dict_dl/en_MWThesaurus/arr_MWT.json
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{
"arraigns":{
"to state the charges against someone who is accused of a crime in a formal procedure before a judge \u2014 usually used as (be) arraigned":{
"examples":[
"He was arraigned on charges of manslaughter."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"appeals",
"books",
"cites",
"summons",
"accuses",
"charges",
"criminates",
"defames",
"impeaches",
"incriminates",
"indicts",
"blames",
"calls (on)",
"castigates",
"censures",
"condemns",
"criticizes",
"damns",
"denounces",
"faults",
"impugns",
"reproaches",
"reprobates",
"chides",
"rebukes",
"reproves",
"taxes",
"prosecutes",
"sues",
"tries",
"frames",
"implicates",
"inculpates",
"informs (against)",
"names",
"reports",
"recriminates",
"retaliates"
],
"near antonyms":[
"advocates",
"champions",
"defends",
"excuses",
"forgives",
"justifies",
"pardons",
"remits",
"shrives",
"absolves",
"acquits",
"clears",
"exculpates",
"exonerates",
"vindicates"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"arrange":{
"to come to an agreement or decision concerning the details of":{
"examples":[
"arrange a time for the meeting",
"arrange money matters for your trip"
],
"synonyms":[
"agree (on)",
"decide",
"fix",
"set",
"settle"
],
"near synonyms":[
"contract",
"pledge",
"promise",
"blueprint",
"calculate",
"chart",
"concert",
"design",
"draft",
"frame",
"hammer out",
"intrigue",
"lay out",
"maneuver",
"map (out)",
"plan",
"program",
"programme",
"schematize",
"scheme",
"shape",
"square away",
"work out",
"choose",
"conclude",
"determine",
"figure",
"opt",
"resolve",
"affirm",
"approve",
"authorize",
"clear",
"confirm",
"OK",
"okay",
"sanction",
"warrant",
"close",
"complete",
"end",
"finalize",
"finish",
"round (off or out)",
"wind up",
"wrap up",
"bargain",
"chaffer",
"deal",
"dicker",
"haggle",
"horse-trade",
"negotiate"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abort",
"call",
"call off",
"drop",
"recall",
"repeal",
"rescind",
"revoke",
"differ (over)",
"disagree (with)",
"counter",
"debate",
"object",
"oppose",
"protest",
"resist",
"contest",
"dispute"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to put into a particular arrangement":{
"examples":[
"arrange the flowers so that the taller ones are at the center of the bouquet"
],
"synonyms":[
"array",
"classify",
"codify",
"dispose",
"draw up",
"lay out",
"marshal",
"marshall",
"order",
"organize",
"range",
"systematize"
],
"near synonyms":[
"groom",
"make up",
"spruce (up)",
"straighten (up)",
"tidy (up)",
"unscramble",
"align",
"aline",
"cue",
"line",
"line up",
"queue",
"alphabetize",
"file",
"hierarchize",
"prioritize",
"sequence",
"emplace",
"place",
"set",
"display",
"map (out)",
"set out"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"derange",
"disarrange",
"disarray",
"disorder",
"mess (up)",
"muss (up)",
"rumple",
"upset"
]
},
"to bring about through discussion and compromise":{
"examples":[
"I'll arrange your free movie pass with the cinema's manager"
],
"synonyms":[
"bargain",
"concert",
"conclude",
"negotiate"
],
"near synonyms":[
"settle (on or upon)",
"chaffer",
"deal",
"dicker",
"haggle",
"horse-trade",
"palter",
"agree",
"contract",
"covenant",
"argue",
"debate",
"discuss",
"hammer out",
"hash (over)",
"reason",
"talk",
"talk over",
"work out",
"renegotiate"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to work out the details of (something) in advance":{
"examples":[
"we need to arrange our European vacation so that we can get the best deals"
],
"synonyms":[
"blueprint",
"budget",
"calculate",
"chart",
"choreograph",
"design",
"frame",
"lay out",
"map (out)",
"organize",
"plan",
"prepare",
"project",
"scheme (out)",
"shape",
"strategize (about)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"conspire",
"contrive",
"devise",
"intrigue",
"machinate",
"plot",
"put up",
"concert",
"get up",
"draft",
"outline",
"sketch",
"aim",
"figure",
"have on",
"intend",
"mean",
"contemplate",
"meditate",
"premeditate"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"array":{
"a number of things considered as a unit":{
"examples":[
"an array of baseball gloves in the corner of his room"
],
"synonyms":[
"assemblage",
"band",
"bank",
"batch",
"battery",
"block",
"bunch",
"clot",
"clump",
"cluster",
"clutch",
"collection",
"constellation",
"group",
"grouping",
"huddle",
"knot",
"lot",
"muster",
"package",
"parcel",
"passel",
"set",
"suite"
],
"near synonyms":[
"accumulation",
"aggregate",
"aggregation",
"conglomeration",
"agglomeration",
"assortment",
"hodgepodge",
"jumble",
"miscellany",
"mixture",
"odds and ends",
"sundries",
"variety",
"cycle",
"run",
"series",
"suit"
],
"near antonyms":[
"entity",
"item",
"single",
"unit"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a usually small number of persons considered as a unit":{
"examples":[
"a motley array of travelers waiting for the bus"
],
"synonyms":[
"band",
"batch",
"battery",
"body",
"boodle",
"bunch",
"cluster",
"clutch",
"consort",
"constellation",
"crop",
"group",
"grouping",
"huddle",
"knot",
"lot",
"parcel",
"party",
"passel"
],
"near synonyms":[
"assembly",
"collective",
"congregation",
"gathering",
"muster",
"organization",
"circle",
"clan",
"clique",
"coterie",
"fellowship",
"gang",
"ring",
"round",
"set",
"faction",
"guild",
"gild",
"order",
"school",
"sect",
"brigade",
"crew",
"outfit",
"phalanx",
"platoon",
"posse",
"task force",
"team",
"alliance",
"bloc",
"coalition",
"confederacy",
"confederation",
"federation",
"league",
"union",
"battalion",
"squadron",
"bevy",
"brood",
"covey"
],
"near antonyms":[
"individual",
"single"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"dressy clothing":{
"examples":[
"dressed in festive array for the city's annual New Year's Eve celebration"
],
"synonyms":[
"best",
"bravery",
"caparison",
"feather",
"finery",
"frippery",
"full dress",
"gaiety",
"gayety",
"glad rags",
"regalia"
],
"near synonyms":[
"apparel",
"attire",
"costume",
"duds",
"habiliment(s)",
"rags",
"raiment",
"rig",
"rigging",
"threads",
"toggery",
"togs",
"vestiary",
"vesture",
"wear"
],
"near antonyms":[
"tatters",
"disarray",
"dishabille"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the way objects in space or events in time are arranged or follow one another":{
"examples":[
"a marching band's carefully choreographed array"
],
"synonyms":[
"arrangement",
"disposal",
"disposition",
"distribution",
"order",
"ordering",
"sequence",
"setup"
],
"near synonyms":[
"continuity",
"precedence",
"priority",
"chain",
"procession",
"progression",
"succession",
"series",
"aligning",
"alining",
"alignment",
"alinement",
"lining up",
"design",
"layout",
"pattern",
"structure",
"system"
],
"near antonyms":[
"confusion",
"disorder",
"disorganization",
"disruption",
"upset",
"disconnection",
"disjointedness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a large body of men and women organized for land warfare":{
"examples":[
"feudal lords depended upon their array for defense"
],
"synonyms":[
"army",
"battalion",
"host",
"legion"
],
"near synonyms":[
"militia",
"national guard",
"standing army",
"infantry",
"ranks",
"regulars",
"soldiers",
"troopers",
"troops"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make more attractive by adding something that is beautiful or becoming":{
"examples":[
"a door arrayed for the holidays with a beautiful evergreen wreath"
],
"synonyms":[
"adorn",
"beautify",
"bedeck",
"bedizen",
"blazon",
"caparison",
"deck",
"decorate",
"do",
"do up",
"doll up",
"drape",
"dress",
"embellish",
"emblaze",
"emboss",
"enrich",
"fancify",
"fancy up",
"festoon",
"garnish",
"glitz (up)",
"grace",
"gussy up",
"ornament",
"pretty (up)",
"trim"
],
"near synonyms":[
"accessorize",
"dress up",
"trap",
"trick (out)",
"brighten",
"freshen",
"smarten",
"spruce (up)",
"boss",
"chase",
"braid",
"embroider",
"feather",
"figure",
"filigree",
"fillet",
"flounce",
"frill",
"fringe",
"furbelow",
"garland",
"hang",
"lace",
"ribbon",
"swag",
"wreathe",
"appliqu\u00e9",
"gild",
"paint",
"diamond",
"gem",
"impearl",
"jewel",
"pearl",
"redecorate",
"redo"
],
"near antonyms":[
"simplify",
"streamline",
"bare",
"denude",
"dismantle",
"display",
"divest",
"expose",
"reveal",
"strip",
"uncover",
"uglify"
],
"antonyms":[
"blemish",
"deface",
"disfigure",
"mar",
"scar",
"spoil"
]
},
"to outfit with clothes and especially fine or special clothes":{
"examples":[
"arrayed in a wedding dress that has been handed down in the family for generations"
],
"synonyms":[
"apparel",
"attire",
"bedeck",
"caparison",
"clothe",
"costume",
"deck (out)",
"do up",
"dress",
"dress up",
"enrobe",
"garb",
"garment",
"get up",
"gown",
"habit",
"invest",
"rig (out)",
"robe",
"suit",
"tog (up or out)",
"toilet",
"vesture"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cloak",
"frock",
"jacket",
"mantle",
"vest",
"drape",
"enswathe",
"hap",
"huddle",
"swaddle",
"swathe",
"wrap",
"accoutre",
"accouter",
"bedight",
"equip",
"furnish",
"habilitate",
"outfit",
"tailor",
"uniform",
"dress down",
"underdress"
],
"near antonyms":[
"denude",
"divest",
"uncover",
"undrape",
"unveil"
],
"antonyms":[
"disarray",
"disrobe",
"strip",
"unclothe",
"undress",
"untruss"
]
},
"to put into a particular arrangement":{
"examples":[
"arrayed his baseball cards in order of their rarity and consequent monetary value"
],
"synonyms":[
"arrange",
"classify",
"codify",
"dispose",
"draw up",
"lay out",
"marshal",
"marshall",
"order",
"organize",
"range",
"systematize"
],
"near synonyms":[
"groom",
"make up",
"spruce (up)",
"straighten (up)",
"tidy (up)",
"unscramble",
"align",
"aline",
"cue",
"line",
"line up",
"queue",
"alphabetize",
"file",
"hierarchize",
"prioritize",
"sequence",
"emplace",
"place",
"set",
"display",
"map (out)",
"set out"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"derange",
"disarrange",
"disarray",
"disorder",
"mess (up)",
"muss (up)",
"rumple",
"upset"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"arrest":{
"to take or keep under one's control by authority of law":{
"examples":[
"the inept robber was promptly arrested by the off-duty policeman he had tried to hold up"
],
"synonyms":[
"apprehend",
"bust",
"collar",
"nab",
"nail",
"nick",
"pick up",
"pinch",
"pull in",
"restrain",
"run in",
"seize"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bag",
"capture",
"catch",
"get",
"grab",
"grapple",
"hook",
"land",
"snap (up)",
"snare",
"snatch",
"trap",
"commit",
"confine",
"detain",
"hold",
"immure",
"imprison",
"incarcerate",
"intern",
"jail",
"jug",
"lock (up)",
"bind",
"enchain",
"fetter",
"handcuff",
"manacle",
"shackle",
"trammel",
"rearrest",
"remand"
],
"near antonyms":[
"emancipate",
"free",
"liberate",
"loose",
"loosen",
"release",
"spring",
"unbind",
"unchain"
],
"antonyms":[
"discharge"
]
},
"to bring (something) to a standstill":{
"examples":[
"cryogenics is based on the idea that extreme cold can almost arrest molecular motion"
],
"synonyms":[
"bring up",
"catch",
"check",
"draw up",
"fetch up",
"halt",
"hold up",
"pull up",
"stall",
"stay",
"still",
"stop"
],
"near synonyms":[
"baffle",
"balk",
"block",
"blockade",
"bottleneck",
"clog",
"dam",
"detain",
"hinder",
"hold",
"hold back",
"impede",
"obstruct",
"snag",
"stem",
"conclude",
"cut off",
"end",
"terminate",
"call",
"discontinue",
"suspend",
"choke off",
"rein (in)",
"repress",
"squash",
"squelch",
"stanch",
"staunch",
"stunt",
"suppress",
"turn back"
],
"near antonyms":[
"carry on",
"continue",
"follow through (with)",
"keep (on)",
"keep up",
"persist",
"run on",
"advance",
"fare",
"go along",
"march",
"move",
"proceed",
"progress",
"wend",
"actuate",
"budge",
"drive",
"goad",
"impel",
"propel",
"push",
"spur",
"stir"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to hold the attention of as if by a spell":{
"examples":[
"the sight of the daredevil walking a tightrope between high-rises arrested area pedestrians and motorists alike"
],
"synonyms":[
"bedazzle",
"catch up",
"enchant",
"enthrall",
"enthral",
"fascinate",
"grip",
"hypnotize",
"mesmerize",
"spellbind"
],
"near synonyms":[
"enrapture",
"entrance",
"thrill",
"beguile",
"bewitch",
"charm",
"absorb",
"engage",
"engross",
"involve"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the act of taking into one's control by authority of law":{
"examples":[
"there have been only two arrests for driving while intoxicated in the county in the last six months"
],
"synonyms":[
"apprehension",
"arrestment",
"bust",
"collar",
"pinch"
],
"near synonyms":[
"raid",
"house arrest",
"capture",
"entrapment",
"seizure",
"captivity",
"confinement",
"detention",
"enchainment",
"hold",
"immurement",
"imprisonment",
"incarceration",
"restraint",
"rearrest",
"remand"
],
"near antonyms":[
"emancipation",
"liberation",
"release"
],
"antonyms":[
"discharge"
]
},
"the stopping of a process or activity":{
"examples":[
"\"hemostasis\" is the technical term for arrest of bleeding"
],
"synonyms":[
"arrestment",
"cease",
"cessation",
"check",
"close",
"closedown",
"closure",
"conclusion",
"cutoff",
"discontinuance",
"discontinuation",
"end",
"ending",
"expiration",
"finish",
"halt",
"lapse",
"offset",
"shutdown",
"shutoff",
"stay",
"stop",
"stoppage",
"surcease",
"termination"
],
"near synonyms":[
"mop-up",
"phaseout",
"abeyance",
"break",
"interruption",
"layoff",
"letup",
"moratorium",
"pause",
"standstill",
"suspension"
],
"near antonyms":[
"extension",
"persistence",
"prolongation"
],
"antonyms":[
"continuance",
"continuation"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"arrestee":{
"as in defendant , suspect":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"accused",
"defendant",
"detainee",
"fish",
"suspect",
"criminal",
"crook",
"culprit",
"lawbreaker",
"malefactor",
"miscreant",
"offender",
"misdemeanant",
"accomplice",
"principal",
"desperado",
"outlaw",
"convict",
"jailbird",
"perp",
"perpetrator",
"evildoer",
"gallows bird",
"misdoer",
"misfeasor",
"sinner",
"transgressor",
"trespasser",
"villain",
"wrongdoer",
"blackhander",
"button man",
"gangster",
"hoodlum",
"hooligan",
"mobster",
"racketeer",
"thug"
],
"near antonyms":[
"gangbuster",
"lawman"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"arrival":{
"the act of coming upon a scene":{
"examples":[
"spring's late arrival meant we were still skiing in mid-April",
"the groom blamed his belated arrival for the wedding on a huge traffic snarl"
],
"synonyms":[
"advent",
"appearance",
"coming",
"incoming"
],
"near synonyms":[
"approach",
"entrance",
"ingress",
"beginning",
"birth",
"commencement",
"dawn",
"dawning",
"debut",
"d\u00e9but",
"genesis",
"inception",
"morning",
"onset",
"start"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dissipation",
"dissolution",
"evaporation",
"fadeaway",
"fading",
"melting",
"passing",
"vanishing",
"clearing out",
"egress",
"leaving",
"retirement",
"retreat",
"withdrawal",
"emigration",
"evacuation",
"exodus"
],
"antonyms":[
"decamping",
"decampment",
"departing",
"departure",
"disappearance",
"exit",
"exiting",
"farewell",
"going",
"leave-taking",
"parting",
"quitting"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"arrogates":{
"to take or make use of under a guise of authority but without actual right":{
"examples":[
"arrogated the corner office without obtaining prior approval"
],
"synonyms":[
"appropriates",
"commandeers",
"converts",
"expropriates",
"pirates",
"preempts",
"presses",
"seizes",
"takes over",
"usurps"
],
"near synonyms":[
"annexes",
"attaches",
"claims",
"confiscates",
"impounds",
"repossesses",
"sequesters",
"assumes",
"collars",
"grabs",
"grasps",
"snatches",
"steals",
"wrenches",
"wrests",
"despoils",
"loots",
"pillages",
"encroaches",
"infringes",
"invades",
"occupies",
"preoccupies",
"trespasses",
"embezzles",
"misapplies",
"misappropriates",
"misuses",
"peculates"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"arranged (for)":{
"as in signed up (for) , ordered":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bespoke",
"booked",
"contracted (for)",
"ordered",
"reserved",
"signed up (for)",
"checked out",
"subleased",
"sublet",
"chartered",
"engaged",
"hired",
"leased",
"rented"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"arriving":{
"to get to a destination":{
"examples":[
"when will the guests arrive ?"
],
"synonyms":[
"appearing",
"coming",
"getting in",
"getting through",
"landing",
"showing up",
"turning up"
],
"near synonyms":[
"fetching",
"hitting",
"making",
"reaching",
"pulling in",
"touching down",
"debarking",
"disembarking",
"barging (in)",
"blowing in",
"breezing (in)",
"bursting (in or into)",
"waltzing (in)",
"checking in",
"clocking (in)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"checking out",
"clocking (out)",
"fleeing",
"vamoosing"
],
"antonyms":[
"going",
"leaving"
]
},
"to reach a desired level of accomplishment":{
"examples":[
"the actress knew she'd arrived when she received an Oscar nomination"
],
"synonyms":[
"flourishing",
"prospering",
"succeeding",
"thriving"
],
"near synonyms":[
"prevailing",
"triumphing",
"winning",
"excelling"
],
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"floundering",
"struggling"
],
"antonyms":[
"failing"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
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"beelining",
"catching up",
"fast-forwarding",
"outpacing",
"outrunning",
"outstripping",
"overtaking",
"accelerating",
"quickening",
"stepping out",
"galloping",
"jogging",
"sprinting",
"stampeding",
"streaking",
"whizzing",
"beetling",
"darting",
"flitting",
"scampering",
"scudding",
"scuffling",
"barreling",
"barrelling",
"belting",
"blasting",
"blazing",
"blowing",
"bolting",
"bombing",
"bowling",
"breezing",
"bundling",
"bustling",
"buzzing",
"cannonballing",
"careening",
"careering",
"chasing",
"coursing",
"cracking (on)",
"dashing",
"driving",
"flying",
"haring",
"hastening",
"highballing",
"hotfooting (it)",
"humping",
"hurling",
"hurrying",
"hurtling",
"hustling",
"hying",
"hieing",
"jetting",
"jumping",
"motoring",
"nipping",
"pelting",
"racing",
"ramming",
"ripping",
"rocketing",
"running",
"rushing",
"rustling",
"scooting",
"scurrying",
"scuttling",
"shooting",
"speeding",
"stepping",
"tearing",
"traveling",
"travelling",
"trotting",
"whirling",
"whisking",
"zipping",
"zooming"
],
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"crawling",
"creeping",
"poking",
"dallying",
"dawdling",
"dillydallying",
"dragging",
"hanging (around or out)",
"lagging",
"lingering",
"loitering",
"poking",
"tarrying",
"ambling",
"lumbering",
"plodding",
"sauntering",
"shuffling",
"strolling",
"decelerating",
"slowing (down or up)"
],
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},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"arrogating":{
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"examples":[
"arrogated the corner office without obtaining prior approval"
],
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"appropriating",
"commandeering",
"converting",
"expropriating",
"pirating",
"preempting",
"pressing",
"seizing",
"taking over",
"usurping"
],
"near synonyms":[
"annexing",
"attaching",
"claiming",
"confiscating",
"impounding",
"repossessing",
"sequestering",
"assuming",
"collaring",
"grabbing",
"grasping",
"snatching",
"stealing",
"wrenching",
"wresting",
"despoiling",
"looting",
"pillaging",
"encroaching",
"infringing",
"invading",
"occupying",
"preoccupying",
"trespassing",
"embezzling",
"misapplying",
"misappropriating",
"misusing",
"peculating"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"arrays":{
"a number of things considered as a unit":{
"examples":[
"an array of baseball gloves in the corner of his room"
],
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"assemblages",
"bands",
"banks",
"batches",
"batteries",
"blocks",
"bunches",
"clots",
"clumps",
"clusters",
"clutches",
"collections",
"constellations",
"groupings",
"groups",
"huddles",
"knots",
"lots",
"musters",
"packages",
"parcels",
"passels",
"sets",
"suites"
],
"near synonyms":[
"accumulations",
"aggregates",
"aggregations",
"conglomerations",
"agglomerations",
"assortments",
"hodgepodges",
"jumbles",
"miscellanies",
"mixtures",
"odds and ends",
"sundries",
"varieties",
"cycles",
"runs",
"series",
"suits"
],
"near antonyms":[
"entities",
"items",
"singles",
"units"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a usually small number of persons considered as a unit":{
"examples":[
"a motley array of travelers waiting for the bus"
],
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"bands",
"batches",
"batteries",
"bodies",
"boodles",
"bunches",
"clusters",
"clutches",
"consorts",
"constellations",
"crops",
"groupings",
"groups",
"huddles",
"knots",
"lots",
"parcels",
"parties",
"passels"
],
"near synonyms":[
"assemblies",
"collectives",
"congregations",
"gatherings",
"musters",
"organizations",
"circles",
"clans",
"cliques",
"coteries",
"fellowships",
"gangs",
"rings",
"rounds",
"sets",
"factions",
"guilds",
"gilds",
"orders",
"schools",
"sects",
"brigades",
"crews",
"outfits",
"phalanxes",
"phalanges",
"platoons",
"posses",
"task forces",
"teams",
"alliances",
"blocs",
"coalitions",
"confederacies",
"confederations",
"federations",
"leagues",
"unions",
"battalions",
"squadrons",
"bevies",
"broods",
"coveys"
],
"near antonyms":[
"individuals",
"singles"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the way objects in space or events in time are arranged or follow one another":{
"examples":[
"a marching band's carefully choreographed array"
],
"synonyms":[
"arrangements",
"disposals",
"dispositions",
"distributions",
"orderings",
"orders",
"sequences",
"setups"
],
"near synonyms":[
"continuities",
"precedences",
"priorities",
"chains",
"processions",
"progressions",
"successions",
"series",
"alignments",
"alinements",
"designs",
"layouts",
"patterns",
"structures",
"systems"
],
"near antonyms":[
"confusions",
"disorders",
"disorganizations",
"disruptions",
"upsets",
"disconnections"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a large body of men and women organized for land warfare":{
"examples":[
"feudal lords depended upon their array for defense"
],
"synonyms":[
"armies",
"battalions",
"hosts",
"legions"
],
"near synonyms":[
"militias",
"national guards",
"standing armies",
"infantries",
"ranks",
"regulars",
"soldiers",
"troopers",
"troops"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make more attractive by adding something that is beautiful or becoming":{
"examples":[
"a door arrayed for the holidays with a beautiful evergreen wreath"
],
"synonyms":[
"adorns",
"beautifies",
"bedecks",
"bedizens",
"blazons",
"caparisons",
"decks",
"decorates",
"does",
"does up",
"dolls up",
"drapes",
"dresses",
"embellishes",
"emblazes",
"embosses",
"enriches",
"fancies up",
"fancifies",
"festoons",
"garnishes",
"glitzes (up)",
"graces",
"gussies up",
"ornaments",
"pretties (up)",
"trims"
],
"near synonyms":[
"accessorizes",
"dresses up",
"traps",
"tricks (out)",
"brightens",
"freshens",
"smartens",
"spruces (up)",
"bosses",
"chases",
"braids",
"embroiders",
"feathers",
"figures",
"filigrees",
"fillets",
"flounces",
"frills",
"fringes",
"furbelows",
"garlands",
"hangs",
"laces",
"ribbons",
"swags",
"wreathes",
"appliqu\u00e9s",
"gilds",
"paints",
"diamonds",
"gems",
"impearls",
"jewels",
"pearls",
"redecorates",
"redoes"
],
"near antonyms":[
"simplifies",
"streamlines",
"bares",
"denudes",
"dismantles",
"displays",
"divests",
"exposes",
"reveals",
"strips",
"uncovers",
"uglifies"
],
"antonyms":[
"blemishes",
"defaces",
"disfigures",
"mars",
"scars",
"spoils"
]
},
"to outfit with clothes and especially fine or special clothes":{
"examples":[
"arrayed in a wedding dress that has been handed down in the family for generations"
],
"synonyms":[
"apparels",
"attires",
"bedecks",
"caparisons",
"clothes",
"costumes",
"decks (out)",
"does up",
"dresses",
"dresses up",
"enrobes",
"garbs",
"garments",
"gets up",
"gowns",
"habits",
"invests",
"rigs (out)",
"robes",
"suits",
"togs (up or out)",
"toilets",
"vestures"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cloaks",
"frocks",
"jackets",
"mantles",
"vests",
"drapes",
"enswathes",
"haps",
"huddles",
"swaddles",
"swathes",
"wraps",
"accoutres",
"accouters",
"bedights",
"equips",
"furnishes",
"habilitates",
"outfits",
"tailors",
"uniforms",
"dresses down",
"underdresses"
],
"near antonyms":[
"denudes",
"divests",
"uncovers",
"undrapes",
"unveils"
],
"antonyms":[
"disarrays",
"disrobes",
"strips",
"unclothes",
"undresses",
"untrusses"
]
},
"to put into a particular arrangement":{
"examples":[
"arrayed his baseball cards in order of their rarity and consequent monetary value"
],
"synonyms":[
"arranges",
"classifies",
"codifies",
"disposes",
"draws up",
"lays out",
"marshals",
"marshalls",
"orders",
"organizes",
"ranges",
"systematizes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"grooms",
"makes up",
"spruces (up)",
"straightens (up)",
"tidies (up)",
"unscrambles",
"aligns",
"alines",
"cues",
"lines",
"lines up",
"queues",
"alphabetizes",
"files",
"hierarchizes",
"prioritizes",
"sequences",
"emplaces",
"places",
"sets",
"displays",
"maps (out)",
"sets out"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"deranges",
"disarranges",
"disarrays",
"disorders",
"messes (up)",
"musses (up)",
"rumples",
"upsets"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"arrogations":{
"the unlawful taking or withholding of something from the rightful owner under a guise of authority":{
"examples":[
"the legislature's arrogation of certain powers that are explicitly reserved by the constitution for the judiciary"
],
"synonyms":[
"appropriations",
"detainers",
"expropriations",
"preemptions",
"seizures",
"takeovers",
"usurpations"
],
"near synonyms":[
"annexations",
"assumptions",
"attachments",
"confiscations",
"grabs",
"impoundments",
"repossessions",
"sequestrations",
"defalcations",
"embezzlements",
"misapplications",
"misappropriations",
"misuses",
"peculations",
"thefts",
"despoilments",
"encroachments",
"infringements",
"piracies",
"invasions",
"occupancies",
"occupations",
"preoccupancies",
"trespasses",
"deforcements",
"disfurnishments",
"dispossessions",
"ejections"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"arrant":{
"having no exceptions or restrictions":{
"examples":[
"that statement is complete and arrant nonsense"
],
"synonyms":[
"absolute",
"all-out",
"blank",
"blooming",
"bodacious",
"categorical",
"categoric",
"clean",
"complete",
"consummate",
"crashing",
"damn",
"damned",
"dead",
"deadly",
"definite",
"downright",
"dreadful",
"fair",
"flat",
"flat-out",
"out-and-out",
"outright",
"perfect",
"plumb",
"profound",
"pure",
"rank",
"regular",
"sheer",
"simple",
"stark",
"stone",
"straight-out",
"thorough",
"thoroughgoing",
"total",
"unadulterated",
"unalloyed",
"unconditional",
"unmitigated",
"unqualified",
"utter",
"very"
],
"near synonyms":[
"authentic",
"classic",
"genuine",
"real",
"veritable",
"constant",
"endless",
"eternal",
"perpetual",
"undying",
"unremitting",
"extreme",
"unrestricted",
"confirmed",
"habitual",
"hopeless",
"inveterate",
"extraordinary",
"frightful",
"horrible",
"huge",
"main",
"superlative",
"supreme",
"surpassing",
"terrible",
"terrific"
],
"near antonyms":[
"doubtful",
"dubious",
"equivocal",
"qualified",
"questionable",
"restricted",
"uncertain"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"arroyo":{
"as in runoff , freshet":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"billabong",
"fresh",
"freshet",
"runoff",
"beck",
"bourn",
"bourne",
"brook",
"brooklet",
"burn",
"creek",
"gill",
"rill",
"rivulet",
"run",
"runlet",
"runnel",
"streamlet",
"bayou",
"coulee",
"slough",
"slew",
"slue",
"stream",
"wash",
"canal",
"channel",
"cut",
"cutoff",
"gut",
"kill",
"millrace",
"millstream",
"race",
"watercourse",
"waterway",
"affluent",
"branch",
"confluent",
"distributary",
"influent",
"tributary"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"arrives":{
"to get to a destination":{
"examples":[
"when will the guests arrive ?"
],
"synonyms":[
"appears",
"comes",
"gets in",
"gets through",
"lands",
"shows up",
"turns up"
],
"near synonyms":[
"fetches",
"hits",
"makes",
"reaches",
"pulls in",
"touches down",
"debarks",
"disembarks",
"barges (in)",
"blows in",
"breezes (in)",
"bursts (in or into)",
"waltzes (in)",
"checks in",
"clocks (in)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"checks out",
"clocks (out)",
"flees",
"vamooses"
],
"antonyms":[
"goes",
"leaves"
]
},
"to reach a desired level of accomplishment":{
"examples":[
"the actress knew she'd arrived when she received an Oscar nomination"
],
"synonyms":[
"flourishes",
"prospers",
"succeeds",
"thrives"
],
"near synonyms":[
"prevails",
"triumphs",
"wins",
"excels"
],
"near antonyms":[
"flounders",
"struggles"
],
"antonyms":[
"fails"
]
},
"as in comers":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"comers",
"arrivistes",
"nouveaux riches",
"parvenus",
"upstarts",
"adventurers",
"snobs",
"social climbers",
"fat cats",
"moneybags",
"nabobs"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"arrayed":{
"as in dressed , decorated":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"adorned",
"beautified",
"bedecked",
"decked",
"decorated",
"dressed",
"embellished",
"enriched",
"garnished",
"ornamented",
"trimmed",
"elaborate",
"extreme",
"flowery",
"frilly",
"lacy",
"bedaubed",
"flashy",
"garish",
"gaudy",
"glitzy",
"loud",
"ostentatious",
"pretentious",
"showy",
"swank",
"swanky",
"tawdry",
"enhanced",
"heightened",
"intensified",
"extravagant",
"flamboyant",
"spectacular",
"splashy",
"bejeweled",
"bejewelled",
"bossed",
"chased",
"emblazoned",
"embossed",
"embroidered",
"flounced",
"fringed",
"garlanded",
"gilded",
"gilt",
"laced",
"sequined",
"sequinned",
"wreathed",
"arabesque",
"baroque",
"rococo",
"bedizened",
"florid",
"fussy",
"gingerbread",
"gingerbreaded",
"gingerbready",
"ornate",
"overdecorated",
"overwrought"
],
"near antonyms":[
"austere",
"plain",
"severe",
"stark",
"unadorned",
"bare",
"denuded",
"exposed",
"naked",
"stripped",
"uncovered",
"modest",
"simple",
"unassuming",
"unpretentious",
"conservative",
"muted",
"quiet",
"restrained",
"subdued",
"tasteful",
"toned-down",
"understated",
"unobtrusive"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make more attractive by adding something that is beautiful or becoming":{
"examples":[
"a door arrayed for the holidays with a beautiful evergreen wreath"
],
"synonyms":[
"adorned",
"beautified",
"bedecked",
"bedizened",
"blazoned",
"caparisoned",
"decked",
"decorated",
"did",
"did up",
"dolled up",
"draped",
"dressed",
"embellished",
"emblazed",
"embossed",
"enriched",
"fancied up",
"fancified",
"festooned",
"garnished",
"glitzed (up)",
"graced",
"gussied up",
"ornamented",
"prettied (up)",
"trimmed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"accessorized",
"dressed up",
"trapped",
"tricked (out)",
"brightened",
"freshened",
"smartened",
"spruced (up)",
"bossed",
"chased",
"braided",
"embroidered",
"feathered",
"figured",
"filigreed",
"filleted",
"flounced",
"frilled",
"fringed",
"furbelowed",
"garlanded",
"hung",
"hanged",
"laced",
"ribboned",
"swagged",
"wreathed",
"appliqu\u00e9d",
"gilded",
"gilt",
"painted",
"diamonded",
"gemmed",
"impearled",
"jeweled",
"jewelled",
"pearled",
"redecorated",
"redid"
],
"near antonyms":[
"simplified",
"streamlined",
"bared",
"denuded",
"dismantled",
"displayed",
"divested",
"exposed",
"revealed",
"stripped",
"stript",
"uncovered",
"uglified"
],
"antonyms":[
"blemished",
"defaced",
"disfigured",
"marred",
"scarred",
"spoiled",
"spoilt"
]
},
"to outfit with clothes and especially fine or special clothes":{
"examples":[
"arrayed in a wedding dress that has been handed down in the family for generations"
],
"synonyms":[
"appareled",
"apparelled",
"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)",
"toileted",
"vestured"
],
"near synonyms":[
"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"
]
},
"to put into a particular arrangement":{
"examples":[
"arrayed his baseball cards in order of their rarity and consequent monetary value"
],
"synonyms":[
"arranged",
"classified",
"codified",
"disposed",
"drew up",
"laid out",
"marshaled",
"marshalled",
"ordered",
"organized",
"ranged",
"systematized"
],
"near synonyms":[
"groomed",
"made up",
"spruced (up)",
"straightened (up)",
"tidied (up)",
"unscrambled",
"aligned",
"alined",
"cued",
"lined",
"lined up",
"queued",
"alphabetized",
"filed",
"hierarchized",
"prioritized",
"sequenced",
"emplaced",
"placed",
"set",
"displayed",
"mapped (out)",
"set out"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"deranged",
"disarranged",
"disarrayed",
"disordered",
"messed (up)",
"mussed (up)",
"rumpled",
"upset"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"arrowed":{
"as in beelined":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"beelined",
"caught up",
"fast-forwarded",
"outpaced",
"outran",
"outstripped",
"overtook",
"accelerated",
"quickened",
"stepped out",
"galloped",
"jogged",
"sprinted",
"stampeded",
"streaked",
"whizzed",
"beetled",
"darted",
"flitted",
"scampered",
"scudded",
"scuffled",
"barreled",
"barrelled",
"belted",
"blasted",
"blazed",
"blew",
"bolted",
"bombed",
"bowled",
"breezed",
"bundled",
"bustled",
"buzzed",
"cannonballed",
"careened",
"careered",
"chased",
"coursed",
"cracked (on)",
"dashed",
"drove",
"flew",
"hared",
"hastened",
"hied",
"highballed",
"hotfooted (it)",
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"hurled",
"hurried",
"hurtled",
"hustled",
"jetted",
"jumped",
"motored",
"nipped",
"pelted",
"raced",
"rammed",
"ran",
"run",
"ripped",
"rocketed",
"rushed",
"rustled",
"scooted",
"scurried",
"scuttled",
"shot",
"sped",
"speeded",
"stepped",
"tore",
"traveled",
"travelled",
"trotted",
"whirled",
"whisked",
"zipped",
"zoomed"
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"crept",
"poked",
"dallied",
"dawdled",
"dillydallied",
"dragged",
"hung (around or out)",
"hanged (around or out)",
"lagged",
"lingered",
"loitered",
"poked",
"tarried",
"ambled",
"lumbered",
"plodded",
"sauntered",
"shuffled",
"strolled",
"decelerated",
"slowed (down or up)"
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]
},
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"the arrogant young lawyer elbowed his way to the head of the line of customers, declaring that he was too busy to wait like everybody else"
],
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"bumptious",
"cavalier",
"chesty",
"haughty",
"highfalutin",
"hifalutin",
"high-and-mighty",
"high-handed",
"high-hat",
"huffish",
"huffy",
"imperious",
"important",
"lofty",
"lordly",
"masterful",
"overweening",
"peremptory",
"pompous",
"presuming",
"presumptuous",
"pretentious",
"self-asserting",
"self-assertive",
"sniffy",
"stiff-necked",
"supercilious",
"superior",
"toplofty",
"toploftical",
"uppish",
"uppity"
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"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"
],
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"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"
],
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"humble",
"lowly",
"modest",
"unarrogant",
"unpretentious"
]
},
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"adjective"
]
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"arrests":{
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"examples":[
"the inept robber was promptly arrested by the off-duty policeman he had tried to hold up"
],
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"apprehends",
"busts",
"collars",
"nabs",
"nails",
"nicks",
"picks up",
"pinches",
"pulls in",
"restrains",
"runs in",
"seizes"
],
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"bags",
"captures",
"catches",
"gets",
"grabs",
"grapples",
"hooks",
"lands",
"snaps (up)",
"snares",
"snatches",
"traps",
"commits",
"confines",
"detains",
"holds",
"immures",
"imprisons",
"incarcerates",
"interns",
"jails",
"jugs",
"locks (up)",
"binds",
"enchains",
"fetters",
"handcuffs",
"manacles",
"shackles",
"trammels",
"rearrests",
"remands"
],
"near antonyms":[
"emancipates",
"frees",
"liberates",
"loosens",
"looses",
"releases",
"springs",
"unbinds",
"unchains"
],
"antonyms":[
"discharges"
]
},
"to bring (something) to a standstill":{
"examples":[
"cryogenics is based on the idea that extreme cold can almost arrest molecular motion"
],
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"brings up",
"catches",
"checks",
"draws up",
"fetches up",
"halts",
"holds up",
"pulls up",
"stalls",
"stays",
"stills",
"stops"
],
"near synonyms":[
"baffles",
"balks",
"blockades",
"blocks",
"bottlenecks",
"clogs",
"dams",
"detains",
"hinders",
"holds",
"holds back",
"impedes",
"obstructs",
"snags",
"stems",
"concludes",
"cuts off",
"ends",
"terminates",
"calls",
"discontinues",
"suspends",
"chokes off",
"reins (in)",
"represses",
"squashes",
"squelches",
"stanches",
"staunches",
"stunts",
"suppresses",
"turns back"
],
"near antonyms":[
"carries on",
"continues",
"follows through (with)",
"keeps (on)",
"keeps up",
"persists",
"runs on",
"advances",
"fares",
"goes along",
"marches",
"moves",
"proceeds",
"progresses",
"wends",
"actuates",
"budges",
"drives",
"goads",
"impels",
"propels",
"pushes",
"spurs",
"stirs"
],
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"to hold the attention of as if by a spell":{
"examples":[
"the sight of the daredevil walking a tightrope between high-rises arrested area pedestrians and motorists alike"
],
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"bedazzles",
"catches up",
"enchants",
"enthralls",
"enthrals",
"fascinates",
"grips",
"hypnotizes",
"mesmerizes",
"spellbinds"
],
"near synonyms":[
"enraptures",
"entrances",
"thrills",
"beguiles",
"bewitches",
"charms",
"absorbs",
"engages",
"engrosses",
"involves"
],
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"antonyms":[]
},
"the act of taking into one's control by authority of law":{
"examples":[
"there have been only two arrests for driving while intoxicated in the county in the last six months"
],
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"apprehensions",
"arrestments",
"busts",
"collars",
"pinches"
],
"near synonyms":[
"raids",
"house arrests",
"captures",
"entrapments",
"seizures",
"captivities",
"confinements",
"detentions",
"enchainments",
"holds",
"immurements",
"imprisonments",
"incarcerations",
"restraints",
"rearrests",
"remands"
],
"near antonyms":[
"emancipations",
"liberations",
"releases"
],
"antonyms":[
"discharges"
]
},
"the stopping of a process or activity":{
"examples":[
"\"hemostasis\" is the technical term for arrest of bleeding"
],
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"arrestments",
"ceases",
"cessations",
"checks",
"closedowns",
"closes",
"closures",
"conclusions",
"cutoffs",
"discontinuances",
"discontinuations",
"endings",
"ends",
"expirations",
"finishes",
"halts",
"lapses",
"offsets",
"shutdowns",
"shutoffs",
"stays",
"stoppages",
"stops",
"surceases",
"terminations"
],
"near synonyms":[
"mop-ups",
"phaseouts",
"abeyances",
"breaks",
"interruptions",
"layoffs",
"letups",
"moratoriums",
"moratoria",
"pauses",
"standstills",
"suspensions"
],
"near antonyms":[
"extensions",
"persistences",
"prolongations"
],
"antonyms":[
"continuances",
"continuations"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"arranging (for)":{
"as in signing up (for) , ordering":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bespeaking",
"booking",
"contracting (for)",
"ordering",
"reserving",
"signing up (for)",
"checking out",
"subleasing",
"subletting",
"chartering",
"engaging",
"hiring",
"leasing",
"renting"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"arriv\u00e9s":{
"to get to a destination":{
"examples":[
"when will the guests arrive ?"
],
"synonyms":[
"appears",
"comes",
"gets in",
"gets through",
"lands",
"shows up",
"turns up"
],
"near synonyms":[
"fetches",
"hits",
"makes",
"reaches",
"pulls in",
"touches down",
"debarks",
"disembarks",
"barges (in)",
"blows in",
"breezes (in)",
"bursts (in or into)",
"waltzes (in)",
"checks in",
"clocks (in)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"checks out",
"clocks (out)",
"flees",
"vamooses"
],
"antonyms":[
"goes",
"leaves"
]
},
"to reach a desired level of accomplishment":{
"examples":[
"the actress knew she'd arrived when she received an Oscar nomination"
],
"synonyms":[
"flourishes",
"prospers",
"succeeds",
"thrives"
],
"near synonyms":[
"prevails",
"triumphs",
"wins",
"excels"
],
"near antonyms":[
"flounders",
"struggles"
],
"antonyms":[
"fails"
]
},
"as in comers":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"comers",
"arrivistes",
"nouveaux riches",
"parvenus",
"upstarts",
"adventurers",
"snobs",
"social climbers",
"fat cats",
"moneybags",
"nabobs"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"arranger":{
"as in scorer , orchestrator":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"orchestrator",
"orchestrater",
"scorer",
"symphonist",
"librettist",
"lyricist",
"lyrist",
"cocomposer",
"composer",
"melodist",
"musician",
"songsmith",
"songwriter",
"tunesmith"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in organizer , planner":{
"examples":[],
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"near synonyms":[
"hatcher",
"organizer",
"planner",
"plotter",
"schemer",
"contriver",
"designer",
"formulator",
"originator",
"spawner",
"finagler",
"machinator",
"maneuverer",
"captain",
"commander",
"director",
"handler",
"leader",
"manager",
"quarterback",
"developer",
"generator",
"inaugurator",
"initiator",
"inspirer",
"instituter",
"institutor",
"pioneer",
"builder",
"maker",
"producer",
"architect",
"engineer",
"mastermind"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"arrested":{
"taken and held prisoner":{
"examples":[
"a line of arrested suspects waiting to be booked on a variety of charges"
],
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"apprehended",
"captive",
"captured",
"caught",
"confined",
"imprisoned",
"incarcerated",
"interned",
"jailed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bound",
"enslaved",
"indentured",
"ensnared",
"trapped",
"abducted",
"kidnapped",
"kidnaped",
"subdued",
"subjugated",
"occupied"
],
"near antonyms":[
"unconfined",
"unrestrained",
"delivered",
"emancipated",
"enfranchised",
"freed",
"liberated",
"paroled",
"released"
],
"antonyms":[
"free"
]
},
"to take or keep under one's control by authority of law":{
"examples":[
"the inept robber was promptly arrested by the off-duty policeman he had tried to hold up"
],
"synonyms":[
"apprehended",
"busted",
"bust",
"collared",
"nabbed",
"nailed",
"nicked",
"picked up",
"pinched",
"pulled in",
"ran in",
"restrained",
"seized"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bagged",
"captured",
"caught",
"got",
"grabbed",
"grappled",
"hooked",
"landed",
"snapped (up)",
"snared",
"snatched",
"trapped",
"committed",
"confined",
"detained",
"held",
"immured",
"imprisoned",
"incarcerated",
"interned",
"jailed",
"jugged",
"locked (up)",
"bound",
"enchained",
"fettered",
"handcuffed",
"manacled",
"shackled",
"trammeled",
"trammelled",
"rearrested",
"remanded"
],
"near antonyms":[
"emancipated",
"freed",
"liberated",
"loosed",
"loosened",
"released",
"sprang",
"sprung",
"unbound",
"unchained"
],
"antonyms":[
"discharged"
]
},
"to bring (something) to a standstill":{
"examples":[
"cryogenics is based on the idea that extreme cold can almost arrest molecular motion"
],
"synonyms":[
"brought up",
"caught",
"checked",
"drew up",
"fetched up",
"halted",
"held up",
"pulled up",
"stalled",
"stayed",
"stilled",
"stopped"
],
"near synonyms":[
"baffled",
"balked",
"blockaded",
"blocked",
"bottlenecked",
"clogged",
"dammed",
"detained",
"held",
"held back",
"hindered",
"impeded",
"obstructed",
"snagged",
"stemmed",
"concluded",
"cut off",
"ended",
"terminated",
"called",
"discontinued",
"suspended",
"choked off",
"reined (in)",
"repressed",
"squashed",
"squelched",
"stanched",
"staunched",
"stunted",
"suppressed",
"turned back"
],
"near antonyms":[
"carried on",
"continued",
"followed through (with)",
"kept (on)",
"kept up",
"persisted",
"ran on",
"advanced",
"fared",
"marched",
"moved",
"proceeded",
"progressed",
"wended",
"went along",
"actuated",
"budged",
"drove",
"goaded",
"impelled",
"propelled",
"pushed",
"spurred",
"stirred"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to hold the attention of as if by a spell":{
"examples":[
"the sight of the daredevil walking a tightrope between high-rises arrested area pedestrians and motorists alike"
],
"synonyms":[
"bedazzled",
"caught up",
"enchanted",
"enthralled",
"fascinated",
"gripped",
"hypnotized",
"mesmerized",
"spellbound"
],
"near synonyms":[
"enraptured",
"entranced",
"thrilled",
"beguiled",
"bewitched",
"charmed",
"absorbed",
"engaged",
"engrossed",
"involved"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"arranges (for)":{
"as in signs up (for) , orders":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bespeaks",
"books",
"contracts (for)",
"orders",
"reserves",
"signs up (for)",
"checks out",
"subleases",
"sublets",
"charters",
"engages",
"hires",
"leases",
"rents"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"arrogation":{
"the unlawful taking or withholding of something from the rightful owner under a guise of authority":{
"examples":[
"the legislature's arrogation of certain powers that are explicitly reserved by the constitution for the judiciary"
],
"synonyms":[
"appropriation",
"commandeering",
"detainer",
"expropriation",
"preemption",
"seizure",
"takeover",
"usurpation"
],
"near synonyms":[
"annexation",
"assumption",
"attachment",
"confiscation",
"grab",
"impoundment",
"repossession",
"sequestration",
"defalcation",
"embezzlement",
"misapplication",
"misappropriation",
"misuse",
"peculation",
"theft",
"despoilment",
"looting",
"pillaging",
"encroachment",
"infringement",
"piracy",
"invasion",
"occupancy",
"occupation",
"preoccupancy",
"trespass",
"deforcement",
"disfurnishment",
"dispossession",
"ejection",
"stripping"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"arrangers":{
"as in scorers , orchestrators":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"orchestrators",
"orchestraters",
"scorers",
"symphonists",
"librettists",
"lyricists",
"lyrists",
"cocomposers",
"co-composers",
"composers",
"melodists",
"musicians",
"songsmiths",
"songwriters",
"tunesmiths"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in organizers , planners":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"hatchers",
"organizers",
"planners",
"plotters",
"schemers",
"contrivers",
"designers",
"formulators",
"originators",
"spawners",
"finaglers",
"machinators",
"maneuverers",
"captains",
"commanders",
"directors",
"handlers",
"leaders",
"managers",
"quarterbacks",
"developers",
"generators",
"inaugurators",
"initiators",
"inspirers",
"instituters",
"institutors",
"pioneers",
"builders",
"makers",
"producers",
"architects",
"engineers",
"masterminds"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"arrivals":{
"the act of coming upon a scene":{
"examples":[
"spring's late arrival meant we were still skiing in mid-April",
"the groom blamed his belated arrival for the wedding on a huge traffic snarl"
],
"synonyms":[
"advents",
"appearances",
"comings",
"incomings"
],
"near synonyms":[
"approaches",
"entrances",
"ingresses",
"beginnings",
"births",
"commencements",
"dawns",
"debuts",
"d\u00e9buts",
"geneses",
"inceptions",
"mornings",
"onsets",
"starts"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dissipations",
"dissolutions",
"evaporations",
"fadeaways",
"passings",
"egresses",
"retirements",
"retreats",
"withdrawals",
"emigrations",
"evacuations",
"exoduses"
],
"antonyms":[
"decampments",
"departures",
"disappearances",
"exits",
"farewells",
"goings",
"leave-takings",
"partings"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"arriv\u00e9":{
"to get to a destination":{
"examples":[
"when will the guests arrive ?"
],
"synonyms":[
"appear",
"come",
"get in",
"get through",
"land",
"show up",
"turn up"
],
"near synonyms":[
"fetch",
"hit",
"make",
"reach",
"pull in",
"touch down",
"debark",
"disembark",
"barge (in)",
"blow in",
"breeze (in)",
"burst (in or into)",
"waltz (in)",
"check in",
"clock (in)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"check out",
"clock (out)",
"flee",
"vamoose"
],
"antonyms":[
"go",
"leave"
]
},
"to reach a desired level of accomplishment":{
"examples":[
"the actress knew she'd arrived when she received an Oscar nomination"
],
"synonyms":[
"flourish",
"prosper",
"succeed",
"thrive"
],
"near synonyms":[
"prevail",
"triumph",
"win",
"excel"
],
"near antonyms":[
"flounder",
"struggle"
],
"antonyms":[
"fail"
]
},
"as in comer":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"comer",
"arriviste",
"nouveau riche",
"parvenu",
"upstart",
"adventurer",
"snob",
"social climber",
"fat cat",
"moneybags",
"nabob"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"arrivistes":{
"one who has recently acquired wealth and social position":{
"examples":[
"the town's old money immediately shunned these vulgar arrivistes , who may have had the cash but certainly not the class"
],
"synonyms":[
"nouveaux riches",
"parvenus",
"upstarts"
],
"near synonyms":[
"arriv\u00e9s",
"comers",
"adventurers",
"snobs",
"social climbers",
"fat cats",
"moneybags",
"nabobs"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"arraigned":{
"to state the charges against someone who is accused of a crime in a formal procedure before a judge \u2014 usually used as (be) arraigned":{
"examples":[
"He was arraigned on charges of manslaughter."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"appealed",
"booked",
"cited",
"summoned",
"accused",
"charged",
"criminated",
"defamed",
"impeached",
"incriminated",
"indicted",
"blamed",
"called (on)",
"castigated",
"censured",
"condemned",
"criticized",
"damned",
"denounced",
"faulted",
"impugned",
"reproached",
"reprobated",
"chid",
"chided",
"rebuked",
"reproved",
"taxed",
"prosecuted",
"sued",
"tried",
"framed",
"implicated",
"inculpated",
"informed (against)",
"named",
"reported",
"recriminated",
"retaliated"
],
"near antonyms":[
"advocated",
"championed",
"defended",
"excused",
"forgave",
"justified",
"pardoned",
"remitted",
"shrived",
"shrove",
"absolved",
"acquitted",
"cleared",
"exculpated",
"exonerated",
"vindicated"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"arrange (for)":{
"as in sign up (for) , order":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bespeak",
"book",
"contract (for)",
"order",
"reserve",
"sign up (for)",
"check out",
"sublease",
"sublet",
"charter",
"engage",
"hire",
"lease",
"rent"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"arrogated":{
"to take or make use of under a guise of authority but without actual right":{
"examples":[
"arrogated the corner office without obtaining prior approval"
],
"synonyms":[
"appropriated",
"commandeered",
"converted",
"expropriated",
"pirated",
"preempted",
"pressed",
"seized",
"took over",
"usurped"
],
"near synonyms":[
"annexed",
"attached",
"claimed",
"confiscated",
"impounded",
"repossessed",
"sequestered",
"assumed",
"collared",
"grabbed",
"grasped",
"snatched",
"stole",
"wrenched",
"wrested",
"despoiled",
"looted",
"pillaged",
"encroached",
"infringed",
"invaded",
"occupied",
"preoccupied",
"trespassed",
"embezzled",
"misapplied",
"misappropriated",
"misused",
"peculated"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"arri\u00e8re-pens\u00e9es":{
"as in second thoughts , misgivings":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"misgivings",
"second thoughts",
"fence-sittings",
"hesitances",
"hesitancies",
"hesitations",
"indecisions",
"irresolutions",
"pauses",
"shilly-shallies",
"vacillations",
"wobblings",
"wabblings",
"reconsiderations",
"retreats",
"delays",
"procrastinations",
"considerations",
"debates",
"deliberations",
"doubts",
"incertitudes",
"indeterminations",
"reservations",
"uncertainties"
],
"near antonyms":[
"certainties",
"certitudes",
"confidences",
"determinations",
"resolutions",
"alacrities"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"arrhythmic":{
"as in unmeasured , unrhythmic":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"nonmetrical",
"unmeasured",
"unrhythmic"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cadenced",
"cadent",
"measured",
"metrical",
"metric",
"rhythmic",
"rhythmical",
"even",
"metronomic",
"metronomical",
"regular",
"steady",
"uniform",
"lilting",
"musical",
"swaying"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"arrangements":{
"a method worked out in advance for achieving some objective":{
"examples":[
"will work out a visitation arrangement in court"
],
"synonyms":[
"blueprints",
"designs",
"game plans",
"games",
"ground plans",
"master plans",
"plans",
"programs",
"projects",
"road maps",
"schemes",
"strategies",
"systems"
],
"near synonyms":[
"collusions",
"conspiracies",
"plots",
"contrivances",
"devices",
"gambits",
"maneuvers",
"ruses",
"stratagems",
"subterfuges",
"tricks",
"counterplans",
"counterstrategies",
"counter-strategies",
"means",
"tactics",
"techniques",
"ways",
"procedures",
"protocols",
"conceptions",
"ideas",
"projets",
"proposals",
"specifications",
"specifics",
"aims",
"intentions",
"intents",
"purposes",
"diagrams",
"formulas",
"formulae",
"layouts",
"maps",
"patterns",
"platforms",
"policies",
"recipes",
"setups"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the way in which something is sized, arranged, or organized":{
"examples":[
"an artistic arrangement of the vases on the shelf"
],
"synonyms":[
"configurations",
"conformations",
"formations",
"formats",
"layouts",
"setouts",
"setups"
],
"near synonyms":[
"designs",
"plans",
"schemes",
"compositions",
"constitutions",
"getups",
"makeups",
"builds",
"constructions",
"structures"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the way in which the elements of something (as a work of art) are arranged":{
"examples":[
"the close arrangement of the figures in the family portrait is meant to be symbolic of their close emotional attachment"
],
"synonyms":[
"compositions",
"configurations",
"constellations",
"designs",
"formats",
"forms",
"getups",
"layouts",
"makeups",
"ordonnances",
"patterns"
],
"near synonyms":[
"motifs",
"themes"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the way objects in space or events in time are arranged or follow one another":{
"examples":[
"the ill-advised arrangement of works in the piano recital resulted in pieces of similar mood being played back-to-back"
],
"synonyms":[
"arrays",
"disposals",
"dispositions",
"distributions",
"orderings",
"orders",
"sequences",
"setups"
],
"near synonyms":[
"continuities",
"precedences",
"priorities",
"chains",
"processions",
"progressions",
"successions",
"series",
"alignments",
"alinements",
"designs",
"layouts",
"patterns",
"structures",
"systems"
],
"near antonyms":[
"confusions",
"disorders",
"disorganizations",
"disruptions",
"upsets",
"disconnections"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"arrears":{
"something (as money) which is owed":{
"examples":[
"since it lost the discrimination lawsuit, the employer will have to pay the worker all arrears in salary"
],
"synonyms":[
"arrearage",
"debt",
"indebtedness",
"liability",
"liabilities",
"obligation",
"score"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bond",
"debit",
"delinquency",
"bankruptcy",
"default",
"embarrassment",
"insolvency"
],
"near antonyms":[
"quietus",
"quittance",
"repayment",
"asset"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"plural noun"
]
},
"arraying":{
"to make more attractive by adding something that is beautiful or becoming":{
"examples":[
"a door arrayed for the holidays with a beautiful evergreen wreath"
],
"synonyms":[
"adorning",
"beautifying",
"bedecking",
"bedizening",
"blazoning",
"caparisoning",
"decking",
"decorating",
"doing",
"doing up",
"dolling up",
"draping",
"dressing",
"embellishing",
"emblazing",
"embossing",
"enriching",
"fancifying",
"fancying up",
"festooning",
"garnishing",
"glitzing (up)",
"gracing",
"gussying up",
"ornamenting",
"prettying (up)",
"trimming"
],
"near synonyms":[
"accessorizing",
"dressing up",
"trapping",
"tricking (out)",
"brightening",
"freshening",
"smartening",
"sprucing (up)",
"bossing",
"chasing",
"braiding",
"embroidering",
"feathering",
"figuring",
"filigreeing",
"filleting",
"flouncing",
"frilling",
"fringing",
"furbelowing",
"garlanding",
"hanging",
"lacing",
"ribboning",
"swagging",
"wreathing",
"appliqu\u00e9ing",
"gilding",
"painting",
"diamonding",
"gemming",
"impearling",
"jeweling",
"jewelling",
"pearling",
"redecorating",
"redoing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"simplifying",
"streamlining",
"baring",
"denuding",
"dismantling",
"displaying",
"divesting",
"exposing",
"revealing",
"stripping",
"uncovering",
"uglifying"
],
"antonyms":[
"blemishing",
"defacing",
"disfiguring",
"marring",
"scarring",
"spoiling"
]
},
"to outfit with clothes and especially fine or special clothes":{
"examples":[
"arrayed in a wedding dress that has been handed down in the family for generations"
],
"synonyms":[
"appareling",
"apparelling",
"attiring",
"bedecking",
"caparisoning",
"clothing",
"costuming",
"decking (out)",
"doing up",
"dressing",
"dressing up",
"enrobing",
"garbing",
"garmenting",
"getting up",
"gowning",
"habiting",
"investing",
"rigging (out)",
"robing",
"suiting",
"togging (up or out)",
"toileting",
"vesturing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cloaking",
"frocking",
"jacketing",
"mantling",
"vesting",
"draping",
"enswathing",
"happing",
"huddling",
"swaddling",
"swathing",
"wrapping",
"accoutring",
"accoutering",
"bedighting",
"equipping",
"furnishing",
"habilitating",
"outfitting",
"tailoring",
"uniforming",
"dressing down",
"underdressing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"denuding",
"divesting",
"uncovering",
"undraping",
"unveiling"
],
"antonyms":[
"disarraying",
"disrobing",
"stripping",
"unclothing",
"undressing",
"untrussing"
]
},
"to put into a particular arrangement":{
"examples":[
"arrayed his baseball cards in order of their rarity and consequent monetary value"
],
"synonyms":[
"arranging",
"classifying",
"codifying",
"disposing",
"drawing up",
"laying out",
"marshaling",
"marshalling",
"ordering",
"organizing",
"ranging",
"systematizing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"grooming",
"making up",
"sprucing (up)",
"straightening (up)",
"tidying (up)",
"unscrambling",
"aligning",
"alining",
"cuing",
"cueing",
"lining",
"lining up",
"queuing",
"queueing",
"alphabetizing",
"filing",
"hierarchizing",
"prioritizing",
"sequencing",
"emplacing",
"placing",
"setting",
"displaying",
"mapping (out)",
"setting out"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"deranging",
"disarranging",
"disarraying",
"disordering",
"messing (up)",
"mussing (up)",
"rumpling",
"upsetting"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"arrogance":{
"an exaggerated sense of one's importance that shows itself in the making of excessive or unjustified claims":{
"examples":[
"in his arrogance the president of the club made all the arrangements for the annual banquet without consulting the members"
],
"synonyms":[
"assumption",
"bumptiousness",
"consequence",
"haughtiness",
"hauteur",
"high horse",
"huffiness",
"imperiousness",
"loftiness",
"lordliness",
"masterfulness",
"peremptoriness",
"pomposity",
"pompousness",
"presumptuousness",
"pretense",
"pretence",
"pretension",
"pretentiousness",
"self-consequence",
"self-importance",
"superciliousness",
"superiority",
"toploftiness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"authoritativeness",
"bossiness",
"bowwow",
"brag",
"dominance",
"high-handedness",
"condescension",
"disdain",
"scorn",
"chest-thumping",
"inflation",
"self-assertion",
"side",
"snobbery",
"snobbishness",
"snobbism",
"snootiness",
"attitude",
"cheek",
"cheekiness",
"impertinence",
"impudence",
"sauciness",
"boastfulness",
"bombast",
"braggadocio",
"bravado",
"strut",
"swagger",
"triumphalism",
"vaingloriousness",
"vainglory",
"cockiness",
"complacence",
"conceit",
"egoism",
"egotism",
"pride",
"pridefulness",
"self-assumption",
"self-centeredness",
"self-complacency",
"self-conceit",
"self-content",
"self-contentment",
"self-opinion",
"self-partiality",
"self-satisfaction",
"smugness",
"swelled head",
"vanity",
"superiority complex"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bashfulness",
"demureness",
"retiringness",
"shyness",
"diffidence",
"self-distrust",
"self-doubt",
"timidity",
"timidness",
"lowliness",
"meekness",
"mousiness",
"passiveness",
"passivity",
"submissiveness",
"quietness",
"reserve",
"reservedness"
],
"antonyms":[
"humility",
"modesty",
"unassumingness",
"unpretentiousness"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"arrestment":{
"the act of taking or holding under one's control by authority of law":{
"examples":[
"the arrestment of the bank president for embezzlement was accomplished as quietly as possible"
],
"synonyms":[
"apprehension",
"arrest",
"bust",
"collar",
"pinch"
],
"near synonyms":[
"raid",
"house arrest",
"capture",
"entrapment",
"seizure",
"captivity",
"confinement",
"detention",
"enchainment",
"hold",
"immurement",
"imprisonment",
"incarceration",
"restraint",
"rearrest",
"remand"
],
"near antonyms":[
"emancipation",
"liberation",
"release"
],
"antonyms":[
"discharge"
]
},
"the stopping of a process or activity":{
"examples":[
"the arrestment of all brain activity in the patient"
],
"synonyms":[
"arrest",
"cease",
"cessation",
"check",
"close",
"closedown",
"closure",
"conclusion",
"cutoff",
"discontinuance",
"discontinuation",
"end",
"ending",
"expiration",
"finish",
"halt",
"lapse",
"offset",
"shutdown",
"shutoff",
"stay",
"stop",
"stoppage",
"surcease",
"termination"
],
"near synonyms":[
"mop-up",
"phaseout",
"abeyance",
"break",
"interruption",
"layoff",
"letup",
"moratorium",
"pause",
"standstill",
"suspension"
],
"near antonyms":[
"extension",
"persistence",
"prolongation"
],
"antonyms":[
"continuance",
"continuation"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"arri\u00e8re-pens\u00e9e":{
"as in second thought , misgiving":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"misgiving",
"second thought",
"faltering",
"fence-sitting",
"hesitance",
"hesitancy",
"hesitation",
"indecision",
"irresolution",
"pause",
"shilly-shally",
"shilly-shallying",
"vacillation",
"wavering",
"wobbling",
"wabbling",
"reconsideration",
"retreat",
"delay",
"hawing",
"procrastination",
"waiting",
"consideration",
"debate",
"deliberation",
"doubt",
"incertitude",
"indecisiveness",
"indetermination",
"reservation",
"uncertainness",
"uncertainty"
],
"near antonyms":[
"certainty",
"certitude",
"confidence",
"decisiveness",
"determination",
"firmness",
"resoluteness",
"resolution",
"sureness",
"alacrity",
"eagerness",
"readiness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"arranging":{
"to come to an agreement or decision concerning the details of":{
"examples":[
"arrange a time for the meeting",
"arrange money matters for your trip"
],
"synonyms":[
"agreeing (on)",
"deciding",
"fixing",
"setting",
"settling"
],
"near synonyms":[
"contracting",
"pledging",
"promising",
"blueprinting",
"calculating",
"charting",
"concerting",
"designing",
"drafting",
"framing",
"hammering out",
"intriguing",
"laying out",
"maneuvering",
"mapping (out)",
"planning",
"programming",
"programing",
"schematizing",
"scheming",
"shaping",
"squaring away",
"working out",
"choosing",
"concluding",
"determining",
"figuring",
"opting",
"resolving",
"affirming",
"approving",
"authorizing",
"clearing",
"confirming",
"OK'ing",
"okaying",
"sanctioning",
"warranting",
"closing",
"completing",
"ending",
"finalizing",
"finishing",
"rounding (off or out)",
"winding up",
"wrapping up",
"bargaining",
"chaffering",
"dealing",
"dickering",
"haggling",
"horse-trading",
"negotiating"
],
"near antonyms":[
"aborting",
"calling",
"calling off",
"dropping",
"recalling",
"repealing",
"rescinding",
"revoking",
"differing (over)",
"disagreeing (with)",
"countering",
"debating",
"objecting",
"opposing",
"protesting",
"resisting",
"contesting",
"disputing"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to put into a particular arrangement":{
"examples":[
"arrange the flowers so that the taller ones are at the center of the bouquet"
],
"synonyms":[
"arraying",
"classifying",
"codifying",
"disposing",
"drawing up",
"laying out",
"marshaling",
"marshalling",
"ordering",
"organizing",
"ranging",
"systematizing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"grooming",
"making up",
"sprucing (up)",
"straightening (up)",
"tidying (up)",
"unscrambling",
"aligning",
"alining",
"cuing",
"cueing",
"lining",
"lining up",
"queuing",
"queueing",
"alphabetizing",
"filing",
"hierarchizing",
"prioritizing",
"sequencing",
"emplacing",
"placing",
"setting",
"displaying",
"mapping (out)",
"setting out"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"deranging",
"disarranging",
"disarraying",
"disordering",
"messing (up)",
"mussing (up)",
"rumpling",
"upsetting"
]
},
"to bring about through discussion and compromise":{
"examples":[
"I'll arrange your free movie pass with the cinema's manager"
],
"synonyms":[
"bargaining",
"concerting",
"concluding",
"negotiating"
],
"near synonyms":[
"settling (on or upon)",
"chaffering",
"dealing",
"dickering",
"haggling",
"horse-trading",
"paltering",
"agreeing",
"contracting",
"covenanting",
"arguing",
"debating",
"discussing",
"hammering out",
"hashing (over)",
"reasoning",
"talking",
"talking over",
"working out",
"renegotiating"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to work out the details of (something) in advance":{
"examples":[
"we need to arrange our European vacation so that we can get the best deals"
],
"synonyms":[
"blueprinting",
"budgeting",
"calculating",
"charting",
"choreographing",
"designing",
"framing",
"laying out",
"mapping (out)",
"organizing",
"planning",
"preparing",
"projecting",
"scheming (out)",
"shaping",
"strategizing (about)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"conspiring",
"contriving",
"devising",
"intriguing",
"machinating",
"plotting",
"putting up",
"concerting",
"getting up",
"drafting",
"outlining",
"sketching",
"aiming",
"figuring",
"having on",
"intending",
"meaning",
"contemplating",
"meditating",
"premeditating"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"arraign":{
"to state the charges against someone who is accused of a crime in a formal procedure before a judge \u2014 usually used as (be) arraigned":{
"examples":[
"He was arraigned on charges of manslaughter."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"appeal",
"book",
"cite",
"summon",
"accuse",
"charge",
"criminate",
"defame",
"impeach",
"incriminate",
"indict",
"blame",
"call (on)",
"castigate",
"censure",
"condemn",
"criticize",
"damn",
"denounce",
"fault",
"impugn",
"reproach",
"reprobate",
"chide",
"rebuke",
"reprove",
"tax",
"prosecute",
"sue",
"try",
"frame",
"implicate",
"inculpate",
"inform (against)",
"name",
"report",
"recriminate",
"retaliate"
],
"near antonyms":[
"advocate",
"champion",
"defend",
"excuse",
"forgive",
"justify",
"pardon",
"remit",
"shrive",
"absolve",
"acquit",
"clear",
"exculpate",
"exonerate",
"vindicate"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"arriviste":{
"one who has recently acquired wealth and social position":{
"examples":[
"the town's old money immediately shunned these vulgar arrivistes , who may have had the cash but certainly not the class"
],
"synonyms":[
"nouveau riche",
"parvenu",
"upstart"
],
"near synonyms":[
"arriv\u00e9",
"comer",
"adventurer",
"snob",
"social climber",
"fat cat",
"moneybags",
"nabob"
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},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"arrived":{
"to get to a destination":{
"examples":[
"when will the guests arrive ?"
],
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"appeared",
"came",
"got in",
"got through",
"landed",
"showed up",
"turned up"
],
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"fetched",
"hit",
"made",
"reached",
"pulled in",
"touched down",
"debarked",
"disembarked",
"barged (in)",
"blew in",
"breezed (in)",
"burst (in or into)",
"bursted (in or into)",
"waltzed (in)",
"checked in",
"clocked (in)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"checked out",
"clocked (out)",
"fled",
"vamoosed"
],
"antonyms":[
"left",
"went"
]
},
"to reach a desired level of accomplishment":{
"examples":[
"the actress knew she'd arrived when she received an Oscar nomination"
],
"synonyms":[
"flourished",
"prospered",
"succeeded",
"thrived",
"throve"
],
"near synonyms":[
"prevailed",
"triumphed",
"won",
"excelled"
],
"near antonyms":[
"floundered",
"struggled"
],
"antonyms":[
"failed"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"arraignments":{
"as in impeachments":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"impeachments",
"counteraccusations",
"counter-accusations",
"countercharges",
"counter-charges",
"censures",
"condemnations",
"denunciations",
"criminations",
"recriminations",
"accusations",
"allegations",
"implications",
"pleas",
"charges",
"complaints",
"counts",
"indictments",
"raps"
],
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"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"arranges":{
"to come to an agreement or decision concerning the details of":{
"examples":[
"arrange a time for the meeting",
"arrange money matters for your trip"
],
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"agrees (on)",
"decides",
"fixes",
"sets",
"settles"
],
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"contracts",
"pledges",
"promises",
"blueprints",
"calculates",
"charts",
"concerts",
"designs",
"drafts",
"frames",
"hammers out",
"intrigues",
"lays out",
"maneuvers",
"maps (out)",
"plans",
"programs",
"programmes",
"schematizes",
"schemes",
"shapes",
"squares away",
"works out",
"chooses",
"concludes",
"determines",
"figures",
"opts",
"resolves",
"affirms",
"approves",
"authorizes",
"clears",
"confirms",
"OKs",
"okays",
"sanctions",
"warrants",
"closes",
"completes",
"ends",
"finalizes",
"finishes",
"rounds (off or out)",
"winds up",
"wraps up",
"bargains",
"chaffers",
"deals",
"dickers",
"haggles",
"horse-trades",
"negotiates"
],
"near antonyms":[
"aborts",
"calls",
"calls off",
"drops",
"recalls",
"repeals",
"rescinds",
"revokes",
"differs (over)",
"disagrees (with)",
"counters",
"debates",
"objects",
"opposes",
"protests",
"resists",
"contests",
"disputes"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to put into a particular arrangement":{
"examples":[
"arrange the flowers so that the taller ones are at the center of the bouquet"
],
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"arrays",
"classifies",
"codifies",
"disposes",
"draws up",
"lays out",
"marshals",
"marshalls",
"orders",
"organizes",
"ranges",
"systematizes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"grooms",
"makes up",
"spruces (up)",
"straightens (up)",
"tidies (up)",
"unscrambles",
"aligns",
"alines",
"cues",
"lines",
"lines up",
"queues",
"alphabetizes",
"files",
"hierarchizes",
"prioritizes",
"sequences",
"emplaces",
"places",
"sets",
"displays",
"maps (out)",
"sets out"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"deranges",
"disarranges",
"disarrays",
"disorders",
"messes (up)",
"musses (up)",
"rumples",
"upsets"
]
},
"to bring about through discussion and compromise":{
"examples":[
"I'll arrange your free movie pass with the cinema's manager"
],
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"bargains",
"concerts",
"concludes",
"negotiates"
],
"near synonyms":[
"settles (on or upon)",
"chaffers",
"deals",
"dickers",
"haggles",
"horse-trades",
"palters",
"agrees",
"contracts",
"covenants",
"argues",
"debates",
"discusses",
"hammers out",
"hashes (over)",
"reasons",
"talks",
"talks over",
"works out",
"renegotiates"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to work out the details of (something) in advance":{
"examples":[
"we need to arrange our European vacation so that we can get the best deals"
],
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"blueprints",
"budgets",
"calculates",
"charts",
"choreographs",
"designs",
"frames",
"lays out",
"maps (out)",
"organizes",
"plans",
"prepares",
"projects",
"schemes (out)",
"shapes",
"strategizes (about)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"conspires",
"contrives",
"devises",
"intrigues",
"machinates",
"plots",
"puts up",
"concerts",
"gets up",
"drafts",
"outlines",
"sketches",
"aims",
"figures",
"has on",
"intends",
"means",
"contemplates",
"meditates",
"premeditates"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"arranged":{
"as in planned , managed":{
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"managed",
"orchestrated",
"ordered",
"planned",
"constant",
"continuous",
"even",
"aware",
"conscious",
"deliberate",
"purposeful",
"thoughtful",
"willful",
"wilful",
"established",
"fixed",
"regular",
"set",
"stable",
"steady",
"methodical",
"methodic",
"nonrandom",
"orderly",
"organized",
"regular",
"systematic",
"systematized"
],
"near antonyms":[
"aimless",
"arbitrary",
"catch-as-catch-can",
"desultory",
"erratic",
"haphazard",
"helter-skelter",
"hit-or-miss",
"random",
"scattered",
"slapdash",
"stray",
"accidental",
"casual",
"chance",
"chancy",
"contingent",
"fluky",
"flukey",
"fortuitous",
"inadvertent",
"incidental",
"lucky",
"unconsidered",
"unintended",
"unintentional",
"unplanned",
"unpremeditated",
"scattershot",
"shotgun"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to come to an agreement or decision concerning the details of":{
"examples":[
"arrange a time for the meeting",
"arrange money matters for your trip"
],
"synonyms":[
"agreed (on)",
"decided",
"fixed",
"set",
"settled"
],
"near synonyms":[
"contracted",
"pledged",
"promised",
"blueprinted",
"calculated",
"charted",
"concerted",
"designed",
"drafted",
"framed",
"hammered out",
"intrigued",
"laid out",
"maneuvered",
"mapped (out)",
"planned",
"programmed",
"programed",
"schematized",
"schemed",
"shaped",
"squared away",
"worked out",
"chose",
"concluded",
"determined",
"figured",
"opted",
"resolved",
"affirmed",
"approved",
"authorized",
"cleared",
"confirmed",
"OK'd",
"okayed",
"sanctioned",
"warranted",
"closed",
"completed",
"ended",
"finalized",
"finished",
"rounded (off or out)",
"wound up",
"winded up",
"wrapped up",
"bargained",
"chaffered",
"dealt",
"dickered",
"haggled",
"horse-traded",
"negotiated"
],
"near antonyms":[
"aborted",
"called",
"called off",
"dropped",
"recalled",
"repealed",
"rescinded",
"revoked",
"differed (over)",
"disagreed (with)",
"countered",
"debated",
"objected",
"opposed",
"protested",
"resisted",
"contested",
"disputed"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to put into a particular arrangement":{
"examples":[
"arrange the flowers so that the taller ones are at the center of the bouquet"
],
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"arrayed",
"classified",
"codified",
"disposed",
"drew up",
"laid out",
"marshaled",
"marshalled",
"ordered",
"organized",
"ranged",
"systematized"
],
"near synonyms":[
"groomed",
"made up",
"spruced (up)",
"straightened (up)",
"tidied (up)",
"unscrambled",
"aligned",
"alined",
"cued",
"lined",
"lined up",
"queued",
"alphabetized",
"filed",
"hierarchized",
"prioritized",
"sequenced",
"emplaced",
"placed",
"set",
"displayed",
"mapped (out)",
"set out"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"deranged",
"disarranged",
"disarrayed",
"disordered",
"messed (up)",
"mussed (up)",
"rumpled",
"upset"
]
},
"to bring about through discussion and compromise":{
"examples":[
"I'll arrange your free movie pass with the cinema's manager"
],
"synonyms":[
"bargained",
"concerted",
"concluded",
"negotiated"
],
"near synonyms":[
"settled (on or upon)",
"chaffered",
"dealt",
"dickered",
"haggled",
"horse-traded",
"paltered",
"agreed",
"contracted",
"covenanted",
"argued",
"debated",
"discussed",
"hammered out",
"hashed (over)",
"reasoned",
"talked",
"talked over",
"worked out",
"renegotiated"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to work out the details of (something) in advance":{
"examples":[
"we need to arrange our European vacation so that we can get the best deals"
],
"synonyms":[
"blueprinted",
"budgeted",
"calculated",
"charted",
"choreographed",
"designed",
"framed",
"laid out",
"mapped (out)",
"organized",
"planned",
"prepared",
"projected",
"schemed (out)",
"shaped",
"strategized (about)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"conspired",
"contrived",
"devised",
"intrigued",
"machinated",
"plotted",
"put up",
"concerted",
"got up",
"drafted",
"outlined",
"sketched",
"aimed",
"figured",
"had on",
"intended",
"meant",
"contemplated",
"meditated",
"premeditated"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"arrogate":{
"to take or make use of under a guise of authority but without actual right":{
"examples":[
"arrogated the corner office without obtaining prior approval"
],
"synonyms":[
"appropriate",
"commandeer",
"convert",
"expropriate",
"pirate",
"preempt",
"press",
"seize",
"take over",
"usurp"
],
"near synonyms":[
"annex",
"attach",
"claim",
"confiscate",
"impound",
"repossess",
"sequester",
"assume",
"collar",
"grab",
"grasp",
"snatch",
"steal",
"wrench",
"wrest",
"despoil",
"loot",
"pillage",
"encroach",
"infringe",
"invade",
"occupy",
"preoccupy",
"trespass",
"embezzle",
"misapply",
"misappropriate",
"misuse",
"peculate"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"arrearages":{
"something (as money) which is owed":{
"examples":[
"the new buyer must pay the arrearage on the home before moving in"
],
"synonyms":[
"arrears",
"debts",
"liabilities",
"obligations",
"scores"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bonds",
"debits",
"delinquencies",
"bankruptcies",
"defaults",
"embarrassments",
"insolvencies"
],
"near antonyms":[
"quietuses",
"quittances",
"repayments",
"assets"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"arraignment":{
"as in impeachment":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"impeachment",
"counteraccusation",
"countercharge",
"censure",
"condemnation",
"denunciation",
"crimination",
"recrimination",
"accusation",
"allegation",
"implication",
"plea",
"charge",
"complaint",
"count",
"indictment",
"rap"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"arresting":{
"holding the attention or provoking interest":{
"examples":[
"an arresting film about tribal traditions in Africa"
],
"synonyms":[
"absorbing",
"consuming",
"engaging",
"engrossing",
"enthralling",
"fascinating",
"gripping",
"immersing",
"interesting",
"intriguing",
"involving",
"riveting"
],
"near synonyms":[
"breathtaking",
"electric",
"electrifying",
"exciting",
"exhilarating",
"galvanizing",
"inspiring",
"rousing",
"stimulating",
"stirring",
"thrilling",
"provocative",
"tantalizing",
"emphatic",
"showy",
"splashy",
"striking",
"alluring",
"attractive",
"bewitching",
"captivating",
"charming",
"enchanting",
"spellbinding",
"hypnotizing",
"mesmerizing",
"curious",
"odd",
"unusual",
"weird",
"amazing",
"astonishing",
"astounding",
"eventful",
"eye-opening",
"fabulous",
"marvelous",
"marvellous",
"surprising",
"wonderful",
"wondrous",
"amusing",
"entertaining"
],
"near antonyms":[
"operose",
"tiresome",
"tiring",
"wearisome",
"wearying",
"sterile",
"unexciting",
"dreary",
"humdrum",
"pedantic",
"pedestrian",
"demoralizing",
"discouraging",
"disheartening",
"dispiriting"
],
"antonyms":[
"boring",
"drab",
"dry",
"dull",
"heavy",
"monotonous",
"tedious",
"uninteresting"
]
},
"likely to attract attention":{
"examples":[
"at seven feet tall, he's an arresting figure in any crowd"
],
"synonyms":[
"bodacious",
"bold",
"brilliant",
"catchy",
"commanding",
"conspicuous",
"dramatic",
"emphatic",
"eye-catching",
"flamboyant",
"grabby",
"kenspeckle",
"marked",
"noisy",
"noticeable",
"prominent",
"pronounced",
"remarkable",
"showy",
"splashy",
"striking"
],
"near synonyms":[
"detectable",
"discernible",
"discernable",
"observable",
"perceptible",
"recognizable",
"visible",
"outstanding",
"salient",
"distinguished",
"eminent",
"impressive",
"notable",
"noteworthy",
"highlighted",
"spotlighted",
"flagrant",
"glaring",
"howling",
"screaming",
"flashy",
"garish",
"gaudy",
"glitzy",
"jazzy",
"loud",
"meretricious",
"swank",
"swanky",
"tawdry",
"highfalutin",
"hifalutin",
"ostentatious",
"pretentious",
"extravagant",
"fancy",
"florid",
"glittery",
"spectacular",
"opulent",
"ornate",
"overdone",
"overwrought",
"absorbing",
"engrossing",
"enthralling",
"fascinating",
"interesting",
"riveting"
],
"near antonyms":[
"subtle",
"concealed",
"hidden",
"shrouded",
"dim",
"faint",
"obscure",
"insignificant",
"undistinguished",
"unimportant",
"modest",
"unaffected",
"unassuming",
"unpretentious",
"conservative",
"plain",
"quiet",
"simple",
"understated",
"muted",
"restrained",
"subdued",
"subtle",
"toned-down",
"unflashy"
],
"antonyms":[
"inconspicuous",
"unemphatic",
"unflamboyant",
"unnoticeable",
"unobtrusive",
"unremarkable",
"unshowy"
]
},
"to take or keep under one's control by authority of law":{
"examples":[
"the inept robber was promptly arrested by the off-duty policeman he had tried to hold up"
],
"synonyms":[
"apprehending",
"busting",
"collaring",
"nabbing",
"nailing",
"nicking",
"picking up",
"pinching",
"pulling in",
"restraining",
"running in",
"seizing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bagging",
"capturing",
"catching",
"getting",
"grabbing",
"grappling",
"hooking",
"landing",
"snapping (up)",
"snaring",
"snatching",
"trapping",
"committing",
"confining",
"detaining",
"holding",
"immuring",
"imprisoning",
"incarcerating",
"interning",
"jailing",
"jugging",
"locking (up)",
"binding",
"enchaining",
"fettering",
"handcuffing",
"manacling",
"shackling",
"trammeling",
"trammelling",
"rearresting",
"remanding"
],
"near antonyms":[
"emancipating",
"freeing",
"liberating",
"loosening",
"loosing",
"releasing",
"springing",
"unbinding",
"unchaining"
],
"antonyms":[
"discharging"
]
},
"to bring (something) to a standstill":{
"examples":[
"cryogenics is based on the idea that extreme cold can almost arrest molecular motion"
],
"synonyms":[
"bringing up",
"catching",
"checking",
"drawing up",
"fetching up",
"halting",
"holding up",
"pulling up",
"stalling",
"staying",
"stilling",
"stopping"
],
"near synonyms":[
"baffling",
"balking",
"blockading",
"blocking",
"bottlenecking",
"clogging",
"damming",
"detaining",
"hindering",
"holding",
"holding back",
"impeding",
"obstructing",
"snagging",
"stemming",
"concluding",
"cutting off",
"ending",
"terminating",
"calling",
"discontinuing",
"suspending",
"choking off",
"reining (in)",
"repressing",
"squashing",
"squelching",
"stanching",
"staunching",
"stunting",
"suppressing",
"turning back"
],
"near antonyms":[
"carrying on",
"continuing",
"following through (with)",
"keeping (on)",
"keeping up",
"persisting",
"running on",
"advancing",
"faring",
"going along",
"marching",
"moving",
"proceeding",
"progressing",
"wending",
"actuating",
"budging",
"driving",
"goading",
"impelling",
"propelling",
"pushing",
"spurring",
"stirring"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to hold the attention of as if by a spell":{
"examples":[
"the sight of the daredevil walking a tightrope between high-rises arrested area pedestrians and motorists alike"
],
"synonyms":[
"bedazzling",
"catching up",
"enchanting",
"enthralling",
"fascinating",
"gripping",
"hypnotizing",
"mesmerizing",
"spellbinding"
],
"near synonyms":[
"enrapturing",
"entrancing",
"thrilling",
"beguiling",
"bewitching",
"charming",
"absorbing",
"engaging",
"engrossing",
"involving"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"arrogantly":{
"as in brazenly , haughtily":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"audaciously",
"boldly",
"brashly",
"brazenly",
"contemptuously",
"haughtily",
"huffily",
"imperiously",
"loftily",
"pompously",
"presumptuously",
"pretentiously",
"pridefully",
"proudly",
"scornfully",
"self-importantly",
"superciliously",
"swaggeringly",
"uppishly",
"fearlessly",
"discourteously",
"disdainfully",
"disrespectfully",
"impertinently",
"rashly",
"recklessly",
"saucily",
"bitchily",
"impolitely",
"impudently",
"rudely",
"uncivilly",
"ungraciously"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abjectly",
"deferentially",
"hat in hand",
"humbly",
"lowly",
"meanly",
"meekly",
"modestly",
"sheepishly",
"submissively",
"obsequiously",
"servilely",
"subserviently",
"fearfully",
"mousily",
"timidly"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"arrows":{
"as in beelines":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"beelines",
"catches up",
"fast-forwards",
"outpaces",
"outruns",
"outstrips",
"overtakes",
"accelerates",
"quickens",
"steps out",
"gallops",
"jogs",
"sprints",
"stampedes",
"streaks",
"whizzes",
"beetles",
"darts",
"flits",
"scampers",
"scuds",
"scuffles",
"barrels",
"belts",
"blasts",
"blazes",
"blows",
"bolts",
"bombs",
"bowls",
"breezes",
"bundles",
"bustles",
"buzzes",
"cannonballs",
"careens",
"careers",
"chases",
"courses",
"cracks (on)",
"dashes",
"drives",
"flies",
"hares",
"hastens",
"hies",
"highballs",
"hotfoots (it)",
"humps",
"hurls",
"hurries",
"hurtles",
"hustles",
"jets",
"jumps",
"motors",
"nips",
"pelts",
"races",
"rams",
"rips",
"rockets",
"runs",
"rushes",
"rustles",
"scoots",
"scurries",
"scuttles",
"shoots",
"speeds",
"steps",
"tears",
"travels",
"trots",
"whirls",
"whisks",
"zips",
"zooms"
],
"near antonyms":[
"crawls",
"creeps",
"pokes",
"dallies",
"dawdles",
"dillydallies",
"drags",
"hangs (around or out)",
"lags",
"lingers",
"loiters",
"pokes",
"tarries",
"ambles",
"lumbers",
"plods",
"saunters",
"shuffles",
"strolls",
"decelerates",
"slows (down or up)"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"arrestees":{
"as in defendants , suspects":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"accused",
"defendants",
"detainees",
"fish",
"fishes",
"suspects",
"criminals",
"crooks",
"culprits",
"lawbreakers",
"malefactors",
"miscreants",
"offenders",
"misdemeanants",
"accomplices",
"principals",
"desperadoes",
"desperados",
"outlaws",
"convicts",
"jailbirds",
"perpetrators",
"perps",
"evildoers",
"gallows birds",
"misdoers",
"misfeasors",
"sinners",
"transgressors",
"trespassers",
"villains",
"wrongdoers",
"blackhanders",
"button men",
"gangsters",
"hoodlums",
"hooligans",
"mobsters",
"racketeers",
"thugs"
],
"near antonyms":[
"gangbusters",
"lawmen"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"arraigning":{
"to state the charges against someone who is accused of a crime in a formal procedure before a judge \u2014 usually used as (be) arraigned":{
"examples":[
"He was arraigned on charges of manslaughter."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"appealing",
"booking",
"citing",
"summoning",
"accusing",
"charging",
"criminating",
"defaming",
"impeaching",
"incriminating",
"indicting",
"blaming",
"calling (on)",
"castigating",
"censuring",
"condemning",
"criticizing",
"damning",
"denouncing",
"faulting",
"impugning",
"reproaching",
"reprobating",
"chiding",
"rebuking",
"reproving",
"taxing",
"prosecuting",
"suing",
"trying",
"framing",
"implicating",
"inculpating",
"informing (against)",
"naming",
"reporting",
"recriminating",
"retaliating"
],
"near antonyms":[
"advocating",
"championing",
"defending",
"excusing",
"forgiving",
"justifying",
"pardoning",
"remitting",
"shriving",
"absolving",
"acquitting",
"clearing",
"exculpating",
"exonerating",
"vindicating"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"arroyos":{
"as in runoffs , freshets":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"billabongs",
"freshes",
"freshets",
"runoffs",
"becks",
"bourns",
"bournes",
"brooklets",
"brooks",
"burns",
"creeks",
"gills",
"rills",
"rivulets",
"runlets",
"runnels",
"runs",
"streamlets",
"bayous",
"coulees",
"sloughs",
"slews",
"slues",
"streams",
"washes",
"canals",
"channels",
"cutoffs",
"cuts",
"guts",
"kills",
"millraces",
"millstreams",
"races",
"watercourses",
"waterways",
"affluents",
"branches",
"confluents",
"distributaries",
"influents",
"tributaries"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"arrestments":{
"the act of taking or holding under one's control by authority of law":{
"examples":[
"the arrestment of the bank president for embezzlement was accomplished as quietly as possible"
],
"synonyms":[
"apprehensions",
"arrests",
"busts",
"collars",
"pinches"
],
"near synonyms":[
"raids",
"house arrests",
"captures",
"entrapments",
"seizures",
"captivities",
"confinements",
"detentions",
"enchainments",
"holds",
"immurements",
"imprisonments",
"incarcerations",
"restraints",
"rearrests",
"remands"
],
"near antonyms":[
"emancipations",
"liberations",
"releases"
],
"antonyms":[
"discharges"
]
},
"the stopping of a process or activity":{
"examples":[
"the arrestment of all brain activity in the patient"
],
"synonyms":[
"arrests",
"ceases",
"cessations",
"checks",
"closedowns",
"closes",
"closures",
"conclusions",
"cutoffs",
"discontinuances",
"discontinuations",
"endings",
"ends",
"expirations",
"finishes",
"halts",
"lapses",
"offsets",
"shutdowns",
"shutoffs",
"stays",
"stoppages",
"stops",
"surceases",
"terminations"
],
"near synonyms":[
"mop-ups",
"phaseouts",
"abeyances",
"breaks",
"interruptions",
"layoffs",
"letups",
"moratoriums",
"moratoria",
"pauses",
"standstills",
"suspensions"
],
"near antonyms":[
"extensions",
"persistences",
"prolongations"
],
"antonyms":[
"continuances",
"continuations"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"arrow":{
"as in beeline":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"beeline",
"catch up",
"fast-forward",
"outpace",
"outrun",
"outstrip",
"overtake",
"accelerate",
"quicken",
"step out",
"gallop",
"jog",
"sprint",
"stampede",
"streak",
"whiz",
"whizz",
"beetle",
"dart",
"flit",
"scamper",
"scud",
"scuffle",
"barrel",
"belt",
"blast",
"blaze",
"blow",
"bolt",
"bomb",
"bowl",
"breeze",
"bundle",
"bustle",
"buzz",
"cannonball",
"careen",
"career",
"chase",
"course",
"crack (on)",
"dash",
"drive",
"fly",
"hare",
"hasten",
"hie",
"highball",
"hotfoot (it)",
"hump",
"hurl",
"hurry",
"hurtle",
"hustle",
"jet",
"jump",
"motor",
"nip",
"pelt",
"race",
"ram",
"rip",
"rocket",
"run",
"rush",
"rustle",
"scoot",
"scurry",
"scuttle",
"shoot",
"speed",
"step",
"tear",
"travel",
"trot",
"whirl",
"whisk",
"zip",
"zoom"
],
"near antonyms":[
"crawl",
"creep",
"poke",
"dally",
"dawdle",
"dillydally",
"drag",
"hang (around or out)",
"lag",
"linger",
"loiter",
"poke",
"tarry",
"amble",
"lumber",
"plod",
"saunter",
"shuffle",
"stroll",
"decelerate",
"slow (down or up)"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"arrangement":{
"a method worked out in advance for achieving some objective":{
"examples":[
"will work out a visitation arrangement in court"
],
"synonyms":[
"blueprint",
"design",
"game",
"game plan",
"ground plan",
"master plan",
"plan",
"program",
"project",
"road map",
"scheme",
"strategy",
"system"
],
"near synonyms":[
"collusion",
"conspiracy",
"plot",
"contrivance",
"device",
"gambit",
"maneuver",
"ruse",
"stratagem",
"subterfuge",
"trick",
"counterplan",
"counterstrategy",
"means",
"tactic",
"technique",
"way",
"procedure",
"protocol",
"conception",
"idea",
"projet",
"proposal",
"specific(s)",
"specification(s)",
"aim",
"intent",
"intention",
"purpose",
"diagram",
"formula",
"layout",
"map",
"pattern",
"platform",
"policy",
"recipe",
"setup"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the way in which something is sized, arranged, or organized":{
"examples":[
"an artistic arrangement of the vases on the shelf"
],
"synonyms":[
"configuration",
"conformation",
"format",
"formation",
"layout",
"setout",
"setup"
],
"near synonyms":[
"design",
"plan",
"scheme",
"composition",
"constitution",
"getup",
"makeup",
"build",
"construction",
"structure"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the way in which the elements of something (as a work of art) are arranged":{
"examples":[
"the close arrangement of the figures in the family portrait is meant to be symbolic of their close emotional attachment"
],
"synonyms":[
"composition",
"configuration",
"constellation",
"design",
"form",
"format",
"getup",
"layout",
"makeup",
"ordonnance",
"pattern"
],
"near synonyms":[
"motif",
"theme"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the way objects in space or events in time are arranged or follow one another":{
"examples":[
"the ill-advised arrangement of works in the piano recital resulted in pieces of similar mood being played back-to-back"
],
"synonyms":[
"array",
"disposal",
"disposition",
"distribution",
"order",
"ordering",
"sequence",
"setup"
],
"near synonyms":[
"continuity",
"precedence",
"priority",
"chain",
"procession",
"progression",
"succession",
"series",
"aligning",
"alining",
"alignment",
"alinement",
"lining up",
"design",
"layout",
"pattern",
"structure",
"system"
],
"near antonyms":[
"confusion",
"disorder",
"disorganization",
"disruption",
"upset",
"disconnection",
"disjointedness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"arrearage":{
"something (as money) which is owed":{
"examples":[
"the new buyer must pay the arrearage on the home before moving in"
],
"synonyms":[
"arrears",
"debt",
"indebtedness",
"liability",
"liabilities",
"obligation",
"score"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bond",
"debit",
"delinquency",
"bankruptcy",
"default",
"embarrassment",
"insolvency"
],
"near antonyms":[
"quietus",
"quittance",
"repayment",
"asset"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"arrive":{
"to get to a destination":{
"examples":[
"when will the guests arrive ?"
],
"synonyms":[
"appear",
"come",
"get in",
"get through",
"land",
"show up",
"turn up"
],
"near synonyms":[
"fetch",
"hit",
"make",
"reach",
"pull in",
"touch down",
"debark",
"disembark",
"barge (in)",
"blow in",
"breeze (in)",
"burst (in or into)",
"waltz (in)",
"check in",
"clock (in)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"check out",
"clock (out)",
"flee",
"vamoose"
],
"antonyms":[
"go",
"leave"
]
},
"to reach a desired level of accomplishment":{
"examples":[
"the actress knew she'd arrived when she received an Oscar nomination"
],
"synonyms":[
"flourish",
"prosper",
"succeed",
"thrive"
],
"near synonyms":[
"prevail",
"triumph",
"win",
"excel"
],
"near antonyms":[
"flounder",
"struggle"
],
"antonyms":[
"fail"
]
},
"as in comer":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"comer",
"arriviste",
"nouveau riche",
"parvenu",
"upstart",
"adventurer",
"snob",
"social climber",
"fat cat",
"moneybags",
"nabob"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
}
}