2321 lines
45 KiB
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2321 lines
45 KiB
JSON
{
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"upped":{
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"to make greater in size, amount, or number":{
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"examples":[
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"climbing fuel prices have forced the delivery company to up its prices"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"accelerated",
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"added (to)",
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"aggrandized",
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"amplified",
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"augmented",
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"boosted",
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"built up",
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"compounded",
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"enlarged",
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"escalated",
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"expanded",
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"extended",
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"hyped",
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"increased",
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"multiplied",
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"pumped up",
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"raised",
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"stoked",
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"supersized",
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"swelled"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"boomed",
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"jumped",
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"skyrocketed",
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"spiked",
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"bumped (up)",
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"ratcheted (up)",
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"racheted (up)",
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"blew up",
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"dilated",
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"distended",
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"inflated",
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"drew out",
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"elongated",
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"fleshed (out)",
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"lengthened",
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"prolonged",
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"protracted",
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"stretched",
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"developed",
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"enhanced",
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"heightened",
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"intensified",
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"magnified",
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"complemented",
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"supplemented",
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"beefed (up)",
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"reinforced",
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"reenforced",
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"strengthened",
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"maximized",
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"accumulated",
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"amassed",
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"collected",
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"followed up",
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"parlayed"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"abbreviated",
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"abridged",
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"curtailed",
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"shortened",
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"compressed",
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"condensed",
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"constricted",
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"contracted",
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"cut back",
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"retrenched"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"abated",
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"decreased",
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"de-escalated",
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"diminished",
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"downsized",
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"dwindled",
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"lessened",
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"lowered",
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"minified",
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"reduced",
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"subtracted (from)"
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]
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},
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"to move from a lower to a higher place or position":{
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"examples":[
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"upped the catboat's sail"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"boosted",
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"craned",
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"elevated",
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"heaved",
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"hove",
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"hefted",
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"heightened",
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"hiked",
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"hoisted",
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"jacked (up)",
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"lifted",
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"perked (up)",
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"picked up",
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"raised",
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"took up",
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"upheld",
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"uplifted",
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"upraised"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"ascended",
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"mounted",
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"rose",
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"reared",
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"upended"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"descended",
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"dipped",
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"fell",
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"pitched",
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"plunged",
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"slipped",
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"bore",
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"depressed",
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"pressed",
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"pushed",
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"sank",
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"sunk",
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"submerged"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"dropped",
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"lowered"
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]
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},
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"to move or extend upward":{
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"examples":[
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"the road constantly ups and downs as it makes its way over the hills"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"arose",
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"ascended",
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"aspired",
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"climbed",
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"lifted",
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"mounted",
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"rose",
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"soared",
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"thrust",
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"upreared",
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"uprose",
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"upthrusted",
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"upturned"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"surged",
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"towered",
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"boosted",
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"elevated",
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"raised",
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"upheaved",
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"uplifted",
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"upraised",
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"ballooned",
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"blasted off",
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"took off",
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"zoomed",
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"crested",
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"scaled",
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"surmounted",
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"topped",
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"canted",
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"inclined",
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"leaned",
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"listed",
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"reclined",
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"slanted",
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"sloped",
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"tilted",
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"tipped"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"dived",
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"dove",
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"nose-dived",
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"plummeted",
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"sank",
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"sunk",
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"slid"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"declined",
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"descended",
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"dipped",
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"dropped",
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"fell (off)",
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"plunged"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"upper crust":{
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"of high birth, rank, or station":{
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"examples":[
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"an interior designer who has intimate knowledge of the tastes of her upper-crust clientele"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"aristocratic",
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"blue-blooded",
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"genteel",
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"gentle",
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"grand",
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"great",
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"highborn",
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"highbred",
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"noble",
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"patrician",
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"silk-stocking",
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"upper-class",
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"wellborn"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"high",
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"lofty",
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"superior",
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"elevated",
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"ennobled",
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"exalted",
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"gentlemanly",
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"kingly",
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"knightly",
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"ladylike",
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"lordly",
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"princely",
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"queenly",
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"regal",
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"royal",
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"high-level",
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"senior"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"inferior",
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"knavish",
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"bastard",
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"illegitimate",
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"ordinary",
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"plain",
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"abased",
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"degraded",
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"junior",
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"subordinate"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"baseborn",
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"common",
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"humble",
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"ignoble",
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"low",
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"lower-class",
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"lowly",
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"mean",
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"nonaristocratic",
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"plebeian",
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"ungenteel"
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]
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},
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"individuals carefully selected as being the best of a class":{
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"examples":[
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"the conference was a gathering of the upper crust of the computer programming industry"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"A-list",
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"aristocracy",
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"best",
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"choice",
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"corps d'elite",
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"cream",
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"cr\u00e8me de la cr\u00e8me",
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"elect",
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"elite",
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"fat",
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"flower",
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"illuminati",
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"pick",
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"pink",
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"pride",
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"priesthood",
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"prime",
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"royalty"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"establishment",
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"gentry",
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"nobility",
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"quality",
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"society",
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"top",
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"top drawer",
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"upper class",
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"caviar",
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"caviare",
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"who's who"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"commoners",
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"herd",
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"hoi polloi",
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"masses",
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"millions",
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"mob",
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"multitude",
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"rank and file",
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"unwashed"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"the highest class in a society":{
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"examples":[
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"a specialty clothing store for the upper crust"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"aristocracy",
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"elite",
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"gentility",
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"gentlefolk",
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"gentlefolks",
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"gentry",
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"nobility",
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"patriciate",
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"quality",
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"upper class"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"A-list",
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"beau monde",
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"beautiful people",
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"caf\u00e9 society",
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"Four Hundred",
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"400",
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"glitterati",
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"haut monde",
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"haute monde",
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"jet set",
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"society",
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"carriage trade",
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"plutocracy"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"commoners",
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"(the) crowd",
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"(the) masses",
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"peasantry",
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"peonage",
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"(the) people",
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"plebeians",
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"plebs",
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"(the) populace",
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"(the) public",
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"rank and file",
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"bourgeoisie",
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"middle class",
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"working class",
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"dregs",
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"(the) herd",
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"(the) mob",
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"rabble",
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"rabblement",
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"riffraff",
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"scum",
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"trash"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"proletarians",
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"proletariat"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"upper hand":{
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"the more favorable condition or position in a competition":{
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"examples":[
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"finally gained the upper hand in the argument"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"advantage",
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"better",
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"bulge",
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"catbird seat",
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"drop",
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"edge",
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"high ground",
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"inside track",
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"jump",
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"pull",
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"stead",
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"vantage",
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"whip hand"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"allowance",
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"head start",
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"lead",
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"leg up",
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"margin",
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"odds",
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"start",
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"ascendancy",
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"ascendency",
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"command",
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"dominance",
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"mastery",
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"predominance",
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"superiority",
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"supremacy",
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"transcendence",
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"transcendency",
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"precedence",
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"preference",
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"prerogative",
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"privilege",
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"seniority",
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"break",
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"foothold",
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"opportunity",
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"benefit",
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"blessing",
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"boon",
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"felicity",
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"godsend",
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"manna",
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"windfall"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"detriment",
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"stranglehold",
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"disparity",
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"imbalance",
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"inequality",
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"unevenness",
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"disability",
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"failing",
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"impairment",
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"shortcoming",
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"bar",
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"catch",
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"check",
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"clog",
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"crimp",
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"embarrassment",
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"hindrance",
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"hitch",
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"hurdle",
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"impediment",
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"interference",
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"let",
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"manacle",
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"obstacle",
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"obstruction",
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"rub",
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"shackle",
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"stop",
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"trammel",
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"lurch",
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"setback"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"disadvantage",
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"drawback",
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"handicap",
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"liability",
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"minus",
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"penalty",
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"strike"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"uppercuts":{
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"as in roundhouses , kicks":{
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"examples":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"near synonyms":[
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"body blows",
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"hands",
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"kicks",
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"knees",
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"lefts",
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"one-twos",
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"rabbit punches",
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"right-handers",
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"rights",
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"roundhouses",
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"shivers",
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"sidewinders",
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"sucker punches",
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"swings",
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"counterblows",
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"counter-blows",
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"counterpunches",
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"counters",
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"counterstrokes",
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"counter-strokes",
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"crunchers",
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"kayos",
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"knockdowns",
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"knockouts",
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"KOs",
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"bangs",
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"bashes",
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"bats",
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"beats",
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"belts",
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"biffs",
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"blows",
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"bops",
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"boxes",
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"buffets",
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"busts",
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"chops",
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"claps",
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"clips",
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"clouts",
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"cracks",
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"cuffs",
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"dabs",
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"douses",
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"fillips",
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"hacks",
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"haymakers",
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"hits",
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"hooks",
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"knocks",
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"larrups",
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"lashes",
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"licks",
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"pelts",
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"picks",
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"plumps",
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"pokes",
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"pounds",
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"punches",
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"raps",
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"slams",
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"slaps",
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"slugs",
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"smacks",
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"smashes",
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"socks",
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"spanks",
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"stingers",
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"stripes",
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"strokes",
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"swats",
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"swipes",
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"switches",
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"thuds",
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"thumps",
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"thwacks",
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"wallops",
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"welts",
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"whacks",
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"whams",
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"whops",
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"whaps",
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"bastinadoes",
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"bastinades",
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"batterings",
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"beatings",
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"drubbings",
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"lickings",
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"pastings",
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"thrashings",
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"wallopings",
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"whippings",
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"whips"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"uppermost":{
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"being at a point or level higher than all others":{
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"examples":[
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"the uppermost floor of the house gets very hot in the summer"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"highest",
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"loftiest",
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"top",
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"topmost",
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"upmost"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"higher",
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"loftier",
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"upper",
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"consummate",
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"maximal",
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"maximized",
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"maximum",
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"peaked",
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"supreme",
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"utmost",
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"uttermost",
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"chief",
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"dominant",
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"first",
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"foremost",
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"head",
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"leading",
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"predominant",
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"preeminent",
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"premier",
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"principal",
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"dominant",
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"dominating",
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"eminent",
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"prominent",
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"towering",
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"elevated",
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"escalated",
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"heightened",
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"jacked (up)",
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"lifted",
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"raised",
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"uplifted",
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"upraised"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"below",
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"lower",
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"nether",
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"under",
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"underneath",
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"low",
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"lowered",
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"low-lying",
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"sunken"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"bottommost",
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"lowermost",
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"lowest",
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"nethermost",
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"rock-bottom",
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"undermost"
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]
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},
|
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"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
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"uppity":{
|
|
"having a feeling of superiority that shows itself in an overbearing attitude":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"uppity social climbers who were the biggest snobs in town"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"arrogant",
|
|
"assumptive",
|
|
"bumptious",
|
|
"cavalier",
|
|
"chesty",
|
|
"haughty",
|
|
"high-and-mighty",
|
|
"high-handed",
|
|
"high-hat",
|
|
"highfalutin",
|
|
"hifalutin",
|
|
"huffish",
|
|
"huffy",
|
|
"imperious",
|
|
"important",
|
|
"lofty",
|
|
"lordly",
|
|
"masterful",
|
|
"overweening",
|
|
"peremptory",
|
|
"pompous",
|
|
"presuming",
|
|
"presumptuous",
|
|
"pretentious",
|
|
"self-asserting",
|
|
"self-assertive",
|
|
"sniffy",
|
|
"stiff-necked",
|
|
"supercilious",
|
|
"superior",
|
|
"toplofty",
|
|
"toploftical",
|
|
"uppish"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"authoritarian",
|
|
"bossy",
|
|
"dominant",
|
|
"dominating",
|
|
"domineering",
|
|
"magisterial",
|
|
"pontifical",
|
|
"pontificating",
|
|
"condescending",
|
|
"disdainful",
|
|
"patronizing",
|
|
"impertinent",
|
|
"impudent",
|
|
"saucy",
|
|
"snobbish",
|
|
"snobby",
|
|
"snooty",
|
|
"blusterous",
|
|
"blustery",
|
|
"boastful",
|
|
"bombastic",
|
|
"braggart",
|
|
"bragging",
|
|
"braggy",
|
|
"cocky",
|
|
"swaggering",
|
|
"vain",
|
|
"vainglorious",
|
|
"complacent",
|
|
"conceited",
|
|
"egocentric",
|
|
"egoistic",
|
|
"egoistical",
|
|
"egotistic",
|
|
"egotistical",
|
|
"hubristic",
|
|
"narcissistic",
|
|
"orgulous",
|
|
"prideful",
|
|
"proud",
|
|
"self-affected",
|
|
"self-applauding",
|
|
"self-centered",
|
|
"self-complacent",
|
|
"self-conceited",
|
|
"self-pleased",
|
|
"self-satisfied",
|
|
"smug",
|
|
"stuck-up",
|
|
"self-flattering",
|
|
"self-loving",
|
|
"self-promoting",
|
|
"brash",
|
|
"forward",
|
|
"uninhibited",
|
|
"unreserved",
|
|
"extroverted",
|
|
"extraverted",
|
|
"immodest"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bashful",
|
|
"cowering",
|
|
"cringing",
|
|
"demure",
|
|
"diffident",
|
|
"introverted",
|
|
"mousy",
|
|
"mousey",
|
|
"overmodest",
|
|
"self-critical",
|
|
"self-doubting",
|
|
"sheepish",
|
|
"shrinking",
|
|
"shy",
|
|
"subdued",
|
|
"timid",
|
|
"acquiescent",
|
|
"compliant",
|
|
"deferential",
|
|
"meek",
|
|
"passive",
|
|
"submissive",
|
|
"unaggressive",
|
|
"unassertive",
|
|
"unassuming",
|
|
"unobtrusive",
|
|
"yielding",
|
|
"quiet",
|
|
"reserved",
|
|
"retiring"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"humble",
|
|
"lowly",
|
|
"modest",
|
|
"unarrogant",
|
|
"unpretentious"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"upper class":{
|
|
"of high birth, rank, or station":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"upper-class boys who had an entrenched sense of entitlement"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"aristocratic",
|
|
"blue-blooded",
|
|
"genteel",
|
|
"gentle",
|
|
"grand",
|
|
"great",
|
|
"highborn",
|
|
"highbred",
|
|
"noble",
|
|
"patrician",
|
|
"silk-stocking",
|
|
"upper-crust",
|
|
"wellborn"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"high",
|
|
"lofty",
|
|
"superior",
|
|
"elevated",
|
|
"ennobled",
|
|
"exalted",
|
|
"gentlemanly",
|
|
"kingly",
|
|
"knightly",
|
|
"ladylike",
|
|
"lordly",
|
|
"princely",
|
|
"queenly",
|
|
"regal",
|
|
"royal",
|
|
"high-level",
|
|
"senior"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"inferior",
|
|
"knavish",
|
|
"bastard",
|
|
"illegitimate",
|
|
"ordinary",
|
|
"plain",
|
|
"abased",
|
|
"degraded",
|
|
"junior",
|
|
"subordinate"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"baseborn",
|
|
"common",
|
|
"humble",
|
|
"ignoble",
|
|
"low",
|
|
"lower-class",
|
|
"lowly",
|
|
"mean",
|
|
"nonaristocratic",
|
|
"plebeian",
|
|
"ungenteel"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the highest class in a society":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a school founded to educate the children of the upper class"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"aristocracy",
|
|
"elite",
|
|
"gentility",
|
|
"gentlefolk",
|
|
"gentlefolks",
|
|
"gentry",
|
|
"nobility",
|
|
"patriciate",
|
|
"quality",
|
|
"upper crust"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"A-list",
|
|
"beau monde",
|
|
"beautiful people",
|
|
"caf\u00e9 society",
|
|
"Four Hundred",
|
|
"400",
|
|
"glitterati",
|
|
"haut monde",
|
|
"haute monde",
|
|
"jet set",
|
|
"society",
|
|
"carriage trade",
|
|
"plutocracy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"commoners",
|
|
"(the) crowd",
|
|
"(the) masses",
|
|
"peasantry",
|
|
"peonage",
|
|
"(the) people",
|
|
"plebeians",
|
|
"plebs",
|
|
"(the) populace",
|
|
"(the) public",
|
|
"rank and file",
|
|
"bourgeoisie",
|
|
"middle class",
|
|
"working class",
|
|
"dregs",
|
|
"(the) herd",
|
|
"(the) mob",
|
|
"rabble",
|
|
"rabblement",
|
|
"riffraff",
|
|
"scum",
|
|
"trash"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"proletarians",
|
|
"proletariat"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"upperclassman":{
|
|
"as in underclassman , undergrad":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"underclassman",
|
|
"undergrad",
|
|
"freshman",
|
|
"junior",
|
|
"senior",
|
|
"sophomore",
|
|
"exchange student",
|
|
"high schooler",
|
|
"kindergartner",
|
|
"kindergartener",
|
|
"middler",
|
|
"middle schooler",
|
|
"coed",
|
|
"collegian",
|
|
"postgraduate",
|
|
"undergraduate",
|
|
"schoolfellow",
|
|
"schoolmate",
|
|
"day student",
|
|
"preppy",
|
|
"preppie",
|
|
"schoolboy",
|
|
"schoolchild",
|
|
"schoolgirl",
|
|
"reader",
|
|
"studier",
|
|
"pupil",
|
|
"scholar",
|
|
"student"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"upperclassmen":{
|
|
"as in underclassmen , undergrads":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"underclassmen",
|
|
"undergrads",
|
|
"freshmen",
|
|
"juniors",
|
|
"seniors",
|
|
"sophomores",
|
|
"exchange students",
|
|
"high schoolers",
|
|
"kindergartners",
|
|
"kindergarteners",
|
|
"middlers",
|
|
"middle schoolers",
|
|
"coeds",
|
|
"collegians",
|
|
"postgraduates",
|
|
"undergraduates",
|
|
"schoolfellows",
|
|
"schoolmates",
|
|
"day students",
|
|
"preppies",
|
|
"schoolboys",
|
|
"schoolchildren",
|
|
"schoolgirls",
|
|
"readers",
|
|
"studiers",
|
|
"pupils",
|
|
"scholars",
|
|
"students"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"upper-crust":{
|
|
"of high birth, rank, or station":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an interior designer who has intimate knowledge of the tastes of her upper-crust clientele"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"aristocratic",
|
|
"blue-blooded",
|
|
"genteel",
|
|
"gentle",
|
|
"grand",
|
|
"great",
|
|
"highborn",
|
|
"highbred",
|
|
"noble",
|
|
"patrician",
|
|
"silk-stocking",
|
|
"upper-class",
|
|
"wellborn"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"high",
|
|
"lofty",
|
|
"superior",
|
|
"elevated",
|
|
"ennobled",
|
|
"exalted",
|
|
"gentlemanly",
|
|
"kingly",
|
|
"knightly",
|
|
"ladylike",
|
|
"lordly",
|
|
"princely",
|
|
"queenly",
|
|
"regal",
|
|
"royal",
|
|
"high-level",
|
|
"senior"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"inferior",
|
|
"knavish",
|
|
"bastard",
|
|
"illegitimate",
|
|
"ordinary",
|
|
"plain",
|
|
"abased",
|
|
"degraded",
|
|
"junior",
|
|
"subordinate"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"baseborn",
|
|
"common",
|
|
"humble",
|
|
"ignoble",
|
|
"low",
|
|
"lower-class",
|
|
"lowly",
|
|
"mean",
|
|
"nonaristocratic",
|
|
"plebeian",
|
|
"ungenteel"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"individuals carefully selected as being the best of a class":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the conference was a gathering of the upper crust of the computer programming industry"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"A-list",
|
|
"aristocracy",
|
|
"best",
|
|
"choice",
|
|
"corps d'elite",
|
|
"cream",
|
|
"cr\u00e8me de la cr\u00e8me",
|
|
"elect",
|
|
"elite",
|
|
"fat",
|
|
"flower",
|
|
"illuminati",
|
|
"pick",
|
|
"pink",
|
|
"pride",
|
|
"priesthood",
|
|
"prime",
|
|
"royalty"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"establishment",
|
|
"gentry",
|
|
"nobility",
|
|
"quality",
|
|
"society",
|
|
"top",
|
|
"top drawer",
|
|
"upper class",
|
|
"caviar",
|
|
"caviare",
|
|
"who's who"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"commoners",
|
|
"herd",
|
|
"hoi polloi",
|
|
"masses",
|
|
"millions",
|
|
"mob",
|
|
"multitude",
|
|
"rank and file",
|
|
"unwashed"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the highest class in a society":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a specialty clothing store for the upper crust"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"aristocracy",
|
|
"elite",
|
|
"gentility",
|
|
"gentlefolk",
|
|
"gentlefolks",
|
|
"gentry",
|
|
"nobility",
|
|
"patriciate",
|
|
"quality",
|
|
"upper class"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"A-list",
|
|
"beau monde",
|
|
"beautiful people",
|
|
"caf\u00e9 society",
|
|
"Four Hundred",
|
|
"400",
|
|
"glitterati",
|
|
"haut monde",
|
|
"haute monde",
|
|
"jet set",
|
|
"society",
|
|
"carriage trade",
|
|
"plutocracy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"commoners",
|
|
"(the) crowd",
|
|
"(the) masses",
|
|
"peasantry",
|
|
"peonage",
|
|
"(the) people",
|
|
"plebeians",
|
|
"plebs",
|
|
"(the) populace",
|
|
"(the) public",
|
|
"rank and file",
|
|
"bourgeoisie",
|
|
"middle class",
|
|
"working class",
|
|
"dregs",
|
|
"(the) herd",
|
|
"(the) mob",
|
|
"rabble",
|
|
"rabblement",
|
|
"riffraff",
|
|
"scum",
|
|
"trash"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"proletarians",
|
|
"proletariat"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"upper hands":{
|
|
"the more favorable condition or position in a competition":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"finally gained the upper hand in the argument"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"advantages",
|
|
"betters",
|
|
"bulges",
|
|
"catbird seats",
|
|
"drops",
|
|
"edges",
|
|
"high grounds",
|
|
"inside tracks",
|
|
"jumps",
|
|
"pulls",
|
|
"steads",
|
|
"vantages",
|
|
"whip hands"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"allowances",
|
|
"head starts",
|
|
"leads",
|
|
"legs up",
|
|
"margins",
|
|
"odds",
|
|
"starts",
|
|
"ascendancies",
|
|
"ascendencies",
|
|
"commands",
|
|
"dominances",
|
|
"masteries",
|
|
"predominances",
|
|
"superiorities",
|
|
"supremacies",
|
|
"transcendences",
|
|
"transcendencies",
|
|
"precedences",
|
|
"preferences",
|
|
"prerogatives",
|
|
"privileges",
|
|
"seniorities",
|
|
"breaks",
|
|
"footholds",
|
|
"opportunities",
|
|
"benefits",
|
|
"blessings",
|
|
"boons",
|
|
"felicities",
|
|
"godsends",
|
|
"mannas",
|
|
"windfalls"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"detriments",
|
|
"strangleholds",
|
|
"disparities",
|
|
"imbalances",
|
|
"inequalities",
|
|
"disabilities",
|
|
"failings",
|
|
"impairments",
|
|
"shortcomings",
|
|
"bars",
|
|
"catches",
|
|
"checks",
|
|
"clogs",
|
|
"crimps",
|
|
"embarrassments",
|
|
"hindrances",
|
|
"hitches",
|
|
"hurdles",
|
|
"impediments",
|
|
"interferences",
|
|
"lets",
|
|
"manacles",
|
|
"obstacles",
|
|
"obstructions",
|
|
"rubs",
|
|
"shackles",
|
|
"stops",
|
|
"trammels",
|
|
"lurches",
|
|
"setbacks"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"disadvantages",
|
|
"drawbacks",
|
|
"handicaps",
|
|
"liabilities",
|
|
"minuses",
|
|
"penalties",
|
|
"strikes"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"upping":{
|
|
"to make greater in size, amount, or number":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"climbing fuel prices have forced the delivery company to up its prices"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accelerating",
|
|
"adding (to)",
|
|
"aggrandizing",
|
|
"amplifying",
|
|
"augmenting",
|
|
"boosting",
|
|
"building up",
|
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"compounding",
|
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"enlarging",
|
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"escalating",
|
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"expanding",
|
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"extending",
|
|
"hyping",
|
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"increasing",
|
|
"multiplying",
|
|
"pumping up",
|
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"raising",
|
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"stoking",
|
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"supersizing",
|
|
"swelling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"booming",
|
|
"jumping",
|
|
"skyrocketing",
|
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"spiking",
|
|
"bumping (up)",
|
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"ratcheting (up)",
|
|
"racheting (up)",
|
|
"blowing up",
|
|
"dilating",
|
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"distending",
|
|
"inflating",
|
|
"drawing out",
|
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"elongating",
|
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"fleshing (out)",
|
|
"lengthening",
|
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"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 move from a lower to a higher place or position":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"upped the catboat's sail"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"boosting",
|
|
"craning",
|
|
"elevating",
|
|
"heaving",
|
|
"hefting",
|
|
"heightening",
|
|
"hiking",
|
|
"hoisting",
|
|
"jacking (up)",
|
|
"lifting",
|
|
"perking (up)",
|
|
"picking up",
|
|
"raising",
|
|
"taking up",
|
|
"upholding",
|
|
"uplifting",
|
|
"upraising"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"ascending",
|
|
"mounting",
|
|
"rising",
|
|
"rearing",
|
|
"upending"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"descending",
|
|
"dipping",
|
|
"falling",
|
|
"pitching",
|
|
"plunging",
|
|
"slipping",
|
|
"bearing",
|
|
"depressing",
|
|
"pressing",
|
|
"pushing",
|
|
"sinking",
|
|
"submerging"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"dropping",
|
|
"lowering"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to move or extend upward":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the road constantly ups and downs as it makes its way over the hills"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"arising",
|
|
"ascending",
|
|
"aspiring",
|
|
"climbing",
|
|
"lifting",
|
|
"mounting",
|
|
"rising",
|
|
"soaring",
|
|
"thrusting",
|
|
"uprearing",
|
|
"uprising",
|
|
"upthrusting",
|
|
"upturning"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"surging",
|
|
"towering",
|
|
"boosting",
|
|
"elevating",
|
|
"raising",
|
|
"upheaving",
|
|
"uplifting",
|
|
"upraising",
|
|
"ballooning",
|
|
"blasting off",
|
|
"taking off",
|
|
"zooming",
|
|
"cresting",
|
|
"scaling",
|
|
"surmounting",
|
|
"topping",
|
|
"canting",
|
|
"inclining",
|
|
"leaning",
|
|
"listing",
|
|
"reclining",
|
|
"slanting",
|
|
"sloping",
|
|
"tilting",
|
|
"tipping"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"diving",
|
|
"nose-diving",
|
|
"plummeting",
|
|
"sinking",
|
|
"sliding"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"declining",
|
|
"descending",
|
|
"dipping",
|
|
"dropping",
|
|
"falling (off)",
|
|
"plunging"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"uppercut":{
|
|
"as in roundhouse , kick":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"body blow",
|
|
"hand",
|
|
"kick",
|
|
"knee",
|
|
"left",
|
|
"one-two",
|
|
"rabbit punch",
|
|
"right",
|
|
"right-hander",
|
|
"roundhouse",
|
|
"shiver",
|
|
"sidewinder",
|
|
"sucker punch",
|
|
"swing",
|
|
"counter",
|
|
"counterblow",
|
|
"counterpunch",
|
|
"counterstroke",
|
|
"cruncher",
|
|
"kayo",
|
|
"knockdown",
|
|
"knockout",
|
|
"KO",
|
|
"bang",
|
|
"bash",
|
|
"bat",
|
|
"beat",
|
|
"belt",
|
|
"biff",
|
|
"blow",
|
|
"bop",
|
|
"box",
|
|
"buffet",
|
|
"bust",
|
|
"chop",
|
|
"clap",
|
|
"clip",
|
|
"clout",
|
|
"crack",
|
|
"cuff",
|
|
"dab",
|
|
"douse",
|
|
"fillip",
|
|
"hack",
|
|
"haymaker",
|
|
"hit",
|
|
"hook",
|
|
"knock",
|
|
"larrup",
|
|
"lash",
|
|
"lick",
|
|
"pelt",
|
|
"pick",
|
|
"plump",
|
|
"poke",
|
|
"pound",
|
|
"punch",
|
|
"rap",
|
|
"slam",
|
|
"slap",
|
|
"slug",
|
|
"smack",
|
|
"smash",
|
|
"sock",
|
|
"spank",
|
|
"stinger",
|
|
"stripe",
|
|
"stroke",
|
|
"swat",
|
|
"swipe",
|
|
"switch",
|
|
"thud",
|
|
"thump",
|
|
"thwack",
|
|
"wallop",
|
|
"welt",
|
|
"whack",
|
|
"wham",
|
|
"whop",
|
|
"whap",
|
|
"bastinado",
|
|
"bastinade",
|
|
"battering",
|
|
"beating",
|
|
"bludgeoning",
|
|
"clobbering",
|
|
"cudgeling",
|
|
"cudgelling",
|
|
"drubbing",
|
|
"hammering",
|
|
"lambasting",
|
|
"licking",
|
|
"pasting",
|
|
"pounding",
|
|
"pummeling",
|
|
"pummelling",
|
|
"thrashing",
|
|
"flogging",
|
|
"walloping",
|
|
"whip",
|
|
"whipping"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"upper crusts":{
|
|
"individuals carefully selected as being the best of a class":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the conference was a gathering of the upper crust of the computer programming industry"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"A-lists",
|
|
"aristocracies",
|
|
"best",
|
|
"choices",
|
|
"corps d'elite",
|
|
"creams",
|
|
"cr\u00e8me de la cr\u00e8me",
|
|
"elect",
|
|
"elites",
|
|
"fat",
|
|
"flowers",
|
|
"illuminati",
|
|
"picks",
|
|
"pinks",
|
|
"prides",
|
|
"priesthoods",
|
|
"primes",
|
|
"royalties"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"establishments",
|
|
"gentries",
|
|
"nobilities",
|
|
"qualities",
|
|
"societies",
|
|
"top drawers",
|
|
"tops",
|
|
"upper classes",
|
|
"caviars",
|
|
"caviares",
|
|
"who's whos"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"commoners",
|
|
"herds",
|
|
"hoi polloi",
|
|
"masses",
|
|
"millions",
|
|
"mobs",
|
|
"multitudes",
|
|
"rank and files",
|
|
"unwasheds"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"upper classes":{
|
|
"of high birth, rank, or station":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"upper-class boys who had an entrenched sense of entitlement"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"aristocratic",
|
|
"blue-blooded",
|
|
"genteel",
|
|
"gentle",
|
|
"grand",
|
|
"great",
|
|
"highborn",
|
|
"highbred",
|
|
"noble",
|
|
"patrician",
|
|
"silk-stocking",
|
|
"upper-crust",
|
|
"wellborn"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"high",
|
|
"lofty",
|
|
"superior",
|
|
"elevated",
|
|
"ennobled",
|
|
"exalted",
|
|
"gentlemanly",
|
|
"kingly",
|
|
"knightly",
|
|
"ladylike",
|
|
"lordly",
|
|
"princely",
|
|
"queenly",
|
|
"regal",
|
|
"royal",
|
|
"high-level",
|
|
"senior"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"inferior",
|
|
"knavish",
|
|
"bastard",
|
|
"illegitimate",
|
|
"ordinary",
|
|
"plain",
|
|
"abased",
|
|
"degraded",
|
|
"junior",
|
|
"subordinate"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"baseborn",
|
|
"common",
|
|
"humble",
|
|
"ignoble",
|
|
"low",
|
|
"lower-class",
|
|
"lowly",
|
|
"mean",
|
|
"nonaristocratic",
|
|
"plebeian",
|
|
"ungenteel"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the highest class in a society":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a school founded to educate the children of the upper class"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"aristocracy",
|
|
"elite",
|
|
"gentility",
|
|
"gentlefolk",
|
|
"gentlefolks",
|
|
"gentry",
|
|
"nobility",
|
|
"patriciate",
|
|
"quality",
|
|
"upper crust"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"A-list",
|
|
"beau monde",
|
|
"beautiful people",
|
|
"caf\u00e9 society",
|
|
"Four Hundred",
|
|
"400",
|
|
"glitterati",
|
|
"haut monde",
|
|
"haute monde",
|
|
"jet set",
|
|
"society",
|
|
"carriage trade",
|
|
"plutocracy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"commoners",
|
|
"(the) crowd",
|
|
"(the) masses",
|
|
"peasantry",
|
|
"peonage",
|
|
"(the) people",
|
|
"plebeians",
|
|
"plebs",
|
|
"(the) populace",
|
|
"(the) public",
|
|
"rank and file",
|
|
"bourgeoisie",
|
|
"middle class",
|
|
"working class",
|
|
"dregs",
|
|
"(the) herd",
|
|
"(the) mob",
|
|
"rabble",
|
|
"rabblement",
|
|
"riffraff",
|
|
"scum",
|
|
"trash"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"proletarians",
|
|
"proletariat"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"upper-class":{
|
|
"of high birth, rank, or station":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"upper-class boys who had an entrenched sense of entitlement"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"aristocratic",
|
|
"blue-blooded",
|
|
"genteel",
|
|
"gentle",
|
|
"grand",
|
|
"great",
|
|
"highborn",
|
|
"highbred",
|
|
"noble",
|
|
"patrician",
|
|
"silk-stocking",
|
|
"upper-crust",
|
|
"wellborn"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"high",
|
|
"lofty",
|
|
"superior",
|
|
"elevated",
|
|
"ennobled",
|
|
"exalted",
|
|
"gentlemanly",
|
|
"kingly",
|
|
"knightly",
|
|
"ladylike",
|
|
"lordly",
|
|
"princely",
|
|
"queenly",
|
|
"regal",
|
|
"royal",
|
|
"high-level",
|
|
"senior"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"inferior",
|
|
"knavish",
|
|
"bastard",
|
|
"illegitimate",
|
|
"ordinary",
|
|
"plain",
|
|
"abased",
|
|
"degraded",
|
|
"junior",
|
|
"subordinate"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"baseborn",
|
|
"common",
|
|
"humble",
|
|
"ignoble",
|
|
"low",
|
|
"lower-class",
|
|
"lowly",
|
|
"mean",
|
|
"nonaristocratic",
|
|
"plebeian",
|
|
"ungenteel"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the highest class in a society":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a school founded to educate the children of the upper class"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"aristocracy",
|
|
"elite",
|
|
"gentility",
|
|
"gentlefolk",
|
|
"gentlefolks",
|
|
"gentry",
|
|
"nobility",
|
|
"patriciate",
|
|
"quality",
|
|
"upper crust"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"A-list",
|
|
"beau monde",
|
|
"beautiful people",
|
|
"caf\u00e9 society",
|
|
"Four Hundred",
|
|
"400",
|
|
"glitterati",
|
|
"haut monde",
|
|
"haute monde",
|
|
"jet set",
|
|
"society",
|
|
"carriage trade",
|
|
"plutocracy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"commoners",
|
|
"(the) crowd",
|
|
"(the) masses",
|
|
"peasantry",
|
|
"peonage",
|
|
"(the) people",
|
|
"plebeians",
|
|
"plebs",
|
|
"(the) populace",
|
|
"(the) public",
|
|
"rank and file",
|
|
"bourgeoisie",
|
|
"middle class",
|
|
"working class",
|
|
"dregs",
|
|
"(the) herd",
|
|
"(the) mob",
|
|
"rabble",
|
|
"rabblement",
|
|
"riffraff",
|
|
"scum",
|
|
"trash"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"proletarians",
|
|
"proletariat"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"uppishly":{
|
|
"as in arrogantly , haughtily":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"arrogantly",
|
|
"audaciously",
|
|
"boldly",
|
|
"brashly",
|
|
"brazenly",
|
|
"contemptuously",
|
|
"haughtily",
|
|
"huffily",
|
|
"imperiously",
|
|
"loftily",
|
|
"pompously",
|
|
"presumptuously",
|
|
"pretentiously",
|
|
"pridefully",
|
|
"proudly",
|
|
"scornfully",
|
|
"self-importantly",
|
|
"superciliously",
|
|
"swaggeringly",
|
|
"fearlessly",
|
|
"discourteously",
|
|
"disdainfully",
|
|
"disrespectfully",
|
|
"impertinently",
|
|
"rashly",
|
|
"recklessly",
|
|
"saucily",
|
|
"bitchily",
|
|
"impolitely",
|
|
"impudently",
|
|
"rudely",
|
|
"uncivilly",
|
|
"ungraciously"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
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"abjectly",
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"deferentially",
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"hat in hand",
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"humbly",
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"lowly",
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"meanly",
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"meekly",
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"modestly",
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"sheepishly",
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"submissively",
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"obsequiously",
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"servilely",
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"subserviently",
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"fearfully",
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"mousily",
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"timidly"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"adverb"
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]
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},
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"upper":{
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"as in higher , loftier":{
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"examples":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"near synonyms":[
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"higher",
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"loftier",
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"highest",
|
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"loftiest",
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"top",
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"topmost",
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"upmost",
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"uppermost",
|
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"consummate",
|
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"maximal",
|
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"maximized",
|
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"maximum",
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"peaked",
|
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"supreme",
|
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"utmost",
|
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"uttermost",
|
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"chief",
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"dominant",
|
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"first",
|
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"foremost",
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"head",
|
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"leading",
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"predominant",
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"preeminent",
|
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"premier",
|
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"principal",
|
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"dominant",
|
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"dominating",
|
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"eminent",
|
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"prominent",
|
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"towering",
|
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"elevated",
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"escalated",
|
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"heightened",
|
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"jacked (up)",
|
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"lifted",
|
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"raised",
|
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"uplifted",
|
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"upraised"
|
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],
|
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"near antonyms":[
|
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"bottommost",
|
|
"lowermost",
|
|
"lowest",
|
|
"nethermost",
|
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"rock-bottom",
|
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"undermost",
|
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"below",
|
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"lower",
|
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"nether",
|
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"under",
|
|
"underneath",
|
|
"low",
|
|
"lowered",
|
|
"low-lying",
|
|
"sunken"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in gas , kick":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blast",
|
|
"gas",
|
|
"kick",
|
|
"rush"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bore",
|
|
"drag",
|
|
"drip",
|
|
"droner",
|
|
"dullsville",
|
|
"nudnik",
|
|
"nudnick",
|
|
"snooze",
|
|
"snoozer",
|
|
"yawn",
|
|
"yawner",
|
|
"bummer",
|
|
"downer",
|
|
"bromide",
|
|
"pill"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in trip , pick-me-up":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"pick-me-up",
|
|
"trip"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bummer",
|
|
"down",
|
|
"downer",
|
|
"bore",
|
|
"drag",
|
|
"accident",
|
|
"fatality",
|
|
"mishap",
|
|
"woe"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"uppers":{
|
|
"as in gases , kicks":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blasts",
|
|
"gases",
|
|
"gasses",
|
|
"kicks",
|
|
"rushes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bores",
|
|
"drags",
|
|
"drips",
|
|
"droners",
|
|
"dullsvilles",
|
|
"nudniks",
|
|
"nudnicks",
|
|
"snoozers",
|
|
"snoozes",
|
|
"yawners",
|
|
"yawns",
|
|
"bummers",
|
|
"downers",
|
|
"bromides",
|
|
"pills"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in trips , pick-me-ups":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"pick-me-ups",
|
|
"trips"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bummers",
|
|
"downers",
|
|
"downs",
|
|
"bores",
|
|
"drags",
|
|
"accidents",
|
|
"fatalities",
|
|
"mishaps",
|
|
"woes"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"uppish":{
|
|
"having a feeling of superiority that shows itself in an overbearing attitude":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the new employee's uppish airs aren't winning him many friends among his colleagues"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"arrogant",
|
|
"assumptive",
|
|
"bumptious",
|
|
"cavalier",
|
|
"chesty",
|
|
"haughty",
|
|
"high-and-mighty",
|
|
"high-handed",
|
|
"high-hat",
|
|
"highfalutin",
|
|
"hifalutin",
|
|
"huffish",
|
|
"huffy",
|
|
"imperious",
|
|
"important",
|
|
"lofty",
|
|
"lordly",
|
|
"masterful",
|
|
"overweening",
|
|
"peremptory",
|
|
"pompous",
|
|
"presuming",
|
|
"presumptuous",
|
|
"pretentious",
|
|
"self-asserting",
|
|
"self-assertive",
|
|
"sniffy",
|
|
"stiff-necked",
|
|
"supercilious",
|
|
"superior",
|
|
"toplofty",
|
|
"toploftical",
|
|
"uppity"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"authoritarian",
|
|
"bossy",
|
|
"dominant",
|
|
"dominating",
|
|
"domineering",
|
|
"magisterial",
|
|
"pontifical",
|
|
"pontificating",
|
|
"condescending",
|
|
"disdainful",
|
|
"patronizing",
|
|
"impertinent",
|
|
"impudent",
|
|
"saucy",
|
|
"snobbish",
|
|
"snobby",
|
|
"snooty",
|
|
"blusterous",
|
|
"blustery",
|
|
"boastful",
|
|
"bombastic",
|
|
"braggart",
|
|
"bragging",
|
|
"braggy",
|
|
"cocky",
|
|
"swaggering",
|
|
"vain",
|
|
"vainglorious",
|
|
"complacent",
|
|
"conceited",
|
|
"egocentric",
|
|
"egoistic",
|
|
"egoistical",
|
|
"egotistic",
|
|
"egotistical",
|
|
"hubristic",
|
|
"narcissistic",
|
|
"orgulous",
|
|
"prideful",
|
|
"proud",
|
|
"self-affected",
|
|
"self-applauding",
|
|
"self-centered",
|
|
"self-complacent",
|
|
"self-conceited",
|
|
"self-pleased",
|
|
"self-satisfied",
|
|
"smug",
|
|
"stuck-up",
|
|
"self-flattering",
|
|
"self-loving",
|
|
"self-promoting",
|
|
"brash",
|
|
"forward",
|
|
"uninhibited",
|
|
"unreserved",
|
|
"extroverted",
|
|
"extraverted",
|
|
"immodest"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bashful",
|
|
"cowering",
|
|
"cringing",
|
|
"demure",
|
|
"diffident",
|
|
"introverted",
|
|
"mousy",
|
|
"mousey",
|
|
"overmodest",
|
|
"self-critical",
|
|
"self-doubting",
|
|
"sheepish",
|
|
"shrinking",
|
|
"shy",
|
|
"subdued",
|
|
"timid",
|
|
"acquiescent",
|
|
"compliant",
|
|
"deferential",
|
|
"meek",
|
|
"passive",
|
|
"submissive",
|
|
"unaggressive",
|
|
"unassertive",
|
|
"unassuming",
|
|
"unobtrusive",
|
|
"yielding",
|
|
"quiet",
|
|
"reserved",
|
|
"retiring"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"humble",
|
|
"lowly",
|
|
"modest",
|
|
"unarrogant",
|
|
"unpretentious"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
}
|
|
} |