12568 lines
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12568 lines
247 KiB
JSON
{
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"fodder":{
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"material provided to sustain or nourish":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"The farmer used grain as fodder for his livestock."
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],
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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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"fog":{
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"a state of mental confusion":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"didn't get enough sleep and now I'm in a fog"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"alertness",
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"levelheadedness"
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],
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"related":[
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"reverie",
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"stupor",
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"trance",
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"befuddlement",
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"bewilderment",
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"perplexity",
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"puzzlement",
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"delirium",
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"malaise",
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"paralysis",
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"cloudiness",
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"fogginess"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"daze",
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"dazedness",
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"haze",
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"muddle",
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"spin",
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"swoon"
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]
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},
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"a state of mental uncertainty":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"I wandered around in a fog after the shocking news"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"assurance",
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"certainty",
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"certitude",
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"confidence",
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"conviction",
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"positiveness",
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"sureness"
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],
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"related":[
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"abashment",
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"discomfiture",
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"disconcertment",
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"embarrassment",
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"mortification",
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"agitation",
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"chagrin",
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"discomfort",
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"dismay",
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"disquiet",
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"distress",
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"disturbance",
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"perturbation",
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"upset",
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"bother",
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"commotion",
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"dither",
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"flurry",
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"fluster",
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"fuss",
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"stew",
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"turmoil"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"bafflement",
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"bamboozlement",
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"befuddlement",
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"bemusement",
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"bewilderedness",
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"bewilderment",
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"confusedness",
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"confusion",
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"discombobulation",
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"distraction",
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"head-scratching",
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"maze",
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"muddle",
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"mystification",
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"perplexity",
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"puzzlement",
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"tangle",
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"whirl"
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]
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},
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"an atmospheric condition in which suspended particles in the air rob it of its transparency":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"the fog lifted once the sun was out"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[
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"bank",
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"cloud",
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"fume",
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"miasma",
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"smoke",
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"smother",
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"steam"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"brume",
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"gauze",
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"haze",
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"mist",
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"murk",
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"reek",
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"smog",
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"soup"
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]
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},
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"to make (something) unclear to the understanding":{
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"antonyms":[
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"clarify",
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"clear (up)",
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"illuminate"
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],
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"examples":[
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"extraneous matters that only serve to fog the central issue"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"simplify",
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"streamline",
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"disentangle",
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"straighten (out)",
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"undo",
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"unravel",
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"unscramble",
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"untangle",
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"decipher",
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"decode",
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"analyze",
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"break down"
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],
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"related":[
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"complicate",
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"perplex",
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"sophisticate",
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"entangle",
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"snarl",
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"tangle",
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"disarrange",
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"disarray",
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"discompose",
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"dishevel",
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"disorder",
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"disrupt",
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"disturb",
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"jumble",
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"mess (up)",
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"mix (up)",
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"muddle",
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"scramble",
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"shuffle",
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"tousle",
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"upset"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"becloud",
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"befog",
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"blur",
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"cloud",
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"confuse",
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"muddy",
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"obfuscate"
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]
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},
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"to make dark, dim, or indistinct":{
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"antonyms":[
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"brighten",
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"illuminate",
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"illumine",
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"light (up)",
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"lighten"
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],
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"examples":[
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"time will fog memories"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"expose",
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"reveal",
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"uncover",
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"unveil"
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],
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"related":[
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"adumbrate",
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"blot out",
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"conceal",
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"eclipse",
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"hide",
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"obliterate",
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"screen",
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"shade",
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"camouflage",
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"cloak",
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"cover",
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"curtain",
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"disguise",
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"mask",
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"veil"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"becloud",
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"bedim",
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"befog",
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"blacken",
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"blear",
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"blur",
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"cloud",
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"darken",
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"dim",
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"dislimn",
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"fuzz (up)",
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"haze",
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"mist",
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"obscure",
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"overcast",
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"overcloud",
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"overshadow",
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"shadow",
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"shroud"
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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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"foil":{
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"something or someone that is different from another especially in a pleasing way":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"This cool, refreshing salad is the perfect foil for spicy foods."
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[],
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"synonyms":[]
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},
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"to prevent from achieving a goal":{
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"antonyms":[
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"advance",
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"cultivate",
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"encourage",
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"forward",
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"foster",
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"further",
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"nurture",
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"promote"
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],
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"examples":[
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"in popular fiction the hero will always foil the villain's plans"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"abet",
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"aid",
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"assist",
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"ease",
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"facilitate",
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"smooth"
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],
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"related":[
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"bar",
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"block",
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"clog",
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"encumber",
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"fetter",
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"hamper",
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"handicap",
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"hinder",
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"hobble",
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"hold back",
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"impede",
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"inhibit",
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"interfere (with)",
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"manacle",
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"obstruct",
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"shackle",
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"tie up",
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"trammel",
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"arrest",
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"check",
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"halt",
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"set back",
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"short-circuit",
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"stall",
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"stop",
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"avert",
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"forestall",
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"obviate",
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"preclude",
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"prevent",
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"negate",
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"neutralize",
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"nullify",
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"counteract",
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"offset",
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"conquer",
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"defeat",
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"overcome"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"baffle",
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"balk",
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"beat",
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"checkmate",
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"discomfit",
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"frustrate",
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"thwart"
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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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"foiling":{
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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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"to prevent from achieving a goal":{
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"antonyms":[
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"advancing",
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"cultivating",
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"encouraging",
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"forwarding",
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"fostering",
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"furthering",
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"nurturing",
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"promoting"
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],
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"examples":[
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"in popular fiction the hero will always foil the villain's plans"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"abetting",
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"aiding",
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"assisting",
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"easing",
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"facilitating",
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"smoothing"
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],
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"related":[
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"barring",
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"blocking",
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"clogging",
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"encumbering",
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"fettering",
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"hampering",
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"handicapping",
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"hindering",
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"hobbling",
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"holding back",
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"impeding",
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"inhibiting",
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"interfering (with)",
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"manacling",
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"obstructing",
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"shackling",
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"trammeling",
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"trammelling",
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"tying up",
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"tieing up",
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"arresting",
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"checking",
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"halting",
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"setting back",
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"short-circuiting",
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"stalling",
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"stopping",
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"averting",
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"forestalling",
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"obviating",
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"precluding",
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"preventing",
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"negating",
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"neutralizing",
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"nullifying",
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"counteracting",
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"offsetting",
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"conquering",
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"defeating",
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"overcoming"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"baffling",
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"balking",
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"beating",
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"checkmating",
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"discomfiting",
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"frustrating",
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"thwarting"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"noun",
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"foist":{
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"to offer (something fake, useless, or inferior) as genuine, useful, or valuable":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"shopkeepers who foist shoddy souvenirs on unsuspecting tourists"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[
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"entail",
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"force",
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"impose",
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"inflict",
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"counterfeit",
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"fake",
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"forge",
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"distort",
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"falsify",
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"misrepresent"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"fob off",
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"palm",
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"palm off",
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"pass off",
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"wish"
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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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"fold":{
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"a group of people sharing a common interest and relating together socially":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"ready to welcome their old Liberal friend back into the fold"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"loner",
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"individualist"
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],
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"related":[
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"charmed circle",
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"elite",
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"in-group",
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"closed shop",
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"club",
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"college",
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"fellowship",
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"guild",
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"gild",
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"league",
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"organization",
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"society",
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"camp",
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"faction",
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"sect",
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"side",
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"tribe",
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"mess",
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"squad",
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"brotherhood",
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"fraternity",
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"order",
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"sisterhood",
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"sodality",
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"sorority",
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"commune",
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"alliance",
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"bloc",
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"coalition",
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"confederation",
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"congress",
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"council",
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"federation",
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"union"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"body",
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"bunch",
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"circle",
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"clan",
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"clique",
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"community",
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"coterie",
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"coven",
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"crowd",
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"gal\u00e8re",
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"gang",
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"klatch",
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"klatsch",
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"lot",
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"network",
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"pack",
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"ring",
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"set"
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]
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},
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"to be unsuccessful":{
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"antonyms":[
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"click",
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"come off",
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"deliver",
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"go",
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"go over",
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"pan out",
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"succeed",
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"work out"
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],
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"examples":[
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"the business folded after just two months"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"cook",
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"flourish",
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"prosper",
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"thrive",
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"prevail",
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"triumph",
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"win"
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],
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"related":[
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"flounder",
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"struggle",
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"decline",
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"sink",
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"skid",
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"slip",
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"slump",
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"wane",
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"crash",
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"crumble",
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"miscarry",
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"misfire",
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"go under",
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"implode",
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"self-destruct"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"bomb",
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"collapse",
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"crater",
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"fail",
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"flame out",
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"flop",
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"flunk",
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"founder",
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"miss",
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"strike out",
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"tank",
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"wash out"
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]
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},
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"to lay one part over or against another part of":{
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"antonyms":[
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"extend",
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"open",
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"spread",
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"unfold",
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"unroll"
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],
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"examples":[
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"fold the blanket so that it will fit inside the trunk"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[
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"overlap",
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"overlay",
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"overlie",
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"collapse",
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"telescope",
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"close",
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"shut",
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"plait",
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"pleat"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"double"
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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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"folks":{
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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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"her folks have farmed that land for five generations"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"ancestry",
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"birth",
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"descent",
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"extraction",
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"origin",
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"pedigree"
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],
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"related":[
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"blended family",
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"nuclear family",
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"extended family",
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"household",
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"kith",
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"brood",
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"descendant",
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"descendent",
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"issue",
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"offspring",
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"progeny",
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"scion",
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"seed",
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"clansman",
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"kinsman",
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"kinswoman",
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"relative",
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"dynasty"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"blood",
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"clan",
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"family",
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"house",
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"kin",
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"kindred",
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"kinfolk",
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"kinfolks",
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"kinsfolk",
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"line",
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"lineage",
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"people",
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"race",
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"stock",
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"tribe"
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]
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},
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"human beings in general":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"c'mon, folks , let's get to work"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[
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"community",
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"society",
|
|
"crowd",
|
|
"masses",
|
|
"mob",
|
|
"populace",
|
|
"proletariat",
|
|
"rabble",
|
|
"rabblement",
|
|
"riffraff"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"humanity",
|
|
"humankind",
|
|
"people",
|
|
"public",
|
|
"species",
|
|
"world"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"follow":{
|
|
"to act according to the commands of":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"defy",
|
|
"disobey",
|
|
"rebel (against)"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"follow me, and you'll do OK"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disoblige",
|
|
"challenge",
|
|
"dare",
|
|
"refuse",
|
|
"renounce",
|
|
"repudiate",
|
|
"direct",
|
|
"lead",
|
|
"brush (off)",
|
|
"disregard",
|
|
"ignore",
|
|
"overlook",
|
|
"overpass",
|
|
"pass over",
|
|
"tune out",
|
|
"wink (at)",
|
|
"dismiss",
|
|
"pooh-pooh",
|
|
"pooh",
|
|
"shrug off",
|
|
"breach",
|
|
"break",
|
|
"infringe",
|
|
"transgress",
|
|
"violate",
|
|
"deride",
|
|
"flout",
|
|
"mock",
|
|
"scoff (at)",
|
|
"scorn",
|
|
"mutiny (against)",
|
|
"revolt (against)",
|
|
"buck",
|
|
"combat",
|
|
"contest",
|
|
"dispute",
|
|
"fight",
|
|
"oppose",
|
|
"resist",
|
|
"withstand"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"defer (to)",
|
|
"submit (to)",
|
|
"surrender (to)",
|
|
"yield (to)",
|
|
"accede (to)",
|
|
"acquiesce (to)",
|
|
"agree (to)",
|
|
"assent (to)",
|
|
"attend",
|
|
"hear",
|
|
"heed",
|
|
"listen (to)",
|
|
"mark",
|
|
"note",
|
|
"notice",
|
|
"regard",
|
|
"take",
|
|
"watch"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"adhere (to)",
|
|
"comply (with)",
|
|
"conform (to)",
|
|
"goose-step (to)",
|
|
"mind",
|
|
"obey",
|
|
"observe"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to come after in time":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"antedate",
|
|
"precede",
|
|
"predate"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a wrap-up always follows the Super Bowl broadcast"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"displace",
|
|
"replace",
|
|
"supersede",
|
|
"supplant",
|
|
"ensue"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"postdate",
|
|
"succeed",
|
|
"supervene"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to go after or on the track of":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"guide",
|
|
"lead",
|
|
"pilot"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"let's follow the boys to their hiding place"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"head"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"accompany",
|
|
"chaperone",
|
|
"chaperon",
|
|
"escort",
|
|
"hunt",
|
|
"search (for)",
|
|
"seek",
|
|
"eye",
|
|
"observe",
|
|
"watch"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bird-dog",
|
|
"chase",
|
|
"course",
|
|
"dog",
|
|
"hound",
|
|
"pursue",
|
|
"run",
|
|
"shadow",
|
|
"tag",
|
|
"tail",
|
|
"trace",
|
|
"track",
|
|
"trail"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to keep one's eyes on":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"stood on the platform and followed the departing train until it disappeared from sight"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"blink",
|
|
"wink"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"behold",
|
|
"look",
|
|
"perceive",
|
|
"regard",
|
|
"see",
|
|
"view",
|
|
"gape",
|
|
"gawk",
|
|
"gaze",
|
|
"glare",
|
|
"goggle",
|
|
"look on",
|
|
"peer",
|
|
"rubberneck",
|
|
"stare",
|
|
"guard",
|
|
"wake",
|
|
"ward",
|
|
"bird-dog",
|
|
"monitor",
|
|
"study",
|
|
"spy",
|
|
"espy",
|
|
"glance",
|
|
"glimpse",
|
|
"peek",
|
|
"peep"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"eye",
|
|
"observe",
|
|
"watch"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make one's way through, across, or over":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"followed the path into the garden"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"hike",
|
|
"traipse",
|
|
"tramp",
|
|
"tread",
|
|
"walk",
|
|
"ride",
|
|
"run",
|
|
"crisscross"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"course",
|
|
"cover",
|
|
"cross",
|
|
"cut (across)",
|
|
"go",
|
|
"navigate",
|
|
"pass (over)",
|
|
"perambulate",
|
|
"peregrinate",
|
|
"proceed (along)",
|
|
"track",
|
|
"transit",
|
|
"travel",
|
|
"traverse"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to take notice of and be guided by":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"disregard",
|
|
"ignore",
|
|
"tune out"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"don't follow his advice"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"brush (aside or off)",
|
|
"discount",
|
|
"dismiss",
|
|
"gloss (over)",
|
|
"gloze (over)",
|
|
"neglect",
|
|
"pass over",
|
|
"pooh-pooh",
|
|
"pooh",
|
|
"scorn",
|
|
"shrug off",
|
|
"defy",
|
|
"flout",
|
|
"slight",
|
|
"snub"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"consider",
|
|
"contemplate",
|
|
"mull",
|
|
"ponder",
|
|
"weigh",
|
|
"comply (with)",
|
|
"conform (to)",
|
|
"keep",
|
|
"obey",
|
|
"respect",
|
|
"attend (to)",
|
|
"hark (to)",
|
|
"hear",
|
|
"hearken (to)",
|
|
"mark",
|
|
"notice",
|
|
"see"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"heed",
|
|
"listen (to)",
|
|
"mind",
|
|
"note",
|
|
"observe",
|
|
"regard",
|
|
"watch"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"follow through (with)":{
|
|
"to carry through (as a process) to completion":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"fail",
|
|
"skimp",
|
|
"slight",
|
|
"slur"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"bring about",
|
|
"effect",
|
|
"effectuate",
|
|
"implement",
|
|
"ace",
|
|
"nail",
|
|
"engage (in)",
|
|
"practice",
|
|
"practise",
|
|
"work (at)",
|
|
"reduplicate",
|
|
"reenact",
|
|
"repeat",
|
|
"actualize",
|
|
"attain",
|
|
"realize",
|
|
"complete",
|
|
"end",
|
|
"finish",
|
|
"wind up"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accomplish",
|
|
"achieve",
|
|
"bring off",
|
|
"carry off",
|
|
"carry out",
|
|
"commit",
|
|
"compass",
|
|
"do",
|
|
"execute",
|
|
"fulfill",
|
|
"fulfil",
|
|
"make",
|
|
"negotiate",
|
|
"perform",
|
|
"perpetrate",
|
|
"prosecute",
|
|
"pull off",
|
|
"put through"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"follow up":{
|
|
"something that continues or completes a process or activity":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"A week after the story broke, the newspaper printed a follow-up .",
|
|
"As a follow-up to last week's show, tonight we'll show the other side of the story."
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to add to or continue (something) with something similar":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"She followed up her first book with a sequel."
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"followers":{
|
|
"a person who adopts the appearance or behavior of another especially in an obvious way":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Brando's Method acting inspired a whole generation of mumbling followers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"parrots",
|
|
"apes",
|
|
"emulators",
|
|
"impersonators",
|
|
"impressionists",
|
|
"mimics"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"apers",
|
|
"copycats",
|
|
"copyists",
|
|
"echoes",
|
|
"echos",
|
|
"imitators",
|
|
"rubber stamps",
|
|
"wannabes",
|
|
"wannabees"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"one who follows the opinions or teachings of another":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"coryphaei",
|
|
"leaders"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the followers of Gandhi have spread his philosophy of nonviolence all over the world"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"apostates",
|
|
"defectors",
|
|
"renegades",
|
|
"traitors",
|
|
"turncoats"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"apostles",
|
|
"missionaries",
|
|
"proselytizers",
|
|
"soldiers",
|
|
"faithfuls",
|
|
"loyalists",
|
|
"advocates",
|
|
"backers",
|
|
"champions",
|
|
"supporters",
|
|
"prot\u00e9g\u00e9s",
|
|
"scholars",
|
|
"students",
|
|
"ideologists",
|
|
"ideologues",
|
|
"idealogues",
|
|
"sectarians",
|
|
"admirers",
|
|
"cultists",
|
|
"devotees",
|
|
"enthusiasts",
|
|
"fans",
|
|
"idolaters",
|
|
"idolators",
|
|
"worshippers",
|
|
"worshipers",
|
|
"zealots",
|
|
"apparatchiks",
|
|
"apparatchiki",
|
|
"camp followers",
|
|
"flunkies",
|
|
"flunkeys",
|
|
"hangers-on",
|
|
"henchmen",
|
|
"lackeys",
|
|
"lickspittles",
|
|
"minions",
|
|
"myrmidons",
|
|
"satellites",
|
|
"stooges",
|
|
"sycophants",
|
|
"toadies",
|
|
"yes-men"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"acolytes",
|
|
"adherents",
|
|
"converts",
|
|
"disciples",
|
|
"epigones",
|
|
"liege men",
|
|
"partisans",
|
|
"partizans",
|
|
"pupils",
|
|
"votaries",
|
|
"votarists"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"following through (with)":{
|
|
"to carry through (as a process) to completion":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"failing",
|
|
"skimping",
|
|
"slighting",
|
|
"slurring"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"bringing about",
|
|
"effecting",
|
|
"effectuating",
|
|
"implementing",
|
|
"acing",
|
|
"nailing",
|
|
"engaging (in)",
|
|
"practicing",
|
|
"practising",
|
|
"working (at)",
|
|
"reduplicating",
|
|
"reenacting",
|
|
"repeating",
|
|
"actualizing",
|
|
"attaining",
|
|
"realizing",
|
|
"completing",
|
|
"ending",
|
|
"finishing",
|
|
"winding up"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accomplishing",
|
|
"achieving",
|
|
"bringing off",
|
|
"carrying off",
|
|
"carrying out",
|
|
"committing",
|
|
"compassing",
|
|
"doing",
|
|
"executing",
|
|
"fulfilling",
|
|
"making",
|
|
"negotiating",
|
|
"performing",
|
|
"perpetrating",
|
|
"prosecuting",
|
|
"pulling off",
|
|
"putting through"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"folly":{
|
|
"a foolish act or idea":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the American purchase of Alaska was originally considered a grand folly"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"discretion",
|
|
"forethought",
|
|
"prudence",
|
|
"sagacity",
|
|
"wisdom",
|
|
"brainstorm",
|
|
"inspiration"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"absurdness",
|
|
"craziness",
|
|
"foolishness",
|
|
"inaneness",
|
|
"madness",
|
|
"senselessness",
|
|
"witlessness",
|
|
"buffoonery",
|
|
"monkeyshine(s)",
|
|
"shenanigan(s)",
|
|
"tomfoolery",
|
|
"drivel",
|
|
"humbug",
|
|
"nonsense",
|
|
"twaddle",
|
|
"blunder",
|
|
"bungle",
|
|
"flub",
|
|
"goof",
|
|
"howler"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"absurdity",
|
|
"asininity",
|
|
"b\u00eatise",
|
|
"fatuity",
|
|
"foolery",
|
|
"foppery",
|
|
"idiocy",
|
|
"imbecility",
|
|
"inanity",
|
|
"insanity",
|
|
"lunacy",
|
|
"stupidity"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"lack of good sense or judgment":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"prudence",
|
|
"sagaciousness",
|
|
"sagacity",
|
|
"sageness",
|
|
"sanity",
|
|
"sapience",
|
|
"sensibleness",
|
|
"soundness",
|
|
"wisdom"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"in all my folly , I didn't think about how my actions would hurt my father"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"logicality",
|
|
"logicalness",
|
|
"rationality",
|
|
"rationalness",
|
|
"reasonability",
|
|
"reasonableness",
|
|
"validity",
|
|
"discernment",
|
|
"insight",
|
|
"perception",
|
|
"percipience"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"denseness",
|
|
"dim-wittedness",
|
|
"doltishness",
|
|
"dopiness",
|
|
"dullness",
|
|
"dulness",
|
|
"dumbness",
|
|
"feeblemindedness",
|
|
"gormlessness",
|
|
"idiocy",
|
|
"mindlessness",
|
|
"oafishness",
|
|
"obtuseness",
|
|
"simplemindedness",
|
|
"simpleness",
|
|
"slowness",
|
|
"stupidity",
|
|
"stupidness",
|
|
"vacuity",
|
|
"fallacy",
|
|
"irrationality",
|
|
"unreasonableness",
|
|
"kookiness",
|
|
"weirdness",
|
|
"laughableness",
|
|
"ludicrousness",
|
|
"ridiculousness"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"absurdity",
|
|
"asininity",
|
|
"balminess",
|
|
"brainlessness",
|
|
"craziness",
|
|
"daftness",
|
|
"dippiness",
|
|
"dottiness",
|
|
"fatuity",
|
|
"fatuousness",
|
|
"foolishness",
|
|
"imbecility",
|
|
"inanity",
|
|
"insanity",
|
|
"lunacy",
|
|
"madness",
|
|
"nonsensicalness",
|
|
"nuttiness",
|
|
"preposterousness",
|
|
"senselessness",
|
|
"silliness",
|
|
"simplicity",
|
|
"unwisdom",
|
|
"wackiness",
|
|
"witlessness",
|
|
"zaniness"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"language, behavior, or ideas that are absurd and contrary to good sense":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"enough of this folly about moving to the Australian outback"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"levelheadedness",
|
|
"rationality",
|
|
"reasonability",
|
|
"reasonableness",
|
|
"sensibleness",
|
|
"common sense",
|
|
"horse sense",
|
|
"sense",
|
|
"discernment",
|
|
"judgment",
|
|
"judgement",
|
|
"wisdom"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"absurdity",
|
|
"asininity",
|
|
"fatuity",
|
|
"foolery",
|
|
"idiocy",
|
|
"imbecility",
|
|
"inaneness",
|
|
"inanity",
|
|
"insanity",
|
|
"kookiness",
|
|
"lunacy",
|
|
"absurdness",
|
|
"craziness",
|
|
"madness",
|
|
"witlessness",
|
|
"hoity-toity",
|
|
"monkey business",
|
|
"monkeyshine(s)",
|
|
"shenanigan(s)",
|
|
"tomfoolery",
|
|
"gas",
|
|
"hot air",
|
|
"rigmarole",
|
|
"rigamarole",
|
|
"double-talk",
|
|
"greek",
|
|
"hocus-pocus"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"applesauce",
|
|
"balderdash",
|
|
"baloney",
|
|
"boloney",
|
|
"beans",
|
|
"bilge",
|
|
"blah",
|
|
"blah-blah",
|
|
"blarney",
|
|
"blather",
|
|
"blatherskite",
|
|
"blither",
|
|
"bosh",
|
|
"bull",
|
|
"bunk",
|
|
"bunkum",
|
|
"buncombe",
|
|
"claptrap",
|
|
"codswallop",
|
|
"crapola",
|
|
"crock",
|
|
"drivel",
|
|
"drool",
|
|
"fiddle",
|
|
"fiddle-faddle",
|
|
"fiddlesticks",
|
|
"flannel",
|
|
"flapdoodle",
|
|
"folderol",
|
|
"falderal",
|
|
"foolishness",
|
|
"fudge",
|
|
"garbage",
|
|
"guff",
|
|
"hogwash",
|
|
"hokeypokey",
|
|
"hokum",
|
|
"hoodoo",
|
|
"hooey",
|
|
"horsefeathers",
|
|
"humbug",
|
|
"humbuggery",
|
|
"jazz",
|
|
"malarkey",
|
|
"malarky",
|
|
"moonshine",
|
|
"muck",
|
|
"nerts",
|
|
"nonsense",
|
|
"nuts",
|
|
"piffle",
|
|
"poppycock",
|
|
"punk",
|
|
"rot",
|
|
"rubbish",
|
|
"senselessness",
|
|
"silliness",
|
|
"slush",
|
|
"stupidity",
|
|
"taradiddle",
|
|
"tarradiddle",
|
|
"tommyrot",
|
|
"tosh",
|
|
"trash",
|
|
"trumpery",
|
|
"twaddle"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"foments":{
|
|
"to bring (something volatile or intense) into being":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"John Adams's wife, Abigail, told him that if women were not remembered by the new American government, they would \" foment a Rebellion and will not hold ourselves bound by any Laws in which we have no voice or Representation\""
|
|
],
|
|
"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",
|
|
"incites",
|
|
"instigates",
|
|
"picks",
|
|
"provokes",
|
|
"raises",
|
|
"stirs (up)",
|
|
"whips (up)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"fondled":{
|
|
"to touch or handle in a tender or loving manner":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a cat who enjoys being fondled by his loving owners"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"billed",
|
|
"canoodled",
|
|
"cuddled",
|
|
"necked",
|
|
"nestled",
|
|
"nosed",
|
|
"nuzzled",
|
|
"snuggled",
|
|
"spooned",
|
|
"felt up",
|
|
"pawed",
|
|
"cradled",
|
|
"embraced",
|
|
"enfolded",
|
|
"hugged",
|
|
"bounced",
|
|
"dandled",
|
|
"kneaded",
|
|
"massaged",
|
|
"babied",
|
|
"coddled",
|
|
"indulged",
|
|
"mollycoddled",
|
|
"pampered",
|
|
"spoiled",
|
|
"spoilt"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"caressed",
|
|
"gentled",
|
|
"loved",
|
|
"patted",
|
|
"petted",
|
|
"stroked"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"fondles":{
|
|
"to touch or handle in a tender or loving manner":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a cat who enjoys being fondled by his loving owners"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"bills",
|
|
"canoodles",
|
|
"cuddles",
|
|
"necks",
|
|
"nestles",
|
|
"noses",
|
|
"nuzzles",
|
|
"snuggles",
|
|
"spoons",
|
|
"feels up",
|
|
"paws",
|
|
"cradles",
|
|
"embraces",
|
|
"enfolds",
|
|
"hugs",
|
|
"bounces",
|
|
"dandles",
|
|
"kneads",
|
|
"massages",
|
|
"babies",
|
|
"coddles",
|
|
"indulges",
|
|
"mollycoddles",
|
|
"pampers",
|
|
"spoils"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"caresses",
|
|
"gentles",
|
|
"loves",
|
|
"pats",
|
|
"pets",
|
|
"strokes"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"fondling":{
|
|
"to touch or handle in a tender or loving manner":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a cat who enjoys being fondled by his loving owners"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"billing",
|
|
"canoodling",
|
|
"cuddling",
|
|
"necking",
|
|
"nestling",
|
|
"nosing",
|
|
"nuzzling",
|
|
"snuggling",
|
|
"spooning",
|
|
"feeling up",
|
|
"pawing",
|
|
"cradling",
|
|
"embracing",
|
|
"enfolding",
|
|
"hugging",
|
|
"bouncing",
|
|
"dandling",
|
|
"kneading",
|
|
"massaging",
|
|
"babying",
|
|
"coddling",
|
|
"indulging",
|
|
"mollycoddling",
|
|
"pampering",
|
|
"spoiling"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"caressing",
|
|
"gentling",
|
|
"loving",
|
|
"patting",
|
|
"petting",
|
|
"stroking"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"food":{
|
|
"something that maintains or stimulates the intellect":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a fascinating, highly readable book that will serve as brain food for those long winter evenings"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"candy",
|
|
"fluff",
|
|
"pablum",
|
|
"pap",
|
|
"trash"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"refection"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"aliment",
|
|
"nourishment",
|
|
"pabulum",
|
|
"sustenance"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"substances intended to be eaten":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a simple, little restaurant with excellent food"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bane",
|
|
"poison",
|
|
"toxin",
|
|
"venom"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"commissary",
|
|
"rations",
|
|
"supplies",
|
|
"aliment",
|
|
"nutriment",
|
|
"diet",
|
|
"nourishment",
|
|
"nurture",
|
|
"sustenance",
|
|
"mess",
|
|
"pap",
|
|
"ensilage",
|
|
"feed",
|
|
"fodder",
|
|
"forage",
|
|
"silage",
|
|
"slop",
|
|
"swill",
|
|
"feast",
|
|
"meal",
|
|
"refreshments",
|
|
"regale",
|
|
"repast",
|
|
"spread",
|
|
"board",
|
|
"dish",
|
|
"plate",
|
|
"platter",
|
|
"serving",
|
|
"finger food",
|
|
"natural food"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bread",
|
|
"chow",
|
|
"chuck",
|
|
"comestibles",
|
|
"eatables",
|
|
"eats",
|
|
"edibles",
|
|
"fare",
|
|
"foodstuffs",
|
|
"grub",
|
|
"meat",
|
|
"provender",
|
|
"provisions",
|
|
"table",
|
|
"tucker",
|
|
"viands",
|
|
"victuals",
|
|
"vittles"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"foodstuffs":{
|
|
"substances intended to be eaten":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"stocked up on candles and foodstuffs before the hurricane"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bane",
|
|
"poison",
|
|
"toxin",
|
|
"venom"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"commissary",
|
|
"rations",
|
|
"supplies",
|
|
"aliment",
|
|
"nutriment",
|
|
"diet",
|
|
"nourishment",
|
|
"nurture",
|
|
"sustenance",
|
|
"mess",
|
|
"pap",
|
|
"ensilage",
|
|
"feed",
|
|
"fodder",
|
|
"forage",
|
|
"silage",
|
|
"slop",
|
|
"swill",
|
|
"feast",
|
|
"meal",
|
|
"refreshments",
|
|
"regale",
|
|
"repast",
|
|
"spread",
|
|
"board",
|
|
"dish",
|
|
"plate",
|
|
"platter",
|
|
"serving",
|
|
"finger food",
|
|
"natural food"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bread",
|
|
"chow",
|
|
"chuck",
|
|
"comestibles",
|
|
"eatables",
|
|
"eats",
|
|
"edibles",
|
|
"fare",
|
|
"food",
|
|
"grub",
|
|
"meat",
|
|
"provender",
|
|
"provisions",
|
|
"table",
|
|
"tucker",
|
|
"viands",
|
|
"victuals",
|
|
"vittles"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"plural noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"fool":{
|
|
"a person formerly kept in a royal or noble household to amuse with jests and pranks":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a king's fool could get away with saying things that others in the palace couldn't"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"buffoon",
|
|
"clown",
|
|
"comedian",
|
|
"comedienne",
|
|
"comic",
|
|
"cutup",
|
|
"droll",
|
|
"harlequin",
|
|
"joker",
|
|
"jokester",
|
|
"madcap",
|
|
"merry-andrew",
|
|
"vice",
|
|
"wag",
|
|
"zany",
|
|
"mime",
|
|
"mummer"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"jester",
|
|
"motley"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a person having or showing a severely disordered or abnormal state of mind":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he got out of serving in the army by successfully pretending to be a fool"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"madman",
|
|
"abnormal",
|
|
"deviant",
|
|
"monomaniac",
|
|
"mythomaniac",
|
|
"neurotic",
|
|
"obsessive",
|
|
"obsessive-compulsive",
|
|
"paranoid",
|
|
"psychotic",
|
|
"schizo",
|
|
"schizoid",
|
|
"schizophrenic",
|
|
"sociopath",
|
|
"character",
|
|
"codger",
|
|
"crack",
|
|
"crackpot",
|
|
"crank",
|
|
"eccentric",
|
|
"fantastic",
|
|
"flake",
|
|
"kook",
|
|
"oddball",
|
|
"oddity",
|
|
"original",
|
|
"quiz",
|
|
"screwball",
|
|
"tyke",
|
|
"tike",
|
|
"weirdo",
|
|
"zany",
|
|
"case",
|
|
"patient"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bug",
|
|
"crackbrain",
|
|
"crazy",
|
|
"fruitcake",
|
|
"head case",
|
|
"loon",
|
|
"loony",
|
|
"lunatic",
|
|
"maniac",
|
|
"nut",
|
|
"nutcase",
|
|
"nutter",
|
|
"psycho",
|
|
"psychopath",
|
|
"sickie",
|
|
"sicko",
|
|
"wacko",
|
|
"whacko"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a person who lacks good sense or judgment":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"only a fool would attempt to climb that mountain unprepared"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"sage",
|
|
"thinker",
|
|
"brain",
|
|
"genius"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"daredevil",
|
|
"madman",
|
|
"airhead",
|
|
"birdbrain",
|
|
"blockhead",
|
|
"dodo",
|
|
"dolt",
|
|
"donkey",
|
|
"dope",
|
|
"dork",
|
|
"dumbbell",
|
|
"dummy",
|
|
"dunce",
|
|
"fathead",
|
|
"gander",
|
|
"goon",
|
|
"idiot",
|
|
"ignoramus",
|
|
"imbecile",
|
|
"know-nothing",
|
|
"knucklehead",
|
|
"moron",
|
|
"numskull",
|
|
"numbskull",
|
|
"pinhead",
|
|
"schlub",
|
|
"shlub",
|
|
"schlump",
|
|
"schnook",
|
|
"stock",
|
|
"featherbrain",
|
|
"scatterbrain",
|
|
"butt",
|
|
"dupe",
|
|
"laughingstock",
|
|
"mockery",
|
|
"monkey",
|
|
"chump",
|
|
"loser",
|
|
"schlemiel",
|
|
"shlemiel",
|
|
"character",
|
|
"codger",
|
|
"crackbrain",
|
|
"crackpot",
|
|
"crank",
|
|
"kook",
|
|
"oddball",
|
|
"screwball",
|
|
"weirdo"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"berk",
|
|
"booby",
|
|
"charlie",
|
|
"charley",
|
|
"cuckoo",
|
|
"ding-a-ling",
|
|
"dingbat",
|
|
"ding-dong",
|
|
"dipstick",
|
|
"doofus",
|
|
"featherhead",
|
|
"git",
|
|
"goose",
|
|
"half-wit",
|
|
"jackass",
|
|
"lunatic",
|
|
"mooncalf",
|
|
"nincompoop",
|
|
"ninny",
|
|
"ninnyhammer",
|
|
"nit",
|
|
"nitwit",
|
|
"nut",
|
|
"nutcase",
|
|
"simp",
|
|
"simpleton",
|
|
"turkey",
|
|
"yo-yo"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a person with a strong and habitual liking for something":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"nonfan"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I'm a fool for ice cream"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"nonadmirer",
|
|
"belittler",
|
|
"carper",
|
|
"critic",
|
|
"detractor"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"groupie",
|
|
"admirer",
|
|
"amateur",
|
|
"collector",
|
|
"connoisseur",
|
|
"dilettante",
|
|
"authority",
|
|
"expert",
|
|
"adherent",
|
|
"convert",
|
|
"cultist",
|
|
"disciple",
|
|
"follower",
|
|
"hanger-on",
|
|
"votary",
|
|
"advocate",
|
|
"apostle",
|
|
"backer",
|
|
"champion",
|
|
"evangelist",
|
|
"exponent",
|
|
"friend",
|
|
"patron",
|
|
"promoter",
|
|
"proponent",
|
|
"supporter",
|
|
"partisan",
|
|
"partizan",
|
|
"zealot",
|
|
"booster",
|
|
"rooter",
|
|
"well-wisher",
|
|
"faddist"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"addict",
|
|
"aficionado",
|
|
"afficionado",
|
|
"buff",
|
|
"bug",
|
|
"devotee",
|
|
"enthusiast",
|
|
"fan",
|
|
"fanatic",
|
|
"fancier",
|
|
"fiend",
|
|
"freak",
|
|
"habitu\u00e9",
|
|
"habitue",
|
|
"head",
|
|
"hound",
|
|
"junkie",
|
|
"junky",
|
|
"lover",
|
|
"maniac",
|
|
"maven",
|
|
"mavin",
|
|
"nut",
|
|
"sucker"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"showing or marked by a lack of good sense or judgment":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"judicious",
|
|
"prudent",
|
|
"sagacious",
|
|
"sage",
|
|
"sane",
|
|
"sapient",
|
|
"sensible",
|
|
"sound",
|
|
"wise"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he's always got some fool plan or other"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"brainy",
|
|
"bright",
|
|
"clever",
|
|
"intelligent",
|
|
"smart",
|
|
"logical",
|
|
"rational",
|
|
"reasonable",
|
|
"valid",
|
|
"well-advised"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"airheaded",
|
|
"birdbrained",
|
|
"boobish",
|
|
"brain-dead",
|
|
"chowderheaded",
|
|
"chuckleheaded",
|
|
"clueless",
|
|
"dense",
|
|
"dim",
|
|
"dim-witted",
|
|
"doltish",
|
|
"dopey",
|
|
"dopy",
|
|
"dorky",
|
|
"dull",
|
|
"dumb",
|
|
"dunderheaded",
|
|
"empty-headed",
|
|
"feebleminded",
|
|
"gormless",
|
|
"idiotic",
|
|
"idiotical",
|
|
"imbecile",
|
|
"imbecilic",
|
|
"knuckleheaded",
|
|
"lamebrain",
|
|
"lamebrained",
|
|
"mindless",
|
|
"moronic",
|
|
"oafish",
|
|
"obtuse",
|
|
"opaque",
|
|
"pinheaded",
|
|
"simple",
|
|
"slow",
|
|
"slow-witted",
|
|
"soft",
|
|
"softheaded",
|
|
"thoughtless",
|
|
"thick",
|
|
"thickheaded",
|
|
"unintelligent",
|
|
"vacuous",
|
|
"fallacious",
|
|
"illogical",
|
|
"invalid",
|
|
"irrational",
|
|
"nonrational",
|
|
"surd",
|
|
"unreasonable",
|
|
"unreasoning",
|
|
"unsound",
|
|
"weak",
|
|
"farcical",
|
|
"laughable",
|
|
"ludicrous",
|
|
"ridiculous",
|
|
"notional",
|
|
"buffoonish",
|
|
"clownish",
|
|
"ill-advised",
|
|
"unconsidered",
|
|
"unreasoned"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"absurd",
|
|
"asinine",
|
|
"balmy",
|
|
"brainless",
|
|
"bubbleheaded",
|
|
"cockeyed",
|
|
"crackpot",
|
|
"crazy",
|
|
"cuckoo",
|
|
"daffy",
|
|
"daft",
|
|
"dippy",
|
|
"dotty",
|
|
"fatuous",
|
|
"featherheaded",
|
|
"foolish",
|
|
"half-baked",
|
|
"half-witted",
|
|
"harebrained",
|
|
"inept",
|
|
"insane",
|
|
"jerky",
|
|
"kooky",
|
|
"kookie",
|
|
"loony",
|
|
"looney",
|
|
"lunatic",
|
|
"lunkheaded",
|
|
"mad",
|
|
"nonsensical",
|
|
"nutty",
|
|
"preposterous",
|
|
"sappy",
|
|
"screwball",
|
|
"senseless",
|
|
"silly",
|
|
"simpleminded",
|
|
"stupid",
|
|
"tomfool",
|
|
"unwise",
|
|
"wacky",
|
|
"whacky",
|
|
"weak-minded",
|
|
"witless",
|
|
"zany"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to cause to believe what is untrue":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"undeceive"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I fooled him into thinking that we were driving to the store, not to his surprise birthday party"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"debunk",
|
|
"expose",
|
|
"reveal",
|
|
"show up",
|
|
"uncloak",
|
|
"uncover",
|
|
"unmask",
|
|
"disclose",
|
|
"divulge",
|
|
"tell",
|
|
"unveil",
|
|
"disabuse",
|
|
"disenchant",
|
|
"disillusion"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"kid",
|
|
"put on",
|
|
"tease",
|
|
"bleed",
|
|
"cheat",
|
|
"chisel",
|
|
"defraud",
|
|
"diddle",
|
|
"euchre",
|
|
"fleece",
|
|
"flimflam",
|
|
"hustle",
|
|
"mulct",
|
|
"rook",
|
|
"shortchange",
|
|
"skin",
|
|
"squeeze",
|
|
"stick",
|
|
"sting",
|
|
"swindle"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bamboozle",
|
|
"beguile",
|
|
"bluff",
|
|
"buffalo",
|
|
"burn",
|
|
"catch",
|
|
"con",
|
|
"cozen",
|
|
"deceive",
|
|
"delude",
|
|
"dupe",
|
|
"fake out",
|
|
"gaff",
|
|
"gammon",
|
|
"gull",
|
|
"have",
|
|
"have on",
|
|
"hoax",
|
|
"hoodwink",
|
|
"hornswoggle",
|
|
"humbug",
|
|
"juggle",
|
|
"misguide",
|
|
"misinform",
|
|
"mislead",
|
|
"snooker",
|
|
"snow",
|
|
"spoof",
|
|
"string along",
|
|
"suck in",
|
|
"sucker",
|
|
"take in",
|
|
"trick"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make jokes":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an edgy comedian fooling with an appreciative college audience"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"gibe",
|
|
"jibe",
|
|
"haze",
|
|
"jeer",
|
|
"mock",
|
|
"rag",
|
|
"rally",
|
|
"razz",
|
|
"rib",
|
|
"ridicule",
|
|
"tease",
|
|
"caricature",
|
|
"lampoon",
|
|
"parody",
|
|
"satirize",
|
|
"amuse",
|
|
"divert",
|
|
"entertain"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"banter",
|
|
"chaff",
|
|
"fun",
|
|
"gag",
|
|
"jape",
|
|
"jest",
|
|
"jive",
|
|
"joke",
|
|
"jolly",
|
|
"josh",
|
|
"kid",
|
|
"quip",
|
|
"wisecrack",
|
|
"yuk",
|
|
"yuck"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"foolishness":{
|
|
"lack of good sense or judgment":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"prudence",
|
|
"sagaciousness",
|
|
"sagacity",
|
|
"sageness",
|
|
"sanity",
|
|
"sapience",
|
|
"sensibleness",
|
|
"soundness",
|
|
"wisdom"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the foolishness of going off to search for the fountain of youth"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"logicality",
|
|
"logicalness",
|
|
"rationality",
|
|
"rationalness",
|
|
"reasonability",
|
|
"reasonableness",
|
|
"validity",
|
|
"discernment",
|
|
"insight",
|
|
"perception",
|
|
"percipience"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"denseness",
|
|
"dim-wittedness",
|
|
"doltishness",
|
|
"dopiness",
|
|
"dullness",
|
|
"dulness",
|
|
"dumbness",
|
|
"feeblemindedness",
|
|
"gormlessness",
|
|
"idiocy",
|
|
"mindlessness",
|
|
"oafishness",
|
|
"obtuseness",
|
|
"simplemindedness",
|
|
"simpleness",
|
|
"slowness",
|
|
"stupidity",
|
|
"stupidness",
|
|
"vacuity",
|
|
"fallacy",
|
|
"irrationality",
|
|
"unreasonableness",
|
|
"kookiness",
|
|
"weirdness",
|
|
"laughableness",
|
|
"ludicrousness",
|
|
"ridiculousness"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"absurdity",
|
|
"asininity",
|
|
"balminess",
|
|
"brainlessness",
|
|
"craziness",
|
|
"daftness",
|
|
"dippiness",
|
|
"dottiness",
|
|
"fatuity",
|
|
"fatuousness",
|
|
"folly",
|
|
"imbecility",
|
|
"inanity",
|
|
"insanity",
|
|
"lunacy",
|
|
"madness",
|
|
"nonsensicalness",
|
|
"nuttiness",
|
|
"preposterousness",
|
|
"senselessness",
|
|
"silliness",
|
|
"simplicity",
|
|
"unwisdom",
|
|
"wackiness",
|
|
"witlessness",
|
|
"zaniness"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"language, behavior, or ideas that are absurd and contrary to good sense":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"couldn't listen to another second of their foolishness , so I told them to be quiet"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"levelheadedness",
|
|
"rationality",
|
|
"reasonability",
|
|
"reasonableness",
|
|
"sensibleness",
|
|
"common sense",
|
|
"horse sense",
|
|
"sense",
|
|
"discernment",
|
|
"judgment",
|
|
"judgement",
|
|
"wisdom"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"absurdity",
|
|
"asininity",
|
|
"fatuity",
|
|
"foolery",
|
|
"idiocy",
|
|
"imbecility",
|
|
"inaneness",
|
|
"inanity",
|
|
"insanity",
|
|
"kookiness",
|
|
"lunacy",
|
|
"absurdness",
|
|
"craziness",
|
|
"madness",
|
|
"witlessness",
|
|
"hoity-toity",
|
|
"monkey business",
|
|
"monkeyshine(s)",
|
|
"shenanigan(s)",
|
|
"tomfoolery",
|
|
"gas",
|
|
"hot air",
|
|
"rigmarole",
|
|
"rigamarole",
|
|
"double-talk",
|
|
"greek",
|
|
"hocus-pocus"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"applesauce",
|
|
"balderdash",
|
|
"baloney",
|
|
"boloney",
|
|
"beans",
|
|
"bilge",
|
|
"blah",
|
|
"blah-blah",
|
|
"blarney",
|
|
"blather",
|
|
"blatherskite",
|
|
"blither",
|
|
"bosh",
|
|
"bull",
|
|
"bunk",
|
|
"bunkum",
|
|
"buncombe",
|
|
"claptrap",
|
|
"codswallop",
|
|
"crapola",
|
|
"crock",
|
|
"drivel",
|
|
"drool",
|
|
"fiddle",
|
|
"fiddle-faddle",
|
|
"fiddlesticks",
|
|
"flannel",
|
|
"flapdoodle",
|
|
"folderol",
|
|
"falderal",
|
|
"folly",
|
|
"fudge",
|
|
"garbage",
|
|
"guff",
|
|
"hogwash",
|
|
"hokeypokey",
|
|
"hokum",
|
|
"hoodoo",
|
|
"hooey",
|
|
"horsefeathers",
|
|
"humbug",
|
|
"humbuggery",
|
|
"jazz",
|
|
"malarkey",
|
|
"malarky",
|
|
"moonshine",
|
|
"muck",
|
|
"nerts",
|
|
"nonsense",
|
|
"nuts",
|
|
"piffle",
|
|
"poppycock",
|
|
"punk",
|
|
"rot",
|
|
"rubbish",
|
|
"senselessness",
|
|
"silliness",
|
|
"slush",
|
|
"stupidity",
|
|
"taradiddle",
|
|
"tarradiddle",
|
|
"tommyrot",
|
|
"tosh",
|
|
"trash",
|
|
"trumpery",
|
|
"twaddle"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the quality or state of lacking intelligence or quickness of mind":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"braininess",
|
|
"brightness",
|
|
"brilliance",
|
|
"cleverness",
|
|
"intelligence",
|
|
"keenness",
|
|
"quickness",
|
|
"quick-wittedness",
|
|
"sharpness",
|
|
"smartness"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"you didn't fail the test because of any innate foolishness but because of a lack of preparation"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"acumen",
|
|
"alertness",
|
|
"astuteness",
|
|
"discernment",
|
|
"insight",
|
|
"judgment",
|
|
"judgement",
|
|
"perception",
|
|
"percipience",
|
|
"perspicacity",
|
|
"sagacity",
|
|
"sageness",
|
|
"sapience",
|
|
"wisdom",
|
|
"wit",
|
|
"logicality",
|
|
"logicalness",
|
|
"rationality",
|
|
"rationalness",
|
|
"reasonableness",
|
|
"soundness",
|
|
"validity"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"feeblemindedness",
|
|
"simplemindedness",
|
|
"absurdity",
|
|
"asininity",
|
|
"balminess",
|
|
"craziness",
|
|
"daftness",
|
|
"dippiness",
|
|
"dottiness",
|
|
"fatuousness",
|
|
"folly",
|
|
"idiocy",
|
|
"inaneness",
|
|
"inanity",
|
|
"insanity",
|
|
"lunacy",
|
|
"madness",
|
|
"nincompoopery",
|
|
"nonsensicalness",
|
|
"nuttiness",
|
|
"preposterousness",
|
|
"silliness",
|
|
"simplicity",
|
|
"wackiness",
|
|
"zaniness",
|
|
"fallacy",
|
|
"irrationality",
|
|
"unreasonableness",
|
|
"mental deficiency",
|
|
"mental retardation"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"boneheadedness",
|
|
"brainlessness",
|
|
"denseness",
|
|
"density",
|
|
"dim-wittedness",
|
|
"doltishness",
|
|
"dopiness",
|
|
"dorkiness",
|
|
"dullness",
|
|
"dulness",
|
|
"dumbness",
|
|
"fatuity",
|
|
"gormlessness",
|
|
"mindlessness",
|
|
"oafishness",
|
|
"obtuseness",
|
|
"senselessness",
|
|
"simpleness",
|
|
"slowness",
|
|
"stupidity",
|
|
"stupidness",
|
|
"thickness",
|
|
"vacuity",
|
|
"weak-mindedness",
|
|
"witlessness"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"foolproof":{
|
|
"done, made, or planned so well that nothing can go wrong":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a foolproof plan",
|
|
"DNA fingerprinting gives police a virtually foolproof way to link a suspect to a crime scene."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"certain",
|
|
"inerrant",
|
|
"perfect",
|
|
"sure",
|
|
"infallible",
|
|
"unerring",
|
|
"unfailing",
|
|
"errorless",
|
|
"faultless",
|
|
"flawless",
|
|
"impeccable",
|
|
"dependable",
|
|
"reliable"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"defective",
|
|
"faulty",
|
|
"flawed",
|
|
"imperfect",
|
|
"undependable",
|
|
"unreliable",
|
|
"fallible"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"foot the bill (for)":{
|
|
"to pay the living expenses of":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"They continued to foot the bill for their son well into his twenties but warned him that their support would soon end and he needed to find a job."
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"finance",
|
|
"fund",
|
|
"patronize",
|
|
"set up",
|
|
"sponsor",
|
|
"stake",
|
|
"underwrite"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"keep",
|
|
"maintain",
|
|
"provide (for)",
|
|
"support"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"foot-draggings":{
|
|
"failure to do something quickly because you do not want to do it":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"bureaucrats criticized for foot-dragging on important issues"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"footle":{
|
|
"to spend time doing nothing":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"spent the morning footling about while others were working"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"drudge",
|
|
"grind",
|
|
"grub",
|
|
"hump",
|
|
"hustle",
|
|
"labor",
|
|
"moil",
|
|
"peg",
|
|
"plod",
|
|
"plow",
|
|
"plug",
|
|
"slave",
|
|
"sweat",
|
|
"toil",
|
|
"travail",
|
|
"work",
|
|
"apply",
|
|
"buckle (down)",
|
|
"exert",
|
|
"put out"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"fiddle (around)",
|
|
"fool",
|
|
"mess",
|
|
"monkey",
|
|
"muck",
|
|
"piddle",
|
|
"play",
|
|
"potter (around)",
|
|
"putter (around)",
|
|
"trifle",
|
|
"doze",
|
|
"estivate",
|
|
"aestivate",
|
|
"hibernate",
|
|
"lag",
|
|
"linger",
|
|
"loiter",
|
|
"poke",
|
|
"relax",
|
|
"rest",
|
|
"tarry",
|
|
"amble",
|
|
"mosey",
|
|
"saunter",
|
|
"stroll",
|
|
"swan",
|
|
"furlough",
|
|
"goldbrick",
|
|
"malinger",
|
|
"truant"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bum",
|
|
"chill",
|
|
"dally",
|
|
"dawdle",
|
|
"dillydally",
|
|
"drone",
|
|
"goof (off)",
|
|
"hack (around)",
|
|
"hang (around or out)",
|
|
"hang about",
|
|
"idle",
|
|
"kick around",
|
|
"kick back",
|
|
"laze",
|
|
"lazy",
|
|
"loaf",
|
|
"loll",
|
|
"lounge",
|
|
"veg out"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"for good":{
|
|
"for all time":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"ne'er",
|
|
"never",
|
|
"nevermore"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"When they leave, they'll be gone for good ."
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"once"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"enduringly",
|
|
"long",
|
|
"perennially"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"always",
|
|
"aye",
|
|
"ay",
|
|
"e'er",
|
|
"eternally",
|
|
"ever",
|
|
"everlastingly",
|
|
"evermore",
|
|
"forever",
|
|
"forevermore",
|
|
"indelibly",
|
|
"permanently",
|
|
"perpetually"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"forage":{
|
|
"as in":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to feed on grass or herbs":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"cows foraging in the pasture"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"eat",
|
|
"feed",
|
|
"nibble",
|
|
"range",
|
|
"stock",
|
|
"overgraze"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"browse",
|
|
"graze",
|
|
"pasture",
|
|
"rustle"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"foraged":{
|
|
"to feed on grass or herbs":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"cows foraging in the pasture"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"ate",
|
|
"fed",
|
|
"nibbled",
|
|
"ranged",
|
|
"stocked",
|
|
"overgrazed"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"browsed",
|
|
"grazed",
|
|
"pastured",
|
|
"rustled"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"foraging":{
|
|
"to feed on grass or herbs":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"cows foraging in the pasture"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"eating",
|
|
"feeding",
|
|
"nibbling",
|
|
"ranging",
|
|
"stocking",
|
|
"overgrazing"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"browsing",
|
|
"grazing",
|
|
"pasturing",
|
|
"rustling"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"forbad":{
|
|
"to order not to do or use or to be done or used":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"allowed",
|
|
"let",
|
|
"permitted",
|
|
"suffered"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"smoking is forbidden throughout the building",
|
|
"we forbid you to see him"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"approved",
|
|
"endorsed",
|
|
"indorsed",
|
|
"sanctioned",
|
|
"authorized",
|
|
"licensed",
|
|
"licenced",
|
|
"warranted",
|
|
"abetted",
|
|
"advanced",
|
|
"cultivated",
|
|
"encouraged",
|
|
"forwarded",
|
|
"furthered",
|
|
"nourished",
|
|
"nurtured",
|
|
"promoted",
|
|
"supported",
|
|
"bade",
|
|
"bid",
|
|
"commanded",
|
|
"ordered",
|
|
"abided",
|
|
"abode",
|
|
"bore",
|
|
"brooked",
|
|
"countenanced",
|
|
"endured",
|
|
"tolerated"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"deterred",
|
|
"discouraged",
|
|
"dissuaded",
|
|
"clamped down (on)",
|
|
"cracked down (on)",
|
|
"crushed",
|
|
"put down",
|
|
"quashed",
|
|
"quelled",
|
|
"repressed",
|
|
"silenced",
|
|
"snuffed (out)",
|
|
"squashed",
|
|
"squelched",
|
|
"subdued",
|
|
"suppressed",
|
|
"halted",
|
|
"precluded",
|
|
"prevented",
|
|
"stopped",
|
|
"embargoed",
|
|
"excluded",
|
|
"ruled out",
|
|
"shut out",
|
|
"debarred",
|
|
"deprived",
|
|
"disallowed",
|
|
"rejected",
|
|
"repudiated",
|
|
"vetoed",
|
|
"bridled",
|
|
"checked",
|
|
"curbed",
|
|
"inhibited",
|
|
"reined (in)",
|
|
"restrained",
|
|
"blocked",
|
|
"hindered",
|
|
"impeded",
|
|
"obstructed"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"banned",
|
|
"barred",
|
|
"enjoined",
|
|
"interdicted",
|
|
"outlawed",
|
|
"prohibited",
|
|
"proscribed"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"forbearing":{
|
|
"accepting pains or hardships calmly or without complaint":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"complaining",
|
|
"fed up",
|
|
"impatient",
|
|
"kvetching",
|
|
"kvetchy",
|
|
"protesting"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she was inspired by the forbearing patients of the intensive care unit"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bored",
|
|
"tired",
|
|
"weary",
|
|
"defiant",
|
|
"resistant",
|
|
"contrary",
|
|
"disobedient",
|
|
"insubordinate",
|
|
"intractable",
|
|
"rebellious",
|
|
"recalcitrant",
|
|
"refractory",
|
|
"ungovernable",
|
|
"unmanageable",
|
|
"unruly"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"lenient",
|
|
"acquiescent",
|
|
"passive",
|
|
"resigned",
|
|
"unresistant",
|
|
"yielding",
|
|
"agreeable",
|
|
"amenable",
|
|
"compliant",
|
|
"complying",
|
|
"conformist",
|
|
"docile",
|
|
"law-abiding",
|
|
"obedient",
|
|
"placable",
|
|
"submissive",
|
|
"subordinate",
|
|
"tractable",
|
|
"willing",
|
|
"slavish",
|
|
"subservient",
|
|
"amiable",
|
|
"obliging",
|
|
"collected",
|
|
"composed",
|
|
"constrained",
|
|
"contained",
|
|
"curbed",
|
|
"inhibited",
|
|
"repressed",
|
|
"restrained",
|
|
"disciplined",
|
|
"self-contained",
|
|
"self-controlled",
|
|
"apathetic",
|
|
"uncaring",
|
|
"unresponsive"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"long-suffering",
|
|
"patient",
|
|
"stoic",
|
|
"stoical",
|
|
"tolerant",
|
|
"uncomplaining"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to resist the temptation of":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"bowing (to)",
|
|
"giving in (to)",
|
|
"submitting (to)",
|
|
"succumbing (to)",
|
|
"surrendering (to)",
|
|
"yielding (to)"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she's old enough to make her own decisions, so we must forbear criticizing her taste in clothes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"acquiescing (to)",
|
|
"capitulating",
|
|
"conceding (to)",
|
|
"knuckling under (to)"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"avoiding",
|
|
"eschewing",
|
|
"shunning",
|
|
"checking",
|
|
"constraining",
|
|
"curbing",
|
|
"inhibiting",
|
|
"denying",
|
|
"refusing",
|
|
"rejecting",
|
|
"repudiating",
|
|
"bucking",
|
|
"combating",
|
|
"combatting",
|
|
"fighting"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abjuring",
|
|
"abstaining (from)",
|
|
"forgoing",
|
|
"foregoing",
|
|
"keeping (from)",
|
|
"refraining (from)",
|
|
"withholding (from)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"forcefully":{
|
|
"in a vigorous and forceful manner":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"feebly",
|
|
"gently",
|
|
"softly",
|
|
"weakly"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"shut the door a little too forcefully and broke the glass"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"delicately",
|
|
"faintly",
|
|
"frailly",
|
|
"shakily",
|
|
"bloodlessly",
|
|
"halfheartedly",
|
|
"languidly",
|
|
"lazily",
|
|
"listlessly",
|
|
"spiritlessly",
|
|
"impotently",
|
|
"ineffectively",
|
|
"ineffectually",
|
|
"lamely",
|
|
"nervelessly",
|
|
"spinelessly",
|
|
"uncertainly"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"fiercely",
|
|
"hammer and tongs",
|
|
"robustly",
|
|
"roughshod",
|
|
"sharply",
|
|
"vehemently",
|
|
"violently",
|
|
"actively",
|
|
"animatedly",
|
|
"briskly",
|
|
"crisply",
|
|
"eagerly",
|
|
"gamely",
|
|
"heartily",
|
|
"lustily",
|
|
"snappily",
|
|
"spiritedly",
|
|
"spunkily",
|
|
"vivaciously",
|
|
"decidedly",
|
|
"determinedly",
|
|
"directly",
|
|
"emphatically",
|
|
"fast",
|
|
"fixedly",
|
|
"intensively",
|
|
"intently",
|
|
"purposefully",
|
|
"resolutely",
|
|
"rigidly",
|
|
"smartly",
|
|
"solidly",
|
|
"soundly",
|
|
"squarely",
|
|
"steadfastly",
|
|
"steadily",
|
|
"surely",
|
|
"aggressively",
|
|
"assertively",
|
|
"manfully",
|
|
"potently"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dynamically",
|
|
"energetically",
|
|
"explosively",
|
|
"firmly",
|
|
"forcibly",
|
|
"hard",
|
|
"mightily",
|
|
"muscularly",
|
|
"powerfully",
|
|
"roundly",
|
|
"stiffly",
|
|
"stoutly",
|
|
"strenuously",
|
|
"strongly",
|
|
"sturdily",
|
|
"vigorously"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"forcefulness":{
|
|
"the capacity to persuade":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"inconclusiveness",
|
|
"ineffectiveness",
|
|
"ineffectuality",
|
|
"ineffectualness"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the forcefulness of his argument is indisputable"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"invalidity",
|
|
"shakiness",
|
|
"unsoundness",
|
|
"feebleness",
|
|
"powerlessness",
|
|
"weakness"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"impact",
|
|
"might",
|
|
"power",
|
|
"punch",
|
|
"strength",
|
|
"weight",
|
|
"believability",
|
|
"credibility",
|
|
"soundness",
|
|
"validity",
|
|
"authoritativeness",
|
|
"definitiveness",
|
|
"influence",
|
|
"sway",
|
|
"appeal",
|
|
"seductiveness"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"authority",
|
|
"cogency",
|
|
"conclusiveness",
|
|
"convincingness",
|
|
"effectiveness",
|
|
"force",
|
|
"persuasion",
|
|
"persuasiveness",
|
|
"suasiveness"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the quality of an utterance that provokes interest and produces an effect":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"delivered the punch line with appropriate forcefulness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"payoff",
|
|
"importance",
|
|
"significance",
|
|
"appeal",
|
|
"attraction",
|
|
"charm",
|
|
"fascination"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cogency",
|
|
"effectiveness",
|
|
"force",
|
|
"impact",
|
|
"point",
|
|
"punch"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the quality or state of being forceful (as in expression)":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"feebleness",
|
|
"mildness",
|
|
"weakness"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"her clenched teeth only added to the forcefulness of her words"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"ambiguity",
|
|
"equivocation",
|
|
"delicacy",
|
|
"lightness",
|
|
"subtlety"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"potency",
|
|
"power",
|
|
"strength",
|
|
"eloquence",
|
|
"ardency",
|
|
"ardor",
|
|
"fervency",
|
|
"fervidness",
|
|
"fervor",
|
|
"insistence",
|
|
"passion",
|
|
"warmth",
|
|
"stridency",
|
|
"vociferousness",
|
|
"absoluteness",
|
|
"clearness",
|
|
"directness",
|
|
"incision",
|
|
"incisiveness",
|
|
"plainness",
|
|
"straightforwardness",
|
|
"vividness"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"aggressiveness",
|
|
"assertiveness",
|
|
"emphasis",
|
|
"fierceness",
|
|
"intenseness",
|
|
"intensity",
|
|
"vehemence",
|
|
"vigorousness",
|
|
"violence"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"forceless":{
|
|
"as in":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"forcibly":{
|
|
"in a vigorous and forceful manner":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"feebly",
|
|
"gently",
|
|
"softly",
|
|
"weakly"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the disruptive passenger was forcibly removed from the plane"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"delicately",
|
|
"faintly",
|
|
"frailly",
|
|
"shakily",
|
|
"bloodlessly",
|
|
"halfheartedly",
|
|
"languidly",
|
|
"lazily",
|
|
"listlessly",
|
|
"spiritlessly",
|
|
"impotently",
|
|
"ineffectively",
|
|
"ineffectually",
|
|
"lamely",
|
|
"nervelessly",
|
|
"spinelessly",
|
|
"uncertainly"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"fiercely",
|
|
"hammer and tongs",
|
|
"robustly",
|
|
"roughshod",
|
|
"sharply",
|
|
"vehemently",
|
|
"violently",
|
|
"actively",
|
|
"animatedly",
|
|
"briskly",
|
|
"crisply",
|
|
"eagerly",
|
|
"gamely",
|
|
"heartily",
|
|
"lustily",
|
|
"snappily",
|
|
"spiritedly",
|
|
"spunkily",
|
|
"vivaciously",
|
|
"decidedly",
|
|
"determinedly",
|
|
"directly",
|
|
"emphatically",
|
|
"fast",
|
|
"fixedly",
|
|
"intensively",
|
|
"intently",
|
|
"purposefully",
|
|
"resolutely",
|
|
"rigidly",
|
|
"smartly",
|
|
"solidly",
|
|
"soundly",
|
|
"squarely",
|
|
"steadfastly",
|
|
"steadily",
|
|
"surely",
|
|
"aggressively",
|
|
"assertively",
|
|
"manfully",
|
|
"potently"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dynamically",
|
|
"energetically",
|
|
"explosively",
|
|
"firmly",
|
|
"forcefully",
|
|
"hard",
|
|
"mightily",
|
|
"muscularly",
|
|
"powerfully",
|
|
"roundly",
|
|
"stiffly",
|
|
"stoutly",
|
|
"strenuously",
|
|
"strongly",
|
|
"sturdily",
|
|
"vigorously"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"forebearers":{
|
|
"a person who is several generations earlier in an individual's line of descent":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"descendants",
|
|
"descendents"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"villagers who still practice many of the customs of their forebearers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"children",
|
|
"families",
|
|
"issues",
|
|
"lineages",
|
|
"offspring",
|
|
"offsprings",
|
|
"posterities",
|
|
"progenies",
|
|
"seed",
|
|
"seeds",
|
|
"stocks",
|
|
"daughters",
|
|
"heirs",
|
|
"inheritors",
|
|
"scions",
|
|
"sons",
|
|
"successors"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"antecessors",
|
|
"predecessors",
|
|
"ancestresses",
|
|
"foremothers",
|
|
"grandmothers",
|
|
"matriarchs",
|
|
"grandsires",
|
|
"patriarchs",
|
|
"sires",
|
|
"ancestries",
|
|
"antecedents",
|
|
"roots"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ancestors",
|
|
"fathers",
|
|
"forebears",
|
|
"forbears",
|
|
"forefathers",
|
|
"grandfathers",
|
|
"primogenitors",
|
|
"progenitors"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"forefelt":{
|
|
"to realize or know about beforehand":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"did any of the passengers embarking on the Titanic 's maiden voyage forefeel their impending doom?"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"augured",
|
|
"forecast",
|
|
"forecasted",
|
|
"foretold",
|
|
"predicted",
|
|
"presaged",
|
|
"prognosticated",
|
|
"prophesied",
|
|
"envisaged",
|
|
"envisioned",
|
|
"foreshadowed",
|
|
"prefigured",
|
|
"visualized",
|
|
"alerted",
|
|
"cautioned",
|
|
"foretokened",
|
|
"forewarned",
|
|
"previewed",
|
|
"descried",
|
|
"discerned",
|
|
"perceived",
|
|
"apprehended",
|
|
"dreaded",
|
|
"feared"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"anticipated",
|
|
"divined",
|
|
"foreknew",
|
|
"foresaw",
|
|
"previsioned"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"foregathering":{
|
|
"to come together into one body or place":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"breaking up",
|
|
"disbanding",
|
|
"dispersing",
|
|
"splitting (up)"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"asked the townsfolk to forgather at the war monument for the Memorial Day ceremony"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"departing",
|
|
"leaving",
|
|
"taking off",
|
|
"disjoining",
|
|
"dissociating",
|
|
"disuniting"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"affiliating",
|
|
"allying",
|
|
"associating",
|
|
"banding (together)",
|
|
"caucusing",
|
|
"clubbing",
|
|
"collaborating",
|
|
"confederating",
|
|
"conjoining",
|
|
"consolidating",
|
|
"consorting",
|
|
"cooperating",
|
|
"coupling",
|
|
"federating",
|
|
"ganging up",
|
|
"joining",
|
|
"merging",
|
|
"uniting",
|
|
"reassembling",
|
|
"reconvening",
|
|
"regathering",
|
|
"remeeting"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"assembling",
|
|
"clustering",
|
|
"collecting",
|
|
"concentering",
|
|
"concentrating",
|
|
"conglomerating",
|
|
"congregating",
|
|
"convening",
|
|
"converging",
|
|
"gathering",
|
|
"meeting",
|
|
"rendezvousing"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"forehanded":{
|
|
"having or showing awareness of and preparation for the future":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"half-baked",
|
|
"half-cocked",
|
|
"improvident",
|
|
"myopic",
|
|
"shortsighted"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"was forehanded enough to stock up on batteries for winter storms"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"careless",
|
|
"heedless",
|
|
"incautious"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"careful",
|
|
"cautious",
|
|
"heedful",
|
|
"discerning",
|
|
"insightful",
|
|
"perceptive",
|
|
"percipient",
|
|
"prudent",
|
|
"sagacious",
|
|
"sage",
|
|
"sapient",
|
|
"wise"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"farseeing",
|
|
"farsighted",
|
|
"foreseeing",
|
|
"foresighted",
|
|
"forethoughtful",
|
|
"forward",
|
|
"forward-looking",
|
|
"prescient",
|
|
"proactive",
|
|
"provident",
|
|
"visionary"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"foreign":{
|
|
"being, relating to, or characteristic of a country other than one's own":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"domestic",
|
|
"native"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"more Americans should take an interest in foreign languages"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"endemic",
|
|
"local",
|
|
"aboriginal",
|
|
"indigenous"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"imported",
|
|
"introduced",
|
|
"naturalized",
|
|
"transplanted",
|
|
"external",
|
|
"international",
|
|
"multiculti",
|
|
"multicultural",
|
|
"multilateral",
|
|
"multinational",
|
|
"foreign-born",
|
|
"nonindigenous",
|
|
"distant",
|
|
"far-off",
|
|
"overseas",
|
|
"remote",
|
|
"bizarre",
|
|
"exotic",
|
|
"outlandish",
|
|
"strange"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"alien",
|
|
"nonnative"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"not being a vital part of or belonging to something":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"inherent",
|
|
"innate",
|
|
"intrinsic"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"pediatricians often have to remove peas or other foreign bodies from inside the ears of curious toddlers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"congenital",
|
|
"deep-seated",
|
|
"inborn",
|
|
"inbred",
|
|
"inside",
|
|
"interior",
|
|
"internal",
|
|
"basic",
|
|
"essential",
|
|
"necessary"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"exterior",
|
|
"outside",
|
|
"immaterial",
|
|
"inapplicable",
|
|
"insignificant",
|
|
"irrelevant",
|
|
"nonessential",
|
|
"unessential",
|
|
"unnecessary"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accidental",
|
|
"adventitious",
|
|
"alien",
|
|
"external",
|
|
"extraneous",
|
|
"extrinsic",
|
|
"supervenient"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"relating to or involving two or more nations":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"foreign trade has always been vital to the region's economic health"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"domestic",
|
|
"internal",
|
|
"national"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"intercontinental",
|
|
"transcontinental"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"international",
|
|
"multinational",
|
|
"transnational"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"foreign aid":{
|
|
"as in relief , state aid":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"foreign correspondent":{
|
|
"as in reporter , journalist":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"foreigner":{
|
|
"a person who is not native to or known to a community":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"native"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I can tell by your accent you're a foreigner in these parts"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"buddy",
|
|
"chum",
|
|
"comrade",
|
|
"confidant",
|
|
"crony",
|
|
"familiar",
|
|
"friend",
|
|
"intimate",
|
|
"pal",
|
|
"acquaintance",
|
|
"associate",
|
|
"cohort",
|
|
"colleague",
|
|
"companion",
|
|
"fellow",
|
|
"hearty",
|
|
"hobnobber",
|
|
"mate",
|
|
"partner",
|
|
"peer",
|
|
"citizen",
|
|
"habitant",
|
|
"inhabitant",
|
|
"resident"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"alien",
|
|
"nonresident",
|
|
"outcast",
|
|
"pariah",
|
|
"drifter",
|
|
"transient",
|
|
"wanderer"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"nonnative",
|
|
"outlander",
|
|
"outsider",
|
|
"stranger"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"foremost":{
|
|
"coming before all others in importance":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"last",
|
|
"least"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Albert Einstein is regarded by many as the foremost figure of the 20th century"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"inconsequential",
|
|
"inconsiderable",
|
|
"insignificant",
|
|
"minor",
|
|
"negligible",
|
|
"slight",
|
|
"trifling",
|
|
"trivial",
|
|
"unimportant",
|
|
"collateral",
|
|
"inferior",
|
|
"secondary",
|
|
"subordinate",
|
|
"subsidiary"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"distinguished",
|
|
"eminent",
|
|
"illustrious",
|
|
"noble",
|
|
"notable",
|
|
"noteworthy",
|
|
"outstanding",
|
|
"prestigious",
|
|
"signal",
|
|
"star",
|
|
"stellar",
|
|
"superior",
|
|
"high-level",
|
|
"senior",
|
|
"top",
|
|
"important",
|
|
"influential",
|
|
"major",
|
|
"mighty",
|
|
"momentous",
|
|
"significant",
|
|
"incomparable",
|
|
"matchless",
|
|
"unequaled",
|
|
"unequalled",
|
|
"unparalleled",
|
|
"unsurpassed",
|
|
"celebrated",
|
|
"famed",
|
|
"famous",
|
|
"renowned"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"arch",
|
|
"big",
|
|
"capital",
|
|
"cardinal",
|
|
"central",
|
|
"chief",
|
|
"dominant",
|
|
"first",
|
|
"grand",
|
|
"great",
|
|
"greatest",
|
|
"highest",
|
|
"key",
|
|
"leading",
|
|
"main",
|
|
"master",
|
|
"number one",
|
|
"No. 1",
|
|
"numero uno",
|
|
"overbearing",
|
|
"overmastering",
|
|
"overriding",
|
|
"paramount",
|
|
"predominant",
|
|
"preeminent",
|
|
"premier",
|
|
"primal",
|
|
"primary",
|
|
"principal",
|
|
"prior",
|
|
"sovereign",
|
|
"sovran",
|
|
"supreme"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"coming before all others in time or order":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"final",
|
|
"last",
|
|
"latest",
|
|
"latter",
|
|
"terminal",
|
|
"terminating",
|
|
"ultimate"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"when the foremost person in line tripped, everyone had to stop"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"advanced",
|
|
"late",
|
|
"consequent",
|
|
"ensuing",
|
|
"following",
|
|
"subsequent",
|
|
"succeeding",
|
|
"penultimate"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"ancient",
|
|
"early",
|
|
"primal",
|
|
"primary",
|
|
"prime",
|
|
"primeval",
|
|
"primitive",
|
|
"primordial",
|
|
"antecedent",
|
|
"preceding",
|
|
"previous"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"earliest",
|
|
"first",
|
|
"headmost",
|
|
"inaugural",
|
|
"initial",
|
|
"leadoff",
|
|
"maiden",
|
|
"original",
|
|
"pioneer",
|
|
"premier",
|
|
"virgin"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"highest in rank or authority":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"wanted to speak to the foremost supervisor in our department"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"ancillary",
|
|
"inferior",
|
|
"last",
|
|
"less",
|
|
"lesser",
|
|
"lower",
|
|
"lowly",
|
|
"second",
|
|
"secondary",
|
|
"subordinate",
|
|
"subsidiary",
|
|
"assistant",
|
|
"assisting",
|
|
"coadjutor",
|
|
"deputy",
|
|
"junior",
|
|
"under"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"high-level",
|
|
"senior",
|
|
"controlling",
|
|
"directing",
|
|
"managing",
|
|
"officiating",
|
|
"overseeing",
|
|
"regnant",
|
|
"reigning",
|
|
"ruling",
|
|
"supervisory",
|
|
"main",
|
|
"major",
|
|
"paramount",
|
|
"predominant",
|
|
"predominate",
|
|
"sovereign",
|
|
"sovran",
|
|
"ascendant",
|
|
"ascendent",
|
|
"dominant",
|
|
"grand",
|
|
"superior",
|
|
"topmost",
|
|
"upmost",
|
|
"upper",
|
|
"uppermost"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"chief",
|
|
"commanding",
|
|
"first",
|
|
"head",
|
|
"high",
|
|
"lead",
|
|
"leading",
|
|
"preeminent",
|
|
"premier",
|
|
"presiding",
|
|
"primary",
|
|
"prime",
|
|
"principal",
|
|
"supereminent",
|
|
"supreme",
|
|
"top"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"foresee":{
|
|
"to realize or know about beforehand":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a freak accident that no one could possibly have foreseen"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"anticipate",
|
|
"divine",
|
|
"forefeel",
|
|
"foreknow",
|
|
"prevision"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"augur",
|
|
"forecast",
|
|
"foretell",
|
|
"predict",
|
|
"presage",
|
|
"prognosticate",
|
|
"prophesy",
|
|
"envisage",
|
|
"envision",
|
|
"foreshadow",
|
|
"prefigure",
|
|
"visualize",
|
|
"alert",
|
|
"caution",
|
|
"foretoken",
|
|
"forewarn",
|
|
"preview",
|
|
"descry",
|
|
"discern",
|
|
"perceive",
|
|
"apprehend",
|
|
"dread",
|
|
"fear"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"foreseen":{
|
|
"as in expected , anticipated":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to realize or know about beforehand":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a freak accident that no one could possibly have foreseen"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"augured",
|
|
"forecast",
|
|
"forecasted",
|
|
"foretold",
|
|
"predicted",
|
|
"presaged",
|
|
"prognosticated",
|
|
"prophesied",
|
|
"envisaged",
|
|
"envisioned",
|
|
"foreshadowed",
|
|
"prefigured",
|
|
"visualized",
|
|
"alerted",
|
|
"cautioned",
|
|
"foretokened",
|
|
"forewarned",
|
|
"previewed",
|
|
"descried",
|
|
"discerned",
|
|
"perceived",
|
|
"apprehended",
|
|
"dreaded",
|
|
"feared"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"anticipated",
|
|
"divined",
|
|
"forefelt",
|
|
"foreknown",
|
|
"previsioned"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"forester":{
|
|
"as in logger , lumberjack":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"foreswearing":{
|
|
"to solemnly or formally reject or go back on (as something formerly adhered to)":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"adhering (to)"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the new government would have to forswear the use of torture if it wished to be granted full diplomatic recognition"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"acknowledging",
|
|
"admitting",
|
|
"affirming",
|
|
"asserting",
|
|
"avowing",
|
|
"claiming",
|
|
"contending",
|
|
"declaring",
|
|
"maintaining",
|
|
"proclaiming",
|
|
"professing",
|
|
"stating",
|
|
"vouching",
|
|
"vowing",
|
|
"backing",
|
|
"confirming",
|
|
"defending",
|
|
"endorsing",
|
|
"indorsing",
|
|
"espousing",
|
|
"maintaining",
|
|
"supporting",
|
|
"upholding",
|
|
"accepting",
|
|
"adopting",
|
|
"embracing"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"contradicting",
|
|
"denying",
|
|
"disavowing",
|
|
"disclaiming",
|
|
"disowning",
|
|
"gainsaying",
|
|
"negating",
|
|
"negativing",
|
|
"abandoning",
|
|
"bolting",
|
|
"forsaking",
|
|
"giving up",
|
|
"relinquishing",
|
|
"spurning",
|
|
"surrendering",
|
|
"controverting",
|
|
"disagreeing (with)",
|
|
"disproving",
|
|
"disputing",
|
|
"rebutting",
|
|
"refuting",
|
|
"backing down",
|
|
"backing off",
|
|
"backtracking",
|
|
"disallowing",
|
|
"recalling",
|
|
"revoking"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abjuring",
|
|
"abnegating",
|
|
"recanting",
|
|
"reneging",
|
|
"renouncing",
|
|
"repealing",
|
|
"repudiating",
|
|
"retracting",
|
|
"taking back",
|
|
"unsaying",
|
|
"withdrawing"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"foretoken":{
|
|
"as in caution , alert":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in foretaste":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"forge":{
|
|
"to imitate or copy especially in order to deceive":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"arrested for forging the doctor's signature on the prescription"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"simulate",
|
|
"duplicate",
|
|
"reduplicate",
|
|
"replicate",
|
|
"reproduce",
|
|
"crib",
|
|
"plagiarize",
|
|
"adulterate",
|
|
"doctor",
|
|
"fudge",
|
|
"juggle",
|
|
"manipulate",
|
|
"tamper (with)",
|
|
"concoct",
|
|
"cook (up)",
|
|
"fabricate",
|
|
"invent"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"counterfeit",
|
|
"fake",
|
|
"phony"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to move forward along a course":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"remain",
|
|
"stand",
|
|
"stay",
|
|
"stop"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the rescue team forged ahead despite the bad weather"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"arrest",
|
|
"balk",
|
|
"block",
|
|
"check",
|
|
"detain",
|
|
"halt",
|
|
"hinder",
|
|
"hold back",
|
|
"impede",
|
|
"nip",
|
|
"obstruct",
|
|
"slow (down or up)",
|
|
"stem",
|
|
"repress",
|
|
"retard",
|
|
"stunt",
|
|
"suppress",
|
|
"delay",
|
|
"interrupt",
|
|
"stall",
|
|
"cramp",
|
|
"hamper",
|
|
"inhibit",
|
|
"cease",
|
|
"let up",
|
|
"pause",
|
|
"regress",
|
|
"wait"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"accelerate",
|
|
"fast-forward",
|
|
"speed",
|
|
"approach",
|
|
"near",
|
|
"journey",
|
|
"pass",
|
|
"repair",
|
|
"run",
|
|
"travel",
|
|
"wend",
|
|
"actuate",
|
|
"drive",
|
|
"impel",
|
|
"propel",
|
|
"push",
|
|
"take out"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"advance",
|
|
"come",
|
|
"come along",
|
|
"do",
|
|
"fare",
|
|
"get along",
|
|
"get on",
|
|
"go",
|
|
"go along",
|
|
"go off",
|
|
"march",
|
|
"pace",
|
|
"proceed",
|
|
"progress"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to produce or bring about especially by long or repeated effort":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"both sides labored mightily to forge a peace treaty"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"demolish",
|
|
"destroy",
|
|
"dismantle",
|
|
"raze",
|
|
"tear down",
|
|
"ruin",
|
|
"undo",
|
|
"unmake",
|
|
"wreck"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"churn out",
|
|
"crank out",
|
|
"turn out",
|
|
"cobble (together or up)",
|
|
"throw up",
|
|
"compose",
|
|
"construct",
|
|
"craft",
|
|
"create",
|
|
"engineer",
|
|
"fabricate",
|
|
"fashion",
|
|
"form",
|
|
"frame",
|
|
"generate",
|
|
"manufacture",
|
|
"mint",
|
|
"model",
|
|
"shape",
|
|
"tailor",
|
|
"conceive",
|
|
"concoct",
|
|
"contrive",
|
|
"cook (up)",
|
|
"devise",
|
|
"hatch",
|
|
"invent",
|
|
"originate",
|
|
"accomplish",
|
|
"achieve",
|
|
"bring off",
|
|
"carry out",
|
|
"effect"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"carve (out)",
|
|
"develop",
|
|
"grind (out)",
|
|
"hammer out",
|
|
"thrash (out)",
|
|
"work out",
|
|
"work up"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to shape with a hammer":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"loved the artisan look of that hand- forged copper pot"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"chase",
|
|
"planish",
|
|
"fashion",
|
|
"form",
|
|
"knead",
|
|
"model",
|
|
"mold",
|
|
"pat",
|
|
"work",
|
|
"coin",
|
|
"mint",
|
|
"stamp",
|
|
"abate",
|
|
"boast",
|
|
"carve",
|
|
"chisel",
|
|
"cut",
|
|
"grave",
|
|
"hew",
|
|
"knap",
|
|
"sculpt",
|
|
"sculpture"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beat",
|
|
"draw",
|
|
"hammer",
|
|
"pound"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"forged":{
|
|
"being such in appearance only and made or manufactured with the intention of committing fraud":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"authentic",
|
|
"bona fide",
|
|
"genuine",
|
|
"real",
|
|
"unfaked"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a forged ancient document that didn't fool experts in cartography"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"natural",
|
|
"actual",
|
|
"true",
|
|
"valid"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"artificial",
|
|
"factitious",
|
|
"imitation",
|
|
"man-made",
|
|
"mimic",
|
|
"mock",
|
|
"simulated",
|
|
"substitute",
|
|
"synthetic",
|
|
"dummy",
|
|
"nonfunctioning",
|
|
"ornamental",
|
|
"cultured",
|
|
"fabricated",
|
|
"manufactured",
|
|
"deceptive",
|
|
"delusive",
|
|
"misleading"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bogus",
|
|
"counterfeit",
|
|
"fake",
|
|
"false",
|
|
"inauthentic",
|
|
"phony",
|
|
"phoney",
|
|
"queer",
|
|
"sham",
|
|
"snide",
|
|
"spurious",
|
|
"unauthentic"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to imitate or copy especially in order to deceive":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"arrested for forging the doctor's signature on the prescription"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"simulated",
|
|
"duplicated",
|
|
"reduplicated",
|
|
"replicated",
|
|
"reproduced",
|
|
"cribbed",
|
|
"plagiarized",
|
|
"adulterated",
|
|
"doctored",
|
|
"fudged",
|
|
"juggled",
|
|
"manipulated",
|
|
"tampered (with)",
|
|
"concocted",
|
|
"cooked (up)",
|
|
"fabricated",
|
|
"invented"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"counterfeited",
|
|
"faked",
|
|
"phonied"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to move forward along a course":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"remained",
|
|
"stayed",
|
|
"stood",
|
|
"stopped"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the rescue team forged ahead despite the bad weather"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"arrested",
|
|
"balked",
|
|
"blocked",
|
|
"checked",
|
|
"detained",
|
|
"halted",
|
|
"held back",
|
|
"hindered",
|
|
"impeded",
|
|
"nipped",
|
|
"obstructed",
|
|
"slowed (down or up)",
|
|
"stemmed",
|
|
"repressed",
|
|
"retarded",
|
|
"stunted",
|
|
"suppressed",
|
|
"delayed",
|
|
"interrupted",
|
|
"stalled",
|
|
"cramped",
|
|
"hampered",
|
|
"inhibited",
|
|
"ceased",
|
|
"let up",
|
|
"paused",
|
|
"regressed",
|
|
"waited"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"accelerated",
|
|
"fast-forwarded",
|
|
"sped",
|
|
"speeded",
|
|
"approached",
|
|
"neared",
|
|
"journeyed",
|
|
"passed",
|
|
"ran",
|
|
"run",
|
|
"repaired",
|
|
"traveled",
|
|
"travelled",
|
|
"wended",
|
|
"actuated",
|
|
"drove",
|
|
"impelled",
|
|
"propelled",
|
|
"pushed",
|
|
"took out"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"advanced",
|
|
"came",
|
|
"came along",
|
|
"did",
|
|
"fared",
|
|
"got along",
|
|
"got on",
|
|
"marched",
|
|
"paced",
|
|
"proceeded",
|
|
"progressed",
|
|
"went",
|
|
"went along",
|
|
"went off"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to produce or bring about especially by long or repeated effort":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"both sides labored mightily to forge a peace treaty"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"demolished",
|
|
"destroyed",
|
|
"dismantled",
|
|
"razed",
|
|
"tore down",
|
|
"ruined",
|
|
"undid",
|
|
"unmade",
|
|
"wrecked"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"churned out",
|
|
"cranked out",
|
|
"turned out",
|
|
"cobbled (together or up)",
|
|
"threw up",
|
|
"composed",
|
|
"constructed",
|
|
"crafted",
|
|
"created",
|
|
"engineered",
|
|
"fabricated",
|
|
"fashioned",
|
|
"formed",
|
|
"framed",
|
|
"generated",
|
|
"manufactured",
|
|
"minted",
|
|
"modeled",
|
|
"modelled",
|
|
"shaped",
|
|
"tailored",
|
|
"conceived",
|
|
"concocted",
|
|
"contrived",
|
|
"cooked (up)",
|
|
"devised",
|
|
"hatched",
|
|
"invented",
|
|
"originated",
|
|
"accomplished",
|
|
"achieved",
|
|
"brought off",
|
|
"carried out",
|
|
"effected"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"carved (out)",
|
|
"developed",
|
|
"ground (out)",
|
|
"hammered out",
|
|
"thrashed (out)",
|
|
"worked out",
|
|
"worked up"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to shape with a hammer":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"loved the artisan look of that hand- forged copper pot"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"chased",
|
|
"planished",
|
|
"fashioned",
|
|
"formed",
|
|
"kneaded",
|
|
"modeled",
|
|
"modelled",
|
|
"molded",
|
|
"patted",
|
|
"worked",
|
|
"wrought",
|
|
"coined",
|
|
"minted",
|
|
"stamped",
|
|
"abated",
|
|
"boasted",
|
|
"carved",
|
|
"chiseled",
|
|
"chiselled",
|
|
"cut",
|
|
"graved",
|
|
"hewed",
|
|
"knapped",
|
|
"sculpted",
|
|
"sculptured"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beat",
|
|
"drew",
|
|
"hammered",
|
|
"pounded"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"forgery":{
|
|
"an imitation that is passed off as genuine":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"that is a cheap forgery , not an authentic Ming Dynasty vase"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"original"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"copycat",
|
|
"knockoff",
|
|
"copy",
|
|
"facsimile",
|
|
"replica",
|
|
"reproduction",
|
|
"dummy",
|
|
"mock-up",
|
|
"fraud",
|
|
"gaff",
|
|
"imposture",
|
|
"spoof",
|
|
"swindle",
|
|
"simulation",
|
|
"synthetic",
|
|
"bastard",
|
|
"brummagem",
|
|
"duffer",
|
|
"shoddy"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"counterfeit",
|
|
"fake",
|
|
"hoax",
|
|
"humbug",
|
|
"phony",
|
|
"phoney",
|
|
"sham"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"forges":{
|
|
"to imitate or copy especially in order to deceive":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"arrested for forging the doctor's signature on the prescription"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"simulates",
|
|
"duplicates",
|
|
"reduplicates",
|
|
"replicates",
|
|
"reproduces",
|
|
"cribs",
|
|
"plagiarizes",
|
|
"adulterates",
|
|
"doctors",
|
|
"fudges",
|
|
"juggles",
|
|
"manipulates",
|
|
"tampers (with)",
|
|
"concocts",
|
|
"cooks (up)",
|
|
"fabricates",
|
|
"invents"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"counterfeits",
|
|
"fakes",
|
|
"phonies"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to move forward along a course":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"remains",
|
|
"stands",
|
|
"stays",
|
|
"stops"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the rescue team forged ahead despite the bad weather"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"arrests",
|
|
"balks",
|
|
"blocks",
|
|
"checks",
|
|
"detains",
|
|
"halts",
|
|
"hinders",
|
|
"holds back",
|
|
"impedes",
|
|
"nips",
|
|
"obstructs",
|
|
"slows (down or up)",
|
|
"stems",
|
|
"represses",
|
|
"retards",
|
|
"stunts",
|
|
"suppresses",
|
|
"delays",
|
|
"interrupts",
|
|
"stalls",
|
|
"cramps",
|
|
"hampers",
|
|
"inhibits",
|
|
"ceases",
|
|
"lets up",
|
|
"pauses",
|
|
"regresses",
|
|
"waits"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"accelerates",
|
|
"fast-forwards",
|
|
"speeds",
|
|
"approaches",
|
|
"nears",
|
|
"journeys",
|
|
"passes",
|
|
"repairs",
|
|
"runs",
|
|
"travels",
|
|
"wends",
|
|
"actuates",
|
|
"drives",
|
|
"impels",
|
|
"propels",
|
|
"pushes",
|
|
"takes out"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"advances",
|
|
"comes",
|
|
"comes along",
|
|
"does",
|
|
"fares",
|
|
"gets along",
|
|
"gets on",
|
|
"goes",
|
|
"goes along",
|
|
"goes off",
|
|
"marches",
|
|
"paces",
|
|
"proceeds",
|
|
"progresses"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to produce or bring about especially by long or repeated effort":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"both sides labored mightily to forge a peace treaty"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"demolishes",
|
|
"destroys",
|
|
"dismantles",
|
|
"razes",
|
|
"tears down",
|
|
"ruins",
|
|
"undoes",
|
|
"unmakes",
|
|
"wrecks"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"churns out",
|
|
"cranks out",
|
|
"turns out",
|
|
"cobbles (together or up)",
|
|
"throws up",
|
|
"composes",
|
|
"constructs",
|
|
"crafts",
|
|
"creates",
|
|
"engineers",
|
|
"fabricates",
|
|
"fashions",
|
|
"forms",
|
|
"frames",
|
|
"generates",
|
|
"manufactures",
|
|
"mints",
|
|
"models",
|
|
"shapes",
|
|
"tailors",
|
|
"conceives",
|
|
"concocts",
|
|
"contrives",
|
|
"cooks (up)",
|
|
"devises",
|
|
"hatches",
|
|
"invents",
|
|
"originates",
|
|
"accomplishes",
|
|
"achieves",
|
|
"brings off",
|
|
"carries out",
|
|
"effects"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"carves (out)",
|
|
"develops",
|
|
"grinds (out)",
|
|
"hammers out",
|
|
"thrashes (out)",
|
|
"works out",
|
|
"works up"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to shape with a hammer":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"loved the artisan look of that hand- forged copper pot"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"chases",
|
|
"planishes",
|
|
"fashions",
|
|
"forms",
|
|
"kneads",
|
|
"models",
|
|
"molds",
|
|
"pats",
|
|
"works",
|
|
"coins",
|
|
"mints",
|
|
"stamps",
|
|
"abates",
|
|
"boasts",
|
|
"carves",
|
|
"chisels",
|
|
"cuts",
|
|
"graves",
|
|
"hews",
|
|
"knaps",
|
|
"sculpts",
|
|
"sculptures"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beats",
|
|
"draws",
|
|
"hammers",
|
|
"pounds"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"forget":{
|
|
"to be unable to recall or think of":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"flash back (to)",
|
|
"hark back (to)",
|
|
"harken back (to)",
|
|
"hearken back (to)",
|
|
"mind",
|
|
"recall",
|
|
"recollect",
|
|
"remember",
|
|
"reminisce (about)",
|
|
"think (of)"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I forget exactly on which street that the house is"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"remind"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"lose",
|
|
"miss",
|
|
"blank",
|
|
"misremember",
|
|
"disregard",
|
|
"ignore",
|
|
"neglect",
|
|
"overlook",
|
|
"overpass",
|
|
"pass over",
|
|
"slight",
|
|
"slur (over)"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"disremember",
|
|
"unlearn"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to fail to give proper attention to":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"attend (to)",
|
|
"heed",
|
|
"mind",
|
|
"regard",
|
|
"tend (to)"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she promised not to forget her high school friends after she went off to college"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"appreciate",
|
|
"cherish",
|
|
"prize",
|
|
"treasure",
|
|
"value",
|
|
"cultivate",
|
|
"foster",
|
|
"nurse",
|
|
"nurture",
|
|
"pamper",
|
|
"remember",
|
|
"listen (to)",
|
|
"watch",
|
|
"follow",
|
|
"mark",
|
|
"note",
|
|
"notice",
|
|
"observe",
|
|
"remark"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"fail",
|
|
"miss",
|
|
"omit",
|
|
"brush (aside or off)",
|
|
"reject",
|
|
"shrug off",
|
|
"slough (off)",
|
|
"sluff (off)",
|
|
"disdain",
|
|
"pooh-pooh",
|
|
"pooh",
|
|
"scorn",
|
|
"scant",
|
|
"skimp"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bypass",
|
|
"disregard",
|
|
"ignore",
|
|
"neglect",
|
|
"overlook",
|
|
"overpass",
|
|
"pass over",
|
|
"slight",
|
|
"slur (over)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to leave undone or unattended to especially through carelessness":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"attend (to)",
|
|
"remember"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he forgot the pot boiling on the stove"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"carry out",
|
|
"do",
|
|
"execute",
|
|
"perform",
|
|
"accomplish",
|
|
"achieve",
|
|
"keep up",
|
|
"maintain"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"slack (off)"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"neglect",
|
|
"shirk"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to miss the opportunity or obligation":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I forgot to call on his birthday"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"heed",
|
|
"mind",
|
|
"remember",
|
|
"keep",
|
|
"observe",
|
|
"carry out",
|
|
"do",
|
|
"execute",
|
|
"perform",
|
|
"practice",
|
|
"practise",
|
|
"discharge",
|
|
"fulfill",
|
|
"fulfil",
|
|
"meet",
|
|
"satisfy",
|
|
"comply (with)"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"disregard",
|
|
"ignore",
|
|
"overlook",
|
|
"overpass",
|
|
"pass over",
|
|
"pretermit",
|
|
"slight",
|
|
"slide",
|
|
"slip",
|
|
"default",
|
|
"skip"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"fail",
|
|
"neglect",
|
|
"omit"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"forgives":{
|
|
"to cease to have feelings of anger or bitterness toward":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"resents"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"it is not easy to forgive those who have hurt us"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abhors",
|
|
"abominates",
|
|
"despises",
|
|
"detests",
|
|
"dislikes",
|
|
"execrates",
|
|
"hates",
|
|
"loathes",
|
|
"avenges",
|
|
"redresses",
|
|
"requites",
|
|
"retaliates",
|
|
"revenges",
|
|
"disciplines",
|
|
"penalizes",
|
|
"punishes"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"absolves",
|
|
"acquits",
|
|
"clears",
|
|
"exculpates",
|
|
"exonerates",
|
|
"vindicates",
|
|
"remits",
|
|
"shrives",
|
|
"condones",
|
|
"disregards",
|
|
"excuses",
|
|
"ignores",
|
|
"passes over",
|
|
"shrugs off",
|
|
"discharges",
|
|
"liberates",
|
|
"redeems",
|
|
"releases",
|
|
"unburdens"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"pardons"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to dismiss as of little importance":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he has so many good qualities that I guess we can forgive a slight penchant for exaggeration"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"heeds",
|
|
"marks",
|
|
"minds",
|
|
"notes",
|
|
"objects (to)"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"explains",
|
|
"justifies",
|
|
"rationalizes",
|
|
"absolves",
|
|
"acquits",
|
|
"clears",
|
|
"exculpates",
|
|
"exonerates",
|
|
"vindicates",
|
|
"waives",
|
|
"waves (aside or off)"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blinks (at)",
|
|
"brushes (aside or off)",
|
|
"condones",
|
|
"discounts",
|
|
"disregards",
|
|
"excuses",
|
|
"glosses (over)",
|
|
"glozes (over)",
|
|
"ignores",
|
|
"overlooks",
|
|
"overpasses",
|
|
"papers over",
|
|
"pardons",
|
|
"passes over",
|
|
"remits",
|
|
"shrugs off",
|
|
"whitewashes",
|
|
"winks (at)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"forgo":{
|
|
"to resist the temptation of":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"bow (to)",
|
|
"give in (to)",
|
|
"submit (to)",
|
|
"succumb (to)",
|
|
"surrender (to)",
|
|
"yield (to)"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I'll forgo dessert tonight\u2014I'm trying to lose weight"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"acquiesce (to)",
|
|
"capitulate",
|
|
"concede (to)",
|
|
"knuckle under (to)"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"avoid",
|
|
"eschew",
|
|
"shun",
|
|
"check",
|
|
"constrain",
|
|
"curb",
|
|
"inhibit",
|
|
"deny",
|
|
"refuse",
|
|
"reject",
|
|
"repudiate",
|
|
"buck",
|
|
"combat",
|
|
"fight"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abjure",
|
|
"abstain (from)",
|
|
"forbear",
|
|
"keep (from)",
|
|
"refrain (from)",
|
|
"withhold (from)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"forgot":{
|
|
"to be unable to recall or think of":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"flashed back (to)",
|
|
"harked back (to)",
|
|
"harkened back (to)",
|
|
"hearkened back (to)",
|
|
"harkened back (to)",
|
|
"minded",
|
|
"recalled",
|
|
"recollected",
|
|
"remembered",
|
|
"reminisced (about)",
|
|
"thought (of)"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I forget exactly on which street that the house is"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"reminded"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"lost",
|
|
"missed",
|
|
"blanked",
|
|
"misremembered",
|
|
"disregarded",
|
|
"ignored",
|
|
"neglected",
|
|
"overlooked",
|
|
"overpassed",
|
|
"passed over",
|
|
"slighted",
|
|
"slurred (over)"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"disremembered",
|
|
"unlearned"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to fail to give proper attention to":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"attended (to)",
|
|
"heeded",
|
|
"minded",
|
|
"regarded",
|
|
"tended (to)"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she promised not to forget her high school friends after she went off to college"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"appreciated",
|
|
"cherished",
|
|
"prized",
|
|
"treasured",
|
|
"valued",
|
|
"cultivated",
|
|
"fostered",
|
|
"nursed",
|
|
"nurtured",
|
|
"pampered",
|
|
"remembered",
|
|
"listened (to)",
|
|
"watched",
|
|
"followed",
|
|
"marked",
|
|
"noted",
|
|
"noticed",
|
|
"observed",
|
|
"remarked"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"failed",
|
|
"missed",
|
|
"omitted",
|
|
"brushed (aside or off)",
|
|
"rejected",
|
|
"shrugged off",
|
|
"sloughed (off)",
|
|
"sluffed (off)",
|
|
"disdained",
|
|
"pooh-poohed",
|
|
"poohed",
|
|
"scorned",
|
|
"scanted",
|
|
"skimped"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bypassed",
|
|
"disregarded",
|
|
"ignored",
|
|
"neglected",
|
|
"overlooked",
|
|
"overpassed",
|
|
"passed over",
|
|
"slighted",
|
|
"slurred (over)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to leave undone or unattended to especially through carelessness":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"attended (to)",
|
|
"remembered"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he forgot the pot boiling on the stove"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"carried out",
|
|
"did",
|
|
"executed",
|
|
"performed",
|
|
"accomplished",
|
|
"achieved",
|
|
"kept up",
|
|
"maintained"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"slacked (off)"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"neglected",
|
|
"shirked"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to miss the opportunity or obligation":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I forgot to call on his birthday"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"heeded",
|
|
"minded",
|
|
"remembered",
|
|
"kept",
|
|
"observed",
|
|
"carried out",
|
|
"did",
|
|
"executed",
|
|
"performed",
|
|
"practiced",
|
|
"practised",
|
|
"discharged",
|
|
"fulfilled",
|
|
"met",
|
|
"satisfied",
|
|
"complied (with)"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"disregarded",
|
|
"ignored",
|
|
"overlooked",
|
|
"overpassed",
|
|
"passed over",
|
|
"pretermitted",
|
|
"slighted",
|
|
"slid",
|
|
"slipped",
|
|
"defaulted",
|
|
"skipped"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"failed",
|
|
"neglected",
|
|
"omitted"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"forking":{
|
|
"to go or move in different directions from a central point":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"converging",
|
|
"joining"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the road forks up ahead and you'll want to take the right fork"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"assembling",
|
|
"gathering",
|
|
"meeting"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"bestrewing",
|
|
"breaking up",
|
|
"broadcasting",
|
|
"clearing out",
|
|
"disbanding",
|
|
"dispelling",
|
|
"dispersing",
|
|
"dissipating",
|
|
"distributing",
|
|
"scattering",
|
|
"sowing",
|
|
"distancing",
|
|
"receding",
|
|
"retreating"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"branching (out)",
|
|
"diverging",
|
|
"dividing",
|
|
"parting",
|
|
"separating",
|
|
"spreading"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"forking (over, out, or up)":{
|
|
"to hand over or use up in payment":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I hated to have to fork over that kind of money for a new set of tires"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"caching",
|
|
"hoarding",
|
|
"laying up",
|
|
"saving",
|
|
"acquiring",
|
|
"earning",
|
|
"gaining",
|
|
"garnering",
|
|
"making",
|
|
"procuring",
|
|
"realizing",
|
|
"securing",
|
|
"winning"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"lavishing",
|
|
"raining",
|
|
"blowing",
|
|
"dissipating",
|
|
"frittering (away)",
|
|
"running through",
|
|
"squandering",
|
|
"throwing away",
|
|
"wasting"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"disbursing",
|
|
"dropping",
|
|
"expending",
|
|
"giving",
|
|
"laying out",
|
|
"outlaying",
|
|
"paying",
|
|
"shelling out",
|
|
"spending"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"forlornness":{
|
|
"a state or spell of low spirits":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"bliss",
|
|
"blissfulness",
|
|
"ecstasy",
|
|
"elatedness",
|
|
"elation",
|
|
"euphoria",
|
|
"exhilaration",
|
|
"exuberance",
|
|
"exultation",
|
|
"felicity",
|
|
"gladness",
|
|
"gladsomeness",
|
|
"happiness",
|
|
"heaven",
|
|
"intoxication",
|
|
"joy",
|
|
"joyfulness",
|
|
"joyousness",
|
|
"jubilation",
|
|
"rapture",
|
|
"rapturousness"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"seemingly nothing could relieve the losing team's forlornness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"gaiety",
|
|
"gayety",
|
|
"gayness",
|
|
"glee",
|
|
"gleefulness",
|
|
"humor",
|
|
"jollity",
|
|
"joviality",
|
|
"lightheartedness",
|
|
"merriment",
|
|
"mirth",
|
|
"mirthfulness",
|
|
"cheer",
|
|
"cheerfulness",
|
|
"cheeriness",
|
|
"hopefulness",
|
|
"optimism",
|
|
"sunniness",
|
|
"content",
|
|
"contentedness",
|
|
"contentment",
|
|
"satisfaction",
|
|
"delight",
|
|
"gratification"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"melancholia",
|
|
"self-pity",
|
|
"anguish",
|
|
"dolor",
|
|
"grief",
|
|
"mourning",
|
|
"somberness",
|
|
"sorrow",
|
|
"woefulness",
|
|
"agony",
|
|
"distress",
|
|
"pain",
|
|
"misery",
|
|
"woe",
|
|
"wretchedness",
|
|
"discouragement",
|
|
"disheartenment",
|
|
"moodiness",
|
|
"despair",
|
|
"desperation",
|
|
"hopelessness",
|
|
"self-despair",
|
|
"boredom",
|
|
"ennui",
|
|
"tedium",
|
|
"dismalness",
|
|
"drear",
|
|
"morbidness",
|
|
"moroseness",
|
|
"morosity",
|
|
"regret",
|
|
"rue"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blue devils",
|
|
"blues",
|
|
"dejection",
|
|
"depression",
|
|
"desolation",
|
|
"despond",
|
|
"despondence",
|
|
"despondency",
|
|
"disconsolateness",
|
|
"dispiritedness",
|
|
"doldrums",
|
|
"dolefulness",
|
|
"downheartedness",
|
|
"dreariness",
|
|
"dumps",
|
|
"gloom",
|
|
"gloominess",
|
|
"glumness",
|
|
"heartsickness",
|
|
"joylessness",
|
|
"melancholy",
|
|
"miserableness",
|
|
"mopes",
|
|
"mournfulness",
|
|
"oppression",
|
|
"sadness",
|
|
"sorrowfulness",
|
|
"unhappiness"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"utter loss of hope":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"hope",
|
|
"hopefulness"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"with the forlornness of someone who had been disappointed many times before, he abandoned his quest"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"cheer",
|
|
"cheerfulness",
|
|
"sunniness",
|
|
"optimism",
|
|
"gaiety",
|
|
"gayety",
|
|
"glee",
|
|
"gleefulness",
|
|
"jollity",
|
|
"joviality",
|
|
"lightheartedness",
|
|
"merriment",
|
|
"mirth",
|
|
"mirthfulness",
|
|
"bliss",
|
|
"blissfulness",
|
|
"ecstasy",
|
|
"elatedness",
|
|
"elation",
|
|
"euphoria",
|
|
"exhilaration",
|
|
"exuberance",
|
|
"exultation",
|
|
"gladness",
|
|
"happiness",
|
|
"joy",
|
|
"joyfulness",
|
|
"joyousness",
|
|
"jubilation",
|
|
"rapture",
|
|
"rapturousness"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"blue devils",
|
|
"blues",
|
|
"dejection",
|
|
"depression",
|
|
"desolation",
|
|
"disconsolateness",
|
|
"dispiritedness",
|
|
"doldrums",
|
|
"dolor",
|
|
"downheartedness",
|
|
"dreariness",
|
|
"dumps",
|
|
"gloom",
|
|
"gloominess",
|
|
"joylessness",
|
|
"melancholy",
|
|
"mopes",
|
|
"oppression",
|
|
"sadness",
|
|
"sorrow",
|
|
"unhappiness",
|
|
"self-despair",
|
|
"self-pity",
|
|
"dolefulness",
|
|
"mournfulness",
|
|
"sorrowfulness",
|
|
"woefulness",
|
|
"agony",
|
|
"distress",
|
|
"pain",
|
|
"misery",
|
|
"woe",
|
|
"wretchedness",
|
|
"cynicism",
|
|
"pessimism",
|
|
"acceptance",
|
|
"resignation"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"despair",
|
|
"desperation",
|
|
"despond",
|
|
"despondence",
|
|
"despondency",
|
|
"hopelessness"
|
|
]
|
|
}
|
|
},
|
|
"formal":{
|
|
"a social gathering for dancing":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he asked her to the formal at the end of the year"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"blowout",
|
|
"celebration",
|
|
"event",
|
|
"festival",
|
|
"festivity",
|
|
"fete",
|
|
"f\u00eate",
|
|
"gala",
|
|
"masque",
|
|
"mask",
|
|
"masquerade",
|
|
"mixer",
|
|
"party",
|
|
"reception",
|
|
"shindig",
|
|
"soiree",
|
|
"soir\u00e9e",
|
|
"hoedown",
|
|
"square dance"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ball",
|
|
"cotillion",
|
|
"cotillon",
|
|
"dance",
|
|
"hop",
|
|
"prom"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"being something in name or form only":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"was the formal head of the charitable organization though he never attended a single meeting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"actual",
|
|
"real",
|
|
"true"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"so-called",
|
|
"phantom",
|
|
"virtual",
|
|
"apparent",
|
|
"assumed",
|
|
"evident",
|
|
"ostensible",
|
|
"presumed",
|
|
"seeming",
|
|
"supposed"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"nominal",
|
|
"paper",
|
|
"titular"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"following or agreeing with established form, custom, or rules":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"casual",
|
|
"freewheeling",
|
|
"informal",
|
|
"irregular",
|
|
"unceremonious",
|
|
"unconventional",
|
|
"unorthodox"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a formal meeting of the board of directors",
|
|
"a formal contract that was legally binding"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"unauthorized",
|
|
"unofficial",
|
|
"graceless",
|
|
"improper",
|
|
"inappropriate",
|
|
"incorrect",
|
|
"indecorous",
|
|
"inept",
|
|
"infelicitous",
|
|
"unapt",
|
|
"unbecoming",
|
|
"unfit",
|
|
"unhappy",
|
|
"unseemly",
|
|
"unsuitable"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"authorized",
|
|
"certified",
|
|
"official",
|
|
"sanctioned",
|
|
"accepted",
|
|
"correct",
|
|
"decorous",
|
|
"genteel",
|
|
"nice",
|
|
"polite",
|
|
"proper",
|
|
"respectable",
|
|
"seemly",
|
|
"formalistic",
|
|
"ritual",
|
|
"ritualistic",
|
|
"methodical",
|
|
"methodic",
|
|
"orderly",
|
|
"systematic"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ceremonial",
|
|
"ceremonious",
|
|
"conventional",
|
|
"orthodox",
|
|
"regular",
|
|
"routine"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"marked by or showing careful attention to set forms and details":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"casual",
|
|
"easygoing",
|
|
"informal",
|
|
"laid-back",
|
|
"unceremonious"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"gave her a formal invitation to dinner"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"improper",
|
|
"indecorous",
|
|
"unmannerly",
|
|
"discourteous",
|
|
"impolite",
|
|
"rude"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"sober",
|
|
"solemn",
|
|
"stately",
|
|
"chivalrous",
|
|
"courtly",
|
|
"gallant",
|
|
"genteel",
|
|
"polished",
|
|
"refined",
|
|
"civil",
|
|
"courteous",
|
|
"polite",
|
|
"red-carpet"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ceremonious",
|
|
"correct",
|
|
"decorous",
|
|
"nice",
|
|
"proper",
|
|
"punctilious",
|
|
"starchy",
|
|
"stiff",
|
|
"stiff-necked",
|
|
"stilted"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"relating to or suitable for wearing to an event requiring elegant dress and manners":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"casual",
|
|
"informal",
|
|
"sportif",
|
|
"sporty"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the dress code is formal for tonight's event",
|
|
"a shop that rents out formal wear"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"street",
|
|
"dowdy",
|
|
"outmoded",
|
|
"styleless",
|
|
"unfashionable",
|
|
"unstylish",
|
|
"frowsy",
|
|
"frowzy",
|
|
"grungy",
|
|
"sloppy",
|
|
"sloven",
|
|
"slovenly",
|
|
"unkempt",
|
|
"untidy",
|
|
"disheveled",
|
|
"dishevelled",
|
|
"messy",
|
|
"mussy",
|
|
"rumpled",
|
|
"wrinkled"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"costume",
|
|
"costumey",
|
|
"chic",
|
|
"dapper",
|
|
"fashionable",
|
|
"in",
|
|
"modish",
|
|
"natty",
|
|
"sharp",
|
|
"smart",
|
|
"snappy",
|
|
"stylish",
|
|
"custom-made",
|
|
"fitted",
|
|
"tailored",
|
|
"black-tie",
|
|
"evening",
|
|
"white-tie",
|
|
"semiformal"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dress",
|
|
"dressy"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"very dignified in form, tone, or style":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"ineloquent",
|
|
"low",
|
|
"undignified"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the formal language of the coronation ceremony"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"casual",
|
|
"colloquial",
|
|
"conversational",
|
|
"informal",
|
|
"nonformal",
|
|
"slangy",
|
|
"unbookish",
|
|
"unliterary",
|
|
"vernacular",
|
|
"coarse",
|
|
"common",
|
|
"crass",
|
|
"crude",
|
|
"gross",
|
|
"ill-bred",
|
|
"indecent",
|
|
"lowbred",
|
|
"lowbrow",
|
|
"rough",
|
|
"rough-hewn",
|
|
"rude",
|
|
"tasteless",
|
|
"uncouth",
|
|
"uncultivated",
|
|
"uncultured",
|
|
"unpolished",
|
|
"unrefined",
|
|
"vulgar",
|
|
"incorrect",
|
|
"substandard",
|
|
"uneducated",
|
|
"ungrammatical",
|
|
"unlearned"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"affected",
|
|
"bombastic",
|
|
"declamatory",
|
|
"florid",
|
|
"flowery",
|
|
"grandiloquent",
|
|
"grandiose",
|
|
"highfalutin",
|
|
"hifalutin",
|
|
"oratorical",
|
|
"pompous",
|
|
"pretentious",
|
|
"rhetorical",
|
|
"rhetoric",
|
|
"stilted",
|
|
"Attic",
|
|
"cultured",
|
|
"refined",
|
|
"classy",
|
|
"courtly",
|
|
"fine",
|
|
"graceful",
|
|
"tasteful",
|
|
"aristocratic",
|
|
"genteel",
|
|
"patrician",
|
|
"correct",
|
|
"educated",
|
|
"grammatical",
|
|
"proper",
|
|
"academic",
|
|
"academical",
|
|
"bookish",
|
|
"learned",
|
|
"literary"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"elevated",
|
|
"eloquent",
|
|
"high-flown",
|
|
"lofty",
|
|
"majestic",
|
|
"stately",
|
|
"towering"
|
|
]
|
|
}
|
|
},
|
|
"formality":{
|
|
"an act or utterance that is a customary show of good manners":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"bowing to your guest is a formality you don't need to perform for me"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"honors",
|
|
"ceremony",
|
|
"observance",
|
|
"rite",
|
|
"ritual",
|
|
"decorum",
|
|
"etiquette",
|
|
"form",
|
|
"manners",
|
|
"mores",
|
|
"proprieties",
|
|
"addresses",
|
|
"devoirs",
|
|
"greetings",
|
|
"regards",
|
|
"respects",
|
|
"favor",
|
|
"grace",
|
|
"kindliness",
|
|
"kindness",
|
|
"protocol",
|
|
"rules"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"amenity",
|
|
"attention",
|
|
"civility",
|
|
"courtesy",
|
|
"gesture",
|
|
"pleasantry",
|
|
"politeness"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"an oft-repeated action or series of actions performed in accordance with tradition or a set of rules":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"churchgoers loved the formalities of a traditional Christmas Eve candlelight service"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"amenities",
|
|
"civility",
|
|
"decorum",
|
|
"etiquette",
|
|
"graces",
|
|
"proprieties",
|
|
"protocol",
|
|
"convention",
|
|
"custom",
|
|
"habit",
|
|
"manners",
|
|
"mores",
|
|
"practice",
|
|
"practise",
|
|
"standard",
|
|
"tradition",
|
|
"way",
|
|
"celebration",
|
|
"service"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ceremonial",
|
|
"ceremony",
|
|
"form",
|
|
"observance",
|
|
"rite",
|
|
"ritual",
|
|
"solemnity"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"formalize":{
|
|
"to give official acceptance of as satisfactory":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"decline",
|
|
"deny",
|
|
"disallow",
|
|
"disapprove",
|
|
"negative",
|
|
"reject",
|
|
"turn down",
|
|
"veto"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the plan has yet to be formalized by the city council"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"ban",
|
|
"enjoin",
|
|
"forbid",
|
|
"illegalize",
|
|
"interdict",
|
|
"prohibit",
|
|
"proscribe",
|
|
"disregard",
|
|
"ignore",
|
|
"neglect",
|
|
"overlook",
|
|
"rebuff",
|
|
"rebut",
|
|
"refuse",
|
|
"spurn"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"accept",
|
|
"acknowledge",
|
|
"affirm",
|
|
"certify",
|
|
"endorse",
|
|
"indorse",
|
|
"validate",
|
|
"bless",
|
|
"canonize",
|
|
"sanctify",
|
|
"initial",
|
|
"rubber-stamp",
|
|
"sign",
|
|
"sign off (on)",
|
|
"allow",
|
|
"enable",
|
|
"legalize",
|
|
"license",
|
|
"licence",
|
|
"pass",
|
|
"permit",
|
|
"reapprove"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accredit",
|
|
"approbate",
|
|
"approve",
|
|
"authorize",
|
|
"clear",
|
|
"confirm",
|
|
"finalize",
|
|
"homologate",
|
|
"OK",
|
|
"okay",
|
|
"ratify",
|
|
"sanction",
|
|
"warrant"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make agree with a single established standard or model":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we'll need to formalize our research results before we submit our study for review"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"customize",
|
|
"individualize",
|
|
"tailor"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"codify",
|
|
"marshal",
|
|
"marshall",
|
|
"methodize",
|
|
"order",
|
|
"organize",
|
|
"systematize",
|
|
"systemize",
|
|
"average",
|
|
"equalize",
|
|
"even",
|
|
"square",
|
|
"accredit",
|
|
"certify",
|
|
"control",
|
|
"govern",
|
|
"regulate",
|
|
"rule",
|
|
"conciliate",
|
|
"conform",
|
|
"coordinate",
|
|
"harmonize",
|
|
"integrate",
|
|
"reconcile",
|
|
"synthesize"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"homogenize",
|
|
"normalize",
|
|
"regularize",
|
|
"standardize"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"formally":{
|
|
"as in carefully , meticulously":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"carefully",
|
|
"gingerly",
|
|
"meticulously",
|
|
"orderly",
|
|
"punctiliously",
|
|
"methodically",
|
|
"systematically",
|
|
"deliberately",
|
|
"intentionally",
|
|
"purposefully",
|
|
"purposely"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"aimlessly",
|
|
"anyhow",
|
|
"anyway",
|
|
"anywise",
|
|
"desultorily",
|
|
"erratically",
|
|
"haphazard",
|
|
"haphazardly",
|
|
"helter-skelter",
|
|
"hit or miss",
|
|
"irregularly",
|
|
"randomly",
|
|
"willy-nilly",
|
|
"arbitrarily",
|
|
"capriciously",
|
|
"carelessly",
|
|
"casually",
|
|
"indiscriminately",
|
|
"informally",
|
|
"offhand",
|
|
"offhandedly",
|
|
"promiscuously",
|
|
"whimsically",
|
|
"accidentally",
|
|
"fortuitously",
|
|
"inadvertently",
|
|
"unconsciously",
|
|
"unintentionally",
|
|
"unwittingly"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"formals":{
|
|
"a social gathering for dancing":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he asked her to the formal at the end of the year"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"blowouts",
|
|
"celebrations",
|
|
"events",
|
|
"festivals",
|
|
"festivities",
|
|
"fetes",
|
|
"f\u00eates",
|
|
"galas",
|
|
"masquerades",
|
|
"masques",
|
|
"masks",
|
|
"mixers",
|
|
"parties",
|
|
"receptions",
|
|
"shindigs",
|
|
"soirees",
|
|
"soir\u00e9es",
|
|
"hoedowns",
|
|
"square dances"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"balls",
|
|
"cotillions",
|
|
"cotillons",
|
|
"dances",
|
|
"hops",
|
|
"proms"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"former":{
|
|
"going before another in time or order":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"after",
|
|
"ensuing",
|
|
"following",
|
|
"later",
|
|
"posterior",
|
|
"subsequent",
|
|
"succeeding"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the former manual had some errors, but the current version has its own problems"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"advanced",
|
|
"late",
|
|
"closing",
|
|
"concluding",
|
|
"final",
|
|
"last",
|
|
"latest",
|
|
"latter",
|
|
"terminal",
|
|
"ultimate"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"advance",
|
|
"early",
|
|
"premature",
|
|
"earliest",
|
|
"first",
|
|
"inaugural",
|
|
"initial",
|
|
"maiden",
|
|
"original",
|
|
"pioneer",
|
|
"preexisting",
|
|
"introductory",
|
|
"preliminary",
|
|
"erstwhile",
|
|
"whilom"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"antecedent",
|
|
"anterior",
|
|
"foregoing",
|
|
"precedent",
|
|
"preceding",
|
|
"previous",
|
|
"prior"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"having been such at some previous time":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the coach is a former professional baseball player"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"contemporary",
|
|
"current",
|
|
"extant",
|
|
"ongoing",
|
|
"present",
|
|
"present-day",
|
|
"coming",
|
|
"future",
|
|
"prospective",
|
|
"unborn"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"bygone",
|
|
"dead",
|
|
"defunct",
|
|
"departed",
|
|
"expired",
|
|
"extinct",
|
|
"gone",
|
|
"long-ago",
|
|
"vanished"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"erstwhile",
|
|
"late",
|
|
"old",
|
|
"once",
|
|
"onetime",
|
|
"other",
|
|
"past",
|
|
"quondam",
|
|
"sometime",
|
|
"whilom"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"formerly":{
|
|
"at an earlier or previous time":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the newspaper formerly known as \"The Newsprint\""
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"lately",
|
|
"recently",
|
|
"currently",
|
|
"now",
|
|
"presently"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"erstwhile",
|
|
"once",
|
|
"onetime"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"so as to precede something in order of time":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"after",
|
|
"afterward",
|
|
"afterwards",
|
|
"later"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"if you didn't get a malaria shot formerly , you'd better get one now"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"behind",
|
|
"by and by",
|
|
"next",
|
|
"subsequently"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"a priori",
|
|
"early",
|
|
"prematurely",
|
|
"first",
|
|
"first off",
|
|
"now",
|
|
"before long",
|
|
"erelong",
|
|
"presently",
|
|
"shortly",
|
|
"soon"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"afore",
|
|
"ahead",
|
|
"already",
|
|
"antecedently",
|
|
"anteriorly",
|
|
"before",
|
|
"beforehand",
|
|
"earlier",
|
|
"preliminarily",
|
|
"previously"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"formulaic":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
],
|
|
"using or marked by the use of something else as a basis or model":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"archetypal",
|
|
"archetypical",
|
|
"original"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she thought the plots of most action movies were pretty formulaic"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"authentic",
|
|
"bona fide",
|
|
"legitimate",
|
|
"true",
|
|
"genuine",
|
|
"natural",
|
|
"real",
|
|
"classic",
|
|
"ideal",
|
|
"model"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"copied",
|
|
"cribbed",
|
|
"plagiarized",
|
|
"artificial",
|
|
"bogus",
|
|
"factitious",
|
|
"fake",
|
|
"false",
|
|
"imitation",
|
|
"man-made",
|
|
"mock",
|
|
"sham",
|
|
"simulated",
|
|
"substitute",
|
|
"synthetic",
|
|
"duplicated",
|
|
"photocopied",
|
|
"reduplicated",
|
|
"reproduced",
|
|
"transcribed",
|
|
"backup",
|
|
"counterfeit",
|
|
"deceptive",
|
|
"forged",
|
|
"fraudulent",
|
|
"misleading",
|
|
"cut-and-dried",
|
|
"cut-and-dry",
|
|
"perfunctory",
|
|
"routine",
|
|
"uninspired"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"apish",
|
|
"canned",
|
|
"emulative",
|
|
"epigonic",
|
|
"epigonous",
|
|
"imitative",
|
|
"mimetic",
|
|
"mimic",
|
|
"slavish",
|
|
"unoriginal"
|
|
]
|
|
}
|
|
},
|
|
"formulate":{
|
|
"to convey in appropriate or telling terms":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the doctor was trying to formulate a good way to tell her that she would need surgery"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"craft",
|
|
"frame",
|
|
"hint",
|
|
"imply",
|
|
"insinuate",
|
|
"intimate",
|
|
"suggest",
|
|
"paraphrase",
|
|
"rephrase",
|
|
"restate",
|
|
"reword",
|
|
"summarize",
|
|
"translate",
|
|
"communicate",
|
|
"disclose",
|
|
"speak",
|
|
"talk",
|
|
"tell",
|
|
"utter",
|
|
"verbalize",
|
|
"vocalize",
|
|
"describe",
|
|
"render",
|
|
"write up"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"articulate",
|
|
"clothe",
|
|
"couch",
|
|
"express",
|
|
"phrase",
|
|
"put",
|
|
"say",
|
|
"state",
|
|
"word"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to put (something) into proper and usually carefully worked out written form":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a writer planning to formulate a response to what he considered a very unfair review of his work"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"fabricate",
|
|
"fashion",
|
|
"form",
|
|
"mold",
|
|
"sculpture",
|
|
"shape",
|
|
"couch",
|
|
"express",
|
|
"phrase",
|
|
"state",
|
|
"verbalize",
|
|
"word",
|
|
"author",
|
|
"indite",
|
|
"pen",
|
|
"write",
|
|
"conceive",
|
|
"concoct",
|
|
"devise",
|
|
"build",
|
|
"construct",
|
|
"make",
|
|
"assemble",
|
|
"compound",
|
|
"piece (together)",
|
|
"redraft",
|
|
"reformulate",
|
|
"reframe"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cast",
|
|
"compose",
|
|
"craft",
|
|
"draft",
|
|
"draw up",
|
|
"frame",
|
|
"prepare"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"formulized":{
|
|
"as in put , worded":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"clothed",
|
|
"clad",
|
|
"couched",
|
|
"formulated",
|
|
"phrased",
|
|
"put",
|
|
"worded",
|
|
"breathed",
|
|
"chirped",
|
|
"drawled",
|
|
"gasped",
|
|
"lipped",
|
|
"mouthed",
|
|
"murmured",
|
|
"purred",
|
|
"shouted",
|
|
"spluttered",
|
|
"spouted",
|
|
"whispered",
|
|
"commented",
|
|
"piped up (with)",
|
|
"remarked",
|
|
"affirmed",
|
|
"alleged",
|
|
"asserted",
|
|
"averred",
|
|
"avouched",
|
|
"avowed",
|
|
"ripped (out)",
|
|
"snarled",
|
|
"advertised",
|
|
"announced",
|
|
"blazed",
|
|
"broadcast",
|
|
"broadcasted",
|
|
"declared",
|
|
"posted",
|
|
"proclaimed",
|
|
"promulgated",
|
|
"publicized",
|
|
"published",
|
|
"blabbered",
|
|
"blurted",
|
|
"bolted",
|
|
"got off",
|
|
"shot",
|
|
"aired",
|
|
"discussed",
|
|
"gave",
|
|
"looked",
|
|
"shared",
|
|
"sounded",
|
|
"vented",
|
|
"ventilated",
|
|
"voiced",
|
|
"articulated",
|
|
"brought out",
|
|
"enunciated",
|
|
"passed",
|
|
"said",
|
|
"spoke",
|
|
"stated",
|
|
"talked",
|
|
"told",
|
|
"uttered",
|
|
"verbalized",
|
|
"vocalized"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"stifled",
|
|
"suppressed"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"formulizing":{
|
|
"as in putting , wording":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"forsook":{
|
|
"to cause to remain behind":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"reclaimed"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"forsaking most of our possessions, we evacuated just before the hurricane struck"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"had",
|
|
"harbored",
|
|
"held",
|
|
"kept",
|
|
"owned",
|
|
"possessed",
|
|
"reserved",
|
|
"retained",
|
|
"withheld",
|
|
"redeemed",
|
|
"rescued",
|
|
"saved"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"discarded",
|
|
"ditched",
|
|
"dumped",
|
|
"flung",
|
|
"jettisoned",
|
|
"junked",
|
|
"scrapped",
|
|
"shed",
|
|
"shucked (off)",
|
|
"threw away",
|
|
"threw out",
|
|
"delivered",
|
|
"gave up",
|
|
"handed over",
|
|
"relinquished",
|
|
"surrendered",
|
|
"yielded",
|
|
"escaped",
|
|
"retreated (from)",
|
|
"took off (from)",
|
|
"vacated",
|
|
"withdrew (from)",
|
|
"abjured",
|
|
"cut off",
|
|
"disowned",
|
|
"rejected",
|
|
"renounced",
|
|
"repudiated",
|
|
"separated (from)",
|
|
"sacrificed",
|
|
"distanced",
|
|
"disregarded",
|
|
"forgot",
|
|
"ignored",
|
|
"neglected"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abandoned",
|
|
"deserted",
|
|
"left",
|
|
"marooned",
|
|
"quit",
|
|
"quitted",
|
|
"stranded"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"fort":{
|
|
"a structure or place from which one can resist attack":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a series of forts along the frontier"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"battlement",
|
|
"breastwork",
|
|
"bulwark",
|
|
"earthwork",
|
|
"embattlement",
|
|
"parapet",
|
|
"rampart",
|
|
"bunker",
|
|
"dugout",
|
|
"blockhouse",
|
|
"garrison house",
|
|
"alcazar",
|
|
"casbah",
|
|
"kasbah"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bastion",
|
|
"castle",
|
|
"citadel",
|
|
"fastness",
|
|
"fortification",
|
|
"fortress",
|
|
"hold",
|
|
"redoubt",
|
|
"stronghold"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"forte":{
|
|
"something for which a person shows a special talent":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"doing funny impressions of people has always been my forte"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"area",
|
|
"arena",
|
|
"bailiwick",
|
|
"business",
|
|
"circle",
|
|
"demesne",
|
|
"department",
|
|
"discipline",
|
|
"domain",
|
|
"fief",
|
|
"fiefdom",
|
|
"field",
|
|
"line",
|
|
"precinct",
|
|
"province",
|
|
"realm",
|
|
"sphere",
|
|
"terrain",
|
|
"element",
|
|
"aptitude",
|
|
"aptness",
|
|
"bent",
|
|
"faculty",
|
|
"flair",
|
|
"genius",
|
|
"gift",
|
|
"knack",
|
|
"talent",
|
|
"pursuit",
|
|
"racket",
|
|
"vocation",
|
|
"inclination",
|
|
"leaning",
|
|
"partiality",
|
|
"penchant",
|
|
"predilection",
|
|
"predisposition",
|
|
"proclivity",
|
|
"propensity",
|
|
"tendency"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"long suit",
|
|
"m\u00e9tier",
|
|
"metier",
|
|
"speciality",
|
|
"specialty",
|
|
"strong suit",
|
|
"thing"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"fortified":{
|
|
"as in":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to increase the ability of (as a muscle) to exert physical force":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"debilitated",
|
|
"enervated",
|
|
"enfeebled",
|
|
"weakened"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he downed another granola bar to fortify himself for the rest of the bike ride"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"crippled",
|
|
"incapacitated",
|
|
"paralyzed",
|
|
"damaged",
|
|
"harmed",
|
|
"hurt",
|
|
"impaired",
|
|
"injured",
|
|
"broke down",
|
|
"wore out",
|
|
"sapped",
|
|
"undercut",
|
|
"undermined"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"annealed",
|
|
"tempered",
|
|
"firmed (up)",
|
|
"toned (up)",
|
|
"energized",
|
|
"invigorated",
|
|
"vitalized",
|
|
"restrengthened"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beefed (up)",
|
|
"hardened",
|
|
"strengthened",
|
|
"toughened"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make able to withstand physical hardship, strain, or exposure":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"softened"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"bought lots of warm clothing to fortify ourselves against the cold"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"emasculated",
|
|
"enervated",
|
|
"enfeebled",
|
|
"exhausted",
|
|
"sapped",
|
|
"weakened",
|
|
"crippled",
|
|
"debilitated",
|
|
"hamstrung",
|
|
"incapacitated",
|
|
"sensitized"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"acclimated",
|
|
"acclimatized",
|
|
"adapted",
|
|
"adjusted",
|
|
"annealed",
|
|
"tempered",
|
|
"invigorated",
|
|
"vitalized",
|
|
"immunized",
|
|
"bolstered",
|
|
"boosted",
|
|
"braced",
|
|
"buttressed",
|
|
"enforced",
|
|
"forearmed",
|
|
"propped (up)",
|
|
"reinforced",
|
|
"reenforced",
|
|
"supported",
|
|
"broke in",
|
|
"limbered (up)",
|
|
"trained",
|
|
"accustomed",
|
|
"conditioned",
|
|
"habituated",
|
|
"naturalized"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"hardened",
|
|
"indurated",
|
|
"inured",
|
|
"seasoned",
|
|
"steeled",
|
|
"strengthened",
|
|
"toughened"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to prepare (oneself) mentally or emotionally":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Kelly fortified herself for the basketball tournament with a series of confidence-boosting exercises"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"daunted",
|
|
"demoralized",
|
|
"discouraged",
|
|
"disheartened",
|
|
"dispirited",
|
|
"psyched (out)",
|
|
"shook",
|
|
"unnerved",
|
|
"debilitated",
|
|
"enervated",
|
|
"enfeebled",
|
|
"prostrated",
|
|
"sapped",
|
|
"softened",
|
|
"tired",
|
|
"undercut",
|
|
"undermined",
|
|
"weakened"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"armed",
|
|
"hardened",
|
|
"inured",
|
|
"seasoned",
|
|
"toughened",
|
|
"bolstered",
|
|
"boosted",
|
|
"buoyed (up)",
|
|
"buttressed",
|
|
"enforced",
|
|
"propped (up)",
|
|
"reinforced",
|
|
"reenforced",
|
|
"supported",
|
|
"sustained",
|
|
"cheered (up)",
|
|
"comforted",
|
|
"emboldened",
|
|
"encouraged",
|
|
"heartened",
|
|
"inspired",
|
|
"rallied",
|
|
"roused",
|
|
"stirred"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"braced",
|
|
"forearmed",
|
|
"nerved",
|
|
"poised",
|
|
"psyched (up)",
|
|
"readied",
|
|
"steeled",
|
|
"strengthened"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"fortunately":{
|
|
"by good fortune or luck":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Fortunately , no one was hurt.",
|
|
"Thanks for inviting me\u2014 fortunately , I have that day off."
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"fortune-telling":{
|
|
"as in divination , soothsaying":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in predicting , soothsaying":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"forwarding":{
|
|
"as in":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to help the growth or development of":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"discouraging",
|
|
"frustrating",
|
|
"hindering",
|
|
"inhibiting"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"their foundation will help forward better relations between young people from those warring nations"
|
|
],
|
|
"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":[
|
|
"advancing",
|
|
"cultivating",
|
|
"encouraging",
|
|
"fostering",
|
|
"furthering",
|
|
"incubating",
|
|
"nourishing",
|
|
"nursing",
|
|
"nurturing",
|
|
"promoting"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"forwards":{
|
|
"to help the growth or development of":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"discourages",
|
|
"frustrates",
|
|
"hinders",
|
|
"inhibits"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"their foundation will help forward better relations between young people from those warring nations"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bans",
|
|
"bars",
|
|
"enjoins",
|
|
"forbids",
|
|
"interdicts",
|
|
"outlaws",
|
|
"prevents",
|
|
"prohibits",
|
|
"proscribes",
|
|
"battles",
|
|
"combats",
|
|
"contends (with)",
|
|
"counters",
|
|
"fights",
|
|
"opposes",
|
|
"represses",
|
|
"snuffs (out)",
|
|
"squashes",
|
|
"squelches",
|
|
"stifles",
|
|
"subdues",
|
|
"suppresses",
|
|
"arrests",
|
|
"checks",
|
|
"halts",
|
|
"retards",
|
|
"encumbers",
|
|
"fetters",
|
|
"hobbles",
|
|
"impedes",
|
|
"interferes (with)",
|
|
"manacles",
|
|
"obstructs",
|
|
"shackles"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"advocates",
|
|
"backs",
|
|
"champions",
|
|
"endorses",
|
|
"indorses",
|
|
"supports",
|
|
"upholds",
|
|
"endows",
|
|
"finances",
|
|
"funds",
|
|
"patronizes",
|
|
"stakes",
|
|
"subsidizes",
|
|
"underwrites",
|
|
"abets",
|
|
"aids",
|
|
"assists",
|
|
"advertises",
|
|
"boosts",
|
|
"plugs",
|
|
"publicizes",
|
|
"touts",
|
|
"agitates (for)",
|
|
"campaigns (for)",
|
|
"works (for)"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"advances",
|
|
"cultivates",
|
|
"encourages",
|
|
"fosters",
|
|
"furthers",
|
|
"incubates",
|
|
"nourishes",
|
|
"nurses",
|
|
"nurtures",
|
|
"promotes"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"toward or at a point lying in advance in space or time":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"for every step that her campaign takes forwards , it seems to take two backwards"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"back",
|
|
"backward",
|
|
"backwards",
|
|
"behind",
|
|
"rearward",
|
|
"rearwards"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"before",
|
|
"fore",
|
|
"frontward",
|
|
"frontwards"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ahead",
|
|
"along",
|
|
"forth",
|
|
"forward",
|
|
"on",
|
|
"onward",
|
|
"onwards"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"fought":{
|
|
"to engage in a contest":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"everyone on that street seems to be fighting to see who can create the gaudiest holiday lighting display"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"challenged",
|
|
"engaged",
|
|
"played",
|
|
"jockeyed",
|
|
"jostled",
|
|
"maneuvered",
|
|
"tried out",
|
|
"went out",
|
|
"trained",
|
|
"worked",
|
|
"wrought"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"battled",
|
|
"competed",
|
|
"contended",
|
|
"faced off",
|
|
"raced",
|
|
"rivaled",
|
|
"rivalled",
|
|
"vied"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to express different opinions about something often angrily":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"if you kids continue to fight , I'm turning this car around and we're heading back home!"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"coexisted",
|
|
"got along",
|
|
"accepted",
|
|
"agreed",
|
|
"assented",
|
|
"concurred",
|
|
"consented"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"challenged",
|
|
"dared",
|
|
"defied",
|
|
"clashed",
|
|
"contended",
|
|
"contested",
|
|
"tangled",
|
|
"caviled",
|
|
"cavilled",
|
|
"fussed",
|
|
"nitpicked",
|
|
"considered",
|
|
"debated",
|
|
"discussed",
|
|
"kicked",
|
|
"objected",
|
|
"protested"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"altercated",
|
|
"argued",
|
|
"argufied",
|
|
"bickered",
|
|
"brabbled",
|
|
"brawled",
|
|
"controverted",
|
|
"disputed",
|
|
"fell out",
|
|
"hassled",
|
|
"jarred",
|
|
"quarreled",
|
|
"quarrelled",
|
|
"quibbled",
|
|
"rowed",
|
|
"scrapped",
|
|
"spatted",
|
|
"squabbled",
|
|
"tiffed",
|
|
"wrangled"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to oppose (someone) in physical conflict":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a proud people who have fiercely fought all invaders of their homeland"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"gave up",
|
|
"submitted",
|
|
"surrendered"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"dueled",
|
|
"duelled",
|
|
"jousted",
|
|
"banged",
|
|
"bashed",
|
|
"batted",
|
|
"battered",
|
|
"beat",
|
|
"belted",
|
|
"bludgeoned",
|
|
"bopped",
|
|
"buffeted",
|
|
"clobbered",
|
|
"hammered",
|
|
"hit",
|
|
"knocked",
|
|
"pasted",
|
|
"pounded",
|
|
"punched",
|
|
"slammed",
|
|
"slapped",
|
|
"slogged",
|
|
"slugged",
|
|
"smacked",
|
|
"smote",
|
|
"socked",
|
|
"struck",
|
|
"swatted",
|
|
"swiped",
|
|
"thumped",
|
|
"thwacked",
|
|
"walloped",
|
|
"whacked",
|
|
"whaled",
|
|
"boxed",
|
|
"sparred",
|
|
"brawled",
|
|
"grappled",
|
|
"scuffled",
|
|
"tussled",
|
|
"wrestled",
|
|
"bumped",
|
|
"collided"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"battled",
|
|
"clashed (with)",
|
|
"combated",
|
|
"combatted",
|
|
"scrimmaged (with)",
|
|
"skirmished (with)",
|
|
"warred (against)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to refuse to give in to":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"bowed (to)",
|
|
"capitulated (to)",
|
|
"gave in (to)",
|
|
"knuckled under (to)",
|
|
"stooped (to)",
|
|
"submitted (to)",
|
|
"succumbed (to)",
|
|
"surrendered (to)",
|
|
"yielded (to)"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I tried to fight the temptation to eat another cookie\u2014and lost"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"battled",
|
|
"combated",
|
|
"combatted",
|
|
"contended (with)",
|
|
"challenged",
|
|
"contested",
|
|
"contradicted",
|
|
"disputed",
|
|
"baffled",
|
|
"balked",
|
|
"foiled",
|
|
"frustrated",
|
|
"thwarted",
|
|
"checked",
|
|
"countered",
|
|
"hindered",
|
|
"obstructed",
|
|
"stemmed"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bucked",
|
|
"defied",
|
|
"opposed",
|
|
"repelled",
|
|
"resisted",
|
|
"withstood"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to strive to reduce or eliminate":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"advanced",
|
|
"cultivated",
|
|
"encouraged",
|
|
"forwarded",
|
|
"fostered",
|
|
"furthered",
|
|
"nourished",
|
|
"nurtured",
|
|
"promoted"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a civil rights leader who dedicated his life to fighting prejudice"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abided",
|
|
"abode",
|
|
"bore",
|
|
"endured",
|
|
"suffered",
|
|
"advocated",
|
|
"backed",
|
|
"championed",
|
|
"endorsed",
|
|
"indorsed",
|
|
"supported",
|
|
"upheld"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"baffled",
|
|
"checkmated",
|
|
"foiled",
|
|
"frustrated",
|
|
"resisted",
|
|
"thwarted",
|
|
"withstood",
|
|
"confronted",
|
|
"defied",
|
|
"faced",
|
|
"met"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"battled",
|
|
"combated",
|
|
"combatted",
|
|
"contended (with)",
|
|
"countered",
|
|
"opposed",
|
|
"oppugned"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"foul":{
|
|
"causing intense displeasure, disgust, or resentment":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"innocuous",
|
|
"inoffensive"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a foul taste that made us gag"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"acceptable",
|
|
"agreeable",
|
|
"alluring",
|
|
"appealing",
|
|
"attractive",
|
|
"blessed",
|
|
"blest",
|
|
"congenial",
|
|
"darling",
|
|
"delectable",
|
|
"delicious",
|
|
"delightful",
|
|
"delightsome",
|
|
"desirable",
|
|
"dreamy",
|
|
"dulcet",
|
|
"enjoyable",
|
|
"felicitous",
|
|
"gratifying",
|
|
"heavenly",
|
|
"inviting",
|
|
"likable",
|
|
"likeable",
|
|
"luscious",
|
|
"nice",
|
|
"palatable",
|
|
"pleasant",
|
|
"pleasing",
|
|
"pleasurable",
|
|
"satisfying",
|
|
"savory",
|
|
"savoury",
|
|
"sweet",
|
|
"welcome",
|
|
"unexceptionable",
|
|
"unobjectionable",
|
|
"healthful",
|
|
"healthy",
|
|
"restorative",
|
|
"salubrious",
|
|
"salutary",
|
|
"wholesome"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"exceptionable",
|
|
"objectionable",
|
|
"brackish",
|
|
"disagreeable",
|
|
"dislikable",
|
|
"dislikeable",
|
|
"unpleasant",
|
|
"contemptible",
|
|
"despicable",
|
|
"detestable",
|
|
"hard",
|
|
"hateful",
|
|
"unhealthy",
|
|
"unsavory",
|
|
"unwholesome",
|
|
"execrable",
|
|
"lousy",
|
|
"miserable",
|
|
"atrocious",
|
|
"frightful",
|
|
"ghastly",
|
|
"grim",
|
|
"grisly",
|
|
"gruesome",
|
|
"grewsome",
|
|
"heinous",
|
|
"horrific",
|
|
"horrifying",
|
|
"lurid",
|
|
"macabre",
|
|
"monstrous",
|
|
"nightmarish",
|
|
"sick",
|
|
"sickish",
|
|
"sickly",
|
|
"terrible",
|
|
"unspeakable",
|
|
"vile",
|
|
"off-putting",
|
|
"undesirable",
|
|
"unwanted",
|
|
"unwelcome",
|
|
"barbarous",
|
|
"unchristian",
|
|
"uncivilized",
|
|
"ungodly",
|
|
"unholy",
|
|
"distressing",
|
|
"disturbing",
|
|
"upsetting"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abhorrent",
|
|
"abominable",
|
|
"appalling",
|
|
"awful",
|
|
"disgusting",
|
|
"distasteful",
|
|
"dreadful",
|
|
"evil",
|
|
"fulsome",
|
|
"gross",
|
|
"hideous",
|
|
"horrendous",
|
|
"horrible",
|
|
"horrid",
|
|
"loathsome",
|
|
"nasty",
|
|
"nauseating",
|
|
"nauseous",
|
|
"noisome",
|
|
"noxious",
|
|
"obnoxious",
|
|
"obscene",
|
|
"odious",
|
|
"offensive",
|
|
"rancid",
|
|
"repellent",
|
|
"repellant",
|
|
"repugnant",
|
|
"repulsive",
|
|
"revolting",
|
|
"scandalous",
|
|
"shocking",
|
|
"sickening",
|
|
"ugly"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"depicting or referring to sexual matters in a way that is unacceptable in polite society":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"clean",
|
|
"decent",
|
|
"G-rated",
|
|
"nonobscene",
|
|
"wholesome"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"that movie features nonstop foul language"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"priggish",
|
|
"prim",
|
|
"prudish",
|
|
"puritanical",
|
|
"staid",
|
|
"straitlaced",
|
|
"straightlaced",
|
|
"Victorian",
|
|
"correct",
|
|
"decorous",
|
|
"genteel",
|
|
"nice",
|
|
"polite",
|
|
"proper",
|
|
"respectable",
|
|
"seemly",
|
|
"innocuous",
|
|
"inoffensive",
|
|
"acceptable",
|
|
"agreeable",
|
|
"desirable",
|
|
"pleasant",
|
|
"pleasing",
|
|
"welcome",
|
|
"appropriate",
|
|
"becoming",
|
|
"fit",
|
|
"meet",
|
|
"suitable",
|
|
"immaculate",
|
|
"perfect",
|
|
"pure",
|
|
"spotless",
|
|
"virginal",
|
|
"approved",
|
|
"endorsed",
|
|
"indorsed",
|
|
"sanctioned"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"broad",
|
|
"coarse-grained",
|
|
"gamy",
|
|
"gamey",
|
|
"off",
|
|
"off-color",
|
|
"off-colored",
|
|
"racy",
|
|
"risqu\u00e9",
|
|
"salacious",
|
|
"salty",
|
|
"suggestive",
|
|
"barnyard",
|
|
"earthy",
|
|
"scatological",
|
|
"immodest",
|
|
"indecorous",
|
|
"indelicate",
|
|
"low",
|
|
"unbecoming",
|
|
"depraved",
|
|
"kinky",
|
|
"louche",
|
|
"naughty",
|
|
"perverse",
|
|
"perverted",
|
|
"wicked",
|
|
"exceptionable",
|
|
"objectionable",
|
|
"unacceptable",
|
|
"undesirable",
|
|
"unwanted",
|
|
"unwelcome",
|
|
"abhorrent",
|
|
"debasing",
|
|
"disgusting",
|
|
"loathsome",
|
|
"offensive",
|
|
"repellent",
|
|
"repellant",
|
|
"repugnant",
|
|
"repulsive",
|
|
"revolting",
|
|
"distasteful",
|
|
"obnoxious",
|
|
"unpleasant",
|
|
"blamable",
|
|
"blameworthy",
|
|
"censurable",
|
|
"reprehensible",
|
|
"atrocious",
|
|
"infamous",
|
|
"abusive",
|
|
"scurrilous",
|
|
"hard-core",
|
|
"soft",
|
|
"soft-core"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bawdy",
|
|
"blue",
|
|
"coarse",
|
|
"crude",
|
|
"dirty",
|
|
"filthy",
|
|
"gross",
|
|
"gutter",
|
|
"impure",
|
|
"indecent",
|
|
"lascivious",
|
|
"lewd",
|
|
"locker-room",
|
|
"nasty",
|
|
"obscene",
|
|
"pornographic",
|
|
"porny",
|
|
"profane",
|
|
"raunchy",
|
|
"ribald",
|
|
"smutty",
|
|
"stag",
|
|
"trashy",
|
|
"unprintable",
|
|
"vulgar",
|
|
"wanton",
|
|
"X-rated"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"having an unpleasant smell":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"ambrosial",
|
|
"aromatic",
|
|
"fragrant",
|
|
"perfumed",
|
|
"redolent",
|
|
"savory",
|
|
"savoury",
|
|
"scented",
|
|
"sweet"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the foul fumes from the paper mill"
|
|
],
|
|
"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",
|
|
"frowsty",
|
|
"frowsy",
|
|
"frowzy",
|
|
"funky",
|
|
"fusty",
|
|
"malodorous",
|
|
"musty",
|
|
"noisome",
|
|
"rank",
|
|
"reeking",
|
|
"reeky",
|
|
"ripe",
|
|
"smelly",
|
|
"stenchy",
|
|
"stinking",
|
|
"stinky",
|
|
"strong"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"marked by wet and windy conditions":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"bright",
|
|
"clear",
|
|
"clement",
|
|
"cloudless",
|
|
"fair",
|
|
"sunny",
|
|
"sunshiny",
|
|
"unclouded"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the foul weather brought out the windbreakers and rain slickers as everyone braced for a day of rough sailing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"rainless",
|
|
"balmy",
|
|
"calm",
|
|
"halcyon",
|
|
"peaceful",
|
|
"placid",
|
|
"pleasant",
|
|
"serene"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"blowy",
|
|
"blustering",
|
|
"blustery",
|
|
"breezy",
|
|
"gusty",
|
|
"windblown",
|
|
"windswept",
|
|
"cloudy",
|
|
"overcast",
|
|
"sunless",
|
|
"rainy",
|
|
"snowy",
|
|
"foggy",
|
|
"hazy",
|
|
"misty",
|
|
"murky",
|
|
"soupy"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bleak",
|
|
"dirty",
|
|
"inclement",
|
|
"nasty",
|
|
"raw",
|
|
"rough",
|
|
"squally",
|
|
"stormy",
|
|
"tempestuous",
|
|
"turbulent"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"not being in accordance with the rules or standards of what is fair in sport":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"clean",
|
|
"fair",
|
|
"legal",
|
|
"sportsmanlike",
|
|
"sportsmanly"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an aggressive hockey player who is known for his foul play and readiness for a fight"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"just",
|
|
"law-abiding",
|
|
"ethical",
|
|
"moral",
|
|
"principled",
|
|
"righteous",
|
|
"scrupulous",
|
|
"honorable",
|
|
"irreproachable",
|
|
"unimpeachable"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"dishonorable",
|
|
"shabby",
|
|
"shameful",
|
|
"ignoble",
|
|
"low",
|
|
"mean",
|
|
"ungentlemanly",
|
|
"immoral",
|
|
"rotten",
|
|
"unchivalrous",
|
|
"unethical",
|
|
"unjust",
|
|
"unprincipled",
|
|
"unrighteous",
|
|
"unscrupulous"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dirty",
|
|
"illegal",
|
|
"nasty",
|
|
"unfair",
|
|
"unsportsmanlike"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"not clean":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"clean",
|
|
"cleanly",
|
|
"immaculate",
|
|
"spick-and-span",
|
|
"spic-and-span",
|
|
"spotless",
|
|
"stainless",
|
|
"ultraclean",
|
|
"unsoiled",
|
|
"unstained",
|
|
"unsullied"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I wouldn't play in the foul rainwater that's collected in the feeding trough"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"clear",
|
|
"limpid",
|
|
"pure",
|
|
"cleaned",
|
|
"cleansed",
|
|
"combed",
|
|
"groomed",
|
|
"neat",
|
|
"ordered",
|
|
"orderly",
|
|
"tidy",
|
|
"bleached",
|
|
"purified",
|
|
"whitened",
|
|
"bright",
|
|
"flawless",
|
|
"perfect",
|
|
"shiny",
|
|
"sparkling",
|
|
"unspotted",
|
|
"untouched",
|
|
"taintless",
|
|
"unblemished",
|
|
"undefiled",
|
|
"unpolluted",
|
|
"untainted",
|
|
"virgin",
|
|
"wholesome"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"contaminated",
|
|
"defiled",
|
|
"germy",
|
|
"impure",
|
|
"polluted",
|
|
"tainted",
|
|
"insanitary",
|
|
"uncleaned",
|
|
"unsanitary",
|
|
"unsterile",
|
|
"unsterilized",
|
|
"unwashed",
|
|
"greasy",
|
|
"gunky",
|
|
"chaotic",
|
|
"cluttered",
|
|
"confused",
|
|
"disarranged",
|
|
"disarrayed",
|
|
"disheveled",
|
|
"dishevelled",
|
|
"disordered",
|
|
"jumbled",
|
|
"littered",
|
|
"messed",
|
|
"messy",
|
|
"muddled",
|
|
"mussed",
|
|
"mussy",
|
|
"rumpled",
|
|
"scruffy",
|
|
"sloppy",
|
|
"slovenly",
|
|
"unkempt",
|
|
"untidy",
|
|
"raunchy",
|
|
"scuzzy",
|
|
"shabby",
|
|
"skanky",
|
|
"sleazy",
|
|
"squalid",
|
|
"collied",
|
|
"crocked",
|
|
"fuliginous",
|
|
"sooty"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bedraggled",
|
|
"befouled",
|
|
"begrimed",
|
|
"bemired",
|
|
"besmirched",
|
|
"black",
|
|
"blackened",
|
|
"cruddy",
|
|
"dingy",
|
|
"dirty",
|
|
"draggled",
|
|
"dusty",
|
|
"filthy",
|
|
"grimy",
|
|
"grotty",
|
|
"grubby",
|
|
"grungy",
|
|
"mucky",
|
|
"muddy",
|
|
"nasty",
|
|
"smudged",
|
|
"smutty",
|
|
"soiled",
|
|
"sordid",
|
|
"stained",
|
|
"sullied",
|
|
"unclean",
|
|
"uncleanly"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to go through decomposition":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"unless you want to smell the organic refuse as it fouls , locate the compost heap away from the house"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"age",
|
|
"develop",
|
|
"grow",
|
|
"mature",
|
|
"ripen",
|
|
"refresh",
|
|
"renew",
|
|
"restore",
|
|
"cleanse",
|
|
"purify",
|
|
"assemble",
|
|
"compose",
|
|
"integrate",
|
|
"ameliorate",
|
|
"better",
|
|
"improve",
|
|
"meliorate"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"sour",
|
|
"turn",
|
|
"turn off",
|
|
"contaminate",
|
|
"defile",
|
|
"pollute",
|
|
"taint",
|
|
"addle",
|
|
"curdle",
|
|
"ferment",
|
|
"mortify",
|
|
"rust",
|
|
"crumble",
|
|
"decline",
|
|
"degenerate",
|
|
"descend",
|
|
"deteriorate",
|
|
"dilapidate",
|
|
"sink",
|
|
"wither"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"break down",
|
|
"corrupt",
|
|
"decay",
|
|
"decompose",
|
|
"disintegrate",
|
|
"fester",
|
|
"mold",
|
|
"molder",
|
|
"perish",
|
|
"putrefy",
|
|
"rot",
|
|
"spoil"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make dirty":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"clean",
|
|
"cleanse"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the mechanic fouled the bath towels with axle grease"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"decontaminate",
|
|
"purge",
|
|
"purify",
|
|
"disinfect",
|
|
"sanitize",
|
|
"brush",
|
|
"dry-clean",
|
|
"dust",
|
|
"launder",
|
|
"mop",
|
|
"rinse",
|
|
"scour",
|
|
"scrub",
|
|
"sweep",
|
|
"wash",
|
|
"wipe",
|
|
"brighten",
|
|
"deodorize",
|
|
"freshen",
|
|
"renew",
|
|
"spruce (up)",
|
|
"straighten (up)",
|
|
"tidy (up)"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"contaminate",
|
|
"defile",
|
|
"pollute",
|
|
"taint",
|
|
"discolor",
|
|
"confuse",
|
|
"disarrange",
|
|
"disarray",
|
|
"dishevel",
|
|
"disorder",
|
|
"draggle",
|
|
"jumble",
|
|
"mess",
|
|
"muddle",
|
|
"colly",
|
|
"crock"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"befoul",
|
|
"begrime",
|
|
"bemire",
|
|
"besmirch",
|
|
"blacken",
|
|
"daub",
|
|
"dirty",
|
|
"distain",
|
|
"gaum",
|
|
"grime",
|
|
"mire",
|
|
"muck",
|
|
"muddy",
|
|
"smirch",
|
|
"smudge",
|
|
"soil",
|
|
"stain",
|
|
"sully"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make unfit for use by the addition of something harmful or undesirable":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"decontaminate",
|
|
"purify"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"industrial pollution fouling the water supply"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"clarify",
|
|
"clean",
|
|
"cleanse",
|
|
"clear",
|
|
"distill",
|
|
"distil",
|
|
"purge",
|
|
"filter",
|
|
"disinfect",
|
|
"sanitize",
|
|
"sterilize"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"infect",
|
|
"begrime",
|
|
"besmirch",
|
|
"blacken",
|
|
"dirty",
|
|
"foul up",
|
|
"grime",
|
|
"mire",
|
|
"muddy",
|
|
"smirch",
|
|
"smudge",
|
|
"soil",
|
|
"stain",
|
|
"sully",
|
|
"corrupt",
|
|
"rot",
|
|
"spoil",
|
|
"adulterate",
|
|
"doctor",
|
|
"dilute",
|
|
"water down"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"befoul",
|
|
"contaminate",
|
|
"defile",
|
|
"poison",
|
|
"pollute",
|
|
"taint"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to reduce to a lower standing in one's own eyes or in others' eyes":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"aggrandize",
|
|
"canonize",
|
|
"deify",
|
|
"elevate",
|
|
"exalt"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the minister was irreparably fouled by baseless rumors and allegations"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"acclaim",
|
|
"applaud",
|
|
"boast",
|
|
"celebrate",
|
|
"cheer",
|
|
"cite",
|
|
"commend",
|
|
"compliment",
|
|
"congratulate",
|
|
"decorate",
|
|
"eulogize",
|
|
"extol",
|
|
"extoll",
|
|
"fete",
|
|
"f\u00eate",
|
|
"hail",
|
|
"honor",
|
|
"laud",
|
|
"praise",
|
|
"salute",
|
|
"tout",
|
|
"acknowledge",
|
|
"recognize",
|
|
"highlight",
|
|
"play up",
|
|
"spotlight",
|
|
"dignify",
|
|
"ennoble",
|
|
"enshrine",
|
|
"ensky",
|
|
"enthrone",
|
|
"glorify",
|
|
"magnify",
|
|
"advance",
|
|
"boost",
|
|
"lift",
|
|
"promote",
|
|
"raise",
|
|
"upgrade",
|
|
"uplift",
|
|
"idealize",
|
|
"romanticize"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"abash",
|
|
"confound",
|
|
"confuse",
|
|
"discomfit",
|
|
"disconcert",
|
|
"discountenance",
|
|
"embarrass",
|
|
"faze",
|
|
"fluster",
|
|
"mortify",
|
|
"nonplus",
|
|
"rattle",
|
|
"belittle",
|
|
"castigate",
|
|
"criticize",
|
|
"cry down",
|
|
"decry",
|
|
"depreciate",
|
|
"detract",
|
|
"diminish",
|
|
"discount",
|
|
"disparage",
|
|
"minimize",
|
|
"put down",
|
|
"ridicule",
|
|
"write off",
|
|
"bad-mouth",
|
|
"defame",
|
|
"defile",
|
|
"libel",
|
|
"malign",
|
|
"slander",
|
|
"affront",
|
|
"insult",
|
|
"censure",
|
|
"condemn",
|
|
"damn",
|
|
"denounce",
|
|
"execrate",
|
|
"reprehend",
|
|
"reprobate"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abase",
|
|
"chasten",
|
|
"cheapen",
|
|
"debase",
|
|
"degrade",
|
|
"demean",
|
|
"discredit",
|
|
"disgrace",
|
|
"dishonor",
|
|
"humble",
|
|
"humiliate",
|
|
"lower",
|
|
"shame",
|
|
"sink",
|
|
"smirch",
|
|
"take down"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"foul up":{
|
|
"an instance of confusion":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"there was a foul-up with our mail order, and not one item arrived as ordered"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"bobble",
|
|
"botch",
|
|
"bungle",
|
|
"fumble",
|
|
"blunder",
|
|
"error",
|
|
"fault",
|
|
"flub",
|
|
"goof",
|
|
"inaccuracy",
|
|
"lapse",
|
|
"miscue",
|
|
"misstep",
|
|
"mistake",
|
|
"oversight",
|
|
"slip",
|
|
"slipup",
|
|
"stumble",
|
|
"chaos",
|
|
"confusion",
|
|
"disarrangement",
|
|
"disarray",
|
|
"disorder",
|
|
"disorganization",
|
|
"hash",
|
|
"jumble",
|
|
"mess",
|
|
"muddle",
|
|
"shambles"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"mix-up"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make a mistake":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"unfortunately, I fouled up and in my e-mail gave everyone the wrong date for the meeting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"nod",
|
|
"bobble",
|
|
"botch",
|
|
"bungle",
|
|
"butcher",
|
|
"foozle",
|
|
"mangle",
|
|
"mishandle",
|
|
"muff",
|
|
"murder",
|
|
"miscalculate",
|
|
"misconceive",
|
|
"miscount",
|
|
"miscue",
|
|
"misdeem",
|
|
"misgauge",
|
|
"misjudge",
|
|
"mistake",
|
|
"misconstrue",
|
|
"misinterpret",
|
|
"misunderstand"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blunder",
|
|
"boob",
|
|
"err",
|
|
"flub",
|
|
"fluff",
|
|
"fumble",
|
|
"goof (up)",
|
|
"louse up",
|
|
"mess (up)",
|
|
"screw up",
|
|
"slip up",
|
|
"stumble",
|
|
"trip"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make or do (something) in a clumsy or unskillful way":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"tried not to foul up the football play"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"ameliorate",
|
|
"better",
|
|
"enhance",
|
|
"help",
|
|
"improve",
|
|
"meliorate",
|
|
"rectify",
|
|
"refine",
|
|
"reform",
|
|
"remedy",
|
|
"doctor",
|
|
"fix",
|
|
"patch",
|
|
"recondition",
|
|
"renovate",
|
|
"repair",
|
|
"revamp"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"blunder",
|
|
"gum (up)",
|
|
"muddle",
|
|
"piffle",
|
|
"blemish",
|
|
"blight",
|
|
"damage",
|
|
"flaw",
|
|
"harm",
|
|
"hurt",
|
|
"impair",
|
|
"injure",
|
|
"mar",
|
|
"mutilate",
|
|
"ruin",
|
|
"spoil",
|
|
"vitiate",
|
|
"destroy",
|
|
"wreck",
|
|
"mishandle",
|
|
"mismanage"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blow",
|
|
"bobble",
|
|
"boggle",
|
|
"bollix (up)",
|
|
"boot",
|
|
"botch",
|
|
"bugger (up)",
|
|
"bumble",
|
|
"bungle",
|
|
"butcher",
|
|
"dub",
|
|
"flub",
|
|
"fluff",
|
|
"foozle",
|
|
"fumble",
|
|
"goof (up)",
|
|
"louse up",
|
|
"mangle",
|
|
"mess (up)",
|
|
"muck up",
|
|
"muff",
|
|
"murder",
|
|
"screw up"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"foundling":{
|
|
"as in suckling , nursling":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"fountain":{
|
|
"a point or place at which something is invented or provided":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"regards the Bible as the fountain of all truth concerning the Divinity"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"beginning",
|
|
"commencement",
|
|
"dawn",
|
|
"day one",
|
|
"genesis",
|
|
"get-go",
|
|
"git-go",
|
|
"inception",
|
|
"incipience",
|
|
"incipiency",
|
|
"kickoff",
|
|
"launch",
|
|
"morning",
|
|
"nascence",
|
|
"nascency",
|
|
"onset",
|
|
"outset",
|
|
"start",
|
|
"threshold",
|
|
"baseline",
|
|
"first base",
|
|
"ground zero",
|
|
"square one"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cradle",
|
|
"font",
|
|
"fountainhead",
|
|
"origin",
|
|
"root",
|
|
"seedbed",
|
|
"source",
|
|
"spring",
|
|
"well",
|
|
"wellspring"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in gush , spout":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"fountainhead":{
|
|
"a point or place at which something is invented or provided":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"historically, California has served as the fountainhead of that eclectic group of self-actualization movements known as the New Age"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"beginning",
|
|
"commencement",
|
|
"dawn",
|
|
"day one",
|
|
"genesis",
|
|
"get-go",
|
|
"git-go",
|
|
"inception",
|
|
"incipience",
|
|
"incipiency",
|
|
"kickoff",
|
|
"launch",
|
|
"morning",
|
|
"nascence",
|
|
"nascency",
|
|
"onset",
|
|
"outset",
|
|
"start",
|
|
"threshold",
|
|
"baseline",
|
|
"first base",
|
|
"ground zero",
|
|
"square one"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cradle",
|
|
"font",
|
|
"fountain",
|
|
"origin",
|
|
"root",
|
|
"seedbed",
|
|
"source",
|
|
"spring",
|
|
"well",
|
|
"wellspring"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the source from which something grows or develops":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a collection of lyrical ballads that became the fountainhead of a literary revolution"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"font",
|
|
"fountain",
|
|
"spring",
|
|
"well",
|
|
"wellhead",
|
|
"wellspring",
|
|
"beginning",
|
|
"birth",
|
|
"commencement",
|
|
"dawn",
|
|
"genesis",
|
|
"inception",
|
|
"incipiency",
|
|
"launch",
|
|
"morning",
|
|
"onset",
|
|
"outset",
|
|
"start",
|
|
"threshold",
|
|
"creation",
|
|
"inauguration",
|
|
"origination"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"germ",
|
|
"origin",
|
|
"root",
|
|
"seed",
|
|
"seedbed"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"fountains":{
|
|
"a point or place at which something is invented or provided":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"regards the Bible as the fountain of all truth concerning the Divinity"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"beginnings",
|
|
"commencements",
|
|
"dawns",
|
|
"day ones",
|
|
"geneses",
|
|
"get-goes",
|
|
"git-goes",
|
|
"inceptions",
|
|
"incipiences",
|
|
"incipiencies",
|
|
"kickoffs",
|
|
"launches",
|
|
"mornings",
|
|
"nascences",
|
|
"nascencies",
|
|
"onsets",
|
|
"outsets",
|
|
"starts",
|
|
"thresholds",
|
|
"baselines",
|
|
"first bases",
|
|
"ground zeros",
|
|
"square ones"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cradles",
|
|
"fonts",
|
|
"fountainheads",
|
|
"origins",
|
|
"roots",
|
|
"seedbeds",
|
|
"sources",
|
|
"springs",
|
|
"wells",
|
|
"wellsprings"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in gushes , spouts":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"four-posters":{
|
|
"as in bunk beds , couches":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"fox":{
|
|
"a lovely woman":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she's a real fox \u2014smart, sassy, and sexy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bag",
|
|
"frump",
|
|
"crone",
|
|
"hag",
|
|
"witch"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"belle",
|
|
"charmer",
|
|
"peach",
|
|
"bathing beauty",
|
|
"cover girl",
|
|
"pinup girl",
|
|
"houri",
|
|
"cutie-pie",
|
|
"dish",
|
|
"doll",
|
|
"dreamboat",
|
|
"hottie",
|
|
"looker",
|
|
"pretty",
|
|
"coquette",
|
|
"femme fatale",
|
|
"siren",
|
|
"temptress",
|
|
"vamp"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"babe",
|
|
"beauty",
|
|
"beauty queen",
|
|
"cookie",
|
|
"cooky",
|
|
"cutie",
|
|
"cutey",
|
|
"dolly bird",
|
|
"enchantress",
|
|
"eyeful",
|
|
"goddess",
|
|
"honey",
|
|
"knockout",
|
|
"queen",
|
|
"stunner"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a physically attractive person":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"dog"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"both he and his twin sister are foxes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"beauty",
|
|
"eyeful",
|
|
"goddess",
|
|
"lovely",
|
|
"stunner",
|
|
"beefcake",
|
|
"hunk",
|
|
"stud",
|
|
"superstud"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"babe",
|
|
"cutie",
|
|
"cutey",
|
|
"dish",
|
|
"doll",
|
|
"dreamboat",
|
|
"glamour-puss",
|
|
"hottie",
|
|
"knockout",
|
|
"looker",
|
|
"showstopper",
|
|
"ten"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to get the better of through cleverness":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"no confidence man will ever fox me and get my hard-earned money"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"outguess",
|
|
"second-guess",
|
|
"baffle",
|
|
"balk",
|
|
"circumvent",
|
|
"foil",
|
|
"frustrate",
|
|
"thwart",
|
|
"cozen",
|
|
"deceive",
|
|
"dupe",
|
|
"fool",
|
|
"gull",
|
|
"trick",
|
|
"conquer",
|
|
"defeat",
|
|
"lick",
|
|
"overcome",
|
|
"bar",
|
|
"block",
|
|
"hinder",
|
|
"impede",
|
|
"obstruct"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"outfox",
|
|
"outmaneuver",
|
|
"outslick",
|
|
"outsmart",
|
|
"outthink",
|
|
"outwit",
|
|
"overreach"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to throw into a state of mental uncertainty":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she won't be foxed by such telemarketing tricks"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"assure",
|
|
"reassure",
|
|
"satisfy",
|
|
"enlighten",
|
|
"inform"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"stick",
|
|
"stump",
|
|
"weird out",
|
|
"abash",
|
|
"discomfit",
|
|
"disconcert",
|
|
"discountenance",
|
|
"embarrass",
|
|
"faze",
|
|
"fluster",
|
|
"mortify",
|
|
"nonplus",
|
|
"rattle",
|
|
"agitate",
|
|
"bother",
|
|
"chagrin",
|
|
"discomfort",
|
|
"discompose",
|
|
"dismay",
|
|
"disquiet",
|
|
"distress",
|
|
"disturb",
|
|
"perturb",
|
|
"stun",
|
|
"unhinge",
|
|
"unsettle",
|
|
"upset",
|
|
"beguile",
|
|
"cozen",
|
|
"deceive",
|
|
"delude",
|
|
"dupe",
|
|
"fool",
|
|
"gull",
|
|
"hoax",
|
|
"hoodwink",
|
|
"humbug",
|
|
"misguide",
|
|
"mislead",
|
|
"snow",
|
|
"string along",
|
|
"take in",
|
|
"trick"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"addle",
|
|
"baffle",
|
|
"bamboozle",
|
|
"beat",
|
|
"befog",
|
|
"befuddle",
|
|
"bemuse",
|
|
"bewilder",
|
|
"buffalo",
|
|
"confound",
|
|
"confuse",
|
|
"discombobulate",
|
|
"disorient",
|
|
"flummox",
|
|
"fuddle",
|
|
"get",
|
|
"gravel",
|
|
"maze",
|
|
"muddle",
|
|
"muddy",
|
|
"mystify",
|
|
"perplex",
|
|
"pose",
|
|
"puzzle",
|
|
"vex"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"foxed":{
|
|
"to get the better of through cleverness":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"no confidence man will ever fox me and get my hard-earned money"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"outguessed",
|
|
"second-guessed",
|
|
"baffled",
|
|
"balked",
|
|
"circumvented",
|
|
"foiled",
|
|
"frustrated",
|
|
"thwarted",
|
|
"cozened",
|
|
"deceived",
|
|
"duped",
|
|
"fooled",
|
|
"gulled",
|
|
"tricked",
|
|
"conquered",
|
|
"defeated",
|
|
"licked",
|
|
"overcame",
|
|
"barred",
|
|
"blocked",
|
|
"hindered",
|
|
"impeded",
|
|
"obstructed"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"outfoxed",
|
|
"outmaneuvered",
|
|
"outslicked",
|
|
"outsmarted",
|
|
"outthought",
|
|
"outwitted",
|
|
"overreached"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to throw into a state of mental uncertainty":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she won't be foxed by such telemarketing tricks"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"assured",
|
|
"reassured",
|
|
"satisfied",
|
|
"enlightened",
|
|
"informed"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"stuck",
|
|
"stumped",
|
|
"weirded out",
|
|
"abashed",
|
|
"discomfited",
|
|
"disconcerted",
|
|
"discountenanced",
|
|
"embarrassed",
|
|
"fazed",
|
|
"flustered",
|
|
"mortified",
|
|
"nonplussed",
|
|
"nonplused",
|
|
"rattled",
|
|
"agitated",
|
|
"bothered",
|
|
"chagrined",
|
|
"discomforted",
|
|
"discomposed",
|
|
"dismayed",
|
|
"disquieted",
|
|
"distressed",
|
|
"disturbed",
|
|
"perturbed",
|
|
"stunned",
|
|
"unhinged",
|
|
"unsettled",
|
|
"upset",
|
|
"beguiled",
|
|
"cozened",
|
|
"deceived",
|
|
"deluded",
|
|
"duped",
|
|
"fooled",
|
|
"gulled",
|
|
"hoaxed",
|
|
"hoodwinked",
|
|
"humbugged",
|
|
"misguided",
|
|
"misled",
|
|
"snowed",
|
|
"strung along",
|
|
"took in",
|
|
"tricked"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"addled",
|
|
"baffled",
|
|
"bamboozled",
|
|
"beat",
|
|
"befogged",
|
|
"befuddled",
|
|
"bemused",
|
|
"bewildered",
|
|
"buffaloed",
|
|
"confounded",
|
|
"confused",
|
|
"discombobulated",
|
|
"disoriented",
|
|
"flummoxed",
|
|
"fuddled",
|
|
"got",
|
|
"graveled",
|
|
"gravelled",
|
|
"mazed",
|
|
"muddied",
|
|
"muddled",
|
|
"mystified",
|
|
"perplexed",
|
|
"posed",
|
|
"puzzled",
|
|
"vexed",
|
|
"vext"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"foxiness":{
|
|
"exceptional discernment and judgment especially in practical matters":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"lacks the foxiness needed to make it in dog-eat-dog world of show business"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"artlessness",
|
|
"greenness",
|
|
"guilelessness",
|
|
"ingenuousness",
|
|
"innocence",
|
|
"naiveness",
|
|
"na\u00efvet\u00e9",
|
|
"naivete",
|
|
"naivet\u00e9",
|
|
"simplemindedness",
|
|
"simpleness",
|
|
"simplicity",
|
|
"unsophistication",
|
|
"unworldliness",
|
|
"brainlessness",
|
|
"density",
|
|
"doltishness",
|
|
"dopiness",
|
|
"dumbness",
|
|
"fatuity",
|
|
"foolishness",
|
|
"half-wittedness",
|
|
"mindlessness",
|
|
"oafishness",
|
|
"obtuseness",
|
|
"senselessness",
|
|
"slowness",
|
|
"stupidity",
|
|
"stupidness",
|
|
"vacuity",
|
|
"witlessness"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"discernment",
|
|
"insight",
|
|
"perception",
|
|
"perceptiveness",
|
|
"perceptivity",
|
|
"percipience",
|
|
"sagaciousness",
|
|
"sagacity",
|
|
"sageness",
|
|
"sapience",
|
|
"wisdom",
|
|
"artfulness",
|
|
"artifice",
|
|
"craft",
|
|
"craftiness",
|
|
"cunning",
|
|
"deviousness",
|
|
"guile",
|
|
"slickness",
|
|
"slyness",
|
|
"sneakiness",
|
|
"subtleness",
|
|
"subtlety",
|
|
"wiliness",
|
|
"brain(s)",
|
|
"gray matter",
|
|
"intellect",
|
|
"reason",
|
|
"sense"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"acumen",
|
|
"astuteness",
|
|
"caginess",
|
|
"cageyness",
|
|
"canniness",
|
|
"clear-sightedness",
|
|
"hardheadedness",
|
|
"intelligence",
|
|
"keenness",
|
|
"knowingness",
|
|
"sharpness",
|
|
"shrewdness",
|
|
"wit"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"skill in achieving one's ends through indirect, subtle, or underhanded means":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"it did not take an incredible amount of foxiness on his part to get you to spill the beans"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"calculation",
|
|
"care",
|
|
"design",
|
|
"savvy",
|
|
"sharpness",
|
|
"shrewdness",
|
|
"cleverness",
|
|
"ingeniousness",
|
|
"ingenuity",
|
|
"inventiveness",
|
|
"ease",
|
|
"facility",
|
|
"finesse",
|
|
"deceitfulness",
|
|
"duplicity",
|
|
"shiftiness",
|
|
"underhandedness"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"artfulness",
|
|
"artifice",
|
|
"caginess",
|
|
"cageyness",
|
|
"canniness",
|
|
"craft",
|
|
"craftiness",
|
|
"cunning",
|
|
"cunningness",
|
|
"deviousness",
|
|
"guile",
|
|
"guilefulness",
|
|
"slickness",
|
|
"slyness",
|
|
"sneakiness",
|
|
"subtleness",
|
|
"subtlety",
|
|
"wiliness"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the inclination or practice of misleading others through lies or trickery":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"artlessness",
|
|
"forthrightness",
|
|
"good faith",
|
|
"guilelessness",
|
|
"ingenuousness",
|
|
"sincerity"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an imposter of such formidable foxiness that a movie was made of his entertaining escapades"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"candidness",
|
|
"candor",
|
|
"directness",
|
|
"frankness",
|
|
"openness",
|
|
"plainness",
|
|
"plainspokenness",
|
|
"honesty",
|
|
"probity",
|
|
"dependability",
|
|
"reliability",
|
|
"reliableness",
|
|
"solidity",
|
|
"trustability",
|
|
"trustiness",
|
|
"trustworthiness",
|
|
"decency",
|
|
"goodness",
|
|
"incorruptibility",
|
|
"integrity",
|
|
"righteousness",
|
|
"truthfulness",
|
|
"uprightness",
|
|
"virtuousness"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"equivocation",
|
|
"lying",
|
|
"mendacity",
|
|
"prevarication",
|
|
"chicane",
|
|
"chicanery",
|
|
"fraudulence",
|
|
"hanky-panky",
|
|
"jugglery",
|
|
"legerdemain",
|
|
"mountebankery",
|
|
"obliquity",
|
|
"skulduggery",
|
|
"skullduggery",
|
|
"subterfuge",
|
|
"swindling",
|
|
"trickery",
|
|
"wile",
|
|
"falsehood",
|
|
"falsity",
|
|
"fib",
|
|
"untruth",
|
|
"hypocrisy",
|
|
"insincerity",
|
|
"sanctimoniousness",
|
|
"two-facedness",
|
|
"artfulness",
|
|
"caginess",
|
|
"cageyness",
|
|
"deviousness",
|
|
"shrewdness",
|
|
"treacherousness",
|
|
"underhandedness",
|
|
"unscrupulousness",
|
|
"covertness",
|
|
"furtiveness",
|
|
"secrecy",
|
|
"shadiness",
|
|
"sneakiness",
|
|
"stealthiness",
|
|
"oiliness",
|
|
"shiftiness",
|
|
"slickness",
|
|
"slipperiness",
|
|
"slyness",
|
|
"smoothness"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"artifice",
|
|
"cheating",
|
|
"cozenage",
|
|
"craft",
|
|
"craftiness",
|
|
"crookedness",
|
|
"crookery",
|
|
"cunning",
|
|
"cunningness",
|
|
"deceit",
|
|
"deceitfulness",
|
|
"deception",
|
|
"deceptiveness",
|
|
"dishonesty",
|
|
"dissembling",
|
|
"dissimulation",
|
|
"double-dealing",
|
|
"dupery",
|
|
"duplicity",
|
|
"fakery",
|
|
"fraud",
|
|
"guile",
|
|
"guilefulness",
|
|
"wiliness"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"foxy":{
|
|
"clever at attaining one's ends by indirect and often deceptive means":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"artless",
|
|
"guileless",
|
|
"ingenuous",
|
|
"innocent",
|
|
"undesigning"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the oft-told story of the foxy flatterer who works her way up the ladder of success by stepping on people as she goes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"obvious",
|
|
"open",
|
|
"patent",
|
|
"plain",
|
|
"public",
|
|
"unconcealed",
|
|
"aboveboard",
|
|
"candid",
|
|
"direct",
|
|
"forthright",
|
|
"frank",
|
|
"honest",
|
|
"natural",
|
|
"outspoken",
|
|
"plainspoken",
|
|
"real",
|
|
"simple",
|
|
"sincere",
|
|
"straightforward",
|
|
"unaffected",
|
|
"unpretending",
|
|
"unpretentious",
|
|
"unvarnished",
|
|
"childlike",
|
|
"impressionable",
|
|
"simpleminded",
|
|
"unsophisticated",
|
|
"unworldly",
|
|
"unforced",
|
|
"unstudied",
|
|
"trustful",
|
|
"trusting"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"astute",
|
|
"facile",
|
|
"glib",
|
|
"sharp",
|
|
"crooked",
|
|
"deceitful",
|
|
"deceptive",
|
|
"dishonest",
|
|
"fraudulent",
|
|
"insinuating",
|
|
"knavish",
|
|
"Machiavellian",
|
|
"oblique",
|
|
"serpentine",
|
|
"shady",
|
|
"shifty",
|
|
"slippery",
|
|
"sneaky",
|
|
"treacherous",
|
|
"underhand",
|
|
"underhanded",
|
|
"unscrupulous",
|
|
"backhanded",
|
|
"double-dealing",
|
|
"hypocritical",
|
|
"insincere",
|
|
"left-handed",
|
|
"mealy",
|
|
"mealymouthed",
|
|
"smooth-tongued",
|
|
"two-faced",
|
|
"circuitous",
|
|
"circular",
|
|
"roundabout",
|
|
"clandestine",
|
|
"concealed",
|
|
"covert",
|
|
"furtive",
|
|
"hugger-mugger",
|
|
"secret",
|
|
"stealthy",
|
|
"surreptitious",
|
|
"undercover",
|
|
"calculating",
|
|
"plotting"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"artful",
|
|
"beguiling",
|
|
"cagey",
|
|
"cagy",
|
|
"crafty",
|
|
"cunning",
|
|
"cute",
|
|
"designing",
|
|
"devious",
|
|
"dodgy",
|
|
"guileful",
|
|
"scheming",
|
|
"shrewd",
|
|
"slick",
|
|
"sly",
|
|
"subtle",
|
|
"tricky",
|
|
"wily"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"foy":{
|
|
"as in":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"foreign-born":{
|
|
"as in nonindigenous":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"fouls up":{
|
|
"to make or do (something) in a clumsy or unskillful way":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"tried not to foul up the football play"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blows",
|
|
"bobbles",
|
|
"boggles",
|
|
"bollixes (up)",
|
|
"boots",
|
|
"botches",
|
|
"buggers (up)",
|
|
"bumbles",
|
|
"bungles",
|
|
"butchers",
|
|
"dubs",
|
|
"flubs",
|
|
"fluffs",
|
|
"foozles",
|
|
"fumbles",
|
|
"goofs (up)",
|
|
"louses up",
|
|
"mangles",
|
|
"messes (up)",
|
|
"mucks up",
|
|
"muffs",
|
|
"murders",
|
|
"screws up"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"blunders",
|
|
"gums (up)",
|
|
"muddles",
|
|
"piffles",
|
|
"blemishes",
|
|
"blights",
|
|
"damages",
|
|
"flaws",
|
|
"harms",
|
|
"hurts",
|
|
"impairs",
|
|
"injures",
|
|
"mars",
|
|
"mutilates",
|
|
"ruins",
|
|
"spoils",
|
|
"vitiates",
|
|
"destroys",
|
|
"wrecks",
|
|
"mishandles",
|
|
"mismanages"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"ameliorates",
|
|
"betters",
|
|
"enhances",
|
|
"helps",
|
|
"improves",
|
|
"meliorates",
|
|
"rectifies",
|
|
"refines",
|
|
"reforms",
|
|
"remedies",
|
|
"doctors",
|
|
"fixes",
|
|
"patches",
|
|
"reconditions",
|
|
"renovates",
|
|
"repairs",
|
|
"revamps"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make a mistake":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"unfortunately, I fouled up and in my e-mail gave everyone the wrong date for the meeting"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blunders",
|
|
"boobs",
|
|
"errs",
|
|
"flubs",
|
|
"fluffs",
|
|
"fumbles",
|
|
"goofs (up)",
|
|
"louses up",
|
|
"messes (up)",
|
|
"screws up",
|
|
"slips up",
|
|
"stumbles",
|
|
"trips"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"nods",
|
|
"bobbles",
|
|
"botches",
|
|
"bungles",
|
|
"butchers",
|
|
"foozles",
|
|
"mangles",
|
|
"mishandles",
|
|
"muffs",
|
|
"murders",
|
|
"miscalculates",
|
|
"misconceives",
|
|
"miscounts",
|
|
"miscues",
|
|
"misdeems",
|
|
"misgauges",
|
|
"misjudges",
|
|
"mistakes",
|
|
"misconstrues",
|
|
"misinterprets",
|
|
"misunderstands"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"folklore":{
|
|
"the body of customs, beliefs, stories, and sayings associated with a people, thing, or place":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the Scottish Highlands are rich in folklore"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"legend",
|
|
"legendry",
|
|
"lore",
|
|
"myth",
|
|
"mythology",
|
|
"mythos",
|
|
"tradition"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"folklife",
|
|
"information",
|
|
"knowledge",
|
|
"wisdom",
|
|
"anecdote",
|
|
"fable",
|
|
"folktale",
|
|
"old wives' tale",
|
|
"tale",
|
|
"yarn"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"forgeries":{
|
|
"an imitation that is passed off as genuine":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"that is a cheap forgery , not an authentic Ming Dynasty vase"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"counterfeits",
|
|
"fakes",
|
|
"hoaxes",
|
|
"humbug",
|
|
"phonies",
|
|
"phoneys",
|
|
"shams"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"copycats",
|
|
"knockoffs",
|
|
"copies",
|
|
"facsimiles",
|
|
"replicas",
|
|
"reproductions",
|
|
"dummies",
|
|
"mock-ups",
|
|
"frauds",
|
|
"gaffs",
|
|
"impostures",
|
|
"spoofs",
|
|
"swindles",
|
|
"simulations",
|
|
"synthetics",
|
|
"bastards",
|
|
"brummagems",
|
|
"duffers",
|
|
"shoddies"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"originals"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"fogged":{
|
|
"suffering from mental confusion":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a discussion that did little more than leave the participants hopelessly fogged"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"addle",
|
|
"addled",
|
|
"addlepated",
|
|
"bedeviled",
|
|
"befogged",
|
|
"befuddled",
|
|
"bemused",
|
|
"bewildered",
|
|
"bushed",
|
|
"confounded",
|
|
"confused",
|
|
"dazed",
|
|
"distracted",
|
|
"dizzy",
|
|
"dopey",
|
|
"dopy",
|
|
"mixed-up",
|
|
"muddleheaded",
|
|
"muzzy",
|
|
"pixilated",
|
|
"pixillated",
|
|
"punch-drunk",
|
|
"punchy",
|
|
"raddled",
|
|
"shell-shocked",
|
|
"silly",
|
|
"slaphappy",
|
|
"spaced-out",
|
|
"spaced",
|
|
"spacey",
|
|
"spacy",
|
|
"stunned",
|
|
"stupefied",
|
|
"zonked",
|
|
"zonked-out"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"senseless",
|
|
"unconscious"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"alert",
|
|
"conscious"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"clearheaded"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make (something) unclear to the understanding":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"extraneous matters that only serve to fog the central issue"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beclouded",
|
|
"befogged",
|
|
"blurred",
|
|
"clouded",
|
|
"confused",
|
|
"muddied",
|
|
"obfuscated"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"complicated",
|
|
"perplexed",
|
|
"sophisticated",
|
|
"entangled",
|
|
"snarled",
|
|
"tangled",
|
|
"disarranged",
|
|
"disarrayed",
|
|
"discomposed",
|
|
"disheveled",
|
|
"dishevelled",
|
|
"disordered",
|
|
"disrupted",
|
|
"disturbed",
|
|
"jumbled",
|
|
"messed (up)",
|
|
"mixed (up)",
|
|
"muddled",
|
|
"scrambled",
|
|
"shuffled",
|
|
"tousled",
|
|
"upset"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"simplified",
|
|
"streamlined",
|
|
"disentangled",
|
|
"straightened (out)",
|
|
"undid",
|
|
"unraveled",
|
|
"unscrambled",
|
|
"untangled",
|
|
"deciphered",
|
|
"decoded",
|
|
"analyzed",
|
|
"broke down"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"clarified",
|
|
"cleared (up)",
|
|
"illuminated"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make dark, dim, or indistinct":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"time will fog memories"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beclouded",
|
|
"bedimmed",
|
|
"befogged",
|
|
"blackened",
|
|
"bleared",
|
|
"blurred",
|
|
"clouded",
|
|
"darkened",
|
|
"dimmed",
|
|
"dislimned",
|
|
"fuzzed (up)",
|
|
"hazed",
|
|
"misted",
|
|
"obscured",
|
|
"overcast",
|
|
"overclouded",
|
|
"overshadowed",
|
|
"shadowed",
|
|
"shrouded"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"adumbrated",
|
|
"blotted out",
|
|
"concealed",
|
|
"eclipsed",
|
|
"hid",
|
|
"obliterated",
|
|
"screened",
|
|
"shaded",
|
|
"camouflaged",
|
|
"cloaked",
|
|
"covered",
|
|
"curtained",
|
|
"disguised",
|
|
"masked",
|
|
"veiled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"exposed",
|
|
"revealed",
|
|
"uncovered",
|
|
"unveiled"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"brightened",
|
|
"illuminated",
|
|
"illumined",
|
|
"lightened",
|
|
"lit (up)",
|
|
"lighted (up)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"form":{
|
|
"the outward appearance of something as distinguished from its substance":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the wood-carver carved the block of wood into the form of a duck"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cast",
|
|
"configuration",
|
|
"conformation",
|
|
"fashion",
|
|
"figure",
|
|
"geometry",
|
|
"shape"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"contour",
|
|
"outline",
|
|
"profile",
|
|
"silhouette",
|
|
"frame",
|
|
"framework",
|
|
"shell",
|
|
"skeleton",
|
|
"arrangement",
|
|
"design",
|
|
"format",
|
|
"layout",
|
|
"makeup",
|
|
"organization",
|
|
"pattern",
|
|
"plan",
|
|
"setup"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"composition",
|
|
"material",
|
|
"matter",
|
|
"raw material",
|
|
"stuff",
|
|
"substance"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a piece of paper with information written or to be written on it":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I filled out all the forms for applying to the school"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blank",
|
|
"document",
|
|
"paper"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"instrument",
|
|
"writ",
|
|
"filing",
|
|
"sheet"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"personal conduct or behavior as evaluated by an accepted standard of appropriateness for a social or professional setting":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"it's bad form to throw a tantrum on the court just because you lost a tennis match"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"etiquette",
|
|
"manner",
|
|
"mores",
|
|
"proprieties"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"amenities",
|
|
"civilities",
|
|
"pleasantries",
|
|
"bearing",
|
|
"demeanor",
|
|
"deportment",
|
|
"mien",
|
|
"courtesy",
|
|
"decorum",
|
|
"mannerliness",
|
|
"politeness",
|
|
"formalities",
|
|
"protocol",
|
|
"rules",
|
|
"air",
|
|
"attitude",
|
|
"carriage",
|
|
"poise",
|
|
"polish",
|
|
"pose",
|
|
"posture",
|
|
"presence",
|
|
"custom",
|
|
"habit",
|
|
"pattern",
|
|
"practice",
|
|
"practise",
|
|
"trick",
|
|
"way",
|
|
"wont",
|
|
"convention",
|
|
"fashion",
|
|
"mode",
|
|
"style"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a state of being or fitness":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"after a long season off, the football team is back in good form"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"condition",
|
|
"estate",
|
|
"fettle",
|
|
"health",
|
|
"keeping",
|
|
"kilter",
|
|
"nick",
|
|
"order",
|
|
"repair",
|
|
"shape",
|
|
"trim"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"practice",
|
|
"practise",
|
|
"pass",
|
|
"phase",
|
|
"stage",
|
|
"footing",
|
|
"picture",
|
|
"posture",
|
|
"scene",
|
|
"situation",
|
|
"status",
|
|
"rank",
|
|
"standing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disorder",
|
|
"disrepair"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a three-dimensional representation of the human body used especially for displaying clothes":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"put the dress on the form to finish pinning it together"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dummy",
|
|
"figure",
|
|
"manikin",
|
|
"mannikin",
|
|
"mannequin"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"doll"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"an oft-repeated action or series of actions performed in accordance with tradition or a set of rules":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we'll use the second form in our church missals for today's Lenten service"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ceremonial",
|
|
"ceremony",
|
|
"formality",
|
|
"observance",
|
|
"rite",
|
|
"ritual",
|
|
"solemnity"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"amenities",
|
|
"civility",
|
|
"decorum",
|
|
"etiquette",
|
|
"graces",
|
|
"proprieties",
|
|
"protocol",
|
|
"convention",
|
|
"custom",
|
|
"habit",
|
|
"manners",
|
|
"mores",
|
|
"practice",
|
|
"practise",
|
|
"standard",
|
|
"tradition",
|
|
"way",
|
|
"celebration",
|
|
"service"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"socially acceptable behavior":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"displayed good form throughout the formal dinner"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"decency",
|
|
"decorum",
|
|
"propriety"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"etiquette",
|
|
"civility",
|
|
"courteousness",
|
|
"courtesy",
|
|
"gentilesse",
|
|
"gentility",
|
|
"graciousness",
|
|
"mannerliness",
|
|
"politeness",
|
|
"politesse",
|
|
"dignity",
|
|
"grace",
|
|
"refinement",
|
|
"discretion",
|
|
"prudence",
|
|
"appropriateness",
|
|
"correctitude",
|
|
"correctness",
|
|
"decorousness",
|
|
"fitness",
|
|
"rightness",
|
|
"seemliness",
|
|
"attention",
|
|
"attentiveness",
|
|
"care",
|
|
"carefulness",
|
|
"character",
|
|
"goodness",
|
|
"high-mindedness",
|
|
"honesty",
|
|
"honor",
|
|
"integrity",
|
|
"morality",
|
|
"probity",
|
|
"rectitude",
|
|
"righteousness",
|
|
"straightness",
|
|
"uprightness",
|
|
"virtue",
|
|
"virtuousness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"coarseness",
|
|
"crudeness",
|
|
"gracelessness",
|
|
"discourtesy",
|
|
"impoliteness",
|
|
"incivility",
|
|
"vulgarity",
|
|
"imprudence",
|
|
"indiscretion",
|
|
"badness",
|
|
"evil",
|
|
"immorality",
|
|
"wickedness",
|
|
"debauchery",
|
|
"degeneracy",
|
|
"degradation",
|
|
"depravity",
|
|
"perversion",
|
|
"crookedness",
|
|
"dishonesty",
|
|
"underhandedness",
|
|
"unscrupulousness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"impropriety",
|
|
"indecency",
|
|
"indecorum"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the means or procedure for doing something":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"there are established forms for voting on motions and amendments at meetings"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"approach",
|
|
"fashion",
|
|
"how",
|
|
"manner",
|
|
"method",
|
|
"methodology",
|
|
"recipe",
|
|
"strategy",
|
|
"style",
|
|
"system",
|
|
"tack",
|
|
"tactics",
|
|
"technique",
|
|
"way"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"mode",
|
|
"modus operandi",
|
|
"blueprint",
|
|
"design",
|
|
"game",
|
|
"game plan",
|
|
"ground plan",
|
|
"intrigue",
|
|
"layout",
|
|
"line",
|
|
"model",
|
|
"plan",
|
|
"plot",
|
|
"program",
|
|
"route",
|
|
"scheme",
|
|
"expedient",
|
|
"move",
|
|
"shift",
|
|
"step",
|
|
"practice",
|
|
"practise",
|
|
"process",
|
|
"routine",
|
|
"policy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the type of body that a person has":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he has the big-boned form of a linebacker"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"build",
|
|
"constitution",
|
|
"figure",
|
|
"frame",
|
|
"habit",
|
|
"physique",
|
|
"shape"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"anatomy",
|
|
"structure"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the way in which the elements of something (as a work of art) are arranged":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"museumgoers liked the asymmetrical form of the mobile"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"arrangement",
|
|
"composition",
|
|
"configuration",
|
|
"constellation",
|
|
"design",
|
|
"format",
|
|
"getup",
|
|
"layout",
|
|
"makeup",
|
|
"ordonnance",
|
|
"pattern"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"motif",
|
|
"theme"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to take on a definite form":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"my ideas on the subject are just starting to form"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"crystallize",
|
|
"crystalize",
|
|
"jell",
|
|
"shape (up)",
|
|
"solidify"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"associate",
|
|
"coalesce",
|
|
"cohere",
|
|
"fuse",
|
|
"combine",
|
|
"conjoin",
|
|
"conjugate",
|
|
"connect",
|
|
"couple",
|
|
"join",
|
|
"link (up)",
|
|
"unify",
|
|
"unite"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"break down",
|
|
"decay",
|
|
"decompose",
|
|
"disintegrate"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to be all the substance of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"this one sentence really forms the basis of your argument"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"compose",
|
|
"comprise",
|
|
"constitute",
|
|
"make up"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"embody",
|
|
"epitomize",
|
|
"incarnate",
|
|
"incorporate",
|
|
"integrate",
|
|
"materialize",
|
|
"personify",
|
|
"substantiate",
|
|
"complement",
|
|
"complete",
|
|
"supplement",
|
|
"fill (out)",
|
|
"flesh (out)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to bring into being by combining, shaping, or transforming materials":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"formed the pot out of the clay"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"fabricate",
|
|
"fashion",
|
|
"frame",
|
|
"make",
|
|
"manufacture",
|
|
"produce"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"assemble",
|
|
"build",
|
|
"construct",
|
|
"erect",
|
|
"make up",
|
|
"put up",
|
|
"raise",
|
|
"rear",
|
|
"set up",
|
|
"structure",
|
|
"throw up",
|
|
"craft",
|
|
"handcraft",
|
|
"hew",
|
|
"forge",
|
|
"mold",
|
|
"shape",
|
|
"cobble (together or up)",
|
|
"knock out",
|
|
"patch (together)",
|
|
"throw up",
|
|
"prefabricate",
|
|
"create",
|
|
"invent",
|
|
"mint",
|
|
"originate",
|
|
"establish",
|
|
"father",
|
|
"institute",
|
|
"organize",
|
|
"concoct",
|
|
"contrive",
|
|
"cook (up)",
|
|
"design",
|
|
"devise",
|
|
"imagine",
|
|
"think (up)",
|
|
"conceive",
|
|
"envisage",
|
|
"picture",
|
|
"visualize",
|
|
"refashion",
|
|
"remake",
|
|
"remanufacture"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disassemble",
|
|
"dismantle",
|
|
"take apart",
|
|
"break up",
|
|
"dismember",
|
|
"abolish",
|
|
"annihilate",
|
|
"demolish",
|
|
"destroy",
|
|
"devastate",
|
|
"eradicate",
|
|
"exterminate",
|
|
"extinguish",
|
|
"flatten",
|
|
"pulverize",
|
|
"raze",
|
|
"ruin",
|
|
"shatter",
|
|
"smash",
|
|
"wreck",
|
|
"blow up",
|
|
"explode"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to come into existence":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the new company formed from two smaller ones"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"actualize",
|
|
"appear",
|
|
"arise",
|
|
"begin",
|
|
"break",
|
|
"commence",
|
|
"dawn",
|
|
"engender",
|
|
"materialize",
|
|
"originate",
|
|
"set in",
|
|
"spring",
|
|
"start"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"be",
|
|
"breathe",
|
|
"exist",
|
|
"live",
|
|
"subsist",
|
|
"arrive",
|
|
"come on",
|
|
"emerge",
|
|
"coalesce",
|
|
"cohere",
|
|
"shape (up)",
|
|
"continue",
|
|
"endure",
|
|
"last",
|
|
"persist",
|
|
"survive"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"conclude",
|
|
"desist",
|
|
"discontinue",
|
|
"finish",
|
|
"halt",
|
|
"quit",
|
|
"terminate",
|
|
"disappear",
|
|
"dissolve",
|
|
"evaporate",
|
|
"vanish",
|
|
"depart",
|
|
"die",
|
|
"expire",
|
|
"pass away",
|
|
"perish"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"cease",
|
|
"end",
|
|
"stop"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to come to have gradually":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I don't want you beginning skiers to form any bad habits"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"acquire",
|
|
"cultivate",
|
|
"develop"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"absorb",
|
|
"adopt",
|
|
"embrace",
|
|
"take in",
|
|
"take on",
|
|
"gain",
|
|
"get",
|
|
"obtain",
|
|
"achieve",
|
|
"attain",
|
|
"reach",
|
|
"foster",
|
|
"nourish",
|
|
"nurture",
|
|
"promote"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abandon",
|
|
"desert",
|
|
"forsake",
|
|
"cast",
|
|
"discard",
|
|
"ditch",
|
|
"dump",
|
|
"fling (off or away)",
|
|
"jettison",
|
|
"junk",
|
|
"reject",
|
|
"scrap",
|
|
"shed",
|
|
"shuck (off)",
|
|
"slough",
|
|
"sluff",
|
|
"throw away",
|
|
"throw out",
|
|
"unload"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"lose"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"forayed (into)":{
|
|
"to enter for conquest or plunder":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Vikings foraying into the village"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"invaded",
|
|
"overran",
|
|
"raided"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"despoiled",
|
|
"looted",
|
|
"marauded",
|
|
"pillaged",
|
|
"plundered",
|
|
"ransacked",
|
|
"ravaged",
|
|
"sacked",
|
|
"stripped",
|
|
"stript",
|
|
"conquered",
|
|
"crushed",
|
|
"dominated",
|
|
"overcame",
|
|
"overpowered",
|
|
"overwhelmed",
|
|
"subdued",
|
|
"subjected",
|
|
"subjugated",
|
|
"vanquished",
|
|
"assailed",
|
|
"assaulted",
|
|
"attacked",
|
|
"beset",
|
|
"charged",
|
|
"rushed",
|
|
"stormed",
|
|
"struck",
|
|
"battled",
|
|
"clashed (with)",
|
|
"combated",
|
|
"combatted",
|
|
"fought",
|
|
"warred (with)",
|
|
"encroached",
|
|
"harassed",
|
|
"infringed",
|
|
"trespassed",
|
|
"beleaguered",
|
|
"besieged",
|
|
"blockaded",
|
|
"invested",
|
|
"garrisoned",
|
|
"occupied"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"defended",
|
|
"guarded",
|
|
"protected",
|
|
"safeguarded",
|
|
"shielded",
|
|
"warded",
|
|
"defied",
|
|
"opposed",
|
|
"repelled",
|
|
"resisted",
|
|
"withstood",
|
|
"capitulated (to)",
|
|
"ceded (to)",
|
|
"submitted (to)",
|
|
"succumbed (to)",
|
|
"surrendered (to)",
|
|
"yielded (to)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"fortune-tellings":{
|
|
"as in divinations , soothsayings":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"forswearing":{
|
|
"to solemnly or formally reject or go back on (as something formerly adhered to)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the new government would have to forswear the use of torture if it wished to be granted full diplomatic recognition"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abjuring",
|
|
"abnegating",
|
|
"recanting",
|
|
"reneging",
|
|
"renouncing",
|
|
"repealing",
|
|
"repudiating",
|
|
"retracting",
|
|
"taking back",
|
|
"unsaying",
|
|
"withdrawing"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"contradicting",
|
|
"denying",
|
|
"disavowing",
|
|
"disclaiming",
|
|
"disowning",
|
|
"gainsaying",
|
|
"negating",
|
|
"negativing",
|
|
"abandoning",
|
|
"bolting",
|
|
"forsaking",
|
|
"giving up",
|
|
"relinquishing",
|
|
"spurning",
|
|
"surrendering",
|
|
"controverting",
|
|
"disagreeing (with)",
|
|
"disproving",
|
|
"disputing",
|
|
"rebutting",
|
|
"refuting",
|
|
"backing down",
|
|
"backing off",
|
|
"backtracking",
|
|
"disallowing",
|
|
"recalling",
|
|
"revoking"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"acknowledging",
|
|
"admitting",
|
|
"affirming",
|
|
"asserting",
|
|
"avowing",
|
|
"claiming",
|
|
"contending",
|
|
"declaring",
|
|
"maintaining",
|
|
"proclaiming",
|
|
"professing",
|
|
"stating",
|
|
"vouching",
|
|
"vowing",
|
|
"backing",
|
|
"confirming",
|
|
"defending",
|
|
"endorsing",
|
|
"indorsing",
|
|
"espousing",
|
|
"maintaining",
|
|
"supporting",
|
|
"upholding",
|
|
"accepting",
|
|
"adopting",
|
|
"embracing"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"adhering (to)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"formalizing":{
|
|
"to make agree with a single established standard or model":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we'll need to formalize our research results before we submit our study for review"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"homogenizing",
|
|
"normalizing",
|
|
"regularizing",
|
|
"standardizing"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"codifying",
|
|
"marshaling",
|
|
"marshalling",
|
|
"methodizing",
|
|
"ordering",
|
|
"organizing",
|
|
"systematizing",
|
|
"systemizing",
|
|
"averaging",
|
|
"equalizing",
|
|
"evening",
|
|
"squaring",
|
|
"accrediting",
|
|
"certifying",
|
|
"controlling",
|
|
"governing",
|
|
"regulating",
|
|
"ruling",
|
|
"conciliating",
|
|
"conforming",
|
|
"coordinating",
|
|
"harmonizing",
|
|
"integrating",
|
|
"reconciling",
|
|
"synthesizing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"customizing",
|
|
"individualizing",
|
|
"tailoring"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to give official acceptance of as satisfactory":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the plan has yet to be formalized by the city council"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accrediting",
|
|
"approbating",
|
|
"approving",
|
|
"authorizing",
|
|
"clearing",
|
|
"confirming",
|
|
"finalizing",
|
|
"homologating",
|
|
"OK'ing",
|
|
"okaying",
|
|
"ratifying",
|
|
"sanctioning",
|
|
"warranting"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"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"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"forearmed":{
|
|
"to prepare (oneself) mentally or emotionally":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"forearmed themselves for the championship game with the help of a sports psychologist"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"braced",
|
|
"fortified",
|
|
"nerved",
|
|
"poised",
|
|
"psyched (up)",
|
|
"readied",
|
|
"steeled",
|
|
"strengthened"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"armed",
|
|
"hardened",
|
|
"inured",
|
|
"seasoned",
|
|
"toughened",
|
|
"bolstered",
|
|
"boosted",
|
|
"buoyed (up)",
|
|
"buttressed",
|
|
"enforced",
|
|
"propped (up)",
|
|
"reinforced",
|
|
"reenforced",
|
|
"supported",
|
|
"sustained",
|
|
"cheered (up)",
|
|
"comforted",
|
|
"emboldened",
|
|
"encouraged",
|
|
"heartened",
|
|
"inspired",
|
|
"rallied",
|
|
"roused",
|
|
"stirred"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"daunted",
|
|
"demoralized",
|
|
"discouraged",
|
|
"disheartened",
|
|
"dispirited",
|
|
"psyched (out)",
|
|
"shook",
|
|
"unnerved",
|
|
"debilitated",
|
|
"enervated",
|
|
"enfeebled",
|
|
"prostrated",
|
|
"sapped",
|
|
"softened",
|
|
"tired",
|
|
"undercut",
|
|
"undermined",
|
|
"weakened"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"follows":{
|
|
"to come after in time":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a wrap-up always follows the Super Bowl broadcast"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"postdates",
|
|
"succeeds",
|
|
"supervenes"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"displaces",
|
|
"replaces",
|
|
"supersedes",
|
|
"supplants",
|
|
"ensues"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"antedates",
|
|
"precedes",
|
|
"predates"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to go after or on the track of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"let's follow the boys to their hiding place"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bird-dogs",
|
|
"chases",
|
|
"courses",
|
|
"dogs",
|
|
"hounds",
|
|
"pursues",
|
|
"runs",
|
|
"shadows",
|
|
"tags",
|
|
"tails",
|
|
"traces",
|
|
"tracks",
|
|
"trails"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"accompanies",
|
|
"chaperones",
|
|
"chaperons",
|
|
"escorts",
|
|
"hunts",
|
|
"searches (for)",
|
|
"seeks",
|
|
"eyes",
|
|
"observes",
|
|
"watches"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"heads"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"guides",
|
|
"leads",
|
|
"pilots"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to act according to the commands of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"follow me, and you'll do OK"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"adheres (to)",
|
|
"complies (with)",
|
|
"conforms (to)",
|
|
"goose-steps (to)",
|
|
"minds",
|
|
"obeys",
|
|
"observes"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"defers (to)",
|
|
"submits (to)",
|
|
"surrenders (to)",
|
|
"yields (to)",
|
|
"accedes (to)",
|
|
"acquiesces (to)",
|
|
"agrees (to)",
|
|
"assents (to)",
|
|
"attends",
|
|
"hears",
|
|
"heeds",
|
|
"listens (to)",
|
|
"marks",
|
|
"notes",
|
|
"notices",
|
|
"regards",
|
|
"takes",
|
|
"watches"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disobliges",
|
|
"challenges",
|
|
"dares",
|
|
"refuses",
|
|
"renounces",
|
|
"repudiates",
|
|
"directs",
|
|
"leads",
|
|
"brushes (off)",
|
|
"disregards",
|
|
"ignores",
|
|
"overlooks",
|
|
"overpasses",
|
|
"passes over",
|
|
"tunes out",
|
|
"winks (at)",
|
|
"dismisses",
|
|
"pooh-poohs",
|
|
"poohs",
|
|
"shrugs off",
|
|
"breaches",
|
|
"breaks",
|
|
"infringes",
|
|
"transgresses",
|
|
"violates",
|
|
"derides",
|
|
"flouts",
|
|
"mocks",
|
|
"scoffs (at)",
|
|
"scorns",
|
|
"mutinies (against)",
|
|
"revolts (against)",
|
|
"bucks",
|
|
"combats",
|
|
"contests",
|
|
"disputes",
|
|
"fights",
|
|
"opposes",
|
|
"resists",
|
|
"withstands"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"defies",
|
|
"disobeys",
|
|
"rebels (against)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make one's way through, across, or over":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"followed the path into the garden"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"courses",
|
|
"covers",
|
|
"crosses",
|
|
"cuts (across)",
|
|
"goes",
|
|
"navigates",
|
|
"passes (over)",
|
|
"perambulates",
|
|
"peregrinates",
|
|
"proceeds (along)",
|
|
"tracks",
|
|
"transits",
|
|
"travels",
|
|
"traverses"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"hikes",
|
|
"traipses",
|
|
"tramps",
|
|
"treads",
|
|
"walks",
|
|
"rides",
|
|
"runs",
|
|
"crisscrosses"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to take notice of and be guided by":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"don't follow his advice"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"heeds",
|
|
"listens (to)",
|
|
"minds",
|
|
"notes",
|
|
"observes",
|
|
"regards",
|
|
"watches"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"considers",
|
|
"contemplates",
|
|
"mulls",
|
|
"ponders",
|
|
"weighs",
|
|
"complies (with)",
|
|
"conforms (to)",
|
|
"keeps",
|
|
"obeys",
|
|
"respects",
|
|
"attends (to)",
|
|
"harks (to)",
|
|
"hearkens (to)",
|
|
"hears",
|
|
"marks",
|
|
"notices",
|
|
"sees"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"brushes (aside or off)",
|
|
"discounts",
|
|
"dismisses",
|
|
"glosses (over)",
|
|
"glozes (over)",
|
|
"neglects",
|
|
"passes over",
|
|
"pooh-poohs",
|
|
"poohs",
|
|
"scorns",
|
|
"shrugs off",
|
|
"defies",
|
|
"flouts",
|
|
"slights",
|
|
"snubs"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"disregards",
|
|
"ignores",
|
|
"tunes out"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to keep one's eyes on":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"stood on the platform and followed the departing train until it disappeared from sight"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"eyes",
|
|
"observes",
|
|
"watches"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"beholds",
|
|
"looks",
|
|
"perceives",
|
|
"regards",
|
|
"sees",
|
|
"views",
|
|
"gapes",
|
|
"gawks",
|
|
"gazes",
|
|
"glares",
|
|
"goggles",
|
|
"looks on",
|
|
"peers",
|
|
"rubbernecks",
|
|
"stares",
|
|
"guards",
|
|
"wakes",
|
|
"wards",
|
|
"bird-dogs",
|
|
"monitors",
|
|
"studies",
|
|
"spies",
|
|
"espies",
|
|
"glances",
|
|
"glimpses",
|
|
"peeks",
|
|
"peeps"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"blinks",
|
|
"winks"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"foreman":{
|
|
"the person (as an employer or supervisor) who tells people and especially workers what to do":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"asked the shift foreman if he could take a break"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"boss",
|
|
"boss man",
|
|
"captain",
|
|
"chief",
|
|
"head",
|
|
"headman",
|
|
"helmsman",
|
|
"honcho",
|
|
"jefe",
|
|
"kingpin",
|
|
"leader",
|
|
"master",
|
|
"taskmaster"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"directress",
|
|
"mistress",
|
|
"administrator",
|
|
"commander",
|
|
"director",
|
|
"executive",
|
|
"general",
|
|
"governor",
|
|
"hierarch",
|
|
"higher-up",
|
|
"leadman",
|
|
"manager",
|
|
"overseer",
|
|
"principal",
|
|
"skipper",
|
|
"standard-bearer",
|
|
"steward",
|
|
"straw boss",
|
|
"superintendent",
|
|
"superior",
|
|
"supervisor",
|
|
"dominator",
|
|
"lord",
|
|
"overlord",
|
|
"potentate",
|
|
"ruler",
|
|
"sovereign",
|
|
"sovran",
|
|
"figurehead",
|
|
"baron",
|
|
"czar",
|
|
"tsar",
|
|
"tzar",
|
|
"king",
|
|
"magnate",
|
|
"mogul",
|
|
"president",
|
|
"prince",
|
|
"big cheese",
|
|
"big gun",
|
|
"bigwig",
|
|
"top dog",
|
|
"top gun",
|
|
"cohead",
|
|
"coleader",
|
|
"employer",
|
|
"gaffer",
|
|
"ganger",
|
|
"micromanager",
|
|
"subchief",
|
|
"subdirector"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dependent",
|
|
"inferior",
|
|
"junior",
|
|
"secondary",
|
|
"subject",
|
|
"subordinate",
|
|
"underling"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"followed up":{
|
|
"to add to or continue (something) with something similar":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"She followed up her first book with a sequel."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"parlayed",
|
|
"complemented",
|
|
"supplemented",
|
|
"accelerated",
|
|
"added (to)",
|
|
"aggrandized",
|
|
"amplified",
|
|
"augmented",
|
|
"boosted",
|
|
"built up",
|
|
"compounded",
|
|
"enlarged",
|
|
"escalated",
|
|
"expanded",
|
|
"extended",
|
|
"hyped",
|
|
"increased",
|
|
"multiplied",
|
|
"pumped up",
|
|
"raised",
|
|
"stoked",
|
|
"supersized",
|
|
"swelled",
|
|
"upped",
|
|
"completed",
|
|
"finished",
|
|
"blew up",
|
|
"dilated",
|
|
"distended",
|
|
"inflated",
|
|
"drew out",
|
|
"elongated",
|
|
"fleshed (out)",
|
|
"lengthened",
|
|
"prolonged",
|
|
"protracted",
|
|
"stretched",
|
|
"developed",
|
|
"enhanced",
|
|
"heightened",
|
|
"intensified",
|
|
"magnified",
|
|
"beefed (up)",
|
|
"reinforced",
|
|
"reenforced",
|
|
"strengthened"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abbreviated",
|
|
"abridged",
|
|
"curtailed",
|
|
"shortened",
|
|
"compressed",
|
|
"condensed",
|
|
"constricted",
|
|
"contracted",
|
|
"cut back",
|
|
"retrenched",
|
|
"abated",
|
|
"decreased",
|
|
"de-escalated",
|
|
"diminished",
|
|
"downsized",
|
|
"dwindled",
|
|
"lessened",
|
|
"lowered",
|
|
"minified",
|
|
"reduced",
|
|
"subtracted (from)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"forecourts":{
|
|
"as in places , plazas":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"places",
|
|
"plazas",
|
|
"squares",
|
|
"atria",
|
|
"atriums",
|
|
"gallerias",
|
|
"parvises",
|
|
"peristyles",
|
|
"decks",
|
|
"terraces",
|
|
"closes",
|
|
"courts",
|
|
"courtyards",
|
|
"enclosures",
|
|
"inclosures",
|
|
"patios",
|
|
"quadrangles",
|
|
"quads",
|
|
"yards",
|
|
"curtilages"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"fobbed off":{
|
|
"to offer (something fake, useless, or inferior) as genuine, useful, or valuable":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"people who try to fob off to charities broken-down furniture that is fit only for the junkyard"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"foisted",
|
|
"palmed",
|
|
"palmed off",
|
|
"passed off",
|
|
"wished"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"entailed",
|
|
"forced",
|
|
"imposed",
|
|
"inflicted",
|
|
"counterfeited",
|
|
"faked",
|
|
"forged",
|
|
"distorted",
|
|
"falsified",
|
|
"misrepresented"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"forefather":{
|
|
"a person who is several generations earlier in an individual's line of descent":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"our forefathers bought this farm, and our family has worked it for three generations"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ancestor",
|
|
"father",
|
|
"forebear",
|
|
"forbear",
|
|
"forebearer",
|
|
"grandfather",
|
|
"primogenitor",
|
|
"progenitor"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"antecessor",
|
|
"predecessor",
|
|
"ancestress",
|
|
"foremother",
|
|
"grandmother",
|
|
"matriarch",
|
|
"grandsire",
|
|
"patriarch",
|
|
"sire",
|
|
"ancestry",
|
|
"antecedents",
|
|
"roots"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"children",
|
|
"family",
|
|
"issue",
|
|
"lineage",
|
|
"offspring",
|
|
"posterity",
|
|
"progeny",
|
|
"seed",
|
|
"stock",
|
|
"daughter",
|
|
"heir",
|
|
"inheritor",
|
|
"scion",
|
|
"son",
|
|
"successor"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"descendant",
|
|
"descendent"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"forenames":{
|
|
"a name that is placed before one's family name":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a long string of forenames was given to the latest addition to the royal family"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"Christian names",
|
|
"first names",
|
|
"given names",
|
|
"prenames"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"appellations",
|
|
"denominations",
|
|
"designations",
|
|
"cognomens",
|
|
"cognomina",
|
|
"denotations",
|
|
"epithets",
|
|
"handles",
|
|
"nicknames",
|
|
"sobriquets",
|
|
"soubriquets",
|
|
"titles",
|
|
"aliases",
|
|
"noms de plume",
|
|
"pen names",
|
|
"pseudonyms",
|
|
"baptismal names"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"foam":{
|
|
"a light mass of fine bubbles formed in or on a liquid":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a steaming cup of hot cocoa with a sprinkling of marshmallows drifting through the foam"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"froth",
|
|
"head",
|
|
"lather",
|
|
"spume",
|
|
"suds",
|
|
"surf"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"mousse",
|
|
"mist",
|
|
"spindrift",
|
|
"spray",
|
|
"scum"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to be excited or emotionally stirred up with anger":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the old man foamed and raged when they told him he would have to give up the farm"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"boil",
|
|
"burn",
|
|
"fume",
|
|
"rage",
|
|
"rankle",
|
|
"seethe",
|
|
"sizzle",
|
|
"steam",
|
|
"storm"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"fulminate",
|
|
"rant",
|
|
"rave",
|
|
"smolder",
|
|
"smoulder",
|
|
"bristle",
|
|
"flare (up)",
|
|
"inflame",
|
|
"enflame",
|
|
"chafe",
|
|
"fret",
|
|
"stew",
|
|
"agitate",
|
|
"convulse",
|
|
"roil",
|
|
"shake"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"forefeel":{
|
|
"to realize or know about beforehand":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"did any of the passengers embarking on the Titanic 's maiden voyage forefeel their impending doom?"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"anticipate",
|
|
"divine",
|
|
"foreknow",
|
|
"foresee",
|
|
"prevision"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"augur",
|
|
"forecast",
|
|
"foretell",
|
|
"predict",
|
|
"presage",
|
|
"prognosticate",
|
|
"prophesy",
|
|
"envisage",
|
|
"envision",
|
|
"foreshadow",
|
|
"prefigure",
|
|
"visualize",
|
|
"alert",
|
|
"caution",
|
|
"foretoken",
|
|
"forewarn",
|
|
"preview",
|
|
"descry",
|
|
"discern",
|
|
"perceive",
|
|
"apprehend",
|
|
"dread",
|
|
"fear"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"folio":{
|
|
"as in quarto":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"quarto",
|
|
"hardback",
|
|
"hardcover",
|
|
"paper",
|
|
"paperback",
|
|
"paperbound",
|
|
"pocket book",
|
|
"pocket edition",
|
|
"softback",
|
|
"softcover",
|
|
"trade book",
|
|
"trade edition",
|
|
"guidebook",
|
|
"handbook",
|
|
"how-to",
|
|
"manual",
|
|
"book",
|
|
"tome",
|
|
"volume",
|
|
"catalog",
|
|
"catalogue",
|
|
"cyclopedia",
|
|
"cyclopaedia",
|
|
"dictionary",
|
|
"encyclopedia",
|
|
"monograph",
|
|
"primer",
|
|
"text",
|
|
"textbook",
|
|
"tract",
|
|
"treatise",
|
|
"novel",
|
|
"novelette",
|
|
"pulp",
|
|
"album",
|
|
"almanac",
|
|
"anthology",
|
|
"casebook",
|
|
"chapbook",
|
|
"omnibus",
|
|
"picture book"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"forthrightly":{
|
|
"in an honest and direct manner":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the police commissioner forthrightly and unhesitatingly admitted his mistake"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"directly",
|
|
"foursquare",
|
|
"plain",
|
|
"plainly",
|
|
"straight",
|
|
"straightforward",
|
|
"straightforwards",
|
|
"straightforwardly"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"baldly",
|
|
"bluffly",
|
|
"candidly",
|
|
"frankly",
|
|
"honestly",
|
|
"openheartedly",
|
|
"openly",
|
|
"unguardedly",
|
|
"unreservedly",
|
|
"artlessly",
|
|
"earnestly",
|
|
"simply",
|
|
"sincerely",
|
|
"abruptly",
|
|
"bluntly",
|
|
"brusquely",
|
|
"curtly",
|
|
"gruffly",
|
|
"point-blank",
|
|
"sharply",
|
|
"impolitely",
|
|
"inconsiderately",
|
|
"rudely",
|
|
"tactlessly",
|
|
"truthfully",
|
|
"veraciously"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"long-windedly",
|
|
"verbosely",
|
|
"wordily",
|
|
"civilly",
|
|
"courteously",
|
|
"diplomatically",
|
|
"politely",
|
|
"tactfully",
|
|
"deceitfully",
|
|
"mendaciously",
|
|
"untruthfully",
|
|
"erroneously",
|
|
"fallaciously",
|
|
"falsely",
|
|
"hypocritically",
|
|
"insincerely",
|
|
"ambiguously",
|
|
"circuitously",
|
|
"equivocally",
|
|
"evasively",
|
|
"indirectly"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"folds":{
|
|
"to lay one part over or against another part of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"fold the blanket so that it will fit inside the trunk"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"doubles"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"overlaps",
|
|
"overlays",
|
|
"overlies",
|
|
"collapses",
|
|
"telescopes",
|
|
"closes",
|
|
"shuts",
|
|
"plaits",
|
|
"pleats"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"extends",
|
|
"opens",
|
|
"spreads",
|
|
"unfolds",
|
|
"unrolls"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to be unsuccessful":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the business folded after just two months"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bombs",
|
|
"collapses",
|
|
"craters",
|
|
"fails",
|
|
"flames out",
|
|
"flops",
|
|
"flunks",
|
|
"founders",
|
|
"misses",
|
|
"strikes out",
|
|
"tanks",
|
|
"washes out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"flounders",
|
|
"struggles",
|
|
"declines",
|
|
"sinks",
|
|
"skids",
|
|
"slips",
|
|
"slumps",
|
|
"wanes",
|
|
"crashes",
|
|
"crumbles",
|
|
"miscarries",
|
|
"misfires",
|
|
"goes under",
|
|
"implodes",
|
|
"self-destructs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"cooks",
|
|
"flourishes",
|
|
"prospers",
|
|
"thrives",
|
|
"prevails",
|
|
"triumphs",
|
|
"wins"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"clicks",
|
|
"comes off",
|
|
"delivers",
|
|
"goes",
|
|
"goes over",
|
|
"pans out",
|
|
"succeeds",
|
|
"works out"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a group of people sharing a common interest and relating together socially":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"ready to welcome their old Liberal friend back into the fold"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bodies",
|
|
"bunches",
|
|
"circles",
|
|
"clans",
|
|
"cliques",
|
|
"communities",
|
|
"coteries",
|
|
"covens",
|
|
"crowds",
|
|
"gal\u00e8res",
|
|
"gangs",
|
|
"klatches",
|
|
"klatsches",
|
|
"lots",
|
|
"networks",
|
|
"packs",
|
|
"rings",
|
|
"sets"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"charmed circles",
|
|
"elites",
|
|
"in-groups",
|
|
"closed shops",
|
|
"clubs",
|
|
"colleges",
|
|
"fellowships",
|
|
"guilds",
|
|
"gilds",
|
|
"leagues",
|
|
"organizations",
|
|
"societies",
|
|
"camps",
|
|
"factions",
|
|
"sects",
|
|
"sides",
|
|
"tribes",
|
|
"messes",
|
|
"squads",
|
|
"brotherhoods",
|
|
"fraternities",
|
|
"orders",
|
|
"sisterhoods",
|
|
"sodalities",
|
|
"sororities",
|
|
"communes",
|
|
"alliances",
|
|
"blocs",
|
|
"coalitions",
|
|
"confederations",
|
|
"congresses",
|
|
"councils",
|
|
"federations",
|
|
"unions"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"loners",
|
|
"individualists"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"forebode":{
|
|
"to show signs of a favorable or successful outcome":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the dry summer doesn't forebode well for the harvest"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"augur",
|
|
"bode",
|
|
"promise"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"forecast",
|
|
"foretell",
|
|
"predict",
|
|
"presage",
|
|
"prognosticate",
|
|
"prophesy",
|
|
"forewarn",
|
|
"warn",
|
|
"anticipate",
|
|
"divine",
|
|
"foreknow",
|
|
"foresee",
|
|
"betoken",
|
|
"foreshadow",
|
|
"harbinger",
|
|
"portend",
|
|
"prefigure",
|
|
"presignify",
|
|
"indicate",
|
|
"signify",
|
|
"allude",
|
|
"connote",
|
|
"hint",
|
|
"imply",
|
|
"insinuate",
|
|
"intimate",
|
|
"suggest"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"footing":{
|
|
"an immaterial thing upon which something else rests":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"your donations help provide the charity with a firm financial footing for its work"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"base",
|
|
"basis",
|
|
"bedrock",
|
|
"bottom",
|
|
"cornerstone",
|
|
"foundation",
|
|
"ground",
|
|
"groundwork",
|
|
"keystone",
|
|
"root",
|
|
"underpinning",
|
|
"warp",
|
|
"warp and woof"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"anchorage",
|
|
"bed",
|
|
"brace",
|
|
"bulwark",
|
|
"buttress",
|
|
"framework",
|
|
"infrastructure",
|
|
"mount",
|
|
"prop",
|
|
"shore",
|
|
"stay",
|
|
"substratum",
|
|
"substructure",
|
|
"support",
|
|
"assumption",
|
|
"justification",
|
|
"premise",
|
|
"premiss",
|
|
"presumption",
|
|
"presupposition",
|
|
"rationale",
|
|
"supposition",
|
|
"theory",
|
|
"thesis",
|
|
"warrant",
|
|
"backbone",
|
|
"center",
|
|
"core",
|
|
"eye",
|
|
"focus",
|
|
"heart",
|
|
"hub",
|
|
"kernel",
|
|
"nucleus",
|
|
"seat",
|
|
"essence",
|
|
"quintessence",
|
|
"soul",
|
|
"touchstone"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"position with regard to conditions and circumstances":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the village's two churches are on a friendly footing"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ball game",
|
|
"deal",
|
|
"picture",
|
|
"posture",
|
|
"scene",
|
|
"situation",
|
|
"status",
|
|
"story"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"rank",
|
|
"standing",
|
|
"place",
|
|
"spot",
|
|
"state",
|
|
"score",
|
|
"status quo"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the placement of someone or something in relation to others in a vertical arrangement":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"you'll have to work hard to get a better footing in the company"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"degree",
|
|
"echelon",
|
|
"level",
|
|
"place",
|
|
"position",
|
|
"rank",
|
|
"ranking",
|
|
"reach(es)",
|
|
"rung",
|
|
"situation",
|
|
"standing",
|
|
"station",
|
|
"status",
|
|
"stratum"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"condition",
|
|
"estate",
|
|
"order",
|
|
"walk",
|
|
"capacity",
|
|
"function",
|
|
"rating"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to give what is owed for":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I'll foot the bill for dinner"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"anteing (up)",
|
|
"balancing",
|
|
"clearing",
|
|
"discharging",
|
|
"liquidating",
|
|
"meeting",
|
|
"paying",
|
|
"paying off",
|
|
"paying up",
|
|
"ponying up",
|
|
"quitting",
|
|
"recompensing",
|
|
"settling",
|
|
"springing (for)",
|
|
"standing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"repudiating"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"formulations":{
|
|
"an act, process, or means of putting something into words":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"his letter was a very accurate formulation of his thoughts on the matter"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"articulations",
|
|
"expressions",
|
|
"phrasings",
|
|
"statements",
|
|
"utterances",
|
|
"verbalisms",
|
|
"voices",
|
|
"wordings"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"outlets",
|
|
"vents",
|
|
"observations",
|
|
"reflections",
|
|
"remarks",
|
|
"thoughts",
|
|
"speeches",
|
|
"tongues"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"followings":{
|
|
"a body of employees or servants who accompany and wait on a person":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a prince with a large following to do practically everything for him"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"corteges",
|
|
"cort\u00e8ges",
|
|
"entourages",
|
|
"posses",
|
|
"retinues",
|
|
"suites",
|
|
"tails",
|
|
"trains"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"crews",
|
|
"personnels",
|
|
"staffs",
|
|
"staves",
|
|
"courts",
|
|
"assistants",
|
|
"attendants",
|
|
"helpers",
|
|
"retainers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"foundations":{
|
|
"a public organization with a particular purpose or function":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"donated to a foundation that supported cancer research"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"establishments",
|
|
"institutes",
|
|
"institutions"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bodies",
|
|
"collectives",
|
|
"groups",
|
|
"corporations",
|
|
"enterprises",
|
|
"charities",
|
|
"philanthropies",
|
|
"think tanks"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"an immaterial thing upon which something else rests":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she had a good enough foundation in math to pursue an economics degree"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bases",
|
|
"bases",
|
|
"bedrocks",
|
|
"bottoms",
|
|
"cornerstones",
|
|
"footings",
|
|
"grounds",
|
|
"groundworks",
|
|
"keystones",
|
|
"roots",
|
|
"underpinnings",
|
|
"warp and woofs",
|
|
"warps"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"anchorages",
|
|
"beds",
|
|
"braces",
|
|
"bulwarks",
|
|
"buttresses",
|
|
"frameworks",
|
|
"infrastructures",
|
|
"mounts",
|
|
"props",
|
|
"shores",
|
|
"stays",
|
|
"substrata",
|
|
"substructures",
|
|
"supports",
|
|
"assumptions",
|
|
"justifications",
|
|
"premises",
|
|
"premisses",
|
|
"presumptions",
|
|
"presuppositions",
|
|
"rationales",
|
|
"suppositions",
|
|
"theories",
|
|
"theses",
|
|
"warrants",
|
|
"backbones",
|
|
"centers",
|
|
"cores",
|
|
"eyes",
|
|
"foci",
|
|
"focuses",
|
|
"hearts",
|
|
"hubs",
|
|
"kernels",
|
|
"nuclei",
|
|
"nucleuses",
|
|
"seats",
|
|
"essences",
|
|
"quintessences",
|
|
"souls",
|
|
"touchstones"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
}
|
|
} |