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6442 lines
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{
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"leaching":{
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"as in cleaning , purifying":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[],
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"synonyms":[]
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},
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"as in percolating":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[],
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"synonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"lead":{
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"a piece of advice or useful information especially from an expert":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"my sister got a lead on the job opening from her neighbor, who is the human resources director for the company"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[
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"advice",
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"advisement",
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"assistance",
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"counsel",
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"guidance",
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"recommendation",
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"suggestion",
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"caution",
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"cautioning",
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"sign",
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"signal",
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"telltale",
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"tip-off",
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"warning",
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"brief",
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"direction",
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"feedback",
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"instruction",
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"observation",
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"prompt",
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"reminder",
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"urging",
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"answer",
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"clue",
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"solution"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"hint",
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"pointer",
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"tip"
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]
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},
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"a slight or indirect pointing to something (as a solution or explanation)":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"the police are now working on several leads generated by the evidence gathered at the crime scene"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"answer",
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"solution"
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],
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"related":[
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"breath",
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"flicker",
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"glimmer",
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"glimpse",
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"mention",
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"scent",
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"whiff",
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"wind",
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"hunch",
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"idea",
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"inspiration",
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"notion",
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"allusion",
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"implication",
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"inference",
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"innuendo",
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"insinuation",
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"denotation",
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"evidence",
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"guidepost",
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"key",
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"mark",
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"overtone",
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"pointer",
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"sign",
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"signal",
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"telltale",
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"token",
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"assistance",
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"nod",
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"prompt",
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"tip",
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"tip-off",
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"wink",
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"feeling",
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"foreboding",
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"intuition",
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"premonition",
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"presentiment",
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"suspicion",
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"augury",
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"foreshadower",
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"foretaste",
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"harbinger",
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"omen",
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"portent",
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"prefigurement",
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"presage",
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"symptom"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"clue",
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"cue",
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"hint",
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"indication",
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"inkling",
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"intimation",
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"suggestion"
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]
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},
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"highest in rank or authority":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"the lead diplomat is responsible for making policy for the entire embassy"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"ancillary",
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"inferior",
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"last",
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"less",
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"lesser",
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"lower",
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"lowly",
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"second",
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"secondary",
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"subordinate",
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"subsidiary",
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"assistant",
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"assisting",
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"coadjutor",
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"deputy",
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"junior",
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"under"
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],
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"related":[
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"high-level",
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"senior",
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"controlling",
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"directing",
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"managing",
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"officiating",
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"overseeing",
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"regnant",
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"reigning",
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"ruling",
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"supervisory",
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"main",
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"major",
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"paramount",
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"predominant",
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"predominate",
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"sovereign",
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"sovran",
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"ascendant",
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"ascendent",
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"dominant",
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"grand",
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"superior",
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"topmost",
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"upmost",
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"upper",
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"uppermost"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"chief",
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"commanding",
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"first",
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"foremost",
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"head",
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"high",
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"leading",
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"preeminent",
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"premier",
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"presiding",
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"primary",
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"prime",
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"principal",
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"supereminent",
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"supreme",
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"top"
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]
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},
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"the person who has the most important role in a play, movie, or TV show":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"the actor's career has really taken off since he became the lead in that prime-time drama"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"extra",
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"supernumerary"
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],
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"related":[
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"leading lady",
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"leading man",
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"superstar",
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"ingenue",
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"ing\u00e9nue",
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"starlet",
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"star turn",
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"coprincipal",
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"costar"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"headliner",
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"principal",
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"star"
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]
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},
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"the space or amount of space between two points, lines, surfaces, or objects":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"the runner maintained a lead of several meters all the way around the track"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[
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"altitude",
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"area",
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"breadth",
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"depth",
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"height",
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"rise",
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"space",
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"volume",
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"width",
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"extension",
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"extent",
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"cast",
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"range",
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"reach",
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"scope",
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"shot",
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"sweep",
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"throw",
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"drop",
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"fall",
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"flight",
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"haul",
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"berth",
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"clearance"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"distance",
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"length",
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"remove",
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"spacing",
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"spread",
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"stretch",
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"way"
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]
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},
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"to be at the front of":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"the local high school's marching band led the parade"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"conclude",
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"end",
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"finish",
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"stop",
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"terminate",
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"tail",
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"tailgate",
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"dog",
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"follow",
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"trail"
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],
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"related":[
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"precede",
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"announce",
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"herald",
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"accompany",
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"attend",
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"escort",
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"usher"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"head"
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]
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},
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"to be positioned along a certain course or in a certain direction":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"this old road leads to an abandoned quarry"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[
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"cross",
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"cut",
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"pass",
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"course",
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"follow",
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"span",
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"traverse"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"bear",
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"extend",
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"go",
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"head",
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"lie",
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"run"
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]
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},
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"to give advice and instruction to (someone) regarding the course or process to be followed":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"the salesclerk led us through the maze of options now available to television buyers"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[
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"godfather",
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"direct",
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"engineer",
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"steer",
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"sway",
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"accompany",
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"attend",
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"chaperone",
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"chaperon",
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"convoy",
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"escort",
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"see",
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"squire",
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"oversee",
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"superintend",
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"supervise",
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"drill",
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"train",
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"brief",
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"enlighten",
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"inform",
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"instruct",
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"school",
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"teach",
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"inculcate",
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"indoctrinate",
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"cultivate",
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"foster",
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"nurture"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"coach",
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"counsel",
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"guide",
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"mentor",
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"pilot",
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"shepherd",
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"show",
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"tutor"
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]
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},
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"to point out the way for (someone) especially from a position in front":{
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"antonyms":[
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"follow",
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"trail"
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],
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"examples":[
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"an enthusiastic docent led our group through the art museum"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"dog",
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"hound",
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"shadow",
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"tail",
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"tailgate"
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],
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"related":[
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"precede",
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"accompany",
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"attend",
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"chaperone",
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"chaperon",
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"convoy",
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"escort",
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"see",
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"control",
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"manage"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"conduct",
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"direct",
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"guide",
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"marshal",
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"marshall",
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"pilot",
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"route",
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"show",
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"steer",
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"usher"
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]
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},
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"to serve as leader of":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"a senior programmer is leading the team that is developing the new accounting software"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"bow (to)",
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"comply (with)",
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"defer (to)",
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"follow",
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"obey",
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"serve",
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"submit (to)",
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"yield (to)"
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],
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"related":[
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"control",
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"dominate",
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"direct",
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"govern",
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"handle",
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"manage",
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"oversee",
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"regulate",
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"run",
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"superintend",
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"supervise"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"boss",
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"captain",
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"command",
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"head",
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"spearhead"
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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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"lead one up the garden path":{
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"to cause to believe what is untrue":{
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"antonyms":[
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"undeceive"
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],
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"examples":[],
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"near antonyms":[
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"debunk",
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"expose",
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"reveal",
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"show up",
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"uncloak",
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"uncover",
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"unmask",
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"disclose",
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"divulge",
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"tell",
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"unveil",
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"disabuse",
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"disenchant",
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"disillusion"
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],
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"related":[
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"kid",
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"put on",
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"tease",
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"bleed",
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"cheat",
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"chisel",
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"defraud",
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"diddle",
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"euchre",
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"fleece",
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"flimflam",
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"hustle",
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"mulct",
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"rook",
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"shortchange",
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"skin",
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"squeeze",
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"stick",
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"sting",
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"swindle"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"bamboozle",
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"beguile",
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"bluff",
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"buffalo",
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"burn",
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"catch",
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"con",
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"cozen",
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"deceive",
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"delude",
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"dupe",
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"fake out",
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"fool",
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"gaff",
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"gammon",
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"gull",
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"have",
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"have on",
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"hoax",
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"hoodwink",
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"hornswoggle",
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"humbug",
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"juggle",
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"misguide",
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"misinform",
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"mislead",
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"snooker",
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"snow",
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"spoof",
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"string along",
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"sucker",
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"suck in",
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"take in",
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"trick"
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]
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},
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"type":[]
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},
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"lead-pipe cinch":{
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"one that is certain to succeed":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"The attorney displayed no shortage of confidence when proclaiming a not guilty verdict in the trial to be a lead-pipe cinch ."
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"dark horse",
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"long shot"
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],
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"related":[
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"certainty",
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"inevitability",
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"eventuality",
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"foregone conclusion"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"cinch",
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"lock",
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"shoo-in",
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"slam dunk",
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"sure thing"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"phrase"
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]
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},
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"leading edges":{
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"the leading or most important part of a movement":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"an activist who is on the leading edge of the fight for equal marriage rights"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[
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"spearheads"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"cutting edges",
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"forefronts",
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"front lines",
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"vanguards",
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"vans"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"leads":{
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"a piece of advice or useful information especially from an expert":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"my sister got a lead on the job opening from her neighbor, who is the human resources director for the company"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[
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"advice",
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"advisements",
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"assistances",
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"counsel",
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"guidance",
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"recommendations",
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"suggestions",
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"cautions",
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"signals",
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"signs",
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"telltales",
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"tip-offs",
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"warnings",
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"briefs",
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"directions",
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"feedback",
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"instructions",
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"observations",
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"prompts",
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"reminders",
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"urgings",
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"answers",
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"clues",
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"solutions"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"hints",
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"pointers",
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"tips"
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]
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},
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"a slight or indirect pointing to something (as a solution or explanation)":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"the police are now working on several leads generated by the evidence gathered at the crime scene"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"answers",
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"solutions"
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],
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"related":[
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"breaths",
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"flickers",
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"glimmers",
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"glimpses",
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"mentions",
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"scents",
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"whiffs",
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"winds",
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"hunches",
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"ideas",
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"inspirations",
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"notions",
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"allusions",
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"implications",
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"inferences",
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"innuendos",
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"innuendoes",
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"insinuations",
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"denotations",
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"evidences",
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"guideposts",
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"keys",
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"marks",
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"overtones",
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"pointers",
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"signals",
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"signs",
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"telltales",
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"tokens",
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"assistances",
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"nods",
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"prompts",
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"tip-offs",
|
|
"tips",
|
|
"winks",
|
|
"feelings",
|
|
"forebodings",
|
|
"intuitions",
|
|
"premonitions",
|
|
"presentiments",
|
|
"suspicions",
|
|
"auguries",
|
|
"foreshadowers",
|
|
"foretastes",
|
|
"harbingers",
|
|
"omens",
|
|
"portents",
|
|
"prefigurements",
|
|
"presages",
|
|
"symptoms"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"clues",
|
|
"cues",
|
|
"hints",
|
|
"indications",
|
|
"inklings",
|
|
"intimations",
|
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"suggestions"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the person who has the most important role in a play, movie, or TV show":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the actor's career has really taken off since he became the lead in that prime-time drama"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"extras",
|
|
"supernumeraries"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"leading ladies",
|
|
"leading men",
|
|
"superstars",
|
|
"ingenues",
|
|
"ing\u00e9nues",
|
|
"starlets",
|
|
"star turns",
|
|
"coprincipals",
|
|
"co-principals",
|
|
"costars",
|
|
"co-stars"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"headliners",
|
|
"principals",
|
|
"stars"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the space or amount of space between two points, lines, surfaces, or objects":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the runner maintained a lead of several meters all the way around the track"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"altitudes",
|
|
"areas",
|
|
"breadths",
|
|
"depths",
|
|
"heights",
|
|
"rises",
|
|
"spaces",
|
|
"volumes",
|
|
"widths",
|
|
"extensions",
|
|
"extents",
|
|
"casts",
|
|
"ranges",
|
|
"reaches",
|
|
"scopes",
|
|
"shots",
|
|
"sweeps",
|
|
"throws",
|
|
"drops",
|
|
"falls",
|
|
"flights",
|
|
"hauls",
|
|
"berths",
|
|
"clearances"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"distances",
|
|
"lengths",
|
|
"removes",
|
|
"spacings",
|
|
"spreads",
|
|
"stretches",
|
|
"ways"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to be at the front of":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the local high school's marching band led the parade"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"concludes",
|
|
"ends",
|
|
"finishes",
|
|
"stops",
|
|
"terminates",
|
|
"tailgates",
|
|
"tails",
|
|
"dogs",
|
|
"follows",
|
|
"trails"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"precedes",
|
|
"announces",
|
|
"heralds",
|
|
"accompanies",
|
|
"attends",
|
|
"escorts",
|
|
"ushers"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"heads"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to be positioned along a certain course or in a certain direction":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"this old road leads to an abandoned quarry"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"crosses",
|
|
"cuts",
|
|
"passes",
|
|
"courses",
|
|
"follows",
|
|
"spans",
|
|
"traverses"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bears",
|
|
"extends",
|
|
"goes",
|
|
"heads",
|
|
"lies",
|
|
"runs"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to give advice and instruction to (someone) regarding the course or process to be followed":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the salesclerk led us through the maze of options now available to television buyers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"godfathers",
|
|
"directs",
|
|
"engineers",
|
|
"steers",
|
|
"sways",
|
|
"accompanies",
|
|
"attends",
|
|
"chaperones",
|
|
"chaperons",
|
|
"convoys",
|
|
"escorts",
|
|
"sees",
|
|
"squires",
|
|
"oversees",
|
|
"superintends",
|
|
"supervises",
|
|
"drills",
|
|
"trains",
|
|
"briefs",
|
|
"enlightens",
|
|
"informs",
|
|
"instructs",
|
|
"schools",
|
|
"teaches",
|
|
"inculcates",
|
|
"indoctrinates",
|
|
"cultivates",
|
|
"fosters",
|
|
"nurtures"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"coaches",
|
|
"counsels",
|
|
"guides",
|
|
"mentors",
|
|
"pilots",
|
|
"shepherds",
|
|
"shows",
|
|
"tutors"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to point out the way for (someone) especially from a position in front":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"follows",
|
|
"trails"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an enthusiastic docent led our group through the art museum"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dogs",
|
|
"hounds",
|
|
"shadows",
|
|
"tailgates",
|
|
"tails"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"precedes",
|
|
"accompanies",
|
|
"attends",
|
|
"chaperones",
|
|
"chaperons",
|
|
"convoys",
|
|
"escorts",
|
|
"sees",
|
|
"controls",
|
|
"manages"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"conducts",
|
|
"directs",
|
|
"guides",
|
|
"marshals",
|
|
"marshalls",
|
|
"pilots",
|
|
"routes",
|
|
"shows",
|
|
"steers",
|
|
"ushers"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to serve as leader of":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a senior programmer is leading the team that is developing the new accounting software"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bows (to)",
|
|
"complies (with)",
|
|
"defers (to)",
|
|
"follows",
|
|
"obeys",
|
|
"serves",
|
|
"submits (to)",
|
|
"yields (to)"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"controls",
|
|
"dominates",
|
|
"directs",
|
|
"governs",
|
|
"handles",
|
|
"manages",
|
|
"oversees",
|
|
"regulates",
|
|
"runs",
|
|
"superintends",
|
|
"supervises"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bosses",
|
|
"captains",
|
|
"commands",
|
|
"heads",
|
|
"spearheads"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"leads one down the garden path":{
|
|
"to cause to believe what is untrue":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"undeceives"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"debunks",
|
|
"exposes",
|
|
"reveals",
|
|
"shows up",
|
|
"uncloaks",
|
|
"uncovers",
|
|
"unmasks",
|
|
"discloses",
|
|
"divulges",
|
|
"tells",
|
|
"unveils",
|
|
"disabuses",
|
|
"disenchants",
|
|
"disillusions"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"kids",
|
|
"puts on",
|
|
"teases",
|
|
"bleeds",
|
|
"cheats",
|
|
"chisels",
|
|
"defrauds",
|
|
"diddles",
|
|
"euchres",
|
|
"fleeces",
|
|
"flimflams",
|
|
"hustles",
|
|
"mulcts",
|
|
"rooks",
|
|
"shortchanges",
|
|
"skins",
|
|
"squeezes",
|
|
"sticks",
|
|
"stings",
|
|
"swindles"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bamboozles",
|
|
"beguiles",
|
|
"bluffs",
|
|
"buffaloes",
|
|
"burns",
|
|
"catches",
|
|
"cons",
|
|
"cozens",
|
|
"deceives",
|
|
"deludes",
|
|
"dupes",
|
|
"fakes out",
|
|
"fools",
|
|
"gaffs",
|
|
"gammons",
|
|
"gulls",
|
|
"has",
|
|
"has on",
|
|
"hoaxes",
|
|
"hoodwinks",
|
|
"hornswoggles",
|
|
"humbugs",
|
|
"juggles",
|
|
"misguides",
|
|
"misinforms",
|
|
"misleads",
|
|
"snookers",
|
|
"snows",
|
|
"spoofs",
|
|
"strings along",
|
|
"suckers",
|
|
"sucks in",
|
|
"takes in",
|
|
"tricks"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"leafs":{
|
|
"to turn over pages in an idle or cursory manner":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we must have spent hours leafing through wallpaper books before we found something we both liked"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"pores (over)",
|
|
"studies"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"browses",
|
|
"dips",
|
|
"glances (at)",
|
|
"looks over",
|
|
"scans"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"flips",
|
|
"riffles",
|
|
"skims",
|
|
"thumbs"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"league":{
|
|
"a group of persons formally joined together for some common interest":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a league of concerned parishioners who are seeking a greater voice in church affairs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"collective",
|
|
"commune",
|
|
"community",
|
|
"cooperative",
|
|
"alliance",
|
|
"bloc",
|
|
"camp",
|
|
"coalition",
|
|
"partnership",
|
|
"body",
|
|
"cadre",
|
|
"group",
|
|
"circle",
|
|
"clan",
|
|
"clique",
|
|
"coterie",
|
|
"junta",
|
|
"junto",
|
|
"klatch",
|
|
"klatsch",
|
|
"lot",
|
|
"set",
|
|
"crew",
|
|
"outfit",
|
|
"party",
|
|
"squad",
|
|
"team",
|
|
"branch",
|
|
"chapter",
|
|
"local",
|
|
"faithful",
|
|
"fold",
|
|
"membership",
|
|
"sisterhood",
|
|
"sorority",
|
|
"cabal",
|
|
"camarilla",
|
|
"camorra",
|
|
"confederacy",
|
|
"conspiracy",
|
|
"band",
|
|
"gang",
|
|
"ring",
|
|
"cartel",
|
|
"combine",
|
|
"syndicate"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"association",
|
|
"board",
|
|
"brotherhood",
|
|
"chamber",
|
|
"club",
|
|
"college",
|
|
"congress",
|
|
"consortium",
|
|
"council",
|
|
"fellowship",
|
|
"fraternity",
|
|
"guild",
|
|
"gild",
|
|
"institute",
|
|
"institution",
|
|
"order",
|
|
"organization",
|
|
"society",
|
|
"sodality"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"an association of persons, parties, or states for mutual assistance and protection":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"created to avert future wars, the League of Nations was a forerunner of the United Nations"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"cabal",
|
|
"conspiracy",
|
|
"junto",
|
|
"cartel",
|
|
"syndicate",
|
|
"trust",
|
|
"faction",
|
|
"front",
|
|
"fusion",
|
|
"side",
|
|
"wing",
|
|
"association",
|
|
"group",
|
|
"organization",
|
|
"affiliation",
|
|
"cooperative",
|
|
"partnership",
|
|
"circuit",
|
|
"conference"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"alliance",
|
|
"axis",
|
|
"bloc",
|
|
"block",
|
|
"coalition",
|
|
"combination",
|
|
"combine",
|
|
"confederacy",
|
|
"confederation",
|
|
"federation",
|
|
"union"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"one of the units into which a whole is divided on the basis of a common characteristic":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"that falls into a different league of fiction\u2014the popular novel"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"description",
|
|
"feather",
|
|
"ilk",
|
|
"kidney",
|
|
"like",
|
|
"manner",
|
|
"nature",
|
|
"sort",
|
|
"branch",
|
|
"section",
|
|
"speciality",
|
|
"specialty",
|
|
"subclass",
|
|
"subdivision",
|
|
"subgroup",
|
|
"subspecies",
|
|
"variety",
|
|
"breed",
|
|
"race",
|
|
"generation",
|
|
"heading",
|
|
"label",
|
|
"title"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bracket",
|
|
"category",
|
|
"class",
|
|
"classification",
|
|
"division",
|
|
"family",
|
|
"genus",
|
|
"grade",
|
|
"group",
|
|
"kind",
|
|
"order",
|
|
"rank(s)",
|
|
"rubric",
|
|
"set",
|
|
"species",
|
|
"tier",
|
|
"type"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to form or enter into an association that furthers the interests of its members":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"break up",
|
|
"disband"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the whole block leagued together to keep a liquor store from opening in their neighborhood"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"detach",
|
|
"disengage",
|
|
"dissolve",
|
|
"disunite",
|
|
"divorce",
|
|
"part",
|
|
"segregate",
|
|
"separate",
|
|
"sever",
|
|
"split",
|
|
"sunder",
|
|
"alienate",
|
|
"estrange",
|
|
"fall out"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"cabal",
|
|
"collaborate",
|
|
"gang up",
|
|
"hang together",
|
|
"team (up)",
|
|
"incorporate",
|
|
"organize",
|
|
"unionize",
|
|
"affiliate",
|
|
"amalgamate",
|
|
"combine",
|
|
"conglomerate",
|
|
"consolidate",
|
|
"converge",
|
|
"group",
|
|
"join",
|
|
"merge",
|
|
"knot",
|
|
"link",
|
|
"tie",
|
|
"wed"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ally",
|
|
"associate",
|
|
"band (together)",
|
|
"club",
|
|
"coalesce",
|
|
"cohere",
|
|
"confederate",
|
|
"conjoin",
|
|
"cooperate",
|
|
"federate",
|
|
"unite"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to participate or assist in a joint effort to accomplish an end":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"some unlikely political bedfellows leagued together to get the bill passed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"connive",
|
|
"affiliate",
|
|
"ally",
|
|
"associate",
|
|
"combine",
|
|
"confederate",
|
|
"hang together",
|
|
"interface"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"band (together)",
|
|
"collaborate",
|
|
"concert",
|
|
"concur",
|
|
"conjoin",
|
|
"conspire",
|
|
"cooperate",
|
|
"join",
|
|
"team (up)",
|
|
"unite"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"leaker":{
|
|
"as in gossip , blabbermouth":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"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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"lean (on or against)":{
|
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"as in":{
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"examples":[],
|
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"near antonyms":[],
|
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"related":[],
|
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"synonyms":[]
|
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},
|
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"type":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"lean (toward":{
|
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"to show partiality toward":{
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"examples":[
|
|
"I'm leaning toward sausage on our pizza tonight\u2014we got pepperoni the last three times"
|
|
],
|
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"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disfavor",
|
|
"dislike",
|
|
"mislike",
|
|
"abhor",
|
|
"abominate",
|
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"detest",
|
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"hate",
|
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"loathe",
|
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"decline",
|
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"refuse",
|
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"reject",
|
|
"turn down",
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"discard",
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"jettison",
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"throw away",
|
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"throw out"
|
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],
|
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"related":[
|
|
"adore",
|
|
"cotton (to)",
|
|
"delight (in)",
|
|
"dig",
|
|
"enjoy",
|
|
"fancy",
|
|
"groove (on)",
|
|
"relish",
|
|
"revel (in)",
|
|
"choose",
|
|
"cull",
|
|
"handpick",
|
|
"name",
|
|
"pick",
|
|
"select",
|
|
"single (out)",
|
|
"take",
|
|
"covet",
|
|
"crave",
|
|
"desire",
|
|
"hanker (for or after)",
|
|
"want",
|
|
"wish (for)",
|
|
"bias",
|
|
"prejudice",
|
|
"incline (toward)",
|
|
"tend (to)",
|
|
"admire",
|
|
"appreciate",
|
|
"cherish",
|
|
"prize",
|
|
"treasure",
|
|
"value"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"care (for)",
|
|
"favor",
|
|
"like",
|
|
"prefer"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"lean (toward or towards)":{
|
|
"to show partiality toward":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I'm leaning toward sausage on our pizza tonight\u2014we got pepperoni the last three times"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disfavor",
|
|
"dislike",
|
|
"mislike",
|
|
"abhor",
|
|
"abominate",
|
|
"detest",
|
|
"hate",
|
|
"loathe",
|
|
"decline",
|
|
"refuse",
|
|
"reject",
|
|
"turn down",
|
|
"discard",
|
|
"jettison",
|
|
"throw away",
|
|
"throw out"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"adore",
|
|
"cotton (to)",
|
|
"delight (in)",
|
|
"dig",
|
|
"enjoy",
|
|
"fancy",
|
|
"groove (on)",
|
|
"relish",
|
|
"revel (in)",
|
|
"choose",
|
|
"cull",
|
|
"handpick",
|
|
"name",
|
|
"pick",
|
|
"select",
|
|
"single (out)",
|
|
"take",
|
|
"covet",
|
|
"crave",
|
|
"desire",
|
|
"hanker (for or after)",
|
|
"want",
|
|
"wish (for)",
|
|
"bias",
|
|
"prejudice",
|
|
"incline (toward)",
|
|
"tend (to)",
|
|
"admire",
|
|
"appreciate",
|
|
"cherish",
|
|
"prize",
|
|
"treasure",
|
|
"value"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"care (for)",
|
|
"favor",
|
|
"like",
|
|
"prefer"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"lean-to":{
|
|
"as in shed":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"leapfrogging":{
|
|
"as in":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"leaping":{
|
|
"passing from one topic to another":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we had trouble following the lecturer's leaping look at archaeological discoveries around the world"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"coherent",
|
|
"consistent",
|
|
"logical",
|
|
"direct",
|
|
"focused",
|
|
"focussed",
|
|
"straightforward",
|
|
"undeviating"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"circuitous",
|
|
"deviating",
|
|
"devious",
|
|
"indirect",
|
|
"roundabout"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"desultory",
|
|
"digressional",
|
|
"digressionary",
|
|
"digressive",
|
|
"discursive",
|
|
"excursive",
|
|
"maundering",
|
|
"meandering",
|
|
"rambling",
|
|
"wandering"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to propel oneself upward or forward into the air":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the outfielder leaped into the air to catch the ball before it went over the fence"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"bouncing",
|
|
"hurdling",
|
|
"leapfrogging",
|
|
"loping",
|
|
"skipping",
|
|
"bucking",
|
|
"capering",
|
|
"caprioling",
|
|
"cavorting",
|
|
"frolicking",
|
|
"gamboling",
|
|
"gambolling",
|
|
"romping",
|
|
"attacking",
|
|
"pouncing",
|
|
"shooting",
|
|
"skyrocketing"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bounding",
|
|
"hopping",
|
|
"jumping",
|
|
"springing",
|
|
"vaulting"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"learn":{
|
|
"to acquire complete knowledge, understanding, or skill in":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"unlearn"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"after months of trying, he finally learned the dance steps"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"forget",
|
|
"misunderstand",
|
|
"miss",
|
|
"overlook",
|
|
"disregard",
|
|
"ignore",
|
|
"neglect"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"apprehend",
|
|
"comprehend",
|
|
"grasp",
|
|
"know",
|
|
"understand",
|
|
"absorb",
|
|
"assimilate",
|
|
"digest",
|
|
"drink (in)",
|
|
"imbibe",
|
|
"ascertain",
|
|
"descry",
|
|
"detect",
|
|
"determine",
|
|
"dig up",
|
|
"discern",
|
|
"discover",
|
|
"examine",
|
|
"find out",
|
|
"hear",
|
|
"hit (on or upon)",
|
|
"run down",
|
|
"scare up",
|
|
"search (for)",
|
|
"see",
|
|
"track (down)",
|
|
"tumble (to)",
|
|
"unearth",
|
|
"major (in)",
|
|
"study",
|
|
"memorize"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"get",
|
|
"master",
|
|
"pick up"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to come to an awareness of":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the directors have since learned that they should examine the company's financial reports a little more closely"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"miss",
|
|
"overlook",
|
|
"disregard",
|
|
"ignore",
|
|
"forget",
|
|
"unlearn",
|
|
"blanket",
|
|
"blot out",
|
|
"cloak",
|
|
"conceal",
|
|
"cover",
|
|
"curtain",
|
|
"enshroud",
|
|
"hide",
|
|
"mask",
|
|
"occult",
|
|
"screen",
|
|
"shroud",
|
|
"veil"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"hit (on or upon)",
|
|
"tumble (to)",
|
|
"descry",
|
|
"detect",
|
|
"encounter",
|
|
"espy",
|
|
"spot",
|
|
"calculate",
|
|
"dope (out)",
|
|
"figure out",
|
|
"find",
|
|
"puzzle (out)",
|
|
"discern",
|
|
"mind",
|
|
"note",
|
|
"observe",
|
|
"perceive",
|
|
"divine"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ascertain",
|
|
"catch on (to)",
|
|
"discover",
|
|
"find out",
|
|
"get on (to)",
|
|
"hear",
|
|
"realize",
|
|
"see",
|
|
"wise (up)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to come upon after searching, study, or effort":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"miss",
|
|
"overlook",
|
|
"pass over"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the police were astonished when they learned the identity of the students who had vandalized the school"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"lose",
|
|
"mislay",
|
|
"misplace",
|
|
"misset"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"espy",
|
|
"sight",
|
|
"spot",
|
|
"look for",
|
|
"search (for or out)",
|
|
"seek"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ascertain",
|
|
"descry",
|
|
"detect",
|
|
"determine",
|
|
"dig out",
|
|
"dig up",
|
|
"discover",
|
|
"dredge (up)",
|
|
"ferret (out)",
|
|
"find",
|
|
"find out",
|
|
"get",
|
|
"hit (on or upon)",
|
|
"hunt (down or up)",
|
|
"locate",
|
|
"nose out",
|
|
"root (out)",
|
|
"rout (out)",
|
|
"rummage",
|
|
"run down",
|
|
"scare up",
|
|
"scout (up)",
|
|
"track (down)",
|
|
"turn up"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to commit to memory":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"unlearn"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he learned the words to the song while performing karaoke"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disremember",
|
|
"forget",
|
|
"misremember",
|
|
"disregard",
|
|
"ignore",
|
|
"neglect",
|
|
"overlook",
|
|
"overpass",
|
|
"pass over",
|
|
"slight",
|
|
"slur (over)"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"hark back (to)",
|
|
"mind",
|
|
"recall",
|
|
"recollect",
|
|
"relive",
|
|
"remember",
|
|
"reminisce (about)",
|
|
"retain",
|
|
"think (of)",
|
|
"accept",
|
|
"apprehend",
|
|
"comprehend",
|
|
"get",
|
|
"grasp",
|
|
"know",
|
|
"understand",
|
|
"absorb",
|
|
"digest"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"con",
|
|
"memorize",
|
|
"study"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"learned":{
|
|
"having or displaying advanced knowledge or education":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"benighted",
|
|
"dark",
|
|
"ignorant",
|
|
"illiterate",
|
|
"uneducated",
|
|
"unlearned",
|
|
"unlettered",
|
|
"unscholarly"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the learned professor can speak knowledgeably on a wide array of subjects"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"uncivilized",
|
|
"uncultivated",
|
|
"uncultured",
|
|
"lowbrow",
|
|
"semiliterate",
|
|
"unintellectual",
|
|
"ill-bred",
|
|
"unpolished",
|
|
"unrefined",
|
|
"uninformed",
|
|
"unknowledgeable",
|
|
"uninstructed",
|
|
"unschooled",
|
|
"untaught",
|
|
"untutored",
|
|
"semiliterate",
|
|
"undereducated"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"civilized",
|
|
"cultivated",
|
|
"cultured",
|
|
"cerebral",
|
|
"highbrow",
|
|
"highbrowed",
|
|
"intellectual",
|
|
"polished",
|
|
"refined",
|
|
"well-bred",
|
|
"academic",
|
|
"academical",
|
|
"bookish",
|
|
"didactic",
|
|
"didactical",
|
|
"inkhorn",
|
|
"pedantic",
|
|
"professorial",
|
|
"informed",
|
|
"instructed",
|
|
"schooled",
|
|
"skilled",
|
|
"trained",
|
|
"homeschooled",
|
|
"self-educated",
|
|
"self-instructed",
|
|
"self-taught",
|
|
"briefed",
|
|
"enlightened",
|
|
"informed",
|
|
"versed",
|
|
"overeducated",
|
|
"polyhistoric",
|
|
"polymath",
|
|
"polymathic"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"educated",
|
|
"erudite",
|
|
"knowledgeable",
|
|
"lettered",
|
|
"literate",
|
|
"scholarly",
|
|
"well-read"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"suggestive of the vocabulary used in books":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"colloquial",
|
|
"nonliterary",
|
|
"unbookish"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a teaching assistant who tries to impress us with all of his learned words"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"chatty",
|
|
"conversational",
|
|
"familiar",
|
|
"informal",
|
|
"slangy",
|
|
"illiterate"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"academic",
|
|
"academical",
|
|
"donnish",
|
|
"inkhorn",
|
|
"pedantic",
|
|
"scholastic",
|
|
"belletristic",
|
|
"belle-lettristic",
|
|
"highbrow",
|
|
"highbrowed",
|
|
"intellectual",
|
|
"educated",
|
|
"schooled",
|
|
"elevated",
|
|
"eloquent",
|
|
"formal",
|
|
"high-flown",
|
|
"lofty",
|
|
"majestic",
|
|
"stately",
|
|
"towering",
|
|
"bombastic",
|
|
"declamatory",
|
|
"florid",
|
|
"flowery",
|
|
"grandiloquent",
|
|
"highfalutin",
|
|
"hifalutin",
|
|
"pompous",
|
|
"stilted"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bookish",
|
|
"erudite",
|
|
"literary"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to acquire complete knowledge, understanding, or skill in":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"unlearned"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"after months of trying, he finally learned the dance steps"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"forgot",
|
|
"misunderstood",
|
|
"missed",
|
|
"overlooked",
|
|
"disregarded",
|
|
"ignored",
|
|
"neglected"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"apprehended",
|
|
"comprehended",
|
|
"grasped",
|
|
"knew",
|
|
"understood",
|
|
"absorbed",
|
|
"assimilated",
|
|
"digested",
|
|
"drank (in)",
|
|
"imbibed",
|
|
"ascertained",
|
|
"descried",
|
|
"detected",
|
|
"determined",
|
|
"discerned",
|
|
"discovered",
|
|
"dug up",
|
|
"examined",
|
|
"found out",
|
|
"heard",
|
|
"hit (on or upon)",
|
|
"ran down",
|
|
"saw",
|
|
"scared up",
|
|
"searched (for)",
|
|
"tracked (down)",
|
|
"tumbled (to)",
|
|
"unearthed",
|
|
"majored (in)",
|
|
"studied",
|
|
"memorized"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"got",
|
|
"mastered",
|
|
"picked up"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to come to an awareness of":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the directors have since learned that they should examine the company's financial reports a little more closely"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"missed",
|
|
"overlooked",
|
|
"disregarded",
|
|
"ignored",
|
|
"forgot",
|
|
"unlearned",
|
|
"blanketed",
|
|
"blotted out",
|
|
"cloaked",
|
|
"concealed",
|
|
"covered",
|
|
"curtained",
|
|
"enshrouded",
|
|
"hid",
|
|
"masked",
|
|
"occulted",
|
|
"screened",
|
|
"shrouded",
|
|
"veiled"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"hit (on or upon)",
|
|
"tumbled (to)",
|
|
"descried",
|
|
"detected",
|
|
"encountered",
|
|
"espied",
|
|
"spotted",
|
|
"calculated",
|
|
"doped (out)",
|
|
"figured out",
|
|
"found",
|
|
"puzzled (out)",
|
|
"discerned",
|
|
"minded",
|
|
"noted",
|
|
"observed",
|
|
"perceived",
|
|
"divined"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ascertained",
|
|
"caught on (to)",
|
|
"discovered",
|
|
"found out",
|
|
"got on (to)",
|
|
"heard",
|
|
"realized",
|
|
"saw",
|
|
"wised (up)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to come upon after searching, study, or effort":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"missed",
|
|
"overlooked",
|
|
"passed over"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the police were astonished when they learned the identity of the students who had vandalized the school"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"lost",
|
|
"mislaid",
|
|
"misplaced",
|
|
"misset",
|
|
"mis-set"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"espied",
|
|
"sighted",
|
|
"spotted",
|
|
"looked for",
|
|
"searched (for or out)",
|
|
"sought"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ascertained",
|
|
"descried",
|
|
"detected",
|
|
"determined",
|
|
"discovered",
|
|
"dredged (up)",
|
|
"dug out",
|
|
"dug up",
|
|
"ferreted (out)",
|
|
"found",
|
|
"found out",
|
|
"got",
|
|
"hit (on or upon)",
|
|
"hunted (down or up)",
|
|
"located",
|
|
"nosed out",
|
|
"ran down",
|
|
"rooted (out)",
|
|
"routed (out)",
|
|
"rummaged",
|
|
"scared up",
|
|
"scouted (up)",
|
|
"tracked (down)",
|
|
"turned up"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to commit to memory":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"unlearned"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he learned the words to the song while performing karaoke"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disremembered",
|
|
"forgot",
|
|
"misremembered",
|
|
"disregarded",
|
|
"ignored",
|
|
"neglected",
|
|
"overlooked",
|
|
"overpassed",
|
|
"passed over",
|
|
"slighted",
|
|
"slurred (over)"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"harked back (to)",
|
|
"minded",
|
|
"recalled",
|
|
"recollected",
|
|
"relived",
|
|
"remembered",
|
|
"reminisced (about)",
|
|
"retained",
|
|
"thought (of)",
|
|
"accepted",
|
|
"apprehended",
|
|
"comprehended",
|
|
"got",
|
|
"grasped",
|
|
"knew",
|
|
"understood",
|
|
"absorbed",
|
|
"digested"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"conned",
|
|
"memorized",
|
|
"studied"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"learns":{
|
|
"to acquire complete knowledge, understanding, or skill in":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"unlearns"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"after months of trying, he finally learned the dance steps"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"forgets",
|
|
"misunderstands",
|
|
"misses",
|
|
"overlooks",
|
|
"disregards",
|
|
"ignores",
|
|
"neglects"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"apprehends",
|
|
"comprehends",
|
|
"grasps",
|
|
"knows",
|
|
"understands",
|
|
"absorbs",
|
|
"assimilates",
|
|
"digests",
|
|
"drinks (in)",
|
|
"imbibes",
|
|
"ascertains",
|
|
"descries",
|
|
"detects",
|
|
"determines",
|
|
"digs up",
|
|
"discerns",
|
|
"discovers",
|
|
"examines",
|
|
"finds out",
|
|
"hears",
|
|
"hits (on or upon)",
|
|
"runs down",
|
|
"scares up",
|
|
"searches (for)",
|
|
"sees",
|
|
"tracks (down)",
|
|
"tumbles (to)",
|
|
"unearths",
|
|
"majors (in)",
|
|
"studies",
|
|
"memorizes"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"gets",
|
|
"masters",
|
|
"picks up"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to come to an awareness of":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the directors have since learned that they should examine the company's financial reports a little more closely"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"misses",
|
|
"overlooks",
|
|
"disregards",
|
|
"ignores",
|
|
"forgets",
|
|
"unlearns",
|
|
"blankets",
|
|
"blots out",
|
|
"cloaks",
|
|
"conceals",
|
|
"covers",
|
|
"curtains",
|
|
"enshrouds",
|
|
"hides",
|
|
"masks",
|
|
"occults",
|
|
"screens",
|
|
"shrouds",
|
|
"veils"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"hits (on or upon)",
|
|
"tumbles (to)",
|
|
"descries",
|
|
"detects",
|
|
"encounters",
|
|
"espies",
|
|
"spots",
|
|
"calculates",
|
|
"dopes (out)",
|
|
"figures out",
|
|
"finds",
|
|
"puzzles (out)",
|
|
"discerns",
|
|
"minds",
|
|
"notes",
|
|
"observes",
|
|
"perceives",
|
|
"divines"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ascertains",
|
|
"catches on (to)",
|
|
"discovers",
|
|
"finds out",
|
|
"gets on (to)",
|
|
"hears",
|
|
"realizes",
|
|
"sees",
|
|
"wises (up)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to come upon after searching, study, or effort":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"misses",
|
|
"overlooks",
|
|
"passes over"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the police were astonished when they learned the identity of the students who had vandalized the school"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"loses",
|
|
"mislays",
|
|
"misplaces",
|
|
"missets"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"espies",
|
|
"sights",
|
|
"spots",
|
|
"looks for",
|
|
"searches (for or out)",
|
|
"seeks"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ascertains",
|
|
"descries",
|
|
"detects",
|
|
"determines",
|
|
"digs out",
|
|
"digs up",
|
|
"discovers",
|
|
"dredges (up)",
|
|
"ferrets (out)",
|
|
"finds",
|
|
"finds out",
|
|
"gets",
|
|
"hits (on or upon)",
|
|
"hunts (down or up)",
|
|
"locates",
|
|
"noses out",
|
|
"roots (out)",
|
|
"routs (out)",
|
|
"rummages",
|
|
"runs down",
|
|
"scares up",
|
|
"scouts (up)",
|
|
"tracks (down)",
|
|
"turns up"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to commit to memory":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"unlearns"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he learned the words to the song while performing karaoke"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disremembers",
|
|
"forgets",
|
|
"misremembers",
|
|
"disregards",
|
|
"ignores",
|
|
"neglects",
|
|
"overlooks",
|
|
"overpasses",
|
|
"passes over",
|
|
"slights",
|
|
"slurs (over)"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"harks back (to)",
|
|
"minds",
|
|
"recalls",
|
|
"recollects",
|
|
"relives",
|
|
"remembers",
|
|
"reminisces (about)",
|
|
"retains",
|
|
"thinks (of)",
|
|
"accepts",
|
|
"apprehends",
|
|
"comprehends",
|
|
"gets",
|
|
"grasps",
|
|
"knows",
|
|
"understands",
|
|
"absorbs",
|
|
"digests"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cons",
|
|
"memorizes",
|
|
"studies"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"lease":{
|
|
"as in":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to give the possession and use of (something) in return for periodic payment":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the landlord was willing to lease the apartment for less than we had expected"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"charter",
|
|
"engage",
|
|
"hire",
|
|
"lodge",
|
|
"sublease",
|
|
"sublet",
|
|
"rack-rent"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"let",
|
|
"rent"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to take or get the temporary use of (something) for a set sum":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I couldn't afford to buy a car outright, so I decided to lease one instead"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"sublease",
|
|
"sublet",
|
|
"check out",
|
|
"arrange (for)",
|
|
"bespeak",
|
|
"book",
|
|
"contract (for)",
|
|
"order",
|
|
"reserve",
|
|
"sign up (for)"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"charter",
|
|
"engage",
|
|
"hire",
|
|
"rent"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"leased":{
|
|
"to give the possession and use of (something) in return for periodic payment":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the landlord was willing to lease the apartment for less than we had expected"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"chartered",
|
|
"engaged",
|
|
"hired",
|
|
"lodged",
|
|
"subleased",
|
|
"sublet",
|
|
"rack-rented"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"let",
|
|
"rented"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to take or get the temporary use of (something) for a set sum":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I couldn't afford to buy a car outright, so I decided to lease one instead"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"subleased",
|
|
"sublet",
|
|
"checked out",
|
|
"arranged (for)",
|
|
"bespoke",
|
|
"booked",
|
|
"contracted (for)",
|
|
"ordered",
|
|
"reserved",
|
|
"signed up (for)"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"chartered",
|
|
"engaged",
|
|
"hired",
|
|
"rented"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"leave-taking":{
|
|
"the act of leaving a place":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"advent",
|
|
"appearance",
|
|
"arrival"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the leave-taking of the guest of honor was scheduled for 11 o'clock"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"coming",
|
|
"approach",
|
|
"entrance",
|
|
"ingress"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"flight",
|
|
"retirement",
|
|
"retreat",
|
|
"running away",
|
|
"withdrawal",
|
|
"diaspora",
|
|
"emigration",
|
|
"evacuation",
|
|
"exodus",
|
|
"embarkation",
|
|
"embarkment",
|
|
"disembarkation",
|
|
"egress",
|
|
"abandonment",
|
|
"forsaking",
|
|
"relinquishment"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"decamping",
|
|
"decampment",
|
|
"departing",
|
|
"departure",
|
|
"exit",
|
|
"exiting",
|
|
"farewell",
|
|
"going",
|
|
"leave",
|
|
"lighting out",
|
|
"outgo",
|
|
"parting",
|
|
"quitting",
|
|
"walking out"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the act or process of two or more persons going off in different directions":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the sweethearts' leave-taking was filled with tearful pauses and promises to meet again"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"reunion",
|
|
"arrival",
|
|
"greeting",
|
|
"salutation",
|
|
"welcome",
|
|
"gathering",
|
|
"joining",
|
|
"meeting"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"departure",
|
|
"egress",
|
|
"exit",
|
|
"exiting",
|
|
"exodus",
|
|
"going",
|
|
"leaving",
|
|
"quitting",
|
|
"running away",
|
|
"decamping",
|
|
"decampment",
|
|
"flight",
|
|
"withdrawal",
|
|
"abandonment",
|
|
"desertion",
|
|
"forsaking"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"farewell",
|
|
"parting",
|
|
"separation"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"leavens":{
|
|
"as in enlivens , invigorates":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"leaves":{
|
|
"to cause to remain behind":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"you can leave your lunch in the refrigerator while we're outside",
|
|
"starry-eyed lovers who promise never to leave one another"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abandons",
|
|
"deserts",
|
|
"forsakes",
|
|
"maroons",
|
|
"quits",
|
|
"strands"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"discards",
|
|
"ditches",
|
|
"dumps",
|
|
"flings",
|
|
"jettisons",
|
|
"junks",
|
|
"scraps",
|
|
"sheds",
|
|
"shucks (off)",
|
|
"throws away",
|
|
"throws out",
|
|
"delivers",
|
|
"gives up",
|
|
"hands over",
|
|
"relinquishes",
|
|
"surrenders",
|
|
"yields",
|
|
"escapes",
|
|
"retreats (from)",
|
|
"takes off (from)",
|
|
"vacates",
|
|
"withdraws (from)",
|
|
"abjures",
|
|
"cuts off",
|
|
"disowns",
|
|
"rejects",
|
|
"renounces",
|
|
"repudiates",
|
|
"separates (from)",
|
|
"sacrifices",
|
|
"distances",
|
|
"disregards",
|
|
"forgets",
|
|
"ignores",
|
|
"neglects"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"harbors",
|
|
"has",
|
|
"holds",
|
|
"keeps",
|
|
"owns",
|
|
"possesses",
|
|
"reserves",
|
|
"retains",
|
|
"withholds",
|
|
"redeems",
|
|
"rescues",
|
|
"saves"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"reclaims"
|
|
]
|
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},
|
|
"to give by means of a will":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I'm going to leave all of my possessions to my children"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bequeaths",
|
|
"wills"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"deeds",
|
|
"hands down",
|
|
"hands on",
|
|
"passes (down)",
|
|
"devises"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to give up (a job or office)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he left his job in the city and moved out into the country"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bags",
|
|
"chucks",
|
|
"quits",
|
|
"resigns (from)",
|
|
"retires (from)",
|
|
"steps aside (from)",
|
|
"steps down (from)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abandons",
|
|
"vacates",
|
|
"drops out (of)",
|
|
"throws up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"stays (at)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to put (something) into the possession or safekeeping of another":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"why don't you leave your watch with me while you swim?"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"commends",
|
|
"commits",
|
|
"confides",
|
|
"consigns",
|
|
"delegates",
|
|
"delivers",
|
|
"entrusts",
|
|
"intrusts",
|
|
"gives",
|
|
"gives over",
|
|
"hands",
|
|
"hands over",
|
|
"passes",
|
|
"recommends",
|
|
"reposes",
|
|
"transfers",
|
|
"transmits",
|
|
"trusts",
|
|
"turns over",
|
|
"vests"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"confers",
|
|
"grants",
|
|
"assigns",
|
|
"deals (out)",
|
|
"dispenses",
|
|
"disperses",
|
|
"distributes",
|
|
"divides",
|
|
"hands in",
|
|
"releases",
|
|
"relinquishes",
|
|
"submits",
|
|
"surrenders",
|
|
"turns in",
|
|
"yields",
|
|
"bequeaths",
|
|
"hands down",
|
|
"hands on",
|
|
"wills",
|
|
"advances",
|
|
"lends",
|
|
"loans",
|
|
"furnishes",
|
|
"supplies",
|
|
"recommits",
|
|
"redelivers",
|
|
"retransfers",
|
|
"retransmits"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"detains",
|
|
"holds back",
|
|
"reserves",
|
|
"withholds",
|
|
"owns",
|
|
"possesses",
|
|
"accepts",
|
|
"receives",
|
|
"takes in",
|
|
"occupies",
|
|
"takes",
|
|
"takes over"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"holds",
|
|
"keeps",
|
|
"retains"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to end a usually intimate relationship with":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"is there ever a good way to leave a lover?"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blows off",
|
|
"breaks off (with)",
|
|
"ditches",
|
|
"dumps",
|
|
"jilts",
|
|
"kisses off"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"brushes (aside or off)",
|
|
"cold-shoulders",
|
|
"cuts",
|
|
"high-hats",
|
|
"slights",
|
|
"snubs",
|
|
"abandons",
|
|
"deserts",
|
|
"forsakes",
|
|
"maroons",
|
|
"quits"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"hooks up (with)",
|
|
"takes",
|
|
"befriends",
|
|
"latches (on or onto)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to give permission to":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"aw, leave him come"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"allows",
|
|
"lets",
|
|
"permits"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"authorizes",
|
|
"commissions",
|
|
"empowers",
|
|
"licenses",
|
|
"licences",
|
|
"approves",
|
|
"endorses",
|
|
"indorses",
|
|
"sanctions",
|
|
"frees",
|
|
"liberates",
|
|
"releases",
|
|
"caters (to)",
|
|
"gives in (to)",
|
|
"humors",
|
|
"indulges"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"deters",
|
|
"discourages",
|
|
"bars",
|
|
"blocks",
|
|
"constrains",
|
|
"curbs",
|
|
"frustrates",
|
|
"holds back",
|
|
"impedes",
|
|
"inhibits",
|
|
"obstructs",
|
|
"prevents"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"enjoins",
|
|
"forbids",
|
|
"prohibits"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a period during which the usual routine of school or work is suspended":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the soldier was on leave for three days before having to report back to base"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"breaks",
|
|
"holidays",
|
|
"hols",
|
|
"recesses",
|
|
"vacations"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"sabbaticals",
|
|
"furloughs",
|
|
"liberties",
|
|
"breathers",
|
|
"relaxations",
|
|
"respites",
|
|
"rests",
|
|
"interims",
|
|
"intermissions",
|
|
"intervals",
|
|
"feasts",
|
|
"holy days",
|
|
"legal holidays"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the approval by someone in authority for the doing of something":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the editor gave the reporters leave to follow up on their initial investigation of the senator's fund-raising practices"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"allowances",
|
|
"authorizations",
|
|
"clearances",
|
|
"concurrences",
|
|
"consents",
|
|
"green lights",
|
|
"licenses",
|
|
"licences",
|
|
"permissions",
|
|
"sanctions",
|
|
"sufferances",
|
|
"warrants"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"imprimaturs",
|
|
"seals",
|
|
"signatures",
|
|
"stamps",
|
|
"accreditations",
|
|
"certifications",
|
|
"liberties",
|
|
"passes",
|
|
"concessions",
|
|
"patents",
|
|
"permits",
|
|
"tolerances",
|
|
"tolerations",
|
|
"acceptances",
|
|
"acquiescences",
|
|
"agreements",
|
|
"assents",
|
|
"OKs",
|
|
"okays",
|
|
"accords",
|
|
"grants"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"denials",
|
|
"refusals",
|
|
"rejections",
|
|
"revocations",
|
|
"taboos",
|
|
"tabus",
|
|
"injunctions",
|
|
"vetoes",
|
|
"deterrences",
|
|
"discouragements",
|
|
"repressions",
|
|
"suppressions",
|
|
"bans",
|
|
"embargoes",
|
|
"exclusions"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"interdictions",
|
|
"prohibitions",
|
|
"proscriptions"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the act of leaving a place":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the party was clearly dying down, and it was time to take our leave"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"decampments",
|
|
"departures",
|
|
"exits",
|
|
"farewells",
|
|
"goings",
|
|
"leave-takings",
|
|
"outgoes",
|
|
"partings"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"flights",
|
|
"retirements",
|
|
"retreats",
|
|
"withdrawals",
|
|
"diasporas",
|
|
"emigrations",
|
|
"evacuations",
|
|
"exoduses",
|
|
"embarkations",
|
|
"embarkments",
|
|
"disembarkations",
|
|
"egresses",
|
|
"abandonments",
|
|
"relinquishments"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"comings",
|
|
"approaches",
|
|
"entrances",
|
|
"ingresses"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"advents",
|
|
"appearances",
|
|
"arrivals"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"leaving":{
|
|
"as in departing":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in leave , departure":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to cause to remain behind":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"reclaiming"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"you can leave your lunch in the refrigerator while we're outside",
|
|
"starry-eyed lovers who promise never to leave one another"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"harboring",
|
|
"having",
|
|
"holding",
|
|
"keeping",
|
|
"owning",
|
|
"possessing",
|
|
"reserving",
|
|
"retaining",
|
|
"withholding",
|
|
"redeeming",
|
|
"rescuing",
|
|
"saving"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"discarding",
|
|
"ditching",
|
|
"dumping",
|
|
"flinging",
|
|
"jettisoning",
|
|
"junking",
|
|
"scrapping",
|
|
"shedding",
|
|
"shucking (off)",
|
|
"throwing away",
|
|
"throwing out",
|
|
"delivering",
|
|
"giving up",
|
|
"handing over",
|
|
"relinquishing",
|
|
"surrendering",
|
|
"yielding",
|
|
"escaping",
|
|
"retreating (from)",
|
|
"taking off (from)",
|
|
"vacating",
|
|
"withdrawing (from)",
|
|
"abjuring",
|
|
"cutting off",
|
|
"disowning",
|
|
"rejecting",
|
|
"renouncing",
|
|
"repudiating",
|
|
"separating (from)",
|
|
"sacrificing",
|
|
"distancing",
|
|
"disregarding",
|
|
"forgetting",
|
|
"ignoring",
|
|
"neglecting"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abandoning",
|
|
"deserting",
|
|
"forsaking",
|
|
"marooning",
|
|
"quitting",
|
|
"stranding"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to end a usually intimate relationship with":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"is there ever a good way to leave a lover?"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"hooking up (with)",
|
|
"taking",
|
|
"befriending",
|
|
"latching (on or onto)"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"brushing (aside or off)",
|
|
"cold-shouldering",
|
|
"cutting",
|
|
"high-hatting",
|
|
"slighting",
|
|
"snubbing",
|
|
"abandoning",
|
|
"deserting",
|
|
"forsaking",
|
|
"marooning",
|
|
"quitting"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blowing off",
|
|
"breaking off (with)",
|
|
"ditching",
|
|
"dumping",
|
|
"jilting",
|
|
"kissing off"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to give by means of a will":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I'm going to leave all of my possessions to my children"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"deeding",
|
|
"handing down",
|
|
"handing on",
|
|
"passing (down)",
|
|
"devising"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bequeathing",
|
|
"willing"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to give permission to":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"enjoining",
|
|
"forbidding",
|
|
"prohibiting"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"aw, leave him come"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"deterring",
|
|
"discouraging",
|
|
"barring",
|
|
"blocking",
|
|
"constraining",
|
|
"curbing",
|
|
"frustrating",
|
|
"holding back",
|
|
"impeding",
|
|
"inhibiting",
|
|
"obstructing",
|
|
"preventing"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"authorizing",
|
|
"commissioning",
|
|
"empowering",
|
|
"licensing",
|
|
"licencing",
|
|
"approving",
|
|
"endorsing",
|
|
"indorsing",
|
|
"sanctioning",
|
|
"freeing",
|
|
"liberating",
|
|
"releasing",
|
|
"catering (to)",
|
|
"giving in (to)",
|
|
"humoring",
|
|
"indulging"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"allowing",
|
|
"letting",
|
|
"permitting"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to give up (a job or office)":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"staying (at)"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he left his job in the city and moved out into the country"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"abandoning",
|
|
"vacating",
|
|
"dropping out (of)",
|
|
"throwing up"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bagging",
|
|
"chucking",
|
|
"quitting",
|
|
"resigning (from)",
|
|
"retiring (from)",
|
|
"stepping aside (from)",
|
|
"stepping down (from)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to put (something) into the possession or safekeeping of another":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"holding",
|
|
"keeping",
|
|
"retaining"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"why don't you leave your watch with me while you swim?"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"detaining",
|
|
"holding back",
|
|
"reserving",
|
|
"withholding",
|
|
"owning",
|
|
"possessing",
|
|
"accepting",
|
|
"receiving",
|
|
"taking in",
|
|
"occupying",
|
|
"taking",
|
|
"taking over"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"conferring",
|
|
"granting",
|
|
"assigning",
|
|
"dealing (out)",
|
|
"dispensing",
|
|
"dispersing",
|
|
"distributing",
|
|
"dividing",
|
|
"handing in",
|
|
"releasing",
|
|
"relinquishing",
|
|
"submitting",
|
|
"surrendering",
|
|
"turning in",
|
|
"yielding",
|
|
"bequeathing",
|
|
"handing down",
|
|
"handing on",
|
|
"willing",
|
|
"advancing",
|
|
"lending",
|
|
"loaning",
|
|
"furnishing",
|
|
"supplying",
|
|
"recommitting",
|
|
"redelivering",
|
|
"retransferring",
|
|
"retransmitting"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"commending",
|
|
"committing",
|
|
"confiding",
|
|
"consigning",
|
|
"delegating",
|
|
"delivering",
|
|
"entrusting",
|
|
"intrusting",
|
|
"giving",
|
|
"giving over",
|
|
"handing",
|
|
"handing over",
|
|
"passing",
|
|
"recommending",
|
|
"reposing",
|
|
"transferring",
|
|
"transmitting",
|
|
"trusting",
|
|
"turning over",
|
|
"vesting"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"leaving (out)":{
|
|
"as in excluding , omitting":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"left (out)":{
|
|
"as in":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"lefts":{
|
|
"a political belief stressing progress, the essential goodness of humankind, and individual freedom":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"conservatism",
|
|
"illiberalism",
|
|
"immobilism",
|
|
"right"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a rising politician who is being hailed as the new voice of the left"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"neoconservatism"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"neoliberalism",
|
|
"radicalism",
|
|
"socialism"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"left wing",
|
|
"leftism",
|
|
"liberalism"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to cause to remain behind":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"reclaimed"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"you can leave your lunch in the refrigerator while we're outside",
|
|
"starry-eyed lovers who promise never to leave one another"
|
|
],
|
|
"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",
|
|
"forsook",
|
|
"marooned",
|
|
"quit",
|
|
"quitted",
|
|
"stranded"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to end a usually intimate relationship with":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"is there ever a good way to leave a lover?"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"hooked up (with)",
|
|
"took",
|
|
"befriended",
|
|
"latched (on or onto)"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"brushed (aside or off)",
|
|
"cold-shouldered",
|
|
"cut",
|
|
"high-hatted",
|
|
"slighted",
|
|
"snubbed",
|
|
"abandoned",
|
|
"deserted",
|
|
"forsook",
|
|
"marooned",
|
|
"quit",
|
|
"quitted"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blew off",
|
|
"broke off (with)",
|
|
"ditched",
|
|
"dumped",
|
|
"jilted",
|
|
"kissed off"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to give by means of a will":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I'm going to leave all of my possessions to my children"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"deeded",
|
|
"handed down",
|
|
"handed on",
|
|
"passed (down)",
|
|
"devised"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bequeathed",
|
|
"willed"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to give permission to":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"enjoined",
|
|
"forbade",
|
|
"forbad",
|
|
"prohibited"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"aw, leave him come"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"deterred",
|
|
"discouraged",
|
|
"barred",
|
|
"blocked",
|
|
"constrained",
|
|
"curbed",
|
|
"frustrated",
|
|
"held back",
|
|
"impeded",
|
|
"inhibited",
|
|
"obstructed",
|
|
"prevented"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"authorized",
|
|
"commissioned",
|
|
"empowered",
|
|
"licensed",
|
|
"licenced",
|
|
"approved",
|
|
"endorsed",
|
|
"indorsed",
|
|
"sanctioned",
|
|
"freed",
|
|
"liberated",
|
|
"released",
|
|
"catered (to)",
|
|
"gave in (to)",
|
|
"humored",
|
|
"indulged"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"allowed",
|
|
"let",
|
|
"permitted"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to give up (a job or office)":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"stayed (at)"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he left his job in the city and moved out into the country"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"abandoned",
|
|
"vacated",
|
|
"dropped out (of)",
|
|
"threw up"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bagged",
|
|
"chucked",
|
|
"quit",
|
|
"quitted",
|
|
"resigned (from)",
|
|
"retired (from)",
|
|
"stepped aside (from)",
|
|
"stepped down (from)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to put (something) into the possession or safekeeping of another":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"held",
|
|
"kept",
|
|
"retained"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"why don't you leave your watch with me while you swim?"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"detained",
|
|
"held back",
|
|
"reserved",
|
|
"withheld",
|
|
"owned",
|
|
"possessed",
|
|
"accepted",
|
|
"received",
|
|
"took in",
|
|
"occupied",
|
|
"took",
|
|
"took over"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"conferred",
|
|
"granted",
|
|
"assigned",
|
|
"dealt (out)",
|
|
"dispensed",
|
|
"dispersed",
|
|
"distributed",
|
|
"divided",
|
|
"handed in",
|
|
"released",
|
|
"relinquished",
|
|
"submitted",
|
|
"surrendered",
|
|
"turned in",
|
|
"yielded",
|
|
"bequeathed",
|
|
"handed down",
|
|
"handed on",
|
|
"willed",
|
|
"advanced",
|
|
"lent",
|
|
"loaned",
|
|
"furnished",
|
|
"supplied",
|
|
"recommitted",
|
|
"redelivered",
|
|
"retransferred",
|
|
"retransmitted"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"commended",
|
|
"committed",
|
|
"confided",
|
|
"consigned",
|
|
"delegated",
|
|
"delivered",
|
|
"entrusted",
|
|
"intrusted",
|
|
"gave",
|
|
"gave over",
|
|
"handed",
|
|
"handed over",
|
|
"passed",
|
|
"recommended",
|
|
"reposed",
|
|
"transferred",
|
|
"transmitted",
|
|
"trusted",
|
|
"turned over",
|
|
"vested"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"leg-pulls":{
|
|
"as in tricks , practical jokes":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"legacy":{
|
|
"something that is or may be inherited":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the old locket was part of the legacy from my great-great-grandmother"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"heirloom",
|
|
"bestowal",
|
|
"gift",
|
|
"offering",
|
|
"present"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bequest",
|
|
"birthright",
|
|
"heritage",
|
|
"inheritance",
|
|
"patrimony"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"legalization":{
|
|
"as in validation , legitimization":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"legalizes":{
|
|
"to make (something) legal":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"They wanted to legalize gambling in their city."
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"legalizing":{
|
|
"to make (something) legal":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"They wanted to legalize gambling in their city."
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"legally":{
|
|
"according to the rules or the law":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"dirty",
|
|
"illegally"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"that's not a move that can be made legally in chess"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"ignobly",
|
|
"immorally",
|
|
"underhandedly",
|
|
"unethically",
|
|
"dishonorably"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"ethically",
|
|
"high-mindedly",
|
|
"morally",
|
|
"nobly",
|
|
"honorably"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"clean",
|
|
"cleanly",
|
|
"fair",
|
|
"fairly"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"legate":{
|
|
"a person sent on a mission to represent another":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the legate was charged with a list of objectives to accomplish on behalf of his country"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"ambassadress",
|
|
"attach\u00e9",
|
|
"charg\u00e9 d'affaires",
|
|
"consul",
|
|
"deputy",
|
|
"diplomat",
|
|
"foreign minister",
|
|
"nuncio",
|
|
"procurator",
|
|
"proxy",
|
|
"apostle",
|
|
"evangelist",
|
|
"missionary",
|
|
"deputation",
|
|
"detachment",
|
|
"legation",
|
|
"courier",
|
|
"messenger",
|
|
"mouthpiece",
|
|
"spokesperson"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"agent",
|
|
"ambassador",
|
|
"delegate",
|
|
"emissary",
|
|
"envoy",
|
|
"minister",
|
|
"representative"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"legend":{
|
|
"a traditional but unfounded story that gives the reason for a current custom, belief, or fact of nature":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"some ancient civilizations had legends about spirits that inhabited trees and rocks"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"allegory",
|
|
"parable",
|
|
"fabrication",
|
|
"fantasy",
|
|
"phantasy",
|
|
"fiction",
|
|
"figment",
|
|
"invention",
|
|
"narrative",
|
|
"saga",
|
|
"story",
|
|
"tale",
|
|
"yarn"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"fable",
|
|
"myth",
|
|
"mythos"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"an explanation or description accompanying a pictorial illustration":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the legend in the science textbook indicated that the accompanying picture had been enlarged by 1000%"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"key",
|
|
"closed-captioning",
|
|
"subtitle",
|
|
"translation",
|
|
"motto",
|
|
"posy",
|
|
"slogan",
|
|
"tagline"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"caption",
|
|
"cutline"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"an explanatory list of the symbols on a map or chart":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the legend indicated that a large circle represented a major city, while a small circle stood for a small town"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"scale",
|
|
"caption",
|
|
"guide",
|
|
"table"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"key"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the body of customs, beliefs, stories, and sayings associated with a people, thing, or place":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"that story of how the world came to be has long been part of Native American legend"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"folklife",
|
|
"information",
|
|
"knowledge",
|
|
"wisdom",
|
|
"anecdote",
|
|
"fable",
|
|
"folktale",
|
|
"old wives' tale",
|
|
"tale",
|
|
"yarn"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"folklore",
|
|
"legendry",
|
|
"lore",
|
|
"myth",
|
|
"mythology",
|
|
"mythos",
|
|
"tradition"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"legendry":{
|
|
"the body of customs, beliefs, stories, and sayings associated with a people, thing, or place":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"although the historic King Arthur lived in the sixth century, most of the legendry regarding him and the Knights of the Round Table is set in the far more romantic age of medieval chivalry"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"folklife",
|
|
"information",
|
|
"knowledge",
|
|
"wisdom",
|
|
"anecdote",
|
|
"fable",
|
|
"folktale",
|
|
"old wives' tale",
|
|
"tale",
|
|
"yarn"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"folklore",
|
|
"legend",
|
|
"lore",
|
|
"myth",
|
|
"mythology",
|
|
"mythos",
|
|
"tradition"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"legible":{
|
|
"capable of being understood":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"incoherent",
|
|
"incomprehensible",
|
|
"inscrutable",
|
|
"insensible"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an anxious mood that was clearly legible upon her face"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"inarticulate",
|
|
"cryptic",
|
|
"esoteric",
|
|
"mysterious",
|
|
"obscure"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"decipherable",
|
|
"plain",
|
|
"simple",
|
|
"straightforward",
|
|
"articulate",
|
|
"fluent",
|
|
"well-spoken"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accessible",
|
|
"apprehensible",
|
|
"coherent",
|
|
"comprehendible",
|
|
"comprehensible",
|
|
"fathomable",
|
|
"graspable",
|
|
"intelligible",
|
|
"scrutable",
|
|
"understandable"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"legitimated":{
|
|
"as in warranted , sanctioned":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"legitimates":{
|
|
"as in warrants , sanctions":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"legitimize":{
|
|
"to make something real, accepted, or official":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"slang words legitimized by usage"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"legitimized":{
|
|
"to make something real, accepted, or official":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"slang words legitimized by usage"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"legitimizes":{
|
|
"to make something real, accepted, or official":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"slang words legitimized by usage"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"lei":{
|
|
"an ornamental chain or string (as of beads) worn around the neck":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we were presented with flowery leis as soon as we stepped off the plane in Hawaii"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"torque",
|
|
"torc",
|
|
"beads",
|
|
"carcanet",
|
|
"rivi\u00e8re",
|
|
"rope",
|
|
"strand",
|
|
"bangle",
|
|
"lavaliere",
|
|
"lavalliere",
|
|
"locket",
|
|
"pendant",
|
|
"pendent"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"choker",
|
|
"collar",
|
|
"dog collar",
|
|
"necklace"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"leisters":{
|
|
"as in tridents , harpoons":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"leisureliness":{
|
|
"as in lethargy , torpor":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"leisurely":{
|
|
"at a pace that is less than usual, desirable, or expected":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"apace",
|
|
"briskly",
|
|
"fast",
|
|
"fleetly",
|
|
"full tilt",
|
|
"hastily",
|
|
"meteorically",
|
|
"quick",
|
|
"quickly",
|
|
"rapidly",
|
|
"snappily",
|
|
"speedily",
|
|
"swift",
|
|
"swiftly"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the old hound dog leisurely sauntered over to his water bowl to take a drink"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"immediately",
|
|
"posthaste",
|
|
"presto",
|
|
"promptly",
|
|
"pronto",
|
|
"readily",
|
|
"soon",
|
|
"impetuously",
|
|
"impulsively",
|
|
"rashly",
|
|
"recklessly",
|
|
"abruptly",
|
|
"suddenly"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"carefully",
|
|
"cautiously",
|
|
"deliberately",
|
|
"purposefully",
|
|
"heavily",
|
|
"ploddingly"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"laggardly",
|
|
"pokily",
|
|
"slow",
|
|
"slowly",
|
|
"sluggishly",
|
|
"tardily"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"moving or proceeding at less than the normal, desirable, or required speed":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"barreling",
|
|
"bolting",
|
|
"breakneck",
|
|
"breathless",
|
|
"brisk",
|
|
"careering",
|
|
"dizzy",
|
|
"fast",
|
|
"fleet",
|
|
"flying",
|
|
"hasty",
|
|
"hurrying",
|
|
"lightning",
|
|
"meteoric",
|
|
"quick",
|
|
"racing",
|
|
"rapid",
|
|
"rocketing",
|
|
"running",
|
|
"rushing",
|
|
"scooting",
|
|
"scudding",
|
|
"scurrying",
|
|
"snappy",
|
|
"speeding",
|
|
"speedy",
|
|
"swift",
|
|
"warp-speed",
|
|
"whirling",
|
|
"whirlwind",
|
|
"whisking",
|
|
"zipping"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"after buying our stuff, we just wandered around the mall at a leisurely pace"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"expeditious",
|
|
"prompt",
|
|
"ready",
|
|
"accelerated",
|
|
"hastened",
|
|
"quickened",
|
|
"hurried",
|
|
"rushed"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"deliberate",
|
|
"measured",
|
|
"inactive",
|
|
"inert",
|
|
"lethargic",
|
|
"loafing",
|
|
"lounging",
|
|
"lingering",
|
|
"loitering",
|
|
"tarrying",
|
|
"ambling",
|
|
"heavy-footed",
|
|
"inching",
|
|
"plodding",
|
|
"shuffling",
|
|
"slow-footed",
|
|
"strolling",
|
|
"decelerating",
|
|
"slowing",
|
|
"filibustering",
|
|
"procrastinating",
|
|
"stalling"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"crawling",
|
|
"creeping",
|
|
"dallying",
|
|
"dawdling",
|
|
"dilatory",
|
|
"dillydallying",
|
|
"dragging",
|
|
"laggard",
|
|
"lagging",
|
|
"languid",
|
|
"poking",
|
|
"poky",
|
|
"pokey",
|
|
"slow",
|
|
"sluggish",
|
|
"snail-paced",
|
|
"snaillike",
|
|
"tardy",
|
|
"unhurried"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"lemures":{
|
|
"as in manes":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"plural noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"lengthen":{
|
|
"to make longer":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"abbreviate",
|
|
"abridge",
|
|
"curtail",
|
|
"cut",
|
|
"cut back",
|
|
"shorten"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I had to lengthen the handle of the paint roller in order to reach the top of the wall"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"decrease",
|
|
"diminish",
|
|
"lessen",
|
|
"reduce",
|
|
"thicken"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"amplify",
|
|
"enlarge",
|
|
"expand",
|
|
"increase",
|
|
"attenuate",
|
|
"thin"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"drag (out)",
|
|
"draw out",
|
|
"elongate",
|
|
"extend",
|
|
"outstretch",
|
|
"prolong",
|
|
"protract",
|
|
"stretch"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"lengthening":{
|
|
"the act of making longer":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"abbreviation",
|
|
"abridgment",
|
|
"abridgement",
|
|
"curtailment",
|
|
"cutback",
|
|
"shortening"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a lengthening of the school year is favored by many of the parents in the school district"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"drawing out",
|
|
"elongation",
|
|
"extension",
|
|
"prolongation",
|
|
"prolonging",
|
|
"stretching"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make longer":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"abbreviating",
|
|
"abridging",
|
|
"curtailing",
|
|
"cutting",
|
|
"cutting back",
|
|
"shortening"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I had to lengthen the handle of the paint roller in order to reach the top of the wall"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"decreasing",
|
|
"diminishing",
|
|
"lessening",
|
|
"reducing",
|
|
"thickening"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"amplifying",
|
|
"enlarging",
|
|
"expanding",
|
|
"increasing",
|
|
"attenuating",
|
|
"thinning"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dragging (out)",
|
|
"drawing out",
|
|
"elongating",
|
|
"extending",
|
|
"outstretching",
|
|
"prolonging",
|
|
"protracting",
|
|
"stretching"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"lent":{
|
|
"to give to another for temporary use with the understanding that it or a like thing will be returned":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"borrowed"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I can lend you my copy of the textbook until the weekend",
|
|
"can you lend me five dollars?"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"received",
|
|
"took"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"furnished",
|
|
"gave",
|
|
"granted",
|
|
"leased",
|
|
"let",
|
|
"rented"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"advanced",
|
|
"loaned"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"lesion":{
|
|
"an injured or diseased spot or area on or in the body":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"skin lesions",
|
|
"a brain lesion"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"let up (on)":{
|
|
"as in reduce , decrease":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"letting go":{
|
|
"to set free (from a state of being held in check)":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"bridling",
|
|
"checking",
|
|
"constraining",
|
|
"containing",
|
|
"controlling",
|
|
"curbing",
|
|
"governing",
|
|
"holding",
|
|
"inhibiting",
|
|
"regulating",
|
|
"reining (in)",
|
|
"restraining",
|
|
"smothering",
|
|
"taming"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"It's time to let go of the past."
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"handcuffing",
|
|
"manacling",
|
|
"shackling",
|
|
"trammeling",
|
|
"trammelling",
|
|
"binding",
|
|
"confining",
|
|
"enchaining",
|
|
"fettering",
|
|
"haltering",
|
|
"hampering"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"discharging",
|
|
"emancipating",
|
|
"enfranchising",
|
|
"freeing",
|
|
"liberating",
|
|
"manumitting",
|
|
"springing",
|
|
"unbinding",
|
|
"uncaging",
|
|
"unchaining",
|
|
"unfettering",
|
|
"unmooring",
|
|
"unshackling",
|
|
"airing",
|
|
"expressing",
|
|
"taking out",
|
|
"venting"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"loosening",
|
|
"loosing",
|
|
"releasing",
|
|
"uncorking",
|
|
"unleashing",
|
|
"unlocking",
|
|
"unloosening",
|
|
"unloosing"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"letting on":{
|
|
"to take on a false or deceptive appearance":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she's not half as innocent as she likes to let on"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"acting",
|
|
"impersonating",
|
|
"masquerading",
|
|
"playacting",
|
|
"playing",
|
|
"posing",
|
|
"affecting",
|
|
"assuming",
|
|
"counterfeiting",
|
|
"faking",
|
|
"feigning",
|
|
"professing",
|
|
"putting on",
|
|
"shamming",
|
|
"simulating",
|
|
"camouflaging",
|
|
"concealing",
|
|
"disguising",
|
|
"masking",
|
|
"bluffing",
|
|
"feinting"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dissembling",
|
|
"dissimulating",
|
|
"making out",
|
|
"pretending"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"letting on (about)":{
|
|
"to make known (as information previously kept secret)":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"cloaking",
|
|
"concealing",
|
|
"covering (up)",
|
|
"enshrouding",
|
|
"hiding",
|
|
"masking",
|
|
"shrouding",
|
|
"veiling"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we agreed not to let on about our marriage plans to anyone"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"camouflaging",
|
|
"disguising",
|
|
"gilding",
|
|
"glossing (over)",
|
|
"varnishing",
|
|
"whitewashing",
|
|
"beclouding",
|
|
"bedimming",
|
|
"befogging",
|
|
"clouding",
|
|
"darkening",
|
|
"eclipsing",
|
|
"obscuring",
|
|
"overcasting",
|
|
"overshadowing",
|
|
"shading"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"confiding",
|
|
"sharing",
|
|
"debunking",
|
|
"showing up",
|
|
"unclothing",
|
|
"undraping",
|
|
"advertising",
|
|
"announcing",
|
|
"blazing",
|
|
"bringing out",
|
|
"broadcasting",
|
|
"declaring",
|
|
"placarding",
|
|
"posting",
|
|
"proclaiming",
|
|
"promulgating",
|
|
"publicizing",
|
|
"publishing",
|
|
"sounding",
|
|
"betraying",
|
|
"blabbing",
|
|
"giving away",
|
|
"leaking",
|
|
"informing",
|
|
"squealing",
|
|
"talking",
|
|
"communicating",
|
|
"imparting",
|
|
"relating",
|
|
"acknowledging",
|
|
"admitting",
|
|
"avowing",
|
|
"conceding",
|
|
"confessing",
|
|
"owning",
|
|
"disinterring",
|
|
"raking up",
|
|
"smoking out",
|
|
"unearthing"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"baring",
|
|
"disclosing",
|
|
"discovering",
|
|
"divulging",
|
|
"exposing",
|
|
"revealing",
|
|
"spilling",
|
|
"telling",
|
|
"unbosoming",
|
|
"uncloaking",
|
|
"uncovering",
|
|
"unmasking",
|
|
"unveiling"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"letup":{
|
|
"a usually gradual decrease in the pace or level of activity of something":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"acceleration",
|
|
"hastening",
|
|
"quickening"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the downpour continued for hours without letup"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"decline",
|
|
"drop",
|
|
"slump",
|
|
"ebb",
|
|
"remission",
|
|
"retreat",
|
|
"wane",
|
|
"flagging",
|
|
"weakening",
|
|
"arrest",
|
|
"check",
|
|
"halt",
|
|
"stoppage",
|
|
"collapse",
|
|
"crash",
|
|
"fall",
|
|
"plunge"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"braking",
|
|
"deceleration",
|
|
"downshift",
|
|
"retardation",
|
|
"slowdown"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to come to an end":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"continue",
|
|
"hang on",
|
|
"persist"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the rain let up just as we reached the house"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"draw out",
|
|
"extend",
|
|
"prolong",
|
|
"protract"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"desist (from)",
|
|
"lay off (of)",
|
|
"refrain (from)",
|
|
"give over",
|
|
"knock off",
|
|
"pack (up or in)",
|
|
"break down",
|
|
"conk (out)",
|
|
"cut out",
|
|
"stall",
|
|
"pause",
|
|
"stay",
|
|
"suspend",
|
|
"abate",
|
|
"peter (out)",
|
|
"wind down"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"break off",
|
|
"break up",
|
|
"cease",
|
|
"close",
|
|
"conclude",
|
|
"dead-end",
|
|
"determine",
|
|
"die",
|
|
"discontinue",
|
|
"elapse",
|
|
"end",
|
|
"expire",
|
|
"finish",
|
|
"go",
|
|
"halt",
|
|
"lapse",
|
|
"leave off",
|
|
"pass",
|
|
"quit",
|
|
"stop",
|
|
"terminate",
|
|
"wind up",
|
|
"wink (out)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to grow less in scope or intensity especially gradually":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"accumulate",
|
|
"balloon",
|
|
"build",
|
|
"burgeon",
|
|
"bourgeon",
|
|
"enlarge",
|
|
"escalate",
|
|
"expand",
|
|
"grow",
|
|
"increase",
|
|
"intensify",
|
|
"mount",
|
|
"mushroom",
|
|
"pick up",
|
|
"rise",
|
|
"snowball",
|
|
"soar",
|
|
"swell",
|
|
"wax"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the windmill slowed down as the wind let up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"appear",
|
|
"emerge",
|
|
"show up",
|
|
"blow up",
|
|
"distend",
|
|
"elongate",
|
|
"lengthen"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"compress",
|
|
"condense",
|
|
"constrict",
|
|
"contract",
|
|
"evaporate",
|
|
"fade (away)",
|
|
"fritter (away)",
|
|
"give out",
|
|
"melt (away)",
|
|
"peter (out)",
|
|
"tail (off)",
|
|
"vanish",
|
|
"slacken",
|
|
"slow (down)",
|
|
"alleviate",
|
|
"relax",
|
|
"flag",
|
|
"sink",
|
|
"weaken",
|
|
"cave (in)",
|
|
"collapse",
|
|
"deflate"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abate",
|
|
"de-escalate",
|
|
"decline",
|
|
"decrease",
|
|
"die (away or down or out)",
|
|
"diminish",
|
|
"drain (away)",
|
|
"drop (off)",
|
|
"dwindle",
|
|
"ease",
|
|
"ebb",
|
|
"fall",
|
|
"fall away",
|
|
"lessen",
|
|
"lower",
|
|
"moderate",
|
|
"pall",
|
|
"phase down",
|
|
"ratchet (down)",
|
|
"rachet (down)",
|
|
"recede",
|
|
"relent",
|
|
"remit",
|
|
"shrink",
|
|
"subside",
|
|
"taper",
|
|
"taper off",
|
|
"wane"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"levee":{
|
|
"a bank of earth constructed to control water":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the raging floodwaters were too much for the levee to handle"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"breakwater",
|
|
"jetty",
|
|
"seawall",
|
|
"breastwork",
|
|
"bulwark",
|
|
"earthwork",
|
|
"rampart",
|
|
"canal",
|
|
"channel",
|
|
"ditch",
|
|
"gutter",
|
|
"trough",
|
|
"lock",
|
|
"barricade",
|
|
"barrier",
|
|
"block",
|
|
"floodgate",
|
|
"sluice",
|
|
"barrage",
|
|
"milldam",
|
|
"stank",
|
|
"weir"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dam",
|
|
"dike",
|
|
"embankment",
|
|
"head"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a structure used by boats and ships for taking on or landing cargo and passengers":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we tied the boat up at the levee and started unloading the fish we had caught"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"berth",
|
|
"mooring",
|
|
"slip",
|
|
"embarcadero",
|
|
"dockyard",
|
|
"marina",
|
|
"quayage",
|
|
"shipyard",
|
|
"wharfage"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dock",
|
|
"float",
|
|
"jetty",
|
|
"landing",
|
|
"pier",
|
|
"quai",
|
|
"quay",
|
|
"wharf"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"levelheadedness":{
|
|
"the ability to make intelligent decisions especially in everyday matters":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"imprudence",
|
|
"indiscretion"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the judge had developed a reputation for no-nonsense levelheadedness in deciding cases"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"shortsightedness",
|
|
"brainlessness",
|
|
"foolishness",
|
|
"half-wittedness",
|
|
"idiocy",
|
|
"senselessness",
|
|
"stupidity",
|
|
"carelessness",
|
|
"heedlessness",
|
|
"unreasonableness"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"street smarts",
|
|
"farsightedness",
|
|
"forehandedness",
|
|
"foresight",
|
|
"foresightedness",
|
|
"forethoughtfulness",
|
|
"judgment",
|
|
"judgement",
|
|
"brains",
|
|
"gray matter",
|
|
"intelligence",
|
|
"logicality",
|
|
"logicalness",
|
|
"practicality",
|
|
"rationality",
|
|
"rationalness",
|
|
"discernment",
|
|
"discrimination",
|
|
"insight",
|
|
"sagacity",
|
|
"sapience",
|
|
"acumen",
|
|
"astuteness",
|
|
"clearheadedness",
|
|
"keenness",
|
|
"penetration",
|
|
"perspicacity",
|
|
"shrewdness",
|
|
"care",
|
|
"caution",
|
|
"circumspection",
|
|
"precaution",
|
|
"premeditation"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"common sense",
|
|
"discreetness",
|
|
"discretion",
|
|
"gumption",
|
|
"horse sense",
|
|
"nous",
|
|
"policy",
|
|
"prudence",
|
|
"sense",
|
|
"sensibleness",
|
|
"wisdom",
|
|
"wit"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"levelling":{
|
|
"to destroy (as a building) completely by knocking down or breaking to pieces":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an old warehouse that was leveled to build a parking lot"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"building",
|
|
"constructing",
|
|
"erecting",
|
|
"putting up",
|
|
"raising",
|
|
"rebuilding",
|
|
"renewing",
|
|
"renovating",
|
|
"restoring",
|
|
"creating",
|
|
"fabricating",
|
|
"fashioning",
|
|
"forging",
|
|
"forming",
|
|
"making",
|
|
"manufacturing",
|
|
"shaping"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"blowing up",
|
|
"dynamiting",
|
|
"abolishing",
|
|
"annihilating",
|
|
"cracking up",
|
|
"crushing",
|
|
"dashing",
|
|
"decimating",
|
|
"destroying",
|
|
"devastating",
|
|
"devouring",
|
|
"dissolving",
|
|
"doing in",
|
|
"eradicating",
|
|
"extirpating",
|
|
"finishing",
|
|
"flattening",
|
|
"obliterating",
|
|
"overturning",
|
|
"pulverizing",
|
|
"ravaging",
|
|
"ruining",
|
|
"scourging",
|
|
"smashing",
|
|
"totaling",
|
|
"totalling",
|
|
"unmaking",
|
|
"wasting",
|
|
"wiping out",
|
|
"wrecking"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"demolishing",
|
|
"pulling down",
|
|
"razing",
|
|
"tearing down",
|
|
"unbuilding"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make equal in amount, degree, or status":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we'll give both teams the same equipment so as to level the playing field"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disequilibrating"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"equilibrating",
|
|
"equipoising",
|
|
"accommodating",
|
|
"adjusting",
|
|
"compensating",
|
|
"fitting",
|
|
"counterbalancing",
|
|
"homogenizing",
|
|
"normalizing",
|
|
"regularizing",
|
|
"standardizing",
|
|
"democratizing"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"balancing",
|
|
"equalizing",
|
|
"equating",
|
|
"evening"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make free from breaks, curves, or bumps":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"roughening",
|
|
"roughing"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the construction workers leveled the ground before laying a foundation for the new house"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"coarsening",
|
|
"rumpling",
|
|
"wrinkling",
|
|
"bending",
|
|
"kinking",
|
|
"denting",
|
|
"pitting"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"clipping",
|
|
"cropping",
|
|
"paring",
|
|
"pruning",
|
|
"shaving",
|
|
"trimming",
|
|
"laying",
|
|
"pressing",
|
|
"spreading",
|
|
"carding",
|
|
"combing",
|
|
"raking",
|
|
"surfacing"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"evening",
|
|
"flattening",
|
|
"planing",
|
|
"smoothening",
|
|
"smoothing"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to point or turn (something) toward a target or goal":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the marksman leveled his gun at the target and fired"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"averting",
|
|
"curving",
|
|
"deflecting",
|
|
"detouring",
|
|
"diverting",
|
|
"rechanneling",
|
|
"shunting",
|
|
"sidetracking"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"sighting",
|
|
"bearing",
|
|
"facing",
|
|
"concentrating",
|
|
"focusing",
|
|
"focussing",
|
|
"inclining",
|
|
"orienting",
|
|
"steering"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"aiming",
|
|
"bending",
|
|
"casting",
|
|
"directing",
|
|
"heading",
|
|
"holding",
|
|
"pinpointing",
|
|
"setting",
|
|
"training"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to strike (someone) so forcefully as to cause a fall":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the boxer leveled his opponent with a single blow"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"kayoing",
|
|
"knocking out",
|
|
"KO'ing",
|
|
"overthrowing",
|
|
"throwing down",
|
|
"toppling",
|
|
"banging",
|
|
"bashing",
|
|
"belting",
|
|
"bludgeoning",
|
|
"clobbering",
|
|
"hammering",
|
|
"hitting",
|
|
"jabbing",
|
|
"pasting",
|
|
"poking",
|
|
"pounding",
|
|
"punching",
|
|
"slamming",
|
|
"slapping",
|
|
"slogging",
|
|
"slugging",
|
|
"smacking",
|
|
"smiting",
|
|
"socking",
|
|
"swatting",
|
|
"swiping",
|
|
"thumping",
|
|
"thwacking",
|
|
"walloping",
|
|
"whacking",
|
|
"whaling"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bowling (down or over)",
|
|
"downing",
|
|
"dropping",
|
|
"felling",
|
|
"flooring",
|
|
"knocking down",
|
|
"knocking over",
|
|
"mowing (down)",
|
|
"prostrating"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"levels":{
|
|
"the placement of someone or something in relation to others in a vertical arrangement":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a young karate student ready to rise to the next level in his chosen art of self-defense"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"conditions",
|
|
"estates",
|
|
"orders",
|
|
"walks",
|
|
"capacities",
|
|
"functions",
|
|
"ratings"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"degrees",
|
|
"echelons",
|
|
"footings",
|
|
"places",
|
|
"positions",
|
|
"rankings",
|
|
"ranks",
|
|
"reaches",
|
|
"rungs",
|
|
"situations",
|
|
"standings",
|
|
"stations",
|
|
"statuses",
|
|
"strata"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to destroy (as a building) completely by knocking down or breaking to pieces":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an old warehouse that was leveled to build a parking lot"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"builds",
|
|
"constructs",
|
|
"erects",
|
|
"puts up",
|
|
"raises",
|
|
"rebuilds",
|
|
"renews",
|
|
"renovates",
|
|
"restores",
|
|
"creates",
|
|
"fabricates",
|
|
"fashions",
|
|
"forges",
|
|
"forms",
|
|
"makes",
|
|
"manufactures",
|
|
"shapes"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"blows up",
|
|
"dynamites",
|
|
"abolishes",
|
|
"annihilates",
|
|
"cracks up",
|
|
"crushes",
|
|
"dashes",
|
|
"decimates",
|
|
"destroys",
|
|
"devastates",
|
|
"devours",
|
|
"dissolves",
|
|
"does in",
|
|
"eradicates",
|
|
"extirpates",
|
|
"finishes",
|
|
"flattens",
|
|
"obliterates",
|
|
"overturns",
|
|
"pulverizes",
|
|
"ravages",
|
|
"ruins",
|
|
"scourges",
|
|
"smashes",
|
|
"totals",
|
|
"unmakes",
|
|
"wastes",
|
|
"wipes out",
|
|
"wrecks"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"demolishes",
|
|
"pulls down",
|
|
"razes",
|
|
"tears down",
|
|
"unbuilds"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make equal in amount, degree, or status":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we'll give both teams the same equipment so as to level the playing field"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disequilibrates"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"equilibrates",
|
|
"equipoises",
|
|
"accommodates",
|
|
"adjusts",
|
|
"compensates",
|
|
"fits",
|
|
"counterbalances",
|
|
"homogenizes",
|
|
"normalizes",
|
|
"regularizes",
|
|
"standardizes",
|
|
"democratizes"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"balances",
|
|
"equalizes",
|
|
"equates",
|
|
"evens"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make free from breaks, curves, or bumps":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"roughens",
|
|
"roughs"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the construction workers leveled the ground before laying a foundation for the new house"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"coarsens",
|
|
"rumples",
|
|
"wrinkles",
|
|
"bends",
|
|
"kinks",
|
|
"dents",
|
|
"pits"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"clips",
|
|
"crops",
|
|
"pares",
|
|
"prunes",
|
|
"shaves",
|
|
"trims",
|
|
"lays",
|
|
"presses",
|
|
"spreads",
|
|
"cards",
|
|
"combs",
|
|
"rakes",
|
|
"surfaces"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"evens",
|
|
"flattens",
|
|
"planes",
|
|
"smoothens",
|
|
"smooths",
|
|
"smoothes"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to point or turn (something) toward a target or goal":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the marksman leveled his gun at the target and fired"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"averts",
|
|
"curves",
|
|
"deflects",
|
|
"detours",
|
|
"diverts",
|
|
"rechannels",
|
|
"shunts",
|
|
"sidetracks"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"sights",
|
|
"bears",
|
|
"faces",
|
|
"concentrates",
|
|
"focuses",
|
|
"focusses",
|
|
"inclines",
|
|
"orients",
|
|
"steers"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"aims",
|
|
"bends",
|
|
"casts",
|
|
"directs",
|
|
"heads",
|
|
"holds",
|
|
"pinpoints",
|
|
"sets",
|
|
"trains"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to strike (someone) so forcefully as to cause a fall":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the boxer leveled his opponent with a single blow"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"kayoes",
|
|
"knocks out",
|
|
"KOs",
|
|
"overthrows",
|
|
"throws down",
|
|
"topples",
|
|
"bangs",
|
|
"bashes",
|
|
"belts",
|
|
"bludgeons",
|
|
"clobbers",
|
|
"hammers",
|
|
"hits",
|
|
"jabs",
|
|
"pastes",
|
|
"pokes",
|
|
"pounds",
|
|
"punches",
|
|
"slams",
|
|
"slaps",
|
|
"slogs",
|
|
"slugs",
|
|
"smacks",
|
|
"smites",
|
|
"socks",
|
|
"swats",
|
|
"swipes",
|
|
"thumps",
|
|
"thwacks",
|
|
"wallops",
|
|
"whacks",
|
|
"whales"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bowls (down or over)",
|
|
"downs",
|
|
"drops",
|
|
"fells",
|
|
"floors",
|
|
"knocks down",
|
|
"knocks over",
|
|
"mows (down)",
|
|
"prostrates"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"leverage":{
|
|
"the power to direct the thinking or behavior of others usually indirectly":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"lacking much of the leverage it once had, the union is now being forced to make some concessions"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"helplessness",
|
|
"impotence",
|
|
"impotency",
|
|
"powerlessness",
|
|
"weakness"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"counterinfluence",
|
|
"command",
|
|
"dominance",
|
|
"dominion",
|
|
"mastery",
|
|
"predominance",
|
|
"reign",
|
|
"scepter",
|
|
"sovereignty",
|
|
"sovranty",
|
|
"supremacy",
|
|
"consequence",
|
|
"eminence",
|
|
"importance",
|
|
"moment",
|
|
"impact",
|
|
"impress",
|
|
"impression",
|
|
"imprint",
|
|
"mark"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"authority",
|
|
"clout",
|
|
"credit",
|
|
"heft",
|
|
"in",
|
|
"influence",
|
|
"juice",
|
|
"pull",
|
|
"sway",
|
|
"weight"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to take unfair advantage of":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a reality show contestant who's trying to leverage her 15 minutes of fame"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"jerk around",
|
|
"manipulate",
|
|
"mistreat",
|
|
"bleed",
|
|
"cheat",
|
|
"fleece",
|
|
"overcharge",
|
|
"skin",
|
|
"soak",
|
|
"stick",
|
|
"commercialize",
|
|
"commodify"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abuse",
|
|
"capitalize (on)",
|
|
"cash in (on)",
|
|
"exploit",
|
|
"impose (on or upon)",
|
|
"milk",
|
|
"pimp",
|
|
"play (on or upon)",
|
|
"use",
|
|
"work"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"lewd":{
|
|
"depicting or referring to sexual matters in a way that is unacceptable in polite society":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"clean",
|
|
"decent",
|
|
"G-rated",
|
|
"nonobscene",
|
|
"wholesome"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"bystanders were shocked by the lewd behavior of the couple in the park"
|
|
],
|
|
"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",
|
|
"foul",
|
|
"gross",
|
|
"gutter",
|
|
"impure",
|
|
"indecent",
|
|
"lascivious",
|
|
"locker-room",
|
|
"nasty",
|
|
"obscene",
|
|
"pornographic",
|
|
"porny",
|
|
"profane",
|
|
"raunchy",
|
|
"ribald",
|
|
"smutty",
|
|
"stag",
|
|
"trashy",
|
|
"unprintable",
|
|
"vulgar",
|
|
"wanton",
|
|
"X-rated"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"having a strong sexual desire":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"frigid",
|
|
"undersexed"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a lewd 18th-century nobleman who left behind hundreds of erotic love letters"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"celibate",
|
|
"chaste",
|
|
"decent",
|
|
"immaculate",
|
|
"modest",
|
|
"moral",
|
|
"pure",
|
|
"virtuous",
|
|
"monastic",
|
|
"monkish",
|
|
"maidenly",
|
|
"virginal",
|
|
"innocent",
|
|
"lily-white",
|
|
"priggish",
|
|
"prim",
|
|
"prudish",
|
|
"puritanical",
|
|
"straitlaced",
|
|
"straightlaced",
|
|
"Victorian"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"aroused",
|
|
"excited",
|
|
"easy",
|
|
"fast",
|
|
"loose",
|
|
"promiscuous",
|
|
"dissipated",
|
|
"dissolute",
|
|
"libertine",
|
|
"corrupt",
|
|
"debased",
|
|
"debauched",
|
|
"decadent",
|
|
"degenerate",
|
|
"degraded",
|
|
"demoralized",
|
|
"depraved",
|
|
"dissipated",
|
|
"dissolute",
|
|
"immoral",
|
|
"indecent"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"concupiscent",
|
|
"goatish",
|
|
"horny",
|
|
"hot",
|
|
"hypersexual",
|
|
"itchy",
|
|
"lascivious",
|
|
"lecherous",
|
|
"libidinous",
|
|
"licentious",
|
|
"lubricious",
|
|
"lubricous",
|
|
"lustful",
|
|
"oversexed",
|
|
"passionate",
|
|
"randy",
|
|
"salacious",
|
|
"satyric",
|
|
"wanton"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"hinting at or intended to call to mind matters regarded as indecent":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a nearby diner kept telling lewd jokes until we told him to shut up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"clean",
|
|
"decent",
|
|
"G-rated",
|
|
"nonobscene",
|
|
"innocuous",
|
|
"inoffensive",
|
|
"priggish",
|
|
"prim",
|
|
"prudish",
|
|
"puritanical",
|
|
"staid",
|
|
"straitlaced",
|
|
"straightlaced",
|
|
"Victorian",
|
|
"correct",
|
|
"decorous",
|
|
"genteel",
|
|
"nice",
|
|
"polite",
|
|
"proper",
|
|
"respectable",
|
|
"seemly"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"leering",
|
|
"barnyard",
|
|
"coarse",
|
|
"coarse-grained",
|
|
"crude",
|
|
"earthy",
|
|
"foul",
|
|
"gross",
|
|
"vulgar",
|
|
"dirty",
|
|
"filthy",
|
|
"gutter",
|
|
"indecent",
|
|
"lascivious",
|
|
"locker-room",
|
|
"nasty",
|
|
"obscene",
|
|
"pornographic",
|
|
"porny",
|
|
"prurient",
|
|
"raunchy",
|
|
"smutty",
|
|
"stag",
|
|
"unprintable",
|
|
"unpublishable",
|
|
"warm",
|
|
"X-rated",
|
|
"immodest",
|
|
"indecorous",
|
|
"indelicate",
|
|
"naughty"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bawdy",
|
|
"blue",
|
|
"gamy",
|
|
"gamey",
|
|
"off",
|
|
"off-color",
|
|
"off-colored",
|
|
"racy",
|
|
"ribald",
|
|
"risqu\u00e9",
|
|
"salty",
|
|
"spicy",
|
|
"suggestive"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"legged (it)":{
|
|
"to go on foot":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the car was in the shop so we had to leg it to work for a couple of days"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ambulated",
|
|
"footed (it)",
|
|
"hoofed (it)",
|
|
"padded",
|
|
"stepped",
|
|
"traipsed",
|
|
"trod",
|
|
"treaded",
|
|
"walked"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"paraded",
|
|
"promenaded",
|
|
"marched",
|
|
"paced",
|
|
"stepped out",
|
|
"strode",
|
|
"trooped",
|
|
"power walked",
|
|
"hiked",
|
|
"peregrinated",
|
|
"trekked",
|
|
"ambled",
|
|
"moseyed",
|
|
"perambulated",
|
|
"rambled",
|
|
"sauntered",
|
|
"strolled",
|
|
"wandered",
|
|
"clumped",
|
|
"stomped",
|
|
"stumped",
|
|
"tramped",
|
|
"trampled",
|
|
"tromped",
|
|
"footslogged",
|
|
"plodded",
|
|
"trudged",
|
|
"gimped",
|
|
"hobbled",
|
|
"limped",
|
|
"minced",
|
|
"pranced",
|
|
"pussyfooted",
|
|
"tiptoed",
|
|
"bounced",
|
|
"sashayed",
|
|
"stalked",
|
|
"strutted",
|
|
"swaggered",
|
|
"faltered",
|
|
"lumbered",
|
|
"lurched",
|
|
"pounded",
|
|
"scuffed",
|
|
"shambled",
|
|
"shuffled",
|
|
"staggered",
|
|
"stumbled",
|
|
"toddled",
|
|
"waddled",
|
|
"nipped",
|
|
"tapped",
|
|
"tripped",
|
|
"trotted"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"letting down":{
|
|
"to fall short in satisfying the expectation or hope of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"with my poor performance I really felt that I had let my teammates down"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cheating",
|
|
"disappointing",
|
|
"dissatisfying",
|
|
"failing"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"bumming (out)",
|
|
"chagrining",
|
|
"discontenting",
|
|
"disgruntling",
|
|
"displeasing",
|
|
"distressing",
|
|
"upsetting",
|
|
"disenchanting",
|
|
"disillusioning",
|
|
"deceiving",
|
|
"deluding",
|
|
"mocking"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"fulfilling",
|
|
"gladdening"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"contenting",
|
|
"gratifying",
|
|
"satisfying"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"lesser":{
|
|
"having not so great importance or rank as another":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"it was the lesser evil of the two choices"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"inferior",
|
|
"junior",
|
|
"less",
|
|
"lower",
|
|
"minor",
|
|
"smaller",
|
|
"subordinate"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"little",
|
|
"mean",
|
|
"small",
|
|
"minute",
|
|
"petty",
|
|
"jerkwater",
|
|
"one-horse",
|
|
"second-class",
|
|
"second-rate",
|
|
"two-bit",
|
|
"associate",
|
|
"auxiliary",
|
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"secondary",
|
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"subsidiary"
|
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],
|
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"near antonyms":[
|
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"choice",
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"exceptional",
|
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"first-class",
|
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"first-rate"
|
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],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
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"greater",
|
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"higher",
|
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"major",
|
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"more",
|
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"primary",
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"prime",
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"senior",
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"superior",
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"superordinate"
|
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]
|
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},
|
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"type":[
|
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"adjective"
|
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]
|
|
},
|
|
"lees":{
|
|
"the part or half of something that is sheltered from the wind":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the lee of the ship",
|
|
"on the lee side of the mountain"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"lewdly":{
|
|
"as in lustfully , lasciviously":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"legislation":{
|
|
"a rule of conduct or action laid down by a governing authority and especially a legislature":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Congress has proposed new legislation banning the commercial distribution of plastic straws."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"leveraging":{
|
|
"to take unfair advantage of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a reality show contestant who's trying to leverage her 15 minutes of fame"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abusing",
|
|
"capitalizing (on)",
|
|
"cashing in (on)",
|
|
"exploiting",
|
|
"imposing (on or upon)",
|
|
"milking",
|
|
"pimping",
|
|
"playing (on or upon)",
|
|
"using",
|
|
"working"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"jerking around",
|
|
"manipulating",
|
|
"mistreating",
|
|
"bleeding",
|
|
"cheating",
|
|
"fleecing",
|
|
"overcharging",
|
|
"skinning",
|
|
"soaking",
|
|
"sticking",
|
|
"commercializing",
|
|
"commodifying"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"leys":{
|
|
"a broad area of level or rolling treeless country":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"across the lea rolls a lonely wagon"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"campos",
|
|
"champaigns",
|
|
"downs",
|
|
"grasslands",
|
|
"heaths",
|
|
"llanos",
|
|
"moors",
|
|
"pampas",
|
|
"plains",
|
|
"prairies",
|
|
"savannas",
|
|
"savannahs",
|
|
"steppes",
|
|
"tundras",
|
|
"velds",
|
|
"veldts"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"fields",
|
|
"meadows",
|
|
"floodplains",
|
|
"bottomlands",
|
|
"bottoms",
|
|
"flats",
|
|
"lowlands",
|
|
"plateaus",
|
|
"plateaux",
|
|
"tablelands",
|
|
"tables",
|
|
"uplands"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"open land over which livestock may roam and feed":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the cattle were free to range over the lea"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"pasturages",
|
|
"pastures",
|
|
"ranges"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"ranches",
|
|
"stations",
|
|
"feedlots",
|
|
"stockyards",
|
|
"yards",
|
|
"grasslands",
|
|
"pampas",
|
|
"prairies",
|
|
"savannas",
|
|
"savannahs",
|
|
"steppes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"levitation":{
|
|
"as in takeoff , liftoff":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"legerdemains":{
|
|
"the art or skill of performing tricks or illusions for entertainment":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the illusionist's show is an entertaining blend of legerdemain and over-the-top showmanship"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"conjuring",
|
|
"hocus-pocus",
|
|
"magic",
|
|
"prestidigitation"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"deception",
|
|
"deceptiveness",
|
|
"trickery"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the use of clever underhanded actions to achieve an end":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the reduction of the deficit is due in part to financial legerdemain that masks the true costs of running the government"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"artifice",
|
|
"chicane",
|
|
"chicanery",
|
|
"gamesmanship",
|
|
"hanky-panky",
|
|
"jiggery-pokery",
|
|
"jugglery",
|
|
"skulduggery",
|
|
"skullduggery",
|
|
"subterfuge",
|
|
"trickery",
|
|
"wile"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"artfulness",
|
|
"caginess",
|
|
"cageyness",
|
|
"craftiness",
|
|
"cunning",
|
|
"deviousness",
|
|
"foxiness",
|
|
"oiliness",
|
|
"shadiness",
|
|
"sharpness",
|
|
"shiftiness",
|
|
"shrewdness",
|
|
"slickness",
|
|
"slipperiness",
|
|
"slyness",
|
|
"sneakiness",
|
|
"treachery",
|
|
"underhandedness",
|
|
"wiliness",
|
|
"crookedness",
|
|
"crookery",
|
|
"cunning",
|
|
"deceit",
|
|
"deceitfulness",
|
|
"deception",
|
|
"deceptiveness",
|
|
"dishonesty",
|
|
"dissimulation",
|
|
"double-dealing",
|
|
"dupery",
|
|
"duplicity",
|
|
"guile",
|
|
"guilefulness",
|
|
"hypocrisy",
|
|
"insincerity",
|
|
"fakery",
|
|
"humbuggery",
|
|
"imposture",
|
|
"quackery",
|
|
"dirty pool",
|
|
"dirty tricks",
|
|
"design",
|
|
"plotting",
|
|
"scheming",
|
|
"secrecy",
|
|
"stealth"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"artlessness",
|
|
"forthrightness",
|
|
"guilelessness",
|
|
"ingenuousness",
|
|
"sincerity",
|
|
"candidness",
|
|
"candor",
|
|
"directness",
|
|
"openness",
|
|
"plainness",
|
|
"plainspokenness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"lets on":{
|
|
"to take on a false or deceptive appearance":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she's not half as innocent as she likes to let on"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dissembles",
|
|
"dissimulates",
|
|
"makes out",
|
|
"pretends"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"acts",
|
|
"impersonates",
|
|
"masquerades",
|
|
"playacts",
|
|
"plays",
|
|
"poses",
|
|
"affects",
|
|
"assumes",
|
|
"counterfeits",
|
|
"fakes",
|
|
"feigns",
|
|
"professes",
|
|
"puts on",
|
|
"shams",
|
|
"simulates",
|
|
"camouflages",
|
|
"conceals",
|
|
"disguises",
|
|
"masks",
|
|
"bluffs",
|
|
"feints"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"letting fly":{
|
|
"to send through the air especially with a quick forward motion of the arm":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"The pitcher let fly one of his famous fastballs."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"casting",
|
|
"catapulting",
|
|
"chucking",
|
|
"dashing",
|
|
"firing",
|
|
"flinging",
|
|
"heaving",
|
|
"hurling",
|
|
"hurtling",
|
|
"launching",
|
|
"lobbing",
|
|
"lofting",
|
|
"pegging",
|
|
"pelting",
|
|
"pitching",
|
|
"slinging",
|
|
"throwing",
|
|
"tossing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bowling",
|
|
"darting",
|
|
"flipping",
|
|
"gunning",
|
|
"hooking",
|
|
"passing",
|
|
"rolling",
|
|
"shooting",
|
|
"bucking",
|
|
"ejecting",
|
|
"impelling",
|
|
"precipitating",
|
|
"projecting",
|
|
"propelling",
|
|
"rifling",
|
|
"thrusting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"letdown":{
|
|
"the emotion felt when one's expectations are not met":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the museum exhibit was just so-so, and we returned home with a vague sense of letdown"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"disappointment",
|
|
"dismay",
|
|
"dissatisfaction",
|
|
"frustration"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"crestfallenness",
|
|
"discontent",
|
|
"discontentedness",
|
|
"discontentment",
|
|
"disgruntlement",
|
|
"displeasure",
|
|
"disenchantment",
|
|
"disillusionment",
|
|
"blues",
|
|
"dejectedness",
|
|
"dejection",
|
|
"depression",
|
|
"desolateness",
|
|
"desolation",
|
|
"despondency",
|
|
"disconsolateness",
|
|
"distress",
|
|
"doldrums",
|
|
"dolefulness",
|
|
"dolor",
|
|
"downheartedness",
|
|
"dreariness",
|
|
"dumps",
|
|
"gloom",
|
|
"gloominess",
|
|
"joylessness",
|
|
"melancholy",
|
|
"mopes",
|
|
"oppression",
|
|
"sadness",
|
|
"sorrow",
|
|
"unhappiness",
|
|
"chagrin",
|
|
"discomfiture"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"fulfillment",
|
|
"fulfilment",
|
|
"bliss",
|
|
"felicity",
|
|
"gladness",
|
|
"happiness",
|
|
"joy"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"content",
|
|
"contentedness",
|
|
"contentment",
|
|
"gratification",
|
|
"satisfaction"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"something that disappoints":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the eagerly anticipated new movie starring our favorite actor turned out to be a big letdown"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bringdown",
|
|
"bummer",
|
|
"disappointment"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"anticlimax",
|
|
"failure",
|
|
"fiasco",
|
|
"fizzle",
|
|
"lemon",
|
|
"loser"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"success",
|
|
"winner",
|
|
"relief"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to fall short in satisfying the expectation or hope of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"with my poor performance I really felt that I had let my teammates down"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cheat",
|
|
"disappoint",
|
|
"dissatisfy",
|
|
"fail"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bum (out)",
|
|
"chagrin",
|
|
"discontent",
|
|
"disgruntle",
|
|
"displease",
|
|
"distress",
|
|
"upset",
|
|
"disenchant",
|
|
"disillusion",
|
|
"deceive",
|
|
"delude",
|
|
"mock"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"fulfill",
|
|
"fulfil",
|
|
"gladden"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"content",
|
|
"gratify",
|
|
"satisfy"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
}
|
|
} |