dict_dl/en_MWThesaurus/led_MWT.json
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{
"led":{
"to point out the way for (someone) especially from a position in front":{
"examples":[
"an enthusiastic docent led our group through the art museum"
],
"synonyms":[
"conducted",
"directed",
"guided",
"marshaled",
"marshalled",
"piloted",
"routed",
"showed",
"steered",
"ushered"
],
"near synonyms":[
"preceded",
"accompanied",
"attended",
"chaperoned",
"convoyed",
"escorted",
"saw",
"controlled",
"managed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dogged",
"hounded",
"shadowed",
"tailed",
"tailgated"
],
"antonyms":[
"followed",
"trailed"
]
},
"to serve as leader of":{
"examples":[
"a senior programmer is leading the team that is developing the new accounting software"
],
"synonyms":[
"bossed",
"captained",
"commanded",
"headed",
"spearheaded"
],
"near synonyms":[
"controlled",
"dominated",
"directed",
"governed",
"handled",
"managed",
"oversaw",
"ran",
"run",
"regulated",
"superintended",
"supervised"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bowed (to)",
"complied (with)",
"deferred (to)",
"followed",
"obeyed",
"served",
"submitted (to)",
"yielded (to)"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to be at the front of":{
"examples":[
"the local high school's marching band led the parade"
],
"synonyms":[
"headed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"preceded",
"announced",
"heralded",
"accompanied",
"attended",
"escorted",
"ushered"
],
"near antonyms":[
"concluded",
"ended",
"finished",
"stopped",
"terminated",
"tailed",
"tailgated",
"dogged",
"followed",
"trailed"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to be positioned along a certain course or in a certain direction":{
"examples":[
"this old road leads to an abandoned quarry"
],
"synonyms":[
"bore",
"extended",
"headed",
"lay",
"ran",
"run",
"went"
],
"near synonyms":[
"crossed",
"cut",
"passed",
"coursed",
"followed",
"spanned",
"traversed"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to give advice and instruction to (someone) regarding the course or process to be followed":{
"examples":[
"the salesclerk led us through the maze of options now available to television buyers"
],
"synonyms":[
"coached",
"counseled",
"counselled",
"guided",
"mentored",
"piloted",
"shepherded",
"showed",
"tutored"
],
"near synonyms":[
"godfathered",
"directed",
"engineered",
"steered",
"swayed",
"accompanied",
"attended",
"chaperoned",
"convoyed",
"escorted",
"saw",
"squired",
"oversaw",
"superintended",
"supervised",
"drilled",
"trained",
"briefed",
"enlightened",
"informed",
"instructed",
"schooled",
"taught",
"inculcated",
"indoctrinated",
"cultivated",
"fostered",
"nurtured"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"led off":{
"to take the first step in (a process or course of action)":{
"examples":[
"plans to lead off the news conference with a prepared statement"
],
"synonyms":[
"began",
"commenced",
"embarked (on or upon)",
"entered (into or upon)",
"fell (to)",
"got off",
"kicked off",
"launched",
"opened",
"started",
"struck (into)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"created",
"generated",
"inaugurated",
"initiated",
"innovated",
"invented",
"originated",
"adopted",
"embraced",
"took on",
"took up",
"established",
"fathered",
"founded",
"instituted",
"organized",
"pioneered",
"set up",
"spawned",
"got around (to)",
"got down (to)",
"got round (to)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ceased",
"desisted",
"discontinued",
"halted",
"knocked off",
"laid off",
"quit",
"quitted",
"stopped",
"closed",
"completed",
"abandoned",
"forsook",
"left",
"abolished",
"demolished",
"destroyed",
"exterminated",
"extinguished",
"phased out"
],
"antonyms":[
"concluded",
"ended",
"finished",
"terminated"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"led one down the garden path":{
"to cause to believe what is untrue":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[
"bamboozled",
"beguiled",
"bluffed",
"buffaloed",
"burned",
"burnt",
"caught",
"conned",
"cozened",
"deceived",
"deluded",
"duped",
"faked out",
"fooled",
"gaffed",
"gammoned",
"gulled",
"had",
"had on",
"hoaxed",
"hoodwinked",
"hornswoggled",
"humbugged",
"juggled",
"misguided",
"misinformed",
"misled",
"snookered",
"snowed",
"spoofed",
"strung along",
"sucked in",
"suckered",
"took in",
"tricked"
],
"near synonyms":[
"kidded",
"put on",
"teased",
"bled",
"cheated",
"chiseled",
"chiselled",
"defrauded",
"diddled",
"euchred",
"fleeced",
"flimflammed",
"hustled",
"mulcted",
"rooked",
"shortchanged",
"skinned",
"squeezed",
"stuck",
"stung",
"swindled"
],
"near antonyms":[
"debunked",
"exposed",
"revealed",
"showed up",
"uncloaked",
"uncovered",
"unmasked",
"disclosed",
"divulged",
"told",
"unveiled",
"disabused",
"disenchanted",
"disillusioned"
],
"antonyms":[
"undeceived"
]
},
"type":[]
},
"ledger":{
"a book that a company uses to record information about the money it has paid and received":{
"examples":[
"The accountant went over the company's ledgers at the end of the fiscal year."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"document",
"record",
"account",
"bill",
"check",
"invoice",
"statement",
"tab",
"receipt",
"reckoning",
"charge",
"cost",
"expense",
"fee",
"price",
"rate",
"toll",
"score",
"tally"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"ledgers":{
"a book that a company uses to record information about the money it has paid and received":{
"examples":[
"The accountant went over the company's ledgers at the end of the fiscal year."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"documents",
"records",
"accounts",
"bills",
"checks",
"invoices",
"statements",
"tabs",
"receipts",
"reckonings",
"charges",
"costs",
"expenses",
"fees",
"prices",
"rates",
"tolls",
"scores",
"tallies"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"led one up the garden path":{
"to cause to believe what is untrue":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[
"bamboozled",
"beguiled",
"bluffed",
"buffaloed",
"burned",
"burnt",
"caught",
"conned",
"cozened",
"deceived",
"deluded",
"duped",
"faked out",
"fooled",
"gaffed",
"gammoned",
"gulled",
"had",
"had on",
"hoaxed",
"hoodwinked",
"hornswoggled",
"humbugged",
"juggled",
"misguided",
"misinformed",
"misled",
"snookered",
"snowed",
"spoofed",
"strung along",
"sucked in",
"suckered",
"took in",
"tricked"
],
"near synonyms":[
"kidded",
"put on",
"teased",
"bled",
"cheated",
"chiseled",
"chiselled",
"defrauded",
"diddled",
"euchred",
"fleeced",
"flimflammed",
"hustled",
"mulcted",
"rooked",
"shortchanged",
"skinned",
"squeezed",
"stuck",
"stung",
"swindled"
],
"near antonyms":[
"debunked",
"exposed",
"revealed",
"showed up",
"uncloaked",
"uncovered",
"unmasked",
"disclosed",
"divulged",
"told",
"unveiled",
"disabused",
"disenchanted",
"disillusioned"
],
"antonyms":[
"undeceived"
]
},
"type":[]
},
"led on":{
"to lead away from a usual or proper course by offering some pleasure or advantage":{
"examples":[
"a con man whose dupes are usually led on by their own greed and eagerness to turn an easy buck"
],
"synonyms":[
"allured",
"baited",
"beguiled",
"betrayed",
"decoyed",
"enticed",
"lured",
"seduced",
"solicited",
"tempted"
],
"near synonyms":[
"drew in",
"inveigled",
"persuaded",
"roped (in)",
"snowed",
"caught",
"enmeshed",
"immeshed",
"ensnared",
"entrapped",
"meshed",
"snared",
"tangled",
"trapped",
"bewitched",
"captivated",
"charmed",
"enchanted",
"fascinated",
"magnetized",
"wiled"
],
"near antonyms":[
"alerted",
"cautioned",
"forewarned",
"warded (off)",
"warned",
"drove (away or off)",
"repulsed",
"turned away"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
}
}