
|
"smidgen",
|
|
"smidgeon",
|
|
"smidgin",
|
|
"smidge",
|
|
"snap",
|
|
"soup\u00e7on",
|
|
"spark",
|
|
"spatter",
|
|
"speck",
|
|
"splash",
|
|
"spot",
|
|
"sprinkling",
|
|
"strain",
|
|
"streak",
|
|
"suspicion",
|
|
"tad",
|
|
"touch",
|
|
"trace"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to emit rays of light":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"klieg lights were raying against the nighttime sky at the Hollywood premiere"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"blacken",
|
|
"darken",
|
|
"lower",
|
|
"lour"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"blaze",
|
|
"burn",
|
|
"fire",
|
|
"flame",
|
|
"gleam",
|
|
"glimmer",
|
|
"glint",
|
|
"glisten",
|
|
"glister",
|
|
"glitter",
|
|
"glow",
|
|
"luminesce",
|
|
"sheen",
|
|
"shimmer",
|
|
"blink",
|
|
"coruscate",
|
|
"flare",
|
|
"flash",
|
|
"flicker",
|
|
"luster",
|
|
"lustre",
|
|
"scintillate",
|
|
"spangle",
|
|
"sparkle",
|
|
"twinkle",
|
|
"wink",
|
|
"winkle",
|
|
"beat (down)",
|
|
"glare",
|
|
"brighten",
|
|
"illuminate",
|
|
"illumine",
|
|
"irradiate",
|
|
"light",
|
|
"lighten",
|
|
"bedazzle",
|
|
"blind",
|
|
"daze",
|
|
"dazzle"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beam",
|
|
"radiate",
|
|
"shine"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to extend outwards from or as if from a central point":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"concentrate",
|
|
"converge",
|
|
"focus",
|
|
"funnel",
|
|
"meet"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"laugh wrinkles rayed out from the corners of the old man's eyes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"approach",
|
|
"close in (on)",
|
|
"near",
|
|
"center (on)",
|
|
"centralize",
|
|
"connect",
|
|
"couple",
|
|
"join",
|
|
"link",
|
|
"unite"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"diffuse",
|
|
"dispel",
|
|
"disperse",
|
|
"dissipate",
|
|
"fork",
|
|
"stem",
|
|
"diverge",
|
|
"divide",
|
|
"part",
|
|
"ramify",
|
|
"separate",
|
|
"split",
|
|
"uncouple",
|
|
"unlink",
|
|
"unyoke",
|
|
"scatter",
|
|
"splay",
|
|
"spread",
|
|
"arise",
|
|
"derive",
|
|
"emanate",
|
|
"flow",
|
|
"issue",
|
|
"proceed",
|
|
"spring"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"branch",
|
|
"fan (out)",
|
|
"radiate"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"raze":{
|
|
"to bring to a complete end the physical soundness, existence, or usefulness of":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"build",
|
|
"construct",
|
|
"erect",
|
|
"put up",
|
|
"raise",
|
|
"rear",
|
|
"set up"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an entire city block razed by a terrible fire"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"doctor",
|
|
"fix",
|
|
"mend",
|
|
"patch",
|
|
"recondition",
|
|
"repair",
|
|
"revamp",
|
|
"create",
|
|
"invent",
|
|
"assemble",
|
|
"fabricate",
|
|
"fashion",
|
|
"forge",
|
|
"form",
|
|
"frame",
|
|
"make",
|
|
"manufacture",
|
|
"mold",
|
|
"produce",
|
|
"shape",
|
|
"bring about",
|
|
"constitute",
|
|
"establish",
|
|
"father",
|
|
"found",
|
|
"institute",
|
|
"organize",
|
|
"conserve",
|
|
"preserve",
|
|
"protect",
|
|
"save",
|
|
"rebuild",
|
|
"reconstruct",
|
|
"remodel",
|
|
"renovate",
|
|
"restore"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"beat",
|
|
"best",
|
|
"clobber",
|
|
"conquer",
|
|
"crush",
|
|
"defeat",
|
|
"drub",
|
|
"lick",
|
|
"master",
|
|
"overbear",
|
|
"overcome",
|
|
"overmatch",
|
|
"prevail (over)",
|
|
"rout",
|
|
"scotch",
|
|
"skunk",
|
|
"subdue",
|
|
"surmount",
|
|
"thrash",
|
|
"trim",
|
|
"triumph (over)",
|
|
"trounce",
|
|
"wallop",
|
|
"whip",
|
|
"win (against)",
|
|
"blast",
|
|
"blow up",
|
|
"break",
|
|
"cripple",
|
|
"damage",
|
|
"deface",
|
|
"deteriorate",
|
|
"disfigure",
|
|
"disintegrate",
|
|
"dissolve",
|
|
"dynamite",
|
|
"harm",
|
|
"impair",
|
|
"injure",
|
|
"mangle",
|
|
"mar",
|
|
"mutilate",
|
|
"spoil",
|
|
"vitiate",
|
|
"erode",
|
|
"scour",
|
|
"sweep (away)",
|
|
"wash out",
|
|
"wear (away)",
|
|
"dilapidate",
|
|
"disassemble",
|
|
"dismantle",
|
|
"gut",
|
|
"take down",
|
|
"unbuild",
|
|
"undo",
|
|
"unmake",
|
|
"blot out",
|
|
"efface",
|
|
"eradicate",
|
|
"expunge",
|
|
"exterminate",
|
|
"extirpate",
|
|
"liquidate",
|
|
"obliterate",
|
|
"remove",
|
|
"root (out)",
|
|
"snuff (out)",
|
|
"stamp (out)",
|
|
"wipe out",
|
|
"despoil",
|
|
"havoc",
|
|
"loot",
|
|
"pillage",
|
|
"plunder",
|
|
"ravage",
|
|
"sack",
|
|
"trample",
|
|
"trash",
|
|
"vandalize",
|
|
"assassinate",
|
|
"butcher",
|
|
"cut down",
|
|
"dispatch",
|
|
"execute",
|
|
"fell",
|
|
"kill",
|
|
"kill off",
|
|
"massacre",
|
|
"mow (down)",
|
|
"murder",
|
|
"slaughter",
|
|
"slay",
|
|
"take out",
|
|
"zap"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"annihilate",
|
|
"cream",
|
|
"decimate",
|
|
"demolish",
|
|
"desolate",
|
|
"destroy",
|
|
"devastate",
|
|
"do in",
|
|
"extinguish",
|
|
"nuke",
|
|
"pull down",
|
|
"pulverize",
|
|
"rub out",
|
|
"ruin",
|
|
"shatter",
|
|
"smash",
|
|
"tear down",
|
|
"total",
|
|
"vaporize",
|
|
"waste",
|
|
"wrack",
|
|
"wreck"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to destroy (as a building) completely by knocking down or breaking to pieces":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the developer razed the old school building and built a high-rise condominium complex"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"build",
|
|
"construct",
|
|
"erect",
|
|
"put up",
|
|
"raise",
|
|
"rebuild",
|
|
"renew",
|
|
"renovate",
|
|
"restore",
|
|
"create",
|
|
"fabricate",
|
|
"fashion",
|
|
"forge",
|
|
"form",
|
|
"make",
|
|
"manufacture",
|
|
"shape"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"blow up",
|
|
"dynamite",
|
|
"abolish",
|
|
"annihilate",
|
|
"crack up",
|
|
"crush",
|
|
"dash",
|
|
"decimate",
|
|
"destroy",
|
|
"devastate",
|
|
"devour",
|
|
"dissolve",
|
|
"do in",
|
|
"eradicate",
|
|
"extirpate",
|
|
"finish",
|
|
"flatten",
|
|
"obliterate",
|
|
"overturn",
|
|
"pulverize",
|
|
"ravage",
|
|
"ruin",
|
|
"scourge",
|
|
"smash",
|
|
"total",
|
|
"unmake",
|
|
"waste",
|
|
"wipe out",
|
|
"wreck"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"demolish",
|
|
"level",
|
|
"pull down",
|
|
"tear down",
|
|
"unbuild"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"racks":{
|
|
"a place set aside for sleeping":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the clock struck midnight, signaling that it was time to hit the rack"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beds",
|
|
"bunks",
|
|
"dosses",
|
|
"hays",
|
|
"kips",
|
|
"lairs",
|
|
"pads",
|
|
"sacks"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"bedsteads",
|
|
"futons",
|
|
"futon",
|
|
"mattresses",
|
|
"pallets",
|
|
"bunk beds",
|
|
"cots",
|
|
"couches",
|
|
"daybeds",
|
|
"feather beds",
|
|
"four-posters",
|
|
"hammocks",
|
|
"Murphy beds",
|
|
"shakedowns",
|
|
"sleigh beds",
|
|
"sofa beds",
|
|
"sofas",
|
|
"studio couches",
|
|
"trundle beds",
|
|
"water beds",
|
|
"bassinets",
|
|
"carry-cots",
|
|
"cradles",
|
|
"cribs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a state of great suffering of body or mind":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"suffering the rack of a sprained ankle, the climber had to make his way back down the mountain to camp",
|
|
"felt the rack of regret after losing her temper with her teenagers"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"afflictions",
|
|
"agonies",
|
|
"anguishes",
|
|
"distresses",
|
|
"excruciations",
|
|
"hurts",
|
|
"miseries",
|
|
"pains",
|
|
"straits",
|
|
"torments",
|
|
"tortures",
|
|
"travails",
|
|
"tribulations",
|
|
"woes"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"discomforts",
|
|
"crosses",
|
|
"crucibles",
|
|
"trials",
|
|
"heartaches",
|
|
"heartbreaks",
|
|
"sorrows",
|
|
"emergencies",
|
|
"pinches",
|
|
"asperities",
|
|
"difficulties",
|
|
"hardships",
|
|
"rigors",
|
|
"aches",
|
|
"pangs",
|
|
"stitches",
|
|
"throes",
|
|
"twinges",
|
|
"dangers",
|
|
"jeopardies",
|
|
"troubles"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"comforts",
|
|
"consolations",
|
|
"solaces",
|
|
"alleviations",
|
|
"assuagements",
|
|
"eases",
|
|
"reliefs",
|
|
"peaces",
|
|
"securities",
|
|
"well-beings"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to cause persistent suffering to":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the young man was racked with guilt over the lie he had told to his parents",
|
|
"the country has been racked by years of civil war"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"afflicts",
|
|
"agonizes",
|
|
"anguishes",
|
|
"bedevils",
|
|
"besets",
|
|
"besieges",
|
|
"curses",
|
|
"excruciates",
|
|
"harrows",
|
|
"persecutes",
|
|
"plagues",
|
|
"torments",
|
|
"tortures"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"assails",
|
|
"attacks",
|
|
"badgers",
|
|
"dogs",
|
|
"hounds",
|
|
"pursues",
|
|
"rides",
|
|
"aggravates",
|
|
"agitates",
|
|
"annoys",
|
|
"bothers",
|
|
"bugs",
|
|
"chafes",
|
|
"distresses",
|
|
"disturbs",
|
|
"exasperates",
|
|
"galls",
|
|
"gets",
|
|
"grates",
|
|
"gripes",
|
|
"hagrides",
|
|
"harasses",
|
|
"harries",
|
|
"irks",
|
|
"irritates",
|
|
"molests",
|
|
"nettles",
|
|
"peeves",
|
|
"pesters",
|
|
"piques",
|
|
"puts out",
|
|
"rasps",
|
|
"riles",
|
|
"vexes",
|
|
"discomforts",
|
|
"discomposes",
|
|
"disquiets",
|
|
"flusters",
|
|
"grieves",
|
|
"perturbs",
|
|
"strains",
|
|
"stresses",
|
|
"tries",
|
|
"troubles",
|
|
"upsets",
|
|
"worries",
|
|
"crushes",
|
|
"oppresses",
|
|
"overpowers",
|
|
"overwhelms",
|
|
"smites",
|
|
"strikes",
|
|
"tyrannizes",
|
|
"victimizes",
|
|
"hurts",
|
|
"pains",
|
|
"pangs",
|
|
"pricks",
|
|
"smarts",
|
|
"stabs",
|
|
"stings",
|
|
"wrings",
|
|
"martyrs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abets",
|
|
"aids",
|
|
"assists",
|
|
"helps",
|
|
"delivers",
|
|
"releases",
|
|
"relieves",
|
|
"reprieves",
|
|
"comforts",
|
|
"consoles",
|
|
"contents",
|
|
"quiets",
|
|
"solaces",
|
|
"soothes",
|
|
"succors"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to injure by overuse, misuse, or pressure":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she racked her brain trying to remember where she'd put the money",
|
|
"the sails of the boat were racked by the storm's winds"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"pulls",
|
|
"strains",
|
|
"stretches",
|
|
"wrenches"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"frays",
|
|
"taxes",
|
|
"weakens",
|
|
"damages",
|
|
"harms",
|
|
"hurts",
|
|
"impairs",
|
|
"wounds",
|
|
"batters",
|
|
"bruises",
|
|
"tears",
|
|
"cripples",
|
|
"lames",
|
|
"mangles",
|
|
"mutilates"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"radiantly":{
|
|
"in a manner marked by the shining or reflecting of much light":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"under a radiantly clear sky, we raised our anchor and set off on a carefree cruise"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bright",
|
|
"brightly",
|
|
"brilliantly",
|
|
"dazzlingly",
|
|
"fulgently",
|
|
"glowingly",
|
|
"incandescently",
|
|
"lambently",
|
|
"luminously",
|
|
"lustrously",
|
|
"splendidly"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"blazingly",
|
|
"burningly",
|
|
"flamingly",
|
|
"blindingly",
|
|
"flaringly",
|
|
"flickeringly",
|
|
"glaringly",
|
|
"glitteringly",
|
|
"opalescently",
|
|
"pellucidly"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"darkly",
|
|
"duskily",
|
|
"gloomily",
|
|
"murkily",
|
|
"obscurely",
|
|
"somberly",
|
|
"cloudily",
|
|
"shadily",
|
|
"shadowily"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"dimly",
|
|
"dully"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"racket":{
|
|
"loud, confused, and usually inharmonious sound":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"if all the racket on the stairs is any indication, someone must be moving into apartment 3B"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"babel",
|
|
"blare",
|
|
"bluster",
|
|
"bowwow",
|
|
"brawl",
|
|
"bruit",
|
|
"cacophony",
|
|
"chatter",
|
|
"clamor",
|
|
"clangor",
|
|
"decibel(s)",
|
|
"din",
|
|
"discordance",
|
|
"katzenjammer",
|
|
"noise",
|
|
"rattle",
|
|
"roar"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"discord",
|
|
"dissonance",
|
|
"commotion",
|
|
"furor",
|
|
"hubbub",
|
|
"hullabaloo",
|
|
"hurly-burly",
|
|
"rumpus",
|
|
"tumult",
|
|
"uproar",
|
|
"clatter",
|
|
"jangle",
|
|
"bang",
|
|
"blast",
|
|
"boom",
|
|
"clap",
|
|
"crack",
|
|
"crash"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"calm",
|
|
"hush",
|
|
"lull",
|
|
"quietude",
|
|
"serenity",
|
|
"tranquillity",
|
|
"tranquility"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"quiet",
|
|
"silence",
|
|
"silentness",
|
|
"still",
|
|
"stillness"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in rattle , clatter":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"rack-rented":{
|
|
"as in let , hired":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"razzes":{
|
|
"a vocal sound made to express scorn or disapproval":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"notoriously difficult to please, opera buffs are as quick with a razz as with a rave"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"birds",
|
|
"boos",
|
|
"Bronx cheers",
|
|
"catcalls",
|
|
"hisses",
|
|
"hoots",
|
|
"jeers",
|
|
"raspberries",
|
|
"snorts"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"smirks",
|
|
"sneers",
|
|
"snickers",
|
|
"sniggers",
|
|
"gibes",
|
|
"jibes",
|
|
"put-downs",
|
|
"taunts",
|
|
"whistles"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"applauses"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"cheers"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make fun of in a good-natured way":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"got razzed all day for wearing mismatched sneakers"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"chaffs",
|
|
"jives",
|
|
"jokes",
|
|
"joshes",
|
|
"kids",
|
|
"rallies",
|
|
"ribs",
|
|
"rides",
|
|
"roasts",
|
|
"teases"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"banters",
|
|
"fools",
|
|
"funs",
|
|
"strings along",
|
|
"jests",
|
|
"quips",
|
|
"wisecracks",
|
|
"gags",
|
|
"japes",
|
|
"jollies",
|
|
"yuks",
|
|
"yucks"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"raffle":{
|
|
"discarded or useless material":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the front lawn was littered with the raffle that the roofers had left behind"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"chaff",
|
|
"deadwood",
|
|
"debris",
|
|
"dreck",
|
|
"drek",
|
|
"dross",
|
|
"dust",
|
|
"effluvium",
|
|
"effluvia",
|
|
"garbage",
|
|
"junk",
|
|
"litter",
|
|
"offal",
|
|
"offscouring",
|
|
"refuse",
|
|
"riffraff",
|
|
"rubbish",
|
|
"scrap",
|
|
"spilth",
|
|
"trash",
|
|
"truck",
|
|
"waste"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"crud",
|
|
"sewage",
|
|
"slop",
|
|
"swill",
|
|
"wash",
|
|
"detritus",
|
|
"remains",
|
|
"rubble",
|
|
"ruins",
|
|
"dump",
|
|
"scrap heap",
|
|
"lumber",
|
|
"odds and ends",
|
|
"trumpery",
|
|
"flotsam",
|
|
"jetsam",
|
|
"wreckage",
|
|
"castoff",
|
|
"cull",
|
|
"discard",
|
|
"hand-me-down",
|
|
"reject",
|
|
"throwaway",
|
|
"nothing",
|
|
"straw",
|
|
"two bits"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"catch",
|
|
"gem",
|
|
"goody",
|
|
"goodie",
|
|
"jewel",
|
|
"pearl",
|
|
"plum",
|
|
"prize",
|
|
"treasure",
|
|
"treasure trove",
|
|
"trove",
|
|
"valuable",
|
|
"booty",
|
|
"find",
|
|
"salvage"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"ramblers":{
|
|
"a person who roams about without a fixed route or destination":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a rambler her whole life, my aunt is likely to send me a postcard from just about any corner of the world"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"drifters",
|
|
"gadabouts",
|
|
"gypsies",
|
|
"knockabouts",
|
|
"maunderers",
|
|
"nomads",
|
|
"roamers",
|
|
"rovers",
|
|
"strollers",
|
|
"vagabonds",
|
|
"wanderers",
|
|
"wayfarers"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"laggards",
|
|
"stragglers",
|
|
"lingerers",
|
|
"loiterers",
|
|
"sojourners",
|
|
"bums",
|
|
"hoboes",
|
|
"hobos",
|
|
"tramps",
|
|
"passengers",
|
|
"sightseers",
|
|
"travelers",
|
|
"travellers",
|
|
"migrants",
|
|
"transients",
|
|
"vagrants",
|
|
"amblers",
|
|
"saunterers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"homebodies",
|
|
"denizens",
|
|
"dwellers",
|
|
"habitants",
|
|
"inhabitants",
|
|
"residents",
|
|
"settlers"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a person who travels by foot for exercise or pleasure":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a secluded sylvan spot just waiting to be discovered by the adventurous rambler"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"amblers",
|
|
"hikers",
|
|
"perambulators",
|
|
"trampers",
|
|
"walkers"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"pedestrians",
|
|
"roamers",
|
|
"rovers",
|
|
"trekkers",
|
|
"wanderers",
|
|
"wayfarers",
|
|
"alpinists",
|
|
"Alpinists",
|
|
"backpackers",
|
|
"climbers",
|
|
"mountaineers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"rapines":{
|
|
"as in pillages , despoliations":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"ragtag":{
|
|
"consisting of many things of different sorts":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the team was a ragtag bunch who had only one thing in common: a lack of skill"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"assorted",
|
|
"eclectic",
|
|
"heterogeneous",
|
|
"indiscriminate",
|
|
"kitchen-sink",
|
|
"magpie",
|
|
"miscellaneous",
|
|
"mixed",
|
|
"motley",
|
|
"patchwork",
|
|
"piebald",
|
|
"promiscuous",
|
|
"raggle-taggle",
|
|
"varied"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"manifold",
|
|
"multifarious",
|
|
"multiple",
|
|
"multiplex",
|
|
"myriad",
|
|
"disparate",
|
|
"divergent",
|
|
"diverse",
|
|
"sundry",
|
|
"various",
|
|
"chaotic",
|
|
"cluttered",
|
|
"confused",
|
|
"disarranged",
|
|
"disarrayed",
|
|
"disheveled",
|
|
"dishevelled",
|
|
"disordered",
|
|
"farraginous",
|
|
"jumbled",
|
|
"littered",
|
|
"messed",
|
|
"messy",
|
|
"muddled",
|
|
"amalgamated",
|
|
"blended",
|
|
"combined",
|
|
"commingled",
|
|
"commixed",
|
|
"conglomerated",
|
|
"fused",
|
|
"incorporated",
|
|
"intermingled",
|
|
"intermixed",
|
|
"merged",
|
|
"mingled",
|
|
"composite",
|
|
"conglomerate",
|
|
"hybrid",
|
|
"unclassified",
|
|
"unsorted"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"monolithic",
|
|
"uniform",
|
|
"alike",
|
|
"identical",
|
|
"like",
|
|
"same",
|
|
"distinct",
|
|
"distinctive",
|
|
"individual",
|
|
"separate"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"homogeneous"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"wearing torn or worn out clothes":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a ragtag and weary regiment arrived back at headquarters with the latest news from the front"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ragged",
|
|
"raggedy",
|
|
"tatterdemalion",
|
|
"tattered"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"bedraggled",
|
|
"scroungy",
|
|
"scruffy",
|
|
"shabby",
|
|
"threadbare",
|
|
"down-at-the-heels",
|
|
"down-at-heel",
|
|
"down-at-the-heel",
|
|
"down-at-heels"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"decked (out)",
|
|
"dolled up",
|
|
"dressed up",
|
|
"spiffy"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"rakehells":{
|
|
"a person who has sunk below the normal moral standard":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a resort popular with wealthy rakehells"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"backsliders",
|
|
"debauchees",
|
|
"debauchers",
|
|
"decadents",
|
|
"degenerates",
|
|
"deviates",
|
|
"libertines",
|
|
"perverts",
|
|
"pervs",
|
|
"profligates",
|
|
"rakes",
|
|
"rips"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"bankrupts",
|
|
"delinquents",
|
|
"derelicts",
|
|
"incorrigibles",
|
|
"blackguards",
|
|
"cads",
|
|
"heels",
|
|
"knaves",
|
|
"miscreants",
|
|
"rascals",
|
|
"reprobates",
|
|
"rogues",
|
|
"scoundrels",
|
|
"villains",
|
|
"lechers",
|
|
"playboys",
|
|
"playgirls",
|
|
"satyrs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"saints"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"rawboned":{
|
|
"having a prominent and often large or rugged bone structure":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"The cowboy was tall and rawboned ."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"ravelled":{
|
|
"as in unraveled , untangled":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"ramifying":{
|
|
"to set or force apart":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the rise of cable television ramified the audience, creating ever smaller segments for an ever growing array of programming choices"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"breaking up",
|
|
"decoupling",
|
|
"disassociating",
|
|
"disconnecting",
|
|
"disjoining",
|
|
"disjointing",
|
|
"dissevering",
|
|
"dissociating",
|
|
"disuniting",
|
|
"dividing",
|
|
"divorcing",
|
|
"parting",
|
|
"resolving",
|
|
"separating",
|
|
"severing",
|
|
"splitting",
|
|
"sundering",
|
|
"uncoupling",
|
|
"unlinking",
|
|
"unyoking"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"breaking down",
|
|
"decomposing",
|
|
"disassembling",
|
|
"disintegrating",
|
|
"dissolving",
|
|
"bifurcating",
|
|
"bisecting",
|
|
"cleaving",
|
|
"dichotomizing",
|
|
"dissecting",
|
|
"fractionalizing",
|
|
"fractionating",
|
|
"halving",
|
|
"partitioning",
|
|
"quartering",
|
|
"segmenting",
|
|
"subdividing",
|
|
"trisecting",
|
|
"fragmentating",
|
|
"fragmenting",
|
|
"fragmentizing",
|
|
"breaking",
|
|
"fracturing",
|
|
"pulling",
|
|
"rending",
|
|
"rifting",
|
|
"ripping",
|
|
"riving",
|
|
"rupturing",
|
|
"tearing",
|
|
"cutting off",
|
|
"insulating",
|
|
"isolating",
|
|
"secluding",
|
|
"segregating",
|
|
"sequestering",
|
|
"detaching",
|
|
"disengaging",
|
|
"disentangling",
|
|
"unraveling",
|
|
"untying",
|
|
"untieing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"assembling",
|
|
"associating",
|
|
"blending",
|
|
"combining",
|
|
"mingling",
|
|
"mixing",
|
|
"connecting",
|
|
"coupling",
|
|
"accumulating",
|
|
"agglutinating",
|
|
"attaching",
|
|
"binding",
|
|
"cementing",
|
|
"closing",
|
|
"fastening",
|
|
"fusing",
|
|
"knitting",
|
|
"sticking",
|
|
"welding"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"joining",
|
|
"linking",
|
|
"unifying",
|
|
"uniting"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"racketeers":{
|
|
"a person who gets money from another by using force or threats":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the racketeer threatened to have his thugs vandalize the shop if the shopkeeper didn't pay him a monthly bribe"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blackmailers",
|
|
"extortioners",
|
|
"extortionists"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"blackhanders",
|
|
"button men",
|
|
"gangsters",
|
|
"hoodlums",
|
|
"mafiosi",
|
|
"mobsters",
|
|
"bullies",
|
|
"ruffians",
|
|
"thugs",
|
|
"cheaters",
|
|
"cheats",
|
|
"chiselers",
|
|
"chisellers",
|
|
"cozeners",
|
|
"defrauders",
|
|
"dodgers",
|
|
"double-dealers",
|
|
"gougers",
|
|
"hustlers",
|
|
"profiteers",
|
|
"sharks",
|
|
"sharpers",
|
|
"sharpies",
|
|
"swindlers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in extorts , blackmails":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"radiancy":{
|
|
"as in glow , radiance":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"glow",
|
|
"radiance",
|
|
"balminess",
|
|
"mildness",
|
|
"temperateness",
|
|
"heat",
|
|
"hotness",
|
|
"stuffiness",
|
|
"sultriness",
|
|
"torridity",
|
|
"torridness",
|
|
"lukewarmness",
|
|
"tepidity",
|
|
"tepidness",
|
|
"warmness",
|
|
"warmth"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"chill",
|
|
"chilliness",
|
|
"coolness",
|
|
"bitterness",
|
|
"bleakness",
|
|
"cold",
|
|
"coldness",
|
|
"frigidity",
|
|
"frigidness",
|
|
"frostiness",
|
|
"iciness",
|
|
"rawness",
|
|
"sharpness",
|
|
"frost"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"randomly":{
|
|
"without definite aim, direction, rule, or method":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the winner will be randomly chosen from among all of the entries"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"aimlessly",
|
|
"anyhow",
|
|
"anyway",
|
|
"anywise",
|
|
"desultorily",
|
|
"erratically",
|
|
"haphazard",
|
|
"haphazardly",
|
|
"helter-skelter",
|
|
"hit or miss",
|
|
"irregularly",
|
|
"willy-nilly"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"arbitrarily",
|
|
"capriciously",
|
|
"carelessly",
|
|
"casually",
|
|
"indiscriminately",
|
|
"informally",
|
|
"offhand",
|
|
"offhandedly",
|
|
"promiscuously",
|
|
"whimsically",
|
|
"accidentally",
|
|
"fortuitously",
|
|
"inadvertently",
|
|
"unconsciously",
|
|
"unintentionally",
|
|
"unwittingly",
|
|
"disconnectedly",
|
|
"disjointedly",
|
|
"fitfully",
|
|
"intermittently",
|
|
"spottily",
|
|
"unpredictably",
|
|
"higgledy-piggledy",
|
|
"topsy-turvy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"carefully",
|
|
"formally",
|
|
"gingerly",
|
|
"meticulously",
|
|
"orderly",
|
|
"punctiliously",
|
|
"deliberately",
|
|
"intentionally",
|
|
"purposefully",
|
|
"purposely"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"methodically",
|
|
"systematically"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"rain":{
|
|
"a steady falling of water from the sky in significant quantity":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the rain continued for most of the day"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cloudburst",
|
|
"deluge",
|
|
"downfall",
|
|
"downpour",
|
|
"rainfall",
|
|
"rainstorm",
|
|
"storm",
|
|
"wet"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"precipitation",
|
|
"shower",
|
|
"thundershower",
|
|
"thunderstorm",
|
|
"weather"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"drizzle",
|
|
"mist",
|
|
"mizzle",
|
|
"scud",
|
|
"spit",
|
|
"sprinkle"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a heavy fall of objects":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the Norman invaders fled when the castle's defenders threw a rain of stones down upon them"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"hail",
|
|
"shower",
|
|
"storm"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"barrage",
|
|
"bombardment",
|
|
"broadside",
|
|
"cannonade",
|
|
"fusillade",
|
|
"salvo",
|
|
"volley",
|
|
"flood",
|
|
"gush",
|
|
"rush",
|
|
"spate",
|
|
"torrent",
|
|
"eruption",
|
|
"outbreak",
|
|
"outburst"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to fall as water in a continuous stream of drops from the clouds":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"it started raining early this morning and hasn't let up since"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"pour",
|
|
"precipitate",
|
|
"storm"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"shower",
|
|
"spit",
|
|
"hail",
|
|
"squall",
|
|
"deluge",
|
|
"drown",
|
|
"engulf",
|
|
"flood",
|
|
"inundate",
|
|
"swamp"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"drizzle",
|
|
"mist",
|
|
"mizzle",
|
|
"spit",
|
|
"sprinkle"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to give readily and in large quantities":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she rained praise upon her graduating students",
|
|
"the squadron rained bombs on the enemy's fortifications"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"heap",
|
|
"lavish",
|
|
"pour",
|
|
"shower"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"gush",
|
|
"stream",
|
|
"flood",
|
|
"inundate",
|
|
"overflow",
|
|
"overwhelm",
|
|
"swamp",
|
|
"bombard",
|
|
"hail"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"hold back",
|
|
"keep",
|
|
"reserve",
|
|
"retain",
|
|
"withhold"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"rack":{
|
|
"a place set aside for sleeping":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the clock struck midnight, signaling that it was time to hit the rack"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bed",
|
|
"bunk",
|
|
"doss",
|
|
"hay",
|
|
"kip",
|
|
"lair",
|
|
"pad",
|
|
"sack"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bedstead",
|
|
"futon",
|
|
"mattress",
|
|
"pallet",
|
|
"bunk bed",
|
|
"cot",
|
|
"couch",
|
|
"daybed",
|
|
"feather bed",
|
|
"four-poster",
|
|
"hammock",
|
|
"Murphy bed",
|
|
"shakedown",
|
|
"sleigh bed",
|
|
"sofa",
|
|
"sofa bed",
|
|
"studio couch",
|
|
"trundle bed",
|
|
"water bed",
|
|
"bassinet",
|
|
"carry-cot",
|
|
"cradle",
|
|
"crib"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a state of great suffering of body or mind":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"suffering the rack of a sprained ankle, the climber had to make his way back down the mountain to camp",
|
|
"felt the rack of regret after losing her temper with her teenagers"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"affliction",
|
|
"agony",
|
|
"anguish",
|
|
"distress",
|
|
"excruciation",
|
|
"hurt",
|
|
"misery",
|
|
"pain",
|
|
"strait(s)",
|
|
"torment",
|
|
"torture",
|
|
"travail",
|
|
"tribulation",
|
|
"woe"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"discomfort",
|
|
"cross",
|
|
"crucible",
|
|
"trial",
|
|
"heartache",
|
|
"heartbreak",
|
|
"joylessness",
|
|
"sadness",
|
|
"sorrow",
|
|
"unhappiness",
|
|
"emergency",
|
|
"pinch",
|
|
"asperity",
|
|
"difficulty",
|
|
"hardship",
|
|
"rigor",
|
|
"ache",
|
|
"pang",
|
|
"smarting",
|
|
"soreness",
|
|
"stitch",
|
|
"throe",
|
|
"twinge",
|
|
"danger",
|
|
"jeopardy",
|
|
"trouble"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"comfort",
|
|
"consolation",
|
|
"solace",
|
|
"alleviation",
|
|
"assuagement",
|
|
"ease",
|
|
"relief",
|
|
"peace",
|
|
"security",
|
|
"well-being"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to cause persistent suffering to":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the young man was racked with guilt over the lie he had told to his parents",
|
|
"the country has been racked by years of civil war"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"afflict",
|
|
"agonize",
|
|
"anguish",
|
|
"bedevil",
|
|
"beset",
|
|
"besiege",
|
|
"curse",
|
|
"excruciate",
|
|
"harrow",
|
|
"persecute",
|
|
"plague",
|
|
"torment",
|
|
"torture"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"assail",
|
|
"attack",
|
|
"badger",
|
|
"dog",
|
|
"hound",
|
|
"pursue",
|
|
"ride",
|
|
"aggravate",
|
|
"agitate",
|
|
"annoy",
|
|
"bother",
|
|
"bug",
|
|
"chafe",
|
|
"distress",
|
|
"disturb",
|
|
"exasperate",
|
|
"gall",
|
|
"get",
|
|
"grate",
|
|
"gripe",
|
|
"hagride",
|
|
"harass",
|
|
"harry",
|
|
"irk",
|
|
"irritate",
|
|
"molest",
|
|
"nettle",
|
|
"peeve",
|
|
"pester",
|
|
"pique",
|
|
"put out",
|
|
"rasp",
|
|
"rile",
|
|
"vex",
|
|
"discomfort",
|
|
"discompose",
|
|
"disquiet",
|
|
"fluster",
|
|
"grieve",
|
|
"perturb",
|
|
"strain",
|
|
"stress",
|
|
"trouble",
|
|
"try",
|
|
"upset",
|
|
"worry",
|
|
"crush",
|
|
"oppress",
|
|
"overpower",
|
|
"overwhelm",
|
|
"smite",
|
|
"strike",
|
|
"tyrannize",
|
|
"victimize",
|
|
"hurt",
|
|
"pain",
|
|
"pang",
|
|
"prick",
|
|
"smart",
|
|
"stab",
|
|
"sting",
|
|
"wring",
|
|
"martyr"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abet",
|
|
"aid",
|
|
"assist",
|
|
"help",
|
|
"deliver",
|
|
"release",
|
|
"relieve",
|
|
"reprieve",
|
|
"comfort",
|
|
"console",
|
|
"content",
|
|
"quiet",
|
|
"solace",
|
|
"soothe",
|
|
"succor"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to injure by overuse, misuse, or pressure":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she racked her brain trying to remember where she'd put the money",
|
|
"the sails of the boat were racked by the storm's winds"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"pull",
|
|
"strain",
|
|
"stretch",
|
|
"wrench"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"fray",
|
|
"tax",
|
|
"weaken",
|
|
"damage",
|
|
"harm",
|
|
"hurt",
|
|
"impair",
|
|
"wound",
|
|
"batter",
|
|
"bruise",
|
|
"tear",
|
|
"cripple",
|
|
"lame",
|
|
"mangle",
|
|
"mutilate"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"rapid-fire":{
|
|
"moving, proceeding, or acting with great speed":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the witness stayed unruffled all through the prosecutor's rapid-fire questioning"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blistering",
|
|
"breakneck",
|
|
"breathless",
|
|
"brisk",
|
|
"dizzy",
|
|
"fast",
|
|
"fleet",
|
|
"fleet-footed",
|
|
"flying",
|
|
"galloping",
|
|
"hasty",
|
|
"hot",
|
|
"lightning",
|
|
"nippy",
|
|
"quick",
|
|
"rapid",
|
|
"rattling",
|
|
"snappy",
|
|
"speedy",
|
|
"splitting",
|
|
"swift",
|
|
"whirlwind",
|
|
"zippy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"expeditious",
|
|
"prompt",
|
|
"ready",
|
|
"accelerated",
|
|
"hastened",
|
|
"hurried",
|
|
"quickened",
|
|
"rushed",
|
|
"breathtaking",
|
|
"energetic",
|
|
"strenuous",
|
|
"strong",
|
|
"vigorous",
|
|
"high-speed",
|
|
"rush",
|
|
"ultrafast",
|
|
"ultrarapid"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"crawling",
|
|
"dallying",
|
|
"dawdling",
|
|
"dillydallying",
|
|
"dragging",
|
|
"laggard",
|
|
"languid",
|
|
"lingering",
|
|
"plodding",
|
|
"poking",
|
|
"poky",
|
|
"pokey",
|
|
"slowish",
|
|
"sluggish",
|
|
"unhurried",
|
|
"deliberate",
|
|
"leisurely",
|
|
"measured",
|
|
"dilatory",
|
|
"late",
|
|
"tardy",
|
|
"ultraslow"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"slow"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"rationalizations":{
|
|
"as in pretexts , pretenses":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"guises",
|
|
"pretenses",
|
|
"pretences",
|
|
"pretexts",
|
|
"accountings",
|
|
"accounts",
|
|
"arguments",
|
|
"cases",
|
|
"explanations",
|
|
"rationales",
|
|
"reasons",
|
|
"alibis",
|
|
"apologiae",
|
|
"apologias",
|
|
"apologies",
|
|
"defenses",
|
|
"excuses",
|
|
"justifications",
|
|
"vindications",
|
|
"appeals",
|
|
"pleas"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"rationalize":{
|
|
"to give the reason for or cause of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"rationalized his decision to buy the new car by noting that it was more fuel efficient than his old vehicle"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"account (for)",
|
|
"attribute",
|
|
"explain",
|
|
"explain away"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"condone",
|
|
"excuse",
|
|
"forgive",
|
|
"justify",
|
|
"absolve",
|
|
"acquit",
|
|
"exculpate",
|
|
"exonerate",
|
|
"vindicate"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"rapped":{
|
|
"to deliver a blow to (someone or something) usually in a strong vigorous manner":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a childhood memory of the time he got his knuckles rapped for trying to steal candy from the corner store"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"banged",
|
|
"bashed",
|
|
"batted",
|
|
"belted",
|
|
"biffed",
|
|
"bludgeoned",
|
|
"bobbed",
|
|
"bonked",
|
|
"bopped",
|
|
"boxed",
|
|
"busted",
|
|
"bust",
|
|
"clapped",
|
|
"clapt",
|
|
"clipped",
|
|
"clobbered",
|
|
"clocked",
|
|
"clouted",
|
|
"cracked",
|
|
"hammered",
|
|
"hit",
|
|
"knocked",
|
|
"nailed",
|
|
"pasted",
|
|
"pounded",
|
|
"punched",
|
|
"slammed",
|
|
"slapped",
|
|
"slogged",
|
|
"slugged",
|
|
"smacked",
|
|
"smote",
|
|
"socked",
|
|
"struck",
|
|
"swatted",
|
|
"swiped",
|
|
"tagged",
|
|
"thumped",
|
|
"thwacked",
|
|
"walloped",
|
|
"whacked",
|
|
"whaled",
|
|
"zapped"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"battered",
|
|
"beat",
|
|
"buffeted",
|
|
"bunged",
|
|
"chopped",
|
|
"cuffed",
|
|
"drubbed",
|
|
"laced",
|
|
"lambasted",
|
|
"licked",
|
|
"mangled",
|
|
"mauled",
|
|
"pelted",
|
|
"peppered",
|
|
"pommeled",
|
|
"pommelled",
|
|
"pummeled",
|
|
"pummelled",
|
|
"roughed",
|
|
"scuffed",
|
|
"bunted",
|
|
"flicked",
|
|
"stroked",
|
|
"tapped",
|
|
"bumped",
|
|
"butted",
|
|
"jabbed",
|
|
"jostled",
|
|
"kicked",
|
|
"kneed",
|
|
"poked",
|
|
"prodded",
|
|
"pushed",
|
|
"shoved",
|
|
"stamped",
|
|
"bowled (down or over)",
|
|
"creamed",
|
|
"decked",
|
|
"dumped",
|
|
"felled",
|
|
"floored",
|
|
"knocked down",
|
|
"leveled",
|
|
"levelled",
|
|
"rabbit-punched",
|
|
"sucker punched",
|
|
"caned",
|
|
"clubbed",
|
|
"cudgeled",
|
|
"cudgelled",
|
|
"flailed",
|
|
"flogged",
|
|
"lashed",
|
|
"sapped",
|
|
"slashed",
|
|
"sledged",
|
|
"sledgehammered",
|
|
"speared",
|
|
"stabbed",
|
|
"switched",
|
|
"thrashed",
|
|
"whipped",
|
|
"beaned",
|
|
"brained",
|
|
"conked",
|
|
"skulled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to strike or cause to strike lightly and usually rhythmically":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the impatient man was rapping his knuckles on the door, hoping to wake up the sleeping attendant"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beat",
|
|
"drummed",
|
|
"tapped"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"banged",
|
|
"bashed",
|
|
"batted",
|
|
"bonked",
|
|
"bopped",
|
|
"hammered",
|
|
"hit",
|
|
"knocked",
|
|
"pasted",
|
|
"pounded",
|
|
"slammed",
|
|
"smacked",
|
|
"socked",
|
|
"struck",
|
|
"swatted",
|
|
"thudded",
|
|
"thumped",
|
|
"thwacked",
|
|
"walloped",
|
|
"whacked",
|
|
"chinked",
|
|
"clattered",
|
|
"clinked",
|
|
"pinged",
|
|
"patted",
|
|
"pit-a-patted",
|
|
"pitter-pattered",
|
|
"chucked",
|
|
"clapped",
|
|
"clapt",
|
|
"clicked",
|
|
"flicked",
|
|
"tipped"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to engage in casual or rambling conversation":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the guys at the gym never seem to tire about rapping about basketball"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"babbled",
|
|
"blabbed",
|
|
"cackled",
|
|
"chaffered",
|
|
"chatted",
|
|
"chattered",
|
|
"chinned",
|
|
"conversed",
|
|
"gabbed",
|
|
"gabbled",
|
|
"gassed",
|
|
"jabbered",
|
|
"jawed",
|
|
"kibitzed",
|
|
"kibbitzed",
|
|
"nattered",
|
|
"palavered",
|
|
"pattered",
|
|
"prated",
|
|
"prattled",
|
|
"ran on",
|
|
"rattled",
|
|
"schmoozed",
|
|
"shmoozed",
|
|
"talked",
|
|
"twittered",
|
|
"visited"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"gossiped",
|
|
"tattled",
|
|
"descanted",
|
|
"discussed",
|
|
"expatiated",
|
|
"yakked",
|
|
"yacked",
|
|
"yammered",
|
|
"yapped"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to fill with overwhelming emotion (as wonder or delight)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"concertgoers were utterly rapped by the power of Handel's oratorio"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"carried away",
|
|
"enraptured",
|
|
"enthralled",
|
|
"entranced",
|
|
"raptured",
|
|
"ravished",
|
|
"transported"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"delighted",
|
|
"gladdened",
|
|
"gratified",
|
|
"pleased",
|
|
"satisfied",
|
|
"bewitched",
|
|
"captivated",
|
|
"charmed",
|
|
"enchanted",
|
|
"fascinated",
|
|
"elated",
|
|
"excited",
|
|
"exhilarated",
|
|
"stirred"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to take physical control or possession of (something) suddenly or forcibly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"suddenly the hawk swooped down and rapped the unwary rodent"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bagged",
|
|
"captured",
|
|
"caught",
|
|
"collared",
|
|
"copped",
|
|
"corralled",
|
|
"glommed",
|
|
"got",
|
|
"grabbed",
|
|
"grappled",
|
|
"hooked",
|
|
"landed",
|
|
"nabbed",
|
|
"nailed",
|
|
"netted",
|
|
"nobbled",
|
|
"seized",
|
|
"snagged",
|
|
"snapped (up)",
|
|
"snared",
|
|
"snatched",
|
|
"trapped"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"gloved",
|
|
"haltered",
|
|
"lassoed",
|
|
"roped",
|
|
"apprehended",
|
|
"arrested",
|
|
"detained",
|
|
"bayed",
|
|
"cornered",
|
|
"clasped",
|
|
"clutched",
|
|
"fastened (on)",
|
|
"fisted",
|
|
"grasped",
|
|
"gripped",
|
|
"held",
|
|
"latched (on or onto)",
|
|
"secured",
|
|
"rent",
|
|
"rended",
|
|
"wrested",
|
|
"enmeshed",
|
|
"immeshed",
|
|
"ensnared",
|
|
"entangled",
|
|
"entrapped",
|
|
"meshed",
|
|
"abducted",
|
|
"kidnapped",
|
|
"kidnaped",
|
|
"spirited (away or off)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"discharged",
|
|
"freed",
|
|
"liberated",
|
|
"released",
|
|
"dropped",
|
|
"loosened",
|
|
"unhanded"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"missed"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"rasped":{
|
|
"as in scraped , scrubbed":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"sandblasted",
|
|
"sanded",
|
|
"sandpapered",
|
|
"scoured",
|
|
"scraped",
|
|
"scrubbed",
|
|
"soapy",
|
|
"waxy",
|
|
"coated",
|
|
"glazed",
|
|
"waxed",
|
|
"brushed",
|
|
"buffed",
|
|
"burnished",
|
|
"glossed",
|
|
"ground",
|
|
"polished",
|
|
"rubbed",
|
|
"shined",
|
|
"greased",
|
|
"greasy",
|
|
"lubricated",
|
|
"oiled",
|
|
"slick",
|
|
"slicked",
|
|
"slippery",
|
|
"slippy",
|
|
"slithery"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"coarsened",
|
|
"rough",
|
|
"roughened",
|
|
"scuffed",
|
|
"uneven"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make smooth by friction":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"after sawing the board in half, rasp the ends to remove any splinters"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"buffed",
|
|
"filed",
|
|
"ground",
|
|
"honed",
|
|
"rubbed",
|
|
"sanded"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"planed",
|
|
"scraped",
|
|
"sandblasted",
|
|
"scoured",
|
|
"burnished",
|
|
"dressed",
|
|
"glossed",
|
|
"polished",
|
|
"shone",
|
|
"shined",
|
|
"smoothed",
|
|
"edged",
|
|
"sharpened",
|
|
"stropped",
|
|
"whetted",
|
|
"reground"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"coarsened",
|
|
"roughed (up)",
|
|
"roughened",
|
|
"scuffed"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to pass roughly and noisily over or against a surface":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the sound of fingernails rasping on the blackboard makes me cringe"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"grated",
|
|
"ground",
|
|
"scraped",
|
|
"scratched"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"rubbed",
|
|
"groaned",
|
|
"whined"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"glided",
|
|
"skated",
|
|
"slid"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to disturb the peace of mind of (someone) especially by repeated disagreeable acts":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the two siblings seemed intent on rasping each other for the entire car trip"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"aggravated",
|
|
"annoyed",
|
|
"ate",
|
|
"bothered",
|
|
"bugged",
|
|
"burned (up)",
|
|
"burnt (up)",
|
|
"chafed",
|
|
"exasperated",
|
|
"frosted",
|
|
"galled",
|
|
"got",
|
|
"grated",
|
|
"griped",
|
|
"hacked (off)",
|
|
"irked",
|
|
"irritated",
|
|
"itched",
|
|
"narked",
|
|
"nettled",
|
|
"peeved",
|
|
"persecuted",
|
|
"piqued",
|
|
"put out",
|
|
"riled",
|
|
"ruffled",
|
|
"spited",
|
|
"vexed",
|
|
"vext"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"hassled",
|
|
"heckled",
|
|
"nagged",
|
|
"inflamed",
|
|
"enflamed",
|
|
"provoked",
|
|
"roused",
|
|
"badgered",
|
|
"baited",
|
|
"bullyragged",
|
|
"ballyragged",
|
|
"deviled",
|
|
"devilled",
|
|
"hagrode",
|
|
"harassed",
|
|
"harried",
|
|
"pestered",
|
|
"plagued",
|
|
"teased",
|
|
"angered",
|
|
"antagonized",
|
|
"enraged",
|
|
"incensed",
|
|
"infuriated",
|
|
"maddened",
|
|
"rankled",
|
|
"roiled",
|
|
"agitated",
|
|
"discomforted",
|
|
"discomposed",
|
|
"disquieted",
|
|
"distressed",
|
|
"exercised",
|
|
"freaked (out)",
|
|
"fretted",
|
|
"perturbed",
|
|
"undid",
|
|
"unhinged",
|
|
"unsettled",
|
|
"upset",
|
|
"worried",
|
|
"affronted",
|
|
"insulted",
|
|
"miffed",
|
|
"offended",
|
|
"outraged"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"appeased",
|
|
"conciliated",
|
|
"mollified",
|
|
"obliged",
|
|
"pacified",
|
|
"placated",
|
|
"propitiated",
|
|
"delighted",
|
|
"gladdened",
|
|
"gratified",
|
|
"pleased",
|
|
"satisfied",
|
|
"assured",
|
|
"cheered",
|
|
"comforted",
|
|
"consoled",
|
|
"contented",
|
|
"quieted",
|
|
"reassured",
|
|
"solaced",
|
|
"soothed"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to damage or diminish by continued friction":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"during the last ice age, glaciers rasped the surface, leaving the deeply scarred rock"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abraded",
|
|
"chafed",
|
|
"corraded",
|
|
"eroded",
|
|
"frayed",
|
|
"frazzled",
|
|
"fretted",
|
|
"galled",
|
|
"rubbed",
|
|
"wore"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"filed",
|
|
"gnawed",
|
|
"grated",
|
|
"grazed",
|
|
"ground",
|
|
"nibbled",
|
|
"sandblasted",
|
|
"sandpapered",
|
|
"scoured",
|
|
"scraped",
|
|
"scuffed",
|
|
"shaved",
|
|
"erased",
|
|
"reduced",
|
|
"rubbed out",
|
|
"wiped (away)",
|
|
"wore out",
|
|
"ate",
|
|
"bit",
|
|
"broke down",
|
|
"broke up",
|
|
"chewed",
|
|
"corroded",
|
|
"decomposed",
|
|
"disintegrated",
|
|
"dissolved",
|
|
"honed",
|
|
"sharpened",
|
|
"whetted"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"ran away":{
|
|
"to get free from a dangerous or confining situation":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"ran away from an unhappy marriage"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"absconded",
|
|
"broke out (of)",
|
|
"cleared out",
|
|
"escaped",
|
|
"fled",
|
|
"flew",
|
|
"got out",
|
|
"lammed",
|
|
"ran off"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"avoided",
|
|
"eluded",
|
|
"evaded",
|
|
"lost",
|
|
"shunned",
|
|
"decamped",
|
|
"departed",
|
|
"eloped",
|
|
"exited",
|
|
"left",
|
|
"moved",
|
|
"pulled out",
|
|
"quit",
|
|
"quitted",
|
|
"sallied (forth)",
|
|
"shoved (off)",
|
|
"took off",
|
|
"walked out",
|
|
"went",
|
|
"disentangled",
|
|
"extricated",
|
|
"brought off",
|
|
"emancipated",
|
|
"enfranchised",
|
|
"freed",
|
|
"liberated",
|
|
"loosed",
|
|
"loosened",
|
|
"manumitted",
|
|
"redeemed",
|
|
"released",
|
|
"rescued",
|
|
"sprang",
|
|
"sprung",
|
|
"unbound",
|
|
"uncaged",
|
|
"unchained",
|
|
"unfettered"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abided",
|
|
"abode",
|
|
"dwelled",
|
|
"dwelt",
|
|
"hung around",
|
|
"lingered",
|
|
"remained",
|
|
"stayed",
|
|
"stuck around",
|
|
"tarried",
|
|
"came back",
|
|
"returned"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to hasten away from something dangerous or frightening":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the child runs away from large dogs"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bolted",
|
|
"broke",
|
|
"bugged out",
|
|
"fled",
|
|
"flew",
|
|
"hightailed (it)",
|
|
"ran",
|
|
"run",
|
|
"ran off",
|
|
"retreated",
|
|
"skedaddled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"absconded",
|
|
"cleared out",
|
|
"decamped",
|
|
"eloped",
|
|
"escaped",
|
|
"got (away)",
|
|
"got out",
|
|
"lammed",
|
|
"lit",
|
|
"lighted out",
|
|
"made off",
|
|
"mizzled",
|
|
"scarpered",
|
|
"scatted",
|
|
"scrammed",
|
|
"skipped (out)",
|
|
"skirred"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bearded",
|
|
"braved",
|
|
"confronted",
|
|
"dared",
|
|
"defied",
|
|
"faced",
|
|
"abided",
|
|
"abode",
|
|
"dwelled",
|
|
"dwelt",
|
|
"hung around",
|
|
"lingered",
|
|
"remained",
|
|
"stayed",
|
|
"stuck around",
|
|
"tarried"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"rains cats and dogs":{
|
|
"to fall as water in a continuous stream of drops from the clouds":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Be sure to carry an umbrella today, because it's raining cats and dogs out there!"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"pours",
|
|
"precipitates",
|
|
"rains",
|
|
"storms"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"showers",
|
|
"spits",
|
|
"hails",
|
|
"squalls",
|
|
"deluges",
|
|
"drowns",
|
|
"engulfs",
|
|
"floods",
|
|
"inundates",
|
|
"swamps"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"drizzles",
|
|
"mists",
|
|
"mizzles",
|
|
"spits",
|
|
"sprinkles"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"rayless":{
|
|
"being without light or without much light":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the strange creatures that lurk in the rayless depths of the sea"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"black",
|
|
"caliginous",
|
|
"dark",
|
|
"darkened",
|
|
"darkish",
|
|
"darkling",
|
|
"darksome",
|
|
"dim",
|
|
"dimmed",
|
|
"dusk",
|
|
"dusky",
|
|
"gloomy",
|
|
"lightless",
|
|
"murky",
|
|
"obscure",
|
|
"obscured",
|
|
"pitch-black",
|
|
"pitch-dark",
|
|
"pitchy",
|
|
"somber",
|
|
"sombre",
|
|
"stygian",
|
|
"tenebrific",
|
|
"tenebrous",
|
|
"unlit"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"crepuscular",
|
|
"twilit",
|
|
"moonless",
|
|
"starless",
|
|
"sunless",
|
|
"cloudy",
|
|
"dull",
|
|
"dulled",
|
|
"lackluster",
|
|
"shadowlike",
|
|
"shadowy",
|
|
"shady",
|
|
"gray",
|
|
"grey",
|
|
"leaden",
|
|
"pale",
|
|
"beclouded",
|
|
"befogged",
|
|
"clouded",
|
|
"foggy",
|
|
"fuliginous",
|
|
"misty",
|
|
"smoggy",
|
|
"soupy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"ablaze",
|
|
"agleam",
|
|
"aglitter",
|
|
"alight",
|
|
"beaming",
|
|
"beamy",
|
|
"effulgent",
|
|
"glaring",
|
|
"glowing",
|
|
"incandescent",
|
|
"lambent",
|
|
"radiant",
|
|
"relucent",
|
|
"resplendent",
|
|
"shining",
|
|
"sparkling",
|
|
"ultrabright",
|
|
"glossy",
|
|
"lustrous",
|
|
"shiny",
|
|
"floodlit",
|
|
"floodlighted",
|
|
"highlighted",
|
|
"spotlighted",
|
|
"spotlit",
|
|
"moonlit",
|
|
"moony",
|
|
"starlit",
|
|
"sunlit"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"bright",
|
|
"brightened",
|
|
"brilliant",
|
|
"illuminated",
|
|
"illumined",
|
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"light",
|
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"lit",
|
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"lighted",
|
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"lightsome",
|
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"lucent",
|
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"lucid",
|
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"luminous"
|
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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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"ran across":{
|
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"to come upon unexpectedly or by chance":{
|
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"examples":[
|
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"She ran across an old friend at lunch."
|
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],
|
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"synonyms":[
|
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"chanced (upon)",
|
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"encountered",
|
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"found",
|
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"happened (on or upon)",
|
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"hit (upon)",
|
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"lit (on or upon)",
|
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"lighted (on or upon)",
|
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"met",
|
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"pitched (upon)",
|
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"stumbled (on or onto)",
|
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"tumbled (upon)"
|
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],
|
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"near synonyms":[
|
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"lucked (out, on, onto, or into)",
|
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"confronted",
|
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"faced",
|
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"discovered",
|
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"struck",
|
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"turned up"
|
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],
|
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"near antonyms":[],
|
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"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
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"to come upon face-to-face or as if face-to-face":{
|
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"examples":[
|
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"They ran across a bear while camping in the woods."
|
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],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"caught",
|
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"chanced (upon)",
|
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"encountered",
|
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"happened (upon)",
|
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"met",
|
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"stumbled (upon)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"accosted",
|
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"confronted",
|
|
"faced",
|
|
"greeted",
|
|
"saluted",
|
|
"collided (with)",
|
|
"crashed (into)",
|
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"crisscrossed",
|
|
"crossed",
|
|
"passed",
|
|
"hit (upon)",
|
|
"lit (upon)",
|
|
"lighted (upon)",
|
|
"tumbled (to)",
|
|
"reencountered",
|
|
"re-encountered",
|
|
"remet"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"avoided",
|
|
"dodged",
|
|
"ducked",
|
|
"eluded",
|
|
"escaped",
|
|
"evaded",
|
|
"shook",
|
|
"shunned"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"ratifying":{
|
|
"to give official acceptance of as satisfactory":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Lincoln's home state of Illinois was the first to ratify the 13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which provided for the abolition of slavery"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accrediting",
|
|
"approbating",
|
|
"approving",
|
|
"authorizing",
|
|
"clearing",
|
|
"confirming",
|
|
"finalizing",
|
|
"formalizing",
|
|
"homologating",
|
|
"OK'ing",
|
|
"okaying",
|
|
"sanctioning",
|
|
"warranting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"accepting",
|
|
"acknowledging",
|
|
"affirming",
|
|
"certifying",
|
|
"endorsing",
|
|
"indorsing",
|
|
"validating",
|
|
"blessing",
|
|
"canonizing",
|
|
"sanctifying",
|
|
"initialing",
|
|
"initialling",
|
|
"rubber-stamping",
|
|
"signing",
|
|
"signing off (on)",
|
|
"allowing",
|
|
"enabling",
|
|
"legalizing",
|
|
"licensing",
|
|
"licencing",
|
|
"passing",
|
|
"permitting",
|
|
"reapproving"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"banning",
|
|
"enjoining",
|
|
"forbidding",
|
|
"illegalizing",
|
|
"interdicting",
|
|
"prohibiting",
|
|
"proscribing",
|
|
"disregarding",
|
|
"ignoring",
|
|
"neglecting",
|
|
"overlooking",
|
|
"rebuffing",
|
|
"rebutting",
|
|
"refusing",
|
|
"spurning"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"declining",
|
|
"denying",
|
|
"disallowing",
|
|
"disapproving",
|
|
"negativing",
|
|
"rejecting",
|
|
"turning down",
|
|
"vetoing"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"rabbits":{
|
|
"as in raccoon , fox":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"badger",
|
|
"beaver",
|
|
"chamois",
|
|
"chinchilla",
|
|
"ermine",
|
|
"fisher",
|
|
"fox",
|
|
"marten",
|
|
"mink",
|
|
"muskrat",
|
|
"otter",
|
|
"Persian lamb",
|
|
"raccoon",
|
|
"racoon",
|
|
"sable",
|
|
"seal",
|
|
"fur",
|
|
"hide",
|
|
"leather",
|
|
"pelt",
|
|
"skin",
|
|
"bearskin",
|
|
"buckskin",
|
|
"calfskin",
|
|
"coonskin",
|
|
"cowhide",
|
|
"deerskin",
|
|
"doeskin",
|
|
"goatskin",
|
|
"horsehide",
|
|
"karakul",
|
|
"kidskin",
|
|
"kolinsky",
|
|
"lambskin",
|
|
"pigskin",
|
|
"rawhide",
|
|
"sealskin",
|
|
"sharkskin",
|
|
"sheep",
|
|
"sheepskin",
|
|
"snakeskin",
|
|
"fleece",
|
|
"mouton",
|
|
"alligator",
|
|
"crocodile",
|
|
"cordovan",
|
|
"morocco",
|
|
"patent leather",
|
|
"suede"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"rants":{
|
|
"a long angry speech or scolding":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"after complaining about the hotel's lousy service, the woman went off on another rant about the condition of her room"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"diatribes",
|
|
"harangues",
|
|
"jeremiads",
|
|
"philippics",
|
|
"tirades"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"assaults",
|
|
"attacks",
|
|
"broadsides",
|
|
"invectives",
|
|
"lashings",
|
|
"tongue-lashings",
|
|
"vituperations",
|
|
"rebukes",
|
|
"reprimands",
|
|
"reproaches",
|
|
"reproofs",
|
|
"abuses",
|
|
"castigations",
|
|
"censures",
|
|
"condemnations",
|
|
"criticisms",
|
|
"denunciations",
|
|
"belittlements",
|
|
"deprecations",
|
|
"depreciations",
|
|
"disparagements",
|
|
"excoriations",
|
|
"execrations",
|
|
"revilements",
|
|
"admonishments",
|
|
"admonitions",
|
|
"lectures",
|
|
"sermons"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"encomiums",
|
|
"encomia",
|
|
"eulogies",
|
|
"panegyrics",
|
|
"rhapsodies",
|
|
"tributes",
|
|
"acclaim",
|
|
"acclamations",
|
|
"accolades",
|
|
"citations",
|
|
"homages",
|
|
"honors",
|
|
"praises",
|
|
"approvals",
|
|
"blessings",
|
|
"commendations",
|
|
"endorsements",
|
|
"indorsements",
|
|
"sanctions",
|
|
"ovations",
|
|
"plaudits",
|
|
"raves"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to talk loudly and wildly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"when the waiter gave him incorrect change, he began ranting about the restaurant's poor service"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blusters",
|
|
"fulminates",
|
|
"huffs",
|
|
"raves",
|
|
"spouts"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"sounds off",
|
|
"speaks out",
|
|
"speaks up",
|
|
"blares",
|
|
"blurts (out)",
|
|
"bolts",
|
|
"bloviates",
|
|
"blows",
|
|
"declaims",
|
|
"harangues",
|
|
"mouths (off)",
|
|
"orates",
|
|
"pontificates",
|
|
"carries on",
|
|
"rages",
|
|
"storms",
|
|
"takes on"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"grunts",
|
|
"murmurs",
|
|
"mutters",
|
|
"slurs",
|
|
"breathes",
|
|
"whispers"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
}
|
|
} |