9776 lines
190 KiB
JSON
9776 lines
190 KiB
JSON
{
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"deactivate":{
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"to cause to stop functioning":{
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"examples":[
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"deactivate the machine carefully, or you'll risk an electric shock"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"kill",
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"shut off",
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"turn off"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"flick (off)",
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"dismantle",
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"mothball",
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"phase out",
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"arrest",
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"brake",
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"chock",
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"cut off",
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"draw up",
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"halt",
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"jam",
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"stall",
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"stick"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"charge",
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"electrify",
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"energize",
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"fire",
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"fuel",
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"generate",
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"power",
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"push",
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"discharge",
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"launch",
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"release",
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"switch",
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"trip",
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"reactivate",
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"recharge"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"activate",
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"actuate",
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"crank (up)",
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"drive",
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"move",
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"propel",
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"run",
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"set off",
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"spark",
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"start",
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"touch off",
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"trigger",
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"turn on"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"deactivated":{
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"as in ineffective , useless":{
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"examples":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"near synonyms":[
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"deadlocked",
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"ineffective",
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"ineffectual",
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"nonproductive",
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"unproductive",
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"unusable",
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"unworkable",
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"useless",
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"off",
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"broken",
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"down",
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"inoperable",
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"inoperative",
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"kaput",
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"kaputt",
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"malfunctioning",
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"nonfunctional",
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"nonfunctioning",
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"nonoperating"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"functional",
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"functioning",
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"operable",
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"operant",
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"operating",
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"operational",
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"operative",
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"running",
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"working",
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"effective",
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"effectual",
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"employable",
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"performing",
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"producing",
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"productive",
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"serving",
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"usable",
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"useable",
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"useful",
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"viable",
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"workable"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"to cause to stop functioning":{
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"examples":[
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"deactivate the machine carefully, or you'll risk an electric shock"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"killed",
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"shut off",
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"turned off"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"flicked (off)",
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"dismantled",
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"mothballed",
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"phased out",
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"arrested",
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"braked",
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"chocked",
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"cut off",
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"drew up",
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"halted",
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"jammed",
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"stalled",
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"stuck"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"charged",
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"electrified",
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"energized",
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"fired",
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"fueled",
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"fuelled",
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"generated",
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"powered",
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"pushed",
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"discharged",
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"launched",
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"released",
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"switched",
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"tripped",
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"reactivated",
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"recharged"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"activated",
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"actuated",
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"cranked (up)",
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"drove",
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"moved",
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"propelled",
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"ran",
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"run",
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"set off",
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"sparked",
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"started",
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"touched off",
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"triggered",
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"turned on"
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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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"deactivating":{
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"to cause to stop functioning":{
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"examples":[
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"deactivate the machine carefully, or you'll risk an electric shock"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"killing",
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"shutting off",
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"turning off"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"flicking (off)",
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"dismantling",
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"mothballing",
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"phasing out",
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"arresting",
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"braking",
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"chocking",
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"cutting off",
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"drawing up",
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"halting",
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"jamming",
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"stalling",
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"sticking"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"charging",
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"electrifying",
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"energizing",
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"firing",
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"fueling",
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"fuelling",
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"generating",
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"powering",
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"pushing",
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"discharging",
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"launching",
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"releasing",
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"switching",
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"tripping",
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"reactivating",
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"recharging"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"activating",
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"actuating",
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"cranking (up)",
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"driving",
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"moving",
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"propelling",
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"running",
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"setting off",
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"sparking",
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"starting",
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"touching off",
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"triggering",
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"turning on"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"deadhead":{
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"a stupid person":{
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"examples":[
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"people knew that he was a deadhead and voted for him anyway"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"airhead",
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"birdbrain",
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"blockhead",
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"bonehead",
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"bubblehead",
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"chowderhead",
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"chucklehead",
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"clodpoll",
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"clodpole",
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"clot",
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"cluck",
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"clunk",
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"cretin",
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"cuddy",
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"cuddie",
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"dim bulb",
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"dimwit",
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"dip",
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"dodo",
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"dolt",
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"donkey",
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"doofus",
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"dope",
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"dork",
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"dullard",
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"dum-dum",
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"dumbbell",
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"dumbhead",
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"dummkopf",
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"dummy",
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"dunce",
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"dunderhead",
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"fathead",
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"gander",
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"golem",
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"goof",
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"goon",
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"half-wit",
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"hammerhead",
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"hardhead",
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"idiot",
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"ignoramus",
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"imbecile",
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"jackass",
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"know-nothing",
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"knucklehead",
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"lamebrain",
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"loggerhead",
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"loon",
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"lump",
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"lunkhead",
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"meathead",
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"mome",
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"moron",
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"mug",
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"mutt",
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"natural",
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"nimrod",
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"nincompoop",
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"ninny",
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"ninnyhammer",
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"nit",
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"nitwit",
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"noddy",
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"noodle",
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"numskull",
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"numbskull",
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"oaf",
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"pinhead",
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"prat",
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"ratbag",
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"saphead",
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"schlub",
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"shlub",
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"schnook",
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"simpleton",
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"stock",
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"stupe",
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"stupid",
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"thickhead",
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"turkey",
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"woodenhead",
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"yahoo",
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"yo-yo"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"booby",
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"buffoon",
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"fool",
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"goose",
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"loony",
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"lunatic",
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"madman",
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"nut",
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"zany",
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"loser",
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"gawk",
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"featherbrain",
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"scatterbrain",
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"beast",
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"boor",
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"cad",
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"churl",
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"clown",
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"creep",
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"cur",
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"heel",
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"jerk",
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"skunk",
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"snake",
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"stinker",
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"villain"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"intellect",
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"intellectual",
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"sage",
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"thinker",
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"whiz",
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"wizard",
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"polymath",
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"Renaissance man",
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"sharpie",
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"sharpy"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"brain",
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"genius"
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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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"deadlocked":{
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"as in ineffective , unworkable":{
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"examples":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"near synonyms":[
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"deactivated",
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"ineffective",
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"ineffectual",
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"nonproductive",
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"unproductive",
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"unusable",
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"unworkable",
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"useless",
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"off",
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"broken",
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"down",
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"inoperable",
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"inoperative",
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"kaput",
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"kaputt",
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"malfunctioning",
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"nonfunctional",
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"nonfunctioning",
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"nonoperating"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"functional",
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"functioning",
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"operable",
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"operant",
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"operating",
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"operational",
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"operative",
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"running",
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"working",
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"effective",
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"effectual",
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"employable",
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"performing",
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"producing",
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"productive",
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"serving",
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"usable",
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"useable",
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"useful",
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"viable",
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"workable"
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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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]
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},
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"deadpan":{
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"not expressing any emotion":{
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"examples":[
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"he delivered the joke in such a deadpan voice that we thought at first that he was serious"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"blank",
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"catatonic",
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"empty",
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"expressionless",
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"impassive",
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"inexpressive",
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"numb",
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"stolid",
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"vacant"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"dull",
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"vacuous",
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"vague",
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"vapid",
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"enigmatic",
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"enigmatical",
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"impenetrable",
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"inscrutable",
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"mysterious",
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"motionless",
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"static",
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"still",
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"wooden",
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"reserved",
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"restrained",
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"reticent",
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"taciturn",
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"aloof",
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"apathetic",
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"cold",
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"cool",
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"detached",
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"indifferent",
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"phlegmatic",
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"unresponsive"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"engaged",
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"interested",
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"responsive",
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"active",
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"alive",
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"animated",
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"bright",
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"busy",
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"dynamic",
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"effervescent",
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"energetic",
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"expansive",
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"exuberant",
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"lively",
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"vivacious",
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"eloquent",
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"revealing",
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"revelatory",
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"gestic",
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"gesticulant",
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"gesticulative",
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"gesticulatory",
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"gestural",
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"emotional",
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"melodramatic",
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"theatrical",
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"theatric",
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"unreserved",
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"unrestrained"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"demonstrative",
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"expressive"
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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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"dealing":{
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"as in bargaining , haggling":{
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"examples":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"near synonyms":[
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"bargaining",
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"dickering",
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"haggling",
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"horse trading",
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"bargain",
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"deal",
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"horse trade",
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"negotiation",
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"transaction",
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"logrolling",
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"reciprocation",
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"recompense",
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"requital",
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"replacement",
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"substitution",
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"back-and-forth",
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"barter",
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"commutation",
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"dicker",
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"exchange",
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"quid pro quo",
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"swap",
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"trade",
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"trade-off",
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"truck"
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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 business , event":{
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"examples":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"near synonyms":[
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"activity",
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"affair",
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"business",
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"enterprise",
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"event",
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"accomplishment",
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"achievement",
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"attainment",
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"coup",
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"exploit",
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"success",
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"triumph",
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"attempt",
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"crack",
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"endeavor",
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"essay",
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"fling",
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"go",
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"initiative",
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"operation",
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"pass",
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"shot",
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"stab",
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"trial",
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"try",
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"undertaking",
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"whack",
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"course",
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"procedure",
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"proceeding",
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"process",
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"effort",
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"exertion",
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"labor",
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"pains",
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"trouble",
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"while",
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"work",
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"act",
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"action",
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"deed",
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"doing",
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"feat",
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"thing",
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"project",
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"proposal",
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"proposition",
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"expedient",
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"means",
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"measure",
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"move",
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"shift",
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"step",
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"makeshift",
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"resort",
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"resource",
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"stopgap",
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"countermeasure",
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"countermove",
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"counterstep"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"to carry on the business of buying and selling goods or other property":{
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"examples":[
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"that store deals in used furniture"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"trading",
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"trafficking"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"bargaining",
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"bartering",
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"horse-trading",
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"negotiating",
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"transacting",
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"auctioning",
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"exchanging",
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"merchandising",
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"merchandizing",
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"rebuying",
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"reselling",
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"swapping",
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"buying",
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"picking up",
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"purchasing",
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"taking",
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"distributing",
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"fair-trading",
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"marketing",
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"peddling",
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"retailing",
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"selling",
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"supplying",
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"vending",
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"wholesaling",
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"black-marketing",
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"bootlegging",
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"fencing",
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"smuggling",
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"cornering",
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"engrossing",
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"monopolizing",
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"underselling",
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"day-trading",
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"investing",
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"speculating"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"blackballing",
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"blacking",
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"boycotting"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"to talk over or dispute the terms of a purchase":{
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"examples":[
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"you're going to have to learn how to deal if you want to buy a car at a fair price"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bargaining",
|
|
"chaffering",
|
|
"dickering",
|
|
"haggling",
|
|
"horse-trading",
|
|
"negotiating",
|
|
"paltering"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"arguing",
|
|
"bickering",
|
|
"clashing",
|
|
"fighting",
|
|
"hassling",
|
|
"quarreling",
|
|
"quarrelling",
|
|
"quibbling",
|
|
"squabbling",
|
|
"wrangling",
|
|
"comparison shopping",
|
|
"shopping (around)",
|
|
"bartering",
|
|
"exchanging",
|
|
"trading",
|
|
"hawking",
|
|
"peddling",
|
|
"buying",
|
|
"purchasing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"dears":{
|
|
"a person with whom one is in love":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I love you, dear"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beloveds",
|
|
"darlings",
|
|
"flames",
|
|
"honeys",
|
|
"hons",
|
|
"loves",
|
|
"squeezes",
|
|
"sweethearts",
|
|
"sweetie pies",
|
|
"sweeties",
|
|
"sweets",
|
|
"trueloves"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"beaux",
|
|
"beaus",
|
|
"boyfriends",
|
|
"boys",
|
|
"fellows",
|
|
"men",
|
|
"swains",
|
|
"gals",
|
|
"girlfriends",
|
|
"girls",
|
|
"inamoratas",
|
|
"ladyloves",
|
|
"lasses",
|
|
"mistresses",
|
|
"tootsies",
|
|
"amours",
|
|
"lovers",
|
|
"paramours",
|
|
"dolls",
|
|
"ducks",
|
|
"pets",
|
|
"dates",
|
|
"escorts",
|
|
"steadies",
|
|
"admirers",
|
|
"gallants",
|
|
"suitors",
|
|
"wooers",
|
|
"grooms",
|
|
"husbands",
|
|
"brides",
|
|
"wives",
|
|
"significant others",
|
|
"fianc\u00e9s",
|
|
"intendeds",
|
|
"crushes",
|
|
"heartthrobs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"death":{
|
|
"the permanent stopping of all the vital bodily activities":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we were all saddened by the death of our friend"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"curtains",
|
|
"decease",
|
|
"demise",
|
|
"dissolution",
|
|
"doom",
|
|
"end",
|
|
"exit",
|
|
"expiration",
|
|
"expiry",
|
|
"fate",
|
|
"grave",
|
|
"great divide",
|
|
"passage",
|
|
"passing",
|
|
"quietus",
|
|
"sleep"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"casualty",
|
|
"fatality",
|
|
"martyrdom",
|
|
"self-destruction",
|
|
"self-murder",
|
|
"self-slaughter",
|
|
"suicide",
|
|
"annihilation",
|
|
"destruction",
|
|
"ending",
|
|
"extermination",
|
|
"ruin",
|
|
"assassination",
|
|
"execution",
|
|
"killing",
|
|
"massacre",
|
|
"slaughter"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"existence",
|
|
"life",
|
|
"creation",
|
|
"genesis",
|
|
"origination",
|
|
"rise"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"birth",
|
|
"nativity"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the state of being dead":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"death is one of the few constants in the universe"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dead",
|
|
"deadness",
|
|
"grave",
|
|
"lifelessness",
|
|
"nothingness",
|
|
"sleep"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"mortality"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"immortality",
|
|
"life span",
|
|
"lifetime"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"existence",
|
|
"life"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the act of ceasing to exist":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the death of the Soviet economic system in the wake of the breakup of the USSR"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"demise",
|
|
"expiration",
|
|
"expiry",
|
|
"termination"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dispersion",
|
|
"dissolution",
|
|
"cessation",
|
|
"close",
|
|
"conclusion",
|
|
"decease",
|
|
"discontinuance",
|
|
"doom",
|
|
"end",
|
|
"ending",
|
|
"finish",
|
|
"halt",
|
|
"lapse",
|
|
"passing",
|
|
"quietus",
|
|
"shutdown",
|
|
"shutoff",
|
|
"stop",
|
|
"stoppage",
|
|
"surcease",
|
|
"suicide",
|
|
"annihilation",
|
|
"destruction",
|
|
"ruin"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"existence",
|
|
"persistence",
|
|
"prolongation",
|
|
"inauguration",
|
|
"initiation",
|
|
"institution",
|
|
"origination"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"alpha",
|
|
"beginning",
|
|
"birth",
|
|
"commencement",
|
|
"creation",
|
|
"dawn",
|
|
"genesis",
|
|
"inception",
|
|
"incipience",
|
|
"incipiency",
|
|
"launch",
|
|
"morning",
|
|
"onset",
|
|
"outset",
|
|
"start"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"something that is the cause of one's ultimate failure or loss of life":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"that muscle car will be the death of him yet"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"destruction",
|
|
"downfall",
|
|
"ruin",
|
|
"ruination",
|
|
"undoing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bane",
|
|
"curse",
|
|
"torment",
|
|
"Achilles' heel",
|
|
"tragic flaw"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the killing of a large number of people":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"thousands of soldiers were lost on the field of death"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bloodbath",
|
|
"butchery",
|
|
"carnage",
|
|
"holocaust",
|
|
"massacre",
|
|
"slaughter"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bloodletting",
|
|
"bloodshed",
|
|
"foul play",
|
|
"homicide",
|
|
"killing",
|
|
"manslaughter",
|
|
"murder",
|
|
"slaying",
|
|
"mortality",
|
|
"annihilation",
|
|
"decimation",
|
|
"demolishing",
|
|
"destruction",
|
|
"devastation",
|
|
"eradication",
|
|
"extermination",
|
|
"genocide",
|
|
"pogrom",
|
|
"assassination",
|
|
"execution"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"death tax":{
|
|
"as in estate tax , inheritance tax":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"estate tax",
|
|
"inheritance tax",
|
|
"supertax",
|
|
"surcharge",
|
|
"surtax",
|
|
"flat tax",
|
|
"proportional tax",
|
|
"capitation",
|
|
"custom(s)",
|
|
"excise",
|
|
"hidden tax",
|
|
"income tax",
|
|
"poll tax",
|
|
"property tax",
|
|
"sales tax",
|
|
"single tax",
|
|
"sin tax",
|
|
"tariff",
|
|
"toll",
|
|
"tribute",
|
|
"value-added tax",
|
|
"withholding tax",
|
|
"direct tax",
|
|
"personal tax",
|
|
"assessment",
|
|
"duty",
|
|
"imposition",
|
|
"impost",
|
|
"levy",
|
|
"tax"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"dealer":{
|
|
"a buyer and seller of goods for profit":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a dealer in fine fabrics"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"merchandiser",
|
|
"merchant",
|
|
"trader",
|
|
"tradesman",
|
|
"trafficker"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"businessman",
|
|
"enterpriser",
|
|
"entrepreneur",
|
|
"buyer",
|
|
"marketer",
|
|
"purchaser",
|
|
"hawker",
|
|
"huckster",
|
|
"hustler",
|
|
"peddler",
|
|
"pedlar",
|
|
"retailer",
|
|
"seller",
|
|
"shopkeeper",
|
|
"storekeeper",
|
|
"vendor",
|
|
"vender",
|
|
"engrosser",
|
|
"monopolist",
|
|
"jobber",
|
|
"middleman",
|
|
"wholesaler",
|
|
"distributor",
|
|
"provider",
|
|
"provisioner",
|
|
"purveyor",
|
|
"supplier"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the person in a business deal who hands over an item in exchange for money":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"if both the dealer and the buyer are happy, then the item sold at a fair price"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"broker",
|
|
"merchandiser",
|
|
"seller",
|
|
"vendor",
|
|
"vender"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"merchant",
|
|
"trader",
|
|
"tradesman",
|
|
"auctioneer",
|
|
"concessionaire",
|
|
"black marketer",
|
|
"black marketeer",
|
|
"bootlegger",
|
|
"fence",
|
|
"fencer",
|
|
"hustler",
|
|
"scalper",
|
|
"smuggler",
|
|
"trafficker",
|
|
"discounter",
|
|
"distributor",
|
|
"e-tailer",
|
|
"exporter",
|
|
"jobber",
|
|
"reseller",
|
|
"retailer",
|
|
"wholesaler",
|
|
"chapman",
|
|
"hawker",
|
|
"huckster",
|
|
"peddler",
|
|
"pedlar",
|
|
"salesclerk",
|
|
"salesman",
|
|
"salesperson",
|
|
"saleswoman",
|
|
"shopgirl",
|
|
"bargainer",
|
|
"haggler",
|
|
"horse trader",
|
|
"palterer"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"consumer",
|
|
"end user",
|
|
"user"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"buyer",
|
|
"purchaser"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"deal":{
|
|
"a considerable amount":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"there is a great deal of waste in government"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abundance",
|
|
"barrel",
|
|
"basketful",
|
|
"boatload",
|
|
"bucket",
|
|
"bunch",
|
|
"bundle",
|
|
"bushel",
|
|
"carload",
|
|
"chunk",
|
|
"dozen",
|
|
"fistful",
|
|
"gobs",
|
|
"good deal",
|
|
"heap",
|
|
"hundred",
|
|
"lashings",
|
|
"lashins",
|
|
"loads",
|
|
"lot",
|
|
"mass",
|
|
"mess",
|
|
"mountain",
|
|
"much",
|
|
"multiplicity",
|
|
"myriad",
|
|
"oodles",
|
|
"pack",
|
|
"passel",
|
|
"peck",
|
|
"pile",
|
|
"plateful",
|
|
"plenitude",
|
|
"plentitude",
|
|
"plenty",
|
|
"pot",
|
|
"potful",
|
|
"profusion",
|
|
"quantity",
|
|
"raft",
|
|
"reams",
|
|
"scads",
|
|
"sheaf",
|
|
"shipload",
|
|
"sight",
|
|
"slew",
|
|
"spate",
|
|
"stack",
|
|
"store",
|
|
"ton",
|
|
"truckload",
|
|
"volume",
|
|
"wad",
|
|
"wealth",
|
|
"yard"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"epidemic",
|
|
"plague",
|
|
"rash",
|
|
"bonanza",
|
|
"embarrassment",
|
|
"excess",
|
|
"overabundance",
|
|
"overage",
|
|
"overkill",
|
|
"overmuch",
|
|
"oversupply",
|
|
"plethora",
|
|
"redundancy",
|
|
"superabundance",
|
|
"superfluity",
|
|
"surfeit",
|
|
"surplus",
|
|
"deluge",
|
|
"flood",
|
|
"overflow",
|
|
"army",
|
|
"bevy",
|
|
"cram",
|
|
"crowd",
|
|
"crush",
|
|
"drove",
|
|
"flock",
|
|
"herd",
|
|
"horde",
|
|
"host",
|
|
"legion",
|
|
"mob",
|
|
"multitude",
|
|
"press",
|
|
"score",
|
|
"sea",
|
|
"swarm",
|
|
"throng",
|
|
"gazillion",
|
|
"jillion",
|
|
"kazillion",
|
|
"million",
|
|
"thousands",
|
|
"trillion",
|
|
"zillion"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"atom",
|
|
"crumb",
|
|
"dot",
|
|
"fleck",
|
|
"flyspeck",
|
|
"fragment",
|
|
"grain",
|
|
"granule",
|
|
"iota",
|
|
"jot",
|
|
"modicum",
|
|
"molecule",
|
|
"mote",
|
|
"nubbin",
|
|
"particle",
|
|
"ray",
|
|
"scintilla",
|
|
"scrap",
|
|
"shred",
|
|
"tittle",
|
|
"whit",
|
|
"smatter",
|
|
"smattering",
|
|
"dash",
|
|
"drop",
|
|
"morsel",
|
|
"shot",
|
|
"piece",
|
|
"portion",
|
|
"section",
|
|
"absence",
|
|
"dearth",
|
|
"famine",
|
|
"lack",
|
|
"paucity",
|
|
"poverty",
|
|
"scarceness",
|
|
"scarcity",
|
|
"shortage",
|
|
"undersupply",
|
|
"want",
|
|
"deficiency",
|
|
"deficit",
|
|
"inadequacy",
|
|
"insufficiency",
|
|
"meagerness",
|
|
"scantiness",
|
|
"scantness",
|
|
"skimpiness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"ace",
|
|
"bit",
|
|
"dab",
|
|
"dram",
|
|
"driblet",
|
|
"glimmer",
|
|
"handful",
|
|
"hint",
|
|
"lick",
|
|
"little",
|
|
"mite",
|
|
"mouthful",
|
|
"nip",
|
|
"ounce",
|
|
"peanuts",
|
|
"pinch",
|
|
"pittance",
|
|
"scruple",
|
|
"shade",
|
|
"shadow",
|
|
"smidgen",
|
|
"smidgeon",
|
|
"smidgin",
|
|
"smidge",
|
|
"speck",
|
|
"spot",
|
|
"sprinkle",
|
|
"sprinkling",
|
|
"strain",
|
|
"streak",
|
|
"suspicion",
|
|
"tad",
|
|
"taste",
|
|
"touch",
|
|
"trace"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"an arrangement about action to be taken":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we made a deal to cooperate on the next assignment"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accord",
|
|
"agreement",
|
|
"bargain",
|
|
"compact",
|
|
"contract",
|
|
"convention",
|
|
"covenant",
|
|
"disposition",
|
|
"pact",
|
|
"settlement",
|
|
"understanding"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"charter",
|
|
"treaty",
|
|
"binder",
|
|
"pledge",
|
|
"promise",
|
|
"alliance",
|
|
"association",
|
|
"entente",
|
|
"entente cordiale",
|
|
"league",
|
|
"partnership",
|
|
"acceptance",
|
|
"approval",
|
|
"assent",
|
|
"concurrence",
|
|
"consent",
|
|
"OK",
|
|
"okay"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the transfer of ownership of something from one person to another for a price":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we closed the deal for the house last week"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"sale",
|
|
"trade",
|
|
"transaction"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"auction",
|
|
"silent auction",
|
|
"haggle",
|
|
"horse-trading",
|
|
"negotiation",
|
|
"bargain",
|
|
"buy",
|
|
"steal",
|
|
"purchase",
|
|
"clearance",
|
|
"closeout",
|
|
"fire sale",
|
|
"fair",
|
|
"garage sale",
|
|
"jumble sale",
|
|
"rummage sale",
|
|
"tag sale",
|
|
"yard sale"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a formal agreement to fulfill an obligation":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"if the other party backs out of the deal after it's signed, you can sue"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bond",
|
|
"contract",
|
|
"covenant",
|
|
"guarantee",
|
|
"guaranty",
|
|
"surety",
|
|
"warranty"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"oath",
|
|
"pledge",
|
|
"troth",
|
|
"vow",
|
|
"word",
|
|
"accord",
|
|
"bargain",
|
|
"compact",
|
|
"concordat",
|
|
"convention",
|
|
"pact",
|
|
"treaty",
|
|
"assurance",
|
|
"insurance",
|
|
"seal",
|
|
"bail",
|
|
"deposit",
|
|
"pawn",
|
|
"security"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"position with regard to conditions and circumstances":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we don't yet know what the deal is with the new manager"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ball game",
|
|
"footing",
|
|
"picture",
|
|
"posture",
|
|
"scene",
|
|
"situation",
|
|
"status",
|
|
"story"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"rank",
|
|
"standing",
|
|
"place",
|
|
"spot",
|
|
"state",
|
|
"score",
|
|
"status quo"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"something bought or offered for sale at a desirable price":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"that mail-order sweater isn't such a great deal after you factor in the cost of shipping and handling"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bargain",
|
|
"buy",
|
|
"pennyworth",
|
|
"snip",
|
|
"steal"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"clearance",
|
|
"closeout",
|
|
"markdown",
|
|
"cheapie",
|
|
"bonus",
|
|
"freebie",
|
|
"freebee",
|
|
"gift",
|
|
"giveaway",
|
|
"premium",
|
|
"present",
|
|
"boon",
|
|
"windfall"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"gouging",
|
|
"overcharge",
|
|
"rip-off",
|
|
"soaking",
|
|
"markup",
|
|
"surcharge",
|
|
"extravagance",
|
|
"luxury"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to carry on the business of buying and selling goods or other property":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"that store deals in used furniture"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"trade",
|
|
"traffic"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bargain",
|
|
"barter",
|
|
"horse-trade",
|
|
"negotiate",
|
|
"transact",
|
|
"auction",
|
|
"exchange",
|
|
"merchandise",
|
|
"merchandize",
|
|
"rebuy",
|
|
"resell",
|
|
"swap",
|
|
"buy",
|
|
"pick up",
|
|
"purchase",
|
|
"take",
|
|
"distribute",
|
|
"fair-trade",
|
|
"market",
|
|
"peddle",
|
|
"retail",
|
|
"sell",
|
|
"supply",
|
|
"vend",
|
|
"wholesale",
|
|
"black-market",
|
|
"bootleg",
|
|
"fence",
|
|
"smuggle",
|
|
"corner",
|
|
"engross",
|
|
"monopolize",
|
|
"undersell",
|
|
"day-trade",
|
|
"invest",
|
|
"speculate"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"black",
|
|
"blackball",
|
|
"boycott"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to talk over or dispute the terms of a purchase":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"you're going to have to learn how to deal if you want to buy a car at a fair price"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bargain",
|
|
"chaffer",
|
|
"dicker",
|
|
"haggle",
|
|
"horse-trade",
|
|
"negotiate",
|
|
"palter"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"argue",
|
|
"bicker",
|
|
"clash",
|
|
"fight",
|
|
"hassle",
|
|
"quarrel",
|
|
"quibble",
|
|
"squabble",
|
|
"wrangle",
|
|
"comparison shop",
|
|
"shop (around)",
|
|
"barter",
|
|
"exchange",
|
|
"trade",
|
|
"hawk",
|
|
"peddle",
|
|
"buy",
|
|
"purchase"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"deacons":{
|
|
"a person specially trained and authorized to conduct religious services in a Christian church":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"my cousin was married by his uncle, who is also a deacon in his church"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"clergypersons",
|
|
"clericals",
|
|
"clerics",
|
|
"clerks",
|
|
"divines",
|
|
"dominies",
|
|
"ecclesiastics",
|
|
"ministers",
|
|
"preachers",
|
|
"priests",
|
|
"reverends"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"churchmen",
|
|
"clergymen",
|
|
"fathers",
|
|
"Holy Joes",
|
|
"padres",
|
|
"clergywomen",
|
|
"deaconesses",
|
|
"priestesses",
|
|
"abbots",
|
|
"archbishops",
|
|
"archpriests",
|
|
"bishops",
|
|
"deans",
|
|
"diocesans",
|
|
"monsignors",
|
|
"monsignori",
|
|
"popes",
|
|
"prelates",
|
|
"presbyters",
|
|
"abb\u00e9s",
|
|
"curates",
|
|
"cur\u00e9s",
|
|
"parsons",
|
|
"pastors",
|
|
"rectors",
|
|
"shepherds",
|
|
"vicars",
|
|
"chaplains",
|
|
"confessors",
|
|
"sky pilots",
|
|
"evangelists",
|
|
"missionaries",
|
|
"missioners",
|
|
"missionizers",
|
|
"revivalists",
|
|
"friars",
|
|
"mendicants",
|
|
"monastics",
|
|
"monks",
|
|
"oblates",
|
|
"religious",
|
|
"high priestesses",
|
|
"high priests"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"lay readers",
|
|
"lectors"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"laymen",
|
|
"laypeople",
|
|
"seculars",
|
|
"secular"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"deaf to reason":{
|
|
"sticking to an opinion, purpose, or course of action in spite of reason, arguments, or persuasion":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I've given up on arguing with that guy, as he's clearly deaf to reason ."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"adamant",
|
|
"adamantine",
|
|
"bullheaded",
|
|
"dogged",
|
|
"hard",
|
|
"hardened",
|
|
"hardheaded",
|
|
"hard-nosed",
|
|
"headstrong",
|
|
"immovable",
|
|
"implacable",
|
|
"inconvincible",
|
|
"inflexible",
|
|
"intransigent",
|
|
"mulish",
|
|
"obdurate",
|
|
"obstinate",
|
|
"opinionated",
|
|
"ossified",
|
|
"pat",
|
|
"pertinacious",
|
|
"perverse",
|
|
"pigheaded",
|
|
"self-opinionated",
|
|
"self-willed",
|
|
"stiff-necked",
|
|
"stubborn",
|
|
"unbending",
|
|
"uncompromising",
|
|
"unrelenting",
|
|
"unyielding",
|
|
"willful",
|
|
"wilful"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"anal-retentive",
|
|
"obsessive",
|
|
"wayward",
|
|
"wrongheaded",
|
|
"determined",
|
|
"hell-bent",
|
|
"inexorable",
|
|
"persistent",
|
|
"relentless",
|
|
"resolved",
|
|
"set",
|
|
"single-minded",
|
|
"steadfast",
|
|
"stouthearted",
|
|
"tenacious",
|
|
"unflinching",
|
|
"firm",
|
|
"hard-line",
|
|
"hard-shell",
|
|
"hard-shelled",
|
|
"iron",
|
|
"severe",
|
|
"stern",
|
|
"strict",
|
|
"hidebound",
|
|
"narrow-minded",
|
|
"rigid",
|
|
"bloody-minded",
|
|
"cantankerous",
|
|
"contrary",
|
|
"cussed",
|
|
"contumacious",
|
|
"disobedient",
|
|
"froward",
|
|
"insubordinate",
|
|
"intractable",
|
|
"recalcitrant",
|
|
"refractory",
|
|
"uncooperative",
|
|
"ungovernable",
|
|
"unmanageable",
|
|
"unruly",
|
|
"defiant",
|
|
"insurgent",
|
|
"mutinous",
|
|
"indomitable",
|
|
"invincible",
|
|
"unconquerable",
|
|
"confirmed",
|
|
"inveterate",
|
|
"unregenerate",
|
|
"demanding",
|
|
"exacting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"docile",
|
|
"obedient",
|
|
"placable",
|
|
"submissive",
|
|
"tractable",
|
|
"accepting",
|
|
"persuadable",
|
|
"receptive",
|
|
"responsive",
|
|
"willing",
|
|
"governable",
|
|
"manageable",
|
|
"reasonable",
|
|
"temperate",
|
|
"slavish",
|
|
"subservient"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"acquiescent",
|
|
"agreeable",
|
|
"amenable",
|
|
"compliant",
|
|
"complying",
|
|
"flexible",
|
|
"pliable",
|
|
"pliant",
|
|
"relenting",
|
|
"yielding"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"deasil":{
|
|
"as in clockwise":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"clockwise"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"about",
|
|
"around",
|
|
"back",
|
|
"backward",
|
|
"backwards",
|
|
"round",
|
|
"behind",
|
|
"down",
|
|
"downward",
|
|
"downwards",
|
|
"rearward",
|
|
"rearwards",
|
|
"obversely",
|
|
"reversely"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"dealt (out)":{
|
|
"to give out (something) to appropriate individuals":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"aid workers dealt out a packet of emergency supplies to each earthquake victim"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"administered",
|
|
"allocated",
|
|
"apportioned",
|
|
"dispensed",
|
|
"distributed",
|
|
"doled out",
|
|
"handed out",
|
|
"meted (out)",
|
|
"parceled (out)",
|
|
"parcelled (out)",
|
|
"portioned",
|
|
"prorated"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"admeasured",
|
|
"allotted",
|
|
"allowed",
|
|
"appropriated",
|
|
"assigned",
|
|
"dished out",
|
|
"divided",
|
|
"divvied (up)",
|
|
"dolloped (out)",
|
|
"lotted",
|
|
"measured (out)",
|
|
"parted",
|
|
"proportioned",
|
|
"rationed",
|
|
"redistributed",
|
|
"set",
|
|
"shared (out)",
|
|
"split",
|
|
"bestowed",
|
|
"disbursed",
|
|
"furnished",
|
|
"issued",
|
|
"provided",
|
|
"shared",
|
|
"supplied",
|
|
"circulated",
|
|
"dispersed",
|
|
"disseminated",
|
|
"scattered",
|
|
"spread",
|
|
"chipped in",
|
|
"contributed",
|
|
"donated",
|
|
"pledged",
|
|
"reallocated",
|
|
"reapportioned"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"begrudged",
|
|
"declined",
|
|
"denied",
|
|
"deprived (of)",
|
|
"disallowed",
|
|
"refused",
|
|
"rejected",
|
|
"withheld",
|
|
"niggled (out)",
|
|
"pinched",
|
|
"skimped",
|
|
"stinted"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"misallocated"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"deals (out)":{
|
|
"to give out (something) to appropriate individuals":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"aid workers dealt out a packet of emergency supplies to each earthquake victim"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"administers",
|
|
"allocates",
|
|
"apportions",
|
|
"dispenses",
|
|
"distributes",
|
|
"doles out",
|
|
"hands out",
|
|
"metes (out)",
|
|
"parcels (out)",
|
|
"portions",
|
|
"prorates"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"admeasures",
|
|
"allots",
|
|
"allows",
|
|
"appropriates",
|
|
"assigns",
|
|
"dishes out",
|
|
"divides",
|
|
"divvies (up)",
|
|
"dollops (out)",
|
|
"lots",
|
|
"measures (out)",
|
|
"parts",
|
|
"proportions",
|
|
"rations",
|
|
"redistributes",
|
|
"sets",
|
|
"shares (out)",
|
|
"splits",
|
|
"bestows",
|
|
"disburses",
|
|
"furnishes",
|
|
"issues",
|
|
"provides",
|
|
"shares",
|
|
"supplies",
|
|
"circulates",
|
|
"disperses",
|
|
"disseminates",
|
|
"scatters",
|
|
"spreads",
|
|
"chips in",
|
|
"contributes",
|
|
"donates",
|
|
"pledges",
|
|
"reallocates",
|
|
"reapportions"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"begrudges",
|
|
"declines",
|
|
"denies",
|
|
"deprives (of)",
|
|
"disallows",
|
|
"refuses",
|
|
"rejects",
|
|
"withholds",
|
|
"niggles (out)",
|
|
"pinches",
|
|
"skimps",
|
|
"stints"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"misallocates"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"deadheads":{
|
|
"a stupid person":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"people knew that he was a deadhead and voted for him anyway"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"airheads",
|
|
"birdbrains",
|
|
"blockheads",
|
|
"boneheads",
|
|
"bubbleheads",
|
|
"chowderheads",
|
|
"chuckleheads",
|
|
"clodpolls",
|
|
"clodpoles",
|
|
"clots",
|
|
"clucks",
|
|
"clunks",
|
|
"cretins",
|
|
"cuddies",
|
|
"dim bulbs",
|
|
"dimwits",
|
|
"dips",
|
|
"dodoes",
|
|
"dodos",
|
|
"dolts",
|
|
"donkeys",
|
|
"doofuses",
|
|
"dufuses",
|
|
"dopes",
|
|
"dorks",
|
|
"dullards",
|
|
"dumbbells",
|
|
"dumbheads",
|
|
"dum-dums",
|
|
"dummies",
|
|
"dummkopfs",
|
|
"dunces",
|
|
"dunderheads",
|
|
"fatheads",
|
|
"ganders",
|
|
"golems",
|
|
"goofs",
|
|
"goons",
|
|
"half-wits",
|
|
"hammerheads",
|
|
"hardheads",
|
|
"idiots",
|
|
"ignoramuses",
|
|
"ignorami",
|
|
"imbeciles",
|
|
"jackasses",
|
|
"know-nothings",
|
|
"knuckleheads",
|
|
"lamebrains",
|
|
"loggerheads",
|
|
"loons",
|
|
"lumps",
|
|
"lunkheads",
|
|
"meatheads",
|
|
"momes",
|
|
"morons",
|
|
"mugs",
|
|
"mutts",
|
|
"naturals",
|
|
"nimrods",
|
|
"nincompoops",
|
|
"ninnies",
|
|
"ninnyhammers",
|
|
"nits",
|
|
"nitwits",
|
|
"noddies",
|
|
"noodles",
|
|
"numskulls",
|
|
"numbskulls",
|
|
"oafs",
|
|
"pinheads",
|
|
"prats",
|
|
"ratbags",
|
|
"sapheads",
|
|
"schlubs",
|
|
"shlubs",
|
|
"schnooks",
|
|
"simpletons",
|
|
"stocks",
|
|
"stupes",
|
|
"stupids",
|
|
"thickheads",
|
|
"turkeys",
|
|
"woodenheads",
|
|
"yahoos",
|
|
"yo-yos"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"boobies",
|
|
"buffoons",
|
|
"fools",
|
|
"geese",
|
|
"loonies",
|
|
"lunatics",
|
|
"madmen",
|
|
"nuts",
|
|
"zanies",
|
|
"losers",
|
|
"gawks",
|
|
"featherbrains",
|
|
"scatterbrains",
|
|
"beasts",
|
|
"boors",
|
|
"cads",
|
|
"churls",
|
|
"clowns",
|
|
"creeps",
|
|
"curs",
|
|
"heels",
|
|
"jerks",
|
|
"skunks",
|
|
"skunk",
|
|
"snakes",
|
|
"stinkers",
|
|
"villains"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"intellects",
|
|
"intellectuals",
|
|
"sages",
|
|
"thinkers",
|
|
"whizzes",
|
|
"wizards",
|
|
"polymaths",
|
|
"Renaissance men",
|
|
"sharpies"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"brains",
|
|
"geniuses",
|
|
"genii"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"deadlock":{
|
|
"a point in a struggle where neither side is capable of winning or willing to give in":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the jury sent a note to the judge that it was hopelessly stuck in a deadlock"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"gridlock",
|
|
"halt",
|
|
"impasse",
|
|
"logjam",
|
|
"Mexican standoff",
|
|
"stalemate",
|
|
"standoff",
|
|
"standstill"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dead end",
|
|
"bind",
|
|
"bottleneck",
|
|
"corner",
|
|
"dilemma",
|
|
"fix",
|
|
"hole",
|
|
"jam",
|
|
"morass",
|
|
"pickle",
|
|
"pinch",
|
|
"plight",
|
|
"predicament",
|
|
"quagmire",
|
|
"quandary",
|
|
"spot",
|
|
"difficulty",
|
|
"problem"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"deans":{
|
|
"the senior member of a group":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the dean of the Aspen ski instructors oversaw the training of the rescue team"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"doyens",
|
|
"elders",
|
|
"elder statesmen",
|
|
"\u00e9minences grises",
|
|
"nestors",
|
|
"seniors"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"betters",
|
|
"superiors",
|
|
"old hands",
|
|
"old-timers",
|
|
"veterans",
|
|
"vets"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"doyennes",
|
|
"inferiors",
|
|
"subordinates",
|
|
"underlings",
|
|
"beginners",
|
|
"colts",
|
|
"fledglings",
|
|
"freshmen",
|
|
"greenhorns",
|
|
"neophytes",
|
|
"newbies",
|
|
"newcomers",
|
|
"novices",
|
|
"recruits",
|
|
"rookies",
|
|
"tenderfeet",
|
|
"tenderfoots",
|
|
"tyros"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"babies",
|
|
"juniors"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"deal (with)":{
|
|
"to behave toward in a stated way":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"it's important to deal with others fairly"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"act (toward)",
|
|
"be (to)",
|
|
"handle",
|
|
"serve",
|
|
"treat",
|
|
"use"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"consider",
|
|
"esteem",
|
|
"rate",
|
|
"reckon",
|
|
"regard",
|
|
"view",
|
|
"engage (with)",
|
|
"react (to)",
|
|
"respond (to)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to have (something) as a subject matter":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"this textbook deals with the history of France"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"concern",
|
|
"cover",
|
|
"pertain (to)",
|
|
"treat (of)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"appertain (to)",
|
|
"bear (on or upon)",
|
|
"refer (to)",
|
|
"relate (to)",
|
|
"advert (to)",
|
|
"allude (to)",
|
|
"cite",
|
|
"glance (upon)",
|
|
"instance",
|
|
"mention",
|
|
"name",
|
|
"note",
|
|
"notice",
|
|
"quote",
|
|
"specify",
|
|
"touch (upon)",
|
|
"offer",
|
|
"present",
|
|
"contain",
|
|
"embrace",
|
|
"encompass",
|
|
"entail",
|
|
"include",
|
|
"incorporate"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"exclude",
|
|
"omit",
|
|
"disregard",
|
|
"forget",
|
|
"ignore",
|
|
"neglect",
|
|
"overlook",
|
|
"overpass",
|
|
"pass over",
|
|
"slight",
|
|
"slur (over)",
|
|
"brush (aside or off)",
|
|
"reject",
|
|
"shrug off"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"deadened":{
|
|
"as in drugged , stupefied":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"anesthetized",
|
|
"cocainized",
|
|
"drugged",
|
|
"stupefied",
|
|
"chilled",
|
|
"nipped",
|
|
"blunted",
|
|
"dulled",
|
|
"obtunded",
|
|
"asleep",
|
|
"benumbed",
|
|
"dead",
|
|
"insensitive",
|
|
"numb",
|
|
"numbed",
|
|
"torpid",
|
|
"unfeeling",
|
|
"insensible",
|
|
"senseless",
|
|
"unconscious",
|
|
"inanimate",
|
|
"insensate"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"feeling",
|
|
"sensible",
|
|
"sensitive",
|
|
"awake"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to deprive of emotional or intellectual vitality":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an excess of detail deadens much of the mystery novel's suspense"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"castrated",
|
|
"damped",
|
|
"dampened",
|
|
"dehydrated",
|
|
"desiccated",
|
|
"devitalized",
|
|
"enervated",
|
|
"gelded",
|
|
"lobotomized",
|
|
"petrified"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"burned out",
|
|
"burnt out",
|
|
"debilitated",
|
|
"did in",
|
|
"drained",
|
|
"enfeebled",
|
|
"exhausted",
|
|
"fatigued",
|
|
"sapped",
|
|
"tuckered (out)",
|
|
"undermined",
|
|
"weakened",
|
|
"wore",
|
|
"wore out",
|
|
"daunted",
|
|
"demoralized",
|
|
"discouraged",
|
|
"disheartened",
|
|
"dispirited"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"aroused",
|
|
"roused",
|
|
"stirred",
|
|
"charged",
|
|
"electrified",
|
|
"galvanized",
|
|
"excited",
|
|
"fermented",
|
|
"fired",
|
|
"fomented",
|
|
"incited",
|
|
"inflamed",
|
|
"enflamed",
|
|
"instigated",
|
|
"kindled",
|
|
"provoked",
|
|
"sparked",
|
|
"triggered",
|
|
"whipped (up)",
|
|
"abetted",
|
|
"boosted",
|
|
"buoyed",
|
|
"cheered",
|
|
"emboldened",
|
|
"fortified",
|
|
"heartened",
|
|
"inspired",
|
|
"lifted",
|
|
"reactivated",
|
|
"reanimated",
|
|
"reawakened",
|
|
"reawoke",
|
|
"reawaked",
|
|
"recharged",
|
|
"reenergized",
|
|
"re-energized",
|
|
"refreshed",
|
|
"regenerated",
|
|
"rejuvenated",
|
|
"rekindled",
|
|
"renewed",
|
|
"resurrected",
|
|
"resuscitated",
|
|
"revitalized",
|
|
"revived"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"braced",
|
|
"energized",
|
|
"enlivened",
|
|
"invigorated",
|
|
"quickened",
|
|
"stimulated",
|
|
"vitalized",
|
|
"vivified"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to reduce or weaken in strength or feeling":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a couple of aspirins deadened the headache"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"benumbed",
|
|
"blunted",
|
|
"cauterized",
|
|
"damped",
|
|
"dampened",
|
|
"dulled",
|
|
"numbed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"muffled",
|
|
"muted",
|
|
"toned (down)",
|
|
"decreased",
|
|
"diminished",
|
|
"lessened",
|
|
"let up (on)",
|
|
"lowered",
|
|
"reduced",
|
|
"subdued",
|
|
"debilitated",
|
|
"enfeebled",
|
|
"weakened",
|
|
"dwindled",
|
|
"receded",
|
|
"subsided",
|
|
"tapered (off)",
|
|
"waned",
|
|
"alleviated",
|
|
"eased",
|
|
"lightened",
|
|
"abated",
|
|
"moderated"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"amplified",
|
|
"augmented",
|
|
"beefed (up)",
|
|
"boosted",
|
|
"consolidated",
|
|
"deepened",
|
|
"enhanced",
|
|
"heightened",
|
|
"intensified",
|
|
"magnified",
|
|
"redoubled",
|
|
"stepped up",
|
|
"strengthened",
|
|
"animated",
|
|
"aroused",
|
|
"stimulated"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"sharpened",
|
|
"whetted"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"dealing (in)":{
|
|
"to offer for sale to the public":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the company deals in virtually all types of insurance"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"marketing",
|
|
"merchandising",
|
|
"merchandizing",
|
|
"putting up",
|
|
"retailing",
|
|
"selling",
|
|
"vending"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"preselling",
|
|
"wholesaling",
|
|
"remarketing",
|
|
"reselling",
|
|
"hawking",
|
|
"peddling",
|
|
"bartering",
|
|
"distributing",
|
|
"exchanging",
|
|
"exporting",
|
|
"handling",
|
|
"trading",
|
|
"trafficking (in)",
|
|
"advertising",
|
|
"ballyhooing",
|
|
"boosting",
|
|
"plugging",
|
|
"promoting",
|
|
"touting",
|
|
"bargaining",
|
|
"chaffering",
|
|
"dickering",
|
|
"haggling",
|
|
"horse-trading",
|
|
"paltering",
|
|
"auctioning",
|
|
"providing",
|
|
"supplying",
|
|
"carrying",
|
|
"keeping",
|
|
"stocking"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"buying",
|
|
"purchasing"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"dead":{
|
|
"no longer living":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I inherited this heirloom from my dead great-grandfather"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"asleep",
|
|
"breathless",
|
|
"cold",
|
|
"deceased",
|
|
"defunct",
|
|
"demised",
|
|
"departed",
|
|
"fallen",
|
|
"gone",
|
|
"late",
|
|
"lifeless",
|
|
"low"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"extinct",
|
|
"dying",
|
|
"fading",
|
|
"moribund",
|
|
"stillborn",
|
|
"finished",
|
|
"lapsed",
|
|
"terminated",
|
|
"inanimate",
|
|
"insensate",
|
|
"nonliving"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"animated",
|
|
"dynamic",
|
|
"lively",
|
|
"thriving",
|
|
"vibrant",
|
|
"vital",
|
|
"vivacious",
|
|
"active",
|
|
"functioning",
|
|
"operative",
|
|
"running"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"alive",
|
|
"animate",
|
|
"breathing",
|
|
"going",
|
|
"live",
|
|
"living",
|
|
"quick"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"lacking in gaiety, movement, or animation":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the store is often dead after 4:00 p.m."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"comatose",
|
|
"sleepy",
|
|
"slow"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"lethargic",
|
|
"sluggish",
|
|
"torpid",
|
|
"dormant",
|
|
"fallow",
|
|
"free",
|
|
"idle",
|
|
"inactive",
|
|
"inert",
|
|
"inoperative",
|
|
"latent",
|
|
"off",
|
|
"vacant"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abounding",
|
|
"overflowing",
|
|
"swarming",
|
|
"teeming",
|
|
"thronging"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"alive",
|
|
"animated",
|
|
"astir",
|
|
"bustling",
|
|
"busy",
|
|
"buzzing",
|
|
"flourishing",
|
|
"humming",
|
|
"lively",
|
|
"thriving",
|
|
"vibrant"
|
|
]
|
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},
|
|
"depleted in strength, energy, or freshness":{
|
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"examples":[
|
|
"a long day of traveling left them just dead"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"all in",
|
|
"aweary",
|
|
"beat",
|
|
"beaten",
|
|
"bleary",
|
|
"burned-out",
|
|
"burnt-out",
|
|
"bushed",
|
|
"done",
|
|
"drained",
|
|
"exhausted",
|
|
"fatigued",
|
|
"jaded",
|
|
"knackered",
|
|
"limp",
|
|
"logy",
|
|
"loggy",
|
|
"played out",
|
|
"pooped",
|
|
"prostrate",
|
|
"spent",
|
|
"tapped out",
|
|
"tired",
|
|
"tuckered (out)",
|
|
"washed-out",
|
|
"wearied",
|
|
"weary",
|
|
"wiped out",
|
|
"worn",
|
|
"worn-out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"overfatigued",
|
|
"overtaxed",
|
|
"overworked",
|
|
"broken-down",
|
|
"run-down",
|
|
"debilitated",
|
|
"enervate",
|
|
"enervated",
|
|
"enfeebled",
|
|
"sapped",
|
|
"weakened",
|
|
"drowsy",
|
|
"heavy",
|
|
"sleepy",
|
|
"lethargic",
|
|
"sluggish"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"fresh",
|
|
"refreshed",
|
|
"rejuvenated",
|
|
"relaxed",
|
|
"rested",
|
|
"revitalized",
|
|
"active",
|
|
"energetic",
|
|
"invigorated",
|
|
"peppy",
|
|
"strengthened",
|
|
"strong",
|
|
"tireless",
|
|
"vitalized",
|
|
"weariless"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"unwearied"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"having no exceptions or restrictions":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"there was a dead silence following that incredibly moving performance"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"absolute",
|
|
"all-out",
|
|
"arrant",
|
|
"blank",
|
|
"blooming",
|
|
"bodacious",
|
|
"categorical",
|
|
"categoric",
|
|
"clean",
|
|
"complete",
|
|
"consummate",
|
|
"crashing",
|
|
"damn",
|
|
"damned",
|
|
"deadly",
|
|
"definite",
|
|
"downright",
|
|
"dreadful",
|
|
"fair",
|
|
"flat",
|
|
"flat-out",
|
|
"out-and-out",
|
|
"outright",
|
|
"perfect",
|
|
"plumb",
|
|
"profound",
|
|
"pure",
|
|
"rank",
|
|
"regular",
|
|
"sheer",
|
|
"simple",
|
|
"stark",
|
|
"stone",
|
|
"straight-out",
|
|
"thorough",
|
|
"thoroughgoing",
|
|
"total",
|
|
"unadulterated",
|
|
"unalloyed",
|
|
"unconditional",
|
|
"unmitigated",
|
|
"unqualified",
|
|
"utter",
|
|
"very"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"authentic",
|
|
"classic",
|
|
"genuine",
|
|
"real",
|
|
"veritable",
|
|
"constant",
|
|
"endless",
|
|
"eternal",
|
|
"perpetual",
|
|
"undying",
|
|
"unremitting",
|
|
"extreme",
|
|
"unrestricted",
|
|
"confirmed",
|
|
"habitual",
|
|
"hopeless",
|
|
"inveterate",
|
|
"extraordinary",
|
|
"frightful",
|
|
"horrible",
|
|
"huge",
|
|
"main",
|
|
"superlative",
|
|
"supreme",
|
|
"surpassing",
|
|
"terrible",
|
|
"terrific"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"doubtful",
|
|
"dubious",
|
|
"equivocal",
|
|
"qualified",
|
|
"questionable",
|
|
"restricted",
|
|
"uncertain"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"lacking in sensation or feeling":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"my foot was dead after I absentmindedly sat on it for an hour"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"asleep",
|
|
"benumbed",
|
|
"insensitive",
|
|
"numb",
|
|
"numbed",
|
|
"torpid",
|
|
"unfeeling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"chilled",
|
|
"nipped",
|
|
"anesthetized",
|
|
"cocainized",
|
|
"deadened",
|
|
"drugged",
|
|
"stupefied",
|
|
"blunted",
|
|
"dulled",
|
|
"obtunded",
|
|
"insensible",
|
|
"senseless",
|
|
"unconscious",
|
|
"inanimate",
|
|
"insensate"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"awake"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"feeling",
|
|
"sensible",
|
|
"sensitive"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"no longer existing":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the dead Babylonian culture"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bygone",
|
|
"bypast",
|
|
"defunct",
|
|
"departed",
|
|
"done",
|
|
"expired",
|
|
"extinct",
|
|
"gone",
|
|
"nonextant",
|
|
"vanished"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"nonexistent",
|
|
"dying",
|
|
"faded",
|
|
"moribund",
|
|
"collapsed",
|
|
"fallen",
|
|
"overthrown",
|
|
"antiquated",
|
|
"dated",
|
|
"obsolete",
|
|
"pass\u00e9",
|
|
"finished",
|
|
"lapsed",
|
|
"terminated",
|
|
"lost",
|
|
"missing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"active",
|
|
"dynamic",
|
|
"thriving",
|
|
"vibrant"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"alive",
|
|
"existent",
|
|
"existing",
|
|
"extant",
|
|
"living"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"not being in a state of use, activity, or employment":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"local coal mines that have been dead for years"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dormant",
|
|
"fallow",
|
|
"free",
|
|
"idle",
|
|
"inactive",
|
|
"inert",
|
|
"inoperative",
|
|
"latent",
|
|
"off",
|
|
"unused",
|
|
"vacant"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abeyant",
|
|
"arrested",
|
|
"interrupted",
|
|
"suspended",
|
|
"unoccupied",
|
|
"asleep",
|
|
"comatose",
|
|
"lifeless",
|
|
"moribund",
|
|
"quiescent",
|
|
"sleepy",
|
|
"inoperable",
|
|
"unusable",
|
|
"unworkable",
|
|
"useless",
|
|
"dull",
|
|
"slow"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"functional",
|
|
"operable",
|
|
"operational",
|
|
"workable",
|
|
"assiduous",
|
|
"industrious",
|
|
"sedulous",
|
|
"energetic",
|
|
"vigorous",
|
|
"feasible",
|
|
"practical",
|
|
"usable",
|
|
"useable",
|
|
"useful",
|
|
"viable"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"active",
|
|
"alive",
|
|
"busy",
|
|
"employed",
|
|
"functioning",
|
|
"going",
|
|
"living",
|
|
"on",
|
|
"operating",
|
|
"operative",
|
|
"running",
|
|
"working"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"of, relating to, or suggestive of death":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"fell into a dead faint upon hearing the news"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"deadly",
|
|
"deathly",
|
|
"mortal",
|
|
"mortuary"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cadaverous",
|
|
"ghostlike",
|
|
"ghostly",
|
|
"phantom",
|
|
"spectral",
|
|
"inactive",
|
|
"inert",
|
|
"inoperative",
|
|
"lifeless",
|
|
"quiescent",
|
|
"still",
|
|
"macabre",
|
|
"baleful",
|
|
"fatal",
|
|
"fateful",
|
|
"fell",
|
|
"killer",
|
|
"lethal",
|
|
"murderous",
|
|
"pestilent"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"active",
|
|
"alive",
|
|
"animate",
|
|
"breathing",
|
|
"live",
|
|
"living",
|
|
"animated",
|
|
"bouncing",
|
|
"brisk",
|
|
"energetic",
|
|
"frisky",
|
|
"gay",
|
|
"jaunty",
|
|
"jazzy",
|
|
"lively",
|
|
"peppy",
|
|
"perky",
|
|
"pert",
|
|
"racy",
|
|
"snappy",
|
|
"spanking",
|
|
"sparky",
|
|
"spirited",
|
|
"sprightful",
|
|
"sprightly",
|
|
"springy",
|
|
"vigorous",
|
|
"vital",
|
|
"vivacious",
|
|
"zippy",
|
|
"able-bodied",
|
|
"chipper",
|
|
"fit",
|
|
"hale",
|
|
"healthy",
|
|
"hearty",
|
|
"robust",
|
|
"sound",
|
|
"well",
|
|
"whole",
|
|
"wholesome"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"facing certain defeat, disaster, or death":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"if we don't finish this project on time, we're dead"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"done",
|
|
"done for",
|
|
"doomed",
|
|
"finished",
|
|
"kaput",
|
|
"kaputt",
|
|
"ruined",
|
|
"sunk"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"endangered",
|
|
"imperiled",
|
|
"imperilled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"lacking in taste or flavor":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"from the first sip I could tell that the wine hadn't aged well and was pretty much dead"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"flat",
|
|
"flavorless",
|
|
"insipid",
|
|
"savorless",
|
|
"tasteless",
|
|
"unsavory"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bland",
|
|
"dilute",
|
|
"thin",
|
|
"watery",
|
|
"weak",
|
|
"plain",
|
|
"unflavored"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disgusting",
|
|
"distasteful",
|
|
"loathsome",
|
|
"sickening",
|
|
"unappetizing",
|
|
"unpalatable",
|
|
"cloying",
|
|
"mawkish",
|
|
"appetizing",
|
|
"delectable",
|
|
"delicious",
|
|
"palatable",
|
|
"toothsome",
|
|
"keen",
|
|
"piquant",
|
|
"seasoned",
|
|
"spicy",
|
|
"flavored",
|
|
"heavy",
|
|
"rich"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"flavorful",
|
|
"flavorsome",
|
|
"sapid",
|
|
"savory",
|
|
"savoury",
|
|
"tasteful",
|
|
"tasty"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"producing inferior or only a small amount of vegetation":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the dead wastes of the far country to the west"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"barren",
|
|
"bony",
|
|
"boney",
|
|
"desolate",
|
|
"hardscrabble",
|
|
"impoverished",
|
|
"infertile",
|
|
"poor",
|
|
"stark",
|
|
"unfertile",
|
|
"unproductive",
|
|
"waste"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bleak",
|
|
"inhospitable",
|
|
"lifeless",
|
|
"uncultivable",
|
|
"untillable",
|
|
"bankrupted",
|
|
"consumed",
|
|
"debilitated",
|
|
"depleted",
|
|
"diminished",
|
|
"drained",
|
|
"dried-up",
|
|
"enfeebled",
|
|
"exhausted",
|
|
"expended",
|
|
"lessened",
|
|
"reduced",
|
|
"spent",
|
|
"used up",
|
|
"arid",
|
|
"desert",
|
|
"droughty",
|
|
"dry",
|
|
"rainless",
|
|
"sere",
|
|
"sear",
|
|
"thirsty",
|
|
"waterless",
|
|
"baked",
|
|
"dehydrated",
|
|
"parched",
|
|
"sunbaked"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"arable",
|
|
"tillable",
|
|
"green",
|
|
"sylvan",
|
|
"verdant"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"fertile",
|
|
"fruitful",
|
|
"lush",
|
|
"luxuriant",
|
|
"productive",
|
|
"rich"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"in a direct line or course":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the finish line is dead ahead"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"direct",
|
|
"directly",
|
|
"due",
|
|
"plumb",
|
|
"plump",
|
|
"right",
|
|
"straight",
|
|
"straightway"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"circuitously",
|
|
"deviously",
|
|
"veeringly"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"indirectly"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to a full extent or degree":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I'm dead certain that's the one I want"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"all",
|
|
"all of",
|
|
"all over",
|
|
"altogether",
|
|
"clean",
|
|
"completely",
|
|
"enough",
|
|
"entire",
|
|
"entirely",
|
|
"even",
|
|
"exactly",
|
|
"fast",
|
|
"flat",
|
|
"full",
|
|
"fully",
|
|
"heartily",
|
|
"out",
|
|
"perfectly",
|
|
"plumb",
|
|
"quite",
|
|
"soundly",
|
|
"thoroughly",
|
|
"through and through",
|
|
"totally",
|
|
"utterly",
|
|
"well",
|
|
"wholly",
|
|
"wide"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"absolutely",
|
|
"categorically",
|
|
"cold",
|
|
"downright",
|
|
"hands down",
|
|
"plain",
|
|
"stone",
|
|
"stone-cold",
|
|
"unqualifiedly",
|
|
"basically",
|
|
"by and large",
|
|
"chiefly",
|
|
"generally",
|
|
"largely",
|
|
"mainly",
|
|
"more or less",
|
|
"mostly",
|
|
"overall",
|
|
"predominantly",
|
|
"predominately",
|
|
"primarily",
|
|
"principally",
|
|
"substantially",
|
|
"abundantly",
|
|
"copiously",
|
|
"generously",
|
|
"greatly"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"barely",
|
|
"hardly",
|
|
"just",
|
|
"kind of",
|
|
"marginally",
|
|
"minimally",
|
|
"scarcely",
|
|
"slightly",
|
|
"superficially",
|
|
"approximately",
|
|
"roughly",
|
|
"somewhat"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"half",
|
|
"halfway",
|
|
"incompletely",
|
|
"part",
|
|
"partially",
|
|
"partly"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the state of being dead":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"it's impossible to raise someone from the dead"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"deadness",
|
|
"death",
|
|
"grave",
|
|
"lifelessness",
|
|
"nothingness",
|
|
"sleep"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"mortality"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"immortality",
|
|
"life span",
|
|
"lifetime"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"existence",
|
|
"life"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"adverb",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"dearths":{
|
|
"a falling short of an essential or desirable amount or number":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"there was a dearth of usable firewood at the campsite"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"crunches",
|
|
"deficiencies",
|
|
"deficits",
|
|
"droughts",
|
|
"drouths",
|
|
"failures",
|
|
"famines",
|
|
"inadequacies",
|
|
"insufficiencies",
|
|
"lacks",
|
|
"lacunae",
|
|
"lacunas",
|
|
"paucities",
|
|
"pinches",
|
|
"poverties",
|
|
"scarcities",
|
|
"shortages",
|
|
"undersupplies",
|
|
"wants"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"absences",
|
|
"omissions",
|
|
"necessities",
|
|
"needs",
|
|
"privations"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"excesses",
|
|
"overabundances",
|
|
"oversupplies",
|
|
"surfeits",
|
|
"surpluses"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"abundances",
|
|
"adequacies",
|
|
"amplitudes",
|
|
"opulences",
|
|
"plenitudes",
|
|
"plenties",
|
|
"sufficiencies",
|
|
"wealths"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"death grips":{
|
|
"the right or means to command or control others":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the cult leader had such a death grip on his followers that all orders were carried out without the slightest objection"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"arms",
|
|
"authorities",
|
|
"clutches",
|
|
"commands",
|
|
"controls",
|
|
"dominions",
|
|
"grips",
|
|
"holds",
|
|
"masteries",
|
|
"powers",
|
|
"reigns",
|
|
"reins",
|
|
"sways"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"clouts",
|
|
"influences",
|
|
"leverages",
|
|
"pulls",
|
|
"voices",
|
|
"weights",
|
|
"jurisdictions",
|
|
"directions",
|
|
"managements",
|
|
"dominances",
|
|
"imperiums",
|
|
"predominances",
|
|
"sovereignties",
|
|
"sovranties",
|
|
"supremacies",
|
|
"prerogatives",
|
|
"privileges",
|
|
"rights",
|
|
"eminences",
|
|
"importances",
|
|
"moments"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"weaknesses"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"impotences",
|
|
"impotencies"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"dead-ended":{
|
|
"to come to an end":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"after several fruitless years, the research seems to have simply dead-ended"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"broke off",
|
|
"broke up",
|
|
"ceased",
|
|
"closed",
|
|
"concluded",
|
|
"determined",
|
|
"died",
|
|
"discontinued",
|
|
"elapsed",
|
|
"ended",
|
|
"expired",
|
|
"finished",
|
|
"halted",
|
|
"lapsed",
|
|
"left off",
|
|
"let up",
|
|
"passed",
|
|
"quit",
|
|
"quitted",
|
|
"stopped",
|
|
"terminated",
|
|
"went",
|
|
"winked (out)",
|
|
"wound up",
|
|
"winded up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"desisted (from)",
|
|
"laid off (of)",
|
|
"refrained (from)",
|
|
"gave over",
|
|
"knocked off",
|
|
"packed (up or in)",
|
|
"broke down",
|
|
"conked (out)",
|
|
"cut out",
|
|
"stalled",
|
|
"paused",
|
|
"stayed",
|
|
"suspended",
|
|
"abated",
|
|
"petered (out)",
|
|
"wound down",
|
|
"winded down"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"drew out",
|
|
"extended",
|
|
"prolonged",
|
|
"protracted"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"continued",
|
|
"hung on",
|
|
"persisted"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"dealers":{
|
|
"a buyer and seller of goods for profit":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a dealer in fine fabrics"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"merchandisers",
|
|
"merchants",
|
|
"traders",
|
|
"tradesmen",
|
|
"traffickers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"businessmen",
|
|
"enterprisers",
|
|
"entrepreneurs",
|
|
"buyers",
|
|
"marketers",
|
|
"purchasers",
|
|
"hawkers",
|
|
"hucksters",
|
|
"hustlers",
|
|
"peddlers",
|
|
"pedlars",
|
|
"retailers",
|
|
"sellers",
|
|
"shopkeepers",
|
|
"storekeepers",
|
|
"vendors",
|
|
"venders",
|
|
"engrossers",
|
|
"monopolists",
|
|
"jobbers",
|
|
"middlemen",
|
|
"wholesalers",
|
|
"distributors",
|
|
"providers",
|
|
"provisioners",
|
|
"purveyors",
|
|
"suppliers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the person in a business deal who hands over an item in exchange for money":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"if both the dealer and the buyer are happy, then the item sold at a fair price"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"brokers",
|
|
"merchandisers",
|
|
"sellers",
|
|
"vendors",
|
|
"venders"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"merchants",
|
|
"traders",
|
|
"tradesmen",
|
|
"auctioneers",
|
|
"concessionaires",
|
|
"black marketers",
|
|
"black marketeers",
|
|
"bootleggers",
|
|
"fencers",
|
|
"fences",
|
|
"hustlers",
|
|
"scalpers",
|
|
"smugglers",
|
|
"traffickers",
|
|
"discounters",
|
|
"distributors",
|
|
"e-tailers",
|
|
"exporters",
|
|
"jobbers",
|
|
"resellers",
|
|
"retailers",
|
|
"wholesalers",
|
|
"chapmen",
|
|
"hawkers",
|
|
"hucksters",
|
|
"peddlers",
|
|
"pedlars",
|
|
"salesclerks",
|
|
"salesmen",
|
|
"salespeople",
|
|
"saleswomen",
|
|
"shopgirls",
|
|
"bargainers",
|
|
"hagglers",
|
|
"horse traders",
|
|
"palterers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"consumers",
|
|
"end users",
|
|
"users"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"buyers",
|
|
"purchasers"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"deaconess":{
|
|
"as in priestess , clergywoman":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"clergywoman",
|
|
"priestess",
|
|
"churchman",
|
|
"clergyman",
|
|
"father",
|
|
"Holy Joe",
|
|
"padre",
|
|
"abbot",
|
|
"archbishop",
|
|
"archpriest",
|
|
"bishop",
|
|
"dean",
|
|
"diocesan",
|
|
"monsignor",
|
|
"pope",
|
|
"prelate",
|
|
"presbyter",
|
|
"clergyperson",
|
|
"cleric",
|
|
"clerical",
|
|
"clerk",
|
|
"deacon",
|
|
"divine",
|
|
"dominie",
|
|
"ecclesiastic",
|
|
"minister",
|
|
"preacher",
|
|
"priest",
|
|
"reverend",
|
|
"abb\u00e9",
|
|
"curate",
|
|
"cur\u00e9",
|
|
"parson",
|
|
"pastor",
|
|
"rector",
|
|
"shepherd",
|
|
"vicar",
|
|
"chaplain",
|
|
"confessor",
|
|
"sky pilot",
|
|
"evangelist",
|
|
"missionary",
|
|
"missioner",
|
|
"missionizer",
|
|
"revivalist",
|
|
"friar",
|
|
"mendicant",
|
|
"monastic",
|
|
"monk",
|
|
"oblate",
|
|
"religious",
|
|
"high priest",
|
|
"high priestess"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"layman",
|
|
"layperson",
|
|
"secular",
|
|
"lay reader",
|
|
"lector"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"dead-ending":{
|
|
"to come to an end":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"after several fruitless years, the research seems to have simply dead-ended"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"breaking off",
|
|
"breaking up",
|
|
"ceasing",
|
|
"closing",
|
|
"concluding",
|
|
"determining",
|
|
"discontinuing",
|
|
"dying",
|
|
"elapsing",
|
|
"ending",
|
|
"expiring",
|
|
"finishing",
|
|
"going",
|
|
"halting",
|
|
"lapsing",
|
|
"leaving off",
|
|
"letting up",
|
|
"passing",
|
|
"quitting",
|
|
"stopping",
|
|
"terminating",
|
|
"winding up",
|
|
"winking (out)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"desisting (from)",
|
|
"laying off (of)",
|
|
"refraining (from)",
|
|
"giving over",
|
|
"knocking off",
|
|
"packing (up or in)",
|
|
"breaking down",
|
|
"conking (out)",
|
|
"cutting out",
|
|
"stalling",
|
|
"pausing",
|
|
"staying",
|
|
"suspending",
|
|
"abating",
|
|
"petering (out)",
|
|
"winding down"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"drawing out",
|
|
"extending",
|
|
"prolonging",
|
|
"protracting"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"continuing",
|
|
"hanging on",
|
|
"persisting"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"dead end":{
|
|
"to come to an end":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"after several fruitless years, the research seems to have simply dead-ended"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"break off",
|
|
"break up",
|
|
"cease",
|
|
"close",
|
|
"conclude",
|
|
"determine",
|
|
"die",
|
|
"discontinue",
|
|
"elapse",
|
|
"end",
|
|
"expire",
|
|
"finish",
|
|
"go",
|
|
"halt",
|
|
"lapse",
|
|
"leave off",
|
|
"let up",
|
|
"pass",
|
|
"quit",
|
|
"stop",
|
|
"terminate",
|
|
"wind up",
|
|
"wink (out)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"desist (from)",
|
|
"lay off (of)",
|
|
"refrain (from)",
|
|
"give over",
|
|
"knock off",
|
|
"pack (up or in)",
|
|
"break down",
|
|
"conk (out)",
|
|
"cut out",
|
|
"stall",
|
|
"pause",
|
|
"stay",
|
|
"suspend",
|
|
"abate",
|
|
"peter (out)",
|
|
"wind down"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"draw out",
|
|
"extend",
|
|
"prolong",
|
|
"protract"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"continue",
|
|
"hang on",
|
|
"persist"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in close , cul-de-sac":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"close",
|
|
"cul-de-sac",
|
|
"arterial",
|
|
"artery",
|
|
"avenue",
|
|
"boulevard",
|
|
"carriageway",
|
|
"drag",
|
|
"drive",
|
|
"expressway",
|
|
"freeway",
|
|
"high road",
|
|
"highway",
|
|
"pass",
|
|
"pike",
|
|
"road",
|
|
"roadway",
|
|
"route",
|
|
"row",
|
|
"thoroughfare",
|
|
"thruway",
|
|
"trace",
|
|
"turnpike",
|
|
"way",
|
|
"causeway",
|
|
"backstreet",
|
|
"branch",
|
|
"bystreet",
|
|
"byway",
|
|
"crossroad",
|
|
"secondary road",
|
|
"shunpike",
|
|
"side road",
|
|
"side street",
|
|
"alley",
|
|
"alleyway",
|
|
"circle",
|
|
"lane",
|
|
"laneway",
|
|
"mews",
|
|
"place",
|
|
"corridor",
|
|
"track",
|
|
"trail"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in problem , Mexican standoff":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bind",
|
|
"bottleneck",
|
|
"corner",
|
|
"dilemma",
|
|
"fix",
|
|
"hole",
|
|
"jam",
|
|
"morass",
|
|
"pickle",
|
|
"pinch",
|
|
"plight",
|
|
"predicament",
|
|
"quagmire",
|
|
"quandary",
|
|
"spot",
|
|
"deadlock",
|
|
"gridlock",
|
|
"halt",
|
|
"impasse",
|
|
"logjam",
|
|
"Mexican standoff",
|
|
"stalemate",
|
|
"standoff",
|
|
"standstill",
|
|
"problem",
|
|
"difficulty"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"dealing (for)":{
|
|
"as in exchanging (for) , trading (for)":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bartering (for)",
|
|
"dickering (over)",
|
|
"exchanging (for)",
|
|
"haggling (for)",
|
|
"negotiating (about)",
|
|
"trading (for)",
|
|
"financing",
|
|
"paying (for)",
|
|
"springing (for)",
|
|
"bargaining (with)",
|
|
"chaffering (with)",
|
|
"horse-trading (with)",
|
|
"paltering (with)",
|
|
"acquiring",
|
|
"gaining",
|
|
"garnering",
|
|
"getting",
|
|
"obtaining",
|
|
"procuring",
|
|
"securing",
|
|
"winning",
|
|
"bidding",
|
|
"offering",
|
|
"buying",
|
|
"copping",
|
|
"picking up",
|
|
"purchasing",
|
|
"taking",
|
|
"rebuying",
|
|
"repurchasing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dealing (in)",
|
|
"marketing",
|
|
"merchandising",
|
|
"merchandizing",
|
|
"retailing",
|
|
"selling",
|
|
"vending"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"deadwood":{
|
|
"discarded or useless material":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"much of the material in the file cabinets is just deadwood"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"chaff",
|
|
"debris",
|
|
"dreck",
|
|
"drek",
|
|
"dross",
|
|
"dust",
|
|
"effluvium",
|
|
"effluvia",
|
|
"garbage",
|
|
"junk",
|
|
"litter",
|
|
"offal",
|
|
"offscouring",
|
|
"raffle",
|
|
"refuse",
|
|
"riffraff",
|
|
"rubbish",
|
|
"scrap",
|
|
"spilth",
|
|
"trash",
|
|
"truck",
|
|
"waste"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"crud",
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"sewage",
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"slop",
|
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"swill",
|
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"wash",
|
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"detritus",
|
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"remains",
|
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"rubble",
|
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"ruins",
|
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"dump",
|
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"scrap heap",
|
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"lumber",
|
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"odds and ends",
|
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"trumpery",
|
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"flotsam",
|
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"jetsam",
|
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"wreckage",
|
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"castoff",
|
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"cull",
|
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"discard",
|
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"hand-me-down",
|
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"reject",
|
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"throwaway",
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"nothing",
|
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"straw",
|
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"two bits"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"catch",
|
|
"gem",
|
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"goody",
|
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"goodie",
|
|
"jewel",
|
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"pearl",
|
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"plum",
|
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"prize",
|
|
"treasure",
|
|
"treasure trove",
|
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"trove",
|
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"valuable",
|
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"booty",
|
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"find",
|
|
"salvage"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"dead-ends":{
|
|
"to come to an end":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"after several fruitless years, the research seems to have simply dead-ended"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"breaks off",
|
|
"breaks up",
|
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"ceases",
|
|
"closes",
|
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"concludes",
|
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"determines",
|
|
"dies",
|
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"discontinues",
|
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"elapses",
|
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"ends",
|
|
"expires",
|
|
"finishes",
|
|
"goes",
|
|
"halts",
|
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"lapses",
|
|
"leaves off",
|
|
"lets up",
|
|
"passes",
|
|
"quits",
|
|
"stops",
|
|
"terminates",
|
|
"winds up",
|
|
"winks (out)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"desists (from)",
|
|
"lays off (of)",
|
|
"refrains (from)",
|
|
"gives over",
|
|
"knocks off",
|
|
"packs (up or in)",
|
|
"breaks down",
|
|
"conks (out)",
|
|
"cuts out",
|
|
"stalls",
|
|
"pauses",
|
|
"stays",
|
|
"suspends",
|
|
"abates",
|
|
"peters (out)",
|
|
"winds down"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"draws out",
|
|
"extends",
|
|
"prolongs",
|
|
"protracts"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"continues",
|
|
"hangs on",
|
|
"persists"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in closes , culs-de-sac":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"closes",
|
|
"culs-de-sac",
|
|
"cul-de-sacs",
|
|
"arterials",
|
|
"arteries",
|
|
"avenues",
|
|
"boulevards",
|
|
"carriageways",
|
|
"drags",
|
|
"drives",
|
|
"expressways",
|
|
"freeways",
|
|
"high roads",
|
|
"highways",
|
|
"passes",
|
|
"pike",
|
|
"pikes",
|
|
"roads",
|
|
"roadways",
|
|
"routes",
|
|
"rows",
|
|
"thoroughfares",
|
|
"thruways",
|
|
"traces",
|
|
"turnpikes",
|
|
"ways",
|
|
"causeways",
|
|
"backstreets",
|
|
"branches",
|
|
"bystreets",
|
|
"byways",
|
|
"crossroads",
|
|
"secondary roads",
|
|
"shunpikes",
|
|
"side roads",
|
|
"side streets",
|
|
"alleys",
|
|
"alleyways",
|
|
"circles",
|
|
"lanes",
|
|
"laneways",
|
|
"mews",
|
|
"places",
|
|
"corridors",
|
|
"tracks",
|
|
"trails"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in problems , Mexican standoffs":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"binds",
|
|
"bottlenecks",
|
|
"corners",
|
|
"dilemmas",
|
|
"fixes",
|
|
"holes",
|
|
"jams",
|
|
"morasses",
|
|
"pickles",
|
|
"pinches",
|
|
"plights",
|
|
"predicaments",
|
|
"quagmires",
|
|
"quandaries",
|
|
"spots",
|
|
"deadlocks",
|
|
"gridlocks",
|
|
"halts",
|
|
"impasses",
|
|
"logjams",
|
|
"Mexican standoffs",
|
|
"stalemates",
|
|
"standoffs",
|
|
"standstills",
|
|
"problems",
|
|
"difficulties"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"dealt (in)":{
|
|
"to offer for sale to the public":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the company deals in virtually all types of insurance"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"marketed",
|
|
"merchandised",
|
|
"merchandized",
|
|
"put up",
|
|
"retailed",
|
|
"sold",
|
|
"vended"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"presold",
|
|
"wholesaled",
|
|
"remarketed",
|
|
"resold",
|
|
"hawked",
|
|
"peddled",
|
|
"bartered",
|
|
"distributed",
|
|
"exchanged",
|
|
"exported",
|
|
"handled",
|
|
"traded",
|
|
"trafficked (in)",
|
|
"advertised",
|
|
"ballyhooed",
|
|
"boosted",
|
|
"plugged",
|
|
"promoted",
|
|
"touted",
|
|
"bargained",
|
|
"chaffered",
|
|
"dickered",
|
|
"haggled",
|
|
"horse-traded",
|
|
"paltered",
|
|
"auctioned",
|
|
"provided",
|
|
"supplied",
|
|
"carried",
|
|
"kept",
|
|
"stocked"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"bought",
|
|
"purchased"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"dead heat":{
|
|
"a situation in which neither participant in a contest, competition, or struggle comes out ahead of the other":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the horses crossed the finish line in a dead heat"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"draw",
|
|
"stalemate",
|
|
"standoff",
|
|
"tie"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"deadlock",
|
|
"impasse",
|
|
"seesaw",
|
|
"photo finish",
|
|
"horse race",
|
|
"toss-up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"dead reckonings":{
|
|
"as in speculations , guesswork":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"guesswork",
|
|
"speculations",
|
|
"hypotheses",
|
|
"hypotheticals",
|
|
"theories",
|
|
"theses",
|
|
"hunches",
|
|
"intuitions",
|
|
"conjectures",
|
|
"guesses",
|
|
"shots",
|
|
"suppositions",
|
|
"surmises",
|
|
"beliefs",
|
|
"faiths"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"deaconesses":{
|
|
"as in priestesses , clergywomen":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"clergywomen",
|
|
"priestesses",
|
|
"churchmen",
|
|
"clergymen",
|
|
"fathers",
|
|
"Holy Joes",
|
|
"padres",
|
|
"abbots",
|
|
"archbishops",
|
|
"archpriests",
|
|
"bishops",
|
|
"deans",
|
|
"diocesans",
|
|
"monsignors",
|
|
"monsignori",
|
|
"popes",
|
|
"prelates",
|
|
"presbyters",
|
|
"clergypersons",
|
|
"clericals",
|
|
"clerics",
|
|
"clerks",
|
|
"deacons",
|
|
"divines",
|
|
"dominies",
|
|
"ecclesiastics",
|
|
"ministers",
|
|
"preachers",
|
|
"priests",
|
|
"reverends",
|
|
"abb\u00e9s",
|
|
"curates",
|
|
"cur\u00e9s",
|
|
"parsons",
|
|
"pastors",
|
|
"rectors",
|
|
"shepherds",
|
|
"vicars",
|
|
"chaplains",
|
|
"confessors",
|
|
"sky pilots",
|
|
"evangelists",
|
|
"missionaries",
|
|
"missioners",
|
|
"missionizers",
|
|
"revivalists",
|
|
"friars",
|
|
"mendicants",
|
|
"monastics",
|
|
"monks",
|
|
"oblates",
|
|
"religious",
|
|
"high priestesses",
|
|
"high priests"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"laymen",
|
|
"laypeople",
|
|
"seculars",
|
|
"secular",
|
|
"lay readers",
|
|
"lectors"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"deaden":{
|
|
"to deprive of emotional or intellectual vitality":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an excess of detail deadens much of the mystery novel's suspense"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"castrate",
|
|
"damp",
|
|
"dampen",
|
|
"dehydrate",
|
|
"desiccate",
|
|
"devitalize",
|
|
"enervate",
|
|
"geld",
|
|
"lobotomize",
|
|
"petrify"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"burn out",
|
|
"debilitate",
|
|
"do in",
|
|
"drain",
|
|
"enfeeble",
|
|
"exhaust",
|
|
"fatigue",
|
|
"sap",
|
|
"tucker (out)",
|
|
"undermine",
|
|
"weaken",
|
|
"wear",
|
|
"wear out",
|
|
"daunt",
|
|
"demoralize",
|
|
"discourage",
|
|
"dishearten",
|
|
"dispirit"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"arouse",
|
|
"rouse",
|
|
"stir",
|
|
"charge",
|
|
"electrify",
|
|
"galvanize",
|
|
"excite",
|
|
"ferment",
|
|
"fire",
|
|
"foment",
|
|
"incite",
|
|
"inflame",
|
|
"enflame",
|
|
"instigate",
|
|
"kindle",
|
|
"provoke",
|
|
"spark",
|
|
"trigger",
|
|
"whip (up)",
|
|
"abet",
|
|
"boost",
|
|
"buoy",
|
|
"cheer",
|
|
"embolden",
|
|
"fortify",
|
|
"hearten",
|
|
"inspire",
|
|
"lift",
|
|
"reactivate",
|
|
"reanimate",
|
|
"reawake",
|
|
"reawaken",
|
|
"recharge",
|
|
"reenergize",
|
|
"refresh",
|
|
"regenerate",
|
|
"rejuvenate",
|
|
"rekindle",
|
|
"renew",
|
|
"resurrect",
|
|
"resuscitate",
|
|
"revitalize",
|
|
"revive"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"brace",
|
|
"energize",
|
|
"enliven",
|
|
"invigorate",
|
|
"quicken",
|
|
"stimulate",
|
|
"vitalize",
|
|
"vivify"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to reduce or weaken in strength or feeling":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a couple of aspirins deadened the headache"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"benumb",
|
|
"blunt",
|
|
"cauterize",
|
|
"damp",
|
|
"dampen",
|
|
"dull",
|
|
"numb"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"muffle",
|
|
"mute",
|
|
"tone (down)",
|
|
"decrease",
|
|
"diminish",
|
|
"lessen",
|
|
"let up (on)",
|
|
"lower",
|
|
"reduce",
|
|
"subdue",
|
|
"debilitate",
|
|
"enfeeble",
|
|
"weaken",
|
|
"dwindle",
|
|
"recede",
|
|
"subside",
|
|
"taper (off)",
|
|
"wane",
|
|
"alleviate",
|
|
"ease",
|
|
"lighten",
|
|
"abate",
|
|
"moderate"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"amplify",
|
|
"augment",
|
|
"beef (up)",
|
|
"boost",
|
|
"consolidate",
|
|
"deepen",
|
|
"enhance",
|
|
"heighten",
|
|
"intensify",
|
|
"magnify",
|
|
"redouble",
|
|
"step up",
|
|
"strengthen",
|
|
"animate",
|
|
"arouse",
|
|
"stimulate"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"sharpen",
|
|
"whet"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"deathblow":{
|
|
"as in knockout , confutation":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"confutation",
|
|
"knockout",
|
|
"capper",
|
|
"clincher",
|
|
"coup de gr\u00e2ce",
|
|
"coup de grace",
|
|
"crusher",
|
|
"topper",
|
|
"determinant",
|
|
"factor"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in disaster , tragedy":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"calamity",
|
|
"cataclysm",
|
|
"catastrophe",
|
|
"cropper",
|
|
"disaster",
|
|
"tragedy",
|
|
"accident",
|
|
"casualty",
|
|
"mischance",
|
|
"mishap",
|
|
"bummer",
|
|
"knock",
|
|
"misadventure",
|
|
"misfortune",
|
|
"collision",
|
|
"crack-up",
|
|
"crash",
|
|
"smashup",
|
|
"wreck"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"boon",
|
|
"break",
|
|
"fluke",
|
|
"godsend",
|
|
"miracle",
|
|
"strike",
|
|
"windfall",
|
|
"fortune",
|
|
"luck",
|
|
"serendipity"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"dealing (with)":{
|
|
"to behave toward in a stated way":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"it's important to deal with others fairly"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"acting (toward)",
|
|
"being (to)",
|
|
"handling",
|
|
"serving",
|
|
"treating",
|
|
"using"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"considering",
|
|
"esteeming",
|
|
"rating",
|
|
"reckoning",
|
|
"regarding",
|
|
"viewing",
|
|
"engaging (with)",
|
|
"reacting (to)",
|
|
"responding (to)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to have (something) as a subject matter":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"this textbook deals with the history of France"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"concerning",
|
|
"covering",
|
|
"pertaining (to)",
|
|
"treating (of)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"appertaining (to)",
|
|
"bearing (on or upon)",
|
|
"referring (to)",
|
|
"relating (to)",
|
|
"adverting (to)",
|
|
"alluding (to)",
|
|
"citing",
|
|
"glancing (upon)",
|
|
"instancing",
|
|
"mentioning",
|
|
"naming",
|
|
"noticing",
|
|
"noting",
|
|
"quoting",
|
|
"specifying",
|
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"touching (upon)",
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|
"offering",
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"presenting",
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|
"containing",
|
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"embracing",
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"encompassing",
|
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"entailing",
|
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"including",
|
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"incorporating"
|
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],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"excluding",
|
|
"omitting",
|
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"disregarding",
|
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"forgetting",
|
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"ignoring",
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"neglecting",
|
|
"overlooking",
|
|
"overpassing",
|
|
"passing over",
|
|
"slighting",
|
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"slurring (over)",
|
|
"brushing (aside or off)",
|
|
"rejecting",
|
|
"shrugging off"
|
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],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"deathly":{
|
|
"of, relating to, or suggestive of death":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"his deathly pallor suggested that any attempt to find a pulse would be futile"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dead",
|
|
"deadly",
|
|
"mortal",
|
|
"mortuary"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cadaverous",
|
|
"ghostlike",
|
|
"ghostly",
|
|
"phantom",
|
|
"spectral",
|
|
"inactive",
|
|
"inert",
|
|
"inoperative",
|
|
"lifeless",
|
|
"quiescent",
|
|
"still",
|
|
"macabre",
|
|
"baleful",
|
|
"fatal",
|
|
"fateful",
|
|
"fell",
|
|
"killer",
|
|
"lethal",
|
|
"murderous",
|
|
"pestilent"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"active",
|
|
"alive",
|
|
"animate",
|
|
"breathing",
|
|
"live",
|
|
"living",
|
|
"animated",
|
|
"bouncing",
|
|
"brisk",
|
|
"energetic",
|
|
"frisky",
|
|
"gay",
|
|
"jaunty",
|
|
"jazzy",
|
|
"lively",
|
|
"peppy",
|
|
"perky",
|
|
"pert",
|
|
"racy",
|
|
"snappy",
|
|
"spanking",
|
|
"sparky",
|
|
"spirited",
|
|
"sprightful",
|
|
"sprightly",
|
|
"springy",
|
|
"vigorous",
|
|
"vital",
|
|
"vivacious",
|
|
"zippy",
|
|
"able-bodied",
|
|
"chipper",
|
|
"fit",
|
|
"hale",
|
|
"healthy",
|
|
"hearty",
|
|
"robust",
|
|
"sound",
|
|
"well",
|
|
"whole",
|
|
"wholesome"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"likely to cause or capable of causing death":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"smallpox is one deathly disease that medical science has been able to conquer"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"baleful",
|
|
"deadly",
|
|
"fatal",
|
|
"fell",
|
|
"killer",
|
|
"lethal",
|
|
"mortal",
|
|
"murderous",
|
|
"pestilent",
|
|
"terminal",
|
|
"vital"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"baneful",
|
|
"deleterious",
|
|
"destructive",
|
|
"harmful",
|
|
"injurious",
|
|
"noxious",
|
|
"pernicious",
|
|
"truculent",
|
|
"infectious",
|
|
"infective",
|
|
"pestilential",
|
|
"poisonous",
|
|
"sublethal",
|
|
"toxic",
|
|
"virulent",
|
|
"dangerous",
|
|
"grave",
|
|
"grievous",
|
|
"hazardous",
|
|
"jeopardizing",
|
|
"menacing",
|
|
"parlous",
|
|
"perilous",
|
|
"risky",
|
|
"serious",
|
|
"threatening",
|
|
"ugly",
|
|
"unhealthy",
|
|
"unsound",
|
|
"bloody",
|
|
"internecine",
|
|
"sanguinary",
|
|
"sanguine"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"beneficial",
|
|
"restorative",
|
|
"salubrious",
|
|
"salutary",
|
|
"alleviative",
|
|
"corrective",
|
|
"curative",
|
|
"remedial",
|
|
"tonic",
|
|
"advantageous",
|
|
"beneficial",
|
|
"useful",
|
|
"nonpoisonous",
|
|
"nontoxic",
|
|
"safe"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"healthful",
|
|
"healthy",
|
|
"nonfatal",
|
|
"nonlethal",
|
|
"wholesome"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"death grip":{
|
|
"the right or means to command or control others":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the cult leader had such a death grip on his followers that all orders were carried out without the slightest objection"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"arm",
|
|
"authority",
|
|
"clutch",
|
|
"command",
|
|
"control",
|
|
"dominion",
|
|
"grip",
|
|
"hold",
|
|
"mastery",
|
|
"power",
|
|
"reign",
|
|
"rein(s)",
|
|
"sway"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"clout",
|
|
"influence",
|
|
"leverage",
|
|
"pull",
|
|
"voice",
|
|
"weight",
|
|
"jurisdiction",
|
|
"direction",
|
|
"management",
|
|
"dominance",
|
|
"imperium",
|
|
"predominance",
|
|
"sovereignty",
|
|
"sovranty",
|
|
"supremacy",
|
|
"prerogative",
|
|
"privilege",
|
|
"right",
|
|
"eminence",
|
|
"importance",
|
|
"moment"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"helplessness",
|
|
"weakness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"impotence",
|
|
"impotency",
|
|
"powerlessness"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"deal (in)":{
|
|
"to offer for sale to the public":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the company deals in virtually all types of insurance"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"market",
|
|
"merchandise",
|
|
"merchandize",
|
|
"put up",
|
|
"retail",
|
|
"sell",
|
|
"vend"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"presell",
|
|
"wholesale",
|
|
"remarket",
|
|
"resell",
|
|
"hawk",
|
|
"peddle",
|
|
"barter",
|
|
"distribute",
|
|
"exchange",
|
|
"export",
|
|
"handle",
|
|
"trade",
|
|
"traffic (in)",
|
|
"advertise",
|
|
"ballyhoo",
|
|
"boost",
|
|
"plug",
|
|
"promote",
|
|
"tout",
|
|
"bargain",
|
|
"chaffer",
|
|
"dicker",
|
|
"haggle",
|
|
"horse-trade",
|
|
"palter",
|
|
"auction",
|
|
"provide",
|
|
"supply",
|
|
"carry",
|
|
"keep",
|
|
"stock"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"buy",
|
|
"purchase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"dead metaphor":{
|
|
"as in analogy , code word":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"analogy",
|
|
"circumlocution",
|
|
"code word",
|
|
"crank",
|
|
"euphemism",
|
|
"simile",
|
|
"conceit",
|
|
"metaphor",
|
|
"device",
|
|
"catachresis",
|
|
"mixed metaphor"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"deadly":{
|
|
"likely to cause or capable of causing death":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the doctors were alarmed about the outbreak of the deadly new virus"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"baleful",
|
|
"deathly",
|
|
"fatal",
|
|
"fell",
|
|
"killer",
|
|
"lethal",
|
|
"mortal",
|
|
"murderous",
|
|
"pestilent",
|
|
"terminal",
|
|
"vital"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"baneful",
|
|
"deleterious",
|
|
"destructive",
|
|
"harmful",
|
|
"injurious",
|
|
"noxious",
|
|
"pernicious",
|
|
"truculent",
|
|
"infectious",
|
|
"infective",
|
|
"pestilential",
|
|
"poisonous",
|
|
"sublethal",
|
|
"toxic",
|
|
"virulent",
|
|
"dangerous",
|
|
"grave",
|
|
"grievous",
|
|
"hazardous",
|
|
"jeopardizing",
|
|
"menacing",
|
|
"parlous",
|
|
"perilous",
|
|
"risky",
|
|
"serious",
|
|
"threatening",
|
|
"ugly",
|
|
"unhealthy",
|
|
"unsound",
|
|
"bloody",
|
|
"internecine",
|
|
"sanguinary",
|
|
"sanguine"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"beneficial",
|
|
"restorative",
|
|
"salubrious",
|
|
"salutary",
|
|
"alleviative",
|
|
"corrective",
|
|
"curative",
|
|
"remedial",
|
|
"tonic",
|
|
"advantageous",
|
|
"beneficial",
|
|
"useful",
|
|
"nonpoisonous",
|
|
"nontoxic",
|
|
"safe"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"healthful",
|
|
"healthy",
|
|
"nonfatal",
|
|
"nonlethal",
|
|
"wholesome"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"having no exceptions or restrictions":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the deadly tedium of waiting for the fog to lift"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"absolute",
|
|
"all-out",
|
|
"arrant",
|
|
"blank",
|
|
"blooming",
|
|
"bodacious",
|
|
"categorical",
|
|
"categoric",
|
|
"clean",
|
|
"complete",
|
|
"consummate",
|
|
"crashing",
|
|
"damn",
|
|
"damned",
|
|
"dead",
|
|
"definite",
|
|
"downright",
|
|
"dreadful",
|
|
"fair",
|
|
"flat",
|
|
"flat-out",
|
|
"out-and-out",
|
|
"outright",
|
|
"perfect",
|
|
"plumb",
|
|
"profound",
|
|
"pure",
|
|
"rank",
|
|
"regular",
|
|
"sheer",
|
|
"simple",
|
|
"stark",
|
|
"stone",
|
|
"straight-out",
|
|
"thorough",
|
|
"thoroughgoing",
|
|
"total",
|
|
"unadulterated",
|
|
"unalloyed",
|
|
"unconditional",
|
|
"unmitigated",
|
|
"unqualified",
|
|
"utter",
|
|
"very"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"authentic",
|
|
"classic",
|
|
"genuine",
|
|
"real",
|
|
"veritable",
|
|
"constant",
|
|
"endless",
|
|
"eternal",
|
|
"perpetual",
|
|
"undying",
|
|
"unremitting",
|
|
"extreme",
|
|
"unrestricted",
|
|
"confirmed",
|
|
"habitual",
|
|
"hopeless",
|
|
"inveterate",
|
|
"extraordinary",
|
|
"frightful",
|
|
"horrible",
|
|
"huge",
|
|
"main",
|
|
"superlative",
|
|
"supreme",
|
|
"surpassing",
|
|
"terrible",
|
|
"terrific"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"doubtful",
|
|
"dubious",
|
|
"equivocal",
|
|
"qualified",
|
|
"questionable",
|
|
"restricted",
|
|
"uncertain"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"of, relating to, or suggestive of death":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a deadly pallor spread across her face as the tragic news gradually sank in"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dead",
|
|
"deathly",
|
|
"mortal",
|
|
"mortuary"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cadaverous",
|
|
"ghostlike",
|
|
"ghostly",
|
|
"phantom",
|
|
"spectral",
|
|
"inactive",
|
|
"inert",
|
|
"inoperative",
|
|
"lifeless",
|
|
"quiescent",
|
|
"still",
|
|
"macabre",
|
|
"baleful",
|
|
"fatal",
|
|
"fateful",
|
|
"fell",
|
|
"killer",
|
|
"lethal",
|
|
"murderous",
|
|
"pestilent"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"active",
|
|
"alive",
|
|
"animate",
|
|
"breathing",
|
|
"live",
|
|
"living",
|
|
"animated",
|
|
"bouncing",
|
|
"brisk",
|
|
"energetic",
|
|
"frisky",
|
|
"gay",
|
|
"jaunty",
|
|
"jazzy",
|
|
"lively",
|
|
"peppy",
|
|
"perky",
|
|
"pert",
|
|
"racy",
|
|
"snappy",
|
|
"spanking",
|
|
"sparky",
|
|
"spirited",
|
|
"sprightful",
|
|
"sprightly",
|
|
"springy",
|
|
"vigorous",
|
|
"vital",
|
|
"vivacious",
|
|
"zippy",
|
|
"able-bodied",
|
|
"chipper",
|
|
"fit",
|
|
"hale",
|
|
"healthy",
|
|
"hearty",
|
|
"robust",
|
|
"sound",
|
|
"well",
|
|
"whole",
|
|
"wholesome"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to a great degree":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I'm deadly serious about making an offer on the house"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"achingly",
|
|
"almighty",
|
|
"archly",
|
|
"awful",
|
|
"awfully",
|
|
"badly",
|
|
"beastly",
|
|
"blisteringly",
|
|
"bone",
|
|
"colossally",
|
|
"corking",
|
|
"cracking",
|
|
"damn",
|
|
"damned",
|
|
"dang",
|
|
"desperately",
|
|
"eminently",
|
|
"enormously",
|
|
"especially",
|
|
"ever",
|
|
"exceedingly",
|
|
"exceeding",
|
|
"extra",
|
|
"extremely",
|
|
"fabulously",
|
|
"fantastically",
|
|
"far",
|
|
"fiercely",
|
|
"filthy",
|
|
"frightfully",
|
|
"full",
|
|
"greatly",
|
|
"heavily",
|
|
"highly",
|
|
"hugely",
|
|
"immensely",
|
|
"incredibly",
|
|
"intensely",
|
|
"jolly",
|
|
"majorly",
|
|
"mightily",
|
|
"mighty",
|
|
"monstrous",
|
|
"mortally",
|
|
"most",
|
|
"much",
|
|
"particularly",
|
|
"passing",
|
|
"rattling",
|
|
"real",
|
|
"really",
|
|
"right",
|
|
"roaring",
|
|
"roaringly",
|
|
"seriously",
|
|
"severely",
|
|
"so",
|
|
"sore",
|
|
"sorely",
|
|
"spanking",
|
|
"specially",
|
|
"stinking",
|
|
"such",
|
|
"super",
|
|
"supremely",
|
|
"surpassingly",
|
|
"terribly",
|
|
"that",
|
|
"thumping",
|
|
"too",
|
|
"unco",
|
|
"uncommonly",
|
|
"vastly",
|
|
"very",
|
|
"vitally",
|
|
"way",
|
|
"whacking",
|
|
"wicked",
|
|
"wildly"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"absolutely",
|
|
"altogether",
|
|
"completely",
|
|
"downright",
|
|
"entirely",
|
|
"flat-out",
|
|
"fully",
|
|
"positively",
|
|
"purely",
|
|
"radically",
|
|
"thoroughly",
|
|
"totally",
|
|
"utterly",
|
|
"wholly",
|
|
"deeply",
|
|
"profoundly",
|
|
"exceptionally",
|
|
"notably",
|
|
"remarkably",
|
|
"considerably",
|
|
"extensively",
|
|
"significantly",
|
|
"substantially",
|
|
"appreciably",
|
|
"discernibly",
|
|
"markedly",
|
|
"noticeably",
|
|
"obviously",
|
|
"palpably",
|
|
"plainly",
|
|
"visibly",
|
|
"abundantly",
|
|
"plentifully",
|
|
"astronomically",
|
|
"grandly",
|
|
"monstrously",
|
|
"monumentally",
|
|
"excessively",
|
|
"obscenely",
|
|
"overmuch",
|
|
"amazingly",
|
|
"astonishingly",
|
|
"staggeringly"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"meagerly",
|
|
"scantily",
|
|
"barely",
|
|
"hardly",
|
|
"just",
|
|
"marginally",
|
|
"minimally",
|
|
"scarcely"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"little",
|
|
"negligibly",
|
|
"nominally",
|
|
"slightly",
|
|
"somewhat"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"dealt":{
|
|
"to carry on the business of buying and selling goods or other property":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"that store deals in used furniture"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"traded",
|
|
"trafficked"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bargained",
|
|
"bartered",
|
|
"horse-traded",
|
|
"negotiated",
|
|
"transacted",
|
|
"auctioned",
|
|
"exchanged",
|
|
"merchandised",
|
|
"merchandized",
|
|
"rebought",
|
|
"resold",
|
|
"swapped",
|
|
"bought",
|
|
"picked up",
|
|
"purchased",
|
|
"took",
|
|
"distributed",
|
|
"fair-traded",
|
|
"marketed",
|
|
"peddled",
|
|
"retailed",
|
|
"sold",
|
|
"supplied",
|
|
"vended",
|
|
"wholesaled",
|
|
"black-marketed",
|
|
"bootlegged",
|
|
"fenced",
|
|
"smuggled",
|
|
"cornered",
|
|
"engrossed",
|
|
"monopolized",
|
|
"undersold",
|
|
"day-traded",
|
|
"invested",
|
|
"speculated"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"blackballed",
|
|
"blacked",
|
|
"boycotted"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to talk over or dispute the terms of a purchase":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"you're going to have to learn how to deal if you want to buy a car at a fair price"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bargained",
|
|
"chaffered",
|
|
"dickered",
|
|
"haggled",
|
|
"horse-traded",
|
|
"negotiated",
|
|
"paltered"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"argued",
|
|
"bickered",
|
|
"clashed",
|
|
"fought",
|
|
"hassled",
|
|
"quarreled",
|
|
"quarrelled",
|
|
"quibbled",
|
|
"squabbled",
|
|
"wrangled",
|
|
"comparison shopped",
|
|
"shopped (around)",
|
|
"bartered",
|
|
"exchanged",
|
|
"traded",
|
|
"hawked",
|
|
"peddled",
|
|
"bought",
|
|
"purchased"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"dealt (for)":{
|
|
"as in exchanged (for) , traded (for)":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bartered (for)",
|
|
"dickered (over)",
|
|
"exchanged (for)",
|
|
"haggled (for)",
|
|
"negotiated (about)",
|
|
"traded (for)",
|
|
"financed",
|
|
"paid (for)",
|
|
"sprang (for)",
|
|
"sprung (for)",
|
|
"bargained (with)",
|
|
"chaffered (with)",
|
|
"horse-traded (with)",
|
|
"paltered (with)",
|
|
"acquired",
|
|
"gained",
|
|
"garnered",
|
|
"got",
|
|
"obtained",
|
|
"procured",
|
|
"secured",
|
|
"won",
|
|
"bade",
|
|
"bid",
|
|
"offered",
|
|
"bought",
|
|
"copped",
|
|
"picked up",
|
|
"purchased",
|
|
"took",
|
|
"rebought",
|
|
"repurchased"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dealt (in)",
|
|
"marketed",
|
|
"merchandised",
|
|
"merchandized",
|
|
"retailed",
|
|
"sold",
|
|
"vended"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"deadweight":{
|
|
"as in ballast":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"ballast",
|
|
"burden",
|
|
"cargo",
|
|
"draft",
|
|
"freight",
|
|
"haul",
|
|
"lading",
|
|
"load",
|
|
"loading",
|
|
"payload",
|
|
"weight",
|
|
"consignment",
|
|
"boatload",
|
|
"carload",
|
|
"shipload",
|
|
"trainload",
|
|
"truckload",
|
|
"wagonload",
|
|
"overload",
|
|
"surcharge",
|
|
"bale",
|
|
"bundle",
|
|
"pack",
|
|
"package",
|
|
"packet",
|
|
"parcel",
|
|
"shipment",
|
|
"manifest",
|
|
"body",
|
|
"bulk",
|
|
"mass"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"deanship":{
|
|
"as in presidency , chairmanship":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"captainship",
|
|
"chairmanship",
|
|
"dictatorship",
|
|
"generalship",
|
|
"governorship",
|
|
"kingship",
|
|
"mastership",
|
|
"mastery",
|
|
"premiership",
|
|
"presidency",
|
|
"presidentship",
|
|
"superintendency",
|
|
"forefront",
|
|
"lead",
|
|
"vanguard",
|
|
"dominance",
|
|
"dominion",
|
|
"jurisdiction",
|
|
"sovereignty",
|
|
"sovranty",
|
|
"sway",
|
|
"upper hand",
|
|
"chieftainship",
|
|
"commandership",
|
|
"directorship",
|
|
"eminence",
|
|
"height",
|
|
"pedestal",
|
|
"pinnacle",
|
|
"seat",
|
|
"throne",
|
|
"top",
|
|
"chair",
|
|
"driver's seat",
|
|
"head",
|
|
"headship",
|
|
"helm",
|
|
"rein(s)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"ranks"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"deathless":{
|
|
"lasting forever":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an author who craved deathless fame"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ceaseless",
|
|
"dateless",
|
|
"endless",
|
|
"eternal",
|
|
"everlasting",
|
|
"immortal",
|
|
"permanent",
|
|
"perpetual",
|
|
"undying",
|
|
"unending"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"durable",
|
|
"enduring",
|
|
"lasting",
|
|
"long-lived",
|
|
"persistent",
|
|
"stubborn",
|
|
"imperishable",
|
|
"indefeasible",
|
|
"indefectible",
|
|
"indelible",
|
|
"indestructible",
|
|
"indissoluble",
|
|
"inexpungible",
|
|
"timeless",
|
|
"abiding",
|
|
"stable",
|
|
"standing",
|
|
"steadfast",
|
|
"steady",
|
|
"unfailing",
|
|
"unfaltering",
|
|
"continual",
|
|
"continuing",
|
|
"continuous",
|
|
"incessant",
|
|
"unbroken",
|
|
"unceasing",
|
|
"uninterrupted",
|
|
"unremitting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"ephemeral",
|
|
"evanescent",
|
|
"fleeting",
|
|
"fugacious",
|
|
"fugitive",
|
|
"momentary",
|
|
"passing",
|
|
"short-lived",
|
|
"transitory",
|
|
"interim",
|
|
"provisional",
|
|
"short-term"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"impermanent",
|
|
"mortal",
|
|
"temporary",
|
|
"transient"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"deadlocks":{
|
|
"a point in a struggle where neither side is capable of winning or willing to give in":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the jury sent a note to the judge that it was hopelessly stuck in a deadlock"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"gridlocks",
|
|
"halts",
|
|
"impasses",
|
|
"logjams",
|
|
"Mexican standoffs",
|
|
"stalemates",
|
|
"standoffs",
|
|
"standstills"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dead ends",
|
|
"binds",
|
|
"bottlenecks",
|
|
"corners",
|
|
"dilemmas",
|
|
"fixes",
|
|
"holes",
|
|
"jams",
|
|
"morasses",
|
|
"pickles",
|
|
"pinches",
|
|
"plights",
|
|
"predicaments",
|
|
"quagmires",
|
|
"quandaries",
|
|
"spots",
|
|
"difficulties",
|
|
"problems"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"deal (out)":{
|
|
"to give out (something) to appropriate individuals":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"aid workers dealt out a packet of emergency supplies to each earthquake victim"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"administer",
|
|
"allocate",
|
|
"apportion",
|
|
"dispense",
|
|
"distribute",
|
|
"dole out",
|
|
"hand out",
|
|
"mete (out)",
|
|
"parcel (out)",
|
|
"portion",
|
|
"prorate"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"admeasure",
|
|
"allot",
|
|
"allow",
|
|
"appropriate",
|
|
"assign",
|
|
"dish out",
|
|
"divide",
|
|
"divvy (up)",
|
|
"dollop (out)",
|
|
"lot",
|
|
"measure (out)",
|
|
"part",
|
|
"proportion",
|
|
"ration",
|
|
"redistribute",
|
|
"set",
|
|
"share (out)",
|
|
"split",
|
|
"bestow",
|
|
"disburse",
|
|
"furnish",
|
|
"issue",
|
|
"provide",
|
|
"share",
|
|
"supply",
|
|
"circulate",
|
|
"disperse",
|
|
"disseminate",
|
|
"scatter",
|
|
"spread",
|
|
"chip in",
|
|
"contribute",
|
|
"donate",
|
|
"pledge",
|
|
"reallocate",
|
|
"reapportion"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"begrudge",
|
|
"decline",
|
|
"deny",
|
|
"deprive (of)",
|
|
"disallow",
|
|
"refuse",
|
|
"reject",
|
|
"withhold",
|
|
"niggle (out)",
|
|
"pinch",
|
|
"skimp",
|
|
"stint"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"misallocate"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"deals (with)":{
|
|
"to behave toward in a stated way":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"it's important to deal with others fairly"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"acts (toward)",
|
|
"handles",
|
|
"is (to)",
|
|
"serves",
|
|
"treats",
|
|
"uses"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"considers",
|
|
"esteems",
|
|
"rates",
|
|
"reckons",
|
|
"regards",
|
|
"views",
|
|
"engages (with)",
|
|
"reacts (to)",
|
|
"responds (to)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to have (something) as a subject matter":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"this textbook deals with the history of France"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"concerns",
|
|
"covers",
|
|
"pertains (to)",
|
|
"treats (of)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"appertains (to)",
|
|
"bears (on or upon)",
|
|
"refers (to)",
|
|
"relates (to)",
|
|
"adverts (to)",
|
|
"alludes (to)",
|
|
"cites",
|
|
"glances (upon)",
|
|
"instances",
|
|
"mentions",
|
|
"names",
|
|
"notes",
|
|
"notices",
|
|
"quotes",
|
|
"specifies",
|
|
"touches (upon)",
|
|
"offers",
|
|
"presents",
|
|
"contains",
|
|
"embraces",
|
|
"encompasses",
|
|
"entails",
|
|
"includes",
|
|
"incorporates"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"excludes",
|
|
"omits",
|
|
"disregards",
|
|
"forgets",
|
|
"ignores",
|
|
"neglects",
|
|
"overlooks",
|
|
"overpasses",
|
|
"passes over",
|
|
"slights",
|
|
"slurs (over)",
|
|
"brushes (aside or off)",
|
|
"rejects",
|
|
"shrugs off"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"dear":{
|
|
"commanding a large price":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"caviar has always been among the dearest of foods"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"big-ticket",
|
|
"costly",
|
|
"expensive",
|
|
"extravagant",
|
|
"high",
|
|
"high-end",
|
|
"high-ticket",
|
|
"precious",
|
|
"premium",
|
|
"priceless",
|
|
"pricey",
|
|
"pricy",
|
|
"spendy",
|
|
"ultraexpensive",
|
|
"valuable"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"exorbitant",
|
|
"overpriced",
|
|
"prohibitive",
|
|
"sky-high",
|
|
"steep",
|
|
"stiff",
|
|
"unaffordable",
|
|
"uneconomic",
|
|
"uneconomical",
|
|
"unreasonable",
|
|
"inestimable",
|
|
"invaluable",
|
|
"deluxe",
|
|
"luxurious",
|
|
"sumptuous"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"moderate",
|
|
"reasonable",
|
|
"valueless",
|
|
"worthless",
|
|
"discounted"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"cheap",
|
|
"inexpensive"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"granted special treatment or attention":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"spared no expense when caring for and feeding her dear little dog"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beloved",
|
|
"cherished",
|
|
"darling",
|
|
"fair-haired",
|
|
"favored",
|
|
"favorite",
|
|
"fond",
|
|
"loved",
|
|
"pet",
|
|
"precious",
|
|
"special",
|
|
"sweet",
|
|
"white-headed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"admired",
|
|
"adored",
|
|
"appreciated",
|
|
"esteemed",
|
|
"relished",
|
|
"revered",
|
|
"prized",
|
|
"treasured",
|
|
"preferred"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abhorred",
|
|
"abominated",
|
|
"despised",
|
|
"detested",
|
|
"disdained",
|
|
"disfavored",
|
|
"disliked",
|
|
"execrated",
|
|
"hated",
|
|
"loathed",
|
|
"unfavorite",
|
|
"abandoned",
|
|
"forgotten",
|
|
"ignored",
|
|
"alienated",
|
|
"estranged"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"unbeloved"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"having qualities that tend to make one loved":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a dear friend that I would do anything for"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"adorable",
|
|
"darling",
|
|
"disarming",
|
|
"endearing",
|
|
"lovable",
|
|
"loveable",
|
|
"lovesome",
|
|
"precious",
|
|
"sweet",
|
|
"winning",
|
|
"winsome"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"embraceable",
|
|
"kissable",
|
|
"beloved",
|
|
"cherished",
|
|
"favored",
|
|
"favorite",
|
|
"loved",
|
|
"treasured",
|
|
"attractive",
|
|
"beautiful",
|
|
"desirable",
|
|
"lovely",
|
|
"alluring",
|
|
"appealing",
|
|
"captivating",
|
|
"charming",
|
|
"enchanting",
|
|
"engaging",
|
|
"entrancing",
|
|
"fascinating",
|
|
"fetching",
|
|
"admirable",
|
|
"likable",
|
|
"likeable",
|
|
"reputable",
|
|
"respectable",
|
|
"affable",
|
|
"agreeable",
|
|
"cheerful",
|
|
"cordial",
|
|
"friendly",
|
|
"genial",
|
|
"good-natured",
|
|
"good-tempered",
|
|
"gracious",
|
|
"kind",
|
|
"nice",
|
|
"pleasant",
|
|
"delightful",
|
|
"pleasing",
|
|
"well-disposed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"unloved",
|
|
"contemptible",
|
|
"disagreeable",
|
|
"disgusting",
|
|
"distasteful",
|
|
"heinous",
|
|
"horrible",
|
|
"lousy",
|
|
"nasty",
|
|
"offensive",
|
|
"unlikable",
|
|
"unpleasant",
|
|
"wretched",
|
|
"frightful",
|
|
"grotesque",
|
|
"hideous",
|
|
"ill-favored",
|
|
"monstrous",
|
|
"ogreish",
|
|
"repellent",
|
|
"repellant",
|
|
"repugnant",
|
|
"repulsive",
|
|
"ugly",
|
|
"unattractive",
|
|
"unsightly",
|
|
"vile",
|
|
"appalling",
|
|
"awful",
|
|
"dreadful",
|
|
"foul",
|
|
"horrendous",
|
|
"horrid",
|
|
"nauseating",
|
|
"noisome",
|
|
"obnoxious",
|
|
"obscene",
|
|
"revolting",
|
|
"scandalous",
|
|
"shocking",
|
|
"sickening"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"abhorrent",
|
|
"abominable",
|
|
"detestable",
|
|
"hateful",
|
|
"loathsome",
|
|
"odious",
|
|
"unlovable"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a person with whom one is in love":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I love you, dear"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beloved",
|
|
"darling",
|
|
"flame",
|
|
"hon",
|
|
"honey",
|
|
"love",
|
|
"squeeze",
|
|
"sweet",
|
|
"sweetheart",
|
|
"sweetie",
|
|
"sweetie pie",
|
|
"truelove"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"beau",
|
|
"boy",
|
|
"boyfriend",
|
|
"fellow",
|
|
"man",
|
|
"swain",
|
|
"gal",
|
|
"girl",
|
|
"girlfriend",
|
|
"inamorata",
|
|
"ladylove",
|
|
"lass",
|
|
"mistress",
|
|
"tootsie",
|
|
"amour",
|
|
"lover",
|
|
"paramour",
|
|
"doll",
|
|
"duck(s)",
|
|
"pet",
|
|
"date",
|
|
"escort",
|
|
"steady",
|
|
"admirer",
|
|
"gallant",
|
|
"suitor",
|
|
"wooer",
|
|
"groom",
|
|
"husband",
|
|
"bride",
|
|
"wife",
|
|
"significant other",
|
|
"fianc\u00e9",
|
|
"intended",
|
|
"crush",
|
|
"heartthrob"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"deactivates":{
|
|
"to cause to stop functioning":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"deactivate the machine carefully, or you'll risk an electric shock"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"kills",
|
|
"shuts off",
|
|
"turns off"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"flicks (off)",
|
|
"dismantles",
|
|
"mothballs",
|
|
"phases out",
|
|
"arrests",
|
|
"brakes",
|
|
"chocks",
|
|
"cuts off",
|
|
"draws up",
|
|
"halts",
|
|
"jams",
|
|
"stalls",
|
|
"sticks"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"charges",
|
|
"electrifies",
|
|
"energizes",
|
|
"fires",
|
|
"fuels",
|
|
"generates",
|
|
"powers",
|
|
"pushes",
|
|
"discharges",
|
|
"launches",
|
|
"releases",
|
|
"switches",
|
|
"trips",
|
|
"reactivates",
|
|
"recharges"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"activates",
|
|
"actuates",
|
|
"cranks (up)",
|
|
"drives",
|
|
"moves",
|
|
"propels",
|
|
"runs",
|
|
"sets off",
|
|
"sparks",
|
|
"starts",
|
|
"touches off",
|
|
"triggers",
|
|
"turns on"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"dead-on":{
|
|
"being in agreement with the truth or a fact or a standard":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a stand-up comedian known for her dead-on impressions of various divas of stage and screen"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accurate",
|
|
"bang on",
|
|
"correct",
|
|
"exact",
|
|
"good",
|
|
"on-target",
|
|
"precise",
|
|
"proper",
|
|
"right",
|
|
"so",
|
|
"spot-on",
|
|
"true",
|
|
"veracious"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"legitimate",
|
|
"logical",
|
|
"sound",
|
|
"valid",
|
|
"errorless",
|
|
"faultless",
|
|
"flawless",
|
|
"impeccable",
|
|
"inerrant",
|
|
"infallible",
|
|
"letter-perfect",
|
|
"perfect",
|
|
"rigorous",
|
|
"strict",
|
|
"stringent"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"defective",
|
|
"faulty",
|
|
"flawed",
|
|
"imperfect"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"false",
|
|
"improper",
|
|
"inaccurate",
|
|
"incorrect",
|
|
"inexact",
|
|
"off",
|
|
"untrue",
|
|
"wrong"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"dean":{
|
|
"the senior member of a group":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the dean of the Aspen ski instructors oversaw the training of the rescue team"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"doyen",
|
|
"elder",
|
|
"elder statesman",
|
|
"\u00e9minence grise",
|
|
"nestor",
|
|
"senior"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"better",
|
|
"superior",
|
|
"old hand",
|
|
"old-timer",
|
|
"vet",
|
|
"veteran"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"doyenne",
|
|
"inferior",
|
|
"subordinate",
|
|
"underling",
|
|
"beginner",
|
|
"colt",
|
|
"fledgling",
|
|
"freshman",
|
|
"greenhorn",
|
|
"neophyte",
|
|
"newbie",
|
|
"newcomer",
|
|
"novice",
|
|
"recruit",
|
|
"rookie",
|
|
"tenderfoot",
|
|
"tyro"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"baby",
|
|
"junior"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"dearth":{
|
|
"a falling short of an essential or desirable amount or number":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"there was a dearth of usable firewood at the campsite"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"crunch",
|
|
"deficiency",
|
|
"deficit",
|
|
"drought",
|
|
"drouth",
|
|
"failure",
|
|
"famine",
|
|
"inadequacy",
|
|
"inadequateness",
|
|
"insufficiency",
|
|
"lack",
|
|
"lacuna",
|
|
"paucity",
|
|
"pinch",
|
|
"poverty",
|
|
"scantiness",
|
|
"scarceness",
|
|
"scarcity",
|
|
"shortage",
|
|
"undersupply",
|
|
"want"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"absence",
|
|
"omission",
|
|
"meagerness",
|
|
"poorness",
|
|
"skimpiness",
|
|
"necessity",
|
|
"need",
|
|
"privation"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bountifulness",
|
|
"copiousness",
|
|
"excess",
|
|
"overabundance",
|
|
"oversupply",
|
|
"surfeit",
|
|
"surplus"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"abundance",
|
|
"adequacy",
|
|
"amplitude",
|
|
"opulence",
|
|
"plenitude",
|
|
"plenty",
|
|
"sufficiency",
|
|
"wealth"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the fact or state of being absent":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the dearth of salesclerks at the shoe store annoyed us"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"absence",
|
|
"lack",
|
|
"want"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"deficiency",
|
|
"deficit",
|
|
"failure",
|
|
"famine",
|
|
"inadequacy",
|
|
"inadequateness",
|
|
"insufficiency",
|
|
"meagerness",
|
|
"paucity",
|
|
"poverty",
|
|
"scantiness",
|
|
"scantness",
|
|
"scarceness",
|
|
"scarcity",
|
|
"shortage",
|
|
"skimpiness",
|
|
"undersupply",
|
|
"deprivation",
|
|
"loss",
|
|
"necessity",
|
|
"need",
|
|
"needfulness",
|
|
"omission",
|
|
"privation",
|
|
"blankness",
|
|
"emptiness",
|
|
"vacuity",
|
|
"vacuum",
|
|
"void"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abundance",
|
|
"amplitude",
|
|
"bounty",
|
|
"plenitude",
|
|
"plenteousness",
|
|
"plentifulness",
|
|
"plentitude",
|
|
"plenty",
|
|
"wealth",
|
|
"adequacy",
|
|
"sufficiency",
|
|
"excess",
|
|
"overabundance",
|
|
"oversupply",
|
|
"superabundance",
|
|
"surfeit",
|
|
"surplus",
|
|
"deluge",
|
|
"flood",
|
|
"bushel",
|
|
"deal",
|
|
"gobs",
|
|
"heap",
|
|
"loads",
|
|
"lot",
|
|
"mass",
|
|
"mountain",
|
|
"much",
|
|
"oodles",
|
|
"peck",
|
|
"pile",
|
|
"pot",
|
|
"quantity",
|
|
"raft",
|
|
"reams",
|
|
"scads",
|
|
"stack",
|
|
"volume",
|
|
"wad",
|
|
"fund",
|
|
"pool",
|
|
"stock",
|
|
"supply",
|
|
"cache",
|
|
"hoard",
|
|
"stash",
|
|
"stockpile"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"presence"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"dead metaphors":{
|
|
"as in analogies , code words":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"analogies",
|
|
"circumlocutions",
|
|
"code words",
|
|
"cranks",
|
|
"euphemisms",
|
|
"similes",
|
|
"conceits",
|
|
"metaphors",
|
|
"devices",
|
|
"catachreses",
|
|
"mixed metaphors"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"deals (in)":{
|
|
"to offer for sale to the public":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the company deals in virtually all types of insurance"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"markets",
|
|
"merchandises",
|
|
"merchandizes",
|
|
"puts up",
|
|
"retails",
|
|
"sells",
|
|
"vends"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"presells",
|
|
"wholesales",
|
|
"remarkets",
|
|
"resells",
|
|
"hawks",
|
|
"peddles",
|
|
"barters",
|
|
"distributes",
|
|
"exchanges",
|
|
"exports",
|
|
"handles",
|
|
"trades",
|
|
"traffics (in)",
|
|
"advertises",
|
|
"ballyhoos",
|
|
"boosts",
|
|
"plugs",
|
|
"promotes",
|
|
"touts",
|
|
"bargains",
|
|
"chaffers",
|
|
"dickers",
|
|
"haggles",
|
|
"horse-trades",
|
|
"palters",
|
|
"auctions",
|
|
"provides",
|
|
"supplies",
|
|
"carries",
|
|
"keeps",
|
|
"stocks"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"buys",
|
|
"purchases"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"deals":{
|
|
"a considerable amount":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"there is a great deal of waste in government"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abundances",
|
|
"barrels",
|
|
"basketfuls",
|
|
"basketsful",
|
|
"boatloads",
|
|
"buckets",
|
|
"bunches",
|
|
"bundles",
|
|
"bushels",
|
|
"carloads",
|
|
"chunks",
|
|
"dozens",
|
|
"dozen",
|
|
"fistfuls",
|
|
"gobs",
|
|
"good deals",
|
|
"heaps",
|
|
"hundreds",
|
|
"hundred",
|
|
"lashings",
|
|
"lashins",
|
|
"loads",
|
|
"lots",
|
|
"masses",
|
|
"messes",
|
|
"mountains",
|
|
"much",
|
|
"multiplicities",
|
|
"myriads",
|
|
"oodles",
|
|
"packs",
|
|
"passels",
|
|
"pecks",
|
|
"piles",
|
|
"platefuls",
|
|
"plenitudes",
|
|
"plenties",
|
|
"plentitudes",
|
|
"potfuls",
|
|
"pots",
|
|
"profusions",
|
|
"quantities",
|
|
"rafts",
|
|
"reams",
|
|
"scads",
|
|
"sheaves",
|
|
"shiploads",
|
|
"sights",
|
|
"slews",
|
|
"spates",
|
|
"stacks",
|
|
"stores",
|
|
"tons",
|
|
"truckloads",
|
|
"volumes",
|
|
"wads",
|
|
"wealths",
|
|
"yards"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"epidemics",
|
|
"plagues",
|
|
"rashes",
|
|
"bonanzas",
|
|
"embarrassments",
|
|
"excesses",
|
|
"overabundances",
|
|
"overages",
|
|
"overkills",
|
|
"overmuch",
|
|
"oversupplies",
|
|
"plethoras",
|
|
"redundancies",
|
|
"superabundances",
|
|
"superfluities",
|
|
"surfeits",
|
|
"surpluses",
|
|
"deluges",
|
|
"floods",
|
|
"overflows",
|
|
"armies",
|
|
"bevies",
|
|
"crams",
|
|
"crowds",
|
|
"crushes",
|
|
"droves",
|
|
"flocks",
|
|
"herds",
|
|
"hordes",
|
|
"hosts",
|
|
"legions",
|
|
"mobs",
|
|
"multitudes",
|
|
"presses",
|
|
"scores",
|
|
"seas",
|
|
"swarms",
|
|
"throngs",
|
|
"gazillions",
|
|
"jillions",
|
|
"kazillions",
|
|
"millions",
|
|
"million",
|
|
"thousands",
|
|
"trillions",
|
|
"zillions"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"atoms",
|
|
"crumbs",
|
|
"dots",
|
|
"flecks",
|
|
"flyspecks",
|
|
"fragments",
|
|
"grains",
|
|
"granules",
|
|
"iotas",
|
|
"jots",
|
|
"modicums",
|
|
"molecules",
|
|
"motes",
|
|
"nubbins",
|
|
"particles",
|
|
"rays",
|
|
"scintillas",
|
|
"scraps",
|
|
"shreds",
|
|
"tittles",
|
|
"whits",
|
|
"smatterings",
|
|
"smatters",
|
|
"dashes",
|
|
"drops",
|
|
"morsels",
|
|
"shots",
|
|
"pieces",
|
|
"portions",
|
|
"sections",
|
|
"absences",
|
|
"dearths",
|
|
"famines",
|
|
"lacks",
|
|
"paucities",
|
|
"poverties",
|
|
"scarcities",
|
|
"shortages",
|
|
"undersupplies",
|
|
"wants",
|
|
"deficiencies",
|
|
"deficits",
|
|
"inadequacies",
|
|
"insufficiencies"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"aces",
|
|
"bits",
|
|
"dabs",
|
|
"drams",
|
|
"driblets",
|
|
"glimmers",
|
|
"handfuls",
|
|
"handsful",
|
|
"hints",
|
|
"licks",
|
|
"little",
|
|
"mites",
|
|
"mouthfuls",
|
|
"nips",
|
|
"ounces",
|
|
"peanuts",
|
|
"pinches",
|
|
"pittances",
|
|
"scruples",
|
|
"shades",
|
|
"shadows",
|
|
"smidgens",
|
|
"smidgeons",
|
|
"smidgins",
|
|
"smidges",
|
|
"specks",
|
|
"spots",
|
|
"sprinkles",
|
|
"sprinklings",
|
|
"strains",
|
|
"streaks",
|
|
"suspicions",
|
|
"tastes",
|
|
"touches",
|
|
"traces"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"an arrangement about action to be taken":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we made a deal to cooperate on the next assignment"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accords",
|
|
"agreements",
|
|
"bargains",
|
|
"compacts",
|
|
"contracts",
|
|
"conventions",
|
|
"covenants",
|
|
"dispositions",
|
|
"pacts",
|
|
"settlements",
|
|
"understandings"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"charters",
|
|
"treaties",
|
|
"binders",
|
|
"pledges",
|
|
"promises",
|
|
"alliances",
|
|
"associations",
|
|
"entente cordiales",
|
|
"ententes",
|
|
"leagues",
|
|
"partnerships",
|
|
"acceptances",
|
|
"approvals",
|
|
"assents",
|
|
"concurrences",
|
|
"consents",
|
|
"OKs",
|
|
"okays"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the transfer of ownership of something from one person to another for a price":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we closed the deal for the house last week"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"sales",
|
|
"trades",
|
|
"transactions"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"auctions",
|
|
"silent auctions",
|
|
"haggles",
|
|
"negotiations",
|
|
"bargains",
|
|
"buys",
|
|
"steals",
|
|
"purchases",
|
|
"clearances",
|
|
"closeouts",
|
|
"fire sales",
|
|
"fairs",
|
|
"garage sales",
|
|
"jumble sales",
|
|
"rummage sales",
|
|
"tag sales",
|
|
"yard sales"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a formal agreement to fulfill an obligation":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"if the other party backs out of the deal after it's signed, you can sue"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bonds",
|
|
"contracts",
|
|
"covenants",
|
|
"guarantees",
|
|
"guaranties",
|
|
"sureties",
|
|
"warranties"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"oaths",
|
|
"pledges",
|
|
"troths",
|
|
"vows",
|
|
"words",
|
|
"accords",
|
|
"bargains",
|
|
"compacts",
|
|
"concordats",
|
|
"conventions",
|
|
"pacts",
|
|
"treaties",
|
|
"assurances",
|
|
"insurances",
|
|
"seals",
|
|
"bails",
|
|
"deposits",
|
|
"pawns",
|
|
"securities"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"position with regard to conditions and circumstances":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we don't yet know what the deal is with the new manager"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ball games",
|
|
"footings",
|
|
"pictures",
|
|
"postures",
|
|
"scenes",
|
|
"situations",
|
|
"statuses",
|
|
"stories"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"ranks",
|
|
"standings",
|
|
"places",
|
|
"spots",
|
|
"states",
|
|
"scores",
|
|
"status quos"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"something bought or offered for sale at a desirable price":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"that mail-order sweater isn't such a great deal after you factor in the cost of shipping and handling"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bargains",
|
|
"buys",
|
|
"pennyworth",
|
|
"pennyworths",
|
|
"snips",
|
|
"steals"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"clearances",
|
|
"closeouts",
|
|
"markdowns",
|
|
"cheapies",
|
|
"bonuses",
|
|
"freebies",
|
|
"freebees",
|
|
"gifts",
|
|
"giveaways",
|
|
"premiums",
|
|
"presents",
|
|
"boons",
|
|
"windfalls"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"overcharges",
|
|
"rip-offs",
|
|
"markups",
|
|
"surcharges",
|
|
"extravagances",
|
|
"luxuries"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to carry on the business of buying and selling goods or other property":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"that store deals in used furniture"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"trades",
|
|
"traffics"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bargains",
|
|
"barters",
|
|
"horse-trades",
|
|
"negotiates",
|
|
"transacts",
|
|
"auctions",
|
|
"exchanges",
|
|
"merchandises",
|
|
"merchandizes",
|
|
"rebuys",
|
|
"resells",
|
|
"swaps",
|
|
"buys",
|
|
"picks up",
|
|
"purchases",
|
|
"takes",
|
|
"distributes",
|
|
"fair-trades",
|
|
"markets",
|
|
"peddles",
|
|
"retails",
|
|
"sells",
|
|
"supplies",
|
|
"vends",
|
|
"wholesales",
|
|
"black-markets",
|
|
"bootlegs",
|
|
"fences",
|
|
"smuggles",
|
|
"corners",
|
|
"engrosses",
|
|
"monopolizes",
|
|
"undersells",
|
|
"day-trades",
|
|
"invests",
|
|
"speculates"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"blackballs",
|
|
"blacks",
|
|
"boycotts"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to talk over or dispute the terms of a purchase":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"you're going to have to learn how to deal if you want to buy a car at a fair price"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bargains",
|
|
"chaffers",
|
|
"dickers",
|
|
"haggles",
|
|
"horse-trades",
|
|
"negotiates",
|
|
"palters"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"argues",
|
|
"bickers",
|
|
"clashes",
|
|
"fights",
|
|
"hassles",
|
|
"quarrels",
|
|
"quibbles",
|
|
"squabbles",
|
|
"wrangles",
|
|
"comparison shops",
|
|
"shops (around)",
|
|
"barters",
|
|
"exchanges",
|
|
"trades",
|
|
"hawks",
|
|
"peddles",
|
|
"buys",
|
|
"purchases"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"deanships":{
|
|
"as in presidencies , chairmanships":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"captainships",
|
|
"chairmanships",
|
|
"dictatorships",
|
|
"generalships",
|
|
"governorships",
|
|
"kingships",
|
|
"masteries",
|
|
"masterships",
|
|
"premierships",
|
|
"presidencies",
|
|
"presidentships",
|
|
"superintendencies",
|
|
"forefronts",
|
|
"leads",
|
|
"vanguards",
|
|
"dominances",
|
|
"dominions",
|
|
"jurisdictions",
|
|
"sovereignties",
|
|
"sovranties",
|
|
"sways",
|
|
"upper hands",
|
|
"chieftainships",
|
|
"commanderships",
|
|
"directorships",
|
|
"eminences",
|
|
"heights",
|
|
"pedestals",
|
|
"pinnacles",
|
|
"seats",
|
|
"thrones",
|
|
"tops",
|
|
"chairs",
|
|
"driver's seats",
|
|
"heads",
|
|
"headships",
|
|
"helms",
|
|
"reins"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"ranks"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"dealing (out)":{
|
|
"to give out (something) to appropriate individuals":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"aid workers dealt out a packet of emergency supplies to each earthquake victim"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"administering",
|
|
"allocating",
|
|
"apportioning",
|
|
"dispensing",
|
|
"distributing",
|
|
"doling out",
|
|
"handing out",
|
|
"meting (out)",
|
|
"parceling (out)",
|
|
"parcelling (out)",
|
|
"portioning",
|
|
"prorating"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"admeasuring",
|
|
"allotting",
|
|
"allowing",
|
|
"appropriating",
|
|
"assigning",
|
|
"dishing out",
|
|
"dividing",
|
|
"divvying (up)",
|
|
"dolloping (out)",
|
|
"lotting",
|
|
"measuring (out)",
|
|
"parting",
|
|
"proportioning",
|
|
"rationing",
|
|
"redistributing",
|
|
"setting",
|
|
"sharing (out)",
|
|
"splitting",
|
|
"bestowing",
|
|
"disbursing",
|
|
"furnishing",
|
|
"issuing",
|
|
"providing",
|
|
"sharing",
|
|
"supplying",
|
|
"circulating",
|
|
"dispersing",
|
|
"disseminating",
|
|
"scattering",
|
|
"spreading",
|
|
"chipping in",
|
|
"contributing",
|
|
"donating",
|
|
"pledging",
|
|
"reallocating",
|
|
"reapportioning"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"begrudging",
|
|
"declining",
|
|
"denying",
|
|
"depriving (of)",
|
|
"disallowing",
|
|
"refusing",
|
|
"rejecting",
|
|
"withholding",
|
|
"niggling (out)",
|
|
"pinching",
|
|
"skimping",
|
|
"stinting"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"misallocating"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"deadens":{
|
|
"to deprive of emotional or intellectual vitality":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an excess of detail deadens much of the mystery novel's suspense"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"castrates",
|
|
"dampens",
|
|
"damps",
|
|
"dehydrates",
|
|
"desiccates",
|
|
"devitalizes",
|
|
"enervates",
|
|
"gelds",
|
|
"lobotomizes",
|
|
"petrifies"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"burns out",
|
|
"debilitates",
|
|
"does in",
|
|
"drains",
|
|
"enfeebles",
|
|
"exhausts",
|
|
"fatigues",
|
|
"saps",
|
|
"tuckers (out)",
|
|
"undermines",
|
|
"weakens",
|
|
"wears",
|
|
"wears out",
|
|
"daunts",
|
|
"demoralizes",
|
|
"discourages",
|
|
"disheartens",
|
|
"dispirits"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"arouses",
|
|
"rouses",
|
|
"stirs",
|
|
"charges",
|
|
"electrifies",
|
|
"galvanizes",
|
|
"excites",
|
|
"ferments",
|
|
"fires",
|
|
"foments",
|
|
"incites",
|
|
"inflames",
|
|
"enflames",
|
|
"instigates",
|
|
"kindles",
|
|
"provokes",
|
|
"sparks",
|
|
"triggers",
|
|
"whips (up)",
|
|
"abets",
|
|
"boosts",
|
|
"buoys",
|
|
"cheers",
|
|
"emboldens",
|
|
"fortifies",
|
|
"heartens",
|
|
"inspires",
|
|
"lifts",
|
|
"reactivates",
|
|
"reanimates",
|
|
"reawakens",
|
|
"reawakes",
|
|
"recharges",
|
|
"reenergizes",
|
|
"refreshes",
|
|
"regenerates",
|
|
"rejuvenates",
|
|
"rekindles",
|
|
"renews",
|
|
"resurrects",
|
|
"resuscitates",
|
|
"revitalizes",
|
|
"revives"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"braces",
|
|
"energizes",
|
|
"enlivens",
|
|
"invigorates",
|
|
"quickens",
|
|
"stimulates",
|
|
"vitalizes",
|
|
"vivifies"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to reduce or weaken in strength or feeling":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a couple of aspirins deadened the headache"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"benumbs",
|
|
"blunts",
|
|
"cauterizes",
|
|
"dampens",
|
|
"damps",
|
|
"dulls",
|
|
"numbs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"muffles",
|
|
"mutes",
|
|
"tones (down)",
|
|
"decreases",
|
|
"diminishes",
|
|
"lessens",
|
|
"lets up (on)",
|
|
"lowers",
|
|
"reduces",
|
|
"subdues",
|
|
"debilitates",
|
|
"enfeebles",
|
|
"weakens",
|
|
"dwindles",
|
|
"recedes",
|
|
"subsides",
|
|
"tapers (off)",
|
|
"wanes",
|
|
"alleviates",
|
|
"eases",
|
|
"lightens",
|
|
"abates",
|
|
"moderates"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"amplifies",
|
|
"augments",
|
|
"beefs (up)",
|
|
"boosts",
|
|
"consolidates",
|
|
"deepens",
|
|
"enhances",
|
|
"heightens",
|
|
"intensifies",
|
|
"magnifies",
|
|
"redoubles",
|
|
"steps up",
|
|
"strengthens",
|
|
"animates",
|
|
"arouses",
|
|
"stimulates"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"sharpens",
|
|
"whets"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"dead ends":{
|
|
"to come to an end":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"after several fruitless years, the research seems to have simply dead-ended"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"breaks off",
|
|
"breaks up",
|
|
"ceases",
|
|
"closes",
|
|
"concludes",
|
|
"determines",
|
|
"dies",
|
|
"discontinues",
|
|
"elapses",
|
|
"ends",
|
|
"expires",
|
|
"finishes",
|
|
"goes",
|
|
"halts",
|
|
"lapses",
|
|
"leaves off",
|
|
"lets up",
|
|
"passes",
|
|
"quits",
|
|
"stops",
|
|
"terminates",
|
|
"winds up",
|
|
"winks (out)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"desists (from)",
|
|
"lays off (of)",
|
|
"refrains (from)",
|
|
"gives over",
|
|
"knocks off",
|
|
"packs (up or in)",
|
|
"breaks down",
|
|
"conks (out)",
|
|
"cuts out",
|
|
"stalls",
|
|
"pauses",
|
|
"stays",
|
|
"suspends",
|
|
"abates",
|
|
"peters (out)",
|
|
"winds down"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"draws out",
|
|
"extends",
|
|
"prolongs",
|
|
"protracts"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"continues",
|
|
"hangs on",
|
|
"persists"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in closes , culs-de-sac":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"closes",
|
|
"culs-de-sac",
|
|
"cul-de-sacs",
|
|
"arterials",
|
|
"arteries",
|
|
"avenues",
|
|
"boulevards",
|
|
"carriageways",
|
|
"drags",
|
|
"drives",
|
|
"expressways",
|
|
"freeways",
|
|
"high roads",
|
|
"highways",
|
|
"passes",
|
|
"pike",
|
|
"pikes",
|
|
"roads",
|
|
"roadways",
|
|
"routes",
|
|
"rows",
|
|
"thoroughfares",
|
|
"thruways",
|
|
"traces",
|
|
"turnpikes",
|
|
"ways",
|
|
"causeways",
|
|
"backstreets",
|
|
"branches",
|
|
"bystreets",
|
|
"byways",
|
|
"crossroads",
|
|
"secondary roads",
|
|
"shunpikes",
|
|
"side roads",
|
|
"side streets",
|
|
"alleys",
|
|
"alleyways",
|
|
"circles",
|
|
"lanes",
|
|
"laneways",
|
|
"mews",
|
|
"places",
|
|
"corridors",
|
|
"tracks",
|
|
"trails"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in problems , Mexican standoffs":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"binds",
|
|
"bottlenecks",
|
|
"corners",
|
|
"dilemmas",
|
|
"fixes",
|
|
"holes",
|
|
"jams",
|
|
"morasses",
|
|
"pickles",
|
|
"pinches",
|
|
"plights",
|
|
"predicaments",
|
|
"quagmires",
|
|
"quandaries",
|
|
"spots",
|
|
"deadlocks",
|
|
"gridlocks",
|
|
"halts",
|
|
"impasses",
|
|
"logjams",
|
|
"Mexican standoffs",
|
|
"stalemates",
|
|
"standoffs",
|
|
"standstills",
|
|
"problems",
|
|
"difficulties"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"deacon":{
|
|
"a person specially trained and authorized to conduct religious services in a Christian church":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"my cousin was married by his uncle, who is also a deacon in his church"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"clergyperson",
|
|
"cleric",
|
|
"clerical",
|
|
"clerk",
|
|
"divine",
|
|
"dominie",
|
|
"ecclesiastic",
|
|
"minister",
|
|
"preacher",
|
|
"priest",
|
|
"reverend"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"churchman",
|
|
"clergyman",
|
|
"father",
|
|
"Holy Joe",
|
|
"padre",
|
|
"clergywoman",
|
|
"deaconess",
|
|
"priestess",
|
|
"abbot",
|
|
"archbishop",
|
|
"archpriest",
|
|
"bishop",
|
|
"dean",
|
|
"diocesan",
|
|
"monsignor",
|
|
"pope",
|
|
"prelate",
|
|
"presbyter",
|
|
"abb\u00e9",
|
|
"curate",
|
|
"cur\u00e9",
|
|
"parson",
|
|
"pastor",
|
|
"rector",
|
|
"shepherd",
|
|
"vicar",
|
|
"chaplain",
|
|
"confessor",
|
|
"sky pilot",
|
|
"evangelist",
|
|
"missionary",
|
|
"missioner",
|
|
"missionizer",
|
|
"revivalist",
|
|
"friar",
|
|
"mendicant",
|
|
"monastic",
|
|
"monk",
|
|
"oblate",
|
|
"religious",
|
|
"high priest",
|
|
"high priestess"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"lay reader",
|
|
"lector"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"layman",
|
|
"layperson",
|
|
"secular"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"deafening":{
|
|
"marked by a high volume of sound":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a boom box blasting deafening music"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blaring",
|
|
"blasting",
|
|
"booming",
|
|
"clamorous",
|
|
"clangorous",
|
|
"earsplitting",
|
|
"loud",
|
|
"piercing",
|
|
"plangent",
|
|
"resounding",
|
|
"ringing",
|
|
"roaring",
|
|
"slam-bang",
|
|
"sonorous",
|
|
"stentorian",
|
|
"thundering",
|
|
"thunderous"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"brazen",
|
|
"dinning",
|
|
"discordant",
|
|
"noisy",
|
|
"obstreperous",
|
|
"raucous",
|
|
"rip-roaring",
|
|
"vociferous",
|
|
"grating",
|
|
"harsh",
|
|
"overloud",
|
|
"sharp",
|
|
"shrill",
|
|
"squealing",
|
|
"strident"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dead",
|
|
"quiet",
|
|
"silent",
|
|
"still",
|
|
"stilly",
|
|
"ultraquiet",
|
|
"calm",
|
|
"dreamy",
|
|
"peaceful",
|
|
"restful",
|
|
"serene",
|
|
"soothing",
|
|
"tranquil",
|
|
"hushed",
|
|
"muffled",
|
|
"muted",
|
|
"softened",
|
|
"toned (down)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"gentle",
|
|
"low",
|
|
"soft"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"deadweights":{
|
|
"as in ballasts":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"ballasts",
|
|
"burdens",
|
|
"cargoes",
|
|
"cargos",
|
|
"drafts",
|
|
"freights",
|
|
"hauls",
|
|
"ladings",
|
|
"loadings",
|
|
"loads",
|
|
"payloads",
|
|
"weights",
|
|
"consignments",
|
|
"boatloads",
|
|
"carloads",
|
|
"shiploads",
|
|
"trainloads",
|
|
"truckloads",
|
|
"wagonloads",
|
|
"overloads",
|
|
"surcharges",
|
|
"bales",
|
|
"bundles",
|
|
"packages",
|
|
"packets",
|
|
"packs",
|
|
"parcels",
|
|
"shipments",
|
|
"manifests",
|
|
"bodies",
|
|
"bulks",
|
|
"masses"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"deathsmen":{
|
|
"as in executioners , executors":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"decapitators",
|
|
"executioners",
|
|
"executors",
|
|
"hangmen",
|
|
"headsmen",
|
|
"assassins",
|
|
"cutthroats",
|
|
"homicides",
|
|
"killers",
|
|
"manslayers",
|
|
"murderers",
|
|
"butchers",
|
|
"massacrers",
|
|
"slaughterers",
|
|
"slayers",
|
|
"murderesses"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"dead-end":{
|
|
"to come to an end":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"after several fruitless years, the research seems to have simply dead-ended"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"break off",
|
|
"break up",
|
|
"cease",
|
|
"close",
|
|
"conclude",
|
|
"determine",
|
|
"die",
|
|
"discontinue",
|
|
"elapse",
|
|
"end",
|
|
"expire",
|
|
"finish",
|
|
"go",
|
|
"halt",
|
|
"lapse",
|
|
"leave off",
|
|
"let up",
|
|
"pass",
|
|
"quit",
|
|
"stop",
|
|
"terminate",
|
|
"wind up",
|
|
"wink (out)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"desist (from)",
|
|
"lay off (of)",
|
|
"refrain (from)",
|
|
"give over",
|
|
"knock off",
|
|
"pack (up or in)",
|
|
"break down",
|
|
"conk (out)",
|
|
"cut out",
|
|
"stall",
|
|
"pause",
|
|
"stay",
|
|
"suspend",
|
|
"abate",
|
|
"peter (out)",
|
|
"wind down"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"draw out",
|
|
"extend",
|
|
"prolong",
|
|
"protract"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"continue",
|
|
"hang on",
|
|
"persist"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in close , cul-de-sac":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"close",
|
|
"cul-de-sac",
|
|
"arterial",
|
|
"artery",
|
|
"avenue",
|
|
"boulevard",
|
|
"carriageway",
|
|
"drag",
|
|
"drive",
|
|
"expressway",
|
|
"freeway",
|
|
"high road",
|
|
"highway",
|
|
"pass",
|
|
"pike",
|
|
"road",
|
|
"roadway",
|
|
"route",
|
|
"row",
|
|
"thoroughfare",
|
|
"thruway",
|
|
"trace",
|
|
"turnpike",
|
|
"way",
|
|
"causeway",
|
|
"backstreet",
|
|
"branch",
|
|
"bystreet",
|
|
"byway",
|
|
"crossroad",
|
|
"secondary road",
|
|
"shunpike",
|
|
"side road",
|
|
"side street",
|
|
"alley",
|
|
"alleyway",
|
|
"circle",
|
|
"lane",
|
|
"laneway",
|
|
"mews",
|
|
"place",
|
|
"corridor",
|
|
"track",
|
|
"trail"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in problem , Mexican standoff":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bind",
|
|
"bottleneck",
|
|
"corner",
|
|
"dilemma",
|
|
"fix",
|
|
"hole",
|
|
"jam",
|
|
"morass",
|
|
"pickle",
|
|
"pinch",
|
|
"plight",
|
|
"predicament",
|
|
"quagmire",
|
|
"quandary",
|
|
"spot",
|
|
"deadlock",
|
|
"gridlock",
|
|
"halt",
|
|
"impasse",
|
|
"logjam",
|
|
"Mexican standoff",
|
|
"stalemate",
|
|
"standoff",
|
|
"standstill",
|
|
"problem",
|
|
"difficulty"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"dead heats":{
|
|
"a situation in which neither participant in a contest, competition, or struggle comes out ahead of the other":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the horses crossed the finish line in a dead heat"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"draws",
|
|
"stalemates",
|
|
"standoffs",
|
|
"ties"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"deadlocks",
|
|
"impasses",
|
|
"seesaws",
|
|
"photo finishes",
|
|
"horse races",
|
|
"toss-ups"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"death's-head":{
|
|
"as in head , skull":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"head",
|
|
"noddle",
|
|
"noggin",
|
|
"pate",
|
|
"poll",
|
|
"cranium",
|
|
"skull",
|
|
"crown",
|
|
"scalp",
|
|
"braincase"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"deathsman":{
|
|
"as in executioner , executor":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"decapitator",
|
|
"executioner",
|
|
"executor",
|
|
"hangman",
|
|
"headsman",
|
|
"assassin",
|
|
"cutthroat",
|
|
"homicide",
|
|
"killer",
|
|
"manslayer",
|
|
"murderer",
|
|
"butcher",
|
|
"massacrer",
|
|
"slaughterer",
|
|
"slayer",
|
|
"murderess"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"deadness":{
|
|
"the state of being dead":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the sheer deadness of the corpse was the creepiest thing about it"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dead",
|
|
"death",
|
|
"grave",
|
|
"lifelessness",
|
|
"nothingness",
|
|
"sleep"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"mortality"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"immortality",
|
|
"life span",
|
|
"lifetime"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"existence",
|
|
"life"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"deathblows":{
|
|
"as in knockouts , confutations":{
|
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"examples":[],
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"near synonyms":[
|
|
"confutations",
|
|
"knockouts",
|
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"cappers",
|
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"clinchers",
|
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"coups de gr\u00e2ce",
|
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"coups de grace",
|
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"crushers",
|
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"toppers",
|
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"determinants",
|
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"factors"
|
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],
|
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"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
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|
},
|
|
"as in disasters , tragedies":{
|
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"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
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"near synonyms":[
|
|
"calamities",
|
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"cataclysms",
|
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"catastrophes",
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"croppers",
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"disasters",
|
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"tragedies",
|
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"accidents",
|
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"casualties",
|
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"mischances",
|
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"mishaps",
|
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"bummers",
|
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"knocks",
|
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"misadventures",
|
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"misfortunes",
|
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"collisions",
|
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"crack-ups",
|
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"crashes",
|
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"smashups",
|
|
"wrecks"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"boons",
|
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"breaks",
|
|
"flukes",
|
|
"godsends",
|
|
"miracles",
|
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"strikes",
|
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"windfalls",
|
|
"fortunes",
|
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"luck",
|
|
"serendipities"
|
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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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]
|
|
},
|
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"deaths":{
|
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"the permanent stopping of all the vital bodily activities":{
|
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"examples":[
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"we were all saddened by the death of our friend"
|
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],
|
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"synonyms":[
|
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"curtains",
|
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"deceases",
|
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"demises",
|
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"dissolutions",
|
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"dooms",
|
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"ends",
|
|
"exits",
|
|
"expirations",
|
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"expiries",
|
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"fates",
|
|
"graves",
|
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"great divides",
|
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"passages",
|
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"passings",
|
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"quietuses",
|
|
"sleeps"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"casualties",
|
|
"fatalities",
|
|
"martyrdoms",
|
|
"self-destructions",
|
|
"self-murders",
|
|
"self-slaughters",
|
|
"suicides",
|
|
"annihilations",
|
|
"destructions",
|
|
"endings",
|
|
"exterminations",
|
|
"ruins",
|
|
"assassinations",
|
|
"executions",
|
|
"killings",
|
|
"massacres",
|
|
"slaughters"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"existences",
|
|
"lives",
|
|
"creations",
|
|
"geneses",
|
|
"originations",
|
|
"rises"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"births",
|
|
"nativities"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the act of ceasing to exist":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the death of the Soviet economic system in the wake of the breakup of the USSR"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"demises",
|
|
"expirations",
|
|
"expiries",
|
|
"terminations"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dispersions",
|
|
"dissolutions",
|
|
"cessations",
|
|
"closes",
|
|
"conclusions",
|
|
"deceases",
|
|
"discontinuances",
|
|
"dooms",
|
|
"endings",
|
|
"ends",
|
|
"finishes",
|
|
"halts",
|
|
"lapses",
|
|
"passings",
|
|
"quietuses",
|
|
"shutdowns",
|
|
"shutoffs",
|
|
"stoppages",
|
|
"stops",
|
|
"surceases",
|
|
"suicides",
|
|
"annihilations",
|
|
"destructions",
|
|
"ruins"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"existences",
|
|
"persistences",
|
|
"prolongations",
|
|
"inaugurations",
|
|
"initiations",
|
|
"institutions",
|
|
"originations"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"alphas",
|
|
"beginnings",
|
|
"births",
|
|
"commencements",
|
|
"creations",
|
|
"dawns",
|
|
"geneses",
|
|
"inceptions",
|
|
"incipiences",
|
|
"incipiencies",
|
|
"launches",
|
|
"mornings",
|
|
"onsets",
|
|
"outsets",
|
|
"starts"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"something that is the cause of one's ultimate failure or loss of life":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"that muscle car will be the death of him yet"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"destructions",
|
|
"downfalls",
|
|
"ruinations",
|
|
"ruins",
|
|
"undoings"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"banes",
|
|
"curses",
|
|
"torments",
|
|
"Achilles' heels",
|
|
"tragic flaws"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the killing of a large number of people":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"thousands of soldiers were lost on the field of death"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bloodbaths",
|
|
"butcheries",
|
|
"carnages",
|
|
"holocausts",
|
|
"massacres",
|
|
"slaughters"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bloodlettings",
|
|
"bloodsheds",
|
|
"foul play",
|
|
"homicides",
|
|
"killings",
|
|
"manslaughters",
|
|
"murders",
|
|
"slayings",
|
|
"mortalities",
|
|
"annihilations",
|
|
"decimations",
|
|
"destructions",
|
|
"devastations",
|
|
"eradications",
|
|
"exterminations",
|
|
"genocides",
|
|
"pogroms",
|
|
"assassinations",
|
|
"executions"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"deadening":{
|
|
"as in numbing , anodyne":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"analgesic",
|
|
"anesthetic",
|
|
"anodyne",
|
|
"depressant",
|
|
"numbing",
|
|
"hypnotic",
|
|
"opiate",
|
|
"antianxiety",
|
|
"antidepressant",
|
|
"antidepression",
|
|
"antistress",
|
|
"calming",
|
|
"comforting",
|
|
"dreamy",
|
|
"lulling",
|
|
"narcotic",
|
|
"pacifying",
|
|
"quieting",
|
|
"relaxing",
|
|
"sedative",
|
|
"soothing",
|
|
"tranquilizing",
|
|
"tranquillizing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"painful",
|
|
"stressful",
|
|
"tiresome",
|
|
"troubling",
|
|
"trying",
|
|
"unsettling",
|
|
"worrisome",
|
|
"energizing",
|
|
"invigorating",
|
|
"stimulant",
|
|
"stimulating",
|
|
"aggravating",
|
|
"annoying",
|
|
"bothersome",
|
|
"disturbing",
|
|
"exasperating",
|
|
"frustrating",
|
|
"galling",
|
|
"grating",
|
|
"harassing",
|
|
"irksome",
|
|
"irritating",
|
|
"maddening",
|
|
"nettlesome",
|
|
"troublesome",
|
|
"vexatious",
|
|
"vexing"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to deprive of emotional or intellectual vitality":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an excess of detail deadens much of the mystery novel's suspense"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"castrating",
|
|
"dampening",
|
|
"damping",
|
|
"dehydrating",
|
|
"desiccating",
|
|
"devitalizing",
|
|
"enervating",
|
|
"gelding",
|
|
"lobotomizing",
|
|
"petrifying"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"burning out",
|
|
"debilitating",
|
|
"doing in",
|
|
"draining",
|
|
"enfeebling",
|
|
"exhausting",
|
|
"fatiguing",
|
|
"sapping",
|
|
"tuckering (out)",
|
|
"undermining",
|
|
"weakening",
|
|
"wearing",
|
|
"wearing out",
|
|
"daunting",
|
|
"demoralizing",
|
|
"discouraging",
|
|
"disheartening",
|
|
"dispiriting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"arousing",
|
|
"rousing",
|
|
"stirring",
|
|
"charging",
|
|
"electrifying",
|
|
"galvanizing",
|
|
"exciting",
|
|
"fermenting",
|
|
"firing",
|
|
"fomenting",
|
|
"inciting",
|
|
"inflaming",
|
|
"enflaming",
|
|
"instigating",
|
|
"kindling",
|
|
"provoking",
|
|
"sparking",
|
|
"triggering",
|
|
"whipping (up)",
|
|
"abetting",
|
|
"boosting",
|
|
"buoying",
|
|
"cheering",
|
|
"emboldening",
|
|
"fortifying",
|
|
"heartening",
|
|
"inspiring",
|
|
"lifting",
|
|
"reactivating",
|
|
"reanimating",
|
|
"reawakening",
|
|
"reawaking",
|
|
"recharging",
|
|
"reenergizing",
|
|
"re-energizing",
|
|
"refreshing",
|
|
"regenerating",
|
|
"rejuvenating",
|
|
"rekindling",
|
|
"renewing",
|
|
"resurrecting",
|
|
"resuscitating",
|
|
"revitalizing",
|
|
"reviving"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"bracing",
|
|
"energizing",
|
|
"enlivening",
|
|
"invigorating",
|
|
"quickening",
|
|
"stimulating",
|
|
"vitalizing",
|
|
"vivifying"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to reduce or weaken in strength or feeling":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a couple of aspirins deadened the headache"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"benumbing",
|
|
"blunting",
|
|
"cauterizing",
|
|
"dampening",
|
|
"damping",
|
|
"dulling",
|
|
"numbing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"muffling",
|
|
"muting",
|
|
"toning (down)",
|
|
"decreasing",
|
|
"diminishing",
|
|
"lessening",
|
|
"letting up (on)",
|
|
"lowering",
|
|
"reducing",
|
|
"subduing",
|
|
"debilitating",
|
|
"enfeebling",
|
|
"weakening",
|
|
"dwindling",
|
|
"receding",
|
|
"subsiding",
|
|
"tapering (off)",
|
|
"waning",
|
|
"alleviating",
|
|
"easing",
|
|
"lightening",
|
|
"abating",
|
|
"moderating"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"amplifying",
|
|
"augmenting",
|
|
"beefing (up)",
|
|
"boosting",
|
|
"consolidating",
|
|
"deepening",
|
|
"enhancing",
|
|
"heightening",
|
|
"intensifying",
|
|
"magnifying",
|
|
"redoubling",
|
|
"stepping up",
|
|
"strengthening",
|
|
"animating",
|
|
"arousing",
|
|
"stimulating"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"sharpening",
|
|
"whetting"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"deadbeat":{
|
|
"a lazy person":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he snapped instructions to the deadbeats who were standing around watching the work pile up"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"couch potato",
|
|
"do-nothing",
|
|
"drone",
|
|
"idler",
|
|
"layabout",
|
|
"lazybones",
|
|
"loafer",
|
|
"lotus-eater",
|
|
"slouch",
|
|
"slug",
|
|
"slugabed",
|
|
"sluggard"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bum",
|
|
"good-for-nothing",
|
|
"ne'er-do-well",
|
|
"crawler",
|
|
"creeper",
|
|
"dawdler",
|
|
"laggard",
|
|
"putterer",
|
|
"slowpoke",
|
|
"snail",
|
|
"stick-in-the-mud",
|
|
"straggler",
|
|
"clock-watcher",
|
|
"goldbrick",
|
|
"malingerer",
|
|
"shirker",
|
|
"slacker",
|
|
"dallier",
|
|
"lingerer",
|
|
"loiterer",
|
|
"loller",
|
|
"lounger",
|
|
"saunterer",
|
|
"delayer",
|
|
"procrastinator",
|
|
"dropout",
|
|
"quitter"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"achiever",
|
|
"comer",
|
|
"highflier",
|
|
"highflyer",
|
|
"live wire",
|
|
"powerhouse"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"doer",
|
|
"go-ahead",
|
|
"go-getter",
|
|
"hummer",
|
|
"hustler",
|
|
"self-starter"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"death taxes":{
|
|
"as in estate taxes , inheritance taxes":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"estate taxes",
|
|
"inheritance taxes",
|
|
"supertaxes",
|
|
"surcharges",
|
|
"surtaxes",
|
|
"flat taxes",
|
|
"proportional taxes",
|
|
"capitations",
|
|
"customs",
|
|
"excises",
|
|
"hidden taxes",
|
|
"income taxes",
|
|
"poll taxes",
|
|
"property taxes",
|
|
"sales taxes",
|
|
"single taxes",
|
|
"sin taxes",
|
|
"tariffs",
|
|
"tolls",
|
|
"tributes",
|
|
"value-added taxes",
|
|
"withholding taxes",
|
|
"direct taxes",
|
|
"personal taxes",
|
|
"assessments",
|
|
"duties",
|
|
"impositions",
|
|
"imposts",
|
|
"levies",
|
|
"taxes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"dealt (with)":{
|
|
"to behave toward in a stated way":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"it's important to deal with others fairly"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"acted (toward)",
|
|
"handled",
|
|
"served",
|
|
"treated",
|
|
"used",
|
|
"was (to)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"considered",
|
|
"esteemed",
|
|
"rated",
|
|
"reckoned",
|
|
"regarded",
|
|
"viewed",
|
|
"engaged (with)",
|
|
"reacted (to)",
|
|
"responded (to)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to have (something) as a subject matter":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"this textbook deals with the history of France"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"concerned",
|
|
"covered",
|
|
"pertained (to)",
|
|
"treated (of)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"appertained (to)",
|
|
"bore (on or upon)",
|
|
"referred (to)",
|
|
"related (to)",
|
|
"adverted (to)",
|
|
"alluded (to)",
|
|
"cited",
|
|
"glanced (upon)",
|
|
"instanced",
|
|
"mentioned",
|
|
"named",
|
|
"noted",
|
|
"noticed",
|
|
"quoted",
|
|
"specified",
|
|
"touched (upon)",
|
|
"offered",
|
|
"presented",
|
|
"contained",
|
|
"embraced",
|
|
"encompassed",
|
|
"entailed",
|
|
"included",
|
|
"incorporated"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"excluded",
|
|
"omitted",
|
|
"disregarded",
|
|
"forgot",
|
|
"ignored",
|
|
"neglected",
|
|
"overlooked",
|
|
"overpassed",
|
|
"passed over",
|
|
"slighted",
|
|
"slurred (over)",
|
|
"brushed (aside or off)",
|
|
"rejected",
|
|
"shrugged off"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"deals (for)":{
|
|
"as in exchanges (for) , trades (for)":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"barters (for)",
|
|
"dickers (over)",
|
|
"exchanges (for)",
|
|
"haggles (for)",
|
|
"negotiates (about)",
|
|
"trades (for)",
|
|
"finances",
|
|
"pays (for)",
|
|
"springs (for)",
|
|
"bargains (with)",
|
|
"chaffers (with)",
|
|
"horse-trades (with)",
|
|
"palters (with)",
|
|
"acquires",
|
|
"gains",
|
|
"garners",
|
|
"gets",
|
|
"obtains",
|
|
"procures",
|
|
"secures",
|
|
"wins",
|
|
"bids",
|
|
"offers",
|
|
"buys",
|
|
"cops",
|
|
"picks up",
|
|
"purchases",
|
|
"takes",
|
|
"rebuys",
|
|
"repurchases"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"deals (in)",
|
|
"markets",
|
|
"merchandises",
|
|
"merchandizes",
|
|
"retails",
|
|
"sells",
|
|
"vends"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"dead reckoning":{
|
|
"as in speculation , guessing":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"guessing",
|
|
"guesswork",
|
|
"speculation",
|
|
"hypothesis",
|
|
"hypothetical",
|
|
"theory",
|
|
"thesis",
|
|
"hunch",
|
|
"intuition",
|
|
"conjecture",
|
|
"guess",
|
|
"shot",
|
|
"supposition",
|
|
"surmise",
|
|
"belief",
|
|
"faith"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"deadbeats":{
|
|
"a lazy person":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he snapped instructions to the deadbeats who were standing around watching the work pile up"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"couch potatoes",
|
|
"do-nothings",
|
|
"drones",
|
|
"idlers",
|
|
"layabouts",
|
|
"lazybones",
|
|
"loafers",
|
|
"lotus-eaters",
|
|
"slouches",
|
|
"slugabeds",
|
|
"sluggards",
|
|
"slugs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bums",
|
|
"good-for-nothings",
|
|
"ne'er-do-wells",
|
|
"crawlers",
|
|
"creepers",
|
|
"dawdlers",
|
|
"laggards",
|
|
"putterers",
|
|
"slowpokes",
|
|
"snails",
|
|
"stick-in-the-muds",
|
|
"stragglers",
|
|
"clock-watchers",
|
|
"goldbricks",
|
|
"malingerers",
|
|
"shirkers",
|
|
"slackers",
|
|
"dalliers",
|
|
"lingerers",
|
|
"loiterers",
|
|
"lollers",
|
|
"loungers",
|
|
"saunterers",
|
|
"delayers",
|
|
"procrastinators",
|
|
"dropouts",
|
|
"quitters"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"achievers",
|
|
"comers",
|
|
"highfliers",
|
|
"highflyers",
|
|
"live wires",
|
|
"powerhouses"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"doers",
|
|
"go-aheads",
|
|
"go-getters",
|
|
"hummers",
|
|
"hustlers",
|
|
"self-starters"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"dead presidents":{
|
|
"as in paper money , folding money":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"folding money",
|
|
"paper money",
|
|
"scrip",
|
|
"coinage",
|
|
"specie",
|
|
"banknote",
|
|
"cashier's check",
|
|
"check",
|
|
"draft",
|
|
"money order",
|
|
"note",
|
|
"promissory note",
|
|
"bread",
|
|
"buck",
|
|
"cabbage",
|
|
"cash",
|
|
"change",
|
|
"chips",
|
|
"coin",
|
|
"currency",
|
|
"dough",
|
|
"gold",
|
|
"green",
|
|
"jack",
|
|
"kale",
|
|
"legal tender",
|
|
"lolly",
|
|
"long green",
|
|
"loot",
|
|
"lucre",
|
|
"money",
|
|
"moola",
|
|
"moolah",
|
|
"needful",
|
|
"pelf",
|
|
"scratch",
|
|
"shekels",
|
|
"sheqels",
|
|
"shekelim",
|
|
"shekalim",
|
|
"sheqalim",
|
|
"tender",
|
|
"wampum",
|
|
"bill",
|
|
"dollar",
|
|
"greenback",
|
|
"bankroll",
|
|
"capital",
|
|
"finances",
|
|
"funds",
|
|
"roll",
|
|
"wad",
|
|
"wallet",
|
|
"chump change",
|
|
"dibs",
|
|
"dime",
|
|
"mite",
|
|
"peanuts",
|
|
"pittance",
|
|
"shoestring",
|
|
"big bucks",
|
|
"bomb",
|
|
"boodle",
|
|
"bundle",
|
|
"earth",
|
|
"fortune",
|
|
"king's ransom",
|
|
"megabucks",
|
|
"mint",
|
|
"packet",
|
|
"pile",
|
|
"pot",
|
|
"abundance",
|
|
"means",
|
|
"opulence",
|
|
"riches",
|
|
"treasure",
|
|
"wealth",
|
|
"resources",
|
|
"wherewithal"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"plural noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"death's-heads":{
|
|
"as in heads , skulls":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"heads",
|
|
"noddles",
|
|
"noggins",
|
|
"pates",
|
|
"polls",
|
|
"craniums",
|
|
"crania",
|
|
"skulls",
|
|
"crowns",
|
|
"scalps",
|
|
"braincases"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"dealings":{
|
|
"doings between individuals or groups":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I've had dealings with those guys before"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"commerce",
|
|
"interaction",
|
|
"intercourse",
|
|
"relation"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"interrelationship",
|
|
"cross-fertilization",
|
|
"cross-pollination",
|
|
"companionship",
|
|
"company"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"plural noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"deal (for)":{
|
|
"as in exchange (for) , trade (for)":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"barter (for)",
|
|
"dicker (over)",
|
|
"exchange (for)",
|
|
"haggle (for)",
|
|
"negotiate (about)",
|
|
"trade (for)",
|
|
"finance",
|
|
"pay (for)",
|
|
"spring (for)",
|
|
"bargain (with)",
|
|
"chaffer (with)",
|
|
"horse-trade (with)",
|
|
"palter (with)",
|
|
"acquire",
|
|
"gain",
|
|
"garner",
|
|
"get",
|
|
"obtain",
|
|
"procure",
|
|
"secure",
|
|
"win",
|
|
"bid",
|
|
"offer",
|
|
"buy",
|
|
"cop",
|
|
"pick up",
|
|
"purchase",
|
|
"take",
|
|
"rebuy",
|
|
"repurchase"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"deal (in)",
|
|
"market",
|
|
"merchandise",
|
|
"merchandize",
|
|
"retail",
|
|
"sell",
|
|
"vend"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"deads":{
|
|
"no longer living":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I inherited this heirloom from my dead great-grandfather"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"asleep",
|
|
"breathless",
|
|
"cold",
|
|
"deceased",
|
|
"defunct",
|
|
"demised",
|
|
"departed",
|
|
"fallen",
|
|
"gone",
|
|
"late",
|
|
"lifeless",
|
|
"low",
|
|
"bitten the dust"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"extinct",
|
|
"dying",
|
|
"fading",
|
|
"moribund",
|
|
"stillborn",
|
|
"finished",
|
|
"lapsed",
|
|
"terminated",
|
|
"inanimate",
|
|
"insensate",
|
|
"nonliving"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"animated",
|
|
"dynamic",
|
|
"lively",
|
|
"thriving",
|
|
"vibrant",
|
|
"vital",
|
|
"vivacious",
|
|
"active",
|
|
"functioning",
|
|
"operative",
|
|
"running"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"alive",
|
|
"animate",
|
|
"breathing",
|
|
"going",
|
|
"live",
|
|
"living",
|
|
"quick"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"lacking in gaiety, movement, or animation":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the store is often dead after 4:00 p.m."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"comatose",
|
|
"sleepy",
|
|
"slow"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"lethargic",
|
|
"sluggish",
|
|
"torpid",
|
|
"dormant",
|
|
"fallow",
|
|
"free",
|
|
"idle",
|
|
"inactive",
|
|
"inert",
|
|
"inoperative",
|
|
"latent",
|
|
"off",
|
|
"vacant"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abounding",
|
|
"overflowing",
|
|
"swarming",
|
|
"teeming",
|
|
"thronging"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"alive",
|
|
"animated",
|
|
"astir",
|
|
"bustling",
|
|
"busy",
|
|
"buzzing",
|
|
"flourishing",
|
|
"humming",
|
|
"lively",
|
|
"thriving",
|
|
"vibrant"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"depleted in strength, energy, or freshness":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a long day of traveling left them just dead"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"all in",
|
|
"aweary",
|
|
"beat",
|
|
"beaten",
|
|
"bleary",
|
|
"burned-out",
|
|
"burnt-out",
|
|
"bushed",
|
|
"done",
|
|
"drained",
|
|
"exhausted",
|
|
"fatigued",
|
|
"jaded",
|
|
"knackered",
|
|
"limp",
|
|
"logy",
|
|
"loggy",
|
|
"played out",
|
|
"pooped",
|
|
"prostrate",
|
|
"spent",
|
|
"tapped out",
|
|
"tired",
|
|
"tuckered (out)",
|
|
"washed-out",
|
|
"wearied",
|
|
"weary",
|
|
"wiped out",
|
|
"worn",
|
|
"worn-out",
|
|
"worn to a frazzle"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"overfatigued",
|
|
"overtaxed",
|
|
"overworked",
|
|
"broken-down",
|
|
"run-down",
|
|
"debilitated",
|
|
"enervate",
|
|
"enervated",
|
|
"enfeebled",
|
|
"sapped",
|
|
"weakened",
|
|
"drowsy",
|
|
"heavy",
|
|
"sleepy",
|
|
"lethargic",
|
|
"sluggish"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"fresh",
|
|
"refreshed",
|
|
"rejuvenated",
|
|
"relaxed",
|
|
"rested",
|
|
"revitalized",
|
|
"active",
|
|
"energetic",
|
|
"invigorated",
|
|
"peppy",
|
|
"strengthened",
|
|
"strong",
|
|
"tireless",
|
|
"vitalized",
|
|
"weariless"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"unwearied"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"having no exceptions or restrictions":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"there was a dead silence following that incredibly moving performance"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"absolute",
|
|
"all-out",
|
|
"arrant",
|
|
"blank",
|
|
"blooming",
|
|
"bodacious",
|
|
"categorical",
|
|
"categoric",
|
|
"clean",
|
|
"complete",
|
|
"consummate",
|
|
"crashing",
|
|
"damn",
|
|
"damned",
|
|
"deadly",
|
|
"definite",
|
|
"downright",
|
|
"dreadful",
|
|
"fair",
|
|
"flat",
|
|
"flat-out",
|
|
"out-and-out",
|
|
"outright",
|
|
"perfect",
|
|
"plumb",
|
|
"profound",
|
|
"pure",
|
|
"rank",
|
|
"regular",
|
|
"sheer",
|
|
"simple",
|
|
"stark",
|
|
"stone",
|
|
"straight-out",
|
|
"thorough",
|
|
"thoroughgoing",
|
|
"total",
|
|
"unadulterated",
|
|
"unalloyed",
|
|
"unconditional",
|
|
"unmitigated",
|
|
"unqualified",
|
|
"utter",
|
|
"very"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"authentic",
|
|
"classic",
|
|
"genuine",
|
|
"real",
|
|
"veritable",
|
|
"constant",
|
|
"endless",
|
|
"eternal",
|
|
"perpetual",
|
|
"undying",
|
|
"unremitting",
|
|
"extreme",
|
|
"unrestricted",
|
|
"confirmed",
|
|
"habitual",
|
|
"hopeless",
|
|
"inveterate",
|
|
"extraordinary",
|
|
"frightful",
|
|
"horrible",
|
|
"huge",
|
|
"main",
|
|
"superlative",
|
|
"supreme",
|
|
"surpassing",
|
|
"terrible",
|
|
"terrific"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"doubtful",
|
|
"dubious",
|
|
"equivocal",
|
|
"qualified",
|
|
"questionable",
|
|
"restricted",
|
|
"uncertain"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"lacking in sensation or feeling":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"my foot was dead after I absentmindedly sat on it for an hour"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"asleep",
|
|
"benumbed",
|
|
"insensitive",
|
|
"numb",
|
|
"numbed",
|
|
"torpid",
|
|
"unfeeling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"chilled",
|
|
"nipped",
|
|
"anesthetized",
|
|
"cocainized",
|
|
"deadened",
|
|
"drugged",
|
|
"stupefied",
|
|
"blunted",
|
|
"dulled",
|
|
"obtunded",
|
|
"insensible",
|
|
"senseless",
|
|
"unconscious",
|
|
"inanimate",
|
|
"insensate"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"awake"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"feeling",
|
|
"sensible",
|
|
"sensitive"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"no longer existing":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the dead Babylonian culture"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bygone",
|
|
"bypast",
|
|
"defunct",
|
|
"departed",
|
|
"done",
|
|
"expired",
|
|
"extinct",
|
|
"gone",
|
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"nonextant",
|
|
"vanished"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"nonexistent",
|
|
"dying",
|
|
"faded",
|
|
"moribund",
|
|
"collapsed",
|
|
"fallen",
|
|
"overthrown",
|
|
"antiquated",
|
|
"dated",
|
|
"obsolete",
|
|
"pass\u00e9",
|
|
"finished",
|
|
"lapsed",
|
|
"terminated",
|
|
"lost",
|
|
"missing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"active",
|
|
"dynamic",
|
|
"thriving",
|
|
"vibrant"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"alive",
|
|
"existent",
|
|
"existing",
|
|
"extant",
|
|
"living"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"not being in a state of use, activity, or employment":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"local coal mines that have been dead for years"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dormant",
|
|
"fallow",
|
|
"free",
|
|
"idle",
|
|
"inactive",
|
|
"inert",
|
|
"inoperative",
|
|
"latent",
|
|
"off",
|
|
"unused",
|
|
"vacant",
|
|
"at rest",
|
|
"on the shelf",
|
|
"out of commission"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abeyant",
|
|
"arrested",
|
|
"interrupted",
|
|
"suspended",
|
|
"unoccupied",
|
|
"asleep",
|
|
"comatose",
|
|
"lifeless",
|
|
"moribund",
|
|
"quiescent",
|
|
"sleepy",
|
|
"inoperable",
|
|
"unusable",
|
|
"unworkable",
|
|
"useless",
|
|
"dull",
|
|
"slow"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"functional",
|
|
"operable",
|
|
"operational",
|
|
"workable",
|
|
"assiduous",
|
|
"industrious",
|
|
"sedulous",
|
|
"energetic",
|
|
"vigorous",
|
|
"feasible",
|
|
"practical",
|
|
"usable",
|
|
"useable",
|
|
"useful",
|
|
"viable"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"active",
|
|
"alive",
|
|
"busy",
|
|
"employed",
|
|
"functioning",
|
|
"going",
|
|
"living",
|
|
"on",
|
|
"operating",
|
|
"operative",
|
|
"running",
|
|
"working"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"of, relating to, or suggestive of death":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"fell into a dead faint upon hearing the news"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"deadly",
|
|
"deathly",
|
|
"mortal",
|
|
"mortuary"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cadaverous",
|
|
"ghostlike",
|
|
"ghostly",
|
|
"phantom",
|
|
"spectral",
|
|
"inactive",
|
|
"inert",
|
|
"inoperative",
|
|
"lifeless",
|
|
"quiescent",
|
|
"still",
|
|
"macabre",
|
|
"baleful",
|
|
"fatal",
|
|
"fateful",
|
|
"fell",
|
|
"killer",
|
|
"lethal",
|
|
"murderous",
|
|
"pestilent"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"active",
|
|
"alive",
|
|
"animate",
|
|
"breathing",
|
|
"live",
|
|
"living",
|
|
"animated",
|
|
"bouncing",
|
|
"brisk",
|
|
"energetic",
|
|
"frisky",
|
|
"gay",
|
|
"jaunty",
|
|
"jazzy",
|
|
"lively",
|
|
"peppy",
|
|
"perky",
|
|
"pert",
|
|
"racy",
|
|
"snappy",
|
|
"spanking",
|
|
"sparky",
|
|
"spirited",
|
|
"sprightful",
|
|
"sprightly",
|
|
"springy",
|
|
"vigorous",
|
|
"vital",
|
|
"vivacious",
|
|
"zippy",
|
|
"able-bodied",
|
|
"chipper",
|
|
"fit",
|
|
"hale",
|
|
"healthy",
|
|
"hearty",
|
|
"robust",
|
|
"sound",
|
|
"well",
|
|
"whole",
|
|
"wholesome"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"facing certain defeat, disaster, or death":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"if we don't finish this project on time, we're dead"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"done",
|
|
"done for",
|
|
"doomed",
|
|
"finished",
|
|
"kaput",
|
|
"kaputt",
|
|
"ruined",
|
|
"sunk"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"endangered",
|
|
"imperiled",
|
|
"imperilled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"lacking in taste or flavor":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"from the first sip I could tell that the wine hadn't aged well and was pretty much dead"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"flat",
|
|
"flavorless",
|
|
"insipid",
|
|
"savorless",
|
|
"tasteless",
|
|
"unsavory"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bland",
|
|
"dilute",
|
|
"thin",
|
|
"watery",
|
|
"weak",
|
|
"plain",
|
|
"unflavored"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disgusting",
|
|
"distasteful",
|
|
"loathsome",
|
|
"sickening",
|
|
"unappetizing",
|
|
"unpalatable",
|
|
"cloying",
|
|
"mawkish",
|
|
"appetizing",
|
|
"delectable",
|
|
"delicious",
|
|
"palatable",
|
|
"toothsome",
|
|
"keen",
|
|
"piquant",
|
|
"seasoned",
|
|
"spicy",
|
|
"flavored",
|
|
"heavy",
|
|
"rich"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"flavorful",
|
|
"flavorsome",
|
|
"sapid",
|
|
"savory",
|
|
"savoury",
|
|
"tasteful",
|
|
"tasty"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"producing inferior or only a small amount of vegetation":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the dead wastes of the far country to the west"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"barren",
|
|
"bony",
|
|
"boney",
|
|
"desolate",
|
|
"hardscrabble",
|
|
"impoverished",
|
|
"infertile",
|
|
"poor",
|
|
"stark",
|
|
"unfertile",
|
|
"unproductive",
|
|
"waste"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bleak",
|
|
"inhospitable",
|
|
"lifeless",
|
|
"uncultivable",
|
|
"untillable",
|
|
"bankrupted",
|
|
"consumed",
|
|
"debilitated",
|
|
"depleted",
|
|
"diminished",
|
|
"drained",
|
|
"dried-up",
|
|
"enfeebled",
|
|
"exhausted",
|
|
"expended",
|
|
"lessened",
|
|
"reduced",
|
|
"spent",
|
|
"used up",
|
|
"arid",
|
|
"desert",
|
|
"droughty",
|
|
"dry",
|
|
"rainless",
|
|
"sere",
|
|
"sear",
|
|
"thirsty",
|
|
"waterless",
|
|
"baked",
|
|
"dehydrated",
|
|
"parched",
|
|
"sunbaked"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"arable",
|
|
"tillable",
|
|
"green",
|
|
"sylvan",
|
|
"verdant"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"fertile",
|
|
"fruitful",
|
|
"lush",
|
|
"luxuriant",
|
|
"productive",
|
|
"rich"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"in a direct line or course":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the finish line is dead ahead"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"direct",
|
|
"directly",
|
|
"due",
|
|
"plumb",
|
|
"plump",
|
|
"right",
|
|
"straight",
|
|
"straightway",
|
|
"as the crow flies"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"circuitously",
|
|
"deviously",
|
|
"veeringly"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"indirectly"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to a full extent or degree":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I'm dead certain that's the one I want"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"all",
|
|
"all of",
|
|
"all over",
|
|
"altogether",
|
|
"clean",
|
|
"completely",
|
|
"enough",
|
|
"entire",
|
|
"entirely",
|
|
"even",
|
|
"exactly",
|
|
"fast",
|
|
"flat",
|
|
"full",
|
|
"fully",
|
|
"heartily",
|
|
"out",
|
|
"perfectly",
|
|
"plumb",
|
|
"quite",
|
|
"soundly",
|
|
"thoroughly",
|
|
"through and through",
|
|
"totally",
|
|
"utterly",
|
|
"well",
|
|
"wholly",
|
|
"wide",
|
|
"all the way",
|
|
"at length",
|
|
"down the line",
|
|
"down to the ground",
|
|
"for fair",
|
|
"in whole",
|
|
"to bits",
|
|
"to pieces",
|
|
"to the hilt",
|
|
"to the max"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"absolutely",
|
|
"categorically",
|
|
"cold",
|
|
"downright",
|
|
"hands down",
|
|
"plain",
|
|
"stone",
|
|
"stone-cold",
|
|
"unqualifiedly",
|
|
"basically",
|
|
"by and large",
|
|
"chiefly",
|
|
"generally",
|
|
"largely",
|
|
"mainly",
|
|
"more or less",
|
|
"mostly",
|
|
"overall",
|
|
"predominantly",
|
|
"predominately",
|
|
"primarily",
|
|
"principally",
|
|
"substantially",
|
|
"abundantly",
|
|
"copiously",
|
|
"generously",
|
|
"greatly"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"barely",
|
|
"hardly",
|
|
"just",
|
|
"kind of",
|
|
"marginally",
|
|
"minimally",
|
|
"scarcely",
|
|
"slightly",
|
|
"superficially",
|
|
"approximately",
|
|
"roughly",
|
|
"somewhat"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"half",
|
|
"halfway",
|
|
"incompletely",
|
|
"part",
|
|
"partially",
|
|
"partly"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the state of being dead":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"it's impossible to raise someone from the dead"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"deadness",
|
|
"death",
|
|
"grave",
|
|
"lifelessness",
|
|
"nothingness",
|
|
"sleep"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"mortality"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"immortality",
|
|
"life span",
|
|
"lifetime"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"existence",
|
|
"life"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"adverb",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
}
|
|
} |