2606 lines
52 KiB
JSON
2606 lines
52 KiB
JSON
{
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"cushion":{
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"something that serves as a protective barrier":{
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"examples":[
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"used a blanket as a cushion between the two tables in the moving van"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"buffer",
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"bumper",
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"cocoon",
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"cushioning",
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"fender",
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"pad"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"baffle",
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"muffler",
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"padding",
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"safeguard",
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"shield",
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"barricade",
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"cordon"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"to lessen the shock of":{
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"examples":[
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"a substantial nest egg helped to cushion the sudden loss of her job"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"buffer",
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"gentle",
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"soften"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"baffle",
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"dampen",
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"deaden",
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"dull",
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"obtund",
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"moderate",
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"modulate",
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"temper",
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"allay",
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"alleviate",
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"assuage",
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"ease",
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"lighten",
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"mitigate",
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"relieve"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"heighten",
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"intensify",
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"sharpen"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"noun",
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"cushioning":{
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"something that serves as a protective barrier":{
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"examples":[
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"put plenty of cushioning around that bottle of wine if you're going to carry it home in your suitcase"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"buffer",
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"bumper",
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"cocoon",
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"cushion",
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"fender",
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"pad"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"baffle",
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"muffler",
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"padding",
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"safeguard",
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"shield",
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"barricade",
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"cordon"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"as in softening , emollient":{
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"examples":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"near synonyms":[
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"buffering",
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"emollient",
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"softening",
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"clement",
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"compassionate",
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"easy",
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"lenient",
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"merciful",
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"sleek",
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"slick",
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"smooth",
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"calm",
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"pacific",
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"peaceful",
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"placid",
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"quiet",
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"serene",
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"tranquil",
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"balmy",
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"benign",
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"bland",
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"delicate",
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"gentle",
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"light",
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"mellow",
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"mild",
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"nonabrasive",
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"soft",
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"soothing",
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"tender"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"abrasive",
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"caustic",
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"coarse",
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"hard",
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"harsh",
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"rough",
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"scathing",
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"stern",
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"ungentle",
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"exquisite",
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"fierce",
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"intense",
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"powerful",
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"severe",
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"forceful",
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"forcible",
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"savage",
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"violent",
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"roughened",
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"rugged",
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"strong",
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"abrading",
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"irritating",
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"roughening",
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"grim",
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"gruff",
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"rude",
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"stiff",
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"heavy-handed",
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"oppressive",
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"pitiless",
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"tyrannical",
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"tyrannic"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"to lessen the shock of":{
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"examples":[
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"a substantial nest egg helped to cushion the sudden loss of her job"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"buffering",
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"gentling",
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"softening"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"baffling",
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"dampening",
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"deadening",
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"dulling",
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"obtunding",
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"moderating",
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"modulating",
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"tempering",
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"allaying",
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"alleviating",
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"assuaging",
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"easing",
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"lightening",
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"mitigating",
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"relieving"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"heightening",
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"intensifying",
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"sharpening"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"noun",
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"cusses":{
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"a disrespectful or indecent word or expression":{
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"examples":[
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"a man who has never uttered a single cuss"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"curses",
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"cusswords",
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"dirty words",
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"expletives",
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"four-letter words",
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"obscenities",
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"profanities",
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"swears",
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"swearwords",
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"vulgarisms"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"bawdries",
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"languages",
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"scurrilities",
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"execrations",
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"imprecations",
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"maledictions",
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"epithets",
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"names",
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"oaths"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"to use offensive or indecent language":{
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"examples":[
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"the little girl clapped her hands over her ears when her brother started cussing"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"blasphemes",
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"curses",
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"swears"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"anathematizes",
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"confounds",
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"damns",
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"execrates",
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"imprecates",
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"fulminates",
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"rails",
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"rants",
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"reviles"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"noun",
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"custodians":{
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"a person who takes care of a property sometimes for an absent owner":{
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"examples":[
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"the custodian made his usual rounds of the building to make sure that everything was OK"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"caretakers",
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"guardians",
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"janitors",
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"keepers",
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"wardens",
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"watchmen"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"cocurators",
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"co-curators",
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"curators",
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"sextons",
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"stewards"
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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 or group that watches over someone or something":{
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"examples":[
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"served as custodian of the prisoner until he could be turned over to federal authorities"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"guardians",
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"guards",
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"keepers",
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"lookouts",
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"minders",
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"pickets",
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"sentinels",
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"sentries",
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"wardens",
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"warders",
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"watchers",
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"watches",
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"watchmen"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"observers",
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"patrols",
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"spotters",
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"surveillants",
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"watchdogs",
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"bodyguards",
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"convoys",
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"defenders",
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"escorts",
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"honor guards",
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"gatekeepers",
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"hacks"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"someone that protects":{
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"examples":[
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"we must regard ourselves as custodians of the Earth so that its natural resources may be enjoyed by many generations to come"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"defenders",
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"guardian angels",
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"guardians",
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"guards",
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"protections",
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"protectors"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"bodyguards",
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"champions",
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"lookouts",
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"sentinels",
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"sentries",
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"wardens",
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"warders",
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"watchdogs",
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"watches",
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"watchmen",
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"conservers",
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"harborers",
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"keepers",
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"preservers",
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"savers"
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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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"customizes":{
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"to change (something) in order to fit the needs or requirements of a person, business, etc.":{
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"examples":[
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"The program can be customized to serve different purposes.",
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"customized the car with a unique paint job"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"near synonyms":[
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"gears",
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"matches",
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"models",
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"patterns",
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"acclimates",
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"acclimatizes",
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"accommodates",
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"adapts",
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"adjusts",
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"conditions",
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"conforms",
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"doctors",
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"edits",
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"fashions",
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"fits",
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"puts",
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"shapes",
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"suits",
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"tailors",
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"readapts",
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"readjusts",
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"attunes",
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"corrects",
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"harmonizes",
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"squares",
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"tunes",
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"establishes",
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"roots",
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"settles",
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"acquaints",
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"familiarizes",
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"orientates",
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"orients",
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"equips",
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"prepares",
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"primes",
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"rehearses",
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"hardens",
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"inures",
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"seasons",
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"toughens",
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"alters",
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"converts",
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"makes over",
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"modifies",
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"recasts",
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"reclaims",
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"recycles",
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"redesigns",
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"redevelops",
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"redoes",
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"reengineers",
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"refashions",
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"refigures",
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"refits",
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"refocuses",
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"reinvents",
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"rejiggers",
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"remakes",
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"remodels",
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"revamps",
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"revises",
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"reworks",
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"transforms",
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"accustoms",
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"conditions",
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"habilitates",
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"habituates",
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"naturalizes",
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"readies",
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"seasons",
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"bends",
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"fiddles (with)",
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"fine-tunes",
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"phases",
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"registers",
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"regulates",
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"rigs"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"misadjusts"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"customary":{
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"accepted, used, or practiced by most people":{
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"examples":[
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"the customary response to the greeting \"How are you?\" is \"Fine, thanks\""
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"conventional",
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"current",
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"going",
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"popular",
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"prevailing",
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"prevalent",
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"standard",
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"stock",
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"usual"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"average",
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"common",
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"everyday",
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"normal",
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"ordinary",
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"regular",
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"routine",
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"epidemic",
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"ubiquitous",
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"universal",
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"widespread",
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"accustomed",
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"wonted",
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"fashionable",
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"in",
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"modish",
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"stylish"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"abnormal",
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"exceptional",
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"extraordinary",
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"uncommon"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"nonstandard",
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"unconventional",
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"unpopular",
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"unusual"
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]
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},
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"based on customs usually handed down from a previous generation":{
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"examples":[
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"the customary toasting of the bride and groom at their wedding reception"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"classical",
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"conventional",
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"prescriptive",
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"traditional"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"authentic",
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"established",
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"fixed",
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"historical",
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"common",
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"habitual",
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"orthodox",
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"usual",
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"ancestral",
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"historic",
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"old-time",
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"old-world",
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"aged",
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"age-old",
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"ancient",
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"antediluvian",
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"hoary",
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"old",
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"venerable",
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"ageless",
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"dateless",
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"immemorial",
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"timeless"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"contemporary",
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"current",
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"modern",
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"modernized",
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"new",
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"new age",
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"present-day",
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"updated",
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"up-to-date",
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"futuristic",
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"high-tech",
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"hi-tech",
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"hot",
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"latest",
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"mod",
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"modernistic",
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"newfangled",
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"new-fashioned",
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"red-hot",
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"space-age",
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"state-of-the-art",
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"supermodern",
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"ultramodern",
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"nonconformist",
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"nonorthodox",
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"original",
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"progressive",
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"revolutionary",
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"unorthodox",
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"unprecedented",
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"unusual"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"nontraditional",
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"unconventional",
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"uncustomary",
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"untraditional"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"adjective"
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]
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},
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"customs":{
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"a usual manner of behaving or doing":{
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"examples":[
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"it is my custom to have half a bagel and coffee for breakfast"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"fashions",
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"habits",
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"habitudes",
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"patterns",
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"practices",
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"practises",
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"rituals",
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"tricks",
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"ways",
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"wonts"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"addictions",
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"dispositions",
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"bents",
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"inclinations",
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"proclivities",
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"sets",
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"tendencies",
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"tenors",
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"turns",
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"bags",
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"conventions",
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"forms",
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"modes",
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"styles",
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"usages",
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"uses",
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"deportments",
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"manners",
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"mores",
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"drills",
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"grooves",
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"jog trots",
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"regimens",
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"regimes",
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"r\u00e9gimes",
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"rotes",
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"routines",
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"ruts",
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"affectations",
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"airs",
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"poses",
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"attributes",
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"characteristics",
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"marks",
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"traits",
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"eccentricities",
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"kinks",
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"oddities",
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"peculiarities",
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"quirks",
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"singularities",
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"tics"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"an inherited or established way of thinking, feeling, or doing":{
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"examples":[
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"the custom around here is that the bride's family pays for the wedding"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"conventions",
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"heritages",
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"prescriptions",
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"rubrics",
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"rules",
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"traditions"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"ethics",
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"forms",
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"modes",
|
|
"mores",
|
|
"norms",
|
|
"principles",
|
|
"standards",
|
|
"values",
|
|
"birthrights",
|
|
"inheritances",
|
|
"legacies",
|
|
"folklores",
|
|
"lores",
|
|
"superstitions",
|
|
"cultures",
|
|
"lifestyles"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cusswords":{
|
|
"a disrespectful or indecent word or expression":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"was reprimanded for teaching his little brother cusswords"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"curses",
|
|
"cusses",
|
|
"dirty words",
|
|
"expletives",
|
|
"four-letter words",
|
|
"obscenities",
|
|
"profanities",
|
|
"swears",
|
|
"swearwords",
|
|
"vulgarisms"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bawdries",
|
|
"languages",
|
|
"scurrilities",
|
|
"execrations",
|
|
"imprecations",
|
|
"maledictions",
|
|
"epithets",
|
|
"names",
|
|
"oaths"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"custom":{
|
|
"a usual manner of behaving or doing":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"it is my custom to have half a bagel and coffee for breakfast"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"fashion",
|
|
"habit",
|
|
"habitude",
|
|
"pattern",
|
|
"practice",
|
|
"practise",
|
|
"ritual",
|
|
"second nature",
|
|
"trick",
|
|
"way",
|
|
"wont"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"addiction",
|
|
"disposition",
|
|
"bent",
|
|
"inclination",
|
|
"proclivity",
|
|
"set",
|
|
"tendency",
|
|
"tenor",
|
|
"turn",
|
|
"bag",
|
|
"convention",
|
|
"form",
|
|
"mode",
|
|
"style",
|
|
"usage",
|
|
"use",
|
|
"deportment",
|
|
"manners",
|
|
"mores",
|
|
"drill",
|
|
"groove",
|
|
"jog trot",
|
|
"regime",
|
|
"r\u00e9gime",
|
|
"regimen",
|
|
"rote",
|
|
"routine",
|
|
"rut",
|
|
"affectation",
|
|
"airs",
|
|
"pose",
|
|
"attribute",
|
|
"characteristic",
|
|
"mark",
|
|
"trait",
|
|
"eccentricity",
|
|
"kink",
|
|
"oddity",
|
|
"peculiarity",
|
|
"quirk",
|
|
"singularity",
|
|
"tic"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"an inherited or established way of thinking, feeling, or doing":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the custom around here is that the bride's family pays for the wedding"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"convention",
|
|
"heritage",
|
|
"prescription",
|
|
"rubric",
|
|
"rule",
|
|
"tradition"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"ethic",
|
|
"form",
|
|
"mode",
|
|
"mores",
|
|
"norm",
|
|
"principles",
|
|
"standards",
|
|
"values",
|
|
"birthright",
|
|
"inheritance",
|
|
"legacy",
|
|
"folklore",
|
|
"lore",
|
|
"superstition",
|
|
"culture",
|
|
"lifestyle"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"transactions or economic support provided by customers":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"that restaurant certainly lost my custom after they were cited for health code violations"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"business",
|
|
"patronage"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"marketplace",
|
|
"trade",
|
|
"traffic",
|
|
"free trade",
|
|
"affairs",
|
|
"dealings",
|
|
"horse-trading",
|
|
"merchandising",
|
|
"retailing",
|
|
"wholesaling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"made or fitted to the needs or preferences of a specific customer":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"that business tycoon wears only custom suits"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bespoke",
|
|
"bespoken",
|
|
"custom-made",
|
|
"custom-tailored",
|
|
"customized",
|
|
"made-to-order",
|
|
"tailor-made",
|
|
"tailored"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"particular",
|
|
"special",
|
|
"specialized",
|
|
"custom-built",
|
|
"handcrafted",
|
|
"handmade",
|
|
"made-to-measure"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"mass-produced",
|
|
"ready-made"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cushioned":{
|
|
"to lessen the shock of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a substantial nest egg helped to cushion the sudden loss of her job"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"buffered",
|
|
"gentled",
|
|
"softened"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"baffled",
|
|
"dampened",
|
|
"deadened",
|
|
"dulled",
|
|
"obtunded",
|
|
"moderated",
|
|
"modulated",
|
|
"tempered",
|
|
"allayed",
|
|
"alleviated",
|
|
"assuaged",
|
|
"eased",
|
|
"lightened",
|
|
"mitigated",
|
|
"relieved"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"heightened",
|
|
"intensified",
|
|
"sharpened"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cussing (out)":{
|
|
"as in railing (against) , fulminating (against)":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"fulminating (against)",
|
|
"railing (against)",
|
|
"reviling",
|
|
"danging",
|
|
"darning",
|
|
"durning",
|
|
"dashing",
|
|
"hexing",
|
|
"jinxing",
|
|
"voodooing",
|
|
"condemning",
|
|
"damning",
|
|
"denouncing",
|
|
"execrating",
|
|
"reprobating",
|
|
"anathematizing",
|
|
"beshrewing",
|
|
"cursing",
|
|
"imprecating",
|
|
"maledicting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"blessing",
|
|
"applauding",
|
|
"commending",
|
|
"congratulating"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"custom-built":{
|
|
"built to fit the needs or requirements of a particular person":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a custom-built home",
|
|
"The car is custom-built ."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"handcrafted",
|
|
"handmade",
|
|
"bespoke",
|
|
"bespoken",
|
|
"custom",
|
|
"customized",
|
|
"custom-made",
|
|
"custom-tailored",
|
|
"made-to-order",
|
|
"tailored",
|
|
"tailor-made",
|
|
"particular",
|
|
"special",
|
|
"specialized",
|
|
"made-to-measure"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"mass-produced",
|
|
"ready-made"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"customarily":{
|
|
"as in regularly , routinely":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"habitually",
|
|
"regularly",
|
|
"routinely",
|
|
"commonly",
|
|
"generally",
|
|
"natch",
|
|
"naturally",
|
|
"normally",
|
|
"ordinarily",
|
|
"typically",
|
|
"usually",
|
|
"familiarly",
|
|
"conventionally",
|
|
"traditionally"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abnormally",
|
|
"atypically",
|
|
"extraordinarily",
|
|
"uncommonly",
|
|
"untypically",
|
|
"unusually",
|
|
"funnily",
|
|
"oddly",
|
|
"peculiarly",
|
|
"queerly",
|
|
"strangely",
|
|
"weirdly",
|
|
"anomalously",
|
|
"irregularly",
|
|
"radically"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cussword":{
|
|
"a disrespectful or indecent word or expression":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"was reprimanded for teaching his little brother cusswords"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"curse",
|
|
"cuss",
|
|
"dirty word",
|
|
"expletive",
|
|
"four-letter word",
|
|
"obscenity",
|
|
"profanity",
|
|
"swear",
|
|
"swearword",
|
|
"vulgarism"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bawdry",
|
|
"language",
|
|
"scurrility",
|
|
"execration",
|
|
"imprecation",
|
|
"malediction",
|
|
"epithet",
|
|
"name",
|
|
"oath"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"customize":{
|
|
"to change (something) in order to fit the needs or requirements of a person, business, etc.":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"The program can be customized to serve different purposes.",
|
|
"customized the car with a unique paint job"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"gear",
|
|
"match",
|
|
"model",
|
|
"pattern",
|
|
"acclimate",
|
|
"acclimatize",
|
|
"accommodate",
|
|
"adapt",
|
|
"adjust",
|
|
"condition",
|
|
"conform",
|
|
"doctor",
|
|
"edit",
|
|
"fashion",
|
|
"fit",
|
|
"put",
|
|
"shape",
|
|
"suit",
|
|
"tailor",
|
|
"readapt",
|
|
"readjust",
|
|
"attune",
|
|
"correct",
|
|
"harmonize",
|
|
"square",
|
|
"tune",
|
|
"establish",
|
|
"root",
|
|
"settle",
|
|
"acquaint",
|
|
"familiarize",
|
|
"orient",
|
|
"orientate",
|
|
"equip",
|
|
"prepare",
|
|
"prime",
|
|
"rehearse",
|
|
"harden",
|
|
"inure",
|
|
"season",
|
|
"toughen",
|
|
"alter",
|
|
"convert",
|
|
"make over",
|
|
"modify",
|
|
"recast",
|
|
"reclaim",
|
|
"recycle",
|
|
"redesign",
|
|
"redevelop",
|
|
"redo",
|
|
"reengineer",
|
|
"refashion",
|
|
"refigure",
|
|
"refit",
|
|
"refocus",
|
|
"reinvent",
|
|
"rejigger",
|
|
"remake",
|
|
"remodel",
|
|
"revamp",
|
|
"revise",
|
|
"rework",
|
|
"transform",
|
|
"accustom",
|
|
"condition",
|
|
"habilitate",
|
|
"habituate",
|
|
"naturalize",
|
|
"ready",
|
|
"season",
|
|
"bend",
|
|
"fiddle (with)",
|
|
"fine-tune",
|
|
"phase",
|
|
"register",
|
|
"regulate",
|
|
"rig"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"misadjust"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"custom-tailored":{
|
|
"made or fitted to the needs or preferences of a specific customer":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a filing system that is custom-tailored to the needs of your office"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bespoke",
|
|
"bespoken",
|
|
"custom",
|
|
"custom-made",
|
|
"customized",
|
|
"made-to-order",
|
|
"tailor-made",
|
|
"tailored"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"particular",
|
|
"special",
|
|
"specialized",
|
|
"custom-built",
|
|
"handcrafted",
|
|
"handmade",
|
|
"made-to-measure"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"mass-produced",
|
|
"ready-made"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cushions":{
|
|
"something that serves as a protective barrier":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"used a blanket as a cushion between the two tables in the moving van"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"buffers",
|
|
"bumpers",
|
|
"cocoons",
|
|
"cushionings",
|
|
"fenders",
|
|
"pads"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"baffles",
|
|
"mufflers",
|
|
"paddings",
|
|
"safeguards",
|
|
"shields",
|
|
"barricades",
|
|
"cordons"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to lessen the shock of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a substantial nest egg helped to cushion the sudden loss of her job"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"buffers",
|
|
"gentles",
|
|
"softens"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"baffles",
|
|
"dampens",
|
|
"deadens",
|
|
"dulls",
|
|
"obtunds",
|
|
"moderates",
|
|
"modulates",
|
|
"tempers",
|
|
"allays",
|
|
"alleviates",
|
|
"assuages",
|
|
"eases",
|
|
"lightens",
|
|
"mitigates",
|
|
"relieves"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"heightens",
|
|
"intensifies",
|
|
"sharpens"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cussed (out)":{
|
|
"as in railed (against) , fulminated (against)":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"fulminated (against)",
|
|
"railed (against)",
|
|
"reviled",
|
|
"danged",
|
|
"darned",
|
|
"durned",
|
|
"dashed",
|
|
"hexed",
|
|
"jinxed",
|
|
"voodooed",
|
|
"condemned",
|
|
"damned",
|
|
"denounced",
|
|
"execrated",
|
|
"reprobated",
|
|
"anathematized",
|
|
"beshrewed",
|
|
"cursed",
|
|
"imprecated",
|
|
"maledicted"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"blessed",
|
|
"blest",
|
|
"applauded",
|
|
"commended",
|
|
"congratulated"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"custom-made":{
|
|
"made or fitted to the needs or preferences of a specific customer":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an odd-sized window that will require the purchase of custom-made curtains"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bespoke",
|
|
"bespoken",
|
|
"custom",
|
|
"customized",
|
|
"custom-tailored",
|
|
"made-to-order",
|
|
"tailored",
|
|
"tailor-made"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"particular",
|
|
"special",
|
|
"specialized",
|
|
"custom-built",
|
|
"handcrafted",
|
|
"handmade",
|
|
"made-to-measure"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"mass-produced",
|
|
"ready-made"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"custodies":{
|
|
"responsibility for the safety and well-being of someone or something":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the government department having custody of all official state gifts"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"care",
|
|
"custodianships",
|
|
"guardianships",
|
|
"trusts",
|
|
"wards"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"controls",
|
|
"governorships",
|
|
"hands",
|
|
"managements",
|
|
"superintendences",
|
|
"supervisions"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cuss (out)":{
|
|
"as in rail (against) , fulminate (against)":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"fulminate (against)",
|
|
"rail (against)",
|
|
"revile",
|
|
"dang",
|
|
"darn",
|
|
"durn",
|
|
"dash",
|
|
"hex",
|
|
"jinx",
|
|
"voodoo",
|
|
"condemn",
|
|
"damn",
|
|
"denounce",
|
|
"execrate",
|
|
"reprobate",
|
|
"anathematize",
|
|
"beshrew",
|
|
"curse",
|
|
"imprecate",
|
|
"maledict"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bless",
|
|
"applaud",
|
|
"commend",
|
|
"congratulate"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"customized":{
|
|
"made or fitted to the needs or preferences of a specific customer":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a customized car for a physically challenged person"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bespoke",
|
|
"bespoken",
|
|
"custom",
|
|
"custom-made",
|
|
"custom-tailored",
|
|
"made-to-order",
|
|
"tailor-made",
|
|
"tailored"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"particular",
|
|
"special",
|
|
"specialized",
|
|
"custom-built",
|
|
"handcrafted",
|
|
"handmade",
|
|
"made-to-measure"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"mass-produced",
|
|
"ready-made"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to change (something) in order to fit the needs or requirements of a person, business, etc.":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"The program can be customized to serve different purposes.",
|
|
"customized the car with a unique paint job"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"geared",
|
|
"matched",
|
|
"modeled",
|
|
"modelled",
|
|
"patterned",
|
|
"acclimated",
|
|
"acclimatized",
|
|
"accommodated",
|
|
"adapted",
|
|
"adjusted",
|
|
"conditioned",
|
|
"conformed",
|
|
"doctored",
|
|
"edited",
|
|
"fashioned",
|
|
"fitted",
|
|
"fit",
|
|
"put",
|
|
"shaped",
|
|
"suited",
|
|
"tailored",
|
|
"readapted",
|
|
"readjusted",
|
|
"attuned",
|
|
"corrected",
|
|
"harmonized",
|
|
"squared",
|
|
"tuned",
|
|
"established",
|
|
"rooted",
|
|
"settled",
|
|
"acquainted",
|
|
"familiarized",
|
|
"orientated",
|
|
"oriented",
|
|
"equipped",
|
|
"prepared",
|
|
"primed",
|
|
"rehearsed",
|
|
"hardened",
|
|
"inured",
|
|
"seasoned",
|
|
"toughened",
|
|
"altered",
|
|
"converted",
|
|
"made over",
|
|
"modified",
|
|
"recast",
|
|
"reclaimed",
|
|
"recycled",
|
|
"redesigned",
|
|
"redeveloped",
|
|
"redid",
|
|
"reengineered",
|
|
"refashioned",
|
|
"refigured",
|
|
"refitted",
|
|
"refocused",
|
|
"reinvented",
|
|
"rejiggered",
|
|
"remade",
|
|
"remodeled",
|
|
"revamped",
|
|
"revised",
|
|
"reworked",
|
|
"transformed",
|
|
"accustomed",
|
|
"conditioned",
|
|
"habilitated",
|
|
"habituated",
|
|
"naturalized",
|
|
"readied",
|
|
"seasoned",
|
|
"bent",
|
|
"fiddled (with)",
|
|
"fine-tuned",
|
|
"phased",
|
|
"registered",
|
|
"regulated",
|
|
"rigged"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"misadjusted"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cussedness":{
|
|
"as in contrariness , cantankerousness":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bloody-mindedness",
|
|
"cantankerousness",
|
|
"contrariness",
|
|
"narrow-mindedness",
|
|
"rigidity",
|
|
"rigidness",
|
|
"balkiness",
|
|
"contumacy",
|
|
"defiance",
|
|
"disobedience",
|
|
"frowardness",
|
|
"immovability",
|
|
"immovableness",
|
|
"insubordination",
|
|
"intractability",
|
|
"obstreperousness",
|
|
"rebelliousness",
|
|
"recalcitrance",
|
|
"recalcitrancy",
|
|
"refractoriness",
|
|
"unruliness",
|
|
"firmness",
|
|
"hardness",
|
|
"rigor",
|
|
"rigorousness",
|
|
"sternness",
|
|
"strictness",
|
|
"adamancy",
|
|
"adamance",
|
|
"determination",
|
|
"implacability",
|
|
"inexorability",
|
|
"inflexibility",
|
|
"inveteracy",
|
|
"perseverance",
|
|
"persistence",
|
|
"persistency",
|
|
"relentlessness",
|
|
"resolve",
|
|
"single-mindedness",
|
|
"steadfastness",
|
|
"stick-to-itiveness",
|
|
"tenaciousness",
|
|
"tenacity",
|
|
"anal-retentiveness",
|
|
"perverseness",
|
|
"perversity",
|
|
"waywardness",
|
|
"wrongheadedness",
|
|
"bullheadedness",
|
|
"doggedness",
|
|
"hardheadedness",
|
|
"intransigence",
|
|
"mulishness",
|
|
"obduracy",
|
|
"obdurateness",
|
|
"obstinacy",
|
|
"obstinateness",
|
|
"opinionatedness",
|
|
"pertinaciousness",
|
|
"pertinacity",
|
|
"pigheadedness",
|
|
"self-opinionatedness",
|
|
"self-will",
|
|
"stubbornness",
|
|
"willfulness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"broad-mindedness",
|
|
"open-mindedness",
|
|
"reasonability",
|
|
"reasonableness",
|
|
"receptiveness",
|
|
"receptivity",
|
|
"acceptance",
|
|
"acquiescence",
|
|
"flexibility",
|
|
"pliability",
|
|
"pliableness",
|
|
"pliancy",
|
|
"pliantness",
|
|
"compliance",
|
|
"docility",
|
|
"obedience",
|
|
"subordinateness",
|
|
"subordination",
|
|
"submission",
|
|
"surrender",
|
|
"willingness",
|
|
"yielding",
|
|
"slavishness",
|
|
"subservience",
|
|
"subserviency"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cusses (out)":{
|
|
"as in rails (against) , fulminates (against)":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"fulminates (against)",
|
|
"rails (against)",
|
|
"reviles",
|
|
"dangs",
|
|
"darns",
|
|
"durns",
|
|
"dashes",
|
|
"hexes",
|
|
"jinxes",
|
|
"voodoos",
|
|
"condemns",
|
|
"damns",
|
|
"denounces",
|
|
"execrates",
|
|
"reprobates",
|
|
"anathematizes",
|
|
"beshrews",
|
|
"curses",
|
|
"imprecates",
|
|
"maledicts"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"blesses",
|
|
"applauds",
|
|
"commends",
|
|
"congratulates"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"customers":{
|
|
"a person who buys a product or uses a service from a business":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the store greatly values its regular customers"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accounts",
|
|
"clients",
|
|
"guests",
|
|
"patrons",
|
|
"punters"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"consumers",
|
|
"end users",
|
|
"users",
|
|
"buyers",
|
|
"correspondents",
|
|
"purchasers",
|
|
"vendees",
|
|
"browsers",
|
|
"prospects",
|
|
"shoppers",
|
|
"window-shoppers",
|
|
"bargainers",
|
|
"hagglers",
|
|
"regulars"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"brokers",
|
|
"merchants",
|
|
"sellers",
|
|
"vendors",
|
|
"venders",
|
|
"shopkeepers",
|
|
"tradesmen",
|
|
"black marketers",
|
|
"black marketeers",
|
|
"fences"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a member of the human race":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he's one tough customer , so you'd better not cross him"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"babies",
|
|
"beings",
|
|
"birds",
|
|
"bodies",
|
|
"bods",
|
|
"characters",
|
|
"cookies",
|
|
"creatures",
|
|
"devils",
|
|
"ducks",
|
|
"eggs",
|
|
"faces",
|
|
"fish",
|
|
"fishes",
|
|
"guys",
|
|
"heads",
|
|
"human beings",
|
|
"humans",
|
|
"individuals",
|
|
"lives",
|
|
"men",
|
|
"mortals",
|
|
"parties",
|
|
"people",
|
|
"personages",
|
|
"scouts",
|
|
"slobs",
|
|
"sorts",
|
|
"souls",
|
|
"specimens",
|
|
"stiffs",
|
|
"things",
|
|
"wights"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"hominids",
|
|
"homos",
|
|
"humanoids",
|
|
"brothers",
|
|
"brethren",
|
|
"fellowmen",
|
|
"fellows",
|
|
"neighbors",
|
|
"celebrities",
|
|
"personalities",
|
|
"selves",
|
|
"somebodies"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"animals",
|
|
"beasties",
|
|
"beasts",
|
|
"brutes",
|
|
"critters"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"custodianships":{
|
|
"responsibility for the safety and well-being of someone or something":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a museum that regards its mission as nothing less than the custodianship of the nation's cultural heritage"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"care",
|
|
"custodies",
|
|
"guardianships",
|
|
"trusts",
|
|
"wards"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"controls",
|
|
"governorships",
|
|
"hands",
|
|
"managements",
|
|
"superintendences",
|
|
"supervisions"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"custodianship":{
|
|
"responsibility for the safety and well-being of someone or something":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a museum that regards its mission as nothing less than the custodianship of the nation's cultural heritage"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"care",
|
|
"custody",
|
|
"guardianship",
|
|
"keeping",
|
|
"safekeeping",
|
|
"trust",
|
|
"ward"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"control",
|
|
"governorship",
|
|
"hand(s)",
|
|
"management",
|
|
"superintendence",
|
|
"supervision"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"customer":{
|
|
"a person who buys a product or uses a service from a business":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the store greatly values its regular customers"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"account",
|
|
"client",
|
|
"guest",
|
|
"patron",
|
|
"punter"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"consumer",
|
|
"end user",
|
|
"user",
|
|
"buyer",
|
|
"correspondent",
|
|
"purchaser",
|
|
"vendee",
|
|
"browser",
|
|
"prospect",
|
|
"shopper",
|
|
"window-shopper",
|
|
"bargainer",
|
|
"haggler",
|
|
"regular"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"broker",
|
|
"merchant",
|
|
"seller",
|
|
"vendor",
|
|
"vender",
|
|
"shopkeeper",
|
|
"tradesman",
|
|
"black marketer",
|
|
"black marketeer",
|
|
"fence"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a member of the human race":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he's one tough customer , so you'd better not cross him"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"baby",
|
|
"being",
|
|
"bird",
|
|
"bod",
|
|
"body",
|
|
"character",
|
|
"cookie",
|
|
"cooky",
|
|
"creature",
|
|
"devil",
|
|
"duck",
|
|
"egg",
|
|
"face",
|
|
"fish",
|
|
"guy",
|
|
"head",
|
|
"human",
|
|
"human being",
|
|
"individual",
|
|
"life",
|
|
"man",
|
|
"mortal",
|
|
"party",
|
|
"person",
|
|
"personage",
|
|
"scout",
|
|
"slob",
|
|
"sort",
|
|
"soul",
|
|
"specimen",
|
|
"stiff",
|
|
"thing",
|
|
"wight"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"hominid",
|
|
"homo",
|
|
"humanoid",
|
|
"brother",
|
|
"fellow",
|
|
"fellowman",
|
|
"neighbor",
|
|
"celebrity",
|
|
"personality",
|
|
"self",
|
|
"somebody"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"animal",
|
|
"beast",
|
|
"beastie",
|
|
"brute",
|
|
"critter"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cushy":{
|
|
"providing physical comfort":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a big cushy chair that's perfect for watching television"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"comfortable",
|
|
"comfy",
|
|
"cozy",
|
|
"easy",
|
|
"snug",
|
|
"soft"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"easeful",
|
|
"relaxing",
|
|
"reposeful",
|
|
"restful",
|
|
"gem\u00fctlich",
|
|
"genial",
|
|
"hospitable",
|
|
"inviting",
|
|
"pleasant",
|
|
"commodious",
|
|
"roomy",
|
|
"spacious",
|
|
"homelike",
|
|
"homely",
|
|
"homey",
|
|
"homy",
|
|
"intimate"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"hard",
|
|
"harsh",
|
|
"severe",
|
|
"inhospitable",
|
|
"uninviting",
|
|
"unpleasant"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"uncomfortable"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cushionings":{
|
|
"something that serves as a protective barrier":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"put plenty of cushioning around that bottle of wine if you're going to carry it home in your suitcase"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"buffers",
|
|
"bumpers",
|
|
"cocoons",
|
|
"cushions",
|
|
"fenders",
|
|
"pads"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"baffles",
|
|
"mufflers",
|
|
"paddings",
|
|
"safeguards",
|
|
"shields",
|
|
"barricades",
|
|
"cordons"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cusps":{
|
|
"an interval of time just before the onset of something":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"medical researchers who are on the cusp of a major breakthrough"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"brinks",
|
|
"edges",
|
|
"points",
|
|
"thresholds",
|
|
"verges"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"nicks"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the last and usually sharp or tapering part of something long and narrow":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the cusp of a fang"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"apexes",
|
|
"apices",
|
|
"ends",
|
|
"nibs",
|
|
"noses",
|
|
"pike",
|
|
"pikes",
|
|
"points",
|
|
"tips"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"pinpoints",
|
|
"prongs",
|
|
"tines",
|
|
"barbs",
|
|
"jags",
|
|
"prickles",
|
|
"snags",
|
|
"spikes",
|
|
"stickers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"customizing":{
|
|
"to change (something) in order to fit the needs or requirements of a person, business, etc.":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"The program can be customized to serve different purposes.",
|
|
"customized the car with a unique paint job"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"gearing",
|
|
"matching",
|
|
"modeling",
|
|
"modelling",
|
|
"patterning",
|
|
"acclimating",
|
|
"acclimatizing",
|
|
"accommodating",
|
|
"adapting",
|
|
"adjusting",
|
|
"conditioning",
|
|
"conforming",
|
|
"doctoring",
|
|
"editing",
|
|
"fashioning",
|
|
"fitting",
|
|
"putting",
|
|
"shaping",
|
|
"suiting",
|
|
"tailoring",
|
|
"readapting",
|
|
"readjusting",
|
|
"attuning",
|
|
"correcting",
|
|
"harmonizing",
|
|
"squaring",
|
|
"tuning",
|
|
"establishing",
|
|
"rooting",
|
|
"settling",
|
|
"acquainting",
|
|
"familiarizing",
|
|
"orientating",
|
|
"orienting",
|
|
"equipping",
|
|
"preparing",
|
|
"priming",
|
|
"rehearsing",
|
|
"hardening",
|
|
"inuring",
|
|
"seasoning",
|
|
"toughening",
|
|
"altering",
|
|
"converting",
|
|
"making over",
|
|
"modifying",
|
|
"recasting",
|
|
"reclaiming",
|
|
"recycling",
|
|
"redesigning",
|
|
"redeveloping",
|
|
"redoing",
|
|
"reengineering",
|
|
"refashioning",
|
|
"refiguring",
|
|
"refitting",
|
|
"refocusing",
|
|
"reinventing",
|
|
"rejiggering",
|
|
"remaking",
|
|
"remodeling",
|
|
"revamping",
|
|
"revising",
|
|
"reworking",
|
|
"transforming",
|
|
"accustoming",
|
|
"conditioning",
|
|
"habilitating",
|
|
"habituating",
|
|
"naturalizing",
|
|
"readying",
|
|
"seasoning",
|
|
"bending",
|
|
"fiddling (with)",
|
|
"fine-tuning",
|
|
"phasing",
|
|
"registering",
|
|
"regulating",
|
|
"rigging"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"misadjusting"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"custom(s)":{
|
|
"a usual manner of behaving or doing":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"it is my custom to have half a bagel and coffee for breakfast"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"fashions",
|
|
"habits",
|
|
"habitudes",
|
|
"patterns",
|
|
"practices",
|
|
"practises",
|
|
"rituals",
|
|
"tricks",
|
|
"ways",
|
|
"wonts"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"addictions",
|
|
"dispositions",
|
|
"bents",
|
|
"inclinations",
|
|
"proclivities",
|
|
"sets",
|
|
"tendencies",
|
|
"tenors",
|
|
"turns",
|
|
"bags",
|
|
"conventions",
|
|
"forms",
|
|
"modes",
|
|
"styles",
|
|
"usages",
|
|
"uses",
|
|
"deportments",
|
|
"manners",
|
|
"mores",
|
|
"drills",
|
|
"grooves",
|
|
"jog trots",
|
|
"regimens",
|
|
"regimes",
|
|
"r\u00e9gimes",
|
|
"rotes",
|
|
"routines",
|
|
"ruts",
|
|
"affectations",
|
|
"airs",
|
|
"poses",
|
|
"attributes",
|
|
"characteristics",
|
|
"marks",
|
|
"traits",
|
|
"eccentricities",
|
|
"kinks",
|
|
"oddities",
|
|
"peculiarities",
|
|
"quirks",
|
|
"singularities",
|
|
"tics"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"an inherited or established way of thinking, feeling, or doing":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the custom around here is that the bride's family pays for the wedding"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"conventions",
|
|
"heritages",
|
|
"prescriptions",
|
|
"rubrics",
|
|
"rules",
|
|
"traditions"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"ethics",
|
|
"forms",
|
|
"modes",
|
|
"mores",
|
|
"norms",
|
|
"principles",
|
|
"standards",
|
|
"values",
|
|
"birthrights",
|
|
"inheritances",
|
|
"legacies",
|
|
"folklores",
|
|
"lores",
|
|
"superstitions",
|
|
"cultures",
|
|
"lifestyles"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cusp":{
|
|
"an interval of time just before the onset of something":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"medical researchers who are on the cusp of a major breakthrough"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"brink",
|
|
"edge",
|
|
"point",
|
|
"threshold",
|
|
"verge"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"nick"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the last and usually sharp or tapering part of something long and narrow":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the cusp of a fang"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"apex",
|
|
"end",
|
|
"nib",
|
|
"nose",
|
|
"pike",
|
|
"point",
|
|
"tip"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"pinpoint",
|
|
"prong",
|
|
"tine",
|
|
"barb",
|
|
"jag",
|
|
"prickle",
|
|
"snag",
|
|
"spike",
|
|
"sticker"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"custodian":{
|
|
"a person who takes care of a property sometimes for an absent owner":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the custodian made his usual rounds of the building to make sure that everything was OK"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"caretaker",
|
|
"guardian",
|
|
"janitor",
|
|
"keeper",
|
|
"warden",
|
|
"watchman"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cocurator",
|
|
"curator",
|
|
"sexton",
|
|
"steward"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a person or group that watches over someone or something":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"served as custodian of the prisoner until he could be turned over to federal authorities"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"guard",
|
|
"guardian",
|
|
"keeper",
|
|
"lookout",
|
|
"minder",
|
|
"picket",
|
|
"sentinel",
|
|
"sentry",
|
|
"warden",
|
|
"warder",
|
|
"watch",
|
|
"watcher",
|
|
"watchman"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"observer",
|
|
"patrol",
|
|
"spotter",
|
|
"surveillant",
|
|
"watchdog",
|
|
"bodyguard",
|
|
"convoy",
|
|
"defender",
|
|
"escort",
|
|
"honor guard",
|
|
"gatekeeper",
|
|
"hack"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"someone that protects":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we must regard ourselves as custodians of the Earth so that its natural resources may be enjoyed by many generations to come"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"defender",
|
|
"guard",
|
|
"guardian",
|
|
"guardian angel",
|
|
"protection",
|
|
"protector"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bodyguard",
|
|
"champion",
|
|
"lookout",
|
|
"sentinel",
|
|
"sentry",
|
|
"warden",
|
|
"warder",
|
|
"watch",
|
|
"watchdog",
|
|
"watchman",
|
|
"conserver",
|
|
"harborer",
|
|
"keeper",
|
|
"preserver",
|
|
"saver"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cuss":{
|
|
"a disrespectful or indecent word or expression":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a man who has never uttered a single cuss"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"curse",
|
|
"cussword",
|
|
"dirty word",
|
|
"expletive",
|
|
"four-letter word",
|
|
"obscenity",
|
|
"profanity",
|
|
"swear",
|
|
"swearword",
|
|
"vulgarism"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bawdry",
|
|
"language",
|
|
"scurrility",
|
|
"execration",
|
|
"imprecation",
|
|
"malediction",
|
|
"epithet",
|
|
"name",
|
|
"oath"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to use offensive or indecent language":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the little girl clapped her hands over her ears when her brother started cussing"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blaspheme",
|
|
"curse",
|
|
"swear"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"anathematize",
|
|
"confound",
|
|
"damn",
|
|
"execrate",
|
|
"imprecate",
|
|
"fulminate",
|
|
"rail",
|
|
"rant",
|
|
"revile"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cussed":{
|
|
"deserving of one's condemnation or displeasure":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"that cussed cat once again woke us up last night"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accursed",
|
|
"accurst",
|
|
"blasted",
|
|
"confounded",
|
|
"cursed",
|
|
"curst",
|
|
"damnable",
|
|
"dang",
|
|
"danged",
|
|
"darn",
|
|
"durn",
|
|
"darned",
|
|
"durned",
|
|
"deuced",
|
|
"doggone",
|
|
"doggoned",
|
|
"freaking",
|
|
"infernal"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"atrocious",
|
|
"awful",
|
|
"bum",
|
|
"detestable",
|
|
"execrable",
|
|
"lousy",
|
|
"punk",
|
|
"rotten",
|
|
"terrible",
|
|
"wretched",
|
|
"abominable",
|
|
"odious",
|
|
"vile",
|
|
"contemptible",
|
|
"despicable",
|
|
"miserable",
|
|
"nasty",
|
|
"pitiable",
|
|
"pitiful",
|
|
"scabby",
|
|
"scummy",
|
|
"scurvy",
|
|
"shameful",
|
|
"sorry"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"commendable",
|
|
"creditable",
|
|
"laudable",
|
|
"praiseworthy",
|
|
"great",
|
|
"marvelous",
|
|
"marvellous",
|
|
"wonderful"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to use offensive or indecent language":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the little girl clapped her hands over her ears when her brother started cussing"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blasphemed",
|
|
"cursed",
|
|
"swore"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"anathematized",
|
|
"confounded",
|
|
"damned",
|
|
"execrated",
|
|
"imprecated",
|
|
"fulminated",
|
|
"railed",
|
|
"ranted",
|
|
"reviled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"custody":{
|
|
"responsibility for the safety and well-being of someone or something":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the government department having custody of all official state gifts"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"care",
|
|
"custodianship",
|
|
"guardianship",
|
|
"keeping",
|
|
"safekeeping",
|
|
"trust",
|
|
"ward"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"control",
|
|
"governorship",
|
|
"hand(s)",
|
|
"management",
|
|
"superintendence",
|
|
"supervision"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cussing":{
|
|
"to use offensive or indecent language":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the little girl clapped her hands over her ears when her brother started cussing"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blaspheming",
|
|
"cursing",
|
|
"swearing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"anathematizing",
|
|
"confounding",
|
|
"damning",
|
|
"execrating",
|
|
"imprecating",
|
|
"fulminating",
|
|
"railing",
|
|
"ranting",
|
|
"reviling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
}
|
|
} |