7651 lines
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7651 lines
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{
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"to a degree":{
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"to some degree or extent":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"I agree with her argument to a degree ."
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"awfully",
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"beastly",
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"deadly",
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"especially",
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"exceedingly",
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"exceeding",
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"exceptionally",
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"extremely",
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"frightfully",
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"greatly",
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"heavily",
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"highly",
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"hugely",
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"mightily",
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"mortally",
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"particularly",
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"surpassingly",
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"terribly",
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"very",
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"considerably",
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"extensively",
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"significantly",
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"substantially"
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],
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"related":[
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"acceptably",
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"decently",
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"passably",
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"tolerably",
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"little",
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"negligibly",
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"nominally",
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"slightly",
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"vaguely",
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"half",
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"halfway",
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"incompletely",
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"part",
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"partially",
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"partly",
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"partway"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"enough",
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"fairly",
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"kindly",
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"kind of",
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"like",
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"moderately",
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"more or less",
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"pretty",
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"quite",
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"rather",
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"relatively",
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"something",
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"somewhat",
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"sort of"
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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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"to the hilt":{
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"to a full extent or degree":{
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"antonyms":[
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"half",
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"halfway",
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"incompletely",
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"part",
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"partially",
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"partly"
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],
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"examples":[
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"The car's engine was souped up to the hilt ."
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"barely",
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"hardly",
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"just",
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"kind of",
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"marginally",
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"minimally",
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"scarcely",
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"slightly",
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"superficially",
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"approximately",
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"roughly",
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"somewhat"
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],
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"related":[
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"absolutely",
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"categorically",
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"cold",
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"downright",
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"hands down",
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"plain",
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"stone",
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"stone-cold",
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"unqualifiedly",
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"basically",
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"by and large",
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"chiefly",
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"generally",
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"largely",
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"mainly",
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"more or less",
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"mostly",
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"overall",
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"predominantly",
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"predominately",
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"primarily",
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"principally",
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"substantially",
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"abundantly",
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"copiously",
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"generously",
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"greatly"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"all",
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"all of",
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"all over",
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"altogether",
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"clean",
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"completely",
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"dead",
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"enough",
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"entire",
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"entirely",
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"even",
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"exactly",
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"fast",
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"flat",
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"full",
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"fully",
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"heartily",
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"out",
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"perfectly",
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"plumb",
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"quite",
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"soundly",
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"thoroughly",
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"through and through",
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"totally",
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"utterly",
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"well",
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"wholly",
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"wide"
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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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"with all power or resources being used":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"He played to the hilt during his farewell performance."
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[
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"completely",
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"comprehensively",
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"detailedly",
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"exhaustively",
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"fully",
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"minutely",
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"roundly",
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"thoroughly",
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"totally",
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"extremely",
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"utterly"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"all out",
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"full blast",
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"full tilt",
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"tooth and nail"
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]
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}
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},
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"toadied":{
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"to use flattery or the doing of favors in order to win approval especially from a superior":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"a satirical novel about an amoral go-getter who toadies his way to the top of the corporate ladder"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"despised",
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"disdained",
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"scorned",
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"gibed",
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"jibed",
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"jeered",
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"scoffed",
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"braved",
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"challenged",
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"defied"
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],
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"related":[
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"drooled",
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"gushed",
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"slavered",
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"slobbered",
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"endeared",
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"ingratiated",
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"courted",
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"wooed",
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"adulated",
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"idolized",
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"worshipped",
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"worshiped",
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"blandished",
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"cajoled",
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"coaxed",
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"flattered",
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"overpraised",
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"soft-soaped",
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"cowered",
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"cringed",
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"groveled",
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"grovelled",
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"abased",
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"debased",
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"demeaned",
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"deferred",
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"submitted",
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"yielded"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"apple-polished",
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"bootlicked",
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"fawned",
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"fussed",
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"kowtowed",
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"sucked (up)",
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"truckled"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"toddle":{
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"as in stumble , lurch":{
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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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"toeholds":{
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"as in footholds , footings":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[],
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"synonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"tog (up or out)":{
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"to outfit with clothes and especially fine or special clothes":{
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"antonyms":[
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"disarray",
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"disrobe",
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"strip",
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"unclothe",
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"undress",
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"untruss"
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],
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"examples":[
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"togged out in obviously brand-new hiking garb, she was quite a sight"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"denude",
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"divest",
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"uncover",
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"undrape",
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"unveil"
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],
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"related":[
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"cloak",
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"frock",
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"jacket",
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"mantle",
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"vest",
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"drape",
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"enswathe",
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"hap",
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"huddle",
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"swaddle",
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"swathe",
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"wrap",
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"accoutre",
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"accouter",
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"bedight",
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"equip",
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"furnish",
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"habilitate",
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"outfit",
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"tailor",
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"uniform",
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"dress down",
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"underdress"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"apparel",
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"array",
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"attire",
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"bedeck",
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"caparison",
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"clothe",
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"costume",
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"deck (out)",
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"do up",
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"dress",
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"dress up",
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"enrobe",
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"garb",
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"garment",
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"get up",
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"gown",
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"habit",
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"invest",
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"rig (out)",
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"robe",
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"suit",
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"toilet",
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"vesture"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"togetherness":{
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"a state or feeling of closeness and happiness among people who are together as friends, family members, etc.":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"family togetherness",
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"They try to encourage a sense of togetherness among the people in the community."
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[],
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"synonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"toil":{
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"something that catches and holds":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"a married woman hopelessly caught in the toils of an extramarital affair"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[
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"knot",
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"snarl",
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"tangle",
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"cat's cradle",
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"labyrinth",
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"maze",
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"cobweb",
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"spiderweb"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"entanglement",
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"mesh(es)",
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"morass",
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"net",
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"noose",
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"quagmire",
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"quicksand",
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"snare",
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"tanglement",
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"trap",
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"web"
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]
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},
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"to devote serious and sustained effort":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"toiled for many years on the mammoth outdoor sculpture"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"break",
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"ease (up)",
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"let up",
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"slacken",
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"bum",
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"chill",
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"dally",
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"dillydally",
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"footle",
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"goldbrick",
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"goof (off)",
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"hack (around)",
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"hang (around or out)",
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"idle",
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"laze",
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"loaf",
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"lounge",
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"shirk",
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"slack (off)",
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"veg out",
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"bask",
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"loll",
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"relax",
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"repose",
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"rest",
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"unwind",
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"dabble",
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"doodle",
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"fool around",
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"fribble",
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"goof (around)",
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"hang",
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"hang about",
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"mess around",
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"monkey (around)",
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"play",
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"potter (around)",
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"putter (around)",
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"trifle"
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],
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"related":[
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"apply (oneself)",
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"buckle (down)",
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"dig in",
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"hammer (away)",
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"knuckle down",
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"pitch in",
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"attack",
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"drive",
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"essay",
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"try",
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"exercise",
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"exert",
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"overexert",
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"overwork",
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"eke out",
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"grind (out)",
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"put out",
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"scrabble",
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"scratch",
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"trudge",
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"wade"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"bang away",
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"beaver (away)",
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"dig (away)",
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"drudge",
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"endeavor",
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"fag",
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"grub",
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"hump",
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"hustle",
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"labor",
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"moil",
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"peg (away)",
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"plod",
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"plow",
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"plug",
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"slave",
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"slog",
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"strain",
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"strive",
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"struggle",
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"sweat",
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"travail",
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"tug",
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"work"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"noun",
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"verb"
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],
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"very hard or unpleasant work":{
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"antonyms":[
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"fun",
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"play"
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],
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"examples":[
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"after years of toil in a sweatshop, Kim was finally able to start her own dressmaking business"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"decompression",
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"ease",
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"leisure",
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"relaxation",
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"repose",
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"rest",
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"amusement",
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"dalliance",
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"diversion",
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"entertainment",
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"recreation",
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"sport",
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"dormancy",
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"idleness",
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"inactivity",
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"inertia",
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"inertness",
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"dallying",
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"goldbricking",
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"loafing",
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"lolling",
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"lounging"
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],
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"related":[
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"spadework",
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"effort",
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"exertion",
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"pains",
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"struggle",
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"trouble",
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"chore",
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"duty",
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"job",
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"obligation",
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"responsibility",
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"routine",
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"tedium",
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"treadmill"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"donkeywork",
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"drudge",
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"drudgery",
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"fatigue",
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"grind",
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"labor",
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"moil",
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"slavery",
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"sweat",
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"travail"
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]
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}
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},
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"toilers":{
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"a person who does very hard or dull work":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"on Labor Day we should give a thought to those toilers who work long hours at low-paying jobs"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"goldbricks",
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"shirkers",
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"idlers",
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"lazybones",
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"loafers",
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"slouches",
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"sluggards",
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"slugs"
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],
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"related":[
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"workhorses",
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"serfs"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"dogsbodies",
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"drones",
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"drudgers",
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"drudges",
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"fags",
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"foot soldiers",
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"grubbers",
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"grubs",
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"grunts",
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"laborers",
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"peons",
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"peones",
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"pluggers",
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"slaves",
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"sloggers",
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"workers"
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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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"tolbooths":{
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"a place of confinement for persons held in lawful custody":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"Deacon Brodie, thought to be the inspiration for Robert Louis Stevenson's Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde , was publicly hung at the site of the old tolbooth of Edinburgh"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"outsides"
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],
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"related":[
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"bull pens",
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"cages",
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"cells",
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"holes",
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"tanks",
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"blocks",
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"wards",
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"glasshouses",
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"guardhouses",
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"hulks",
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"concentration camps",
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"gulags",
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"labor camps",
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"prison camps",
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"stalags",
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"work camps",
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"dungeons",
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"keeps",
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"oubliettes",
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"reformatories",
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"reform schools",
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"training schools"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"bastilles",
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"big houses",
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"bridewells",
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"brigs",
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"calabooses",
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"cans",
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"clinks",
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"coolers",
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"coops",
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"guardrooms",
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"hocks",
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"holds",
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"hoosegows",
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"jailhouses",
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"jails",
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"joints",
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"jugs",
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"lockups",
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"nicks",
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"penitentiaries",
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"pens",
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"pokeys",
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"prisons",
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"quods",
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"slammers",
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"slams",
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"stirs",
|
|
"stockades"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"tolerance":{
|
|
"the capacity to endure what is difficult or disagreeable without complaining":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"impatience"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"showed great tolerance in dealing with the child's tantrums"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"defiance",
|
|
"contrariness",
|
|
"disobedience",
|
|
"insubordination",
|
|
"intractability",
|
|
"recalcitrance",
|
|
"resistance",
|
|
"willfulness"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"acquiescence",
|
|
"resignation",
|
|
"passiveness",
|
|
"passivity",
|
|
"amenability",
|
|
"compliance",
|
|
"conformism",
|
|
"docility",
|
|
"obedience",
|
|
"subordination",
|
|
"tractability",
|
|
"willingness",
|
|
"discipline",
|
|
"self-control",
|
|
"submission",
|
|
"submissiveness"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"forbearance",
|
|
"long-suffering",
|
|
"patience",
|
|
"sufferance"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"tomb":{
|
|
"a final resting place for a dead person":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"explored the historic graveyard and saw tombs that dated back two centuries"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"catacomb",
|
|
"charnel",
|
|
"charnel house",
|
|
"columbarium",
|
|
"crypt",
|
|
"mausoleum",
|
|
"vault",
|
|
"cemetery",
|
|
"churchyard",
|
|
"graveyard",
|
|
"potter's field",
|
|
"barrow",
|
|
"mound",
|
|
"tumulus"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"burial",
|
|
"grave",
|
|
"sepulchre",
|
|
"sepulcher",
|
|
"sepulture"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to place (a dead body) in the earth, a tomb, or the sea":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"disinter",
|
|
"exhume",
|
|
"unearth"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Forest Lawn is where many of Tinseltown's immortals are tombed for all eternity"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"burn",
|
|
"cremate",
|
|
"bare",
|
|
"disclose",
|
|
"discover",
|
|
"display",
|
|
"exhibit",
|
|
"expose",
|
|
"reveal",
|
|
"show",
|
|
"uncoffin"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"immure",
|
|
"inurn",
|
|
"enshrine",
|
|
"conceal",
|
|
"cover",
|
|
"ensconce",
|
|
"hide",
|
|
"obscure",
|
|
"shade",
|
|
"shield",
|
|
"cloak",
|
|
"curtain",
|
|
"enshroud",
|
|
"shroud",
|
|
"rebury",
|
|
"reinter",
|
|
"coffin"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bury",
|
|
"entomb",
|
|
"hearse",
|
|
"inhume",
|
|
"inter",
|
|
"lay",
|
|
"put away"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"tommy-gunned":{
|
|
"as in":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"tommyrot":{
|
|
"language, behavior, or ideas that are absurd and contrary to good sense":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"no genuinely intelligent and educated person would believe such tommyrot"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"levelheadedness",
|
|
"rationality",
|
|
"reasonability",
|
|
"reasonableness",
|
|
"sensibleness",
|
|
"common sense",
|
|
"horse sense",
|
|
"sense",
|
|
"discernment",
|
|
"judgment",
|
|
"judgement",
|
|
"wisdom"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"absurdity",
|
|
"asininity",
|
|
"fatuity",
|
|
"foolery",
|
|
"idiocy",
|
|
"imbecility",
|
|
"inaneness",
|
|
"inanity",
|
|
"insanity",
|
|
"kookiness",
|
|
"lunacy",
|
|
"absurdness",
|
|
"craziness",
|
|
"madness",
|
|
"witlessness",
|
|
"hoity-toity",
|
|
"monkey business",
|
|
"monkeyshine(s)",
|
|
"shenanigan(s)",
|
|
"tomfoolery",
|
|
"gas",
|
|
"hot air",
|
|
"rigmarole",
|
|
"rigamarole",
|
|
"double-talk",
|
|
"greek",
|
|
"hocus-pocus"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"applesauce",
|
|
"balderdash",
|
|
"baloney",
|
|
"boloney",
|
|
"beans",
|
|
"bilge",
|
|
"blah",
|
|
"blah-blah",
|
|
"blarney",
|
|
"blather",
|
|
"blatherskite",
|
|
"blither",
|
|
"bosh",
|
|
"bull",
|
|
"bunk",
|
|
"bunkum",
|
|
"buncombe",
|
|
"claptrap",
|
|
"codswallop",
|
|
"crapola",
|
|
"crock",
|
|
"drivel",
|
|
"drool",
|
|
"fiddle",
|
|
"fiddle-faddle",
|
|
"fiddlesticks",
|
|
"flannel",
|
|
"flapdoodle",
|
|
"folderol",
|
|
"falderal",
|
|
"folly",
|
|
"foolishness",
|
|
"fudge",
|
|
"garbage",
|
|
"guff",
|
|
"hogwash",
|
|
"hokeypokey",
|
|
"hokum",
|
|
"hoodoo",
|
|
"hooey",
|
|
"horsefeathers",
|
|
"humbug",
|
|
"humbuggery",
|
|
"jazz",
|
|
"malarkey",
|
|
"malarky",
|
|
"moonshine",
|
|
"muck",
|
|
"nerts",
|
|
"nonsense",
|
|
"nuts",
|
|
"piffle",
|
|
"poppycock",
|
|
"punk",
|
|
"rot",
|
|
"rubbish",
|
|
"senselessness",
|
|
"silliness",
|
|
"slush",
|
|
"stupidity",
|
|
"taradiddle",
|
|
"tarradiddle",
|
|
"tosh",
|
|
"trash",
|
|
"trumpery",
|
|
"twaddle"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"tongue-lash":{
|
|
"to criticize (someone) severely or angrily especially for personal failings":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the drill sergeant tongue-lashed the recruits with a colorful litany of foulmouthed invectives"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"approve",
|
|
"endorse",
|
|
"indorse",
|
|
"sanction",
|
|
"extol",
|
|
"extoll",
|
|
"laud",
|
|
"praise"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"admonish",
|
|
"chide",
|
|
"remonstrate (with)",
|
|
"reprove",
|
|
"abuse",
|
|
"assail",
|
|
"attack",
|
|
"bad-mouth",
|
|
"blame",
|
|
"blast",
|
|
"censure",
|
|
"condemn",
|
|
"criticize",
|
|
"crucify",
|
|
"denounce",
|
|
"dis",
|
|
"diss",
|
|
"excoriate",
|
|
"fault",
|
|
"harangue",
|
|
"knock",
|
|
"lace (into)",
|
|
"lash",
|
|
"pan",
|
|
"reprehend",
|
|
"revile",
|
|
"scourge",
|
|
"slam",
|
|
"vituperate",
|
|
"belittle",
|
|
"disparage",
|
|
"mock",
|
|
"put down",
|
|
"ridicule",
|
|
"scoff",
|
|
"scorn"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"baste",
|
|
"bawl out",
|
|
"berate",
|
|
"call down",
|
|
"castigate",
|
|
"chastise",
|
|
"chew out",
|
|
"dress down",
|
|
"flay",
|
|
"hammer",
|
|
"jaw",
|
|
"keelhaul",
|
|
"lambaste",
|
|
"lambast",
|
|
"lecture",
|
|
"rag",
|
|
"rail (at or against)",
|
|
"rant (at)",
|
|
"rate",
|
|
"ream (out)",
|
|
"rebuke",
|
|
"reprimand",
|
|
"reproach",
|
|
"scold",
|
|
"score",
|
|
"upbraid"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"took":{
|
|
"to achieve a victory over":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"lost (to)"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I know we can take that team"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"fell",
|
|
"gave up",
|
|
"went down",
|
|
"went under",
|
|
"collapsed",
|
|
"failed",
|
|
"flopped",
|
|
"flunked",
|
|
"folded",
|
|
"washed out"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"swept",
|
|
"edged (out)",
|
|
"nosed out",
|
|
"pipped",
|
|
"annihilated",
|
|
"blew away",
|
|
"blew out",
|
|
"bombed",
|
|
"broke",
|
|
"buried",
|
|
"clobbered",
|
|
"creamed",
|
|
"crushed",
|
|
"drubbed",
|
|
"finished",
|
|
"flattened",
|
|
"overwhelmed",
|
|
"routed",
|
|
"shellacked",
|
|
"skinned",
|
|
"slaughtered",
|
|
"smoked",
|
|
"snowed under",
|
|
"thrashed",
|
|
"trounced",
|
|
"upset",
|
|
"walloped",
|
|
"waxed",
|
|
"whipped",
|
|
"capped",
|
|
"excelled",
|
|
"flourished",
|
|
"scored",
|
|
"succeeded",
|
|
"knocked off",
|
|
"knocked over",
|
|
"overpowered",
|
|
"overthrew",
|
|
"subjugated",
|
|
"unseated",
|
|
"vanquished",
|
|
"aced (out)",
|
|
"bettered",
|
|
"eclipsed",
|
|
"exceeded",
|
|
"excelled",
|
|
"outdid",
|
|
"outdistanced",
|
|
"outfought",
|
|
"outshone",
|
|
"outshined",
|
|
"outstripped",
|
|
"overtopped",
|
|
"surpassed",
|
|
"topped",
|
|
"transcended"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beat",
|
|
"bested",
|
|
"conquered",
|
|
"defeated",
|
|
"did down",
|
|
"dispatched",
|
|
"got",
|
|
"got around",
|
|
"licked",
|
|
"mastered",
|
|
"overbore",
|
|
"overcame",
|
|
"overmatched",
|
|
"prevailed (over)",
|
|
"skunked",
|
|
"stopped",
|
|
"subdued",
|
|
"surmounted",
|
|
"trimmed",
|
|
"triumphed (over)",
|
|
"upended",
|
|
"won (against)",
|
|
"worsted"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to agree to receive whether willingly or reluctantly":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"declined",
|
|
"denied",
|
|
"disallowed",
|
|
"disapproved",
|
|
"negatived",
|
|
"refused",
|
|
"rejected",
|
|
"spurned",
|
|
"turned down",
|
|
"vetoed"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"will you take that call?",
|
|
"took a cut in pay"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dissented (to)",
|
|
"objected (to)",
|
|
"opposed",
|
|
"protested",
|
|
"held off",
|
|
"resisted",
|
|
"withstood",
|
|
"combated",
|
|
"combatted",
|
|
"contested",
|
|
"fought"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"acceded (to)",
|
|
"assented (to)",
|
|
"conceded (to)",
|
|
"confirmed",
|
|
"consented (to)",
|
|
"OK'd",
|
|
"okayed",
|
|
"ratified",
|
|
"sanctioned",
|
|
"warranted",
|
|
"acquiesced (to)",
|
|
"bowed (to)",
|
|
"capitulated (to)",
|
|
"gave in (to)",
|
|
"submitted (to)",
|
|
"succumbed (to)",
|
|
"surrendered (to)",
|
|
"yielded (to)",
|
|
"abided",
|
|
"abode",
|
|
"bore",
|
|
"brooked",
|
|
"countenanced",
|
|
"endured",
|
|
"shouldered",
|
|
"stomached",
|
|
"stood",
|
|
"stuck out",
|
|
"supported",
|
|
"sustained",
|
|
"swallowed",
|
|
"sweat out",
|
|
"sweated out",
|
|
"tolerated",
|
|
"adopted",
|
|
"embraced",
|
|
"welcomed"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accepted",
|
|
"had"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to become affected with (a disease or disorder)":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"if you don't cover your head in this weather, you'll take cold and be stuck inside all weekend"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"came back",
|
|
"gained",
|
|
"healed",
|
|
"mended",
|
|
"recouped",
|
|
"recovered",
|
|
"recuperated",
|
|
"snapped back",
|
|
"rallied",
|
|
"rebounded",
|
|
"recovered (from)",
|
|
"shook (off)"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"broke out (with)",
|
|
"died (from)",
|
|
"succumbed (to)",
|
|
"failed",
|
|
"languished",
|
|
"sank",
|
|
"sunk",
|
|
"wasted (away)",
|
|
"weakened",
|
|
"wilted",
|
|
"withered",
|
|
"worsened"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"came down (with)",
|
|
"caught",
|
|
"contracted",
|
|
"got",
|
|
"sickened (with)",
|
|
"went down (with)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to deal with (something) usually skillfully or efficiently":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"let's take each problem separately"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"botched",
|
|
"bungled",
|
|
"foozled",
|
|
"fumbled",
|
|
"goofed (up)",
|
|
"loused up",
|
|
"messed (up)",
|
|
"mishandled",
|
|
"muffed",
|
|
"scamped"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"engineered",
|
|
"finessed",
|
|
"jockeyed",
|
|
"brought off",
|
|
"carried off",
|
|
"carried out",
|
|
"got off",
|
|
"pulled",
|
|
"commanded",
|
|
"directed",
|
|
"guided",
|
|
"steered",
|
|
"controlled",
|
|
"micromanaged",
|
|
"ran",
|
|
"run",
|
|
"regulated",
|
|
"reacted (to)",
|
|
"responded (to)"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"addressed",
|
|
"contended (with)",
|
|
"coped (with)",
|
|
"fielded",
|
|
"grappled (with)",
|
|
"hacked",
|
|
"handled",
|
|
"managed",
|
|
"maneuvered",
|
|
"manipulated",
|
|
"negotiated",
|
|
"played",
|
|
"swung",
|
|
"treated"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to decide to accept (someone or something) from a group of possibilities":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"declined",
|
|
"refused",
|
|
"rejected",
|
|
"turned down"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"you can take the white side this time, since I got to be white for our last chess game"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disapproved",
|
|
"negatived",
|
|
"repudiated",
|
|
"spurned",
|
|
"discarded",
|
|
"jettisoned",
|
|
"threw away",
|
|
"threw out"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"preselected",
|
|
"appointed",
|
|
"designated",
|
|
"fixed",
|
|
"marked",
|
|
"nominated",
|
|
"set",
|
|
"tabbed",
|
|
"tapped",
|
|
"accepted",
|
|
"adopted",
|
|
"embraced",
|
|
"espoused",
|
|
"settled (on or upon)"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cherry-picked",
|
|
"chose",
|
|
"culled",
|
|
"elected",
|
|
"handpicked",
|
|
"named",
|
|
"opted (for)",
|
|
"picked",
|
|
"preferred",
|
|
"selected",
|
|
"singled (out)",
|
|
"tagged"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to deprive of life":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"animated"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I never thought heart disease would take such an athletic and health-conscious person"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"raised",
|
|
"restored",
|
|
"resurrected",
|
|
"resuscitated",
|
|
"revived",
|
|
"nurtured"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"bumped off",
|
|
"butchered",
|
|
"cut down",
|
|
"finished",
|
|
"got",
|
|
"iced",
|
|
"knocked off",
|
|
"murdered",
|
|
"neutralized",
|
|
"offed",
|
|
"put away",
|
|
"rubbed out",
|
|
"scragged",
|
|
"snuffed",
|
|
"took out",
|
|
"wasted",
|
|
"whacked",
|
|
"annihilated",
|
|
"blotted out",
|
|
"decimated",
|
|
"killed off",
|
|
"massacred",
|
|
"mowed",
|
|
"slaughtered",
|
|
"smote",
|
|
"assassinated",
|
|
"executed",
|
|
"martyred",
|
|
"terminated",
|
|
"euthanized",
|
|
"euthanatized",
|
|
"put down",
|
|
"suicided"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"carried off",
|
|
"claimed",
|
|
"croaked",
|
|
"destroyed",
|
|
"did in",
|
|
"dispatched",
|
|
"felled",
|
|
"killed",
|
|
"slew"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to get possession of (something) by giving money in exchange for":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I'll take two cheeseburgers to go, please"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dealt (in)",
|
|
"marketed",
|
|
"merchandised",
|
|
"merchandized",
|
|
"retailed",
|
|
"sold",
|
|
"vended"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"acquired",
|
|
"gained",
|
|
"garnered",
|
|
"got",
|
|
"obtained",
|
|
"procured",
|
|
"secured",
|
|
"won",
|
|
"financed",
|
|
"paid (for)",
|
|
"sprang (for)",
|
|
"sprung (for)",
|
|
"bartered (for)",
|
|
"dealt (for)",
|
|
"dickered (over)",
|
|
"exchanged (for)",
|
|
"haggled (for)",
|
|
"negotiated (about)",
|
|
"traded (for)",
|
|
"bargained (with)",
|
|
"chaffered (with)",
|
|
"horse-traded (with)",
|
|
"paltered (with)",
|
|
"bade",
|
|
"bid",
|
|
"offered",
|
|
"rebought",
|
|
"repurchased"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bought",
|
|
"copped",
|
|
"picked up",
|
|
"purchased"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to have as a requirement":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"had",
|
|
"held"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"it will take a lot of courage to stand up for what is right"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"owned",
|
|
"possessed"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"entailed",
|
|
"involved",
|
|
"asked",
|
|
"begged",
|
|
"clamored (for)",
|
|
"cried (for)",
|
|
"hurt (for)",
|
|
"lacked",
|
|
"commanded",
|
|
"enjoined",
|
|
"exacted",
|
|
"insisted",
|
|
"pressed",
|
|
"quested",
|
|
"stipulated"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bore",
|
|
"challenged",
|
|
"claimed",
|
|
"demanded",
|
|
"necessitated",
|
|
"needed",
|
|
"required",
|
|
"wanted",
|
|
"warranted"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make or have room for":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I think we can take two more in this elevator"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"carried",
|
|
"contained",
|
|
"seated",
|
|
"enclosed",
|
|
"inclosed",
|
|
"encompassed",
|
|
"enfolded",
|
|
"harbored",
|
|
"housed"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accommodated",
|
|
"fitted",
|
|
"fit",
|
|
"held"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to offer entrance (as to a place, school, or privilege) to":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"banned",
|
|
"barred"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the school takes only a small percentage of the thousands of applicants"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"declined",
|
|
"disallowed",
|
|
"disapproved",
|
|
"dismissed",
|
|
"refused",
|
|
"rejected",
|
|
"blackballed",
|
|
"blacklisted",
|
|
"ostracized",
|
|
"banished",
|
|
"deported",
|
|
"exiled",
|
|
"expelled",
|
|
"ousted",
|
|
"threw out"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"entertained",
|
|
"welcomed",
|
|
"fellowshipped",
|
|
"fellowshiped",
|
|
"confirmed",
|
|
"ratified"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"admitted",
|
|
"entered",
|
|
"received"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to produce a desired effect":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"it will be a few hours before this medication takes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"backfired",
|
|
"fizzled"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"behaved",
|
|
"reacted",
|
|
"responded",
|
|
"affected",
|
|
"influenced",
|
|
"swayed",
|
|
"panned out",
|
|
"redounded",
|
|
"resulted"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"acted",
|
|
"operated",
|
|
"performed",
|
|
"worked",
|
|
"wrought"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to put up with (something painful or difficult)":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I can't take anymore of your whining about your former boyfriend"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"declined",
|
|
"dismissed",
|
|
"refused",
|
|
"rejected",
|
|
"repudiated",
|
|
"spurned",
|
|
"turned down",
|
|
"combated",
|
|
"combatted",
|
|
"contested",
|
|
"fought",
|
|
"opposed",
|
|
"resisted",
|
|
"avoided",
|
|
"bypassed",
|
|
"circumvented",
|
|
"dodged",
|
|
"eluded",
|
|
"escaped",
|
|
"evaded",
|
|
"missed",
|
|
"abstained (from)",
|
|
"forbore",
|
|
"refrained (from)"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"allowed",
|
|
"permitted",
|
|
"suffered",
|
|
"swallowed",
|
|
"reconciled (to)",
|
|
"acquiesced",
|
|
"agreed (with or to)",
|
|
"assented (to)",
|
|
"capitulated",
|
|
"consented (to)",
|
|
"respected",
|
|
"submitted (to)",
|
|
"yielded (to)"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abided",
|
|
"abode",
|
|
"absorbed",
|
|
"accepted",
|
|
"bode",
|
|
"bided",
|
|
"bore",
|
|
"brooked",
|
|
"countenanced",
|
|
"endured",
|
|
"hacked",
|
|
"handled",
|
|
"met",
|
|
"pocketed",
|
|
"stomached",
|
|
"stood",
|
|
"stuck out",
|
|
"supported",
|
|
"sustained",
|
|
"sweat out",
|
|
"sweated out",
|
|
"tolerated",
|
|
"went",
|
|
"wore"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to reach for and take hold of by embracing with the fingers or arms":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"take my hand, or we'll get separated in this crowd"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"discharged",
|
|
"dropped",
|
|
"freed",
|
|
"liberated",
|
|
"released",
|
|
"delivered",
|
|
"entrusted",
|
|
"intrusted",
|
|
"gave",
|
|
"handed",
|
|
"handed over",
|
|
"passed",
|
|
"relinquished",
|
|
"transferred",
|
|
"transmitted",
|
|
"turned over",
|
|
"unhanded"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"clenched",
|
|
"clung (to)",
|
|
"clutched",
|
|
"held on (to)",
|
|
"caught",
|
|
"nabbed",
|
|
"seized",
|
|
"snatched"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"clasped",
|
|
"grasped",
|
|
"gripped",
|
|
"held"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to regard as right or true":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"disbelieved",
|
|
"discredited",
|
|
"rejected"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I think we can take his word for it"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"distrusted",
|
|
"doubted",
|
|
"misdoubted",
|
|
"mistrusted",
|
|
"questioned",
|
|
"suspected",
|
|
"challenged",
|
|
"disputed"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"accounted",
|
|
"accredited",
|
|
"understood",
|
|
"assumed",
|
|
"presumed",
|
|
"supposed",
|
|
"concluded",
|
|
"deduced",
|
|
"inferred"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accepted",
|
|
"believed",
|
|
"bought",
|
|
"credited",
|
|
"swallowed",
|
|
"trusted"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"took a hike":{
|
|
"to leave a place often for another":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"arrived",
|
|
"came",
|
|
"showed up",
|
|
"turned up"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"She told them to take a hike because they aren't welcome here."
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abided",
|
|
"abode",
|
|
"dwelled",
|
|
"dwelt",
|
|
"lodged",
|
|
"remained",
|
|
"settled",
|
|
"stayed",
|
|
"tarried",
|
|
"approached",
|
|
"closed",
|
|
"neared",
|
|
"hit",
|
|
"landed",
|
|
"reached"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"set out",
|
|
"started",
|
|
"struck out",
|
|
"absconded",
|
|
"decamped",
|
|
"escaped",
|
|
"evacuated",
|
|
"fled",
|
|
"flew",
|
|
"got out",
|
|
"mizzled",
|
|
"ran away",
|
|
"scatted",
|
|
"scrammed",
|
|
"skipped",
|
|
"lit",
|
|
"lighted out",
|
|
"stepped out",
|
|
"went out",
|
|
"abandoned",
|
|
"deserted",
|
|
"forsook",
|
|
"vacated",
|
|
"emigrated",
|
|
"adjourned",
|
|
"removed",
|
|
"retired",
|
|
"retreated",
|
|
"withdrew"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bailed",
|
|
"bailed out",
|
|
"booked",
|
|
"bugged off",
|
|
"bugged out",
|
|
"buggered off",
|
|
"buzzed (off)",
|
|
"cleared off",
|
|
"cleared out",
|
|
"cut out",
|
|
"departed",
|
|
"dug out",
|
|
"exited",
|
|
"got",
|
|
"got off",
|
|
"moved",
|
|
"packed (up or off)",
|
|
"parted",
|
|
"peeled off",
|
|
"piked (out or off)",
|
|
"pulled out",
|
|
"pushed off",
|
|
"pushed on",
|
|
"quit",
|
|
"quitted",
|
|
"ran along",
|
|
"sallied (forth)",
|
|
"scarpered",
|
|
"shoved (off)",
|
|
"stepped (along)",
|
|
"took off",
|
|
"vamoosed",
|
|
"walked out",
|
|
"went",
|
|
"went off"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"took down":{
|
|
"to make a written note of":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"took down the customer's contact information"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"chronicled",
|
|
"minuted",
|
|
"transcribed",
|
|
"enregistered",
|
|
"entered",
|
|
"inscribed",
|
|
"chalked (up)",
|
|
"notched",
|
|
"scored"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"jotted (down)",
|
|
"logged",
|
|
"marked",
|
|
"noted",
|
|
"put down",
|
|
"recorded",
|
|
"registered",
|
|
"reported",
|
|
"set down",
|
|
"wrote down"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to reduce to a lower standing in one's own eyes or in others' eyes":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"aggrandized",
|
|
"canonized",
|
|
"deified",
|
|
"elevated",
|
|
"exalted"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"there's no need to take us down by making fun of our clothes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"acclaimed",
|
|
"applauded",
|
|
"boasted",
|
|
"celebrated",
|
|
"cheered",
|
|
"cited",
|
|
"commended",
|
|
"complimented",
|
|
"congratulated",
|
|
"decorated",
|
|
"eulogized",
|
|
"extolled",
|
|
"feted",
|
|
"f\u00eated",
|
|
"hailed",
|
|
"honored",
|
|
"lauded",
|
|
"praised",
|
|
"saluted",
|
|
"touted",
|
|
"acknowledged",
|
|
"recognized",
|
|
"highlighted",
|
|
"played up",
|
|
"spotlighted",
|
|
"spotlit",
|
|
"dignified",
|
|
"ennobled",
|
|
"enshrined",
|
|
"enskied",
|
|
"enthroned",
|
|
"glorified",
|
|
"magnified",
|
|
"advanced",
|
|
"boosted",
|
|
"lifted",
|
|
"promoted",
|
|
"raised",
|
|
"upgraded",
|
|
"uplifted",
|
|
"idealized",
|
|
"romanticized"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"abashed",
|
|
"confounded",
|
|
"confused",
|
|
"discomfited",
|
|
"disconcerted",
|
|
"discountenanced",
|
|
"embarrassed",
|
|
"fazed",
|
|
"flustered",
|
|
"mortified",
|
|
"nonplussed",
|
|
"nonplused",
|
|
"rattled",
|
|
"belittled",
|
|
"castigated",
|
|
"cried down",
|
|
"criticized",
|
|
"decried",
|
|
"depreciated",
|
|
"detracted",
|
|
"diminished",
|
|
"discounted",
|
|
"disparaged",
|
|
"minimized",
|
|
"put down",
|
|
"ridiculed",
|
|
"wrote off",
|
|
"bad-mouthed",
|
|
"defamed",
|
|
"defiled",
|
|
"libeled",
|
|
"libelled",
|
|
"maligned",
|
|
"slandered",
|
|
"affronted",
|
|
"insulted",
|
|
"censured",
|
|
"condemned",
|
|
"damned",
|
|
"denounced",
|
|
"execrated",
|
|
"reprehended",
|
|
"reprobated"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abased",
|
|
"chastened",
|
|
"cheapened",
|
|
"debased",
|
|
"degraded",
|
|
"demeaned",
|
|
"discredited",
|
|
"disgraced",
|
|
"dishonored",
|
|
"fouled",
|
|
"humbled",
|
|
"humiliated",
|
|
"lowered",
|
|
"sank",
|
|
"sunk",
|
|
"shamed",
|
|
"smirched"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to take apart":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"assembled",
|
|
"constructed"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"electricians will take down all the lights for the set after the play has finished its run"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"built",
|
|
"erected",
|
|
"pitched",
|
|
"combined",
|
|
"united"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"detached",
|
|
"disengaged",
|
|
"broke up",
|
|
"disaggregated",
|
|
"disarticulated",
|
|
"disconnected",
|
|
"disjoined",
|
|
"disjointed",
|
|
"dissevered",
|
|
"disunited",
|
|
"divided",
|
|
"separated"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"broke down",
|
|
"demounted",
|
|
"disassembled",
|
|
"dismantled",
|
|
"dismembered",
|
|
"dismounted",
|
|
"knocked down",
|
|
"struck"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"took for granted":{
|
|
"to take as true or as a fact without actual proof":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I took for granted that my car would start in the morning."
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"challenged",
|
|
"controverted",
|
|
"disagreed (with)",
|
|
"disbelieved",
|
|
"discounted",
|
|
"discredited",
|
|
"disputed",
|
|
"distrusted",
|
|
"doubted",
|
|
"mistrusted",
|
|
"questioned",
|
|
"wondered (about)",
|
|
"denied",
|
|
"disavowed",
|
|
"disclaimed",
|
|
"disowned",
|
|
"rejected",
|
|
"repudiated",
|
|
"belied",
|
|
"confuted",
|
|
"disproved",
|
|
"rebutted",
|
|
"refuted"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"accepted",
|
|
"believed",
|
|
"credited",
|
|
"swallowed",
|
|
"concluded",
|
|
"deduced",
|
|
"gathered",
|
|
"inferred",
|
|
"judged",
|
|
"took",
|
|
"conjectured",
|
|
"figured",
|
|
"guessed",
|
|
"reckoned",
|
|
"surmised",
|
|
"suspected",
|
|
"suspicioned",
|
|
"thought",
|
|
"conceived",
|
|
"dreamed",
|
|
"dreamt",
|
|
"fancied",
|
|
"imagined",
|
|
"perceived",
|
|
"preconceived",
|
|
"speculated",
|
|
"theorized",
|
|
"affirmed",
|
|
"alleged",
|
|
"asserted",
|
|
"averred",
|
|
"avouched",
|
|
"avowed",
|
|
"claimed",
|
|
"contended",
|
|
"declared",
|
|
"insisted",
|
|
"maintained",
|
|
"professed"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"assumed",
|
|
"hypothecated",
|
|
"hypothesized",
|
|
"postulated",
|
|
"premised",
|
|
"presumed",
|
|
"presupposed",
|
|
"said",
|
|
"supposed"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"took in":{
|
|
"to cause to believe what is untrue":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"undeceived"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a fellow passenger on the cruise completely took me in when he claimed to be the owner of a major software company"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"debunked",
|
|
"exposed",
|
|
"revealed",
|
|
"showed up",
|
|
"uncloaked",
|
|
"uncovered",
|
|
"unmasked",
|
|
"disclosed",
|
|
"divulged",
|
|
"told",
|
|
"unveiled",
|
|
"disabused",
|
|
"disenchanted",
|
|
"disillusioned"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"kidded",
|
|
"put on",
|
|
"teased",
|
|
"bled",
|
|
"cheated",
|
|
"chiseled",
|
|
"chiselled",
|
|
"defrauded",
|
|
"diddled",
|
|
"euchred",
|
|
"fleeced",
|
|
"flimflammed",
|
|
"hustled",
|
|
"mulcted",
|
|
"rooked",
|
|
"shortchanged",
|
|
"skinned",
|
|
"squeezed",
|
|
"stuck",
|
|
"stung",
|
|
"swindled"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bamboozled",
|
|
"beguiled",
|
|
"bluffed",
|
|
"buffaloed",
|
|
"burned",
|
|
"burnt",
|
|
"caught",
|
|
"conned",
|
|
"cozened",
|
|
"deceived",
|
|
"deluded",
|
|
"duped",
|
|
"faked out",
|
|
"fooled",
|
|
"gaffed",
|
|
"gammoned",
|
|
"gulled",
|
|
"had",
|
|
"had on",
|
|
"hoaxed",
|
|
"hoodwinked",
|
|
"hornswoggled",
|
|
"humbugged",
|
|
"juggled",
|
|
"misguided",
|
|
"misinformed",
|
|
"misled",
|
|
"snookered",
|
|
"snowed",
|
|
"spoofed",
|
|
"strung along",
|
|
"sucked in",
|
|
"suckered",
|
|
"tricked"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to have as part of a whole":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"excluded",
|
|
"left (out)",
|
|
"missed out",
|
|
"omitted"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"this report takes in all the latest information on the subject"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"banned",
|
|
"barred",
|
|
"debarred",
|
|
"precluded",
|
|
"prevented",
|
|
"prohibited",
|
|
"denied",
|
|
"refused",
|
|
"rejected",
|
|
"eliminated",
|
|
"excepted",
|
|
"ruled out",
|
|
"lost",
|
|
"mislaid",
|
|
"misplaced"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"comprised",
|
|
"consisted (of)",
|
|
"bracketed",
|
|
"had",
|
|
"held",
|
|
"owned",
|
|
"possessed",
|
|
"admitted",
|
|
"received",
|
|
"composed",
|
|
"constituted",
|
|
"formed",
|
|
"made",
|
|
"assimilated",
|
|
"embodied",
|
|
"incorporated",
|
|
"integrated"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"carried",
|
|
"comprehended",
|
|
"contained",
|
|
"embraced",
|
|
"encompassed",
|
|
"entailed",
|
|
"included",
|
|
"involved",
|
|
"numbered",
|
|
"subsumed"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to provide with living quarters or shelter":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"took in the stray dog"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"ejected",
|
|
"evicted"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"ensconced",
|
|
"homed",
|
|
"roosted",
|
|
"secured",
|
|
"shedded",
|
|
"stabled",
|
|
"tented",
|
|
"barracked",
|
|
"bedded (down)"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accommodated",
|
|
"bestowed",
|
|
"billeted",
|
|
"bivouacked",
|
|
"boarded",
|
|
"bunked",
|
|
"camped",
|
|
"chambered",
|
|
"domiciled",
|
|
"encamped",
|
|
"harbored",
|
|
"housed",
|
|
"lodged",
|
|
"put up",
|
|
"quartered",
|
|
"roofed",
|
|
"roomed",
|
|
"sheltered"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"took off":{
|
|
"to leave a place often for another":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"arrived",
|
|
"came",
|
|
"showed up",
|
|
"turned up"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I can only stay for a few minutes, and then I'll need to take off again"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abided",
|
|
"abode",
|
|
"dwelled",
|
|
"dwelt",
|
|
"lodged",
|
|
"remained",
|
|
"settled",
|
|
"stayed",
|
|
"tarried",
|
|
"approached",
|
|
"closed",
|
|
"neared",
|
|
"hit",
|
|
"landed",
|
|
"reached"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"set out",
|
|
"started",
|
|
"struck out",
|
|
"absconded",
|
|
"decamped",
|
|
"escaped",
|
|
"evacuated",
|
|
"fled",
|
|
"flew",
|
|
"got out",
|
|
"mizzled",
|
|
"ran away",
|
|
"scatted",
|
|
"scrammed",
|
|
"skipped",
|
|
"lit",
|
|
"lighted out",
|
|
"stepped out",
|
|
"went out",
|
|
"abandoned",
|
|
"deserted",
|
|
"forsook",
|
|
"vacated",
|
|
"emigrated",
|
|
"adjourned",
|
|
"removed",
|
|
"retired",
|
|
"retreated",
|
|
"withdrew"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bailed",
|
|
"bailed out",
|
|
"booked",
|
|
"bugged off",
|
|
"bugged out",
|
|
"buggered off",
|
|
"buzzed (off)",
|
|
"cleared off",
|
|
"cleared out",
|
|
"cut out",
|
|
"departed",
|
|
"dug out",
|
|
"exited",
|
|
"got",
|
|
"got off",
|
|
"moved",
|
|
"packed (up or off)",
|
|
"parted",
|
|
"peeled off",
|
|
"piked (out or off)",
|
|
"pulled out",
|
|
"pushed off",
|
|
"pushed on",
|
|
"quit",
|
|
"quitted",
|
|
"ran along",
|
|
"sallied (forth)",
|
|
"scarpered",
|
|
"shoved (off)",
|
|
"stepped (along)",
|
|
"vamoosed",
|
|
"walked out",
|
|
"went",
|
|
"went off"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to remove valuables from (a place) unlawfully":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a gangbanger who decided to take off some fast-food joint"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"ransacked",
|
|
"rifled",
|
|
"despoiled",
|
|
"looted",
|
|
"pillaged",
|
|
"plundered",
|
|
"ravished",
|
|
"sacked",
|
|
"spoiled",
|
|
"spoilt",
|
|
"stripped",
|
|
"stript",
|
|
"bled",
|
|
"broke in",
|
|
"cheated",
|
|
"chiseled",
|
|
"chiselled",
|
|
"cozened",
|
|
"defrauded",
|
|
"exploited",
|
|
"fleeced",
|
|
"hustled",
|
|
"mulcted",
|
|
"plucked",
|
|
"rooked",
|
|
"shortchanged",
|
|
"skinned",
|
|
"squeezed",
|
|
"stuck",
|
|
"stung",
|
|
"swindled",
|
|
"held up",
|
|
"mugged",
|
|
"rolled",
|
|
"stuck up"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"burglarized",
|
|
"burgled",
|
|
"knocked off",
|
|
"knocked over",
|
|
"ripped off",
|
|
"robbed",
|
|
"stole (from)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to rid oneself of (a garment)":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"donned",
|
|
"put on",
|
|
"slipped (into)",
|
|
"threw (on)"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"take off your coat and stay awhile"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"wore",
|
|
"appareled",
|
|
"apparelled",
|
|
"arrayed",
|
|
"attired",
|
|
"bedecked",
|
|
"clothed",
|
|
"clad",
|
|
"dressed",
|
|
"garbed",
|
|
"rigged",
|
|
"robed",
|
|
"suited"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"husked",
|
|
"shed",
|
|
"kicked (off)",
|
|
"disrobed",
|
|
"stripped",
|
|
"stript",
|
|
"undressed"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"doffed",
|
|
"doused",
|
|
"peeled (off)",
|
|
"put off",
|
|
"removed",
|
|
"shrugged off"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to take away (an amount or number) from a total":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"added",
|
|
"tacked (on)"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the store will take an additional 20% off if you bring in this coupon"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"adjoined",
|
|
"annexed",
|
|
"appended",
|
|
"complemented",
|
|
"supplemented",
|
|
"enhanced",
|
|
"heightened",
|
|
"intensified",
|
|
"magnified",
|
|
"aggrandized",
|
|
"amplified",
|
|
"augmented",
|
|
"beefed (up)",
|
|
"boosted",
|
|
"compounded",
|
|
"enlarged",
|
|
"escalated",
|
|
"expanded",
|
|
"increased",
|
|
"multiplied",
|
|
"raised"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"decreased",
|
|
"diminished",
|
|
"discounted",
|
|
"downsized",
|
|
"dwindled",
|
|
"knocked down",
|
|
"lessened",
|
|
"lowered",
|
|
"reduced",
|
|
"abbreviated",
|
|
"abridged",
|
|
"clipped",
|
|
"cropped",
|
|
"curtailed",
|
|
"cut",
|
|
"cut back",
|
|
"cut down",
|
|
"docked",
|
|
"pared",
|
|
"pruned",
|
|
"retrenched",
|
|
"shortened",
|
|
"slashed",
|
|
"trimmed",
|
|
"truncated",
|
|
"whittled"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abated",
|
|
"deducted",
|
|
"knocked off",
|
|
"subtracted"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"took off (from)":{
|
|
"as in withdrew (from) , escaped":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"took to task":{
|
|
"to criticize (someone) severely or angrily especially for personal failings":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"He took the landscaper to task for once again letting the bushes get overgrown."
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"approved",
|
|
"endorsed",
|
|
"indorsed",
|
|
"sanctioned",
|
|
"extolled",
|
|
"lauded",
|
|
"praised"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"admonished",
|
|
"chid",
|
|
"chided",
|
|
"remonstrated (with)",
|
|
"reproved",
|
|
"abused",
|
|
"assailed",
|
|
"attacked",
|
|
"bad-mouthed",
|
|
"blamed",
|
|
"blasted",
|
|
"censured",
|
|
"condemned",
|
|
"criticized",
|
|
"crucified",
|
|
"denounced",
|
|
"dissed",
|
|
"excoriated",
|
|
"faulted",
|
|
"harangued",
|
|
"knocked",
|
|
"laced (into)",
|
|
"lashed",
|
|
"panned",
|
|
"reprehended",
|
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"reviled",
|
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"scourged",
|
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"slammed",
|
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"vituperated",
|
|
"belittled",
|
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"disparaged",
|
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"mocked",
|
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"put down",
|
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"ridiculed",
|
|
"scoffed",
|
|
"scorned"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
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"basted",
|
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"bawled out",
|
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"berated",
|
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"called down",
|
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"castigated",
|
|
"chastised",
|
|
"chewed out",
|
|
"dressed down",
|
|
"flayed",
|
|
"hammered",
|
|
"jawed",
|
|
"keelhauled",
|
|
"lambasted",
|
|
"lectured",
|
|
"ragged",
|
|
"railed (at or against)",
|
|
"ranted (at)",
|
|
"rated",
|
|
"reamed (out)",
|
|
"rebuked",
|
|
"reprimanded",
|
|
"reproached",
|
|
"scolded",
|
|
"scored",
|
|
"tongue-lashed",
|
|
"upbraided"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to express one's unfavorable opinion of the worth or quality of":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"extolled",
|
|
"lauded",
|
|
"praised"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"He took his rival to task during the TV interview."
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"approved",
|
|
"commended",
|
|
"endorsed",
|
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"indorsed",
|
|
"recommended",
|
|
"sanctioned"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"skewered",
|
|
"tweaked",
|
|
"assailed",
|
|
"attacked",
|
|
"blasted",
|
|
"clobbered",
|
|
"slammed",
|
|
"slashed",
|
|
"nicked (at)",
|
|
"sniped (at)",
|
|
"beefed",
|
|
"bellyached",
|
|
"bitched",
|
|
"carped",
|
|
"caviled",
|
|
"cavilled",
|
|
"complained",
|
|
"crabbed",
|
|
"croaked",
|
|
"fussed",
|
|
"griped",
|
|
"groused",
|
|
"growled",
|
|
"grumbled",
|
|
"kicked",
|
|
"kvetched",
|
|
"moaned",
|
|
"murmured",
|
|
"muttered",
|
|
"niggled",
|
|
"quibbled",
|
|
"whined",
|
|
"admonished",
|
|
"chid",
|
|
"chided",
|
|
"drubbed",
|
|
"rebuked",
|
|
"reprimanded",
|
|
"reproached",
|
|
"reproved",
|
|
"berated",
|
|
"castigated",
|
|
"crucified",
|
|
"excoriated",
|
|
"flayed",
|
|
"gibbeted",
|
|
"hammered",
|
|
"keelhauled",
|
|
"lambasted",
|
|
"lashed",
|
|
"pilloried",
|
|
"scolded",
|
|
"upbraided",
|
|
"bad-mouthed",
|
|
"belittled",
|
|
"decried",
|
|
"derided",
|
|
"discommended",
|
|
"disparaged",
|
|
"put down"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blamed",
|
|
"censured",
|
|
"condemned",
|
|
"criticized",
|
|
"denounced",
|
|
"dispraised",
|
|
"dissed",
|
|
"faulted",
|
|
"knocked",
|
|
"panned",
|
|
"reprehended",
|
|
"slagged"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"took up with":{
|
|
"to come or be together as friends":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Since Aimee took up with Jared, the two have been virtually inseparable."
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"avoided",
|
|
"cold-shouldered",
|
|
"shunned",
|
|
"snubbed",
|
|
"alienated",
|
|
"estranged",
|
|
"broke up",
|
|
"disbanded",
|
|
"dispersed",
|
|
"split (up)",
|
|
"disjoined",
|
|
"dissociated",
|
|
"disunited",
|
|
"divorced",
|
|
"severed",
|
|
"split",
|
|
"sundered"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"affiliated",
|
|
"allied",
|
|
"attached",
|
|
"banded",
|
|
"bonded",
|
|
"clubbed",
|
|
"collaborated",
|
|
"colluded",
|
|
"confederated",
|
|
"conjoined",
|
|
"connected",
|
|
"cooperated",
|
|
"coupled",
|
|
"ganged",
|
|
"got along",
|
|
"got on",
|
|
"grouped",
|
|
"interrelated",
|
|
"joined",
|
|
"knotted",
|
|
"leagued",
|
|
"linked",
|
|
"mingled",
|
|
"mixed",
|
|
"rallied",
|
|
"related",
|
|
"sided",
|
|
"socialized",
|
|
"teamed",
|
|
"tied",
|
|
"wedded",
|
|
"wed",
|
|
"befriended",
|
|
"friended"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"associated",
|
|
"chummed",
|
|
"companied",
|
|
"consociated",
|
|
"consorted",
|
|
"fraternized",
|
|
"hobnobbed",
|
|
"hooked up",
|
|
"hung (around or out)",
|
|
"hanged (around or out)",
|
|
"messed around",
|
|
"palled (around)",
|
|
"ran",
|
|
"run",
|
|
"sorted",
|
|
"traveled",
|
|
"travelled"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"top drawer":{
|
|
"as in society , top":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"top secret":{
|
|
"kept completely hidden from the public by high government officials":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"top secret documents",
|
|
"The mission is top secret ."
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"top-heavy":{
|
|
"as in overweight":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"top-notch":{
|
|
"of the very best kind":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"atrocious",
|
|
"awful",
|
|
"execrable",
|
|
"lousy",
|
|
"pathetic",
|
|
"poor",
|
|
"rotten",
|
|
"terrible",
|
|
"vile",
|
|
"wretched"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a top-notch violinist who had no trouble getting a position with the symphony"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bad",
|
|
"inferior",
|
|
"low-grade",
|
|
"substandard",
|
|
"unsatisfactory",
|
|
"mediocre",
|
|
"middling",
|
|
"second-class",
|
|
"second-rate"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"acceptable",
|
|
"adequate",
|
|
"all right",
|
|
"decent",
|
|
"good",
|
|
"OK",
|
|
"okay",
|
|
"passable",
|
|
"satisfactory",
|
|
"tolerable",
|
|
"better",
|
|
"exceptional",
|
|
"fancy",
|
|
"high-grade",
|
|
"high-test",
|
|
"premium",
|
|
"select",
|
|
"special",
|
|
"superfine",
|
|
"classical",
|
|
"standard",
|
|
"traditional"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"A-OK",
|
|
"A1",
|
|
"awesome",
|
|
"bang-up",
|
|
"banner",
|
|
"beautiful",
|
|
"blue-chip",
|
|
"blue-ribbon",
|
|
"boffo",
|
|
"bonny",
|
|
"bonnie",
|
|
"boss",
|
|
"brag",
|
|
"brave",
|
|
"bully",
|
|
"bumper",
|
|
"capital",
|
|
"choice",
|
|
"classic",
|
|
"cool",
|
|
"corking",
|
|
"crackerjack",
|
|
"cracking",
|
|
"dandy",
|
|
"divine",
|
|
"dope",
|
|
"down",
|
|
"dynamite",
|
|
"excellent",
|
|
"fab",
|
|
"fabulous",
|
|
"famous",
|
|
"fantabulous",
|
|
"fantastic",
|
|
"fine",
|
|
"first-class",
|
|
"first-rate",
|
|
"first-string",
|
|
"five-star",
|
|
"four-star",
|
|
"frontline",
|
|
"gangbusters",
|
|
"gangbuster",
|
|
"gilt-edged",
|
|
"gilt-edge",
|
|
"gone",
|
|
"grand",
|
|
"great",
|
|
"groovy",
|
|
"heavenly",
|
|
"high-class",
|
|
"hot",
|
|
"hype",
|
|
"immense",
|
|
"jim-dandy",
|
|
"keen",
|
|
"lovely",
|
|
"marvelous",
|
|
"marvellous",
|
|
"mean",
|
|
"neat",
|
|
"nifty",
|
|
"noble",
|
|
"number one",
|
|
"No. 1",
|
|
"numero uno",
|
|
"out-of-sight",
|
|
"par excellence",
|
|
"peachy",
|
|
"peachy keen",
|
|
"phat",
|
|
"prime",
|
|
"primo",
|
|
"prize",
|
|
"prizewinning",
|
|
"quality",
|
|
"radical",
|
|
"righteous",
|
|
"sensational",
|
|
"slick",
|
|
"splendid",
|
|
"stellar",
|
|
"sterling",
|
|
"superb",
|
|
"superior",
|
|
"superlative",
|
|
"supernal",
|
|
"swell",
|
|
"terrific",
|
|
"tip-top",
|
|
"top",
|
|
"top-of-the-line",
|
|
"top-shelf",
|
|
"topflight",
|
|
"topping",
|
|
"unsurpassed",
|
|
"wizard",
|
|
"wonderful"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"topflight":{
|
|
"of the very best kind":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"atrocious",
|
|
"awful",
|
|
"execrable",
|
|
"lousy",
|
|
"pathetic",
|
|
"poor",
|
|
"rotten",
|
|
"terrible",
|
|
"vile",
|
|
"wretched"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"gave a topflight performance that earned a standing ovation"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bad",
|
|
"inferior",
|
|
"low-grade",
|
|
"substandard",
|
|
"unsatisfactory",
|
|
"mediocre",
|
|
"middling",
|
|
"second-class",
|
|
"second-rate"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"acceptable",
|
|
"adequate",
|
|
"all right",
|
|
"decent",
|
|
"good",
|
|
"OK",
|
|
"okay",
|
|
"passable",
|
|
"satisfactory",
|
|
"tolerable",
|
|
"better",
|
|
"exceptional",
|
|
"fancy",
|
|
"high-grade",
|
|
"high-test",
|
|
"premium",
|
|
"select",
|
|
"special",
|
|
"superfine",
|
|
"classical",
|
|
"standard",
|
|
"traditional"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"A-OK",
|
|
"A1",
|
|
"awesome",
|
|
"bang-up",
|
|
"banner",
|
|
"beautiful",
|
|
"blue-chip",
|
|
"blue-ribbon",
|
|
"boffo",
|
|
"bonny",
|
|
"bonnie",
|
|
"boss",
|
|
"brag",
|
|
"brave",
|
|
"bully",
|
|
"bumper",
|
|
"capital",
|
|
"choice",
|
|
"classic",
|
|
"cool",
|
|
"corking",
|
|
"crackerjack",
|
|
"cracking",
|
|
"dandy",
|
|
"divine",
|
|
"dope",
|
|
"down",
|
|
"dynamite",
|
|
"excellent",
|
|
"fab",
|
|
"fabulous",
|
|
"famous",
|
|
"fantabulous",
|
|
"fantastic",
|
|
"fine",
|
|
"first-class",
|
|
"first-rate",
|
|
"first-string",
|
|
"five-star",
|
|
"four-star",
|
|
"frontline",
|
|
"gangbusters",
|
|
"gangbuster",
|
|
"gilt-edged",
|
|
"gilt-edge",
|
|
"gone",
|
|
"grand",
|
|
"great",
|
|
"groovy",
|
|
"heavenly",
|
|
"high-class",
|
|
"hot",
|
|
"hype",
|
|
"immense",
|
|
"jim-dandy",
|
|
"keen",
|
|
"lovely",
|
|
"marvelous",
|
|
"marvellous",
|
|
"mean",
|
|
"neat",
|
|
"nifty",
|
|
"noble",
|
|
"number one",
|
|
"No. 1",
|
|
"numero uno",
|
|
"out-of-sight",
|
|
"par excellence",
|
|
"peachy",
|
|
"peachy keen",
|
|
"phat",
|
|
"prime",
|
|
"primo",
|
|
"prize",
|
|
"prizewinning",
|
|
"quality",
|
|
"radical",
|
|
"righteous",
|
|
"sensational",
|
|
"slick",
|
|
"splendid",
|
|
"stellar",
|
|
"sterling",
|
|
"superb",
|
|
"superior",
|
|
"superlative",
|
|
"supernal",
|
|
"swell",
|
|
"terrific",
|
|
"tip-top",
|
|
"top",
|
|
"top-notch",
|
|
"top-of-the-line",
|
|
"top-shelf",
|
|
"topping",
|
|
"unsurpassed",
|
|
"wizard",
|
|
"wonderful"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"toplofty":{
|
|
"having a feeling of superiority that shows itself in an overbearing attitude":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"humble",
|
|
"lowly",
|
|
"modest",
|
|
"unarrogant",
|
|
"unpretentious"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"those toplofty history professors who sneeringly use the term \"popularizer\" to describe any historian whose works are read with pleasure"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bashful",
|
|
"cowering",
|
|
"cringing",
|
|
"demure",
|
|
"diffident",
|
|
"introverted",
|
|
"mousy",
|
|
"mousey",
|
|
"overmodest",
|
|
"self-critical",
|
|
"self-doubting",
|
|
"sheepish",
|
|
"shrinking",
|
|
"shy",
|
|
"subdued",
|
|
"timid",
|
|
"acquiescent",
|
|
"compliant",
|
|
"deferential",
|
|
"meek",
|
|
"passive",
|
|
"submissive",
|
|
"unaggressive",
|
|
"unassertive",
|
|
"unassuming",
|
|
"unobtrusive",
|
|
"yielding",
|
|
"quiet",
|
|
"reserved",
|
|
"retiring"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"authoritarian",
|
|
"bossy",
|
|
"dominant",
|
|
"dominating",
|
|
"domineering",
|
|
"magisterial",
|
|
"pontifical",
|
|
"pontificating",
|
|
"condescending",
|
|
"disdainful",
|
|
"patronizing",
|
|
"impertinent",
|
|
"impudent",
|
|
"saucy",
|
|
"snobbish",
|
|
"snobby",
|
|
"snooty",
|
|
"blusterous",
|
|
"blustery",
|
|
"boastful",
|
|
"bombastic",
|
|
"braggart",
|
|
"bragging",
|
|
"braggy",
|
|
"cocky",
|
|
"swaggering",
|
|
"vain",
|
|
"vainglorious",
|
|
"complacent",
|
|
"conceited",
|
|
"egocentric",
|
|
"egoistic",
|
|
"egoistical",
|
|
"egotistic",
|
|
"egotistical",
|
|
"hubristic",
|
|
"narcissistic",
|
|
"orgulous",
|
|
"prideful",
|
|
"proud",
|
|
"self-affected",
|
|
"self-applauding",
|
|
"self-centered",
|
|
"self-complacent",
|
|
"self-conceited",
|
|
"self-pleased",
|
|
"self-satisfied",
|
|
"smug",
|
|
"stuck-up",
|
|
"self-flattering",
|
|
"self-loving",
|
|
"self-promoting",
|
|
"brash",
|
|
"forward",
|
|
"uninhibited",
|
|
"unreserved",
|
|
"extroverted",
|
|
"extraverted",
|
|
"immodest"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"arrogant",
|
|
"assumptive",
|
|
"bumptious",
|
|
"cavalier",
|
|
"chesty",
|
|
"haughty",
|
|
"high-and-mighty",
|
|
"high-handed",
|
|
"high-hat",
|
|
"highfalutin",
|
|
"hifalutin",
|
|
"huffish",
|
|
"huffy",
|
|
"imperious",
|
|
"important",
|
|
"lofty",
|
|
"lordly",
|
|
"masterful",
|
|
"overweening",
|
|
"peremptory",
|
|
"pompous",
|
|
"presuming",
|
|
"presumptuous",
|
|
"pretentious",
|
|
"self-asserting",
|
|
"self-assertive",
|
|
"sniffy",
|
|
"stiff-necked",
|
|
"supercilious",
|
|
"superior",
|
|
"uppish",
|
|
"uppity"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"topple":{
|
|
"to go down from an upright position suddenly and involuntarily":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the tower of blocks toppled even though I bumped into it ever so slightly"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"fall",
|
|
"slip",
|
|
"stumble",
|
|
"trip",
|
|
"tumble"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"collapse",
|
|
"crumple",
|
|
"drop",
|
|
"flump",
|
|
"keel",
|
|
"plop",
|
|
"plunk",
|
|
"plonk",
|
|
"slump (over)",
|
|
"crash",
|
|
"free-fall",
|
|
"nose-dive",
|
|
"plummet",
|
|
"plunge",
|
|
"precipitate",
|
|
"wipe out",
|
|
"skid",
|
|
"slide"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"get up",
|
|
"rise",
|
|
"stand (up)",
|
|
"uprise"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"topsy-turvy":{
|
|
"as in haphazardly , aimlessly":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"lacking in order, neatness, and often cleanliness":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"bandbox",
|
|
"crisp",
|
|
"kempt",
|
|
"neat",
|
|
"neatened",
|
|
"ordered",
|
|
"orderly",
|
|
"organized",
|
|
"shipshape",
|
|
"snug",
|
|
"tidied",
|
|
"tidy",
|
|
"trim",
|
|
"uncluttered",
|
|
"well-ordered"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the office is still topsy-turvy even though we moved in months ago"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"antiseptic",
|
|
"clean",
|
|
"cleaned",
|
|
"cleanly",
|
|
"hygienic",
|
|
"immaculate",
|
|
"sparkling",
|
|
"spick-and-span",
|
|
"spic-and-span",
|
|
"spotless",
|
|
"stainless",
|
|
"unsoiled",
|
|
"unsullied",
|
|
"methodical",
|
|
"methodic",
|
|
"regular",
|
|
"systematic",
|
|
"systematized",
|
|
"careful",
|
|
"fastidious",
|
|
"finicky",
|
|
"fussy",
|
|
"meticulous",
|
|
"combed",
|
|
"groomed",
|
|
"manicured",
|
|
"well-groomed",
|
|
"taintless",
|
|
"undefiled",
|
|
"unpolluted",
|
|
"untainted",
|
|
"wholesome"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"bedraggled",
|
|
"befouled",
|
|
"begrimed",
|
|
"bemired",
|
|
"besmirched",
|
|
"blackened",
|
|
"cruddy",
|
|
"dingy",
|
|
"dirty",
|
|
"draggled",
|
|
"filthy",
|
|
"foul",
|
|
"grimy",
|
|
"grotty",
|
|
"grubby",
|
|
"grungy",
|
|
"mucky",
|
|
"nasty",
|
|
"smudged",
|
|
"soiled",
|
|
"spotted",
|
|
"squalid",
|
|
"stained",
|
|
"sullied",
|
|
"unclean",
|
|
"uncleanly",
|
|
"dowdy",
|
|
"frowsy",
|
|
"frowzy",
|
|
"shaggy",
|
|
"slatternly",
|
|
"sloven",
|
|
"slovenly",
|
|
"uncombed",
|
|
"wrinkled",
|
|
"adulterated",
|
|
"contaminated",
|
|
"defiled",
|
|
"polluted",
|
|
"tainted",
|
|
"knotted",
|
|
"snarled",
|
|
"tangled",
|
|
"seedy",
|
|
"shabby",
|
|
"sleazy",
|
|
"sordid",
|
|
"neglected",
|
|
"neglectful",
|
|
"negligent"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"chaotic",
|
|
"cluttered",
|
|
"confused",
|
|
"disarranged",
|
|
"disarrayed",
|
|
"disheveled",
|
|
"dishevelled",
|
|
"disordered",
|
|
"disorderly",
|
|
"higgledy-piggledy",
|
|
"hugger-mugger",
|
|
"jumbled",
|
|
"littered",
|
|
"messed",
|
|
"messy",
|
|
"muddled",
|
|
"mussed",
|
|
"mussy",
|
|
"pell-mell",
|
|
"rumpled",
|
|
"sloppy",
|
|
"tousled",
|
|
"tumbled",
|
|
"unkempt",
|
|
"untidy",
|
|
"upside-down"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"torc":{
|
|
"a decorative usually metal ring worn around the neck by the ancient Gauls, Germans, and Britons":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a Bronze Age torque and armlet found at the burial site"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"torpedo":{
|
|
"a large sandwich on a long split roll":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"that deli's torpedoes are big enough to serve two people"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"Cuban sandwich",
|
|
"grinder",
|
|
"hero",
|
|
"hoagie",
|
|
"hoagy",
|
|
"Italian sandwich",
|
|
"po'boy",
|
|
"poor boy",
|
|
"sub",
|
|
"submarine"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"torpor":{
|
|
"lack of interest or concern":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"concern",
|
|
"interest",
|
|
"regard"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"after a lifetime of setbacks, defeats, and failures, he could only greet the latest bad news with a resigned fatalism and dull torpor"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"attention",
|
|
"attentiveness",
|
|
"awareness",
|
|
"conscientiousness",
|
|
"curiosity",
|
|
"heedfulness",
|
|
"keenness",
|
|
"sensitivity",
|
|
"warmheartedness",
|
|
"bias",
|
|
"partiality",
|
|
"prejudice",
|
|
"ardor",
|
|
"desire",
|
|
"fervency",
|
|
"passion",
|
|
"vehemence",
|
|
"warmth",
|
|
"zeal"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"halfheartedness",
|
|
"lukewarmness",
|
|
"tepidity",
|
|
"tepidness",
|
|
"carelessness",
|
|
"heedlessness",
|
|
"recklessness",
|
|
"unawareness",
|
|
"lethargy",
|
|
"listlessness",
|
|
"aloofness",
|
|
"coldness",
|
|
"cool",
|
|
"detachment",
|
|
"dispassion",
|
|
"callosity",
|
|
"callousness",
|
|
"hard-heartedness",
|
|
"hardness",
|
|
"insensitivity",
|
|
"bloodlessness",
|
|
"impassiveness",
|
|
"impassivity",
|
|
"phlegm",
|
|
"stoicism",
|
|
"stolidity"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"apathy",
|
|
"casualness",
|
|
"complacence",
|
|
"disinterestedness",
|
|
"disregard",
|
|
"incuriosity",
|
|
"incuriousness",
|
|
"indifference",
|
|
"insouciance",
|
|
"nonchalance",
|
|
"unconcern"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"physical or mental inertness":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"vigor",
|
|
"vim",
|
|
"vitality",
|
|
"vivacity"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"following a gut-busting Thanksgiving dinner, we spent the rest of the day lounging about in a contented torpor"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"eagerness",
|
|
"enthusiasm",
|
|
"keenness",
|
|
"spiritedness",
|
|
"ambition",
|
|
"enterprise"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"boredom",
|
|
"indifference",
|
|
"malaise",
|
|
"laziness",
|
|
"fatigue",
|
|
"sleepiness",
|
|
"narcosis",
|
|
"idleness",
|
|
"inaction"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"hebetude",
|
|
"languor",
|
|
"lassitude",
|
|
"lethargy",
|
|
"listlessness",
|
|
"stupor"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"torque":{
|
|
"a decorative usually metal ring worn around the neck by the ancient Gauls, Germans, and Britons":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a Bronze Age torque and armlet found at the burial site"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"torrid":{
|
|
"having a notably high temperature":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"algid",
|
|
"arctic",
|
|
"bitter",
|
|
"bone-chilling",
|
|
"cold",
|
|
"freezing",
|
|
"frigid",
|
|
"frozen",
|
|
"glacial",
|
|
"ice-cold",
|
|
"iced",
|
|
"icy"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the dry, torrid summers in southern Arizona"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"chill",
|
|
"chilly",
|
|
"coldish",
|
|
"cool",
|
|
"coolish",
|
|
"nippy",
|
|
"snappy",
|
|
"blizzardly",
|
|
"frosty",
|
|
"snowy",
|
|
"subfreezing",
|
|
"subzero",
|
|
"wintry",
|
|
"wintery",
|
|
"chilled",
|
|
"cooled",
|
|
"refrigerated",
|
|
"unheated",
|
|
"benumbed",
|
|
"numb",
|
|
"shivering"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"blazing",
|
|
"glowing",
|
|
"igneous",
|
|
"molten",
|
|
"seething",
|
|
"sizzling",
|
|
"heated",
|
|
"overheated",
|
|
"reheated",
|
|
"warmed",
|
|
"snug",
|
|
"toasty",
|
|
"warm",
|
|
"warmish",
|
|
"feverish",
|
|
"flushed",
|
|
"inflamed",
|
|
"enflamed",
|
|
"canicular",
|
|
"muggy",
|
|
"steamy",
|
|
"summerlike",
|
|
"summery",
|
|
"tropical"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ardent",
|
|
"boiling",
|
|
"broiling",
|
|
"burning",
|
|
"fervent",
|
|
"fervid",
|
|
"fiery",
|
|
"hot",
|
|
"piping hot",
|
|
"red",
|
|
"red-hot",
|
|
"roasting",
|
|
"scalding",
|
|
"scorching",
|
|
"searing",
|
|
"sultry",
|
|
"superheated",
|
|
"sweltering",
|
|
"ultrahot",
|
|
"white-hot"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"having or expressing great depth of feeling":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"cold",
|
|
"cool",
|
|
"dispassionate",
|
|
"emotionless",
|
|
"impassive",
|
|
"unemotional"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a torrid love affair"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"detached",
|
|
"dry",
|
|
"impersonal",
|
|
"objective",
|
|
"reserved",
|
|
"undemonstrative"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"gushing",
|
|
"gushy",
|
|
"maudlin",
|
|
"mawkish",
|
|
"mushy",
|
|
"saccharine",
|
|
"sappy",
|
|
"schmaltzy",
|
|
"sentimental",
|
|
"sloppy",
|
|
"sugary",
|
|
"histrionic",
|
|
"melodramatic",
|
|
"enthusiastic",
|
|
"gung ho",
|
|
"keen",
|
|
"zealous",
|
|
"enamored",
|
|
"infatuated",
|
|
"obsessed",
|
|
"uninhibited",
|
|
"unreserved",
|
|
"unrestrained",
|
|
"frenzied",
|
|
"orgiastic",
|
|
"overemotional",
|
|
"overexcited",
|
|
"overheated"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ardent",
|
|
"blazing",
|
|
"burning",
|
|
"charged",
|
|
"demonstrative",
|
|
"emotional",
|
|
"fervent",
|
|
"fervid",
|
|
"feverish",
|
|
"fiery",
|
|
"flaming",
|
|
"glowing",
|
|
"hot-blooded",
|
|
"impassioned",
|
|
"incandescent",
|
|
"intense",
|
|
"passional",
|
|
"passionate",
|
|
"perfervid",
|
|
"red-hot",
|
|
"religious",
|
|
"superheated",
|
|
"vehement",
|
|
"warm",
|
|
"warm-blooded"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"toss (down":{
|
|
"to swallow in liquid form":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"tossed off the last of the medicine"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"lap",
|
|
"lick",
|
|
"suck",
|
|
"consume",
|
|
"down",
|
|
"ingurgitate",
|
|
"kill",
|
|
"mouth (down)",
|
|
"put away",
|
|
"nip",
|
|
"tipple",
|
|
"pledge",
|
|
"toast",
|
|
"wine"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"belt (down)",
|
|
"drink",
|
|
"gulp",
|
|
"guzzle",
|
|
"hoist",
|
|
"imbibe",
|
|
"knock back",
|
|
"pound (down)",
|
|
"quaff",
|
|
"sip",
|
|
"slug (down)",
|
|
"slurp",
|
|
"sup",
|
|
"swig",
|
|
"swill"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"totaled":{
|
|
"to bring to a complete end the physical soundness, existence, or usefulness of":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"built",
|
|
"constructed",
|
|
"erected",
|
|
"put up",
|
|
"raised",
|
|
"reared",
|
|
"set up"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a powerful hurricane totaled the house some years ago"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"doctored",
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],
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"prevailed (over)",
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"routed",
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"washed out",
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"dilapidated",
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"despoiled",
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"havocked",
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"looted",
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"cut down",
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|
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|
"killed",
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|
"killed off",
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|
"massacred",
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|
"mowed (down)",
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|
"murdered",
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|
"slaughtered",
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|
"slew",
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|
"took out",
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|
"zapped"
|
|
],
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|
|
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|
"creamed",
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|
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|
"demolished",
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|
"desolated",
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"destroyed",
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|
"devastated",
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|
"did in",
|
|
"extinguished",
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|
"nuked",
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|
"pulled down",
|
|
"pulverized",
|
|
"razed",
|
|
"rubbed out",
|
|
"ruined",
|
|
"shattered",
|
|
"smashed",
|
|
"tore down",
|
|
"vaporized",
|
|
"wasted",
|
|
"wracked",
|
|
"wrecked"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to combine (numbers) into a single sum":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"total all the receipts and tell me how much I owe you"
|
|
],
|
|
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|
|
"related":[
|
|
"calculated",
|
|
"ciphered",
|
|
"computed",
|
|
"figured",
|
|
"reckoned",
|
|
"tabled",
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|
"tabulated",
|
|
"tallied",
|
|
"worked out",
|
|
"divided",
|
|
"multiplied",
|
|
"subtracted",
|
|
"counted",
|
|
"enumerated",
|
|
"numbered",
|
|
"told",
|
|
"recomputed",
|
|
"refigured"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"added",
|
|
"cast (up)",
|
|
"footed (up)",
|
|
"summated",
|
|
"summed",
|
|
"totalized",
|
|
"toted (up)",
|
|
"totted (up)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to have a total of":{
|
|
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|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"two and two total four"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"averaged",
|
|
"equaled",
|
|
"equalled",
|
|
"measured",
|
|
"reached",
|
|
"composed",
|
|
"comprised",
|
|
"constituted",
|
|
"made up"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"added up (to)",
|
|
"aggregated",
|
|
"amounted (to)",
|
|
"came (to)",
|
|
"counted (up to)",
|
|
"numbered",
|
|
"summed (to or into)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"totalized":{
|
|
"to combine (numbers) into a single sum":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"when we totalized our restaurant receipts for a month, the result was a little startling"
|
|
],
|
|
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|
|
"related":[
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"calculated",
|
|
"ciphered",
|
|
"computed",
|
|
"figured",
|
|
"reckoned",
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|
"tabled",
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|
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|
"tallied",
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|
"worked out",
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|
"divided",
|
|
"multiplied",
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|
"subtracted",
|
|
"counted",
|
|
"enumerated",
|
|
"numbered",
|
|
"told",
|
|
"recomputed",
|
|
"refigured"
|
|
],
|
|
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|
"added",
|
|
"cast (up)",
|
|
"footed (up)",
|
|
"summated",
|
|
"summed",
|
|
"totaled",
|
|
"totalled",
|
|
"toted (up)",
|
|
"totted (up)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"totalizing":{
|
|
"to combine (numbers) into a single sum":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"when we totalized our restaurant receipts for a month, the result was a little startling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"calculating",
|
|
"ciphering",
|
|
"computing",
|
|
"figuring",
|
|
"reckoning",
|
|
"tabling",
|
|
"tabulating",
|
|
"tallying",
|
|
"working out",
|
|
"dividing",
|
|
"multiplying",
|
|
"subtracting",
|
|
"counting",
|
|
"enumerating",
|
|
"numbering",
|
|
"telling",
|
|
"recomputing",
|
|
"refiguring"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"adding",
|
|
"casting (up)",
|
|
"footing (up)",
|
|
"summating",
|
|
"summing",
|
|
"totaling",
|
|
"totalling",
|
|
"toting (up)",
|
|
"totting (up)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"totalled":{
|
|
"to bring to a complete end the physical soundness, existence, or usefulness of":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"built",
|
|
"constructed",
|
|
"erected",
|
|
"put up",
|
|
"raised",
|
|
"reared",
|
|
"set up"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a powerful hurricane totaled the house some years ago"
|
|
],
|
|
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|
|
"doctored",
|
|
"fixed",
|
|
"mended",
|
|
"patched",
|
|
"reconditioned",
|
|
"repaired",
|
|
"revamped",
|
|
"created",
|
|
"invented",
|
|
"assembled",
|
|
"fabricated",
|
|
"fashioned",
|
|
"forged",
|
|
"formed",
|
|
"framed",
|
|
"made",
|
|
"manufactured",
|
|
"molded",
|
|
"produced",
|
|
"shaped",
|
|
"brought about",
|
|
"constituted",
|
|
"established",
|
|
"fathered",
|
|
"founded",
|
|
"instituted",
|
|
"organized",
|
|
"conserved",
|
|
"preserved",
|
|
"protected",
|
|
"saved",
|
|
"rebuilt",
|
|
"reconstructed",
|
|
"remodeled",
|
|
"renovated",
|
|
"restored"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"beat",
|
|
"bested",
|
|
"clobbered",
|
|
"conquered",
|
|
"crushed",
|
|
"defeated",
|
|
"drubbed",
|
|
"licked",
|
|
"mastered",
|
|
"overbore",
|
|
"overcame",
|
|
"overmatched",
|
|
"prevailed (over)",
|
|
"routed",
|
|
"scotched",
|
|
"skunked",
|
|
"subdued",
|
|
"surmounted",
|
|
"thrashed",
|
|
"trimmed",
|
|
"triumphed (over)",
|
|
"trounced",
|
|
"walloped",
|
|
"whipped",
|
|
"won (against)",
|
|
"blasted",
|
|
"blew up",
|
|
"broke",
|
|
"crippled",
|
|
"damaged",
|
|
"defaced",
|
|
"deteriorated",
|
|
"disfigured",
|
|
"disintegrated",
|
|
"dissolved",
|
|
"dynamited",
|
|
"harmed",
|
|
"impaired",
|
|
"injured",
|
|
"mangled",
|
|
"marred",
|
|
"mutilated",
|
|
"spoiled",
|
|
"spoilt",
|
|
"vitiated",
|
|
"eroded",
|
|
"scoured",
|
|
"swept (away)",
|
|
"washed out",
|
|
"wore (away)",
|
|
"dilapidated",
|
|
"disassembled",
|
|
"dismantled",
|
|
"gutted",
|
|
"took down",
|
|
"unbuilt",
|
|
"undid",
|
|
"unmade",
|
|
"blotted out",
|
|
"effaced",
|
|
"eradicated",
|
|
"expunged",
|
|
"exterminated",
|
|
"extirpated",
|
|
"liquidated",
|
|
"obliterated",
|
|
"removed",
|
|
"rooted (out)",
|
|
"snuffed (out)",
|
|
"stamped (out)",
|
|
"wiped out",
|
|
"despoiled",
|
|
"havocked",
|
|
"looted",
|
|
"pillaged",
|
|
"plundered",
|
|
"ravaged",
|
|
"sacked",
|
|
"trampled",
|
|
"trashed",
|
|
"vandalized",
|
|
"assassinated",
|
|
"butchered",
|
|
"cut down",
|
|
"dispatched",
|
|
"executed",
|
|
"felled",
|
|
"killed",
|
|
"killed off",
|
|
"massacred",
|
|
"mowed (down)",
|
|
"murdered",
|
|
"slaughtered",
|
|
"slew",
|
|
"took out",
|
|
"zapped"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"annihilated",
|
|
"creamed",
|
|
"decimated",
|
|
"demolished",
|
|
"desolated",
|
|
"destroyed",
|
|
"devastated",
|
|
"did in",
|
|
"extinguished",
|
|
"nuked",
|
|
"pulled down",
|
|
"pulverized",
|
|
"razed",
|
|
"rubbed out",
|
|
"ruined",
|
|
"shattered",
|
|
"smashed",
|
|
"tore down",
|
|
"vaporized",
|
|
"wasted",
|
|
"wracked",
|
|
"wrecked"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to combine (numbers) into a single sum":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"total all the receipts and tell me how much I owe you"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"calculated",
|
|
"ciphered",
|
|
"computed",
|
|
"figured",
|
|
"reckoned",
|
|
"tabled",
|
|
"tabulated",
|
|
"tallied",
|
|
"worked out",
|
|
"divided",
|
|
"multiplied",
|
|
"subtracted",
|
|
"counted",
|
|
"enumerated",
|
|
"numbered",
|
|
"told",
|
|
"recomputed",
|
|
"refigured"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"added",
|
|
"cast (up)",
|
|
"footed (up)",
|
|
"summated",
|
|
"summed",
|
|
"totalized",
|
|
"toted (up)",
|
|
"totted (up)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to have a total of":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"two and two total four"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"averaged",
|
|
"equaled",
|
|
"equalled",
|
|
"measured",
|
|
"reached",
|
|
"composed",
|
|
"comprised",
|
|
"constituted",
|
|
"made up"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"added up (to)",
|
|
"aggregated",
|
|
"amounted (to)",
|
|
"came (to)",
|
|
"counted (up to)",
|
|
"numbered",
|
|
"summed (to or into)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"totem":{
|
|
"a device, design, or figure used as an identifying mark":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the bald eagle, that universally recognized totem of our country"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"attribute",
|
|
"icon",
|
|
"ikon",
|
|
"pictograph",
|
|
"logogram",
|
|
"logograph",
|
|
"badge",
|
|
"coat of arms",
|
|
"cognizance",
|
|
"crest",
|
|
"insignia",
|
|
"monogram",
|
|
"colophon",
|
|
"stamp",
|
|
"token"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"emblem",
|
|
"ensign",
|
|
"hallmark",
|
|
"impresa",
|
|
"logo",
|
|
"symbol",
|
|
"trademark"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"toting":{
|
|
"to support and take from one place to another":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"toted his dog from the muddy backyard to the bathtub for a thorough washing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"delivering",
|
|
"handing over",
|
|
"transferring",
|
|
"forwarding",
|
|
"sending",
|
|
"shipping",
|
|
"transmitting",
|
|
"bringing",
|
|
"fetching",
|
|
"taking",
|
|
"moving",
|
|
"removing",
|
|
"shifting"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bearing",
|
|
"carrying",
|
|
"carting",
|
|
"conveying",
|
|
"ferrying",
|
|
"hauling",
|
|
"lugging",
|
|
"packing",
|
|
"transporting"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"totter":{
|
|
"to move forward while swaying from side to side":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"tottered around the house as she practiced walking in high heels"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"rock",
|
|
"roll",
|
|
"seesaw",
|
|
"swag",
|
|
"sway",
|
|
"waver",
|
|
"weave",
|
|
"wobble",
|
|
"wabble",
|
|
"barge",
|
|
"blunder",
|
|
"clomp",
|
|
"clump",
|
|
"flounder",
|
|
"galumph",
|
|
"lumber",
|
|
"lump",
|
|
"pound",
|
|
"scuff",
|
|
"scuffle",
|
|
"shamble",
|
|
"shuffle",
|
|
"stamp",
|
|
"stomp",
|
|
"stumble",
|
|
"tramp",
|
|
"tromp"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"careen",
|
|
"dodder",
|
|
"lurch",
|
|
"reel",
|
|
"stagger",
|
|
"teeter",
|
|
"waddle"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to swing unsteadily back and forth or from side to side":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the figurine tottered precariously for a moment before falling off the shelf"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"flounder",
|
|
"lurch",
|
|
"stumble",
|
|
"toddle",
|
|
"quake",
|
|
"quaver",
|
|
"quiver",
|
|
"shake",
|
|
"shudder",
|
|
"tremble",
|
|
"vibrate",
|
|
"careen",
|
|
"reel",
|
|
"stagger",
|
|
"weave"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"falter",
|
|
"rock",
|
|
"teeter",
|
|
"waver",
|
|
"wobble",
|
|
"wabble"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"tottered":{
|
|
"to move forward while swaying from side to side":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"tottered around the house as she practiced walking in high heels"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"rocked",
|
|
"rolled",
|
|
"seesawed",
|
|
"swagged",
|
|
"swayed",
|
|
"wavered",
|
|
"weaved",
|
|
"wobbled",
|
|
"wabbled",
|
|
"barged",
|
|
"blundered",
|
|
"clomped",
|
|
"clumped",
|
|
"floundered",
|
|
"galumphed",
|
|
"lumbered",
|
|
"lumped",
|
|
"pounded",
|
|
"scuffed",
|
|
"scuffled",
|
|
"shambled",
|
|
"shuffled",
|
|
"stamped",
|
|
"stomped",
|
|
"stumbled",
|
|
"tramped",
|
|
"tromped"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"careened",
|
|
"doddered",
|
|
"lurched",
|
|
"reeled",
|
|
"staggered",
|
|
"teetered",
|
|
"waddled"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to swing unsteadily back and forth or from side to side":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the figurine tottered precariously for a moment before falling off the shelf"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"floundered",
|
|
"lurched",
|
|
"stumbled",
|
|
"toddled",
|
|
"quaked",
|
|
"quavered",
|
|
"quivered",
|
|
"shook",
|
|
"shuddered",
|
|
"trembled",
|
|
"vibrated",
|
|
"careened",
|
|
"reeled",
|
|
"staggered",
|
|
"weaved"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"faltered",
|
|
"rocked",
|
|
"teetered",
|
|
"wavered",
|
|
"wobbled",
|
|
"wabbled"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"tottering":{
|
|
"marked by or given to small uncontrollable bodily movements":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"after the accident, she was only able to take a few tottering steps at a time"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"controlled",
|
|
"firm",
|
|
"settled",
|
|
"stable",
|
|
"steady"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"convulsive",
|
|
"shivering",
|
|
"shivery",
|
|
"rocky",
|
|
"staggery",
|
|
"unstable",
|
|
"unsteady",
|
|
"wavering",
|
|
"wavery",
|
|
"palpitating",
|
|
"pulsating",
|
|
"throbbing"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"aquiver",
|
|
"atremble",
|
|
"quaking",
|
|
"quavery",
|
|
"quivering",
|
|
"shaking",
|
|
"shaky",
|
|
"shuddering",
|
|
"shuddery",
|
|
"tottery",
|
|
"trembling",
|
|
"trembly",
|
|
"tremulous",
|
|
"wobbling",
|
|
"wabbling",
|
|
"wobbly",
|
|
"wabbly"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to move forward while swaying from side to side":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"tottered around the house as she practiced walking in high heels"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"rocking",
|
|
"rolling",
|
|
"seesawing",
|
|
"swagging",
|
|
"swaying",
|
|
"wavering",
|
|
"weaving",
|
|
"wobbling",
|
|
"wabbling",
|
|
"barging",
|
|
"blundering",
|
|
"clomping",
|
|
"clumping",
|
|
"floundering",
|
|
"galumphing",
|
|
"lumbering",
|
|
"lumping",
|
|
"pounding",
|
|
"scuffing",
|
|
"scuffling",
|
|
"shambling",
|
|
"shuffling",
|
|
"stamping",
|
|
"stomping",
|
|
"stumbling",
|
|
"tramping",
|
|
"tromping"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"careening",
|
|
"doddering",
|
|
"lurching",
|
|
"reeling",
|
|
"staggering",
|
|
"teetering",
|
|
"waddling"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to swing unsteadily back and forth or from side to side":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the figurine tottered precariously for a moment before falling off the shelf"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"floundering",
|
|
"lurching",
|
|
"stumbling",
|
|
"toddling",
|
|
"quaking",
|
|
"quavering",
|
|
"quivering",
|
|
"shaking",
|
|
"shuddering",
|
|
"trembling",
|
|
"vibrating",
|
|
"careening",
|
|
"reeling",
|
|
"staggering",
|
|
"weaving"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"faltering",
|
|
"rocking",
|
|
"teetering",
|
|
"wavering",
|
|
"wobbling",
|
|
"wabbling"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"touchable":{
|
|
"capable of being perceived by the sense of touch":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"impalpable",
|
|
"intangible"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"not very comfortable with abstractions, I usually relate better to touchable things"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bodiless",
|
|
"formless",
|
|
"immaterial",
|
|
"incorporeal",
|
|
"insubstantial",
|
|
"nonmaterial",
|
|
"nonphysical",
|
|
"unbodied",
|
|
"unsubstantial",
|
|
"abstract",
|
|
"ethereal",
|
|
"spiritual",
|
|
"unreal",
|
|
"virtual",
|
|
"imperceptible",
|
|
"insensible"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"tactile",
|
|
"corporeal",
|
|
"physical",
|
|
"actual",
|
|
"concrete",
|
|
"embodied",
|
|
"existent",
|
|
"material",
|
|
"real",
|
|
"substantial",
|
|
"appreciable",
|
|
"detectable",
|
|
"discernible",
|
|
"discernable",
|
|
"noticeable",
|
|
"observable",
|
|
"perceptible",
|
|
"seeable",
|
|
"sensible",
|
|
"visible"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"palpable",
|
|
"tangible"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"touched off":{
|
|
"to cause to function":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"cut",
|
|
"cut out",
|
|
"deactivated",
|
|
"killed",
|
|
"shut off",
|
|
"turned off"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"his obscene comment touched off a heated debate about the need for censorship on live broadcasts"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"arrested",
|
|
"braked",
|
|
"checked",
|
|
"cut off",
|
|
"drew up",
|
|
"halted",
|
|
"jammed",
|
|
"stalled",
|
|
"stopped",
|
|
"stuck",
|
|
"decelerated",
|
|
"repressed",
|
|
"slowed",
|
|
"stunted",
|
|
"suppressed"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"kicked over",
|
|
"turned over",
|
|
"charged",
|
|
"electrified",
|
|
"energized",
|
|
"fired",
|
|
"fueled",
|
|
"fuelled",
|
|
"generated",
|
|
"powered",
|
|
"pushed",
|
|
"discharged",
|
|
"launched",
|
|
"released",
|
|
"switched",
|
|
"tripped",
|
|
"reactivated",
|
|
"recharged",
|
|
"aroused",
|
|
"excited",
|
|
"jump-started",
|
|
"kick-started",
|
|
"stimulated",
|
|
"vitalized",
|
|
"ignited",
|
|
"incited",
|
|
"instigated",
|
|
"provoked",
|
|
"quickened",
|
|
"stirred up",
|
|
"accelerated",
|
|
"catalyzed",
|
|
"sped (up)",
|
|
"speeded (up)",
|
|
"stepped up"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"activated",
|
|
"actuated",
|
|
"cranked (up)",
|
|
"drove",
|
|
"moved",
|
|
"ran",
|
|
"run",
|
|
"set off",
|
|
"sparked",
|
|
"started",
|
|
"triggered",
|
|
"turned on"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"touching up":{
|
|
"as in":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"toughy":{
|
|
"a violent, brutal person who is often a member of an organized gang":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"after numerous suspensions, the school toughies were finally expelled for gang activities on campus"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"cutthroat",
|
|
"scoundrel",
|
|
"villain",
|
|
"assassin",
|
|
"bandit",
|
|
"bravo",
|
|
"brigand",
|
|
"criminal",
|
|
"crook",
|
|
"desperado",
|
|
"felon",
|
|
"gunman",
|
|
"highwayman",
|
|
"lawbreaker",
|
|
"mafioso",
|
|
"malefactor",
|
|
"offender",
|
|
"outlaw",
|
|
"perp",
|
|
"perpetrator",
|
|
"pirate",
|
|
"pickpocket",
|
|
"racketeer",
|
|
"robber",
|
|
"swindler",
|
|
"thief",
|
|
"vandal",
|
|
"juvenile delinquent",
|
|
"tearaway"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bully",
|
|
"gangbanger",
|
|
"gangsta",
|
|
"gangster",
|
|
"goon",
|
|
"gorilla",
|
|
"hood",
|
|
"hoodlum",
|
|
"hooligan",
|
|
"mobster",
|
|
"mug",
|
|
"plug-ugly",
|
|
"punk",
|
|
"roughneck",
|
|
"rowdy",
|
|
"ruffian",
|
|
"thug",
|
|
"tough",
|
|
"yob",
|
|
"yobbo"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"tour de force":{
|
|
"an act of notable skill, strength, or cleverness":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"her performance as a woman impaired by a stroke was a theatrical tour de force"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"deed",
|
|
"exploit",
|
|
"feat",
|
|
"number",
|
|
"stunt",
|
|
"trick"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"accomplishment",
|
|
"achievement",
|
|
"attainment",
|
|
"coup",
|
|
"success",
|
|
"triumph",
|
|
"adventure",
|
|
"performance"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"tourbillions":{
|
|
"as in vortices , whirls":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"tours":{
|
|
"a fixed period of time during which a person holds a job or position":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"asked the soldiers to consider signing up for a second tour of duty"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"shifts",
|
|
"watches",
|
|
"goes",
|
|
"turns",
|
|
"durations",
|
|
"standings",
|
|
"times",
|
|
"cycles",
|
|
"spans",
|
|
"spells",
|
|
"stretches",
|
|
"life spans",
|
|
"lifetimes",
|
|
"lives",
|
|
"runs"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"hitches",
|
|
"stints",
|
|
"tenures",
|
|
"terms"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to take a trip especially of some distance":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"thought it would be lots of fun to tour all over Europe this summer"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"gallivants",
|
|
"galavants",
|
|
"hops",
|
|
"jaunts",
|
|
"knocks (about)",
|
|
"perambulates",
|
|
"rambles",
|
|
"roams",
|
|
"roves",
|
|
"traipses",
|
|
"wanders",
|
|
"migrates",
|
|
"road-trips",
|
|
"buses",
|
|
"busses",
|
|
"cabs",
|
|
"coaches",
|
|
"cruises",
|
|
"drives",
|
|
"flies",
|
|
"gigs",
|
|
"jets",
|
|
"motors",
|
|
"navigates",
|
|
"rides",
|
|
"rolls",
|
|
"sails",
|
|
"trundles",
|
|
"barnstorms"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"journeys",
|
|
"peregrinates",
|
|
"pilgrimages",
|
|
"travels",
|
|
"treks",
|
|
"trips",
|
|
"voyages"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"tousle":{
|
|
"to undo the proper order or arrangement of":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"arrange",
|
|
"array",
|
|
"dispose",
|
|
"draw up",
|
|
"marshal",
|
|
"marshall",
|
|
"order",
|
|
"organize",
|
|
"range",
|
|
"regulate",
|
|
"straighten (up)",
|
|
"tidy"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"his grandfather would always tousle the boy's neatly combed hair"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"align",
|
|
"aline",
|
|
"line",
|
|
"line up",
|
|
"queue",
|
|
"classify",
|
|
"codify",
|
|
"methodize",
|
|
"systematize",
|
|
"systemize",
|
|
"adjust",
|
|
"fix",
|
|
"groom",
|
|
"make up",
|
|
"spruce (up)",
|
|
"unscramble"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"embroil",
|
|
"entangle",
|
|
"snarl",
|
|
"tangle",
|
|
"agitate",
|
|
"perturb",
|
|
"stir (up)",
|
|
"unsettle",
|
|
"clutter"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"confuse",
|
|
"derange",
|
|
"disarrange",
|
|
"disarray",
|
|
"discompose",
|
|
"dishevel",
|
|
"disjoint",
|
|
"dislocate",
|
|
"disorder",
|
|
"disorganize",
|
|
"disrupt",
|
|
"disturb",
|
|
"hash",
|
|
"jumble",
|
|
"mess (up)",
|
|
"mix (up)",
|
|
"muddle",
|
|
"muss",
|
|
"rumple",
|
|
"scramble",
|
|
"shuffle",
|
|
"tumble",
|
|
"upset"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"tout":{
|
|
"to declare enthusiastic approval of":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"knock",
|
|
"pan",
|
|
"slam"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"statements from several former patients touting the doctor's alleged cancer cure"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"belittle",
|
|
"discommend",
|
|
"disparage",
|
|
"put down",
|
|
"blame",
|
|
"censure",
|
|
"reprehend",
|
|
"reprobate",
|
|
"admonish",
|
|
"chide",
|
|
"criticize",
|
|
"rebuke",
|
|
"reprimand",
|
|
"reproach",
|
|
"reprove",
|
|
"castigate",
|
|
"excoriate",
|
|
"keelhaul",
|
|
"lambaste",
|
|
"lambast",
|
|
"skewer",
|
|
"slag",
|
|
"vilify"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"bravo",
|
|
"clap",
|
|
"rise (to)",
|
|
"ballyhoo",
|
|
"approve",
|
|
"commend",
|
|
"endorse",
|
|
"indorse",
|
|
"favor",
|
|
"recommend",
|
|
"root (for)",
|
|
"support",
|
|
"celebrate",
|
|
"emblazon",
|
|
"eulogize",
|
|
"extol",
|
|
"extoll",
|
|
"glorify",
|
|
"magnify",
|
|
"sing",
|
|
"adulate",
|
|
"belaud",
|
|
"flatter",
|
|
"overpraise",
|
|
"deify",
|
|
"idolize"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"acclaim",
|
|
"accredit",
|
|
"applaud",
|
|
"cheer",
|
|
"crack up",
|
|
"hail",
|
|
"laud",
|
|
"praise",
|
|
"salute"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to praise or publicize lavishly and often excessively":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a new cleaning agent touted as the only product a homeowner needs for all his or her cleaning chores"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"acclaim",
|
|
"applaud",
|
|
"extol",
|
|
"extoll",
|
|
"laud",
|
|
"magnify",
|
|
"commend",
|
|
"compliment",
|
|
"eulogize",
|
|
"advance",
|
|
"advertise",
|
|
"announce",
|
|
"blare",
|
|
"blaze",
|
|
"blazon",
|
|
"boost",
|
|
"herald",
|
|
"offer",
|
|
"plug",
|
|
"promote",
|
|
"publicize",
|
|
"assert",
|
|
"aver",
|
|
"claim",
|
|
"declare",
|
|
"lay down",
|
|
"make out",
|
|
"proclaim",
|
|
"pronounce"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ballyhoo",
|
|
"blow up",
|
|
"crack up",
|
|
"cry up",
|
|
"glorify",
|
|
"trumpet",
|
|
"tub-thump"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to provide publicity for":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an avalanche of ads touting the new movie"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"advertise",
|
|
"bark",
|
|
"merchandise",
|
|
"merchandize",
|
|
"sell",
|
|
"push",
|
|
"acclaim",
|
|
"hail",
|
|
"laud",
|
|
"praise",
|
|
"endorse",
|
|
"indorse",
|
|
"plump (for)",
|
|
"plunk (for)",
|
|
"plonk (for)",
|
|
"recommend",
|
|
"review",
|
|
"announce",
|
|
"broadcast",
|
|
"publish"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ballyhoo",
|
|
"boost",
|
|
"hype",
|
|
"pitch",
|
|
"plug",
|
|
"promote",
|
|
"publicize",
|
|
"talk up"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"touted":{
|
|
"to declare enthusiastic approval of":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"knocked",
|
|
"panned",
|
|
"slammed"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"statements from several former patients touting the doctor's alleged cancer cure"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"belittled",
|
|
"discommended",
|
|
"disparaged",
|
|
"put down",
|
|
"blamed",
|
|
"censured",
|
|
"reprehended",
|
|
"reprobated",
|
|
"admonished",
|
|
"chid",
|
|
"chided",
|
|
"criticized",
|
|
"rebuked",
|
|
"reprimanded",
|
|
"reproached",
|
|
"reproved",
|
|
"castigated",
|
|
"excoriated",
|
|
"keelhauled",
|
|
"lambasted",
|
|
"skewered",
|
|
"slagged",
|
|
"vilified"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"bravoed",
|
|
"clapped",
|
|
"clapt",
|
|
"rose (to)",
|
|
"ballyhooed",
|
|
"approved",
|
|
"commended",
|
|
"endorsed",
|
|
"indorsed",
|
|
"favored",
|
|
"recommended",
|
|
"rooted (for)",
|
|
"supported",
|
|
"celebrated",
|
|
"emblazoned",
|
|
"eulogized",
|
|
"extolled",
|
|
"glorified",
|
|
"magnified",
|
|
"sang",
|
|
"sung",
|
|
"adulated",
|
|
"belauded",
|
|
"flattered",
|
|
"overpraised",
|
|
"deified",
|
|
"idolized"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"acclaimed",
|
|
"accredited",
|
|
"applauded",
|
|
"cheered",
|
|
"cracked up",
|
|
"hailed",
|
|
"lauded",
|
|
"praised",
|
|
"saluted"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to praise or publicize lavishly and often excessively":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a new cleaning agent touted as the only product a homeowner needs for all his or her cleaning chores"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"acclaimed",
|
|
"applauded",
|
|
"extolled",
|
|
"lauded",
|
|
"magnified",
|
|
"commended",
|
|
"complimented",
|
|
"eulogized",
|
|
"advanced",
|
|
"advertised",
|
|
"announced",
|
|
"blared",
|
|
"blazed",
|
|
"blazoned",
|
|
"boosted",
|
|
"heralded",
|
|
"offered",
|
|
"plugged",
|
|
"promoted",
|
|
"publicized",
|
|
"asserted",
|
|
"averred",
|
|
"claimed",
|
|
"declared",
|
|
"laid down",
|
|
"made out",
|
|
"proclaimed",
|
|
"pronounced"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ballyhooed",
|
|
"blew up",
|
|
"cracked up",
|
|
"cried up",
|
|
"glorified",
|
|
"trumpeted",
|
|
"tub-thumped"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to provide publicity for":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an avalanche of ads touting the new movie"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"advertised",
|
|
"barked",
|
|
"merchandised",
|
|
"merchandized",
|
|
"sold",
|
|
"pushed",
|
|
"acclaimed",
|
|
"hailed",
|
|
"lauded",
|
|
"praised",
|
|
"endorsed",
|
|
"indorsed",
|
|
"plumped (for)",
|
|
"plunked (for)",
|
|
"plonked (for)",
|
|
"recommended",
|
|
"reviewed",
|
|
"announced",
|
|
"broadcast",
|
|
"broadcasted",
|
|
"published"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ballyhooed",
|
|
"boosted",
|
|
"hyped",
|
|
"pitched",
|
|
"plugged",
|
|
"promoted",
|
|
"publicized",
|
|
"talked up"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"touts":{
|
|
"to declare enthusiastic approval of":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"knocks",
|
|
"pans",
|
|
"slams"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"statements from several former patients touting the doctor's alleged cancer cure"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"belittles",
|
|
"discommends",
|
|
"disparages",
|
|
"puts down",
|
|
"blames",
|
|
"censures",
|
|
"reprehends",
|
|
"reprobates",
|
|
"admonishes",
|
|
"chides",
|
|
"criticizes",
|
|
"rebukes",
|
|
"reprimands",
|
|
"reproaches",
|
|
"reproves",
|
|
"castigates",
|
|
"excoriates",
|
|
"keelhauls",
|
|
"lambastes",
|
|
"lambasts",
|
|
"skewers",
|
|
"slags",
|
|
"vilifies"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"bravoes",
|
|
"claps",
|
|
"rises (to)",
|
|
"ballyhoos",
|
|
"approves",
|
|
"commends",
|
|
"endorses",
|
|
"indorses",
|
|
"favors",
|
|
"recommends",
|
|
"roots (for)",
|
|
"supports",
|
|
"celebrates",
|
|
"emblazons",
|
|
"eulogizes",
|
|
"extols",
|
|
"extolls",
|
|
"glorifies",
|
|
"magnifies",
|
|
"sings",
|
|
"adulates",
|
|
"belauds",
|
|
"flatters",
|
|
"overpraises",
|
|
"deifies",
|
|
"idolizes"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"acclaims",
|
|
"accredits",
|
|
"applauds",
|
|
"cheers",
|
|
"cracks up",
|
|
"hails",
|
|
"lauds",
|
|
"praises",
|
|
"salutes"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to praise or publicize lavishly and often excessively":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a new cleaning agent touted as the only product a homeowner needs for all his or her cleaning chores"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"acclaims",
|
|
"applauds",
|
|
"extols",
|
|
"extolls",
|
|
"lauds",
|
|
"magnifies",
|
|
"commends",
|
|
"compliments",
|
|
"eulogizes",
|
|
"advances",
|
|
"advertises",
|
|
"announces",
|
|
"blares",
|
|
"blazes",
|
|
"blazons",
|
|
"boosts",
|
|
"heralds",
|
|
"offers",
|
|
"plugs",
|
|
"promotes",
|
|
"publicizes",
|
|
"asserts",
|
|
"avers",
|
|
"claims",
|
|
"declares",
|
|
"lays down",
|
|
"makes out",
|
|
"proclaims",
|
|
"pronounces"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ballyhoos",
|
|
"blows up",
|
|
"cracks up",
|
|
"cries up",
|
|
"glorifies",
|
|
"trumpets",
|
|
"tub-thumps"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to provide publicity for":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an avalanche of ads touting the new movie"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"advertises",
|
|
"barks",
|
|
"merchandises",
|
|
"merchandizes",
|
|
"sells",
|
|
"pushes",
|
|
"acclaims",
|
|
"hails",
|
|
"lauds",
|
|
"praises",
|
|
"endorses",
|
|
"indorses",
|
|
"plumps (for)",
|
|
"plunks (for)",
|
|
"plonks (for)",
|
|
"recommends",
|
|
"reviews",
|
|
"announces",
|
|
"broadcasts",
|
|
"publishes"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ballyhoos",
|
|
"boosts",
|
|
"hypes",
|
|
"pitches",
|
|
"plugs",
|
|
"promotes",
|
|
"publicizes",
|
|
"talks up"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"toward":{
|
|
"having to do with":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"didn't know what his attitude toward women in the military was"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"over"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"about",
|
|
"apropos",
|
|
"apropos of",
|
|
"as far as",
|
|
"as for",
|
|
"as regards",
|
|
"as respects",
|
|
"as to",
|
|
"concerning",
|
|
"of",
|
|
"on",
|
|
"regarding",
|
|
"respecting",
|
|
"touching"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"preposition"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"towelette":{
|
|
"as in towel , tissue":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"tower":{
|
|
"a large, magnificent, or massive building":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a hill from which one can gaze upon the towers of that great and historic city"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"construction",
|
|
"erection",
|
|
"structure",
|
|
"castle",
|
|
"ch\u00e2teau",
|
|
"countryseat",
|
|
"estate",
|
|
"hacienda",
|
|
"manor",
|
|
"manor house",
|
|
"mansion",
|
|
"showplace",
|
|
"villa",
|
|
"mausoleum",
|
|
"memorial",
|
|
"monument"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cathedral",
|
|
"edifice",
|
|
"hall",
|
|
"palace"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in surge":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"towering":{
|
|
"as in surging":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"extending to a great distance upward":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"low",
|
|
"low-lying",
|
|
"short",
|
|
"squat"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the towering mountain peaks of the Rockies"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"flat",
|
|
"stubby",
|
|
"stumpy"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"dominant",
|
|
"dominating",
|
|
"eminent",
|
|
"prominent",
|
|
"elevated",
|
|
"lifted",
|
|
"raised",
|
|
"uplifted",
|
|
"upswept",
|
|
"high-rise",
|
|
"statuesque"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"altitudinous",
|
|
"high",
|
|
"lofty",
|
|
"tall"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"going beyond a normal or acceptable limit in degree or amount":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"middling",
|
|
"moderate",
|
|
"modest",
|
|
"reasonable",
|
|
"temperate"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"doting parents who tend to give their children towering praise for very minor accomplishments"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"deficient",
|
|
"inadequate",
|
|
"insufficient",
|
|
"minimal",
|
|
"minimum"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"boundless",
|
|
"endless",
|
|
"immeasurable",
|
|
"infinite",
|
|
"limitless",
|
|
"unbearable",
|
|
"unjustifiable",
|
|
"unwarranted",
|
|
"improper",
|
|
"inappropriate",
|
|
"thick",
|
|
"unseemly",
|
|
"unrestrained"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"baroque",
|
|
"devilish",
|
|
"excessive",
|
|
"exorbitant",
|
|
"extravagant",
|
|
"extreme",
|
|
"fancy",
|
|
"immoderate",
|
|
"inordinate",
|
|
"insane",
|
|
"intolerable",
|
|
"lavish",
|
|
"overdue",
|
|
"overextravagant",
|
|
"overmuch",
|
|
"overweening",
|
|
"plethoric",
|
|
"steep",
|
|
"stiff",
|
|
"unconscionable",
|
|
"undue",
|
|
"unmerciful"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
],
|
|
"very dignified in form, tone, or style":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"ineloquent",
|
|
"low",
|
|
"undignified"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an article that in towering language decries the evils of modern society"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"casual",
|
|
"colloquial",
|
|
"conversational",
|
|
"informal",
|
|
"nonformal",
|
|
"slangy",
|
|
"unbookish",
|
|
"unliterary",
|
|
"vernacular",
|
|
"coarse",
|
|
"common",
|
|
"crass",
|
|
"crude",
|
|
"gross",
|
|
"ill-bred",
|
|
"indecent",
|
|
"lowbred",
|
|
"lowbrow",
|
|
"rough",
|
|
"rough-hewn",
|
|
"rude",
|
|
"tasteless",
|
|
"uncouth",
|
|
"uncultivated",
|
|
"uncultured",
|
|
"unpolished",
|
|
"unrefined",
|
|
"vulgar",
|
|
"incorrect",
|
|
"substandard",
|
|
"uneducated",
|
|
"ungrammatical",
|
|
"unlearned"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"affected",
|
|
"bombastic",
|
|
"declamatory",
|
|
"florid",
|
|
"flowery",
|
|
"grandiloquent",
|
|
"grandiose",
|
|
"highfalutin",
|
|
"hifalutin",
|
|
"oratorical",
|
|
"pompous",
|
|
"pretentious",
|
|
"rhetorical",
|
|
"rhetoric",
|
|
"stilted",
|
|
"Attic",
|
|
"cultured",
|
|
"refined",
|
|
"classy",
|
|
"courtly",
|
|
"fine",
|
|
"graceful",
|
|
"tasteful",
|
|
"aristocratic",
|
|
"genteel",
|
|
"patrician",
|
|
"correct",
|
|
"educated",
|
|
"grammatical",
|
|
"proper",
|
|
"academic",
|
|
"academical",
|
|
"bookish",
|
|
"learned",
|
|
"literary"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"elevated",
|
|
"eloquent",
|
|
"formal",
|
|
"high-flown",
|
|
"lofty",
|
|
"majestic",
|
|
"stately"
|
|
]
|
|
}
|
|
},
|
|
"town meeting":{
|
|
"as in caucus":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"towpath":{
|
|
"as in":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"toxin":{
|
|
"a substance that by chemical action can kill or injure a living thing":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"read a pamphlet on the toxin responsible for botulism, a food poisoning that can cause paralysis and even death in some cases"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"antidote",
|
|
"antivenin",
|
|
"antivenom",
|
|
"mithridate",
|
|
"cure",
|
|
"cure-all",
|
|
"elixir",
|
|
"panacea"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"cancer",
|
|
"contagion",
|
|
"disease",
|
|
"virus",
|
|
"fungicide",
|
|
"germicide",
|
|
"herbicide",
|
|
"insecticide",
|
|
"microbicide",
|
|
"pesticide",
|
|
"toxicant"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bane",
|
|
"poison",
|
|
"toxic",
|
|
"venom"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"toying":{
|
|
"to engage in activity for amusement":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the cat toyed with the mouse it had caught, batting it about"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"drudging",
|
|
"laboring",
|
|
"plodding",
|
|
"plugging (away)",
|
|
"slaving",
|
|
"straining",
|
|
"striving",
|
|
"struggling",
|
|
"sweating",
|
|
"toiling",
|
|
"working"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"cavorting",
|
|
"frisking",
|
|
"gamboling",
|
|
"gambolling",
|
|
"romping",
|
|
"dabbling",
|
|
"trifling",
|
|
"amusing",
|
|
"diverting",
|
|
"entertaining",
|
|
"delighting",
|
|
"pleasing",
|
|
"dabbling",
|
|
"fiddling (around)",
|
|
"messing around",
|
|
"puttering (around)",
|
|
"bumming (around)",
|
|
"dawdling",
|
|
"goldbricking",
|
|
"hanging",
|
|
"hanging about",
|
|
"idling",
|
|
"loafing",
|
|
"lounging (around or about)",
|
|
"relaxing",
|
|
"resting",
|
|
"screwing around",
|
|
"slacking (off)",
|
|
"jesting",
|
|
"joking",
|
|
"teasing"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dallying",
|
|
"disporting",
|
|
"frolicking",
|
|
"playing",
|
|
"recreating",
|
|
"rollicking",
|
|
"skylarking",
|
|
"sporting"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to show a sexual attraction for someone just for fun":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"likes to toy with men whom she has no intention of actually dating"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"vamping",
|
|
"courting",
|
|
"mashing",
|
|
"wooing",
|
|
"joshing",
|
|
"kidding",
|
|
"putting on",
|
|
"razzing",
|
|
"ribbing",
|
|
"teasing",
|
|
"fooling",
|
|
"leading on",
|
|
"stringing along",
|
|
"manipulating",
|
|
"playing (with)"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"coquetting",
|
|
"dallying",
|
|
"flirting",
|
|
"frivoling",
|
|
"frivolling",
|
|
"messing around",
|
|
"trifling"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"towny":{
|
|
"a usually longtime resident of a locality":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the townies are dismayed that all the venerable manses around the village green are being bought as vacation homes by rich interlopers"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"local",
|
|
"localite",
|
|
"native",
|
|
"year-rounder"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"denizen",
|
|
"dweller",
|
|
"habitant",
|
|
"inhabitant",
|
|
"occupant",
|
|
"resident",
|
|
"resider"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"excursionist",
|
|
"sightseer",
|
|
"traveler",
|
|
"traveller",
|
|
"holidayer",
|
|
"vacationer",
|
|
"vacationist"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a person who lives in a town on a permanent basis":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the university board met with an association representing the townies to figure out a solution to the problems created by off-campus parties"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"burgher",
|
|
"citizen",
|
|
"townsman",
|
|
"villager"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"townswoman",
|
|
"cliff dweller",
|
|
"denizen",
|
|
"dweller",
|
|
"habitant",
|
|
"inhabitant",
|
|
"national",
|
|
"native",
|
|
"occupant",
|
|
"resident",
|
|
"resider",
|
|
"subject",
|
|
"town",
|
|
"townsfolk",
|
|
"townspeople",
|
|
"suburbanite",
|
|
"urbanite"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"alien",
|
|
"foreigner",
|
|
"guest",
|
|
"nonnative",
|
|
"tourist",
|
|
"transient",
|
|
"visitor",
|
|
"gownsman"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"noncitizen"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"tours de force":{
|
|
"an act of notable skill, strength, or cleverness":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"her performance as a woman impaired by a stroke was a theatrical tour de force"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"deeds",
|
|
"exploits",
|
|
"feats",
|
|
"numbers",
|
|
"stunts",
|
|
"tricks"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"accomplishments",
|
|
"achievements",
|
|
"attainments",
|
|
"coups",
|
|
"successes",
|
|
"triumphs",
|
|
"adventures",
|
|
"performances"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"tones":{
|
|
"a distinctive way of putting ideas into words":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the angry tone of his letter makes it clear he doesn't want to speak to me ever again"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"fashions",
|
|
"locutions",
|
|
"manners",
|
|
"modes",
|
|
"phraseologies",
|
|
"styles",
|
|
"veins"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"addresses",
|
|
"deliveries",
|
|
"elocution",
|
|
"archaisms",
|
|
"colloquialisms",
|
|
"regionalisms",
|
|
"acceptations",
|
|
"connotations",
|
|
"denotations",
|
|
"expressions",
|
|
"idioms"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a property that becomes apparent when light falls on an object and by which things that are identical in form can be distinguished":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"fall fashions in deep jewel tones"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"casts",
|
|
"colors",
|
|
"hues",
|
|
"shades",
|
|
"tinctures",
|
|
"tinges",
|
|
"tints"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"overtones",
|
|
"undertones",
|
|
"primary colors",
|
|
"secondary colors",
|
|
"tertiary colors",
|
|
"chromas",
|
|
"chromaticities",
|
|
"contrasts",
|
|
"saturations",
|
|
"values",
|
|
"colorations",
|
|
"colorings",
|
|
"colorways",
|
|
"pigmentations"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"achromatisms"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the set of qualities that makes a person, a group of people, or a thing different from others":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"all that showbiz glitz is out of keeping with the tone of the college"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"characters",
|
|
"clays",
|
|
"colors",
|
|
"complexions",
|
|
"constitutions",
|
|
"geniuses",
|
|
"genii",
|
|
"natures",
|
|
"personalities",
|
|
"selves"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"individualities",
|
|
"singularities",
|
|
"attributes",
|
|
"characteristics",
|
|
"earmarks",
|
|
"essentialities",
|
|
"features",
|
|
"flavors",
|
|
"hallmarks",
|
|
"marks",
|
|
"points",
|
|
"properties",
|
|
"savors",
|
|
"savours",
|
|
"stamps",
|
|
"traits",
|
|
"dispositions",
|
|
"grains",
|
|
"sorts",
|
|
"temperaments",
|
|
"tempers",
|
|
"compositions",
|
|
"makeups",
|
|
"essences",
|
|
"essentialities",
|
|
"interiorities",
|
|
"interiors",
|
|
"souls",
|
|
"spirits",
|
|
"metals",
|
|
"stuff",
|
|
"substances",
|
|
"habits",
|
|
"ways"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"took hold (of)":{
|
|
"to take physical control or possession of (something) suddenly or forcibly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"The baby took hold of the toy, upsetting her two-year-old sister."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bagged",
|
|
"captured",
|
|
"caught",
|
|
"collared",
|
|
"copped",
|
|
"corralled",
|
|
"glommed",
|
|
"got",
|
|
"grabbed",
|
|
"grappled",
|
|
"hooked",
|
|
"landed",
|
|
"nabbed",
|
|
"nailed",
|
|
"netted",
|
|
"nobbled",
|
|
"rapped",
|
|
"seized",
|
|
"snagged",
|
|
"snapped (up)",
|
|
"snared",
|
|
"snatched",
|
|
"trapped"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"gloved",
|
|
"haltered",
|
|
"lassoed",
|
|
"roped",
|
|
"apprehended",
|
|
"arrested",
|
|
"detained",
|
|
"bayed",
|
|
"cornered",
|
|
"clasped",
|
|
"clutched",
|
|
"fastened (on)",
|
|
"fisted",
|
|
"grasped",
|
|
"gripped",
|
|
"held",
|
|
"latched (on or onto)",
|
|
"secured",
|
|
"rent",
|
|
"rended",
|
|
"wrested",
|
|
"enmeshed",
|
|
"immeshed",
|
|
"ensnared",
|
|
"entangled",
|
|
"entrapped",
|
|
"meshed",
|
|
"abducted",
|
|
"kidnapped",
|
|
"kidnaped",
|
|
"spirited (away or off)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"discharged",
|
|
"freed",
|
|
"liberated",
|
|
"released",
|
|
"dropped",
|
|
"loosened",
|
|
"unhanded"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"missed"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"townee":{
|
|
"as in local , localite":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"toploftical":{
|
|
"having a feeling of superiority that shows itself in an overbearing attitude":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"those toplofty history professors who sneeringly use the term \"popularizer\" to describe any historian whose works are read with pleasure"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"arrogant",
|
|
"assumptive",
|
|
"bumptious",
|
|
"cavalier",
|
|
"chesty",
|
|
"haughty",
|
|
"high-and-mighty",
|
|
"high-handed",
|
|
"high-hat",
|
|
"highfalutin",
|
|
"hifalutin",
|
|
"huffish",
|
|
"huffy",
|
|
"imperious",
|
|
"important",
|
|
"lofty",
|
|
"lordly",
|
|
"masterful",
|
|
"overweening",
|
|
"peremptory",
|
|
"pompous",
|
|
"presuming",
|
|
"presumptuous",
|
|
"pretentious",
|
|
"self-asserting",
|
|
"self-assertive",
|
|
"sniffy",
|
|
"stiff-necked",
|
|
"supercilious",
|
|
"superior",
|
|
"uppish",
|
|
"uppity"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"authoritarian",
|
|
"bossy",
|
|
"dominant",
|
|
"dominating",
|
|
"domineering",
|
|
"magisterial",
|
|
"pontifical",
|
|
"pontificating",
|
|
"condescending",
|
|
"disdainful",
|
|
"patronizing",
|
|
"impertinent",
|
|
"impudent",
|
|
"saucy",
|
|
"snobbish",
|
|
"snobby",
|
|
"snooty",
|
|
"blusterous",
|
|
"blustery",
|
|
"boastful",
|
|
"bombastic",
|
|
"braggart",
|
|
"bragging",
|
|
"braggy",
|
|
"cocky",
|
|
"swaggering",
|
|
"vain",
|
|
"vainglorious",
|
|
"complacent",
|
|
"conceited",
|
|
"egocentric",
|
|
"egoistic",
|
|
"egoistical",
|
|
"egotistic",
|
|
"egotistical",
|
|
"hubristic",
|
|
"narcissistic",
|
|
"orgulous",
|
|
"prideful",
|
|
"proud",
|
|
"self-affected",
|
|
"self-applauding",
|
|
"self-centered",
|
|
"self-complacent",
|
|
"self-conceited",
|
|
"self-pleased",
|
|
"self-satisfied",
|
|
"smug",
|
|
"stuck-up",
|
|
"self-flattering",
|
|
"self-loving",
|
|
"self-promoting",
|
|
"brash",
|
|
"forward",
|
|
"uninhibited",
|
|
"unreserved",
|
|
"extroverted",
|
|
"extraverted",
|
|
"immodest"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bashful",
|
|
"cowering",
|
|
"cringing",
|
|
"demure",
|
|
"diffident",
|
|
"introverted",
|
|
"mousy",
|
|
"mousey",
|
|
"overmodest",
|
|
"self-critical",
|
|
"self-doubting",
|
|
"sheepish",
|
|
"shrinking",
|
|
"shy",
|
|
"subdued",
|
|
"timid",
|
|
"acquiescent",
|
|
"compliant",
|
|
"deferential",
|
|
"meek",
|
|
"passive",
|
|
"submissive",
|
|
"unaggressive",
|
|
"unassertive",
|
|
"unassuming",
|
|
"unobtrusive",
|
|
"yielding",
|
|
"quiet",
|
|
"reserved",
|
|
"retiring"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"humble",
|
|
"lowly",
|
|
"modest",
|
|
"unarrogant",
|
|
"unpretentious"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"toileted":{
|
|
"to outfit with clothes and especially fine or special clothes":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the princess required at least a dozen maids to toilet her for formal occasions"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"appareled",
|
|
"apparelled",
|
|
"arrayed",
|
|
"attired",
|
|
"bedecked",
|
|
"caparisoned",
|
|
"clothed",
|
|
"clad",
|
|
"costumed",
|
|
"decked (out)",
|
|
"did up",
|
|
"dressed",
|
|
"dressed up",
|
|
"enrobed",
|
|
"garbed",
|
|
"garmented",
|
|
"got up",
|
|
"gowned",
|
|
"habited",
|
|
"invested",
|
|
"rigged (out)",
|
|
"robed",
|
|
"suited",
|
|
"togged (up or out)",
|
|
"vestured"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"cloaked",
|
|
"frocked",
|
|
"jacketed",
|
|
"mantled",
|
|
"vested",
|
|
"draped",
|
|
"enswathed",
|
|
"happed",
|
|
"huddled",
|
|
"swaddled",
|
|
"swathed",
|
|
"wrapped",
|
|
"accoutred",
|
|
"accoutered",
|
|
"bedighted",
|
|
"bedight",
|
|
"equipped",
|
|
"furnished",
|
|
"habilitated",
|
|
"outfitted",
|
|
"tailored",
|
|
"uniformed",
|
|
"dressed down",
|
|
"underdressed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"denuded",
|
|
"divested",
|
|
"uncovered",
|
|
"undraped",
|
|
"unveiled"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"disarrayed",
|
|
"disrobed",
|
|
"stripped",
|
|
"stript",
|
|
"unclothed",
|
|
"undressed",
|
|
"untrussed"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"told (on)":{
|
|
"to act upon (a person or a person's feelings) so as to cause a response":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the pressure of final exams is beginning to tell on the students in the dorm"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"affected",
|
|
"impacted",
|
|
"impressed",
|
|
"influenced",
|
|
"moved",
|
|
"reached",
|
|
"struck",
|
|
"swayed",
|
|
"touched"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"carried away",
|
|
"dazzled",
|
|
"enraptured",
|
|
"enthralled",
|
|
"entranced",
|
|
"ravished",
|
|
"transported",
|
|
"biased",
|
|
"biassed",
|
|
"colored",
|
|
"inspired",
|
|
"stirred",
|
|
"engaged",
|
|
"interested",
|
|
"involved",
|
|
"penetrated",
|
|
"pierced",
|
|
"afflicted",
|
|
"agitated",
|
|
"bothered",
|
|
"concerned",
|
|
"discomforted",
|
|
"discomposed",
|
|
"disquieted",
|
|
"distressed",
|
|
"disturbed",
|
|
"flustered",
|
|
"harassed",
|
|
"harried",
|
|
"perturbed",
|
|
"pestered",
|
|
"plagued",
|
|
"smote",
|
|
"strained",
|
|
"stressed",
|
|
"tried",
|
|
"troubled",
|
|
"upset",
|
|
"worried",
|
|
"wrung",
|
|
"allured",
|
|
"attracted",
|
|
"bewitched",
|
|
"captivated",
|
|
"charmed",
|
|
"enchanted",
|
|
"fascinated"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bored",
|
|
"jaded",
|
|
"palled",
|
|
"tired",
|
|
"wearied",
|
|
"underwhelmed"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to give information (as to the authorities) about another's improper or unlawful activities":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"detectives convinced the perpetrators in custody to tell on their associates"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"finked",
|
|
"grassed (on)",
|
|
"informed",
|
|
"ratted (on)",
|
|
"sang",
|
|
"sung",
|
|
"snitched",
|
|
"split (on)",
|
|
"squeaked",
|
|
"squealed",
|
|
"talked"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"betrayed",
|
|
"gave away",
|
|
"turned in",
|
|
"backstabbed",
|
|
"crossed",
|
|
"double-crossed",
|
|
"sold (out)",
|
|
"two-timed",
|
|
"blabbed",
|
|
"tattled",
|
|
"tipped (off)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"totality":{
|
|
"a complete amount of something":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the totality of the stars in the universe can only be loosely guessed at"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"aggregate",
|
|
"full",
|
|
"sum",
|
|
"sum total",
|
|
"summation",
|
|
"total",
|
|
"whole"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"gross",
|
|
"completeness",
|
|
"comprehensiveness",
|
|
"cumulativeness",
|
|
"entirety",
|
|
"bulk",
|
|
"lion's share",
|
|
"mass",
|
|
"enchilada",
|
|
"schmear"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"net"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"took account of":{
|
|
"to give consideration to (as unexpected circumstances or contingencies)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"She decided to offer her services on a sliding scale, taking account of local income disparities."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"allowed (for)",
|
|
"considered",
|
|
"factored (in or into)",
|
|
"provided (for)",
|
|
"regarded"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"accommodated",
|
|
"adapted",
|
|
"adjusted",
|
|
"conditioned",
|
|
"anticipated",
|
|
"contemplated",
|
|
"envisaged",
|
|
"expected",
|
|
"foresaw",
|
|
"assumed",
|
|
"presumed",
|
|
"presupposed",
|
|
"planned",
|
|
"calculated",
|
|
"faced"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"factored (out)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"discounted",
|
|
"disregarded"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"torpedo boat":{
|
|
"as in PT boat , assault boat":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"assault boat",
|
|
"PT boat",
|
|
"hydrofoil",
|
|
"hydroplane",
|
|
"airboat",
|
|
"air-cushion vehicle",
|
|
"hovercraft",
|
|
"cockleshell",
|
|
"tub",
|
|
"banker",
|
|
"coble",
|
|
"dragger",
|
|
"gillnetter",
|
|
"hooker",
|
|
"lugger",
|
|
"scalloper",
|
|
"seiner",
|
|
"shrimper",
|
|
"trawler",
|
|
"whaleboat",
|
|
"whaler",
|
|
"workboat",
|
|
"ferry",
|
|
"ferryboat",
|
|
"gondola",
|
|
"taxi",
|
|
"water taxi",
|
|
"towboat",
|
|
"tug",
|
|
"tugboat",
|
|
"barge",
|
|
"hoy",
|
|
"keel",
|
|
"keelboat",
|
|
"lighter",
|
|
"narrow boat",
|
|
"auxiliary",
|
|
"bumboat",
|
|
"cutter",
|
|
"jolly boat",
|
|
"launch",
|
|
"lifeboat",
|
|
"longboat",
|
|
"tender",
|
|
"yawl"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"tons":{
|
|
"a considerable amount":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I received a ton of advice on the problem\u2014all of it unsolicited"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abundances",
|
|
"barrels",
|
|
"basketfuls",
|
|
"basketsful",
|
|
"boatloads",
|
|
"buckets",
|
|
"bunches",
|
|
"bundles",
|
|
"bushels",
|
|
"carloads",
|
|
"chunks",
|
|
"deals",
|
|
"dozens",
|
|
"dozen",
|
|
"fistfuls",
|
|
"gobs",
|
|
"good deals",
|
|
"heaps",
|
|
"hundreds",
|
|
"hundred",
|
|
"lashings",
|
|
"lashins",
|
|
"loads",
|
|
"lots",
|
|
"masses",
|
|
"messes",
|
|
"mountains",
|
|
"much",
|
|
"multiplicities",
|
|
"myriads",
|
|
"oodles",
|
|
"packs",
|
|
"passels",
|
|
"pecks",
|
|
"piles",
|
|
"platefuls",
|
|
"plenitudes",
|
|
"plenties",
|
|
"plentitudes",
|
|
"potfuls",
|
|
"pots",
|
|
"profusions",
|
|
"quantities",
|
|
"rafts",
|
|
"reams",
|
|
"scads",
|
|
"sheaves",
|
|
"shiploads",
|
|
"sights",
|
|
"slews",
|
|
"spates",
|
|
"stacks",
|
|
"stores",
|
|
"truckloads",
|
|
"volumes",
|
|
"wads",
|
|
"wealths",
|
|
"yards"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"epidemics",
|
|
"plagues",
|
|
"rashes",
|
|
"bonanzas",
|
|
"embarrassments",
|
|
"excesses",
|
|
"overabundances",
|
|
"overages",
|
|
"overkills",
|
|
"overmuch",
|
|
"oversupplies",
|
|
"plethoras",
|
|
"redundancies",
|
|
"superabundances",
|
|
"superfluities",
|
|
"surfeits",
|
|
"surpluses",
|
|
"deluges",
|
|
"floods",
|
|
"overflows",
|
|
"armies",
|
|
"bevies",
|
|
"crams",
|
|
"crowds",
|
|
"crushes",
|
|
"droves",
|
|
"flocks",
|
|
"herds",
|
|
"hordes",
|
|
"hosts",
|
|
"legions",
|
|
"mobs",
|
|
"multitudes",
|
|
"presses",
|
|
"scores",
|
|
"seas",
|
|
"swarms",
|
|
"throngs",
|
|
"gazillions",
|
|
"jillions",
|
|
"kazillions",
|
|
"millions",
|
|
"million",
|
|
"thousands",
|
|
"trillions",
|
|
"zillions"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"atoms",
|
|
"crumbs",
|
|
"dots",
|
|
"flecks",
|
|
"flyspecks",
|
|
"fragments",
|
|
"grains",
|
|
"granules",
|
|
"iotas",
|
|
"jots",
|
|
"modicums",
|
|
"molecules",
|
|
"motes",
|
|
"nubbins",
|
|
"particles",
|
|
"rays",
|
|
"scintillas",
|
|
"scraps",
|
|
"shreds",
|
|
"tittles",
|
|
"whits",
|
|
"smatterings",
|
|
"smatters",
|
|
"dashes",
|
|
"drops",
|
|
"morsels",
|
|
"shots",
|
|
"pieces",
|
|
"portions",
|
|
"sections",
|
|
"absences",
|
|
"dearths",
|
|
"famines",
|
|
"lacks",
|
|
"paucities",
|
|
"poverties",
|
|
"scarcities",
|
|
"shortages",
|
|
"undersupplies",
|
|
"wants",
|
|
"deficiencies",
|
|
"deficits",
|
|
"inadequacies",
|
|
"insufficiencies"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"aces",
|
|
"bits",
|
|
"dabs",
|
|
"drams",
|
|
"driblets",
|
|
"glimmers",
|
|
"handfuls",
|
|
"handsful",
|
|
"hints",
|
|
"licks",
|
|
"little",
|
|
"mites",
|
|
"mouthfuls",
|
|
"nips",
|
|
"ounces",
|
|
"peanuts",
|
|
"pinches",
|
|
"pittances",
|
|
"scruples",
|
|
"shades",
|
|
"shadows",
|
|
"smidgens",
|
|
"smidgeons",
|
|
"smidgins",
|
|
"smidges",
|
|
"specks",
|
|
"spots",
|
|
"sprinkles",
|
|
"sprinklings",
|
|
"strains",
|
|
"streaks",
|
|
"suspicions",
|
|
"tastes",
|
|
"touches",
|
|
"traces"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a practice or interest that is very popular for a short time":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"granite countertops became all the ton in kitchen decor"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"buzzes",
|
|
"chics",
|
|
"crazes",
|
|
"dernier cris",
|
|
"enthusiasms",
|
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"fads",
|
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"fashions",
|
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"flavors",
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"hot tickets",
|
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"last words",
|
|
"modes",
|
|
"rages",
|
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"sensations",
|
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"styles",
|
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"trends",
|
|
"vogues"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
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"nine days' wonders",
|
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"nine day wonders",
|
|
"new waves",
|
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"crushes",
|
|
"infatuations",
|
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"fervors",
|
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"passions",
|
|
"furors",
|
|
"fusses",
|
|
"hullabaloos",
|
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"to-dos",
|
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"uproars",
|
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"bandwagons",
|
|
"crusades",
|
|
"cults",
|
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"movements",
|
|
"novelties",
|
|
"wrinkles",
|
|
"caprices",
|
|
"fancies",
|
|
"whims"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"classics",
|
|
"standards"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"toehold":{
|
|
"as in foothold , footing":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"foothold",
|
|
"footing",
|
|
"grab",
|
|
"seizure",
|
|
"clinch",
|
|
"embrace",
|
|
"hug",
|
|
"anchorage",
|
|
"leverage",
|
|
"purchase",
|
|
"clasp",
|
|
"clench",
|
|
"grapple",
|
|
"grasp",
|
|
"grip",
|
|
"handgrip",
|
|
"handhold",
|
|
"hold"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"release",
|
|
"relinquishment"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"tombed":{
|
|
"to place (a dead body) in the earth, a tomb, or the sea":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Forest Lawn is where many of Tinseltown's immortals are tombed for all eternity"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"buried",
|
|
"entombed",
|
|
"hearsed",
|
|
"inhumed",
|
|
"interred",
|
|
"laid",
|
|
"put away"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"immured",
|
|
"inurned",
|
|
"enshrined",
|
|
"concealed",
|
|
"covered",
|
|
"ensconced",
|
|
"hid",
|
|
"obscured",
|
|
"shaded",
|
|
"shielded",
|
|
"cloaked",
|
|
"curtained",
|
|
"enshrouded",
|
|
"shrouded",
|
|
"reburied",
|
|
"reinterred",
|
|
"coffined"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"burned",
|
|
"burnt",
|
|
"cremated",
|
|
"bared",
|
|
"disclosed",
|
|
"discovered",
|
|
"displayed",
|
|
"exhibited",
|
|
"exposed",
|
|
"revealed",
|
|
"showed",
|
|
"uncoffined"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"disinterred",
|
|
"exhumed",
|
|
"unearthed"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"toddlers":{
|
|
"a young child who is just learning to walk":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"babes",
|
|
"babies",
|
|
"bantlings",
|
|
"infants",
|
|
"neonates",
|
|
"nestlings",
|
|
"newborn",
|
|
"newborns",
|
|
"tots",
|
|
"tykes",
|
|
"tikes",
|
|
"weanlings",
|
|
"bairns",
|
|
"bambinos",
|
|
"bambini",
|
|
"buds",
|
|
"chaps",
|
|
"chicks",
|
|
"children",
|
|
"cubs",
|
|
"juveniles",
|
|
"kiddies",
|
|
"kiddos",
|
|
"kids",
|
|
"moppets",
|
|
"sprats",
|
|
"sprat",
|
|
"sprouts",
|
|
"squirts",
|
|
"whelps",
|
|
"younglings",
|
|
"youngsters",
|
|
"youths",
|
|
"adolescents",
|
|
"minors",
|
|
"kindergartners",
|
|
"kindergarteners",
|
|
"preschoolers",
|
|
"rug rats",
|
|
"schoolboys",
|
|
"schoolchildren",
|
|
"schoolgirls",
|
|
"schoolkids",
|
|
"imps",
|
|
"jackanapeses",
|
|
"mischiefs",
|
|
"monkeys",
|
|
"rapscallions",
|
|
"rascals",
|
|
"rogues",
|
|
"urchins",
|
|
"whippersnappers",
|
|
"cherubs",
|
|
"cherubim",
|
|
"preteen-agers",
|
|
"preteens",
|
|
"subteens",
|
|
"teenagers",
|
|
"teeners",
|
|
"teens",
|
|
"teenyboppers",
|
|
"tweens",
|
|
"lads",
|
|
"nippers",
|
|
"shavers",
|
|
"striplings",
|
|
"tads",
|
|
"bobby-soxers",
|
|
"hoydens",
|
|
"tomboys"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"middle-agers",
|
|
"ancients",
|
|
"elders",
|
|
"golden-agers",
|
|
"oldsters",
|
|
"old-timers",
|
|
"senior citizens",
|
|
"seniors",
|
|
"adults",
|
|
"grown-ups"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"torn (out)":{
|
|
"to draw out by force or with effort":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"you'll never tear that secret out of me"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"corkscrewed",
|
|
"extracted",
|
|
"pried",
|
|
"prized",
|
|
"pulled",
|
|
"rooted (out)",
|
|
"uprooted",
|
|
"wrested",
|
|
"wrung",
|
|
"yanked"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"mined",
|
|
"plucked",
|
|
"removed",
|
|
"taken (out)",
|
|
"withdrawn"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"implanted",
|
|
"inserted",
|
|
"installed",
|
|
"instilled",
|
|
"crammed",
|
|
"jammed",
|
|
"rammed",
|
|
"stuffed",
|
|
"wedged"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"totalitarianism":{
|
|
"a system of government in which the ruler has unlimited power":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"in times of crisis, when a nation's people are frightened, there are often calls for totalitarianism"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"absolutism",
|
|
"autarchy",
|
|
"authoritarianism",
|
|
"autocracy",
|
|
"Caesarism",
|
|
"czarism",
|
|
"tsarism",
|
|
"tzarism",
|
|
"despotism",
|
|
"dictatorship",
|
|
"totalism",
|
|
"tyranny"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"monarchism",
|
|
"monarchy",
|
|
"monocracy",
|
|
"Big Brother",
|
|
"Big Brotherism",
|
|
"Communism",
|
|
"fascism",
|
|
"Nazism",
|
|
"domination",
|
|
"oppression"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"democracy",
|
|
"self-governance",
|
|
"self-government",
|
|
"self-rule",
|
|
"freedom",
|
|
"self-determination",
|
|
"autonomy",
|
|
"sovereignty",
|
|
"sovranty"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"toy (with)":{
|
|
"to handle thoughtlessly, ignorantly, or mischievously":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"that microscope is a delicate instrument, not something to be toyed with"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"diddle (with)",
|
|
"fiddle (with)",
|
|
"fool (with)",
|
|
"mess (with)",
|
|
"monkey (with)",
|
|
"play (with)",
|
|
"tamper (with)",
|
|
"tinker (with)",
|
|
"twiddle (with)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abuse",
|
|
"alter",
|
|
"doctor",
|
|
"manhandle",
|
|
"manipulate",
|
|
"mistreat",
|
|
"misuse",
|
|
"butt in",
|
|
"interfere",
|
|
"intrude",
|
|
"meddle",
|
|
"muck (about or around)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to come":{
|
|
"being soon to appear or take place":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"The best is yet to come ."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"approaching",
|
|
"coming",
|
|
"forthcoming",
|
|
"imminent",
|
|
"impending",
|
|
"nearing",
|
|
"oncoming",
|
|
"pending",
|
|
"proximate",
|
|
"upcoming"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"future",
|
|
"anticipated",
|
|
"awaited",
|
|
"expected",
|
|
"foreseen",
|
|
"predicted"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bygone",
|
|
"erstwhile",
|
|
"foregone",
|
|
"former",
|
|
"old",
|
|
"onetime",
|
|
"other",
|
|
"past",
|
|
"quondam",
|
|
"sometime",
|
|
"whilom"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"late",
|
|
"recent"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
}
|
|
} |