dict_dl/en_MWThesaurus/inc_MWT.json
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{
"incalculable":{
"as in immeasurable":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"immeasurable",
"inestimable",
"invaluable",
"priceless",
"costly",
"dear",
"expensive",
"high",
"precious",
"premium",
"pricey",
"pricy",
"superexpensive",
"valuable"
],
"near antonyms":[
"good-for-nothing",
"no-good",
"nothing",
"valueless",
"worthless"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"incandescences":{
"the steady giving off of the form of radiation that makes vision possible":{
"examples":[
"candles made from whale oil were once highly prized because they burned with an incandescence superior to that of other candles"
],
"synonyms":[
"blazes",
"flares",
"fluorescences",
"glares",
"gleams",
"glows",
"illuminations",
"lights",
"luminescences",
"radiances",
"shines"
],
"near synonyms":[
"flashes",
"glimmers",
"glints",
"glitters",
"scintillations",
"shimmers",
"sparkles",
"twinkles",
"daylights",
"moonlights",
"sunlights",
"sunshines",
"afterglows",
"aureoles",
"aureolae",
"auroras",
"aurorae",
"beams",
"halos",
"haloes",
"rays",
"shafts",
"streaks",
"streams",
"sunbeams",
"glistens",
"glosses",
"lusters",
"lustres",
"polishes",
"reflections",
"sheens"
],
"near antonyms":[
"darks",
"dusks",
"glooms",
"nights",
"shadows"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"incandescent":{
"giving off or reflecting much light":{
"examples":[
"sitting in darkness, except for the incandescent coals of our campfire"
],
"synonyms":[
"beaming",
"bedazzling",
"bright",
"brilliant",
"candescent",
"clear",
"dazzling",
"effulgent",
"fulgent",
"glowing",
"lambent",
"lucent",
"lucid",
"luminous",
"lustrous",
"radiant",
"refulgent",
"sheeny",
"shining",
"shiny",
"splendid"
],
"near synonyms":[
"ablaze",
"ardent",
"blazing",
"burning",
"combusting",
"fiery",
"flaming",
"red-hot",
"agleam",
"aglitter",
"blinding",
"coruscant",
"flaring",
"flashing",
"flickering",
"gemmy",
"glancing",
"glaring",
"gleaming",
"glimmering",
"glinting",
"glistening",
"glistering",
"glittering",
"scintillant",
"scintillating",
"shimmering",
"shimmery",
"sparkling",
"sunny",
"twinkling",
"winking",
"burnished",
"polished",
"shined",
"superbright",
"ultrabright"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blackened",
"dark",
"darkened",
"darkish",
"darkling",
"darksome",
"dimmed",
"dusky",
"gloomy",
"lightless",
"murky",
"obscure",
"obscured",
"pitch-black",
"pitch-dark",
"somber",
"sombre",
"sunless",
"tenebrous",
"unlit",
"cloudy",
"shadowlike",
"shadowy",
"shady",
"gray",
"grey",
"leaden",
"pale",
"palish"
],
"antonyms":[
"dim",
"dull",
"lackluster",
"unbright",
"unbrilliant"
]
},
"having or expressing great depth of feeling":{
"examples":[
"a speaker incandescent with righteous anger over the treatment of the refugees"
],
"synonyms":[
"ardent",
"blazing",
"burning",
"charged",
"demonstrative",
"emotional",
"fervent",
"fervid",
"feverish",
"fiery",
"flaming",
"glowing",
"hot-blooded",
"impassioned",
"intense",
"passional",
"passionate",
"perfervid",
"red-hot",
"religious",
"superheated",
"torrid",
"vehement",
"warm",
"warm-blooded"
],
"near synonyms":[
"gushing",
"gushy",
"maudlin",
"mawkish",
"mushy",
"saccharine",
"sappy",
"schmaltzy",
"sentimental",
"sloppy",
"sugary",
"histrionic",
"melodramatic",
"enthusiastic",
"gung ho",
"keen",
"zealous",
"enamored",
"infatuated",
"obsessed",
"uninhibited",
"unreserved",
"unrestrained",
"frenzied",
"orgiastic",
"overemotional",
"overexcited",
"overheated"
],
"near antonyms":[
"detached",
"dry",
"impersonal",
"objective",
"reserved",
"undemonstrative"
],
"antonyms":[
"cold",
"cool",
"dispassionate",
"emotionless",
"impassive",
"unemotional"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"incandescent lamp":{
"as in fluorescent lamp , arc lamp":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"arc lamp",
"arc light",
"candelabra",
"candelabrum",
"candle",
"chandelier",
"dark lantern",
"flare",
"flash",
"flashbulb",
"flashcube",
"flashlight",
"floodlight",
"fluorescent lamp",
"gaslight",
"gasolier",
"girandole",
"headlight",
"klieg light",
"kleig light",
"lantern",
"light bulb",
"lighthouse",
"lighting",
"sconce",
"spotlight",
"streetlight",
"sun lamp",
"beacon",
"illuminant",
"lamp"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"incapability":{
"the lack of sufficient ability, power, or means":{
"examples":[
"the apparent incapability of the president's staff to deal with the crisis"
],
"synonyms":[
"impotence",
"inability",
"inadequacy",
"incapacity",
"incompetence",
"incompetency",
"ineptitude",
"insufficiency",
"powerlessness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"disqualification",
"inaptitude",
"ineffectiveness",
"ineffectuality",
"ineffectualness",
"inefficaciousness",
"inefficacy",
"inefficiency"
],
"near antonyms":[
"aptitude",
"bent",
"endowment",
"flair",
"genius",
"gift",
"knack",
"talent",
"effectiveness",
"effectualness",
"efficaciousness",
"efficiency",
"fitness",
"suitability",
"suitableness",
"potency",
"power",
"puissance",
"sinew",
"strength"
],
"antonyms":[
"ability",
"adequacy",
"capability",
"capacity",
"competence",
"competency",
"potency"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"incapacitated":{
"as in disabled , challenged":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"challenged",
"disabled",
"invalid",
"asthenic",
"debilitated",
"delicate",
"down-and-out",
"effete",
"enervated",
"enfeebled",
"faint",
"feeble",
"frail",
"infirm",
"languid",
"low",
"prostrate",
"prostrated",
"sapped",
"slight",
"soft",
"softened",
"tender",
"unsubstantial",
"wasted",
"weak",
"weakened",
"wimpish",
"wimpy",
"paralyzed",
"broken-down",
"decrepit",
"impotent",
"powerless",
"breakable",
"flimsy",
"fragile",
"dizzy",
"groggy",
"rocky",
"unsteady",
"woozy",
"drained",
"exhausted",
"flagging",
"tired",
"weary",
"worn-out",
"damaged",
"harmed",
"hurt",
"impaired",
"injured",
"lame",
"unsound",
"resistless",
"susceptible",
"unresistant",
"vulnerable",
"yielding"
],
"near antonyms":[
"mighty",
"powerful",
"rugged",
"stalwart",
"stout",
"strong",
"able-bodied",
"athletic",
"beefy",
"brawny",
"fit",
"husky",
"muscular",
"sinewy",
"strapping",
"virile",
"hard",
"hardy",
"lusty",
"red-blooded",
"robust",
"sturdy",
"tough",
"fortified",
"hardened",
"inured",
"strengthened",
"toughened",
"energetic",
"energized",
"invigorated",
"vigorous",
"vitalized",
"hale",
"healthy",
"sound",
"capable",
"competent",
"convalescing",
"recovering",
"recuperating"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to render powerless, ineffective, or unable to move":{
"examples":[
"the malfunctioning of a single component can incapacitate the engine"
],
"synonyms":[
"crippled",
"disabled",
"hamstrung",
"immobilized",
"paralyzed",
"prostrated"
],
"near synonyms":[
"attenuated",
"debilitated",
"enervated",
"enfeebled",
"sapped",
"tired",
"undercut",
"undermined",
"weakened",
"hobbled",
"lamed",
"maimed",
"mutilated",
"knocked out"
],
"near antonyms":[
"energized",
"galvanized",
"invigorated",
"vitalized",
"fortified",
"strengthened",
"empowered",
"freshened",
"refreshed",
"refreshened",
"regenerated",
"rejuvenated",
"restored",
"revitalized",
"revived"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to cause severe or permanent injury to":{
"examples":[
"the stroke left her completely incapacitated"
],
"synonyms":[
"crippled",
"disabled",
"lamed",
"maimed",
"mutilated"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dismembered",
"hamstrung",
"hobbled",
"paralyzed",
"battered",
"bruised",
"bunged up",
"mangled",
"mauled",
"roughed (up)",
"gored",
"lacerated",
"winged",
"wounded",
"disfigured",
"scarred",
"kneecapped",
"broke",
"damaged",
"harmed",
"hurt",
"impaired",
"injured",
"bashed",
"beat",
"belted",
"bludgeoned",
"buffeted",
"drubbed",
"hammered",
"laced",
"lambasted",
"licked",
"pasted",
"pelted",
"pommeled",
"pommelled",
"pounded",
"pummeled",
"pummelled",
"thumped",
"banged",
"boxed",
"hit",
"punched",
"slapped",
"smacked",
"smashed",
"socked",
"spanked",
"swatted",
"swiped",
"thrashed",
"thwacked",
"whacked",
"flogged",
"lashed",
"walloped",
"whipped",
"killed",
"murdered",
"tormented",
"tortured"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cured",
"healed",
"rehabilitated",
"remedied",
"doctored",
"fixed",
"mended",
"patched",
"rejuvenated",
"renewed",
"repaired",
"restored"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"incapacitates":{
"to render powerless, ineffective, or unable to move":{
"examples":[
"the malfunctioning of a single component can incapacitate the engine"
],
"synonyms":[
"cripples",
"disables",
"hamstrings",
"immobilizes",
"paralyzes",
"prostrates"
],
"near synonyms":[
"attenuates",
"debilitates",
"enervates",
"enfeebles",
"saps",
"tires",
"undercuts",
"undermines",
"weakens",
"hobbles",
"lames",
"maims",
"mutilates",
"knocks out"
],
"near antonyms":[
"energizes",
"galvanizes",
"invigorates",
"vitalizes",
"fortifies",
"strengthens",
"empowers",
"freshens",
"refreshens",
"refreshes",
"regenerates",
"rejuvenates",
"restores",
"revitalizes",
"revives"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to cause severe or permanent injury to":{
"examples":[
"the stroke left her completely incapacitated"
],
"synonyms":[
"cripples",
"disables",
"lames",
"maims",
"mutilates"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dismembers",
"hamstrings",
"hobbles",
"paralyzes",
"batters",
"bruises",
"bungs up",
"mangles",
"mauls",
"roughs (up)",
"gores",
"lacerates",
"wings",
"wounds",
"disfigures",
"scars",
"kneecaps",
"breaks",
"damages",
"harms",
"hurts",
"impairs",
"injures",
"bashes",
"beats",
"belts",
"bludgeons",
"buffets",
"drubs",
"hammers",
"laces",
"lambastes",
"lambasts",
"licks",
"pastes",
"pelts",
"pommels",
"pounds",
"pummels",
"thumps",
"bangs",
"boxes",
"hits",
"punches",
"slaps",
"smacks",
"smashes",
"socks",
"spanks",
"swats",
"swipes",
"thrashes",
"thwacks",
"whacks",
"flogs",
"lashes",
"wallops",
"whips",
"kills",
"murders",
"torments",
"tortures"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cures",
"heals",
"rehabilitates",
"remedies",
"doctors",
"fixes",
"mends",
"patches",
"rejuvenates",
"renews",
"repairs",
"restores"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"incarcerate":{
"to put in or as if in prison":{
"examples":[
"the state incarcerated over 1900 people last year"
],
"synonyms":[
"commit",
"confine",
"immure",
"imprison",
"intern",
"jail",
"jug",
"lock (up)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"constrain",
"limit",
"restrain",
"restrict",
"shut",
"bar",
"gate",
"apprehend",
"arrest",
"bust",
"capture",
"catch",
"detain",
"nab",
"pick up",
"pinch",
"seize",
"impress",
"shanghai",
"hold",
"impound",
"keep",
"bind",
"enchain",
"fetter",
"handcuff",
"manacle",
"shackle",
"trammel"
],
"near antonyms":[
"emancipate",
"enfranchise",
"manumit",
"unbind",
"uncage",
"unchain",
"unfetter"
],
"antonyms":[
"discharge",
"free",
"liberate",
"release"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"incarnadine":{
"as in red , crimson":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bloodred",
"carmine",
"crimson",
"red",
"reddish",
"ruby",
"sanguine",
"sanguineous",
"bloodstained",
"bloody",
"gory",
"sanguinary"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in rouge , ruddle":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"rouge",
"ruddle",
"bloom",
"blush",
"color",
"crimson",
"flush",
"glow",
"redden",
"abash",
"chagrin",
"discomfit",
"disconcert",
"embarrass",
"faze",
"humiliate",
"mortify"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"incarnadined":{
"as in rouged , ruddled":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"rouged",
"ruddled",
"bloomed",
"blushed",
"colored",
"crimsoned",
"flushed",
"glowed",
"reddened",
"abashed",
"chagrined",
"discomfited",
"disconcerted",
"embarrassed",
"fazed",
"humiliated",
"mortified"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"incarnadining":{
"as in rouging , ruddling":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"rouging",
"ruddling",
"blooming",
"blushing",
"coloring",
"crimsoning",
"flushing",
"glowing",
"reddening",
"abashing",
"chagrining",
"discomfiting",
"disconcerting",
"embarrassing",
"fazing",
"humiliating",
"mortifying"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"incarnation":{
"a visible representation of something abstract (as a quality)":{
"examples":[
"she is the very incarnation of grace and tactfulness"
],
"synonyms":[
"abstract",
"avatar",
"embodier",
"embodiment",
"epitome",
"externalization",
"genius",
"icon",
"ikon",
"image",
"incorporation",
"instantiation",
"manifestation",
"objectification",
"personification",
"personifier"
],
"near synonyms":[
"actualization",
"concretization",
"exemplification",
"personalization",
"realization",
"substantiation",
"essence",
"quintessence",
"soul",
"archetype",
"exemplar",
"model",
"paradigm",
"pattern",
"reincarnation"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"incaution":{
"failure to take the care that a cautious person usually takes":{
"examples":[
"as a result of an agent's colossal incaution , a laptop filled with top-secret intelligence was missing"
],
"synonyms":[
"carelessness",
"dereliction",
"heedlessness",
"incautiousness",
"laxness",
"neglectfulness",
"negligence",
"remissness",
"slackness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"foolhardiness",
"rashness",
"recklessness",
"wildness",
"neglect",
"omission",
"delinquency",
"irresponsibility",
"irresponsibleness",
"malfeasance",
"malpractice",
"misconduct",
"misdirection",
"mishandling",
"mismanagement",
"forgetfulness",
"inadvertence",
"inadvertency",
"inattention",
"inattentiveness",
"obliviousness",
"shortsightedness",
"unwariness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"alertness",
"attention",
"attentiveness",
"awareness",
"circumspection",
"observance",
"vigilance",
"watchfulness",
"responsibility",
"responsibleness"
],
"antonyms":[
"care",
"carefulness",
"caution",
"cautiousness",
"heedfulness"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"inception":{
"the point at which something begins":{
"examples":[
"this seemed like a good program at its inception , but it isn't working out as planned"
],
"synonyms":[
"alpha",
"baseline",
"beginning",
"birth",
"commencement",
"dawn",
"day one",
"genesis",
"get-go",
"git-go",
"incipience",
"incipiency",
"kickoff",
"launch",
"morning",
"nascence",
"nascency",
"onset",
"outset",
"start",
"threshold"
],
"near synonyms":[
"drawing board",
"first base",
"ground zero",
"square one",
"creation",
"founding",
"inauguration",
"initiation",
"institution",
"origination",
"cradle",
"fountain",
"fountainhead",
"germ",
"origin",
"root",
"seedbed",
"source",
"spring",
"well",
"wellspring",
"dawning",
"opening",
"advent",
"appearance",
"arrival",
"debut",
"d\u00e9but",
"emergence",
"childhood",
"infancy",
"youth"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cessation",
"closing",
"closure",
"completion",
"finale",
"finish",
"period",
"stop",
"termination",
"windup"
],
"antonyms":[
"close",
"conclusion",
"end",
"ending",
"omega"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"inceptions":{
"the point at which something begins":{
"examples":[
"this seemed like a good program at its inception , but it isn't working out as planned"
],
"synonyms":[
"alphas",
"baselines",
"beginnings",
"births",
"commencements",
"dawns",
"day ones",
"geneses",
"get-goes",
"git-goes",
"incipiences",
"incipiencies",
"kickoffs",
"launches",
"mornings",
"nascences",
"nascencies",
"onsets",
"outsets",
"starts",
"thresholds"
],
"near synonyms":[
"drawing boards",
"first bases",
"ground zeros",
"square ones",
"creations",
"inaugurations",
"initiations",
"institutions",
"originations",
"cradles",
"fountainheads",
"fountains",
"germs",
"origins",
"roots",
"seedbeds",
"sources",
"springs",
"wells",
"wellsprings",
"openings",
"advents",
"appearances",
"arrivals",
"debuts",
"d\u00e9buts",
"emergences",
"childhoods",
"infancies",
"youths"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cessations",
"closings",
"closures",
"completions",
"finales",
"finishes",
"periods",
"stops",
"terminations",
"windups"
],
"antonyms":[
"closes",
"conclusions",
"endings",
"ends",
"omegas"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"incertitude":{
"a feeling or attitude that one does not know the truth, truthfulness, or trustworthiness of someone or something":{
"examples":[
"a growing incertitude about the honesty of the housekeeper they had just hired"
],
"synonyms":[
"distrust",
"distrustfulness",
"doubt",
"dubiety",
"dubitation",
"misdoubt",
"misgiving",
"mistrust",
"mistrustfulness",
"query",
"reservation",
"skepticism",
"suspicion",
"uncertainty"
],
"near synonyms":[
"disbelief",
"incredulity",
"unbelief",
"anxiety",
"concern",
"paranoia",
"wariness",
"compunction",
"niggle",
"qualm",
"scruple",
"tremor"
],
"near antonyms":[
"credence",
"faith"
],
"antonyms":[
"assurance",
"belief",
"certainty",
"certitude",
"confidence",
"conviction",
"sureness",
"surety",
"trust"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"inch":{
"a very small distance or degree":{
"examples":[
"give them an inch , and they'll take a mile"
],
"synonyms":[
"ace",
"hair",
"hairbreadth",
"hairsbreadth",
"hairline",
"hop, skip, and jump",
"neck",
"shouting distance",
"step",
"stone's throw"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bit",
"crumb",
"dab",
"iota",
"jot",
"minim",
"mite",
"particle",
"smidgen",
"smidgeon",
"smidgin",
"smidge",
"trace",
"trifle"
],
"near antonyms":[
"infinity",
"light-year"
],
"antonyms":[
"country mile",
"long haul",
"mile"
]
},
"an individual part of a process, series, or ranking":{
"examples":[
"inch by inch , we're making progress toward our fund-raising goal"
],
"synonyms":[
"chapter",
"cut",
"degree",
"grade",
"notch",
"peg",
"phase",
"place",
"point",
"stage",
"step"
],
"near synonyms":[
"angle",
"aspect",
"facet",
"side",
"amount",
"measure",
"plane",
"decrement",
"increment"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the distance of something or someone from bottom to top":{
"examples":[
"made the most of her inches by standing on her tiptoes to reach the top shelf"
],
"synonyms":[
"altitude",
"elevation",
"height",
"stature"
],
"near synonyms":[
"rise",
"highness",
"loftiness",
"tallness"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to advance gradually beyond the usual or desirable limits":{
"examples":[
"every year the water inches further up the embankments, threatening to permanently engulf the island city"
],
"synonyms":[
"creep",
"encroach",
"worm"
],
"near synonyms":[
"snake",
"sneak",
"entrench",
"intrench",
"impinge",
"infringe",
"intrude",
"invade",
"overpass",
"overreach",
"overrun",
"overshoot",
"overstep"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to move slowly":{
"examples":[
"the car inched carefully across the snow-covered causeway"
],
"synonyms":[
"crawl",
"creak (along)",
"creep",
"drag",
"limp",
"nose",
"ooze",
"plod",
"poke",
"slouch",
"snail"
],
"near synonyms":[
"lumber",
"shamble",
"shuffle",
"tramp",
"trudge"
],
"near antonyms":[
"float",
"glide",
"sail",
"hurry",
"tear"
],
"antonyms":[
"fly",
"race",
"speed",
"whiz",
"whizz",
"zip"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"inched":{
"to advance gradually beyond the usual or desirable limits":{
"examples":[
"every year the water inches further up the embankments, threatening to permanently engulf the island city"
],
"synonyms":[
"crept",
"encroached",
"wormed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"snaked",
"sneaked",
"snuck",
"entrenched",
"intrenched",
"impinged",
"infringed",
"intruded",
"invaded",
"overpassed",
"overran",
"overreached",
"overshot",
"overstepped"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to move slowly":{
"examples":[
"the car inched carefully across the snow-covered causeway"
],
"synonyms":[
"crawled",
"creaked (along)",
"crept",
"dragged",
"limped",
"nosed",
"oozed",
"plodded",
"poked",
"slouched",
"snailed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"lumbered",
"shambled",
"shuffled",
"tramped",
"trudged"
],
"near antonyms":[
"floated",
"glided",
"sailed",
"hurried",
"tore"
],
"antonyms":[
"flew",
"raced",
"sped",
"speeded",
"whizzed",
"zipped"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"incinerated":{
"as in burned , charred":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"burned",
"burnt",
"charred",
"scorched",
"seared",
"singed",
"broiling",
"hot",
"piping hot",
"red-hot",
"roasting",
"scalding",
"scorching",
"searing",
"sizzling",
"aglow",
"flaring",
"flickering",
"glowing",
"live",
"smoldering",
"smouldering",
"ablaze",
"afire",
"aflame",
"alight",
"blazing",
"burning",
"combusting",
"conflagrant",
"fiery",
"flaming",
"ignited",
"inflamed",
"enflamed",
"kindled",
"lit",
"lighted"
],
"near antonyms":[
"choked",
"damped",
"dead",
"doused",
"dowsed",
"extinguished",
"quenched",
"smothered",
"snuffed (out)",
"stamped (out)",
"suffocated"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to burn (something) completely":{
"examples":[
"The waste is incinerated in a large furnace."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"ashed",
"cremated",
"kilned",
"burned",
"burnt",
"enkindled",
"fired",
"ignited",
"inflamed",
"enflamed",
"kindled",
"lit",
"lighted",
"torched",
"immolated",
"deflagrated",
"charred",
"frizzled",
"scorched",
"baked",
"broiled",
"cooked",
"set off",
"scalded",
"scathed",
"seared",
"reignited",
"rekindled",
"relit",
"relighted",
"banked",
"stoked"
],
"near antonyms":[
"stamped (out)",
"doused",
"dowsed",
"extinguished",
"put out",
"quenched",
"snuffed (out)"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"incise":{
"to cut (as letters or designs) on a hard surface":{
"examples":[
"incised a pattern into the copper plate"
],
"synonyms":[
"engrave",
"etch",
"grave",
"inscribe",
"insculp"
],
"near synonyms":[
"carve",
"chisel",
"sculpt",
"sculpture",
"chase",
"groove",
"indent",
"notch",
"score",
"trace",
"affix",
"impress"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to penetrate with a sharp edge (as a knife)":{
"examples":[
"incised the tree with a sharp ax to get the sap flowing"
],
"synonyms":[
"cut",
"gash",
"rip",
"shear",
"slash",
"slice",
"slit"
],
"near synonyms":[
"crosscut",
"hacksaw",
"saw",
"scissor",
"cleave",
"rive",
"split",
"pierce",
"stab",
"bruise",
"butcher",
"hack",
"haggle",
"lacerate",
"mangle",
"rend",
"tear",
"carve",
"chip",
"chisel",
"notch",
"anatomize",
"dissect",
"section",
"chop",
"dice",
"mince",
"amputate",
"cut off",
"sever"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"incision":{
"a long deep cut":{
"examples":[
"the surgeon made a thin incision with the scalpel"
],
"synonyms":[
"gash",
"laceration",
"rent",
"rip",
"slash",
"slit",
"tear"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abrasion",
"score",
"scrape",
"scratch",
"injury",
"wound",
"crack",
"fracture",
"rupture",
"snag"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"incisiveness":{
"as in incision":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"incision",
"clarity",
"explicitness",
"lucidity",
"lucidness",
"perspicuity",
"perspicuousness",
"simplicity",
"directness",
"forthrightness",
"openness",
"straightforwardness",
"readability",
"readableness",
"comprehensibility",
"intelligibility",
"legibility"
],
"near antonyms":[
"obscureness",
"obscurity",
"unclarity",
"ambiguity",
"ambiguousness",
"equivocalness",
"equivocation",
"inscrutability",
"inscrutableness",
"obliqueness",
"obliquity",
"opacity",
"opaqueness",
"impenetrability",
"incomprehensibility",
"incomprehensibleness",
"unintelligibility",
"unintelligibleness",
"circuitousness",
"deviousness",
"indirectness",
"indistinctness",
"dimness",
"disjointedness",
"incoherence",
"faintness",
"fuzziness",
"muddiness",
"nebulousness",
"vagueness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"incited":{
"to bring (something volatile or intense) into being":{
"examples":[
"the rock band's failure to show up incited a riot, as the crowd had waited for hours"
],
"synonyms":[
"abetted",
"brewed",
"fermented",
"fomented",
"instigated",
"picked",
"provoked",
"raised",
"stirred (up)",
"whipped (up)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"advanced",
"cultivated",
"encouraged",
"forwarded",
"fostered",
"furthered",
"nourished",
"nurtured",
"promoted",
"sowed",
"stimulated",
"detonated",
"set",
"set off",
"triggered",
"excited",
"galvanized",
"inflamed",
"enflamed",
"inspired",
"motivated",
"roused",
"activated",
"energized",
"enlivened",
"fired",
"invigorated",
"jazzed (up)",
"livened (up)",
"pepped (up)",
"quickened",
"stimulated",
"vitalized"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bridled",
"checked",
"constrained",
"curbed",
"discouraged",
"held",
"inhibited",
"regulated",
"reined (in)",
"restrained",
"tamed",
"allayed",
"calmed",
"quieted",
"settled",
"soothed",
"stilled",
"subdued",
"tranquilized",
"tranquillized"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to rouse to strong feeling or action":{
"examples":[
"the demagogue's fiery rant incited the crowd to riot"
],
"synonyms":[
"aroused",
"encouraged",
"excited",
"fired (up)",
"impassioned",
"instigated",
"moved",
"piqued",
"provoked",
"revved (up)",
"sparked",
"stimulated",
"stirred"
],
"near synonyms":[
"fanned",
"ignited",
"inflamed",
"enflamed",
"kindled",
"triggered",
"activated",
"animated",
"drove",
"energized",
"galvanized",
"induced",
"inspired",
"keyed (up)",
"motivated",
"motived",
"pumped up",
"quickened",
"set off",
"vitalized",
"abetted",
"fermented",
"fomented",
"raised",
"whipped (up)",
"angered",
"enraged",
"maddened",
"upset",
"jeered",
"taunted",
"teased",
"aggravated",
"annoyed",
"bothered",
"exasperated",
"galled",
"got",
"irritated",
"vexed",
"vext"
],
"near antonyms":[
"calmed",
"soothed",
"subdued",
"tranquilized",
"tranquillized",
"appeased",
"mollified",
"pacified",
"placated"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"inciters":{
"a person who stirs up public feelings especially of discontent":{
"examples":[
"the governor warned that inciters of mob violence would be dealt with harshly"
],
"synonyms":[
"agitators",
"demagogues",
"demagogs",
"exciters",
"firebrands",
"fomenters",
"incendiaries",
"instigators",
"kindlers",
"provocateurs",
"rabble-rousers"
],
"near synonyms":[
"demonstrators",
"marchers",
"objectors",
"picketers",
"protesters",
"protestors",
"advocates",
"apostles",
"backers",
"boosters",
"champions",
"exponents",
"persuaders",
"promoters",
"proponents",
"reformers",
"reformists",
"supporters",
"alarmists",
"extremists",
"insurgents",
"insurrectionists",
"radicals",
"rebels",
"revolters",
"revolutionaries",
"revolutionists",
"subversives",
"troublemakers",
"prodders",
"prompters",
"provokers",
"agents provocateurs"
],
"near antonyms":[
"peacemakers",
"reconcilers",
"uniters"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"inclement":{
"marked by wet and windy conditions":{
"examples":[
"the weather report warned that the holiday weekend would be spoiled by inclement weather"
],
"synonyms":[
"bleak",
"dirty",
"foul",
"nasty",
"raw",
"rough",
"squally",
"stormy",
"tempestuous",
"turbulent"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blowy",
"blustering",
"blustery",
"breezy",
"gusty",
"windblown",
"windswept",
"cloudy",
"overcast",
"sunless",
"rainy",
"snowy",
"foggy",
"hazy",
"misty",
"murky",
"soupy"
],
"near antonyms":[
"rainless",
"balmy",
"calm",
"halcyon",
"peaceful",
"placid",
"pleasant",
"serene"
],
"antonyms":[
"bright",
"clear",
"clement",
"cloudless",
"fair",
"sunny",
"sunshiny",
"unclouded"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"inclination":{
"a habitual attraction to some activity or thing":{
"examples":[
"her natural inclination to help people in need"
],
"synonyms":[
"affection",
"affinity",
"aptitude",
"bent",
"bias",
"bone",
"devices",
"disposition",
"genius",
"habitude",
"impulse",
"leaning",
"partiality",
"penchant",
"predilection",
"predisposition",
"proclivity",
"propensity",
"tendency",
"turn"
],
"near synonyms":[
"favor",
"one-sidedness",
"partisanship",
"prejudice",
"endowment",
"faculty",
"flair",
"gift",
"knack",
"talent",
"addiction",
"appetite",
"fancy",
"fondness",
"like",
"liking",
"preference",
"taste",
"forte",
"speciality",
"specialty",
"convention",
"custom",
"habit",
"pattern",
"practice",
"practise",
"routine",
"trick",
"way",
"wont",
"eccentricity",
"idiosyncrasy",
"kink",
"oddity",
"peculiarity",
"quirk",
"singularity"
],
"near antonyms":[
"allergy",
"averseness",
"aversion",
"disfavor",
"disinclination",
"dislike",
"disliking",
"disrelish",
"distaste",
"detachment",
"impartiality",
"neutrality",
"objectivity",
"apathy",
"disinterestedness",
"indifference",
"insouciance",
"nonchalance",
"unconcern"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the act of positioning or an instance of being positioned at an angle":{
"examples":[
"the photographer adjusted the inclination of the sitter's head"
],
"synonyms":[
"angling",
"bend",
"cock",
"list",
"tilt",
"tip"
],
"near synonyms":[
"turn",
"twist",
"veer",
"bow",
"dip",
"nod"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the degree to which something rises up from a position level with the horizon":{
"examples":[
"the inclination of the hill is gentle, so walking up it isn't too bad"
],
"synonyms":[
"cant",
"diagonal",
"grade",
"gradient",
"incline",
"lean",
"pitch",
"rake",
"slant",
"slope",
"upgrade"
],
"near synonyms":[
"ascent",
"bank",
"climb",
"rise"
],
"near antonyms":[
"declension",
"declination",
"decline",
"declivity",
"descent",
"dip",
"downgrade",
"fall",
"hang",
"hanging",
"receding"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"inclined (toward)":{
"as in tended (to) , gravitated":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"gravitated",
"tended (to)",
"cared (for)",
"favored",
"leaned (toward or towards)",
"liked",
"preferred",
"adored",
"cottoned (to)",
"delighted (in)",
"dug",
"enjoyed",
"fancied",
"grooved (on)",
"relished",
"reveled (in)",
"revelled (in)",
"chose",
"culled",
"handpicked",
"named",
"picked",
"selected",
"singled (out)",
"took",
"coveted",
"craved",
"desired",
"hankered (for or after)",
"wanted",
"wished (for)",
"biased",
"biassed",
"prejudiced",
"admired",
"appreciated",
"cherished",
"prized",
"treasured",
"valued",
"was partial to",
"went in for",
"went"
],
"near antonyms":[
"avoided",
"shied (from or away from)",
"shunned",
"disfavored",
"disliked",
"misliked",
"abhorred",
"abominated",
"detested",
"hated",
"loathed",
"declined",
"refused",
"rejected",
"turned down",
"discarded",
"jettisoned",
"threw away",
"threw out"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"inclining":{
"bending downward or forward":{
"examples":[
"the inclining branches of the evergreens seemed almost ready to break under the weight of the heavy snow"
],
"synonyms":[
"bowed",
"bowing",
"declined",
"declining",
"descendant",
"descendent",
"descending",
"drooping",
"droopy",
"hanging",
"hung",
"nodding",
"pendulous",
"sagging",
"stooping",
"weeping"
],
"near synonyms":[
"floppy",
"limp",
"dangling",
"falling",
"pendent",
"pendant",
"suspended",
"dipping",
"sinking",
"slumping"
],
"near antonyms":[
"erect",
"inflexible",
"rigid",
"stiff",
"elevated",
"raised",
"upraised"
],
"antonyms":[
"unbending",
"upright"
]
},
"to set or cause to be at an angle":{
"examples":[
"carefully inclined the ladder against the house"
],
"synonyms":[
"angling",
"canting",
"cocking",
"heeling",
"leaning",
"listing",
"pitching",
"slanting",
"sloping",
"tilting",
"tipping"
],
"near synonyms":[
"banking",
"bending",
"deviating",
"swerving",
"veering",
"declining",
"descending",
"reclining",
"retreating"
],
"near antonyms":[
"evening",
"flattening",
"leveling",
"levelling",
"straightening"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to show a liking or proneness (for something)":{
"examples":[
"a good restaurant for diners who incline to spicy food"
],
"synonyms":[
"leaning",
"running",
"tending",
"trending"
],
"near synonyms":[
"going",
"gravitating",
"indicating",
"pointing",
"suggesting"
],
"near antonyms":[
"avoiding",
"shunning",
"shying (from or away from)"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"inclosed":{
"as in caged , chained":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"caged",
"chained",
"immured",
"imprisoned",
"leashed",
"penned",
"caught",
"anchored",
"bolted",
"fastened",
"fettered",
"manacled",
"shackled",
"tied",
"bound",
"confined",
"restrained",
"unfree",
"kidnapped",
"kidnaped"
],
"near antonyms":[
"footloose",
"free",
"loose",
"unbound",
"unconfined",
"unrestrained",
"escaped",
"uncaged",
"unchained",
"unfettered",
"unleashed"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to close or shut in by or as if by barriers":{
"examples":[
"dogs who spend the day enclosed in small cages"
],
"synonyms":[
"boxed (in)",
"caged",
"closeted",
"cooped (up)",
"corralled",
"encaged",
"encased",
"enveloped",
"fenced (in)",
"hedged",
"hemmed (in)",
"housed",
"immured",
"included",
"mewed (up)",
"penned",
"walled (in)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bounded",
"circumscribed",
"confined",
"contained",
"limited",
"restricted",
"encircled",
"encompassed",
"enfolded",
"enframed",
"enlaced",
"framed",
"ringed",
"surrounded",
"armored",
"cocooned",
"encapsulated",
"encapsuled",
"encysted",
"ensheathed",
"ensphered",
"enwombed"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to form a circle around":{
"examples":[
"in a show of support, the women rushed to enclose their distraught friend"
],
"synonyms":[
"circled",
"compassed",
"embraced",
"encircled",
"encompassed",
"environed",
"girded",
"girt",
"girdled",
"ringed",
"surrounded",
"wreathed"
],
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"circumscribed",
"closed in",
"cordoned (off)",
"fenced (in)",
"hemmed (in)",
"walled",
"beset",
"besieged",
"entrenched",
"intrenched",
"invested",
"swarmed"
],
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},
"to surround or cover closely":{
"examples":[
"the house was enclosed by a high hedge that shielded it from public view"
],
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"bosomed",
"bowered",
"circumfused",
"cocooned",
"embosomed",
"embowered",
"embraced",
"encompassed",
"enfolded",
"enshrouded",
"enswathed",
"enveloped",
"enwrapped",
"invested",
"involved",
"lapped",
"mantled",
"muffled",
"shrouded",
"swathed",
"veiled",
"wrapped"
],
"near synonyms":[
"curtained",
"draped",
"embedded",
"imbedded",
"encased",
"swaddled",
"blanketed",
"overlaid",
"overspread",
"camouflaged",
"cloaked",
"disguised",
"masked",
"circled",
"encircled",
"enlaced",
"enwound"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bared",
"denuded",
"exposed",
"stripped",
"stript"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"inclusionary":{
"as in overarching , broad":{
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"near synonyms":[
"all-embracing",
"broad",
"broad-gauge",
"broad-gauged",
"broadscale",
"comprehensive",
"extensive",
"overarching",
"pervasive",
"sweeping",
"ubiquitous",
"wholesale",
"wide",
"widespread",
"across-the-board",
"blanket",
"broad-brush",
"common",
"general",
"generic",
"global",
"overall",
"universal",
"aggregate",
"collective",
"complete",
"full",
"plenary",
"planetary",
"worldwide"
],
"near antonyms":[
"individual",
"particular",
"component",
"constituent",
"cross-sectional",
"divisional",
"fragmentary",
"partial",
"local",
"localized",
"regional",
"sectional"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"incognizant":{
"not informed about or aware of something":{
"examples":[
"a bunch of loud partygoers who seemed utterly incognizant of the disturbance they were creating"
],
"synonyms":[
"clueless",
"ignorant",
"innocent",
"insensible",
"nescient",
"oblivious",
"unacquainted",
"unaware",
"unconscious",
"uninformed",
"unknowing",
"unmindful",
"unwitting",
"in the dark"
],
"near synonyms":[
"uneducated",
"unschooled",
"untaught",
"absent",
"absentminded",
"abstracted",
"heedless",
"inattentive",
"inconscient"
],
"near antonyms":[
"au courant",
"hip",
"plugged-in",
"up-to-date",
"educated",
"knowledgeable",
"schooled",
"taught",
"heedful",
"observant",
"sensitive",
"sentient"
],
"antonyms":[
"acquainted",
"aware",
"cognizant",
"conscious",
"conversant",
"grounded",
"informed",
"knowing",
"mindful",
"witting"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"incoherence":{
"as in illogic":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"illogic",
"absurdity",
"brainlessness",
"insanity",
"irrationality",
"nonsensicalness",
"preposterousness",
"senselessness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"intellection",
"logic",
"ratiocination",
"reason",
"reasoning",
"sense",
"cogency",
"coherence",
"logicality",
"logicalness",
"rationality",
"rationalness",
"convincingness",
"persuasiveness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in violence , disunity":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"asymmetry",
"discordance",
"disproportion",
"disunity",
"imbalance",
"violence",
"confusion",
"disorganization",
"dissonance",
"disturbance",
"tension",
"disconnectedness",
"disjointedness",
"incompatibility",
"irregularity",
"unevenness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"balance",
"coherence",
"concinnity",
"consonance",
"consonancy",
"harmony",
"orchestration",
"proportion",
"symmetry",
"symphony",
"unity",
"coordination",
"correlation",
"correspondence",
"equalization",
"equilibrium",
"evenness",
"order",
"orderliness",
"regularity",
"uniformity"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"incoherent":{
"not clearly or logically connected":{
"examples":[
"the thriller's incoherent plot left movie audiences wondering who did what"
],
"synonyms":[
"choppy",
"disconnected",
"disjointed",
"unconnected"
],
"near synonyms":[
"baffling",
"bewildering",
"confounding",
"confused",
"confusing",
"disordered",
"disorderly",
"disorganized",
"muddled",
"perplexing",
"puzzling",
"unorganized",
"disconcerting",
"frustrating",
"fallacious",
"illogical",
"inconsistent",
"invalid",
"irrational",
"unsound",
"absurd",
"asinine",
"bizarre",
"curious",
"eccentric",
"foolish",
"odd",
"outlandish",
"outr\u00e9",
"peculiar",
"screwy",
"strange",
"unreasonable",
"unusual",
"weird",
"meaningless",
"nonsensical",
"nutty",
"preposterous",
"ridiculous",
"senseless",
"silly",
"unconvincing",
"inexplicable",
"unaccountable",
"unexplainable"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ordered",
"orderly",
"organized",
"systematic",
"systematized",
"logical",
"rational",
"reasonable",
"sensible",
"solid",
"sound",
"valid",
"cogent",
"compelling",
"convincing",
"persuasive",
"plausible",
"satisfying",
"clear",
"clear-cut",
"lucid",
"perspicuous",
"transparent",
"unambiguous",
"unequivocal",
"unmistakable"
],
"antonyms":[
"coherent",
"connected"
]
},
"consisting of particles that do not stick together":{
"examples":[
"a driveway covered with incoherent gravel"
],
"synonyms":[
"loose",
"unconsolidated"
],
"near synonyms":[
"nonadhesive",
"nonviscous",
"disconnected",
"disjointed",
"separate",
"unconnected",
"coarse",
"granular",
"rough"
],
"near antonyms":[
"connected",
"solid",
"compacted",
"compressed",
"adhesive",
"gelatinous",
"gluey",
"glutinous",
"gooey",
"gummy",
"sticky",
"viscid",
"viscous"
],
"antonyms":[
"coherent",
"compact",
"dense",
"packed"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"incomer":{
"one that leaves one place to settle in another":{
"examples":[
"a steady stream of incomers to Australia from all parts of the Commonwealth"
],
"synonyms":[
"emigrant",
"\u00e9migr\u00e9",
"emigr\u00e9",
"immigrant",
"in-migrant",
"migrant",
"out-migrant",
"settler"
],
"near synonyms":[
"defector",
"deportee",
"evacuee",
"exile",
"expatriate",
"refugee",
"relocatee",
"repatriate",
"alien",
"foreigner",
"noncitizen",
"nonnative",
"colonist",
"newcomer",
"squatter",
"migrator",
"pilgrim",
"pioneer",
"trekker"
],
"near antonyms":[
"aborigine",
"native",
"citizen",
"habitant",
"inhabitant",
"national",
"resident"
],
"antonyms":[
"nonimmigrant"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"incommode":{
"to cause discomfort to or trouble for":{
"examples":[
"the innkeeper tried to hide how much the request incommoded them"
],
"synonyms":[
"discommode",
"disoblige",
"disturb",
"inconvenience",
"put out",
"trouble"
],
"near synonyms":[
"burden",
"encumber",
"saddle",
"weigh",
"fetter",
"hamper",
"hamstring",
"handicap",
"hinder",
"hobble",
"hold back",
"hold up",
"impede",
"inhibit",
"interfere (with)",
"manacle",
"obstruct",
"shackle",
"tie up",
"trammel",
"aggravate",
"anger",
"annoy",
"bother",
"bug",
"chafe",
"exasperate",
"gall",
"get",
"irk",
"nettle",
"peeve",
"pique",
"rile",
"vex",
"grate",
"inflame",
"enflame",
"provoke",
"agitate",
"perturb",
"upset"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abet",
"aid",
"assist",
"help",
"ease",
"facilitate",
"smooth",
"appease",
"conciliate",
"disarm",
"mollify",
"pacify",
"placate",
"delight",
"gladden",
"gratify",
"please",
"satisfy",
"comfort",
"console",
"content"
],
"antonyms":[
"accommodate",
"favor",
"oblige"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"incommodity":{
"a feature of someone or something that creates difficulty for achieving success":{
"examples":[
"cited reduced privacy as one of the incommodities of apartment living"
],
"synonyms":[
"debit",
"disadvantage",
"disbenefit",
"downside",
"drawback",
"handicap",
"liability",
"minus",
"negative",
"strike"
],
"near synonyms":[
"albatross",
"millstone",
"stranglehold",
"disability",
"impairment",
"failing",
"shortcoming",
"bar",
"catch",
"check",
"clog",
"crimp",
"embarrassment",
"hindrance",
"hitch",
"hurdle",
"impediment",
"interference",
"let",
"manacle",
"obstacle",
"obstruction",
"rub",
"shackle",
"stop",
"trammel"
],
"near antonyms":[
"vantage",
"head start",
"jump",
"lead",
"margin",
"start",
"ascendancy",
"ascendency",
"better",
"command",
"control",
"drop",
"mastery",
"predominance",
"superiority",
"supremacy",
"transcendence",
"upper hand",
"prerogative",
"privilege",
"break",
"opportunity",
"aid",
"assistance",
"help"
],
"antonyms":[
"advantage",
"asset",
"edge",
"plus"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"incommunicable":{
"beyond the power to describe":{
"examples":[
"the vastness of the universe is incommunicable"
],
"synonyms":[
"indefinable",
"indescribable",
"ineffable",
"inenarrable",
"inexpressible",
"nameless",
"uncommunicable",
"unspeakable",
"unutterable"
],
"near synonyms":[
"unsayable",
"inconceivable",
"incredible",
"unbelievable",
"unimaginable",
"unthinkable",
"inexplicable",
"unexplainable",
"characterless",
"featureless",
"nondescript"
],
"near antonyms":[
"conceivable",
"imaginable",
"thinkable"
],
"antonyms":[
"communicable",
"definable",
"expressible",
"speakable"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"incomplete":{
"lacking some necessary part":{
"examples":[
"an incomplete puzzle that has several pieces missing"
],
"synonyms":[
"deficient",
"fragmental",
"fragmentary",
"half",
"halfway",
"partial"
],
"near synonyms":[
"broken",
"damaged",
"flawed",
"impaired",
"imperfect",
"injured",
"marred",
"spoiled",
"sketchy",
"unassembled",
"uncompleted",
"unfinished"
],
"near antonyms":[
"flawless",
"unbroken",
"undamaged",
"unimpaired",
"uninjured",
"unmarred",
"completed",
"finished"
],
"antonyms":[
"complete",
"entire",
"full",
"intact",
"integral",
"perfect",
"whole"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"incompleteness":{
"as in inadequacy , lack":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"deficiency",
"deficit",
"imperfection",
"inadequacy",
"inadequateness",
"insufficience",
"insufficiency",
"lack",
"need",
"shortcoming",
"shortfall",
"want",
"gap",
"hiatus",
"hole",
"lacuna",
"space",
"void",
"defectiveness",
"detriment",
"disability",
"failing",
"fault",
"impairment",
"weakness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"completeness",
"fullness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"inconclusiveness":{
"as in ineffectiveness , ineffectuality":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"ineffectiveness",
"ineffectuality",
"ineffectualness",
"invalidity",
"shakiness",
"unsoundness",
"feebleness",
"powerlessness",
"weakness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"authority",
"cogency",
"conclusiveness",
"convincingness",
"effectiveness",
"force",
"forcefulness",
"persuasion",
"persuasiveness",
"suasiveness",
"impact",
"might",
"power",
"punch",
"strength",
"weight",
"believability",
"credibility",
"soundness",
"validity"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"incongruence":{
"as in inconsistency , incongruity":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"incompatibility",
"incongruity",
"incongruousness",
"inconsistence",
"inconsistency",
"inconsonance",
"inharmoniousness",
"falling-out",
"fight",
"hassle",
"jar",
"miff",
"mix-up",
"quarrel",
"row",
"run-in",
"scrap",
"spat",
"squabble",
"tiff",
"wrangle",
"animosity",
"antagonism",
"antipathy",
"cold war",
"enmity",
"hostility",
"ill will",
"rancor",
"altercation",
"argument",
"bicker",
"brawl",
"debate",
"disagreement",
"dispute",
"divide",
"fissure",
"clash",
"collision",
"competition",
"contention",
"conflict",
"disaccord",
"discord",
"discordance",
"discordancy",
"disharmony",
"dissension",
"dissention",
"dissent",
"dissidence",
"dissonance",
"disunion",
"disunity",
"division",
"friction",
"infighting",
"inharmony",
"schism",
"strife",
"variance",
"war",
"warfare"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accord",
"agreement",
"concord",
"concordance",
"harmony",
"peace",
"concurrence",
"cooperation"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"incongruity":{
"someone or something with qualities or features that seem to conflict with one another":{
"examples":[
"she's an incongruity : an impeccably groomed woman who keeps a messy house"
],
"synonyms":[
"contradiction",
"dichotomy",
"paradox"
],
"near synonyms":[
"antinomy",
"conundrum",
"enigma",
"mystery",
"mystification",
"puzzle",
"puzzlement",
"riddle"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"inconsiderableness":{
"the quality or state of being unimportant":{
"examples":[
"the inconsiderableness of his duties in the make-work job was downright embarrassing"
],
"synonyms":[
"immateriality",
"inconsequence",
"inconsequentiality",
"insignificance",
"insignificancy",
"littleness",
"negligibility",
"nullity",
"pettiness",
"slightness",
"smallness",
"triviality"
],
"near synonyms":[
"emptiness",
"valuelessness",
"worthlessness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"substance",
"value",
"worth"
],
"antonyms":[
"bigness",
"consequence",
"import",
"importance",
"magnitude",
"moment",
"significance",
"weight",
"weightiness"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"inconsistence":{
"something that is not in agreement with other information":{
"examples":[
"The court case was dismissed because of the inconsistence in the plaintiff's statements."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"discrepancy",
"difference",
"disparity",
"inconsistency",
"error",
"mistake",
"aberration",
"abnormality",
"anomaly",
"exception",
"oddity",
"oddment",
"rarity",
"curiosity",
"peculiarity",
"singularity",
"accident",
"bizarrerie",
"phenomenon",
"quirk",
"vagary",
"distortion",
"kink",
"mutation",
"variation",
"contradiction",
"paradox"
],
"near antonyms":[
"regularity",
"uniformity",
"congruity",
"consistence",
"consistency",
"correspondence"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"inconsolably":{
"with feelings of bitterness or grief":{
"examples":[
"she cried inconsolably for weeks after her dog died"
],
"synonyms":[
"agonizingly",
"bitterly",
"dolefully",
"dolorously",
"grievously",
"hard",
"hardly",
"lugubriously",
"mournfully",
"painfully",
"plaintively",
"regretfully",
"resentfully",
"ruefully",
"sadly",
"sorely",
"sorrowfully",
"unhappily",
"wailfully",
"woefully",
"wretchedly"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abjectly",
"cheerlessly",
"crestfallenly",
"dejectedly",
"despairingly",
"despondently",
"disconsolately",
"dispiritedly",
"downheartedly",
"low-spiritedly",
"blackly",
"darkly",
"dismally",
"distressfully",
"distressingly",
"dourly",
"drearily",
"forlornly",
"gloomily",
"glumly",
"joylessly",
"mirthlessly",
"miserably",
"morosely",
"pessimistically",
"somberly",
"sullenly",
"acutely",
"harshly",
"keenly",
"piercingly",
"poignantly",
"severely",
"sharply",
"cruelly",
"hurtfully",
"ill",
"rancorously"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cheerfully",
"cheerily",
"delightedly",
"gaily",
"gayly",
"gleefully",
"good-naturedly",
"lightheartedly",
"merrily",
"mirthfully",
"rejoicingly",
"sunnily",
"blithely",
"blithesomely",
"calmly",
"casually",
"dispassionately",
"easily",
"impassively",
"indifferently",
"lightly",
"nonchalantly",
"stoically",
"unconcernedly",
"favorably",
"well"
],
"antonyms":[
"blissfully",
"gladly",
"happily",
"joyfully",
"joyously"
]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"inconspicuousness":{
"as in invisibility , invisibleness":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"invisibility",
"invisibleness",
"oblivion",
"insignificance",
"anonymity",
"facelessness",
"namelessness",
"nowhere",
"nowheresville",
"obscurity",
"silence",
"unpopularity"
],
"near antonyms":[
"celebrity",
"fame",
"notoriety",
"renown",
"character",
"mark",
"name",
"note",
"rep",
"report",
"reputation",
"repute",
"favor",
"popularity",
"importance",
"significance",
"distinction",
"eminence",
"glory",
"greatness",
"honor",
"illustriousness",
"note",
"preeminence",
"prominence",
"megastardom",
"superstardom",
"cachet",
"kudos",
"position",
"prestige",
"rank",
"standing",
"stature",
"acclaim",
"acknowledgment",
"acknowledgement",
"praise",
"recognition",
"adoration",
"idolization"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"inconstancies":{
"the frequent and usually sudden passing from one condition to another":{
"examples":[
"the inconstancy of public opinion is such that today's hero may be tomorrow's punching bag"
],
"synonyms":[
"changes",
"fluctuations",
"fluxes",
"oscillations"
],
"near synonyms":[
"metamorphoses",
"mutations",
"transformations",
"transmogrifications",
"transmutations",
"vacillations"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"incontrovertible":{
"not capable of being challenged or proved wrong":{
"examples":[
"incontrovertible facts that left the jury with no choice but to convict"
],
"synonyms":[
"accomplished",
"certain",
"inarguable",
"incontestable",
"indisputable",
"indubitable",
"irrefragable",
"irrefutable",
"positive",
"sure",
"unanswerable",
"unarguable",
"unchallengeable",
"undeniable",
"unquestionable"
],
"near synonyms":[
"unambiguous",
"unequivocal",
"absolute",
"clear",
"conclusive",
"decisive",
"definite",
"hands-down",
"uncontested",
"uncontradicted",
"undisputed",
"unquestioned"
],
"near antonyms":[
"controversial",
"debated",
"disputed",
"doubtful",
"dubious",
"iffy",
"inconclusive",
"indecisive",
"uncertain",
"ambiguous",
"equivocal",
"academic",
"academical",
"hypothetical",
"speculative",
"theoretical",
"theoretic"
],
"antonyms":[
"answerable",
"arguable",
"contradictable",
"controvertible",
"debatable",
"disputable",
"doubtable",
"moot",
"negotiable",
"problematic",
"problematical",
"questionable",
"refutable"
]
},
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"adjective"
]
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"examples":[
"she's inconvincible on the issue as she is on everything else, so don't even bother"
],
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"adamant",
"adamantine",
"bullheaded",
"dogged",
"hard",
"hard-nosed",
"hardened",
"hardheaded",
"headstrong",
"immovable",
"implacable",
"inflexible",
"intransigent",
"mulish",
"obdurate",
"obstinate",
"opinionated",
"ossified",
"pat",
"pertinacious",
"perverse",
"pigheaded",
"self-opinionated",
"self-willed",
"stiff-necked",
"stubborn",
"unbending",
"uncompromising",
"unrelenting",
"unyielding",
"willful",
"wilful"
],
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"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"
],
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"docile",
"obedient",
"placable",
"submissive",
"tractable",
"accepting",
"persuadable",
"receptive",
"responsive",
"willing",
"governable",
"manageable",
"reasonable",
"temperate",
"slavish",
"subservient"
],
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"acquiescent",
"agreeable",
"amenable",
"compliant",
"complying",
"flexible",
"pliable",
"pliant",
"relenting",
"yielding"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
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"to make a part of a body or system":{
"examples":[
"astronomers had to incorporate the existence of Pluto into their scheme of the solar system after the dwarf planet was discovered"
],
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"absorbs",
"assimilates",
"co-opts",
"embodies",
"integrates"
],
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"amalgamates",
"blends",
"combines",
"commingles",
"fuses",
"intermingles",
"merges",
"mingles",
"acculturates",
"accustoms",
"conditions",
"enculturates",
"habituates",
"naturalizes"
],
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},
"to turn into a single mass or entity that is more or less the same throughout":{
"examples":[
"incorporated all the ingredients for the cheesecake mixture"
],
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"amalgamates",
"blends",
"combines",
"comingles",
"commingles",
"commixes",
"composites",
"concretes",
"conflates",
"fuses",
"homogenizes",
"immingles",
"immixes",
"integrates",
"interfuses",
"intermingles",
"intermixes",
"melds",
"merges",
"mingles",
"mixes"
],
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"adds",
"admixes",
"beats (in)",
"cuts in",
"folds",
"stirs",
"tosses",
"coalesces",
"compounds",
"emulsifies",
"conjoins",
"joins",
"knits",
"links",
"unites",
"intertwines",
"interweaves",
"weaves"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cleaves",
"disjoins",
"disunites",
"divides",
"divorces",
"parts",
"ruptures",
"severs",
"sunders",
"disperses",
"dissolves",
"scatters",
"detaches",
"disengages",
"splits"
],
"antonyms":[
"breaks down",
"breaks up",
"separates",
"unmixes"
]
},
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"examples":[
"the one-of-a-kind house incorporates the architect's fundamental belief that a structure should be fully integrated into its setting"
],
"synonyms":[
"bodies",
"embodies",
"epitomizes",
"expresses",
"externalizes",
"incarnates",
"instantiates",
"manifests",
"materializes",
"personalizes",
"personifies",
"substantiates"
],
"near synonyms":[
"actualizes",
"concretizes",
"realizes",
"exemplifies",
"illustrates",
"images",
"objectifies",
"symbolizes",
"typifies"
],
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"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"incorporation":{
"a visible representation of something abstract (as a quality)":{
"examples":[
"the workers stood nervously before the company boss, for he was to them the incorporation of all that controlled their fate"
],
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"abstract",
"avatar",
"embodier",
"embodiment",
"epitome",
"externalization",
"genius",
"icon",
"ikon",
"image",
"incarnation",
"instantiation",
"manifestation",
"objectification",
"personification",
"personifier"
],
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"actualization",
"concretization",
"exemplification",
"personalization",
"realization",
"substantiation",
"essence",
"quintessence",
"soul",
"archetype",
"exemplar",
"model",
"paradigm",
"pattern",
"reincarnation"
],
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"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"incorrectly":{
"in a mistaken or inappropriate way":{
"examples":[
"you incorrectly identified the part of speech of one of the words in the sentence"
],
"synonyms":[
"amiss",
"erroneously",
"faultily",
"improperly",
"inaccurately",
"inappropriately",
"inaptly",
"mistakenly",
"unsuitably",
"wrongly"
],
"near synonyms":[
"misguidedly",
"fallibly",
"imperfectly",
"extraneously",
"irrelevantly",
"meaninglessly",
"pointlessly",
"senselessly",
"inadequately",
"insufficiently",
"undesirably",
"unsatisfactorily",
"foolishly",
"unwisely"
],
"near antonyms":[
"infallibly",
"perfectly",
"germanely",
"meaningfully",
"pertinently",
"relevantly",
"sensibly",
"acceptably",
"adequately",
"satisfactorily",
"sufficiently",
"prudently",
"sagely",
"wisely"
],
"antonyms":[
"appropriately",
"aptly",
"correctly",
"fittingly",
"properly",
"right",
"rightly",
"suitably",
"well"
]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"incorruptibility":{
"as in integrity , uprightness":{
"examples":[],
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"decency",
"goodness",
"honesty",
"integrity",
"law-abidingness",
"righteousness",
"uprightness",
"virtuousness",
"blamelessness",
"faultlessness",
"guiltlessness",
"impeccability",
"innocence",
"innocency",
"irreproachability",
"irreproachableness",
"morality",
"virtue",
"chastity",
"purity",
"sinlessness",
"harmlessness",
"inoffensiveness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blameworthiness",
"culpability",
"guilt",
"guiltiness",
"blame",
"fault",
"responsibility",
"corruption",
"criminality",
"depravity",
"evil",
"immorality",
"reprehensibleness",
"sinfulness",
"wickedness",
"harmfulness",
"offensiveness"
],
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},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"increase":{
"to make greater in size, amount, or number":{
"examples":[
"we have to increase the number of season-ticket holders if the local sports franchise is to survive"
],
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"accelerate",
"add (to)",
"aggrandize",
"amplify",
"augment",
"boost",
"build up",
"compound",
"enlarge",
"escalate",
"expand",
"extend",
"hype",
"multiply",
"pump up",
"raise",
"swell",
"stoke",
"supersize",
"up"
],
"near synonyms":[
"boom",
"jump",
"skyrocket",
"spike",
"bump (up)",
"ratchet (up)",
"rachet (up)",
"blow up",
"dilate",
"distend",
"inflate",
"draw out",
"elongate",
"flesh (out)",
"lengthen",
"prolong",
"protract",
"stretch",
"develop",
"enhance",
"heighten",
"intensify",
"magnify",
"complement",
"supplement",
"beef (up)",
"reinforce",
"reenforce",
"strengthen",
"maximize",
"accumulate",
"amass",
"collect",
"follow up",
"parlay"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abbreviate",
"abridge",
"curtail",
"shorten",
"compress",
"condense",
"constrict",
"contract",
"cut back",
"retrench"
],
"antonyms":[
"abate",
"decrease",
"de-escalate",
"diminish",
"downsize",
"dwindle",
"lessen",
"lower",
"minify",
"reduce",
"subtract (from)"
]
},
"to become greater in extent, volume, amount, or number":{
"examples":[
"the number of Internet users increased exponentially during the 1990s"
],
"synonyms":[
"accelerate",
"accumulate",
"appreciate",
"balloon",
"boom",
"build up",
"burgeon",
"bourgeon",
"climb",
"enlarge",
"escalate",
"expand",
"gain",
"mount",
"multiply",
"mushroom",
"proliferate",
"rise",
"roll up",
"snowball",
"spread",
"swell",
"wax"
],
"near synonyms":[
"jump",
"rocket",
"skyrocket",
"surge",
"heighten",
"intensify",
"redouble",
"blow up",
"bulk",
"distend",
"inflate",
"puff (up)",
"crescendo",
"crest",
"peak"
],
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"antonyms":[
"contract",
"decrease",
"diminish",
"dwindle",
"lessen",
"recede",
"wane"
]
},
"something added (as by growth)":{
"examples":[
"shortly after he turned 12, he had a sudden height increase"
],
"synonyms":[
"accretion",
"accrual",
"addendum",
"addition",
"augmentation",
"boost",
"expansion",
"gain",
"increment",
"more",
"plus",
"proliferation",
"raise",
"rise",
"step-up",
"supplement",
"uptick"
],
"near synonyms":[
"accumulation",
"assemblage",
"collection",
"gathering",
"complement",
"accession",
"appendix",
"continuation",
"extension",
"uptrend",
"upturn",
"jump",
"run-up",
"spike"
],
"near antonyms":[
"deduction",
"subtraction"
],
"antonyms":[
"abatement",
"decline",
"decrease",
"decrement",
"depletion",
"diminishment",
"diminution",
"drop-off",
"fall",
"falloff",
"lessening",
"loss",
"lowering",
"reduction",
"shrinkage",
"step-down"
]
},
"the act or process of becoming greater in number":{
"examples":[
"the increase in the number of students enrolled at the school was very gradual"
],
"synonyms":[
"accumulating",
"accumulation",
"addition",
"multiplication",
"mushrooming",
"proliferation"
],
"near synonyms":[
"doubling",
"quadrupling",
"tripling",
"creep",
"growth",
"rise",
"spread",
"enlargement",
"escalation",
"expansion",
"amplification",
"distension",
"distention",
"inflation",
"accretion",
"accrual",
"augmentation",
"cumulation",
"extension",
"lengthening",
"boost",
"gain",
"hike",
"increment",
"rise"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abatement",
"compressing",
"compression",
"condensation",
"condensing",
"constricting",
"constriction",
"contracting",
"contraction",
"diminishing",
"diminishment",
"diminution",
"drop",
"drop-off",
"fall",
"falloff",
"lessening",
"lowering",
"reduction",
"shrinkage",
"shrinking",
"retrenching",
"retrenchment",
"shortening"
],
"antonyms":[
"decrease"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"incredulous":{
"inclined to doubt or question claims":{
"examples":[
"incredulous by nature, I'm of course very suspicious of anyone who claims to be able to communicate with the dead"
],
"synonyms":[
"disbelieving",
"distrustful",
"doubting",
"mistrustful",
"negativistic",
"questioning",
"show-me",
"skeptical",
"suspecting",
"suspicious",
"unbelieving"
],
"near synonyms":[
"paranoid",
"paranoidal",
"critical",
"puzzled",
"quizzical",
"careful",
"cautious",
"guarded",
"gun-shy",
"leery",
"leary",
"wary",
"watchful",
"cynical",
"experienced",
"knowing",
"sophisticated",
"worldly",
"worldly-wise",
"curious",
"inquiring",
"inquisitive",
"nosy",
"nosey",
"snoopy",
"uncertain",
"unconvinced",
"undecided",
"undetermined",
"unsettled",
"unsure",
"hesitant"
],
"near antonyms":[
"green",
"ingenuous",
"innocent",
"naive",
"na\u00efve",
"simple",
"simpleminded",
"unknowing",
"unsophisticated",
"unworldly",
"wide-eyed",
"certain",
"confident",
"positive",
"sure",
"callow",
"inexperienced",
"raw",
"childlike",
"idealistic",
"impractical",
"beguiled",
"deceived",
"duped",
"gulled",
"tricked",
"careless",
"heedless",
"unsuspecting",
"unsuspicious",
"unwary"
],
"antonyms":[
"credulous",
"gullible",
"gullable",
"trustful",
"trusting",
"uncritical",
"unquestioning"
]
},
"too extraordinary or improbable to believe":{
"examples":[
"an incredulous account of alien abduction that the tabloids had a field day with"
],
"synonyms":[
"fantastic",
"fantastical",
"implausible",
"inconceivable",
"incredible",
"unbelievable",
"uncompelling",
"unconceivable",
"unconvincing",
"unimaginable",
"unthinkable"
],
"near synonyms":[
"debatable",
"disputable",
"dodgy",
"doubtable",
"doubtful",
"dubious",
"dubitable",
"far-fetched",
"fishy",
"flimsy",
"questionable",
"shaky",
"suspect",
"suspicious",
"unlikely",
"unreasonable",
"hopeless",
"impossible",
"absurd",
"comical",
"farcical",
"laughable",
"ludicrous",
"outlandish",
"preposterous",
"ridiculous",
"risible",
"silly",
"indefensible",
"insupportable",
"untenable"
],
"near antonyms":[
"likely",
"possible",
"probable",
"reasonable",
"certain",
"incontestable",
"indisputable",
"indubitable",
"questionless",
"sure",
"undeniable",
"undoubted",
"unquestionable"
],
"antonyms":[
"believable",
"cogitable",
"conceivable",
"convincing",
"credible",
"creditable",
"imaginable",
"plausible",
"supposable",
"thinkable"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"inculcates":{
"to cause (as a person) to become filled or saturated with a certain quality or principle":{
"examples":[
"dedicated teachers inculcating young minds with a love of learning"
],
"synonyms":[
"endues",
"indues",
"imbues",
"infuses",
"ingrains",
"engrains",
"inoculates",
"invests",
"steeps",
"suffuses"
],
"near synonyms":[
"animates",
"charges",
"enlivens",
"invigorates",
"leavens",
"implants",
"instills",
"plants",
"impregnates",
"permeates",
"pervades",
"saturates",
"deluges",
"drowns",
"fills",
"floods",
"inundates",
"overwhelms",
"submerges"
],
"near antonyms":[
"deprives",
"divests",
"strips",
"clears",
"empties",
"eliminates",
"removes",
"takes (away)"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to set permanently in the consciousness or mind-set":{
"examples":[
"a malcontent who inculcated in his offspring an abiding distrust of all civil authority"
],
"synonyms":[
"breeds",
"enroots",
"implants",
"infixes",
"inseminates",
"instills",
"plants",
"sows"
],
"near synonyms":[
"drives",
"hammers",
"pounds",
"embeds",
"imbeds",
"entrenches",
"intrenches",
"fixes",
"lodges",
"roots",
"imbues",
"infuses",
"ingrains",
"engrains",
"inoculates",
"invests",
"steeps",
"suffuses"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"inculcator":{
"as in drillmaster":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"drillmaster",
"mentor",
"tutor",
"tutoress",
"dean",
"docent",
"doctor",
"don",
"prof",
"professor",
"regius professor",
"coach",
"guide",
"guru",
"preparer",
"trainer",
"academe",
"academic",
"academician",
"didact",
"pedant",
"headmistress",
"instructress",
"mistress",
"schoolmarm",
"schoolma'am",
"schoolmistress",
"governess",
"homeschooler",
"headmaster",
"master",
"rector",
"schoolmaster",
"intern",
"interne",
"practice teacher",
"reader",
"student teacher",
"educationist",
"educator",
"instructor",
"pedagogue",
"pedagog",
"preceptor",
"schoolteacher",
"teacher"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"incumbent":{
"as in officeholder":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"officeholder",
"noncandidate",
"awardee",
"honoree",
"inductee",
"dropout"
],
"near antonyms":[
"applicant",
"applier",
"aspirant",
"campaigner",
"candidate",
"contender",
"expectant",
"hopeful",
"prospect",
"seeker",
"competitor",
"contestant",
"entrant",
"entry",
"favorite",
"qualifier",
"dark horse",
"spoiler",
"stalking horse"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"forcing one's compliance or participation by or as if by law":{
"examples":[
"it is incumbent upon you to attend every staff meeting"
],
"synonyms":[
"compulsory",
"forced",
"imperative",
"involuntary",
"mandatory",
"necessary",
"nonelective",
"obligatory",
"peremptory",
"required"
],
"near synonyms":[
"all-important",
"essential",
"indispensable",
"needed",
"requisite",
"insistent",
"persistent",
"pressing",
"urgent",
"demanded",
"enforced",
"coercive"
],
"near antonyms":[
"chosen",
"discretionary",
"dispensable",
"unnecessary",
"unneeded",
"unwanted",
"inconsequential",
"insignificant",
"nonessential",
"unimportant"
],
"antonyms":[
"elective",
"optional",
"voluntary"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"incur":{
"as in catch , contract":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"catch",
"contract",
"accept",
"court",
"embrace",
"pursue",
"seek",
"welcome"
],
"near antonyms":[
"avoid",
"dodge",
"duck",
"elude",
"escape",
"eschew",
"evade",
"finesse",
"get around",
"scape",
"shake",
"shirk",
"shuffle (out of)",
"shun",
"weasel (out of)",
"miss",
"avert",
"deflect",
"divert",
"obviate",
"parry",
"prevent",
"ward (off)"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"incursion":{
"a sudden attack on and entrance into hostile territory":{
"examples":[
"there were incursions from the border every summer"
],
"synonyms":[
"descent",
"foray",
"inroad",
"invasion",
"irruption",
"raid"
],
"near synonyms":[
"pillage",
"plunder",
"aggression",
"assault",
"coup de main",
"offense",
"offence",
"offensive",
"onset",
"onslaught",
"rush",
"siege",
"storm",
"strike",
"charge",
"sally",
"sortie",
"ambuscade",
"ambush",
"surprise",
"surprize",
"trap",
"air raid",
"blitz",
"blitzkrieg",
"bombardment",
"counteraggression",
"counterassault",
"counterattack",
"counteroffensive",
"counterstrike"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"incurvature":{
"as in reflection":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"reflection",
"buckle",
"convolution",
"flexure",
"fold",
"loop",
"spiral",
"swirl",
"twist",
"winding",
"decline",
"inclination",
"incline",
"slope",
"coil",
"curl",
"curlicue",
"curlycue",
"corner",
"turnoff",
"circle",
"ring",
"ringlet",
"round",
"dogleg",
"hairpin",
"kink",
"warp",
"angle",
"arc",
"arch",
"bend",
"bow",
"crook",
"curvature",
"curve",
"inflection",
"turn",
"wind"
],
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"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"inconvenienced":{
"as in frustrated , harassed":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
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"badgered",
"bedeviled",
"frustrated",
"haggled",
"harassed",
"harried",
"hassled",
"persecuted",
"pestered",
"pinpricked",
"plagued",
"provoked",
"tested",
"tormented",
"tortured",
"tried",
"aggravated",
"annoyed",
"bothered",
"exasperated",
"galled",
"irked",
"irritated",
"narked",
"peeved",
"put out",
"scunnered",
"teed off",
"vexed",
"displeased",
"distressed",
"disturbed",
"perturbed",
"troubled",
"upset",
"angered",
"angry",
"indignant",
"inflamed",
"enflamed",
"infuriated",
"irate",
"ireful",
"mad",
"outraged",
"rankled",
"riled",
"roiled",
"shirty",
"sore",
"steaming",
"bristly",
"cross",
"disapproving",
"huffy",
"piqued",
"resentful",
"bearish",
"bilious",
"cantankerous",
"choleric",
"churlish",
"crabby",
"cranky",
"dyspeptic",
"fretful",
"fussy",
"grouchy",
"grumpy",
"ill-humored",
"irascible",
"irritable",
"peevish",
"petulant",
"snappish",
"snuffy",
"testy",
"touchy"
],
"near antonyms":[
"delighted",
"pleased",
"content",
"happy",
"satisfied",
"calm",
"pacific",
"peaceable",
"placid",
"serene",
"tranquil"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to cause discomfort to or trouble for":{
"examples":[
"he inconvenienced his sister by moving into her tiny apartment"
],
"synonyms":[
"discommoded",
"disobliged",
"disturbed",
"incommoded",
"put out",
"troubled"
],
"near synonyms":[
"burdened",
"encumbered",
"saddled",
"weighed",
"fettered",
"hampered",
"hamstrung",
"handicapped",
"held back",
"held up",
"hindered",
"hobbled",
"impeded",
"inhibited",
"interfered (with)",
"manacled",
"obstructed",
"shackled",
"tied up",
"trammeled",
"trammelled",
"aggravated",
"angered",
"annoyed",
"bothered",
"bugged",
"chafed",
"exasperated",
"galled",
"got",
"irked",
"nettled",
"peeved",
"piqued",
"riled",
"vexed",
"vext",
"grated",
"inflamed",
"enflamed",
"provoked",
"agitated",
"perturbed",
"upset"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abetted",
"aided",
"assisted",
"helped",
"eased",
"facilitated",
"smoothed",
"appeased",
"conciliated",
"disarmed",
"mollified",
"pacified",
"placated",
"delighted",
"gladdened",
"gratified",
"pleased",
"satisfied",
"comforted",
"consoled",
"contented"
],
"antonyms":[
"accommodated",
"favored",
"obliged"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"incommodities":{
"a feature of someone or something that creates difficulty for achieving success":{
"examples":[
"cited reduced privacy as one of the incommodities of apartment living"
],
"synonyms":[
"debits",
"disadvantages",
"disbenefits",
"downsides",
"drawbacks",
"handicaps",
"liabilities",
"minuses",
"negatives",
"strikes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"albatross",
"albatrosses",
"millstones",
"strangleholds",
"disabilities",
"impairments",
"failings",
"shortcomings",
"bars",
"catches",
"checks",
"clogs",
"crimps",
"embarrassments",
"hindrances",
"hitches",
"hurdles",
"impediments",
"interferences",
"lets",
"manacles",
"obstacles",
"obstructions",
"rubs",
"shackles",
"stops",
"trammels"
],
"near antonyms":[
"vantages",
"head starts",
"jumps",
"leads",
"margins",
"starts",
"ascendancies",
"ascendencies",
"betters",
"commands",
"controls",
"drops",
"masteries",
"predominances",
"superiorities",
"supremacies",
"transcendences",
"upper hands",
"prerogatives",
"privileges",
"breaks",
"opportunities",
"aids",
"assistances",
"help"
],
"antonyms":[
"advantages",
"assets",
"edges",
"pluses",
"plusses"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"incognito":{
"not named or identified by a name":{
"examples":[
"an incognito source in the CIA was the source of the information"
],
"synonyms":[
"anonymous",
"faceless",
"innominate",
"nameless",
"unbaptized",
"unchristened",
"unidentified",
"unnamed",
"untitled"
],
"near synonyms":[
"undetermined",
"unspecified",
"obscure",
"uncelebrated",
"unheard-of",
"unheralded",
"unknown",
"unsung",
"unexceptional",
"unremarkable"
],
"near antonyms":[
"denominated",
"designated",
"specified",
"labeled",
"labelled",
"tabbed",
"titled",
"celebrated",
"famed",
"famous",
"known",
"notable",
"noted",
"noteworthy",
"remarkable",
"renowned",
"well-known",
"exceptional"
],
"antonyms":[
"baptized",
"christened",
"dubbed",
"named",
"termed"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"incensing":{
"as in infuriating , maddening":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"engaging",
"infuriating",
"maddening",
"abrasive",
"aggravating",
"annoying",
"chafing",
"exasperating",
"frustrating",
"galling",
"inflammatory",
"irksome",
"irritating",
"maddening",
"nagging",
"nettlesome",
"nettling",
"offensive",
"provocative",
"provoking",
"rankling",
"riling",
"vexing",
"antagonistic",
"antipathetic",
"hostile",
"inhospitable",
"inimical",
"unfriendly",
"unsympathetic",
"antagonizing",
"aggressive",
"agonistic",
"argumentative",
"assertive",
"bellicose",
"belligerent",
"combative",
"confrontational",
"contentious",
"pugnacious",
"quarrelsome",
"scrappy",
"truculent",
"martial",
"militant",
"militaristic",
"military",
"warlike"
],
"near antonyms":[
"appeasing",
"conciliating",
"conciliatory",
"disarming",
"mollifying",
"pacific",
"pacifying",
"peacemaking",
"placating",
"placatory",
"propitiatory",
"endearing",
"ingratiating",
"winning",
"winsome",
"peaceable",
"peaceful"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in outrage , ire":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"aggravation",
"furor",
"fury",
"indignation",
"infuriation",
"ire",
"outrage",
"rage",
"spleen",
"wrath",
"animosity",
"antagonism",
"antipathy",
"bitterness",
"hostility",
"jaundice",
"rancor",
"disenchantment",
"disillusionment",
"breach",
"breakup",
"divorce",
"rift",
"rupture",
"schism",
"separation",
"split",
"antagonism",
"embitterment",
"envenoming",
"alienation",
"disaffection",
"disgruntlement",
"estrangement",
"souring"
],
"near antonyms":[
"reconcilement",
"reconciliation",
"endearment",
"ingratiation",
"appeasement",
"conciliation",
"mollification",
"pacification",
"propitiation"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make angry":{
"examples":[
"the insult so incensed him that he had to be restrained from hitting the guy"
],
"synonyms":[
"angering",
"enraging",
"inflaming",
"enflaming",
"infuriating",
"iring",
"maddening",
"madding",
"outraging",
"rankling",
"riling",
"roiling",
"steaming up",
"ticking off"
],
"near synonyms":[
"affronting",
"aggravating",
"annoying",
"burning (up)",
"crossing",
"exasperating",
"getting",
"huffing",
"irritating",
"miffing",
"nettling",
"offending",
"peeving",
"piquing",
"provoking",
"putting out",
"ruffling",
"vexing",
"antagonizing",
"embittering",
"envenoming"
],
"near antonyms":[
"allaying",
"assuaging",
"relieving",
"comforting",
"consoling",
"soothing",
"appeasing",
"conciliating",
"mollifying",
"pacifying",
"placating",
"calming",
"lulling",
"quieting",
"settling",
"beguiling",
"bewitching",
"captivating",
"charming",
"disarming",
"enchanting"
],
"antonyms":[
"delighting",
"gratifying",
"pleasing"
]
},
"to fill or infuse with a pleasant odor or odor-releasing substance":{
"examples":[
"the gift shop was heavily incensed with a cloying mixture of herbal essences"
],
"synonyms":[
"odorizing",
"perfuming",
"scenting"
],
"near synonyms":[],
"near antonyms":[
"deodorizing"
],
"antonyms":[
"stinking up"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"incorrect":{
"having an opinion that does not agree with truth or the facts":{
"examples":[
"you're incorrect about the date of the final exam\u2014it's next Tuesday, not Wednesday"
],
"synonyms":[
"mistaken",
"wrong"
],
"near synonyms":[
"confused",
"misguided",
"misinformed",
"misled",
"erroneous",
"false",
"inaccurate",
"inexact",
"untrue",
"deceived",
"deluded",
"duped",
"tricked"
],
"near antonyms":[
"informed",
"accurate",
"exact",
"precise",
"true"
],
"antonyms":[
"correct",
"right"
]
},
"not appropriate for a particular occasion or situation":{
"examples":[
"chose the incorrect military uniform for the treaty ceremony"
],
"synonyms":[
"amiss",
"graceless",
"improper",
"inapposite",
"inappropriate",
"inapt",
"incongruous",
"indecorous",
"inept",
"infelicitous",
"malapropos",
"perverse",
"unapt",
"unbecoming",
"unfit",
"unhappy",
"unseemly",
"unsuitable",
"untoward",
"wrong"
],
"near synonyms":[
"inopportune",
"unfortunate",
"unseasonable",
"untimely",
"extraneous",
"immaterial",
"inapplicable",
"irrelative",
"irrelevant",
"misbecoming",
"mismatched",
"incompatible",
"inconsistent",
"uncongenial",
"bad",
"naughty",
"sinful",
"blamable",
"blameworthy",
"censurable",
"banned",
"barred",
"disallowed",
"forbidden",
"interdicted",
"outlawed",
"prohibited",
"proscribed",
"awkward",
"gauche",
"ungraceful",
"unacceptable",
"unsatisfactory"
],
"near antonyms":[
"fortunate",
"opportune",
"seasonable",
"timely",
"applicable",
"apposite",
"apropos",
"apt",
"germane",
"material",
"pat",
"pointed",
"relative",
"relevant",
"compatible",
"congenial",
"harmonious",
"allowed",
"authorized",
"permitted",
"approved",
"endorsed",
"indorsed",
"kosher",
"licensed",
"sanctioned",
"abetted",
"encouraged",
"promoted",
"supported",
"acceptable",
"adequate",
"all right",
"decent",
"fine",
"OK",
"okay",
"passable",
"respectable",
"satisfactory",
"tolerable",
"commendable",
"creditable",
"exemplary",
"blameless",
"irreproachable",
"balanced",
"companionate",
"congruous",
"consonant",
"harmonious"
],
"antonyms":[
"appropriate",
"becoming",
"befitting",
"correct",
"decorous",
"felicitous",
"fit",
"fitting",
"genteel",
"happy",
"meet",
"proper",
"right",
"seemly",
"suitable"
]
},
"not being in agreement with what is true":{
"examples":[
"an incorrect but not intentionally deceitful statement"
],
"synonyms":[
"erroneous",
"false",
"inaccurate",
"inexact",
"invalid",
"off",
"unsound",
"untrue",
"untruthful",
"wrong"
],
"near synonyms":[
"counterfactual",
"specious",
"spurious",
"deceptive",
"delusive",
"delusory",
"distorted",
"fallacious",
"fictitious",
"illusory",
"misleading",
"amiss",
"askew",
"awry",
"deceitful",
"dishonest",
"fraudulent",
"lying",
"mendacious",
"unconfirmed",
"unproven",
"untested",
"fabricated",
"invented",
"made-up",
"trumped-up"
],
"near antonyms":[
"confirmed",
"demonstrated",
"established",
"proven",
"tested",
"faultless",
"flawless",
"impeccable",
"letter-perfect",
"perfect"
],
"antonyms":[
"accurate",
"correct",
"errorless",
"exact",
"factual",
"precise",
"proper",
"right",
"sound",
"true",
"valid",
"veracious"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"incline":{
"the degree to which something rises up from a position level with the horizon":{
"examples":[
"the steep incline of the hill meant that it was impossible to ride a bicycle up it"
],
"synonyms":[
"cant",
"diagonal",
"grade",
"gradient",
"inclination",
"lean",
"pitch",
"rake",
"slant",
"slope",
"upgrade"
],
"near synonyms":[
"ascent",
"bank",
"climb",
"rise"
],
"near antonyms":[
"declension",
"declination",
"decline",
"declivity",
"descent",
"dip",
"downgrade",
"fall",
"hang",
"hanging",
"receding"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to set or cause to be at an angle":{
"examples":[
"carefully inclined the ladder against the house"
],
"synonyms":[
"angle",
"cant",
"cock",
"heel",
"lean",
"list",
"pitch",
"slant",
"slope",
"tilt",
"tip"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bank",
"bend",
"deviate",
"swerve",
"veer",
"decline",
"descend",
"recline",
"retreat"
],
"near antonyms":[
"even",
"flatten",
"level",
"straighten"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to show a liking or proneness (for something)":{
"examples":[
"a good restaurant for diners who incline to spicy food"
],
"synonyms":[
"lean",
"run",
"tend",
"trend"
],
"near synonyms":[
"go",
"gravitate",
"indicate",
"point",
"suggest"
],
"near antonyms":[
"avoid",
"shun",
"shy (from or away from)"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"incarnated":{
"to represent in visible form":{
"examples":[
"the general view that Hitler incarnated extreme egotism and indeed evil itself"
],
"synonyms":[
"bodied",
"embodied",
"epitomized",
"expressed",
"externalized",
"incorporated",
"instantiated",
"manifested",
"materialized",
"personalized",
"personified",
"substantiated"
],
"near synonyms":[
"actualized",
"concretized",
"realized",
"exemplified",
"illustrated",
"imaged",
"objectified",
"symbolized",
"typified"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"disembodied"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"incompetence":{
"the lack of sufficient ability, power, or means":{
"examples":[
"the astounding incompetence of the new assistant"
],
"synonyms":[
"impotence",
"inability",
"inadequacy",
"incapability",
"incapacity",
"incompetency",
"ineptitude",
"insufficiency",
"powerlessness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"disqualification",
"inaptitude",
"ineffectiveness",
"ineffectuality",
"ineffectualness",
"inefficaciousness",
"inefficacy",
"inefficiency"
],
"near antonyms":[
"aptitude",
"bent",
"endowment",
"flair",
"genius",
"gift",
"knack",
"talent",
"effectiveness",
"effectualness",
"efficaciousness",
"efficiency",
"fitness",
"suitability",
"suitableness",
"potency",
"power",
"puissance",
"sinew",
"strength"
],
"antonyms":[
"ability",
"adequacy",
"capability",
"capacity",
"competence",
"competency",
"potency"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"incommodious":{
"as in limited , narrow":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"confined",
"cramped",
"limited",
"narrow",
"restricted",
"small",
"snug",
"tight",
"tiny"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ample",
"capacious",
"commodious",
"roomy",
"spacious",
"cavernous",
"voluminous",
"broad",
"wide"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"inconspicuously":{
"as in unobtrusively , unpretentiously":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"colorlessly",
"unobtrusively",
"unpretentiously",
"boringly",
"drably",
"dully",
"chastely",
"demurely",
"modestly",
"conservatively",
"plainly",
"quietly",
"simply",
"bleakly",
"severely",
"somberly"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bravely",
"brightly",
"brilliantly",
"colorfully",
"gaily",
"gayly",
"flamboyantly",
"flashily",
"garishly",
"gaudily",
"loud",
"loudly",
"ostentatiously",
"fancily",
"ornately",
"swankily"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"incarnadines":{
"as in rouges , ruddles":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"rouges",
"ruddles",
"blooms",
"blushes",
"colors",
"crimsons",
"flushes",
"glows",
"reddens",
"abashes",
"chagrins",
"discomfits",
"disconcerts",
"embarrasses",
"fazes",
"humiliates",
"mortifies"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"increases":{
"to make greater in size, amount, or number":{
"examples":[
"we have to increase the number of season-ticket holders if the local sports franchise is to survive"
],
"synonyms":[
"accelerates",
"adds (to)",
"aggrandizes",
"amplifies",
"augments",
"boosts",
"builds up",
"compounds",
"enlarges",
"escalates",
"expands",
"extends",
"hypes",
"multiplies",
"pumps up",
"raises",
"stokes",
"supersizes",
"swells",
"ups"
],
"near synonyms":[
"booms",
"jumps",
"skyrockets",
"spikes",
"bumps (up)",
"ratchets (up)",
"rachets (up)",
"blows up",
"dilates",
"distends",
"inflates",
"draws out",
"elongates",
"fleshes (out)",
"lengthens",
"prolongs",
"protracts",
"stretches",
"develops",
"enhances",
"heightens",
"intensifies",
"magnifies",
"complements",
"supplements",
"beefs (up)",
"reinforces",
"reenforces",
"strengthens",
"maximizes",
"accumulates",
"amasses",
"collects",
"follows up",
"parlays"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abbreviates",
"abridges",
"curtails",
"shortens",
"compresses",
"condenses",
"constricts",
"contracts",
"cuts back",
"retrenches"
],
"antonyms":[
"abates",
"decreases",
"de-escalates",
"diminishes",
"downsizes",
"dwindles",
"lessens",
"lowers",
"minifies",
"reduces",
"subtracts (from)"
]
},
"to become greater in extent, volume, amount, or number":{
"examples":[
"the number of Internet users increased exponentially during the 1990s"
],
"synonyms":[
"accelerates",
"accumulates",
"appreciates",
"balloons",
"booms",
"builds up",
"burgeons",
"bourgeons",
"climbs",
"enlarges",
"escalates",
"expands",
"gains",
"mounts",
"multiplies",
"mushrooms",
"proliferates",
"rises",
"rolls up",
"snowballs",
"spreads",
"swells",
"waxes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"jumps",
"rockets",
"skyrockets",
"surges",
"heightens",
"intensifies",
"redoubles",
"blows up",
"bulks",
"distends",
"inflates",
"puffs (up)",
"crescendoes",
"crests",
"peaks"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"contracts",
"decreases",
"diminishes",
"dwindles",
"lessens",
"recedes",
"wanes"
]
},
"something added (as by growth)":{
"examples":[
"shortly after he turned 12, he had a sudden height increase"
],
"synonyms":[
"accretions",
"accruals",
"addenda",
"addendums",
"additions",
"augmentations",
"boosts",
"expansions",
"gains",
"increments",
"more",
"pluses",
"plusses",
"proliferations",
"raises",
"rises",
"step-ups",
"supplements",
"upticks"
],
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"accumulations",
"assemblages",
"collections",
"gatherings",
"complements",
"accessions",
"appendixes",
"appendices",
"continuations",
"extensions",
"uptrends",
"upturns",
"jumps",
"run-ups",
"spikes"
],
"near antonyms":[
"deductions",
"subtractions"
],
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"abatements",
"declines",
"decreases",
"decrements",
"depletions",
"diminishments",
"diminutions",
"drop-offs",
"falloffs",
"falls",
"losses",
"reductions",
"shrinkages",
"step-downs"
]
},
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"examples":[
"the increase in the number of students enrolled at the school was very gradual"
],
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"accumulations",
"additions",
"multiplications",
"proliferations"
],
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"creeps",
"growths",
"rises",
"spreads",
"enlargements",
"escalations",
"expansions",
"amplifications",
"distensions",
"distentions",
"inflations",
"accretions",
"accruals",
"augmentations",
"cumulations",
"extensions",
"boosts",
"gains",
"hikes",
"increments",
"rises"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abatements",
"compressions",
"condensations",
"constrictions",
"contractions",
"diminishments",
"diminutions",
"drop-offs",
"drops",
"falloffs",
"falls",
"reductions",
"shrinkages",
"retrenchments",
"shortenings"
],
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"decreases"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"inclosing":{
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"bounding",
"circumjacent",
"embracing",
"encircling",
"fencing",
"rimming",
"surrounding",
"attached",
"communicating",
"connected",
"connecting",
"interconnecting",
"joined",
"linked",
"united",
"marginal",
"peripheral",
"tangent",
"tangential",
"approximate",
"close",
"closest",
"immediate",
"near",
"nearby",
"nearest",
"next-door",
"nigh",
"ambient",
"encompassing",
"abutting",
"adjacent",
"adjoining",
"bordering",
"conterminous",
"contiguous",
"flanking",
"flush",
"fringing",
"joining",
"juxtaposed",
"neighboring",
"skirting",
"touching",
"verging"
],
"near antonyms":[
"nonadjacent",
"noncontiguous",
"apart",
"detached",
"disconnected",
"discrete",
"free-standing",
"isolate",
"isolated",
"removed",
"separate",
"single",
"unattached",
"unconnected",
"unlinked",
"away",
"distant",
"far",
"faraway",
"far-off",
"farthest",
"remote",
"discontinuous",
"noncontinuous",
"broken up",
"disjoined",
"dissevered",
"dissociated",
"disunited",
"divided",
"divorced",
"parted",
"ramified",
"resolved",
"severed",
"split",
"sundered",
"uncoupled",
"unyoked"
],
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},
"to close or shut in by or as if by barriers":{
"examples":[
"dogs who spend the day enclosed in small cages"
],
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"boxing (in)",
"caging",
"closeting",
"cooping (up)",
"corralling",
"encaging",
"encasing",
"enveloping",
"fencing (in)",
"hedging",
"hemming (in)",
"housing",
"immuring",
"including",
"mewing (up)",
"penning",
"walling (in)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bounding",
"circumscribing",
"confining",
"containing",
"limiting",
"restricting",
"encircling",
"encompassing",
"enfolding",
"enframing",
"enlacing",
"framing",
"ringing",
"surrounding",
"armoring",
"cocooning",
"encapsulating",
"encapsuling",
"encysting",
"ensheathing",
"ensphering",
"enwombing"
],
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"antonyms":[]
},
"to form a circle around":{
"examples":[
"in a show of support, the women rushed to enclose their distraught friend"
],
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"circling",
"compassing",
"embracing",
"encircling",
"encompassing",
"environing",
"girding",
"girdling",
"ringing",
"surrounding",
"wreathing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"circumscribing",
"closing in",
"cordoning (off)",
"fencing (in)",
"hemming (in)",
"walling",
"besetting",
"besieging",
"entrenching",
"intrenching",
"investing",
"swarming"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to surround or cover closely":{
"examples":[
"the house was enclosed by a high hedge that shielded it from public view"
],
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"bosoming",
"bowering",
"circumfusing",
"cocooning",
"embosoming",
"embowering",
"embracing",
"encompassing",
"enfolding",
"enshrouding",
"enswathing",
"enveloping",
"enwrapping",
"investing",
"involving",
"lapping",
"mantling",
"muffling",
"shrouding",
"swathing",
"veiling",
"wrapping"
],
"near synonyms":[
"curtaining",
"draping",
"embedding",
"imbedding",
"encasing",
"swaddling",
"blanketing",
"overlaying",
"overspreading",
"camouflaging",
"cloaking",
"disguising",
"masking",
"circling",
"encircling",
"enlacing",
"enwinding"
],
"near antonyms":[
"baring",
"denuding",
"exposing",
"stripping"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"inconsolable":{
"feeling unhappiness":{
"examples":[
"he was inconsolable after the death of his wife"
],
"synonyms":[
"bad",
"blue",
"brokenhearted",
"cast down",
"crestfallen",
"dejected",
"depressed",
"despondent",
"disconsolate",
"doleful",
"down",
"down in the mouth",
"downcast",
"downhearted",
"droopy",
"forlorn",
"gloomy",
"glum",
"hangdog",
"heartbroken",
"heartsick",
"heartsore",
"heavyhearted",
"joyless",
"low",
"low-spirited",
"melancholic",
"melancholy",
"miserable",
"mournful",
"sad",
"saddened",
"sorrowful",
"sorry",
"unhappy",
"woebegone",
"woeful",
"wretched"
],
"near synonyms":[
"aggrieved",
"distressed",
"troubled",
"uneasy",
"unquiet",
"upset",
"worried",
"despairing",
"hopeless",
"sunk",
"disappointed",
"discouraged",
"disheartened",
"dispirited",
"suicidal",
"dolorous",
"lachrymose",
"lugubrious",
"plaintive",
"tearful",
"regretful",
"rueful",
"agonized",
"anguished",
"grieving",
"wailing",
"weeping",
"black",
"bleak",
"cheerless",
"comfortless",
"dark",
"darkening",
"depressing",
"desolate",
"dismal",
"drear",
"dreary",
"elegiac",
"elegiacal",
"funereal",
"gray",
"grey",
"morbid",
"morose",
"murky",
"saturnine",
"somber",
"sombre",
"sullen"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ecstatic",
"elated",
"enraptured",
"entranced",
"euphoric",
"exhilarated",
"exuberant",
"exultant",
"overjoyed",
"rapturous",
"rhapsodic",
"rhapsodical",
"blithe",
"blithesome",
"jocose",
"jocular",
"jocund",
"jolly",
"jovial",
"lightsome",
"merry",
"mirthful",
"excited",
"thrilled",
"hopeful",
"optimistic",
"rosy",
"sanguine",
"encouraged",
"heartened",
"animated",
"bouncing",
"energetic",
"frisky",
"jaunty",
"lively",
"peppy",
"perky",
"spirited",
"sprightful",
"sprightly",
"springy",
"vital",
"vivacious",
"zippy",
"content",
"gratified",
"pleased",
"satisfied",
"beaming",
"grinning",
"laughing",
"smiling",
"boon",
"carefree",
"careless",
"cavalier",
"devil-may-care",
"easygoing",
"happy-go-lucky",
"insouciant",
"lighthearted",
"unconcerned"
],
"antonyms":[
"blissful",
"buoyant",
"buoyed",
"cheerful",
"cheery",
"chipper",
"delighted",
"glad",
"gladdened",
"gladsome",
"gleeful",
"happy",
"joyful",
"joyous",
"jubilant",
"sunny",
"upbeat"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"inconsiderable":{
"lacking importance":{
"examples":[
"the duties of the club's vice president are inconsiderable by any standard"
],
"synonyms":[
"fiddling",
"foolish",
"frivolous",
"incidental",
"inconsequential",
"insignificant",
"little",
"Mickey Mouse",
"minor",
"minute",
"negligible",
"nugatory",
"slight",
"small",
"small-fry",
"trifling",
"trivial",
"unimportant"
],
"near synonyms":[
"jerkwater",
"one-horse",
"nickel-and-dime",
"paltry",
"petty",
"small-time",
"worthless",
"anonymous",
"nameless",
"obscure",
"uncelebrated",
"unknown"
],
"near antonyms":[
"decisive",
"fatal",
"fateful",
"chief",
"dominant",
"overbearing",
"overmastering",
"overriding",
"principal",
"distinctive",
"exceptional",
"impressive",
"outstanding",
"prominent",
"remarkable",
"valuable",
"worthwhile",
"worthy",
"distinguished",
"eminent",
"great",
"illustrious",
"preeminent",
"prestigious",
"famous",
"notorious",
"renowned",
"all-important",
"basic",
"essential",
"fundamental",
"key"
],
"antonyms":[
"big",
"consequential",
"eventful",
"important",
"major",
"material",
"meaningful",
"momentous",
"significant",
"substantial",
"unfrivolous",
"weighty"
]
},
"so small or unimportant as to warrant little or no attention":{
"examples":[
"an inconsiderable number of complaints about the car seat"
],
"synonyms":[
"chicken",
"de minimis",
"footling",
"inconsequential",
"insignificant",
"measly",
"Mickey Mouse",
"minute",
"negligible",
"niggling",
"no-account",
"nominal",
"paltry",
"peanut",
"petty",
"picayune",
"piddling",
"piddly",
"piffling",
"pimping",
"slight",
"trifling",
"trivial"
],
"near synonyms":[
"inferior",
"mean",
"imperceptible",
"inappreciable",
"little",
"puny",
"tiny",
"hairsplitting",
"nitpicking",
"pettifogging",
"quibbling",
"one-horse",
"small-fry",
"two-bit"
],
"near antonyms":[
"serious",
"substantial",
"weighty",
"eventful",
"momentous",
"pivotal",
"conspicuous",
"noteworthy",
"outstanding",
"prominent",
"remarkable",
"striking",
"appreciable",
"discernible",
"discernable",
"measurable"
],
"antonyms":[
"big",
"consequential",
"considerable",
"important",
"material",
"significant"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"incubated":{
"to cover and warm eggs as the young inside develop":{
"examples":[
"the hen incubated her eggs for two weeks"
],
"synonyms":[
"brooded",
"hatched",
"sat",
"set"
],
"near synonyms":[
"laid",
"spawned"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to help the growth or development of":{
"examples":[
"hopefully, these youthful visits to the museum will incubate an enduring love of art"
],
"synonyms":[
"advanced",
"cultivated",
"encouraged",
"forwarded",
"fostered",
"furthered",
"nourished",
"nursed",
"nurtured",
"promoted"
],
"near synonyms":[
"advocated",
"backed",
"championed",
"endorsed",
"indorsed",
"supported",
"upheld",
"endowed",
"financed",
"funded",
"patronized",
"staked",
"subsidized",
"underwrote",
"abetted",
"aided",
"assisted",
"advertised",
"boosted",
"plugged",
"publicized",
"touted",
"agitated (for)",
"campaigned (for)",
"worked (for)",
"wrought (for)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"banned",
"barred",
"enjoined",
"forbade",
"forbad",
"interdicted",
"outlawed",
"prevented",
"prohibited",
"proscribed",
"battled",
"combated",
"combatted",
"contended (with)",
"countered",
"fought",
"opposed",
"repressed",
"snuffed (out)",
"squashed",
"squelched",
"stifled",
"subdued",
"suppressed",
"arrested",
"checked",
"halted",
"retarded",
"encumbered",
"fettered",
"hobbled",
"impeded",
"interfered (with)",
"manacled",
"obstructed",
"shackled"
],
"antonyms":[
"discouraged",
"frustrated",
"hindered",
"inhibited"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"inconsequence":{
"the quality or state of being unimportant":{
"examples":[
"up to that point his life had been one largely marked by inconsequence"
],
"synonyms":[
"immateriality",
"inconsequentiality",
"inconsiderableness",
"insignificance",
"insignificancy",
"littleness",
"negligibility",
"nullity",
"pettiness",
"slightness",
"smallness",
"triviality"
],
"near synonyms":[
"emptiness",
"valuelessness",
"worthlessness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"substance",
"value",
"worth"
],
"antonyms":[
"bigness",
"consequence",
"import",
"importance",
"magnitude",
"moment",
"significance",
"weight",
"weightiness"
]
},
"for this or that reason":{
"examples":[
"She got a flat tire on the way to work; in consequence , she arrived an hour late."
],
"synonyms":[
"accordingly",
"consequently",
"ergo",
"hence",
"so",
"therefore",
"thereupon",
"thus",
"wherefore"
],
"near synonyms":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"phrase"
]
},
"incinerating":{
"to burn (something) completely":{
"examples":[
"The waste is incinerated in a large furnace."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"ashing",
"cremating",
"kilning",
"burning",
"enkindling",
"firing",
"igniting",
"inflaming",
"enflaming",
"kindling",
"lighting",
"torching",
"immolating",
"deflagrating",
"charring",
"frizzling",
"scorching",
"baking",
"broiling",
"cooking",
"setting off",
"scalding",
"scathing",
"searing",
"reigniting",
"rekindling",
"relighting",
"banking",
"stoking"
],
"near antonyms":[
"stamping (out)",
"dousing",
"dowsing",
"extinguishing",
"putting out",
"quenching",
"snuffing (out)"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"incrusted":{
"to cover with a hardened layer":{
"examples":[
"refrigerator shelves that were encrusted with the residue of many spills"
],
"synonyms":[
"caked",
"crusted",
"rimed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"besmeared",
"coated",
"smeared",
"spread",
"covered",
"daubed",
"coagulated",
"congealed",
"hardened"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"inconvenience":{
"something that is a source of irritation":{
"examples":[
"the inconvenience of having to walk everywhere until the car is fixed"
],
"synonyms":[
"aggravation",
"aggro",
"annoyance",
"bother",
"botheration",
"bugbear",
"exasperation",
"frustration",
"hair shirt",
"hassle",
"headache",
"irk",
"irritant",
"nuisance",
"peeve",
"pest",
"rub",
"ruffle",
"thorn",
"trial",
"vexation"
],
"near synonyms":[
"discomfort",
"fleabite",
"pinprick",
"affront",
"insult",
"offense",
"offence",
"upset",
"worry",
"affliction",
"albatross",
"burden",
"cross",
"curse",
"menace",
"millstone",
"plague",
"sore",
"anxiety",
"plight",
"predicament",
"tribulation",
"trouble",
"hang-up",
"pet peeve",
"problem",
"annoyer",
"disturber",
"harasser",
"mischief",
"offender",
"pandora's box"
],
"near antonyms":[
"delight",
"joy",
"pleasure"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to cause discomfort to or trouble for":{
"examples":[
"he inconvenienced his sister by moving into her tiny apartment"
],
"synonyms":[
"discommode",
"disoblige",
"disturb",
"incommode",
"put out",
"trouble"
],
"near synonyms":[
"burden",
"encumber",
"saddle",
"weigh",
"fetter",
"hamper",
"hamstring",
"handicap",
"hinder",
"hobble",
"hold back",
"hold up",
"impede",
"inhibit",
"interfere (with)",
"manacle",
"obstruct",
"shackle",
"tie up",
"trammel",
"aggravate",
"anger",
"annoy",
"bother",
"bug",
"chafe",
"exasperate",
"gall",
"get",
"irk",
"nettle",
"peeve",
"pique",
"rile",
"vex",
"grate",
"inflame",
"enflame",
"provoke",
"agitate",
"perturb",
"upset"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abet",
"aid",
"assist",
"help",
"ease",
"facilitate",
"smooth",
"appease",
"conciliate",
"disarm",
"mollify",
"pacify",
"placate",
"delight",
"gladden",
"gratify",
"please",
"satisfy",
"comfort",
"console",
"content"
],
"antonyms":[
"accommodate",
"favor",
"oblige"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"inculpate":{
"as in inform (against) , report":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"frame",
"implicate",
"inform (against)",
"name",
"report",
"prosecute",
"sue",
"try",
"recriminate",
"retaliate",
"appeal",
"arraign",
"book",
"cite",
"summon",
"chide",
"rebuke",
"reprove",
"tax",
"blame",
"call (on)",
"castigate",
"censure",
"condemn",
"criticize",
"damn",
"denounce",
"fault",
"impugn",
"reproach",
"reprobate",
"accuse",
"charge",
"criminate",
"defame",
"impeach",
"incriminate",
"indict"
],
"near antonyms":[
"absolve",
"acquit",
"clear",
"exculpate",
"exonerate",
"vindicate",
"advocate",
"champion",
"defend",
"excuse",
"forgive",
"justify",
"pardon",
"remit",
"shrive"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"incorporated":{
"as in mixed , blended":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"blended",
"commingled",
"intermingled",
"intermixed",
"merged",
"mingled",
"mixed",
"befouled",
"begrimed",
"bemired",
"besmirched",
"corrupted",
"debased",
"defiled",
"dirtied",
"fouled",
"maculate",
"maculated",
"soiled",
"spoiled",
"sullied",
"coalesced",
"combined",
"compounded",
"unclarified",
"unfiltered",
"unrefined",
"cheapened",
"doctored",
"adulterate",
"adulterated",
"alloyed",
"contaminated",
"dilute",
"diluted",
"impure",
"polluted",
"tainted",
"thinned",
"weakened"
],
"near antonyms":[
"fine",
"pure",
"ultrapure",
"unadulterated",
"unalloyed",
"uncontaminated",
"uncut",
"undiluted",
"unmixed",
"unpolluted",
"untainted",
"clarified",
"filtered",
"purified",
"refined",
"ultrarefined",
"neat",
"plain",
"straight",
"concentrated",
"strong",
"uncombined",
"pasteurized",
"sterile",
"sterilized",
"clean",
"immaculate",
"spotless",
"stainless",
"unsoiled",
"unsullied"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make a part of a body or system":{
"examples":[
"astronomers had to incorporate the existence of Pluto into their scheme of the solar system after the dwarf planet was discovered"
],
"synonyms":[
"absorbed",
"assimilated",
"co-opted",
"embodied",
"integrated"
],
"near synonyms":[
"amalgamated",
"blended",
"blent",
"combined",
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"fused",
"intermingled",
"merged",
"mingled",
"acculturated",
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"integrated",
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"intermixed",
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"merged",
"mingled",
"mixed"
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"admixed",
"beat (in)",
"cut in",
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"stirred",
"tossed",
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"compounded",
"emulsified",
"conjoined",
"joined",
"knit",
"knitted",
"linked",
"united",
"intertwined",
"interwove",
"interweaved",
"wove",
"weaved"
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"cleft",
"disjoined",
"disunited",
"divided",
"divorced",
"parted",
"ruptured",
"severed",
"sundered",
"dispersed",
"dissolved",
"scattered",
"detached",
"disengaged",
"split"
],
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"broke up",
"separated",
"unmixed"
]
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"embodied",
"epitomized",
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"incarnated",
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"personified",
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"concretized",
"realized",
"exemplified",
"illustrated",
"imaged",
"objectified",
"symbolized",
"typified"
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"adjective",
"verb"
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"customs",
"excises",
"hidden taxes",
"poll taxes",
"property taxes",
"sales taxes",
"single taxes",
"sin taxes",
"tariffs",
"tolls",
"tributes",
"value-added taxes",
"withholding taxes",
"assessments",
"duties",
"impositions",
"imposts",
"levies",
"taxes",
"direct taxes",
"personal taxes",
"supertaxes",
"surcharges",
"surtaxes",
"death taxes",
"estate taxes",
"inheritance taxes",
"flat taxes",
"proportional taxes"
],
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"type":[
"noun"
]
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"incapacity",
"defectiveness",
"failing",
"fault",
"weakness",
"affliction",
"damage",
"detriment",
"dysfunction",
"harm",
"hurt",
"injury",
"malady",
"deficiency",
"deficit",
"imperfection",
"inability",
"inadequacy",
"inadequateness",
"incompleteness",
"insufficience",
"insufficiency",
"lack",
"need",
"shortcoming",
"shortfall",
"want",
"disability",
"disablement",
"impairment",
"debit",
"disadvantage",
"disbenefit",
"downside",
"drawback",
"handicap",
"incommodity",
"liability",
"minus",
"negative",
"strike"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ability",
"capability",
"capableness",
"capacity",
"competence",
"competency",
"faculty"
],
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},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
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"examples":[
"the hen incubated her eggs for two weeks"
],
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"brooding",
"hatching",
"setting",
"sitting"
],
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"laying",
"spawning"
],
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},
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"examples":[
"hopefully, these youthful visits to the museum will incubate an enduring love of art"
],
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"encouraging",
"forwarding",
"fostering",
"furthering",
"nourishing",
"nursing",
"nurturing",
"promoting"
],
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"advocating",
"backing",
"championing",
"endorsing",
"indorsing",
"supporting",
"upholding",
"endowing",
"financing",
"funding",
"patronizing",
"staking",
"subsidizing",
"underwriting",
"abetting",
"aiding",
"assisting",
"advertising",
"boosting",
"plugging",
"publicizing",
"touting",
"agitating (for)",
"campaigning (for)",
"working (for)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"banning",
"barring",
"enjoining",
"forbidding",
"interdicting",
"outlawing",
"preventing",
"prohibiting",
"proscribing",
"battling",
"combating",
"combatting",
"contending (with)",
"countering",
"fighting",
"opposing",
"repressing",
"snuffing (out)",
"squashing",
"squelching",
"stifling",
"subduing",
"suppressing",
"arresting",
"checking",
"halting",
"retarding",
"encumbering",
"fettering",
"hobbling",
"impeding",
"interfering (with)",
"manacling",
"obstructing",
"shackling"
],
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"frustrating",
"hindering",
"inhibiting"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
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"examples":[
"in exchange for a reduced sentence, the thief agreed to incriminate his accomplice"
],
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"accuse",
"charge",
"criminate",
"defame",
"impeach",
"indict"
],
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"blame",
"call (on)",
"castigate",
"censure",
"condemn",
"criticize",
"damn",
"denounce",
"fault",
"impugn",
"reproach",
"reprobate",
"chide",
"rebuke",
"reprove",
"tax",
"appeal",
"arraign",
"book",
"cite",
"summon",
"prosecute",
"sue",
"try",
"frame",
"implicate",
"inculpate",
"inform (against)",
"name",
"report",
"recriminate",
"retaliate"
],
"near antonyms":[
"advocate",
"champion",
"defend",
"excuse",
"forgive",
"justify",
"pardon",
"remit",
"shrive"
],
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"acquit",
"clear",
"exculpate",
"exonerate",
"vindicate"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
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"impolitely",
"rudely",
"tactlessly",
"abruptly",
"bluntly",
"brusquely",
"curtly",
"gruffly",
"point-blank",
"sharply",
"truthfully",
"veraciously",
"artlessly",
"earnestly",
"simply",
"sincerely",
"baldly",
"bluffly",
"candidly",
"frankly",
"honestly",
"openheartedly",
"openly",
"unguardedly",
"unreservedly",
"directly",
"forthrightly",
"foursquare",
"plain",
"plainly",
"straight",
"straightforward",
"straightforwards",
"straightforwardly"
],
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"long-windedly",
"verbosely",
"wordily",
"civilly",
"courteously",
"diplomatically",
"politely",
"tactfully",
"deceitfully",
"mendaciously",
"untruthfully",
"erroneously",
"fallaciously",
"falsely",
"hypocritically",
"insincerely",
"ambiguously",
"circuitously",
"equivocally",
"evasively",
"indirectly"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in thoughtlessly , insensitively":{
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"near synonyms":[
"ill-naturedly",
"insensitively",
"thoughtlessly",
"disagreeably",
"ill",
"ungraciously",
"unkindly",
"diabolically",
"fiendishly",
"balefully",
"caddishly",
"callously",
"cruelly",
"evil-mindedly",
"felly",
"hard-heartedly",
"heartlessly",
"inhumanely",
"kindlessly",
"mercilessly",
"pitilessly",
"ruthlessly",
"soullessly",
"unfeelingly",
"misanthropically",
"bitterly",
"enviously",
"jealously",
"resentfully",
"acrimoniously",
"antagonistically",
"caustically",
"envyingly",
"hostilely",
"invidiously",
"obnoxiously",
"rancorously",
"venomously",
"vindictively",
"vituperatively",
"contemptuously",
"deprecatingly",
"disdainfully",
"scornfully",
"bitchily",
"cattily",
"despitefully",
"hatefully",
"malevolently",
"maliciously",
"malignantly",
"meanly",
"nastily",
"spitefully",
"viciously",
"villainously",
"virulently",
"wickedly"
],
"near antonyms":[
"benevolently",
"benignantly",
"good-heartedly",
"kindheartedly",
"kindly",
"affably",
"agreeably",
"amiably",
"cordially",
"genially",
"good-humoredly",
"good-naturedly",
"graciously",
"nicely",
"pleasantly",
"altruistically",
"humanely",
"considerately",
"feelingly",
"lovingly",
"mercifully",
"sensitively",
"softheartedly",
"solicitously",
"soulfully",
"thoughtfully",
"compassionately",
"sympathetically",
"angelically",
"divinely",
"gently",
"sweetly",
"tenderly"
],
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},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"incorporeal":{
"not composed of matter":{
"examples":[
"ghosts are supposed to be incorporeal"
],
"synonyms":[
"bodiless",
"ethereal",
"formless",
"immaterial",
"insubstantial",
"nonmaterial",
"nonphysical",
"spiritual",
"unbodied",
"unsubstantial"
],
"near synonyms":[
"metaphysical",
"psychic",
"psychical",
"supernatural",
"impalpable",
"insensible",
"intangible",
"invisible",
"airy",
"diaphanous",
"gaseous",
"gossamery",
"tenuous",
"thin",
"vaporous",
"wispish"
],
"near antonyms":[
"animal",
"carnal",
"fleshly",
"detectable",
"discernible",
"discernable",
"noticeable",
"observable",
"palpable",
"sensible",
"tangible",
"visible",
"bulky",
"heavy",
"massive",
"solid"
],
"antonyms":[
"bodily",
"corporeal",
"material",
"physical",
"substantial"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"incontinence":{
"as in excess , intemperance":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"excess",
"excessiveness",
"immoderacy",
"indulgence",
"intemperance",
"licentiousness",
"permissiveness",
"wantonness",
"wildness",
"casualness",
"offhandedness",
"blank check",
"carte blanche",
"free hand",
"unself-consciousness",
"carelessness",
"heedlessness",
"impulsiveness",
"impulsivity",
"indiscretion",
"insouciance",
"recklessness",
"thoughtlessness",
"ardor",
"enthusiasm",
"exuberance",
"fervor",
"spirit",
"warmth",
"zeal",
"zealotry",
"zealousness",
"abandon",
"abandonment",
"ease",
"lightheartedness",
"naturalness",
"spontaneity",
"spontaneousness",
"unconstraint",
"uninhibitedness",
"unrestraint"
],
"near antonyms":[
"constraint",
"restraint",
"embarrassment",
"reserve",
"reticence",
"self-consciousness",
"uneasiness",
"inhibition",
"repression",
"self-restraint",
"suppression",
"carefulness",
"discreetness",
"discretion",
"heedfulness",
"discipline",
"self-command",
"self-control",
"self-denial",
"self-discipline",
"self-mastery",
"willpower"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"incongruences":{
"as in inconsistencies , incongruities":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"incompatibilities",
"incongruities",
"inconsistences",
"inconsistencies",
"inconsonances",
"fallings-out",
"falling-outs",
"fights",
"hassles",
"jars",
"miffs",
"mix-ups",
"quarrels",
"rows",
"run-ins",
"scraps",
"spats",
"squabbles",
"tiffs",
"wrangles",
"animosities",
"antagonisms",
"antipathies",
"cold wars",
"enmities",
"hostilities",
"ill wills",
"rancors",
"altercations",
"arguments",
"bickers",
"brawls",
"debates",
"disagreements",
"disputes",
"divides",
"fissures",
"clashes",
"collisions",
"competitions",
"contentions",
"conflicts",
"disaccords",
"discordances",
"discordancies",
"discords",
"disharmonies",
"dissensions",
"dissentions",
"dissents",
"dissidences",
"dissonances",
"disunions",
"disunities",
"divisions",
"frictions",
"infightings",
"inharmonies",
"schisms",
"strifes",
"variances",
"warfares",
"wars"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accords",
"agreements",
"concordances",
"concords",
"harmonies",
"peaces",
"concurrences",
"cooperations"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"inconveniences":{
"something that is a source of irritation":{
"examples":[
"the inconvenience of having to walk everywhere until the car is fixed"
],
"synonyms":[
"aggravations",
"aggros",
"annoyances",
"botherations",
"bothers",
"bugbears",
"exasperations",
"frustrations",
"hair shirts",
"hassles",
"headaches",
"irks",
"irritants",
"nuisances",
"peeves",
"pests",
"rubs",
"ruffles",
"thorns",
"trials",
"vexations"
],
"near synonyms":[
"discomforts",
"fleabites",
"pinpricks",
"affronts",
"insults",
"offenses",
"offences",
"upsets",
"worries",
"afflictions",
"albatross",
"albatrosses",
"burdens",
"crosses",
"curses",
"menaces",
"millstones",
"plagues",
"sores",
"anxieties",
"plights",
"predicaments",
"tribulations",
"troubles",
"hang-ups",
"pet peeves",
"problems",
"annoyers",
"disturbers",
"harassers",
"mischiefs",
"offenders",
"pandora's boxes"
],
"near antonyms":[
"delights",
"joys",
"pleasures"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to cause discomfort to or trouble for":{
"examples":[
"he inconvenienced his sister by moving into her tiny apartment"
],
"synonyms":[
"discommodes",
"disobliges",
"disturbs",
"incommodes",
"puts out",
"troubles"
],
"near synonyms":[
"burdens",
"encumbers",
"saddles",
"weighs",
"fetters",
"hampers",
"hamstrings",
"handicaps",
"hinders",
"hobbles",
"holds back",
"holds up",
"impedes",
"inhibits",
"interferes (with)",
"manacles",
"obstructs",
"shackles",
"ties up",
"trammels",
"aggravates",
"angers",
"annoys",
"bothers",
"bugs",
"chafes",
"exasperates",
"galls",
"gets",
"irks",
"nettles",
"peeves",
"piques",
"riles",
"vexes",
"grates",
"inflames",
"enflames",
"provokes",
"agitates",
"perturbs",
"upsets"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abets",
"aids",
"assists",
"helps",
"eases",
"facilitates",
"smooths",
"smoothes",
"appeases",
"conciliates",
"disarms",
"mollifies",
"pacifies",
"placates",
"delights",
"gladdens",
"gratifies",
"pleases",
"satisfies",
"comforts",
"consoles",
"contents"
],
"antonyms":[
"accommodates",
"favors",
"obliges"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"incomes":{
"a flowing or coming in":{
"examples":[
"the income of mat\u00e9riel is still hampered by inadequate logistical support"
],
"synonyms":[
"affluences",
"fluxes",
"inflows",
"influxes",
"inpourings",
"inrushes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"deluges",
"floods",
"flows",
"inundations",
"overflows",
"spates",
"torrents",
"rushes",
"stampedes",
"rivers",
"streams",
"tides"
],
"near antonyms":[
"emigrations",
"exoduses",
"flights"
],
"antonyms":[
"outflows",
"outpourings"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"inclusion":{
"as in increase , addition":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"accretion",
"accrual",
"addendum",
"addition",
"augmentation",
"boost",
"expansion",
"gain",
"increase",
"increment",
"more",
"plus",
"raise",
"rise",
"supplement"
],
"near antonyms":[
"deletion",
"elision",
"omission",
"elimination",
"blank",
"skip"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"incurve":{
"as in reflect , incurvate":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"incurvate",
"inflect",
"reflect",
"arch",
"bend",
"bow",
"crook",
"curve",
"hook",
"swerve",
"arc",
"round",
"deflect",
"divert",
"entwine",
"kink",
"swirl",
"turn",
"twine",
"twist",
"veer",
"warp",
"coil",
"curl",
"enroll",
"enrol",
"loop",
"spiral",
"dent",
"dimple",
"meander",
"wave",
"weave",
"wind",
"decline",
"incline",
"slope"
],
"near antonyms":[
"straighten",
"unbend",
"uncurl"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"incult":{
"lacking in refinement or good taste":{
"examples":[
"our incult ancestors, who dwelt in rude huts"
],
"synonyms":[
"coarse",
"common",
"crass",
"crude",
"gross",
"ill-bred",
"illiberal",
"insensible",
"low",
"lowbred",
"lowbrow",
"raffish",
"rough",
"rough-hewn",
"roughneck",
"rude",
"rugged",
"tasteless",
"uncouth",
"uncultivated",
"uncultured",
"unpolished",
"unrefined",
"vulgar"
],
"near synonyms":[
"boorish",
"churlish",
"cloddish",
"clownish",
"loutish",
"ungentlemanly",
"clumsy",
"lubberly",
"lumpish",
"oafish",
"inconsiderate",
"indelicate",
"insensitive",
"thoughtless",
"countrified",
"countryfied",
"provincial",
"rustic",
"rustical",
"unsophisticated",
"graceless",
"inelegant",
"tacky",
"animallike",
"barbaric",
"barbarous",
"uncivilized",
"mannerless",
"unmannered",
"unmannerly"
],
"near antonyms":[
"aristocratic",
"courtly",
"patrician",
"elegant",
"graceful",
"restrained",
"considerate",
"gracious",
"sensitive",
"thoughtful",
"citified",
"sophisticated",
"urbane"
],
"antonyms":[
"civilized",
"cultivated",
"cultured",
"genteel",
"polished",
"refined",
"smooth",
"tasteful",
"ultrarefined",
"well-bred"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"inculpable":{
"free from guilt or blame":{
"examples":[
"you may not have started the ugly rumor, but you helped to spread it, so you're hardly inculpable"
],
"synonyms":[
"blameless",
"cleanhanded",
"clear",
"faultless",
"guiltless",
"impeccable",
"innocent",
"irreproachable",
"lily-white"
],
"near synonyms":[
"absolved",
"acquitted",
"cleared",
"exonerated",
"vindicated",
"ethical",
"law-abiding",
"moral",
"righteous",
"upright",
"virtuous"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blamable",
"blameworthy",
"censurable",
"culpable",
"impeachable",
"indictable",
"punishable",
"accused",
"impeached",
"indicted",
"condemned",
"convicted",
"hangdog",
"shamed",
"shamefaced"
],
"antonyms":[
"guilty"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"inconclusive":{
"not showing that something is certainly true":{
"examples":[
"The results of the test proved inconclusive .",
"an inconclusive argument"
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"indecisive",
"approximate",
"approximative",
"ballpark",
"imprecise",
"inaccurate",
"inexact",
"loose",
"squishy",
"erroneous",
"false",
"incorrect",
"off",
"wrong",
"general",
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"certain",
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"positive",
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"errorless",
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"right",
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"true",
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"unqualified",
"confirmed",
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"determined",
"established",
"substantiated",
"supported",
"validated",
"accurate",
"dead",
"dead-on",
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"veracious"
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"step-by-step"
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"acute",
"sharp",
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"volatile"
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"additive",
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"cumulative"
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"stepwise",
"increscent",
"progressive",
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"aggregated",
"amassed",
"built-up",
"compiled",
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"decrescent",
"degressive",
"regressive"
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"adjective"
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"graving",
"inscribing",
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"chiseling",
"chiselling",
"sculpting",
"sculpturing",
"chasing",
"grooving",
"indenting",
"notching",
"scoring",
"tracing",
"affixing",
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"shearing",
"slashing",
"slicing",
"slitting"
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"scissoring",
"cleaving",
"riving",
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"piercing",
"stabbing",
"bruising",
"butchering",
"hacking",
"haggling",
"lacerating",
"mangling",
"rending",
"tearing",
"carving",
"chipping",
"chiseling",
"chiselling",
"notching",
"anatomizing",
"dissecting",
"sectioning",
"chopping",
"dicing",
"mincing",
"amputating",
"cutting off",
"severing"
],
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"verb"
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"incurvate":{
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"inflect",
"reflect",
"arch",
"bend",
"bow",
"crook",
"curve",
"hook",
"swerve",
"arc",
"round",
"deflect",
"divert",
"entwine",
"kink",
"swirl",
"turn",
"twine",
"twist",
"veer",
"warp",
"coil",
"curl",
"enroll",
"enrol",
"loop",
"spiral",
"dent",
"dimple",
"meander",
"wave",
"weave",
"wind",
"decline",
"incline",
"slope"
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"straighten",
"unbend",
"uncurl"
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"type":[
"verb"
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"inculpates":{
"as in informs (against) , reports":{
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"frames",
"implicates",
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"names",
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"sues",
"tries",
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"appeals",
"arraigns",
"books",
"cites",
"summons",
"chides",
"rebukes",
"reproves",
"taxes",
"blames",
"calls (on)",
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"censures",
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"criticizes",
"damns",
"denounces",
"faults",
"impugns",
"reproaches",
"reprobates",
"accuses",
"charges",
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"absolves",
"acquits",
"clears",
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"exonerates",
"vindicates",
"advocates",
"champions",
"defends",
"excuses",
"forgives",
"justifies",
"pardons",
"remits",
"shrives"
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"verb"
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"dogs who spend the day enclosed in small cages"
],
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"cages",
"closets",
"coops (up)",
"corrals",
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"encases",
"envelops",
"fences (in)",
"hedges",
"hems (in)",
"houses",
"immures",
"includes",
"mews (up)",
"pens",
"walls (in)"
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"bounds",
"circumscribes",
"confines",
"contains",
"limits",
"restricts",
"encircles",
"encompasses",
"enfolds",
"enframes",
"enlaces",
"frames",
"rings",
"surrounds",
"armors",
"cocoons",
"encapsulates",
"encapsules",
"encysts",
"ensheathes",
"enspheres",
"enwombs"
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"to form a circle around":{
"examples":[
"in a show of support, the women rushed to enclose their distraught friend"
],
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"circles",
"compasses",
"embraces",
"encircles",
"encompasses",
"environs",
"girdles",
"girds",
"rings",
"surrounds",
"wreathes"
],
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"circumscribes",
"closes in",
"cordons (off)",
"fences (in)",
"hems (in)",
"walls",
"besets",
"besieges",
"entrenches",
"intrenches",
"invests",
"swarms"
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"the house was enclosed by a high hedge that shielded it from public view"
],
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"bowers",
"circumfuses",
"cocoons",
"embosoms",
"embowers",
"embraces",
"encompasses",
"enfolds",
"enshrouds",
"enswathes",
"envelops",
"enwraps",
"invests",
"involves",
"laps",
"mantles",
"muffles",
"shrouds",
"swathes",
"veils",
"wraps"
],
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"curtains",
"drapes",
"embeds",
"imbeds",
"encases",
"swaddles",
"blankets",
"overlays",
"overspreads",
"camouflages",
"cloaks",
"disguises",
"masks",
"circles",
"encircles",
"enlaces",
"enwinds"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bares",
"denudes",
"exposes",
"strips"
],
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},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"incommoding":{
"causing difficulty, discomfort, or annoyance":{
"examples":[
"such incommoding features of air travel as flight delays and time-consuming security screenings"
],
"synonyms":[
"awkward",
"discommoding",
"disobliging",
"inconvenient"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bothersome",
"burdensome",
"onerous",
"troublesome",
"annoying",
"disturbing",
"exasperating",
"frustrating",
"galling",
"irksome",
"irritating",
"maddening",
"nagging",
"nettlesome",
"riling",
"vexatious",
"vexing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"acceptable",
"bearable",
"endurable",
"sufferable",
"tolerable",
"advantageous",
"desirable",
"good",
"helpful"
],
"antonyms":[
"convenient",
"ultraconvenient"
]
},
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"examples":[
"the innkeeper tried to hide how much the request incommoded them"
],
"synonyms":[
"discommoding",
"disobliging",
"disturbing",
"inconveniencing",
"putting out",
"troubling"
],
"near synonyms":[
"burdening",
"encumbering",
"saddling",
"weighing",
"fettering",
"hampering",
"hamstringing",
"handicapping",
"hindering",
"hobbling",
"holding back",
"holding up",
"impeding",
"inhibiting",
"interfering (with)",
"manacling",
"obstructing",
"shackling",
"trammeling",
"trammelling",
"tying up",
"tieing up",
"aggravating",
"angering",
"annoying",
"bothering",
"bugging",
"chafing",
"exasperating",
"galling",
"getting",
"irking",
"nettling",
"peeving",
"piquing",
"riling",
"vexing",
"grating",
"inflaming",
"enflaming",
"provoking",
"agitating",
"perturbing",
"upsetting"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abetting",
"aiding",
"assisting",
"helping",
"easing",
"facilitating",
"smoothing",
"appeasing",
"conciliating",
"disarming",
"mollifying",
"pacifying",
"placating",
"delighting",
"gladdening",
"gratifying",
"pleasing",
"satisfying",
"comforting",
"consoling",
"contenting"
],
"antonyms":[
"accommodating",
"favoring",
"obliging"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"incoming(s)":{
"an increase usually measured in money that comes from labor, business, or property":{
"examples":[
"the company's incomings from its brick-and-mortar stores, online sales, and Web site advertising"
],
"synonyms":[
"earnings",
"gain(s)",
"income",
"proceeds",
"profit",
"return",
"revenue",
"yield"
],
"near synonyms":[
"killing",
"windfall",
"salary",
"take-home pay",
"tips",
"wages",
"bankroll",
"capital",
"coffers",
"exchequer",
"finances",
"funds",
"money",
"pocket",
"pocketbook",
"resources",
"wherewithal"
],
"near antonyms":[
"charge",
"cost",
"disbursement",
"expenditures",
"expenses",
"outgo",
"outlay"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"incongruous":{
"not appropriate for a particular occasion or situation":{
"examples":[
"there's an incongruous modernism to the actor's performance in this period piece"
],
"synonyms":[
"amiss",
"graceless",
"improper",
"inapposite",
"inappropriate",
"inapt",
"incorrect",
"indecorous",
"inept",
"infelicitous",
"malapropos",
"perverse",
"unapt",
"unbecoming",
"unfit",
"unhappy",
"unseemly",
"unsuitable",
"untoward",
"wrong"
],
"near synonyms":[
"inopportune",
"unfortunate",
"unseasonable",
"untimely",
"extraneous",
"immaterial",
"inapplicable",
"irrelative",
"irrelevant",
"misbecoming",
"mismatched",
"incompatible",
"inconsistent",
"uncongenial",
"bad",
"naughty",
"sinful",
"blamable",
"blameworthy",
"censurable",
"banned",
"barred",
"disallowed",
"forbidden",
"interdicted",
"outlawed",
"prohibited",
"proscribed",
"awkward",
"gauche",
"ungraceful",
"unacceptable",
"unsatisfactory"
],
"near antonyms":[
"fortunate",
"opportune",
"seasonable",
"timely",
"applicable",
"apposite",
"apropos",
"apt",
"germane",
"material",
"pat",
"pointed",
"relative",
"relevant",
"compatible",
"congenial",
"harmonious",
"allowed",
"authorized",
"permitted",
"approved",
"endorsed",
"indorsed",
"kosher",
"licensed",
"sanctioned",
"abetted",
"encouraged",
"promoted",
"supported",
"acceptable",
"adequate",
"all right",
"decent",
"fine",
"OK",
"okay",
"passable",
"respectable",
"satisfactory",
"tolerable",
"commendable",
"creditable",
"exemplary",
"blameless",
"irreproachable",
"balanced",
"companionate",
"congruous",
"consonant",
"harmonious"
],
"antonyms":[
"appropriate",
"becoming",
"befitting",
"correct",
"decorous",
"felicitous",
"fit",
"fitting",
"genteel",
"happy",
"meet",
"proper",
"right",
"seemly",
"suitable"
]
},
"not being in agreement or harmony":{
"examples":[
"incongruous theories about the origins of matter"
],
"synonyms":[
"clashing",
"conflicting",
"disagreeing",
"discordant",
"discrepant",
"incompatible",
"inconsistent",
"inconsonant",
"inharmonious",
"mutually exclusive",
"repugnant"
],
"near synonyms":[
"irreconcilable",
"antagonistic",
"antipodal",
"antipodean",
"antithetical",
"contradictory",
"contrary",
"diametric",
"diametrical",
"opposing",
"opposite"
],
"near antonyms":[
"akin",
"like",
"similar"
],
"antonyms":[
"accordant",
"agreeing",
"compatible",
"concordant",
"conformable (to)",
"congruent",
"congruous",
"consistent",
"consonant",
"correspondent (with or to)",
"harmonious",
"nonconflicting"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"income tax":{
"as in property tax , sales tax":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"capitation",
"custom(s)",
"excise",
"hidden tax",
"poll tax",
"property tax",
"sales tax",
"single tax",
"sin tax",
"tariff",
"toll",
"tribute",
"value-added tax",
"withholding tax",
"assessment",
"duty",
"imposition",
"impost",
"levy",
"tax",
"direct tax",
"personal tax",
"supertax",
"surcharge",
"surtax",
"death tax",
"estate tax",
"inheritance tax",
"flat tax",
"proportional tax"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"incontestable":{
"not capable of being challenged or proved wrong":{
"examples":[
"the incontestable statement that every contest has a winner and a loser"
],
"synonyms":[
"accomplished",
"certain",
"inarguable",
"incontrovertible",
"indisputable",
"indubitable",
"irrefragable",
"irrefutable",
"positive",
"sure",
"unanswerable",
"unarguable",
"unchallengeable",
"undeniable",
"unquestionable"
],
"near synonyms":[
"unambiguous",
"unequivocal",
"absolute",
"clear",
"conclusive",
"decisive",
"definite",
"hands-down",
"uncontested",
"uncontradicted",
"undisputed",
"unquestioned"
],
"near antonyms":[
"controversial",
"debated",
"disputed",
"doubtful",
"dubious",
"iffy",
"inconclusive",
"indecisive",
"uncertain",
"ambiguous",
"equivocal",
"academic",
"academical",
"hypothetical",
"speculative",
"theoretical",
"theoretic"
],
"antonyms":[
"answerable",
"arguable",
"contradictable",
"controvertible",
"debatable",
"disputable",
"doubtable",
"moot",
"negotiable",
"problematic",
"problematical",
"questionable",
"refutable"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"incapably":{
"as in poorly , ineptly":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"amateurishly",
"artlessly",
"incompetently",
"inefficiently",
"ineptly",
"inexpertly",
"poorly",
"unskillfully",
"inaptly",
"awkwardly",
"clumsily",
"crudely"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ably",
"adeptly",
"adroitly",
"artfully",
"capably",
"competently",
"consummately",
"deftly",
"expertly",
"masterfully",
"masterly",
"proficiently",
"skillfully",
"well",
"aptly",
"fluently",
"cleanly",
"cleverly",
"dexterously",
"neatly",
"nimbly"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"incidentals":{
"as in details , particulars":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"details",
"minutiae",
"particulars",
"ins and outs",
"mechanics",
"rope",
"workings",
"oddities",
"quirks",
"brass tacks",
"nuts and bolts"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"incorporations":{
"a visible representation of something abstract (as a quality)":{
"examples":[
"the workers stood nervously before the company boss, for he was to them the incorporation of all that controlled their fate"
],
"synonyms":[
"abstracts",
"avatars",
"embodiers",
"embodiments",
"epitomes",
"externalizations",
"geniuses",
"genii",
"icons",
"ikons",
"images",
"incarnations",
"instantiations",
"manifestations",
"objectifications",
"personifications",
"personifiers"
],
"near synonyms":[
"actualizations",
"concretizations",
"exemplifications",
"personalizations",
"realizations",
"substantiations",
"essences",
"quintessences",
"souls",
"archetypes",
"exemplars",
"models",
"paradigms",
"patterns",
"reincarnations"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"inconsideration":{
"rude behavior":{
"examples":[
"fortunately, the inconsideration and self-centeredness of toddlers is eventually outgrown"
],
"synonyms":[
"dis",
"diss",
"discourteousness",
"discourtesy",
"disrespect",
"disrespectfulness",
"impertinence",
"impertinency",
"impoliteness",
"impudence",
"incivility",
"inconsiderateness",
"insolence",
"rudeness",
"ungraciousness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"audacity",
"boldness",
"brashness",
"brassiness",
"forwardness",
"sauciness",
"shamelessness",
"boorishness",
"caddishness",
"churlishness",
"clownishness",
"crudeness",
"loutishness",
"vulgarity",
"abruptness",
"bluntness",
"brusqueness",
"crustiness",
"curtness",
"gruffness",
"sharpness",
"crabbedness",
"crossness",
"disagreeableness",
"grumpiness",
"sullenness",
"surliness",
"improperness",
"impropriety",
"inappropriateness",
"incorrectness",
"indecency",
"unfitness",
"unsuitability",
"arrogance",
"conceit",
"conceitedness",
"presumption",
"pretense",
"pretence",
"pretension",
"pretentiousness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"humility",
"meekness",
"modesty",
"deference",
"dutifulness",
"respectfulness",
"submissiveness",
"acceptability",
"appropriateness",
"correctness",
"decency",
"decorousness",
"fitness",
"goodness",
"propriety",
"respectability",
"respectableness",
"rightness",
"seemliness",
"suitability",
"suitableness",
"affability",
"cordiality",
"friendliness",
"geniality",
"hospitality",
"kindness",
"felicitousness",
"grace",
"gracefulness"
],
"antonyms":[
"civility",
"considerateness",
"consideration",
"courtesy",
"genteelness",
"gentility",
"graciousness",
"politeness",
"politesse",
"thoughtfulness"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"inconsistency":{
"something that is not in agreement with other information":{
"examples":[
"The job application was full of inconsistencies ; even the applicant's name was spelled three different ways."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"discrepancy",
"difference",
"disparity",
"inconsistence",
"error",
"mistake",
"aberration",
"abnormality",
"anomaly",
"exception",
"oddity",
"oddment",
"rarity",
"curiosity",
"peculiarity",
"singularity",
"accident",
"bizarrerie",
"phenomenon",
"quirk",
"vagary",
"distortion",
"kink",
"mutation",
"variation",
"contradiction",
"paradox"
],
"near antonyms":[
"regularity",
"uniformity",
"congruity",
"consistence",
"consistency",
"correspondence"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"incontinently":{
"without delay":{
"examples":[
"upon reading the rave review, I incontinently called the restaurant for a reservation"
],
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"bang",
"directly",
"forthwith",
"headlong",
"immediately",
"instantaneously",
"instanter",
"instantly",
"now",
"PDQ",
"plumb",
"presently",
"promptly",
"pronto",
"right",
"right away",
"right now",
"right off",
"straight off",
"straightaway",
"straightway"
],
"near synonyms":[
"away",
"freely",
"anon",
"momentarily",
"shortly",
"soon",
"apace",
"briskly",
"fast",
"fleetly",
"full tilt",
"posthaste",
"quick",
"quickly",
"rapidly",
"readily",
"snappily",
"speedily",
"swift",
"swiftly",
"abruptly",
"presto",
"suddenly",
"unexpectedly",
"hastily",
"impetuously",
"impulsively",
"rashly",
"recklessly",
"exactly",
"opportunely",
"punctually",
"seasonably"
],
"near antonyms":[
"slowly",
"late",
"tardily"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"incurvating":{
"as in reflecting , incurving":{
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"incurving",
"inflecting",
"reflecting",
"arching",
"bending",
"bowing",
"crooking",
"curving",
"hooking",
"swerving",
"arcing",
"rounding",
"deflecting",
"diverting",
"entwining",
"kinking",
"swirling",
"turning",
"twining",
"twisting",
"veering",
"warping",
"coiling",
"curling",
"enrolling",
"looping",
"spiraling",
"spiralling",
"denting",
"dimpling",
"meandering",
"waving",
"weaving",
"winding",
"declining",
"inclining",
"sloping"
],
"near antonyms":[
"straightening",
"unbending",
"uncurling"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"inclose":{
"to close or shut in by or as if by barriers":{
"examples":[
"dogs who spend the day enclosed in small cages"
],
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"box (in)",
"cage",
"closet",
"coop (up)",
"corral",
"encage",
"encase",
"envelop",
"fence (in)",
"hedge",
"hem (in)",
"house",
"immure",
"include",
"mew (up)",
"pen",
"wall (in)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bound",
"circumscribe",
"confine",
"contain",
"limit",
"restrict",
"encircle",
"encompass",
"enfold",
"enframe",
"enlace",
"frame",
"ring",
"surround",
"armor",
"cocoon",
"encapsulate",
"encapsule",
"encyst",
"ensheathe",
"ensphere",
"enwomb"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to form a circle around":{
"examples":[
"in a show of support, the women rushed to enclose their distraught friend"
],
"synonyms":[
"circle",
"compass",
"embrace",
"encircle",
"encompass",
"environ",
"gird",
"girdle",
"ring",
"surround",
"wreathe"
],
"near synonyms":[
"circumscribe",
"close in",
"cordon (off)",
"fence (in)",
"hem (in)",
"wall",
"beset",
"besiege",
"entrench",
"intrench",
"invest",
"swarm"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to surround or cover closely":{
"examples":[
"the house was enclosed by a high hedge that shielded it from public view"
],
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"bosom",
"bower",
"circumfuse",
"cocoon",
"embosom",
"embower",
"embrace",
"encompass",
"enfold",
"enshroud",
"enswathe",
"envelop",
"enwrap",
"invest",
"involve",
"lap",
"mantle",
"muffle",
"shroud",
"swathe",
"veil",
"wrap"
],
"near synonyms":[
"curtain",
"drape",
"embed",
"imbed",
"encase",
"swaddle",
"blanket",
"overlay",
"overspread",
"camouflage",
"cloak",
"disguise",
"mask",
"circle",
"encircle",
"enlace",
"enwind"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bare",
"denude",
"expose",
"strip"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"incorrectness":{
"the quality or state of being unsuitable or unfitting":{
"examples":[
"the alleged incorrectness of the hat she wore to her daughter's wedding mattered only to gossips"
],
"synonyms":[
"improperness",
"impropriety",
"inappositeness",
"inappropriateness",
"inaptness",
"infelicity",
"unfitness",
"wrongness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"extraneousness",
"inadequacy",
"inadequateness",
"inadmissibility",
"inapplicability",
"irrelevance",
"meaninglessness",
"pointlessness",
"senselessness",
"inauspiciousness",
"inexpedience",
"inexpediency",
"intolerability",
"undesirability",
"undesirableness",
"unsatisfactoriness",
"uselessness",
"unbecomingness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"admissibility",
"applicability",
"bearing",
"connection",
"materiality",
"pertinence",
"pointedness",
"relevance",
"relevancy"
],
"antonyms":[
"appositeness",
"appropriateness",
"aptness",
"correctness",
"felicitousness",
"felicity",
"fitness",
"fittingness",
"properness",
"propriety",
"rightness",
"seemliness",
"suitability",
"suitableness"
]
},
"the quality or state of not being socially proper":{
"examples":[
"the utter incorrectness of the use of such language in a church can scarcely be expressed"
],
"synonyms":[
"impropriety",
"inappropriateness",
"indecency",
"indecorousness",
"indecorum",
"indelicateness",
"unbecomingness",
"unfitness",
"unseemliness",
"untowardness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"coarseness",
"crudeness",
"vulgarity",
"immodesty",
"naughtiness",
"imprudence",
"indiscreetness",
"indiscretion",
"churlishness",
"discourteousness",
"disrespect",
"impertinence",
"impoliteness",
"impudence",
"incivility",
"inconsiderateness",
"inconsideration",
"insolence",
"rudeness",
"ungraciousness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"discretion",
"prudence",
"etiquette",
"form",
"manners",
"proprieties",
"considerateness",
"consideration",
"genteelness",
"gentility",
"graciousness",
"thoughtfulness"
],
"antonyms":[
"appropriateness",
"correctness",
"decency",
"decorousness",
"decorum",
"fitness",
"properness",
"propriety",
"rightness",
"seemliness",
"suitability",
"suitableness"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"inconstant":{
"likely to change frequently, suddenly, or unexpectedly":{
"examples":[
"our windjammer sailed wherever the inconstant winds took us"
],
"synonyms":[
"capricious",
"changeable",
"changeful",
"fickle",
"flickery",
"fluctuating",
"fluid",
"inconsistent",
"mercurial",
"mutable",
"skittish",
"temperamental",
"uncertain",
"unpredictable",
"unsettled",
"unstable",
"unsteady",
"variable",
"volatile"
],
"near synonyms":[
"aimless",
"arbitrary",
"desultory",
"erratic",
"haphazard",
"hit-or-miss",
"irregular",
"random",
"scattered",
"slapdash",
"stray",
"ambivalent",
"hesitating",
"shaky",
"shilly-shally",
"shilly-shallying",
"vacillating",
"wavering",
"dicey",
"undependable",
"unreliable",
"untrustworthy",
"adaptable",
"mobile",
"protean",
"versatile"
],
"near antonyms":[
"equable",
"even",
"uniform",
"abiding",
"durable",
"lasting",
"permanent",
"persistent",
"dependable",
"reliable",
"sure",
"tried",
"tried-and-true",
"true",
"trustworthy",
"trusty"
],
"antonyms":[
"certain",
"changeless",
"constant",
"immutable",
"invariable",
"predictable",
"settled",
"stable",
"stationary",
"steady",
"unchangeable",
"unchanging",
"unvarying"
]
},
"not true in one's allegiance to someone or something":{
"examples":[
"an inconstant but always entertaining friend"
],
"synonyms":[
"disloyal",
"faithless",
"false",
"fickle",
"perfidious",
"recreant",
"traitorous",
"treacherous",
"unfaithful",
"untrue"
],
"near synonyms":[
"irresponsible",
"trustless",
"undependable",
"unreliable",
"untrustworthy",
"faltering",
"hesitant",
"vacillating",
"wavering",
"dubious",
"irresolute",
"uncertain",
"apathetic",
"dispassionate",
"uninterested"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dependable",
"dutiful",
"reliable",
"responsible",
"solid",
"tried",
"tried-and-true",
"trustable",
"trustworthy",
"trusty",
"unfaltering",
"unhesitating",
"unwavering",
"determined",
"intent",
"resolute",
"confirmed",
"dyed-in-the-wool",
"inveterate",
"sworn",
"ardent",
"avid",
"enthusiastic",
"fervent",
"fervid",
"impassioned",
"passionate"
],
"antonyms":[
"constant",
"dedicated",
"devoted",
"devout",
"down-the-line",
"faithful",
"fast",
"loyal",
"staunch",
"stanch",
"steadfast",
"steady",
"true"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"incandescently":{
"in a manner marked by the shining or reflecting of much light":{
"examples":[
"with lights burning as incandescently as the midday sun, soundstages on early color films often reached 100 degrees"
],
"synonyms":[
"bright",
"brightly",
"brilliantly",
"dazzlingly",
"fulgently",
"glowingly",
"lambently",
"luminously",
"lustrously",
"radiantly",
"splendidly"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blazingly",
"burningly",
"flamingly",
"blindingly",
"flaringly",
"flickeringly",
"glaringly",
"glitteringly",
"opalescently",
"pellucidly"
],
"near antonyms":[
"darkly",
"duskily",
"gloomily",
"murkily",
"obscurely",
"somberly",
"cloudily",
"shadily",
"shadowily"
],
"antonyms":[
"dimly",
"dully"
]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"incommoded":{
"to cause discomfort to or trouble for":{
"examples":[
"the innkeeper tried to hide how much the request incommoded them"
],
"synonyms":[
"discommoded",
"disobliged",
"disturbed",
"inconvenienced",
"put out",
"troubled"
],
"near synonyms":[
"burdened",
"encumbered",
"saddled",
"weighed",
"fettered",
"hampered",
"hamstrung",
"handicapped",
"held back",
"held up",
"hindered",
"hobbled",
"impeded",
"inhibited",
"interfered (with)",
"manacled",
"obstructed",
"shackled",
"tied up",
"trammeled",
"trammelled",
"aggravated",
"angered",
"annoyed",
"bothered",
"bugged",
"chafed",
"exasperated",
"galled",
"got",
"irked",
"nettled",
"peeved",
"piqued",
"riled",
"vexed",
"vext",
"grated",
"inflamed",
"enflamed",
"provoked",
"agitated",
"perturbed",
"upset"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abetted",
"aided",
"assisted",
"helped",
"eased",
"facilitated",
"smoothed",
"appeased",
"conciliated",
"disarmed",
"mollified",
"pacified",
"placated",
"delighted",
"gladdened",
"gratified",
"pleased",
"satisfied",
"comforted",
"consoled",
"contented"
],
"antonyms":[
"accommodated",
"favored",
"obliged"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"increased":{
"being at a higher level than average":{
"examples":[
"an increased concentration of sugar in the bloodstream"
],
"synonyms":[
"elevated",
"escalated",
"heightened",
"high",
"jacked (up)",
"raised",
"up"
],
"near synonyms":[
"extreme",
"full",
"maximized",
"maximum",
"peaked",
"sky-high",
"utmost",
"inflated",
"over",
"overfilled",
"overflowing",
"overfull",
"overlarge",
"overloaded",
"oversize",
"oversized"
],
"near antonyms":[
"decreased",
"depressed",
"dropped",
"knockdown",
"receded",
"under"
],
"antonyms":[
"down",
"low"
]
},
"to make greater in size, amount, or number":{
"examples":[
"we have to increase the number of season-ticket holders if the local sports franchise is to survive"
],
"synonyms":[
"accelerated",
"added (to)",
"aggrandized",
"amplified",
"augmented",
"boosted",
"built up",
"compounded",
"enlarged",
"escalated",
"expanded",
"extended",
"hyped",
"multiplied",
"pumped up",
"raised",
"stoked",
"supersized",
"swelled",
"upped"
],
"near synonyms":[
"boomed",
"jumped",
"skyrocketed",
"spiked",
"bumped (up)",
"ratcheted (up)",
"racheted (up)",
"blew up",
"dilated",
"distended",
"inflated",
"drew out",
"elongated",
"fleshed (out)",
"lengthened",
"prolonged",
"protracted",
"stretched",
"developed",
"enhanced",
"heightened",
"intensified",
"magnified",
"complemented",
"supplemented",
"beefed (up)",
"reinforced",
"reenforced",
"strengthened",
"maximized",
"accumulated",
"amassed",
"collected",
"followed up",
"parlayed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abbreviated",
"abridged",
"curtailed",
"shortened",
"compressed",
"condensed",
"constricted",
"contracted",
"cut back",
"retrenched"
],
"antonyms":[
"abated",
"decreased",
"de-escalated",
"diminished",
"downsized",
"dwindled",
"lessened",
"lowered",
"minified",
"reduced",
"subtracted (from)"
]
},
"to become greater in extent, volume, amount, or number":{
"examples":[
"the number of Internet users increased exponentially during the 1990s"
],
"synonyms":[
"accelerated",
"accumulated",
"appreciated",
"ballooned",
"boomed",
"built up",
"burgeoned",
"bourgeoned",
"climbed",
"enlarged",
"escalated",
"expanded",
"gained",
"mounted",
"multiplied",
"mushroomed",
"proliferated",
"rolled up",
"rose",
"snowballed",
"spread",
"swelled",
"waxed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"jumped",
"rocketed",
"skyrocketed",
"surged",
"heightened",
"intensified",
"redoubled",
"blew up",
"bulked",
"distended",
"inflated",
"puffed (up)",
"crescendoed",
"crested",
"peaked"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"contracted",
"decreased",
"diminished",
"dwindled",
"lessened",
"receded",
"waned"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"inconsiderations":{
"showing a lack of manners or consideration for others":{
"examples":[
"she was inconsiderate by nature, never bothering to hold the door for the next person"
],
"synonyms":[
"discourteous",
"disrespectful",
"ill-bred",
"ill-mannered",
"impertinent",
"impolite",
"rude",
"thoughtless",
"uncalled-for",
"uncivil",
"ungracious",
"unhandsome",
"unmannered",
"unmannerly"
],
"near synonyms":[
"arch",
"audacious",
"bold",
"bold-faced",
"brash",
"brassy",
"brazen",
"cheeky",
"fresh",
"impudent",
"insolent",
"lippy",
"sassy",
"saucy",
"shameless",
"boorish",
"caddish",
"churlish",
"clownish",
"loutish",
"uncouth",
"vulgar",
"abrupt",
"blunt",
"brusque",
"brusk",
"crusty",
"curt",
"gruff",
"sharp",
"snippety",
"snippy",
"antisocial",
"crabbed",
"cross",
"disagreeable",
"grumpy",
"sullen",
"surly",
"improper",
"incorrect",
"indecent",
"indecorous",
"unseemly",
"arrogant",
"bumptious",
"conceited",
"haughty",
"high-handed",
"imperious",
"peremptory",
"pompous",
"presumptuous",
"pretentious",
"supercilious",
"superior"
],
"near antonyms":[
"humble",
"meek",
"modest",
"unassertive",
"deferential",
"dutiful",
"respectful",
"submissive",
"yielding",
"acceptable",
"appropriate",
"becoming",
"befitting",
"correct",
"decent",
"decorous",
"fit",
"fitting",
"good",
"meet",
"proper",
"respectable",
"right",
"seemly",
"suitable",
"affable",
"cordial",
"friendly",
"genial",
"hospitable",
"sociable",
"felicitous",
"graceful",
"chivalrous",
"courtly",
"gallant",
"ceremonious",
"elegant",
"refined"
],
"antonyms":[
"civil",
"considerate",
"courteous",
"genteel",
"gracious",
"mannerly",
"polite",
"thoughtful",
"well-bred"
]
},
"rude behavior":{
"examples":[
"fortunately, the inconsideration and self-centeredness of toddlers is eventually outgrown"
],
"synonyms":[
"dis",
"diss",
"discourteousness",
"discourtesy",
"disrespect",
"disrespectfulness",
"impertinence",
"impertinency",
"impoliteness",
"impudence",
"incivility",
"inconsiderateness",
"insolence",
"rudeness",
"ungraciousness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"audacity",
"boldness",
"brashness",
"brassiness",
"forwardness",
"sauciness",
"shamelessness",
"boorishness",
"caddishness",
"churlishness",
"clownishness",
"crudeness",
"loutishness",
"vulgarity",
"abruptness",
"bluntness",
"brusqueness",
"crustiness",
"curtness",
"gruffness",
"sharpness",
"crabbedness",
"crossness",
"disagreeableness",
"grumpiness",
"sullenness",
"surliness",
"improperness",
"impropriety",
"inappropriateness",
"incorrectness",
"indecency",
"unfitness",
"unsuitability",
"arrogance",
"conceit",
"conceitedness",
"presumption",
"pretense",
"pretence",
"pretension",
"pretentiousness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"humility",
"meekness",
"modesty",
"deference",
"dutifulness",
"respectfulness",
"submissiveness",
"acceptability",
"appropriateness",
"correctness",
"decency",
"decorousness",
"fitness",
"goodness",
"propriety",
"respectability",
"respectableness",
"rightness",
"seemliness",
"suitability",
"suitableness",
"affability",
"cordiality",
"friendliness",
"geniality",
"hospitality",
"kindness",
"felicitousness",
"grace",
"gracefulness"
],
"antonyms":[
"civility",
"considerateness",
"consideration",
"courtesy",
"genteelness",
"gentility",
"graciousness",
"politeness",
"politesse",
"thoughtfulness"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"inchoate":{
"beginning to come into existence":{
"examples":[
"inchoate feelings of affection for a man whom she had, up till now, thought of as only a friend"
],
"synonyms":[
"aborning",
"budding",
"inceptive",
"incipient",
"nascent"
],
"near synonyms":[
"first",
"formative",
"inaugural",
"inchoative",
"initial",
"original",
"elementary",
"embryonic",
"fundamental",
"rudimentary",
"formless",
"incoherent",
"introductory",
"preliminary",
"preparatory",
"crude",
"primitive",
"rude"
],
"near antonyms":[
"advanced",
"developed",
"evolved",
"high",
"higher",
"improved",
"refined"
],
"antonyms":[
"adult",
"full-blown",
"full-fledged",
"mature",
"ripe",
"ripened"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"incentives":{
"something that arouses action or activity":{
"examples":[
"the handsome reward for the missing dog was an incentive for me to start looking"
],
"synonyms":[
"boosts",
"encouragements",
"goads",
"impetuses",
"impulses",
"incitations",
"incitements",
"instigations",
"momenta",
"momentums",
"motivations",
"provocations",
"spurs",
"stimulants",
"stimuli",
"yeasts"
],
"near synonyms":[
"inducements",
"invitations",
"antecedents",
"causes",
"considerations",
"grounds",
"motives",
"occasions",
"reasons",
"catalysts",
"catalyzers",
"fuels",
"sparks"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"counterincentives",
"counter-incentives",
"disincentives"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"incommutable":{
"not capable of changing or being changed":{
"examples":[
"a traditionalist and staunch opponent of relativism, she argues that there is indeed a timeless and incommutable moral code by which all must abide"
],
"synonyms":[
"fixed",
"hard-and-fast",
"immutable",
"inalterable",
"inflexible",
"invariable",
"unalterable",
"unchangeable"
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"changeless",
"constant",
"determinate",
"established",
"set",
"settled",
"stable",
"steadfast",
"steady",
"unaltered",
"unchanging",
"unvarying",
"immovable",
"unmovable"
],
"near antonyms":[
"adaptable",
"adjustable",
"fickle",
"fluctuating",
"inconstant",
"uncertain",
"unsettled",
"unstable",
"varying",
"plastic",
"pliable",
"pliant",
"supple",
"willowy"
],
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"alterable",
"changeable",
"elastic",
"flexible",
"mutable",
"variable"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"incontrovertibly":{
"without any question":{
"examples":[
"an incontrovertibly accurate measurement of the height of the mountain"
],
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"all right",
"alright",
"assuredly",
"certainly",
"clearly",
"definitely",
"doubtless",
"easily",
"forsooth",
"hands down",
"inarguably",
"incontestably",
"indeed",
"indisputably",
"plainly",
"really",
"so",
"sure",
"surely",
"truly",
"unarguably",
"undeniably",
"undoubtedly",
"unquestionably"
],
"near synonyms":[
"conceivably",
"likely",
"perhaps",
"possibly",
"probably",
"obviously",
"unmistakably"
],
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},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"inclines":{
"the degree to which something rises up from a position level with the horizon":{
"examples":[
"the steep incline of the hill meant that it was impossible to ride a bicycle up it"
],
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"cants",
"diagonals",
"grades",
"gradients",
"inclinations",
"leans",
"pitches",
"rakes",
"slants",
"slopes",
"upgrades"
],
"near synonyms":[
"ascents",
"banks",
"climbs",
"rises"
],
"near antonyms":[
"declensions",
"declinations",
"declines",
"declivities",
"descents",
"dips",
"downgrades",
"falls",
"hangings",
"hangs"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to set or cause to be at an angle":{
"examples":[
"carefully inclined the ladder against the house"
],
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"angles",
"cants",
"cocks",
"heels",
"leans",
"lists",
"pitches",
"slants",
"slopes",
"tilts",
"tips"
],
"near synonyms":[
"banks",
"bends",
"deviates",
"swerves",
"veers",
"declines",
"descends",
"reclines",
"retreats"
],
"near antonyms":[
"evens",
"flattens",
"levels",
"straightens"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to show a liking or proneness (for something)":{
"examples":[
"a good restaurant for diners who incline to spicy food"
],
"synonyms":[
"leans",
"runs",
"tends",
"trends"
],
"near synonyms":[
"goes",
"gravitates",
"indicates",
"points",
"suggests"
],
"near antonyms":[
"avoids",
"shies (from or away from)",
"shuns"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"inconsistences":{
"something that is not in agreement with other information":{
"examples":[
"The court case was dismissed because of the inconsistence in the plaintiff's statements."
],
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"differences",
"discrepancies",
"disparities",
"inconsistencies",
"errors",
"mistakes",
"aberrations",
"abnormalities",
"anomalies",
"exceptions",
"oddities",
"oddments",
"rarities",
"curiosities",
"peculiarities",
"singularities",
"accidents",
"bizarreries",
"phenomena",
"phenomenons",
"quirks",
"vagaries",
"distortions",
"kinks",
"mutations",
"variations",
"contradictions",
"paradoxes"
],
"near antonyms":[
"regularities",
"uniformities",
"congruities",
"consistences",
"consistencies",
"correspondences"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"incendiaries":{
"a person who deliberately and unlawfully sets fire to a building or other property":{
"examples":[
"firefighters caught the incendiary , who was watching the effects of his handiwork"
],
"synonyms":[
"arsonists",
"firebugs",
"torches"
],
"near synonyms":[
"pyromaniacs",
"flamers",
"igniters",
"ignitors",
"immolators",
"inflamers",
"kindlers"
],
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"antonyms":[]
},
"a person who stirs up public feelings especially of discontent":{
"examples":[
"blamed the protests on outside incendiaries who were intent on overthrowing the government"
],
"synonyms":[
"agitators",
"demagogues",
"demagogs",
"exciters",
"firebrands",
"fomenters",
"inciters",
"instigators",
"kindlers",
"provocateurs",
"rabble-rousers"
],
"near synonyms":[
"demonstrators",
"marchers",
"objectors",
"picketers",
"protesters",
"protestors",
"advocates",
"apostles",
"backers",
"boosters",
"champions",
"exponents",
"persuaders",
"promoters",
"proponents",
"reformers",
"reformists",
"supporters",
"alarmists",
"extremists",
"insurgents",
"insurrectionists",
"radicals",
"rebels",
"revolters",
"revolutionaries",
"revolutionists",
"subversives",
"troublemakers",
"prodders",
"prompters",
"provokers",
"agents provocateurs"
],
"near antonyms":[
"peacemakers",
"reconcilers",
"uniters"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"incompetent":{
"lacking qualities (as knowledge, skill, or ability) required to do a job":{
"examples":[
"an incompetent carpenter had built the deck, and the railings were loose already"
],
"synonyms":[
"inapt",
"incapable",
"inept",
"inexpert",
"unable",
"unfit",
"unfitted",
"unqualified",
"unskilled",
"unskillful"
],
"near synonyms":[
"ineffective",
"ineffectual",
"inefficient",
"amateurish",
"callow",
"dilettantish",
"green",
"inexperienced",
"raw",
"unprofessional",
"unequipped",
"unprepared",
"untrained",
"useless",
"worthless",
"disqualified",
"ineligible",
"wanting"
],
"near antonyms":[
"prepared",
"ready",
"trained",
"overqualified",
"accomplished",
"ace",
"adept",
"consummate",
"crack",
"experienced",
"practiced",
"practised",
"seasoned",
"veteran",
"virtuoso",
"all-around",
"all-round",
"protean",
"versatile"
],
"antonyms":[
"able",
"capable",
"competent",
"expert",
"fit",
"qualified",
"skilled",
"skillful",
"ultracompetent"
]
},
"as in muddler":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"muddler",
"blunderbuss",
"blunderer",
"botcher",
"bumbler",
"bungler",
"butcher",
"fumbler",
"screwup"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ace",
"adept",
"crackerjack",
"crackajack",
"expert",
"maestro",
"master",
"virtuoso",
"wizard"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"incarnates":{
"to represent in visible form":{
"examples":[
"the general view that Hitler incarnated extreme egotism and indeed evil itself"
],
"synonyms":[
"bodies",
"embodies",
"epitomizes",
"expresses",
"externalizes",
"incorporates",
"instantiates",
"manifests",
"materializes",
"personalizes",
"personifies",
"substantiates"
],
"near synonyms":[
"actualizes",
"concretizes",
"realizes",
"exemplifies",
"illustrates",
"images",
"objectifies",
"symbolizes",
"typifies"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"incriminates":{
"to make a claim of wrongdoing against":{
"examples":[
"in exchange for a reduced sentence, the thief agreed to incriminate his accomplice"
],
"synonyms":[
"accuses",
"charges",
"criminates",
"defames",
"impeaches",
"indicts"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blames",
"calls (on)",
"castigates",
"censures",
"condemns",
"criticizes",
"damns",
"denounces",
"faults",
"impugns",
"reproaches",
"reprobates",
"chides",
"rebukes",
"reproves",
"taxes",
"appeals",
"arraigns",
"books",
"cites",
"summons",
"prosecutes",
"sues",
"tries",
"frames",
"implicates",
"inculpates",
"informs (against)",
"names",
"reports",
"recriminates",
"retaliates"
],
"near antonyms":[
"advocates",
"champions",
"defends",
"excuses",
"forgives",
"justifies",
"pardons",
"remits",
"shrives"
],
"antonyms":[
"absolves",
"acquits",
"clears",
"exculpates",
"exonerates",
"vindicates"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"increasing":{
"to make greater in size, amount, or number":{
"examples":[
"we have to increase the number of season-ticket holders if the local sports franchise is to survive"
],
"synonyms":[
"accelerating",
"adding (to)",
"aggrandizing",
"amplifying",
"augmenting",
"boosting",
"building up",
"compounding",
"enlarging",
"escalating",
"expanding",
"extending",
"hyping",
"multiplying",
"pumping up",
"raising",
"stoking",
"supersizing",
"swelling",
"upping"
],
"near synonyms":[
"booming",
"jumping",
"skyrocketing",
"spiking",
"bumping (up)",
"ratcheting (up)",
"racheting (up)",
"blowing up",
"dilating",
"distending",
"inflating",
"drawing out",
"elongating",
"fleshing (out)",
"lengthening",
"prolonging",
"protracting",
"stretching",
"developing",
"enhancing",
"heightening",
"intensifying",
"magnifying",
"complementing",
"supplementing",
"beefing (up)",
"reinforcing",
"reenforcing",
"strengthening",
"maximizing",
"accumulating",
"amassing",
"collecting",
"following up",
"parlaying"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abbreviating",
"abridging",
"curtailing",
"shortening",
"compressing",
"condensing",
"constricting",
"contracting",
"cutting back",
"retrenching"
],
"antonyms":[
"abating",
"decreasing",
"de-escalating",
"diminishing",
"downsizing",
"dwindling",
"lessening",
"lowering",
"minifying",
"reducing",
"subtracting (from)"
]
},
"to become greater in extent, volume, amount, or number":{
"examples":[
"the number of Internet users increased exponentially during the 1990s"
],
"synonyms":[
"accelerating",
"accumulating",
"appreciating",
"ballooning",
"booming",
"building up",
"burgeoning",
"bourgeoning",
"climbing",
"enlarging",
"escalating",
"expanding",
"gaining",
"mounting",
"multiplying",
"mushrooming",
"proliferating",
"rising",
"rolling up",
"snowballing",
"spreading",
"swelling",
"waxing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"jumping",
"rocketing",
"skyrocketing",
"surging",
"heightening",
"intensifying",
"redoubling",
"blowing up",
"bulking",
"distending",
"inflating",
"puffing (up)",
"crescendoing",
"cresting",
"peaking"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"contracting",
"decreasing",
"diminishing",
"dwindling",
"lessening",
"receding",
"waning"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"incrust":{
"to cover with a hardened layer":{
"examples":[
"refrigerator shelves that were encrusted with the residue of many spills"
],
"synonyms":[
"cake",
"crust",
"rime"
],
"near synonyms":[
"besmear",
"coat",
"smear",
"spread",
"cover",
"daub",
"coagulate",
"congeal",
"harden"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"inchmeal":{
"by small steps or amounts":{
"examples":[
"the troops moved through the village inchmeal , recapturing it virtually house by house"
],
"synonyms":[
"gradationally",
"gradually",
"little by little",
"piece by piece",
"piecemeal"
],
"near synonyms":[
"hierarchically",
"crescively",
"increasingly",
"progressively",
"fractionally",
"imperceptibly",
"slowly"
],
"near antonyms":[
"acutely",
"sharply",
"steeply",
"hastily",
"precipitously"
],
"antonyms":[
"abruptly",
"suddenly"
]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"incorporating":{
"to make a part of a body or system":{
"examples":[
"astronomers had to incorporate the existence of Pluto into their scheme of the solar system after the dwarf planet was discovered"
],
"synonyms":[
"absorbing",
"assimilating",
"co-opting",
"embodying",
"integrating"
],
"near synonyms":[
"amalgamating",
"blending",
"combining",
"commingling",
"fusing",
"intermingling",
"merging",
"mingling",
"acculturating",
"accustoming",
"conditioning",
"enculturating",
"habituating",
"naturalizing"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to turn into a single mass or entity that is more or less the same throughout":{
"examples":[
"incorporated all the ingredients for the cheesecake mixture"
],
"synonyms":[
"amalgamating",
"blending",
"combining",
"comingling",
"commingling",
"commixing",
"compositing",
"concreting",
"conflating",
"fusing",
"homogenizing",
"immingling",
"immixing",
"integrating",
"interfusing",
"intermingling",
"intermixing",
"melding",
"merging",
"mingling",
"mixing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"adding",
"admixing",
"beating (in)",
"cutting in",
"folding",
"stirring",
"tossing",
"coalescing",
"compounding",
"emulsifying",
"conjoining",
"joining",
"knitting",
"linking",
"uniting",
"intertwining",
"interweaving",
"weaving"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cleaving",
"disjoining",
"disuniting",
"dividing",
"divorcing",
"parting",
"rupturing",
"severing",
"sundering",
"dispersing",
"dissolving",
"scattering",
"detaching",
"disengaging",
"splitting"
],
"antonyms":[
"breaking down",
"breaking up",
"separating",
"unmixing"
]
},
"to represent in visible form":{
"examples":[
"the one-of-a-kind house incorporates the architect's fundamental belief that a structure should be fully integrated into its setting"
],
"synonyms":[
"bodying",
"embodying",
"epitomizing",
"expressing",
"externalizing",
"incarnating",
"instantiating",
"manifesting",
"materializing",
"personalizing",
"personifying",
"substantiating"
],
"near synonyms":[
"actualizing",
"concretizing",
"realizing",
"exemplifying",
"illustrating",
"imaging",
"objectifying",
"symbolizing",
"typifying"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"incarcerations":{
"the act of confining or the state of being confined":{
"examples":[
"he was bored and frustrated by his incarceration in the quarantine"
],
"synonyms":[
"captivities",
"confinements",
"immurements",
"impoundments",
"imprisonments",
"internments",
"prisons"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bondages",
"enslavements",
"servitudes",
"restraints",
"restrictions",
"arrests",
"captures",
"entrapments",
"custodies",
"detainers",
"detainments",
"detentions",
"house arrests"
],
"near antonyms":[
"emancipations",
"liberations",
"manumissions",
"redemptions",
"releases",
"freedoms",
"independences",
"liberties"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the state of being held in lawful custody":{
"examples":[
"sentenced to six months of incarceration for dealing in narcotics"
],
"synonyms":[
"detainers",
"detainments",
"detentions",
"holds",
"immurements",
"imprisonments"
],
"near synonyms":[
"captivities",
"confinements",
"internments",
"apprehensions",
"arrestments",
"arrests",
"busts",
"collars",
"pinches",
"captures",
"entrapments",
"seizures",
"enchainments",
"restraints"
],
"near antonyms":[
"emancipations",
"freedoms",
"liberations"
],
"antonyms":[
"discharges",
"releases"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"incumbency":{
"something one must do because of prior agreement":{
"examples":[
"few incumbencies of her office are as distasteful to the college president as fund-raising, of which there seems to be no end"
],
"synonyms":[
"burden",
"charge",
"commitment",
"devoir",
"do",
"duty",
"imperative",
"need",
"obligation",
"office",
"responsibility"
],
"near synonyms":[
"oath",
"pledge",
"promise",
"troth",
"vow",
"word",
"arrangement",
"prearrangement",
"setup",
"compact",
"contract",
"covenant",
"pact",
"trust",
"debt",
"payment",
"tribute",
"compulsion",
"constraint",
"restraint",
"must",
"requirement",
"coercion",
"duress",
"force",
"appointment",
"engagement",
"reservation",
"onus"
],
"near antonyms":[
"grace",
"postponement",
"stay",
"discharge",
"ease",
"exemption",
"release",
"relief",
"waiver",
"loophole",
"alternative",
"choice",
"option",
"pick",
"preference",
"selection"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"incipiencies":{
"the point at which something begins":{
"examples":[
"from its incipiency the city's monthlong festival of the performing arts has been a great success"
],
"synonyms":[
"alphas",
"baselines",
"beginnings",
"births",
"commencements",
"dawns",
"day ones",
"geneses",
"get-goes",
"git-goes",
"inceptions",
"incipiences",
"kickoffs",
"launches",
"mornings",
"nascences",
"nascencies",
"onsets",
"outsets",
"starts",
"thresholds"
],
"near synonyms":[
"drawing boards",
"first bases",
"ground zeros",
"square ones",
"creations",
"inaugurations",
"initiations",
"institutions",
"originations",
"cradles",
"fountainheads",
"fountains",
"germs",
"origins",
"roots",
"seedbeds",
"sources",
"springs",
"wells",
"wellsprings",
"openings",
"advents",
"appearances",
"arrivals",
"debuts",
"d\u00e9buts",
"emergences",
"childhoods",
"infancies",
"youths"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cessations",
"closings",
"closures",
"completions",
"finales",
"finishes",
"periods",
"stops",
"terminations",
"windups"
],
"antonyms":[
"closes",
"conclusions",
"endings",
"ends",
"omegas"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"incubus":{
"as in demon , devil":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"banshee",
"bogeyman",
"bogyman",
"demon",
"daemon",
"devil",
"fiend",
"ghoul",
"imp",
"apparition",
"ghost",
"phantasm",
"fantasm",
"phantom",
"poltergeist",
"shade",
"specter",
"spectre",
"spirit",
"spook",
"wraith",
"fright",
"horrible",
"horror",
"monster",
"monstrosity",
"terror",
"b\u00eate noire",
"black beast",
"bogey",
"bogie",
"bogy",
"bugaboo",
"bugbear",
"dread",
"hobgoblin",
"ogre",
"bane",
"curse",
"enemy",
"plague",
"scourge",
"torment",
"abomination",
"anathema"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"incapableness":{
"as in disability , inability":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"disability",
"inability",
"inaptitude",
"incapability",
"incapacity",
"incompetence",
"incompetency",
"impotence",
"impotency",
"powerlessness",
"weakness",
"ineffectiveness",
"ineffectuality",
"ineffectualness",
"inefficaciousness",
"inefficacy",
"uselessness",
"helplessness",
"paralysis"
],
"near antonyms":[
"energy",
"firepower",
"force",
"horsepower",
"might",
"muscle",
"potence",
"potency",
"power",
"puissance",
"sinew",
"strength",
"vigor",
"aptitude",
"capability",
"capacity",
"competence",
"competency",
"adequacy",
"effectiveness",
"effectualness",
"usefulness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"inciting":{
"serving or likely to arouse a strong reaction":{
"examples":[
"a deliberately inciting comment questioning someone's manhood started the brawl"
],
"synonyms":[
"charged",
"edgy",
"exciting",
"instigating",
"instigative",
"piquing",
"provocative",
"provoking",
"stimulating"
],
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"explosive",
"fiery",
"incendiary",
"inflammatory",
"triggering",
"inducing",
"inspirational",
"inspiring",
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"motivational",
"motivative",
"jeering",
"taunting",
"teasing",
"activating",
"energizing",
"galvanizing",
"quickening",
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"angering",
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"maddening",
"upsetting",
"aggravating",
"annoying",
"bothersome",
"exasperating",
"galling",
"irksome",
"irritating",
"pesky",
"vexatious",
"vexing"
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"subduing"
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"noninflammatory"
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"the rock band's failure to show up incited a riot, as the crowd had waited for hours"
],
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"abetting",
"brewing",
"fermenting",
"fomenting",
"instigating",
"picking",
"provoking",
"raising",
"stirring (up)",
"whipping (up)"
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"advancing",
"cultivating",
"encouraging",
"forwarding",
"fostering",
"furthering",
"nourishing",
"nurturing",
"promoting",
"sowing",
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"detonating",
"setting",
"setting off",
"triggering",
"exciting",
"galvanizing",
"inflaming",
"enflaming",
"inspiring",
"motivating",
"rousing",
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"energizing",
"enlivening",
"firing",
"invigorating",
"jazzing (up)",
"livening (up)",
"pepping (up)",
"quickening",
"stimulating",
"vitalizing"
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"bridling",
"checking",
"constraining",
"curbing",
"discouraging",
"holding",
"inhibiting",
"regulating",
"reining (in)",
"restraining",
"taming",
"allaying",
"calming",
"quieting",
"settling",
"soothing",
"stilling",
"subduing",
"tranquilizing",
"tranquillizing"
],
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"examples":[
"the demagogue's fiery rant incited the crowd to riot"
],
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"arousing",
"encouraging",
"exciting",
"firing (up)",
"impassioning",
"instigating",
"moving",
"piquing",
"provoking",
"revving (up)",
"sparking",
"stimulating",
"stirring"
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"fanning",
"igniting",
"inflaming",
"enflaming",
"kindling",
"triggering",
"activating",
"animating",
"driving",
"energizing",
"galvanizing",
"inducing",
"inspiring",
"keying (up)",
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"motiving",
"pumping up",
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"setting off",
"vitalizing",
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"fermenting",
"fomenting",
"raising",
"whipping (up)",
"angering",
"enraging",
"maddening",
"upsetting",
"jeering",
"taunting",
"teasing",
"aggravating",
"annoying",
"bothering",
"exasperating",
"galling",
"getting",
"irritating",
"vexing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"calming",
"soothing",
"subduing",
"tranquilizing",
"tranquillizing",
"appeasing",
"mollifying",
"pacifying",
"placating"
],
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"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
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"not being in agreement or harmony":{
"examples":[
"that is inconsonant with established judicial tradition"
],
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"clashing",
"conflicting",
"disagreeing",
"discordant",
"discrepant",
"incompatible",
"incongruous",
"inconsistent",
"inharmonious",
"mutually exclusive",
"repugnant"
],
"near synonyms":[
"irreconcilable",
"antagonistic",
"antipodal",
"antipodean",
"antithetical",
"contradictory",
"contrary",
"diametric",
"diametrical",
"opposing",
"opposite"
],
"near antonyms":[
"akin",
"like",
"similar"
],
"antonyms":[
"accordant",
"agreeing",
"compatible",
"concordant",
"conformable (to)",
"congruent",
"congruous",
"consistent",
"consonant",
"correspondent (with or to)",
"harmonious",
"nonconflicting"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
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"beginning to come into existence":{
"examples":[
"only just recently gained an inceptive understanding of the overwhelming vastness of the universe"
],
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"aborning",
"budding",
"inchoate",
"incipient",
"nascent"
],
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"first",
"formative",
"inaugural",
"inchoative",
"initial",
"original",
"elementary",
"embryonic",
"fundamental",
"rudimentary",
"formless",
"incoherent",
"introductory",
"preliminary",
"preparatory",
"crude",
"primitive",
"rude"
],
"near antonyms":[
"advanced",
"developed",
"evolved",
"high",
"higher",
"improved",
"refined"
],
"antonyms":[
"adult",
"full-blown",
"full-fledged",
"mature",
"ripe",
"ripened"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"incombustible":{
"incapable of being burned":{
"examples":[
"we keep our important papers in an incombustible safe in the basement"
],
"synonyms":[
"fireproof",
"noncombustible",
"nonflammable",
"noninflammable"
],
"near synonyms":[
"nonexplosive"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ablaze",
"afire",
"aflame",
"blazing",
"burning",
"combusting",
"fiery",
"flaming",
"ignited",
"inflamed",
"enflamed",
"kindled",
"lit",
"lighted",
"consumable",
"explosive",
"incendiary",
"volcanic"
],
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"burnable",
"combustible",
"flammable",
"ignitable",
"ignitible",
"inflammable"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"incredibility":{
"as in implausibility , incredibleness":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"implausibility",
"incredibleness",
"artifice",
"cozenage",
"crookedness",
"deception",
"dissembling",
"dissimulation",
"double-dealing",
"dupery",
"duplicity",
"fakery",
"falseness",
"falsity",
"fraudulentness",
"hypocrisy",
"insincerity",
"two-facedness",
"beguilement",
"craftiness",
"cunning",
"cunningness",
"furtiveness",
"guile",
"indirection",
"insidiousness",
"oiliness",
"perfidy",
"slickness",
"slipperiness",
"slyness",
"smoothness",
"treacherousness",
"trickery",
"underhandedness",
"unscrupulousness",
"wiliness",
"equivocation",
"prevarication",
"exaggeration",
"inaccuracy",
"deceit",
"deceitfulness",
"dishonesty",
"lying",
"mendaciousness",
"mendacity",
"untruthfulness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"believability",
"credibility",
"plausibility",
"plausibleness",
"honesty",
"integrity",
"probity",
"truthfulness",
"veracity",
"verity",
"honor",
"honorableness",
"incorruptibility",
"rectitude",
"righteousness",
"right-mindedness",
"scrupulosity",
"scrupulousness",
"uprightness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"incursions":{
"a sudden attack on and entrance into hostile territory":{
"examples":[
"there were incursions from the border every summer"
],
"synonyms":[
"descents",
"forays",
"inroads",
"invasions",
"irruptions",
"raids"
],
"near synonyms":[
"pillages",
"plunders",
"aggressions",
"assaults",
"coups de main",
"offenses",
"offences",
"offensives",
"onsets",
"onslaughts",
"rushes",
"sieges",
"storms",
"strikes",
"charges",
"sallies",
"sorties",
"ambuscades",
"ambushes",
"surprises",
"surprizes",
"traps",
"air raids",
"blitzes",
"blitzkriegs",
"bombardments",
"counteraggressions",
"counter-aggressions",
"counterassaults",
"counter-assaults",
"counterattacks",
"counter-attacks",
"counteroffensives",
"counterstrikes",
"counter-strikes"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"inculpated":{
"as in informed (against) , reported":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"framed",
"implicated",
"informed (against)",
"named",
"reported",
"prosecuted",
"sued",
"tried",
"recriminated",
"retaliated",
"appealed",
"arraigned",
"booked",
"cited",
"summoned",
"chid",
"chided",
"rebuked",
"reproved",
"taxed",
"blamed",
"called (on)",
"castigated",
"censured",
"condemned",
"criticized",
"damned",
"denounced",
"faulted",
"impugned",
"reproached",
"reprobated",
"accused",
"charged",
"criminated",
"defamed",
"impeached",
"incriminated",
"indicted"
],
"near antonyms":[
"absolved",
"acquitted",
"cleared",
"exculpated",
"exonerated",
"vindicated",
"advocated",
"championed",
"defended",
"excused",
"forgave",
"justified",
"pardoned",
"remitted",
"shrived",
"shrove"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"inculpating":{
"as in informing (against) , reporting":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"framing",
"implicating",
"informing (against)",
"naming",
"reporting",
"prosecuting",
"suing",
"trying",
"recriminating",
"retaliating",
"appealing",
"arraigning",
"booking",
"citing",
"summoning",
"chiding",
"rebuking",
"reproving",
"taxing",
"blaming",
"calling (on)",
"castigating",
"censuring",
"condemning",
"criticizing",
"damning",
"denouncing",
"faulting",
"impugning",
"reproaching",
"reprobating",
"accusing",
"charging",
"criminating",
"defaming",
"impeaching",
"incriminating",
"indicting"
],
"near antonyms":[
"absolving",
"acquitting",
"clearing",
"exculpating",
"exonerating",
"vindicating",
"advocating",
"championing",
"defending",
"excusing",
"forgiving",
"justifying",
"pardoning",
"remitting",
"shriving"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"incubates":{
"to cover and warm eggs as the young inside develop":{
"examples":[
"the hen incubated her eggs for two weeks"
],
"synonyms":[
"broods",
"hatches",
"sets",
"sits"
],
"near synonyms":[
"lays",
"spawns"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to help the growth or development of":{
"examples":[
"hopefully, these youthful visits to the museum will incubate an enduring love of art"
],
"synonyms":[
"advances",
"cultivates",
"encourages",
"forwards",
"fosters",
"furthers",
"nourishes",
"nurses",
"nurtures",
"promotes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"advocates",
"backs",
"champions",
"endorses",
"indorses",
"supports",
"upholds",
"endows",
"finances",
"funds",
"patronizes",
"stakes",
"subsidizes",
"underwrites",
"abets",
"aids",
"assists",
"advertises",
"boosts",
"plugs",
"publicizes",
"touts",
"agitates (for)",
"campaigns (for)",
"works (for)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bans",
"bars",
"enjoins",
"forbids",
"interdicts",
"outlaws",
"prevents",
"prohibits",
"proscribes",
"battles",
"combats",
"contends (with)",
"counters",
"fights",
"opposes",
"represses",
"snuffs (out)",
"squashes",
"squelches",
"stifles",
"subdues",
"suppresses",
"arrests",
"checks",
"halts",
"retards",
"encumbers",
"fetters",
"hobbles",
"impedes",
"interferes (with)",
"manacles",
"obstructs",
"shackles"
],
"antonyms":[
"discourages",
"frustrates",
"hinders",
"inhibits"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"incuriosity":{
"lack of interest or concern":{
"examples":[
"a teacher who is trying to overcome her students' entrenched incuriosity about world events"
],
"synonyms":[
"apathy",
"casualness",
"complacence",
"disinterestedness",
"disregard",
"incuriousness",
"indifference",
"insouciance",
"nonchalance",
"torpor",
"unconcern"
],
"near synonyms":[
"halfheartedness",
"lukewarmness",
"tepidity",
"tepidness",
"carelessness",
"heedlessness",
"recklessness",
"unawareness",
"lethargy",
"listlessness",
"aloofness",
"coldness",
"cool",
"detachment",
"dispassion",
"callosity",
"callousness",
"hard-heartedness",
"hardness",
"insensitivity",
"bloodlessness",
"impassiveness",
"impassivity",
"phlegm",
"stoicism",
"stolidity"
],
"near antonyms":[
"attention",
"attentiveness",
"awareness",
"conscientiousness",
"curiosity",
"heedfulness",
"keenness",
"sensitivity",
"warmheartedness",
"bias",
"partiality",
"prejudice",
"ardor",
"desire",
"fervency",
"passion",
"vehemence",
"warmth",
"zeal"
],
"antonyms":[
"concern",
"interest",
"regard"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"incomputable":{
"as in incalculable , inestimable":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"countless",
"incalculable",
"inestimable",
"innumerable",
"unmeasured",
"abysmal",
"exhaustless",
"inexhaustible",
"bottomless",
"boundless",
"endless",
"fathomless",
"horizonless",
"illimitable",
"immeasurable",
"immensurable",
"indefinite",
"infinite",
"limitless",
"measureless",
"unbounded",
"unfathomable",
"unlimited",
"extensive",
"far-flung",
"immense",
"vast"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bounded",
"circumscribed",
"confined",
"definite",
"finite",
"limited",
"restricted",
"fathomable",
"measurable",
"depthless",
"shallow",
"superficial"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"inculcators":{
"as in drillmasters":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"drillmasters",
"mentors",
"tutoresses",
"tutors",
"deans",
"docents",
"doctors",
"dons",
"professors",
"profs",
"regius professors",
"coaches",
"guides",
"gurus",
"preparers",
"trainers",
"academes",
"academicians",
"academics",
"didacts",
"pedants",
"headmistresses",
"instructresses",
"mistresses",
"schoolmarms",
"schoolma'ams",
"schoolmistresses",
"governesses",
"homeschoolers",
"headmasters",
"masters",
"rectors",
"schoolmasters",
"interns",
"internes",
"practice teachers",
"readers",
"student teachers",
"educationists",
"educators",
"instructors",
"pedagogues",
"pedagogs",
"preceptors",
"schoolteachers",
"teachers"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"incline (toward)":{
"as in tend (to) , gravitate":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"gravitate",
"tend (to)",
"care (for)",
"favor",
"lean (toward or towards)",
"like",
"prefer",
"adore",
"cotton (to)",
"delight (in)",
"dig",
"enjoy",
"fancy",
"groove (on)",
"relish",
"revel (in)",
"choose",
"cull",
"handpick",
"name",
"pick",
"select",
"single (out)",
"take",
"covet",
"crave",
"desire",
"hanker (for or after)",
"want",
"wish (for)",
"bias",
"prejudice",
"admire",
"appreciate",
"cherish",
"prize",
"treasure",
"value",
"be partial to",
"go in for",
"go"
],
"near antonyms":[
"avoid",
"shun",
"shy (from or away from)",
"disfavor",
"dislike",
"mislike",
"abhor",
"abominate",
"detest",
"hate",
"loathe",
"decline",
"refuse",
"reject",
"turn down",
"discard",
"jettison",
"throw away",
"throw out"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"increments":{
"something added (as by growth)":{
"examples":[
"added another big increment to the sales total this quarter"
],
"synonyms":[
"accretions",
"accruals",
"addenda",
"addendums",
"additions",
"augmentations",
"boosts",
"expansions",
"gains",
"increases",
"more",
"pluses",
"plusses",
"proliferations",
"raises",
"rises",
"step-ups",
"supplements",
"upticks"
],
"near synonyms":[
"accumulations",
"assemblages",
"collections",
"gatherings",
"complements",
"accessions",
"appendixes",
"appendices",
"continuations",
"extensions",
"uptrends",
"upturns",
"jumps",
"run-ups",
"spikes"
],
"near antonyms":[
"deductions",
"subtractions"
],
"antonyms":[
"abatements",
"declines",
"decreases",
"decrements",
"depletions",
"diminishments",
"diminutions",
"drop-offs",
"falloffs",
"falls",
"losses",
"reductions",
"shrinkages",
"step-downs"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"incites":{
"to bring (something volatile or intense) into being":{
"examples":[
"the rock band's failure to show up incited a riot, as the crowd had waited for hours"
],
"synonyms":[
"abets",
"brews",
"ferments",
"foments",
"instigates",
"picks",
"provokes",
"raises",
"stirs (up)",
"whips (up)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"advances",
"cultivates",
"encourages",
"forwards",
"fosters",
"furthers",
"nourishes",
"nurtures",
"promotes",
"sows",
"stimulates",
"detonates",
"sets",
"sets off",
"triggers",
"excites",
"galvanizes",
"inflames",
"enflames",
"inspires",
"motivates",
"rouses",
"activates",
"energizes",
"enlivens",
"fires",
"invigorates",
"jazzes (up)",
"livens (up)",
"peps (up)",
"quickens",
"stimulates",
"vitalizes"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bridles",
"checks",
"constrains",
"curbs",
"discourages",
"holds",
"inhibits",
"regulates",
"reins (in)",
"restrains",
"tames",
"allays",
"calms",
"quiets",
"settles",
"soothes",
"stills",
"subdues",
"tranquilizes",
"tranquillizes"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to rouse to strong feeling or action":{
"examples":[
"the demagogue's fiery rant incited the crowd to riot"
],
"synonyms":[
"arouses",
"encourages",
"excites",
"fires (up)",
"impassions",
"instigates",
"moves",
"piques",
"provokes",
"revs (up)",
"sparks",
"stimulates",
"stirs"
],
"near synonyms":[
"fans",
"ignites",
"inflames",
"enflames",
"kindles",
"triggers",
"activates",
"animates",
"drives",
"energizes",
"galvanizes",
"induces",
"inspires",
"keys (up)",
"motivates",
"motives",
"pumps up",
"quickens",
"sets off",
"vitalizes",
"abets",
"ferments",
"foments",
"raises",
"whips (up)",
"angers",
"enrages",
"maddens",
"upsets",
"jeers",
"taunts",
"teases",
"aggravates",
"annoys",
"bothers",
"exasperates",
"galls",
"gets",
"irritates",
"vexes"
],
"near antonyms":[
"calms",
"soothes",
"subdues",
"tranquilizes",
"tranquillizes",
"appeases",
"mollifies",
"pacifies",
"placates"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"incarnations":{
"a visible representation of something abstract (as a quality)":{
"examples":[
"she is the very incarnation of grace and tactfulness"
],
"synonyms":[
"abstracts",
"avatars",
"embodiers",
"embodiments",
"epitomes",
"externalizations",
"geniuses",
"genii",
"icons",
"ikons",
"images",
"incorporations",
"instantiations",
"manifestations",
"objectifications",
"personifications",
"personifiers"
],
"near synonyms":[
"actualizations",
"concretizations",
"exemplifications",
"personalizations",
"realizations",
"substantiations",
"essences",
"quintessences",
"souls",
"archetypes",
"exemplars",
"models",
"paradigms",
"patterns",
"reincarnations"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"incomprehension":{
"a failure to understand correctly":{
"examples":[
"the anthropologist's apparent incomprehension of the ceremonial rites she describes in her book surprised reviewers"
],
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"misapprehension",
"misconstruction",
"misconstruing",
"misimpression",
"misinterpretation",
"misknowledge",
"misreading",
"misunderstanding"
],
"near synonyms":[
"astigmatism",
"misconception",
"misperception",
"misprision",
"mistake"
],
"near antonyms":[
"appreciation",
"apprehension",
"comprehension",
"conception",
"grasp",
"grokking",
"knowledge",
"perception",
"prehension",
"understanding",
"awareness",
"consciousness",
"realization"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"incurvates":{
"as in reflects , incurves":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
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"incurves",
"inflects",
"reflects",
"arches",
"bends",
"bows",
"crooks",
"curves",
"hooks",
"swerves",
"arcs",
"rounds",
"deflects",
"diverts",
"entwines",
"kinks",
"swirls",
"turns",
"twines",
"twists",
"veers",
"warps",
"coils",
"curls",
"enrolls",
"enrols",
"loops",
"spirals",
"dents",
"dimples",
"meanders",
"waves",
"weaves",
"winds",
"declines",
"inclines",
"slopes"
],
"near antonyms":[
"straightens",
"unbends",
"uncurls"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"increment":{
"something added (as by growth)":{
"examples":[
"added another big increment to the sales total this quarter"
],
"synonyms":[
"accretion",
"accrual",
"addendum",
"addition",
"augmentation",
"boost",
"expansion",
"gain",
"increase",
"more",
"plus",
"proliferation",
"raise",
"rise",
"step-up",
"supplement",
"uptick"
],
"near synonyms":[
"accumulation",
"assemblage",
"collection",
"gathering",
"complement",
"accession",
"appendix",
"continuation",
"extension",
"uptrend",
"upturn",
"jump",
"run-up",
"spike"
],
"near antonyms":[
"deduction",
"subtraction"
],
"antonyms":[
"abatement",
"decline",
"decrease",
"decrement",
"depletion",
"diminishment",
"diminution",
"drop-off",
"fall",
"falloff",
"lessening",
"loss",
"lowering",
"reduction",
"shrinkage",
"step-down"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"inconsistently":{
"as in variably":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"variably",
"now and then",
"sometimes",
"infrequently",
"little",
"rarely",
"seldom",
"episodically",
"erratically",
"intermittently",
"irregularly",
"occasionally",
"sporadically",
"ne'er",
"never",
"once"
],
"near antonyms":[
"commonly",
"habitually",
"ordinarily",
"regularly",
"routinely",
"always",
"consistently",
"continuingly",
"continuously",
"night and day",
"perpetually",
"steadily",
"unceasingly",
"uninterruptedly",
"unremittingly",
"again and again",
"constantly",
"continually",
"frequently",
"hourly",
"much",
"oft",
"often",
"oftentimes",
"ofttimes",
"over and over",
"repeatedly"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"incognizance":{
"the state of being unaware or uninformed":{
"examples":[
"your complete incognizance of the inflammatory effect of such language is amazing"
],
"synonyms":[
"benightedness",
"cluelessness",
"ignorance",
"innocence",
"nescience",
"obliviousness",
"unawareness",
"unfamiliarity"
],
"near synonyms":[
"callowness",
"greenness",
"inexperience",
"na\u00efvet\u00e9",
"naivete",
"naivet\u00e9",
"rawness",
"simpleness",
"unsophistication"
],
"near antonyms":[
"experience",
"know-how",
"sophistication"
],
"antonyms":[
"acquaintance",
"awareness",
"cognizance",
"familiarity"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"inclusions":{
"as in increases , additions":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"accretions",
"accruals",
"addenda",
"addendums",
"additions",
"augmentations",
"boosts",
"expansions",
"gains",
"increases",
"increments",
"more",
"pluses",
"plusses",
"raises",
"rises",
"supplements"
],
"near antonyms":[
"deletions",
"elisions",
"omissions",
"eliminations",
"blanks",
"skips"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"incomparable":{
"having no equal or rival for excellence or desirability":{
"examples":[
"the incomparable jewel known as the Hope Diamond"
],
"synonyms":[
"inimitable",
"matchless",
"nonpareil",
"only",
"peerless",
"unequaled",
"unequalled",
"unexampled",
"unmatched",
"unparalleled",
"unrivaled",
"unrivalled",
"unsurpassable",
"unsurpassed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"alone",
"singular",
"unique",
"exceptional",
"extraordinary",
"rare",
"uncommon",
"unusual",
"A-OK",
"A1",
"awesome",
"bang-up",
"banner",
"beautiful",
"blue-chip",
"boffo",
"bonny",
"bonnie",
"boss",
"brag",
"brave",
"bully",
"bumper",
"capital",
"choice",
"classic",
"cool",
"corking",
"crackerjack",
"cracking",
"dandy",
"divine",
"dope",
"down",
"dynamite",
"excellent",
"fab",
"fabulous",
"famous",
"fantabulous",
"fantastic",
"fine",
"first-class",
"first-rate",
"first-string",
"five-star",
"frontline",
"gangbusters",
"gangbuster",
"gone",
"grand",
"great",
"groovy",
"heavenly",
"high-class",
"hot",
"hype",
"immense",
"jim-dandy",
"keen",
"lovely",
"marvelous",
"marvellous",
"mean",
"neat",
"nifty",
"noble",
"number one",
"No. 1",
"numero uno",
"out-of-sight",
"par excellence",
"peachy",
"peachy keen",
"phat",
"prime",
"primo",
"prize",
"prizewinning",
"quality",
"radical",
"righteous",
"sensational",
"splendid",
"stellar",
"sterling",
"superb",
"superior",
"superlative",
"supernal",
"swell",
"terrific",
"tip-top",
"top",
"top-notch",
"wizard",
"wonderful",
"better",
"preferred",
"exceptional",
"fancy",
"high-grade",
"special"
],
"near antonyms":[
"common",
"commonplace",
"everyday",
"familiar",
"frequent",
"garden",
"household",
"normal",
"ordinary",
"routine",
"ubiquitous",
"usual",
"inferior",
"lesser",
"worse",
"worst",
"bad",
"bastard",
"bush",
"bush-league",
"deficient",
"depressed",
"dissatisfactory",
"ill",
"inferior",
"lame",
"lousy",
"low",
"lower",
"off",
"paltry",
"poor",
"punk",
"substandard",
"unacceptable",
"unsatisfactory",
"wanting",
"low-grade",
"substandard",
"mediocre",
"second-class",
"second-rate",
"atrocious",
"awful",
"execrable",
"pathetic",
"rotten",
"terrible",
"vile",
"wretched"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"incitements":{
"something that arouses a strong response from another":{
"examples":[
"the insulting remark was all the incitement that was needed for a fight to break out"
],
"synonyms":[
"excitements",
"incitations",
"instigations",
"provocations"
],
"near synonyms":[
"encouragements",
"galvanizations",
"goads",
"incentives",
"inducements",
"jogs",
"prods",
"spurs",
"stimulants",
"stimulations",
"stimuli",
"enticements",
"lures",
"inductions",
"inspirations",
"motivations",
"aggravations",
"annoyances",
"bothers",
"exasperations",
"frustrations",
"hassles",
"headaches",
"irritants",
"nuisances",
"peeves",
"pests"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"something that arouses action or activity":{
"examples":[
"the approaching deadline was certainly an incitement to get going on the assignment"
],
"synonyms":[
"boosts",
"encouragements",
"goads",
"impetuses",
"impulses",
"incentives",
"incitations",
"instigations",
"momenta",
"momentums",
"motivations",
"provocations",
"spurs",
"stimulants",
"stimuli",
"yeasts"
],
"near synonyms":[
"inducements",
"invitations",
"antecedents",
"causes",
"considerations",
"grounds",
"motives",
"occasions",
"reasons",
"catalysts",
"catalyzers",
"fuels",
"sparks"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"counterincentives",
"counter-incentives",
"disincentives"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"incautiously":{
"as in imprudently , rashly":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"brashly",
"brazenly",
"foolhardily",
"heedlessly",
"hotheadedly",
"impetuously",
"imprudently",
"impulsively",
"overconfidently",
"rashly",
"recklessly",
"thoughtlessly",
"wildly",
"crazily",
"foolishly",
"insanely",
"hastily",
"precipitately",
"self-confidently",
"adventurously",
"audaciously",
"daringly",
"hardily",
"venturesomely",
"venturously",
"spiritedly",
"spunkily",
"stoutly",
"determinedly",
"firmly",
"gamely",
"grittily",
"pluckily",
"resolutely",
"boldly",
"bravely",
"courageously",
"dauntlessly",
"doughtily",
"fearlessly",
"gallantly",
"gutsily",
"heroically",
"intrepidly",
"manfully",
"stalwartly",
"stoutheartedly",
"valiantly",
"valorously"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cowardly",
"cravenly",
"fearfully",
"pusillanimously",
"spinelessly",
"spiritlessly",
"timorously",
"diffidently",
"mousily",
"shyly",
"skittishly",
"timidly",
"anxiously",
"apprehensively",
"nervously",
"carefully",
"cautiously",
"heedfully",
"prudently"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"incurving":{
"as in reflecting , incurvating":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"incurvating",
"inflecting",
"reflecting",
"arching",
"bending",
"bowing",
"crooking",
"curving",
"hooking",
"swerving",
"arcing",
"rounding",
"deflecting",
"diverting",
"entwining",
"kinking",
"swirling",
"turning",
"twining",
"twisting",
"veering",
"warping",
"coiling",
"curling",
"enrolling",
"looping",
"spiraling",
"spiralling",
"denting",
"dimpling",
"meandering",
"waving",
"weaving",
"winding",
"declining",
"inclining",
"sloping"
],
"near antonyms":[
"straightening",
"unbending",
"uncurling"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"incantation":{
"a spoken word or set of words believed to have magic power":{
"examples":[
"hovering over the sick child, the witch doctor muttered mysterious incantations"
],
"synonyms":[
"abracadabra",
"bewitchment",
"charm",
"conjuration",
"enchantment",
"glamour",
"glamor",
"hex",
"invocation",
"spell",
"whammy"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cantrip",
"curse",
"jinx",
"bewitchery",
"conjuring",
"magic",
"mojo",
"necromancy",
"sorcery",
"voodoo",
"voodooism",
"witchcraft",
"witchery",
"wizardry",
"amulet",
"fetish",
"fetich",
"phylactery",
"talisman"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"inconveniencing":{
"as in burdensome , distressing":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"burdensome",
"discomforting",
"displeasing",
"disquieting",
"distressing",
"importunate",
"importune",
"abrasive",
"aggravating",
"annoying",
"bothersome",
"carking",
"chafing",
"disturbing",
"exasperating",
"frustrating",
"galling",
"irksome",
"irritating",
"maddening",
"nettlesome",
"nettling",
"peeving",
"pesky",
"pestiferous",
"pestilent",
"pestilential",
"pesty",
"plaguey",
"plaguy",
"rankling",
"rebarbative",
"riling",
"vexatious",
"vexing",
"angering",
"enraging",
"infuriating",
"brattish",
"bratty",
"mischievous",
"offensive",
"troublesome",
"upsetting",
"distractive",
"painful",
"stressful",
"tiresome",
"troubling",
"trying",
"worrisome",
"biting",
"grating",
"jangling",
"jarring",
"spiny",
"thorny"
],
"near antonyms":[
"delightful",
"pleasing"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to cause discomfort to or trouble for":{
"examples":[
"he inconvenienced his sister by moving into her tiny apartment"
],
"synonyms":[
"discommoding",
"disobliging",
"disturbing",
"incommoding",
"putting out",
"troubling"
],
"near synonyms":[
"burdening",
"encumbering",
"saddling",
"weighing",
"fettering",
"hampering",
"hamstringing",
"handicapping",
"hindering",
"hobbling",
"holding back",
"holding up",
"impeding",
"inhibiting",
"interfering (with)",
"manacling",
"obstructing",
"shackling",
"trammeling",
"trammelling",
"tying up",
"tieing up",
"aggravating",
"angering",
"annoying",
"bothering",
"bugging",
"chafing",
"exasperating",
"galling",
"getting",
"irking",
"nettling",
"peeving",
"piquing",
"riling",
"vexing",
"grating",
"inflaming",
"enflaming",
"provoking",
"agitating",
"perturbing",
"upsetting"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abetting",
"aiding",
"assisting",
"helping",
"easing",
"facilitating",
"smoothing",
"appeasing",
"conciliating",
"disarming",
"mollifying",
"pacifying",
"placating",
"delighting",
"gladdening",
"gratifying",
"pleasing",
"satisfying",
"comforting",
"consoling",
"contenting"
],
"antonyms":[
"accommodating",
"favoring",
"obliging"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"incidentally":{
"by way of interjection or digression":{
"examples":[
"incidentally , have you seen the new building they're putting up?"
],
"synonyms":[
"apropos",
"en passant"
],
"near synonyms":[
"digressively",
"excursively",
"interjectionally",
"parenthetically",
"secondarily",
"tangentially"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"inclusively":{
"with everyone or everything taken into account at the same time":{
"examples":[
"for the complete body makeover, a week at the spa costs, inclusively , $10,000"
],
"synonyms":[
"all around",
"all told",
"altogether",
"collectedly",
"collectively",
"overall",
"together"
],
"near synonyms":[
"broadly",
"generally",
"liberally",
"loosely",
"macroscopically",
"all over",
"completely",
"comprehensively",
"encyclopedically",
"entirely",
"exhaustively",
"fully",
"sweepingly",
"thoroughly",
"totally",
"wholly"
],
"near antonyms":[
"detailedly",
"microscopically",
"minutely",
"literally",
"narrowly",
"restrictedly",
"strictly",
"alone",
"categorically",
"distinctly",
"exclusively",
"fractionally",
"individually",
"separately",
"singly",
"singularly",
"solely",
"solitarily",
"specifically"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"incense":{
"a sweet or pleasant smell":{
"examples":[
"the heavenly incense of spring flowers"
],
"synonyms":[
"aroma",
"attar",
"otto",
"balm",
"bouquet",
"fragrance",
"fragrancy",
"perfume",
"redolence",
"scent",
"spice"
],
"near synonyms":[
"essence",
"odor"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"fetor",
"malodor",
"reek",
"stench",
"stink"
]
},
"excessive praise":{
"examples":[
"count on the office manager to spread the incense whenever there's a visiting VIP from the head office"
],
"synonyms":[
"adulation",
"blarney",
"butter",
"flannel",
"flattery",
"overpraise",
"soft soap",
"sweet talk",
"taffy"
],
"near synonyms":[
"allurements",
"blandishments",
"endearments",
"caresses",
"compliments",
"congratulations",
"felicitations",
"greetings",
"regards",
"respects",
"adoration",
"idolatry",
"worship",
"fawning",
"sycophancy",
"toadying",
"cajolement",
"cajolery",
"ingratiation",
"smarm",
"acclaim",
"applause",
"commendation",
"praise"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bad-mouthing",
"belittlement",
"depreciation",
"detraction",
"disparagement",
"put-down"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make angry":{
"examples":[
"the insult so incensed him that he had to be restrained from hitting the guy"
],
"synonyms":[
"anger",
"enrage",
"inflame",
"enflame",
"infuriate",
"ire",
"mad",
"madden",
"outrage",
"rankle",
"rile",
"roil",
"steam up",
"tick off"
],
"near synonyms":[
"affront",
"aggravate",
"annoy",
"burn (up)",
"cross",
"exasperate",
"get",
"huff",
"irritate",
"miff",
"nettle",
"offend",
"peeve",
"pique",
"provoke",
"put out",
"ruffle",
"vex",
"antagonize",
"embitter",
"envenom"
],
"near antonyms":[
"allay",
"assuage",
"relieve",
"comfort",
"console",
"soothe",
"appease",
"conciliate",
"mollify",
"pacify",
"placate",
"calm",
"lull",
"quiet",
"settle",
"beguile",
"bewitch",
"captivate",
"charm",
"disarm",
"enchant"
],
"antonyms":[
"delight",
"gratify",
"please"
]
},
"to fill or infuse with a pleasant odor or odor-releasing substance":{
"examples":[
"the gift shop was heavily incensed with a cloying mixture of herbal essences"
],
"synonyms":[
"odorize",
"perfume",
"scent"
],
"near synonyms":[],
"near antonyms":[
"deodorize"
],
"antonyms":[
"stink up"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"incurious":{
"having or showing a lack of interest or concern":{
"examples":[
"a quick incurious glance at the pile of junk mail"
],
"synonyms":[
"apathetic",
"casual",
"complacent",
"disinterested",
"indifferent",
"insensible",
"insouciant",
"nonchalant",
"perfunctory",
"pococurante",
"unconcerned",
"uncurious",
"uninterested"
],
"near synonyms":[
"halfhearted",
"lukewarm",
"tepid",
"aloof",
"cold",
"numb",
"remote",
"unemotional",
"callous",
"hard-hearted",
"insensitive",
"unfeeling",
"calm",
"cool",
"detached",
"dispassionate",
"careless",
"heedless",
"mindless",
"impassive",
"impervious",
"phlegmatic",
"stoic",
"stoical",
"stolid",
"lethargic",
"listless",
"unimpressed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"attentive",
"aware",
"conscientious",
"heedful",
"mindful",
"caring",
"sensitive",
"warmhearted",
"ardent",
"fervent",
"keen",
"passionate",
"warm",
"zealous"
],
"antonyms":[
"concerned",
"interested"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"incubi":{
"as in demons , devils":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"banshees",
"bogeymen",
"bogymen",
"demons",
"daemons",
"devils",
"fiends",
"ghouls",
"imps",
"apparitions",
"ghosts",
"phantasms",
"fantasms",
"phantoms",
"poltergeists",
"shades",
"specters",
"spectres",
"spirits",
"spooks",
"wraiths",
"frights",
"horribles",
"horrors",
"monsters",
"monstrosities",
"terrors",
"b\u00eates noires",
"black beasts",
"bogeys",
"bogies",
"bugaboos",
"bugbears",
"dreads",
"hobgoblins",
"ogres",
"banes",
"curses",
"enemies",
"plagues",
"scourges",
"torments",
"abominations",
"anathemas"
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"type":[
"noun"
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"to burn (something) completely":{
"examples":[
"The waste is incinerated in a large furnace."
],
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"cremate",
"kiln",
"burn",
"enkindle",
"fire",
"ignite",
"inflame",
"enflame",
"kindle",
"light",
"torch",
"immolate",
"deflagrate",
"char",
"frizzle",
"scorch",
"bake",
"broil",
"cook",
"set off",
"scald",
"scathe",
"sear",
"reignite",
"rekindle",
"relight",
"bank",
"stoke"
],
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"stamp (out)",
"douse",
"dowse",
"extinguish",
"put out",
"quench",
"snuff (out)"
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},
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"verb"
]
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"examples":[
"he was bored and frustrated by his incarceration in the quarantine"
],
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"captivity",
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"immurement",
"impoundment",
"imprisonment",
"internment",
"prison"
],
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"bondage",
"enslavement",
"servitude",
"restraint",
"restriction",
"arrest",
"capture",
"entrapment",
"custody",
"detainer",
"detainment",
"detention",
"house arrest"
],
"near antonyms":[
"emancipation",
"liberation",
"manumission",
"redemption",
"release",
"freedom",
"independence",
"liberty"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
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"sentenced to six months of incarceration for dealing in narcotics"
],
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"detainer",
"detainment",
"detention",
"hold",
"immurement",
"imprisonment"
],
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"captivity",
"confinement",
"internment",
"apprehension",
"arrest",
"arrestment",
"bust",
"collar",
"pinch",
"capture",
"entrapment",
"seizure",
"enchainment",
"restraint"
],
"near antonyms":[
"emancipation",
"freedom",
"liberation"
],
"antonyms":[
"discharge",
"release"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
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"the point at which something begins":{
"examples":[
"from its incipiency the city's monthlong festival of the performing arts has been a great success"
],
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"baseline",
"beginning",
"birth",
"commencement",
"dawn",
"day one",
"genesis",
"get-go",
"git-go",
"inception",
"incipience",
"kickoff",
"launch",
"morning",
"nascence",
"nascency",
"onset",
"outset",
"start",
"threshold"
],
"near synonyms":[
"drawing board",
"first base",
"ground zero",
"square one",
"creation",
"founding",
"inauguration",
"initiation",
"institution",
"origination",
"cradle",
"fountain",
"fountainhead",
"germ",
"origin",
"root",
"seedbed",
"source",
"spring",
"well",
"wellspring",
"dawning",
"opening",
"advent",
"appearance",
"arrival",
"debut",
"d\u00e9but",
"emergence",
"childhood",
"infancy",
"youth"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cessation",
"closing",
"closure",
"completion",
"finale",
"finish",
"period",
"stop",
"termination",
"windup"
],
"antonyms":[
"close",
"conclusion",
"end",
"ending",
"omega"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"incompliant":{
"given to resisting authority or another's control":{
"examples":[
"a perpetually incompliant employee who seemed to think that the rules did not apply to him"
],
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"balky",
"contrary",
"contumacious",
"defiant",
"disobedient",
"froward",
"insubordinate",
"intractable",
"obstreperous",
"rebel",
"rebellious",
"recalcitrant",
"recusant",
"refractory",
"restive",
"ungovernable",
"unruly",
"untoward",
"wayward",
"willful",
"wilful"
],
"near synonyms":[
"noncooperative",
"uncooperative",
"insurgent",
"mutinous",
"adamant",
"adamantine",
"dogged",
"hardheaded",
"headstrong",
"immovable",
"implacable",
"inflexible",
"mulish",
"negativistic",
"obdurate",
"obstinate",
"opinionated",
"peevish",
"pertinacious",
"pigheaded",
"rigid",
"self-willed",
"stubborn",
"unbending",
"uncompromising",
"unrelenting",
"unyielding",
"fractious",
"uncontrollable",
"unmanageable",
"wild",
"perverse",
"resistant",
"wrongheaded",
"bad",
"disorderly",
"errant",
"misbehaving",
"mischievous",
"monkeying",
"monkeyish",
"naughty",
"undisciplined",
"dissident",
"nonconformist",
"discourteous",
"disrespectful",
"ill-bred",
"ill-mannered",
"ill-natured",
"impertinent",
"impolite",
"impudent",
"inconsiderate",
"insolent",
"ornery",
"rude",
"uncivil",
"uncouth",
"ungracious",
"unmannerly"
],
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"acquiescent",
"agreeable",
"amiable",
"cooperative",
"deferential",
"obliging",
"yielding",
"behaved",
"disciplined",
"well-bred",
"courteous",
"polite",
"respectful",
"kowtowing",
"obsequious",
"servile",
"slavish",
"subservient",
"decorous",
"mannerly",
"orderly",
"proper",
"controllable",
"governable",
"manageable",
"trainable"
],
"antonyms":[
"amenable",
"biddable",
"compliant",
"conformable",
"docile",
"obedient",
"ruly",
"submissive",
"tractable"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"incurved":{
"as in reflected , incurvated":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"incurvated",
"inflected",
"reflected",
"arched",
"bent",
"bowed",
"crooked",
"curved",
"hooked",
"swerved",
"arced",
"rounded",
"deflected",
"diverted",
"entwined",
"kinked",
"swirled",
"turned",
"twined",
"twisted",
"veered",
"warped",
"coiled",
"curled",
"enrolled",
"looped",
"spiraled",
"spiralled",
"dented",
"dimpled",
"meandered",
"waved",
"weaved",
"wound",
"winded",
"declined",
"inclined",
"sloped"
],
"near antonyms":[
"straightened",
"unbent",
"uncurled"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"inconsistent":{
"not being in agreement or harmony":{
"examples":[
"inconsistent theories make it difficult to settle on one explanation"
],
"synonyms":[
"clashing",
"conflicting",
"disagreeing",
"discordant",
"discrepant",
"incompatible",
"incongruous",
"inconsonant",
"inharmonious",
"mutually exclusive",
"repugnant"
],
"near synonyms":[
"irreconcilable",
"antagonistic",
"antipodal",
"antipodean",
"antithetical",
"contradictory",
"contrary",
"diametric",
"diametrical",
"opposing",
"opposite"
],
"near antonyms":[
"akin",
"like",
"similar"
],
"antonyms":[
"accordant",
"agreeing",
"compatible",
"concordant",
"conformable (to)",
"congruent",
"congruous",
"consistent",
"consonant",
"correspondent (with or to)",
"harmonious",
"nonconflicting"
]
},
"likely to change frequently, suddenly, or unexpectedly":{
"examples":[
"an inconsistent breeze was our only relief from the heat"
],
"synonyms":[
"capricious",
"changeable",
"changeful",
"fickle",
"flickery",
"fluctuating",
"fluid",
"inconstant",
"mercurial",
"mutable",
"skittish",
"temperamental",
"uncertain",
"unpredictable",
"unsettled",
"unstable",
"unsteady",
"variable",
"volatile"
],
"near synonyms":[
"aimless",
"arbitrary",
"desultory",
"erratic",
"haphazard",
"hit-or-miss",
"irregular",
"random",
"scattered",
"slapdash",
"stray",
"ambivalent",
"hesitating",
"shaky",
"shilly-shally",
"shilly-shallying",
"vacillating",
"wavering",
"dicey",
"undependable",
"unreliable",
"untrustworthy",
"adaptable",
"mobile",
"protean",
"versatile"
],
"near antonyms":[
"equable",
"even",
"uniform",
"abiding",
"durable",
"lasting",
"permanent",
"persistent",
"dependable",
"reliable",
"sure",
"tried",
"tried-and-true",
"true",
"trustworthy",
"trusty"
],
"antonyms":[
"certain",
"changeless",
"constant",
"immutable",
"invariable",
"predictable",
"settled",
"stable",
"stationary",
"steady",
"unchangeable",
"unchanging",
"unvarying"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"incontrollable":{
"given to resisting control or discipline by others":{
"examples":[
"police have vowed to crack down on the speeding, racing, and other driving misdeeds being committed by the town's incontrollable teenagers"
],
"synonyms":[
"froward",
"headstrong",
"intractable",
"recalcitrant",
"refractory",
"uncontrollable",
"ungovernable",
"unmanageable",
"unruly",
"untoward",
"wayward",
"willful",
"wilful"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bullheaded",
"contrary",
"difficult",
"hardheaded",
"incorrigible",
"intransigent",
"mulish",
"obdurate",
"obstinate",
"opinionated",
"perverse",
"pigheaded",
"self-willed",
"stiff",
"stiff-necked",
"stubborn",
"undisciplined",
"unpunished",
"uncontrolled",
"wild",
"boisterous",
"irrepressible",
"rambunctious",
"rowdy",
"disobedient",
"indocile",
"insubordinate",
"rebellious",
"misbehaving",
"naughty"
],
"near antonyms":[
"docile",
"obedient",
"well-behaved",
"compliant",
"placable",
"pliable",
"submissive",
"yielding",
"accepting",
"persuadable",
"receptive",
"responsive",
"willing",
"reasonable",
"temperate",
"trainable"
],
"antonyms":[
"controllable",
"governable",
"manageable",
"tractable"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"inconvenient":{
"causing difficulty, discomfort, or annoyance":{
"examples":[
"the unexpected visitors showed up at an inconvenient time"
],
"synonyms":[
"awkward",
"discommoding",
"disobliging",
"incommoding"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bothersome",
"burdensome",
"onerous",
"troublesome",
"annoying",
"disturbing",
"exasperating",
"frustrating",
"galling",
"irksome",
"irritating",
"maddening",
"nagging",
"nettlesome",
"riling",
"vexatious",
"vexing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"acceptable",
"bearable",
"endurable",
"sufferable",
"tolerable",
"advantageous",
"desirable",
"good",
"helpful"
],
"antonyms":[
"convenient",
"ultraconvenient"
]
},
"hard or impossible to get to or get at":{
"examples":[
"for some reason, the homeowners placed the dishes in an inconvenient cabinet"
],
"synonyms":[
"inaccessible",
"inapproachable",
"unapproachable",
"unattainable",
"unavailable",
"unobtainable",
"unreachable",
"untouchable"
],
"near synonyms":[
"away",
"distant",
"far",
"faraway",
"far-off",
"remote",
"removed",
"apart",
"hidden",
"isolated",
"out-of-the-way",
"secluded"
],
"near antonyms":[
"close",
"immediate",
"near",
"nearby",
"neighboring",
"next-door",
"nigh"
],
"antonyms":[
"accessible",
"acquirable",
"approachable",
"attainable",
"convenient",
"getatable",
"handy",
"obtainable",
"procurable",
"reachable"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"inching":{
"as in imperceptible":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"imperceptible",
"progressive",
"stepped",
"tapered",
"decrescent",
"increscent",
"gradational",
"gradual",
"incremental",
"phased",
"piecemeal",
"step-by-step"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abrupt",
"sudden",
"discontinuous",
"saltatory",
"acute",
"sharp",
"changeable",
"dynamic",
"meteoric",
"volatile"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in plodding , ambling":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"ambling",
"heavy-footed",
"plodding",
"shuffling",
"slow-footed",
"lingering",
"loitering",
"tarrying",
"strolling",
"inactive",
"inert",
"lethargic",
"loafing",
"lounging",
"decelerating",
"slowing",
"deliberate",
"measured",
"filibustering",
"procrastinating",
"stalling",
"crawling",
"creeping",
"dallying",
"dawdling",
"dilatory",
"dillydallying",
"dragging",
"laggard",
"lagging",
"languid",
"leisurely",
"poking",
"poky",
"pokey",
"slow",
"sluggish",
"snaillike",
"snail-paced",
"tardy",
"unhurried"
],
"near antonyms":[
"barreling",
"bolting",
"breakneck",
"breathless",
"brisk",
"careering",
"dizzy",
"fast",
"fleet",
"flying",
"hasty",
"hurrying",
"lightning",
"meteoric",
"quick",
"racing",
"rapid",
"rocketing",
"running",
"rushing",
"scooting",
"scudding",
"scurrying",
"snappy",
"speeding",
"speedy",
"swift",
"warp-speed",
"whirling",
"whirlwind",
"whisking",
"zipping",
"expeditious",
"prompt",
"ready",
"accelerated",
"hastened",
"quickened",
"hurried",
"rushed"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to advance gradually beyond the usual or desirable limits":{
"examples":[
"every year the water inches further up the embankments, threatening to permanently engulf the island city"
],
"synonyms":[
"creeping",
"encroaching",
"worming"
],
"near synonyms":[
"snaking",
"sneaking",
"entrenching",
"intrenching",
"impinging",
"infringing",
"intruding",
"invading",
"overpassing",
"overreaching",
"overrunning",
"overshooting",
"overstepping"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to move slowly":{
"examples":[
"the car inched carefully across the snow-covered causeway"
],
"synonyms":[
"crawling",
"creaking (along)",
"creeping",
"dragging",
"limping",
"nosing",
"oozing",
"plodding",
"poking",
"slouching",
"snailing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"lumbering",
"shambling",
"shuffling",
"tramping",
"trudging"
],
"near antonyms":[
"floating",
"gliding",
"sailing",
"hurrying",
"tearing"
],
"antonyms":[
"flying",
"racing",
"speeding",
"whizzing",
"zipping"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"incidence":{
"the rate at which something happens":{
"examples":[
"They found an increased incidence of crime in the city when social programs were cut."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"appearance",
"occurrence",
"chronicity",
"constancy",
"continuousness",
"regularity",
"commonness",
"frequence",
"frequency",
"frequentness",
"prevalence"
],
"near antonyms":[
"infrequence",
"infrequency",
"rareness",
"uncommonness",
"unusualness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"inclinations":{
"a habitual attraction to some activity or thing":{
"examples":[
"her natural inclination to help people in need"
],
"synonyms":[
"affections",
"affinities",
"aptitudes",
"bents",
"biases",
"bones",
"devices",
"dispositions",
"geniuses",
"genii",
"habitudes",
"impulses",
"leanings",
"partialities",
"penchants",
"predilections",
"predispositions",
"proclivities",
"propensities",
"tendencies",
"turns"
],
"near synonyms":[
"favors",
"partisanships",
"prejudices",
"endowments",
"faculties",
"flairs",
"gifts",
"knacks",
"talents",
"addictions",
"appetites",
"fancies",
"likes",
"likings",
"preferences",
"tastes",
"fortes",
"specialities",
"specialties",
"conventions",
"customs",
"habits",
"patterns",
"practices",
"practises",
"routines",
"tricks",
"ways",
"wonts",
"eccentricities",
"idiosyncrasies",
"kinks",
"oddities",
"peculiarities",
"quirks",
"singularities"
],
"near antonyms":[
"allergies",
"aversions",
"disfavors",
"disinclinations",
"dislikes",
"disrelishes",
"distastes",
"detachments",
"impartialities",
"neutralities",
"objectivities",
"apathies",
"indifferences",
"insouciances",
"nonchalances"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the act of positioning or an instance of being positioned at an angle":{
"examples":[
"the photographer adjusted the inclination of the sitter's head"
],
"synonyms":[
"anglings",
"bends",
"cocks",
"lists",
"tilts",
"tips"
],
"near synonyms":[
"turns",
"twists",
"veers",
"bows",
"dips",
"nods"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the degree to which something rises up from a position level with the horizon":{
"examples":[
"the inclination of the hill is gentle, so walking up it isn't too bad"
],
"synonyms":[
"cants",
"diagonals",
"grades",
"gradients",
"inclines",
"leans",
"pitches",
"rakes",
"slants",
"slopes",
"upgrades"
],
"near synonyms":[
"ascents",
"banks",
"climbs",
"rises"
],
"near antonyms":[
"declensions",
"declinations",
"declines",
"declivities",
"descents",
"dips",
"downgrades",
"falls",
"hangings",
"hangs"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"incorruptible":{
"incapable of being corrupted":{
"examples":[
"He was trusted, respected, and completely incorruptible .",
"The town's incorruptible mayor was shocked to learn that some in his administration were receiving kickbacks."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"blameless",
"clean",
"guiltless",
"immaculate",
"incorrupt",
"incorrupted",
"innocent",
"inoffensive",
"irreproachable",
"unobjectionable",
"all right",
"decent",
"ethical",
"good",
"honest",
"honorable",
"just",
"moral",
"nice",
"right",
"righteous",
"right-minded",
"straight",
"true",
"upright",
"virtuous",
"correct",
"decorous",
"proper",
"seemly",
"high-minded",
"noble",
"principled",
"commendable",
"creditable",
"exemplary",
"legitimate",
"esteemed",
"law-abiding",
"menschy",
"reputable",
"respected",
"upstanding",
"worthy",
"angelic",
"angelical",
"lily-white",
"pure",
"scrupulous",
"spotless",
"uncorrupted",
"unerring",
"goody-goody",
"moralistic",
"pharisaical",
"rectitudinous",
"sanctimonious",
"self-righteous"
],
"near antonyms":[
"corrupt",
"debased",
"debauched",
"degenerate",
"depraved",
"dissolute",
"libertine",
"perverted",
"reprobate",
"improper",
"incorrect",
"indecorous",
"naughty",
"unbecoming",
"unseemly",
"unprincipled",
"unscrupulous",
"atrocious",
"infamous",
"villainous",
"base",
"low",
"mean",
"vicious",
"vile",
"blameworthy",
"objectionable",
"offensive",
"iniquitous",
"nefarious",
"errant",
"erring",
"fallen",
"bad",
"dishonest",
"dishonorable",
"evil",
"evil-minded",
"immoral",
"indecent",
"sinful",
"unethical",
"unrighteous",
"wicked",
"wrong"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"incandescence":{
"the steady giving off of the form of radiation that makes vision possible":{
"examples":[
"candles made from whale oil were once highly prized because they burned with an incandescence superior to that of other candles"
],
"synonyms":[
"blaze",
"flare",
"fluorescence",
"glare",
"gleam",
"glow",
"illumination",
"light",
"luminescence",
"radiance",
"shine"
],
"near synonyms":[
"flash",
"glimmer",
"glint",
"glitter",
"scintillation",
"shimmer",
"sparkle",
"twinkle",
"daylight",
"moonlight",
"sunlight",
"sunshine",
"afterglow",
"aureole",
"aureola",
"aurora",
"beam",
"halo",
"ray",
"shaft",
"streak",
"stream",
"sunbeam",
"glisten",
"gloss",
"luster",
"lustre",
"polish",
"reflection",
"sheen"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blackness",
"dark",
"darkness",
"dimness",
"dusk",
"duskiness",
"gloom",
"night",
"shadow"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"incendiary":{
"a person who deliberately and unlawfully sets fire to a building or other property":{
"examples":[
"firefighters caught the incendiary , who was watching the effects of his handiwork"
],
"synonyms":[
"arsonist",
"firebug",
"torch"
],
"near synonyms":[
"pyromaniac",
"flamer",
"igniter",
"ignitor",
"immolator",
"inflamer",
"kindler"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a person who stirs up public feelings especially of discontent":{
"examples":[
"blamed the protests on outside incendiaries who were intent on overthrowing the government"
],
"synonyms":[
"agitator",
"demagogue",
"demagog",
"exciter",
"firebrand",
"fomenter",
"inciter",
"instigator",
"kindler",
"provocateur",
"rabble-rouser"
],
"near synonyms":[
"demonstrator",
"marcher",
"objector",
"picketer",
"protester",
"protestor",
"advocate",
"apostle",
"backer",
"booster",
"champion",
"exponent",
"persuader",
"promoter",
"proponent",
"reformer",
"reformist",
"supporter",
"alarmist",
"extremist",
"insurgent",
"insurrectionist",
"radical",
"rebel",
"revolter",
"revolutionary",
"revolutionist",
"subversive",
"troublemaker",
"prodder",
"prompter",
"provoker",
"agent provocateur"
],
"near antonyms":[
"peacemaker",
"reconciler",
"uniter"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"tending to excite political disorder or insurrection":{
"examples":[
"recklessly made incendiary remarks during a period of heightened racial tensions"
],
"synonyms":[
"inflammatory",
"seditious"
],
"near synonyms":[
"agitational",
"instigative",
"provocative",
"mutinous",
"rebellious",
"revolutionary"
],
"near antonyms":[
"conciliatory",
"pacific",
"diplomatic",
"calming",
"soothing"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"inculcate":{
"to cause (as a person) to become filled or saturated with a certain quality or principle":{
"examples":[
"dedicated teachers inculcating young minds with a love of learning"
],
"synonyms":[
"endue",
"indue",
"imbue",
"infuse",
"ingrain",
"engrain",
"inoculate",
"invest",
"steep",
"suffuse"
],
"near synonyms":[
"animate",
"charge",
"enliven",
"invigorate",
"leaven",
"implant",
"instill",
"plant",
"impregnate",
"permeate",
"pervade",
"saturate",
"deluge",
"drown",
"fill",
"flood",
"inundate",
"overwhelm",
"submerge"
],
"near antonyms":[
"deprive",
"divest",
"strip",
"clear",
"empty",
"eliminate",
"remove",
"take (away)"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to set permanently in the consciousness or mind-set":{
"examples":[
"a malcontent who inculcated in his offspring an abiding distrust of all civil authority"
],
"synonyms":[
"breed",
"enroot",
"implant",
"infix",
"inseminate",
"instill",
"plant",
"sow"
],
"near synonyms":[
"drive",
"hammer",
"pound",
"embed",
"imbed",
"entrench",
"intrench",
"fix",
"lodge",
"root",
"imbue",
"infuse",
"ingrain",
"engrain",
"inoculate",
"invest",
"steep",
"suffuse"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"inchoative":{
"as in first , initial":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"first",
"formative",
"inaugural",
"initial",
"original",
"aborning",
"budding",
"inceptive",
"inchoate",
"incipient",
"nascent",
"elementary",
"embryonic",
"fundamental",
"rudimentary",
"formless",
"incoherent",
"introductory",
"preliminary",
"preparatory",
"crude",
"primitive",
"rude"
],
"near antonyms":[
"adult",
"full-blown",
"full-fledged",
"mature",
"ripe",
"ripened",
"advanced",
"developed",
"evolved",
"high",
"higher",
"improved",
"refined"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"incarnating":{
"to represent in visible form":{
"examples":[
"the general view that Hitler incarnated extreme egotism and indeed evil itself"
],
"synonyms":[
"bodying",
"embodying",
"epitomizing",
"expressing",
"externalizing",
"incorporating",
"instantiating",
"manifesting",
"materializing",
"personalizing",
"personifying",
"substantiating"
],
"near synonyms":[
"actualizing",
"concretizing",
"realizing",
"exemplifying",
"illustrating",
"imaging",
"objectifying",
"symbolizing",
"typifying"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"incredulity":{
"refusal to accept something as true":{
"examples":[
"the teacher's incredulity about the claims in the essay proved to be well-founded"
],
"synonyms":[
"disbelief",
"nonbelief",
"unbelief"
],
"near synonyms":[
"discredit",
"distrust",
"doubt",
"mistrust",
"skepticism",
"suspicion",
"uncertainty",
"denial",
"rejection",
"repudiation",
"unfaith"
],
"near antonyms":[
"acceptance",
"conviction",
"faith",
"trust"
],
"antonyms":[
"belief",
"credence",
"credit"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"inclined":{
"having a desire or inclination (as for a specified course of action)":{
"examples":[
"we couldn't have convinced her if she weren't already so inclined"
],
"synonyms":[
"amenable",
"disposed",
"fain",
"game",
"glad",
"minded",
"ready",
"willing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"predisposed",
"prone",
"accommodating",
"agreeable",
"compliant",
"cooperative",
"obedient",
"obliging",
"submissive",
"favorable",
"receptive",
"prepared",
"prompt",
"quick",
"responsive",
"swift",
"desirous",
"eager",
"enthused",
"enthusiastic",
"excited"
],
"near antonyms":[
"averse",
"loath",
"loth",
"loathe",
"reluctant",
"reticent"
],
"antonyms":[
"disinclined",
"unamenable",
"unwilling"
]
},
"having a liking or affection":{
"examples":[
"a nightclub strictly for those inclined towards loud music"
],
"synonyms":[
"affected",
"attached",
"fond",
"partial"
],
"near synonyms":[
"crazy (about or over)",
"enamored",
"enraptured",
"gone (on)",
"infatuated",
"mad (about)",
"nuts (about)",
"desirous",
"eager",
"enthusiastic",
"excited",
"gung ho",
"keen"
],
"near antonyms":[
"apathetic",
"cool",
"indifferent",
"uninterested",
"contemptuous",
"disdainful",
"scornful",
"antagonistic",
"antipathetic",
"hostile",
"alienated",
"disaffected",
"disenchanted",
"estranged"
],
"antonyms":[
"allergic",
"averse",
"disinclined"
]
},
"having a tendency to be or act in a certain way":{
"examples":[
"a kindly couple who are inclined to be helpful to strangers"
],
"synonyms":[
"apt",
"given",
"prone",
"tending"
],
"near synonyms":[
"choosing",
"preferring",
"disposed",
"liable",
"likely",
"minded",
"predisposed",
"willing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"averse",
"disinclined",
"indisposed",
"loath",
"loth",
"loathe",
"unwilling"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"running in a slanting direction":{
"examples":[
"the highway ramps and other inclined roadways were treacherous during the ice storm"
],
"synonyms":[
"cant",
"canted",
"diagonal",
"graded",
"leaning",
"listing",
"oblique",
"pitched",
"raked",
"slant",
"slanted",
"slantwise",
"sloped",
"sloping",
"tilted",
"tilting"
],
"near synonyms":[],
"near antonyms":[
"horizontal",
"level",
"plumb",
"up-and-down",
"vertical",
"parallel",
"perpendicular"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to set or cause to be at an angle":{
"examples":[
"carefully inclined the ladder against the house"
],
"synonyms":[
"angled",
"canted",
"cocked",
"heeled",
"leaned",
"listed",
"pitched",
"slanted",
"sloped",
"tilted",
"tipped"
],
"near synonyms":[
"banked",
"bent",
"deviated",
"swerved",
"veered",
"declined",
"descended",
"reclined",
"retreated"
],
"near antonyms":[
"evened",
"flattened",
"leveled",
"levelled",
"straightened"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to show a liking or proneness (for something)":{
"examples":[
"a good restaurant for diners who incline to spicy food"
],
"synonyms":[
"leaned",
"ran",
"run",
"tended",
"trended"
],
"near synonyms":[
"gravitated",
"went",
"indicated",
"pointed",
"suggested"
],
"near antonyms":[
"avoided",
"shied (from or away from)",
"shunned"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"incandescent lamps":{
"as in fluorescent lamps , arc lamps":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"arc lamps",
"arc lights",
"candelabra",
"candelabrums",
"candelabras",
"candles",
"chandeliers",
"dark lanterns",
"flares",
"flashbulbs",
"flashcubes",
"flashes",
"flashlights",
"floodlights",
"fluorescent lamps",
"gaslights",
"gasoliers",
"girandoles",
"headlights",
"klieg lights",
"kleig lights",
"lanterns",
"light bulbs",
"lighthouses",
"lightings",
"sconces",
"spotlights",
"streetlights",
"sun lamps",
"beacons",
"illuminants",
"lamps"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"incompetently":{
"as in poorly , ineptly":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"amateurishly",
"artlessly",
"incapably",
"inefficiently",
"ineptly",
"inexpertly",
"poorly",
"unskillfully",
"inaptly",
"awkwardly",
"clumsily",
"crudely"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ably",
"adeptly",
"adroitly",
"artfully",
"capably",
"competently",
"consummately",
"deftly",
"expertly",
"masterfully",
"masterly",
"proficiently",
"skillfully",
"well",
"aptly",
"fluently",
"cleanly",
"cleverly",
"dexterously",
"neatly",
"nimbly"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"incapacitating":{
"to render powerless, ineffective, or unable to move":{
"examples":[
"the malfunctioning of a single component can incapacitate the engine"
],
"synonyms":[
"crippling",
"disabling",
"hamstringing",
"immobilizing",
"paralyzing",
"prostrating"
],
"near synonyms":[
"attenuating",
"debilitating",
"enervating",
"enfeebling",
"sapping",
"tiring",
"undercutting",
"undermining",
"weakening",
"hobbling",
"laming",
"maiming",
"mutilating",
"knocking out"
],
"near antonyms":[
"energizing",
"galvanizing",
"invigorating",
"vitalizing",
"fortifying",
"strengthening",
"empowering",
"freshening",
"refreshening",
"refreshing",
"regenerating",
"rejuvenating",
"restoring",
"revitalizing",
"reviving"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to cause severe or permanent injury to":{
"examples":[
"the stroke left her completely incapacitated"
],
"synonyms":[
"crippling",
"disabling",
"laming",
"maiming",
"mutilating"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dismembering",
"hamstringing",
"hobbling",
"paralyzing",
"battering",
"bruising",
"bunging up",
"mangling",
"mauling",
"roughing (up)",
"goring",
"lacerating",
"winging",
"wounding",
"disfiguring",
"scarring",
"kneecapping",
"breaking",
"damaging",
"harming",
"hurting",
"impairing",
"injuring",
"bashing",
"beating",
"belting",
"bludgeoning",
"buffeting",
"drubbing",
"hammering",
"lacing",
"lambasting",
"licking",
"pasting",
"pelting",
"pommeling",
"pommelling",
"pounding",
"pummeling",
"pummelling",
"thumping",
"banging",
"boxing",
"hitting",
"punching",
"slapping",
"smacking",
"smashing",
"socking",
"spanking",
"swatting",
"swiping",
"thrashing",
"thwacking",
"whacking",
"flogging",
"lashing",
"walloping",
"whipping",
"killing",
"murdering",
"tormenting",
"torturing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"curing",
"healing",
"rehabilitating",
"remedying",
"doctoring",
"fixing",
"mending",
"patching",
"rejuvenating",
"renewing",
"repairing",
"restoring"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"incivility":{
"rude behavior":{
"examples":[
"I won't tolerate incivility , and that includes text messaging while I'm speaking"
],
"synonyms":[
"dis",
"diss",
"discourteousness",
"discourtesy",
"disrespect",
"disrespectfulness",
"impertinence",
"impertinency",
"impoliteness",
"impudence",
"inconsiderateness",
"inconsideration",
"insolence",
"rudeness",
"ungraciousness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"audacity",
"boldness",
"brashness",
"brassiness",
"forwardness",
"sauciness",
"shamelessness",
"boorishness",
"caddishness",
"churlishness",
"clownishness",
"crudeness",
"loutishness",
"vulgarity",
"abruptness",
"bluntness",
"brusqueness",
"crustiness",
"curtness",
"gruffness",
"sharpness",
"crabbedness",
"crossness",
"disagreeableness",
"grumpiness",
"sullenness",
"surliness",
"improperness",
"impropriety",
"inappropriateness",
"incorrectness",
"indecency",
"unfitness",
"unsuitability",
"arrogance",
"conceit",
"conceitedness",
"presumption",
"pretense",
"pretence",
"pretension",
"pretentiousness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"humility",
"meekness",
"modesty",
"deference",
"dutifulness",
"respectfulness",
"submissiveness",
"acceptability",
"appropriateness",
"correctness",
"decency",
"decorousness",
"fitness",
"goodness",
"propriety",
"respectability",
"respectableness",
"rightness",
"seemliness",
"suitability",
"suitableness",
"affability",
"cordiality",
"friendliness",
"geniality",
"hospitality",
"kindness",
"felicitousness",
"grace",
"gracefulness"
],
"antonyms":[
"civility",
"considerateness",
"consideration",
"courtesy",
"genteelness",
"gentility",
"graciousness",
"politeness",
"politesse",
"thoughtfulness"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"incredulities":{
"refusal to accept something as true":{
"examples":[
"the teacher's incredulity about the claims in the essay proved to be well-founded"
],
"synonyms":[
"disbeliefs",
"nonbeliefs"
],
"near synonyms":[
"discredit",
"distrust",
"doubts",
"mistrust",
"skepticism",
"suspicions",
"uncertainties",
"denials",
"rejections",
"repudiations",
"unfaiths"
],
"near antonyms":[
"acceptances",
"convictions",
"faiths",
"trusts"
],
"antonyms":[
"beliefs",
"credences",
"credits"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"incredible":{
"too extraordinary or improbable to believe":{
"examples":[
"tried to explain her weeklong disappearance with an incredible tale of abduction by a total stranger"
],
"synonyms":[
"fantastic",
"fantastical",
"implausible",
"inconceivable",
"incredulous",
"unbelievable",
"uncompelling",
"unconceivable",
"unconvincing",
"unimaginable",
"unthinkable"
],
"near synonyms":[
"debatable",
"disputable",
"dodgy",
"doubtable",
"doubtful",
"dubious",
"dubitable",
"far-fetched",
"fishy",
"flimsy",
"questionable",
"shaky",
"suspect",
"suspicious",
"unlikely",
"unreasonable",
"hopeless",
"impossible",
"absurd",
"comical",
"farcical",
"laughable",
"ludicrous",
"outlandish",
"preposterous",
"ridiculous",
"risible",
"silly",
"indefensible",
"insupportable",
"untenable"
],
"near antonyms":[
"likely",
"possible",
"probable",
"reasonable",
"certain",
"incontestable",
"indisputable",
"indubitable",
"questionless",
"sure",
"undeniable",
"undoubted",
"unquestionable"
],
"antonyms":[
"believable",
"cogitable",
"conceivable",
"convincing",
"credible",
"creditable",
"imaginable",
"plausible",
"supposable",
"thinkable"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"incontestably":{
"without any question":{
"examples":[
"you are incontestably correct that tomorrow is another day"
],
"synonyms":[
"all right",
"alright",
"assuredly",
"certainly",
"clearly",
"definitely",
"doubtless",
"easily",
"forsooth",
"hands down",
"inarguably",
"incontrovertibly",
"indeed",
"indisputably",
"plainly",
"really",
"so",
"sure",
"surely",
"truly",
"unarguably",
"undeniably",
"undoubtedly",
"unquestionably"
],
"near synonyms":[
"conceivably",
"likely",
"perhaps",
"possibly",
"probably",
"obviously",
"unmistakably"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"includes":{
"to have as part of a whole":{
"examples":[
"the college application included some thought-provoking essay questions"
],
"synonyms":[
"carries",
"comprehends",
"contains",
"embraces",
"encompasses",
"entails",
"involves",
"numbers",
"subsumes",
"takes in"
],
"near synonyms":[
"comprises",
"consists (of)",
"brackets",
"has",
"holds",
"owns",
"possesses",
"admits",
"receives",
"composes",
"constitutes",
"forms",
"makes",
"assimilates",
"embodies",
"incorporates",
"integrates"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bans",
"bars",
"debars",
"precludes",
"prevents",
"prohibits",
"denies",
"refuses",
"rejects",
"eliminates",
"excepts",
"rules out",
"loses",
"mislays",
"misplaces"
],
"antonyms":[
"excludes",
"leaves (out)",
"misses out",
"omits"
]
},
"to close or shut in by or as if by barriers":{
"examples":[
"that inextinguishable spark of liberty that is included within every human being"
],
"synonyms":[
"boxes (in)",
"cages",
"closets",
"coops (up)",
"corrals",
"encages",
"encases",
"encloses",
"incloses",
"envelops",
"fences (in)",
"hedges",
"hems (in)",
"houses",
"immures",
"mews (up)",
"pens",
"walls (in)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bounds",
"circumscribes",
"confines",
"contains",
"limits",
"restricts",
"encircles",
"encompasses",
"enfolds",
"enframes",
"enlaces",
"frames",
"rings",
"surrounds",
"armors",
"cocoons",
"encapsulates",
"encapsules",
"encysts",
"ensheathes",
"enspheres",
"enwombs"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"incertitudes":{
"a feeling or attitude that one does not know the truth, truthfulness, or trustworthiness of someone or something":{
"examples":[
"a growing incertitude about the honesty of the housekeeper they had just hired"
],
"synonyms":[
"distrust",
"doubts",
"dubieties",
"dubitations",
"misdoubts",
"misgivings",
"mistrust",
"queries",
"reservations",
"skepticism",
"suspicions",
"uncertainties"
],
"near synonyms":[
"disbeliefs",
"incredulities",
"anxieties",
"concerns",
"paranoias",
"compunctions",
"niggles",
"qualms",
"scruples",
"tremors"
],
"near antonyms":[
"credences",
"faiths"
],
"antonyms":[
"assurances",
"beliefs",
"certainties",
"certitudes",
"confidences",
"convictions",
"sureties",
"trusts"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"incommodes":{
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"examples":[
"the innkeeper tried to hide how much the request incommoded them"
],
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"discommodes",
"disobliges",
"disturbs",
"inconveniences",
"puts out",
"troubles"
],
"near synonyms":[
"burdens",
"encumbers",
"saddles",
"weighs",
"fetters",
"hampers",
"hamstrings",
"handicaps",
"hinders",
"hobbles",
"holds back",
"holds up",
"impedes",
"inhibits",
"interferes (with)",
"manacles",
"obstructs",
"shackles",
"ties up",
"trammels",
"aggravates",
"angers",
"annoys",
"bothers",
"bugs",
"chafes",
"exasperates",
"galls",
"gets",
"irks",
"nettles",
"peeves",
"piques",
"riles",
"vexes",
"grates",
"inflames",
"enflames",
"provokes",
"agitates",
"perturbs",
"upsets"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abets",
"aids",
"assists",
"helps",
"eases",
"facilitates",
"smooths",
"smoothes",
"appeases",
"conciliates",
"disarms",
"mollifies",
"pacifies",
"placates",
"delights",
"gladdens",
"gratifies",
"pleases",
"satisfies",
"comforts",
"consoles",
"contents"
],
"antonyms":[
"accommodates",
"favors",
"obliges"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"incrimination":{
"as in recrimination":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"recrimination",
"charge",
"complaint",
"count",
"indictment",
"rap",
"accusation",
"allegation",
"plea",
"crimination",
"counteraccusation",
"countercharge",
"arraignment",
"impeachment",
"implication",
"imputation",
"innuendo",
"insinuation",
"censure",
"condemnation",
"denunciation"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"incubuses":{
"as in demons , devils":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"banshees",
"bogeymen",
"bogymen",
"demons",
"daemons",
"devils",
"fiends",
"ghouls",
"imps",
"apparitions",
"ghosts",
"phantasms",
"fantasms",
"phantoms",
"poltergeists",
"shades",
"specters",
"spectres",
"spirits",
"spooks",
"wraiths",
"frights",
"horribles",
"horrors",
"monsters",
"monstrosities",
"terrors",
"b\u00eates noires",
"black beasts",
"bogeys",
"bogies",
"bugaboos",
"bugbears",
"dreads",
"hobgoblins",
"ogres",
"banes",
"curses",
"enemies",
"plagues",
"scourges",
"torments",
"abominations",
"anathemas"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"included":{
"to have as part of a whole":{
"examples":[
"the college application included some thought-provoking essay questions"
],
"synonyms":[
"carried",
"comprehended",
"contained",
"embraced",
"encompassed",
"entailed",
"involved",
"numbered",
"subsumed",
"took in"
],
"near synonyms":[
"comprised",
"consisted (of)",
"bracketed",
"had",
"held",
"owned",
"possessed",
"admitted",
"received",
"composed",
"constituted",
"formed",
"made",
"assimilated",
"embodied",
"incorporated",
"integrated"
],
"near antonyms":[
"banned",
"barred",
"debarred",
"precluded",
"prevented",
"prohibited",
"denied",
"refused",
"rejected",
"eliminated",
"excepted",
"ruled out",
"lost",
"mislaid",
"misplaced"
],
"antonyms":[
"excluded",
"left (out)",
"missed out",
"omitted"
]
},
"to close or shut in by or as if by barriers":{
"examples":[
"that inextinguishable spark of liberty that is included within every human being"
],
"synonyms":[
"boxed (in)",
"caged",
"closeted",
"cooped (up)",
"corralled",
"encaged",
"encased",
"enclosed",
"inclosed",
"enveloped",
"fenced (in)",
"hedged",
"hemmed (in)",
"housed",
"immured",
"mewed (up)",
"penned",
"walled (in)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bounded",
"circumscribed",
"confined",
"contained",
"limited",
"restricted",
"encircled",
"encompassed",
"enfolded",
"enframed",
"enlaced",
"framed",
"ringed",
"surrounded",
"armored",
"cocooned",
"encapsulated",
"encapsuled",
"encysted",
"ensheathed",
"ensphered",
"enwombed"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"incompletely":{
"in some measure or degree":{
"examples":[
"a physiological process that is incompletely understood at the present time"
],
"synonyms":[
"half",
"halfway",
"part",
"partially",
"partly",
"partway"
],
"near synonyms":[
"fragmentarily",
"enough",
"fairly",
"kindly",
"kind of",
"like",
"moderately",
"more or less",
"pretty",
"quite",
"rather",
"relatively",
"something",
"somewhat",
"sort of"
],
"near antonyms":[
"absolutely",
"dead",
"downright",
"plain",
"especially",
"exceedingly",
"exceeding",
"exceptionally",
"extremely",
"greatly",
"highly",
"hugely",
"particularly",
"very"
],
"antonyms":[
"all",
"altogether",
"completely",
"entirely",
"fully",
"perfectly",
"quite",
"totally",
"utterly",
"wholly"
]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"incorrigible":{
"not capable of being cured or reformed":{
"examples":[
"an incorrigible criminal who should spend the rest of his life behind bars"
],
"synonyms":[
"hopeless",
"incurable",
"irrecoverable",
"irredeemable",
"irreformable",
"irremediable",
"irretrievable",
"unrecoverable",
"unredeemable"
],
"near synonyms":[
"irreparable",
"irreversible",
"uncorrectable",
"unencouraging",
"unpromising",
"impenitent",
"unreformed",
"unregenerate",
"unrepentant"
],
"near antonyms":[
"reversible",
"encouraging",
"promising",
"penitent",
"regretful",
"remorseful",
"repentant",
"rueful",
"sorry",
"correctable",
"fixable",
"rectifiable",
"repairable",
"reparable",
"salvable",
"salvageable"
],
"antonyms":[
"curable",
"reclaimable",
"recoverable",
"redeemable",
"reformable",
"remediable",
"retrievable",
"savable",
"saveable"
]
},
"as in delinquent , bankrupt":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bankrupt",
"delinquent",
"derelict",
"backslider",
"debauchee",
"debaucher",
"decadent",
"degenerate",
"deviate",
"libertine",
"perv",
"pervert",
"profligate",
"rake",
"rakehell",
"rip",
"blackguard",
"cad",
"heel",
"knave",
"miscreant",
"rascal",
"reprobate",
"rogue",
"scoundrel",
"villain",
"lecher",
"playboy",
"playgirl",
"satyr"
],
"near antonyms":[
"saint"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"incensed":{
"feeling or showing anger":{
"examples":[
"incensed residents demanded that the police apprehend the punks who vandalized the cemetery"
],
"synonyms":[
"angered",
"angry",
"apoplectic",
"ballistic",
"cheesed off",
"choleric",
"enraged",
"foaming",
"fuming",
"furious",
"hopping",
"horn-mad",
"hot",
"indignant",
"inflamed",
"enflamed",
"infuriate",
"infuriated",
"irate",
"ireful",
"livid",
"mad",
"outraged",
"rabid",
"rankled",
"riled",
"riley",
"roiled",
"shirty",
"sore",
"steamed up",
"steaming",
"teed off",
"ticked",
"wrathful",
"wroth"
],
"near synonyms":[
"ranting",
"raving",
"stormy",
"boiling",
"bristling",
"bristly",
"burning",
"cross",
"huffy",
"passionate",
"seething",
"sizzling",
"smoldering",
"smouldering",
"worked up",
"wrought (up)",
"acrid",
"acrimonious",
"antagonistic",
"antipathetic",
"bitter",
"embittered",
"inimical",
"malevolent",
"piqued",
"rancorous",
"resentful",
"spiteful",
"vengeful",
"vindictive",
"virulent",
"vitriolic",
"antisocial",
"cold",
"cool",
"disagreeable",
"disapproving",
"distant",
"frigid",
"icy",
"ill-tempered",
"sorehead",
"soreheaded",
"sulky",
"unfriendly",
"unpleasant",
"aggravated",
"annoyed",
"bearish",
"bilious",
"cantankerous",
"churlish",
"crabby",
"cranky",
"dyspeptic",
"exasperated",
"fretful",
"fussy",
"grouchy",
"grumpy",
"ill-humored",
"inflammable",
"irascible",
"irritable",
"peevish",
"perturbed",
"petulant",
"put out",
"quick-tempered",
"snappish",
"testy",
"touchy",
"argumentative",
"belligerent",
"contentious",
"contrary",
"disputatious",
"ornery",
"pugnacious",
"quarrelsome",
"querulous"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accepting",
"accommodating",
"obliging",
"agreeable",
"amenable",
"complaisant",
"amicable",
"cordial",
"friendly",
"content",
"happy",
"satisfied",
"empathetic",
"sympathetic",
"tolerant",
"understanding",
"calm",
"pacific",
"peaceable",
"placid",
"serene",
"tranquil",
"unembittered",
"affable",
"amiable",
"easygoing",
"genial",
"good-natured",
"good-tempered",
"kind",
"pleasant",
"sweet"
],
"antonyms":[
"angerless",
"delighted",
"pleased"
]
},
"to make angry":{
"examples":[
"the insult so incensed him that he had to be restrained from hitting the guy"
],
"synonyms":[
"angered",
"enraged",
"inflamed",
"enflamed",
"infuriated",
"ired",
"madded",
"maddened",
"outraged",
"rankled",
"riled",
"roiled",
"steamed up",
"ticked off"
],
"near synonyms":[
"affronted",
"aggravated",
"annoyed",
"burned (up)",
"burnt (up)",
"crossed",
"exasperated",
"got",
"huffed",
"irritated",
"miffed",
"nettled",
"offended",
"peeved",
"piqued",
"provoked",
"put out",
"ruffled",
"vexed",
"vext",
"antagonized",
"embittered",
"envenomed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"allayed",
"assuaged",
"relieved",
"comforted",
"consoled",
"soothed",
"appeased",
"conciliated",
"mollified",
"pacified",
"placated",
"calmed",
"lulled",
"quieted",
"settled",
"beguiled",
"bewitched",
"captivated",
"charmed",
"disarmed",
"enchanted"
],
"antonyms":[
"delighted",
"gratified",
"pleased"
]
},
"to fill or infuse with a pleasant odor or odor-releasing substance":{
"examples":[
"the gift shop was heavily incensed with a cloying mixture of herbal essences"
],
"synonyms":[
"odorized",
"perfumed",
"scented"
],
"near synonyms":[],
"near antonyms":[
"deodorized"
],
"antonyms":[
"stank up",
"stunk up"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"incumbents":{
"as in officeholders":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"officeholders",
"noncandidates",
"awardees",
"honorees",
"inductees",
"dropouts"
],
"near antonyms":[
"applicants",
"appliers",
"aspirants",
"campaigners",
"candidates",
"contenders",
"expectants",
"hopefuls",
"prospects",
"seekers",
"competitors",
"contestants",
"entrants",
"entries",
"favorites",
"qualifiers",
"dark horses",
"spoilers",
"stalking horses"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"incuriously":{
"as in impassively , disinterestedly":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"aloofly",
"disinterestedly",
"impassively",
"apathetically",
"indifferently",
"lukewarmly",
"perfunctorily",
"hesitantly",
"reluctantly",
"unwillingly"
],
"near antonyms":[
"enthusiastically",
"exuberantly",
"madly",
"rhapsodically",
"sky-high",
"avidly",
"eagerly",
"excitedly",
"impatiently",
"keenly",
"fanatically",
"rabidly",
"warmly",
"zealously"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"inclusive":{
"covering everything or all important points":{
"examples":[
"a butterfly expert with an inclusive knowledge of his subject"
],
"synonyms":[
"all-embracing",
"all-in",
"all-inclusive",
"broad-gauge",
"broad-gauged",
"compendious",
"complete",
"comprehensive",
"cover-all",
"cyclopedic",
"embracive",
"encyclopedic",
"exhaustive",
"full",
"global",
"in-depth",
"omnibus",
"panoramic",
"thorough",
"universal"
],
"near synonyms":[
"broad",
"catholic",
"encyclical",
"general",
"inclusionary",
"overall",
"cosmic",
"cosmical",
"extensive",
"far",
"far-reaching",
"grand",
"large",
"panoptic",
"sweeping",
"vast",
"wide",
"wide-ranging",
"blanket",
"indiscriminate",
"unrestricted"
],
"near antonyms":[
"circumscribed",
"limited",
"narrow",
"restricted",
"specialized",
"exact",
"precise",
"individual",
"singular",
"specific",
"incomplete",
"patchy",
"sketchy"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"inconsequential":{
"lacking importance":{
"examples":[
"that's an inconsequential problem compared to the other issues"
],
"synonyms":[
"fiddling",
"foolish",
"frivolous",
"incidental",
"inconsiderable",
"insignificant",
"little",
"Mickey Mouse",
"minor",
"minute",
"negligible",
"nugatory",
"slight",
"small",
"small-fry",
"trifling",
"trivial",
"unimportant"
],
"near synonyms":[
"jerkwater",
"one-horse",
"nickel-and-dime",
"paltry",
"petty",
"small-time",
"worthless",
"anonymous",
"nameless",
"obscure",
"uncelebrated",
"unknown"
],
"near antonyms":[
"decisive",
"fatal",
"fateful",
"chief",
"dominant",
"overbearing",
"overmastering",
"overriding",
"principal",
"distinctive",
"exceptional",
"impressive",
"outstanding",
"prominent",
"remarkable",
"valuable",
"worthwhile",
"worthy",
"distinguished",
"eminent",
"great",
"illustrious",
"preeminent",
"prestigious",
"famous",
"notorious",
"renowned",
"all-important",
"basic",
"essential",
"fundamental",
"key"
],
"antonyms":[
"big",
"consequential",
"eventful",
"important",
"major",
"material",
"meaningful",
"momentous",
"significant",
"substantial",
"unfrivolous",
"weighty"
]
},
"so small or unimportant as to warrant little or no attention":{
"examples":[
"an inconsequential error that does nothing to lessen the value of the report"
],
"synonyms":[
"chicken",
"de minimis",
"footling",
"inconsiderable",
"insignificant",
"measly",
"Mickey Mouse",
"minute",
"negligible",
"niggling",
"no-account",
"nominal",
"paltry",
"peanut",
"petty",
"picayune",
"piddling",
"piddly",
"piffling",
"pimping",
"slight",
"trifling",
"trivial"
],
"near synonyms":[
"inferior",
"mean",
"imperceptible",
"inappreciable",
"little",
"puny",
"tiny",
"hairsplitting",
"nitpicking",
"pettifogging",
"quibbling",
"one-horse",
"small-fry",
"two-bit"
],
"near antonyms":[
"serious",
"substantial",
"weighty",
"eventful",
"momentous",
"pivotal",
"conspicuous",
"noteworthy",
"outstanding",
"prominent",
"remarkable",
"striking",
"appreciable",
"discernible",
"discernable",
"measurable"
],
"antonyms":[
"big",
"consequential",
"considerable",
"important",
"material",
"significant"
]
},
"not using or following good reasoning":{
"examples":[
"an inconsequential line of argument that did little to further the prosecution's case"
],
"synonyms":[
"fallacious",
"illegitimate",
"illogical",
"inconsequent",
"invalid",
"irrational",
"nonrational",
"unreasonable",
"unreasoning",
"unsound",
"weak"
],
"near synonyms":[
"eristic",
"eristical",
"misleading",
"sophistic",
"sophistical",
"specious",
"half-baked",
"ill-advised",
"misguided",
"unconsidered",
"unreasoned",
"inconsistent",
"absurd",
"asinine",
"foolish",
"meaningless",
"nonsensical",
"preposterous",
"reasonless",
"senseless",
"silly",
"Kafkaesque",
"odd",
"peculiar",
"strange",
"surreal",
"unusual",
"weird",
"insane",
"mad",
"nutty",
"wacky",
"whacky",
"disordered",
"disorganized",
"rambling",
"random",
"unconvincing",
"inexplicable",
"unaccountable",
"unexplainable"
],
"near antonyms":[
"commonsense",
"sane",
"sensible",
"sober",
"wise",
"enlightened",
"informed",
"just",
"justified",
"reasoned",
"ordered",
"organized",
"clear",
"cogent",
"compelling",
"convincing",
"credible",
"persuasive",
"plausible",
"satisfying",
"solid",
"certain",
"sure",
"true",
"confirmed",
"corroborated",
"demonstrated",
"established",
"substantiated",
"validated"
],
"antonyms":[
"logical",
"rational",
"reasonable",
"sound",
"valid",
"well-founded",
"well-grounded"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"incises":{
"to cut (as letters or designs) on a hard surface":{
"examples":[
"incised a pattern into the copper plate"
],
"synonyms":[
"engraves",
"etches",
"graves",
"inscribes",
"insculps"
],
"near synonyms":[
"carves",
"chisels",
"sculpts",
"sculptures",
"chases",
"grooves",
"indents",
"notches",
"scores",
"traces",
"affixes",
"impresses"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to penetrate with a sharp edge (as a knife)":{
"examples":[
"incised the tree with a sharp ax to get the sap flowing"
],
"synonyms":[
"cuts",
"gashes",
"rips",
"shears",
"slashes",
"slices",
"slits"
],
"near synonyms":[
"crosscuts",
"hacksaws",
"saws",
"scissors",
"cleaves",
"rives",
"splits",
"pierces",
"stabs",
"bruises",
"butchers",
"hacks",
"haggles",
"lacerates",
"mangles",
"rends",
"tears",
"carves",
"chips",
"chisels",
"notches",
"anatomizes",
"dissects",
"sections",
"chops",
"dices",
"minces",
"amputates",
"cuts off",
"severs"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"incomprehensions":{
"a failure to understand correctly":{
"examples":[
"the anthropologist's apparent incomprehension of the ceremonial rites she describes in her book surprised reviewers"
],
"synonyms":[
"misapprehensions",
"misconstructions",
"misimpressions",
"misinterpretations",
"misknowledges",
"misreadings",
"misunderstandings"
],
"near synonyms":[
"astigmatisms",
"misconceptions",
"misperceptions",
"misprisions",
"mistakes"
],
"near antonyms":[
"appreciations",
"apprehensions",
"comprehensions",
"conceptions",
"grasps",
"knowledges",
"perceptions",
"prehensions",
"understandings",
"realizations"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"incarnate":{
"to represent in visible form":{
"examples":[
"the general view that Hitler incarnated extreme egotism and indeed evil itself"
],
"synonyms":[
"body",
"embody",
"epitomize",
"express",
"externalize",
"incorporate",
"instantiate",
"manifest",
"materialize",
"personalize",
"personify",
"substantiate"
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"concretize",
"realize",
"exemplify",
"illustrate",
"image",
"objectify",
"symbolize",
"typify"
],
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},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
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"to put in or as if in prison":{
"examples":[
"the state incarcerated over 1900 people last year"
],
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"commits",
"confines",
"immures",
"imprisons",
"interns",
"jails",
"jugs",
"locks (up)"
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"near synonyms":[
"constrains",
"limits",
"restrains",
"restricts",
"shuts",
"bars",
"gates",
"apprehends",
"arrests",
"busts",
"captures",
"catches",
"detains",
"nabs",
"picks up",
"pinches",
"seizes",
"impresses",
"shanghais",
"holds",
"impounds",
"keeps",
"binds",
"enchains",
"fetters",
"handcuffs",
"manacles",
"shackles",
"trammels"
],
"near antonyms":[
"emancipates",
"enfranchises",
"manumits",
"unbinds",
"uncages",
"unchains",
"unfetters"
],
"antonyms":[
"discharges",
"frees",
"liberates",
"releases"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"inconsequent":{
"not using or following good reasoning":{
"examples":[
"presents an inconsequent argument for a major reversal in the nation's policy on narcotics"
],
"synonyms":[
"fallacious",
"illegitimate",
"illogical",
"inconsequential",
"invalid",
"irrational",
"nonrational",
"unreasonable",
"unreasoning",
"unsound",
"weak"
],
"near synonyms":[
"eristic",
"eristical",
"misleading",
"sophistic",
"sophistical",
"specious",
"half-baked",
"ill-advised",
"misguided",
"unconsidered",
"unreasoned",
"inconsistent",
"absurd",
"asinine",
"foolish",
"meaningless",
"nonsensical",
"preposterous",
"reasonless",
"senseless",
"silly",
"Kafkaesque",
"odd",
"peculiar",
"strange",
"surreal",
"unusual",
"weird",
"insane",
"mad",
"nutty",
"wacky",
"whacky",
"disordered",
"disorganized",
"rambling",
"random",
"unconvincing",
"inexplicable",
"unaccountable",
"unexplainable"
],
"near antonyms":[
"commonsense",
"sane",
"sensible",
"sober",
"wise",
"enlightened",
"informed",
"just",
"justified",
"reasoned",
"ordered",
"organized",
"clear",
"cogent",
"compelling",
"convincing",
"credible",
"persuasive",
"plausible",
"satisfying",
"solid",
"certain",
"sure",
"true",
"confirmed",
"corroborated",
"demonstrated",
"established",
"substantiated",
"validated"
],
"antonyms":[
"logical",
"rational",
"reasonable",
"sound",
"valid",
"well-founded",
"well-grounded"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
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"imbalances",
"antagonisms",
"antipathies",
"enmities",
"hatreds",
"hostilities",
"alienations",
"breaches",
"divorces",
"estrangements",
"ruptures",
"schisms",
"scissions",
"severances",
"conflicts",
"discords",
"dissensions",
"dissentions",
"disunities",
"variances",
"dissents",
"dissidences",
"anarchies",
"disorders",
"disturbances",
"strifes",
"turmoils"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cohesions",
"unities",
"chimes",
"comities",
"compatibilities",
"concords",
"harmonies",
"peaces",
"amities",
"companionships",
"congenialities",
"fellowships",
"fraternizations",
"friendships"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"inconsecutive":{
"as in nonconsecutive , nonsequential":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"inconsequent",
"nonconsecutive",
"nonsequential"
],
"near antonyms":[
"back-to-back",
"consecutive",
"sequent",
"sequential",
"straight",
"succeeding",
"successional",
"successive",
"serial",
"constant",
"continuous",
"uninterrupted"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"increasingly":{
"more and more; to an increasing degree":{
"examples":[
"People are becoming increasingly aware of this problem.",
"Increasingly , scientists are questioning the data.",
"The situation grew increasingly hopeless."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"crescively",
"progressively",
"gradationally",
"gradually",
"inchmeal",
"little by little",
"piece by piece",
"piecemeal",
"hierarchically",
"fractionally",
"imperceptibly",
"slowly"
],
"near antonyms":[
"decreasingly",
"acutely",
"sharply",
"steeply",
"hastily",
"precipitously",
"abruptly",
"suddenly"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"incompatibilities":{
"as in inconsistencies , incongruities":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"incongruences",
"incongruities",
"inconsistences",
"inconsistencies",
"inconsonances",
"fallings-out",
"falling-outs",
"fights",
"hassles",
"jars",
"miffs",
"mix-ups",
"quarrels",
"rows",
"run-ins",
"scraps",
"spats",
"squabbles",
"tiffs",
"wrangles",
"animosities",
"antagonisms",
"antipathies",
"cold wars",
"enmities",
"hostilities",
"ill wills",
"rancors",
"altercations",
"arguments",
"bickers",
"brawls",
"debates",
"disagreements",
"disputes",
"divides",
"fissures",
"clashes",
"collisions",
"competitions",
"contentions",
"conflicts",
"disaccords",
"discordances",
"discordancies",
"discords",
"disharmonies",
"dissensions",
"dissentions",
"dissents",
"dissidences",
"dissonances",
"disunions",
"disunities",
"divisions",
"frictions",
"infightings",
"inharmonies",
"schisms",
"strifes",
"variances",
"warfares",
"wars"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accords",
"agreements",
"concordances",
"concords",
"harmonies",
"peaces",
"concurrences",
"cooperations"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"incisive":{
"very clear and direct":{
"examples":[
"She provided an incisive analysis that changed my entire opinion on the issue."
],
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"near synonyms":[
"keen",
"poignant",
"trenchant",
"acerb",
"acerbic",
"acid",
"acidic",
"acidulous",
"acrid",
"barbed",
"biting",
"caustic",
"corrosive",
"cutting",
"mordant",
"pungent",
"sarcastic",
"sardonic",
"satiric",
"satirical",
"scalding",
"scathing",
"sharp",
"smart-aleck",
"smart-alecky",
"smart-mouthed",
"snarky",
"tart",
"brisk",
"cross",
"sharp-tongued",
"sour",
"sourish",
"spiky",
"spikey",
"tartish",
"cynical",
"dry",
"ironic",
"ironical",
"wry",
"facetious",
"flippant",
"tongue-in-cheek",
"acrimonious",
"bitter",
"resentful",
"vitriolic",
"harsh",
"rough",
"severe",
"stringent",
"abrupt",
"blunt",
"brusque",
"brusk",
"concise",
"crisp",
"curt",
"gruff",
"pithy",
"snippety",
"snippy",
"succinct",
"terse",
"backhanded",
"insincere"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"inclines (toward)":{
"as in tends (to) , gravitates":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"gravitates",
"tends (to)",
"cares (for)",
"favors",
"leans (toward or towards)",
"likes",
"prefers",
"adores",
"cottons (to)",
"delights (in)",
"digs",
"enjoys",
"fancies",
"grooves (on)",
"relishes",
"revels (in)",
"chooses",
"culls",
"handpicks",
"names",
"picks",
"selects",
"singles (out)",
"takes",
"covets",
"craves",
"desires",
"hankers (for or after)",
"wants",
"wishes (for)",
"biases",
"biasses",
"prejudices",
"admires",
"appreciates",
"cherishes",
"prizes",
"treasures",
"values",
"goes in for",
"is partial to",
"goes"
],
"near antonyms":[
"avoids",
"shies (from or away from)",
"shuns",
"disfavors",
"dislikes",
"mislikes",
"abhors",
"abominates",
"detests",
"hates",
"loathes",
"declines",
"refuses",
"rejects",
"turns down",
"discards",
"jettisons",
"throws away",
"throws out"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"incomprehensibleness":{
"as in impenetrability , incomprehensibility":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"impenetrability",
"incomprehensibility",
"cloudiness",
"dimness",
"faintness",
"fogginess",
"fuzziness",
"haziness",
"indefiniteness",
"indistinctness",
"mistiness",
"shade",
"shadow",
"uncertainty",
"vagueness",
"circuitousness",
"circuity",
"indirectness",
"mystery",
"reconditeness",
"deepness",
"depth",
"profoundness",
"ambiguity",
"ambiguousness",
"darkness",
"equivocalness",
"equivocation",
"inscrutability",
"inscrutableness",
"murkiness",
"mysteriousness",
"nebulosity",
"nebulousness",
"obliqueness",
"obliquity",
"obscurity",
"opacity",
"opaqueness",
"abstruseness",
"abstrusity",
"complexity",
"complication",
"difficulty",
"obtuseness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"clarity",
"clearness",
"obviousness",
"plainness",
"comprehensibility",
"intelligibility",
"legibility",
"brightness",
"distinctness",
"self-evidence",
"certainty",
"surety",
"definiteness",
"exactness",
"explicitness",
"incision",
"incisiveness",
"lucidity",
"lucidness",
"perspicuity",
"perspicuousness",
"directness",
"forthrightness",
"openness",
"straightforwardness",
"palpability",
"tangibility",
"tangibleness",
"visibility",
"readability",
"readableness",
"obviousness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[]
},
"incomprehensibility":{
"as in impenetrability , inexplicability":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"impenetrability",
"inexplicability",
"diversity",
"heterogeneity",
"heterogeneousness",
"multifariousness",
"complexity",
"complexness",
"complicacy",
"complicatedness",
"complication",
"elaborateness",
"intricacy",
"intricateness",
"involution",
"knottiness",
"sophistication"
],
"near antonyms":[
"plainness",
"simpleness",
"simplicity",
"simplification",
"homogeneity",
"uniformity"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"incidental":{
"happening by chance":{
"examples":[
"an incidental meeting of two ships in the middle of the Atlantic"
],
"synonyms":[
"accidental",
"casual",
"chance",
"fluky",
"flukey",
"fortuitous",
"inadvertent",
"unintended",
"unintentional",
"unplanned",
"unpremeditated",
"unwitting"
],
"near synonyms":[
"coincidental",
"freak",
"odd",
"aimless",
"arbitrary",
"desultory",
"haphazard",
"random",
"uncertain",
"unexpected",
"unforeseeable",
"unforeseen",
"coerced",
"forced",
"involuntary",
"unconscious",
"unprompted"
],
"near antonyms":[
"certain",
"destined",
"expected",
"fixed",
"foreordained",
"foreseeable",
"foreseen",
"inevitable",
"predestined",
"predetermined",
"predictable",
"preordained",
"prescribed",
"sure",
"conscious",
"freewill",
"knowing",
"unforced",
"voluntary",
"volunteer",
"willful",
"wilful"
],
"antonyms":[
"calculated",
"deliberate",
"intended",
"intentional",
"planned",
"premeditated",
"premeditative",
"prepense",
"set"
]
},
"lacking importance":{
"examples":[
"we still have to work out a few incidental details, but the proposal is largely complete"
],
"synonyms":[
"fiddling",
"foolish",
"frivolous",
"inconsequential",
"inconsiderable",
"insignificant",
"little",
"Mickey Mouse",
"minor",
"minute",
"negligible",
"nugatory",
"slight",
"small",
"small-fry",
"trifling",
"trivial",
"unimportant"
],
"near synonyms":[
"jerkwater",
"one-horse",
"nickel-and-dime",
"paltry",
"petty",
"small-time",
"worthless",
"anonymous",
"nameless",
"obscure",
"uncelebrated",
"unknown"
],
"near antonyms":[
"decisive",
"fatal",
"fateful",
"chief",
"dominant",
"overbearing",
"overmastering",
"overriding",
"principal",
"distinctive",
"exceptional",
"impressive",
"outstanding",
"prominent",
"remarkable",
"valuable",
"worthwhile",
"worthy",
"distinguished",
"eminent",
"great",
"illustrious",
"preeminent",
"prestigious",
"famous",
"notorious",
"renowned",
"all-important",
"basic",
"essential",
"fundamental",
"key"
],
"antonyms":[
"big",
"consequential",
"eventful",
"important",
"major",
"material",
"meaningful",
"momentous",
"significant",
"substantial",
"unfrivolous",
"weighty"
]
},
"as in amenity , extra":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"amenity",
"doodad",
"embroidery",
"extra",
"filler",
"frill",
"luxury",
"nonessential",
"nonnecessity",
"auxiliary",
"subsidiary",
"appurtenances",
"bells and whistles",
"equipment",
"furnishings",
"habiliment(s)",
"paraphernalia",
"trappings",
"accompaniment",
"additive",
"complement",
"supplement",
"adornment",
"decoration",
"embellishment",
"enhancement",
"garnish",
"ornament",
"trim",
"trimming",
"accessory",
"accessary",
"accoutrement",
"accouterment",
"adapter",
"adaptor",
"add-on",
"adjunct",
"appendage",
"appliance",
"attachment",
"option"
],
"near antonyms":[
"essential",
"necessity",
"requirement",
"requisite"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"incontinent":{
"as in reckless , intemperate":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"extravagant",
"intemperate",
"reckless",
"splurging",
"uncontrolled",
"wanton",
"gluttonous",
"greedy",
"rapacious",
"voracious",
"masturbatory",
"onanistic",
"self-absorbed",
"self-obsessed",
"carnal",
"fleshly",
"sensual",
"sensuous",
"voluptuous",
"decadent",
"hedonistic",
"indulgent",
"luxurious",
"overindulgent",
"self-indulgent",
"sybaritic"
],
"near antonyms":[
"self-abnegating",
"self-denying",
"abstemious",
"abstinent",
"continent",
"sober",
"temperate",
"ascetic",
"ascetical",
"austere",
"spartan",
"disciplined",
"self-controlled",
"self-disciplined",
"self-governed"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"incongruities":{
"someone or something with qualities or features that seem to conflict with one another":{
"examples":[
"she's an incongruity : an impeccably groomed woman who keeps a messy house"
],
"synonyms":[
"contradictions",
"dichotomies",
"paradoxes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"antinomies",
"conundrums",
"enigmas",
"mysteries",
"mystifications",
"puzzlements",
"puzzles",
"riddles"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"inconsonances":{
"as in inconsistencies , incongruities":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"incompatibilities",
"incongruences",
"incongruities",
"inconsistences",
"inconsistencies",
"fallings-out",
"falling-outs",
"fights",
"hassles",
"jars",
"miffs",
"mix-ups",
"quarrels",
"rows",
"run-ins",
"scraps",
"spats",
"squabbles",
"tiffs",
"wrangles",
"animosities",
"antagonisms",
"antipathies",
"cold wars",
"enmities",
"hostilities",
"ill wills",
"rancors",
"altercations",
"arguments",
"bickers",
"brawls",
"debates",
"disagreements",
"disputes",
"divides",
"fissures",
"clashes",
"collisions",
"competitions",
"contentions",
"conflicts",
"disaccords",
"discordances",
"discordancies",
"discords",
"disharmonies",
"dissensions",
"dissentions",
"dissents",
"dissidences",
"dissonances",
"disunions",
"disunities",
"divisions",
"frictions",
"infightings",
"inharmonies",
"schisms",
"strifes",
"variances",
"warfares",
"wars"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accords",
"agreements",
"concordances",
"concords",
"harmonies",
"peaces",
"concurrences",
"cooperations"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"inconstancy":{
"lack of faithfulness especially to one's husband or wife":{
"examples":[
"a wife who was long inured to the chronic inconstancy of her husband"
],
"synonyms":[
"disloyalty",
"faithlessness",
"falseness",
"falsity",
"infidelity",
"perfidiousness",
"perfidy",
"unfaithfulness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"adultery",
"betrayal",
"double cross",
"double-dealing",
"duplicity",
"sellout",
"treachery",
"treason",
"deceit",
"deception",
"lying"
],
"near antonyms":[
"staunchness",
"steadfastness",
"dependability",
"reliability",
"honesty",
"trustworthiness"
],
"antonyms":[
"allegiance",
"constancy",
"devotedness",
"devotion",
"faith",
"faithfulness",
"fealty",
"fidelity",
"loyalty"
]
},
"the frequent and usually sudden passing from one condition to another":{
"examples":[
"the inconstancy of public opinion is such that today's hero may be tomorrow's punching bag"
],
"synonyms":[
"change",
"fluctuation",
"flux",
"oscillation"
],
"near synonyms":[
"metamorphosis",
"mutation",
"transformation",
"transmogrification",
"transmutation",
"vacillation",
"wavering"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"incongruousness":{
"as in inconsistency , inharmoniousness":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"incompatibility",
"incongruence",
"incongruity",
"inconsistence",
"inconsistency",
"inconsonance",
"inharmoniousness",
"falling-out",
"fight",
"hassle",
"jar",
"miff",
"mix-up",
"quarrel",
"row",
"run-in",
"scrap",
"spat",
"squabble",
"tiff",
"wrangle",
"animosity",
"antagonism",
"antipathy",
"cold war",
"enmity",
"hostility",
"ill will",
"rancor",
"altercation",
"argument",
"bicker",
"brawl",
"debate",
"disagreement",
"dispute",
"divide",
"fissure",
"clash",
"collision",
"competition",
"contention",
"conflict",
"disaccord",
"discord",
"discordance",
"discordancy",
"disharmony",
"dissension",
"dissention",
"dissent",
"dissidence",
"dissonance",
"disunion",
"disunity",
"division",
"friction",
"infighting",
"inharmony",
"schism",
"strife",
"variance",
"war",
"warfare"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accord",
"agreement",
"concord",
"concordance",
"harmony",
"peace",
"concurrence",
"cooperation"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"inconsiderateness":{
"rude behavior":{
"examples":[
"for sheer inconsiderateness , that lout has everyone else beat"
],
"synonyms":[
"dis",
"diss",
"discourteousness",
"discourtesy",
"disrespect",
"disrespectfulness",
"impertinence",
"impertinency",
"impoliteness",
"impudence",
"incivility",
"inconsideration",
"insolence",
"rudeness",
"ungraciousness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"audacity",
"boldness",
"brashness",
"brassiness",
"forwardness",
"sauciness",
"shamelessness",
"boorishness",
"caddishness",
"churlishness",
"clownishness",
"crudeness",
"loutishness",
"vulgarity",
"abruptness",
"bluntness",
"brusqueness",
"crustiness",
"curtness",
"gruffness",
"sharpness",
"crabbedness",
"crossness",
"disagreeableness",
"grumpiness",
"sullenness",
"surliness",
"improperness",
"impropriety",
"inappropriateness",
"incorrectness",
"indecency",
"unfitness",
"unsuitability",
"arrogance",
"conceit",
"conceitedness",
"presumption",
"pretense",
"pretence",
"pretension",
"pretentiousness"
],
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"humility",
"meekness",
"modesty",
"deference",
"dutifulness",
"respectfulness",
"submissiveness",
"acceptability",
"appropriateness",
"correctness",
"decency",
"decorousness",
"fitness",
"goodness",
"propriety",
"respectability",
"respectableness",
"rightness",
"seemliness",
"suitability",
"suitableness",
"affability",
"cordiality",
"friendliness",
"geniality",
"hospitality",
"kindness",
"felicitousness",
"grace",
"gracefulness"
],
"antonyms":[
"civility",
"considerateness",
"consideration",
"courtesy",
"genteelness",
"gentility",
"graciousness",
"politeness",
"politesse",
"thoughtfulness"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
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"as in irreproachable , incorruptible":{
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"blameless",
"clean",
"guiltless",
"immaculate",
"incorruptible",
"innocent",
"inoffensive",
"irreproachable",
"unobjectionable",
"all right",
"decent",
"ethical",
"good",
"honest",
"honorable",
"just",
"moral",
"nice",
"right",
"righteous",
"right-minded",
"straight",
"true",
"upright",
"virtuous",
"correct",
"decorous",
"proper",
"seemly",
"high-minded",
"noble",
"principled",
"commendable",
"creditable",
"exemplary",
"legitimate",
"esteemed",
"law-abiding",
"menschy",
"reputable",
"respected",
"upstanding",
"worthy",
"angelic",
"angelical",
"lily-white",
"pure",
"scrupulous",
"spotless",
"uncorrupted",
"unerring",
"goody-goody",
"moralistic",
"pharisaical",
"rectitudinous",
"sanctimonious",
"self-righteous"
],
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"corrupt",
"debased",
"debauched",
"degenerate",
"depraved",
"dissolute",
"libertine",
"perverted",
"reprobate",
"improper",
"incorrect",
"indecorous",
"naughty",
"unbecoming",
"unseemly",
"unprincipled",
"unscrupulous",
"atrocious",
"infamous",
"villainous",
"base",
"low",
"mean",
"vicious",
"vile",
"blameworthy",
"objectionable",
"offensive",
"iniquitous",
"nefarious",
"errant",
"erring",
"fallen",
"bad",
"dishonest",
"dishonorable",
"evil",
"evil-minded",
"immoral",
"indecent",
"sinful",
"unethical",
"unrighteous",
"wicked",
"wrong"
],
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"adjective"
]
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"as in absent , inattentive":{
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"absent",
"absentminded",
"abstracted",
"heedless",
"inattentive",
"uneducated",
"unschooled",
"untaught",
"clueless",
"ignorant",
"incognizant",
"innocent",
"insensible",
"nescient",
"oblivious",
"unacquainted",
"unaware",
"unconscious",
"uninformed",
"unknowing",
"unmindful",
"unwitting"
],
"near antonyms":[
"acquainted",
"aware",
"cognizant",
"conscious",
"conversant",
"grounded",
"informed",
"knowing",
"mindful",
"witting",
"au courant",
"hip",
"plugged-in",
"up-to-date",
"educated",
"knowledgeable",
"schooled",
"taught",
"heedful",
"observant",
"sensitive",
"sentient"
],
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},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
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"the lack of sufficient ability, power, or means":{
"examples":[
"her entrenched incapacity for decision-making doesn't make her a very good boss"
],
"synonyms":[
"impotence",
"inability",
"inadequacy",
"incapability",
"incompetence",
"incompetency",
"ineptitude",
"insufficiency",
"powerlessness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"disqualification",
"inaptitude",
"ineffectiveness",
"ineffectuality",
"ineffectualness",
"inefficaciousness",
"inefficacy",
"inefficiency"
],
"near antonyms":[
"aptitude",
"bent",
"endowment",
"flair",
"genius",
"gift",
"knack",
"talent",
"effectiveness",
"effectualness",
"efficaciousness",
"efficiency",
"fitness",
"suitability",
"suitableness",
"potency",
"power",
"puissance",
"sinew",
"strength"
],
"antonyms":[
"ability",
"adequacy",
"capability",
"capacity",
"competence",
"competency",
"potency"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
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"the lack of sufficient ability, power, or means":{
"examples":[
"her entrenched incapacity for decision-making doesn't make her a very good boss"
],
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"impotence",
"inability",
"inadequacy",
"incapability",
"incompetence",
"incompetency",
"ineptitude",
"insufficiency",
"powerlessness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"disqualification",
"inaptitude",
"ineffectiveness",
"ineffectuality",
"ineffectualness",
"inefficaciousness",
"inefficacy",
"inefficiency"
],
"near antonyms":[
"aptitude",
"bent",
"endowment",
"flair",
"genius",
"gift",
"knack",
"talent",
"effectiveness",
"effectualness",
"efficaciousness",
"efficiency",
"fitness",
"suitability",
"suitableness",
"potency",
"power",
"puissance",
"sinew",
"strength"
],
"antonyms":[
"ability",
"adequacy",
"capability",
"capacity",
"competence",
"competency",
"potency"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"inclosures":{
"an open space wholly or partly enclosed (as by buildings or walls)":{
"examples":[
"a fenced-in enclosure where the sheep are allowed to graze unattended"
],
"synonyms":[
"closes",
"courts",
"courtyards",
"patios",
"quadrangles",
"quads",
"yards"
],
"near synonyms":[
"atria",
"atriums",
"gallerias",
"parvises",
"peristyles",
"forecourts",
"places",
"plazas",
"squares",
"decks",
"terraces",
"curtilages"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"incurring":{
"as in catching , contracting":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"catching",
"contracting",
"accepting",
"courting",
"embracing",
"pursuing",
"seeking",
"welcoming"
],
"near antonyms":[
"avoiding",
"dodging",
"ducking",
"eluding",
"escaping",
"eschewing",
"evading",
"finessing",
"getting around",
"scaping",
"shaking",
"shirking",
"shuffling (out of)",
"shunning",
"weaseling (out of)",
"missing",
"averting",
"deflecting",
"diverting",
"obviating",
"parrying",
"preventing",
"warding (off)"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"incarcerated":{
"taken and held prisoner":{
"examples":[
"incarcerated residents of that state are still allowed to vote in elections"
],
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"apprehended",
"arrested",
"captive",
"captured",
"caught",
"confined",
"imprisoned",
"interned",
"jailed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bound",
"enslaved",
"indentured",
"ensnared",
"trapped",
"abducted",
"kidnapped",
"kidnaped",
"subdued",
"subjugated",
"occupied"
],
"near antonyms":[
"unconfined",
"unrestrained",
"delivered",
"emancipated",
"enfranchised",
"freed",
"liberated",
"paroled",
"released"
],
"antonyms":[
"free"
]
},
"to put in or as if in prison":{
"examples":[
"the state incarcerated over 1900 people last year"
],
"synonyms":[
"committed",
"confined",
"immured",
"imprisoned",
"interned",
"jailed",
"jugged",
"locked (up)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"constrained",
"limited",
"restrained",
"restricted",
"shut",
"barred",
"gated",
"apprehended",
"arrested",
"busted",
"bust",
"captured",
"caught",
"detained",
"nabbed",
"picked up",
"pinched",
"seized",
"impressed",
"shanghaied",
"held",
"impounded",
"kept",
"bound",
"enchained",
"fettered",
"handcuffed",
"manacled",
"shackled",
"trammeled",
"trammelled"
],
"near antonyms":[
"emancipated",
"enfranchised",
"manumitted",
"unbound",
"uncaged",
"unchained",
"unfettered"
],
"antonyms":[
"discharged",
"freed",
"liberated",
"released"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"include":{
"to have as part of a whole":{
"examples":[
"the college application included some thought-provoking essay questions"
],
"synonyms":[
"carry",
"comprehend",
"contain",
"embrace",
"encompass",
"entail",
"involve",
"number",
"subsume",
"take in"
],
"near synonyms":[
"comprise",
"consist (of)",
"bracket",
"have",
"hold",
"own",
"possess",
"admit",
"receive",
"compose",
"constitute",
"form",
"make",
"assimilate",
"embody",
"incorporate",
"integrate"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ban",
"bar",
"debar",
"preclude",
"prevent",
"prohibit",
"deny",
"refuse",
"reject",
"eliminate",
"except",
"rule out",
"lose",
"mislay",
"misplace"
],
"antonyms":[
"exclude",
"leave (out)",
"miss out",
"omit"
]
},
"to close or shut in by or as if by barriers":{
"examples":[
"that inextinguishable spark of liberty that is included within every human being"
],
"synonyms":[
"box (in)",
"cage",
"closet",
"coop (up)",
"corral",
"encage",
"encase",
"enclose",
"inclose",
"envelop",
"fence (in)",
"hedge",
"hem (in)",
"house",
"immure",
"mew (up)",
"pen",
"wall (in)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bound",
"circumscribe",
"confine",
"contain",
"limit",
"restrict",
"encircle",
"encompass",
"enfold",
"enframe",
"enlace",
"frame",
"ring",
"surround",
"armor",
"cocoon",
"encapsulate",
"encapsule",
"encyst",
"ensheathe",
"ensphere",
"enwomb"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"incredulously":{
"as in quizzically , hesitantly":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"hesitantly",
"hesitatingly",
"questioningly",
"quizzically",
"unbelievingly",
"askance",
"askant",
"distrustfully",
"doubtfully",
"doubtingly",
"dubiously",
"mistrustfully",
"sideways",
"skeptically",
"suspiciously",
"charily",
"guardedly",
"warily",
"captiously",
"critically",
"cynically",
"deprecatingly",
"disapprovingly",
"disparagingly",
"negatively",
"reproachfully",
"reproachingly",
"reprovingly",
"unfavorably",
"anxiously",
"apprehensively",
"uncomfortably",
"uneasily"
],
"near antonyms":[
"trustfully",
"trustingly",
"approvingly",
"favorably",
"positively",
"confidently",
"sanguinely",
"credulously",
"uncritically",
"unquestioningly"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"incipiently":{
"as in initially , originally":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"firstly",
"initially",
"originally",
"primarily",
"primitively"
],
"near antonyms":[
"finally",
"lastly",
"ultimately"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"incrusts":{
"to cover with a hardened layer":{
"examples":[
"refrigerator shelves that were encrusted with the residue of many spills"
],
"synonyms":[
"cakes",
"crusts",
"rimes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"besmears",
"coats",
"smears",
"spreads",
"covers",
"daubs",
"coagulates",
"congeals",
"hardens"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"incessant":{
"going on and on without any interruptions":{
"examples":[
"the incessant noise from an outside repair crew was a real distraction during the test"
],
"synonyms":[
"ceaseless",
"continual",
"continued",
"continuing",
"continuous",
"nonstop",
"perpetual",
"running",
"unbroken",
"unceasing",
"uninterrupted",
"unremitting"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dateless",
"deathless",
"endless",
"eternal",
"everlasting",
"immortal",
"interminable",
"permanent",
"undying",
"unending",
"changeless",
"constant",
"stable",
"steady",
"unchanging",
"unvarying",
"durable",
"enduring",
"lasting",
"persistent",
"imperishable",
"indestructible"
],
"near antonyms":[
"intermittent",
"periodic",
"periodical",
"recurrent",
"recurring",
"alternate",
"alternating",
"cyclic",
"cyclical",
"rhythmic",
"rhythmical",
"seasonal",
"serial",
"erratic",
"fitful",
"irregular",
"occasional",
"spasmodic",
"sporadic",
"spotty",
"unsteady"
],
"antonyms":[
"discontinuous",
"noncontinuous"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"inconceivably":{
"as in incredibly , unbelievably":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"implausibly",
"incredibly",
"unbelievably",
"unthinkably",
"improbably"
],
"near antonyms":[
"assumably",
"doubtless",
"likely",
"presumably",
"probably",
"maybe",
"mayhap",
"perchance",
"perhaps",
"possibly",
"conceivably",
"imaginably",
"plausibly",
"practically",
"reasonably"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"inconspicuous":{
"not readily seen or noticed":{
"examples":[
"left an inconspicuous scratch on the wall"
],
"synonyms":[
"discreet",
"invisible",
"unnoticeable",
"unobtrusive"
],
"near synonyms":[
"unnoticed",
"unremarked",
"unseen",
"impalpable",
"imperceptible",
"inappreciable",
"indistinguishable",
"insensible",
"faint",
"indistinct",
"obscure",
"concealed",
"hidden"
],
"near antonyms":[
"arresting",
"eye-catching",
"showy",
"striking",
"flashy",
"loud",
"noisy",
"apparent",
"clear",
"discernible",
"discernable",
"distinct",
"evident",
"manifest",
"obvious",
"patent",
"plain",
"prominent",
"unmistakable",
"blatant",
"flagrant",
"glaring",
"gross",
"screaming"
],
"antonyms":[
"conspicuous",
"noticeable",
"visible"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"incorrigibles":{
"as in delinquents , bankrupts":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bankrupts",
"delinquents",
"derelicts",
"backsliders",
"debauchees",
"debauchers",
"decadents",
"degenerates",
"deviates",
"libertines",
"perverts",
"pervs",
"profligates",
"rakehells",
"rakes",
"rips",
"blackguards",
"cads",
"heels",
"knaves",
"miscreants",
"rascals",
"reprobates",
"rogues",
"scoundrels",
"villains",
"lechers",
"playboys",
"playgirls",
"satyrs"
],
"near antonyms":[
"saints"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"incongruously":{
"as in inappropriately , improperly":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"improperly",
"inappropriately",
"incorrectly",
"unseemly",
"unsuitably",
"wrongly",
"unacceptably",
"unsatisfactorily",
"inopportunely",
"unfortunately",
"unseasonably",
"inappositely",
"inaptly",
"irrelevantly",
"awkwardly",
"ungracefully"
],
"near antonyms":[
"appositely",
"appropriately",
"congruously",
"correctly",
"duly",
"fittingly",
"happily",
"meetly",
"properly",
"right",
"rightly",
"suitably",
"well",
"acceptably",
"adequately",
"passably",
"satisfactorily",
"tolerably"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"incumbencies":{
"something one must do because of prior agreement":{
"examples":[
"few incumbencies of her office are as distasteful to the college president as fund-raising, of which there seems to be no end"
],
"synonyms":[
"burdens",
"charges",
"commitments",
"devoirs",
"dos",
"do's",
"duties",
"imperatives",
"needs",
"obligations",
"offices",
"responsibilities"
],
"near synonyms":[
"oaths",
"pledges",
"promises",
"troths",
"vows",
"words",
"arrangements",
"prearrangements",
"pre-arrangements",
"setups",
"compacts",
"contracts",
"covenants",
"pacts",
"trusts",
"debts",
"payments",
"tributes",
"compulsions",
"constraints",
"restraints",
"musts",
"requirements",
"coercions",
"duresses",
"forces",
"appointments",
"engagements",
"reservations",
"onuses"
],
"near antonyms":[
"graces",
"postponements",
"stays",
"discharges",
"eases",
"exemptions",
"releases",
"reliefs",
"waivers",
"loopholes",
"alternatives",
"choices",
"options",
"picks",
"preferences",
"selections"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"incentive":{
"something that arouses action or activity":{
"examples":[
"the handsome reward for the missing dog was an incentive for me to start looking"
],
"synonyms":[
"boost",
"encouragement",
"goad",
"impetus",
"impulse",
"incitation",
"incitement",
"instigation",
"momentum",
"motivation",
"provocation",
"spur",
"stimulant",
"stimulus",
"yeast"
],
"near synonyms":[
"inducement",
"invitation",
"antecedent",
"cause",
"consideration",
"grounds",
"motive",
"occasion",
"reason",
"catalyst",
"catalyzer",
"fuel",
"spark"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"counterincentive",
"disincentive"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"inculcated":{
"as in embedded , instilled":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"embedded",
"imbedded",
"implanted",
"instilled",
"firm",
"fixed",
"frozen",
"hard",
"hard-and-fast",
"immutable",
"irradicable",
"set",
"unalterable",
"unchangeable",
"inborn",
"inbred",
"ingrained",
"engrained",
"inherent",
"innate",
"integral",
"intrinsic",
"natural",
"bred-in-the-bone",
"confirmed",
"deep",
"deep-rooted",
"deep-seated",
"entrenched",
"intrenched",
"hard-core",
"inveterate",
"rooted",
"settled",
"accustomed",
"chronic",
"customary",
"habitual",
"regular",
"typical",
"usual",
"abiding",
"enduring",
"lifelong",
"persistent",
"persisting"
],
"near antonyms":[
"brief",
"ephemeral",
"fleeting",
"impermanent",
"interim",
"momentary",
"provisional",
"short-lived",
"short-term",
"temporary",
"transient"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to cause (as a person) to become filled or saturated with a certain quality or principle":{
"examples":[
"dedicated teachers inculcating young minds with a love of learning"
],
"synonyms":[
"endued",
"indued",
"imbued",
"infused",
"ingrained",
"engrained",
"inoculated",
"invested",
"steeped",
"suffused"
],
"near synonyms":[
"animated",
"charged",
"enlivened",
"invigorated",
"leavened",
"implanted",
"instilled",
"planted",
"impregnated",
"permeated",
"pervaded",
"saturated",
"deluged",
"drowned",
"filled",
"flooded",
"inundated",
"overwhelmed",
"submerged"
],
"near antonyms":[
"deprived",
"divested",
"stripped",
"stript",
"cleared",
"emptied",
"eliminated",
"removed",
"took (away)"
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"infixed",
"inseminated",
"instilled",
"planted",
"sowed"
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"pounded",
"embedded",
"imbedded",
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"intrenched",
"fixed",
"lodged",
"rooted",
"imbued",
"infused",
"ingrained",
"engrained",
"inoculated",
"invested",
"steeped",
"suffused"
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},
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"adjective",
"verb"
]
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"as in thoroughness , comprehensiveness":{
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"comprehensiveness",
"exhaustiveness",
"extensiveness",
"soundness",
"thoroughness",
"faultlessness",
"flawlessness",
"indefectibility",
"perfection",
"absoluteness",
"completeness",
"entireness",
"entirety",
"fullness",
"perfectness",
"wholeness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"imperfection",
"imperfectness",
"incompleteness",
"unsoundness",
"inadequacy",
"inadequateness",
"limitedness",
"narrowness",
"patchiness",
"sketchiness"
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"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"increscent":{
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"gradual",
"step-by-step",
"stepwise",
"accruable",
"accrued",
"aggregated",
"amassed",
"built-up",
"compiled",
"conglomerated",
"accretive",
"accumulative",
"additive",
"conglomerative",
"cumulative",
"incremental"
],
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"decremental",
"decrescent",
"degressive",
"regressive"
],
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},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
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"incomprehensible":{
"impossible to understand":{
"examples":[
"rocket science is incomprehensible to most people"
],
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"impenetrable",
"unfathomable",
"ungraspable",
"unintelligible"
],
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"abstruse",
"enigmatic",
"enigmatical",
"esoteric",
"indecipherable",
"inscrutable",
"recondite",
"unsearchable",
"cryptic",
"darkling",
"deep",
"mysterious",
"mystic",
"oblique",
"obscure",
"occult",
"uncanny",
"unanswerable",
"unknowable",
"baffling",
"bewildering",
"confounding",
"confusing",
"mystifying",
"perplexing",
"puzzling",
"inconceivable",
"unimaginable",
"unthinkable"
],
"near antonyms":[
"basic",
"elemental",
"elementary",
"essential",
"fundamental",
"rudimentary",
"underlying",
"easy",
"simple",
"coherent",
"connected",
"ordered",
"orderly",
"organized",
"systematic",
"systematized",
"clear",
"cogent",
"compelling",
"convincing",
"lucid",
"pellucid",
"perspicuous",
"plain",
"straightforward"
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"fathomable",
"intelligible",
"understandable"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
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"examples":[
"she was inconsiderate by nature, never bothering to hold the door for the next person"
],
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"discourteous",
"disrespectful",
"ill-bred",
"ill-mannered",
"impertinent",
"impolite",
"rude",
"thoughtless",
"uncalled-for",
"uncivil",
"ungracious",
"unhandsome",
"unmannered",
"unmannerly"
],
"near synonyms":[
"arch",
"audacious",
"bold",
"bold-faced",
"brash",
"brassy",
"brazen",
"cheeky",
"fresh",
"impudent",
"insolent",
"lippy",
"sassy",
"saucy",
"shameless",
"boorish",
"caddish",
"churlish",
"clownish",
"loutish",
"uncouth",
"vulgar",
"abrupt",
"blunt",
"brusque",
"brusk",
"crusty",
"curt",
"gruff",
"sharp",
"snippety",
"snippy",
"antisocial",
"crabbed",
"cross",
"disagreeable",
"grumpy",
"sullen",
"surly",
"improper",
"incorrect",
"indecent",
"indecorous",
"unseemly",
"arrogant",
"bumptious",
"conceited",
"haughty",
"high-handed",
"imperious",
"peremptory",
"pompous",
"presumptuous",
"pretentious",
"supercilious",
"superior"
],
"near antonyms":[
"humble",
"meek",
"modest",
"unassertive",
"deferential",
"dutiful",
"respectful",
"submissive",
"yielding",
"acceptable",
"appropriate",
"becoming",
"befitting",
"correct",
"decent",
"decorous",
"fit",
"fitting",
"good",
"meet",
"proper",
"respectable",
"right",
"seemly",
"suitable",
"affable",
"cordial",
"friendly",
"genial",
"hospitable",
"sociable",
"felicitous",
"graceful",
"chivalrous",
"courtly",
"gallant",
"ceremonious",
"elegant",
"refined"
],
"antonyms":[
"civil",
"considerate",
"courteous",
"genteel",
"gracious",
"mannerly",
"polite",
"thoughtful",
"well-bred"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
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"to make a part of a body or system":{
"examples":[
"astronomers had to incorporate the existence of Pluto into their scheme of the solar system after the dwarf planet was discovered"
],
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"absorb",
"assimilate",
"co-opt",
"embody",
"integrate"
],
"near synonyms":[
"amalgamate",
"blend",
"combine",
"commingle",
"fuse",
"intermingle",
"merge",
"mingle",
"acculturate",
"accustom",
"condition",
"enculturate",
"habituate",
"naturalize"
],
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"antonyms":[]
},
"to turn into a single mass or entity that is more or less the same throughout":{
"examples":[
"incorporated all the ingredients for the cheesecake mixture"
],
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"amalgamate",
"blend",
"combine",
"comingle",
"commingle",
"commix",
"composite",
"concrete",
"conflate",
"fuse",
"homogenize",
"immingle",
"immix",
"integrate",
"interfuse",
"intermingle",
"intermix",
"meld",
"merge",
"mingle",
"mix"
],
"near synonyms":[
"add",
"admix",
"beat (in)",
"cut in",
"fold",
"stir",
"toss",
"coalesce",
"compound",
"emulsify",
"conjoin",
"join",
"knit",
"link",
"unite",
"intertwine",
"interweave",
"weave"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cleave",
"disjoin",
"disunite",
"divide",
"divorce",
"part",
"rupture",
"sever",
"sunder",
"disperse",
"dissolve",
"scatter",
"detach",
"disengage",
"split"
],
"antonyms":[
"break down",
"break up",
"separate",
"unmix"
]
},
"to represent in visible form":{
"examples":[
"the one-of-a-kind house incorporates the architect's fundamental belief that a structure should be fully integrated into its setting"
],
"synonyms":[
"body",
"embody",
"epitomize",
"express",
"externalize",
"incarnate",
"instantiate",
"manifest",
"materialize",
"personalize",
"personify",
"substantiate"
],
"near synonyms":[
"actualize",
"concretize",
"realize",
"exemplify",
"illustrate",
"image",
"objectify",
"symbolize",
"typify"
],
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"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"incompetency":{
"the lack of sufficient ability, power, or means":{
"examples":[
"the incompetency of the secretary was revealed only after she had left the company, and her successor discovered years of filing left undone"
],
"synonyms":[
"impotence",
"inability",
"inadequacy",
"incapability",
"incapacity",
"incompetence",
"ineptitude",
"insufficiency",
"powerlessness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"disqualification",
"inaptitude",
"ineffectiveness",
"ineffectuality",
"ineffectualness",
"inefficaciousness",
"inefficacy",
"inefficiency"
],
"near antonyms":[
"aptitude",
"bent",
"endowment",
"flair",
"genius",
"gift",
"knack",
"talent",
"effectiveness",
"effectualness",
"efficaciousness",
"efficiency",
"fitness",
"suitability",
"suitableness",
"potency",
"power",
"puissance",
"sinew",
"strength"
],
"antonyms":[
"ability",
"adequacy",
"capability",
"capacity",
"competence",
"competency",
"potency"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"inclosure":{
"an open space wholly or partly enclosed (as by buildings or walls)":{
"examples":[
"a fenced-in enclosure where the sheep are allowed to graze unattended"
],
"synonyms":[
"close",
"court",
"courtyard",
"patio",
"quad",
"quadrangle",
"yard"
],
"near synonyms":[
"atrium",
"galleria",
"parvis",
"parvise",
"peristyle",
"forecourt",
"place",
"plaza",
"square",
"deck",
"terrace",
"curtilage"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"incestuous":{
"as in cliquish , chummy":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bosom",
"chummy",
"close",
"familiar",
"friendly",
"inseparable",
"intimate",
"pack",
"pally",
"palsy",
"palsy-walsy",
"thick",
"tight",
"clannish",
"cliquey",
"cliquish",
"close-knit",
"forbidding",
"inhospitable",
"unfriendly",
"exclusive",
"snobbish",
"snobby"
],
"near antonyms":[
"receptive",
"welcoming"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"incautious":{
"not paying or showing close attention especially for the purpose of avoiding trouble":{
"examples":[
"an incautious comment got her in political hot water"
],
"synonyms":[
"careless",
"heedless",
"mindless",
"unguarded",
"unsafe",
"unwary"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bold",
"impetuous",
"rash",
"reckless",
"inattentive",
"regardless",
"blithe",
"inconsiderate",
"thoughtless",
"absentminded",
"forgetful",
"unmindful",
"lax",
"neglectful",
"negligent",
"remiss",
"slipshod",
"imprudent",
"indiscreet",
"injudicious",
"inadvertent",
"unintentional",
"unplanned"
],
"near antonyms":[
"attentive",
"chary",
"observant",
"vigilant",
"watchful",
"foresighted",
"forethoughtful",
"provident",
"calculating",
"scheming",
"shrewd",
"considerate",
"thoughtful",
"ultracareful",
"ultracautious"
],
"antonyms":[
"alert",
"cautious",
"circumspect",
"gingerly",
"guarded",
"heedful",
"safe",
"wary"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"incurvatures":{
"as in reflections":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"reflections",
"buckles",
"convolutions",
"flexures",
"folds",
"loops",
"spirals",
"swirls",
"twists",
"windings",
"declines",
"inclinations",
"inclines",
"slopes",
"coils",
"curlicues",
"curlycues",
"curls",
"corners",
"turnoffs",
"circles",
"ringlets",
"rings",
"rounds",
"doglegs",
"hairpins",
"kinks",
"warps",
"angles",
"arches",
"arcs",
"bends",
"bows",
"crooks",
"curvatures",
"curves",
"inflections",
"turns",
"winds"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"incomers":{
"one that leaves one place to settle in another":{
"examples":[
"a steady stream of incomers to Australia from all parts of the Commonwealth"
],
"synonyms":[
"emigrants",
"\u00e9migr\u00e9s",
"emigr\u00e9s",
"immigrants",
"in-migrants",
"migrants",
"out-migrants",
"settlers"
],
"near synonyms":[
"defectors",
"deportees",
"evacuees",
"exiles",
"expatriates",
"refugees",
"relocatees",
"repatriates",
"aliens",
"foreigners",
"noncitizens",
"nonnatives",
"colonists",
"newcomers",
"squatters",
"migrators",
"pilgrims",
"pioneers",
"trekkers"
],
"near antonyms":[
"aborigines",
"natives",
"citizens",
"habitants",
"inhabitants",
"nationals",
"residents"
],
"antonyms":[
"nonimmigrants"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"incitation":{
"something that arouses a strong response from another":{
"examples":[
"the rabble-rousing speech was seen by many as an incitation to ethnic violence"
],
"synonyms":[
"excitement",
"incitement",
"instigation",
"provocation"
],
"near synonyms":[
"encouragement",
"galvanization",
"goad",
"incentive",
"inducement",
"jog",
"prod",
"spur",
"stimulant",
"stimulation",
"stimulus",
"enticement",
"lure",
"induction",
"inspiration",
"motivation",
"aggravation",
"annoyance",
"bother",
"exasperation",
"frustration",
"hassle",
"headache",
"irritant",
"nuisance",
"peeve",
"pest"
],
"near antonyms":[
"subduing"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"something that arouses action or activity":{
"examples":[
"a mild heart attack was all the incitation he needed to adopt an exercise regimen and a healthy diet"
],
"synonyms":[
"boost",
"encouragement",
"goad",
"impetus",
"impulse",
"incentive",
"incitement",
"instigation",
"momentum",
"motivation",
"provocation",
"spur",
"stimulant",
"stimulus",
"yeast"
],
"near synonyms":[
"inducement",
"invitation",
"antecedent",
"cause",
"consideration",
"grounds",
"motive",
"occasion",
"reason",
"catalyst",
"catalyzer",
"fuel",
"spark"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"counterincentive",
"disincentive"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"incriminations":{
"as in recriminations":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"recriminations",
"charges",
"complaints",
"counts",
"indictments",
"raps",
"accusations",
"allegations",
"pleas",
"criminations",
"counteraccusations",
"counter-accusations",
"countercharges",
"counter-charges",
"arraignments",
"impeachments",
"implications",
"imputations",
"innuendos",
"innuendoes",
"insinuations",
"censures",
"condemnations",
"denunciations"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"incidents":{
"something that happens":{
"examples":[
"the odd little incident was reported in the local paper"
],
"synonyms":[
"affairs",
"circumstances",
"episodes",
"events",
"happenings",
"haps",
"occasions",
"occurrences",
"things"
],
"near synonyms":[
"coincidences",
"co-occurrences",
"flukes",
"freaks",
"landmarks",
"mileposts",
"milestones",
"pages",
"phenomena",
"phenomenons",
"turning points",
"adventures",
"experiences",
"times",
"happenchances",
"happenstances",
"accidents",
"crises",
"emergencies",
"junctures",
"achievements",
"deeds",
"exploits",
"feats",
"news",
"tidings"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"something that is found along with something else":{
"examples":[
"a teen discovering that taxes are the inevitable and evil incident of a paying job"
],
"synonyms":[
"accompaniments",
"attendants",
"companions",
"concomitants",
"corollaries",
"obbligatos",
"obbligati"
],
"near synonyms":[
"accessories",
"accessaries",
"adjuncts",
"appendages",
"complements",
"supplements",
"counterparts",
"fellows",
"mates",
"consequences",
"follow-ups",
"fixings",
"trimmings"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"incantations":{
"a spoken word or set of words believed to have magic power":{
"examples":[
"hovering over the sick child, the witch doctor muttered mysterious incantations"
],
"synonyms":[
"abracadabras",
"bewitchments",
"charms",
"conjurations",
"enchantments",
"glamours",
"glamors",
"hexes",
"invocations",
"spells",
"whammies"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cantrips",
"curses",
"jinxes",
"bewitcheries",
"magics",
"mojoes",
"mojos",
"necromancies",
"sorceries",
"voodooisms",
"voodoos",
"witchcrafts",
"witcheries",
"wizardries",
"amulets",
"fetishes",
"fetiches",
"phylacteries",
"talismans"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"inclining (toward)":{
"as in tending (to) , gravitating":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"gravitating",
"tending (to)",
"caring (for)",
"favoring",
"leaning (toward or towards)",
"liking",
"preferring",
"adoring",
"cottoning (to)",
"delighting (in)",
"digging",
"enjoying",
"fancying",
"grooving (on)",
"relishing",
"reveling (in)",
"revelling (in)",
"choosing",
"culling",
"handpicking",
"naming",
"picking",
"selecting",
"singling (out)",
"taking",
"coveting",
"craving",
"desiring",
"hankering (for or after)",
"wanting",
"wishing (for)",
"biasing",
"biassing",
"prejudicing",
"admiring",
"appreciating",
"cherishing",
"prizing",
"treasuring",
"valuing",
"being partial to",
"going in for",
"going"
],
"near antonyms":[
"avoiding",
"shunning",
"shying (from or away from)",
"disfavoring",
"disliking",
"misliking",
"abhorring",
"abominating",
"detesting",
"hating",
"loathing",
"declining",
"refusing",
"rejecting",
"turning down",
"discarding",
"jettisoning",
"throwing away",
"throwing out"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"incredibleness":{
"as in implausibility , incredibility":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"implausibility",
"incredibility",
"artifice",
"cozenage",
"crookedness",
"deception",
"dissembling",
"dissimulation",
"double-dealing",
"dupery",
"duplicity",
"fakery",
"falseness",
"falsity",
"fraudulentness",
"hypocrisy",
"insincerity",
"two-facedness",
"beguilement",
"craftiness",
"cunning",
"cunningness",
"furtiveness",
"guile",
"indirection",
"insidiousness",
"oiliness",
"perfidy",
"slickness",
"slipperiness",
"slyness",
"smoothness",
"treacherousness",
"trickery",
"underhandedness",
"unscrupulousness",
"wiliness",
"equivocation",
"prevarication",
"exaggeration",
"inaccuracy",
"deceit",
"deceitfulness",
"dishonesty",
"lying",
"mendaciousness",
"mendacity",
"untruthfulness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"believability",
"credibility",
"plausibility",
"plausibleness",
"honesty",
"integrity",
"probity",
"truthfulness",
"veracity",
"verity",
"honor",
"honorableness",
"incorruptibility",
"rectitude",
"righteousness",
"right-mindedness",
"scrupulosity",
"scrupulousness",
"uprightness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"incite":{
"to bring (something volatile or intense) into being":{
"examples":[
"the rock band's failure to show up incited a riot, as the crowd had waited for hours"
],
"synonyms":[
"abet",
"brew",
"ferment",
"foment",
"instigate",
"pick",
"provoke",
"raise",
"stir (up)",
"whip (up)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"advance",
"cultivate",
"encourage",
"forward",
"foster",
"further",
"nourish",
"nurture",
"promote",
"sow",
"stimulate",
"detonate",
"set",
"set off",
"trigger",
"excite",
"galvanize",
"inflame",
"enflame",
"inspire",
"motivate",
"rouse",
"activate",
"energize",
"enliven",
"fire",
"invigorate",
"jazz (up)",
"liven (up)",
"pep (up)",
"quicken",
"stimulate",
"vitalize"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bridle",
"check",
"constrain",
"curb",
"discourage",
"hold",
"inhibit",
"regulate",
"rein (in)",
"restrain",
"tame",
"allay",
"calm",
"quiet",
"settle",
"soothe",
"still",
"subdue",
"tranquilize",
"tranquillize"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to rouse to strong feeling or action":{
"examples":[
"the demagogue's fiery rant incited the crowd to riot"
],
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"arouse",
"encourage",
"excite",
"fire (up)",
"impassion",
"instigate",
"move",
"pique",
"provoke",
"rev (up)",
"spark",
"stimulate",
"stir"
],
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"fan",
"ignite",
"inflame",
"enflame",
"kindle",
"trigger",
"activate",
"animate",
"drive",
"energize",
"galvanize",
"induce",
"inspire",
"key (up)",
"motivate",
"motive",
"pump up",
"quicken",
"set off",
"vitalize",
"abet",
"ferment",
"foment",
"raise",
"whip (up)",
"anger",
"enrage",
"madden",
"upset",
"jeer",
"taunt",
"tease",
"aggravate",
"annoy",
"bother",
"exasperate",
"gall",
"get",
"irritate",
"vex"
],
"near antonyms":[
"calm",
"soothe",
"subdue",
"tranquilize",
"tranquillize",
"appease",
"mollify",
"pacify",
"placate"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"incipiences":{
"the point at which something begins":{
"examples":[
"since its incipience , the show has been on the cutting edge of comedy"
],
"synonyms":[
"alphas",
"baselines",
"beginnings",
"births",
"commencements",
"dawns",
"day ones",
"geneses",
"get-goes",
"git-goes",
"inceptions",
"incipiencies",
"kickoffs",
"launches",
"mornings",
"nascences",
"nascencies",
"onsets",
"outsets",
"starts",
"thresholds"
],
"near synonyms":[
"drawing boards",
"first bases",
"ground zeros",
"square ones",
"creations",
"inaugurations",
"initiations",
"institutions",
"originations",
"cradles",
"fountainheads",
"fountains",
"germs",
"origins",
"roots",
"seedbeds",
"sources",
"springs",
"wells",
"wellsprings",
"openings",
"advents",
"appearances",
"arrivals",
"debuts",
"d\u00e9buts",
"emergences",
"childhoods",
"infancies",
"youths"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cessations",
"closings",
"closures",
"completions",
"finales",
"finishes",
"periods",
"stops",
"terminations",
"windups"
],
"antonyms":[
"closes",
"conclusions",
"endings",
"ends",
"omegas"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"incompetencies":{
"the lack of sufficient ability, power, or means":{
"examples":[
"the incompetency of the secretary was revealed only after she had left the company, and her successor discovered years of filing left undone"
],
"synonyms":[
"impotence",
"inability",
"inadequacy",
"incapability",
"incapacity",
"incompetence",
"ineptitude",
"insufficiency",
"powerlessness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"disqualification",
"inaptitude",
"ineffectiveness",
"ineffectuality",
"ineffectualness",
"inefficaciousness",
"inefficacy",
"inefficiency"
],
"near antonyms":[
"aptitude",
"bent",
"endowment",
"flair",
"genius",
"gift",
"knack",
"talent",
"effectiveness",
"effectualness",
"efficaciousness",
"efficiency",
"fitness",
"suitability",
"suitableness",
"potency",
"power",
"puissance",
"sinew",
"strength"
],
"antonyms":[
"ability",
"adequacy",
"capability",
"capacity",
"competence",
"competency",
"potency"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"inconsonance":{
"as in inconsistency , incongruity":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"incompatibility",
"incongruence",
"incongruity",
"incongruousness",
"inconsistence",
"inconsistency",
"inharmoniousness",
"falling-out",
"fight",
"hassle",
"jar",
"miff",
"mix-up",
"quarrel",
"row",
"run-in",
"scrap",
"spat",
"squabble",
"tiff",
"wrangle",
"animosity",
"antagonism",
"antipathy",
"cold war",
"enmity",
"hostility",
"ill will",
"rancor",
"altercation",
"argument",
"bicker",
"brawl",
"debate",
"disagreement",
"dispute",
"divide",
"fissure",
"clash",
"collision",
"competition",
"contention",
"conflict",
"disaccord",
"discord",
"discordance",
"discordancy",
"disharmony",
"dissension",
"dissention",
"dissent",
"dissidence",
"dissonance",
"disunion",
"disunity",
"division",
"friction",
"infighting",
"inharmony",
"schism",
"strife",
"variance",
"war",
"warfare"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accord",
"agreement",
"concord",
"concordance",
"harmony",
"peace",
"concurrence",
"cooperation"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"incapacitate":{
"to render powerless, ineffective, or unable to move":{
"examples":[
"the malfunctioning of a single component can incapacitate the engine"
],
"synonyms":[
"cripple",
"disable",
"hamstring",
"immobilize",
"paralyze",
"prostrate"
],
"near synonyms":[
"attenuate",
"debilitate",
"enervate",
"enfeeble",
"sap",
"tire",
"undercut",
"undermine",
"weaken",
"hobble",
"lame",
"maim",
"mutilate",
"knock out"
],
"near antonyms":[
"energize",
"galvanize",
"invigorate",
"vitalize",
"fortify",
"strengthen",
"empower",
"freshen",
"refresh",
"refreshen",
"regenerate",
"rejuvenate",
"restore",
"revitalize",
"revive"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to cause severe or permanent injury to":{
"examples":[
"the stroke left her completely incapacitated"
],
"synonyms":[
"cripple",
"disable",
"lame",
"maim",
"mutilate"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dismember",
"hamstring",
"hobble",
"paralyze",
"batter",
"bruise",
"bung up",
"mangle",
"maul",
"rough (up)",
"gore",
"lacerate",
"wing",
"wound",
"disfigure",
"scar",
"kneecap",
"break",
"damage",
"harm",
"hurt",
"impair",
"injure",
"bash",
"beat",
"belt",
"bludgeon",
"buffet",
"drub",
"hammer",
"lace",
"lambaste",
"lambast",
"lick",
"paste",
"pelt",
"pommel",
"pound",
"pummel",
"thump",
"bang",
"box",
"hit",
"punch",
"slap",
"smack",
"smash",
"sock",
"spank",
"swat",
"swipe",
"thrash",
"thwack",
"whack",
"flog",
"lash",
"wallop",
"whip",
"kill",
"murder",
"torment",
"torture"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cure",
"heal",
"rehabilitate",
"remedy",
"doctor",
"fix",
"mend",
"patch",
"rejuvenate",
"renew",
"repair",
"restore"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"inconsistencies":{
"something that is not in agreement with other information":{
"examples":[
"The job application was full of inconsistencies ; even the applicant's name was spelled three different ways."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"differences",
"discrepancies",
"disparities",
"inconsistences",
"errors",
"mistakes",
"aberrations",
"abnormalities",
"anomalies",
"exceptions",
"oddities",
"oddments",
"rarities",
"curiosities",
"peculiarities",
"singularities",
"accidents",
"bizarreries",
"phenomena",
"phenomenons",
"quirks",
"vagaries",
"distortions",
"kinks",
"mutations",
"variations",
"contradictions",
"paradoxes"
],
"near antonyms":[
"regularities",
"uniformities",
"congruities",
"consistences",
"consistencies",
"correspondences"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"incurves":{
"as in reflects , incurvates":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"incurvates",
"inflects",
"reflects",
"arches",
"bends",
"bows",
"crooks",
"curves",
"hooks",
"swerves",
"arcs",
"rounds",
"deflects",
"diverts",
"entwines",
"kinks",
"swirls",
"turns",
"twines",
"twists",
"veers",
"warps",
"coils",
"curls",
"enrolls",
"enrols",
"loops",
"spirals",
"dents",
"dimples",
"meanders",
"waves",
"weaves",
"winds",
"declines",
"inclines",
"slopes"
],
"near antonyms":[
"straightens",
"unbends",
"uncurls"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"incuriousness":{
"lack of interest or concern":{
"examples":[
"her husband's utter incuriousness about her work was especially galling to her"
],
"synonyms":[
"apathy",
"casualness",
"complacence",
"disinterestedness",
"disregard",
"incuriosity",
"indifference",
"insouciance",
"nonchalance",
"torpor",
"unconcern"
],
"near synonyms":[
"halfheartedness",
"lukewarmness",
"tepidity",
"tepidness",
"carelessness",
"heedlessness",
"recklessness",
"unawareness",
"lethargy",
"listlessness",
"aloofness",
"coldness",
"cool",
"detachment",
"dispassion",
"callosity",
"callousness",
"hard-heartedness",
"hardness",
"insensitivity",
"bloodlessness",
"impassiveness",
"impassivity",
"phlegm",
"stoicism",
"stolidity"
],
"near antonyms":[
"attention",
"attentiveness",
"awareness",
"conscientiousness",
"curiosity",
"heedfulness",
"keenness",
"sensitivity",
"warmheartedness",
"bias",
"partiality",
"prejudice",
"ardor",
"desire",
"fervency",
"passion",
"vehemence",
"warmth",
"zeal"
],
"antonyms":[
"concern",
"interest",
"regard"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"incompetents":{
"as in muddlers":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"muddlers",
"blunderbusses",
"blunderers",
"botchers",
"bumblers",
"bunglers",
"butchers",
"fumblers",
"screwups"
],
"near antonyms":[
"aces",
"adepts",
"crackerjacks",
"crackajacks",
"experts",
"maestros",
"maestri",
"masters",
"virtuosos",
"virtuosi",
"wizards"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"inconsequentiality":{
"the quality or state of being unimportant":{
"examples":[
"the inconsequentiality of a question before the council seemed to have no bearing upon the amount of time wasted discussing it"
],
"synonyms":[
"immateriality",
"inconsequence",
"inconsiderableness",
"insignificance",
"insignificancy",
"littleness",
"negligibility",
"nullity",
"pettiness",
"slightness",
"smallness",
"triviality"
],
"near synonyms":[
"emptiness",
"valuelessness",
"worthlessness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"substance",
"value",
"worth"
],
"antonyms":[
"bigness",
"consequence",
"import",
"importance",
"magnitude",
"moment",
"significance",
"weight",
"weightiness"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"incinerates":{
"to burn (something) completely":{
"examples":[
"The waste is incinerated in a large furnace."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"ashes",
"cremates",
"kilns",
"burns",
"enkindles",
"fires",
"ignites",
"inflames",
"enflames",
"kindles",
"lights",
"torches",
"immolates",
"deflagrates",
"chars",
"frizzles",
"scorches",
"bakes",
"broils",
"cooks",
"sets off",
"scalds",
"scathes",
"sears",
"reignites",
"rekindles",
"relights",
"banks",
"stokes"
],
"near antonyms":[
"stamps (out)",
"douses",
"dowses",
"extinguishes",
"puts out",
"quenches",
"snuffs (out)"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"incredibly":{
"to a great degree":{
"examples":[
"the entrance exam to the elite prep school was incredibly difficult"
],
"synonyms":[
"achingly",
"almighty",
"archly",
"awful",
"awfully",
"badly",
"beastly",
"blisteringly",
"bone",
"colossally",
"corking",
"cracking",
"damn",
"damned",
"dang",
"deadly",
"desperately",
"eminently",
"enormously",
"especially",
"ever",
"exceedingly",
"exceeding",
"extra",
"extremely",
"fabulously",
"fantastically",
"far",
"fiercely",
"filthy",
"frightfully",
"full",
"greatly",
"heavily",
"highly",
"hugely",
"immensely",
"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":[
"adverb"
]
},
"incurred":{
"as in caught , contracted":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"caught",
"contracted",
"accepted",
"courted",
"embraced",
"pursued",
"sought",
"welcomed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"avoided",
"dodged",
"ducked",
"eluded",
"escaped",
"eschewed",
"evaded",
"finessed",
"got around",
"scaped",
"shirked",
"shook",
"shuffled (out of)",
"shunned",
"weaseled (out of)",
"missed",
"averted",
"deflected",
"diverted",
"obviated",
"parried",
"prevented",
"warded (off)"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"inconceivable":{
"too extraordinary or improbable to believe":{
"examples":[
"the formerly inconceivable idea that humans could land on the moon"
],
"synonyms":[
"fantastic",
"fantastical",
"implausible",
"incredible",
"incredulous",
"unbelievable",
"uncompelling",
"unconceivable",
"unconvincing",
"unimaginable",
"unthinkable"
],
"near synonyms":[
"debatable",
"disputable",
"dodgy",
"doubtable",
"doubtful",
"dubious",
"dubitable",
"far-fetched",
"fishy",
"flimsy",
"questionable",
"shaky",
"suspect",
"suspicious",
"unlikely",
"unreasonable",
"hopeless",
"impossible",
"absurd",
"comical",
"farcical",
"laughable",
"ludicrous",
"outlandish",
"preposterous",
"ridiculous",
"risible",
"silly",
"indefensible",
"insupportable",
"untenable"
],
"near antonyms":[
"likely",
"possible",
"probable",
"reasonable",
"certain",
"incontestable",
"indisputable",
"indubitable",
"questionless",
"sure",
"undeniable",
"undoubted",
"unquestionable"
],
"antonyms":[
"believable",
"cogitable",
"conceivable",
"convincing",
"credible",
"creditable",
"imaginable",
"plausible",
"supposable",
"thinkable"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"including":{
"as in beyond , as well as":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"as well as",
"beside",
"besides",
"beyond",
"over and above",
"plus"
],
"near antonyms":[
"except",
"excepting",
"less",
"minus",
"wanting"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to have as part of a whole":{
"examples":[
"the college application included some thought-provoking essay questions"
],
"synonyms":[
"carrying",
"comprehending",
"containing",
"embracing",
"encompassing",
"entailing",
"involving",
"numbering",
"subsuming",
"taking in"
],
"near synonyms":[
"comprising",
"consisting (of)",
"bracketing",
"having",
"holding",
"owning",
"possessing",
"admitting",
"receiving",
"composing",
"constituting",
"forming",
"making",
"assimilating",
"embodying",
"incorporating",
"integrating"
],
"near antonyms":[
"banning",
"barring",
"debarring",
"precluding",
"preventing",
"prohibiting",
"denying",
"refusing",
"rejecting",
"eliminating",
"excepting",
"ruling out",
"losing",
"mislaying",
"misplacing"
],
"antonyms":[
"excluding",
"leaving (out)",
"missing out",
"omitting"
]
},
"to close or shut in by or as if by barriers":{
"examples":[
"that inextinguishable spark of liberty that is included within every human being"
],
"synonyms":[
"boxing (in)",
"caging",
"closeting",
"cooping (up)",
"corralling",
"encaging",
"encasing",
"enclosing",
"inclosing",
"enveloping",
"fencing (in)",
"hedging",
"hemming (in)",
"housing",
"immuring",
"mewing (up)",
"penning",
"walling (in)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bounding",
"circumscribing",
"confining",
"containing",
"limiting",
"restricting",
"encircling",
"encompassing",
"enfolding",
"enframing",
"enlacing",
"framing",
"ringing",
"surrounding",
"armoring",
"cocooning",
"encapsulating",
"encapsuling",
"encysting",
"ensheathing",
"ensphering",
"enwombing"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"preposition",
"verb"
]
},
"incriminating":{
"to make a claim of wrongdoing against":{
"examples":[
"in exchange for a reduced sentence, the thief agreed to incriminate his accomplice"
],
"synonyms":[
"accusing",
"charging",
"criminating",
"defaming",
"impeaching",
"indicting"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blaming",
"calling (on)",
"castigating",
"censuring",
"condemning",
"criticizing",
"damning",
"denouncing",
"faulting",
"impugning",
"reproaching",
"reprobating",
"chiding",
"rebuking",
"reproving",
"taxing",
"appealing",
"arraigning",
"booking",
"citing",
"summoning",
"prosecuting",
"suing",
"trying",
"framing",
"implicating",
"inculpating",
"informing (against)",
"naming",
"reporting",
"recriminating",
"retaliating"
],
"near antonyms":[
"advocating",
"championing",
"defending",
"excusing",
"forgiving",
"justifying",
"pardoning",
"remitting",
"shriving"
],
"antonyms":[
"absolving",
"acquitting",
"clearing",
"exculpating",
"exonerating",
"vindicating"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"incapacitations":{
"as in debilitations":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"debilitations",
"incapabilities",
"incapacities",
"failings",
"faults",
"weaknesses",
"afflictions",
"damages",
"detriments",
"dysfunctions",
"harms",
"hurts",
"injuries",
"maladies",
"deficiencies",
"deficits",
"imperfections",
"inabilities",
"inadequacies",
"insufficiences",
"insufficiencies",
"lacks",
"needs",
"shortcomings",
"shortfalls",
"wants",
"disabilities",
"disablements",
"impairments",
"debits",
"disadvantages",
"disbenefits",
"downsides",
"drawbacks",
"handicaps",
"incommodities",
"liabilities",
"minuses",
"negatives",
"strikes"
],
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"abilities",
"capabilities",
"capacities",
"competences",
"competencies",
"faculties"
],
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},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"incurs":{
"as in catches , contracts":{
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"catches",
"contracts",
"accepts",
"courts",
"embraces",
"pursues",
"seeks",
"welcomes"
],
"near antonyms":[
"avoids",
"dodges",
"ducks",
"eludes",
"escapes",
"eschews",
"evades",
"finesses",
"gets around",
"scapes",
"shakes",
"shirks",
"shuffles (out of)",
"shuns",
"weasels (out of)",
"misses",
"averts",
"deflects",
"diverts",
"obviates",
"parries",
"prevents",
"wards (off)"
],
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},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"incurable":{
"not capable of being cured or reformed":{
"examples":[
"an incurable flirt at school dances"
],
"synonyms":[
"hopeless",
"incorrigible",
"irrecoverable",
"irredeemable",
"irreformable",
"irremediable",
"irretrievable",
"unrecoverable",
"unredeemable"
],
"near synonyms":[
"irreparable",
"irreversible",
"uncorrectable",
"unencouraging",
"unpromising",
"impenitent",
"unreformed",
"unregenerate",
"unrepentant"
],
"near antonyms":[
"reversible",
"encouraging",
"promising",
"penitent",
"regretful",
"remorseful",
"repentant",
"rueful",
"sorry",
"correctable",
"fixable",
"rectifiable",
"repairable",
"reparable",
"salvable",
"salvageable"
],
"antonyms":[
"curable",
"reclaimable",
"recoverable",
"redeemable",
"reformable",
"remediable",
"retrievable",
"savable",
"saveable"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"incipient":{
"beginning to come into existence":{
"examples":[
"I have an incipient dislike and distrust of that guy, and I only met him this morning"
],
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"aborning",
"budding",
"inceptive",
"inchoate",
"nascent"
],
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"first",
"formative",
"inaugural",
"inchoative",
"initial",
"original",
"elementary",
"embryonic",
"fundamental",
"rudimentary",
"formless",
"incoherent",
"introductory",
"preliminary",
"preparatory",
"crude",
"primitive",
"rude"
],
"near antonyms":[
"advanced",
"developed",
"evolved",
"high",
"higher",
"improved",
"refined"
],
"antonyms":[
"adult",
"full-blown",
"full-fledged",
"mature",
"ripe",
"ripened"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"inches":{
"the distance of something or someone from bottom to top":{
"examples":[
"made the most of her inches by standing on her tiptoes to reach the top shelf"
],
"synonyms":[
"altitude",
"elevation",
"height",
"stature"
],
"near synonyms":[
"rise",
"highness",
"loftiness",
"tallness"
],
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"antonyms":[]
},
"to advance gradually beyond the usual or desirable limits":{
"examples":[
"every year the water inches further up the embankments, threatening to permanently engulf the island city"
],
"synonyms":[
"creeps",
"encroaches",
"worms"
],
"near synonyms":[
"snakes",
"sneaks",
"entrenches",
"intrenches",
"impinges",
"infringes",
"intrudes",
"invades",
"overpasses",
"overreaches",
"overruns",
"overshoots",
"oversteps"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to move slowly":{
"examples":[
"the car inched carefully across the snow-covered causeway"
],
"synonyms":[
"crawls",
"creaks (along)",
"creeps",
"drags",
"limps",
"noses",
"oozes",
"plods",
"pokes",
"slouches",
"snails"
],
"near synonyms":[
"lumbers",
"shambles",
"shuffles",
"tramps",
"trudges"
],
"near antonyms":[
"floats",
"glides",
"sails",
"hurries",
"tears"
],
"antonyms":[
"flies",
"races",
"speeds",
"whizzes",
"zips"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"incompatibility":{
"as in inconsistency , incongruity":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"incongruence",
"incongruity",
"incongruousness",
"inconsistence",
"inconsistency",
"inconsonance",
"inharmoniousness",
"falling-out",
"fight",
"hassle",
"jar",
"miff",
"mix-up",
"quarrel",
"row",
"run-in",
"scrap",
"spat",
"squabble",
"tiff",
"wrangle",
"animosity",
"antagonism",
"antipathy",
"cold war",
"enmity",
"hostility",
"ill will",
"rancor",
"altercation",
"argument",
"bicker",
"brawl",
"debate",
"disagreement",
"dispute",
"divide",
"fissure",
"clash",
"collision",
"competition",
"contention",
"conflict",
"disaccord",
"discord",
"discordance",
"discordancy",
"disharmony",
"dissension",
"dissention",
"dissent",
"dissidence",
"dissonance",
"disunion",
"disunity",
"division",
"friction",
"infighting",
"inharmony",
"schism",
"strife",
"variance",
"war",
"warfare"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accord",
"agreement",
"concord",
"concordance",
"harmony",
"peace",
"concurrence",
"cooperation"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"incompatible":{
"not being in agreement or harmony":{
"examples":[
"the committee's incompatible goals\u2014develop new projects and cut costs\u2014meant that they got very little accomplished"
],
"synonyms":[
"clashing",
"conflicting",
"disagreeing",
"discordant",
"discrepant",
"incongruous",
"inconsistent",
"inconsonant",
"inharmonious",
"mutually exclusive",
"repugnant"
],
"near synonyms":[
"irreconcilable",
"antagonistic",
"antipodal",
"antipodean",
"antithetical",
"contradictory",
"contrary",
"diametric",
"diametrical",
"opposing",
"opposite"
],
"near antonyms":[
"akin",
"like",
"similar"
],
"antonyms":[
"accordant",
"agreeing",
"compatible",
"concordant",
"conformable (to)",
"congruent",
"congruous",
"consistent",
"consonant",
"correspondent (with or to)",
"harmonious",
"nonconflicting"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"incised":{
"to cut (as letters or designs) on a hard surface":{
"examples":[
"incised a pattern into the copper plate"
],
"synonyms":[
"engraved",
"etched",
"graved",
"inscribed",
"insculped"
],
"near synonyms":[
"carved",
"chiseled",
"chiselled",
"sculpted",
"sculptured",
"chased",
"grooved",
"indented",
"notched",
"scored",
"traced",
"affixed",
"impressed"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to penetrate with a sharp edge (as a knife)":{
"examples":[
"incised the tree with a sharp ax to get the sap flowing"
],
"synonyms":[
"cut",
"gashed",
"ripped",
"sheared",
"slashed",
"sliced",
"slit"
],
"near synonyms":[
"crosscut",
"hacksawed",
"scissored",
"cleaved",
"cleft",
"rived",
"split",
"pierced",
"stabbed",
"bruised",
"butchered",
"hacked",
"haggled",
"lacerated",
"mangled",
"rent",
"rended",
"tore",
"carved",
"chipped",
"chiseled",
"chiselled",
"notched",
"anatomized",
"dissected",
"sectioned",
"chopped",
"diced",
"minced",
"amputated",
"cut off",
"severed"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"incubations":{
"as in maturations":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"maturations",
"advancements",
"betterments",
"improvements",
"perfections",
"refinements",
"flowerings",
"developments",
"elaborations",
"evolutions",
"expansions",
"growths",
"progresses",
"progressions",
"additions",
"augmentations",
"enhancements",
"supplementations",
"emergences",
"evolvements",
"metamorphoses"
],
"near antonyms":[
"regresses",
"regressions",
"retrogressions",
"reversions",
"backslides",
"lapses",
"relapses",
"decadences",
"decays",
"declensions",
"declinations",
"declines",
"degeneracies",
"degenerations",
"degradations",
"descents",
"deteriorations",
"devaluations",
"downfalls",
"downgrades"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"incitations":{
"something that arouses a strong response from another":{
"examples":[
"the rabble-rousing speech was seen by many as an incitation to ethnic violence"
],
"synonyms":[
"excitements",
"incitements",
"instigations",
"provocations"
],
"near synonyms":[
"encouragements",
"galvanizations",
"goads",
"incentives",
"inducements",
"jogs",
"prods",
"spurs",
"stimulants",
"stimulations",
"stimuli",
"enticements",
"lures",
"inductions",
"inspirations",
"motivations",
"aggravations",
"annoyances",
"bothers",
"exasperations",
"frustrations",
"hassles",
"headaches",
"irritants",
"nuisances",
"peeves",
"pests"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"something that arouses action or activity":{
"examples":[
"a mild heart attack was all the incitation he needed to adopt an exercise regimen and a healthy diet"
],
"synonyms":[
"boosts",
"encouragements",
"goads",
"impetuses",
"impulses",
"incentives",
"incitements",
"instigations",
"momenta",
"momentums",
"motivations",
"provocations",
"spurs",
"stimulants",
"stimuli",
"yeasts"
],
"near synonyms":[
"inducements",
"invitations",
"antecedents",
"causes",
"considerations",
"grounds",
"motives",
"occasions",
"reasons",
"catalysts",
"catalyzers",
"fuels",
"sparks"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"counterincentives",
"counter-incentives",
"disincentives"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"inculcating":{
"to cause (as a person) to become filled or saturated with a certain quality or principle":{
"examples":[
"dedicated teachers inculcating young minds with a love of learning"
],
"synonyms":[
"enduing",
"induing",
"imbuing",
"infusing",
"ingraining",
"engraining",
"inoculating",
"investing",
"steeping",
"suffusing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"animating",
"charging",
"enlivening",
"invigorating",
"leavening",
"implanting",
"instilling",
"planting",
"impregnating",
"permeating",
"pervading",
"saturating",
"deluging",
"drowning",
"filling",
"flooding",
"inundating",
"overwhelming",
"submerging"
],
"near antonyms":[
"depriving",
"divesting",
"stripping",
"clearing",
"emptying",
"eliminating",
"removing",
"taking (away)"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to set permanently in the consciousness or mind-set":{
"examples":[
"a malcontent who inculcated in his offspring an abiding distrust of all civil authority"
],
"synonyms":[
"breeding",
"enrooting",
"implanting",
"infixing",
"inseminating",
"instilling",
"planting",
"sowing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"driving",
"hammering",
"pounding",
"embedding",
"imbedding",
"entrenching",
"intrenching",
"fixing",
"lodging",
"rooting",
"imbuing",
"infusing",
"ingraining",
"engraining",
"inoculating",
"investing",
"steeping",
"suffusing"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"incapabilities":{
"the lack of sufficient ability, power, or means":{
"examples":[
"the apparent incapability of the president's staff to deal with the crisis"
],
"synonyms":[
"impotence",
"inability",
"inadequacy",
"incapacity",
"incompetence",
"incompetency",
"ineptitude",
"insufficiency",
"powerlessness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"disqualification",
"inaptitude",
"ineffectiveness",
"ineffectuality",
"ineffectualness",
"inefficaciousness",
"inefficacy",
"inefficiency"
],
"near antonyms":[
"aptitude",
"bent",
"endowment",
"flair",
"genius",
"gift",
"knack",
"talent",
"effectiveness",
"effectualness",
"efficaciousness",
"efficiency",
"fitness",
"suitability",
"suitableness",
"potency",
"power",
"puissance",
"sinew",
"strength"
],
"antonyms":[
"ability",
"adequacy",
"capability",
"capacity",
"competence",
"competency",
"potency"
]
},
"lacking qualities (as knowledge, skill, or ability) required to do a job":{
"examples":[
"hired a supremely incapable assistant who only made a mess of things"
],
"synonyms":[
"inapt",
"incompetent",
"inept",
"inexpert",
"unable",
"unfit",
"unfitted",
"unqualified",
"unskilled",
"unskillful"
],
"near synonyms":[
"ineffective",
"ineffectual",
"inefficient",
"amateurish",
"callow",
"dilettantish",
"green",
"inexperienced",
"raw",
"unprofessional",
"unequipped",
"unprepared",
"untrained",
"useless",
"worthless",
"disqualified",
"ineligible",
"wanting"
],
"near antonyms":[
"prepared",
"ready",
"trained",
"overqualified",
"accomplished",
"ace",
"adept",
"consummate",
"crack",
"experienced",
"practiced",
"practised",
"seasoned",
"veteran",
"virtuoso",
"all-around",
"all-round",
"protean",
"versatile"
],
"antonyms":[
"able",
"capable",
"competent",
"expert",
"fit",
"qualified",
"skilled",
"skillful",
"ultracompetent"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"incorrupted":{
"as in irreproachable , incorruptible":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"blameless",
"clean",
"guiltless",
"immaculate",
"incorruptible",
"innocent",
"inoffensive",
"irreproachable",
"unobjectionable",
"all right",
"decent",
"ethical",
"good",
"honest",
"honorable",
"just",
"moral",
"nice",
"right",
"righteous",
"right-minded",
"straight",
"true",
"upright",
"virtuous",
"correct",
"decorous",
"proper",
"seemly",
"high-minded",
"noble",
"principled",
"commendable",
"creditable",
"exemplary",
"legitimate",
"esteemed",
"law-abiding",
"menschy",
"reputable",
"respected",
"upstanding",
"worthy",
"angelic",
"angelical",
"lily-white",
"pure",
"scrupulous",
"spotless",
"uncorrupted",
"unerring",
"goody-goody",
"moralistic",
"pharisaical",
"rectitudinous",
"sanctimonious",
"self-righteous"
],
"near antonyms":[
"corrupt",
"debased",
"debauched",
"degenerate",
"depraved",
"dissolute",
"libertine",
"perverted",
"reprobate",
"improper",
"incorrect",
"indecorous",
"naughty",
"unbecoming",
"unseemly",
"unprincipled",
"unscrupulous",
"atrocious",
"infamous",
"villainous",
"base",
"low",
"mean",
"vicious",
"vile",
"blameworthy",
"objectionable",
"offensive",
"iniquitous",
"nefarious",
"errant",
"erring",
"fallen",
"bad",
"dishonest",
"dishonorable",
"evil",
"evil-minded",
"immoral",
"indecent",
"sinful",
"unethical",
"unrighteous",
"wicked",
"wrong"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"incoming":{
"the act of coming upon a scene":{
"examples":[
"the endless succession of incomings had us wondering how we would ever find room for everyone"
],
"synonyms":[
"advent",
"appearance",
"arrival",
"coming"
],
"near synonyms":[
"approach",
"entrance",
"ingress",
"beginning",
"birth",
"commencement",
"dawn",
"dawning",
"debut",
"d\u00e9but",
"genesis",
"inception",
"morning",
"onset",
"start"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dissipation",
"dissolution",
"evaporation",
"fadeaway",
"fading",
"melting",
"passing",
"vanishing",
"clearing out",
"egress",
"leaving",
"retirement",
"retreat",
"withdrawal",
"emigration",
"evacuation",
"exodus"
],
"antonyms":[
"decamping",
"decampment",
"departing",
"departure",
"disappearance",
"exit",
"exiting",
"farewell",
"going",
"leave-taking",
"parting",
"quitting"
]
},
"an increase usually measured in money that comes from labor, business, or property":{
"examples":[
"the company's incomings from its brick-and-mortar stores, online sales, and Web site advertising"
],
"synonyms":[
"earnings",
"gain(s)",
"income",
"proceeds",
"profit",
"return",
"revenue",
"yield"
],
"near synonyms":[
"killing",
"windfall",
"salary",
"take-home pay",
"tips",
"wages",
"bankroll",
"capital",
"coffers",
"exchequer",
"finances",
"funds",
"money",
"pocket",
"pocketbook",
"resources",
"wherewithal"
],
"near antonyms":[
"charge",
"cost",
"disbursement",
"expenditures",
"expenses",
"outgo",
"outlay"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"inch by inch":{
"by small steps or amounts":{
"examples":[
"We watched the plant grow inch by inch ."
],
"synonyms":[
"gradationally",
"gradually",
"inchmeal",
"little by little",
"piece by piece",
"piecemeal"
],
"near synonyms":[
"hierarchically",
"crescively",
"increasingly",
"progressively",
"fractionally",
"imperceptibly",
"slowly"
],
"near antonyms":[
"acutely",
"sharply",
"steeply",
"hastily",
"precipitously"
],
"antonyms":[
"abruptly",
"suddenly"
]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"incurvated":{
"as in reflected , incurved":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"incurved",
"inflected",
"reflected",
"arched",
"bent",
"bowed",
"crooked",
"curved",
"hooked",
"swerved",
"arced",
"rounded",
"deflected",
"diverted",
"entwined",
"kinked",
"swirled",
"turned",
"twined",
"twisted",
"veered",
"warped",
"coiled",
"curled",
"enrolled",
"looped",
"spiraled",
"spiralled",
"dented",
"dimpled",
"meandered",
"waved",
"weaved",
"wound",
"winded",
"declined",
"inclined",
"sloped"
],
"near antonyms":[
"straightened",
"unbent",
"uncurled"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"incrusting":{
"to cover with a hardened layer":{
"examples":[
"refrigerator shelves that were encrusted with the residue of many spills"
],
"synonyms":[
"caking",
"crusting",
"riming"
],
"near synonyms":[
"besmearing",
"coating",
"smearing",
"spreading",
"covering",
"daubing",
"coagulating",
"congealing",
"hardening"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"income":{
"an increase usually measured in money that comes from labor, business, or property":{
"examples":[
"her summer job gave her some extra income"
],
"synonyms":[
"earnings",
"gain(s)",
"incoming(s)",
"proceeds",
"profit",
"return",
"revenue",
"yield"
],
"near synonyms":[
"killing",
"windfall",
"salary",
"take-home pay",
"tips",
"wages",
"bankroll",
"capital",
"coffers",
"exchequer",
"finances",
"funds",
"money",
"pocket",
"pocketbook",
"resources",
"wherewithal"
],
"near antonyms":[
"charge",
"cost",
"disbursement",
"expenditures",
"expenses",
"outgo",
"outlay"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a flowing or coming in":{
"examples":[
"the income of mat\u00e9riel is still hampered by inadequate logistical support"
],
"synonyms":[
"affluence",
"flux",
"inflow",
"influx",
"inpouring",
"inrush"
],
"near synonyms":[
"deluge",
"flood",
"flow",
"inundation",
"overflow",
"spate",
"torrent",
"rush",
"stampede",
"river",
"stream",
"tide"
],
"near antonyms":[
"emigration",
"exodus",
"flight"
],
"antonyms":[
"outflow",
"outpouring"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"incautiousness":{
"failure to take the care that a cautious person usually takes":{
"examples":[
"a mere moment of incautiousness can cause an accident"
],
"synonyms":[
"carelessness",
"dereliction",
"heedlessness",
"incaution",
"laxness",
"neglectfulness",
"negligence",
"remissness",
"slackness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"foolhardiness",
"rashness",
"recklessness",
"wildness",
"neglect",
"omission",
"delinquency",
"irresponsibility",
"irresponsibleness",
"malfeasance",
"malpractice",
"misconduct",
"misdirection",
"mishandling",
"mismanagement",
"forgetfulness",
"inadvertence",
"inadvertency",
"inattention",
"inattentiveness",
"obliviousness",
"shortsightedness",
"unwariness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"alertness",
"attention",
"attentiveness",
"awareness",
"circumspection",
"observance",
"vigilance",
"watchfulness",
"responsibility",
"responsibleness"
],
"antonyms":[
"care",
"carefulness",
"caution",
"cautiousness",
"heedfulness"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"incessantly":{
"on every relevant occasion":{
"examples":[
"she incessantly made the same suggestion for a Roman theme whenever anyone mentioned holding a party"
],
"synonyms":[
"always",
"aye",
"ay",
"consistently",
"constantly",
"continually",
"ever",
"forever",
"invariably",
"night and day",
"perpetually",
"unfailingly"
],
"near synonyms":[
"commonly",
"frequently",
"oft",
"often",
"oftentimes",
"ofttimes",
"recurrently",
"repeatedly",
"continuously",
"steadily",
"uninterruptedly",
"unremittingly",
"dependably",
"generally",
"habitually",
"normally",
"ordinarily",
"regularly",
"routinely",
"typically",
"usually",
"inevitably",
"eternally",
"everlastingly"
],
"near antonyms":[
"intermittently",
"occasionally",
"periodically",
"sometimes",
"sporadically",
"infrequently",
"rarely",
"seldom",
"unusually",
"variously"
],
"antonyms":[
"ne'er",
"never"
]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"incapable":{
"lacking qualities (as knowledge, skill, or ability) required to do a job":{
"examples":[
"hired a supremely incapable assistant who only made a mess of things"
],
"synonyms":[
"inapt",
"incompetent",
"inept",
"inexpert",
"unable",
"unfit",
"unfitted",
"unqualified",
"unskilled",
"unskillful"
],
"near synonyms":[
"ineffective",
"ineffectual",
"inefficient",
"amateurish",
"callow",
"dilettantish",
"green",
"inexperienced",
"raw",
"unprofessional",
"unequipped",
"unprepared",
"untrained",
"useless",
"worthless",
"disqualified",
"ineligible",
"wanting"
],
"near antonyms":[
"prepared",
"ready",
"trained",
"overqualified",
"accomplished",
"ace",
"adept",
"consummate",
"crack",
"experienced",
"practiced",
"practised",
"seasoned",
"veteran",
"virtuoso",
"all-around",
"all-round",
"protean",
"versatile"
],
"antonyms":[
"able",
"capable",
"competent",
"expert",
"fit",
"qualified",
"skilled",
"skillful",
"ultracompetent"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"incompetences":{
"the lack of sufficient ability, power, or means":{
"examples":[
"the astounding incompetence of the new assistant"
],
"synonyms":[
"impotence",
"inability",
"inadequacy",
"incapability",
"incapacity",
"incompetency",
"ineptitude",
"insufficiency",
"powerlessness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"disqualification",
"inaptitude",
"ineffectiveness",
"ineffectuality",
"ineffectualness",
"inefficaciousness",
"inefficacy",
"inefficiency"
],
"near antonyms":[
"aptitude",
"bent",
"endowment",
"flair",
"genius",
"gift",
"knack",
"talent",
"effectiveness",
"effectualness",
"efficaciousness",
"efficiency",
"fitness",
"suitability",
"suitableness",
"potency",
"power",
"puissance",
"sinew",
"strength"
],
"antonyms":[
"ability",
"adequacy",
"capability",
"capacity",
"competence",
"competency",
"potency"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"incisions":{
"a long deep cut":{
"examples":[
"the surgeon made a thin incision with the scalpel"
],
"synonyms":[
"gashes",
"lacerations",
"rents",
"rips",
"slashes",
"slits",
"tears"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abrasions",
"scores",
"scrapes",
"scratches",
"injuries",
"wounds",
"cracks",
"fractures",
"ruptures",
"snags"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"incarcerating":{
"to put in or as if in prison":{
"examples":[
"the state incarcerated over 1900 people last year"
],
"synonyms":[
"committing",
"confining",
"immuring",
"imprisoning",
"interning",
"jailing",
"jugging",
"locking (up)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"constraining",
"limiting",
"restraining",
"restricting",
"shutting",
"barring",
"gating",
"apprehending",
"arresting",
"busting",
"capturing",
"catching",
"detaining",
"nabbing",
"picking up",
"pinching",
"seizing",
"impressing",
"shanghaiing",
"holding",
"impounding",
"keeping",
"binding",
"enchaining",
"fettering",
"handcuffing",
"manacling",
"shackling",
"trammeling",
"trammelling"
],
"near antonyms":[
"emancipating",
"enfranchising",
"manumitting",
"unbinding",
"uncaging",
"unchaining",
"unfettering"
],
"antonyms":[
"discharging",
"freeing",
"liberating",
"releasing"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"incomings":{
"an increase usually measured in money that comes from labor, business, or property":{
"examples":[
"the company's incomings from its brick-and-mortar stores, online sales, and Web site advertising"
],
"synonyms":[
"earnings",
"gain(s)",
"income",
"proceeds",
"profit",
"return",
"revenue",
"yield"
],
"near synonyms":[
"killing",
"windfall",
"salary",
"take-home pay",
"tips",
"wages",
"bankroll",
"capital",
"coffers",
"exchequer",
"finances",
"funds",
"money",
"pocket",
"pocketbook",
"resources",
"wherewithal"
],
"near antonyms":[
"charge",
"cost",
"disbursement",
"expenditures",
"expenses",
"outgo",
"outlay"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"incubate":{
"to cover and warm eggs as the young inside develop":{
"examples":[
"the hen incubated her eggs for two weeks"
],
"synonyms":[
"brood",
"hatch",
"set",
"sit"
],
"near synonyms":[
"lay",
"spawn"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to help the growth or development of":{
"examples":[
"hopefully, these youthful visits to the museum will incubate an enduring love of art"
],
"synonyms":[
"advance",
"cultivate",
"encourage",
"forward",
"foster",
"further",
"nourish",
"nurse",
"nurture",
"promote"
],
"near synonyms":[
"advocate",
"back",
"champion",
"endorse",
"indorse",
"support",
"uphold",
"endow",
"finance",
"fund",
"patronize",
"stake",
"subsidize",
"underwrite",
"abet",
"aid",
"assist",
"advertise",
"boost",
"plug",
"publicize",
"tout",
"agitate (for)",
"campaign (for)",
"work (for)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ban",
"bar",
"enjoin",
"forbid",
"interdict",
"outlaw",
"prevent",
"prohibit",
"proscribe",
"battle",
"combat",
"contend (with)",
"counter",
"fight",
"oppose",
"repress",
"snuff (out)",
"squash",
"squelch",
"stifle",
"subdue",
"suppress",
"arrest",
"check",
"halt",
"retard",
"encumber",
"fetter",
"hobble",
"impede",
"interfere (with)",
"manacle",
"obstruct",
"shackle"
],
"antonyms":[
"discourage",
"frustrate",
"hinder",
"inhibit"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"incenses":{
"a sweet or pleasant smell":{
"examples":[
"the heavenly incense of spring flowers"
],
"synonyms":[
"aromas",
"attars",
"ottos",
"balms",
"bouquets",
"fragrances",
"fragrancies",
"perfumes",
"redolences",
"scents",
"spices"
],
"near synonyms":[
"essences",
"odors"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"fetors",
"malodors",
"reeks",
"stenches",
"stinks"
]
},
"to make angry":{
"examples":[
"the insult so incensed him that he had to be restrained from hitting the guy"
],
"synonyms":[
"angers",
"enrages",
"inflames",
"enflames",
"infuriates",
"ires",
"maddens",
"mads",
"outrages",
"rankles",
"riles",
"roils",
"steams up",
"ticks off"
],
"near synonyms":[
"affronts",
"aggravates",
"annoys",
"burns (up)",
"crosses",
"exasperates",
"gets",
"huffs",
"irritates",
"miffs",
"nettles",
"offends",
"peeves",
"piques",
"provokes",
"puts out",
"ruffles",
"vexes",
"antagonizes",
"embitters",
"envenoms"
],
"near antonyms":[
"allays",
"assuages",
"relieves",
"comforts",
"consoles",
"soothes",
"appeases",
"conciliates",
"mollifies",
"pacifies",
"placates",
"calms",
"lulls",
"quiets",
"settles",
"beguiles",
"bewitches",
"captivates",
"charms",
"disarms",
"enchants"
],
"antonyms":[
"delights",
"gratifies",
"pleases"
]
},
"to fill or infuse with a pleasant odor or odor-releasing substance":{
"examples":[
"the gift shop was heavily incensed with a cloying mixture of herbal essences"
],
"synonyms":[
"odorizes",
"perfumes",
"scents"
],
"near synonyms":[],
"near antonyms":[
"deodorizes"
],
"antonyms":[
"stinks up"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"incipience":{
"the point at which something begins":{
"examples":[
"since its incipience , the show has been on the cutting edge of comedy"
],
"synonyms":[
"alpha",
"baseline",
"beginning",
"birth",
"commencement",
"dawn",
"day one",
"genesis",
"get-go",
"git-go",
"inception",
"incipiency",
"kickoff",
"launch",
"morning",
"nascence",
"nascency",
"onset",
"outset",
"start",
"threshold"
],
"near synonyms":[
"drawing board",
"first base",
"ground zero",
"square one",
"creation",
"founding",
"inauguration",
"initiation",
"institution",
"origination",
"cradle",
"fountain",
"fountainhead",
"germ",
"origin",
"root",
"seedbed",
"source",
"spring",
"well",
"wellspring",
"dawning",
"opening",
"advent",
"appearance",
"arrival",
"debut",
"d\u00e9but",
"emergence",
"childhood",
"infancy",
"youth"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cessation",
"closing",
"closure",
"completion",
"finale",
"finish",
"period",
"stop",
"termination",
"windup"
],
"antonyms":[
"close",
"conclusion",
"end",
"ending",
"omega"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"incident":{
"something that happens":{
"examples":[
"the odd little incident was reported in the local paper"
],
"synonyms":[
"affair",
"circumstance",
"episode",
"event",
"hap",
"happening",
"occasion",
"occurrence",
"thing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"coincidence",
"co-occurrence",
"fluke",
"freak",
"landmark",
"milepost",
"milestone",
"page",
"phenomenon",
"turning point",
"adventure",
"experience",
"time",
"happenchance",
"happenstance",
"accident",
"crisis",
"emergency",
"juncture",
"achievement",
"deed",
"exploit",
"feat",
"news",
"tidings"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"something that is found along with something else":{
"examples":[
"a teen discovering that taxes are the inevitable and evil incident of a paying job"
],
"synonyms":[
"accompaniment",
"attendant",
"companion",
"concomitant",
"corollary",
"obbligato"
],
"near synonyms":[
"accessory",
"accessary",
"adjunct",
"appendage",
"complement",
"supplement",
"counterpart",
"fellow",
"mate",
"consequence",
"follow-up",
"fixings",
"trimmings"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in attending , accompanying":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"accompanying",
"attendant",
"attending",
"concomitant",
"coetaneous",
"coeval",
"coexistent",
"coexisting",
"coextensive",
"coincident",
"coincidental",
"concurrent",
"contemporaneous",
"contemporary",
"coterminous",
"simultaneous",
"synchronic",
"synchronous"
],
"near antonyms":[
"asynchronous",
"noncontemporary",
"nonsimultaneous",
"nonsynchronous"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"incitement":{
"something that arouses a strong response from another":{
"examples":[
"the insulting remark was all the incitement that was needed for a fight to break out"
],
"synonyms":[
"excitement",
"incitation",
"instigation",
"provocation"
],
"near synonyms":[
"encouragement",
"galvanization",
"goad",
"incentive",
"inducement",
"jog",
"prod",
"spur",
"stimulant",
"stimulation",
"stimulus",
"enticement",
"lure",
"induction",
"inspiration",
"motivation",
"aggravation",
"annoyance",
"bother",
"exasperation",
"frustration",
"hassle",
"headache",
"irritant",
"nuisance",
"peeve",
"pest"
],
"near antonyms":[
"subduing"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"something that arouses action or activity":{
"examples":[
"the approaching deadline was certainly an incitement to get going on the assignment"
],
"synonyms":[
"boost",
"encouragement",
"goad",
"impetus",
"impulse",
"incentive",
"incitation",
"instigation",
"momentum",
"motivation",
"provocation",
"spur",
"stimulant",
"stimulus",
"yeast"
],
"near synonyms":[
"inducement",
"invitation",
"antecedent",
"cause",
"consideration",
"grounds",
"motive",
"occasion",
"reason",
"catalyst",
"catalyzer",
"fuel",
"spark"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"counterincentive",
"disincentive"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"incivilities":{
"rude behavior":{
"examples":[
"I won't tolerate incivility , and that includes text messaging while I'm speaking"
],
"synonyms":[
"dis",
"diss",
"discourteousness",
"discourtesy",
"disrespect",
"disrespectfulness",
"impertinence",
"impertinency",
"impoliteness",
"impudence",
"inconsiderateness",
"inconsideration",
"insolence",
"rudeness",
"ungraciousness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"audacity",
"boldness",
"brashness",
"brassiness",
"forwardness",
"sauciness",
"shamelessness",
"boorishness",
"caddishness",
"churlishness",
"clownishness",
"crudeness",
"loutishness",
"vulgarity",
"abruptness",
"bluntness",
"brusqueness",
"crustiness",
"curtness",
"gruffness",
"sharpness",
"crabbedness",
"crossness",
"disagreeableness",
"grumpiness",
"sullenness",
"surliness",
"improperness",
"impropriety",
"inappropriateness",
"incorrectness",
"indecency",
"unfitness",
"unsuitability",
"arrogance",
"conceit",
"conceitedness",
"presumption",
"pretense",
"pretence",
"pretension",
"pretentiousness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"humility",
"meekness",
"modesty",
"deference",
"dutifulness",
"respectfulness",
"submissiveness",
"acceptability",
"appropriateness",
"correctness",
"decency",
"decorousness",
"fitness",
"goodness",
"propriety",
"respectability",
"respectableness",
"rightness",
"seemliness",
"suitability",
"suitableness",
"affability",
"cordiality",
"friendliness",
"geniality",
"hospitality",
"kindness",
"felicitousness",
"grace",
"gracefulness"
],
"antonyms":[
"civility",
"considerateness",
"consideration",
"courtesy",
"genteelness",
"gentility",
"graciousness",
"politeness",
"politesse",
"thoughtfulness"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"inciter":{
"a person who stirs up public feelings especially of discontent":{
"examples":[
"the governor warned that inciters of mob violence would be dealt with harshly"
],
"synonyms":[
"agitator",
"demagogue",
"demagog",
"exciter",
"firebrand",
"fomenter",
"incendiary",
"instigator",
"kindler",
"provocateur",
"rabble-rouser"
],
"near synonyms":[
"demonstrator",
"marcher",
"objector",
"picketer",
"protester",
"protestor",
"advocate",
"apostle",
"backer",
"booster",
"champion",
"exponent",
"persuader",
"promoter",
"proponent",
"reformer",
"reformist",
"supporter",
"alarmist",
"extremist",
"insurgent",
"insurrectionist",
"radical",
"rebel",
"revolter",
"revolutionary",
"revolutionist",
"subversive",
"troublemaker",
"prodder",
"prompter",
"provoker",
"agent provocateur"
],
"near antonyms":[
"peacemaker",
"reconciler",
"uniter"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"incubation":{
"as in maturation , ripening":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"maturation",
"maturing",
"ripening",
"advancement",
"betterment",
"improvement",
"perfection",
"refinement",
"blossoming",
"flourishing",
"flowering",
"development",
"elaboration",
"evolution",
"expansion",
"growth",
"progress",
"progression",
"addition",
"augmentation",
"enhancement",
"supplementation",
"emergence",
"evolvement",
"metamorphosis"
],
"near antonyms":[
"regress",
"regression",
"retrogression",
"reversion",
"backslide",
"lapse",
"relapse",
"decadence",
"decay",
"decaying",
"declension",
"declination",
"decline",
"degeneracy",
"degeneration",
"degradation",
"descent",
"deterioration",
"devaluation",
"downfall",
"downgrade",
"ebbing",
"falling",
"weakening"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"incriminated":{
"to make a claim of wrongdoing against":{
"examples":[
"in exchange for a reduced sentence, the thief agreed to incriminate his accomplice"
],
"synonyms":[
"accused",
"charged",
"criminated",
"defamed",
"impeached",
"indicted"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blamed",
"called (on)",
"castigated",
"censured",
"condemned",
"criticized",
"damned",
"denounced",
"faulted",
"impugned",
"reproached",
"reprobated",
"chid",
"chided",
"rebuked",
"reproved",
"taxed",
"appealed",
"arraigned",
"booked",
"cited",
"summoned",
"prosecuted",
"sued",
"tried",
"framed",
"implicated",
"inculpated",
"informed (against)",
"named",
"reported",
"recriminated",
"retaliated"
],
"near antonyms":[
"advocated",
"championed",
"defended",
"excused",
"forgave",
"justified",
"pardoned",
"remitted",
"shrived",
"shrove"
],
"antonyms":[
"absolved",
"acquitted",
"cleared",
"exculpated",
"exonerated",
"vindicated"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
}
}