13816 lines
274 KiB
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13816 lines
274 KiB
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{
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"can":{
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"to bring (as an action or operation) to an immediate end":{
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"examples":[
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"can the chatter, or I'm kicking you out of this library"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"break",
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"break off",
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"break up",
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"cease",
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"cut off",
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"cut out",
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"desist (from)",
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"discontinue",
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"drop",
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"end",
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"give over",
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"halt",
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"knock off",
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"lay off",
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"leave off",
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"pack (up or in)",
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"quit",
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"shut off",
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"stop"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"complete",
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"conclude",
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"finish",
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"close (down)",
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"deactivate",
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"block",
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"blockade",
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"dam",
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"delay",
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"detain",
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"hinder",
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"hold",
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"hold back",
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"impede",
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"kibosh",
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"obstruct",
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"stem",
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"call",
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"suspend",
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"arrest",
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"brake",
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"check",
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"clamp down",
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"rein (in)",
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"squash",
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"squelch",
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"stamp",
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"stanch",
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"staunch",
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"stunt",
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"suppress",
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"turn back",
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"pause",
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"stay",
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"suspend",
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"abolish",
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"abort",
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"annul",
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"demolish",
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"destroy",
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"dissolve",
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"kill",
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"ruin",
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"scuttle",
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"snuff"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"carry on",
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"continue",
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"follow through (with)",
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"keep up",
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"run on",
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"advance",
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"proceed",
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"progress",
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"actuate",
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"drive",
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"impel",
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"propel",
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"stir"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"to let go from office, service, or employment":{
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"examples":[
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"the cashier was summarily canned for stealing from the registers"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"ax",
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"axe",
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"bounce",
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"cashier",
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"discharge",
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"dismiss",
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"fire",
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"muster out",
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"pink-slip",
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"release",
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"remove",
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"retire",
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"sack",
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"terminate",
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"turn off"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"downsize",
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"excess",
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"furlough",
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"lay off",
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"trim",
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"boot (out)",
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"chuck (out)",
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"drum (out)",
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"kick out",
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"throw out",
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"unseat",
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"separate"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"keep",
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"reemploy",
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"rehire",
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"contract",
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"subcontract",
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"recruit"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"employ",
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"engage",
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"hire",
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"retain",
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"sign (up or on)",
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"take on"
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]
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},
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"a metal container in the shape of a cylinder":{
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"examples":[
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"the shelter stores huge cans of water for an emergency"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"barrel",
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"canister",
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"cannister",
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"drum",
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"tin"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"bucket",
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"pail",
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"cannikin",
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"tin can"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"a place of confinement for persons held in lawful custody":{
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"examples":[
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"the racketeers were rounded up and thrown in the can"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"bastille",
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"big house",
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"bridewell",
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"brig",
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"calaboose",
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"clink",
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"cooler",
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"coop",
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"guardroom",
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"hock",
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"hold",
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"hoosegow",
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"jail",
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"jailhouse",
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"joint",
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"jug",
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"lockup",
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"nick",
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"pen",
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"penitentiary",
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"pokey",
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"prison",
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"quod",
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"slam",
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"slammer",
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"stir",
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"stockade",
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"tolbooth"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"bull pen",
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"cage",
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"cell",
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"hole",
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"tank",
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"block",
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"ward",
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"glasshouse",
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"guardhouse",
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"hulk(s)",
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"concentration camp",
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"gulag",
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"labor camp",
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"prison camp",
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"stalag",
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"work camp",
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"dungeon",
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"keep",
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"oubliette",
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"reformatory",
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"reform school",
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"training school"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"outside"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"a room furnished with a fixture for flushing body waste":{
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"examples":[
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"I excused myself and asked if I could use the can"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"bath",
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"bathroom",
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"bog",
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"cloakroom",
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"comfort station",
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"convenience",
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"head",
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"john",
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"latrine",
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"lavatory",
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"loo",
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"potty",
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"restroom",
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"toilet",
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"washroom",
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"water closet"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"commode",
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"pan",
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"pot",
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"garderobe",
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"jakes",
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"outhouse",
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"privy",
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"half bath",
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"powder room",
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"ladies",
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"ladies' room",
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"men's room"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"the part of the body upon which someone sits":{
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"examples":[
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"he fell on the ice and landed on his can"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"backside",
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"behind",
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"booty",
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"bootie",
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"bottom",
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"breech",
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"bum",
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"buns",
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"butt",
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"buttocks",
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"caboose",
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"cheeks",
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"derriere",
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"derri\u00e8re",
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"duff",
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"fanny",
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"fundament",
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"hams",
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"haunches",
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"heinie",
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"hunkers",
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"keister",
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"keester",
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"nates",
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"posterior",
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"rear",
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"rear end",
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"rump",
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"seat",
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"tail",
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"tail end",
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"tush"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"beam",
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"stern",
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"moon"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"noun",
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"canap\u00e9":{
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"as in appetizer , hors d'oeuvre":{
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"examples":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"near synonyms":[
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"appetizer",
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"hors d'oeuvre",
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"bite",
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"morsel",
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"mouthful",
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"nibble",
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"nugget",
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"taste",
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"tidbit",
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"titbit",
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"collop",
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"medallion",
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"noisette",
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"nosh",
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"snack",
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"bit",
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"chew",
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"crumb",
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"dab",
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"dribble",
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"driblet",
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"fleck",
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"hint",
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"mote",
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"nubbin",
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"particle",
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"pinch",
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"scrap",
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"scruple",
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"shred",
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"smidgen",
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"smidgeon",
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"smidgin",
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"smidge",
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"snip",
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"snippet",
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"speck",
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"spot",
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"sprinkling",
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"suspicion",
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"tittle",
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"touch",
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"trace",
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"dash",
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"drop",
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"lap",
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"lick",
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"gulp",
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"swallow",
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"swig"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"canards":{
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"a rumor or report of a personal or sensational nature":{
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"examples":[
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"it's a popular canard that the actress died under scandalous circumstances"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"stories",
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"tales",
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"whispers"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"dirt",
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"gossip",
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"scuttlebutt",
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"talebearings",
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"talks",
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"tattles",
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"dirty laundry",
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"defamations",
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"libels",
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"slanders",
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"hearsay",
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"fables",
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"fabrications",
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"fairy tales",
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"falsehoods",
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"falsities",
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"fibs",
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"lies",
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"mendacities",
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"prevarications",
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"untruths",
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"whoppers"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"canceled":{
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"to put an end to (something planned or previously agreed to)":{
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"examples":[
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"please call to cancel your appointment with the dentist if you can't make it"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"abandoned",
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"aborted",
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"called",
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"called off",
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"cried off",
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"dropped",
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"recalled",
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"repealed",
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"rescinded",
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"revoked",
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"scrapped",
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"scrubbed"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"abrogated",
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"annulled",
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"invalidated",
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"nullified",
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"voided",
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"wrote off",
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"recanted",
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"retracted",
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"took back",
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"withdrew",
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"countermanded",
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"reversed",
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"rolled back",
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"broke off",
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"discontinued",
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"ended",
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"halted",
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"stopped",
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"terminated",
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"held back",
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"interrupted",
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"suspended",
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"gave up",
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"relinquished",
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"surrendered"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"engaged",
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"pledged",
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"promised",
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"began",
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"commenced",
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"initiated",
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"started",
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"took on",
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"took up",
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"undertook"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"continued",
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"kept"
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]
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},
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"to put an end to by formal action":{
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"examples":[
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"the agreement can be canceled by either side with a formal written notice"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"abated",
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"abolished",
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"abrogated",
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"annulled",
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"avoided",
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"disannulled",
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"dissolved",
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"invalidated",
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"negated",
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"nulled",
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"nullified",
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"quashed",
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"repealed",
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"rescinded",
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"rolled back",
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"struck down",
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"vacated",
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"voided"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"countermanded",
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"overrode",
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"overruled",
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"overturned",
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"vetoed",
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"aborted",
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"called",
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"called off",
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"dropped",
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"recalled",
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"retracted",
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"reversed",
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"revoked",
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"suspended",
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"withdrew",
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"banned",
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"enjoined",
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"forbade",
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"forbad",
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"outlawed",
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"prohibited",
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"disallowed",
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"dismissed",
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"rejected",
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"annihilated",
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"broke down",
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"eliminated",
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"eradicated",
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"erased",
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"liquidated",
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"removed",
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"threw out",
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"wrote off"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"enacted",
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"laid down",
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"legislated",
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"established",
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"founded",
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"instituted",
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"formalized",
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"legalized",
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"legitimated",
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"legitimized",
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"validated",
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"passed",
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"ratified",
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"allowed",
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"approved",
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"authorized",
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"cleared",
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"endorsed",
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"indorsed",
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"permitted",
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"sanctioned",
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"warranted",
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"commanded",
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"decreed",
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"mandated",
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"ordered",
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"prescribed"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"to show (something written) to be no longer valid by drawing a cross over or a line through it":{
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"examples":[
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"canceled the check and wrote a new one"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"blue-penciled",
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"crossed (out)",
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"deled",
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"deleted",
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"edited (out)",
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"elided",
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"killed",
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"scratched (out)",
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"stroked (out)",
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"struck (out)",
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"x-ed (out)",
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"x'd (out)",
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"xed (out)"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"blotted out",
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"effaced",
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"eradicated",
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"erased",
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"expunged",
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"obliterated",
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"rooted (out)",
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"rubbed out",
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"wiped out",
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"bleeped",
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"blipped",
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"clipped",
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"cut",
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"excised",
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"removed",
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"bowdlerized",
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"censored",
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"cleaned (up)",
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"expurgated",
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"laundered",
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"redacted",
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"red-penciled",
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"abbreviated",
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"cropped",
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"shortened",
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"blacked out",
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"repressed",
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"silenced",
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"suppressed"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"to destroy all traces of":{
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"examples":[
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"it seemed as though all honor and decency had been canceled by the war's new moral order"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"abolished",
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"annihilated",
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"blacked out",
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"blotted out",
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"cleaned (up)",
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"effaced",
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"eradicated",
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"erased",
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"expunged",
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"exterminated",
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"extirpated",
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"liquidated",
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"obliterated",
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"rooted (out)",
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"rubbed out",
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"snuffed (out)",
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"stamped (out)",
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"swept (away)",
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"wiped out"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"decimated",
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"demolished",
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"destroyed",
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"devastated",
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"ravaged",
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"dismantled",
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"flattened",
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|
"mowed (down)",
|
|
"razed",
|
|
"tore down",
|
|
"ruined",
|
|
"totaled",
|
|
"totalled",
|
|
"wasted",
|
|
"wrecked",
|
|
"blasted",
|
|
"blew up",
|
|
"dashed",
|
|
"dynamited",
|
|
"smashed",
|
|
"atomized",
|
|
"consumed",
|
|
"devoured",
|
|
"dissolved",
|
|
"fragmented",
|
|
"powdered",
|
|
"pulverized",
|
|
"shattered",
|
|
"splintered",
|
|
"doomed",
|
|
"finished",
|
|
"killed",
|
|
"killed off",
|
|
"terminated",
|
|
"zapped",
|
|
"cut",
|
|
"discarded",
|
|
"ditched",
|
|
"ejected",
|
|
"excised",
|
|
"expelled",
|
|
"jettisoned",
|
|
"ousted",
|
|
"threw out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"conserved",
|
|
"preserved",
|
|
"protected",
|
|
"saved",
|
|
"built",
|
|
"constructed",
|
|
"created",
|
|
"fabricated",
|
|
"fashioned",
|
|
"forged",
|
|
"formed",
|
|
"framed",
|
|
"made",
|
|
"manufactured",
|
|
"shaped",
|
|
"fixed",
|
|
"mended",
|
|
"patched",
|
|
"rebuilt",
|
|
"reconditioned",
|
|
"reconstructed",
|
|
"renewed",
|
|
"renovated",
|
|
"repaired",
|
|
"restored",
|
|
"revamped"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cancelled (out)":{
|
|
"to balance with an equal force so as to make ineffective":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"unfortunately, this one indiscretion will cancel out a long record of accomplishment"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"annulled",
|
|
"compensated (for)",
|
|
"corrected",
|
|
"counteracted",
|
|
"counterbalanced",
|
|
"counterpoised",
|
|
"made up (for)",
|
|
"negatived",
|
|
"neutralized",
|
|
"offset"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"invalidated",
|
|
"negated",
|
|
"neutered",
|
|
"nullified",
|
|
"atoned (for)",
|
|
"outbalanced",
|
|
"outweighed",
|
|
"redeemed",
|
|
"redressed",
|
|
"relieved",
|
|
"remedied",
|
|
"overrode",
|
|
"overruled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"candelabras":{
|
|
"an object with several branches for holding sources of light":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"An elegant candelabra was placed on the dining table."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"arc lamps",
|
|
"arc lights",
|
|
"candelabra",
|
|
"candelabrums",
|
|
"candles",
|
|
"chandeliers",
|
|
"dark lanterns",
|
|
"electrics",
|
|
"flares",
|
|
"flashbulbs",
|
|
"flashcubes",
|
|
"flashes",
|
|
"flashlights",
|
|
"floodlights",
|
|
"fluorescent lamps",
|
|
"gaslights",
|
|
"gasoliers",
|
|
"girandoles",
|
|
"headlights",
|
|
"incandescent lamps",
|
|
"klieg lights",
|
|
"kleig lights",
|
|
"lanterns",
|
|
"light bulbs",
|
|
"lighthouses",
|
|
"lightings",
|
|
"sconces",
|
|
"spotlights",
|
|
"streetlights",
|
|
"sun lamps",
|
|
"beacons",
|
|
"illuminants",
|
|
"lamps"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"candelabrum":{
|
|
"as in candelabra , candle":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"arc lamp",
|
|
"arc light",
|
|
"candelabra",
|
|
"candle",
|
|
"chandelier",
|
|
"dark lantern",
|
|
"flare",
|
|
"flash",
|
|
"flashbulb",
|
|
"flashcube",
|
|
"flashlight",
|
|
"floodlight",
|
|
"fluorescent lamp",
|
|
"gaslight",
|
|
"gasolier",
|
|
"girandole",
|
|
"headlight",
|
|
"incandescent lamp",
|
|
"klieg light",
|
|
"kleig light",
|
|
"lantern",
|
|
"light bulb",
|
|
"lighthouse",
|
|
"lighting",
|
|
"sconce",
|
|
"spotlight",
|
|
"streetlight",
|
|
"sun lamp",
|
|
"beacon",
|
|
"illuminant",
|
|
"lamp"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"candidness":{
|
|
"the free expression of one's true feelings and opinions":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"candidness is something that we claim to admire\u2014except when we are on the receiving end of a brutally honest assessment"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bluntness",
|
|
"candor",
|
|
"directness",
|
|
"forthrightness",
|
|
"frankness",
|
|
"honesty",
|
|
"openheartedness",
|
|
"openness",
|
|
"outspokenness",
|
|
"plainness",
|
|
"plainspokenness",
|
|
"plumpness",
|
|
"straightforwardness",
|
|
"unguardedness",
|
|
"unreserve",
|
|
"unreservedness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"earnestness",
|
|
"sincerity",
|
|
"sobriety",
|
|
"artlessness",
|
|
"genuineness",
|
|
"na\u00efvet\u00e9",
|
|
"naivete",
|
|
"naivet\u00e9",
|
|
"simplicity",
|
|
"unsophistication",
|
|
"communicativeness",
|
|
"freedom",
|
|
"license",
|
|
"licence",
|
|
"uninhibitedness",
|
|
"unrestrainedness",
|
|
"unrestraint"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"circuitousness",
|
|
"evasiveness",
|
|
"secretiveness",
|
|
"inhibition",
|
|
"reserve",
|
|
"restraint",
|
|
"reticence",
|
|
"shyness",
|
|
"diplomacy",
|
|
"tact"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"dissembling",
|
|
"dissimulation",
|
|
"indirection"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"candlelight":{
|
|
"a time or place of little or no light":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"at candlelight carolers would gather in the village green before beginning their stroll"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"black",
|
|
"blackness",
|
|
"dark",
|
|
"darkness",
|
|
"dusk",
|
|
"gloaming",
|
|
"gloom",
|
|
"murk",
|
|
"night",
|
|
"semidarkness",
|
|
"shade",
|
|
"shadows",
|
|
"twilight",
|
|
"umbra"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"midnight",
|
|
"blackout",
|
|
"brownout",
|
|
"dimout",
|
|
"shadiness",
|
|
"umbrage",
|
|
"dullness",
|
|
"dulness",
|
|
"somberness",
|
|
"cloudiness",
|
|
"fogginess",
|
|
"haziness",
|
|
"mistiness",
|
|
"murkiness",
|
|
"dimness",
|
|
"faintness",
|
|
"gloominess",
|
|
"grayness",
|
|
"paleness",
|
|
"half-light"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"moonlight",
|
|
"starlight",
|
|
"sunlight",
|
|
"effulgence",
|
|
"radiance",
|
|
"radiancy",
|
|
"shine",
|
|
"sunshine",
|
|
"incandescence",
|
|
"luminance",
|
|
"luminescence",
|
|
"luminosity",
|
|
"luminousness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"blaze",
|
|
"brightness",
|
|
"brilliance",
|
|
"day",
|
|
"daylight",
|
|
"glare",
|
|
"glow",
|
|
"light",
|
|
"lightness"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"canicular":{
|
|
"as in tropical , steamy":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"muggy",
|
|
"steamy",
|
|
"summerlike",
|
|
"summery",
|
|
"tropical",
|
|
"feverish",
|
|
"flushed",
|
|
"inflamed",
|
|
"enflamed",
|
|
"snug",
|
|
"toasty",
|
|
"warm",
|
|
"warmish",
|
|
"heated",
|
|
"overheated",
|
|
"reheated",
|
|
"warmed",
|
|
"blazing",
|
|
"glowing",
|
|
"igneous",
|
|
"molten",
|
|
"seething",
|
|
"sizzling",
|
|
"ardent",
|
|
"boiling",
|
|
"broiling",
|
|
"burning",
|
|
"fervent",
|
|
"fervid",
|
|
"fiery",
|
|
"hot",
|
|
"piping hot",
|
|
"red",
|
|
"red-hot",
|
|
"roasting",
|
|
"scalding",
|
|
"scorching",
|
|
"searing",
|
|
"sultry",
|
|
"superheated",
|
|
"sweltering",
|
|
"torrid",
|
|
"ultrahot",
|
|
"white-hot"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"algid",
|
|
"arctic",
|
|
"bitter",
|
|
"bone-chilling",
|
|
"cold",
|
|
"freezing",
|
|
"frigid",
|
|
"frozen",
|
|
"glacial",
|
|
"ice-cold",
|
|
"iced",
|
|
"icy",
|
|
"chill",
|
|
"chilly",
|
|
"coldish",
|
|
"cool",
|
|
"coolish",
|
|
"nippy",
|
|
"snappy",
|
|
"blizzardly",
|
|
"frosty",
|
|
"snowy",
|
|
"subfreezing",
|
|
"subzero",
|
|
"wintry",
|
|
"wintery",
|
|
"chilled",
|
|
"cooled",
|
|
"refrigerated",
|
|
"unheated",
|
|
"benumbed",
|
|
"numb",
|
|
"shivering"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"caning":{
|
|
"as in strapping , leathering":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blackjacking",
|
|
"cowhiding",
|
|
"flagellating",
|
|
"fustigating",
|
|
"horsewhipping",
|
|
"leathering",
|
|
"pistol-whipping",
|
|
"rawhiding",
|
|
"scourging",
|
|
"strapping",
|
|
"assailing",
|
|
"assaulting",
|
|
"attacking",
|
|
"besetting",
|
|
"boxing",
|
|
"busting",
|
|
"chopping",
|
|
"clobbering",
|
|
"clouting",
|
|
"cracking",
|
|
"cudgeling",
|
|
"cudgelling",
|
|
"cuffing",
|
|
"descending (on or upon)",
|
|
"hitting",
|
|
"jumping (on)",
|
|
"knocking",
|
|
"lamming",
|
|
"laying on",
|
|
"pasting",
|
|
"pouncing (on or upon)",
|
|
"punching",
|
|
"raiding",
|
|
"rushing",
|
|
"slamming",
|
|
"slapping",
|
|
"smacking",
|
|
"smashing",
|
|
"socking",
|
|
"spanking",
|
|
"storming",
|
|
"swatting",
|
|
"swiping",
|
|
"thwacking",
|
|
"whacking",
|
|
"whamming",
|
|
"whomping",
|
|
"goring",
|
|
"lacerating",
|
|
"wounding",
|
|
"bashing",
|
|
"basting",
|
|
"battering",
|
|
"batting",
|
|
"beating",
|
|
"belaboring",
|
|
"belting",
|
|
"birching",
|
|
"bludgeoning",
|
|
"buffeting",
|
|
"bunging up",
|
|
"clubbing",
|
|
"currying",
|
|
"doing",
|
|
"drubbing",
|
|
"fibbing",
|
|
"flogging",
|
|
"hammering",
|
|
"hiding",
|
|
"lacing",
|
|
"lambasting",
|
|
"lashing",
|
|
"lathering",
|
|
"licking",
|
|
"mauling",
|
|
"messing (up)",
|
|
"paddling",
|
|
"pelting",
|
|
"pommeling",
|
|
"pommelling",
|
|
"pounding",
|
|
"pummeling",
|
|
"pummelling",
|
|
"punching out",
|
|
"roughing (up)",
|
|
"slating",
|
|
"slogging",
|
|
"switching",
|
|
"tanning",
|
|
"thrashing",
|
|
"threshing",
|
|
"thumping",
|
|
"tromping",
|
|
"walloping",
|
|
"whaling",
|
|
"whipping",
|
|
"whopping",
|
|
"whapping",
|
|
"whupping",
|
|
"working over",
|
|
"maiming",
|
|
"mangling",
|
|
"mutilating"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"canker":{
|
|
"to lower in character, dignity, or quality":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"such shameless ambulance chasing cankers the legal profession"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abase",
|
|
"bastardize",
|
|
"cheapen",
|
|
"corrupt",
|
|
"debase",
|
|
"debauch",
|
|
"degrade",
|
|
"demean",
|
|
"demoralize",
|
|
"deprave",
|
|
"deteriorate",
|
|
"lessen",
|
|
"pervert",
|
|
"poison",
|
|
"profane",
|
|
"prostitute",
|
|
"subvert",
|
|
"vitiate",
|
|
"warp"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"befoul",
|
|
"begrime",
|
|
"contaminate",
|
|
"defile",
|
|
"dilute",
|
|
"dirty",
|
|
"pollute",
|
|
"taint",
|
|
"thin",
|
|
"water down",
|
|
"weaken",
|
|
"descend",
|
|
"disgrace",
|
|
"dishonor",
|
|
"humble",
|
|
"humiliate",
|
|
"shame",
|
|
"take down",
|
|
"blemish",
|
|
"damage",
|
|
"deface",
|
|
"destroy",
|
|
"flaw",
|
|
"harm",
|
|
"hurt",
|
|
"impair",
|
|
"mar",
|
|
"ruin",
|
|
"spoil",
|
|
"stain",
|
|
"tarnish",
|
|
"wreck",
|
|
"depreciate",
|
|
"downgrade"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dignify",
|
|
"exalt",
|
|
"honor",
|
|
"ameliorate",
|
|
"amend",
|
|
"better",
|
|
"enhance",
|
|
"enrich",
|
|
"improve",
|
|
"meliorate",
|
|
"perfect",
|
|
"clarify",
|
|
"clean",
|
|
"cleanse",
|
|
"purify",
|
|
"refine",
|
|
"restore",
|
|
"respect"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"elevate",
|
|
"ennoble",
|
|
"uplift"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in cancer , decay":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cancer",
|
|
"decay",
|
|
"rot",
|
|
"squalor",
|
|
"devilry",
|
|
"deviltry",
|
|
"fiendishness",
|
|
"corruption",
|
|
"debauchery",
|
|
"degeneracy",
|
|
"depravity",
|
|
"indecency",
|
|
"malefaction",
|
|
"perversion",
|
|
"pervertedness",
|
|
"scurrility",
|
|
"scurrilousness",
|
|
"atrociousness",
|
|
"atrocity",
|
|
"badness",
|
|
"balefulness",
|
|
"darkness",
|
|
"depravedness",
|
|
"devilishness",
|
|
"diabolism",
|
|
"enormity",
|
|
"evilness",
|
|
"heinousness",
|
|
"iniquitousness",
|
|
"satanism",
|
|
"sinfulness",
|
|
"vileness",
|
|
"wickedness",
|
|
"abomination",
|
|
"anathema",
|
|
"taboo",
|
|
"tabu",
|
|
"bad",
|
|
"evil",
|
|
"evildoing",
|
|
"ill",
|
|
"immorality",
|
|
"iniquity",
|
|
"sin",
|
|
"villainy",
|
|
"wrong"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"good",
|
|
"morality",
|
|
"right",
|
|
"virtue",
|
|
"decency",
|
|
"goodness",
|
|
"honesty",
|
|
"integrity",
|
|
"probity",
|
|
"rectitude",
|
|
"uprightness",
|
|
"goodness",
|
|
"righteousness",
|
|
"virtuousness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"canned":{
|
|
"using or marked by the use of something else as a basis or model":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"there's a canned quality to the screenplay that reminds you of countless other action movies"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"apish",
|
|
"emulative",
|
|
"epigonic",
|
|
"epigonous",
|
|
"formulaic",
|
|
"imitative",
|
|
"mimetic",
|
|
"mimic",
|
|
"slavish",
|
|
"unoriginal"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"copied",
|
|
"cribbed",
|
|
"plagiarized",
|
|
"artificial",
|
|
"bogus",
|
|
"factitious",
|
|
"fake",
|
|
"false",
|
|
"imitation",
|
|
"man-made",
|
|
"mock",
|
|
"sham",
|
|
"simulated",
|
|
"substitute",
|
|
"synthetic",
|
|
"duplicated",
|
|
"photocopied",
|
|
"reduplicated",
|
|
"reproduced",
|
|
"transcribed",
|
|
"backup",
|
|
"counterfeit",
|
|
"deceptive",
|
|
"forged",
|
|
"fraudulent",
|
|
"misleading",
|
|
"cut-and-dried",
|
|
"cut-and-dry",
|
|
"perfunctory",
|
|
"routine",
|
|
"uninspired"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"authentic",
|
|
"bona fide",
|
|
"legitimate",
|
|
"true",
|
|
"genuine",
|
|
"natural",
|
|
"real",
|
|
"classic",
|
|
"ideal",
|
|
"model"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"archetypal",
|
|
"archetypical",
|
|
"original"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"being under the influence of alcohol":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Driving home on New Year's Eve, she worried about other drivers who might be canned ."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"besotted",
|
|
"blasted",
|
|
"blind",
|
|
"blitzed",
|
|
"blotto",
|
|
"bombed",
|
|
"boozy",
|
|
"cockeyed",
|
|
"crocked",
|
|
"drunk",
|
|
"drunken",
|
|
"fried",
|
|
"gassed",
|
|
"hammered",
|
|
"high",
|
|
"impaired",
|
|
"inebriate",
|
|
"inebriated",
|
|
"intoxicated",
|
|
"juiced",
|
|
"lit",
|
|
"lit up",
|
|
"loaded",
|
|
"looped",
|
|
"oiled",
|
|
"pickled",
|
|
"pie-eyed",
|
|
"plastered",
|
|
"potted",
|
|
"ripped",
|
|
"sloshed",
|
|
"smashed",
|
|
"sottish",
|
|
"soused",
|
|
"sozzled",
|
|
"squiffed",
|
|
"squiffy",
|
|
"stewed",
|
|
"stiff",
|
|
"stinking",
|
|
"stoned",
|
|
"tanked",
|
|
"tiddly",
|
|
"tight",
|
|
"tipsy",
|
|
"wasted",
|
|
"wet",
|
|
"wiped out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"maudlin",
|
|
"beery",
|
|
"befuddled",
|
|
"bleary-eyed",
|
|
"crapulous",
|
|
"dopey",
|
|
"dopy",
|
|
"rocky",
|
|
"strung out",
|
|
"stupefied",
|
|
"debauched",
|
|
"dissipated",
|
|
"dissolute",
|
|
"alcoholic",
|
|
"bibulous",
|
|
"dipsomaniacal"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abstemious",
|
|
"abstinent",
|
|
"dry",
|
|
"temperate",
|
|
"teetotal",
|
|
"clearheaded",
|
|
"cool",
|
|
"level",
|
|
"steady"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"sober",
|
|
"straight"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to bring (as an action or operation) to an immediate end":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"can the chatter, or I'm kicking you out of this library"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"broke",
|
|
"broke off",
|
|
"broke up",
|
|
"ceased",
|
|
"cut off",
|
|
"cut out",
|
|
"desisted (from)",
|
|
"discontinued",
|
|
"dropped",
|
|
"ended",
|
|
"gave over",
|
|
"halted",
|
|
"knocked off",
|
|
"laid off",
|
|
"left off",
|
|
"packed (up or in)",
|
|
"quit",
|
|
"quitted",
|
|
"shut off",
|
|
"stopped"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"completed",
|
|
"concluded",
|
|
"finished",
|
|
"closed (down)",
|
|
"deactivated",
|
|
"blockaded",
|
|
"blocked",
|
|
"dammed",
|
|
"delayed",
|
|
"detained",
|
|
"held",
|
|
"held back",
|
|
"hindered",
|
|
"impeded",
|
|
"kiboshed",
|
|
"obstructed",
|
|
"stemmed",
|
|
"called",
|
|
"suspended",
|
|
"arrested",
|
|
"braked",
|
|
"checked",
|
|
"clamped down",
|
|
"reined (in)",
|
|
"squashed",
|
|
"squelched",
|
|
"stamped",
|
|
"stanched",
|
|
"staunched",
|
|
"stunted",
|
|
"suppressed",
|
|
"turned back",
|
|
"paused",
|
|
"stayed",
|
|
"suspended",
|
|
"abolished",
|
|
"aborted",
|
|
"annulled",
|
|
"demolished",
|
|
"destroyed",
|
|
"dissolved",
|
|
"killed",
|
|
"ruined",
|
|
"scuttled",
|
|
"snuffed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"carried on",
|
|
"continued",
|
|
"followed through (with)",
|
|
"kept up",
|
|
"ran on",
|
|
"advanced",
|
|
"proceeded",
|
|
"progressed",
|
|
"actuated",
|
|
"drove",
|
|
"impelled",
|
|
"propelled",
|
|
"stirred"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to let go from office, service, or employment":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the cashier was summarily canned for stealing from the registers"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"axed",
|
|
"bounced",
|
|
"cashiered",
|
|
"discharged",
|
|
"dismissed",
|
|
"fired",
|
|
"mustered out",
|
|
"pink-slipped",
|
|
"released",
|
|
"removed",
|
|
"retired",
|
|
"sacked",
|
|
"terminated",
|
|
"turned off"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"downsized",
|
|
"excessed",
|
|
"furloughed",
|
|
"laid off",
|
|
"trimmed",
|
|
"booted (out)",
|
|
"chucked (out)",
|
|
"drummed (out)",
|
|
"kicked out",
|
|
"threw out",
|
|
"unseated",
|
|
"separated"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"kept",
|
|
"reemployed",
|
|
"re-employed",
|
|
"rehired",
|
|
"contracted",
|
|
"subcontracted",
|
|
"recruited"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"employed",
|
|
"engaged",
|
|
"hired",
|
|
"retained",
|
|
"signed (up or on)",
|
|
"took on"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cannon":{
|
|
"as in barrage , cannonade":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"barrage",
|
|
"cannonade",
|
|
"blitz",
|
|
"bomb",
|
|
"bombard",
|
|
"nuke",
|
|
"bang away (at)",
|
|
"batter",
|
|
"buffet",
|
|
"plaster",
|
|
"ambuscade",
|
|
"ambush",
|
|
"surprise",
|
|
"surprize",
|
|
"waylay",
|
|
"beleaguer",
|
|
"besiege",
|
|
"press",
|
|
"mug",
|
|
"rob",
|
|
"harry",
|
|
"loot",
|
|
"pillage",
|
|
"plunder",
|
|
"ravage",
|
|
"sack",
|
|
"bum-rush",
|
|
"gang up (on)",
|
|
"mob",
|
|
"swarm",
|
|
"foray",
|
|
"invade",
|
|
"overrun",
|
|
"assail",
|
|
"assault",
|
|
"attack",
|
|
"beset",
|
|
"bushwhack",
|
|
"charge",
|
|
"descend (on or upon)",
|
|
"go in (on)",
|
|
"jump (on)",
|
|
"pounce (on or upon)",
|
|
"raid",
|
|
"rush",
|
|
"set on",
|
|
"sic",
|
|
"sick",
|
|
"storm",
|
|
"strike",
|
|
"trash",
|
|
"turn (on)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"cover",
|
|
"defend",
|
|
"guard",
|
|
"protect",
|
|
"secure",
|
|
"shield"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cannonade":{
|
|
"a rapid or overwhelming outpouring of many things at once":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the director of the sporting event was greeted at the scene with a cannonade of complaints"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"barrage",
|
|
"blitz",
|
|
"blitzkrieg",
|
|
"bombardment",
|
|
"drumbeat",
|
|
"drumfire",
|
|
"flurry",
|
|
"fusillade",
|
|
"hail",
|
|
"salvo",
|
|
"shower",
|
|
"storm",
|
|
"volley"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"broadside",
|
|
"earful",
|
|
"avalanche",
|
|
"burst",
|
|
"cataclysm",
|
|
"cataract",
|
|
"deluge",
|
|
"discharge",
|
|
"engulfment",
|
|
"flood",
|
|
"flood tide",
|
|
"flush",
|
|
"gush",
|
|
"inundation",
|
|
"outburst",
|
|
"outflow",
|
|
"outpouring",
|
|
"overflow",
|
|
"rash",
|
|
"spate",
|
|
"surge",
|
|
"torrent",
|
|
"current",
|
|
"river",
|
|
"stream",
|
|
"tide",
|
|
"excess",
|
|
"glut",
|
|
"overabundance",
|
|
"overage",
|
|
"overkill",
|
|
"overmuch",
|
|
"oversupply",
|
|
"superabundance",
|
|
"superfluity",
|
|
"surfeit",
|
|
"surplus"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dribble",
|
|
"drip",
|
|
"trickle"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to use bombs or artillery against":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the artillery cannonaded the enemy encampment all night"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"batter",
|
|
"blitz",
|
|
"blitzkrieg",
|
|
"bomb",
|
|
"bombard",
|
|
"shell"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"enfilade",
|
|
"rake",
|
|
"strafe",
|
|
"assail",
|
|
"assault",
|
|
"attack",
|
|
"devastate",
|
|
"hit",
|
|
"pound",
|
|
"ravage",
|
|
"strike"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cannonballing":{
|
|
"to proceed or move quickly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a dune buggy came recklessly cannonballing down the crowded beach"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"barreling",
|
|
"barrelling",
|
|
"belting",
|
|
"blasting",
|
|
"blazing",
|
|
"blowing",
|
|
"bolting",
|
|
"bombing",
|
|
"bowling",
|
|
"breezing",
|
|
"bundling",
|
|
"bustling",
|
|
"buzzing",
|
|
"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"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"beetling",
|
|
"darting",
|
|
"flitting",
|
|
"scampering",
|
|
"scudding",
|
|
"scuffling",
|
|
"stampeding",
|
|
"streaking",
|
|
"whizzing",
|
|
"galloping",
|
|
"jogging",
|
|
"sprinting",
|
|
"accelerating",
|
|
"quickening",
|
|
"stepping out",
|
|
"catching up",
|
|
"fast-forwarding",
|
|
"outpacing",
|
|
"outrunning",
|
|
"outstripping",
|
|
"overtaking",
|
|
"arrowing",
|
|
"beelining"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dallying",
|
|
"dawdling",
|
|
"dillydallying",
|
|
"dragging",
|
|
"hanging (around or out)",
|
|
"lagging",
|
|
"lingering",
|
|
"loitering",
|
|
"poking",
|
|
"tarrying",
|
|
"ambling",
|
|
"lumbering",
|
|
"plodding",
|
|
"sauntering",
|
|
"shuffling",
|
|
"strolling",
|
|
"decelerating",
|
|
"slowing (down or up)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"crawling",
|
|
"creeping",
|
|
"poking"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cannoned":{
|
|
"as in barraged , cannonaded":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"barraged",
|
|
"cannonaded",
|
|
"blitzed",
|
|
"bombarded",
|
|
"bombed",
|
|
"nuked",
|
|
"banged away (at)",
|
|
"battered",
|
|
"buffeted",
|
|
"plastered",
|
|
"ambuscaded",
|
|
"ambushed",
|
|
"surprised",
|
|
"surprized",
|
|
"waylaid",
|
|
"beleaguered",
|
|
"besieged",
|
|
"pressed",
|
|
"mugged",
|
|
"robbed",
|
|
"harried",
|
|
"looted",
|
|
"pillaged",
|
|
"plundered",
|
|
"ravaged",
|
|
"sacked",
|
|
"bum-rushed",
|
|
"ganged up (on)",
|
|
"mobbed",
|
|
"swarmed",
|
|
"forayed",
|
|
"invaded",
|
|
"overran",
|
|
"assailed",
|
|
"assaulted",
|
|
"attacked",
|
|
"beset",
|
|
"bushwhacked",
|
|
"charged",
|
|
"descended (on or upon)",
|
|
"jumped (on)",
|
|
"pounced (on or upon)",
|
|
"raided",
|
|
"rushed",
|
|
"set on",
|
|
"sicced",
|
|
"sicked",
|
|
"stormed",
|
|
"struck",
|
|
"trashed",
|
|
"turned (on)",
|
|
"went in (on)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"covered",
|
|
"defended",
|
|
"guarded",
|
|
"protected",
|
|
"secured",
|
|
"shielded"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"canny":{
|
|
"having or showing a practical cleverness or judgment":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a canny card player, good at psyching out his opponents"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"astute",
|
|
"clear-eyed",
|
|
"clear-sighted",
|
|
"hard-boiled",
|
|
"hardheaded",
|
|
"heady",
|
|
"knowing",
|
|
"savvy",
|
|
"sharp",
|
|
"sharp-witted",
|
|
"shrewd",
|
|
"smart"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"artful",
|
|
"cagey",
|
|
"cagy",
|
|
"crafty",
|
|
"cunning",
|
|
"devious",
|
|
"dodgy",
|
|
"foxy",
|
|
"guileful",
|
|
"pawky",
|
|
"slick",
|
|
"sly",
|
|
"subtle",
|
|
"tricky",
|
|
"wily",
|
|
"discerning",
|
|
"insightful",
|
|
"perceptive",
|
|
"percipient",
|
|
"perspicacious",
|
|
"sagacious",
|
|
"sage",
|
|
"sapient",
|
|
"wise",
|
|
"experienced",
|
|
"veteran",
|
|
"discriminating",
|
|
"discriminative",
|
|
"agile",
|
|
"alert",
|
|
"brainy",
|
|
"bright",
|
|
"brilliant",
|
|
"clever",
|
|
"intelligent",
|
|
"keen",
|
|
"nimble",
|
|
"quick",
|
|
"quick-witted",
|
|
"sharp-eyed",
|
|
"sharp-sighted",
|
|
"apt",
|
|
"ingenious",
|
|
"resourceful",
|
|
"calculating",
|
|
"scheming"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"artless",
|
|
"guileless",
|
|
"ingenuous",
|
|
"innocent",
|
|
"naive",
|
|
"na\u00efve",
|
|
"exploitable",
|
|
"gullible",
|
|
"gullable",
|
|
"unperceptive",
|
|
"unwise",
|
|
"dense",
|
|
"dull",
|
|
"obtuse",
|
|
"airheaded",
|
|
"birdbrained",
|
|
"brain-dead",
|
|
"brainless",
|
|
"dim-witted",
|
|
"dopey",
|
|
"dopy",
|
|
"dumb",
|
|
"empty-headed",
|
|
"feebleminded",
|
|
"gormless",
|
|
"half-witted",
|
|
"knuckleheaded",
|
|
"lamebrain",
|
|
"lamebrained",
|
|
"lunkheaded",
|
|
"simple",
|
|
"slow",
|
|
"slow-witted",
|
|
"softheaded",
|
|
"stupid",
|
|
"thickheaded",
|
|
"thick-witted",
|
|
"unintelligent",
|
|
"weak-minded",
|
|
"foolish",
|
|
"idiotic",
|
|
"idiotical",
|
|
"imbecile",
|
|
"imbecilic",
|
|
"moronic",
|
|
"silly",
|
|
"thoughtless",
|
|
"witless",
|
|
"ignorant",
|
|
"uninformed"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"unknowing"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"enjoying physical comfort":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"warm and canny under the woolen bedcovers, we didn't mind the chilly Scottish nights"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"comfortable",
|
|
"comfy",
|
|
"cozy",
|
|
"relaxed",
|
|
"snug"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"toasty",
|
|
"warm",
|
|
"content",
|
|
"contented",
|
|
"pleased",
|
|
"satisfied",
|
|
"easeful",
|
|
"peaceful",
|
|
"resting",
|
|
"easygoing",
|
|
"laid-back",
|
|
"undisturbed",
|
|
"unperturbed",
|
|
"untroubled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"discontented",
|
|
"displeased",
|
|
"dissatisfied",
|
|
"agitated",
|
|
"disturbed",
|
|
"perturbed",
|
|
"troubled"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"uncomfortable"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"canonical":{
|
|
"as in priestly , apostolic":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"apostolic",
|
|
"clerical",
|
|
"episcopal",
|
|
"evangelical",
|
|
"evangelic",
|
|
"ministerial",
|
|
"papal",
|
|
"pastoral",
|
|
"patriarchal",
|
|
"pontifical",
|
|
"priestly",
|
|
"rabbinic",
|
|
"rabbinical",
|
|
"sacerdotal",
|
|
"blessed",
|
|
"blest",
|
|
"consecrated",
|
|
"divine",
|
|
"hallowed",
|
|
"holy",
|
|
"religious",
|
|
"sacramental",
|
|
"sacred",
|
|
"sacrosanct",
|
|
"sanctified",
|
|
"churchly",
|
|
"ecclesial",
|
|
"ecclesiastic",
|
|
"ecclesiastical"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"nonchurch",
|
|
"nonecclesiastical",
|
|
"lay",
|
|
"profane",
|
|
"secular",
|
|
"temporal",
|
|
"nonclerical",
|
|
"nondenominational",
|
|
"nonsectarian"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in authoritative , ex officio":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"authoritative",
|
|
"ex officio",
|
|
"certified",
|
|
"licensed",
|
|
"semiofficial",
|
|
"abetted",
|
|
"encouraged",
|
|
"promoted",
|
|
"suggested",
|
|
"supported",
|
|
"approved",
|
|
"endorsed",
|
|
"indorsed",
|
|
"lawful",
|
|
"legal",
|
|
"legit",
|
|
"legitimate",
|
|
"licit",
|
|
"permissible",
|
|
"regulation",
|
|
"authorized",
|
|
"official",
|
|
"sanctioned"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"nonofficial",
|
|
"unauthorized",
|
|
"unofficial",
|
|
"unsanctioned",
|
|
"illegal",
|
|
"illegitimate",
|
|
"illicit",
|
|
"impermissible",
|
|
"lawless",
|
|
"unlawful",
|
|
"wrongful",
|
|
"unapproved",
|
|
"unlicensed",
|
|
"verboten"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"canonizing":{
|
|
"as in glorifying , exalting":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"enshrining",
|
|
"exalting",
|
|
"glorifying",
|
|
"dedicatory",
|
|
"testimonial",
|
|
"epitaphial",
|
|
"epitaphic",
|
|
"commemorating",
|
|
"commemorative",
|
|
"honorary",
|
|
"memorial",
|
|
"memorializing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to love or admire too much":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a singing star so canonized by his fans that they refuse to believe anything bad about him"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"adoring",
|
|
"adulating",
|
|
"deifying",
|
|
"doting (on)",
|
|
"hero-worshipping",
|
|
"hero-worshiping",
|
|
"idolizing",
|
|
"worshipping",
|
|
"worshiping"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"appreciating",
|
|
"cherishing",
|
|
"esteeming",
|
|
"prizing",
|
|
"treasuring",
|
|
"valuing",
|
|
"fancying",
|
|
"favoring",
|
|
"liking",
|
|
"preferring",
|
|
"regarding",
|
|
"hallowing",
|
|
"respecting",
|
|
"revering",
|
|
"venerating",
|
|
"approving",
|
|
"endorsing",
|
|
"indorsing",
|
|
"supporting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abhorring",
|
|
"abominating",
|
|
"despising",
|
|
"detesting",
|
|
"disdaining",
|
|
"disliking",
|
|
"hating",
|
|
"loathing",
|
|
"belittling",
|
|
"deprecating",
|
|
"disparaging",
|
|
"misprizing",
|
|
"putting down"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to assign a high status or value to":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"those movie buffs who have canonized Alfred Hitchcock as filmdom's preeminent director"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"aggrandizing",
|
|
"deifying",
|
|
"dignifying",
|
|
"elevating",
|
|
"ennobling",
|
|
"enshrining",
|
|
"enskying",
|
|
"enthroning",
|
|
"exalting",
|
|
"glorifying",
|
|
"magnifying"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"boosting",
|
|
"lifting",
|
|
"promoting",
|
|
"raising",
|
|
"upgrading",
|
|
"uplifting",
|
|
"heightening",
|
|
"intensifying",
|
|
"idealizing",
|
|
"romanticizing",
|
|
"sanitizing",
|
|
"sugarcoating",
|
|
"acclaiming",
|
|
"extolling",
|
|
"honoring",
|
|
"lauding",
|
|
"praising"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"belittling",
|
|
"decrying",
|
|
"depreciating",
|
|
"detracting",
|
|
"disparaging",
|
|
"minimizing"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"abasing",
|
|
"degrading",
|
|
"demeaning",
|
|
"humbling",
|
|
"humiliating"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"canons":{
|
|
"a statement or body of statements concerning faith or morals proclaimed by a church":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"members of the church must abide by its canons"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"doctrines",
|
|
"dogmas",
|
|
"dogmata"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"canon laws",
|
|
"beliefs",
|
|
"convictions",
|
|
"tenets",
|
|
"credos",
|
|
"creeds",
|
|
"ideologies",
|
|
"idealogies",
|
|
"philosophies",
|
|
"theologies",
|
|
"axioms",
|
|
"precepts",
|
|
"principles",
|
|
"symbols"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a record of a series of items (as names or titles) usually arranged according to some system":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the canon of plays that are attributed to William Shakespeare"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"catalogs",
|
|
"catalogues",
|
|
"checklists",
|
|
"listings",
|
|
"lists",
|
|
"menus",
|
|
"registers",
|
|
"registries",
|
|
"roll calls",
|
|
"rolls",
|
|
"rosters",
|
|
"schedules",
|
|
"tables"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"agendas",
|
|
"bibliographies",
|
|
"catalogues raisonn\u00e9s",
|
|
"compendiums",
|
|
"compendia",
|
|
"compilations",
|
|
"directories",
|
|
"dockets",
|
|
"enumerations",
|
|
"glossaries",
|
|
"indexes",
|
|
"indices",
|
|
"inventories",
|
|
"manifests",
|
|
"payrolls",
|
|
"calendars",
|
|
"chronologies",
|
|
"timetables"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a collection or system of rules of conduct":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the ABA Model Code of Professional Responsibility is a lawyer's canon"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"codes",
|
|
"constitutions",
|
|
"decalogues",
|
|
"laws"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"disciplines",
|
|
"establishments",
|
|
"common law",
|
|
"legislations"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"canorous":{
|
|
"having a pleasing mixture of notes":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a canorous chorus of birdsong filled the morning air"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"euphonic",
|
|
"euphonious",
|
|
"harmonious",
|
|
"harmonizing",
|
|
"melodious",
|
|
"musical",
|
|
"symphonic",
|
|
"symphonious",
|
|
"tuneful"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blending",
|
|
"chiming",
|
|
"flowing",
|
|
"mellifluent",
|
|
"mellifluous",
|
|
"dulcet",
|
|
"mellow",
|
|
"melodic",
|
|
"sweet",
|
|
"echoing",
|
|
"resonant",
|
|
"sonorous",
|
|
"quavering",
|
|
"trilling",
|
|
"warbling",
|
|
"agreeable",
|
|
"appealing",
|
|
"pleasant",
|
|
"cadenced",
|
|
"lilting",
|
|
"lyric",
|
|
"lyrical",
|
|
"rhythmic",
|
|
"rhythmical",
|
|
"songful",
|
|
"songlike",
|
|
"chordal",
|
|
"harmonic",
|
|
"homophonic",
|
|
"orchestral",
|
|
"polyphonic",
|
|
"polyphonous",
|
|
"tonal"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"blaring",
|
|
"clanging",
|
|
"clashing",
|
|
"clattering",
|
|
"grating",
|
|
"harsh",
|
|
"jangling",
|
|
"jarring",
|
|
"metallic",
|
|
"raspy",
|
|
"raucous",
|
|
"scratching",
|
|
"screeching",
|
|
"shrill",
|
|
"squeaky",
|
|
"strident",
|
|
"disagreeable",
|
|
"unpleasant",
|
|
"unpleasing",
|
|
"atonal",
|
|
"off-key"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"discordant",
|
|
"disharmonious",
|
|
"dissonant",
|
|
"inharmonious",
|
|
"tuneless",
|
|
"unmelodious",
|
|
"unmusical"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cant":{
|
|
"the degree to which something rises up from a position level with the horizon":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a steep cant of the riverbank at that turn in the river"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"diagonal",
|
|
"grade",
|
|
"gradient",
|
|
"inclination",
|
|
"incline",
|
|
"lean",
|
|
"pitch",
|
|
"rake",
|
|
"slant",
|
|
"slope",
|
|
"upgrade"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"ascent",
|
|
"bank",
|
|
"climb",
|
|
"rise"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"declension",
|
|
"declination",
|
|
"decline",
|
|
"declivity",
|
|
"descent",
|
|
"dip",
|
|
"downgrade",
|
|
"fall",
|
|
"hang",
|
|
"hanging",
|
|
"receding"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the pretending of having virtues, principles, or beliefs that one in fact does not have":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"many accused the evangelist of cant , since his lavish lifestyle seemed to bear little resemblance to what he was preaching"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dissembling",
|
|
"dissimulation",
|
|
"hypocrisy",
|
|
"insincerity",
|
|
"piousness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"deceit",
|
|
"deceitfulness",
|
|
"deception",
|
|
"deceptiveness",
|
|
"dishonesty",
|
|
"double-dealing",
|
|
"falsity",
|
|
"perfidy",
|
|
"two-facedness",
|
|
"affectation",
|
|
"affectedness",
|
|
"pretense",
|
|
"pretence",
|
|
"pretension",
|
|
"pretentiousness",
|
|
"sanctimoniousness",
|
|
"self-righteousness",
|
|
"self-satisfaction",
|
|
"duplicity",
|
|
"fakery",
|
|
"falseness",
|
|
"fraudulentness",
|
|
"shamming",
|
|
"artificiality",
|
|
"glibness",
|
|
"oiliness",
|
|
"smoothness",
|
|
"unctuousness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"candor",
|
|
"directness",
|
|
"forthrightness",
|
|
"frankness",
|
|
"honesty",
|
|
"openheartedness",
|
|
"openness",
|
|
"probity",
|
|
"straightforwardness",
|
|
"truthfulness",
|
|
"artlessness",
|
|
"guilelessness",
|
|
"naturalness",
|
|
"unaffectedness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"genuineness",
|
|
"sincereness",
|
|
"sincerity"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the special terms or expressions of a particular group or field":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the colorful cant used by movie producers and publicity agents in Hollywood"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"argot",
|
|
"dialect",
|
|
"jargon",
|
|
"jive",
|
|
"language",
|
|
"lingo",
|
|
"patois",
|
|
"patter",
|
|
"shop",
|
|
"shoptalk",
|
|
"slang",
|
|
"terminology",
|
|
"vocabulary"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"colloquial",
|
|
"colloquialism",
|
|
"idiom",
|
|
"localism",
|
|
"parlance",
|
|
"pidgin",
|
|
"provincialism",
|
|
"regionalism",
|
|
"speech",
|
|
"vernacular",
|
|
"vernacularism",
|
|
"slanguage",
|
|
"bureaucratese",
|
|
"computerese",
|
|
"cyberspeak",
|
|
"educationese",
|
|
"governmentese",
|
|
"journalese",
|
|
"technobabble"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"running in a slanting direction":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the cant buttresses on the interior walls are made of solid oak"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"canted",
|
|
"diagonal",
|
|
"graded",
|
|
"inclined",
|
|
"leaning",
|
|
"listing",
|
|
"oblique",
|
|
"pitched",
|
|
"raked",
|
|
"slant",
|
|
"slanted",
|
|
"slantwise",
|
|
"sloped",
|
|
"sloping",
|
|
"tilted",
|
|
"tilting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"horizontal",
|
|
"level",
|
|
"plumb",
|
|
"up-and-down",
|
|
"vertical",
|
|
"parallel",
|
|
"perpendicular"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to set or cause to be at an angle":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"carefully canted the ladder against the wall"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"angle",
|
|
"cock",
|
|
"heel",
|
|
"incline",
|
|
"lean",
|
|
"list",
|
|
"pitch",
|
|
"slant",
|
|
"slope",
|
|
"tilt",
|
|
"tip"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bank",
|
|
"bend",
|
|
"deviate",
|
|
"swerve",
|
|
"veer",
|
|
"decline",
|
|
"descend",
|
|
"recline",
|
|
"retreat"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"even",
|
|
"flatten",
|
|
"level",
|
|
"straighten"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cantankerous":{
|
|
"having or showing a habitually bad temper":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a cantankerous old woman who insisted that nothing should ever be allowed to change"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"acid",
|
|
"bearish",
|
|
"bilious",
|
|
"bloody-minded",
|
|
"disagreeable",
|
|
"dyspeptic",
|
|
"ill-humored",
|
|
"ill-natured",
|
|
"ill-tempered",
|
|
"ornery",
|
|
"splenetic",
|
|
"surly"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"choleric",
|
|
"crabby",
|
|
"cranky",
|
|
"crotchety",
|
|
"fussy",
|
|
"grouchy",
|
|
"grumpy",
|
|
"querulous",
|
|
"irascible",
|
|
"irritable",
|
|
"peevish",
|
|
"peppery",
|
|
"petulant",
|
|
"quick-tempered",
|
|
"short-tempered",
|
|
"snappish",
|
|
"snippy",
|
|
"testy",
|
|
"touchy",
|
|
"argumentative",
|
|
"contentious",
|
|
"contrary",
|
|
"cussed",
|
|
"angry",
|
|
"exasperated",
|
|
"indignant",
|
|
"irate",
|
|
"mad",
|
|
"upset",
|
|
"uptight",
|
|
"depressed",
|
|
"dour",
|
|
"glum",
|
|
"morose",
|
|
"sullen",
|
|
"anal",
|
|
"old-maidish",
|
|
"schoolmarmish"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"agreeable",
|
|
"amicable",
|
|
"congenial",
|
|
"friendly",
|
|
"pleasant",
|
|
"benign",
|
|
"gentle",
|
|
"kind",
|
|
"nice",
|
|
"sweet",
|
|
"bubbly",
|
|
"cheerful",
|
|
"cheery",
|
|
"effervescent",
|
|
"exuberant",
|
|
"high-spirited",
|
|
"joyful",
|
|
"lighthearted",
|
|
"lively",
|
|
"vivacious",
|
|
"content",
|
|
"glad",
|
|
"happy",
|
|
"calm",
|
|
"placid",
|
|
"serene",
|
|
"long-suffering",
|
|
"patient",
|
|
"tolerant"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"amiable",
|
|
"good-humored",
|
|
"good-natured",
|
|
"good-tempered"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"canticle":{
|
|
"a religious song":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the monks offered up a canticle at dawn on Easter morning"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"anthem",
|
|
"carol",
|
|
"chorale",
|
|
"hymn",
|
|
"psalm",
|
|
"spiritual"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dirge",
|
|
"lament",
|
|
"requiem",
|
|
"threnody",
|
|
"Gloria Patri",
|
|
"hallelujah",
|
|
"paean",
|
|
"mass",
|
|
"oratorio",
|
|
"processional",
|
|
"recessional"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cantilever":{
|
|
"as in bracket , arch":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"arch",
|
|
"bolster",
|
|
"bracket",
|
|
"girder",
|
|
"column",
|
|
"pedestal",
|
|
"pilaster",
|
|
"pillar",
|
|
"bearing",
|
|
"shoring",
|
|
"crutch",
|
|
"peg",
|
|
"post",
|
|
"stake",
|
|
"stanchion",
|
|
"stand",
|
|
"stilt",
|
|
"strut",
|
|
"truss",
|
|
"brace",
|
|
"buttress",
|
|
"mount",
|
|
"mounting",
|
|
"prop",
|
|
"reinforcement",
|
|
"shore",
|
|
"spur",
|
|
"stay",
|
|
"support",
|
|
"underpinning",
|
|
"base",
|
|
"foundation",
|
|
"frame"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cantonment":{
|
|
"as in garrison , barracks":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"barracks",
|
|
"billet",
|
|
"fort",
|
|
"garrison",
|
|
"installation",
|
|
"post",
|
|
"abode",
|
|
"diggings",
|
|
"domicile",
|
|
"dwelling",
|
|
"fireside",
|
|
"habitation",
|
|
"hearth",
|
|
"hearthstone",
|
|
"home",
|
|
"house",
|
|
"lodging",
|
|
"pad",
|
|
"place",
|
|
"quarters",
|
|
"residence",
|
|
"roof",
|
|
"camp",
|
|
"encampment",
|
|
"boardinghouse",
|
|
"dorm",
|
|
"dormitory",
|
|
"flophouse",
|
|
"lodging house",
|
|
"lodgment",
|
|
"lodgement",
|
|
"room(s)",
|
|
"rooming house",
|
|
"accommodations",
|
|
"housing",
|
|
"nest",
|
|
"residency",
|
|
"shelter"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cantrip":{
|
|
"as in curse , jinx":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"curse",
|
|
"jinx",
|
|
"abracadabra",
|
|
"bewitchment",
|
|
"charm",
|
|
"conjuration",
|
|
"enchantment",
|
|
"glamour",
|
|
"glamor",
|
|
"hex",
|
|
"incantation",
|
|
"invocation",
|
|
"spell",
|
|
"whammy",
|
|
"bewitchery",
|
|
"conjuring",
|
|
"magic",
|
|
"mojo",
|
|
"necromancy",
|
|
"sorcery",
|
|
"voodoo",
|
|
"voodooism",
|
|
"witchcraft",
|
|
"witchery",
|
|
"wizardry",
|
|
"amulet",
|
|
"fetish",
|
|
"fetich",
|
|
"phylactery",
|
|
"talisman"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"canvas":{
|
|
"a picture created with oil paint":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"one canvas by Picasso is worth more money than most of us can imagine"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"oil",
|
|
"oil painting",
|
|
"painting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"fresco",
|
|
"mural",
|
|
"panorama",
|
|
"diptych",
|
|
"triptych",
|
|
"acrylic",
|
|
"aquarelle",
|
|
"gouache",
|
|
"watercolor",
|
|
"distemper",
|
|
"drawing",
|
|
"etching",
|
|
"finger painting",
|
|
"pastel",
|
|
"sketch",
|
|
"tempera",
|
|
"masterpiece",
|
|
"pi\u00e8ce de r\u00e9sistance",
|
|
"showpiece"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"canvasser":{
|
|
"a person who goes around and approaches people with a request for opinions or information":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"worked as a canvasser for a public interest research group"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"interviewer",
|
|
"poller",
|
|
"pollster"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"asker",
|
|
"inquirer",
|
|
"querier",
|
|
"querist",
|
|
"questioner"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"answerer",
|
|
"replier",
|
|
"responder",
|
|
"attester",
|
|
"informant",
|
|
"reporter",
|
|
"testifier",
|
|
"witness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"interviewee",
|
|
"pollee",
|
|
"respondent"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"canyon":{
|
|
"a narrow opening between hillsides or mountains that can be used for passage":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"as the scouts made their way through the canyon , they marveled at the sheer walls of rock on both sides"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"col",
|
|
"couloir",
|
|
"defile",
|
|
"flume",
|
|
"gap",
|
|
"gill",
|
|
"gorge",
|
|
"gulch",
|
|
"gulf",
|
|
"kloof",
|
|
"linn",
|
|
"notch",
|
|
"pass",
|
|
"ravine",
|
|
"saddle"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abyss",
|
|
"chasm",
|
|
"cirque",
|
|
"cleft",
|
|
"crevasse",
|
|
"crevice",
|
|
"cwm",
|
|
"fissure",
|
|
"combe",
|
|
"coombe",
|
|
"coomb",
|
|
"dale",
|
|
"dell",
|
|
"glen",
|
|
"hollow",
|
|
"shut-in",
|
|
"vale",
|
|
"valley",
|
|
"basin",
|
|
"floodplain",
|
|
"kettle",
|
|
"arroyo",
|
|
"barranca",
|
|
"barranco",
|
|
"coulee",
|
|
"draw",
|
|
"gully",
|
|
"gulley",
|
|
"gutter",
|
|
"nullah",
|
|
"trench",
|
|
"trough",
|
|
"wadi",
|
|
"wash"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"canalized":{
|
|
"to cause to move to a central point or along a restricted pathway":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the director of the charity should be canalizing the flow of donations so that the money ends up where it is most needed"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"channeled",
|
|
"channelled",
|
|
"channelized",
|
|
"conducted",
|
|
"directed",
|
|
"funneled",
|
|
"funnelled",
|
|
"piped",
|
|
"siphoned",
|
|
"syphoned"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"carried",
|
|
"conveyed",
|
|
"transmitted",
|
|
"concentrated",
|
|
"consolidated",
|
|
"focused",
|
|
"focussed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"canonized":{
|
|
"as in blessed , beatified":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"beatified",
|
|
"blessed",
|
|
"blest",
|
|
"venerable",
|
|
"pietistic",
|
|
"religiose",
|
|
"angelic",
|
|
"angelical",
|
|
"cherubic",
|
|
"ascetic",
|
|
"ascetical",
|
|
"prayerful",
|
|
"reverent",
|
|
"reverential",
|
|
"spiritual",
|
|
"worshipful",
|
|
"chaste",
|
|
"moral",
|
|
"pure",
|
|
"righteous",
|
|
"upright",
|
|
"virtuous",
|
|
"devout",
|
|
"godly",
|
|
"holy",
|
|
"pious",
|
|
"religious",
|
|
"sainted",
|
|
"saintly"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"antireligious",
|
|
"faithless",
|
|
"godless",
|
|
"impious",
|
|
"irreligious",
|
|
"ungodly",
|
|
"unholy",
|
|
"blasphemous",
|
|
"desecrating",
|
|
"irreverent",
|
|
"profanatory",
|
|
"profane",
|
|
"sacrilegious",
|
|
"nonreligious",
|
|
"secular",
|
|
"unspiritual",
|
|
"worldly",
|
|
"backsliding",
|
|
"unfaithful",
|
|
"evil",
|
|
"immoral",
|
|
"iniquitous",
|
|
"miscreant",
|
|
"sinful",
|
|
"sinning",
|
|
"unrighteous",
|
|
"wicked"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to love or admire too much":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a singing star so canonized by his fans that they refuse to believe anything bad about him"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"adored",
|
|
"adulated",
|
|
"deified",
|
|
"doted (on)",
|
|
"hero-worshipped",
|
|
"hero-worshiped",
|
|
"idolized",
|
|
"worshipped",
|
|
"worshiped"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"appreciated",
|
|
"cherished",
|
|
"esteemed",
|
|
"prized",
|
|
"treasured",
|
|
"valued",
|
|
"fancied",
|
|
"favored",
|
|
"liked",
|
|
"preferred",
|
|
"regarded",
|
|
"hallowed",
|
|
"respected",
|
|
"revered",
|
|
"venerated",
|
|
"approved",
|
|
"endorsed",
|
|
"indorsed",
|
|
"supported"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abhorred",
|
|
"abominated",
|
|
"despised",
|
|
"detested",
|
|
"disdained",
|
|
"disliked",
|
|
"hated",
|
|
"loathed",
|
|
"belittled",
|
|
"deprecated",
|
|
"disparaged",
|
|
"misprized",
|
|
"put down"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to assign a high status or value to":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"those movie buffs who have canonized Alfred Hitchcock as filmdom's preeminent director"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"aggrandized",
|
|
"deified",
|
|
"dignified",
|
|
"elevated",
|
|
"ennobled",
|
|
"enshrined",
|
|
"enskied",
|
|
"enthroned",
|
|
"exalted",
|
|
"glorified",
|
|
"magnified"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"boosted",
|
|
"lifted",
|
|
"promoted",
|
|
"raised",
|
|
"upgraded",
|
|
"uplifted",
|
|
"heightened",
|
|
"intensified",
|
|
"idealized",
|
|
"romanticized",
|
|
"sanitized",
|
|
"sugarcoated",
|
|
"acclaimed",
|
|
"extolled",
|
|
"honored",
|
|
"lauded",
|
|
"praised"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"belittled",
|
|
"decried",
|
|
"depreciated",
|
|
"detracted",
|
|
"disparaged",
|
|
"minimized"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"abased",
|
|
"degraded",
|
|
"demeaned",
|
|
"humbled",
|
|
"humiliated"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cannoneer":{
|
|
"as in gunner , rifleman":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"artilleryman",
|
|
"gunner",
|
|
"mortarman",
|
|
"musketeer",
|
|
"rifleman",
|
|
"jarhead",
|
|
"marine",
|
|
"ranger",
|
|
"archer",
|
|
"crossbowman",
|
|
"commando",
|
|
"raider",
|
|
"lancer",
|
|
"pikeman",
|
|
"spearman",
|
|
"doughboy",
|
|
"footman",
|
|
"foot soldier",
|
|
"grunt",
|
|
"infantryman",
|
|
"Confederate",
|
|
"Continental",
|
|
"Federal",
|
|
"GI",
|
|
"guardsman",
|
|
"militiaman",
|
|
"minuteman",
|
|
"carabineer",
|
|
"carabinier",
|
|
"cavalier",
|
|
"cavalryman",
|
|
"cuirassier",
|
|
"dragoon",
|
|
"counterguerrilla",
|
|
"counterguerilla",
|
|
"guerrilla",
|
|
"guerilla",
|
|
"irregular",
|
|
"paramilitary",
|
|
"partisan",
|
|
"partizan",
|
|
"servicewoman"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"civilian"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cantered":{
|
|
"as in loped , skipped":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bounded",
|
|
"leaped",
|
|
"leapt",
|
|
"loped",
|
|
"shagged",
|
|
"skipped",
|
|
"sprang",
|
|
"sprung",
|
|
"dashed",
|
|
"galloped",
|
|
"jogged",
|
|
"ran",
|
|
"run",
|
|
"scampered",
|
|
"sprinted",
|
|
"tripped",
|
|
"trotted",
|
|
"barreled",
|
|
"barrelled",
|
|
"belted",
|
|
"blasted",
|
|
"blazed",
|
|
"blew",
|
|
"bolted",
|
|
"bombed",
|
|
"bowled",
|
|
"breezed",
|
|
"bustled",
|
|
"buzzed",
|
|
"cannonballed",
|
|
"careened",
|
|
"coursed",
|
|
"footed (it)",
|
|
"hared",
|
|
"hastened",
|
|
"hied",
|
|
"hoofed (it)",
|
|
"hotfooted (it)",
|
|
"humped",
|
|
"hurled",
|
|
"hurried",
|
|
"hurtled",
|
|
"hustled",
|
|
"jetted",
|
|
"legged (it)",
|
|
"pelted",
|
|
"raced",
|
|
"rammed",
|
|
"ripped",
|
|
"rocketed",
|
|
"rushed",
|
|
"rustled",
|
|
"shot",
|
|
"sped",
|
|
"speeded",
|
|
"tore",
|
|
"whirled",
|
|
"whisked",
|
|
"zipped",
|
|
"zoomed",
|
|
"nipped",
|
|
"pattered",
|
|
"scooted",
|
|
"scurried",
|
|
"scuttled",
|
|
"stepped (along)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"ambled",
|
|
"sauntered",
|
|
"shambled",
|
|
"shuffled",
|
|
"strolled",
|
|
"crawled",
|
|
"crept",
|
|
"dallied",
|
|
"dawdled",
|
|
"dillydallied",
|
|
"dragged",
|
|
"lagged",
|
|
"lingered",
|
|
"loitered",
|
|
"poked",
|
|
"tarried",
|
|
"lumbered",
|
|
"plodded",
|
|
"trudged",
|
|
"hobbled",
|
|
"limped"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"canes":{
|
|
"a heavy rigid stick used as a weapon or for punishment":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"in those days corporal punishment was common, and the cane was regarded as another one of the schoolmaster's educational tools"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bastinadoes",
|
|
"bastinades",
|
|
"batons",
|
|
"bats",
|
|
"billies",
|
|
"billy clubs",
|
|
"bludgeons",
|
|
"clubs",
|
|
"cudgels",
|
|
"nightsticks",
|
|
"rods",
|
|
"rungs",
|
|
"saps",
|
|
"shillelaghs",
|
|
"shillalahs",
|
|
"staffs",
|
|
"staves",
|
|
"truncheons",
|
|
"waddies"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blackjacks",
|
|
"knobkerries",
|
|
"maces",
|
|
"birches",
|
|
"crabsticks",
|
|
"hickories",
|
|
"rattans",
|
|
"staves",
|
|
"switches",
|
|
"beetles",
|
|
"gavels",
|
|
"hammers",
|
|
"mallets",
|
|
"mauls",
|
|
"sledgehammers",
|
|
"crooks",
|
|
"crosiers",
|
|
"croziers",
|
|
"walking sticks",
|
|
"whangees"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in straps , leathers":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blackjacks",
|
|
"cowhides",
|
|
"flagellates",
|
|
"fustigates",
|
|
"horsewhips",
|
|
"leathers",
|
|
"pistol-whips",
|
|
"rawhides",
|
|
"scourges",
|
|
"straps",
|
|
"assails",
|
|
"assaults",
|
|
"attacks",
|
|
"besets",
|
|
"boxes",
|
|
"busts",
|
|
"chops",
|
|
"clobbers",
|
|
"clouts",
|
|
"cracks",
|
|
"cudgels",
|
|
"cuffs",
|
|
"descends (on or upon)",
|
|
"hits",
|
|
"jumps (on)",
|
|
"knocks",
|
|
"lams",
|
|
"lays on",
|
|
"pastes",
|
|
"pounces (on or upon)",
|
|
"punches",
|
|
"raids",
|
|
"rushes",
|
|
"slams",
|
|
"slaps",
|
|
"smacks",
|
|
"smashes",
|
|
"socks",
|
|
"spanks",
|
|
"storms",
|
|
"swats",
|
|
"swipes",
|
|
"thwacks",
|
|
"whacks",
|
|
"whams",
|
|
"whomps",
|
|
"gores",
|
|
"lacerates",
|
|
"wounds",
|
|
"bashes",
|
|
"bastes",
|
|
"bats",
|
|
"batters",
|
|
"beats",
|
|
"belabors",
|
|
"belts",
|
|
"birches",
|
|
"bludgeons",
|
|
"buffets",
|
|
"bungs up",
|
|
"clubs",
|
|
"curries",
|
|
"does",
|
|
"drubs",
|
|
"fibs",
|
|
"flogs",
|
|
"hammers",
|
|
"hides",
|
|
"laces",
|
|
"lambastes",
|
|
"lambasts",
|
|
"lashes",
|
|
"lathers",
|
|
"licks",
|
|
"mauls",
|
|
"messes (up)",
|
|
"paddles",
|
|
"pelts",
|
|
"pommels",
|
|
"pounds",
|
|
"pummels",
|
|
"punches out",
|
|
"roughs (up)",
|
|
"slates",
|
|
"slogs",
|
|
"switches",
|
|
"tans",
|
|
"thrashes",
|
|
"threshes",
|
|
"thumps",
|
|
"tromps",
|
|
"wallops",
|
|
"whales",
|
|
"whips",
|
|
"whops",
|
|
"whaps",
|
|
"whups",
|
|
"works over",
|
|
"maims",
|
|
"mangles",
|
|
"mutilates"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"canals":{
|
|
"an open man-made passageway for water":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the Panama Canal opened a much easier and shorter passageway from the Atlantic to the Pacific"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"aqueducts",
|
|
"channels",
|
|
"conduits",
|
|
"courses",
|
|
"flumes",
|
|
"racecourses",
|
|
"raceways",
|
|
"watercourses",
|
|
"waterways"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"millraces",
|
|
"millstreams",
|
|
"floodways",
|
|
"sluices",
|
|
"sluiceways",
|
|
"spillways",
|
|
"swashes",
|
|
"tideways",
|
|
"torrents",
|
|
"gutters",
|
|
"troughs",
|
|
"rivers",
|
|
"rivulets",
|
|
"streams"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"canopying":{
|
|
"as in covering , protecting":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"covering",
|
|
"protecting",
|
|
"screening",
|
|
"clouding",
|
|
"darkening",
|
|
"dimming",
|
|
"dulling",
|
|
"overcasting",
|
|
"overshadowing",
|
|
"shading",
|
|
"shadowing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"illuminating",
|
|
"lightening",
|
|
"lighting",
|
|
"exposing"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cancelling (out)":{
|
|
"to balance with an equal force so as to make ineffective":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"unfortunately, this one indiscretion will cancel out a long record of accomplishment"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"annulling",
|
|
"compensating (for)",
|
|
"correcting",
|
|
"counteracting",
|
|
"counterbalancing",
|
|
"counterpoising",
|
|
"making up (for)",
|
|
"negativing",
|
|
"neutralizing",
|
|
"offsetting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"invalidating",
|
|
"negating",
|
|
"neutering",
|
|
"nullifying",
|
|
"atoning (for)",
|
|
"outbalancing",
|
|
"outweighing",
|
|
"redeeming",
|
|
"redressing",
|
|
"relieving",
|
|
"remedying",
|
|
"overriding",
|
|
"overruling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cankered":{
|
|
"to lower in character, dignity, or quality":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"such shameless ambulance chasing cankers the legal profession"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abased",
|
|
"bastardized",
|
|
"cheapened",
|
|
"corrupted",
|
|
"debased",
|
|
"debauched",
|
|
"degraded",
|
|
"demeaned",
|
|
"demoralized",
|
|
"depraved",
|
|
"deteriorated",
|
|
"lessened",
|
|
"perverted",
|
|
"poisoned",
|
|
"profaned",
|
|
"prostituted",
|
|
"subverted",
|
|
"vitiated",
|
|
"warped"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"befouled",
|
|
"begrimed",
|
|
"contaminated",
|
|
"defiled",
|
|
"diluted",
|
|
"dirtied",
|
|
"polluted",
|
|
"tainted",
|
|
"thinned",
|
|
"watered down",
|
|
"weakened",
|
|
"descended",
|
|
"disgraced",
|
|
"dishonored",
|
|
"humbled",
|
|
"humiliated",
|
|
"shamed",
|
|
"took down",
|
|
"blemished",
|
|
"damaged",
|
|
"defaced",
|
|
"destroyed",
|
|
"flawed",
|
|
"harmed",
|
|
"hurt",
|
|
"impaired",
|
|
"marred",
|
|
"ruined",
|
|
"spoiled",
|
|
"spoilt",
|
|
"stained",
|
|
"tarnished",
|
|
"wrecked",
|
|
"depreciated",
|
|
"downgraded"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dignified",
|
|
"exalted",
|
|
"honored",
|
|
"ameliorated",
|
|
"amended",
|
|
"bettered",
|
|
"enhanced",
|
|
"enriched",
|
|
"improved",
|
|
"meliorated",
|
|
"perfected",
|
|
"clarified",
|
|
"cleaned",
|
|
"cleansed",
|
|
"purified",
|
|
"refined",
|
|
"restored",
|
|
"respected"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"elevated",
|
|
"ennobled",
|
|
"uplifted"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"candidacy":{
|
|
"as in trial , probation":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"probation",
|
|
"trial",
|
|
"education",
|
|
"grounding",
|
|
"instruction",
|
|
"schooling",
|
|
"tutelage",
|
|
"basic training",
|
|
"boot camp",
|
|
"cadetship",
|
|
"apprenticeship",
|
|
"externship",
|
|
"internship",
|
|
"practicum",
|
|
"training"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"tenure"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"canted":{
|
|
"running in a slanting direction":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an odd little house, built with deliberately canted windows and not one right angle"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cant",
|
|
"diagonal",
|
|
"graded",
|
|
"inclined",
|
|
"leaning",
|
|
"listing",
|
|
"oblique",
|
|
"pitched",
|
|
"raked",
|
|
"slant",
|
|
"slanted",
|
|
"slantwise",
|
|
"sloped",
|
|
"sloping",
|
|
"tilted",
|
|
"tilting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"horizontal",
|
|
"level",
|
|
"plumb",
|
|
"up-and-down",
|
|
"vertical",
|
|
"parallel",
|
|
"perpendicular"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to set or cause to be at an angle":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"carefully canted the ladder against the wall"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"angled",
|
|
"cocked",
|
|
"heeled",
|
|
"inclined",
|
|
"leaned",
|
|
"listed",
|
|
"pitched",
|
|
"slanted",
|
|
"sloped",
|
|
"tilted",
|
|
"tipped"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"banked",
|
|
"bent",
|
|
"deviated",
|
|
"swerved",
|
|
"veered",
|
|
"declined",
|
|
"descended",
|
|
"reclined",
|
|
"retreated"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"evened",
|
|
"flattened",
|
|
"leveled",
|
|
"levelled",
|
|
"straightened"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"candidates":{
|
|
"one who seeks an office, honor, position, or award":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"each candidate for town council was allowed to speak at the candidates' forum"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"applicants",
|
|
"appliers",
|
|
"aspirants",
|
|
"campaigners",
|
|
"contenders",
|
|
"expectants",
|
|
"hopefuls",
|
|
"prospects",
|
|
"seekers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"competitors",
|
|
"contestants",
|
|
"entrants",
|
|
"entries",
|
|
"favorites",
|
|
"qualifiers",
|
|
"dark horses",
|
|
"spoilers",
|
|
"stalking horses",
|
|
"crown princes",
|
|
"favorite sons",
|
|
"claimants",
|
|
"pretenders",
|
|
"nominees",
|
|
"running mates"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"incumbents",
|
|
"officeholders",
|
|
"awardees",
|
|
"honorees",
|
|
"inductees",
|
|
"dropouts"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"noncandidates"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cannonaded":{
|
|
"to use bombs or artillery against":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the artillery cannonaded the enemy encampment all night"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"battered",
|
|
"blitzed",
|
|
"blitzkrieged",
|
|
"bombarded",
|
|
"bombed",
|
|
"shelled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"enfiladed",
|
|
"raked",
|
|
"strafed",
|
|
"assailed",
|
|
"assaulted",
|
|
"attacked",
|
|
"devastated",
|
|
"hit",
|
|
"pounded",
|
|
"ravaged",
|
|
"struck"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"canvased":{
|
|
"to go around and approach (people) with a request for opinions or information":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we canvassed people all over town, asking if they would be interested in participating in a recycling program"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"interviewed",
|
|
"polled",
|
|
"solicited",
|
|
"surveyed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"circularized",
|
|
"interrogated",
|
|
"questioned",
|
|
"felt (out)",
|
|
"sounded (out)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"reported"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to talk about (an issue) usually from various points of view and for the purpose of arriving at a decision or opinion":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"canvassed all the items on the agenda"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"agitated",
|
|
"argued",
|
|
"bandied",
|
|
"batted (around or back and forth)",
|
|
"debated",
|
|
"discussed",
|
|
"disputed",
|
|
"hashed (over or out)",
|
|
"mooted",
|
|
"talked over"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"reviewed",
|
|
"spoke (about)",
|
|
"talked (about)",
|
|
"broached",
|
|
"introduced",
|
|
"propounded",
|
|
"raised",
|
|
"stirred up",
|
|
"forged",
|
|
"hammered out",
|
|
"talked out",
|
|
"thrashed (out)",
|
|
"wrestled (with)",
|
|
"chewed over",
|
|
"considered",
|
|
"deliberated",
|
|
"weighed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"canaries":{
|
|
"a person who provides information about another's wrongdoing":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a canary who was singing and giving up the names of some of the city's most notorious drug lords"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"betrayers",
|
|
"deep throats",
|
|
"finks",
|
|
"informants",
|
|
"informers",
|
|
"narks",
|
|
"rat finks",
|
|
"rats",
|
|
"snitchers",
|
|
"snitches",
|
|
"squealers",
|
|
"stoolies",
|
|
"stool pigeons",
|
|
"talebearers",
|
|
"tattlers",
|
|
"tattletales",
|
|
"telltales",
|
|
"whistle-blowers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"collaborators",
|
|
"blabbermouths",
|
|
"blabbers",
|
|
"gossipers",
|
|
"gossips",
|
|
"leakers",
|
|
"snoopers",
|
|
"snoops",
|
|
"spies",
|
|
"notifiers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cantatas":{
|
|
"as in hymns , anthems":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"anthems",
|
|
"canticles",
|
|
"carols",
|
|
"chorales",
|
|
"hymns",
|
|
"noels",
|
|
"psalms",
|
|
"spirituals",
|
|
"ballads",
|
|
"ditties",
|
|
"jingles",
|
|
"lays",
|
|
"lyrics",
|
|
"songs",
|
|
"vocals",
|
|
"dirges",
|
|
"laments",
|
|
"requiems",
|
|
"threnodies",
|
|
"hallelujahs",
|
|
"paeans",
|
|
"arias",
|
|
"arie",
|
|
"art songs",
|
|
"barcaroles",
|
|
"barcarolles",
|
|
"blues",
|
|
"chansons",
|
|
"chanteys",
|
|
"chanties",
|
|
"shanties",
|
|
"chants",
|
|
"choruses",
|
|
"croons",
|
|
"descants",
|
|
"discants",
|
|
"folk songs",
|
|
"glees",
|
|
"lullabies",
|
|
"madrigals",
|
|
"motets",
|
|
"part-songs",
|
|
"pops",
|
|
"rockers",
|
|
"roundelays",
|
|
"rounds",
|
|
"serenades",
|
|
"standards",
|
|
"drinking songs",
|
|
"fight songs",
|
|
"torch songs",
|
|
"covers",
|
|
"medleys",
|
|
"remixes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"canopy":{
|
|
"a raised covering over something for decoration or protection":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"trees line both sides of the garden path, with their foliage forming a leafy canopy for walkers"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"awning",
|
|
"ceiling",
|
|
"cover",
|
|
"roof",
|
|
"tent"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dome",
|
|
"marquee",
|
|
"pavilion",
|
|
"arbor",
|
|
"bower",
|
|
"pergola",
|
|
"screen",
|
|
"shade",
|
|
"shelter",
|
|
"shield",
|
|
"sunshade",
|
|
"umbrella",
|
|
"canvas",
|
|
"canvass",
|
|
"fly"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in cover , protect":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cover",
|
|
"protect",
|
|
"screen",
|
|
"cloud",
|
|
"darken",
|
|
"dim",
|
|
"dull",
|
|
"overcast",
|
|
"overshadow",
|
|
"shade",
|
|
"shadow"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"illuminate",
|
|
"light",
|
|
"lighten",
|
|
"expose"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"candies":{
|
|
"to make more desirable":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the publisher hopes the flashy cover will candy up the novel for impulse buyers"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dresses up",
|
|
"enhances",
|
|
"sweetens"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"ameliorates",
|
|
"enriches",
|
|
"improves",
|
|
"meliorates",
|
|
"embellishes",
|
|
"soups up",
|
|
"tricks",
|
|
"cosmeticizes",
|
|
"dolls up",
|
|
"spruces"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in desserts , sweets":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"desserts",
|
|
"junkets",
|
|
"sweetmeats",
|
|
"sweets",
|
|
"bits",
|
|
"cates",
|
|
"dainties",
|
|
"delectables",
|
|
"delicacies",
|
|
"goodies",
|
|
"kickshaws",
|
|
"tidbits",
|
|
"titbits",
|
|
"treats",
|
|
"viands",
|
|
"morsels"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cannonballs":{
|
|
"to proceed or move quickly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a dune buggy came recklessly cannonballing down the crowded beach"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"barrels",
|
|
"belts",
|
|
"blasts",
|
|
"blazes",
|
|
"blows",
|
|
"bolts",
|
|
"bombs",
|
|
"bowls",
|
|
"breezes",
|
|
"bundles",
|
|
"bustles",
|
|
"buzzes",
|
|
"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 synonyms":[
|
|
"beetles",
|
|
"darts",
|
|
"flits",
|
|
"scampers",
|
|
"scuds",
|
|
"scuffles",
|
|
"stampedes",
|
|
"streaks",
|
|
"whizzes",
|
|
"gallops",
|
|
"jogs",
|
|
"sprints",
|
|
"accelerates",
|
|
"quickens",
|
|
"steps out",
|
|
"catches up",
|
|
"fast-forwards",
|
|
"outpaces",
|
|
"outruns",
|
|
"outstrips",
|
|
"overtakes",
|
|
"arrows",
|
|
"beelines"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"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":[
|
|
"crawls",
|
|
"creeps",
|
|
"pokes"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in projectiles , shots":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"ammunitions",
|
|
"caps",
|
|
"cartridges",
|
|
"charges",
|
|
"dumdums",
|
|
"gunshots",
|
|
"leads",
|
|
"loads",
|
|
"missiles",
|
|
"pops",
|
|
"projectiles",
|
|
"rounds",
|
|
"shells",
|
|
"shots",
|
|
"slugs",
|
|
"balls",
|
|
"bullets",
|
|
"pellets"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"blanks"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cancelations":{
|
|
"the act of putting an end to something planned or previously agreed to":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"bad weather forced the cancellation of hundreds of flights"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abandonments",
|
|
"abortions",
|
|
"callings",
|
|
"droppings",
|
|
"recalls",
|
|
"recisions",
|
|
"repeals",
|
|
"rescissions",
|
|
"revocations"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"annulments",
|
|
"invalidations",
|
|
"neutralizations",
|
|
"nullifications",
|
|
"voidances",
|
|
"abolishments",
|
|
"abolitions",
|
|
"endings",
|
|
"terminations",
|
|
"relinquishments",
|
|
"surrenders",
|
|
"reversals",
|
|
"rollbacks"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"beginnings",
|
|
"commencements",
|
|
"initiations",
|
|
"engagements",
|
|
"undertakings"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"continuations"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the doing away with something by formal action":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a blanket cancellation of all military leave for the duration of the crisis"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abatements",
|
|
"abolishments",
|
|
"abolitions",
|
|
"abrogations",
|
|
"annulments",
|
|
"avoidances",
|
|
"defeasances",
|
|
"dissolutions",
|
|
"invalidations",
|
|
"negations",
|
|
"nullifications",
|
|
"repeals",
|
|
"rescindments"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abortions",
|
|
"recalls",
|
|
"countermands",
|
|
"overrides",
|
|
"overturns",
|
|
"vetoes",
|
|
"retractions",
|
|
"reversals",
|
|
"revocations",
|
|
"suspensions",
|
|
"withdrawals",
|
|
"forbiddances",
|
|
"prohibitions",
|
|
"disallowances",
|
|
"dismissals",
|
|
"rejections",
|
|
"eliminations",
|
|
"eradications",
|
|
"erasures",
|
|
"liquidations",
|
|
"removals"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"enactments",
|
|
"legislations",
|
|
"establishments",
|
|
"institutions",
|
|
"formalizations",
|
|
"legalizations",
|
|
"legitimations",
|
|
"legitimizations",
|
|
"validations",
|
|
"passings",
|
|
"ratifications",
|
|
"approvals",
|
|
"authorizations",
|
|
"clearances",
|
|
"endorsements",
|
|
"indorsements",
|
|
"permissions",
|
|
"commandments",
|
|
"orderings",
|
|
"prescriptions"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cancels":{
|
|
"to put an end to (something planned or previously agreed to)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"please call to cancel your appointment with the dentist if you can't make it"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abandons",
|
|
"aborts",
|
|
"calls",
|
|
"calls off",
|
|
"cries off",
|
|
"drops",
|
|
"recalls",
|
|
"repeals",
|
|
"rescinds",
|
|
"revokes",
|
|
"scraps",
|
|
"scrubs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abrogates",
|
|
"annuls",
|
|
"invalidates",
|
|
"nullifies",
|
|
"voids",
|
|
"writes off",
|
|
"recants",
|
|
"retracts",
|
|
"takes back",
|
|
"withdraws",
|
|
"countermands",
|
|
"reverses",
|
|
"rolls back",
|
|
"breaks off",
|
|
"discontinues",
|
|
"ends",
|
|
"halts",
|
|
"stops",
|
|
"terminates",
|
|
"holds back",
|
|
"interrupts",
|
|
"suspends",
|
|
"gives up",
|
|
"relinquishes",
|
|
"surrenders"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"engages",
|
|
"pledges",
|
|
"promises",
|
|
"begins",
|
|
"commences",
|
|
"initiates",
|
|
"starts",
|
|
"takes on",
|
|
"takes up",
|
|
"undertakes"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"continues",
|
|
"keeps"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to put an end to by formal action":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the agreement can be canceled by either side with a formal written notice"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abates",
|
|
"abolishes",
|
|
"abrogates",
|
|
"annuls",
|
|
"avoids",
|
|
"disannuls",
|
|
"dissolves",
|
|
"invalidates",
|
|
"negates",
|
|
"nullifies",
|
|
"nulls",
|
|
"quashes",
|
|
"repeals",
|
|
"rescinds",
|
|
"rolls back",
|
|
"strikes down",
|
|
"vacates",
|
|
"voids"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"countermands",
|
|
"overrides",
|
|
"overrules",
|
|
"overturns",
|
|
"vetoes",
|
|
"aborts",
|
|
"calls",
|
|
"calls off",
|
|
"drops",
|
|
"recalls",
|
|
"retracts",
|
|
"reverses",
|
|
"revokes",
|
|
"suspends",
|
|
"withdraws",
|
|
"bans",
|
|
"enjoins",
|
|
"forbids",
|
|
"outlaws",
|
|
"prohibits",
|
|
"disallows",
|
|
"dismisses",
|
|
"rejects",
|
|
"annihilates",
|
|
"breaks down",
|
|
"eliminates",
|
|
"eradicates",
|
|
"erases",
|
|
"liquidates",
|
|
"removes",
|
|
"throws out",
|
|
"writes off"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"enacts",
|
|
"lays down",
|
|
"legislates",
|
|
"establishes",
|
|
"founds",
|
|
"institutes",
|
|
"formalizes",
|
|
"legalizes",
|
|
"legitimates",
|
|
"legitimizes",
|
|
"validates",
|
|
"passes",
|
|
"ratifies",
|
|
"allows",
|
|
"approves",
|
|
"authorizes",
|
|
"clears",
|
|
"endorses",
|
|
"indorses",
|
|
"permits",
|
|
"sanctions",
|
|
"warrants",
|
|
"commands",
|
|
"decrees",
|
|
"mandates",
|
|
"orders",
|
|
"prescribes"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to show (something written) to be no longer valid by drawing a cross over or a line through it":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"canceled the check and wrote a new one"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blue-pencils",
|
|
"crosses (out)",
|
|
"deles",
|
|
"deletes",
|
|
"edits (out)",
|
|
"elides",
|
|
"kills",
|
|
"scratches (out)",
|
|
"strikes (out)",
|
|
"strokes (out)",
|
|
"x's (out)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blots out",
|
|
"effaces",
|
|
"eradicates",
|
|
"erases",
|
|
"expunges",
|
|
"obliterates",
|
|
"roots (out)",
|
|
"rubs out",
|
|
"wipes out",
|
|
"bleeps",
|
|
"blips",
|
|
"clips",
|
|
"cuts",
|
|
"excises",
|
|
"removes",
|
|
"bowdlerizes",
|
|
"censors",
|
|
"cleans (up)",
|
|
"expurgates",
|
|
"launders",
|
|
"redacts",
|
|
"red-pencils",
|
|
"abbreviates",
|
|
"crops",
|
|
"shortens",
|
|
"blacks out",
|
|
"represses",
|
|
"silences",
|
|
"suppresses"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to destroy all traces of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"it seemed as though all honor and decency had been canceled by the war's new moral order"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abolishes",
|
|
"annihilates",
|
|
"blacks out",
|
|
"blots out",
|
|
"cleans (up)",
|
|
"effaces",
|
|
"eradicates",
|
|
"erases",
|
|
"expunges",
|
|
"exterminates",
|
|
"extirpates",
|
|
"liquidates",
|
|
"obliterates",
|
|
"roots (out)",
|
|
"rubs out",
|
|
"snuffs (out)",
|
|
"stamps (out)",
|
|
"sweeps (away)",
|
|
"wipes out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"decimates",
|
|
"demolishes",
|
|
"destroys",
|
|
"devastates",
|
|
"ravages",
|
|
"dismantles",
|
|
"flattens",
|
|
"mows (down)",
|
|
"razes",
|
|
"tears down",
|
|
"ruins",
|
|
"totals",
|
|
"wastes",
|
|
"wrecks",
|
|
"blasts",
|
|
"blows up",
|
|
"dashes",
|
|
"dynamites",
|
|
"smashes",
|
|
"atomizes",
|
|
"consumes",
|
|
"devours",
|
|
"dissolves",
|
|
"fragments",
|
|
"powders",
|
|
"pulverizes",
|
|
"shatters",
|
|
"splinters",
|
|
"dooms",
|
|
"finishes",
|
|
"kills",
|
|
"kills off",
|
|
"terminates",
|
|
"zaps",
|
|
"cuts",
|
|
"discards",
|
|
"ditches",
|
|
"ejects",
|
|
"excises",
|
|
"expels",
|
|
"jettisons",
|
|
"ousts",
|
|
"throws out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"conserves",
|
|
"preserves",
|
|
"protects",
|
|
"saves",
|
|
"builds",
|
|
"constructs",
|
|
"creates",
|
|
"fabricates",
|
|
"fashions",
|
|
"forges",
|
|
"forms",
|
|
"frames",
|
|
"makes",
|
|
"manufactures",
|
|
"shapes",
|
|
"fixes",
|
|
"mends",
|
|
"patches",
|
|
"rebuilds",
|
|
"reconditions",
|
|
"reconstructs",
|
|
"renews",
|
|
"renovates",
|
|
"repairs",
|
|
"restores",
|
|
"revamps"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"canoodled":{
|
|
"as in cuddled , snuggled":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"billed",
|
|
"cuddled",
|
|
"necked",
|
|
"nestled",
|
|
"nosed",
|
|
"nuzzled",
|
|
"snuggled",
|
|
"spooned",
|
|
"caressed",
|
|
"fondled",
|
|
"gentled",
|
|
"loved",
|
|
"patted",
|
|
"petted",
|
|
"stroked",
|
|
"felt up",
|
|
"pawed",
|
|
"cradled",
|
|
"embraced",
|
|
"enfolded",
|
|
"hugged",
|
|
"bounced",
|
|
"dandled",
|
|
"kneaded",
|
|
"massaged",
|
|
"babied",
|
|
"coddled",
|
|
"indulged",
|
|
"mollycoddled",
|
|
"pampered",
|
|
"spoiled",
|
|
"spoilt"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cannibalized":{
|
|
"to remove parts from a machine, car, etc., to repair or build another one":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"He cannibalized one washing machine to fix another.",
|
|
"Many parts of the engine were cannibalized from older cars."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"recycled",
|
|
"reused",
|
|
"applied",
|
|
"employed",
|
|
"exercised",
|
|
"exploited",
|
|
"harnessed",
|
|
"operated",
|
|
"used",
|
|
"utilized",
|
|
"handled",
|
|
"manipulated",
|
|
"wielded",
|
|
"directed",
|
|
"ran",
|
|
"run",
|
|
"worked",
|
|
"wrought"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"chucked",
|
|
"dumped",
|
|
"junked",
|
|
"threw away",
|
|
"threw out",
|
|
"tossed",
|
|
"ignored",
|
|
"neglected",
|
|
"misapplied",
|
|
"misused"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cane":{
|
|
"a heavy rigid stick used as a weapon or for punishment":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"in those days corporal punishment was common, and the cane was regarded as another one of the schoolmaster's educational tools"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bastinado",
|
|
"bastinade",
|
|
"bat",
|
|
"baton",
|
|
"billy",
|
|
"billy club",
|
|
"bludgeon",
|
|
"club",
|
|
"cudgel",
|
|
"nightstick",
|
|
"rod",
|
|
"rung",
|
|
"sap",
|
|
"shillelagh",
|
|
"shillalah",
|
|
"staff",
|
|
"truncheon",
|
|
"waddy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blackjack",
|
|
"knobkerrie",
|
|
"mace",
|
|
"birch",
|
|
"crabstick",
|
|
"hickory",
|
|
"rattan",
|
|
"stave",
|
|
"switch",
|
|
"beetle",
|
|
"gavel",
|
|
"hammer",
|
|
"mallet",
|
|
"maul",
|
|
"sledgehammer",
|
|
"crook",
|
|
"crosier",
|
|
"crozier",
|
|
"walking stick",
|
|
"whangee"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in strap , leather":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blackjack",
|
|
"cowhide",
|
|
"flagellate",
|
|
"fustigate",
|
|
"horsewhip",
|
|
"leather",
|
|
"pistol-whip",
|
|
"rawhide",
|
|
"scourge",
|
|
"strap",
|
|
"assail",
|
|
"assault",
|
|
"attack",
|
|
"beset",
|
|
"box",
|
|
"bust",
|
|
"chop",
|
|
"clobber",
|
|
"clout",
|
|
"crack",
|
|
"cudgel",
|
|
"cuff",
|
|
"descend (on or upon)",
|
|
"hit",
|
|
"jump (on)",
|
|
"knock",
|
|
"lam",
|
|
"lay on",
|
|
"paste",
|
|
"pounce (on or upon)",
|
|
"punch",
|
|
"raid",
|
|
"rush",
|
|
"slam",
|
|
"slap",
|
|
"smack",
|
|
"smash",
|
|
"sock",
|
|
"spank",
|
|
"storm",
|
|
"swat",
|
|
"swipe",
|
|
"thwack",
|
|
"whack",
|
|
"wham",
|
|
"whomp",
|
|
"gore",
|
|
"lacerate",
|
|
"wound",
|
|
"bash",
|
|
"baste",
|
|
"bat",
|
|
"batter",
|
|
"beat",
|
|
"belabor",
|
|
"belt",
|
|
"birch",
|
|
"bludgeon",
|
|
"buffet",
|
|
"bung up",
|
|
"club",
|
|
"curry",
|
|
"do",
|
|
"drub",
|
|
"fib",
|
|
"flog",
|
|
"hammer",
|
|
"hide",
|
|
"lace",
|
|
"lambaste",
|
|
"lambast",
|
|
"lash",
|
|
"lather",
|
|
"lick",
|
|
"maul",
|
|
"mess (up)",
|
|
"paddle",
|
|
"pelt",
|
|
"pommel",
|
|
"pound",
|
|
"pummel",
|
|
"punch out",
|
|
"rough (up)",
|
|
"slate",
|
|
"slog",
|
|
"switch",
|
|
"tan",
|
|
"thrash",
|
|
"thresh",
|
|
"thump",
|
|
"tromp",
|
|
"wallop",
|
|
"whale",
|
|
"whip",
|
|
"whop",
|
|
"whap",
|
|
"whup",
|
|
"work over",
|
|
"maim",
|
|
"mangle",
|
|
"mutilate"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"canoodling":{
|
|
"as in cuddling , snuggling":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"billing",
|
|
"cuddling",
|
|
"necking",
|
|
"nestling",
|
|
"nosing",
|
|
"nuzzling",
|
|
"snuggling",
|
|
"spooning",
|
|
"caressing",
|
|
"fondling",
|
|
"gentling",
|
|
"loving",
|
|
"patting",
|
|
"petting",
|
|
"stroking",
|
|
"feeling up",
|
|
"pawing",
|
|
"cradling",
|
|
"embracing",
|
|
"enfolding",
|
|
"hugging",
|
|
"bouncing",
|
|
"dandling",
|
|
"kneading",
|
|
"massaging",
|
|
"babying",
|
|
"coddling",
|
|
"indulging",
|
|
"mollycoddling",
|
|
"pampering",
|
|
"spoiling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"canoed":{
|
|
"as in kayaked":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"kayaked",
|
|
"oared",
|
|
"paddled",
|
|
"rowed",
|
|
"sculled",
|
|
"poled",
|
|
"punted",
|
|
"feathered",
|
|
"pulled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"canyons":{
|
|
"a narrow opening between hillsides or mountains that can be used for passage":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"as the scouts made their way through the canyon , they marveled at the sheer walls of rock on both sides"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cols",
|
|
"couloirs",
|
|
"defiles",
|
|
"flumes",
|
|
"gaps",
|
|
"gills",
|
|
"gorges",
|
|
"gulches",
|
|
"gulfs",
|
|
"kloofs",
|
|
"linns",
|
|
"notches",
|
|
"passes",
|
|
"ravines",
|
|
"saddles"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abysses",
|
|
"chasms",
|
|
"cirques",
|
|
"clefts",
|
|
"crevasses",
|
|
"crevices",
|
|
"cwms",
|
|
"fissures",
|
|
"combes",
|
|
"coombes",
|
|
"coombs",
|
|
"dales",
|
|
"dells",
|
|
"glens",
|
|
"hollows",
|
|
"shut-ins",
|
|
"vales",
|
|
"valleys",
|
|
"basins",
|
|
"floodplains",
|
|
"kettles",
|
|
"arroyos",
|
|
"barrancas",
|
|
"barrancos",
|
|
"coulees",
|
|
"draws",
|
|
"gullies",
|
|
"gulleys",
|
|
"gutters",
|
|
"nullahs",
|
|
"trenches",
|
|
"troughs",
|
|
"wadis",
|
|
"washes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cantata":{
|
|
"as in hymn , anthem":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"anthem",
|
|
"canticle",
|
|
"carol",
|
|
"chorale",
|
|
"hymn",
|
|
"noel",
|
|
"psalm",
|
|
"spiritual",
|
|
"ballad",
|
|
"ditty",
|
|
"jingle",
|
|
"lay",
|
|
"lyric",
|
|
"song",
|
|
"vocal",
|
|
"dirge",
|
|
"lament",
|
|
"requiem",
|
|
"threnody",
|
|
"hallelujah",
|
|
"paean",
|
|
"aria",
|
|
"art song",
|
|
"barcarole",
|
|
"barcarolle",
|
|
"blues",
|
|
"chanson",
|
|
"chant",
|
|
"chantey",
|
|
"chanty",
|
|
"shanty",
|
|
"chorus",
|
|
"croon",
|
|
"descant",
|
|
"discant",
|
|
"folk song",
|
|
"glee",
|
|
"lullaby",
|
|
"madrigal",
|
|
"motet",
|
|
"part-song",
|
|
"pop",
|
|
"rocker",
|
|
"round",
|
|
"roundelay",
|
|
"serenade",
|
|
"standard",
|
|
"drinking song",
|
|
"fight song",
|
|
"torch song",
|
|
"cover",
|
|
"medley",
|
|
"remix"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"candidly":{
|
|
"as in openly , honestly":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"baldly",
|
|
"bluffly",
|
|
"frankly",
|
|
"honestly",
|
|
"openheartedly",
|
|
"openly",
|
|
"unguardedly",
|
|
"unreservedly",
|
|
"directly",
|
|
"forthrightly",
|
|
"foursquare",
|
|
"plain",
|
|
"plainly",
|
|
"straight",
|
|
"straightforward",
|
|
"straightforwards",
|
|
"straightforwardly",
|
|
"artlessly",
|
|
"earnestly",
|
|
"simply",
|
|
"sincerely",
|
|
"abruptly",
|
|
"bluntly",
|
|
"brusquely",
|
|
"curtly",
|
|
"gruffly",
|
|
"point-blank",
|
|
"sharply",
|
|
"impolitely",
|
|
"inconsiderately",
|
|
"rudely",
|
|
"tactlessly",
|
|
"truthfully",
|
|
"veraciously"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"long-windedly",
|
|
"verbosely",
|
|
"wordily",
|
|
"civilly",
|
|
"courteously",
|
|
"diplomatically",
|
|
"politely",
|
|
"tactfully",
|
|
"deceitfully",
|
|
"mendaciously",
|
|
"untruthfully",
|
|
"erroneously",
|
|
"fallaciously",
|
|
"falsely",
|
|
"hypocritically",
|
|
"insincerely",
|
|
"ambiguously",
|
|
"circuitously",
|
|
"equivocally",
|
|
"evasively",
|
|
"indirectly"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"canvassing":{
|
|
"to go around and approach (people) with a request for opinions or information":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we canvassed people all over town, asking if they would be interested in participating in a recycling program"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"interviewing",
|
|
"polling",
|
|
"soliciting",
|
|
"surveying"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"circularizing",
|
|
"interrogating",
|
|
"questioning",
|
|
"feeling (out)",
|
|
"sounding (out)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"reporting"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to talk about (an issue) usually from various points of view and for the purpose of arriving at a decision or opinion":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"canvassed all the items on the agenda"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"agitating",
|
|
"arguing",
|
|
"bandying",
|
|
"batting (around or back and forth)",
|
|
"debating",
|
|
"discussing",
|
|
"disputing",
|
|
"hashing (over or out)",
|
|
"mooting",
|
|
"talking over"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"reviewing",
|
|
"speaking (about)",
|
|
"talking (about)",
|
|
"broaching",
|
|
"introducing",
|
|
"propounding",
|
|
"raising",
|
|
"stirring up",
|
|
"forging",
|
|
"hammering out",
|
|
"talking out",
|
|
"thrashing (out)",
|
|
"wrestling (with)",
|
|
"chewing over",
|
|
"considering",
|
|
"deliberating",
|
|
"weighing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cannons":{
|
|
"as in barrages , cannonades":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"barrages",
|
|
"cannonades",
|
|
"blitzes",
|
|
"bombards",
|
|
"bombs",
|
|
"nukes",
|
|
"bangs away (at)",
|
|
"batters",
|
|
"buffets",
|
|
"plasters",
|
|
"ambuscades",
|
|
"ambushes",
|
|
"surprises",
|
|
"surprizes",
|
|
"waylays",
|
|
"beleaguers",
|
|
"besieges",
|
|
"presses",
|
|
"mugs",
|
|
"robs",
|
|
"harries",
|
|
"loots",
|
|
"pillages",
|
|
"plunders",
|
|
"ravages",
|
|
"sacks",
|
|
"bum-rushes",
|
|
"gangs up (on)",
|
|
"mobs",
|
|
"swarms",
|
|
"forays",
|
|
"invades",
|
|
"overruns",
|
|
"assails",
|
|
"assaults",
|
|
"attacks",
|
|
"besets",
|
|
"bushwhacks",
|
|
"charges",
|
|
"descends (on or upon)",
|
|
"goes in (on)",
|
|
"jumps (on)",
|
|
"pounces (on or upon)",
|
|
"raids",
|
|
"rushes",
|
|
"sets on",
|
|
"sics",
|
|
"sicks",
|
|
"storms",
|
|
"strikes",
|
|
"trashes",
|
|
"turns (on)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"covers",
|
|
"defends",
|
|
"guards",
|
|
"protects",
|
|
"secures",
|
|
"shields"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cancelled":{
|
|
"to put an end to (something planned or previously agreed to)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"please call to cancel your appointment with the dentist if you can't make it"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abandoned",
|
|
"aborted",
|
|
"called",
|
|
"called off",
|
|
"cried off",
|
|
"dropped",
|
|
"recalled",
|
|
"repealed",
|
|
"rescinded",
|
|
"revoked",
|
|
"scrapped",
|
|
"scrubbed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abrogated",
|
|
"annulled",
|
|
"invalidated",
|
|
"nullified",
|
|
"voided",
|
|
"wrote off",
|
|
"recanted",
|
|
"retracted",
|
|
"took back",
|
|
"withdrew",
|
|
"countermanded",
|
|
"reversed",
|
|
"rolled back",
|
|
"broke off",
|
|
"discontinued",
|
|
"ended",
|
|
"halted",
|
|
"stopped",
|
|
"terminated",
|
|
"held back",
|
|
"interrupted",
|
|
"suspended",
|
|
"gave up",
|
|
"relinquished",
|
|
"surrendered"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"engaged",
|
|
"pledged",
|
|
"promised",
|
|
"began",
|
|
"commenced",
|
|
"initiated",
|
|
"started",
|
|
"took on",
|
|
"took up",
|
|
"undertook"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"continued",
|
|
"kept"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to put an end to by formal action":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the agreement can be canceled by either side with a formal written notice"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abated",
|
|
"abolished",
|
|
"abrogated",
|
|
"annulled",
|
|
"avoided",
|
|
"disannulled",
|
|
"dissolved",
|
|
"invalidated",
|
|
"negated",
|
|
"nulled",
|
|
"nullified",
|
|
"quashed",
|
|
"repealed",
|
|
"rescinded",
|
|
"rolled back",
|
|
"struck down",
|
|
"vacated",
|
|
"voided"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"countermanded",
|
|
"overrode",
|
|
"overruled",
|
|
"overturned",
|
|
"vetoed",
|
|
"aborted",
|
|
"called",
|
|
"called off",
|
|
"dropped",
|
|
"recalled",
|
|
"retracted",
|
|
"reversed",
|
|
"revoked",
|
|
"suspended",
|
|
"withdrew",
|
|
"banned",
|
|
"enjoined",
|
|
"forbade",
|
|
"forbad",
|
|
"outlawed",
|
|
"prohibited",
|
|
"disallowed",
|
|
"dismissed",
|
|
"rejected",
|
|
"annihilated",
|
|
"broke down",
|
|
"eliminated",
|
|
"eradicated",
|
|
"erased",
|
|
"liquidated",
|
|
"removed",
|
|
"threw out",
|
|
"wrote off"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"enacted",
|
|
"laid down",
|
|
"legislated",
|
|
"established",
|
|
"founded",
|
|
"instituted",
|
|
"formalized",
|
|
"legalized",
|
|
"legitimated",
|
|
"legitimized",
|
|
"validated",
|
|
"passed",
|
|
"ratified",
|
|
"allowed",
|
|
"approved",
|
|
"authorized",
|
|
"cleared",
|
|
"endorsed",
|
|
"indorsed",
|
|
"permitted",
|
|
"sanctioned",
|
|
"warranted",
|
|
"commanded",
|
|
"decreed",
|
|
"mandated",
|
|
"ordered",
|
|
"prescribed"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to show (something written) to be no longer valid by drawing a cross over or a line through it":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"canceled the check and wrote a new one"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blue-penciled",
|
|
"crossed (out)",
|
|
"deled",
|
|
"deleted",
|
|
"edited (out)",
|
|
"elided",
|
|
"killed",
|
|
"scratched (out)",
|
|
"stroked (out)",
|
|
"struck (out)",
|
|
"x-ed (out)",
|
|
"x'd (out)",
|
|
"xed (out)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blotted out",
|
|
"effaced",
|
|
"eradicated",
|
|
"erased",
|
|
"expunged",
|
|
"obliterated",
|
|
"rooted (out)",
|
|
"rubbed out",
|
|
"wiped out",
|
|
"bleeped",
|
|
"blipped",
|
|
"clipped",
|
|
"cut",
|
|
"excised",
|
|
"removed",
|
|
"bowdlerized",
|
|
"censored",
|
|
"cleaned (up)",
|
|
"expurgated",
|
|
"laundered",
|
|
"redacted",
|
|
"red-penciled",
|
|
"abbreviated",
|
|
"cropped",
|
|
"shortened",
|
|
"blacked out",
|
|
"repressed",
|
|
"silenced",
|
|
"suppressed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to destroy all traces of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"it seemed as though all honor and decency had been canceled by the war's new moral order"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abolished",
|
|
"annihilated",
|
|
"blacked out",
|
|
"blotted out",
|
|
"cleaned (up)",
|
|
"effaced",
|
|
"eradicated",
|
|
"erased",
|
|
"expunged",
|
|
"exterminated",
|
|
"extirpated",
|
|
"liquidated",
|
|
"obliterated",
|
|
"rooted (out)",
|
|
"rubbed out",
|
|
"snuffed (out)",
|
|
"stamped (out)",
|
|
"swept (away)",
|
|
"wiped out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"decimated",
|
|
"demolished",
|
|
"destroyed",
|
|
"devastated",
|
|
"ravaged",
|
|
"dismantled",
|
|
"flattened",
|
|
"mowed (down)",
|
|
"razed",
|
|
"tore down",
|
|
"ruined",
|
|
"totaled",
|
|
"totalled",
|
|
"wasted",
|
|
"wrecked",
|
|
"blasted",
|
|
"blew up",
|
|
"dashed",
|
|
"dynamited",
|
|
"smashed",
|
|
"atomized",
|
|
"consumed",
|
|
"devoured",
|
|
"dissolved",
|
|
"fragmented",
|
|
"powdered",
|
|
"pulverized",
|
|
"shattered",
|
|
"splintered",
|
|
"doomed",
|
|
"finished",
|
|
"killed",
|
|
"killed off",
|
|
"terminated",
|
|
"zapped",
|
|
"cut",
|
|
"discarded",
|
|
"ditched",
|
|
"ejected",
|
|
"excised",
|
|
"expelled",
|
|
"jettisoned",
|
|
"ousted",
|
|
"threw out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"conserved",
|
|
"preserved",
|
|
"protected",
|
|
"saved",
|
|
"built",
|
|
"constructed",
|
|
"created",
|
|
"fabricated",
|
|
"fashioned",
|
|
"forged",
|
|
"formed",
|
|
"framed",
|
|
"made",
|
|
"manufactured",
|
|
"shaped",
|
|
"fixed",
|
|
"mended",
|
|
"patched",
|
|
"rebuilt",
|
|
"reconditioned",
|
|
"reconstructed",
|
|
"renewed",
|
|
"renovated",
|
|
"repaired",
|
|
"restored",
|
|
"revamped"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"canting":{
|
|
"as in self-righteous , pious":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"goody-goody",
|
|
"holier-than-thou",
|
|
"moralistic",
|
|
"pharisaical",
|
|
"pious",
|
|
"rectitudinous",
|
|
"sanctimonious",
|
|
"self-righteous",
|
|
"simon-pure",
|
|
"artificial",
|
|
"backhanded",
|
|
"counterfeit",
|
|
"double",
|
|
"double-dealing",
|
|
"double-faced",
|
|
"fake",
|
|
"feigned",
|
|
"hypocritical",
|
|
"insincere",
|
|
"Janus-faced",
|
|
"jive",
|
|
"left-handed",
|
|
"lip",
|
|
"mealy",
|
|
"mealymouthed",
|
|
"Pecksniffian",
|
|
"phony",
|
|
"phoney",
|
|
"phony-baloney",
|
|
"phoney-baloney",
|
|
"pretended",
|
|
"two-faced",
|
|
"unctuous",
|
|
"affected",
|
|
"assumed",
|
|
"claptrap",
|
|
"contrived",
|
|
"forced",
|
|
"mechanical",
|
|
"put-on",
|
|
"simulated",
|
|
"strained",
|
|
"unnatural",
|
|
"empty",
|
|
"hollow",
|
|
"meaningless",
|
|
"deceitful",
|
|
"devious",
|
|
"dishonest",
|
|
"false",
|
|
"untruthful",
|
|
"facile",
|
|
"glib",
|
|
"superficial",
|
|
"bogus",
|
|
"sham",
|
|
"campy",
|
|
"facetious",
|
|
"jocular",
|
|
"tongue-in-cheek"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"artless",
|
|
"candid",
|
|
"genuine",
|
|
"heartfelt",
|
|
"honest",
|
|
"sincere",
|
|
"undesigning",
|
|
"unfeigned",
|
|
"direct",
|
|
"forthright",
|
|
"frank",
|
|
"heart-to-heart",
|
|
"open",
|
|
"plain",
|
|
"straightforward"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to set or cause to be at an angle":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"carefully canted the ladder against the wall"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"angling",
|
|
"cocking",
|
|
"heeling",
|
|
"inclining",
|
|
"leaning",
|
|
"listing",
|
|
"pitching",
|
|
"slanting",
|
|
"sloping",
|
|
"tilting",
|
|
"tipping"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"banking",
|
|
"bending",
|
|
"deviating",
|
|
"swerving",
|
|
"veering",
|
|
"declining",
|
|
"descending",
|
|
"reclining",
|
|
"retreating"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"evening",
|
|
"flattening",
|
|
"leveling",
|
|
"levelling",
|
|
"straightening"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"canoe":{
|
|
"a long narrow boat that is pointed at both ends and that is moved by a paddle with one blade":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"They took their canoe out on the river."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bateau",
|
|
"ca\u00efque",
|
|
"catamaran",
|
|
"coracle",
|
|
"curragh",
|
|
"currach",
|
|
"dhow",
|
|
"dinghy",
|
|
"dink",
|
|
"dory",
|
|
"dugout",
|
|
"flatboat",
|
|
"garvey",
|
|
"gig",
|
|
"johnboat",
|
|
"kayak",
|
|
"outrigger",
|
|
"paddleboat",
|
|
"pinnace",
|
|
"piragua",
|
|
"pirogue",
|
|
"pontoon",
|
|
"pram",
|
|
"punt",
|
|
"raft",
|
|
"rowboat",
|
|
"rowing boat",
|
|
"sampan",
|
|
"scow",
|
|
"scull",
|
|
"shallop",
|
|
"shell",
|
|
"skiff",
|
|
"surfboat",
|
|
"umiak",
|
|
"wherry",
|
|
"bottom",
|
|
"craft",
|
|
"vessel",
|
|
"watercraft",
|
|
"catboat",
|
|
"ketch",
|
|
"sailboat",
|
|
"schooner",
|
|
"yacht",
|
|
"cruiser",
|
|
"inboard",
|
|
"motorboat",
|
|
"outboard",
|
|
"powerboat",
|
|
"houseboat",
|
|
"riverboat",
|
|
"auxiliary",
|
|
"bumboat",
|
|
"cutter",
|
|
"jolly boat",
|
|
"launch",
|
|
"lifeboat",
|
|
"longboat",
|
|
"tender",
|
|
"yawl",
|
|
"barge",
|
|
"hoy",
|
|
"keel",
|
|
"keelboat",
|
|
"lighter",
|
|
"narrow boat",
|
|
"towboat",
|
|
"tug",
|
|
"tugboat",
|
|
"ferry",
|
|
"ferryboat",
|
|
"gondola",
|
|
"taxi",
|
|
"water taxi",
|
|
"banker",
|
|
"coble",
|
|
"dragger",
|
|
"gillnetter",
|
|
"hooker",
|
|
"lugger",
|
|
"scalloper",
|
|
"seiner",
|
|
"shrimper",
|
|
"trawler",
|
|
"whaleboat",
|
|
"whaler",
|
|
"workboat",
|
|
"cockleshell",
|
|
"tub",
|
|
"airboat",
|
|
"air-cushion vehicle",
|
|
"hovercraft",
|
|
"hydrofoil",
|
|
"hydroplane",
|
|
"assault boat",
|
|
"PT boat",
|
|
"torpedo boat"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in kayak":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"kayak",
|
|
"oar",
|
|
"paddle",
|
|
"row",
|
|
"scull",
|
|
"pole",
|
|
"punt",
|
|
"feather",
|
|
"pull"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cancelers":{
|
|
"a force or influence that makes an opposing force ineffective or less effective":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"bright decorative accents proved to be a canceler of the apartment's monotone color scheme"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"balances",
|
|
"correctives",
|
|
"counteractions",
|
|
"counterbalances",
|
|
"counterforces",
|
|
"counter-forces",
|
|
"counterpoises",
|
|
"counters",
|
|
"counterweights",
|
|
"equipoises",
|
|
"neutralizers",
|
|
"offsets"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"trade-offs",
|
|
"ballasts",
|
|
"weights"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"canopied":{
|
|
"as in covered , sheltered":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"covered",
|
|
"sheltered",
|
|
"shaded",
|
|
"shadowed",
|
|
"shadowy",
|
|
"shady",
|
|
"umbrageous",
|
|
"cloudy",
|
|
"dark",
|
|
"darkened",
|
|
"darkish",
|
|
"darkling",
|
|
"darksome",
|
|
"dim",
|
|
"dimmed",
|
|
"dusky",
|
|
"gloomy",
|
|
"inky",
|
|
"moonless",
|
|
"murky",
|
|
"obscure",
|
|
"obscured",
|
|
"penumbral",
|
|
"pitch-black",
|
|
"pitch-dark",
|
|
"somber",
|
|
"sombre",
|
|
"sunless"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"exposed",
|
|
"shadeless",
|
|
"sunny",
|
|
"bedazzling",
|
|
"bright",
|
|
"brightened",
|
|
"brilliant",
|
|
"dazzling",
|
|
"effulgent",
|
|
"illuminated",
|
|
"illumined",
|
|
"incandescent",
|
|
"light",
|
|
"lit",
|
|
"lighted",
|
|
"lucent",
|
|
"lucid",
|
|
"luminary",
|
|
"luminous",
|
|
"beaming",
|
|
"lambent",
|
|
"radiant",
|
|
"shining",
|
|
"lustrous"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in covered , protected":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"covered",
|
|
"protected",
|
|
"screened",
|
|
"clouded",
|
|
"darkened",
|
|
"dimmed",
|
|
"dulled",
|
|
"overcast",
|
|
"overshadowed",
|
|
"shaded",
|
|
"shadowed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"illuminated",
|
|
"lightened",
|
|
"lit",
|
|
"lighted",
|
|
"exposed"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"canalizes":{
|
|
"to cause to move to a central point or along a restricted pathway":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the director of the charity should be canalizing the flow of donations so that the money ends up where it is most needed"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"channelizes",
|
|
"channels",
|
|
"conducts",
|
|
"directs",
|
|
"funnels",
|
|
"pipes",
|
|
"siphons",
|
|
"syphons"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"carries",
|
|
"conveys",
|
|
"transmits",
|
|
"concentrates",
|
|
"consolidates",
|
|
"focuses",
|
|
"focusses"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"canceled (out)":{
|
|
"to balance with an equal force so as to make ineffective":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"unfortunately, this one indiscretion will cancel out a long record of accomplishment"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"annulled",
|
|
"compensated (for)",
|
|
"corrected",
|
|
"counteracted",
|
|
"counterbalanced",
|
|
"counterpoised",
|
|
"made up (for)",
|
|
"negatived",
|
|
"neutralized",
|
|
"offset"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"invalidated",
|
|
"negated",
|
|
"neutered",
|
|
"nullified",
|
|
"atoned (for)",
|
|
"outbalanced",
|
|
"outweighed",
|
|
"redeemed",
|
|
"redressed",
|
|
"relieved",
|
|
"remedied",
|
|
"overrode",
|
|
"overruled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"can't-miss":{
|
|
"not likely to fail":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"my uncle's willingness to see every get-rich-quick scheme as a can't-miss opportunity"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"certain",
|
|
"fail-safe",
|
|
"infallible",
|
|
"sure",
|
|
"surefire",
|
|
"unfailing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dependable",
|
|
"reliable",
|
|
"deadly",
|
|
"unerring"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"doubtful",
|
|
"questionable",
|
|
"uncertain"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"fallible"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cancelation":{
|
|
"the act of putting an end to something planned or previously agreed to":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"bad weather forced the cancellation of hundreds of flights"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abandonment",
|
|
"abortion",
|
|
"calling",
|
|
"calling off",
|
|
"dropping",
|
|
"recall",
|
|
"recision",
|
|
"repeal",
|
|
"rescission",
|
|
"revocation"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"annulment",
|
|
"invalidation",
|
|
"neutralization",
|
|
"nullification",
|
|
"voidance",
|
|
"abolishment",
|
|
"abolition",
|
|
"ending",
|
|
"halting",
|
|
"stopping",
|
|
"termination",
|
|
"giving up",
|
|
"relinquishment",
|
|
"surrender",
|
|
"reversal",
|
|
"rollback"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"beginning",
|
|
"commencement",
|
|
"initiation",
|
|
"engagement",
|
|
"undertaking"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"continuation"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the doing away with something by formal action":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a blanket cancellation of all military leave for the duration of the crisis"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abatement",
|
|
"abolishment",
|
|
"abolition",
|
|
"abrogation",
|
|
"annulment",
|
|
"avoidance",
|
|
"defeasance",
|
|
"dissolution",
|
|
"invalidation",
|
|
"negation",
|
|
"nullification",
|
|
"quashing",
|
|
"repeal",
|
|
"rescindment",
|
|
"voiding"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abortion",
|
|
"calling off",
|
|
"recall",
|
|
"countermand",
|
|
"override",
|
|
"overruling",
|
|
"overturn",
|
|
"veto",
|
|
"retraction",
|
|
"reversal",
|
|
"revocation",
|
|
"suspension",
|
|
"withdrawal",
|
|
"banning",
|
|
"enjoining",
|
|
"forbiddance",
|
|
"outlawing",
|
|
"prohibition",
|
|
"disallowance",
|
|
"dismissal",
|
|
"rejection",
|
|
"elimination",
|
|
"eradication",
|
|
"erasure",
|
|
"liquidation",
|
|
"removal"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"enactment",
|
|
"legislation",
|
|
"establishment",
|
|
"founding",
|
|
"institution",
|
|
"formalization",
|
|
"legalization",
|
|
"legitimation",
|
|
"legitimization",
|
|
"validation",
|
|
"passing",
|
|
"ratification",
|
|
"approval",
|
|
"authorization",
|
|
"clearance",
|
|
"endorsement",
|
|
"indorsement",
|
|
"permission",
|
|
"sanctioning",
|
|
"commandment",
|
|
"decreeing",
|
|
"mandating",
|
|
"ordering",
|
|
"prescription"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cants":{
|
|
"the degree to which something rises up from a position level with the horizon":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a steep cant of the riverbank at that turn in the river"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"diagonals",
|
|
"grades",
|
|
"gradients",
|
|
"inclinations",
|
|
"inclines",
|
|
"leans",
|
|
"pitches",
|
|
"rakes",
|
|
"slants",
|
|
"slopes",
|
|
"upgrades"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"ascents",
|
|
"banks",
|
|
"climbs",
|
|
"rises"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"declensions",
|
|
"declinations",
|
|
"declines",
|
|
"declivities",
|
|
"descents",
|
|
"dips",
|
|
"downgrades",
|
|
"falls",
|
|
"hangings",
|
|
"hangs"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the special terms or expressions of a particular group or field":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the colorful cant used by movie producers and publicity agents in Hollywood"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"argots",
|
|
"dialects",
|
|
"jargons",
|
|
"jives",
|
|
"languages",
|
|
"lingos",
|
|
"lingoes",
|
|
"patois",
|
|
"patter",
|
|
"shops",
|
|
"shoptalk",
|
|
"slangs",
|
|
"terminologies",
|
|
"vocabularies"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"colloquialisms",
|
|
"colloquials",
|
|
"idioms",
|
|
"localisms",
|
|
"parlances",
|
|
"pidgins",
|
|
"provincialisms",
|
|
"regionalisms",
|
|
"speeches",
|
|
"vernacularisms",
|
|
"vernaculars",
|
|
"slanguages",
|
|
"bureaucrateses",
|
|
"computereses",
|
|
"cyberspeaks",
|
|
"educationeses",
|
|
"governmenteses",
|
|
"journaleses",
|
|
"technobabbles"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to set or cause to be at an angle":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"carefully canted the ladder against the wall"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"angles",
|
|
"cocks",
|
|
"heels",
|
|
"inclines",
|
|
"leans",
|
|
"lists",
|
|
"pitches",
|
|
"slants",
|
|
"slopes",
|
|
"tilts",
|
|
"tips"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"banks",
|
|
"bends",
|
|
"deviates",
|
|
"swerves",
|
|
"veers",
|
|
"declines",
|
|
"descends",
|
|
"reclines",
|
|
"retreats"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"evens",
|
|
"flattens",
|
|
"levels",
|
|
"straightens"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"candle":{
|
|
"as in lighting , lantern":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"arc lamp",
|
|
"arc light",
|
|
"candelabra",
|
|
"candelabrum",
|
|
"chandelier",
|
|
"dark lantern",
|
|
"flare",
|
|
"flash",
|
|
"flashbulb",
|
|
"flashcube",
|
|
"flashlight",
|
|
"floodlight",
|
|
"fluorescent lamp",
|
|
"gaslight",
|
|
"gasolier",
|
|
"girandole",
|
|
"headlight",
|
|
"incandescent lamp",
|
|
"klieg light",
|
|
"kleig light",
|
|
"lantern",
|
|
"light bulb",
|
|
"lighthouse",
|
|
"lighting",
|
|
"sconce",
|
|
"spotlight",
|
|
"streetlight",
|
|
"sun lamp",
|
|
"beacon",
|
|
"illuminant",
|
|
"lamp"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"canceller":{
|
|
"a force or influence that makes an opposing force ineffective or less effective":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"bright decorative accents proved to be a canceler of the apartment's monotone color scheme"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"balance",
|
|
"corrective",
|
|
"counter",
|
|
"counteraction",
|
|
"counterbalance",
|
|
"counterforce",
|
|
"counterpoise",
|
|
"counterweight",
|
|
"equipoise",
|
|
"neutralizer",
|
|
"offset"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"trade-off",
|
|
"ballast",
|
|
"weight"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"candelabra":{
|
|
"an object with several branches for holding sources of light":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"An elegant candelabra was placed on the dining table."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"arc lamp",
|
|
"arc light",
|
|
"candelabrum",
|
|
"candle",
|
|
"chandelier",
|
|
"dark lantern",
|
|
"electric",
|
|
"flare",
|
|
"flash",
|
|
"flashbulb",
|
|
"flashcube",
|
|
"flashlight",
|
|
"floodlight",
|
|
"fluorescent lamp",
|
|
"gaslight",
|
|
"gasolier",
|
|
"girandole",
|
|
"headlight",
|
|
"incandescent lamp",
|
|
"klieg light",
|
|
"kleig light",
|
|
"lantern",
|
|
"light bulb",
|
|
"lighthouse",
|
|
"lighting",
|
|
"sconce",
|
|
"spotlight",
|
|
"streetlight",
|
|
"sun lamp",
|
|
"beacon",
|
|
"illuminant",
|
|
"lamp"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"canister":{
|
|
"a metal container in the shape of a cylinder":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she put the store-bought cookies in a fancy canister to make them look homemade"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"barrel",
|
|
"can",
|
|
"drum",
|
|
"tin"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bucket",
|
|
"pail",
|
|
"cannikin",
|
|
"tin can"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cannibalize":{
|
|
"to remove parts from a machine, car, etc., to repair or build another one":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"He cannibalized one washing machine to fix another.",
|
|
"Many parts of the engine were cannibalized from older cars."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"recycle",
|
|
"reuse",
|
|
"apply",
|
|
"employ",
|
|
"exercise",
|
|
"exploit",
|
|
"harness",
|
|
"operate",
|
|
"use",
|
|
"utilize",
|
|
"handle",
|
|
"manipulate",
|
|
"wield",
|
|
"direct",
|
|
"run",
|
|
"work"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"chuck",
|
|
"dump",
|
|
"junk",
|
|
"throw away",
|
|
"throw out",
|
|
"toss",
|
|
"ignore",
|
|
"neglect",
|
|
"misapply",
|
|
"misuse"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cantering":{
|
|
"as in loping , skipping":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bounding",
|
|
"leaping",
|
|
"loping",
|
|
"shagging",
|
|
"skipping",
|
|
"springing",
|
|
"dashing",
|
|
"galloping",
|
|
"jogging",
|
|
"running",
|
|
"scampering",
|
|
"sprinting",
|
|
"tripping",
|
|
"trotting",
|
|
"barreling",
|
|
"barrelling",
|
|
"belting",
|
|
"blasting",
|
|
"blazing",
|
|
"blowing",
|
|
"bolting",
|
|
"bombing",
|
|
"bowling",
|
|
"breezing",
|
|
"bustling",
|
|
"buzzing",
|
|
"cannonballing",
|
|
"careening",
|
|
"coursing",
|
|
"footing (it)",
|
|
"haring",
|
|
"hastening",
|
|
"hoofing (it)",
|
|
"hotfooting (it)",
|
|
"humping",
|
|
"hurling",
|
|
"hurrying",
|
|
"hurtling",
|
|
"hustling",
|
|
"hying",
|
|
"hieing",
|
|
"jetting",
|
|
"legging (it)",
|
|
"pelting",
|
|
"racing",
|
|
"ramming",
|
|
"ripping",
|
|
"rocketing",
|
|
"rushing",
|
|
"rustling",
|
|
"shooting",
|
|
"speeding",
|
|
"tearing",
|
|
"whirling",
|
|
"whisking",
|
|
"zipping",
|
|
"zooming",
|
|
"nipping",
|
|
"pattering",
|
|
"scooting",
|
|
"scurrying",
|
|
"scuttling",
|
|
"stepping (along)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"ambling",
|
|
"sauntering",
|
|
"shambling",
|
|
"shuffling",
|
|
"strolling",
|
|
"crawling",
|
|
"creeping",
|
|
"dallying",
|
|
"dawdling",
|
|
"dillydallying",
|
|
"dragging",
|
|
"lagging",
|
|
"lingering",
|
|
"loitering",
|
|
"poking",
|
|
"tarrying",
|
|
"lumbering",
|
|
"plodding",
|
|
"trudging",
|
|
"hobbling",
|
|
"limping"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"canteen":{
|
|
"as in camp , club":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"camp",
|
|
"club",
|
|
"clubhouse",
|
|
"country club",
|
|
"key club",
|
|
"service club",
|
|
"union",
|
|
"hangout",
|
|
"haunt",
|
|
"purlieu",
|
|
"rendezvous",
|
|
"resort",
|
|
"stamping ground",
|
|
"stomping ground",
|
|
"harbor",
|
|
"harborage",
|
|
"haven",
|
|
"nest",
|
|
"refuge",
|
|
"retreat",
|
|
"sanctuary"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in pitcher , jug":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"flagon",
|
|
"jar",
|
|
"jug",
|
|
"pitcher",
|
|
"cauldron",
|
|
"kettle",
|
|
"pot",
|
|
"bail",
|
|
"hod",
|
|
"bucket",
|
|
"pail",
|
|
"tank",
|
|
"tub",
|
|
"vat",
|
|
"holder",
|
|
"receptacle",
|
|
"vessel"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in locker , compartment":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bin",
|
|
"box",
|
|
"caddy",
|
|
"case",
|
|
"casket",
|
|
"chest",
|
|
"locker",
|
|
"trunk",
|
|
"coffer",
|
|
"lockbox",
|
|
"safe",
|
|
"safe-deposit box",
|
|
"strongbox",
|
|
"bandbox",
|
|
"hatbox",
|
|
"jewel box",
|
|
"snuffbox",
|
|
"tinderbox",
|
|
"compartment",
|
|
"vault",
|
|
"carton",
|
|
"crate",
|
|
"footlocker",
|
|
"sea chest",
|
|
"caisson",
|
|
"hope chest",
|
|
"coffin",
|
|
"minaudi\u00e8re"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"canty":{
|
|
"having or showing a good mood or disposition":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a bloke with a perpetually canty attitude"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blithe",
|
|
"blithesome",
|
|
"bright",
|
|
"buoyant",
|
|
"cheerful",
|
|
"cheery",
|
|
"chipper",
|
|
"eupeptic",
|
|
"gay",
|
|
"gladsome",
|
|
"lightsome",
|
|
"sunny",
|
|
"upbeat",
|
|
"winsome"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"hopeful",
|
|
"optimistic",
|
|
"rosy",
|
|
"sanguine",
|
|
"animated",
|
|
"chirpy",
|
|
"jaunty",
|
|
"lilting",
|
|
"lively",
|
|
"perky",
|
|
"sprightful",
|
|
"sprightly",
|
|
"vivacious",
|
|
"carefree",
|
|
"careless",
|
|
"cavalier",
|
|
"devil-may-care",
|
|
"easygoing",
|
|
"happy-go-lucky",
|
|
"insouciant",
|
|
"lighthearted",
|
|
"unconcerned",
|
|
"boon",
|
|
"gleeful",
|
|
"jocund",
|
|
"jolly",
|
|
"jovial",
|
|
"merry",
|
|
"mirthful",
|
|
"blissful",
|
|
"delighted",
|
|
"glad",
|
|
"gratified",
|
|
"happy",
|
|
"joyful",
|
|
"joyous",
|
|
"pleased",
|
|
"satisfied",
|
|
"tickled",
|
|
"beaming",
|
|
"grinning",
|
|
"laughing",
|
|
"smiling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"joyless",
|
|
"sad",
|
|
"unhappy",
|
|
"unsatisfied",
|
|
"dull",
|
|
"lethargic",
|
|
"listless",
|
|
"sluggish",
|
|
"torpid",
|
|
"blue",
|
|
"brokenhearted",
|
|
"crestfallen",
|
|
"dejected",
|
|
"depressed",
|
|
"despondent",
|
|
"disconsolate",
|
|
"disheartened",
|
|
"down",
|
|
"downcast",
|
|
"downhearted",
|
|
"droopy",
|
|
"forlorn",
|
|
"hangdog",
|
|
"heavyhearted",
|
|
"inconsolable",
|
|
"low",
|
|
"low-spirited",
|
|
"melancholy",
|
|
"mirthless",
|
|
"sorrowful"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"dour",
|
|
"gloomy",
|
|
"glum",
|
|
"morose",
|
|
"saturnine",
|
|
"sulky",
|
|
"sullen"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"canebrakes":{
|
|
"as in forests , boscages":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"boscages",
|
|
"boskages",
|
|
"bosks",
|
|
"bosques",
|
|
"bosquets",
|
|
"brakes",
|
|
"brushwoods",
|
|
"chaparrals",
|
|
"coppices",
|
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"copses",
|
|
"coverts",
|
|
"thickets",
|
|
"forests",
|
|
"greenwoods",
|
|
"wildwoods",
|
|
"woodlands",
|
|
"woods",
|
|
"brushes",
|
|
"bushes",
|
|
"scrublands",
|
|
"scrubs",
|
|
"groves",
|
|
"hedges",
|
|
"stands",
|
|
"woodlots",
|
|
"brambles",
|
|
"jungles",
|
|
"tangles"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cantor":{
|
|
"as in chorister , chanter":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"chanter",
|
|
"chorister",
|
|
"caroler",
|
|
"caroller",
|
|
"singer",
|
|
"songster",
|
|
"vocalist",
|
|
"vocalizer",
|
|
"voice",
|
|
"belter",
|
|
"crooner",
|
|
"harmonizer",
|
|
"hummer",
|
|
"warbler",
|
|
"yodeler",
|
|
"serenader",
|
|
"chansonnier",
|
|
"chanteuse",
|
|
"songstress",
|
|
"bard",
|
|
"troubadour"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"canticles":{
|
|
"a religious song":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the monks offered up a canticle at dawn on Easter morning"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"anthems",
|
|
"carols",
|
|
"chorales",
|
|
"hymns",
|
|
"psalms",
|
|
"spirituals"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dirges",
|
|
"laments",
|
|
"requiems",
|
|
"threnodies",
|
|
"Gloria Patris",
|
|
"hallelujahs",
|
|
"paeans",
|
|
"masses",
|
|
"oratorios",
|
|
"processionals",
|
|
"recessionals"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"candying":{
|
|
"to make more desirable":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the publisher hopes the flashy cover will candy up the novel for impulse buyers"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dressing up",
|
|
"enhancing",
|
|
"sweetening"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"ameliorating",
|
|
"enriching",
|
|
"improving",
|
|
"meliorating",
|
|
"embellishing",
|
|
"souping up",
|
|
"tricking",
|
|
"cosmeticizing",
|
|
"dolling up",
|
|
"sprucing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"canvasers":{
|
|
"a person who goes around and approaches people with a request for opinions or information":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"worked as a canvasser for a public interest research group"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"interviewers",
|
|
"pollers",
|
|
"pollsters"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"askers",
|
|
"inquirers",
|
|
"queriers",
|
|
"querists",
|
|
"questioners"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"answerers",
|
|
"repliers",
|
|
"responders",
|
|
"attesters",
|
|
"informants",
|
|
"reporters",
|
|
"testifiers",
|
|
"witnesses"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"interviewees",
|
|
"pollees",
|
|
"respondents"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"canoes":{
|
|
"a long narrow boat that is pointed at both ends and that is moved by a paddle with one blade":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"They took their canoe out on the river."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bateaux",
|
|
"batteaux",
|
|
"ca\u00efques",
|
|
"catamarans",
|
|
"coracles",
|
|
"curraghs",
|
|
"currachs",
|
|
"dhows",
|
|
"dinghies",
|
|
"dinks",
|
|
"dories",
|
|
"dugouts",
|
|
"flatboats",
|
|
"garveys",
|
|
"gigs",
|
|
"johnboats",
|
|
"kayaks",
|
|
"outriggers",
|
|
"paddleboats",
|
|
"pinnaces",
|
|
"piraguas",
|
|
"pirogues",
|
|
"pontoons",
|
|
"prams",
|
|
"punts",
|
|
"rafts",
|
|
"rowboats",
|
|
"rowing boats",
|
|
"sampans",
|
|
"scows",
|
|
"sculls",
|
|
"shallops",
|
|
"shells",
|
|
"skiffs",
|
|
"surfboats",
|
|
"umiaks",
|
|
"wherries",
|
|
"bottoms",
|
|
"crafts",
|
|
"vessels",
|
|
"watercrafts",
|
|
"catboats",
|
|
"ketches",
|
|
"sailboats",
|
|
"schooners",
|
|
"yachts",
|
|
"cruisers",
|
|
"inboards",
|
|
"motorboats",
|
|
"outboards",
|
|
"powerboats",
|
|
"houseboats",
|
|
"riverboats",
|
|
"auxiliaries",
|
|
"bumboats",
|
|
"cutters",
|
|
"jolly boats",
|
|
"launches",
|
|
"lifeboats",
|
|
"longboats",
|
|
"tender",
|
|
"yawls",
|
|
"barges",
|
|
"hoys",
|
|
"keelboats",
|
|
"keels",
|
|
"lighters",
|
|
"narrow boats",
|
|
"towboats",
|
|
"tugboats",
|
|
"tugs",
|
|
"ferries",
|
|
"ferryboats",
|
|
"gondolas",
|
|
"taxis",
|
|
"taxies",
|
|
"water taxis",
|
|
"bankers",
|
|
"cobles",
|
|
"draggers",
|
|
"gillnetters",
|
|
"hookers",
|
|
"luggers",
|
|
"scallopers",
|
|
"seiners",
|
|
"shrimpers",
|
|
"trawlers",
|
|
"whaleboats",
|
|
"whalers",
|
|
"workboats",
|
|
"cockleshells",
|
|
"tubs",
|
|
"airboats",
|
|
"air-cushion vehicles",
|
|
"hovercrafts",
|
|
"hydrofoils",
|
|
"hydroplanes",
|
|
"assault boats",
|
|
"PT boats",
|
|
"torpedo boats"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in kayaks":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"kayaks",
|
|
"oars",
|
|
"paddles",
|
|
"rows",
|
|
"sculls",
|
|
"poles",
|
|
"punts",
|
|
"feathers",
|
|
"pulls"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cancellation":{
|
|
"the act of putting an end to something planned or previously agreed to":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"bad weather forced the cancellation of hundreds of flights"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abandonment",
|
|
"abortion",
|
|
"calling",
|
|
"calling off",
|
|
"dropping",
|
|
"recall",
|
|
"recision",
|
|
"repeal",
|
|
"rescission",
|
|
"revocation"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"annulment",
|
|
"invalidation",
|
|
"neutralization",
|
|
"nullification",
|
|
"voidance",
|
|
"abolishment",
|
|
"abolition",
|
|
"ending",
|
|
"halting",
|
|
"stopping",
|
|
"termination",
|
|
"giving up",
|
|
"relinquishment",
|
|
"surrender",
|
|
"reversal",
|
|
"rollback"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"beginning",
|
|
"commencement",
|
|
"initiation",
|
|
"engagement",
|
|
"undertaking"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"continuation"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the doing away with something by formal action":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a blanket cancellation of all military leave for the duration of the crisis"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abatement",
|
|
"abolishment",
|
|
"abolition",
|
|
"abrogation",
|
|
"annulment",
|
|
"avoidance",
|
|
"defeasance",
|
|
"dissolution",
|
|
"invalidation",
|
|
"negation",
|
|
"nullification",
|
|
"quashing",
|
|
"repeal",
|
|
"rescindment",
|
|
"voiding"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abortion",
|
|
"calling off",
|
|
"recall",
|
|
"countermand",
|
|
"override",
|
|
"overruling",
|
|
"overturn",
|
|
"veto",
|
|
"retraction",
|
|
"reversal",
|
|
"revocation",
|
|
"suspension",
|
|
"withdrawal",
|
|
"banning",
|
|
"enjoining",
|
|
"forbiddance",
|
|
"outlawing",
|
|
"prohibition",
|
|
"disallowance",
|
|
"dismissal",
|
|
"rejection",
|
|
"elimination",
|
|
"eradication",
|
|
"erasure",
|
|
"liquidation",
|
|
"removal"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"enactment",
|
|
"legislation",
|
|
"establishment",
|
|
"founding",
|
|
"institution",
|
|
"formalization",
|
|
"legalization",
|
|
"legitimation",
|
|
"legitimization",
|
|
"validation",
|
|
"passing",
|
|
"ratification",
|
|
"approval",
|
|
"authorization",
|
|
"clearance",
|
|
"endorsement",
|
|
"indorsement",
|
|
"permission",
|
|
"sanctioning",
|
|
"commandment",
|
|
"decreeing",
|
|
"mandating",
|
|
"ordering",
|
|
"prescription"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"candy":{
|
|
"to make more desirable":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the publisher hopes the flashy cover will candy up the novel for impulse buyers"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dress up",
|
|
"enhance",
|
|
"sweeten"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"ameliorate",
|
|
"enrich",
|
|
"improve",
|
|
"meliorate",
|
|
"embellish",
|
|
"soup up",
|
|
"trick",
|
|
"cosmeticize",
|
|
"doll up",
|
|
"spruce"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in dessert , sweet":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dessert",
|
|
"junket",
|
|
"sweet",
|
|
"sweetmeat",
|
|
"bit",
|
|
"cate",
|
|
"dainty",
|
|
"delectable",
|
|
"delicacy",
|
|
"goody",
|
|
"goodie",
|
|
"kickshaw",
|
|
"tidbit",
|
|
"titbit",
|
|
"treat",
|
|
"viand",
|
|
"morsel"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"canvasing":{
|
|
"to go around and approach (people) with a request for opinions or information":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we canvassed people all over town, asking if they would be interested in participating in a recycling program"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"interviewing",
|
|
"polling",
|
|
"soliciting",
|
|
"surveying"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"circularizing",
|
|
"interrogating",
|
|
"questioning",
|
|
"feeling (out)",
|
|
"sounding (out)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"reporting"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to talk about (an issue) usually from various points of view and for the purpose of arriving at a decision or opinion":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"canvassed all the items on the agenda"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"agitating",
|
|
"arguing",
|
|
"bandying",
|
|
"batting (around or back and forth)",
|
|
"debating",
|
|
"discussing",
|
|
"disputing",
|
|
"hashing (over or out)",
|
|
"mooting",
|
|
"talking over"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"reviewing",
|
|
"speaking (about)",
|
|
"talking (about)",
|
|
"broaching",
|
|
"introducing",
|
|
"propounding",
|
|
"raising",
|
|
"stirring up",
|
|
"forging",
|
|
"hammering out",
|
|
"talking out",
|
|
"thrashing (out)",
|
|
"wrestling (with)",
|
|
"chewing over",
|
|
"considering",
|
|
"deliberating",
|
|
"weighing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"candidate":{
|
|
"one who seeks an office, honor, position, or award":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"each candidate for town council was allowed to speak at the candidates' forum"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"applicant",
|
|
"applier",
|
|
"aspirant",
|
|
"campaigner",
|
|
"contender",
|
|
"expectant",
|
|
"hopeful",
|
|
"prospect",
|
|
"seeker"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"competitor",
|
|
"contestant",
|
|
"entrant",
|
|
"entry",
|
|
"favorite",
|
|
"qualifier",
|
|
"dark horse",
|
|
"spoiler",
|
|
"stalking horse",
|
|
"crown prince",
|
|
"favorite son",
|
|
"claimant",
|
|
"pretender",
|
|
"nominee",
|
|
"running mate"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"incumbent",
|
|
"officeholder",
|
|
"awardee",
|
|
"honoree",
|
|
"inductee",
|
|
"dropout"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"noncandidate"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"candles":{
|
|
"as in lightings , lanterns":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"arc lamps",
|
|
"arc lights",
|
|
"candelabra",
|
|
"candelabrums",
|
|
"candelabras",
|
|
"chandeliers",
|
|
"dark lanterns",
|
|
"flares",
|
|
"flashbulbs",
|
|
"flashcubes",
|
|
"flashes",
|
|
"flashlights",
|
|
"floodlights",
|
|
"fluorescent lamps",
|
|
"gaslights",
|
|
"gasoliers",
|
|
"girandoles",
|
|
"headlights",
|
|
"incandescent lamps",
|
|
"klieg lights",
|
|
"kleig lights",
|
|
"lanterns",
|
|
"light bulbs",
|
|
"lighthouses",
|
|
"lightings",
|
|
"sconces",
|
|
"spotlights",
|
|
"streetlights",
|
|
"sun lamps",
|
|
"beacons",
|
|
"illuminants",
|
|
"lamps"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cantankerousness":{
|
|
"as in orneriness , crustiness":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"crustiness",
|
|
"curmudgeonliness",
|
|
"disagreeableness",
|
|
"dyspepsia",
|
|
"fretfulness",
|
|
"orneriness",
|
|
"sulkiness",
|
|
"surliness",
|
|
"biliousness",
|
|
"choler",
|
|
"crankiness",
|
|
"crossness",
|
|
"crotchetiness",
|
|
"grouchiness",
|
|
"grumpiness",
|
|
"huffiness",
|
|
"irascibility",
|
|
"irascibleness",
|
|
"irritability",
|
|
"irritableness",
|
|
"peevishness",
|
|
"perverseness",
|
|
"perversity",
|
|
"pettishness",
|
|
"petulance",
|
|
"testiness",
|
|
"waspishness",
|
|
"aggression",
|
|
"aggressiveness",
|
|
"bellicosity",
|
|
"belligerence",
|
|
"belligerency",
|
|
"combativeness",
|
|
"contentiousness",
|
|
"contrariness",
|
|
"disputatiousness",
|
|
"feistiness",
|
|
"fight",
|
|
"pugnaciousness",
|
|
"pugnacity",
|
|
"quarrelsomeness",
|
|
"scrappiness",
|
|
"truculence",
|
|
"truculency",
|
|
"fussiness",
|
|
"querulousness",
|
|
"rudeness",
|
|
"oversensitiveness",
|
|
"sensitivity",
|
|
"supersensitivity",
|
|
"touchiness",
|
|
"animosity",
|
|
"antagonism",
|
|
"antipathy",
|
|
"fierceness",
|
|
"hostility",
|
|
"jaundice",
|
|
"rancor",
|
|
"unfriendliness",
|
|
"anger",
|
|
"exasperation",
|
|
"fury",
|
|
"indignation",
|
|
"rage",
|
|
"spleen",
|
|
"wrath",
|
|
"hot-bloodedness",
|
|
"passion"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"forbearance",
|
|
"long-suffering",
|
|
"patience",
|
|
"tolerance",
|
|
"understanding",
|
|
"affability",
|
|
"agreeableness",
|
|
"amenity",
|
|
"amicability",
|
|
"cordiality",
|
|
"friendliness",
|
|
"geniality",
|
|
"sociability",
|
|
"amiability",
|
|
"amiableness",
|
|
"good-humoredness",
|
|
"good-naturedness",
|
|
"good-temperedness",
|
|
"coolness",
|
|
"serenity",
|
|
"tranquillity",
|
|
"tranquility",
|
|
"easygoingness",
|
|
"gentleness",
|
|
"kindliness",
|
|
"mildness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cannisters":{
|
|
"a metal container in the shape of a cylinder":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she put the store-bought cookies in a fancy canister to make them look homemade"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"barrels",
|
|
"cans",
|
|
"drums",
|
|
"tins"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"buckets",
|
|
"pails",
|
|
"cannikins",
|
|
"tin cans"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"candor":{
|
|
"the free expression of one's true feelings and opinions":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an interview in which the members of the rock band speak with candor about their recent squabbling"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bluntness",
|
|
"candidness",
|
|
"directness",
|
|
"forthrightness",
|
|
"frankness",
|
|
"honesty",
|
|
"openheartedness",
|
|
"openness",
|
|
"outspokenness",
|
|
"plainness",
|
|
"plainspokenness",
|
|
"plumpness",
|
|
"straightforwardness",
|
|
"unguardedness",
|
|
"unreserve",
|
|
"unreservedness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"earnestness",
|
|
"sincerity",
|
|
"sobriety",
|
|
"artlessness",
|
|
"genuineness",
|
|
"na\u00efvet\u00e9",
|
|
"naivete",
|
|
"naivet\u00e9",
|
|
"simplicity",
|
|
"unsophistication",
|
|
"communicativeness",
|
|
"freedom",
|
|
"license",
|
|
"licence",
|
|
"uninhibitedness",
|
|
"unrestrainedness",
|
|
"unrestraint"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"circuitousness",
|
|
"evasiveness",
|
|
"secretiveness",
|
|
"inhibition",
|
|
"reserve",
|
|
"restraint",
|
|
"reticence",
|
|
"shyness",
|
|
"diplomacy",
|
|
"tact"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"dissembling",
|
|
"dissimulation",
|
|
"indirection"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the quality or state of having or giving off light":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the desert sun shone down on the intrepid travelers with fiery candor"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"brightness",
|
|
"brilliance",
|
|
"brilliancy",
|
|
"dazzle",
|
|
"effulgence",
|
|
"illumination",
|
|
"lambency",
|
|
"lightness",
|
|
"luminance",
|
|
"luminosity",
|
|
"luminousness",
|
|
"luster",
|
|
"lustre",
|
|
"lustrousness",
|
|
"radiance",
|
|
"refulgence",
|
|
"splendor"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blaze",
|
|
"flare",
|
|
"flash",
|
|
"flicker",
|
|
"light",
|
|
"fluorescence",
|
|
"incandescence",
|
|
"luminescence",
|
|
"burnish",
|
|
"gloss",
|
|
"polish",
|
|
"sheen",
|
|
"shine",
|
|
"shininess",
|
|
"fire",
|
|
"flame",
|
|
"glare",
|
|
"glow",
|
|
"flash",
|
|
"gleam",
|
|
"glimmer",
|
|
"glint",
|
|
"glisten",
|
|
"glitter",
|
|
"scintillation",
|
|
"shimmer",
|
|
"sparkle",
|
|
"twinkle"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dimness",
|
|
"gloominess",
|
|
"somberness",
|
|
"cloudiness",
|
|
"haziness",
|
|
"murkiness",
|
|
"obscureness",
|
|
"obscurity",
|
|
"colorlessness",
|
|
"grayness",
|
|
"lackluster",
|
|
"paleness",
|
|
"shadiness",
|
|
"shadowiness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"blackness",
|
|
"dark",
|
|
"darkness",
|
|
"dullness",
|
|
"dulness",
|
|
"duskiness"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"canines":{
|
|
"a domestic mammal that is related to the wolves and foxes":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"in the minds of some, the winner of this prestigious dog show has a fair claim to the title of King of the Canines"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"doggies",
|
|
"dogs",
|
|
"hounds",
|
|
"pooches",
|
|
"tykes",
|
|
"tikes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"curs",
|
|
"mongrels",
|
|
"mutts",
|
|
"bitches",
|
|
"lapdogs",
|
|
"puppies",
|
|
"puppy dogs",
|
|
"pups",
|
|
"whelps",
|
|
"bandogs",
|
|
"bird dogs",
|
|
"coonhounds",
|
|
"coursers",
|
|
"gundogs",
|
|
"hunters",
|
|
"sheepdogs",
|
|
"sled dogs",
|
|
"watchdogs",
|
|
"wolf dogs",
|
|
"wolfhounds",
|
|
"guide dogs",
|
|
"police dogs",
|
|
"working dogs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cancels (out)":{
|
|
"to balance with an equal force so as to make ineffective":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"unfortunately, this one indiscretion will cancel out a long record of accomplishment"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"annuls",
|
|
"compensates (for)",
|
|
"corrects",
|
|
"counteracts",
|
|
"counterbalances",
|
|
"counterpoises",
|
|
"makes up (for)",
|
|
"negatives",
|
|
"neutralizes",
|
|
"offsets"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"invalidates",
|
|
"negates",
|
|
"neuters",
|
|
"nullifies",
|
|
"atones (for)",
|
|
"outbalances",
|
|
"outweighs",
|
|
"redeems",
|
|
"redresses",
|
|
"relieves",
|
|
"remedies",
|
|
"overrides",
|
|
"overrules"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cantonments":{
|
|
"as in camps , barracks":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"barracks",
|
|
"camps",
|
|
"installations",
|
|
"laagers",
|
|
"leaguers",
|
|
"posts",
|
|
"bases",
|
|
"garrisons",
|
|
"outposts",
|
|
"bastions",
|
|
"citadels",
|
|
"fortifications",
|
|
"fortresses",
|
|
"forts",
|
|
"holds",
|
|
"redoubts",
|
|
"strongholds",
|
|
"bunkers",
|
|
"dugouts",
|
|
"blockhouses",
|
|
"garrison houses",
|
|
"airbases",
|
|
"bridgeheads",
|
|
"footholds",
|
|
"staging areas",
|
|
"staging grounds",
|
|
"beachheads",
|
|
"centers",
|
|
"emplacements",
|
|
"footings",
|
|
"fronts",
|
|
"headquarters",
|
|
"stations",
|
|
"battlefronts",
|
|
"fields"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"caned":{
|
|
"as in strapped , leathered":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blackjacked",
|
|
"cowhided",
|
|
"flagellated",
|
|
"fustigated",
|
|
"horsewhipped",
|
|
"leathered",
|
|
"pistol-whipped",
|
|
"rawhided",
|
|
"scourged",
|
|
"strapped",
|
|
"assailed",
|
|
"assaulted",
|
|
"attacked",
|
|
"beset",
|
|
"boxed",
|
|
"busted",
|
|
"bust",
|
|
"chopped",
|
|
"clobbered",
|
|
"clouted",
|
|
"cracked",
|
|
"cudgeled",
|
|
"cudgelled",
|
|
"cuffed",
|
|
"descended (on or upon)",
|
|
"hit",
|
|
"jumped (on)",
|
|
"knocked",
|
|
"laid on",
|
|
"lammed",
|
|
"pasted",
|
|
"pounced (on or upon)",
|
|
"punched",
|
|
"raided",
|
|
"rushed",
|
|
"slammed",
|
|
"slapped",
|
|
"smacked",
|
|
"smashed",
|
|
"socked",
|
|
"spanked",
|
|
"stormed",
|
|
"swatted",
|
|
"swiped",
|
|
"thwacked",
|
|
"whacked",
|
|
"whammed",
|
|
"whomped",
|
|
"gored",
|
|
"lacerated",
|
|
"wounded",
|
|
"bashed",
|
|
"basted",
|
|
"batted",
|
|
"battered",
|
|
"beat",
|
|
"belabored",
|
|
"belted",
|
|
"birched",
|
|
"bludgeoned",
|
|
"buffeted",
|
|
"bunged up",
|
|
"clubbed",
|
|
"curried",
|
|
"did",
|
|
"drubbed",
|
|
"fibbed",
|
|
"flogged",
|
|
"hammered",
|
|
"hided",
|
|
"laced",
|
|
"lambasted",
|
|
"lashed",
|
|
"lathered",
|
|
"licked",
|
|
"mauled",
|
|
"messed (up)",
|
|
"paddled",
|
|
"pelted",
|
|
"pommeled",
|
|
"pommelled",
|
|
"pounded",
|
|
"pummeled",
|
|
"pummelled",
|
|
"punched out",
|
|
"roughed (up)",
|
|
"slated",
|
|
"slogged",
|
|
"switched",
|
|
"tanned",
|
|
"thrashed",
|
|
"threshed",
|
|
"thumped",
|
|
"tromped",
|
|
"walloped",
|
|
"whaled",
|
|
"whipped",
|
|
"whopped",
|
|
"whapped",
|
|
"whupped",
|
|
"worked over",
|
|
"maimed",
|
|
"mangled",
|
|
"mutilated"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cannonballed":{
|
|
"to proceed or move quickly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a dune buggy came recklessly cannonballing down the crowded beach"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"barreled",
|
|
"barrelled",
|
|
"belted",
|
|
"blasted",
|
|
"blazed",
|
|
"blew",
|
|
"bolted",
|
|
"bombed",
|
|
"bowled",
|
|
"breezed",
|
|
"bundled",
|
|
"bustled",
|
|
"buzzed",
|
|
"careened",
|
|
"careered",
|
|
"chased",
|
|
"coursed",
|
|
"cracked (on)",
|
|
"dashed",
|
|
"drove",
|
|
"flew",
|
|
"hared",
|
|
"hastened",
|
|
"hied",
|
|
"highballed",
|
|
"hotfooted (it)",
|
|
"humped",
|
|
"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"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"beetled",
|
|
"darted",
|
|
"flitted",
|
|
"scampered",
|
|
"scudded",
|
|
"scuffled",
|
|
"stampeded",
|
|
"streaked",
|
|
"whizzed",
|
|
"galloped",
|
|
"jogged",
|
|
"sprinted",
|
|
"accelerated",
|
|
"quickened",
|
|
"stepped out",
|
|
"caught up",
|
|
"fast-forwarded",
|
|
"outpaced",
|
|
"outran",
|
|
"outstripped",
|
|
"overtook",
|
|
"arrowed",
|
|
"beelined"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"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)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"crawled",
|
|
"crept",
|
|
"poked"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"canvaser":{
|
|
"a person who goes around and approaches people with a request for opinions or information":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"worked as a canvasser for a public interest research group"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"interviewer",
|
|
"poller",
|
|
"pollster"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"asker",
|
|
"inquirer",
|
|
"querier",
|
|
"querist",
|
|
"questioner"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"answerer",
|
|
"replier",
|
|
"responder",
|
|
"attester",
|
|
"informant",
|
|
"reporter",
|
|
"testifier",
|
|
"witness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"interviewee",
|
|
"pollee",
|
|
"respondent"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cannonading":{
|
|
"to use bombs or artillery against":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the artillery cannonaded the enemy encampment all night"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"battering",
|
|
"blitzing",
|
|
"blitzkrieging",
|
|
"bombarding",
|
|
"bombing",
|
|
"shelling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"enfilading",
|
|
"raking",
|
|
"strafing",
|
|
"assailing",
|
|
"assaulting",
|
|
"attacking",
|
|
"devastating",
|
|
"hitting",
|
|
"pounding",
|
|
"ravaging",
|
|
"striking"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"canvassers":{
|
|
"a person who goes around and approaches people with a request for opinions or information":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"worked as a canvasser for a public interest research group"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"interviewers",
|
|
"pollers",
|
|
"pollsters"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"askers",
|
|
"inquirers",
|
|
"queriers",
|
|
"querists",
|
|
"questioners"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"answerers",
|
|
"repliers",
|
|
"responders",
|
|
"attesters",
|
|
"informants",
|
|
"reporters",
|
|
"testifiers",
|
|
"witnesses"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"interviewees",
|
|
"pollees",
|
|
"respondents"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cancers":{
|
|
"as in diseases , viruses":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"contagions",
|
|
"diseases",
|
|
"viruses",
|
|
"banes",
|
|
"poisons",
|
|
"toxics",
|
|
"toxins",
|
|
"venoms",
|
|
"fungicides",
|
|
"germicides",
|
|
"herbicides",
|
|
"insecticides",
|
|
"microbicides",
|
|
"pesticides",
|
|
"toxicants"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"antidotes",
|
|
"antivenins",
|
|
"antivenoms",
|
|
"mithridates",
|
|
"cures",
|
|
"cure-alls",
|
|
"elixirs",
|
|
"panaceas"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in lymphomas , melanomas":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"carcinomas",
|
|
"carcinomata",
|
|
"lymphomas",
|
|
"lymphomata",
|
|
"malignancies",
|
|
"melanomas",
|
|
"melanomata",
|
|
"polyps",
|
|
"outgrowths",
|
|
"cysts",
|
|
"tubercles",
|
|
"warts",
|
|
"excrescences",
|
|
"excrescencies",
|
|
"growths",
|
|
"lumps",
|
|
"neoplasms",
|
|
"tumors"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in decays , rot":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cankers",
|
|
"decays",
|
|
"rot",
|
|
"squalors",
|
|
"devilries",
|
|
"deviltries",
|
|
"corruptions",
|
|
"debaucheries",
|
|
"degeneracies",
|
|
"depravities",
|
|
"indecencies",
|
|
"malefactions",
|
|
"perversions",
|
|
"scurrilities",
|
|
"atrocities",
|
|
"diabolisms",
|
|
"enormities",
|
|
"satanisms",
|
|
"abominations",
|
|
"anathemas",
|
|
"taboos",
|
|
"tabus",
|
|
"bad",
|
|
"evils",
|
|
"ills",
|
|
"immoralities",
|
|
"iniquities",
|
|
"sins",
|
|
"villainies",
|
|
"wrongs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"goods",
|
|
"moralities",
|
|
"rights",
|
|
"virtues",
|
|
"decencies",
|
|
"honesties",
|
|
"integrities",
|
|
"probities",
|
|
"rectitudes"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"canoodles":{
|
|
"as in cuddles , snuggles":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bills",
|
|
"cuddles",
|
|
"necks",
|
|
"nestles",
|
|
"noses",
|
|
"nuzzles",
|
|
"snuggles",
|
|
"spoons",
|
|
"caresses",
|
|
"fondles",
|
|
"gentles",
|
|
"loves",
|
|
"pats",
|
|
"pets",
|
|
"strokes",
|
|
"feels up",
|
|
"paws",
|
|
"cradles",
|
|
"embraces",
|
|
"enfolds",
|
|
"hugs",
|
|
"bounces",
|
|
"dandles",
|
|
"kneads",
|
|
"massages",
|
|
"babies",
|
|
"coddles",
|
|
"indulges",
|
|
"mollycoddles",
|
|
"pampers",
|
|
"spoils"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"canniness":{
|
|
"exceptional discernment and judgment especially in practical matters":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"negotiates business deals with all of the proverbial canniness of an old-time horse trader"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"acumen",
|
|
"astuteness",
|
|
"caginess",
|
|
"cageyness",
|
|
"clear-sightedness",
|
|
"foxiness",
|
|
"hardheadedness",
|
|
"intelligence",
|
|
"keenness",
|
|
"knowingness",
|
|
"sharpness",
|
|
"shrewdness",
|
|
"wit"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"discernment",
|
|
"insight",
|
|
"perception",
|
|
"perceptiveness",
|
|
"perceptivity",
|
|
"percipience",
|
|
"sagaciousness",
|
|
"sagacity",
|
|
"sageness",
|
|
"sapience",
|
|
"wisdom",
|
|
"artfulness",
|
|
"artifice",
|
|
"craft",
|
|
"craftiness",
|
|
"cunning",
|
|
"deviousness",
|
|
"guile",
|
|
"slickness",
|
|
"slyness",
|
|
"sneakiness",
|
|
"subtleness",
|
|
"subtlety",
|
|
"wiliness",
|
|
"brain(s)",
|
|
"gray matter",
|
|
"intellect",
|
|
"reason",
|
|
"sense"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"artlessness",
|
|
"greenness",
|
|
"guilelessness",
|
|
"ingenuousness",
|
|
"innocence",
|
|
"naiveness",
|
|
"na\u00efvet\u00e9",
|
|
"naivete",
|
|
"naivet\u00e9",
|
|
"simplemindedness",
|
|
"simpleness",
|
|
"simplicity",
|
|
"unsophistication",
|
|
"unworldliness",
|
|
"brainlessness",
|
|
"density",
|
|
"doltishness",
|
|
"dopiness",
|
|
"dumbness",
|
|
"fatuity",
|
|
"foolishness",
|
|
"half-wittedness",
|
|
"mindlessness",
|
|
"oafishness",
|
|
"obtuseness",
|
|
"senselessness",
|
|
"slowness",
|
|
"stupidity",
|
|
"stupidness",
|
|
"vacuity",
|
|
"witlessness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"skill in achieving one's ends through indirect, subtle, or underhanded means":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the canniness with which she negotiated her contract as spokesperson for the shoe manufacturer"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"artfulness",
|
|
"artifice",
|
|
"caginess",
|
|
"cageyness",
|
|
"craft",
|
|
"craftiness",
|
|
"cunning",
|
|
"cunningness",
|
|
"deviousness",
|
|
"foxiness",
|
|
"guile",
|
|
"guilefulness",
|
|
"slickness",
|
|
"slyness",
|
|
"sneakiness",
|
|
"subtleness",
|
|
"subtlety",
|
|
"wiliness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"calculation",
|
|
"care",
|
|
"design",
|
|
"savvy",
|
|
"sharpness",
|
|
"shrewdness",
|
|
"cleverness",
|
|
"ingeniousness",
|
|
"ingenuity",
|
|
"inventiveness",
|
|
"ease",
|
|
"facility",
|
|
"finesse",
|
|
"deceitfulness",
|
|
"duplicity",
|
|
"shiftiness",
|
|
"underhandedness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cantors":{
|
|
"as in choristers , chanters":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"chanters",
|
|
"choristers",
|
|
"carolers",
|
|
"carollers",
|
|
"singers",
|
|
"songsters",
|
|
"vocalists",
|
|
"vocalizers",
|
|
"voices",
|
|
"belters",
|
|
"crooners",
|
|
"harmonizers",
|
|
"hummers",
|
|
"warblers",
|
|
"yodelers",
|
|
"serenaders",
|
|
"chansonniers",
|
|
"chanteuses",
|
|
"songstresses",
|
|
"bards",
|
|
"troubadours"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"canaille":{
|
|
"as in commoner , plebeian":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"commoner",
|
|
"pleb",
|
|
"plebeian",
|
|
"proletarian",
|
|
"roturier",
|
|
"boor",
|
|
"fellah",
|
|
"peasant",
|
|
"peon"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"aristocrat",
|
|
"blue blood",
|
|
"gentle",
|
|
"gentleperson",
|
|
"noble",
|
|
"patrician",
|
|
"socialite",
|
|
"swell",
|
|
"magnate",
|
|
"magnifico",
|
|
"mogul",
|
|
"nabob"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"canisters":{
|
|
"a metal container in the shape of a cylinder":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she put the store-bought cookies in a fancy canister to make them look homemade"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"barrels",
|
|
"cans",
|
|
"drums",
|
|
"tins"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"buckets",
|
|
"pails",
|
|
"cannikins",
|
|
"tin cans"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"canonizes":{
|
|
"to love or admire too much":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a singing star so canonized by his fans that they refuse to believe anything bad about him"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"adores",
|
|
"adulates",
|
|
"deifies",
|
|
"dotes (on)",
|
|
"hero-worships",
|
|
"idolizes",
|
|
"worships"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"appreciates",
|
|
"cherishes",
|
|
"esteems",
|
|
"prizes",
|
|
"treasures",
|
|
"values",
|
|
"fancies",
|
|
"favors",
|
|
"likes",
|
|
"prefers",
|
|
"regards",
|
|
"hallows",
|
|
"respects",
|
|
"reveres",
|
|
"venerates",
|
|
"approves",
|
|
"endorses",
|
|
"indorses",
|
|
"supports"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abhors",
|
|
"abominates",
|
|
"despises",
|
|
"detests",
|
|
"disdains",
|
|
"dislikes",
|
|
"hates",
|
|
"loathes",
|
|
"belittles",
|
|
"deprecates",
|
|
"disparages",
|
|
"misprizes",
|
|
"puts down"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to assign a high status or value to":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"those movie buffs who have canonized Alfred Hitchcock as filmdom's preeminent director"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"aggrandizes",
|
|
"deifies",
|
|
"dignifies",
|
|
"elevates",
|
|
"ennobles",
|
|
"enshrines",
|
|
"enskies",
|
|
"enthrones",
|
|
"exalts",
|
|
"glorifies",
|
|
"magnifies"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"boosts",
|
|
"lifts",
|
|
"promotes",
|
|
"raises",
|
|
"upgrades",
|
|
"uplifts",
|
|
"heightens",
|
|
"intensifies",
|
|
"idealizes",
|
|
"romanticizes",
|
|
"sanitizes",
|
|
"sugarcoats",
|
|
"acclaims",
|
|
"extols",
|
|
"extolls",
|
|
"honors",
|
|
"lauds",
|
|
"praises"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"belittles",
|
|
"decries",
|
|
"depreciates",
|
|
"detracts",
|
|
"disparages",
|
|
"minimizes"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"abases",
|
|
"degrades",
|
|
"demeans",
|
|
"humbles",
|
|
"humiliates"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cannonball":{
|
|
"to proceed or move quickly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a dune buggy came recklessly cannonballing down the crowded beach"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"barrel",
|
|
"belt",
|
|
"blast",
|
|
"blaze",
|
|
"blow",
|
|
"bolt",
|
|
"bomb",
|
|
"bowl",
|
|
"breeze",
|
|
"bundle",
|
|
"bustle",
|
|
"buzz",
|
|
"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 synonyms":[
|
|
"beetle",
|
|
"dart",
|
|
"flit",
|
|
"scamper",
|
|
"scud",
|
|
"scuffle",
|
|
"stampede",
|
|
"streak",
|
|
"whiz",
|
|
"whizz",
|
|
"gallop",
|
|
"jog",
|
|
"sprint",
|
|
"accelerate",
|
|
"quicken",
|
|
"step out",
|
|
"catch up",
|
|
"fast-forward",
|
|
"outpace",
|
|
"outrun",
|
|
"outstrip",
|
|
"overtake",
|
|
"arrow",
|
|
"beeline"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"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":[
|
|
"crawl",
|
|
"creep",
|
|
"poke"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in projectile , shot":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"ammunition",
|
|
"cap",
|
|
"cartridge",
|
|
"charge",
|
|
"dumdum",
|
|
"gunshot",
|
|
"lead",
|
|
"load",
|
|
"missile",
|
|
"pop",
|
|
"projectile",
|
|
"round",
|
|
"shell",
|
|
"shot",
|
|
"slug",
|
|
"ball",
|
|
"bullet",
|
|
"pellet"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"blank"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"canal":{
|
|
"an open man-made passageway for water":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the Panama Canal opened a much easier and shorter passageway from the Atlantic to the Pacific"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"aqueduct",
|
|
"channel",
|
|
"conduit",
|
|
"course",
|
|
"flume",
|
|
"racecourse",
|
|
"raceway",
|
|
"watercourse",
|
|
"waterway"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"millrace",
|
|
"millstream",
|
|
"floodway",
|
|
"sluice",
|
|
"sluiceway",
|
|
"spillway",
|
|
"swash",
|
|
"tideway",
|
|
"torrent",
|
|
"gutter",
|
|
"trough",
|
|
"river",
|
|
"rivulet",
|
|
"stream"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"canning":{
|
|
"to bring (as an action or operation) to an immediate end":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"can the chatter, or I'm kicking you out of this library"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"breaking",
|
|
"breaking off",
|
|
"breaking up",
|
|
"ceasing",
|
|
"cutting off",
|
|
"cutting out",
|
|
"desisting (from)",
|
|
"discontinuing",
|
|
"dropping",
|
|
"ending",
|
|
"giving over",
|
|
"halting",
|
|
"knocking off",
|
|
"laying off",
|
|
"leaving off",
|
|
"packing (up or in)",
|
|
"quitting",
|
|
"shutting off",
|
|
"stopping"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"completing",
|
|
"concluding",
|
|
"finishing",
|
|
"closing (down)",
|
|
"deactivating",
|
|
"blockading",
|
|
"blocking",
|
|
"damming",
|
|
"delaying",
|
|
"detaining",
|
|
"hindering",
|
|
"holding",
|
|
"holding back",
|
|
"impeding",
|
|
"kiboshing",
|
|
"obstructing",
|
|
"stemming",
|
|
"calling",
|
|
"suspending",
|
|
"arresting",
|
|
"braking",
|
|
"checking",
|
|
"clamping down",
|
|
"reining (in)",
|
|
"squashing",
|
|
"squelching",
|
|
"stamping",
|
|
"stanching",
|
|
"staunching",
|
|
"stunting",
|
|
"suppressing",
|
|
"turning back",
|
|
"pausing",
|
|
"staying",
|
|
"suspending",
|
|
"abolishing",
|
|
"aborting",
|
|
"annulling",
|
|
"demolishing",
|
|
"destroying",
|
|
"dissolving",
|
|
"killing",
|
|
"ruining",
|
|
"scuttling",
|
|
"snuffing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"carrying on",
|
|
"continuing",
|
|
"following through (with)",
|
|
"keeping up",
|
|
"running on",
|
|
"advancing",
|
|
"proceeding",
|
|
"progressing",
|
|
"actuating",
|
|
"driving",
|
|
"impelling",
|
|
"propelling",
|
|
"stirring"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to let go from office, service, or employment":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the cashier was summarily canned for stealing from the registers"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"axing",
|
|
"bouncing",
|
|
"cashiering",
|
|
"discharging",
|
|
"dismissing",
|
|
"firing",
|
|
"mustering out",
|
|
"pink-slipping",
|
|
"releasing",
|
|
"removing",
|
|
"retiring",
|
|
"sacking",
|
|
"terminating",
|
|
"turning off"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"downsizing",
|
|
"excessing",
|
|
"furloughing",
|
|
"laying off",
|
|
"trimming",
|
|
"booting (out)",
|
|
"chucking (out)",
|
|
"drumming (out)",
|
|
"kicking out",
|
|
"throwing out",
|
|
"unseating",
|
|
"separating"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"keeping",
|
|
"reemploying",
|
|
"re-employing",
|
|
"rehiring",
|
|
"contracting",
|
|
"subcontracting",
|
|
"recruiting"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"employing",
|
|
"engaging",
|
|
"hiring",
|
|
"retaining",
|
|
"signing (up or on)",
|
|
"taking on"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"canteens":{
|
|
"as in camps , clubs":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"camps",
|
|
"clubhouses",
|
|
"clubs",
|
|
"country clubs",
|
|
"key clubs",
|
|
"service clubs",
|
|
"unions",
|
|
"hangouts",
|
|
"haunts",
|
|
"purlieus",
|
|
"rendezvous",
|
|
"resorts",
|
|
"stamping grounds",
|
|
"stomping grounds",
|
|
"harborages",
|
|
"harbors",
|
|
"havens",
|
|
"nests",
|
|
"refuges",
|
|
"retreats",
|
|
"sanctuaries"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in pitchers , jugs":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"flagons",
|
|
"jars",
|
|
"jugs",
|
|
"pitchers",
|
|
"cauldrons",
|
|
"kettles",
|
|
"pots",
|
|
"bails",
|
|
"hods",
|
|
"buckets",
|
|
"pails",
|
|
"tanks",
|
|
"tubs",
|
|
"vats",
|
|
"holders",
|
|
"receptacles",
|
|
"vessels"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in lockers , compartments":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bins",
|
|
"boxes",
|
|
"caddies",
|
|
"cases",
|
|
"caskets",
|
|
"chests",
|
|
"lockers",
|
|
"trunks",
|
|
"coffers",
|
|
"lockboxes",
|
|
"safe-deposit boxes",
|
|
"safes",
|
|
"strongboxes",
|
|
"bandboxes",
|
|
"hatboxes",
|
|
"jewel boxes",
|
|
"snuffboxes",
|
|
"tinderboxes",
|
|
"compartments",
|
|
"vaults",
|
|
"cartons",
|
|
"crates",
|
|
"footlockers",
|
|
"sea chests",
|
|
"caissons",
|
|
"hope chests",
|
|
"coffins",
|
|
"minaudi\u00e8res"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"canvasses":{
|
|
"to go around and approach (people) with a request for opinions or information":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we canvassed people all over town, asking if they would be interested in participating in a recycling program"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"interviews",
|
|
"polls",
|
|
"solicits",
|
|
"surveys"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"circularizes",
|
|
"interrogates",
|
|
"questions",
|
|
"feels (out)",
|
|
"sounds (out)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"reports"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to talk about (an issue) usually from various points of view and for the purpose of arriving at a decision or opinion":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"canvassed all the items on the agenda"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"agitates",
|
|
"argues",
|
|
"bandies",
|
|
"bats (around or back and forth)",
|
|
"debates",
|
|
"discusses",
|
|
"disputes",
|
|
"hashes (over or out)",
|
|
"moots",
|
|
"talks over"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"reviews",
|
|
"speaks (about)",
|
|
"talks (about)",
|
|
"broaches",
|
|
"introduces",
|
|
"propounds",
|
|
"raises",
|
|
"stirs up",
|
|
"forges",
|
|
"hammers out",
|
|
"talks out",
|
|
"thrashes (out)",
|
|
"wrestles (with)",
|
|
"chews over",
|
|
"considers",
|
|
"deliberates",
|
|
"weighs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cankers":{
|
|
"to lower in character, dignity, or quality":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"such shameless ambulance chasing cankers the legal profession"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abases",
|
|
"bastardizes",
|
|
"cheapens",
|
|
"corrupts",
|
|
"debases",
|
|
"debauches",
|
|
"degrades",
|
|
"demeans",
|
|
"demoralizes",
|
|
"depraves",
|
|
"deteriorates",
|
|
"lessens",
|
|
"perverts",
|
|
"poisons",
|
|
"profanes",
|
|
"prostitutes",
|
|
"subverts",
|
|
"vitiates",
|
|
"warps"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"befouls",
|
|
"begrimes",
|
|
"contaminates",
|
|
"defiles",
|
|
"dilutes",
|
|
"dirties",
|
|
"pollutes",
|
|
"taints",
|
|
"thins",
|
|
"waters down",
|
|
"weakens",
|
|
"descends",
|
|
"disgraces",
|
|
"dishonors",
|
|
"humbles",
|
|
"humiliates",
|
|
"shames",
|
|
"takes down",
|
|
"blemishes",
|
|
"damages",
|
|
"defaces",
|
|
"destroys",
|
|
"flaws",
|
|
"harms",
|
|
"hurts",
|
|
"impairs",
|
|
"mars",
|
|
"ruins",
|
|
"spoils",
|
|
"stains",
|
|
"tarnishes",
|
|
"wrecks",
|
|
"depreciates",
|
|
"downgrades"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dignifies",
|
|
"exalts",
|
|
"honors",
|
|
"ameliorates",
|
|
"amends",
|
|
"betters",
|
|
"enhances",
|
|
"enriches",
|
|
"improves",
|
|
"meliorates",
|
|
"perfects",
|
|
"clarifies",
|
|
"cleans",
|
|
"cleanses",
|
|
"purifies",
|
|
"refines",
|
|
"restores",
|
|
"respects"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"elevates",
|
|
"ennobles",
|
|
"uplifts"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in cancers , decays":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cancers",
|
|
"decays",
|
|
"rot",
|
|
"squalors",
|
|
"devilries",
|
|
"deviltries",
|
|
"corruptions",
|
|
"debaucheries",
|
|
"degeneracies",
|
|
"depravities",
|
|
"indecencies",
|
|
"malefactions",
|
|
"perversions",
|
|
"scurrilities",
|
|
"atrocities",
|
|
"diabolisms",
|
|
"enormities",
|
|
"satanisms",
|
|
"abominations",
|
|
"anathemas",
|
|
"taboos",
|
|
"tabus",
|
|
"bad",
|
|
"evils",
|
|
"ills",
|
|
"immoralities",
|
|
"iniquities",
|
|
"sins",
|
|
"villainies",
|
|
"wrongs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"goods",
|
|
"moralities",
|
|
"rights",
|
|
"virtues",
|
|
"decencies",
|
|
"honesties",
|
|
"integrities",
|
|
"probities",
|
|
"rectitudes"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cancel (out)":{
|
|
"to balance with an equal force so as to make ineffective":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"unfortunately, this one indiscretion will cancel out a long record of accomplishment"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"annul",
|
|
"compensate (for)",
|
|
"correct",
|
|
"counteract",
|
|
"counterbalance",
|
|
"counterpoise",
|
|
"make up (for)",
|
|
"negative",
|
|
"neutralize",
|
|
"offset"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"invalidate",
|
|
"negate",
|
|
"neuter",
|
|
"nullify",
|
|
"atone (for)",
|
|
"outbalance",
|
|
"outweigh",
|
|
"redeem",
|
|
"redress",
|
|
"relieve",
|
|
"remedy",
|
|
"override",
|
|
"overrule"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"canine":{
|
|
"a domestic mammal that is related to the wolves and foxes":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"in the minds of some, the winner of this prestigious dog show has a fair claim to the title of King of the Canines"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dog",
|
|
"doggy",
|
|
"doggie",
|
|
"hound",
|
|
"pooch",
|
|
"tyke",
|
|
"tike"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cur",
|
|
"mongrel",
|
|
"mutt",
|
|
"bitch",
|
|
"lapdog",
|
|
"pup",
|
|
"puppy",
|
|
"puppy dog",
|
|
"whelp",
|
|
"bandog",
|
|
"bird dog",
|
|
"coonhound",
|
|
"courser",
|
|
"gundog",
|
|
"hunter",
|
|
"sheepdog",
|
|
"sled dog",
|
|
"watchdog",
|
|
"wolf dog",
|
|
"wolfhound",
|
|
"guide dog",
|
|
"police dog",
|
|
"working dog"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"canceling":{
|
|
"to put an end to (something planned or previously agreed to)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"please call to cancel your appointment with the dentist if you can't make it"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abandoning",
|
|
"aborting",
|
|
"calling",
|
|
"calling off",
|
|
"crying off",
|
|
"dropping",
|
|
"recalling",
|
|
"repealing",
|
|
"rescinding",
|
|
"revoking",
|
|
"scrapping",
|
|
"scrubbing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abrogating",
|
|
"annulling",
|
|
"invalidating",
|
|
"nullifying",
|
|
"voiding",
|
|
"writing off",
|
|
"recanting",
|
|
"retracting",
|
|
"taking back",
|
|
"withdrawing",
|
|
"countermanding",
|
|
"reversing",
|
|
"rolling back",
|
|
"breaking off",
|
|
"discontinuing",
|
|
"ending",
|
|
"halting",
|
|
"stopping",
|
|
"terminating",
|
|
"holding back",
|
|
"interrupting",
|
|
"suspending",
|
|
"giving up",
|
|
"relinquishing",
|
|
"surrendering"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"engaging",
|
|
"pledging",
|
|
"promising",
|
|
"beginning",
|
|
"commencing",
|
|
"initiating",
|
|
"starting",
|
|
"taking on",
|
|
"taking up",
|
|
"undertaking"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"continuing",
|
|
"keeping"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to put an end to by formal action":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the agreement can be canceled by either side with a formal written notice"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abating",
|
|
"abolishing",
|
|
"abrogating",
|
|
"annulling",
|
|
"avoiding",
|
|
"disannulling",
|
|
"dissolving",
|
|
"invalidating",
|
|
"negating",
|
|
"nullifying",
|
|
"nulling",
|
|
"quashing",
|
|
"repealing",
|
|
"rescinding",
|
|
"rolling back",
|
|
"striking down",
|
|
"vacating",
|
|
"voiding"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"countermanding",
|
|
"overriding",
|
|
"overruling",
|
|
"overturning",
|
|
"vetoing",
|
|
"aborting",
|
|
"calling",
|
|
"calling off",
|
|
"dropping",
|
|
"recalling",
|
|
"retracting",
|
|
"reversing",
|
|
"revoking",
|
|
"suspending",
|
|
"withdrawing",
|
|
"banning",
|
|
"enjoining",
|
|
"forbidding",
|
|
"outlawing",
|
|
"prohibiting",
|
|
"disallowing",
|
|
"dismissing",
|
|
"rejecting",
|
|
"annihilating",
|
|
"breaking down",
|
|
"eliminating",
|
|
"eradicating",
|
|
"erasing",
|
|
"liquidating",
|
|
"removing",
|
|
"throwing out",
|
|
"writing off"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"enacting",
|
|
"laying down",
|
|
"legislating",
|
|
"establishing",
|
|
"founding",
|
|
"instituting",
|
|
"formalizing",
|
|
"legalizing",
|
|
"legitimating",
|
|
"legitimizing",
|
|
"validating",
|
|
"passing",
|
|
"ratifying",
|
|
"allowing",
|
|
"approving",
|
|
"authorizing",
|
|
"clearing",
|
|
"endorsing",
|
|
"indorsing",
|
|
"permitting",
|
|
"sanctioning",
|
|
"warranting",
|
|
"commanding",
|
|
"decreeing",
|
|
"mandating",
|
|
"ordering",
|
|
"prescribing"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to show (something written) to be no longer valid by drawing a cross over or a line through it":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"canceled the check and wrote a new one"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blue-penciling",
|
|
"crossing (out)",
|
|
"deleing",
|
|
"deleting",
|
|
"editing (out)",
|
|
"eliding",
|
|
"killing",
|
|
"scratching (out)",
|
|
"striking (out)",
|
|
"stroking (out)",
|
|
"x-ing (out)",
|
|
"x'ing (out)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blotting out",
|
|
"effacing",
|
|
"eradicating",
|
|
"erasing",
|
|
"expunging",
|
|
"obliterating",
|
|
"rooting (out)",
|
|
"rubbing out",
|
|
"wiping out",
|
|
"bleeping",
|
|
"blipping",
|
|
"clipping",
|
|
"cutting",
|
|
"excising",
|
|
"removing",
|
|
"bowdlerizing",
|
|
"censoring",
|
|
"cleaning (up)",
|
|
"expurgating",
|
|
"laundering",
|
|
"redacting",
|
|
"red-penciling",
|
|
"abbreviating",
|
|
"cropping",
|
|
"shortening",
|
|
"blacking out",
|
|
"repressing",
|
|
"silencing",
|
|
"suppressing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to destroy all traces of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"it seemed as though all honor and decency had been canceled by the war's new moral order"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abolishing",
|
|
"annihilating",
|
|
"blacking out",
|
|
"blotting out",
|
|
"cleaning (up)",
|
|
"effacing",
|
|
"eradicating",
|
|
"erasing",
|
|
"expunging",
|
|
"exterminating",
|
|
"extirpating",
|
|
"liquidating",
|
|
"obliterating",
|
|
"rooting (out)",
|
|
"rubbing out",
|
|
"snuffing (out)",
|
|
"stamping (out)",
|
|
"sweeping (away)",
|
|
"wiping out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"decimating",
|
|
"demolishing",
|
|
"destroying",
|
|
"devastating",
|
|
"ravaging",
|
|
"dismantling",
|
|
"flattening",
|
|
"mowing (down)",
|
|
"razing",
|
|
"tearing down",
|
|
"ruining",
|
|
"totaling",
|
|
"totalling",
|
|
"wasting",
|
|
"wrecking",
|
|
"blasting",
|
|
"blowing up",
|
|
"dashing",
|
|
"dynamiting",
|
|
"smashing",
|
|
"atomizing",
|
|
"consuming",
|
|
"devouring",
|
|
"dissolving",
|
|
"fragmenting",
|
|
"powdering",
|
|
"pulverizing",
|
|
"shattering",
|
|
"splintering",
|
|
"dooming",
|
|
"finishing",
|
|
"killing",
|
|
"killing off",
|
|
"terminating",
|
|
"zapping",
|
|
"cutting",
|
|
"discarding",
|
|
"ditching",
|
|
"ejecting",
|
|
"excising",
|
|
"expelling",
|
|
"jettisoning",
|
|
"ousting",
|
|
"throwing out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"conserving",
|
|
"preserving",
|
|
"protecting",
|
|
"saving",
|
|
"building",
|
|
"constructing",
|
|
"creating",
|
|
"fabricating",
|
|
"fashioning",
|
|
"forging",
|
|
"forming",
|
|
"framing",
|
|
"making",
|
|
"manufacturing",
|
|
"shaping",
|
|
"fixing",
|
|
"mending",
|
|
"patching",
|
|
"rebuilding",
|
|
"reconditioning",
|
|
"reconstructing",
|
|
"renewing",
|
|
"renovating",
|
|
"repairing",
|
|
"restoring",
|
|
"revamping"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cantles":{
|
|
"as in shreds , tatters":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"shreds",
|
|
"tatters",
|
|
"bits",
|
|
"fractions",
|
|
"fragments",
|
|
"pieces",
|
|
"scraps",
|
|
"ends",
|
|
"leftovers",
|
|
"oddments",
|
|
"remainders",
|
|
"remnants",
|
|
"stubs",
|
|
"portions",
|
|
"sections",
|
|
"segments",
|
|
"chips",
|
|
"flakes",
|
|
"shards",
|
|
"shatters",
|
|
"shivers",
|
|
"slivers",
|
|
"splinters",
|
|
"clippings",
|
|
"parings",
|
|
"shavings",
|
|
"atoms",
|
|
"crumbs",
|
|
"dribbles",
|
|
"flecks",
|
|
"flyspecks",
|
|
"grains",
|
|
"granules",
|
|
"molecules",
|
|
"morsels",
|
|
"motes",
|
|
"nubbins",
|
|
"nuggets",
|
|
"particles",
|
|
"patches",
|
|
"scruples",
|
|
"snippets",
|
|
"snips",
|
|
"specks",
|
|
"tittles"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"candyfloss":{
|
|
"something attractive but lacking in substance":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the composer's works have generally been dismissed as candyfloss by music critics"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cotton candy",
|
|
"eye candy",
|
|
"tinsel"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"window dressing",
|
|
"fluff",
|
|
"froth",
|
|
"gossamer",
|
|
"glitter",
|
|
"gloss"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cancellations":{
|
|
"the act of putting an end to something planned or previously agreed to":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"bad weather forced the cancellation of hundreds of flights"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abandonments",
|
|
"abortions",
|
|
"callings",
|
|
"droppings",
|
|
"recalls",
|
|
"recisions",
|
|
"repeals",
|
|
"rescissions",
|
|
"revocations"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"annulments",
|
|
"invalidations",
|
|
"neutralizations",
|
|
"nullifications",
|
|
"voidances",
|
|
"abolishments",
|
|
"abolitions",
|
|
"endings",
|
|
"terminations",
|
|
"relinquishments",
|
|
"surrenders",
|
|
"reversals",
|
|
"rollbacks"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"beginnings",
|
|
"commencements",
|
|
"initiations",
|
|
"engagements",
|
|
"undertakings"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"continuations"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the doing away with something by formal action":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a blanket cancellation of all military leave for the duration of the crisis"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abatements",
|
|
"abolishments",
|
|
"abolitions",
|
|
"abrogations",
|
|
"annulments",
|
|
"avoidances",
|
|
"defeasances",
|
|
"dissolutions",
|
|
"invalidations",
|
|
"negations",
|
|
"nullifications",
|
|
"repeals",
|
|
"rescindments"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abortions",
|
|
"recalls",
|
|
"countermands",
|
|
"overrides",
|
|
"overturns",
|
|
"vetoes",
|
|
"retractions",
|
|
"reversals",
|
|
"revocations",
|
|
"suspensions",
|
|
"withdrawals",
|
|
"forbiddances",
|
|
"prohibitions",
|
|
"disallowances",
|
|
"dismissals",
|
|
"rejections",
|
|
"eliminations",
|
|
"eradications",
|
|
"erasures",
|
|
"liquidations",
|
|
"removals"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"enactments",
|
|
"legislations",
|
|
"establishments",
|
|
"institutions",
|
|
"formalizations",
|
|
"legalizations",
|
|
"legitimations",
|
|
"legitimizations",
|
|
"validations",
|
|
"passings",
|
|
"ratifications",
|
|
"approvals",
|
|
"authorizations",
|
|
"clearances",
|
|
"endorsements",
|
|
"indorsements",
|
|
"permissions",
|
|
"commandments",
|
|
"orderings",
|
|
"prescriptions"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"canceling (out)":{
|
|
"to balance with an equal force so as to make ineffective":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"unfortunately, this one indiscretion will cancel out a long record of accomplishment"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"annulling",
|
|
"compensating (for)",
|
|
"correcting",
|
|
"counteracting",
|
|
"counterbalancing",
|
|
"counterpoising",
|
|
"making up (for)",
|
|
"negativing",
|
|
"neutralizing",
|
|
"offsetting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"invalidating",
|
|
"negating",
|
|
"neutering",
|
|
"nullifying",
|
|
"atoning (for)",
|
|
"outbalancing",
|
|
"outweighing",
|
|
"redeeming",
|
|
"redressing",
|
|
"relieving",
|
|
"remedying",
|
|
"overriding",
|
|
"overruling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cannister":{
|
|
"a metal container in the shape of a cylinder":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she put the store-bought cookies in a fancy canister to make them look homemade"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"barrel",
|
|
"can",
|
|
"drum",
|
|
"tin"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bucket",
|
|
"pail",
|
|
"cannikin",
|
|
"tin can"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"canopies":{
|
|
"a raised covering over something for decoration or protection":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"trees line both sides of the garden path, with their foliage forming a leafy canopy for walkers"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"awnings",
|
|
"ceilings",
|
|
"covers",
|
|
"roofs",
|
|
"tents"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"domes",
|
|
"marquees",
|
|
"pavilions",
|
|
"arbors",
|
|
"bowers",
|
|
"pergolas",
|
|
"screens",
|
|
"shades",
|
|
"shelters",
|
|
"shields",
|
|
"sunshades",
|
|
"umbrellas",
|
|
"canvases",
|
|
"canvasses",
|
|
"flies"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in covers , protects":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"covers",
|
|
"protects",
|
|
"screens",
|
|
"clouds",
|
|
"darkens",
|
|
"dims",
|
|
"dulls",
|
|
"overcasts",
|
|
"overshadows",
|
|
"shades",
|
|
"shadows"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"illuminates",
|
|
"lightens",
|
|
"lights",
|
|
"exposes"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cantinas":{
|
|
"a place of business where alcoholic beverages are sold to be consumed on the premises":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we spent an interesting evening in that desert town's lone cantina"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"barrooms",
|
|
"bars",
|
|
"caf\u00e9s",
|
|
"cafes",
|
|
"dramshops",
|
|
"gin mills",
|
|
"grogshops",
|
|
"public houses",
|
|
"pubs",
|
|
"saloons",
|
|
"taprooms",
|
|
"taverns",
|
|
"watering holes",
|
|
"watering places"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"alehouses",
|
|
"barrelhouses",
|
|
"bistros",
|
|
"bottle clubs",
|
|
"brewpubs",
|
|
"cabarets",
|
|
"dives",
|
|
"joints",
|
|
"nightclubs",
|
|
"roadhouses",
|
|
"speakeasies",
|
|
"sports bars",
|
|
"wineshops",
|
|
"package stores"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cannoneers":{
|
|
"as in gunners , riflemen":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"artillerymen",
|
|
"gunners",
|
|
"mortarmen",
|
|
"musketeers",
|
|
"riflemen",
|
|
"jarheads",
|
|
"marines",
|
|
"rangers",
|
|
"archers",
|
|
"crossbowmen",
|
|
"commandos",
|
|
"commandoes",
|
|
"raiders",
|
|
"lancers",
|
|
"pikemen",
|
|
"spearmen",
|
|
"doughboys",
|
|
"footmen",
|
|
"foot soldiers",
|
|
"grunts",
|
|
"infantrymen",
|
|
"Confederates",
|
|
"Continentals",
|
|
"Federals",
|
|
"GIs",
|
|
"GI's",
|
|
"guardsmen",
|
|
"militiamen",
|
|
"minutemen",
|
|
"carabineers",
|
|
"carabiniers",
|
|
"cavaliers",
|
|
"cavalrymen",
|
|
"cuirassiers",
|
|
"dragoons",
|
|
"counterguerrillas",
|
|
"counterguerillas",
|
|
"guerrillas",
|
|
"guerillas",
|
|
"irregulars",
|
|
"paramilitaries",
|
|
"partisans",
|
|
"partizans",
|
|
"servicewomen"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"civilians"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"canvass":{
|
|
"to go around and approach (people) with a request for opinions or information":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we canvassed people all over town, asking if they would be interested in participating in a recycling program"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"interview",
|
|
"poll",
|
|
"solicit",
|
|
"survey"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"circularize",
|
|
"interrogate",
|
|
"question",
|
|
"feel (out)",
|
|
"sound (out)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"report"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to talk about (an issue) usually from various points of view and for the purpose of arriving at a decision or opinion":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"canvassed all the items on the agenda"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"agitate",
|
|
"argue",
|
|
"bandy",
|
|
"bat (around or back and forth)",
|
|
"debate",
|
|
"discuss",
|
|
"dispute",
|
|
"hash (over or out)",
|
|
"moot",
|
|
"talk over"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"review",
|
|
"speak (about)",
|
|
"talk (about)",
|
|
"broach",
|
|
"introduce",
|
|
"propound",
|
|
"raise",
|
|
"stir up",
|
|
"forge",
|
|
"hammer out",
|
|
"talk out",
|
|
"thrash (out)",
|
|
"wrestle (with)",
|
|
"chew over",
|
|
"consider",
|
|
"deliberate",
|
|
"weigh"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cantrips":{
|
|
"as in curses , jinxes":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"curses",
|
|
"jinxes",
|
|
"abracadabras",
|
|
"bewitchments",
|
|
"charms",
|
|
"conjurations",
|
|
"enchantments",
|
|
"glamours",
|
|
"glamors",
|
|
"hexes",
|
|
"incantations",
|
|
"invocations",
|
|
"spells",
|
|
"whammies",
|
|
"bewitcheries",
|
|
"magics",
|
|
"mojoes",
|
|
"mojos",
|
|
"necromancies",
|
|
"sorceries",
|
|
"voodooisms",
|
|
"voodoos",
|
|
"witchcrafts",
|
|
"witcheries",
|
|
"wizardries",
|
|
"amulets",
|
|
"fetishes",
|
|
"fetiches",
|
|
"phylacteries",
|
|
"talismans"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"canary":{
|
|
"a person who provides information about another's wrongdoing":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a canary who was singing and giving up the names of some of the city's most notorious drug lords"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"betrayer",
|
|
"deep throat",
|
|
"fink",
|
|
"informant",
|
|
"informer",
|
|
"nark",
|
|
"rat",
|
|
"rat fink",
|
|
"snitch",
|
|
"snitcher",
|
|
"squealer",
|
|
"stool pigeon",
|
|
"stoolie",
|
|
"talebearer",
|
|
"tattler",
|
|
"tattletale",
|
|
"telltale",
|
|
"whistle-blower"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"collaborator",
|
|
"blabber",
|
|
"blabbermouth",
|
|
"gossip",
|
|
"gossiper",
|
|
"leaker",
|
|
"snoop",
|
|
"snooper",
|
|
"spy",
|
|
"notifier"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"canvases":{
|
|
"a picture created with oil paint":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"one canvas by Picasso is worth more money than most of us can imagine"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"oil paintings",
|
|
"oils",
|
|
"paintings"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"frescoes",
|
|
"murals",
|
|
"panoramas",
|
|
"diptychs",
|
|
"triptychs",
|
|
"acrylics",
|
|
"aquarelles",
|
|
"gouaches",
|
|
"watercolors",
|
|
"distempers",
|
|
"drawings",
|
|
"etchings",
|
|
"finger paintings",
|
|
"pastels",
|
|
"sketches",
|
|
"temperas",
|
|
"masterpieces",
|
|
"pi\u00e8ces de r\u00e9sistance",
|
|
"showpieces"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"canon law":{
|
|
"as in belief , principle":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"credo",
|
|
"creed",
|
|
"ideology",
|
|
"idealogy",
|
|
"philosophy",
|
|
"theology",
|
|
"belief",
|
|
"conviction",
|
|
"tenet",
|
|
"canon",
|
|
"doctrine",
|
|
"dogma",
|
|
"axiom",
|
|
"precept",
|
|
"principle",
|
|
"symbol"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"candid":{
|
|
"free in expressing one's true feelings and opinions":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"my grandmother was a candid woman who never hesitated to say exactly what was on her mind"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"direct",
|
|
"forthcoming",
|
|
"forthright",
|
|
"foursquare",
|
|
"frank",
|
|
"free-spoken",
|
|
"freehearted",
|
|
"honest",
|
|
"open",
|
|
"openhearted",
|
|
"out-front",
|
|
"outspoken",
|
|
"plain",
|
|
"plainspoken",
|
|
"straight",
|
|
"straightforward",
|
|
"unguarded",
|
|
"unreserved",
|
|
"up-front"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"artless",
|
|
"earnest",
|
|
"guileless",
|
|
"ingenuous",
|
|
"innocent",
|
|
"naive",
|
|
"na\u00efve",
|
|
"natural",
|
|
"real",
|
|
"sincere",
|
|
"unaffected",
|
|
"undesigning",
|
|
"unpretending",
|
|
"unpretentious",
|
|
"outgoing",
|
|
"uninhibited",
|
|
"unrestrained",
|
|
"vocal",
|
|
"vociferous",
|
|
"abrupt",
|
|
"bluff",
|
|
"blunt",
|
|
"brusque",
|
|
"brusk",
|
|
"crusty",
|
|
"curt",
|
|
"gruff",
|
|
"sharp",
|
|
"impertinent",
|
|
"impolite",
|
|
"inconsiderate",
|
|
"rude",
|
|
"tactless",
|
|
"thoughtless",
|
|
"uncivil",
|
|
"undiplomatic",
|
|
"ungracious",
|
|
"unmannerly",
|
|
"unsubtle"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"inhibited",
|
|
"reserved",
|
|
"restrained",
|
|
"close-mouthed",
|
|
"laconic",
|
|
"quiet",
|
|
"reticent",
|
|
"taciturn",
|
|
"tight-lipped",
|
|
"uncommunicative",
|
|
"ambiguous",
|
|
"circuitous",
|
|
"equivocal",
|
|
"evasive",
|
|
"diplomatic",
|
|
"politic",
|
|
"tactful",
|
|
"civil",
|
|
"considerate",
|
|
"courteous",
|
|
"polite"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"dissembling",
|
|
"uncandid",
|
|
"unforthcoming"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"marked by justice, honesty, and freedom from bias":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a candid listing of the advantages and disadvantages of each medical insurance plan"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"disinterested",
|
|
"dispassionate",
|
|
"equal",
|
|
"equitable",
|
|
"evenhanded",
|
|
"fair",
|
|
"impartial",
|
|
"indifferent",
|
|
"just",
|
|
"nonpartisan",
|
|
"objective",
|
|
"square",
|
|
"unbiased",
|
|
"unprejudiced"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"frank",
|
|
"forthright",
|
|
"open",
|
|
"straight",
|
|
"straightforward",
|
|
"balanced",
|
|
"rational",
|
|
"reasonable"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"deceitful",
|
|
"deceptive",
|
|
"dishonest",
|
|
"arbitrary",
|
|
"unconscionable",
|
|
"unreasonable",
|
|
"jaundiced",
|
|
"unfriendly",
|
|
"unsympathetic",
|
|
"colored",
|
|
"distorted",
|
|
"warped"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"biased",
|
|
"ex parte",
|
|
"inequitable",
|
|
"nonobjective",
|
|
"one-sided",
|
|
"partial",
|
|
"parti pris",
|
|
"partisan",
|
|
"prejudiced",
|
|
"unjust"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"canter":{
|
|
"as in lope , skip":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bound",
|
|
"leap",
|
|
"lope",
|
|
"shag",
|
|
"skip",
|
|
"spring",
|
|
"dash",
|
|
"gallop",
|
|
"jog",
|
|
"run",
|
|
"scamper",
|
|
"sprint",
|
|
"trip",
|
|
"trot",
|
|
"barrel",
|
|
"belt",
|
|
"blast",
|
|
"blaze",
|
|
"blow",
|
|
"bolt",
|
|
"bomb",
|
|
"bowl",
|
|
"breeze",
|
|
"bustle",
|
|
"buzz",
|
|
"cannonball",
|
|
"careen",
|
|
"course",
|
|
"foot (it)",
|
|
"hare",
|
|
"hasten",
|
|
"hie",
|
|
"hoof (it)",
|
|
"hotfoot (it)",
|
|
"hump",
|
|
"hurl",
|
|
"hurry",
|
|
"hurtle",
|
|
"hustle",
|
|
"jet",
|
|
"leg (it)",
|
|
"pelt",
|
|
"race",
|
|
"ram",
|
|
"rip",
|
|
"rocket",
|
|
"rush",
|
|
"rustle",
|
|
"shoot",
|
|
"speed",
|
|
"tear",
|
|
"whirl",
|
|
"whisk",
|
|
"zip",
|
|
"zoom",
|
|
"nip",
|
|
"patter",
|
|
"scoot",
|
|
"scurry",
|
|
"scuttle",
|
|
"step (along)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"amble",
|
|
"saunter",
|
|
"shamble",
|
|
"shuffle",
|
|
"stroll",
|
|
"crawl",
|
|
"creep",
|
|
"dally",
|
|
"dawdle",
|
|
"dillydally",
|
|
"drag",
|
|
"lag",
|
|
"linger",
|
|
"loiter",
|
|
"poke",
|
|
"tarry",
|
|
"lumber",
|
|
"plod",
|
|
"trudge",
|
|
"hobble",
|
|
"limp"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"candors":{
|
|
"the free expression of one's true feelings and opinions":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an interview in which the members of the rock band speak with candor about their recent squabbling"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bluntness",
|
|
"candidness",
|
|
"directness",
|
|
"forthrightness",
|
|
"frankness",
|
|
"honesty",
|
|
"openheartedness",
|
|
"openness",
|
|
"outspokenness",
|
|
"plainness",
|
|
"plainspokenness",
|
|
"plumpness",
|
|
"straightforwardness",
|
|
"unguardedness",
|
|
"unreserve",
|
|
"unreservedness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"earnestness",
|
|
"sincerity",
|
|
"sobriety",
|
|
"artlessness",
|
|
"genuineness",
|
|
"na\u00efvet\u00e9",
|
|
"naivete",
|
|
"naivet\u00e9",
|
|
"simplicity",
|
|
"unsophistication",
|
|
"communicativeness",
|
|
"freedom",
|
|
"license",
|
|
"licence",
|
|
"uninhibitedness",
|
|
"unrestrainedness",
|
|
"unrestraint"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"circuitousness",
|
|
"evasiveness",
|
|
"secretiveness",
|
|
"inhibition",
|
|
"reserve",
|
|
"restraint",
|
|
"reticence",
|
|
"shyness",
|
|
"diplomacy",
|
|
"tact"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"dissembling",
|
|
"dissimulation",
|
|
"indirection"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the quality or state of having or giving off light":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the desert sun shone down on the intrepid travelers with fiery candor"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"brightness",
|
|
"brilliance",
|
|
"brilliancy",
|
|
"dazzle",
|
|
"effulgence",
|
|
"illumination",
|
|
"lambency",
|
|
"lightness",
|
|
"luminance",
|
|
"luminosity",
|
|
"luminousness",
|
|
"luster",
|
|
"lustre",
|
|
"lustrousness",
|
|
"radiance",
|
|
"refulgence",
|
|
"splendor"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blaze",
|
|
"flare",
|
|
"flash",
|
|
"flicker",
|
|
"light",
|
|
"fluorescence",
|
|
"incandescence",
|
|
"luminescence",
|
|
"burnish",
|
|
"gloss",
|
|
"polish",
|
|
"sheen",
|
|
"shine",
|
|
"shininess",
|
|
"fire",
|
|
"flame",
|
|
"glare",
|
|
"glow",
|
|
"flash",
|
|
"gleam",
|
|
"glimmer",
|
|
"glint",
|
|
"glisten",
|
|
"glitter",
|
|
"scintillation",
|
|
"shimmer",
|
|
"sparkle",
|
|
"twinkle"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dimness",
|
|
"gloominess",
|
|
"somberness",
|
|
"cloudiness",
|
|
"haziness",
|
|
"murkiness",
|
|
"obscureness",
|
|
"obscurity",
|
|
"colorlessness",
|
|
"grayness",
|
|
"lackluster",
|
|
"paleness",
|
|
"shadiness",
|
|
"shadowiness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"blackness",
|
|
"dark",
|
|
"darkness",
|
|
"dullness",
|
|
"dulness",
|
|
"duskiness"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"canoeing":{
|
|
"as in kayaking":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"kayaking",
|
|
"oaring",
|
|
"paddling",
|
|
"rowing",
|
|
"sculling",
|
|
"poling",
|
|
"punting",
|
|
"feathering",
|
|
"pulling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cannily":{
|
|
"as in falsely , artfully":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"artfully",
|
|
"deceitfully",
|
|
"deceptively",
|
|
"deviously",
|
|
"dishonestly",
|
|
"falsely",
|
|
"affectedly",
|
|
"artificially",
|
|
"hypocritically",
|
|
"insincerely",
|
|
"pretentiously",
|
|
"unnaturally",
|
|
"archly",
|
|
"calculatingly",
|
|
"craftily",
|
|
"cunningly",
|
|
"furtively",
|
|
"insidiously",
|
|
"sharply",
|
|
"shiftily",
|
|
"slickly",
|
|
"slyly",
|
|
"slily",
|
|
"underhand",
|
|
"underhanded",
|
|
"underhandedly",
|
|
"flatteringly",
|
|
"sycophantically",
|
|
"unctuously"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"artlessly",
|
|
"guilelessly",
|
|
"ingenuously",
|
|
"innocently",
|
|
"naively",
|
|
"na\u00efvely",
|
|
"naturally",
|
|
"sincerely",
|
|
"unaffectedly",
|
|
"unfeignedly",
|
|
"unpretentiously",
|
|
"genuinely",
|
|
"honestly",
|
|
"simply",
|
|
"truly",
|
|
"freely",
|
|
"openheartedly",
|
|
"openly"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cankering":{
|
|
"to lower in character, dignity, or quality":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"such shameless ambulance chasing cankers the legal profession"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abasing",
|
|
"bastardizing",
|
|
"cheapening",
|
|
"corrupting",
|
|
"debasing",
|
|
"debauching",
|
|
"degrading",
|
|
"demeaning",
|
|
"demoralizing",
|
|
"depraving",
|
|
"deteriorating",
|
|
"lessening",
|
|
"perverting",
|
|
"poisoning",
|
|
"profaning",
|
|
"prostituting",
|
|
"subverting",
|
|
"vitiating",
|
|
"warping"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"befouling",
|
|
"begriming",
|
|
"contaminating",
|
|
"defiling",
|
|
"diluting",
|
|
"dirtying",
|
|
"polluting",
|
|
"tainting",
|
|
"thinning",
|
|
"watering down",
|
|
"weakening",
|
|
"descending",
|
|
"disgracing",
|
|
"dishonoring",
|
|
"humbling",
|
|
"humiliating",
|
|
"shaming",
|
|
"taking down",
|
|
"blemishing",
|
|
"damaging",
|
|
"defacing",
|
|
"destroying",
|
|
"flawing",
|
|
"harming",
|
|
"hurting",
|
|
"impairing",
|
|
"marring",
|
|
"ruining",
|
|
"spoiling",
|
|
"staining",
|
|
"tarnishing",
|
|
"wrecking",
|
|
"depreciating",
|
|
"downgrading"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dignifying",
|
|
"exalting",
|
|
"honoring",
|
|
"ameliorating",
|
|
"amending",
|
|
"bettering",
|
|
"enhancing",
|
|
"enriching",
|
|
"improving",
|
|
"meliorating",
|
|
"perfecting",
|
|
"clarifying",
|
|
"cleaning",
|
|
"cleansing",
|
|
"purifying",
|
|
"refining",
|
|
"restoring",
|
|
"respecting"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"elevating",
|
|
"ennobling",
|
|
"uplifting"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cancel":{
|
|
"to put an end to (something planned or previously agreed to)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"please call to cancel your appointment with the dentist if you can't make it"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abandon",
|
|
"abort",
|
|
"call",
|
|
"call off",
|
|
"cry off",
|
|
"drop",
|
|
"recall",
|
|
"repeal",
|
|
"rescind",
|
|
"revoke",
|
|
"scrap",
|
|
"scrub"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abrogate",
|
|
"annul",
|
|
"invalidate",
|
|
"nullify",
|
|
"void",
|
|
"write off",
|
|
"recant",
|
|
"retract",
|
|
"take back",
|
|
"withdraw",
|
|
"countermand",
|
|
"reverse",
|
|
"roll back",
|
|
"break off",
|
|
"discontinue",
|
|
"end",
|
|
"halt",
|
|
"stop",
|
|
"terminate",
|
|
"hold back",
|
|
"interrupt",
|
|
"suspend",
|
|
"give up",
|
|
"relinquish",
|
|
"surrender"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"engage",
|
|
"pledge",
|
|
"promise",
|
|
"begin",
|
|
"commence",
|
|
"initiate",
|
|
"start",
|
|
"take on",
|
|
"take up",
|
|
"undertake"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"continue",
|
|
"keep"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to put an end to by formal action":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the agreement can be canceled by either side with a formal written notice"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abate",
|
|
"abolish",
|
|
"abrogate",
|
|
"annul",
|
|
"avoid",
|
|
"disannul",
|
|
"dissolve",
|
|
"invalidate",
|
|
"negate",
|
|
"null",
|
|
"nullify",
|
|
"quash",
|
|
"repeal",
|
|
"rescind",
|
|
"roll back",
|
|
"strike down",
|
|
"vacate",
|
|
"void"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"countermand",
|
|
"override",
|
|
"overrule",
|
|
"overturn",
|
|
"veto",
|
|
"abort",
|
|
"call",
|
|
"call off",
|
|
"drop",
|
|
"recall",
|
|
"retract",
|
|
"reverse",
|
|
"revoke",
|
|
"suspend",
|
|
"withdraw",
|
|
"ban",
|
|
"enjoin",
|
|
"forbid",
|
|
"outlaw",
|
|
"prohibit",
|
|
"disallow",
|
|
"dismiss",
|
|
"reject",
|
|
"annihilate",
|
|
"break down",
|
|
"eliminate",
|
|
"eradicate",
|
|
"erase",
|
|
"liquidate",
|
|
"remove",
|
|
"throw out",
|
|
"write off"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"enact",
|
|
"lay down",
|
|
"legislate",
|
|
"establish",
|
|
"found",
|
|
"institute",
|
|
"formalize",
|
|
"legalize",
|
|
"legitimate",
|
|
"legitimize",
|
|
"validate",
|
|
"pass",
|
|
"ratify",
|
|
"allow",
|
|
"approve",
|
|
"authorize",
|
|
"clear",
|
|
"endorse",
|
|
"indorse",
|
|
"permit",
|
|
"sanction",
|
|
"warrant",
|
|
"command",
|
|
"decree",
|
|
"mandate",
|
|
"order",
|
|
"prescribe"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to show (something written) to be no longer valid by drawing a cross over or a line through it":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"canceled the check and wrote a new one"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blue-pencil",
|
|
"cross (out)",
|
|
"dele",
|
|
"delete",
|
|
"edit (out)",
|
|
"elide",
|
|
"kill",
|
|
"scratch (out)",
|
|
"strike (out)",
|
|
"stroke (out)",
|
|
"x (out)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blot out",
|
|
"efface",
|
|
"eradicate",
|
|
"erase",
|
|
"expunge",
|
|
"obliterate",
|
|
"root (out)",
|
|
"rub out",
|
|
"wipe out",
|
|
"bleep",
|
|
"blip",
|
|
"clip",
|
|
"cut",
|
|
"excise",
|
|
"remove",
|
|
"bowdlerize",
|
|
"censor",
|
|
"clean (up)",
|
|
"expurgate",
|
|
"launder",
|
|
"redact",
|
|
"red-pencil",
|
|
"abbreviate",
|
|
"crop",
|
|
"shorten",
|
|
"black out",
|
|
"repress",
|
|
"silence",
|
|
"suppress"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to destroy all traces of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"it seemed as though all honor and decency had been canceled by the war's new moral order"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abolish",
|
|
"annihilate",
|
|
"black out",
|
|
"blot out",
|
|
"clean (up)",
|
|
"efface",
|
|
"eradicate",
|
|
"erase",
|
|
"expunge",
|
|
"exterminate",
|
|
"extirpate",
|
|
"liquidate",
|
|
"obliterate",
|
|
"root (out)",
|
|
"rub out",
|
|
"snuff (out)",
|
|
"stamp (out)",
|
|
"sweep (away)",
|
|
"wipe out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"decimate",
|
|
"demolish",
|
|
"destroy",
|
|
"devastate",
|
|
"ravage",
|
|
"dismantle",
|
|
"flatten",
|
|
"mow (down)",
|
|
"raze",
|
|
"tear down",
|
|
"ruin",
|
|
"total",
|
|
"waste",
|
|
"wreck",
|
|
"blast",
|
|
"blow up",
|
|
"dash",
|
|
"dynamite",
|
|
"smash",
|
|
"atomize",
|
|
"consume",
|
|
"devour",
|
|
"dissolve",
|
|
"fragment",
|
|
"powder",
|
|
"pulverize",
|
|
"shatter",
|
|
"splinter",
|
|
"doom",
|
|
"finish",
|
|
"kill",
|
|
"kill off",
|
|
"terminate",
|
|
"zap",
|
|
"cut",
|
|
"discard",
|
|
"ditch",
|
|
"eject",
|
|
"excise",
|
|
"expel",
|
|
"jettison",
|
|
"oust",
|
|
"throw out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"conserve",
|
|
"preserve",
|
|
"protect",
|
|
"save",
|
|
"build",
|
|
"construct",
|
|
"create",
|
|
"fabricate",
|
|
"fashion",
|
|
"forge",
|
|
"form",
|
|
"frame",
|
|
"make",
|
|
"manufacture",
|
|
"shape",
|
|
"fix",
|
|
"mend",
|
|
"patch",
|
|
"rebuild",
|
|
"recondition",
|
|
"reconstruct",
|
|
"renew",
|
|
"renovate",
|
|
"repair",
|
|
"restore",
|
|
"revamp"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cancellers":{
|
|
"a force or influence that makes an opposing force ineffective or less effective":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"bright decorative accents proved to be a canceler of the apartment's monotone color scheme"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"balances",
|
|
"correctives",
|
|
"counteractions",
|
|
"counterbalances",
|
|
"counterforces",
|
|
"counter-forces",
|
|
"counterpoises",
|
|
"counters",
|
|
"counterweights",
|
|
"equipoises",
|
|
"neutralizers",
|
|
"offsets"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"trade-offs",
|
|
"ballasts",
|
|
"weights"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cannibalizes":{
|
|
"to remove parts from a machine, car, etc., to repair or build another one":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"He cannibalized one washing machine to fix another.",
|
|
"Many parts of the engine were cannibalized from older cars."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"recycles",
|
|
"reuses",
|
|
"applies",
|
|
"employs",
|
|
"exercises",
|
|
"exploits",
|
|
"harnesses",
|
|
"operates",
|
|
"uses",
|
|
"utilizes",
|
|
"handles",
|
|
"manipulates",
|
|
"wields",
|
|
"directs",
|
|
"runs",
|
|
"works"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"chucks",
|
|
"dumps",
|
|
"junks",
|
|
"throws away",
|
|
"throws out",
|
|
"tosses",
|
|
"ignores",
|
|
"neglects",
|
|
"misapplies",
|
|
"misuses"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"canailles":{
|
|
"as in commoners , plebeians":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"commoners",
|
|
"plebeians",
|
|
"plebs",
|
|
"proletarians",
|
|
"roturiers",
|
|
"boors",
|
|
"fellahin",
|
|
"fellaheen",
|
|
"peasants",
|
|
"peons",
|
|
"peones"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"aristocrats",
|
|
"blue bloods",
|
|
"gentlepeople",
|
|
"gentles",
|
|
"nobles",
|
|
"patricians",
|
|
"socialites",
|
|
"swells",
|
|
"magnates",
|
|
"magnificoes",
|
|
"magnificos",
|
|
"moguls",
|
|
"nabobs"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"canon laws":{
|
|
"as in beliefs , principles":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"credos",
|
|
"creeds",
|
|
"ideologies",
|
|
"idealogies",
|
|
"philosophies",
|
|
"theologies",
|
|
"beliefs",
|
|
"convictions",
|
|
"tenets",
|
|
"canons",
|
|
"doctrines",
|
|
"dogmas",
|
|
"dogmata",
|
|
"axioms",
|
|
"precepts",
|
|
"principles",
|
|
"symbols"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"canceler":{
|
|
"a force or influence that makes an opposing force ineffective or less effective":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"bright decorative accents proved to be a canceler of the apartment's monotone color scheme"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"balance",
|
|
"corrective",
|
|
"counter",
|
|
"counteraction",
|
|
"counterbalance",
|
|
"counterforce",
|
|
"counterpoise",
|
|
"counterweight",
|
|
"equipoise",
|
|
"neutralizer",
|
|
"offset"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"trade-off",
|
|
"ballast",
|
|
"weight"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cannikins":{
|
|
"as in buckets , tin cans":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"barrels",
|
|
"canisters",
|
|
"cannisters",
|
|
"cans",
|
|
"drums",
|
|
"tins",
|
|
"buckets",
|
|
"pails",
|
|
"tin cans"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"candidacies":{
|
|
"as in trials , probations":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"probations",
|
|
"trials",
|
|
"educations",
|
|
"groundings",
|
|
"instructions",
|
|
"schoolings",
|
|
"tutelages",
|
|
"basic trainings",
|
|
"boot camps",
|
|
"cadetships",
|
|
"apprenticeships",
|
|
"externships",
|
|
"internships",
|
|
"practicums",
|
|
"trainings"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"tenures"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"canonize":{
|
|
"to love or admire too much":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a singing star so canonized by his fans that they refuse to believe anything bad about him"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"adore",
|
|
"adulate",
|
|
"deify",
|
|
"dote (on)",
|
|
"hero-worship",
|
|
"idolize",
|
|
"worship"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"appreciate",
|
|
"cherish",
|
|
"esteem",
|
|
"prize",
|
|
"treasure",
|
|
"value",
|
|
"fancy",
|
|
"favor",
|
|
"like",
|
|
"prefer",
|
|
"regard",
|
|
"hallow",
|
|
"respect",
|
|
"revere",
|
|
"venerate",
|
|
"approve",
|
|
"endorse",
|
|
"indorse",
|
|
"support"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abhor",
|
|
"abominate",
|
|
"despise",
|
|
"detest",
|
|
"disdain",
|
|
"dislike",
|
|
"hate",
|
|
"loathe",
|
|
"belittle",
|
|
"deprecate",
|
|
"disparage",
|
|
"misprize",
|
|
"put down"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to assign a high status or value to":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"those movie buffs who have canonized Alfred Hitchcock as filmdom's preeminent director"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"aggrandize",
|
|
"deify",
|
|
"dignify",
|
|
"elevate",
|
|
"ennoble",
|
|
"enshrine",
|
|
"ensky",
|
|
"enthrone",
|
|
"exalt",
|
|
"glorify",
|
|
"magnify"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"boost",
|
|
"lift",
|
|
"promote",
|
|
"raise",
|
|
"upgrade",
|
|
"uplift",
|
|
"heighten",
|
|
"intensify",
|
|
"idealize",
|
|
"romanticize",
|
|
"sanitize",
|
|
"sugarcoat",
|
|
"acclaim",
|
|
"extol",
|
|
"extoll",
|
|
"honor",
|
|
"laud",
|
|
"praise"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"belittle",
|
|
"decry",
|
|
"depreciate",
|
|
"detract",
|
|
"disparage",
|
|
"minimize"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"abase",
|
|
"degrade",
|
|
"demean",
|
|
"humble",
|
|
"humiliate"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"canap\u00e9s":{
|
|
"as in appetizers , hors d'oeuvres":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"appetizers",
|
|
"hors d'oeuvres",
|
|
"hors d'oeuvre",
|
|
"bites",
|
|
"morsels",
|
|
"mouthfuls",
|
|
"nibbles",
|
|
"nuggets",
|
|
"tastes",
|
|
"tidbits",
|
|
"titbits",
|
|
"collops",
|
|
"medallions",
|
|
"noisettes",
|
|
"noshes",
|
|
"snacks",
|
|
"bits",
|
|
"chews",
|
|
"crumbs",
|
|
"dabs",
|
|
"dribbles",
|
|
"driblets",
|
|
"flecks",
|
|
"hints",
|
|
"motes",
|
|
"nubbins",
|
|
"particles",
|
|
"pinches",
|
|
"scraps",
|
|
"scruples",
|
|
"shreds",
|
|
"smidgens",
|
|
"smidgeons",
|
|
"smidgins",
|
|
"smidges",
|
|
"snippets",
|
|
"snips",
|
|
"specks",
|
|
"spots",
|
|
"sprinklings",
|
|
"suspicions",
|
|
"tittles",
|
|
"touches",
|
|
"traces",
|
|
"dashes",
|
|
"drops",
|
|
"laps",
|
|
"licks",
|
|
"gulps",
|
|
"swallows",
|
|
"swigs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cannonades":{
|
|
"a rapid or overwhelming outpouring of many things at once":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the director of the sporting event was greeted at the scene with a cannonade of complaints"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"barrages",
|
|
"blitzes",
|
|
"blitzkriegs",
|
|
"bombardments",
|
|
"drumbeats",
|
|
"drumfires",
|
|
"flurries",
|
|
"fusillades",
|
|
"hails",
|
|
"salvos",
|
|
"salvoes",
|
|
"showers",
|
|
"storms",
|
|
"volleys"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"broadsides",
|
|
"earfuls",
|
|
"avalanches",
|
|
"bursts",
|
|
"cataclysms",
|
|
"cataracts",
|
|
"deluges",
|
|
"discharges",
|
|
"engulfments",
|
|
"floods",
|
|
"flood tides",
|
|
"flushes",
|
|
"gushes",
|
|
"inundations",
|
|
"outbursts",
|
|
"outflows",
|
|
"outpourings",
|
|
"overflows",
|
|
"rashes",
|
|
"spates",
|
|
"surges",
|
|
"torrents",
|
|
"currents",
|
|
"rivers",
|
|
"streams",
|
|
"tides",
|
|
"excesses",
|
|
"gluts",
|
|
"overabundances",
|
|
"overages",
|
|
"overkills",
|
|
"overmuch",
|
|
"oversupplies",
|
|
"superabundances",
|
|
"superfluities",
|
|
"surfeits",
|
|
"surpluses"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dribbles",
|
|
"drips",
|
|
"trickles"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to use bombs or artillery against":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the artillery cannonaded the enemy encampment all night"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"batters",
|
|
"blitzes",
|
|
"blitzkriegs",
|
|
"bombards",
|
|
"bombs",
|
|
"shells"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"enfilades",
|
|
"rakes",
|
|
"strafes",
|
|
"assails",
|
|
"assaults",
|
|
"attacks",
|
|
"devastates",
|
|
"hits",
|
|
"pounds",
|
|
"ravages",
|
|
"strikes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cancelling":{
|
|
"to put an end to (something planned or previously agreed to)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"please call to cancel your appointment with the dentist if you can't make it"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abandoning",
|
|
"aborting",
|
|
"calling",
|
|
"calling off",
|
|
"crying off",
|
|
"dropping",
|
|
"recalling",
|
|
"repealing",
|
|
"rescinding",
|
|
"revoking",
|
|
"scrapping",
|
|
"scrubbing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abrogating",
|
|
"annulling",
|
|
"invalidating",
|
|
"nullifying",
|
|
"voiding",
|
|
"writing off",
|
|
"recanting",
|
|
"retracting",
|
|
"taking back",
|
|
"withdrawing",
|
|
"countermanding",
|
|
"reversing",
|
|
"rolling back",
|
|
"breaking off",
|
|
"discontinuing",
|
|
"ending",
|
|
"halting",
|
|
"stopping",
|
|
"terminating",
|
|
"holding back",
|
|
"interrupting",
|
|
"suspending",
|
|
"giving up",
|
|
"relinquishing",
|
|
"surrendering"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"engaging",
|
|
"pledging",
|
|
"promising",
|
|
"beginning",
|
|
"commencing",
|
|
"initiating",
|
|
"starting",
|
|
"taking on",
|
|
"taking up",
|
|
"undertaking"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"continuing",
|
|
"keeping"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to put an end to by formal action":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the agreement can be canceled by either side with a formal written notice"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abating",
|
|
"abolishing",
|
|
"abrogating",
|
|
"annulling",
|
|
"avoiding",
|
|
"disannulling",
|
|
"dissolving",
|
|
"invalidating",
|
|
"negating",
|
|
"nullifying",
|
|
"nulling",
|
|
"quashing",
|
|
"repealing",
|
|
"rescinding",
|
|
"rolling back",
|
|
"striking down",
|
|
"vacating",
|
|
"voiding"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"countermanding",
|
|
"overriding",
|
|
"overruling",
|
|
"overturning",
|
|
"vetoing",
|
|
"aborting",
|
|
"calling",
|
|
"calling off",
|
|
"dropping",
|
|
"recalling",
|
|
"retracting",
|
|
"reversing",
|
|
"revoking",
|
|
"suspending",
|
|
"withdrawing",
|
|
"banning",
|
|
"enjoining",
|
|
"forbidding",
|
|
"outlawing",
|
|
"prohibiting",
|
|
"disallowing",
|
|
"dismissing",
|
|
"rejecting",
|
|
"annihilating",
|
|
"breaking down",
|
|
"eliminating",
|
|
"eradicating",
|
|
"erasing",
|
|
"liquidating",
|
|
"removing",
|
|
"throwing out",
|
|
"writing off"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"enacting",
|
|
"laying down",
|
|
"legislating",
|
|
"establishing",
|
|
"founding",
|
|
"instituting",
|
|
"formalizing",
|
|
"legalizing",
|
|
"legitimating",
|
|
"legitimizing",
|
|
"validating",
|
|
"passing",
|
|
"ratifying",
|
|
"allowing",
|
|
"approving",
|
|
"authorizing",
|
|
"clearing",
|
|
"endorsing",
|
|
"indorsing",
|
|
"permitting",
|
|
"sanctioning",
|
|
"warranting",
|
|
"commanding",
|
|
"decreeing",
|
|
"mandating",
|
|
"ordering",
|
|
"prescribing"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to show (something written) to be no longer valid by drawing a cross over or a line through it":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"canceled the check and wrote a new one"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blue-penciling",
|
|
"crossing (out)",
|
|
"deleing",
|
|
"deleting",
|
|
"editing (out)",
|
|
"eliding",
|
|
"killing",
|
|
"scratching (out)",
|
|
"striking (out)",
|
|
"stroking (out)",
|
|
"x-ing (out)",
|
|
"x'ing (out)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blotting out",
|
|
"effacing",
|
|
"eradicating",
|
|
"erasing",
|
|
"expunging",
|
|
"obliterating",
|
|
"rooting (out)",
|
|
"rubbing out",
|
|
"wiping out",
|
|
"bleeping",
|
|
"blipping",
|
|
"clipping",
|
|
"cutting",
|
|
"excising",
|
|
"removing",
|
|
"bowdlerizing",
|
|
"censoring",
|
|
"cleaning (up)",
|
|
"expurgating",
|
|
"laundering",
|
|
"redacting",
|
|
"red-penciling",
|
|
"abbreviating",
|
|
"cropping",
|
|
"shortening",
|
|
"blacking out",
|
|
"repressing",
|
|
"silencing",
|
|
"suppressing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to destroy all traces of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"it seemed as though all honor and decency had been canceled by the war's new moral order"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abolishing",
|
|
"annihilating",
|
|
"blacking out",
|
|
"blotting out",
|
|
"cleaning (up)",
|
|
"effacing",
|
|
"eradicating",
|
|
"erasing",
|
|
"expunging",
|
|
"exterminating",
|
|
"extirpating",
|
|
"liquidating",
|
|
"obliterating",
|
|
"rooting (out)",
|
|
"rubbing out",
|
|
"snuffing (out)",
|
|
"stamping (out)",
|
|
"sweeping (away)",
|
|
"wiping out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"decimating",
|
|
"demolishing",
|
|
"destroying",
|
|
"devastating",
|
|
"ravaging",
|
|
"dismantling",
|
|
"flattening",
|
|
"mowing (down)",
|
|
"razing",
|
|
"tearing down",
|
|
"ruining",
|
|
"totaling",
|
|
"totalling",
|
|
"wasting",
|
|
"wrecking",
|
|
"blasting",
|
|
"blowing up",
|
|
"dashing",
|
|
"dynamiting",
|
|
"smashing",
|
|
"atomizing",
|
|
"consuming",
|
|
"devouring",
|
|
"dissolving",
|
|
"fragmenting",
|
|
"powdering",
|
|
"pulverizing",
|
|
"shattering",
|
|
"splintering",
|
|
"dooming",
|
|
"finishing",
|
|
"killing",
|
|
"killing off",
|
|
"terminating",
|
|
"zapping",
|
|
"cutting",
|
|
"discarding",
|
|
"ditching",
|
|
"ejecting",
|
|
"excising",
|
|
"expelling",
|
|
"jettisoning",
|
|
"ousting",
|
|
"throwing out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"conserving",
|
|
"preserving",
|
|
"protecting",
|
|
"saving",
|
|
"building",
|
|
"constructing",
|
|
"creating",
|
|
"fabricating",
|
|
"fashioning",
|
|
"forging",
|
|
"forming",
|
|
"framing",
|
|
"making",
|
|
"manufacturing",
|
|
"shaping",
|
|
"fixing",
|
|
"mending",
|
|
"patching",
|
|
"rebuilding",
|
|
"reconditioning",
|
|
"reconstructing",
|
|
"renewing",
|
|
"renovating",
|
|
"repairing",
|
|
"restoring",
|
|
"revamping"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"canard":{
|
|
"a rumor or report of a personal or sensational nature":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"it's a popular canard that the actress died under scandalous circumstances"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"story",
|
|
"tale",
|
|
"whisper"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dirt",
|
|
"gossip",
|
|
"scuttlebutt",
|
|
"talebearing",
|
|
"talk",
|
|
"tattle",
|
|
"dirty laundry",
|
|
"dirty linen",
|
|
"defamation",
|
|
"libel",
|
|
"slander",
|
|
"hearsay",
|
|
"fable",
|
|
"fabrication",
|
|
"fairy tale",
|
|
"falsehood",
|
|
"falsity",
|
|
"fib",
|
|
"lie",
|
|
"mendacity",
|
|
"prevarication",
|
|
"untruth",
|
|
"whopper"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cancer":{
|
|
"as in disease , virus":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"contagion",
|
|
"disease",
|
|
"virus",
|
|
"bane",
|
|
"poison",
|
|
"toxic",
|
|
"toxin",
|
|
"venom",
|
|
"fungicide",
|
|
"germicide",
|
|
"herbicide",
|
|
"insecticide",
|
|
"microbicide",
|
|
"pesticide",
|
|
"toxicant"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"antidote",
|
|
"antivenin",
|
|
"antivenom",
|
|
"mithridate",
|
|
"cure",
|
|
"cure-all",
|
|
"elixir",
|
|
"panacea"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in lymphoma , melanoma":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"carcinoma",
|
|
"lymphoma",
|
|
"malignancy",
|
|
"melanoma",
|
|
"polyp",
|
|
"outgrowth",
|
|
"cyst",
|
|
"tubercle",
|
|
"wart",
|
|
"excrescence",
|
|
"excrescency",
|
|
"growth",
|
|
"lump",
|
|
"neoplasm",
|
|
"tumor"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in decay , rot":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"canker",
|
|
"decay",
|
|
"rot",
|
|
"squalor",
|
|
"devilry",
|
|
"deviltry",
|
|
"fiendishness",
|
|
"corruption",
|
|
"debauchery",
|
|
"degeneracy",
|
|
"depravity",
|
|
"indecency",
|
|
"malefaction",
|
|
"perversion",
|
|
"pervertedness",
|
|
"scurrility",
|
|
"scurrilousness",
|
|
"atrociousness",
|
|
"atrocity",
|
|
"badness",
|
|
"balefulness",
|
|
"darkness",
|
|
"depravedness",
|
|
"devilishness",
|
|
"diabolism",
|
|
"enormity",
|
|
"evilness",
|
|
"heinousness",
|
|
"iniquitousness",
|
|
"satanism",
|
|
"sinfulness",
|
|
"vileness",
|
|
"wickedness",
|
|
"abomination",
|
|
"anathema",
|
|
"taboo",
|
|
"tabu",
|
|
"bad",
|
|
"evil",
|
|
"evildoing",
|
|
"ill",
|
|
"immorality",
|
|
"iniquity",
|
|
"sin",
|
|
"villainy",
|
|
"wrong"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"good",
|
|
"morality",
|
|
"right",
|
|
"virtue",
|
|
"decency",
|
|
"goodness",
|
|
"honesty",
|
|
"integrity",
|
|
"probity",
|
|
"rectitude",
|
|
"uprightness",
|
|
"goodness",
|
|
"righteousness",
|
|
"virtuousness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cannoning":{
|
|
"as in barraging , cannonading":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"barraging",
|
|
"cannonading",
|
|
"blitzing",
|
|
"bombarding",
|
|
"bombing",
|
|
"nuking",
|
|
"banging away (at)",
|
|
"battering",
|
|
"buffeting",
|
|
"plastering",
|
|
"ambuscading",
|
|
"ambushing",
|
|
"surprising",
|
|
"surprizing",
|
|
"waylaying",
|
|
"beleaguering",
|
|
"besieging",
|
|
"pressing",
|
|
"mugging",
|
|
"robbing",
|
|
"harrying",
|
|
"looting",
|
|
"pillaging",
|
|
"plundering",
|
|
"ravaging",
|
|
"sacking",
|
|
"bum-rushing",
|
|
"ganging up (on)",
|
|
"mobbing",
|
|
"swarming",
|
|
"foraying",
|
|
"invading",
|
|
"overrunning",
|
|
"assailing",
|
|
"assaulting",
|
|
"attacking",
|
|
"besetting",
|
|
"bushwhacking",
|
|
"charging",
|
|
"descending (on or upon)",
|
|
"going in (on)",
|
|
"jumping (on)",
|
|
"pouncing (on or upon)",
|
|
"raiding",
|
|
"rushing",
|
|
"setting on",
|
|
"siccing",
|
|
"sicking",
|
|
"storming",
|
|
"striking",
|
|
"trashing",
|
|
"turning (on)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"covering",
|
|
"defending",
|
|
"guarding",
|
|
"protecting",
|
|
"securing",
|
|
"shielding"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"canalizing":{
|
|
"to cause to move to a central point or along a restricted pathway":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the director of the charity should be canalizing the flow of donations so that the money ends up where it is most needed"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"channeling",
|
|
"channelling",
|
|
"channelizing",
|
|
"conducting",
|
|
"directing",
|
|
"funneling",
|
|
"funnelling",
|
|
"piping",
|
|
"siphoning",
|
|
"syphoning"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"carrying",
|
|
"conveying",
|
|
"transmitting",
|
|
"concentrating",
|
|
"consolidating",
|
|
"focusing",
|
|
"focussing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"candelabrums":{
|
|
"as in candelabra , candle":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"arc lamp",
|
|
"arc light",
|
|
"candelabra",
|
|
"candle",
|
|
"chandelier",
|
|
"dark lantern",
|
|
"flare",
|
|
"flash",
|
|
"flashbulb",
|
|
"flashcube",
|
|
"flashlight",
|
|
"floodlight",
|
|
"fluorescent lamp",
|
|
"gaslight",
|
|
"gasolier",
|
|
"girandole",
|
|
"headlight",
|
|
"incandescent lamp",
|
|
"klieg light",
|
|
"kleig light",
|
|
"lantern",
|
|
"light bulb",
|
|
"lighthouse",
|
|
"lighting",
|
|
"sconce",
|
|
"spotlight",
|
|
"streetlight",
|
|
"sun lamp",
|
|
"beacon",
|
|
"illuminant",
|
|
"lamp"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cantilevers":{
|
|
"as in brackets , arches":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"arches",
|
|
"bolsters",
|
|
"brackets",
|
|
"girders",
|
|
"columns",
|
|
"pedestals",
|
|
"pilasters",
|
|
"pillars",
|
|
"bearings",
|
|
"shorings",
|
|
"crutches",
|
|
"pegs",
|
|
"posts",
|
|
"stakes",
|
|
"stanchions",
|
|
"stands",
|
|
"stilts",
|
|
"struts",
|
|
"trusses",
|
|
"braces",
|
|
"buttresses",
|
|
"mountings",
|
|
"mounts",
|
|
"props",
|
|
"reinforcements",
|
|
"shores",
|
|
"spurs",
|
|
"stays",
|
|
"supports",
|
|
"underpinnings",
|
|
"bases",
|
|
"foundations",
|
|
"frames"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"canebrake":{
|
|
"as in forest , boscage":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"boscage",
|
|
"boskage",
|
|
"bosk",
|
|
"bosque",
|
|
"bosquet",
|
|
"brake",
|
|
"brushwood",
|
|
"chaparral",
|
|
"coppice",
|
|
"copse",
|
|
"covert",
|
|
"thicket",
|
|
"forest",
|
|
"greenwood",
|
|
"wildwood",
|
|
"wood",
|
|
"woodland",
|
|
"brush",
|
|
"bush",
|
|
"scrub",
|
|
"scrubland",
|
|
"grove",
|
|
"hedge",
|
|
"stand",
|
|
"woodlot",
|
|
"bramble",
|
|
"jungle",
|
|
"tangle"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cantina":{
|
|
"a place of business where alcoholic beverages are sold to be consumed on the premises":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we spent an interesting evening in that desert town's lone cantina"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bar",
|
|
"barroom",
|
|
"caf\u00e9",
|
|
"cafe",
|
|
"dramshop",
|
|
"gin mill",
|
|
"grogshop",
|
|
"pub",
|
|
"public house",
|
|
"saloon",
|
|
"taproom",
|
|
"tavern",
|
|
"watering hole",
|
|
"watering place"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"alehouse",
|
|
"barrelhouse",
|
|
"bistro",
|
|
"bottle club",
|
|
"brewpub",
|
|
"cabaret",
|
|
"dive",
|
|
"joint",
|
|
"nightclub",
|
|
"roadhouse",
|
|
"speakeasy",
|
|
"sports bar",
|
|
"wineshop",
|
|
"package store"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"canters":{
|
|
"as in lopes , skips":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bounds",
|
|
"leaps",
|
|
"lopes",
|
|
"shags",
|
|
"skips",
|
|
"springs",
|
|
"dashes",
|
|
"gallops",
|
|
"jogs",
|
|
"runs",
|
|
"scampers",
|
|
"sprints",
|
|
"trips",
|
|
"trots",
|
|
"barrels",
|
|
"belts",
|
|
"blasts",
|
|
"blazes",
|
|
"blows",
|
|
"bolts",
|
|
"bombs",
|
|
"bowls",
|
|
"breezes",
|
|
"bustles",
|
|
"buzzes",
|
|
"cannonballs",
|
|
"careens",
|
|
"courses",
|
|
"foots (it)",
|
|
"hares",
|
|
"hastens",
|
|
"hies",
|
|
"hoofs (it)",
|
|
"hotfoots (it)",
|
|
"humps",
|
|
"hurls",
|
|
"hurries",
|
|
"hurtles",
|
|
"hustles",
|
|
"jets",
|
|
"legs (it)",
|
|
"pelts",
|
|
"races",
|
|
"rams",
|
|
"rips",
|
|
"rockets",
|
|
"rushes",
|
|
"rustles",
|
|
"shoots",
|
|
"speeds",
|
|
"tears",
|
|
"whirls",
|
|
"whisks",
|
|
"zips",
|
|
"zooms",
|
|
"nips",
|
|
"patters",
|
|
"scoots",
|
|
"scurries",
|
|
"scuttles",
|
|
"steps (along)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"ambles",
|
|
"saunters",
|
|
"shambles",
|
|
"shuffles",
|
|
"strolls",
|
|
"crawls",
|
|
"creeps",
|
|
"dallies",
|
|
"dawdles",
|
|
"dillydallies",
|
|
"drags",
|
|
"lags",
|
|
"lingers",
|
|
"loiters",
|
|
"pokes",
|
|
"tarries",
|
|
"lumbers",
|
|
"plods",
|
|
"trudges",
|
|
"hobbles",
|
|
"limps"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"canalize":{
|
|
"to cause to move to a central point or along a restricted pathway":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the director of the charity should be canalizing the flow of donations so that the money ends up where it is most needed"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"channel",
|
|
"channelize",
|
|
"conduct",
|
|
"direct",
|
|
"funnel",
|
|
"pipe",
|
|
"siphon",
|
|
"syphon"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"carry",
|
|
"convey",
|
|
"transmit",
|
|
"concentrate",
|
|
"consolidate",
|
|
"focus"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cantle":{
|
|
"as in shred , tatter":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"shred",
|
|
"tatter",
|
|
"bit",
|
|
"fraction",
|
|
"fragment",
|
|
"piece",
|
|
"scrap",
|
|
"end",
|
|
"leftover",
|
|
"oddment",
|
|
"remainder",
|
|
"remnant",
|
|
"stub",
|
|
"portion",
|
|
"section",
|
|
"segment",
|
|
"chip",
|
|
"flake",
|
|
"shard",
|
|
"shatter",
|
|
"shiver",
|
|
"sliver",
|
|
"splinter",
|
|
"clipping",
|
|
"paring",
|
|
"shaving",
|
|
"atom",
|
|
"crumb",
|
|
"dribble",
|
|
"fleck",
|
|
"flyspeck",
|
|
"grain",
|
|
"granule",
|
|
"molecule",
|
|
"morsel",
|
|
"mote",
|
|
"nubbin",
|
|
"nugget",
|
|
"particle",
|
|
"patch",
|
|
"scruple",
|
|
"snip",
|
|
"snippet",
|
|
"speck",
|
|
"tittle"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"canon":{
|
|
"a statement or body of statements concerning faith or morals proclaimed by a church":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"members of the church must abide by its canons"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"doctrine",
|
|
"dogma"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"canon law",
|
|
"belief",
|
|
"conviction",
|
|
"tenet",
|
|
"credo",
|
|
"creed",
|
|
"ideology",
|
|
"idealogy",
|
|
"philosophy",
|
|
"theology",
|
|
"axiom",
|
|
"precept",
|
|
"principle",
|
|
"symbol"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a record of a series of items (as names or titles) usually arranged according to some system":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the canon of plays that are attributed to William Shakespeare"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"catalog",
|
|
"catalogue",
|
|
"checklist",
|
|
"list",
|
|
"listing",
|
|
"menu",
|
|
"register",
|
|
"registry",
|
|
"roll",
|
|
"roll call",
|
|
"roster",
|
|
"schedule",
|
|
"table"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"agenda",
|
|
"bibliography",
|
|
"catalogue raisonn\u00e9",
|
|
"compendium",
|
|
"compilation",
|
|
"directory",
|
|
"docket",
|
|
"enumeration",
|
|
"glossary",
|
|
"index",
|
|
"inventory",
|
|
"manifest",
|
|
"payroll",
|
|
"calendar",
|
|
"chronology",
|
|
"timetable"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a collection or system of rules of conduct":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the ABA Model Code of Professional Responsibility is a lawyer's canon"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"code",
|
|
"constitution",
|
|
"decalogue",
|
|
"law"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"discipline",
|
|
"establishment",
|
|
"common law",
|
|
"legislation"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"candied":{
|
|
"to make more desirable":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the publisher hopes the flashy cover will candy up the novel for impulse buyers"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dressed up",
|
|
"enhanced",
|
|
"sweetened"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"ameliorated",
|
|
"enriched",
|
|
"improved",
|
|
"meliorated",
|
|
"embellished",
|
|
"souped up",
|
|
"tricked",
|
|
"cosmeticized",
|
|
"dolled up",
|
|
"spruced"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cannikin":{
|
|
"as in bucket , tin can":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"barrel",
|
|
"can",
|
|
"canister",
|
|
"cannister",
|
|
"drum",
|
|
"tin",
|
|
"bucket",
|
|
"pail",
|
|
"tin can"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"candescent":{
|
|
"giving off or reflecting much light":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the campers were transfixed by the candescent flames of their seashore fire"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beaming",
|
|
"bedazzling",
|
|
"bright",
|
|
"brilliant",
|
|
"clear",
|
|
"dazzling",
|
|
"effulgent",
|
|
"fulgent",
|
|
"glowing",
|
|
"incandescent",
|
|
"lambent",
|
|
"lucent",
|
|
"lucid",
|
|
"luminous",
|
|
"lustrous",
|
|
"radiant",
|
|
"refulgent",
|
|
"sheeny",
|
|
"shining",
|
|
"shiny",
|
|
"splendid"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"ablaze",
|
|
"ardent",
|
|
"blazing",
|
|
"burning",
|
|
"combusting",
|
|
"fiery",
|
|
"flaming",
|
|
"red-hot",
|
|
"agleam",
|
|
"aglitter",
|
|
"blinding",
|
|
"coruscant",
|
|
"flaring",
|
|
"flashing",
|
|
"flickering",
|
|
"gemmy",
|
|
"glancing",
|
|
"glaring",
|
|
"gleaming",
|
|
"glimmering",
|
|
"glinting",
|
|
"glistening",
|
|
"glistering",
|
|
"glittering",
|
|
"scintillant",
|
|
"scintillating",
|
|
"shimmering",
|
|
"shimmery",
|
|
"sparkling",
|
|
"sunny",
|
|
"twinkling",
|
|
"winking",
|
|
"burnished",
|
|
"polished",
|
|
"shined",
|
|
"superbright",
|
|
"ultrabright"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"blackened",
|
|
"dark",
|
|
"darkened",
|
|
"darkish",
|
|
"darkling",
|
|
"darksome",
|
|
"dimmed",
|
|
"dusky",
|
|
"gloomy",
|
|
"lightless",
|
|
"murky",
|
|
"obscure",
|
|
"obscured",
|
|
"pitch-black",
|
|
"pitch-dark",
|
|
"somber",
|
|
"sombre",
|
|
"sunless",
|
|
"tenebrous",
|
|
"unlit",
|
|
"cloudy",
|
|
"shadowlike",
|
|
"shadowy",
|
|
"shady",
|
|
"gray",
|
|
"grey",
|
|
"leaden",
|
|
"pale",
|
|
"palish"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"dim",
|
|
"dull",
|
|
"lackluster",
|
|
"unbright",
|
|
"unbrilliant"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cans":{
|
|
"to bring (as an action or operation) to an immediate end":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"can the chatter, or I'm kicking you out of this library"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"breaks",
|
|
"breaks off",
|
|
"breaks up",
|
|
"ceases",
|
|
"cuts off",
|
|
"cuts out",
|
|
"desists (from)",
|
|
"discontinues",
|
|
"drops",
|
|
"ends",
|
|
"gives over",
|
|
"halts",
|
|
"knocks off",
|
|
"lays off",
|
|
"leaves off",
|
|
"packs (up or in)",
|
|
"quits",
|
|
"shuts off",
|
|
"stops"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"completes",
|
|
"concludes",
|
|
"finishes",
|
|
"closes (down)",
|
|
"deactivates",
|
|
"blockades",
|
|
"blocks",
|
|
"dams",
|
|
"delays",
|
|
"detains",
|
|
"hinders",
|
|
"holds",
|
|
"holds back",
|
|
"impedes",
|
|
"kiboshes",
|
|
"obstructs",
|
|
"stems",
|
|
"calls",
|
|
"suspends",
|
|
"arrests",
|
|
"brakes",
|
|
"checks",
|
|
"clamps down",
|
|
"reins (in)",
|
|
"squashes",
|
|
"squelches",
|
|
"stamps",
|
|
"stanches",
|
|
"staunches",
|
|
"stunts",
|
|
"suppresses",
|
|
"turns back",
|
|
"pauses",
|
|
"stays",
|
|
"suspends",
|
|
"abolishes",
|
|
"aborts",
|
|
"annuls",
|
|
"demolishes",
|
|
"destroys",
|
|
"dissolves",
|
|
"kills",
|
|
"ruins",
|
|
"scuttles",
|
|
"snuffs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"carries on",
|
|
"continues",
|
|
"follows through (with)",
|
|
"keeps up",
|
|
"runs on",
|
|
"advances",
|
|
"proceeds",
|
|
"progresses",
|
|
"actuates",
|
|
"drives",
|
|
"impels",
|
|
"propels",
|
|
"stirs"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to let go from office, service, or employment":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the cashier was summarily canned for stealing from the registers"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"axes",
|
|
"bounces",
|
|
"cashiers",
|
|
"discharges",
|
|
"dismisses",
|
|
"fires",
|
|
"musters out",
|
|
"pink-slips",
|
|
"releases",
|
|
"removes",
|
|
"retires",
|
|
"sacks",
|
|
"terminates",
|
|
"turns off"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"downsizes",
|
|
"excesses",
|
|
"furloughs",
|
|
"lays off",
|
|
"trims",
|
|
"boots (out)",
|
|
"chucks (out)",
|
|
"drums (out)",
|
|
"kicks out",
|
|
"throws out",
|
|
"unseats",
|
|
"separates"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"keeps",
|
|
"reemploys",
|
|
"rehires",
|
|
"contracts",
|
|
"subcontracts",
|
|
"recruits"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"employs",
|
|
"engages",
|
|
"hires",
|
|
"retains",
|
|
"signs (up or on)",
|
|
"takes on"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a metal container in the shape of a cylinder":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the shelter stores huge cans of water for an emergency"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"barrels",
|
|
"canisters",
|
|
"cannisters",
|
|
"drums",
|
|
"tins"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"buckets",
|
|
"pails",
|
|
"cannikins",
|
|
"tin cans"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a place of confinement for persons held in lawful custody":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the racketeers were rounded up and thrown in the can"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bastilles",
|
|
"big houses",
|
|
"bridewells",
|
|
"brigs",
|
|
"calabooses",
|
|
"clinks",
|
|
"coolers",
|
|
"coops",
|
|
"guardrooms",
|
|
"hocks",
|
|
"holds",
|
|
"hoosegows",
|
|
"jailhouses",
|
|
"jails",
|
|
"joints",
|
|
"jugs",
|
|
"lockups",
|
|
"nicks",
|
|
"penitentiaries",
|
|
"pens",
|
|
"pokeys",
|
|
"prisons",
|
|
"quods",
|
|
"slammers",
|
|
"slams",
|
|
"stirs",
|
|
"stockades",
|
|
"tolbooths"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bull pens",
|
|
"cages",
|
|
"cells",
|
|
"holes",
|
|
"tanks",
|
|
"blocks",
|
|
"wards",
|
|
"glasshouses",
|
|
"guardhouses",
|
|
"hulks",
|
|
"concentration camps",
|
|
"gulags",
|
|
"labor camps",
|
|
"prison camps",
|
|
"stalags",
|
|
"work camps",
|
|
"dungeons",
|
|
"keeps",
|
|
"oubliettes",
|
|
"reformatories",
|
|
"reform schools",
|
|
"training schools"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"outsides"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a room furnished with a fixture for flushing body waste":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I excused myself and asked if I could use the can"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bathrooms",
|
|
"baths",
|
|
"bogs",
|
|
"cloakrooms",
|
|
"comfort stations",
|
|
"conveniences",
|
|
"heads",
|
|
"johns",
|
|
"latrines",
|
|
"lavatories",
|
|
"loos",
|
|
"potties",
|
|
"restrooms",
|
|
"toilets",
|
|
"washrooms",
|
|
"water closets"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"commodes",
|
|
"pans",
|
|
"pots",
|
|
"garderobes",
|
|
"jakes",
|
|
"outhouses",
|
|
"privies",
|
|
"half baths",
|
|
"powder rooms",
|
|
"ladies",
|
|
"ladies' rooms",
|
|
"men's rooms"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the part of the body upon which someone sits":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he fell on the ice and landed on his can"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"backsides",
|
|
"behinds",
|
|
"booties",
|
|
"bottoms",
|
|
"breeches",
|
|
"bums",
|
|
"buns",
|
|
"buttocks",
|
|
"butts",
|
|
"cabooses",
|
|
"cheeks",
|
|
"derrieres",
|
|
"derri\u00e8res",
|
|
"duffs",
|
|
"fannies",
|
|
"fundaments",
|
|
"hams",
|
|
"haunches",
|
|
"heinies",
|
|
"hunkers",
|
|
"keisters",
|
|
"keesters",
|
|
"nates",
|
|
"posteriors",
|
|
"rear ends",
|
|
"rears",
|
|
"rumps",
|
|
"seats",
|
|
"tail ends",
|
|
"tails",
|
|
"tushes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"beams",
|
|
"sterns",
|
|
"moons"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"canoodle":{
|
|
"as in cuddle , snuggle":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bill",
|
|
"cuddle",
|
|
"neck",
|
|
"nestle",
|
|
"nose",
|
|
"nuzzle",
|
|
"snuggle",
|
|
"spoon",
|
|
"caress",
|
|
"fondle",
|
|
"gentle",
|
|
"love",
|
|
"pat",
|
|
"pet",
|
|
"stroke",
|
|
"feel up",
|
|
"paw",
|
|
"cradle",
|
|
"embrace",
|
|
"enfold",
|
|
"hug",
|
|
"bounce",
|
|
"dandle",
|
|
"knead",
|
|
"massage",
|
|
"baby",
|
|
"coddle",
|
|
"indulge",
|
|
"mollycoddle",
|
|
"pamper",
|
|
"spoil"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"canvassed":{
|
|
"to go around and approach (people) with a request for opinions or information":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we canvassed people all over town, asking if they would be interested in participating in a recycling program"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"interviewed",
|
|
"polled",
|
|
"solicited",
|
|
"surveyed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"circularized",
|
|
"interrogated",
|
|
"questioned",
|
|
"felt (out)",
|
|
"sounded (out)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"reported"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to talk about (an issue) usually from various points of view and for the purpose of arriving at a decision or opinion":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"canvassed all the items on the agenda"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"agitated",
|
|
"argued",
|
|
"bandied",
|
|
"batted (around or back and forth)",
|
|
"debated",
|
|
"discussed",
|
|
"disputed",
|
|
"hashed (over or out)",
|
|
"mooted",
|
|
"talked over"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"reviewed",
|
|
"spoke (about)",
|
|
"talked (about)",
|
|
"broached",
|
|
"introduced",
|
|
"propounded",
|
|
"raised",
|
|
"stirred up",
|
|
"forged",
|
|
"hammered out",
|
|
"talked out",
|
|
"thrashed (out)",
|
|
"wrestled (with)",
|
|
"chewed over",
|
|
"considered",
|
|
"deliberated",
|
|
"weighed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cannibalizing":{
|
|
"to remove parts from a machine, car, etc., to repair or build another one":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"He cannibalized one washing machine to fix another.",
|
|
"Many parts of the engine were cannibalized from older cars."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"recycling",
|
|
"reusing",
|
|
"applying",
|
|
"employing",
|
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"exercising",
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"exploiting",
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"harnessing",
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"operating",
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"using",
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"utilizing",
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"handling",
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"manipulating",
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"wielding",
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"directing",
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"running",
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"working"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"chucking",
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"dumping",
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"junking",
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"throwing away",
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"throwing out",
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"tossing",
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"ignoring",
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"neglecting",
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"misapplying",
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"misusing"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"verb"
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]
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}
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} |