12276 lines
241 KiB
JSON
12276 lines
241 KiB
JSON
{
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"Croesus":{
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"a wealthy person":{
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"examples":[
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"if you have to ask the price, you're not the Croesus for whom this palatial yacht is intended"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"capitalist",
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"deep pocket",
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"fat cat",
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"have",
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"money",
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"moneybags",
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"plutocrat",
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"silk stocking"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"moneymaker",
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"money-spinner",
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"magnate",
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"nabob",
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"tycoon",
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"billionaire",
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"gazillionaire",
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"millionaire",
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"multibillionaire",
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"multimillionaire",
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"multimillionairess",
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"zillionaire",
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"heir",
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"heiress",
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"jet-setter",
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"jeunesse dor\u00e9e"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"bankrupt",
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"beggar"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"have-not",
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"pauper"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"crocodiles":{
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"as in alligators , ostriches":{
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"examples":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"near synonyms":[
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"alligators",
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"antelope",
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"antelopes",
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"buckskins",
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"cabrettas",
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"calfskins",
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"capeskins",
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"chamois",
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"chamoix",
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"cordovans",
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"cowhides",
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"deerskins",
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"doeskins",
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"goatskins",
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"horsehides",
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"kids",
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"kidskins",
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"lambskins",
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"moroccos",
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"ostriches",
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"pigskins",
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"seals",
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"sharkskins",
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"sheepskins",
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"snakeskins",
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"coats",
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"fleeces",
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"furs",
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"pelts",
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"nubucks",
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"patent leathers",
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"suedes",
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"hides",
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"leathers",
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"skins"
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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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"crony":{
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"a person frequently seen in the company of another":{
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"examples":[
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"the criminal's cronies were also closely questioned about the illegal gambling operation"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"associate",
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"cohort",
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"companion",
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"compatriot",
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"compeer",
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"comrade",
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"fellow",
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"hobnobber",
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"mate",
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"running mate"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"colleague",
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"coworker",
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"equal",
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"peer",
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"workmate",
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"accomplice",
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"affiliate",
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"ally",
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"collaborator",
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"confederate",
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"half",
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"partner",
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"buddy",
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"chum",
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"confidant",
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"familiar",
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"friend",
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"hearty",
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"intimate",
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"pal",
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"countryman",
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"classmate",
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"housemate",
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"messmate",
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"playfellow",
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"playmate",
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"roommate",
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"roomie",
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"schoolmate",
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"shipmate",
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"teammate",
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"attendant",
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"escort",
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"hanger-on",
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"leech",
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"parasite"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"a person who has a strong liking for and trust in another":{
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"examples":[
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"only my cronies can call me by my nickname"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"alter ego",
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"amigo",
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"buddy",
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"chum",
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"compadre",
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"comrade",
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"confidant",
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"confidante",
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"familiar",
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"friend",
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"intimate",
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"mate",
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"musketeer",
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"pal"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"acquaintance",
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"associate",
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"cohort",
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"colleague",
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"companion",
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"fellow",
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"hearty",
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"hobnobber",
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"partner",
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"peer",
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"sport",
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"blood brother",
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"brother",
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"main man",
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"sister",
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"abettor",
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"abetter",
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"accomplice",
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"ally",
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"collaborator",
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"confederate",
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"pen pal",
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"benefactor",
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"supporter",
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"sympathizer",
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"well-wisher",
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"friendly"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"adversary",
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"antagonist",
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"competitor",
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"opponent",
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"rival",
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"archenemy",
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"nemesis"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"enemy",
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"foe"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"crooked":{
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"marked by a long series of irregular curves":{
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"examples":[
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"a long, crooked line of people had formed in front of the ticket booth"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"bending",
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"crazy",
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"curled",
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"curling",
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"curved",
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"curving",
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"curvy",
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"devious",
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"serpentine",
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"sinuous",
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"tortuous",
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"twisted",
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"twisting",
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"winding",
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"windy"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"zigzag",
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"zigzagging",
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"circling",
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"coiled",
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"coiling",
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"corkscrew",
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"looping",
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"spiral",
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"spiraling",
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"spiralling",
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"swirling",
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"circuitous",
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"indirect",
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"roundabout",
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"meandering",
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"rambling",
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"wandering",
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"irregular",
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"jagged",
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"uneven"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"direct",
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"linear"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"straight",
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"straightaway"
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]
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},
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"given to or marked by cheating and deception":{
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"examples":[
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"the common belief that gambling casinos are often crooked businesses"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"bent",
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"deceptive",
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"dishonest",
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"double-dealing",
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"duplicitous",
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"fast",
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"fraudulent",
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"guileful",
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"rogue",
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"shady",
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"sharp",
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"shifty",
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"underhand",
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"underhanded"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"unconscionable",
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"unethical",
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"unprincipled",
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"unscrupulous",
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"deceitful",
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"deceiving",
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"deluding",
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"delusive",
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"delusory",
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"false",
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"artful",
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"beguiling",
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"cagey",
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"cagy",
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"crafty",
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"cunning",
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"foxy",
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"slick",
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"sly",
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"subtle",
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"wily",
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"defrauding",
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"devious",
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"furtive",
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"slippery",
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"sneaking",
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"sneaky",
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"trickish",
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"tricky",
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"insidious",
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"perfidious",
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"treacherous"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"conscientious",
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"decent",
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"ethical",
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"honorable",
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"just",
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"scrupulous",
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"upright",
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"forthright",
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"straightforward"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"aboveboard",
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"honest",
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"straight"
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]
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},
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"inclined or twisted to one side":{
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"examples":[
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"the photo on that wall is crooked"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"askew",
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"aslant",
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"atilt",
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"awry",
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"cock-a-hoop",
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"cockeyed",
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"crazy",
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"listing",
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"lopsided",
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"oblique",
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"off-kilter",
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"pitched",
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"skewed",
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"slanted",
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"slanting",
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"slantwise",
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"tilted",
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"tipping",
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"uneven"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"asymmetrical",
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"asymmetric",
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"unbalanced",
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"unsymmetrical",
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"contorted",
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"disordered",
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"distorted",
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"irregular"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"ordered",
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"orderly",
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"regular",
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"uniform",
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"balanced",
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"symmetrical",
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"symmetric"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"even",
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"level",
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"straight"
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]
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},
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"marked by, based on, or done by the use of dishonest methods to acquire something of value":{
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"examples":[
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"a crooked scheme to bill the government for medical services never performed"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"deceitful",
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"defrauding",
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"dishonest",
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"double-dealing",
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"false",
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"fraudulent"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"beguiling",
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"deceiving",
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"deceptive",
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"deluding",
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"delusive",
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"delusory",
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"duplicitous",
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"fallacious",
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"misleading",
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"specious",
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"spurious"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"legitimate",
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"true",
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"valid"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"aboveboard",
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"honest",
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"truthful"
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]
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},
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"to cause to turn away from a straight line":{
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"examples":[
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"crooked a finger"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"arched",
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"bent",
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"bowed",
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"curved",
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"hooked",
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"swerved"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"arced",
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"rounded",
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"incurvated",
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"incurved",
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"inflected",
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"reflected",
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"deflected",
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"diverted",
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"entwined",
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"kinked",
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"swirled",
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"turned",
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"twined",
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"twisted",
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"veered",
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"warped",
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"coiled",
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"curled",
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"enrolled",
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"looped",
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"spiraled",
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"spiralled",
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"dented",
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"dimpled",
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"meandered",
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"waved",
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"weaved",
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"wound",
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"winded",
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"declined",
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"inclined",
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"sloped"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[
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"straightened",
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"unbent",
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"uncurled"
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]
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},
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"to turn away from a straight line or course":{
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"examples":[
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"the road suddenly crooked to the left"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"arced",
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"arched",
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"bent",
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"bowed",
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"curved",
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"fell off",
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"hooked",
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"rounded",
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"swept",
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"swerved",
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"trended",
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"wheeled"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"circled",
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"coiled",
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"curled",
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"curlicued",
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"looped",
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"spiraled",
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"spiralled",
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"turned",
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"twisted",
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"wound",
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"winded",
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"deviated",
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"veered"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[
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"straightened"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"crookedness":{
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"the inclination or practice of misleading others through lies or trickery":{
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"examples":[
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"for sheer crookedness it would be hard to beat the used-car dealer who sold me that lemon"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"artifice",
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"cheating",
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"cozenage",
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"craft",
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"craftiness",
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"crookery",
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"cunning",
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"cunningness",
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"deceit",
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"deceitfulness",
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"deception",
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"deceptiveness",
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"dishonesty",
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"dissembling",
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"dissimulation",
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"double-dealing",
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"dupery",
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"duplicity",
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"fakery",
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"foxiness",
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"fraud",
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"guile",
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"guilefulness",
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"wiliness"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"equivocation",
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"lying",
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"mendacity",
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"prevarication",
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"chicane",
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"chicanery",
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"fraudulence",
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"hanky-panky",
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"jugglery",
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"legerdemain",
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"mountebankery",
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"obliquity",
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"skulduggery",
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"skullduggery",
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"subterfuge",
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"swindling",
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"trickery",
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"wile",
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"falsehood",
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"falsity",
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"fib",
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"untruth",
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"hypocrisy",
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"insincerity",
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"sanctimoniousness",
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"two-facedness",
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"artfulness",
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"caginess",
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"cageyness",
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"deviousness",
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"shrewdness",
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"treacherousness",
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"underhandedness",
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"unscrupulousness",
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"covertness",
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"furtiveness",
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"secrecy",
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"shadiness",
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"sneakiness",
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"stealthiness",
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"oiliness",
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"shiftiness",
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"slickness",
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"slipperiness",
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"slyness",
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"smoothness"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"candidness",
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"candor",
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"directness",
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"frankness",
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"openness",
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"plainness",
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"plainspokenness",
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"honesty",
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"probity",
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"dependability",
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"reliability",
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"reliableness",
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"solidity",
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"trustability",
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"trustiness",
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"trustworthiness",
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"decency",
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"goodness",
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"incorruptibility",
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"integrity",
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"righteousness",
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"truthfulness",
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"uprightness",
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"virtuousness"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"artlessness",
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"forthrightness",
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"good faith",
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"guilelessness",
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"ingenuousness",
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"sincerity"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"crookeries":{
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"the inclination or practice of misleading others through lies or trickery":{
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"examples":[
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"the dealer encouraged his sales reps to engage in crookery of all sorts, so long as it sold cars"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"artifice",
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"cheating",
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"cozenage",
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"craft",
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"craftiness",
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"crookedness",
|
|
"cunning",
|
|
"cunningness",
|
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"deceit",
|
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"deceitfulness",
|
|
"deception",
|
|
"deceptiveness",
|
|
"dishonesty",
|
|
"dissembling",
|
|
"dissimulation",
|
|
"double-dealing",
|
|
"dupery",
|
|
"duplicity",
|
|
"fakery",
|
|
"foxiness",
|
|
"fraud",
|
|
"guile",
|
|
"guilefulness",
|
|
"wiliness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"equivocation",
|
|
"lying",
|
|
"mendacity",
|
|
"prevarication",
|
|
"chicane",
|
|
"chicanery",
|
|
"fraudulence",
|
|
"hanky-panky",
|
|
"jugglery",
|
|
"legerdemain",
|
|
"mountebankery",
|
|
"obliquity",
|
|
"skulduggery",
|
|
"skullduggery",
|
|
"subterfuge",
|
|
"swindling",
|
|
"trickery",
|
|
"wile",
|
|
"falsehood",
|
|
"falsity",
|
|
"fib",
|
|
"untruth",
|
|
"hypocrisy",
|
|
"insincerity",
|
|
"sanctimoniousness",
|
|
"two-facedness",
|
|
"artfulness",
|
|
"caginess",
|
|
"cageyness",
|
|
"deviousness",
|
|
"shrewdness",
|
|
"treacherousness",
|
|
"underhandedness",
|
|
"unscrupulousness",
|
|
"covertness",
|
|
"furtiveness",
|
|
"secrecy",
|
|
"shadiness",
|
|
"sneakiness",
|
|
"stealthiness",
|
|
"oiliness",
|
|
"shiftiness",
|
|
"slickness",
|
|
"slipperiness",
|
|
"slyness",
|
|
"smoothness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"candidness",
|
|
"candor",
|
|
"directness",
|
|
"frankness",
|
|
"openness",
|
|
"plainness",
|
|
"plainspokenness",
|
|
"honesty",
|
|
"probity",
|
|
"dependability",
|
|
"reliability",
|
|
"reliableness",
|
|
"solidity",
|
|
"trustability",
|
|
"trustiness",
|
|
"trustworthiness",
|
|
"decency",
|
|
"goodness",
|
|
"incorruptibility",
|
|
"integrity",
|
|
"righteousness",
|
|
"truthfulness",
|
|
"uprightness",
|
|
"virtuousness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"artlessness",
|
|
"forthrightness",
|
|
"good faith",
|
|
"guilelessness",
|
|
"ingenuousness",
|
|
"sincerity"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cross-examination":{
|
|
"as in challenge , grilling":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"challenge",
|
|
"going-over",
|
|
"grilling",
|
|
"quiz",
|
|
"poll",
|
|
"questionary",
|
|
"questionnaire",
|
|
"survey",
|
|
"rehearing",
|
|
"reinvestigation",
|
|
"feeler",
|
|
"query",
|
|
"question",
|
|
"self-examination",
|
|
"self-exploration",
|
|
"self-questioning",
|
|
"self-reflection",
|
|
"self-scrutiny",
|
|
"soul-searching",
|
|
"hearing",
|
|
"interrogation",
|
|
"trial",
|
|
"checkup",
|
|
"diagnosis",
|
|
"inspection",
|
|
"audit",
|
|
"check",
|
|
"quest",
|
|
"delving",
|
|
"disquisition",
|
|
"examen",
|
|
"examination",
|
|
"exploration",
|
|
"inquest",
|
|
"inquiry",
|
|
"inquisition",
|
|
"investigation",
|
|
"probation",
|
|
"probe",
|
|
"probing",
|
|
"research",
|
|
"study"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cross-questioned":{
|
|
"as in examined , bombarded":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"besieged",
|
|
"bombarded",
|
|
"cross-examined",
|
|
"examined",
|
|
"pumped",
|
|
"asked",
|
|
"catechized",
|
|
"grilled",
|
|
"inquired (of)",
|
|
"interrogated",
|
|
"queried",
|
|
"questioned",
|
|
"quizzed",
|
|
"polled",
|
|
"surveyed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"answered",
|
|
"replied",
|
|
"responded",
|
|
"rejoined",
|
|
"retorted",
|
|
"commented",
|
|
"observed",
|
|
"remarked",
|
|
"avoided",
|
|
"ducked"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cross-questioning":{
|
|
"as in examining , bombarding":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"besieging",
|
|
"bombarding",
|
|
"cross-examining",
|
|
"examining",
|
|
"pumping",
|
|
"asking",
|
|
"catechizing",
|
|
"grilling",
|
|
"inquiring (of)",
|
|
"interrogating",
|
|
"querying",
|
|
"questioning",
|
|
"quizzing",
|
|
"polling",
|
|
"surveying"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"answering",
|
|
"replying",
|
|
"responding",
|
|
"rejoining",
|
|
"retorting",
|
|
"commenting",
|
|
"observing",
|
|
"remarking",
|
|
"avoiding",
|
|
"ducking"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"crossbred":{
|
|
"being offspring produced by parents of different races, breeds, species, or genera":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a beautiful crossbred dog who had the pleading eyes of a beagle and the body of a greyhound"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cold-blooded",
|
|
"coldblood",
|
|
"cross",
|
|
"hybrid",
|
|
"mixed",
|
|
"mongrel"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"grade",
|
|
"half-bred",
|
|
"dihybrid",
|
|
"trihybrid",
|
|
"crossed",
|
|
"hybridized",
|
|
"interbred",
|
|
"outcrossed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"pedigreed",
|
|
"pedigree",
|
|
"inbred",
|
|
"linebred",
|
|
"straightbred"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"blooded",
|
|
"full-blood",
|
|
"full-blooded",
|
|
"purebred",
|
|
"thoroughbred"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"an offspring of parents with different genes especially when of different races, breeds, species, or genera":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a puppy that was clearly a crossbred of a beagle and a dachshund"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cross",
|
|
"crossbreed",
|
|
"hybrid",
|
|
"intercross",
|
|
"mongrel"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"mule",
|
|
"outcross",
|
|
"half-bred"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"full-blood",
|
|
"pureblood",
|
|
"purebred",
|
|
"thoroughbred"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"crossroad(s)":{
|
|
"a place where roads meet":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the fast-food chain has a restaurant at practically every crossroads"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"carrefour",
|
|
"corner",
|
|
"crossing",
|
|
"crossway(s)",
|
|
"intersection",
|
|
"junction"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cloverleaf",
|
|
"interchange",
|
|
"overpass",
|
|
"underpass",
|
|
"circle",
|
|
"rotary",
|
|
"roundabout",
|
|
"traffic circle"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a time or state of affairs requiring prompt or decisive action":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we've come to a crossroads , and we have to make a decision"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"boiling point",
|
|
"breaking point",
|
|
"clutch",
|
|
"conjuncture",
|
|
"crisis",
|
|
"crunch",
|
|
"crunch time",
|
|
"Dunkirk",
|
|
"emergency",
|
|
"exigency",
|
|
"extremity",
|
|
"flash point",
|
|
"head",
|
|
"juncture",
|
|
"tinderbox",
|
|
"zero hour"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"contingency",
|
|
"possibility",
|
|
"climax",
|
|
"turning point",
|
|
"happening",
|
|
"landmark",
|
|
"milestone",
|
|
"condition",
|
|
"pass",
|
|
"situation",
|
|
"strait",
|
|
"deadlock",
|
|
"impasse",
|
|
"stalemate",
|
|
"corner",
|
|
"fix",
|
|
"hole",
|
|
"hot water",
|
|
"jam",
|
|
"last ditch",
|
|
"pinch",
|
|
"predicament",
|
|
"scrape",
|
|
"spot",
|
|
"eleventh hour",
|
|
"last minute"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"crosstalk":{
|
|
"as in happy talk":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"happy talk",
|
|
"debate",
|
|
"dialogue",
|
|
"dialog",
|
|
"exchange",
|
|
"give-and-take",
|
|
"yak",
|
|
"yack",
|
|
"yammer",
|
|
"yap",
|
|
"colloquy",
|
|
"conference",
|
|
"discourse",
|
|
"parley",
|
|
"symposium",
|
|
"backchat",
|
|
"cackle",
|
|
"causerie",
|
|
"chat",
|
|
"chatter",
|
|
"chin music",
|
|
"chin-wag",
|
|
"chitchat",
|
|
"confab",
|
|
"confabulation",
|
|
"gab",
|
|
"gabfest",
|
|
"gossip",
|
|
"jangle",
|
|
"jaw",
|
|
"natter",
|
|
"palaver",
|
|
"patter",
|
|
"rap",
|
|
"schmooze",
|
|
"small talk",
|
|
"table talk",
|
|
"talk",
|
|
"t\u00eate-\u00e0-t\u00eate"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"crossway(s)":{
|
|
"in a line or direction running from corner to corner":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the van had been deliberately parked crossways so as to take up both parking spaces"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"athwart",
|
|
"bias",
|
|
"cornerways",
|
|
"cornerwise",
|
|
"crosswise",
|
|
"diagonally",
|
|
"kitty-corner",
|
|
"catty-corner",
|
|
"catercorner",
|
|
"kitty-cornered",
|
|
"catty-cornered",
|
|
"catercornered",
|
|
"obliquely",
|
|
"transversely"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"across"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"lengthwise",
|
|
"longitudinally"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a place where roads meet":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"carolers assembling at the village crossways on Christmas Eve"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"carrefour",
|
|
"corner",
|
|
"crossing",
|
|
"crossroad",
|
|
"intersection",
|
|
"junction"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cloverleaf",
|
|
"interchange",
|
|
"overpass",
|
|
"underpass",
|
|
"circle",
|
|
"rotary",
|
|
"roundabout",
|
|
"traffic circle"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"crozier":{
|
|
"as in crook , walking stick":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"crook",
|
|
"walking stick",
|
|
"whangee",
|
|
"beetle",
|
|
"gavel",
|
|
"hammer",
|
|
"mallet",
|
|
"maul",
|
|
"sledgehammer",
|
|
"birch",
|
|
"crabstick",
|
|
"hickory",
|
|
"rattan",
|
|
"stave",
|
|
"switch",
|
|
"blackjack",
|
|
"knobkerrie",
|
|
"mace",
|
|
"bastinado",
|
|
"bastinade",
|
|
"bat",
|
|
"baton",
|
|
"billy",
|
|
"billy club",
|
|
"bludgeon",
|
|
"cane",
|
|
"club",
|
|
"cudgel",
|
|
"nightstick",
|
|
"rod",
|
|
"rung",
|
|
"sap",
|
|
"shillelagh",
|
|
"shillalah",
|
|
"staff",
|
|
"truncheon",
|
|
"waddy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cross fire":{
|
|
"an often noisy or angry expression of differing opinions":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"viewers tune in to witness the weekly cross fire between the liberal and conservative commentators"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"altercation",
|
|
"argle-bargle",
|
|
"argument",
|
|
"argy-bargy",
|
|
"battle royal",
|
|
"bicker",
|
|
"brawl",
|
|
"contretemps",
|
|
"controversy",
|
|
"disagreement",
|
|
"dispute",
|
|
"donnybrook",
|
|
"falling-out",
|
|
"fight",
|
|
"hassle",
|
|
"imbroglio",
|
|
"kickup",
|
|
"misunderstanding",
|
|
"quarrel",
|
|
"rhubarb",
|
|
"row",
|
|
"scrap",
|
|
"set-to",
|
|
"spat",
|
|
"squabble",
|
|
"tiff",
|
|
"wrangle"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"clash",
|
|
"run-in",
|
|
"skirmish",
|
|
"tangle",
|
|
"tussle",
|
|
"logomachy",
|
|
"feud",
|
|
"vendetta",
|
|
"attack",
|
|
"contention",
|
|
"dissension",
|
|
"dissention",
|
|
"debate",
|
|
"difference",
|
|
"disputation",
|
|
"fuss",
|
|
"objection",
|
|
"protest",
|
|
"protestation",
|
|
"affray",
|
|
"fisticuffs",
|
|
"fracas",
|
|
"fray",
|
|
"free-for-all",
|
|
"melee",
|
|
"m\u00eal\u00e9e",
|
|
"catfight"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"crowns":{
|
|
"a decorative band or wreath worn about the head as a symbol of victory or honor":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the crown of laurel leaves that is traditionally placed on the winner of the marathon"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"chaplets",
|
|
"coronals",
|
|
"coronels",
|
|
"coronets",
|
|
"diadems"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"anadems",
|
|
"tiaras",
|
|
"garlands",
|
|
"laurels"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the position occupied by the one who comes in first in a competition":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"his lifelong dream of someday winning the heavyweight boxing crown"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"championships",
|
|
"titles"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the highest part or point":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"covered in mud from the soles of his feet to the crown of his head"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"acmes",
|
|
"apexes",
|
|
"apices",
|
|
"apogees",
|
|
"capstones",
|
|
"climaxes",
|
|
"crescendos",
|
|
"crescendoes",
|
|
"crescendi",
|
|
"crests",
|
|
"culminations",
|
|
"heads",
|
|
"heights",
|
|
"high noons",
|
|
"high-water marks",
|
|
"meridians",
|
|
"ne plus ultras",
|
|
"noons",
|
|
"noontimes",
|
|
"peaks",
|
|
"pinnacles",
|
|
"summits",
|
|
"sums",
|
|
"tip-tops",
|
|
"tops",
|
|
"zeniths"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blooms",
|
|
"blossoms",
|
|
"flood tides",
|
|
"flowers",
|
|
"glories",
|
|
"heydays",
|
|
"primes",
|
|
"caps",
|
|
"ceilings",
|
|
"roofs",
|
|
"extremes",
|
|
"extremities",
|
|
"tips",
|
|
"vertices",
|
|
"vertexes",
|
|
"highlights",
|
|
"highs",
|
|
"highspots"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abysses",
|
|
"bases",
|
|
"feet",
|
|
"foot",
|
|
"minima",
|
|
"minimums"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"bottoms",
|
|
"nadirs",
|
|
"rock bottoms"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to bring to a triumphant conclusion":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the Olympic Games were crowned by spectacular closing ceremonies"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"caps (off)",
|
|
"climaxes",
|
|
"culminates"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"completes",
|
|
"concludes",
|
|
"finishes",
|
|
"rounds (off or out)",
|
|
"terminates",
|
|
"wraps up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"croak":{
|
|
"to express dissatisfaction, pain, or resentment usually tiresomely":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the cranky patient was always croaking to the nurses about something"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beef",
|
|
"bellyache",
|
|
"bitch",
|
|
"bleat",
|
|
"carp",
|
|
"caterwaul",
|
|
"complain",
|
|
"crab",
|
|
"fuss",
|
|
"gripe",
|
|
"grizzle",
|
|
"grouch",
|
|
"grouse",
|
|
"growl",
|
|
"grumble",
|
|
"grump",
|
|
"holler",
|
|
"inveigh",
|
|
"keen",
|
|
"kick",
|
|
"kvetch",
|
|
"maunder",
|
|
"moan",
|
|
"murmur",
|
|
"mutter",
|
|
"nag",
|
|
"repine",
|
|
"scream",
|
|
"squawk",
|
|
"squeal",
|
|
"wail",
|
|
"whimper",
|
|
"whine",
|
|
"whinge",
|
|
"yammer",
|
|
"yawp",
|
|
"yaup",
|
|
"yowl"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"object (to)",
|
|
"protest",
|
|
"quarrel (with)",
|
|
"cavil",
|
|
"quibble",
|
|
"fret",
|
|
"stew",
|
|
"worry",
|
|
"blubber",
|
|
"cry",
|
|
"sob",
|
|
"bemoan",
|
|
"bewail",
|
|
"deplore",
|
|
"lament"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"accept",
|
|
"bear",
|
|
"countenance",
|
|
"endure",
|
|
"take",
|
|
"tolerate",
|
|
"applaud",
|
|
"cheer",
|
|
"commend"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"crow",
|
|
"delight",
|
|
"rejoice"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to stop living":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I wouldn't go around saying your great-grandmother \" croaked \""
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"check out",
|
|
"conk (out)",
|
|
"decease",
|
|
"demise",
|
|
"depart",
|
|
"die",
|
|
"drop",
|
|
"end",
|
|
"exit",
|
|
"expire",
|
|
"fall",
|
|
"flatline",
|
|
"go",
|
|
"kick in",
|
|
"kick off",
|
|
"part",
|
|
"pass (on)",
|
|
"pass away",
|
|
"peg out",
|
|
"perish",
|
|
"pop off",
|
|
"step out",
|
|
"succumb"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"predecease",
|
|
"consume",
|
|
"disappear",
|
|
"dry up",
|
|
"fade",
|
|
"fail"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"come to",
|
|
"revive",
|
|
"linger",
|
|
"be",
|
|
"exist",
|
|
"subsist",
|
|
"flourish",
|
|
"prosper",
|
|
"thrive"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"breathe",
|
|
"live"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to deprive of life":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"\"I croaked the old bugger,\" he bragged"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"carry off",
|
|
"claim",
|
|
"destroy",
|
|
"dispatch",
|
|
"do in",
|
|
"fell",
|
|
"kill",
|
|
"slay",
|
|
"take"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bump off",
|
|
"butcher",
|
|
"cut down",
|
|
"finish",
|
|
"get",
|
|
"ice",
|
|
"knock off",
|
|
"murder",
|
|
"neutralize",
|
|
"off",
|
|
"put away",
|
|
"rub out",
|
|
"scrag",
|
|
"snuff",
|
|
"take out",
|
|
"waste",
|
|
"whack",
|
|
"annihilate",
|
|
"blot out",
|
|
"decimate",
|
|
"kill off",
|
|
"massacre",
|
|
"mow",
|
|
"slaughter",
|
|
"smite",
|
|
"assassinate",
|
|
"execute",
|
|
"martyr",
|
|
"terminate",
|
|
"euthanize",
|
|
"euthanatize",
|
|
"put down",
|
|
"suicide"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"raise",
|
|
"restore",
|
|
"resurrect",
|
|
"resuscitate",
|
|
"revive",
|
|
"nurture"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"animate"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to put to death deliberately":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"hooligans had croaked the street corner wino just for the hell of it"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"assassinate",
|
|
"bump off",
|
|
"dispatch",
|
|
"do in",
|
|
"execute",
|
|
"get",
|
|
"ice",
|
|
"knock off",
|
|
"liquidate",
|
|
"murder",
|
|
"neutralize",
|
|
"off",
|
|
"put away",
|
|
"rub out",
|
|
"slay",
|
|
"snuff",
|
|
"take out",
|
|
"terminate",
|
|
"whack"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blow away",
|
|
"shoot",
|
|
"shoot down",
|
|
"blot out",
|
|
"carry off",
|
|
"claim",
|
|
"cut down",
|
|
"destroy",
|
|
"fell",
|
|
"kill",
|
|
"smite",
|
|
"zap",
|
|
"butcher",
|
|
"massacre",
|
|
"mow (down)",
|
|
"slaughter",
|
|
"annihilate",
|
|
"eliminate",
|
|
"eradicate",
|
|
"exterminate",
|
|
"wipe out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"animate",
|
|
"raise",
|
|
"restore",
|
|
"resurrect",
|
|
"resuscitate",
|
|
"revive"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in howl , screech":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bark",
|
|
"bay",
|
|
"bellow",
|
|
"blat",
|
|
"bleat",
|
|
"bray",
|
|
"cackle",
|
|
"calling",
|
|
"caterwaul",
|
|
"caw",
|
|
"cheep",
|
|
"chirp",
|
|
"cluck",
|
|
"coo",
|
|
"crake",
|
|
"crow",
|
|
"grunt",
|
|
"honk",
|
|
"hoot",
|
|
"howl",
|
|
"low",
|
|
"meow",
|
|
"miaow",
|
|
"mew",
|
|
"moo",
|
|
"neigh",
|
|
"oink",
|
|
"peep",
|
|
"quack",
|
|
"roar",
|
|
"screech",
|
|
"squall",
|
|
"squawk",
|
|
"squeak",
|
|
"squeal",
|
|
"trumpet",
|
|
"tu-whit tu-whoo",
|
|
"twitter",
|
|
"whinny",
|
|
"yap",
|
|
"yelp",
|
|
"yip",
|
|
"yowl",
|
|
"call",
|
|
"cry",
|
|
"note"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cross section":{
|
|
"a number of things selected from a group to stand for the whole":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a television ratings service that monitors the viewing of a representative cross section of the general population"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"sample",
|
|
"sampler",
|
|
"sampling",
|
|
"selection",
|
|
"slice"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"case",
|
|
"example",
|
|
"exemplar",
|
|
"exemplification",
|
|
"illustration",
|
|
"instance",
|
|
"representative",
|
|
"specimen",
|
|
"archetype",
|
|
"classic",
|
|
"locus classicus",
|
|
"paradigm",
|
|
"prototype",
|
|
"microcosm"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cross":{
|
|
"to be unfaithful or disloyal to":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"people who cross the local mob boss usually are found floating in the river"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"backstab",
|
|
"betray",
|
|
"double-cross",
|
|
"sell (out)",
|
|
"two-time"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"give away",
|
|
"inform (on)",
|
|
"peach",
|
|
"rat (on)",
|
|
"shop",
|
|
"snitch (on)",
|
|
"split (on)",
|
|
"tell (on)",
|
|
"turn in"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"defend",
|
|
"guard",
|
|
"protect",
|
|
"safeguard",
|
|
"save",
|
|
"shield"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"stand by"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to divide by passing through or across":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"there's a light where that street crosses Main Street"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bisect",
|
|
"cut",
|
|
"intersect"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"crisscross",
|
|
"decussate"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make one's way through, across, or over":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"you may have to cross some woods on the way"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"course",
|
|
"cover",
|
|
"cut (across)",
|
|
"follow",
|
|
"go",
|
|
"navigate",
|
|
"pass (over)",
|
|
"perambulate",
|
|
"peregrinate",
|
|
"proceed (along)",
|
|
"track",
|
|
"transit",
|
|
"travel",
|
|
"traverse"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"hike",
|
|
"traipse",
|
|
"tramp",
|
|
"tread",
|
|
"walk",
|
|
"ride",
|
|
"run",
|
|
"crisscross"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to enter the mind of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the idea did cross me that he might be pulling my leg"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"come (to)",
|
|
"dawn (on)",
|
|
"occur (to)",
|
|
"strike"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"recall",
|
|
"recollect",
|
|
"remember",
|
|
"reminisce",
|
|
"con",
|
|
"learn",
|
|
"memorize",
|
|
"appear",
|
|
"arrive",
|
|
"emerge",
|
|
"materialize"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"forget",
|
|
"unlearn",
|
|
"disregard",
|
|
"ignore",
|
|
"neglect",
|
|
"overlook"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a test of faith, patience, or strength":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"dyslexia is just my cross to bear, and I accepted it long ago"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"crucible",
|
|
"fire",
|
|
"gauntlet",
|
|
"gantlet",
|
|
"ordeal",
|
|
"trial"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"baptism",
|
|
"initiation",
|
|
"adversity",
|
|
"affliction",
|
|
"asperity",
|
|
"misadventure",
|
|
"mischance",
|
|
"misfortune",
|
|
"mishap",
|
|
"privation",
|
|
"tragedy",
|
|
"tribulation",
|
|
"trouble",
|
|
"vicissitude",
|
|
"woe",
|
|
"acid test",
|
|
"litmus test",
|
|
"challenge",
|
|
"complication",
|
|
"difficulty",
|
|
"grief",
|
|
"grievance",
|
|
"hardship",
|
|
"rigor",
|
|
"annoyance",
|
|
"discomfort",
|
|
"inconvenience",
|
|
"nuisance"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"an offspring of parents with different genes especially when of different races, breeds, species, or genera":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the mare is an Arabian-Thoroughbred cross"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"crossbred",
|
|
"crossbreed",
|
|
"hybrid",
|
|
"intercross",
|
|
"mongrel"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"mule",
|
|
"outcross",
|
|
"half-bred"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"full-blood",
|
|
"pureblood",
|
|
"purebred",
|
|
"thoroughbred"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"being offspring produced by parents of different races, breeds, species, or genera":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"raises both purebred and cross lambs"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cold-blooded",
|
|
"coldblood",
|
|
"crossbred",
|
|
"hybrid",
|
|
"mixed",
|
|
"mongrel"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"grade",
|
|
"half-bred",
|
|
"dihybrid",
|
|
"trihybrid",
|
|
"crossed",
|
|
"hybridized",
|
|
"interbred",
|
|
"outcrossed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"pedigreed",
|
|
"pedigree",
|
|
"inbred",
|
|
"linebred",
|
|
"straightbred"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"blooded",
|
|
"full-blood",
|
|
"full-blooded",
|
|
"purebred",
|
|
"thoroughbred"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"easily irritated or annoyed":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she was cross all day because of a nagging headache"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"choleric",
|
|
"crabby",
|
|
"cranky",
|
|
"crotchety",
|
|
"fiery",
|
|
"grouchy",
|
|
"grumpy",
|
|
"irascible",
|
|
"irritable",
|
|
"peevish",
|
|
"perverse",
|
|
"pettish",
|
|
"petulant",
|
|
"prickly",
|
|
"quick-tempered",
|
|
"raspy",
|
|
"ratty",
|
|
"short-tempered",
|
|
"snappish",
|
|
"snappy",
|
|
"snarky",
|
|
"snippety",
|
|
"snippy",
|
|
"stuffy",
|
|
"testy",
|
|
"waspish"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bearish",
|
|
"bilious",
|
|
"cantankerous",
|
|
"cross-grained",
|
|
"curmudgeonly",
|
|
"disagreeable",
|
|
"dyspeptic",
|
|
"ill-humored",
|
|
"ill-natured",
|
|
"ill-tempered",
|
|
"off-color",
|
|
"off-colored",
|
|
"ornery",
|
|
"querulous",
|
|
"snarly",
|
|
"surly",
|
|
"argumentative",
|
|
"bellicose",
|
|
"belligerent",
|
|
"combative",
|
|
"contentious",
|
|
"disputatious",
|
|
"fractious",
|
|
"fretful",
|
|
"pugnacious",
|
|
"quarrelsome",
|
|
"scrappy",
|
|
"truculent",
|
|
"huffy",
|
|
"pouty",
|
|
"sensitive",
|
|
"short",
|
|
"sulky",
|
|
"sullen",
|
|
"tetchy",
|
|
"thin-skinned",
|
|
"touchy",
|
|
"hot-blooded",
|
|
"passionate"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"affable",
|
|
"companionable",
|
|
"cordial",
|
|
"extroverted",
|
|
"extraverted",
|
|
"friendly",
|
|
"genial",
|
|
"gregarious",
|
|
"outgoing",
|
|
"sociable",
|
|
"agreeable",
|
|
"amiable",
|
|
"good-natured",
|
|
"good-tempered",
|
|
"sweet",
|
|
"well-disposed",
|
|
"carefree",
|
|
"easygoing",
|
|
"happy-go-lucky",
|
|
"relaxed",
|
|
"forbearing",
|
|
"long-suffering",
|
|
"obliging",
|
|
"patient",
|
|
"stoic",
|
|
"stoical",
|
|
"tolerant",
|
|
"uncomplaining",
|
|
"understanding"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"crowning":{
|
|
"as in highest , high":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"apical",
|
|
"apogean",
|
|
"crestal",
|
|
"culminating",
|
|
"high",
|
|
"highest",
|
|
"meridian",
|
|
"apocalyptic",
|
|
"apocalyptical",
|
|
"climacteric",
|
|
"climactic",
|
|
"critical",
|
|
"crossover",
|
|
"crucial",
|
|
"fateful",
|
|
"life-and-death",
|
|
"life-or-death",
|
|
"vital",
|
|
"cataclysmal",
|
|
"cataclysmic",
|
|
"earthshaking",
|
|
"epochal",
|
|
"momentous",
|
|
"deciding",
|
|
"decisive",
|
|
"payoff",
|
|
"pivotal",
|
|
"watershed",
|
|
"go-no-go",
|
|
"make-or-break"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"anticlimactic",
|
|
"anticlimactical",
|
|
"inconsequential",
|
|
"indecisive",
|
|
"insignificant",
|
|
"noncritical",
|
|
"trivial",
|
|
"unimportant"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to bring to a triumphant conclusion":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the Olympic Games were crowned by spectacular closing ceremonies"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"capping (off)",
|
|
"climaxing",
|
|
"culminating"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"completing",
|
|
"concluding",
|
|
"finishing",
|
|
"rounding (off or out)",
|
|
"terminating",
|
|
"wrapping up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"crouching":{
|
|
"to lie low with the limbs close to the body":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the cat crouched in the bushes, waiting for the right moment to pounce on the chipmunk"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"couching",
|
|
"huddling",
|
|
"hunching",
|
|
"hunkering (down)",
|
|
"scrunching",
|
|
"squatting",
|
|
"squinching"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"curling up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cross-examine":{
|
|
"as in examine , bombard":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"besiege",
|
|
"bombard",
|
|
"cross-question",
|
|
"examine",
|
|
"pump",
|
|
"ask",
|
|
"catechize",
|
|
"grill",
|
|
"inquire (of)",
|
|
"interrogate",
|
|
"query",
|
|
"question",
|
|
"quiz",
|
|
"poll",
|
|
"survey"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"answer",
|
|
"reply",
|
|
"respond",
|
|
"rejoin",
|
|
"retort",
|
|
"comment",
|
|
"observe",
|
|
"remark",
|
|
"avoid",
|
|
"duck"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cross-grained":{
|
|
"as in surly , cantankerous":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bearish",
|
|
"bilious",
|
|
"cantankerous",
|
|
"curmudgeonly",
|
|
"disagreeable",
|
|
"dyspeptic",
|
|
"ill-humored",
|
|
"ill-natured",
|
|
"ill-tempered",
|
|
"off-color",
|
|
"off-colored",
|
|
"ornery",
|
|
"querulous",
|
|
"snarly",
|
|
"surly",
|
|
"choleric",
|
|
"crabby",
|
|
"cranky",
|
|
"cross",
|
|
"crotchety",
|
|
"fiery",
|
|
"grouchy",
|
|
"grumpy",
|
|
"irascible",
|
|
"irritable",
|
|
"peevish",
|
|
"perverse",
|
|
"pettish",
|
|
"petulant",
|
|
"prickly",
|
|
"quick-tempered",
|
|
"raspy",
|
|
"ratty",
|
|
"short-tempered",
|
|
"snappish",
|
|
"snappy",
|
|
"snarky",
|
|
"snippety",
|
|
"snippy",
|
|
"stuffy",
|
|
"testy",
|
|
"waspish",
|
|
"argumentative",
|
|
"bellicose",
|
|
"belligerent",
|
|
"combative",
|
|
"contentious",
|
|
"disputatious",
|
|
"fractious",
|
|
"fretful",
|
|
"pugnacious",
|
|
"quarrelsome",
|
|
"scrappy",
|
|
"truculent",
|
|
"huffy",
|
|
"pouty",
|
|
"sensitive",
|
|
"short",
|
|
"sulky",
|
|
"sullen",
|
|
"tetchy",
|
|
"thin-skinned",
|
|
"touchy",
|
|
"hot-blooded",
|
|
"passionate"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"affable",
|
|
"companionable",
|
|
"cordial",
|
|
"extroverted",
|
|
"extraverted",
|
|
"friendly",
|
|
"genial",
|
|
"gregarious",
|
|
"outgoing",
|
|
"sociable",
|
|
"agreeable",
|
|
"amiable",
|
|
"good-natured",
|
|
"good-tempered",
|
|
"sweet",
|
|
"well-disposed",
|
|
"carefree",
|
|
"easygoing",
|
|
"happy-go-lucky",
|
|
"relaxed",
|
|
"forbearing",
|
|
"long-suffering",
|
|
"obliging",
|
|
"patient",
|
|
"stoic",
|
|
"stoical",
|
|
"tolerant",
|
|
"uncomplaining",
|
|
"understanding"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"crofters":{
|
|
"as in sharecroppers , yeomen":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"croppers",
|
|
"gentlemen farmers",
|
|
"sharecroppers",
|
|
"subsistence farmers",
|
|
"tenant farmers",
|
|
"yeomen",
|
|
"agriculturists",
|
|
"agriculturalists",
|
|
"agronomists",
|
|
"cultivators",
|
|
"growers",
|
|
"planters",
|
|
"tillers",
|
|
"farmhands",
|
|
"field hands",
|
|
"gleaners",
|
|
"harvesters",
|
|
"plowmen",
|
|
"reapers",
|
|
"workfolks",
|
|
"homesteaders",
|
|
"nesters",
|
|
"grangers",
|
|
"rancheros",
|
|
"ranchers",
|
|
"ranchmen",
|
|
"campesinos"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cross sections":{
|
|
"a number of things selected from a group to stand for the whole":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a television ratings service that monitors the viewing of a representative cross section of the general population"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"samplers",
|
|
"samples",
|
|
"samplings",
|
|
"selections",
|
|
"slices"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cases",
|
|
"examples",
|
|
"exemplars",
|
|
"exemplifications",
|
|
"illustrations",
|
|
"instances",
|
|
"representatives",
|
|
"specimens",
|
|
"archetypes",
|
|
"classics",
|
|
"loci classici",
|
|
"paradigms",
|
|
"prototypes",
|
|
"microcosms"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"crossbreds":{
|
|
"an offspring of parents with different genes especially when of different races, breeds, species, or genera":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a puppy that was clearly a crossbred of a beagle and a dachshund"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"crossbreeds",
|
|
"crosses",
|
|
"hybrids",
|
|
"intercrosses",
|
|
"mongrels"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"mules",
|
|
"outcrosses",
|
|
"half-breds"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"full-bloods",
|
|
"purebloods",
|
|
"purebreds",
|
|
"thoroughbreds"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"crowing":{
|
|
"having or expressing feelings of joy or triumph":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"in a crowing speech, the mayor thanked all who had helped get her reelected"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cock-a-hoop",
|
|
"crank",
|
|
"exultant",
|
|
"exulting",
|
|
"glorying",
|
|
"jubilant",
|
|
"prideful",
|
|
"proud",
|
|
"rejoicing",
|
|
"triumphant"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"ecstatic",
|
|
"elated",
|
|
"euphoric",
|
|
"arrogant",
|
|
"boastful",
|
|
"cocky",
|
|
"conquering",
|
|
"victorious",
|
|
"winning"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"crestfallen",
|
|
"defeated",
|
|
"dejected",
|
|
"depressed",
|
|
"disconsolate",
|
|
"dispirited",
|
|
"downcast"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to feel or express joy or triumph":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"being the home of the new Super Bowl champs was the first thing that city residents had to crow about in a very long time"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"delighting",
|
|
"exuberating",
|
|
"exulting",
|
|
"glorying",
|
|
"joying",
|
|
"jubilating",
|
|
"kvelling",
|
|
"rejoicing",
|
|
"triumphing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"gloating",
|
|
"preening",
|
|
"swelling",
|
|
"boasting",
|
|
"bragging",
|
|
"flaunting",
|
|
"parading",
|
|
"showing off",
|
|
"strutting",
|
|
"swaggering"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bemoaning",
|
|
"bewailing",
|
|
"grieving",
|
|
"lamenting",
|
|
"regretting",
|
|
"weeping"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to praise or express pride in one's own possessions, qualities, or accomplishments often to excess":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the in-your-face crowing by some of the winning athletes at the Olympics was embarrassing"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blowing",
|
|
"boasting",
|
|
"bragging",
|
|
"bulling",
|
|
"gasconading",
|
|
"swaggering",
|
|
"vaporing",
|
|
"vaunting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blustering",
|
|
"haranguing",
|
|
"puffing",
|
|
"priding",
|
|
"gushing",
|
|
"exulting",
|
|
"glorying",
|
|
"rejoicing",
|
|
"brandishing",
|
|
"displaying",
|
|
"exhibiting",
|
|
"exposing",
|
|
"flaunting",
|
|
"glorifying",
|
|
"parading",
|
|
"showing off",
|
|
"magnifying",
|
|
"maximizing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"belittling",
|
|
"deprecating",
|
|
"diminishing",
|
|
"discounting",
|
|
"laughing off",
|
|
"minimizing",
|
|
"playing down",
|
|
"pooh-poohing",
|
|
"poohing",
|
|
"shrugging off",
|
|
"underrating",
|
|
"undervaluing",
|
|
"bemoaning",
|
|
"lamenting",
|
|
"mourning",
|
|
"regretting"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cronyism":{
|
|
"the unfair practice by a powerful person (such as a politician) of giving jobs and other favors to friends":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"The mayor has been accused of cronyism ."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"chauvinism",
|
|
"favoritism",
|
|
"nepotism",
|
|
"bias",
|
|
"favor",
|
|
"nonobjectivity",
|
|
"one-sidedness",
|
|
"partiality",
|
|
"parti pris",
|
|
"partisanship",
|
|
"ply",
|
|
"prejudice",
|
|
"tendentiousness",
|
|
"self-opinionatedness",
|
|
"self-partiality",
|
|
"bent",
|
|
"inclination",
|
|
"leaning",
|
|
"penchant",
|
|
"predilection",
|
|
"predisposition",
|
|
"proclivity",
|
|
"propensity",
|
|
"tendency",
|
|
"preconception",
|
|
"prejudgment",
|
|
"prepossession"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"fairness",
|
|
"impartiality",
|
|
"neutrality",
|
|
"objectivity",
|
|
"open-mindedness",
|
|
"unbiasedness",
|
|
"calm",
|
|
"detachment",
|
|
"dispassion",
|
|
"indifference"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"crow's nests":{
|
|
"as in towers , watchtowers":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"aeries",
|
|
"towers",
|
|
"watchtowers",
|
|
"lookouts",
|
|
"observatories",
|
|
"outlooks",
|
|
"overlooks",
|
|
"promontories"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"croziers":{
|
|
"as in crooks , walking sticks":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"crooks",
|
|
"walking sticks",
|
|
"whangees",
|
|
"beetles",
|
|
"gavels",
|
|
"hammers",
|
|
"mallets",
|
|
"mauls",
|
|
"sledgehammers",
|
|
"birches",
|
|
"crabsticks",
|
|
"hickories",
|
|
"rattans",
|
|
"staves",
|
|
"switches",
|
|
"blackjacks",
|
|
"knobkerries",
|
|
"maces",
|
|
"bastinadoes",
|
|
"bastinades",
|
|
"batons",
|
|
"bats",
|
|
"billies",
|
|
"billy clubs",
|
|
"bludgeons",
|
|
"canes",
|
|
"clubs",
|
|
"cudgels",
|
|
"nightsticks",
|
|
"rods",
|
|
"rungs",
|
|
"saps",
|
|
"shillelaghs",
|
|
"shillalahs",
|
|
"staffs",
|
|
"staves",
|
|
"truncheons",
|
|
"waddies"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"crown jewel":{
|
|
"an asset that brings praise or renown":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the city's crown jewel is an emerald necklace of lushly landscaped parks"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"boast",
|
|
"credit",
|
|
"glory",
|
|
"honor",
|
|
"jewel",
|
|
"pride",
|
|
"treasure",
|
|
"trophy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"pi\u00e8ce de r\u00e9sistance",
|
|
"showpiece",
|
|
"attraction",
|
|
"feature",
|
|
"highlight",
|
|
"distinction",
|
|
"excellence",
|
|
"merit",
|
|
"value",
|
|
"virtue"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disgrace",
|
|
"dishonor",
|
|
"blemish",
|
|
"blot",
|
|
"defect",
|
|
"shame",
|
|
"slur",
|
|
"smirch",
|
|
"smudge",
|
|
"stain",
|
|
"stigma",
|
|
"eyesore",
|
|
"fright",
|
|
"horror",
|
|
"mess"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"crosspatch":{
|
|
"an irritable and complaining person":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"that sweet little girl turns into a real crosspatch when she's hungry"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bear",
|
|
"bellyacher",
|
|
"complainer",
|
|
"crab",
|
|
"crank",
|
|
"croaker",
|
|
"curmudgeon",
|
|
"fusser",
|
|
"griper",
|
|
"grouch",
|
|
"grouser",
|
|
"growler",
|
|
"grumbler",
|
|
"grump",
|
|
"murmurer",
|
|
"mutterer",
|
|
"sourpuss",
|
|
"whiner"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"hunks",
|
|
"malcontent",
|
|
"sorehead",
|
|
"grinch",
|
|
"killjoy",
|
|
"party pooper",
|
|
"spoilsport",
|
|
"defeatist",
|
|
"pessimist",
|
|
"faultfinder",
|
|
"kicker",
|
|
"nagger",
|
|
"nitpicker",
|
|
"objector",
|
|
"quibbler",
|
|
"repiner",
|
|
"crock",
|
|
"hypochondriac"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"optimist",
|
|
"Pollyanna",
|
|
"happy camper"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cross-pollination":{
|
|
"as in cross-fertilization":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cross-fertilization",
|
|
"interrelationship",
|
|
"companionship",
|
|
"company",
|
|
"commerce",
|
|
"dealings",
|
|
"interaction",
|
|
"intercourse",
|
|
"relation"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"crosses (out)":{
|
|
"to show (something written) to be no longer valid by drawing a cross over or a line through it":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"cross out the old phone number and write in the new one"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blue-pencils",
|
|
"cancels",
|
|
"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":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"croplands":{
|
|
"as in farmlands , farmyards":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"farmlands",
|
|
"farmyards",
|
|
"estates",
|
|
"farms",
|
|
"farmsteads",
|
|
"granges",
|
|
"ranches",
|
|
"farmhouses",
|
|
"haciendas",
|
|
"homesteads",
|
|
"manors",
|
|
"plantations",
|
|
"spreads",
|
|
"crofts",
|
|
"smallholdings",
|
|
"stations",
|
|
"steadings",
|
|
"gardens",
|
|
"orchards"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"crouch":{
|
|
"to lie low with the limbs close to the body":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the cat crouched in the bushes, waiting for the right moment to pounce on the chipmunk"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"couch",
|
|
"huddle",
|
|
"hunch",
|
|
"hunker (down)",
|
|
"scrunch",
|
|
"squat",
|
|
"squinch"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"curl up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"crooking":{
|
|
"to cause to turn away from a straight line":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"crooked a finger"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"arching",
|
|
"bending",
|
|
"bowing",
|
|
"curving",
|
|
"hooking",
|
|
"swerving"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"arcing",
|
|
"rounding",
|
|
"incurvating",
|
|
"incurving",
|
|
"inflecting",
|
|
"reflecting",
|
|
"deflecting",
|
|
"diverting",
|
|
"entwining",
|
|
"kinking",
|
|
"swirling",
|
|
"turning",
|
|
"twining",
|
|
"twisting",
|
|
"veering",
|
|
"warping",
|
|
"coiling",
|
|
"curling",
|
|
"enrolling",
|
|
"looping",
|
|
"spiraling",
|
|
"spiralling",
|
|
"denting",
|
|
"dimpling",
|
|
"meandering",
|
|
"waving",
|
|
"weaving",
|
|
"winding",
|
|
"declining",
|
|
"inclining",
|
|
"sloping"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"straightening",
|
|
"unbending",
|
|
"uncurling"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to turn away from a straight line or course":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the road suddenly crooked to the left"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"arching",
|
|
"arcing",
|
|
"bending",
|
|
"bowing",
|
|
"curving",
|
|
"falling off",
|
|
"hooking",
|
|
"rounding",
|
|
"sweeping",
|
|
"swerving",
|
|
"trending",
|
|
"wheeling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"circling",
|
|
"coiling",
|
|
"curlicuing",
|
|
"curling",
|
|
"looping",
|
|
"spiraling",
|
|
"spiralling",
|
|
"turning",
|
|
"twisting",
|
|
"winding",
|
|
"deviating",
|
|
"veering"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"straightening"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"crosses (up)":{
|
|
"to reduce the soundness, effectiveness, or perfection of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"your refusal to cooperate will cross up the whole investigation"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blemishes",
|
|
"bloodies",
|
|
"breaks",
|
|
"compromises",
|
|
"crabs",
|
|
"cripples",
|
|
"damages",
|
|
"defaces",
|
|
"disfigures",
|
|
"endamages",
|
|
"flaws",
|
|
"harms",
|
|
"hurts",
|
|
"impairs",
|
|
"injures",
|
|
"mars",
|
|
"spoils",
|
|
"vitiates"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"deteriorates",
|
|
"enervates",
|
|
"enfeebles",
|
|
"undermines",
|
|
"weakens",
|
|
"erodes",
|
|
"scours",
|
|
"washes out",
|
|
"wears (away)",
|
|
"blights",
|
|
"tarnishes",
|
|
"dents",
|
|
"dings",
|
|
"dints",
|
|
"botches",
|
|
"gums (up)",
|
|
"queers",
|
|
"lacerates",
|
|
"wounds",
|
|
"disables",
|
|
"hamstrings",
|
|
"lames",
|
|
"maims",
|
|
"mangles",
|
|
"mutilates",
|
|
"torments",
|
|
"tortures",
|
|
"annihilates",
|
|
"bangs up",
|
|
"bashes",
|
|
"batters",
|
|
"clobbers",
|
|
"crushes",
|
|
"dashes",
|
|
"decimates",
|
|
"demolishes",
|
|
"desolates",
|
|
"destroys",
|
|
"devastates",
|
|
"does in",
|
|
"pulverizes",
|
|
"razes",
|
|
"ruins",
|
|
"scourges",
|
|
"shatters",
|
|
"smashes",
|
|
"tears down",
|
|
"totals",
|
|
"wastes",
|
|
"wipes out",
|
|
"wrecks"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"cures",
|
|
"heals",
|
|
"helps",
|
|
"rectifies",
|
|
"rehabilitates",
|
|
"remedies",
|
|
"edits",
|
|
"remodels",
|
|
"revises",
|
|
"ameliorates",
|
|
"betters",
|
|
"enhances",
|
|
"enriches",
|
|
"improves",
|
|
"meliorates",
|
|
"perfects",
|
|
"refines"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"doctors",
|
|
"fixes",
|
|
"mends",
|
|
"patches",
|
|
"rebuilds",
|
|
"reconditions",
|
|
"reconstructs",
|
|
"renovates",
|
|
"repairs",
|
|
"revamps"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cross-examinations":{
|
|
"as in challenges , quizzes":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"challenges",
|
|
"goings-over",
|
|
"quizzes",
|
|
"polls",
|
|
"questionaries",
|
|
"questionnaires",
|
|
"surveys",
|
|
"rehearings",
|
|
"reinvestigations",
|
|
"feelers",
|
|
"queries",
|
|
"questions",
|
|
"self-examinations",
|
|
"self-explorations",
|
|
"self-questionings",
|
|
"self-reflections",
|
|
"self-scrutinies",
|
|
"soul-searchings",
|
|
"hearings",
|
|
"interrogations",
|
|
"trials",
|
|
"checkups",
|
|
"diagnoses",
|
|
"inspections",
|
|
"audits",
|
|
"checks",
|
|
"quests",
|
|
"disquisitions",
|
|
"examens",
|
|
"examinations",
|
|
"explorations",
|
|
"inquests",
|
|
"inquiries",
|
|
"inquisitions",
|
|
"investigations",
|
|
"probations",
|
|
"probes",
|
|
"probings",
|
|
"researches",
|
|
"studies"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"crowding":{
|
|
"to fit (people or things) into a tight space":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"crowded all the boats into the harbor before the storm struck"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cramming",
|
|
"crushing",
|
|
"jamming",
|
|
"ramming",
|
|
"sandwiching",
|
|
"shoehorning",
|
|
"squeezing",
|
|
"stuffing",
|
|
"wedging"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"filling",
|
|
"heaping",
|
|
"jam-packing",
|
|
"loading",
|
|
"packing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to move upon or fill (something) in great numbers":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"cars crowded the roads over the long holiday weekend"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"flocking",
|
|
"mobbing",
|
|
"swarming",
|
|
"thronging"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"besetting",
|
|
"infesting",
|
|
"invading",
|
|
"overrunning",
|
|
"clogging",
|
|
"damming",
|
|
"jamming",
|
|
"obstructing",
|
|
"plugging (up)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to gather into a closely packed group":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"everyone crowded around to see the baby being shown off by his proud parents"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bunching",
|
|
"clustering",
|
|
"huddling",
|
|
"piling",
|
|
"pressing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"assembling",
|
|
"collecting",
|
|
"concentering",
|
|
"concentrating",
|
|
"conglomerating",
|
|
"congregating",
|
|
"convening",
|
|
"converging",
|
|
"flocking",
|
|
"forgathering",
|
|
"foregathering",
|
|
"herding",
|
|
"swarming",
|
|
"thronging",
|
|
"encircling",
|
|
"mobbing",
|
|
"surrounding",
|
|
"embracing",
|
|
"hugging"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"breaking up",
|
|
"disbanding",
|
|
"dispersing",
|
|
"splitting (up)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cropped":{
|
|
"to look after or assist the growth of by labor and care":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a family that's been cropping potatoes on that piece of land for generations"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cultivated",
|
|
"cultured",
|
|
"dressed",
|
|
"grew",
|
|
"promoted",
|
|
"raised",
|
|
"reared",
|
|
"tended"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bred",
|
|
"produced",
|
|
"propagated",
|
|
"planted",
|
|
"sowed",
|
|
"gathered",
|
|
"gleaned",
|
|
"harvested",
|
|
"reaped",
|
|
"germinated",
|
|
"quickened",
|
|
"ripened",
|
|
"rooted",
|
|
"sprouted"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"killed",
|
|
"dug",
|
|
"extirpated",
|
|
"picked",
|
|
"plucked",
|
|
"pulled (up)",
|
|
"uprooted",
|
|
"cut",
|
|
"hayed",
|
|
"mowed"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make (something) shorter or smaller with the use of a cutting instrument":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"grass cropped short by repeated grazing",
|
|
"cropped the painting to fit the frame"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bobbed",
|
|
"clipped",
|
|
"cut",
|
|
"cut back",
|
|
"docked",
|
|
"lopped (off)",
|
|
"nipped",
|
|
"pared",
|
|
"polled",
|
|
"pruned",
|
|
"shaved",
|
|
"sheared",
|
|
"snipped",
|
|
"trimmed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"skived",
|
|
"whittled",
|
|
"manicured",
|
|
"mowed",
|
|
"pinched",
|
|
"stumped",
|
|
"curtailed",
|
|
"shortened"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"elongated",
|
|
"extended",
|
|
"lengthened"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"croon":{
|
|
"to produce low, soft musical tones with the voice":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"croon a lullaby",
|
|
"a singer crooning onstage"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"belt",
|
|
"harmonize",
|
|
"hum",
|
|
"lilt",
|
|
"quaver",
|
|
"scat",
|
|
"sharp",
|
|
"slur",
|
|
"trill",
|
|
"troll",
|
|
"warble",
|
|
"yodel",
|
|
"carol",
|
|
"chant",
|
|
"descant",
|
|
"sing",
|
|
"vocalize",
|
|
"serenade"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in chorus , serenade":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"aria",
|
|
"art song",
|
|
"barcarole",
|
|
"barcarolle",
|
|
"blues",
|
|
"chanson",
|
|
"chant",
|
|
"chantey",
|
|
"chanty",
|
|
"shanty",
|
|
"chorus",
|
|
"descant",
|
|
"discant",
|
|
"folk song",
|
|
"glee",
|
|
"lullaby",
|
|
"madrigal",
|
|
"motet",
|
|
"part-song",
|
|
"pop",
|
|
"rocker",
|
|
"round",
|
|
"roundelay",
|
|
"serenade",
|
|
"standard",
|
|
"ballad",
|
|
"ditty",
|
|
"jingle",
|
|
"lay",
|
|
"lyric",
|
|
"solo",
|
|
"song",
|
|
"vocal",
|
|
"anthem",
|
|
"cantata",
|
|
"canticle",
|
|
"carol",
|
|
"chorale",
|
|
"hymn",
|
|
"noel",
|
|
"psalm",
|
|
"spiritual",
|
|
"dirge",
|
|
"lament",
|
|
"requiem",
|
|
"threnody",
|
|
"hallelujah",
|
|
"paean",
|
|
"drinking song",
|
|
"fight song",
|
|
"torch song",
|
|
"cover",
|
|
"medley",
|
|
"remix"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"crossbar":{
|
|
"as in blaze , pinstripe":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blaze",
|
|
"pinstripe",
|
|
"band",
|
|
"bar",
|
|
"streak",
|
|
"stripe"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"crossing (up)":{
|
|
"to reduce the soundness, effectiveness, or perfection of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"your refusal to cooperate will cross up the whole investigation"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blemishing",
|
|
"bloodying",
|
|
"breaking",
|
|
"compromising",
|
|
"crabbing",
|
|
"crippling",
|
|
"damaging",
|
|
"defacing",
|
|
"disfiguring",
|
|
"endamaging",
|
|
"flawing",
|
|
"harming",
|
|
"hurting",
|
|
"impairing",
|
|
"injuring",
|
|
"marring",
|
|
"spoiling",
|
|
"vitiating"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"deteriorating",
|
|
"enervating",
|
|
"enfeebling",
|
|
"undermining",
|
|
"weakening",
|
|
"eroding",
|
|
"scouring",
|
|
"washing out",
|
|
"wearing (away)",
|
|
"blighting",
|
|
"tarnishing",
|
|
"denting",
|
|
"dinging",
|
|
"dinting",
|
|
"botching",
|
|
"gumming (up)",
|
|
"queering",
|
|
"lacerating",
|
|
"wounding",
|
|
"disabling",
|
|
"hamstringing",
|
|
"laming",
|
|
"maiming",
|
|
"mangling",
|
|
"mutilating",
|
|
"tormenting",
|
|
"torturing",
|
|
"annihilating",
|
|
"banging up",
|
|
"bashing",
|
|
"battering",
|
|
"clobbering",
|
|
"crushing",
|
|
"dashing",
|
|
"decimating",
|
|
"demolishing",
|
|
"desolating",
|
|
"destroying",
|
|
"devastating",
|
|
"doing in",
|
|
"pulverizing",
|
|
"razing",
|
|
"ruining",
|
|
"scourging",
|
|
"shattering",
|
|
"smashing",
|
|
"tearing down",
|
|
"totaling",
|
|
"totalling",
|
|
"wasting",
|
|
"wiping out",
|
|
"wrecking"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"curing",
|
|
"healing",
|
|
"helping",
|
|
"rectifying",
|
|
"rehabilitating",
|
|
"remedying",
|
|
"editing",
|
|
"remodeling",
|
|
"revising",
|
|
"ameliorating",
|
|
"bettering",
|
|
"enhancing",
|
|
"enriching",
|
|
"improving",
|
|
"meliorating",
|
|
"perfecting",
|
|
"refining"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"doctoring",
|
|
"fixing",
|
|
"mending",
|
|
"patching",
|
|
"rebuilding",
|
|
"reconditioning",
|
|
"reconstructing",
|
|
"renovating",
|
|
"repairing",
|
|
"revamping"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"crossing paths (with)":{
|
|
"to come upon face-to-face or as if face-to-face":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"catching",
|
|
"chancing (upon)",
|
|
"encountering",
|
|
"happening (upon)",
|
|
"meeting",
|
|
"stumbling (upon)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"accosting",
|
|
"confronting",
|
|
"facing",
|
|
"greeting",
|
|
"saluting",
|
|
"colliding (with)",
|
|
"crashing (into)",
|
|
"crisscrossing",
|
|
"crossing",
|
|
"passing",
|
|
"hitting (upon)",
|
|
"lighting (upon)",
|
|
"tumbling (to)",
|
|
"reencountering",
|
|
"re-encountering",
|
|
"remeeting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"avoiding",
|
|
"dodging",
|
|
"ducking",
|
|
"eluding",
|
|
"escaping",
|
|
"evading",
|
|
"shaking",
|
|
"shunning"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"cross-stitched":{
|
|
"as in embroidered":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"embroidered",
|
|
"basted",
|
|
"eased",
|
|
"felled",
|
|
"finished",
|
|
"overcast",
|
|
"crocheted",
|
|
"knit",
|
|
"knitted",
|
|
"quilted",
|
|
"mended",
|
|
"patched",
|
|
"repaired",
|
|
"darned",
|
|
"sewed",
|
|
"stitched",
|
|
"sutured"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"crochet":{
|
|
"as in knit , quilt":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"knit",
|
|
"quilt",
|
|
"cross-stitch",
|
|
"embroider",
|
|
"baste",
|
|
"ease",
|
|
"fell",
|
|
"finish",
|
|
"overcast",
|
|
"mend",
|
|
"patch",
|
|
"repair",
|
|
"darn",
|
|
"sew",
|
|
"stitch",
|
|
"suture"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cross fires":{
|
|
"an often noisy or angry expression of differing opinions":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"viewers tune in to witness the weekly cross fire between the liberal and conservative commentators"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"altercations",
|
|
"argle-bargles",
|
|
"arguments",
|
|
"argy-bargies",
|
|
"battles royal",
|
|
"battle royals",
|
|
"battles royale",
|
|
"battle royales",
|
|
"bickers",
|
|
"brawls",
|
|
"contretemps",
|
|
"controversies",
|
|
"disagreements",
|
|
"disputes",
|
|
"donnybrooks",
|
|
"fallings-out",
|
|
"falling-outs",
|
|
"fights",
|
|
"hassles",
|
|
"imbroglios",
|
|
"kickups",
|
|
"misunderstandings",
|
|
"quarrels",
|
|
"rhubarbs",
|
|
"rows",
|
|
"scraps",
|
|
"set-tos",
|
|
"spats",
|
|
"squabbles",
|
|
"tiffs",
|
|
"wrangles"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"clashes",
|
|
"run-ins",
|
|
"skirmishes",
|
|
"tangles",
|
|
"tussles",
|
|
"logomachies",
|
|
"feuds",
|
|
"vendettas",
|
|
"attacks",
|
|
"contentions",
|
|
"dissensions",
|
|
"dissentions",
|
|
"debates",
|
|
"differences",
|
|
"disputations",
|
|
"fusses",
|
|
"objections",
|
|
"protestations",
|
|
"protests",
|
|
"affrays",
|
|
"fisticuffs",
|
|
"fracases",
|
|
"fracas",
|
|
"frays",
|
|
"free-for-alls",
|
|
"melees",
|
|
"m\u00eal\u00e9es",
|
|
"catfights"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"crown jewels":{
|
|
"an asset that brings praise or renown":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the city's crown jewel is an emerald necklace of lushly landscaped parks"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"boasts",
|
|
"credits",
|
|
"glories",
|
|
"honors",
|
|
"jewels",
|
|
"prides",
|
|
"treasures",
|
|
"trophies"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"pi\u00e8ces de r\u00e9sistance",
|
|
"showpieces",
|
|
"attractions",
|
|
"features",
|
|
"highlights",
|
|
"distinctions",
|
|
"excellences",
|
|
"merits",
|
|
"values",
|
|
"virtues"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disgraces",
|
|
"dishonors",
|
|
"blemishes",
|
|
"blots",
|
|
"defects",
|
|
"shames",
|
|
"slurs",
|
|
"smirches",
|
|
"smudges",
|
|
"stains",
|
|
"stigmas",
|
|
"stigmata",
|
|
"eyesores",
|
|
"frights",
|
|
"horrors",
|
|
"messes"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"crocheted":{
|
|
"as in knit , quilted":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"knit",
|
|
"knitted",
|
|
"quilted",
|
|
"cross-stitched",
|
|
"embroidered",
|
|
"basted",
|
|
"eased",
|
|
"felled",
|
|
"finished",
|
|
"overcast",
|
|
"mended",
|
|
"patched",
|
|
"repaired",
|
|
"darned",
|
|
"sewed",
|
|
"stitched",
|
|
"sutured"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"crowds":{
|
|
"a great number of persons or creatures massed together":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a huge crowd of fans was on hand to greet the returning World Series champions"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"armies",
|
|
"bikes",
|
|
"crams",
|
|
"crushes",
|
|
"droves",
|
|
"flocks",
|
|
"herds",
|
|
"hordes",
|
|
"hosts",
|
|
"legions",
|
|
"masses",
|
|
"mobs",
|
|
"multitudes",
|
|
"presses",
|
|
"routs",
|
|
"scrums",
|
|
"swarms",
|
|
"throngs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"masses",
|
|
"millions",
|
|
"rabblements",
|
|
"rabbles",
|
|
"riffraffs",
|
|
"gaggles",
|
|
"heaps",
|
|
"mountains",
|
|
"piles",
|
|
"jams",
|
|
"logjams"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a group of people sharing a common interest and relating together socially":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the fashionable crowd at the polo tournament"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bodies",
|
|
"bunches",
|
|
"circles",
|
|
"clans",
|
|
"cliques",
|
|
"communities",
|
|
"coteries",
|
|
"covens",
|
|
"folds",
|
|
"gal\u00e8res",
|
|
"gangs",
|
|
"klatches",
|
|
"klatsches",
|
|
"lots",
|
|
"networks",
|
|
"packs",
|
|
"rings",
|
|
"sets"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"charmed circles",
|
|
"elites",
|
|
"in-groups",
|
|
"closed shops",
|
|
"clubs",
|
|
"colleges",
|
|
"fellowships",
|
|
"guilds",
|
|
"gilds",
|
|
"leagues",
|
|
"organizations",
|
|
"societies",
|
|
"camps",
|
|
"factions",
|
|
"sects",
|
|
"sides",
|
|
"tribes",
|
|
"messes",
|
|
"squads",
|
|
"brotherhoods",
|
|
"fraternities",
|
|
"orders",
|
|
"sisterhoods",
|
|
"sodalities",
|
|
"sororities",
|
|
"communes",
|
|
"alliances",
|
|
"blocs",
|
|
"coalitions",
|
|
"confederations",
|
|
"congresses",
|
|
"councils",
|
|
"federations",
|
|
"unions"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"loners",
|
|
"individualists"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the body of the community as contrasted with the elite":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"no national leader was ever more hated by the crowd"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"commoners",
|
|
"commons",
|
|
"herds",
|
|
"hoi polloi",
|
|
"masses",
|
|
"millions",
|
|
"mobs",
|
|
"multitudes",
|
|
"people",
|
|
"plebeians",
|
|
"plebes",
|
|
"populaces",
|
|
"publics",
|
|
"rank and files"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cattle",
|
|
"proletariats",
|
|
"rabblements",
|
|
"rabbles",
|
|
"ragtag and bobtails",
|
|
"riffraffs",
|
|
"routs",
|
|
"scums",
|
|
"tag, rag, and bobtails",
|
|
"tagrag and bobtails",
|
|
"trash",
|
|
"unwasheds",
|
|
"bourgeoisies",
|
|
"middle classes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"gentilities",
|
|
"gentlefolks",
|
|
"gentries",
|
|
"haute mondes",
|
|
"nobilities",
|
|
"patriciates",
|
|
"peerages",
|
|
"qualities",
|
|
"royalties",
|
|
"societies"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"A-lists",
|
|
"aristocracies",
|
|
"best",
|
|
"choices",
|
|
"corps d'elite",
|
|
"creams",
|
|
"elect",
|
|
"elites",
|
|
"fat",
|
|
"flowers",
|
|
"picks",
|
|
"pinks",
|
|
"prides",
|
|
"upper crusts"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to fit (people or things) into a tight space":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"crowded all the boats into the harbor before the storm struck"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"crams",
|
|
"crushes",
|
|
"jams",
|
|
"rams",
|
|
"sandwiches",
|
|
"shoehorns",
|
|
"squeezes",
|
|
"stuffs",
|
|
"wedges"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"fills",
|
|
"heaps",
|
|
"jam-packs",
|
|
"loads",
|
|
"packs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to move upon or fill (something) in great numbers":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"cars crowded the roads over the long holiday weekend"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"flocks",
|
|
"mobs",
|
|
"swarms",
|
|
"throngs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"besets",
|
|
"infests",
|
|
"invades",
|
|
"overruns",
|
|
"clogs",
|
|
"dams",
|
|
"jams",
|
|
"obstructs",
|
|
"plugs (up)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to gather into a closely packed group":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"everyone crowded around to see the baby being shown off by his proud parents"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bunches",
|
|
"clusters",
|
|
"huddles",
|
|
"piles",
|
|
"presses"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"assembles",
|
|
"collects",
|
|
"concenters",
|
|
"concentrates",
|
|
"conglomerates",
|
|
"congregates",
|
|
"convenes",
|
|
"converges",
|
|
"flocks",
|
|
"forgathers",
|
|
"foregathers",
|
|
"herds",
|
|
"swarms",
|
|
"throngs",
|
|
"encircles",
|
|
"mobs",
|
|
"surrounds",
|
|
"embraces",
|
|
"hugs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"breaks up",
|
|
"disbands",
|
|
"disperses",
|
|
"splits (up)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cropping (up)":{
|
|
"to come to one's attention especially gradually or unexpectedly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a new issue has just cropped up in the campaign"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"arising",
|
|
"coming up",
|
|
"emerging",
|
|
"materializing",
|
|
"springing (up)",
|
|
"surfacing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"appearing",
|
|
"coming out",
|
|
"showing up",
|
|
"turning up",
|
|
"chancing",
|
|
"coming",
|
|
"coming about",
|
|
"falling out",
|
|
"going off",
|
|
"going (on)",
|
|
"happening",
|
|
"happing",
|
|
"occurring",
|
|
"passing",
|
|
"transpiring",
|
|
"interfering",
|
|
"interposing",
|
|
"intervening",
|
|
"intruding"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"croppers":{
|
|
"a falling short of one's goals":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"more than a few people were glad to see the obnoxiously smug skater come a cropper at the national championships"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"collapses",
|
|
"crashes",
|
|
"defeats",
|
|
"failures",
|
|
"fizzles",
|
|
"nonachievements",
|
|
"nonsuccesses"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"futilities",
|
|
"ineffectualities",
|
|
"inefficacies",
|
|
"deficiencies",
|
|
"inadequacies",
|
|
"insufficiencies",
|
|
"disappointments",
|
|
"letdowns",
|
|
"setbacks"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"victories",
|
|
"wins"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"accomplishments",
|
|
"achievements",
|
|
"successes"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cropping":{
|
|
"to look after or assist the growth of by labor and care":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a family that's been cropping potatoes on that piece of land for generations"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cultivating",
|
|
"culturing",
|
|
"dressing",
|
|
"growing",
|
|
"promoting",
|
|
"raising",
|
|
"rearing",
|
|
"tending"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"breeding",
|
|
"producing",
|
|
"propagating",
|
|
"planting",
|
|
"sowing",
|
|
"gathering",
|
|
"gleaning",
|
|
"harvesting",
|
|
"reaping",
|
|
"germinating",
|
|
"quickening",
|
|
"ripening",
|
|
"rooting",
|
|
"sprouting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"killing",
|
|
"digging",
|
|
"extirpating",
|
|
"picking",
|
|
"plucking",
|
|
"pulling (up)",
|
|
"uprooting",
|
|
"cutting",
|
|
"haying",
|
|
"mowing"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make (something) shorter or smaller with the use of a cutting instrument":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"grass cropped short by repeated grazing",
|
|
"cropped the painting to fit the frame"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bobbing",
|
|
"clipping",
|
|
"cutting",
|
|
"cutting back",
|
|
"docking",
|
|
"lopping (off)",
|
|
"nipping",
|
|
"paring",
|
|
"polling",
|
|
"pruning",
|
|
"shaving",
|
|
"shearing",
|
|
"snipping",
|
|
"trimming"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"skiving",
|
|
"whittling",
|
|
"manicuring",
|
|
"mowing",
|
|
"pinching",
|
|
"stumping",
|
|
"curtailing",
|
|
"shortening"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"elongating",
|
|
"extending",
|
|
"lengthening"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"croakers":{
|
|
"a person specially trained in healing human medical disorders":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"ever more ornery as he grew older, he swore that he didn't need some croaker telling him that smoking was bad for his health"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"docs",
|
|
"doctors",
|
|
"medicos",
|
|
"medics",
|
|
"physicians",
|
|
"sawbones",
|
|
"sawboneses"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"family doctors",
|
|
"family physicians",
|
|
"family practitioners",
|
|
"general practitioners",
|
|
"anesthesiologists",
|
|
"dermatologists",
|
|
"gynecologists",
|
|
"internists",
|
|
"neurologists",
|
|
"ob-gyns",
|
|
"obstetricians",
|
|
"ophthalmologists",
|
|
"orthopedists",
|
|
"pathologists",
|
|
"pediatricians",
|
|
"pediatrists",
|
|
"physiatrists",
|
|
"podiatrists",
|
|
"radiologists",
|
|
"urologists",
|
|
"attendings",
|
|
"clinicians",
|
|
"hospitalists",
|
|
"specialists",
|
|
"plastic surgeons",
|
|
"surgeons",
|
|
"interns",
|
|
"internes",
|
|
"residents",
|
|
"aidmen",
|
|
"nurse-practitioners",
|
|
"nurses",
|
|
"EMTs",
|
|
"paramedics",
|
|
"paramedicals",
|
|
"physical therapists",
|
|
"physiotherapists"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"nondoctors",
|
|
"nonphysicians"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"an irritable and complaining person":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she becomes a real croaker when she's overtired"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bears",
|
|
"bellyachers",
|
|
"complainers",
|
|
"crabs",
|
|
"cranks",
|
|
"crosspatches",
|
|
"curmudgeons",
|
|
"fussers",
|
|
"gripers",
|
|
"grouches",
|
|
"grousers",
|
|
"growlers",
|
|
"grumblers",
|
|
"grumps",
|
|
"murmurers",
|
|
"mutterers",
|
|
"sourpusses",
|
|
"whiners"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"hunks",
|
|
"malcontents",
|
|
"soreheads",
|
|
"grinches",
|
|
"killjoys",
|
|
"party poopers",
|
|
"spoilsports",
|
|
"defeatists",
|
|
"pessimists",
|
|
"faultfinders",
|
|
"kickers",
|
|
"naggers",
|
|
"nitpickers",
|
|
"objectors",
|
|
"quibblers",
|
|
"repiners",
|
|
"crocks",
|
|
"hypochondriacs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"optimists",
|
|
"Pollyannas",
|
|
"happy campers"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"crossness":{
|
|
"readiness to show annoyance or impatience":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a librarian who had a reputation for chronic crossness"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"biliousness",
|
|
"choler",
|
|
"crankiness",
|
|
"crotchetiness",
|
|
"grouchiness",
|
|
"grumpiness",
|
|
"huffiness",
|
|
"irascibility",
|
|
"irascibleness",
|
|
"irritability",
|
|
"irritableness",
|
|
"peevishness",
|
|
"perverseness",
|
|
"perversity",
|
|
"pettishness",
|
|
"petulance",
|
|
"testiness",
|
|
"waspishness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cantankerousness",
|
|
"crustiness",
|
|
"curmudgeonliness",
|
|
"disagreeableness",
|
|
"dyspepsia",
|
|
"fretfulness",
|
|
"orneriness",
|
|
"sulkiness",
|
|
"surliness",
|
|
"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"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"crotchets":{
|
|
"an odd or peculiar habit":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"her one crotchet is a fondness for eating cookies while soaking in the tub"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"curiosities",
|
|
"eccentricities",
|
|
"erraticisms",
|
|
"idiosyncrasies",
|
|
"individualisms",
|
|
"kinks",
|
|
"mannerisms",
|
|
"oddities",
|
|
"peculiarities",
|
|
"quiddities",
|
|
"quips",
|
|
"quirks",
|
|
"singularities",
|
|
"tics",
|
|
"tricks",
|
|
"twists"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"affectations",
|
|
"airs",
|
|
"attributes",
|
|
"characteristics",
|
|
"marks",
|
|
"properties",
|
|
"traits",
|
|
"customs",
|
|
"habits",
|
|
"patterns",
|
|
"practices",
|
|
"practises",
|
|
"ways",
|
|
"wonts",
|
|
"addictions",
|
|
"abnormalities",
|
|
"neuroticisms",
|
|
"perversions",
|
|
"dispositions",
|
|
"geniuses",
|
|
"genii",
|
|
"leanings",
|
|
"partialities",
|
|
"bents",
|
|
"inclinations",
|
|
"penchants",
|
|
"predilections",
|
|
"predispositions",
|
|
"proclivities",
|
|
"propensities",
|
|
"tendencies",
|
|
"turns",
|
|
"attitudes",
|
|
"characters",
|
|
"humors",
|
|
"identities",
|
|
"individualities",
|
|
"natures",
|
|
"personalities",
|
|
"temperaments"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"conformities"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"crosscuts":{
|
|
"as in hacksaws , saws":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"hacksaws",
|
|
"saws",
|
|
"scissors",
|
|
"cuts",
|
|
"gashes",
|
|
"incises",
|
|
"rips",
|
|
"shears",
|
|
"slashes",
|
|
"slices",
|
|
"slits",
|
|
"cleaves",
|
|
"rives",
|
|
"splits",
|
|
"pierces",
|
|
"stabs",
|
|
"bruises",
|
|
"butchers",
|
|
"hacks",
|
|
"haggles",
|
|
"lacerates",
|
|
"mangles",
|
|
"rends",
|
|
"tears",
|
|
"carves",
|
|
"chips",
|
|
"chisels",
|
|
"notches",
|
|
"anatomizes",
|
|
"dissects",
|
|
"sections",
|
|
"chops",
|
|
"dices",
|
|
"minces",
|
|
"amputates",
|
|
"cuts off",
|
|
"severs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cross-examines":{
|
|
"as in examines , bombards":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"besieges",
|
|
"bombards",
|
|
"cross-questions",
|
|
"examines",
|
|
"pumps",
|
|
"asks",
|
|
"catechizes",
|
|
"grills",
|
|
"inquires (of)",
|
|
"interrogates",
|
|
"queries",
|
|
"questions",
|
|
"quizzes",
|
|
"polls",
|
|
"surveys"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"answers",
|
|
"replies",
|
|
"responds",
|
|
"rejoins",
|
|
"retorts",
|
|
"comments",
|
|
"observes",
|
|
"remarks",
|
|
"avoids",
|
|
"ducks"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cross-questions":{
|
|
"as in examines , bombards":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"besieges",
|
|
"bombards",
|
|
"cross-examines",
|
|
"examines",
|
|
"pumps",
|
|
"asks",
|
|
"catechizes",
|
|
"grills",
|
|
"inquires (of)",
|
|
"interrogates",
|
|
"queries",
|
|
"questions",
|
|
"quizzes",
|
|
"polls",
|
|
"surveys"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"answers",
|
|
"replies",
|
|
"responds",
|
|
"rejoins",
|
|
"retorts",
|
|
"comments",
|
|
"observes",
|
|
"remarks",
|
|
"avoids",
|
|
"ducks"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"crop (up)":{
|
|
"to come to one's attention especially gradually or unexpectedly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a new issue has just cropped up in the campaign"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"arise",
|
|
"come up",
|
|
"emerge",
|
|
"materialize",
|
|
"spring (up)",
|
|
"surface"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"appear",
|
|
"come out",
|
|
"show up",
|
|
"turn up",
|
|
"chance",
|
|
"come",
|
|
"come about",
|
|
"fall out",
|
|
"go (on)",
|
|
"go off",
|
|
"hap",
|
|
"happen",
|
|
"occur",
|
|
"pass",
|
|
"transpire",
|
|
"interfere",
|
|
"interpose",
|
|
"intervene",
|
|
"intrude"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"crown princes":{
|
|
"as in favorite sons":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"favorite sons",
|
|
"dark horses",
|
|
"spoilers",
|
|
"stalking horses",
|
|
"claimants",
|
|
"pretenders",
|
|
"competitors",
|
|
"contestants",
|
|
"entrants",
|
|
"entries",
|
|
"favorites",
|
|
"qualifiers",
|
|
"nominees",
|
|
"running mates",
|
|
"applicants",
|
|
"appliers",
|
|
"aspirants",
|
|
"campaigners",
|
|
"candidates",
|
|
"contenders",
|
|
"expectants",
|
|
"hopefuls",
|
|
"prospects",
|
|
"seekers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"noncandidates",
|
|
"incumbents",
|
|
"officeholders",
|
|
"awardees",
|
|
"honorees",
|
|
"inductees",
|
|
"dropouts"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"crotchetiness":{
|
|
"readiness to show annoyance or impatience":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the understandable crotchetiness of an overworked teacher"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"biliousness",
|
|
"choler",
|
|
"crankiness",
|
|
"crossness",
|
|
"grouchiness",
|
|
"grumpiness",
|
|
"huffiness",
|
|
"irascibility",
|
|
"irascibleness",
|
|
"irritability",
|
|
"irritableness",
|
|
"peevishness",
|
|
"perverseness",
|
|
"perversity",
|
|
"pettishness",
|
|
"petulance",
|
|
"testiness",
|
|
"waspishness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cantankerousness",
|
|
"crustiness",
|
|
"curmudgeonliness",
|
|
"disagreeableness",
|
|
"dyspepsia",
|
|
"fretfulness",
|
|
"orneriness",
|
|
"sulkiness",
|
|
"surliness",
|
|
"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"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"crow's nest":{
|
|
"as in tower , watchtower":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"aerie",
|
|
"tower",
|
|
"watchtower",
|
|
"lookout",
|
|
"observatory",
|
|
"outlook",
|
|
"overlook",
|
|
"promontory"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"croons":{
|
|
"to produce low, soft musical tones with the voice":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"croon a lullaby",
|
|
"a singer crooning onstage"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"belts",
|
|
"harmonizes",
|
|
"hums",
|
|
"lilts",
|
|
"quavers",
|
|
"scats",
|
|
"sharps",
|
|
"slurs",
|
|
"trills",
|
|
"trolls",
|
|
"warbles",
|
|
"yodels",
|
|
"carols",
|
|
"chants",
|
|
"descants",
|
|
"sings",
|
|
"vocalizes",
|
|
"serenades"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in choruses , serenades":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"arias",
|
|
"arie",
|
|
"art songs",
|
|
"barcaroles",
|
|
"barcarolles",
|
|
"blues",
|
|
"chansons",
|
|
"chanteys",
|
|
"chanties",
|
|
"shanties",
|
|
"chants",
|
|
"choruses",
|
|
"descants",
|
|
"discants",
|
|
"folk songs",
|
|
"glees",
|
|
"lullabies",
|
|
"madrigals",
|
|
"motets",
|
|
"part-songs",
|
|
"pops",
|
|
"rockers",
|
|
"roundelays",
|
|
"rounds",
|
|
"serenades",
|
|
"standards",
|
|
"ballads",
|
|
"ditties",
|
|
"jingles",
|
|
"lays",
|
|
"lyrics",
|
|
"solos",
|
|
"songs",
|
|
"vocals",
|
|
"anthems",
|
|
"cantatas",
|
|
"canticles",
|
|
"carols",
|
|
"chorales",
|
|
"hymns",
|
|
"noels",
|
|
"psalms",
|
|
"spirituals",
|
|
"dirges",
|
|
"laments",
|
|
"requiems",
|
|
"threnodies",
|
|
"hallelujahs",
|
|
"paeans",
|
|
"drinking songs",
|
|
"fight songs",
|
|
"torch songs",
|
|
"covers",
|
|
"medleys",
|
|
"remixes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cross-fertilization":{
|
|
"as in cross-pollination":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cross-pollination",
|
|
"interrelationship",
|
|
"companionship",
|
|
"company",
|
|
"commerce",
|
|
"dealings",
|
|
"interaction",
|
|
"intercourse",
|
|
"relation"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"crossbowmen":{
|
|
"as in archers":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"archers",
|
|
"artillerymen",
|
|
"cannoneers",
|
|
"gunners",
|
|
"mortarmen",
|
|
"musketeers",
|
|
"riflemen",
|
|
"lancers",
|
|
"pikemen",
|
|
"spearmen",
|
|
"jarheads",
|
|
"marines",
|
|
"rangers",
|
|
"Confederates",
|
|
"Continentals",
|
|
"Federals",
|
|
"GIs",
|
|
"GI's",
|
|
"guardsmen",
|
|
"militiamen",
|
|
"minutemen",
|
|
"commandos",
|
|
"commandoes",
|
|
"raiders",
|
|
"counterguerrillas",
|
|
"counterguerillas",
|
|
"guerrillas",
|
|
"guerillas",
|
|
"irregulars",
|
|
"paramilitaries",
|
|
"partisans",
|
|
"partizans",
|
|
"doughboys",
|
|
"footmen",
|
|
"foot soldiers",
|
|
"grunts",
|
|
"infantrymen",
|
|
"combatants",
|
|
"noncombatants",
|
|
"carabineers",
|
|
"carabiniers",
|
|
"cavaliers",
|
|
"cavalrymen",
|
|
"cuirassiers",
|
|
"dragoons"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"civilians"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"croaky":{
|
|
"harsh and dry in sound":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a week of constant coughing left her with a croaky voice"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"coarse",
|
|
"croaking",
|
|
"grating",
|
|
"gravel",
|
|
"gravelly",
|
|
"gruff",
|
|
"hoarse",
|
|
"husky",
|
|
"rasping",
|
|
"raspy",
|
|
"rusty",
|
|
"scratchy",
|
|
"throaty"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"growling",
|
|
"growly",
|
|
"guttural",
|
|
"abrasive",
|
|
"cacophonous",
|
|
"discordant",
|
|
"grinding",
|
|
"jarring",
|
|
"rough",
|
|
"scraping",
|
|
"scratching",
|
|
"cawing",
|
|
"raucous",
|
|
"screeching",
|
|
"squawking",
|
|
"strident",
|
|
"choked",
|
|
"cracked",
|
|
"strained",
|
|
"strangled",
|
|
"dissonant",
|
|
"inharmonious",
|
|
"unmelodious",
|
|
"unmusical"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"gentle",
|
|
"gliding",
|
|
"golden",
|
|
"liquid",
|
|
"mellifluent",
|
|
"mellifluous",
|
|
"mellow",
|
|
"soothing",
|
|
"sweet",
|
|
"tender",
|
|
"satiny",
|
|
"silken",
|
|
"smooth",
|
|
"soft",
|
|
"velvety",
|
|
"euphonious",
|
|
"lyric",
|
|
"lyrical",
|
|
"melodic",
|
|
"melodious",
|
|
"musical"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"crowd":{
|
|
"a great number of persons or creatures massed together":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a huge crowd of fans was on hand to greet the returning World Series champions"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"army",
|
|
"bike",
|
|
"cram",
|
|
"crush",
|
|
"drove",
|
|
"flock",
|
|
"herd",
|
|
"horde",
|
|
"host",
|
|
"legion",
|
|
"mass",
|
|
"mob",
|
|
"multitude",
|
|
"press",
|
|
"rout",
|
|
"scrum",
|
|
"swarm",
|
|
"throng"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"masses",
|
|
"millions",
|
|
"rabble",
|
|
"rabblement",
|
|
"riffraff",
|
|
"gaggle",
|
|
"heap",
|
|
"mountain",
|
|
"pile",
|
|
"jam",
|
|
"logjam"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a group of people sharing a common interest and relating together socially":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the fashionable crowd at the polo tournament"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"body",
|
|
"bunch",
|
|
"circle",
|
|
"clan",
|
|
"clique",
|
|
"community",
|
|
"coterie",
|
|
"coven",
|
|
"fold",
|
|
"gal\u00e8re",
|
|
"gang",
|
|
"klatch",
|
|
"klatsch",
|
|
"lot",
|
|
"network",
|
|
"pack",
|
|
"ring",
|
|
"set"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"charmed circle",
|
|
"elite",
|
|
"in-group",
|
|
"closed shop",
|
|
"club",
|
|
"college",
|
|
"fellowship",
|
|
"guild",
|
|
"gild",
|
|
"league",
|
|
"organization",
|
|
"society",
|
|
"camp",
|
|
"faction",
|
|
"sect",
|
|
"side",
|
|
"tribe",
|
|
"mess",
|
|
"squad",
|
|
"brotherhood",
|
|
"fraternity",
|
|
"order",
|
|
"sisterhood",
|
|
"sodality",
|
|
"sorority",
|
|
"commune",
|
|
"alliance",
|
|
"bloc",
|
|
"coalition",
|
|
"confederation",
|
|
"congress",
|
|
"council",
|
|
"federation",
|
|
"union"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"loner",
|
|
"individualist"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the body of the community as contrasted with the elite":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"no national leader was ever more hated by the crowd"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"commoners",
|
|
"commons",
|
|
"herd",
|
|
"hoi polloi",
|
|
"mass",
|
|
"millions",
|
|
"mob",
|
|
"multitude",
|
|
"people",
|
|
"plebeians",
|
|
"plebs",
|
|
"populace",
|
|
"public",
|
|
"rank and file"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cattle",
|
|
"proletariat",
|
|
"rabble",
|
|
"rabblement",
|
|
"ragtag and bobtail",
|
|
"riffraff",
|
|
"rout",
|
|
"scum",
|
|
"tag, rag, and bobtail",
|
|
"tagrag and bobtail",
|
|
"trash",
|
|
"unwashed",
|
|
"bourgeoisie",
|
|
"middle class"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"gentility",
|
|
"gentlefolk",
|
|
"gentlefolks",
|
|
"gentry",
|
|
"haute monde",
|
|
"nobility",
|
|
"patriciate",
|
|
"peerage",
|
|
"quality",
|
|
"royalty",
|
|
"society"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"A-list",
|
|
"aristocracy",
|
|
"best",
|
|
"choice",
|
|
"corps d'elite",
|
|
"cream",
|
|
"elect",
|
|
"elite",
|
|
"fat",
|
|
"flower",
|
|
"pick",
|
|
"pink",
|
|
"pride",
|
|
"upper crust"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to fit (people or things) into a tight space":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"crowded all the boats into the harbor before the storm struck"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cram",
|
|
"crush",
|
|
"jam",
|
|
"ram",
|
|
"sandwich",
|
|
"shoehorn",
|
|
"squeeze",
|
|
"stuff",
|
|
"wedge"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"fill",
|
|
"heap",
|
|
"jam-pack",
|
|
"load",
|
|
"pack"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to move upon or fill (something) in great numbers":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"cars crowded the roads over the long holiday weekend"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"flock",
|
|
"mob",
|
|
"swarm",
|
|
"throng"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"beset",
|
|
"infest",
|
|
"invade",
|
|
"overrun",
|
|
"clog",
|
|
"dam",
|
|
"jam",
|
|
"obstruct",
|
|
"plug (up)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to gather into a closely packed group":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"everyone crowded around to see the baby being shown off by his proud parents"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bunch",
|
|
"cluster",
|
|
"huddle",
|
|
"pile",
|
|
"press"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"assemble",
|
|
"collect",
|
|
"concenter",
|
|
"concentrate",
|
|
"conglomerate",
|
|
"congregate",
|
|
"convene",
|
|
"converge",
|
|
"flock",
|
|
"forgather",
|
|
"foregather",
|
|
"herd",
|
|
"swarm",
|
|
"throng",
|
|
"encircle",
|
|
"mob",
|
|
"surround",
|
|
"embrace",
|
|
"hug"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"break up",
|
|
"disband",
|
|
"disperse",
|
|
"split (up)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"crossed paths (with)":{
|
|
"to come upon face-to-face or as if face-to-face":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"caught",
|
|
"chanced (upon)",
|
|
"encountered",
|
|
"happened (upon)",
|
|
"met",
|
|
"stumbled (upon)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"accosted",
|
|
"confronted",
|
|
"faced",
|
|
"greeted",
|
|
"saluted",
|
|
"collided (with)",
|
|
"crashed (into)",
|
|
"crisscrossed",
|
|
"crossed",
|
|
"passed",
|
|
"hit (upon)",
|
|
"lit (upon)",
|
|
"lighted (upon)",
|
|
"tumbled (to)",
|
|
"reencountered",
|
|
"re-encountered",
|
|
"remet"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"avoided",
|
|
"dodged",
|
|
"ducked",
|
|
"eluded",
|
|
"escaped",
|
|
"evaded",
|
|
"shook",
|
|
"shunned"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"crowed":{
|
|
"to feel or express joy or triumph":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"being the home of the new Super Bowl champs was the first thing that city residents had to crow about in a very long time"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"delighted",
|
|
"exuberated",
|
|
"exulted",
|
|
"gloried",
|
|
"joyed",
|
|
"jubilated",
|
|
"kvelled",
|
|
"rejoiced",
|
|
"triumphed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"gloated",
|
|
"preened",
|
|
"swelled",
|
|
"boasted",
|
|
"bragged",
|
|
"flaunted",
|
|
"paraded",
|
|
"showed off",
|
|
"strutted",
|
|
"swaggered"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bemoaned",
|
|
"bewailed",
|
|
"grieved",
|
|
"lamented",
|
|
"regretted",
|
|
"wept"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to praise or express pride in one's own possessions, qualities, or accomplishments often to excess":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the in-your-face crowing by some of the winning athletes at the Olympics was embarrassing"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blew",
|
|
"boasted",
|
|
"bragged",
|
|
"bulled",
|
|
"gasconaded",
|
|
"swaggered",
|
|
"vapored",
|
|
"vaunted"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blustered",
|
|
"harangued",
|
|
"puffed",
|
|
"prided",
|
|
"gushed",
|
|
"exulted",
|
|
"gloried",
|
|
"rejoiced",
|
|
"brandished",
|
|
"displayed",
|
|
"exhibited",
|
|
"exposed",
|
|
"flaunted",
|
|
"glorified",
|
|
"paraded",
|
|
"showed off",
|
|
"magnified",
|
|
"maximized"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"belittled",
|
|
"deprecated",
|
|
"diminished",
|
|
"discounted",
|
|
"laughed off",
|
|
"minimized",
|
|
"played down",
|
|
"pooh-poohed",
|
|
"poohed",
|
|
"shrugged off",
|
|
"underrated",
|
|
"undervalued",
|
|
"bemoaned",
|
|
"lamented",
|
|
"mourned",
|
|
"regretted"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"crosses":{
|
|
"to be unfaithful or disloyal to":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"people who cross the local mob boss usually are found floating in the river"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"backstabs",
|
|
"betrays",
|
|
"double-crosses",
|
|
"sells (out)",
|
|
"two-times"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"gives away",
|
|
"informs (on)",
|
|
"peaches",
|
|
"rats (on)",
|
|
"shops",
|
|
"snitches (on)",
|
|
"splits (on)",
|
|
"tells (on)",
|
|
"turns in"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"defends",
|
|
"guards",
|
|
"protects",
|
|
"safeguards",
|
|
"saves",
|
|
"shields"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"stands by"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to divide by passing through or across":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"there's a light where that street crosses Main Street"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bisects",
|
|
"cuts",
|
|
"intersects"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"crisscrosses",
|
|
"decussates"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make one's way through, across, or over":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"you may have to cross some woods on the way"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"courses",
|
|
"covers",
|
|
"cuts (across)",
|
|
"follows",
|
|
"goes",
|
|
"navigates",
|
|
"passes (over)",
|
|
"perambulates",
|
|
"peregrinates",
|
|
"proceeds (along)",
|
|
"tracks",
|
|
"transits",
|
|
"travels",
|
|
"traverses"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"hikes",
|
|
"traipses",
|
|
"tramps",
|
|
"treads",
|
|
"walks",
|
|
"rides",
|
|
"runs",
|
|
"crisscrosses"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to enter the mind of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the idea did cross me that he might be pulling my leg"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"comes (to)",
|
|
"dawns (on)",
|
|
"occurs (to)",
|
|
"strikes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"recalls",
|
|
"recollects",
|
|
"remembers",
|
|
"reminisces",
|
|
"cons",
|
|
"learns",
|
|
"memorizes",
|
|
"appears",
|
|
"arrives",
|
|
"emerges",
|
|
"materializes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"forgets",
|
|
"unlearns",
|
|
"disregards",
|
|
"ignores",
|
|
"neglects",
|
|
"overlooks"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a test of faith, patience, or strength":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"dyslexia is just my cross to bear, and I accepted it long ago"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"crucibles",
|
|
"fires",
|
|
"gauntlets",
|
|
"gantlets",
|
|
"ordeals",
|
|
"trials"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"baptisms",
|
|
"initiations",
|
|
"adversities",
|
|
"afflictions",
|
|
"asperities",
|
|
"misadventures",
|
|
"mischances",
|
|
"misfortunes",
|
|
"mishaps",
|
|
"privations",
|
|
"tragedies",
|
|
"tribulations",
|
|
"troubles",
|
|
"vicissitudes",
|
|
"woes",
|
|
"acid tests",
|
|
"litmus tests",
|
|
"challenges",
|
|
"complications",
|
|
"difficulties",
|
|
"griefs",
|
|
"grievances",
|
|
"hardships",
|
|
"rigors",
|
|
"annoyances",
|
|
"discomforts",
|
|
"inconveniences",
|
|
"nuisances"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"an offspring of parents with different genes especially when of different races, breeds, species, or genera":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the mare is an Arabian-Thoroughbred cross"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"crossbreds",
|
|
"crossbreeds",
|
|
"hybrids",
|
|
"intercrosses",
|
|
"mongrels"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"mules",
|
|
"outcrosses",
|
|
"half-breds"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"full-bloods",
|
|
"purebloods",
|
|
"purebreds",
|
|
"thoroughbreds"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"crossbowman":{
|
|
"as in archer":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"archer",
|
|
"artilleryman",
|
|
"cannoneer",
|
|
"gunner",
|
|
"mortarman",
|
|
"musketeer",
|
|
"rifleman",
|
|
"lancer",
|
|
"pikeman",
|
|
"spearman",
|
|
"jarhead",
|
|
"marine",
|
|
"ranger",
|
|
"Confederate",
|
|
"Continental",
|
|
"Federal",
|
|
"GI",
|
|
"guardsman",
|
|
"militiaman",
|
|
"minuteman",
|
|
"commando",
|
|
"raider",
|
|
"counterguerrilla",
|
|
"counterguerilla",
|
|
"guerrilla",
|
|
"guerilla",
|
|
"irregular",
|
|
"paramilitary",
|
|
"partisan",
|
|
"partizan",
|
|
"doughboy",
|
|
"footman",
|
|
"foot soldier",
|
|
"grunt",
|
|
"infantryman",
|
|
"combatant",
|
|
"noncombatant",
|
|
"carabineer",
|
|
"carabinier",
|
|
"cavalier",
|
|
"cavalryman",
|
|
"cuirassier",
|
|
"dragoon"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"civilian"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cross-question":{
|
|
"as in examine , bombard":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"besiege",
|
|
"bombard",
|
|
"cross-examine",
|
|
"examine",
|
|
"pump",
|
|
"ask",
|
|
"catechize",
|
|
"grill",
|
|
"inquire (of)",
|
|
"interrogate",
|
|
"query",
|
|
"question",
|
|
"quiz",
|
|
"poll",
|
|
"survey"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"answer",
|
|
"reply",
|
|
"respond",
|
|
"rejoin",
|
|
"retort",
|
|
"comment",
|
|
"observe",
|
|
"remark",
|
|
"avoid",
|
|
"duck"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"crocking":{
|
|
"as in collying":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"collying",
|
|
"confusing",
|
|
"disarranging",
|
|
"disarraying",
|
|
"disheveling",
|
|
"dishevelling",
|
|
"disordering",
|
|
"draggling",
|
|
"jumbling",
|
|
"messing",
|
|
"muddling",
|
|
"discoloring",
|
|
"contaminating",
|
|
"defiling",
|
|
"polluting",
|
|
"tainting",
|
|
"befouling",
|
|
"begriming",
|
|
"bemiring",
|
|
"besmirching",
|
|
"blackening",
|
|
"daubing",
|
|
"dirtying",
|
|
"distaining",
|
|
"fouling",
|
|
"gauming",
|
|
"griming",
|
|
"miring",
|
|
"mucking",
|
|
"muddying",
|
|
"smirching",
|
|
"smudging",
|
|
"soiling",
|
|
"staining",
|
|
"sullying"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"cleaning",
|
|
"cleansing",
|
|
"decontaminating",
|
|
"purging",
|
|
"purifying",
|
|
"disinfecting",
|
|
"sanitizing",
|
|
"brushing",
|
|
"dry-cleaning",
|
|
"dusting",
|
|
"laundering",
|
|
"mopping",
|
|
"rinsing",
|
|
"scouring",
|
|
"scrubbing",
|
|
"sweeping",
|
|
"washing",
|
|
"wiping",
|
|
"brightening",
|
|
"deodorizing",
|
|
"freshening",
|
|
"renewing",
|
|
"sprucing (up)",
|
|
"straightening (up)",
|
|
"tidying (up)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"crossroad":{
|
|
"a place where roads meet":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the fast-food chain has a restaurant at practically every crossroads"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"carrefour",
|
|
"corner",
|
|
"crossing",
|
|
"crossway(s)",
|
|
"intersection",
|
|
"junction"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cloverleaf",
|
|
"interchange",
|
|
"overpass",
|
|
"underpass",
|
|
"circle",
|
|
"rotary",
|
|
"roundabout",
|
|
"traffic circle"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a time or state of affairs requiring prompt or decisive action":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we've come to a crossroads , and we have to make a decision"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"boiling point",
|
|
"breaking point",
|
|
"clutch",
|
|
"conjuncture",
|
|
"crisis",
|
|
"crunch",
|
|
"crunch time",
|
|
"Dunkirk",
|
|
"emergency",
|
|
"exigency",
|
|
"extremity",
|
|
"flash point",
|
|
"head",
|
|
"juncture",
|
|
"tinderbox",
|
|
"zero hour"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"contingency",
|
|
"possibility",
|
|
"climax",
|
|
"turning point",
|
|
"happening",
|
|
"landmark",
|
|
"milestone",
|
|
"condition",
|
|
"pass",
|
|
"situation",
|
|
"strait",
|
|
"deadlock",
|
|
"impasse",
|
|
"stalemate",
|
|
"corner",
|
|
"fix",
|
|
"hole",
|
|
"hot water",
|
|
"jam",
|
|
"last ditch",
|
|
"pinch",
|
|
"predicament",
|
|
"scrape",
|
|
"spot",
|
|
"eleventh hour",
|
|
"last minute"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"crosier":{
|
|
"as in crook , walking stick":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"crook",
|
|
"walking stick",
|
|
"whangee",
|
|
"beetle",
|
|
"gavel",
|
|
"hammer",
|
|
"mallet",
|
|
"maul",
|
|
"sledgehammer",
|
|
"birch",
|
|
"crabstick",
|
|
"hickory",
|
|
"rattan",
|
|
"stave",
|
|
"switch",
|
|
"blackjack",
|
|
"knobkerrie",
|
|
"mace",
|
|
"bastinado",
|
|
"bastinade",
|
|
"bat",
|
|
"baton",
|
|
"billy",
|
|
"billy club",
|
|
"bludgeon",
|
|
"cane",
|
|
"club",
|
|
"cudgel",
|
|
"nightstick",
|
|
"rod",
|
|
"rung",
|
|
"sap",
|
|
"shillelagh",
|
|
"shillalah",
|
|
"staff",
|
|
"truncheon",
|
|
"waddy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"crossbreed":{
|
|
"an offspring of parents with different genes especially when of different races, breeds, species, or genera":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a Siamese crossbreed who was atypically black, but had the build and voice of a Siamese"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cross",
|
|
"crossbred",
|
|
"hybrid",
|
|
"intercross",
|
|
"mongrel"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"mule",
|
|
"outcross",
|
|
"half-bred"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"full-blood",
|
|
"pureblood",
|
|
"purebred",
|
|
"thoroughbred"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cropland":{
|
|
"as in farmland , farmyard":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"farmland",
|
|
"farmyard",
|
|
"estate",
|
|
"farm",
|
|
"farmstead",
|
|
"grange",
|
|
"ranch",
|
|
"farmhouse",
|
|
"hacienda",
|
|
"homestead",
|
|
"manor",
|
|
"plantation",
|
|
"spread",
|
|
"croft",
|
|
"smallholding",
|
|
"station",
|
|
"steading",
|
|
"garden",
|
|
"orchard"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"crossed (up)":{
|
|
"to reduce the soundness, effectiveness, or perfection of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"your refusal to cooperate will cross up the whole investigation"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blemished",
|
|
"bloodied",
|
|
"broke",
|
|
"compromised",
|
|
"crabbed",
|
|
"crippled",
|
|
"damaged",
|
|
"defaced",
|
|
"disfigured",
|
|
"endamaged",
|
|
"flawed",
|
|
"harmed",
|
|
"hurt",
|
|
"impaired",
|
|
"injured",
|
|
"marred",
|
|
"spoiled",
|
|
"spoilt",
|
|
"vitiated"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"deteriorated",
|
|
"enervated",
|
|
"enfeebled",
|
|
"undermined",
|
|
"weakened",
|
|
"eroded",
|
|
"scoured",
|
|
"washed out",
|
|
"wore (away)",
|
|
"blighted",
|
|
"tarnished",
|
|
"dented",
|
|
"dinged",
|
|
"dinted",
|
|
"botched",
|
|
"gummed (up)",
|
|
"queered",
|
|
"lacerated",
|
|
"wounded",
|
|
"disabled",
|
|
"hamstrung",
|
|
"lamed",
|
|
"maimed",
|
|
"mangled",
|
|
"mutilated",
|
|
"tormented",
|
|
"tortured",
|
|
"annihilated",
|
|
"banged up",
|
|
"bashed",
|
|
"battered",
|
|
"clobbered",
|
|
"crushed",
|
|
"dashed",
|
|
"decimated",
|
|
"demolished",
|
|
"desolated",
|
|
"destroyed",
|
|
"devastated",
|
|
"did in",
|
|
"pulverized",
|
|
"razed",
|
|
"ruined",
|
|
"scourged",
|
|
"shattered",
|
|
"smashed",
|
|
"tore down",
|
|
"totaled",
|
|
"totalled",
|
|
"wasted",
|
|
"wiped out",
|
|
"wrecked"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"cured",
|
|
"healed",
|
|
"helped",
|
|
"rectified",
|
|
"rehabilitated",
|
|
"remedied",
|
|
"edited",
|
|
"remodeled",
|
|
"revised",
|
|
"ameliorated",
|
|
"bettered",
|
|
"enhanced",
|
|
"enriched",
|
|
"improved",
|
|
"meliorated",
|
|
"perfected",
|
|
"refined"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"doctored",
|
|
"fixed",
|
|
"mended",
|
|
"patched",
|
|
"rebuilt",
|
|
"reconditioned",
|
|
"reconstructed",
|
|
"renovated",
|
|
"repaired",
|
|
"revamped"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"crops":{
|
|
"the quantity of an animal or vegetable product gathered at the end of a season":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the wheat crop is going to be exceptionally large this year"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"harvests"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"returns",
|
|
"yields",
|
|
"cuts",
|
|
"cuttings"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a usually small number of persons considered as a unit":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the school's latest crop of graduates is its most academically gifted so far"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"arrays",
|
|
"bands",
|
|
"batches",
|
|
"batteries",
|
|
"bodies",
|
|
"boodles",
|
|
"bunches",
|
|
"clusters",
|
|
"clutches",
|
|
"consorts",
|
|
"constellations",
|
|
"groupings",
|
|
"groups",
|
|
"huddles",
|
|
"knots",
|
|
"lots",
|
|
"parcels",
|
|
"parties",
|
|
"passels"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"assemblies",
|
|
"collectives",
|
|
"congregations",
|
|
"gatherings",
|
|
"musters",
|
|
"organizations",
|
|
"circles",
|
|
"clans",
|
|
"cliques",
|
|
"coteries",
|
|
"fellowships",
|
|
"gangs",
|
|
"rings",
|
|
"rounds",
|
|
"sets",
|
|
"factions",
|
|
"guilds",
|
|
"gilds",
|
|
"orders",
|
|
"schools",
|
|
"sects",
|
|
"brigades",
|
|
"crews",
|
|
"outfits",
|
|
"phalanxes",
|
|
"phalanges",
|
|
"platoons",
|
|
"posses",
|
|
"task forces",
|
|
"teams",
|
|
"alliances",
|
|
"blocs",
|
|
"coalitions",
|
|
"confederacies",
|
|
"confederations",
|
|
"federations",
|
|
"leagues",
|
|
"unions",
|
|
"battalions",
|
|
"squadrons",
|
|
"bevies",
|
|
"broods",
|
|
"coveys"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"individuals",
|
|
"singles"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to look after or assist the growth of by labor and care":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a family that's been cropping potatoes on that piece of land for generations"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cultivates",
|
|
"cultures",
|
|
"dresses",
|
|
"grows",
|
|
"promotes",
|
|
"raises",
|
|
"rears",
|
|
"tends"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"breeds",
|
|
"produces",
|
|
"propagates",
|
|
"plants",
|
|
"sows",
|
|
"gathers",
|
|
"gleans",
|
|
"harvests",
|
|
"reaps",
|
|
"germinates",
|
|
"quickens",
|
|
"ripens",
|
|
"roots",
|
|
"sprouts"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"kills",
|
|
"digs",
|
|
"extirpates",
|
|
"picks",
|
|
"plucks",
|
|
"pulls (up)",
|
|
"uproots",
|
|
"cuts",
|
|
"hays",
|
|
"mows"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make (something) shorter or smaller with the use of a cutting instrument":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"grass cropped short by repeated grazing",
|
|
"cropped the painting to fit the frame"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bobs",
|
|
"clips",
|
|
"cuts",
|
|
"cuts back",
|
|
"docks",
|
|
"lops (off)",
|
|
"nips",
|
|
"pares",
|
|
"polls",
|
|
"prunes",
|
|
"shaves",
|
|
"shears",
|
|
"snips",
|
|
"trims"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"skives",
|
|
"whittles",
|
|
"manicures",
|
|
"mows",
|
|
"pinches",
|
|
"stumps",
|
|
"curtails",
|
|
"shortens"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"elongates",
|
|
"extends",
|
|
"lengthens"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"crossroads":{
|
|
"a place where roads meet":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the fast-food chain has a restaurant at practically every crossroads"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"carrefour",
|
|
"corner",
|
|
"crossing",
|
|
"crossway(s)",
|
|
"intersection",
|
|
"junction"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cloverleaf",
|
|
"interchange",
|
|
"overpass",
|
|
"underpass",
|
|
"circle",
|
|
"rotary",
|
|
"roundabout",
|
|
"traffic circle"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a time or state of affairs requiring prompt or decisive action":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we've come to a crossroads , and we have to make a decision"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"boiling point",
|
|
"breaking point",
|
|
"clutch",
|
|
"conjuncture",
|
|
"crisis",
|
|
"crunch",
|
|
"crunch time",
|
|
"Dunkirk",
|
|
"emergency",
|
|
"exigency",
|
|
"extremity",
|
|
"flash point",
|
|
"head",
|
|
"juncture",
|
|
"tinderbox",
|
|
"zero hour"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"contingency",
|
|
"possibility",
|
|
"climax",
|
|
"turning point",
|
|
"happening",
|
|
"landmark",
|
|
"milestone",
|
|
"condition",
|
|
"pass",
|
|
"situation",
|
|
"strait",
|
|
"deadlock",
|
|
"impasse",
|
|
"stalemate",
|
|
"corner",
|
|
"fix",
|
|
"hole",
|
|
"hot water",
|
|
"jam",
|
|
"last ditch",
|
|
"pinch",
|
|
"predicament",
|
|
"scrape",
|
|
"spot",
|
|
"eleventh hour",
|
|
"last minute"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cross-sectional":{
|
|
"as in partial , fragmentary":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"divisional",
|
|
"fragmentary",
|
|
"partial",
|
|
"component",
|
|
"constituent",
|
|
"local",
|
|
"localized",
|
|
"regional",
|
|
"sectional",
|
|
"individual",
|
|
"particular"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"across-the-board",
|
|
"blanket",
|
|
"broad-brush",
|
|
"common",
|
|
"general",
|
|
"generic",
|
|
"global",
|
|
"overall",
|
|
"universal",
|
|
"all-embracing",
|
|
"broad",
|
|
"broad-gauge",
|
|
"broad-gauged",
|
|
"broadscale",
|
|
"comprehensive",
|
|
"extensive",
|
|
"inclusionary",
|
|
"overarching",
|
|
"pervasive",
|
|
"sweeping",
|
|
"ubiquitous",
|
|
"wholesale",
|
|
"wide",
|
|
"widespread",
|
|
"aggregate",
|
|
"collective",
|
|
"complete",
|
|
"full",
|
|
"plenary"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"Croesuses":{
|
|
"a wealthy person":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"if you have to ask the price, you're not the Croesus for whom this palatial yacht is intended"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"capitalists",
|
|
"deep pockets",
|
|
"fat cats",
|
|
"haves",
|
|
"money",
|
|
"moneybags",
|
|
"plutocrats",
|
|
"silk stockings"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"moneymakers",
|
|
"money-spinners",
|
|
"magnates",
|
|
"nabobs",
|
|
"tycoons",
|
|
"billionaires",
|
|
"gazillionaires",
|
|
"millionaires",
|
|
"multibillionaires",
|
|
"multimillionaires",
|
|
"multi-millionaires",
|
|
"multimillionairesses",
|
|
"multi-millionairesses",
|
|
"zillionaires",
|
|
"heiresses",
|
|
"heirs",
|
|
"jet-setters",
|
|
"jeunesse dor\u00e9e"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bankrupts",
|
|
"beggars"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"have-nots",
|
|
"paupers"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"crossbreeds":{
|
|
"an offspring of parents with different genes especially when of different races, breeds, species, or genera":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a Siamese crossbreed who was atypically black, but had the build and voice of a Siamese"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"crossbreds",
|
|
"crosses",
|
|
"hybrids",
|
|
"intercrosses",
|
|
"mongrels"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"mules",
|
|
"outcrosses",
|
|
"half-breds"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"full-bloods",
|
|
"purebloods",
|
|
"purebreds",
|
|
"thoroughbreds"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"crouched":{
|
|
"to lie low with the limbs close to the body":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the cat crouched in the bushes, waiting for the right moment to pounce on the chipmunk"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"couched",
|
|
"huddled",
|
|
"hunched",
|
|
"hunkered (down)",
|
|
"scrunched",
|
|
"squatted",
|
|
"squinched"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"curled up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"crops (up)":{
|
|
"to come to one's attention especially gradually or unexpectedly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a new issue has just cropped up in the campaign"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"arises",
|
|
"comes up",
|
|
"emerges",
|
|
"materializes",
|
|
"springs (up)",
|
|
"surfaces"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"appears",
|
|
"comes out",
|
|
"shows up",
|
|
"turns up",
|
|
"chances",
|
|
"comes",
|
|
"comes about",
|
|
"falls out",
|
|
"goes off",
|
|
"goes (on)",
|
|
"happens",
|
|
"haps",
|
|
"occurs",
|
|
"passes",
|
|
"transpires",
|
|
"interferes",
|
|
"interposes",
|
|
"intervenes",
|
|
"intrudes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"crooks":{
|
|
"a person who has committed a crime":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a guy at the bar was raving about how all politicians are basically crooks"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"criminals",
|
|
"culprits",
|
|
"lawbreakers",
|
|
"malefactors",
|
|
"miscreants",
|
|
"offenders"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"misdemeanants",
|
|
"accomplices",
|
|
"principals",
|
|
"desperadoes",
|
|
"desperados",
|
|
"outlaws",
|
|
"convicts",
|
|
"jailbirds",
|
|
"perpetrators",
|
|
"perps",
|
|
"evildoers",
|
|
"gallows birds",
|
|
"misdoers",
|
|
"misfeasors",
|
|
"sinners",
|
|
"transgressors",
|
|
"trespassers",
|
|
"villains",
|
|
"wrongdoers",
|
|
"blackhanders",
|
|
"button men",
|
|
"gangsters",
|
|
"hoodlums",
|
|
"hooligans",
|
|
"mobsters",
|
|
"racketeers",
|
|
"thugs",
|
|
"enforcers",
|
|
"gunmen",
|
|
"guns",
|
|
"gunsels",
|
|
"hit men",
|
|
"triggermen",
|
|
"backsliders",
|
|
"recidivists",
|
|
"relapsers",
|
|
"repeaters",
|
|
"accused",
|
|
"arrestees",
|
|
"defendants",
|
|
"detainees",
|
|
"fish",
|
|
"fishes",
|
|
"suspects"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"gangbusters",
|
|
"lawmen"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"something that curves or is curved":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"carried the baby in the crook of her arm"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"angles",
|
|
"arches",
|
|
"arcs",
|
|
"bends",
|
|
"bows",
|
|
"curvatures",
|
|
"curves",
|
|
"inflections",
|
|
"turns",
|
|
"winds"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"kinks",
|
|
"warps",
|
|
"circles",
|
|
"ringlets",
|
|
"rings",
|
|
"rounds",
|
|
"coils",
|
|
"curlicues",
|
|
"curlycues",
|
|
"curls",
|
|
"buckles",
|
|
"convolutions",
|
|
"flexures",
|
|
"folds",
|
|
"loops",
|
|
"spirals",
|
|
"swirls",
|
|
"twists",
|
|
"windings",
|
|
"incurvatures",
|
|
"reflections",
|
|
"declines",
|
|
"inclinations",
|
|
"inclines",
|
|
"slopes",
|
|
"corners",
|
|
"turnoffs",
|
|
"doglegs",
|
|
"hairpins"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to cause to turn away from a straight line":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"crooked a finger"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"arches",
|
|
"bends",
|
|
"bows",
|
|
"curves",
|
|
"hooks",
|
|
"swerves"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"arcs",
|
|
"rounds",
|
|
"incurvates",
|
|
"incurves",
|
|
"inflects",
|
|
"reflects",
|
|
"deflects",
|
|
"diverts",
|
|
"entwines",
|
|
"kinks",
|
|
"swirls",
|
|
"turns",
|
|
"twines",
|
|
"twists",
|
|
"veers",
|
|
"warps",
|
|
"coils",
|
|
"curls",
|
|
"enrolls",
|
|
"enrols",
|
|
"loops",
|
|
"spirals",
|
|
"dents",
|
|
"dimples",
|
|
"meanders",
|
|
"waves",
|
|
"weaves",
|
|
"winds",
|
|
"declines",
|
|
"inclines",
|
|
"slopes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"straightens",
|
|
"unbends",
|
|
"uncurls"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to turn away from a straight line or course":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the road suddenly crooked to the left"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"arches",
|
|
"arcs",
|
|
"bends",
|
|
"bows",
|
|
"curves",
|
|
"falls off",
|
|
"hooks",
|
|
"rounds",
|
|
"sweeps",
|
|
"swerves",
|
|
"trends",
|
|
"wheels"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"circles",
|
|
"coils",
|
|
"curlicues",
|
|
"curls",
|
|
"loops",
|
|
"spirals",
|
|
"turns",
|
|
"twists",
|
|
"winds",
|
|
"deviates",
|
|
"veers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"straightens"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"crow":{
|
|
"to feel or express joy or triumph":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"being the home of the new Super Bowl champs was the first thing that city residents had to crow about in a very long time"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"delight",
|
|
"exuberate",
|
|
"exult",
|
|
"glory",
|
|
"joy",
|
|
"jubilate",
|
|
"kvell",
|
|
"rejoice",
|
|
"triumph"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"gloat",
|
|
"preen",
|
|
"swell",
|
|
"boast",
|
|
"brag",
|
|
"flaunt",
|
|
"parade",
|
|
"show off",
|
|
"strut",
|
|
"swagger"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bemoan",
|
|
"bewail",
|
|
"grieve",
|
|
"lament",
|
|
"regret",
|
|
"weep"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to praise or express pride in one's own possessions, qualities, or accomplishments often to excess":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the in-your-face crowing by some of the winning athletes at the Olympics was embarrassing"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blow",
|
|
"boast",
|
|
"brag",
|
|
"bull",
|
|
"gasconade",
|
|
"swagger",
|
|
"vapor",
|
|
"vaunt"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bluster",
|
|
"harangue",
|
|
"puff",
|
|
"pride",
|
|
"gush",
|
|
"exult",
|
|
"glory",
|
|
"rejoice",
|
|
"brandish",
|
|
"display",
|
|
"exhibit",
|
|
"expose",
|
|
"flaunt",
|
|
"glorify",
|
|
"parade",
|
|
"show off",
|
|
"magnify",
|
|
"maximize"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"belittle",
|
|
"deprecate",
|
|
"diminish",
|
|
"discount",
|
|
"laugh off",
|
|
"minimize",
|
|
"play down",
|
|
"pooh-pooh",
|
|
"pooh",
|
|
"shrug off",
|
|
"underrate",
|
|
"undervalue",
|
|
"bemoan",
|
|
"lament",
|
|
"mourn",
|
|
"regret"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in whoop":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"whoop",
|
|
"belly laugh",
|
|
"boff",
|
|
"boffo",
|
|
"boffola",
|
|
"cachinnation",
|
|
"cackle",
|
|
"chortle",
|
|
"chuckle",
|
|
"giggle",
|
|
"guffaw",
|
|
"hee-haw",
|
|
"horselaugh",
|
|
"laugh",
|
|
"laughter",
|
|
"snicker",
|
|
"snigger",
|
|
"titter",
|
|
"twitter",
|
|
"grin",
|
|
"simper",
|
|
"smile",
|
|
"smirk"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"cry",
|
|
"groan",
|
|
"moan",
|
|
"sob",
|
|
"wail",
|
|
"face",
|
|
"frown",
|
|
"grimace",
|
|
"lower",
|
|
"lour",
|
|
"mouth",
|
|
"pout",
|
|
"scowl"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cross-examined":{
|
|
"as in examined , bombarded":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"besieged",
|
|
"bombarded",
|
|
"cross-questioned",
|
|
"examined",
|
|
"pumped",
|
|
"asked",
|
|
"catechized",
|
|
"grilled",
|
|
"inquired (of)",
|
|
"interrogated",
|
|
"queried",
|
|
"questioned",
|
|
"quizzed",
|
|
"polled",
|
|
"surveyed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"answered",
|
|
"replied",
|
|
"responded",
|
|
"rejoined",
|
|
"retorted",
|
|
"commented",
|
|
"observed",
|
|
"remarked",
|
|
"avoided",
|
|
"ducked"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"crosiers":{
|
|
"as in crooks , walking sticks":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"crooks",
|
|
"walking sticks",
|
|
"whangees",
|
|
"beetles",
|
|
"gavels",
|
|
"hammers",
|
|
"mallets",
|
|
"mauls",
|
|
"sledgehammers",
|
|
"birches",
|
|
"crabsticks",
|
|
"hickories",
|
|
"rattans",
|
|
"staves",
|
|
"switches",
|
|
"blackjacks",
|
|
"knobkerries",
|
|
"maces",
|
|
"bastinadoes",
|
|
"bastinades",
|
|
"batons",
|
|
"bats",
|
|
"billies",
|
|
"billy clubs",
|
|
"bludgeons",
|
|
"canes",
|
|
"clubs",
|
|
"cudgels",
|
|
"nightsticks",
|
|
"rods",
|
|
"rungs",
|
|
"saps",
|
|
"shillelaghs",
|
|
"shillalahs",
|
|
"staffs",
|
|
"staves",
|
|
"truncheons",
|
|
"waddies"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"croaker":{
|
|
"a person specially trained in healing human medical disorders":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"ever more ornery as he grew older, he swore that he didn't need some croaker telling him that smoking was bad for his health"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"doc",
|
|
"doctor",
|
|
"medic",
|
|
"medico",
|
|
"physician",
|
|
"sawbones"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"family doctor",
|
|
"family physician",
|
|
"family practitioner",
|
|
"general practitioner",
|
|
"anesthesiologist",
|
|
"dermatologist",
|
|
"gynecologist",
|
|
"internist",
|
|
"neurologist",
|
|
"ob-gyn",
|
|
"obstetrician",
|
|
"ophthalmologist",
|
|
"orthopedist",
|
|
"pathologist",
|
|
"pediatrician",
|
|
"pediatrist",
|
|
"physiatrist",
|
|
"podiatrist",
|
|
"radiologist",
|
|
"urologist",
|
|
"attending",
|
|
"clinician",
|
|
"hospitalist",
|
|
"specialist",
|
|
"plastic surgeon",
|
|
"surgeon",
|
|
"intern",
|
|
"interne",
|
|
"resident",
|
|
"aidman",
|
|
"nurse",
|
|
"nurse-practitioner",
|
|
"EMT",
|
|
"paramedic",
|
|
"paramedical",
|
|
"physical therapist",
|
|
"physiotherapist"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"nondoctor",
|
|
"nonphysician"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"an irritable and complaining person":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she becomes a real croaker when she's overtired"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bear",
|
|
"bellyacher",
|
|
"complainer",
|
|
"crab",
|
|
"crank",
|
|
"crosspatch",
|
|
"curmudgeon",
|
|
"fusser",
|
|
"griper",
|
|
"grouch",
|
|
"grouser",
|
|
"growler",
|
|
"grumbler",
|
|
"grump",
|
|
"murmurer",
|
|
"mutterer",
|
|
"sourpuss",
|
|
"whiner"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"hunks",
|
|
"malcontent",
|
|
"sorehead",
|
|
"grinch",
|
|
"killjoy",
|
|
"party pooper",
|
|
"spoilsport",
|
|
"defeatist",
|
|
"pessimist",
|
|
"faultfinder",
|
|
"kicker",
|
|
"nagger",
|
|
"nitpicker",
|
|
"objector",
|
|
"quibbler",
|
|
"repiner",
|
|
"crock",
|
|
"hypochondriac"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"optimist",
|
|
"Pollyanna",
|
|
"happy camper"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"crock":{
|
|
"language, behavior, or ideas that are absurd and contrary to good sense":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"that whole thing about how surprised she was to win the award was a crock"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"applesauce",
|
|
"balderdash",
|
|
"baloney",
|
|
"boloney",
|
|
"beans",
|
|
"bilge",
|
|
"blah",
|
|
"blah-blah",
|
|
"blarney",
|
|
"blather",
|
|
"blatherskite",
|
|
"blither",
|
|
"bosh",
|
|
"bull",
|
|
"bunk",
|
|
"bunkum",
|
|
"buncombe",
|
|
"claptrap",
|
|
"codswallop",
|
|
"crapola",
|
|
"drivel",
|
|
"drool",
|
|
"fiddle",
|
|
"fiddle-faddle",
|
|
"fiddlesticks",
|
|
"flannel",
|
|
"flapdoodle",
|
|
"folderol",
|
|
"falderal",
|
|
"folly",
|
|
"foolishness",
|
|
"fudge",
|
|
"garbage",
|
|
"guff",
|
|
"hogwash",
|
|
"hokeypokey",
|
|
"hokum",
|
|
"hoodoo",
|
|
"hooey",
|
|
"horsefeathers",
|
|
"humbug",
|
|
"humbuggery",
|
|
"jazz",
|
|
"malarkey",
|
|
"malarky",
|
|
"moonshine",
|
|
"muck",
|
|
"nerts",
|
|
"nonsense",
|
|
"nuts",
|
|
"piffle",
|
|
"poppycock",
|
|
"punk",
|
|
"rot",
|
|
"rubbish",
|
|
"senselessness",
|
|
"silliness",
|
|
"slush",
|
|
"stupidity",
|
|
"taradiddle",
|
|
"tarradiddle",
|
|
"tommyrot",
|
|
"tosh",
|
|
"trash",
|
|
"trumpery",
|
|
"twaddle"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"absurdity",
|
|
"asininity",
|
|
"fatuity",
|
|
"foolery",
|
|
"idiocy",
|
|
"imbecility",
|
|
"inaneness",
|
|
"inanity",
|
|
"insanity",
|
|
"kookiness",
|
|
"lunacy",
|
|
"absurdness",
|
|
"craziness",
|
|
"madness",
|
|
"witlessness",
|
|
"hoity-toity",
|
|
"monkey business",
|
|
"monkeyshine(s)",
|
|
"shenanigan(s)",
|
|
"tomfoolery",
|
|
"gas",
|
|
"hot air",
|
|
"rigmarole",
|
|
"rigamarole",
|
|
"double-talk",
|
|
"greek",
|
|
"hocus-pocus"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"levelheadedness",
|
|
"rationality",
|
|
"reasonability",
|
|
"reasonableness",
|
|
"sensibleness",
|
|
"common sense",
|
|
"horse sense",
|
|
"sense",
|
|
"discernment",
|
|
"judgment",
|
|
"judgement",
|
|
"wisdom"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in colly":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"colly",
|
|
"confuse",
|
|
"disarrange",
|
|
"disarray",
|
|
"dishevel",
|
|
"disorder",
|
|
"draggle",
|
|
"jumble",
|
|
"mess",
|
|
"muddle",
|
|
"discolor",
|
|
"contaminate",
|
|
"defile",
|
|
"pollute",
|
|
"taint",
|
|
"befoul",
|
|
"begrime",
|
|
"bemire",
|
|
"besmirch",
|
|
"blacken",
|
|
"daub",
|
|
"dirty",
|
|
"distain",
|
|
"foul",
|
|
"gaum",
|
|
"grime",
|
|
"mire",
|
|
"muck",
|
|
"muddy",
|
|
"smirch",
|
|
"smudge",
|
|
"soil",
|
|
"stain",
|
|
"sully"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"clean",
|
|
"cleanse",
|
|
"decontaminate",
|
|
"purge",
|
|
"purify",
|
|
"disinfect",
|
|
"sanitize",
|
|
"brush",
|
|
"dry-clean",
|
|
"dust",
|
|
"launder",
|
|
"mop",
|
|
"rinse",
|
|
"scour",
|
|
"scrub",
|
|
"sweep",
|
|
"wash",
|
|
"wipe",
|
|
"brighten",
|
|
"deodorize",
|
|
"freshen",
|
|
"renew",
|
|
"spruce (up)",
|
|
"straighten (up)",
|
|
"tidy (up)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cross-claims":{
|
|
"as in counterclaims , countersuits":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"counterclaims",
|
|
"countersuits",
|
|
"counter-suits",
|
|
"cross actions",
|
|
"litigations",
|
|
"cases",
|
|
"causes",
|
|
"complaints",
|
|
"actions",
|
|
"lawsuits",
|
|
"proceedings",
|
|
"suits"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"crosscutting":{
|
|
"as in hacksawing , sawing":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"hacksawing",
|
|
"scissoring",
|
|
"cutting",
|
|
"gashing",
|
|
"incising",
|
|
"ripping",
|
|
"shearing",
|
|
"slashing",
|
|
"slicing",
|
|
"slitting",
|
|
"cleaving",
|
|
"riving",
|
|
"splitting",
|
|
"piercing",
|
|
"stabbing",
|
|
"bruising",
|
|
"butchering",
|
|
"hacking",
|
|
"haggling",
|
|
"lacerating",
|
|
"mangling",
|
|
"rending",
|
|
"tearing",
|
|
"carving",
|
|
"chipping",
|
|
"chiseling",
|
|
"chiselling",
|
|
"notching",
|
|
"anatomizing",
|
|
"dissecting",
|
|
"sectioning",
|
|
"chopping",
|
|
"dicing",
|
|
"mincing",
|
|
"amputating",
|
|
"cutting off",
|
|
"severing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"crofter":{
|
|
"as in sharecropper , yeoman":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cropper",
|
|
"gentleman farmer",
|
|
"sharecropper",
|
|
"subsistence farmer",
|
|
"tenant farmer",
|
|
"yeoman",
|
|
"agriculturist",
|
|
"agriculturalist",
|
|
"agronomist",
|
|
"cultivator",
|
|
"grower",
|
|
"planter",
|
|
"tiller",
|
|
"farmhand",
|
|
"field hand",
|
|
"gleaner",
|
|
"harvester",
|
|
"plowman",
|
|
"reaper",
|
|
"workfolk",
|
|
"workfolks",
|
|
"homesteader",
|
|
"nester",
|
|
"granger",
|
|
"rancher",
|
|
"ranchero",
|
|
"ranchman",
|
|
"campesino"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cronies":{
|
|
"a person frequently seen in the company of another":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the criminal's cronies were also closely questioned about the illegal gambling operation"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"associates",
|
|
"cohorts",
|
|
"companions",
|
|
"compatriots",
|
|
"compeers",
|
|
"comrades",
|
|
"fellows",
|
|
"hobnobbers",
|
|
"mates",
|
|
"running mates"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"colleagues",
|
|
"coworkers",
|
|
"co-workers",
|
|
"equals",
|
|
"peers",
|
|
"workmates",
|
|
"accomplices",
|
|
"affiliates",
|
|
"allies",
|
|
"collaborators",
|
|
"confederates",
|
|
"halves",
|
|
"partners",
|
|
"buddies",
|
|
"chums",
|
|
"confidants",
|
|
"familiars",
|
|
"friends",
|
|
"hearties",
|
|
"intimates",
|
|
"pals",
|
|
"countrymen",
|
|
"classmates",
|
|
"housemates",
|
|
"messmates",
|
|
"playfellows",
|
|
"playmates",
|
|
"roommates",
|
|
"roomies",
|
|
"schoolmates",
|
|
"shipmates",
|
|
"teammates",
|
|
"attendants",
|
|
"escorts",
|
|
"hangers-on",
|
|
"leeches",
|
|
"parasites"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a person who has a strong liking for and trust in another":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"only my cronies can call me by my nickname"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"alter egos",
|
|
"amigos",
|
|
"buddies",
|
|
"chums",
|
|
"compadres",
|
|
"comrades",
|
|
"confidantes",
|
|
"confidants",
|
|
"familiars",
|
|
"friends",
|
|
"intimates",
|
|
"mates",
|
|
"musketeers",
|
|
"pals"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"acquaintances",
|
|
"associates",
|
|
"cohorts",
|
|
"colleagues",
|
|
"companions",
|
|
"fellows",
|
|
"hearties",
|
|
"hobnobbers",
|
|
"partners",
|
|
"peers",
|
|
"sports",
|
|
"blood brothers",
|
|
"brothers",
|
|
"brethren",
|
|
"main men",
|
|
"sisters",
|
|
"abettors",
|
|
"abetters",
|
|
"accomplices",
|
|
"allies",
|
|
"collaborators",
|
|
"confederates",
|
|
"pen pals",
|
|
"benefactors",
|
|
"supporters",
|
|
"sympathizers",
|
|
"well-wishers",
|
|
"friendlies"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"adversaries",
|
|
"antagonists",
|
|
"competitors",
|
|
"opponents",
|
|
"rivals",
|
|
"archenemies",
|
|
"nemeses"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"enemies",
|
|
"foes"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"crown":{
|
|
"a decorative band or wreath worn about the head as a symbol of victory or honor":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the crown of laurel leaves that is traditionally placed on the winner of the marathon"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"chaplet",
|
|
"coronal",
|
|
"coronel",
|
|
"coronet",
|
|
"diadem"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"anadem",
|
|
"tiara",
|
|
"garland",
|
|
"laurel"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the position occupied by the one who comes in first in a competition":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"his lifelong dream of someday winning the heavyweight boxing crown"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"championship",
|
|
"title"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the highest part or point":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"covered in mud from the soles of his feet to the crown of his head"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"acme",
|
|
"apex",
|
|
"apogee",
|
|
"capstone",
|
|
"climax",
|
|
"crescendo",
|
|
"crest",
|
|
"culmination",
|
|
"head",
|
|
"height",
|
|
"high noon",
|
|
"high-water mark",
|
|
"meridian",
|
|
"ne plus ultra",
|
|
"noon",
|
|
"noontime",
|
|
"peak",
|
|
"pinnacle",
|
|
"sum",
|
|
"summit",
|
|
"tip-top",
|
|
"top",
|
|
"zenith"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bloom",
|
|
"blossom",
|
|
"flood tide",
|
|
"flower",
|
|
"glory",
|
|
"heyday",
|
|
"prime",
|
|
"cap",
|
|
"ceiling",
|
|
"roof",
|
|
"extreme",
|
|
"extremity",
|
|
"tip",
|
|
"vertex",
|
|
"high",
|
|
"highlight",
|
|
"highspot"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abyss",
|
|
"base",
|
|
"foot",
|
|
"minimum"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"bottom",
|
|
"nadir",
|
|
"rock bottom"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to bring to a triumphant conclusion":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the Olympic Games were crowned by spectacular closing ceremonies"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cap (off)",
|
|
"climax",
|
|
"culminate"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"complete",
|
|
"conclude",
|
|
"finish",
|
|
"round (off or out)",
|
|
"terminate",
|
|
"wrap up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"crows":{
|
|
"to feel or express joy or triumph":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"being the home of the new Super Bowl champs was the first thing that city residents had to crow about in a very long time"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"delights",
|
|
"exuberates",
|
|
"exults",
|
|
"glories",
|
|
"joys",
|
|
"jubilates",
|
|
"kvells",
|
|
"rejoices",
|
|
"triumphs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"gloats",
|
|
"preens",
|
|
"swells",
|
|
"boasts",
|
|
"brags",
|
|
"flaunts",
|
|
"parades",
|
|
"shows off",
|
|
"struts",
|
|
"swaggers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bemoans",
|
|
"bewails",
|
|
"grieves",
|
|
"laments",
|
|
"regrets",
|
|
"weeps"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to praise or express pride in one's own possessions, qualities, or accomplishments often to excess":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the in-your-face crowing by some of the winning athletes at the Olympics was embarrassing"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blows",
|
|
"boasts",
|
|
"brags",
|
|
"bulls",
|
|
"gasconades",
|
|
"swaggers",
|
|
"vapors",
|
|
"vaunts"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blusters",
|
|
"harangues",
|
|
"puffs",
|
|
"prides",
|
|
"gushes",
|
|
"exults",
|
|
"glories",
|
|
"rejoices",
|
|
"brandishes",
|
|
"displays",
|
|
"exhibits",
|
|
"exposes",
|
|
"flaunts",
|
|
"glorifies",
|
|
"parades",
|
|
"shows off",
|
|
"magnifies",
|
|
"maximizes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"belittles",
|
|
"deprecates",
|
|
"diminishes",
|
|
"discounts",
|
|
"laughs off",
|
|
"minimizes",
|
|
"plays down",
|
|
"pooh-poohs",
|
|
"poohs",
|
|
"shrugs off",
|
|
"underrates",
|
|
"undervalues",
|
|
"bemoans",
|
|
"laments",
|
|
"mourns",
|
|
"regrets"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in whoops":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"whoops",
|
|
"belly laughs",
|
|
"boffolas",
|
|
"boffs",
|
|
"boffos",
|
|
"cachinnations",
|
|
"cackles",
|
|
"chortles",
|
|
"chuckles",
|
|
"giggles",
|
|
"guffaws",
|
|
"hee-haws",
|
|
"horselaughs",
|
|
"laughs",
|
|
"laughters",
|
|
"snickers",
|
|
"sniggers",
|
|
"titters",
|
|
"twitters",
|
|
"grins",
|
|
"simpers",
|
|
"smiles",
|
|
"smirks"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"cries",
|
|
"groans",
|
|
"moans",
|
|
"sobs",
|
|
"wails",
|
|
"faces",
|
|
"frowns",
|
|
"grimaces",
|
|
"lowers",
|
|
"lours",
|
|
"mouths",
|
|
"pouts",
|
|
"scowls"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cross-stitching":{
|
|
"as in embroidering":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"embroidering",
|
|
"basting",
|
|
"easing",
|
|
"felling",
|
|
"finishing",
|
|
"overcasting",
|
|
"crocheting",
|
|
"knitting",
|
|
"quilting",
|
|
"mending",
|
|
"patching",
|
|
"repairing",
|
|
"darning",
|
|
"sewing",
|
|
"stitching",
|
|
"suturing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"crown prince":{
|
|
"as in favorite son":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"favorite son",
|
|
"dark horse",
|
|
"spoiler",
|
|
"stalking horse",
|
|
"claimant",
|
|
"pretender",
|
|
"competitor",
|
|
"contestant",
|
|
"entrant",
|
|
"entry",
|
|
"favorite",
|
|
"qualifier",
|
|
"nominee",
|
|
"running mate",
|
|
"applicant",
|
|
"applier",
|
|
"aspirant",
|
|
"campaigner",
|
|
"candidate",
|
|
"contender",
|
|
"expectant",
|
|
"hopeful",
|
|
"prospect",
|
|
"seeker"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"noncandidate",
|
|
"incumbent",
|
|
"officeholder",
|
|
"awardee",
|
|
"honoree",
|
|
"inductee",
|
|
"dropout"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"croquettes":{
|
|
"a small usually rounded mass of minced food that has been fried":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a fish croquette that tasted more of filler than of fish"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cakes",
|
|
"cutlets",
|
|
"fritters",
|
|
"galettes",
|
|
"patties"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"fingers",
|
|
"sticks",
|
|
"g\u00e2teaux",
|
|
"gateaux",
|
|
"gateaus"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"crofts":{
|
|
"as in commons":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"commons",
|
|
"clearings",
|
|
"fields",
|
|
"grounds",
|
|
"lots",
|
|
"parcels",
|
|
"plats",
|
|
"plots",
|
|
"tracts",
|
|
"grasses",
|
|
"green",
|
|
"greenswards",
|
|
"lawns",
|
|
"glades",
|
|
"grasslands",
|
|
"heathlands",
|
|
"heaths",
|
|
"leas",
|
|
"leys",
|
|
"meadows",
|
|
"moors",
|
|
"pasturelands",
|
|
"pastures"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in stations , steadings":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"smallholdings",
|
|
"stations",
|
|
"steadings",
|
|
"farmhouses",
|
|
"haciendas",
|
|
"homesteads",
|
|
"manors",
|
|
"plantations",
|
|
"spreads",
|
|
"gardens",
|
|
"orchards",
|
|
"croplands",
|
|
"farmlands",
|
|
"farmyards",
|
|
"estates",
|
|
"farms",
|
|
"farmsteads",
|
|
"granges",
|
|
"ranches"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"crosses paths (with)":{
|
|
"to come upon face-to-face or as if face-to-face":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"catches",
|
|
"chances (upon)",
|
|
"encounters",
|
|
"happens (upon)",
|
|
"meets",
|
|
"stumbles (upon)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"accosts",
|
|
"confronts",
|
|
"faces",
|
|
"greets",
|
|
"salutes",
|
|
"collides (with)",
|
|
"crashes (into)",
|
|
"crisscrosses",
|
|
"crosses",
|
|
"passes",
|
|
"hits (upon)",
|
|
"lights (upon)",
|
|
"tumbles (to)",
|
|
"reencounters",
|
|
"remeets"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"avoids",
|
|
"dodges",
|
|
"ducks",
|
|
"eludes",
|
|
"escapes",
|
|
"evades",
|
|
"shakes",
|
|
"shuns"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"crossings":{
|
|
"a journey over water in a vessel":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an uneventful crossing from the United States to Britain"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cruises",
|
|
"passages",
|
|
"sails",
|
|
"voyages"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a place where roads meet":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"turn left at the next crossing and then stay on that road for two miles"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"carrefours",
|
|
"corners",
|
|
"crossroads",
|
|
"crossways",
|
|
"intersections",
|
|
"junctions"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cloverleafs",
|
|
"cloverleaves",
|
|
"interchanges",
|
|
"overpasses",
|
|
"underpasses",
|
|
"circles",
|
|
"rotaries",
|
|
"roundabouts",
|
|
"traffic circles"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cross-examining":{
|
|
"as in examining , bombarding":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"besieging",
|
|
"bombarding",
|
|
"cross-questioning",
|
|
"examining",
|
|
"pumping",
|
|
"asking",
|
|
"catechizing",
|
|
"grilling",
|
|
"inquiring (of)",
|
|
"interrogating",
|
|
"querying",
|
|
"questioning",
|
|
"quizzing",
|
|
"polling",
|
|
"surveying"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"answering",
|
|
"replying",
|
|
"responding",
|
|
"rejoining",
|
|
"retorting",
|
|
"commenting",
|
|
"observing",
|
|
"remarking",
|
|
"avoiding",
|
|
"ducking"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"crossbars":{
|
|
"as in blazes , pinstripes":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blazes",
|
|
"pinstripes",
|
|
"bands",
|
|
"bars",
|
|
"streaks",
|
|
"stripes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"crosswise":{
|
|
"in a line or direction running from corner to corner":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"first cut the sandwiches crosswise and then trim the crusts"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"athwart",
|
|
"bias",
|
|
"cornerways",
|
|
"cornerwise",
|
|
"crossways",
|
|
"diagonally",
|
|
"kitty-corner",
|
|
"catty-corner",
|
|
"catercorner",
|
|
"kitty-cornered",
|
|
"catty-cornered",
|
|
"catercornered",
|
|
"obliquely",
|
|
"transversely"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"across"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"lengthwise",
|
|
"longitudinally"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"crones":{
|
|
"a mean or ugly old woman":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a run-down house that was inhabited by a cantankerous crone who kept to herself"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beldams",
|
|
"beldames",
|
|
"carlines",
|
|
"carlins",
|
|
"hags",
|
|
"hellcats",
|
|
"trots",
|
|
"witches"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"harpies",
|
|
"shrews",
|
|
"viragoes",
|
|
"viragos"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"crockery":{
|
|
"articles made of baked clay":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a display of beautifully hand-painted crockery on the kitchen countertop"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"earthenware",
|
|
"pottery",
|
|
"stoneware"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"ceramics",
|
|
"china",
|
|
"ironstone china",
|
|
"porcelain",
|
|
"redware"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"crotchety":{
|
|
"easily irritated or annoyed":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I get crotchety after a long day at work"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"choleric",
|
|
"crabby",
|
|
"cranky",
|
|
"cross",
|
|
"fiery",
|
|
"grouchy",
|
|
"grumpy",
|
|
"irascible",
|
|
"irritable",
|
|
"peevish",
|
|
"perverse",
|
|
"pettish",
|
|
"petulant",
|
|
"prickly",
|
|
"quick-tempered",
|
|
"raspy",
|
|
"ratty",
|
|
"short-tempered",
|
|
"snappish",
|
|
"snappy",
|
|
"snarky",
|
|
"snippety",
|
|
"snippy",
|
|
"stuffy",
|
|
"testy",
|
|
"waspish"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bearish",
|
|
"bilious",
|
|
"cantankerous",
|
|
"cross-grained",
|
|
"curmudgeonly",
|
|
"disagreeable",
|
|
"dyspeptic",
|
|
"ill-humored",
|
|
"ill-natured",
|
|
"ill-tempered",
|
|
"off-color",
|
|
"off-colored",
|
|
"ornery",
|
|
"querulous",
|
|
"snarly",
|
|
"surly",
|
|
"argumentative",
|
|
"bellicose",
|
|
"belligerent",
|
|
"combative",
|
|
"contentious",
|
|
"disputatious",
|
|
"fractious",
|
|
"fretful",
|
|
"pugnacious",
|
|
"quarrelsome",
|
|
"scrappy",
|
|
"truculent",
|
|
"huffy",
|
|
"pouty",
|
|
"sensitive",
|
|
"short",
|
|
"sulky",
|
|
"sullen",
|
|
"tetchy",
|
|
"thin-skinned",
|
|
"touchy",
|
|
"hot-blooded",
|
|
"passionate"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"affable",
|
|
"companionable",
|
|
"cordial",
|
|
"extroverted",
|
|
"extraverted",
|
|
"friendly",
|
|
"genial",
|
|
"gregarious",
|
|
"outgoing",
|
|
"sociable",
|
|
"agreeable",
|
|
"amiable",
|
|
"good-natured",
|
|
"good-tempered",
|
|
"sweet",
|
|
"well-disposed",
|
|
"carefree",
|
|
"easygoing",
|
|
"happy-go-lucky",
|
|
"relaxed",
|
|
"forbearing",
|
|
"long-suffering",
|
|
"obliging",
|
|
"patient",
|
|
"stoic",
|
|
"stoical",
|
|
"tolerant",
|
|
"uncomplaining",
|
|
"understanding"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cropper":{
|
|
"a falling short of one's goals":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"more than a few people were glad to see the obnoxiously smug skater come a cropper at the national championships"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"collapse",
|
|
"crash",
|
|
"defeat",
|
|
"failure",
|
|
"fizzle",
|
|
"nonachievement",
|
|
"nonsuccess"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"futility",
|
|
"uselessness",
|
|
"ineffectiveness",
|
|
"ineffectuality",
|
|
"ineffectualness",
|
|
"inefficaciousness",
|
|
"inefficacy",
|
|
"deficiency",
|
|
"inadequacy",
|
|
"inadequateness",
|
|
"insufficiency",
|
|
"disappointment",
|
|
"letdown",
|
|
"setback"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"victory",
|
|
"win"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"accomplishment",
|
|
"achievement",
|
|
"success"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"croaking":{
|
|
"harsh and dry in sound":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a croaking voice from smoking too many cigarettes"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"coarse",
|
|
"croaky",
|
|
"grating",
|
|
"gravel",
|
|
"gravelly",
|
|
"gruff",
|
|
"hoarse",
|
|
"husky",
|
|
"rasping",
|
|
"raspy",
|
|
"rusty",
|
|
"scratchy",
|
|
"throaty"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"growling",
|
|
"growly",
|
|
"guttural",
|
|
"abrasive",
|
|
"cacophonous",
|
|
"discordant",
|
|
"grinding",
|
|
"jarring",
|
|
"rough",
|
|
"scraping",
|
|
"scratching",
|
|
"cawing",
|
|
"raucous",
|
|
"screeching",
|
|
"squawking",
|
|
"strident",
|
|
"choked",
|
|
"cracked",
|
|
"strained",
|
|
"strangled",
|
|
"dissonant",
|
|
"inharmonious",
|
|
"unmelodious",
|
|
"unmusical"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"gentle",
|
|
"gliding",
|
|
"golden",
|
|
"liquid",
|
|
"mellifluent",
|
|
"mellifluous",
|
|
"mellow",
|
|
"soothing",
|
|
"sweet",
|
|
"tender",
|
|
"satiny",
|
|
"silken",
|
|
"smooth",
|
|
"soft",
|
|
"velvety",
|
|
"euphonious",
|
|
"lyric",
|
|
"lyrical",
|
|
"melodic",
|
|
"melodious",
|
|
"musical"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to express dissatisfaction, pain, or resentment usually tiresomely":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the cranky patient was always croaking to the nurses about something"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beefing",
|
|
"bellyaching",
|
|
"bitching",
|
|
"bleating",
|
|
"carping",
|
|
"caterwauling",
|
|
"complaining",
|
|
"crabbing",
|
|
"fussing",
|
|
"griping",
|
|
"grizzling",
|
|
"grouching",
|
|
"grousing",
|
|
"growling",
|
|
"grumbling",
|
|
"grumping",
|
|
"hollering",
|
|
"inveighing",
|
|
"keening",
|
|
"kicking",
|
|
"kvetching",
|
|
"maundering",
|
|
"moaning",
|
|
"murmuring",
|
|
"muttering",
|
|
"nagging",
|
|
"repining",
|
|
"screaming",
|
|
"squawking",
|
|
"squealing",
|
|
"wailing",
|
|
"whimpering",
|
|
"whinging",
|
|
"whingeing",
|
|
"whining",
|
|
"yammering",
|
|
"yawping",
|
|
"yauping",
|
|
"yowling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"objecting (to)",
|
|
"protesting",
|
|
"quarreling (with)",
|
|
"quarrelling (with)",
|
|
"caviling",
|
|
"cavilling",
|
|
"quibbling",
|
|
"fretting",
|
|
"stewing",
|
|
"worrying",
|
|
"blubbering",
|
|
"crying",
|
|
"sobbing",
|
|
"bemoaning",
|
|
"bewailing",
|
|
"deploring",
|
|
"lamenting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"accepting",
|
|
"bearing",
|
|
"countenancing",
|
|
"enduring",
|
|
"taking",
|
|
"tolerating",
|
|
"applauding",
|
|
"cheering",
|
|
"commending"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"crowing",
|
|
"delighting",
|
|
"rejoicing"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to stop living":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I wouldn't go around saying your great-grandmother \" croaked \""
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"checking out",
|
|
"conking (out)",
|
|
"deceasing",
|
|
"demising",
|
|
"departing",
|
|
"dropping",
|
|
"dying",
|
|
"ending",
|
|
"exiting",
|
|
"expiring",
|
|
"falling",
|
|
"flatlining",
|
|
"going",
|
|
"kicking in",
|
|
"kicking off",
|
|
"parting",
|
|
"passing away",
|
|
"passing (on)",
|
|
"pegging out",
|
|
"perishing",
|
|
"popping off",
|
|
"stepping out",
|
|
"succumbing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"predeceasing",
|
|
"consuming",
|
|
"disappearing",
|
|
"drying up",
|
|
"fading",
|
|
"failing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"coming to",
|
|
"reviving",
|
|
"lingering",
|
|
"being",
|
|
"existing",
|
|
"subsisting",
|
|
"flourishing",
|
|
"prospering",
|
|
"thriving"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"breathing",
|
|
"living"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to deprive of life":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"\"I croaked the old bugger,\" he bragged"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"carrying off",
|
|
"claiming",
|
|
"destroying",
|
|
"dispatching",
|
|
"doing in",
|
|
"felling",
|
|
"killing",
|
|
"slaying",
|
|
"taking"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bumping off",
|
|
"butchering",
|
|
"cutting down",
|
|
"finishing",
|
|
"getting",
|
|
"icing",
|
|
"knocking off",
|
|
"murdering",
|
|
"neutralizing",
|
|
"offing",
|
|
"putting away",
|
|
"rubbing out",
|
|
"scragging",
|
|
"snuffing",
|
|
"taking out",
|
|
"wasting",
|
|
"whacking",
|
|
"annihilating",
|
|
"blotting out",
|
|
"decimating",
|
|
"killing off",
|
|
"massacring",
|
|
"mowing",
|
|
"slaughtering",
|
|
"smiting",
|
|
"assassinating",
|
|
"executing",
|
|
"martyring",
|
|
"terminating",
|
|
"euthanizing",
|
|
"euthanatizing",
|
|
"putting down",
|
|
"suiciding"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"raising",
|
|
"restoring",
|
|
"resurrecting",
|
|
"resuscitating",
|
|
"reviving",
|
|
"nurturing"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"animating"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to put to death deliberately":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"hooligans had croaked the street corner wino just for the hell of it"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"assassinating",
|
|
"bumping off",
|
|
"dispatching",
|
|
"doing in",
|
|
"executing",
|
|
"getting",
|
|
"icing",
|
|
"knocking off",
|
|
"liquidating",
|
|
"murdering",
|
|
"neutralizing",
|
|
"offing",
|
|
"putting away",
|
|
"rubbing out",
|
|
"slaying",
|
|
"snuffing",
|
|
"taking out",
|
|
"terminating",
|
|
"whacking"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blowing away",
|
|
"shooting",
|
|
"shooting down",
|
|
"blotting out",
|
|
"carrying off",
|
|
"claiming",
|
|
"cutting down",
|
|
"destroying",
|
|
"felling",
|
|
"killing",
|
|
"smiting",
|
|
"zapping",
|
|
"butchering",
|
|
"massacring",
|
|
"mowing (down)",
|
|
"slaughtering",
|
|
"annihilating",
|
|
"eliminating",
|
|
"eradicating",
|
|
"exterminating",
|
|
"wiping out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"animating",
|
|
"raising",
|
|
"restoring",
|
|
"resurrecting",
|
|
"resuscitating",
|
|
"reviving"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"crosscut":{
|
|
"as in hacksaw , saw":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"hacksaw",
|
|
"saw",
|
|
"scissor",
|
|
"cut",
|
|
"gash",
|
|
"incise",
|
|
"rip",
|
|
"shear",
|
|
"slash",
|
|
"slice",
|
|
"slit",
|
|
"cleave",
|
|
"rive",
|
|
"split",
|
|
"pierce",
|
|
"stab",
|
|
"bruise",
|
|
"butcher",
|
|
"hack",
|
|
"haggle",
|
|
"lacerate",
|
|
"mangle",
|
|
"rend",
|
|
"tear",
|
|
"carve",
|
|
"chip",
|
|
"chisel",
|
|
"notch",
|
|
"anatomize",
|
|
"dissect",
|
|
"section",
|
|
"chop",
|
|
"dice",
|
|
"mince",
|
|
"amputate",
|
|
"cut off",
|
|
"sever"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cross action":{
|
|
"as in counterclaim , countersuit":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"counterclaim",
|
|
"countersuit",
|
|
"cross-claim",
|
|
"litigation",
|
|
"case",
|
|
"cause",
|
|
"complaint",
|
|
"action",
|
|
"lawsuit",
|
|
"proceeding",
|
|
"suit"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"crossing (out)":{
|
|
"to show (something written) to be no longer valid by drawing a cross over or a line through it":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"cross out the old phone number and write in the new one"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blue-penciling",
|
|
"canceling",
|
|
"cancelling",
|
|
"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":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"crooned":{
|
|
"to produce low, soft musical tones with the voice":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"croon a lullaby",
|
|
"a singer crooning onstage"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"belted",
|
|
"harmonized",
|
|
"hummed",
|
|
"lilted",
|
|
"quavered",
|
|
"scatted",
|
|
"sharped",
|
|
"slurred",
|
|
"trilled",
|
|
"trolled",
|
|
"warbled",
|
|
"yodeled",
|
|
"yodelled",
|
|
"caroled",
|
|
"carolled",
|
|
"chanted",
|
|
"descanted",
|
|
"sang",
|
|
"sung",
|
|
"vocalized",
|
|
"serenaded"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"crooner":{
|
|
"as in warbler , yodeler":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"harmonizer",
|
|
"hummer",
|
|
"warbler",
|
|
"yodeler",
|
|
"belter",
|
|
"serenader",
|
|
"caroler",
|
|
"caroller",
|
|
"singer",
|
|
"songster",
|
|
"vocalist",
|
|
"vocalizer",
|
|
"voice",
|
|
"cantor",
|
|
"chanter",
|
|
"chorister",
|
|
"chansonnier",
|
|
"chanteuse",
|
|
"songstress",
|
|
"bard",
|
|
"troubadour"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"crouches":{
|
|
"to lie low with the limbs close to the body":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the cat crouched in the bushes, waiting for the right moment to pounce on the chipmunk"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"couches",
|
|
"huddles",
|
|
"hunches",
|
|
"hunkers (down)",
|
|
"scrunches",
|
|
"squats",
|
|
"squinches"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"curls up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"crooners":{
|
|
"as in warblers , yodelers":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"harmonizers",
|
|
"hummers",
|
|
"warblers",
|
|
"yodelers",
|
|
"belters",
|
|
"serenaders",
|
|
"carolers",
|
|
"carollers",
|
|
"singers",
|
|
"songsters",
|
|
"vocalists",
|
|
"vocalizers",
|
|
"voices",
|
|
"cantors",
|
|
"chanters",
|
|
"choristers",
|
|
"chansonniers",
|
|
"chanteuses",
|
|
"songstresses",
|
|
"bards",
|
|
"troubadours"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"crocks":{
|
|
"as in collies":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"collies",
|
|
"confuses",
|
|
"disarranges",
|
|
"disarrays",
|
|
"dishevels",
|
|
"disorders",
|
|
"draggles",
|
|
"jumbles",
|
|
"messes",
|
|
"muddles",
|
|
"discolors",
|
|
"contaminates",
|
|
"defiles",
|
|
"pollutes",
|
|
"taints",
|
|
"befouls",
|
|
"begrimes",
|
|
"bemires",
|
|
"besmirches",
|
|
"blackens",
|
|
"daubs",
|
|
"dirties",
|
|
"distains",
|
|
"fouls",
|
|
"gaums",
|
|
"grimes",
|
|
"mires",
|
|
"mucks",
|
|
"muddies",
|
|
"smirches",
|
|
"smudges",
|
|
"soils",
|
|
"stains",
|
|
"sullies"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"cleans",
|
|
"cleanses",
|
|
"decontaminates",
|
|
"purges",
|
|
"purifies",
|
|
"disinfects",
|
|
"sanitizes",
|
|
"brushes",
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"dry-cleans",
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"dusts",
|
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"launders",
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"mops",
|
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"rinses",
|
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"scours",
|
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"scrubs",
|
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"sweeps",
|
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"washes",
|
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"wipes",
|
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"brightens",
|
|
"deodorizes",
|
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"freshens",
|
|
"renews",
|
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"spruces (up)",
|
|
"straightens (up)",
|
|
"tidies (up)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"croaks":{
|
|
"to express dissatisfaction, pain, or resentment usually tiresomely":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the cranky patient was always croaking to the nurses about something"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beefs",
|
|
"bellyaches",
|
|
"bitches",
|
|
"bleats",
|
|
"carps",
|
|
"caterwauls",
|
|
"complains",
|
|
"crabs",
|
|
"fusses",
|
|
"gripes",
|
|
"grizzles",
|
|
"grouches",
|
|
"grouses",
|
|
"growls",
|
|
"grumbles",
|
|
"grumps",
|
|
"hollers",
|
|
"inveighs",
|
|
"keens",
|
|
"kicks",
|
|
"kvetches",
|
|
"maunders",
|
|
"moans",
|
|
"murmurs",
|
|
"mutters",
|
|
"nags",
|
|
"repines",
|
|
"screams",
|
|
"squawks",
|
|
"squeals",
|
|
"wails",
|
|
"whimpers",
|
|
"whines",
|
|
"whinges",
|
|
"yammers",
|
|
"yawps",
|
|
"yaups",
|
|
"yowls"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"objects (to)",
|
|
"protests",
|
|
"quarrels (with)",
|
|
"cavils",
|
|
"quibbles",
|
|
"frets",
|
|
"stews",
|
|
"worries",
|
|
"blubbers",
|
|
"cries",
|
|
"sobs",
|
|
"bemoans",
|
|
"bewails",
|
|
"deplores",
|
|
"laments"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"accepts",
|
|
"bears",
|
|
"countenances",
|
|
"endures",
|
|
"takes",
|
|
"tolerates",
|
|
"applauds",
|
|
"cheers",
|
|
"commends"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"crows",
|
|
"delights",
|
|
"rejoices"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to stop living":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I wouldn't go around saying your great-grandmother \" croaked \""
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"checks out",
|
|
"conks (out)",
|
|
"deceases",
|
|
"demises",
|
|
"departs",
|
|
"dies",
|
|
"drops",
|
|
"ends",
|
|
"exits",
|
|
"expires",
|
|
"falls",
|
|
"flatlines",
|
|
"goes",
|
|
"kicks in",
|
|
"kicks off",
|
|
"parts",
|
|
"passes away",
|
|
"passes (on)",
|
|
"pegs out",
|
|
"perishes",
|
|
"pops off",
|
|
"steps out",
|
|
"succumbs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"predeceases",
|
|
"consumes",
|
|
"disappears",
|
|
"dries up",
|
|
"fades",
|
|
"fails"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"comes to",
|
|
"revives",
|
|
"lingers",
|
|
"exists",
|
|
"is",
|
|
"subsists",
|
|
"flourishes",
|
|
"prospers",
|
|
"thrives"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"breathes",
|
|
"lives"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to deprive of life":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"\"I croaked the old bugger,\" he bragged"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"carries off",
|
|
"claims",
|
|
"destroys",
|
|
"dispatches",
|
|
"does in",
|
|
"fells",
|
|
"kills",
|
|
"slays",
|
|
"takes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bumps off",
|
|
"butchers",
|
|
"cuts down",
|
|
"finishes",
|
|
"gets",
|
|
"ices",
|
|
"knocks off",
|
|
"murders",
|
|
"neutralizes",
|
|
"offs",
|
|
"puts away",
|
|
"rubs out",
|
|
"scrags",
|
|
"snuffs",
|
|
"takes out",
|
|
"wastes",
|
|
"whacks",
|
|
"annihilates",
|
|
"blots out",
|
|
"decimates",
|
|
"kills off",
|
|
"massacres",
|
|
"mows",
|
|
"slaughters",
|
|
"smites",
|
|
"assassinates",
|
|
"executes",
|
|
"martyrs",
|
|
"terminates",
|
|
"euthanizes",
|
|
"euthanatizes",
|
|
"puts down",
|
|
"suicides"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"raises",
|
|
"restores",
|
|
"resurrects",
|
|
"resuscitates",
|
|
"revives",
|
|
"nurtures"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"animates"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to put to death deliberately":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"hooligans had croaked the street corner wino just for the hell of it"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"assassinates",
|
|
"bumps off",
|
|
"dispatches",
|
|
"does in",
|
|
"executes",
|
|
"gets",
|
|
"ices",
|
|
"knocks off",
|
|
"liquidates",
|
|
"murders",
|
|
"neutralizes",
|
|
"offs",
|
|
"puts away",
|
|
"rubs out",
|
|
"slays",
|
|
"snuffs",
|
|
"takes out",
|
|
"terminates",
|
|
"whacks"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blows away",
|
|
"shoots",
|
|
"shoots down",
|
|
"blots out",
|
|
"carries off",
|
|
"claims",
|
|
"cuts down",
|
|
"destroys",
|
|
"fells",
|
|
"kills",
|
|
"smites",
|
|
"zaps",
|
|
"butchers",
|
|
"massacres",
|
|
"mows (down)",
|
|
"slaughters",
|
|
"annihilates",
|
|
"eliminates",
|
|
"eradicates",
|
|
"exterminates",
|
|
"wipes out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"animates",
|
|
"raises",
|
|
"restores",
|
|
"resurrects",
|
|
"resuscitates",
|
|
"revives"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in howls , screeches":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"barks",
|
|
"bays",
|
|
"bellows",
|
|
"blats",
|
|
"bleats",
|
|
"brays",
|
|
"cackles",
|
|
"callings",
|
|
"caterwauls",
|
|
"caws",
|
|
"cheeps",
|
|
"chirps",
|
|
"clucks",
|
|
"coos",
|
|
"crakes",
|
|
"crows",
|
|
"grunts",
|
|
"honks",
|
|
"hoots",
|
|
"howls",
|
|
"lows",
|
|
"meows",
|
|
"miaows",
|
|
"mews",
|
|
"moos",
|
|
"neighs",
|
|
"oinks",
|
|
"peeps",
|
|
"quacks",
|
|
"roars",
|
|
"screeches",
|
|
"squalls",
|
|
"squawks",
|
|
"squeaks",
|
|
"squeals",
|
|
"trumpets",
|
|
"tu-whit tu-whoos",
|
|
"twitters",
|
|
"whinnies",
|
|
"yaps",
|
|
"yelps",
|
|
"yips",
|
|
"yowls",
|
|
"calls",
|
|
"cries",
|
|
"notes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"crowd-pleasing":{
|
|
"enjoying widespread favor or approval":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an actor who rarely ventures far afield from crowd-pleasing comedies and actioners"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"big",
|
|
"du jour",
|
|
"faddish",
|
|
"faddy",
|
|
"fashionable",
|
|
"favorite",
|
|
"happening",
|
|
"hot",
|
|
"in",
|
|
"large",
|
|
"modish",
|
|
"pop",
|
|
"popular",
|
|
"popularized",
|
|
"red-hot",
|
|
"vogue",
|
|
"voguish"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"semipopular",
|
|
"preferred",
|
|
"selected",
|
|
"desirable",
|
|
"liked",
|
|
"wanted",
|
|
"celebrated",
|
|
"famed",
|
|
"famous",
|
|
"noted",
|
|
"notorious",
|
|
"prominent",
|
|
"renowned",
|
|
"well-known",
|
|
"fabled",
|
|
"fabulous",
|
|
"legendary",
|
|
"leading",
|
|
"notable",
|
|
"outstanding",
|
|
"prominent",
|
|
"remarkable",
|
|
"important",
|
|
"significant"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"washed-up",
|
|
"despised",
|
|
"detested",
|
|
"disliked",
|
|
"hated",
|
|
"rejected",
|
|
"insignificant",
|
|
"unimportant",
|
|
"indistinguished",
|
|
"unexceptional",
|
|
"anonymous",
|
|
"nameless",
|
|
"obscure",
|
|
"unknown",
|
|
"inconspicuous"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"out",
|
|
"unfashionable",
|
|
"unpopular"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"croaked":{
|
|
"to express dissatisfaction, pain, or resentment usually tiresomely":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the cranky patient was always croaking to the nurses about something"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beefed",
|
|
"bellyached",
|
|
"bitched",
|
|
"bleated",
|
|
"carped",
|
|
"caterwauled",
|
|
"complained",
|
|
"crabbed",
|
|
"fussed",
|
|
"griped",
|
|
"grizzled",
|
|
"grouched",
|
|
"groused",
|
|
"growled",
|
|
"grumbled",
|
|
"grumped",
|
|
"hollered",
|
|
"inveighed",
|
|
"keened",
|
|
"kicked",
|
|
"kvetched",
|
|
"maundered",
|
|
"moaned",
|
|
"murmured",
|
|
"muttered",
|
|
"nagged",
|
|
"repined",
|
|
"screamed",
|
|
"squawked",
|
|
"squealed",
|
|
"wailed",
|
|
"whimpered",
|
|
"whined",
|
|
"whinged",
|
|
"yammered",
|
|
"yawped",
|
|
"yauped",
|
|
"yowled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"objected (to)",
|
|
"protested",
|
|
"quarreled (with)",
|
|
"quarrelled (with)",
|
|
"caviled",
|
|
"cavilled",
|
|
"quibbled",
|
|
"fretted",
|
|
"stewed",
|
|
"worried",
|
|
"blubbered",
|
|
"cried",
|
|
"sobbed",
|
|
"bemoaned",
|
|
"bewailed",
|
|
"deplored",
|
|
"lamented"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"accepted",
|
|
"bore",
|
|
"countenanced",
|
|
"endured",
|
|
"tolerated",
|
|
"took",
|
|
"applauded",
|
|
"cheered",
|
|
"commended"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"crowed",
|
|
"delighted",
|
|
"rejoiced"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to stop living":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I wouldn't go around saying your great-grandmother \" croaked \""
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"checked out",
|
|
"conked (out)",
|
|
"deceased",
|
|
"demised",
|
|
"departed",
|
|
"died",
|
|
"dropped",
|
|
"ended",
|
|
"exited",
|
|
"expired",
|
|
"fell",
|
|
"flatlined",
|
|
"kicked in",
|
|
"kicked off",
|
|
"parted",
|
|
"passed away",
|
|
"passed (on)",
|
|
"pegged out",
|
|
"perished",
|
|
"popped off",
|
|
"stepped out",
|
|
"succumbed",
|
|
"went"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"predeceased",
|
|
"consumed",
|
|
"disappeared",
|
|
"dried up",
|
|
"faded",
|
|
"failed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"came to",
|
|
"revived",
|
|
"lingered",
|
|
"existed",
|
|
"subsisted",
|
|
"was",
|
|
"flourished",
|
|
"prospered",
|
|
"thrived",
|
|
"throve"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"breathed",
|
|
"lived"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to deprive of life":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"\"I croaked the old bugger,\" he bragged"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"carried off",
|
|
"claimed",
|
|
"destroyed",
|
|
"did in",
|
|
"dispatched",
|
|
"felled",
|
|
"killed",
|
|
"slew",
|
|
"took"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bumped off",
|
|
"butchered",
|
|
"cut down",
|
|
"finished",
|
|
"got",
|
|
"iced",
|
|
"knocked off",
|
|
"murdered",
|
|
"neutralized",
|
|
"offed",
|
|
"put away",
|
|
"rubbed out",
|
|
"scragged",
|
|
"snuffed",
|
|
"took out",
|
|
"wasted",
|
|
"whacked",
|
|
"annihilated",
|
|
"blotted out",
|
|
"decimated",
|
|
"killed off",
|
|
"massacred",
|
|
"mowed",
|
|
"slaughtered",
|
|
"smote",
|
|
"assassinated",
|
|
"executed",
|
|
"martyred",
|
|
"terminated",
|
|
"euthanized",
|
|
"euthanatized",
|
|
"put down",
|
|
"suicided"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"raised",
|
|
"restored",
|
|
"resurrected",
|
|
"resuscitated",
|
|
"revived",
|
|
"nurtured"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"animated"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to put to death deliberately":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"hooligans had croaked the street corner wino just for the hell of it"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"assassinated",
|
|
"bumped off",
|
|
"did in",
|
|
"dispatched",
|
|
"executed",
|
|
"got",
|
|
"iced",
|
|
"knocked off",
|
|
"liquidated",
|
|
"murdered",
|
|
"neutralized",
|
|
"offed",
|
|
"put away",
|
|
"rubbed out",
|
|
"slew",
|
|
"snuffed",
|
|
"terminated",
|
|
"took out",
|
|
"whacked"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blew away",
|
|
"shot",
|
|
"shot down",
|
|
"blotted out",
|
|
"carried off",
|
|
"claimed",
|
|
"cut down",
|
|
"destroyed",
|
|
"felled",
|
|
"killed",
|
|
"smote",
|
|
"zapped",
|
|
"butchered",
|
|
"massacred",
|
|
"mowed (down)",
|
|
"slaughtered",
|
|
"annihilated",
|
|
"eliminated",
|
|
"eradicated",
|
|
"exterminated",
|
|
"wiped out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"animated",
|
|
"raised",
|
|
"restored",
|
|
"resurrected",
|
|
"resuscitated",
|
|
"revived"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"crop":{
|
|
"the quantity of an animal or vegetable product gathered at the end of a season":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the wheat crop is going to be exceptionally large this year"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"harvest"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"return",
|
|
"yield",
|
|
"cut",
|
|
"cutting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a usually small number of persons considered as a unit":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the school's latest crop of graduates is its most academically gifted so far"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"array",
|
|
"band",
|
|
"batch",
|
|
"battery",
|
|
"body",
|
|
"boodle",
|
|
"bunch",
|
|
"cluster",
|
|
"clutch",
|
|
"consort",
|
|
"constellation",
|
|
"group",
|
|
"grouping",
|
|
"huddle",
|
|
"knot",
|
|
"lot",
|
|
"parcel",
|
|
"party",
|
|
"passel"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"assembly",
|
|
"collective",
|
|
"congregation",
|
|
"gathering",
|
|
"muster",
|
|
"organization",
|
|
"circle",
|
|
"clan",
|
|
"clique",
|
|
"coterie",
|
|
"fellowship",
|
|
"gang",
|
|
"ring",
|
|
"round",
|
|
"set",
|
|
"faction",
|
|
"guild",
|
|
"gild",
|
|
"order",
|
|
"school",
|
|
"sect",
|
|
"brigade",
|
|
"crew",
|
|
"outfit",
|
|
"phalanx",
|
|
"platoon",
|
|
"posse",
|
|
"task force",
|
|
"team",
|
|
"alliance",
|
|
"bloc",
|
|
"coalition",
|
|
"confederacy",
|
|
"confederation",
|
|
"federation",
|
|
"league",
|
|
"union",
|
|
"battalion",
|
|
"squadron",
|
|
"bevy",
|
|
"brood",
|
|
"covey"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"individual",
|
|
"single"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to look after or assist the growth of by labor and care":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a family that's been cropping potatoes on that piece of land for generations"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cultivate",
|
|
"culture",
|
|
"dress",
|
|
"grow",
|
|
"promote",
|
|
"raise",
|
|
"rear",
|
|
"tend"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"breed",
|
|
"produce",
|
|
"propagate",
|
|
"plant",
|
|
"sow",
|
|
"gather",
|
|
"glean",
|
|
"harvest",
|
|
"reap",
|
|
"germinate",
|
|
"quicken",
|
|
"ripen",
|
|
"root",
|
|
"sprout"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"kill",
|
|
"dig",
|
|
"extirpate",
|
|
"pick",
|
|
"pluck",
|
|
"pull (up)",
|
|
"uproot",
|
|
"cut",
|
|
"hay",
|
|
"mow"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make (something) shorter or smaller with the use of a cutting instrument":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"grass cropped short by repeated grazing",
|
|
"cropped the painting to fit the frame"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bob",
|
|
"clip",
|
|
"cut",
|
|
"cut back",
|
|
"dock",
|
|
"lop (off)",
|
|
"nip",
|
|
"pare",
|
|
"poll",
|
|
"prune",
|
|
"shave",
|
|
"shear",
|
|
"snip",
|
|
"trim"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"skive",
|
|
"whittle",
|
|
"manicure",
|
|
"mow",
|
|
"pinch",
|
|
"stump",
|
|
"curtail",
|
|
"shorten"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"elongate",
|
|
"extend",
|
|
"lengthen"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cross-pollinations":{
|
|
"as in cross-fertilizations":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cross-fertilizations",
|
|
"interrelationships",
|
|
"companies",
|
|
"companionships",
|
|
"commerces",
|
|
"dealings",
|
|
"interactions",
|
|
"intercourses",
|
|
"relations"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"crowded":{
|
|
"containing or seeming to contain the greatest quantity or number possible":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we kept circling around the crowded parking lot at the mall"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"brimful",
|
|
"brimming",
|
|
"bursting",
|
|
"chock-full",
|
|
"chockful",
|
|
"chockablock",
|
|
"crammed",
|
|
"fat",
|
|
"filled",
|
|
"full",
|
|
"jam-packed",
|
|
"jammed",
|
|
"loaded",
|
|
"packed",
|
|
"stuffed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"overcrowded",
|
|
"overfilled",
|
|
"overflowing",
|
|
"overfull",
|
|
"overladen",
|
|
"overloaded",
|
|
"overstuffed",
|
|
"abounding",
|
|
"flush",
|
|
"fraught",
|
|
"replete",
|
|
"rife",
|
|
"swarming",
|
|
"teeming"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"deficient",
|
|
"inadequate",
|
|
"incomplete",
|
|
"insufficient",
|
|
"short",
|
|
"shortish",
|
|
"shy",
|
|
"wanting",
|
|
"depleted",
|
|
"drained",
|
|
"exhausted"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"bare",
|
|
"blank",
|
|
"devoid",
|
|
"empty",
|
|
"stark",
|
|
"vacant",
|
|
"void"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"having little space between items or parts":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a crowded design that made the bedroom wallpaper a little overwhelming"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"close",
|
|
"compact",
|
|
"dense",
|
|
"jam-packed",
|
|
"packed",
|
|
"serried",
|
|
"thick",
|
|
"tight"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"crammed",
|
|
"jammed",
|
|
"overcrowded",
|
|
"crushed",
|
|
"massed",
|
|
"pressed",
|
|
"squeezed",
|
|
"wall-to-wall",
|
|
"airtight",
|
|
"snug",
|
|
"compacted",
|
|
"compressed",
|
|
"condensed",
|
|
"congested",
|
|
"firm",
|
|
"hard",
|
|
"solid",
|
|
"impenetrable",
|
|
"impermeable",
|
|
"impervious"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"commodious",
|
|
"roomy",
|
|
"spacious"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"airy",
|
|
"loose",
|
|
"open",
|
|
"uncrowded"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to fit (people or things) into a tight space":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"crowded all the boats into the harbor before the storm struck"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"crammed",
|
|
"crushed",
|
|
"jammed",
|
|
"rammed",
|
|
"sandwiched",
|
|
"shoehorned",
|
|
"squeezed",
|
|
"stuffed",
|
|
"wedged"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"filled",
|
|
"heaped",
|
|
"jam-packed",
|
|
"loaded",
|
|
"packed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to move upon or fill (something) in great numbers":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"cars crowded the roads over the long holiday weekend"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"flocked",
|
|
"mobbed",
|
|
"swarmed",
|
|
"thronged"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"beset",
|
|
"infested",
|
|
"invaded",
|
|
"overran",
|
|
"clogged",
|
|
"dammed",
|
|
"jammed",
|
|
"obstructed",
|
|
"plugged (up)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to gather into a closely packed group":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"everyone crowded around to see the baby being shown off by his proud parents"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bunched",
|
|
"clustered",
|
|
"huddled",
|
|
"piled",
|
|
"pressed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"assembled",
|
|
"collected",
|
|
"concentered",
|
|
"concentrated",
|
|
"conglomerated",
|
|
"congregated",
|
|
"convened",
|
|
"converged",
|
|
"flocked",
|
|
"forgathered",
|
|
"foregathered",
|
|
"herded",
|
|
"swarmed",
|
|
"thronged",
|
|
"encircled",
|
|
"mobbed",
|
|
"surrounded",
|
|
"embraced",
|
|
"hugged"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"broke up",
|
|
"disbanded",
|
|
"dispersed",
|
|
"split (up)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"crowned":{
|
|
"to bring to a triumphant conclusion":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the Olympic Games were crowned by spectacular closing ceremonies"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"capped (off)",
|
|
"climaxed",
|
|
"culminated"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"completed",
|
|
"concluded",
|
|
"finished",
|
|
"rounded (off or out)",
|
|
"terminated",
|
|
"wrapped up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"crossways":{
|
|
"in a line or direction running from corner to corner":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the van had been deliberately parked crossways so as to take up both parking spaces"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"athwart",
|
|
"bias",
|
|
"cornerways",
|
|
"cornerwise",
|
|
"crosswise",
|
|
"diagonally",
|
|
"kitty-corner",
|
|
"catty-corner",
|
|
"catercorner",
|
|
"kitty-cornered",
|
|
"catty-cornered",
|
|
"catercornered",
|
|
"obliquely",
|
|
"transversely"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"across"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"lengthwise",
|
|
"longitudinally"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a place where roads meet":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"carolers assembling at the village crossways on Christmas Eve"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"carrefour",
|
|
"corner",
|
|
"crossing",
|
|
"crossroad",
|
|
"intersection",
|
|
"junction"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cloverleaf",
|
|
"interchange",
|
|
"overpass",
|
|
"underpass",
|
|
"circle",
|
|
"rotary",
|
|
"roundabout",
|
|
"traffic circle"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"crone":{
|
|
"a mean or ugly old woman":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a run-down house that was inhabited by a cantankerous crone who kept to herself"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beldam",
|
|
"beldame",
|
|
"carline",
|
|
"carlin",
|
|
"hag",
|
|
"hellcat",
|
|
"trot",
|
|
"witch"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"harpy",
|
|
"shrew",
|
|
"virago"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"crocodile":{
|
|
"as in alligator , ostrich":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"alligator",
|
|
"antelope",
|
|
"buckskin",
|
|
"cabretta",
|
|
"calfskin",
|
|
"capeskin",
|
|
"chamois",
|
|
"cordovan",
|
|
"cowhide",
|
|
"deerskin",
|
|
"doeskin",
|
|
"goatskin",
|
|
"horsehide",
|
|
"kid",
|
|
"kidskin",
|
|
"lambskin",
|
|
"morocco",
|
|
"ostrich",
|
|
"pigskin",
|
|
"seal",
|
|
"sharkskin",
|
|
"sheepskin",
|
|
"snakeskin",
|
|
"coat",
|
|
"fleece",
|
|
"fur",
|
|
"pelt",
|
|
"nubuck",
|
|
"patent leather",
|
|
"suede",
|
|
"hide",
|
|
"leather",
|
|
"skin"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"crossed":{
|
|
"as in hybridized , interbred":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"hybridized",
|
|
"interbred",
|
|
"outcrossed",
|
|
"dihybrid",
|
|
"trihybrid",
|
|
"grade",
|
|
"half-bred",
|
|
"cold-blooded",
|
|
"cross",
|
|
"crossbred",
|
|
"hybrid",
|
|
"mixed",
|
|
"mongrel"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"blooded",
|
|
"full-blood",
|
|
"full-blooded",
|
|
"purebred",
|
|
"thoroughbred",
|
|
"pedigreed",
|
|
"pedigree",
|
|
"inbred",
|
|
"linebred",
|
|
"straightbred"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to be unfaithful or disloyal to":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"people who cross the local mob boss usually are found floating in the river"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"backstabbed",
|
|
"betrayed",
|
|
"double-crossed",
|
|
"sold (out)",
|
|
"two-timed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"gave away",
|
|
"informed (on)",
|
|
"peached",
|
|
"ratted (on)",
|
|
"shopped",
|
|
"snitched (on)",
|
|
"split (on)",
|
|
"told (on)",
|
|
"turned in"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"defended",
|
|
"guarded",
|
|
"protected",
|
|
"safeguarded",
|
|
"saved",
|
|
"shielded"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"stood by"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to divide by passing through or across":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"there's a light where that street crosses Main Street"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bisected",
|
|
"cut",
|
|
"intersected"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"crisscrossed",
|
|
"decussated"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make one's way through, across, or over":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"you may have to cross some woods on the way"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"coursed",
|
|
"covered",
|
|
"cut (across)",
|
|
"followed",
|
|
"navigated",
|
|
"passed (over)",
|
|
"perambulated",
|
|
"peregrinated",
|
|
"proceeded (along)",
|
|
"tracked",
|
|
"transited",
|
|
"traveled",
|
|
"travelled",
|
|
"traversed",
|
|
"went"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"hiked",
|
|
"traipsed",
|
|
"tramped",
|
|
"trod",
|
|
"treaded",
|
|
"walked",
|
|
"ran",
|
|
"run",
|
|
"rode",
|
|
"rid",
|
|
"crisscrossed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to enter the mind of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the idea did cross me that he might be pulling my leg"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"came (to)",
|
|
"dawned (on)",
|
|
"occurred (to)",
|
|
"struck"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"recalled",
|
|
"recollected",
|
|
"remembered",
|
|
"reminisced",
|
|
"conned",
|
|
"learned",
|
|
"memorized",
|
|
"appeared",
|
|
"arrived",
|
|
"emerged",
|
|
"materialized"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"forgot",
|
|
"unlearned",
|
|
"disregarded",
|
|
"ignored",
|
|
"neglected",
|
|
"overlooked"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"crocheting":{
|
|
"as in knitting , quilting":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"knitting",
|
|
"quilting",
|
|
"cross-stitching",
|
|
"embroidering",
|
|
"basting",
|
|
"easing",
|
|
"felling",
|
|
"finishing",
|
|
"overcasting",
|
|
"mending",
|
|
"patching",
|
|
"repairing",
|
|
"darning",
|
|
"sewing",
|
|
"stitching",
|
|
"suturing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"crossbeam":{
|
|
"as in girder , crossbar":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"arbor",
|
|
"beam",
|
|
"board",
|
|
"crossbar",
|
|
"girder",
|
|
"bar",
|
|
"billet",
|
|
"rod",
|
|
"band",
|
|
"strip",
|
|
"bloom",
|
|
"ingot",
|
|
"slab",
|
|
"stick"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"crow's-feet":{
|
|
"as in layers , seams":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"corrugations",
|
|
"layers",
|
|
"loops",
|
|
"plaits",
|
|
"pleats",
|
|
"plies",
|
|
"puckers",
|
|
"seams",
|
|
"tucks",
|
|
"creases",
|
|
"crimps",
|
|
"crinkles",
|
|
"furrows",
|
|
"wrinkles"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cross (out)":{
|
|
"to show (something written) to be no longer valid by drawing a cross over or a line through it":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"cross out the old phone number and write in the new one"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blue-pencil",
|
|
"cancel",
|
|
"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":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"crossway":{
|
|
"a place where roads meet":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"carolers assembling at the village crossways on Christmas Eve"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"carrefour",
|
|
"corner",
|
|
"crossing",
|
|
"crossroad",
|
|
"intersection",
|
|
"junction"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cloverleaf",
|
|
"interchange",
|
|
"overpass",
|
|
"underpass",
|
|
"circle",
|
|
"rotary",
|
|
"roundabout",
|
|
"traffic circle"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"crotchet":{
|
|
"an odd or peculiar habit":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"her one crotchet is a fondness for eating cookies while soaking in the tub"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"curiosity",
|
|
"eccentricity",
|
|
"erraticism",
|
|
"idiosyncrasy",
|
|
"individualism",
|
|
"kink",
|
|
"mannerism",
|
|
"oddity",
|
|
"peculiarity",
|
|
"quiddity",
|
|
"quip",
|
|
"quirk",
|
|
"singularity",
|
|
"tic",
|
|
"trick",
|
|
"twist"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"affectation",
|
|
"airs",
|
|
"attribute",
|
|
"characteristic",
|
|
"mark",
|
|
"property",
|
|
"trait",
|
|
"custom",
|
|
"habit",
|
|
"pattern",
|
|
"practice",
|
|
"practise",
|
|
"way",
|
|
"wont",
|
|
"addiction",
|
|
"abnormality",
|
|
"neuroticism",
|
|
"perversion",
|
|
"weirdness",
|
|
"disposition",
|
|
"genius",
|
|
"leaning",
|
|
"partiality",
|
|
"bent",
|
|
"inclination",
|
|
"penchant",
|
|
"predilection",
|
|
"predisposition",
|
|
"proclivity",
|
|
"propensity",
|
|
"tendency",
|
|
"turn",
|
|
"attitude",
|
|
"character",
|
|
"humor",
|
|
"identity",
|
|
"individuality",
|
|
"nature",
|
|
"personality",
|
|
"temperament"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"conformity",
|
|
"sameness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"crooning":{
|
|
"to produce low, soft musical tones with the voice":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"croon a lullaby",
|
|
"a singer crooning onstage"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"belting",
|
|
"harmonizing",
|
|
"humming",
|
|
"lilting",
|
|
"quavering",
|
|
"scatting",
|
|
"sharping",
|
|
"slurring",
|
|
"trilling",
|
|
"trolling",
|
|
"warbling",
|
|
"yodeling",
|
|
"yodelling",
|
|
"caroling",
|
|
"carolling",
|
|
"chanting",
|
|
"descanting",
|
|
"singing",
|
|
"vocalizing",
|
|
"serenading"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cross actions":{
|
|
"as in counterclaims , countersuits":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"counterclaims",
|
|
"countersuits",
|
|
"counter-suits",
|
|
"cross-claims",
|
|
"litigations",
|
|
"cases",
|
|
"causes",
|
|
"complaints",
|
|
"actions",
|
|
"lawsuits",
|
|
"proceedings",
|
|
"suits"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cross (up)":{
|
|
"to reduce the soundness, effectiveness, or perfection of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"your refusal to cooperate will cross up the whole investigation"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blemish",
|
|
"bloody",
|
|
"break",
|
|
"compromise",
|
|
"crab",
|
|
"cripple",
|
|
"damage",
|
|
"deface",
|
|
"disfigure",
|
|
"endamage",
|
|
"flaw",
|
|
"harm",
|
|
"hurt",
|
|
"impair",
|
|
"injure",
|
|
"mar",
|
|
"spoil",
|
|
"vitiate"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"deteriorate",
|
|
"enervate",
|
|
"enfeeble",
|
|
"undermine",
|
|
"weaken",
|
|
"erode",
|
|
"scour",
|
|
"wash out",
|
|
"wear (away)",
|
|
"blight",
|
|
"tarnish",
|
|
"dent",
|
|
"ding",
|
|
"dint",
|
|
"botch",
|
|
"gum (up)",
|
|
"queer",
|
|
"lacerate",
|
|
"wound",
|
|
"disable",
|
|
"hamstring",
|
|
"lame",
|
|
"maim",
|
|
"mangle",
|
|
"mutilate",
|
|
"torment",
|
|
"torture",
|
|
"annihilate",
|
|
"bang up",
|
|
"bash",
|
|
"batter",
|
|
"clobber",
|
|
"crush",
|
|
"dash",
|
|
"decimate",
|
|
"demolish",
|
|
"desolate",
|
|
"destroy",
|
|
"devastate",
|
|
"do in",
|
|
"pulverize",
|
|
"raze",
|
|
"ruin",
|
|
"scourge",
|
|
"shatter",
|
|
"smash",
|
|
"tear down",
|
|
"total",
|
|
"waste",
|
|
"wipe out",
|
|
"wreck"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"cure",
|
|
"heal",
|
|
"help",
|
|
"rectify",
|
|
"rehabilitate",
|
|
"remedy",
|
|
"edit",
|
|
"remodel",
|
|
"revise",
|
|
"ameliorate",
|
|
"better",
|
|
"enhance",
|
|
"enrich",
|
|
"improve",
|
|
"meliorate",
|
|
"perfect",
|
|
"refine"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"doctor",
|
|
"fix",
|
|
"mend",
|
|
"patch",
|
|
"rebuild",
|
|
"recondition",
|
|
"reconstruct",
|
|
"renovate",
|
|
"repair",
|
|
"revamp"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"crossover":{
|
|
"as in critical , crucial":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"critical",
|
|
"crucial",
|
|
"fateful",
|
|
"life-and-death",
|
|
"life-or-death",
|
|
"vital",
|
|
"apical",
|
|
"apogean",
|
|
"crestal",
|
|
"crowning",
|
|
"culminating",
|
|
"high",
|
|
"highest",
|
|
"meridian",
|
|
"cataclysmal",
|
|
"cataclysmic",
|
|
"earthshaking",
|
|
"epochal",
|
|
"momentous",
|
|
"apocalyptic",
|
|
"apocalyptical",
|
|
"climacteric",
|
|
"climactic",
|
|
"deciding",
|
|
"decisive",
|
|
"payoff",
|
|
"pivotal",
|
|
"watershed",
|
|
"go-no-go",
|
|
"make-or-break"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"anticlimactic",
|
|
"anticlimactical",
|
|
"inconsequential",
|
|
"indecisive",
|
|
"insignificant",
|
|
"noncritical",
|
|
"trivial",
|
|
"unimportant"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"crosspatches":{
|
|
"an irritable and complaining person":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"that sweet little girl turns into a real crosspatch when she's hungry"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bears",
|
|
"bellyachers",
|
|
"complainers",
|
|
"crabs",
|
|
"cranks",
|
|
"croakers",
|
|
"curmudgeons",
|
|
"fussers",
|
|
"gripers",
|
|
"grouches",
|
|
"grousers",
|
|
"growlers",
|
|
"grumblers",
|
|
"grumps",
|
|
"murmurers",
|
|
"mutterers",
|
|
"sourpusses",
|
|
"whiners"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"hunks",
|
|
"malcontents",
|
|
"soreheads",
|
|
"grinches",
|
|
"killjoys",
|
|
"party poopers",
|
|
"spoilsports",
|
|
"defeatists",
|
|
"pessimists",
|
|
"faultfinders",
|
|
"kickers",
|
|
"naggers",
|
|
"nitpickers",
|
|
"objectors",
|
|
"quibblers",
|
|
"repiners",
|
|
"crocks",
|
|
"hypochondriacs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"optimists",
|
|
"Pollyannas",
|
|
"happy campers"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"crow's feet":{
|
|
"as in layers , seams":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"corrugations",
|
|
"layers",
|
|
"loops",
|
|
"plaits",
|
|
"pleats",
|
|
"plies",
|
|
"puckers",
|
|
"seams",
|
|
"tucks",
|
|
"creases",
|
|
"crimps",
|
|
"crinkles",
|
|
"furrows",
|
|
"wrinkles"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"croquette":{
|
|
"a small usually rounded mass of minced food that has been fried":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a fish croquette that tasted more of filler than of fish"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cake",
|
|
"cutlet",
|
|
"fritter",
|
|
"galette",
|
|
"patty",
|
|
"pattie"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"finger",
|
|
"stick",
|
|
"g\u00e2teau",
|
|
"gateau"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"croft":{
|
|
"as in common(s)":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"common(s)",
|
|
"clearing",
|
|
"field",
|
|
"ground",
|
|
"lot",
|
|
"parcel",
|
|
"plat",
|
|
"plot",
|
|
"tract",
|
|
"grass",
|
|
"green",
|
|
"greensward",
|
|
"lawn",
|
|
"glade",
|
|
"grassland",
|
|
"heath",
|
|
"heathland",
|
|
"lea",
|
|
"ley",
|
|
"meadow",
|
|
"moor",
|
|
"pasture",
|
|
"pastureland"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in station , steading":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"smallholding",
|
|
"station",
|
|
"steading",
|
|
"farmhouse",
|
|
"hacienda",
|
|
"homestead",
|
|
"manor",
|
|
"plantation",
|
|
"spread",
|
|
"garden",
|
|
"orchard",
|
|
"cropland",
|
|
"farmland",
|
|
"farmyard",
|
|
"estate",
|
|
"farm",
|
|
"farmstead",
|
|
"grange",
|
|
"ranch"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"crossed (out)":{
|
|
"to show (something written) to be no longer valid by drawing a cross over or a line through it":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"cross out the old phone number and write in the new one"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blue-penciled",
|
|
"canceled",
|
|
"cancelled",
|
|
"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":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cross-stitch":{
|
|
"as in needlepoint , crewel":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"crewel",
|
|
"needlepoint",
|
|
"embroidery",
|
|
"needlework",
|
|
"fagoting",
|
|
"faggoting",
|
|
"hemstitch",
|
|
"smocking",
|
|
"fancywork"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in embroider":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"embroider",
|
|
"baste",
|
|
"ease",
|
|
"fell",
|
|
"finish",
|
|
"overcast",
|
|
"crochet",
|
|
"knit",
|
|
"quilt",
|
|
"mend",
|
|
"patch",
|
|
"repair",
|
|
"darn",
|
|
"sew",
|
|
"stitch",
|
|
"suture"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cross paths (with)":{
|
|
"to come upon face-to-face or as if face-to-face":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"It's been a while since Julie and I last crossed paths ."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"catch",
|
|
"chance (upon)",
|
|
"encounter",
|
|
"happen (upon)",
|
|
"meet",
|
|
"stumble (upon)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"accost",
|
|
"confront",
|
|
"face",
|
|
"greet",
|
|
"salute",
|
|
"collide (with)",
|
|
"crash (into)",
|
|
"crisscross",
|
|
"cross",
|
|
"pass",
|
|
"hit (upon)",
|
|
"light (upon)",
|
|
"tumble (to)",
|
|
"reencounter",
|
|
"remeet"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"avoid",
|
|
"dodge",
|
|
"duck",
|
|
"elude",
|
|
"escape",
|
|
"evade",
|
|
"shake",
|
|
"shun"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cross-claim":{
|
|
"as in counterclaim , countersuit":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"counterclaim",
|
|
"countersuit",
|
|
"cross action",
|
|
"litigation",
|
|
"case",
|
|
"cause",
|
|
"complaint",
|
|
"action",
|
|
"lawsuit",
|
|
"proceeding",
|
|
"suit"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"crochets":{
|
|
"as in knits , quilts":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"knits",
|
|
"quilts",
|
|
"cross-stitches",
|
|
"embroiders",
|
|
"bastes",
|
|
"eases",
|
|
"fells",
|
|
"finishes",
|
|
"overcasts",
|
|
"mends",
|
|
"patches",
|
|
"repairs",
|
|
"darns",
|
|
"sews",
|
|
"stitches",
|
|
"sutures"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"crossing":{
|
|
"a journey over water in a vessel":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an uneventful crossing from the United States to Britain"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cruise",
|
|
"passage",
|
|
"sail",
|
|
"voyage"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a place where roads meet":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"turn left at the next crossing and then stay on that road for two miles"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"carrefour",
|
|
"corner",
|
|
"crossroad",
|
|
"crossway(s)",
|
|
"intersection",
|
|
"junction"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cloverleaf",
|
|
"interchange",
|
|
"overpass",
|
|
"underpass",
|
|
"circle",
|
|
"rotary",
|
|
"roundabout",
|
|
"traffic circle"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to be unfaithful or disloyal to":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"people who cross the local mob boss usually are found floating in the river"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"backstabbing",
|
|
"betraying",
|
|
"double-crossing",
|
|
"selling (out)",
|
|
"two-timing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"giving away",
|
|
"informing (on)",
|
|
"peaching",
|
|
"ratting (on)",
|
|
"shopping",
|
|
"snitching (on)",
|
|
"splitting (on)",
|
|
"telling (on)",
|
|
"turning in"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"defending",
|
|
"guarding",
|
|
"protecting",
|
|
"safeguarding",
|
|
"saving",
|
|
"shielding"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"standing by"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to divide by passing through or across":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"there's a light where that street crosses Main Street"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bisecting",
|
|
"cutting",
|
|
"intersecting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"crisscrossing",
|
|
"decussating"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make one's way through, across, or over":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"you may have to cross some woods on the way"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"coursing",
|
|
"covering",
|
|
"cutting (across)",
|
|
"following",
|
|
"going",
|
|
"navigating",
|
|
"passing (over)",
|
|
"perambulating",
|
|
"peregrinating",
|
|
"proceeding (along)",
|
|
"tracking",
|
|
"transiting",
|
|
"traveling",
|
|
"travelling",
|
|
"traversing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"hiking",
|
|
"traipsing",
|
|
"tramping",
|
|
"treading",
|
|
"walking",
|
|
"riding",
|
|
"running",
|
|
"crisscrossing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to enter the mind of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the idea did cross me that he might be pulling my leg"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"coming (to)",
|
|
"dawning (on)",
|
|
"occurring (to)",
|
|
"striking"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"recalling",
|
|
"recollecting",
|
|
"remembering",
|
|
"reminiscing",
|
|
"conning",
|
|
"learning",
|
|
"memorizing",
|
|
"appearing",
|
|
"arriving",
|
|
"emerging",
|
|
"materializing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"forgetting",
|
|
"unlearning",
|
|
"disregarding",
|
|
"ignoring",
|
|
"neglecting",
|
|
"overlooking"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cross-fertilizations":{
|
|
"as in cross-pollinations":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cross-pollinations",
|
|
"interrelationships",
|
|
"companies",
|
|
"companionships",
|
|
"commerces",
|
|
"dealings",
|
|
"interactions",
|
|
"intercourses",
|
|
"relations"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"cross-reference":{
|
|
"a notation in a book (such as a dictionary) that tells you where to look for more information":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"The almanac includes cross-references to a map and timeline for each country."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"caption",
|
|
"footnote",
|
|
"note",
|
|
"authority",
|
|
"reference",
|
|
"source",
|
|
"citation",
|
|
"excerpt",
|
|
"extract",
|
|
"quotation"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"crook":{
|
|
"a person who has committed a crime":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a guy at the bar was raving about how all politicians are basically crooks"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"criminal",
|
|
"culprit",
|
|
"lawbreaker",
|
|
"malefactor",
|
|
"miscreant",
|
|
"offender"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"misdemeanant",
|
|
"accomplice",
|
|
"principal",
|
|
"desperado",
|
|
"outlaw",
|
|
"convict",
|
|
"jailbird",
|
|
"perp",
|
|
"perpetrator",
|
|
"evildoer",
|
|
"gallows bird",
|
|
"misdoer",
|
|
"misfeasor",
|
|
"sinner",
|
|
"transgressor",
|
|
"trespasser",
|
|
"villain",
|
|
"wrongdoer",
|
|
"blackhander",
|
|
"button man",
|
|
"gangster",
|
|
"hoodlum",
|
|
"hooligan",
|
|
"mobster",
|
|
"racketeer",
|
|
"thug",
|
|
"enforcer",
|
|
"gun",
|
|
"gunman",
|
|
"gunsel",
|
|
"hit man",
|
|
"triggerman",
|
|
"backslider",
|
|
"recidivist",
|
|
"relapser",
|
|
"repeater",
|
|
"accused",
|
|
"arrestee",
|
|
"defendant",
|
|
"detainee",
|
|
"fish",
|
|
"suspect"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"gangbuster",
|
|
"lawman"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"something that curves or is curved":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"carried the baby in the crook of her arm"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"angle",
|
|
"arc",
|
|
"arch",
|
|
"bend",
|
|
"bow",
|
|
"curvature",
|
|
"curve",
|
|
"inflection",
|
|
"turn",
|
|
"wind"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"kink",
|
|
"warp",
|
|
"circle",
|
|
"ring",
|
|
"ringlet",
|
|
"round",
|
|
"coil",
|
|
"curl",
|
|
"curlicue",
|
|
"curlycue",
|
|
"buckle",
|
|
"convolution",
|
|
"flexure",
|
|
"fold",
|
|
"loop",
|
|
"spiral",
|
|
"swirl",
|
|
"twist",
|
|
"winding",
|
|
"incurvature",
|
|
"reflection",
|
|
"decline",
|
|
"inclination",
|
|
"incline",
|
|
"slope",
|
|
"corner",
|
|
"turnoff",
|
|
"dogleg",
|
|
"hairpin"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to cause to turn away from a straight line":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"crooked a finger"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"arch",
|
|
"bend",
|
|
"bow",
|
|
"curve",
|
|
"hook",
|
|
"swerve"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"arc",
|
|
"round",
|
|
"incurvate",
|
|
"incurve",
|
|
"inflect",
|
|
"reflect",
|
|
"deflect",
|
|
"divert",
|
|
"entwine",
|
|
"kink",
|
|
"swirl",
|
|
"turn",
|
|
"twine",
|
|
"twist",
|
|
"veer",
|
|
"warp",
|
|
"coil",
|
|
"curl",
|
|
"enroll",
|
|
"enrol",
|
|
"loop",
|
|
"spiral",
|
|
"dent",
|
|
"dimple",
|
|
"meander",
|
|
"wave",
|
|
"weave",
|
|
"wind",
|
|
"decline",
|
|
"incline",
|
|
"slope"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"straighten",
|
|
"unbend",
|
|
"uncurl"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to turn away from a straight line or course":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the road suddenly crooked to the left"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"arc",
|
|
"arch",
|
|
"bend",
|
|
"bow",
|
|
"curve",
|
|
"fall off",
|
|
"hook",
|
|
"round",
|
|
"sweep",
|
|
"swerve",
|
|
"trend",
|
|
"wheel"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"circle",
|
|
"coil",
|
|
"curlicue",
|
|
"curl",
|
|
"loop",
|
|
"spiral",
|
|
"turn",
|
|
"twist",
|
|
"wind",
|
|
"deviate",
|
|
"veer"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"straighten"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"cross-references":{
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"a notation in a book (such as a dictionary) that tells you where to look for more information":{
|
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"examples":[
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"The almanac includes cross-references to a map and timeline for each country."
|
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],
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"near synonyms":[
|
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"captions",
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"footnotes",
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"notes",
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"authorities",
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"references",
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"sources",
|
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"citations",
|
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"excerpts",
|
|
"extracts",
|
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"quotations"
|
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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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},
|
|
"crookery":{
|
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"the inclination or practice of misleading others through lies or trickery":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the dealer encouraged his sales reps to engage in crookery of all sorts, so long as it sold cars"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"artifice",
|
|
"cheating",
|
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"cozenage",
|
|
"craft",
|
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"craftiness",
|
|
"crookedness",
|
|
"cunning",
|
|
"cunningness",
|
|
"deceit",
|
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"deceitfulness",
|
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"deception",
|
|
"deceptiveness",
|
|
"dishonesty",
|
|
"dissembling",
|
|
"dissimulation",
|
|
"double-dealing",
|
|
"dupery",
|
|
"duplicity",
|
|
"fakery",
|
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"foxiness",
|
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"fraud",
|
|
"guile",
|
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"guilefulness",
|
|
"wiliness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"equivocation",
|
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"lying",
|
|
"mendacity",
|
|
"prevarication",
|
|
"chicane",
|
|
"chicanery",
|
|
"fraudulence",
|
|
"hanky-panky",
|
|
"jugglery",
|
|
"legerdemain",
|
|
"mountebankery",
|
|
"obliquity",
|
|
"skulduggery",
|
|
"skullduggery",
|
|
"subterfuge",
|
|
"swindling",
|
|
"trickery",
|
|
"wile",
|
|
"falsehood",
|
|
"falsity",
|
|
"fib",
|
|
"untruth",
|
|
"hypocrisy",
|
|
"insincerity",
|
|
"sanctimoniousness",
|
|
"two-facedness",
|
|
"artfulness",
|
|
"caginess",
|
|
"cageyness",
|
|
"deviousness",
|
|
"shrewdness",
|
|
"treacherousness",
|
|
"underhandedness",
|
|
"unscrupulousness",
|
|
"covertness",
|
|
"furtiveness",
|
|
"secrecy",
|
|
"shadiness",
|
|
"sneakiness",
|
|
"stealthiness",
|
|
"oiliness",
|
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"shiftiness",
|
|
"slickness",
|
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"slipperiness",
|
|
"slyness",
|
|
"smoothness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"candidness",
|
|
"candor",
|
|
"directness",
|
|
"frankness",
|
|
"openness",
|
|
"plainness",
|
|
"plainspokenness",
|
|
"honesty",
|
|
"probity",
|
|
"dependability",
|
|
"reliability",
|
|
"reliableness",
|
|
"solidity",
|
|
"trustability",
|
|
"trustiness",
|
|
"trustworthiness",
|
|
"decency",
|
|
"goodness",
|
|
"incorruptibility",
|
|
"integrity",
|
|
"righteousness",
|
|
"truthfulness",
|
|
"uprightness",
|
|
"virtuousness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"artlessness",
|
|
"forthrightness",
|
|
"good faith",
|
|
"guilelessness",
|
|
"ingenuousness",
|
|
"sincerity"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"crockeries":{
|
|
"articles made of baked clay":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a display of beautifully hand-painted crockery on the kitchen countertop"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"earthenwares",
|
|
"potteries",
|
|
"stonewares"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"ceramics",
|
|
"chinas",
|
|
"ironstone chinas",
|
|
"porcelains",
|
|
"redwares"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"crow's-foot":{
|
|
"as in layer , seam":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"corrugation",
|
|
"layer",
|
|
"loop",
|
|
"plait",
|
|
"pleat",
|
|
"ply",
|
|
"pucker",
|
|
"seam",
|
|
"tuck",
|
|
"crease",
|
|
"crimp",
|
|
"crinkle",
|
|
"furrow",
|
|
"wrinkle"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"crossbeams":{
|
|
"as in girders , crossbars":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"arbors",
|
|
"beams",
|
|
"boards",
|
|
"crossbars",
|
|
"girders",
|
|
"bars",
|
|
"billets",
|
|
"rods",
|
|
"bands",
|
|
"strips",
|
|
"blooms",
|
|
"ingots",
|
|
"slabs",
|
|
"sticks"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"crocked":{
|
|
"being under the influence of alcohol":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she found that after only three drinks she would be completely crocked"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"besotted",
|
|
"blasted",
|
|
"blind",
|
|
"blitzed",
|
|
"blotto",
|
|
"bombed",
|
|
"boozy",
|
|
"canned",
|
|
"cockeyed",
|
|
"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"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in collied":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"collied",
|
|
"confused",
|
|
"disarranged",
|
|
"disarrayed",
|
|
"disheveled",
|
|
"dishevelled",
|
|
"disordered",
|
|
"draggled",
|
|
"jumbled",
|
|
"messed",
|
|
"muddled",
|
|
"discolored",
|
|
"contaminated",
|
|
"defiled",
|
|
"polluted",
|
|
"tainted",
|
|
"befouled",
|
|
"begrimed",
|
|
"bemired",
|
|
"besmirched",
|
|
"blackened",
|
|
"daubed",
|
|
"dirtied",
|
|
"distained",
|
|
"fouled",
|
|
"gaumed",
|
|
"grimed",
|
|
"mired",
|
|
"mucked",
|
|
"muddied",
|
|
"smirched",
|
|
"smudged",
|
|
"soiled",
|
|
"stained",
|
|
"sullied"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"cleaned",
|
|
"cleansed",
|
|
"decontaminated",
|
|
"purged",
|
|
"purified",
|
|
"disinfected",
|
|
"sanitized",
|
|
"brushed",
|
|
"dry-cleaned",
|
|
"dusted",
|
|
"laundered",
|
|
"mopped",
|
|
"rinsed",
|
|
"scoured",
|
|
"scrubbed",
|
|
"swept",
|
|
"washed",
|
|
"wiped",
|
|
"brightened",
|
|
"deodorized",
|
|
"freshened",
|
|
"renewed",
|
|
"spruced (up)",
|
|
"straightened (up)",
|
|
"tidied (up)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cropped (up)":{
|
|
"to come to one's attention especially gradually or unexpectedly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a new issue has just cropped up in the campaign"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"arose",
|
|
"came up",
|
|
"emerged",
|
|
"materialized",
|
|
"sprang (up)",
|
|
"sprung (up)",
|
|
"surfaced"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"appeared",
|
|
"came out",
|
|
"showed up",
|
|
"turned up",
|
|
"came",
|
|
"came about",
|
|
"chanced",
|
|
"fell out",
|
|
"happed",
|
|
"happened",
|
|
"occurred",
|
|
"passed",
|
|
"transpired",
|
|
"went off",
|
|
"went (on)",
|
|
"interfered",
|
|
"interposed",
|
|
"intervened",
|
|
"intruded"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cross-stitches":{
|
|
"as in embroiders":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"embroiders",
|
|
"bastes",
|
|
"eases",
|
|
"fells",
|
|
"finishes",
|
|
"overcasts",
|
|
"crochets",
|
|
"knits",
|
|
"quilts",
|
|
"mends",
|
|
"patches",
|
|
"repairs",
|
|
"darns",
|
|
"sews",
|
|
"stitches",
|
|
"sutures"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
}
|
|
} |