dict_dl/en_MW_thesaurus/ad_mwt.json
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{
"ad hoc":{
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"premeditated",
"premeditative",
"prepared",
"rehearsed"
],
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"upon learning that it was her birthday, we had an ad hoc celebration right there in the restaurant"
],
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"deliberate",
"intended",
"intentional"
],
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"automatic",
"impulsive",
"instinctive",
"involuntary",
"spontaneous",
"casual",
"cursive",
"informal",
"unauthorized",
"half-baked",
"half-cocked",
"ill-advised"
],
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"down and dirty",
"extemporaneous",
"extemporary",
"extempore",
"impromptu",
"improvisational",
"improvised",
"off-the-cuff",
"offhand",
"offhanded",
"snap",
"spur-of-the-moment",
"unconsidered",
"unplanned",
"unpremeditated",
"unprepared",
"unrehearsed",
"unstudied"
]
},
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"adjective"
]
},
"ad interim":{
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"long-term",
"permanent"
],
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"will serve as the ad interim CEO until the merger of the two corporations is complete"
],
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"fixed",
"set",
"settled",
"unconditional",
"unlimited",
"unqualified",
"extended",
"lasting",
"long-range",
"standing",
"dateless",
"deathless",
"endless",
"enduring",
"eternal",
"everlasting",
"immortal",
"perpetual",
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"undying",
"unending"
],
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"proxy",
"substitute",
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"improvised",
"makeshift",
"intermediary",
"intermediate",
"transitional",
"ephemeral",
"fleeting",
"fugitive",
"short-lived",
"transitory",
"conditional",
"contingent",
"limited",
"qualified",
"short-range",
"tentative",
"replaceable",
"terminable",
"terminate"
],
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"impermanent",
"interim",
"provisional",
"provisionary",
"provisory",
"short-term",
"temporary"
]
},
"serving in a position for the time being":{
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"long-term",
"permanent"
],
"examples":[
"an ad interim government until the new constitution goes into effect"
],
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"backup",
"jackleg",
"make-do",
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"proxy",
"stopgap",
"substitute"
],
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"acting",
"interim",
"provisional",
"provisionary",
"provisory",
"temporary"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"adamance":{
"as in tenaciousness , relentlessness":{
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"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"addendum":{
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"foreword",
"introduction",
"preface",
"prologue",
"prolog"
],
"examples":[
"there's an addendum from the author to explain certain stylistic choices that she made"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"coda",
"epilogue",
"epilog",
"postlude",
"conclusion",
"ending",
"finale",
"accompaniment",
"addition",
"complement",
"postscript",
"follow-up",
"sequel",
"documentation",
"allonge",
"rider"
],
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"afterword",
"appendix",
"codicil",
"excursus",
"supplement"
]
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"abatement",
"decline",
"decrease",
"decrement",
"depletion",
"diminishment",
"diminution",
"drop-off",
"fall",
"falloff",
"lessening",
"loss",
"lowering",
"reduction",
"shrinkage",
"step-down"
],
"examples":[
"with each new addendum the list of demands simply got more absurd"
],
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"deduction",
"subtraction"
],
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"accumulation",
"assemblage",
"collection",
"gathering",
"complement",
"accession",
"appendix",
"continuation",
"extension",
"uptrend",
"upturn",
"jump",
"run-up",
"spike"
],
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"accretion",
"accrual",
"addition",
"augmentation",
"boost",
"expansion",
"gain",
"increase",
"increment",
"more",
"plus",
"proliferation",
"raise",
"rise",
"step-up",
"supplement",
"uptick"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"adding":{
"to combine (numbers) into a single sum":{
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"when she added all the phone charges herself, she discovered an error in her bill"
],
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"ciphering",
"computing",
"figuring",
"reckoning",
"tabling",
"tabulating",
"tallying",
"working out",
"dividing",
"multiplying",
"subtracting",
"counting",
"enumerating",
"numbering",
"telling",
"recomputing",
"refiguring"
],
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"casting (up)",
"footing (up)",
"summating",
"summing",
"totaling",
"totalling",
"totalizing",
"toting (up)",
"totting (up)"
]
},
"to join (something) to a mass, quantity, or number so as to bring about an overall increase":{
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"abating",
"bating",
"deducting",
"knocking off",
"removing",
"subtracting",
"taking off"
],
"examples":[
"the band recently added a saxophonist and a keyboard player to its ranks",
"add another cup of flour to the mixture"
],
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"detaching",
"disconnecting",
"disjoining",
"separating",
"unfastening",
"amputating",
"cutting",
"excising",
"lopping (off)",
"severing",
"contracting",
"decreasing",
"diminishing",
"lessening",
"lowering",
"reducing",
"abbreviating",
"abridging",
"curtailing",
"shortening",
"compressing",
"condensing",
"constricting",
"cutting back",
"retrenching"
],
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"attaching",
"fastening",
"fixing",
"grafting",
"hitching",
"tagging",
"tying",
"tieing",
"infusing",
"injecting",
"inserting",
"interfusing",
"introducing",
"aggrandizing",
"amplifying",
"augmenting",
"beefing (up)",
"boosting",
"compounding",
"enlarging",
"escalating",
"expanding",
"extending",
"increasing",
"multiplying",
"raising",
"swelling (up)",
"elongating",
"lengthening",
"prolonging",
"protracting",
"enhancing",
"heightening",
"intensifying",
"magnifying",
"complementing",
"supplementing",
"supplying",
"enforcing",
"reinforcing",
"reenforcing",
"strengthening",
"maximizing"
],
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"adjoining",
"annexing",
"appending",
"subjoining",
"tacking (on)"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"additional":{
"resulting in an increase in amount or number":{
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"examples":[
"there turned out to be additional reasons for her unauthorized absence"
],
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"fewer",
"less"
],
"related":[
"accessory",
"adjunct",
"collateral",
"extraneous",
"peripheral",
"side",
"supplemental",
"supplementary",
"new",
"excess",
"extra",
"plus",
"spare",
"supernumerary",
"supervenient",
"surplus",
"complementary",
"contributory"
],
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"added",
"another",
"else",
"farther",
"fresh",
"further",
"more",
"other"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"addressing":{
"to deal with (something) usually skillfully or efficiently":{
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"examples":[
"the problem will only get worse if you don't address it now"
],
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"botching",
"bungling",
"foozling",
"fumbling",
"goofing (up)",
"lousing up",
"messing (up)",
"mishandling",
"muffing",
"scamping"
],
"related":[
"engineering",
"finessing",
"jockeying",
"bringing off",
"carrying off",
"carrying out",
"getting off",
"pulling",
"commanding",
"directing",
"guiding",
"steering",
"controlling",
"micromanaging",
"regulating",
"running",
"reacting (to)",
"responding (to)"
],
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"contending (with)",
"coping (with)",
"fielding",
"grappling (with)",
"hacking",
"handling",
"managing",
"maneuvering",
"manipulating",
"negotiating",
"playing",
"swinging",
"taking",
"treating"
]
},
"to occupy (oneself) diligently or with close attention":{
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"examples":[
"please address yourself to what I'm saying and not to the television"
],
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"dallying",
"dawdling",
"dillydallying",
"fiddling (around)",
"fooling around",
"idling",
"messing around",
"monkeying (around)",
"playing",
"pottering (around)",
"puttering (around)",
"trifling"
],
"related":[
"readdressing",
"reapplying",
"knuckling down",
"setting (to)",
"settling (down)",
"busying",
"committing",
"concerning",
"engaging",
"involving",
"exerting",
"exhausting",
"putting out",
"spending",
"straining",
"stressing",
"taxing",
"troubling",
"wearing out",
"carrying on",
"pitching in",
"plunging (in)",
"grinding",
"humping",
"hustling",
"pegging (away)",
"plodding",
"plowing",
"plugging (away)",
"working"
],
"synonyms":[
"applying",
"bending",
"buckling",
"devoting",
"giving"
]
},
"to transmit information or requests to":{
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"you may address the manager about your problems tomorrow"
],
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"related":[
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"acquainting",
"advising",
"apprising",
"briefing",
"clueing",
"cluing",
"enlightening",
"familiarizing",
"filling in",
"informing",
"instructing",
"notifying",
"telling",
"wising (up)",
"buzzing",
"calling",
"phoning",
"ringing (up)",
"telephoning",
"keeping up (with)"
],
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"contacting",
"getting",
"reaching"
]
},
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"verb"
]
},
"adduce":{
"to give as an example":{
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"in support of a 12-month school year, the committee adduced data from other school districts"
],
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"represent",
"advert (to)",
"illustrate",
"name",
"refer (to)",
"specify",
"touch (on or upon)",
"bear out",
"corroborate",
"document",
"substantiate",
"validate",
"reference",
"source"
],
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"cite",
"instance",
"mention",
"quote"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"adequately":{
"in a satisfactory way":{
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"bad",
"badly",
"deficiently",
"ill",
"inadequately",
"insufficiently",
"intolerably",
"poorly",
"unacceptably",
"unsatisfactorily"
],
"examples":[
"we weren't completely bowled over by the performance, but the band certainly played more than adequately"
],
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"unbearably",
"inappropriately",
"incorrectly",
"indecently",
"unsuitably",
"awfully",
"deplorably",
"disastrously",
"dreadfully",
"horrendously",
"horribly",
"horridly",
"miserably",
"terribly"
],
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"aptly",
"congruously",
"correctly",
"decorously",
"felicitously",
"fittingly",
"happily",
"meetly",
"rightly",
"seemly",
"suitably",
"gratifyingly",
"satisfyingly",
"effectively",
"effectually",
"efficiently",
"neatly",
"tidily"
],
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"acceptably",
"all right",
"alright",
"creditably",
"decently",
"fine",
"good",
"middlingly",
"nicely",
"OK",
"okay",
"passably",
"respectably",
"satisfactorily",
"serviceably",
"so-so",
"sufficiently",
"tolerably",
"well"
]
},
"in or to a degree or quantity that meets one's requirements or satisfaction":{
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"inadequately",
"insufficiently",
"unsatisfactorily"
],
"examples":[
"adequately provided with candles and freshwater in case of a power outage"
],
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"fairly",
"moderately",
"passably",
"tolerably",
"meetly",
"properly",
"rightly",
"seemly",
"agreeably",
"gratifyingly",
"satisfyingly",
"abundantly",
"amply",
"aplenty",
"optimally",
"plenteously",
"plentifully",
"commensurately",
"proportionately"
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"satisfactorily",
"sufficiently",
"suitably"
]
},
"type":[
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]
},
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"having a border in common":{
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"nonadjacent",
"noncontiguous"
],
"examples":[
"the cows had broken through the fence and were grazing in the adjoining field"
],
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"apart",
"detached",
"disconnected",
"discrete",
"free-standing",
"isolate",
"isolated",
"removed",
"separate",
"single",
"unattached",
"unconnected",
"unlinked",
"away",
"distant",
"far",
"faraway",
"far-off",
"farthest",
"remote",
"discontinuous",
"noncontinuous",
"broken up",
"disjoined",
"dissevered",
"dissociated",
"disunited",
"divided",
"divorced",
"parted",
"ramified",
"resolved",
"severed",
"split",
"sundered",
"uncoupled",
"unyoked"
],
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"close",
"closest",
"immediate",
"near",
"nearby",
"nearest",
"next-door",
"nigh",
"attached",
"communicating",
"connected",
"connecting",
"interconnecting",
"joined",
"linked",
"united",
"bounding",
"circumjacent",
"embracing",
"encircling",
"enclosing",
"inclosing",
"fencing",
"rimming",
"surrounding",
"marginal",
"peripheral",
"tangent",
"tangential",
"ambient",
"encompassing"
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"abutting",
"adjacent",
"bordering",
"conterminous",
"contiguous",
"flanking",
"flush",
"fringing",
"joining",
"juxtaposed",
"neighboring",
"skirting",
"touching",
"verging"
]
},
"to be adjacent to":{
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"examples":[
"the bedroom of their apartment adjoins their neighbor's living room"
],
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"communicating (with)",
"connecting (with)",
"linking (with)",
"bounding",
"embracing",
"encircling",
"enclosing",
"inclosing",
"fencing",
"lining",
"margining",
"rimming",
"surrounding",
"contacting",
"converging",
"meeting"
],
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"abutting",
"bordering (on)",
"butting (on or against)",
"flanking",
"fringing",
"joining",
"marching (with)",
"neighboring",
"skirting",
"touching",
"verging (on)"
]
},
"to join (something) to a mass, quantity, or number so as to bring about an overall increase":{
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"abating",
"bating",
"deducting",
"knocking off",
"removing",
"subtracting",
"taking off"
],
"examples":[
"after the dictionary writer's talk, the principal adjoined a few remarks about her own love of words"
],
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"detaching",
"disconnecting",
"disjoining",
"separating",
"unfastening",
"amputating",
"cutting",
"excising",
"lopping (off)",
"severing",
"contracting",
"decreasing",
"diminishing",
"lessening",
"lowering",
"reducing",
"abbreviating",
"abridging",
"curtailing",
"shortening",
"compressing",
"condensing",
"constricting",
"cutting back",
"retrenching"
],
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"attaching",
"fastening",
"fixing",
"grafting",
"hitching",
"tagging",
"tying",
"tieing",
"infusing",
"injecting",
"inserting",
"interfusing",
"introducing",
"aggrandizing",
"amplifying",
"augmenting",
"beefing (up)",
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"enlarging",
"escalating",
"expanding",
"extending",
"increasing",
"multiplying",
"raising",
"swelling (up)",
"elongating",
"lengthening",
"prolonging",
"protracting",
"enhancing",
"heightening",
"intensifying",
"magnifying",
"complementing",
"supplementing",
"supplying",
"enforcing",
"reinforcing",
"reenforcing",
"strengthening",
"maximizing"
],
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"annexing",
"appending",
"subjoining",
"tacking (on)"
]
},
"type":[
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"verb"
]
},
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],
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"hedge",
"pussyfoot",
"skirt"
],
"related":[
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"deem",
"deliberate",
"hear",
"ponder",
"weigh",
"size up",
"mediate",
"moderate",
"negotiate",
"prosecute",
"try",
"find (for or against)",
"conclude",
"resolve",
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"rejudge"
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"arbitrate",
"decide",
"determine",
"judge",
"referee",
"rule (on)",
"settle",
"umpire"
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"when we asked the salesclerk to adjudicate our disagreement, she agreed with me that the white shoes looked better"
],
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"equivocate",
"hedge",
"pussyfoot",
"skirt"
],
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"consider",
"deem",
"deliberate",
"hear",
"ponder",
"weigh",
"size up",
"mediate",
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"negotiate",
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"find (for or against)",
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"decide",
"determine",
"judge",
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"umpire"
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},
"type":[
"verb"
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},
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"when we asked the salesclerk to adjudicate our disagreement, she agreed with me that the white shoes looked better"
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"hedged",
"pussyfooted",
"skirted"
],
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"deemed",
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"heard",
"pondered",
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"umpired"
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},
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"though he was loath to take over the family business, he couldn't refuse his ailing father's adjuration"
],
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"calls",
"claims",
"demands",
"insistences"
],
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"an opinion suggesting a wise or proper course of action":{
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"an adjuration to check the facts carefully before publishing the expos\u00e9 on corruption in the statehouse"
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"suggestions",
"hints",
"pointers",
"tips",
"data",
"feedback",
"information",
"answers",
"solutions",
"advisements",
"considerations",
"thoughts",
"alarms",
"alarums",
"alerts",
"cautions",
"expostulations",
"forewarnings",
"remonstrances",
"remonstrations",
"urgings",
"warnings",
"judgments",
"judgements",
"observations",
"verdicts",
"assistances",
"briefings",
"directions",
"instructions",
"primings",
"promptings",
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"interferences",
"exhortations",
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"lessons",
"sermons",
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"counsel",
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"inputs"
]
},
"type":[
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]
},
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"after going on the night shift, he found it difficult to adjust his sleep schedule",
"adjust the amount of sugar in the recipe to your taste"
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"misadjust"
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"pattern",
"attune",
"correct",
"harmonize",
"square",
"tune",
"establish",
"root",
"settle",
"acquaint",
"familiarize",
"orient",
"orientate",
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"put",
"shape",
"suit",
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"oriented",
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"trained",
"bent",
"fiddled (with)",
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"fashioned",
"fitted",
"fit",
"put",
"shaped",
"suited",
"tailored"
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"verb"
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"rigs"
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"adapts",
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"doctors",
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"fashions",
"fits",
"puts",
"shapes",
"suits",
"tailors"
]
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"ignored",
"neglected"
],
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"effected",
"effectuated",
"discharged",
"fulfilled",
"rendered",
"cited",
"invoked",
"enacted",
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"observed",
"upheld",
"prosecuted",
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"executed",
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"declined",
"denied",
"deprived (of)",
"disallowed",
"refused",
"rejected",
"withheld",
"niggled (out)",
"pinched",
"skimped",
"stinted"
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"allotted",
"allowed",
"appropriated",
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"divided",
"divvied (up)",
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"measured (out)",
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"proportioned",
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"set",
"shared (out)",
"split",
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"disbursed",
"furnished",
"issued",
"provided",
"shared",
"supplied",
"circulated",
"dispersed",
"disseminated",
"scattered",
"spread",
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"dispensed",
"distributed",
"doled out",
"handed out",
"meted (out)",
"parceled (out)",
"parcelled (out)",
"portioned",
"prorated"
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],
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"watched",
"led",
"piloted",
"steered",
"guarded",
"protected",
"safeguarded",
"micromanaged",
"stage-managed",
"codirected",
"co-directed",
"comanaged",
"co-managed"
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"carried on",
"conducted",
"controlled",
"directed",
"governed",
"guided",
"handled",
"kept",
"managed",
"operated",
"overlooked",
"oversaw",
"presided (over)",
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"run",
"regulated",
"stewarded",
"superintended",
"supervised",
"tended"
]
},
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"verb"
]
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],
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"ignoring",
"neglecting"
],
"related":[
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"effecting",
"effectuating",
"discharging",
"fulfilling",
"rendering",
"citing",
"invoking",
"enacting",
"legislating",
"honoring",
"observing",
"upholding",
"prosecuting",
"promulgating"
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"enforcing",
"executing",
"implementing"
]
},
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],
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"the principal administers discipline fairly when students break the rules"
],
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"declining",
"denying",
"depriving (of)",
"disallowing",
"refusing",
"rejecting",
"withholding",
"niggling (out)",
"pinching",
"skimping",
"stinting"
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"related":[
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"allotting",
"allowing",
"appropriating",
"assigning",
"dishing out",
"dividing",
"divvying (up)",
"dolloping (out)",
"lotting",
"measuring (out)",
"parting",
"proportioning",
"rationing",
"redistributing",
"setting",
"sharing (out)",
"splitting",
"bestowing",
"disbursing",
"furnishing",
"issuing",
"providing",
"sharing",
"supplying",
"circulating",
"dispersing",
"disseminating",
"scattering",
"spreading",
"chipping in",
"contributing",
"donating",
"pledging",
"reallocating",
"reapportioning"
],
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"allocating",
"apportioning",
"dealing (out)",
"dispensing",
"distributing",
"doling out",
"handing out",
"meting (out)",
"parceling (out)",
"parcelling (out)",
"portioning",
"prorating"
]
},
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"the lieutenant governor administers the affairs of the state in the absence of the governor"
],
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"minding",
"watching",
"leading",
"piloting",
"steering",
"guarding",
"protecting",
"safeguarding",
"micromanaging",
"stage-managing",
"codirecting",
"co-directing",
"comanaging",
"co-managing"
],
"synonyms":[
"administrating",
"carrying on",
"conducting",
"controlling",
"directing",
"governing",
"guiding",
"handling",
"keeping",
"managing",
"operating",
"overlooking",
"overseeing",
"presiding (over)",
"regulating",
"running",
"stewarding",
"superintending",
"supervising",
"tending"
]
},
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"verb"
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},
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"to look after and make decisions about":{
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"examples":[
"they're looking for someone to administrate the new division"
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"related":[
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"mind",
"watch",
"lead",
"pilot",
"steer",
"guard",
"protect",
"safeguard",
"micromanage",
"stage-manage",
"codirect",
"comanage"
],
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"carry on",
"conduct",
"control",
"direct",
"govern",
"guide",
"handle",
"keep",
"manage",
"operate",
"overlook",
"oversee",
"preside (over)",
"regulate",
"run",
"steward",
"superintend",
"supervise",
"tend"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
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"deserving of high regard or great approval":{
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"censurable",
"discreditable",
"illaudable",
"reprehensible"
],
"examples":[
"it's admirable the way she helps her elderly neighbor with chores and errands every Saturday"
],
"near antonyms":[
"base",
"contemptible",
"deplorable",
"despicable",
"detestable",
"dirty",
"infamous",
"lousy",
"nasty",
"notorious",
"pitiable",
"pitiful",
"scabby",
"scummy",
"scurvy",
"sorry",
"unlikable",
"unworthy",
"vile",
"worthless",
"wretched",
"disgraceful",
"dishonorable",
"disreputable",
"ignominious",
"low",
"mean",
"scandalous",
"seamy",
"shady",
"shameful",
"shocking",
"sordid",
"unethical",
"unsavory"
],
"related":[
"deserving",
"worthy",
"awesome",
"distinctive",
"distinguished",
"excellent",
"heady",
"honorable",
"impressive",
"noteworthy",
"noticeable",
"outstanding",
"redoubtable",
"reputable",
"respectable",
"invaluable",
"precious",
"priceless",
"valuable",
"delightful",
"enjoyable",
"pleasing",
"satisfying",
"ethical",
"good",
"high-minded",
"moral",
"noble",
"principled"
],
"synonyms":[
"applaudable",
"commendable",
"creditable",
"estimable",
"laudable",
"meritorious",
"praiseworthy"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"admiringly":{
"in an approving manner":{
"antonyms":[
"adversely",
"disapprovingly",
"negatively",
"unfavorably"
],
"examples":[
"we gazed admiringly at the portrait"
],
"near antonyms":[
"captiously",
"hypercritically",
"deploringly",
"disdainfully",
"scornfully",
"unflatteringly"
],
"related":[
"lovingly",
"regardfully",
"respectfully",
"reverently",
"worshipfully"
],
"synonyms":[
"appreciatively",
"approvingly",
"complimentarily",
"favorably",
"positively"
]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"admixtures":{
"a distinct entity formed by the combining of two or more different things":{
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"examples":[
"an admixture of rose petals and lavender for a fragrant potpourri"
],
"near antonyms":[
"components",
"constituents",
"elements",
"ingredients"
],
"related":[
"half-and-halfs",
"absorptions",
"coalescences",
"coalitions",
"commixtures",
"composts",
"concretions",
"homogenizations",
"immixtures",
"incorporations",
"integrations",
"interfusions",
"mergences",
"mergers",
"assortments",
"hashes",
"hodgepodges",
"hotchpotches",
"jumbles",
"medleys",
"m\u00e9langes",
"mishmashes",
"motleys",
"patchworks",
"potpourris",
"varieties",
"accumulations",
"aggregations",
"conglomerations"
],
"synonyms":[
"alloys",
"amalgamations",
"amalgams",
"blends",
"cocktails",
"combinations",
"composites",
"compounds",
"conflations",
"emulsions",
"fusions",
"intermixtures",
"melds",
"mixes",
"mixtures",
"syntheses"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"admonishes":{
"to criticize (someone) usually gently so as to correct a fault":{
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"examples":[
"admonished her for littering"
],
"near antonyms":[
"approves",
"endorses",
"indorses",
"OKs",
"okays",
"sanctions",
"applauds",
"extols",
"extolls",
"hails",
"lauds",
"praises",
"salutes",
"touts"
],
"related":[
"berates",
"castigates",
"chews out",
"dresses down",
"flays",
"harangues",
"jaws",
"keelhauls",
"lambastes",
"lambasts",
"lectures",
"rails (at or against)",
"rates",
"scolds",
"scores",
"upbraids",
"abuses",
"assails",
"attacks",
"bad-mouths",
"blames",
"blasts",
"censures",
"condemns",
"criticizes",
"crucifies",
"denounces",
"disses",
"excoriates",
"faults",
"knocks",
"lashes",
"pans",
"reprehends",
"slams",
"belittles",
"deprecates",
"disparages",
"minimizes",
"mocks",
"puts down",
"derides",
"ridicules",
"scoffs",
"scorns"
],
"synonyms":[
"chides",
"rebukes",
"reprimands",
"reproaches",
"reproves",
"ticks off"
]
},
"to give advice to":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"my physician is always admonishing me to eat more healthy foods"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"alerts",
"cautions",
"forewarns",
"warns",
"briefs",
"clues (in)",
"fills in",
"informs",
"tells",
"wises (up)",
"coaches",
"directs",
"guides",
"instructs",
"leads",
"mentors",
"shepherds",
"shows",
"teaches",
"tutors",
"directs",
"pilots",
"steers",
"acquaints",
"apprises",
"familiarizes",
"convinces",
"encourages",
"induces",
"persuades",
"talks (into)",
"begs",
"exhorts",
"implores",
"prevails (upon)",
"urges",
"proposes",
"recommends",
"suggests"
],
"synonyms":[
"adjures",
"advises",
"counsels"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"adopted":{
"as in orphaned":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"to take for one's own use (something originated by another)":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"shortly after moving to the U.S., the family dutifully adopted the American tradition of having turkey for Thanksgiving"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abandoned",
"forsook",
"gave up",
"relinquished",
"surrendered",
"abjured",
"abnegated",
"disowned",
"rejected",
"renounced",
"repudiated",
"spurned",
"discarded",
"jettisoned",
"junked",
"threw away",
"threw out"
],
"related":[
"domesticated",
"naturalized",
"appropriated",
"arrogated",
"took over",
"usurped",
"absorbed",
"assimilated",
"incorporated",
"quoted",
"cherished",
"prized",
"treasured",
"cultivated",
"followed",
"heeded",
"honored",
"used",
"utilized",
"brought up",
"fostered",
"nurtured",
"raised",
"reared",
"affected",
"assumed",
"copied",
"imitated",
"pretended",
"put on",
"simulated"
],
"synonyms":[
"borrowed",
"embraced",
"espoused",
"took on",
"took up"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"adore":{
"to feel passion, devotion, or tenderness for":{
"antonyms":[
"abhor",
"abominate",
"despise",
"detest",
"execrate",
"hate",
"loathe"
],
"examples":[
"an attentive, solicitous husband who clearly adores his wife"
],
"near antonyms":[
"antagonize",
"displease",
"disapprove (of)",
"disfavor",
"dislike",
"disgust",
"nauseate",
"repel",
"repulse",
"revolt",
"sicken",
"turn off"
],
"related":[
"adulate",
"canonize",
"deify",
"idealize",
"idolize",
"revere",
"reverence",
"venerate",
"delight (in)",
"dote (on)"
],
"synonyms":[
"cherish",
"love",
"worship"
]
},
"to love or admire too much":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"adores her older sister so much that she cannot see her considerable faults"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abhor",
"abominate",
"despise",
"detest",
"disdain",
"dislike",
"hate",
"loathe",
"belittle",
"deprecate",
"disparage",
"misprize",
"put down"
],
"related":[
"appreciate",
"cherish",
"esteem",
"prize",
"treasure",
"value",
"fancy",
"favor",
"like",
"prefer",
"regard",
"hallow",
"respect",
"revere",
"venerate",
"approve",
"endorse",
"indorse",
"support"
],
"synonyms":[
"adulate",
"canonize",
"deify",
"dote (on)",
"hero-worship",
"idolize",
"worship"
]
},
"to offer honor or respect to (someone) as a divine power":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the Roman soldier was beheaded for adoring the Christian god"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blaspheme",
"desecrate",
"profane",
"violate",
"affront",
"dishonor",
"disrespect",
"insult",
"offend",
"outrage",
"pique",
"ridicule",
"scorn",
"slight",
"displease",
"defame",
"disparage",
"libel",
"malign",
"slander",
"slur",
"smear"
],
"related":[
"admire",
"honor",
"love",
"regard",
"respect",
"apotheosize",
"canonize",
"dignify",
"exalt",
"lionize",
"magnify",
"extol",
"extoll",
"laud",
"praise",
"delight",
"gratify",
"please",
"satisfy"
],
"synonyms":[
"deify",
"glorify",
"revere",
"reverence",
"venerate",
"worship"
]
},
"to take pleasure in":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"I adore those earrings\u2014wherever did you get them?"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abhor",
"abominate",
"detest",
"dislike",
"hate",
"loathe",
"condemn",
"despise",
"scorn"
],
"related":[
"admire",
"appreciate",
"cherish",
"revere",
"venerate",
"worship",
"prize",
"treasure",
"value",
"devour",
"drink (in)",
"eat (up)",
"feast (on)",
"dote (on)",
"idolize",
"cotton (to)",
"favor",
"prefer",
"indulge (in)",
"luxuriate (in)",
"wallow (in)"
],
"synonyms":[
"delight (in)",
"dig",
"enjoy",
"fancy",
"get off (on)",
"groove (on)",
"like",
"love",
"rejoice (in)",
"relish",
"revel (in)",
"savor",
"savour"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"adored":{
"as in":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"to feel passion, devotion, or tenderness for":{
"antonyms":[
"abhorred",
"abominated",
"despised",
"detested",
"execrated",
"hated",
"loathed"
],
"examples":[
"an attentive, solicitous husband who clearly adores his wife"
],
"near antonyms":[
"antagonized",
"displeased",
"disapproved (of)",
"disfavored",
"disliked",
"disgusted",
"nauseated",
"repelled",
"repulsed",
"revolted",
"sickened",
"turned off"
],
"related":[
"adulated",
"canonized",
"deified",
"idealized",
"idolized",
"revered",
"reverenced",
"venerated",
"delighted (in)",
"doted (on)"
],
"synonyms":[
"cherished",
"loved",
"worshipped",
"worshiped"
]
},
"to love or admire too much":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"adores her older sister so much that she cannot see her considerable faults"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abhorred",
"abominated",
"despised",
"detested",
"disdained",
"disliked",
"hated",
"loathed",
"belittled",
"deprecated",
"disparaged",
"misprized",
"put down"
],
"related":[
"appreciated",
"cherished",
"esteemed",
"prized",
"treasured",
"valued",
"fancied",
"favored",
"liked",
"preferred",
"regarded",
"hallowed",
"respected",
"revered",
"venerated",
"approved",
"endorsed",
"indorsed",
"supported"
],
"synonyms":[
"adulated",
"canonized",
"deified",
"doted (on)",
"hero-worshipped",
"hero-worshiped",
"idolized",
"worshipped",
"worshiped"
]
},
"to offer honor or respect to (someone) as a divine power":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the Roman soldier was beheaded for adoring the Christian god"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blasphemed",
"desecrated",
"profaned",
"violated",
"affronted",
"dishonored",
"disrespected",
"insulted",
"offended",
"outraged",
"piqued",
"ridiculed",
"scorned",
"slighted",
"displeased",
"defamed",
"disparaged",
"libeled",
"libelled",
"maligned",
"slandered",
"slurred",
"smeared"
],
"related":[
"admired",
"honored",
"loved",
"regarded",
"respected",
"apotheosized",
"canonized",
"dignified",
"exalted",
"lionized",
"magnified",
"extolled",
"lauded",
"praised",
"delighted",
"gratified",
"pleased",
"satisfied"
],
"synonyms":[
"deified",
"glorified",
"revered",
"reverenced",
"venerated",
"worshipped",
"worshiped"
]
},
"to take pleasure in":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"I adore those earrings\u2014wherever did you get them?"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abhorred",
"abominated",
"detested",
"disliked",
"hated",
"loathed",
"condemned",
"despised",
"scorned"
],
"related":[
"admired",
"appreciated",
"cherished",
"revered",
"venerated",
"worshipped",
"worshiped",
"prized",
"treasured",
"valued",
"ate (up)",
"devoured",
"drank (in)",
"feasted (on)",
"doted (on)",
"idolized",
"cottoned (to)",
"favored",
"preferred",
"indulged (in)",
"luxuriated (in)",
"wallowed (in)"
],
"synonyms":[
"delighted (in)",
"dug",
"enjoyed",
"fancied",
"got off (on)",
"grooved (on)",
"liked",
"loved",
"rejoiced (in)",
"relished",
"reveled (in)",
"revelled (in)",
"savored",
"savoured"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"adorned":{
"as in":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"to make more attractive by adding something that is beautiful or becoming":{
"antonyms":[
"blemished",
"defaced",
"disfigured",
"marred",
"scarred",
"spoiled",
"spoilt"
],
"examples":[
"the Sultan's tent was richly adorned with thick tapestries and gleaming gold candlesticks"
],
"near antonyms":[
"simplified",
"streamlined",
"bared",
"denuded",
"dismantled",
"displayed",
"divested",
"exposed",
"revealed",
"stripped",
"stript",
"uncovered",
"uglified"
],
"related":[
"accessorized",
"dressed up",
"trapped",
"tricked (out)",
"brightened",
"freshened",
"smartened",
"spruced (up)",
"bossed",
"chased",
"braided",
"embroidered",
"feathered",
"figured",
"filigreed",
"filleted",
"flounced",
"frilled",
"fringed",
"furbelowed",
"garlanded",
"hung",
"hanged",
"laced",
"ribboned",
"swagged",
"wreathed",
"appliqu\u00e9d",
"gilded",
"gilt",
"painted",
"diamonded",
"gemmed",
"impearled",
"jeweled",
"jewelled",
"pearled",
"redecorated",
"redid"
],
"synonyms":[
"arrayed",
"beautified",
"bedecked",
"bedizened",
"blazoned",
"caparisoned",
"decked",
"decorated",
"did",
"did up",
"dolled up",
"draped",
"dressed",
"embellished",
"emblazed",
"embossed",
"enriched",
"fancied up",
"fancified",
"festooned",
"garnished",
"glitzed (up)",
"graced",
"gussied up",
"ornamented",
"prettied (up)",
"trimmed"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"adorning":{
"serving to add beauty":{
"antonyms":[
"functional",
"utilitarian"
],
"examples":[
"adorning garlands of greenery can be seen all over the mansion at Christmastime"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"alluring",
"appealing",
"attractive",
"charming",
"delightful",
"glamorous",
"glamourous",
"pleasing",
"prepossessing",
"beauteous",
"beautiful",
"bonny",
"bonnie",
"comely",
"fair",
"gorgeous",
"handsome",
"lovely",
"pretty",
"stunning",
"detailed",
"elaborate",
"fancy",
"ornate"
],
"synonyms":[
"beautifying",
"cosmetic",
"decorative",
"embellishing",
"ornamental"
]
},
"to make more attractive by adding something that is beautiful or becoming":{
"antonyms":[
"blemishing",
"defacing",
"disfiguring",
"marring",
"scarring",
"spoiling"
],
"examples":[
"the Sultan's tent was richly adorned with thick tapestries and gleaming gold candlesticks"
],
"near antonyms":[
"simplifying",
"streamlining",
"baring",
"denuding",
"dismantling",
"displaying",
"divesting",
"exposing",
"revealing",
"stripping",
"uncovering",
"uglifying"
],
"related":[
"accessorizing",
"dressing up",
"trapping",
"tricking (out)",
"brightening",
"freshening",
"smartening",
"sprucing (up)",
"bossing",
"chasing",
"braiding",
"embroidering",
"feathering",
"figuring",
"filigreeing",
"filleting",
"flouncing",
"frilling",
"fringing",
"furbelowing",
"garlanding",
"hanging",
"lacing",
"ribboning",
"swagging",
"wreathing",
"appliqu\u00e9ing",
"gilding",
"painting",
"diamonding",
"gemming",
"impearling",
"jeweling",
"jewelling",
"pearling",
"redecorating",
"redoing"
],
"synonyms":[
"arraying",
"beautifying",
"bedecking",
"bedizening",
"blazoning",
"caparisoning",
"decking",
"decorating",
"doing",
"doing up",
"dolling up",
"draping",
"dressing",
"embellishing",
"emblazing",
"embossing",
"enriching",
"fancifying",
"fancying up",
"festooning",
"garnishing",
"glitzing (up)",
"gracing",
"gussying up",
"ornamenting",
"prettying (up)",
"trimming"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"ados":{
"a state of noisy, confused activity":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"a bride-to-be caught up in the usual prenuptial ado"
],
"near antonyms":[
"calms",
"hushes",
"peaces",
"quiets",
"quietudes",
"rests",
"tranquillities",
"tranquilities",
"orders"
],
"related":[
"cacophonies",
"clamors",
"dins",
"howls",
"hue and cries",
"noises",
"outcries",
"rackets",
"roars",
"disorders",
"upheavals",
"eruptions",
"flare-ups",
"flurries",
"flutters",
"outbreaks",
"outbursts",
"brawls",
"fracases",
"fracas",
"frays",
"hassles",
"melees",
"m\u00eal\u00e9es",
"scuffles",
"dithers",
"fevers",
"frets",
"lathers",
"tizzies"
],
"synonyms":[
"alarums and excursions",
"ballyhoos",
"blathers",
"bluster",
"bobberies",
"bothers",
"bustles",
"clatters",
"clutters",
"coils",
"commotions",
"corroborees",
"disturbances",
"dos",
"do's",
"foofaraws",
"fun",
"furores",
"furors",
"fusses",
"helter-skelters",
"hoo-has",
"hoo-hahs",
"hooplas",
"hubble-bubbles",
"hubbubs",
"hullabaloos",
"hurlies",
"hurly-burlies",
"hurricanes",
"hurry-scurries",
"hurry-skurries",
"kerfuffles",
"moils",
"pandemoniums",
"pothers",
"rows",
"ruckuses",
"ructions",
"rumpuses",
"shindys",
"shindies",
"splores",
"squalls",
"stews",
"stirs",
"storms",
"to-dos",
"tumults",
"turmoils",
"uproars",
"welters",
"whirls",
"williwaws",
"zoos"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"adulated":{
"to love or admire too much":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"it's ridiculous how she adulates that airheaded rock star"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abhorred",
"abominated",
"despised",
"detested",
"disdained",
"disliked",
"hated",
"loathed",
"belittled",
"deprecated",
"disparaged",
"misprized",
"put down"
],
"related":[
"appreciated",
"cherished",
"esteemed",
"prized",
"treasured",
"valued",
"fancied",
"favored",
"liked",
"preferred",
"regarded",
"hallowed",
"respected",
"revered",
"venerated",
"approved",
"endorsed",
"indorsed",
"supported"
],
"synonyms":[
"adored",
"canonized",
"deified",
"doted (on)",
"hero-worshipped",
"hero-worshiped",
"idolized",
"worshipped",
"worshiped"
]
},
"to praise too much":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"a business executive who unwisely surrounds herself with incompetent assistants who spend all their time adulating her"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bad-mouthed",
"belittled",
"decried",
"depreciated",
"disparaged",
"put down"
],
"related":[
"blandished",
"cajoled",
"coaxed",
"sweet-talked",
"wheedled",
"fawned",
"kowtowed",
"sucked (up to)",
"toadied",
"idolized",
"worshipped",
"worshiped",
"eulogized",
"extolled",
"lauded",
"praised",
"applauded",
"commended",
"complimented",
"congratulated",
"felicitated",
"drooled",
"gushed",
"slavered",
"slobbered",
"endeared",
"ingratiated",
"courted",
"romanced",
"wooed"
],
"synonyms":[
"belauded",
"blarneyed",
"buttered up",
"flattered",
"hero-worshipped",
"hero-worshiped",
"honeyed",
"honied",
"massaged",
"overpraised",
"puffed",
"soft-soaped",
"stroked"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"adulterated":{
"containing foreign or lower-grade substances":{
"antonyms":[
"fine",
"pure",
"ultrapure",
"unadulterated",
"unalloyed",
"uncontaminated",
"uncut",
"undiluted",
"unmixed",
"unpolluted",
"untainted"
],
"examples":[
"the outbreak of food poisoning was traced to adulterated ground beef"
],
"near antonyms":[
"clarified",
"filtered",
"purified",
"refined",
"ultrarefined",
"neat",
"plain",
"straight",
"concentrated",
"strong",
"uncombined",
"pasteurized",
"sterile",
"sterilized",
"clean",
"immaculate",
"spotless",
"stainless",
"unsoiled",
"unsullied"
],
"related":[
"unclarified",
"unfiltered",
"unrefined",
"befouled",
"begrimed",
"bemired",
"besmirched",
"corrupted",
"debased",
"defiled",
"dirtied",
"fouled",
"maculate",
"maculated",
"soiled",
"spoiled",
"sullied",
"blended",
"commingled",
"incorporated",
"intermingled",
"intermixed",
"merged",
"mingled",
"mixed",
"coalesced",
"combined",
"compounded",
"cheapened",
"doctored"
],
"synonyms":[
"adulterate",
"alloyed",
"contaminated",
"dilute",
"diluted",
"impure",
"polluted",
"tainted",
"thinned",
"weakened"
]
},
"to alter (something) for the worse with the addition of foreign or lower-grade substances":{
"antonyms":[
"enriched",
"fortified",
"richened",
"strengthened"
],
"examples":[
"the company was fined for adulterating its \"all beef\" frankfurters with cereal"
],
"near antonyms":[
"fertilized",
"larded",
"augmented",
"reinforced",
"reenforced",
"supplemented",
"decontaminated",
"purified",
"clarified",
"cleaned",
"cleansed",
"distilled",
"filtered",
"flushed",
"leached",
"pasteurized",
"purged",
"refined",
"bettered",
"enhanced",
"improved",
"compacted",
"concentrated",
"condensed"
],
"related":[
"loaded",
"befouled",
"contaminated",
"corrupted",
"defiled",
"dirtied",
"envenomed",
"fouled",
"infected",
"poisoned",
"polluted",
"soiled",
"spoiled",
"spoilt",
"sullied",
"tainted",
"cheapened",
"debased",
"degraded",
"manipulated",
"misrepresented",
"tampered (with)",
"counterfeited",
"faked",
"falsified",
"fudged",
"doctored",
"spiked",
"attenuated",
"moderated",
"qualified",
"tempered"
],
"synonyms":[
"cut",
"diluted",
"extended",
"laced",
"sophisticated",
"thinned",
"watered down",
"weakened"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"adults":{
"a fully grown person":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"at the beach, the adults sat under broad umbrellas while the children splashed in the water"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bairns",
"children",
"cubs",
"kids",
"moppets",
"tads",
"toddlers",
"tots",
"tykes",
"tikes",
"babies",
"infants",
"adolescents",
"juveniles",
"minors",
"younglings",
"youngsters",
"youths",
"preteen-agers",
"preteens",
"teenagers",
"teeners",
"teens",
"teenyboppers",
"tweens"
],
"related":[
"middle-agers",
"ancients",
"elders",
"gaffers",
"graybeards",
"oldsters",
"old-timers",
"senior citizens",
"seniors"
],
"synonyms":[
"grown-ups"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"advancing":{
"as in continuing , gaining":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"to give to another for temporary use with the understanding that it or a like thing will be returned":{
"antonyms":[
"borrowing"
],
"examples":[
"advanced her some cash with the understanding that the amount would be deducted from her first paycheck"
],
"near antonyms":[
"receiving",
"taking"
],
"related":[
"furnishing",
"giving",
"granting",
"leasing",
"letting",
"renting"
],
"synonyms":[
"lending",
"loaning"
]
},
"to help the growth or development of":{
"antonyms":[
"discouraging",
"frustrating",
"hindering",
"inhibiting"
],
"examples":[
"great thinkers who did much to advance modern science"
],
"near antonyms":[
"banning",
"barring",
"enjoining",
"forbidding",
"interdicting",
"outlawing",
"preventing",
"prohibiting",
"proscribing",
"battling",
"combating",
"combatting",
"contending (with)",
"countering",
"fighting",
"opposing",
"repressing",
"snuffing (out)",
"squashing",
"squelching",
"stifling",
"subduing",
"suppressing",
"arresting",
"checking",
"halting",
"retarding",
"encumbering",
"fettering",
"hobbling",
"impeding",
"interfering (with)",
"manacling",
"obstructing",
"shackling"
],
"related":[
"advocating",
"backing",
"championing",
"endorsing",
"indorsing",
"supporting",
"upholding",
"endowing",
"financing",
"funding",
"patronizing",
"staking",
"subsidizing",
"underwriting",
"abetting",
"aiding",
"assisting",
"advertising",
"boosting",
"plugging",
"publicizing",
"touting",
"agitating (for)",
"campaigning (for)",
"working (for)"
],
"synonyms":[
"cultivating",
"encouraging",
"forwarding",
"fostering",
"furthering",
"incubating",
"nourishing",
"nursing",
"nurturing",
"promoting"
]
},
"to move closer to":{
"antonyms":[
"going",
"receding (from)",
"retreating",
"withdrawing"
],
"examples":[
"advanced cautiously toward the snarling dog"
],
"near antonyms":[
"departing",
"exiting",
"leaving"
],
"related":[
"dropping in",
"entering",
"popping (in)"
],
"synonyms":[
"approaching",
"coming",
"nearing",
"nighing"
]
},
"to move forward along a course":{
"antonyms":[
"remaining",
"standing",
"staying",
"stopping"
],
"examples":[
"as the technology advances , electronic devices keep getting smaller and smarter"
],
"near antonyms":[
"arresting",
"balking",
"blocking",
"checking",
"detaining",
"halting",
"hindering",
"holding back",
"impeding",
"nipping",
"obstructing",
"slowing (down or up)",
"stemming",
"repressing",
"retarding",
"stunting",
"suppressing",
"delaying",
"interrupting",
"stalling",
"cramping",
"hampering",
"inhibiting",
"ceasing",
"letting up",
"pausing",
"regressing",
"waiting"
],
"related":[
"accelerating",
"fast-forwarding",
"speeding",
"approaching",
"nearing",
"journeying",
"passing",
"repairing",
"running",
"traveling",
"travelling",
"wending",
"actuating",
"driving",
"impelling",
"propelling",
"pushing",
"taking out"
],
"synonyms":[
"coming",
"coming along",
"doing",
"faring",
"forging",
"getting along",
"getting on",
"going",
"going along",
"going off",
"marching",
"pacing",
"proceeding",
"progressing"
]
},
"to move higher in rank or position":{
"antonyms":[
"abasing",
"degrading",
"demoting",
"downgrading",
"lowering",
"reducing"
],
"examples":[
"within six months was advanced to the position of head waiter, to the dismay of the waiters who had been there much longer"
],
"near antonyms":[
"deposing",
"dethroning",
"dismissing",
"expelling",
"impeaching",
"ousting",
"overthrowing",
"removing",
"unmaking",
"unseating",
"demeaning",
"disgracing",
"dishonoring",
"humbling",
"humiliating",
"mortifying",
"shaming",
"taking down",
"censuring",
"condemning",
"damning",
"denouncing",
"reprobating"
],
"related":[
"forwarding",
"furthering",
"aggrandizing",
"boosting",
"heightening",
"improving",
"lifting",
"uplifting",
"commissioning",
"ennobling",
"knighting",
"acclaiming",
"applauding",
"celebrating",
"citing",
"commending",
"complimenting",
"congratulating",
"decorating",
"eulogizing",
"exalting",
"extolling",
"glorifying",
"hailing",
"honoring",
"lauding",
"praising",
"saluting"
],
"synonyms":[
"elevating",
"promoting",
"raising",
"upgrading"
]
},
"to set before the mind for consideration":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"let me explain my reasons for advancing this proposal"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"moving",
"nominating",
"recommending",
"presenting",
"submitting",
"tendering",
"trotting out",
"filing",
"laying",
"lodging",
"arranging",
"calculating",
"charting",
"contriving",
"covering",
"framing",
"mapping",
"planning",
"plotting",
"shaping"
],
"synonyms":[
"bouncing",
"offering",
"posing",
"proffering",
"proposing",
"propounding",
"suggesting",
"voting"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
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],
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"hurt",
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"injured",
"afflicted",
"distressed",
"upset"
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"worked (for)",
"wrought (for)",
"aided",
"assisted",
"bettered",
"improved",
"contented",
"delighted",
"gladdened",
"gratified",
"pleased",
"satisfied",
"blessed",
"blest"
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"benefitted",
"helped",
"profited",
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]
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"verb"
]
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"unenterprising"
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],
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"coward",
"cowardly",
"craven",
"lily-livered",
"milk-livered",
"milky",
"poltroon",
"pusillanimous",
"shy",
"timid",
"timorous",
"careful",
"cautious",
"heedful",
"prudent",
"wary",
"overcareful",
"overcautious",
"affrighted",
"afraid",
"alarmed",
"fainthearted",
"fearful",
"frightened",
"horrified",
"scared",
"shocked",
"spooked",
"startled",
"terrified",
"terrorized",
"unnerved",
"calm",
"cool",
"levelheaded",
"rational",
"reasonable",
"sage",
"sane",
"sensible",
"sound",
"wise",
"appalled",
"concerned",
"dismayed",
"upset",
"worried"
],
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"daredevil",
"foolhardy",
"heedless",
"hotheaded",
"impetuous",
"imprudent",
"impulsive",
"incautious",
"madcap",
"overbold",
"overconfident",
"rash",
"reckless",
"thoughtless",
"wild",
"brave",
"courageous",
"dauntless",
"fearless",
"gallant",
"greathearted",
"heroic",
"heroical",
"intrepid",
"lionhearted",
"stalwart",
"stout",
"stouthearted",
"swashbuckling",
"unafraid",
"undaunted",
"valiant",
"valorous",
"gritty",
"plucky",
"spirited",
"spunky",
"gadarene",
"hasty",
"headlong",
"precipitate",
"absurd",
"asinine",
"balmy",
"brainless",
"crazy",
"foolish",
"half-witted",
"harebrained",
"insane",
"lunatic",
"mad",
"nutty",
"scatterbrained",
"silly",
"wacky",
"whacky",
"witless",
"unnecessary",
"dumb",
"idiotic",
"idiotical",
"moronic",
"stupid",
"irrational",
"unreasonable"
],
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"audacious",
"bold",
"daring",
"dashing",
"emboldened",
"enterprising",
"free-swinging",
"gutsy",
"hardy",
"nerved",
"nervy",
"venturesome",
"venturous"
]
},
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"adjective"
]
},
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"examples":[
"I wouldn't advertise my bad credit rating to the whole world if I were you"
],
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"conceal",
"hush (up)",
"silence",
"suppress",
"withhold",
"recall",
"recant",
"retract",
"revoke"
],
"related":[
"bark",
"call (off or out)",
"cry",
"bill",
"billboard",
"bulletin",
"gazette",
"knell",
"ring",
"toll",
"blurb",
"feature",
"pitch",
"plug",
"promote",
"puff",
"disseminate",
"spread",
"disclose",
"divulge",
"introduce",
"kithe",
"manifest",
"report",
"reveal",
"show",
"advise",
"apprise",
"hand down",
"inform",
"notify",
"communicate",
"impart",
"intimate"
],
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"announce",
"annunciate",
"blare",
"blaze",
"blazon",
"broadcast",
"declare",
"enunciate",
"flash",
"give out",
"herald",
"placard",
"post",
"proclaim",
"promulgate",
"publicize",
"publish",
"release",
"sound",
"trumpet"
]
},
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"verb"
]
},
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"as in published , announced":{
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"examples":[],
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},
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"I wouldn't advertise my bad credit rating to the whole world if I were you"
],
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"concealed",
"hushed (up)",
"silenced",
"suppressed",
"withheld",
"recalled",
"recanted",
"retracted",
"revoked"
],
"related":[
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"called (off or out)",
"cried",
"billboarded",
"billed",
"bulletined",
"gazetted",
"knelled",
"rang",
"tolled",
"blurbed",
"featured",
"pitched",
"plugged",
"promoted",
"puffed",
"disseminated",
"spread",
"disclosed",
"divulged",
"introduced",
"kithed",
"kythed",
"manifested",
"reported",
"revealed",
"showed",
"advised",
"apprised",
"handed down",
"informed",
"notified",
"communicated",
"imparted",
"intimated"
],
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"annunciated",
"blared",
"blazed",
"blazoned",
"broadcast",
"broadcasted",
"declared",
"enunciated",
"flashed",
"gave out",
"heralded",
"placarded",
"posted",
"proclaimed",
"promulgated",
"publicized",
"published",
"released",
"sounded",
"trumpeted"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
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"a report of recent events or facts not previously known":{
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"examples":[
"had advices that the city could hold out against an invasion force for at most a week"
],
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"related":[
"announcement",
"bulletin",
"communication",
"correspondence",
"dispatch",
"message",
"reportage",
"dope",
"lowdown",
"scoop",
"tidbit",
"titbit",
"tip",
"gossip",
"rumor",
"tale",
"tattle",
"feedback",
"disinformation",
"propaganda"
],
"synonyms":[
"411",
"gen",
"info",
"information",
"intelligence",
"item",
"news",
"story",
"tidings",
"uncos",
"word"
]
},
"an opinion suggesting a wise or proper course of action":{
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"examples":[
"we got some good advice from the vet about dealing with our dog's habit of chasing cars"
],
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"suggestion",
"hint",
"pointer",
"tip",
"data",
"feedback",
"information",
"answer",
"solution",
"advisement",
"consideration",
"thought",
"alarm",
"alarum",
"alert",
"caution",
"cautioning",
"expostulation",
"forewarning",
"remonstrance",
"remonstration",
"urging",
"warning",
"judgment",
"judgement",
"observation",
"verdict",
"assistance",
"briefing",
"coaching",
"direction",
"instruction",
"mentoring",
"priming",
"prompting",
"teaching",
"tutoring",
"interference",
"kibitzing",
"kibbitzing",
"meddling",
"moralizing",
"pontificating",
"preaching",
"exhortation",
"lecture",
"lesson",
"sermon",
"speech"
],
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"adjuration",
"admonishment",
"admonition",
"counsel",
"guidance",
"input"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
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"examples":[
"environmentalists advocating agricultural methods designed to slow the destruction of rain forests"
],
"near antonyms":[
"baffled",
"foiled",
"frustrated",
"interfered",
"opposed",
"sabotaged",
"thwarted",
"deserted",
"disappointed",
"failed",
"let down"
],
"related":[
"adopted",
"embraced",
"espoused",
"abetted",
"aided",
"assisted",
"helped",
"propped (up)",
"seconded",
"sided (with)",
"backstopped",
"bolstered",
"boosted",
"buttressed",
"reinforced",
"reenforced",
"advanced",
"forwarded",
"furthered",
"plugged",
"preached",
"talked up",
"bailed out",
"delivered",
"rescued",
"saved"
],
"synonyms":[
"backed",
"championed",
"endorsed",
"indorsed",
"patronized",
"plumped (for)",
"plunked (for)",
"plonked (for)",
"supported"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"advocating":{
"to promote the interests or cause of":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"environmentalists advocating agricultural methods designed to slow the destruction of rain forests"
],
"near antonyms":[
"baffling",
"foiling",
"frustrating",
"interfering",
"opposing",
"sabotaging",
"thwarting",
"deserting",
"disappointing",
"failing",
"letting down"
],
"related":[
"adopting",
"embracing",
"espousing",
"abetting",
"aiding",
"assisting",
"helping",
"propping (up)",
"seconding",
"siding (with)",
"backstopping",
"bolstering",
"boosting",
"buttressing",
"reinforcing",
"reenforcing",
"advancing",
"forwarding",
"furthering",
"plugging",
"preaching",
"talking up",
"bailing out",
"delivering",
"rescuing",
"saving"
],
"synonyms":[
"backing",
"championing",
"endorsing",
"indorsing",
"patronizing",
"plumping (for)",
"plunking (for)",
"plonking (for)",
"supporting"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"advocator":{
"a person who actively supports or favors a cause":{
"antonyms":[
"adversary",
"antagonist",
"opponent"
],
"examples":[
"a strong advocator of musical education in the schools"
],
"near antonyms":[
"enemy",
"foe",
"rival",
"belittler",
"critic",
"faultfinder"
],
"related":[
"loyalist",
"partisan",
"partizan",
"stalwart",
"adherent",
"cohort",
"disciple",
"follower",
"interpreter",
"applauder",
"cheerleader",
"encourager",
"fellow traveler"
],
"synonyms":[
"advocate",
"apostle",
"backer",
"booster",
"champion",
"espouser",
"exponent",
"expounder",
"friend",
"gospeler",
"gospeller",
"herald",
"hierophant",
"high priest",
"paladin",
"promoter",
"proponent",
"protagonist",
"supporter",
"true believer",
"tub-thumper",
"white knight"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"administrates":{
"to look after and make decisions about":{
"examples":[
"they're looking for someone to administrate the new division"
],
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"administers",
"carries on",
"conducts",
"controls",
"directs",
"governs",
"guides",
"handles",
"keeps",
"manages",
"operates",
"overlooks",
"oversees",
"presides (over)",
"regulates",
"runs",
"stewards",
"superintends",
"supervises",
"tends"
],
"related":[
"cares (for)",
"minds",
"watches",
"leads",
"pilots",
"steers",
"guards",
"protects",
"safeguards",
"micromanages",
"stage-manages",
"codirects",
"comanages"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"adducing":{
"to give as an example":{
"examples":[
"in support of a 12-month school year, the committee adduced data from other school districts"
],
"synonyms":[
"citing",
"instancing",
"mentioning",
"quoting"
],
"related":[
"exemplifying",
"representing",
"adverting (to)",
"illustrating",
"naming",
"referring (to)",
"specifying",
"touching (on or upon)",
"bearing out",
"corroborating",
"documenting",
"substantiating",
"validating",
"referencing",
"sourcing"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"adjudicator":{
"a person who impartially decides or resolves a dispute or controversy":{
"examples":[
"since they seemed to be in a hopeless stalemate, both labor and management agreed to use an independent adjudicator to decide the terms of the contract"
],
"synonyms":[
"arbiter",
"arbitrator",
"judge",
"referee",
"umpire"
],
"related":[
"jurist",
"justice",
"magistrate",
"intermediary",
"intermediate",
"mediator",
"mediatrix",
"moderator",
"negotiator",
"conciliator",
"go-between",
"peacemaker",
"reconciler",
"troubleshooter",
"decider"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a public official having authority to decide questions of law":{
"examples":[
"the appellate court refused to hear the case, thus allowing the judgment of previous adjudicators to stand"
],
"synonyms":[
"beak",
"bench",
"court",
"judge",
"jurist",
"justice",
"magistrate"
],
"related":[
"chief justice",
"circuit judge",
"justice of the peace",
"squire",
"auditor",
"master",
"jurisconsult",
"jurisprudent"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"adventurer":{
"as in snob , social climber":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"related":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in discoverer":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"related":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in rogue , prankster":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"related":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"add up (to)":{
"to be the same in meaning or effect":{
"examples":[
"whether we take the 4:00 train or the 4:15 bus, it adds up to the same thing: they both get us back too late"
],
"synonyms":[
"amount (to)",
"come (to)",
"correspond (to)",
"emulate",
"equal"
],
"related":[
"approach",
"match",
"measure (up)",
"meet",
"rival",
"touch",
"connote",
"denote",
"express",
"import",
"mean",
"signify",
"smack (of)",
"spell",
"suggest"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to have a total of":{
"examples":[
"even if we pool all our money, it won't add up to enough to rent a beach house for a week"
],
"synonyms":[
"aggregate",
"amount (to)",
"come (to)",
"count (up to)",
"number",
"sum (to or into)",
"total"
],
"related":[
"average",
"equal",
"measure",
"reach",
"compose",
"comprise",
"constitute",
"make up"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"admonition":{
"an opinion suggesting a wise or proper course of action":{
"examples":[
"a heartfelt admonition to the graduates to make the most of their lives"
],
"synonyms":[
"adjuration",
"admonishment",
"advice",
"counsel",
"guidance",
"input"
],
"related":[
"recommendation",
"suggestion",
"hint",
"pointer",
"tip",
"data",
"feedback",
"information",
"answer",
"solution",
"advisement",
"consideration",
"thought",
"alarm",
"alarum",
"alert",
"caution",
"cautioning",
"expostulation",
"forewarning",
"remonstrance",
"remonstration",
"urging",
"warning",
"judgment",
"judgement",
"observation",
"verdict",
"assistance",
"briefing",
"coaching",
"direction",
"instruction",
"mentoring",
"priming",
"prompting",
"teaching",
"tutoring",
"interference",
"kibitzing",
"kibbitzing",
"meddling",
"moralizing",
"pontificating",
"preaching",
"exhortation",
"lecture",
"lesson",
"sermon",
"speech"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the act or an instance of telling beforehand of danger or risk":{
"examples":[
"ignored the ranger's admonitions and took the road over the mountain, only to be stranded by the blizzard"
],
"synonyms":[
"admonishment",
"alarm",
"alarum",
"alert",
"caution",
"forewarning",
"heads-up",
"notice",
"warning"
],
"related":[
"auguring",
"augury",
"forecasting",
"foretelling",
"predicting",
"prediction",
"premonition",
"presaging",
"prognosticating",
"prophecy",
"prophesy",
"prophesying",
"apprising",
"informing",
"notification",
"notifying",
"tip-off",
"advice",
"counsel",
"guidance",
"recommendation",
"suggestion",
"tip",
"announcement",
"declaration"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"addicted":{
"having a compulsive need for a harmful substance or activity":{
"examples":[
"The organization provides resources for drug addicted individuals.",
"Having lost nearly all of his savings, he finally realized he was addicted to gambling."
],
"synonyms":[],
"related":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"having a great interest or need to do or have something":{
"examples":[
"I'm completely addicted to this new word game."
],
"synonyms":[],
"related":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"adventurers":{
"as in snobs , social climbers":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"related":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in discoverers":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"related":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in rogues , pranksters":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"related":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"adviser":{
"a person who gives advice especially professionally":{
"examples":[
"our financial adviser had some words of caution about buying a second home"
],
"synonyms":[
"consigliere",
"consultant",
"counsel",
"counselor",
"counsellor"
],
"related":[
"authority",
"expert",
"pro",
"professional",
"specialist",
"confidant",
"cabinet",
"kitchen cabinet",
"sounding board"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"administering (to)":{
"to attend to the needs and comforts of":{
"examples":[
"volunteers administering to the terminally ill at a hospice"
],
"synonyms":[
"caring (for)",
"ministering (to)",
"mothering",
"nursing"
],
"related":[
"curing",
"healing",
"remedying",
"doctoring",
"treating",
"aiding",
"conserving",
"preserving",
"providing (for)",
"supporting",
"babying",
"coddling",
"mollycoddling",
"pampering",
"spoiling",
"catering (to)",
"humoring",
"indulging"
],
"near antonyms":[
"brushing (aside or off)",
"forgetting",
"ignoring",
"neglecting",
"overlooking",
"slighting"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"admit":{
"to accept the truth or existence of (something) usually reluctantly":{
"examples":[
"the host of the talk show eventually admitted that she hadn't actually read the book",
"you can't bring yourself to admit your mistakes"
],
"synonyms":[
"acknowledge",
"agree",
"allow",
"concede",
"confess",
"fess (up)",
"grant",
"own (up to)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"disburden",
"unburden",
"unload",
"affirm",
"avow",
"confirm",
"profess",
"accept",
"recognize",
"yield",
"announce",
"break",
"broadcast",
"communicate",
"declare",
"disclose",
"divulge",
"impart",
"proclaim",
"publish",
"reveal",
"spill",
"tell",
"unveil",
"betray",
"blab",
"expose",
"give away",
"inform",
"leak",
"rat",
"squeal",
"talk",
"tattle",
"tip (off)",
"warn",
"wise (up)",
"breathe",
"say",
"whisper"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disallow",
"disavow",
"disclaim",
"disown",
"contradict",
"dispute",
"gainsay",
"negate",
"negative",
"rebut",
"refute",
"reject",
"repudiate",
"conceal",
"cover (up)",
"hide",
"obscure",
"veil",
"kid (oneself)"
],
"antonyms":[
"deny"
]
},
"to offer entrance (as to a place, school, or privilege) to":{
"examples":[
"she was admitted to Harvard"
],
"synonyms":[
"enter",
"receive",
"take"
],
"near synonyms":[
"entertain",
"welcome",
"fellowship",
"confirm",
"ratify"
],
"near antonyms":[
"decline",
"disallow",
"disapprove",
"dismiss",
"refuse",
"reject",
"blackball",
"blacklist",
"ostracize",
"banish",
"deport",
"exile",
"expel",
"oust",
"throw out"
],
"antonyms":[
"ban",
"bar"
]
},
"to make an acknowledgment of something unpleasant as true or valid":{
"examples":[
"I admit to some suspicions about the new neighbors"
],
"synonyms":[
"confess",
"cop (to)",
"fess (up)",
"own (up)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blab",
"talk",
"tattle",
"babble",
"spill"
],
"near antonyms":[
"clam up",
"hush",
"quiet (down)",
"shut up"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"administrators":{
"a person who manages or directs something":{
"examples":[
"a hospital administrator"
],
"synonyms":[
"administrants",
"archons",
"directors",
"execs",
"executives",
"managers",
"superintendents",
"supervisors"
],
"near synonyms":[
"codirectors",
"co-directors",
"comanagers",
"co-managers",
"co-organizers",
"middle managers",
"boardmen",
"officers",
"officials",
"commissioners",
"ministers",
"bosses",
"chiefs",
"heads",
"leaders",
"presidents"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"adaptions":{
"the act or process of changing something to fit a new use or situation":{
"examples":[
"the store's slow adaption to shoppers' changing tastes spelled its doom"
],
"synonyms":[
"acclimations",
"acclimatizations",
"accommodations",
"adaptations",
"adjustments",
"conformations"
],
"near synonyms":[
"readaptations",
"readjustments",
"attunements",
"corrections",
"harmonizations",
"alterations",
"conversions",
"makeovers",
"modifications",
"refits",
"revisions",
"transformations"
],
"near antonyms":[
"maladaptations"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"administration":{
"lawful control over the affairs of a political unit (as a nation)":{
"examples":[
"the fair and just administration of the U.S. territories"
],
"synonyms":[
"authority",
"governance",
"government",
"jurisdiction",
"regime",
"r\u00e9gime",
"regimen",
"rule"
],
"near synonyms":[
"reign",
"dominion",
"power",
"sovereignty",
"sovranty",
"supremacy",
"sway",
"command",
"leadership",
"direction",
"management",
"regulation",
"superintendence",
"supervision",
"autocracy",
"dictatorship",
"domination",
"hegemony",
"mastery",
"oppression",
"subjugation",
"tyranny"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the act or activity of looking after and making decisions about something":{
"examples":[
"administration of the funds was left in the hands of a committee"
],
"synonyms":[
"care",
"charge",
"conduct",
"control",
"direction",
"governance",
"government",
"guidance",
"handling",
"intendance",
"management",
"operation",
"oversight",
"presidency",
"regulation",
"running",
"stewardship",
"superintendence",
"superintendency",
"supervision"
],
"near synonyms":[
"generalship",
"leadership",
"rulership",
"agency",
"aegis",
"egis",
"custody",
"guardianship",
"keeping",
"lap",
"protection",
"safekeeping",
"trust",
"tutelage",
"ward",
"engineering",
"logistics",
"machination",
"manipulation",
"coadministration",
"codirection",
"comanagement"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"adhered":{
"to hold to something firmly as if by adhesion":{
"examples":[
"everyone started calling her \"Cookie\" when she was little and the name adhered"
],
"synonyms":[
"cleaved",
"clove",
"clung",
"hewed",
"stuck"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bound",
"cohered",
"fastened",
"fused",
"glued",
"united"
],
"near antonyms":[
"loosened",
"dropped",
"fell"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"adherences":{
"the following of a custom, rule, or law":{
"examples":[
"adherence to convention requires that the couple send out formal wedding invitations"
],
"synonyms":[
"abidances",
"compliances",
"conformances",
"conformities",
"obediences",
"observances",
"observations"
],
"near synonyms":[
"deferences",
"honors",
"regards",
"respects",
"accessions",
"acquiescences",
"submissions",
"surrenders",
"attendances",
"attentions",
"heeds",
"notices"
],
"near antonyms":[
"brush-offs",
"disregards",
"delinquencies",
"derelictions",
"neglects",
"offenses",
"offences",
"sins",
"wrongs",
"challenges",
"defiances",
"rebellions"
],
"antonyms":[
"breaches",
"contraventions",
"infractions",
"infringements",
"nonobservances",
"transgressions",
"trespasses",
"violations"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"adverting (to)":{
"to make reference to or speak about briefly but specifically":{
"examples":[
"when our hosts adverted to the lateness of the hour we took the hint, and prepared to leave"
],
"synonyms":[
"citing",
"dropping",
"instancing",
"mentioning",
"naming",
"noticing",
"noting",
"quoting",
"referring (to)",
"specifying",
"touching (on or upon)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"alluding (to)",
"hinting (at)",
"implying",
"indicating",
"inferring",
"intending",
"intimating",
"suggesting",
"pointing (out)",
"signaling",
"signalling",
"signifying",
"denominating",
"designating",
"indicating",
"bringing up",
"broaching",
"interjecting",
"interpolating",
"interposing",
"introducing",
"infiltrating",
"insinuating",
"worming",
"advertising",
"announcing",
"broadcasting",
"declaring",
"proclaiming",
"pronouncing",
"publicizing",
"publishing",
"sounding",
"clarifying",
"clearing (up)",
"elucidating",
"explaining",
"explicating",
"spelling out"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disregarding",
"forgetting",
"ignoring",
"neglecting",
"overlooking",
"overpassing",
"passing over",
"slighting"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"advises":{
"to give advice to":{
"examples":[
"a popular guidance counselor who has been advising students about their college plans for two decades"
],
"synonyms":[
"adjures",
"admonishes",
"counsels"
],
"near synonyms":[
"alerts",
"cautions",
"forewarns",
"warns",
"briefs",
"clues (in)",
"fills in",
"informs",
"tells",
"wises (up)",
"coaches",
"directs",
"guides",
"instructs",
"leads",
"mentors",
"shepherds",
"shows",
"teaches",
"tutors",
"directs",
"pilots",
"steers",
"acquaints",
"apprises",
"familiarizes",
"convinces",
"encourages",
"induces",
"persuades",
"talks (into)",
"begs",
"exhorts",
"implores",
"prevails (upon)",
"urges",
"proposes",
"recommends",
"suggests"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to put (something) forward as one's choice for a wise or proper course of action":{
"examples":[
"she advised calling ahead for a reservation at the new restaurant"
],
"synonyms":[
"counsels",
"recommends",
"suggests"
],
"near synonyms":[
"advocates",
"backs",
"champions",
"espouses",
"favors",
"supports",
"exhorts",
"urges",
"advances",
"offers",
"proposes",
"submits"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to exchange viewpoints or seek advice for the purpose of finding a solution to a problem":{
"examples":[
"the doctor advised with his partner before recommending the patient's treatment"
],
"synonyms":[
"confabs",
"confabulates",
"confers",
"consults",
"counsels",
"parleys",
"treats"
],
"near synonyms":[
"argues",
"bandies",
"bats (around)",
"chews over",
"debates",
"deliberates",
"discusses",
"disputes",
"hashes (over)",
"kicks around",
"moots",
"palavers",
"talks",
"talks over",
"ventilates",
"rehashes",
"coaches",
"guides",
"tutors",
"recommends",
"suggests",
"directs",
"refers (to)"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to give information to":{
"examples":[
"advised her as to the best way to get to the art museum by public transportation"
],
"synonyms":[
"acquaints",
"apprises",
"briefs",
"catches up",
"clears",
"clues (in)",
"enlightens",
"familiarizes",
"fills in",
"hips",
"informs",
"instructs",
"tells",
"verses",
"wises (up)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"advertises",
"alerts",
"notifies",
"announces (to)",
"discloses (to)",
"assures",
"certifies",
"convinces",
"reassures",
"warrants",
"educates",
"lectures",
"schools",
"teaches",
"tutors",
"disabuses",
"disenchants",
"disillusions",
"undeceives"
],
"near antonyms":[
"misinforms",
"misleads"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to give notice to beforehand especially of danger or risk":{
"examples":[
"advised us not to invest our money in what looked like a pyramid scheme"
],
"synonyms":[
"alerts",
"cautions",
"forewarns",
"wakes",
"warns"
],
"near synonyms":[
"augurs",
"forecasts",
"foretells",
"harbingers",
"predicts",
"presages",
"prognosticates",
"prophesies",
"apprises",
"informs",
"notifies",
"tips (off)",
"admonishes",
"bodes",
"forebodes",
"forbodes",
"foreshadows",
"foretokens",
"portends"
],
"near antonyms":[
"imperils",
"risks"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"adapted":{
"as in used , accustomed":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"acclimated",
"accustomed",
"adjusted",
"habituated",
"used",
"unaffected",
"uninfluenced"
],
"near antonyms":[
"unacclimated",
"unaccustomed",
"unadapted",
"unadjusted",
"unused",
"unseasoned"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to change (something) so as to make it suitable for a new use or situation":{
"examples":[
"it always takes freshmen a little while to adapt themselves to high school"
],
"synonyms":[
"acclimated",
"acclimatized",
"accommodated",
"adjusted",
"conditioned",
"conformed",
"doctored",
"edited",
"fashioned",
"fitted",
"fit",
"put",
"shaped",
"suited",
"tailored"
],
"near synonyms":[
"readapted",
"readjusted",
"customized",
"geared",
"matched",
"modeled",
"modelled",
"patterned",
"attuned",
"corrected",
"harmonized",
"squared",
"tuned",
"established",
"rooted",
"settled",
"acquainted",
"familiarized",
"orientated",
"oriented",
"equipped",
"prepared",
"primed",
"rehearsed",
"hardened",
"inured",
"seasoned",
"toughened",
"altered",
"converted",
"made over",
"modified",
"recast",
"reclaimed",
"recycled",
"redesigned",
"redeveloped",
"redid",
"reengineered",
"refashioned",
"refigured",
"refitted",
"refocused",
"reinvented",
"rejiggered",
"remade",
"remodeled",
"revamped",
"revised",
"reworked",
"transformed",
"accustomed",
"habilitated",
"habituated",
"naturalized",
"readied",
"trained",
"bent",
"fiddled (with)",
"fine-tuned",
"phased",
"registered",
"regulated",
"rigged"
],
"near antonyms":[
"misadjusted"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"adjudications":{
"as in sentences , rulings":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"dispositions",
"dooms",
"findings",
"rulings",
"sentences",
"last words",
"say-sos",
"choices",
"options",
"selections",
"behests",
"charges",
"commandments",
"decrees",
"dictates",
"directives",
"edicts",
"instructions",
"mandates",
"orders",
"words",
"consensuses",
"awards",
"calls",
"conclusions",
"decisions",
"deliverances",
"determinations",
"diagnoses",
"judgments",
"judgements",
"opinions",
"resolutions",
"verdicts",
"beliefs",
"convictions",
"eyes",
"feelings",
"minds",
"notions",
"persuasions",
"sentiments",
"views"
],
"near antonyms":[
"deadlocks",
"draws",
"halts",
"stalemates",
"standoffs",
"ties"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"administrator":{
"a person who manages or directs something":{
"examples":[
"a hospital administrator"
],
"synonyms":[
"administrant",
"archon",
"director",
"exec",
"executive",
"manager",
"superintendent",
"supervisor"
],
"near synonyms":[
"codirector",
"comanager",
"co-organizer",
"middle manager",
"boardman",
"officer",
"official",
"commissioner",
"minister",
"boss",
"chief",
"head",
"leader",
"president"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"administered (to)":{
"to attend to the needs and comforts of":{
"examples":[
"volunteers administering to the terminally ill at a hospice"
],
"synonyms":[
"cared (for)",
"ministered (to)",
"mothered",
"nursed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cured",
"healed",
"remedied",
"doctored",
"treated",
"aided",
"conserved",
"preserved",
"provided (for)",
"supported",
"babied",
"coddled",
"mollycoddled",
"pampered",
"spoiled",
"spoilt",
"catered (to)",
"humored",
"indulged"
],
"near antonyms":[
"brushed (aside or off)",
"forgot",
"ignored",
"neglected",
"overlooked",
"slighted"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"administer":{
"to give out (something) to appropriate individuals":{
"examples":[
"the principal administers discipline fairly when students break the rules"
],
"synonyms":[
"allocate",
"apportion",
"deal (out)",
"dispense",
"distribute",
"dole out",
"hand out",
"mete (out)",
"parcel (out)",
"portion",
"prorate"
],
"near synonyms":[
"admeasure",
"allot",
"allow",
"appropriate",
"assign",
"dish out",
"divide",
"divvy (up)",
"dollop (out)",
"lot",
"measure (out)",
"part",
"proportion",
"ration",
"redistribute",
"set",
"share (out)",
"split",
"bestow",
"disburse",
"furnish",
"issue",
"provide",
"share",
"supply",
"circulate",
"disperse",
"disseminate",
"scatter",
"spread",
"chip in",
"contribute",
"donate",
"pledge",
"reallocate",
"reapportion"
],
"near antonyms":[
"begrudge",
"decline",
"deny",
"deprive (of)",
"disallow",
"refuse",
"reject",
"withhold",
"niggle (out)",
"pinch",
"skimp",
"stint"
],
"antonyms":[
"misallocate"
]
},
"to carry out effectively":{
"examples":[
"local officials should see that the fair housing laws are rigorously administered"
],
"synonyms":[
"apply",
"enforce",
"execute",
"implement"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bring about",
"effect",
"effectuate",
"discharge",
"fulfill",
"fulfil",
"render",
"cite",
"invoke",
"enact",
"legislate",
"honor",
"observe",
"uphold",
"prosecute",
"promulgate"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disregard",
"ignore",
"neglect"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to look after and make decisions about":{
"examples":[
"the lieutenant governor administers the affairs of the state in the absence of the governor"
],
"synonyms":[
"administrate",
"carry on",
"conduct",
"control",
"direct",
"govern",
"guide",
"handle",
"keep",
"manage",
"operate",
"overlook",
"oversee",
"preside (over)",
"regulate",
"run",
"steward",
"superintend",
"supervise",
"tend"
],
"near synonyms":[
"care (for)",
"mind",
"watch",
"lead",
"pilot",
"steer",
"guard",
"protect",
"safeguard",
"micromanage",
"stage-manage",
"codirect",
"comanage"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"adventures":{
"an exciting or noteworthy event that one experiences firsthand":{
"examples":[
"our quiet hike turned into quite an adventure when we encountered a bear and her cub"
],
"synonyms":[
"emprises",
"experiences",
"exploits",
"gests",
"gestes",
"happenings",
"times"
],
"near synonyms":[
"escapades",
"larks",
"ploys",
"actions",
"acts",
"deeds",
"doings",
"feats",
"episodes",
"occasions",
"baptisms",
"ordeals",
"tests",
"trials",
"tribulations",
"enterprises",
"risks",
"ventures",
"expeditions",
"explorations",
"missions",
"performances",
"quests",
"stunts"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bores",
"bummers",
"busts",
"downers",
"drags"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a risky undertaking":{
"examples":[
"a bold adventure in deep-sea exploration that could imperil the submarine and its crew"
],
"synonyms":[
"chances",
"crapshoots",
"enterprises",
"fliers",
"flyers",
"flutters",
"gambles",
"speculations",
"throws",
"ventures"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bets",
"hazards",
"stakes",
"wagers",
"liberties",
"dark horses",
"long shots",
"plays"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"sure things"
]
},
"to place in danger":{
"examples":[
"adventured all his savings in a very risky investment scheme"
],
"synonyms":[
"compromises",
"endangers",
"gambles (with)",
"hazards",
"imperils",
"jeopardizes",
"jeopards",
"menaces",
"perils",
"risks",
"ventures"
],
"near synonyms":[
"intimidates",
"threatens",
"exposes",
"subjects",
"chances",
"wagers"
],
"near antonyms":[
"guards",
"protects",
"shelters",
"shields",
"preserves",
"resumes",
"saves"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to take a chance on":{
"examples":[
"if I had to adventure a guess, I'd say she's about 35"
],
"synonyms":[
"chances",
"gambles (on)",
"hazards",
"risks",
"tempts",
"ventures"
],
"near synonyms":[
"beards",
"braves",
"brazens",
"breasts",
"challenges",
"confronts",
"dares",
"defies",
"faces",
"outbraves",
"compromises",
"endangers",
"imperils",
"jeopardizes",
"menaces",
"exposes",
"subjects",
"bets (on)",
"wagers"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
}
}