dict_dl/en_MWThesaurus/alt_MWT.json
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{
"altar":{
"a table or place which serves as a center of worship or ritual":{
"examples":[
"There was a small altar at the front of the room with candles on it."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bimah",
"bima",
"footpace",
"pulpit",
"platform",
"riser",
"scaffold",
"balcony",
"gallery",
"dais",
"podium",
"rostrum",
"stage",
"stand",
"tribune"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"alter":{
"to make different in some way":{
"examples":[
"can't you alter your plans just slightly so we can leave 10 minutes earlier?"
],
"synonyms":[
"change",
"make over",
"modify",
"recast",
"redo",
"refashion",
"remake",
"remodel",
"revamp",
"revise",
"rework",
"vary"
],
"near synonyms":[
"deform",
"metamorphose",
"mutate",
"regenerate",
"revolutionize",
"transfigure",
"transform",
"transmute",
"commute",
"convert",
"exchange",
"rejigger",
"retool"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"fix",
"freeze",
"set",
"stabilize"
]
},
"to remove the sex organs of":{
"examples":[
"contends that cats and dogs that have been altered make better pets"
],
"synonyms":[
"desex",
"fix",
"neuter"
],
"near synonyms":[
"castrate",
"emasculate",
"geld",
"spay",
"sterilize"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"altercate":{
"to express different opinions about something often angrily":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"this discussion is so silly we might as well altercate on how many angels can dance on the point of a needle"
],
"near antonyms":[
"coexist",
"get along",
"accept",
"agree",
"assent",
"concur",
"consent"
],
"related":[
"challenge",
"dare",
"defy",
"clash",
"contend",
"contest",
"tangle",
"cavil",
"fuss",
"nitpick",
"consider",
"debate",
"discuss",
"kick",
"object",
"protest"
],
"synonyms":[
"argue",
"argufy",
"bicker",
"brabble",
"brawl",
"controvert",
"dispute",
"fall out",
"fight",
"hassle",
"jar",
"quarrel",
"quibble",
"row",
"scrap",
"spat",
"squabble",
"tiff",
"wrangle"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"altercated":{
"to express different opinions about something often angrily":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"this discussion is so silly we might as well altercate on how many angels can dance on the point of a needle"
],
"near antonyms":[
"coexisted",
"got along",
"accepted",
"agreed",
"assented",
"concurred",
"consented"
],
"related":[
"challenged",
"dared",
"defied",
"clashed",
"contended",
"contested",
"tangled",
"caviled",
"cavilled",
"fussed",
"nitpicked",
"considered",
"debated",
"discussed",
"kicked",
"objected",
"protested"
],
"synonyms":[
"argued",
"argufied",
"bickered",
"brabbled",
"brawled",
"controverted",
"disputed",
"fell out",
"fought",
"hassled",
"jarred",
"quarreled",
"quarrelled",
"quibbled",
"rowed",
"scrapped",
"spatted",
"squabbled",
"tiffed",
"wrangled"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"altercation":{
"an often noisy or angry expression of differing opinions":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"judging from all the slamming and banging, I'd say there was some sort of altercation going on next door"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"clash",
"run-in",
"skirmish",
"tangle",
"tussle",
"logomachy",
"feud",
"vendetta",
"attack",
"contention",
"dissension",
"dissention",
"debate",
"difference",
"disputation",
"fuss",
"objection",
"protest",
"protestation",
"affray",
"fisticuffs",
"fracas",
"fray",
"free-for-all",
"melee",
"m\u00eal\u00e9e",
"catfight"
],
"synonyms":[
"argle-bargle",
"argument",
"argy-bargy",
"battle royal",
"bicker",
"brawl",
"contretemps",
"controversy",
"cross fire",
"disagreement",
"dispute",
"donnybrook",
"falling-out",
"fight",
"hassle",
"imbroglio",
"kickup",
"misunderstanding",
"quarrel",
"rhubarb",
"row",
"scrap",
"set-to",
"spat",
"squabble",
"tiff",
"wrangle"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"altering":{
"to make different in some way":{
"examples":[
"can't you alter your plans just slightly so we can leave 10 minutes earlier?"
],
"synonyms":[
"changing",
"making over",
"modifying",
"recasting",
"redoing",
"refashioning",
"remaking",
"remodeling",
"revamping",
"revising",
"reworking",
"varying"
],
"near synonyms":[
"deforming",
"metamorphosing",
"mutating",
"regenerating",
"revolutionizing",
"transfiguring",
"transforming",
"transmuting",
"commuting",
"converting",
"exchanging",
"rejiggering",
"retooling"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"fixing",
"freezing",
"setting",
"stabilizing"
]
},
"to remove the sex organs of":{
"examples":[
"contends that cats and dogs that have been altered make better pets"
],
"synonyms":[
"desexing",
"fixing",
"neutering"
],
"near synonyms":[
"castrating",
"emasculating",
"gelding",
"spaying",
"sterilizing"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"alternates":{
"to place or do (different things) so that one follows the other in a repeated series":{
"examples":[
"To make the appetizer, you should alternate layers of tomatoes and cheese.",
"The poem alternates fear and hope."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"juxtaposes",
"interlaces",
"intersperses",
"interweaves",
"laces",
"salts",
"threads",
"weaves",
"wreathes",
"inserts",
"intermingles",
"mingles",
"mixes",
"amalgamates",
"assimilates",
"blends",
"combines",
"commingles",
"embodies",
"fuses",
"incorporates",
"integrates",
"merges"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in understudies":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"understudies",
"backups",
"covers",
"designated hitters",
"fill-ins",
"locum tenentes",
"pinch hitters",
"reliefs",
"replacements",
"reserves",
"stand-ins",
"subs",
"substitutes",
"apologies",
"makeshifts",
"stopgaps",
"agents",
"assignees",
"attorneys",
"commissaries",
"delegates",
"deputies",
"envoys",
"factors",
"procurators",
"proxies",
"representatives",
"reps",
"surrogates",
"assistants",
"relievers",
"seconds",
"successors",
"superseders"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"alternative":{
"the power, right, or opportunity to choose":{
"examples":[
"there's no alternative : we must cross the stream to reach our destination"
],
"synonyms":[
"choice",
"discretion",
"druthers",
"election",
"liberty",
"option",
"pick",
"preference",
"selection",
"volition",
"way"
],
"near synonyms":[
"determination",
"free will",
"will",
"say",
"voice",
"vote",
"inclination",
"liking",
"partiality",
"penchant",
"predilection",
"proclivity",
"propensity",
"tendency",
"discernment",
"judgment",
"judgement",
"perspicacity"
],
"near antonyms":[
"coercion",
"duress",
"force",
"duty",
"obligation",
"Hobson's choice"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in alternate , chosen":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"alternate",
"chosen",
"discretionary",
"elective",
"optional",
"voluntary",
"dispensable",
"unnecessary",
"unneeded",
"unwanted"
],
"near antonyms":[
"compulsory",
"mandatory",
"nonelective",
"nonvoluntary",
"obligatory",
"required",
"essential",
"indispensable",
"necessary",
"requisite"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in unconventional , underground":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"antiestablishment",
"nontraditional",
"unconventional",
"underground",
"pioneering",
"revolutionary",
"trailblazing",
"bizarre",
"far-out",
"outr\u00e9",
"way-out",
"advanced",
"avant",
"avant-garde",
"cutting-edge",
"progressive",
"state-of-the-art",
"fresh",
"new",
"novel",
"original",
"strange",
"unaccustomed",
"unfamiliar",
"unheard-of",
"unknown",
"unprecedented",
"contemporary",
"current",
"hot",
"mod",
"modern",
"modernistic",
"newfangled",
"new-fashioned",
"present-day",
"red-hot",
"space-age",
"ultramodern",
"up-to-date"
],
"near antonyms":[
"conventional",
"customary",
"established",
"orthodox",
"traditional"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"altitude":{
"the distance of something or someone from bottom to top":{
"examples":[
"the altitude of the highest mountain in the U.S. is only about two thirds that of the highest mountain in the world"
],
"synonyms":[
"elevation",
"height",
"inches",
"stature"
],
"near synonyms":[
"rise",
"highness",
"loftiness",
"tallness"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"an area of high ground":{
"examples":[
"the air is thinner at higher altitudes"
],
"synonyms":[
"elevation",
"eminence",
"height",
"highland",
"hill",
"hump",
"mound",
"prominence",
"rise",
"upland"
],
"near synonyms":[
"alp",
"mount",
"mountain",
"peak",
"butte",
"mesa",
"plateau",
"table",
"tableland",
"bluff",
"cliff",
"crag",
"precipice",
"steep",
"tor",
"ridge",
"sierra",
"dome",
"sugarloaf",
"foothill",
"hillock",
"hummock",
"knob",
"knoll",
"downs"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dale",
"dell",
"depression",
"dingle",
"glen",
"hollow",
"vale",
"valley",
"basin",
"bottom",
"bottomland",
"fen",
"flat",
"floodplain",
"plain",
"tidewater"
],
"antonyms":[
"lowland"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"altruistic":{
"having or showing a concern for the welfare of others":{
"examples":[
"I'm not being altruistic in giving you these books, since I was going to have to lug them with me if you hadn't come along"
],
"synonyms":[
"beneficent",
"benevolent",
"charitable",
"do-good",
"eleemosynary",
"good",
"humanitarian",
"philanthropic",
"philanthropical"
],
"near synonyms":[
"selfless",
"self-sacrificing",
"bighearted",
"bounteous",
"bountiful",
"free",
"freehanded",
"generous",
"greathearted",
"handsome",
"liberal",
"magnanimous",
"munificent",
"openhanded",
"openhearted",
"unselfish",
"unsparing",
"compassionate",
"humane",
"kind",
"kindhearted",
"social-minded"
],
"near antonyms":[
"self-indulgent",
"self-seeking",
"cheap",
"closefisted",
"miserly",
"niggardly",
"parsimonious",
"stingy",
"tight",
"tightfisted",
"hard-hearted",
"pitiless",
"unfeeling",
"self-obsessed"
],
"antonyms":[
"self-centered",
"self-concerned",
"selfish"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"alternatively":{
"in place of another option":{
"examples":[
"We could go out for dinner or, alternatively , we could get takeout."
],
"synonyms":[],
"related":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"alteration":{
"the act, process, or result of making different":{
"examples":[
"there's been an alteration in the intended route of our bird walk"
],
"synonyms":[
"change",
"difference",
"modification",
"redoing",
"refashioning",
"remaking",
"remodeling",
"revamping",
"review",
"revise",
"revision",
"reworking",
"variation"
],
"near synonyms":[
"amendment",
"correction",
"rectification",
"reform",
"conversion",
"deformation",
"distortion",
"metamorphosis",
"mutation",
"transfiguration",
"transformation",
"fluctuation",
"oscillation",
"shift",
"displacement",
"replacement",
"substitution",
"adjustment",
"modulation",
"regulation",
"tweak",
"redesign",
"redo"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"fixation",
"stabilization"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"alter ego":{
"a person who has a strong liking for and trust in another":{
"examples":[
"over the years the state's other senator became his alter ego as well as his political ally"
],
"synonyms":[
"amigo",
"buddy",
"chum",
"compadre",
"comrade",
"confidant",
"confidante",
"crony",
"familiar",
"friend",
"intimate",
"mate",
"musketeer",
"pal"
],
"near synonyms":[
"acquaintance",
"associate",
"cohort",
"colleague",
"companion",
"fellow",
"hearty",
"hobnobber",
"partner",
"peer",
"sport",
"blood brother",
"brother",
"main man",
"sister",
"abettor",
"abetter",
"accomplice",
"ally",
"collaborator",
"confederate",
"pen pal",
"benefactor",
"supporter",
"sympathizer",
"well-wisher",
"friendly"
],
"near antonyms":[
"adversary",
"antagonist",
"competitor",
"opponent",
"rival",
"archenemy",
"nemesis"
],
"antonyms":[
"enemy",
"foe"
]
},
"something or someone that strongly resembles another":{
"examples":[
"the hero of the novel is clearly the author's alter ego , right down to his receding hairline and middle-aged paunch"
],
"synonyms":[
"carbon",
"carbon copy",
"clone",
"counterpart",
"doppelg\u00e4nger",
"doppelganger",
"double",
"duplicate",
"duplication",
"facsimile",
"fetch",
"image",
"likeness",
"look-alike",
"match",
"mirror image",
"picture",
"replica",
"ringer",
"spit",
"spitting image",
"twin"
],
"near synonyms":[
"Chinese copy",
"effigy",
"portrait",
"portrayal",
"companion",
"fellow",
"mate",
"equal",
"equivalent",
"analogue",
"analog",
"parallel"
],
"near antonyms":[
"antithesis",
"converse",
"opposite",
"reverse"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"altogether":{
"for the most part":{
"examples":[
"altogether , I'd say we had a pretty good time"
],
"synonyms":[
"basically",
"by and large",
"chiefly",
"generally",
"largely",
"mainly",
"mostly",
"overall",
"predominantly",
"primarily",
"principally",
"substantially"
],
"near synonyms":[
"about",
"more or less",
"most",
"much",
"near",
"nearly",
"next to",
"nigh",
"practically",
"some",
"virtually",
"well-nigh",
"approximately",
"broadly",
"plus or minus",
"roughly",
"commonly",
"frequently",
"normally",
"ordinarily",
"typically",
"usually",
"incompletely",
"partially",
"partly",
"rather",
"somewhat"
],
"near antonyms":[
"completely",
"entirely",
"fully",
"perfectly",
"thoroughly",
"totally",
"wholly",
"barely",
"hardly",
"just",
"marginally",
"minimally",
"scarcely",
"absolutely",
"categorically",
"unqualifiedly"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to a full extent or degree":{
"examples":[
"I was not altogether prepared for such bad news"
],
"synonyms":[
"all",
"all of",
"all over",
"clean",
"completely",
"dead",
"enough",
"entire",
"entirely",
"even",
"exactly",
"fast",
"flat",
"full",
"fully",
"heartily",
"out",
"perfectly",
"plumb",
"quite",
"soundly",
"thoroughly",
"through and through",
"totally",
"utterly",
"well",
"wholly",
"wide"
],
"near synonyms":[
"absolutely",
"categorically",
"cold",
"downright",
"hands down",
"plain",
"stone",
"stone-cold",
"unqualifiedly",
"basically",
"by and large",
"chiefly",
"generally",
"largely",
"mainly",
"more or less",
"mostly",
"overall",
"predominantly",
"predominately",
"primarily",
"principally",
"substantially",
"abundantly",
"copiously",
"generously",
"greatly"
],
"near antonyms":[
"barely",
"hardly",
"just",
"kind of",
"marginally",
"minimally",
"scarcely",
"slightly",
"superficially",
"approximately",
"roughly",
"somewhat"
],
"antonyms":[
"half",
"halfway",
"incompletely",
"part",
"partially",
"partly"
]
},
"with everyone or everything taken into account at the same time":{
"examples":[
"we spent six months in Europe altogether"
],
"synonyms":[
"all around",
"all told",
"collectedly",
"collectively",
"inclusively",
"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":[]
},
"the state of having no clothes on one's body":{
"examples":[
"had never posed in the altogether for a photographer before"
],
"synonyms":[
"bareness",
"birthday suit",
"bottomlessness",
"buff",
"nakedness",
"nude",
"nudity",
"raw"
],
"near synonyms":[
"toplessness",
"naturism",
"nudism"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adverb",
"noun"
]
},
"alterations":{
"the act, process, or result of making different":{
"examples":[
"there's been an alteration in the intended route of our bird walk"
],
"synonyms":[
"changes",
"differences",
"modifications",
"reviews",
"revises",
"revisions",
"variations"
],
"near synonyms":[
"amendments",
"corrections",
"rectifications",
"reforms",
"conversions",
"deformations",
"distortions",
"metamorphoses",
"mutations",
"transfigurations",
"transformations",
"fluctuations",
"oscillations",
"shifts",
"displacements",
"replacements",
"substitutions",
"adjustments",
"modulations",
"regulations",
"tweaks",
"redesigns",
"redos"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"fixations",
"stabilizations"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"alters":{
"to make different in some way":{
"examples":[
"can't you alter your plans just slightly so we can leave 10 minutes earlier?"
],
"synonyms":[
"changes",
"makes over",
"modifies",
"recasts",
"redoes",
"refashions",
"remakes",
"remodels",
"revamps",
"revises",
"reworks",
"varies"
],
"near synonyms":[
"deforms",
"metamorphoses",
"mutates",
"regenerates",
"revolutionizes",
"transfigures",
"transforms",
"transmutes",
"commutes",
"converts",
"exchanges",
"rejiggers",
"retools"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"fixes",
"freezes",
"sets",
"stabilizes"
]
},
"to remove the sex organs of":{
"examples":[
"contends that cats and dogs that have been altered make better pets"
],
"synonyms":[
"desexes",
"fixes",
"neuters"
],
"near synonyms":[
"castrates",
"emasculates",
"gelds",
"spays",
"sterilizes"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"altruistically":{
"as in humanely , charitably":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"beneficently",
"benevolently",
"bigheartedly",
"charitably",
"humanely",
"kindheartedly",
"magnanimously",
"philanthropically",
"selflessly",
"ungrudgingly",
"unselfishly",
"affably",
"amiably",
"cheerfully",
"cheerily",
"congenially",
"cordially",
"friendlily",
"genially",
"good-heartedly",
"good-naturedly",
"graciously",
"considerately",
"courteously",
"hospitably",
"kindly",
"nicely",
"reasonably",
"sweetly",
"thoughtfully",
"amply",
"bounteously",
"bountifully",
"freehandedly",
"freeheartedly",
"generously",
"handsomely",
"lavishly",
"liberally",
"munificently",
"openhandedly",
"unstintingly",
"well"
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"parsimoniously",
"stingily",
"ungenerously",
"contemptuously",
"disdainfully",
"rudely",
"scornfully",
"obnoxiously",
"provocatively",
"coldly",
"coolly",
"cooly",
"frigidly",
"hostilely",
"angrily",
"belligerently",
"begrudgingly",
"grudgingly"
],
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},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"alternating":{
"as in alternate , rhythmic":{
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"synonyms":[],
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"alternate",
"cyclic",
"cyclical",
"rhythmic",
"rhythmical",
"seasonal",
"serial",
"continual",
"intermittent",
"on-and-off",
"periodic",
"periodical",
"recurrent",
"recurring",
"aperiodic",
"erratic",
"fitful",
"irregular",
"occasional",
"spasmodic",
"sporadic",
"spotty",
"unsteady"
],
"near antonyms":[
"constant",
"continuous",
"incessant",
"unceasing",
"eternal",
"everlasting",
"interminable",
"perpetual"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to place or do (different things) so that one follows the other in a repeated series":{
"examples":[
"To make the appetizer, you should alternate layers of tomatoes and cheese.",
"The poem alternates fear and hope."
],
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"juxtaposing",
"interlacing",
"interspersing",
"interweaving",
"lacing",
"salting",
"threading",
"weaving",
"wreathing",
"inserting",
"intermingling",
"mingling",
"mixing",
"amalgamating",
"assimilating",
"blending",
"combining",
"commingling",
"embodying",
"fusing",
"incorporating",
"integrating",
"merging"
],
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"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"altitude(s)":{
"an area of high ground":{
"examples":[
"the air is thinner at higher altitudes"
],
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"elevation",
"eminence",
"height",
"highland",
"hill",
"hump",
"mound",
"prominence",
"rise",
"upland"
],
"near synonyms":[
"alp",
"mount",
"mountain",
"peak",
"butte",
"mesa",
"plateau",
"table",
"tableland",
"bluff",
"cliff",
"crag",
"precipice",
"steep",
"tor",
"ridge",
"sierra",
"dome",
"sugarloaf",
"foothill",
"hillock",
"hummock",
"knob",
"knoll",
"downs"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dale",
"dell",
"depression",
"dingle",
"glen",
"hollow",
"vale",
"valley",
"basin",
"bottom",
"bottomland",
"fen",
"flat",
"floodplain",
"plain",
"tidewater"
],
"antonyms":[
"lowland"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"altitudinous":{
"extending to a great distance upward":{
"examples":[
"the brochure described the seaside hotel as \"an imposing edifice graced by old world charm, situated atop an altitudinous promontory with panoramic views\""
],
"synonyms":[
"high",
"lofty",
"tall",
"towering"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dominant",
"dominating",
"eminent",
"prominent",
"elevated",
"lifted",
"raised",
"uplifted",
"upswept",
"high-rise",
"statuesque"
],
"near antonyms":[
"flat",
"stubby",
"stumpy"
],
"antonyms":[
"low",
"low-lying",
"short",
"squat"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"altered":{
"as in neutered , sterilized":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"desexed",
"neutered",
"sterilized",
"barren",
"fruitless",
"impotent",
"infertile",
"sterile",
"unfruitful",
"castrated",
"emasculated",
"gelded",
"spayed",
"unproductive"
],
"near antonyms":[
"fat",
"fertile",
"fruitful",
"fecund",
"luxuriant",
"productive",
"prolific",
"enriched",
"fertilized",
"rich",
"impregnated",
"pregnant",
"potent",
"bearing",
"producing",
"yielding",
"blooming",
"bursting",
"flourishing",
"swarming",
"teeming"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make different in some way":{
"examples":[
"can't you alter your plans just slightly so we can leave 10 minutes earlier?"
],
"synonyms":[
"changed",
"made over",
"modified",
"recast",
"redid",
"refashioned",
"remade",
"remodeled",
"revamped",
"revised",
"reworked",
"varied"
],
"near synonyms":[
"deformed",
"metamorphosed",
"mutated",
"regenerated",
"revolutionized",
"transfigured",
"transformed",
"transmuted",
"commuted",
"converted",
"exchanged",
"rejiggered",
"retooled"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"fixed",
"froze",
"set",
"stabilized"
]
},
"to remove the sex organs of":{
"examples":[
"contends that cats and dogs that have been altered make better pets"
],
"synonyms":[
"desexed",
"fixed",
"neutered"
],
"near synonyms":[
"castrated",
"emasculated",
"gelded",
"spayed",
"sterilized"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"altitudes":{
"an area of high ground":{
"examples":[
"the air is thinner at higher altitudes"
],
"synonyms":[
"elevation",
"eminence",
"height",
"highland",
"hill",
"hump",
"mound",
"prominence",
"rise",
"upland"
],
"near synonyms":[
"alp",
"mount",
"mountain",
"peak",
"butte",
"mesa",
"plateau",
"table",
"tableland",
"bluff",
"cliff",
"crag",
"precipice",
"steep",
"tor",
"ridge",
"sierra",
"dome",
"sugarloaf",
"foothill",
"hillock",
"hummock",
"knob",
"knoll",
"downs"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dale",
"dell",
"depression",
"dingle",
"glen",
"hollow",
"vale",
"valley",
"basin",
"bottom",
"bottomland",
"fen",
"flat",
"floodplain",
"plain",
"tidewater"
],
"antonyms":[
"lowland"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"altruism":{
"feelings and behavior that show a desire to help other people and a lack of selfishness":{
"examples":[
"charitable acts motivated purely by altruism",
"In one final act of altruism , she donated almost all of her money to the hospital."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"generosity",
"magnanimity",
"nobility",
"charity",
"clemency",
"forbearance",
"lenience",
"leniency",
"lenity",
"mercifulness",
"mercy",
"quarter",
"humanitarianism",
"philanthropy",
"empathy",
"pity",
"selflessness",
"sympathy",
"understanding",
"unselfishness",
"commiseration",
"favor",
"grace",
"benevolence",
"care",
"civility",
"compassion",
"gentleness",
"goodness",
"goodwill",
"humaneness",
"kindliness",
"kindness",
"meekness",
"mildness",
"niceness",
"softness",
"tenderness",
"affection",
"devotion",
"love",
"worship"
],
"near antonyms":[
"hard-heartedness",
"mercilessness",
"pitilessness",
"ruthlessness",
"uncharitableness",
"greed",
"selfishness",
"reprisal",
"requital",
"retaliation",
"retribution",
"revenge",
"vengeance",
"venom",
"vindictiveness",
"virulence",
"vitriol",
"atrocity",
"barbarity",
"brutality",
"cruelty",
"incivility",
"sadism",
"savageness",
"savagery",
"truculence",
"viciousness",
"violence",
"wantonness",
"castigation",
"chastisement",
"discipline",
"punishment",
"scolding",
"abhorrence",
"abomination",
"detestation",
"execration",
"hate",
"hatred",
"loathing",
"cattiness",
"ill will",
"malevolence",
"malice",
"maliciousness",
"malignancy",
"malignity",
"meanness",
"nastiness",
"spite",
"spitefulness",
"spleen",
"animosity",
"antagonism",
"antipathy",
"bitterness",
"enmity",
"gall",
"grudge",
"hostility",
"jealousy",
"pique",
"resentment",
"bile",
"jaundice",
"rancor",
"hatefulness",
"invidiousness",
"coarseness",
"hardness",
"harshness",
"roughness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"altercates":{
"to express different opinions about something often angrily":{
"examples":[
"this discussion is so silly we might as well altercate on how many angels can dance on the point of a needle"
],
"synonyms":[
"argues",
"argufies",
"bickers",
"brabbles",
"brawls",
"controverts",
"disputes",
"falls out",
"fights",
"hassles",
"jars",
"quarrels",
"quibbles",
"rows",
"scraps",
"spats",
"squabbles",
"tiffs",
"wrangles"
],
"near synonyms":[
"challenges",
"dares",
"defies",
"clashes",
"contends",
"contests",
"tangles",
"cavils",
"fusses",
"nitpicks",
"considers",
"debates",
"discusses",
"kicks",
"objects",
"protests"
],
"near antonyms":[
"coexists",
"gets along",
"accepts",
"agrees",
"assents",
"concurs",
"consents"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"alterable":{
"capable of being readily changed":{
"examples":[
"if my vacation plans were alterable , I'd change them"
],
"synonyms":[
"adaptable",
"adjustable",
"changeable",
"elastic",
"flexible",
"fluid",
"malleable",
"modifiable",
"pliable",
"variable"
],
"near synonyms":[
"changing",
"fluctuating",
"inconstant",
"labile",
"unstable",
"unsteady",
"varying",
"versatile"
],
"near antonyms":[
"constant",
"stable",
"steady",
"unchanging",
"uniform",
"unvarying"
],
"antonyms":[
"established",
"fixed",
"immutable",
"inelastic",
"inflexible",
"invariable",
"nonmalleable",
"ramrod",
"set",
"unadaptable",
"unalterable",
"unbudgeable",
"unchangeable"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"alternatives":{
"the power, right, or opportunity to choose":{
"examples":[
"there's no alternative : we must cross the stream to reach our destination"
],
"synonyms":[
"choices",
"discretions",
"druthers",
"elections",
"liberties",
"options",
"picks",
"preferences",
"selections",
"volitions",
"ways"
],
"near synonyms":[
"determinations",
"free wills",
"wills",
"says",
"voices",
"votes",
"inclinations",
"likings",
"partialities",
"penchants",
"predilections",
"proclivities",
"propensities",
"tendencies",
"discernments",
"judgments",
"judgements",
"perspicacities"
],
"near antonyms":[
"coercions",
"duresses",
"forces",
"duties",
"obligations",
"Hobson's choices"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"alter egos":{
"a person who has a strong liking for and trust in another":{
"examples":[
"over the years the state's other senator became his alter ego as well as his political ally"
],
"synonyms":[
"amigos",
"buddies",
"chums",
"compadres",
"comrades",
"confidantes",
"confidants",
"cronies",
"familiars",
"friends",
"intimates",
"mates",
"musketeers",
"pals"
],
"near synonyms":[
"acquaintances",
"associates",
"cohorts",
"colleagues",
"companions",
"fellows",
"hearties",
"hobnobbers",
"partners",
"peers",
"sports",
"blood brothers",
"brothers",
"brethren",
"main men",
"sisters",
"abettors",
"abetters",
"accomplices",
"allies",
"collaborators",
"confederates",
"pen pals",
"benefactors",
"supporters",
"sympathizers",
"well-wishers",
"friendlies"
],
"near antonyms":[
"adversaries",
"antagonists",
"competitors",
"opponents",
"rivals",
"archenemies",
"nemeses"
],
"antonyms":[
"enemies",
"foes"
]
},
"something or someone that strongly resembles another":{
"examples":[
"the hero of the novel is clearly the author's alter ego , right down to his receding hairline and middle-aged paunch"
],
"synonyms":[
"carbon copies",
"carbons",
"clones",
"counterparts",
"doppelg\u00e4ngers",
"doppelgangers",
"doubles",
"duplicates",
"duplications",
"facsimiles",
"fetches",
"images",
"likenesses",
"look-alikes",
"matches",
"mirror images",
"pictures",
"replicas",
"ringers",
"spits",
"spitting images",
"twins"
],
"near synonyms":[
"Chinese copies",
"effigies",
"portraits",
"portrayals",
"companions",
"fellows",
"mates",
"equals",
"equivalents",
"analogues",
"analogs",
"parallels"
],
"near antonyms":[
"antitheses",
"converses",
"opposites",
"reverses"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"alternately":{
"as in alternatively":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"alternatively",
"first",
"instead",
"rather"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"altruist":{
"as in giver , bestower":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bestower",
"contributor",
"giver",
"angel",
"benefactor",
"donator",
"donor",
"fairy godmother",
"Maecenas",
"patron",
"sugar daddy",
"benefactress",
"patroness",
"almoner",
"almsgiver",
"philanthropist",
"helper",
"subscriber",
"supporter",
"guardian angel",
"protector",
"savior",
"saviour"
],
"near antonyms":[
"beneficiary",
"donee",
"giftee",
"recipient"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"altruisms":{
"feelings and behavior that show a desire to help other people and a lack of selfishness":{
"examples":[
"charitable acts motivated purely by altruism",
"In one final act of altruism , she donated almost all of her money to the hospital."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"generosity",
"magnanimity",
"nobility",
"charity",
"clemency",
"forbearance",
"lenience",
"leniency",
"lenity",
"mercifulness",
"mercy",
"quarter",
"humanitarianism",
"philanthropy",
"empathy",
"pity",
"selflessness",
"sympathy",
"understanding",
"unselfishness",
"commiseration",
"favor",
"grace",
"benevolence",
"care",
"civility",
"compassion",
"gentleness",
"goodness",
"goodwill",
"humaneness",
"kindliness",
"kindness",
"meekness",
"mildness",
"niceness",
"softness",
"tenderness",
"affection",
"devotion",
"love",
"worship"
],
"near antonyms":[
"hard-heartedness",
"mercilessness",
"pitilessness",
"ruthlessness",
"uncharitableness",
"greed",
"selfishness",
"reprisal",
"requital",
"retaliation",
"retribution",
"revenge",
"vengeance",
"venom",
"vindictiveness",
"virulence",
"vitriol",
"atrocity",
"barbarity",
"brutality",
"cruelty",
"incivility",
"sadism",
"savageness",
"savagery",
"truculence",
"viciousness",
"violence",
"wantonness",
"castigation",
"chastisement",
"discipline",
"punishment",
"scolding",
"abhorrence",
"abomination",
"detestation",
"execration",
"hate",
"hatred",
"loathing",
"cattiness",
"ill will",
"malevolence",
"malice",
"maliciousness",
"malignancy",
"malignity",
"meanness",
"nastiness",
"spite",
"spitefulness",
"spleen",
"animosity",
"antagonism",
"antipathy",
"bitterness",
"enmity",
"gall",
"grudge",
"hostility",
"jealousy",
"pique",
"resentment",
"bile",
"jaundice",
"rancor",
"hatefulness",
"invidiousness",
"coarseness",
"hardness",
"harshness",
"roughness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"altars":{
"a table or place which serves as a center of worship or ritual":{
"examples":[
"There was a small altar at the front of the room with candles on it."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bimahs",
"bimas",
"footpaces",
"pulpits",
"platforms",
"risers",
"scaffolds",
"balconies",
"galleries",
"daises",
"podiums",
"podia",
"rostra",
"rostrums",
"stages",
"stands",
"tribunes"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"alternated":{
"to place or do (different things) so that one follows the other in a repeated series":{
"examples":[
"To make the appetizer, you should alternate layers of tomatoes and cheese.",
"The poem alternates fear and hope."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"juxtaposed",
"interlaced",
"interspersed",
"interwove",
"interweaved",
"laced",
"salted",
"threaded",
"wove",
"weaved",
"wreathed",
"inserted",
"intermingled",
"mingled",
"mixed",
"amalgamated",
"assimilated",
"blended",
"blent",
"combined",
"commingled",
"embodied",
"fused",
"incorporated",
"integrated",
"merged"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"altruists":{
"as in givers , bestowers":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bestowers",
"contributors",
"givers",
"angels",
"benefactors",
"donators",
"donors",
"fairy godmothers",
"Maecenases",
"patrons",
"sugar daddies",
"benefactresses",
"patronesses",
"almoners",
"almsgivers",
"philanthropists",
"helpers",
"subscribers",
"supporters",
"guardian angels",
"protectors",
"saviors",
"saviours"
],
"near antonyms":[
"beneficiaries",
"donees",
"giftees",
"recipients"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"although":{
"in spite of the fact that":{
"examples":[
"although I've been to his house several times, I still can't remember how to get there"
],
"synonyms":[
"albeit",
"as",
"howbeit",
"much as",
"notwithstanding",
"though",
"when",
"whereas",
"while",
"whilst"
],
"near synonyms":[
"but",
"if"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"conjunction"
]
},
"altercating":{
"to express different opinions about something often angrily":{
"examples":[
"this discussion is so silly we might as well altercate on how many angels can dance on the point of a needle"
],
"synonyms":[
"argufying",
"arguing",
"bickering",
"brabbling",
"brawling",
"controverting",
"disputing",
"falling out",
"fighting",
"hassling",
"jarring",
"quarreling",
"quarrelling",
"quibbling",
"rowing",
"scrapping",
"spatting",
"squabbling",
"tiffing",
"wrangling"
],
"near synonyms":[
"challenging",
"daring",
"defying",
"clashing",
"contending",
"contesting",
"tangling",
"caviling",
"cavilling",
"fussing",
"nitpicking",
"considering",
"debating",
"discussing",
"kicking",
"objecting",
"protesting"
],
"near antonyms":[
"coexisting",
"getting along",
"accepting",
"agreeing",
"assenting",
"concurring",
"consenting"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"alternate":{
"to place or do (different things) so that one follows the other in a repeated series":{
"examples":[
"To make the appetizer, you should alternate layers of tomatoes and cheese.",
"The poem alternates fear and hope."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"juxtapose",
"interlace",
"intersperse",
"interweave",
"lace",
"salt",
"thread",
"weave",
"wreathe",
"insert",
"intermingle",
"mingle",
"mix",
"amalgamate",
"assimilate",
"blend",
"combine",
"commingle",
"embody",
"fuse",
"incorporate",
"integrate",
"merge"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in alternative , chosen":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"alternative",
"chosen",
"discretionary",
"elective",
"optional",
"voluntary",
"dispensable",
"unnecessary",
"unneeded",
"unwanted"
],
"near antonyms":[
"compulsory",
"mandatory",
"nonelective",
"nonvoluntary",
"obligatory",
"required",
"essential",
"indispensable",
"necessary",
"requisite"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in backup , substitute":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"backup",
"jackleg",
"make-do",
"makeshift",
"proxy",
"stopgap",
"substitute",
"acting",
"ad interim",
"interim",
"provisional",
"provisionary",
"provisory",
"temporary"
],
"near antonyms":[
"long-term",
"permanent"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in seasonal , alternating":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"alternating",
"cyclic",
"cyclical",
"rhythmic",
"rhythmical",
"seasonal",
"serial",
"continual",
"intermittent",
"on-and-off",
"periodic",
"periodical",
"recurrent",
"recurring",
"aperiodic",
"erratic",
"fitful",
"irregular",
"occasional",
"spasmodic",
"sporadic",
"spotty",
"unsteady"
],
"near antonyms":[
"constant",
"continuous",
"incessant",
"unceasing",
"eternal",
"everlasting",
"interminable",
"perpetual"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in understudy":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"understudy",
"backup",
"cover",
"designated hitter",
"fill-in",
"locum tenens",
"pinch hitter",
"relief",
"replacement",
"reserve",
"stand-in",
"sub",
"substitute",
"apology",
"makeshift",
"stopgap",
"agent",
"assignee",
"attorney",
"commissary",
"delegate",
"deputy",
"envoy",
"factor",
"procurator",
"proxy",
"rep",
"representative",
"surrogate",
"assistant",
"reliever",
"second",
"successor",
"superseder"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"verb"
]
}
}